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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.-MAIDSTONE, 30, CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and Special Juries.) CATOR V. THE LEWISHAM BOARD OF WORKS. This was an action of trespass against the de fendants for having polluted a stream by causing sewage matter to flow into it. The defendant' pleaded several pleas, and among them one that what they had done was done in accordance with the powers granted them by an act of Parliament. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Murphy were for the plaintiff; Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., Mr. J. Browne, and Mr. Raymond were for defendants. The plaintiff in this action is the owner of a good deal of property at Penge, and it was alleged that the defendants in the operations they had carried out under the Metropolitan Local Management Act had drained the Lewisham district, and caused a large quantity of offensive matter to be carried to the vicinity of plaintiffs property, thereby doing considerable injury by polluting the water of a stream that was used by hisstenants, and in other ways. Mr. Hawkins, on the part of the defendants, said he did not dispute the facts, and the only question was what should be done. It was ultimately arranged that the matter should be made a special case for the opinion of the Court. wILLEn (ADMINISTRATRIX) V. THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action brought by a widow, as admi nistratrix of her deceased husband, to recover com pensation from the defendants, who were alleged to have occasioned his death by their negligence. Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Denman, Q.C., were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. J.Browne appeared for the company. This action arose out of an accident that occurred in March last upon the North Kent Railway, between Higham and Gravesend, when, it will be remembered, the train ran off the line and several passengers were seriously injured, and the deceased, who was head guard, was killed. It was arranged, without any of the facts being gone into, that the defendants should agree to a verdict for £5OO, to be apportioned in the following manner—.£2so to the widow and £5O to each of five children, subject to the opinion of the Court above as to the point whether the defendants were liable, having regard to the position of the deceased. LORD NORBURY V. KITCHIN. This was an action for trespass, it being alleged on the part of the plaintiff that the defendant had improperly taken away a quantity of water from a water •course passing through his property. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Honeyman were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Ser geant Shee, Mr. Matthews, and Mr. Murphy were for the defendant. The plaintiff in this action occupies an estate at Westerham, called the Park-hill Estate, and the de fendant is the owner of property adjoining, called the Dunsdale Estate, a water-course or small stream Passing through both properties. The defendant, it appeared, had caused certain machinery to be erected for the purpose of conveying the water from this stream into his own property ; and it was con tended on the part of the plaintiff that he was not justified in so doing, and hence the present action, Several witnesses were examined on the part of the plaintiff with a view to show that he had taken a larger quantity of water than he was entitled to form the stream in question, and that he had not only used this water for domestic and other pur poses, which he was justified in doing, but th at he had also made use of the water to supply an orna mental pond, which it was contended, o n b e h a lf of the plaintiff, according to the legal decisions that had taken place upon the point, he had no right to do. Mr. Sergeant Shee, in his address to the jury for the defendant, said that the whole proceeding had arieen in consequence of the plaintiff, probably from some misrepresentation that had been made to him, - not being on friendly terms with his neighbour, Mr. Kitchin ; but he said he should be able to show that the latter had used no more of the water from the stream than he had a legal right to, and that the quantity so taken was, in point of fact, almost inappreciable, and not more than one-fiftieth part of the supply. He called a number of wit nesses with a view to make o u t this case. _ _ _ •. Mr. Baron Martin summed up very briefly, and said that the only question the jury had to decide was whether the defendant had used an unreason able quantity of the water or not. The Jury retired to consider their verdict, and in about half an hour they returned into court, and found for the defendant. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) James Weekes, 38, and Martha Mattie, 26, were charged with stealing a sheet, a counterpane, and other articles, the property of William Weekes. Mr. Addison prosecuted. The pruseuutor in this ease, it appeared was a labouring man, residing at Tonbridge, and he and the female prisoner had cohabited together for se veral years, and passed as man and wife and the other prisoner lodged in the same house with them. On the 17th of July the prosecutor went to his work, and on his coming home rather unexpectedly, shortly afterwards, he found the prisoners in bed together. A quarrel took place on this discovery, and on the same day both prisoners decamped, taking with them various articles that were alleged to be the property of the pros ecu t or , an d w hi ch were found in their possession when they were taken into custody. The prisoner in his defence said he knew nothing of any robbery ; and the woman declared that all the things were her property, and she had bought them with her own money. _ The jury acquitted both the prisoners. Joseph Bedford, 24, a determined-looking fellow, 'was charged with feloniously setting fire to a build ing belonging to Thomas Izzard. Mr. Lumley Smith prosecuted. The fire in question took place on July 16, and it appeared that the prisoner was met coming away from the spot in a suspicious manner, and was stopped by one of the Kent constabulary, who searched him and found upon him a number of luci fer matches. As they were going to the police station the prisoner said that he had had a good character for four years, and if he was punished this time, when he came out he would set all Kent on fire. There were other circumstances which left no doubt