The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-22 00:00:00

THE NA VI. Or, Tuesday last the Board of Admiralty and the Ironplate Committee attended at Shoeburyness to witness experiments against an iron target proposed by Messrs. Samuda as a model for the construction of armour-plated ships. The peculiarities of this target are,—first, that the wooden lining, which in the Warrior is interposed between the armour and tha iron skin and framework of the ship, is dis pansed with; and, secondly, that the armour-plates v.re so attached to the body of the ship as to contri bute to its strength instead of merely hanging upon it. The armour plates in this case are five inches thick, and they are incorporated with an iron back ing of plates and ribs which are equivalent to an additional layer of two inches thick, making alto. gether seven inches of iron. The target was sub jected to the usual number of rounds of shot and shell from 100-pounder and 68-pounder guns, and the effects were much the same as were produced on similar targets proposed by Mr. Fairbairn, and lately tried at Shoeburyness. One round was then fired at it from the 300-pounder Armstrong gun, 501 b. of powder. The shot struck an uninjured part of the target, and passed completely through, carry ing with it large pieces of the iron, which were driven deep into the bank behind the target. The same gun was then fired once more against the old Warrior target, which in this instance in some de gree reasserted its former supremacy. The shot passed through the armour, but only bulged and cracked the inner skin gnd framework. No frag ment of the shot got through the entire target. The extraordinary efficacy of wood thus applied as a stratum between the armour and the body of the ship is now rendered more apparent than ever. The armour plate breaks the shot as it passes through, and the wood arrests the fragments. It remains to be ascertained what will be the effect when a wrought iron shot, which will not break in striking, is substituted for the present cast-iron shot. A letter from Malta, dated Valetta May 16, says :—" Mr. Gibson, Government inspector of telegraphs, and Mr. Preece, engineer of Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co., took their departure yester day from this island for Tripoli and Bengazi, in Tier Majesty's gunboat Growler (3), Lieutenant J. D. Curtis. The object of these gentlemen is to in pect the telegraph stations at those places. They were to have proceeded in the Procris, but it was afterwards found that the repairs needed by this vessel would cause considerable delay if they waited until she was ready, and Admiral Codrington placed the Growler at their disposal instead. They are expected back in a few weeks, when Mr. Gibson will proceed to Alexandria, Corfu, and Otranto, to inspect the stations there. The electric communi cation between Alexandria and England, via Malta, Italy, and France, continues to be very satisfactory, and messages are sent to and from Jubal in a few hours. 1, Her Majesty's gunboat Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte, which arrived from Corfu on Wed. nesday, bringing as passengers Lieut.-Col. Bell, 23d Royal Fusiliers, and Major Middleton, A.D.C., left on return the following day with a mail for Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.B. Her Ma jesty's screw steam sloop Malacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Napier, came in early yesterday morning from Beyrout, which place she left on the 27th ult. Her Majesty's screw line of-battle-ship London, 86, Capt. H. Chads, arrived the same day from Gibral tar, where she had been stationed for some time. On entering port she saluted Rear-Admiral Cod rington's new flag. Her Majesty's screw frigate Amphion (36), Capt. Gordon, is in the Dockyard creek, having a new mainmast fitted, the old one having been found to be rotten. " Mr. George H. Mowbray, R.N., recently appointed Agent Victualler in Malta, arrived here last week, and assumed the duties of his office. "Her Majesty's ships now in port are—the Hibernia, receiving ship, bearing the flag (red) of Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C. 8.; London, 86; Amphion, 36 ; Malacca, 17 ; Gannet, 11; Medina, 4 ; Procris, 2 ; Boxer, 2 ; and Hearty, tug." Yesterday the first of the iron armour-plates with which the iron-plated frigate Royal Oak, 50, building at Chatham, is to be encased was sue cesfully fixed in its place. The plate forms the first of the lower tier, which will be carried five feet below the water line, so as to 'prevent any shot touching the vulnerable parts below the water. Pre viously to the plates being fixed yesterday they underwent the process of annealing in the factory, as they are all of hammered iron, being too hard and tough to allow of their being worked in their origi. nal state. They were then submitted to the hydrau lic plate-bending machine which has been erected at the dockyard by Messrs. Westwood, Baillie, Campbell, and Co., and, while cold, bent to the exact shape of the portion of the ship's side they were de stined to cover. As this is the first machine of the kind erected for the Admiralty, considerable interest was taken in the process of bending the plates, mast of the leading officials connected with Chatham dockyard being present on the occasion. Notwith standing the massive size of the plates, each of which is 13ft in length, 4kin in thickness, and weighs up wards of 80cwt, the powerful hydraulic engine twisted and bent them with ease; the slabs operated upon, all of which are from the Thames Ironworks, not exhibiting the least flaw, which, had such ex isted, would have been instantly detected. The work of plating the Royal Oak will now be carried on as rapidly as circumstances will allow, and, in order to expedite this important portion of the work, an ex tensive workship is being erected immediately ad joining the slip on which the Royal Oak is building in which another large hydraulic engine is to be placed, together with various powerful machines required for plating the frigate. The Lords of the Admiralty have applied to the dockyard officials to ascertain the earliest time by which the Royal Oak can be launched, and an answer has been returned that everything may be completed by the end of lulY, but no further directions have been received from the Admiralty on the subject. It is probable the vessel will be partially covered with her armo ar plates before leaving the stocks, in which case she will not be afloat until the end of August or begin ning of Septmember. In anticipation of the Lords of the Admiralty deciding on having her launched by an earlier date, workmen are now busily employed in laying deem her launching- war s , so that no unne cessary delay may take place. Yesterday afternoon her large rudder, weighing between 7 and 8 tons, was fixed in its place. With the exception of being covered with her armour-plates, the frigate may be said to be nearly completed. Most of her internal fittings have been finished, and her main and lower decks completed. Workmen are now engaged in fixing her upper deck, which will be rendered shot and shell proof by being covered with sheet-iron, the beams on which the planking is placed being also of iron. As soon as the hands now employed on the Royal Oak can be released from that vessel they will be transferred to the Bulwark, 91, the next vessel at Chatham Dockyard which is to un dergo the process a alteration to an iron-cased steam frigate. Her Majesty's paddlewheel despatch vessel Ban shee, Commc oder Madden, from the Mediterranean, arrived at Woolwich yesterday morning, and com menced preparations for paying off. Rear-Admiral Austin, Col. St. George, Royal Artillery, President of the Select Committee of Woolwich Arsenal ; Cept. Sir Wm. Wiseman, Royal Navy, Vice-President, and other members of the committee, accompanied by Commodore Sir Fred. Nicolson, and Mr. Turner, master shipwright of Woolwich Dockyard, yesterday inspected the s team floating battery Trusty, in basin at Woolwich, fitte d with Capt. Coles' experimental cupola, and waiting orders to proceed to Shoeburyness to test the effect of the 1501 b. shot. They afterwards visited the 90 gun ship Caledonia, under construction as an ar mour-clad ship, and rapidly progressing towards completion. The first allotment of plates from the Lancefield work s will be forwarded in a few days. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty e--7 Lieut. Walter A. B. Craven, additional, to the Marlborough ; J. E. Fawcett, surge, to the Racehorse ; E. H. Evans, surg e W. B um ble, inspector of machinery, to the Cumber land H ug h R. Gair, enginee r , to the Cormo rant ; ; W. Hardie, engineer, to the Raceho rse; W. Skeen, acting engineer, to the .A 4 itt ter the Earnest; W. G. Hughes, Ist class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard; George F. Williams, Ist class assist. :engineer, to the Cormorant; Wm. Birks, Ist class assist.-engineer, to the Racehorse ; J. Baptist, Ist class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, for the Cracker; A. Martell, Ist class assist -engineer, to Asia, as supernumerary ; W. Crow, acting Ist class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; James Templeton, 2d class assist.-engineer, to the Racehorse; Robert Findlay and T. W. Bearden, 2d class assist.-engineers, to the Cormorant; and J. S. Pidgeon, acting 2d class assist.-engineer, to the Racehorse. Mr. Edward Hight has received the appointment of honorary lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve. 2HE ARMY. The headquarters and service companies of the 83d (County of Dublin) Regiment arrived at Chat ham yesterday from India, having disembarked ht Gravesend from the transport King Lear, 1,970 tons, Capt. W. S. Crondance, belonging to Messrs. Somes Brothers, Blackwall. The strength of the service companies is rather less than 400 non.com missioned officers and men. The following officers arrived at Chatham yesterday with the regiment— viz., Lient.-Col. E. Steele, C. 8., Capts. E. Meurant, J. Wakefield, and C. C. Gore, Lients, T. G. Coote, P. C. Browne, W. H. Ivimy, N. Pennefather, and H. C. Whitlock, Major S. D. Swinburne (paymas ter), Quartermaster P. Hayes, and Surgeon R. Browne. The 83d Regiment arrived at Chatham by special train on the South Eastern Railway, and in the afternoon proceeded to Dover, where the regiment will be stationed for a short time, after which it will be removed to Dublin. The invalids of the regiment are daily expected to arrive at Gravesend in the Cospatrick, which sailed from Bombay on the 24th of January last. The depot companie; of the 83d, at Chat ham garrison number nearly 400 men of all ranks volunteering for the depot having been opened from the other regiments. About 250 men, together with a proportionate number of officers, will leave Chatham in a few days for Dover, to join headquarters, but the depot will continue at Chatham for the present. Only a small proportion of the officers and men who embarked for India with the 83d return with that regiment. The detachments of Royal Marines and Royal Marine Artillery for the Cormorant, 4, and Race horse, 4, screw steamers, fitting for service in China, left headquarters, Catham, yesterday afternoon, and embarked on board those vessels. A party of lads from the training ship Wellesley, 72, at Chat ham, also embarked on board the same steamers. Yesterday a portion of the 2d battalion of the 25th King's Own Borderers, numbering 214 non-com missioned officers and men, with eight officers, passed through Chatham, en route from Shorncliffe to Gravesend, where they embarked in the after noon on board a steamer for Edinburgh. TBE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. Nothwithstanding the damp, cold weather of yesterday, the returns from the turnstiles showed a considerable advance on the admissions of the day before. The Horticultural fete would no doubt draw a large number of season ticket-holders, but the numbers paying at the doors increased in an equal ration ; and, considering the very uninviting aspect of the day, there can be no more satisfactory proof that the attractions of the Exhibition are at last beginning to receive that attention from the public which they deserve. The total number of visitors yesterday up to six o'clock was 23,345,:0f whom 12,378 paid at the doors, and 10,967 were admitted by tickets. Though there were heavy showers at intervals during the day, the leakage was very trifling ; and we may take it for granted, therefore, that the chief defects in the roof have been traced out, and to a great extent made good. The chief novelty of the day was the preliminary trial of the pipes of the majolica fountain, which were found to act perfectly, and when the cement has all tho roughly hardened, and one or two little omissions disclosed by the trial are made good, it will be set to work permanently, and no doubt will form one of the most attractive objects in the building. Im mediately in the rear of it preparations are now being made to raise the Australian gold trophy, which is to represent the accumulated mass of nuggets and gold washings collected from the Australian diggings during the last 11 years. In our brief summary yesterday of the chief ob jects in the colonial collection, we omitted to men tion the display from the colony of Queensland, which is very complete, particularly in specimens of raw produce. The samples of Sea Island cotton grown here will no doubt be very carefully exa mined, as well as the wool and silk, samples of which are also exhibited. Of woods from this colony there is an immense variety, many of them of great beauty, and to show how well they work up Mr. Justice Lutwyche sends a very elegant set of chess men and a table of myall and cypress wood mixed. One of the handsomest pieces of colonial furniture is a table inlaid with various woods at the entrance to the New Zealand Court. Lady Cooper contri butes a case of Queensland jewellery, the chief ob jects in which are a pearl of great size, mounted in gold, and a brooch of white topazes. There are several cases of Queensland birds in the court, among which the varied and brilliant plumage of the parrots and parroquets will probably attract most admiration. .The half dozen photographs of the aborigines, male and female, which hang by the door, do not invite a second look—except indeed it be to decide to which sex the palm of supreme hideousness ought to be given. The sale of the chief objects of art manufactures still continues very considerable in almost every court. For instance, almost every article exhibited by the Omyx Marble Company in the French Court Ihas already been disposed of, and some of the larger pieces have fetched very good prices. This beauti ful material is quite a novelty in this country—in deed, its discovery in Algeria scarcely dates back more than six years, and its first introduction here at the Exhibition has been a very profitable venture for the exhibitors. The ease with which it yields to the fancy of the artist is shown by the great variety of articles into which it has been worked up, from the magnificent chimneypiece, with its concave shafts and bevilled mirror, to the smallest tazza medallion or even inkstand. One of irs greatest beauties is the highly transparent polish which it will take in all its varied gradations of colour and shade, and it blends most harmoni ously with bronze or enamel. If the supply is of sufficient extent to keep down the cost, there is no doubt that the marble will hereafter be largely used in decorative arts. The jewelry, we hear, in this court, does not find so quick a sale as other objets d'art—probably the high prices asked may have something to do with it. There is no country represented at the Exhibi tion which, all things considered, makes a more creditable figu re i n art manu f actures t h an D e nmark. Copenh agen is the Paris of the North, and some of the articles exhibited in this department are scarcely inferior, either in design or