The Sun. — London, England, 1862-09-10 00:00:00

711 E NAVY. The utmost exertions are employed at Woolwich for completinglhe armour-plated ship Caledonia, so as to keep faith with the public in launching her on the 24th of October, as announced. The num ber of shipwrights engaged thereon has been in creased to upwards of 300 hands, and, as the work is already well advanced, there is little chance of the launch being deferred beyond the time stated. The deck is partially laid over with iron plates five eighths and a quarter of an inch in thickness, and the first of the iron sides will be applied in a few days. A bargeload of slabs 4i-in. thick, Bft. long, and 4ft. broad, and a number of deck plates tin. thick, termed stringers, was yesterday landed from the Thames Ironworks for the Caledonia, in addi tion to about 500 tons already received from Shef field. The Caledonia was yesterday visited by nearly 1,000 persons, a large number of whom were foreigners, and the whole of whom were permitted to inspect the interior. It was stated at Chatham yesterday that the iron screw steamer Defence, 18, Capt. R. A. Powell, C.ll , is to be sent to that dockyard, or Sheerness, to repair the injuries she has sustained in the Baltic. It is hardly probable, however, that such will be the case, as the only dock now empty at Chatham which is capable of receiving the Defence will be occupied in a few days by the iron-plated frigate Royal Oak, while at the Sheerness yard there Is no dock of sufficient capacity to take her. The nearest, and, in fact, only place, therefore, at which the Defence can be repaired is at Portsmouth, where all the available dock accommodation is already occupied. Orders have bean received at Chatham for the Trafalgar, 86, 500-horse power to be taken into dock at Sheerness, about the middle of this month, for the purpose of being examined and having defects made good. Several hundred shipwrights and mechanics were employed until late yesterday in completing the preparations for the launch of the mail-clad steam ship Royal Oak, 50, 1,000-horse power, which takes place this afternoon at Chatham dockyard, and the work will be resumed this morning, at 5 o'clock, in order that everything may be in readi ness for floating the huge vessel off by the time ordered. Arrangements have been made for the accommodation of several thousand persons, the whole space on each aide of the vessel having been cleared away, while at the bows a gallery extend ing the whole width of the ship has been raised in which accommodation is provided for at least 1,000 persons, and to which admission will be ex clusively by ticket. The dockyard gates will be thrown open to the public at half-past 12, and the launch is intended to take place as near a quarter to 2 as the state of the tide will permit. The Resistance 18, screw iron frigate, Captain Chamberlain, was placed in dock yesterday at Ports mouth, and her bottom found to be in an extraordi nary state for a ship on:the home station, bearing more the appearance of having gone through a com mission on the coast of Africa. The entire bottom of the ship was covered with weeds and long grass of every known kind and colour, with huge patches of muscles here and there on the port side, together with a good sprinkling of barnacles. On the star board side, however, the barnacles extended from stem to stern, with an immense quantity of weeds and long grass, the latter in some places, as under the quarter, full three feet in length. The muscles, too, extended fore and aft, with bunches hanging in places as large as a child's head. From the stem to abreast the fore chains on this side, about 3 feet below the water line, a belt of muscles adhered to the ship's bow of from two to five inches in thick ness and from one to two feet broad. The whole of the composition which had been laid on to protect the iron on this side appears to have been destroyed ' and patches of rust, more particularly under the quarter, have eaten their way through. The ship's bottom was originally coated on each side with dif ferent protective compositions; but if the waters of the Medway thus foul the bottoms of our iron ships, despite the protective coverings given them, it is decidedly no place for the construction of docks and basins for their special reception, as any docks built there would be kept fully employed in keeping clean the bottoms of vessels lying in the river, and would therefore be otherwise not available for the general requirements of the service. The Prussian screw corvette Gazelle, Capt. Heldt, sailed from Spithead at a late hour on Monday evening for the Downs, to embark his Royal High ness Prince Adalbert for Dantsic. The Victoria Shoreham, taken by the War De partment, was yesterday towed down to Woolwich, to embark powder and ammunition ; and the Thomas of Goole commenced shipping a 12-pounder battery, 5,000 stand of small arms, and other war stores. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—G. W. Pickthorn, paymaster, to the Royal Adelaide; W. D. Walker and Johii IL Browne have been nominated to naval cadetship. 711 E ARMY. Detachments of the Coldstream and Scots Fusi lier Guards, numbering 250 men and 8 officers, under the command of Capt. Wigram, arrived at Eastbourne on Saturday, for a course of ball prac tice at the long range: Detachments will continue to be sent during the fine weather, Elstbourne being now the principal practice ground for the Guards. Admiralty orders have been received by Col. Le mon, C. 8., commanding the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, directing volunteer.. ing to be opened from the companies at headquar ters for detachments to proceed to Bermuda. The number of men required is at least 100, the qualifi cations required from volunteers being that they shall possess a knowledge of some common trade, as smiths, carpenters, &c., in order that they may be employed in the royal dockyard, where, it is under stood, convict labour will shortly be abolished. Each of the men volunteering will receive during the time he is employed at Bermuda 18.3 d. in addi tion to his daily pay. Major-Gen. Stransham, Inspector-General of the Royal Marines, yesterday attended in the long rifle range at Woolwich, and witnessed the annual com petitive firing of the division under the superinten dence of Capt. Bunce, rifle instructor to the batta lion. The ranges were 600 and 900 yards. At the cies-- of the firing the general said he was happy in bOng able to tell them that their progress in the use of the rifle was very satisfactory, and he should report favourably of the entire division. The Ro yal Marine Artillery stationed at Fort Cumberland, ne ar Pertsmouthw hear yesterday pa raded in heavy marching order ' to earth e sentence reed on private John Lloyd, alias Edward Jones, who was tried a short tim e since by gener a l court martial on a charge of striking Col. Tate , hecchca:oritnone rnandant of the corps, with his fist, on the toc of being brought up before the colonel on a of being absent from the barracks Without leave'g en the 17th of August last, for which Col. Tatehad orthred the prisoner to be confined to barracks. Tho sentence of the Court, confirmed, was read at the head of the corps, and awarded to the pri :Amer 14 years' penal servitude. Not the slightest -sympathy is felt for the offender by the men of the corps, by whom their commandant is held in the greatest respect and esteem. A second trial has been made of the automaton semaphore target, invented by Mr. G. W. Hart, of the 2d Hants Artillery Volunteer Corps, at the practice range of the sth Hants Rifles, near Ports mouth, in the presence of Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., commanding the South-West District a nd Portsmouth accompanie d Garrison, by his Staff_ and a number of officers belonging to the force quartered in the district, among whom were Col. Thackwell , Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant- General; i c 3 pt, ,Milligarl, Aide-de-Camp ; Capt. Johnstone, Instructor of Musketry for th e D istrict Colonel R o ss, ; Colonel English, 53d Foot ; Musketry Instructor, 55th F oot ; Capt. Rawlands , Capt. H. Ford, sth H.R.V. ; Lieut. Lockie, 2d HAS., and other officers. The results of the firing were on this, as