The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-04 00:00:00

IRELAND. DUBLIN, AVG. 2, The accounts of murders are coming so rapidly upon us that they will soon cease to produce any sensation from dint of repetition. The last always appears the worst, the most daring and atrocious ; but another comes and casts it into the shade. The news of assassination comes like successive flashes of lightning in a thunderstorm, each more vivid and lurid than its predecessor, and followed by a louder clap ; but the eye and the ear become ac. customed to the phenomena. The murder of Mr. Braddell, however, seems to have reached the climax. We can hardly conceive anything more horrible, unless the assassin walks into the church during Divine service and murders a landlord in his pew, and then walks off without being inter rupted or questioned. There are peculiar circum stances connected with this astounding crime which invest it with something of the interest of romance. In Carleton's numerous sketches of bailiffs, the boldest fiction does not come up to the reality brought to light on this termination of a lengthened connection between Michael Hayes, the murderer, and his victim. In order to understand the denoue ment it is necessary to refer to the previous history of the parties. Mr. Braddell, a highly respectable solicitor, living at Mallow, in the neighbouring county of Cork, has been for many years acting as agent for several landlords. The famine of 1847 was the means of utterly " breaking" many of the small far mers in all parts of the country. They had lost the Whole of their capital and stock, they were deeply in arrears, and it was quite impossible that they could crop the land or pay rent for it. Their al most sole means of existence was the potato, and that was gone apparently for ever. 'Unless, there fore, the landlords relinquished their property and allowed it to become a common, they must evict the tenants who could not pay rent. Many of them were obliged to sell, and the new owners were re solved to have a fair return for their money. It fell to the lot of Mr. Braddell to be engaged exten sively in the odious work of eviction, which is always accompanied with painful, sometimes with tragic incidents, occasioned by the removal of aged and sick persons. It is stated by the Mornmg News, a Tenant Right and Ultramontane journal, that between 1847 and 1850, Mr. Braddell had ejected in one parish no less than 250 families, re presenting about 1,250 individuals. In effecting all that dreadful work, Michael Hayes, the murderer, was his bailiff; and it is said that he was one of the worst specimens of the detested class to which he belonged. He is a tall powerful man, of dark com plexion, repulsive physiognomy, with a sinister ex pression about his eyes. As might be expected, his character was not the best, and no doubt Mr. Braddell had sufficient reason for dismissing him from his employment. His successor was Daniel Moore, the young man who was in the room at the time of the murder. It appears that in addition to the dismissal, there was a more serious cause of ani mosity and a stronger motive for committing the crime, in the threatened eviction of Hayes himself from a small farm which he held under Colonel Hare. Mr. Braddell had selected for his office the smok ing room of the hotel, a small apartment at the rear of the building, approached by a long, narrow, ill-lighted passage, the room having a window open ing into the yard, Mr. Braddell sat at the table on which was the box containing the money he had re ceived from the tenants. He was dressed in a suit of grey with a soft felt hat. It should be mentioned that a son of Hayes had been prosecuted at the last assizes for the murder of a man named Quinlan, who had obtained a farm from which he had been ejected. At the trial Mr. Braddell was a material witness. The evidence, however, was not deemed sufficient by the jury, and the prisoner escaped. Since that time the deceased seemed to be under some appre hension that the elder Hayes would make an at tempt on his own life, and he therefore carried pistols. Moore, the bailiff, an athletic young man about 20 years of age, was in attendance on his master. The only other person present in the room before the occurrence was a tenant, named Reardon, who came to speak about drainage. While he was speaking Hayes entered. The scene that followed is described by Reardon and Moore. The former, in his evidence at the inquest, said that Hayes wanted Mr. Braddell to allow him to remain on the land at the same rent he had always paid. He said that Colonel Hare had no objections to his remain ing, and that Braddell was the person that wished to put him out. Mr. Braddell made no reply. Hayes then got angry, and was very much ex cited. The deceased at last said, "I want to have nothing to do with you." Witness noticing the passion in which Hayes was, tried to persuade him to leave the room, but he would not go. Witness then went out himself, and just as he passed the door and got into the passage he heard a shot, and then he heard a second shot, and im mediately Mr. Braddell rushed passed him, and ran to the hall into the street, sa y i ng nothing, but pressing his hand against his side. Witness saw Hayes in the street afterwards. " The Coroner—ls it possible that you made no attempt to catch him? Yon saw him in the street ; yon heard the shot fired. Good God !—why did you give no alarm—why did you not try to have the murderer taken up P " Witness —Shure I did. " The Coroner—When ? Is it possible that Tipperary has fallen so low that we are to be cowed by one or two assassins ? Is the whole of Tipperary at the beck of a murderer ? " Daniel Moore was called and sworn—He de posed that he was sitting in the room when Hayes came in, and heard him ask Mr. Braddell to allow him to remain upon the land ; that Mr. Braddell refused, and that Hayes then fired. He saw Mr. Braddell leap up and rush out of the room. Wa rless swore that he attempted to catch hold of H ayes, but could not succeed in holding him, and that Roles then went out of the room, and he went out at alm os t the same time. The man passed through the hall into the street, and he saw no more of him. 0 The Coron er __-,, 3.0 u tellL are a strong, althetic young man, and yet escape us f you could preventing the not succeed in The following i A AL the i3 murderer !" ...._raddell's dying declara tion, read at, the inquest * Waller B Mallow in "I John r a - ddell, of that in the town of county of Cork, Esq., but at present . w, the b e ing fully aware Tipperary, state from the effects of a pi stol l ol a . , in a dying desirous to make this, my dyi ng ut , and b e i ng , do declare as follows :-- " I was receiving rents at Dobbyn's li There were i otel, in the town of Tipperary, on thi s da y . n the room Daniel Moore, Thomas Reardon, and Mich ael Hayes, of Carrigmore, county of Limerick, and no other person. I was sitting in said room when the said Michael Hayes took from his breast pocket a pistol, and aimed same at me, firing at same time the contents of said pistol, which lodged in my abdomen, and from the effects of which I a m now in a dying state. I have been for years acquainted with the said Michael Hayes, and entertain no doubt whatever but he is the person who fired at me as aforesaid. " JOHN WALLER BRADDELL. ". Acknowledged by the said John Waller Brad dell, ii-efnre me, this 30th of July, 1862. J. MASSEY, J.P., county of Tipperary." Dr. Nadi!) . And Dr. Kennedy were examined, and made the folio wing joint information : "We this day have nude a post mortem examina tion of the body of the deceased, Mr. John Waller Braddell. We find that his death was caused by a 'wound inflicted by a pistol bullet which passed through the abdomen, wounding the vessels of the great omentum, and lodging in the right side. The wolma caused internal haemorrhage, inflammation and death. The bullet asset' through the left arm before it ent ered the abdomen." The jury then retired, and after an absence of .10 , 33 e time returned to the room an d h an d e d in a N verdic t of wilful murder against Michael Hayes. ,“ The Coroner, addressing Dani e l Moore, said the d i rec ted him to exp, jury. .had • onducttheir very strong de contanatiOu of his c in making no effort to seize and hold tL'e murderer of Ith. ' l3 raddell, and .not giving a prompt ai.arra. old lu lu, and " Moore said he did attempt ;. 