The Sun. — London, England, 1862-09-03 00:00:00

Orders have been received at Portsmouth from the Admiralty to give the iron frigate Black Prince another trial,of speed,at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, with the pitch of her screw altered 21 inches. According to the present arrangements,the trial will take place in the early part of next week, The indi cated horse power of the Black Prince's engines in her full and reduced power trials of Saturday and Mon day was, with ten boilers on Saturday, 5,746.514; six boilers, on Monday, 3,569.6; and with four boilers the same day, 2,98906. The operation of swinging the ship, to ascertain the deviation of her compass, was commenced at Spithead yesterday. The screw corvette Pylades, 21, 400 horse, which has been under repair at Chatham for several months past, has had an additional number of hands placed on her. During the time she has been in dock her decks have been ripped up and her beams strength ened by the addition of iron knees. Additional space has also been secured on board for the in creased quantity of ammunition vessels of her class will in future carry, the shot and shell ordered to be supplied to the Pylades being 40 common and 30 segment 110 pounder Armstrong shells filled, and 30 common and 40 segment empty shells ; of the 40 pounder Armstrong shells she will receive 100 com mon, and 100 empty, together with 50 boxes of the filled and 200 of the empty Armstrong 12 pounder shells. Of the ordinary shells she will be furnished with 400 of the 8-inch filled, and 80 of the empty. Her solid shot will consist of 50 100 pounders, 120 40 pounders, and 200 of the 12 pounder Armstrong conical shot. Thirty shipwrights have been entered at Ports mouth Dockyard to strip off the copper and prepare as a target ship the Alfred sailing f r i ga t e . Sh e i s to be fitted with a number of armour plates, and made ready for taking up Porchester Creek for practice by Tuesday next. Am ong th e p l a t es t o b e tested are four forged in Portsmouth Dockyard, and several others from private firms. Advices received from the Baltic state that the iron frigate Defence, Capt. R. A. Powell, C. 8., had struck on a rock and knocked a hole in one of her bottom plates of so serious a nature that she was only kept from foundering by being divided into compartments. The following changes have taken place in Sheer ness dockyard :—Mr. H. L. Peak, late master ship wright, Deptford dockyard, has been appointed master shipwright in Sheerness dockyard ; Mr. W. B. Robinson, senior assist.-master shipwright in Sheerness dockyard, has been appointed master shipwright to the Malta dockyard; Mr. Henwood, foreman of shipwrights in Woolwich dockyard, who is now at Constantinople giving instructions in the art of shipbuilding, is appointed second assist.-master shipwright in Sheerness dockyard; and Mr. E. Wood, foreman of shipwrights at Devonport, is ap pointed to act at Sheerness as acting assist.-master shipwright till the arrival of Mr. Henwood from Constantinople. The Resistance, 18, iron screw steamship, 3,710 tons, 600-horse power, Capt. W. S. Chamberlain, was inspected yesterday by Vice-Admiral W. J. Hope Johnstone and Staff. The vessel will be taken on trial at the measured mile off Iklaplin Sands on Thursday, after which she will proceed to Ports mouth, when she will be taken into dock for neces sary repairs. The following ,'appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—R. R. M. Hall has been nominated to a naval cadetship; C. Atchison, sur geon, additional, to the Severn; Fred. S. Turner and Wm. J. Fellowes, acting second-claas assist. engineers, to the Indus, as supernumeraries. 71IE Alillll. Under the new arrangements for the amalgama tion of the corps of Royal and Indian Engineers the general order relating to which appeared in The Sun of Monday-the corps of Royal Engineers will be augmented to 40 companies-an announce ment to that effect having been yesterday received at head-quarters, Chatham, The additional compa nies intended to be raised will enable the depot com panies at Chatham to be augmented to six, with four companies on the Ordnance survey of Great Britain, and the remaining 30 to be service compa nies. The average number of companies serving abroad will be 21, unless in cases of extreme emer gency, when that number will be largely increased. The new companies intended to be raised will be depot companies, the men composing which will be draughted to India as required. In consequence of the amalgamation of the two corps the Royal Engi neers will be liable for their tour of duty in India ; but under the new arrangements recruits on joining the Engineers will be distinctly asked if they are desirous of serving in India, and on expressing a wish to that effect, military service in India offer ing superior advantages to those found elsewhere, they will be attached to the 39th and 40th depot companies at Chatham, which will be kept exclu elusively for the Indian recruits. The stations of the companies of Royal Engineers are now as fol low, several of the companies, however,being under orders to return to England, or actually on their passage home :-Ist, Plymouth ; 2d, Aldershot; 3d, 27th, and 33d, Gibraltar ; 4th, 15th, and 18th, Ca nada; sth and 34th, Bermuda; 6th, New Zealand; 7th, Ralifax ; Bth and 10th, China; 9th, Woolwich ; 11th and 21st, Mauritius; 12th and 25th, Cape of Good Rope ;17th, Curragh ; 20th, Australia ; 23d, Shorncliffe ; 24th, 28th, and 31st, Malta ; 29th and 30th, Corfu; 32d, St. Helena ; 22d, 26th, 35th, 36th, 37th, and 38th companies, Chatham. The compa nies engaged on the trigonometrical survey are the 13th, 14th, 16th, and 19th. The following general order has been issued from head quarters at Montreal. It is dated July 19 :- " The Lieut.-General commanding has the greatest satis faction in notifying in general orders the reception of the Victoria Cross for presentation to Capt. Burslaco, of the 60th Rifles, now serving in Quebec, for his distingui shed gallantry, when a Lieutenant of the 67th Foot in China/ in swimming the ditches of the North Taku Fort, and perse vering in attempting, duri ng th e assault, and before the en trance of the fort had been eff ec t e d by any one, to enlarge an opening in the wall, through which he eventually en" I tered, and in doing so was severely wounded. It appears i that Capt. Burslam was only acc ompanied in hi s ga llant achievement by Private Thomas Lane, of the 67th Regi ment, who has already received the Victoria Cross. JANCLS CONOLLY, Lieut.-Colonel, Deputy Adjt.-Gene:al." The following promotions and appointments in the corps of the Royal Marines, Light Infantry, have been announced in a divisional order, issued at head -quarters, Chatham :-First Lieut. and Quartermaster G. Mairis, of the Plymouth divi sion, vice Capt. W. F. P. Dodson, placed on half pay ; Second Li eu t. R . D. Tully, of the Chatham division, to be First Lieut., and appointed to the same division ; First Lieut. aster, and ap c. F. Cop p i ng of el the Chatham division, to be arter m pointed to the Plymouth diQviusion. - Lieut. -Col. Anderson, C. 8., arrived at Bilsea yes terday, from Aldershott, and re -assumed the con t _ mand of the Royal Artillery at that station. Th e ,‘ K." battery of field artillery also arrived at Hilsea from Aldershott, with the following offi cers :—Lieut.-Col. Shakspeare, Lieuts. Tupper, Loraine, and Pipon, and Assist.