The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-18 00:00:00

211 E NAVY. Daring their official visit to the • Plymouth Breakwater on Thursday, and after the Lords of the Admiralty had examined the site of the Shovel Fort, they made inquiries whether it would not be possible to have a depot for 2,000 tons of coal in connection with the building. From what trans spired it seems very probable that this inquiry will lead to a practical result. The floating depot La vinia, which holds 1,500 tons only, will be re moved, and an available space sufficient for moor ing a frigate will thus be added to the Admiralty anchorage in the Sound. The Rattler, 17, screw, Commander E. H. Howard, arrived at Spithead on Saturday frcm Sheerness, en route to China. The paddlewheel steam yacht Osborne, with the Lords of the Admiralty on board, left Plymouth Sound on Saturday afternoon for Pembroke. The Prussian screw steam frigate Gazelle, 28, Captain Heldt, with H.R.H. Prince Adalbert, the Admiral of the Prussian fleet, left Plymouth Sound on Saturday morning, for Brest. The Fire Queen paddle yacht, Master Com mander Paul, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon from Guernsey, having made the passage in nine and a half hours against a strong N.N.E. wind. The Fire Queen embarked on Saturday, at Weymouth, Major-Gen. Slade, the Lieut.-Governor of Guernsey, accompanied by Mr. and Miss Slade, for conveyance to Guernsey, and arrived there at five p.m, the same afternoon. His Excellency landed under a salute. The Fire Queen made the passage to Guernsey from Weymouth in six hours. The Admiralty transport Lively, having landed the carriage, slide, and the 270-pounder solid shot for the monster Horsfall gun at Chatham dockyard, was placed under the floating shears in Chatham harbour on Saturday, to enable the gun to be lifted out, a party of 100 shipwrights and labourers hav ing been sent from the dockyard to assist in the operation. As soon as the target now under con struction at Chatham dockyard has been completed the gun, which, together with the carriage and slide, weighs upwards of 30 tons, will be despatched to Shoeburyness, where a series of experiments will be made with it, under the superintendence of the Ord nance Select Committee. An order was received at Chatham yesterday, from the Admiralty, directing the screw corvette Rattlesnake, 21, 1,705 tons, 400 horse power, to be put in commission and fitted for sea. She is to have a complement of 270 officers and men, including 36 non-commissioned officers, gunners, and privates of the Royal Marines. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Capt. A. P. E. Wilnaot, to the Rattlesnake ; F. Piper, master, to the Argus ; J. Lyon, paymaster, to the Rattlesnake ; A. Boys and T. Goodman, assist.-paymasters, promoted to the rank of paymaster; A. H. Price is to be naval and victualling storekeeper at Hongkong, v i ce Richards, invalided. 7 HE' ARMI Major-Gen. Bloomfield, Inspector-General of the Royal Artillery, and Col. Henry, R.A., left town on Saturday for Milford Haven on official business. The head quarters of the sth (Royal Irish) Lan cers, and three squadrons of the regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Portal, arrived at the north camp, Aldershot, on Thursday, from Hounslow,and the remaining squadrons on the following day. Their stay at Aldershot, however, will not be of long duration, the head quarters and three troops being under orders for Norwich, three troops for Ipswich, and two troops for Northampton on the 3dproximo. A squadron of the 18th Hussars, under Capt. Ar buthnot, arrived at Aldershot on Thursday from Hounslow, and are quartered in the West Cavalry Barracks. The head quarters and three troops of the 16th Lancers (Lieut.-Col. Dickson) are under orders to leave the West Cavalry Barracks, Aldershot, on the 2 , 1 prox., for Sheffield; one field officer and three troops for Preston ; and two troops for Burnley. The headquarters and three troops of the 9th Lancers (Lieut.-Col. Drysdale, C. 8.) left Cove-com mon, Aldershot, where they have been under can vass, on Thursday, for Brighton. On the same day one troop marched for Shorncliffe. A flying column, consisting of the 12th Lancers, two field batteries of the Royal Artillery, a detach ment of the Military Train, 2d battalion let Royals, 64th Regiment, 76th Regiment, and a detachment of the Commissariat Staff corps, the whole under the command of Major-Gen. B. Taylor, will march from Aldershot and encamp as under :—This day at Sandhurst; Tuesday, near Bowley Reservoir, where they will halt till Wednesday ; Thursday, Woolmer, where the column will halt till Saturday next, 23d inst., when it will return to Aldershot. The following changes in the destinations of the Royal Artillery at present stationed at Aldershot have been directed to take place :,—A battery Royal Horse (Brevet-Major Tupper), to Bristol and thence to Dublin, leaving Aldershot on Ist prox. ; B bat tery, Royal Horse (Capt. L. Paget), to Dorchester on 15th prox. ; I battery, Royal Horse (Capt. Saun ders), for Dublin, via Bristol, on Bth pros. A and S batteries will be replaced at Aldershot by C and G batteries, from Dublin. I battery, 4th brigade, Royal Artillery (Brevet Lieut.-Col. Barstow), will proceed to Hilsea, on Ist prox., and K battery, 4th brigade (Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. D. Shakespear), will also march for Hilsea on the 15th prox. The course of experiments lately carried out in the camp at Aldershot, under the superintendence of Capt. Bolton (12th Regiment), with his newly invented lime light signal apparatus and system of telegraphy, having been brought to a conclusion, Lieut,-Gen. Sir J. L. Pennefather, accompanied by hi s staff, attended at the Bell Hill on Thurs ug evening last to test the results of the system. Telegraph stations were established at Coosar's Camp, cove -common, and Bagshot, and messages were sent to a nd from the various places with great rapidity and. correctness, the light being particu larly bright anal, eautiful, although the state of the atmosphere was veryivhazy The trials lasted from about half - past 8 until o'clock, when Sir J. L. Pennefather expressed. to the inventor his satisfac tion at the successfu . l result s he had witnessed, and leplayed.l)7 the men, who had at the proficiency di been so short a t ime under instr uct i on. Th i s in vention is likely to prove of 'eat , value in future warfare, as by its means communications be established where it w ould be impossibl® can at. to lay the electric wire, and madesignalssTtdistances hitherto The system pos se deemed impracticable.. possesses the interruption, advantage of not being liable to f rom the enemy. Capt. Bolton having n ow succes s f ully carried on his experiments at Woolwich, Chathao,, and Aldcrshott, will p rocee d to Portsmouth, where his system will be still further tested. Major-Gen. A. B. Stransham, the n eWIY ap pointed Inspector-General of Royal Marines, Wu • to-day commence the autumnal inspection of the Chatham division, under the command of Col. T. Leman, C. 8., after which he will proceed on his tour of inspection of the other divisions of Royal Marines. The last of the draughts of troops to be despatched from the camp at Colchester during the present sea son has now left. On Friday a detachment of the 10th battalion, stationed at Languard Fort, Har wich, was relieved by 59 non-commissioned officers and men from the same battalion, under the com mand of Brevet-Major Brown, 88th Regiment, accompanied by Lieut, Davidson and Ensign e etleY, 88th, and Lieut. Shaw and Ensign Vigne, 97th, On Saturday a corresponding detachment of the 9 th battalion was relieved by 60 non-com missioned officers and men, under the command of Capt. Bassett, of the 56th. Several small parties of recruits arrived. at week. A notification was Yesterday received at Chat ham garrison, from the Department, announcing that, on the recommendation of the Ordnance Select Committee, the Secretary of State for War, with the concurrence of his Royal -p m . —ighness the General Commanding-in-Chief, has aPProvQd an alteration in the service charges of the 110 -pounder Armstrong guns. Those of the unstrengthened pattern aro in future to be fired with a 111 b c har g e of Powd er , while those of the strengthened pattern, or m ost recent manufacture, are to be fired with 121 b. of powder for common and segment shell, and 141 b. of powder for solid shot. At the Aldershot Camp sports, which were post poned from the previous Thursday until Wednesday last, it is estimated that there were between 8,000 and 10,000 persons. The sports beg at 1 o'clock, and were not concluded until past 7. In the flat race of 100 yards, for officers at the camp, Lieut. Pearse, 76th Regiment, obtained the first prize ; Ensign Alexander, 76th Regiment, the second ; and Lieut. Toogood, R.A., the third. In the hurdle raee, for officers, 250 yards, over five flights of hurdles, the successful competitors were-Ist, Lieut. Bathe, sth Fusiliers; 2d, Ensign Alexander; 3d, Ensign Harris, M.T. In the first race of half a mile, for officers, Lieut. Toogood was first ; Lieut. Col. the Hon. H. H. Clifford, Assist. Quartermaster- General, second ; and Ensign Harris, third. In the flat race of one mile, open to all, Lieut.