The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-18 00:00:00

--%qoAy EVENING'I•3A.NUARY 38, 1866.
THUltb.

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cart.
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Mr. Partridge—The practice of furious drivint, has
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come very prevalent, and must be chocked in every poss.
way. Tho prisoner was inebriated and driving at a reck-
less pace, and so reckless was he of the consequences that
he did not pull up after he had knocked down and injured
two men. If the prisoner had killed either of them, 1 should
have committed him for trial for manslaughter. This is a
most disgraceful proceeding. I fine the prisoner 40s. for
furious driving. It is the largest penalty I can inflict.

MARKETS—This Day.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

The supply of beasts hero to-day was only moderate,
and in but middling condition. Prime breeds sold freely,
at full prices. Otherwise the beef trade was heavy, at late
rates. The top figure was 5s 2d per 81bs. Sheep, the
show of which was by no means extensive, changed hands
steadily, at fully previous quotations. The best Downs
sold at Gs 8d per 81bs, The quality of breeds was good.
There was a fair sale for calves, at full quotations, viz.,
from 4s to 5s per Sibs. Pigs met a dull inquiry, and the
currencies had a downward tendency. In mulch cows
scarcely any business was transacted.

Per 81b to sink the offal.

ds d
Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 8
Second quality do ..3 10 4 4
Prime large oxen ..4 8 4 10
Primo Scots. &c.... 4 0 5 2
Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 0 4 8
Second quality do ..4 lu 5 o
Lamb.... 09

s ds d
Pme crs-wool sheep 5 8 6 2
Prime ti'thdown d 0.6 4 6 8
Large, coarse calves 4 0 4 6
Prime small do 4 8 5 0
Large hogs .4 u 4 6
Small porkers, 4 8 5 0
Cd to 0 , Cd.

Suckling calves, 203 to 21$ ; and quarter-old store pigs, 26s
t) 3,s each. _

Head of stock on sato.
Total supply. Foreign supply
981 I Beasts
Cows

Beasts
Cows ..

Sheep
Calves 212 Ca ves .
Pigs 3.4 Pigs

MEAT MARKETS.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are
moderate, and the demand is inactive, as follows :
Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 5s Od ;
veal, 4s Od to 53 Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81b by
the carcase.

SoirruiLL, Jan. 17.—Prime stock was in fair request at
full prices ; otherwise, the trade ruled heavy. Beef, from
3s Gd to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s 4d to to 6s 6d ; veal, 46 Od to
os Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per Bth. to sink the offal.

ROMPORD, Jan. 17.—There was' about an average busi-
ness doing here to-day at our quotations:—Beef, from 3s
4d to 5s 2d; mutton, 4s Gd to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ;
pork, 4s Od to 58 Od per 81b. Suckling calves, 17s to 20s ;
quarter old store pigs, 25s to 30s ; and milch cows, £l7 to
£2O each.

HAY

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, X-1 4s to £5 15s; clover.
£5 5s to £6 158 Od ; and straw, £1 168 to £2 Os per load.
A moderate demand.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £slss Od; clover,
£5 5s to £G 15s Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load.
A fair supply.
WITITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 48 to £5 15s ; clover,
£5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load.
Trade inactive.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.

_
s. d. s. d
N.S eaffordshire 17 0 Walls End Haswell... 21 0
Carway and Duffryn South Hetton
Malting 24 0 East Hartlepdol
Shaw's Hartley lB 6 Hetton 2l 0
South Kelloo
Heugh Hall
Kelloe
Ships at market, 35 ; sold 21

The Insurrection in Spain.

(Front the Correspondent of the Times.)