0 h • that he gave an alarm. When the police came the man was gone, and yet they were afraid to go into the smoking-room. "Head-Constable Bible--That is a falsehood, and you know it is. So far from that being true, we found him sitting in the hall, and t e would tell us nothing. " Moore--I told a tenant named Cormac to go for the police. " The Head-Constable, addressing the Coroner , said the police got no information of the murder until 15 or 20 minutes after it occurred. " Mr. Howley, R.M., said that before the Coroner went he wished to say a few words. 112 could scarcely express the feelings ke entertained about the fearful occurrence. He was sure that had an immediate alarm been given the assassin could not have escaped. There were plenty of people in the street who would have joined in pursuing him. He had spoken to many persons that day, and all had ex pressed the deepest abhorrence of the crime and the strongest desire for the apprehension of the mur derer. He had long lived in that town, and up to the present it had been his boast that what ever crime had disgraced the county, the town of Tipperary was altogether free from outrages of the kind, but, unhappily, he could say so no j Longer." A rumour was prevalent in Nenagh that Hayes had been arrested, but it is not confirmed, and the police are still unsuccessful in their pursuit. They could get no information about him from. the people. The lord-lieutenant has offered a reward of £lOO for such information as may lead to his apprehension, and a like sum to any person who will give information against those who harbour him or aid him in any way. In addressing the grand jury of the North Riding of Tipperary at Nenagh yesterday, Baron Deasy made the following reference to the murder of Mr. Braddell " The report of the county inspector agrees with the state of the calendar, and describes the state of the county as most satisfactory. I cannot terminate my address here, as I would wish, for Iregret that within the last few days a most appalling outra ge has occurred in the South Riding of this county, which does not, of course, come within your juris diction, but which in the daring publicity which attended its commission exceeds all that we have heard or read of. In a room in a hotel, in one of the most populous towns in this county, in the pre sence of several and in the immediate proximity of others, a gentleman, in the discharge of his duties as land agent, was openly and barbarously mur dered. I knew hi m f or a l ong time, and, as far as I could judge, he seeme d a man of humane disposi tion, and just in his dealings with those he came in contact with, mild and inoffensive in his manner, and I should say, as far as I could judge, incapable of doing any harsh or oppressive act. A short time ago I saw him in that home which is now made desolate, in the presence of that wife whom the assassin's hand has made a bereaved and disconso late widow. It is not merely for the purpose of expressing what we all feel in reference to this out rage that I refer to it on this occasion. We cannot escape the conviction that a widespread sympathy with crime pervades this and a neighbouring county, which leads them to shield and protect the perpetrators of agrarian crime, so as to render the detection of crime difficult. There is, I fear, a wide spread disposition to shelter and screen the assassin from justice. But it should be remembered that to stand by and see a felony committed, without inter fering to prevent the commission of the felony, or making any effort to seize the offender, is at com mon law a misdemeanour; while all who supply food, shelter, help, or refuge to any one who has committed a felony, or harbours such a person, or aids in screening him from those seeking to discover him, make themselves accessories after the fact, and are liable, if convicted, to be sentenced to undergo penal servitude for the whole term of their natural lives. It is the duty, and I trust the firm resolve, of those intrusted with the administration of justice in this country, to endeavour to bring to justice those who screen an assassin, and harbour him or aid his escape. The manifestations, both before and after the -late special commission, show how widespread is the sympathy with crime in this county." MYSTERICUS AND ROMANTIC AFFAIR. Considerable excitement has been caused in the usually quiet village of Street Cobham, which is about four miles from the Weybridge railway sta tion, in consequence of the following extraordinary occurrence,by which the lives of two gentlemen have been sacrificed under circumstances of a peculiarly distressing character. It appears that about eight o'clock on the evening of Friday last two men, named Eyles and Organ, were passing through a wood, when they were attracted by a strong smell and on going to the spot from whence it proceeded they discovered the bodies of two men who had ap parently been dead for several days, which presented a most horrifying spectacle. Without remaining to examine the bodies they at once hastened to the vil lage and gave information of the circumstance to Police-constable Lovell, who, in company with Mr. Webb, surgeon, repaired to the place and made a minute examination of the bodies of the deceased men. They were lying in a hollow space between two or three small birch trees, about 80 or 90 yards from the main road leading from Weybridge to Cobham, and about half a mile from the village. The spot was very secluded, and was probably se lected on that account for the tragical occurrence which has excited so much sensation in this locality. The head of one of the men was found reclining upon the other's breast ; the face of the latter and a por tion of his body being covered with a rug. The up permost man had been shot through the lower jaw, land the ball, after passing through the inner part of the head, effected its exit upon the top of the skull near the crown. This was apparently the younger of the two, and at the time of his death he was wearing a wig, although it is conjectured he was only about 20 years of age. Upon removing the rug from the other man the surgeon perceived a bullet wound in the breast, which evidently caused death almost instantaneously. He is supposed to have been about 30 years of age, but the bodies were in such a high state of putrefaction as to render any other than a mere guess in that respect impossible. A discharged pistol was found lying close to the head of one of the meL, and he was lying upon an - other pistol and a fish basket, as though he had thrown down the deadly weapon and fallen upon it. A bottle containing a small quantity of port wine, of which the men had evidently partaken before closing their final career, was picked up close where the last-mentioned pistol was found. On searching their pockets the constable found the sum of £1 I s. 61-d., a pocket - book containing several artifici a l flies for fishing, some fish hooks, a spirit flask con -. t t a n i tlg a small quantity of pale brandy and water, a pui.."Ze.ontaining some small percussion caps, a a pair ontwhich were two bullets, a small box key, anavf,eez.ers three white pocket handker tnZlinii,s other aticles. The pockets of contained a pair ,of socks, a c o c o n h l i e l e a f o r s f: a th i e ight_toiort b y th e e ' 3 2 f p, and a pair of kid gloves. er :rtu b n u a tt t hi e_ e men .. were lying re of oln'hethceagPrsowunordnbbesoiddiee:b ~:vadditi None of the articles found upon the afroraea slightest et o c l t u b e o t s o e lio w e, as: v o ; :i d b b e e a e r n i n s g o al ebao d v et _oin t e h: t i i r oed, . a identification ; pocket-book s d c rai sPirioon, which, to admit any half mile distant, m a w ne r h i.t e e ff n l i c n e ing deciphered. The bodies wer.e removed to the King's Where , w h ic h, is understood, • King's Arms Inn, they await an inquest, , will They presented a shook_ take place this morning• about a. it ing spectacle ; the face a nd throat of the y ounger man bein g a l mos t en ti r ely consumed b y ma gg ot s , 80 that that p ort i on o f hi s b o dy bore the appearance of a skeleton ; and th e e ld er was equally sickening, the flesh being al mos t c h arre d by the sun, and the features so far dest roye d as t o be quite unrecog nisable. Their gentle man l y a t t i re an d the complete arrangement of their fishing tackle leave no doubt that the deceased persons were men of respectability w ho had evidently left thei r h omes t o e njoy the pleasures of a piscatorial excursion, for which the rivet' Mole in the neighbourhood i s we ll adapted. Alshing-rod was found on Mond ay last by a little