The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-31 00:00:00

IKONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a moderate inquiry for discount accom modation this morning, and the market is slightly easier. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £974,000, and the exports £623,500. The continental exchanges yesterday afternoon Were generally rather higher. A further instalment of £4 has to be paid on the shares of the Italian Irrigation Canal Company by the 16th February. Two O'CLOCK. There has been no alteration to-day in the Mar ket for the English Funds, Consols having re mained at 924 a for money and the account. Specu lators are now looking forward to the settlement, and the dealings for transfer being limited, a very quiet tone is manifested. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced are 921 f-, ; Exchequer Bills are heavy, at ss. dis. to ls. dis.; India 5 per Cent. Loan refrains at 108 /. In the Foreign department Greek Bonds have been particularly buoyant, dealings having taken place at 181 I, the closing prices being 184; while the Coupons have improved to 71 d ; Mexican Stock is 32:-; New Grenada 2 per Cents, are 29; do. "ex all," 131 Peruvian New Lon is 861- 87; Portuguese do., 47 ; and Vent-zuelan, 61 I ; Egyptian are supported at 96f 97; second issue, 96 4 a ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1838, have improved to 71t ; do,, 1862, 671 ; and the I .;onsolides, to 414 t. In the Railway Share Market there has been rather more animation, and prices, in several in stances, have tended upwards. London and Black wall, North Western, Metropolitan, and North Eastern (Berwick), advanced as.; South Western, 108.; and South Eastern, £1 to £1 58. ; Bristol and Exeter, however, declined .1.,2 ; and London and Brighton, 10s. to 15s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were Without mate, ial alteration in values. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were dull, but, in one or two instances, exhibited a slight improvement. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 a kuninties, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire .sth April, 1885 l5 3-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 113 Ditto ditto April, 1864 99/ D it. . bonds £l.OOO Ditto under £1,000.. Consols for Account, Feb. 5 92/ Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 2i per Cent 4 5 1 dis Ditto £SOO Ditto Small 2 dis FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Egpptian 7 per Cent.. 97 6} Ditto, Second Issue I Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5 , ex-Coup ins 181 iI 1 Ditto Coupons 7i t Mexican 3 per Cent ,Auto Account New Granada 2 per Cent Ditto Land Warrants Ditto ex over-due Coup s . & Hectares i3i A Ditto Deferred P.:lll%lRn 4t per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto Account B6i 7 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent.,1856, '7, '9, and '6O 46} Ditto 1862.. Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Spanish l Cert. of Coup no t f un d e d lof t Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1802 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 6sf Italian, b per Cent., 1861, Ex 25f — Ditto Account.. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 92/ i AMERICA. LONDONDERRY, JAN. 30. The Canadian screw steamer Nova Scotian, from Portland on the 17th inst., has arrived here. She brings 14,000 dots. in specie. NE W YORK, JAN. 17 (Evening). General Longstreet is said to have taken 13 brigades from Virginia into Tennessee, and to be preparing to attack Rosecrans immediately. The Confederates have captured and destroyed five Federal steamers laden with stores, and one gunboat, up the Cumberland River. The National lntelligencer publishes several in tercepted Southern despatches. A portion of the correspondence relates to a movement on the part of the French Consuls at Galveston and Rich- Mond., supposed to have been originated in Paris, to induce Texas to secede from the Southern Con federacy, and establish an independent Govern- Inent„ the result being that an order was trans mitted to the Confederate Commander in Texas to Send the French Consul to Mexico. The French Consul at Richmond was ordered to leave, but the order was rescinded. The Confederate authorities are dissatisfied with the reception accorded nyEtrl Russell toMr.Mason's s chemes for rai s i ng money in England by hypothe cating Southern cotton. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JAN. 17 (Evening). Money easy. Gold 47 per cent. prem. Exchange on London—Bankers' bills, 164. Stocks, large speculative sales. New York Cen tral, 1171 ; I►linois, 914 ; Erie, 75. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. ANNUAL MEETING THIS DAY. The annual meeting of the proprietors of this theatre was held this afternoon in the saloon of the theatre. Mr. Arden occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN said his duties were comparatively light this year, because their report was much brighter. The report was then read, from which it appeared that the receipts amounted to £7,075 15s. 3d., and the ex penditure to something over £4,000, which left a balance of £2,224 6s. The architect to the proprietors, Mr. Marsh Nelson, then read his statement of the state of the building, which he considered to be in first-rate condition. It also stated that the greatest precaution had been taken to prevent accident from fire, which he felt all present Would approve of. Mr. REDDING was seconded by \lr moved the adopti on o f the report, which W. In reply to Mr. S p h os a a r S. Bn aToN. d pe t , o th ni e aCkiteAvriasallAthise said lar ge t s h t e t d h i e T had end the committee pro had for some years past. A Proprietor complained of the difficulty the renters, who possessed the right ot adnaission, had in obtaining a seat. The CHAIRMAN said no infringement of the covenants of the lease would be permitted,bu u t t ihnetu writing,felt oe ann idf any complaint of the proprietors was well grounded, the new management p would eertain wa l; remedy it. to the renters when Captain THOMPSON said, what was requir t e h d e gentlemanly treatment yweaxserincisoerde the right they undoubtedly possessed. The i_4IA.IRMAN promised that the complaints of the pro prietors s h ou ld b e f orwarde d t o t h e p ro p e r qu arter. A PROPRIETOR wished to know who was actually the present lessee of the theatre. The CHAIRMAN said the only answer he could give was that M r . S mith was, u..til arrangements pending were con cluded, th e person whom the proprietors must look to as lessee. Mr. SMITH said in the negotiations going on between himself and Mr. Falconer for the transfer of the remainder of his term of lease, that gentleman had assured him that everything he could do to consult the convenience of the renters and proprietors, he should be most willing to per- form. The report was then carried unanimously. The dividend payable, therefore, will be £4 15s. Od. upon each of the £5OO shares. The proceedings concluded with a c omplimentary vote of thanks to the chairman and lessee. A. prisotier made a clever escape from Preston Rouse of Correction on Wednesday last. l had been left ope n acc id enta ll y, and this temptin g op door portu nity was seized. H e managed to climb a wall 30 feet high by means of a form, and drop down a 20 feet wall by means of a strap with a hook at the end of it. SHARE MARKETS—This Day. ORDIN ARY SHARES ANI) STo u t, •, .1 Railway.