-Col. Clifford came in first, accomplishing the distance in 4 min. 50 sec. ; Private Conway, 26th Cameronians, second; and Private %Vren, 2d battalion, 20th Regiment, third. For putting the shot, 241 b, open to all, Pri vate Finnigan, Bth King's, took the first prize ; Lieut. Pearse, second ; and Gunner AP]) ougall, third. In the champion race (300 yards) open to all, Private Lloyd, 76th Regiment, came in first ; Pri vate Brewer, 2d Regiment, second; and Lieut. Toogood, third. The affair was highly successful, and created much interest. The prizes to the suc cessful competitors were distributed at the close of the sports by Lady Pennefather, the wife of the Lieut.-General commanding. ASSIZE IMELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—GUILDFORD, Aug. 15. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) NYMAN V. BRAY AND WARD. This was an action brought by the plaintif f , who carries on business as a surgical instrument in Boundary-row, Blackfriars-road, to recover a nlawfu mages from the defendants, for having u maker lly seized certain working tools under a distress torrent. Mr. Ribton and Mr. B. Rigby were counsel for was the the plaintiff; Sergeant Parry and Smith were for the defendants. landlord of the house whe re the plaintiff resided, It appeared that the defendant Bray and that the latter being in arrears for four quar ters' rent, he instructed the other defendant, who is a broker, to make a seizure, and on April 11 he did so, and having made an inventory of the furniture, he next proceeded to seize two vices, a bellows, and an anvil, all of which articles were used by the plaintiff in his trade. The plaintiff's witnesses stated that the defendant Ward was remonstrated with for taking the working tools, and reminded that when he had made seizures on former occasions he had not done so, but he persisted, and the whole of the arti cles, with the exception of the bellows, were sold at less than half the value that was set upon them by the plaintiff. Several witnesses were examined,who swore positively that the tools were in actual use at the time they were seized by the broker, and one of the plaintiff's sons stated that he was using the anvil to make surgeons' scalpels that had been or dered. It was also stated that plaintiff had several orders from customers at the time, but he was un able to execute them, and it appeared that when he applied to the defendant Ward for the restoration of his tools, he said he should not give them up, and he might take his own course. Sergeant Parry, on behalf of the defendant, urged upon the jury the hardship of his having to defend an action like this. He was unable to get any rent, and was compelled to put in a distress, and then an action was brought against him, in which, even if he succeeded, he would never be able to get a single farthing of costs. He said that he should, however, be able to prove that the tools in question were not in actual use at the time they were seized, and upon that ground he should ask for their verdict. Baron Martin remarked that he had always un derstood the law to be that workmen's tools were absolutely free from seizure. Sergeant Parry said that in all the cases that had been decided it was ruled that they must be in ac tual use *- , exempt them from seizure. The defendant Ward was then examined, and he swore that at the time he made the seizure there was no fire in the forge, or any work going on, and he said that if there had been he should not have seized the tools, as he was perfectly well aware of the law upon the subject. Mr. Ribton, in his reply, said there could be no doubt that the construction of the law was that a poor man should not be utterly ruined by having the tools used in his trade, upon which he alone de pended for subsistence, taken away from him, and he submitted that it was not necessary that the tools should be actually in the hands of the person to whom they belonged, and that it was quite sufficient to prove that work was going on for which they would be required. Baron Martin, in summing up, said he concurred with the learned counsel that the law should not be construed too strictly with regard to the tools being in actual use, and that, if the jury should think there was reasonable evidence that the tools were I in ordinary use at the time they were seized, the !plaintiff was entitled to a verdict. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages £2O. anything to say, the son replied—"l am innocent." The daughter—" And I, too, sir." The mother— " I am innocent, the girl is the guilty party." The Judge, in passing sentence, said the priso ners had had a patient trial, and the verdict of the jury was justified by the evidence. It was evident that all the prisoners were present at the birth. The jury had acquitted them of the murder, they not being satisfied that the child had been born fully alive. the verdict its reasonable meaning hemust G think tnat they never intended the child should live. If the child was not murdered it was solely because it was not born alive. There was e vidence to convict them of the offence, and even evidence to convict them of the capital offence ; as it was they were convicted of the lesser offence, and it was as bad an instance of the offence as it possi bly could be. If the child was not murdered it was not owing to them. He could make no distinction between them, and should pass upon them the severest sentence the law allowed, two years' im prisonment. The prisoners were then removed. They had shown no emotion during the trial, but on the pass ing of the sentence their calmness forsook them. THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF TVHOLESALE POISONING. IMPORTANT MEDICAL TESTIMONY. On Saturday evening last Constance Wilson, alias Catherine Taylor, was again brought before the Hon. G. C. Norton, at the Lambeth Police -court, for further, and, it was supposed, final examination, on the several charges preferred against her for the wilful murder, by poison, of the late Mrs. Atkinson, of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland, in October, 1860 ; and of Mrs. Soa mes, of Alfred-place, Bedford squmarr e . , c i h n ip O p c e t r o fi b e e i r d , , l a B s b s6 e . fore, appearedtoconduct the prosecution in both cases ; and Mr. Neale for the defence. On the prisoner being placed at the bar, Mr. Chippfield intimated to the magistrate that not only _ _ were Mr. Renore and Mr. Whidbourn, the media, gentlemen who attended the deceased ladies, pre sent, but also Dr. Taylor and Mr. Nunneley, o. Leeds, who had made an analysis of portions of the remains of the deceased, were now in attendance prepared to give the result of that analysis. Though there were several witnesses then in attendance in the case of Mrs. Soames, he proposed, in order to relieve the medical gentlemen from having again to appear, to take their evidence at once, and with the permission of the Court he would proceed with that which applied to the case of Mrs_ Atkinson. Mr. Norton acquiesced in this course of proceed- in g, and Mr. Thomas Nunneley, of Leeds, and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, was called and sworn, and presented his written report of the analysis of portions of the body of Mrs. Ann Atkinson, and which