The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-27 00:00:00

TRIAL OF THE BLACK PRINCE. The official trial of the speed of this noble vessel, at full power, at her deep draught of water for sea service, commenced at Portsmouth yesterday, under the most favourable circumstance of -wind and wea ther. The two previous trials of the ship took place at light draught, and under somewhat exceptional circumstances, the first only being a trial of speed, made on the day after her arrival at Spithead from Greenock, on the 20th of November, 1861. The second was her trip outside the " Wight," to test the action of her enlarged rudder, in April last. In her speed trial she made four runs at the measured mile, with the following results in knots :—First run, 15.859 ; second run, 12.950 ; third run, 15.319, and fourth run, 12.043. Some disappointment was felt by many at the time at this rate of speed, the Warrior having exceeded it on her trial at deep draught, when she averaged 14.354 knots. Various causes were assigned to account for the difference between the two ships, but, perhaps, the real cause lay in the pressures of steam on board each vessel during the trial. At any rate, this could be met and disposed of in the trial of yesterday. The ship's draught of water on the 20th of November was 24ft. 2in. aft, and 21ft. 10in. forward, The second trial (not of speed) took place in April last, when the ship was taken off the Culver cliffs at the east end of the Isle of Wight to test the capabilities of her rudder, which had been enlarged from an area of 130 ft. to 153 ft. On this occasion she had 12 men at her wheel, and, taking three of the circles eompleted by the ship as the average of the whole, they were made respectively in 8 min. 5 sec., 9 min. 49 sec., and 9 min. 38 sec.,—the angle of the rudder being in each case 16, 13, and 13 deg. The ship's draught of water was—forward, 22ft. ; aft, 23ft. lin. The Black Prince is now, however, in commission, with her stores on board and ready for sea, and made her trial of speed yesterday on equal terms with her sister ship the Warrior, tried on the 17th of last October. The Black Prince, as far as appearances are of value, has enjoyed a great advantage in being fitted after the Warrior, all the little errors un avoidably committed in the former's fitment having been avoided in that of the latter, while many im provements suggested by the experience gained in fitting out the one ship have been applied to the benefit of the other. Owing to these causes the hull of the Black Prince has a much handsomer and lighter appearance than that of the Warrior. The latter has a perfectly straight line of rail, which gives her bow and stern an appearance of dropping, as though the ship was, to a certain extent, what is technically termed " hogged" amidships. This has been avoided in the Black Prince, although it is a fact that her midship ports are above their proper level, and by a judicious sheer having been given to her line of rail forward and aft the appear ance of the hull has been greatly improved. The figureheads of the two ships, although both are splendid pieces of carving, are still very dissimilar in character. The Warrior is massive and stern looking, but cold. With the Black prince, on the and, battle , with battle axe the figure, while equalling the Warrior in size, is full of fire and energy , an axe at the swing, seems to be describing the ca reer of the ship in the future. In the bows of the tw o ships there is, however, an actual difference in their dimensions abaft the catheads from the main deck upwards, the Black Prince being of less width here than the Warrior, which must also add to the light ness of her appearance in the water, though it cannot affect her either as regards her speed or be haviour at sea. Aloft, the Black Prince, like the Warrior since her cruise in the Bay of Biscay, looks anything but ship-shape to a nautical eye, in consequence of her reduced bowsprit. The ori ginal bowsprit was 49ft. in length, by 40in. dia meter, but this was reduced before taking it on board to its present dimensions-25ft. in length and 24in. diameter. Other external fittings of the ship, including additional catheads which will carry the bower anchors some 20ft. further aft when at sea, bow linings of iron plate to pre serve the ship's bows from the chafe of her anchors, and " heads" abreast the funnels, for the use of the crew at sea, have been added in a similar manner to those of the Warrior. The additional catheads are, however, something different in construction. The Prince's were made in Portsmouth dockyard. Their length is 15ft, each, width at top of sheave holes 14in., at bottom of rivetting to the ship's sides breadth of side plates at widest part 26in., and sin. thick, thickness of outside plates for sheave holes 14in., angle iron for framing 4in. by tin. thick, angle iron to form connection with side of the ship Sin. by sin. thick, diameter of rivets 15-16 in., weight of each cathead 45 cwt. The Warrior's are of a rather lighter character, and were made at Keyham factory. The armour plates on the Black Prince's aides are of two descriptions. Those bolted on her line of ports, each port being in depth just the width of the armour plate, are rolled plates, manufactured by Messrs. Beale and Co., of Parkgate Works. The remainder are ham mered, manufactured by Messrs. Rigley, of the Parkhead Works, Glasgow. Inboard the Black Prince has also been generally fitted on the same plan as the Warrior, with here and there a devia tion which the experience gained from that ship has suggested. The work done in the shipwrights' department has been very extensive, as the ship arrived at Portsmouth from Greenock in a very un finished state. In connection with the engineering department, an auxiliary engine has been fitted of 40-horse power for working the capstan, pumping water from the different compartments, washing decks, and also to act as a fire-engine. A cupola furnace and fan has been erected for molten iron shell. Tramways in coal-boxes and stoke-holes, with engines for rais;ng ashes, &c., and a feed en gine for the auxiliary boiler have also been fitted. The ship's upper deck, being free from any rifle tower, such as encumbers the deck of the Warrior, presents a fine roomy space to the eye, and the sheer of the hammock rail f or ward and aft, to which We have before alluded, gives her a much smarter appearance than the Warrior on deck. Here she carries two 110 -pounder Armstrongs, four 40-pounders,. and two 20-pounders, also Arm besides rifted and smooth bore bore guns for boat service. On the main deck she carries, in the f orward a n d. a ft o f h er armour two co mpartments, plating, eight 110- Pounde r Armatrongs—four in each compartment. Be hind her armour plating all the guns are the 95 cwt. sm oo thbore for 68-pound solid shot, mounted on carriages i fitted with direct ing bars. On deck and below, n every part, the ship, considering the larg e number of dockyard men that has been daily employed on board, and the amount of work which has been in ha n d at one time, is in an exceedingly clean and orderly condi tion, and reflects credit upon her captain and offi cers for their management. The ship was appointed to have her anchor short a-peak at Spithead by 9.30 a . m ., a nd at that time the Pheasant gun-boat embarked from the dock yard Captain H. Broadhead and the officials ap pointed to execute the trial, and conveyed them out to the ship, which tripped her anchor at 10.30. In running the anchor up to the bows, however, by the steam capstan, the chain became jammed round the base of the capstan, with the ring of the anchor at the he wse pipe, and the auxiliary engine in con sequence set fast below. This caused a considerable delay, and after this had been remedied, in bringing the ship's head round to the westward to go en the " mile," the screw steering apparatus was found so deficient in direct power upon the rudder that the ordinary tiller had to be shipped and connected with the common wheel, and both worked together. This mad e it a ft ernoon b e f ore t h e s hi p reac h e d t h e trial ground, where four runs were made with the following results:— Time. Speed, Revols. of Steam. Vacuum. First run . : 111 . 