The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-15 00:00:00

THE MAIN DRAINAGE SCHEME.

A report was read from the Finance Committee,
stating the steps taken by the committee on the
resolution of the board, referring to them the sub-
ject of the financial arrangements under the Metro-
polis Local Management Act Amendment for the
Main Drainage. It further stated that the Bank
of England were willing td advance the money at
311 per cent., to be advanced in sums of £50,000, as
the works proceed. This arrangement was entered
into with the sanction of the Lords of the Treasury.
It was agreed to refer the subject back to the
Finance Committee, with instructions to carry the
arrangement into effect.

COLLIERS' STRIKE AT WIGAN.-THE
MILITARY CALLED IN.

WIGAN, JAN. 14.
The town and neighbourhood of Wigan has been
in a very agitated state yesterday and this morn-
ing, owing to the forcible steps taken by the col-
liers on strike to prevent any of their number from
returning to work. For some days past men have
been gradually returning to work at the Ince Hall
Colliery, about a mile from the town, and this
morning it was expected that about 600 people in
all would have resumed work but for the interference
of the unionists, who are determined to prolong the
strike. The magistrates and other authorities have
been anxious to afford all the protection in their
power to the men disposed to resume work ; and
about midnight Inspector Peters, of the eounty
police, was despatched with a force of twenty-two
men and a sergeant to Ince IJall for this purpose.
On arriving there, however, a large force of
unionists began to assemble, and by five o'clock this,
morning their numbers had increased to, many
thousands. They were divided into bodies of 500
to 1,000 men each, and took possession of all tit
approaches from the town, forming an effectual
barrier between the police force and the men
desirous of resuming work. The inspector advan-
ced to one of these bodies of unionists with the in-
tention of passing► them, but stones were thrown at
him and his men, and the mob threatened to fire
upon the police if they persisted in their object. Under
these circumstances the colliery could not be re-
opened this morning, and large bodies having assem-
bled in the market-place this morning at 9 o'clock,
armed with sticks and staves, and assumed a threaten-
ing attitude, the magistrates were induced to post-
pone for a fortnight some summonses against turn-
outs which were to have been heard. Meantime a
company of the 22d Infantry has arrived from
Manchester, and the town has assumed a •quieter
appearance. Large bodies of special constables are
being sworn in, so as to render if possible the
assistance of the soldiery unncessary.

sage.
Congress was not in session, having adjourned
for the Christmas holidays, and there was nothing
of political importance transpiring at Washington.
A telegram from Washington says :
Mr. Nugent. special agent of the United States
to the Fraser River region, arrived here last even-
' Inc, having come from California by the Tehuan-
tepee,,,
route. He called on the President and
Secretary of State, and gave full information as to
his mission. We learn that the Americans in
British Columbia and Vancouver's Island are very
much annoyed by the continual exactions practised
upon them by the colonial government and Hud-
son's Bay Company. Before leaving, Mr. Nugent
published an address to the American citizens

resident in the two colonies, admitting the exist.
ence of many abuses, but promising the interven-
tion of the United States Government for the re-
dress of those grievances, and exhorting the people
to strict obedience to the laws of the colony and of
Great Britain. Before his departure, Mr. Nugent
was entertained at a public dinner by the American
residents. A number of British subjects attended,
and the affair passed off pleasantly. There were
about 3,000 people on Fraser River. At the time
of Mr. Nugent's departure they were constantly
leaving, but a number had expressed their deter-
mination to winter in the mines. Some four or five
were paying well ; the rest of the country was not
productive.
A fearful accident °c: imed on the Macon Rail-
road, in Georgia, on the 31st ult. The train ran off
the track in consequence of a culvert being washed
out at a place called Adams' Mills. About thirty
persons were supposed to be on the cars, and, as only
twelve were saved, it is supposed that the remain.
ing eighteen were drowned. Nine bodies had been
recovered. •
A New Orleans telegram says :—" Private ad-
vices received here confirm positively the report that
a number of Americans were in Cuba, ready to aid
the revolutionists. They all left New Orleans with
regular passports." .
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald says :
The
family of Mr. Preston, Minister to Spain,
left to-day for New York, and the Minister will
leave in a few days, with the intention to sail for
Europe early in January. It does not appear that Mr.
Preston goes out with any well-defined plan, in ac-
cordance with the general sentiment of this country,
and the intimations in the President tinessage to
acquire Cuba, or to obtain a more liberal Spanish
policy in this hemisphere. It is to be hoped, how-
ever, he will have ambition enough, and that the
administration will back him, to do something in
accordance with the wishes of his country and the
necessities of the times. The do-nothing policy of
former Ministers is not up to the requirements of
this great country or the movements of the age.
The Saratoga, Commander Turner, arrived at
Tampico on the 2d inst., thirteen days from Aspin-
wall. The commander went up to the city to look
after the interests of American citizens. Governor
Garza had surrendered the goods seized from Mr.
Schultz, an American citizen. The forced loan from
another American, Mr. Bastiom, had not been re-
stored, though Garza had promised Capt. Dahlgren
when there it should be.