he had received on April 23d last from an officer of police. The document thus handed in was read by the Chief Clerk, who transferred it into a formal depo sition. It commenced by stating that the parts of the body submitted to analysis presented a pecu liarly offensive odour. They were not however de composed. Indeed, the preservation of their tex- ture was remarkable, considering the long period which had elapsed since death. All the organs were atrophied and attenuated, though preserving their form and general character. Then the liver only weighed 22 ounces, the average weight in the healthy living female being over 50 ounces. The kidney weighed 11 of an ounce instead of 5 or 6 ounces ; and the spleen weighed little more than one-third of an ounce, instead of 5 or 6 ounces. The wasting of the coats of the stomach and intestines was in a corresponding degree. The liver was of an uniform grey slate colour; its peritoneal coat was distinct, and neither upon it nor on any part of the other viscera were there any indications of their having lymph effused or adhesions formed during life such as might have been formed by in flammation of the parts. Hence the idea of this having caused death, so far as the evidence is of any value, is negatived. The coats of the stomach were extremely thin ; it was completely empty, except that its whole inner surface was uniformly covered by a homogeneous pultaceous matter, of a dark cho colate colour, without a particle of food or other solid in it. There was an ounce and a half of this matter, and on its being carefully removed the mucous membrane under it was found to be thrown into folds, as though the stomach had been empty and strongly contracted before death. It was of a red colour, with patches of a darker hue. With the exception of the mourn, the entire length of the intestinal canal was completely empty, and in this part of the gut there was a small quantity of mat ter precisely similar to that found in the stomach. The mesentery, the omen turn, the large intestine, and the kidneys, ware loaded with fat, showing that there had not been any emaciation before death. Under the conditions in which these parts were pre sented, if any noxious agent were present it could only be discovered by the complete destruction of the tissue in which it might be locked up. This had been performed with the greater part of the viscera, with the following results. (The witness here intimated that all the materials and chemicals used were tested and found to be pure, and per fectly free from arsenic or other substances likely to interfere with the investigation.) The following parts were separately analysed, and by the process known as Reisnch's, all yielded distinct metallic stains upon the copper foil boiled with the struc tures and hydrochloric acid. First the rectum, when the coating on the copper was decided. Second, five ounces of the liver yielded dark grey stains on several pieces of copper. Third, the colon, or large intestine, gave the same stains. Fourth, the lower end of the small intestine, with the ccecum, gave a similar colour to the copper. Fifth, the small gut gave similar results. Sixth, one half of the stomach itself yielded the same metallic coating ; but the thick matter scraped from its surface did not give any coating to the copper boiled with it. Seventh, the kidney gave as distinct stains as the liver did. Eighth, from the little spleen the same evidence was obtained. Ninth, the small quantity of red fluid which had drained from the viscera also yelded the same grey dark coating to the copper. Tenth, the omentum yielded a like but much less distinct stain. Eleventh, part of the coated copper from the small intestine was placed in a short sublimating tube, and yielded on a slip of microscopic glass a few very minute octohedral crystals. 12th, the copper coated from the omentum was similarly treated, and also yielded a few similar crystals. 13th, part of the copper used in the analysis of the stomach and liver gave decided crystals of arsenious acid. 14th, from the copper used in the analysis of the rectum an equally evident layer of octohedral crystals was ob tained. From a minute sublimate obtained from the copper used in the larger intestines analysis a slight yellow stain was seen to be formed on the addition of water and the ammonia-nitrate of silver. A sub limate obtained from the copper used with the spleen was boiled in distilled water, and one portion of this yielded a green precipitate on the addition of the ammonio-sulphate of copper. Six ounces of the liver were treated with sulphuric acid, dried, and then with nitric acid, for being used in Marshe's apparatus, and the result was a mere stain, which yielded so slight a yellow colour with the ammonio nitrate of silver that the result must be regarded as negative. Another portion of the liver was first dried and tested with sulphuric acid until carbonised and dry, and subsequently with nitric acid, for use in Marshe's apparatus, and the result was similar to that in the last experiment, namely, negative, except a stain too slight to be relied on. Tnis re sult (continued the witness), I am convinced, is only what might be expected, and will, I believe, be found to occur in similar circumstances when the quantity of absorbed arsenic is small, and is com bined with the animal tissues, in the condition those submitted to me were; for the difficulty of driving off the water and securing the entire disintegra tion, so as to get the arsenic free without the loss of it is so great that I regard this process—though much used and very satisfactory where arsenic exists in a large quantity or in a condition of ready solubility—as of much less delicacy than Reinsch's, and consequently of much less value in a case like the present. Considering that by Reinsch's process metals of a characteristic iron grey colour were obtained from so many different viscera, that from at least four of these distinct like tuerals octahedral crystals were sublimated, and re : u t i li, other substance than arsenic will yield such men ',„ v slconsidering that a minute portion of COM present . flat Z i e arsenic treated as nearly as possible in a arrive a t yielded corresponding results, I can and that it in :tither conclusion than that arsenic was liquid evidence te sts very small. of the deceased, aeo7 is, it ha q \ l ir not all, of the organs of the body, introduced during the lifetime that probably at . some short period anterior to at the time the analysis present in any one „,,,` h - That the quantity actually vas and re sults of Marsha's tests Et n a tile the negative s e ts bt ; ained by the other proj' made was bat these do not slight results of the ra the aiositive the viscera had not been probably the use:isues;he As the whole remainin g more complete examination a the a further and GORE V. RAMSEY. This was an action to recover a sum of money that had been expended by the plaintiff, as was alleged, under the authority of the defendant, Sergeant Shee and Mr. M'Donnell were for the plaintiff, and Sergeant Parry and Mr. Pierce for the defendant. The plaintiff in this action, it appeared, was a respectable young woman, who had for several years been in the service of a nobleman as cook, and upon leaving that service she was engaged in the same capacity in the establishment of a lady named Cope, at Highbury. The defendant was also young, and he assisted his father in carrying on the trade of a butcher in the same neighbourhood, and he was in the habit of calling at Mrs. Cope's for orders ; and, as is not unfrequently the case, under such circum stances, he and the plaintiff became on very inti mate terms, and according to her statement he pro mised that when his father set him up in business, which he had agreed to do, he would marry her. The consequence of all this was that the plaintiff found herself in the family way, and in July last year she wrote to the defendant telling him that she was such a size that people were beginning to take notice, and she left Mrs. Cope's service, and obtained another situation with a lady named Els worth, where she thought her condition was not so likely to be observed. While she was in the service of this lady it appeared that the defendant gave the plaintiff a ring to wear, and he told her to inform her mistress that she was married, and she did so; but at length it became necessary that preparations should be made for the reception of the young stranger, and the plaintiff asked the defendant what she was to do ? He told her he could not marry her then,but he knew she had some money in an old stock ing, and ho said that if she took a lodging and fur nished it he would repay her the money, and he at the same time promised that, when his father set him up in business he would marry her. Upon the faith of this promise the plaintiff furnished a lodg ing at Islington, and expended about £3O for furni ture and other necessaries, and she went to this lodging, and was confined there at the end of Sep tember, and in the beginning of October she announced the fact to the defendant in the follow ing terms :—" Dear Henry,—l have got it over. I have got such a fine son for you. He is much like 3 7. Git. I had a very bad time, and began to wish I was in heaven.