% : Dir., `Vol., and Str. Val rlyt he and Tyne. .. itoot.,Sleat.,andllidAJo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork. and Bandon Cornwall D o A A Lets no tilv Do. B ti 11 (ip c.p an.ha‘.l been paid to 8.1 Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. stk: Ditto A stock Ditto Fast Anglian 4t, GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern ' Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares... Metropoli tan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Bent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, Sr Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire Z , T. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot, Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 6taines, Wok., an d Wok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim 1 Waterford Rilkenny i West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Handy& I West Midland o:cord Do Newport Do Herefords BRITISH P Rai I 'gawp atlantic ta St Lawrene. Rom.,Baroda&.Cent In. , Gu. 5 Der cent— ...... Do. New . Buffalo and Laae Huron Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godricl 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1 , 472 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1,1 , Clcuttadv S. EaMtn. I. ( 7 apeTown ,tc Dock tier Eaetn. Bengal gu. 6 p. bast Ind.an, eu. 5 p. I Do. do. ' Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada. Do. 6 per cent. Prei Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. Do. 6 per et. Debent Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. G t. In dlaPentn. gua.sp. c Do. New zua. 5 p. c... Do. January, ;862 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share- Do. New iDo. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 55 p. C. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited I Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41 p. o. Exterudo , DC 4 . . Do. Fifth Extension. Me.lb.( orD. W. C. Brid Melb. & Hobson's Bay, Do. 7 p. a Mort g. IN,w Brunswick .x Cand Class A Capital Shar Do. do. B Capital do. po Ist pi bds Sonde 1 rDo. Delhi • • I 4 Do. do ..... . Do. Punjaub e Do. Du. T i g Do. Indus. St. Fl o . J caid.l Closing BUSilleti, P r i ce . f done. ,4 84 85 ss77 115 116 Gi 7 41 43 13 14 86 87 105 107 40 47i 92 49 23 24 1271 128 132 133 136 138 104 106 66 (5 109 10.1 721 731 113 114 41 42 971 971 1021 103) 41 42 131 14 128 t2ef I#.) 96 98 53 534 25i 2i 99i 100 564 57; 88* 881 128 130 110 1:2 ; 1 p 15; 16* 11 11+ 118 120 47; 48; 104 106 47 49 32i 335 914 92 68 70 102 104 6 7 38f 39} 10 106 8 p 7f 149 151 p 41 51 24 3z p 55} fit 4 26 34 p d p 86 88 140 145 , 29 31 41 43 34 36 94 26 s:ESSIONS. Closing Price. 65 67 104 105 4-; 51 74 8 80 83 73 76 73 76 1(3 7(5 1.54 , 9% 1 1 5 64 1054 , 64 4 lip I IP Al 1 73 75 63 65 32 34 47 tO 32 34 32 Al 104 i ,nsi P 104 tors 1 124 12 1 8 71d 99 101 92 , 14 1 02 11 l i3 p 96 98 ‘ , 2 4 52 53 3 5 3 83 65 105 106 I(2k I(3k iP P 103 104 98 100 100 Om. 'llOO 2 15 ICO OLONIAL 14() VHRNNIEN'l SECT' ~n .liov. 8 p.c.Ja &J uly 1877-81 . .. 100 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug:. 100 Do. dp. c. Jar..ec Sent. 100 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 ( 'ape G. Hope, 6 p 0.1873 100 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880; 100 Do. 1890; 100 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.1 100 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c. 100 N.13.140v. 6 p.c.J adauly) 100 ,00. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 0.,1866 100 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 100 Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 100 New Zealand 6 p. cent.' 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c I steriinv, 1875 lOO Queensland Gov. 6p. C lOO 6. Aus G6p.c.187e.& up ' 100 Vlc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 Do. in n.o. An.&Oot.. lOO X lO5 106 108 108 106 108 95 06 93 95 10• 110 112 114 112 114 111 113 1(3 105 100 101 994 1004 99 99i 109 111 105,E 1061 1 (9 11, 109 111 107 109 Ic9i llO *d e 3 25 515 525 51 63 (113 49* kp tl4 (2 51 5, 18 20 oi 7 , 1 66 41 51 50 52 26 3 1 11„ 33 $0 gi de pr 140 150 31 31 3 Ai 44 5 1 13 395 4e5 2* 2/ 874 024 40 42 11 i 6 13 14 32 34 285 295 75 8' 50 60 79 9 159 9}i 40 250 169 179 59 6 liogi log 10 9i RHITISH NTT Cambrian Consol. Gold chuoru Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. rravist East Bassett (Illova n East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... East Cam Brea.... E. WI Russel (Tavistk., Gam.6tStAubyn(Gwen.)l Great South Tolgus 1 ,;. Wheal Vor (Helstou Grenville .. Herod's- Foot • !iingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant Marke Valley. ‘tyndv Iron Oro (Lim ' New Setun North Downs I3asePt (1110 ;an worth Wheal Crotty . Par Consols (st. Blizev 'rovidence (Uny Lelni. South Caradon(StCleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) . Wheal Fran. (lllogsn Stray Park Tamar Silv..t Lead MITI, Cin Crott West Basset (Illogan) W Carzdon (Liskeard West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan Vileal Buller ( Redruth Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Lnd ott Wheal fit ary Ann (Men ) !Wheal Seton • 'Pre la .vney (Lis ) Wheal Union 1.14. 7.19.0 4. 7.0 2.0.6 4.10 17 2.4. v 5.15 f , l 18.1 .9 28.9. 2.0.6 2.10.8 5 1 I PREFERENCE SHARES. Great orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. prem., 113 i Ditto, 4 per cent. red. ditto, 107 Sou ,h Eastern 46 per cent., 101 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, ti per cent. pref. B, 2f Metropolitan, t LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 4 per Cent., 921 4 Nottingham and Grantham R. 6c C., 96f Wilts and Somerset, ol FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 7i I Bahia and Stn Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent, 201 Dutch Rhenish, IN Great Luxembourg, 14i Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per (lent. pf., 20 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 231 South- Eastern of Portugal 7 per cent. pref., in FOREIGN MINES. Dun Mount. Copper Min. Co. :(lim.), 4 I Fortuna (Rm.), 4g # JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of London, 100 4 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 22 Eng., Sco ~ and Australian Chartered, 21i 201 Lonuon and Colonial (lim.), London Joint stock, 51 London and South African, 25 London and Westminster, 77} Illetrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 13.1 13 ottoman Bank, 3. 4g s ,— Ditto, new, gi 9 Pr ovincial of Ireland. 89 6 DOCKS. V ictoria, 97i Co pper Miners ofUISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Work I 7 Custai P a h. oe, 3111 laß' s 6 • - an d Smelting, 7} per cent pf., 17 16 Ditto, pref., los London Uem.ral Omnibu s c National Diseotnat companllan P aka.), 1 Oriental Inland Steam y°, , k 1 Penins Ditto, ular new, 44 and 0, i ental steam. 7 3i , Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 42, 3L 3 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE, Aui.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton Feb. 18. via Marseilles ... Feb. 12. brazil and Cape Verds, by British pac'tet. Cape of Good Elope, Ascension, and St. Helena. Mar. 3. t;hina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southamptou.Feb. 1. via Marseilles Feb. 12 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 1. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 1. via Marseilles Feb. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb. 10. via Marseilles Feb. 5. Portugal.... ...... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton, Feb. 1. via Marseilles Feb. 6 Newfoundland .. Feb, 4 ()pert° and Vigo .............. C. S. and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet.... Feb. 4 by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Feb. —. W.C. of Africa, M- adeira, and Teneriffe. . Feb. 10, Paid. 934 5 115 i I 6 5 k 5 4 1 5 1 1091 73 113 121 ad 42 974 I 103} 411 13 11 I 128 f A 92 3 2i i Ruill n ess don. 105 4i 1081 le6l. 5f I Itl'lsl A /-C."