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

On Tuesday last the Board of Admiralty and the ironplate Committee attended at Shoeburyness to witness experiments against an iron target proposed by Messrs. Sameda as a model for the construction of armour-plated ships. The peculiarities of this target are,—first, that the wooden lining, which in the Warrior is interposed between the armour and the iron skin and framework of the ship, is dis pensed with; and, secondly, that the armour-plates are so attached to the body of the ship as to contri bute to its strength instead of merely hanging upon it. The armour plates in this case are five inches thick, and they are incorporated with an iron back ing of plates and ribs which are equivalent to an additional layer of two inches thick, making alto gether seven inches of iron. The target was sub jected to the usual number of rounds of shot and shell from 100-pounder and 68-pounder guns, and the effects were much the same as were produced on similar targets proposed by Mr. Fairbairn, and lately tried at Shoeburyness. One round was then fired at it from the 300-pounder Armstrong gun, 501 b. of powder. The shot struck an uninjured part of the target, and passed completely through, carry ing with it large pieces of the iron, which were driven deep into the bank behind the target. The same gun was then fired once more against the old Warrior target, which in this instance in some de gree reasserted its former supremacy. The shot passed through the armour, but only bulged and cracked the inner skin and framework. No frag ment of the shot got through the entire target. The extraordinary efficacy of wood thus applied as stratum between the armour and the body of the ship is now rendered more apparent than ever. The armour plate breaks the shot as it passes through, and the wood arrests the fragments. It remains to be ascertained what will be the effect when a wrought iron shot, which will cut 7 JIG4k is striking, is substituted for the present cast,-iron shot. A letter from Malta, dated Valetta May 16, says :—" Mr. Gibson, Government inspector of telegraphs, and Mr. Preece, engineer of Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co., took their departure yester day from this island for Tripoli and Benga l i, in Her Majesty's gunboat Growler (3), Lieutenant J. D. Curtis. The object of these gentlemen is to in pect the telegraph stations at those places. They were to have proceeded in the Procris, but it was afterwards found that the repairs needed by this vessel would cause considerable delay if they waited until she was ready, and Admiral Codrington placed the Growler at their disposal instead. They are expected back in a few weeks, when Mr. Gibson will proceed to Alexandria, Corfu, and Otranto, to inspect the stations there. The electrio communi cation between Alexandria and England, via Malta, Italy, and France, continues to be very satisfactory, and messages are sent to and from Jubal in a few hours. " Her Majesty's gunboat Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte, which arrived from Corfu on Wed nesday, bringing as passengers Lieut.-Col. Bell, 23d Royal Fusiliers, and Major Middleton, A.D.C., left on return the frlllowing day with a mail for Vice-Admiral a tr W. F. Martin, K.C.B. Her Ma jesty's 6 nrew steam sloop Malacca, 17, Capt. G. J. P .:Pier, came in early yesterday morning from Beyrout, which place she left on the 27th ult. Her Majesty's screw line of-battle-ship London, 86, Capt. H. Chads, arrived the same day from Gibral tar, where she had been stationed for some time. On entering port she saluted Rear - Admiral Cod rington's new flag. Her Majesty's screw frigate Amphion (36), Capt. Gordon, is in the Dockyard creek, having a new mainmast fitted, the old one having been found to be rotten. " Mr. George H. Mowbray, R.N., recently appointed Agent Victualler in Malta, arrived here last week, and assumed the duties of his office. "Her Majesty's ships now in port are—the Hibernia, receiving ship, bearing the flag (red) of Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C. 8.; London, 86; Amphion, 36; Malacca, 17; Gannet, 11; Medina, 4; Procris, 2; Boxer, 2; and Hearty, tug." Yesterday the first of the iron armour-plates with which the iron-plated frigate Royal Oak, 50, building et Chatham, in Lu Le eutatsea Wad UUC cesfully fixed in its place. The plate forms the first of the lower tier, which will be carried five feet below the water line, so as to 'prevent any shot touching the vulnerable parts below the water. Pre viously to the plates being fixed yesterday they underwent the process of annealing in the factory, as they are all of hammered iron, being too hard and tough to allow of their being worked in their origi nal state. They were then submitted to the hydrau lic plate-bending machine which has been erected at the dockyard by Messrs. Westwood, Baillie, Campbell, and Co., and, while cold, bent to the exact shape of the portion of the ship's side they were de stined to cover. As this is the first machine of the kind erected for the Admiralty, considerable interest was taken in the process of bending the plates, most of the leading officials connected with Chatham dockyard being present on the occasion. Notwith standing the massive size of the plates, each of which is 13ft in length, Olin in thickness, and weighs up wards of 80cwt, the powerful hydraulic engine twisted and bent them with ease ; the slabs operated upon, all of which aro from the Thames Ironworks, not exhibiting the least flaw, which, had such ex isted, would havebeen instantly detected. The work of plating the Royal Oak will now be carried on as rapidly as circumstances will allow, and, in order to expedite this important portion of the work, an ex tensive workship is being erected immediately ad joining the slip on which the Royal Oak is building in which another large hydraulic engine is to be placed, together with various powerful machines required for plating the frigate. The Lords of the Admiralty have applied to the dockyard officials to ascertain the earliest time by which the Royal Oak can be launched, and an answer has been returned that everything may be completed by the end of July, but no further directions have been received from the Admiralty on the subject. It is probable the vessel will be partially covered with her armour plates before leaving the stocks, in which case she will not be afloat until the end of August or begin ning of Septmember. In anticipation of the Lords of the Admiralty deciding on having her launched by an earlier date, workmen are now busily employed in laying down her launching -ways, so that no unne cessary delay may take place. Yesterday afternoon her large rudder, weighing between 7 and 8 tons, was fixed in its place. With the exception of being covered with her armour -plates, the frigate may ne said to be nearly completed. Most of her internal fittings have been finished, and her main and lower decks completed. Workmen are now engaged in fixing her upper deck, which will be rendered shot and shell proof by being covered with sheet-iron, the beams on which the planking is placed being also of iron. As soon as the hands now employed on the Royal Oak can be released from that vessel they will be transferred to the Bulwark, 91, the next vessel at Chatham Dockyard which is to un dergo the process of alteration to an iron-cased steam frigate. Her Majesty's paddlewheel despatch vessel Ban shee, Commander Madden, from the Mediterranean, arrived at *Woolwich yesterday morning, and com menced preparations for paying o ff. Rear-Admiral Austin, Col. St. George, R o y a l Artillery, Preside nt of the Select Committee of Wool wichArsen al ; Capt. Sir Wm. Wiseman, Royal Navy, Vice-President, and other members of the committee, accompanied by Commodore Sir Fred. Nicolson, and Mr. Turner, master shipwright of Woolwich Dockyard, yesterday inspected the steam floating battery Trusty, in basin at Woolwich, fitted with Capt. Coles' experimental cupola, and waiting orders to proceed to Shoebnryness to test the effect of the 1501 b. shot. They afterwards visited the 90 gun ship Caledonia, under constriction as an ar mour-clad s hi p, and rapidly completion. Th e fiat progressing towards allotment of plates from the Tinneefield Works will' be forwarded in a few days. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty .1) It cle th ut. Walter A. B. Craven, Marlborough ; J. additional, to the. Ai surg., to the Racehorse • E. Fawcett, surg., W. Rumble, inspector of machinery,'it Evans, Cumber land ; Hugh R. G a i l ., entnee to the the Cormo- rant ; W. Hardie, engineer, to the lacehorse ; W. Skeen, acting engineer, to the c' A SIEt . , for ;th e A Earn3st ; W. G. Hughes, let class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard ; George F. IVilliams, lat class assist.. engineer, to the Cormorant; Wm. Birks, Ist class assist.-engineer, to the Racehorse ; J. Baptist, let class assist. - engineer, to the Asia, for the Cracker; A. Martell, Ist class assist -engineer, to Asia, as supernumerary ; W. Crow, acting Ist class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; James Templeton, 2d class assist.-engineer, to the Racehorse ; Robert Findlay and T. W. Dearden, 2d class assist.-engineers, to the Cormorant; and J. S. Pidgeon, acting 2d class assist.-engineer, to the Racehorse. Mr. Edward Hight has received the appointment of honorary lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve. lIIE ARMY. The headquarters and service companies of the 83d (County of Dublin) Regiment arrived at Chat ham yesterday from India, having disembarked at Gravesend from the transport King Lear, 1,970 tons, Capt. W. S. Crondancc, belonging to Messrs. Somes Brothers, Blackwell. The strength of the service companies is rather less than 400 non. com missioned officers and men. The foLowing officers arrived at Chatham yesterday with the regiment— viz., Lieut.-Col. E. Steele, C. 8., Capts. E. Meurant, J. Wakefield, and C. C. Gore, Lieuts, T. G. Coote, P. C. Browne, W. H. Ivimy, N. Pennefather, and H. C. Whitlock, Major J. D. Swinburne (paymas ter), Quartermaster P. Hayes, and Surgeon R. Browne. The 83d Regiment arrived at Chatham by special train on the South Eastern Railway, and in the afternoon p roceeded to Dover, where the regiment will be stationed for a short time, after which it will be removed to Dublin. The invalids of the regiment are daily expected to arrive at Gravesend in the Cospatrick, which sailed from Bombay on the 24th of January last. The depot oompuniez of the Q2a, we Chat ham glrriaorz number nearly 400 men of all ranks volunteering for the depot having been opened from the other regiments. About 250 men, together with a proportionate number of officers, will leave Chatham in a few days for Dover, to join headquarters, but the depot will continue at Chatham for the present. Only a small proportion of the officers and men who embarked for India with the 83d return with that regiment. The detachments of Royal Marines and Royal Marine Artillery for the Cormorant, 4, and Race horse, 4, screw steamers, fitting for service in China, left headquarters, Catham, yesterday afternoon, and embarked on board those vessels. A party of lads from the training ship Wellesley, 72, at Chat ham, also embarked on board the same steamers. Yesterday a portion of the 2d battalion of the 25th King's Own Borderers, numbering 214 non-com missioned officers and men, with eight officers, passed through Chatham, en route from Shorncliffe to Gravesend, where they embarked in the after noon on board a steamer for Edinburgh. TILE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. Nothwithstanding the damp, cold weather of yesterday, the returns from the turnstiles showed a considerable advance on the admissions of the day before. The Horticnituralfete would no doubt draw a large number of season ticket-holders, but the numbers paying at the doors increased in an equal ration ; and, considering the very uninviting aspect of the day, there can be no more satisfactory proof that the attractions of the Exhibition are at last beginning to receive that attention from the public which they deserve. The total number of visitors yesterday up to six o'clock was 23,345,;0f whom 12,378 paid at the doors, and 10,967 were admitted by tickets. Though there were heavy showers at intervals during the day, the leakage was very trifling ; and we may take it for granted, therefore, that the chief defects in the roof have been traced out, and to a great extent made good. The chief novelty of the day was the preliminary trial of the pipes of the majolica fountain, which were found to act perfectly, and when the cement has all tho roughly hardened, and one or two little omissions disclosed by the trial are made good, it will be set to work permanently, and no doubt will form one Llte, ..i.inl. aLLfiI(;LIVV inJitit.4l3 In WU Liialla/aser. Tin. mediately in the rear of it preparations are now being made to raise the Australian gold trophy, which is to represent the accumulated mass of nuggets and gold washings collected from the Australian diggings during the last 11 years. In our brief summary yesterday of the chief ob. jects in the colonial collection, we omitted to men tion the display from the colony of Queensland, which is very complete, particularly in specimens of raw produce. The samples of Sea Island cotton grown here will no doubt be very carefully exa mined, as well as the wool and silk, samples of which are also exhibited. Of woods from this colony there is an immense variety, many of them of great beauty, and to show how well they work up Mr. Justice Lutwyche sends a very elegant set of chess men and a table of myall and Cypress wood mixed. One of the handsomest pieces of colonial furniture is a table inlaid - with various woods at the entrance to the New Zealand Court. Lady Cooper contri butes a case of Queensland jewellery, the chief ob jects in which are a pearl of great size, mounted in gold, and a brooch of white topazes. There are several cases of Queensland birds in the court, among which the varied and brilliant plumage of the parrots and parroquets will probably attract most admiration. The half dozen photographs of the aborigines, male and female, which. hang by the door, do not invite a second look—except indeed it be to decide to which sex the palm of supreme hideousness ought to be given. .The sale of th e c hi ef objects of art manufactures still continues very considerable in almost every court. For instance, almost every article exhibited by the Omyx Marble Company in the French Court has already been disposed of, and some of the larger pieces have fetched very good prices. This beauti ful material is quite a novelty in this country—in deed, its discovery in Algeria scarcely dates back more than six years, and its first introduction here at the Exhibition has been a very profitable venture for the exhibitors. The ease with which it yields to the fancy of the artist is shown by the great variety of articles into which it has been worked up, from the magnificent chimneypiece, with its concave shafts and bevilled mirror, to the smallest tazza medallion or even inkstand. One of its greatest beauties is the highly transparent polish whioh it will take in all its varied gradations of colour and shade, ana it blends most harmoni- ously with bronze or enamel. If the supply is of sufficient extent to keep down the cost, there is no doubt that the marble will hereafter be largely - - - 1 1 used in decorative arts. The jewelry, we hear, in this court, does not find so quick a sale as other objets d'art—probably the high prices asked may have something to do with it. There is no country represented at the Exhibi tion which, all things considered, makes a more e jeditablefi gure i n art manufactures than Denmar k . Copenhagen is the Paris of the North, and some of ' the articles exhibited in this department are scarcely inferior, either in design or workmanship, to