girl named Susan Lasham, about 80 or 100 yards Trig 'SUN, ifi()N9C)l, MONK' 's V FIVENEINTR AUGUST 4, 1862. from the'place where the: bodies were discovered. It affords some satisfaction to know that on Saturday morning a little girl, who was minding some cows near the spot, picked up a piece of paper which proved to be a circular issued by " S. Henderson, tailor and outfitter, Holloway-gate," on the back of which were written in pencil, in a bold, gentlemanly hand, the following words : "Whoever finds this body will confer a great favour on one who can never ask another, if he will take the gloves the writer wears to (here a name was written, and afterwards effaced by the writer to render it illegible), and tell her that he died blessing her and praying for her happiness. And the writer asks with his dying breath that will love —, and he asks to be - (illegible) dearly for his sake ; and he asks forgiveness from all whom he pains by thus going away to die, but he is too unhappy to live. And as the last request of hor dying child, he asks his mother to love—(name repeated and again effaced) —and to take care of her as far as possible. poor And the writer most earnes tl y b egs pardon from his old father, whom h e i s sorr y to leave, but fateis too strong to r es i s t. May God bless all those who h re a q v u e i t ed been so go odbut to my life i m fe e, w a n o r d e w l h iv o o m d I a g h a a i v n e , s I o ill am afraid I should do all I a h n a d v w e it d h o a ne. As hlissfui for feeli m ng y t d h e a a t th l , a l m di g e o q in u g ite to ha re p s p t y . (Here a name was written, but effaced) is nearly dead. I have promised to see him safely dead before I quit —." Here the writer ceased, and no doubt at once pro ceeded to terminate his own exi s t ence, a f ter having fi rs t covered over with a rug the dead body of his companion. Another ru g was l y i ng by the side of himself. This t appears e least lightto be u t he pon onlytheinstrument melancholy which throws the affair. Two gentlemen answering the description of the deceased visited the village on Thursday week last, and put up at the " Big White Lion," where they purchased a bottle of port wine, of which it is reasonably supposed the portion found in the bottle on Friday evening formed a part. It is also strongly suspected that the tragic affair took ' place on Thursday week last. On that day one of the gentlemen alluded to left a pocket-book at the " Big White Lion," in which were inscribed the following addresses :—" C. 8., 5, Langham-place, Brixton, or 11, Angel-court, City." Communications have been forwarded to each of these places, but up to Saturday night no reply had been received. On Saturday afternoon a small phial was found on the spot containing apparently a tincture for the tooth ache, on the cork of which was a wax impression bearing the name of a chemist (illegible) in Upper Holloway. This would lead to the supposition that one or both of the men came from that locality, as the circular before referred to was issued from the same place. Several pieces of burnt paper which formed part of a London and South-Western Railway time table were scattered about the spot, having been discharged from the pistols. did also all the other prisoners, that he was the man who actually fired the gun. The prisoners were asked by the magistrate whether any of them de sired in answer to the charge, and tey t all o say replied y n b t n h g e negative, and they were then remanded to the county gaol at Maidstone. There is innuiries that have been intended to have given in formationpolice, but it has also b ee n ascer tained made reason th at t t o o A believe iti che,n wally from that he had sent roun d to a ll the other pri soners advising them to get out of the way, and he no doubt expected that they would have been able to make their escape. A SSIZE INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Superintendent Hollington, of Chertsey, visited the spot on Saturday, and despatched a messenger to Scotland-yard ; and he has since used every endeavour to ascertain the names and houses of the men, but up to this period without success. The spot where the bodies were found was visited yesterday by several hundreds of persons from Cobham and the adjacent neighbourhood. consent, commits a crime against all social and moral laws, even if it be not (as I think it is) a felony. I will say no more on the hateful subject. lam ill and much dispirited, and the mor e I thin!: of your dishonesty the more sick at heart it mak es me. Adieu.—Your still sincere and kind friend," ARTHUR." Mr. Serjeant Shee then proceeded to state that these were the facts he should have to lay before the jury, and he said it would appear in the course of the case that the defendant was a married man, although separated from his wife, and that he conse quently knew perfectly well that he could not ' marry the plaintiff, and he repeated that there could be very little doubt that he had carried out a heartless plan of seduction. If he established that fact he was quite sure the jury would know how to deal with such a man, and that they would not con- HOME CIRCUIT—LEwEs, Aug. 2, sider the sum of £2,000, which the plaintiff claimed (Before Mr. Baro n B ramwe l l an d a Common Jury.) CIVIL SIDE. as damages, at all an exorbitant one f or th e inj u ry she had sustained. The learned serjeant concluded THOMAS V. S by stating that the def en d ant , upon b e i ng app li e d HI RI:EY — BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. to by the so l icitor for the pl a i nt iff, o ff ere d to pro riage. Toe pl a i nt iff was a youn lady named Anne This was an act i on f or b reach of promise of mar- child, and to place the sum of £lOO in vide for the h to enable her to provide pleaded, in answ er t o th e act i on, that he did not Thomas, and th e d e f en d ant i s Gen. Shirley. He the hands of the plaintiff for herself until she could obtain a situation, but promise to marry th e p l a i nt iff , as alleged in the this offer, of course, could not be accepted, and it declaration, and u p on this lea issue was oined. then became necessary to bring th e present action. The damag e s were l a id at £2, p 000. j Mr. C. Few, a solicitor, carrying on business in Mr. Sergeant Sh ee , M r . Sergeant Ballantine, and Henrietta street, Covent-garden, proved that the Mr. F. H. Lewis were counsel for the plaintiff;Wandsworth ' in the , year 1858 as governess or a year and a half, plaintiff was in his establishment t at Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., appeared for the defendant, and that she conducted herself very well d ur i ng Mr. Sergeant Shee, in his address to the jury, that period, and was very accomplished. Mrs. Fanny Moon deposed that she was the said he was very sorry, on the part both of the principal rs. of the Musical and Collegiate Institution plaintiff and the defendant, that it had been neces a similar institution in Berners-street, and the means to recover from the defendant, who was . un- sary to bring this action, and to endeavour by that Newman-street. She had previously managed called upon her at the last mentioned place doubtedly a man of high position and a general in plaintiff and had her name inserted in the list of persons her Majesty's army, damages for the very serious lntff and cruel injury he had inflicted upon the plaintiff i who wanted places as governesses. Witness got the offer of one or two situations for her, but she in the cause. She was a young lady only 23 washe years declined to accept them, and subsequently, at of age, and lost both her parents when ages s witness's suggestion, she went to Paris to perfect only two years old, and at that tenderrheraunt, w o a t, left an orphan. She was adopted y Bicester, herself in French. Upon her return, the plaintiff, at witness's suggestion, went to live at her father's house in St. John's Wood, and after she had been and she remained with the family for tsevbe.s a lady named Gibbs, who resided at u there a short time she told witness that she was ral years, and Mr. Gibbs, her uncle , tired of teaching and should like to obtain a situa tion as housekeeper, and witness proposed that she should be 21 years old,and, upon attaining that age, death provided her an annuity of £3O, until b a she i should insert an advertisement for a situation of that description, and one was accordingly sent to a and, sumt there rl;e3boeoi being absolutely. lutel second y. family, er a u n t t be married piain, t iff