The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-09 00:00:00

Naval and military The Iris, 26, sailing frigato, Captain Loring, sailed from Spithead on Saturday morning for the Australian station, to relieve the Juno. She will make the station via China. The Rhadansanthus, sie;na. store-ship, Master- Commander Brown, arrived at Portsmouth on Fri day night, and went into harbour on Saturday. She was laden with machinery from Woolwich for the Royal Sovereign, 131, three-decker, which is to be launched on the Toth of next mouth. The Rha damanthus being one of the vessels originally ap pointed by the Admiralty for testing Mr. Clifford's new method for lowering boats at sea, she made several experiments in going from the Thames to Spithead, and in running into harbour, lowering her boat when the vessel was going at full speed. Every trial was satisfactory, and in most of these trials made by the crews of the various vessels or dered to try the method the inventor was present in the boat himself. The Caesar, 91, screw, Captain John Robb, com menced paying off to-day, soon after ten o'clock, alongside the dockyard jetty, under the new sys tem, by the paymaster and assistants of the ship, and superintended by Captain Elliott, of the St. Vincent, 101, ordinary guard ship. Upwards of OW active and well-disciplined blue jackets and marines were paid. off in little over four hours and a half ; and the Alban. and Pigmy, paddle steam tenders, were ordereel to convey those men to the western and eastern ports who were desirous of proceeding to their homes. The Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty are deserving of the highest thanks from the officers and men belonging ti the Royal service for having adopted the present sys tem. The men passed through the dockyard sob rip and respcctab!y, land the greater part of them made for the steam tenders and railway ter minus, thus getting clear of the crimps and sharks, who had no chance of securing their victims owing 10;h it sobriety. No ship has ever been paid off at this or any other port in better order (if so good) than the assar, which reflects the highest credit on Captain Robb and the commissioned and war- rant officers under his command. The Cesar will be placed up the harbour as ono of the first-class steam reserve—i.e., guns and stores on yard. We have at Port imouth a strong steam rcserve, available a week's notice, and, doubtless, the same provision has been made at other perts to roost any emergency. The Narcissus, 20, building at Plymouth dock yard, is to be prepared forthwith for launching, when she will be taken int ) dock for the purpose of being lengthened to receive a screw-propeller. SHEERNESS, MARCH 8. Edinburgh, 60, screw, Capt. E. P. Halsted, as s!sted by Commander H. Lloyd and Mr. J. H. Langley, inspector of machinery afloat, is moored in the harbour, and has the folioxving vessels under her cominand, forming the steam. zeserve :—First Cla&:—Vesuvius, 6 ; Pylades, 21 ; . Cyclops, 6 ; Scylla, 21; Pelter, &middy, Erne, Spanker, Ruby, Mayflower, Magnet, Lolfsa, gunboat. First Divi sion—Argus, 6 ; Phwnix, 6 ; Russel+, 60 ; Roy a! George, 101 ; Reynard, Foxhoun:l, despatch gun ; Horatio, 16 ; Ruerald, 20 ; Chassuir, floating factory ; Eurotas, 14; Terrible, 21 ; Am ph'on, 34 ; Driver, 6 ; Dragon, 6 ; Salamander ; Fawn, 16 ; Terror, floating batteries. At Chatham —Tiny, Thunder, Midge, Thunderbolt, Mars, Cadmus, Hydra. Second Cochin; Carnation, Fidget, Fly, Griper, Julia, Manly, Mistletoe, Mastiff, Surly, Sepoy, Tickle ., Thrasher, Traveller, Hasty, Herring, Dwarf, T'nistle, Lively. WOOLWICH, MARCH 8. Three hundred and seventy men have been dis charged from the Royal Arsenal, including a large number who had be:'n employed in tie e3t,tblish ment for upwards of 15 years. A numerously-at tended meeting of the men has been held, and a memorial has been forwarded to the War-office praying that the means of free emigration should be provided for those of good character who have received notice to be discharged. The memorial has received the favourable consideration of the Minister of War, who has forwarded a reply to the effect that every facility will be afforded to enable the men to emigrate to Australia or the Canadas. The following general Regimental Order has been issued froth the Adjutant-General's office, Royal Artillery, Woolwich, signed "H. Palliser, Assi6t ant -Adjutant-General" :—" Her Majesty has been pleased to sign the following commission in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, viz. :—Staff-Sur geon of the second class Matthew Coombe / M.D., to be Surgeon ; Surgeon Coombe to be p os t e d t o the 12th battalion. The , Tru s t y ft„tin'''. CHATHAM, MARCH 8. battery, arrived o n F r id ay evening from th e Ne re, in tow of the African and Fearless steamn tugs. ordinary, She has be en b roug ht to t hi s port to be placed in rY, and also to be i n a s ituation to be immediately fitted for se a a t thi s sudden e dockyard, mergency.,, should her s l erv a ic d e a s itiol' be requi re d on any to the 'Et na, floating battery, the Terror, battery, stationed at this harbour. is also t o b e thing made ready The Renown, 91, has bad every for her launching, which will take plae-e" o— inst. • The last appearance of this hu ge n y the 28 th she lies on the stocks is very imposing. ',al. "? as eries have been erected to accommodate s g ev g er a e l i thousand spectators to witness the launch. T he figure-head of the Renown is a large bust of th e late Duke of Wellington, crowned with a laurel wreath, The Mersey, 40, steam-frigate, is ordered to be completed with all desp a t c h. Th e larg e dock at Chatham in which she is building has been length ened 60 feet, in order to accommodate her. She will be the longest frigate in the service, and will be fitted with machinery of 1 ,000-horse power. Her tonnage will be 3,300 tons. -The extensive alterations and improvements which are now in progress at Chatham dockyard will involve an outlay of upwards of 100,0001., which sum will be included in the navy estunatei for the present year. Among the most prominent of the works at that establishment is the reconstruc tion of No. 2 dock, which is to be lengthened by 160 feet, and will be the largest dock at any of the , Oa Saturday Major General Briton, .he Licu tetn,nt-Governor of PoAsm-nith at risen and Coal manding-in-Chief the Souti-West District, received orders to prepare the three regiments of the line now on duty there for embarcation for China at a mo mePt's ntics. Th e rro-)ps are ti e 23d R oy ,d Welsh Fusileev, the 821 (or " Princo of Wales's Vclunteers"), and the93tiiLight Infantry ("Perth- shire Volunteers"). A fiurih regiment is also ordered for enabarcaVon for the same destina tion but its number we h ave not h ear d. Th e 93d Highlanders, however, we believe, is the regiment. These corps will be sent out in their "full strength" —about 1,067 each, of all ranks (uot including offi cers). Thus, about 4,500 troops will e&bark at Portsmomh in a few days for the seat of war in the Celestial Empire. The steamers commissioned or ordered to be employed in carrying out these and the other forces (1,000 marines) to their destina tion are her Majesty's ships, Sanspareil, 70 guns, 2,334 tons, 400-horse power, 620 crew, Captain Astley C. Key, C. 8., at Ply mouth. Retribution, 22 guns, 400-horse power, 1,611 tons 300 crew, Capt. Barker, at Devonport. Himalaya, guns, 700-horse power, 3,500 tons, 188 crew, Commander Benjamin B. Priest, at Plymouth. Transit, 4 guns, 600-horse power, 190 crew, Com mander Chambers, at Portsmouth. Assistance, 400-horse power, at Portsmouth. Adventure, 400-horse power, at Portsmouth (the complements of these two vessels have not been defined yet). Sidon, 22 guns, 560-borse power, 1,328 tons, 300 crew, at Portsmouth. Furious, 16 guns, 400-horse power, 1,286 tons, 223 crew, at Portsmouth. The four last-named are not commissioned, but are expected to be so for this service. If these ves sels bear the same complements as they did on their last service they will add a reinforcement in sea men and marines of upwards of 2,200. The Himalaya will go round from Plymouth to Portsmouth to embark her troops there. It is thought she will take at least two regiments. The Lords of the Admiralty have been pleased to sanction an exchange of divisions in the Royal Marine Light Infantry between Lieut.