The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-10 00:00:00

'HE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN WAR. (E's om the Times Special Correspondent with the Danish Army.) DANISH HEAD QUARTERS, SONDERBORG, March 1. I 'here has been a long and somewhat stormy aitti ng• of the Council of State at Copenhagen, which, we are told, very nearly led to a Ministerial crisis. The in utter in discussion was the final dismissal of Ger.ers 1 de Meza, and the appointment of his euo cesi for. De Meza, as you are aware, had from the bef ;inning the supreme command of the Danish art ny, and he gave the orders for the retreat from th a Danne werk. From the moment the King and his Prime Minister, Bishop Monrad, had, on account of that backward movement, to face the indignation of the e.rmy at Sonderborg and of the mob at Copen hagen, the ruin of the ill-starred commander was r esolved upon, and the wily statesman at the head of affair a had openly pledged himself to consummate it. De Meza was, as you may remember, recalled from h' .s command immediately upon the arrival of the array at Sonderborg, and his post was occupied by General Luttichau, the former Commander-in- Chief of the Artillery. At the same juncture Kauff mann was superseded by Stjernholm at the head of the Staff. All these, however, had been mere tem porary arrangements, and it was high time the Government at Copenhagen should come to defini tive resolutions. A sense of justice and the consci ousness of the real nature of the transactions at Schleswig enlisted, it would seem, an exalted per sonage in the interests of the disgraced general, and prompted him stanchly and generously to plead his cause. But the Prime Minister was inexorably bent on the immolation of his scapegoat, and made the removal of De Meza a Cabinet question. He carried his point as a matter of course, and the acknowledged author of the retreat from the Dannewerk disappears altogether from the scene of his exploits at the head of the Danish army. At the same time Gen. Luttichau is also relieved from the supreme command which he only held in a provisional capacity, and resumes his former place at the head of the Artil lery. Oar new General-in-Chief is Gerlach, who had hitherto only the command of the first division ; Stjernholm retains his position as permanent Chief of the Staff, and his predecessor, Kauffmann, will, it is said, have the command of a brigade. The only victim in the case is De Meza, and it is observable that, as in the first moment of excitement and per plexity choice was made of Luttichau because he was the only man in the Council of War who had stoutly voted against the retreat from the Danne werk, so now that men's minds are in a cs lmer mood, and that retreat begins to be looked upon as matter of stern necessity, the man to be put forward is Gerlach, simply because he chanced to be absent from the Council, and had therefore no occasion to give any opinion on that sad but inevitable measure. Nothing is seen or heard of the Prussians, and it is only by a strong effort that we can bring ourselves to remember that we are here in a state of war and siege. The conduct of the enemy appears to my Danish friends utterly inexplicable. The German and other papers are all full of the secondary part they were made to play at the taking of the Danne werk by some portentous achievement against the position of Dybbol. The Austrians who reaped at Bastrup, Oversee, and elsewhere such laurels as were to be obtained in this ignoble campaign of four against one, were induced to fall back on the second line, and leave the past of honour to their Prussian allies. The bastions on the heights at Dybbol were, as those same papers asssrted, to be stormed at the first onset, and the very island of Aisen could not be safe against the enterprising ingenuity of Prince Frederick Charles, who could as readily throw a bridge over the Sound in this vicinity as he did over the Schlei, between Arnis and Coppeln. Somehow, however, events have not as yet justified these great vaunts. The Prussians came, saw, bat did not conquer. The petty skirmishing at outposts achieved but little towards carrying the Dybbol forts at the point of the bayonet. We were then given to understand that the Prussians were preparing themselves. Their heavy artillery had not arrived; it was for their pontoons they were waiting. A terrific cannonade was to be the prelude of their savage onslaught. Nothing was to begin till all could be achieved. The storming of the bastions, the passage of the Sound, the annihilation of the Danes, were to be accomplished at one blow. All measures were taken for a full, immediate, and de cisive success. The22d of last month, then the 26th, were the days appointed for the mighty deed. But all these days passed, the month itself Caine to an end, and the inaction of the Prussians became daily more absolute and complete. " What is the meaning of all this P my Danish friends ask. " Has Prussia resolved upon wearing us out with ennui, and, without offering or accept ing an armistice, does she shrink from a conflict which would have no political results ? Is this merely a show and mockery of war, and must the lives that have been and are being sacrificed be looked upon as mere counters in the deep game that politicians are playing behind the soldiers' back ? If the Prussians were so bent upon achieving the occupation of Schleswig, if it seemed to them that nothing was actually done until Dybbol and Alsen were reduced, why do they not come on ? Their own turn has come; their Austrian allies have made room for them, The best chances are offered them for retrieving the past. They are face to face with us—double and treble our number, strong in the advantages of all the most formidable contrivances of modern artillery. How is it that they are afraid to come on ? The word "afraid," as applied to the armies of that nation whose destinies the Great Elector and Frederick 11. grounded on the excellence of their military organisation, seems really too absurd. It has had but rare chances of distinguishing itself since 1815. Its first trial at Missunde was not very encouraging —nay, some people describe that en counter as a positive Prussian defeat. It takes time to bring into action raw regiments, whose officers have seen as little the as their men. lam not by any means disposed to believe all I hear ; but some of the Danes, who were far advanced at the outposts on the 22d (the day on which the Prussians made a forward movement on the village of Dybbol, and when they had four infantry brigades, with cavalry and artillery, against two Danish regiments), assure me they could sea on the other side of the lines Prussian officers urging their men on with the flit of their swords, that they could hear them calling their men " craven hounds" and all sorts of igno minious names, but without inspiring them with sufficient pluck to bring them to face the heavy cannon that began to open fire upon them from the bastions at Dybbol hill. I repeat it is ridiculous to suppose that the long meditated and often announced attack of the Prus sians should be put off day after day simply from disinclination of the soldiers of that nation to come to the scratch. But that such is the interpretation the Danes begin to feel inclined to put on the sluggish movements of their adversaries is a fact I can vouch ; and it is always in the power of the Prussians to give the lie to such disparaging surmises by making good their boasts by bravo deeds. It does not seem conceivable that if the Prussians andga wise at any time intended t o t r y their strength Dybbol they should d eem it a good o ounsel to waste so mu c h p rec i ous time, allowing the Danes full leisure to complete those works of fortification which on our first arrival, three or four weeks ago, were yet in so imperfect a state. What could, early in February, he done by 40,000 men, ma y soon be, in March, beyond the achieve ment of thrice the number. 