again,felt house the Times, and appeared at the latter end of May. herself uncomfortable and left Mrs. Gibbs 's d Mr. Chambers suggested that the advertisement with the intention of gaining her livelihfioott fitted b y a should be read. governess, for which position she was well Mr. Serjeant Shee said he had already stated the her education and accomplishment. Sh i e d, was but she nature of the advertisement, and if his learned friend wished the whole of it to be read he had at this time more than 17 or 18 years old, e hat obtained two situations, one with a gentlemananotherletter put it in as his evidence. named Atkinson, at Wallingford, and t sttd i s n . the family of a gentleman named Few, Mr. Chambers said he should certainly not do that, and he submitted that he was entitled to in sist upon the advertisement being real. worth, and her conduct while in the estab a lishments of both those gentlemen was most irreproachable. f.n The plaintiff, upon leaving Mr. Few's . family, in Mr. Baron Bramwell saint appeared to him that this was so, and the advertisement was consequently put in. It was in the following terms : the year 1861, became acquainted with a lad y named Moon, who kept an establishment or institue "Ladl n li e ou a sek e s m a e p n er t ,—A young Lady is desirous of ob tion called the Musical and Collegiate Agency, in taming as housekee er, with a widower or Newman-street, Oxford-street, the object of which single gentlema g n. She is highly ac p complished, of ladylike was to obtain situations for governesses, and she re- deportment, and young.—Address, Constance, care a the quested this lady t o en d eavou r to procure a situa- Lady Princ i p a l, C o ll egiate I nst i tut i on, N ewman - s t reet. " tion for her in that capacity. It appeared that at Examination continued—A day or two after this the moment she was unable to do so, and, by her advertisement. app her, and she subsequentlyeared in the newspaper the de advice, the plaintiff we n t to Paris for a few months, fendant called upon for the purpose of perfecting herself in French, and troduced him to the plaintiff. she then returned to London. Fora short time the Cross-examinel—Witn ess first became acquainted laintiff, by the recommendation of Mrs. Moon, re- P , with the plaintiff about 18 months or two years ago, and all she k new o f her was that she want e d a situation a s governess an d that she had go o d refer in e a c i n n-etd in the , educatingerrac his children, in return for her board ences. When th e plaintiff said that she should lik e and lodging, and she then again applied to Mrs. to get a situation as housekeeper, and she was tired Moon to procure a situation for her, and she ex- of teaching, witness proposed an advertisement, and pressed a desire rather to have a situation as lady suggested that it should be addressed to widowers housekeeper than that of a governess, and at the or single gentlemen, and also that the plaintiff suggestion of Mrs. Moon an advertisement was should inserted in the Times for a situation of that de- call herself Constance. She was unable, to say why she pitched upon that name in particular. scription, and this led to an introduction to the 'Witness had drawn up several similar advertise defendant, who, h e was sorry to say, was a ments. Only two or three persons answered the man of position, of good family, and a general in plaintiff's advertisement. They were all " middle her Majesty's service, but who, he believed, he should be able to prove, was as deliberate, nn- aged" gentlemen. (A laugh.) She saw the gene ral herself, but she did not say anything about the principled, and heartless a seducer as ever appeared terms upon which the plaintiff was to enter his ser in a court of justice. Mrs. Moon herself, who was vice. She heard afterwards that the plaintiff went a most respectable lady,allowed reference to be made to her at the institution in Newman-street, and to Greenwich and Southend with the general very shortly after they were introduced to each other, two or three days after the advertisement appeared, but she - knew which was in the month of May last year, th e `nothing personally of the matter. Mrs. Elizabeth Elsdon deposed that she lived defendant introduced himself to Mrs. Moon as a with her husband at Stoke Newington, and she was widower, and he represented that he required the acquainted with the plaintiff before her marriage, services of a lady such as was referred to in the and the defendant accompanied her to witness's advertisement to superintend his household in the house, and introduced her as Mrs. Shirley. Upon country. Mrs. Moon told the defendant where he one occasion he also said that he had no doubt she could see the plaintiff, and he accordingly went to her father's house and was introduced to her, and was surprised to hear that they were married, and she replied that she was not surprised to hear of the there was no doubt that he immediately formed the marriage, but thought it would not have taken place plan of seducing her. He stated that he was a man of fortune and of high rank in the army, a widower, so suddenly. The general said he was very fond of the plaintiff, and it should be the study of his life and that he had a country house called Brookside to make her happy. Lodge, near Rugby ; that he was in the habit of Miss Emily Rosewell, a schoolfellow of the plain seeing a great deal of company, and that it was tiff deposed that in consequence of an invitation she very important that his household affairs should received from her she went to pay her a visit at be superintended by an accomplished lady whom General Shirley's residence at Rugby, in December he could introduce to his friends. He also said that 1861 4 and found her living there as Mrs. Shirley, although at first it might appear to be rather an and the wife of the general. Witness remained equivocal position, for a lady to be placed in, still in there nearly a month, and during the greater part point of fact it was not so, as there were a great many of that time they appeared to be on very friendly servants who were always about, and he was con - and affectionate terms. Witness remarked that on stantly watched by his female relations. The , one occasion she, by accident, nearly broke a chim plaintiff declined the offer made to h e r by the de- ney ornament, and the defendant obs erve d th a t h e fendant to en ter his service in the capacity sug- was very glad he had not done so, as it belonged to gested, and the defendant pressed her to consent, his poor dear first wife. (A laugh.) He also said that when he was in the Cri mea a f ew years b efore but she still refused to do so. He called u pon her one day, and, knowing that she was a proficient he was very miserable, and witness remarked that in music, he requested her to ac c ompa n y him to he ought now to be very happy with Anni e f or hi s Messrs. Kirkman's to choose a pi ano , a nd on their wife. On the Sunday before Christmas-day plain return he again pressed her to accept the proposi- tiff and the general had a quarrel, and at night the tion he had made to her, but finding that she would plaintiff wrote a letter which witness, at her request, not, he declared his attachment to her, and offered placed on the general's dressing-table, and she saw her his hand and fortune, and said that he would hi m go into the room, and shortly afterwards sh e make her his wife. To a poor, young, friendless saw the letter referred to lying crumpled up on the girl such an offer from a man in the defendant's po- floor. Soon after this had taken place plaintiff went sition, who was not more than 50 years old, and who he into the room, and she heard her ask defendant was told was a handsome man , was o f co urse whether he was going to perform nis promise to accepted, and in the confidence that the defendant marry her? He appeared to be very angry, and was actuated by honourable intenti o ns, an d his po- said in a loud tone—" My promise I cannot and sitive promise that in a short time he would make I will not perform." She also heard him say that her his wif e , s h e consented to meet the defendant, he might be led by kindness, but that he would and a connection of an intimate nature no doubt not be bullied. arose between them, and the def en d a nt as the reauit Th e l e tt e r referred to by th e w i tness was th en succeeded in E ffecting his obje c t o f se ducing and de- put i n an d re ad,. It was as f o ll ows : stroying the unhappy girl who had placed confi- "D ear A r th