-Surg. Forshall. The " I" battery returns to Hilsea from the camp on the 16th inst. The new barracks under contract (£11,000) by Mr. Naylor, of Rochester, for the reception of mar ried soldiers and their wives belonging to the Royal Artillery at Sheerness garrison, are now completed, and will be inhabited towards the close of this month. The range of buildings erected by the Government on an elevated site on the outskirts of Chatham, to be used in killing, dressing, and preparing the meat for the troops at that station, under the new sys tem intended to be carried out at the garrison, similar to that in operation at Aldershot, were taken possession of by the military authorities last week, and on Saturday the new arrangements came into operation. The blocks of buildings include enclosed sheds for the cattle, together with commodious Blanghter-houses, stores, weighing-rooms, offices, &C. all of which are fitted up in the most complete man ner, while the sanitary arrangements are of the most appr ove d description. The detachment of the commissari at corps which arrive d at the g arrison a - few from Aldershot days since to be employed in preparing the m eat took possess ion of the building on Saturday, when several bullocks and a number of sheep were slaughtered in readiness for issue to the troops yesterday. The cattle will sti'l be sup plied to the Government by the contractors, but under the new system the troops will l e protected from being furnished with inferior mew - , the present arrangement rendering it impossible for any but the soundest cattle to be killed. Each animal will be inspected on the premises before it is slaughtered. It was originally intended to employ the troops of the garrison in killing and dressing the meat, in order that they might be acquainted with those duties when engaged on active duty in the field, but that intention has been abandoned for the present. The new block of buildings at Chatham was erected by Mr. K. Spicer, the Government contractor. ASSIZE IN7ELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, Sept. 2. (B e f ore Mr. Justice Willes and a Special Jury.) BRUCE V. JONES. Mr. Brett, Q.C., and Mr. Quain appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Milward (Mr. E. James, Q.C., with him), for the defendant. The plaintiff, William Wallace Bruce, was the owner of the ship Hero, which foundered at sea, and the defendant, William Henry Jones, was a member of the firm of Messrs. W. H. Jones and Co., insurance agents, of London. The action was brought to recover £2,400 on the policy of insu rance. The defendant pleaded a denial of the loss of the vessel ; that the voyage was abandoned ; and also that there was delay, concealment, and misre presentation on the part of the plaintiff; that the ship was unseaworthy; and that a number of other insurances were effected with other underwriters, and. that under those policies the plaintiff had re ceived the full value of the vessel. Mr. Brett, in opening the case, said that it raised the question as to what was the proper mode of in suring ships. The jury would also have to consider whether the mode of insuring the Hero, both as to amount and disclosure, was fair; whether there was an inexcusable delay in starting the ship from Cardiff ; and lastly, what was the proper mode of valuing ships for the purpose of insurance. The Hero was classed red A 1 in 1857, and he should show that she was an extraordinary ship, having been lengthened. It was contended that this had weakened her. She had been used in the China trade, and Mr. Bruce bought her for £2,000 in 1859 to continue in that trade. He then expended nearly £BOO on her ; and, in order to get her to China, entered, in June, 1860, into a charter party to take out a cargo of coal from Cardiff to Manilla. On the 11th of June he insured her with the Bristol underwriters for £5OO, valuing the ship at £3,000. When loading at Cardiff she was over looked, and as some bolts had started and other defects were observed, she was again put into a graving dock and strengthened at an expense of£4oo. She was then surveyed and reported seaworthy, and in July, 1860, she sailed with 500 tons of coal. Before the last repairs Mr. Bruce had insured her at Aberdeen for £725, valuing her at £3,000. On the 2d of August he insured the ship for the voyage for £2,400. The moment she left Cardiff, however, her misfortunes began. She was about as unlucky a ship as ever sailed. She encountered bad weather, which continued for some time, and was obliged to put into Cadiz i n di s t ress . Mr. Bruce went to Cadiz, and, rather than incur the ruinous expense of repairing the ship there, was advised by Mr. Brackenbury one of Lloyd's agents, to send her to Gibraltar, to sell the coals there, and then send her back with ballast to England and have her again repaired. The plaintiff sent a telegram to Mr. Jones apprizing him of what was going to be done, and an answer was returned to the effect that Messrs. Jones and Palmer sanctioned the proposal. The coals were, therefore, sold according to this alleged agreement, and also with the consent of an agent of the charterer, who was at Gibraltar at the time. The ship was again overlooked, and then sent to Cardiff with ballast. There the crew, all but the captain, was discharged, and the vessel was sur veyed by Mr. Edwards and other gentlemen, who said that before she could proceed to sea she must be stripped and be re-sheathed; and it was esti mated that the expense of repairing her would be £2,470. The plaintiff subsequently told Mr. Jones that the charter-party to Manilla would be finally cancelled. On receiving the estimate for the last repairs, the plaintiff told the defendant that, as the repairing was likely to be a long job, they had bet ter adjust the matter on the basis of the estimate. Mr. Jones did not object to that at once, and said he would take time to consider. After a time, how ever, Mr. Jones said he was not liable for the losses on the ground that she was unseaworthy when she left Cardiff. Finally the plaintiff brought an action for losses. Knowing, however, that the ship was ultimately going to Manilla, and in order to make himself perfectly right with regard to the future, he went to the defendant and got him to endorse on the policy the following agreement:—" It is hereby agreed that the return of the ship Hero, hereby insured from Cadiz to Cardiff, via Gibraltar, shall not be considered as a deviation from or vitiate this policy, such return having been made with the consent of the underwriters." It was, therefore, clear to Mr. Jones that the ship was to sail to Manilla, but with a new charter-party. This was the state of things in February, but in April a most important conversation took place between the Plaintiff and the defendant. The effect of it was that Mr. Jones asked the plaintiff if the ship was going to Manilla. Mr. Bruce said not until the pre vious dispute between them was settled. He told Mr. Jones that if he had any objection to continue the risk he could reinsure or cancel the policy if he (Mr. Jones) would pay the extra premium. Mr. Jones said there was not likely to be any extra pre mium on account of the largeness of the repairs. Mr. Jones then asked if the ship was going to Manilla. Mr. Bruce replied "If she was going elsewhere, how would you treat this policy ?" Mr. Jones then asked Mr. Bruce if he would reinsure, and he said he would inquire of the brokers. He did inquire, but could get no quotation. That was communicated to Mr. Jones, and Mr. Jones was asked if he would cancel the policy and return the premium, and he said, " No •, I consider her a better risk than she was before." It was therefore clear that Mr. Jones un derstood that the risk was on. On the sth of June, 1861, a Mr. Bailey made an award, but awarded a very small sum for the losses that had happened to the ship. On the refusal to cancel the policy Mr. Bruce purchased a cargo of coals, and the ship sailed from Cardiff on the 3d of July for Manilla. What Mr. Bruce had now spent upon the ship had im mensely increased her expenses, and he therefore effected an insurance in London on the voyage for £3,000, valuing the ship at £5,000. Now, that ship had cost him more than £5,000. The ship had no sooner left Cardiff than she again encountered bad [ weather, and she was obliged to put into Milford in distress. She again went on to Manilla, but again met with hard weather, and on the 26th of August she foundered at sea and went to the bottom. In October the plaintiff made a claim on the defendant for the total loss of the ship, and a correspondence took place, in the course of which the defendant requested informati on o f t h e total amount i nsured on the freight and cargo. He also said that the mate had come to the defendant, stating captain had " scu ttl e d" t h e s hi p , b ut would not say a n ythi ng a b out i t i f he (the was paid £ll4 for som e b oots w hi c h h e ha d that that he would mate) taken out as a part of th e cargo. The defendant said he must consult the und erwr i ters i n London as to the course to be pursued. The d e f ence now made was, ne t that the ship was scuttled, but that - d id not disclose, when he ade the policy, that he had i Mr. Bruce d already nsured the s hi p over her value, a n d tha t the plaintiff had been paid th e full value by the lin d e rwriters. He (th e l earne d counsel) understood t hat the