the productions of the most famous makers of ' Paris or London. It is pleasant to see, too, that the Danish artists, instead of servilely following French models—which we find too often the case in tho hest production s of other countries —preserve a speciality of their own which is much more effective than the finest copies. Al most all the copies noticed here are from classical models. The twolrsetaadnydsaot! porcelain exhibited in th e nave have a tracted much attention, and the works are certainly of a high order. Nothing can be more beautiful than the paintings on the vases and cups exhibited by Messrs. Bing and Grindhallse, and the combi nations of biscuit and porcelain are executed with great skill ; one in the style of Christian IX., and another lent by the present King, challenge admi ration by the quaintness of their forms and the richness of their decoration ; but perhaps the gem of the collection is a breakfast service, ornamented with copies of Thorwaldsen's bas-reliefs. Another service of a similar kind illustrates the heraldic de vices of the Danish monarchs. The works of the Royal Factory at Copenhagen excel also in exqui site ornamentation, and the services in the old Danish style aro very interesting. O„ i n particu lar, with flowers on a white ground,. is particularly THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, EVE NIN(, MAY 22, 1862, pleasing. On this stand there are some excel lent specimens of biscuit statuettes, chiefly copies of Thorwaldsen's works. The Copenhagen Art Society also exhibits various specimens of porce lain ware, and some very clever works in silver and bronze. There is also a piece of repousse work, intended for the top of a lady's work table, of considerable merit. A case of brooches, bracelets, and other ornaments in gold after Etrus , can and Roman patterns, will, perhaps, not bear com parison with the exquisite beauty of Signor Castel lani's gems in the Italian Court, but the quickness with which this revival of ancient art has been caught up, and the finish of the workmanship, speak highly for the taste and skill of the Copenhagen goldsmiths. One of the chief attractions we can hardly call it—but certainly curiosities—of the Danish Court is the " oateotome," an ingenious me chanical contrivance, invented by Professor Nyrop, of Copenhagen, for performing difficult operations on bony substances. There is a large display of surgical instruments, which appear to be all of first. rate quality. Another interesting feature of the department is the very ample collection of Green land furs and Esquimaux dresses. We understand that on Saturday last, as soon as Mr. Palgrave had withdrawn his handbook from sale !n the Exhibition, Lord Granville wrote to Baron Marochetti, expressing, for himself and his colleagues, their great regret that a work the sale of which within the building had been authorized by the Commissioners should have contained criticisms on distinguished artists who had been invited to contribute to the Exhibition, the tone and substance of which the Commissioners disapproved. The arrangements are now completed for carrying out the idea suggested by the large employers of labour who desire to distribute tickets among their workpeople, and packets of halfcrown and shilling tickets may now be obtained at the Commissioners' °rues. 'The public win not be surprised to hear that the Queen, with her usual kind consideration, has been the first to avail herself of the plan, and that she has already purchased a considerable num ber of halfcrown tickets for distribution among the pupils of the art schools, and persons connected with the Royal household. THE HORTICULTURAL GARDENS. The first grand fete of the season at these gar dens yesterday had all the essentials of success but fair weather. From the morning the sky had been overcast, and showers had fallen in succession, but it was not till the hour when the company began to assemble that the aspect of the heavens assumed any serious appearance of settled rain. At three o'clock, however, the most sanguine began to de spair, and all hopes of truly enjoying the floral en tertainment provided by the directors of the gardens were relinquished. With that perseverance we as a nation possess, numbers were seen arriving at the gates of the gardens towards four o'clock, and in a short time the crowd was swelled by season ticket holders who passed the morning in the Exhibition, and who appeared determined, notwithstanding all obstacles, to take a glanee at the flowers collected in the mysterious tents, which had been an eye sore to them from the refreshment rooms of the building. But loud as may have been their pro tests against the obstruction of the view from its windows they must yesterday have confessed that, under the circumstances, no better arrangement could have been made, and that if the tents had no greater claim to their appreciation, they might fairly demand their favourable verdict from the fact that they enabled those assembled under them to admire as fine a collection of flowers as has ever been exhibited in the metropolis. In fact, so effec tually did they answer the purposes intended that the greater part of the numbers assembled in the gardens—and they were some thousands—ex amined the various specimens exhibited without any particular inconvenience beyond a little crowd ing, and a feeling of discomfort arising from drip ping umbrellas and damp coats. Thanks to the arrangements made by the superintendent of the gardens, Mr. Eyles, the communications between the marquees containing the choicest plants were covered with canvas, and continued up to vatory. By these means the circuit of the whole garden was rendered easy and scope afforded for the circulation of visitors. The dampness of the atmo sphere appeared to lend a brilliancy to the flowers exhibited. It would be invidious to speak of the beauties of any among them, so choice and delicate were all those which were exposed to view. The specimens of oriental plants exhibited by Messrs. Veitch and Sons, attracted great attention on account of the rare beauty of their growth and the richness of their foliage. A new field of floriculture promises to be opened in that direction. Some curious ape cimens from New Holland, sent by Mr. Wheeler, gave rise to some discussion on account of their irregularity of growth. Among the plants indi• genous to our own soil the rhododendron might fairly claim the prize. The roses, although equally fine as specimens, were somewhat faded, owing in a great measure to the sudden changes of temperature to which they had been subjected. Severel elegant designs for the floral decoration of drawing-rooms were exhibited, but none of them were sufficiently near to that for which the Ist class prize has been awarded to make us question the judgment of the committee. Three military bands played in the course of the afternoon, and not a little contributed to enliven the scene. We append a list of. the prizes : Special prizes offered by Lady Dorothy Nevill for three groups of flowers for drawing-room decoration. Ist prize, Misses March, St. James's Palace, £6; 2d, Mrs. J. H. Lermitte, Knighton, Finchley, £4. Class 1-15 stove and greenhouse plants-Ist prize, Mr. W. May, gardener to J. Spode, Esq., Rugeley, £2O; 2d, Mr. B. Peed, gardener to Mrs. Tredwell, Lower Norwood, 15. Class 2-12 stove and greenhouse plants—Messrs. J. and J. Fraser, Lea-bridge road, £10; 2d, Messrs T. Jackson and Son, Kingston, £7. Class 3-9 stove and greenhouse plants—ist, Mr. H. Chilman, gardener to Mrs. Smith, Epsom, £9, and Mr. J. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bad, Lower Chcani, £9 (equal) ; 2d, Mr. S. M. Carson, gardener to J. C. Sim, Esq., Nonsuch-park, £7. Class 4-6 stove and greenhouse plants-Ist, Mr. A. .Ingram, gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq., Highgrove, Read mg, £6; 2d, Mr. T. Page, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., Streatham, £4. Class 6-20 orchids, exotic species-Ist, Mr, G. Baker, gardener to A. Basset, Esq., Stamford-hill, £2O ; 2d, Mr. %V. Milford, gardener to E. M, Malard, Esq., Haverstock hill, £l5. o 17.