on the previous trial, of a most satisfactory character, the result of each being instantly and correctly telegraphed to the firing party, perfectly distinct at the longest range, and entirely free from any possible chance of error. Lord Paulet and the officers present expressed, on leaving the ground, their admiration of the work ing of the target and its system of signa THE LATE MURDEROUS AFFRAY IN SUSSEX. RYE, TUESDAY. This morning, Robt. Lynch, labourer, late of Dept ford, was placed in the dock before Mr. R. E. Pom fret and a bench of magistrates, charged with cnt ting and wounding Henry Spiers, with a bagging or swopping hook, during an affray which took place on Wednesday last between a number of Irish reapers and hop-pickers. The circumstances causing the above charge ori ginated in a quarrel which ensued between ten or twelve men, beside women and children, on the hop-pickers' side, and three men, three women, and some children on the side of the reapers. The hop pickers had been brought in a waggon. After many words the reapers went back for their swop hooks, and returned striking at any one they came to with those instruments. The prisoner ran up to Spiers, the prosecutor, who had charge of the horses, and chopped at him. He made a second blow at him, but it fell on the chains and frightened the horses, which alarm was fully increased by an other Irishman rattling the chains, thereby causing them to start off with some of the pickers in the waggon, who were unwilling to engage in the fight after the swopping hooks were produced. Just previous to the horses starting off one of the Irish women struck the fore horse on the head with a stone and held on by the rein. She was, however, thrown off and knocked down, and the wheels of the waggon passed over her head causing instant death. An inquest was held on the body, when it was considered, that, in addition to the rattling of the chains, the screaming of the women and children added to the fright of the horses, and, thereupon a verdict of accidental death was re turned. Some of the county constabulary went in search of the reapers, and succeeded in apprehend ing the prisoner, who was identified as having committed bodily injury upon Spiers, the driver of the waggon. Henry Spiers, the injured man, deposed that on Wednesday last he went to Heathfield with his master's waggons, to fetch some hop-pickers. When they got to,. the Broad Oak, Brede, he saw some Irish reapers, who had their swop, or reaping hooks with them. They were quarrelling, and wanted to fight, and one of them struck a man named Robins across the legs and face with a stick. The blows were returned, and they all got fighting amongst themselves, till the Irish found they were getting the worst of it, and began to use their swop-hooks, and the English ran away. A woman (since dead) had hold of the fore-horse's head, and he (witness) told her to leave it alone• She kept knocking the horse about on the head with a bat, and while he (witness) kept talking to her the prisoner struck at him with a swop-hook. Witness stooped his head, but the hook struck him on the shoulder, and cut right through all his clothes, inflicting a deep wound, and the blood soaked all through his clothes. He tried to duck under the tracing-chains between the fore and second horse, when the prisoner hit at him again, but only struck the chains, and the horses started off, and the woman was knocked down and run over. In reply to the Magistrates the witness repeat edly denied that he ever struck any one of the Irish party with his whip. David Robins, the man referred to by the last witness, confirmed his evidence, and so did other witnesses, who were all examined at great length, with a view of ascertaining whether an assault was not in the first instance committed on the Irish party by the hop-pickers, who were much the most numerous. The non •participation of the complain ant in the row was, however, agreed in by all ex cept one of the Irish women, whose volubility and cross-statements prevented anything like a con nected narrative being obtained from her. After a hearing of three hours the chairman, Mr. Pom. fret, said that in the opinion of the bench there had been so much confusion and fighting amongst the parties that it was difficult to say which was the truth of the affray. He feared the Irish had met with much provocation, not that it justified their conduct, but it mitigated the punishment that ought to be inflicted. Seeing that the wound was not of so serious a character as had been anticipated, the bench would treat it as a common assault, and inflict a fine of 40s. and costs, or in default one month's imprisonment. The prisoner was then removed, and in the course of the day the fine was paid by subscription amongst the Irish reapers of his party. The case created s vast amount of feeling and excitement in the district. SHOCKING CASE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. George Robert Kilsby, 40, a clerk ; Edward Kilsby, 37, painter; and Sarah Kilsby, 32, mar ried, were placed in the dock before Mr. Ingham, at the Wandsworth Police-court, yesterday, charged with wilfully shooting Henry Cz,ok with a pistol, with intent to murder. Mr. Superintendent Be.' E t, of the V division, was present to watch the 'ease on behalf of the police. John Sole, a locksmith, living at No. 3, Chapel place, York-rorA, Battersea, said—On Monday night I was r_atting outside the Prince of Wales, in Battersea- gelds, from half-past nine o'clock till ten, and difing the time I saw the prisoners walking to P:nd fro. About ten o'clock the master of a grocer's shop—his name is Cook—came out to put up his shutters. The prisoner George Kilsby fired off a pistol at his side while engaged in putting up the shutters. The prisoner was about three yards off when he fired. He walked towards him. 1 Mr. Ingham—What was the effect of the dis charge of the pistol ? Witness—lt made a wound in his side. He walked a little way, when he became exhausted, and he was taken in doors. He did not say any thing. I saw blood come from his side through his shirt. When the prisoner George walked towards Cook the other prisoners stood back. I did not hear them say anything. After the man was shot I saw the prisoner George go into the Prince of Wales. I did not notice what became of the others. Cook's house is next door to the Prince of Wales. ' Mr. Ingham (to the prisoner George)--Have you any questions to ask the witness ? Prisoner—l shot the rat. The prisoner appeared in a very melancholy state. He stood with his back leaning against the wall, with his eyes cast on the floor, and his right hand on his breast. The other male prisoner was about to make a statement, when his worship re • quested him to defer it until he had heard the case. Mr. William Austin--I keep the Prince of , 1 Wales. I know nothing particular of th e case . All I kn ow i s, that the prisoner George Kilsby came into our place on Monday night about ten o'clock. He came the same as he had many times before. He took a pistol out of the side of his coat 1 and showed it to me. He said it was what he shot ,1 the rats with, or what he poisoned them with. I d o not know what he said exactly. I had just come d o wnstairs° I he ar d the report of a pistol as I was c oming down. I w ent out of the door and met He told me h e h ad been shot. I assisted him surg eon. I sa w hi s side examined. I did shop, and upst a i rs , and sent for Mr. Kemp- i C n o t o o k ilis further questi one d as to the observe- 1 tions of the the other two priso ners. On being n s t o e t r , s e a c p r isoner Georg e , t h e witness said that when he showed the pistol h e o b served, , 4 This is I we with—l shot hi m ." He said that he had kill thedonehad rats forhim, or somethin g o f the kind. 1 Mr. William Pay ne--I am a baker, and li ve next I door to Mr. Cook. I saw the prisoner s walking up and down in front of the shops up to past ten o'clock. The pri s oner George asked me if C ook was at home. That was before ten o'clock. I told him that I had seen him go out about eleven o'clock in the morning, and I had not seen him since. After that I heard a shot fired. I went out, and saw Cook was shot. I saw the two male prisoners go into th e Public-home together