that he was the person who had caused the fire, and while Mr. Colman the superintendent was conveying him to Sevenoaks for examination, he said " I don't mind my life more than I do that horse's tail; I wish the cart would upset and break all our necks." He afterwards said that he would destroy himself before night, and when the officer told him he would have no opportunity to do that, 1 : 4 replied " Oh I can d o it eas ily enoug h ; I can d o wi t,h my thumb nail. When the learned Judge inquired of the pri soner whether he wished to say anything to the jury i n answer to the charge, he merely replied in a rough a ntlY tone, " No " The jury retur ned • EL verdict of Guilty. The Supe r i • wa i l of Police, in answer to a q uestion put b n i te ly i n t aron. Bramwell, said he knew nothing of the prisoner, and he was a stranger in the neighbourhood. Sentence was Postpo to 22, c i ese 7 i , , Albert Vass, h t lence upon James charged with a robbery w ild L vo as a groom, was i Baines, and stealing from Personhietsix sovereigns . e his property. and £9 in silver, and a hamil, Mr. G. Francis prosecuted. Dawson prisoner was defended by Mr. Massey- 4 It appeared that the prosecuto r ho formerly lived in Maidstone, but h e at present carries business of a shoemaker in London. 0, 1 ",,0 e 1a the of July he came down to M aidstone, and he _fth it, peared to have enj o yed himself p rett y freely, aft was drinking in several public-houses, and treati nB the persons whom h e me t there, and e xhibiti nghia money. He became a good deal the worse for liquor, and at a late hour of the night he met the prisoner, w ho undertook to introduce him to some place where he would be safe for the night, but in stead of doing this, it was alleged that he to ok the prosecutor into a bye alley, where he knocked him down, and used other violence, and robbed him of a handkerchief and all the money he had about him, amounting to a considerable sum. The prisoner was taken into custody on the same morning the robbery was committed, and atter he had been secured he was tioon to drop 9, handkerchief, which was identified by the prosecutor as his property. The Jury found the prisoner guilty. Certificates were then put in, from which it ap peared that in 1850 the prisoner had been convicted of felony, and sentenced to imprisonment, that he was also convicted in 1851, and sentenced to te n years' penal servitude, and having regained his liberty long before the expiration of his sentence, he Was in 1856 sentenced to five years' penal servi tude. Mr. Blundell, the superintendent of the Maid stone p o ur e d a ell, th e e ver ( y active officer, who was formerly attached to, question of London police, stated, in answer to a put by the learned judge, that since the prisonericiill known him in Iti. l been at large he bad never constantly in th e Y, ao li mp u tt eat employment, and he was ofprostitutes and thieves. Th e prisoner addresse d that heltviB lordship in very good terms, and asserted innocent, and begged him to be lenient to him. ,I. B _ already been sentenced to'Znatiroitted that he had tude ; but he was very you ng a je t tr' penal was led led into the affair by anoth er " i) : time, and he a.r l undergo much older, and although he was ordered who was penal servitude, lie was only sent to school. Since that time he bad suffered sey ro matory , erei y from illness; and he hoped that, under all the circum stances, his lordship would deal leniently with him. Mr. Baron Bramwell, ill passing sentence, ob served 'atilt he did not see how it was possible to dsai leniently with a man who had once before been sentenced to ten years' penal servitude, and he should have felt himselt compelled to pass a much more severe sentence than the one he was about to pronounce if the prosecutor had not to a certain extent, by his own conduct, invited some one to rob him. He had, however, been guilty of a very serious offence in the eye of the law, and he felt bound to sentence him to ten years' penal ser vitude. The following prisoners who had been convicted, ( or who had pleaded guilty to the offence of arson, were then placed at the bar to receive judgment. They were Henry Williams, 22, Henry Taylor, 18, labourers; William James, 18, soldier; Joseph Bed ford, 24, labou rer ; John orsley, 18, shoemaker ; Henry Horan 18, and Edward Saunders, 18, labourers. The whole of them appeared to be quite unconcerned, and several of the prisoners laughed in tha face of the learned judge and exhibited the greatest levity. Mr. Baron Bramwell, addressing them, said that although they laughed at the present time, he was quite certain they would not do so when they were undergoing the sentence he .should pronounce upon them. He then said that Williams and Taylor had pleaded guilty to a charge of setting fire to a stack of straw, and there was this circumstance in their favour, that it appeared that if they had been so minded they might have destrOyed other much more valuable property, and the sentence upon them would, therefore, be one year's imprison ment with hard labour. As to the prisoner James, i t appeared that he had stated that his reason for committing the crime was that he was tired of sol diering, and wished to get away from it; and it was very probable that he would have been soon tired of any honest and respectable mode of get ting a living. He was, however, only 18 years old, and taking that fact into consideration, the sentence upon him would be one of three years' penal servitude, and he said he could assure him that he would find penal servitude very worse than soldiering. A s t o the prisoner He had Bed ford, his case w as a muc h w orse one. much made use of diabolical threats, and the sentence upon him would be that of five years' penal ser vitude. (This prisoner, when the sentence had been pronounced, exclaimed, in an impudent tone, "Thank you.") His lordship said he would not thank him before his sentence was expired. He then proceeded to say that the prisoner Horsley had been convicted of setting fire to a stack, and the consequence of his act was that one of his fellow creatures had lost his life. He did not believe, how ever, that he entertained the least intention of caus ing such a fatal restflt, and he was very young; and he should therefore only sentence him to five years' penal servitude. With regard to the remaining prisoners, Horan and Saunders, they had destroyed stacks of wheat, of the value of £250, by their wicked act ; and he could not refrain