The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-27 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Aretbusa, 35 guns, was taken on Wednesday, from her moorings in Sheerness 'harbour to the measured mile off Map lin Sands, for the final trial of her machinery, pre viou* to her being place on commission, Capt.W.B. Hall, commanding the Steam Reserve at Sheerness, having command of the vessel. Mr. John Dinnen, inspector of machinery, from the Admiralty ; Mr. w. Rumble, inspector of machinery afloat at Sheer mess ; and Mr. G. Biaxland, chief engineer of Sheer ness docxyard, were in attendance on the part of the Government; and Messrs. Matthews and Holli dAy were also pre.ent from the firm of Messrs. John Peno and Sons, constructors of the engines. The Avetlausa was built as a sailing vessel at Pembroke 18 years ago, from designs by Sir W. Symonds, the then surveyor of the navy, bat she has since been lengthened 41 feet amidships, and con vetted into a screw frigate at Chatham dock yard. Her dimedsions now are : Extreme length between perpendiculars, 252 ft.; length of keel for tonnage, 217 ft. ; extreme length, 521 t. Bin.; breadth for tonnage, 52ft. sin.; depth of hold, 17ft. lin.; and total amount of burden, 3,142 tons. The Arethusa, together with the Octavia and the Con stance, vessels of a similar class, have each been fitted with machinery constructed with a view to obtain a greater amount of power at a less Working cost than any yet introduced into th e navy. The Arethusa is fitted with a pair of expansive trunk engines with two cylinders 86/in. in diameter, the trunk being 33in. in diameter, and the length of stroke 42in., with surface c ondensers, containing nearly six miles of 1-inch tubing. The boilers, four in number, with four furnaces aratusto The each,prope are fi lleri tt s ed w ith superheating app . Griffith's patent, pitch 20ft. to 26ft., present pitch, 23ft. During the trial 6 runs were made at full The results were an average speed boiler power. of 11.43 knots an hour ; the revolutions of engines, ; pressure of steam 2316. ; vacuum, 65 per minute 27/lb. At half boiler power only two runs were made. The results were an average speed of 8.780 knots, 52 re volutions, pressure of steam 161 b., va c uum m 26lb. The circle was made with full boiler powers helm port 23 / degrees , in seven minutes one second, the diameter of the circle being 501 yards; with half boiler power, helm starboard 28 degrees, is seven minutes 47 seconds, the diameter being 309 yards. The draught of water during the trial was 20f. 3in. forward and 22ft. 7in. aft., the vessel being fully rigged, with guns on board, and in heavy sea going trim. The day was fine and the sea smooth, with a wind from westiouth-west, with a force of from 3 to 5. The trial, which occupied about 6 hours from the time the vessel left her moorings till her re tura, was most satisfactory. Tne Arethusa, with her sister competing vessels the Constance and the Octavia, will shortly be placed in commission and taken on a com i -etitive trial as to the con• sumption of fuel and speed, as it is almost impos sible to arrive at the exact comparative results in these respects from a trial of a few home at the measured mite. In accordance with instructions received at Chat ham yesterday from the Admiralty, I be line-of-battle screw steamer Bombay, 500 horse power, is to be fitted as a flagship for the East Indies. The ship wrights and mechanics were employed until a late hour on Wednesday night in shoring her up on her blocks on the water being pumped out of the dock. On being docked the Bombay's draught of water was 19 t 10in aft and 17ft forward. Notwithstand ing the long time she was in harbour, her bottom was found to be very clean, and her copper to be in excellent preservation. She will have to undergo extensive alterations to adapt her for an admiral's ship. 'the detachment of Royal Marines Light Infantry sele,ited for service in the Conqueror, 78, 500 horse, Capt. W. G. Luard, ordered to proceed to Japan, assembled at headquarters, Chatham, yesterday, under the command of Capt. T. H. A. Brenan. The offieere and men were inspected by Col. S.N. Lowder, aide-decamp to the Queen, and in the afternoon were joined by the Royal Marine Artillery, from Portsmouth, atter which the entire force embarked en heard the steam tender which conveyed them,to the Conqueror, at the Nore. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—J. E. Datham, master to the Asia, for the Duncan; C. E. Gissing, J. C. Witkin son, E. G. F. Law, and G. A. Gifford, midshipmen, to the Aurora ; Edmund W. Speck, Ford E. W. Lambert, Henry C. C. Wynyard, S. F. Daabwood, and Frederick Hutchinson, naval cadets, to the Aurora ; W. J. S. Shand, nominated to a naval cadet ship ; Arthur H. Kelly, assist.-surg., additional, to the Fisgard ; Constantine Keenan, assist.-surg., to Hasler Hospital ; and W. Johnston, assist.-surg., to the Impregnable. The Rev. E. J. Hitchings has been appointed chaplai❑ and naval instructor of the Conqueror, commissioned at Sheerness. THE ARMY. The . following general regimental order, signed by Col. C. Bingham, Deputy Adjutant-General, promulgating the code of rules and regulations for admission for the new branch of the service in con cexion with the Royal Artillery, has been rec eived I . i , Cheth ed i garrison from I he Horse Guards :---', 1. Itiyal Hignness the Field-Al t-ehal Command Illg.tn._ . ' Uftlef hus the sat6tsction of announciog to the Royal o t s 1 Regiment of Artillery that the Secretary for t h e t ZWar has been pleased to make provision may detdre4tte special instruction of officers who i„ o , nnetiu : qualify themselves for employment the civil e 9. With the manufacturing departments, demy, and gene :au:tents of the Royal Military ACil be‘d by cffi,tritallY for all appointments nsuali3 reents, whlcn „ 1 : 1 : 1 being mitir,ry sr,ff ,ppoiry 2. lt is the earnest spacial to the Artillery service by this arrangement the his Royal Highness that lery will continue to sue e t loyal 11,•giment of which may scientific reutatiou under any progress me chanical arts as appli e d to materiel be made lulus Deputy Adjutant-General 4 : l :Tie/of war. 3. Tae be l e exercise the ut- Marshal Commanding-in-Chief to by the Field most vigilance that no office r peto for a place in the proposed ala r .a mitted to corn tisfaction in the ci. who has no' given unqualified sa duties, and i a "'charge o f hi, purely regimental not, from a mill tary point of vieW, n active and Eirwi en tary point of view , at artill er y officer. 4. Officers d esirous of competin g at the first malts a pp g , application th ron exam i na tions will m their commanding officer, w ho in forwarding it will ap pend e certificate in accord ance with paragraph 3. No officer will be admissible under six years' ae ,, vice, and he must have undergone a Cou rse of instruction at Shoeburyness. A medi cal certificate of good health will be required. 5. The first examination will take place i n March. EducationslB64, under the Ceencil of Military further The books to be specielly taken up unt il notice, are—" Twisden's Mechanics and Todhun ter s Differential Calculus, but the examination Will be chiefly confined to the earlier portions of the latter. The French will be qualifying for the purpose of ascertaining that the candidate has such an acquaill" tance with the language, and especially with the technical ternia in common use, to be able to consult professional works, such as Didion's " Traits d'Artil le rie" or the "Aide Memoirs d'Artillerie," with facility. 6. The relative importance to be attached to the subjects of examination will be as follows : Differential and . chyteis.? integral calculus, 700 marks; 7. TheleYaa, physics, 300 marks ; French, qualifying. years, and embrace instruction will extend over two of eaeh manufac ra t c e in succession the special duties in the Royal gu n:in g department. For example, tin, zinc, an d their compounds metallurgy or copper, chytnical prope rt i es of ; mechanical and i r on, including oastiro_u r gun metal ; metallurgy of and wrought iron, steel, and their nlloys ; mechanical and principles of constr uction of emie4l properties; cast-iron guns ; prin hY c iples of construction of built up welding, &c.; g, ns, t h e steam hamm er ; tur nin g boring , rifling, and sighting guar ; all the machines, lathes, special ' tools and processes; com p arison of s y ste ms of rifling and , breach -loading f or cannons; gau g es a nd michrom ' t r i ca l m e as urements; org anisation of labour in the Royal gun factories; s ystem of account-Itteping, Pricing, and payment in the Royal pi , i.e. ' tones ; relations to tile director of stores, diree- Tor of contracts, principal superintendent of stores ' and director of ordnance; patterns, systems re specting them; examination of stores. 