-41 and Son, Royal E xo ti c Nursery, Chelsea, £10; 2d, Mr. B. S. Williams, Paradise Nursery, Holloway, £7. Class 7-10 orchids, exotic species—let, Mr. C. Penny, gardener to H. IL Gibbs, Esq., Regent's-park, £10; Mr. T. Page, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq:, Streatham, £7. Class 8-6 orchids, exotic species —Mr. John Green,gar. dener to Sir A. Antrobus, Bart., Lower Cheam, £6; 2d, Mr. W. Lakeman, gardener to J. Campbell, Esq., Hen don, £4. Class 9—Single specimen of any exotic orchid—prizes withheld. Class 10-9 greenhouse azaleas, distinct kinds-Ist, Mr. S. M. Carson, gardener to J. C. Sim, Esq., Nonsuch Park, £l2 ; 2d, Mr. Thomas Page, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., £9. Class 11-9 greenhouse azaleas, distract kinds-Ist, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, £9 ; 2d, Messrs. Veitch and Son, nurserymen, Chelsea, 17, , • - Class 12-6 greenhouse azaleas, distinct kinds-Ist, Mr. C. Penny, gardener to H. H. Gibbs, Esq., Regent's-park, £6; 2d, Mr. A. Ingram, gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq., Highgrove, Reading, £l. Class 13-6 rhododendrons, distinct kinds-Ist, Mr. C. Noble, nurseryman, Bagshot, £4 ; 2d, Mr. J. Standish, nurseryman, Ascot and Bagshot, Class 14—Rhododendron, single specimen Sikkim or Bhotan—lst and 2d withheld ; 3d, Mr. A. Bousie, Stoke Park, Slough, £l. Class 15-6 roses in pots, distinct kinds--Ist, Mr. Thos. Terry, gardener to C. W. G. Puller, Esq., Youngsbury, near Ware, £5. Class Id-12 roses in pots, distinct kinds-Ist, Messrs. 11. Lane and Son, nurserymen, Great Berkhampstead, £lO ; 2d, Mr. W. Paul, Cheshunt Nurseries, Waltham Cross, £7. Class 17-6 Cape heaths, distinct kinds-Ist, Mr. A. Ingram, gardener to J. J. Blandy, ing, £5; 2d, M r . T. P age, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., Str eatham, £3. B Class 18_.9 Esq., Highgrove,Read. pelargoniums, distinct kinds—lat,Mr.Thos. ailey, gardener to T. T. Drake, Esq., Shardcloes, Amer- sham, £8 ; 2d, Mr. 'Wm. Rye, gardener to Miss Foster, Clewer Manor, WincLor, £6. Class 19-12 pelargoniums (distinct kinds),-Ist, Mr. Charles Turner, R oyal Nurseries, Slough, £8 ; 2d, Messrs. Dobson and Sons, nurserymen, Isleworth, £6. Class 20-6 pelargonittras:(fancies, distinct kinds,)--lit Mr. T. Bailey, gardener to T. T. Drake, Esq., Amersham, £5; 2d, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, £4. Class 21-6 cinerarias (distinct kinds)-Ist, Messrs. J. Dobson and Sons, nurserymen, Blackheath, £3. Class 22—New or rare tender plants in flower-Ist, Messrs. Veitch and SOD, nurserymen, Chelsea (Sarmentia repens), silver Knightian medal; 2d, Messrs. Jackson and Son, Kingston (Clerodendron Thomsonai), silver Knightian medal. Class 23—New or rare tender plants not in flower—let Messrs. Veitch and ;Son, Chelsea (Sphrerozyga latifolia) silver Knightian medal; 2d, Mr. Bull (Cibotium princeps) silver Knightian medal, Class 24—New or rare hardy ornamental plants-19t. Messrs. Vsitch and Son, Chelsea (Thujopsis caAierrens) silver Knightian medal; 2d, do, (Ourisia, sp Chili), do. Class 25—Newly introduced plant, 1859.61—Messrs Veitch and Son, Chelsea, Ist and 2d certificates. Class 26—Seedling florists' flowers and garden hybrids -Ist class certificates : Mr. W. Nye, gardener to Miss Fos ter, Clewer Manor, Windsor; Mr. G. Smith, Holloway ; Mr. Standish, Bagshot; Mr. Williams, Holloway; Mr. G. W. Hoyle, Reading ; Mr. W. Paul, Waltham cross ; Messrs. Downie, Laird, and Laing, Sydenham and Edinburgh. 2d class certificates : Mr. W. Bull, Chelsea ; Mr. Standish, Bagshot; Messrs. Witch and Son, Chelsea; Mr. C. Turner, Slough; Mr. Harland, gardener to Mr. J. Bedwell, Hatfield. Commended : Mr. 'Williams, Hollo way, Messrs. Veitch and Son, Chelsea. Class 27—Stands of 24 tulips—lst, Mr. W. Norman, Crescent-road, Plumstead, £2; 2d, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, £1 10s, Class 28—Group of plants (decorating conservatory)- Ist, Mr. C. Turner, nurseryman, Slough, £10; 2d, Mr. G. T. Vidson, nurseryman, Maida-hill, £6. Class 29—Miscellaneous-Ist, Mr.W. Ball4King's-road, Chelsea, £2; 2d, Mr. B. L. Williams, Paradise Nursery, Holloway, £1 10s. SURREY AS,ESSIONS 7 -.May 21. (Before J. E. Johnson, Esq., Chairman.) John Wilson, 52 years of age, described on the calendar as a bet ting-man, was indicted for stealing a cash box containing five £5 Bank of England notes, about £3O in gold and silver, and a gold watch and chain, the property of Alexander Har greaves, the landlord of the Free Masons' Arms, Courland-place, Larkhall-lane, Clapham ; also with stealing a cash-box containing £65, the property of of Mrs. Ruth Stubbs, the landlady of the Royal William public-house, Dorset-street, Clapham-rota This case lasted several hours, and excited con siderable interest in the crowded court. The facts, however, may be briefly summed up as follows : On the evening of the 4th of March the prisoner and another man visited M r . H a r greave s house. He wart supplied with a glass of ale in the parlour, and some time afterwards the prosecutor ascertained that his bedroom had been entered, and his cash box, containing the money and the gold watch and chain, had been stolen. The prisoner hid decamped, and nothing more was heard of the robbery until the 14th ult., when the prisoner offered one of the stolen £5 notes for change at the Rocking ham Arms, New Kent-road, when he was given into custody. The prisoner was also identified by the barmaid of Mrs. Stubbs as being in the Royal William public-house, Dorset-street, Clapham-road, on the 16th of November. During the absence of Mrs. Stubbs thieves managed to enter the parlour and carry off the cash-box containing £65. The bank notes were produced by Mr. Bailey, inspector of bank notes in the Bank of England, and traced to the prisoner. A great deal of evidence was gone into, and after a lengthy address to the jury by the learned counsel, a verdict of guilty was returned. Former convictions having been proved against the prisoner, The Chairman sentenced him to ten years' pena servitude. William Aked, 15, was indicted for stealing three diamond studs (value £80), a five-guinea piece of the reign of Queen Anne, and other articles of jewellery of great value, the property of Mr. Joseph. White, of the firm of White and Fairchild, whole sale grocers, in High-stroot, %rough ; and Alfred Tuffell, 25, and Susan Aked, 49, were indicted for receiving a portion of the property, knowing it to be stolen. It appeared from the learned counsel's statement that Tuffell and the lad Aked were in the employ of the prosecutor at 13, High-street, as ware houseman and errand-boy. On the evening of Saturday, the 12th ult., Mr. White entered his bedroom, and discovered that a drawer had been opened, and he missed three diamond studs, a gold pin, a five guinea piece, and a masonic jewel. He was compelled to go to Brighton immediately, but he mentioned the circumstances of the robbery to Mr. Richards, the Inspector of the Brighton Railway Company's Police, who investigated the matter, and traced the property. The younger prisoner had offered one of the diamonds for sale at Mr. Brookes', silversmith, High-street, when he was stopped, and the female hnd parted with an other to a pawnbroker; and Tuffell had also sold the five-guinea piece to a money dealer in Lom bard -street for £5 2s. The jury found them all guilty, and The Chairman sentenced each to 12 months' hard labour. Francis Chesnall, 16, pleaded guilty to embezzl ing various sums of money belonging to his master, Mr. S. Austin, butcher, Rotherhithe-wall. The Deputy-Chairman sentenced him to four months' hard labour, Robert Henderson', 44, was indicted for stealing a piece of silk, value £l7, from the premises of Mr. G. Picken, draper, High-street, Southwark. The prisoner had been in the prosecutor's employ, but was discharged on account of some disagree. ment. He, however, was allowed to sell on com mission for the prosecutor, and on one of his visits he contrived to steal the piece of silk. The jury found him guilty, and The Court sentenced him to six months' hard labour. Elijah Charlton, 21, was indicted for burglari ously breaking into the dwelling-house of Sarah Edwards, and stealing therein a quantity of bacon cigars, &c., at Richmond. Mr. G. Allan prosecuted, and Mr. Thompson (in structed by Mr. Edwin) defended the prisoner. Virdict—guilty. Sentence, four months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Tay 21. FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE. 