—Your loving Emma." The plain "an in this letter also begged the defendant to come he r d. ,Z," . ,11er and the child, but he did not go near and f l ,", l ',ron her meeting him shortly afterwards, such a mane what he meant by treating her in to take th e V, he only laughed at her, and refused represented t :tast notice of the baby that was facts the plea nt i ii .to much like him. Upon these cover back the Qught the present action to re direction of the a e f e a a she had expended by the Sergeant Parry, at ti :t plaintift submitted that no cont, l , o :e of the plaintiff's case, that the arrangement ref e , t4 lad been proved, and maintain. support of a basta r e e t?....was merely one smaiodthtbere b w a a s s ta ; b o . un oi which by the had nothing bastardyf or the law If the to do with the case. Baron Marttilnie lieved, there was a sin* le aoreelne rit l l " etwe to be be she ',o ugh en her and the defendant that her the money she pertain things he would repay ad ex t recover, pended, and she was clearly e ntitled • If was an undefended the agreement was admitted it action. Sergeant Par r y sa id be had no ansWer upon the merits. the plaintiff Thejury then r e t urne d a verdict for i or for the full amount c l a i me d, and his 10rd.313 P dered immediate execution. OXFORD CIRCUIT. —GLOUCESTER, Aug, 10. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) THE ALLEGED MURDER AT NEWENT.—The trial of Hannah Thurston, Joh n Th urston , an d Mary Ann Thurston, mother, son, and d aug hter, charged with the murder of the child o f H annah at Nevvent, was concluded last night between eight and nine o'clock, when the jury, after consulting an hour, found the prisoners not guilty of the murder, but guilty of the concealment of birth. On being asked, in the usual form, if they had THE SUN S . L10N09.11, MONK V 1 triVPININ9 9 AUGUST 111, 1882, coated copper already obtained, may confirm more decidedly the opinion I now give. Mr. Chipperfield asked if the witness wished to make any cdditio❑ to his report. Mr. Nunueley replied that in consequence of a recommendation to that effect the body of the late Mrs. Atkinson had been re -exhumed on Monday, June 22 last. He was present on that occasion at Kirby Lonsdale, and had removed the whole of the remaining viscera, as well as portions of the mus cles from different parts of the body, and also part of the brain. He was quite sure that those por tions had not been before removed or disturbed. These were placed in jars and sealed by witness, and forwarded to Professor Taylor, in con junction with whom he subsequently made an examination. From the kidneys which he had sent up, by the application of tests, minute mi croscopic globules were obtained which pos sessed more the character of mercury than arsenic. And on further investigation of the stain on the copper foil proof of the presence of arsenic was not obtained, and the conclusion to which he had now arrived was, that proof that the death of the deceased was caused by arsenic, but that it was caused, in all probability, by some other irritant poison. Mr. Chipperfield—Are you prepared to say that arsenic was not used, or simply that you found no evidence of its presence ? Witness—l did not find such proof of arsenic that I could swear to its presence. The presence tf. octo hedral crystals is only one portion of the proof of presence of arsenic, and it requires to be confirmed by other tests before it can be sworn to. Supposing death to have been caused by an irri tant poison, might solution of arsenic form one of the agents used, and leave no trace?—lt is possible it might be one of the agents. Can you say it was not used ?—The analysis affords no proof that it was used. Mr. Norton—ln consequence of the body remain ing so long interred chemical changes must have taken place. Would not that make it more diffi cult, if not impossible, to detect arsenic ? Witness—Yes, if the quantities administered had been extremely minute. In reply to Mr. Chipperfield the witness said it was quite possible that arsenic might have been the cause of death, and a great portion or the whole of it expelled from the body by absorption. Besides, arsenic might be given and effect great misehiefs, but be carried off by vomiting and purging, so as to leave no trace of it, supposing a person lived some days after it had been taken, His reason for think ing that death had been caused by some irritant poison was partly from the appearance of the body, which was that ofta person who had enjoyed good health and free from disease. The lungs and viscera were covered with fat. There was no organic disease in the chest, head, or abdomen. There was no trace of inflammation which would account for a persons death. The stomach and the whole of the intes tinal canal were completely empty, showing that there had been violent vomiting and purgin g , which had carried off everything, immediately be fore death. The stomach was rather contracted, and its lining membrane contained patches of a dark-red colour, such as are seen when some irri tant poison had been administered. A vegetable poison, such as colchicum wine, or in any other form, would produce the appearance he had discerned and described, but colchicum would not be dis coverable at this distance of time. In reply to Mr. Neale, the witness said that be yond what he had stated he did not find any evi dence of any irritant poison. This having completed the testimony of Mr. Nunneley, it was signed by that gentleman. Doctor Alfred Swane Taylor was next called, and proved that, on the 24th of June last he re ceived portions of the remains of the deceased Mrs. Atkinson, at Guy's Hospital. The viscera were much decomposed, but the form and structure of the heart, lungs, and kidneys could be still dis tinguished ; the lungs were tough and firm, and of a dark slate colour. The fat around the kidneys, as well as on the muscles, was partly changed to adipocire. There was nothing to indicate the effects of disease or poison in the parts of the body sent for examination. Owing to the body having been buried for the long period of twenty months the organs had undergone such changes from decompo sition as to render it impossible to form an opinion of the condition in which they were at the time of death, for those parts of the body which generally contained poison in the largest quantity, if present in the body at the time of death, had been removed, and as I had been informed were entirely employed in the analysis made by Mr. Nunneley, the last witness, in April, 1862. The parts to which I refer are the stomach, the large and small intestines with their contents, the liver, the spleen, and one of the kidneys. These I subjected to the following analyses :—First, two ounces of the red liquid, which was derived from the jar containing the whole of the viscera, were examined for arsenic, antimony, and mercury, but none of those poisons were present. Secondly, three ounces and a half of the lungs were tested by a similar proceess, but no arsenic or other matter was detected. In consequence of these negative results in my preliminary testing of the remains, I invited Mr. Nunneley to attend at the laboratory at Guy's Hospital, in order that we might analyse portions of the body together, and he was present on Saturday, June 