8 Duties of the InopEctor of Artillery :—Pro of guns, examination of guns and stores. 9. The small arms departments, Enfield and P mlico, will follow the Royal gun factories, apal be treated in the sac e comprehensive manner, including the system of supply of small arms to the army, their repair, and comparison of systems of rifling and breech-loading for small arms. 10. From the royal gun factories the 'class will proceed to the royal carriage department. where the subjects will be—selection and purchase of timber, saw-mills ' planing and other machinery applied to working of timber; construction ; mechanical principles as ap plied in military machines; friction, draught, trac tion, locomotive power ; barn. as ; organisation of labour in the royal carriage department ; system of accountability and payment ; prices ; relations to director of stores, director of contracts, principal superinteuder.t of stores, and director of ordnance, ; patterns, systems respecting them; examination of stores. 11. Here will conveniently come in the organisation and duties of the department of the Principal Superintendent of Stores, including the detail of equipments for all services, and proportion of stores, packing ammunition, arrangement of magazines. 12. The last term will be devoted to t h e manufacture of gunpowder, ammunition, and generally, the duties of the Royal laboratory, in cluding the chemistry of the subjects —selection and purchase of pyrotechnic material; examination and refining of sal tpetre , & c. gunpowder and powder dif ferent sized grains; elect d r ; o e - r b , mills; theory aqiuha.sltiitcieas,ppeffareacttuosf, and n other poun d m u, odes of proof, otherlaborat gun specimens,cotton, de tonating sma small la com pounds, munition, cannon ammunition, fuses, rockets, &c. manufacture of ballets, casting of every description of projectile for smooth bored and rifled ordnance organisation of the Royal laboratory department ; supply of raw material; system of account keeping and payment, prices ; relations to the director of stores, director of contracts, principal superinten dent of stores, and director of ordnance ; pat terns, inspection, and examination of stores 13. The Professor of Applied Mathematics and the several lecturers will proceed in correspond ing order through their subjects, so that practical instruction may be based on thorough acquaintance with principles. If found necessary to do so, a large part of the first term will be devoted to theoretical instruction and mathematics, in order that the stu• dents may be in a position to follow the professor in the more advanced subjects of his subsequent lec tures. 14. There will be periodical examinations and certificates given at the close. 15. No payment will be required. 16. After a certain date, to be fixed hereafter by his Royal Highness the Field- Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, first appointments to all special employments of a scientific character will be made exclusively from ifficers who have passed through the contemplated course of instruc ion." The battalion of Royal Marines for service in Japan is ordered to rendezvous for embarkation at Plymouth. It will be quartered and organised in %arty barracks, which are near the waterside. Among other ships spoken of for transport service is the Windsor Castle, 97, 3,101 tons, which is pro vided with engines of 400 horse power and a screw. lnd is now in Hamoaze, Davenport. The entice bat talion will consist of six companies, numbering in the aggregate 36 offi 3ers and 504 non-commissioned officers and men, the whole under the command of Lieut.-Col. W. G. Suther. He will have for flag officers Lieut.- Col. Penrose Charles, of the Plymouth division, and Lieut.-Col. Chas. Wm. Adair, Chatham division. The following is the proportion of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men selected from the Chatham division—Lieut.-Col. C. W. Adair, in corn inand ; Capt. J. A. Stewart, paymaster; Lieut. W J. Barker, quartermaster; Capt. J. H. Parry, First Lieut. R. H. D wyer, Second Lieut. W.W. Spalding, 8 non-commissioned officers, and 76 men. Thi?, en tire quota from Plymouth will consist of a &tech rnent of 1 lieut.-colonel, 2 captains, 4 lieutenants, 8 sergeants, 8 corporals, two drummers and 150 men An Admiralty order was yesterday received atlWool cvich, instructing the following detachment of the divi_tion of .ttoyal Marines to be held in readiness for immediate embarcation for Japan, viz., Lieut.- Col. Suther, Lieut, and Acting Adjutant Poyniz, Captains Seymour and Lean, Lieuts. Donellan and Hore, 8 sergeants, 8 corporals, 2 buglers, and 130 rank and file. A general regimental order of the Royal Artillery, signed by Deputy-Adjutant-General, Col. Charles Binghaw, bear ing date the 20th inst., but promulgated yesterday, an nounces the following changes :—The following appoint ments have been made by the Secretary of State for War, with the concurrence of his Royal Highness the Field Mar shal Commanding in Chief—viz. :—Lieut-Col and Brevet- Col F. A. Campbell to be Superintendent of itoyal Gun Factories, vice Sir William Armstrong, resigned—Lieut- Col C. W. Younghusband to be a member of the Ordnance Select Committee, vice Campbell. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve the following promotions in the Royal Regiment of Artillery—viz.:;—Captain Hickman Thomas Molesworth, 3d Horse Brigade, to be Lieut. -Col. 17th Bri gade, vice Henry Charles Wade, retired upon full pay— second Capt Marmaduke Charles Lawson, 17th Brigade, to be Capt, vice Molesworth—Lieut Charles Joseph Mt Mahon, 3d Horse Brigade, to be Second Capt 17th Brigade, vice Law.on—Lieut•Col William Henry Delamain, 224 Bri gade, to be Col 24th Brigade, vice William Barr, retired upon full pay —Capt Walker King FoJks, 191,11 Brigade, to ca Lieut-Col 22d Brigade, vice Detamain—Second Capt. :Villiatn Dickson, 16th Brigitte, to be Capt 19th Brigade vice Fo)ks—Lieut Henry Archibald Matlock, 24th Bri gade, to be Second Capt 16th Brigade, vice Dickson— Lieut-Col William Kiunaird Worster, 20th Brigade, to be Col, 17th Brigade, v,ce Bladen West Black, retired upon half-pay—Caps Robert George Hunter Grant, 3d Horse Brigade, to be Lieut. Col, 20th Brigade, vice Worster— Second Captain John Frededck Actaphus MiNair, 17th Brigade, to be Capt.in, vice Grant -Lieut Charles Edward Watson, 20th Brigade, to be Second Capt, 17th Br Bade, vice M`Nair—Lieut Christopher Edward Newport, 18th Brigade, to be Second Cap therein, vice Frederick Alex ander Whish, who resigns—Lieut-C lonel George Prince Sealy, 18th Brigade, to be Col, 21st Brigade, vice Robert Croft Worrnald, retired upon full pay—captain Hill Wal lace, 4th Horse Brigade, to be Lietenant-Colonel, 18th Brigade,vice Sealy—Second Captain Charles Shaw de Neuf ville Lucas, 21st Brigade, to be Captain, vice Wallace — Lieutenant J. Vibart, Depot Brigade, Royal Horse Artil lery, to be 2d Captain 21st Brigade, vice Lutts--Lieut.- Colanel Arnold Burrows Kemball, C. 8., 18th Brigade, to Colonel therein, vice John Pottinger, C. 8., retired upon full pay—Captain and Brevet-Major George Gieig Brown. 