The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-25 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF SYRIA.

Mr. E. JAMES asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, whether it had been decided in conference on the
affairs of Syria, at Paris, that the occupation of Syria by
French troops shall be prolonged beyond the period stipu-
lated originally by the convention ; and, if so, for what
period : And whether the representative of the Ottoman
Porte, present in such conference, protested against any
longer occupation ?

Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to reply to both
questions in the negative.
MR. LAING AND THE GREAT WESTERN. OF

CANADA RAILWAY COMPANY.

Mr. VANSITTART asked the Secretary of State for
India whether his attention hat' been drawn to the Report
of the Committee of Investigation appointed by the Great
We 3!e:n of Canada Railway Company, in which charges had
been made affecting the eliaraeier of Mr. Laing, the Finan-
cial Secretary of the Legislative Council of Calcutta ; and,
if so, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern-
ment to cause inquiry to be made as to the truth or other-
wise of the charges in question?

Sir C. WOOD said that his attention had been called on
Thursday morning to a report which appeared in the public
papers relative to this subject, which took him as well as
other members of the Government by.surprise, as they were
quite unprepared for the statements which that report con-
tained. He deemed it his duty to make some inquiries on
the subject in the City, but it did not appear that
there was any reason against the appointment o f
Mr. Laing. He felt that it would be his duty to in -
quire more particularly into this matter. From the
communication which he had with the chairman
of the company in question, it appeared that the charges
in the report were a mere ex parte statement, and therefore,
in justice to the gentleman whose character was affected, it
would be only fair to suspend opiniort on the charges made
against him until further inquiry was instituted.

THE NAVY ESTIMATES.
In reply to Mr. BAILLIE,

Sir U. C. LEWIS said that the navy estimates would be
proceeded with on Tuesday next.

BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL.
The house then went into committee on this bill, and
several clauses were agreed to. •

(LEFT SITTING.)

SPORTING INTELLIG.ENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-SATURDAY.

There was little in the business done to-day to call for
particular notice, neither can we speak as to any large
investment. For the Grand National anything over 7to 1
would have been taken about Franc Picard, and Bride-
groom had a coming appearance, although we saw nothin g
less than 25 to 1 taken. For the Derby, 20 to 1 bar one
was offered, and 7 to 1 was freely offered on the field for
the Two Thousand Guinea Stakes. There was a commis-
sion for Russley at 10 to- 1, but we heard no higher offer
than 9to 1. 100 to 8 was offered against Diophantus and
taken about Overton. Knight of the Thistle was talked
about, but nothing beyond the talking came under out
notice. 10 to 1 was offered on the field for the Chester
Cup, and 100 to 3 was taken against Killigrew. Closing
prices :

• GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE.
7to 1 agst Franc Picard (offered)
9to 1 agst Jealousy (taken)
10 to 1 agst Einperor (taken)
10 to 1 agst Anatis (offered, lake 12 to 1)
14 to 1 agst The Freshman (taken)
14 to 1 agst Old Ben Roe (taken)
20 to 1 agst Xanthus (offered)
20 to 1 apt Redwing (offered)
25 to 1 agst Bridegroom (taken)

TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STASES.
7to lon the field (offered)
9to 1 agst Russley (offered) take 10
12 to 1 agst Overton (taken)
100 to 8 agst Diophantus (offered)

THE DERBY.
20 to 1 bar one (offered) •
THE CHESTER CUP.
10 to lon the field (offered)
100 to 3 eget Killigrew (taken)

We (Athenceunt) hear that the Queen, having
recently ordered a design for a lace flounce from the stu-
dents of the Female School, was so well pleased with it,
that her Majesty has commissioned Miss Gann, the super-
intendent, to obtain a second. This, if successful, is to be
publicly exhibited on the occasion of the exhibition and
bazaar to be held in aid of the building fund of the school,
in the month of June.

DEATH OF FRANCIS DANBY, THE PAINTER.—
In Francis Danby, who died at Exmouth on the 9th
inst., in the sixty-ninth year of his age, we have lost the
last and one of the greatest representatives of the historic
and poetic school of landscape painters. Danby was by
birth an Irishman, born at Wexford on the 16th of
November, 1793. His first artistic education was acquired
at the Dublin Academy of Fine Arts; to the exhibition of
that body he sent his first picture in 1812. In 1820 he
settled at Bristol, and in the following year coatributed a
picture to the Royal Academy's exhibition—" Disappointed
Love." In 1823 his poetie " Sunset at Sea after a Storm"
established his reputation. It was purchased by Sir Thos.
Lawrence, and secured that painter's friendship and patro-
nage. In 1825 his "Delivery of Israel out of Egypt" made
him an Associate of the Academy. He continued to con-
tribute poetic landscape compositions to the Academy's ex-
hibitions until 1828. In 1829 he visited Switzerland, and
continued a wanderer until 1841, when he settled in Ex-
mouth. During this interval he had only exhibited one
picture of importance, the " Age of Gold" (in 1831). From
Ib4l until the exhibition of last year he contributed to the
Royal Academy's exhibitions more or less regularly, pic-
tures in his peculiar domain of sentiment. Among these
the " Painter's Holiday" (1814), is one of those which
made the -greatest sensat ion at the time of its appearance.
The non-advancement of Danby to the degree of R.A. was
not due to azy failure on the part of academicians to ap-
preciate his high artistic and, above all, poetic genius. We
are among those who think the shelving of Danby on purely
private grounds was one of the mistakes of the Academy.
—Critic.

OPENING OF THE NORTH-WEST AFPROACH TO
COVENT-GA lIDF.N.—On Saturday morning the new street,
leading from King-street, Covent-garden, to the corner of
St. Martin's-lane and Long-acre, was opened for public
traffic. The thoroughfare has been finished nearly a month,
but it was considered prudent to defer the opening until the
brickwork of the arched duct beneath the carriage-way had
time to sot, before heavy loads were allowed to pass over it.
The new street being the only direct communication be-
tween the western roads and Covent-garden, the growers
and salesmen took immediate advantage of the facilities
afforded for the transit of garden produce.
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION.--SHIELDS, Saturday.
—A fearful explosion occurred upon the Blyth and Tyne
Railway on Saturday morning, which occasioned a good
deal of mischief, and caused great alarm in the seaport of
Blyth. A light passengers' engine, called the Wasp, was
standing at the railway station in that town, in readiness to
take away the first train to Percy Mainfor Shields and New-
castle, when the boiler suddenly exploded. It lifted the
engineman, Richard Charlton, from his feet, and hurled
him a distance of 15 feet from the engine. The fireman,
Jeremiah Hall, was badly scalded, and the boiler appears
to have divided into three parts. One portion was hurled
against tho end of a house occupied by a joiner, named
Dixon, which it greatly damaged ; another portionfj3 Blyth,
which into a building belonging to Mr. Robinson, I
which it injured ; and a third part was thrown. intodoeascarlYiabkeei
covered by the tide at high water. T. he entgn
the 'engine was
as a wreck, and a carriage in the train neat
in the morning
tantndinsowmereeohfutrhte
smashed up. Fortunately it was to
f for
passengers persons
ItNolo ewaosas
haveledmbl
,e d
broken, and ho is otherwise
One of Charlton's thighs travelledet'h e e
tobaytei the