28, when the re maining kidney was selected for our conjoint ex periment. The materials to be employed having been tested and their purity determined, the kid ney, which weighed 11-oz., was submitted to Reinsch's process. A very small portion of pure copper foil was used, in order that the minutest trace of arsenic up to the 500th part of a grain might not escape detection. Atter boiling the liquid a sufficient time, the copper was removed and presented a slight tarnish, but not like that produced by arsenic. Another piece of copper was then introduced and this was tarnished in a similar manner, but in a less degree. The tarnished copper was then tested, but no crystals of arsenious acid could be obtained. There were seen under the microscope some globules of moisture and some minute globules presenting the character of metallic mercury. On the same occasion, Slr. Nunneley produced for examination a number of slips of cop per foil, which he bad employed in testing by Reinsch's process in April, 1852. These were cut into small pieces and tested specially for arsenic, with the usual precautions, and the result was that neither Mr. Nunneiey nor myself could extract from these pieces of copper any crystals of arsenious acid. The stained copper from the liver, rectum, and kidney was also examined, with negative results. The portions of copper selected for these experi ments were those which presented the dark grey coating in the strongest degree. Globules alone were visible under the microscope, with the except ion of the sublimate derived from the stained copper of the kidneyt analysed by Mr. Nunneley in April last. In this case minute globules resembling those of metallic mercury were perceptible, and they had the form and character of the globules observed in the sublimates derived from the remain ing kidney analysed by us on the 28th June. As some of them were measured by the micrometer and were found to be not more than the 4,000 th. part of an inch in diameter, it is obvious that any crystals of arsenic of a similar size would have been visible under the microscope. I have since submitted to further examination six ounces of the lungs of the deceased, with a view to determine whether, by operating on a large quantity, the results would be different. There was a slight tarnish on the small piece of copper used, but this was unlike the effect produced by arsenic. On applying further tests to the tarnished copper no arsenic was detected. A sample of the earth of the grave in which the coffin had been deposited was analysed, and it was found to contain a small quantity of arsenic. The conclu sions which I drew from this analysis and investi gation are, fi rst, that those parts of the deceased's bodywhich were sent to me for examin ation, viz,, the lungs, one kidney, and a portion of the blood, contained no arsenic. 2d. That the only m substance found by analysis consisted of minute globules presenting the character of mercury, and those were separated from the kidney. 3 d. That in reference t o the research for arsenic, Mr. Nun neley has examined, and I have not had an oppor tunity for examining, the stomach and intestines and their c onten t s , as we ll as th e whole of the liver and spleen— p arts in which poison is more commonly detected after death—while I have examined, and Mr. Nunneley has not examined, the lungs, and I have found no arsenic there. 4th. That the only parts of the body that have been examined by both of us are the red, or bloody, liquid drained from the viscera and next the kidney. In his analysis of these parts in April, 1862, Mr. Nunneley ob tained a dark grey coating on copper, from which, however, it appears he obtained nothing to show that in either case the coating was caused by arsenic. In my analysis on the 26th of June the bloody fluid refused to give a coating or tarnish to the copper, while the kidney analysed by Mr. Nanneley a slight tarnish or d epos it on th e me tal, from which and myself on the 28th June caus ed no arsenic could be procured, but globules resem bling those of mercury were obtained. sth. That the samples of stained or coated copper foil pro ducedthe results obtai ne d by hi m i n hi s analysis of t he h of June, yielded no arsenic. 6th, That althoug h rectum,liver,byl Nunneley in representing part s of r an n, and kidney of the deceased in Ap ril, 1862, when further tested by both of us en the 28t trace of a substanc e r ese mblin g arsenic was fo am ' in the earth of the grave surrounding the coffin in which the deceased was buried, this could not ac count for the presence of arsenic (if present) in th e viscera examined by Mr. Nunneley. In reply to Mr. Chipperfield, Dr. Taylor said that supposing a vegetable irritant poison to have been administered to the deceased, he should not expect to have found a trace of it after the long period of time which had elapsed since the death; but sup posin,garsenic in a fluid form to have been admini stered immediately before death he should expect to have found some traces of it remaining. If col chicum had been administered previous to death he should not expect to have found it at the period of time which had elapsed in this case. He could form no opinion from the appearances of the portions of the body submitted to him of the cause of death. He had not had the same opportunity of judging on this point that Mr. Nunneley had, and he could only say that the heart of the deceased was in a very healthy state, and that the appearance of the kid ney did not indicate anything as to the state of the body at the time of death. In reply to Mr. Norton, Dr. Taylor said he entertained no idea that the arsenic detected in the earth taken from the grave arose from the body of the deceased, because arsenic was occasionally found in the soils containing oxide of iron. With regard to the presence of one mini ral substance which was found in the body, namely, a small quantity of mercury, he wished to add that on its discovery he obtained from Mr. Nairn, the medical gentleman who attended the de ceased, a copy of his prescriptions, and he found that a dose of calomel had been administered to the deceased on October 15, two days before her death, and that would account for the mercury found. He had no doubt that a person might die from the effects of arsenic and none be found in the body. It might pass away by the process of elimination, but that would require from 10 to 15 days, and it might be carried off by vomiting or with the urine: The shortest time he knew of traces of arsenic in the body was eight days after it had been, taken, but in that case the quantity was very small. This concluded the evidence of Dr. Taylor as re garded the case of Mrs. Atkinson. Dr. Taylor, however, informed the court that portions of the blood, lungs, and the entire heart of the deceased had been reserved for further examination if it should be considered necessary. The learned doc tor here signed his deposition, when Mr. Chipper field requested that he might be again sworn to give evidence in the case of Mrs. Soames. Dr. Taylor was accordingly sworn, and proved on oath the following report, read by the chief clerk :—" On Tuesday, July 20 4 1862, my assistant, Mr. Prior, received from Sergeant White, at the chemical laboratory, Guy's Hospital, certain por tions of the remains of the deceased, contained in six jars, well secured, sealed, and labelled, There was a seventh jar, containing sawdust from the coffin, and three paper parcels containing earth, taken from the surface of the grave in which the body was buried from immediately above the coffin as well as from the side of the coffin. Five jars contained the stomach, intestines, liver, lungs, and one kidney of deceased, and another jar contained a quantity of fluid from the cavities of the body. On Monday, July 30, these jars were opened in the presence of Dr. Miller, professor of chemistry in King's College, London, and portions of the viscera were delivered to him for analysis. These were parts of the stomach, intes tines, and liver, with the whole of th 3 lungs. The parts which I reserved for analysis were, with the exception of the liver, scarcely recognis able. They were sodden and white, of a most of fensive odour, and had undergone a conversion into adipocire. All appearances