defence would be th a t the ship ought to have b ee n insured at th e mar k et value of shipping of her tonnage and class at the m ade, and which in this time the insurance was instance would have been about £2,800. That principle, however, he contended, depended on cause the market value of shipping h was absurd, be ad recovered the demand.S • ff the whole of th Supposing the plaint' Would then have lost by the a y of consideration what he ins . urance, he . , leaving out he would ha vedestination. gained had she arrived The facts stated b then deposed to by the of y Mr. Brett were safely at her captain of the hero , Mr. by Captain Young, Mr. Milward contended, that th e questions for the jury Nye , for the defence, there was any misstatement or re—firstly, w h e ther 0 _ the part of the plaintiff bmaterial concealment u induced the defendant to en y : the late h.ich he might ha ve proceederamto this risk. The learned counsel then was. The next question the voyage was, „ m t ) show that there for which the ship was insured weatshZ andoned, the returned liability of the underwriters ending with such abandonment. The defendant was then called, and Mr. Milward and Mr. Brett having replied, His Lordship summed up, and the ju r y a verdictlor the plaintiff for £3 16s. Mr. Justice Mellor and a special jury have been engaged the entire day in the hearing of D enton v. Milligan and Others," which was tried at the w Spring Assizes last year, when a verdict was giv en for the plaintiff. A new trial was subsequently ordered by the Queen's Bench. There is no pros pect of its being brought to a close to-day. The Salut Public has the fella - % ing :—" M. Mires has just purchased some ground at Douai, and intends building a house there.' MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept. 2. (Before 11r. Sergeant Gaselee.) THE ROBBERY OF BOOKS FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—Eugene Plumber Macarthy, 44, a man of g entlemanly exterior, described in the calendar as " formerly a soldier," with a superior education, was indicated for stealing six printed books, the property of the Trustees of the British Museum. Mr. Sergeant Parry (specially retained) and Mr. Poland (instructed by Messrs. Bray and Co., of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury) appeared for the• prosecution ; Mr. Ribton (instructed by Mr. Morris, of Beaufort-buildings, Strand) defended the prisoner. This was a case of a somewhat extraordinary cha racter; and the facts, as detailed by the learned counsel who conducted the prosecution, appeared to be as follow :—A short time ago the prisoner was tried at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of bigamy, there being two indictments against him. He pleaded guilty to one of them, and there was no evidence offered in support of the other, and only a short term of imprisonment was passed upon him. 1 At the termination of his sentence he was appre hended on the present charge, taken before a ma gistrate, and committed for trial. The charge against the prisoner was for stealing six books from the British Museum about five. years ago, he then having the privilege of admission as a reader to the reading-room, but in consequence of the books being so numerous and valuable, and so many persons ad mitted to read them, there was great difficulty in preventing theft, even with all the care that was used. It seemed the prisoner obtained tickets of admission to the building upon the recommendation of Mr. W. H. Gordon, of Princes-street, Cavendish square, on the 22d of July, 1857, upon which day he attended and signed the book required to be signed by readers on their first admission. In the letter of recommendation he was stated to be a member of the Irish bar, and that he was desirous of prosecuting some researches into Irish history, connected with his name and family, having for some years ceased to practise at the bar, and that in the interval he had been residing at Toulouse, with Vicomte de Macarthy, his father, and that his stay in England would not be protracted. He came frequently to the reading-room and had the use of a great number of books and MSS., and it would seem that on the very day after his first ad mission, a book which he had entitled " Chris- tian Instruction," was missing from the library. On the 2d of June, 1858, he was expelled from the library for writing on a manuscript, but on his representing to Mr. Panizzi that he merely corrected an error, and believed that he was rendering a service to:future readers, he was readmitted to the reading-room in the following month of July. The prisoner represented that he was collecting materials for biographies of his coun trymen engaged in foreign services, and that some of them had appeared in the Dublin University Magazine, and it was imp3rtant to a certain degree, as five or six of the books which the prisoner was charged with stealing bore upon Irish history and titles of honour. Three of the books were kept on shelves in the reading-room, from which readers were allowed to help themselves, and they were missed in 1858. The other three required a ticket to be filled up with the title and reference to the Museum Catalogue, but it was suppoaed some fraud had been perpetrated in respect of the tickets for these books, so that they should not be produced against him. Since the prisoner was committed by the magistrate access had been obtained to his papers, and amongst them had been found a ticket upon which he obtained one of the books ; but two other tickets were not forthcoming. At the August sessions of the Central Criminal Court the prisoner was indicted for bigamy, in having married Miss O'Bryen in 1844, his former wife being then alive. There was also a second indictment for marrying a third wife, the other two being alive, and while he was on bail on these charges he wrote to Mr. Miller, the solicitor who was acting for Miss O'Bryen, a letter, requesting that some books which were in Miss O'Bryen's possession and belonged to him might be returned to him. When Miss O'Bryen discovered that she was not his lawful wife, she ceased to Live with him, and the books and papers were kept in a bag ready to be delivered to the pri soner whenever he should apply for them. Upon the receipt of this letter an examination of the books and papers was made by Mr. O'Bryen, the brother of Miss O'Bryen. On Augu s t 19 Dr. O'Bryen, her brother, being at the house in Westbourne-place, observed on the table two books, the subject of these proceedings, which he immediately supposed to be long to some public library, and on a little further examination he was led to think that they belonged to the British Museum. On the same day he took these books to the British Museum, and having shown them to Mr. Rye, the assistant keeper of the printed books, he at once identified them as be longing to the Museum Library. Mr. Rye, on the same day, went to Westbourne-place and made a further examination, when other books belonging to the British Museum were found and identified. No doubt being entertained that the prisoner had become unlawfully possessed of the books in ques tion, it was determined to institute a prosecution against him on behalf of the Trustees of the British Museum, and he was arrested and charged with the theft, and after being remanded, Mr. Henry com mitted him for trial. Several witnesses having been called to substan tiate these facts, Mr. Ribton rose to address the jury for the pri soner, and said the first thing which would be for their consideration was, did the books in question belong to the British Museum, and if so were they removed by the prisoner ? If they were satisfied of that, the next and most important question they would have to consider was, were they taken away by him with an intention of stealing them ? That was a very important question to consider, for in point of law the mere taking of an article away was not stealing, unless at the time of taking it there was an intention of stealing it, and to deprive the owner of it altogether. The mere act of ap plying the article to his own use was not sufficient, and unless they were satisfied that there was an animus furundi they could not find the prisoner guilty of stealing. Having paid attention to the facts of the case, he would ask the jury whether they could safely and conscientiously say, suppos ing Mr_ Macarthy took these books from the British Museum, that