4 u. sec. in knots. engines. for. aft. Second run 5 58 ' • 13.84610 .. 1,5 .. 201 b, .. .255 2233 Third run .. 4 9 ••• 14 . 457 * * "19 • • " • • 2 ' 4 23 Fourth run 6 69 . : 10:286 : : 49.5 , , 7: .... 24 23 Mean speed of the four runs, 12.209. This result was so unsatisfactory, as compared with the War rior's trial, that ship having attained a mean speed of 14.354 knots, that it was resolved to abandon any further trial of speed, and t o recommend to the Admiralty that the ship should be taken into the harbour to-day and placed in on her safetyndoektoel clean bottom. and that the weight Iher valve- should be increased to a level with that given to the Warrior on her trial trip, the Black Prince haying been worked with 51b less than the Warrior. The screws of both ships are precisely similar, improved Griffiths's, and set at the same pitch; the draught of water of the two vessels was, however, different, and against the Black Prince, whose dq , ught was 261 t. 10in. aft, and 26ft. 2in. forward. '1 he Warrior drew 26ft. 2in, aft, and 25ft. 6in. forwv d. There is certainly a vast differen ce i n th e spee d o f th e t wo s hips, which is not accounted for either by a foul bottom or the increased draught of water. Looking however to the load on the safety-valve in the two trials we find in the five poundsdifference in favour of the Warrior the cause of her, at present, supe riority over the Black Prince ; but, with a clean bottom and this difference in the weights rectified, it is expected that on the . Black Prince resuming her trial, which it is intended she shall do this week, the speed of both ships will be found as nearly as possible equal. The determination hav ing been arrived at by Captain Broadhead to post pone for the day any further trial of the ship's speed, she was taken off the trial ground and steered for the Bembridge lightship, to test her time in making complete circles to port and star board. On reaching the desired position the ves sel's helm was put hard to starboard, the ship at the time going at full speed, and the time being taken from the word of command being given. The half circle was made in 5 min. 4 sec., and the full circle in 10 min. 11 sec., the angle of the rudder being 151 deg. Two and a half turns were got with the wheel, and the rudder was hove into posi tion in I min. 3 sec. ; revolution of engines, 45.5. With nelm to port, the rudder was hove up to an angle of 16 deg. in 33 sec., with 31, turns of the wheel. The first half of the circle was made in 7 min. and the full circle completed in 13 min. 33 sec. ; revolutions of engines, 45.5. In the third trial the engines were stopped and the helm put over to starboard before starting, and the circle was completed in somewhat less time. In the fourth trial, with the rudder amidships, the order was given to hard-a-port, and the rudder was hove over by the screw steering apparatus to 11 deg., the extent to which it could be got by thi s : pur ehase, in 1 minute and 2 seconds. The ship 's head was now turned towards Spithead, and in steam ing in to the anchorage the engines were tested in their powers of changing their m otion when at full speed. From the time of moving the handle of the telegraph on the bridge, to give the signal to the engine -room, they were stopped dead in 19 seconds, and were started ahea d from standing still in 11 seconds, and to go ing ahead at f u ll spee d i n 32 se conds. The temperature averaged during the trial was as follows :—After stock-hole, 106 deg.; fore stoke-hole, 904 deg.; engine-room, 961 deg. No vibration whatever was felt in the ship throughout the day's trial. Even on the bridges nothing was felt beyond the slightly tremulous motion of the plank flooring between the stanchions. The en gines, Which were i n c h a r ge o f M r . Tucker, the chief engineer of the ship, worked smoothly and satisfactorily throughout, and the boilers furnished a superfluity of steam. Capt. H. Broadhead, com manding her Majesty's ship Asia and the Reserve at Portsmouth, was in command during the trial, the working of the machinery being under the supervision of Mr. A. Murray, chief engineer of the Steam Factory Department, and Mr. Murdoch, inspector of machinery afloat. Mr. T. Holliday represented the makers of the engines, Messrs. John Penn and Sons. Among the visitors on board were Admiral H. Collier and other officers. The Black Prince dropped her anchor again at Spit head at the close of the day's proceedings at four p.m., and awaits orders at Spithead relative to the resumption of her trials of speed with full and half power on Friday or Saturday next. 711 E NAVY. The Victoria and Albert, Royal paddle yacht, Capt. G. H. Seymour, C. 8., sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning for Gravesend. Instructions having been issued for the embarka tion of her Majesty on Monday next, the iron screw yacht Fairy, Master-Commander David N. Welch, tender to the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, yesterday arrived off Woolwich Dockyard, in pre paration for the conveyance of the Queen and the Royal family accompanying her Majesty to the Royal yachts, which are ordered np to Greenhithe from Gravesend for that purpose this morning. The Royal squadron will consist of the Victoria and Albert, the Osborne, a couple of ships belonging to the Trinity-house, and the Black Eagle and the Vivid, at present at Woolwich. The Osborne, Master-Commander Geo. H. K. Bower, is likewise ordered to proceed from Gravesend to Greenhithe this morning, in preparation to accompany the Royal yacht and embark a portion of the Royal family. In lying at her moorings yesterday morn ing at Gravesend, at an early hour, she was ran into by a schooner, the John Fotherington, and her galley, recently built for the service of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was completely broken. Other injuries were sustained by the Osborne, which will be promptly repaired by shipwrights from Woolwich. The schooner suffered some damages of greater importance,—viz., the carrying away of her topgallantmast, jibboom, and head gear, &c. Yesterday Capt. Rattendyke, the Dutch Minister of Marine, paid a visit to Chatham Dockyard for the purpose of inspecting the iron ships under con struction at that establishment. On arriving at the dockyard he was conducted over the several depart ments by Capt. Fanshawe, the superintendent, and Mr. Lang, principal master shipbuilder, the chief points of attraction being the factory in which the massive machinery is at work for preparing the iron used in the construction of the Achilles, 50, in pro gress in No. 2 dock, in the inspection of which, as well as the skeleton of the iron frigate, some time was spent. Capt. Rattendyke then proceeded to the extremity of the yard to inspect the armour clad frigate Royal Oak, 50, which is just ready for launching. The screw 60-horse power gunboat Fly, 2, tender to the Pembroke, 60, 200-horse power, one of the fleet of gunvessels built by contract during the Rus sian war, has been found so exceedingly rotten that she is ordered to be broken up, and a party of ship wrights have commenced taking her to pieces in No. 5 dock at Sheerness. The paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 21, 1,850 tons, 800-horse power, attached to the second division of the Chatham steam reserve, is undergoing a thorough repair, both to her hull and machinery. The great capacity of this frigate and the enormous power of her engines render it highly probable that she will again shortly be placed in commission. The Terrible was put out of commission only a few months since, 1 after being employed for upwards of three years in active service in the Mediterranean, where she was , 1 commanded by C ap t. F. Gl asse , C.B. The screw gunvessel Jaseur, 5, recently