The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

BRUTALITY TO BLACK SEAMEN IN PENARTH ROADS. RTANT DECISION OF TUB COURT OF QUBBN'S BENCH ON SATUKDAT. lUlJ4',r feaders may, perhaps, remember that at the Mid- (jeoIBer Assizes, three men named George Cunningham, Hrj, Se Brown, and Edward Summers, were indicted for °t) h"1^ anc* wounding one John liiley, a black seaman, 0*rd the American ship "Gleaner," on the 30th of *tld ft ^')e ves8e' w"<* &b>>ut to sail, tvhen Cunningham f^l attacked poor R ley, and having uomerci* thii en 'l'fn w'tb a belaying pin, or iron rod, an int-h atJd two feet in length, ultimately kicked liis front (Br °u' al>d left him insensible. The other prisoner lit though in a minor degree, assisted in the bruta- P'actiged against the unfortunate seaman. j«c^r* w*10 defended the prisoners, took an ob- of that the case did not come within the jurisdiction e court, the assault having taken place on the high rsj His Lordship, Judge Comptun, reserved the point by Mr. Gilfard for the consideration of the court e» but advised the jury to find that the offence, if dij W*s committed in the County of Glamorgan. They and the prisoners were sentenced, Cuuningham to 8 Summers to penal servitude for 6 years, and Brown Gift Months' imprisonment. The point raised by Mr. C0. came on for hearing before the judges of the Qaeen's Bench on Saturday last, and is thus re- ted in the 7«Ws:- THE QUEEN V. CUNNINGHAM AND OTHERS. ^bi» case which had been partly heard last term was wu?ht before Lord ( hief Justice Cockburo.and Justices s 'ghtnaan, Williams, and Hill, and Baron Channel, on Qll°rday iu the Court for the consideration of Crown Co4*es Reserved. The prisoners were indicted for having emitted grievous bodily harm on board a vessel in the fo^'y of Glamorgan. It appeared that the vessel was a J$r:ei8n vessel, and was lying at Penarth-roads in the jiri*1^ ^nnel* The question was whether there was Co 'diction within the county of Glamorgan, it being Co e°ded that the offence could not be held to have been within that county. Two points wete re- j,v*ed,whether there was jurisdiction, and whether the el Prisoners could be convicted of a misdemeanour. 'r- Bowen, for the prosecution, contended that it for 'a'^ down that where the ship was within the 1 |^Ces terror it was within the county. This vessel was nff Within the port of Cardiff. It was clear that the ry Would find one prisoner guilty of one offence and others of another. -others of another. ,j Mr. Giffard, for the prisoner, urged that this could t be taken to be part of the county of Glamorgan. was within :he poit of Newport, and yet New- port Was in the cpunty of Monmouth. „ The Court having retired for eome time, on their "tirn th Chief Justice said that the Court were of opinion *t the conviction was right. The only question that it \!Clllne necessary td deal with was the one' raised by the ca8e whether the put of the sea in which the vessel was the time the offence was committed formed part of the 0°dy of the county of Glamorgan, and they were of jP'hian that it did. The sea in question was part of the j r'«tol Channel, both shores of which, as was well known, ^°ftned psrt of the kingdom of England and Wales; the ^Unties to which the shores respectively belonged were One side, the county of Glamorgan and on the other, I county of Somerset. They were of opinion that, tOOlung at the local situation of this sea, it must be taken belong the counties respectively by the shores of which Was bound, and the iact that the island called the (, eeP Holme being taken as in the parish of St. Mary's x ?r.diff, was a strong illustration of the piinciple upon ,ch this decision proceeded—that the whole of this th 8ea was to C0DS'dered as within the county and the ahores by which it was bounded. The conviction erefore was right.—Conviction affirmed." The sentence of six years' penal servitude will therefore th Carr'sd !out» 89 regards Cunningham and Summers, prisoner, Brown, having served 6 months out of e for which he was ordered to be imprisoned.

EPITOME OF NEWS. A new church is about to be erected for the district of Haggerstone, in the extensive parish of Shoreditch. The cable for the Indian telegraph from Suez to Aden will be despatched about the 20th inst., in two vessels. The Government have it in contemplation to make a considerable augmentation in the Channel squadron, by the addition of twelve sail of the line. Mr. William Edey, late master shipwright at Devonport Dockyard, is to receive for retiring pen- sion JE70 per annum. Two thousand two hundred members were added hst year to the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Scotland. An old lady of 73 died in the pit of the Adelphi Theatre on Saturday night, from disease of the heart, while witnessing the pantomine. The Rev. A. G. Marshall has resigned the curacy of St. Matthew's Church Liverpool, and entered the Church of Rome. The cause of the Benevolent or Strangers' Friend Society was advocated on Sunday week from the pulpits of thirteen metropolitan chapels. The Prince of Wales will be the first presumptive heir to the throne of Great Britain who will have visited Rome since the schism with Henry VIII. Mr. Daniel, of the Shannon (late Sir. W. Peel's ship), and son of E. Daniel, Esq., Clifton, has re- turned home from Indta in that vessel. The exhibition of the Society of Female Artists, to be opened for the second season next month, will be held in the gallery next to the Haymarket Theatre. Directors of a public company are trustees for the shareholders, and the.r private interests must yield to their public duty whenever they are conflicting. The Courts will restrain a tenant from pulling down a house and building another when the land. lord objects. News of more Burns' dinners reaches us daily. In Scotland, it would seem as if every town and village in the land meant to meet Tam O'Shanter. A testimonial, in the form of a massive silver centre piece, worth four hundred guineas, is to be presented by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce to Mr. Bazley, M.P. One hundred Members of Parliament have now identified themselves with the Newspaper and Periodical Press Association for obtaining the Repeal of the Paper Duties. A curious statistical return has lately been made of the supply of eggs to England from France, by which it appears that the