---0 THE SON, LONDON., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before he Judge Ordinary.) COOKE V. COOKE. The hearing of this case was resumed this morning by the examination of Miss Elizabeth Cooke, the eldest daughter of the peti tioner, who said—l have resided with my father, the re spondent, until within the last few days. I have witnessed many acts of violence on my father's part towards my mother. The first I recollect was the pulling away the chair from under her. I have seen him put his finger into her mouth and make it bleed. I have known him tear her cap so that she could not wear it again. My mother re sided upstairs by direction of my father. He would not allow her to come down. He would not let her continue giving me musical lessons. At dinner one day he threw a piece of bread at my mother. The Judge Ordinary—That is an insult rather than an injury. Cross-examined by the Queen's Advocate, on the part of the respondent—l left my father's house on Tuesday in consequence of a summons from the petitioner's solicitor. I have mentioned the acts of violence I have witnessed to aunt, Mrs. Mayo, and also several friends. They took place eight years ago. I am not going to return to my father's house, The Queen's Advocate—Do you not mean to return ? Witness—No, indeed. The Queen's Advocate—When did you come to that determination ? Witness—As soon as I was able to get out of it. The Queen's Advocate—What is your age ? Witness—Five-and-twenty. The Queen's Advocate—What made you alter your determination ? Witness—Because I was unwilling to leave my youngest sister alone at Seymer. The first time I saw my father make my mother bleed was about ten years ago. He did so, however, on m.re than one occasion. Nothing led to the act that I know of. My father told her to go out of the room, and pushed her out. On the occasion when I saw mother on the ground, she never slept in my father's bed afterwards. I think her life was in danger that night. The Queen's Advocate—Did you ever see any miscon duct on the part of your mother ? Witness—No, never in my whole life. The Queen's Advocate—The fault entirely was always on your father's side ? Witness--Always. The Queen's Advocate—There was no provocation ? Witness—No, never. The Queen's Advocate—Have you not been on bad terms with your father for the last two years ? Witness—lt has not been my fault. The Queen's Advocate—But have you not been on bad terms with your father ? Witness (with emotion)—l have tried to live happy with him, but it was no fault of mine. Dr. Spinks, for the petitioner-1 must have it all out now, Was not your father's habits, two years ago, that of intempel ance ? The Judge-Ordinary—l think you had better put that question in another way. You can ask what were the terms on which you and your father have been living for the last two years, and what was the cause of it ? Dr. Spinks—Very well, my lord; 1 put the question• in that way. Witness—He has always been very unkind to me. He said I was not fit to live in his house. The Judge-Ordinary— What was the cause of his siy • ing so ? Witness—Because he was angry. The Judge Ordinary—Nothing else? Witness—Nothing that 1 am aware of. This closed the pet tioner's case. The Queen's Advocate, for the respondent, said he was anxious, on the part of his client, a beneficed clergyman of the Church of England, to take the earliest opportunity of stating that he thought he should be able to show the pre sent case was one of the greatest exaggeration, by putting his client into the witness-box, who would deny it in nearly all its material points. He was, however, afraid that faults would be apparent on both sides. Having referred at some length to the principal points in the evidence, he concluded by calling The Rev. Mr. Cooke, who said—At the time I was mar ried I was curate at Chelsworth, in Suffolk. In 1838, on the death of my father, I became entitled to some property, and afterwards became rector of Seymer. Up to this time my wedded life had been comfortable. A few years after that my wife became dissatisfied, because I did not take her out enough. She also wished me to take lodgings in London which I objected to, as it did not suit my money matters. I objected on that score. That led to trifling quarrels, but not great ones. The principal difference arose in 1850, when I had the Seymer Hall property left to me. Mr. and Mrs. Richards came. It was said by Mr. Richards that I ought now to launch out more—that I was mean not to do so. The property was no addition to my income, but a loss, as I had to pay over the rents for the next five years ; in addition to which I had to pay for repairs. Some remarks were made at the time by Mr. Richards and my wife. She has made remarks on the same subject when Mr. Richards has not been present. The circumstanoe ultimately led to very material quarrels. After I had been at Sey mer a short time I began farming operations. Mrs. Cooke objected. She used, on meeting me going to the property, to say, " There you are, going to your stinking farm." We had constant quarrels at this time. In 1851 or 1852 Mrs. Cooke said she would never have married me if it had not been for mygood recommendations. She also said she did not care for me, and that she did not believe that I had as much money as I was represented to possess. Such ex pressions irritated me, and led to quarrels. I also had com plaints made to me by the cook about Mrs. Cooke's house hold management. The cook complained of the man ser vant, and he retorted on the cook. I inquired into the matter, and I found the female was to blame, as she kept her comb and brush in the dairy—(laughter)—where she used to dress herself in preference to going upstairs. I shortly after found Mrs. Cooke and the cook in conversa tion about a piece of meat which, as it was tainted, I ordered to be thrown away. I afterwards found this same piece of meat, the next morning, placed with the good. I paid the woman her wages, took away her keys, and d'scharged her. Mrs. Cooke took part with the woman, which afterwards led to quarrels between her and myself. I have also bad to complain about Mrs. Cooke's conduct towards the children. On one very frosty morning I found some of them out in the fields. I said such ought not to be, but Mrs. Cooke said the children were sent out to please me, as some carting was going on. I sent for them to come in. There were other subjects which led to household dis cussions besides these alluded to The gardener complained that he had too little ground to produce the vegetables Mrs. Cooke required. Mrs. Cooke had complained of my niggardly habits before the children. The Judge Ordinary—Let us have the dates. Witness— Within the last few years ? The Judge Ordinary—What did she say on any one oc casion ? Witness (after much hesitation)--I cannot recollect the exact words. Judge Ordinbry—Who was present? Witness—My two daughters. Judge Ordinary—Those that have been examined ? Witness—Yes. Examination continued—l have had to send the children twice to Bilston to pay small bills for debts Mrs. Cooke had incurred. It is not true that in the winter of 1852 I rubbed my wife with my hand with so much violence as to put het to pain. I never treated her with violence. did not, on the 10th of February, 1853, follow her into her dressing room and ill-treat her. I once put my hand over her face, when she bit my finger. (Laughter.) The Judge Ordinary—Once, or more than once? Witness—More than once. It occurred when we were both very angry. I have stroked her down the face, and said, " Gently," "be