j ured.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-
EAST.—Ong between the hours of 1 and
2 o'clock, a fire broke out in the extensive range of premises
ng to Mr. West's stevedore, No. 10, Betts .street, St.
Saturday mornin
bGeel
oe
rwggel
s-in-t he-East. Engines from Watling-street, School
House-lane, Jeffrey-square, and Wellclose-square, promptly
arrived, but there seemed not the slightest chance of saving
any portion of the premises. A plentiful supply of water
having been procured the engines were got to work, but the
flames rapidly progressed, and shortly after the engines were
called into action the roof fell in with a tremendous crash.
The firemen kept to their work, but the fire was not ex-
tinguished until a building, about 100 feet long by 50 feet
wide, was destroyed, and six valuable horses burnt to death.
No. 9, Betts-street, in the joint occupation of several fami-
lies, was severely damaged by fire. The extensive premises
of Messrs. Brickback, sugar refiners, Denmark-street, and
others, severely damaged by fire and water. As to the origin
of the fire nothir gis kno .
AWFUL MORTALITY AMONG " TIIE WOMEN OF
ENGLAND.".On Tuesday, the 12th February, 1861, the
Bishop of Oxford presented to the House of Lords a peti-
tion against legalizing marriage with a deceased wife's
sister, signed by "The Women of England "—not a ma-
jority, not a part of them, but by the whole of them I All
the women of England, wives and wives' sisters—all had
petitioned against the obnoxious Bill I The matter ap-
peared so important that immediate application was made
to the officers of the House of Lords for a sight of this un-
precedented monster petition, when it was found to have
been signed by just 42 persons. Here was an overwhelm •
ing phenomenon. All the women of England dead or gone
out of the country except 42 I and these 42 all collectedll
so
in
Great Yarmouth, Chatteris, and Hampstead, and a
illiterate and feeble as to be obliged to get men to sign for
them ; the greater part of the signatures being evidently
writtep, by ono or two pie

