The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-23 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVIINING, FEBRUARY 23, 1857.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 21.
The Royal mail steamship Arabia, Stone com-
mander, has arrived from Boston and Halifax, with
dates from the former port to the 11th ; New York,
the 9th ; and by telegraph, via Halifax, to the 11th
inst.

The Arabia brings 90 pavengers and 200,779
dollars in specie on freight.
On the 20th (yesterday) she passed the American
sbip WaAtington and several other vessels bound up
channel.

Congress had rejected the Dolls s-Claren don Treaty
by recommitting it to the Committee on Foreign
Relations. Various statements are given as to the
ext"nt of the majority. The .New York Journal
of Commerce says :
" The cause of its rejection is not clear, as the Senate
has only acted on it in secret session. The South,
whose less conservatism is expressed in Southern matters
than the North, seems in the debate, however, to have

been the most conservative. Mr. Mason, of Virginia,
strongly advocated the treaty as it is, and was supported
by a few Southern Cunservative senators, Butler, Evan-,
of South Carolina, &c. But Presidential aspirants, the
Northern Democrats, and the Republicans, were for the
most part strongly in favour of testing the forbearance of
Great Britain by an indignant rejection of the treaty."
,Its Washington correspondent writes
"The opposition to the Central American treaty, ne-
gotiated between Lord Clarendon and. Mr. Dallas, is
chiefly directed to one point —the large boundaries which
Great Britain, or rather Lord Palmerston, has heretofore
claimed for the Mosquito kingdom, and which may be
claimed again under the present treaty, as the senators
understand it. These boundaries are to be settled and
defined under the treaty, in such a manner as to leave
the Indians, so long as they remain on the soil, a suit-
able home. The treaty, if carried out in good faith,
would not secure to them an unreasonable extent of ter-
ritory.. But it is objected that this matter is left indefi-
nite, and may become a source of difficulty hereafter.
On the part of a large majority of the Senate there exists
a sincere desire to settle this Central American question
on reasonable terms, and such terms as will leave no
ground for future dispute between the United States and
the Government of Great Britain. The Senate will,
probably, remodel the treaty, as they have done in other
cases."

The Washington correspondent of the Courier
and Enquirer writes that the action of the Senate
is not by any means fatal and conclusive, and that
the Committee on Foreign Affairs will now enter
into correspondence with the Secretary of State in
order to agree upon modifications to be proposed
to the British Government. There is no Minister,
of that Power at Washington, and that rendered it
certain that there would be no final action upon the
subject during the present session of the Senate.
It states that the provision of the treaty which pro-
duced most excitement and opposition in the Senate
was its recognition of the Wilmot proviso. The
proviso is incorporated in the convention with Hon—
duras, which stipulates that, inasmuch as slavery
does not now exist in the Bay Islands, it shall never
be introduced there, but shall be perpetually pro-
hibited. Mr. Douglas is stated to have summed
up the case against the treaty with elaborate vehe-
mence, and to have denounced British interference
in American affairs, and advanced ideas analogous
to the most extreme pretensions of exclusiveness
set up under the Monroe doctrine, at the close of
which, to prevent its immediate rejection, tho
treaty was referred.
The New York Herald's correspondent expresses
an opinion that the new Senate will confirm the
treaty which vrill.be submitted to them, and that it
will then be sent to England, and in the present
entente cordiale of the two nations there is very
little doubt of its immediate ratification by our
Government. . .

-- In the House of Representatives the Senate's
Submarine Telegraph Bill had been committed to
the Post office Committee by a majority of 12. The
Tariff Bill had been discussed without any result.
It is reported that the naval committee of the
Senate have prepared a bill for authorising the
construction of au armed steamer of 500 tons
burden for the protection of American commerce
from piratical attacks in the shallow waters, creeks,
and rivers of China, and asking an appropriation of
120,000 dols. for that purpose.
While the chaplain of the Senate was performing
his duties on the 9th inst. an in.ane man ap-
proached his desk and held up his hand as if sub-
scribing to the oath of office. Upon the conclusion
of the prayer he took a seat, but was ejected by the
officials, notwithstanding his earnest protest against
the violation of his senatorial rights.
The schooner Jane T. Glover had been seized at
New York on a charge of being fitted out as •a
slaver. The cabinet warehouse of Mr. Bosch, at
the corner of Mercer-street and Blecher-street, had
been destroyed by fire, and Mr. Bosch and his wife
had perished in the flames. The loss was between
60,000 dols. and 80,000 dols.
In Louisville, Kentucky, property to the amount
of 185,000 dols. had been destroyed by a fire. In
Mobile the Planter's, Hants, the Montgomery cot-
ton presses had been burnt, and 10,000 to 15,000
baleS of cotton consumed.