from saying that if they Were to work as slaves for the whole of the remainder of their lives they would not do good to the amount of the mischief they occasioned when they set those stacks on fire. They were, however, only 18 years' old, and on this account the sentence would be seven years' penal servitude. The whole of the prisoners left the dock laughing, and apparently' treating the proceedings more in the light of a joke than a serious matter, and it was evident that the sentences that had been pronounced did not impress them with the slightest terror. A very laughable occurrence took place in the town on Tuesday evening. The carriage of the high sheriff in which that official and the learned judges are conveyed to and from the courts to their lodgings, usually stands in the yard of the Mitre Hotel ; and it appears that in the evening, shortly before the courts were expected to adjourn, some mischievous person caught up a goose that was straying about and placed it inside the carriage, at the same time placing some peas in the carriage that it might eat, and be thus kept quiet. When the usual period ar rived the carriage proceeded with the accustomed procession and ceremony to the Court-house, the goose being, no doubt, very proud at the position of dignity in which it was so unexpectedly placed, and the vehicle was drawn up in front of the steps of the building. The moment Mr. Bannerman, the high sheriff, made his appearance, the door of the carriage was thrown open and the steps were let down with the usual bang, and this alarmed the poor goose, which sprang out much to the dis comfiture and alarm of one of the javelinmen who was standing close by the door, who, however, con trived to seize the intruder, and the high sheriff then entered the carriage and was driven off. The goose has since been returned to its owner. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.-NORWICH, July 29. CIVIL SIDE. MASON V. WISE..-..-THE GREAT FLOOD IN THE MIDDLE LEVEL OF THE FENS. (Reform Chief Juntieu rinetlzhnrn ) This action, which was brought to recover £5OO damages from the Middle Level Drainage Commis sioners for injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the flood in the level of the fens under their juris liction, was expected to come on to-day, but shortly before the despatch of our parcel, Mr. O'Malley, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Met calfe), read an affidavit from Mr. Wise, the defend ant, who is sued in his capacity as clerk to the com missioners, to the effect that the action had only been commenced on the 10th of May, and that issue had been joined till the 4th inst.; that notice of trial had not been given till the 1441 inst., and that consequently he had not had sufficient time to propare a defence to the action on its merits. The affidavit further stated that Mr. James Walker, the engineer employed by the commissioners in the construction of the sluice and cut, was pronounced by his medical attendant, Dr. Burrows, to be in such a state of health that he could not attend in a court of justice without danger, and th a t t h ere had not been sufficient time to obtain his evidence upon interrogatories ; that information had been obtained which could lead to the production at some future time of persons employed as inspectors upon the works—that Mr. Fowler, C.E., whose evidence was of great importance, could not possibly a t ten d, i n consequence of pressing Parliamentary engage ments; and that Mr. Hawkshaw, C.E., who had been concerned in the works for remedying the evils with which the level had been afflicted, and whose testimony was of the last importance, had imperative engagements in the House of Lords, as the session was drawing to a close. The learned counsel, on these grounds, consequent l y app li e d that the trial might be postponed on the defendant paying the costs of the day. Mr. Kea ne (with wh om was M r. D . B rowne) said, a similar application had already been made to Mr. Justice Willes, and bad met with a refusal. A counter-affidavit had been prepared by Mr. Wilkin, the solicitor to the plaintiff; to the effect that he was informed, and believed, that Mr. Walker was en tirely imbecile and not likely to attend again to matters of business, and that the defendant was per fectly aware of the fact; that he had given the de fendant notice to produce the plans, &c., by which the sluice was constructed ; that he had also sub poenaed the contractor and resident engineer, and many other persons who were employed in con structing the banks ; that if the trial was post poned the plaintiff would not be able to prepare his lands at Michaelmas next for cropping, and would be under the necessity of giving up his occupation ; that he (Mr. Wilkin) had publicly announced in the newspapers in a letter, published in the course of May, that he intended to bring an action, Rec. Mr. O'Malley remarked that the action was the result of a subscription commenced in the neigh bourhood. Mr. Keane replied that the subscription would soon be exhausted, and it must be remembered that his client was opposed by a powerful body. Mr. O'Malley proceeded to reply upon the part of the defendant, and repeated that the evidence t_roypsed to be adduced by the defendant was of the or.ltoportance ; that the plainti ff was the occupier could not wo , ki i ti alm under Mr. Wilkie, who was already nier g te u a Pr a collection of ls. per acre upon the sub be ar ; and that the question of damages afforded for de c ided until a better opportunity was The Chi ef ha ljaining the damage. ra ee ml after some discussion, said he was prepared to between attor.PaY of the trial, as r equest ed order for the postponement that the defendant sh o e ,t i upon the understanding the plaintiff's costs of the day us ehe action t o b:tY_ and client, within a month. assizes for the county o f r: r t f p.e . ned till the next parties to make some f ot , r l 4 , : ia rh liberty to the to have the venue changed. otantive appli catiun CROWN SIDE. Justice liiig 'A 1 , (Before Mr. traah,\ u. „, LA wis , crui. womstnni o , • was charged with ~4 , „ , hods 1 -tingi ng y sarm upon , an J d oh in n fl P ic i t t i c n h g ers g , r l ic B v , Ems P e, ° ,l th e 29th June. . years of age, livin g a Saunders with a knife, at shwelthor David Saunders is a lad about 17 1 half from Ash_ tie, he was with Wreningham, about a mile am_ welthorpe. On Sunday the 29th ~ u t the King's the prisoner and seine other persona a Head Inn, Ashw