The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-15 00:00:00

1 1 : 4_4 . The Lords of the Admiralty proceeded yesterday from Hamoaze to Stonehouse, where they inspected the Royal Marines. The Controller of the Navy, ac,companied by Admiral Superintendent Sir Thos. ".easley, transacted business on board the yacht Os borne, and then went to the frigate Liffey, which is being coppered in No. 1 dock at the Devonport Dockyard. A lieutenant in the Prussian navy was at the Devonport Dockyard yesterday, and will be there again to-day. It is supposed his visit is in connexion with th e propose d purc hase by his G o . vernznent of some ship s i n th e British navy. After landing on Wednesday from their yacht the Osborne, and visiting the new jetty, constructed with iron piles at Devonport Dockyard, his Grace the Duke of Somerset and the other Lords of the Admiralty proceeded to inspeet the progress making on the only ship in course of building in that arsenal, viz., the Ocean, whi‘eh is sufficiently advanced and would have been launched at the time originally designed, October, 'out for a deficiency of iron beams. It ap pears aaat the three sister ships building at Ports mout)a, Chatham, and Pembroke, require, like the Oce an, 46 beams each, but as there was a delay in tI-,e supply from the foundry, the authorities pru 'dently determined not to postpone the launching of the ships through this delay, In consequence of this the Ocean has received 11 only, eight of which are fitted. She may, however, be launched in No vember. Workmen are caulking her bottom, and the launching frame is in progress. The fitting of the iron beams, the funnel hatches, store rooms, and other iro:n work is done by shipwrights. They cut the cailines with their cold chisels and saws, and fit and rivet the iron knees. Much of this work was formerly done by blacksmiths only, The stem is to b a plated with three-inch iron ; the mast will be stepped in the hold with iron heels, open so that the screw shaft can pass through them. The Ocean was, like the others, designed originally to carry 101 guns. She will now have but 34 in all —viz., on 'the main deck 24 6 8-pounders, and eight Ar.mstrong 110-pounders, and on the upper deck only two pivot Armstrongs of 1101 b. ; the pc,rts of this deck will be closed. She will also haw; for boat service two Armstrong 201 b., one of 12 .4. b., and another of 91b., besides a brass 6-pounder, 'I heir lordships went on board the Ocean, and from her proceeded to the Robust, 101, which belongs to the same class as the Donegal, St. Jean D'Acre, and Conqueror; she is nearly planked. If iron plated., she must be cut in two, like the Ocean. After inspecting the Robust the members of the Board vi .kited slip No. 2, now vacant, and, returning by the same route, went to the chain-cable store and South Smithery, and then to the office of the Ad miral Superintendent. After a short stay at the office, their lordships, while the men were at dinner, visited the new dock forming on the site of the ori. ginal docks, Nos. 2 and 3, one of which was inside the other. Five-sixths of the work of the new dock is completed, and the whole may be finished by December. It will be fit for the reception of ships of the Warrior class, or larger, being 437 ft. over all, with a floor about 290 ft. long. The depth from coping to till is 40ft.; the sides are very steep; if they fell off a large portion of the yard would be sacrificed. Outside this dock, and communicating with gates, there will be a lock 28ft. long, having a caisson facing Hamoaze. For this work the Go ve.rnment supply the Portland stone, which they 'send from the island. The contractors, Messrs. J. and A. Kitt, supply the granite, which is obtained from the Haytor Granite Company. Mr. Hopper, clerk of the works, superintends the operations for the Admiralty. Their lordships next visited the Screw steam corvette Rattlesnake, 21, which is along s id e the jetty, fitting with a poop and fore castle, to carry the flag of the new Commodore on tbe West Coast of Africa. The only ships on the stocks in the Devonport dockyard, besides the Ocean and Robust, are later, 36, just in frame, which is scarcely strong enough to bear iron-plating ; and the Bittern, 4. There is some talk of adapting one or both of these ships to Mr. Reed's plan. In No. 1 dock is the screw steam frigate Liffey, 51, Capt. G. W. Preedy, C. 8., recently returned from the North American station ; she has lost the two forr.3pieces of her false keel, which were probably carried away the last time she entered Halifax har hour. Her copper is removed for fresh caulking. The repairs will be completed about the 28th inst. After a short visit to the town of Devonport the Duke of Somerset, Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Grey, Admiral Eden, Mr. Whitbread, Lord Clarence Paget, Capt. Moore, Admiral Robinson, Mr. Richards, and Col. Greene, returned to the arsenal, and, embarking in the Admiral's yacht, proceeded to - Keyham steam-yard, where they were received by Commander Biddlecombe, Mr. Townsend, and the other officers. They went first to the proposed site for seamen's barracks. Tenders for construct ing the buildings are in the hands of the authorities. After a short consultation in the Admiral's-office, their lordships next examined the progress of Mr. Drew's contract for lengthening No. 1, or the Queen's dock, 100 feet, so as to receive the Warrior. The work was commenced early in June, and is progressing satisfactorily. The granite forming the elliptical head of the dock has been nearly all removed, and the hard slate rock has been cut down to near the level of the broad alter. Steps will be formed in the rock, and the cost of worked granite will for the present be postponed. The new head -a ill be more circular than the one removing. The next duty consisted in inspecting Mr. Hubbard's contract for lengthening the sea entrance sufficiently to Boat ships of the Warrior class. His work is confined to carrying the depth of the lock (371 t.) into the basin by a tronc 100 ft. long, so as to ex tend the deep water from, say, 250 ft. to 350 ft. Part of the bow end of the stonework of the lock has been removed, and some progress has been Inade in excavating the basin to the length and depth required. The basin has an area of 8 acres, and the bottom is covered with silt and rubble to a dept of 12 inches, more or less; this will, of course, be removed. Before the 'basin was emptied several vessels requiring repairs, which would probably occupy a „, - much time as the contract work, were placed in the docks. No. 1 has an iron caisson and the paddlewheel steamer Buzzard ; No. 2, the paddle wheel steamer Valorou s; and No. 3, the iron paddle wheel steamer Triton. Some interest attaches to thi s vessel in conse qn , teo of the employment of s hip weights on the ironwork an arrangement which has given satisfaction ; 12 of these artisans, volun teers, were s ot toto work. Aaie x i o , , tneir competi appliances of the smith's shop, but superior to the m in tors in the ready their knowl edge of the best s hip, they are said mode of handling have made orig sviifter progress in unr ivetting the platesh l h • n off from the sides of the dock to have lao foothin, solid to strike against. W hen fixing Plat " , and the use of a forge is necessary for butt pieces, tap " ing, &C., it is done by the smiths. Where the cola chisel can do it they perform the workthemselves, the e mi e iron is In some of the Triton's old plates at r sheet of said to be no thicker than an ordinary paper. On each side of dock No. steam have been fixed, with tramways2 substantial travelling cranes, for the purpose of iron plating the Ocean, port now nearly ready for launching in the Devon yard. In the great covered quadrangle furnaces and machinery for forming the plates are construct ing ; they were examined most minutely by their lordships before their departure. The Duke of Somerset dined in the evening with Port-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, at Government-house, Mount Wise, whence his grace proceeded with his col leagues to St. George's-cull, Stonehouse, to patro nise a ball in aid of the British Orphan Female School. When coming down Channel from Port land tho Osborne paid a short visit to Dartmouth. Besides the Lords of the Admiralty, the yacht took to Plymouth some members of the Defence Commis sion, and the Secretary to his Royal Highness the' 1 )tiki , of eilnahridge, the Commander-in-Chief of the, 1. 