afterwards. The pi it s ee o soner t 1 Ge "Zc aid not give any reaso n for wishing , p„,, ----,c I, *. said—A little ohm constable Wright, 294 V, • 1 after ten o'clockßattersea-fiehl onh on ay w it ness M a • ht I Sole came to me and told m © a s :at w whe n the witness I went to the Princeof __ a man had been s h ot . all the prisoners sitting g - - f the Wales, and in the bar-parlour I saw was on duty in man down. I asked 1 who had shot anoth er George got up ti w ire a n s e t r h G er e e :rge The prisoner the man." The priscner ti (1 4 , : v 1t is me ; I have shot rl said, " Yes," and gave me a pistol. I a ;O d e took said,ther ill tody, and on the way what a beautiful night it was I.,, s .. ta i tion I retnarkei as they would lii , able to liv e to work e l harvest people, into ells i _ all , night. lie remarked, " IT e won't work to n• 'gilt: I searched the prisoner, and found upon him caps. five percu ss i on The pistol was produced, and the olneer observed that the discharged cap was still up on it. The officer further stated that he found some t ea upon the pris oner G eorge wrappe d i n one of Mr. Cook's labels. Police constable Stirling, 289 V—ln consequence of :information I received I went to sMr. Cook's house and found him lying on a bed. Mr. Kemp ster was attending upon him. I went to the bta tion and found the prisoner Edward and the female there. I detained them. The prisoner Edward said he had been fetched to see his brother, who was ill. His brother told him that he was going to fight Cook, and he endeavoured to persuade him not to do so, ; but he persisted in going. He also said that he was not aware of his brother having a pistol about him, and that if be had been aware of it he should have taken it from him. I afterwards went to the prisoner George's house, and in a box in the front room upstairs I found a canister of powder, a quantity of shot, and some percussion caps. I found different sorts of shot, some of it is dust shot, and bullets. _ _ Mr. Ingham—Does any of them fit the pistol ? Witness—Yes, sir. A small hand-pistol was held up, and the officer tried it with a bullet, but it was too large. Mr. Ingham looked at the shot and said there were buck and snipe shot. The officer tried the buck shot with the pistol, and found it could be charged with that description of shot. The officer next produced the wounded man's waistcoat and held it up, and one side appeared to be completely riddled with shot. Mr. Ingham—How many holes are there in it ? Witness—Ten, sir. Mr. Ingham—And on the inside of the holes there is a quantity 01 . blood ? Witness—Yes, sir. Mr. Ingham—He must have been wounded with buck shot, as the dust shot would have made in visible holes in the waistcoat. The constable, in answer to farther questions, said he believed the female was the wife of the prisoner Edward. - Mr. W. H. Kempster, surgeon, of Bridge-road, Battersea, said—About half-past ten o'clock I was sent for to go to Cook's house. I went and found him lying or, a bed. There was a quantity of blood over the right side. On lifting up his shirt I found a spot about the size of the palm of my hand on the base of the right lung. There were ten wounds about an inch and an inch and a half apart from each other produced by some large kind of shot fired at a distance of between three and four yards. Mr. Ingham—Look at the buck shot ; would it cause such wounds ? Mr. Kempster—They could be produced by shot of this kind. I examined the wounds, and could not find any shot in the bottom of them. I could not find any shot in the clothes, and it was evi dent that they were internally. The man is not yet dead, but it is impossible to say what the con sequences may be. He is still in a very precarious state. This was all the evidence the police had to offer that day, and Mr. Ingham inquired whether there was any evidence at present of the motive, and he was answered in the negative. The prisoner George was asked if he wished to make any statement, upon which he shook his head, and said he had nothing to say. The prisoner Edward then made a statement to the effect that on Monday evening his brother's two sons came to his house and stated their father wished to see him as he was very poorly. He and his wife went to his brother's house, and when his brother saw him he caught hold of him, and appeared quite delirious. He said that he wanted him to accompany him to see Cook. He accused Cook with having been intimate with his wife on several occasions, and that his wife had left him, He was going round to see Cook about his wife, and he wanted him (the prisoner Edward) to go with him to see fair play. tie (the prisoner) advised him not to go, but he would ; and Lie and his wife went to the Prince of Wales. They went into the bar-parlour, and had some ale, and his brother took out two pictures, apparently likenesses, and gave them to Mrs. Austin, the landlady. He then confirmed the statement of the witnesses about their waiting outside. Mr. Ingham discharged the female, and said he would have two securities in £5O each for the ap pearance of the prisoner Edward. He remanded the other prisoner for a week. The prisoner Edward was visibly affected, and was removed with his brother. COMMITTAL OF AN OFFICER OF TILE 84TH FOR FORGERY. The county magistrates have been engaged dur ing the last few days at Hythe, Kent, in investi gating a charge of forgery brought against Ensign Aldridge, of the 84th Regiment, stationed at Shorn cliffe Camp; and yesterday the prisoner was com mitted for trial at the next county assizes. Ensign Aldridge belongs to a family resident at Horsham, in Sussex (said to be highly connected), and his arrest on the present charge has occasioned much astonishment in the camp from the good cha racter he has hitherto borne and the knowledge that his relatives have abundant means of main ' taining their station. Mr. Aldridg e ' s f a th er an d a great number of officers have been present during the investigation ; and Mr. Metcalfe (barrister) and Mr. Walker (attorney) were brought from London for the defence. The following is the evidence : John Stanford—l am cashier of the National and Provincial Bank at Folkestone. The cheque now produced (for £l5, drawn by J. R. Meiklam on Cox and Co., payable to Mr. Thorpe) I saw on the sth of Aug. last at the National and Provincial Bank, Folkestone. I think it was in the morning. It was presented by the prisoner at the bank to me. I have no doubt but that the prisoner is the person who presented it. He requested cash for it, and I asked him if his name was Thorpe. He said it was. I requested him to put his name on the back of the cheque ; he did so, and I gave him cash for it. The endorsement on the back is that made by the prisoner. He came in a fly—l think an open one, with a hood to it, which was down. We forwarded the cheque on to London, and several days afterwards it was re turned unpaid by Messrs. 'Cox, on whom it was drawn, with a note referring to Ma cgregors, agents for the 78th Regiment, and by them it was re ferred to Downes and Son, the agents of Ensign Meiklam. From information I received I believed it was a forgery, and I then placed it in the hands of the police. The first time I saw the prisoner after he presented the cheque was at the Dover races, about five days afterwards. I afterwards saw him at the Folkestone station. On Thursday, the 28th ult., at the request of the superintendent of police, I went on the next day (Friday) to the camp at Shorncliffe. I saw the prisoner there with others, and I identified him as th e person w h o pre sentcd the cheque on the 151 h. He was in plain ciothes when he presented the cheque, and when I saw him at the camp he was in plain clothes. I have no recollection of seeing the prisoner previous to his presenting the cheque. Cross-examined—We had information that the cheque was dishonoured on Tuesday, the ISth, be fore I saw the prisoner at Dover. I felt sure then the prisoner was the per: on. I did not follow him then because I did not know the facts. I knew he came from Shorncliffe Camp, and could be found there. I pointed him out at the Dover station to the manager of the bank. Re-examined—At the time I met the prisoner at Dover I did not know the cheque was a forgery. I only knew it was