workmanship, to the productions of the most famous makers of Paris or London. It s the Danish artists, insteadi pl e o a f s a s n e e r v t i o l e s l e y e , f to, o l 0 , w t i h n a g t French models—which w e find too often the case in the best productions of other countries —preserve a speciality of their own which is much more effective than the finest copies. Almost all the copies noticed here are from classical models. The two stands of porcelain exhibited in the nave have already at tracted much attention, and the works are certainly of a high order. Nothing can be more beautiful than the paintings on the vases and cups exhibited by Messrs. Bing and Grindhallse, and the combi nations of biscuit and porcelain are executed with great skill ; one in the style of Christian IX., and another lent by the present King, challenge admi ration by the quaintness of their forms and the richness of their decoration ; but perhaps the gem of the collection is a breakfast service, ornamented with copies of Thorwaldscn's bas-reliefs. Another service of a similar kind illustrates the heraldic de vices of the Danish monarchs. The works of the Royal Factory at Copenhagen excel also in exqui site ornamentation, and the services in the old Danish style are very interesting. One in particu ilar, with flowers on a white ground, is particularly Tiu SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, EVENING, MAY 22, 1862. pleasing. On this stand there are some excel- I lent specimeng . of biscuit statuettes, chiefly copies of Thorwaldsen's works. The Copenhagen Art Society also exhibits various specimens of porce lain ware, and some very clever works in silver and bronze. There is also a piece of repousse work, intended for the top of a lady's work table, of considerable merit. A case of brooches, bracelets, and other ornaments in gold after Etrus can and Roman patterns, will, perhaps, not bear com parison with the exquisite beauty of Signor Castel lani's gems in the Italian Court, but the quickness with which this revival of ancient art has been caught up, and the finish of the workmanship, speak highly for the taste and skill of the Copenhagen goldsmiths. One of the chief attractions we can hardly call it—but certainly curiosities—of the Danish Court is the '• oateotome," an ingenious me chanical contrivance, invented by Professor Nyrop, of Copenhagen, for performing difficult operations on bony substances. There is a large display of surgical instruments, which appear to be all of first rate quality. Another interesting feature of the department is the very ample collection of Green land furs and Esquimaux dresses. We understand that on Saturday last, as soon as Mr. Palgrave had withdrawn his _Handbook, from sale in the Exhibition, Lord Granville wrote to Baron Marochetti, expressing, for himself and his colleagues, their great regret that a work the sale of which within the building had been authorized by the Commissioners should have contained criticisms on distinguished artists who had been invited to contribute to the Exhibition, the tone and substance of which the Commissioners disapproved. The arrangements are now completed for carrying out the idea suggested by the large employers of labour who desire to distribute tickets among their workpeople, and packets of halfcrown and shilling tickets may now be obtained at the Commissioners' offices. The public will nut be surprised to hear that the Queen, with her usual kind consideration, has been the first to avail herself of the plan, and that she has already purchased a considerable num ber of halfcrown tickets for distribution among the pupils of the art schools, and persons connected with the Royal household. Mr. T. Bailey, gardener to T. T. Drake, Esq:, Amersham, £5 ; 2d, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, £4. Class 21—G cinerarias ',distinct kinds)-Ist, Messrs. J. Dobson and Sons, nurserymen, Blackheath, £3. Class 22—New or rare tender plants in flower-Ist, Messrs. Veitch and SOD, nurserymen, Chelsea (Sarmentia repens), silver Knightian modal; 2d, Messrs. Jackson and Son, Kingston (Clerodendron Thomsona3), silver Knightian medal. Class 23—New or rare tender plants not in flower-Ist, Messrs. Veitch and :Son, Chelsea (Sphf.erozyga latifolia), silver Knightian medal ; 2d, Mr. Bull (Cibotium princeps), silver Knightian medal. Class 24—New or rare hardy ornamental plants-19t, Messrs. Veitch and Son, Chelsea (Thujopsis cmtierrens), silver Knightian medal; 2d, do, (Ourisia, sp Chili), do. Class 25—Newly introduced plant 4 , 1859.61—Messrs. Veitch and Son, Chelsea, Ist and 2d certificates. Class 26—Seedling florists' flowers and garden hybrids -Ist class certificates : Mr. W. Nye, gardener to Miss Fos ter, Clewer Manor, Windsor; Mr. G. Smith, Holloway ; Mr. Standish, Bagshot ; Mr. Williams, Holloway ; Mr. G. W. Hoyle, Reading; Mr. W. Paul, Waltham cross ; Messrs. Downie, Laird, and Laing, Sydenham and Edinburgh. 2d class certificates : Mr. W. Bull, Chelsea ; Mr. Standish, Bagshot ; Messrs. Veitch and Son, Chelsea; Mr. C. Turner, Slough; Mr. Harland, gardener to Mr. J. Bedwell, Hatfield. Commended : Mr. Williams, Hollo way, Messrs. Veitch and Son, Chelsea. Class 27—Stands of 24 tulips-Ist, Mr. W. Norman, Crescent-road, Plumstead, £2; 2d, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, £1 10s. Class 28—Group of plants (decorating conservatory)- Ist, Mr. C. Turner, nurseryman, Slough, £10; 2d, Mr. G. T. Vithon, nurseryman, Maida-hill, Class 29—Miscellaneous-Ist, Mr.W. Ball;,King's• road, Chelsea, £2; 2d, Mr. B. L. Williams, Paradise Nursery, Holloway, £1 10s. SURREY SESSIONS—May 21. (Before S. E. Johnson, Esq., Chairman.) John Wilson, 52 years of age, described on the calendar as a betting-man, was indicted for stealing a cash box containing five £5 Bank of England notes, about £3O in gold and silver, and a gold watch and chain, the property of Alexander Har greaves, the landlord of the Free Masons' Arms, Courland-place, Larkhall-lane, Clapham ; also with stealing a cash-box containing £65, the property of of Mrs. Ruth Stubbs, the landlady of the Royal William public-house, Dorset-street, Clapham-road. This case lasted several hours, and excited con siderable interest in the crowded court. The facts, however, may be briefly summed up as follows : On the evening of the 4th of March the prisoner and another man visited Mr. Hargreaves' house. He was supplied with a glass of ale in the parlour, and some time afterviards the prosecutor ascertained that his bedroom had been entered, and his cash box, containing the money and the gold watch and chain, had been stolen. The prisoner had decamped, and nothing more was heard of the robbery until the 14th ult., when the prisoner offered one of the stolen £5 notes for change at the Rockingham Arms, New Kent-road, when he was given into custody. The prisoner was also identified by the barmaid of Mrs. Stubbs as being in the Royal William public-house, Dorset-street, Clapham-road, on the 16th of November. During the absence of Mrs. Stubbs thieves managed to enter the , parlour and carry off the cash-box containing £65. The bank notes were produeed by Mr. Bailey, inspector of bank notes in the Bank of England, and traced to the prisoner. A great deal of evidence was gone into, and after a lengthy address to the jury by the learned counsel, a verdict of guilty was returned. Former convictions having been proved against the prisoner, The Chairman sentenced him to ten years' penal servitude. William Aked, 15, was indicted for stealing three diamond studs (value £80), a five-guinea piece of the reign of Queen Anne, and other articles of jewellery of great value, the property of Mr. Joseph White, of the firm of White and Fairchild, whole sale grocers, in High-street, Boroughs and Alfred Tuffell, 25, and Susan Aked, 49, were indicted for receiving a portion of the property, knowing it to be stolen. It appeared from the learned counsel's statement that Tuffell and the lad Aked ware in the employ of the prosecutor at 13, High-street, as