quiet," or words to that effect. I never dragged her across the bed, and kept her in a painful position. I can't tell the date when Mrs. Cooke bit my finger, but I recollect it was when she was very angry up stairs, when 1 believe we had been having words about her going into Miss White's room. Mrs. Cooke was the most angry. Her words were very provoking. The Judge rdinary—What were they ? Witness—On one occasion, when Mr. and Mrs. Richards came to take my wife out Mrs. Richards called me a ranter, Mr. Richards said I was a tyrannical brute, and ray wife joined in. The Judge Ordinary—What did she say ? Witness—That I prevented her from going out with her friends. The Judge Ordinary—That was the troth, I suppose ? Witness—Yes. On other occasions we have quarrelled, because,l have discovered she made misrepresentations to me. I recollect going to Colchester in 1854. I returned with Mrs. Cooke and my daughter. It is not true that on that occasion I struck my wife with the handle of the whip on her face. I pointed it at her. The Judge Ordinary—What part of it? Witness—. The handle. She kept putting it away with her hand. I did not strike her with it at all. If the whip t to o u h c e h r ed w h h e u r e i i t n w:t e s d by accident. I never pushed her in such a.manner as to endanger her seat. I did not on that occa rnorttryto force my hand into her mouth. I could get to it to open The Judge Ordinary—Did 3ou use violence of any kind to her? Wit ness —No. I did not in October, 1854, use violence prepared for Mrs. Cook erYa—ndWtinhthee:who— what?us In November, 1854, I recollect her coming to the bed • direction to the open door, which she left. w l a s certainly locke and i d beforegive servants to have the best spare room friends, if she did not interofner her return from visiting her Witness—WithThe Judge Ordi n m a W T e he had some The Queen's Advocate— the best room. long was Mrs. Cooke in Witness—About three or four months. other conversation 'bout her sleeping room. that I had the sheets taken off the bed in the li ttle was because I told my wife that my bedroom :aeroh,ow er proper place. I never attacked my wife with such violence in January, 1856, as to make her scream, never pushed her out of bed. I never knocked her about or dragged her along the floor. It was on that occasion that Mrs. Cooke said she should go to Miss White's room, and I said she should not. She went, I followed, and pre vented her shutting the door, when she threw herself upon a chair, and there was a great noise. I said she should not stop there ; it was then that the daughters and servants came. I said, " I'm going to have this put a stop to," as Mrs. Cooke should go back to her own room, and not remain in Miss White's. She did go back. I was dissatisfied with my wife's household arrangements in 1854, and when I Took the keys from her, it was because I had some friends coming to dinner, and nothing had been pre pared for them. She used to put up common candles in the drawing-room when I wished for wax ones. I took the management of affairs into my own hands. After I had taken the position at the head of the table from her oh never resumed it. She then sat at the side of the table on all occasions. The witness then went on to give his ver sion of the arrangements with Mr. and Mrs. Wilde, relative to the differences that ex isted between himself and wife. It is not expected that the case will conclude to , day. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER--FRIDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 100 to 7 agst Master Bagot (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Medora (taken) 20 to 1 agst Jealousy (offered) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Stradella (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Black Deer (taken freely) 25 to 1 agat Le Marechal (offered) 25 to 1 agst Plover (offered) 40 to 1 agat Caller Ou (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 4to lon the fibld—offered 14 to 1 agst Pratique (taken and wanted) THE DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Carnival (taken) 25 to 1 agst Michael Scott (taken) WATERLOO CUP. 100 to S agst Mr. Spinks' nomination—offered 100 to 7 agst Mr. Worrall's nomination—tkn and off 100 to 6 agst Mr. Blackatock's nomination—offered 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gibson's nomination—taken 25 to 4 agst Mr. Brundrit's nomination—taken! Even £lOO Mr. Blackstock agst Mr. Worrall—taken MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of fruit and vegetables is seasonably large, and the trade is in a sluggish state at the annexed quota- LITERATURE. Beatrice Sforza ;or the Progress of Truth. By WilliAm Brewer, M.D. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a story of the middle ages, and presents us with some pictures of an exciting period. One heroine is Princess Mary, the sister. of Henry the Eighth. The romantic episodes in the life of thie lady are most strikingly set forth, and thus the tale combines the truth of historical anecdote with the interest of exciting fiction. Some of the most notable men of the age are introduced in an effective manner. The motto prefixed to the first chapter aptly inaugurates the work—" Think ye see the very persons of our noble story as they were living." We are taken from the English Court and the presence of Henry the Eighth, %Volsey, and that assemblage to be ushered into the circle of Louis the Twelfth and a brilliant array of courtiers. This was a momentous epoch in the stirring capital of France, and the author has earnestly studied his subject, and given us a most glowing account of plots, designs, dark schemes, and subtle subterfuges. In those days Courts were not so admirably con ducted as at present, and beneath the glare and glitter, the dazzling display and the shining exterior, lurked many an act of treachery and many a scandalous intrigue that sullied the fame and darkened the lustre of their history. The sad record of the lives of Queens and Princesses affords few such bright gleams as that afforded by the career of Mary. As Duchess of Suffolk she had a far better chance of happiness than as Queen of France, and it is refreshing to find the iron rule relaxed for once, and the tyrannous bondage escaped from, that fettered Royal maidens to the sad doom of being betrothed to those they had never seen, and of whose characters they knew nothing, till the fatal step had been taken, from which there was no drawing back. The story turns on a beautiful Italian girl, Beatrice Sforza, the heiress of a proud house, who was stolen in early childhood through the malevolence of a relative, and after many ad ventures was taken to France. At a tournament in Abbeville, Herbert, a brave young Englishman, rescued her from her cruel taskmaster, and subse quently succeeded in taking charge of her until he placed her in the care of the Duchess of Burgundy. There is nothing in this young maiden to make a heroine, except from her situation of peril, and her inheritance of grandeur, of which she was so cruelly despoiled. The attendant circumstances of the dis covery and restoration of Beatrice are, however, surrounded with interest and excitement. After the disappointment of Herbert with his first love, the beautiful Lady KAte Piercy, it is satisfactory to find him united to one more estimable than the haughty English maiden. Ritzow is the character of the work—strong, dauntless, and unyielding. He seems like the herald and forerunner of those brave spirits who carried the Reformation. The description of the scene where he is summoned be fore the dark tribunal of the Inquisition is painful in the extreme, but yet