The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-30 00:00:00

VOLUNTEER CORPS. BIRKENHEAD. The Wirral Rifle Regiment makes rapid and satisfactory progress. District committees have been appointed, and volunteers, assured by the es planation of the War-office of the 25th, are rapidly giving in their names. In the Birkenhead division about 50 gentlemen have entered, in Oaten and Clanghton upwards of 150, in New Brighton a company, and in Rockferry a company. The total strength will be from 600 to 800. The Chairman of the General Committee of the regiment, Mr. John Laird, is invited to meet the Lord-Lieutenant and the Vice-Lieutenant of the county this day (Monday) to settle the details and organise the regiment for immediate service. CORNWALL. The Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall, Lord Vivian, convened a meeting of the lieutenancy of the county at Bodmin a few days ago, at which it was resolved that, subject to the supply of arms by the Govern ment, it was desirable to raise artillery , and rifle corps in the several petty sessional divisions of the county, and that the deputy lieutenants would in their respective districts give their best aid to the efficient ' carrying out of the object. It was also resolved that in the opinion of the meeting the arms to be used should be provided by, and be the pro perty of, the Government. The meeting was well attended, and Lord Vivian came specially from London to attend it. HALIFAX. When this country was in danger of invasion from Napoleon I. no fewer than three regiments of militia were raised in Halifax ; and now, when circum stances appear to require that efforts should be made to provide for any like contingency, a move• went for the formation of a Mile Corps has been set on foot. Several persons have signified their willingness and desire to join such a Carps, and in compliance with an influential requisition to the Mayor (Mr. T. S. Walsh), a public meeting has been convened, to be held on Friday next, to give the movement a definite shape. The first name appended to the requisition is that of Mr. Frank Crossley, one of the representatives for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and it is fol lowed by that of several of the local magistrates, manufacturers, and tradesmen. IPSWICH. All preliminaries havin,g been made, a public meeting has been convened •by the Mayor to esta • blish a corps of Rifle Volunteers. NEWCASTLE• ON-TYNE. On Friday night a meeting, which was well at tended, was held in the Guildhall, Newcastle-on- Tyne, for the purpose of further considering the expediency of forming a rifle corps in the town. The Mayor presided. Sir John Fife, Mr. Green, Mr. M. L. Sibling, Mr. Edward Glynn, and other gentlemen spoke. A committee was formed for obtaining volunteers. The MAYOR suggested that a resolution should be passed to the effect that the secretaries be re quested to communicate with the secretaries of the various corps to be formed throughout the kingdom for the purpose of arranginc , a bill to be brought into Parliament for the better regulation of rifle corps. The idea that they should be acting under a bill passed in the reign of George 111. was quite absurd. It did not apply to the case. He had no doubt a new bill would receive the support of Par liament, and no doubt a very efficient force would be formed in this country, such as would defend her from all invasion and all foreign foes. A resolution in accordance with the Mayor's suggestion was agreed to, and the meeting adjourned for a fort night. READING. (in Thursday the 19th inst. a public meeting of tht inhabitants of Reading was convened by the Mayor, for the purpose of taking into consideration the expediency of forming a rifle corps for the borough. The MAYOR (Mr. C. J. Andrews), opened the proceedings by stating that he had received a re quisition, very numerously and respectably signed, desiring him to call a public meeting of the town to consider the best means of promoting the forma tion of a volunteer corps of riflemen. He then proceeded to make a few remarks on the advisability of such a step, which were received with much applause. The Rev. T. V. FOSBERY moved the first resolu tion : " That this meeting being of opinion that in the present aspect of public affairs it is desirable to form volunteer rifle corps for the defence of the country, determines forthwith to form a volunteer rifle corps for the borough of Reading." The rev, gentleman then spoke to the following effect :—I am by profession, as I hope in heart, a man of peace, and that is the reason why I am here. You all know that that town is the most quiet and peaceable which is best patrolled by police. Let us have a police force with rifles in their hands to keep the peace against foreign invaders. lam ad vocating a matter which should be very close and very dear to avery Englishman within the seas that flow around and guard our coast. Many will re• eollent what the volunteer corps did in the early part of this century. They were not called upon to fight, but they prevented invasion. Had we not then shown a firm and determined attitude of de fence, invasion would have come upon us. This resolution speaks of the aspect of public affairs, by which we mean the hostile attitude which the great nations of the Continent have assumed to wards each other. We cannot say, when once the flame of war is kindled in Europe, how soon it may blaze up on our own coast. The tides of war sway hither and thither. We live opposite to an inflam mable neighbour, and though we are at present very good friends with the French people, yet if we would remain so we must make such a relation im- perati . ve. It is impossible to disguise from our selves, when we see an Imperial autocrat swaying the destinies of the French nation, that the tide of affairs may turn at any moment, and an invasion may be attempted upon our little island home when we least expect it. That being the case, it is clearly our duty to take all human means to avert such a calamity. I know there are many who say that it is a very wicked thing under any circumstances to oppose those who oppose us. That we ought to be men of peace and allow the tide of invasion to sweep over our land without offering any re sistance at all. I say that such a principle is con trary to. the teaching of God, to the constitution of the heart of man, and to human nature and expe rience. War is a fearful and a dreadful thing, but there are things worse even than wex—cowardice is worse, national dishonour is worse. The land we from our forefath ers h ave rece i ve d i n t rus t, we t o our children will preserve or die. Let this be our motto. But let us not b oas t ; th e en th us i asm o f th e platform i s easy and costs little. We know, how ever, that there are at our doors 450,000 gallant soldiers under arms, every man burning to wipe away the memory of past d e f ea t s , w i t h one at their head the prest i ge of whose n ame reca ll s an era of unparalleled brilliancy. French g enera l s h ave al ready specified the way in which a lesson might be taught to England which she should not soon foi get. But this much I dare to say, that if ever a foreign foot be planted on our sacred soil; if ever the ring of the rifle of the Chasseurs de Vincennes. be heard upon these shores, terrible as the first re verse.i be, they may yet chance to learn that British Chivalry oid not breathe its last at Sobraon, or Goojerat, or Meanee, or Hyderabad, and they may yet be taught that there is something beyond the raw hysterics of a transient e2r.eitement in the spirit of sqf-sacrificc which we have learnt from our Masder's Cross. • The Rev. Mr. Fosbery resumed his seat amid long and vociferous cheering. Mr. J. B. MONCK seconded the resolution, and referred to the Government order respecting the formation of these corps, stating that, in his opinion, the example of the Government of 1804 should be followed, and the arms and accoutrements supplied. Mr. G. PALMER (an influential member of the Society of Friends) opposed the formation of rifle corps, which, he considered a warlike and provoca tive step, and not at all called for by the present aspect of public affairs. There would be plenty of men forthcoming when they were actually required. Mr.:CATcuPoor, thought it a pity that, while the whole nation had expressed itself in favour of neutrality, we should exhibit a spirit which might create unpleasant and unkindly feelings abroad. (Great disapprobation.) Mr. PONTtN hoped that the Government would supply the arms, so as to enable the working classes to join. The resolution was then carried with five dis sentients. • Dr. WELLS moved the second resolution to the effect that a