The Express. — London, England, 1862-08-22 00:00:00

THE MANCHESTER MURDER. At the Liverpool Assizes yesterday, before Mr. Baron Wilde, William Robert Taylor (37) and Anne Taylor WO were indicted for the murder of Mr. Bran Moller, at Manchester, on the 16th of May. At an early hour the court was densely crowded, and the most ab sorbing interest was manifested in the case. Mr. Monk, Q.C., with whom were Mr. Bowler and Mr. Holkar, was engaged for the prosecution ; and Mr, Oversod, Q.C., for the female, and Mr. Pope for the male prisoner. Both prisoners pleaded not guilty. In opening the case for the prosecution, Mr. Monk said he should not follow the example sometimes set of enlarging in very solemn tones and in an em phatic manner upon the nature of the crime charged against the prisoners, became he believed such appeals had rather the effect of agitating the nerves than invigorating . the jodgmeot and strengthening the per ceptions of the jury. Os. thing, however, he wished to urge, end if he did not speak as eloquently and powerfully as his learned friends, be wished to do so no less emphati cally and sincerely—viz., that every member of the jury would discard from his mind absolutely and entirely every thing which he had heard and seen in the papers respect ing the case. Their duty was to judge of the ease by the evidence. and that alone. The facts of the case were the... Mr. Evan Mellor, the decemed, was in partnership with one of his sons es au estate agent in Manchester, and in an ex tensive and respectable way of business. Among other per sons the deceased was the agent of Mr. Dunn, • very mar relative of one of the members for Lancashire. About the end of October, 1861, the male prisoner applied to take, and ultimately did take from the deceased • house and shop in Britannia-buildings, Straugeways, one of the suburbs of Manchester. He entered into possession and remained in possession until the unfortunate occurrence into which they were now inquiring. On the 16th May William Moller, a younger son of the deceased, who was also employed in the office of hi father, arrived at their place of business in Lower King-street, about nine o'clock, a little before his father. Hs had scarcely arrived when Taylor came ie accompanied by his wife. Taylor in quired for Mr. Moller, and was told that he had not yet arrived, but was expe cted in half an hour. Now, the pre mises occupied by the Mallets were situated upon the second floor, and the lower rooms were occupied, amongst other tenants, by • Mr. Leatherbrow. Meller 's othce comisited of • general and private office, and an ante-room partitimed front the general office. At the time the Taylors entered, no one was in the office but young William Miller, and, having learned that Mr. Keller, no. was not in, the prisoners took seats in such positions th at the male prisoner could command a view of the earIADO) to the premises, sod the female of the private and general offices, which were ap preached h the ante-room. A few minutes elapsed when ; young Mel ler heard his father's voice, and saw him enter sad dose the door of the general office. He heard him say, "Good moraing, Mr. Taylor ;nand this was followed, almost immediately, by the extlereerion "Oh, Mr. Taylor !" upon which young Mallet turned Ind saw his father in the grasp of the male prisoner, who at that time seemed to have clenched in his hand something which William Mellor could not see, but with which , the prisoner appeared to be striking at his father's breast. S'ith a natural impulse William Moller proceeded , towards his father, but the moment he did so the female I prisms presented a revolver, and young Mellor then rushed baalc again into the office where he was before, end at to fasten the door. Nobody, however, followed him. Throwing up the window, he gave as alarm, and in • short time, hearing • report of firearms on the staircase, he again came out of the office, and found his father lying upon the landing of the first floor (the attack had taken place on the second floor) in estate of insensibility. ID the mean time it appeared that Mr. Leatherbeow, from hie office below, had heard the noise as of some person falling, sad came out to see what was the matter. Observing Mr. Mailer lying upon the landing, he called to Hooley t one of his servants, who came sod raised the deceased a bead. While Hooley was in this attitude, with his wrist near Mt. Millers he'd, the male prisoner was observed to come from behind and fire a revolver, which wounded Hooley either in the wrist or in the knee. Hooley then let Meller fall down, and he himself staggered away, propping himself against the wall. As he was thus proceeding, it would be shown by the evidence that both the prisoners very composedly and coolly recommended him to go to the infirmary and seek medical assistance. Now about this times person named Pankharet, who was pus ing, entered the building, and found Hooley and Leather brow, and the male prisoner standing • step or two above them on the stairs. About the same moment, or imme diately afterwards, William Meller rushed down the stairs, and WY proceeding to his father, when a pistol was levelled at him by the prisoner. Pankhurst put up his hand, and said, "Good God, what would you do ?" and young Mellor ran behind some of the persons present. The prisoner said, "He has ruined me and my children." Pankburst put his head to Metier after the shot, and found that the pulse, which was throbbing before, had ceased- Moller was re moved at once in • coach to the infirmary, and it then ap paired that he had received no fewer than 11 stabs in dif ferent parts of the body, and that there was also a wound which might have been caused by falling, making 12 in all. Of the 11 stabs, one had penetrated the heart, and had taken effect about the chest, and the others were of such a kind as to be almost immediately fatal. When the police arrived the female prisoner was found walking about on the ground floor, and the male prisoner still held the revolver in his hand. About the time of his arrest he exclaimed, of his own accord, "Thank God. my work is done ! " and on another occat-ion he exclaimed that Mr. Meller had murdered his children. These hidden* however, would be more amply detailed by the witueeses. Upon the prisoner was also found • bullet and mould, a powder flask, some percussion caps, and • sheath of paper such as is frequently used for knives, and behind a sideboard on the landing where the attack upon Mr. Meller had taken place, was found a knife which seemed intended to fit that sheath. The knife was wet and bloody. Mr. Monk said he should further prove that the woman who was employed to clean the premiss was there some half-hour previously, and that no knife was there then. It would also be proved that on the previous day the prisoner purchased a revolver and bullet mould, the same as those found upon him, from • Mr. Jones. The revolver was an old-fashioned one of six chambers, in which the whole of the barrels, and not merely the chambers, revolved. One of the barrels was found to be discharged, and the other five were loaded. When taken to the polio,- office the prisoner took from some part of his person three keys, explained what doors they belonged to, and said, " That opens such and such a bedroom, and if you will go there you will find something." The officers, when they went to the house, found it in a state of great disorder, the walls and doors sod chimney-pieces having been moth injured and disfigured. A stern slab had been re moved from cue of the chimney-pieces and laid upon the chimney-floor, and upon that slab were placed the heads of three children who had ceased to live. How lung, or by what means, those children had ceased to live was no part of the present inquiry, and he (the learned counsel) should have abstained from noticing the children at all were it not for certain expressions and conduct of the prisoners. The children were washed and " laid out," each being dressed in a clean man's shirt, and round the neck, waist, and wrist of each being tied • piece of black ribbon. Upon the breast of each child was pinned a piece of paper