launched at Deptf ord is being fitted for the third division of the s t eam reserve in the Medway, at Chatham. She is receiving on board condensing Pembroke , euginesl7) Laird Brothers, of Liverpool. a au p d air of 8 0-horse ~ power n_g2,oo-horse. power, Capt. T. The coastguardr:nhiip at Harwich , arrived at the Johnstone, saluting the flag FNoreishe r yesterday Fisher, hnstone which was and repair. r o e f t V ur ie n e e - d A b d y m t i h r : fil lalrg.sillichteni4idabte, cam ' e to anchor She will go into dock in the Course . ordered to ot a day or two to undergo a thoroug h ov erhaul The Edinburgh, ars e expected to and crew Power, Capt. Schomberg, coastguard ship at Leith, i s 80, recently eo n _ the Nore, where she was yesterday ex ar rive, to turn over her commander, officers, to the screw steamer Meeanee, goes verted from a sailing ship. The Edinburgh into dock to undergo a thorough repair. The screw steam sloop Eclipse, 4, 700 tons, hav ing been fitted with engines of 200-horse power, proceeded on Monday to the measured mile at the her Maplin Sands for the purpose of tryingmachi nery, which was found to work exceedingly w ell _ She is to be placed in the first-class steam reserv e , at Chatham. The following appointments were made on Mon day at the Admiralty :—John E. Petley, master, to the Psyche, commissioned; T. J. Whillier, master, to the Fisgard, for the Black Eagle ; Albert S. Reeve, supernumerary in the Asia, confirmed as second class assist. engineer ; James Williams and I J. T. Morgan, acting second class assist. engineers, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY BVgNENG, AUGUST 27, 1882. to the Cumberland, as supernumeraries ; R. Rundle, acting second class assist. engineer, to the Indus, for the Princess Royal; F. S. Scott, acting second class assist. engineer, to the Indus, as supernume rary; E. S. Scorer, acting second class assist, en gineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary ; and Mr. J. H. Pelly has been nominated to a naval cadetship. The following appointments and promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander F. R. Purvis, to the Severn, for service in the Panta loon; Lieut. F. H. Hastings, and Lieut. H. L. Gully, to the Severn, for service in the Pantaloon ; W. H. Fawckner, master, to the Osborne; J. F. R. Aylen, master, to the Severn, for the Pantaloon ; A. W. W. Babin gton, surgeon superintendent, to the York convict ship; C. W. Herbert and A. J. Leith, mid shipmen, to the Rattlesnake ; J. W. Wilkins and F. H. Keyser, midshipmen, to the Severn, for the Pantaloon ; C. A. Shapcote, paymaster, to the Severn, for the Pantaloon ; A. Long, in the Trafal gar, J. Cooper, in the Pembroke, and W. Nicholson, in the Ajax, promoted to the rank of first class assist. engineers; J. Rogers, in the Melpomene, A. H. Rogers, in the Neptune, T. S. Grice, in the Am phion, W. H. Brincfield, in the London, and H. Onions, in the Imperieuse, promoted to the rank of acting first class assist, engineers; G. E. Foote, second class assist. engineer, to the Terror ; and G. L. Miller, clerk, to the Severn, for the Pantaloon. tion for the jury would be whether the letters were written for the purpose of extorting money, or for the purpose of obtaining a settlement of a bona fide claim which the prisoner might have against Rux ton. The Jury acquitted the prisoner. THE ASHTON MUBDTB. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The trial of the four prisoners was resumed at the South Lancashire assizes to-day. The court, as on the previous day, was crowded. After the despatch of our parcel last evening Richard Pickering, superintendent of police, was examined. The prisoner Johnson made a state ment to this witness, from which it appeared that Ward went to his house, in Manchester, about six o'clock on the morning of the murder, and that Burke arrived there a few hours later. Johnson then took them up stairs, and he heard both the men say they had fired at the police, that Jump was dead, and that Harrop was not expected to live long. (The learned judge intimated that this evidence was only to be received against*Johnson, and not against his fellow-prisoners, as the state ment to the officer was not made in their presence.) After his apprehension Burke went with the officer to Smalishaw-fold and pointed out the positions occupied by himself, Ward, and the deceased. He also made statements which exactly corresponded with the evidence of witnesses. The piece of wadding formed of paper was found, and the words on it deposed to, and being compared with an account book belonging to Joseph Knott the handwritinc , was found to be identical. This paper on the night of the murder was given by Burke to one of the other prisoners to load his pistol with at the house where they met to load their pistols and arrange their mode of proceedings. A police -officer who was present when the pri soner Hipwell was apprehended, and on the day following the capture, was with Ludham in the cell with the prisoner when he said, " It's a bad job, but the company I have kept has led me into it." This prisoner made a full statement which was taken down in writing and read as evidence, the police-officer assuring his lordship that he had done nothing to induce the prisoner to make any statement ; it was perfectly voluntary on his part. The statement of Hipwell was to the effect that he was present from first to last of the fearful crimes of the night in question. James Ashton, a police-officer, said that he found sticks and other things near Smallshaw-fold, all of which were proved to belong to the prisoners. He also found the impression of a boot heel, and at a little distance another foot print, both of which were taken up and produced in court. There were other impressions similar to those taken up, which indicated the direction the men had taken ; and the course thus indicated corresponded exactly 'with the testimony of other witnesses as to the way the prisoners took after the murder was committed. Those impressions were exactly such as the boots worn by Ward would produce. Benedetto Lanarto, a sculptor, of Manchester, bad been employed to make moulds and casts, which were produced, and which were found to coincide in all requisite parti culars with the boot of Ward. John Watts, a police •constable, detailed the cir cumstances connected with the capture of Burke and Ward, at Johnson's house, in Manchester. Watts, in company with another officer of the name of Rogers, went into the house and found the pri soners named in the bed-room. The men, after some resistance, were handcuffed and taken to Droyls den. He took Ward's boots, which were produced in court, and compared with the impression on the sod. There was on the forehead of Ward a bruise on which there was a plaister. The prisoners were put into cells, and the officer told them they had no need to answer any questions unless they thought proper, as what they said might be taken as evi dence against them. (His lordship intimating that the statement made by Watts was unnecessary, it was not given.) Police-constable Rogers was called, and spoke to the resistance which Johnson's wife offered to him and Watts when she knew their business. He saw Ward try to seize a hammer to strike Watts. In other respects this witness fully corro borated his colleague's testimony as to the capture of the prisoners. There were found in Johnson's house two jackets and two waistcoats, in which Burke and Ward appeared in the dock. When the prisoners were taken to the police-station they were searched, and in the pocket of Burke was found a percussion cap, and some dust mixed with gunpow der. There was also found a piece of paper, part of a bill for beer from Joseph Knott. The officer then went to Ward's house, and on searching it found a discharged pistol, the charge consisting of slugs and gunpowder, and the pistol appeared as if it had been recently wet. After the prisoners had been before the magistrates Burke wished to speak to Rogers, who went into the cell. He said, "I am not going to be hung for what other people have done." After this Superintendent Pickering was sent for, and the statement referred to by that wit ness was made. In cross-examination it appeared that some of the powder was found in the lining of the waistcoat, but in answer to the Attorney General it, was stated that in consequence of a defect in the stitching there was a communication between the pocket and the lining. Joseph Bloomfield, optician, of Ashton-under- Lyne, had delivered to him for examination the dust and powder found in Burke's pocket. He exa mined it with a microscope and found it contained one-third of gunpowder; he also tried whether it would explode and it did. In cross-examination it was stated that, mixed with the dust and gunpowder referred to, were found tobacco and bread crumbs, such as men in the prisoner's station of life had often in their pockets. Hiram Brown stated that about a year before the murder he had given to Burke's son a cap. He had seen the prisoner wear it, and it was the one now produced and found on the scene of the murder. Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., then addressed the jury for Ward and Hipwell with great energy for upwards of an hour. He alluded with great minute ness to the discrepancies in the evidence, and dis sented vehemently from the assertions of the At torney-General, who led the prosecution, that all present at a murder, when combined for unlawful purposes were equally guilty. He denied that when the prisoners and their companions went out to foolishly and unlawfully spoil the bricks they had any idea or intention of committing so serious a crime as murder. He did not deny that the foot prints of Ward were proved, but he argued that his client was running away at the time the shots were fired. Mr. Turr then addressed the jury for Burke, taking in a great measure the same line of defence as Mr. Seymour. He argued that when the men were returning from the brick-field they were joking and peaceably inclined, and the police un lawfully caused the disturbance which ended so fatally, for when they met the prisoners and their companions they did not positively know what they had been doing, and in fact their offence was only a misdemeanour at that time, Mr. Ernest Jones, for Johnson, argued that when he received the prisoners into his house he did so without guilty knowledge. His lordship then elaborately summed up. Ha said that when a number of persons agreed together to carry out a design of revenge, and armed them selves with deadly weapons to resist all comers who might interfere with their designs, then the act of one was the act of all those who agreed to that course of procedure. His lordship further argued that when an act of serious import was carried out by one of the party carrying deadly weapons his act was equally the act of all. He was not, however, prepared to say that this would apply to such of the party as had left their accomplices prior to the accomplishment of a serious and unlawful crime, and who were not consequently cognisant of it. With respect to the charge of harboucing with guilty knowledge, pre ferred against Johnson, his lordship said that if the jury should not be satisfied of the guilt of the other prisoners the charge against him would fall to the ground. His lordship then went minutely through the evidence, telling them to judge by what they had heard and seen as to the credibility of the evi dence given by the approver Barlow. The Jury retired. and, after some deliberation, returned a verdict finding Burke and Ward guilty of murder, but recommending them to mercy; John son guilty of being an accessory after the fact. His Lordship sentenced Burke and Ward to death, and Johnson to 18 months' imprisonment. Hipwell was acquitted, COUNT THE CHANGE.—A Brooklyn lady pur chased an article in Fulton-street the other day, when she received the following as change for a one dollar bill:— Ferry tickets, shin plaster, counterfeit penny, car ticket, milk ticket, butcher's I 0 U, grocer's I 0 U, bread ticket, three cent postage stamp, one cent postage stamp, and ice cream ticket.—New York Paper. 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MARYLEBONE.—EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF LIBEL.-Mr. George Loseby Worth, of 2, Cain's terrace, Highgate, appeared before Mr. Mansfield, charged by virtue of a summons, " that he did, on the 29th of July last, in the parish of Highgate, unlawfully, wickedly, and maliciously write and publish a false, scandalous, malicious, and defamatory libel of and concerning Parton John Hains, in the form of a certain article, reports, and information in a certain paper, published by the defendant, called the North Itiiddlesex TVeekly Express, on the 30th of July last, well knowing the same to be false, to the damage, scandal, and tits grace, &c., of the complainant." There was also a second summons against the defendant for another alleged libel on the 6th of August. Mr. William Hammond, solicitor, Finchley, ap peared to prosecute; and Mr. Lewis, jun., for the defence. On the case being called on, Mr. Hammond said —I appear for Mr. Parton John Heins, who prose cutes in this summons against the defendant. My client, I must tell you, is a pharmaceutical chemist at Highgate, carrying on a good business. In ad dition to which he is postmaster and manager of the district telegraph of that town. The defendant in this case is the editor and publisher of a paper called the North Middlesex Weekly Express, and which was first brought out by him, and circulates in Finchley, Highgate, Hampstead, Hornsey, and other places in the locality. The article complained of is dated the 30th of July, and runs thus :—" It occasionally happens that a bear, afloat on an ice berg, drifts into a warmer latitude than the latitude of eternal frost (laughter) and as the iceberg melts and melts under the increasing heat, the bear shifts and shifts, finding his footing passing from beneath him, and at length bowls piteously to know that the dissolution of the iceberg must in time occur. This is our text—now for a parallel. John Parton Haim, step this way; you shall be the bear. Let that animal by your side dance this way." I am sorry to detain your worship,but I intend to read this article from be ginning to end, because it shows a most malignant, malicious, scandalous, and degrading form of libel ever published. What follows is an allusion to a party who is in no way connected with my client. It goes • on :—" Heins, printer, accompany that individual ; be his cub, and now that we have you before us, let truth and justice guide us to award you your deserts. John Parton Heins, you have been drifting since first we knew you ; your foot ing we have found uncertain. We found you slippery and could not rely upon you. Your last act upon which we commented has been perfected by the ludicrous proceeding of the Birthday Club on Wednesday, the 23d of July last. We now in tend placing before the public generally the cha racter of a man who had dared to question the pro priety of the publisher of this paper's name remain ing on the list of its members—the members of the Birthday Club. Hitherto we have watched this creature drifting—drifting along the stream of dis cord which alone ends in a sea of trouble, We once advised, counselled, urged him to a different course, as the one which alone could redound to his success and honour; reason absent has by pro gressive stages led on the lower mind to such tricks before high Heaven as must make his best of wishers weep. John Parton Heins, you have called into question the character of a man you yourself introduced into the homes and society of many of our local supporters; how comes it we find you drifting ? John . Parton Hains you introduced us into the saered chamber as one well worthy a fraternal greeting; why are you now drifting ? John Parton Hains you have more than once publicly declared the man you now endeavour to injure was the man who could and would reflect credit on the patronage and support the inhabi tants of the hamlet might extend to him. From this past testimony why are you now drifting ? John. Parton Heins we must now sacrifice all past con ditions. We now stand man to man. You have assailed us in the dark, as a secret, mean rascal. We will act with more honesty to you, and leave the light of our readers' wisdom to decide the truth.