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THE SMETHURST CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, —My evidence at the Smethurst trial, which has been very briefly reported, was given not from any sympathy with the accused, but solely because I considered that an important element of the case —namely, the existence of pregnancy, had been almost, if not entirely overlooked. For the same reason I ask your permission to remark upon cer tain facts to which, as it appears to me, due weight has not been given. First, as regards the actual pregnancy of Miss Bankes. This was first discovered at the postmortem examination by Mr. Barwell, but so little conse quence was attached to it that the matter was scarcely heard of until the recent trial. It must be remarked that the duration of the pregnancy corres ponded as nearly as possible to the length of the illness of the patient. Mrs. Robinson deposed that Miss Bankes was taken ill three weeks before she left her house. She went from Mrs. Robinson's to Mrs. Wheatley's on the 3d of April, and on the 3d of May—seven weeks from the commencement of her malady—she died. Mr. Bar well gives seven weeks as the limit which the pregnancy might have reached at the time of death. Was the illness of Miss Bankes such as could pos 6ibly have been caused by pregnancy. Obstinate and irTepressible vomiting, with violent purging, were the chief symptoms detailed at the inquest and at the trial. It is an undoubted fact, recognised by every obstetric authority, that women are often re duced to great peril, and sometimes killed, by the vomiting .of pregnancy. Constant diarrhoea is also met with as a disorder of pregnancy, either alone or in connexion with vomiting. It is in the early part of pregnancy that vomiting is most severe and d a ngerous, and it o ften begins at the very com mencement of this state. It is most likely to hap pen in the case of a woman such as Sliss Bankes is described to have been, pregnant for the first time in mature age, of bilious temperament, and the subject of previous internal disorder. S tress was laid by some of the witnesses on the burning sen sations complained of in the stomach and throat. Pregnancy is constantly accompanied by heartburn, end in certain cases there is an enormous amount of acid secretion and eructation from the stomach. The sickness of pregnancy is commonly most dis tressing in the morning on first taking food, or on moving the body. This was spoken to as the fact in the case of Miss Bankes, by one of the witnesses. In the worst cases the vomiting is wholly intract able. The remedies which arrest ordinary sickness are of no avail. Food and medicine era alike re jected, and the patient dies of starvation. For the last two days of her life Miss Bankes was under the care of her sister, and a nurse provided by Dr. Julius. It told very forcibly against the prisoner, that at this time, although the stomach rejected medieine, it retained food. In two out of four fatal cases from this kind of vomiting in which I have been consulted the patients were able to take food for a short time before death; the sickness ceased when fatal exhaustion had set in. The same is re lated to have been the case in the history of Char lotte Bronte. Her biographer states that towards the close " she begged constantly for food, and even for stimulants. She swallowed eagerly now ; but it was too late." Her illness is described as having lasted six weeks. Is it possible that the physician in attendance upon Miss Bankes made an error of diagnosis in assigning poison as the cause of her illness and death ? It was strongly insisted on as a proof of poisoning, that Dr. Todd, Dr. Julius, and Dr. Bird, should, either individually or concurrently, have formed the opi nion that their potient was suffering from slow irritant poisoning. Against this it is only fair to place the fact that they did concurrently overlook the existence of pregnancy, although it was before them, and marked by one of its most common and distinctive symptoms. It cannot but be considered as remarkable that three medical men should have been in attendance upon a woman 42 years of age, living for the first time as a married person, who had been suddenly seized with an illness of which vomiting was a prominent symptom, without de tecting pregnancy. They appear to have been mis led by the inforioation given to them by gi:gethurst as to the absence of one of the common synintoms of pregnancy, and they made no examin'aiion. Smethurst himself appears not to have suspectesd pregnancy. As regards Dr. Todd, it may be accounted for by the circumstance that, however undisputed his great eminence as a pure physician may be, he is not accustomed to treat the disorders of pregnancy. However the fact may be, the medi cal attendants certainly formed a conclusion while they were -without the knowledge of a very im portant element of the case. Do the symptoms of a fatal case of vomiting from pregnancy so far resemble poisoning as to be liable to be mistaken for them ? There is no limit to the reflex irritation which the pregnant uterus may excite in various organs of the body, especially the stomach. In my " Manual of Obstetrics," published in 1858, I state that " an almost poisonous influence seems to be exerted by the gravid uterus in some constitutions." Several years ago I knew of a case of this kind in which poison was actually suspected. Dr. Todd laid considerable emphasis on an extra ordinary expression of Miss Bankes's countenance, such as he had never observed in a case of natural disease. Dr. Paul Dubois, the present physician aceoucher to the Empress of the French, who related that he saw 20 cases of death from the vomiting of pregnancy in 13 years, refers to " a marked change in the features," as one of the signs indicating a state of danger, and calling for the induction of abortion to save the patient's life. I do not offer any opinion on the moral or chemi cal evidence in the case, but merely testify to that which I have seen and known in my own depart ment of the profession.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, W. TYLER. SMITH, M.D., Physician-Accoucheur to St. Mary's Hospital. Upper Grosvenor-street, Aug. 25. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. 1 Sir,—Being the brother of Dr. Smethurst, I shall feel obliged if you will be kind enough to insert a few facts in reference to him in your journal. 1. Dr. Smethurst was a man of property, render ing him independent, with his domesticated frugal habits, having for years past a clear income of £240 a-year, arising from fixed property, besides a few hundreds in hand. He always lived within his income, in addition to which he had many casual fees from private friends, although retired from practice for the last six years. 2. Miss Bankes had an income of £240 a-year, besides a contingent reversionary interest in a sum of £lO,OOO in the English funds, his and her income making altogether £4BO a-year. 3. The £1,740 or £l,BOO lent on mortgage has not been proved to be even half the amount, when it may be realised ; for there has been a Chancery suit connected with this property, the conclusion of which has not yet arrived. 4. Miss Bankes and Dr. Smethurst intended to live together ; for he told me whenever his wife (in advanced years) should die he would marry her ; for she was so amiable, kind, and ladylike. I had an invitation to visit them at Richmond, but, not having accepted it, I never saw the lady. 5. I told my brother's wife, who sent for me to Rifle-terrace, through a letter she had received from him, intimating that he would never live with her again, as he intended to move about the country ; but I refused to satisfy her suspicion that he was absent with Miss Bankes or any other lady, and endeavoured to appe4pe her by saying that, as he had offered to support her in a suitable manner, and to pay her periodical friendly visits, she had better reconcile her mind to it, for, as he was determined , there was no help for it ; and a cousin of mine, Miss Smethurst, agreed with this view. 6. That he had d appomte to meet me on the 18th of April at the Auctioni Mart, in order to bid for a house in Hans- place Sloane-street, which he said t they should like the in, being retired, and at h the same time near e .is !Larks and places of amuse ment. I waited at th e and h spoke f to l a gentle man living next door to the I have known many years. The e sale e w er e n s a t off whomwith out my brother's appearance there, and I found a note on my return stating that Miss Bankes's ill ness required his attention. 