The freshets consequent upon the breaking up of
the ice had caused considerable damage. At
Albany the damage was computed to reach
2,000,000 dols. Two families on the island opposite
the city are reported to have been carried away.
At St. Louis the river had risen 18 feet, and was
still rising, with immense quantities of floating ice.
The Missouri was open to Jefferson City; the Illi- .
nois all the way up, and had risen 12 or 15 feet,
and was still rising. The Upper Mississippi was
also rising. There had been heavy rains generally
throughout the west, and numerous slides had oc-
curre4 on the railroad. At Chicago the damage
had been immense, and it was feared several lives
had been lost. Several railway bridges had been
carried away. Both branches of the river had
risen several feet, and the south-west portions of
the city were submerged. The damage to the
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroads was
estimated at 100,000 dols. The river was,
however, falling. Six vessels which had been
driven from their moorings had been found near
Port Ontario, and five of them taken into port. At
Newark, New Jersey, the freshet swept away before
it 50 schooners, stoops, barges, and canal boats. • A
great deal of property was damaged in the ware-
houses by the water, and the loss was estimated at
50,000 dole. In one street the water was four feet
deep.
Dates from Havanuah are to the 30th ult. Sugars
of brown and yellow stripe bad improved, and there
bad been a brisk demand for the United States
Exchange had improved. The rate on London was
41 to 5 prem. Freights active, and but few vessels
disengaged. Sugar, boxes, 1 dol. 50c. ; hogsheads,
5 dole. 500. to 6 dols. Molasses, 3 dole, to 3 dols.
50c. per hogshead. The English line-of-battle ship
Nilo was in the port.
In the New York money market there was
quick demand, and 9 to 10 per cent. was readily
paid on call loans. There were some few opera-
tions on an extended scale at 7 per cent. Small
loans were done through the bankers at 9, 10, and
12 per cent. Exchange was inactive, and the sup-
ply of bills on England limited through the non-
arrival of the New Orleans mail. The rate on
London for first-class signatures was 1081 ; Franca
unchanged. Stocks were variable and dull-Erie
Railroad, 59i ; Michigan Southern, 90i ; Reading,
801 ; Galeno and Chicago, 1031. Cotton continued
buoyant, and closed on the 9th at 131 c. for mid-
dling fair Uplands, 14e. for Mobile, and 141 c. for
New Orleans. Flour was also buoyant, at 6 dole.
40c. to 6 dole. 50c. for common to straight, 6 dols.
80c. to 7 dols. for extra Ohio, and '7 dols. 40c. to
8 dols. 60c. for Tennessee. Southern lower. Cana-
dian firm, at 5 dols. 50c. to 6 dols. 70e. for super-
fine. Corn better. Pork firmer-mess, 20 dols.
30c. to 20 dole. 40c. old, 21 doh!. 40c. to 21 dols.
50c. new, and 17 dols. 75c. to 18 dols. for prime.
Beef firm-country mess, 10 dols. 75c. to 13 dole. ;
prime, 9 dole. 50c. to 10 dols. 50c. ; prime mess,
21 dole. to 28 dols. Lard, butter, coffee, and sugar
firm ; spirits of turpentine, 521 c. ; crude firm, at
4 dole. to 4 dols. 25e. ; resin active ; tobacco firm,
Freights to Liverpool firmer at id. for cotton, 2s.
3d.. flour, and 74d. to 74d. for grain.
CHAItLESTOWN, FEB. 7.
Saks of cotton 3,000 bales, at ordinary priced.
agast 0,
MOBILE,i
60.
Receipts for week 18,000e5,00
last year. Middling 12ric. nFEB2.
NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 7.
Tire ailviees from Liverpool
have caused greater
firmness and buoyancy in our cotton
market, and
prices have advanced ie., middling being quoted
12c. to 12ic. Other articles are with
out change.

LATEST BY TELEGRAPH, VIA HALIFAX.
NEW YORK, EVENING, FEB. 12.
The United States steamer Baltic will not leave
on Saturday next, owing to alterations. The next
Collins steamer will leave on the 14th"of March.
Our cotton market to-day was active ; sales 5,000
bales. Breadstuffs steady. Money active, at un-
changed rates. Exchange on London dull, 1081.
Advicea from New Odom are to the evening of the

10th, on which day the sales of cotton were 6,000
bales; quotations s:;ffer, but unchanged.

(BY BLEDTRIC TEL
LIVERPQOL, SUNDAY.
The steamship Ka,ngarbo, which has been ep long
detained in the fiver Delawa-e by ice, was Offiloly
head this afternoon, and will be in to-n;gl)t and
affil again on Wednesday, ly.‘r advertised date, for
New York.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY, MORNING.