e lth orpe . They had four bottles of, e door ' cider between them, an d d ran k it outside tae of the house. The prisoner asked for some of the cider, but the prosecutor refused to give him any: The Party left the public-house between 10 and 1 1 _ at night for Wreninghani, and w h en they reached that place the prisoner strip pe d an d o ff ere d t o fight the whole let. Shortly afterwards he struck at the prosecutor with a knife and cut his elbow, so seri ous is, -wound being inflicted that a surgeon had to be called in. Tile prisoner, in defence, stated that he was at- TM SUN, .LONDOIII Z HURSDAY, EVENING, JULY 31, 1861 tacked by the prosicutor and Mil companions, •and that they had held his hands while they banged his head. He was eating a piece of meat at the time, and used his knife to cut it at the time that he was attacked. The prisoner was found guilty;and sentenced to seven months' hard labour. EXTRORDINARY CHARGE OF HORSE STEALING. A very little boy, named John. Alborough, only nine years old, who was scarcely visible in the dock, was charged with stealing a gelding, the pro. perty of Thomas Betts, farmer, at Fritton, on the Bth July. _ _ The prisoner's father works for the prosecutor, and on the Bth of July the prisoner took the horse from Mr. Betts's stable, and rode it to a farmer named Moore, in a neighbouring parish, to whom he offered it for £l5. Mr. Moore, considering that there was something very suspicious in the act, de tained the horse, and inquiries having been made, the prisoner was taken into custody. Mr. Justice Wightman left it to the jury to say whether the child was old enough to understand what he was about, and whether he intended to appropriate the money to his own use. The jury thought not, and acquitted the prisoner, who was handed over to the care of his father. JULY 30. CLARK V. RACE--SLANDER. This was an action to recover damages for slan ddeefreonudsawnto.rds alleged to haavembre.eßnusiwpookreanppbeyartehde Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and for thethefe p de laiu n t d i a ff nt ; and Mr. Keane and Mr. Metcalfe for The plaintiff is a notary public and magistrate, at Great Yarmouth, and the defendant is master of the Trinity steamboat. It appeared from the evi dence, that one day in March last the plaintiff's son and clerk, together with the defendant and a per son named Stagg, were in the Duke's Head Inn at Yarmouth. The conversation turned upon a case recently decided in the Admiralty Court, " Barnby v. Yaxley." Stagg asked Steel how Mr. Clarke came to lose the case, and Steel replied that when the Trinity Masters had anything to do with a case they were " dead nuts" on the salvors. Mr. Clarke, jun., and Mr. Steel then left, and the de fendant ased who they were. Stagg said that they were Mr. Clarke's son and Mr. Steel, Mr. Clarke's clerk_ The defendant rejoined, " D-- him, he is mcre like iron than steel, and if he had stopped I would have given him such a rap on the knuckles as he never had before. His master had a case in hand for me some short time since in which he did me out of £200." The plaintiff explained, with refer ence to the case of the Hopewell, to which the de fendant's words were understood to relate, that the result of the case had been that the salvors were awarded £534, after having been offered only about half that sum The £534 was, however, awarded without costs. The plaintiff gave the defendant a cheque for £165 as his share of the salvage, and he professed himself perfectly satisfied. Costs were not awarded to the crew of the Hopewell in con sequence of the delay of the salvors themselves. The plaintiff's portion of the costs was only £26 lls. for the whole twelvemonths, over which the case extended. It was further shown that the defendant had re commended a friend not to have any business trans actions with Mr. Clarke. Mr. Keane, for the defendant, contended that the words used by the defendant simply meant that he thought that if he had not followed Mr. Clarke's advice in the case to which allusion had been made, it would have been all the better for him. The de fendant's expressions were never intended to imply that Mr. Clarke had been guilty of fraudulent, improper, or unprofessional conduct, as had been sought to be shown. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, one farthing. The remaining business disposed of was of little or no public interest. In reference to the action brought to establish a claim for compensation against the commissioners of the Middle Level, by reason of the flood near Lynn, it should be stated that the land flooded is not under the jurisdiction of the commissioners, although the drain the banks of which gave way run through it. This, of course, is an important element in the question. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—STAFFORD, July 30. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) CONVICTION OF THE ELDEST SON OF THE REV. H. S. FLETCHER FOR FORGERY. Horatio Lester Fletcher, 26, was indicted for forging a certain acceptance to a bill of exchange for £7B lls., on the 27th of September, 1861, at Bilston, with intent to defraud. Mr. A. S. Hill was for the prosecution, and Mr. Powell and Mr. Matthews for the defence. The case for the prosecution was that the pri soner, up to the middle of last year, carried on busi ness at Willenhall, near Wolverhampton, as an iron merchant, in partnership with Isaac Pitt, the firm being known as " Pitt and Fletcher." At the date mentioned Pitt received acceptances to the amount of between £7OO and £BOO, the acceptor being the prisoner's father, the late incumbent of St. Leonard's, Bilston, to leave the business, which then passed into the prisoner's hands exclusively ; but Pitt continued to act as cashier. During this period the bill in question was drawn professedly by Pitt and Fletcher upon one of their customers, a locksmith, named Jacob Groves, of Willenhall, whose acceptance the prisoner was alleged to have forged. The bill was presented by the pri soner to a bill discounter, of Bilston, named Marsh (since deceased), by whom it was cashed. It was a three months' bill, and is soon as it became due it was disowned by Groves. It was then presented by Marsh to Pitt, who pro nounced it to be a forgery, but on Fletcher's account, whose handwriting he thought he recognised in the signature " Jacob Groves," he paid the amount. Upon the discovery of the frauds by the prisoner's father, the prisoner became bankrupt, and, because the