the prevailing sentiment is that of admiration. The sublime endurance, the grand resolution, and the matchless courage mani fested by the sufferer, display the attributes that have immortalised martyrs in all ages, and made glo rious the faith for which they laid down their lives, but which died not in the cruel death of its up holders. There is much to attract notice in these volumes, there are so many persons of rank and in fluence introduced into its pages, so much is shown of important intrigues and the state diplomacy of an age that universally substituted tactics for truth, that the reader is put au courant of various facts that do not often appear in the pages of fiction. Three countries contr.bute to form the attraction and heighten the interest of the work. We have England, with her vacillating impetuous monarch and her crafty divine, then in the full plenitude of his matchless power and unrivalled influence, which has been so admirably pourtrayed by the poet in these lines : " In pride of dignity see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand. To him the church and state their powers consign, In him the rays of regal bounty shine." Next we pass to France, and there meet with a brilliant company, and become initiated into deep mysteries of rule and revelry. Then Italy claims our notice with many most important sketches and deeply moving incidents. " Beatrice Sforza" has many claims on the regard of the novel reader, and although there may exist in its pages too many po lemical az guments to suit many tastes, still there are also numerous striking incidents and animated scenes to satisfy the requirements of those who pre fer description to discussion, and the stir of the world of action to the strife of the world of thought. The West India, Mexican, and Pacific Mails. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tasma nian, Captain Sawyer, with the above mails, arrived this evening. She brings 67 passengers and specie of the value of 2,770,178 dols. The Tasmanian brings dates from Vera Cruz to Jan. 1; Tampico, Dec. '29; Havannah, Jan. 6 ; Santa Martha, J 1 ; Carthagena, 2 ; Colon, 8 ; Jamaica, 9 ; Jacmel, 11 ; Porto Rico, 12 ; Deme rara, 7; Trinidad, 8 ; Barbadoes, 10 ; Grenada, 8 ; St, Vincent, 9 ; St. Lucia, 10 ; Antigua, 11 ; St. Kitts, 12; Tobago, 7; and St. Thomas, 14. Her Majesty's snip Rinaldo was cruising off Charleston, and her Majesty's ship Immortalite was at Matamoras. At St. Thomas the royal mail steam-ships Solent and Thames were refitting, and the Tamar (from Main), the Con way (from the Gulf), 'he Trent (from the West India Islands), and the Derwent (from Jamaica) were also at the island. foe royal mail steam-ship Wye was at I3arbadoes. At Sacrificos were her Majesty's ships Orlando and Medea, with several French ships of war and trans ports. At Havannah were several French ships of war, including La Normandie (iron clad), and the United States steamer Wachusetts, with Admiral Wilkes on board. Her Majesty's ship Steady sailed on the 6th January, on the information of a steam slaver being somewhere on the coast. The Pacific news is of no importance. Exchange on London—Bank bills at 90 days, 4901 dols. ; 60 days, 490 dols. ; 30 days, 4924 dols. Private bills, at 90 days, 4821 dols. ; 60 days, 4834 dols; 30 days, 484 i dols. DEMERARA.—Sir William Arundell, Knt., C. 8., Chief Justice of Demerara, died in Georgetown on 27th of December, in his 67th year.' The Hon. J. L. Smith, Attorney-general, has been provision ally appointed his successor. JAMAICA.—It is generally expected that, upon the assembling of the House the opposition will renew its endeavour to unseat the executive committee. An early dissolution is therefore probable after the return of the governor, which is looked for in March. Coffee has been arriving at market in larger quantities. All that was offered has been taken up at 555. to 565. for ordinary. Freights—A vessel taken for London with coffee at .E 2 12s. 6d. and pimento at 655. ; one with wood at 425. 6d. for Liverpool. Exchange on London—Colonial and Jamaica Banks, 90 days, 1 per cent. pm. ; 60 days, 11 per cent. pm. ; 30 days, 2 per cent. pm. One of Mr. Millais's contributions to the Royal Academy Exhibition is entitled the " The First Sermon," and represents a demure and dainty damsel, some five years old, seated in an old-fashioned, green-baized lined pew of a country church. She is dressed in a brilliant . rcd cloak, wears a black Garibaldi hat with a bright white wing in front; has her little hands ensconced in as e she brown muff, her feet put before her and crossed sitting bright, shallow, makes herself comfortable, as young lathes straight upright. Her face gives, s duty to expression of all that was going en. look, at least, as if she understood raggedith outh, edges of the baize, yetattention. earnest eyes, e i s ; clear an d set childish will h i n s t h o o t o n adwf s h the er sex' From a gnawn hole among niroal, the church mouse, looks that peculiarly necessitous a day cust üblish d) um o. to- 3 7 P e —ln reference to the meeti ng o f R - 44 1% 1 1 askant L Av a t R he E r F . Parliament, on Thursday next, the Law 7 tmes of to -day (just published) observes—" Beyond the scheme for altering the Circuits, there is no whisper of any contem plated law reforms. THE STABBER OF REPUTATIONS !—The reaction a gainst Mr. Kinglake's book has already set in. The personalities scattered throughout "The Invasion of the Crimea," brilliantly worded though they be, are felt to derogate from its dignity as a history,—.The ,leader. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY BETTING—THIS DAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 aget Hospodar (taken) 4to 1 aget Saccharometer (taken) 11 to 1 agst Brick (taken) 100 to 7 agst Michael Scott (taken) 100 to 7 Pratique (taken) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 10 to 1 agat Saccharometer (taken) 100 to 8 agst Hospodar (taken) 25 to 1 agat Carnival (taken) 50 to 1 agst Michael Scott (taken) 50 to 1 agst Pratique (taken) CHESTER CUP. No chang . e. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. No change. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. VALETTA, Jan. s.—Her Majesty's iron screw troopship Megmra, Commander S. H. Henderson, returned on the 23d inst., at 9 p.m. from Corfu. She did not proceed to the other islands to relieve the detachments there. The order to that effect has been cancelled, I believe, at the suggestion of the Lord High Commissioner, on the ground that the Greeks might see in such a step reason for doubting the sincerity of our desire to give up the Protecto rate. The Megmra brought the following passen gers for Malta ; Capt. J. A. P. Adams, R.A., four non-commissioned officers and men, and one woman ; Mr. George Marsh, Master, R.N., lately of her Ma jestys ship Edgar, to join her Majesty's ship Marl borough, and Count Metaxa, midshipman, returning from leave; also Lieut. F. H. Blair, from her Ma jesty's ship Trafalgar; Mr. De Saumarez, mid shipman, and 22 men, sick, for Naval Hospital; two men for Gibraltar; and Sub-Lieut. W. C. Shuck burg, 17 naval invalids, Assist.