4th Horse Brigade, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, 18th Brigade, vice Kemball—Second Captain John Henry Porter Mal colmson, 21st Brigade, to be Captain, vice Brown--Lieut. Henry Tanfield Vachell, 4th Horse Brigade, to be Second Captain 21st Brigade, vice Malcolmson—Second Captain Walter Chtdieck Nangle, 13th Brigade, to be Captain sth Brigade, vice Brevet Major Edmund Palmer, placed upon temporary half-pay—Lieutenant Stuart J. Nicholson, sth Brigade, to be Second Captain 13th Brigade, vice Nangle— Strovero.2 t?,.:111. and Brevet Major Augustus Frederick Francis ,3d Brigade, to be Lieut-Colonel, 11th Brigade, utZ.ets.haryrleLs.Wright Younghusband, removed to the Super ist—Second Captain and Brevet Major Henry nox—L i , u tll Brigade, to be Captain 3d Brigade, vice Len- Seco n d ea ,7,_lmit William Smith, Ist Horse Brigade, to be in o rg e ,4 l : l :, 12th Brigade, vice Strover, The follow- W. C. L. Bak: l ead to increased pay—viz.:—Lieut - Col. G. E. Vogl e , 2 : sm a i d Brigade, vice Wade—Lieut-Colonel Lieut-Colonel A . . - v : ll _ r igade, vice Delamain, promoted— ster, promoted_Lientr.aells, 3d Horse Brigade, vice Wor gade, vice Sealy, protu , ‘ "tlei A. M. Murray, 21st Bri ttle, 4th Horse B r i gade d—Litut-Coloncl R. H, Keat ing, vice Younghusband— Colonel R. O'Connell, 1.4 t vice at X. . emball, promoted—Lieut pr meted—Lieutenant R. Lieutenant the promoted—Li entett L a dY, 20th Brigade, vice 16th Brigade, vice manueit, ca• B. W. Malec, Thompson, 2Fo.th CB.rigeadaied, Ver m a a ? m mt promoted— Lieutenant. promoted—Lieut A. Brigade vice Newport, promo d—Lieut F. Gardiner,ig: 21st ;Brigade vice Vibart, promote ut B. G. B. G e ' lBth ßrigade,vie Vachell, promoted—Lieut _ attey, bit Bri ad e , te—Liut J. T. G vice Nicholson, promo d—Lieut C. reenteld,gl2teh Brigade, vice Smith, promote ed. The folio °emu"' 9th Brigade, vice Campbell, deeeas _ exchang es tveen. Lteu.t-Col G. V. Joh n have been approved, viz, be 11th Brigad b t a°ll, 7th Brigade, and Lieut-Col Lennox,. ut E• Trem e t wee "' Licut W. S. Brown, of No 1, and Lie Lit ut F. S. Budd, o °t No 2 Battery, 13 , h .rigade --hetWeett 1 Battery, 17th Brit 'l:No 2, and Lieut F. F. Weston, of No the Depot Brigade, gade—between Lieut F. Howlett, of de. The fol. and Lieut E. S. G. Cobbold, of the 2d Bliga u Col P. Mae . lowing transfers have been ordered, viz., Lt6-t- Lieu-Col W. B lean, from the Ist to the 2d Brigade, and Col R. P Gat deer, fr m the latter to the former--L&Lit- t-00 Radcliffe, from the Bth to the Ist Brigade, and Breve Lte ut H. F. Strange, C. 8., from the latter to the former-- Y, A. Winch, from F Battery, 23d Brigade, to No 2 Ba tter 17th Brigade—Lieut P. Thompson, from No 7 Ba•terYt 25th Brigade, to No 4 Battery, 24th Brigade ; Lieut E. it, Co uolly, from No 4 Battery, 24th Brigade, to No 7 Battery, THE SUN, LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEVIBCH, 27, 1863. 25th Brigade—Assist-Surg J. M. T a ylor, from the 2d to the oth Brigade. The followimr, removals have been or from Leith Fort to Dove r, to command the 2d Brigade— dered, viz , Lieut-Colonel and Brevet-Col P. Maclean, Lieut-Col and Brevet-Col Collingwood Dixon, C. 8., Y.C., from Shorncliffe to Leith Fort, to command the Royal Ar. tillery in North Britain —Lieut-Col Johnson, frcm Wool wich to I n dia—Lieut-Col Lennox, from Malta to Gosport -Major Strovor, from New Zealand to Malta—Capt Nicholson, from Devonport to Woolwich—Capt Smith, from Woolwich to New Zealand— Lieut Hamilton, from Devonport to Woolwich—Lieut Loch, from Warley to Canterbury, to join the depot, Royal Horse Artillery, vice Vibart—Assist-Surg Taylor, from Dover to Shorncliffe— Assist-Surg Cashman, from Woolwich to Dover. Jacobs for 165 guineas. Orphtne was claimed by Mr H. Crawehaw. The Winding. up Handicap of 6 soya each, 2 ft, with 20 added. One mile. Duke of Beaufort's Farfalla (la b), 4 yrs, Bst 7lb (Custance) 1 Mr Cherry's Disappointment, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (H Grimshaw) 2 Mr f 7 amuel's Twilight, aged, 9at 71b (H. Taylor) 3 Mr Coventry's Rockley, 6 yrs, let 101 b (T. French) 4 Mr J. Wood's Fearnought, 2 yrs, Est (C. Carroll) 5 Betting-7 to 4on Farfalla, 3to 1 agst Disappointment, 6 to 1 agst Fearnought, 10 to 1 agst Rockley, 100 to 8 agst Twilight. Disappointment made play to the distance, where Far fella went to the front and won by two lengths ; a length between second and third. Fearnought, who got badly off, bolted at the turn into the straight and cantered in some time after the other four. A Plate of 50 sous, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; winner to be sold for £lOO selling and other allowances, and penal ties for winning. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr Lincoln's Disdain, 4 yrs (130), 7st 131 b (TT. Taylor) 1 Mr Astley's Quicksand, 3 yrs (MO), 7st 21b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr F. C. Morgan's Fastrunner, 5 yrs (£3O), Bst 41b (J. Sopp) 3 Mr Barnott's Zingari, 6 yrs (£3O), Bst 41b....(Custanee ) 4 Mr Griffin's Champagne, 3 yrs (£3O), 6st 111 b ..(Jones) 5 Betting— 6 to 4 agst Disdain, 2 to 1 agst Quicksand, 100 to 30 aget Zingari. Disdain made all the running, and won cleverly by a head; two lengths netween second and third. The winner was bought in for 100 guineas. A Hurdle Race Handicap of 5 sov's each, 2 ft, with 25 added 'the winner to be sold for £2O. One mile, over three hurdles. Mr Barber's Coronet, 6 yrs, list 31b (G. Palmer) 1 r Barnett's Butterfly, aged, llst 121 b (Li Holman) 2 Capt. Watson's Peru, 4 yrs, lOst .. (W. Ducker) 3 Betting _Even on Coronet, 6 to 4 agst Butter y. The favourite made the whole of the running, and won hands down, by two lengths Peru a bad third. The Military Cup Steeplechase of 10 soya each, with a cup added, for horses the property of officers, &c. 12st each ; winners extra. Four rules over the Steeple chase Course. 4 subs. Capt. Coventry's (Grenadier Guards) Agnes, 6 yrs, 12st (Owner) 1 Captain Knox's (Scots Fusilier Guards) Cheviot, 12st (Owner) 2 Capt. C. C. Higgins's (13th Hussars) The Nabob, 13st (including 14'.b ex) (Owner) 3 Betting-13 to 8 on Agnes, 5 to 2 agst Cheviot, 100 to 15 agst The Nabob. Agnes with Cheviot alternately led to half a mile from home, when Agnes came away from her opponent, and won easily by ten lengths ; The Nabob last throughout. Match, £lOO each. Three miles over the Steeplechase Course. Mr W. E. Williams's Sinking Fund, aged, 13st 71b (Mr Edwards) 1 Mr Duffield's Bounce, aged, 135 t,,,,,,.. (B. Land) 2 Betting-5 and 6tol on Sinking Fund, who took up the running after the first mile, and won easily by four lengths. The Light-Weight Military Steeplechase of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for horses the property of fficers, &c. ; winners extra ; to be ridden by officers, &c. About three miles over the Steeplechase Course. 5 subs. Captain Tempest's (11th Hussars) Redwing, aged, 12et (including 14lb ex) ...................... (J wner ) 1 Lieut. Hartord's (S co t s Fusiliers) Medusa, 5 yrs, list (Owner) 2 Lieut. E. Foster Piggott's (Scots Greys) Hawthorn, 6 y re, list (Captain Brown) 3 Major tue Hon. J. Fiennes's (7th Hussars) Annie, aged list Mr Coventry) 4 Belting—Even on Redwing, 5 to 2 agst Hawthorn, 4 to 1 agst Medusa, 10 to 1 agst Annie. the favourite got off in front, and making the whole of the running, wcn easily by a length and a half; four lengths separatin g th e secon d and third ; Annie beaten off. Mateja list 2s 7 £25. IT3, and Mr Jacques' s Littlewo miles. Mr Parker's Topthorn, Lady, llst 71b, off by consent. THE FARMERS' STEEPLECHASE ON WEDNESDAY.—It will be remembered that Harka.way, the horse that came in first for this race, was objected to on the ground that the rider was not a farmer; the stewards. after hearing evi dence, awarded the stakes to Sutton, who came in second, and Harkaway was disqualified. LAW INTELLIGENCE—Yesterday, COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) SYMM V. FRASER AND ANOTHER. The plaintiff is a lady residing at 5, Oakley square, Camden-town, and she complained that the defendants and their servants broke and entered her house, and locked her up, and imprisoned her, under the Use pretence that she was of unsound mind, and is:capable of managing her own affairs, and that they compelled her to swallow a number of noxious and distasteful drugs. the defendants pleaded that they were not guilty, and that what they did was by the leave and license of the plaintiff. Mr, Montague Chambers, QC., Mr. Huddlestone, Q.C., and Mr. Prentice appeared in behalf of the plaintiff; and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., Sergeant Parry, Mr. S. G. Griffiths, and Mr. Smythies for the defen dant. Mr. Chambers opened the following most extra ordinary case. He said that the plaintiff is a widow, residing at No. 6, Oakley-street, Camden-town, and has been a widow since 1858. She resided formerly in Sunderland, and came to Loudon in 1859, when she took a house from Dr. Fraser, one of the defen dants, both of whom are medical men, and resided near Oakley-square, and were formerly in partner ship. A Mrs. Hill then came to live with the plaintiff, who received her in her house out of charity ; but this kindness had been requited with the basest ingratitude on the part of Mrs. Hill. In the month of October, 1861, the plaintiff suffered much from rheumatism, and, as a not unfrequent consequent consequence of that affliction, displayed a great unwillingness to occupying certain postures, and was especially loth to remain long in bed. In December she called in Dr. Andrews, and he called in Dr. Fraser also. They dealt with her in the most inhuman manner ; ' and when she wanted a nurse, sent her "a little active lively woman," who bustled about and took the entire management of the house out of the plaintiff's hands, and against her consent. She complained to Dr. Andrews, and he then