whether of disease or poison, as they may have existed at the time of death, had been destroyed by the decomposition which had taken place. One half of the stomach and intestines, a large portion of the liver (in two separate analyses), and the whole kidney, with the watery liquids removed from the body, were sub mitted to the usual chemical processes for the de tection of mineral poison, especially of arsenic, an timony, mercury, and other compounds. The result was, that no trace of any of those substances, or of any mineral or metallic poison could be detected in the remains. No vegetable poison taken in a fluid state could be detected in a body which has been interred for the long period of six years. "The conclusion from this analysis is, therefore, that there was no poison which could be detected by chemical processes present in the remains of the deceased. This, however, is quite consistent with the fact, that the death of the deceased may have been caused by some irritant vegetable poison. The proof of this must rest upon other branches of evi dence," In answer to interrogatories, Dr. Taylor said that if any poisonous mixture containing either ar senic, antimony, or mercury, had been taken by the deceased within 52 hours of her death he should have expected to have found some traces of it in her remains. If arsenic had been administered in such a quantity as to cause death it would not be en tirely eliminated or passed into the system. No doubt arsenic might be expelled by vomiting and purging, but if the person died within 52 hours he should expect to find traces of the poison. No doubt arsenic might be expelled by vomiting and purging, but produce such an inflammation as to terminate fatally. Mr. Chipperfield here asked Dr. Taylor what opinion he formed with respect to these cases upon the other evidence which had been adduced during the inquiry, upon which Mr. Norton ob served that that was a question which must be reserved for the trial ; and Dr. Taylor remarked that he could not give any opinion unless he read the depositions very carefully, or heard the evidence given in open court before the judges. Dr. Taylor, Mr. Nunneley, and several other wit nesses in the case, were then bound over to appear and give evidence on the two distinct charges of w ilful murder against the prisoner at the sessions of the Central Criminal Court, to be holden on Mon day, the 22d of September next. In consequence of the lateness of the hour and the number of witnesses still to be examined, the pri soner was further remanded to a future day. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN SHAD WELL. Walter Hill, a man of colour, who has been in custody three weeks, was brought up on remand, before Mr. Selfe, at the Thames police-court, on Saturday, charged with cutting and wounding Laura Myers, alias Honora Morris, with many other aliases, with intent to murder her or do her grievous bodily harm. The prosecutrix, who is a most incorrigible thief, and has been in custody 50 times for various offences, .vas brought from the London Hospital to give evidence. She was in a very weakly condi tion, and it was quite wonderful that she had sur vived half-a-dozen stabs in different parts of her body and the great loss of blood she had sustained. On being sworn, she stated that at the time she was assaulted by the prisoner she was intoxicated, and could not recollect what the prisoner did to her. She was in the London Hospital when she came to her senses, with a good many wounds on her back, arm, and shoulder, and belly. She met with the prisoner on the night of the 26th of July, and he went home with her. On the following morning early he charged her with taking his boots and trousers, and she said she had taken them. She was then stupid with drink. James Harwood, a labourer, of 15, Victoria street, Bluegate-fields, Shadwell, said that on the morning of the 27th of July, about seven o'clock, he saw the prisoner and the woman Myers, whom he knew as Irish Norah, in Victoria-street. The woman's face was all over blood and dirt, and she was crying and screathing. She ran away, and the prisoner went after her and seized her, and, after turning her round, stabbed her repeatedly with a shoemaker's knife, and left her bleeding on the ground. The prisoner then ran away. Mr. David Hyman Dyte, house surgeon at the London Hospital, said that the woman Myers was admitted there on the morning of Sunday, the 27th of July, at half-past seven o'clock. She had a ,)tinctured wound on her shoulder, in which a shoe maker's knife was firmly embedded, the whole length of the blade, which was four inches by measure ment, being quite buried up to the handle. The knife penetrated the bone, and required the ap plication of very great force before it could be pulled out of the shoulder. There was an incised wound of the back 11 inch deep, a smaller wound of the same kind a little below that, a wound in the right loin, and two other wounds. The pa tient was extremely ill when admitted, and suffer ing much from the shock and from exhaustion. The wounds were calculated to do grievous bodily harm. The woman had been under medical treat ment ever since, and was not entirely recovered. Poli3e-sergeant Edward Dillon, 19 K, stated that on the morning of S un d ay, the 27th ult , he was c alled to Blucgate-fieid s , an d saw the prisoner ' and the woman Myers there. Hill had nothing on but his shirt and stockings, and said he had been robbed i n the house N o . 2 Victoria-place, of all his money and'his clothes, and that Myers was the thief. She denied having robbed him , spat in his face, and c alled him a bl ac k -looking P nigger. She was pro ceeding to more violence when he separated them, and told the prisoner to go home and obtain some clothes, and when he had pu t himself into d ecen t trim to retu rn to him, and h e would look after his property. The next thing he heard of the parties was that th e pr i soner ha d murdered the woman, He went and to o k hi m i nto after the p risoner, custody. The prisoner said, " Whatever has hap pened, I didit."The witness then produced a shoe • maker's knife, the blade of which was covered with blood. Sergeant Dillon also said that the prisoner walked a quarter of a mile to obtain the knife, and said he intended to kill the woman. The prisoner, a West Indian, a b ou t 25 years of age, on being called upon for his defence, said—The woman robbed me of everything. That is all I have r got to gay. She met me and asked me if I Would go home with her. She took me to a house in Blue gate-fields. I had £4 10s. in my pocket in gold, three halt•crowns, and ss. likewise. I had just put on a new suit of clothes, which cost me £3, and had a new pair of black trousers in a bundle. I promised to give her ss. forthe night. Next morning, when I asked for my clothes and my new pair of trousers, to my surprise they were gone, and the woman then knocked me about my face, and said she had pawned everything and left them in a pawn shop. I began to make a noise, and five or six other women came up and ill-used me, and this woman dragged me by the collar ond pushed me about. I then struggled and tried to get away from them. I went and searched for a police -constable, and found one who went in search of the things that were lost and my money, and could not find anything. I met Police-sergeant Dillon, who told me to go home and get clothes to put on, and come back and he would see what he could do for me. I went to the nearest place and got a shipmate's trousers and put them on. I found a knife there, that one in the police sergeant's hand. I was coming along. I saw no policeman. The same woman, as I was coming back, I saw with a mob, who came round me, and she spat in my face and called me names and began scratching me, so that, with the vexation of being robbed of my money and clothes, I struck her with my knife. Mr. Selfe recalled the prosecutrix and asked her how many times she had been in custody for rob bing seamen in the vile dens in Bluegate-fields. Witness—l don't know how many times. Mr. Selfe— Twenty times to my knowledge. Will you undertake to say how many times. Witness—l don't know how many times. Mr. Selfe—Twenty times before me is a most moderate allowance. (Laughter.) Really this is no laughing matter. See what it leads to—murder and suicide a few weeks ago, and almost to murder again. Now, I tell you what, you are one of the most infamous women in the district. You have never taken home a seaman without robbing him. Is not that so, Roche' Roche (the gaoler of the court)—Yes, your wor ship. She has been here over and over again for robberies, assaults, and disorderly conduct. Dillon—She is a most audacious and incorrigible thief. 