-Surg. J. S. Comyn Capt. A. G. Douglas, Ist battalion . .of the 9th regi ment ; Ensign A. H. Luck, Ist battalion, 9th regiment ; 13 non-commissioned officers and men, four women, and two children, of various regi ments, for England. She left Corfu on the 21st inst., leaving at anchor there her Majesty's ship Edgar, Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley (flagship of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C. 8.), and the Trafal gar. Her Majesty's ship Chanticleer left that place on the day previous for Patras, and her Majesty's ship Shannon on the morning of Wednesday, the 21st, for Missoloaghi and the Gulf of Patras. The Megmra also brought 17 casks of olive oil and other stores for the victualling-yard and condemned stores from the ships. She will leave on Tuesday next, the 27th inst., for England. The destination of her Majesty's ship M..gicienne, 16, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, has been changed from Italy to Corfu. She left for the latter place yesterday. The Phoebe, 35, Capt. T. For tescue, arrived off the port on the 23d inst., from Syracuse, and received fresh orders to continue cruising till the 27th inst., when she is to return into port. The Marlborough, 131, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, is to go out for a short cruise on the 28th. The Alacrity, 4, Commander J. Baird, is to leave on Monday or Tuesday for Beyrout, to relieve the Wanderer, 4, Commander M, C. Seymour, and Sur prise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte, which are to return to Malta. There is a great deal of opthal mia prevailing just now among the troops iu gar rison. The 23d Regiment is suffering most from it, and the 22d (Ist battalion) and 15th Regiments also have a great number of cases. Sir Henry Martin, brother of Sir W. Fanshawe Martin, the naval Commander-in-Chief, arrived here on the 23d inst., in the Valetta, from Marseilles. Yesterday morning a court-martial assembled on board the Formidable, 84, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir W. J. Hope Johnstone. K.C.8., Commander in-Chief at the Nore, for the trial of Mr. Henry Allen Palmer, first-class assistant-engineer of her Majesty's screw steamer Mars, 81, Capt. J. N. Strange. There were two separate charges—that of having on the 22d inst. ab- ' sented himself from his duty in the engine-room, in the first watch, he being engineer of the watch at that time; and that of having on the said 22d inst. been drunk on board the said ship. The Court was presided over by Capt. T. P. Thompson, of the Cumberland, 74. Commander Dawkins, of the Mars, 81, prosecuted. Mr. G. H. Knight, of the firm of Essen, Knight, and Arnold, solicitor, Rochester, officiated as Deputy-Judge-Advocate, and conducted the case. The Court, after remain ing in deliberation some time, considered the first charge not proved and the second charge proved. In consideration of the prisoner's eight years' good character, he was ordered to forfeit six months of his seniority and to be severely reprimanded. The screw corvette Racoon, 22, 400 horse power, recently fitted at Chatham dockyard, and since attached to the first-class steam reserve, has been commissioned by Capt. the Count Victor F. G ieic hen (Dec. 13, 1859). As previously stated in The Sun, she is intended to convey his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, who has just passed his first exami nation for Lieutenant, on a lengthened cruise. The Racoon has all her guns and Vie principal part of her stores on board, so that no delay is likely to arise in sending her to sea as soon as the whole of her officers and crew have been appointed. The Urgent, screw iron troopship, in No. 7 Dock at Portsmouth. has a large body of convicts em ployed upon her, scraping off the barnacles and other marine incrustations from the surface of her bottom plates. The machinery in the newly-erected armour plated finishing shop at Portsmouth Dockyard nas, with one exception, been at length fairly got to work, and the processes of bending, drilling, and Planing the plates for the Royal Sovereign turret ship are now being carried on with considerable rapidity. The butts of the plates are planed in the new shop, but the new planing machines for their edges not being yet in working order, they have to be finished by the planing machines of the steam factory. So soon, therefore, as men can be spared from other work in the yard, the side armour of the Royal Sovereign may be rapidly affixed. The manufacture of the massive iron cylinders for her turret bed does not progress so satisfactorily. The smith's shop does not possess the necessary mecha nical aids for doing such work, and in fact a con tract now with the Thames Iron Shipbuilding Com pany for the supply of the required four cylinders would save both time and money. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander W. S. de Kant zow to the Cygnet ; Hon. Willlam B. Phipps, naval cadet, to the Racoon ; Edward P. Harper, midship shipman, to the Orpheus; John W. Ramsay, Nelson Byng, Anthony Kingscote, and Alleyne P. Pasco,ter midshipmen, to the Racoon ; John W. engineer; . f Carpenter, in in the Firefly, promoted to acting h William P. Scott, paymaster , to the el Medina ; C. W. M'Conachy, second mast er, to t ma ster, o the Racoon ; William t F he ox ß ; oy E a d l Edward er . tt to the G. Atkinson, second A. M. Chaffers , ass ist.-Paym laide ; Alexande r V. Maccaial , assist-paymaster, to the Edinburgh; George A. Broad and William H. Petley, mas ter's assistants , to the Racoon ; Ch ar l es Hervey and E. P. Rimel, assist-clerks, to the Forte FRUIT. tions. 8. d. 8. d. B. d. e d Pine apples 8 otolo 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Grapes,per lb 2 6to 5 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 eto 1 9 Foreign do 1 oto 2 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 ➢Melons .... Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Apples, perht-sv. 2 oto 3 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 3 6to 8 OlCurrants, per ki.sv 0 oto 0 0 Lemons, per 120.. 3 6to 7 0 ; Plums, per dc.,. .. 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries hf sveo oto 0 01Greengages,pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 I Raspberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETAULEB. Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 01 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 31 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 0 Red ditto 2 OSo 4 0I Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 41 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Cauliflowers, pdz 6 oto 3 0, Beet, per doz. .. 1 6 to 2 0 Brocoli, per bun. 010 to 1 3 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 80 to 150 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr put 1 oto 1 3 Mushrooms,p ptl. 1 oto 1 3 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 J Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0) Mint and s4vory..o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, 0.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts, h. s. 1 9to 2 6 I Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 6to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 ' Rhubarb, per bun i oto 1 6 French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 I Asparagus, pr do. 0 o to 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 o to 0 01 Seaka le, per bun. 0 6to 1 6 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 10s Od ; geese, 5s Od to 7s Od each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 4s Od ; ducklings, Os ud to Os Od ; rabbits, is 3d to 2s each ; wild do .wls, , 10d to is 2d • p i ge ons, is 3d to is 6d each ; large Surrey fowls, 8s Od to Its Od ; chickens, 6s Od to 8s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 48 Od to 4s 6d ; grouse, 3s 6d to Os Od each ; pheasants, 4s Od to 5s Od ; partridges, is 6d to 3s Od ; woodcocks, 3s 6d to Os; snipes,Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers , Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 58 Od to 8s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to is Id; English, is id to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, 