'rho whole line is now ready ; and the Flame alacrity has been ex hibited by the D tnea in the erection of batteries along the Sound on the Alson side, from the church and castle of Sondcrborg down to Kjcer end Ron have, and as far as the extreme point of s‘rnkiel sore. For any remissness that the Danes may have been guilty of at the outset of the war, the still greater slowness and most unaccountable inertia of their adversaries make ample amends, There seems to be a resolution on the part of the Prussians that, if there is to be a struggle at all, it should be put off until all the defensive contrivances of the Danes may contribute to render it in an extreme degree fierce and desperate. MARCH 1, Evening. I h a ve bees to day o❑ bohrd the Rolf brake. She is a powerful iron-clad with two turrets or cupolas, armed each of them with two 64-pounders. Her length is 120 feet, and she is at lemt 34 feet broad. Her engine is nominally of 250• horse power, but can bear a far greater pressure of steam. She can run nine knots an hour in smooth water, but her officers have no high opinion of her as a sea boat. Indeed, they think that the attempt to com bine sailing powers with the efficiency of a monitor has been crowned with but indifferent success. In heavy weather in the Baltic or the German Ocean she would have no great chance. On the other hand, she is too deep in the water to be of great use in shallow inland seas. She could go safely through the Egernsund, but could not venture any distance into the Nybol Nor. She lies now in the Sound, near the opening of the Vemmingbund, whence she can wander at her pleasure to any part of that small but deep bay. She has her steam always up, and is ready for a start at 20 minutes' notice. Her mission at the present moment is to watch the movements of the Prussians in the Broager Penin sula, and to act on their right flank in the event of their attack on the Dybbol position. She suffered more damage in her spirited attack on the pontoon bridge at Egernsund, on Thursday fortnight, than the first reports had led us to believe. She has now been thoroughly repaired, however, and we witnessed the evolutions of her turrets and guns, which were performed with great speed and pre cision. All the officers and most of the men are familiar with the English language, and we were entertained on board with as great a cordiality as if we had been countrymen. Experiments are being made here in the evening with electric light, with a view to apply it to war like purposes, to watch the enemy's rrovements in the night, and to enable the artillery of the forts to fire in the darkest weather. With what practical results such contrivances ntay be attended we shall learn in time. In the meanwhile the exhibition affords some entertainment to the people here, who are somewhat at a loss how to get rid of the long evenings, notwithstanding the performances of a dramatic company with ballets, which has followed us all the way from Schleswig. We received to-day telegraphic news of a cavalry skirmish near Bekke, in Jutland, in which a squadron of Danish Dragoons charged upon two squadrons of German Hussars, and captured 30 of them ; seven of the captives are wounded ; two of the latter officers, a lieutenant and an army surgeon. The Danes on their side lost three prisoners. (From the limes Special Correspondent with the Allied Armies.) HOLDING, JUTLAND, March 5. There was nothing at all going on at Hadersleben yesterday, so I drove down i❑ the direction of the Jutland frontier, put up at a farmhouse just on the edge of Schleswig, a few miles westward from Kolding (where the number of troops assembled renders it almost impossible for travellers to find quarters), and came on here at daybreak this morn ing. This small town of barely 4,000 inhabitants is situated exactly on the frontier. As you begin the descent of a little hill immediately preceding it, and on the slope of which its first houses are situ ated, you come to a low iron post marking the boundary. From the high ground to the right of the road the best view of the place is obtained. It stands at the mouth of a small river, the Kong's Aaa (King's river), which there enters an inlet of the sea. Looking eastward the island of Funen is plainly visible to the naked eye. On a small tongue of land by the harbour, stretching in that direction, the Prussians have constructed a covered shelter for riflemen, made of beams and of iron rails, bor rowed (not much to the contentment of the con _ tractors) from the line of Danish railway here in course of construction. From this place is com• manded the high road to Fredericia, which for a short distance runs along the shore before diverging from it in a north-easterly direction. On another road, which proceeds duo north from Kolding, is situated the town of Veile, about 14 English miles distant, and the people here tell me that the Prus sians have been as far as Brandrup, about two miles on that road, but that they did not remain there. At the present time there is a barricade and a guard at the exit from the town in that direction, and the advanced picket is but a short way beyond. So that at this point the allied army has gone but a very small distance over the frontier; but from Kolding the boundary line runs away at first nearly due south, and then south-west, and then again north-west, forming an enclave or projection of Jut land into Schleswig, where the Prussians also are, at the villages of Seest and I-Ijarup, and possibly in other insignificant places. Looking down upo❑ Kolding from the small hill already mentioned, im mediately south of the town, the most conspicuous objects rising from the confused mass of dingy rod houses are the castle and the Royal stables. The latter area low red building forming three sides of a large square, and a breeding stud was kept there, which was removed on the approach of war. The castle is a mere wreck—a sort of stone skeleton, in the tottering fabric of which the daylight passes through countless gaps and crevices. At its western end is a lofty square tower, the ascent of which is now forbidden as dangerous, and from the summit of which, as Koldiog lies in a narrow valley, no very extensive view could be obtained, except in the direction of Funen. The ruin of the castle, once a Royal residence, dates from its conflagration, early in the present century. Some of the people in this neighbourhood say that it was burnt by the Spaniards of the Marquis de la Romagna, but I have no books here to refer to on that or any other subject, and I do not remember whether Ro magna's troops came to this part of Jutland. Their embarcation on board of British ships to return to Spain occurred, if I rightly recollect, from the island of Z -aland. However that may be, it is certain that they left a number of horses behind them in Denmark, which were crossed with Danis4 horses, and of whose breed traces are not unfrequently to be detected in those one sees about here. The farmhouse at which I passed last night, at Fovslel - , in the frontier parish of Odis, is an excel lent specimen of the best class of establishments of that kind in Schleswig. Everything about it is sub stantial, from the hospitable proprietor, of Hercu lean build, riding 17 stone, and a model of rude health and muscular development, down to the moun tain of roast beef under which his supper table groaned. Capacious and well-built stables con tained 100 cows and 20 horses; the milk, abundant even at this season, stood i❑ tubs several feet in diameter ; the churns were big enough to make a tub of butter at a time. The ducks and fowls, geese, turkeys, pigeons, and other feathered bipeds, swarmed to prodigious extent, hat the cocks were downcast, for some of the Austrian sharpshooters had plucked the curling black feathers from their tails to decorate their picturesque hats. Since then Hussars had been there, and lately 11 officers found ample accommodation and good cheer in the great solid farmhouse, the interior of which afforded not only plenty of room for numerous guests, but luxu ries and refinements such as could hardly have been expected in this remote northern nook. Our host, born within a few miles of his present abode, had never been out of his country, never south of the Elbe, he told us, but he spoke excellent German, and preferred to speak it, although Danish was equally familiar to him. He was a thorough Augustenburger, and had been one of the monster deputation of 1,500 Schles wigers that lately