'esterday morning, a few minutes before two o'clock, a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Joel, carrying on business as a stationer and bookseller, 42, Fore-street, Cripplegate. The building con tained, besides the warehouse, 10 rooms. The dis covery eppeere to have been made simultaneously by the policeman on the beat and a person passing the premises, who noticed smoke in dense bodies issuing from the lower part of the building. The officer gave the alarm, and in the course of a few minutes a son of the owner came down and effected his escape by the street door. By opening it he allowed the air to enter and drive the fire all over the building. At that time Mrs. J. Joel, a lady of 60, a son named Samuel, aged 27, the servant, Ann Johnson, aged 23, and Annetta Joel, age unknown, were sleeping in different parts of the building. The officer immediately sent off to the Finsbury station of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, and also to the engine stations, for proper assistance, and in the course of a few mi nutes Engineer Cooper attended with the brigade engine from Whitecross-street, as well_ as Conduc tor Briggs, with the Royal Society's escape. At that time dense clouds of smoke were pouring out of every window in the building, and loud screams could be heard proceeding from different rooms. Whether any one was standing at the windows could not be ascertained owing to the density of the smoke, which obscured from view the front of the premises. The conductor raised his escape in front of the building, and having ascended it, entered the second floor, but could find no one there. Hearing screams in the third floor, he made for that part of the premises. The flames came rolling up the staircase, making a noise like a fur. nace, and the heat was intense. In the third floor he found Annetta Joel, in a room which the flames had by that time entered. At the same time the fire was coming out of the windows below. He at once seized hold of the woman, and was in the act of plaeing her in the canvass bagging of the escape, when the flames overtook them, so that the poor woman losing all power of standing, the conductor was obliged to lose his hold of her. She fell upon the stone flags beneath. When raised she was found to have been severely burnt over the whole of her body and otherwise injured. She was at once placed in a cab and removed to the hospital. Upon the return of the driver he stated that she had died before reaching that institution. The engines of the parish, London Brigade from Watling-street, Jeffreys-square, Wellclose-square, and Farringdon street stations,had arrived when the whole building was in flames. The brigade engines brought with *h r sort,. klutuvr, COLan Szechenyi, Mr. Bridges, the foreman of the district, and sundry other officers. Five engines were set to work ; but, in spite of the exertions of the firemen, who were assisted by nearly 100 hired auxiliaries, the flames could no t b e ext i ngu i shed until the pre mises and all they contained were nearly destroyed. As soon as the ruins were sufficiently cooled to en able the firemen to enter, they found the bodies of Mrs. Joel and the servant, terribly burnt, in the third floor front. The body of Samuel Joel was found at the bottom of the stairs, the position in which it was leaving little doubt that he had tried to get to the street door through the flames. The remains were placed in shells and removed to the dead-house to await an inquest. The origin of the fire is not known. The contents of the house were insured in the Alliance Fire office. MANSION-HOUSE.—Two very well-dressed men, who described themselves as John W es t on , o f 32, Weymouth-street, New Kent-road, pattern maker, and William Harper, 3, West-place, St. Georae' fi-road, Southwark, cigar mak er . were ve,s teraay Drought Derore the Lord Mayor, in custody of Michael Haydon, one of the detective officers of the City police, charged with being in the Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, and the Lon don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, for an un lawful purpose ; also with having stolen a bag of gold from the Unity Bank, in Cannon-street, and a £lOO Bank of England note from Messrs. Master mans', in Nicholas-lane. Mr. Base, from the office of Mr. Mullens, the solicitor to the Bankers' Association, attended on behalf of the prosecution. The prisoners are both Americans, and it is be lieved that they are part of a gang of Yankee swell mobsmen who have favoured this country with a visit upon the occasion of the Exhibition. They have not been very long in England, and although, from information in the possession of the police, it is believed they have been tolerably successful, still their career, through the tact of the officer, who, it appears, has been constantly o n th e i r track, will all probability be a short one. It will be seen from the evidence that the attention of the prisoners has been directed to the higher branches" of their profession, namely, bank robberies, and that they were provided with all the necessary materials to satisfy inquiries and to avoid suspicion. The prisoner Harper, at the commencement of the proceedings, addressed his lordship, and, with a strong nasal twang, said he should like to have the inquiry postponed till he could get legal assistance. The Lord Mayor, who had made himself acquainted with the case, said that it would be necessary there should be an adjournment for the purposes of justice, and he only proposed on the present occasion to take sufficient evidence to justify him in remanding them, and they would thus have ample opportunity of procuring professional assist ance. Michael Haydon was then sworn. He said—l am one of the detective officers of the city of Lon don, and on Tuesday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, I was on duty in Princes -street, and I saw the prisoner Harper go into the Union Bank of London, and the other prisoner followed him, and I watched their proceedings. In about three or four minutes they both came out and went straight to the London Joint-Stock Bank, where they also stopped a few minutes. A gentleman camp out who had a bill case in his hand, and Weston followed him across the street to the corner of Lothbury, where he was joined by the other prisoner, and they then both went into the London and Westminster Bank. I continued to watch them, and atter they bad been in the bank two or three minutes, they came out together. At this time each of the prisoners had a book or porte monnaie in his hand, as though they had gone into the bank upon business. The prisoners then walked together along Bartholomew-lane, and stopped at the Rotunda entrance of the Bank of England, and remained for a short time, and they then both went into the Bank. I went in after them, and met them coming out. I stopped them, and addressing Weston said that I was a police-officer, and I must take the liberty of asking what his business was in the Bank of England ? He replied that he had come to the Bank to get change for four £5 Bank of England notes, and he pulled four notes of that denomina tion out of his pocket, and showed them to me, I then asked the other prisoner, Harper, what busi ness he had in the Bank of England, and he said he had come with his friend to show him the way, as he was an American and a stranger