he intended to steal them, by per manently depriving the trustees of the British Mu seum of them, and appropriating them to his own use. There was every presumption that the prisoner intended to return the books, for he attended the Bri tish Museum for a legitimate and honourable pur pose, for he had written an article called the " O'Byrnes of 'Wicklow," inserted in the Dublin Uni versity Magazine, and sometimes wrote for newspa pers and periodicals. He had no intention of felony, for when he took them he did so that he might care fully peruse them, and though it might be a breach of the regulations of the Museum to take books away, that was a very different thing from stealing them. Having censured the conduct of the O'Bryens in importing matters which had nothing to do with the case, he said if the jury had a doubt in the case, the prisoner was entitl3d to an acquittal at their hands, and he trusted the benefit would be cheer fully accorded to him. Mr. Sergeant Gaselee very carefully summed up the evidence. The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, re turned a verdict of guilty of stealing. Mr. Sergeant Gaselee said it was painful to see a person in the position in life of the prisoner charged with such an offence, as from his education he ought to have set an example, and was not ex posed to the same temptations as those they were in the habit of punishing every dny. He could well understand that the prisoner felt his position, painfully. bat the Court had a public duty to per form, and to show that the administration of the law was equal to high and low, rich and poor, and as the position in society of the prisoner made hi s offance the more heinous, it would be his duty to pass a severe sentence. Prisoner—Ob, my lord, I pray you to temper justice with mercy. Mr. Sergeant Gaselee said that was the feeling of the whole bench, but having given the case the fullest consideration they had come to a conclusion upon it, and the sentence of the Court was that h e be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 18 months. Prisoner—l did not expect so severe a sentence as that. The prisoner was then removed to the cell. , l 3 a e f o r r e e p o M i a r i . v 1: - a l y oo n h e i . o ) g woman, was indicted Morgan( to deprivea child of ten years indicted for feloniouslyyaandGoff,unlawfully leading and the guardians was placed intent thereby thereby , a d at she lived at o t taking kaignag, with away of such a child of its possession. The child, an intelliigent little gi rl , on a seat in the court, and she said t h at she p ner came to her and ask d long on Saturday would () 4wse,eDk Drury-lane, Earl-street, Leicester-her to make her some papers for flowers. She e made her some, and then said that as she had been so square, when the riso she shoald catch it. She told her she and that if she we nt with her she would give not,h her som e nice silk frocks, and she was induced to with h er . She went to beer-shops to sell go lavender, and • they slept at night at lodging-houses. She pick e d u containing £2 and a ing s 1 , 0 p a purse contai lot of shil spend, IP) which the prisoner gave Ler a shilling to and as she at dinner time sue asked for the c h ange , and on ; o ' p... had not got it she beat her. She cried, them thaa_People getting round them, she told man Was sent for woman was not her mother. A police . R o b ert for and the woman went w ith him. finding the Doughty, police-con t ble 87 if, proved at childs a a beer-shop in Luke-street, ITHE LONDON, WEDN'ESO EVFININI, SEPTRYIBER 3, 1562. Mile-end Old Town. lShe was crying, and said the prisoner had beaten her, and that she had taken her away from Leicester-square on Saturday (it was then Tuesday). He took prisoner into custody. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and Mr. Payne sentenced her to twelve months' hard labour. Louisa Lyster, 31, was indicted for stealing a napkin and other articles, and £2 ss. in money, the property of George Granville and Co., wardrobe dealers, of 293, Euston-road. The prisoner was a dressmaker, and evidence was given that a large number of articles had been ab stracted from the premises. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Payne sentenced her to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 months. POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE,—Sept. 2. MANSION-HOUSE.—George Sutherland, de scribed as a seaman, was brought up on a charge of violently assaulting a police constable. It appeared from the statement of the complain ant, Police-constable John Featherstone, 526, that he was on duty in Tower -street that morning about 1 o'clock, when the prisoner came behind him, and without the slightest provocation struck him a vio lent blow with his fist on the back of his head,which threw him forward on his face, and in his fall he broke the thumb of his left hand and dislocated the thumb of his right hand. He got up, and the pri soner struck him a blow on the mouth which knocked a tooth out. He called for assistance, and another officer came up, and ho then became insensible. Police-constable 563 said he was in Tower-street when he heard a heavy fall on the pavement, and on going to see what was the matter, he saw the last witness lying on the pavement, and the prisoner, who appeared to have been drinking, was leaning against a post a few yards off. He took the prisoner to the station, and on the road he spat several times in his face. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he was quite a stranger in London. He came from Scot land, and got paid off from his ship on the previous day. He certainly got a little too much to drink, and was wandering about, not knowing where he was, when he met the first witness, who asked him where he was going, and asked him for a drop of beer. He told him he was going home, and gave the policeman half-a-crown, and asked for the change, but he wanted to put the whole of the half crown in his pocket, upon which he certainly gave him a shove, and he fell forward. The prisoner was committed for trial. CLERKENWELL—DARING CASE OF GAROT TING..—Henry Beaumont, alias Jones, a young but powerful fellow, whose friends are stated to be very respectable, was charged before Mr. Barker, on re mand, with being concerned, with another man not in custody, in garotting a young man of the name of Evans, residing at 78, John-street, Tottenham court-road, and stealing his silver watch, in King street, Holborn. Mr. Wakeling watched the case for the prisoner. The complainant stated that, about a quarter-past one in the morning, he was going home, and met the prisoner and his companion at King's-cross. One of them spoke to him, and in the course of con versation they said they should like to have some thing to drink. The p r isoner said that, although it was so late, be could get something, and they all went to a public-house together and partook of some beer, two pints between the three, and for which he (prosecutor) paid, When he came out of the public-house, he turned to go towards King's-cross, but the prisoner said, "Don't go that way. We know the place well, as we live on the spot ; but if you come this way it will cut off the earner." He went some distance with them, when they caught hold of each of his arms. Imme diately afterwards, when in a dark spot, one of them took hold of him by the throat and nearly choked him. He could not tell which of them took him by the throat, but the one who did not touch him on the throat rifled his waistcoat pocket and tore and also stole his watch, which he had not since seen. They then both ran away, but he could only follow them a short distance, as he, being nearly strangled, fell insensible, and remained in that state for some minutes. The men ran in diffe rent directions. He had never seen either of them before. Police-constable Maynard, 103 E, said about half-past two in the morning of the 20th he heard a faint cry of police, and the prisoner came running towards him from King-street. He was out of breath, and he stopped him. Before he could speak to the prisoner, he said, "Do not stop me, I know nothing of that affair. I have run all the way from the Haymarket, and want to get to Somers Town, as lam afraid I shall be locked out." That would be out of the way from the Haymarket to Somers Town. He took the prisoner back to the corner of Warren street, and found the prosecutor lying on the ground in an insensible state. NV hen the pro secutor recovered he identified the prisoner as one of the men who had assaulted and robbed him. At the police-station the prisoner gave a false name, and refused his address. William Morley, barman at the Hunter's Arms, proved seeing the prosecutor, the prisoner, and another man at his master's house on the morning of the 20th ult. They had some beer, and then went away together. Police -constable Cook, 198 S, produced a copy of the prisoner's previous conviction, from which it appeared that he was convicted at the Middlesex Sessions in 1861, on a charge of felony, and was then sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour in the House of Correction. Since he has been under remand the friends of the prisoner have been doing all they can to keep the prosecutor out of the way, and to prevent him from prosecuting. The prisoner said he had nothing to say here. He should reserve his defence for a higher tribunal. Mr. Barker fully committed the prisoner for trial on the charge of robbery from the person, with violenc e • he, also, having p rev i ous l y been con victed of felony. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Elizabeth Jopling, a good-looking young woman, a domestic servant, was charged with robbing her employer, under the following circumstances : Mr. Thomas William Edmonds said that he re sided at 16, Marchmont-street, St. Pancras, and was a cowkeeper. The prisoner was his servant, and lived with him about three weeks. On Sun day, the 24th of August, he missed a dress, and from what his wife told him he, on the following day, went to the prisoner's box, and found in it the dress he had missed the day before. The piece of flannel produced was missed three days after the prisoner entered his service, and when she was spoken to about the matter, she said the other ser vant who had left must have taken it. The eight plates and one dish produced he also found in her box wrapped in some dresses which did not belong to him. Before he told her what he had found, he asked her if she had any of his property in her box, and she replied in the negative. She entered his service by means of a false character. Mr. P. W. Dixon, of 3, Upper Bedford-place, said the prisoner was in his service before she en tered Mr. Edaionds'. During the time she was with him he missed several things as well as money. The plates and dish charge e p en rt askedood u c produced d t3 edry.r were7m and hisbnedr Edmondsproperty.wl when 9et noE hosora p i Police-constables prisoner forgive said vo h led e htheoeroi.k, theth e Tlia prisoner said she was very sorry for what she had done, and pleaded for mercy. Mr. Marker fully committed the prisoner to the Middlesex Sessions for trial. AT TEMPT TO STEAL A WATCH.—Sarah notwithstanding 2G, an unfortunate female, who, habits, and her having A VIOLENT SCENE IN COURT.—DARING White aged her drunken and dissolute . been several times in prison, still bore traces of once having been handsome, was charged before Mr. Barker with attempting to steal a watch and guard from the person of Mr. Bosley, builder of Argyll square, in North-place, Cromer-street, St. Pancras. As soon as the prisoner was placed in the dock she became exceedingly violent, and made use of the most blasphemous expressions. She not only abused the prosecutor but the officials and the ma gistrate, and said if she could get near either of them she would murder them, remarking that she might as well be "hung for a sheep as a lamb." So violent was her conduct that Mr. Mould (the chief clerk) told her that it would be necessary to have her removed and the handcuffs placed on her. He also told her that she was disgracing her sex, and that those who heard her only looked at her with scorn ; but all to no effect, and it was ultimately found necessary to remove her. Whilst in the cell she screamed violently, and when she was a little quiet it was only to make use of the most horrible threats and imprecations. From the evidence of the prosecutor it appeared that on the previous afternoon he was passing through North-place to go to his back premises when the pri- Boner carne out of on e of the brothels and stood in front of him, and would not let him pass. It may here be stated that North-place is full of brothels of the lowest description, and is i n f a ct a disg rac e to the parish of St. Pancras. I t i s in h a bi ted b y prosti tutes and thieves of the worst description, and hardly a day passes but that a charge of some kind tohreapnriotshoenrer she made grasp at his gold guard and is brought ht before the magistrate from that place. On th e prosecutor endeavouring to pass did not succeed in getting possession of th e watch. He backed out of the court, being af ra id that the prisoner's companions lowed, and said s h e i broke it, but fo r t unate would come t o h er assistance, and the prisoner fol watch. He managed watch in his Nv t o as g e d te t searf m e l i y n e a d w ; a t y o w ha it v h e t h h i e s possession, And h e then called a police constable and gave her into custody. The constable had a great deal of trouble in apprehending her ; for as soon as she saw him coming she ran into one of the houses and secreted herself. The police stated that the prisoner was a notorious character, and had been several times convicted on charges of drunkenness and felony, and had only been out of prison a few days, where she had been confined for twelve months, for stealing a watch. The prisoner was here brought in so plead, and again making use of bad language, said she should reserve her defence as the magistrate and prosecutor were both pigs. Mr. Barker said it was melancholy to see a young woman like the prisoner disgracing herself in such a manner. He should commit her for trial to the Middlesex Sessions, and he should direct that her character might be mentioned to the judge, and that copies of her convictions should be produced. The prisoner was then removed in a frantic rage, but was afterwards brought back and informed by Mr. Mould (the chief clerk) that the magistrate would send her for trial for felony, and not for mis demeanour, so that if she were convicted she might be sentenced to penal servitude instead of to a short term of imprisonment. The prisoner, who said she did not care what they did with her, was then removed. LAMBETH. - DANGEROUS CHARACTERS. Thomas Edwards and John Hawkins, determined and desperate looking fellows, were brought up on remand before Mr. Elliott, on the following charge : From the evidence it appeared that about two o'clock one morning last month the prisoners were observed to be following a gentleman somewhat the worse for liquor, by two constables, who, suspecting their object to be to garotte the gentle man, kept them in view. They passed and repassed the gentleman several times, and at the end of Cold Harbour-lane placed themselves in a darkened place to ascertain which turning the gentleman would take. At this point the constables made their appearance, and one of them addressing the prisoner Edwards, asked him his business there at such an un reasonable hour, and his reply was that he was in search of his sister but when pressed on the sub ject, he admitted that his sister had left her home three years before, and he could not say where she was to be found. Both prisoners were then taken into cuEtody, and on their way to the station-house Edwards dropped a handkerchief, which the con stable took up, and in it found a large stone, which felt perfectly warm, and which it was quite appa rent ho had carried in his pocket for some time and distance. _ _ The prisoners having given false addresses, the constables in charge of the case were unable to learn anything about them, but there were officers in attendance who spoke to the former offences of Edwards. Joshua Turner, 45 M, said he had known the prisoner Edwards for about five years, and was pre sent at the Southwark Court when, in September, 1859, he we s sentenced to three months' hard labour. He had the prisoner in custody himself in May, 1860, on a charge of felony, when he was committed under the Criminal Justices Act to four months, and was present at a third conviction to three months' hard labour for being found with a ticket-of-leave man on board a ship, in the Commercial Docks, with intent to commit a felony. The man Haw kins was not spoken of, but a person more resem bling a returned convict could not well be con ceived. Mr. Elliot, in passing sentence, said that there could be no doubt of the object of the prisoners in following the gentleman, or of their intention to rob and perhaps ill-use him, and it was fortunate that the constables had observed and apprehended them. He then committed them to three months' hard labour each in the Wandsworth House of Cor rection. SOUTHWARK.—SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A RAILWAY PORTER. — John Baker, a porter in the employ of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, was placed at the bar before Mr. Burcham charged with stealing a purse containing a £5 Bank of England note, two sovereigns, and some memorandums, the property of Mrs. Hannah Felton, at the terminus, London-bridge. Mr. Carpenter, the superintendent of the com pany's police, said that the charge was one of a seri ous nature against the prisoner, who had been a porter of the railway upwards of twelve months, and until the present transaction bore a good cha racter. A few days ago a lady came to the termi nus for the purpose of proceeding to Croydon. She had with her a basket of eggs, and by some means they got broken on the platform. The lady applied to one of the porters to clean her basket, and it was believed that the purse she then held in her hand must have dropped into it, as she missed it as soon as the porter took the basket away to clean it. The lady on the return of the latter asked him if he had seen her purse in the basket, or whether he had picked it up. The porter denied ever having seen it. Information was then given to the autho rities, and the number of th e no t e was reporte d at the Bank of England, the result of which was that it was traced to the prisoner, who had given it to his wife, her name and address being on the bacK of it. Witness then went to the prisoner and asked him if he recollected cleaning a lady's basket of broken eggs at the terminus. He denied having done so on any occasion. Witness then told him that a lady had pointed him out as the party who did it, and that he had stolen the lady's purse contain ing a £5 note, two sovereigns, and some memoran dums. He declared that was all false also, and when told that the lost £5 note had been traced to his wife, he said that he knew nothing at all about it ; that if his wife had changed a note she must have had it from her friends, as she frequently re ceived notes from them. Witness told him that the lady positively swore that he was the porter who had cleaned her basket, and as the note had been traced to him he should take him into custody. When the charge was entered and read over to him at the station-house, he admitted that he had picked up the purse, and foolishly converted the money to his own use, and that he gave the £5 note to his wife. Witness here asked for a remand for the production of the prosecutrix, who was in the country, and the clerk from the Bank of England. The prisoner, who declined saying any thing in defence, was remanded until Monday. A FOREIGN THIEF AT A RAILWAY STATION.—A fashionably-dressed German, who gave the name of Ernest Hegins, was charged with stealing a port manteau, containing valuable property, from the terminus of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, I ondon-bridge. _ _ Mr. tarpenter said that as a train was prepar ing to start for Brighton, about 11 o ' c l oc k on the previous morning, he saw the prisoner on the plat form looking about in rather a suspi c i ous manner. Witness watched him and saw him take up a large portmanteau and pass through the first-crass book ing-office to the entrance of the station. He called a cab, got into it with the portmanteau, and was about to drive off with it, when witness stopped him and asked him whose portmanteau he had got with him. He replied it was his own, but when a sked r what marks were upon it he coulc,lnot tell, label had had had he the key with him. A 4 d recently been fixed to the portm anteau, own, and it bore the following large letters on t h e top—" F. G. B." Witness handed him over to the custody of Inspec tor Richards, 'while he telegraphed to Brighton, and then he ascertained that the portmanteau be longed to Mr. F. G. Bishop, of the Geological Sur vey, who went by the train to Brighton. Witness therefore asked for a remand to enable that gentle man to attend. The prisoner here, in very good English, said he had come over with friends to see the Exhibition, and that the portmanteau belonged to him. Mr. Carpenter informed his worship that he had opened the portmanteau, and there were documents in it belonging to Mr. Bishop. Witness believed that the prisoner was connected with a gang of foreign thieves infesting the metropolitan railways. Mr. Burcham also remanded him until Monday next. THAMES.—MUTINOUS SEAMEN.--Five Af r i can seamen appeared before Mr. Wool r y c h, to an swer a charge of mutinous conduct and neglect of duty preferred against them by Capt. J. Gavine, the master of the ship Elizabeth, now lyi ng in Limekiln-dock, Limehouse. It appeared, from the statement of complainant, that the Elizabeth was to sail on Saturdaynext with Government stores for the River Gambia, and that he brought the five Africans fromßathurst, under 4rticles of agreement. They behaved very well at sea, but since they had b een i n the port of London they had been disobedient and neglectful. They worked just when they pleased, in total dis regard of the requirements of the ship, Sometimes they went on shore in the mornin g, an d re mained till dinner time. They dem an d ed money, though none was due to them, and then asked for their dis charges, although their voy a did not terminate till they returned to Africa. O ne of the men was troubled with a slight cough last Friday. He pre tended to be sick, and laid himself up in his berth. He remonstrated with hi m, a n d told him people in England did not lay up With slight coughs, and that he had a severe one hims e lf, but attended to his business notwithstandi ng. Mr. Woolry eh ur hich is the man who had the cough ? Capt. Gavine-- to a tall, sleek, fi rs t one. The complainant pointed all, sleek a nd powerful African. /Mr. W oo l rye Capt. Gavin h--"Wh' s t is his name e - -Naholeonßuonaparte. (Laughter.) Mr. Woolryeh_g ovv , Mr. Napoleon Buonaparte, what say you to this ? The Africa n seam an delivered himself in almost unintelligible gibberish, the only part of which that could be understood was—" he top (stop) all allowance, no rice, no pea soup, gib fresh beef; him signed for soup, flour, rice all at sea—him no like rob bef and cabbage." Mr. Woolrych—Did the captain give you roast beef and cabbage, Napoleon Buonaparte ? (Great laughter.) The African—Yes, yes ; him nu like rob bef and cabbage ; like him pea soup, fill out him belly. Mr. Woolrych—You like quantity better than quality. Why don't you do your work. The Africans complained of the roast beef; they wanted salt beef and rice and pea soup. Captain Gavine said the men had been sailing with him off and on between six and seven years, and he had always behaved well to them, and humoured them. He would give them their dig charge here if the magistrate permitted him to do so. Mr. Woolrych-1 can never countenance that. If you leave them here, they will be starving about our streets. Captain Gavine—They won't work. What am Ito do. I give them fresh meat, good vegetables, and good bread. What do they want ? Napoleon Bonaparte—No more rob bef, sar. We want pea soup. The other men complained of the roast beef, and wanted pea soup and salt beef. Mr. Woolrych said the Africans were fed on wholesome and nutritious food, and plenty of it. They must return to their work. If they did not obey orders he would commit them to prison. The Africans then left the court. WORSHIP-STREET.—DARING ROBBERY.