went down to Kiel to greet Prince Frederick. He could not deny, however, that, although an independent Schleswig-Holstein, com pletely severed from Denmark, was what he and many ()then; most ardent ly desired, Schleswig might be contented by a personal union with the kingdom. I l l s wife, who, although also a native of North Sc hleswig, spoke no Danish, would hear of nothing less than total separation ; but I suspect the North Schleawigers generally would be satisfied with the personal union —those, that is to say, who do not desire, on the contrary, amalgamation with Dan mark. So fer as I have yet had opportunity of observing, I am greatly surprised to see how much anti-Danish feeling exists in North Schleswig, espe cially among the farmers. The evidence of foreigners resident forsome time past in the country, and whose veracity and impartiality there is not the slightest reason to suspect, is much more valuable in this respect than my personal observation daring the four days that have now passed since I came north wards from Flensburg. From such persons I receive TIM SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1864 strong assurances that the desire to be detached from Denmark, at least as regards the administra tion of the country, exists to a very great extent quite up to the frontier, even among many who, owing to the system of education enforced, speak only Danish. There can be but one cause for this, and that is a cause which I everywhere hear de nounced—the vexatious and oppressive proceedings of the Danish functionaries sent here from other parts of Denmark. We have been accustomed to believe that, just as South Schleswig is notoriously German in its sympathies and aspirations, the northern part of the duchy is thoroughly Danish. My stay here has been as yet far too short for me to become convinced of the contrary, but I must say that all I have as yet seen tends greatly to shake my previous belief. There have been some small skirmishes lately on the frontier, one of them between Prussian Hussars and Danish Dragoons. As the affair was related to me yesterday, before leaving headquarters, 30 troopers of the Bth Hussars and an officer fell in with a small Danish patrol in Jutland, near the frontier, seven miles to the westward of this place, made five or six prisoners, and sent them to the rear. They then imprudently continued to advance, were at tacked by a very superior force of Dines, and were all killed, wounded, or made prisoners. The officer was wounded and taken. The affair is one of those which frequently occur between the lines of hostile armies, and of course is very unimportant; but the Prussians are vexed at it because this is the first of their officers who has been captured in this war. The Prussian Guards are the troops now in Jut land—infantry, cavalry, and artillery. There may also be some infantry of the line, although I have not seen any; but there have been various move ments of troops hereabouts during the last day or two. I am assured on good authority that the whole number of Prussian troops in Schleswig and Jutland is about 40,000 men. In Holstein there is a brigade, probably about 6,000 more. Plenty more could quickly be brought up if required, but it is unlikely that there will be any necessity for them. The Aus trians are probably nearly 25,000. There have lately been most exaggerated reports current in Ber lin with respect to the strength of the allied forces, anti I have heard them rated as high as 100,000 or 120,000 men. This is manifestly erroneous. Equally unfounded reports have been circulated with respect to the health of the army. I have excellent reason for believing that the number of sick little exceeds three per cent., and the majority of the case are not serious maladies. I met a lot of the Guards on the road this morning moving south, and I have just heard they were going to a distri bution of medals to a few men who have had oppor tunities of personally distinguishing themselves during the present war. I know that some auch ceremony was in contemplation, but up to yesterday afternoon the day was not fixed : so it must have been suddenly decided that the ceremony should take place this morning. STATE OF TRADE, DUNDEE, March B—The demand for flax continues with out much life, the few transactions reported being for small parcels to keep up assortments, and for which previous prices were paid. About 130 tons of St. Petersburg flax and 30 tons of tow were put up to auction to-day, when 60 tons of flax and 4 tons of tow found buyers, the balance having been withdrawn because the prices offered were not satisfactory to the exposers. Jute, of medium to fine quali ties, is very saleable at late rates, but common is little asked for. There was an active inquiry fur all descriptions of yarn to day, but the inability of the principal spinners to make early deliveries restricted business materially. Prices have still an upward tendency. One of the leading manufactur ing firms hero have just issued new price lists to their cus tomers, the rates for linen being about 5 per cent. above previous prices. Other manufacturers also ask an advance, and as the demand is active, bout for jute fabrics and for the better class of linens, many orders were placed to-say at the advaneed rates. Makers, both in town and through out the district, are now well foresold, and very firm in de manding full prices. LEICESTER, 9th—There is not much change in the hosiery trade. Future prospects continue good, and business generally is in a healthy condition. In the rural districts trade remains rather quiet. There is a fair business doing in both regular ant fancy goods, The wool market is steady, late prices being for the most part made, In yarns there is not much change ; the market continues very firm. NOTTINGHAM, 9th—There has been less doing in nearly all kinds of lace goods during the past few days. The un seasonable weather checks the demand for goods suitable for the siring trade. There is very little doing in plain stiff nets. The silk lace trade (with the exception of the Mechlin and the quilling branch) is dull, there being no improvement in the demand for black silk laces or edgings. The hosiery trade is without much change. Orders are being completed both for the home market and for shipping. Yarns are firm at high prices. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. The directors of this company recommend to the proprie tors the following dividends for the six months ending Jan. 31:—Great Western Original Stock at, the rite of 3 per cent. per annum; West Midland Oxford Ordinary Stuck at the rate of 1i per cent, per annum ; West Midland Newport Ordinary Stock at the rate of 11 per cent. per annum ; South Wales Consolidated Stock at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum. MARLBOROUGH. The branch line to Marlborough from the Forest-station of the Hungerford and Devizes Railway is completed, and will be opened for traffic as soon as the requisite preli minaries have been arranged, GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's railway for the week ending Feb. 13, amounted, for local passengers, to £3,373—foreign passengers, £9.s6—tuails, &c., £sl4—local freight and live stock, £lo,Bl6—timber and lumber, £7l4 firewood, £BB—and foreign freight and live stock, £2,718 — total, £19,180, against £18,534 for th 3 corresponding week of last year, showing an increase of £616. The company have announced the payment of the half-year's interest due on the 15th inst. on the Atlantic and St. Lawrence ster ling shares and interest certificates. MONMOUTHSHIRE, The report of the directors states that the traffic receipts for the half-year ending Dec. 31 last were £3,565 more than for the corresponding half-year of 1862. The total traffic receipts amounted to £65,511, against .