It is proposed there should be a caucus of South-
ern members of Congress from States bordering on
the Gulf, and others, irrespective of party, favour-
able to a decisive policy with respect to Mexico, to
urge upon the Administration the necessity of
promptly seizing the present opportunity to im•
prove our relations with Mexico and to extend
out influence over that country. The time is con-
sidered most favourable, and ought not to be lost
by delay.
Information has been received from Nicaragua,
which shows that Yrissari has not been recalled,
but that his resignation as Minister to the United
States, heretofore tendered, has been accepted.
General Jerez is still in Washington.
The Savannah Republican says that two of the
recently imported Africans have been arrested at
Macon and brought to Savannah. They were
en route to South-western Georgia.
Capt. M4Cluny had been appointed to the com-
mand of the home squadron in place of Commander
M'Tntosh, who returns home on account of ill-
health.

Senator Douglas had arrived in New York, and
met with a public reception, in which much enthu-
siasm was evinced by large crowds of people.
As already announced in the Halifax telegram re-
ceived per Arabia, the California mail steamer had
arrived at New York. She brought several items of
interesting news from Central America. Intelligence
had reached Panama that Walker's filibusters would
land at Truxillo, or Omao, and march through Hon-
duras to Nicaragua. The British fleet at the port,
of San Juan del Norte had been reinfonced by two
war vessels—the Caesar and the Diadem—one of
which mounts 91 guns.
Sir Gore Ouseley had left San Juan for Aspinwall
and Nicaragua, reaching Aspinwall on the 6th,
Panama on the 7th ult., and taking his departure
for the scene of his mission on the following day, in
her Majesty's steamer Vixen. Sir Gore was in very
bad health, and the climate of Central America ap-
peared to have affected his system injuriously.
General Lamar, United States Minister to Nica-
ragua, had returned from Costa Rica, in order to
meet President Martinez and his cabinet at Leon,
and to make a definite demand for payment of the
indemnity due to the United States Company.
The Congress of Nicaragua would meet on New
Year's-day, and consider all the pending treaties and
conventions.

M. Belly has sent in notice that his confreres
and himself were ready to commence the inter-
oceanic canal works.

It was said that Sen or Yrissari had been removed
from his diplomatic post near the United States
government. _

- Great Britain again sets up her claim to a full
Mosquito protectorate, with the official consent of
Nicaragua. At. an election for municipal officers in
Greytown, the " ticket" supported by her Britannic
Majesty's Consul-General was elected, but the
event caused some popular discontent. Resolutions
of protest against it were adopted at a mass meet-
ing in Victoria-square.
General Callas, Minister of War in Costa Rica,
had advocated the annexation of that republic to
the United States at a public dinner given to Gene-
ral Lamar. . _

New Granada was much excited, in consequence
of the passage of a law compelling all dissenters to
pay tithe to the Catholic Church.
The Panama Railroad Company had concluded a
convention with most of the republics of Central
America, by virtue of which a new line of steamers
for freight and passengers will run between Panama
and the chief ports of the States.

COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK, DEC. 31, 6 r.ie.
The stock market this morning was marked by no un-
usual feature. Stocks opened dull and rather lower than
they closed yesterday ; but as the session progressed the
leading bull bid so boldly for everything and bought so
larply that the natural tendency of the current was re-
versed, and stocks closed firm.
Railway shares were dull. There is no change in money.
Foreign exchange is held at 1092 to for bankers (ster-
ling), but there is very little business doing.
Cotton—The sales embraced. bout 1,000 bales, ..while
the market closed with steajuess and at unchanged
prices.

