The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-26 00:00:00

THE SMETHURST CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TINES. Sir,—My evidence at the Smethurst trial, which has been very briefly reported, was given not from any sympathy with the accused, but solely because I considered that an important element of the case —namely, the existence of pregnancy, had teen almost, if not entirely overlooked. For the same reason I ask your permission to remark upon cer tain facts to which, as it appears to me, due weight has not been given. First, as regards the actual pregnancy of Miss Bankes. This was first discovered at the postmortem examination by Mr. Barwell, but so little conse quence was attached to it that the matter was scarcely heard of until the recent trial. It must be remarked that the duration of the pregnancy corres ponded as nearly as possible to the length of the illness of the patient. Mrs. Robinson deposed that Miss Bankes was taken ill three weeks before she left her house. She went from Mrs. Robinson's to Mrs. Wheatley's on the 3d of April, and on the 3d of May—seven weeks from the commencement of her malady—she died. Mr. Bar well gives seven weeks as the limit which the pregnancy might have reached at the time of death. Was the illness of Miss Bankes such as could pos sibly have been caused by pregnancy? Obstinate and irrepressible vomiting, with violent purging, were the chief symptoms detailed at the inquest and at the trial. It is an undoubted fact , recognised by every obstetric authority, that women are often re duced to great peril, and s ometimes killed, by the vomiting of pregnancy. Constant diarrhoea is also met with as a disorder of pregnancy, either alone or in connexion with vomiting. It is in the early part of pregnancy that vomiting is most severe and dangerous, and it often begins at the very com mencement of this state. It is most likely to hap pen in the case of a woman such as Miss Bankes is described to have been, pregnant for the first time in mature age, of bilious temperament, and the subject of previous internal disorder. Stress was laid by some of the witnesses on the burning sen sations complained of in the stomach and throat. Pregnancy is constantly accompanied by heartburn, and in certain cases there is an enormous amount of acid secretion and eructation from the stomach. The sickness of pregnancy is commonly most dis tressing in the morning on first taking food, or on moving the body. This was spoken to as the fact in the case of Miss Bankes, by one of the witnesses. In the worst cases the vomiting is wholly intract able. The remedies which arrest ordinary sickness are of no avail. Food and medicine are alike re jected, and the patient dies of starvation. For the last two days of her life Miss Bankes was under the care of her sister, and a nurse provided by Dr. Julius. It told very forcibly against the prisoner, that at this time, although the stomach rejected medicine, it retained food. In two out of four fatal cases from this kind of vomiting in which I have been consulted the patients were able to take food for a short time before death ; the sickness ceased when fatal exhaustion had set in. The same is re lated to have been the case in the history of Char lotte Bronte. Her biographer states that towards the close " she begged constantly for food, and even for stimulants. She swallowed eagerly now ; but it was too late." Her illness is described as having lasted six weeks. Is it possible that the physician in attendance ur on Miss Bankes made an error of diagnosis in assigning poison as the cause of her illness and death ? It was strongly insisted on as a proof of poisoning, that Dr. Todd, Dr. Julius, and Dr. Bird, should, either individually or concurrently, have formed the opi nion that their patient was suffering from slow irritant poisoning. Against this it is only fair to place the fact that they did concurrently overlook the existence of pregnancy, although it was before them, and marked by one of its most common and distinctive symptoms. It cannot but be considered as remarkable that three medical men should have been in attendance upon a woman 42 years of age, living for the first time as a married person, who had been suddenly seized with an illness of which vomiting was a prominent symptom," without de tecting pregnancy. They appear to have been mis led by the information given to them by Smethurst as to the absence of one of the common symptoms of pregnancy, and they made no examination. Smethurst himself appears not to have suspected pregnancy. As regards Dr. Todd, it may be accounted for by the circumstance that, however undisputed his great eminence as a pure physician may be, he is not accustomed to treat the disorders of pregnancy. However the fact may be, the medi cal attendants certainly formed a conclusion while they were without the knowledge of a very im portant element of the case. Do the symptoms of a fatal ease of vomiting from pregnancy so far resemble poisoning as to be liable to be mistaken for them ? There is no limit to the reflex irritation which the pregnant uterus may excite in various organs of the body, especially the stomach. In my " Manual of Obstetrics," published in 1858, I state that " an almost poisonous influence seems to be exerted by the graid uterus in some constitutions." Several years ago I knew of a case of this kind in which poison was actually suspected. Dr. Todd laid considerable emphasis on an extra ordinary expression of Miss Bankes's countenance, such as he had never observed in a case of natural disease. Dr. Paul Dubois, the present physician accoucher to the Empress of the French, who related that he saw 20 cases of death from the vomiting of pregnancy in 13 years, refers to " a marked change in the features," as one of the signs indicating a state of danger, and calling for the induction of abortion to save the patient's life. I do not offer any opinion on the moral or chemi cal evidence in the case, but merely testify to that which I have seen and known in my own depart ment of the profession.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, W. TYLER SMITH, M.D., Physician-Accoucheur to St. Mary's Hospital. Upper Grosvenor-street, Aug. 25. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Being the brother of Dr. Smethurst, I shall feel obliged if you will be kind enough to insert a few facts in reference to him in your journal. 1. Dr. Smethurst was a man of property, render ing him independent, with his domesticated frugal habits, having for years past a clear income of £240 a-year, arising from fixed property, besides a few hundreds in hand. He always lived within his income, in addition to which he had many casual fees from private friends, although retired from practice for the last six years. 2.. Miss Bankes had an income of £240 a-year, besides a contingent reversionary interest in a sum of £lO,OOO in the English funds, his and her income making altogether £4BO a-year. 3. The £1,740 or £l,BOO lent on mortgage has not been proved to be even half the amount, when it may be realised; for there has been a Chancery suit connected with this property, the conclusion of which has not yet arrived. 4. Miss Bankes and Dr. Smethurst intended to live together ; for he told me whenever his wife (in advanced years) should die he would marry her ; for she was so amiable, kind, and ladylike. I had an invitation to visit them at Richmond, but, not having accepted it, I never saw the lady. 5. I told. my brother's wife, who sent for me to Rifle-terrace, through a letter she had received from him, intimating that he would never live with her again, as he intended to move about the country ; but I refused to satisfy her suspicion that lie was absent with Miss Bankes or any other lady, and endeavoured to app ease h er by say i ng t h a t, as h e had offered to support her in a suitable manner, and to pay her periodical friendly visits, she had better reconcile her mind to it, for, as he was determined, there Was no help for it • and a cousin of Miss Smethur st, 6. That he h st, agreed with this view. appointed to meet me on the 18th of April at the had appointed Mart, in order to bid for a house in H ans _ Z o ce l! Sloane-street, which he said they should like p the e ide in, being retired, and at the same time near Mart,;parks and pl aces o f amuse ment. I waited at theandis spoke to a gentle man living next door to house for sale, whom I have known many years. The _a sale went o ff with out my brother's appearance there, and Ifoup d a B note on my return stating that Miss nk es sill ness required his attention. 