£61,979 in the corresponding period, the expenses to £30,355 or 46 per cent. of the receipts, against £30,387, or 49 per cent. ; and the net earnings to £35,190, against £31,592 for the corresponding half of 1862, showing an increase of £3,508 in the net earnings. The sum of £1,500 had been transferred to the reserve fund from the general revenue account, to meet liabilities in respect of the accident at Cwmbran in July last, and of relaying part of the line, and making additional sidings. The average rate of interest nose paid on the total amount of borrowed capital was 6s 5d per cent. The general revenue account showed that there was a balance of £16,411, and as that sum would (less income tax) yield a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the ordinary shares, leaving a balance of £llO to the credit of the next account, the directors recom mended thst a dividend at that rate bo declared, payable on the sth of April next. The relaying of the Eastern Valley line of railway between the Marshes-road, Newport, and Coed-y-grit Junction had been proceeded with, and the whole of the up-line had been completely relaid. The branch line to the Abercarn Colliery was being constructed. In anticipation of the opening of the Sirhowy Railway for passenger traffic, the two miles of railway belonging to the company between Risca Station and the Nine-mile Poin: had been altered and adapted to the requirements of the Board of Trade for passenger traffic. The capital account showed thatX1,215,223 had been expended, leaving a balance of £4,281 against the company. LL YNVI VALLEY. This line has just been opened for passenger traffic from Bridgend to Maesteg, and it is expected that the accommo • dation thus afforded will bring good returns to the com pany• The Ogwore branch is being rapidly proceeded with, and when completed a large mineral traffic will be brought over the Llynvi Valley line. CASTLE DOUGLAS AND DUMFRIES. The half -yearly meeting was held on Tuesday at Dumfries —Mr. Maxwell in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the shareholders had much reason to rejoice in the prosperity of the line. Owing to local causes the traffic last half-year had not increased in the ratio of previous cor responding periods, but the increased in traffic was never theless considerable. The beautiful scenery of Galloway was becoming appreciated, as shown by the large number of tourists who had visited the iistrict last autumn, and he had not doubt that as the district became better known it would be much more frequented. The line had last year been worked at 381 per cent., and considerable advantage was anticipated from the opening of the Kirkcudbright lino. It was much regretted that the express service to Ireland had been discontinued, and he was sorry to hear that there was no immediate prospect of the hartoor works at Port patrick being completed, so as to admit of the opening of the short sea passage. They wore opposing the bill pro moted by the Fortpatriek (Jompany to take running powers over their line as uncalled fcr, and likely to disturb the arrangements between the two companies. ...,The report was adopted, and dividends were declared at the rate of 5 per cent. on the 'reference shares, and 3s. per share on the ordinary £lO shares. NORTHERN OF FRANCE. The traffic receipts on this company's old and new lines for the week ending Feb. 25 amounted to £47,513, against £47,174 for the corresponding week of last year, showing an increase of £339. The total receipts from Jan. Ito the above date amounted to £385,198, and for the correspond ing period of last year to £379,303, showing an increase of £5,895. RAILWAY BILLS. On Tuesday in committees of the Commons the clauses of the Llanelly Harbour Improvement Bill were settled, and it was agreed that there should be 15 commissioners, the railway company to have three. Further evidence for the promoters was adduced it favour of the London and South-Western (Kensington Extension). The case for the competing scheme of the Chichester and Midhurst (No. 3) was opened by Mr. Rcdwell, and evidence adduced in its favour. The clauses of the North-Eastern, Lanca shire and Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire Railway Com panies were disposed of, and the case for the South York shire Railway and River Dun Company (Transfer) was opened by Mr. Burke, Q.C. The case of the Chipping Norton Railway was closed, the bills for the Dublin and Meath, the Weston-Super-Mare Pier, and the Okehampton Railway were passed. In Committees of the Lords, the clauses of the Pneuma tic Despatch Company were settled, and the bill for the Commercial Docks and Grand Surrey Canal was passed. Further evidence was taken in the case of the Bangor and Llanberis Railway. THE CONVICT HALL. The following memorials have been sent to the Home Secretary : To THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY, M.P., SECRE- TART OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. The memorial of John Skirrow Wright, of Birming ham, manufacturer, and William Morgan and Alfred F. Morgan, of Birmingham, attorneys-at-law, Humbly Showeth,—That George Hall was convicted of the murder of his wife at the assizes at Warwick, on Thursday, the 3d day of March, 1864, and received sentence of death, and that the jury recommended him to mercy on account of the provocation which he had received. That your memorialists have interested themselves in the case and have carefully inquired into the circumstances, and one or more of them have seen and examined each of the persons whose affidavits are sent herewith, and your memorialists are all satisfied that the particulars of the pro vocation received by the convict, and more particularly set forth in the said memorial, are as follows :-- George Hall was married to Sarah Anne Smith on the 27th of December, 1863, after courting her for several years, and after the marriage they went to a house which he had taken for his future home. On the same afternoon she left her husband, in opposition to remonstrance, but on the following day her parents brought her back to his house. On the next day (Sunday) she visited without the knowledge of her husband a man named Martin Toy, or Tye. She afterwards returned to her husoand, and they lived together till Sunday, January 3. During that interval she was haughty and cross in manner towards her husband, and did not seem to love him. On Sunday, January 3, she left her husband without assigning any reason, and returned to her father's house. On that Sun day she saw Toy, and during the following week was fre quently with him, and committed adultery with him more than once. On Saturday, Jan. 9, she went to the Prince of Wales Theatre with Toy. They were seen there by a man named Joseph Flowers, a fellow-workman of Ge.rge Hull, the convict. Flowers sent a message to Hall, who came to the theatre to meet th , na as they came out. Hall described what passed to his master, Mr. Simmonds, as follows:—When he met his wife with Toy he asked her what she meant by being with some one else. She replied, "I mean what you see, and I shall still continue to do so." Hall said, "If you mean to carry on in this way you must give me the things that belong to me, or it may be the worse for you," and she then pulled the wedding ring from her finger and the earrings out of her ears, and gave them to Hall, at the same time slapping him on the face, She laughed at him, and went off with the other man. According to boy she was about to strike him, but he said, " Don't strike the fellow." On that night and on sub sequent nights, till shortly before her death, Toy had con nection with her. On the 12th January Sarah Ann Hall took out a sum mons against her husband fur having, as she alleged, threat ened her when they met outside the theatre. On the 11th the summons was heard before the magistrates, who, upon George Hall saying that there was a comfortable home for his wife to go to, advised her to return to him, which she refused to do. The summons was dismissed. From the 14th January to the 16th February Sarah Ann Hall continued to live at her father's and Toy continued to visit her there. Toy's presence caused quarrels between the father and mother of Sarah Ann Hall, and led to an assault by the father on the mother, on the 14th February, for which he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Birmingham gaol. He is now undergoing that sentence. During the whole interval between January 3, when his wife left him, and February 16, George Hall was so much distressed as to attract the notice of his employer and fellow-workmen, He described his wife's conduct to his master anti asked his