with the following inscription :—" We are six. but nee at Harptry lies : thither our bodies take. Moller and Son are our cruel murderers, but God and our loving parents will avenge us. Love rules here. We are all going to our sister, to part no more." That writing was in the hand of the male prisoner. On the other side of the paper was written the name of each child :—" Mary Hannah Taylor, 12 years of age ; Hannah Maria Taylor, 8 years of ego ; William Robert Taylor, 5 years of age." Upon the body of the youngest child was another piece of paper, upon which was written ' " Metter our sister slew through gross neglect." After alluding to some minor points in connexion with Taylor's selling some clothes belonging to Taylor's children and his wife, Mr. Monk came to &insider the question of motive. The prisoners were evidently intensely imbued with a desire to revenge the wrongs and injuries which they believed they bad sustained at Mr. Mellor's heeds. They were unpre pared at Christmas, 1861, to pay the rent which was due for the premises in Britanom-buildings, and they were threatened with a distress. lint still the rent was not paid. nor was it pelt until after an umurrenos of a very painful kind, which he (the learned counsel) would now detail. On the Sunday before the 24th of January, 1862. an explo sion of steam took place upon the promises, which caused the death of one of Tavlor'a children. Before the explosion Taylor had complained to Mr. Metier of the leakage in the pipes, sod Moller gave instructions for the usual repairs; but whether the pipes were repaired or not, some farther leakage appeared to have taken place, which continued until the explosion. The explosion was attributable to the fact that some pipes, which communicated with the cistern, had been stopped. The prisoners attributed the explosion to the negligence of Mr. Mellor, though the latter said it was Torlor's owe fault, and he therefore refused to give the prisoner compensation. Another grievance which the prisoner nourished ;wind Meller was connected with a dispute as to the value and removal of some fixtures. There were also two other sources of complaint. On the 3rd Feb. a distress was put into the prisoner's premises, and the goods were taken away. There was little to seize and the goods did rot rea lise the amount of the rent, but the prisoner was not con. sidered by Meller an eligible tenant, and another distress was instituted. It war intimated, however, to the prisoner that if he would leave the place he might take anything that belonged him. All these circumstances seemed to have excited a very angry feeling towards Mellor in Taylor's mind, and to this feeling the acts of violence which had been detailed were attributed by the prosecution. Having pointed out the legal distinctions between murder and manslaughter, Mr. Monk reminded the Jury that, in minor offences, the law presumed that the wife acted under the coercion of her husband, sad excused her in onisequence, but that this did not prevail in cases of murder. As an authority be might mention the ease of Yenning and hie wife, who were side by side brought boffin a jury charged with murder, and who suffered together the penalty of the law. Dwelling upon the points which associated the female prisoner with the crime, the learned counsel said she was Lying with her husband, was seen in his society both at their own house and at Meller's office, and it would be for the ,jury to say whether the appearance which the children presented indi. cited rather the care and attention of a female than a male band, though the writing was evidently in the hand of Taylor himself. In conclusion, the learned 'mined said that if the jury should come to the ensolusion that the present tion failed against either or both of the prisoners, neither of his learned friends for the defence could urge them wore stroagly than he did to acquit the prisoners. They must, however, look into the question fearlessly and impartially by the evidence, and if they found both or either of the prisoners guilty, he was satisfied that they would not fail as independent and honest men to dither,e their duty. The learned gentleman then called witnesses. William Galloway Midler, examined by Mr. Bowler, Q.C., said he was a clerk to his late father, Evan Keller, who carried on Waimea in co-partnership with his son John Miller, as estate agents. About a quarter to nine o'clock on Friday morning, the 16th of May, he (witness) went to the office, be being first there. Tay and his wife called and asked if Mr. Mellor was in ; said no, but he would not be long before he came. Taylor said he hoped he would not be long, übe had to go by the trio. They then sat down in the anteroom, the male prisoner sitting with his back to the window, his wife sitting with her bask to the wall. Heard hi father come in and my, " Good morning, Mr. Taylor." At the same time heard him say, in a tone of alarm, "Oh, Mr. Taylor !" lie saw Taylor holding his father as if he was throttling him. Witness, getting off his seat, rushed towards a door Lading to the staircaes; the female prisoner, who was not far from him, presented a ze volver pistol which she held in her hand towards witness's face. He banged the door, which had been t. Cl e tially ors, and ran into the inner office. He wi up the window and then beard a report of drearms from the direction of the staircase. On hearing the shot he ran bank to the atair ; so one was oa the first landing, but on the second he found his father. The male prisoner was on the upper landing, with a re volver in his band. The male prisoner then rushed up stairs, and witness ran to the police-station, which is close by. When he returned he found the female prisoner walk ing up and down the ground floor. She seemed to be coming out of the building. lie went up to where he had left has father, and assisted, with others, to carry him into a cab, in which he was conveyed to the Royal Infirmary. He did not know what the prisoner had in his hand, but when he saw Taylor and his father, be noticed Taylor's band moving as if he was striking. Mellor and Son were agents for the house in which the prisoner lived. About sic months previously an explosion of the boiler had taken place, and one of the prisoner a children was killed. The prisoner made complaints of the explosion, and stated that the place required a tboroughrepair. The rent for the place was due in January, but was riot paid, and on the lid of February a distress was levied upon his property. A sale took *m, but the whole amount of the rent was not realised. Me continued to live in the place, and the rent due in March was also not paid. Another distress was levied upon the premises on the 30th of April. ' A day or two before the attack the prisoner called at the office and saw the deceased ; be said he wanted the account of the person who had distraMed, u he had not had it ; au altercation took place, but no quarrel. He did not appear to be excited. croesexamination by Mr. Pope the witness said that soon after the prisoner entered upon the premises he com plained that his health was failing, and said he was desirous of leaving the place if he could find another tenant. He did find another propped tenant, who was brought to Mel lor and Son's offices, but the arrangement went off in conse quence of some disagreement as to the fixtures. The male prisoner had complained of the state of the boiler before the explosion took place. The distraint was put in for the January quarter, about a week after the child who bed been killed by the explosion was buried ; and after that the place was shut up. In cross-examination by Mr. Overload, Q.C., the wham said the prisoner bad been in the office for a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes before his father came in ; the female prisoner did not speak to him (witness) at all. His father was seized immediately he came 10, and the door was not closed. In re-examination the witness said be was quite sure the female prisoner presented a revolver at him ; and stated that the reason be threw up the window was, that he was under the impression she was going to follow