sent another nurse—a woman with " a strong mind and a strong body," who had been for three years in a lunatic asylum, attending on lunatic ladies. She made her take a quantity of physic, and the plaintiff then went to sleep, When she awoke she was surprised to find "a good big man gazing at her." She remonstrated with him on account of his being there, but to no purpose. In the morning both of the defendants came, and she appealed to them. A friend of hers, a Dr. Barnes, came to see her, "but," said the learned counsel, " a certain esprit de corps exists among all medical men, and he may be called on the other side." She was subjected to various acts of cruelty and indecency, and was kept without food. Feeling weak and exhausted in the night, she asked the man who wag in her room for some wine, but he refused to give her any. She then asked for a corkscrew, which was also refused, upon which she went down stairs and brought up a bottle of sherry, the neck of which she knocked off. This, the defendant alleged, arose from the plaintiff suffering from delirium tt omens ; indeed, they accused her of drinking three bottles of sherry. Being unable to obtain access to any of her friends, she procured the assistance of a policeman, who wrote a letter for her to some friends, a Mr. Bennett and his wife, who eventually took her away from the house, and sent her to Bath for the benefit of her health. An im becile brotner had been living with her, and during her illness she had made a will in favour of Mrs. Hill, adjuring her to take care of her brother. This will was witnessed by the male and female keepers who were sent by the defendants, and Dr. Andrews knew of this fact. During the time that they were in charge of her she opened the window and screamed out, but the neighbours, thinking her mad, paid no attention to her. In December a Mr. Young, a solicitor at Sunderland, had occasion to write to {he plaintiff, enclosing a bill of exchenge for her in. dersement. This letter came into the hands of Dr. Anelrewe, who got her to indorse the bill, and wrote to Mr. Young, stating that Mrs Symm was unwell and conened to her room, but that she had requested hi m t o m i.," and enclose to him an order for £1,298. The plaintiff ;cent to Bath, but so anxious was she to get away from the house that she left the window open, and her gold watch on the table, which was taken possession of by :he policeman. This, the de fendant alleged, was the act of an insane person. She remained in Bath fur some time, and when she re turned was sued in the county court by Dr. Andrews, to which she paid a small sum rather than endure the annoyance of appearing in court. She aaaed the defendants to give her the address of the keepers, bat they refused to do so, and treated her in a very sneering and defiant manner. Her solicitor then wrote demanding an exp'anation, &c., to whom Dr. Andrews wrote that he had acted in conformity with well-known medical principles, while Dr. Fraser said that he had had nothing to do with the matter. The plaintiff was called, and she detailed the above facts. The examination in chief was concluded mill when the court rose. Sergeant Parry, in reference to his client, Dr. Fraser, applied to the court to allow him to sever his defence from that of Dr. Andrews. Their de fence was joint on the face of the pleadings, but in reality it was distinct.' The Lord Chief Justice—l do not see, at the pre sent moment, what substantial difference there can be between the two defences. Sergeant Parry—Dr. Andrews was sent for first, and my client was called in afterwards. The Lord Chief Justice—l will consider it. If ou and Mr. Hawkins assure me that you will raise substantially different defence, I will assist you n any way I can. LIFEBOATS FOR THE NAVY. Tne importance of having all our men of war fitted with at least one lifeboat, if not more, is a question which has long occupied the attention of those scientific officers who form the progressive party in our navy. They have long been preparing the way for the introduction of these most valuable boats, and the services which they have rendered on all parts of our coasts, when cons: eeted at the same time with the fearful loss of life which was caused at the wreck of the Orpheus from the want of lifeboats, have lately had much effect in remov ing any scruples which the Admiralty might have entertained against their introduction into the navy. To the mere looker•on it will appear an almost in explicable fact that any of our men of war ever went to sea without lifeboats after they were once in vented, especially since they have been brought to such complete perfection by the National Lifeboat Institution. The duties which men-of-war crews have suddenly to fulfil—to pick up men overboard in stormy weather, to land important despatches through any surf, and at almost any risk to render hazardous service to our wrecked merchantmen in the wildest and least civilized parts of the world— any and all of these duties may come upon them in a single day, and day after day, and have to be ren dered in boats which are not only not fit but are the worst fitted for such purposes. The reason our menaof-war have not been so fitted is that to this day a good lifeboat for service on board ships—that is, one easily stowed, light to raise and lower, simple in its fitting, and strong enough to defy the rough lisle of the most careless sailors—is yet to be de signed. The boats of the National Institution, which now fortunately are to be found in most parts of the world and all round our coasts, are far too large for such a purpose ; but the Admiralty, now seriously anxious to provide all cruisers with small lifeboats, have asked the officers of the Insti tution to give plans and superintend the building of a lifeboat suitable for a man-of-war, but not to ex ceed one ton in weight. Yesterday a trial was made with two such boats in the Regent's Canal Docks, in the presence of the Lords of the Admiralty and a number of officers interested in the solution of this most important nautical question. Tee Lords of the Admiralty were brought down in Mr. Penn's beautiful little steam yacht, the Engineer. Among them were the Duke of Somerset, Admiral Frederick, Admiral Grey, Captain Drum mond, Admiral Eden, Captain Sir F. Nicolson, Commodore Ryder, Admiral Sir George Sartorius, Mr. Luke, Captain Ward ; Mr. Thomas Chapman, the deputy -chairman of the Institution, and Richard Lewis, E,q., its secretary, &c. One of the two goats tried was 32tt. long by Bft. 101iu. extreme width, capable of holding on an emergency as many as 70 persons, and of accommodating with ease 45 or 50. This boat, however, weighed 37cwt., or very nearly double what is considered should be the maximum for a handy and useful boat for sudden emergencies. The second boat was 30ft. long by 7ft. 4iin. wide, and weighed only 22cwt. This would stow with ease 25 persons, and could take off 35 at a pinch. It seemed evident, however, that the Admiralty, in fixing the maximum weight at one ton, have adopted a standard which it will be found very difficult to comply with so as to make a really efficient craft for all weathers. The boats yesterday were canted over to the water's edge in every way, and the largest, when emptied, was turned over by means of an hydraulic crane, and though in the still water of the docks it did not actually right itself, it remained on its side suffi ciently buoyant to enable the men to turn it on its keel easily. In dense sea water, and especially in sea water with any swell in it, there is very little doubt that it would have righted of itself almost immediately. When it did right, the relief tubes in the bottom, which were opened, allowed the whole load of water in it to run eff in less than a minute. The small boat, though not tested with this severity, was sufficiently proved to show that even when heavily laden with sailors, and with the relief tubes opened, it was still buoyant, and as seaworthy as ever, The result of the trills seemed to show that if the Admiralty will only allow a slight addition of weight to their present standard —say from 20 to 25 cwt.—a perfectly efficient lifeboat , fit for any duty in any weather, may easily be ob tained. After the trial with the Admiralty boats, one of the Institution's lifeboats was shown. The hydraulic crane turned the boat over, and no sooner was it brought keel uppermost than it righted again, end freed itself of water in the space of 20 seconds. The trials were moat interesting, and the Duke of Somerset, before leaving, expressed his hanks to Mr. Chapman and the members of the Lifeboat Institution for the care which they had bestowed in perfecting the boats which were tried. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LEAMINGTON AND WARWICKSHIRE HUNT MEETING.—TIitIRSDAY. Match, £5O. Half a mile. Mr. Gregory's Sensation, 2 yrs. 65t...(J Grimsbaw) w. o. Mr H. M. Owen's Contusion, 6 yrs, B st 71 b ..Paid forfeit. Match, £lOO, h ft. One mile and a quarter. Captain Horton Rhys' Rhcobus, 5 yrs, Bst 7lb (Custance) 1 Mr Jacobs' Lufra, 3 yrs, Bst (EL Griinshaw) 2 The betting opened at 6 to 4 on Lufra, and closed at 5 to 4 on Rhcebus, who led throughout, and won in a canter by forty lengths. The Scurry Flat Race Handicap, of 10 sows each, h ft, Five furlongs. 6 subs. Captain Jay Sharp's Norma, 3 yrs, lOst 41b.... (Owner) 1 Captain Coventry's Rockley, 6 yrs, list ..... .(Owner) 2 Mr Saxon's Lord of the Manor, 5 yrs, 12st (Capt. Knox) 3 Bettiog-5 to 4 agst Norma, 7 to 4 aget Rockley, 2 to 1 agst Lard of the Manor. Rockley made play with a slight lead into the straight, where Norma took up the running and won easily by two lengths ; Lord of the Manor beaten off. The Two-Year-Old Plate of 50 soya ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b ; winners extra; the winner to be sold for £5O. Five furlongs. Mr Mellon's Lifebuoy, Bst 131 b (inc. 3lb extra) (H.. Grimshaw) 1 Mr C. P. Hudson's Diploma, Bst 131 b (inc. 31b ex.) tCustance) 2 Lord Uxbridge's The Tyke, Bst 131 b (inc. 3Ib(T ex.) French) 3 Mr Sherring's Minstrel, Bst 10lb Betting-5 to 4on Diploma, 7to 4 agst The Tyke, Bto 1 agst Lifebuoy. The latter made play throughout, and won easily by two lengths ; a neck separated second and third; and Minstrel was beaten off. There was no advance on the selling price of the winner. The Scurry Handicap of 3 soya each, with 20 added ; the winner to be sold for £2O. Three furlongs. Mr Coventry's Southport, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (Custance) 1 Mr hlollon's Lifebuoy, 2 yrs, Est 101 b.... (J. Grimsbaw) 2 Mr Barber's Coronet, 6 yrs, 7st 21b (E. Taylor) 3 Mr H. M. Owen's Contusion, 6 yrs, Bst 51b....(He510p) 4 Mr F. C. Morgan's Fastrunner, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (J. Sopp) 5 Mr Doyle's Jewel, 2 yrs, 7st (T. French) 6 Betting-7 to 4 agst Southport, 2to 1 agst Coronet, 7to 1 each agst Lifebuoy and Confusion. Lifebuoy jumped away in front, followed closely by Confusion and Southport, the latter of whom took the Lead before reaching the distance, and won by two engths ; a head separated the second and third ; a bad :hind. The winner was sold to Mr Golby for 56 guineas. A Handicap Plate of £5O, for all ages; the winner to be sold for £lOO. Half a mile. Captain Jay Sharp's Norma, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (J. Grimshaw) 1 M r H. Crawshaw's Newamonger, 3 yrs, Tat(M 81b 2 111 14 r, la.ge's Flower Safety, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (T French) 3 Mr l' ,. . e r• HadaTolurno, 4 yrs, Bst 101b..(Custance) 4 M p a : a j";° ,l 's Orphene 2 yrs, 6st 61b (C. Carroll) 5 Bettin g ., 7 Titmouse, 4 ' yrs, 7st 9ib.... H Grimshaw) 6 an d T l i n tra g; a 7 to 4 agst Norma, 4 to 1 each agst Tolurno Safety, e fai * 6 8e to sta 1 rt a . g i s n t wOhir.pchhanoer,phBentoe ranl agst Flower After one length ; three lengrathes before being stop 4 Norma, the course s ame rwasallabotugol Flower e b r y Mr F. straight,ing utTloixthey were indiffarently started. halfi into a t F h i e lee w wn a er i' safvt7. T he third ; the other three away, and won easily by finished together; the second and Winnerwgetherf several lengths DISTRESSING DEATH. An inquest was held on Wednesday afternoon, before Dr. Bird Davis, coroner, at Birmingham, touching the death of Mrs. Maria Ann Kennedy, the wife of Mr. Charles Rann Kennedy, barrister. who met her death under the following circumstances : Mr. Charles Rann Kennedy, husband of the deceased, stated—On Saturday night last, a little after nine o'clock, I was sitting in the back parlour engaged in reading a book. I should mention that about quarter of an hour, perhaps 20 minutes before, my wife and children had gone to bed, they having wished me "good night." My wife had also been in the room, and said she was going to make a plum pudding. About a quarter past nine o'clock I heard some one fall down stairs, but not heavily. Some one called out, but the person did not articulate clearly so that I could hear the words. At the same time I heard the fall of a candlestick. I went immediately out of the parlour, and found my wife lying in a heap at the foot of the stairs, bleeding. I sat down on the floor and raised her head upon my chest, and found she was insensible. I called to my children, and my eldest daughter carne immediately, and my son came directly afterwards. I sent bin' to fetch Mrs. Gee, a neighbour, and Mr. Onions, who had attended my wife before. After sponging her head I found that she had a wound at the back of her head, and saw the blood coming from it. Mrs. Gee and her husband then came, and Mr. Onions, who lives near to me, in about seven or eight minutes after it occurred. Mrs. Gee, with myself and daughter, took her into the parlour. My wife had come downstairs in her nightdress without her stockings. Mr. Onions thought she had re ceived a contused wound of the head, and he applied some remedies, but had no idea of apoplexy. He advised that we should watch her, and if any change should take place he directed us to fetch him if she became sensible. As she did not recover at five o'clock, I went for Mr. Onions again and by his advice went for Mr. Oliver Pemberton. He: with Mr. Onions, then saw the deceased, and upon exit mining the wound in her head, said he was afraid there was apoplexy, and gave no hopes of her recovery. He pre scribed some remedies, and then left, but there was no change for the better, and she never recovered sensibility, but died about 11 o'clock on Sunday night. Ido not for a moment suppose that she threw herself downstairs—not in the least. My belief was, and is, that the deceased fell down a part of the stairs, and struck her head, I should thins, against the kitchen door, but I do not know if it was open or not. Ido not think the sound would have been such as I should have heard it she bad fallen down th e whole of the stairs. I counted tho stairs afterwards, and there are ten steps. I have not the least knowledge as t o the cause of her fall, but she had a bad foot, a swelling of the toes, which assumed the form of gout, but I doubt if it was that, as she had not complained of it for some days, thou g h the swelling remain d. I do not know why she cline downstairs. About five minutes before the tall took plac e I heard her call to my son to ask if he had brought all the things up-tairs, weaning the plate, and I think ne replied, 1 believe sharply, " All right." ''ne sound ap peared to come from his room as it the door was shut. She was always very anxious about the door being fastened. I think she must have come downstairs to see if the doors were fastened ; or, as has been conjectured by the servant — a mere conjecture—that she went downstairs to go into the kitchen to fetch a night cap, the laundress having, about a quarter of an hour before she went to bed, brought some clothes home. The deceased was wearing no night-cap at the time I found her at the bottom of the stairs. As to her sobriety, what I know is this : I came home to dinner at tour, and we had dinner together at five, but we only drank a small bottle of Bass's ale between us. She has not drunk lately; has been perfectly free from drinking. She used to drink some time ago, but I stopped that. Mr. Onions, surgeon, Bristol-road, said—l was called to the deceased about half past nine o'clock on Saturday night. She was then perfectly unconscious. There was a swelling at the back of the head, at the junction of the occi pital with the parietal bone. There was a contused wound of a ragged description, and about two inches long down to the bone. I endeavoured to restore animation, but without success. I stayed with her for between three and four hours. I was sent fur about five o'clock the next morning, when at my suggestion, Mr. Pemberton was sent for. The wound was again carefully examined, but we could find no fracture. There was no improvement afterwards, and she gradually sank and died in the evening. I have examined the head of the deceased internally, and find that the skull was frac tured to a considerable extent. My opinion is that the im mediate cause of the death of the deceased was the fracture of the skull. There were no other marks of violence upon the body of the deceased. A fall downstains might produce the injury to the skull that I have described. The Coroner briefly summed up, other evidence having been given, and the Jury at once returned a verdict of " Accidental death." 