in London. Upon this I asked the prisoners what business they had in the London and Westminster Bank, and they said they thought it was the Bank of England. I then said that I had seen them go into the Union Bank, and the London Joint-Stock Bank, and asked what they went to those banks for, and they said they were under the impression that they were the Bank of England. After the prisoners had made these statements, I told them that the account they gave of themselves was not satisfactory, and I should feel it my duty to take them into custody, and charge them with having gone into the banks I had men tioned with the intention of committing a felony. The Lord Mayor—Did either of the prisoners make any reply when you said this ? Haydon—They did not, my lord. I told them that I should also charge them on suspicion of having stolen a £lOO note from Messrs. Mastermans' bank about a week ago, and to this also they made no reply. I accordingly, then, with the assistance of Sergeant Green, one of the City police, took the prisoners into custody, and conveyed them to Bow lane Police-station, where both the charges I have mentioned were entered and read over to them, and they gave no answer. A third charge, upon which I expect to have further evidence on a future day, was also read to them, and they were both silent. I searched the prisoner Weston, and found in his possession four £5 Bank of England notes, three £1 notes of the Bank of Scotland, and two £1 notes of the Bank of Ireland, and £3 16s. 61d. in money, I a l so found upon him a gold watch THE WANCIIESTEIt MURDERS. The previous career of Taylor, the murderer of Evan Meller, accounts for the strange manner in which he and his wife have abstained from mixing in the society of their neighbours and the life of seclusion they have been living. It appears that he was at one time a schoolmaster at Dunster, Somersetshire, and misbehaved himself in some way that lost him the appointment. At Crediton he was a traveller for five years to a respectable firm, but was apprehended and tried at the Devonshire winter assizes, held at Exeter in 1856, on a charge of aiding a servant girl to procure abortion, and was acquitted. After his acquittal ho became traveller to an Exeter wine merchant, but was dis charged for embezzlement. In 1861 h e was a w i ne and spirit merchant at Bideford, North Devon, obtaining goods on promissory notes. Before the notes became due, however, he had sold the goods to realize money, and absconded. He was married in March, 1861, to Martha Giles (his present wife), the daughter of a farmer at Wincanton, in Somer setshire. He was afterwards charged with forging a bill of exchange in the name of his father-in-law. He was brought before the magistrates on this charge on the 22d of May, 1861, but appears to have been discharged, and on the 10th of June, 1861, he is known to have been in Manchester. Of bis wife, who is a very handsome woman, little is known beyond her devotion to her husband and his late children (who were by his first wife). It was stated in evidence that after the murder she smeared one halm WWI mood ana wAnt and tried to persuade the police that she, and not her husband, had committed the horrible crime. In the dock, she seemed to regard everything he did and said with affectionate interest, and it is believed would readily sacrifice her lie to save his. The following is a copy of a letter tie male prisoner wrote, with the view of obtaininga situation, in March last : " Sir,—Having closed hy place of business since the dis tressing accident on the 19th of January last, I shall be happy to devote myself to:he management of your branch shop. I have a thoroughknowledge of the cheese, bacon, and butter trade, can lay 'efore you first-class certificates, and herewith enclose a cor of one from W. B. Willock, Esq., Br@ok-house, of tli firm of Garnett Brothers and Willock, my present landird. I can engage to undertake the duties forthwith, if I'er/tired. " I am, Sir, yours most obediently, " W. IL TAYLOR." A copy of a tcstimciial was enclosed with the note. Much dissatisfetion has been expressed at the failure to ascertait the cause of death of the children, and it has ben attributed to the chymist not having had suffieiet time to make the analysis of the children's stomans. Yesterday morning Mr. Ellison, stipendiary maistrate of Manchester, with the concurrence of th( mayor, instructed Captain Palin, chief constableio send the stomachs of the children and the spoges to Professor Taylor, of London, for further , xamination, and Sergeant Bateman was despateld on that errand.; [ADVERTISEMENT.] — bIIoway's Pills—Public Health. —lt is the duty of every ian to promote, so far as he can, the public welfare, and z one does this more effectually than he who enables the mmunity -to withstand disease. Holloway's Pills exert is preservative power with the most striking success. ley keep the blood pure and the bodily functions regular an amidst the varying influences of our climate. They prolt the body against tbe deleterious agencies of changeable tcheratures, keen winds, excessive atmospheric moisture, kl frequently against malaria itself and dangerous infecms. In weakness or disease in any organ the best chap.( of cure lies in these purifying Pills, which exercise the 4St wholesome influence over the stomach, lungs, brain, annerves, and chain, a gold ring, and other articles of jewel lery. The prisoners gave addresses which I found to be correct, and from the inquiries I have made, I have every reason to believe that they have only recently arrived in this country from America. The officer added that he had no doubt if the pri soners were remanded he should be able, on a future day, to produce evidence in support of all the charges he had made against them. The Lord Mayor, addressing the prisoners, said ho proposed, upon the evidence at present before him, to remand them to a future day, and he inquired whether they had anything to urge why this course should not be taken. The prisoners, who did not attempt to give any explanation, and who merely said they wished for an adjournment, in order that they might obtain professional assistance, were acc or di ng l y remanded. A purse, containing money, which had been found in au omnibus, was transmitted to the Lord Mayor, with a re . quet by the finder that the amount contained in it should be placed in the poor-box, if no owner came forward to make out a good claim to it. CLERKENWELL.--AssAuLT oN A BARMAN AND A CONSTABLE.—A • rough savage-looking fellow, who gave the name of Michael Sullivan, a labourer, residing at 4, Gordon-lane, St. Luke's, was charged before Mr. Barker with being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting William Purser, under barman at Mr. H. Holland's, the Old Ivy public house, 166, Goswell-street, St. Luke's ; and further with assaulting police-constable Wm. Blatchford, 68 G, in the execution of his duty. The prisoner entered the house the worse for liquor, but was not served. He went into the tap room,and annoyed the customers. The barman asked him to leave the house, but he refused, and struck the barman a severe blow, and the prisoner's wife threw a pot at him and hurt him a great deal When the constable arrived the prisoner said should not take him, and kicked him twice on the legs, and also struck him on the chest. It was with great difficulty that he could be got to the station, on the way to which he was very violent. The prisoner said that the potman struck him with a pot on the head, and that was the reason why he did not leave the house. Mr. Barker (to the potman)--Bid you strike tho prisoner with a pot ? Witness—Decidedly not. All that I did was to ask him to leave the house, and he then struck me without any provocation. The landlord said he did not wish to hurt the prisoner. All he wanted was to conduct his busi ness respectably, and for the prisoner to keep away from his house. Mr. Barker fined the defendant 205., or in default 21 "lays' imprisonment in the House of Correction with hard labour. The prisoner was locked up in default. CONFESSION OF THE MURDER OF A WIFE, John Lyall, a compositor, was charged under the following circumstances : Police-sergeant Gleeson, 16 E, said that last night, between the hours of eleven and twelve, the prisoner, who was the worse for liquor, came to the Hunter-street policE-station, and said he wished to give himself up on the charge of murdering his wife about a year and eight months back, at Canongate, Edinburgh. He also said that he had murdered his wife in a fit of jealousy, and that they would find her body buried under the bottom stairs. The prisoner was charged with being drunk and inca pable, as his story was something similar to that told by a man believed to be the prisoner, at other police-courts, and supposed to be false. Mr. Barker said he could only deal with the charge before him, viz., that of the prisoner being drunk and incapable, and upon that the prisoner would be discharged. With regard to the confes sion of the murder, the police could do as they pleased. 