dissolution between the prisoner and Pitt had not been gazetted, Pitt also. The bankruptcy was forced on by the bank authorities, who had ad vanced money to the prisoner and to Pitt on the security of the prisoner's father. The £7OO or £BOO were never obtained by Pitt, inasmuch as Fletcher the elder had " blown up" before they were due. Between the time of that exposure and that of the bankruptcy of Pitt and Fletcher, the prisoner, it was urged by Pitt, went out collecting accounts due to the firm and applying the money to his own pur poses. In consequence Pitt threatened to expose this bill transaction. He, however, communicated any information respecting it only to his own attor ney and to Fletcher's family, until he was required to give it up by the assignees of the bankruptcy, by whose instructions the prisoner was arrested. Upon receiving the bill from Marsh, Pitt showed it to the prisoner, who said, " I have used Groves'S name, but it is not a forgery." This, however, was not the defence. The defence was that Groves signed the bill at Fletcher's private house, near Bir mingham, at 9 o'clock in the morning, some time in September. This Groves positively denied. Pitt deposed that it was not Groves's signature ; and the bill was certainly not entered on the list of bills received in the ordinary course of business. The allegation that Groves signed the bill was supported only by the statement of Miss Norton, sister to Captain Norton, of the Warwickshire militia, and sister-in-law to the prisoner, who also deposed that the servant girl was not in the house at the time. Mr. Hill commented upon the improbability of a bill the body of which, it was agreed on both sides, was written by Fletcher, should have been brought to the prisoner by Groves, as Miss Norton had alleged. His lordship summed up at great length, and The jury, after having retired to consider their verdict, found the prisoner Guilty. The judge said he concurred in the verdict, and although he (the judge) believed that when heforged the acceptance he meant to meet the bill when it came to maturity, yet such was the serious nature of the 'offence that the Court could not but award him the sentence of three years' penal servitude. The trial of the Italian journals seized for pub lishing Garibaldi's speech at Palermo will commence on the 16th of August. It is stated the defendants have re solved to cite Garibaldi as one of the witnesses. ETON COLLEGE ELECTION, 1862.—The following is a list of candidates elected for the foundation as given out by the Examiners on Monday evening :—Chute, Raw lins, Winsloe, Macauley, Samer Smith, Prothero, R. C. Radliffe, Mitchell, Macnauten, Hailstone, Pollock, Freeth, Lock, Smith, Carter, Coombe, F. R. Radcliffe, Armitetead, Cather, Yarborough, and A. G. 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The trial astonishes every o n e '`'t . tecl . , on and after me week's proceed r e ol possessesyf alightedtillee l eP (i: tkehSinSeey: o ht or htaheveecoursepowere l nt . i improperly those clt h b7 4: l ' 1 s l encouragesdisease:' se Thist e d ~... . end unfav ura Y much, whit and THE HORRIBLE MURDER OF A BOY AT CHATHAM LI2VES. Yesterday morning Robert Alex. Burton, 18, was brought up before a full bench of county magis trates, at Rochester, by I‘ll% Superintendent Eve rest, of the Kent police, and was placed in the dock to answer a charge of having wilfully murdered Frederick Thomas Houghton, a little boy about nine years of age, by cutting his throat, on Cha tham Lines, on Wednesday last. Albert Tree, a little boy 13 years of age, said that last Wednesday, about five o'clock, he was at play with some other boys at Chatham Lines. Witness lan round a heap of ch a lk to hid e i n a game th ey we re playing. He suddenly came upon the body of a boy. He was very bloody about the face, and his eyes seemed to be coming out of his head. Wit ness ran to two gentlemen and told them what he had seen, and then went into Chatham for the police. The Clerk—Prisoner, do you wish to ask this witness any questions? Prisoner—No, sir. Mr. Thomas Everest said that he was going to wards the Lines on Wednesday afternoon last, when the last witness ran up to him and told him what he had seen. Witness went to the heap of chalk in Mr. Gilbert' s fi eld, and saw the body. He felt it, and found it quite cold. He recognised the body as that of Frederick Houghton. He saw no one about the place until Alb e rt Tree came up to him. Prisoner declined to put any question to the wit ness. G. J. Henry Houghton, brother of the murdered boy, identified the deceased as F. T. Houghton, and said that he was nearly ten years of age. He kne w the prisoner for three or four years, and he lived only 300 yards from their residence. Sergeant Fisher, of the Kent police, said that he was informed of the occurrence at six o'clock on Wednesday evening last, and went directly to Gil bert's-field, and behind the chalk that surrounds the air shaft he found the deceased lying between two projections of chalk. There were several persons about, but the body had not been disturbed. It was lying on the back, with the elbows bent and the hands raised. There was a cut on the right side of the throat. There was a quantity of blood on the face, neck, and shirt. The deceased's trousers were unfastened and open, but one button of the waist coat being fastened. There was blood on the ground where his head lay, in another place below his feet, about seven feet from that spot of blood, there was another about the size of the crown of a hat. The grass was stained with blood also be tween the two tips or horns of the gully in which the body was placed. The crop close to the spot was mangold-wurtzel, and witness did not observe that it was trodden or injured. Upon examining the body he found that the jacket and waistcoat were unbuttoned and the braces were unfastened. After the body was taken to the Napier Arms witness took possession of the clothes produced. Mr. G. W. Locke, M.R.C.S., New Brampton, said that the boy Tree called him at half-past 4 o'clock on Wednesday, to see deceased at the chalk heap. He examined the body, and found that death had taksa place about four hours previously. The collar of the shirt, vest, and jacket were covered with blood, and much tumbled. The trousers were open and the shirt pulled up. The front of the shirt was bloody, as if something had been wiped on it. The face was injured by a violent blow on the right side. On the same side of the throat there was