ware houseman and errand-boy. On the evening of Saturday, the 12th ult., Mr. White entered his bedroom, and discovered that a drawer had been opened, and he missed three diamond studs, a gold pin, a five 'guinea piece, and a masonic jewel. He was compelled to go to Brighton immediately, but he mentioned the circumstances of the robbery to Mr. Richards, the Inspector of the Brighton Railway Company's Police, who investigated the matter, and traced the property. The younger prisoner had offered one of the diamonds for sale at Mr. Brookes', silversmith, High-street, when he was stopped, and the female hnd parted with an other to a pawnbroker; and Tuffell had also sold the five-guinea piece to a money dealer in Lom bard-street for £5 2s. The jury found them all guilty, and The Chairman sentenced each to 12 months' hard labour. Francis Chesnall, 16, pleaded guilty to embezzl ing various sums of money belonging to his master, Mr. S. Austin, butcher, Rotherhithe-wall. The Deputy-Chairman sentenced him to four months' hard labour, Robert Henderson, 44, was indicted for stealing a piece of silk, value £l7, from the premises of Mr. G. Picken, draper, High-street, Southwark. The prisoner had been in the prosecutor's employ, but was discharged on account of some disagree ment. He, however, was allowed to sell on com mission for the prosecutor, and on one of his visits he contrived to steal the piece of silk. The jury found him gu 4 ilty, and The Court sentenced him to six months' hard labour. Elijah Charlton, 21, was indicted for burglari ously breaking into the dwelling-house of Sarah Edwards, and stealing therein a quantity of bacon cigars, &c., at Richmond. Mr. G. Allan prosecuted, and Mr. Thompson (in structed by Mr. Edwin) defended the prisoner. Virdict—guilty. Sentence, four months' hard labour. THE HORTICULTURAL GARDENS. The first grand fete of the season at these gar dens yesterday had all the essentials of success but fair weather. From the morning the sky had been overcast, and showers had fallen in succession, but it was not till the hour when the company began to assemble that the aspect of the heavens assumed any serious appearance of settled rain. At three o'clock, however, the most sanguine began to de spair, and all hopes of truly enjoying the floral en tertainment provided by the directors of the gardens were relinquished. With that perseverance we as a nation possess, numbers were seen arriving at the gates of the gardens towards four o'clock, and in a short time the crowd was swelled by season ticket holders who passed the morning in the Exhibition, and who appeared determined, notwithstanding all obstacles, to take a glanee at the flowers collected in the mysterious tents, which had been an eye sore to them from the refreshment rooms of the building. But loud as may have been their pro tests against the obstruction of the view from its windows they must yesterday have confessed that, under the circumstances, no better arrangement could have been made, and that if the tents had no greater claim to their appreciation, they might fairly demand their favourable verdict from the fact that they enabled those assembled under them to admire as fine a collection of flowers as has ever been exhibited in the metropolis. In fact, so effec ' tually did they answer the purposes intended that the greater part of the numbers assembled iu the gardens—and they were some thousands—ex amined the various specimens exhibited without any particular inconvenience beyond a little crowd ing, and a feeling of 'discomfort arising from drip ping umbrellas and damp coats. Thanks to the arrangements made by the superintendent of the gardens, Mr. Eyles, the communications between the marquees containing the choicest plants were covered with canvas, and continued up to the =mulcts leediug Cu the grand. euueer vatory. By these means the circuit of the whole garden was rendered easy and scope afforded for the circulation of visitors. The dampness of the atmo sphere appeared to lend a brilliancy to the flowers exhibited. It would be invidious to speak of the beauties of any among them, so choice and delicate were all those which were exposed to view. The specimens of oriental plants exhibited by Messrs. Veitch and Sons, attracted great attention on account of the rare beauty of their growth and the richness of their foliage. A new field of floriculture promises to be opened in that direction. Some, curious spe cimens from New Holland, sent by Mr. Wheeler, gave rise to some discussion on account of their irregularity of growth. Among the plants indi genous to our own soil the rhododendron might fairly claim the prize. The roses, although equally fine as specimens, were somewhat faded, owing in a great measure to the sudden changes of temperature to which they had been subjected. Severel elegant designs for the floral decoration of drawing-rooms were exhibited, but none of them were sufficiently near to that for which the Ist class prize has been awarded to make us question the judgment of the committee. Three military bands played in the course of the afternoon, and not a little contributed to enliven the scene. We append a list of the prizes : Special prizes offered by Lady Dorothy Nevill for three groups of flowers for drawing-room decoration. Ist prize, Misses March, St. James's Falace, £d; 2d, Mrs. J. H. Lermitte, Knighton, Finchley, £4. Class 1-15 stove and greenhouse plants—lst prize, Mr. W. May, gardener to J. Spode, Esq., Rugeley, £2O; 2d, Mr. B. Peed, gardener to Mrs. Tredwell, Lower Norwood, £l5. Class 2-12 stove and greenhouse plants—Messrs. J. and J. Fraser, Lea-bridge road, £10; 2d, Messrs T. Jackson and Son, Kingston, V. Class 3-9 stove and greenhouse plants—lst, Mr. H. Chilman, gardener to Mrs. Smith, Epsom, £9, and Mr. J. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart, Lower Cheam, £9 (equal) ; 2d, Mr. S. M. Carson, gardener to J. C. Sim, Esq., Nonsuch-park, £7. Class 4-6 stove and greenhouse plants-Ist, Mr. A. Ingram, gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq., Highgrove, Read ing, £6; 2d, Mr. T. Page, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., Streatham, £4. Class 6-20 orchids, exotic species—lst, Mr, G. Baker, gardonor to A. Basset, Esq., Stamford-hill, £2O ; 2d, Mr. W. Milford, g,az Qvuv. hill, £l6. Class 6-12 orchids, exotic species -Ist, Messrs, Veitch and Son, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, £10; 2d, Mr. B. S. Williams, Paradise Nuisery, Holloway, £7. Class 7-10 orchids, exotic species-Ist, Mr. C. Penny, gardener to H. H. Gibbs, Esq., Regent's-park, £10; Mr. T. Page, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., Streatham, £7. Class 8-6 orchids, exotic species—Mr. John Green,gar.- dener to Sir A. Antrobus, Bart., Lower Cheam, £6; 2d, Mr. W. Lakeman, gardener to J. Campbell, Esq., Hen don, £4. _ Class 9—Single specimen of any exotic orchid—prizes withheld. Class 10-9 greenhouse azaleas, distinct kinds-Ist, Mr. S. M. Carson, gardener to J. C. Sim, Esq., Nonsuch Park, £l2 ; 2d, Mr. Thomas Page, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., £9. Class 11-9 greenhouse azaleas, distinct kinds-Ist, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, £9; 2d, Messrs. Veitch and Son, nurserymen, Chelsea, £7. Class 12-6 greenhouse azaleas, distinct kinds-Ist, Mr. C. Penny, gardener to H. H. Gibbs, Esq., Regent's-park, £6; 2d, Mr. A. Ingram, gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq., Highgrove, Reading, £4. Class 13-6 rhododendrons, distinct kinds—lst, Mr. C. Noble, nurseryman, Bagshot, £4 ; 2d, Mr. J. Standish, nurseryman, Ascot and Bagshot, £3. Class 14--Rhododendron, single specimen Sikkim or Bhotan-Ist and 2d withheld ; 3d, Mr. A. Bousie, Stoke Park, Slough, £l. Class 15-6 roses in pots,-distinct kinds-Ist, Mr. Thos. Terry, gardener to C. W. G. Puller, Esq., Youngsbury, near Ware, £5. Class 16-12 roses in pots, distinct kinds-Ist, Messrs. 