u r,--I should have sp o k en t o y ou thi s even dence in hi s h onou r. In nin e cases ou t o f ten it was i ng, b u t as y ou so rudely accused me of being in a bad tem impossible to prove an actual promise of marriage, perl will not I simply ask you not trouble you by mentioning that which I should but when th e j ur y had he ar d a ll th e evidence he have to give m e mone y, or a ll ow should lay b e f ore them and th e commun ications that me to buy some warm clothing. I am, w hi c h you k now, wearing at the present time a summer bonnet and cloak, had taken place ;between the parties, it would be setting aside my having l no clothes to wear in for them to say whether it wasnot abundantly esta- g i r u ated ike arf hi. your sisters to have blished that such a promise had been made by the been th d a eceived When you are enjoying yourself r b s e e w. on the ci l l a r Lt tni fe a w a defendant, and that he had succeeded in seducing Day mn think what happiness you have deprived me of. There plaintiff by means of that promise. (The learned are two questions which I must beg of you to answer before sergeant here read some letters that had been writ- leaving to-morrow. First, do you intend to carry out your ten by defendant to the plaintiff, in which he ad :c pt will u o s o r u ue r sm e ,o.e girl remember :I r mustyour yingomucehernlesntit2your intention to send me dressed her as " Dearest Little Annie," and in the from here f e o ff r a T r y In the hands of m I d o s h s a o l l a b n e d sorrydiscl disclose n e in spoke I fe s r ha i ll ee place e most affectionate terms. None of them, however, r a this change h ange uncertain ve ry w s a o y o n . . contained any allusion to marriage, but defendant child, and never de shouldl do hope whatever spoke of the pleasure he had experienced in clasp- i m u a r y e soon do so again.) He said thatthere was no ing her to his bosom, and expressed a hope that he ceive andf e o r t t h s e a r re vi in r vain bto plesas youyehaa.ve Good me. night, am sorry doubt the plaintiff felt the greatest confidence in the all my unless Pthrlonger.mwhole i 8 go there e ne r e nm i ia s : God forgive you as willingly as I would if honourable. may man who intended to betray her, and she met him h y a o p u p b e y n a y n ou e Yours sincerely, ANE." t re repeatedly, and upon one occasion at his earne e s the Cross-examined—The plaintiff had told her quest she accompanied him to Southend where train y n before this letter was written something about her dined, and upon his representation that the last not being married to the defendant. Witness was had started, and having at the same time full confi- to present when the plaintiff wrote this letter, and dente in his honourable intentions she consented _ after she had done so she read it to her. Her own pass the night with defendant. After this occur- room adjoined the one in which the letter was rence it was of course impossible for plaint]..z to - e placed, and her door was ajar and she could hear among her own connections, and upon the makeposithivr what took place. It;was not a planned affair, that assurance of the defendant that he would . id e e she was aware of, that she should hear all that took his wife she consented to go to reside at Broo l e l s th place between the general and the plaintiff after Lodge, where she was installed as mistress ofae . he had read the letter. servants, and had the chae of the entire establish Mr. Hugh nardrop, a gentleman holding an ap ment. While she was ;.this place the plaintiff way, and pointment in the War-office, was then called to discovered that she was in the family bstion, prove that the defendant was married to his sister having becom e alarmed at her helpless p that had in July, 1840, and that they separated about six and at the same time, from circumstances t• tins of or seven years years ago. He also proved that the occurred, feeling some doubt of the intentions should defendant was about 50 years old. the defendant, she wrote him a letter whic_ essin This was the case for the plaintiff. be produced, and which was placed on his d r plain- Mr. M. Chambers then roceeded to address the table by a youn g lady, a schoolfellow of the and in a jury on behalf of the defendant. He said that he tiff's, who was at the time on a visit to her, l the de- appeared on the present occasion f or an honourable conversation th a t su b sequent l y took pace . ses he officer, who undoubtedly, in a moment of passion, fendant positively refused to fulfil the promises had done that which was wrong, and who was had made, and the plaintiff was shortly after wards ready now, as he had ever been, t I s . compelled to leave Brookside Lodge, and was deli- o ma se compen sation for that wrong, but who would not submit vexed in London. Here the defendant still con- f to be victimised, which was the sole objectf t tinued to visit aer, and he professed a great deal beo present action, and he hoped he sh b bl of the affection for the child, and wished that it might he should certainly use his best exert . e a to do so christened by the name of Rosaline, but at length —to defeat that object. He wished ie tb ns to he appeared resolved to break off the connection at understand that he should not attempt to ejury that entirely, and on the 27th of May of the present understand defendant was guiltof deny year he wrote her the following letter:— y immorality, but the question was whether the plai❑t . ff to beper "ic Tuesday Evening. ulitted to extort two n i was my pro- thousand pounds from him, My dear Arne—Recollect (if you please) that, hrt and which was the sum claimed mises to you of .2 months since have all been cm s 0 as damages on the pre y must sent occasion. In the intended annihilated by ;our own conduct, conduct which f observations he to again remind you was dishonourable,you unworthy o den address to .them he should do all he could to spare in every way, and which completelV and for ever affection the feelings of the unhappy young woman who was stroyed all con.idence and the feelings of deep this the plaintiff in tit© cause,but he certainly should which I had pzwiously entertained for you. But for not shrink f • you might and would still have been the inmate of y Ea advisers —of those froth stating what he thought of her house and theidol of my heart. If the wide world stares persons who had advised her to you in the face, ask yourself whose fault is it ? Do not for t. b • ringthe action, and endeavour to obtain this large one moment inppose that I shall make any settlemerl i_ sum of money from the defendant. There could be This you may be sure I never will. I will allow ten _sh oi not no doubt that the whole proceeding was an attempt lingo a week hr your child, but more than this I will to trade u idea that Generalust promise. I vill come and see you on Thursday, but upon the idea that Shirley would Ea see your boob and how yo u ex p en d e d th e m oney I yougav l : l m _ an a_ rather pay any amount of money than have such before I sendyou any m ore . Why did y ou not send c affair bro ug h t before the public. He b e li eve d one your book as I requested, with your expenditure on would that the plaintiff was merely put forward by these side and youi receipts from me on the other ? This ave Persons on the present occasion, and that she was have been saislactory and straightforward, but you n in herself t ' not been so tt me lately. Recollect your own conduct in oo well aware of the real character of the connection between herself and the defendant ever the past, and do not blame me. Recollect also your friends to have adopted and cunning conduct in getting one of your lawyer , ave adopted such a step, and that it was an to write me an annoying and offensive letter. I 1 " w eu ill ustration of the ell story of the monkey and the however, doall that is kind to you, and more than y Cat and the hot chestnuts. He wished it to be deserve, as in reality you have long since forfeited every te cle claim on myprotection ; and a person wh 1 f searly understood that in these observations he did ee opens ..e. ..._, . and re-seals them as you did, w ith ou t m y knowledge ana i net intend to refer to the respectable gentlemen who ILFORD, August 2. THE MURDER OF A RUSSIAN SEAMAN BY AN AMERICAN SAILOR.