41 forcezr- The Senretary of SteAe for War, Sir G. C. is 7 6 "". 41 Straristiain, Incpeetor.General 00 ): I Ithi ' llneB; Mr .' l ,-hairnMond and - the Lord Chan ce it:ir, Lord Wesibu ' "Yire also at Plymouth. The Board of Admiralty -has fully approved thel inn el o f an improved armo nr . Turner, Plated cupola vessel, invented by m eter shipwright, at WOolwich Dockyard, and one of these vessels is or: dered to be constructed.. The iron eliPsaa will be: long, 50 ft: 2 0 fixed instead of moveable, oft. broad, and 10 ft deep. Guns will be placed round the vessel from fore to aft, and will be able to sweep the water at such a depression :1 at no gun vessel can approach. She will be fitted with a ram, 3 ft. under the surface of the wa ( r, B ft. long, and her rudder, tiller, and propeller will be under the water. The ship will carry 2 ; guns, and her dimensions will be as follows :-330 ft. long, 64 ft. broad, 25 ft. draught, and 8,700 tons displacement. The Shall - non, 34, screw, Capt. Oliver J. Jones, steamed into Portsmouth Harbour from Spithead yesterday to receive her Admiralty pattern screw, and fill up provisions and stores for foreign service. The Ironsides convict ship, Capt. Vaux, arrived at Spithead from London yesterday, to embark con victs for Gibralter. The Isabella sailing transport sailed from Spit head yesterday with detachments of troops for Ceylon. The following appointments have been made in the Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Lieuts—Edward Jones, John Henry Taylor, George Tickell ; to be Hon. Lieut.—Robert Deas ; to be Sub.-Lieut.-- Frederick De Carteret. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : —Thomas Lewis, in the Banger, promoted to acting chief-engineer; Fredk. T. Fitz maurice, assist.-paymaster, to the Cumberland ; Henry E. Kitchen, assist. -paymaster, to the Sup ply ; and E. A. M. Chaffers, assist.-paymaster, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary. 7HE ARM. A portion of the sth Lancers will occupy North ampton as well as Norwich and Ipswich Barracks. Three troops will be stationed at Norwich, three at Ipswich, and the remainder at Northampton. Some dismounted men and a few of the men's wives and children have already arrived at Norwich, but the bulk of the regiment will not come on to the three towns named for some little time, they having stopped at Aldershot for the present. The regi ment will succeed the sth Dragoon Guards at Nor wich, Ipswich, and Northampton, it being now the rule to divide a cavalry regiment among those towns. INTERES7ING MARRIAGE IN BBIGHTON, (From the Brighton Gazette.) This morning a marriage is to be performed at the parish church, Brighton, to unit e a l a dy an d gentleman of colour, whose previous history gives to the ceremony a peculiar interest, chiefly to those who have been so long and so deeply interested in the African race, and who have watched the pro gress of civilisation caused by the influence of Chris tianity on the negro; and the ceremony will also tell our brethren on the other side of the Atlantic that British ladies and gentlemen consider it a pleasure and a privilege to do honour to those of the African race who have proved themselves capable of appreciating the advantage of a liberal education. The lady, supposed to be an African chieftain's daughter, was presented, when about the age of five years, to the late Captain Fredk. Forbes, R.N., who officially visited the King of Dahomey with a view to aid the suppression of the slave trade in the in terior of Africa, and in his book giving an account of the mission he thus describes the little girl :—" I have only to add a few particulars about my extra ordinary present, ' the African child.' In a former portion of these journals I have mentioned the Okea don war; one of the captives of this dreadful slave hunt was this interesting girl. It is usual to reserve the best born for the high behests of royalty, and the immolation on the tombs of the deceased nobi lity. For one of these ends she had been detained at court for two years, proving, by her not having been sold to the slavedealers, that she was of a good family. So extraordinary a present would have been at least aburden, had I not the conviction that, in consideration of the nature of the service I had performed, the Government would consider her as the property of the Crown. To refuse would have been to sign her death-warrant, which, probably, would have been carried into execution forthwith. Immediately on arriving I applied through the Secretary of the Admiralty, and received for answer that her Majesty was graciously pleased to arrange for the education and subsequent fate of the child. Of her own history she has only a confused idea. Her parents were decapitated; her brothers and sisters, she knows not what their fate might have been. Fur her age, supposed to be eight years, she is a perfect genius ; she now speaks English well, and has a great talent for music. She has won the affections, with but few exceptions, of all who have known her, by her docile and amiable conduct, which nothing can exceed. She is far in advance of any white child of her age in aptness of learning, and strength of mind and affection ; and with her, being an excellent specimen of the negro race, might be tested the capability of the intellect of the black ; it being generally and erroneously supposed that after a certain age the intellect becomes im paired, and the pursuit of knowledge impossible— that though the negro child may be clever, the adult will be dull and stupid. Her head is considered so excellent a phrenological specimen, and illustrating such high intellect, that M. Pistrucci, the medallist to the Mint, has undertaken to take a bust of her, intending to present a cast to the author. Her mind has received a moral and religious impression, and she was baptised, according to the rites of the pro testant church, Sarah Forbes Bonetta." Her Most Gracious Majesty has provided the means for com pleting the education of Miss Sarah Forbes Bonetta, whose knowledge and accomplishments make her an ornament for any society, and prove most satisfac torily that the African mind is capable of the high est intellectual attainments. Her Majesty has taken a great interest in her marriage, and given it her full sanction. At the same time she has, besides presents from the royal family, herself provided the whole of the outfit, &c. Mr. James Davis, the bridegroom, was originally a slave, taken by one of our cruisers, and educated in the schools of the Church Missionary Society at Sierra Leone, and showing himself to possess great talents, and capa ble of profiting by education, was with the sanction of the Admiralty placed in an official capacity upon one of her Majesty's ships, under the care of Capt. Coote, R.N., and proved himself so useful and will ing as to gain the good wishes and opinions of both officers and men. He afterwards commenced trading on his own account, and is now a pros perous and influential merchant, at Lagos, employ ing upwards of 100 of his fellow countrymen, and trying to improve their moral and intellectual status. The ceremony is to be performed by the Bishop of Sierra Leone and the Rev. H. Venn • and Mrs. Thompson has most kindly lent the garden at West hill Lodge for the wedding breakfast. We under stand there will be a large wedding party, including about 20 Africans. The bride will be attended by 16 bridesmaids, of whom four will be ladies of colour • and among the guests who are invited will II I : , the ' Bishop of Sierra Leone, the Rev. the Vicar, - 1 1 :;, 1- tevs. Venn Elliott, Bubington, Faithful, Vidall, F ot 7,,', , Sehon, &e., and Captain Forbes, Captain G. has b e 'aptain Coote, Miss Forbes Bonetta at Benton, home years residing with Miss Welsh, Queen o tba . t lady having been selected by the ityatend the completion of her educe ......22"aduction to society. tion and her SERIOUS PoAC-4 1 , --- ;?" -------- -___ —On Wednesday ru nnat AFFRAY NEAR NOTTINGHAM. li g ht, a seriou s encouliteA vi rtout 10 o'clock, in. broad day preserves of Lord Middleto n at Zachers took plrce on the At the time stated one of hh,"- io calaton, near Nottingham. watching, and came in contact wh ir: t lP's keepers was out mwisitthanglicenosi beating for game. Th e k utea poachers aomed and then 43a " obtained another man atteta x , t , 4 to the as sistance resistance, hosceve r w . capture the gang. Ades pera keeper's an bit , k the ass' t ,,, "red, and ono of the poachers struck attacked,d w n.gthese k vee e r p e e iy r 7b e e r a e te t n h entiziett,,thry en gaged in. has blow on the head with the butt of his gun a:di tiu,t bl4 L i ' t tp hi lent The and, assistant a fter h a a n v d i n _ have not yet bee n ai : poachers got clear away. The men prehentled, but the police are actively them. This is the fourth poaching affray that tia recently occurred in Notts. 