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Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley Surrey, of hirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement. and partial deaf ness.—Cure, No. 47,121 . miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extrome nervousness, indi gestion . gatherings, low spii its, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No . 54,816. be Rev. James C a m d bell, Fakenham , N orfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. In tins, lib, 2s 9d; 21), 48 6d • Mb I is; 12ib, 225; 241 b, 40s. Ba rr y du Barr y and C. 0., ,fegent-strect, London ; als o For num and Ilason; and all grocers and ohemidts in every town of the United Kingdom. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Nov. 26. MANSION-HOUSE.—Abraham Cohen, a respectably dressed man, was charged with obstructing a police constable in the execution of his duty. The officer had a man named John Hayes in custody for causing an obstruction with a barrow of fruit, and was tak ing him to the station, when ho set down his barrow and said he would not go any further. While the officer was endeavouring to get him along defendant came up and asked him whet he wanted to stop the man for, eaying it was all such he were fit for. The officer told him the man was in cus tody, when the defendant tad him to let him go on, and said, " We buy your clothes and even the shoes you stand in." Ho continued to interfere with him, and a crowd collected. and then the officer sent for assistance, and told defendant he must go to the station wills him. Mr. Miller, who appeared for the defendant, said he had interfered, thinking tt,e officer wan rather exceeding his duty, and was not aware at the time he was acting contrary to law. He had since, however, become aware that he had done wrong, and that the proper course to have adopted would have been to have gone to the station to make the complaint. He was extremely sorry for what had occurred, and would take care that it should not happen again. The Lori Mayor said the police bad a very difficult duty to perform and must be protected. The man Hayes was a very old offender, and had been cautioned and fined over and over again, and the interference on the part of the de fendant had led him to be more contrary. A crowd col lected in the street, which afforded pickpockets opportunities for committing their depredations upon the public. He could not do less than fine the defendant 10s. The money was paid. GUILDHALL.—Wm. Grey was charged with stealing an old account-book, value ls. Cd., from amongst a quantity of waste paper which was standing in the street. Smith, who wai formerly a warder in the House of Cor rection, said he saw the prisoner loitering about in a very suspicious manner, and recognising him as an old offender who had been under his custody, he watched him and saw him take the book out of the cart, and he therefore detained him and charged him with tLe robbery. He believed there were about eight or nine convictions against him. Baker, a detective ofLer, said I have known the prisoner for some years. He has been c mvicted six or seven times in the City and twice out of the City to my knowledge. Prisoner—But it is not a regular practice of mine, sir; fur two or three years have passed between each conviction, and then I only steal when I am out of work. Alderman Hale—lf it had been new goods or merchan dise, instead of waste paper— Prisoner (interrupting the alderman) —Precisely so, sir; but then I knew it was only waste. (Laughter.) Alderman Hale—Had it not been waste paper I should have committed you for trial. You are now sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Prisoner (leaving the dock) —I am very much obliged to your worship, for I expected a good deal more. (Great laughter.) Alderman Hale—l have given you all I had the power to do. WORSHIP- STREE T.—Joshua Janiels, about 60 years of age, and described as a sugar manufacturer, in the parish of Holy Trinity, in the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, was charged before Mr. Cooke on a warrant granted by Mr. T. H. Travis, one of the stipendiary magistrate of Hull , with having feloniously stolen a quantity of household furniture, the goods and chattels of Lewis Nathan. The prisoner was taken into custody by Samuel Hare, a constable of Hull, at his house in Garden-street there, on the 11th of November inst., and taken befere the magistrate mentioned, when, it appearing that the offence in q uestion had been committed in London, the offen ds : was forthwith sent on the depositions to this court. Mr. Vann now attended for the prosec utor,. and Mr. Joseph Barnard for the defenc e, the eviimme in support of the accusation being tha t p rosecutor had known pri soner a considerable time in London, and that occasionally the latter visited the house h s abeence; that about five m e nthe since prosecutor, w ho had been married eleven years and had a Wally of four children, left home of his business as a fish dealer at an early hour in the morning, and on his return at night was astonished to find his place stripped of nearly all the furniture. his wife absent, and also one of his little girls. Inquiry enabled him to ascertain that prisoner had removed the furniture, and subsequently he discovered that his faithless partner was with him at Hull—what had become of the child did not transpire. Prosecutor immeaiately visited the parts of the country indicated, but failed in his search, and returned to London. Latterly he obtained more certain directions, and again went to Hull. When more successful in his endeavours he obtained a warrant against the prisoner, proceeded with a constable to the address mentioned, and there found his wife and goods. The conduct of the prisoner ap peared to have been heartless in the extreme, inasmuch as when the injured husband returned home he found that even the bed clothes with which his children had been covered were taken away. A very intelligent little girl was called in addition to those whose testimony had already been given at Hull, and she swore to having seen the prisoner removing the furni ture on the day in question. Mr. Barnard said he felt that under the peculiar circum stances of the case the prisoner must go before a jury, but he trusted bail would be taken for his appearance. Mr. Vann urged that prisoner, by his cruel conduct, had forfeited claim to any indulgence, and Mr. Cooke refused to accede to the application, and ordered the completion of the depositions for prisoner's trial at the sessions. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. HERALD.—It is the custom of the enthusiasts for Polish independence to represent Russia as the only obstacle to the realisation of their desire. If the power of the " Colossus" could only be broken ; if the Czar would appreciate the sagacious advice with which they interpolate their abuse to contract his frontiers, abandon all interference in the affairs of Europe, and take to civilisiog Calmuck Tartars, then Poland would, they tell us, at once regain their in dependence, and the standing danger to the peace of Europe which arises from her discontent would be removed. It may at first seem to be hardly worth while to discuss an argument which rests upon as sumptions which have not the faintest chance of realisation ; but` the error is really a very mischiev ous one, in the encouragement it gives to the war feeling, and therefore deserves refutation. Germany is a greater obstacle to the independence of Poland than Russia. The two German partitioners are quite as resolutely determined to prevent the re establishment of a Polish kingdom as Russia can be. That kingdom would be an instrument in the hands of Russia by which she could seriously threaten Germany, whereas Poland, a discontented province, is a source of weakness. With an inde pendent Poland on their frontiers, Austria and Prussia would be always in danger of war. An independent Poland formed out of the Russian parts of Poland could not rest without striving to regain the portions in the possession of Prussia and Austria ; and these possessions, absolutely necessary to the new kingdom, the partitioners cannot possibly abandon. Prussia, deprived of her Polish possessions, would be deprived of all con sistency, and her strength would be frittered away. Her most important provinces would be cut off from all connection with the