-Colonel Robert J. M'Killop, of the Woolwich Division, and Lieutenant-Colonel George IV. Congdon, of the Chatham Division. In consequence of the retirement of Col. Har ilinge, KAI., the post of superintendent of the Royal Repository at Woolwich has been conferred on Lieutenant-Colonel Wodehouse, R.A., C.B. ; and that of superintendant of drills, hitherto occu pied by Colonel Bloomfield, Royal Horse Brigade and aide-de-camp to the Queen, is to be abolished at the end of the p resen t mon th, Colonel Bloom field succeeding Colonel Hardinge as second com mandant of Woolwich garrison. A gun-boat of 350 tons burden, named the Lee, came up on Saturday from Woolwich to Northfleet, being the second of a new class of gun-boats or dered for special service by Government, and fitted with engines of 40-horse power each. The Chas seur, of similar build, arrived at Deptford from Blackwall on Saturday, and is to be followed by the Jaspar, which will be launched in a few days. The freight-ship Menam has filled in her maga zines with powder and ammunition at Woolwich for Hon- , Kong, and is ready for sea. The Countess of Zetland is shipping ammunition from Woolwich for Gambia. public yard 4. The new granite slip recently corn pleted is also to be lengthened by 60 feet, the cos f these undertakings being estinatr.d at 59,0001 The galvanised iron roof over No. 7 slip is to be lengthened 60 feet, at a cost of 3,0001. In addi tion to the works mentioned the large double rarrze of buildings has been completed and fitted with machinery for cement mills. A large workshop, 240 feet in length, has also been, completed for the con vict=. The old police-station has been taken down to give additional space for the enlargement of the docks, and a new station is in course of erection at the rear of the sawmills. The estimated sum re quired for the extension and improvement of Chat ham dockyard by convict labour alone is 160,0001., which does not include the other undertakings now in progress. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty : Lieut. C. S. Dut,bar, to the St. Vincent ; Lieut. J. P. Gardiner, Lieut. H. G. Hale, Lieut. G. D. Clayhills, and Lieut. W. H. Ration, to the Calcutta ; Lieut. A. Graves, to the Transit ; W. E. De C. Cookson, mate, to the Himalaya ; J. J. C. Srnail, P. H. W. May ow, A. H. Duthie, H. A. Digby, and F. Walter, naval cadets, to the Calcutta, for disposal ; Hy. Brehant, master of the Blenh&m, to the Caesar; Daniel M'D. lago, master, to the Hima laya, J. F. R Aylen, second master, to the Em peror yacht ; C. Osborn, master's assistant, to the Himalaya. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. DURHAM. At a convocation holden March 3, the following regulations were passed for the four medical scholar ships, founded June 17, 1855 :- 1. In ordinary cases such medical scholarships as shall have become vacant, shall be filled up at the beginning of Michaelmas term in each year. 2. The candidates for the medical scholarships shall be those persons who have not kept more than one term by residence in the university, or those who are desirous of being admitted as medical students. 3. Each candidate must produce to the warden satisfactory testimonials of character. 4. Unless there be special examiners appointed for the purpose by the warden, the examiners for the examination in arts shall be the examiners for the medical scholarships. 5. The subjects of examination shall be the Latin language, some portions of English history, arith metic, and English composition. The examiners shall report to the warden and senate for election the students who shall pass the best examination. The books and particular portions of English history shall be fixed by the warden and Senate three months at least before the examination. 6. If no candidate duly qualified presents him self, the warden shall have power to appoint a te cond examination at a later period of the same academical year. If a student is elected at this examination, he shall be regarded as if he had ob tained the scholarship in the preceding Michaelmas term, but no one shall be elected unless he passes a satisfactory examination. 7. The medical scholarships shall be tenable for three years by medical students who reside and pursue their studies either at Durham or at New castle as medical students, provided that, at the end of their first year's residence at Durham, they produce satisfactory testimonials of character, and pass the public examination in a creditable manner. 8. If a scholarship be forfeited by failure at the examination at the end of the first year, or from any other cause, before the end of the three years, the warden and senate shall have power to assign the scholarship for the remaining part of the period to a student, not already a scholar, who is recom mended as having passed the best examination at the end of his firsryear. T. T. Pyle, of Bishop Cosin's Hall, student in medicine, was admitted to be a licentiate in medi cine. The Professor of Greek, the Rev. J. Waite, M.A., and the Rev. J. J. Hornby, M.A., were nominated by the warden, and appointed by the house, to be examiners for the university classical scholarship. RAILWAY INT h bLIGENCE. CORNWALL. The report of the directors of this company, adopted at the half-yearly meeting, stated that the pregrels of the works on the line, and especially those of the Royal Albert-bridge, have been pro secuted with as much vigour as the nature of the operations would admit. The sum of 5,2671. had been received on account of arrears of calls. The balance in the hands of the directors was 9,8651., and of the trustees under the lease 28,3401., and also unissued debentures amounting to 27,0001. The capital account to 31st December last showed that 1,053,7391. had been received, including 26,4791. during the half-year, and 1,015,5331. ex pended, including 55,2591. during the half-year, leaving a balance of 38, 2061. EAST ANGLIAN. _ --• The report of the directors of this company states that the increase of the capital account during the half-year amounted to 1,8101. The re ce;pts for traffic during the half-year amounted to 26,1551, showing an increase of 2,4761. over those of the corresponding period of 1855, of 3,6051. over these of 1854, and 5,1911. over the corresponding period of 1853. The heavy expenditure consequent on the decay and dilapidations of preceding years still augments the working expenses of the East ern counties, and has caused them consider ably to exceed 50 per cent. of their total receipts ; consequently the East Anglian has again been sub jectA to the maximum charge under that head, and the net revenue amounts to 13,9551., which, after providing f.r interest on the bo n d ebt and the A and ti shares, leaves sufficient to pay 41. 15s. per cent. per annum on the C stock. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The report of the directors of this company states that the total expenditure on capital amount to the 31st of January last amounted to 4,538,4641. The cast of the new establishment at Kilmarnock is nearly liquidated, and the a,ddit'onal outlay for the Cattle Douglas and Mayhole and Gilvan Railways arises from calls made on the shams held by this company in those undertakings. After providing for e - cr•ry proper charge against revenue, and the arnotmt payable on the preference stocks, there re mains a disposable balance of 72,104/ , out of which the sharehdders are recommended to declare a dividend of 5 per cent. per annum, payable on the 30th inst. less income tax, leaving 2,851/. to be carried forward. CALEDONIAN. The directors of this company state in their re port that the available balance of revenne amounts to 78, - 461. Out of this is deducted 16,7661. divi dend on the original preference stock, and 4,380/. on the new preference shares, leaving 57,3991. To this sum is added 2,5731. from the preceding half year, making a disposable balance of 59,973/. The proposed dividend at the rate of 31 per cent. per annual will absorb 53,4421. and leave 6,5311. The revenue for the half-year ending the 31st Jan., 1857, amounted to 330,3531., and for the corresponding period to 290, 2801., r honing an increase of 40,3991., or 13.80 per cent. The working expenses amounted to 137,0641., or 41.49 per cent., against 137,2851., or 47.29 per cent. of the rece ipt s a t th e correspond ing period last year. SCINDE. It is mentioned that a large number of the rail way staff had l e ft K urrachee, in anticipation of the receipt of final o r d ers regarding the line, for the purpose of resuming the survey. They will now be able to go on with the work at once, and from the energy and perseverance they h ave f ormerly dis played there is every reason to hope they will do their utmost to complete the sur vey d ur i ng the pre sent working season ; and if they succeed in doing so, the construction of the permanent way w ill doubtless be commenced with vigour long before the close of the current year.