an incision about two inches in length. It appeared to have been made by a sort of stab with a somewhat blunt in strument. The knife prOduced (a shortened dinner knife, with a white handle) would have caused such a wound. Witness made a post mortem examina tion the next day, and discovered a second wound in the neck below the other. The second wound was only superficial. The principal wound divided the thyroid artery and penetrated the lungs: It was quite sufficient to cause death. All the organs were perfectly healthy. There was a mark below the wound as if the neck-tie had been violently compressed. The lips were apart, and blood was oozing from the mouth and nostrils. The immediate cause of death was asphyxia from the flow of blood into the lungs from the wound. Deceased was a fine healthy boy. Prisoner, in answer to the usual question, said with the greatest coolness, " I have no question to ask the doctor, only he is wrong in one thing, I did not touch the neck-tie; it was my hands did that." Stephen Hibbard, police constable 167, said that on Thursday night last he was in Superintendent Everest's stable in High-street, Chatham, when the prisoner at the bar came down the yard, and when asked if he wanted anything said, " I have murdered that boy on the Lines." Prisoner—You are wrong there. I asked you if you wanted a job to take me to the station. Witness—He might have said something of the kind ; and he was taken to the superintendent. On the way prisoner said, " You are not going to take me to the boy's mother, are you ?" He said that he had struck the boy in the neck with the knife, and that when he was down he trod on his face and neck, and then knelt down on his stomach, when he put his hands under deceased's neck, and the blood gushed from his nose and mouth. The prisoner here laughed, as at some very good joke. He declined to question witness. Superintendent Everest said that when he heard of the murder he ordered inquiries to be made in every direction, and one lad was taken to the chalk heap, but was not eventually detained. On the Thursday night Constable Hibbard brought Burton to witness's parlour, and said that he had confessed the murder to him in the stable, and gave the details of the whole affair. Witness cautioned the prisoner that whatever he said would be used against him. Burton said that he had made up his mind to tell the truth about the whole business. He said he went around the field with Houghton, and that when they came to the chalk heap he killed him. Hibbard asked on which side of the neck the wound was inflicted, and witness answered, " The left." Prisoner said, "No it is not indeed, it is the right. If you look you will find that it is just under here " (pointing to the right side of his throat). He said that he only stabbed him once, and that the deceased made a desperate resistance, and caught hold of his arms. He also said, " I will turn down my sleeves, and you will see blood upon them." He did so, and there were stains of blood up nearly to the elbows. The sleeves were damp, however, from having been recently washed. He added, " He caught hold of my scarf once, but I don't know whether there is blood on that too. He tried to hollow, but I very soon stopped him. If you take me to the place I will show you where the knife is. You know I had no particular ill-feeling against the boy, but I made up my mind to kill somebody." When witness was taking prisoner to get the knife he said, "I knew the boy, for I often saw his mother. They lived not far from my place." He said that the knife was in a water-closet at the Dark Sun p u bli c -ho u se. A li g ht wa s brought, but it was blown out by the wind, when prisoner said, " You don't want a light. Put your hand up under the eaves and you will get it." Witness did so and got it, when Burton remarked that there would be n o blood or any thi ng e l se on it, as he had washed it. He also stated that while he was kneeling on the boy he saw a man p ass b y , b u t he was not seen himself, as th e h ea p o f c h a lk conce aled him. The prisoner's trousers were marked at the knees and legs with blood and chalk. He said that a second man was at work hoeing in a field a great distance from them. H e re p ea t e d severa l ti me s that he had no ill-will to the boy, but that he did the deed because he was tired of his life. He said that he did not want to see the boy's mother, as that was the only thing ho oared about_ g , Go," said he. " to hie tnnthpr and ask her if she remembers walking with her son, that I killed, alongside the baker's barrow in the morning. Th at was the first time I saw her son that day. Ask her, did . she not say to the b a k er ' s b oy, w h ose no se was bleed ing, that her child' s nose somet i mes bled too. That will bring it to h er m i na i n a mome nt that I was standing alongside them at the time. Between one and two o'clock th e b oy went up t o the Lines, and I saw him there, and I asked him to go round to wards Gilbert's Fields. After I killed him I got on the top of the chalk heap and look around, but I saw no one comin g . B e f o re I came away I took out the boy's shirt an d w i pe d my hands in the front of it. I put my hands into my trouser pockets, with the kni▪ fe in my hand, and the blade worked through, and you can find the hole. I then made up my mind to wash my hands and arms, for there was very much dry blood about them. I went down to the trough wher e t h e so ldi ers ' h orses d r ink at the Lines. When I got th ere I saw a number of people walki▪ ng about, and I was afraid they would see the blood, so I went down the road to the bath ing pond, and had a thorough wash. I came through the sallyport and went to Mr. Lipscomb'e, who em ployed me take a stove o u t directly, and I did se. It was then about 3 o ' c l oc k . " H e said that in the evening he heard the p eople narra ti ng how the boy was found, and saw a g oo d many go i ng to the Lines. He saw some one that h e t h oug ht w as the boy's brother, going home in the evening from the docks. Mr. Clarke, he said, might thank his stars that he had left Chatham, for he was the first be had made up his mind to kill, for be was his greatest enemy. He volunteered to show wit ness the place where he killed the boy, and he Wer e was taken there in a cart. There several persons standing there at the time. ,e pointed out the spot behind the chalk, and . oala, "'That's where I did it. Now look at the top person other heap, and you will find that