1 ' Pil ls . -Functional Dis- LADVERTIS'EMENT.] - iii)l.oWay S • r , an of ord e rs.—Who would he well IllUSt. see that every 0 n th e hotly does its duty fully a nd fairly, which everyone may certainly insure by occasionally resorting to these pills, by taking a course of them according to the printe d direc tions folded round each box. Stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels are all reached by thei r purifying and corrective powers, and any departure from their natural action is strenuously resisted, and orde r and regularity enforced. Health may always be procured by attentive obedience to Holloway's directions, and by usin g his medicine as ad vised by them. All obstructions will by this means be purified; i removed, the blood will be and its free and fault -1 less circulation established. TliE l SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVE NING, AUGUST 15, 1862. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, HOME CIRCUIT.—GUILDFORD, Aug. 14. :Before Mr. Baron Bramwell and a Common Jury.) HAND V. SMITH. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Pearce were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Garth and Mr. Inderwick for the defendant. The plaintiff in this action was an attorney in Coleman-street, and he brought it against the de fendant in order to recover damages for a breach of agreement that he had made relative to the hire of some apartments in Regent-street. The declaration alleged that the defendant had agreed to let the plaintiff the apartments in ques tion in his house in Regent-street, for a period of three years, and to provide him with proper attend ance, and also the use of a bath-room, and that he had neglected to do so. From the evidence of the plaintiff, it appeared that in the beginning of 1860 he made an arrange ment to occupy certain apartments in a house of which the defendant was the lessee, in Regent street, and in which hous e h e himself also lived , and he furnished th e a p ar t men ts and provided a bath-room. Before th e a rr angement was completed he represented that he told the defenda n t that a lady was in the habit of visiting him, and he wished to know whether this would make any difference ; and the defendant, according to his statement, re plied that he was himself a bac helor, an d plaintiff was a widower, and therefore he sh ould not offer comfortablya n y objection. f 0 r, some Everything time, the lady visit e d p l a i nt iff without any objection being made, and the parties were on friendly terms ; but it seemed that in 1861 the defendant married, and left the house in Regent street, and a young lady named Kent took posses subijuercntisthoed all as sortsa sitting of posses sion of that p ortion of t he house he had before lived in. From th is t ime, according to plaintiff's evidence, he was room,annoyance,an hisd he e was bath room was unable to use it, and it appeared that upon one oc casion when he attempted to force his way into this bath-room, two policemen were sent for by Miss Kent, and he was given in charge. It was also al leged that upon one occasion a lump of fat was found stuck upon a wineglass that was sent up for his use, and that when friends came to visit him no one answered the door, and the present action was brought to recover damages for these alleged breaches of the agreement that had been entered into by the defendant. The Plaintiff, upon being cross-examined by Mr. Garth, said he was quite sure he told the defendant that ladies were in the habit of visiting him, and that he made no objection. A lady used to come occasionally and stay with him all night, and Miss Kent objected to bring the lady's breakfast in the morning, and said she was only bound to provide him with it, and objected to his being visited by the lady he referred to. Some evidence was then given relating to the plaintiff being deprived of the use of his bath-room, and also to show that some gentlemen who had called to see him had rung the bell two or three times, and it was not answered, and they were obliged to go away. Mr. Garth, in addressing the jury for the defen dant, said he was surprised that a jury should have been troubled to decide a case like this, which he could not help describing as one of the most trum pery character, and which ought never to have been brought into a court of justice. He said he should prove that the defendant never sanctioned the pro ceeding referred to by the defendant, and when he had let a portion of the house to Miss Kent, who was a most respectable young lady, she would not, of course, submit to such conduct, and she was per fectly justified in refusing to wait upon the person in question, and he contended that this was no breach of the defendant's agreement. The defendant was then called as a witness, and he denied that tne conversation mentioned by the plaintiff, relating to the visits of the lady in ques tion, at all events in the sense represented by him, ever took place; and Miss Kent also stated that upon the plaintiff saying that he was occasionally visited by a lady, she distinctly asked him the ques tion, whether the lady was such a one as he should introduce to his own children ? And he replied " Certainly." Other evidence was also given to show that the plaintiff was always attended to pro perly, and that the only objection that was made was to wait upon the lady,whose presence was com plained of. Baron Bramwell, in summing up,said it appeared to him that such a case as this might have been very well arranged without being brought into a court of justice, but as it was before them they must deal with it, and the jury must decide the amount of damage the plaintiff had sustained. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages £5. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury.) THOMPSON AND ANOTHER V. BUCHANAN AN ANOTHER. This was an action to recover £6O for demurrage upon a vessel called the Nueva Engracia. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. Garth were for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Horace Lloyd were for the defendants. The plaintiffs in this action are ship-brokers, carrying on business in Leadenhall-street, and the defendants are engineers in Bucklersbury, and they have extensive works at Aberdeen. It ap peared that in the spring of the year they were shipping a quantity of machinery to Manilla, and a Spanish vessel, called the Nueva Engracia, was en gaged for that purpose, and a portion of the ma chinery was placed on board ; but it seemed there was some delay in the final completion of the work, and it was intimated the vessel could not be de- • tained beyond the 4th of May, and as the defend ants were very anxious that the machinery should be sent out in the present season, negotiations took place between the plaintiffs, who were the agents for th 6 vessel, and the defendants, and ultimately an agreement was drawn up fixing certain rates to be paid for demurrage if the vessel were detained after the 28th of April. Eventually, it appeared that the vessel sailed without the machinery, and the defendants then resisted the payment of the claim for demurrage, upon the ground that the agreement had not been acted up to, and that the vessel had sailed three days before the period had expired; and they also commenced legal proceedings