dishonoured. I think it was the 1 22 d of August that I first ascertained it was a forgery. The prisoner was about three or four minutes in the bank when he cashed the cheque, quite long enough for me to observe him. No other customer was in the bank at the time the prisoner was there. I noticed the prisoner's fea tures quite well while he was writing his name on the cheque. Frederick Philpott—l am a cab-driver at Sand gate. I know the prisoner perfectly well by sight. He did not employ me on the 15th of August. I did drive a gentleman to the bank at Folkestone on that day, but this is not the gentleman. I drove him to the station at Folkestone to meet the 11.35 up train. I did nottell the superintendent or Ser geant Smith that I drove Mr. Aldridge. All I said was, " I should know the person I drove if I saw him." I was asked by one of the constables if the gentleman's name was Aldridge, and I said I did not know. Mr. Day, the superintendent, and Ser geant Smith are the only persons who spoke to me about this. I spoke to nobody in the camp about the matter. By Mr. Metcalfe—l drove straight to the bank at w t e h t e c r ab it-stand wasi, n on the m orn i ng of the 15th. I t was an open fl y , with a ho o d to i t. Re ex am i ned—l took up the gentleman I drove a thannno t man I did t a k e to the bank if I saw him. I have I should know the seen him si nce. I c S or a e ndgate. came down on Sunday to make y once. s ay whenr rh e I servant saw him ;h oro h inquiries was not the same serva n t who engaged me on the 1 cannot say how l ong I havnknown •5t h. I Mr. Aldridge. I have driven him several times I know. I knew him before this affair at the bank. I did not know his name. I knew him by sight. Another man m ay have driven him to the hank and I not know anything about it. The person I drove to the b an k I took to he an officer by his appearance. J o a n Robert Meikham—l am an ensign in the 78! h Regt. The signature on the cheque produced, B. 'Meiklam, 78th Highlanders," is not my h a ndwriting, it was not drawn by me, and I have given no authority orit to any person to s i gn my name. I do not keep en account at Cox's. I saw the .. cheque first about ten days ago , The sup er i n t ern Vand Co, acgregor o are the dent of police had it. agents for the 05Lb e 'tenement. My agents are llownes and Co., the agents of the 98th Regi ment, in which regiment I formerly was. "William Thorpe, ensign in the 78th Regim en t, denied th at th e signature at the buck of the chequ e Was in hi s h an d wr iti ng cr by hi s authority. G eorge En lish—l am superinte ndent in the county constabulary. On Rent co gSaturday, the 30th ult., I proceeded to the camp, At the suggestion of Captain Li g htf oot I then went to Folkestone, and brought Mr. Stanford with me to the camp, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNES DAY EVE NE NO, SEPTEMBER 10, 1862. The prisoner was sent for by the colonel. He came into the colonel's quarters, and Mr. Stanford again identified him. At the suggestion of the colonel the prisoner wrote his own name; and afterwards " w. Thorpe, Ensign, 78th Regment," on the piece of paper now produced. Mr. Metcalfe objected to the production of the paper, but his objection was overruled. Lieut.-Colonel Lightfoot, C. 8.—1 am colonel commanding the 84th Regiment. The prisoner is in my regiment. On the 15th of August the pri soner was on the camp at Shornclifb at morning parade. Parade was dismissed at half-past eleven. At nearly twelve o'clock I saw prisoner descending the hill in plain clothes. He asked for leave to go to Canterbury. I said " Certainly." By Mr. Metcalfe—Most of the officers get into plain clothes almost immediately after parade. The prisoner has been in the regiment about 14 months. During the time he has been under my command he has borne a most unexceptionable character. I must say that I never saw a more promising young officer join the regiment. I do not know at all of is being in debt in any way. I have made inquiry, and I do not find that there is the smallest debt. His father is a man of property, and he has most influential friends. In the regi ment he hEis connections quite able and wiping to assist him in every way that may be desirable. I am aware that there is one gentleman in the regi ment—a first cousin, I think—who, when the pri soner first came into the regiment, told him if he wished for money to apply to him immediately. Mr. Aldridge's cousin is an officer remarkably well off, and he may have said, "If you are hard up for money at any time I will let you have it." It is frequently done by officers to relatives. Ido not think I have heard Mr. Montague say the prisoner had ever taken advantage of his offer. (Several in quiries were then put to Col. Lightfoot, as to the paper signed by Ensign Aldridge in his presence, with a view to elicit the order of the signatures, and explanations respecting ink smudges and obli terations. This paper evidently strongly impressed the minds of the magistrates.) Mr. Aldridge was not an officer of expensive habits in any way what ever. This being the case for the prosecution, Mr. Met calfe was called on to address the magistrates, but declined, saying the identification by the cashier being so positive the case must go to the jury, until which time he would reserve the defence, only now stating that they would be able to show that the prisoner was the victim of a mistake. The prisoner was then committed for trial at the assizes, his father and Mr. C. S. Grace Dickens, a Sussex county magistrate, becoming bail in £5OO each, ANOIHER FORGERY CASE. At the Dublin Police-office on Monday a young man named Charles Addison, filling the situation of messenger in Fines and Penalties Office, Dublin Castle, was brought up in custody of Police-con stable 156 B, charged with having forged three cheques on the Bank of Ireland for the respective sums of £3O, £25, and £lO, purporting to be signed by Mr. William Cruise, Paymaster in the Fines and Penalties Office. _ Mr. Cruise having been sworn, stated that on Saturday evening last he locked the drawer of his desk, which drawer contained a cheque book, and took the key home with him. When he went to his office on Monday morning, he found that his desk, had been broken open, and that three blank cheques were abstracted from the book. He immediately sent to the Bank of Ireland to have payment stop ped, as he suspected that his name had been forged. Having examined the cheques in question Mr. Cruise said that his name, which was subscribed to each of them, was not in his handwriting. They were endorsed C. Addison, the name of the prisoner at the bar, who was a messenger in his office for the past three months, and had access to the room from which the cheques had been stolen. Mr. Wyse asked the prisoner if he had anything to say. The prisoner (who spoke with a strong English accent)—Mr. Cruise, can you swear that that is my handwriting 9 Mr. Cruise—l cannot, The prisoner —Mr. Cruise, I have only been here about three months. The case is a very bad one, and it will destroy me for my life if you prose cute me. If you will swear that that is my hand writing I will forfeit my life. Mr. Cruise—l have already stated that I cannot swear that. Mr. Wm. White, clerk in the cashier's office of the Bank of Ireland, deposed that between 12 and 1 o'clock yesterday the prisoner presented the three cheques in question for payment. He first presented the cheque for £3O, and witness having some suspicion of the genuineness of the signature, asked him to what account Mr. Cruise wished the money to be placed. The prisoner did not appear to understand what he (Mr. White) meant, but said "I have two others here." He also said something about the Fines and Penalties Office. Witness told him to bring back the cheque to Mr. Cruise to as certain to what account it should be placed. The prisoner did not leave the office, and in a few minutes came back and handed the three cheques produced to the clerk beside witness, from whom he asked payment of the amount. He was detained while the signatures to the cheques were being exa mined, and whilst there a gentleman came in, who having seen the prisoner and learned his business, gave him into custody. Police-constable 156 B stated that be had been