MADRID, Jan. 14.
There is nothing more unsatisfactory than to try
to make out the meaning of the bulletins that are
published daily by the commanding officers who
are conducting the campaign against Prim. There
are no less than five columns, we are assured, in hot
pursuit of the rebel, but we are at a loss to under-
stand whether they aro more unwilling or more un-
able, not only to get near him, but even to ascer-
tain where he is.
General Zabala telegraphs yesterday, at half-past

in the morning, from Alcoba do Tajo—a place, i.

can trust my map, a little to the east of Puente del
Arzobispo, informing us that he has just arrived on
the spot followed only by the cavalry under his
orders, after a march of nine leagues over swampy
grounds, crossed at frequent intervals by the law-
less streams flowing from the Sierra. Ile expected
the infantry would join him in a few hours, and,
after allowing the reunited division a short hour of
rest, he intended to proceed in quest of the rebels,
according as he might receive intelligence.
Other telegrams assure us that the insurgents had
left the margin of the Tagus, and ran up to the
mountains ; they slept on the 12th at Campillo, and
moved off in the direction of Puente San Vicente.
Major Camino is close upon their track—so close
that on the 13th he took at Aldeanueva seven pri-
soners belonging to the rearguard of the fugitives.
General Echague, also, with all his forces, presses
hard on the footsteps of the rebels, availing himself
of any information that may reach him as to the
line of retreat they are following.
Other accounts describe Prim as hovering on the
12th about the neighbourhood of Talavera, conse-
quently several leagues to the east of Puente del
Arzobispo, and considerably in the rear of Zabala,
having apparently doubled upon him. Were these
tidings correct, we might hope to understand the
meaning of the " marches and counter-marches" by
which, we are officially informed, the rebel leader
strives to put off his inevitable doom. The
only conclusion it is possible to arrive at, after cri-
tically comparing all telegraphic documents, is that
the officers in command of the five columns march-
ing in pursuit of Prim know as little as to the real

movements and position of the insurgent chief as
we know here in Madrid, and that is as much as
you know about it in London.

Notwithstanding all this uncertainty, howeTer,
there can be no doubt as to the effect which the
continuance of this long state of suspense has had
on men's minds throughout Spain ; it has greatly
reassured the Government, and wearied out and al-
most extinguished the hopes of revolutionary parties.
Whatever grounds Prim may have had to look for
support from a part at least of the disaffected army,
it is clear that O'Donnell's measures have been
sufficiently prompt and efficacious to prevent gene-
ral outbreaks, and as for the people, even of Madrid,
even of the manufacturing districts of Catalonia,
we must now be satisfied that they will venture on
no movement in which the soldiers do not take the
initiative. There is a garrison of no less than 10,000
men, between soldiers and civil or veteran guards,
to keep order in the capital, and the Progresista
committees, on which Prim was supposed mainly to
rely for support, either have gone spontaneously
asunder, or have been forcibly dispersed by the
authorities. Most of the journals of the Liberal
party, Iberia, Novedades, Soberania Nacional, Pueblo,
&c., have discontinued their publication.

Prim's movement remains thus an isolated fact,
and, as such, it has little more than a personal in-
terest. The rebel General may, or not, succeed in
making his way into the neighbouring kingdom of
Portugal, or he may hold his own for weeks against

his numerous pursuers, either owing to his superior
strategy, or to the rugged and almost impervious
nature of the ground ; or, finally, to the reluctance
on the part of Zabala, Echague, and O'Donnell
himself to obtain possession of a man who might
give them but little trouble as a fugitive, and
who could not easily be disposed of 'as a pri-
soner. An insurrection which has been hitherto so
wonderfully free from bloodshed would, perhaps,
acquire too great an importance if it were to termi-
nate with the execution of such a man as Prim ; and
what might soon be given to oblivion as a mere
farce would sink into the people's minds if it were
turned into a deep tragedy.

The Madrid papers give at full length the report
of a debate in the Portuguese Chamber of the Bth,
in which the representatives of that nation, without
distinction of parties, loudly and unanimously pro-
test against the scheme supposed to be enter-
tained by the extreme Liberal party here for. the
annexation of Portugal to Spain, or of Spain to
Portugal, and the formation of a great kingdom of
Iberia.

THE GREAT INUNDATION AT WINDSOR, ETON,
AND STAINES. —Yesterday evening the waters had ceased
rising, and the floods, which have covered the country
around Windsor and Eton till the two towns look as if
they were situated in a lake district, will probably not in-
crease. The state of the country on the banks of the
Thames between Windsor and Staines is past all descrip-
tion ; a broad sheet of water extends for miles between
the two places. •

FUNERAL OF SIR CHARLES EASTLAKE.