11. Lane and Son, nurserymen, Great Berkhampstead, £lO ; 2d, Mr. W. Paul, Cheshunt Nurseries, Waltham Cross, £7. Class 17-6 Cape heaths, distinct kinds-Ist, Mr. A. Ingram, gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq., Highgrove,Read. in g , ; 2d, Mr. T. Page, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., Streatham, £3. Class 18-9 pelargoniums, distinct kinds--lat,Mr.Thos. Bailey, gardener to T. T. Drake, Esq., Shardcloes, Amer sham, £8 ; 2d, Mr. Wm. Rye, gardener to Miss Foster, Clewer Manor, Windsor, £6. Class 19-12 pelargoniums (distinct kinds),-16t, Mr. Charles Turner, R o y a l Nurseries, Slough, £8; 2d, Messrs. Dobson and Sons, nurserymen, Isleworth, £6. Class 20-6 pelargoniurns.(fancies, distinct kinds,) -Ist FIRE AND LOSS O 1 LIFE. Yesterday morning, a few minutes before two o'clock, a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Joel, carrying on business as a stationer and bookseller, 42, Fore-street, Cripplegate. The building con tained, besides the warehouse, 10 rooms. The dis covery appears to hay. been made aimilltan....iy by the policeman on the beat and a person passing the premises, who noticed smoke in dense bodies issuing from the lower part of the building. The officer gave the alarm, and in the course of a few minutes a son of the owner came down and effected his escape by the street door. By opening it he allowed the air to enter and drive the fire all over the building. At that time Mrs. J. Joel, a lady of 60, a son named Samuel, aged 27, the servant, Ann Johnson, aged 23, and Annetta Joel, age unknown, were sleeping in different parts of the building. The officer immediately sent off to the Finsbury station of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, and also to the engine stations, for proper assistance, and is the course of a few mi nutes Engineer Cooper attended with the brigade engine from Whitecross-street, as well as Conduc tor Briggs, with the Royal Society's escape. At that time dense clouds of smoke were pouring out of every window in the building, and loud screams could be heard proceeding from different rooms. Whether any one was standing at the windows could not be ascertained owing to the density of the smoke, which obscured from view the front of the premises. The conductor raised his escape in front of the building, and having ascended it, entered the second floor, but could find no one there. Hearing screams in the third floor, he made for that part of the premises. The flames came rolling up the staircase, making a noise like a fur. nace, and the heat was intense. In the third floor he found Annetta Joel, in a room which the flames had by that time entered. At the same time the fire was coming out of the windows below, He at once seized hold of the woman, and was in the act of placing her in the canvass bagging of the escape, when the flames overtook them, so that the poor woman losing all power of standing, the conductor was obliged to lose his hold of her. She fell upon the stone flags beneath. When raised she was found to have been severely burnt over the whole of her body and otherwise injured. She was at once placed in a cab and removed to the hospital. Upon the return of the driver he stated that she had died before reaching that institution. The engines of the parish, London Brigade from Watling-street, Jeffreys-square, Wellclose-square, and Farringdon street stations,had arrived when the whole building was in flames. The brigade engines brought with them Capt. Shaw, the superintendent, Count Odon Szechenyi, Mr. Bridges, the foreman of the district, and sundry other officers. Five engines were set to work; but, in spite of the exertions of the firemen, who were assisted by nearly 100 hired auxiliaries, the flames could not be extinguished until the pre mises and all they contained were nearly destroyed. As soon as the ruins were sufficiently cooled to en• able the firemen to enter, they found the bodies of Mrs. Joel and the servant, terribly burnt, in the third floor front. The body of Samuel Joel was found at the bottom of the stairs, the position in which it was leaving little doubt that he had tried to get to the street door through the flames. The remains were placed in shells and removed to the dead-house to await an inquest. The origin of the fire is not known. The contents of the house were insured in the Alliance Fire office. THE iIIANCIIESTER MURDERS. The previous career of Taylor, the murderer of Evan Meller, accounts for the strange manner in which he and his wife have abstained from mixing in the society of their neighbours and the life of seclusion they have been living. It appears that he was at one time a schoolmaster at Dunster, Somersetshire, and misbehaved himself in some way that lost him the appointment. At Crediton he was a traveller for five years to a respectable firm, but was apprehended and tried at the Devonshire winter assizes, held at Exeter in 1856, on a charge of aiding a servant girl to procure abortion, and was acquitted. After his acquittal he became traveller to an Exeter wine merchant, but was dis charged for embezzlement. In 1861 he was a wine and spirit merchant at Bideford, North Devon, obtaining goods on promissory notes. Before the notes became due, however, ho had sold the goods to realize money, and absconded. He was married in March, 1861, to Martha Giles (his present wife), the daughter of a farmer at Wincanton, in Somer setshire. He was afterwards charged with forging a bill of exchange in the name of his father-in-law. He was brought before the magistrates on this charge on the 22d of May, 1861, but appears to have been discharged, and on the 10th of June, 1861, he is known to have been in Manchester. Of his wife, who is a very handsome woman, little is known beyond her devotion to her husband and his late children (who were by his first wife). It was stated in evidence that after the muraei ono hand with blood and then went and tried to persuade the police that she, and not her husband, had committed the horrible crime. In the dock, she seemed to regard everything he did and said with affectionate interest, and it is believed would readily muffle?. her life to save his. The following is a copy of a letter the male prisoner wrote, with the view of obtaining a situation, in March last " Sir,---Having closed my place of business since the dis tressing accident on the 19th of January last, I shall be happy to devote myself to the management of your branch shop. I have a thorough knowledge of the cheese, bacon, and butter trade, can lay before you first-class certificates, and herewith enclose a copy of one from W. B. Willock, Esq., Brook-house, of the firm of Garnett Brothers and Willock, my present landlord. I can engage to undertake the duties forthwith, if required. "I am, Sir, yours most obediently, " W. IL TAYLOR." A copy of a testimonial was enclosed with the note. Much dissatisfaction has been expressed at the failure to ascertain the cause of death of the children, and it has been attributed to the chymist not having had sufficient time to make the analysis of the children's stomachs. Yesterday morning Mr. Ellison, stipendiary magistrate of Manchester, with the concurrence of the mayor, instructed Captain Pa.lin, chief constable, to send the stomachs of the children and the sponges to Professor Taylor, of London, for further examination, and Sergeant Bateman was despatched on that errand.; -iADVEILTIOEMEN'T.]—HoIIoway ' s Pills—Public Health. t is the duty of every man to promote, so far as he can, the public welfare, and no one does this more e ffe c t ually than he wh o enables the community to withstand disease. Holloway's Pills exert this preservative power with the most striking success. They keep the blood pure and the bodily functions regular even amidst the varying influences of our climate. TheYprotect the body against th e deleteriou s agencies of changeable temperatures, keen winds, excessive Itunospheric moisture, and frequently against malaria itself and dangerous infections. In weakness or disease in any organ the best chance of cure lies in these purifying Prlls, which exercise the most wholesome influence over the stomach, lungs, brain, and nerves, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 21. MANSION.HOUSE.