The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-21 00:00:00

DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNZIG. THE QUEEN'S COLLEGES. It is stated that Government is about to issue a commission, at the head of which Mr. Temple is likely to be placed, for the purpose of inquiry into the internal economy, curricula of education, and attendance of the several professors and presidents of the Queen's Colleges, and the several rules and regulations which govern each, with a view to their modification and improvement. THE FIRE AT TYE BANK OF IRELAND. The origin of the accident which threatened the destruction of this noble edifice still remains a mys tery, but it seems that it is in some measure to be attributed to a scheme of economy which has been recently carried into effect by the directory, who have thought fit to abolish the night watch of two clerks which, up to a late period, patrolled all the corrridors at stated periods during the night. The fire might have broken out despite the utmost vigilance, hut it could not have spread had the watch continued. The following additional par ticulars are supplied by the morning papers : "The event, although happily productive, as far as can yet be seen, of nothing worse than consider. able temporary inconvenience, was of the most alarming nature, and had the flames continued but for a brief space longer with their original fury the chief ornament in a city proverbial for the elegance and architectural splendour of its public buildings must unquestionably have been laid in ashes. The fire originated in the very heart of the edifice, the accountant-general's department, which is divided at one extremity by a corridor from the board room, or ancient House of Lords, at the other end from the private apartments of the housekeeper by a corresponding passage, and runs parallel to and adjoins on one side the cash-office, which in former days was known as the Irish House of Common', and on the other the entrance to the quarter in which the bullion is deposited. After the conclu sion of the business on Saturday Mr. Roberts, the the gentleman discharging the duties of house keeper went his accustomed rounds, and saw that the different gaslights had been duly extinguished, and that nothing was to be apprehended from the remnants of the fires. On Saturday night the same precaution was repeated, and on Sunday, to all appearance, everything was secure. The mis chief is therefore believed to have originated in one of the lengthened flues extending from the fire places in the bookkeepers' or accountant-general's offices —the department being divided into these two separate chambers—to a stack of chimneys in the main building, between which and the scene of the conflagration there is the corridor already referred to. Some difficulty is experienced in ac counting for the manner in which the fire, sup posing it to have originated in this manner, communicated with the furniture in the apartments which was almost wholly consumed ; and on the other hand, adopting the idea entertained by a few, if the fire had its commencement in the desks, how it should have ignited the roof. Various ac counts are given of the manner and the persons by whom the flames were first seen. One version is that Miss Roberts, who had been compelled to remai n awa k e by indisposition, saw the light from her window, which immediately overlooks the roof of the accountant general's department. The sentry upon duty avers that he was the first to discover it ; and the alarm was cer tainly communicated in the first instance to College street police-station by police-constable Jos. Lam bert, 98 B, who from his post in Fleet-street ob served the conflagration, which would appear to have manifested itself in an exceedingly sudden manner. After some delay, during which the flames were burning fiercely, the keys of one of the front gates in the railings at College -green were obtained, inside of which there was a large tank of water that afforded a capital supply to four engines, which were at once connected with it. Eight watering carts, filled, also arrived about halt-past 5 o'clock, but could not get into the yard in rear of the bank premises, owing to the quantity of hose which was lying about in all directions. The mili tary guard having charge of the building, under Lieutenants Johnston and Tracy, worked with good will and considerable effect ; and the staff officer of the night, upon being applied to, was about to order down a strong force of soldiers to render assistance, when, as is stated, he was prevented from doing so by the intervention of the officer in charge of the police. At a subsequent period, how ever, their attendance was considered necessary, and a numerous party of the 4th Regiment, under command of Captain Peyton and Lieutenant Mar tin, arrived from Ship -street Barracks, and a still larger number of the Grenadier Guards, under Colonel Lambert, reached College-green about 8 o'clock, by which time, however, the fire bad been almost entirely subdued, its force having begun considerably to lessen a little before six o'clock. A window at one end of the roof was forced out and the heat cracked a great portion of the glass in the main building, which narrowly escaped destruction. At the other end the eorrespondinz window in the House of Lords, which is situated at a similar dis tance, fell out, and here also the framework be came molten, while the wall of the corridor be neath became ominously blistered. The flames, also, darting out through the centre skylight, communicated with the roof of the cash office, although the latter is very many feet higher; but theorn amen t a l cop i ng, which is of wood, was at first charred, and subsequently caught fire, while the stone supports were chipped and black ened. The flame ran up the roof, and in 10 min utes more this noble hall would have been destroyed but for on the engine on the roof, which fortunately stopped its progress before much damage had been dons. The most singular feature with regard to the fire is, that where it was fiercest it did not extend generally, but burnt one portion of the roof com pletely ; and again in another portion lower down did the same, leaving the intervening space almost wholly untouched. When at length water could be brought to bear on the interior of the account ant-general's office, it was seen that the door of one of the two iron safes, which are set in recesses at either side of the fireplace, and in which all the important beaks any documents are kept, had be come quite red, and it was therefore a matter of urgent moment to cool it. The other, from its peculiar position, could not at that time he got at, but both, with their priceless contents, fortunately escaped unharmed, saving merely the trifling dam age done by the dropping of some wooden mould ing from off the inside of one safe-door, which, it is stated, slightly singed the edges of two of the books. There was also a book-rack in this apart ment, which was completely charred, but its con tents, for the most part some ledgers of less mo ment, escaped with the loss of their bindings, although from the evidences upon the floor it was manifest that some had not merely ' with back and sides gone bare," but that more than a few had been wholly consumed. Contradictory statements are made upon this head, but of this there can be no doubt, that a very lively hellfire of a pile of books, which was going forward in one portion of the apartment, was extinguished by the water from the roof. The valuable furniture was very nearly, if not altogether, destroyed, and the contents of the desks, with letters, small sums of money, office coats, dec., wholly perished ; and after the tempe rature had sufficiently subsided specimens of wh it had been the Queen's current coin were picked up most woefully defaced, in defiance of the statute in that case made and provided.' Strange to add, however, a diamond ring, which had been in ono of the desks, escaped without injury. At the time the fire broke out there were four families sleep ing upon the premises, ,in addition to the por ters upon duty—i.e., the secretary, deputy secretary, and cashier's households, all of whom dwelt in premises detached from the main building and h Mrs(' housek eeper, whose apartments were, one the g mit RR ,- next doo r ' t o th e fi re. I n th e wor d s o f official return, there were sleep ing in the house 26 individuals—' six me caned without accident,. The and 17 women--all t e e s i by the bank are considerable insurances e considoeroaoi.e in amount—i. e. ui the National Office, Royal Exchange, 10, 5000/ • ; Patriotic, 10,0001. : - 1 , and . Atlas, 5,000/. Bet notwithstanding, those wavy insurances, anh fact that the numberless corridor sure to isolate any portion of t h s e te p u r ( e l i i n n ise a s t h men-that expressed be attacked by fire, there was a generally expressed opinion yesterday that the directors had not exercised a sound discretion in dtioscookntinuing the Bank Guard,' which formerly charge of the building, and that if Allis coin'gshiatalyd . been 86;1 in existence, in all probability the fire would have been sooner discovered, and it would not have reached the d ingeroue height to which it extended. In the opinion of competent