7. He had the supposed best medical man in Richmond to attend her, and subsequently D r. Todd. 8. Dr. Julius, on the 25th of May, at Richmond, deposed-that he attended deceased from the 3d up to the 18th of Apiil, when he communicated his suspicions to his partner, Mr. Bird, who then at tended her. _ _ 9. Dr. Ju - lius.deposed on the 7th of July, at the Old Bailey, " I requested my partner, Mr. Bird, to see the deceased. I did not make him acquainted with the impressions that existed in my own mind." 10. Dr. Bird deposed, on the Bth of July, at the Old Bailey, that about the 18th of April he attended, by request, the deceased, and about the 22d he came to the same conclusions as Dr. Julius, but he did not form this opinion until after Dr. Julius had told him his opinion on the subject. 11. Mr. Caudle, on the 25th of M a y, a t Rich mond, deposed that, with respect to the mixing of the medicines i prescribed, there was not any mineral poison therein, either Dr. Julius or Dr. Bird being present at the dispensing on and after the 29th of April. 12. On the 16th of August, at the Old • Bailey, Mr. Caudle suppressed, or kept back, that portion of the above evidence which says that either Dr. Julius or Mr. Bird were present on and after the 29th of April. 13. The prescription book of medicines sent to the patient was not at any time produced. Such facts 1 leave for any inference or comment you may choose to publish, and remain, sir, your obedient servant, JAMES SMETHURST. 6, York-cottages, Thurloe-square, Brompton. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l consider that professional witnesses who give their opinions where the life or freedom of a man is at stake are as much upon their trial as the prisoner, and that it is the duty of those who are well acquainted with the particular science they profess to correct any error that might deceive the jury or influence the fate of the prisoner. With these views, from my great experience in cases of poisoning, I think I ought to remark upon the chymical evidence adduced in the case of Dr. Smet hurst. I find in the Times of May 21 that Dr. Taylor deposed that " in bottle No. 21 he found it half full of a clear fluid," that he tried Reincke's process on it, and " found that there were seven grains of chlorate of potass in an ounce of it, which was 1 6-10 per cent., and that there was a grain of arsenic to every ounce ;" he furthei said that it was of the sort we call white arsenic, and that he had previously tried the tests (materials) and found them pure. Here was evidence of the most posi tive and distinct kind; not only was arsenic found but the weight estimated, and its nature (white) ascertained. Upon the trial this was stated to be a mistake ; that, although the former evidence was given so boldly and so particularly, it was now found that there was no arsenic in it, but that the arsenic found was in the copper. although the copper had, with the other materials, been pre viously proved to be pure. The witness went on to say that he had at first operated upon an evacua tion, and found arsenic in that, but admitted that he had used the same copper for many years, con sequently all proof of the presence of the poison either in the body, or in the evacuations, or in the bottle in the possession of the prisoner, was de stroyed by the witness himself, and the jury must rest upon the symptoms and physiological ap pearances in the opinions of the medical witnesses called, which are about equal for and against the prisoner. But the mischief does not end here, for if the same impure copper "has been used for 20 years," and evidence given upon it, what shall be said of the justice of the convictions and executions which have taken place during those years upon Dr. Taylor's evidence ! _ _ But was the arsenic said to be found in bottle No. 21 really in the copper used to prove its pre sence ? Could the copper wire gauze dissolved by seven grains of chlorate of potass and its associated hydrochloric acid deposit one grain of arsenic ? In the face of all England I say it could not ; the hundredth part of a grain of arsenic in that quan tity of copper would render it so brittle that it could not be drawn into wire at all, much less into fine wire fit for gauze ; the fact is, the whole set of operations were a bungle. Reincke's process is not applicable where nitrates or chlorates are present. Next, where his admirable process is resorted to the mere discolouration of the copper does not prove the presence of arsenic ; it only proves that one or more of the inferior metals—arsenic, anti mony, tin, lead, bismuth, mercury, &c., are pre sent. To individualise arsenic among these four more experiments are necessary. The first is sublima tion in a stream of air, when crystalline arsenious acid is produced from the black deposit. Next, that sublimate must be dissolved in water, and tested by three methods ; first, ammonia, sul phate of copper ; next ammonia, nitrate of silver; and, thirdly, sulphuretted hydrogen. Thus, one separation and four proofs produce a body of evidence which it is impossible to gainsay, and these five proofs should be brought into court so as to be examined by those who are competent to recognise them; and I here warn juries that no evidence short of tangible production of the poison and its tests ought to be for one moment attended to : any deviation frcm this rule will convert a con- Ticted Criminal into a martyr, and deprive trial by jury of the infallibility which it ought to possess ; and, lest it might be imagined that it may not be possible to secure enough of the poison to make the five proofs, I should say that the one-thousandth part of a grain is quite sufficient. I remain, Sir, yours, &c. WILLLIni HERAPATII, Sen., F.C.S., Professor of Chymistry. Bristol, Old-park, Aug. 24. THE GREAT EASTERN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As there is among the public a very preva lent idea that there will be "nomotion in the Great Eastern, even during the heaviest gale of wind," permit me to point out at least two positions in which there will be very considerable "liveliness," to use a nautical password, if the experiment which she is destined to exemplify be rigorously carried out. The leading characteristic of the Great Eastern —that in which she differs from every other ship hitherto constructed—is, that she shall under no circumstances be compelled to lie to, nor in any way to diverge from her direct great circle course, b 3 any action of wind or wave. She is to sail exclusively a great circle course, and is not to be hove to or allowed to run free, or run out of a gale (unless she has the heels of it), nor gene rally to have recourse to any of those dodges which are resorted to to ease a ship under stress of weather. That she will do all this no one who has admired her noble symmetry and exquisite lines will for a moment doubt ; but will she achieve this desideratum and be free from all motion at the same time ? Her dimensions are based upon certain calcula• tions of the late Dr. Scoresby, which assigned 680 feet as the extreme length between the crests of two waves, with an average depth in the interven ing trough of 60 feet, or a mean elevation and depression of 30 feet each way above and below the level of the ocoan at rest. I do not wish to impugn the Rev. Doctor's hard-earned experience, but, adopting his method of calculation, as detailed in an early number of " Household Words," I once measured 800 feet be tween the crests, when lying-to in the steamer Baltic, in which measurement I was confirmed by Captain Comstock; and I rather think that Cap. tain Harrison himself was in command of the Africa when she, starting from Liverpool three days after us, experienced the same gale, on the 11th of October, 1854. Upon these data the Great Eastern was con structed, and care was taken to make her so enor mously strong amidships that there should be no deflection or "hogging" when she was suspended by bow and stern over a trough 680 feet wide with barely any water under her centre, or riding the crest of a wave with her bow and stern almost out of water. As has been well remarked, she is built on the same tubular principle as the Menai Railway viaduct, only vastly stronger, as each compartment is only 0.10 the length of that suspension tube. Her bottom is also constructed of two segments of a very oblate ellipse,—about six feet on either side of the mesial plane being almost flat, and, as all the world knows, unprovided with keel. Now suppose, on her voyage out to Portland (which implies on an average a W.S.W. course), she happens to be struck by a gale from due north. It is obvious that, if the Great Eastern is rigor ously kept to her course, the trough of 680 feet wide over which she is suspended, will not be spanned