against the plaintiffs for the loss they had sustained by reason of the machinery not being shipped. The agreement that was the basis of the undertaking between the parties was merely written on a piece of paper in pencil, and the defence that was set up to the pre sent action was that this paper had been altered ; and there was a good deal of severe cross-exami nation of both the defendants upon this point, the plaintiffs, of course, speaking most positively to the fact that the paper was in the precise condition in which they received it. Mr. Bovill, when the defendant's case was n early completed, held a consultation with Mr. Hawkins and the parties in the action, and he shortly after wards addressed his lordship, and said he believed that both parties were now satisfied that there had been some mistake, and that some other paper had been copied instead of the original agreement, and this had led to the misunderstanding. It had, there fore, been arranged that all imputations should be withdrawn on both sides—that all further litigation in reference to the transaction should cease, and the defendants would consent to a verdict for the amount claimed. Mr. Baron Martin said it was a very satisfactory termination of the case; and the jury then re turned a verdict for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-Aug. 8. BOW-STREET.—ALLEGED ROBBERY IN A CAB. —Aaron Hughes, a man of very respectable appear ance, was charged before Mr. Hall with stealing a gold watch, chain, and appendages, valued at £24, the property of Mr. Geo. Henry Garret, proprietor of the Bull and Gate tavern, Kentish Town. Mr. G. Lewis appeared for the defendant. The prosecutor stated that after spending the evening at the Woolwich-gardens, he proceeded in a cab from the Shoreditch Station to Holborn, where he stopped to have a glass of brandy and soda -water, at about two o'clock in the morning, leaving his cab at the door. The prisoner entered the tavern shortly afterwards, and they got into conversation and drank together for about an hour. The prisoner said he lived in Clarendon-square, and would avail himself of witness's cab to ride as far as the Euston-road with him. They got into the cab together and during the journey witness missed his gold watch, which he remembered to have seen just before getting into the cab. He at once accused the prisoner of taking it. He replied, " Yes; it is all right. I have got it." Witness expostulated with him for having taken it, and he replied, .‘ The girl had it, and if I had not taken it from her hand you would have lost it." Witness told him that nobody could have taken it but himself, and de manded its immediate return. He then gave it up, but a p or ti on o f t h e c h a i n ( w hi c h h a d b een b ro k en a ut the sp r i ng ) an d t h e appen d ages, cons i s ti ng o f Th l4 lo 7fds, keys, a guinea, &c.—a portion of m i te Th e valaud very highly—were still missing. abo t T a lt e er declared that he knew nothing at all and finding t: - _at he persisted in the and afterwilv fitness gave the prisoner into custody, other part o ff ' saw saw a police-constable take the the pocket of tZ:hain and the appendages from In cross .exarnizsoner at the police-station. He had drunk. :enelvitness denied that he was quan tity of brandy a n a' so %nking a considerable affected him in the lea st . but it had not sation with a female Whoa h e ai at been in con' his watch and chain quite ~,n o t know, but he ~ 4 %, lifter that. He! might have fallen asleep in the cab during the ride with the prisoner to the Euston-road. Police-constable Burgess, 83 E, corroborated the evidence. The prisoner expressed his willingness to be searched. Both the prosecutor and prisoner had been drinking, but neither of them could be said to be drunk. Mr. Lewis, for the defence, said his client was a gentleman, having a house in and holdi ng an appointment of cons iderable imrortance in the Post-office service, He had to acco m p a ny the trains carrying the mail nirleton respectable-s : r, bags and assist in sorting the letters ; and this would u a account for his being out so l a t e , When the prose cutor complained of losing his watch the prisoner found it on the seat, and he declares that he did not , know the chain and appendages were in his pocket. IThey must have dropped in as they sat side by side in the cab. - Prisoner—He was fast asleep when the cab got to Euston -road. Mr. Hall—That fact will hardly help you. It rather shows the opportunity which was afforded you of taking the property. Prisoner—But I might have got out of the cab without his knowing it. lam as innocent as an unborn child. I have been eight years in the Post-office service. Mr. Hall said the case was a very clear one. Although both parties had been drinking, the con stable said they both knew what they were about. The case must certainly go for trial. Mr. Lewis hoped bail would be accepted, Mr. Hall—No, Mr. Lewis. You know what has been said about bail lately. You can apply to the judge. Mr. Lewis—Can he have the money found upon him ? In answer to the magistrate the prosecutor said he lost a sovereign and three half sovereigns, and it appeared that a sovereign and two half sovereigns were found on the prisoner : but the prosecutor did not wish to press this against him, consequently the money was given to the prisoner. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—REFRESHMEN T HOUSES.—Abraham Belasco, the keeper of a re freshment-house, 6, Panton-street, was put to the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, having been apprehended on a warrant, charged with unlawfully permitting prostitutes to assemble in his house. Mr. Edward Lewis was for the defendant. Inspector "Walker, C division, said about 12 o'clock at night, about a fortnight back, he visited the defendant's house, and found 16 prostitutes and 10 men there. Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired how the inspector knew the women were prostitutes? The Inspector said he had seen them all welkin& the streets and frequenting brothels. He called the attention of the defendant to the women, and he said they were waiting for their suppers. Ho visited the house several times afterwards, up to 3 o'clock, and found women and men there. Some of the women were there when he made his first visit. He pointed out this circumstance to the defendant, who said he did not think the women were those he had seen when he first came, but they should leave di rectly. There was no drunkenness or disorder in the house at any period of the visits. There was a poison stationed outside, who gave notice of the approach of the police by ringing a bell. This of course gave time to clear away evidence of disorder or drunkenness, if any existed. All the women were well dressed. Mr. Edward Lewis said there was a second case against the defendant; if it was taken one address on his part would suffice. Inspector Draper, C division, proved that he visited the house on a subsequent occasion, and found a number of prostitutes there. He spoke to the defendant, who said those who had not ordered refreshments should go. He went again the same night, and found nine prostitutes and nine men, but he could not say if any of the women were in the house on his first visit. The women were having either coffee or lemonade. He spoke to the defen dant, who said all the women had ordered some thing. He paid a third visit, and found eight pro stitutes in the room, but could not say if they were there before. Spoke to the defendant again about having prostitutes in his house, and he replied "We are just going to close." The house was not closed until past four o'clock. Every time he visited the house he hoard a bell ring, in order to give notice of his approach. The men, as well as the women, were taking refreshments. Police-constable 307 A, to a question by Mr. Lewis, said he had seen nearly 100 prostitutes come out of the Argyll Rooms within an hour, some ac companied by gentlemen. Mr. E. Lewis would start by saying that when the act was framed it was never contemplated that convictions should take place in cases similar to those now before the Court. It was true that the Court of Queen's Bench had affirmed decisions of the magistrate