pereone the fire had probably been. smouldering fur days, and only burst forth when it succeeded in getting vent —an opinion which is corroborated to a certain extent by the fierce body of flame which burst forth when the roof was stripped. " The following ' official ' report of the accident has been supplied by the Bank authorities : " Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Monday, Jan. 19. —Early this morning a fire broke at the Bank of Ireland, in the accountant-general's office, the interior of which was destroyed, but the books and papers connected with the department, having been deposited as usual over night in the safe,' are uninjured. The fire made no further progress and the business of the bank proceeds as usti:ll. The premises are largely insured."' CRYSTAL PALACHL—ONE SHILLING Day, Tuesday, Jan. 20 —Admission en payment, 661 ; di tto by season tickets, 160; total visitors, 81'.1.3 (From the Times.) Soma 16 months since, when the details of the last struggle at Sebastopol became known, we re ceived no little abuse from a number of incensed critics for our observations on the part played by the British Generals at the Redan. We had re gretted that on September 8, as often before, the incapacity of our leaders had placed our achieve ments in lamentable contrast with the successes of the French. The common sense and the high spirit of the English people caused all but a small minority to agree in the disappointment and dis approbation which we expressed • still, th e r e were not wanting tho se w h o professed to see no mis carriage in the unhappy repulse, no subject for regret in the failure of their countrymen in the crowning contest of the war. The argument of Ithese persons, of course, was, that the several attacks were to b e l oo k e d upon as one, and that we had our share in the success of the Malakhoff, and our allies their responsibility for the failure at the Redan. The usual appeal was to the French them selves. It was only the Times, they said, "that pretended the English ought to have been success ful. The Parisians, with that chivalrous feeling which distinguishes them, gave us full credit for the common victory. Inlact, the Redan was not meant to be taken. General Simpson, whose genius Pelissier and Niel warmly acknowledged, had taken a masteily view of things. He had sent 1,500 men to a feigned attack. It was in the pro gramme that the Light Division was to be cut up, and, with a sagacity to be found only in the highest minds, regiments with a large proportion of re cruits were chosen because the loss would be of less importance to the country. The Emperor Napoleon, the French army, and French society in general, were enthusiastic at the achievements of the brave English, which oily a few discontented and ignorant writers at home sought to disparage." This was the reasoning of the thorough supporters of the military magi:m.os at home and abroad. We had said that not only in France, but throughout neutral and observant Europe, this coun a t p r i y rit ha o d lost ground b y t h e slackness and want of the Briti s h o ffi cers in command. The calumnious f h. e assertion was i n di gnantly contradicted men, Germa ns , an d Italians, it was declareFrencmd, d, ren full of admir a ti on of the part played by eS th ri lf ti e s r h e t force. In th e i r super i or acquaintance of war they w ere not li kely to fall into the erro e s ofr arts shallow critics at h ome . Whenever the campaign should be discussed by t h e F rench themselves ample justice would be done to the skilful English com manders, so scandalously misunderstood and mis. represented in their own country. We have now an opportunity of testing the value of these assertions. The book of Al. de Bazancourt, a semi-official perform ance, shows how far the French authorities are willing to give us our due even in respect to those events in which we earned a full share of glory. But, if any one would gain a just notion of the value which the French Court and army wish to place on the services of the ttichieheee m a tnw l alliance, diplomaticnSea 'nations ,v v a , English during the war, it is sufficient to read the of ficial report of the banquet given the other day by Prince Napoleon to the general officers of the a rmy e who took part in the Crimean campaign. w to England have had Crimean banquets, and that not only . in the first triumph of but e ke e n st d iin u n r a in h g av th e elast few months, somewhat divided the tribute of respect to our allies has never been hh t o aa r sa n i bb s ee enonaf drunkt the e n i signal n t aiaonl navet the the French army 'lug* The Frenchgenerals and d f o r t heheaehealthalwaysst ibin,efetnhealluded commanders della Marmora and his Sarclinyiat;l2n of their names Dthaenaurbmey, hwavheicbheeknepgrteaatt awes a cclamations. Gen. ae s : 0 0 nl us r ar Pasha feasts. and turn to the French entertainment.Rusissiasnhse on necetiple tion of the chief Crimean generals b t prince, himself a sharer in the cauopyair Imperial public affair, officially recorded in the is a eur. Men are present who filled the highest posts i French army from the beginning to the end s n f the war; the colleagues of Lord Raglan as well as of MR. THACKERArs LECTURES. General Simpson and his successor. Admiral Hamelin, the Duke de Malakhoff, Marshal Can robert, Marshal Bosquet, Generals Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely, De Selles, Niel, M'Mahon, are all present. These men saw the landing at Old Fort covered by a British fleet ; fought action after action in company with the British ; they shared with them in the dreary labour of the trenches for eleven months ; they saw tens of thousands of their men brought to the seat of war in B r i tish transports, and, their sick carried down to the Boa phorus by the same means. They have been thanked as a body by the British Parliament, and wear severally the Order of the Bath on their breasts. Yet at this great official banquet the English are never (Ace mentioned. We are as much ignored as if no English soldier had set foot in the Crimea, as if no English sailor had ever entered the Black Sea. Marshal St. Arnaud is spoken of as having made for himself at the Alma a winding-sheet of the tricolor of regenerated France ; Marshal Canrobert has the praise of hav ing disciplined au army for the conquest of Sebas topol ; and to Marshal Pelissier is ascribed the crown of final success. The Generals are congra tulated on having renewed the glorious traditions of the Republic and the first Empire. "Posterity will say that at M oscow our fathers vanquished the Russians, but wer e overcome b y the elements; while at Sebastopol you have overcome the ele ments and vanquished the Russians. In history 1854 will respond to 1812. The immense advan tage of the war—l say it with pride—is that you have proved that France still has her 'Grand Army.' " Such is the speech of his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon. The two Commanders-in-Chief, Marshals Pelis sier and Canrobert, return thanks, and propose fresh toasts in much the same style. The French army, its conquest of Sebastopol, and its termi nation of the war, are the themes of high lauda tion. No other force is mentioned. No allied Generals are even remotely alluded to as sharing the glory and the untimely end of St. Arnaud, or the success and happy return to home of Pelissier and Canrobert, Niel and Bosquet. We are always hearing from a certain military set in England of the esteem which Lord Raglan enjoyed; how he was beloved, admired, and deferred to by his foreign colleagues, and anecdotes innumerable are related of this fond and chivalrous confidence. Yet here the dead English General is unnamed. Not one of the 52 guests present, not one of the band of Generals who for so many months met him in the field or at the council-table, had a word for the memory which it has been asserted they so much cherish. Of course, his successors are equally unnoticed. In fact, the mot d'ordre evidently was to sup press England, and the military failures, the last and greatest of which was at the Redan, have given a colour—false as it is—to the cavalier silence of the Palais Royal. General Simpson, at the crowning struggle of the war, was unequal to the occasion, sent an insufficient force of raw youths to assault a formidable position, was repulsed, omitted to renew the attack, and failed even to occupy the place when it was deserted. The result was that the fall of Sebastopol was mainly the result of a French exploit. The apology was, that the attack on the Redan permitted the capture of the Malakoff, and that a chivalrous ally would not suffer our reputa tion to suffer. Where, now, is the chivalry Where is the acknowledgment of English services ? The victor in the eyes of the world takes all the benefit of appearances. We may prove our merits, if we can, to a listless audience, which has already formed its conclusions, and is tired of the whole subject. Of what avail are mere conventional re wards T General Simpson has his four grand crosses, and general Codrington is placed over the heads of other Generals and covered with decora tions. But these cannot alter the opinions of the world, nor restore the prestige which has been lost. What was the position