by even her great length, inasmuch as she crosses it diagonally. Now, I contend, as the wave catches her beneath the quarter, where, from her great sharpness for ward, she is rather inclined to be lean, she must roll, and, having no keel, it will be a very severe roll—not in the remotest degree dangerous, but still quite enough to discompose a landsman. In the second place, suppose she is running be fore a heavy gale of wind, it is equally manifest that a modification of the foregoing will take place, the difference being that, instead of a rolling, there must be what is technically called a " sending" motion, with the certainty, in case of a short sea, of a very severe shock to the sternpost, though, 1 repeat, her great strength renders this compara tively unimportant. lam only speaking of her as a comfortable ship in a very heavy sea. Suppose, thirdly, ,that, still sailing from Holy head for Portland, immediately after rounding Malin Head or Cape Clear, she should happen to encounter a westerly gale, which is likely for the tim e it lasts to knock up quite as high a sea as any Other ; the sea will catch her on the starboard bow, while her stern is still descending into the trough. As, however, she will be advancing at a rate of about 10 knots, she will burst through the wave, quite m o ti on l ess, it is true, riding majestically enough from wave to wave. As, ' however, the waves ee o df will pass her with their wn miles an hour, plu s h er s velocityl2miles of about 30 all 42 miles an hour, there will be a tolerableanholausrh, in spra y. When a ship is lying to in a heavy sea, a little dexterous manipulation of the wheel will keep her comparatively dry. L et her fall off but a single point, and, even though she has steerage way s eerae.e stand by fora green way on her, sea. Such was the case with the America when she had to put back some three years ago. The height out of water of the Great Eastern and the concavity of her upp er lines forward will prevent her taking a sea on board, but she will be covered with spray forward • as far nearly . as the paddlebox. The peculiarity of build already noted in her bot- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1859. tom will prevent her being turned, in the event of any sudden emergency, such as she is likely to meet among the coral reefs of the Eastern seas, or the crowded water highways of our own seagirt isle. except at the expense of stewards' crockery painful to contemplate. To unpractised voyagers I should explain that the same principle in natural philosophy which makes a circus horse lean towards the centre of the ring causes a steamship to do the same, if suddenly compelled to veer at a high angle to her previous course. I repeat, the strength and pro portions of this noble ship are such as to preclude the idea of danger ; but, as to absolute freedom from motion, a sea abeam of only 250 feet from crest to crest (i.e., a sea at right angles to her direct course) will certainly cause her to roll, and, having no keel, she will roll worse than usual. Old ocean is proud of this last splendid specimen of enterprise, but he is not resigned to being utterly ignored by young ladies and seedy dandies ; nor will he, even at the price of a big ship, submit to be ridden over rough shod. Let us be content with an average of 20 miles an hour, a safe route to our Eastern posses sions, and exemption from motion, save in excep tional cases, and let us bid the good ship " God speed," and wish her spirited officials,from the Chai rman and Capt. Harrison downwards, a pleasant, rapid voyage, and a great commercial success. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, VATES ANTE FACTUM. THE WESTMINSTER CLOCK. who does not feel satisfied that as long as England lasts he is safe, and that we are no more likely to hear of the Governor-General taking flight than of the Sovereign of these realms. But, if this be the general belief, then it is time to inquire whether it be sound, and whether there is not some wrong done by a sort of misunderstanding. Every day shows the necessity of a thoroughly clear under standing, as otherwise there is sure to be a cry of injustice some day or other. If, for example, the British Legislature were to announce some day that it had become politically necessary to abandon ter ritory, to change our system in India, to give up sources of taxation, and that on these accounts the security was no longer what it had been, and if for these or other reasons it were to announce a com position with the creditors, it would be loudly argued that England was the actual master of India, and therefore wholly responsible for the dis charge of its debts. Certainly this is not the case of a mortgage, where the property remains in the hands of the mortgagor, and the mortgagee has nothing to do except to sit by and see that his se curity is not made away with. England has full possession of India, or at least all the interest lately in the hands of the Company. If she does not exert the same amount of control over India that she does over her own people and her own soil, it is only because she chooses to let things go their own way. It is she, however, who appoints the Governor-General, the Commander-in-Chief, and the rulers of India. She appoints the Secretary at home, whatever his power; and his Council, whatever its functions. If all these are chosen for political convenience, and if it is consequently a chance whether one of them be fit for his place, that is England's concern ; nay, even if the ar rangements are such that, after all, England does not govern India, and nobody knows who does— nay, even should it turn out that India is not go verned at all, still it is England's fault, and she is answerable for the bankruptcy that may ensue under such circumstances. This, we say, is the belief upon which this loan has been taken, but if it had been contracted openly and ostensibly on the Imperial security the terms would have been those of the British stock market, and, instead of having to pay 5 per cent, for £97, we should only have to pay 3 per cent. for £93. This would make all the difference between diffi culty and ease, so far as India is concerned. But it is imposalc to contract one loan on one basis and another on another, and to borrow one million for India on the Imperial guarantee would imply a corresponding action in respect of the whole debt. Were it found a political necessity to undertake the Indian debt, it would be not only allowable, but no more than absolute justice, to reduce the dividends to the Imperial standard. Even that, however, would be by no means the most important consequence of such a change. England would then insist on governing India in the thing as well as in the name, and would require both the finance and every other department to be brought under the eye of Parliament. A happy step has been taken in this direction by the appointment of Mr. James Wilson to the task of unravelling and sys tematising Indian finance. This gentleman, how ever, is rather a financier than a politician, and will probably have no power of enforcing his ad vice as to our right political relations with the different parts of our Indian Empire, though that point has not a little to do with our revenue and expenditure. He is simply Chancellor of the Indian Exchequer. There is much for a statesman to do, and the present Governor-General has not yet shown the qualities necessary for the reconstruction of a shattered empire, still less for its contraction, should that be found necessary, within narrower, safer, and more profitable limits. That great question remains for future Parliaments and for men yet to come. If they who are on the spot can promise any prospect of holding India in its present vast extension and its present political condition without intolerable demands on our popu lation and our Exchequer, let them do so ; other wise we must be wise in time, and confine ourselves to what is possible.