-: When first we knew this slippery gentleman, he urged upon us the importance of writing up his numerous virtues. He growled down hia neighbours, and would have us condemn all who had not his own peculiarities. He desired entire control of our journal. This was too warm a request. It was then we first began to melt—we found the footing uncer tain, the man slippery. This was the earliest drift. Having no longer his own way, he felt angered. The frequent resort to his neighbour's opposite brought the mind to a degraded level." I should inform you, sir, that the neighbour opposite alluded to is the landlord of the Angel Hotel, which place I shall have presently to allude to. The learned gen tleman then went on—" Night broils and overbear ing rudeness brought censure from many of those who had once wished him well. We became his phantom—not that we acted ill to him, but that having felt our slight censure in not complying with his request, like all who suffer from monomania, he believed alone that we were his enemies. Time passed on. We frequently saw him under the influ ence that could have but one ending, and prove that a foolish child is the heaviness of its mother. We recall to mind that the last occasion we saw him under, to a certain extent, the influences of mind and stimulants, addressing himself to a well-con ducted serving-maid in language of a blasphemous and obscene nature, compelled at last to acknow ledge his disgraceful conduct, and asked pardon— pardon from the woman he had vilified in name. We have watched this man's antics for two pur poses. First, we felt something was wrong at the heart ; and, secondly, we felt sure he would sa crifice all feelings of honour to gain his ends. We have by us numerous of his communications we intend publishing. Those who know his caligraphy can then see the original documents. We are so far in possession of weapons he little thought, while manufacturing, would some day, by his own folly, turn against him. Space demands our brevity. We now leave to our numerous readers to judge how far a man, as we have shown above, is capable of distinguishing between right and wrong. How far he is capable of distinguishing the errors that may exist in another, when he himself has so many. Time will show the end of a man drifting on a sub stantial basis. It will exhibit him shifting from one side to the other, a turn-coat to his best friends. It will exhibit him on the slippery path of false friendship, and when at last he sees the false grounds he has taken his stand upon, like a coward and one who dare not face boldly the truth, we shall hear him piteously howling under the garb of a sycophant the injuries he has sustained." The learned gentle man then proceeded—This is the article that shows the number of libels contained and the damage my client is liable to sustain. In the same paper is a report of a society held at Highgate, from which the defendant had been excluded, called the Birth day Club. I will not trouble you, sir (the magis trate), or Mr. Lewis, with going through the whole of it, but take it up at the paragraph in it as fol lows :—" At that meeting Mr. Parton John Heins, who not long ago had to apologise in the presence of a number of persons for using indecent language to Mr. Dunning's servant girl, was foremost, and we can tell him of our own experience that he has been the cause of one young man getting into trouble by leading him into drink and dissipation, and the public may judge as they like ; but we charge him with saying one day to a gentleman connected with a Dissenting congregation at Highgate, Oh, he is a Dissenter, and he ought to be —, for they will all go to " Mr. Hammond proceeded to read the remainder of the alleged libel, which made a great number of other statements. He then went on to say that in another paper of the present month appears these remarks :—" The business of opening letters and reading them before they leave the office." There is also mention of the burning of letters. These state ments prove or tend to show the very enviable state of feeling towards Mr. Heins. It also goes further, and states that Mr. Hains refused to let a person have any postage stamps because he advertised ies. the Ilighgate Express, which is quite an untruth. I may say that these are only samples out of man y papers launching forth upon Mr. Heins scurrilous and scandalous abuse, of which he has not taken any notice, thinking that the defendant would tire of the game that was being played. (The learned gentleman then read an extract from another paper of June 25, of a libellous nature, and then said that that was all the papers he should produce, but asked to bind the defendant over to stand his trial at the Old Bailey in his own su re t y, and two good men bail for him.) All that is conta i ned in those papers, with one exception, are gross and malicious concoc tions. I,lr. Heins is a chemist at Highgate, carry ing on a good busine ss , an d he certainly did upon one occasion commit himself at the Angel, at High gate. It took place at the end of 1861. Then, as regards the birthday club, the defendant was ex pelled from it because he was not deemed fit to sit with the other members in it. I have a paper in my hands in which it is stated that the defendant dined at Mr. H a i n , S house to commemorate the Hi g hgate Express starting, and on which occasion they appeared as bosom friends. After this, a paper appears about the girl at the Angel, and in which it states that that affair, if it comes out that he (de fendant) had done it for the public good and benefit. That he would expose him for having allowed him to come into his house in company with his wife and famne. I have to ask you, sir, to commit the defendant for trial before 12 men, when I hope he will meet his own deserts. I must say that he has been bankrupt twice and^ Me, Lewis—l object to your going back. It is throwing out scandal against the party for whom I appear. Mr. Parton John Heins was then called, and said —I am a pharmaceutical chemist and letter re ceiver at Highgate. I have a!so the appointment to the telegraph. I purchased the papers of the 30th of July and the sth of August from Mr. Cut • bush (The Highgate Express). There is no truth in them with the exception of the girl. There is no truth in the birthday article.. lam a single man I have some recollection about the affair of the girl. I had been out one evening in Highgate, and went into the smoking parlour at the Angel, and found several people there. The servant referred to waited on them, and there was a deal of laughing and joking going on. Mr. Mansfield—l do not know whether it is any good going on with these questions. It would not justify the publication of such an article. Mr. Lewis—l think it would for the public good. Mr. Mansfield—Oh, no. Suppose a member of Parliament, after he has delivered a speech not in harmony with a certain party's views, would they be .justified in libelling that man ? Mr. Lewis-0 yes ; I think so, sir. It has been set right where a doctor has misbehaved himself. Mr. Mansfield—l think not, Mr. Lewis. Mr. Lewis—l have seen it in the papers. Mr.Mansfield—Thank God, the newspapers per form very important functions ; but they , cannot be taken as the law. Mr. Hammond—l like to be right. I have only two or three more questions to put. Mr. Hains continued—Highgate is the hamlet alluded to in one of the papers. lam the receiver for the letters deliverable in Highgate. The others do not pass through my hand. I have never been guilty of opening letters, and gumming them up again. - Mr. Hammond—ln reading that little paragraph in the local news, who should say who it refers to ? Mr. Lewis--I object to that question. Mr. Mansfield—That is matter of opinion. Mr. Hammond—We will take it another way, as a matter of law. A man who goes to libel another does not put his name to it, and this baffles the law ; but still, after all, this is matter of opinion only as to the party publishing it. Mr. Mansfield—What is the sentence here ? It is " how to manage the business of a hamlet. Mr. Lewis—And there are thousands of persons managing hamlets. Mr. Hammond—Bring them here. Mr. Mansfield (after looking at the article) said said it might refer to anybody not living at High gate. It was quite unintelligible, and seemed like the writing of some madman. That part of the case concerning the Post-office was then dropped. Mr. Hains was cross-examined at length ; after which the case was adjourned for a fortnight to see if an arrangement could not be come to. HAMMERSMITH. ANOTHER ROBBERY AT MR. WINDHAM'S.