Breadstuffs—Flour—The market exhibited considerable
steadiness for most grades, while the sales embraced about
12,000 brls, closing within the following range of prices :
Standard superfine. State, 4 dols. 20c.. to 4 dols. 40c. ; extra
State do.; 4 dols. 90c, to 5 dols. 10c. ; common to good
Western,,4 dols. 30c. to 4 dols. 40c.; evtra lowa, Michi-
gan; Indiana, and' Ohio, 6 dols. to 7 dols. ; extra Genesee,
5 dols. 90c. to 7 dols. 75e. ; Canadian superfine and extra,
5 dols. 25c. to 6 dols. 40c.' mixed to straight Southeon,
dols. 75c. to 5 dols. 40c.; outhern fancy and extra, 5 dole..
55c. to 7 dols. 50c. ; hoice extra Family and Bakers'
brands, 7 dols. 50c. to 8 dols. 50c. ; rye flour, 3 dols. 35c.
to 4 dols. 10c. ; corn meal, 3 dols. 50c. to 4 dols.
Canadian continues firm, while sales were limited. South-
ern brands were steady,-with sales of about 500 brls., clos-
ing within the range of our figures. Wheat was steady,
with sales of about 10,000 bushels mixed Wisconsin at 1
dol. 16c., and 250 bushels white Southern. in store, at 1 del.
29c. to 1 dol. 30c. Corn was steady, with sales of about
11,000 bushels, ,including Western mixed at 77c. to 78e.,
yellow at 74c. to 76e. ; and white Southern at 73e. to 74c.
Rye and barley were quiet and nominal. Oats were firm,
with sales at 50c. to 53e. for State, and at 55e. to 57c. for
Western and Canadian.
Provisions.—Pork was dull, and lower. Sales of about
500 to 600 brls. were reported, including new mess at 17
dols. 60c., and prime ditto at 13 del's. 40e. A contract was
rep'orted,for 1,000 brls. mess, at 17 dols. 621 e. Beef was
firm, and in moderate demand, with sales of 500 to 600 brls
including country prime and mess, with repacked Western.
at unchanged prices. Prime mess was quiet. 50 brls.
Chicago beef hams were sold at 16 dols. Bacon at cut

A circumstance of considerable importance bath
to the public and the medical profession generelly
has Come to light through the apprehension., by
Inspector Whicher and Sergeant Lockyer, of the
metropolitan detective police force, of two ;physi-
clans practising in London, viz., Dr. Evans Reeves,
of King's College, residing at No. 13, Hen-
rietta-street, Cavendish-square, and of the Bedford
Dispensary, Store-street, and Dr. Protheroe,
of King's and Queen's College, Dublin, r asiding at
No. 1, Lansdown-terrace, Kensington, on a charge
of conspiring to obtain, and of obtaining, by false
representation and fraud, a diploma or lieu e frcm
the Royal College of Physicians, D ablin, in the
year 1857, to which in all probibility- will be added
the charge of forgery against Dr. It ecves in signing
Dr, Protheroe's name to the document. It appeal s
that, in April, 1857, a gentleman representing
himself to be Mr. J. E. Protheroe, surgeon, of Lon-
don, applied first by letter to the authorities con-
nected with the Royal Dublin. College of Physi-
cians relative to his obtaining their diploma or
licene'c, and afterwards attended before them, passed
a satisfactory examination, and obtained a lice: c.)
to practise accordingly, signing the necessary
documents in the name of Protheroe, and the sup-
posed Dr. Protheroe left Dublin without any sus-
picion that he was other than he had represented
himself to be. Some short time since information
was forwarded to Dublin to the ,effect that the sup-
posed Dr. Protheroe was no other than Dr. Evans
Reeves, who had personated the former' obtained
the licence, and then sold it to him. Information
of the circumstances and of the parties was for-
warded to Sir Richard Mayne, Chief Commissioner
of the Metropoliton Police, who placel the matter
in the hands of Inspector Whicher and Sergeant
Lockyer, who, having satisfied themselves of the
truth of the statement forwarded to• the Chief Com-
missioner, they communicated with the Dublin
authorities, when a gentleman acquainted with the
person of the gentleman who represented himself
in Dublin as Dr. Protheroe, came to London and
obtained a sight of Dr: ReeVes without his know-
ledge, and immediately identified him as the party
who represented Dr. Protheroe on the occasion in
question. It was also ascertained that a gentleman
named Protheroe was practising as a physician at
Kensington, and had done so since about the time
Reeves obtained the diploma or licence referred to,
having previously practised in the neighbourhood
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the matter, laid an information before the magis-
trates of Dublin, and a warrant was accordingly
issued for the apprehension of Dr. Evans Reeves
and Dr. Protheroe on a charge of conspiracy to
obtain the licence in question, and on Wednesday
an officer arrived from Dublin with the warrant
for their apprehension, which was immediately
executed by Inspector Whicher and Sergeant
Lockyer, and the prisoners were conveyed to King-
street police-station. On searching Dr. Protheroe's
house the diploma or licence fraudulently obtained
by Dr.Evansßeeves was found in one of the drawers.
Both prisoners left London yesterday en route for
Dublin, in charge of the Dublin police officer,
where they will undergo an examination on the
charge of conspiracy and fraud.