7. He had the supposed best medical man in Richmond to attend her, and subsequently Dr. Todd. 8. Dr. Julius, on the 25th of May, at Richmo n d, deposed that he attended deceased from the 3d up to the 18th of April, when he communicated his suspicions to his partner, Mr. Bird, who then at tended her. 9. Dr. Julius deposed on the 7th of July, at the Old Bailey, " I requested my partner, Mr. Bird, to see the deceased. I did not make him acquainted with the impressions that existed in my own mind." 10. Dr. Bird deposed, on the Bth of July, at the Old Bailey, that about the 18th of April he attended , by request, the deceased, and about the 22d he came to the same conclusions as Dr. Julius, but lie did not form this opinion until after Dr. Julius had told him his opinion on the subject. 11. Mr. Caudle, on the 25th of May, at Rich mond, deposed flirt, with respect to the mixing of the medicines prescribed, there was not any mineral poison therein, either Dr. Julius or Dr. Bird being present at the dispensing on and after the 29th of April. 12. On the 16th of August, at the Old Bailey, •Mr. Caudle suppressed, or kept back, that portion of the above evidence which says that either Dr. Julius or Mr. Bird were present on and after the 29th of April. 13. The prescription book of medicines sent to the patient was not at any time produced. Such facts 1 leave for any inference or comment you may choose to publish, and remain, sir, your obedient servant, JAMES SMETHURST. 6, York-cottages, Thurloe-square, Brompton. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l consider that professional witnesses who give their opinions where the life or freedom of a man is at stake are as much upon their trial as the prisoner, and that it is the duty of those who are well acquainted with the particular science they profess to correct any error that might deceive the jury or influence the fate of the prisoner. With these views, from my great experience in cases of poisoning, I think I ought to remark upon the chymical evidence adduced in the case of Dr. Smet hurst. I find in the Times of May 21 that Dr. Taylor deposed that " in bottle No. 21 he found it half full of a clear fluid," that he tried Reincke's process on it, and " found that there were seven grains of chlorate of potass in an ounce of it, which was 1 6-10 per cent., and that there was a grain of arsenic to every ounce ;" he furthei said that it was of the sort we call white arsenic, and that he had previously tried the tests (materials) and found them pure. Here was evidence of the most posi tive and distinct kind; not only was arsenic found but the weight estimated, and its nature (white) ascertained. Upon the trial this was stated to be a mistake; that, although the former evidence was given so boldly and so particularly, it was now found that there was no arsenic in it, but that the arsenic found was in the copper. although the copper had, with the other materials, been pre viously proved to be pure. The witness went on to say that he had at first operated upon an evacua tion, and found arsenic in that, but admitted that he had used the same copper for many years, con sequently all proof of the presence of the poison either in the body, or in the evacuations, or in the bottle in the possession of the prisoner, was de stroyed by the witness himself, and the jury must rest upon the symptoms and physiological ap pearances in the opinions of the medical witnesses called, which are about equal for and against the prisoner. But the mischief does not end here, for if the same impure copper "has been used for 20 years," and evidence given upon it, what shall be said of the justice of the convictions and executions which have taken place during those years upon Dr. Taylor's evidence ! But was the arsenic said to be found in bottle No. 21 really in the copper used to prove its pre sence ? Could the copper wire gauze dissolved by seven grains of chlorate of potass and its associated hydrochloric acid deposit one grain of arsenic ? In the face of all England I say it could not ; the hundredth part of a grain of arsenic in that quan tity of copper would render it so brittle that it could not be drawn into wire at all, much less into fine wire fit for gauze ; the fact is, the whole set of operatjons were a bungle. Reincke's process is not applicable where nitrates or chlorates are present. Next, where his admirable process is resorted to the mere discolouration of the copper does not prove the presence of arsenic ; it only proves that one or more of the inferior metals—arsenic, anti mony, tin, lead, bismuth, mercury, &c., are pre sent. To individualise arsenic among these four more experiments are necessary. The first is sublima tion in a stream of air, when crystalline arsenious acid is produced from the black deposit. Next, that sublimate must be dissolved in water, and tested by three methods ; first, ammonia, sul phate of copper ; next ammonia, nitrate of silver ; and, thirdly, sulphuretted hydrogen. Thus, one separation and four proofs produce a body of evidence which it is impossible to gainsay, and these five proofs should be brought into court so as to be examined by those who are competent to recognise them; and I here warn juries that no evidence short of tangible production of the poison and its tests ought to be for one moment attended to : any deviation frcm this rule will convert a con victed criminal into a martyr, and deprive trial by jury of the infallibility which it ought to possess ; and, lest it might be imagined that it may not be possible to secure enough of the poison to make the five proofs, I should say that the one-thousandth part of a grain is quite sufficient. I remain, Sir, yours, &c. WILLLIAM HERAPATH, San., F.C.S., Professor of Chymistry. Dristol, Old-park, Aug. 24. THE GREAT EASTERN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. _ _ .. Sir,—As th i sre is among the public a very preva lent idea that th.?re will be " Demotion in the Great Eastern, even du."ing the heaviest gale of wind," permit me to poin't out at least two positions in which there will be vt.'l7 considerable "liveliness," to use a nautical passwo?d, if the experiment which she is destined to exemp3ify be rigorously carried out. The leading characteristic of the Great Eastern —that in which she differs from every other ship hitherto constructed—is, that she shall under no circumstances be compelled to I.e to, nor in any way to diverge from her dire ^t great circle course, by any action of wind or wave. She is to sail exclusively a great circle course, and is not to be hove to or allowed to run free, or run out of a gale (unless she has the heels of it), nor gene rally to have recourse to any of those dodges which are resorted to to ease a ship under stress of weather. That she will do all this no one who has admired her noble symmetry and exquisite lines will for a moment doubt; but will she achieve this desideratum and be free from all motion at the same time ? Her dimensions are based upon certain calcula tions of the late Dr. Scoresby, which assigned 680 feet as the extreme length between the crests of two waves, with an average depth in the interven ing trough ' of 60 feet, or a mean elevation and depression of 30 feet each way above and below the level of the ocean at rest. I do not wish to impugn the Rev. Doctor's hard-earned experience but, adopting his method of calculation, as detailed in an early number of " Household Words," I once measured 800 feet be tween the crests, when lying-to in the steamer Baltic, in which measurement I was confirmed by Captain Comstock ; and I rather think that Cap tain Harrison himself was in command of the Africa when she, starting from Liverpool three days after us, experienced the same gale, on the 11th of October, 1854. Upon these data the Great Eastern was con structed, and care was taken to make her so enor mously strong amidships that there should be no deflection or '"hogging" when she was suspended by bow and stern over a trough 680 feet wide with barely any water under her centre, or riding the crest of a wave with her bow and stern almost out of water. As has been well remarked, she is built on the same tubular principle as the Menai Railway viaduct, only vastly stronger, as each compartment is only 0.10 the length of that suspension tube. Her bottom is also constructed of two segments of a very oblate ellipse,—about six feet on either side of the mesial plane being almost flat, and, as all the world knows, unprovided with keel. Now suppose, on her voyage out to Portland (which implies on an average a W.S.W. course), she happens to be struck by a gale from due north. It is obvious