— Margaret Jackson, a middle-aged woman of re pulsive appearance, was charged before Mr. Cooke with the following daring robbery, under threats of violence. Sarah Grafton, apparently about 19 years of age, stated that she resided with her parents, near Snaresbrook, and on Wednesday last came with them to London for the purpose of having a day at the Exhibition. This was pleasantly effected; but unfortunately, in the evening, she remained alone in town for the immediate opportunity of visiting a theatre, intending to return home by the last train. The performance, however, was too allur ing, and, at the close of it she found herself in a most unpleasant position, being too late for any conveyance, and without a knowledge of any plaee where she could pass the night. Suddenly the prisoner accosted her, apparently noticing the perplexity she was in, and, on hearing her story, blandly induced her, by promise of protection, to accompany her. They went to a wretched look ing -house, somewhere in Whitechapel, as she was told, and had scarcely entered a room there when the prisoner desired her to take off her dress, as it required washing. This she refused to do, and after some other words the prisoner took up a knife, which she swore to use upon her unless her demands were complied with. The complainant became greatly terrified afterwards, and could offer no resistance. Prisoner then took off her dress, two petticoats, boots, and shawl, with which she left the house. Witness subsequently made her way as well as she could, to a police-station, for which she inquired, and there mentioned the rob bery and gave a description of the woman. Some clothes were supplied to her, and a few hours after wards she was enabled. to return to Snaresbrook. Hudson, 78 H, proved having apprehended the prisoner at three o'clock that morning in Commer cial-street, Whitechapel. She denied the charge ; but the prosecutris, just previous to the charge being brought to this court, identified her from others in a cell at the station. Witness knew her as a most determined thief, who had been com mitted for felony nearly twenty times. The pro perty stolen had not been recovered. Prisoner, who did not now deny her guilt, was remanded. HAMMERSMITH.—MR. WINDHAM AND HIS SERVANT.—AmeIia Reeves, late housemaid and lady's-maid in the service of Mr. W. F. Windham, of No. 3A, Upper Westbourne-terrace, Paddington, who was charged by her master last week with stealing two packets of sugar, was brought before Mr. Ingham for reexamination. Mr. Sayre, from the office of Mr. E. Lewis, again appeared for the p rosecu ti on , an d Mr. ?Martin again defended the prisoner. On the young woman being placed in the dock, Mr. Ingham inquired whether Mrs. Windham was present. Mr. Sayre—She is unable to attend. Mr. Ingham—There is no case without her evi dence. Mr. Sayre—With respect to the other property missing, inquiries have been made, and we have not been able to trace any portion of it ; and the prisoner having expressed contrition— Mr. Martin—Oh, no, she has not. Mr. Ingham—The case stands thus :—The pri soner was employed to manage Mrs. Windham's housekeeping. Some sugar was taken in and after wards given to a little girl. It did not appear by whom the sugar was ordered, whether it was for the prisoner or for Mrs. Windham. Mr. Sayre—lt was sent in as Mr. Windham's property and charged to him. Mr. Ingham—There is no evidence of it. If Mrs. Windham choose not to appear the case must fail. Mr. Sayre—She does not appear to-day. Sergeant Warren, who obtained a subpoena from his worship on Monday for the attendance of Mrs. Windham, iniormed the court that he had been un able to serve it. Mr. Ingham—ls Mr. Windham here ? Mr. Sayre — Yes, he is. Mr. Ingham—Then if the case is to proceed Mrs. Windham must attend. Mr. Sayre—Mr. Windham wishes to withdraw from the case. Mr. Ingham—Have you his authority ? Mr. Sayre—l have. Mr. Ingham—She must be discharged. The prisoner was then discharged. MURDEROUS AFFAIR IN NORFOLK. NORWICH, Tuesday.—This afternoon Mr. Press, coroner for Norfolk, commenced an inquest at Deop ham, in this county, on the body of Ann Reynolds, who had been killed by her husband having beaten her with his fist. It appears that the prisoner, when apprehended, shortly after he had committed the fatal attack, said to the policeman who took him into custody,'" I know I did it ; I am sorry for it ; but I shall soon b e with her again." He was quite sober when he sa id thi s ; b u t as he appeared in a very depressed, melancholy mood,s watch ed hew ic a h s Castl as there was reason to fear e, ' very closely until his removal hewld to would commit suicide. It appears that the is a vrisonlearh,owurheors,e 38 n a yearsm e i s of Robertage, Reynolds, and who had been asked by his landlord for some arrears of rent, which he said had been paid by his wife, to whom he had given the money for the purpose of meeting the claim. He called his wife to prove his statement, but she failed to support it, having pro bably applied the cash to some other purpose. This circumstance greatly incensed the prisoner, and he commenced beating the woman violently. She fell down insensible before he desisted, and was then carried home, where she was attended by Mr. Tal lent, surgeon, of Hingham, but without effect, the blows she had received having, it is understood, pro duced a fatal extravasation of blood on the brain. The prisoner was brought to Norwich Castle on Monday, having been taken before Mr. W. R. Cann and remanded for further examination. A CHILD POISONED BY SYRUP OF POPPIES. Yesterday afternoon Dr. Lankester, the Central Middlesex coroner, held an inquest at the Prince Arthur, Arthur-terrace, Caledonian-road, on the body of a female child aged five weeks, whose death was occasioned by a dose of syrup of poppies admi nistered to it by the mother. Matilda Noon, 16, Frederick-place, Caledonian road, mother of the child, and wife of Jas. Trupham Noon, solicitor's clerk, deposed that on Thursday lust, about 10 a.m., she gave her . child a dose of syrup of poppies, to quiet it and send it to sleep. She gave it half a teaspoonful, and procured it from Dr. Slater's shop. She had always been in the habit of giving her children the same stuff, to quiet them and send them to sleep. About one o'clock on the above day she found the child did not wake, so she went upstairs, and found it, as she thought, appa rently dying. She called her landlady, and sent for Dr, Slater, who came immediately. The child was put into a bath, but without relief. The doctor told her that the death of the child was caused by syrup of poppies. John Thos. Slater, M.D., proved that the cause of death was congestion or blood on the brain, pro duced by the administration of syrup of poppies. The Coroner remarked that it was quite improper for mothers to send their children to sleep by the agency of poison, such as a dose of syrup of poppies. The mixture was of a most uncertain character, sometimes it was mixed very strong, and sometimes weak, and it could never be depended on. Occasion ally chemists prepared it themselves, and it ought to be generally known to parents of children that such preparations were very dangerous, and he un hesitatingly condemned them. The jury immediately returned the following ver dict :—" That the death of the child was occasioned by an overdose of syrup of poppies; and that the said poison was administered to the child for the purpose of procuring sleep, and not with the in tention of destroying life." 711 E EFFECTS OF 7HET NEGLECT OP MILITARY HYGEINE. The Medical Times and Gazette says :—" The Medical history of every war is replete with proofs that while the word slays its hundreds, disease, springing from the neglect of hygiene,!and therefore preventible, consumes its thousands. The latest wars in Europe are as pregnant with this teaching as those of a remoter date, and the fratricidal contest now raging in America but too well confirms it. Our able contemporary, the American Medical Times, with the same fearlessness it has throughout exhibited, lays bare some of the causes which have reduced the once " Grand Army of the Potomac " to a mere shadow of itself, one hundred regiments having been invalided, and 50,000 meu sent to the rear within three months, although the army was within twelve hours' sail of the capital, where unlimited stores were available. In the first place, the Medical Inspectors appointed by the authorities have been often either grossly incompetent to their duties, or have been open to the reception of bribes, the consequence being, that an immense number of men have been admitted into the ranks who are incapacitated by age or by vari ous forms of disease. The army has been scarcely ever encamped on healthy spots, although often in the immediate vicinity of excellent localities. Camp police has been so ne glected, that disease of a severe type has resulted from a shameful neglect of cleanliness. Lastly, the food has been bad anti defective, although large sums have been lavished in