—AmeIia Reeves, aged 19, a ser vant, was placed in the dock before Mr. Ingham charged with stealing 61bs. of loaf sugar and 61bs. of moist sugar, value ss, 3d., the property of Mr. W. F. Windham, of No. 3A, Upper Westbourne terrace., Paddington. Mr. Sayre, from the office of Mr. E. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prose cution; and Mr. Martin for the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Windham, as house maid, for two months. On Motday Mr. Chattell, of Upper Seymour-street, who had served the prose cutor with grocery for the last three months, sent some goods to Mr. Windham's house, amongst which were two parcels of sugar. On the same day a little girl, who worked for Mr. Wind ham's charwoman, went to the house to inquire for her mistress, and the prisoner answered her. She told the girl to wait, and she brought up the area steps the two parcels of sugar and gave them to her, requesting her, at the same time, to fetch a cab. The girl thinking something was wrong declined to go for a cab, and remained inside with the sugar. Mr. Windham had his attention draw to the transaction, and he called a constable, who went to the girl and to3k the sugar from her. Mr. Windham informed the constable that he had discharged the prisoner, and she was about leaving his house. He gave her into custody, and the prisoner told the offi cer that she had ordered the sugar of a grocer to take home to her father, and that she always took him something when she went home as a present, and he returned it twofold whenever she left her situation. At the station a large bunch of keys was found in her pocket, and she afterwards stated that Mrs. Windham gave them to her to throw away. Mr.. Sayre said the keys opened every place in the house, and that since this charge had been made other things had been missed. The prisoner said Mrs. Windham never locked up anything from her. She also said that when Mrs. Windham went to the theatre she never locked her jewel box, and if she (the prisoner) had wished to be a thief she had every opportunity of being one before. She denied having been discharged, and said she gave notice to leave. Mr. Chattell was called to prove that he sent the two parcels of sugar as part of the order for Mr. Windham. Mr. W. F. Windham was sworn, and he stated that his wife engaged the prisoner about two months ago. He had suspieions of her, and had communicated his suspicions to Mrs. Windham. His new servant informed him that two parcels had gone out of the house, and he then called a consta ble. Since the prisoner had been taken into cus tody he had made an examination of his house, and had missed plate and a number of different things. The keys found upon the prisoner opened his plate chest, the different drawers in his wife's room, and amongst them was a duplicate key of his cellar, from which he had missed wine. Cross-examined—l believe the prisoner acted as lady's maid to my wife as well as being housemaid. I never interfere with the women servants. The prisoner was in the habit of receiving grocery and other things for the house. Mr. Martin—Mrs. Windham was very kind to her_ I believe she gave her a gold watch ? Mr. Windham—A watch worth £6 10s., for which I paid. She was a great deal too kind. Mr. Sayre—This is the way she rewards the kindness of Mrs. Windham. Mr. Ingham—Looking at the keys, I must re mand the prisoner fora week. I shall not accept bail. Mr. Martin—The keys were given to her by Mrs. Windham. Mr. Ingham.—Her defence is that Mrs. Windham gave them to her to throw away, which is not a very probable story. The prisoner then asked Mr. Windham to become bail for her, but he declined. As she was being removed from the court, she called out to Mr. Windham that he was mad. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE IN BLOOMS- BURY. Yesterday Dr. Lankester, the Central Middlesex coroner, held an inquest at the Lord Wellington Tavern, University-street, Tottenham-court -road, touching the death of Wm. Henry Wilson, a tailor, aged 28 years, residing with his mother. a lodging. house keeper, at 26, Duke-street, Bloomsbury. Mrs. Mary Wilson deposed that deceased was her son, a young man of intemperate habits. About two o'clock on Wednesday morning she was awoke by the ringing of the street-door bell. She went down and opened the door to her son, who followed her upstairs and entered his bedroom, as if going to bed. Shortly afterwards, hearing no movement in deceased's room, which adjoined hers, she was in duced to go in, and found him absent. Wondering where he could be, she was suddenly attracted by a voice at the front door, and another voice imme diately following it from the top of the house, say ing, " Shall I?" She recognised that voice as her son's. The two voices appeared to come from the outside of the house, and she opened her bedroom window, and again she heard her son say, " Shall I?" two or three times, the last time louder than before. She then heard a man from below in the street answer " Yes." Directly the man from' below answered " Yes," she saw the deceased throw himself from the third floor window to the ground below, a fearful height. She rushed into the street, and seeing her son lying motionless, she became insensible. Frederick Slater, a pianoforte maker, of 1, Kirby street, Hatton-garden, said that on the night in question he accompanied deceased, who was in an intoxicated condition, to his home. Deceased parted from him with the understanding that he (witness) was to wait on the pavement, as he was coming out to join him again almost directly. Immediately afterwards ha saw deceased at a third floor window, and heard - him say, " I am coming down," and wit ness, without suspecting anything, answered "All right." Directly afterwards witness heard him with frightful v i o l ence i n t o th e s t ree t. D e ceased never spoke after the f a ll, an d appeared to !Table, in stantly killed by it. He called a polic n who conveyed him to the University College Hos pital. He never heard him Ihreataenn suicide. He was a w ild and daring m the influence of liquor. f _ Mr. Sydney Ringer, resident w m h e e d n ic h al e o w ffi a c s ero the hospital, attended dece ased ad mitted about two o'clrrohekereonwWaseadnt fracture yme of both He was quite dead. e jaws and four upper ribs onth e left sid e , an d other frightful injuries, amongdans e e y d s. Verdict—" died from injuries sus tained h were r u ptures of the ehiedairett_,li,v,eTrh, and at d deceased by throwing himself from a window, whilst in an unsound state of mind." IHE FATAL .RAILipAY ACCIDENT NEAR RUGBY. STRETTON, TUESDAY EVENING. This morning the adjourned inquest on the bodies of the two men killed in the accident which took place on the Trent Valley line at this place was resumed at the Windmill Inn, before Mr. Carter, one of the coroners for the county. John Butler deposed that on the night when the accident occurred he was ‘. piloting" at the Stret ton-bridge, which was undergoing repairs, and where there was only a single line of railway. About nine o'clock on the night of the 13th