that, if the Great Eastern is rigor ously kept to her course, the trough of 680 feet wide over which she is suspended, will not be spanned by even her great length, inasmuch as she crosses it diagonally. Now, I contend, as the wave catches her beneath the quarter, where, from her great sharpness for ward, she is rather inclined to be lean, she must roll, and, having no keel, it will be a very severe roll—not in the remotest degree dangerous, but still quite enough to discompose a landsman. In the second place, suppose she is running be fore a heavy gale of wind, it is equally manifest that a modification of the foregoing will take place, the difference being that, instead of a rolling, there must be what is technically called a " sending" motion, with the certainty, in case of a short sea, of a very severe shock to the sternpost, though, I repeat, her great strength renders this compara tively unimportant. lam only speaking of her as a comfortable ship in a very heavy sea. Suppose, thirdly, that, still sailing from Holy head for Portland, immediately after rounding Malin Head or Cape Clear, she should happen to encounter a westerly gale, which is likely for the time it lasts to knock up quite as high a sea as any other ; the sea will catch her on the starboard bow. while her stern is still descending into the t rou g h. As, however, she will be advancing at a rate of about 10 knots, she will burst through the wave, ' quite motionless, it is true, riding majestically enough from wave to wave. As, however, the waves ownvelocity will pass he r w ith t h e i r of about 3 0 o miles an hour, pl us her speedf 12 miles an hour, ill . all 42 miles an hour, there will be a tolerable lash of spray. When a ship is n ly . l gtoin a heavy sea, a little dexterous manipulation of the wheel will keep her Let her fall off but a single though she has steerage comparativelypoint, and, edNr,yen. way on her, stand by for a green sea. Such was the case with the America when she had to put back some three years ago. The height out of water of the Great Eastern and the concavity of her upper lines forward w ill p revent her taking a sea on board, but she will be covered with spray forward as far nearly as the paddlebox. The peculiarity of build already noted in her bot- T 6 1 7 SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1.859. who does not feel satisfied that as long as Engbind lasts he is safe, and that we are no more likely to hear of the Governor-General taking flight than of the Sovereign of these realms. But, if this be the general belief, then it is time to inquire whether it be sound, and whether there is not some wrong done by a sort of misunderstanding. Every day shows the necessity of a thoroughly clear under standing, as otherwise there is sure to be a cry of injustice some day or other. If, for example, the British Legislature were to announce some day that it had become politically necessary to abandon ter ritory, to change our system in India, to give up sources of taxation, and that on these accounts the security was no longer what it had been, and if for these or other reasons it were to announce a com position with the creditors, it would be loudly argued that England was the actual master of India, and therefore wholly responsible for the dis charge of its debts. Certainly this is not the case of a mortgage, where the property remains in the hands of the mortgagor, and the mortgagee has nothing to do except to, sit by and see that his se curity is not made away with. England has full possession of India, or at least all the interest lately in the bands of the Company. If she does not exert the same amount of control over India that she does over her own people and her own soil, it is only because she chooses to let things go their own way. It is she, however, who appoints the Governor-General, the Commander-in-Chief, and the rulers of Tndia. She appoints the Secretary at home, whatever his power; and his Couneil, whatever its functions. If all these are chosen for political convenience, and if it is consequently a chance whether one of them be fit for his place, that is England's concern ; nay, even if the ar rangements are such that, after all, England does not govern India, and nobody knows who does — nay, even should it turn out that India is not go verned at all, still it is England's fault, and she is answerable for the bankruptcy that may ensue under such circumstances. This, we say, is the belief upon which this loan has been taken, but if it had been contracted openly and ostensibly on the Imperial security the terms would have been those of the British stock market, and, instead of having to pay 5 per cent. for £97, we should only have to pay 3 per cent. for £93. This would make all the difference between diffi culty and ease, so far as India is concerned. But it is impossible to contract one loan on one basis and another on another, and to borrow one million for India on the Imperial guarantee would imply a corresponding action in respect of the whole debt. Were it found a political necessity to undertake the Indian debt, it would be not only allowable, but no more than absolute justice, to reduce the dividends to the Imperial standard. Even that, however, would be by no means the most important consequence of such a change. England would then insist on governing India in the thing as well as in the name, and would require both the finance and every other department to be brought under the eye of Parliament, A happy step has been taken in this direction by the appointment of Mr. James Wilson to the task of unravelling and sys tematising Indian finance. This gentleman, how ever, is rather a financier than a politician, and will probably have no power of enforcing his ad vice as to our right political relations with the different parts of our Indian Empire, though that point has not a little to do with our revenue and expenditure. He is simply Chancellor of the Indian Exchequer. There is much for a statesman to do, and the present Governor-General has not yet shown the qualities necessary for the reconstruction of a shattered empire, still less for its contraction, should that be found necessary, within narrower, safer, and more profitable limits. That great question remains for future Parliaments and for men yet to come. If they who are on the spot can promise any prospect of holding India in its present vast extension and its present political condition without intolerable demands on our popu lation and our Exchequer, let them do so ; other wise we must be wise in time, and confine ourselves to what is possible.— Times. . . tom will prevent her ' oeing turned,u in the event of any sudden emergent y, such as she is likely to meet a mong the coral reef ; of the Eastern seas, or the crowded water high - ways of our own seagirt isle, except at the expens e of stewards' crockery painful to contemplate. To unpractised voyagers I should explain that the samerprinciple in natural philosophy which makes a circu t; horse lean towards the centre of the ring causes a : steamship to do the same, if suddenly compelled t 0 veer at a high angle to her previous course. 111 peat, the strength and pro portions of this noble . ship are such as to preclude the idea of danger ; butt, as to absolute freedom from motion, a sea abeam of only 250 feet from crest to crest (i.e., a sea at right angles to her direct course) will certainly cause her t 3 roll, and, having no keel, ' she will roll worse than u sual. Old ocean is proud of this last splendid speci men of enterprise, but he is not resigned to being utterly ignored by young ladies and seedy dandies ; nor will he, even at the price of a big ship, submit to be ridden over rough shod. Let us be content with an average of 20 miles an hour, a safe route to our Eastern posses sions, and exemption from motion, save in excep tional cases, and let us bid the good ship " God speed," and wish her spirited officials,from the Chai rman and Capt. Harrison downwards, a pleasant, rapid voyage, and a great commercial success. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, YATES ANTE FACTUM. THE WESTMINSTER CLOCK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—A letter in the Times of yesterday, signed " Charles Barry," informs us—and informs me for the first time—that the only person responsible for the hands and for all the going parts of the clock in the Clock-tower of the House of Commons is Mr. Denison. If this be so the public, I think, would be very glad if Sir Charles Barry would further inform them by whose authority Mr. Denison was placed in this position of responsibility. I made the in quiry in the House of Commons, but I was not able to obtain any satisfactory answer. We all know that £20,000 of public money has been spent on this clock. What we have got for our money we do not know, beyond having an or dinary clock of which, after several years, one face alone is made use of, and a bell of no ordinary sound, but better suited to be used for tolling on great solemn occasions than for the ordinary use of a clock-hell. But what I want to know is, who authorised Mr. Denison to have anything to do with the busi ness ? Is Mr. Denison a professed clockmaker, or a sub-contractor who has undertaken the contract which we all understood to have been given to Mr. Dent ? Or is he merely an amateur who has been consulted on the occasion by the Chief Commis sioner of the Board of Works ? If the latter, may we hope that his services may be speedily dis pensed with, as I think that we should all feel more safe if the further arrangements connected with this very costly piece of mechanism were in trusted to the management of some professional clockmaker, such as Mr. Dent, who would be really made responsible if the work is found to be to any considerable extent a failure—a failure, at least, in obtaining such a clock and bells as the public have a right to expect for an expenditure of £20,000. ? I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS HANKEY. 45, Portland-place, Aug. 25. P.S. Since writing the foregoing I have read Mr. Denison's letter in this day's paper. Ile may be quite right in refuting Sir C. Barry's assertion, but the question I think is still deserving a reply as to the authority under which Mr. Denison may have been acting in this public matter. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Sir Charles Barry, in his letter which ap pears in to-day's impression of the Tinzes, gives the weight of the hands of the Parliament Tower clock faces-1 cwt. 251 b. each ; their length, though their balances may in some degree steady them in windy weather, requires curb (as well as flattish triangu lar section) to maintain them in position. In a submission of movement of the minute-hand, which Sir Charles some years since laid before the New Palace Commissioners, a .movement to syn chronise its position with that of the hour hand at every figure (their subtensions being always in di rect relation to circle-degrees, i. e., 6 degrees to 1 minute of time), provision was contemplated of having a riband circlet from each hand's head, or index, around the dial to receive conjunction•radii from the centre—which wheel-like formation would equalise the strain, if not neutralise it entirely. Such countervailment might now be adopted, without regard to a better exhibiting of time's flux. Your favour of space may allow me to state that, were hour-hands curb-riband graduated into 60 di visions (the larger ones of 5 minutes each being numbered 5 to 11, leaving blank the 12, w hich the hour hand indicates), the minute's lapse would be shown by similar intervals to those in use, yet 1:ot ever in relation to the 12th hour line, whatsoever hour current ; but in relation to the hour figure we mention in our accustomed describing as 25 mi nutes past 12, 25 minutes to 1, &c. The graduating to accord with the acceleration I proposed for showing, by both hands on the figure, the consummation of each hour, and proportionate parts of current hour by the arc between the in dices' was to be made, not on a moving, but on the mural periphery of the dial ; this progression of the minute-hand = circle and 1-12th in an hour places the two hands at each half hour in diameter, and at every quarter hour (24) at right angles ; also, at the 5, 10, 20, 25, minutes past or to, the hands will be similarly situate between the respective near hour-lines, and must necessarily subdivide every pace between hour radii into sixths. Winter will arrive, but if the proposal merely to have a balancing border connecting each hand's pointer with other spokes from the nave of the same movement shall be resorted to, hours and minutes' exhibition may not in all probability suffer hiatus. —I am, Sir, yours respectfully, WILLIAM WALDRON. Castle View, Leicester, Aug. 24. THE INDIAN LOAN. Our Indian Empire evidently stands high in the market of British securities. Its Five per Cent. Loan commands nearly as good a price as a share in one of our first-class railways now paying that dividend, and it is to be inferred that the British public do not think worse of the dangers of India than they do of the chances of depreciation in the Great Northern or the Londou and North-Western Railways. This argues either a very speculative mode of reasoning applied to matters much out of our grasp, or a singular distrust of Railway Direc tors and Railway Committees at Westminster. In one respect the difference is the greatest possible. These is no prospect of a great railway suddenly disappearing, or drifting into space, with all its branches, and stations, and its huge metropolitan terminus ; but nobody can be blind to the chance of our Empire i❑ India being lost in a day, particularly when it is remembered that the system and many of the men at Calcutta are the very same who, by their overweening secu rity, indolence, and arrogance, have dragged India into two mutinies, and are safe to throw us into a third at the first opportunity. They who shut their eyes to everything which might give them a mo ment's trouble will always be coming into collision with brick walls and lamp-posts ; and- that is the fashionable policy of India. It is fostered by the belief that England, with its men and its money, will always come to the rescue, and, of course, win the day. But the history of all :-!mpires establishes the truth that this game is sure to be ti ied once too often ; and, unless India is governed with more wis dom and consideration than it has been, the old truth will receive one more illustration. But confi dence is contagious, and we can hardly be less con fident in the heart of our great metropolis than a Viceregal Court surrounded by black and white mutineers, hearing of outbreaks every day, and con templating the most gigantic Treasury deficits. How is it that the British public evidently rates the insolvent concern on the banks of the Hooghly as high as it does the original shareholders' interest in the chief means of communication between Lon don and Birmingham or Manchester ? Two years ago the Empire trembled in the balance, and a day might have brought the news that every pound iu vested in India or lent to its Government was gone for ever. Why is all forgotten so soon ? It is to be considered that a final catastrophe is not the only danger. It is quite certain there must be more Indian loans. Whenever the people at Calcutta see present ease in one course and permanent cost in the other, they are quite sure to choose the latter. The rate of expenditure, already enormous, is threatened witli new wastes. Fleshed with British loans, the Indian appetite grows and ravens for more. But every new loan must draw down to its own level the existing securities, and the amount which a lender has to consider is not that specious driblet which a finan-, tier may represent to be all that is nece sarv, but the total evidently required before the finances of a country can be restored to a healthy condition. What, then, is the chief source of this confidence in Indian securities ? It is that they are assumed to be British rather than Indian. England is to pay it all at last. Everybody takes it for granted that England has undertaken India, and that means debts and all. He concludes that he will get the benefit of Indian insecurity and British certainty, and so defeat the famous warning of the Duke of Wellington to his soldiers after the war, that " good , interest is only another name for bad security." 