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Western line for aboutoflre al a
ild fortnight
1 ere
caonmdmen passenger
d ist trains
distribu-
tion when applied to the ordinary type metal. SALMON FISHERIES OF ENGLAND, now doubled, and goods' traffic has passed over the
_
1110./1/mIP, A1.....M1NW100....i.00.
During 'the autumn tßoyal Commission has for a week. At a meeting of the Great Southe
rli
" cessary notices to quit to the occupiers of the land tol Rifle Volunteers and an equal number of the 2d LAW INTELLIG.ENCE, _Feb. 23.
ilinrh.isJ Johnson
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said
that
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THE NA TAY. to -
at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, required for the erec- Glocestershire (Stroud) Corps. The Stroud men
.---4,--_ EQUITY COURTS.
bination of the three metals which contained 25 been inspecting the rivers of England and Wales
per cent. of antimony and 75 per cent. of tin and and inquiring into the salmon fisheries, with the tion at the rate of 5 er cent. er annum was con-
The Narcissus, 51, screw, Captain Risk, arrived tion of the new fort and barracks at th it part of were the victors by three points, but ten of their
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall, before Mr.
been
lin
ea
ofn augmentationx7,
000,
which inw 0 theuld
the island, number were marksmen, while only three of the
lead, of which the minimum of tin must be 25. The view of increasing the supply of so valuable an firmed.reeetps Tonhetrheehmasatn
Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.)
at Spithead yesterday morning, under steam, from
have. beent larger but" for the bad weather in the
Devon port, and on anchoring exchanged the custo- A squad of officers, consisting of these recently Bristol Corps had attained that distinction. The
HOLTON AND WIFE V. BEVAN-ASSAULT.
defendants, in their circular issuecLin Jan., 1856, article of food ; and the report, with the evidence
mart' salutes with the Victory, flagship of the Cora- joined from Addiscombe and others It' ely commis- return match is to come off at Stroud. This was an action brought to recover compensa-
bee n augmenting the strength of their metal, and siderable size and much interest. Not only has the autumn. The report of the D hi' Wicklow,
stated that they had during the last ten months taken, has just been published in a volume of con-
ineurerse,
iathe
receipts
wader-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral H. W. Bruce. Rear- sioned from the Royal Military Acadcmy at Wool- On Friday evening the oath of allegiance was tion in damages for an assault.
this enabled them with confidence to offer a quality salmon fishery in England declined, but, unless Wexford announces that the
emf
eprae rn e
e de
Admiral Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., will join the wich, will commence a course of instruction in the taken in the mould loft by the three newly formed Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Griffits were counsel
of type surpassing every other : and they sold type timely measures be adopted for its recovery, it is of the past half-year
0i21,082599.a5per0
Narcissus at Spithead, prior to her sailing for the Royal Military Repository at Woolwich this morn- companies composing the 12th Devon (Dockyard) for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Field
were for the defendant.
to the limes and other establishments. This type threatened at no distant period with extinction. with the corresponding
announce that the receipts in the past six
heTapherbeutis,nnuwnfhoorlteusnomateel
salmon
amroenadin
months
the plaintiffs contended had been made in violation One point to be considered is the capture of fishy divsitdeerndsonly are proposed. The directors of the
Cape of Good Hope, on which station she will be ing, under the superintendence of Lieut.-Col.Ward, Artillery Volunteers. Captain Commandant Peaks w Theplaintiff, Robert Holton, was a butler in the
(the master builder) introduced the officers and men, . -
employed as his flagship. It is expected that she instructor in gunnery. service of the defendant, Mr. Bevan, who is a ma-of their patent rights, the type having in it more
marketoutofsefaosrone.
will make a further official trial of speed at the than 25 per cent. of tin.
The Ist division of the 3d Brigade Royal Artil- who are fine ablebodied fellows. After the cere- gistrate of Northamptonshire and a London banker.y,
were £48,716 against
measured mile in Stokes bay before sailing. lery, to relieve the Ist Brigade, tinder orders for mony they were addressed by Port Admiral Sir The other plaintiff, Eliza Holton, wife of Robert £45,667 in the same
The defence was that it had
The Sutlej, 51, screw, in the steam basin of Ports- Gibraltar, arrived at Woolwich yesterday in her Houston Stewart, Admiral Superintendent Sir Holton, was engaged as laundress by the defendant been long known that France, where it is supposed the ingenuity of period of 1859. The available balance is £24 6
• cera Commander Hander- Thomas Pasley, Mr. Ryder, the Mayor of Devon-mouth Dockyard, is being fitted with Dr. Nor- Majesty's troopship Meg ,at a salary of £BO per annum, with a cottage to
e close to Mr. Bevan's seat.
alive in in the
.villag
and it had been used in combination for making harmless. The commissioners e per is recom-
recommend that, in mended, with an appropriation of £5,000 to
mandy's patent water-distilling apparatus. son, from Plymouth. The troops will land this port, and Major-General Hutchinson, Commander
The female plaintiff said that in October last she ship nails, which
were so hard that they would order to protect the salmon from capture or disturb- The . reserve. extension from Monaghan to Clones
The Euryalus, 51, screw, in the steam basin at morning at 10, and will occupy the quarters va- of Forces in the West. There was a considerable received a month's notice to leave the defendant's penetrate oak without being blunted. In Savage's ance throughout the breeding season, •it be "close •
is making progress. At the Cork and Kinsale
the same port, and fitted with a poop for duty as a cated by the Ist division of the Tat Brigade, arrived attendance of ladies. service, and that shortly afterwards Mr. Bevan " Dictionary of the Art of Printing," published time" from the Ist of September to the Ist of Junction meeting ' •
it was mentioned that the whole
future flagship, has commenced masting, and will be at Gibraltar in the Megaera. The 2d West Riding of Yorkshire (Bradford) came to her cottage about 9at night, and ordered befor p , e the atent there Februar exce t for
was a description of tin, y, p anglers, to whom a few weeks undertaking be
shortlylead, and antimony being used for type metal,very later may be allowed,
Artillery Volunteers assembled at their drill-room her to take in some clothed which were hanging outposed to issue 1,000 of the unallott dshares. The
e
ready for commission, much •in the proportions given in Mr. Johnson's are other abuses to be dealt with.
w . The law die- Mid-Kent have declared a dividend at the f
rate o
The Pelican, 17, screw, on her second screw trial THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. on Saturday afternoon last, in full uniform, with in the drying ground. She replied that she would
do so as fast as she could. The defendant said he 13 t tand ' treatise • . -
aen , in a on English founding countenances monopoly, and holds with the natural 5
• side arms and carbines, by order of Lieutenant per cent. per annum, and Fleetwood, Preston,
and foundries, published in 1778, a mixture of law of distribution, by which all, from source to and- West • •
at the- measured mile at Portsmouth, realised a would have them brought in at once, and holding
RIFLE ASSOCIATION FOR KENT. Riding ls. 9d. per share. The sales of
speed, with the :common screw, of 11.665 knots.
Clarke, commanding, and, preceded by the band, up his stick said "Don't force me to extremities- tin and lead was described as being less flexible sea, get their share of the produce of the waters; land of the Illinois Central •in the month of January
On Saturday afternoon an influential public
marched to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway I will make you go and bring them in." She said
and more solid and durable than lead. The and, for the sake of the public interests, the law has
The pitch of the screw was 14 feet 1 inch, with en-amounted to £36,000, against £B,OOO in January,
meeting was held at the Corn-exchange Maidstone
, , Station, Bradford, whence they escorted two 32- " No, sir, you will not." Afterwards the defendant French Encyclopedia also said that agreat uan- always set its face a ain g st artificial obstructions to 1860. The traffic receipts in that period were
sines making a mean of 90:- revolutions, as cow- _ tit of tin was used in comb' t• g • .'
for the purpose of establishing a rifle association pounder ordnance guns, furnished by the Govern- left. On a subsequent occasion he came with Mrs. ma ion wit lead the
.ee the
of the salmon ascending and de- £65,000, showing an increase over the p • revious
pared with the Griffith's on her previous trial at aand t. B dh•h an =one,. eyon tis t e defendants had scending the rivers in obedience to their natural
Good, who was to be her successor, and wished toyear of £28,000. The works on the Punjab and
at for the county of Kent. Viscount Sydney, the
meat for the use of the corps, to a new battery for many years used tin, and therefore the prin- instinct, and such an obstruction was pronounced
pitch of 14 feet 5 inches, and engine revolutions show her over the house. Witness refused to per- Scinde are. reported by the last advices to be steadily
lord-lieutenantof the county, presided. Among which had been prepared for their reception in ciple of the use of tin as provided for by Mr. by Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough
110; diameter of both screws the same. On themit the defendant to enter her bedroom, as she did a public approaching completion.
more those present were the HighSheriff', Earl Amherst,
last trial, however,the Pelican drew 10 inches
trial Earl Romney, Earl Darnley, Lord Harris, Vis- with a colour attached,
,was placed on a waggon. top ofthe •and the defendant took her by the
stairs,
water astern and two less ahead than on her
drawn by three horses, and the route taken wasA great deal of evidence on both sides was laid -That all fixed engines on the estuaries and -
count Holmesdale, M.P., Viscount Hardinge, the arms and threw her down the stairs. She broke her
with the Griffith. through several of the main streets of the town, fall, and fell on her back, but he followed her and before the jury, and in the course of the evi- sea-coasts be suppressed by law ; they scare Miles Opened. Receipts.
Colonel Commandin
The contract-built screw steam gun vessel Steady, g the 2d Kent Rifles, the Mar-
which were crowded with spectators. On reaching the • th
pushedher down the restof stairs. She was en dance for the defendants the jury stopped the case, away the fish when comin in shoals •
g
'de the coal de t q
5, was towed on Saturday alongsi po .
uis of Camden, Sir John Bli h Sir Edward Deer-g , the park the guns were placed in position andfired in the family way, which the defendant knew, and and a non-suit was entered. rivers ; they are ef modern invention or they would
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Jupiter, to complete with fuel, prior to her being ing, Sir Edmund Filmer, M.P., Sir Brook W. repeatedly. she sustained severe injuries. He said he would -_
they Ballymena and Port Rush.. 35 35 - -
' d and fitted for the port division of the steam Bridges, M.P., Lord Sondes, Mr. Beresford Hope, On Thursday the Gateshead Rifle Volunteers, not be beat by a woman. Her hands and mouth ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. are opposed to the whole aim and spirit of the Belfast and N. Counties.... 100 100 1,437 1,410
rigge and on Friday the South Shields Rifle Volunteers,
MT., Mr. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., Mr. Deedes, bled and her body was bruised. On reaching the __________.-_____ fishing laws. That all fishing traps connected Belfast and County Down.. 21 21 537 551
' underwent a most satisfactory inspection by Major Birkd , Lane., &Ches. June. - - _ -
ordinary. theshe
bottom of stairs locked the front door, and NORTHERN CIRCUIT, APPLEBY, FEB. 21. with mills, or placed in mill streams, be also Blyth• and Tyne 2O 13 1,203 1,094
The screw steam gun vessel Philomel, 5, made M.P., Col. Scott, Col. Brockman, Major Wykham,
Harman,who at theconclusion of the • t - Bristol and Exeter 125 125 5,426 5,347
sail on Saturday in Plymouth Sound, and proceeded Major Farnall, and others. Communications had highly complimented the corps on their soldierly Caledonian r
the key. He succeeded in getting the key, and at this town yesterday. The commission was opened gation weirs (not combined with any trap for o kington 86 _
for her destination. been received from the following gentlemen, regret- appearance and upon their proficiency under arms. went out. She followed for the purpose of fetching by Mr. Justice Keating, taking fish), salmon ladders be put up as in Ire- SOct and n Bandonth4' NN'' 2O 20 321 285
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamer Spitfire, from tin their inability to attend, but promising their The gallant Major urged the importance of a her husband, when he jammed the gate against her The assizes for Westmoreland were unusuall land, making the surplus water available for Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 181 174
-
West Coast of Africa, having returned stores and support :-Earl Stanhope, Viscount Torrington, thorough knowledge of position drill. leg, and said he would not have such a wicked heavy. There were seven prisoners for trial, one
Y enabling the fish to surmount the weirs. There is C and Youghal
Cornwall 26 - 195
531 531 1,03.5 see
The members of the Rifle Volunteer Corps raisedmore difficulty in the case of private fishing weirs Deeside l7 17 234 153
dismantled inWoolwich basin,was on Saturday paid Lord Kingsdown, Lord Falmouth, Sir J. Herschel!,
Salo- at Queenshead, in the West Riding, were sworn woman on his premises, adding she was a low wo- charged with murder, one with an attempt to cow - Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,249 1,231
off. She was commissioned from that port in Oc- Sir T. Wilson, Sir John Lubbock, Alderman S . .
in a few days ago. man, and must have come from St. Giles's or Bil- mit a rape, one with arson, one with bigamy, and or traps, because they are of great antiquity, re-
cognised by ancient grants, and referred to in Acts Dublin and Drogheda 63 63
Dub. Wcklow(in.Kingst ) 41 40 1:535 1'532
tober, 1857, by Commander Campbell, who was mons, M.P., Sir P. H. Dyke, Major Robert- lingsgate. She had a black eye, and she suffered the rest with larceny and false pretences. There
much internally. was no civil cause. of Parliament •; but as they are at present of little Dundalk and Enniskillen
1,5Y5 11,112
son, Capt. Harper, Col. Glossett, and Col. Thorold. vaslue, and belong mostly to men of wealth, intelli- Dundee Arbroath
, 171 174 608 567
succeeded by Commander Chapman, both of whom THE GREAT SHIP COMPANY. On being cross-examined she denied having a bad Mr. Justice Keating took his seat on the bench Perth, & Aber. Jun. 31 31 1,112 925
The CHAIRMAN said the object of the meeting gence, and position, it is hoped that if they see East Anglian
10 676 676 983 934
have been appointed to the Coast Guard service on 4, temper, observing, " but I'm an English woman, soon after 11 o'clock, and charged the grand jury.
the north coast of Scotland and the South Sea. The was for the purpose of establishing in the county a Ths directors of this company have compiled a and I don't like to be put upon by anybody, big or The charge for murder by a woman of her ill,- other hindrances to the production of fish removed t.corurttei:,aNnrfdk6tzE.Un' n
gow ... 142
499 499 23,556 22,884
142 5,890 5,274
rifle association
similar to those already established report to be presented to the shareholders at a little:' Lau hter Mr Bevan she said was • ' by law they will not allow any ,ilex,priv of theirs
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public meeting be held London tostand way. of the general good, and, at all Forth &Cl Junction ... 30 30 228 222
toat the avern on lame, and had two wooden fingers. She did not and several of the other prisoners pleaded Guilty. Furness Y 3l 31 1,216 1,224
mend since 1859 only M F • Durrant and
. r. Francis in other parts of the kingdom in connection with
the 28th. They congratulate the shareholders that lay hold of his hat, but kicked it out, and he
„flung
.Thos. Stewart, a railway navvy, was charged events, these weirs should be placed under such GI c, & south-western as„ow 1831 lwa
.--. 7,324 6,496
the National Rifle Association. The object was to
Mr. Richards, mate and masters assistant, weretrial trip New Yorkmade loss of '
the
as may guard against Great Northern 283 283 25,111 24,531
"st in giving permanence to Volunteer Corps
assist g g pabuses in the management of them, and against Great North of Scotland
also promoted, the former to the gunnery-ship Ex-only X 344 odd, and then continue as follows :- said, " You have come here for your own pleasure, railway navvy, with intent to commit a rape. rit.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) 329 249 6,953 6,811
established in the county and to promote rifle shoot- any further encroachment on the public rights ; and Great Western
cellent at Portsmouth and the latter to the Brune, •As explained in the previous report of your and now you shall stop for mine," as she wanted The woman's evidence was contradicted by evi- 583 i 574 31362 32781
tender to the Arrogant, senior officer's ship, Corn- ing by assisting in providing ranges and by giving directors, it was their intention to have despatched to keep him till her husband came. She called dente for the prisoner, showing acts of undue in order to prevent the weirs being used so as to rrivArresustabasefedrneen June. 55 55 743 542
251 207 286,
form, in violation of the intention ofthe law, an
rites for competition. These prizes would he open the ship on a second voyage to New York on the him a good-for•nothing villain and a cowardly cur familiarity with him immediately after the time '
modore Edmonstone, on the Weat Coast of Africa. 13 absolute bar to the passage of the fish, the proprie- honnesgr Leominster ~ Kiivt 1: 14 175 164 t
Two deaths only occurred during the term of her to all the Volunteers in the county, and prizes would 17th of October last, but after considering thenmeddle with a woman, and said he dared not when the assault was alleged to have been com-
tors should be required to leave what is called in Limerick and F lin
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241
188 127
quirements of the