a mai! came x e and up there twice while I was doing it. Ask hiul, a he will tell you he was there at 2 o'clock, aa near as I can guess." He then showed witness wile . re he washed his hands, near the bathing pond, which was about a mile from the chalk heap. The chalk of that heap covered about two acres of ground, and was from 15 to 20 feet in height. Witness had known prisoner for some three or four years. He was formeily: apprenticed to Mr. Andrews, the builder, but he got his liiing as a sort of waiter at public houses in Chatham, He Was prosecuted in January last by Mr. Clarke,[about whoni.he spoke as befae mentioned. Mrs. Lucy Houghton, the mother of the murdered boy, was then produced, and seemed overwhelmed with grief and sobbed audibly. The prisoner merely smiled. Having been accommodated with a seat, she said that on Wednesday last she saw the baker with the barrow. Her son was then with her. Some person was standing alongside the bar row, and she did not know that she had seen him s i nce . All three—baker's boy, deceased, and the stranger—went away together towards the Lines. The prisoner declined to put any questions to the witness, who did not look towards him, but kept her head averted. William Oiff, the baker's boy alluded to, said that about 1 o'clock on the day in question his nose be gan to bleed. Last witness and her little boy were standing together, and the little boy came over and asked him what was the matter. Just then the pri soner came up and stood close by on the pavement. He asked for a penny loaf, which he said he paid for at the shop. lie wheeled the barrow up towards Nicholson's shop. Little Houghton accompanied them, but afterwards turned back. Burton went as far as Nicholson's, when he got a penny loaf and went back down the street, iu the direction that little Houghton had gone. William Freeman said that he had gone up to the top of the second heap of chalk about 2 o'clock on the day of the murder, as described by the prisoner to Superintendent Everest. He did not see the prisoner. Matthew Diblen said that he was at w3rk about 500 yards away from the chalk heap on the day in question as the prisoner described. G. W. Deacon said that he saw the prisoner be tween 4 and 5 o'clock on the Wednesday, and he was then just washed. He said that he had washed up street, and with mud, and not with soap. He said that he had been at the Chatham station, and upon witness saying that his master's son had seen him on the Lines, he said that he had been there also. Witness identified the knife produced as the one which used to lay on his grandfather's wash house shelf. It had not then the sharp point now ground on it. It was a thin knife, used for paring potatoes. Witness saw the knife with the prisoner about three weeks ago in his grandfather's yard, and told him that he might have it. The prisoner, having been formally cautioned, was asked in the usual form whether he had any thing to say in answer to the charge. Prisoner—l have nothing to say. He was then fully committed to take his trial for wilful murder at next Maidstone assizes. A dense crowd congregated outside the court to hoot and groan the prisoner as he was being con veyed to prison. CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A STOCKBROKER. Mr. Jno. Bruce, a member of the Stock Exchange, carrying on business as a stockbroker, at 4, Bank chambers, Lothbury, was yesterday charged with forgery before Sir R. W. Carden, at Guildhall. Mr. Mullens, solicitor to the Society for the Pro secution of Fraud and Forgery, conducted the pro secution, and Mr, Wontner the defence. Capt. Grant, of the 11th Madras Regiment, said —I became acquainted with Mr, Brace about the beginning of the present year, and at his solicita tion authorised him to do business for me at the Stock Exchange. Between the beginning of Jan. and the sth of March last I received from him the accounts produced marked A, B, C, and D respectively, and during that interval I paid him various sums of money, amounting to £472. On the 12th of March I was at his office in Loth bury, and saw there Mr. Antrobus, Mr. Schorn dorff, and Mr. Bruce. The object of that meeting was to show me my account, which he said was over due by about £l,OOO. I disputed several of the items he produced against me referring to Con sols and Mexican stock, and we could not come to any agreement as to the exact sum due. He repre sented to me that he had got into great difficulties on the Stock Exchange, partly because my overdue account was not paid, and partly on account of a friend of his in the north, for whom he had been buying and selling, not paying up. He said settling day was at hand, and that if he could not meet his liabilities at the Stock Exchange he would be pro claimed, and beeome a ruined man, but that if I would assist him to tide over that settling-day he he would be able to transfer my account and go on speculating the next month, and probably bring me in a winner. He said if I would give him a bill for £l,OOO he would deposit it at his banker's, the Bank of England, or Bank of London, and they would advance him funds upon it. I objected to give any bill with any date of payment to it, as I never do give bills, and I had not the moneyto meet it. I said 1 had some property at Rangoon, which I would direct to be sold, and on receiving the proceeds he should have the money for any amount that might be due to him. He urged that such a bill without a date of payment would be next to useless, and Mr. Antrobus suggested I should give a bill, the form of which he drew out, and I approved it, and promised to sign such a bill when properly drawn. He pledged his word of honour that no one should have the bill but his bankers. I then wrote a letter to my agents at Rangoon to sell my property, and 1 gave it to Mr. Brace open. He read it, and said he would post it, and I left. He came to me the same evening at the Junior United Service Club, and gave me an account showing a balance due of £1,071 16s. I objected to some of the items, and said I did not owe him £l,OOO, nor anything like it. He said that he should be a ruined man unless I gave him the bill or note for £l,OOO, to help him over his difficulties, and that if he succeeded in getting over the next settling-day he would carry over my ac count without any further risk or liability to me, and very probably bring me in a winner, instead of a loser. He then placed before me the note suggested by Mr. Antrobus, and after readicg it I struck out the words " for value received," as I had not re ceived value for it. He disputed the point with me, and I then said I would not sign it, at all. He how ever gave in, and said I might as well sign it, and he would see if it was of any use. I signed the note and he took it away, and asked me if I would sign another note if he found that one of no use, and I promised I would. On the following morning Mr. Bruce's clerk came to me at the club with a letter from Mr. Bruce, which stated that he had been un able to do anything with the bill and asked me to sign a fresh one, worded as I wanted it, which he forwarded; and in reference to the disputed account he offered to submit the whole of our transactions to some disinterested party, and abide by the decision even to the refunding of money, should it be against him. The clerk brought me this note to sign : " London, March 12, 1862. £l,ooo.