provisional commtttee be appointed in order to confer - with the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, to raise a puolic subscription for the pur poses eontemp fated by the meeting, and to perform all other nec (Ifni acts. In the course of an able address he repdi e d to Mr. Palmer's, objections, and made a long ezqilana.tory speech as to the state of foreign affair s and the necessity of the present step. Mr. Monti Is seconded the resolution which was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the Mayor was proposed, carried by aoel amation, and suitably responded to. The meetini; then broke up. The platfog at and hall were densely crowded with all classes. SHROPSHIRE. A meeting her. Majesty s Lieutenancy for this county took-p lace in the Shire-hall, slttrewsbury, on Saturday, to confer on the subject of the ciculai letter from the War-office in reference to the forma tion of a rifle corps. The meeting was convened by the Lord-Lieutenant (Viscount Hill), who pre sided. The following resolutions were unanimously passed : " 1. That this meeting very cordially concurs with the Lord-Lieutenant in the desire to afford every facility for the organisation of volunteer rifle corps in this county. "2. That the Deputy-Lieutenants in each sub-division , with the aid of such gentlemen as may be willing to co- ' operate, be requested to receive and enrol the names of the proposed forces. That extracts of as much of the War-office circular of the 12th and 25th inst. as is appli oable to this county, be furnished for information to the several sub-divisions. "3. That a general meeting of the Lieutenancy and of the members enrolled be conuened at such time as the Lord Lieutenant may deem it desirable, when regulations and instructions may be prepared and considered for the cloth ing and guidance of the force." WOODBRID GE . A movement has been set on foot in this town for the purpose of establishing a Volunteer Rifle Corps. Only a few days are required before the requisite notice will be sent to Earl Stradbroke, the Lord-Lieutenant of the county. Most of the influential gentlemen in the neighbourhood are ex pected to give their support. THE NAVY. The whole of the extra mechanics and labourers ordered to be hired at Chatham Dockyard have now been entered, and the utmost activity prevails in allthe departments and factories of that establish ment in hastening forward the completion of those vessels now building. In addition to the four new vessels of war recently ordered by the Admiralty to be built at that dockyard, directions have just been received by the heads of the establishment for two more vessels to be immediately laid down on the first slips that become vacant. One of these vessels is to be a 91-gun line-of-battle screw steamer, and the other a 51-gun steam frigate, but the names have not yet been announced. The frames of the four new vessels ordered to be built have been com menced ; they are the Bulwark, 91, the Undaunted, 51, the Rattlesnake, 21, and the Reindeer, 17, L screw steamers. The boilers for the Charybdis, 21, screw corvette, which is to be launched at Chatham Dockyard at nom/ on Wednesday, have arrived from the factory of Messrs. Miller and Ravenb ill, the contractors, and have be'n deposited on board the Albatross, 12, at Chatham, until the Charybdis is read to receive them. The Rodney, 90, and Severn, 51, in dock at Chatham, being converted into screw steamers, are when completod to be attached to the second divi sion of the steam reserve at that port. The Doris, 32, screw frigate, Capt. Heathcote, made her second trial of Griffiths' patent propeller nt the measured mile, in Stokes Bay, on Friday evening, in charge of Capt. G. T. Gordon, com manding steam reserve, and under the superintend ence of Messrs. Dinnen Murdoch, and Miller, the Government officials. Mr. Griffiths, the patentee of the propeller, was also on boo.rd during the trial. The Doris's trial with this propoller on the 25th inst. was made at its coarsest pitch, 32 feet. The present trial was made tit its finest pi; cll, 26 feet 5. The mean of six runs; at the measured n'tile gave a speed of rather over 12+ knots ; number revolu tions of engines maximum, 58.5, mean, 58.2 5 ; pres sure of steam, 211 b. ; vacuum, 25. Althou6h the engines on this trial completed a revolution ni'arlY every second of time, the amount of vibration `.vas very small-indeed. The next trial with the Grin e- . fiths' propeller will be made with a "medium pitch.' It is also intended to give the Admiralty screw another trial. The greatest speed attained by the screw has been with the " leading" corner of each blade cut off. In the forthcoming trial the op posite, or " falling" corner of each blade, will be cut off, the screw being restored to its usual form in every other respect. The beautiful manner in which the Doris's en gines have performed their work during these ex perimental trials has elicited the warmest admiration from all who have had the opportunity of witness ing their action. *The Doris steamed into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday morning and landed Griffiths' propeller on the Sheer jetty in the Dockyard. The Cressy, 80, screw steamship, Capt. Hon. C. J. B. Elliott, sailed from Spithead for the westward early on Saturday morning. The Virago 6, paddle steamer, Com. M. B. Dunn, sailed from Spithead for the westward on Saturday. The Victoria and Albert royal steam yacht, Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, is expected to leave Ports mouth early this morning for Gravesend, where she will embark H.R.H. Princess Frederick William and suite, on her Royal Highness's return from her visit to this country to Berlin. The lighter Hamoaze, J. Webber, master, from Queenstown, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday. The lighter Devon, J. Rowett, master, from Pembroke, and the lighter Tortoise, Lott, master, from Queens town, arrived on Wednesday. The transport Diligence, E. Crook, master, with provisions and stores, was towed out of Plymouth Sound on Friday, and sailed for Pembroke. She has a new patent gravity binnacle, invented by Mr. G. Brown, of Deptford dockyard, the merits of which are said to have been fully and satisfactorily tested in some heavy gales which she encountered on her passage from Deptford to Devonport. The screw steam sloop Brisk, 16 guns, Capt. De Horsey, was towed on Friday from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound, where she saluted the flag of Port Admiral Sir B. Reynolds, K.C.8., with 15 guns. The guardship in ordinary, Royal Adelaide, 104, Capt. W. J. Williams, was taken out of the basin at Keyham steamyard on Friday, and towed to the sheer hulk. Her masts and bowsprit were stepped on Saturday, and she was placed at her moorings in Hamoaze. The screw steam gunvessel Intrepid, 6, Com mander Marryat, steamed from Hamoaze into Ply mouth Sound on Saturday. The paddlewheel surveying steamer Bann, Capt. Williams, having had her bottom coated with com position, was out of dock at Devonport on Saturday. The lighter Duck, J. Weal master, with stores from Chatham, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. Rear-Admiral Sir H. J. Leeke, K.H., K.C.8., visited Devonport Dockyard at noon on Saturday. Twenty seamen from Hull arrived at Plymouth on Friday, and were sent to the flagship Impreg nable, 104, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C.B. ; 132 men arrived by train on Saturday, to be entered in various ships fitting at that port. Fifty-three shipwrights were entered in flip De vonport Dockyard on Wednesday, and 10 joiners on Saturday. The artisans employed on the screw steamship St. George, 91, received orders on Friday to work from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. The convict ship Sultana was towed out of Ply mouth Sound on Saturday afternoon, and ' sailed i for Fremantle. The engines ordered by the Admiralty from Messrs. John Penn and Son for the new steam ram are to be of I,2soinominal horse power, and are ex pected to work up to nearly 6,000 horse power indicated. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—D. M'Carthy, Acting Assistant-Surgeon, to the Emerald.; Master's Assistants C. E. E. Peale,-tee Emerald ; C. D. Tretridge, to the Cadmus ; B. S. Bradley, to the Intrepid ; E. Brock, to the Flying Fish ; F. T. May, to the Mersey ; and F. W. Jarrard, to the Pioneer. THE ARMY. The following changes in the stations of the re giments mentioned will, it is probable, take place early in the ensuing : month —lst (or Royal) Dra goons,'from Dubli n t o the Curragh Camp; 2d (or Royal North British) Ia ;Dons,lrragoons from Dublin to Newbridge ; 3d Lightfrom Newbridge to Portobello Barracks, Dublin ; Horse Battery of Artillery, from Dublin to the Curragh Camp ; the Scots. Fusilier Guards (2d Battalion) and the 55th Regiment, from Dublin to the Curragh Camp The 2d battalion 1 4 th Foot , from Dublin, will arrive at the Curragh on the 31st of May. The interesting ceremony of presenting new colours to the 3 0 th (Camb ri dgeshire) Regiment took. place on Friday forenoon on the Nine Acres in the Phcenix-park. It having been announced that the colours were to be presented by the Countess of Eglinton, a large concourse of fashionables were on the ground long before the commencement of the proceedings. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and Countess of Eglinton, General Lord Seaton, Major-General Cascoigne, and their respective suites and staff arrived at 11 o'clock, and, after the colours had been consecrated and handed to the junior ensigns, the Countess of Eglinton addressed the officers and soldiers as follows : " Colonel Mauleverer ' officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the 30th Regiuicnt,—lt is With no ordinary pleasure that I deliver into your safe keeping these colours, and it is almost superfluousto say that more glorious names than those inscribed on them never waved over the ranks of a more distinguished regiment. It has teen at all times the province of the weaker sex to admire and reward deeds of daring from which they are precluded ; and, though I well know that iu your case no incitement to do your duty is necessary, it may be that the colours which I now pre sent to you will not be the less acceptable because they come from the hand of a woman. A century and a half of successful service in every quarter of the globe presents a glorious history in itself, and the high character gained in Egypt, the Peninsula, and at Waterloo has been maintained in the bloody fields of the Alma and Inkerman. To you, Colonel Mauleverer, who havd so often bled in the service of your. country, and to many more'whorn I see before me who have shared in the later triumphs, I beg to offer my tribute of admiration and gra titude; and to those who have yet to win their laurels I will express my entire confidence that they prove THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1859, worthy of the gallapt, cot?, in which they have enrolled I . hemselves, and that they will defend with their lives the colo: Manley er'sr having returned thanks on ' l '? which have hecipc. J e their own." rcgment th e p r oceedings terminated. blnehCibliefj:elNltening the r Aficers gave a grand ball in Beggar's-bush-barraci 'is to commemorate the event, which was honoured • with the presence of the Earl and Countess of Eglii iton. The at thorities at the War Department have appointed Major C. P. Nugent, first Adjutant of the Royal Engineer:3 at Chatham, to superintend the erection of the batteries and other defences which are to be thr( Twn up by the Royal Engi neers on the souther n coast of England. Major Nugent proceeds froi n Chatham on the Ist of June to Weymouth, to sup , erintend the construction of the battery which is being erected near the en trance of that harbour • by the 18th Company of Royal Engineers, unde r the command of Captain R. Hawthorn. • Major G. M. Stopford succeeds Major Nugent as first Adjutan of the Royal Engineers at Brompton Barracks, ttnd Capt. C. G. Gordon has been appointed second A cljutaat. The following Staff assi: dant-surgeons have pro ceeded from Fort Pitt, G 9 - Latham, to the stations named :—C. E. Smith and M. Tracey, to Canter bury ; J. H. King and T. Ifeazle, to Colchester ; T. T. Macarthy, to Portsmouth ; C. W. Watling, to Yarmouth; and A. Jennings, to Shorncliffe. Capt. A. G. Goodall, R.E., bas received orders to join head-quarters at Chatham. THE MURDER IN WALIVOI?7'IL CORONER'S INQUEST. On Saturday afternoon a very painful investiga tion was held before W. Payne, Esq., coroner for London and Southwark, at Guy's Hospital into the circumstances attending the death of Sophia Moore, aged 25, the wife of 'William Abraham Moore, residing at Trafalgar-street, Walworth-road, by whom she was stabbed on Tuesday morning, with a knife in the back, near her left shoulder. She was conveyed to the hospital, where she expired on Friday morning from the effects of the severe injuries she had received. The wretch of a husband, immediaiely after committing the dreadful deed, and before any warning could be given, took to flight and has not yet been discovered, although the police have used the utmost exertions to find his whereabouts; but there is no doubt that as he is well known, and an accurate description of his person and attire has been widely circu l lated, the miscreant will soon be brought to justice. The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the body, which showed a most placid countenance. Mrs. Emma Harle said—l am a married woman, the wife of Wm. Harle. I live at No. 23, Trafal gar-street, Walworth. My husband is a ware houseman. I only know the deceased by her lodging at my place for five weeks. I have seen her since her death. She lived with Wm. Moore, and they passed as man and wife—as Mr, and Mrs. Moore. I know his name is William tecause she has called him so. I have only called him by the name of Mr. Moore, and not as William. He has answered me by the name of Mr. Moore. I did not know her Christian name till the Monday. Coroner—ls any relative of the deceased present? Mr. Condell (the officer)—Yes, sir, her father is here. Coroner—Well, when did this happen ? Mrs. Harle—On Tuesday morning last, at abort half-past seven, when she rushed into my bed-room, and said, "Oh !my back." She said, "He has "struck me in the back." I asked if I should rub her back, and she said " Yes." I did so, and found I my hand besmeared with blood. I showed her my hand, and she appeared frightened. I asked her if he' had struck her, and she said, " Yes, with a knit‘\•" She then made for the door, and I told her to call , :ut murder and for the police. I heard their little bo v clap his hands together, and say, " Oh ! father, w at have you done ? What will become of us?" I:_here are two little boys living with them, one &J. - nit ten, the oilier twelve. The boy called out, i What will beeozie of us ?" or, " What will beeo.rue of you ?" I did not hear any answer made at all to that. Moore passed out of the house, and in doing so I saw his bac... 1 % A man named' Frost came in and asked wh...'re Moore was, and also where the female was who went out of the hc - vuse. I said that Moore was upstairs, and he went upstairs. Shortly afterwards Frost and Moore came down, and went out together. The little boy (the youngest) named Alfred was with them. They all went across the road to the Nelson public-house. He went deliberately over there, and any one could have taken him. The woman had gone to Mrs. Banton's, No. 13, on the same side of the way. I went there and found her there with the doctor. Mrs. Moore was bleeding from the mouth while she was leaning on Mrs. Banton's shoulders. Mrs. Banton, myself, an 3. deceased's father brought her here in a cab. I have not seen her since. By the Coroner—l do not know where the other boy wa, , g at the time. He had been sent out before the perp otration of the deed. Coroner--Is the sergeant of police present who has the case in hand ? Inspector Worrell—l attend to watch the case on belAlf of the police. Sergeant Bell has the case in hand. Coroner—ls the man Frost here ? Sergeant Bell—No, sir, he is not. Coroner—Why did you not have him here ? He is a most important witness. Sergeant Bell—l did not think he would be re quired. Coroner—But he was with Moore the moment it was done. Where is FrOst ? Sergeant Bell—ln Trafalgar-street, sir. Coroner—Then take a cab, and fetch him imme diately. The officer retired, and the case was proceeded with. Mr. Elizabeth Banton was the next witness—l live at 13, Trafalgar-street, Walworth. I did not know Mrs. Moore until this affair, on Tuesday morning, about 25 minutes to eight o'clock. I then saw her at the house No. 13, opposite mine. There are two No. 13's in the same street, opposite each other. She was then at the door, calling for Mr. Frost. I did not know Mr. Frost. She was scream ing and groaning. I went over to her and asked her what was the matter with her, and she said she was stabbed. I directly said, " Oh, I can see—in the mouth." Blood was coming from the mouth. She said, " No, it is not from my mouth, it is in my back." She asked me to let her sit down ; she was in the act of falling. I said, "Not here; come across to my room." She did so, and when she got to the passage of my house, she fell. I called for some one to go and fetch the doctor; some one went; but before he arrived several