'The woman who keeps the house No. 2, Vic toria place, is a thief, and has had four years' penal servitude. Two women named Annie Hall and Black Sall, who assisted in robbing the prisoner, have absconded" Mr. Selfe—Bluegate-fields is a most vile place. Many sailors have been plundered there. The case against the prisoner is made out, and I must com mit him for trial at the Old Bailey Sessions for cutting and wounding, with intent to murder or do grievous bodily harm. ANOTHER DREADFUL MURDER IN 7HE NORTH. NEWCASTLE ORTYNE, SATURDAY NIGHT, The greatest consternation has been caused in Newcastle this evening by a diabolical murder which has been committed on the Quay side, close beside Old Tyne Bridge, and in the very busiest thoroughfare. The victim is a little old man, a kind of town character, called Patrick Rogers, but better known as " Needle Jack," and his murderers are Thomas Miller and John Dixon, two men well known to the police. Rogers, who sold needles on Tyne Bridge on the Saturdays. had been drink ing in a tavern kept by Mr. Temperly, at the Bridge-end, and had come out of that public-house about two o'clock in the afternoon. He had pro ceeded into a convenience at the High Crane, when he encountered the two men alluded to and several other persons. Rogers being a little man, and somewhat eccentric in his habits, had long been a butt for the blackguards who frequent that part of the quay ; and having recently come out of gaol, where he had been confined for drunkenness, the two men commenced to chaff him. They afterwards began to knock him about, and one of them lighted a match and set fire to his hair. The poor creature then attempted to get away from them and to escape on to the quay, when one of the ruffians said to him, "If you stir I'll kill you." The poor man still continued to struggle with them, when they deliberately took him up and pitched him head foremost down one of the holes of the privy into the river. He had evidently been stunned by his head striking against a projection ; for though when he was washed out into the river his hands could be observed above the water, and he shouted for help, he only made a feeble struggle. Two vessels were moored alongside the quay a little below the place, and he was sucked under the stern of one of them and drowned. As soon as the villains threw the old man into the hole they ran off. The detective force having ascertained who the fellows were made after them. Miller had taken across Tyne Bridge into the county of Durham, but was run down and captured by the Clateahead police within an hour after the murder had been com mitted. Dixon was captured in a house in the Castlegate. Both prisoners were removed to the Manors police-station, and were charged with the crime and locked up. The body of the poor man has not been recovered. THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN KENT. SITTINGBOURNE, SATURDAY EVENING. This morning William Johnson and Edward Johnson, father and son, carrying on business as coal, corn, and potato dealers at Sheerness, were brought before the sitting magistrates. After some additional evidence had been taken, the Bench de liberated for some time, and Mr. Twopenny, the chairman, said that though there were some most suspicious and extraordinary circumstances con nected with the case, the evidence was not sufficient to justify them in keeping the accused any longer in custody, and they would, therefore, be discharged. It has been stated that the Government will offer a reward of £lOO for the discovery of the perpetra tors of the fearful crime. THE POACHING AFFRAY NEAR NOI INGHAM. On Saturday morning last three men, named William Lenton, Edward Oldbury, and Joseph Williamson (all colliers), were taken before 1 ord Belper and the sitting magistrates at the Shire Hall, Nottingham, charged with being armed with guns, &c., on the preserves of Lord Middleton at Wol laton, about two miles from the town, for the pur pose of taking game. It appeared from the evidence that about five o'clock on Wednesday morning, the 13th inst., a gamekeeper named Charles Cross, on Lord Mid dleten's estate, was out watching, and saw the three prisoners in a clover field, with guns, beating for game. Before attempting to capture them he obtained the assistance of a man named Thomas Keeling. When the watchers went up to the poachers the prisoner Oldbury said, " If they were not off he would knock their brains out with his gun." Oldbury then struck Cross a violent blow on the side of the head. Upon this a struggle en sued between Keeling and Oldbury, and the fight lasted some time, and eventually the former suc ceeded in getting hold of the gun, The poachers then retreated, and soon returned to renew the attack, throwing stones, &c. Keeling was knocked down by one of the gang, and Oldbury kicked him until he became insensible. When he became sensible he saw the three poachers standing a few yards off, and Williamson came up and kicked him, adding, " I will murder you." The keeper Cross was severely beaten, and then the poachers made off. Information was given to the police, and the three prisoners were apprehended. The Bench committed them all for trial. SCCTCH DEGREES.—When the University of St Andrews sold her honours—a proceeding which provoked Dr. Johnson to tell the heads of the college that they would get rich by degrees, and which has long since been aban doned—a certain minister, who deemed that his ministra tions would be more acceptable and more useful if he pos sessed what the Germans call the doctor hat, put £l5 in his purse, went to St. Andrews "to purchase for himself a good degree." His man-servant accompanied him, and was present when his master was formally admitted to the long-desired honour. On his return " the doctor" sent for his servant, and addressed him somewhat as follows : " Noo, Saunders, ye'll aye be sure to ca' me the doctor, and gin ony body spiers at ye about me, ye'll be aye sure to say the doctor's in his study, or the doctor's engaged, or the doctor shall see ye in a crack." " That a' depends," was the reply, "upon whether ye'll ca' me doctor too." The reverend doctor stared, " Ay, it's just so," continued the other, "for when I fand that it cost sae little, I e'en got a diploma myself; sac ye'll just be good enough tosay-- doctor,doctor, put on some coals ;or doctor, bring B°lmesay-- doctor,and hot water ; and gin ony body spiers at ye about whisky ye'll be aye sure to say the doctor's in the stable, or th e or the doctor's in the pantry, or the doctor's diggin g po tatoes, as the case may [A.DVETISEMENT.i-1-1011uw Pills—Pricele ss H ealth. , go i ng right. The way to p reserve —ln most human acts there are a tnousand ways of going , These ob wrong to one of right and the or restore health is to k ee p the blood p ure, Jetts are quietly and cor poreal functions r u egu oil l o a w ; ry s balsami c Pill s, which purge fully attained by from the system all morbid matters before they have caused any serious derangeme nts; or if m i schief have been a l rea d y Pro duced, they arrest i ts progress, and repair its devasta tions. This is the only rational treatment ever safe, always effective. When the spirits flag, when the nerves fail in their duty, when the appet i te is capricious, an d t h e diges tion is at fault, these admirable Pills will readily reorganise t 149 disordered actions, VOYAGE HO. ;EAT EASTERN. The following account of the last voyage of the Great Eastern from New York to Liverpool was written by a passenger, and published in the New York, _Presbyterian : —Upon men absorbed in the contemplation of the issues of rebellion against the institutions of freedom it were cer tainly more and worse than impertinent to obtrude an ac count of an ordinary passage of the Atlantic. My apology for the apparent intrusion is, that ours was not an ordinary