inst. he was taking down a train across the single line, when he heard an up train coming up rapidly. He at once jumped from the engine. He had not heard any fog signal en the up line. William Caton, the man placed at the distance signal, deposed that on the night of the 13th ult. he placed a fog signal on the rails, and showed a red light as a danger signal. John Walker was next examined. He deposed— On the night of the 13th I was on duty, as points man, at a place about 190 yards from the bridge, on the Stafford side. I could hear the train was coming fast, and I ran about 50 yards up the line, and showed a red light to stop it. No notice was taken of my signal, and' then ran back and reversed the points, so as to keep the up train on the up line. Had I not done this, there must have been a colli sion between the two trains, and as it was the up train ran forward into the " bridge hole," and the driver and stoker were killed. The driver might have stopped the train before it got into the bridge hole. William Charnock said he was a breaksman. All went on right until he heard a fog signal explode at about three quarters of a mile from the Stratton bridge, and saw the signal-man show a red light. He put down his break hard, but the train was not stopped, and the fore-end of the train was run into the bridge hole. Several witnesses were next called to show that, although Pittom had received no especial caution of the repairs at Stretton, he must have read the general notice posted at Crewe. The Coroner then briefly summed up. The Jury found " That the deceased were killed while engaged as driver and fireman on an engine belonging to the London and North-Western Rail way Company ; and the jury complain that no notice respecting the state of the rails near Stret ton-bridge was personally given to the deceased while at Stafford Station." 711 E ARMY• The man Bishop, who some time from theimeagowaßs o a y rr a e l ste arrested on suspicion of being a deserter Ar tillery, and who was barbarously punished at Wool wich, has been convicted of " receiving the shilling," s y o n t m h e e n j t u d i n g m F e o n r t t o c f l a a r e c n o ti c e r t a m s a a r t d i e a s l e t r o t :r 6 . s er geant-Major Ashton, the p er p e t ra t or o f the although not subsequently attested, and has been s d e a n y t s e , n im ce p d r out rage, has been degraded from his post, and ordered to serve the Coast Brigade as a bombardier. His Serene Highness the Prince de Croy, and attendants, seven in number, yesterday visited the departments of Woolwich Dockyard, and were specially received by the officials, by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. The dis tinguished visitors made a lengthened inspection of the Caledonia, about to receive her iron sides, and viewed with peculiar interest and attention the hydraulic machinery in course of preparation for bending and grooving the slabs. Having visited Mr. Turner's (the master shipwright) new model of coating and arming his fixed cupola ship, now under the consideration of the Admiralty, his Serene Highness desired to be provided with spe cifications and draughts of the vessel. Lient.-Gen. Baron von Willesen, Master of the Horse to his Majesty the King of Hanover, accom panied by his son Lieut. Willesen, and his nephew, officers in the Hanoverian army, yesterday inspected the garrison of Woolwich, by special permission of his Royal Highness the General Commanding in Chief of the Army. ALLEGED WILFUL DESTRUCTION OF SHIPS. Our readers may remember that about a week ago a person named Jamieson was committed for trial for having written a letter to a merchant named Ruxton, in which he stated that he would expose their " joint villany" in connection with the de struction of some ships, unless Ruxton paid him a certain sum of money. The case excited consider able interest, as it was thought important disclo sures would be made when the trial came off at the assizes. Yesterday the case came on for trial be fore the Hon. Mr. Liddell, Q,C., in the second Crown Court of the Liverpool Assizes. Mr. Bliss, Q.C. (attorney-general for the county), together with Mr. Deighton, prosecuted; and Mr. Brett, Q.C., and Mr. Potter, defended the pri soner. It appeared that the prisoner and prosecu tor in the year 1857 were the joint owners of a ship called the Roscoe, and that this vessel was lost dur ing a voyage from Liverpool to Smyrna ; after which they purchased another vessel, the Merino, which was soon afterwards lost in the Torres Straits. The prisoner held a mortgage deed upon the Merino, which, after the loss of the vessel, the prisoner should have given up, but refused to do so, and ac tually took proceedings in the courts at Westminster to recover money upon it from Ruston, but failed. After the loss of the Merino, Ruston had no fur ther dealings with the prisoner ; but the prisoner called upon him several times, and endeavoured to obtain money by threats and otherwise. Upon Ruston refusing to give the prisoner money on one occasion, the prisoner said, "I will waylay you if I lose my head for it." After this the prisoner called several times at Ruxton's office, but, failing to obtain any money, be did not again make his appearance until the 12th of August in the present year. On the 11th of this month he sent a letter to Mr. Ruxton, in which he enclosed an advertise. ment cut from the Liverpool papers, which stated that £2OO would be paid and a free pardon given to any person or persons who should give such in - formation as would lead to the conviction of frau dulent shipowners and others connected with the wilful destruction of ships, and in the letter he said, " Now, my intentions are that I must either have a settlement or I cannot lose the opportunity it (the advertisement) gives me of exposing our vil lainy when you reaped all the reward." On the fol lowing day the prisoner called with another letter, which was as follows :—" It is no use to mince mat ters ; I am determined to proceed ; therefore if you do not think it necessary to reply to this I will put it out of my hands by three o'clock today." When Mr. Ruxton received the first letter, he consulted his solicitors, and the prisoner was requested to give an apology, but he refused to do so, and, addressing Mr. Ruxton, he said, " By Rux ton, unless you give me £l5O I will go to Major Greig (the chief constable of Liverpool) and swear you burnt the Roscoe!' Mr. Ruxton then gave the prisoner into custody. When at the police-office he said he wished to see Mr. Kehoe, the chief superin tendent, and when Mr. Kehoe came he made a statement to the effect that Ruxton had told him that if anything happened to the Roscoe not to bring her into port as it would be ruination to them, and that in previous voyages he had been ordered to bring the vessel in safe, as she was not sufficiently insured; that Ruston had told him to "knock cut the beams" of the Roscoe, and if he could not do that to set her on fire ; and that for the purpose of enabling him (Jamieson) to set the Roscoe on fire he had a quantity of turpentine put on board. He had also been told by Ruston to " knock the beams out" of the Merino, and had been spoken to relative to obtaining good insurances. Mr. Ruston under went a severe examination by Mr. Brett. He said that since 1858 he had owned about eight ships, six of wliich had been lost, but were insured. He was a bankrupt in 1858, and had only paid his creditors 2s. in the pound. He had given a man named Bertie, the commander of a ship called the Howe, which was lost, £2OO, but he gave him the money because he had promised to insure some of his effects and had not done so, and also owed him some com ' missions. Bertie had never told him that he (Bertie) had a letter which he (witness) would not like any one to see. The prisoner had always claimed money from him in respect to the mortgage upon the Merino, and had brought an action upon the covenant of the mortgage deed. He had five ships about a week ago, but since then be had mortgaged three of them to his son. In answer to Mr. Bliss as to the reason why he mortgaged the ships, the witness 'said he did so to secure his son against loss, as he was security for him in some business transactions. He believed the Rsco :L e yle had a chronometer belonging to the prisoner given Be v M r e t s r i on board w ae h tra e ig n ekai s n he went to sea, and that the pri soaearthheaxd2roecoetioved insurance upon it. In examina tionse s ins tructions the w i t t o ne e s a s st sa a id wa h y e t h h a e d n n o e w ve e r , waslosel. Hs n ee ot given as a reward for destroy ingahnayd of f ev th er e ship n s. instructions to the capt a i ns detective s t Jamieson. t o the policepoe He stationo(ffit h c e e r, officer)a n d laying went described ienngt Mr. Ruxton coming let ters and there charged thetwo o b Jamieson ot it with w a was having sent two threatening letters. .Jamieson re plied, 4 , Yes, I did send thetocJohnha Du ke-street, rPg for money due to me by Mr. Ruston," and the offi cer then took him into custody. The learned Judge, in summing up, said, the queo. GAOL DELIVERY.