annual value of this export to this country exceeds that of wine. The address in answer to the Speech from the Throne will be moved, in the House of Commons, by the Hon. Charles Trcfusis, M.P., for North Devon, and seconded by Mr. Beecroft, M.P., for Leeds. A Hindoo of the Bhattia caste was recently baptised at the American Mission Chapel, Bombay. This is believed to be the first instance of a Bhattia having embraced Christianity. At Brighton a meeting has been held at th3 Town- hall, when resolutions were passed appointing a com- mittee to obtain subscriptions towards securing the erection of fountains in the borough. There is no truth, it appears, in the statement that there will be any rrj ction, or even postponement, of public works of general utility throughout the Queen's Indian dominions. A large comet is now visible from the Melbourne Observatory. It fir"t appeared shortly after sunset on the 11 th October, and though it was in the vicinity of the moon, it was qu te a notable feature in the sky. Capt8. Burton and Speke, of the Expedition to Eist Africa, have succeeded, after the most trying efforts, in reaching and surveying the great lake of the interior, and are on their return to Zanzibar. M. Le Verrier has made an official protest against the Paris Burean des Longitudes," for having, as he considers, wrongly numbered the smaller planets, starting from the 47th. Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Rodwell, and Mr. Giffar l of the Chancery bar, the newly appointed Queen's Counsel, took their seats within the bar of the Court of Exche- quer on Tuesday week. From statistics it appears that during 1858 16,726 vessels passed inwards to and from Liverpool. This makes a total intercourse of 34,402 vessels. During 1857 the total intercourse was 39,139 vessels. During the week ending the 11th inst. 61 cows, 17 calves, 20o pigs, 9 sheep, and 11 horses have been imported from Rotterdam, Hamburgh, and Kampden into Hull. Mr. John Penn, late master of Her Majesty's flagship Victory, at Portsmouth, has retired from active service on board that ship, having served so much time in Her Majesty's service, as to give him 13s. a-day. He is succeeded by Mr. Parker. The Committee of the National Society have pub- lished an appeal to the public for aid in effecting their objects and making up the loss sustained by the with- drawal of Queen's Letters, by which they used to raise £8,000 a year. Mr. Payne Collier, in his recent Biography of Shakspeare, states that there are more indications in Shakspeare, that he had, early in life, been connected with the legal profession, than are to be met with in all the works of contemporary dramatists put together. Easter which wilt be on the 24th of April this year, last fell on that day in 1791, and will not fall on the same date again till. 2011. Since the introduction of the Gregorian Almanack this has only been the case in the years 1639, 1707 and 1791. On Saturday a meeting of the Committee of Justi- ces was held at the Guildhall for the purpose of con- sidering the basis or standard for a county rate for erecting a pauper lunatic asylum for the City of London. A large and influential meeting of the inhabitants of Sunderland has been held for the purpose ot taking steps to obtain a total and immediate repeal of the ex- isting timber duties. A series of appropriate resolu- tions were adopted. A report is current that Mr. Justice Willes will after the present term, retire from the Common' Pleas and be appointed a second Judge in the Divorce Court, where the business is much heavier than was expected. At Windsor Castle, on Saturday night, the son of the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell unconsciously left his candle burning on retiring to bed, and was awoke by his bed-clothes catching fire, fortunately just in time to make his escape. As a boy named Baker, whose parents reside at Bristol, was travelling to Plymouth by train on Friday, while leaning out of the window of the car- riage, his head struck against a bridge and he was killed on the spot. The Spectator states, in reference to the Irish secret societies since the first arrests, no fewer than five hundred young men have quitted Belfast in con- sequence of having been more or less implicated in illegal proceedings." The practice of taking down sermons in short-hand notes has been prohibited by the Calvinistic and the Lutheran bodies at Frankfort. The Church" says the ordinance, is not a lecture room but a house of prayer. Samuel Lucas, Esq., formerly of Bristol, has been appointed Distributor of Stamps for the county of Derby. Mr. Lucas is well known as the first editor of the Press, and the present literary critic of the Times. A pair of that rare bird, the Alpine Accentor, was shot on the 10th inst., in the neighbourhood of Ply- mouth, by John Gatcombe, Esq., of Wyndham Place, Plymouth. Only three or four specimens of this bird are recorded to have ever been obtained in the British In some high quarters considerable unessiness has been manifested at the departure of the Prince of Wales for Rome. True it is that a faithful chaplain has gone with him—no doubtful Tractarian, but a man of whom Exeter Hall and Lord Shaftesbury un- reservedly approve. The Ministerial Reform bill is said to be quite ready —it is the work of the whole Cabmet, and has re- ceived the most thorough consideration; but, of course, its provisions have not been suffered to trans- pire, nor is even its general character more than guessed at, The person of Rubens is described to have been "of just proportions; his height above 5 feet nine and a half inches; his face oval, with regular and finely- formed features, dark hazel eyes, a clear and ruddy complexion, contrasted by curling hair of an auburn colour, with moustache and beard. The natives of Hindostan thus manufacture their glass paper. They get some broken bottles, pound the pieces up very fine, then procure some paper, cover it with a good coating of glue, and immediately cover it with the glass, when dry it is fit for use. The Post has been told that a Queen's messenger is to receive 500 guineas a year, and pay his own travelling expenses. "This," he says "is scarcely fair towards the men who have abandoned their pro- fessions, for the present set of Queen's messengers are all of them gentlemen, and many of them belong to the army."