'There is probably not one purchaser of this loan 2RIAL FOR FORGING A WILL. A trial that has excited great interest commenced at Liverpool on Wednesday, before Mr.BaronWat son, when Richard Hardy, John Hope, Joseph Berry, and Ruth Berry, were indicted for forging a will at Salford on the 23d of April last, and with uttering the same knowing it to be forged. Mr. Attorney-General Bliss, Mr. Ellis, Q.C., (Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster), and Mr. Holkar, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Pope defended the prisoners. It appeared from the opening statement of Mr. Bliss, that the deceased, Ann Dean, whose will was alleged to be forged, kept a small shop in a cellar at Pendleton, in Salford. She was an. illegitimate daughter of Sarah Dean, and by habits of penury and care for many years had amassed a considerable sum of money, and had in her banker's hands nearly £6OO. She was unmarried, and her nearest relation (though, from her being illegitimate herself, he was not her lawful relation) was Isaac Dean, who kept a draper's shop in Salford. The deceased became seriously ill in April last, and fancying that the cellar in 'Which she lived did not agree with her, she took lodgings at the prisoner Hardy's, who kept a beer-house, where she went on the 13th of April, and died that night. She had expressed her inten tion to leave her property to Isaac Dean, but on her death Hardy and his daughter, Ruth Berry, and her husband, Joseph Berry, set up a will purporting to be made by the deceased and attested by Luke Hardman, as one of the attesting witnesses. For the prosecution it was stated that two wills were forged by the prisoners, one in substitution for an other, the first not suiting their purpose, and that these wills were made by the prisoner, Hope, who is an attorney, and whose name has been struck off the roll. Up to the time of the removal of the deceased to Hardy's house, it was said on the part of the prosecution the deceased had made no will, and from the time of her arrival there to her death she was too ill to make one, and never did make one. The will alleged to be forged was drawn by the pri soner Hope and copied by Luke Hardman, and to this will the deceased was said to have affixed her mark. She could write very well. Luke Hard man was admitted to give evidence as approver. A careat was entered against the proof of the wall, which was allowed to expire, and the will was proved by the prisoners, after an attempt to settle matters with Isaac Dean, and the will so proved was the forgery charged in the indictment. After hearing the evidence the case was ad journed. Yesterday the three prisoners, Hardy, Hope, and Berry, were placed in the dock at nine o'clock. His Lordship commenced the summing up of the case, and expressed his regret that he had nut been able to conclude it last night, when it was all fresh in their memory, but that was impossible, to do it justice, after having sat for 10 hours. There were, he said, originally four prisoners charged with this offence, but the female was discharged, for when a husband and wife are present in the committal of an offence, the law presumes the wife is acting under the coercion of her husband, and, therefore, is not herself criminal. But with regard to the three remaining prisoners : Hardy is a beer house keeper, Hope is a sort of a lawyer, and Berry is a carter. These men are charged with forging the will of Ann Dean, who was no doubt a very penurious person, for she commenced life with a capital of ls. 50., and at her death had between five and six hundred pounds in the bank, some other propel ty, and it was supposed there was a policy of insurance upon her life. On the part of the prosecu tion the theory set up was, that the will was forged on the 18th of April ; for the prisoners, it was sug• gested that it was made by the deceased before her death. If they believed that, then there was no for gery ; if they believed the contrary, then there could be no doubt a forgery had been committed, and, if so, by whom. There was abundant proof, if it was a forgery, that the three prisoners: were acting to gether at the time the alleged offence was com mitted. The will was admitted to be in the hand writing of Berry, and it was attested by Hardy ; and there was the most abundant evidence that at this time Hope, who acted as a sort of a lawyer, was instructing them. But the whole case would rest on the evidence of the witness Hardman, who was an accomplice. Such evidence was always looked upon with suspicion, but it was allowed by the law, if it was corroborated, and unless they be lieved that his evidence was corroborated, he should advise them to reject it. His lordship then read through the whole of the evidence, pointing out the parts in which Hardman's statement had been confirmed, and said the only question for considera tion was, in fact, was the will made on the 13th Of April by the deceased? If it was not, it was a for • fiery. In commenting upon the papers found in Hope's possession, he particularly alluded to the bill of co, s, the last item in that bill being on the 18th of June, and amounting to £75, fees beyond ull bound and most extortionate, and closely fol lowing was a copy of an indictment for forgery against Hardy, evidently showing that the pay ment of the bill had been refined. The only thing that he c.n►ld suggest was that he had succeeded in his wicked concoction of this scheme of forgery, and because he had not got what he wanted was concoct ing a scheme to frighten them out of some money, and that too almost simultaneously with the proceed ' ings commenced which had brought the pri soners to this court. His lordship next alluded to the original will of the deceased's mother, and the one said to be a copy of it made for the de ceased, pointing out the discrepancies, which -clearly showed that the latter must have been made at the suggestion of some person not unacquainted with the law, the legal terms being used, and not such as would at all be likely to be used by a carter without assistance from some person. After this he left the jury to decide was it a forgery, and was the evidence of the witness Hardman corroborated so far as for them to believe his bistory of the affair ; if so, they would find the prisoners guilty 1 if, on the other hand, they doubted his evidence and believed that the will was made by the de:- ceased on the 13th of April, they would acqUit them. The summing up of this case occupied nearly two hours. In answer to a question being put by Mr. Pope, Baron Watson said the statement given in theLt court was the same as that given before the magi:3- trates. He had read the depositions, and they were the same. He had avoided alluding to this in summing up, because he did not wish to preju..- dice the case. But as he had been asked the quest tion he would answer it, but it was unfortunate for the men that it had been put. The jury then retired, and after being absent for up\Nards of an hour, they returned into court with a verdict of guilty against each prisoner. A former conviction was proved against the pri soner Hope. It took place in the year 1856, when he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for stealing a Bible, In passing sentence upon them, his lordship said —You htvve been convicted by a verdict of the jury of a very bad and wicked offence. I can say I en tirely concur in the verdict. It is as clear as pos sible that you entered into a wicked design for the purpose of defrauding some persons, whoever they might bt, entitled to that property. This I hope will be a warning to those who employ an accom plice for the purpose of concocting a bad and wicked design, that they are subject to be brought to jus tice, even by the voice of that accomplice. I hope it will be a warning to you and others who may be led to commit such an offence. Formerly your punishment would have been death, and you would have suffered that awful penalty. I am sorry to see a man so advanced in years as you are, Hardy, standing in such a position, with him who stands near you. It arises from a shocking love of gain, , which but too often leads men from the paths of honesty and duty. You thought the woman insen sible, and you might make what use you pleased of her property. As to you, Hope, this is not the first time you have been in a court of justice. There is no doubt but that you were the instigator and the concoctor of this wicked act. Your possession of a little knowledge of the law, in many circumstances, has been the cause of creating much mischief. I have triod how I can make any distinction in your punishment. I can make no distinction, for I think you would have turned traitor at some time. The sentence of the Court is, that you will be con demned to penal servitude for the term of 14 years. The prisoners were then removed, apparently not much surprised at the decision. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-Aug. 25. GUILDHALL.--SERIOUS CHARGE OF STABBING SEVERAL P ERSONS.