—Santb, Elder, and Co.'s Homeward Mails THE COUNTIES AND TRE DIVISION. In the late division against Government there were 138 votes from the representatives of the counties given in opposition to Lord Palmerston, and only 72 in his favour, among which, however, we may notice that the great metropolitan counties, Middlesex, West Kent, and Surrey, were well re presented. To be th e o bj ec t o f assau lt b y a com bination of dictatorial ducal families will not tend to make the Premier less popular, but only to show the people that they must take the power over the co un t r y di s t r i cts out of the hands which will abuse it, to please and conciliate the crowned despots of the con ti nent, and gain a factious vic ry Overyaoisiteatesman who has never bowed his neck Was due to th e i r When theetoountry sees how much the late majo rity and that all the l the landlord-ridden county votes, theyarge city constituencies were on the other sidecan need no stronger argu ment in favour a l arge a oral i p a o f -c a ver and the franchise. measure inof change in the distribution of elect is not vour of a liberal reform Scotland is up in arm s Upper House, and r- England endeavouring to f t r h e i e s t m h a e t H ter e . use W o f iv e. 0 mmons from its domineer_ if masters, who sit in the them' if they had Lord . Derby in the Premiers place,who, would be the readiest advoeates. of war with China, or with any other country . which would give pay and promotion for their younger sOnS ? ASSIZE INrEr LIGENCP. HOME CIRCUIT.—CHELMSFORD, March 7. THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF HILLS V. JOHN CUTTS AND ROBERT EZEKIEL SMITH. This was a prosecution for misdemeanour. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Lush, and Mr. Rodwell appeared for the Crown ; Sergeant Slice and Mr. Woonett defended Cutts ; and Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Prentis appeared for the de fendant Smith. This case has created a good deal of intereA in the county, from the peculiar circumstances connected with it and the position of the parties. The indictment against the defendants was framed under an act of Parliament commonly known as the Bishop of Ox ford's Act, and the offence imputed to them was having procured a young girl, named Martha Au gustus Hills, under 21 years of age, to be debauched. it appeared that Miss Hills was the daughter of a farmer, and that three years ago she became ac quainted with the defendant Smith, who is a farmer and a man of property, residing at Finchingfield, in this county, and the result of their intimacy was the birth of a child. Miss Hills, who was described as a fine handsome young woman, subsequently went to reside at a place called Colemens with the defendant Smith, and it appeared that two actions, one for seduction and the other for breach of pro mise of marriage, were brought against Mr. Smith by the father of the young lady, but they were set tled by the payment of 501., and an undertaking to pay the costs. Mr. Cutts is an attorney, and amen of considerable property, who lives at Bardfield hall, and he, it appeared, acted as the attorney for Mr. Smith in these matters, and Mr. Shepherd, an attorney at Halstead, represented the friends of the young lady, and it would seem that, in the course of the proceedings, an agreement of a very extraordinary character was made, to the effect that if the young lady would return to the residence of Mr. Smith, and reside there, as heretofore, for a period of eight months, he undertook to marry her at the expiration of that period ; but it was made a condition that this agreement should net be shown either to her father or to her legal adviser. By some means, however, it appeared that Mr. Shepherd came to the knowledge of such an agreement being in existence, and as Mr. Smith appeared not to have carried out his promise to marry the young lady, the present indictment was preferred against the defendants at the last assizes, and a true bill found by the grand jury, it being alleged that both the defendants were parties to the agreement re ferred to, and that they had thereby brought them selves within the scope of the act of Parliament in question. The case was removed by certiorari by the defendants ; it was appointed to be tried by a special jury at these assizes, and they were both now in attendance ready to take their trial. Mr. Chambers, upon the case being called on, put in several affidavits, and said that upon the facts stated in those affidavits he had to apply,to the court to order the trial to be postponed to the next assizes. Baron Channell directed the affidavits to be read. They were accordingly read by the officer of the court. The first was an affidavit made by Mr. Owen, a surgeon, who stated that he had that morning seen Martha Augusta Hills at the residence of the defendant Smith, and that she was in a very ad vanced state of pregnancy, and be considered it utterly unsafe for her to come to Chelmsford to give evidence ; he believed it would endanger her life to do so. This gentleman also stated that when he saw the young lady she expressed her willing ness to attend as a witness, and said that she would do so if she knew that she should not return alone, and when he came away he was under the impres sion that she would be in attendance. The next affidavit that was read was one made by Mr. Shep herd, the attorney for the prosecution, in which he stated that the said Martha Augusta Hills was a material and necessary witness for the prosecution, and that he was advised by counsel that the ends of justice were likely to be frustrated if he pro ceeded to the trial of the indictment without her evidence. An affidavit made by a person named cardinal, clerk to Mr. Shepherd, was likewise read, which stated that from having been present at the consultation of counsel, and from what he heard upon the occasion, he believed that Miss Hills was a material and necessary witness for the prosecu tion, and that on Friday last he proceeded to the residence of Mr. Smith, and having knocked at the door and waited for some time, the door was partly opened by an elderly female, who told him that she dared not admit any one when Mr. Smith was ab sent, and upon his telling her that he had come to see Miss Hills about her going to Chelmsford as a witness, she told him that she was very ill, and that she expected her to be confined every hour, and the affidavit also expressed a belief that the said Martha, Augusta Hills was under the restraint of the de fendant Smith. The counsel for the defendants put in counter affidavits in answer to these statements. One was an affidavit made by Mr. Cutts, in which he stated that the indictment before the court had not been preferred for the purposes of justice, but solely from a vindictive feeling, and he referred to a letter written by Mr. Shepherd, in which he asked for the payment of the costs that had been incurred in the action brought by the father of Miss Hills, and also that Mr. Smith should make an agreement to marry the young lady within a period of two months. He stated that after this Mr. Shepherd claime 1 a sum of 891. for costs, which he (the defendant) consi dered was an exorbitant demand, and he therefore refused to pay it, and after this the present indict • meat was preferred. The affidavit went on to state that there were no real grounds for postponing the trial, and that Miss Hills could not be a material witness, inasmuch as her nam e was no t upon t h e back of the bill, and she was not examined as a witness before the grand jury. The other defend ant, Robert Ezekiel Smith, also made an a ffid av it , in which lie stated that Martha Augusta Hills was at the present time living at his house voluntarily, and of her own accord ; that she had borne him one child, and was at the present pregnant of another by him ; that she was no party to the present in dictment, and in fact disapproved of it altogether ; and that she was not aware of any such charge being preferred until after the bill was found; and the affidavit likewise expressed the belief of the de fendant that the indictment was not preferred for the purposes of justice, but to extort money. Counsel on both sides having a ddre:sed the court, Baron Channell said he thought he ought to postpone the trial, and under the circumstances the pro ecutor ought to pay the costs. The recoguisances of the defendants were then renewed, and the trial was ordered to stand over to the next assizes. (Before Mr. Baron Channell and a special jury.) DAVIS V. TUCK. This was an action to recover damages for two libels published in the Railway Times newspaper. Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Prentis appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. E. James, Q C., and Mr. Lush, were counsel for the defendant. It appeared from the opening of Mr. Hawkins that the plaintiff, who had formerly been in . the service of the Great Western Railway, was at the time of the publication of the libels in question en gaged in a responsible position at the Bishopsgate Station of the Eastern Counties Railway. It will be remembered that during the last year Mr. Wad dington, the chairman cf the company, resigned that post, and it appeared that the plaintiff took an active part in endeavouring to induce the servants of the company to present a testimonial in some shape or other to that gentleman upon his retiring. This proceeding, it appeared, did not meet the ap proval of the then board of directors, and some in timation to that effect was conveyed to the plaintiff, and in the result the idea was abandoned. The libels complained of appeared in the Railway Times of the 13th and 27th September, and in the first it was stated that the plaintiff had been reprimanded and threatened with dismissal, in consequence of the proceedings he had taken to get up the testi monial, and the second article expressed a hope that the plaintiff would return any money that he might have extorted from his fellow-servants in further ante of the getting up of the testimonial. Hawkins said that, under these circumstances, as the defendant had never offered to withdraw either of the offensive observations, or to make any apo logy, the plaintiff had no alternative but to bring the present action, his only object, however, being the vindication of his character. He also stated that the plaintiff had resigned his appointment upon the railway in consequence of the annoyance that had been occasioned him by the publication of these articles. Baron Channell said it appeared to him that as the object of the plaintiff was merely to vindicate his character that object would be attained by the defendant now withdrawing the imputations com plained of. Mr. James said he was quite ready to do this on the part of the defendant. There never was any intention to impute to the plaintiff that he had ea• totted money, in the ordinary sense of the term, but merely that he had used his official position to induce the servants of the company to subscribe to the testimonial. lie would, therefore, consent to a verdict for the plaintiff that would carry costs. A verdict for 40s. was then taken for the plaintiff. This was the last case for trial. The commission for the county of Kent will be opened to-day at Maidstone. OXFORD CIRCUIT.--OXFORD, March 7. Nisi Prius Court.—(Before Mr. Justice Wiles and a Special Jury.) COGHLAN V. LAMERT—A RACING CASE.. Mr. Whately, Q. 0., Mr. Keating, Q. C., and Mr. Cooke appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Pigot and Mr. Phipson for the defendant. Mr. Whately stated the facts of the case, from which it appeared that this was an action brought by the plaintiff, who wag well known on the turf, against the defendant, who carried on a peculiar line of medical bueitiess under the name of Curtis and Co., did also a little on the turf, and a little as a bill discounter. The object of the action was to try whether a certain horse, named Gemma di Vergy, formerly the property of the late Wm. Palmer, of Rugeley, and which horse was seized in February last by the High Sheriff of Berkshire at the instance of the defendant, was at that time the pro perty of the plaintiff or the Hon. F. Lawley, who had left England. The horse in question was sold at Tattersall's in January, 1856, for 1001. to Mr. Henry Hargraves, a gentleman well known on the turf. The horse continued to be his property until the 27th March, 1856, when Mr. Hargraves sold it to Mr. F. Lawley for 5001., with his engagements, and an understanding that the former was to re ceive a certain portion of the winnings in the event of the horse winning certain races for which he was entered. The plaintiff, who came from Ireland, and took the benefit of the Insolvent Act early in 1855, had the good fortune to win on the Cesarewitch in October, 1855, the sum of 2,0001., and about 1,8001. on the Derby of last year; in consequence of which he opened an account at the highly respectable bank of Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., of London, paying in and drawing out in the customary way, as would be seen by the passbook which was produced. The plaintiff became acquainted with Mr. F. Law ley, and during that acquaintance lent him consi derable sums of money. Mr. Lawley being in want of money the plaintiff lent him, on the 9th of June, 1856, the sum of 450/., and on the 18th of the same, purchased of him the horse Gemma di Vergy for 6501., giving Mr. Lawley another cheque for 2001. A receipt for the money detailing the transaction was given by Mr. Lawley, who wrote the same day to his trainer, Dawson, at Ilsley, where the horse then was, apprising him that he had sold it to the plaintiff, that he was to transfer the horse to him, and from that day to charge all the expenses to the plaint'ff. The cheques passed from Mr. Lawley to the bank, and the money was received by Mr. Law ley. From that time to the present the horse was the property of the plaintiff, who paid the trainer, the jockey, and all expenses incurred, and received all his winnings. The horse, however, had not run in the plaintiff's name, but in the name of Walker, one reason for which was because the plaintiff was a defaulter, and therefore was not allowed to enter the ring, in addition to which it was a common practice to run horses in other names than those of the owners. Mr. Lawley who had become so in volved in pecuniary difficulties as to find it neces sary to leave England, had previously become con nected with the defendant through some bill trans actions, and after Mr. Lawley had left the country, the defendant brought an action against him to re cover the amount due to him, but no defence was made, and judgment was allowed to go by default. An action was issued, and Mr. Lawley's horses were seized, and in February the horse in question was also seized, upon which the plaintiff put in his claim for the horse, and the simple question which the jury had to decide was, whether the horse at that time was the property of the plaintiff or of Mr. Lawley. The following witnesses were called in support of the plaintiff's case :—Capt. Little, to prove that he lost between 1,5001. and 1,6001. on the last Derby, and had paid him; Mr. John Robson, of Newcastle, who stated that he lost 2,727/. on bets with the plaintiff, to whom he paid the account in October, 1855 ; Mr. Robert Farquhar Hook, of the fitm of Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., bankers, Lon don, who proved that the plaintiff opened an ac count with them in Oct., 1855, and that on the 9th June, 1856, one cheque of 450/. was paid to Mr. Lawley, and another of 2001. on the 18th of the same month • Mr. H. Hargraves, of London, who stated that he purchased Gemma di Vergy at Pal mer's sale for 100/. that he afterwards sold it to Mr. Lawley for 5001., that when it was sold to the plaintiff ko managed the 'horse for him, as he had done before, on his own account, and for Mr. Law ley, and bad received the