2111? FORGERY ON TILE _RUSSIAN BANK. William Muller, a German, was placed at the bar yesterday, before the Lord Mayor, to undergo a further examination upon a charge of being con cerned with Reichberg,Rosenberg, and three others, in engraving and manufacturing certain plates for the purpose of forging rouble notes on the imperial Bank of Russia. It will be remembered that Reichberg and Rosen berg, with three others, were committed from this court, and tried at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to penal servitude for engraving certain plates, form ; ing parts of Russian rouble notes, for the purpose of carrying on a most gigantic forgery upon the Imperial Bank of Russia. Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Peachy, of the firm of Oliverson, Lavey, and Peachy, again ap peared to prosecute on the part of the Russian Go vernment. The prisoner had no solicitor. Mr. Nolo said tnat on the last eAttwituitteil the prisoner had, when asked what the parcel con tained which was found upon him, said he knew nothing at all about it; but he was then in a posi tion to prove he did know what it contained, as, having lost the ticket which was given him at the railway station, when he left the parcel he said he it contained engravings and plates; and he should likewise prove by the landlady at the house in Mid dleton-street, where Reichberg had the press taken by the prisoner, that he was acting in concert with the others. The prisoner sent an impression of a seal to the station-master, stating that the seal on the parcel corresponded with it, and that seal was taken from the one which was found at his lodgings by Scott. The Lord Mayor asked Mr. Sleigh if he was going to call an expert to prove that, as, although looking at the impressions in an ordinary say, he should say they were taken from that seal, still he himself would not like to swear it was so. Mr. Sleigh said he intended to do so on a future day, but he was not prepared then. He likewise stated that another parcel had been found at the railway station at Woolwich, which was left - there on the Ist January last, but there was no direct evidence as to who left it, but it contained en graved plates similar to those found on the prisoner ; and upon a future occasion he should be prepared to prove by the engravers that they were part of what had been done by them. George Scott, a detective officer, was then re called, and stated that on Wednesday, the 14th inst., he went with Sergeant Brett to the Woolwich Arsenal Railway Station, and the station-master gave him a parcel, which he produced. It was addressed to "Mr. W. Wilkinson; to be left till called for." He opened it in the presence of the station-master, and found it to contain engraved zinc and brass plates and a quantity of type figures. Sergeant Brett said on examining the book which he found on the prisoner he found the number 4,827 written in pencil, and on the next page was the name of Mr. Berni. The number 4,827 was the number of the ticket which was said to have been I lost. He also found a letter addressed to Mr. Leach, of the Baker and Basket publichouse, in Worship ' street, asking him to allow a parcel to be left there, addressed to Mr. Berni, and not to allow any one to receive it unless he produced a seal similar to one which was on tho paper. That seal also cor responded with the one found at the prisoner's lodgings. Mr. Coyle, head clerk at the railway station, London-bridge, said that on the 7th inst., the par cel which was produced by Scott, addressed to Mr. Berni, was left at the cloak-room, and there was an entry in the book of a ticket, No. 4,827, being given for a parcel on that day. On the 9th inst. the prisoner went to the cloak-room, and spoke to him about the parcel. He said ho had left a parcel on the 7th, and had lost the ticket that had been given to him, but he could give a descrip tion of it, at the same time taking a pocket-book (the same produced by Sergeant Brett), and showing , him the number, 4,827, and the name Willi am Berni. He told the prisoner it was necessary to know the contents of the parcel, as he could not give up any parcel from a description of its exterior marks, and asked him what it contained, and he said it contained plates and engravings, and that he was an engraver. He then t o ld the prisoner that the parcel would be required to be opened to see if its contents agreed with his description ; upon which he said he Would not take it then, but would call again in the evening. He did not call in the evening, however, but on the following Mon day, the 12th, he called, and said he had come for the parcel which he called for on the 9th, for which he had lost the ticket. He gave him a letter which was signed by Mr. Dyne, the station-master, and addressed to Mr. Berni, which was an order from Mr. Dyne t o g i ve up the parcel. He then told the prisoner that it was a rule that persons losing their tickets were required to sign their names as a re ceipt for the property, and he took him into Mr. D yne's office, where he signed his name and paid 4d. for overtime, and Mr. Dyne gave him the par cel, with which he'left the office. The prisoner, when asked if he wished to put any questions, said he did not say he was an y wen graver, and did not station-master engravings in the parcel. Mr. Henry Dyne, there were r t e h e platesterminus and the parcel on the 12th o f l produced as datelkoeirtn.ll33;ida said ri tothe M ay. He had previously received a letter, signed M. Berni, which he produced, which contained a fac simile of the seals on the parcel, and he wrote to Mr. Berni, stating that his description was satisfactory, and that he could have the property b y signing a receipt. For every parcel that was l e ft at the station there were three, tickets made out, one of which was given to the party leaving it, the other was pinned to the article , and the third was left in the book as a counte r foil for reference. On Monday, the 12th, the last witness, Coyle, took the prisoner to him, and introduced him as the party who had lost the ticket. He had the parcel in his possession, and asked the prisoner the numbers, and he said "4,827." He wrote across the counterfoil, "Received the parcel corresponding with this num ber," and the prisoner signed it "M. Berth." It appeared to be the same handwriting as was on the parcel. He asked the prisoner if he was the same person who lost the ticket, and if he was the owner of the parcel, and he replied that he was, and he delivered the parcel to hire. Chas. Bartholomew, station-master at Woolwich Station, stated that the parcel produced by the officer Scott he received from the London-bridge Station. It was addressed to Wm. Wilkinson, to be left till called for. He received it on the Ist January last, but no one ever called for it until be delivered it to the officer. It was then in the same state as when he originally received it. Mrs. Coleman, of 