—Two very well-dressed men, who described themselves as John Weston, of 32, Weymouth-street, New Kent-road, pattern maker, and William Harper, 3, West-place, St. George's-road, Southwark, cigar maker, were yes terday brought before the Lord Mayor, in custody of Michael Haydon, one of the detective officers of the City police, charged with being in the Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, and the Lon don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, for an un lawful purpose ; also with having stolen a bag of gold from the Unity Bank, in Cannon-street, and a £lOO Bank of England note from Messrs. Master mans', in Nicholas-lane. Mr. Base, from the office of Mr. Mullens, the solicitor to the Bankers' Association, attended on behalf of the prosecution. The prisoners are both Americans, and it is be lieved that they are part of a gang of Yankee swell mobsnen who have favoured this country with a visit upon the occasion of the Exhibition. They have not been very long in England, and although, from information in the possession of the police, it is believed they have been tolerably successful, still their career, through the tact of the officer, who, it appears, has been constantly on their track, will in all probability be a short one. It will be seen from the evidence that the attention of the prisoners has been directed to the " higher branches" of their profession, namely, bank robberies, and that they were provided with all the necessary materials to satisfy inquiries and to avoid suspicion. The prisoner Harper, at the commencement of the proceedings, addressed his lordship, and, with a strong nasal twang, said he should like to have the inquiry postponed till he could gst legal assistance. The Lord Mayor, who had made himself acquainted with the case, said that it would be necessary there should be an adjournment for the purposes of justice, and he only proposed on the present occasion to take sufficient evidenceto justify him in remanding them, and they would thus have ample opportunity of procuring professional assist ance. I Michael Hayden was then sworn. He said—l am one of the detective officers of the city of Lon don, and on Tuesday afternoon, about half past three o'clock, I was on duty in Princes-street, and I saw the prisoner Harper go into the Union Bank of London, and the other prisoner followed him, and I watched their proceedings. In about three or four minutes they both came oat and went straight to the London Joint-Stock Bank, where they also stopped a few minutes. A gentleman came out who had a bill case in his hand, and Weston followed him across the street to the corner of Lothbury, where he was joined by the other prisoner, and they then both went into the London and Westminster Bank. I continued to watch them, and atter they had been in the bank two or three minutes, they came out together. At this time each of the prisoners had a book or porte monnaie in his hand, as though they had gone into thu bank upon business. The prisoners then walked together along D6.,tholomew- lane, and stopped at the Rotunda entrance of the Bank of England, and remained for a short time, and they then both went into the Bank. I went in after them, and met them coming out. I stopped them, and addressing Weston said that I was a police-officer, and I must take the liberty of asking what his business was in the Bank of England? Ho replied that he had come to the Bank to get change for four £5 Bank of England notes, and he pulled four notes of that denomina tion out of his pocket, and showed them to me. I then asked the other prisoner, Harper, what busi -1 ness he had in the Bank of England, and he said he had come with his friend to show him the way, as he was an American and a stranger in London. ( Upon this I asked the prisoners what business they had in the London and Westminster Bank, and they said they thought it was the Bank of England. I then said that I had seen them go into the Union Bank, and the London Joint-Stock Bank, and asked what they went to those banks for, and they said they were under the impression that they were the Bank of England. After the prisoners had made these statements, I told them that the account they gave of themselves was not satisfactory, and I should feel it my duty to take them into custody, and charge them with having gone into the banks I had men tioned with the intention of committing a felony. The Lord Mayor—Did either of the prisoners make any reply when you said this ? Haydon—They did not, my lord. I told them that I should also charge them on suspicion of having stolen a £lOO note from Messrs. Mastermans' bank about a week ago, and to this also they made no reply. I accordingly, then, with the assistance of Sergeant Green, one of the City police, took the prisoners into custody, and conveyed them to Bow lane Police-station, where both the charges I have mentioned were entered and read over to them, and they gave no answer. A third charge, upon which I expect to have further evidence on a future day, was also read to them, and they were both silent. I searched the prisoner Weston, and found in his possession four £5 Bank of England notes, three £1 notes of the Bank of Scotland, and two £1 notes of the Bank of Ireland, and £3 16 s. 60. in money. I also found upon him a gold WAtolat' and chain, a gold ring, and other articles of jewel lery. The prisoners gave addresses which I found to be correct, and from the inquiries I have made, I have every reason to believe that they have only recently arrived in this country from America. The officer added that he had no doubt if the pri soners were remanded he should be able, on a future day, to produce evidence in support of all the charges he had made against them. The Lord Mayor, addressing the prisoners, said he proposed, upon the evidence at present before him, to remand them to a future day, and he inquired whether they had anything to urge why this course should not be taken. The prisoners, who did not attempt to give any explanation, and who merely said they wished for an adjournment, in order that they might obtain professional assista nce, were accordingly remanded. A purse, containing money, which had been found in au omnibus, was transmitted to the Lord Mayor, with a request by the finder that the amount contained in it should be placed in the poor-box, if no owner c ime forward to make out a good claim to if. CLERKENWELL..---ASSAULT ON A BARMAN AND A CONSTABLE,—A rough savage-looking fellow, who gave the name of Michael Sullivan, a labourer, residing at 4, Gordon-lane, St. Luke's, was charged before Mr. Barker with being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting William Purser, under barman at Mr. H. Holland's, the Old Ivy public house, 166, Goswell-street, St. Luke's ; and further with assaulting police-constable Wm. Blatchford, 68 G, in the execution of his duty. The prisoner entered the house the worse for liquor, but was not served. He went into the tap room,and annoyed the customers. The barmanasked him to leave the house, but he refused, and struck the barman a severe blow, and the prisoner's wife threw a pot at him and hurt him a great deal. When the constable arrived the prisoner said he should not take him, and kicked him twice on the legs, and also struck him on the chest. It was with great difficulty that he could be got to the station, on the way to which he was very violent. The prisoner said that the potman struck him with a pot on tho head, and that was the reason why he did not leave the house. Mr. Barker (to the potman)—Did you strike the prisoner with a pot ? Witness—Decidedly not. All that I did was to ask him to leave the house, and he then struck me without any provocation. The landlord said ho did not wish to hurt the prisoner. All he wanted was to conduct his busi ness respectably, and for the prisoner to keep away from his house. _ _ _ Mr. Barker fined the defendant 205., or in default 21 days' imprisonment in the House of Correction with hard labour. The prisoner was locked up in default. CONFESSION OF THE MURDER OF 'A WIFE.