-DETAINERS. Mr. Registrar Brougham visited Whitecross street Prison on the 18th inst., and of 13 prisoners examined, adjudicated seven bankrupt, and ordered their discharge. Five of these were accordingly released, but two of them were not allowed by the gaoler to depart, in consequence of detainers which had been lodged against them after the order of discharge had been actually signed by the learned registrar. In the one case, the detainer was lodged at the sheriff's office by a judgment creditor, whom the debtor had duly included in his list of creditors. In the other case, the detainer had been lodged at the sheriff's office on the 11th instant, but was not sent down to the gaol until after the learned regis trar had left it on the 18th. Having, however, been lodged before the debtor had also quitted the prison, the gaoler did not feel himself authorised to act upon the registrar's order for his discharge, and both pri soners had accordingly to remain incarcerated until the court could be moved for their release. It is quite clear that the gaoler could not have included the names of these creditors in his return of " the names and addresses of every creditor at whose suit each such prisoner is imprisoned or detained" (sec. 100), since, on the Ist of the month, when the return was made, their detainers had not been lodged, and it would be absurd to propound that creditors are not to lodge their detainers effectually after the Ist of the month, because this would amount to a pro position that they are not to lodge them at all. In the case of one of these debtors, process had not been served upon him until after he was a prisoner, and it may be that the creditor had not an earlier oppor tunity for lodging his detainer. A detainer issuing forth, as he imagines, from prison, armed with the registrar's order discharging him from custody and protecting him from arrest from any claim, debt, or demand, is naturally annoyed at finding himself pulled back by a detainer ; but the creditor would have equal and more right to complain if he were not allowed his legal rights under that detaining power. The inconvenience to the debtors will amount to his remaining in prison for a few days, until ap plication can be made for his discharge, which is granted almost of coarse, unless he can be shown by an opposing creditor to be within the provisions of sec. 112 of the act of 1849.—Gazette of Bank ruptcy. COUNTRY MARL:I:IIS. ,i. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. With brilliant weather and large arrivals our market to day was dull for all articles. In wheat little business was done, and the sales made were at a decline of 2d to 3d per cental. Best flour 6d per barrel cheaper. Indian corn was inquired for, and rather cheaper. LYNN-TUESDAY. The supply of English wheat was small to-day, and sales for best sorts were made at late prices. Barley was scarce, and no improvement in value. Oats in fair supply, and trade steady. White ..59s to 61s I Barley. 3os to 33s Red.. sss to 57s I Oats .22s to 27s Beans .4os to 44s I Peas —s to —s MARKET HARBOROUGH-TUESDAY. There was a moderate show of wheat, at last day's rates. —White wheat, 58s to 62s ; red, 50s to 55s per 36 stone. Barley at 33s to 36s per qr., grinding 32s to 35s per 30 at. Oats, 26s to 30s per 24 at. ; beans, —s to—s; new,: 40s to 44s per qr. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a limited supply of wheat from the farmers, and late prices pretty well supported. Barley met with a slow demand at late quotations. Oats little changed in price. Beans same as before. Red wheat, per load of 3 impBrial bushels...2ls Od to 24s Od White It ) ...23s 6d to 25s 6d New red ...2ls Od to 22s Od New white ~) ), t ...23s Od to 24s 6d Beans 7/ 71 ...16s Od to 19s Od Peas, per qr . . ... . 54s Od to 58s Od Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, ~ 3Bs Od to 42s Od Oats 23s Od to 27s Od 71 Millers' prices for flour-2s ld, 2s 3d, and 2s 5d per 141 b. MELTON MOWBRAY-TUESDAY. The following ;ele the currencies :—White wheat, 600 Od to 64s Od; red, 54s Od to 58s per 36 stone; beans sold at 40s to 50s for old ; new sorts, —s per 38 st. ; barley, 32s to 36s for malting, and 30s to 33s per qr. for grinding; oats, 24s to 32s Od per 24 stone. FOREIGN NAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton....... Aug. 18. via Marseilles ... .. Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Sept. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Sept. 3. via Marseilles ...Aug. 28. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug. 29. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 3. via Marseilles A ug. 28. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Aug, —. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 29. via Marseilles Aug. —. Newfoundland .. Sept. 3. Oporto and Vigo .. .. Aug. —. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Aug. 28. 'by U.S.. packet by Canadian packet Aug. 27. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Sept. 10. Bahamas, via New York' Mexico.. - 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Aug . 28. California. and British Columbia.. BIRTHS. FowELL.—On the 25th inst., at 120, New Bond-street, the wife of Samuel Fowell, Esq., of a daughter. TICIE.—On the 24th inst., at 47, Uppe r Brook•street, the Lady Kathleen Tighe, of a man. TRAER.—On the 24th inst., at 4 7, Hans -place, S MT —•— ~ Mrs. M rs . John F. Wood a ll , 28 , Reeves Traer, of a son. WOODALL.—On the 26th inst. , Orchard-street, Portman - sq uare, W., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. HART—SmiTn—On the 26th inst., at St. Matthias Church, Richmond-hill, Hen r y Hart, of Nev'.o'ond-street, to S H e l en Challoner, th ird daughter of Jo hn Smith, Esq., of Rosedale, Richm ond, Surrey, and of Doctors'-commons, London. on the 26th inst., at St. George's, Han- Yoßli rs W ua l re, (* Billing York, Esq., of Staunton, Wor ocev:ferlire to Louisa Emily, third daughter of the late 'ynn, R.N. Captain W DEATHS. BERICELEY. — On the 25th inst. at Sydenham, Jas. Joh Berkeley, Esq., chief resident engineer of the Great In dian Peninsula Railway, aged 43. BIRD.—On the 25th inst., at Spital, near Birkenhead, W. Bird, Esq., aged 75. BULLOCK. —On the 20th inst., the Rev. James Bullock , M.A., recto r o f H igh Ham, Somerset, aged 67. METCALFE.—On the 20th inst., at Maida-vale, Jacob Met calfe, Esq., aged 82, Muunocli.—On the 24th inst., at Gartincaber, Perthshire, John Barn Murdoch, Esq., of Newch, aged 69. PAINTER. —On the 25th inst. at 128, Warwick-stre et, I Ec cleston-square, S.W., Mr. V. E. Painter, late of 342, Strand, W.C. W ASSELL.—On the 24th inst., at Brighton, Josh. wassell, Esq., aged 79. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CH.A.PLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TILE SUN Office N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ,County of Middlesex.—Wednesday, August 27 18" ' IDI etc MI wi flu Sal Is. _ z TB Thi Pat