persons came in, and we got her into my room. I can't tell you how long he was with her. I cut her sleeves, and took her gown off. I saw the wound; it was under the left bladebone, and bleeding very much. Before the doctor came she said she wanted to cough, but she did not dare because it hurt her heart very much. After the doctor attended her she was brought to the hospital. Before that a man came into the room. I did not notice his dress. His name was York. She told me to turn him out, as he was the instigation of it. The doctor said if she was not kept quiet she would undo all lie had done. I have not seen that man since. The person that lives at No. 9 in the strtet came in and recog nised her. ' Until then I did not know who she was. Her name is Byworth, and she said to de ceased, " Is this arising from last night's affair ?" I understand that Mrs. Byworth was with her on the previous night. Coroner—Mrs. Bvworth ought to have been here. Police constable Youell, 250 P—l did not know i deceased before this happened. On Tuesday morn ing, about half-past seven, I was called to the house 23, Trafalgar-street, and from thence to No. 13. When I went to No. 13 I saw deceased having her wounds dressed by Mr. Howitt's assistant. I saw the wound on her back, and asked her who ',did it, and she answered, "My husband." I was told he had gone to ` the Nelson public house. I got another constable, who went to the back while I went to the front. I went in, and was told he had been gone 10 or 12 minutes. I took deceased to the hospital. I have not yet got the man Moore. I produce a knife (an ordinary table knife with a blade about six inches long) which I found on the tea tray in the room at No. 23. Deceased told me I should find it there. There was no blood on it. Moore had been in the room after the occurrence. Coroner—Yes but you only understand that he was. Witness—l got the knife and brought it to the hospital, and as soon as I showed it to her she said, " That is the knife." I gave it into her hand. I asked.hcr if he had threatened her. Coroner—l am afraid I cannot take that. Any conversation before might be taken ; but I must pass this over for the present. Have you anything else to say Witne;s—Only a few words about her husband having threatened heron two occasions. , Coroner—Well, I cannot take that. Mr. James Broad was next examined. He said —I am the house surge on . D ecease d was b roug h t in on Tuesday morning last, shortl - before nine o ' c l oc k. She had a stab a little on the outside of the lower angle of the left bl a d e b one. Sh e con -• tinued bad during the day and night. Her breath ing was distressed; but next evening it was more relieved, and she slept comfortably , d ur i ng th e n i g ht . About five o'clock on llreirsday afternoon the diffi culty of breathing returned, and c on ti nue d un til her death on Friday morning. I have since made a post mortem examination of the body. The wound on the surface was from half-an-inch to three-quarters long. It passed between two iqbs, and penetrated the left lung. The chest contained some air, and about two pints of blood. The lung was perfectly collapsed. Coroner—And that wound was the cause of death. Witness—Yes. Coroner—Look at that knife. Is it likely the wound could have been inflicted with such an in strument as that ? Witness—Oh, yes. Coroner—Can you discover any marks of blood on it ? Witness—l have examined it, but cannot find any Coroner—One part looks to me as if blood had been on it. Was she at any time before her death in a state she could tell anything about it ? Witness—No ; she became insensible about eight or ten hours before her death. Coroner—There was nothing else to account for death Witness—Oh, no ; the whole of the viscera was perfectly healthy. Coroner—She did not know she was going to die? I ask that, because if she made any statement, and knew she was about to die, that statement could be received. Witness—No ; she was insensible hours before she died. George Farmer, of 4, Townley-place, Brandon street, Walworth, said—l am a traveller ; deceased was my daughter. Her name was Sophia, and she was married to William Moore. He has been a tailor, but he has not followed it lately. He has been working as a French polisher. My daughter was 25 years of age. He had no family by her ; he had only been married to her six months (sensation.) He had two boys by a former wife. After the affair there was a crowd round my door, and Wm. Moore came up. My wife said she would not see him, and told him to go away. I was also much unnerved. He went away in a moment. That was on Thurs day morning, two days after my daughter had been stabbed. Ido not know where he is now, nor where his children are. Maria Stuart (a married woman), said—l live at 8, Cottage-place, New-street, Vauxhall. William Abraham Moore is my son. I only knew Sophia Moore slightly. I have only seen them two or three times since they were married. I do not know where he is, or the children. I saw him on Tuesday, the day of the affair, and he said, " he had done for her he believed." I asked, " What have you done, Wil liam ?" He said he had struck Sophia, and he was afraid it was a severe blow. I asked him why he should do that, and I said to him, " Why did you not bate your passion when you were here last evening ? If you have any grievance, why don't you go to a magistrate and have a proper separa tion ?" He said he could not bear to le•tve her. I said, " It is much better for you to do so than to live uncomfortably." With that I went upstairs and dressed myself, and when I came down he was gone. I went out and met him. The children were with him when he first came, but when I met him they were gone. He asked me for half a pint of beer, which I gave him, and some one soon after wards told me he put poison in it, and could not be brought to for hours. By the Coroner—He told me he was sorry they could not live happily together. They were invited to dine at her father and mother's ; a young man sat opposite her and threw off insinuations that she should have been married to him and not to my son. I understood that they had kept company before. My son told me he felt very "little" at the dinner-table, and he could not stand it. He said that this young man had put his arms round her waist and kissed her. He did not see it, but her sister had informed him of it. Mrs. Harle was recalled, upon the suggestion of Inspector Worrel, and said, in answer to the Coroner —Before she rushed into my room, as I stated in my first evidence, she came down to me and said he was getting up and she was so cold. He came down to my door and asked for her. I told her she had better go up. Before she came down again, when she, was bleeding, I heard her call out, " You do if you dare," and with the word dare she gave a loud scream. The witness then went into a lengthened statement showing that it was deceased's birthday on the Monday when the disagreement took place between the parties ; that when they returned to Trafalgar-street, they remained up till three o'clock the morning, and that Moore would not sleep witl2 his wife ; and that he said to her on the Mon day night that that would be the last night he should have anything to do with her. William Frost, of 13, Trafalgar-street, shoe maker, having arrived, said—l know Mrs. Moore and husband. On the Tuesday morning deceased came to my door, and then I saw her crossing over to No. 13, opposite. I saw her bleeding at the mouth. and I went to No. 23 to see what Moore had beeen doing. I eaw him there, standing in front of the fire-place, not doing anything in particular. I asked him what he had been doing. He said, " Don't ask me, Bill." He asked me to go and have a pint of beer, as he was parched with thirst. I said, " Very well ;",and as I had no coat on I put his coat on. He had no money with him, no more had I, so we went through the Nelson to East-lane. As we were walking, he said they had had a row, but he did not say that he had stabbed her. I said, " Your wife is bleeding at the mouth very bad." He said he would go and get some money for some beer. I returned home and learned that his wife was stabbed. On the Thursday afternoon I saw him in Brandon-street with the deceased's brother, who said, " I've gilt Bill here." They all went in the direction of his mother's. Ido not know where he is now. The Coroner then summed up, and said there was little doubt as to the case. That it was the at!: of Moore there was no doubt, and his advice to the was that they should return a verdict of wilf u l rt ,-,:gder against him, as' there was nothing before them excuse the act. Perhaps, however, he might bring iizth some facts at his trial show ingarising from a