, .
THE. IRISH VICEROYALTY.
The worshippers of an Irish Court wore cast
down-last week into the very depths of despair by
the prevalence of a rumour to the effect 'that the
abolition Of the Viceroy
coalty was likely ere long to
form the subject of Cabinet ntemplation. Happily
for the alarmed; the occasion ot the Lord Mayor's
inaugural banquet famished an .opportunity of dis-
persing the cloud which-lowered over the viceregal
horizon, and Cork-hill and the Castle again look
bright and cheerful.- Lord Carlisle himself was the.
herald of the gladsome tidings that' the reported
dissolution of the Court was without any solid
basis. Here are his ipaissinta "verba :
"There is (said his Excellency) one other motive
slightly more personal to myself which causes me eagerly
to appreciate the kindness with which you have received
me this evening, for I perceive that there are quarters
from which I,
.in coinruou, indeed, with all the future
Lords-Lleateaant of fret:ind, have been threatened with
a deposition from my present viceregal seat. I certainly
have received no official intimation on that subject
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Our gracious Sovereign has
not made ins privy to any intention of depriving me of
that delegated authority which I so unworthily wield in
her name—(cries of .No, no')—and-I cannot pretend
to say that I read my doom in the countenances or de-
meanour of the Irish people—(loud cheers)—or even in
that of this brilliant assembly ; and therefore we will
only conclude that the question, in Parliamentary par-
lance, has been indefinitely adjourned." (Cheers and
laughter.)
EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE CASE.
The remarkable case of "Beawish v. Beam'sb,"
involving the question "Can a clergyman marry
himself?" was called on fur judgment yesterday
before 11 of the 12 judges sit ing in error. Baron
Pennefather was absent. Subjoined is an outline
of the matter at issue:—

' " The appeal proceedings were instituted by the de-
fendant to set aside the unanimous decision of the
' Court below (consisting of Judges Crampton, Perrin,
and Moore), by which a marriage solemnised under
such circumstances was held to be valid in law. It rep-
, peared that this case came before the Court below upon
a special- verdict finding that the plaintiff, Albert S.
Beamish, a minor, brought an ejectment upon, the title
to recover certain lands in the county of Cork, of
considerable value, which he &aimed to be entitled to as
grandson and heir-it-law of the late Dr. John S, Beamish,
of Cork. The defendant denied •the legitimacy of the
plaintiff, and also claimed as heir-at-law of Dr. Beamisb,
his father. The special verdict stated that the late Dr.
John S. Beamish was in his lifetime seised of considerable
estates in fee simple, and died so seised on the 16th Dec.,
1852 ; that he had several sons, and that the eldest was
the Rev. Samuel S. Beamisb, the defendant being that.
rev. gentlemau's next brother. The Rev. Mr. Beamish
was duly ordained a clergyman of the united ()hutches of
England and Ireland, and it appeared that on the 27th
Nov., 1831, being then in holy orders, he went to the
house of a milliner named Anne Lyons, in the city of
Cork, and there performed a ceremony f marriage be-
tween himself and a young woman named Isabella Frazer,
the mother of the minor plaintiff. The special verdict
then set out the manner in which the ceremony of mar
riage took place, and alleged that the general form for
the solemnisation of that ceremony prescribed by the
Book of Common Prayer of the united churches of Eng-
land and Ireland was used, 'the Rev. Mr. Beamish de-
claring that he took the st it Isabella Frazer to be hii
wedded wife, and she declaring that she took him to be
her wedded husband. It further appeared that a wedding-
ring was Waled upon the finger of Isabella Frazer by
the Rev. Mr. Beamisb, and the usual blessing pronounced;
that after the ceremony the marriage was coesumts, wed
between the contracting partied. No clergyman was pre-
sent at the performance of the ceremony except the Rev.
Mr. Beamish himself, nor was there, is fact, any one
present as a formal witness in the room where this cere-
mony took place • but, as the special verdict alleged, the
performance of the ceremony was witnessed by a woman
named Catherine Coffey, who, without the knowledge
of tho contracting parties, and solely from curiosity,
saw it going on through a window from an adjoining
back yard, but did not hear what was said by either party,
Isabella Frazer was admittedly a member of the Church
of England. It further appeared that the Rev. Mr. Bea-
mish, who thus celebrated this marriage between himself
and Isabella Frazer, died intestate on the S' Is of April,
1844 ; and that the minor p!aintiff was bid eldst 801),
and the issue of that marriage, born on the 4th of Jan.,
1841. Upon the foregoing very pecul;ar state of facts,
the questii;ns" raised were---11t. Had there been at the
ceremony in queition words of present contract by which
the Rev. S. S. Beamish and. Isabella Frazer engaged to
become husband and 'wife ? 2d. Had there been a marriage
ceremony performed according to the forms prescribed
by the Book of Common. Prayer ? 33. Was the mar-
riage so solemnised consummated between the parties
4th. What was the effect of the marriage ceremony,
there being no other clergymaa present / And, lastly,
whether, although there was no witness regularly pre-
sent, the facts stated in reference to• Catherine Coffey
constituted her a witness I As previously stated, the
Court of Queen's Bench (in the absence of the Lord
Chief Justice from indisposition), after a very full argu-
ment of the case, held that a valid, although an irregu-
lar and clandestine, marriage had been solemnised be-
tween the parties upon the authority of the case of
Maxwell v. Maxwell,' and various other cases decided
both in England and Ireland. Upon the argument in
the court below it was contended,
on the part of the de-
fendant, that no Cotrt should uphold such a marriage,
and that if marriages in the absence of witnesses were
to be upheld as legal great injury to the publio would
arise while, on the part of the minor, it was argued
that it would be a kross injustice to him to set aside the
marriage and thereby pronounce him illegitimate, and
deprive him of a large property' to which he would other-
wise be entitled, as the eldest son of hid father.
"As the judges differed in opinion,
they necessarily
pronounced separate judgments, Air. Justice Keogh (the
judge) commencing, as usual in such cases."
Judge Keogh, Baron Greene, Judge Jackson,
and Judge" Ball gave judgment agaitst the mar-
riage. Baron Richards, Judge Perrin, Judge
Moore, and Judge Campton were in favour of sus-
taining the judgment of the Court below. The
Court then adjourned to this morning, when the
Lord Chief Justice, the. Lord Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron will de-
liver their opinions. It is rumoured that two of
their Lordships are for confirming the judgment of
the Court below, and one• against it. Should this
be the case there will be six judges in favour of the
marriage and five against it, so that the decision of
the Court of Queen's Bench will be confirmed by a
majority of ono. , ,