centre of the monarchy ; her principal port would go, and her capital would De completely open to a Polish incursion. Austria equally must bold Galicia, not only because the province is a rich one, governed in ordinary times with sufficient ease, but because its loss would leave her quite naked and defenceless. It was an overpowering instinct of self-protection which led to the partitions, and Austria and Prussia will never surrender their Polish provinces until after a war in which they have been decisively defeated, and then only to wait until they have sufficiently re cruited to be able to strike again for them. Yet there are politicians who pretend that Austria is ready to give up Galicia, and that Prussia would make no serious opposition to the surrender of Posen ; who fancy that because the two Powers have not aided Russia by energetic measures to sup press the insurrection, that they are indifferent to its success. The truth is that Austria did not inter- fere, partly because she has an ancient grudge with Russia, and partly because, confident that Russia would put the insurrection down, she was glad to make capital with Europe by a liberality which cost nothing. Prussia, too, has cohfined herself to the guarding of her own frontiers; but only because she entertained no doubt of the ultimate triumph of Russia, and was anxious not to provoke an inter ference on the part of France, which would have seriously inconvenienced her. Let those who doubt this determination mark the language used by Herr Von Bismarck in the Upper House of the Prussian Lendtag. The Prussian Premier refused to allow for one moment that the insurrection had not broken out in the Polish provinces of Prussia because the Poles only desired to throw off the yoke of Russia ; reason was to be found in the military preparations of the Dovernment, and he added—" If, however, theta was no intention to draw our provinces into the insurrection it would still have been the duty of the Government upon political, eocial, and moral grounds, to interpose to prevent the movement in Poland from triumphing, since an independent Poland on the frontiers of Prussia would always be a danger for the monarchy, which would occupy a great part of the army. The Government, moveover, could not suffer a movement to suc ceed which soils itself with unheard-of crimes and delights in the apotheosis of assassination:" This is very plain speaking, but whatever Govern ment may come into power in Prussia will pursue the same policy, if it does not avow it so clearly. Austrian Ministers are obliged to use more reserve ; they have been playing a very deep game with the Polish question, and cannot speak out as the plain spoken Prussian Minister can ; but Herr Von Schmerliog and one of his colleagues, in the recent debate in the Lower House of the Reichsrath, de clared plainly enough that the object of the Poles was to sever Galicia from Austria, and that the Government would combat that purpose, with all energy. Austria and Prussia both feel that any insurrection of the Poles is ultimately directed as much egainst them as against Russia ; they feel, too, that they have more to apprehend from its suc cess than Russia, and, wherever they fancy it has the slightest chance of success, they will oppose it with all the resources at their command. What hope can there be that a European Congress will establish any compromise between these irreconcile able extremes ? Oa the one hand are the Poles and the revolutionists of all couetries demanding the absolute independence of Poland in its ancient limits ; on the other hand, three great Powers re solved never to allow that independence. W hat can any powers of Imperial eloquence, any solemn de cision of the representatives of other European states, any threats, indeed, of war do to induce the three partitioners to surrender territories which have now become integral and necessary parts of their dominions? The only means to move Russia would be a coalition, in which Austria and Prussia should both take part against her. The moment the question of Polish independence is broached Austria and Prussia must make common cause with her. There is no compensation in other parts of Europe which would be deemed by the partitioners equivalent for the surrender of Poland —and the Congress, if it meets, must, as far as Poland is concerned, be sterile. No valour, no de votion can restore Poland, as none could have saved it after the 18th century commenced. Whatever religious and political liberty the Poles may here after possess, they must take from the hand of Rus sia, Prussia, and Austria—take, not as Poles, but ordinary citizens of those empires. We have so profound a conviction of the utter hopelessness of all attempts to revive' Poland, that we hear with satisfaction that the insurrection has burnt down to its last embers. The fight is hopeless, its prolon gation entails useless misery in Poland, and it is well that the end should be at hand. The Polish news manufacturers have, indeed, in the last few days supplied several stories of victory, but the fact is that the work of " pacification" is going on as surely as the Russian Government could desire, and the energetic measures the Austrian authorities are about to take in Galicia will materially expedite it. TIMES.—The prospect of Colonel Waugh being deliberately set at large by a Court of Bankruptcy is calculated to spread a panic among shareholders and creditors of joint stock concerns. So colossal was the scale of depredations upon society which be organised, and so consummate the audacity. h which he played his own part, that even at . this di tance of time his evil fame has not been eclipsed by any subsequent frauds. Others o btained credit Others, perhaps, have brought more victims to ruin, and ntl delusive, but h spar a e dva y ntages of social upon pretences more tran very few have combined the a nd persuasive ad 'sotnee centuryl,dwho Were have imit ated, I , s w l oonud Worth certainly its The nepraroonmight t ab y dpitoessiteiown'itimh military y l nanbninlietnyththsienoanrltaa equal success. great able to l u d b u b p I dupe m w c o hc n od g i ankse a When such a man, after a few which ma n d a c tio ßrl h ave envied, years' re tirement, reappears on the scene of his o ld exploits, and ma na ges the idea we ight in gold. to obtain the protec tion which the law provides for honest bat un fortunate traders, we feel that he must possess a sort of charmed life. H • aving naturally re garded him as a pirate of the co te - tunnel world to whom no quarter should b e given, we are at first disposed to ask ourselves by what acts he can have perverted the judgment of the Commissioner who proposes to release him. And yet, upon further inquiry, we a re o b l i ged to admit that the proceed lug is reaular, and that the decision which, unless reversed on appeal gives Colonel Waugh another thanes of escape may be justified by plausible argu , menu, It appears that when the bankrupt, for reasons best known to himself, tempted his fate by returning to this country, he was at once sued by the "official managers" of the notorious London and Eastern Banking Corporation. It is true teat he surrendered and claimed the protection of the Bankruptcy Court, but the right of action belong ing to the plaintiffs was not affected by this act, and, failing to get their demand admitted by that Court, they reverted to their remedy at law. Nor did they stop here. Having issued their writ, they made an affidavit that they had probable cause for believing that the defendant was about to quit England, and got an order directing him to find two sureties in £50,000 each for his appearance. This it seems he was unable to do, and the consequence is that for some time past he has been residing in Whitecross-street Prison. An application was made not long since to a Judge at Chambers to procure his discharge from custody, but after a careful argu ment it was refused with costs. He then applied to Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, but here he met with opposition from the assignees, whose expe rience of Colonel Waugh made them as unwilling as the plaintiffs to let go their hold of him. How' ever, that opposition has now been withdrawn, and the Commissioner has resolved to grant the dis charge for which the Colonel petitions, in case no appeal should be lodged within a fortnight by the detaining creditor. Until that time this dangerous gentleman remains in durance, and must postpone any arrangements which he may have made for his return to the more genial climate of Spain. The grounds upon which Mr. Commis