at this court, but the cases on which the appeals had been founded were different, for in the appeal case of Hannant and Belasco it was proved there were more than 100 prostitutes as sembled in the house and none taking refreshment, while in this case net more than 22 were present, and all were taking refreshment. In the second ap peal case, Hannant and Barton, there were about 90 prostitutes collected, some of whom were there for a considerable time. Mr. Tyrwhitt—There is another case, which states that's. magistrate might or might not con vict, according to his discretion. Had that case been upset ? Mr. Lewis—lt had not. The case referred to was the Liverpool case, in which the magistrate, Mr. Mansfield, had refused to convict, in which refusal he was supported by Mr. Justice Erle and Lord Campbell, who held that a keeper of a refreshment house ought not to he convicted merely because he served prostitutes with refreshment. If it was not shown that the women were there for purposes of prostitution, it was in the discretion of the magi strate to convict or not, as he might think fit. The whole question had been repeatedly argued at that court, and magistrates—among them the present sitting magistrate—had refused to convict. Mr. Tyrwhitt said, in the case sent by Mr. Knox to the Queen's Bench, the question put to the judges was th is—Was it right to convict on the evidence before him? The judges answered in the affirmative. In the other case where the magistrate had refused to convict, the question put was this—Was the ma gistrate bound to convict ? Tne judges held that he was not, it was a matter for the magistrate's discre tion. But ell cases must rest on their own merits. He should look over the evidence with great care, and see how far the cases recently before the Queen's Bench bore on the cases before him. As far as dancing houses were concerned, there could be very little doubt that women resorted to them to practice their avocation, but, in the case of refreshment houses, women might certainly go there for mere purposes 'of refreshment. There was a distinction here which might fairly be pleaded, though cer tainly both places could be equally used for immo ral purposes, and be did not see that the question of numbers made much difference. He would give the whole matter careful consideration, and make up his mind how far the two cases of appeal were to operate on his final decision. The defendant then entered into sureties to ap pear next week. WESTMINSTER.—RIOT AND OUTRAGES BY THE POLICE.—Police-constables J. Brundle, 195 B, and Georg e Sin nett,26o B, were charged with being drunk, and committing a series of outrages. William Turner, of 5, Ebury Farm-row, Pimlico, o f ! p e a ! whahl teaedigwht on Wednesdayasenvelopedina nbiagnhdtagle,wsaasidg—oiAn going into Prince's-row, Pimlico, where I saw a mob and the two defendants. Brundle came up to me and showed fight, when I told him to go home like a good mln. Mr. Arnold—What do you mean by showing fight ? Compluinant—lie came up to me with his fists doubled. Mr, Arnold—Were the defendants in uniform ? Complainant—They were, but not on duty, as they had nothi ng Mr. Arnold--Was there any distu rbance ? Complain ant — N one . b ut w hat they caused them selves before thi s. Mr. Arnold —What next occurred ? round their wrists. Complain ant —B run dl e d re w his truncheon and hit me a viol ent bl ow on t h e head, which rendered me senseless. I was taken to the hospital and had my wound dressed. Mr. Arnold-- Were y ou doing anything at the time he struck you? Complainant—Nothin Mr. Ar g. "d—llid he say anything to you before he struck you ? Complainant—Not a word ; he was hitting right and left at all about him. Mr. Arnold —H e said nothing to you ? C 9 mPlainant—Nothing that I could understand as spoken to me. He was using bad language. In cress.e , zarninatim by Mr. Smyth witness said he..d id not Know whether Brundle had been knocked down by anybody. Did not see anything thrown at defendants. Heard one of the defendants say to the other, ~ Let's have a row." By Mr. Arnold—B run dl e was v ery drunk. I never had a ny dispute with the police. I w as never in a polic e court before to-day. I saw an' other policeman th ere . I thi n k he was the police man on duty. is ...4.0 was trying to get the two de fendants away. I was quite sober. Mary Ann Boxall, of 9, Clifford's-row, Pimlico, after detailing a conversation she had with Mrs. Ball, her landlady, said—We were standing in Clifford's-row, when the defendants c a me close to uP, and Brundle took hold of my landlady and hugged her in a very indecent manner. She re sisted, and would not allow him to cuddle her. She lifted her hand and smacked him. He then let go of her, and kicked her two or three times, calling her bad names. The people . eried " Shame," and I said " You're a vagabond, to treat a woman like that." He took hold of me, and chucked me on the other side of the road, I fell on the ground; he made a kick at me, but I happened to roll over at the moment and did not get much hurt by it. I tried to get up, but he pushed me down again ; a crowd collected and I got away. He then went to last w itness and struck him with his truncheon. old—D id the defendant Sinnett do any - Mr. Atl i thing ? Complainant—He laid hold of Mrs. Ball. De fendants quite staggered, they were so tips'. Brundle was like a madman. Mr. Arnold' —as there a great disturbance ? Complainant —There was a great riot; Brundle was striking at every one, In cross-examination complainant said—l saw no one illusing the police. The people were run ning away from them. Brundle was knocking every one down, men, women, and children. He was acting like a man out of his senses. By Mr. Arnold—l do not know either of the de fendants. I never had a dispute of any kind with them. I would not come here, especially in my present state, to tell a falsehood against any man. I am in the family way and near my confinement. Francis Brandon, 40, Queen-street, Chelsea, la bourer—l was standing at my street door last night, talking to some friends, when Sinnett came up and struck me a violent blow with his fist in the face, Mr. Arnold—Was he in uniform at the time ? Complainant—lle was. Mr. Arnold—Did he say anything to you before he struck you ? Complainant—Not a word. Mr. Arnold—Was there a crowd? Complainant—Yes, 400 or 500 people. Mr. Arnold—He struck you in the face you say ? Complainant—Yes, a violent blow right across the nose. Mr. Arnold—Had you seen him before ? Complainant—Yes, five or ten minutes before. Air. Arnold—What was he doing then? Complainant—Running about like a madman. 111 r. Arnold—Had you said anything to him pre vious to his striking you ? Complainant—Nothing whatever. Nothing in defendants' favour was elicited in cross-examination. Witness said people were flying in all directions to get out of the constables' way, and the mob were crying out " Shame." The im proper conduct spoken of was going on for a quar ter of an hour. There were several other witnesses to be exa mined, and as the time had arrived for the rising of the Court, Mr. Arnold said it would be necessary to adjourn the further investigation of the case. He then in quired the condition of the defendants when brought to the station. Inspector Howard said they were both drunk. In answer to further inquiry, Brundle had been in the force fifteen months and Sinnett three months. Mr. Arnold remanded them till Tuesday, and said he would take sureties iu £2O each for their appearance. They were locked up. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA OVERLAND TBANSI7 COMPANY. Mr. James Henson, the secretary to the British 1 Columbia Overland Transit Company, of 6, Cop thall-court, Throgmorton-street, was summoned be fore Alderman Finnis, at the Guildhall, yesterday, to answer a charge of obtaining a sum of £42, by means of false representations, with intent to de fraud Mr. Henry Isaac Collingwood. Mr. Philbrick, instructed by Messrs. Prichard and Collette, the solicitors to the company, con ducted the defence. Mr. Harris said—l appear to-day on behalf o Mr. Collingwood only, but there are in reality 33 persons in all preferring similar complaints, and in order to arrive at the precise nature of the charge it will be necessary to give a brief history of the matter, commencing in the early part of April last. In that month advertisements made their appearance in the public papers, holding forth that the British Columbia Overland Transit Com pany was an established fact; that a board of di rectors, bankers, brokers, and officers had been appointed ; and that the arrangements for carrying out the company's object, which was that of con veying passengers by a short route to British Co lumbia, via Canada, in six weeks, for £42 were nearly completed, and that no application for a pas sage would be received after the 17th May. Ships were advertised for to meet the requirements of the company, and considerable discussion arose among newspaper correspondents with regard to the practicability of the undertaking ; but it was ultimately stated that the secretary's explanation had shown that the journey could be accomplished, the result of which was that my client, Mr. Col lingwood, and 32 other gentlemen took passage for Canada, thence to be forwarded to their destination in British Columbia. The impracticability of the scheme has been mooted in Parliament, and what seems most extraordinary is that the company have been noticed in tae money article of the Times, of May 23, to the following effect : " Various communications have been received ex pressing doubts whether a project which has been published by a British Columbia Overland Transit Company, for the conveyance of passengers to the gold fields of British Columbia across Canada to the Rocky Mountains in five weeks, may not result in severe disappointment and suffering to the parties who may be tempted to engage in it, and a complaint has been made in the Scotsman that the scheme has been widely advertised in the North in a manner that may entice many emigrants, without the names of any responsible persons being given, either as pro jectors or directors. This is a case,' it is observed, in which there is a special need to know under whose encouragement and responsibility the affair is undertaken and recommended.' On that point, however, there has in London, at all events, been no reserve, the company, when it was introduced on the 4th of April last, with a proposed capital of half a million, and power to increase it to a million, having presented the following list :—Board of Directors.—The Hon. F. H. Fit zhardinge Berkeley, I ALP., Victoria-squ ire, Director City Insurance t Company ; Frederick Mangles, Esq., Gresham house, Oid Broad-street ; Edward Loder, Esq., 23, Laurence Pountney-lane, and 19, St. George's street, Westminster, Director Colonisation Assur ance Corporation; Thomas Southgate, Esq. (South gate and Mitchell). Yates -street, Victoria, Vancou ver's Island ; H. Edgecumbe Nicholls, Esq., Sum merseat, Bootle, Liverpool; Henry Penton Jadis, Esq., Board of Trade ; Robert Green, Esq. (R. Green and Co.), 24, Mortimer -street, Cavendish square, and Milton Lodge, Notting-hill ;S. Gam , bots, Esq., Yates -street, Victoria, Vancouver's Island ; D. Brodie Campbell, Esq., Bury-street, St. James's ; Samuel Starkey, Esti., New Broad-street, E.C., and Denmark-hill ; Alex. Thurburn, Esq., Penge, Surrey, Director of South Wales Railway . Company; Edward Langley, Esq.. (Langley Bro thers), Yates-street, Victoria, Vancouver's Island ; Fredk. Carden Walker, Esq., 33, St. James's-square, Pall-mall; N. J. Fenner, Esq. (firm of N. J. Fen ner, Millwall), Crooms-hill, Blackheath ; Charles Barnard, Esq., Margaretting, Essex, Secretary, James Henson, Esq. The whole of those correspond with the list in the prospectus, and if such a paper as the 7iines could be so imposed upon, could it be wondered at that Mr. Collingwood and his fellow-passengers were deceived. On the 17th of May the payment of the passage money was completed, and it is upon the receipt then given by the defendant that I rely to establish a charge of false pretences. On the 29th of May I the passengers proceeded to Glasgow, and thence by steamer to Quebec, and all went well until they reac'ted St. Paul's, where they were to have met an emigrant escort train, for the purposes of commenc ing the overland transit portion of the journey. They found, however, that no provision was made by the company of any kind whatever either to for ward them to British Columbia, to send them home again, or even to supply their necessities while de tained at St. Paul's. The consequence was that several who had the means returned, and others who had not were left encamped under canvas out in the wilds some miles from St. Paul's in a most deplorable condition. The company's agent in Canada had no funds, and the firm who could have I forwarded the party to George Town and Red River declined to accept the u thietny's drafts. Under ( these circumsta nces Mr. n ,lollingwood was deputed and furnished with powers of attorney from his fellow Passengers to return and seek redress for the non-performance of the contract by the company ; but on arriving iu this country he found the offices shut up, and the company gone, no one knew where. He then applied to the solicitors, and ascertained hat their n ames and those of man y of the directors had been esed without, their authority. It was, however, d uo • , lug his name had been used, he at once repudiated, in the most public manner, all connexion with the com pany. On the other hand, a member of Parlia ment, when the su bject was discussed in the House of C ommons, omitted to disavow the position as signed hi m in the company's advertisements and prospectuses. The c ompany was originally held forth as one of limited liability, but it afterwards dropped the word " and has never even been registered. The word " company" has also been omitted in the name 0,4 the receipt ; but that I. shall show is only part of the trick by -which these gentlemen have been defrauded, for although they * . have proceeded as far as St. Paul's, not more than o ne-third of the p a s s age money has been expended. Mr. Henry Isaac Coiling wood said—ln the month of April last I called at 6, Copthall-court, for a prospectus, but the true, I then obtained had the name of Mr. Mangles as a director. The secretary gave it to me and asked me for my name and ad dress, which I gave him. I wanted passage from St. Paul's, because I wished to go a to Canada my own way, but he said they could only take me direct from England. I called again on the last Saturday in April and paid a deposit of £2O by a cheque of a friend on the London and Westminster Bank, and on May 17 I paid the balance of £22, and the defendant gave me this receipt :-- " British Columbia Overland Transit. " Receipt for Passage. " Offices, 6, Copthall-court, Throgmorton street, E.C., May 17, 1862. " Received of H. I. Collingwood the sum of £42 for a second -class passage* from England to Canada, to sail in May, and from thence to British Columbia by the Emigrnt Escort Train. " £42." (Signed) "J. HEN SON, SEC. Witness—l objected to the words " second class," because I believed I had paid for a first class pas sage. I received two circulars from the company in April, one dated the 11th, stating that the dis tinction of classes would be abolished, and £5 extra charged for saloon berths ; that the company only provided provisions to Montreal ; that game and fish abounded on the journey ; and that waggons would accompany the train with provisions, which the passengers would be allowed to purchase at cost price. The other circular, dated April 28, announced that the company had received letters from their agents at Fort Garry, Red River Settle ment, stating that steam communication had been opened for 200 miles above St. Paul's, and that a steamer was then ready to run on the Red River a distance of 180 miles, which would reduce the land transit by 380 miles, and save five days in the journey to British Columbia. I left London on the 29th of May for Glasgow, with about 30 other pas sengers, and sailed on the 31st in the screw steamer the United Kingdom. We arrived at Quebec on the 17th or 18th of June, and travelled by railway and boat to St. Paul's, in Minnesota, in the United States, which we reached about the 27th of June, and found that no provision whatever had been made to forward us on our