—Henry Brennan, the Ameri can sailor, and late one of the crew of the ship Fanny Fern, was brought up for final examination on the charge of murdering Stephen Rous Roukoff, a Russian seaman, belonging to the ship Od essa , lying in the Victoria Docks. Mr. Inspector Nightingale, of the K division of police, who had charge of the case, informed the Bench that the coroner's inquest upon the body of the deceased had been held that morning, at the Poplar Hospital, and a verdict of wilful murder had been returned. Mr. Clifton, the magistrate's clerk, read over the deposition of the deceased, which was taken in the presence of the prisoner, and which has not as yet been given. The deceased stated that while he was at the Sir Robert Peel beershop with some of his companions, the prisoner took some of his beer, and asked him for money, first 6d, then for 4d., and then 2d. He .complained of his conduct, and then remained a short time at the house after the prisoner and his companions had left, so as to avoid them. He then described meeting with the Americans in the Victoria Dock, and clearly identified the pri soner as the man who stabbed him. Mrs. Scotehmer, the landlady of the Sir Robert Peel, spoke of the violent conduct of the prisoner on the night in question and on other occasions, and that he had threatened to stab her husband. The prisoner, in answer to the usual question as to whether he had anything to say, said, I am in nocent of stabbing the man, and the witnesses have perjured themselves. The Chairman (Mr, Davis)--Then you are fully committed for trial at the next sitting of the Cen tral Criminal Court. THE .ROYDON HALL MURDER. It has been already stated that five men were ap prehended a few days ago by Mr. Hulse, the supe rintendent of the Kent constabulary, stationed at West Mailing, upon the charge of being concerned in a brutal murder that was committed on the 21st of January last upon James Gray, a gamekeeper in the service of Major Cook, of Roydon Hall, East Peckham. Since then another man has been ap prehended, and it is believed that the whole of the party concerned in the outrage, with the exception of one man, are in the hands of the police. A pre liminary inquiry took place yesterday, at the magis trates' clerk's office, West Mailing, before J. Savage, Esq., one of the county magistrates. The names of the prisoners are Thomas Stevens, John Hawker, John Hodge, alias " Happy Jack ;" Joseph Obey, Thomas Allchin, and Stephen Burgess. They are mostly young men, and are strangers to East Peckham, where the murder was com mitted, but reside in different villages, within a distance of five or six miles, and they are all known to the police as notorious poachers. Ever since the murder took place they have been suspected, but it appears that it is only recently that information has been obtained such as would justify their appre hension. Capt. Buxton, the chief constable of the Kent constabulary, was present to assist in the in quiry, which, as may be expected, created a great aeal of interest. The facts connected with the murder were briefly stated. It appeared that the deceased who was about 40 years old, and a fine, courageous man, had been keeper to Major Cook for about three years, and there appeared to be no doubt that the poachers in the neighbourhood, of which class, unhappily there is a considerable number, entertained a great deal of ill feeling towards him on account of the strictness with which he per-- formed his duties. On the morning on which be lost his life he had gone to bed, but one of his as sistants hearing guns fired at one o'clock in the morning in a wood called Moat Wood, went to his cottage and informed him of the fact, and he got up and immediately proceeded to the spot where the firing was heard, and on their way they met some labouring men, who accompanied them, the party being composed of six persons. They had not gone far before they came upon a number of men, all of whom were armed with guns, and the moment the latter observed the keepers they formed into a line and presented their guns. The deceased called out that they would not, surely, be so cowardly as to shoot ; and one of the men with an oath, declared that they would do so if they attempted to take them. Gray, who was a very determined man, im mediately told his party to advance and seize the poachers, and the instant he did so one of the men discharged a gun at him,and the whole of the charge entered the thick part of his thigh. A desperate struggle then took place between the keepers and the poachers,but in the result:the whole of the latter, who were eight in number, succeeded in getting away. The unfortunate keeper was removed to his own cottage, where he died about half-past five o'clock the same morning from the loss of blood and the eho2k to the system. A great number of persons were subsequently apprehended and charged with bein g concerne d i n th e mur d er , b u t t wo o n ly were eventually comm itted fo r t r i a l. The o nly ad (lanet ev id ence gone i nto was t h at of M r. H ulse, the superint en d ent o f po li ce , w h o sta t e d t h a t h e Z i e s u c t o t:: Allchi n ' s cottage, accompan i e d b y some o f said th a 6t t a les, and the moment Allchin saw him he that h, in 4 t e_ had exp ec t e d hi m f or some ti me , an d officer h ad " u l ' o d t ed d to have come to him himself if the subsequentl y one o. The other prisoners were a_PPrbhended and when they found themselves in ""°dY g ive informatio n i n , f they' all appeared anxious to gels, however, d eda erenee to the crime. Bur one of the men in red th at the charge, and he said that he knew nothing of him he lost all hi s oust Tom Toni Stevens," who was Upon this Stevens was brow hl'could clear him. forward, and when Burgess s aw onfidence and he d " e ie admitted that he was at the attkay, )314 4 acted as the plaintiff's solicitors (Messrs. Lewis and Lewis), but to other parties more immediately connected with her, but who did not care at all for her feelings or for the defendant's, or what exposure took place, so long as they effected their object of obtaining money. The learned counsel then proceeded to refer to the facts of the case, and submitted that even upon the ev id ence as it stood it was ridiculous to suppose that General Shirley had ever made a promise of marriage to the plain tiff. The fact was that the whole proceeding was one that might be classed among the tricks of Lon don, of which the Jury, no doubt, had frequently heard. What could possibly have been intended by such an advertisement as the one they had heard of in this case, and which had led to the plaintiff and defendant being introduced to each other. Had any one ever heard of a respectable young woman, or any young woman who had respectable connec tions, causing such an advertisement to be published —an advertisement describing herself as young and accomplished, and requiring an engagement with, of all other persons in the world, single gentlemen or widowers. Why, the object was perfectly plain. She could not have expected that any person with honourable intentions, or who really wanted the services of a respectable young woman to superin tend his household affairs, would have answered such an advertisement. Then, again, there was the name of the party to whom the application was to be made—" Constance." Did any one ever hear of a housekeeper of such a name ? Why, it was per fectly ridiculous. There flould be no doubt as to the real object and intention of inserting such an advertisement, and it had that effect. The defen dant answered that advertisement, and he was not going to attempt to justify his conduct on the score of morality; but the question now before them was whether he had made a promise of marriage to the plaintiff, and whether he ought to pay her a large amount of money as damages for breaking that promise. What were the facts of the case ? Why, within a very few days of the first- inter view that took place between the parties the plaintiff accompanied the defendant to Greenwich, and then to Southend, where she remained with him all night. As to the letters that had been put in, they showed clearly the nature of the intimacy that ex isted between the plaintiff and the defendant almost immediately after they became acquainted, and they were no doubt couched in terms of great affec tion. The defendant did entertain great affection for this young lady, and but for her own conduct, to which he alluded in one of the letters which had been read to them, he would have continued to pro tect her; and he was still desirous of making pro vision for his child and also for the plaintiff herself, but he would not submit to an attempt like the pre sent. He then went on to comment upon the other facts of