recent quarrel, and that he niiht an affection of tho only be convicted of manslaughter. He could not, ;io wever, recommend any other course to the jury than return a ver dict of wilful murder. The jury consulted together for a few minutPs, and returned a verdict of wilful murder against William Abraham Moore, and a warrant was issued for his apprehension. During the learned Coroner's summing up, and on his direction to the jury to return a verdict of wilful murder, the unfortunate mother of Moore was seized with a fainting fit, in which state she was carried out of court. The inquiry then terminated. DREADFUL CRUELTY TO A SAILOR BOY OAT TILE _HIGH SEAS. Lobbett, a Welshman, the second mate of the schooner Come On, from Portland Bay, Australia, was brought before Mr. Selfe, on Satur day afternoon, at the Thames Police-court, on a warrant, charged with committing a series of vio lent assaults on an orphan boy named William Evans, the son of an English soldier, who died on his way to the East Indies. • Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, defended the prisoner. • The boy's appearance excited great commiseration in court. There were sores on his wrists, contusions on his face and neck and scars on his person, caused by the savage treatment he received at the hands of the accused. The boy is 13 years of age, but looked younger. He is remarkably intelligent, can read and write well, and can converse in four dif ferent languages. He had neither shoes nor stock ings on his feet, and an old pair of canvas trousers, a flannel shirt, and an old cotton shirt of many colours constituted the apparel in which he ap peared before the magistrate. The boy, whose sobs and tears often interrupted his evidence, said that he joined the Come On, in the Isle of France, and it was agreed that he was to have 10s. per month. He was servant to a French gentleman in the island before he 'joined the ship, and he wished to escape from the tyranny of his step-mother. The second mate had almost continually ill-used him since he joined the ship. The prisoner made him file his (the boy's) teeth with a rough file, because he bit his nails. The prisoner was in the practice of thumping him on the head almost every night, and had kicked and beaten him at the wheel when steering, and while he was on the look out. The prisoner oftten clutched him by the neck, and nearly choked him, and beat his head against the wheel house and the bulwarks of the ship. On Friday he was knocked about for the last time, and was deter mined to appeal to the laws of his country, under° whose flag he had been sailing, for redress. In reply to the Magistrste, the boy said the second mate beat him with a stick coming up the English Channel. He raised his hands to save his head, and his wrists were cut and injured. Ho never gave the prisoner any sauce. He was on several occasions quite black in the face and nearly strangled by the prisoner grasping hi; throat. In cross-examination by Mr. Young, the boy said that he had been kept at the wheel steering six hours in the day and four hours at night, until he was nearly exhausted. He lived with a French gentleman in the Mauritius. Ile did not go on board the Come On at Port•Louis,"and say he had no bread. He thought he ,gould do better on board an English ship, and that was the reason he joined the Come On. He was continually beaten, and often covered with blood. The prisoner had given him a shirt. the captain gave him a pair of trousers, and a man lent him a pair shoes in cold weathei. He suffered much coming round Cape Horn in bad weather, owing to the want of proper clothing. The captain and first mate never laid hands upon him, and were kind to him. The boy then exhibited his bruises and sores to the magistrate, and in answer to further questions said the prisoner was in the habit of hitting him across the jaws, sometimes .with his fist and sometimes with his open hand. The captain and mate complained he did not keep him self clean, and the master combed his head down and brushed it. He was one day standing against the wheel, and the prisoner came behind him, struck him, and he fell against the wheel. The skin was rubbed off his nose. He ran away from the ship at Portland. Mr. Selfe—Why did you do that ? The boy sobbed loudly, and, with the tears trickling down his cheeks, said—The second mate was too hard upon me, sir; he made my life miserable, and was always kicking and knocking me about. Alexander Donaldson, a Scotchman, said, he joined the Come On in the Isle of France. There were not hands enough to navigate the ship. He had seen the boy's face continually bleeding from effects of blows he received .from the second mate. He had seen the second mate grasp the little boy by the throat, nearly choke him, and dash his head against the wheel-house. - Mr. Selfe—Was that child put to the wheel, and compelled to steer the ship ? Donaldson—Ay, sir, he was. It was work for strong men, not weak boys. He was compelled to be at the wheel six hours in the day time and four hours at night, till he was exhausted. In answer to questions by the magistrate,Donald son said the boy behaved reasonably, but he had to be looked after, When boys went to sea they generally neglected themselves, because they did not know how to take care of themselves. Leonard Gourdie, a Belgian seaman, one of the crew of the Come On, had also seen the boy cruelly ill-used by the second mate. The 'boy in cold weather at the wheel was having a little sleep from exhaustion, and the second mate ordered witness to the wheel, took the boy forward, gave him a ropes ending, and then threw him on the deck with a force sufficient to break every bone in his body. He saw the second mate give the boy an iron file and order him to file his teeth. Mr. Young said he was taken by surprise; and wanted time to prepare the defence. He earnestly appealed to the magistrate for an adjournment. Kelly, 130 H, who arrested the prisoner on board the Come On, in the London Dock, said the boy was in a deplorable state, and the gravel and stones had cut his bare feet on the, way to the court. Mr. Selfe—Lay out any reasonable sum to clothe the poor boy, and buy him shoes and stockings. I will give you a sovereign from the poor box. Capt. George Lowell, the master of the Come On, said he would buy anything the boy required, and take every care of him. He paid £2 for the boys' apprehension at Portland Bay when he deserted. 111 r. Joseph Smith, solicitor, offered his services to condnct the prosecution. Mr. Selfe—l am obliged to you, Mr. Smith. I was about to ask you to do so. • It was then arranged the boy should remain under the care of the constable (Kelly) for the pre -se.ar and - the captain, who said Lobbett had been in his sbrvice three years, deposited £5O with Mr. BoWdler, the second clerk, as a security for the pri soner being forthcoming on Monday afternoon. It is but justice to the captain to state that he always behaved kindly to the boy, who was not in his watch. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. On Friday the weekly meeting of the Board was held at Guildhall ; Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The financial statement gave a total balance of £369,221 3s. 10d. Government securities ; Exche quer bills, £24,100; New Three per Cent. Annui ties, £15,881 16s. THE PROPOSED DISCHARGE OF THE SEWAGE OF THE METROPOLIS DITa DEPTFORD CREEK. A deputation from the vestry of St. Paul, Dept ford, attended the board to present a memorial re lative to the discharge of the high level sewers ou the south side of the Thames into Deptford Creek. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Bristow. • The memorialists expressed their strong disap proval of this project, feeling certain that it would bring such a nuisance into the very heart of Dept ford as would inevitably be injurious to the health of the inhabitants and destructive of the interests of the town. It was their opinion that the con struction of sewers for conveying sewage-matter therefrom to Frith marshes would be a violation of the act constituting the board, which had been framed with a view to the purification of the Thames. Mr. WADE addressed the board at considerable length in support of the memorial. A large num ber of persons were he said constantly being passed either into or through Deptford, by railways, which traffic would be destroyod if there was to bean outfall of sewage into a creek over which they passed in their transit by the railway. If it should take place Dept ford as a country residence would be entirely de stroyed, and therefore they were most anxious to preserve for Deptford that character for health which it had hitherto enjoyed. It was true that Deptford had been visited by low fever at times, but, those evils must be greatly aggravated if the con centrated sewage of the entire south of the metro polis should be poured into Deptford C r eek, apro position which excited in the minds of the inhabi tants the greatest feelings of alarm. A deputation also attended the board from the Greenwich Board of Works to present a similar memorial from the inhabitants of Greenwich. The Rev. Mr. SOAMES, vicar of Greenwich; sup ported the prayer of the memorial. Mr. BRISTOW moved the reception pf the memo and afterwards that they be referred to, the train drainage committee, both motions being unani mously agreed to. IMPROVEMENTS IN. ALDGATE, MINOItIES, AND FLEET -STREET. A report was also received from the finance com mittee, recommending that the sups of £1,333 6 s Rd., and +;1,150, the contributions agre e d t o by the board towards the costs of improvements carried o ut by the Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London, at No. 81, Aldgate, Nos. 1 and la, Minc. ries, and Nos. 187 and 188, Fleet -street, be Th e finance committee recommended thaaltdp.re cepts for the expense of the, year 1859 beissued forthwith, and made returnable on the 29th Sep tember, and that the necemry ardnrg be passed thereon. Some other business of an uninteresting natuve having been disposed of t the board kidjoußed. '• AIRING ESCAPE OF A PRISONER. On Saturday morning information was circulated from the chief office of police, at Scotland-yard, of a daring escape of a prisoner from custody by jumping from a railway train while travelling at a great speed on the Tilbury and Southend Railway. It appears that on Thursday a description of a man (a German) was given at the different police stations, who had absconded from his lodgings, at No, 1, Tenter.street North, Goodman's-fields, carrying with him two gold and silver watches. On Friday morning about 11 o'clock a man answer ing the description was observed by detective officer Crouch, 114 R division of Metropolitan police, to pass over Shooter's-hill, and later in the day, from subsequent information he obtained, a telegraphic message was despatched to Superintendent Everest, of the Kent county constabulary, at Chatham, re questing that the man might be taken into custody. He was accordingly apprehended at Sittingbourne. Crouch on Friday night proceeded to Chatham, and took charge of the prisoner, and at once started for London with him, taking the train at the Tilbury station and entering a second class carriage. During the time the train was in motion the prisoner kept in conversation with the officer, but, about a mile from the Minories station, he suddenly rose from his seat, opened the carriage door, and, holding by it, jumped out. The officer, ho vever, succeeded in catching one of the skirts of his coat, which he held fast in his hand, the prisoner at the same time con triving to keep up running with the train. In an instant the open carriage door came in contact with some empty carriages standing on a siding, and which, flying back, struck the officer on the head, causing it to bleed, and stunning him for the mo ment. On recovering himself Crouch found the skirt of the man's coat which he had been holding by, in the carriage, and on looking out of the car riage window saw his late prisoner make his way over the parapet of the railway, leaving his hat on the line' of rail. [..A.D - vritrlsEmENT.l—lt is with pleasure we notice the daily increase of cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica. We quote tho CAlowing :—Curo' No. 52,087, Field Marshal Duke of Pluskow. of a gastric inflammation of the stomach. Cure No. 51,611, Baron do Polentz, Prcfcct of Langenan, of many years' horrible sufferings of the nerves and an obsti nate constipation. Cure No. 48,721, General Baron de Zuluskowslci, of many years' fearful disorders of the diges tive function. Cure No. 71, of dyrd , epsia, front the Right Honourable the Lord Stuart de Decres :—" I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revaleuta Arabiea Food, and consider it duo to yourselves and the public to authorise the publie - ition of these linez.—Stuart do Decies." In tins, at ls. 6d. ; lib., ^ ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 125.; 121 b., 265. The 101 b, and 121 b. tins cafdage free, on receipt of post (ice order. Du Berry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London. Fortnum, Mason, and Co,, 182, - Piccadilly ; Abbis, GO, Gracescherch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and. 150, Oxford street ; 330 c4:14 451, 'Strand ; 49 and GO, Bishopsgate street ; 65,. TottPTtham-court-road. Also at Dublin, Bewley and . Draper ; at geli n bur g h, Raimea and Co. ; at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Manchester, Sharp and Scott; at York, }{rimes, Blanchard, and Cap aureola, li,ansittl ,1 and 4T.t, a t South- SOCIE7 Y OF ARTS. The second converazione held by the Society of Arts during the present session took place on Satur day evening at the South Kensington Museum. The entire range of buildings was thrown open, includ ing the educational department, the Sheepshanks' gallery, and the ornamental art museum, as well as the new rooms recently constructed for the re ception of the Vernon and Turner collections. The museum of patented inventions was also open to visitors, by permission of commissioners of patents. The programme distributed to visitors included a ground plan of the building and also a plan of the estate purchased with the surplus funds of the Great Exhibition of 1851, showing the proposed site for that of 1861. The baud of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance, and performed a choice selection of overtures, waltzes, polkas, &c: Refreshments during the evening were served in the Turner and Sheepshanks galleries, the corridors being brilliantly illuminated, and the vast com pany of conversazionists had an opportunity of in specting, much to the pleasure alike to their curio sity and palates, the ingenious patent hydrostatic tea and coffee making machines invented by M. Loysel, Associate of the, Institute of Civil Engineers, and for which he obtained the prize medal of the Paris Universal Exhibition. There were four colossal urns at_ work supplying the company through their percolateurs, with at the rate of 2,000 cups an hour of the " fragrant berry juice that sun - burnt mocha bears," and of the equally delicious essences of hyson. The number of ladies and gentlemen present amounted to upwards of 290, and included the among many others :—The Lord Chancellor, Lady Chelmsford, and Miss Thesiger, Vice-Chan cellor Sir W. Page Wood - and Lady Wood, Sir C. Cresswell, Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., M. de Suret, the Swedish Consul and Mrs. and Miss Tottie, Count and Countess Pepoli, Count de Streze lecki, Baron Dircknick Holmfeld, Baron Hambro, General Sir R. Airey, General Sir T. Troubridge, General Lad wick, General Delamotte, General Portlock, General Wylde, Colonel Scott Adam, Col. Andrewe, Major Parry, Major Charteris, Captains Wemyss Smith, Kenyon, Labalmondiere, Collinson, Drew, Birch, Piper, Kirby, Edenborough, Powell, March, and Maude; Sir Fortunatis Dwarris, Sir T. Fremantle, Sir Chas. Fellowes, Sir Chas. Fox, the Mayor of Chester and Mrs o Frost, the Mayor of Norwich, Alderman Allen, Alderman Carter, Alder man Phillips, Alderman Lawrence, Alderman Mechi, the Dean of Hereford, Sir James Key Shuttleworth, the Rev. C. Gascoigne, Rev. C. Mackenzie, Rev. R. Whittington, Rev. R. Burgess, Rev. J. B. Burnaby, Rev. Professor and Mrs. Willis, Professor John Wilson, Professor Donaldson, Professor Henslow and Mrs. Hooker, Mr. Sidney Smirke, A.R.A., Pro fessor and Mrs. Marietta, Professor Hullah, Herr Assfahrt, Drs. Doran, Beale, Sibson, Ramadge, Dun das, Thompson, Pinches, Chowne, Bernays, Adling, H. Barker, Babington, Farre, onnolly, Alderson, floppus, Arnott, Walter Lewis, Percy, Lankester, Purvis, Chance, Senhouse Kirkes, Pettigrew, Messrs. Mathew Uzielli ' John Dillon, W. Spottiswoode, F.R.S., Fitzroy Kelly, Rowland Hill, and Frank T. Buckland, C. Wentworth Dilke, Harry Chester, Henry Cole, J. Scott Russell, F.R.S., Wm. Hawes, J. P. Frith, Peter Graham, J. C. Macdonald, the Master of the Mint. W. T. Mackrell, Thos. Sopwith, F.R.S., F. R. Sandford, George Godwin, F.R.S., Charles Brooke, F.R.S., &c. GENERAL ,GARIBALDI. It may not be without interest to recal some few incidents of the life and career of this celebrated man who is now doing such excellent service to the cause of Italy in Piedmont and Lombardy : Born at Nice in 1807, he entered at an early age the Sardinian navy, and remained up to 1834 in the employ of the Piedmontese Government. Being, however, of