f GENERAL NEWS. CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS,—Our readers (says tl.e Times) we are sure will be glad to hear that the appeal on behalf of the homeless poor has, up to the present date, lesulted in contributions to the various refuges and re- formatories established for the relief of destitute outcasts amounting to £7,917 14s 3d. THE REPORT ON MILITARY PRISONS, siys in 1843 the number of soldiers imprisoned at any one time under sentence by court martial, in civil prisons, exclusive of those who might be in confinement by order of com- manding officers, was in the ratio of 20 in 1,000 and at the same time the number of corporal punishments amounted to annually about 5.2, making 25.2 per 1,000. In the three years from 1851 to 1854 the number of im- prisonments was reduced to 2.5 per 1,000, being a little more than one-half in both cases, and making a total of 13 5 as compared with 25.2. During the year 1857 the average number undergoing imprisonment at any one time in the military piisons and barrack cells amounted to 11.3 in 1,000, and the total corporal punishments in the year amounted to 3.4. making a total of 14.8 per 1,000 for 1857 as compared with 25.2 in 18(3. SOLDIER'S I'UWBRAL.—A. distressing cue of sudden death occurred on Tuesday. Corporal William Miller, of the Royal Horse Guards Blue, having died after a painful illness, his remains were to be interred in High- g-te Cemetery, and on the above-named day the proces- sion started from the barracks of the regiment on its way. Hating reached Highgate-hill, the corlcye was slowly proceeding, when suddenly one of the guard, named Thomas Harris, a corporal major, a comrade of the de- ceased, and who had been singularly affected by his death, was observed to folt back from the rank, and re- move his helmetjand dash it to the ground he then tore his gloves from his hands, and running head foremost across the road to a hedge, fell dead to the ground. The poor fellow was much lamented by his comrades. The im- posing ceremony of a soldiet's funeral is at all times most affecting, and it is needless to add that the effect on this occasion was heightened considerably by so distressing an event. There can be little doubt that over-excitemen', produced by grief for the loss of his oil friend, acting probably on a heart already diseased, was the immediate cause of death. TUB CENTAL READY RECKONER—The new standard of weight fur the snle of curn in Liverpool and other markets, founded on the decimal principlf, comes into operation on the 1st of Febmary. To meet the diffi- culties which may be at first experienced in ascertaining the value of the usual measures of grain, meal or Hour, at every usual price per cental (lOOlba.), the Atsociaiion of the Liverpool Corn Trade have computed and established a complete list of new Corn tabtes, which will enable buyeis and sellers to communicate with all other markets where the old standards of weight or measure are still maintained, in the construction of (lie tables the price of the cental is first given at 4s., and thence upwards, advancing a penny at each siep to 23* an 1 in parallel column the price is stated L'r each of 11 of the weights most commonly used. Thus it is seen at a glance that corn at a given price say 12s. per cental (lOOlbs.), is worth 5s. 4$I. per bushel of 451^ 7s. 2lol. per bushel 0f GOIbs. 7s. 5J-.I. per bushel 0f 02!bs. 8J. 4$"1. per bushel of 70ibs. 13s, 5 £ -1, per cwt. of 112lbs.; 23". 6id. per barrel of I96lbs.; and 26<. 10|1. per barrel of 2illbs. and so on in proportion to the l.s or g eater price per cental. At the end have been added the corresponding prices, from 4s to 21s. 6..1.. of ton (2,2lClbs.), and of the *2000lbe., or 20 centals. — Liverpool Albion. A DIPLOMA OBTAINED HY FALSB REPRESENTATIONS. —Two London physicians, Dr. Reeves and Dr. Protheroe have been arrested on a charge of conspiring to obtain, and of obtaining, by lalse representation and fraud, a diploma of licence from the Royal College of Dmiciant, Dublin, in the jeir 1857, to which in all probability will he added the charge of forgery against 1) Reeves in signing Dr. Protheroe's name to the document. The facts, as given in the Morning Post, are us follow: In April, 18o7, a gentleman representing hioiself to be Mr. J. E. Protheroe, surgeon, of London, IIppliell first by letter to the authorities connected with the Llojal Dublin College of Physicians relative to his obtaining their diploma or liceuce, and afterwards attended before them, passed a satisfactory examination, and obtained a licence 10 practice accordingly, signing Ihe necess iry documents in the name of Protheroe, and Ihe supposed Dr. Protheroe left Dublin without any suspicion that he was other than he hall represented himself tu be. Some short tillle since information was forwarded to Dublin to the effect that the supposed Dr. Protlieroe WHS no other ih»n Dr. Evans Reeves, who had personated the former, obtained the license and then sold it to him. Dr. Reeves was after- wards identified as the person who represented Mr. Protheroe, who has since been practising as a physician at Kensington. On searching Dr. Prolheroe's house the diploma or licence fradulently obtained by Dr. Evans Reeves was found in one of the drawers. Both prisoners left London on Friday, en route for Dublin, ill charge of the Dublin police-ofScer, where they will undergo an ex- amination on the charge of conspiracy and fraud. They have since been examined and remanded. CHLOROFORM USED BY PICKPOCKETS.—Captain Kruge, the master of a foreign ship lying in the Thames, has been robbed in a first-class railway carriage while (ravel- ling from the Limehouse-s'.atiou of the Blackwall Rail- way to London. He was in the carriage together with a man of respectable appearance, when the latter applied a handkerchief steeped in chloroform to Captain K.-uge's face. on pretence of removing a speck of dirt. Captain Kruge at once became insensible, and did not return to a state of consciousness until the train reached London, when he found himself alone in the carriage, and missed his pocket-book, containing jE60 in gold and notes. DESTRUCTION OF SUIP Pouro Novo IN BRISTOL HAR- BOUR.—BRISTOL, JAN. 16.—Great consternation pre- vailed here last evening and during the night in con- sequence of its becoming known that a most destructive fire raged on board a vessel in the harbour, which not only threatened the entire loss of the ship herself, hut placed the adjicent vessels in great peril. The Porto Novo, which was one of the fleet of the late extensive African firm of Messrs. Bruford, Dyer, and C i., had only arrived in the harbour a few dajs ago, from Gaboon, on the West coast of Africa. Her cargo comprised, amongst other things, about 250 tons of palm oil, of the best qual ty, 200 tons of bu wood, 40 tons of ebony, near 5,000 cocoa nuts and & quantity of gum cop tl and bees- wax. Yesterday afternoon a number of lumpers were engaged in unloading her, when, an two men, named James Quick and Robert Muffin, were engaged in get- ting out some bar Ilood from the run of the ship under- neath thefore part of the after-cabin, one of them acci- dentally let fall a lighted caadle which he had in his hand among some loose gunpowder, which had broken out it is thought from one of the casks. An explosion took place, and both were so shockingly burnt that it was found necessary