THIS DAY.
I The public interment of the remains of the late Sir
dzirles Lock Eastlake, late President of the Royal Aca-
demy of Arts, took place this morning with simple yet
impressive effect.
The body of the late president was removed from the
family residence in Fitzroy-square last evening to the
Council-chamber of the Academy in Trafalgar-square,
where nearly every artist of eminence assembled at an early
hour this morning to accompany it to its last resting-place
in the cemetery at Kensall-green.
The time set for the departure of the funeral procession
from the Academy was 11 o'clock, but for seme time before
that hour the attendance of the general public in front of
the building was very ninnorous. The great bell of St.
Martin's Church was tolled during the early part of the
morning until 11 o'clock, when the massive doors of the
Academy were thrown open, and a simple hearse, devoid of
all ornamentation save the eight sable plumes of ostrich
feathers, drove up, and then, with short and measured
step, the coffin of polished oak, containing the body of the
deceased, was silently deposited there, and then followed
the different funeral carriages for the largo body of mourners.
The invitations to attend the funeral were very nume-
rous, and, with very few exceptions, all were accepted, and
those who were deprived the melancholy pleasure of being
present were only prevented from doing so by circum-
stances beyond their control.
The following is the list of the mourners that followed
the hearse, and the order in which it was intended they
should occupy the carriages, but at the moment of starting
some trifling alterations occurred owing to late arrivals .=
First Carriage— W. Eastlake, Charles Eastlake, nephews
of the deceased; and Mr. Nicholas Tucker.
Second Carriage—Dr. H. Eastlake and John Eastlake. •
Third Carriage—Officers of the Academy : J. P. Knight,
secretary ; C. Landseer, keeper ; S. Smirke, and Hart,
librarian.
Fourth Carriage—Sir H. Holland, and A. Cooper, R.A.
Fifth Carriage —D. Maclise, P. APDowall, Beresford Hope,
and J. R. Herbert.
Sixth Carriage—F. Taylor, C. W. Cope, and R. West-
macott.

Seventh Carriage—T. Creswick, R. Redgrave, and F
Grant.
Eighth Carriage—Calder Marshall, W. P. Frith, S
Cousins, and F. Hurlestone.
Ninth Carriage —E. M. Ward, F. R. Pickersgill, G. T.
Doo, and H. Warren.
Tenth Carriage—G. G. Scott, P. F4Poole, H.ffeekes,
and W. Boxall.
Eleventh Carriage—F. Goodall, J. E. Mallais, and J. C
Horsley.
Twelfth Carriage—J. F. Lewis and Professor Partridge.
Thirteenth Carriage—Deputation from the Scottish
Royal Academy : J. Archer, J. Ballantine, F. Faed, T
Ifoweston, and E. Nicholl.
Fourteenth Carriage—W.E. Frost, G. Richmond, A.R.A.,
H. O'Neil, and W. C. T. Dobson.
Fifteenth Carriage—R. Ansdell, Baron Merochetti, E. M.
Barry, and J. Sant.
Sixteenth Carriage —H. Le June, P. Calderon, F. Leigh-
ton, and E. B. Stevens.
Seventeenth Carriage—L. Stokes, R, J. Lano, R. Graves,
and R. N. Wornum.
Eighteenth Carriage—H. Eyre (Registrar), and A. H.
Bowler.

Nineteenth Carriage—Four Students (Gold Medallists to
represent the general body), F. Hall, C. Calthorp, P. Ball,
and A. Ridge.
Then followed ono of her Majesty's private carriages,
and about thirteen or fourteen of the carriages of the
private friends of Lady Eastlake.
At the Marble-arch the funeral procession was further
lengthened by the addition of others there awaiting the
arrival of the hearse, and thus the body was conveyed to
Kensall-green Cemetery. The body having been deposited
in the Church the funeral service was read by the officiat-
ing minister of the cemetery instead of the Bishop of
Oxford, who had expressed his wish to attend, but who at
the last moment was prevented carrying out his desire by
important business connected with his diocese.
The coffin was first deposited in the grave in the most
impressive manner, and the funeral procession thou sot out
on its return to town.
The grave of Sir C. Eastlake is situate a little past the
church at the brow of the hill looking down on Kensington.