.Board of Trade for one voyge say anything but. to women and . boys. He called mitted • and the ur , Iy, on his lordship's suggestion, Ireland oynes 2 264 109 125
commission among the ship's company, and those also be given that should be open to all comers be-
only, and the very imperfect state of the decks laid her a liar, and said, " He, he! I can laugh at you stopped the case and Acquitted the prisoner. a "Queen's gap," or "Queen's share ;" Llanelly 4 4 396 444
took place on board the Surprise, belonging to longing to or residing in the county, whether
down by Mr. J. Scott Russell under his contract, now." The witness, in conclusion, admitted that she Mr. Bell appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. that is, an opening sufficient to allow the passage Lend®n & North-Western . 9666 966
, 73,182 71,642
the prize crew in command of Second-master belonging to the Volunteers or not. your directors, with the advice and concurrence of might have said, "If you were a boy I'd dash your Fawcett for the prisoner. of some proportion of the fish to the upper waters, alni.4lrik voßulaccvall
h- estern
51 DI 1,368 1,322
, 14,402 12,581
William Long, while awaiting a passage. With Sir J. BLIGH said we need not fear that we should some of the largest proprietors, whom they invited brains out," but denied that she was very violent. Isabella Joel, a servant girl, 14, was indicted for as the Irish Acts require. Further, it is recom-
with the same object, that there be a Lend. Brighton, &S. Coast. 22
Londo Chatham, & Dover 56 2236 12,121 0.908
196 754 222
the above-named exceptions the health of the ship be disgraced by the presence of a foreign enemy to confer with them on the subject, abandoned that (Laughter.) On being re-examined, she said that maliciously and feloniously setting fire to some hay mended, .
~
weekly "close time, from Saturday evening to Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 42
Man.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh 173 40 905 991
173 i 10,823 10,525
has been very good. The Spitfire has succeeded in while we had 150,000 men to beat them back. He intention. her father, who was 71 years of age, lived with her, in farm premises, the property of Mr. Longrigge' Monday morning, during the open season. The Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham' 9 91 977 854
Your directors then reduced the staff and all other and she took care of him. The on leaving at Great with intent to set fire to
Strickland,
some Maryport and Carlisle
capturing two slavers, one loaded with a human concluded by moving-" That a county organsation muchpossible, dproceeded • hthe box, into hysterics witness,taken farm buildings,
expenses as as an with went - Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6141 614
cargo, and the second proceeding to ship her cargo. for the purpose of promoting the practice of rifle the alterations and repairs. The bearing of the out of court. After the occurrence detailed above, Mr. C. Foster appeared for the •
Monkland
4,155 3,80&
The Navy Estimates for 1861-2 contain no pro- shooting would greatly tend to the encouragement screw shaft was far the most serious task. By very Mr. Levy was employed to write to Mr. Bevan for Mr. Scott for the defence. whether a new board or an existing department, Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 511 56 1,651 1,180
44 2,201 2,261
be empowered to assist and control the
local admi- Newcastle and Carlisle
vision for the outfit of the sailing frigate Eurydice, and furtherance of the Volunteer movement in the skilful arrangements the necessity of removing the compensation for the assault, and the reply received It appeared that the prosecutor is a yeoman HY- • •78 3,410 3,172
North British (incl. Selkirk
nistration of the fisheries, which might be carried
county of Kent, including the Cinque Ports within shaft from the ship was overcome, and the work was in the following terms :- ing on his own farm at Great Strickland, and thatand Glh' 1 •aasie s)
at Portsmouth, as a seagoing cadet training-shipon by means of elected boards of conservators, the5,772 5,330
the county, and that an association be therefore has made such progress as to leave. no reasonable. .
" Mr. Bevanpresents his compliments to Mr. he had hired the • . prisoner as his farm servant at last • - North Devon, 35 35 403 387
and tender to the Britannia. It must therefore be
doubt of its satisfactory completion, together with Levy, and in answer to his courteous communica- Martinmas Penrith" statutes." She didnot perform funds be • requisite to raised by a rate on private Ulißedale,kLeyDrn) 764 764 35,931 33,197
presumed that the Admiralty has again changed its formed under the designation of the Kent Volun-
t efeed pumps to the paddle boilers, recommended tion begs to say he should be glad to postpone till her work in a satisfactory manner, and was fro- fisheries and a license duty on engines of all kinds, London
North Staffordshire 9 9 2,308 2,306.
246 23.3 7,903 7,669,
tear Association." with perhaps, at first, some aid from local subscrip- Oswestry and Newton 2O -
mind on this subject, and that the proposed "sea- by the Board of Trade, in the ensuing month. after the hunting season the censideration of the quently scolded by both her master iind mistress, 336 _
training" of naval cadets, concerning which so much The HIGH SHERIFF seconded the resolution, The main deck has been sheathed with lt-inch matter of Mrs. Holton's charge of brutal and savage and she disliked having to fodder the cattle, as she tions. The expense of the salmon ladders might be Rhymney . 191 19}
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 685 541
30 2,099 is .7,
has been said and written, will still remain a ques- which was carried. boards over a layer of tarred patent felt, thus form- attack, and then to take Mr. Levy's opinion on the said they kicked at her. On Nov. 29th the prose- defraed from this fund where the weirs are of Scottish Central
above 20 years' standing. The central authority SttisNortp-Zasternii ll5 115 3,700 37
tion for the future. Earl DARNLEY- moved the next resolution :- ing a double deck. Your directors believe that by subject. Mr. Bevan baguet set up an attorney at pre- cutor had some hay in his barn set fire to. The fire,6 0
m. ight have some discretion to deal with the sub- ShrewsburyShrewsbi and Cheater -
these means the deck (hitherto a constant source of sent-in short, he cant afford to keep one, but will be was fortunately soon extinguished, and the prisoner
A naval court martial assembled on Saturday on " That this meeting being convinced of the import-
and annoyance) will be watertight, and the happy to receive anything from Mr. Levy per- at that time suspected of having been the cause of ject of poisoning by water from lead mines; at Shrewsbury & Hereford ... 51 51 '-
1,921 1,715
board the line-of-battle ship Formidable, 84, in the ante of such an association considers it entitled to injury • h hlremoved. sonally. Mr. Be 'engagements taking him it. A witness named Psaid •
inconvenience t oroug y - ,
least so far as to require in the case of new mines Shropshire Union
South Devon
72 723 808 715
he support of all
Medway, for the trial of Mr. Wm. Grunsell, third- tthose who desire the permanence The saloon and cargo decks have been caulked, much from home, begs to say he may be found at the hearing of the prisoner, while talking about it, the.t off oe made to neutralize or mitigate h t_e South-Eastern 266 „,. . 2,756 2,675
',06
m chief b the a lication of mechanical means South Wales l7l} 15,448 14 983
class carpenter serving on board the iron screw of the Volunteer movement." and many other minor but important works are in two places where the hounds meet, and as a friendly that it was a fortunate thing the fire had not takenmischief Y: . PP • s.
The commissioners are convinced that the sal- s Yorkshire and River Dun 118 [ 1711 6,725 6:620
118 3,464 3,066
hint advises any one wishing to hold communica- place near the " fodder gang," at the other end of tockton and Darlington
.12 119
steam storeship Supply, 2, at Woolwich, on the Mr. KereecHeuee, in seconding the motion, said progress. mon fisheries are capable, under judicious manage- Taff Vale v.. 51 6,973 7,167
question of future employment for your ship tion with him on those to come well mount©d the premises, as then© were two " mows" of hay
The . . Ulster
ment, of supplying no inconsiderable amount 51 1,751 1,591
following charge :-" For that be, the said Mr. Wm. he hoped the association would receive the cordialofsomething that days high. Levy will it •
has received the most serious consideration your on can jump Mr. there, and would have been more difficult to put Ulverstone an -
ancaster
Grunsell, being in actual service and full pay in her support of every cue in the county. directors. The want of public confidence in the understand this, no doubt.' it out. On Dec. Bth, only nine-days after this, a fire of valuable food for the consumption of Vale of Cl dl' wyrl 10 10
the people. That the improvement of these fisheries Vale of Ntlith 136 101
35
Majesty's fleet, of and belonging to the storeship The resolution was then carried unanimously. ship has hitherto baffled your directors in their other witnesses were called in support of the was discovered between 7 and 8 o clock at night at is a matter which concerns the public at large far WaWriord and Kilkenny.. 31 35 1,704 1,342
31 219 350
Supply, did absent himself from the said ship with- laintiff's case, including the
Mr. DEEDES, M.P., said the committee had drawn endeavours to obtain sufficient passengers and le
more than • that W
any individualproprietor, but v aterford an
West Cornwall
and Limerick .. •
77
27774 1,195 1,074
rate the ro rietors The ho e much laughter b sa in in answer to a uestmn mows of h
up the rules with great care, but they would be most freight to remune .p p . . y p . yy g, q . , ay, which were on fire. Within half an
any sacrifices required at the outset from indivi- W.HartlepoolHarbr.&Rail. E 4 vie 684 645
out leave from the forenoon of the 1 Ith Dec., 1860,
that the voYage to America has in a great degree he did not know whether his wife had chapped lips hour before this discovery the prisoner was seen to West Midland. .. - 4,227 3,836
11 158 6,639 6,249
until the 2d of Jan., 1861." On the charge being happy to receive any suggestions that might im-leave thekitchen an go into the was ouse with the d• t The because he feltthem.
removed impe imen . passengers unani- neverduals will be found to be more apparent than real , W'haven,CleatoroirEgrmnt. 7
rove them. He concluded by moving-"Thatd to be amply an compensated by the result in the 376 369
Whitehaven Junction l2
read over to the prisoner, he pleaded guilty, and Pmously expressed their apreciation of the ease Mr. Hawkins, who made an amusing speech for a lighted candle, closing the door after her, whichl2 651 649
the rules be approved and adopted ; that and comfort they enjoyed, and the total absence of the defence, contended that Mr. Bevan had acted was not usually done. She returned to the kitchen course of a very few years. Every fact elicited Whitehaven & Furness Jun. 35 35 642 667
threw himself on the mercy of the court, at the daring the inquiry bears witness to the
the following gentlemen be members of the sea sickness, even to the most sensitive. Her ex- in the kindest manner to Mrs. Holton, having only and began cleaning shoes ; ten minutes afterwards that '
same time handing in a written statement to the an open river is the best for all, and a recur-
council for the present year, with power to cellence as a sea-boat has been proved, and netwith- endeavoured to make an inspection of his own house, her master discovered the barn on fire. She couldAustrianiintwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,062 779
effect that at the time of the occurrence he was rence to the ancient olic of this
standing the inevitable disadvantages of an ex_ and when she resisted merely pushed her gently get easily from the barn to the washhouse. The fire .p y country, by the Belgian Eastern Junction B2B 673 31,457 24,630
prisoner,however,
labouring under illness. The • complete their number : -Earl Amherst, Earl
' erimental voyage your directors can now place aside. With regard to the alleged injuries it was was got out about midnight, after do' ,E2O
,fr ing worth ~ removal of obstructions, the sure and only road to Buffalo and Lake Huron 124 24 228, 262
61 161 :1512 1,104
Darnley, Earl Romney, Viscount Hardinge, Vis- P . ' .the restoration of the fisheries. Demerara (fortnight)
called no witnesses, nor handed in any certificates. They b •' '
full reliance on her steady speed. believe remarkable that the blow said to have been in icted of damage. TIT prisoner was again suspected, and_
count Holmesdale, M.P., Marquis of Camden, Sir Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 1,894 1,067
The court, after deliberating fo: a short time, son- that another successful voyage to America will on Thursday did not produce a black eye till the taken into custody, and then made a statement to Dutch Rhenish
[homes Wilson, Sir John Bligh, Mr. Deedes, M.P. establish the desired confidence, and that she may Sunday following. When she went to the doctor the policeman that "if he would go for her master RAILWAY 147TELLIGENCE. Eastern of France lOBl 1081 3,518 2,874
1032 1006 46,281 42,612
tensed the prisoner to be dismissed her 'Majesty's Grand Trunk of Canada 970 970 *
Mr. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., Mr Beresford Hope, then be profitably employed in any trade NA here he merely gave her a soothing draught, which was she would tell him all about it." She then made a 44.-9,677 10,833
Great Indian Peninsula.... 2971 245
service.put herself in 4,109 3,634
M.P., Colonel Scott, Colonel Gladdish, Major Far. her great capacity and power can be developed. necessary because she had
The members for Harwich-Capt. Jervis, MX.,Western of Canada 345 345
nall, Major Martin, Colonel Fletcher, Captain It is clear that by a computation of her speed now passion. After this affair the husband had a fine forgiveness if she would the truth, which ex- unimportant. At the meeting of the L
g London and Lyons and Geneva 8,071 5,80 S
142 142
and the Hon. Col. Rowley, M.P.-have had an in- would accomplish baby Idt h• d •speak ' North-Western •
established, she
.wou.
.a voyage to pro( uce o him, an it was outside the court eluded her statement from being given in evidence. 2 it was resolved to divide at therate Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 301 ' 284 4'597 3'985
It -
terview with the First Lord of the Admira yin Groves, and Mr. Wells •; and that the following India or Australia within 40 days, upon a ratio of in long clothes and made no complaint. (Laughter.) She was then taken to the Shap police-st ttion, and of 5,T, per cent. per annum out of the available Northern of Canada
94 1,047 '697
reference to the present state of that harbour. •
The gentlemen be trustees : Sir Brook W. Bridges, M.P., n
co sumption of coals far below that of other steam- Could that have been the cast if she had been in- on being searched there by the woman searcher, a balance of X 691,505. In the past half-year the cost isToclittrialoitTrrufr 620 620 48,663 41,607
44
Colonel Caton, and Mr. Hammond." Paris, tyons, & Mediterrn 879 8,14 576
652
sea has rapidly encroached north and south of ships. Your directors have, therefore, resolved jured in the way described ? As to the letter quantity of lucifer matches were found in her of maintenance of way and of locomotive power has Paris and Orleans 0 81,324 85,387
The motion was agreed to,
Lanclguard Fort, while to the westward the sand and other resolutions upon despatching the ship to America early in written to Mr. Levy in answer to his application pockets, and she made a statement that she had been unusually heavy, the provision for renewal of Paris and Strasburg 922 922 51,263 41,791
has accumulated hundreds of yards in the direction in conformity with the object of the meeting having April next, and they hope that the receipts from for compensation Mr. Bevan thought the best way taken the candle into the byre, and gone up the road having increased from .£56,667 to 1:83,333. Royal Danish 69 -
69
497 eee
of the entrance of the harbour. In 1848 the Ad- been adopted, the proceedings terminated. all sources will at least equal the expenditure, as was to deal with' the matter in a jocular way, and fodder gang, and applied the candle to the hay till On the other hand, the balance paid to other corn- goaTtbhreAaunetilaenus e 6B 68 1,231 1,127
;904 887 88.807 29,55.
experience has proved that the working expenses it probably occurred to him that it would have been she saw it was in a " lowe," and then she left it. panies has been less, and there has been a saving in Southern of France
miralty engineer recommended the erection of a - of the ship may be reduced to the ordinary charges a treat to have seen Levy in the hunting field on She did not know why she had done it and was the interest in borrowed money. Various improve-y. Welland 777 773 22,625 16,083
25 - -
breakwater to the east of Landguard Fort, which The match between 10 men of the E, or University - • • - • - .of merchant steamers, which reduction your three- horseback, and his little clerk riding on a smaller very sorry for it.
1' • • - - ' me h • meets have been introduced to facilitate traffic and West Flanders
W. and N.W. f Era 75 75 942
114
France 742 730 35
College Company (West Middlesex Rifles) and 10 afford the public increased accommodation, The 'B66 33,113
• would protect the Ordnance lands and cause thetors are determined to effect. animal. It was not unlikely, however, that if For the defence it was suggested that the prisoner
sands:to shift to the eastward ; but the recommen- members of the Harrow Rifles, took place at the The liabilities of the company are stated to be as they had gone upon such an expedition they would went to search for an apron she had lost, and that the report of the South-Eastern states that there has . ______,
dation has hitherto not been acted upon. practice ground of the latter corps on Saturday last, follows : - never have heard of poor Levy again. (Laughter.) fire was accidentally and not wilfully caused, been an augmentation in the revenue of the past COUNTRY MARKET'.
0.
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half-year of £l2 620 while the workin ex
the competition being for a silver cup, value £lO, Amount awarded to Mr. J. S. Russell.... LlB,OOO 0 .
Bevan, the defendant was aen called and His Lordshi '
phaving carefully summed up the . , , . g penses NORWIC-F u•
23
The followine. appointments were made on Satur-
~ ~„„ - , , eee „ „ do. claimed by Mr. R. S. Parry .... 5,876 6A in the f his • ' • ' '
curse evidence said, when
.he went to evidence, have increased by £22,703. The continental tree& '
i At this market t d y hat m ' '
nr,-,. :.,...............,-1 1,- a al, - 1- -- 1 - ----- -- _ .. - I ....,r1 1., -a - -1-, - - °A-- _a" Nv,,. Vr.ts in moderate enta,lis
-
_