to remove them wilh all despatch to the Bristol Generlil Hospital. The gunpowder set tire to Ihe veesel, which at first burnt so slowly that the men engaged on board were hopeful of being able, with the assistance of those in the yard, 10 extinguish it without much damage. They persevered for some time, and pourfd large quantities of water down from the floiit over the burning part, but without much effect, and finding that the Amies, fed by the combustibles from the cargo, gained upon them, they despatched messengers to obtain the assistance of the public tire engines. The efforts of the firemen being attended with scnrcely any greater sui- cess, it was delermiued to scutlle the unfortunate vessel as the only chance of saving her <ir her cargo. Thfhar- bour master gave orders for the surrounding shipping to be hauled away to as great n distance as possible, aud holes having been cut in (he P.oto Novo's side she filled and sunk to some extent. The presence of a large number of casks of oil prevented her being submerged as completely as was hoped for, ni l ns she heeled over con- sidarably on her larboard quu'er a good pori ion of her cabiu was still left above the high water level of the har- bour. The fire at that part continued to defy all the efforts used to extinguish it, and being fed by the melting oil and beeswax it raged with such fury that at one time the burning veesel was all but unapproachable. The flames broke out on all sides, and towered to such a height that the entire city was illuminated. At about fite o clock the fury of the fire began to abatp, and at the time when I write (3 o'clock p.m.) it is all but ouf. TLe vessel is only partially insured, about £1,000. The cargo is insured in the General Marine Insurance office to the extent of £9000 or £10,000. The Porto Novo wa. about ten years old, having been launched in 1848. ESCAPB OF A SLAVE.-BOSTON, Dec. 29. The vessel left the river on the 4th inst., and on the morning of the 6ih, during the mate's watch, a negro was found stowed away in the Steward's pantry. He was ordered out, and asked where he came from, and to whom he belonged. He replied that his name was Philip Smith, and that he bclonged to the widow Smith. He said he had been on board the vessel 10 days when discovered, having visited the brig when she was loading in the river, and hid him- self in the pantry on board. The mate immediately told Captain Bryant of the presence of the slave, when the Captain gave orders for the vessel to returu and land the negro. They bore up for N0rfolk wilh a W.8.W. wind, and had got within five miles of that port, when the wind changed to N., and blew a gale which drove the vessel far out to sea. After being knocked about in the gale tor three days it moderated, and they again bore up for the southern coast, and made Cape Charles, but could not reach Norfolk on account of the head wind. Although the Captain was very desirous to land the negro, as he wished to escape being made amenable to the laws of North Carolwa in the carrying away a fugitive slave, yet he Was compelled by head winds, and a scarcity of pro- visions, to relinquish his object, and accordingly put away for Boston. The vessel ariived off this harbour on Sunday night, and while coming up she went on shore on Lovell's Island. While the vessel was on shore, and before sunrise, the slate jumped for the land, and before he was missed he hcd made good his escape from the island, by hailing a passing sloop, who took him on board and brought him up to the city. He has not hen since seen by any one counected with the brig." The Captain's expenses for the voyage were increased 200 dollars through his efforts to return the slave. The Crew of the vessel was made up entirely of coloured men, but we do not learn that he suspected any collusion between them and the #lftT9.—J?wrcn Post* The Rev. T. H. Leary, B.A., of Brazenose College, and St. Mary Hall, Oxford, has been appointed to the Head Mastership of the Grammar School, Derby. The Prince of Wales, it is expected, will return to England in July. Next year, of course, we may expect the young Prince to take au important place in all the principal proceedings of court and fashion. After his next birthday, the joung Prince will b" entitled to take his seat in the House of Peers.—Court Journal. PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS.— The new Liverpool Dock Board resolved, at a special meeting on Saturday to apply to Parliament for powers to borrow £300,000, for the purpose of improving and extending the Liverpool Docks. ACCIDENT TO THE LORD. LIEUtENANT OF SUFFOLK.— The Earl of Stradbroke has met with an accident while •hooting with Sir Edward Bowater, at Sotterley, Suffolk. The contents of Sir EJward's gun were accidentally lodged in his Lordship's legs; he is, however, going on favourably. ACCIDENT TO THS DUKE OF ARGYLL.—On Thursday night, as his grace was proceeding to the City Hall, to deliver a lecture before the members of the Athenaeum, his carriage came in contact with another, the pole of which entering the panel, struck the Duke upon the head. Fortunately the injury which his grace sustained was very slight, and in a few minutes after the accident he "ivas able to deliver his lecture. — Glasgow paper. INTENDED RESIGNATION OF ONE OF THE MEMBERS FOR SOUTlI LANCASHIRE.—The Liverpool Mercury states that Mr. William Brown, one of the members for the southern division of the county of Lancaster, has an- nounced his intention to resign his seat in the House of Commons after the dissolution of the present Parliament. Mr. Brown was first elected, without opposition, in 184.3, and on each recurring election, since his return, he has been unopposed. THE APPROACHING OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.—We are enabled to announce that her Majesty will open Par. liament in person. According to the present arrange- ments, the Queen and the Prince Consort and Court pro- pose leaving Windsor Castle on Wednesday, the 2nd. proximo, for Buckingham Palace. DEATH IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. —On Monday the coroner for Surrey received information of the death of William Kinchin, Esq., aged 40 years, manager of the Tunhridge Gas Works, Tunbridge Wells. It appears the unfortunate gentleman left Tunbridge hearty and well, and on the guard opening the door of the carriage, near Forest-hill, he found him in a state of insensibility. A medical gentleman was sent for, who endeavoured to restore animation, but without success. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO A LADY BY FIRE -011 Monday morning a fire of an IIlarming character broke out on the premises of Mr. J. Holdstock, 3, Park-place, IIa^ger8tone. The inmates were aroused by shrieks for help issuing from the bedroom; on entering they found Mrs. Holdstock wrapped in fire. An alarm was raised, when the police were dispatched for the engines. In the meantime Mrs. Ho!d*tock's clothing was extinguished. Every assistance was 2ff ,rderl by the medical gentlpmen of the neighbourhood, but sui h are the extensive injuries she has received (hat not theJslil!htest hopes are enler- tained of her recovery. The tire was caused by her <l>thing taking file from a spark from a candle. THE IRISH SECRET SOCIETIES.