securing adequate supplies, and the villainy of contractors has been such, that the very name of contractor has become a hateful sound in the camps. Even when obtained, the food has been rendered unpalatable and indigestible from the mode in wb ich its cookery has been performed. That disease should be rife in the American army, and that a fleet of ships has been freighted with the sick, is not then surprising ; but medical councils are likely to be of little avail so long as the medical body itself is so little considered by the authorities. Here, at least, we should have expected a departure from European precedent, and that all men in America would have been measured by their deeds alone. Still, although during the bloody fights before Richmond many surgeons persisted in ministering to the wounded amidst the hottest fire, and others became voluntary prisoners in order to attend upon them, no recognition of such conduct, how ever heroic, has taken place at head-quarters, while pro motions have been literally showered upon combatants who manifested bravery. HINTS ON GATHERING FR Ul7. Most people are disposed to gather the autumn fruit too soon. They see the days shortening, they hear the trees creaking in the wind, and they find the ground strewed with windfalls ; and from these premises the jump at the conclu sion that the fruit ought to be gathered. But a certain per tentage of a crop may fall, from various causes, before the crop is ripe. The diseased portion will lose its hold, or the wind may dislodge what is sound, long before the portion which remains firm is fit to gather. A rule is generally adopted by gardeners, that if the pips of apples or pears are turning brown the crop may be taken ; but we should rather say that a decidedly dark and settled hue of the seed is a safer criterion. As to the objection that waiting late into the autumn causes a loss of the fruit by falling, it has little weight, because it is by this process that the weaker and least sound fruit is got rid of, while the best remains. Taking tho crop too early will not only injure the good fruit by causing it to shrivel, but will also render frequent removals necessary in order to separate from the stock the rotten ones, which would of themselves have fallen from the tree if more time had been given. A most important matter is gathering the fruit without bruising it in the slightest degree. Apples and pears bought in the market are generally much specked, by which their beauty is spoiled ; and most of this is occa sioned by blows received both in gathering and in rolling the fruit from one basket to another. This can scarcely be avoided when orcharding is carried on largely; but ama teur gardeners cannot well give too much attention to ga thering their fruit. Any falling should be obviated, and what does fall should be placed separately. Mr. Glenny, in his useful" Handbook to the Fruit and Vegetable Gar den," says—" In gathering, pears and apples should not have the slightest bruise—the dropping from the hand to the basket, although not a foot below, would do a great deal of mischief, because even that slight bruise would en sure a rotting to begin there before any part began to decay, and the decay would commence sooner or later ac cording to the violence of the bruise." We find a coat with deep side-pockets better than a basket hung to the ladder —the usual mode of gathering; such receptacles are quite under command, and may be made to hold a good deal. The kind of weather during which the gathering is per.. formed is a matter of importance. The trees should be thoroughly dry, and a windy day is to be chosen, if pos sible.—Gardener's Weekly Magazine and Horticultural Cabinet. G 0 U.N7 MARK :1 S. ..1.. , LEEDS—TUESDAY. New wheat sells at 3s to 4s decline upon last Friday's rates ; no inquiry for old. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. In wheat a quiet business was done, and the lower grades in many instances were at a decline of fully 2d per cental. Indian corn and flour were dull, and partially 3d to 6d cheaper. LYNN—TUESDAY. There was a moderate show 'of wheat ; new 2s cheaper. Old sorts dull. Some samples of new barley shown. Oats camb tolerably to hand, and late prices unchanged. White ..58s to 64s I Barley 3os to 34s Red.. s6s to 60s I Oats .22s to 26s Beans .40s to 44s I Peas —s to —s MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. The supply of English wheat was small to-day, and sales made in favour of buyers. The trade was very dull. —Old wheat, 58s to 63s ; new, 56s to 60s per 36 stone. Barley at 33s to 36s per qr., grinding 29s to 33s per 30 st Oats, 25s to 30s; new, 23s to 27s per 24 at.; beans, 38s to 43s per qr. SHEFFIELD—TtrEsDAy. At to-day's market there was a good supply of wheat from the farmers, and late prices met with a decided fall. Barley met with a slow demand at late quotations. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...22B Od to 2380 d White 1) , ...23s 6d to 258 6d New red ; ...21s Od to 22s Od New white „ ” ...238 Od to 24s 6d Beans )2 If ...16s Od to 19 s Od Peas, per qr 548 Odt o 58s Od Grinding barley, per qr 3ls Od to 36s Od Malting ditto, „ .. 3BB Od to 42s Od Oats 1; 23s Od to:3os Od 14. M lb illers' prices for flour-2s ld, 2s 3d, and 2 s 5d per MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. The following were the Currencies :—White wheat, 58s Od to 62s Od; red, 55s Od to 59s per 36 stone; beans sold at 42s to 50s for old ; new sorts, —s per 38 st. ; barley, 355; to 40s for malting, and 31s to 32s per qr. for grinding; oats, 23s to 33s Od per 24 stone. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Ausliralia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Sept. 18. via Marseilles ... .. Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Sept. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. 2. China, Penang, and. Singapore, via Southampt on . S ep t . 18 . via Marseilles ... S e pt. 12. Falkland Island s .. 3. Gibraltar, v i a S outhampton Sept. 14. India (Calcutt a ), an d Ceylon, via Southampton.. Sept. 3. via Marseilles.... Sept. 18. India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 14, Lisbon via Mar se ill es S ept, 8 . Sept. 3. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 14. Newfoundland via Marseilles S e pt. 8. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and B r iti s h N . America, by Brit. packet.... Sept. 11. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Sept. 5. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffo Sept. 10. Bahamas, via New York Sept. 23. Mexico.. . Sept. 29. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California, and B r iti s h C o l um b ia.. .......... Sept. BIRTHS. BUXTON.—On the 2d inst., at The Cedars, West Ham, the wife of S. Gurney Buxton, Esq., of a daughter. CURE.—On the Ist inst., the wife of the Rev. Lawrence C. Cure, of a son. SALTOUN.—On the 31st ult., at Aberdeen, Lady Saltoun, of a daughter. SCOTT. —On the Ist inst., at Radnor House, Beckenh am, Kent, th e w if e o f J o h n Scott, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. RAWLINSON—SEYMOUR.—On the 2d inst., at St. G eorge ' s, Hanover-square, Major-General Sir He nry Creswieke Rawlinson, K.C.8., to Louisa Caroline Harcourt Sey mour, youngest daughter of the late Henry Seymour, Esq., of Kncyle, Wilts. SCOTT—RUSHBURY. — On the 2d inst., at St. John's, Not ting. hill, Henry Alexander Scott, Esq., o f W ilby-terrace, Notting•hill, to Louise Georgine, youngest daughter of the late Henry D. Rushbury, of Bayswater, and Cole man-street, E,C. DEATHS. FORBES.—On the 30th ult., at Torquay, James Forbes, Esq., M.D., aged 57. LAMBERT.—On the 30th ult., Wm, J. Lambert, Esq., of Brantford, Middlesex, aged 76. NUTTALL.—On the 29th ult., at Peckham, Captain John Nuttall, H.M.'s Indian Army. SEYMOUR.—On the 30th ult., at Horton, Northampton, Miss Seymour, eldest daughter of the late Admiral Sir S WINTON.—On t h e 30th ult. , at 66, For c h ester-terrace, Hyde -park, Willi am Murray Mi chael Seymour, B ar t. Swinton, Lieut. R.M,, aged 21. 30th p. nit., Wheatstone, WINGPIELD,—On the 31st ult , , at his seat, O nslow Hall, NV I TLE n A O T v S e T r O_ ciu N s E. °ll h Salop, John Wingfield, Esq., aged 94. 20, Conduit -street, aged 58. —On LoN - Dox : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office N 0.112 Strand, in the Tr6cinct of the Savoy, in th e County of giddlesexi—Weduesday, September 3, 186% I i 1