The members for Harwich—Capt. Jervis, M.P.,
and the Hon. Col. Rowley, M.P.—have had an in-
terview with the First Lord of the Admiralty in
reference to the present state of that harbour. The
sea has rapidly encroached north and south of
Landguard Fort, while to the westward the sand
has accumulated hundreds of yards in the direction
of the entrance of the harbour. In 1848 the Ad-
miralty engineer recommended the erection of a
breakwater to the east of Landguard Fort, which
•would protect the Ordnance lands and cause the
sands;to shift to the eastward ; but the recommen-
dation has hitherto not been acted upon.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. the Hon. George
Fi tzclarence to be Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral
Smart; and Richard Crosbie Massil has been nomi-
nated to a naval cadetship.

The match between 10 men of the E, or University
College Company (West Middlesex Rifles) and 10
members of the Harrow Rifles, took place at the
practice ground of the latter corps on Saturday last,
the competition being for a silver cup, value £lO,
at the ranges of 300, 50 ), and 600 yards ; five shots
each range. The following were the number of
points made :—West Middlesex—Mr. W. Watson,
12 ; Mr. Kitson, 4 ; Sergeant De Morgan, 13 ; Mr.
Fletcher, 11 ; Sergeant R. Key, 12 ; Mr. J. Blakis-
ton, 11 ; Captain R. Fenton, 13 ; Mr. Bompas, 11 ;
Ensign J. Smith, 9 ; Mr. A. Ditchfield, 12—total
108. Harrow Rifles—Dr. Bridgwater, 7 ; Corporal
Dell, 2 ; Corporal Roberts, 15 ; Mr. Bull, 11 ; Mr.
Hoare, 4 ; Corporal Thornton, 7 ; Mr. Walton, 7;
Mr. Barclay, 6 ; Sergeant Smith, 8 ; Mr. Cunning-
ham, 7—total 74; the University Company (West
Middlesex) thus proving the winners by 34 points.
Enough members to constitute two companies are
now ready to be enrolled at Stoke Newington, many
of whom have been actively drilling for some time
past, and a public meeting is announced to be held
to-morrow at Kingsland, under the presidency of
Sir S. Morton Peto, M.P., for the purpose of forming
another company in that neighbourhood in augmen-
tation of the Stoke Newington Rifle Volunteer
Corps.