—Times. with the law, the legal terms being used, and not such as would at all be likely to be used by a carter without assistance from some person. After this he left the jury to decide was it a forgery, and was the evidence of the witness Hardman corroborated so far as for them to believe his history of the affair ; if so, they would find the prisoners guilty ; if, on the other hand, they doubted his evidence, and believed that the will was made by the de ceased on the 13th of April, they would acquit them. The summing up of this case occupied nearly two hours. In answer to a question being put by Mr. Pope, Baron Watson said the statement given in that court was the same as that given before the magis trates. He had read the depositions, and they were the same. He had avoided alluding to this in summing up, because he did not wish to preju dice the case. But as he had been asked the ques tion he would answer it, but it was unfortunate for the men that it had been put. _ _ . The jury then retired, a - nd after being absent for upwards of an hour, they returned into court with a verdict of guilty against each prisoner. A former conviction was proved against the pri soner Hope. It took place in the year 1856, when he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for stealing a Bible. In passing sentence upon them, his lordship said —You have been convicted by a verdict of the jury of a very bad and wicked offence. I can say I en tirely concur in the verdict. It is as clear as pos sible that you entered into a wicked design for the purpose of defrauding some persons, whoever they might be, entitled to that property. This I hope will be a warning to those who employ an accom plice for the purpose of concocting a bad and wicked design, that they are subject to be brought to jus tice, even by the voice of that accomplice. I hope it will be a warning to you and others who may be led to commit such an offence. Formerly your punishment would have been death, and you would have suffered that awful penalty. I am sorry to see a man so advanced in years as you are, Har.dy, standing in such a position, with him who stands near you. It arises from a shocking love of gain, which but too often leads men from the paths of honesty and duty. You thought the woman insen sible, and you might make what use you pleased of her property. As to you, Hope, this is not the first time you have been in a court of justice. There is no doubt but that you were the instigator and the concoctor of this wicked act. Your possession of a little knowledge of the law, in many circumstances, has been the cause of creating much mischief. I have triad how I can make any distinction in your punishment. I can make no distinction, for I think you would have turned traitor at some time. The sentence of the Court is, that you will be con demned to penal servitude for the term of 14 years. The prisoners were then removed, apparently not much surprised at the decision. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-Aug. 25. GUILDHALL,—SERIOUS CHARGE OF STABBING SEVERAL PERSONS.—Lawrence D. Barlow, described as an organist, a tall powerful-looking man, about 40 years of age, with a profusion of beard and moustache, was placed at the bar, charged with the following case of stabbing : Hannah Edwards, a middle-aged woman, who appeared in a very weak and exhausted state, was supported in coming into court and accommodated with a seat in front of the magistrate's table, and having been sworn deposed as follows :—I live at No. 3, Shoemaker-row, Blackfriars. My husband is a mechanics' labourer. The prisoner resides at the Blackfriars School, and his wife is governess there. He threw a pail of water over my child and several other little ones, and on seeing it I came down stairs. I found the prisoner outside, and saw him strike a woman with his hands. A mob got round him, and I then saw him with a life-preserver in his hand, and he began to use it. He struck me with it on the chest. I did not see any blade in the weapon he struck me with, but I felt some sharp instrument pierce me, and I thought it was my stay-bone, and that my ribs were broken. I thought it was a policeman that pulled the blade from my chest. He did not say anything when he struck me. He knocked me down first, but Ido not know what with, for I was quite stunned. I was taken to the hospital. Cross-examined—This occurred in an inclosed space. You have frequently thrown water over my children for being there during the last twelve months. I know you have struck them. It was three weeks or a month ago that a similar distur bance occurred at your gate, but it did not Continue for two hours before you took any notice of it. The parents interfered directly. You on that occa sion came down with a carpet-bag in your hand, and there was a mob collected there. The parents of one of the children you almost drowned pointed you out, but I did not see him aim a blow at your head. I have been bound over to keep the peace towards you before Alderman Phillips. Alderman Carter—l cannot see what reference occurrences of three weeks or a month ago can have to the case of to-day. Prisoner—Very well, sir, I will waive that point. Prosecutrix—l was in the entry when you knocked me down. We were not both down together. Edward Langford said—l live at 3, Shoemaker row. I was standing at my window to-day at half past one o'clock, when I saw some little children come out of Church-entry crying and half-drowned with water. Aldernian Carter—What age were the children ? Witness—From three to four years old. I sup pose they went and told their parents. The first person I saw after that was Mrs. Evans, who came to see about it. I looked round the corner, and saw the prisoner strike one of the women that were at the gate of the school, but which I could not say. There was a mob there, and I went round and saw the prisoner with the life-preserver produced—(a bamboo cane, about 14 in. long, and 1 in. thick, loaded ' at either end, and at the end opposite the handle a strong steel blade projected and was fixed by a spring). I saw the prisoner strike the old man (Mr. Edwards) over the shoulder with the life pre server. I saw Mrs. Edwards outside the school gate, and in the squabble I saw the prisoner knock her down. With the assistance of the police I got her into- my shop, and there took from the left side of her chest this blade, which was broken off the end of the life-preserver, and buried in a slanting direction to the depth. of six inches in her chest. There was only half an inch of the blade projecting, and some one drew my attention to it, and I thought it was only a stay-bone. I saw him take the life preserver from a side pocket, and put the string round his wrist before using it. Alderman Carter—Had he the life-preserver in his hand at the time he struck Mrs. Edwards first ? Witness —No, sir. He took it out afterwards to strike the old man. Cross -examined—You were on the steps, about three steps up, w h en y ou struck the old man with the life-preserver. The old man did not follow you up the steps, for you knocked him down with the life-preserver. • Alderman Carter—Was that after he had struck Mrs. Edwards in the face ? Witness—lt was, sir. When the prisoner first used the life-preserver I did not observe the blade in the end of it. Alderman Carter—Have you anything further to ask this witness P Prisoner—No, sir. That is the substance of it, and quite sufficient for my purpose. Sarah Evans said—My child came to me this morning covered with water, and, in consequence of what I heard, I went round to Church-entry, and the prisoner came down. I said to him, "You__ brute, to throw water over those little children." He made no answer, but put his hand into his pocket, and drew out this life-preserver. He struck me a n d knocked me down, but I cannot tell wheth er h e struck me with his fist or the life-preserver. I be came insensible, and was carried away. When I recovered myself I saw Mrs. Edwards being carried away, but I did not see her stabbed. Cross exa mined—l was the first that was s t ruc k . Mrs. Edwards came down after me. You gave me a blow which cut my head open. I did not see you either thrown down or fall down. I did not say; "I would like to tear your eyes out, you —." I never use such words. I went down the court once before, but never said a word to you. Win. Edwards, an old man, about 60 years ar age, who appeared with one of his ears much lace rated and his hair saturated with blood, said—l was having my dinner about half-past one to-day, as I was walking along Shoemaker-row, when I saw my daughter-in-law (Mrs. Edwards) run out backwards. I went down Church-entry to see what was the matter, and the prisoner was inside the gate. My daughter-in-law was bleeding from the month. Several persons were exciting the pri soner by calling him names for acting as he had done. I said lie ought to be ashamed of himself, and lie ought to be knocked over, upon which he struck me with the life-preserver, and cut my ear half oft. He also struck me on the knuckles. I e•ot hold of the life-preserver as soon as I possibly could and stuck to it until the policeman came, for I could not get it entirely from him. Alderman Carter—Did you observe the blade at the end of the preserver ? Witness--No, sir, I did not. Prisoner—You did not see me draw the e-p.re server against Mrs. Edwards ? Alderman Carter—What does it signify whether he saw you draw it or not ? You had it in yo ur hand. Witness cross-examined—I did not see Mrs. Eva) 35 strike Mrs. Edwards with the life-preserver. Theme were a great many persons there. As many as the place would hold. Inspector Leonard said the prisoner admitted having used the life-preserver in his own defence. Alderman Carter—There appears to have been very savage assaults arising out of a most unmanly proceeding towards the little children, and as the police are not prepared with any further evidence to-day, I shall remand you till Wednesday next for further examination. Prisoner—Will you accept bail for my appear ance ? Alderman Carter—Certainly not. BOW-STREET.