—Lawrence D. Barlow, described as an organist, a tall powerful-looking man, about 40 years of age, with a profusion of beard and moustache, was placed at the bar, charged with the following case of stabbing : Hannah Edwards, a middle-aged woman, who, appeared in a very weak and exhausted state, was supported in coming into court and accommodated with a seat in front of the magistrate's table, and having been sworn deposed as follows :—I live at No. 3, Shoemaker-row, Blackfriars. My husband is a mechanics' labourer. The prisoner resides at the Blackfriars School, and his wife is governess there. He threw a pail of water over my child and several other little ones, and on seeing it I came down stairs. I found the prisoner outside, and saw him strike a woman with his hands. A mob got round him, and I then saw him with a life-preserver in his hand, and he began to use it. He struck me with it on the chest. I did not see any blade in the weapon he struck me with, brit I felt some sharp instrument pierce me, and I thought it was my stay-bone, and that my ribs were broken. I thought it was a policeman that pulled the blade from my chest. He did not say anything when he struck me. He knocked me down first, but Ido not know what with, for I was quite stunned. I was taken to the hospital. Cross-examined—This occurred in an inclosed space. You have frequently thrown water over my children for being there during the last twelve months. I know you have struck them. It was three weeks or a mouth ago that a similar distur bance occurred at your gate, but it did not continue for two hours before you took any notice of it. The parents interfered directly. You on that occa sion came down with a carpet-bag in youi hand, and there was a mob collected there. The parents of one of the children you almost drowned pointed you out, but I did not see him aim a blow at your head. I have been bound over to keep the peace towards you before Alderman Phillips. Alderman Carter—l cannot see what reference occurrences of three weeks or a month ago can have to the case of to-day. Prisoner—Very well, sir, I will waive that point. Prosecutrix---I was in the entry when you knocked me down. We were not both down together. Edward Langford said—l live at 3, Shoemaker row. I was standing at my window to-day at half past one o'clock, when I saw some little children come out of Church-entry crying and half-drowned with water. Alderman Carter—What age were the children ? Witness—From three to four years old. I sup pose they went and told their parents. The first person I saw after that was Mrs. Evans, who came to see about it. I looked round the corner, and saw the prisoner strike one of the women that were at the gate of the school, but which I could not say. There was a mob there, and I went round and saw the prisoner with the life-preserver produced—(a bamboo cane, about 14 in. long, and 1 in. thick, loaded at either end, and at the end opposite the handle a strong steel blade projected and was fixed by a spring). I saw the prisoner strike the old man (Mr. Edwards) over the shoulder with the life pre server. I saw Mrs. Edwards outside the school gate, and in the squabble I saw the prisoner knock her down. With the assistance of the police I got her into my shop, and there took from the left side of her chest this blade, which was broken off the end of the life-preserver, and buried in a slanting direction to the depth of six inches in her chest: There Ns as only half an inch of the blade projecting, and some one drew my attention to it, and I thought it was only a stay-bone. I saw him take the life preserver from a side pocket, and put the string round his wrist before using it. Alderman Carter—Had he the life-preserver in his hand at the time he struck Mrs. Edwards first ? Witness—No, sir. He took it out afterwards to strike the old man. Cross-examined—You were on the steps, about three steps up, when you struck the old man with the life-preserver. The old man did not follow you up the steps, for you knocked him down with the life-preserver. Alderman Carter—Was that after he had struck Mrs. Edwards in the face ? Witness—lt was, sir. When the prisoner first used the life-preserver I did not observe the blade in the end of it. Alderman Carter—Have you anything further to ask this witness ? Prisoner—No, sir. That is the substance of it, and quite sufficient for my purpose. Sarah Evans said — My child came to me this morning covered with water, and, in consequence of what I heard, I went roun d to Church-entry, and the prisoner came down. I said to him, "You brute, to throw water over those little children." He made no answer, but put his hand into his pocket, and drew out this life - preserve r . He struck me and knocked me down, but I cannot tell whether he struck me- with his fist or the life-preserver. I be came insensible, and was carried away. When I recovere d myself I saw Mrs. Edwards being carried but fdid not see her stabbed. away,Cr oss - e xamined—l was the first that was struck. Mrs. Edwards came down after me. You gave me a blow which cut my head open. I did not see you either thrown down or fall down. I did not say, "I would like to tear your eyes out, you --." I never use such words. I went down the court once before, but never said a word to you. Wm. Edwards, an old man, about 60 years of ag e, who appeared with one of his ears much lace rated and his hair saturated with blood, said—l was having my dinner about half-past one to-day, as I was walking along Shoemaker-row, when I saw my daughter-in-law (Mrs. Edwards) run out backwards. I went down Church-entry to see Nvii a t was the matter, and the prisoner was inside the gate. My daughter-in-law was bleeding from the mouth. Several persons were exciting the pri soner by eallin ,, him names for acting as he had done. I said he ought to be ashamed of himself, and he ought to be knocked over, upon which he struck me with the life-preserver, and cut my ear half off. He also struck me on the knuckles. I got hold of the life-preserver as soon as I possibly could and stuck to it until the policeman came, for I could not get it entirely from him. Alderman Carter—Did you observe the blade at the end of the preserver? Witness—No, sir, I did not. Prisoner—You did not see me draw the life-pre server against Mrs. Edwards ? Alderman Carter—What does it signify whether he saw you draw it or not ? You had it in your hand. Witness cross-examined—l-did not see Mrs. Evans strike Mrs. Edwards with the life-preserver. There were a great many persons there. As many as the place would hold. Inspector Leonard said the prisoner admitted having used the life-preserver in his own defence. Alderman Carter—There appears to have been very savage assaults arising out of a most unmanly proceeding towards the little children, and as the police are not prepared with any further evidence to-day, I shall remand you till Wednesday next for further examination. Prisoner—Will you accept bail for my appear ance ? Alderman Carter—Certainly not. BOW-STREET.—A boy, named Thomas Good fellow, only 10 years of age, was charged with steal ing Post-office letters. The prisoner was in the employ of Mr. Willis, grocer, &c., of the Bow-road, as errand-boy. His master also kept a receiving -house, and frequently permitted him (the prisoner) to assist in col lecting the letters out of the box, and making up the despatches. Mr. Willis had occasion re cently to suspect the boy of robbing him, and wrote a note to the prisoner's mother, who searched his clothes, and found two letters in his possession— one of them containing a bill of exchange for £l7, and the other a package, which had not been opened. These were handed to Waterman, the district let ter carrier, and witnesses were examined to prove the transmission and non-errival of these letters to their respective destinations. The boy, on being taken into custody by Partington, a Post-office constable, said that he picked up the bill of exchange and letters in the street ; but he subsequently stated that he was urged to commit the robbery by one of his companions, a miller's boy, who told him to select the most bulky letters, as the most likely to contain something worth having. Mr. Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, said that the boy's master had very improperly infringed the official regulations, by which he was bound not to entrust the letters to any one under 16 years of age. A printed copy of these rules was furnished to all postmasters, and there could be no possible excuse for disregarding them. Mr. Henry committed the prisoner for trial. Wm. Owens, a Post-office letter carrier at the east end of the metropolis, was charged with steal ing a letter containing marked money, which had been made up and posted in order to test the honesty of the servants in the district, from which there had been repeated complaints of late respecting the loss of letters. The prisoner was also committed. LAMBETH.—THE EXTRAORDINARY BIGAMY CASE.