The Reading Corps (the Ist Berks) have just
held their first annual meeting, Sir Paul
Hunter, the commanding officer, presiding. A
statement of finances was read. It has been
arranged to have a field-day on Easter Monday in
Aldermaston-park, the seat of Mr. Higford Burr, a
private of the corps.

A general meeting of the members and sub-
scribers to the Forest (13th Berkshire) Volunteer
Rifle Corps took place on Friday afternoon, at the
Grand Stand, Ascot. Sir W. G. Hayter, M.P.,
presided, and among these present were Major-
General Seymour, Major Scott (the commandant of
the corps), Lieut. V. Van de Weyer (son of his Ex-
cellency the Belgian Minister), Ensign Parker, Dr.
Jones, Quartermaster Cave, and several of the
members, attired in the uniform of the corps. The
object of the meeting was to submit to the mem-
bers the rules, which had been framed in accord-
ance with the regulations prescribed by the War-
office. These were read by the chairman, the mo-
tion for adopting the regulations was agreed to,
and after a vote of thanks to the hon. baronet for
presiding, the meeting broke up.
The approval of the War-office has been given to
the formation of a half troop of cavalry volunteers
at Lincoln, under the 44th of George 111., cap. 54.
The force has been numbered as the Ist Lincoln-
shire Light Horse Volunteer Corps, and its mini-
mum establishment will consist of one lieutenant,
one cornet, three sergeants, four corporals, one
trumpeter, one farrier, 41 men of all ranks, and 41
horses. The War office has intimated that if the
the corps object to a short
a rifled carbine and
GentlemenEufieli.,fl composingrifle
tthey
.
practise firing on foot. O. M. Hutton has been
should adopt
appointed lieutenant ; Captain Jarvis, cornet ; Mr.
E. F. Broadbent, hon. surgeon ; and Staff Sergeant
Smith, of the North Lincoln Militia, has been
chosen drill sergeant.
The Earl of Hard wicke has declined to accede to
a request made to him to authorise the formation
of a second company in connexion with the Ist
Cambridgeshire Corps. There is soave idea of
sending a portion of the corps to take part in the
sham fight at Brighton on Easter Monday, but un-
less 60 rank and file join in the trip the scheme will
be abandoned. Lord Ranelagh is desirous of get-
ting as many volunteers as possible on the ground.
A rifle contest took place at Sneyd-park practice
ground, near Bristol, on Friday afternoon, between
111 members of No. 4 Company of the City of Brio-