sioner Goulburn vindicates his judgment are of very unequal validity. That which he puts first and foremost is the advantage to the assignees and creditors of obtaining a fuller disclosure than they could otherwise expect. "It was obvious to every person of common sense that neither the accountants appointed by the Court (Messrs. Brown and Dubois) nor the solicitor to the assignees (Mr. Linklater) could make proper inquiry into the case while the, bankrupt remained in prison." Upon such a point as this we readily bow to the Commissioner's opi nion ; but, obvious as this may be, it is not less obvious that the interests of justice would be still more seriously defeated by the bankrupt's abscond- ing, and rendering no accounts at all. It is satis factory to know that very voluminous balance•sheets are in course of preparation, but we have heard enough of the Eastern Bank te• make us very scep tical as to any new figures being introduced on the side of assets, and enough of Colonel Waugh to diminish our confidence in the value of his services as an accountant. The Commissioner tells us that the primary object of the 112th section of the Bankruptcy Act passed in 1849, permitting such releases, was to facilitate a complete discovery of the bankrupt's estate and effects: This may be True, but we cannot help observing that this very section recognises an exception in the case of persons who are confined " for any debt contracted by fraud or breach of trust," as well as those who have been convicted of offences less heinous than those alleged against Colonel Waugh. Assuming, as we are bound to do, that the Commissioner has kept within the letter and spirit of this exception, we think it plain that the Legislature did not mean the die' cretion of the Court to be exercised, if it could be helped, in favour cf bankrupts who deserve no in dulgence. Besides, the section empowers the Court to insist on its own conditions, one of which might reasonably be the production of adequate bail. We should have the more right to expect this security to be taken if, as in the present in• stance, a vary large sum had been already fixes by one judge and approved by another. On the other hand, it is fair to mention, for what it is worth, the state ment of the Commissioner as to the nature of the plaintiffs' claim. It is by no means clear that the having attempted and failed to substantiate it in Bankruptcy would be a bar to proceeding by way of action, but if it be true that " the debt was barred by the Statute of Limitations before the arrest was made," even Colonel Waugh is entitled to the benefit of that fact. We can hardly doubt that it is the consciousness of this flaw in their own case that has deterred the plaintiffs from carrying it any further for eight months. It is possible that on this ground, which the Commissioner will not allow to be the main one, the substance of his decision may be confirmed on appeal. With the expressions that fell from him in deprecation of prejudice against the bankrupt we can have no sympathy. "Exces sive bail" may, no doubt, be used as an engine of oppression, and is prohibited by our law ; but it is difficult to say what bail is excessive when the per son arrested is une who has diverted hundreds of thousands of pounds from the pockets of others into his own, and has made off when detection was cer tain. Colonel Waugh stands self-condemned. He fled this country when it was vital to his character that he should remain. He chose disgraceful im punity rather than the choice of establishing his innocence, because he then believed that chance to be desperate. What his motive for now braving the latter alternative may be we cannot say ; but until he clears himself every presumption must be, and ought to be against him. Should he succeed in giving this last proof of his genius, he may revive, if he pleases,the orilliant entertainments of Carnpden House, and dazzle London, like Cagliostro after his imprisonment in the Bastile. But to undo the ruin that he has wrought, and to silence the bitter _re proaches of those who were induced to trust bli, bie is past his power, even if his conscience be OP of suggesting the desire. COUNTRY MARKE TS. MANCHESTER—THuRsDAY. -- - - At our market this morning the attendance was moderate. English wheat was in fair demand at is per qr advance ort the Lull prices of this day se'nnight, and foreign was 2d to 3d per 1001bs. dearer. Flour was 6d per sack higher, with a very limited business. Oats and oatmeal at about former prices. Indian corn and beaus steady. BRISTOL—THURSDAY. We had a fair supply of English wheat to-day, which realised about last Thursday's prices. Foreign wheat also at late rates. Barley and other articles as before. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. Wheat was in fair supply to-day, and sales were made 01 rather over last week's rates. Barley sold slowly. Oat, rather dearer, and beans quite as dear. Peas unchanged , English wheat was sold at 40s to 46s for white, and 360 to 448 per 36 stone for red. Barley, new malting, 32s to 42s per qr ; grinding, 26s to 30s Oats, old, 22s to 300 per 30 stone ; Irish, 18s to 245. Beans, 40s to 448 per qr. Peas, 36s to 44s per 36 stone. EDINBURGH GRAIN—Nov. 25. A large supply of farmers' wheat to-day, which met 6 ready sale at Is to 2s advance upon the prices of last week. Barley in good demand, and prices fully as high. Oats dull sale. Beans were unaltered. Wheat on the top 12s Od down. average is 7d up. Barley on the top is Od up average Os 4d decal. Oats on the top Os 9d down . ...average Os 6d, down'Beans on the top Os 6d up average Os 8d up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ... 902 qrs Sold 736 qrs 8ar1ey........2667 qrs Sold 2104 qrs Oats Beans lO7 qrs Sold 81 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 40s Od ; extras, 38s Od ; superfine, 368 . 0 d ; fine, 34s Od. DERBY SMITH: lELD—Noy. 24. - - • • Beef Mutton Lamb Bd to —d Rough fat, 3s 9d 75 p dd er s tt° t o o 76 ll lj -' cl . Hides, 3d to 41d; calf skins, 5d to 6d. [ADVERTISEMENT.)—HoIIoway's Pills.—Prostration of StrenKth.—When the system is weak and the nerves un' strung, disease is certain to present itself. Some purifying and strengthening means should be resorted to to avert the threatening mischief. In such oases no treatment can equal that by these excellent rills—no other plan can be pursued so well devised tor ejecting all impurities from the blood, B"ntd why th e y h ave b e en resh source of life and without straining or weakening th e c onstitution. H3llO, ways's Pills so fortify the stomach and re g ulat e the liv er, that they raise the capability of di g estion, and thus cre ate new power. This is the reas on why Holloway's Pills havelaudedgained their throughoutpre sentt popularity, globe ass strength." Births. BRANDRBTIL—On the 25th inst., at Standish Rectorif Mrs. r o aa n d t r h e e th 2 , s o t f h a i d n a s u t h a t t e r. Oxford, the wife of Gilber t C w Child, M.D., of a daughter. TROLLOPS. --On the 24th inst., at 37, Eeeleston•squar e s Airs. Charles B. Trollope, of a son. Marriages. A BECK MT—HUNT.—On the 24th inst, at St J o hn's C,` , tholic Chur c h, Bath, Gilbert Arthur 'eldest son of the late Gilbert Abbot a Beckett, Esq., Metropolitan Police Magistrate, to Emily, eldest daughter of William H u " - Esq., of Bath. MAR SHALL —CLARK—On the 26th inst at St. Andrew 's ' Holborn, R o b ert Marshall, Esq., of Wainfleet, Mary's, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late John Clar gr Esq., of Newark-on-Trent. Deaths. CRITCHLEY.—On the 25th inst., at 58, LoWndes-Equarer Thomas Critchley, Esq. COKER.—On the 24th inst , at Radelive Rectory, BuckingA' hamshire, the Rev. John Coker, B.C.L , Hon. Prebelw of Lincoln, aged 70. DANIELL —On the 22d inst., at Brynderwen, NeWP° th Mon., Wm. Daniell, jun., Esq., aged 42, DA•was,—On the 2let inst , a t Whitwell. Isle of Wig ht ' William Henry Dawes, Esq., aged 58. FLOWER,—On the 25th inst., at Brighton, Henry Flower, Esq., aged 66. HARRISON.—On the 26th inst., at Water-park, Balsa Harrison, Esq., of Green-bank, Ambleside, aged 77. RADMYFFE.—On the 25th inst., at 41 , Camden -streerr Oakley-square, Mr. Edward Radolyffe. London: Pritaed and Putglshed by VVILLIAM ANDRE;". of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SuN Office No. 11:. Strand, n the Precinct 01 the 'savoy. n the County of itliddleux.—Fricuth November 27, 1863. In the Station Itailwa _roads ei politan those r Cor npa anent o NOTIS Intended for . leave following To inec Pa 4 Y), an Hnd wain Works iv ther eo r n tb.er d Wi ti Sever tact-me, the Vic mediate Gcos go'