him, and he intended to adopt that means of escape. Joseph Peacock Leatherbrow, wine merchant, St. James's chambers, said his office was below that of Moller and Son. On the morning question, while is his office, ha beard a noise es of some one falling down stelae. He ran up stain, and on the first landing saw Mr. Mellor lying on his hack ; he was bleeding slightly from the mouth. Witness called for his cellarman, who came up, and Mr. Heller was mind into a sitting position. While holding him in this position, the male rawer came down stain with a revolver in his hand. He pointed the revolver at Mr. Heller'• head, while two or three feet from him, and fired. Did not nowhere the shot took effect. Witness said to the prisoner, "My God, what does this mean !" He replied, '' Oh, he has murdered my children." Witness then west down stairs, and while there young Mellor (the last witness) passed him going in the di rection of the police office. Hcoley, his °Warman, who had been wounded, fainted ; and when returning with water for this man Taylor was there. He mid to Hooley "Young man, I advise you to go to Use Infirmary," or words to that effect. The male prisoner had stall a revolver in his hand, a policeman arrived, and the prisoner was removed. *He was very calm and composed in his demeanour. Several times that week he had seen Taylor peas up stairs in the direction of Holler's office. Croessexamined—What the men did he did quite openly, and made noattempt to escape. There war plenty of time to escape if he had been so minded. John fiooley, the oellarman referred to by the lest witness, said be remembered being called by Mr. Lmtberbrow, and on going up to the first landing he saw Mr. Moller lying no his back bleeding. When they rained his bead witness saw two men coming down stairs, one with a revolver in his hand. This man the prisoner, presented the pistol at Mr. Mailer's bead, an d fired. The snot passed through witness's wrist, and afterwards wounded him on the right hem When they had got down stairs the male prisoner came up. and raid very coolly, he had better go to the infirmary. Tu Mr. Overend the witear atatedlbat the female pri eooer rid nothing. Henry Francis Parkhurst, auctioneer. said be heard on the morning in question, something in Lower Kiog-street which induced him to go to St. James's.chambers. He saw Hooley at the bottom of the stain wounded ; sad then went upstairs, and on the first landing be found Mr. Heller. He felt his pulse, and found there was very slight pulsation ; there was a great deal of blood about his clothes. While young Heller was coming down, the prisoner had a revolver in his bend, and when Heller saw it he ran upstairs again screaming. Taylor then raised the revolver at young Heller, when witness shouted out, "Good God ! what are you going to do r Witness caught prisoner's eye, which quailed. Taylor lowered his hand, exclaiming, "He has ruined me and my family." The police subsequently arrived, and the prisoner was arrested. Mr. William Heath, house surgeon at the Royal In firmary, said that when Mr. ]feller was brought to that in stitution be was quite dead. He had made a post-mortem examination of the body, and found eleven stabs en different parts of the body. One wuon tberigbtside of thechest, about 2. inches in length, passing obliquely through the breast, bone, penetrating the heart, passing throug the diaphragm, and wounding the liver. Another wound was on the right ' side of the chest, about 2 inches in length, passing through the cartilage of the fifth arid sixth ribs, awl penetrating the heart. Either of these wounds was @ult.:lent to cause death. The other wounds were in different parts of the body. The knife produced (a large, long-bladed knife, pro bably need for cutting bacon or cheese) was likely to have caused the wounds. Sergeant Thomas Bramall, of the Manchester police, de posed to having gone to the office, when the pnsooer was pointed out as the person who had abut Healey. Another officer took the revolver from Taylor's hand, and he was re moved to the police-station by witness and another. On their return they found and arrested the female prisoner. On going upstairs be found in the ante-room the knife which had been shown to Mr. Heath. The knife had been placed behind • board in a corner of the room, and was covered • with blood. He found Mrs. Taylor in the office, and a I sheath for a knife was taken out of her pocket by the officer I Bateman. Martha Woolley, the charwoman employed in cleaning the offices, proved that when she cleaned the place that I morning no knife was in the position in which it was after .wards found by Braman. ' Police-sergeant Bateman, who accompanied Brunell to St. James's-chamber,, proved that he took the revolver (pro ' duped) from the male prisoner. He said his name was Taylor, and that be lived at 5, Britannia.hoildinga, Strange : way,. While witness wag searching him he said, "Thank God! my work is now finished." Hs found upon him some bullets, percussion caps, and a knife-sheath (improvised of brown paper). He also found upon him keys which un locked the various rooms of the house. On unlocking the bedroom door he found three children, dead ; they had been all washed, a ribbon was tied round the waist and wrist of each ; and at the head of each he found a paper (produced and read, as given in Mr. Maples address.) Harphurey Cemetery is about two miles from Manchester. He went through the house, and found all the walls of the bedrooms covered with soot. The doors had been cut, the haoistere and stairs had also been cut. One of the marble mantelpieces had been taken down, and the children's heads were lying upon this article as a pillow. Witneu returned to the polioe•station, and told the prisoners they were charged with the murder of Mr. Meller and of the three children. The female prisoner said she had left a basket belonging to her at Mr. Meller's offioe, and asked witness to fetch it. He did so, and on examining it found two sponges, some hair brushes and combs, and a piece of sticking plaister. The revolver taken from Taylor contained mix barrels, five of which were loaded. A gunsmith endeavoured to draw the charges, but as be could not do so the barrels had to be discharged. Thomas C. Jones, general salesman, Deensgate, stated that on the 13th of May the male prisoner purchased at his shop, for 215., the revolver found upon him on the 16th by Bateman. He also supplied him with a bullet mould similar to that found on the priscuer. The prisoner mild he had no money to pay for the articlea, but he would redeem a Geneva watch which he had in pledge, and give it to witness. Taylor did so. He did not say what be was going to do with the pistol. William Evans, employed in the office of a wine•tnerohant la Exeter, proved that the prisoner had teen in the service of the same gentleman as commercial traveller; and, further, that the dockets found npoo the children in the bedroom we is Taylor's handwriting. Several witnesses were examined for the purpose of ac eesolieg for the movements of the prisoners for a day or two before the attack. The bailiff who made the mond didesief said there was so bed is the house when he went I THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EI7iENDFCi t AUGUST 1862. them ; everything, except one chair, was removed booths • place. Mr. Bury, attorney for Mr. Carnet, the toner of 16s house in which the prisoners lived, proved that the primmer had been told that all the rent which was due would be forgiven if be world give up the key of the premises, but he refused. This closed the ease for the proeecution. Mr. Pope, in his address to the jury on behalf of the male prisoner, pointed out the deep responsibility that la upon them when they were charged to inquire in to all the cir cumstances attending this ease, and to say wbethea their verdict ought to consign a fellow creature to the scaffold as being guilty of wilful murder. The simple ease he had to lay before them was whether the prisoner was conscious at the time he committed the act with which he was charged in the indictment of the quality and nature of the act he wee doing. In order