Amount awarded to Mr. J. S. Russell £lB,OOO 0 0
do. claimed by Mr. R. S. Parry 5,876 6 4
do. „ „ Mr. C. Lungley . 6,819 010
do. „ „ sundry persons 1,120 9 7

£31,815 16. 9

The report to the directors of Mr. Bret:eton, the
engineer, is subjoined, and is highly satisfactory.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE 01 BREACH

OF _PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

In the • Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday, an
action was tried at the instance of a saddler in
Cathcart, named Andrew Turnbull, against Agnes
Barr, for breach of promise of marriage, conclud-
ing for £2OO damages.
The pursuer stated that he had always been en-
tertained in a kind and cordial manner by the
defender, and that in June, 1810, in presence of a
nephew and others, an offer and acceptance of mar-
riage were concluded between them, in consequence
of which he had made extensive alterations in his
dwelling-house, and otherwise incurred consider-
able expense, while the defender refused to fulfil
her promise. Not only so, but she had taken up
with another man, and been cried in the parish
church, in order to marriage with him. The pur-
suer put in the following document:—
" Promise of marriage between Andrew Turnbull
and Agnes Barr :—Busby, June, 18, 1860.—1,
Andrew Tnrnbull, before God, do take Agnes Barr
to be my beloved wife, and to the party that rues
they must pay £lOO to the other party.—Signed
by AGNES BARR. AND. TURNBULL.''
The defence was a denial that any mutual affec-
tion had sprung up between the parties, or that any
offer or acceptance of marriage was concluded be-
tween them; and an averment that the signing of
the document called the " Promise of Marriage"
was purely a joke.
John Thomson, the defender's nephew, deponed—
In June last, in the kitchen of Busby Farm-house, I
wrote out the document produced. The pursuer
asked me to write it. We had been joking about
lads and lasses. It was as a joke that the pursuer
asked me to write said document. I wrote in addi-
tion the writing above the words " signed by," and
the pursuer wrote after them the words " James
Todd," but he afterwards scored them out. I believe
the pursuer at that time put his own signature to
it, and that the defender then signed it also. They
were laughing at the time: The whole thing was
considered a joke by all parties. Some weeks after-
wards the pursuer spoke about the line, and said
he must get money from the defender if she did not
marry him. The defender's interest in her brother's
succession does not exceed £lOO, as far as I know.
After some other evidence had been led, the sheriff
pronounced judgment in favour of the defender;
but she would have to bear the expense of defend-
ing the action, as a punishment for her imprudence
in signing the "promise ;" and said that lovers
could not be too cautious in avoiding anything like
a joke about marriage.

little." (Laughter.) Mr. Bevan, she said, was
lame, and had two wooden fingers. She did not
lay hold of his hat, but kicked it out, and he flung
a chair after her. When she locked the door she
said, " You have come here for your own pleasure,
and now you shall stop for mine," as she wanted
to keep him till her husband came. She called
him a good-for•nothing villain and a cowardly cur
to meddle with a woman, and said he dared not
say anything but to women and boys. He called
her a liar, and said, " He, he! I can laugh at you
now." The witness, in conclusion, admitted that she
might have said, " If you were a boy I'd dash your
brains out," but denied that she was very violent.
(Laughter.) On being re-examined, she said that
her father, who was 71 years of age, lived with her,
and she took care of him. The witness, on leaving
the box, went into hysterics and had to be taken
out of court. After the occurrence detailed above,
Mr. Levy was employed to write to Mr. Bevan for
compensation for the assault, and the reply received
was in the following terms :
, " Mr. Bevan presents his compliments to Mr.
Levy, and in answer to his courteous communica-
tion begs to say he should be glad to postpone till
after the hunting season the censideration of the
matter of Mrs. Holton's charge of brutal and savage
attack, and then to take Mr. Levy's opinion on the
subject. Mr. Bevan has not set up an attorney at pre-
sent—in short, he can't afford to keep one, but will be
happy to receive anything from Mr. Levy per-
sonally. Mr. Bevan's engagements taking him
much from home, begs to say he may be found at
two places where the hounds meet, and as a friendly
hint advises any one wishing to hold communica-
tion with him on those days to come well mounted
on something that can jump high. Mr. Levy will
understand this, no doubt."
Other witnesses were called in support of the
plaintiff's case, including the husband, who created
much laughter by saying, in answer to a question,
he did not know whether his wife had chapped lips
because he never felt them.
Mr. Hawkins, who made an amusing speech for
the defence, contended that Mr. Bevan had acted
in the kindest manner to Mrs. Holton, having only
endeavoured to make an inspection of his own house,
and when she resisted merely pushed her gently
aside. With regard to the alleged injuries, it was
remarkable that the blow said to have been inflicted
on Thursday did not produce a black eye till the
Sunday following. When she went to the doctor
he merely gave her a soothing draught, which was
necessary because she had put herself in a violent
passion. After this affair the husband had a fine
baby produced to him, and it was outside the court
in long clothes and made no complaint. (Laughter.)
Could that have been the case if she had been in-
jured in the way described ? As to the letter
written to Mr. Levy in answer to his application
for compensation, Mr. Bevan thought the best way
was to deal with the matter in a jocular way, and
it probably occurred to him that it would have been
a treat to have seen Levy in the hunting field on
horseback, and his little clerk riding on a smaller
animal. It was not unlikely, however, that if
they had gone upon such an expedition they would
never have heard of poor Levy again. (Laughter.)
Mr. Bevan, the defendant, was then called, and
in the course of his evidence said, when he went to
the cottage he heard Mrs. Holton calling him a
blackguard and other epithets. She then came
upstairs and said no one should see her rooms. She
used very abusive and impertinent language • she
put herself in such a position that he was regularly
jammed up. He wished her to go downstairs, and
she refused. He then took her by the elbow and
pushed her four feet six inches to the head of the
stairs. She turned round and seized him by both
hands, and said, " If I go downstairs you shall go
too." With some difficulty he disengaged himself,
' and in doing so he pulled her back in a sitting pos-
' ture on the second step, with her feet on the third
or fourth. She immediately got up and walked
down the remaining stairs. He solemnly swore he
did not push her down. She called him all sorts of
names and said he was afraid to strike her. The
defendant also stated that he always carried a stick
because he was lame, and that he had shot off two
of his fingers.
In cross- examiaation he said he had never been
pulled up by a servant. He had flogged a stable
boy on the back with an ash plant many a time. He
never compensated their friends. He only gave
them that which they afterwards thanked him for
—wholesome chastisement. He was trained in the
same way himself in a public school. He admitted
snatching a sheet out of Mrs. Holton's hand. He
was annoyed, but he was a remarkably placid man.
He constantly shook his stick when he was speak-
ing to any one. -
Other evidence having been given for the defence,
Mr. C. Noble, a surgeon, said when he saw Mrs.
Holton on the Thursdayishe showed him a mark on
the back of her hand and on her elbow ; he asked
her if she had received any other injuries, and she
said none. She observed that she had powerful
friends who would at once be set to work, and said,
" I think I had better go to bed and take a compos-
ing draught." Witness replied, " I think you had,
and keep in a quiet state." She seemed as if she
had been put out, and he sent her a composing
draught. He saw no black-eye or any other inju-
ries than those be had mentioned.
The learned Judge having briefly summed up the
case,

The jury found the prisoner guilty, with a recom-
mendation to mercy on account of her youth.
Mis Lordship said, taking that recommendation
into his consideration, he would pass on her a lenient
sentence, in the hope that a short but sharp and
severe punishment might teach her never to attempt
such an offence again. She might have done the
most serious damage—have burnt down the pre-
mises and the family in their beds, He was sorry
to learn she had given vent to ebullitions of temper,
which must be checked, or she would come to some
dreadful punishment ; but, believing that she had
not contemplated the result of her wicked and
foolish act, because of her youth he would pass on
her the lenient sentence that she be imprisoned,
with hard labour, for three calendar months.
This terminated the assizes.