—The Northern Whig of Saturday gives a copy of the information in the case of the Belfast prisoners, which discloses at full all those particulars which the authorities had been so anxious to suppress. The document is of a considerable length. It giv s the evidence of the approvers, Carulin and Kelly. The form of Otih administered and the nature of the constabulatory evidence is HISO given, and all the particulars of the recent arrest of Bernard Bojle. This document reveals the whole nature of the case up to the present, nnd is of remarkable interest. Its publication was altogether unexpected. INCREASE IN THE NAVAL ESTIMATES. —We believe we may announce with tolerable certainty that ministers are prepared to ask fur a comi leivtble incrè4se in the naval estimates in the approaching sessions. No absolute increase is contemplated in the army estimates. The regiments returning from India, their period of service there having more than expired, will, howevet, form an augmentation of the regular military force in the United Kingdom. This will probably enable the authorities to lessen the estimates for the militia. The increased amount required for the navy will be piincipally appropriated to a considerable augmentation of the Channel Fleet.— Observer, ACCIDI-NT FROM FIRE-ARMS. —Oo Saturday an acci- dent, which it is feared will be attend d with latnl conse- quences, oc uried at the residence of a geti'Iemau in the Queen's.road, Bayswater. The son, a youth, was passing through the hall, and seeing his father's gun in the corner, and some percussion caps lying on the hall table, took up the gun, thinking it unloaded, and, placing a cap on the nipple, drew the trigger. His sister, a young lady aged 17, was unfortunately coming down stairs, and, the gun being pointed in that direction received the charge of small chot in her face and neck. She fell to the ground bathed in blood. On the arrival of a surgeon it W18 found that some of the shot had entered her eje?. Her sight is utterly destroyed, and it is apprehended that from 'he shock to her system she canno: survive. MUSIC IN "GIN PALACES."—The Magistrates of Wor- cester resolved at a recent meeting to put a stop to musical performances in spirit shops and licensed houses. The terms of th. ir resolution are liS follo\8: _II "hat in Ihe opinion of this meeting, formed upon the complaints of the public as well as upon the representations of the police, the introduction and use of music at certain spirit shops and other licensed houses in this city is productive of a great social evil, by encouraging the assembling of persons of ba,1 character, and leading to a state of things contrary to the terms of their licenses; it is therefore determined by the Magistrates that an intimation be given to the parties so offending that, unless the practice is discontinued, the Magistrates will consider it their duty to decline renewing their licenses." LORD CLYDE'S PARENTAGU. —The Inverness Courier says:—The paragraph which appeared in the Glasgow papers intimating the recont death of Lord Clyde's father turns out to be incorrect. That gentleman died many years ago, and we are enabled to give (he following par- ticulars regarding the parentage of the noble veJerm, on the authority of a personal friend of Lord Clyde, who has known him intimately for more than 40 years. His lordship's father was Colonel John Campbell, who served with the Lite Duke of Kent, the Queen's father, or on his staff, for a very long period—corresponding with his Royal Highness up to the time of his death. When quartered in Glasgow, Colonel Campbell made what is called a Scotch marriage with a good .looking young woman much his inferior in station, education, and posi. tion, and by her had a daughter and a son, both now living, the latter being Lord Clpfe. MACHINERY multiplies production; Chemistry often puritirs our fuoLl; but appliances-iu-aid are not always "nprovementa tor instance, time Was when good tea was readily obtainable —pure wholesome tea—Dr. Samuel Johnson liked such the frequenters of "Gar way's" in the days of Charlps I r. obtained such; and wise people seek such now. John Chinamlln tlaill "English merchant like good looks," at/d so he made all his tea goud looking, for be was not slow in finding out that it would ai I him to disguise bis brown flivourless autumn teiives for by colouring ttll qualities alike, he doubles his own and the merchant's profit. HORNIUAN & Co., London, prefer quality before appearance, and therefore import only the choice spring sorts, that have no need to be disguised with powdered colour:—Ibis every English tea drinker admits is a reat "improvement," as this tea is "always good alike." It is supplied only in PACKETS, through HeRsl- MAN'S own AGENTS; for list of agents in this locality see advertisement in this day's paper. COLLIERS' STRIKE AT WIGAN. FURTHER TUMULTU- OUS PRoCEEDINGS. WIGAN, SATURDAY EVENING.—This morning, at four o'clock, information was received by Chief-constable Simm, from Mr. Bryham, of Rose Bridge Colliery Inu, that a large body of turnouts were assembled between there andKirkless Hull Colliery,to attack the men who went to work early in the morning. Mr. Simm went directly to the Town-hall, where some of the magistrates had been al) night, and informed them of the fact. It was decided to c«ll up Allerman Cooke, and request him to command a body of 20 armed borough police to the spot. Mr. Cocke obeyed the summons with alacrity, and started with the police to the spot. On arriving there they found thbt Mr. King, deputy chief constabte of the county con- stabulary, had arrived with 311 men, and both parlies pro. ceeded to Kirkless Hall Colliery. They were dodged by the turnouts, who had assembled to the number of up- wards of 200, and vanished when they saw the police ap- proach. Last night a proclamation was posted up, declar- ing the magistrates' intention to protect all the men who went to their work. An order has been posted up for all the stalls in the market to be cleared out of the market place by six o'clock this night; but the town having been orderly during the day, thi chief constable has received orders to use a discretionary power on the subject. W IUTWORTH, THE MURDERER.-—-AFFECTING INCI- DENT.—A circumstance of a very painful nature in con- nection with the fate of the murderer Whitworth, oc- curred at York Castle, a few days after his execution. An aged woman, evidently suffering deeply from grief, made inquiry at the castle gates if a man was to be hung there on the following Saturday. On being told that a man named Whitworth had been executed there on the previous Saturday, ahe appeared overwhelmed with sor- row, and seemed "8 though she would fall to the ground. On recovering herself, she informed the turnkey that she was the mother of Whitwoith, and had come from the neighbouihood of Worksop for the express purpose of seeing her unfortunate son. The poor woman then had an interview with Mr. Noble, the governor, who in- formed her of the Christian resignation with which her son met his fate, and Mrs. Whitworth appeared to derive great eonsolttion from what she heard. Mr. Noble after- wards kindly found her lodgings, and gave her a sumof money to assist in her maintenance and journey home. On the following day Mrs, Whitworth saw the Ret. J. Parkes, and expressed to him her deep gratitude for the interest he had displayed in her son's behalf. Mr. Parkes also rendered her pecuniary assistance. It ap- peared that she had been kept in ignorance by her rela- tives all to the day on which her 1100" fate wa. to be decided.