winnings of Mr. Weatherby and handed them over to the plaintiff. The plain tiff was also examined to prove the purchase of the horse, and the other facts connected with it men tioned by Mr. Whately. He was subjected to a long and very severe cross-examination by Mr. Ser geant Pigot, in the course of which he admitted that he went on the turf in 1835, and that in 1839 he won of a young man named Stratford the sum of 10,000/., at a game called "blind hookey," at the hotel at Stratbfioldsaye ; that he got bills for the amount and raised about 5,000/. upon them. The money was advanced by a person named Hills, who afterwards brought an action, but did not recover a shilling, as the jury gave a verdict against him on the ground that Hills was aware at the time that it was a gambling transaction. The plaintiff admitted that he had not refunded any ot the money to Hills but had applied it to his own purposes ' • that he was an insolvent in 1851 and did not pass, his debts being 8,811/., and his assets nil; that he continued an insolvent till 1855, when he was arrested at Liverpool, end afterwards passed the Insolvent Court at Lancaster, but did not recollect what was the amount of his debts then ; they might have been 18,0001. or 20,000/. He had assisted Mr. Lawley and Mr. Stanley, and had got bills dis counted for Mr. Stanley by the defendant at the rate of 40 to 60 per cent., and had been assisted by Mr. Lawley with accommodation bills, had received 498/. for Mr. Lawley, but finding he was not at home, he paid the money into his own ac count, and gave Mr. Lawley a cheque for the amount. He also stated that he had betted on his own account, and on commission for others, that he was a defaulter on the turf to about 1,5001., and had received stakes won by Gemma di Vergy to about 1,500/. ; that he had settlements with Mr. Hargraves in June and October last, when they ba lanced accounts. He knew that Mr. Lawley was about to leave England, and had been to see him twice, but on some business with Mr. Stanley, who was staying with Mr. Lawley. Joseph Dawson, the trainer at Ilsley, proved the fact of the horse being transferred by a written order from Lawley to the plaintiff, who had paid all expenses Trom that time. Mr. C. F. Skirrow, solicitor t o L or d Wenlock's family, stated that he was applied to by Mr. F. Lawley relative to his affairs, but had re ceived no instructions to make a claim on his be half for Gemma di Vergy, and had not seen Cogh lan since Mr. Lawley left England. Mr. G. Payne, of London, a member o f th e Jockey Club, spoke to the value of the horse, and to its being very common for gentlemen to run horses in names different to their own. No witnesses being called on the part of the de fendant, Mr. Whately again addressed the court, and expressed his regret that Mr. Lamert was not put in the box, but doubtless there were good rea sons for not taking that course. Mr. Sergeant Pigot then addre sse d th e cour t on behalf of the defendant, and call e d attent i on to t h e fact that the transaction abo u t t h e h orse in ques tion took place on the 18th o f J une, 1856, when th e plaintiff ai n t c i. knewoffnnt ryand that allthat took Mr. Lawleynkwpaslaceaboonutthatot leave t e Pthe occasion between Coghlan and Lawley was known only to them. The question was whether the horse was the property of the plaintiff or of Mr. Lawley's creditors, and the defendant had had it seized for the purpose of trying that, with a view to benefit himself and the other creditors. The horse had acquired au increased value, which Mr. Lawley foresaw. and therefore it was natural for him to have it retained in the name of the plaintiff, so as still to have the benefit of it ; and the plaintiff was the man of all others that he would select, for these reasons—that he acted as his agent, getting his bills discounted, lending him money, and receiving and giving accommodation bills. Mr. Sergeant Pigot then animadverted at some length, and in strong terms, on the plaintiff's conduct in fleecing a young man of 10,0001. at blind hookey, getting bills for the amount, raising 5,000/. upon them, and not re funding any portion, notwithstanding that the party who discounted the bills was unable to re cover a shilling from the nature of the transaction. He adverted also to his being an insolvent in 1851, for upwards of 8,0001., and again in 1855 for about 20,0001., and still a defaulter on the turf to the tune of 1,5001. Under such circumstances, he put L t to the j ur y w h et h er the plaintiff was entitled to e believed, or whether his evidence could be re lied on. The learned judge summed up, and observed that the question was as to whether this was a bona fide transaction, and whether the sum of 6501. had been paid by the plaintiff to Mr. Lawley for the horse in question. If they were satisfied that the plain tiff had done so, however bad his character was or might have been, he was entitled to have.his horse; but if they thought that it was still Lawley's horse in consequence of any arrangement which he had with the plaintiff before he left the country, then he was not entitled to it, but the creditors were. His lordship adverted to the transaction at blind hookey, where the plaintiff won 10,0001. of a young mai, and also to his insolvency in 1851 and 1855, but said that, notwithstanding those circumstances, if he bought and paid for any property, he was as much entitled to it as if he were the Archbishop of Canterbury. The antecedents of the plaintiff would necessarily have some weight as to the amount of credibility which sh ou ld be given to his evidence if it were unsupported, but in this case his evidence was borne out and corroborated by various wit nesses, and especially by the w it ness H arg raves. If they, disbelieved the plaintiff', they must also disbelieve Hargraves, and regard him as a party to the fraud, in which light his lordship could not regard him, but as a wituess of truth. Taking all the circumstances carefully into their considera tion, as well as the pass-book, cheques, receipt, and written instructions to the trainer Dawson, it was, for them to say whethe :r this was a bona fide trans action as sworn to on the part of the plaintiff, or not as alleged by th.e defendant. If the evidence of the witnesses who. i iad been examined was to be believed they must fie id a verdict for the plaintiff, but if otherwise, for -the defendant. The jury consults d. a few minutes, and then re turned a verdict for the plaintiff. On the applicatio a of Mr. Whately, his lordship consented to certify with costs. With this case the business of the nisi Arius court was brought to a &Lose, and the court rose about 6 o'clock in the evev ing. SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT. -HAVERFORDWEST, March 7. The Judge of A•iiiize for this circuit (the Hon. Sir Win. H. Watstyn, Knt.) arrived in this town at mid-day, and at ()Nee opened his commission at the Shire-hall. The izillendar is slight, containing the names of only 17 prioners. The principal cases are—highway rola,'eery, 1 ; burglary, 2 ; house breaking, 1 ; sheep-stealing, 5 ; cutting and wound ing, 2 ; and cone talment of birth, 2. The cause list is equally sma El. His lordship will proceed with the criminal business on Monday. WESTERN CI BICITIT. —SA.LISBURY, March 8. Lord Chief Juts tice Cockburn and Mr. Justice Williams arrived here on Saturday afternoon from Winchester. Their Lordships were met at the South-Western Red lway station by the High Sheriff (Alfred Morrison, Esq., of Monthill) and the usual officials, and at once proceeded to the Assize Courts, where the commission was opened in due form. In the evening the learned judges dined with the Lord Bishop at the diocesan palace. There were about 40 other guests. On Sunday morn ing their lordships, accompanied by the mayor and corporation, attended divine ser vice at the cathedred, where the assize sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Glossop, sheriff's chap lain, from the 7th verse of the 18th chapter of St. Matthew. • The recent winter assize has tended very much to diminish the bu.siness to be transaxted at these assizes. The calendar contains the names of only About 30 prisoners, and the cause list betokens still less employment for the gentlemen of the bar. there being only one or two entries. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—DuitHear, March 6. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron Martin.) Mr. Baron Martin took his seat this morning at 9 o'clock, when a case of child murder, in which the unfortunate perpetrator of the crime was an idiot, was proceeded with. Ellen Kent, 18, single woman, whose idiotic ap-- pearance created much commiseration in a crowded court, was indicted upon a coroner's inquisition for the wilful murder of her male infant, Edward Kent, at Sacriston, in the month of Dec., 1856. The learned judge, on the prisoner being placed in the dock, directed that the juryshould be sworn to decide whether or not she was sufficiently sane to be accountable for her acts, and the gaol surgeon, Mr. Shaw, having been examined as to this mat ter, and having deposed that the prisoner was quite insane, the jury decided to that effect. Baron Mar tin then directed that the prisoner should -be re tained in the prison awaiting directions for her dis posal from the Secretary of State for the Home Department. C. Hemsley, 44, single woman, was indicted on a coroner's inquisition for having on the 11th Feb., wilfully murdered her female child, Jane Hemsley. Mr. Davison and Mr. Fowler stated the case for the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was delivered of a female child on the 11th of Jan , and on the day named in the indictment she left the house of her son with the infant at the breast, for the purpose of proceeding to her daughter's, at Hounsgill. However, when she arrived at the lat ter place she was alone. The child was subse quently found naked in a stream near Hounsgill, its clothes being buried in a spoil-heap about 1,200 yards from the Hounsgill station. The surgeon deposed that the child died from exposure. When apprehended by police-constable Newsham the daughter put her arms round the prisoner's neck, crying, "Oh, canny mother, did you do it ?—did you do it ?" The prisoner answered, "Yes, I did it. I did it myself." Baron Martin interrupted the policeman at this point by saying, sharply, "The next time a daugh ter goes to see a mother under such circumstances. I pray you not to listen." The prisoner, in defence, denied the truth of the charge. Baron Martin, in summing up, said there would not have been a case had it not been for the evi dence of Newsham, which was not on the deposi tions. The prisoner had stated to the magistrates that she had left the child at its father's, and it was for the jury to say whether they really believed she voluntarily stripped the child and left it to perish ; or whether, as she stated, she left it in the hope and expectation that some one might take it up and take care of it. After a short deliberation the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Thomas Williams, 27, sailor, Thomas Fisher, 24, sailor, and Patrick O'Connor, 25, sailor, charged with a garotte robbery at St. Andrew's, Auckland, in November last, were severally sentenced to twenty years' transportation. This concluded the criminal business of the assize. MARCH 7. NISI PRIUS..--.-(Before Mr. Justice Crompton. The court sat this morning at nine o'clock. BELL V. JACKSON.—BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE; This was an action to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and Mr. Manisty appeared on behalf of the plaintiff ; Mr. Davison repre sented the defendant. The plaintiff, Jane Bell, is a milliner in somewhat extensive business at Sunderland. The defendant, J. Jackson, is a miller residing in that town. Jackson had paid his addresses to the fair plaintiff for a length of time, and, according to the evidence of witnesses, the couple se:msted to proceed in a man ner which indicated approaching matrimony. The action rested chiefly upon certain poetic Al letters, which, considering the age of the defendant, 30 yeirs, and the age of his adored one, 34 years, created immense laughter in an overcrowded court. The first letter contained an invitation to a party, and ended with the following avowal of passion : " Your absence I should much deplore, For I never fell in with your equal before." The neat letter, dated March 14, 185,6, contained a further revelation : " Go where I will you haunt my mind." Another letter on the same day was more prosaic : —"I yesterday received a most delightful note from you. . . . You have stolen my heart, but it is a blessing to me to have got yours in re turn—a heart more valuable than all earthly trea sures to me. You perhaps think me a general lover. So lamto a certain extent . . . but yoked with you as my partner, I think I should be happy, for I love you with alt my heart. You are every way the girl of my heart but one, you being a Protestant and I a Catholic." And then he goes on to suggest doubts abolit ;heir eternal happiness. The fourth letter was en ;irely of a poetic character : " Half a match to you I send. Upon you it does depend When my single life shall end. The other half match you will me send, Then my miseries will be at an end. There is nothing I wish for on earth But to share your troubles and mirth, For of all the girls from east to west, Dear Miss Jane, I love you best. I hope, Miss Bell, you will not be shy, But that along with me the yoke you,ll.try." The miller's. " unlettered muse" takes up a simi .ar strain in the fifth letter : " It is in vain for me to try To answer yours again, It is so beautiful and sublime, Coming from a creature so divine. I cannot refrain ftom expressing my admiration, For there is not such another girl in the nation." In another letter he hoped to "commemorate the blessings of peace" in her company, but in the last communication, which was relied upon by the plaintiff's counsel as of great importance, he seemed to have been misbehaving himself, for he writes to say that what occurred at her house when he was last there, and she "pitched" into him "so un mercifully," had never been off his mind, an d t h at if he had not been a rascal in her ey es , s h e h a d made him one in his own. He concludes :—" I have considered the subject over i n my m i nd. First, you consider my disposition bad and un worthy ; second, you are quit e ar bi trary, and too decided ; and third, you are o f a d i fferent religion ; therefore, I think we should forget the acquaint ance, whatever effort it may cost "So farewell, Mies Bell Alone I will dwell." Mr. Davison contended that these letters were mere valentines. Verdict for the plaintiff; damages 501. Baron Martin presided in the other court, but after this cause none were of particular public interest, SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. Haydn's " Creaticn," will be perfesrmed on Friday next, the 13th inst. TABLIAMENTA.RY BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK. There is a considerable amount of impor!ant bu siness on the paper for the current week. This (Monday) evening the Chancellor of the Exche quer will propose to go into committee of supply, in order to get over the estimats as early as possible ; but Mr. Gladstone will oppose this course, and will open up a discussion on the whole financial condition of the country, in the follow ; int. , amendment - , of which he has given notice : " That in order to secure to the country that relief from taxation which it justly expects, it is necessary, in the judgment of this house, to re vise and further reduce the expenditure of the State." Sir C. Napier has given notice that in com mittee on the navy estimates he will bring under the police of the house Sir IL Peel's recent speeches at Stafford and Tamworth. For to-morrow (Tues day) there are no very urgent motions, but the debate on Mr. Gladstone's amendment will probably extend over that eveoirva Mt. Thomas Duncombe will call attention to the grievances of the Land Transport Corps, and Mr. H. Ingram will move for a select committee to inquire into the present method of collecting and assessing the re venue of the country, and to report any improve ment they may recommend in this department of the public service. For Wednesday the orders are— the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Corporations Bill, the second reading of the imprisonment for Debt Bill, the second reading of the Grand Juries Act (1856) Amendment Bill, the second reading of Sir J. Pakington's Education