directed by one of the officers of the Bank to arrest the prisoner. The Prisoner—You are telling an untruth. No officer desired you to take me into custody. Mr. Jas. Mackay, chief clerk in the Chief Secre tary's office, stated that he went down to the Bank of Ireland yesterday for the purpose of having pay ment of the forged cheques stopped, and on arriving there he saw the prisoner, whom he at once gave into custody when told by the clerk that he had presented the cheques for payment. Mr. Wyse said that upon the evidence which had been given, he had no hesitation in committing the prisoner for trial at the Commission. He re recommended him to reserve his defence. EXTRAORDIYA RY CASE of A 7 7 EMPTED EX I ORI7OIV. On Monday last Mercy Churchward was charged before the court of justices at Stonehouse, with having, on the 10th of August last, in the township of East Stonehouse, feloniously sent a certain letter to Captain Henry Treffry Fox, R.M.L.1., demand ing money under a threat, without any reasonable or probable cause existing, thereby offending against the statute made and provided. Mr. Kelly appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Brian for the defendant. On the summons being called the defendant, a young woman, made ner appearance in court. She was one of the daughters of the man Church ward and his wife, who were committed to the Plymouth Borough Prison for several months, a short time since, for keeping a brothel in the Octagon. Mr. Brian said his client pleaded not guilty to the charge al lnyod said 2a f io e dt l o ht n h i eo Victoria,e l prosecutiony a d p in .9 g 6 t, washs ee sec. r e 4o t 4 t u e_ g r h . , t, under h o .. the M 2 r fth e soever shall send, deliver, or utter, or directly or in directly caused to bo received, knowing the contents thereof, any letter or writing demanding of any per son with menaces and without any reasonable or probable cause any property, chattles, money, valu able security, or other valuable thing, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be kept in penal servitude for life, or for any term not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years; with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of 16 years, with or without whipping." In this case a letter had been sent containing charges utterly untrue, with a me nace unless money was sent to the writer. No money was sent, and the consequences of this had been so serious that there had been no alternative for his client but to adopt the course which he had taken. Captain Fox was a gentleman serving in the Royal Marines, and in August last was at Lud low, in Shropshire, on the recruiting service, having been there some six or seven months. His wife was then living at Stonehouse, having been unable to join him through illness in the family. While at Ludlow he received the following letter:--letter:— "Hobart-place,Aug. 10, 1861 " Sir, —Captain Fox, I am given to understand that you have money now as you know my Sister G racy Churchward as a Sun whome you ar the Father off she knowing you to have married Mrs. Stephens that you ran away with she is not better than my Sister : my Sister child being 3 years and old and your Sun Charley by your wife will be six years old : now I insens Henry Fox now in your senuing me sun money for your child and having my other Sister with you now only sixteen you didnet get me as you wish too I shall arifiquncennt' yourhe wife rof it, and it. If also lif you o to now I wait a raply by return g your as dont answer this by the return of Post I shall go to Woodside to your M other and Chu] chward. Z s ay y d o o u r i your jkei\ S l i e s r t e e y r "You have matain my Sister thald up to 8 months a go and you will find Sir you will have to matain it longer too. "To Cptain Fox Royal Maraais Castle Square Ludlow Sr9pshire." 1 It t e l 0 pe was thusbywhich addressed to Capt. Fox, R.M., Castle ' squar e , L u dl ow . Th e enve lope bore the date 10 th of Aug, Th e l e tt er was re ceived at Ludlow. When about h to the leave l'eP Llyadi as ow Capt. F ox received thia letter in it wa s als o an en- Foxto b at the time C he apt was re ceived the letter, and no step whatever was taken then relative to it, either to deny its charges or any thing else. Probably from the notorious character of the defendant his client might have thought it not worth taking notice of. He should prove to their worships that the defendant admitted having written the letter, but disclaimed its authorship, am' admitted the untruth of its contents, having written it at the instigation of a female named Murray. With regard to the law of the case, he thought this was clearly shown in "Regina v. Smith" (p. 882 Carrington and Kirwin's Reports), where what was the menace sufficient so as to sup port an indictment was laid down by Chief Justice Wilde to be as "whether, in the event of themoney being refused, mischief would ensue." The threat hero was to communicate the false statements to the prosecutor's mother and to his wife; and the consequences of their being so communicated to his wife might be distressing, and was in this case most distressing. The defendant could not be exa mined, and Murray was not there; he would, there fore, be obliged to put the case hypothetically. If their worships would suppose that after that letter had been written the communication threatened was actually made to prosecutor's wife, and she not being very strong minded, was weak enough to go to a common brothel for the purpose of being con vinced of the facts, and there, upon inquiring for Phoebe Churchward, a voice answered inside, " Oh ! Phocebo Churchward! she had been gone this six months; she is living with Captain Fox, at Lud low ;" then Mrs. Fox to act upon such information as this, to get rid of her husband's property, take away his children, and institute a suit for the pur pose of obtaining a divorce. He thought that would be a case of mischief ensuing on the threat, and he would state that such were the actual facts that had occurred. All that he had hypothetically put had taken place. His client's wife was gone from him; she was living away from him, and she had intimated her resolution to take proceedings against him in the Divorce Court. Mr. Brian inquired if Mr. Kelly could prove that these results had followed. Mr. Kelly—Oh, no, I am obliged to put them as hypothetical ; but still they are the facts. Mr. Brian thought it was rather a sly way of introducing them. Mr. Kelly continued to say that this letter having been written, such a case of mischief fol lowed. The prosecution to refute the statements had taken this course. The defendant stated that she only wrote the letter; it was dictated to her by another person, the woman Murray, but they had no other course to take than that which was now taken. Captain Fox having been threatened with steps for proceedings in the Divorce Court, in which Murray was to be a witness, any attempt to take anything like proceedings against her at pre sent might be construed into an attempt at intimi dating the witnesses, although what course he might ultimately take would be quite another matter. He proposed to call Julian, the policeman, who went to the defendant's house, when she at once admitted that she wrote the letter, and in Hobart-street ; but stated that it was done by the dictation of another party ; then to call Captain Fox. Mr. Brian said that if it would facilitate the pro ceedings his client would admit that the whole of the letter was in her handwriting. Mr. Kelly thought he would rather have it proved in evidence. He then called John Julian, who said—l am a detective officer of the police of the borough of Plymouth, and re ceived this letter from Detective Inspector Thomas, which I now produce. I received the envelope and these contents, the letter and another envelope in side it. The envelope inside is addressed " Miss B. Churchward, 15, Hobart-place." I received this about a fortnight since. I went to 14 Hobart place, Stonehouse, the same day, knocked at the door, and asked if Mercy Churchward was in. I there found Mercy Churchward, the defendant. I showed her the letter. There was another person there in her company, a girl of the name of Gun. I asked the defendant if she knew anything about the