the case, and said that it was ridiculous to imagine that the defendant could ever have made a promise of marriage to the plaintiff, or that she could have been deceived by such a promise, even if it had been made, because the condition of a man in the position of General Shirley, and the fact that be was separated from his wife, must have been known to all the world. The learned counsel con cluded a powerful address by repeating that he did not desire at ail to defend General Shirley from the charge of immoral conduct, but he did desire to con vince the jury that he was not the base and delibe rate seducer he had been represented to be by his learned friend, and that the plaintiff had no right to recover in the present action. Mr. Baron Bramwell, in summing up the case to the jury, said they had nothing to do with punishing the defendant for any immorality of which he might have been guilty, or with giving compensation to the plaintiff, or providing for the child ; and the only questions for them to consider were whether the defen dant had promised to marry the plaintiff, whether he had broken that promise, and if so what amount of damages she was entitled to by reason of his so doing. He then called their attention to the facts that had been disclosed, and said that the advertisement w hi c h h a d l e d t o th e parties being introduced to each other was certainly a very singular one, and there appeared to be no ;doubt that within a very few days after the parties were first introduced to each other they went out together, and the nature of the connec tion between them was perfectly clear. It was for the jury therefore to say, looking at all the facts of the case, whether it was probable that the defen dant ,ever made a promise of marriage, or whether a young woman, not only 21 years of age, but even one of 15, could have been deceived as to the real character of the connection which the defendant was desirous to form with her. The jury, after consulting a short time in the box, expressed a wish to retire. They returned into court in about 20 minutes, and gave a verdict for the defendant. THOMAS T. SHIRLEY. This was another action brought by the same plaintiff against the defendant, to recover upon a contract he was alleged to have entered into, and which was contained in the letter produced in the former trial, for the support of the child of the plaintiff. It was arranged, however, that the case should be referred, and no evidence was consequently gone intap CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) The gaol calendar for the eastern division of the county contains the names of 20 prisoners, and that for the western of 5, and a great many of the offences are of a most serious character, there being several charges of mitt-der, attempts to murder, arson, &c. Bessie Davey, 33, was charged with feloniously assaulting Fanny Hester Davey, and throwing her out of a window with intent to murder her. Mr. Hurst prosecuted, and Mr. Roupell was counsel for the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner was a married woman, and lived with her husband at Eastbourne, and that, on the morning of the 22d April, a wit ness, who lived opposite, saw what she supposed was a blanket come out of the prisoner's window, and immediately afterwards she observed the pri soner and her husband struggling together, the latter apparently endeavouring to prevent her from throwing herself out of the window. What was supposed to be the blanket was afterwards picked up. and it was found to contain the prisoner's ehild, which was fifteen months old. It was at first sup posed that the child was dead, but it tarned out that it was only stunned, and in the course of a week it had perfectly recovered. The mother of the prisoner deposed to her having been confined in a lunatic asylum during the last summer; but she came out, and appeared to be very well all the winter. She had, however, been in an excited state during the week previous to the occurrence taking place ; but on the morning of the 22d April she appeared comfortable, and had fed and dressed the child, and taken it upstairs to the room from whence she had thrown it. It ap peared that she and her husband were engaged in taking down the bed, and the latter had gone down stairs with some portion of it, and just as he entered the room upon his return, he saw the prisoner in the act of throwing the child out of the window. The prisoner had, it appeared, on several occasions begged that she might not be left alone with her children, lest she should do them some harm; and there was no doubt that, at the time the act was committed, the prisoner was in an unsound state of _ in d. The learned Judge told tile jury that as this was the case he did not think the prisoner could be legally convicted upon the present charge. The indictment alleged that she had the intention, when she threw the child of the window, to destroy its life, but it was clear that she was insane at the time, and consequently was incapable of forming such an intention. The jury consequently returned a very of Not Guilty. Elizabeth Steer, 56, was charged with the mur der of Jane Hill. Mr. Roupell and Mr. Gales prosecuted; Mr. Ribton was instructed to defend the prisoner. In this case there appeared to be no doubt that the prisoner was insane, not only at the time that the act was committed, but at the present time also, and a jury was consequently empanelled upon the voire dire to try whether she was in a fit state of mind to plead to the charge. 1 Mr. Linton, the Governor of Petworth Gaol, and the medical officer were examined, and upon their evidence the jury at once returned a verdict that the prisoner was of unsound mind and incompetent to plead, and she was remanded to her former place of custody. Elizabeth Sarah Hunnisett, widow, 31, w" charged w ith th e w ilf u l murder of her infant child, Thomas Edward Pennington Hunnisett. Mr. E. T. Smith conducted the prosecution. The 1 prisoner was undefended. The evidence against the prisoner in this case was very short. It appeared that shet Union, with had for some time been an inmate of the Ticehur o was two years s two children—the deceased boy,wh old, and another boy, three months old; and on the sth of May she left the union workhouse, taking the two children with her, ; h forer of her child ren . She the purpose, as sh e said, of looking for the fa was seen by several and at persons at different pl aces w i t h the children,. the side of a pon d , at a length, on the 6th of May, she was observed sitting b y place called Mark-cross, in the parish of Mayfield, and a labouring m an who_ saw her at thi s ti m e r e • marked that she appeared to be in a very low And who soon after this another labour desponding n who went to the pond for some water, die ing roan, ' body of covered the the deceased child floating i n the water, quite dead, with no clothes on, a n d nothing but a piece of Linnet fastened roulld, its I breast. The body was taken out and placed in tt barn, and it was at once recognised es the child of the prisoner. Information was given to the police, and Mr. Waghorn, a superintendent of the con stabulary, went in pursuit of the prisoner and came up with her a short distance from the pond where the body of the child had been discovered. He put some questions to her, and the body was shown to her, and she declared it was not her child, and upon being asked what had become of her child, she said she had left it with a person to take care of. She afterwards admitted that the child found in the pond was hers, and when she was before the magistrate she said that she had gone to the pond for the purpose of washing the clothes of her youngest child, and that while she was engaged in doing so, the deceased rolled accidentally into the water. She said she got a stake and tried to get him out, but was unable to do so, and she then went away. She also said that the reason she made the false statement to the officer was, that she was frightened, and thought she should get into trouble if she told what had happened. The prisoner, who wept bitterly, and appeared dreadfully distressed when she was called upon for her defence, repeated the story she told before the magistrate, and declared the child was accidentally drowned. Baron Martin summed up the case. He observed that the principal evidence against her consisted of the fact that she had made a false statement to the officer, and he said that in this, as in every other case, it was the duty of a prosecution to