—A boy, named Thomas Good fellow, only 10 years of age, was charged with steal ing Post-office letters. The prisoner was in the employ of Mr. Willis, grocer, &c., of the Bow-road, as errand-boy. His master also kept a receiving -house, and frequently permitted him (the prisoner) to assist in col lecting the letters out of the box, and making up the despatches. Mr. Willis had occasion re cently to suspect the boy of robbing him, and wrote a note to the prisoner's mother, who searched his clothes, and found two letters in his possession— one of them containing a bill of exchange for £l7, and the other a package, which had not been opened. These were handed to Waterman, the district let ter carrier, and witnesses were examined to prove the transmission and non-nTival of these letters to their respective destinations. The boy, on being taken into custody by Partington, a Post-office constable, said that he picked up the bill of exchange and letters in the street ; but he subsequently stated that he was urged to commit the robbery by one of his companions, a miller's boy, who told him to select the most bulky letters, as the most likely to contain something worth having. Mr. Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, said that the boy's master had very improperly infringed the official regulations, by which he was bound not to entrust the letters to any one under 16 years of age. A printed copy of these rules was furnished to all postmasters, and there could be no possible excuse for disregarding them. Mr. Henry committed the prisoner for trial. Wm. Owens, a Post-office letter carrier at the east end of the metropolis, was charged with steal ing a letter containing marked money, which had been made up and posted in order to test the honesty of the servants in the district, from which there had been repeated complaints of late respecting . the loss of letters. The prisoner was also committed. LAMBETH.--THE EXTRAORDINARY BIGAMY CASE.—This court was much crowded with persons anxious to get a look at the prisoner, and also to hear the particulars of the further and final exami nation of William Denbigh Sloper Harrison, alias Marshall, charged with bigamy. The first witness called was Mr. William Hogg, clerk of the parish church of St. James's, Padding ton, who deposed that he was one of the attesting witnesses to a marriage that took place there on the 3d of July, 1858, and to which the cer tificate produced related. It was a marriage, as described, between William Denbigh Sloper Marshall, bachelor, late an officer in the army, and Mrs. Sophia Frost Dawson, widow, and he had every reason to believe—indeed, he had no doubt of the fact—that the prisoner at the bar and one of the three ladies present were the parties so married. Mr. Norton—Look at the prisoner and say whe ther he was a party to the marriage on the day you have mentioned. Witness—Now that I look at him again I have no doubt he is the person. Revelle, one of the warrant officers, said that on Tuesday afternoon last the marriage certificate pro duced by him, and spoken to by the last witness, he had received from Mrs. Marshall, the prisoner's first wife, then present ; and the other certificate of the prisoner's marriage at St. George's, Hanover square, on the 28th June last, in the name of Wm. Denbigh Sloper Harrison, with Mrs. Janes Hayes, widow, he had also received from Mrs. Hayes. On apprehending the prisoner on the charge of Mrs. Hayes, of marrying her while his former wife was living, he acknowledged that he had done so, and that he was a great blackguard and scoundrel for it. At the station-house, and while the charge was being taken, he again acknowledged the offence, said he was a scoundrel for acting so, and offered to go on his knees to both ladies and ask their par don. (Laughter.) Since the last examination he (Revelle) had made inquiries, and discovered that the prisoner had. been living for the last seven years with a female in Dorey-street, and from what he learned from her his only occupation during that time had been a few jobs in the way of papering and repairing at the house of a lady named Fell, who had a property in the neighbourhood, and his earnings did not average more than 3s. or 3s. 6d. a week. The female herself worked at machine collar stitching, and by this means, and also permitting ladies and gentlemen to meet in their apartments, they were enabled to support themselves. Prisoner—No such a thing; the neighbourhood is a low one, and the worst constructions are placed on everything. The fact is Mr.— and other gen tlemen were in the habit of calling with the view of getting me a situation, and this might have given rise to the rumour. Once a man is down, everyone is against him. It is a great cruelty your talking so. Revelle—l ascertained that about Christmas last the prisoner was in possession of a valuable gold watch, and I asked the female with whom he lived what had become of it, but found it very difficult to get any information f rom h er , a nd from her manner had and her hesitation to give me any information, some suspicion that the prisoner is married her. Prisoner—No such thing. H o w can you say so ? Mr. Norton—Did she give you any information about the watch ? Revelle—Yes, your worship , she s aid he pawned it. Mr. Norton—How do you house was one of the description youknow wli haNe et s h t e a r ted th ? e Revelle—From inquiries in the_hneeighbourhood. Prisoner (in a whining tone) neighbourhood could say no such thing e r ; s o b u u s t i h t } e i n e endeavours to crush a man is a little down everyone him. Revelle—The most extraordinary thing of all is that no one—not even his own mother or brother— knows how the prisoner has been getting his living for the last five years. On the very day he was taken the prisoner had Leen to the residence in Dorey-street, and, in fact, came straight from there 4o the house of Mrs. Hayes when I apprehended him. Mrs. Jane Hayes said that on the 28th of June last, she was married at the parish church of St. George's, Hanover-square, to the prisoner, who had represented to her that he was the son of a noble man ; that his name was William Denbigh Sloper Harrison ; that he had been an officer in the army, and entitled to property. Mr. Inspector Emmerson said that at the last examination the prisoner had mentioned the name of a gentleman at Brixton, who, he said, kn ew a hin e r very well. He (Mr. Emmerson) had since seen that gentleman, and he confirmed all he had represented on Wednesday last, namely, that the prisoner's real name was Sloper, that he had b een the illegitimate child of Mrs. Marshall, before her marriage with a person of that name, and that so irregular had been the prisoner's conduct that he had been frequently in t he hands of h Prisoner—lt is t cruel police. ef you to s Mrs. Hayes—lt h as b een stated a that he has been drawn into the second o e y theosnd. prisoner marriage, not look much lik e it s and I want to know why should say not e s v o e . n I t does whhene h I intro duce hi m to a ; h singleutthe bler relatives fact was, he made use of such threats that I was foolish enough to have him ; and since I was last here here I have recei • ved a letter from him expressing regret for what he has said. Mr. Martin—Where is that letter P Mrs. Hayes—Unfortunately I have destroyed it. Prisoner—Why, you know that I could not go any where that you were not after me, and my life was such a misery to me in your house that I was obliged to go out for a change—a little relief. (Renewed laughter.) Mrs. Hayes—What has become of the casket and its very valuable contents, with which you said you had been presented by a lady ? Prisoner—l cannot say now. Mr. Norton—lt has been stated, prisoner, that you have a third wife. Indeed, your own mother has stated that you had been married six or seven years ago, and if that is the case you have married a third wife. Now the only reparation you can make these ladies present whom sou have so grossly deceived is to state like a man whether you have another wife living. _ Prisoner- -As God is above me and my judge, I have not, and, pointing to Mrs. Dawson, that is my first wife, and I am very sorry for what I have done. Mr. Norton—l find by the marriage certificate that von described yourself to Mrs. Dawson as late an officer in the army. Is that true—have you been in the army ? Mr. Emmerson—He has never been in the army, yoar worship. Revelle—No, but his brother belongs to the militia. (Loud laughter.) Prisoner—Don't laugh —pray don't laugh. Some of yourselves may get into a hobble some day or other. (Renewed laughter.) The prisoner, after receiving- the customary cau tion, said " Yes, I am guilty of the charge. 