an ambitious and daring nature, and finding little scope for his talents in the narrow limits of the then inflint navy of Sardinia, he took service first under the Bey'of Tunis, and then was offered and accepted the command of the fleet which the Republic of Uraguay; in South America, was about to send against Buenos Ayres. After the Anglo-French intervention on this occasion, Gari baldi abandoned the sea for terra firma, and be coming general instead of admiral, raised an army of 3,000 men, cavalry and infantry, and opposed Rosas with considerable success until 1848, when the raising of the standard of national independence in Italy recalled him to his native land, and he set about the formation of a legion, with which in the south of the Tyrol he took an active part with Charles Albert against Austria, and after the unfortunate capitulation of Milan was the last to lay down his arms. He was returned by the Opposition to the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies, and took a lead in the debates until the following year, when we find him again at the head of his legion sustaining the Italian re public at Rome. On the 30th of April he withstood the attack of the French troops under General Credinot with great intrepidity; on the 9th of May he, with 3,000 men, completely routed 5,000 Neapolitans at Palestrina ; on the 19th, at the battle of Velletri, he carried the honours of the day ; and during the siege of Rome, in June of the same year, the courageous and determined defence of that town against the French was entirely due to the military talents of General Garibaldi. After 30 days of most vigor ous resistance lie was obliged to abandon the town, as the Romans would not consent to the extreme means which he proposed for the ccntinuation of the struggle ; and after retreating in good order to San Marino, and disbanding his army, he reached the Adriatic and embarked for Genoa. Returning. to America, and finding himself without resources, he resolutely embraced commerce, and established a candle manufactory at New York; but the taste for a seafaring life having returned, he embarked as captain of a Peruvian vessel bound for China, and continued in this service till 1852, when he returned to Peru, and held for some time a military com mand in the Peruvian army. A Genoese commercial company having offered him one of their steamers, he returned once more to his native tiountry, and remained in this very subordinate capacity up to a few weeks since, when he undertook the command of the Italian Volunteer Legion, which he is now leading so gallantly and successfully in Lombardy. UNDBRGRADUATE EXTRAVAGANCE. At the County Court for Cambridge held yesterday (Fri day) before Mr. John Collyer, George John Watts, an undergraduate, formerly of Corpus College, and now of Queen's, came up, on his p e titi on as an inshvent, with a view to pass his first examination. He had been two years at the university, and had incurred debts, amounting to £473 10s. 6d. over and above the ordinary collegiate ex penses, and the expenditure of an allowance of £5O a-year made him by his father, who is vicar of Brockworth , Glou cestershire. The insolvent was opposed by Mr. Naylor for 20 credi tors, and by several others of the latter in person. The petition had been originally presented in London. and re ferred to Cambridge. The schedule revealed that the in solvent had contracted, during the two years, debts with tradesmen as under :- 5 Hosiers • £l6 7 7 7 Wine merchants 53 10 3 8 Tailors 4 Shoemakers lB 8 11 2 Jewellers 4 Livery-stable keepers with others of a minor character. The allegations a all the 'debts the insolvent were, that he had contracted to pay them • without reasonable ground of e falsethem r f e of expectation . . 2 as soon as obtained .. 5 tilisan•ainst that he had converted some of the go ods into money at a ruinoua sacrifice, that purpose ; and that he had procured 1 t auorse and cart for £3O, presentations. He had bought ; had given acceptances, and dealt with the same at a having others obtained b y penny tlie court, said he should be able Mr. Naylor, addiessin and now there was not a on the asset side. insolvent g had called on Mr, Wells in to prove that the red a gold watch of the value of Market-street, and procured Mr.his av faet i h ts e , r t , o w a h ll o oN N v v a l s t iamhotuott to o k p e rtelsieensta nhiiemtowhi with passing his "little go," and promising to return approved"littl ego o4, an T d h h e i i s u f s a o t t insolvent thatiiot £l4, ask o in sh g o r o o n o e n o is n th is time, lie 1M in Cambridge at the ,__..r. Naylor) opposed for time the same had Mr, Wolls, Mr. Flack, shoemaker ; not directly passed i f not hiii jeweller ; Mr, Balling 2 essrs. h a i ling whom insolvent bought the dog , cart) • I\l - inn and Co., booksellers ; and 15 or 16 others. He had m entioned those names -because thereWsehreeupladrthicauNtartoea mat ters c onnected with them t o which he ll the attention of the Court. Mr. Naylor pointed out that i t n he t i w n o sol y tr e ot w he as h a a l d loN e s r o e n d trftet o ed a- tTerts to the amount of by his father, and £473. }le also pointed out the facts as stated above, and further that there had been a vexation's defence to an action brought by Mr. Wells, in Market -street, -s'eet, in a case which, formed the ground fora criminal aU char but for Mr. Wells's kindnessforbearance,charge. Mr. Naylor that the insolvent had r h s a aid e no capital when he commenced con tracting the debts, save £2O worth of wearing apparel, and he now cl a i me d for excepted articles £lB odd'. .He bought one day a horse and cart for £3O, borrowed £5 to pay the deposit, ,gave a promissory note for the remainder, and never paid it, and made the false representation that the cart (a Whitechapel (log cart) wits for his father, a clergy man, who cas getting into years and to whom he was going to conv e y the dog-cart. Air. Naylor proceeded to pass some severe strictures upon the insolvent, and then took some technical objections to the wording of the peti tion, „the insolvent having described himself since as George Watts only, whereas he had called himself in his petition. George John Watts. insolent, pointed out that the Dr. Leapingwell, for the In creditors were to Liam° for not making proper inquiries, oth and also far their want of forethought. father The andf nee insolvent was a clergyman, with a very smallliving, He had, however, six other children bOaiclOa the insolvent. d He could see no , however, offered to pay 4s 'eTe e t dismissal of the peti purpose that could be served _ y stood there Witttout a penny, and lion, as the young be m e a i n •ved by sending him to prison, no purpose could s Mr. well lid ar4arning to others, Taylor—lt * 1 ' all would like to see the warning tell both Dr. Leapipp•W a d added that it was only neeessary for a man to go 1 9r , n o n his back to get any amount of credit with With a gown . *dme tratini At the same time, he did not stand Cambri p . ache . d • tof the anina• there to l astifycon uc a ~, man fax fr om i t. In aktiwer to his Honour, ir, Naylor said there was fA kr of the creditors omit% to an arrangement. They asked for punishment for thi young man, and then would be willing to treat with all respect and forbearance any offer on the part of the father. Dr. Leapingwell—You will get nothing else if you press for punishment. The insolvent was then examined by Mr. Naylor. Ile said he never told Mr. Wells that his father was at Cam bridge, or that he was going to present him with a gold watch. So far as he could recollect, he said ho wanted ene for his father : that was true at the time, as he was going, to take it down to him. He believed he said he was go i n g to present the watch to his father. He never said one word H about having got through an exam i na ti on . e never saki one word about the " little-go." He had never been in for any examination at that time. That (promissory note given to Railing), and those letters were in his handwriting . [One of these letters represented his father as so grievously ill that his life was despaired of, and insolvent was unable to leave the house for a moment, and contained a promise to pay Railing.] His father was unwell, but not seriously it was untrue that he was like to die. He gave the horse and cart to the Tarrants to sell for him ; ho did not sell It to them. He then tried to get it back to give to Mr. Railing, but did not succeed. , The letters, an d those (pro duced) to Mr. Well s were i n t wo diff eren t handwritings' one is not feigned. lie wrote one hand as often as the other. His Honour said it was quite impossible to grant a fli r a l order. It would b e ou t