journey to British Columbia, either in the way of waggons, provisions, or the promised emigrant escort train. The com pany's agent from Toronto was there, and he said he had no money to provide conveyance for us. There were not even lodgings provided for us, and after a week's stay I came away with powers of attorney to act on behalf of my fellow passengers. I arrived in England on the 20th of July, and on proceeding to the company's offices I found the name which was on the side of the door had been painted out, and the company's offices removed. I could not at that time trace where the company had gone. I left my fellow passengers camped out under canvas, where they were thrown on their own re sources entirely for everything they expected to have been provided by the company. Cross-examined —The company performed their contract as far as St. Paul's without any cause of complaint. We were to have gone on from St. Paul's by means of four-horse spring waggons, ac companied by a numerous escort. There was a firm in St. Paul's of the name of Burbank and Co., who have stages running to George Town, on the Red River, but they refused to accept the agent's drafts on the company in payment of our passage by their conveyances. Captain Shrapnel], the bar rackmaster of Quebec, was then communicated with by telegraph, and he directed the agents to draw on him at 60 days sight, but Burbank and Co. re fused to accept such drafts. There is, I believe, one steamer on the Red River plying between George Town and Fort Garry, once a-week. It belongs to Burbank and Co. I paid my money on the faith of the prospectus, that it was a limited liability company, and that all the arrangements, as adver tised, either had been or would be made. I have no doubt I read the words, "limited—to be incor porated," in the prospectus. I have not made any application to the gentlemen named in the pro spectus for the return of my money since I have come back. I have left the matter entirely in the hands of my solicitor. Re-examined—Messrs. Prichard and Collette are the solicitors to this company, and Mr. Collette is here to-day. Mr. Collette—l do not represent the company in any way in this matter. Witness—The agent, Mr. Hime, told me that the company promised to give him a cash credit on the Bank of British North America, but that they had failed to do so. Mr. Philbrick here read a long correspondence that had ensued between the solicitors on the sub ject of compensation, in some of which Mr. Harris stipulated that his clients should be placed in the same position as they were before taking their pas sage by the company's transit, and that they should also receive payment for the loss of time, &c., nearly all of which was acceded to in some of the letters from Messrs. Collette and Prichard, and from their general tenor the magistrate was favourably im pressed with regard to the bona fides of the com pany, but the concluding letter negatived all the good intentions of making compensation, as will be seen by the following, which is' a copy : "British Columbia, &c., Company, " 57, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Aug. 8, 1862. " Dear Sir,—Some of the gentlemen whose names appeared in the prospectus of this company have attended the meeting to-day, an - I others have written. They repudiate the authority of the promoter and manager of the company, under whose instructions we have written to you, and whom we have consi dered duly authorised to communicate to us on be half of the company. Those who were present also disclaim our letter to you of the 31st ult. They each intend to employ their own solicitors in the matter. We are therefore under the necessity of requesting you to consider our letters as with drawn, and while we truly sympathise with the position of your clients, we regret that it is out of our power to render them any further assistance in the matter. When our names were used in the prospectus we were assured that every gentleman whose name appears in it had given his written consent to act as director, which appears to be now denied. We are not aware that any trading had taken place until the present claim had been made. "We are, Sir, yours truly, " PRICHARD AND COLLETE. " H. Harris, Esq." Mr. Thomas Beddall, of Finchinfield, Essex, was then called to prove the payment of the passage money for two of his brothers, and said—While at the office I saw the defendant and three or four clerks, who appeared to be very busy. I saw a person who seemed to take an active part in the business. That person I believe was Colonel Sleigh. Mr. Harris proposed to call a witness to prove that the route laid down was utterly impracticable. Alderman Finnis saiu he could not go into that question, as 20 witnesses would prove it was not a practicable route, and a similar number would prove the contrary. Mr. Larratt Wm. Smith, a barrister from Canada, said—l know Mr. Hime. He brought me the ori ginal letter from the company asking him to be come their agent. I advised him to have nothing to do with it unless the money were deposited in the bank. I am solicitor to the Bank of British North America, and therefore know that no funds have been paid in there for Mr. Hime, who has never even been paid for his own services by the company. Mr. Charles Hastings Collette said—l decline to say who authorised me to write the letter of the 31st of July (according to Mr. Harrison's demands). Cross-examined—lt was not the defendant. Mr. James Elms—l was one of the passengers who went out with Mr. Collingwood. I have heard his statement to-day, and I adopt every word of it as correct. I left St. Paul's about 16 days after Mr. Collingwood, and up to that time not one of the gentlemen who went out had received a single sixpence of su bsistence money from the company, or been provided for in any way by the company. I have come back at my own expense. Ald erma n Finnis—Have the other passengers the means of returning ? Witness—No, sir; they are totally unprovided for. Alderman Finnis said this case had now lasted so many hours that it was very desirable it should be adjourned to enable him to proceed with the other business of the court. Mr. Philbrick called the magistrate's attention to the fact, that nothing was stated of there being a company at all, beyond the intention of incorpo rating one, and any promise to do a thing in the future could not—such was the principle of law — be made a false pretence. It was clear the corn pang was not a sham, for these parties had been sent as far as St. Paul's, two-thirds of the distance of the whole journey, and a failure then occurred in consequence of the disturbed state of the country during the war. There was no evidence to show that the defendant anticipated this failure at the time he received the passage -money, and if h e servant had, salaried •ervant, and c hu ld had, he was merely not be held criminally responsible for the acts of the companY: Had not the company been a genuine ins titution, e r ne to raLocfo m e e r responsible for the her was n o t lik e l y the Majesty's forces in Q Canadauart er - w m o a u s l t d e r o - ff G e their that advertisements c o nvey a n a c n e d s fulfilment of the company's contracts as had been co mpany, 0 l i d n proved. prospec and by overland The lug; " g provisi ons t o M ontrea l; 501 b. o f ai:ra lin l u lo d wed to each passenger from St. Paul's. -------------- -- es t a blished, and still p as s e ngers to suc h co mmunications had been existed, and that the y intender I the proceed by them without calculi sting upon a failure at St. Paul's. He considered the charge against his client most absurd, as he should be able to show that he never received a sixpence I ‘eyond his salary. 