our Generals had won for us we may judge by the French banquet. It was reserved for the courage of the present Premier and the patriotic resolution of the English people to insure the fruits of our joint victory, to restore the country to a leading place in Europe, and re • gain in the Cabinet the reputation which our Gene rals had lost us in the field. If Mr. Thackeray treated the memory of George 111, with more lenity than might have been anti cipated by a ll hi s h earers , h e certainly made amend s for the unexpected c l e mency by the discourse which he delivered last night on the subject of George IV. In surveying the career of the so-called " first gentleman of Europe," the lecturer professed his inability to discover any single cause for respect, or any claim to the title once bestowed by the population of this kingdom. He could not even regard the last of the Georges as a " man" in any sense . He could find a coat, a waistcoat, and divers well-made articles of clothing, but behind these habiliments there was literally —nothing. When the Prince came into the world on the 12th Aug., 1762, he was received with every testimonial of idolatry, and the spirit of adulation pursued him to the end of his career. The beauty of his face was patent to all eyes, his proficiency in every spe cies of accomplishment was everywhere extolled ; even his supremacy as a classical scholar was loudly proclaimed. No individual had ever been portrayed in such a variety of costumes—in short, there was scarcely a sort of dress in which he was not exhi bited. A populous district or an army was not a more expensive arti c l e t o ma i n t a i n th an this superb Prince of Wales, who was always taking money from the nation, and always flinging it away. As the child is father to the man, so did George IV., in Mr. Thackeray's opinion, give earnest of his future eminence by the invention of a peculiarly large and inconvenient shoe-buckle. As for his friendships and his amours, they merely bore wit ness to the fickleness and frivolity of his character. The only associates after his own heart were para sites and persons engaged in the most ignoble pur suits ; and though Fox, Pitt, and Sheridan sat at bis table in his earlier days, his intimacy with those great men was but the freak of a moment, and they must have felt in his presence they were only associating with a person in every respect their in ferior. However, good and bad, friends and mis tresses, all were dropped in turn, and the favourite of the day was forgotten on the morrow. The reputed kindness of George IV. to the ser vants of his household Mr. Thackeray willingly conceded, with the remark that this one small virtue comprised all his goodness, and that it was counterbalanced by his heartless conduct to Brum mel, when that unlucky beau—the Prince's superior —fell from his fashionable eminence. The old story that Mr. Elliston, when he repre sented George IV. at the mimic coronation enacted at Drury-lane, actually took himself for the monarch whose rank he assumed, was told by Mr. Thackeray with the supplementary comment, that the belief of the real personage that he had any thing to do with the glorious deeds performed during his Regency was equally absurd. He might indeed have been possessed of the bravery iuherent in the House of Brunswick and displayed in such an eminent degree by his predecessors, but the fact could never be proved by a being who passed his existence wrapped up in swaddling clothes, and his weeping interviews with his Mi nisters on the subject of the Catholic Emancipation Bill contrasted unfavourably with the manly re sistance of his father on a similar occasion. Mr. Thackerary did not omit the opportunity for reflecting on the great change in manners and morals that has taken place since the decease of George IV. Many a man now old had indulged during youth in the vices of gaming, drinking, and swearing to a degree that would now create amaze ' ment, and the decline of the "ring" was one of the changes that show the improvement of the age within the last 25 years. The former prevalence of vices now obsolete was illustrated by several amusing anecdotes. Utterly denying the claim of George IV. to be termed the " first gentleman of Europe " Mr. Thackeray devoted the latter part of his lecture to a comment on a few personages who might be regarded as the real gentlemen of the period. These were Sir Walter Scott, Robert Southey, Bishop Heber, and Lord Collingwood, whose moral virtues he extolled in connection with their intel lectual greatness. As a final contrast he drew a coin ' parison between the first party given by the Prince in London—described by the magazines of that day as the ne plus ultra of magnificence—with a cere mony that took place in the same year, namely, the retirement of Washington from public life in the presence of the United States' Congress. A com pliment to the present sovereign, as possessed of the virtues in which George IV. was so lamentably , deficient, concluded the discourse, and Mr. Thacke ray retired amid loud acclamations. The lecture, of which we have briefly stated the purport, was the last of the series, but so great has been the attraction of the course titat it was com menced de novo on Saturday, the 10th inst., and the Saturdays intended for a separate body of subscribers are not yet terminated. The room has been invariably crowded to repletion, and a passenger in Edward-street, seeing the throngs that have emerged from the doors of the Marylebone Institution, would scarcely have be lieved that a lecture was the cause of an excitement so extraordinary. The merit of being the first to make an un-illustrated lecture a cause of " crush' is entirely due to Mr. Thackeray. While on the subject of the Marylebone Institu tion, we may state that the Monday evenings are devoted to the dramatic readings of Miss Glyn, whose series commenced on the 19th instant with " Antony and Cleopatra." Those yet to come will comprise the "Merchant of Venice" "Romeo a nd Juliet," and " Oth e ll o ." , LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 20. COURT OF CO IIMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco, before Justices Cresswell and Crowder.) RANKIN Y. PAYNE - OBTAINING A DIRECTOR FOR A BANK. Mr. Robinson appeared for the plaintiff in this case, and the action was undefended. It was atated that the plaintiff was chief clerk to a stockbroker in the City, and that the defendant was engaged in promoting public companies. Some time ago the defendant was engaged in promoting public companies. Some time ago the defendant was engaged in promoting the formation of the Western Bank of London, which had since been firmly established, and he undertook to pay the plaintiff 501 • for every director whom he could obtain for the bank. At the instance of the plaintiff Major-General Bagnall agreed to become a director, and the plaintiff now sought to recover from the defendant SO/. for obtaining the general's name. Mr. Justice Willes said tbat the contract above stated was illegal, and as it was an illegality which he thought affected the public he directed that the case should be postponed for the purpose, as was understood, of en abling an application to be made to amend the pleadings, so as to raise the question. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Martin, and Mr. Baron Watson.) Km' V. COVINGTON—JUDGMENT. The Chief Baron delivered the judgment of the Court in this case, which was argued during last term. It appeared that the plaintiff had supplied certain goods, or performed certain services, for the firm of Covington and Co., but the defendant Covington, it was contended, was not liable, as it was proved that he had ceased to be a member of the firm before the plaintiff's debt had accrued. The general question the Court had to deal with was, whether a person who had been a mem ber of a firm was resp9nsible for the liabilities of that firm after that person had ceased to be a partner i❑ it. He was of opinion that, except under special circum-tances, he was not a partner. This case had gone to the jury on the merits, and they believed the defendant and not the plaintiff, and found their verdict in favour of the defendant. The ground of the motio❑ on which the rule had been obtained was that of misdirection, namely, that he (the Chief Baron) should have told the jury that the plaintiff was entitled to recover. The Court were unanimously of opinion that it was not incumbent on him to law down any such proposition. There had been no mi,adirection, therefore the rule which had been obtained must be discharged. Rule discharged accordingly. Mr. Lush applied to their lordships for their sanction to appeal to the Court of Error against their declion. The Chief Baron said the Court would for the future adopt extreme caution in sanctioning appeals to the Court of Error, as in the case of Kingsford v. Merry some unfortunate mistake bad arisen, by which the facts presented to this Court, and on which it formed its de cision, were not presented to the Court of Error. It therefore behoved the Court to be cautious in giving their countenance to applications to allow causes to be taken to the Court of Error. Mr. Baron Martin, having concurred in what bad fallen from the Chiet Baron, said that the case had been taken to the Cuurt of Error on a statement of facts which were in no way akin to those which came before the Court below, Which were based o• the Chief Baron's notes, and on which that Court formed its judgment. The appeal to the Court of Error should be based on what the Court below had adjudicated, and not on a statement of facts at total variance with those which transpired in the Court below. The Chief Baron said all cases of appeal to the Court of Error ought to be submitted to the Court below, and he should in future exercise great caution in reserving points for the opinion of the Court above. In the case of Kingsford v. Merry, which had caused some stir in the commercial world, the Court of Error would have decided as this Cour,. had, had the facts before that Court been similar. Such was not the case, however ; they were far different. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 20. LIEALTII OF LONDON DURING THE WJEK. (Brom the Report of the Registrar-Genera.) In the week that ended on Saturday the deaths regia• tered in London were 1,171. Of these 582 were deaths of males, 539 those of females. In the ten years 1847-56 the average number of deaths in the weeks correspond iug with last week was 1,213 ; but, for the purpose of cemparison, this should be raised proportionally to in crease of population up to the present time, in which case it wilt become 1,341. The result of the comparison is that the deaths of last week were leas by 170 than the average rate of mortality would have produced. The deaths in the week from diseases of the respira tory organs (under which bead pbthisis is not included) were 280 ; in corresponding weeks of previous years they ranged from 153 in the year 1853, when the mean tem perature of the week was 45 deg., to 386 in the cold winter of ISIS, when the mean temperature of the week vrai so low as 29 deg. Since the present year commenced the weather has been mild, and the mortality from dis eases of this class is not high. In the last two weeks the deaths from bronchitis rose from 140 to 170, and those from pneumonia fell from 37 to 77. Pbthisis (or consumption) was fatal to 152 persons last week, of whom 73 died in the period of life 20.40 years, and 52 in the subsequent period, 40-60 years, leaving only 27 of the deaths from this disease at earlier and later ages. Whooping -cough has increased within the last four weeks, and in the present returns 55 children are stated to have died of' it. Thirty-four deaths occurred 'from typhus and common fever ; this number is not high com paratively, but it should be observed that nearly half occurred in the Eastern division, while only four or five deaths were registered in each of the other divisions. A family in Shoemaker-row, City of London, has lost three children in 10 days from scarlatina, but the registrar has not heard that the complaint is prevailing in his district. In a house in Haberdashers'-place (East), Shoreditch, four deaths have occurred within 10 weeks, arising from disease of various kinds. The deaths of four nonagenarians were recorded in the week. The oldest was a gentleman of the age of 96 years, who died in Lambeth. Last week the births of 996 boys and 818 girls, in all 1,784 children, were registered in London. In the 10 cot- 1 responding wee k s o f t h e years 1847-56 the average num ber was 1,521. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29'636 inches. On Sunday, the 11th, the reading fell to 2815 in., and on Saturday rose to 30'21 in. These values were the lowest and highest in the week. The mean temperature of the week was 36 5 deg., which is rather above the average of the same wetk in 43 years, as determined by Mr. Glaisher. The thermometer fell to 26 deg. on Thursday, the lowest point in the week. The range in the week vim 20'5 deg. The mean dew point temperature was 33'9 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was 2'6 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 40.1 deg. The direction of the wind was very variable, on Saturday it was S.W. The fall of rain was 0.39 inch, most of it en Sunday. St. Saviour's—At 57, Great Guildford-street, on the Bth January, the son of a brickmaker, aged 17, died of " colica pictonutn." BOYOUR THII BRAVE! MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS, NUMEHR OF DEATHS 'ROM ALL CAUSES REGISTEF.ft IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN l7, Zymotic Diseases ..—. 221 Diseases of Uncertain Seat .. 43 Tubercular Disea ses . Diseases of th e B ra i n , N erves and Senses 192 108 Diseases of th e H ear t an d Blood vessels 42 Diseases o f th e L ungs and other Organs of Respiration ....... Diseases of the St omac h, Li ver, arld other . Organs 280 of Digestion . ...... ................ .. 5,7 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ........ 23 Childbirth, Diseases of th e Uterus &c.. .............................. 12 Diseases of the Joints, B ones , and' Muscles ...... Diseases of the Skin, &c, ................................. 1 Malformations Premature Birth and D e bilit y atrophy Old Age iudden 43 Violence, Privation, C o ld, an d I ntemperan ce......... . 33 8 Causes not specified 29 DZATHES rßog ALL CAUSZS Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. aponding week in the W est Districts 376,427 .. 179 North Districts...... 490,396 Central Districts..... 393,256 East Districts, ....... 485 ,522 South Districts .... 616,635 ...... 296 1,171 Totals ......... 2,362436 1,121 582 Males .............. 589 Fomales .......... • • Males . BIRTHa vs THE WEEK. ......... . Females,,., e 66 ...„ ............................ 818 Total ----: .......... .....—::............ 1,734 ....7.•_,±0.......---,........._ 'he Londr _l7 ____; The rge Continentalaccession Steam o f Company from Liver on) The Duteh-Rhenisli interest has also entered into Vail combination, and the Dutch Postmaster- General ha% already migned a contract with the Company, „Thie l will. cornm-nce running their packets in March. s t F r e a n ° g k t e h l Th e so speedy completion of an undertaking, compre hending 'such vast consequences not only to the trade of the Nor'ch of Europe, but to the future reduction as well of time and distance as of expense in the route to the East and our Indian possessions, speaks greatly for the enlarged and extended spirit in which those eng wed in the higher range of commercial ander,akings now regaid every enterprise that may tend to their more extensive development. THE SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING JANUARY 21, 1857. SOUTHWARK. —CAUTION TO PUBLICANS.—James Kirby, a powerful-looking coal-p. , rter, was charged with assaulting Mr. Thomas Robert Elt, the landlord of the Feathers Tavern, Waterloo and Commercial-roads, Lambeth. Mr. Elt, whose clothes were covered with mud, stated that about dinner-time there was a fight near his house in the CommerciaLroaq, between the prisoner and another man. The former was the worse of liquor, and acting in a very cowardly manner towards his opponent, and witness give directions previous to going to dinner not to allow Any of them to enter the house. Just as he had sat down to his dinner he heard a disturbance inside the house, and was called down, when he saw the prisoner acticg in a violent manner. Witness told him to leave, when he took out some money and de mantled to be served, saying he dared not refuse while he had money to pay. Witness, perceiving that he was under the influence of liquor, refused to serve him, and on his refusing to leave the house he ejected him, and when in the street the prisoner attacked him. He (Nlr. Eit) had no wish to punish the prisoner with any severity ; but he wished him and his compa nions to know that although they had money he was not compelled to serve them while under the influence of liquor. They had an idea that he was, and he wished his worship to disabuse their minds. Mr. Combo said that it was contrary to the tenour of their licences for publicans to serve customers under the Whence of liquor, although they might exhibit their money to pay for it. The prisoner must be imprisoned until he was in a sufficient state to enter into his re cognisance's to keep the peace for twelve months. the evening in question, when the defendant, brought in From the London Gazette of Last Night. a pint of rum. The complainant, who was the worse for liquor, took a large portion of it, when the defendant observed, " that was not the way to pass Christmas-eve." She then took the change out of the money paid by the defendant for the rum. He asked for it, on which complainant took up a knife to strike her husband, He told her to put it down. She would not, when he struck her. Defendant had been drinking. Mr. Yardley—With what did he strike her I Witness—With the tongs. She immediately called out, " You have broken my arm." Mr. Yardley remarked that the complainant, it would appear, was conscious she had no strong case against her husband, as she had not applied for the summons till 22 days after the accident. It was ♦ery clear bow this assault happened, and it was a matter of surprise to him how any one could employ the complainant as a monthly nurse. The defendant was discharged. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 16. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. E. B. Neill as Consul• General in London for the Republic of Honduras. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Martial Cloquet as Consul-General in Australia for his Majesty the sing of the Belgians. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. George Mclrvine to be Minister of the church of Scotland, in the Island of Mauritius. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint William Allen, Esq., to be Chief Clerk in the Colonial Treasurer'➢ Office in that island. WHITEHALL, JAN. 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Willis, Esq., to be one of the inspectors under the " Act to render more effectual the police in counties and boroughs in Eng land and Wales." COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia-- Chas. Wm. Parker, Esq., Adjutant of the 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia, to serve with the rank of Captain. Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery— Benjamin Reming ton Williams, Esq., late First Lieutenant Bengal Horse Artillery, to be Captain, vice Hnmfrey, appointed to the British Gei man Legion. Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment Ensign John acks ley to be Lieutenant, vice Lieutenant Chas. Bagnall, appointed to the Line ; Ensign Walter Furness to be Lieutenant, vice Lieut. A. Keir Lowndes, deceased ; Ensign Henry Leftwich Freer to be Lieutenant, vice Lieut. G. D. Wingfield, promoted; Ensign Henry Howkins to be Lieutenant, vice Lieut. Armfield, resigned. WHITEHALL, JULY 10. The Right Honourable Sir John Jervis, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed John Hunt Thurs. field, of Wednesbury, in the county .of Stafford, Gentle man, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the AAA passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modem of assurance, in and for the county of Stafford. BANKRUPTS. John Poland, wholesale milliner, Hart-street, Blooms. bury, to surrender, Jan. 30, at one, and Feb. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court; Lawrence, Smith, and Fawdon, Bread. street, Cheapside. William Burrow Jones, confectioner, Bristol, Fel,. and March 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; King, Bristol. Charles George, grocer, Weston-superfMare, Somerset shire, Feb. 3, and M a r c h 3, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Stanley and Wasbrough, Bristol. Inn Rees, grocer, Llanelly, Feb. 3 and March 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Stanley and Wasbrough, Bristol. John Danger, leather factor, Yatton, Somersetshire, Feb. 3 and March 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Gir ling, Bristol, Fredk..Tames Clarke, baker, Clapham, Jan. 30, at one, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed wards, official assignee, Basinghall-court ; Hewitt, Nicho las-lane, City. Thomas Pinches, builder, Walsall, Staffordshire, Feb. 4, at eleven, and Feb. 23, at half-past ten, at the Birming ham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir mingham ; Wilkinson, Walsall ; James, Birmingham. Alfred Taylor, builder, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, Feb. 6, and 20, at half-part eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodg• son and Allen, Birmingham. Jonathan Wright Horefall, commission agent, Leeds, Feb. 2, and March 2, at half-past eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Prest, Leeds. William Balshaw, builder, Liverpool, Feb. 4 and March 4, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Payne, Liverpool. George Sandham, cotton spinner, Carr Mill, Lancashire, Jan. 30 and Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court, Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Cobbet and Wheeler, Manchester. Gilbert Hodgson and William Atcheson, timber mer chants, Sunderland, Feb. 10, at eleven, and March 6, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Harle, Bush, and Gaskell, Southampton-buildings, London, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. James Turner, oil and grease merchant, Newcastle-up on - Tyne, Feb. 3, at eleven, March 4, at twelv e , a t th e Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as signee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Crosby, Church-court, Old Jewry, London. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James Borthwick, gardener and florist, Raglan-place, Partick, Glasgow. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. J. H. Butterfield, Stockwell, Surrey, clerk in the Tri nity-house, Tower-hill— A. A. Ascoli, Tothill-street, West minster, tobacconist —G. J. Wallis, Lower Edmonton, Middlesex, clerk to a builder—H. Taylor, Artesian-place, Paddington, cowkeeper—J. P. T. Hassel, Bedford-place, Old Kent-road, clerk to a general commission merchant— J. Bryant, Ryder's-court, Leicester-square, portmanteau maker—G. A. Jenkins, James-street, Poplar New-town, plumber—J . , I. Scott, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, printer—J. Campion, Kensington-oval, journeyman car penter J. Simpson, jun., Bromley, Middlesex, carpenter —J. Morris, Duke-street, Commerciahroad East, journey man cooper—G. Morris, Merrick-square, Southwark, warehouseman to a leather factor—J. Newell, Lofthouse, Yorkshire, cordwainer—E. Try, 0 wnham, Berkshire —R Jones, 11.11sert-cottages, Walworth, commission agent— J. Burr, Barnet, Hertfordshire, licensed victualler —A. G. J. Bishop, Weymouth-terrace, New Kent-road, clerk. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. T. B. R. Stevens, Pall-mall, billbroker-Ist div. of 2id, Jan. 21, at Lee's, Ald erman b ur y, J. Glenn, Cambridge-terrace, Liverpool-road, builder —let div. of 3d., Jan. 21, at Lee's, Aldermanbury. John Wilson ' Barking, corn dealer l e t di v . o f l s . 11d ., Jan. 21, and three subsequent Wednesdays, at Edwards's, Sam brook-court. Ibbs William Hodges Brown, Little Bowden, North amptonshire, horse dealer—let div. of 205., Jan. 21, and three subsequent Wednesdays, at Edwards's, Sambrook. court. John Linnit, Argyle-place, Regent-street, goldsmith -3d div. of Bid., Jan. 21, and three subsequent Wednes days, at Edwards's, Sambrook-court. George Hartshorne, sen. (separate estate), Great Dover street, Borough, ironmonger—let div. of 45.. Jan. 21, and three subsequent Wednesdays, at Edwards's, Sambrook court. John Giffin i(separate estate), Church-street, Hackney, and Diddington-place, Caledonian-road, saddler-Ist div. of 3id., Jan. 21, and three subsequent Wednesdays, at Edwards's, Sambrook-court. G. A. M`Lean, HighHolborn, tailor, 2d div. of 7d., and 3s. ld. on new proofs, Jan. 21, and three subsequent Wed nesdays, at Edward's, Sambrook-court. H. M. Addey, Old Bond-street, bookseller, 3d div. of ls., and ss. on new proofs, Jan. 21, and three subsequent Wed nesdays, at Edwards's, Sambrook-court. J Brownhill, Tipton, Stainrdshire, shoemaker, Ist div of 4d., Jan. 23, and any subsequent Thursday, at Chris ties's, Birmingham. A. W. Ord (separate estate), Gateshead and London, cement manufacturer, Ist div. of 21i15., Jan. 24, and any subsequent Saturday, at Bakers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. Puttinson (separate estate), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, chemist, Ist div. of Bd., Jan. 24, and any subsequent Sa turday, at Baker's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. Feb. 11. T. Salkeld, Basingliall-street, warehouseman-- Feb. 14. E. Walker, Westbourne.terrace, coach builder— Feb. 11. W. C. Stuart, Cambridge, tailor—J. Clarke, New Cavendish-street. P or tl an d- place Seaward, Abchurch- s t ree t , City, surgeon--Feb. 10. F. licensed e arm a z - i—Feb. 12. J. Taylor, Helmehore, Lancashire, druggist manufacturer —Feb. 19. J. E vans an d G. Davey, Briton-ferry Iron works, Glamorganshire, ironmasters. MURDER OF A WIFE BY POISONING, WESTMINSTER. Robert Kay Butler, a well dressed and respectable-looking man, appeared to his recognisances to undergo a final examination, charged with a series of offences. Mr. Bodkin appeared, as before, on behalf of Mr. Loxdale, proprietor and printer of a local paper called the West MT:idles= Advertiser. The circumstances which gave rise to the present pro ceedings are briefly thee :—On the first publication of the paper in question, early in Nov. last, the prisoner offered his services to obtain advertisements, and was to receive 20 per cent. upon all the money he brought in. Shortly after this, and at a time when his commission only amounted to I/. 10s., be obtained a cheque from Mr. Lozdale for 10/. oe account. It was subsequently ascertained that he had not only brought a number of sham advertisements, but in his capacity of collector had embezzled divers sums received for the insertion of genuine advertisements. Mr. Bodkin was not disposed to occupy the time of the court with respect to the false advertisements which he declared prisoner had never any authority to insert, and which had been produced, to colour his claim for commission but determined t o s h ape the charges into five cases Of embezzlement, and one of obtaining the 101. above alluded to under false pretences. Five tradesmen were then examined, who proved that they had paid the prisoner divers small sums, amounting in all to 2/. 