— John Lyall, a compositor, was charged under the following circumstances : Police-sergeant Gleeson, 16 E, said that last night, between the hours of eleven and twelve, the prisoner, who was the worse for liquor, came to the Hunter-street police-station, and said he wished to give himself up on the charge of murdering his wife about a year and eight months back, at Canongate, Edinburgh. He also said that he had murdered his wife in a fit of jealousy, and that they would find her body buried under the bottom stairs. The prisoner was charged with being drunk and inca pable, as his story was something similar to that told by a man believed to be the prisoner, at other police-courts, and supposed to be false. Mr. Barker said he could only deal with the charge before him, viz., that of the prisoner being drunk and incapable, and upon that the prisoner would be discharged. With regard to the confes sion of the murder, the police could do as they pleased. 2111? FORGERY ON TILE RUSSIAN BANK. William Muller, a German, was placed at the bar yesterday, before the Lord Mayor, to undergo a further examination upon a charge of being con cerned with Reichberg,Rosenberg, and three others, in engraving and manufacturing certain plates for the iurpese of forging rouble notes on the Imperial Beall; of Russia. It will be remembered that Reichberg and Rosen berg, with three others, were committed from this court, and tried at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to penal servitude for engraving certain plates, form ing parts of Russian rouble notes, for the purpose of carrying on a most gigantic forgery upon the Imperial Bank of Russia. Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Peachy, of the firm of Oliverson, Lavey, and Peachy, again ap peared to prosecute on the part of the Russian Go vernment. The prisoner had no solicitor. Mr. Sleigh said that on the last caudnination the prisoner had, when asked what the parcel con tained which was found upon him, said he knew nothing at all about it; but he was then in a posi tion to prove he did know what it contained, as, having lost the ticket which was given him at the rail way station, when he left the parcel he said he it contained engravings and plates; and he should likewise prove by the landlady at the house in Mid dleton-street, where Reichberg had the press taken by the prisoner, that he was acting in concert with the others. The prisoner sent an impression of a seal to the station-master, stating that the seal on the parcel corresponded with it, and that seal was taken from the one which was found at his lodgings by Scott. The Lord Mayor asked Mr. Sleigh if he was going to call an expert to prove that, as, although looking at the impressions in an ordinary may, he should say they were taken from that seal, still he himself would not like to swear it was so. Mr. Sleigh said he intended to do so on a future day, but he was not prepared then. He likewise stated that another parcel had been found at the railway station at Woolwich, which was left there on the Ist January last, but there was no direct evidence as to who left it, but it contained en graved plates similar to those found on the prisoner ; and upon a future occasion he should be prepared to prove by the engravers that they were part of what had been done by them. George Scott, a detective officer, was then re called, and stated that on. Wednesday, the 14th inst., he went with Sergeant Brett to the Woolwich Arsenal Railway Station, and the station-master gave him a parcel, which he produced. It was addressed to " Mr. W. Wilkinson ; to be left till called for." He opened it in the presence of the station-master, and found it to contain engraved zinc and brass plates and a quantity of type figures. Sergeant Brett said on examining the book which he found on the prisoner he found the number 4,827 written in pencil, and on the next page was the name of Mr. Berni. The number 4,827 was the number of the ticket which was said to have been , lost. He also found a letter addressed to Mr. Leach, of the Baker and Basket publichouse, in Worship street, asking him to allow a parcel to be left there, addressed to Mr. Berni, and not to allow any one to receive it unless he produced a seal similar to one which was on the paper. That seal also cor responded with the one found at the prisoner's lodgings. Mr. Coyle, head clerk at the railway station, London-bridge, said that on the 7th inst., the par cel which was produced by Scott, addressed to Mr. Berni, was left at the cloak-room, and there was an entry in the book of a ticket. No. 4,297, bolng given for a parcel on that day. On the 9th inst. the prisoner went to the cloak-room, and spoke to him about the parcel. He said he had left a parcel on the 7th, and had lost the ticket that had been given to him, but he could give a descrip tion of it, at the same time taking a pocket-book (the same produced by Sergeant Brett), and showing him the number, 4,827, and the name William Berni. He told the prisoner it was necessary to know the contents of the parcel, as he could not give up any parcel from a description of its exterior marks, and asked him what it contained, and he said it contained plates and engravings, and that ho was an engraver. He then t o ld the prisoner that the parcel would be required to be opened to see if its contents agreed with his description ; upon which he said he would not take it then, but would call again in the evening. He did not call in the evening, however, but on the following Mon day, the 12th, he called, and said he had come for the parcel which he called for on the 9th, for which h he had lost the ticket. He was signed by Mr. Dyne, the station-master,an addressed to Mr. Berni, which was an order from th gave him a letter which He th l en . told Mr. Dyne to give up the parcel. a tickets were required to sign theirn prisoner that it was a rule that pFr son s s me o s sin as g their e took him into Mr. him the paid re ceipt for the property, and he his n D ed yne g 4d.Dyne's fo r overtime, office, a and d h e iA s i i r g . eve no. say he was an en graver, he wished to put cel, with which he left the office. whe e n did The prisoner, any questions, said th say there were plates and and did no ool y . engravings in the par Mr. Henry Dyne, s tation-ma s t er at the terminus at London bridge, said the parcel produced was delivered by him to the prisoner on the 12th of M a y- H e had previously received a letter, signed M. Berni, which he produced, which contained a fac simile of the seals on the parcel, and he wrote to Mr. Berni, stating that his description was satisfactory, and that he could have the by signing a receipt. For every parcel that was left at the station there were three tickets made cut, one of which was given to other was pinned to the article , and the third was left in the book as a counterfoilfor reference. On Monday, the 12th, the last witness, Coyle, took the prisoner to him, and introduced him as the party who had lost the ticket. He had the parcel in his possession, and asked the priesoner the numbers, and. he said "4,827." He wrote across the counterfoil, "Received - ,he parcel corresponding with this num ber," and the prisoner signed it "M. Berni." It appeared to be; the same handwriting as was on the parcel. He asked the prisoner if he was the same person who lost the ticket, and if he was the owner of the parcel, and: he replied that ho was, and he delivered the parcel to him. Chas. Bartholomew, station-master at Woolwich. Station, stated that the parcel produced by the officer Scott he received from the London-bridge Station. it was addressed to Wm. Wilkinson, to be left till called for. He received it on the Ist January last, but no one ever called for it until he delivered it to the officer. It was then in