advice. After the hearing of the summons on the road home he wept like a child. He said to his master " I do love her, and could die for her, and it is such a trouble to me to hear continually of her unfaithful ness. I have been told that she slept with another man, but I will try to forget her. I would hays done right by her, She never let me know she did not care for me before we were married, and when she was short of work I have often helped her. lam doomed to be miserable for life." Mr. Simmonds then asked Hall whether he had any idea of her conduct before their marriage, or if he had himself been guilty of any wrong towards her. Hall replied, "No, I always treated her well; and never had any wrong intentions towards her, and when I married her believed her to be a virtuous woman. I loved her too much to do her harm." On several occasions ho appeared to Mr. Simmonds and others so much distressed as hardly to :know what ho was doing. During this period, and before and after the scene at the theatre, he saw his wife in the presence of her mother, and tried to persuade her to return to bim, and behaved to her most kindly. On the 16th of February he met her by appointment, after leaving work, and passed the evening at her mother's. Her mother said in her evidence that his manner was very kind. He put his left hand on her shoulder, and loaned his head against her, as he usually did, in an affectionate way, and they whispered together. This went on for some time. When he rose to leave the house she stood up to follow him before an) thing was said about following him." She did follow him, and went out with him. This was shortly ,before the murder, which took place between eleven and twelve o'clock at night. When called upon, before receiving sentence, the prisoner made a long statement with earnest emotion. He said, among other things, that, at some time or other, his wife taunted him and said, " The first child shall be sworn to you, but it will not be yours; it will be another man's." Sarah Ann Hall died ou the afternoon of the day after she was shot. Martin Toy was present for an hour and a half before her death. George Hall accused himself of having shot his wife with a revolver, and at the same time gave up a common pistol as the weapon with which he had done it. One of the witnesses stated that he said to his parents, " I told you all I'd do it, and I have done it." Both parents deny that they heard these words, and declare that no such intention had ever been expressed to them. At the police-station he said, " I did not intend to kill her." Your Immoralists laid before the learned counsel who so ably conducted the defsnce of the prisoner evidence of the facts above stated, with the exception of those stated by Toy in his affidavit, and by the prisoner after verdict, which were not previously known to your memorialists, They were advised by counsel that they did not amount in law to evidence of such a provocation as would reduce the pri• boner's crime from murder to manslaughter, and that in a legal point of vie w th ey were ev idence of motive only, F or this reason no wit nesses were ca lled for the prisoner at hi s trial, except M r . Si r:mends, his employer, who spoke to his character. Your memorialists submit these facts to your considera tion, in the hope that you may feel that they show the exist• enco of a form of provocation for which the general rules of law could not be expected to make provision beforehand, but which is, at least, as strong as those provocations which by law reduce murder to manslaughter. They believe that the prerogative of pardon is especially intended to provide for such cases, and they therefore humbly pray that you will take into your favourable consideration the strong re commendation of the jury, an I be pleased to advise her Majesty to communicate the sentence of death passed upon George Hall for some less severe punishment. Aud your memorialists will ever pray, JOHN S. WRIGHT, WILLIAM MORGAN. ALFRED F, M ORGAN, I3irtningham, March 7. have the honour to forward by this night's post a memorial from inhabitants of this town and neighbour hood praying for the royal mercy on behalf of Geo. I am informed that the memorial was not eommenced until Saturday, and that it may be taken as the spontane• ous expression of the sentiments of the inhabitants. It con tains 50,366 signatures, and many further sheets will pro bably bo received to-morrow. I may be permittel o add that the people of Birming ham, as a community, are not easily excited and have great reverence for the law, as evinced by the peaceable character of all their demonstrations for the last quarter of a century. I therefore feel that I am justified in submitting to that that the present exp r ession of the anxious desire of the people for the exerciife of the royal clemency is entitled to Improvements at Guildhall, A committee of the Court of Common Council, to whom the subject had been referred for considera tion, have just reported in favour of a series of im provements in and about the neighbourhood of Guildhall, involving the entire reconstruction on a now plan of most, if not all, of the offices of the cor poration, so as to adapt them the better to the gene ral business purposes of the civic authorities, and to obviate the necessity of a large expenditure on every public occasion, for l special entertainments or other wise. They report that from 1800 to the present time the sum of £72,101 has been expended on re pairs and alterations in the Guildhall alone; £32,928 in fitting! it up on Lord Mayor's days; £42,312 for special entertainments; and £25,911 in connection with the law courts—making in all £173,322. On the Mansion-house during the same period the cum of £68,581 has been expended in repairs; £57,199 for furniture, plate, books, &c.; and since 1852 £10,603 for sculpture, being a total of £136,383. Although the committee feel that it would be desirable, if possible, to retain the ancient Guildhall, they find that from its position dividing the entire area into two unequal parts, the difficul ties in laying out the ground in a satisfactory man ner would be increased, and an extension of thespace for new buildings necessitated. They find that the area of Guildhall might with great advantage be extended, and the ha, I itself spared, by taking in the space occupied by the Bankruptcy Court and some other adjacent buildings, and they have placed themselves in communication with the several owners of property. These have in almost every case stated that they are not unwilling to treat with the Cor poration for the sale of their interests upon equitable terms, The Company of Coopers, whose ancient hall occupies a considerable part of the space which would be wanted, are also ready to co-operate with the Corporation. The Committee recommend that as there are funds of the Corporation row awaiting reinvestment in the purchase of freehold land, and as it appears to them highly desirable that the build ings adjacent to the Guildhall should be in the hands of the Common Council, not only with the view of carrying out a plan worthy of the Carpora tion, but also for purposes of general improvement in the neighbourhood, they should be empowered to enter into negotiations with the several parties in terested in the property for its purchase. The re port of the Committee, of whom Mr. Kelday is the chairman, has been adopted by the Court of Corns mon Council, and referred back to them for oxecu • tion. In the meantime the existing roof of Guild hall, which had become much dilapidated by time, is being replaced by an open one, in accordance with the architecture of the building, and after plans designed by the late Mr. Bunning, the city archi tect. The stone front of the hall, being in a crippled and defective state, owing to its imperfect founda tion, is also undergoing repair. The new roof will be of oak,filled in with Gothic tracery and partially glazed, and Gothic windows will be substituted in lieu of the 16 Roman windows on the north and south sides of the hall. The new roof and win dows are estimated to cost £lB,OOO ; the rebuild ing the front of the hall, £1,500; the adapting rooms for the purposes of the library, £2,300; the repairing and decorating the various law courts, £2,000; and the painting other parts of the buildings connected with Guildhall, £400; making in all £21,200. The contract for the principal works is being executed by Messrs. Myers, who are under an engagement to complete them by the let of October. that favourable consideration which I am sure it will receive at your hands.