2s. Mr. and Mrs. Loxdale stated that the whole money accounted for by the prisoner was 31. lb., having refe rence to other advertisers, and 11, 104. for which he never gave a list. He had never accounted for the money received from any of the five tradesmen above mentioned, and two of them had sent their advertise ments to the office without any solicitations from, or knowledge of the prisoner. The accused declared that the 11. 10s. paid to Mrs. Loxdale without any names was from those very indi viduals, as would be seen by the dates of the receipts. Mr. Paynkr considered it his duty to send the above charges for trial at the Central Criminal Court, with a view to their fall investigation by a competent tribunal, and took small bail for prisoner's appearance there. In the autumn of last year, owing to a complaint signed by a number of inhabitants of Ebury-street and its neighbourhood, directed to the Sanitary Board of St. the district, v i s i te d the extensive cow-yard George's, Hanover-square, D r . Aldi s, the medical officer of of Charleshealt health of in the rear of the houses in Ebury. street, and upon that gentleman reporting that it was a nuisance and injurious to health, proceedings were taken at this court, under the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, against the proprietor of the offensive place in question. Mr, Paynter, after a very lengthened review of the case, made an order against defendant as follows :—That the number of cows should be reduced to 90 ; th at the district surveyor of St. George's and one appointed by defendant should consider what alterations could be made in the sheds, subject to his (Mr. Paynter's) app ro . val, regular whitewashing, and the pavement constructed with such an inclination as to allow the slop to run off more readily, and the grain reservoir to be emptied and cleansed. It was then determined that the surveyors should inspect the sheds as early as possible, in order to give defendant time to appeal against the decision, if dissatis fied with the results. LAMBETH.—A SPORTINO MlN.—Richard MO9l, who was d e scribed as a bl acksmith, but on whose person was found a betting book, containing several entries of bets at long odds on the Derby and other forthcoming races, was charged before Mr. Elliott with being con. cerned with his wife in the commission of two robberies. Mr. John James Wells, a corn chandler, residing at No. 17, Palace New-road, deposed that the prisoner's w;:te had been in his service as cook on the first of last %nonth, and on that day absconded, taking with her three valuable shawls, 16 yards of silk, and other property. On the same morning the prisoner, as he (Mr. Wells) should be able to prove, was seen loitering about his house, and one person heard him say he was " tired wait in4." He gave information of the robbery to the po lice, but nothing was heard of the prisoner until the present time. - Mrs. Jane Weaver, the wife of a blacksmith, residing at No. 3, Great Suffolk street, Borough, said be knew the prisoner from his having worked in the country with her husband, and also knew the wife. Oa the 22d of October last the latter came to het house, and said her husband was working in Birmingham, and that knowing that witness had some friends there she called to ask for a letter to them. She went away, however, without waiting for any letter, and immediately after she (wit ness) missed her gold watch, which had been safe hang ing up a few minutes before. The prisoner denied all knowledge of either robbery, and said he had not seen his wife Mr a length of time. Mrs. Weaver said she should hying proof on a future day that the prisoner and his wife were tvge►her on box ing day last. This was denied by the prisoner, and, at the request of the officers engaged in the case, the prisoner was remanded to a future day. THAMES.—DRUMFUL CARS OP MATRIMONIAL DIP FERENcR3.—A. man named Bartlett, a shipwright, wee Christmas-eve her husban' charged on a summons with violently assaulting hi. , 1911 e and breaking her arm. The complainant who had her l e f t - 4rm bound up, said that she resided in Ma ' for them to drink, • _...) brought home a pint of rum which he se.- dome words arose ) in. the souse of • rg" .'.,6-street, and that on arm. " -..ed bold of the tales and stkuck het left one went to bed eotian tines after, and was not ...rare that it was titoken when she f ound that it till the following mor n i ng , W AS • Mr. Yard leY—l see that this summons was not taken out till the 16th inst., 22 days after the occurrence . How was it that you did not take it out before ! Th e complain ant nurse, and replied that had bee n en aged about s her business. he was a monthly ( say? Mr. Yardl ey g ( to the d e f en d an t)—Wh at h ave you to The defendant stated that he took up the tongs in self. defence, and that he had no intention to break her arm. She was about to stab him with a table-knife, when be struck her arm with the tons to knock it out of tier hand. 4 A few g the brill weeks ago she stabbed his nose on ge with a knife and cat seme of the veins. Me was in con4equence oblig ed to go to the London Hos pital to ha ve the wound dressed. His wife had been several times at that court, charged with, and impri for drink,, aseault e on him. She pawned all his things r The Defendant said he had a witness to show what took place on Cbridtcoas-eve. Johanna Griffiths stated that oh* was in the room on On Monday night an inquest, held at Chesham, before Mr. F. Charsley, one of the coroners for the county of Bucks, resulting in a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Philip White, a shoemaker of that town, for poisoning his wife, was brought to a conclusion. The inquest, which was opened on the 30th ult., was twice adjourned. On the two former occasions a number of witnesses were examined, including two little girls, the prisoner's daughters by a former wife, of the ages of 13 and 8. The substance of the evidence on those occasions was as follows :—The prisoner, whose first wife died some time ago of consumption, leaving tour children, one son now married, a boy of 14, and the two girls above alluded to, had been married to the deceased only nine months, she being at the time of her marriage the mother of three illegitimate children, one of whom her hus band had to maintain. It appears that during this period and for some months previously Ann Seaward had been living in the prisoner's house, apparently assisting in the domestic work. Between this woman and White an illicit intercourse had been carried on previous to his second marriage, and subsequently during the temporary absence of his wife. Her evidence, most reluctantly given, further went to show that he had administered to her a drug called hiera.picra to procure abortion, she being in the family way during his wife's absence. It appeared that the deceased had been for five weeks nurs• ing a woman at Chesham-common, when she was re called by her husband, Ann Seaward having declined to remain any longer in the house if his wife was away, in consequence of the ill-natured remarks of the neigh hours. She accordingly returned home on the 14th of December, and she died on the Sunday following Christ. mas day, having been confined to her bed for a week with erysipelas. During this period the prisoner called in no medical aid, stating he owed the doctor money for previous wife. She was attended by her mother and sister and also by Ann Seaward, and when Mr. Dews. nap, a surgeon, was called in by the mother the day before the deceased died he found her fast sinking and in a most neglected state, though the mother and sister appear to have dons all they could for her. A witness named Mitchell swore that the prisoner on the 23d said to the deceased she ought to have a doctor, and that she replied, "Pooh I what good could he do!" and another woman, who bad taken work to the prisoner while his wife was dying, proved he had said he wished he was a single man, as he was the Christmas before. In conse quence of the neglected state of the deceased an inquest was held, when the testimony of Surgeons Fathom s and Dewsnap, of Chesham, having shown the existence of arsenic, the case assumed a more serious complexion, and the prisoner was taken into custody immediately after the first day's proceedings on a charge of poisoning his wife. On the inquiry being reopened yesterday, Mr. Joseph Heath, a chemist in the town, deposed th a t on th e 4 th of. December the d ecease d, who was a customer of his, had purchased half an ounce of arsenic, alleging it was to poison mice. She had signed the entry required by the act, and he gave her two packages of arsenic coloured with soot, in the proportion of one•sixteenth, cautioning her to be careful as to its use. It was quite usual to supply arsenic for killing rate and mice to persons who were known. Professor Taylor was next examined—He deposed that he had received for analysis a jar containing the stomach of the deceased and its contents, the intestines, a portion of the liver, one kidney, the spleen, and part of the heart. From a chemical analysis he had come to the following conclusions :—First, that the contents of the stomach of the deceased contained arsenic, chiefly the blood and mucus ; second, that there was arsenic in the coats of the stomach ; third, that the appearances presented by the stomach were such as usually attended poisoning by arsenic ; fourth, that taking these appear. ances in conjunction with the discovery of arsenic in the mucus and blood of the contents of the stomach, and the absence of any other cause of death revealed by the post mortem examination, it was highly probable that the death of the deceased was caused by arsenic. A. supple mentall, examination confirmed these conclusions. He had no doubt that a sufficient quantity of arsenic to destroy life had been taken by the deceased. The body of the deceased was not penetrated with arsenic to the extent he had known in other cases, but that might have arisen from the poison being taken only a short time before death, so that it had no time for diffusion, or it might have been taken some period before death, and removed by what was technically called elimination, or the throwing of the poison out of the body, Few per sons lived more than three days after taking arsenic, and the appearances presented in this case were such as were commonly seen when the poison has proved fatal in two or three days. There was no arsenic dissolved in the stomach. The appearances were consistent either with a recent administration of arsenic in a large dose, or an old administration in several small doses. Philip White, a son of the prisoner, aged 14, who cried a good deal while he was giving his evidence, de posed that one evening, a month before his stepmother's death, he asked her if she had the face ache, and she replied she had the heartache. About five weeks ago 'his father, who was drunk at the time, said to him, " Your mother is a ; she is no mother to you." His mother was down stairs, and might have heard the remark. He never heard his father wish his mother dead, or knew them to quarrel. She was in bed about a week before she died. She was light headed before Christmas day. On that day she had her dinner of beef pudding and savoys taken to her by his sister. She eat all the sevoys and wanted more. She died on Sunday, the 28th. He never beard of her having been sick till after she was dead. His sister Emma bad said she her- self had been sick while his mother was ill. The night before his mother died Ann Seaward was in the house, and she and his father went outside for a few minutes. He had once heard his father say to his mother "he wished he had been a hundred miles off before he had seen her." He never heard his mother complain of his father's attentions to A nn Seaward. Superintending constable Wootton deposed that on his taking the prisoner into custody after the first day's adjournment, he said he would go and tell the jury all about it. Witness said, " You are too late ; the jury have left." The prisoner, turning to the witness, Mrs. Mitchell, said, "I wish ?had told the jury all about it ; if it had not been for you I would, but, as we are all married, I'll t e ll you w h at it was . About three weeks ago my wife went to Mr. Heath's and bought some arsenic. She used the arsenic occasionally to get rid of a child. Th e l ast t i me she too k it was on Monday last i , s p a r id iso , h 1 prisoner, Witness took him to the lock-up, wkeeneepere t the pr esence of Bunker, the lock-up well ; she' s d ea d an d go ne. suppose I shall swing next March for her." On being taken to Aylesbury Gaol the prisoner said, " I am innocent of the crime; if they were to hang me a t once, I'll never confess to it ; for I know no one can prove ! The prisoner several m that I ever bought any arseneic, or ever gave her % times e idate d witness lny. to make inquiries at Mr. Heath's, which he had done. i_ Ann Seaward wi.).-14 then recalls 1. She is rather goo looking, but very deaf , an d man y years tne prisoner's junior, he being about 50. She shed tears while under ex am ination, and the prisoner watched her intently. Sbe said that before the prisoner had married his last wife h he had asked het to mafry ire, and she had refused be- Cause he was so much older than herself. During his w if e ' s illpeis he asked her would she marry him if his wife died, and she replied eke would. She said so, be cause he had said that on the Wednesday, the 24th, he could have killed her sooner than let any one have h er . She had been out that evening with another y, ung man , and the prisoner had follbwed her. He struck herfor it on the Thursday, and said, "You sa y you won't go with any one else any more," which she re. peated. The prisoner had given her money to buy haeorapiera. He mixed 'a dose for her, and it made her very sick. He afterwards gave her another dose. One night while his wife was away she was in the pri soner's house, when he took her from his own bed to his This the prisoner denied, and asked the witness if she had not kept company with a young man from Michael mas to Christmas, to which she replied in the affirmative. The coroner having summed up, The jury, after being absent about an hour and three quarters, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder." The prisoner, who did not exhibit greater emotion than was observable during the inquiry, was then com mitted on the capital charge to stand his trial at tb• assizes„ CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. Feb. 11. J. T. Metcalfe and G. Bow-lane, City, and Farnham, Surrey, Metcalfe, carman O F . . Sea. ward, Abchurch-yard, City, licensed canvas Rob son, Belmont wharf Kin 's -cross, w harfin g e : ;Atja.n6teven son, Vauxhall Brewery, brewer ; O. Ti d ier :l % . I d ,o ch r e e s g t o e r r : tailor. Feb. 13. I. J. Hadwin an Liverpool and Havannah, merchants. Fob , 12. D. Buckler, Birmingham, builder. PARTNERSHIPS I rc in ih. L. A. G regor y, D. Chi ne ry, and E. lane, City, and elsewhere, African T. erc Cutler, Birmingh a m, re gards D. Chi nery —R. Cutler and T merchants, so far as DESSHO.LGVrEegDnr.y, B gun manufacturers—J. J. H. Elliot, Bristol, pickle merchants—S. Craymer and J. T. Pratt, Wilby, Northamp. G. Haworth, J. Fenton and G. C. Shore,. Sheffield, manufacturers—F. Pratt an Mill Water, near Newchurch, H to o n y sh le i , re a , nd br d i . ck uo m lt a , k T er h s o — rn ß• mil Watson and J. Watson, Bel. Hayworth and G. Holt—S. l m anufacturers—R. Todd and R. IV, Lancashire, cotton matnusf:.cturers, so far as regards R. per, Derbyshire, ,R. g, Eldon-street, Finsbury, n nai N orthamptonshire, booksellers—W. Sad grove,Todd, O ju u n n . lle a , m,.h g te cabinet makers T 11 - a-d • ickin Baker. Wolverhampton, lock manufacturers —G. and T. . Dunnings-alley, Big oPffga , Goode and T. Shirley, Smedley Vale, near Manchester, silk dyers—W. Wells and C. Wells, Oxford, and Liver pool, silversmiths — S. Finnis cod A. Ne ame, Dover, Kent, merchants—J. E. Soulsby, J. Ast on , an d J. Regan, Now-yard, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, book binders, so far as regards J. E. Soulsby—J. Swinford and T. Champion, owners of steam thrashing machines—Vir. Carter and R. Moxom and Mary Carter (executors of the late J. Carter), Howden and Kilpin, Yorkshire, wine mer chants—C. F. J. Lord and R. Nichol, Hampstead; sur geons—Louisa Widenham aad T. F. Widenham, Loa l b a -A street, City. stock brokers-4. F ow l er an d R. Hyslo'n' Leicester, cordwainers—J. D. Dean, an d E . B . Newto;i Staleybridge, Cheshire, plumbers—J ames Bl y d e and John Blyde, Sheffield, scissor manufacturers—H. Chadwick and E. Chadwick, Burnley, Lancashire, stone masons--s. H . Blackwell and W. Green, Corbyn's Hall, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, ironmasters— W. Satterthwaite, sen., and J. Barrow, sen., Lancaster, cotton spinners—H. J. Slack and P. S. King, Southampton-street, Strand, newspaper proprietors—T. B. Cockayne, sen., and W. Cockayne, sen., Sheffield, drapers—G. Crawley and E. Masters, Mark lane, City, wine merchants— J. Heap and G. Lindsey, `,,:"Alford, Lancashire, joiners —E. Lawrence and J. Totter dell, Liverpool, tea dealers. I LITERARY INTELLIGENOE,--Among the new works announced for publication during the season by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett are the following :—Mr. Atkinson's Narrative of hit Seven Years' Explorations and Adven tures in Oriental and Vestern Siberia, Chinese Tartary, 8a . .., i n one l arge v olume, embellished with numerous coloured plates, from the author' s original drawings. "Personal Recollections 91 the Last Four Popes," b y his Eminence Cardinal Wii 3 n/an• " Elizabeth, de Valois and the Court of Philip 11, of Spaiu," by Miss Fr eer, 2 vole. " A Pilgrimage into pauphine," by the Rev. G., It:v . M. Musgrave, 2 vols., with illustrations. "A Per. sonal Narrative of the Discov cry n surgeon e o t n he a Passage," by Dr. Armstrong, late ist of H.M.S. Investigator, 1 vo,'• " Songs of the Cavaliers and Roun d h e ad s, " by Mr. G. W. Thornburg, Marks. I n t h e in 1 vol., with il l u s t rat io ns by Mr. H. , list of works of fiction of the same puk. L 'llithera are The Days of My Life," an autobiograp. ll Y, by the a uthor of "Margaret Maitland ;" "Nothing I°W," by the author of "John Halifax ;" and new novels b," the S. a uthor of "Rockingham," Mrs. C. Hall l Mrs , .4' 1 : 91 - lope, and Miss Jewsbury. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL —JAN. 20. A moderate attendance of buyers, who acted with great caution, and restricted their purchases as much as possible. Fine wheat 2d per 701bs lower, and middling in some case■ 3 , 1 to 4d less money. Flour 6d per barrel and sack lower. Oats and oatmeal met an extremely slow sale, at a decline of ld per 451bs and 6d per load. Barley, beans, and peas neglected. Indian corn more inquired for, and all good mixed offered at 33s 6d was cleared off--348 3d to 34s 6d being obtainable for fine yellow, and 35s to 35s 6d for fine northern white. lIIILL—JAw. 20. The market was moderately attended, and a small show of English wheat, condition a good deal affected. Trade very slow, and all sorts is to is down in price. Foreign very dull. Barley very firm, and not much offering. No alteration in other articles. Linseed is dearer, and cakes 103 a to❑ higher. Bones in demand, but very scarce. 8 8 Wheat, English, red 56 to 58, Ditto white 6O to 63' Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranianand Ham- s. , 1 I Peas, grey and black to Linseed, Bla c k S ea... 65 to 66 Ditto Petersburgh ... 51 to 65 I Ditto Rigaand Arch ange1............... Ditto Konigsberg and Memel , '44 to tli burgh ............. 58 to 64, Danish, Holstein, and Friesland ..•„ . . .... 54 to 58T P.n. Ton Russian and Odessa 58 to 63ILins.c. Hull 0/ 0.1 to 10117 6d Oats, English ....... 2 , 5 to 30 Ditt o &no for. 91 Os 10! Os Od Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland......... 26 to 28 Rapeseed__ 00/ Os to 001 ON Ditto Russian ......... 27 to 30 Rape cakes —8 Od to 125 s ed Barley, malting ...... 44 to 5 01 Tares, English Ol. t o — 5 Ditto grinding......... 3 5 to 381 Ditto foreign Beans 37 Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 48 t o 56 Flour, per brl. 3sx 38s LEEDS, JAN. 2J. We have damp weather, and the condition of wheat is generally defective. A fair show, but a dull market, and the little business done is at a decline of I s per qr. from Friday's rates. Barley a slow sale, and the turn in favour of the buyer. Beans in limited request, and, with other articles, do not vary much from last week. Average price of grain—Wheat, 60s 7d ; barley, 47s 10d ; oats, 28s ld ; beans, 42s Od ; peas, 41e, Od ; rye, —s. Od. LOCAL SHARE MARIBTB. 31 . LIVERPOOL, JAN. 20. dTOOIS EZORANGN.—The market again has been doing • steady business today, and prices were about the same as yesterday. Caledonian, 30 1—Dutch Rhenish, 0 dis.— Birkenhead, L'pool, and Cheshire, 651—St. Helen's 5 per cent. stock B, 1044—London and North Western, 106 — Eastern Counties, 9.8.9. Lancashir e and Yorkshire, 06i —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 331—South Eastern, 224—East Lancashire, 23 i — Midland, 824 / 4 --- Great Western of Canada, 24k. LEEDS—JAN. 20. STOCK EICHANGE.—The market has been quiet to-day. Midland, 8 2i—North Westerns, 8.3.9.—N0rch Eastern, Leeds, No. 2, 4 prem.—Ditto, fifths, 101—Sheffield, BO' therham, and Goole, 20,1 MANCHESTER, JAN. 20. STOOL EXOHANGE.—The market wax a shade weaker to• day, and very little business doing. Midlands, 82,4- --- Sheffields, 33i—Leeds, 96/ $ 4—East Lancashire, 2361 Dovers, 22 5-16 —Manchester Assurance, 7 pm, —Bank 01 Stockport, 4 9-16. BIRMINGHAM, JA.N. 20. STOOK EXCH A N GE There w asa quiet market to• day and a very d u ll b usiness doing. Stour • Valleys, 9 -- Ditto, new, 2 pm,—Great Western, Birmingham Guarau• teed Stock, 74 i —Midlands, 821 i—Ditto, Birmingham and Derby, 53i—South Stafford., 9i—Birmingham .Neif Union Mill, 31—Ditto, Canals, 03. • COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YESTEIDAT. m5terdaM............ 11 14 Gibraltar ...... •• •• • •• Ditto, three month s .. 11 17 34 Leghorn .• •• •• .• •• ••• •• 29 56 Rotterdam ............ 11 173 E Genoa Antwerp .............. 25 3234 Milan .• Brussels ..•......... 25 32% Venice. . •• •• • .. .. •• ...... - Eiamburgh .......... ••••••• .. 13 6% Naples •........ . .. 43 Altona ..•• ...........„ Palermo .... . • .... 129 Parls•• •• •• ••••.•• •• •• •. 25 22% Messina ••• ... 1294 i Ditto, three mon th s .. 25 67% Lisbor. .. Marseilles ............. 25 V% Oporto ................ 513; l4ourdeaux ........... i Rio Janeiro ..... .•• .... Frankfort-on- Maine .• .. 118% Buenos Ayres.... •• .... --- Berlin •• •• ..•• •• •• •• .• New York,6o days' sight -- Vienna.. •• .......• .... 10 40 Phil a d e l p hi a •• ...• .. • • Trieste.. •• •• •• •• •• .. Petersburg ....•....... 37 % Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 2 Madrid ..........„... 49 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Nadu.........•• ...... 49% Mexican Dollars .... 0 1 ,' i 8arce10na—.......... New Doll ars Seville.... ........... _, . Sliver in bars ....... 0 5 2/' SEABORNE MAILS. [When the date for making up a mail falls on a Sundal► the mail remains open until the day fallowing ; azcipt in the ease of the India mail, via Southampton, which, on ate' occasions, is made ap the previous evening.] FOZ mix :Made up at Whence $ the des- By what When ... , h By ” - , l _ _ Post-Ofnce. patch e d. Veamel. 'OW' . expected ..a-'------- —.---.... Lisbon...• 7th,l7th, & M I . Spai n 27th of the South. , Albany [, Gibralt ar Gibraltar 1 r Malta .••• . • i Egypt Ceylon M of the 800th- -. • • , India .....• month , ampton Indy. 4th and t h e judo Mauritius - (via Ceylon) month. 'tf China Penang .. • • 31 the } south. Wu% Feb. 4.. Colo o o Singapore " Australia(via } m the Cape) .. ......... goftli" Cape of Good i ampton South- . Jan. 61 L ishl - . Hope Mauritius - Harbin- o glasd Ceylon India • • Lisbon • Madeira .. CapedeVerds Brazil 3l South- Feb. 9.... Medway Feb. 12 All° B uenos Ayres Falkland I s . I ampton lands.... Nest Indies J (except Ha vana and Grey Town:, 31 m of on th th e . a let and Vlei r?e n :u ar elr ) .. 2d and 17th South- 16th of -- f . ampton Parana the. At li " . New Granada Chill • month. Peru .; :: • • Califor n i a Ronduras • outh- S 16th of IN asea ti .. ..1 M F e b. 17 .. 1. ' the ....... . ampton month. South- f .. ri . ..,: a 1 Feb. 2....} Parana Feb. 1 Atra" Madeira .... ampton Teneriffe 1 Jan. 23 ..} mouth Candace Feb 6 g th ialoi British North A merica .• .. 1 E ver y Fri.} Live Airica Tan. 26 Ylatar; a pool Un ited States United States 1 Jan.2o and Liver- •• British North alternate pool -'••• •• JAIL 29 .. : ..• S ' axon America .. Tuesdays. United States South- British - British North 31 Tan. 14 ..} ampton ' , rage.. Feb. 19 Aral. America .. Liver. Attie . .... 1 E Jan. 27 .. I,Anglo. Feb.i.7. . 4l Ilea , ,_ Canada `'-3forning. E—Evening. CH/RP CONSTABLE POR NORTHIIMBEBLAND. -- At meeting of theNerthumberland county magistrates, he' iilnlajtollre BMroWent,lioafilßoNlt: Bolton - hall, n i r :T vr y i coke: was e Thursday' aot ed 0 o of the 60 candidates chief constable of the new polio. force organising in the county of Northumberland. Th. force under Major Brown will consist of 15 superinten' dents, four mounted constables, and 40 ordinary p o lice 011;eiretnr;si.n—gtTonhe will of J ames M ea d ows Ronde!, F.R.s'f under 100,000/. palace-gardens;alsothewill wallis 50,000/E. b o a f s s j i r u s v v t i ll e l i e a n m p Coro'rofe u ; R a t a e C n e e r a a n l d t t h h e a t n o f o n S . i r wr W i l i l l i l a i a m m R.A., HShyockGrod 14 , 0 00/ ; Lieut enan t-G enera l Th omas Morgse: ► eenrrlaGonce : h r H.E.1.C., 20,000/. ; C a pt a i n Wil l i am Laugharne, R.N.:_ 40,000/., and has left charitable bequests ; Frederic k 4, W o i o n o sl o. olw. James Young G. p ,Es7;yf,Fairre,dm.eripck.:sp-piciaccade,ilolyl, 40 Old , the Rev, William Lashmer Batley, Rector of Woodford, No rthamptonshire, 12,000/. BIRTH:a; OP A SOL ebio On ness theof 18th inst e. ~ at Mareticno, near D u bli n , the Mx" Kildar On the 19th inst., at Blithfleld, St a ff or d s hi re, the Le al Bagot Jones, Esq , of P an t glas, On the 17th inst., at 82 , Eaton square, the wife of D. of A DM:MEM:R. ,On ti:o 15th inst. at 46, Park-street, the wife of Colonel Henry Cartvrright'Gredadier Guards. On the 17th inst., at 38, King William-street, city, a le wife of Charles Stuart Cansdell, Esq. MARRIED. On the 20th inst at St. George's, Hanover-square, G.C.B. ,to Georgian& Mar the Major the Mon. Walla, ' m Ja,mos Colvile, Rifle Brigade► second son of the late Gen. the Hon. Sir Charles Colville , Bo.illie ,Esq., of Doebfour, y ;nd LaLlv Georgians Baillie. On the 20th inst ,at St. James l ' 's ,2i&rch, Lieut.-Colonag second daughter of Evart Henry Gooch, late of the Coldstream Guards, to Frances Elizabeth, eldest (laughter of the late R. Knight, Esq., °f .134r°18, W arwickshire, and Grosvenor-square. On th e 11" r 19 th inst at Harewood House, Leeds, Job 9 Montagu, only i son of Lord and Lady Wharnclige, aged 9 months and 10 days. On the 18. h inst. suddenly, at 137, Stanley-street, Pirti" lice, Ambrose Wm.' Perkins, Esq. PeOrrn the 17th i ns t., a t W a lt on - on -T rent, the Rev. 11. ott, M.A. Georgeinst., Butler, Esq., late Secretary to the Bo a rd o f Ord nance, Pall-mall, aged 75. On the 17th inst. at Great Russell-street, Bloo ms burP Mr- A. Tolleth aged 65. 011 the 18th inst., at Edinburgh, Mrs. Guthrie Wright , widow of the late Thomas Guthrie Wright, Esq., Auditor of the Court of Session. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N o. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coup t 1 of Middlesex, We esiny, January 21. 1857.