MEETING OF THE CONFEDERATE

BONDHOLDERS.

Extensive Damage to Shipping.

TOTAL WRECK OF 'THE SHIP ROYAL ALBERT

LOSS OF ALL SOULS

LIVE 'WOOL, Wednesday.
As our Liverpool parcel left this evening intelli-
gence arrived of the loss of this vessel, bound from
Calcutta to Lond'on. The disaster took place in
Bude Bay, Cornwall, and the report states that
every soul on board perished. The captain's desk
and writing materials were washed ashore shortly
after the wreck, and the cargo is strewn about the
coast. The Royal Albert left Calcutta on the 14th
of September, and was owned by Afessrs. Fernie
Brothers, of Liverpool.
Accounts still continue to reach this port of the
disastrous effects of the late storms. We learn that
the ship Andaman, bound from Glasgow to Bombay,
had been compelled to seek shelter in Holyhead
Harbour. The. captain states that he actually
reached the Tuskar Light three times, and each time
was blown back. The Fannie Scott, from Balti-
more, has been forced into Belfast Lough, after en-
countering terrific weather. He decks were swept,
sails and spars carried away, the cargo shifted, and
a portion of it thrown overboard, aud, unfortu-
nately, one of the crew swept away. The Glee
Maiden, hence to Melbourne, has been also unfor-
tunate. She left Liverpool on the 12th inst., and
for two days encountered terrific weather. On the
evening of the 14th, when off the Skerries, she was
run into by another large ship on the starboard bow.
Her anchors were carried away, the forecastle
smashed up, all the starboard forerigging destroyed,
the deck butts and the windlass bitts were all
started, besides other damage, which left no option
but to return to port.
The ship Constantine, hence to New York, has
put back to Queenstown, after being at sea 43 days.
Her sails were all torn to ribbons, her decks swept,
besidesbeing very leaky. The Cordillero, also hence
to New York, has turned up at Gibraltar in a dis-
abled state, having experienced very bad weather ;
150 tons of cargo was thrown overboard ; the re-
mainder is so damaged that it will have to be dis-
charged. The Thurcaston, from Quebec to Queens-
town, was abandoned at sea on the 2d instant, but
the crew were saved by the ship Tricolor. The
ship P. M. Miller, from Quebec to this port, is also
reported to have been abandoned at sea, but the
crew are reported safe. Storm signals have been
hoisted.

The Mercantile Marine and Courts of
Inquiry.

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Ameeting of shipowners, commanders, and others
interested in the welfare of the mercantile marine,
was held at the London Tavern yesterday afternoon.
Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., presided.
Letters were read expressing the regret of the
writers at their inability to attend ; among them
were letters from Mr. Graves, M.P., and Mr. Laird,