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM HOLLIDAY, Mayor of Birmingham, The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, M.P., Secretar3 of State. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, POST.—The campaign in J ntland has been opened with a victory which the overwhelming strength of the invaders, lees than their valour, enabled them to secere. The Austrians have come in collision with the Danish outposts and have repulsed them. With the particulars of the engagement we are not yet ac quainted, but the reports from German and Danish sources agree in sta.ing the result tot have been dis astrous to the Danes. At six o'clock on Tuesday morning the Austrian army crossed the Koldingau in two columns, and, after a march of about seven English miles, encountered a small force of Danish cavalry, which it compelled to retreat northwards towards Veile. At this town, however, or, as it would appear, on the north bank of a small river which takes its name from the town, the Danes e:ade a stand. Their force °illy consisted of three infantry regiments, three batteries of artillery, ani two regiments of cavalry; and, as we may readily believe, after a gallant resistance it was compelled to give way before the Austrian columns, and to retire northwards towards Horsens, Whilst the Austrians were advancing in a northerly direction the Prussians proceeded towards Fredericia and succeeded in driving in the Danish outposts at Gudsal. In this affair the Danish General and the chief of his etaff were wounded. According to the latest telegrams the allies were advancing on Friedericia in great force, and an attack upon that town was hourly expected. In Jutland, as in the south of Schleswig, superior numbers prove more than a match for courage and valour. To those who believe that England is not conclusively pledged to neutrality, the course which events are taking in Denmark may reasonably cause alarm. It would neither be the duty nor the policy of this country to make herself the arbiter of the disputes of other States, but, as experience has shown, the greatest prudence and the most extreme caution may prove unavailing to prevent embroilment in quarrels whose sphere angry disputants are determined at all hazards to extend. The English Government have been untiring in their endeavours to restore peace, and the only apprehension which need be enter tained is lest they evinced in too striking a manner their desire to abstain from war, The German Powers have undoubtedly conceived the notion that under no circumstances would England array her self in arms against Germany, and their entire course of conduct since the commencement of the present year has to all appearanc es be e n based upon this assumjation. The Dano-German war is scarcely two mouths old, and yet let any one reflect on what was the state of public opinion in this country before the Germans crossed the Eider and he will be convinced how thoroughly mistaken the large majority of persons were both in respect to the policy of tee German Powers and to the pro bable attitude of the British Government. The in vasion of Schleswig by Austria and Prussia ap peared to most men such an act of madness that it was forthwith set down as a pure impossibility. The arguments so freely advanced and so apparently conclusive must be fresh in the memory of all. Setting aside the absurdity of the Great German Powers proclaiming themselves the champions of oppressed nationalities, we were reminded that Austria had a watchful enemy ready to cross her southern frontier, and that Prussia possessed cer tain provinces on the Rhine which, on her assuming an aggressive attitude, might not improbably fall into the hands of a crafty and powerful neighbour. Besides, there was England, who would, as soon as the first blow was struck against the integrity of Denmark, blockade the German ports, sweep from the seas the tiny fleets of Austria and Prussia, and place at the command of Denmark an army suffi cient to hold the entrance to the peninsula against any force which the invaders might bring to the assault of the Danewirke. Then, again, we were asked what the German Powers intended to make war about. Were Austria and Prussia about to endan ger the peace of Europe,and risk a general conflagra tion in whoseflames they would undoubtedly be en ve• loped, in order that Schleswigers should hear ser mons in German instead of Danish, or should be ruled by an Augustenburg instead of a Glucksburg ? The whole notion was too absurd, and the timid were quieted with assurances that Austria and Prussia, though apparently aggressive in their tone, were in truth most anxious to preserve the peace of Europe, and were only too desirous of curbing that impetuosity on the part of the minor States which would otherwise infallibly prevent war. We took occasion to demonstrate the fallacy of these argu ments long before the appearance of the allied armies on the banks of the Eider, and whilst the Austro-Prussian contingent still constituted the reserve of the slender force despatched by the Diet into Holstein for the purposes of Federal execu tion. We pointed out how vastly different the prosp3ct appeareda whenregarded from a German point of view. In the first place we showed that, whether rightly or wrongly, the German Powers would conjecture that the occupation of the Duchies by their armies would not be made a easus belli by Great Britain. Tne English Cabinet had always inclined to the belief that Denmark had violated her engagements towards Germany, and it was therefore not urvreas sonabie to suppose that it would not resent an attempt by the latter to obtain redress. Other con eideratione of a personal kind, unquestionably erroneous, but such as might readily secure atten tion in countries less habituated to constitutional government than our own, had no little share in inducing Germany to believe that England would remain neutral in the event of a Dano-German war. As regarded fears of foreign aggression, States are naturally slow to believe that their territories will be attacked, and Austria and Prussia consoled themselves with the reflection that by yielding to the wishes of the minor States they could at any time array on their side every msmber of the Ger man Confederation. Viewing the matter in this light, the invasion of Sch'..eswig became by no meacs so improbable as the majority of English poli ticians were inclined to believe. It was from this point of view, however, that we regarded the pos sible contingency of a Dano-German war, and events have since justified our conclusions. Austria and Prussia believed that Great Britain would remain a passive spectator of the occupation of the Duchies, and no one will now question the solidity of the foundation on which that belief reposed. But the occupation of Schleswig has since been followed by the invasion of Jutland, and the allied armies have now commenced active hostilities with a view to the reduction of the town of Fredericia, which guards the land approaches to the Island of Funen. As the English Government contented themselves with a simple protest when the Prus sians took possession of the frontier town of Bolding, the invaders may not unnaturally con clude tat their present operations will induce no change the policy of the British Cabinet. In this they are most probably correct. But it would be a most fatal error for the German Powers to fall into, to suppose that to whatever lengths they might deem it expedient to push their aggressive policy Great Britain would remain perfectly pas sive. It is reported that Austrian ships of war are on their way to the Baltic, with the view of co-operating with the Prussian navy in an at tempt to reduce the Danish position at Duppel, and thus place the Island of Alsen, together with the little army it contains, at the mercy of the Austro-Prussian forces. This report the Foreign Secretary contradicted in the House of Lords on Tuesday evening, on the strength of a formal as surance from the Austrian Government that it is not their intention to send any naval force whatever either to the Baltic or the Cattegat. Of course we are bound to credit this statement, and to believe that Austria possesses no more serious design than that of despatching a few cruisers to the English Channel for the protection of her merchant ship ping. But we may be pardoned for saying that if the German Powers should entertain any project' of combining their naval forces with a view either to assist their land forces at Duppel, or to act inde pendently in any other quarter of the Danish dominions, Great Britain could not remain a passive spectator of such an outrage. The Foreign Secre tary may have acted prudently in declining to make any declaration which would bind this country to go to war, but he did not hesitate to let fall an intimation which will not be lost on the German Powers. The Channel fleet is now in British waters, and if an Austrian fleet should venture through the Straits of Dover it will not cross the German Ocean entirely alone. Times.