The railway proceedings of the week have been
unimportant. At the meeting of the London and
North-Western it was resolved to divide at therate
of 51 per cent. per annum out of the available
balance of £691,505. In the past half-year the cost
of maintenance of way and of locomotive power has
been unusually heavy, the provision for renewal of
road having increased from £56,667 to £83,333.
On the other hand, the balance paid to other com-
panies has been less, and there has been a saving in
the interest in borrowed money. Various improve.
ments have been introduced to facilitate traffic and
afford the public increased accommodation. The
report of the South-Eastern states that there has
been an augmentation in the revenue of the past
half-year of £12,620, while the working expenses
have increased by £22,703. The continental traffts
has improved, but the local passenger and goods
traffic has suffered through the badness of the wea-
ther, and the failure of the crop of hops. At the
Eastern Counties meeting the dividend announced
was at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum. The
weather and the deficiency in the harvest have
affected the recipts, the gross total in the past six
months having been £719,830 against £727,513 in
the same period of 1859. The working expenses
have been £349,975, showing an increase of more
than £20,000, owing partly to additional expendi-
ture for permanent way and works. The outlay of
capital has been £4,245 for further station accom-
modation, £lO,lll for permanent improvement of
bridges, and £39,753 for new plant. The differences
with the Norfolk and Eastern Union Companies re-
main unsettled. The report of the Great Northern
proposes a dividend at the rate of 6-4 per cent, per
annum, leaving £965. The revenue shows an in-
crease of £1,654, while the expenditure has aug-
mented by £16,044. Owing to the wet season the
produce of the agricultural districts through which
the Great Northern runs was seriously di-
minished, the grain traffic alone having been.
about 30,000 tons less than in the correspond-
ing half of 1859. The passenger traffic and coal
trade in the Lincolnshire district were also
affected. The London and Blackwall have ordered
a distribution at the rate of 4 pc r cent, per annum.
The wet weather has been prejudicial to the pas-
senger traffic, while, from the works in progress
to provide more extended accommodation for goods
having taken longer in construction than bad been
expected, no additional revenue has been derived
from this source. The report of the South York-
shire states that the gross income in the past half-
year was £85,198, being an increase of £9,006, and
that the available balance is £24,046, out of 'which
a dividend at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum is
proposed. The augmentation in the traffic has
been progressive, notwithstanding the drawbacks
of a colliers' strike and the unfavourable harvest.
A provisional lease of the undertaking to the Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire has been ar-
ranged. At a meeting of the South Wales the
dividend declared was at the proposed rate of 3 per
cent, per annum. The receipts for the past half-
year were £196,334 against £187,421 in 1859, the
increase being nearly equal in goods and passen-
gers. An arrangement has been concluded with
the Vale of Neath for the interchange of rolling
stock and the working of the Neath station. A bill
has been introduced in Parliament with the view
of placing the relations between this company and
the Great Western on a better footing. The Monk-
land have divided at the rate of 61 per cent. per
annum, carrying a balance of £3,088 to the reserve.
The gross receipts have exceeded the preceding
half-year by £4,096. The cost of opposing the
Caledonian, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, and Scottish
Central Amalgamation Bill of 1860 has been £3,477,
and another expensive contest is anticipated this
year from the introduction of a bill said to be essen-
tially the same as the last. The report of the Bristol
and Exeter recommends a dividend at the rate of 51
per cent. per annum out of the disposable balance
of £58,608. The revenue for the past year has been
less than in 1559, but larger than in 1858. At the
Great Western and Brentford meeting the proposed
distribution at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum was
agreed to. A considerable accession of traffic is ex-
pected from the laying down of the narrow gauge
from Reading to Brentford and Paddington.
The report of the Vale of Neath states that there
has been an increase in the last six months of
£1,450 in the receipts and a decrease of £2,221 in
the working expenses. A dividend at the
rate of
24 per cent, per annum is recommended. At the
Victoria Station a d Pimlico meeting it vvas an-
nounced that the line was opened to the Brighton
Company for public traffic on the Ist of October,
and to the London, Chatham, and Dover on the 3d
of December, and that the working has since cm-
tinned without interruption. The total expen-
diture is expected to be within £500,000. The
Maryport and Carlisle have declared a dividends at
the rate of 7 per eeat, per annum, The railway is e)

The jury retired, and on returning into court
gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages one
farthing.

NORWICH—Fmts, 23.
At this market to-day wheat wus in moderate supply,
and last week's rates receded 18 to 2s per quarter. Bar-
ley in better supply, and It'cices unchanged. Flour WAX
at late quotations
White wheat 64s to 66s I Red wheat ........ 66s to 61s
Malting barley 45s to 47s IChevalier barley...4ls to 44* Distilling do 31s to 34s I Oats.. 26s to 30s
Flour, 4ls to —s Od per sack from the miller.

OXFORD--FEE. 23.
We have very little change to note in the values of the
various descriptions of grain at market. The market was
well attended, and a fair business done.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

LONDON WELLS.—I observe in ar recent num-
ber of the Builder a notice in respect of the " Clerks'
Well" at Clerkenwell, London, which is very interesting.
I see it stated in the London journals that it is in contem-
plation to remove Holywell-street, Strand, with a view to
the improvement of that district of London. I have to
express a hope that care will be taken, in that event, to
search for and preserve the ancient " Holy Well" of that
locality, which still supplies the " old Roman bath" in
Strand-lane with the purest water, although the source is
still hidden and neglected. It would be found, I have been
informed, in some one of the back yards of the present
houses in Holywell-street. In those days of public drink-
ing fountains it would afford an inexhaustible supply of
pure water; and an appropriate architectural structure
erected over it would be an ornament to that frequented
locality, and the associations connected with it would
gratify liberal and classical taste. It is as old as the clays
of Julius Caesar, who, it is said, built the old Roman bath
above stated.—The Builder.

Sittings at Nisi Priu;in London—(Before Lord
Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.)

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THE PATENT TYPE FOUNDING COMPANY V. RICHARD
AND ANOTHER-ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF A PATENT.
This was an action to recover damages upon the
ground that the defendants had infringed a patent
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Mr.. Lush, Mr. Hindmarch, and Mr. Gates ap-
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The supply of wheat to-day was moderate, and pricesas
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oats, 24s to 38s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 66s to 58s,
new, 38s to 40s per 38 stone.
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YORK— FEB. 23.
The trade was dull, and wheat was In small show; 'sales
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Wheat, red. 45s to 56s i Oats.... ........ 24s to 26s
White do .58s to 64s 1 Beans 48s to 5612
Barley .38s to 42s 1 Peas
Malt, 70s to 72s per qr. ; rye. 378 per qr , 4
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STAMFORD—FEB. 23.
A small supply of wheat at market yesterday, which
sold at last week's prices.
Wheat .... 58s to 63s I Orats.. 24s to 305
White do ..60s to 66s 1 13eans .. 429 to 44s
Barley ..... ..36s to 44s i Ditto, old ........ 68s to 60s
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