1 know I have done very wrong, and. I throw myself on your mercy." The prisoner was then fully committed for trial at the ensuing sessions at the Central Criminal Court, and the witnesses bound over to prosecute. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—A letter in the Times of yesterday, signed " Charles Barry," informs us—and informs me for the first time—that the only person responsible for the hands and for all the going parts of the clock in the Clock-tower of the House of Commons is Mr. Denison. If this be so the public, I think, would be very glad if Sir Charles Barry would further inform them by whose authority Mr. Denison was placed in this position of responsibility. I made the in quiry in the House of Commons, but I was not able to obtain any satisfactory answer. We all know that £20,000 of public money has been spent on this clock. What we have got for our money we do not know, beyond having an or dinary clock of which, after several years, one face alone is made use of, and a bell of no ordinary sound, but better suited to be used for tolling on great solemn occasions than for the ordinary use of a clock-hell. _ _ But what I want to know is, who authorised Mr. Denison to have anything to do with the busi ness ? Is Mr. Denison a professed clockmaker, or a sub-contractor who has undertaken the c )ntract which we all understood to have been given to Mr. Dent ? Or is he merely an amateur who has been consulted on the occasion by the Chief Commis sioner of the Beard of Works ? If the latter, may we hope that his services may be speedily dis pensed with, as I think that we should all feel more safe if the further arrangements connected with this very costly piece of mechanism were in trusted to the management of some professional clockmaker, such as Mr. Dent, who would be really made responsible if the work is found to be to any considerable extent a failure—a failure, at least, in obtaining such a clock and bells as the public have a right to expect for an expenditure of £20,000. ? I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS HANKEY. 45, Portland-place, Aug. 25. P.S. Since writing the foregoing I have read Mr. Denison's letter in this day's paper. He may be quite right in refuting Sir C. Barry's assertion, but the question I think is still deserving a reply as to the authority under which Mr. Denison may have been acting in this public matter. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Sir Charles Barry, in his letter which ap pears in to-day's impression of the Times, gives the weight of the hands of the Parliament Tower clock faces-1 cwt. 251 b. each ; their length, though their balances may in some degree steady them in windy weather, requires curb (as well as flattish triangu lar section) to maintain them in position. In a submission of movement of the minute-hand, which Sir Charles some years since laid before the New Palace Commissioners, a movement to syn chronise its position with that of the hour hand at every figure (their subtensions being always in di rect relation to circle-degrees, i. e., 6 degrees to 1 minute of time), provision was contemplated of having a riband circlet from each hand's head, or index, around the dial to receive conjunction radii from the centre—:which wheel-like formation would equalise the strain, if not neutralise it entirely. Such countervaiiment might now be adopted, without regard to a batter exhibiting of time's flux. Your favour of space may allow me to state that, were hour-hands curb-riband graduated into 60 di visions (the larger ones of 5 minutes each being numbered 5 to 11, leaving blank the 12, which the hour hand indicates), the minute's lapse would be shown by similar intervals to those in use, yet not ever in relation to the 12th hour line, whatsoever hour current ; but in relation to the hour figure we mention in our accustomed describing as 25 mi nutes past 12, 25 minutes to 1, &c. The graduating to accord with the acceleration I proposed for showing, by both hands on the figure, the consummation of each hour, and proportionate parts of current hour by the arc between the in dices, was to be made, not on a moving, but on the mural periphery of the dial ; this progression of the minute-hand = circle and 1-12th in an hour places the two hands at each half hour in diameter, and at every quarter hour (24) at right angles ; also, at the 5, 10, 20, 25, minutes past or to, the hands will be similarly situate between the respective near hour-lines, and must necessarily subdivide every space between hour radii into sixths. Winter will arrive, but if the proposal merely to have a balancing border connecting each hand's pointer with other spokes from the nave of the same movement shall be resorted to, hours and minutes' exhibition may not in all probability suffer hiatus. —I am, Sir, yours respectfully, WILLIAM WALDRON. Castle View, Leicester, Aug. 24. THE INDIAN LOAN. Our Indian Empire evidently stands high in the market of British securities. Its Five per Cent. Loan commands nearly as good a price as a share in one of our first-class railways now paying that dividend, and it is to be inferred that the British public do not think worse of the dangers of India than they do of the chances of depreciation in the Great Northern or the London and North-Western Railways. This argues either a very speculative mode of reasoning applied to matters much out of our grasp, or a singular distrust of Railway Direc tors and Railway Committees at Westminster. In one respect the difference is the greatest possible. There is no prospect of a great railway suddenly disappearing, or drifting into space, with all its branches, and stations, and its huge metropolitan terminus ; but nobody can be blind to the chance of our Empire in India being lost in a day, particularly when it is remembered that the system and many of the men at Calcutta are the very same who, by their overweening secu rity, indolence, and arrogance, have dragged India into two mutinies, and are safe to throw us into a third at the first opportunity. They who shut their eyes to everything which might give them nmo ment's trouble will always be coming into collision with brick walls and lamp-posts ; and that is the fashionable policy of India. It is fostered by the belief that England, with its men and its money, will always come to the rescue, and, of course, win the day. But the history of all empires establishes the truth-that this game is sure to be tt ied once too often ; and, unless India is governed with more wis dom and consideration than it has been, the old truth will receive one more illustration. But confi dence is contagious, and we can hardly be less con fident in the heart of our great metropolis than a Viceregal Court surrounded by black and Nthite mutineers, hearing of outbreaks every day, and con templating the most gigantic Treasury deficits. How is it that the British public evidently rates the insolvent concern on the banks of the Hooghly as high as it does the origiinal shareholders' interest in the chief means of communication between Lon don and Birmingham or Manchester? Two years ago the Empire trembled in the balance, and a day might have brought the news that every pound in vested in India or lent to its Government was gone for ever. Why is all forgotten so soon ? It is to be considered that a final catastrophe is not the only danger. It is quite certain there must be more Indian loans. Whenever the people at Calcutta see present ease in one course and permanent cost in the other, they are quite sure to choose the latter. The rate of expenditure, already enormous, is threatened with new wastes. Fleshed with British loans, the Indian appetite grows and ravens for more. But every n ew loan must draw down to its own level the existing securities, and the amount which a lender has to consider is not that specious driblet which a finan tier may represent to be all that is nece sary, but the total evidently required before the finances of a country can be restored to a healthy condition. What, then, is the chief source of this confidence in Indian