—This court was much crowded with persons anxious to get a look at the prisoner, and also to hear the particulars of the further and final exami nation of William Denbigh Sloper Harrison, alias Marshall, charged with bigamy. The first witness called was Mr. William Hogg, clerk of the parish church of St. James's, Padding ton, who deposed that he was one of the attesting witnesses to a marriage that took place there on the 3d of July, 1858, and to which the cer tificate produced related. It was a marriage, as described, between William Denbigh Sloper Marshall, bachelor, late an officer in the army, and Mrs. Sophia Frost Dawson, widow, and he had every reason to believe—indeed, he had no doubt of the fact—that the prisoner at the bar and one of the three ladies present were the parties so married. Mr. Norton—Look at the prisoner and say whe ther he was a party to the marriage on the day you have mentioned. Witness—Now that I look at him again I have no doubt he is the person. Revelle, one of the warrant officers, said that on Tuesday afternoon last the marriage certificate pro duced by him, and spoken to by the last witness, he had received from Mrs. Marshall, the prisoner's first wife, then present ; and the other certificate of the prisoner's marriage at St. George's, Hanover square, on the 28th June last, in the name of Wm. Denbigh Slower Harrison, with Mrs. Janes Hayes, widow, he had also received from Mrs. Hayes. On apprehending the prisoner on the charge of Mrs. Hayes, of marrying her while his former wife was living, he acknowledged that he had done so, and that he was a great blackguard and scoundrel for it. At the station-house, and while the charge was being taken, he again acknowledged the offence, said he was a scoundrel for acting so, and offered to go on his knees to both ladies and ask their par don. (Laughter.) Since the last examination he (Revelle) had made inquiries, and discovered that the prisoner had been living for the last seven years with a female in Dorey-street, and from what he learned from her his only occupation during that time had been a few jobs in the way of papering and repairing at the house of a lady named Fell, who had a property in the neighbourhood, and his earnings did not average more than 3s. or 3s. 6d. a week. The female herself worked at machine collar stitching, and by this means, and also permitting ladies and gentlemen to meet in their apartments, they were enabled to support themselves. Prisoner—No such a thing; the neighbourhood is a low one, and the worst constructions are placed on everything. The fact is Mr. and other gen tlemen were in the habit of calling with the view of getting me a situation, and this might have given rise to the rumour. Once a man is down, everyone is against him. It is a great cruelty your talking so. Revelle—l ascertained that about Christmas last the prisoner was in posiession of a valuable gold watch, and I asked the female with whom he lived what had become of it, but found it very difficult to get any information from her, and from her manner and her hesitation to give me any informationto, some suspicion that the prisoner is married Prisoner—No such thing. Il Mr. Norton—Did she give yZ n any ca Tn°fu say information about the watch ?7 Revelle—Yes, your worship, she said he pawned it. Mr. Norton—How do you know whether the house was one of the description you have stated ? Revelle—From inquiries in the neighbourhood. Prisoner (in a whining tone) —The persons in the neighbourhood could sa y no such thing ; but when a man is a little down everyone endeavours to crush him. e h x i t s r o a o w r n d i mothern ar y t h thing that it envoellon e—Tlinotineovsetngbrooft;elir— knows how the prisoner ha s been getting his living is for the last five years. On the very day he was i taken the prisoner had been to the residence in Dorey-street, and , in f act, came strai g ht from there to the house of Mrs. Hayes when I apprehended him. Mrs. Jane Hayes said that on the 28th of June last, she was married at the parish church of St. George's, Hanover-square, to the prisoner, who had represented to her that he was the son of a noble man ; that his name was William Denbigh Sloper Harrison ; that he had been an officer in the army, and entitled to property. Mr. Inspector Emmerson said that at the last examination the prisoner had mentioned the name of a gentleman at Brixton, who, he said, knew him very well. He (Mr. Emmerson) had since seen that gentleman, and he confirmed all he had represented on Wednesday last, namely, that the prisoner's real name was Sloper, that he had been the illegitimate child of Mrs. Marshall, before her marriage with a person of that name, and that so irregular had been the prisoner's conduct that he had been frequently in the hands of the police. Prisoner—lt is cruel of you to say so. Mrs. Hayes—lt has been stated by the prisoner that he has been drawn into the second marriage, and I want to know why he should 'say so. It does not look much like it when I did not even intro duce him to a single one of my friends or respecta ble relatives ; but the fact was, he made use of such threats that I was foolish enough to have him ; and since I was last here here I have received a letter from him expressing regret for what he has said. Air. Martin—Where is that letter? Mrs. Hayes—Unfortunately I have destroyed it. Prisoner—Why, you know that I could not go any where that you were not after me, and my life was such a misery to me in your house that I was obliged to go out for a change —a little relief. (Renewed laughter.) Mrs. Hayes—What has become of the casket and its very valuable contents, with which you said you had been presented by a lady ? Prisoner—l cannot say now. Mr. Norton—lt has been stated, prisoner, that you have a third wife. Indeed, your own mother has stated that you had been married six or seven years ago, and if that is the case you have married a third wife. Now the only reparation you can make these ladies present whom you have so grossly deceived is to state like a man whether you have another wife living. Prisoner—As God is above me and my judge, I have not, and, pointing to Mrs. Dawson, that is my first wife, and I am very sorry for what I have done. Mr. Norton—l find by the marriage certificate that you described yourself to Mrs. Dawson as late an officer in the army. Is that true—have you been in the army ? Mr. Emmerson—Ho has never been in the army, your worship. Revelle—No, but his brother belongs to the militia, (Loud laughter.) Prisoner—Don't laugh—pray don't laugh. Some of yourselves may get into a hobble some day or other. (Renewed laughter.) The prisoner, after receiving the customary cau tion, said " Yes, I am guilty of the charge. I know I have done very wrong, and I throw myself on your mercy." The prisoner was then fully committed for trial at the ensuing sessions at the Central Criminal Court, and the witnesses bound over to prosecute. 'KETS. MANCHESTER—AuG. 25. There was about an avera7e show of wheat to-day,, but the attendance was small. b A trifling amount of business was transacted, and in most instances late rates were rea lised. Oats and oatmeal a slow sale, at prices rather lower. Beans and Indian corn rather easier. In wheat to-day B p O ri S c T es O w N e fair, with a slow market. price. Wheat .... 39s to 458 I 0at5...........: 22s to 270 White do 45s to 47s I Beans ......... 46s to 494 Barley ... ~36s to 42s I Ditto, old ....•..,—s to ---6 —Auu.24. ;re unaltered. Supply very Spring corn maintained its New wheat; 37s to 475. BIRMINGHAM—AuG. 25. A good supply of new wheat, and the condi tion r s good, at is reduction on the currency of last week. Fu la oats quite as dear. Barley in retail demand, at late rateis. Beans taken in limited quantities, at former prices . n peas there was little doing, but rather cheaper. LOUTH—AUG.' 24. A very small amount of business was done to-dah and prices were at no advance on last week, viz., wheat, rad and mixed, 42s to 45s per qr. In other sorts nothing of a n d consequence doing. EDINBURGH GRAIN—AuG. 24. Sales were again heavy to-day, an d supplies good . Wheat on the top la 6d down average Os 5d crown, ' Barley on the to 2s 6d down .average 2s 2d d Oats on the top is 6d up..... avera ge Os 3d up. Beans on the top Os 6d down. —average is 6d Wats GLASGOW—Aua. 24. The wheat trade was dull, and sales effected with cl.ifg: • culty. Flour in retail request, with no chang e in vaille In other articles there was no change of moment. CORK—Aua. 23. The following were the quotations this morning :--117± wheat, 21s Od to ..s 01; white, 19s Od to 23s Od; barley Od to 32s Od; oats, 10s 6d to 13s Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD—AuG. 23. The supply of fat beasts to-day was only ft liraitei,d one best quality scarce, in good request, and very well '- Sheep and lambs were in very good supply, at late rated most of which were disposed of. Fat calves numerous/ well sold. Fat pigs were more plentiful, and a few. e unsold. A to 7d Beef • Mutton I Pork ..... ..... s t o ne Lamb . to o — Rough fat, 4:4 3d pe r Hides, nd to 54d ; ealf skins, 6d to 6id. fine. 