6, Bevingdoo-street, Heaton, said in November last year Reichberg hired the kitchen in her house, and when he had been 'here about a fortnight the prisoner and a man nawed Har witz came with Reich berg. There was aIA inting press taken there, and she had heard the prisoner say he was the only one who could use the Tress. The prisoner went there continually with gar witz and Reichberg, and sometimes by himself. Some weeks after the prisoner quarrelled with the others, and asked her not to let them take the press away without his being present, as Reichberg was a great rogue, and the press was as much his as theirs, as he had partly paid for it. A female, named Mrs. Josephine, sometimes called, and Reichberg introduced her as hit; sister. She sometimes paid the rent. Mr. Sleigh said these were all the witnessed he proposed to call then, and asked for tt further remand, The prisoner was remanded accordingly. he I ANOTBRI? SUICIDE IN THE ROUSE OF DETENTION. Yesterday an inquiry was instituted by Mr. G. S. Brent, at the Clerkenwell House of Detention, into the circumstances connect( d with the death of Eden Luff, aged 21, a prisoner awaiting her trial for stealing a blanket, who committed suicide on Satur day last by suspending herself by the neck to a gas pipe in her cell, The jury having viewed the body, a person of short stature, they next proceeded to the cell, where the mode of suicide was exhibited to them. The gas-pipe projected about 6 inches from the wall, and was about 3 feet 6 inches from the floor. It had an. upright burner, on which the deceased had placed a piece of window-blind cord, tied together at the ends, and having made a loop, placed ber neck into it and threw herself down. When found her knees were nearly on the floor, and her feet bent under her. From the evidence of the father it appeared the deceased had been led away by bad companions, and that about two years since she attempted suicide with oxalic acid, which her mother used in bonnet clea►aing. She was very passionate, and had fre quently threatened to kill her mother. She was recovered from the effects of the poison in West minster Hospital, and was remanded to the above gaol for the spiritual advice of the chaplain. She returned home apparently converted; but she soon broke out again, and for the last six months had not been seen at home. He believed while in a passion her mind was affected. After further evidence, The jury returned a verdict of " Suicide by strangulation with a cord," but left the state of mind an open question. COUNTRY MARKEIS. v.. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE—MAY 20. At to-day's market trade was quiet, under the influence of most brilliant weather. Wheat of all descriptions was a slow sale, but holders asked higher prices. Flour was neglected, but not offered lower. Spring corn in limita demand, at late prices. SALISBURY--MAY 20. At to-day's market the supply of wheat was good, and generally speaking of prime quality. A limited attendance of buyers, and the demand ruled slow, at about former rates. Barley scarce, but at former prices. Oats, beans, and peas very little changed. HULL—MAY 20. The wheat trade since our last has been exceedingly dull. The arrivals of both wheat and barley are consider• ably less than last week, and there is no doubt the bulk of the Baltic fleet has reached this port. At our market to-day there was a moderate supply of English wheat, which was taken off chiefly by local millers at is to 2s per qr below last week's rates. Foreign sorts in rather better inquiry, at a similar reduction. Barley dull, and rather cheaper, Beans and peas as before. Oats neglected, and in favour of buyers. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr .. 54s Od to 58s Od oia rea New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 66s Od to 62s Ott Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red sBs Od to 59s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old sos Od to 52s 6 , 1 Barley.... English malting 348 Od to 37s od Grinding 3ls Od to 33s Od Seal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 36s Ott Grinding 3os Od to 31s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2ld to 13di Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 0813101 Swedish and Danish ' oBl2ld to 08131 Beans .... English, old, per qr 46s Od to 48$ Oct New pigeon 42s Od to 44s 04 New tick. 4OB Od to 42s 04 Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers Grinding 3os Od to 32s Od Tares ....Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing •• 4os Od to 528 Od Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 15 0 to 0 0 0 Foreign Bl5 oto 910 G Rape cakes 6 0 oto 610 0 Bones 5 5 oto 510 0 COAL N Maces of Coal per Ton a s. d. :ARKET. the close of the market Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....15 9 Wylam ..15 6 West Wylam 14 0 Walker Primrose 12 0 Grey's West Hartley 15 3 Lambert's West Hart le l5 9 Carw y ay and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthracite 21 0 Ships at market Sleekburn West Hart- 8 41. ley 15 0 Walls End. Kelloe South Kelloe.. l5 0 Hetton l6 0 South Hartlepool 14 6 Caradoc ...15 3 South Hetton ...16 0 Ha , 5we11..... 16 0 Hartlepool l5 3 ;, 66 ; sold, 37. FOREIGN MAIL PACIET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. June 18. Marseilles June 12. .dtazil and C a p e Verde, by via British packet. . June 4. Cape of Good Hopo, Ascension, and St. Helena.. June 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. June 2. via Marseilles ...May 27. Falkland Islands June 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton ........Ma 2G. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampt on .. June 2. via Marseilles.... May 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton .• . ......... May 26. via Marseilles ................ June 5. Lisbon May 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 26, Newfoundland via Marseilloa M ay 27. ..May Oporto and Vigo ............. U. S. and British N. America, by • Brit. packet May 22. by U.S.-packet b Cana 21. W.C. of Af r i ca, Madeira , and T y eneriftedian packet. J M une ay 10. Bahamas, vi a N ew Y ork ' Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California, and B r iti s h Columbia:. j May 29. BIRTHS. d w -p o la r c c e es , t t e h r e sh w ir i o fe: j G iCnosoti,aotf 4PeoPp°lerttolazin, of a daughter. at Rock F erry, Cheshire, the mireni.— w f of Henry e G l il 9 p t i h n , in E s s t q " ., R.N., of H.M.S. Majestic, Coo f ic th .— e O n n ev th . e a 2 m Ot e h s of a daughter, ° wife of the 16t Col inst., at 22A, W est b ourne-park, the On Lieut.-l. W. E. Gibb, of a daughter. LErrit.—On the 21st inst., at 19, Westbourne terrace. road, the wife of Walter Leith, Esq., of a daughter. M ARRIAGES. GRAY—STEWART..--On th e 2 0th inst., at Saint George's, Hanove r- square, Philip Grey, E sq., of Cork-street, Ear lington-g,ar Stewartdens, to Mary Elizabeth, young es t d aughter of E. , Esq., of Park-street, Grosvenor-square. GREW—PALMER.—On the 20th inst., at the parish church of Sevenoaks, Nathl. Grew, Esq., C.E., to Ann, only daughter of Charles Palmer, Esq., of Sevenoaks, county of Kent. DEATHS. BLENCOWR.—On the 19th inst., at Sidreoutb, the Rev. James Blencowe, aged 76. FROST. —On the 19th inst., at Walmer, Kent, Jas. John Frost, of Ropery, Shadwell, aged 65- LINDER.—On the 21st inst., at his residence, 14, South. ampton-street, Camberwell, Captain William Linder, late Captain of the Thetis and London, endives taken p r i. sorer by William Parker at the mutiny of the Nore, 1797. PEED.—On the 19th inst., at Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, John Peed, Esq., solicitor, aged 56. WARD.—On the 17th inst., at Quinton Rectory, Nor. thampton, the Rev. S. B. Ward, aged 77. NVILLATs.—On the 19th inst., Mr. John Yard Willats, of Reading, Berks, aged 56. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tim Sux Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Nid dleaez ,— Thursday, May 22, 1862,