the same state as when he originally received it. Mrs. Coleman, of 6, Bovingdon-street, Heaton, said in November last year Reichberg hired the kitchen in her house, and when he had been There about a fortnight the prisceer .3,nd a man named Har wil z came with Reichberg. There was a print ing press taken there, and she had h eard the prisoner ld use the press. say he was the only one who con The prisoner went there contintw , lly with Her m witz and Reichberg, and sometiir s by himself. Some weeks after the prisoner glut rrelled with the others, and asked her not to let them take the press away without his being k , resent, as Reichberg was a great rogue, and the press was as much his as theirs, as he had partly p aid for it. A female, named Mrs. Josephine, sometimes called, and Reichberg introduced her as his sister. She sometimes paid the rent. Mr. Sleigh said these were all the witnesses be proposed to call then, and asked for' a further remand. The prisoner was remanded accordingly. ANOTEIRR MOIRE IN THE 110XL8E OF DETENTION. Yesterday an inquiry was instituted by Mr. G. B. Brent, at the Clerken well House of Detention, in.le the circumstances uonneett d with the death of Edeni Luff, aged 21, a prisoner awaiting her trial for stealing a blanket, who committed suicide on Satur dy last by suspending herself by the neck to a gas pipe in her cell. The jury having viewed the bndy, a person of short stature, they next proceeded to the cell, where the mode of suicide was exhibited to them. The gas-pipe projected about 6 inches from the wall, and was about 3 feet 6 inches from the floor. It had an upright burner, on which the deceased hat placed a piece of window-blind cord, tied together at the into it and having made a loop , placed her neck it and threw herself down. When found hex kueee were nearly on the floor, and her feet bent cinder her. From the evidence of the father it appeared fhb deceased had been led away by bad companions,. and that about two years since she attempted suicide with oxalic acid, which her mother used in bonnet cleaning. She was very passionate, and had fre quently threatened to kill her mother. She Ras recovered from the effects of the poison in West minster Hospital, and was remanded to the above gaol for the spiritual advice of the chaplain. She returned home apparently converted; but she soon broke out again, and for the last six montbs had not been seen at home. He believed while in a passion her mind was affected. After further evidence, The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide by strangulation with a cord," but left the state of mind an open question. COUNTRY MARKEZIS. !, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE -MAT 20. At to-day's market trade was quiet, under the inflame* of most brilliant weather. Wheat of all descriptions was a slow sale, but holders asked higher prices. Flour was neglected, but not offered lower. Spring corn in Braila demand, at late prices. SALISBURY--MAY 20. At to-day's market the supply of wheat was good, and generally speaking of prime quality. A limited attendance of buyers, and the demand ruled slow, at about former rates. Barley scarce, but at former prices. Oats, bed and peas very little changed. HULL-MAY 20. The wheat trade since our last has been exceedingly dull. The arrivals of both wheat and barley are consilier ably less than last week, and there is no doubt the bulk 4 the Baltic fleet has reached this port. At our market to-day there was a moderate supply of English wheat, which was taken off chiefly by local millers at is to 2s per qr below last week's rates. Foreign sorts in rather better inquiry, at a similar reduction. Barley dull, and rather cheaper, Beans and peas as before. Oats neglected, anci in favour of buyers. Wheat.... Old white per qr. s4s Od to 58s Od Old red _ _ „ New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic, Konb , kc. old white 56s Od to 62s Oft Dutch, Belgian, and French. 68s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red ...' 58s Od to 59s Oct St. Petersburg and Riga, old. 50s Od to 52s Od Barley.... English malting Grinding 3ls Od to 335 (Ml Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 348 Od to 36s Oct Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2id to 13(/ Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 03130 Swedish and Danish OEll4d to osl3dl Beans ....English, old, per qr. 46s Od to 48s Ocl New pigeon 42s Od to 44s 04 New tick. 4os Od to 42s Od Egyptian 3Bs Od to 40s Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Spring —s Od to —s OA Indian Corn Linseed, feeding s2s Od to 66s Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) SO £9 16 0 to £0 0 0 Foreign Bl5 oto 910 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 610 0 Bones 5 5 oto 510 0 COAL M . (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. :ARKET. t the dose of the market Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....15 9 Wylam ..15 6 West Wylam 14 0 Walker Primrose 12 0 Grey's West Hartley 16 3 Lambert's West Hart ley 15 9 Carway and Duffryn Malting 23 0 Do. Anthracite 21 0 Ships at marker s. d. Sleekburn West Hart ley ....15 0 W alls End. Kelloe South Kelloe l5 0 Hetton .. l6 0 South Hartlepool 14 6 Caradoc South Hetton l6 0 Haswell l6 0 Hartlepool.. ,t, 66 ; sold, 37. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Aus . .ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton June 18. via Marseilles June 12. 4razil and Cape Verds, by British packet . June 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. June 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. June 2. via Marseilles ...May 27. Falkland Islands.. Gibraltar, via Southampton May 26, India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton June Z. via Marseilles May 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton May 26. via Marseilles June 5. . Lisbon May 21. Malta, Egypt, and Men, via Southampton May 26, via Marseilles May 27. Newfoundland .. May —. npnrto .nri Vie() U. S. and Briti s h N. A mer i ca, by Brit. packet.... May 22. 'by U.S. 'packet;„ -. by Canadian packet. May 21. W.C. of Africa Madeira, and Teneriffe June 10. Bahamas, via New York -... Mexico ....May 29. All parts of West Indiesish , Columbig includin . Chili, Peru, I lifornia, and Brita , May 29. BIRTHS. COOK. —On the 20 th i nst., at 47, Portland-place, the wife of the Rev. J a mes Cook, of Peopl e t on, Worcestershire, of a daughter. G iLP IN.—On the 19 th inst., at Rock F erry , Ch es hi re, th e wife of Henry Gilpin, Esq., R.N., of H.M.S. Majestic, of a daughter. GTBB.—On the 16th inst., at 22A, Westboume-park, the wife of Lieut.-Col. W. E. Gibb, of a daughter. LErru.—On the 21st inst., at 19, Westbourne terrace.. road, the wife of Walter Leith, Esq,, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. GRAY — STEWART.—On the 20th inst., at Saint George's, Hanover-square, Philip (rey, Esq., of Cork-street, Bur lington-gardens, to Mary Elizabeth, youngest daughter of E. Stewart, Esq., of Park-street, Grosvenor-square. GREW—PALMER.—On the 20th inst., at the parish church of Sevenoaks; Nathl. Grew, Esq., C.E., to Ann, only daughter of Charles Palmer, Esq., of Sevenoaks, county of Kent. DEATHS. BLENCONVE.—On the 19th inst., at Sidmouth, the Rev, James Blencowe, aged 76. FROST.—On the 19th inst., at Walmer, Kent, Jas. John Frost, of Ropery, Shadwell, aged 65. LINDER.--On the 21st inst., at his residence, 14. South ampton-street, Camberwell, Captain William Linder, late Captain of the Thetis and London, and was taken pri soner by William Parker at the mutiny of the Nore, 1797. PEED.—On the 19th inst., at Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, John Peed, Esq., solicitor, aged 56. WARD.—On the 17th inst., at Quinton Rectory, Nora thampton, the Rev. S. B. Ward, aged 77. WILLATS.—On the 19th inst., Mr. John Yard Willats, of Reading, Berks, aged 56. LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at q' Sux Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Widdlovx.—Thwaday, Nay 22, 1862.