The CHAIRMAN said the subject was important to
all interested in shipping, and he gladly presided.
The state of the law regulating the inability of
masters wogld be found in an act of Parliament
passed in 1854, and in an amended act of 1862. The
objections to the present system do not apply to the
gentlemen who act as assessors. One of them, Capt.
Baker, he knew very well, and had every confidence
in. 'The objections, then, were not of a personal
nature. But there was great objection to the ar-
rangement that cases of every description should
come before only two men, because it was not to be
supposed that any two gentlemen would be possessed
of all the information necessary to qualify them to
judge of every case likely to come before them. The
mercantile service, he believed, wanted what he
might term a variety in judgment, that they would
like to see a jury of nauitcal men sitting upon such
cases—(cheers)—so that nautical questions may be
considered by competent persons, who would have
to give their opinion upon the questions under their
oath. It was also wanted that, when a man was
brought before such a court in the case of a wreck,
and was tried and acquitted, he should not be
brought to account again, as was the case of the
captain of the Duncan Dunbar.
Mr. GELLATLY, the owner of the Duncan D unbar,
remarked upon the manner in which the courts
of inquiry were conducted. In his opinion they
more resembled courts of prosecution. He moved
the first resolution as follows : " That this
meeting has heard with surprise and concern
of the course pursued by the Board of Trade in
reference to the result of the inquiry into the loss of
the Duncan Dunbar, and that the commander of
that vessel having been honourably acquitted, after
a lengthened investigation by a court of competent
jurisdiction, of having contributed in any way to
the loss of his ship, and subsequent attempt on the
part of a public department to reflect on the finding
of that court, or on the evidence on which its con-
clusions were based, or on the reputation of the ac-
cused, is repugnant alike to the principles of na-
tional justice and the maxims of English law."
Mr. M'CULLAGH TORRENS seconded the motion.
He proposed as an amendment to the present law a
jury of three or five to sit on a case, and if their
judgment were disagreed with power should be given
to the parties to appeal to the Court of Admiralty.
He would assist the chairman, or any other member
of influence who would introduce the matter to the
notice of Parliament. (Cheers.)
The motion was then carried unanimously, and
with cheers.
Captain EWEN proposed the second resolution:
" That the existing constitution of the courts of in-
quiry into the wrecks and casualties at sea is un-
satisfactory in practice, and this meeting pledges
itself to employ every legitimate effort to reform the
construction and mode of procedure of these courts,
or to procure their total abolition, in order that a
more satisfactory tribunal should be constituted."
M. AYRTON, M.P., seconded the motion, and
promised his support to the movement in- Parlia-
ment.
This motion was also carried.

Capt. WATERS moved the third resolution :--
" That this meeting sincerely believes that justice
can never be done to shipmasters, whose conduct
may become the subject of judicial investigation, so
long as that investigation is conducted by officials
directly connected with the department from which
the inquiry emanates, and whose decisions are liable
to review by the said department "
It was seconded from the body of the meeting
and carried unanimously.
Capt. P. CAMPBELL moved the fourth resolution:
—" That the nautical assessors who assist at these
courts of inquiry should in no case be salaried offi-
cials of any department, but that they should be
selected by rotation from a list of shipmasters, who
have passed examination for competency prescribed
by the Board of Trade; and that an appeal should
be allowed from the finding of the court of inquiry
to the High Court of Admiralty, whose decision
should be final."

Mr. JACKSON seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.

Capt. LONGMAN moved the fifth resolution, as
follows :—" That the Westerly route pointed out by
Commander Maury, for vessels crossing the line,
offering as it does occasionally many advantages,
may be safely left to the discretion of individual
commanders."

It was seconded by Capt. KING, and carried.
Capt. SELWYN moved---,, That in the opinion of
,his meeting a lighthouse established on the dan-

gerous reef of La; Roccas would be a great boon to

navigation and CommerCe, and is demanded in the

_
interests of humanity."
Mr. REARDON, M.P., seconded the motion. Ile
thought its nature demanded the consideration of
every one who felt a desire to prevent the sacrifice

of life.
The Attachd of the Brazilian Government in this
country supported the motion, lie would welcome
the construction of the light.
The motion was carried, and a committee was
then appointed to wait upon the Board of Trade

and represent the feeling of the meeting ; and also
to take other steps to carry out the resolutions
which had been passed.

A vote of thanks was then presented to the chair-
.

man on the motion of Mr. NORWOOD, M.P.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

MAN.CIIESTER BETTING---YESTERDAY,

DERBY.
3,300 to 100 agst Stabber (taken)
4,000 to 100 agst Bribery colt (taken)
THE WATERLOO (bounsiso) ct:P.
40 to 1 agst Mr. Bartholumew'a nomination (taken freely)

RACING FIXTURES. FOR 1866.
FEBRUARY.
20 I Nottingham Spring
MARC IT.
Derby ;Spring 1 Croxton Park I
Liverp00l Spring
Warwick Spring
Doncaster
Lawes Spring

Lincoln

AP:
No wmarket Craven 2
Durham
Blackheath Sr, Woolwich 2
Catterick Bridge
Abergavenny 5
Lichfield Spring
Chelmsford Spring

31.2
Ascot Spring' 1
Salisbury
Bath 8
Harpenden lO
York Spring

RIL.