10s Od to Os Od ; French do., 7s Od to 8s 6d per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. BILLING SGATE. - - Salmon, 2s 6d to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Od per lb. ; turbots, 2s 6d to 25s ; cod, 2s Od to 15s Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Od to 780 d ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 4d to is 6d per pair; common oysters, - s to —s ; natives, —s to —8 per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 12s; haddocks, 4s to 20s ; smelts, Os Od to 2s Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 608 per 120 ; fresh herrings, 68 per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and ench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 28 10d to 490 d; lamb, Oa Od to N Od ; veal, 3s Gd to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL, Beef, from 2s Gd to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 72d to 8d , of household do., Sid to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 31d ; 881 b to 961 b, 3id to 4d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 3id to 4id ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 9s Od to Ils Od ; half.breds, 8s Od to 9s Od ; Downs, (s 6d to 8s Od ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY r 3 MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay,' £2 Os to £4 5s Od ; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.'—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 ss; clove', £3 lOs to £5 10:a Od ; and straw, £1 l2s to £1 l6s per load. A slow demand, W VI ECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 ss; clove' do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs , and straw, El 12.. to £1 16s per load. Trade inactive. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 31.—Wind this day at noon—West ; strong breeze, with heavy rain. (DV MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND. Saturday Morning Arrived, Jan. 30—Ell en, from Alexan d r i a; The Cob, from Table Bay; Eugenia, from Redon ; Iris, from Guern sey ; Prince Alfred, from Singapore ; Gladiolus, from Apalachicola. Arrived, Jan. 31 —Moselle, from Antwerp; Lord Vivian, from Jersey; Alico , from Cochin. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Anchored—princ e Alf red, for the Cape of Good Hope; Tonning, for Corunna—both from London. WHY SIR HENRY BT.TLWER VISITED EGYPT.— At the banquet recently given to him at Alexandria, Sir Henry Bulwer thus anusingly explained his motives in visiting Egypt : There is a tendency to think that political men are mere political ma, hines, eating, drinking, and sleeping politically ; and as to diplomatists, their paths are held to be paths of Mysteries, and their feet to be shod with Maohiavelian inventions. No wonder that when I somewhat suddenly appeared at at Alexandria my ar rival was attributed to ell sorts of mysterious political motion. " What," said people, "can the English Am bassador at Constantinople have come for ?" Now as I am amongst friends, I will reveal to you the secret of my journey, and even tell you in strict confidence who was the author and promoter of it. It was no other, I assure you, than a gentleman who, whatever our ages, was the frieud and contemporary of all our boyhoods. I mean a certain Captain Gulliver I This great traveller discovered a place in which gentlemen were dressed by tailors who lived a great way off from them, but who took their measure on scientific principles by means of mathematical instru ments. Captain Gulliver, however, observes, that though these tailors were very learned and scientific men, they were not altogether goad tailors and that somehow or other their clothes never exactly fitted. Well, I confess it has often struck me that an ambassador may be a very clever and studious man (I am bound to believe ambassadors are this), but nevertheless he may not be able to take a good measure of ':countries a' thousand miles off, and of persons he has never been acquainted with or had even the oppor tunity of seeing. In short, though the idea is a very vulgar one, I allow that having e 5 es I like to use them ; and her Majesty's Government agreeing with me in this matter, I came with its sanction to Egypt just to look about me." NARROW ESCAPE,—A most providential and ex traordinary escape from imminent danger (says the Stamford Mercury) occurred on Monday last to Lord Ave land while driving in his phroton on the turnpike road be tween Normanton and Stamford. In descending the hill into Shacklewell-hollow the horse fell, and struggling to get up got the shaft in the bridle, which was pulled off. The servant speedily got out, but the violent kicking and despe rate resistance of the horse permitted no control, and gal loping in all speed with the carriage he was met on the road by several persons, but every effort to stop the animal was un avail ng until a young gentlem an on horseback (nephew of Mr. Syson, his lordship's steward), rode to the horse's head, and turning it to the hedge, after a hundred yards' struggle, brought it to a stand. We hear that this gal lant conduct has been munificently responded to by his lordship. SUICIDE IN CORFU.—A painful case of suicide occurred in the city of Corfu a fortnight ago. A young and accomplished lady—it is said the wife of an Eng and who had been r es idi ng th ere lish banker in T urke y , some time—shot herself dead with a pistol in an hotel on the Est THE ELECTION OF ALDERMAN FOR THE WARD OF Lallonounal.—At the close of the p o ll , yester d a y, the numbers stood as follows :—Waterlow, 126; Capper, 74 ; majority for Waterlow, 52. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge held a levee yesterday aft ernoon at the Horse Guards. 'There was a numerous attendance of officers. TbeWar-office, which has appointed the committee of scientific officers to inn uire afresh into the rela tive merits of Sir Wm. Armstrong's and Mr. Whit- Worth's systems of gunnery, has added to it the tit,mes of two eminent civil engineers of high stand ing to aid in the consider tion of the many impor tant mechanical questions the subject involves. These gentlemen are Mr. John Penn, of Greenwich, and Mr. Win, Pole, F.R.S., who is already serving on the iron plate committee. The preliminary in vestigations whi c h a r e, we hope, to terminate th is great gun controversy have been in progress r fo r some time, and both Sir William and Mr. tii bit worth have been examined at length, in. explana iton of their systems, before the committee. T he actual experiments, however, by which the contro versy must really be decided are not likely to begin before the middle of March, the huge target which has been made for the purpose not having yet left the works of the Thames Iron Company. The expe mcnts themselves also are certain to extend over a considerable period, as the committee are instructed from the War-office to report upon their results " from time to time." I A spacious hospital for the reception of the wives land children of the troops quartered at Chatham is now in course of erection at that garrison by Mr. Stump. the Government contractor. The building was yesterday roofed in. The site on which it is erected is a portion of the Government land between Fort Amherst and Chatham barracks, the situation being highly salubrious. The building is, in fact, a continuation of the present large garrison hospital, from which it is separated by a very few feet. By this arrangement very little addition will have to be made to the strength of the medical staff of the existing hospital, the same surgeons being ab'e to take charge of both establishments. The new hos pital, which will be ready for the