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. INDIA. The following telegram was received at the Foieign Office on Sunday, at 2 a.m. ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 10.—The steamer Benares arrived at Srnz. from Bombiy. on the C'h inst. Dates — Bombay Dec. 24 Aden, Dec. 31. The subjugation of the districts is rapidly progressing the insurgents are dissolving before the merciful conditions offered by the Queen's Proclamation, and the dismantling of the forts and disarming of the population is being carried on rigorouily-(query, vigorously!; Oo the 1st 01 December Brigadier Troup's column met a large body of rebels at Biswa, in Oude, commanded by Israael Kh*n. Our artillery and cavatryonty were en- gaged, but the enemy made very little stand, and Red. The result of this affair was, that on the 4th Ismael Kban gave himself up, with a considerable number of ad. herents. Some others have since followed his example. Tantia Topee is still at lirge: when last beard of he was supposed to be making for Oodeypore, in Rajpootana. On the 5th ot December a party of rebels, fugitives from the Fil Eitelh (?), at Biswa, eluding the vigilance of the British troops, posted along the banks of the Ganges between Cawnpore and Kimong, and crossed at one? into the Doah, with the intention, it is conjectured, of joining Tantta t'opee in Central India. This party, under Ferode Shah, mustered 900 horse, 300 foot, one stnill gun, and some elephants. "On the 8th they were encountered by Mr. Hnmj,wbo was forced to retire upon Hurchandpore, where he occu- pied a small fort. "On the 12tb the rebel party was at Tangeooa, moving sooth, plundering and burning as they went, and closely pursued by General Napier. 4> The following telegram, dated Gwalior, Dee. 18, from Major Manakersen l 'j, gives the latest intelligence of them: RANADE, — On the 17th of December Sir R. Napier beat and pursued with slaughter for eio(ht miles the rebels under Ferode Shah. Captain Meade, 14th Dragoons, captured six elephants; Captain Prethjuhn (query Prety- manl), 14th Dragoons, was wounded in Ib" l^g, and eight or ten men were wounded. Nune killed:" ° LORD CLYDE AND HER MAJESTY'S PROCLAMATION, The Calcutta correspondent ot the Uuily News, under dale Dec, 9, 88) S Lord Clyde, it is said, is going home in March, and Sir Hugh Rose and Sir James Outrarn are each mentioned as his probable successor. Th", Indian opinion of Lord Clyde is tint he is a general that can only fight pitched bailies in appointed fields. The Luck now rebels gave him his own time to tn<ke his preparations, and he took the place with a strict conformity to rule and regulation that would have delighted Vauban. Guerilla warfare is not his style, and his dislike to travelling without a siege- train makes pursuit a very serious ma'ter. The Governor- Geoersl is expected in Calcutta next month, and it is not improbable that Lord Clyde, whose health has been failing, will accompany him. Her Mnj-stj'a proclamation is re- ceiving at the hands of Lord Clyde an interpretation that could scarcely have been anticipated. Leaders of rebels and men who protected murderers are specially excluded from the royal clemencv yet the Amethie Rajah, who commanded the Moosahagh, at Lucknow, and who kept in his service Joorai Sing, the murderer of Mr. Moore, of the civil service, and two planters, is pardoned, notwithstand- ing the urgent remoostrauces of Mr. Tucker, the commis- sioner, who, on demaudiog that Joorai should be given up to juitice, was told by Ljrd CSjde that he would have no hanging here." Nor are Sepoys included in ibemjrcy claust's of the Proclamation. Yet every Sepoy is at pre- sent receiving a certifi-ate to go and remain at his house in peace, and a machinery is hereafter to be invented to hunt up ihe actual men who struck the blow. Thosewhotooked on wit'iout striking are Dot guilty. On the plea, there. fore, of not stiiking, hundreds who witnessed the massa- cres of the Fyztbad and Futiyghur fugitives are escaping scot free aud even the Nawub oi Furruckabad, the fiend who blew several ladies from guos, has li-jen pardoned! This extreme mercy will be agreeable to the ultra-philan- thropists at home. It is looked upon with mingled feelings of 8hame and anger here, for insetted upon the native miod is too well understood. Measures utterly opposed to every thought and habit of every class of native are natu- rally regarded with suspicion and distrust. Clemency is invariably attributed to weakness—inaction to faal." FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.—A telegram, which you have doubtless received, g^ys that martial lsw has been proclaimed ai Naples. The Government have not received any official communication of the fact, hut it is known that great appreheosioos are felt by the King, a decree having been published ordering that all persons guilty of an at- tempt against the internal" security of the state shali be tried by court-m .rlial. It is stated in a private letter, as an illustration of the panic under which the Kin" labours, that iu a late excursion to C,iz-?rta he was escorted by no tesatban six squadrons of civalry. The statement, how- ever, requires confirmation. At Modeo, alter the deprrttire of the Duke for Vienna, the following placard was found one morning stuck up against the doors: -««Palazzo da afliitare per I'otto Mtggio prossimo." (Palace to let for the 8lh of May). PARIS, JAN. 16. -A dispatch from Naples, dated the 12ih, states that the King had signed a decree placing the city in a state of siege. NAPLES. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST AN OUTBREAK.—Private letters from Naples of the 12th inst. state that a Royal decree was expected declaring the city of Naples in a state of siege. A decree orders the t'iai of political offenders by mili- tary tribunals, and directs that their sentences be executed within twenty-four hours of being passed. The reasuos for this measure are not known. Three steamers, with Austrian troops, have arrived at Venice.—The Austrian brigade of General Raming, form- ing the advanced guard of the teioforcem3n's for Italy, entered Milan on the afternoon of Monday. MALTA. Considerable sensation has been created in Malta hy various changes introduced by the governor on the first of the year, consisting principally in the appointment of young and active men in place of those whom long service had eofeebled. Hitherto, in Malta, appointments have usually been filled by seniority, and promotion is slow. The head of the depulmeot is generally old and worn out ere be reaches that much-coveted elevarion. REFUSING TO SALUTE THE HOST.—COERCION OF PKOTESTANT SOLDIERS. The following garrison oider has been the source of much bitterness: — "All guards to (urn out to the Archbishop of Malta, and all sentries to carry arms and present arms when the Host passes." Captain Sheffield, of the 21st R.N.B.F., having most nobly refused to obey the above, has been ordered unier arrest, and will in all probability be tried b\, court-martial. It is a case of conscience with Captain Sheffield, who, it is reported, has manfully expressed his readiness to submit | to any puhishment rather tbandohomigetotheHost. This presenting and carrying arms to the Host has long been a very just cause of complaint with the Protestant soldiers at Malta, particularly the Presbyterians, when Hightand regiments have been stationed here. Some years ago, General Aitchison, now Governor of Dover Castle, while commanding a company of artillery at Malta, was dismissed the service for refusing to salute the Host!