that he might put the question fairly and fully, as he believed it would be left by the learned judge for their determination, he would use the words of • learned judge in laying down the law in a case of similar character—was the prisoner at the time this occurrence took place upon the Main of Mr. Meller's roam labouring under such a defect of mama as not to know the nature or quality of the act he was then doing: or, if he did know, that be was not 3001010 U that he woo doing what was wrong? He (the learned counsel) was aware that the defence of insanity was a dangerous one ; and that. except upon very strong grounds, there was a natural feeling that such a defence should prevail. There was a repugnance on the part of all juries to listen to such a defence unless they were driven to that conclusion from the mature of the cam and the conduct of the prisoner ; yet there was an awful responsibility, which fi lled him with awe if they took away the life of a man whose sanity remained in doubt. Mr. Pope contended that it was not naseassay in order to sustain the plea of in sanity that a man should be in the condition of a raving maniac ; and quoted from several works, including Dr. Wil liams, a high authority on mouomania and insanity, that the course of insanity might be entirely unobserved until some act which consummated it brought the defect of mind into prominence. He urged that the character and dream , stances of the act itself were evidence of the unsoundness of Taylor's mind, and showed that be was possessed with one all absorbing conviction, impelling him forward in his proceedings. Ile dwelt upon the great and unnecessary violence used by the prisoner, the calmness with which he acted during the tragedy, the absence of any attempt to effect his escape, though opportunity wss afforded, and the want of any effort to conceal his proceedings, together with all the other attendant circumstance, as generally leading to the belief that he was not conscious of the quality of the acts which he was committing. While the learned oouoeel was referring to the melancholy fate of the children and the desolation of the house, the male prisoner, who had been standing in the dock, soddenly fell backwards to the ground in a fainting fit, and some minutes elapsed before the proceedings could be resumed. Mr. Overend, Q.C., on behalf of the female primmer, explained that he had nothing to do with the state of mind of the male prisoner when he committed the act. He did it, and what they had now to consider was whether the woman participated in the act. In vain be looked through the whole one for a single expression of anger used by the woman or of violent feeling towards Mr. Moller. If she went to the place with a common intent with her husband, and if she took part in the act, she was responsible for her conduct ; but the learned counsel strougly urged that she had not gone to the place with a guilty knowledge, but, on the contrary, that the evidence tended to show that she had no knowledge of what were her husband's intentions. There was no indication of malice in her conduct; and she had taken, at least, no active part in the commission of the crime. The learned mussel contended that the statement of young Steller, that she presented • pistol at him, arose from an error of perception in the con fusion of the moment ; she, unaware of her husband's in tentions, was astonished at the struggle which arose hr tween him and Atelier, and naturally held out her hands in amazement at the proceedings ; it was this act, Mr. Ovemed urged, which young Moller had misoonceived to be the proceeding he described, and was more probable than the act he had stated it was. In conclusion the loathed counsel made an earnest and eloquent appeal to the jury to my that his client had gone to the place without knowledge of her husband's ietentions, and that she had not been • Oartici pater in his acts. The Judge, in summing up. explained that the jury were asked to say that the male prisoner was insane. He, how ever, showed no conduct that was otherwise than the sot of • sane man, except, it was contended on his behalf, the one on which he now stood charged. There was no word he had spoken which indicated that he was insane—there was no proof that in the ordinary affairs of life he did not conduct himself as sane men did ; and therefore it was admitted that he was sane on all other occasions except when he did the act for which he was tried. With regard to the other psi. goner, if the women was not cognisant of her husband's intention, and took no part in the crime, she would not be guilty of the crime he committed. If the was there, intending to take part in the act, aiding and 'misting him— present with • common object, although her hand struck no blow, the would be equally guilty of the crime. His lord ship then Went carefully through the whole of the evidence, and, in reading it over, pointed out its bearing upon the conduct of the prisoners with reference to their guilt or innocence. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and during their short abeenoe the utmost excitement prevailed in court. After a brief consultation the jury returned and announced that they found the woman Not Guilty, and the man Guilty, of wilful murder. The learned judge then Resumed the block cap, and in sentencing the man to death, said—" Prisoner at the bar, the jury have found you guilty of this most barbarous murder. Acting under a sense of supposed injury you have wreaked your vengeance upon a man who was only the inno cent instrument, and not in any way the cause, of your trouble. You must have been aware that when you took that man's life you did so at the forfeit of your own. I have no desire to enlarge upon the enormity and the wickedness of such au act. You stand there an example to those who see you of the vehemence of had missions nurtured and fostered till they have impelled you to this most bloody deed. May your sentence be a warning to other. Let me =treat you to apply your remaining boors to make your peace with Heaven, for assuredly you bare much to do." The judge then in the usual terms sentenced the prisoner to be hanged. Taylor, who appeared to be mentally tu posituin was then removed from the dock. of his SUSPECTED MURDER OF A POLICE CONSTABLE. A rumour gained circulation at Rotherhithe yes terday that Police constable Henry Butler, 135 Id division, bad been murdered during the previous night, and that his body was afterwards thrown into the Surrey Canal. It ap pears that at six o'clock yesterday morning, the hour at which the night duty men are relieved, the deceased was missing from his best, which was on the Plough-road. a abort distance from the canal, and in a neighbourhood prin cipally inhabited by the lowest class of persons. A search was made, and a bargeman passing through the locks disco vered the hat of • constable floating on the water. The dregs were at once procured, and in • short time the body of the deceased was recovered, one side of the head showing a din- Coot mark of violenoe. From inquitiet mhos !neatly instituted it,appears that at twelve o'clock on Wednesday night a man, having the appearance of an excavator, called at the Corn meicial Dock beer-shop, and complained to the landlord and his wife and two other persons that " He was being cruelly followed about by a police-constable," and upon the land. lord going to the door, and not being able to see a police man, he inquired of the man where the policeman was, when the man repeated his former complaint and left, say. log, " If anything happens during the night, I shall want you four as witness, for me in the morning." This was • short distance from the spot where deceased was found, and a woman residing near the canal informed Inspector Mackenzie that she was awoke during the night by hearing persons talking loudly in the street ; that she looked out of the window and saw two women, and then retired to rest, but was again awoke, when she heard some one ask, using • vulgar expression, " Where is he now!" and the reply given was, "He is now where old Scatter was "—a man of the name of Scatter, in the employ of the sComniercial Dock Company, having been drowned at the seine spot some five or six years since. Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, having to hold another inquest in the parish yesterday afternoon, formal evidence was given of the ending of the body of the de ceased, and further inquiry into the case was adjourned to • future day. The deceased had only been married twelve months, and leaves &widow and one child. A MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY IN LONG-ACM Yesterday morning information watt conveyed to the different police stations of the metropolis of a discovery calculated to give rise to a suspicion that a murder had been committed. It appears that about half-pest one o'clock on Wednesday afternoon a man named James Inwood, residing in Castle-street, Long-acre, maw a woman, plainly but de cently dressed, pau through the street with • bundle under her arm, and, from the furtive glances which from time to time she cast on either aide, ap peared to watch whether any one observed her, sod upon nearing the corner of the street she dropped the bundle, apparently uodesignedly, and proceeding on wards at • rapid pace turned the corner without looking round, although he called after her lousily. Upon the par cel being picked up and opened, it was found to contain • man's cotton shirt, with linen front and wristbands. There was* mark on the gusset, "A. G. 1V.," the neck, shoulder of left arm, right aide, and sleeve covered with blood, both sleeves cut op to the shoulder, and a portion of the right side milling, also out from the tail to the breast. The shirt seems pearly new, but the collar-hand has been length cued with a piece of tape. The shirt has been worn with studs and sleeve-links. There was also a lambswool shirt, marked "J. J. W., 12 58 " on the breast, saturated with blood, and a portion of the breast-part, which has been apparently burnt, miming. Both sleeves bad been cut open. There was alto in the bundle a flock pillow with cotton tick, much saturated with blood, and smelling strongly of opium; also • common pillow-we saturated with Mood, a small white cotton handkerchief also saturated with blood, and wrapped up in a portion of the Rears of tide Woofed news paper of the 10th instant. It is almost needless to say that the police authorities are using every exertion to trace out the circumstances ci this mysterious diaeovery. LONDON 0111MILLL OMNIBUS COMPANY (Lllllll4 Trial@ sonipir for rho work =dim Augur 17, AWOL Is. --CONTRAL QRJMINAL COURT. OLD WORT. (Wore ILL Mastics Williams.) roans or ' A maim' saws. (Continued from yesterday's Express.) The Jury retired at half-past one o'clock to consider their verdict. They del not return into tomb until twenty minutes past five, whim they Acquitted the primmer of the charge of murder, and found him Guilty of man &laughter. The loomed Ju4e. in palming sentence, said that the jury had considered the case with very grad care, and they bad certainly come to a moot merciful conclusion. He man maims that he could not me any cirmunstance of provocation or anything that had a tendency to reduce the crime below that of wilful murder, but the jury luckily for him, bad felt themselves justified in acquitting him of that crime. It was clear, however, that he had committed a very cowardly and aggravated attack upon the deceased, and had taken his life without having apparently received the slightest provocation, and Le therefore felt it his duty to pass a severe sentence, and to order him to be kept in penal servitude for the space of twent years. The prisoner, as he left the bar, declared that he was ie. nocent. Walter Hill, 26, a black man, was charged with felo niously cutting and wounding Honors Myers, with Intent to murder her. It appeared that the propecutrix was a woman of the town, and that on the night of the 26th of July the prisoner accompanied her to • low brothel in Shadwell, and when the prisoner awoke in the morning he found that nearly all his clothes and his money had been stolen, and he wee' obliged to leave the house with nothing on but his shirt and trousers. He met • policeman and told him what had happened, and he accompanied him back to the house, and the . prosecutrix then denied that also had robbed the prisoner, and made nes of very foul leognage to him and struck him. He then went away, and it appeared that shortly afterwards he met the prceecutrix in the street, and he stabbed her in the beck with a knife with each violence that the blade went into the shoulder-bone right up to the hilt, and it required consider able force to remove it. The prisoner, when before the magistrate, made • statement to the effect that he was robbed of his clothes and 4/. 10e. by the prow:cut:ix, and that when he met her in the street she spat upon him, and pushed him, and made use of very bad language, and in the excitement of the moment he struck her with the knife. Although the wound the praiecutrix received wan• serious one, it seemed that it was not dangerous, and in about three weeks she was nearly recovered, and there appeared to be no doubt that the prisoner had been robbed and suffered a good deal of provocation before he committed the offence. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of wounding the pro. aecatrix with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, but at the lame time strongly recommended him to mercy. The learned Judge, in pawing sentence, 'aid there was no doubt that the prisoner had been used very ill, and had been very much provoked, but the use of the knife could not be tolerated in this country, or justified under any circum stances ; and taking into consideration the very merlons cha racter of the injury that had been inflicted, be felt it his duty to sentence tam to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months. Pinkstone, 23, clerk, wucharged with oorn milting • felonious assault upon Charlotte Amelia Porter, a little girl under ten years of age. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Oppeohsim conducted the tion, instructed by the Society for the Protection of Women. Tse This case appeared to be one of a very aggravated cha racter. The prisoner was a married may, and lodged with his wife at the house of the mother of the prosecutrix ; and the evidence left no doubt that he had committed some assault upon the poor child, and that he induced her to refrain from telling her mother what had happened by threats of violence. It also appeared that the prisoner told the child that if she informed anybody what he had done his wife would kill her. The medical evidence created some doubt whether the felonious portion of the charge was established. The jury consequently returned a verdict of Not Ouiity. The prisoner wee then charged upon another indictment with an indecent assault upon another little girl in St. James's-park. In this case it appeared that on the 21st of July the de fendant was in St. Jamee's-park, and he was men to beams the girl, who was only five years old, to him, and to ac t indecently to her. Some persons in the park ink and the prisoner took to his heel. sod went up the Duke York's column, from whence he was taken by the police. The jury found hint Guilty. There was another charge of the some description against the prisoner, to which he pleaded guilty. Sentence was deferred. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) Francis StepheaShapion, 31, described as a wine mer chant, an exceedingly well-dressed young man, was in dicted for feloniously uttering and forging receipts for the payment of money. Mr. Gifford and Mr. Poland prosecuted, and Mr. Dickie defended the prisoner. . . . . From the evidence given in this owe, it appeared that the prisoner bad been clerk to one Isadore Malla, of Great Tower-street, Esatcheap, an Hungarian wine merchant, but bad absconded from hie service about twelve months ago. A short time since the prisoner called upon another 1•1110 merchant in the west end of the town, who had known the prisoner when be was in Mella's service • and not being aware that he had left, but, on th e co ntrary, had always thought him a member of the firm, spoke to him in refer ence to some wines which had been sent in by Mr. Malla long subsequently to the prisoner having left that gentleman's service, and added that he, how ever, would pay him (the prisoner) the mount, and he did so, giving the prisoner a cheque for 191.176.10 d., for which the prisoner gave a receipt m the name of Mr. Melia, at the same time begging that the cheque might not be crossed. This was refused, end the prisoner took the cheque direct to the shop of a Mr. Lockwood, • stationer and dressing-case manufacturer, residing in New Bond street, a short distance from the premises of Mr. Wood, from whom he had received it, and there paid the cheque away on the purchase of a dressing-ear* for 11. ilk., re ceiving the balance. The prisoner was subsequently appre hended on a charge of obtaining a pipe of IbllllB on • forged order, and being thus in custody the present charge had been preferred. Mr. Vickie, for the prisoner, attempted to convince th e jury of the existence of a part nership between the prisoner and Mr. Malls, as in that case the indictment could Dot be sustained. _ The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty, and it was stated to the court that the prisoner had been before convicted at Carnarvon Assizes, and then sentenced to ten yearn' transportation for forgery, before entering the service of Mr. Malls. It was also intimated that there were also several zhargeo of • similar character to the present pending against him. Mr. Justice Blackburn, in passing sentence, remarked that it was perfectly evident that the province punishment the prisoner had undergone had not had the slightest effect upon lain. He Mat therefore be removed from this country for a longer period, and the sentence was that be be kept in penal servitude for the space of 20 years. Frank rimmed!, 25, clerk, was indicted for embezzling and stealing several sums of money, and thereby defrauding Henry Hall and others, his masters ; and also with stealing three valuable securities for the payment of money, the property of his said masters. Mr. .oiffiad conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Beet appeared for the prisoner. The evidence disclosed that the prisoner had been some time clerk to the prosecutors, who were well-known tailors in Old Bond-street, receiving from them a salary of 1501. per annum, and his duty was to receive moneys and cheques in behalf of his employers, and to amount for the same. In the case of the first indictment proceeded upon, a cheque for GI. fie. bad been sent up to the firm by a gentle man named Tucker, • solicitor at Chard, in Somersetahire, in payment of his amount ; and this, it was proved, the prisoner bad appropriated to hie cien purposes. The jury found him Guilty, and be was sentenced to tan years' penal urvitude. Hcnry Harris, 24, labourer, a morose ill-looking fellow, was• for a highway robbery with violence, aod stealing from the person of Edward Baruch a silver watch, hisi rg ir wle M n conducted the prosecution, and from the opening statement, and the evidence adduced in support of it, it appeared that the prosecutor, who is • clerk in the London Dczics, was proceeding home to his residence in Tennington.street, St. George's-in-the-East, about • quarter past 10 o'clock on the night of the 31st July last, when he was suddenly pounced upon by two men, cos of whom seised him from behind by the throat, severely compressing it, while the other, who came in front, rifled his pocket of his watch, having first broken the chain. Both his assail ants immediately ran off, but the prosecutor was enabled to follow them, calling out "Stop thief," and was joined in the pursuit by • police-constable named Challing, who was just in the act of seizing the primmer in Wellclose.aquare, when, his foot slipping. he fell, but fortunately another constable coming up, followed and never lost sight of the prisoner until he caught him in • breathless state in • barber's shop, into which he had rushed under the pretence of getting shaved. The identity of the prisoner was clearly established by the prosecutor, and by the officers and the barber. The prisoner, when asked what be had to say in his de fence, said it was no use for him to say anything against what two or three policemen had stated. He knew no more of the prosecutor or his watch than did any other gentleman now in court. The jury, without limitation, having pmnounced a verdict of Guilty, a former conviction for felony was proved against the prisoner, as was also the fact that since he bad come out of prison he was the coostant companion and associate of the worst class of thieves at the east end of the metro. poha. Mr. Justice Blackburn remarked, that though this ease did not exhibit the extreme violence by which the robberies designated garotte robberies were characterized, still it was one calling for heavy punishment, even though the tutor had not sustained any serious personal injury. l ' gr s s: clear the prisoner was abed character, and the *entrees wpm him for the offence was, that he be kept in penal geniis& for the term of four years. Tbe primmer, with great affroatery, exclaimed, " Thank you, my lord.* THIRD COURT. (Before Thomas Chambers, Eat., Q.C., Common flerjeant.) I William Bangs, 24, traveller, •ud Charles Cowper, 28, shoemaker, were iudicted for burglary in the dwelling , house of Sniannah Charlotte Teeter, with latest to staid therein. _ _ I Mr. Metcalfe conducted the prosecution, end Mr. Kemp appeared for the prieoners. The prosecutrix, Mrs. Tester, keeps the White Hart public house, at the corner of Market-street, Oxford - street It appeared that on the night named IS the indictment • neighbouring shopkeeper, who happened to be in the street, observed the cellar-flap soddenly raised up, aod the head of one of the prisoners now at the her was seen to rise above the flap as though the body were about to emerge. The witness secured the flap and immediately alarmed the proseeutrix andthe other inmates of the house, who came down and awaited the arrival of the police, when a search was made, and io the cellar the prisoner Cowper was discovered eodlaken into custody. The search wee continued, sad on. of the policemen, Sergeant Edwards, after a minute examination, was proceeding still further, when jumping on some bo ard., he heard • voice exclaim, as if in great pain, " Oh, oh, oh my." The Nardi were imme diately removed, and embedded in mw dust, which the boards bad covered, was found the other prisoner &age. Mr. Kemp, for the defence, said that, after what had transpired, he would not occupy the time of the jury with any remarks. He held in his hand • paper which had been forwarded to him by the prisoners, which merely contained • copy of the depositions against them, and also some re mark*, in which they state the whole affair was a plot against them got up by the police. The document con cluded, after expressing a hope that the villaoy of the police and the pitman who was • witness ?salad them would be confounded, with th ese words : ft I could believe there was a just God in Heaven, unto whom • false wither is an abomination, and who also heels the my of the prisoner, I might be tempted to leave my cause in His hands ; but this is a strange world to are, SO I will leave it to you to put eur case in the hands of whatever legal gentlemen you may think best, hoping we shall obtain our wishes, winch ere the triumph of truth and the oonfusion of falsehood.