Bill, and a committee on Sir Stafford Northcote's Industrial Schools Bill. On Sir John Pakington's Educa tion Bill Mr. Henley will move as an amend ment that it be read a second time upon that day six months. On Thursday Mr. E wart will ask leave to bring in a bill to abolish capita punishment in all cases except treason and mur der, and to assimilate the law imposing capi tal punishment in Scotland to that of Eng land, and Mr. Muntz will move the fol lowing resolutions That the collection of a property tax under the existing law is univel sally admitted to bear most unequivocally on the parti , s who pay it. That all taxes which bear unequally must be unjust and oppressive, and it is the bounden duty of the representatives of the people to remedy such inequality as much as the cir cumstances will admit. That to defer the applica tion of a practical remedy under the pretence that it would not be a perfect one applicable to every in dividual case, is in truth only to add insult to in justice. That such admitted inequality would be greatly alleviated if a property tax was im posed upon the owners of different classes of income, capitalised according to the relative value of the subject from which the income is de rived. That the abstract justice of such princi ples cannot be denied, and the details for carrying it into practical operation would be very simple. That among other tables of classi fication which may be sug;ested the fol lowing would be equitable, and would undoubtedly relieve the people from a great portion of the itie quality, injustice, and oppression inflicted upon them by the present mode—lncomes arising from land, funds, rents, mortgages, tithe', and shares, capitalised at twenty-five years' purchase ; in comes from house property capitalised at fif teen years' purchase ; incomes from commerce and trade capitalised at ten years' purchase ; incomes from professions capitalised at five years' purchase. There a're no orders on the paper for Friday at present ; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer will, no doubt, move to gcr into committee of supply. I MAMMOTH AgERICAN PRINTING PRBSS. (Front the Boston Evening Traveller.) OUR TEN CYLINDER PRESS. The proprietors of the Traveller have bad occasion more than once within the last six months to announce to their friends and subscribers some accession to its ope rative force, some increase of its faelities for obtaining news, some addition to the number of its editions, some enlargement of its already extended circulation. To-day they announce that in addition to an editorial and re portorial force larger, abler, and more s%sternaticall.v dis tributed than that upon any paper out of New York, facilities and means for obtaining news unsurpassed by any other paper in the United States, and a circu lation which has doubled within the last year (1856), they have also taken means to secure a press commensu rate in size and power, and one whose equal has never yet been constructed. • They have ordered from iVleisrs. R. Hoe and Co., New York, one of their immense ten cylinder presses, capable of striking off 24,000 impressions per hour. The ditnen. ionst of this mammoth press are as follow :—lt is 28 ft. long, 4 ft. 6 in. wide, 18 ft: high, and will require 12 men to work it. It will occupy two stortys of the Tra veller buildiogQ, resting upon the ft•Jor of the press-room, even with tide water, and coming up some six feet above the level of the street. None of these immense presses have yet been built, although four have already been ordered. They are gigantic pieces of mechanism, to which the operations of a four or six cylinder press will be diminu tive and slow. Hitherto six and eight cylinder presses have been the largest ever built ; and no one can deny that they are splendid proofs of the triumphs of the Printirg Art. The P hiladelphia Ledger has found it necessary to use two eight cylinder presses, to keep up with the demands of its large circulation. The New York Tribune, whose weekly has a subscription list rivalled by only one or two publications in the world, uses one six cylinder and one four cylinder press. The Ness York Times, whose al most unexampled growth and prosperity has so soon placed it beside these famous newspapers, uses one six cylinder and one four cylinder. Our enterprising con temporary, the Boston Journal, which has but few rivals in New England, uses one six-cylinder press. Of the five ten-cylinder presses which have been or dered of Messrs. Hoe and Co., and which are already in process of rapid construction, the New York Herald has ordered two, the Loudon li mes one , th e N ea p York Tri bune one, and the Boston Traveller one.. The cost of this superb press, which will be constructed as soon as men and money can effect it, will be, when placed in our press-room, about thirty-two thousand dollars. ' For some time past, the publishing of our regular edition and the issuing of extras, have convinced us fully of the incompetency of our present fast press to keep up with the demands of our circulation, and although in no single instance are we behind-hand in publishing the latest news, and in many instances are earlier than any of our contemporaries, nevertheless, it is only ac complished by the extra exertions of our reporters, and by running our press at its utmost speed. Our Ten Cylinder Press wi 1, however, enable us to publish our regular editions with ease, and for any emergency, enabling us to leave our forms open until the very latest moment, and yet sending out our large suburban and country edition in time for early mails. The conductors of the Traveller cannot but acknow ledge in its prospezity, which is without parallel in the history of American journalism (excepting the single instance of the, km Fork Times) a recog nition and approval of its independent course, its e'e vated tone, its unflagging industry. In no respect, nor in one jot or tittle will there be any turning aside from its independence, any lowering of its tone, any abatement in its zeal. If the Traveller fails to ac complish the still greater success which its conductors anticipate for it, they will at the least have exerted themselves to the utmost to deserve it. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, March 9.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.N. W. ; strong breeze and squally. It hailed, rained, and snowed in London yesterday (Sunday), and there was a fall of snow this morning, with a sharp frost. PORTSMOUTH, March 8. —Wind N. W.—Arrived— H.M. Dolphin, from Sierra Leone • John Philipps, Lon don, for Mauritius ; Wisconsin, for Sydney, N.S W. Sailed—American Eagle, for Now York. FALMOUTH. March B.—Wind strong—Arrived— Oscar, from Rio Janeiro. BULL, March B.—Wind E.—Sailed—Emma, for Da. vis's Straits. TORBAY, March B.—Wind N.W.—Off the port—Mar. la, from St. itt's. LIVERPOOL, March 8.-11 e Adventure, from Africa, is leaky, having encountered heavy weather. An American brig, of about 150 tons, painted black with a yellow streak, and apparently abandoned,,was passed on the 9th Feb., in 40. N. 62. W. GREENOCK, March 7—The Arethusa, from Glasgow to Havre, has put back with loss of mainmast, from contact 'with the Lipsey King, of Liverpcol. NEWPORT, March 7.—Wind VV.—Arrived—Free, from Gloueester, for Rio Janeiro. DOVER, - March B.—The Honesta, arrived here, reports having passed a large ship under jury masts, steering E. by S., on the 3d Mat. BALLINA, March 7.—The Unicorn, from Liverpool to ibis port, is ashore on Lower Ross Point. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind N.N.E. Arrived—Christana Carnell, from Buenos Ayres. Sailed—War Spirit, for Melbourne; Isaac Webb, New York. QUEENSTOWN, March 7. Wind N. W. Arrived—Volascano, from Odessa ; Rapid, Galata ; Arc tic, Canton ; Transit, Callao ; Marathon, Honduras. Sailed—Frederio Bohem, for Corfu ; Aurora, Bor deaux. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISd TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Monday, 9.30 a.m. Wind W.N.W., strong and squally. Passed—Orimula, from Sydney, for London. Anchored—Morant, from London, for Jamaica. Passed—A barque, with 3,017, third pendant, supposed the Sarah Vasco, from Shiehl9, for Constantinople. The Messager du Midi says :—" MM. Darblay and Margueritte have just become members of the board of directors of the Beziers to Graissessac Railway Com pany. These two gentlemen and M. Boucaru c , th e chairman of the board, have lately signed a tr ea t y f or the purchase of the mines of Graissessac, which are to be united to the railway. It is said that negociations have been entered into for the amalgamation of the Biziere line with the Southern Railway. THE IRON ORE OF UPPER ASSAM. Colonel H. Goodwyn has sent in an official re port to the Bengal Government on the nature and qual ty of eight specimens of iron ord obtained from the districts of Upper Assam. Ono specimen obtained from Doobri was finely and very closely granulated, a n d wou ld b e we ll adapte d f or the ma nufacture of ste e l. Another from Golaghaut, wa s pindy and irre gu l ar , b u t t oug h , an d wou ld an swer for a var i e t y of purposes, such as nuts , bolt!, &c. Another, Tiroo iron, was of an uniform grain, tough, and suitable for the more refined de scriptions of iron work. A fourth, Dingernoo iron, was unequally granulated, partly fibrous, an d partly crystalline, but would answer for such coarse works as iron gratings, gaol fittings, arc. Specim en No. 6 is the knife manufactured from native ion; alluded to by Dr. Macnamara in his report. The steel be,,rs tempering and letting down very well; the manfacture, however, is coarse, and the blade pinny and irregularly steeled. Colonel Goodwyn sums up : In conclusion, I would oba,rve that bar . ing had much conversation and :ionic) little corres pondence with Colonel Hannay, and aided by th e further light thrown on the subject by the results of the examination of the ore itself as reported above, I am led to believe that Assam might be made capable of supplying Bengal with iron, as the or. s there produced are good, and water oarriagal available to the s p o t. I n f ac t , if t h e resources 0 the country are property developed, I have 110 doubt but that Bengal can be made to minister to her own wants on both iron and clays, by procluo' inv, what is required, instead of depending as at present on the home market. Assuming forgrant' ed that the capabilities of this country as regard 6 the supply of iron are un d ou bt e d , as i s evident DY, the specimens which are h ere pro d uced, wrou ght by means of the simple and rude furnaces of the natives, it cannot be diffi cu lt t o f orete l how muck' that produce can be improved, and how vast sca ld be the advantages by the setting up of proper smelting furnaces and rolling mills for the lower provinces. Country Markets. HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—MARCH 6. WHEAT. I `BARLEY I OATS, I 1011 14 . First 7 os Od 55s Od 44s Od 60s oa, Second 44 s 6d 1 43s 5d )30 s 3d I 449 3 1 Third 34s Od 132 s 0,1 118 s Oa 1 32s O. Total quantity of wheat in market, 612 qrs., 561 NI ,P barley ~ 348 qrs., 294 SO L • oats •; 12 77 qrs., 900 801 1 ,l beans ~ 261 qrs., 226 sob' AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 4 6 3-12ths I Barley, ...21. 3 5 8-12tbi Oats, ... V. 11 3 9-12ths 1 Beans, .....21. 4 6 04204 /1 I DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET— MA on 5- Qrs. Best. Current. Infori °l 318 Wheat 68a Od .. 363 3id 283 641 6 d 1138 Oats 4os 04 24 s 9d ..... .... 170 , ~,i 442 Barley 503 04 36s Oct 125 Peas & beans 47s 04 4ls 34 25• ' ABERDEEN—MARca 6. Potato oats 21s Od to 22s Od 1 401bs er bushel Common oats 20 s Od t o 218 Oil p Bere q3s Od to 36s Od 531bs Barley 33 s Od to 36s Od VP Wheat, red (spring)3ss 0(1 to 378 Od , white 33s 0(1 to 45s Od 1 621bs „ Oatmeal 17s 01 to 18s 61 per boll. Flour 488 Od to 49s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6(1 to 9d Butter, p lb. is Od to 1 8 3 ,1 Mutton, per lb. sd t o 8d I Eggs, p doz. Os 7d to 03u Lamb, do., O s Od t o 0, 0 i I Hens, p pai r 38 Od to 31 ( 6j Veal, per lb ... rd to Os 9d Chi c k ens ,d o .2 s Od to 2s 3 i Pork, per ]b...08 5d to Os 7d Ducks, do. 2s Od to 2 8 ' t Salmon, per lb O s t o O s D uc klinge,doOs Od to 0: gj Grouse, per bra ce O s t o O s T ur k eys, each 4s Od to 69 ni Tallow, p stone, Os t o 12 8 01 ,P o t a t oes, per pock, 8d to' Rabbits, each 1 9d to 101. ..• Butter for export a ti on (p resen t cure ) per cwt. 1008 to .. , f i Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. i Flour,l4lb 0s Od t o 2 s Fd B ar l ey fl our, l 4 lb .Os to 28 -. A, Oatmeal Os Od to is 10d „ dust, Beremeal ....0s Od to 2s Od per lb 2d to ° I Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 8d Sicis, Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. t o 4 s 6d -- 4-Ib. 10af...7d. I 2-11). 10af...3id. DUBLIN, MARCH 6. White wheat, 31s Od to 34s 0(1; red ditto, 298 Od 032 ; Od; ditto new, — s; ba r l e y, ma l t i ng, 168 to 25a 6d ; grip": ing, 15s to 203 64 ; oa t s, o ld, ll s to 13s ; ditto, new, --- Oct to 153 0,1; oatmeal, 13s to I4s 6d; bere, new, 168 to 18 6 01; rapes. , d, 303 Od to 32s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 1 0 6•1 to 25s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 31s Od to 37s Od Int 480 lba. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL. 11A.naEr 7. STOCK EXCHANGB. —The market has been active, and the transactions to-day were at about yesterday's rates. Caledonian, 34i— North Eastern, Berwick, 211—Eastern , Counties, 10i 13-16—Blackburn, Bi—Midland, 84 , 4 South Eastern, 224—N or th B r i t i sh, Ili—Chester and liolyheal, 19—London and North Western, 105 i i 0. Ditto, Eighths, n die.—East Lancashire, 99—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 102 c. 2—Great Western of Canada, 26- -Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3T —Amber' gate and East Junction, 40 die. MANCHESTER, Mena 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was heavy at the open ing, but improved towards tho close. The sales were Sheffields, 37 I—Midlands, 844 i—Dovers, 23 7-1 6- -Blackburn, 8 13.16—Kendal and Windermere, 94 Great Western of Canada, new, 34 pm. —Belfast and B" . lyrr.ena, h.Nlves, 25k. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 7. - STOCK EXCHANGE. This market was active to-d&Y , and a good business done. Great Western, 68i 0 8 1"; London and North Westerns, 1054 I—Coventry Clow , 176 —Birmingham New Union Mill, 3 4—Birmingham Canal, 93—Ditto, Bank, 334—Ditto, Fire, 100. THE HAILSTORM AND GALE OF YESTERDAY.—Yester' day morning the weather was extremely cold, with piercing wind from the north-west. Shortly after it o'clock the metropolis was visited by a heavy hail snd rain storm, with violent squalhi, which gave tokens of an approaching hurricane. The wind gradually draft more round to the eastward, and in the afternoon the hailstorm came on with great violence, ma n y o f the hailstones b e i ng h a lf- an- i nc h in circumference. The ' accounts received from the Custom-house officers and the captains of various steamers describe the gale of yesterday and the previous night as having been very disastrous in its effects along the coasts, as a large num' ber of wrecks have been seen. In the Lower Pool and Black wall and Woolwich Reaches many of the vessels dragged their anchors and came into collision, by which much damage was occasioned. [AD VERTISEMBINT.]—A most interesting recovery from a vast complication of diseases, such as indigestion (dyspepsia). flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver com• plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, without the aid of medicine, by Du Barry's Revs leata Arabica Food, is recorded is the following let ter :—Cure 52,422.—" Bridgehouse, Frimley, 3d April. 1854. I have suffered these 33 years continually from diseased lungs, spitting of blood, li ver d erangement, deafness, singing in te ears, constipation, debility, shortness of breath, and cough, and during that period taken so much: medicine that I can safely say I have laid out upwards of a thousand pounds at the chemists and doctors. Indeed I was in utter despair, and never expected to get over it, when I was fortunate enough to become acquainted with your Revs lenta Arabica, which, Heaven be praised, restored me to a state of health which I long since despaired of attaining. My lungs, liver, stomach, head, and cars are all right, my hear• ing perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all may acquaint• ances.—l am, respectfully, JAMES ROBBRTS, wood-merchant.—. 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