passage. A voyage in the Great Eastern cannot, in the present state of Transatlantic navigation, bo regarded as an ordinary voyage ; and ours was, I am happy to say, per formed on the Great Eastern. In every respect it was a memorable voyage. In respect of speed, it will compare favourably with the best trips of the swiftest transatlantic steamers, under the most favourable circumstances. The passage from New York to Liverpool was made in nine days and twelve hours. The ship's log exhibits the follow ing rate of speed per day, the distance run being in nau tical miles, which, be it remembered, are about one sixth more than an English mile :-350, 350, 343, 295, 312, 325, 335, 320. These high figures on the log are inter spersed with such notittice nautim as the following Squally ;" high, rolling sea ;" " fresh gale, and beam sea ;" "strong gale, with terrific squalls ;" "strong breeze, and hard squalls." These notes on the log remind me o the Scotch minister's sermon on the plague, preached seve ral years after the plague had pi evailed, The good old man had put his hand rather far down in the " barrel," and thus had got into a region fertile in anachronisms. In the course of delivery he denounced his hearers for their ungodliness, and, to their astonishment, told them that their present plague was a judgment upon them for their sins. When asked by his elders, who were greatly alarmed by the dis course, where the plague was, he replied, " I dinna ken, ex cept it be in the sermon l" The same remark may be made by the passengers of the Great Eastern, on her late trip, in reference to the" strong gales" and " terrific squalls" recorded in her log. They ken nothing about them except that they are on the log. They were occasionally awaked to a con sciousness of the fact that they were at sea, and that there were both wind and waves outside, by the whistling of the cordage, or the initial effort of a hat or cap to make its escape overboard, or by the pitching and plunging of some passing ship, as she reeled and staggered over the billows; but apart from such instruments of suggestion and com parison, it was difficult to disabuse the mind of the impres sion that the noble ship was moving along the smooth waters of the Hudson or the Delaware. Nothing but a ground swell, with its broad shoulders, and freight of minor waves, seemed capable of the majesty of their mighty momentum, as they washed athwart her pathway, were impotent to mar a promenade upon her specious deck, or move the dishes upon her sumptuous tables. The whole scene was more like life at a watering-place than life at sea. The pleasure of the trip was greatly enhanced by the kind, considerate, gentlemanly attentions of our excellent commander, Captain Paton. Throughout the passage he acted upon the principle that it was as much his duty to promote the comfort and happiness of his passen gers as to secure their safety ; and I feel that it were a grave omission not to make record of the parental care with which he watched over and ministered to all classes of his passengers. Remembering that those who sailed with him had souls as well as bodies, he made provision for their spiritual as well as their physical wants. Each of our two Sabbaths brought with it the most ample and commodious arrangements for public worship, both in the first cabin and steerage. On the latter day there were no fewer than four services—one in the first cabin, one in the steerage, and two on deck. The former of the two deck services was one of the captain's own devising. After what I have said above, it were almost supererogation to give the public my opinion of the Great Eastern. My opinion may be inferred from my purpose—a purpose entertained by all who sailed with me, viz., to sail in no other ship if it be possible to obtain a passage in her returning to Ame rica. This purpose was universal. I met with no pas senger who was not filled with admiration for this mar vellous ship. Hitherto she has been on probation, but it is my persuasion that her probation is ended, and that the verdict of her passengers on her late trip from New York will very soon be the verdict of the public. In view of the many humiliating failures of "eminent correspondents," I am aware of the risk I run in entering upon the sphere of the prophetic ; but, notwithstanding the risk incident to prophecy, I venture to predict that before 10 years the At lantic will bear on its bosom many steamers of the class of the Great Eastern. No man can tread her decks, as she glides in majesty over the deep, without feeling that he has beneath him the only suitable vehicle yet devised for con tending with old ocean in his crested might. In her naval architecture she has reached a point from which an enlight ened age will not suffer it to recede. Transatlantic steamers of smaller dimensions are as certainly doomed as have been the triremes of Caesar and Anthony, or the immobile hulks of Drake and Nelson. The Great Eastern had demonstrated the practicability of vessels of her class—and it were crime against the progress of the race, and a sin against the science of the nation, not to sustain her. CO UN2.RI MARK.L S. ~.___ NEWCASTLE—SATURDAY. The supply of wheat to-day was moderate, with a quick sale, and the prices of last week were rather exceeded. Flour firm, and the turn dearer. Grinding barley at full'', last week's quotations. Oats, beans, and peas steady, and the prices of last week were obtained. NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY. Red wheat, 58s to —s; seconds, 54s to 575. Barley scarce, and at nominal prices—malting sorts, 38s to 39s ; grinding 30s to 35s per qr. Oats quoted at 25s to 325 per 24 stone. Beans, 42s to —s; seconds, 37s to 40s. NOTTINGIIAIVI-SATURDAT. White wheat, from 58s to 64s ; red wheat, 56s to 61$. Barley—malting, 36s to 42s ; grinding, 29s to 31s. WS old, at 30s to 35s ; new, 24s to 295. Beans were sold at 444 to 60s per qr. Flour, 41s to 445. NORWICH-SATURDAY. At to •day's corn market the supply of wheat was only on a moderate scale, and the attendance was limited. Th e farmers demanded extravagant prices, and there was hardli any business done. Scarcely anything passing in other grain. Flour unaltered. White wheat 60s to 633 1 Red wheat 57s to 50 0 Malting barley....4os to 41s I Chevalier barley 37s to 40 0 New d 0...... —s to —s I Oats.. 2ss to 30 0 Flour, 39s Gd to 40s Od per sack from the miller. LEICESTER—SATURDAY. White wheat, 60s to 655; red, 55s to 60s per 36 et.; old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Barley was in limited de: mand—grinding, 30s to 32s ; malting, 36s to 40s per qr., new oats, 26s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans a quiet sale—' new, 40s to 42s ; old, —s to —s per 38 stone. YORK— SATURDAY. There was a fair show of wheat to-day, and last weeV s prices were supported. Wheat, red 56s to 60s 3 Oats.... 22s to 26 5 White do .6s to 64s i Beans 40: to 42 3 Barley .32s to 33s 1 Peas .....—s to .-",,! Malt, 64s to 66s per qr. ; rye, 34s per qr.; flour, 4 " to 42s per sack. FOI;EIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. AuP',ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Aug. 13 ' via Marseilles &tail and Cape Yards, by British packet. Sep t. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Sept. 1 1 ; 2, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.A.ug. i , via Marseilles ...Aug. Falkland Islands .... Sep t. 3. i , t Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug. 'a India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug.. 1,7 via Marseilles Aug. P.' India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Aug. 23 ' 3. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton A u g . V. via Marseilles Aug. 0 • Newfoundland ..„, Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Aug. Ft' by U.S. packet.... 13, by Canadian packet. Au g. 1 0, W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. Aug ;4, Bahamas, via New York Aug. ;8, Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Au g, 1 3 ' California, and British Columbia. BIRTHS.' CHICHESTER.—On the 15th inst., at 8, Great Cumber street, the Hon. Mrs. Frederick Chichester, of a son' o f CoNNoR.—On the 15th inst., at Deal, Kent, the Wif e Captain F. 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