—(Signed} CHAILES Covina nod F. 8., to be left at the gate for Mr. George Blaine* The jury immediately found the prisoners Guilty, and it was then stated that Bangs bad been before convicted of b and penal servitude, but had been let on:gla sentencedre the terminstiou of his sentence, at the close of the past year ; since then he has suffered two separate terms of inaprieonment of three months each for attempted burglaries at public-houses. The other prisoner, although so emaciate of Bangs, has never been convicted. Mr. ltekalfe asked the officer how it was that the prisoaer Bangs, hariog recently been convicted, as dated, had had his ticket of leave recalled! _ _ The offeeer said be did not koow bow it was, bat the magistrates were not very willing to report such awes. Sergeant Cook, 198 Et, said that whilst the prisoners were at large numerous complaints had been made of robberies of this class being attempted at public•howes, but lime they bad been in custody there bad been but ego ecenplaint. Tim common sentenced Bangs to Wm yew' and Cooker to six y penal servitude. FORGERY ON THE BANS Or ENGLAND. A respectably-dressed genteel-looking young man, 20 years of age, who at first gave his name as George Samuel Stokes, • clerk, residing at Arbites-bill, Galway, but afterwards stated that his real name was George Wr i t. kin, was placed at the bar of the Manaion-house yesterday, before Mr. Alderman Challis, locum totems for the Lord Mayor. charged with forging and uttering a forged endorse ment to a bill of exchange for 2,0001., with intent to de fraud the governor and company of the Bank of England. George Russell, detective officer, said—l was on duty this morning with Sergeant Moss, at the Bank of Eng land. In consequence of information which I received I waited in the hall, and there saw the prisoner with Mr. Adams, who held in his hand fire 100/. notes, which I produce. They are cancelled. Another gentleman, named Gough, was there likewise, and he bold in his hand the bill of eschew which I Pro duce, drawn on the Bank of Ireland for 2,0001. It is dated 20th August, 1862, and made payable to the order of John Robinson, 11aq. addressed to the cashier of the Bank of England, and mined " Wm. Patten, for the Governors and Company of the Bank of Ireland, payable on demand." The bill is endorsed "John Robinson, 17, Albert-street, Bedford-square." Mr. Adams showed the prisoner the five notes which I produce, and Mr. Gough showed him the endorsement at the back of the bill. Mr. Adams asked him if his triune was Stokes bow be came to ' endorse the bill "John Itobinson." Husked him if his name was Robinson, but I did not hear if be answered that question. He said he did not may his DaMe was Robb:soy. Mr. Gough maid he did say so, and likewise signed "John Robinson" at the beck of the bill. I then took him to the office of Mr. Marshall, the chief cashier, and he was there asked to explain the matter. He did not give any explanation, and be was asked where Albert-street was, and be said he did not know, be was a stranpr. The notes are all five endorsed " Geo. Stokes, 11, aftupsicle," and he was asked what 11, Cheapside, was, and be said it was au hoteL He was then given into m custody. I 'earthed a satchel which he bad at the time, and in it I found ten Bank of England notes for 50/., twenty five for 201., forty for 10/., and twenty for 51. Mr. George Wolff Cough, cubier in the public drawing office at the Bank of England, said—About a quarter before 11 this morning the prisoner came to ma and presented the bill produced for payment. I asked him what his name was, and he did not answer at the moment. I repeated the question, and he mid, "Robinson." I asked him what his Christian name was, and he said, " John." I then gave him hack the bill, which was not endorsed, and asked him to endorse it, and he wrote at the back of it, and be returned it to me endorsed as it now appears. I asked him what he would have for it, sad he took from his pocket a small piece of paper, with a list of the notes he wanted, which were the same as those found upon him. I passed it to the next cashier, who paid it with the notes produced, and the prisoner left the office. Shortly after the prisoner bad left, lb. Adams came to me to know if I had paid the five 1001. notes produced, that morning. I referred to the bookend asoertained thattbeybad been given with others in payment of the bill produced. I went with Mr. Adams to the sue department, and there saw the prisoner. I asked him if he had endorsed the bill in the name of John Robinson, and he denied that be had done so. I then left him wit h the officer. John Moss, detective, said—l was with Burrell this morn ing, and was present when tie prisoner was spoken to by Mr. Adams. The prisoner was afterwarda taken to Mr. Marshall's office, and J asked him if he could give any ex planation, and be then replied that it wu too bad to be treated like that. I searched him, and found a pocketbook containing 904 in Bank of Engl and notes and V. Ins. lid. in money. Since he hes been in cnrgody at the Mansion-house be said he wished to tell the whole truth, and he then told me that his name was not George Stokes but George Wilk* and that he did it, and the devil tempted him. If. said he was a clerk in the office of a firm named Page and Graham, stockbrokers, whose office was in Dame-street, Dublin, and be took a cheque from their book, filled it up, and took it to the Bank of Ireland, and they there gave him a draft for the cheque. The draft in ques tion is the same. He left DuLlin last night, and arrived in London this morning. The prisoner was remanded. MARKETS. TALLOW. THURSDAY Erssuro. —The market was quiet to-day. Spot, 490 3d ; September, 49e. 3d. to49e. 6d. ; October to December, 49a, 9d. to 50a. Delivery to last evening, 976 asks; arrivals, 1,507 casks. COTTON.—LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 21.—There vu • moderate and steady buainess doing to-day, with a quiet market and without change in prices. The sales an esti. mated at 5,000 bales, of which 3,500 hales are for export and speculation. WOOL AND WOKSTED.—BRADFORD, Acaun 21. There is a cheerful tone pervading every branch of the trade. There is very little wool changing hands. This may arise in • great measure from spinners having recently laid in large stocks, and, consequently, are not in • position to operate. Prices are m►intained with great firmness. There is a fair business still doing in worsted yarns. Spinners are generally well engaged to order for both home and export. Twofold yarns are still in good demand, and corded yarns are also active. Priem are maintained with great firmness. The most remarkable fact this week has been the sudden and serious rise in the price of cotton, There is, consequently, a rather excited market to-day, and manufacturers again demand • higher price for Foods. Although the higher prima to cover the increased rate of wagea checks business to a great extent, many manufacturers assert that they have readily obtained the fully advanced rates. Buyers in general have been anxious to plus current orders, and some have thought it prudent to negotiate contracts for future delivery. The fine weather camas business in the warehouses to be brisk, and the home merchant' are doing • satisfactory trade. The increased duty on Bradford goods imported into America will, in most cases, be very small indeed, tends to strengthen the belief in some quarters, that even with a continued war a fair trade may be expected to that country. To-day's intelligence, we regret to say, points to • larger strife in that quarter than has recently been anticipated. LACE AND HOSlERY.—Norfirmwan, Aroma 21. lace. —There is an average businees doing in all articles for the home trade. The demand for black and white silk lace continues, and for Maclaine, faxossies, and other descrip tions there is a fair inquiry. Plain nets are advancing in price almost daily in ounniqnsoos of the high prices of cotton. The German trade is quieter, though now and then parcels for that ciowitry, for France, and America are shipped. laces for trimmings sell well in the market. Hoesery.—Ths hosiery manufacturers report that there is • fair trade doing but that its coatinuation is doubtful, being merely the clear* out of old stocks. After that, prospects are miserable in the extreme, the rake of yams Wag now as high as can be well borne. Cotton has made assother bound upwards of ss. per bundle, and to Me their own words "Manufacturers are at their wits sad." Nearly all factories are working abort tuna—Nothispeem Journal. OORN.