o f th e ques ti on th a t day. n ° could make no mo re l en i en t or d er th an th a t the petition might remain on the file. Mr. Naylor pressed for a dismissal on the °f the judgment creditors, in order that the insolvent might suffer by being sent to prison. His Honour said he should not have the slightest scraPl: in dismissing the p e titi on, b ut cou ld not s h ut ou t the fac t of the offer of the father. After some vain attempts at accommodation, his Honer° said he should take upon himself to decide the case. I N day would be named for the final order, and no protection would be granted. The insolvent then left the court, followed by the his cers bearing warran t s aga i nst his person on b e h a lf of judgmattractedent b y creditorsthe somewhat and a novels posse of e e t t r ne e! m einh and The other n 7! wended his way t o th e railway station, accompanied solicitor (Mr. H un t), an d was there arrested. ins b ol yo ve hit A CRIMEAN HBA. At the Worship-street Police-court, on Saturda_ A P Elizabeth Produce, a married woman , w as charg' with stealing a war medal. James Bancroft, a fine tall fellow, aril ill the service of the Eastern Counties Railway Cote' pang, and on . this (Saturday) aft ernoo n, whil e passing along a street in Shoreditch, with 0 ; 1 ,4 onions in my hand, a man, who was a perl e '„ stranger to me, knocked some of them out of re; hand. While remonstrating with him the Plii; soner came up and said she was his wife, at same instant I felt her take my wa t c h from waistcoat pocket. I got possession of that, a ll it then she snatched a medal from my breast oat; it had four clasps, and I fear it is lost, for she git"i g to a man, who ran away instantly. I have been four great battles, namely, Alma, Inkerman, 138 „ a t klava, and Sebastopol. In the second engage ln ; a d, I was twice wounded. I have a medal for g ks conduct in the field, and another from the Tur e r. for bravery. I also produce a certificate of roY vices from my captain. This note ran as follow o . 3a " Private James Bancroft, of the 3d e comPa n Yi' of battalion, in the Grenadi er G uar d s , at the belt ing Inkerman, when the enemy, in overwh ei n in , o nd masses, attempted to po ssess th ems elves a s` - t he time of the sand-bag battery on its right, wf,,,,i t a first man who v o l un t eere d t o mee t th e m; an ;my five or six other men succeeded in driving them this some twenty yards beyond the battery• by desperate encounter he was personally attack-and, five Russians, all of whom he brought to the std a nd after receiving a b a y one t woun d i n the 01 '" tb. another in the mouth, which knocked out bis tos . Later in the day, w h en th e co l ours o f the " r d re diers were cut off f rom th e ma i n bed,' a ns of turning with much difficulty, two coluf tha t the Russians advan ce d t o se i ze them' - ,t of moment Private Banc ro ft, w ith a serg -„- tbe the line, who was killed immediately , N Y nui p first to obey my o r d ers an d c h ar ge the en- a nd Wounded as stated, without a mmunitinn , n ; a st exhausted, Bancroft dashed himself del the enemy, and actually, by his example , s uccee in checking the foe, thereby enabling the' coloure to regain the British lines. (Signed) " E. BARNABY, Capt. of the Grenadier Guard& " sth Nov., 1854." A burst of enthusiasm followed the reading 0 this testimony to his noble conduct, which ate, sadly changed when, in answer to the martir-ic the brave fellow stated he had not receive toria medal, but simply a bonus of £5 ss. fie enlisted for ten years, which time having elr n a he retired, having had enough of "soldiering, . . of course was without a pen - sien. The prisoner was remanded. COUNTRY MARKBM LIVERPOOL—MAT 23. We have the eave full rygra b t e e n fu efi l t r . r° ain to-day, and th e fields g experiencing STAMFORD—MAY 28. Yesterday the supply of wheat from the farme r V ili‘ pel" fair, and the trad e more ac ti ve, a t a d ec li n e of abou t O9O qr. Barley as before. Beans were fully as dear ' and other articles unaltered. Wheat '2 B3 t ° 3 44 1 : .50s to 54s ........ 4 6. 3 to o ' , - White do .54s to 58s Beans • ' '60 3 to Barley .36s to 40s Ditto, old ....••• LE ICE STE R—AlAy 28. wbe stt At this day's market there was a fair show of bo ut 10 and the trade ruled at 56s to 60 8 p er qr ., being : 2 doini decline upon last week. Only a mo d era t e busiint - , e , all in barley, at fully late prices. O a t s an d beans 0 6 " a slow trade. NOTTINGHAM—MAT 28. 1 04 d the de eek• The show of wheat was rather small, an d i n g vi not active, at about the currencies of the preceding businel There was not much barley on offer and little iy, 0 , ! 1 passing, at about late rates. Oats in and su P P ni aterl ei made late prices. Beans were scarce, and 11° to 310 change in price. White wheat, new, 60s to 64s Barley, grindillg.. 2Bs ...,,,„ . 3 2 0 to je . Red do. ........ 54s to 58s Oats, old, . 48s to 52s Old white .. ......60s to 64s New . do ........ * 48 0 Red do.. .......... 54s to 56s I Beans. .......... 46s to 1 Barley, malting... . 38s to 44s 1 Beans, new. ..... .. ..... ,285 to 324 To-day there was a Y f O ai,st — ow l‘l o A f A wed rather dull, at is to 2s per qr. decline. Fine barley .4 YORK—MAY t, and Fa d e w oo about last week's rates. Oats a small show, an d q uite "'' dear. Beans and peas at fully previous prices. j Wheat, white s2s to 54s I Beans, Ma.zagan.. —8 to ,9‘ red 48s to 52s Middle & small 48s to l id Barley 3os to 32s I White peas 42s to tri Oats 24 s t o 26s 1 Grey.. 42s to ou Malt, 66s to 68s per qr. ; flour, —s per 20 stone. CHELMSFO RD--MAY 41/1 lrge quant i ty o f w h ea t to - a t , *s, but the millers anal the finest samples e0~,,,r the close a re d uct i on of 25 r- The farmers brought in a in expectation of higher pri chants held off; only a few o sold at late rates, and before i qr. had to b . e submitted to. wheat, hev a l w r iee h dr i t e .. .. . . 6 14 325 8 ssss to 000 0 645 6 : 0! BarleycChevalier 34s to 45 s Grinding, 27s to 35 8 Malt 6 ° B to 66s Oats 26s to 35s 480 Peas, Partridge ..4 4 s t° 460 White 4 4 8 to Boiling ...... 468 to ir,; Dun - 428 :s Beans, Tick 418 t° i; Harrow Ticks 41s 0 0 4 7,0 Mazagan ...... 398 t DUBLIN—MAY 27. There was a very slow and depressed market to - dg,b 'est the great m a j or i ty of samples of all descriptions 0._.,001 fully is pe r qr. l ower. The values of Friday for barli l os oats were barely supported. Indian corn a slow sal e, quotations. Wheat, white 29 0 to 31 0 Do., red 28 0 to 30 0 Do., now .. 23 0 to 26 0 Barley l7 . 0 to 19 0 Oats • Do., black l4 0 to 15 0 B.d• 1 8.30 6 0 6 Do., new ~„ , 11 0 to 29 0 B ere lO Rapeseed Oatmeal l5 ot° 0 Bakers' flour 16 0t0 4 4 0 Indian corn „ 30 oto o_, BIRTHS. wife °I KER.—On the 28th inst., at Peckham, Surrey, 018 ;110 1- Robert W. Ker, Commander of the E.'. s lu, r , borough, of a son. KINGDON.—On the 27th inst. at at 5, Marlbore„ug AO, gardens, St. John's-wood, the . wife of P a ul A. 1 " 11° Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son. 1,, / egt KNOWLES.—On the 24th inst. the wife of Major-10'„ late of the 50th Regt., of a daughter. er 00# LEWIN.—On the 28th inst., at Futney, the wife a• E. Lewin, 8.A., of a son. MARRIAGES. CRATER—DAVIDSON,—On the 26th inst., at St 'pop- Church, Wilton-place, Frederick, the third sou of Lop Chater, Esq. of Old Grove Hou se , Hampsteakt° . 1 eldest daughter of Thos. Davidson, Esq of St. ye ° place,. Hyde-park-corner. -„ T ools i DixoN—ANDERSON.—On the 26th inst.,_ at St. Z o lior Church; Brighton, Harvey W. Dixon, Esq., „ 01. " - polde r tou, Sussex, to Emma, fourth daughter of Iv im son, E q., of Brighton. DEATHS. of . o — wn Ol an th o, e ts 2 o 6 a t t h h i u n a s r t k ., a 3 a ir e . d J 7 o 6 s . eph Ar niiia ; ro A n i zi r T .s . i k e a s E d DBEABALe+Naon:, . 0 0_ ± .. n oo t rixf ho tohi 2 .4e 7 ! 2s h t7rt i eh n e s ti t ,n ., sagt A e l d ice e , ig d h a t uf ,e h a t r, e s r . ofi s 3 t f john r r o . et an , eldest son of Mr. W. H. lie. ' of FLETCHER.--On the 23d inst., Mr. Charles Fletcher' a lt t on 2B , , a C g. e o d c Ic 2 4p . u r 49, Gloucester -road, inst.'sßegent-park, aged 67. second GII,PIN.—On the 2Sth at Mary Lucre tia, daughter of Cha r l es Gil p i n , M.P. aged 17. , KIRKWOOD.—On the 26th inst. at Newbridge 11011sc lan lje r - Bah, Lieut.-Colonel T. Kirk ' wood, forMerly coop' ing MM.'s 64th Regt., aged 51. t MI `cnr.LL.--On the 24th inst., very suddenly, a_dhoP ingley, near Leeds, Mr. H. C.W. Mitchell, wino"' Merchant, of Leeds, aged 64. NLONDON Printed and Published by MUIWO 112, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office,r l° '..., o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 011 ' 11 " 1 Middlesex, Monday s May 30, 1559. I::