letter and envelope. She said " Yes, I wrote it in this room, on the day it is dated. Mrs_ Murray was here and gave me a quantity of gin, made me quite drunk, and then told me what to write, and that I was to have £l5. She had given me half a sovereign. Mrs. Murray directed the envelope and enclosed it." I then left her and the girl Gun in the room. The house is a brothel. I returned the letter to Inspector Thomas. I know this one produzed to be the same. Cross-examined by Mr. Brian—l cannot recollect if she said when she had the half sovereign. I think 1 there was something said about Devonport. I remember something being said about Devonport, and about being in a public-house, but I cannot say whether she said that another letter then written would have been sent, but she was too drunk. She said Mrs. Murray directed the envelope that applied to the enclosed one. On examining the envelopes, I think the two were written by the same person. She did not tell me that when she had written the letter Murray took it away, `nor did she say that she did not send the letter, nor anything about a Mrs. Smith having posted the letter. Re-examined—She said she wrote the letter, and Mrs. Murray the envelope. Capt. Fox was then examined. He said—l am a captain in the Royal Marine Light Infantry. In August last, up to the 16th, I was residing at Lud low, in Shropshire. I was living there for about eight months. I was recruiting there for her Majesty's service. My wife was residing at Mrs. Smith's lodgings, 19, Darnford-street, Stonehouse. I left my wife at Stonehouse. She went to reside in Durnford-street from 51, Emma-place. I had a house there of my own, which was given up at Christmas. I received this letter by the postman at Ludlow, and the envelope enclosed, on the 11th of August. I did not reply to the letter. I left Ludlow on the morning of the 16th of August, and arrived at Stonehouse on the evening of the same day. I did not find my wife at her lodgings in Durnford-street. I went to the Marine Barracks and slept there. Before I returned I had heard from my wife's lawyer that she had gone away. The statements in this letter I maintain are infa mous lies, not a particle of truth in them. The whole are false. Mr. Kelly inquired of the bench if he might be allowed to ask Capt. Fox if he had an intimation of a divorce suit. Mr. Brian thought that question could not be asked, and suggested that his cross- examination would elicit several points in the evidence that would assist Mr. Kelly. The bench considered Mr. Kelly could notii,sk the question he had suggested. Capt. Fox was then cross-examined by Mr. Brian ' —I dou't believe I ever exchanged a word with the defendant. I know nothing whatever of her. I don't remember ever speaking to her, and I am quite positive I never did. (Mr. Brian said he was instructed that his client never had spoken to Capt. Fox.) I have not spoken to the defendant at any time, never to my recollection, and I will swear that I know nothing of any child by her sister. This letter is an infamous and senseless fabrication. It is a most infamous lie to say that I had a sister of hers living with me at Ludlow. I don't know a Mrs. Murray keeping a lodging-house in Stone house. Mrs. Taylor is my sist er, and the w ife of the Rev. Mr. Taylor. I brought the letter down here myself, and went to Mr. Kelly about it. Mr. Brian said he understood that was the case on Mr. Kelly's part. For himself, it would be almost superfluous for him to say that the case brought before their worships' notice was one of a very important character. Although he might be considered in a great measure to be in the dark, and neither knew nor cared to know the whole of the painful circumstances, yet in the present phase of matters as submitted the inquiry was exceedingly painful, and all present must feel a great deal of commiseration and sympathy for the prosecutor. As far, however, as he could understand the case, there were parties far more to be blamed than the party summoned there that morning. The learned gentleman on the other side was perfectly cognisant that she was only victim of cat's-paw used in the affair. The act accomplished, he must admit, was of a most depraved and daring character. The com plainant had been seriously injured, measures had been resorted to to stigmatise him to his family of the most infamous and dangerous character, and under such circumstances no man would be safe, and any household might be upset. As far, however, as he could he would put before them the facts of the case. The defendant was the daughter of a person named Churchward, formerly an upholsterer and broker. Unhappily for her she had become the denizen of a brothel. A Mrs. Murray and a Mrs. Smith chose to go to this unfortunate. They first met her at Devonport. There they began, gave her a half-sovereign to write a letter, which he held in his hand, that was intended to be sent to Captain Fox, but was afterwards not used, as they con sidered her in drink at the time. Then they go to her again upon the d a y i n question, ply her freely with gin, and offer her £l5, make her sit down, and tell her it is a divorce case, dictate to her all that infamous concoction, take it from her, leave her in a state cf drunkenness, and post it. As to the £l5, she had not had an y part of it. The defendant was very sorry that she should have been led into such an act, very gen tleman whose f ee li ngs she sorr y for the had thus hart, and brought misery into his household. She instructed him to say that the whole of the statements in the letter, from beginning to e nd, was a fabrication. She knew notin of the prosecutor, beyond g his bein g an o ffi cer belonging to the Marines. The Whole of the letter was untrue, and she was merely a tool in the hands of Mrs. Murray. Their worships would thus see wbo were the guilty party in the matter was—viz'' Mrs. Murray ; and now that Mr. K e lly. had obtained his real object in 1 bringing Cantain Fox there, he hoped he would be lenient to the defendant. She was most willing to sign any statutory declaration that he might draw up in the way of acknowledging the falsehood of the letter. With regard to the case of Regina v. Smith, he really hoped that after this exposition there would be no mischief incurred. Mr. Kelly considered it would not do for him to make any bargain. The statements that had been brought out to-day contained points which the pro secution really had not expected. There appeared to be evidence of conspiracy. While very willing to believe that the girl did write at the dictation of an other, he did not think anything like a compromise could be named; but if the bench thought fit the case might be adjourned, both himself and Capt. Fox not wishing to press the case against defendant for the present. _ The i3ench, after a short consideration, consented to the case being adjourned, the defendant being bound over in her own sureties for £5O to appear when called upon. 711 E FIRE AND LOSS OP LIFE A 7 LIVERPOOL. An inquest was yesterday opened upon the bodies of those killed during the disastrous fire at the Liverpool Workhouse, on Monday morning. Mr. Driffield, the coroner for the county, presided, in the absence of Mr. Curry, the coroner for the borough, and before the proceedings were formally opened read over the list of killed, consisting of two women and twenty children, from four to seven years of age. After the names of the deceased persons had been read over, the jury proceeded from the coroner's office in Dale-street to the workhouse on Brow nlow hill, where they viewed the bodies. The children generally were fearfully mangled, and in most in stances unrecognisable. On the return of the jury to the coroner's court, Mr. Carr, the governor of the workhouse, was called in evidence. On Sunday night he was in the house, and nothing was re ported wrong up to a late hour. The inmates of the dormitories went to bed at eight o'clock, and no one was allowed to be out of their dormitories after half-past seven, unless on special duty. On Sun day evening he was in the immediate vicinity of the place where the fire occurred several times, but did not observe anything wrong. Was there as late as a quarter-past eleven, and everything then appeared safe. About two