—MANCHISITR, AUGUST 2L—Tbsre was • fair atlariasoa at this maraiag's market. It few saiaplas of new English wheat were exhibited, the condition and ~ us. lity being very irregular sad most part of it remained tin. sold at the close . Foreign wheat wee in moderate regtmit at en improvement of ld. to 2d. per ceutal. Fresh Towle flour was 6d. to Id per sack dearer, but stale and iuftrior parcels were neglected, sod unchanged in value. Oats and oatmeal brought extreme rates. Bemis fully supported the previous currency, whilst Indian corn was to favour of sellers. BIRMISGRAIf t AUGUia 2L —At this day's market there was a limited supply of wheat from fanners; the trade was flat, but lower prime were not taken for either English or foreign. Barley maintained its value. Oata, beans, and pees held for previous rates. iILTI/68, AUGUST 21.—We had a good supply of wheat to-day for the season, and a heavy trade at last prices. In other descriptions of grain we have no alien. Lion to note. Trade in the market generally was far from brisk. Harvest has now fairly begun in all the forward edistrizta, and next week will be general throughout the county: The wheat crop is stated to be much improved but still oonsiderably below an average. Best red wheat, ;19a. to 30a. • second ditto, 728. to 27t. ; inferior ditto, 18a. to 21a. 'Barley, 30a. tid. Oats, 21s. to 30e. Bens, 21s. to 24a. Peas, 18a. to Ms. Old 91)41 flour, t ls , to 48a. ; other Sour, 395. to 425. NIWARA. AUGUST 20.—T0-day's market was thinly at. teoded by farmers, sad an demos of IL to p u la wheat was obtained. A few samples of the new crop were offered at prices too high for millers to operate. Data brought lc per qr. more mousy, and fully late rates were paid for grinding barley and beaus. _ . Nill3lllT, AUGUST 21.—We had a fair @apply of whiat, for whieh the trade wee slow, at late rates. Holders were not anxious sellers. Very little doing in say kind of spring UMUDGII. AUGUST 21.--A thin attendants of farmers and moan supply of corn. No new wheat on sale ; old realised former prices. New winter oats, 26.. to 28e.; white Poland oats, 28s. to 295. Pam, 40s. per qr. Rye, 36e. to 38a. per or. EDINBURGH, AUGUST 20.—We had in the market to-day 612 quarters wheat, 103 barley, 2,060 oats, and 2 beam. There war. sold—Wheat, 449 gm barley, 79 ; oata, 446 ; and bean., 2 qrs. As compared with led week Wheat was 3a. on top, sad 6d. up on &rause ; bu t * was 4s. up on top, and &L up on avenge ; oats were same oe top, and Is. Id. down on average; beans were Is. up on top, and 24. 6d. up on average. Prices per im perial qr. :—Wheat, 51s. Od. to 68e. Od. ; barley, 31s. Od. to 40. Bd. ; cats, 275. Od. to 375. 6d. ; beans, 49a. Od. to 50s. &I. Weight of top—Wheat, 65jIba; barley, 5711b5.; oats, 46th.; beans, 65S1ba CATTLE.—Narrusegiii, Ammer 20.—The market laday wee moderately supplied with beef of the bat qua lity, and purchasers found a difficulty in getting a supply. The best realised lis. 6d per stone, being as advance upon last week's prices; inferior, 6s. 6d. to is. 6d. The supply of mutton wan moderate, and the demand ruled steady at but week's rates. Lambs were a small supply, and the demand slow, at previous prices, the average being 20e. to 30a. each. Calves were more numerous, and met with a slow demand ; it was with great &Salty that former prises were realised; selling price hd. to 6id. The beet small porkers were inquired after at an advance, the best 71. ittairincnsw, Accost. 21.—We received a fair seasou• able supply of beasts on offer this day. The prime beasts roiliest' late , rate; inferior a heavy trade. Sheep and lambs a moderato supply. The trade slow, at barely late quotations. Calves, an average supply, late prices realising. Fat pigs were only a limited supply ; trade heavy, at barely Tuesday's quotations. EDINBUIWEI, AUGUST 20.—The supply of cattle this morning war large, there being 408. or 120 more than last week. Bales were dull. Top price, fts. 3d. ; current, 7a. 6d. to 7s. 9d. ; middling and inferior, from 6s. to 7s. 3d. per stone. There was also a large, supply of sheep and lambs, the number. 9,420, being an increase of 2,671. 806 Of the above wale store lambs. Bales also dull, and at the close a considerable quantity of the inferior eons were us sold. Best mutton. God. to 7d. ; ewes, from sd. to &L per lb. Lambe—Top prices, 211 a. to We. • current, for the best sorts, from 15s. to 18e., and down to P 4s. a bead ; faced, lop prices, 12s. to 17s. ; current', from 84. 61. to 10s. ; and down to 4s. 6d. a head. Fed pip brought from sa. to 6s. &L per atone ; six to eight weeks old do., from Be. to 10a a heed. I'RAFFIO RETURNS. Miles Pee-Mew Total, Teal, ZAILWATS open rangers ebandlse Int 1831 Week Sliding August 10. • a at A Antwerp a Rotterdam — 805 726 1,581 1,270 London, Tilbury, & South end Exteuslon Week ending August 16 Belfast & Di. Counues — 1,457 880 0,317 2.101 Sambre sad Meuse Weak ending August 16 North 'astern Ski 21,091 24,340 46.331 46,39 Stockton and Darlinaton • lo.s 1,334 7 b 119 9,063 7,617 Week ending August 17. Belfast and County Down 49 635 ISO 455 884 Bristol and Meter Great Western loci.,Chatham. and Dewar 791 6,2.4 697 6,861 BM lianchatter, South Jaw lion. & .41trinchaas Midland North British 430 6.671 6,330 13,010 12,311 Scottish Central — 2.148 1,818 3,976 3,673 Blarogalalr• 09100 lO3 980 465 966 930 VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Arrow, from Liverpool for Singapore, July 5, lat. 6 N., lon. 25.10 W. Emily Goodwin, from Swansea for Caldera 56 days, Jane 3, lat. 61.31 S., lon 64. PS W. Indiana (brig?, from Windsor for Liverpool, July 10, on Seal Jamas, from Sunderland for Calcutta, July 10, lab. 6 N., lon. ss W. Protector, from Liverpool for Bombay, Ang. 16, off Sahara Robert Henderson, from Glasgow for Otago S 4 days, July 5, lat. 6 N., lea. 25.10 W. Rapids., from London for Singapore, July 9, lat. 6 N.. km. 26.19 W. Virginia, from Clyde for Calcutta, July 9, lat. 4 N., lora 21 W. THE BRITISH COLOMBIA OVERLAND TRANSIT OOMPANT.—Mr. James HIM/011, the secretary to the British Columbia Overland Transit Company, appeared yesterday at Guildhall, in discharge of his recognisance', before Alder man Finnic, to answer the charge of obtaining a stun of 421. under false pretences, with intent to cheat and defraud Mr. Henry Isaac Collingwood. 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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTH& DASITR., 7 Aegi!st 10, at getiinraett. Reigate, the wile of R. C. -„- Baxter, lat.. of daughter. • la, at Oekleproad, Win." the wife OW. A. R. Milo& of a son. „ 11.11141 L—August 19, at Wellington-road. St. Joluis-wood, the wife of Mr. W. If. Burke, Jun., of a sou. na,pluaiL7Awkst, 1 . 9, at Neptaaade, Dover, the wife of W. Oaidhim, Esq., — cot a di ugterr WWl'S—August 19, at lia h xt.street, Bloomsburpaquauv, Mn. J. H. Moak at a aoc. IrolllsB.—AFjpit 18, at Carmarthen, the wife a i'aes, of adumbtea. FON . o. 7 Jttigust 18, at Limerick, the wife of Major L. Jones, of • . OAKES—August 18, at linsaex-placc. Slough, the wife of T. Oaks', Esq.. of • daughter . ti7Bll,lLl...—August 17, at Barneston, Mrs. B. V. Russell, td a son. BUTTON.—Augast 18, at Braham.part, Berta, 3tra Suttee, ..- . of a Boa. VlLltr4ol4.—August 18. at Banbury hull, Wf Georgina Vernon, of u 'laughter. MARRIAGES. DAV IS—DlANB.—August 19, at Bt. Margaret's, Weatinins:er, by the Rev. C. J. Bowen, the Her. 11. navies, M.A., of TriaßY College, Cambridge, to Carolina, daughter of T. Deana, Egg. of Wrstmloster. HARRIfi —STILLWELL—August 19, at the pariah church. Lewisham, Kent, by the Hon. and Her. B. Legge, Mr. T. G. Harris, of Botherrhithe, to blisa Hannah, daughter of E. MU. well, Yap of Sino House, Lawhigun, Kent. HOARY—BOMA ED.—August 19, at the Wesleyan Chapel. iMathampton, by the Rev. T. James, the Rev. R. Hoare. to Anule, daughter of W. Holimad. of Edingtoa, ilungerford, berkablrc. BOBERTA—CUTIR.—Angturt 19, at the Feria% church, Claphan. by the Rev. Z. I. Cutts, Frederick Augustus, son of the I.ao i. Roberta. Fag , of Tulsa-hill. to Mary Jane, daughter of W. W. Cutts, Kat., of Claphans-commou, Surrey. WILKINRON—MOToiL—August ld, at the Unitarian Church, Swansea, William, son of the late T. A. Wilkinson, hot, of Kingston upon-Buil, to Emily, daughter of the late B•±. Moyle, Yogi. DEATHS. ADAMS.—Augurt 20, at Harley House, Bow-road, J. Adaroi lag'd 88. 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