establish the charge affirm a ti ve l y . Th ey h a d h ear d t h e ex planation given by the prisoner, and it was for them to say whether th e ev id ence sat i s fi e d t h em conclu sively that her statement that the child was accident ally drowned, under the circumstances he had men tioned, was not the truth. The jury, after consulting a short time, retired to deliberate. They returned in about 20 minutes, and found the prisoner guilty, but recommended her to mercy. The prisoner, who appeared almost overcome when the verdict was pronounced, and was nearly in a fainting state, on being (tailed whether she had anything to urge why sentence of death should not be passed upon her, began to shriek most piteously, and declared that she was innocent. The learge Judge, addressing her, said that she had ,been found guilty of the crime of murder, and all he had to do was to pass the sentence of the law upon her for that offence, and the law compelled him to pass sentence of death. The jury, who were the proper judges, had found her guilty, and they had also recommended her to mercy, and he would take care this recommendation would be immediately forwarded to the proper quarter He then proceeded to pass sentence of death in the usual form, and the wretched prisoner, who had fainted, was carriedout of the dock by one of the warders. £OUNTRY MAR.li_l_,l)s. ~►~--_-. YORK— SATURDAY. There was a short show of wheat to-day, and last week's prices were fully supported. Buyers purchased steadily. Little or no barly on offer, and last week's currencies were exceeded. Oats firm at extreme rates. Wheat, red 56s to 60s i Oats.... 22s to 26s White do .60s to 64s 1 Beans 40s to 44s Barley .32s to 33s i Peas ....—s to —s Malt, 64s to 66s per qr. ; rye, 345 per qr ; flour, 40s to 42s per sack. LE ICE STE R—SATuRDAY. Ihe supply of wheat to-day at market was - meagre, and the prices of last week were not exceeded. The trade in oats was brisk, and, being scarce, prices were 6d higher. —White wheat, 60s to 655; red, 55s to 60s per 36 st.; old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Barley was in limited de mand—grinding, 30s to 32e; malting, 36s to 40s per qr.; oats, 26s to 40s per 24 stone. Beans were a quiet sale — new, —s to —s ; old, 40s to 42s per 38 stone. NORWICH—SATURDAY. The supply of wheat to-day was fair, with a thin at tendance of farmers. Last week's quotations were not ex ceeded, with a slow trade. There was scarcely anything passing in other articles. White"wheat 59s to 62Q 1 Red wheat 56s to 688 Malting barley....4os to 41s 1 Chevalier barley 37s to 40s New do.. —s to —s I Oats.. 25s to 30s Flour, 39s Od to —s_Od per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON—SATURDAY. At to-day's corn market the supply of wheat was only on a moderate scale, and the attendance was limited. The tone of the trade, however, proved steady, and the prices of last week were obtained. The weather has been very fine. Best wheat, 55s to 58s; seconds, 54s to 575. Barley scarce, and at nominal prices —malting sorts, 38s to 39s ; grinding 30s to 35s per qr. Oats quoted at 24s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, 42s to —s; seconds, 37s to 40s. NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. At our market this morning the show of English wheat was short, and foreign only a moderate supply. The de mand was middling, at about the rates of the previous week. White wheat, from 58s to 645; red, 52s to 58s. Barley—malting, 36s to 42s ; grinding, 29s to 325. Oats old, at 308 to 35s ; new, 22s to 275. Beans were sold at 44s to 50s per qr. Flour, 41s to 445. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Aunralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. .. Aug. 18. via Marseilles .. Aug. 12. 43razil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Aug. , 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Aug. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Aug. 2. via Marseilles ...Aug. 12. Falkland Islands Aug. 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug. 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 2. via Marseilles Aug. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Aug. 14. via Marseilles Aug, 8. Lisbon Aug. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 2. via Marseilles Aug. 8. Newfoundland .. Aug. 6. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Aug. 6. by U.S. packet b 30. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and T y eneriffe Canadian packet. A July ug 10. Bahamas, via New Y or k , Aug. 28. Mexico Aug. 28. All California,, f a W nd British est Indies, Columbia including Chili, Peru, 1 Aug. 13. THE BANKRUPTCY OF MR. G. V. BROOKE.- The adjourned meeting for last examination and discharge of this bankrupt was held in the Birmingham Court on Monday. During the proceedings, Mr. Nelson, who ap peared for a creditor, examined the bankrupt et some length.—Mr. Nelson : What became of your theatrical dresses ? Months ago they were purchased by Mr. Young. Do I understand you to say that you have no dresses of your own ? I havevery few—but very few ; the greater por tion of my wardrobe was purchased by Mr. Young.— Where ? Here, in England.—When did you sell them ? The greater portion of them I sold when I ar rived in England in May.— Can you tell the court what you obtained for them ? £l2O on one occasion, and £6O on a pre vious one.—Your petition was filed on the 24th of May. Had you any portion of the money you received from Mr. Young on that date ? No ; I believe I had not. What did you consider as the value of the wardrobe still retained by you ? Very trifling indeed.--Were they worth £lOO ? No. —Where are you going now ? lam engaged in Liverpool for the next month.—Upon what terms, may I ask ? I have a share of the money received beyond £25 every night.—ln further examination the bankrupt stated that he had been playing at Bolton, and the nature of his engagement was to share the house. He had made about £l7 last week. The week previously he cleared nothing. Previously to being engaged in Bolton he played in Manchester for a month. At the expiration of that time he received aboui - , 120, but that was clear of everything. It was a risk, in fact. —Mr. Nelson then, in a delicate manner asked the bankrupt if he was a married man ? He said he was, but he had no family,— Mr. Nelson then asked if his wife was an actress, to which Mr. Brooke replied that he was married at St. Philip's Church, in Birmingham, 12 years ago. —His Honour granted the discharge, and expressed a hope that in future the bankrupt would be more successful than he has recently been. BIRTHS. BULLER.—On the 2d inst.,,atTh o e f theGroven, tPhoLrtilgahntd,Dtrhae. wife of W. E. Buller, Esq., late Dra goons, of a son. BARRETT.—On the 31st ult., at 9, Great Cumberland street, Hyde-park, the wife of Sami. U. Barrett, Esq. ) of a son. HOOPER.—On the Ist inst, at Tremerton House. Clapham, park, the wife of William Hooper, Esq., of twin sons. HUNT.—On the Ist inst., at the Rookery, Chapel Allerton, Mrs. Henry L. Hunt, of a son. p PoDE.—On the 2d inst. s quare, the wife of John. Duke Pode, Esq., of a son. _ _ MARR IAGES. _ L OFTUS -- SHAWE.—On th e 29th ult., at He s k e t Ch ur ch, Cumberland, Dou g l as Loftus Esq., late Grenadier Gr s., to Laura Ann e S t. John Mildmay, eldest daughter of the late Captain Laurence and the Hon. Mrs. Shawe,.of Southwaite-hill, Cumberland. WooD—PowErt.—At St. George's, Hanover. square, Mary Isabella, eldest daughter of G. L. Wood, Esq., Queen's square, Bath, to H enry, only son of Henry P ow e r , Esq. ) Atherstone, Warwick. BOCKETT,--- DEATHS. Beatrice lio On the Ist inst., at the Heath, Hampstead? .'• erY dau hter ef Daniel S. Bockett, Esq., of Hampstead ' .g . and Lincoln's-inn-fields, aged 14. ms., lili i ,AT- lt Cli nULL.—On th e 1 s t • t at Cheltenham, John _ao 41 bull, Esq., aged 49. 1 "; 1413 .---On the 31 s t u lt., at Richmond, the Hon Mrs. G. Lamb, ag e d 76 , relict of the lion. George Lamb, fourth son of the first Viscount Melbourne. 111 field the 31 s t u lt., a t M a l vern Villa South, F a i r -_ field, Liverpool, Eli za b e th R osa, the eldest daughter o f Nicholas Mahs, Esq , Russian Consul, aged 14. RI CKETTS.—On the 29th ult., at Pierrefitte, Seine, Moe. daunt Ricketts, Esq., Hon, East India Company's Ser vice, many years res id ent at the Court of Lucknor, Oude, aged 76, LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at TuE SUN Office N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy ":n the_County of middlanz.--Igonday, August