1 Mr. Harris said if that could be 1 lroved he would withdraw the charge at once. Alderman Finnis sugg ested that the,v should show it the money was paid into a bank, by whom it was drawn out, and that would probably relieve the defendant. Mr. Harris said he would be satisfied with that proof. After some conference and much hesita,':ion be tween Mr. Philbrick, M r. Coliette, and the defen dant, the former gentleman announced that the mo ney received by the d efendant was handed over to the manager, and that the said manager was Col. Sleigh. Alderman Finnis said it was a very serious mat ter for the gentlemen who had been defrauded, for it was quite clear a fraud had been committed, and it was the magistrate's duty to ascertain by whom, and to deal with the offender accordingly. At this stag ant caseitted to was adjourne n his bail d fors o wn re and the defend .adm i cognisances in £lOO. THE M URDER f. I.ND ATTEMPTED WICIDEIN TEJE CITY-ROAD. Yesterday morning Mr. I. Humphreys, the coro ner for the eastern district of Middlesex, resumed the inquiry at the Queen's liea d Tavern, Pitfield street, Hoxton, into the cause of the death of Chas. Coole, aged 15 months, the infant son o f Mr. Mark Coole, of 18 , Brunswick-place, City-road, cabinet maker, who was murdered by his 'mother, Adelaide Coole, cutting its throat with a car ving knife, and afterwards attempting to destroy h"lr own life, on the afternoon of Thursday week. The unfortunate lady, M rs. Coole, Although in custody of the police, owing to the severe injuries she inflicted on herself, and the danger that would be attendant on her removal, had been permitted to remain confined to her bed in her own house, under . the care of her medical attendant, Mr. Sohn F. Rogers, and up to the present time she is in such a state as to prevent her removal. Mr. Inspector Webster , of t he N &vision, a tt e nded to watch the proceedings on behalf o f the Crown. Mr. Thos. W. Rogers, jun., solicitor ! of 70, Fen church-street, attended on the part cf Mrs. Coole. On the reassembling of the jury, Mr. John Frederick Rogers was re called, an d, in answer to questions put by the Corover, said he had been in constant attendance on Mrs. Coo le since the unfortunate occur rence. He ha d visited her that morning, and found her in such a state that it would be highly dangerous to remove her. She was wholly unfit and unable to att end, a nd be was of opinion it would be at least a week before she would be able to do so. The Coroner said that being the case, it would be better to at once adjourn the case for another we eh• as was desirable the accused should have an or portuni!y of being present and hearing the evidence against her. The jury acquiesced in the suggestion. The Coroner asked the officer if he had any far' ther material evidence, and was informed there was not any. The Coroner then, addressing Mr. Inspector 'Web ster, said, if Mrs. Cole was in a fit state to be re moved, he must bring her before the jury at 1 0 o'clock on Thursday morning. Inspector Webster said as soon as she was in a fit state to be removed he should 'take her before the magistrate at the police-court, but he did not knout what he should do about bringing her to that court. The Coroner—Let us understand each other, se that there is no mistake, and thereby prevent a great deal of trouble and inconvenience, and avoid the nec essity of any application to the. Secretary ef State. You will bring the prisoner here, if she is a fit state to be removed, at 10 o'clock on Thursday next, and I will undertake that you shall be allowed to remove her in time for examination at the police court. Inspector Webster said he would comply with the wish of the coroner as far as he was concerned. The inquiry was accordingly adjourned to T hure ' , day next at 10 o'clock. COUNTRY MABKLI,S'. ------- BIRMINGHAM—AIIa. 14. There was a short supply of English wheat to-dot which realised nearly last week's rates. Foreign rather lower. Beans, peas, and oats firm. Barley tending down' wards. MANOTIESTER--AuG. 14. Scarcely any English wheat offering. Choice Am erican roannittud the ertrrennioa of this day week, but seconder', and inferior wheat was ld to 2d per 1001bs lower. : ) Flour held for former prices, with a Moderate demand. Oats id per 451bs, and oatmeal 6d per load dearer. Egyptian beans barely held for late rates. Indian corn the turn higher, PLYMOUTH—Ara. 12. White, 58s to 60s ; red, 56s to 588 per qr ; French, 6015 to 62s ; American, 52s to 56s ; Spanish, —s to —a ; Bus - Sian, 60s to 625. Barley at previous rates-34s to 38s pel; qr for malting ; grinding, 27s to 29s ; oats, 24a to27s ; beans, —a to —s ; flour, 42s to 42s 6d. EDINBURGH GRAIN—AUG. 13. A good supply of country wheat to-day, which sold at fully the prices of this day week. Barley scarce. Wheat on the top Is 6d up .. average is Od up. Barley on the top 3s Od down average 3s 4d up. Oats on the top Os Gd up average Os . Beans on the top 4s 4d down .. average Os OddV Total:Supply and Sales. Wheat .. 672 qrs., Sold 581 qrs 8ar1ey........ 21 qrs..., Sold 21 qrs Oats 24.13 qrs ...501d 358 qrs Beans 26 qrs .. Sold 14 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 48s Od; extras, 46 s Od ; households, 38s 6d ; shop, 36s 6d. CORK—Aua. 13. The following were the quotations this morning wheat, —s Od to —s 0; white, 22s Od to —8 Od; barley 14° (1 6d to —s Od ; oats, 12s 3d to 15s Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD—AUG. 12. A short show of fat beasts to-day ; the best quality w, 113 s carce and in demand, while inferior had a heavy PO; The supply of , heep and lambs not over large, or in re, quest. A good supply of fat pigs. Fat and st ore calve' were scarce, and sold at late rates. Beef 6ld to 7d I Veal G id to 5t ) d to 6 11 Mutton .. 6id to 7d: Pork Lamb Bd to Bid Rough fat, 4s Gd per stone' Hides, 3d to 41d ; calf skins, 5d to 6d, FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Aus.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Alig• l . ~,, via Marseilles 3razil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Sept. 3' 1. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Sept. is, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Aug. ,) . via Marseilles ..Aug. '''' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton I n dia (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton AASeuupg. 16' g t .., 4 --via Marseilles Aug. ,P 4 ' India (Bombay), via Southampton Aug.' . z, ,3, via Marseilles Aug. 1 Lisbon Sept. 01 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 7 1 ' 2 via Marseilles Aug. 0, N ew f oun dl an d ..--. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Aug . lv by U.S. packet i s, by Canadian packet. Aug. 10, W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. Aug s Bahamas, via New York Aug. 2i 2 ' Mexico. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Aug , 1 0 ' California, and British Columbia.. --e BIRTHS. est HENNIRER.—On the 12th inst., at Newton Hall, 0 145 9 0 the wife of Sir Brydges Heniker, Bart., of a son heir. KlNLocit.—On the 14th inst , at Hamlet-road, NoL the wife of Chules hinloch, Esq., of a son. • If, TunzoN.—On the 11th inst., at Kilvi n g to n Hall , Thill the Lady Cecilia Turton, of a son. WARD —On the 13th inst., at Maiden h ead, the wife 0- f A. Ward, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. ft o f BERKELEY—BERE.—On the 12th inst., at I/LI Lini LA — sot , Devon, the Rev. Sackville Hamilton Berkeley, thiploot of General S. H. Berkeley, to Frances Ann Julia,A of d aug ht e r of the late Montague Baker Bert), -o s s''' Morebath House, Devon. T , eft HERRWK—CHRISTIE.-011 the 13th inst., at St. ---, 133 „ n 0A. Paddington, William P. Herrick, Esq., of Beau 01 0 - i I. Park, Leicestershire, to Sophia, younest daught er o ve H. Christie, Esq., of Li nco l n ' s -i n n, and of Sr•i'w- op street, Hyde - park-gardens, DEATHS. • peril' BoDEN,On the 12th inst., at Ednaston Lodge, shire, Henry Boden, Esq., aged 55. HusTwlcx..—On the 10th inst., at Scarborough , Hustwick, of Soham, Cambridgeshire, solicitor, 23. KELHAm,—On the 10th inst., Robert K. lie. — of Bleasby Hall, Nottinghamshire, ag ed 74. And re?: JonNsoN.—On the 14th inst., at Stamford -hilly Johnson, Esq., aged 69. 11 , Cob SPOTTISWOODE.—On the 12th inst., at Learaingtioa is wo Andrew Spottiswoode, lately Commanding istode;ail'l Guards, only surviving son of John Spott of Spottiswoode, Berwickshire. John Ta9 14) ,!1 TAYLOR.—On the 10th inst., at Weymouth, Paymaster R.N., late of Credi tors, Devon , PIA II4 ' LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CH A 0 .1 12, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at Tun Stni Office:3_o:v Strand, in the-Precinct of the,StivoY, in th Aliddlesexa—Friday: "mud 16, 1862. :, • Pir .~,