FOREIGN MISCELLANY. The prisoners in the case of the brig Wanderer, which recently landed a cargo of slaverg in Georgia, had been committed for trial at Savannah. A snow storm of unusual severity had visited the Northern and Eastern States, and in some sections the drifts had complelely blocked up the railroad traces, and suspended travel. TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK. — A shocking affray took place on Thursday night, at No. 11, West Nineteenth-street, a bouse of ill-tame, kept by a woman named Brown. It appears that a man named William Brown, from whom the above womao took her name, discovered that she had eD- couraged Ihe of a man knowo at Ihat place only by the name of William, or ,c Bill." Brown bccame jealous of this person. When he called on Thursday evening he found Mrs. Brown and her new paramour all ready to s^art to a ball, and torbade their going. A fight ensued between the two men, during which William drew a revolver and fired at his antagonist. Brown at that instant dodged behind the woman, and she received the bullet in the abdomen. An alarm was raised, and the policeman came, but William fled, and could not be found. Brown and two female prisoners were arrested as witnesses. The woman was attended by surgeons, who thought she could not possibly recover. Shewasativeuptotast evening-. —New York Courier. How TO SUPPRESS THE SLAVE TRADE.—The New York Herald publishes a letter, dated on board the United Stales' ship Cumbeiland, off St. Paul de Loando, which well illustrates how completely our Daval officera on the Atricau coast, acliog, doubtless, under instructions from the Navy Department, contrive to nul ify the Webster-Ashburton treaty, which requires us to keep a squadron of 70 guns 00 the coast of Africa for the suppression of the slave-trade. In the first place, instead of sending a number of light cruisers or steamers adapted to the service, and armed wi»:V» two or three guns each, we send the frigate Cumberland, which draws too much water to get neat the coast, and which herself supplies 50 or 60 guns of the 7u required. In the next place, this vessel, out of 15 months at the date of the letter during wbich she had been noininal y au. tioaed ou the African coast, had passed, in façt, but 92 days on the usual cruising ground for slavers, and 13 of these 22 days she was at anchor. Three months of the 15 have been passetj at the pleasant island of Madeira, to recruit the health of the crew after their fearful exposure on the African coast" and eight months more at the Cape Verd, making a continuous absence from the African coast of I I months. The capture of the Cortes during the abort period she remained showa what abe might have done had she stqck to her business. She gat back, it geema, in Congo river just in time to let the Wanderer escape. Still j^88 ^r* ^ucb^naI1 bave the impudence to pre- tend that they are at much in favour of the suppression of the sUye tr*4e as *njbodj—New York Tribune, The Duchess of Norfolk was confined of a daughter, ac Norfolk House, St. James's Square, on Saturday evening. We are happy to learn the Duchess and infant are both progressing favourably. The Daily News has the following: — We believe that the speculations of a contemporary, of Mr. Gladstone's remaining for any length of time in the Ionian Islands, are entirely unfounded. Sir John Young's tenure of powet there will almost immediately terminate, and pending the short interval between his departure and the arrival of a successor. 1\lr. Gladstone will, in a few days, receive the authority requisite for conducting the administration. But the Right Hon. gentleman will, we learn, be in London in ample time to participate in the leading events of the session. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—A lata] accident took place on Friday after, noon on the London and South-Western Railway, at the Farnborough station. From the particulars obtained, it appeared that one of the company's servants was in the act. of assisting to shunt some carriages in the goods train, when, either by stepping off the tail of one of the car- riages, or slipping off the platform, he fell under the waggons, several of which passed over his neck, severing the head from the body. The deceased was a remarkably- &ober man, and had been in the service of the company for several years. A GAOLER IMPRISONED IN HIS OWN GAOL. —After hearing a will case at Dublin on Saturday, Master Litton amused the gentlemen of the long robe present by re- questing their opinion on the following point, on which he had been consulted that morning-The governor of a gaol not a hundred miles from Dublin was on Friday ar- rested and incarcerated in his own gaol for a debt of £400, the attorney for the plaintiff demanding and ob- taining a certificate from him that he was in custody. Now, in the execution 0: his duties as governor, could he go beyond the walls of the gaol without being liable 10 arrest for escaping from prison under the above com- iniiul? Counsel seemed quite posed as to the law of the case, there being no precedent, but would consider it, and talk with his lordship on it 011 an early day. NORFOLK NEW LIFB BOATS.—Norwich, Jan. 15.-1t will probably be remembered that at the commencement of last year the Norfolk Shipwreck Association became a branch of the lloyal National Life-boat Institution, and transferred to it the whole of its income, together with its boats and all its other property. Accordingly, the Na- tional Life-boat Society at once commenced to renovate the whole of its establishments, and to place new life- boats and carriages at Patting, B icton Winterton, Mun- dersley, and Crutner. Two life-boats—a large one for the distant shoal and a smaller one for service on the beach- have also been stationed at Yarmouth, and each station has been supplied with every kind of gear and equipment. New boat-houses have also been built at Yarmouth, Win. terton, and Bacton. SUSPICIOUS DEATH NEAR NOTTINGHAM. -An affiir at present enshrouded in mystery connected with the death of a woman at Radford (a village adjoining Nottingham) is being investigated before Mr. Coroner Swann. From the particulars which have already transpired it appears that on Wednesday night last a man and his wife, named Welsh (both Irish), were heard by the neighbours to quarrel, the woman shrieking out murder. Shortly after this the husband left the. house, and did not return home till about four o'cluck on the following morning, when he states that he found the door fastened. He then asked a policeman to assist him in effecting an entrance. The door was forced open, and a horrible spectacle presented itself. His wife lay upon the hearth quite dead, her clothes having been consumed by fire, and she having been to all appearance burnt to death. The body was immediately removed and an inquisition held the same evening but adjourned io order to lillow time for a post mortem examination, and there being a doubt in the miuds of the jury as to whether the deceased met her death by violence or otherwise. The adjourned inquest was to be held on Tuesday.