o'clock the next morn ing he was disturbed by the alarm of fire, and upon rushing down stairs met one of the schoolmistresses, who said there was a fire in the dormitories. He proceeded to the dormitories (those of the children adjoining the church), and saw dense volumes of smoke proceeding from the building. He then or dered ladders to be brought, and for the water-hose to be set in operation. There was no noise or screams in the dormitories at this time. He made an attempt to gain an entrance to the dormitory through one of the windows, but the volume of smoke was so great that he was forced back. An attempt was made to save the children (whose re treat was cut off by the burning staircase) by the hose being brought to bear upon this portion of the building, but as the jets were increased the force of the water' became weaker, and it was impossible to check the fire, which was now rapidly increasing. An engine belonging to the corporation arrived about three o'clock, and the volume of water poured from it was neces sarily large, though totally insufficient to check the fire, which had then a thorough hold on the dormitory and church. The fire might have com menced under the stairs leading to the dormitories, or in the schoolroom under the church. There was gas on the staircase, and the light was allowed to remain on all night. The gas was not within the reach of the children. He was unable to say posi tively how the fire could have arisen. In cross-examination by the Deputy Town-clerk, witness explained that the seat of the fire was in the centre of the children's dormitory, and that while the people of the southern side of the dormi tory had means of escape, those in the northern por tion were closed in by the fire. The supply of water wa s ample, but the pressure was not sufficient. It was his opinion that the children were suffocated before the water was brought into play. Thos. Clayton, night-soil inspector, in Liverpool, was next examined—On Monday morning he was emptying an ash pit in the workhouse, in company with ten men. About half-past two in the morning, he saw three little girls in the passage connected with the dormitory. They were half-dressed, and w ere crying, and said the chapel was on fire. He passed the word of "fire," and then ran up into the workhouse to the governor and helped him to get the hose out. The fire was coming through one of the windows of the chapel. Wm. Muir, a police-officer, deposed to being on duty on Sunday night at the workhouse, and to having visited the children's dormitory and the church about an hour before the fire broke out. He again visited the place, and observed smoke issuing from the windows of the church and the children's dormitory, and he then turned back and passed the alarm to the fire station. After giving the alarm he returned to the children's dormitory, and to gether with one of the night-soil men succeeded in rescuing four children from their room. The children were on the floor near to the door. Witness endeavoured to go into the dormitory, but the volume of smoke was so great that had he done so he would have been suffocated, and he had to turn back. When the hose was screwed on to the hydrants the water was first directed to the children's dormitory ; but the pressure on the water was very slight, and not much good was effected until the engine came. Morris Bower, superintendent at the workhouse, stated that about two o'clock on Monday morning he was awoke by a knocking, and upon making in quiries he found that the church was on fire, and he proceeded to the governor's house and helped to get out the hose. He took notice of the supply of water, which seemed plentiful, and to have a good pressure upon it when the hydrants were opened first. Bridget Goodge, a female pauper, was examined chiefly as to the identification of her child, one of the killed. Mr. Carr, the governor, on being recalled, said that there was a fireplace in one of the class-rooms under the chapel, but so far as they could ascertain the fire did not originate there. it had broken out several feet from this, at the foot of the staircase. The keys of the staircase-doors leading from the 1 chapel schools to the dormitory were kept by the schoolmistress and by the warders, so as to be I available in case of accident. Originally the stair ea,.se-door leading to the chapel was left open, but i t h a u been closed and locked at night since. M r . 6,zwood, the deputy town clerk, said that the local are.`'oorities were most anxious that the 'fullest informal:on as to the water . arrangements . given, and with this view the and supply should la . ': nti Tuesday next. inquiry was adjourned ~: IVIALRIMONIAI; 110 AX. The usually quiet watering-place, Gourock, was the scene of considerable excitement Oh Saturday evening last,in consequence of the (not nowuneom mon circumstance) playing off of a matrimoinal hoax. About five weeks ago, a party who is, or very lately was, in business in Glasgow, advertised in one of the newspapers for a wife, who amongst other essentials, was to be in receipt of £3OO per annum, or thereby. Amongst the (no doubt) nume rous applications for the honour of becoming the wife of the aforesaid merchant, was one which, un fortunately however for his prospects, was written by a committee self-appointed for the purpose of his edification and the gratification of their risible faculties. The lady was represented as belonging to a good family ; she had travelled in France and Italy, spoke several languages, and though last, far from least, enjoyed the by no means despicable income of £2BO per annum, being interest at 4 per cent, on £7,000 left her by her late lamented father. Our modern Adonis replied in due course, and an interesting correspondence followed, about the com mencement of which our merchant k became very clamorous for an interview, which rendered it neces sary for the committee to remove the lady to Lon don, where she went to witness the last moments of a dear friend, and was detained for a consider able time. Meantime cartes de v i sile were assuming a most ex changed, and, the c orres p ondence affectionate tone, " all went merry as a marriage bell." As, towards the close of it the correspondence, the 4 i oil merchant" got impatient at the lady's pro longed absence, was deemed prudent to bring her home at once, and consequently an appointment was made for Saturday afternoon, and arrange ments enureinto accordingly. The gentleman arrived at Gourock per the Ruby, at 5.45 p.m. ; and the p ar ti es on th e w atch having singled him our, followed him to the Queen's Hotel, .where he fortifi e d hi mse lf aga i ns t the trying ordeal with a pint of porter. Mea,nwhi'e, other :parties were busily employed posting bills (east of the quay), to the following effect :-- " MATRIMONIAL HOAX. "A swell from Glasgow, who advertised for a wife with about £3OO per annum, will meet the lady who answered his advertisement, between the Quarry-quay and the toll where the Greenock 'bus turns, at 6.20 p.m. precisely. All who wish to enjoy an hour's sport are invited to be present a t the introduction, which will be of a most affecting nature. " The Eiwell's rig will consist of a low-crown(d hat, blue coat with velvet collar, and very light coloured checked unmentionables. lie rejoices in a black moustache (a la miataire), and diffuses a fragrance like unto the musk rat. Be in time." Having refreshed his inner man he now proceeded towards the spot appointed for the intervie' w with his lady love, still closely followed by his special attendants, who likewise distributed copies cf the bill, which had the effect of increasing; his follow 'ers. Having reached the spot, he steppedaside amongst the brushwood, and " sauntered" about in .as unconcerned a manner as possible. His followers now took up their preconcerted positions, come pletely surrounding him, so as to prevent; escape, and then the affecting interview took. place. One of the members of committee advanced, leading another the stoutest man iii the company, wearing a full beard and moustache) by the hand, and introduced him as the lady who had corre sponded with him. He was then saluted. with three good cheers, amidst a continuation of which he " made tracks" for the Greenock 'bus, where he managed, in a temporary way, to hide his ,dimi nished head. His faithful followers, however, did not yet desert bim, but as many as could get accom modation accompanied him to Greenock, where fresh laurels awaited him in the shape of a crow& of Greenock people, who joined in the cheering from the time he left the 'bus in Hamilton-street till he took refuge in the White Hart Hotel. Thence he endeavoured to escape, having slightly altered his " rig;" but a warning howl from his indefatigable attendants sent him back to his house of refuge, looking the very picture of unmitigated. misery. The convener of the committee thereafter wrote him that he would be forgiven the trouble and annoyance he had caused them in connection with the affair should he appear and apologise, but their generous offer was refused.