securities ? It is that they are assumed to be British rather than Indian. England is to pay it all at last. Everybody takes it far gran t e d that England has undertaken India, and that means debts and all. He concludes that he will get the benefit of Indian insecurity and British certainty, and so defeat th e f am ous warning of the Duke of - Wellington to his soldiers after the war, that " good interest is only another name for bad security." There is probably not one purchaser of this loan 2RIAL FOR FORGING A WILL. A trial that has excited great interest commenced at Liverpool on Wednesday, before Mr. Baron Wa tson, when Richard Hardy, John Hope, Joseph Berry, and Ruth Berry, were indicted for forging a will at Salford on the 23d of April last, and with uttering the same knowing it to he forged. Mr. Attorney-General Bliss, Mr. Ellis, Q.C., (Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster), and Mr. Holkar, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Pope defended the prisoners. It appeared from the opening statement of Mr. Bliss, that the deceased, Ann Dean, whose will was alleged to be forged, kept a small shop in a cellar at Pendleton, in Salford. She was an illegitimate daughter of Sarah Dean, and by habits of penury and care for many years had amassed a considerable sum of money, and had in her banker's hands nearly £6OO. She was unmarried, and her nearest relation (though, from her being illegitimate herself, he was not her lawful relation) was Isaac Dean, who kept a draper's shop in Salford. The deceased became seriously ill in April last, and fancying that the cellar in which she lived did not agree with her, she took lodgings at the prisoner Hardy's, who kept a beer-house, where she went on the 13th of April, and died that night. She had expressed her inten tion to leave her property to Isaac Dean, but on her death Hardy and his daughter, Ruth Berry, and her husband, Joseph Berry, set up a will purporting to be made by the deceased and attested by Luke Hardman, as one of the attesting witnesses. For the prosecution it was stated that two wills were forged by the prisoners, one in substitution for an other, the first not suiting their purpose, and that these wills were made by the prisoner, Hope, who is an attorney, and whose narne has been struck off the roll. Up to the time of the removal of the deceased to Hardy's house, it was said on the part of the prosecution the deceased had made no will, and from the time of her arrival there to her death she was too ill to make one, and never did make one. The will alleged to be forged was drawn by the pri soner Hope and copied by Luke Hardman, and to this will the deceased was said to have affixed her mark. She could write very well. Luke Hard man was admitted to give evidence as approver. A caveat was entered against the proof of the w:11, which was allowed to expire, and the will was proved by the prisoners, after an attempt to settle matters with Isaac Dean, and the will so proved was the forgery charged in the indictment. After hearing the evidence the case was ad journed. Yesterday the three prisoners, Hardy, H o p e , an d Berry, were placed in the dock at nine o'clock. His Lordship commenced the summing up of the case, and expressed his regret that he had nut been able to conclude it last night, when it was all fresh in their memory, but that was impossible, to do it justice, after having sat f or 10 h ours . Th ere were, he said, originally four prisoners charged with this offence, but the female was discharged, for when a husband and wife are present in the committal of an offence, the law presumes the wife is acting under the coercion of her husband, and, therefore, is not herself criminal. But with regard to the three remaining prisoners : Hardy is a beer house keeper, Hope is a sort of a lawyer, and Berry is a carter. These men are charged with forging the will of Ann Dean, who was no doubt a very penurious person, for she- commenced life with- a capital of ls. 51d., and at her death had between five and six hundred pounds in the bank, some other property, and it was supposed there was a policy of insurance upon her life. On the part of the prosecu tion the theory set up was, that the will was forged on the 18th of April ; for the prisoners, it was sug gested that it was made by the deceased before her death. If they if believed th a t, th en th ere was no for gery ; they believed the contrary, then there could be no doubt a forgery had been committed, and, if so, by whom. There was abundant proof, if it was a forgery, that the three prisoners; were acting to gether at the time the a ll ege d o ff ence was com mitted. The will was admitted to be in the hand writing of Berry, and it was attested by Hardy ; and there was the most abundant evidence that at this time Hope, who act e d as a sor t o f a lawyer, wasinstructing them. But the whole case would rest on the evidence of the witness Hardman, who was an accomplice. Such evidence was always looked upon with suspicion, but it was allowed by the law, if it was corroborated, and unless they be lieved that his evidence was corroborated, he should advise them to reject it. His lordship then read through the whole of the evidence, pointing out the parts in which Hardman's statement had been confirmed, and said th e on l y ques ti on f or considera tion was, in fact, was the will made on the 13th of April by the deceased p If it was not, it was a for gery. In com men ti ng u p on th e papers found in Hope's possession, he particularly alluded to the bill of costs, the last item in that bill being on the 18th of June, and amounting to £75, fees beyond all' bound and most extortionate, and closely fol lowing was a copy of an indictment for forgery that he could suggest was that he had s against men t of the Hardy, had evid b e e n e t n ly showin g refns ed. The succeeded lh e y e e ded in thing p a - i h n i Na. schemei because ck h e e d h c a o td n o nefoloietgt gotihotne o iwt f hh t ae h tm i s l lo s e c u h liv e oa m fn st e oe fa md f ew f for y, ne e o r e yny and ne n td d . g d sit no h n kt s r s t c o oto to this I l tn t h n e i o ns i e t ecd osimultaneouslycourt whichd with n gthhte next t p h i l c u e pd e te. d to the original will of the deceased's mother, an d the one said to be a copy of it made for the de ceased, pointing out the discrepancies, which clearly showed that the latter must have been made at the suggestion of some person not unacquainted COUNT!? Y MARKET& MANCHE STER—Auci. 25. There was about an average show of wheat to - d a y ,, but the attendance was small. A trifling amount of business was transacted, and in most instances late ra tes were rea lised. Oats and oatmeal a slow Bare, at prices rath er lower. Beans and Indian corn rather easier. BOSTON- In wheat to-day prices we: fair, with a slow market. —Auo. 24. re unaltered. Supply very Spring corn maintained its price. - Wheat .393 to 45s White do 45s to 47a Barley .. .36s to 42s New wheat, Oats.. .......... 220 t o 270 Beans .......... 46s to 4 90 Ditto, old to --s 37s to 475. good s r u sa p u p e ly tio o n f BIRMINGHAM—AuG. 2 5 . go A od, onneThewchurearte d oats quite as dear. Barley in retail demand, at late rat; Beans taken in limited quantities, at former p rices ' peas there was little doing, but rather cheaper. nacnyofthloastcovitikti.onFla; LOUTH --Aug. 24. d A very small amount of business was done to-dal, an an _i prices were at no advance on last week, viz. , wheat, fa re. and mixed, 42s to 45s per qr. In other sorts nothing of consequence doing. EDINBURGH GRAIN—AuG. 24. Sales were again heavy to-day, and supplies goo d. Wheat on the top lo 6d down Barley on the top 2s 6d down Oats on tho top is 6d up...... Beans on the top Os 6d down.. average 2s 13( i ssli s 253d6ddd down• GLASGOW—Ana. 24. The wheat trade was dull, and sales effected th culty. Flour in r e t a il req uest, with no change in 11 In other articles there was no change of moment.wi v6l; diftl CORK—AuG. 23. --Red The following were the quotations this morning : 30 wheat, 21s Od to ..s 0i ; white 19s Od to 2 3 s Od; barley Od to 32s Od; oats, lOs 6d to 13s Od. The sup p pl E y ß of i3 f Y at beastsBl‘llT H to-dayF I RL w D a7o A: l ' y ee . a 2 11 3 ra i . to d one most well s o o f l d. which Fat t w were s disposed w e r were m o o f r . e best quality scarce, in good request, and very well son Sheep and lambs were in very good supply, at late rst,.., unsold. ~ t toid Beef Mutton .... 6d 7d Pork .......... 3d per gala Lambplentiful, tiful, calves aanur .. 