BRITISH SHIPS, AND THE AMERICAN COASTING TRADE. Mpssrs. Seymour, Peacock, & Co., ship-brokers, of Fenchurch-street, on the 8th instant, addressed the fol- lowing letter to her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, re ative to the opening of the American Coasting Trade to British Shipping:- "My L)r,J,-We O¡OK reference to the memori<1 A!ree I to at a meeting of the Ship Owners of the Uuited Kingdo;n, ht.IJ..t the London Tavern 011 llie 15th u1r. "One of 'he principal eonpiaintsatthat meeting WJS that the Americans whilst participating in all our Trades, declined to allow British ships to load in their coasting trade, and extended the meaniug of this term, so as to cover voyages from the Atlantic to the Picific—jay from New York to Cilifornia, besides p-eventiog our ships from taking cotton frolll NdW O. leans to Boston. "In discussing this impor ant subject with an intelligent American n^tleoian, tie ur^ed as an excuse, that we still prohibited their ships from our coasting trade, and was per- fectly a-toni-hed when we informed him thit all restriction had been removed by this country and he asserted that in conformity with the general policy "f the United States, they were bound to give to the British, or any other nation, whatever advantage we or they may gi»e them, and that some of the Northern S'ates uf Europe had, by this meaus, procured important privileges, even prior to the repeal of the Navigation Laws. This communication having raided a doubt in our minds as to the question bfint; understood by the Americans, we were induced to inquire at the United States Consulate ill this city, and to our astonishment found that a doubt existed there on the subject, and we were told at our interview that an American ship could nit load from Liverpool to London, but on their making furtbet inquiry, the Consul politely ca'leil at our office, and informed us that this could be done. ''Uuder these circumstances we feel it our duty thus to address y \U, and to a-k whether the American Government is aware that our coasting trade is open to them, and that they are refusing to us privileges we grant to them. We would also ask whether the fact of the refusal of the United States Government to admit our shipping into their coasting trade, beiug in opposition to i heir established policy, has heen brought prominently before them. "Trusting that the immense importance of this question, not only to ourselves, but to British Ship Owners in general, will induce your Lordship to give us the iuformation we re.. quire, we have," &c. The following answer was received from the Foreign Office, in reply, on the 13 th instant: — Gentlemen,—I am directed by the Earl of Malmesbary to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the8:h instant, enquiring whether the American Government is aware that the coasting trade with this country has been thrown entirely open to American vessels, aud I am to state to you, in reply, that Lord Malmesbury can hardly conceive that the American Government cai be in ignorance upon this point, but that in view of the facts stated in your letter, bis L >rdsiiip will iu-truct Her Majesty's Minister at Washing- ton, to make enquiry of the United States Government, and to seize the opportunity of a/ain urging upon the Govern- ment the justice aoti good policy of conceding corresponding advantages t > Bnti li vessels in American waters."

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FROM FRIDAY'S LONDON QAZFIX'F'K BANKRUPTS. Thomas Baron, Sloane-square. C)> 'i Matthew Henry Oowell a J K T,e*ipr,?te £ Road Southward 1I-- n, Geor«c* William Li.nbr- n hewers. Q », -Y, Uunstable, grocer „ .anby, Sudbury, licensed victualler ti^.iry Bairick, Homerton, shipowner William linker, Newiugton-causeway, anJ Manchester, carriage wheel manufacturer Joseph Sharp, Meiberlugham, Lincoln-hire, cattle dealer. William Baroage, B rmiugham, corn dealer William Smth. Weston-moer- vlare, .Somersetshire, builder Thomas Brewiu Turuell, Sheffield, draper John Pe et Flint, Sheffield, plumaer James Turner Warsop, Nottiugiiamihire, miller John Davidson Newbold, Lincoln, toyman Henry Parry, Capel Cerrig, Carnarvonshire, draper John Symoop, Manchester, commission agent FROM TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS. Charles King, Newiogton-causeway, silkmercer William ttoberis, King's Lynn, grocer William Davie*, sen., B.ldock, Hertfordshire, baker William BuckUy Jones and Heury Der.not Deinpser, Lire*. pool, shipbuilders William Tittertoo, Liverpool, wine dealer Lewis Mclwytiverpooi, u«rch»ut