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[ADVERTISEMENT.]—The salutary effect o f nu Bar' , delicious Revalenta Arabica Food in removing in,dt es _ t a n i°l l (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and ol without medicine, is admirably displayed by the fi815'467::: letters :—" Ridlington. Rectory, Norfolk, Jun e No. 4,208. —Eight years dyspepsia, nervousness, ant b with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my sery rem consulted the advice of many have been effectually yto by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall be hel l . answer any inquiries.—Rev. J. W. Flavell." " Bu f k ot ble cashire, Aug. 17, 1851. —Gent l emen, —F o r a CO nsm my left time I have suffered severely from a violent pain side, extreme flatulency, accompanied by an il l tom s of tolerable sensation of heartburn, and other disagreeable sYIuP tried dyspepsia. Various remedies, alleged infallible, r‘vs43l.l+iinut in vain, and for a long time I was never 24 hou ni y violent pain ; indeed, I was unfit for the perform less eon daily duties. I was induced to try your food. In i e ' - ra pid. an hour I found relief, and my recovery was intolerab le ,The duties which previously had been an s i n es burden, became a delightful exercise, and I bay' have accomplished more labour with less fatigu2, hos I ever expected to be able to perform. T I its . o ii never had a retturn of my complaint.—D. tins, at Is. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 125.;,, 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt 0 0 11 1 ; o ' le office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, 11.4).:"60, Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; „A,,d;forcl. Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and laut te street; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bislalin, street ; 85, Tottenham-court - road. Al so at , c o , -, Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburei, Rairnes and at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Manchester, Sher? Scott ; at Randall York, and Son.Raimes , Blanchard, and Ca. ; ampton, at Sou.." begi [A n D n v in E g ur to is s E e m ri E ou N s T l . y ] — at ili tra ° c r t i t e h Y e 's a F tt o e o n d tio fo n o for breeder, and feeder of stock. T wo y ears of unreraittitt care and attention have enable d its inventor to take big ground as a benefactor to the se interests ; and notwithstand ing the many drawbacks , the malevolent shafts hurlsd. against it and its probable utilit y , the food, from its admitted va lue, will become a necessity to the a g ricultural i nte rest. Experience has proved , first, that it effects a conside rable saving in the consump tion of provender; secondly, that, it C f at t t h le e fiasrto nesf r, produces health and vigour in all animals subjected to il l/ influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkable degree an early development of fat. Mr. Thorley, originating the singularly efficacious food, aimed at a c om p oun d ca lculate: t o supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expen! u t mode then prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. 111 ,„,.„1" -- he happily succeeded ; and success prompt e d a v ery p li l s i h ca f b a l t e m t e o r e w v as ery sl d o e w sc t ri e p e t n io e n ou o ra f g d e om its es u t s ic e desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make unwillingness to rely upon its efficacy, fan' an c a y il in dm g mal h anH e T p fh o e s : s este ld sasji'' in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby t° „i and fatten his cattle at a cheaper rate than by the employin°'" or addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food ILO been subjected have proved its perfect admissibility as a °hel l addition to the natural p r od uce o f th e f arm ; inasmuch a5,.:5 all cases a subtraction of one-third may be safely sub rait to in the usual food of animals ; and that the produce Ira l „„,, realised, and rendered market a bl e i n t wo -thirds of the , usually consumed in developing fat ; it, therefore, I ),,,ac e + T on apparent that a certain saving i s e ff ec t e d by a fair apPaca'-- of Thorley' s Compounded Food. It is believed that the presen unprecedented low price of wheat has induced its yell gene of ral use, in preference to any oth er o f th e usual articles food ; it is, howevCr, much questioned whether rtainll nourishing and proper food for the working horse, ce it is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, bee possessing the advantage of greatly invigorating the }l tal ia and increasing the physical power of all animals is a "ibex and gentle stimulant, and when mixed with tbeir other food, materially assists their digestive powers-- matt ale great consequence, since it is an undoubted fact thaete nourishment contained in their ordinary food is lost, 'C; quent upon the impaired or defective action of the diger e s t organs ; it will also be found to be particularly ben h a ve wheat is * in restoring to good working condition horses will been over-worked, or become weak from disease, or _ naturally of a feeble constitution. In cows its effects fr.: undoubted, indeed almost marvellous, nearly doubling r; yield of milk and butter, whilst it at the same time sari still the quality of both. In pigs its fattening qualities aref 4 . oo t more remarkable, displaying in a few weeks its man 4r superiority over every other kind of compound or h A factured food adopted in the feeding of swine. . Suc _L:: been its marked success, that at all our great cattle shoro; Royalty, noblemen, and others who have fed their est e It on Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the Pr i . r n d 2. prizes, whilst cards of commendation have been at"" tb• The patronage of Royalty, of our principal nobillilt clergy, and of our leading agriculturists, must prov:ra great incitement to this gentleman to pursue so course ; and he may confidently rely, m prourmt, 7 11 A highly-favoured a compound, on a continuatinn of such high snd kistinguished patronage., BIRTHS. M a jor . BURTON.—Onthe 12th inst., the wife of Sur g eon Burton, M.D. of the Cavalry Staff, Canterbu r y , of DELGADO.—On the 25th inst., a t Kingston Villa, ifs% bury New- park, the wife of George De l g ado, Esq., °. daughter. EAsT.—On the 20th inst., at the Rectory, Hampton? t he wife of the Rev. S. East, of a son. WARD.—On tho 24th inst. at Brighton, th e lady of Capt. G. Ward, of a •claughter. MARRIAGES. 1 c).! GREIG—RENWICK.—On the 22d inst., at Sherewell, d Wight, by the Rev. T. Renwick, vicar of the paris h ' 9.11 0/ 3. brother of the bride, Charles Greig, Esq., of Clifton, De of the late Charles Greig, sci of Axninster, co., and grandson of his E x c ell ency Sir Samuel Greig, for" ,nerly Lord High Admiral of Russia, to Emily 14,11 T young est daughter of the 1 tte Rear-Admiral Rend of Honiton, Devonshire. Levi, LEVI— GOLDSMID.—On the 24th inst Frederick Esq., of 31, St. James's-street, and o"f Adelaide, D, Australia, to Cecilia, fourth daughter of Sampson u°' amid, Esq., of Mecklenburg-square. MURRAY—WILFORD.--On the 23d inst. a t a t St. Margarst,..,,, B P* roadwater, Sussex, by the Rev. E. 'li. Elliott, ileu'd Augustus, eldest son of Edward Murray, Esq ., of 10°,:f brook, Trinidad, to Adelaide Jane, eldes t daught e T Colonel Wilford, R.A , Governor of c— the Milita r y " demy, 'Woolwich. BECHER —On the 23d i E ns A t ,TatHheSr res idence, TuTP hi t,r ur. green, Frances, widow of the late Captain Becher, It" ' ' '. in her 2 1 " year. , Ev HS,— B On the 20th ins. at No. 1 5 , Upp er Porcheste street, Cambridge-square. , Miss Harriette Evans, aged°. JERNINGHAM.-011 the 10th inst. at Versailles, the e lion• Mrs. Edward Stafford Jerningh am , widow of th la ° Hon. Edward Stafford Jerningham. RENNELL.—On the 23d inst., Ge or g e Reynell, of in the I°' King' ston-upon-Thames and Chancery-lane, Esq., year of his age. SAmPsoN —On the 14 h inst., at Malta, ,Edward k " t Simpson, Esq., purveyor to her Alajesty s Forc ai r uN°P t,oNDoN : Printed and Publ ished by MUR l)o Yo of No. 112, Strand, Printe r, at The Ste., (Mice, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ia the conutY °I Middlesex, Friday, August 26, 1859. I