71d to o —d Rough fat, 4s Hides, 3,id to 51d ; calf skins, 6d to 61( 1 . :rpey; an Loss OF A BRIGHTON YACHT. -- A Veil trd schooner yacht, 'belonging to Mr. Phillimore, of , till, ou Steine, foundered off Jersey between 9 and 10 o clock °u Thursday night last. From information which has got been receh 3d we learn that the owner and crew ha°. 3 Pws on board when the vessel struck upon a rock. 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Who could refuse the sanative draught? aY odera te dicines are obtainable in every country at a ver y reserving outlay, outlay, and are always successful in restoring or palre.th nom health, which is the brightest, most enduring we can possess. nu ari ° [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The salutary effect o f _ t i a u delicious Revalenta Arabica Food in removing ind'god liver complaints, cough, asthma, (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, au folloWing without medicine, is admirably displayed by the letters :—" Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk, June 1 No. 4,2oB.—Eight years dyspepsia, nervousness, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my aerv7 ro ved consumption, u consulted the advice of many have been effectuallY re vto by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall be llePt an . answer any inquiries.—Rev. Flavell "1n44 10 cashire, Aug. 17, 1851.—Gentlemen, —For a con' in , left time I have suffered severely from a violent p am i n toleia ble side, extreme flatulency, accompanied by an tonas sensation of heartburn, and other disagreeable sYml 3 , O t r ied dyspepsia. Various remedies, alleged infallible, Nve wi ' t h o ut in vain, and for a long time I was never 24 house of inY violent pain ; indeed, I was unfit for the perfernr il i ea s than daily duties. I was induced to try your food. 1n ra pid. an hour I found relief, and my recovery was v er Yl--.ble The duties which previously had been au into e s .c oce burden, became a delightful exercise, and I ha ve thers accomplished more labour with less fittig i l h a ve I ever expected to be able to perform. never had a retturn of my complaint. —I). 121b.s rn tins, at ls. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., post; 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, receipt o o don office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ' OxfordAbble. ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 'l5O, Greet; 330 and 451, Strand • 49 and 60, Bishorgbaiin, street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at 1-;11 Co,- Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes an a at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Manchester, SharP Scott ; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and Co. ; at Soul , " ampton, Randall and Son. 110 ,1 [ADVERTISEMENT. ]-Thorley's Food for Cattle beginning to seriously attract the attention of the WI breeder, and feeder of stock. Two y ears of unremittill ca re and attention ha ve enabled its inventor to take big, ground as a benefac tor to these interests ; and notwithstar?; ing the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurls; against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admittea va l ue , will become a necessity to the agricultura l interest. Experience has proved, first, that it effects a considerable saving iii the consumption of provender; secondly, thatiit produces health and vigour in all animals subjecte d to 3111 influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkable degres,e early development of fat. Mr. Thorley, originating s i ng ularly efficacious food, aimed at a compoud calculate to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and exPen,eiv.a ,„ mode then prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. I,;;;; he happily succeeded ; and success prompted a very 11 ,a: desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make plicable to every description of domestic animal. The - 011.. fish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and manifestedsei unwillingness to rely upon its efficacy, fancying he posses eT in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby to feel and fatten his cattle at a cheaper rate than by the employle_iel ar addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food eu'' been subjected have proved its perfect admissibility ass , e .,„ ei ga ' addition to the natural produce of the farm ; inasmuch all cases a subtraction of one-third may be safely subrain; to in the usual food of animals ; and that the produe° will • realised, and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the tin] _ apparent that a certain saving is effected by a fair usually consumed in developing fat ; it, therefore, beconle: of Thorley's Compounded Food. It is believed that the prese_l°ll' unprecedented low price of wheat has induced its very ger a ral food sue, in preference to any other of the usual article _ it is, however, much questioned whether Wheat Y/,..! nourishing and proper food for the working horse, certatV_ it is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, bestn possessing the advantage of greatly invigorating the hean:: and increasing the physical power of all animals , i 8 a Tr and gentle stimulant, and when mixed with their o r e, food, materially assists their digestive powers—a matte _ex applicatio great consequence, since it is an undoubted fact that Elie nourishment contained in their ordinary food is lost, con!le quent upon the impaired or defective action of the digesTy! organs ; it will also be found to be particularly benefi ay' in restoring to good working condition horse s which b been over-worked, or become weak from disease, or 04:1 naturally of a feeble constitution. In cow s its effects a‘.7. undoubted indeed almost marvellous, nearly doubling yield of milk and butter, whilst it at the same time enrich the quality of both. In pigs its fattening qualities are ! more remarkable, displaying in a few weeks its maniXes: superiority over every other kind of compound or nisi! factored food adopted in the feeding of swine. Such Ds 3 been its marked success, that at all our great cattle shosiffr Royalty, noblemen, and others who have fed their c . tti s t on Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the princip.g . prizes, whilst cards of commendation have been award The patronage of Royalty, of clergy, and of our leading agriculturists, must prove 1, • great incitement to this gentleman to pursue his onward course ; and he may confidently rely, in producing s? highly-favoured a compound, on a continuatinti of agele our principal nobility, the high and 4,s' guishcd patronage., BIRTHS. BURTON.—On the 12th inst., the wife of Surgeon-gajor Burton, M.D., of the Cavalry Staff, Canterbury, of a ? op. DELGADO.—On the 25th inst., at King s t on Villa, 03g€13.- bury New-park, the wife of George Delgado, Esq. , ° I a daughter. EAST.—On the 20th inst., at th e Rector y , Hampton, di° wife of the Rev. S. East, of a son. WARD.—On the 24th inst. at Brighton, the lady of Capt. G. Ward, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. o f GREIG—RENWICK.—On the 22d inst , at Sh cre well, Isle Wight, by tho Rev. T. Renwick, vicar of the parish , au a . brother of the bride, Charles Greig, Esq . m , of Clifton, Bo of tho late Charles Greig, Esq., ofAxminster,D ev°l4 and grandson of his Excellency Sir Samuel Greig, for merly Lord High Admiral of Russia, to Emily Luctt youngest daughter of the lite R ear -Admiral Rerovic" of Honiton, Devonshire. LEvI—GOLDSMID.—On the 24th inst , Frederick L e ch Esq., of 31, St. James's-str ee t, and Of Adelaide, S Australia, to Cecilia, f our th daughter of Sampson Gold- Australia, smid, Esq., of M nn.— ecklenburg-square. MuunAy—WuroOn'the 23d inst , a t St. Marg aret's?' Broadwater, Susse x , by th e R ev . E.' K. Elliott, lieT lr t. Augustus, eldest son of Edward Murray, Esq. , o f ~° of brook, Trinidad, * to Adelaide Jane, 3- e ld es t daughte. Colonel Wilford, R,A , Governor of the Military "' demy, Woolwich. DEATHS. BECHER —On the 23d inst., at her residence, Turnhanr. green, Frances, widow of the late Captain Becher, It•l‘T'r in her 821 year. ; EVANS.—On the 20th at No. 15, Upper Porchester-- street, Cambridge-square, Miss H a rriette Evans, aged 76' JERNINGIIAM.—On the 10th inst , at Versailles,the Hon. Mrs. Edward Stafford Jernin;iliam, widow of the late Hon. Edward Stord ingham. REYNELL.—On the Jern 23d inst., George Reynellin , ofg ston-upon-Thames and Chance r y -lane, Esq., the istl3. year of his age. mrsox.—On the 14th inst. at Malta, suddenly, EdwardSA Simpson, Esq., purveyor to 'her Majesty's Forces, aged xa ...ONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN , Office, of No. 112, Strand, Pr inter, at The Sum Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coun Aiiddlesex, Friday, August 2G, 1859. • '" N o. ty of 112, I