—lt is a famous saying of Bacon that the subtlety of nature greatly surpasses the subtlety of the human mind. With equal or greater truth it might be said that the secret springs of human cha racter and the motives of human actions are too subtle for the moralist to analyse or for the legis lator to control by rewards and punishment. Crimi nal law is based, and must be, on the assumption that acts of a certain outward complexion done under certain conditions are of the same quality, and de. serve the same penalty. The taking of life with " malice aforethought," without legal excuse or pro vocation by actual blows, amounts in law to murder, and the doom of the murderer is death. Perhaps no more flexible definition of the crime would afford adequate protection to society; certainly no other punishment could be annexed to it without remov ing the chief safeguard against its more frequent commission ; and yet what various degrees of guilt does this legal idea of murder embrace ! We do not speak now of differences in the power of self control, and therefore of moral responsibility, be tween different individuals. These subjects, though they lie on the debatable frontier of physiology and ethics, and at present occasion the utmost perplexity to jurists, may possibly be reduced to definite principles as our knowledge of both sciences progresses. Tie most intractable and recondite element of criminality—that which must for ever baffle the foresight of lawgivers and con found the wisdom of earthly judges—is the mass of antecedent circumstances and habits, from which the crime sometimes appears to spring so naturally as almost to exclude the agency of the will. • There are murders which, originating in some evil passion, carefully nursed, preceded by no train of causes such as the ancients ascribed to a malignant destiny, palliated by no sudden temptation, mitigated by ❑o subsequent access of pity or repentance, are the very type of diabolical wickedness. There are other murders in which the slayer appears to be scarcely less a victim than the slain—the victim of a cruel and overmastering sense of wrong, not imaginary but real, not transitory but permanent, blasting his happiness, withering his hopes, making tyrants of his tenderest and finest feelings, and demanding vengeance with the voice of au imperious necessity. Such a murder cannot be eliminated beforehand from others of a far deeper dye, it cannot be tried by different rules, or distinguished, even after its true nature is made known, by a different verdict and a different sentence. At yet, if human justice is to bear any resemblance or relation to the Divine, how can we consign the latter class of offenders to the same fate as the former ? The gulf that separates their crimes may be, and often is, far wider than that which separates murder itself from other acts of violence. To visit them with one and the same retribution is to wound or deaden the moral sense of the Christian community —that moral sense which gives all penal laws their chief efficacy and highest sanction. One of the saddest and most pitiful stories of murder under extenuating circumstances that have come before the public for many a day appeared in our report of the Warwick assizes on Monday. A young man named Hall, of steady habits and gentle disppsition, was married on Christmas-day to a woman whom he had courted for several years, without the least suspicion of her virtue. On the very evening of the wedding-day she left him and returned to her parents' house. The next day she was brought back, but not to be a true wife to him, for she con tinued to "keep company," though secretly, with another man, named Martin Toy, with whom she had before been intimate. This nominal cohabita tion only lasted till January 3, when she deserted her husband again, without giving any reason, and lived in her father's house, consorting openly and constantly with Toy. Hall met them together on one occasion, and, on reproaching her with her con duct, got nothing but insults and foul words. His wife boasted of her connexion with Toy, and vowed that she would not give it up. So far from evincing the slightest shame or compunction, she taunted him with the wrongs inflicted by herself, and told him that her first child should be fathered upon him though . it would not be his. She even took out a summons against him for threatening her unless she returned, which was dismissed by the magistrates. Again and again Hall visited her at her father's house, and pressed her in the most affectionate way to come back, but all in vain. To his master he expressed in the most touching language his own simple love and fidelity, and the misery which his wife had caused him, To his fellow-workmen he appeared as one distracted, but a crowded work room is not the place for a wounded spirit to find solace, and he afterwards complained that his shop mates used him cruelly. At last the cup of sorrow and just resentment was full. On the evening of February 16 he went to her mother's house, and re mained there, strange as it may appear, talking with both the women, and now and then whispering privately with his wife, whom he still, to all ap pearance, loved devotedly. His manner, we are told, was very kind, and he gave no sign by word or gesture of his gloomy resolve. For once his wife followed him out when he rose to leave, and she never was seen again alive. What passed between them cannot be known, but she was found lyiiag on Dartmoor-street bridge with a pistol shot through her cheek. Hall admitted at once that he had killed her, but the evidence as to his language is conflict ing, some testifying that he said he never intended to do so, and some that he spoke of the deed as one that he had long contemplated. Whether he used either expression or both is of little importance in law or in reason. It is enough that, being wrought up to desperation by injuries that might have maddened the best and calmest of men, he employed k a deadly weapon to avenge himself. Who can read the tale of this domestic tragedy without a sentiment of compassion for the mur derer ? Who could have heard, without sympathy, his pathetic appeal, after his conviction, from the inexorable justice of human tribunals to the jadg nient-seat of Him who in justice remembers mercy ? That appeal has reached the hearts of many who were not present at the trial, and have no more in terest in the poor artisan than humane minds must ever feel in a fellow-creature, more sinned against than sinning, condemned to an infamous death. The strong recommendation of the jury in his favour has already been endorsed in a memorial from more than 50,000 inhabitants of Birmingham and its neighbourhood, and more signatures are es. petted. We can hardly imagine a fitter case than this for the exercise of the Royal clemency. The crime of Hall, tried by any equitable standard, be longs to the least aggravated form of murder. It might have been committed by a person possessed of almost every virtue except the iron will that holds - even legitimate passions in check. In some respects, indeed, it reseasbies that of Wright, and it is possible that this parallel will be pressed on Sir Georve Grey. If injustice was really done to Wright, it cannot be repaired by executing Hall; but the truth is that all, and more than all, that was assumed in the former case has been proved in the latter. Supposing the facts stated in one of the memorials which we publish to-day to be correct, the ends of justice would be rather defeated than served by allowing Hall to be hanged. Compared with Townley, he has every claim to the merciful consideration of the Home-office, and few can doubt which of the two would be the more dangerous character, if both were set at liberty in a new coun try. On every ground, theretnre, but especially on the highest ground of all, we believe that a com mutation of tht sentence will be welcomed by the public. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week that ended on 27th February there was an increase of nearly a hundred in the deathe of London on those of the previous week ; and agaia in the week that ended last Saturday (March 5) there was an increase of nearly a hundred on the number returned for the week immediately preceding. The successive numbers were :-1586, 1677, and in last week 1766. The average number of deaths for the ninth week in the ten years 1854-63 is, with a correction for in crease of population, 1,420. The 1,766 deaths now returned constitute a very heavy mortality for the beginning of March ; for they exceed the estimated amount by 346. By comparing the results of the last two weeks, it is seen that the deaths under 20 years of age rose from 741 to 778 ; those at 20 years and under 60 rose from 498 to 564 ; while there was an increase at a more advanced age. The deaths from bronchitis (299) exhibit no increase ; but those from phthisis rose from 157 to 192. Whooping-cough increased from 65 to 77; typhus frbm 59 to 72 ; scarlatina from 57 to 65. The air has undergone considerable varia tion of temperature ; the mean values in the last four weeks having been 37.6 deg., 37.3 deg., 33.0 deg., and in last week 40.9 deg. Diseases of the nervous system increased from 167 fatal caves in the previous week to 194 last week. A girl, aged one year and nine months, died on the 25th ult. at 8, Leg-court, Westminster, from " me senteric disease, accelerated by want of proper food and care" (inquest), and on the following day the wife of an in-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital died in Charingscross Hospital of " collapse, apparently from want" (no inquest). At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.487 in. The reading rose to 29.71 in. on Tuesday, and fell to 29.14 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 40.9 deg., which is 0.9 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (us determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below or differed little from the average till Friday, when the excess was nearly 8 deg. The highest day temperature occurred on that day, and was 58 deg. The lowest night tempera tures were 29.4 deg. and 29 8 deg., and occurred in Tuesday and Wednesday. The range of temperature in the week was therefore 28.6 deg. The air was exceedingly moist during the week. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was only 1 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 96, complete saturation being represented by 100. On six days the humi dity was near saturation. The wind blew from an easterly, generally a south-easterly point, except on Friday,. when it was in the south-west. The rainfall was 0.65 in. There was rain on almost every day. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Themes was 39 . 8 deg. ; that of the lowest was 37.6 deg. COUNTRY MARKETS. •~---------. LYNN-TUESDAY. The weather since Saturday has been changeable, with a good deal of rain and sleet. At to-day's market there was a good attendance, with an average show of wheat, which brought for best sorts the prices of last week, but inferior sorts met with a slow sale. Malting barley 6d to is cheaper; grinding sorts firm. Beans and peas were lower. White wheat 43s to 44s Rcd.. 4os to 415 Barley 32s to 369 Grindin- 29s to 310 ...... tu - Beans .338 to 358 I Oats.. New 348 to 36s I Peas —s to --0 HULL-TUESDAY. Since our last the wheat trade has been very dull—tbs little business done being of a retail character. The import of wheat during the week was large. At to-day's market there was a fair show of English wheat, which held firmly at last week's rates ; in foreign there was a slow trade doing• Both malting and grinding barley quite neglected. Beans Gd per qr lower in price, and sold slowly. Oats in request for seed, and Gd higher. Peas dull. Wheat.... Old white per qr. 42s Od to 44s 08 Old red New white .. „ New red .... „ Barley.... English mailing 27s Od to 34s Oa, Grinding 24 s Od t o 26 s 65 Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 31s co Grinding 0at5...... English, old Archangel and Riga, per st osl2id t o 13d Friesland and Dutch . 0813 d to osl3l B Swedish and Danish osl2ld to 0813 8 , Beans ....English, old, p er qr New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Oa, New tick. Egyptian Peas Grinding Tares .... Spring . .. —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing 40s Od to 52s °" „ v Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 10 0 to £ 9 15 u„ Foreign' Bl5 oto 9 0 Rape cakes Bones 0 0 t t 0 o o 5 0 10 0 0 ;MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white wheat , 41s Od to 46s Od ; new red, 38s Od to 428 per 36 stone; beans, 39s to 418 for old ; new sorts, 34s to 37s per 38 st. barley, 34s to 37s for malting, and 29s to 31s per qr. 14)r grinding; new oats, 188 to 228 Od per 24 stone; old, 2 63 to 28s. COAL MARKET. Prizes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. Lambert's West Hart- B. d. ley 15 0 West Hartley 15 3 Byass's Bebside West Hartley . ... 15 3 Hastings Hartley ....15 3 Holywell 17 0 Wylam 17 0 a. a, Walls End. Haswell lB 9 Braddyll's Hetton 18 0 East Hartlepool lB 9 Hartlepool Cassop **l ig 0 South Hetton 18 4 9 Trimd on Hartlepool 18 ' K elloe •••• .• 17 9 South Hartlepool...... 17 6 a South Kelloe A, 24 ; sold, 32. Walls End. Stewart's 18 61 Ships at marker Persons in debt may obtain instant protection agains t imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire releas e from all debts and liabilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court of Bankrupta' Charges under £5 payable by easy instalments. Office''' . (established 1830), 12, Hatton-garden. City branch-6, Moor' gate-street, Bank.—ADvT. Births. BOSTON.—On the 9th inst., at 4, Belgrave-square, th e Lady Boston, of a daughter, DOMVILLE.—On the 7th inst., at 35, Bryanston-squar e the wite of William Compton Domville, Esq., of - daughter. HANBURY.—On the Bth inst., at B e lmont H o use, East Barnet, the wife of Charles A. Hanbury, Esq., of A son. SHARP.—On the 9th inst., at Denmark-hill, M r s. Ja—e 0 Sharp, of a son. Marriages. MARSHALL—.STEWAILT.—On the Bth inst., at St.Georg e' o l Hanover-square, Reginald Dyke s Marshall, EST , a Cookridge Hall, Leeds, to Mary J ane , e ld es t d aug hter Rear-Admiral the Hon. Keith Stewart, C.B. ROBERTSON— . KINGOn the Bth inst., at St. 11farY,''4'0 Newington Butts, John Robertson, Esq., to Carol ll3 o / Mary, only daughter of William King, Esq., M.D , 9 Brighton, Deaths. ASTON.—On the Bth inst., at 43, Guildford-street, RR lOll' square, Thomas Asto n , Esq., aged 52. BIRCH.—On the Bth inst., the Rev. George Royds Bi r°ll aged ,56. BOYSE.—On the Bth inst., at 3, Halkin-street, west, tj i l Richard Boyse, of Bannow House, co. W e xford, eg" 75. h BURTON.—On th e 6th i ns t., i n Lond on , Captain .D'e-ti B. Burton, late H.E.1.C.5., aged 67. C. BUCKLAND.—On the Bth inst., at Walwortb, Buckland, Esq., aged 84. f the JOY.—On the 9th inst, at Maidstone, Ann, widow late Robert Joy, Esq., of Brenchley, Kent, aged 9: 4 ;, ,T0r , M'GuFFIE,—On the Bth inst., at Woodend, Uppe r wood, Archibald Blair M'Guffie, Esq., aged 63. London: Prlnd and Prblished by WILLIAM ANDg,'" of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE Sum Office 1 ' 4°. 41 of Strand, in the Precinct of the 'Savoy, In the Cou r) MildleFex —Thursday, March 10, 1864.