reception of the class of patients for whom it is intended in the course of two or three months, will supply a 'want which has long been felt of an institution of the kind at Chatham. The Roy al Engineers who left England in the early part of 1857 for the purpose of making the Ordnance survey of the Cape Colony, arrived at head quarters, Chatham, yesterday, under the command of Lieut. F. Bailey. They have spent upwards of five years in the prosecution of the work. During their passage to England the surveying party were shipwrecked, and lost the whole of their valuable surveying instruments, and, what were of still greater value, the original plans of the survey. Fortunately, however, they succeeded in saving the duplicate copies which they had made before leaving the Cape, and these will be immediately published, their value being enhanced by the fact of their being the only complete survey of that important colony yet made. The 20th company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Capt. C. E. Sim, which recently arrived at Chatham garrison from Western Aus tralia, after an absence from England of several years, is ordered to be raised to its proper strength from the companies at headquarters, the num bers having been very much thinned from the length of time the company was away. The num ber of men belonging to the company who are married being considerably in excess of the regu lations, an order has been received for their transfer to the other depot companies. Since the 20th company has arrived from Australia it has been put through a course of study in ,the various schools connected with the Royal Engineer establishment. In accordance with the directions of Field- Marshal the Duke of Cambridge, the whole of the troops quartered at Chatham garrison are periodi cally exercised in route-marching on stated days in each week, on which occasions the officers and men are marched in various directions into the country surrounding the garrison. On Wednesday the mounted battery of the 9th Brigade Royal Artil lery, quartered at Chatham, with their Armstrong guns, ammunition waggons, hospital carts, and other material, left the garrison and proceeded on the march for several miles in the direction of Maidstone, returning to their quarters in the after noon. Yesterday the troops of the Line comprising the 2d battalion of infantry quitted Chatham bar racks and took a lengthened march into the country. By direction of Major-General Eyre these route marchings of the officers and troops are to be utilized by the officer in command directing various move ments while the men are on the march, and, when halted, for advance columns:to be thrown out and some mancenvres attempted. The junior officers, too, are to be instructed to prepare flying sketches of the country traversed, wit's a descriptive report of the districts and the advantages or disadvantages they possess for carrying on military operations. When marching along roads away from the towns the troops are to be allowed to sing in concert, in order to relieve the tedium and monotony of the march. During the late gale the marble slab on the sum mit of the Crimean Memorial-arch, at Brompton barracks, Chatham, on which was the Einscription, was blown down and broken to pieces; one of the marble slabs at the side, on which were recorded the names of some of the officers and men of the Royal Engineers who fell in the Crimea, was also thrown down. Since the accident occurred the arch has been surveyed, and it has been decided to take down the whole of the marble slab, in order that they may be re-lettered, and re-fixed in a more sub stantial manner. Workmen have already begun to erect the necessary scaffolding. The extensions which are now being made to the Royal Marine Barracks at Chatham will, on their completion in a few months, provide accommoda tion for about double the number of non-commis sioned officers and men who can at present be quar tered in the barracks. The new erection, which is, in fact, a continuation of the present barrack buildings, occupies the site on which formerly stood a number of dwelling houses, together with a large hotel, the whole of which property was purchased by the Government a few years ago, although nothing was done in the way of commencing the new buildings until a few months since. The addition will increase the esta blishment to about double its original size, accom modation being pi ovided for 1,600 men against 800, the number for which barrack accommodation can at present be found without inconveniently crowd ing the various rooms. The new blocks of buildings ire 190 feet in length by 50 feet in depth, and they have been erected in an exceedingly substantial manner by Messrs. Foord and Sons, the Admiralty builders, Rochester, under the supervision of Colonel Greene, director of works to the Admiralty. The buildings contain four tiers of rooms, each room being 46 feet in length by 21 feet 6 inches in height, fireproof stairs communicating wit every storey. Each room is designed to accommo„ ate 24 men, in addition to which, on each floor are built separate rooms for married non-commissioned officers. In the construction of the new barracks the most com plete sanitary arrangements have been made to pro mote the health, cleanliness, and comfort of the men. Shafts for ventilation are introduced into each of the rooms, which are so constructed that, while they will not cause the least inconvenience to the men, they at the same time maintain a current of pura air in all parts of the buildings. The offi cers' quarters, which bounded one side of the n a old d barrack -square, will shor tl y be taken down thrown back to thee present e strem ity o f the comparativelyn e w e lli barracks, fined by which means the barrack-sq uare will be increased to double its exist ing size. GENERAL JOHNSTON.—GeneraI Joseph E. John ston,( the Confed erate officer, was born in Virginia i about 1804. His education was superintended with much care, and the intellect o f t h e yout h d eve l ope d i tself with astonishing rapidity. After the usual school instruction young Johnston was adopted by the United States, and was brought up in the military academy of West Point at our cost and under our flag. On leaving West Point in 1829 he was appointed second lieutenant of the 4th Artillery. In 1838 he was a first lieutenant of Topographical Engineers, and served in that capacity through the Florida war, ob taining for his services the brevet of captain. In 1846 he became full captain, and served first with the Engineers, and next with a regiment of Voltigeurs as major and lieut.- colonel throughout the Mexican war, being wounded twice and receiving two brevets for distinguished conduct at Cerro Gordo. He was also wounded at the attack on the city of Mexico. At the close of the war he was retained in the Topographical Engineers, with the rank of captain ; afterwards was appointed lieutenant-colonel of cavalry, and enjoyed a life of agreeable ease in the Government ser vice until June, 1860, when he was placed at the head of the Quartermaster's Department, with the rank of b r i ga di er general. After resigning his post in the Uni on army, General Johnston ente red at once into the service of the so-called Confederate States. He com man d e d the re b el i forces at Winchester, n July, 1861, and by his reinforce ment of the rebel army at Bull Itun, on the 21st of July, turned the whole tide of that day's battle. He was reported as being in command at Yorktown when it was besieged by' General M'Clellan ; and at the engageir , int of Fair Oaks, Virginia, he was seriously wounded. 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