I tl9aaan's plate. • The burglars outside called out,
"Now lads ; now la Is, coma ' on, they're here."
Mr. Nodder, who was in the iBoui, clllbd out, " If
you enter here I will shoot you." ' Tlie:-biirglars
took no heed, but prized. the door open, and one of
them entered the room .with a:blaCk nia-k over his
face, and 'a black gown'on his body; which covered
his clothes. He bad a candle in his bend, which he
held down towards the lower part of his l'ody.
Mrs. .Nodder, who was greatly alarined, said to her
husband, "Ob, my dear, give tlim what they want,
or they'll murder ns.".• Mr. Nodder s'epped about
three yards back, said to the man, "I'll give you
whit you want," and fired one of the pistols at the
man, and the shot entered his abdomen. The bur-
glare now made a precipitate retreat, and as the
man ran the shot fell from his clothes.. They .fled
into a bedrooM and jumped through a window,
taking the glass and framework with them. They
had to alight in the yard, which was about 14 feet
from the.ground, and adjoininithe window through
Which Miss Seeley had jumped a short time before.
Mr. Nodder rang the alarm bell immediately, which
brought about a dozen persons tithe place, and a
search was immediately instituted for the wounded
man, as it was believed that he was so crippled
with the shot and the leap-- through the -window
that he could not escape from the neighbourhood.
Information was also given to Mr. Holmes, super-
intendent'constable of the district, and also to Mr.
Radford, superintendent of the Chesterfield bo-'
rough police, both of whom made a minute investi-
gation of the premises. The burglar who had been
shot left traces of blood in the direction in which
he had run and the marks of blood and pieces of
flesh on the window through which they had
leaped left no dOubt that either one Or both of
them were severely cut. A large yard dog
which was turned loos& at night made no' alarm,
it having been drugged. . Footmarks were traced
from the hall across the flower garden and in the
direction which they had run by Mr. Radford, Mr.
Milnes' a county magistrate, who resides near, and
Mr. Nodder himself ;. and iu a-field about 200 yards
distant Mr. Radford found a mask and a dress which
had been used as a disguise, and-three others were
found during the morning,
_clearly showing that at
least four persons were engaged in the burglary.
Miss Heeley, the lady alluded to-above, lies in a
precarious state. She is suffering severely from an
injury to the spine and great nervous excitement.
The police have obtained a clue to the burglars,
which we hope will lead to their detection. Abutcher
who was travelling from Wirksworth to Ches-
terfield market, overtook a man at lielstedge, near
Ashover, whose leg was bandaged up and much
swollen, and who lay by the roadside,just within
a gate. The man, whose hands were cur,. asked for
a ride to Chesterfieldt and he gave the driver Is. to
take him. He was assisted into the cart, and gave
two different stories of how be had become lame.
First he said he had been robbed, and secondly
he said he bad been engaged in a prizefight for 50/..
Oa their arrival at Chesterfield the man was put •
down at the White Horse, where he bad h's boots
and 'clothes cleaned, and he was conveyed to the.
Chesterfield station in the omnibus, and took a
ticket 'for Derby. From what information has been.
gleaned •there is reason to believe that the burglars
belong to.a•Nottingham.gang.