— Glasgow Herald. ASSAULT ON AIV ENGLISH LADY IN SWITZERLAND. The following extract from the letter of an Eng - lish lady travelling in the Bernese Oberland with her husband and a female friend, describes a brutal assault committed on her by a Swiss hotel-keeper : " We left our boxes at La.uterbrunnen, and after visiting the Stanbbach, at once took horses, and ascended the Wengern Alp, where we slept, after spending a lovely day. The avalanches were beautiful. Next day, discarding our two horses, we walked leisurely down to Grindelwald. I was unluckily half killed by a stunning blow dealt me by the master of the Wengern Alp Hotel, a most brutal man, who had made out a most enor mous bill, off which, contrary to my custom, I took two francs. E-- and I paid it to his wife, who appeared to accept it; but when we were a quarter of an hour from the hotel, in a hollow, hid from all corners, we saw his man and himself coming, each with a thick stick, calling out for the two francs. E--, seeing them thus armed, said, We must pay, or we shall be assassinated.' But I said, Vous etes dans votre tort de ne pas nous avoir fait payer a l'hotel ou se trouvait d'autres etrangers, car votre reclamation est parfaitement injuste ; voila cependant 1.85 centimes.' The other 15 centimes none of us had got. The man was already in a great passion, and seized E---- by the hair, shaking her and demanding the 15c. I offered him a sf. piece to change, upon which he pulled out his knife, saying, ' Voila ma monnaie.' I then came to E--'s help, and the master spat in my face, on which, enraged, I responded with a famous box on the ears. Then it was that with all his might he hurled his stick (a rough bar for fenc ing) at my head. I was stunned. E— L— mean while had run away, calling out for help, but had fallen down on the grass nearly senseless with terror. As soon as I was able I rejoined her, and encouraged her, and laughed at the affair. I washed my swollen face, which was all bloody, in a stream of water, and we got on to Grindelwald, where we went at once to the doctor's, that he might see my face and write about it to the justice at Interlacken. The others dined. I could not—my jaw refused to move. . . . On Tuesday we returned to Inter lacken for our judicial affair; but nothing is yet settled. The master of the hotel, to excuse himself, swore we had left his hotel without paying at all, but we knew to the contrary, as when he assaulted us he only demanded the extra two francs." GO UNTBI MARKE2S. ----- LEEDS-TUESDAY. At to-day's market we have a more liberal supply of new wheat, the bulk of which is poor, and condition bad. The best samples are taken at last Friday's rates. There was no inquiry for old. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. In wheat a fair business was done to-day, at last week's prices. Indian corn quiet, and sells at former quotations. Flour was dull, at 6d per barrel cheaper. LYNN-TUESDAY. With a return of fine weather harvest work was resumed on Friday. The quality of wheat is good, but the yield it is expected will be somewhat short. White .. 60s to 63s I Barley ... 32s to 38s New 57s to 60s I New.... RQd s7s to 59s I Oats .24s to 26s Beans .4os to 44s I New ............ 22s to 26s MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. White wheat, 55s to 61s; red, 52s to 57s per 36 stone. Barley at 32s to 36s per qr., grinding 298 to 33s per 30 at. Oats, 28s to 325; new, 21s to 278 per 24 at. ; beans, 38s to 43s per qr. SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. The weather has been changeable this week, and farmers have not progressed much with harvest work. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...22s Od to 23s Od White // , ...23s 6d to 25s Od New red , , ...21s Od to 22s Od New white „ )1 , ...23s Od to 24s 6d Beans 7/ /, ...16s Od to 19s Od Peas, per qr 7 7 • • • - 54s 0 d o 58s Od Grinding barley, per qr 3ls Oil to 36s Od Malting ditto, „ .. 3Bs Od to 42s OEI Oats 17 238 Od to 30s Od Millers' prices for flour-2s .Id, 2s 3d, and 2s 6d per 141 b. MELTON MOWBRAY-TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—White wheat, 58s Od to 64s Od; red, 55s Od to 60s per 36 stone; beans sold at 425 , to 48s for old; new sorts, —s per 38 st. ; barley, 38s, to 41s for malting, and 30s to 32s per qr. for grinding; oats, 24s to 34s Od per 24 stone. DUBLIN-SETT. 9 Our market to-day was fairly attended, and we do not alter the currencies of last day, except for berg, which was 3s per barrel dearer. -t s. d. s. d. i Wheat, white 30 0 to 34 0 Do., red Do., new — 0 to -- 0 1 Barley Oats Do., black l4 6 to 16 6 s. (1. e. d. Beans.. 24 0 to 27 0 Bere . l5 3 to 16 0 Rapeseed 0 to 0 Oatmeal l5 0 to 17 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn FOREIGN 111 AIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. .A.ute.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. . . Sept. 18. via Marseilles Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Sept. 18. via Marseilles Sept. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Sept. 14. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 18. via Marseilles Sept. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 14. via Marseilles Sept. 8. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept, 14. via Marseilles Sept. 8. Newfoundland .. Sept. 17. Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Sept. 11. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Sept. 10. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Sept. 10. Bahamas, via New York Sept. 23. Mexico Sept. 29. All p lifornia, and Britarts of West Indiesish , Columbia including . Chili, Peru, 1 . Sept. 13. BIRTHS. BARRON.—On the 9th inst., at 96, Guildford-street, Rus sell-square, the wife of Edward J. Barron, Esq., solici tor, of a son. LEASK.—On the Bth inst., at High Beech, Essex, the wife of Win. Leask, of a daughter. ' MAnKliY,—On the 9th inst., at 25, Gordon-street, the wifo of Henry Markby, Esq., of a daughter. STONE.—On the Bth inst., at 114, Piccadilly, the wife of J. Stone, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES, BARTLETT—LOMER. — On the 9th inst., at St. James's, ti olloway, Captain Henley Thomas B ar tl e tt, o f B enga l . Army, to Constance Delia, youngest daughter of the late Captain Owen Lomer, Bengal Army. WILSON—WATSON.—On the 6th inst., at Mansfield, Wm. Wilson, Esq., of Sherwood Hall, to Frances Page, the daughter of the late Robert Watson, Esq., of Mansfield. DEATHS. AMHERST.—On the Bth inst. at Hastings, the Lady Ger trude E. Amherst, daughter of Earl Amherst, aged 20. BILLINGS.—On the Bth inst., at Gloucester Villa, Glou cester-gate, Regent's -park, Alpheus Carpenter Billings, Esq., aged 66. CnitzEu.---On the Bth inst., three weeks after his brother, who died from injuries by fire, Berkeley Luce Carter, tha last surviving son of the Coroner for Surrey, aged. 19. PEIST.—On the 7th inst., at his chambers, Clement's-inn, Albert Soulby Feist, aged 32 ., GIBSON.—On the sth inst. , at Saffron Walden, Wyatt G. Gibson, banker, aged 72. a l t o T f si° Mansfield.unt LinniE.—On the 7th inst., James Lillie, Esq., of Hadfield House, Adlington, Cheshire, aged 76. the Hon. David 31 Murray,u t A l . brother of orthiensL9 L ox p o x : Printed end Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, o f N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at THE Su x Office No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of uid.dlesex.—Weinesclay, September 10, 1864'