Thirsk lO
Epsom Spring
Newmarket Ist Spring.., 16
Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O
Chester
Curragh 24

Epsom Summer l5
Uxbridge 2l
Manchester
Ascot Summer 29

ill
Windsor Summer 5
Newton
Hampton 7
Odihain
Bibury l3
Stockbridge
Chelmsford l9

Liverpool
Beverley 2O
Ipswich
Hungerford
Newcastle on-Tyne 26
Curragh 26
Worcester

ALTCAR COURSING MEETING.
Judge, Mr. Warwick ; starter, Mr. Raper.
This meeting was commenced yesterday, in the vicinity
of North End. Hares were tolerably numerous, and there
was some good sport. Subjoined is the result :
The Members' Cup.—First Ties.
Mr. Thompson's Triumph beat Mr. W. W. Brundrit's Ariel.
Mr. Brocklebank's Isaac beat Mr. Legh's Liberty.
Lord Sefton's Solitaire beat Mr. Brocklebank's Isabella.
Mr. Thompson's Theatre Royal beat Mr. Jones' Judge Ad-
vocate.
Mr. J. Brundrit's Barlochan beat Mr. Blundell's Beware.
Mr. S. C. Lister's Limp beat Mr. Blundell's Be Careful.
Mr. Spink's Sea Sprite beat Mr. Thompson's U.'ullochgorum.
Mr. Blandshard's Bubwith beat Lord Binning's Baldriek.
Mr. T. T. C. Lister's Chloe beat Mr. Moore's Mimas.
Mr. R. Jardine's Antonelli beat Mr. Hornby's Highland
Chief.
Mr. Jones's Jem Mace boat Mr. J. R. Thompson's Talent.
Lord Sefton's Saturn beat Lord Binning's Brightness.
Mr. S. C. Lister's Le Bean ran a bye.
Second Ties.—lsaac beat Triumph, Theatre Royal beat
Solitaire (1), Limp beat Barlcchan, Sea Sprite beat Bub-
with, Chloe boat Antonelli, Jem Mace beat Le Beau, and
Saturn ran a bye.
The Croxteth Stakes, for maidens.—First Ties.
Mr. Legh's Luxury beat Mr. Jones's Justice Shallow.
Mr. J. Brundrit's Brackley beat Mr. Hornby's Iloniton.
Mr. Harley's Harcourt beat Mr. W. W. Brundrit's Aurora.
Lord Sefton's Selvage beat Mr. Mather's Myrtle.
Mr. R. Jardine's Constance beat Mr. Harley's Hunting-
tower.
Mr. S. C. Lister's La Bello beat Mr. Thompson's Talavera.
Mr. Legh's Lethargy Wat Mr. Blundell's Beatrice.
Lord Sefton's Sweet William beat Mr. Brocklebank's Roll-
ing Stone.
Mr. Jones's J. P. beat Mr. Thompson's Trovatore (1).
Mr. Thompson's The Queen of Trump's beat Mr. Hornby's
Harmnscarum (1).
The Sefton Stakes.—First Ties.

Lord Sefton's Simpleton beat Mr. W. W. Brundrit's

Aaron.
Lord Sefton's Scotsman beat Mr. Blanshard's Bonnington.
Mr. Thompson's The Tinkling Tinman beat Mr. Moore's
Muta.
Lord Sefton's Skyblue boat Mr. H. Jardine's Mona (1).
Mr. Blundell's Watorhen boat Mr. Thompson's Time-
gun (1).
Mr. Jones's Jack-in-office beat Mr. Legh's Levity.
Mr. Brocklebank's Indiana beat Lord Sefton's Sirius.
'Mr. C. S. Lister's Little Fury beat Mr. Johnson's Jos-
hawk (1).
Lord Binning's Basil beat Mr. Hornby's Hannah.
Mr. Blundell's Who's Afraid beat Mr. Legh's Lady Bird.