—Four months after date I promise to pay to Mr. John Bruce or his order the sum of one thousand pounds sterling on receipt-of a remittance from India arising from the sale of two houses be ' longing to me at Rangoon, for which I have sent out orders to my agent per last mail to that effect, provided my liabilities are not liquidated before that time. (Signed) " C. W. GRANT. " Captain Christian W. Grant, Junior United Service Club, London." At the time I signed that note the words "Four months after date" were not on it_ I gave the rote to the clerk, and on the following evening Mr Bruce called on me at the club with a friend, whom he in troduced to me as Mr. Rougier, one of his creditors. Mr. Bruce said they had come to bring me a more satisfactory arrangement, either by putting a date of payment to the note, granting another note, or making some cash payment on the account rendered. I declined to do anything of the kind. Mr. Rougier said he knew that I had money, as they had been to Mr. Stuart, my solicitor, and ascertained the fact. I said I had stated that I had no money to make a cash payment, and that Mr. Rougier's contradiction was tantamount to calling me a liar, and that I would not have anything further to say to him. I left the room to tell one of the club servants to show them the door. Mr. Bruce followed me out, said no offence was intended, and that Mr. Rougier would apo l og i s e for the words he had used. I returned to the room, and Mr. Rougier apologised. They said it would be very awkward for me if my account could not be carried over the settling day, and I replied that I did not care for the consequences, but I would not put a date of payment to the note. The worst they could do would be to put me into gaol, and they were welcome to take me then and there. The note was not produced at that interview. In consequence of certain information I went to the Stock Exchange, on the 9th of April, with Mr. Ryley, a solicitor, and there saw this note in Mr. Mortimer's possession. It then contained the words " Four months after date." I had not authorised anyone to put those words in the note, and I was not aware of their being there until I saw them on that occasion. I was at Mr. Bruce's office on the 17th of March, and he told me two of his creditors were in an adjoining room, and that if I would tell them I would pay the £l,OOO as promised in the note he would be able to tide over the account. I agreed to do so, and he then introduced me to Mr. Mortimer and Mr. Rougier. We discussed the disputed items of the account, and I expressed a wish to consult a lawye r; but Mr. Mortimer said no lawyer could a help me, as Mr. Bruce's attorney al rea dy h a d m y name and address, an d that it' the settling day were not tided over the creditors would commence pro ceedings against me ; and one of those present said that a further claim had occurred against me for speculations since the closing of the former account, and that they also were closed. I objected to further liability, on the ground that the account had been closed without my orders, They then agreed to receive the £l,OOO note as a full settle ment of all claims against nle. Mr. Mortimer e llculated the time that th e roalisation of my at Rangoon wo u ld t a ke / property and asked me if I could not name three or four months as the time of payment. I said I could not; and he then asked me to pledge my word of honour that I would pay the £l,OOO to him, and I did so, a nt : he said on that promise he would hold the note on behalf of Mr. Bruce's creditors. Mr. Mortimer then gave me the following letter : " Dear Sir,—ln consequence of the conversation just held with you, and the understanding come to at cur interview, I will at once order all proceed ings on my part to be stopped against you as the principal of Mr. Bruce.—l am, dear sir, yours truly, " March 17, 1862." " C. S. MORTIMER. A letter to the same effect, signed by Mr. Bruce, was given to me at that interview, and one part of the arrangement was that he should give me his acceptance for £l5O. I did not on that occasion see the note for £l,OOO. The note was presented for payment and noted on the 16th of July. Cross examined—He has never rendered me an account bringing me in a debtor to him for £1,500. I have seen such an account, but it was sent to my solicitor by Mr. Mortimer, and not to me. I in structed Mr. Bruce to close some accounts for me, but I do not know if he did so beyond receiving the contracts from him. Sir R. W. Carden—The same kind of contracts that you received in all your other transactions ? Witness—Yes, sir. The date of the last contract is the 12th of March; the last entry in the account is the 14th of March. I was not in a position to pay £l,OOO at that time. I had sufficient money to enable me to stay in England until my leave of ab sence expired, and no more. Mr. Wontner—Very well. Now, having no money to pay on your transactions, look at this letter, dated the 14th of March, instructing Mr. Bruce to purchase railway and other shares on your account, and say if it is in your handwriting. Witness—lt is, and the meaning of that letter was that he was to buy and sell in the market for the chance of a profit, according to the best of his judgment. Mr. Wontner—That is, to pledge his credit to the jobbers on those transactions, for you had nothing but bare subsistence money, you say. 'Witness—He was to act upon his own responsi bility. Sir R. W. Carden—Do you mean that Mr. Bruce was to pay all the losses, and that you were to have all the gains ? Witness—Yes, sir, upon the condition of my giv ing my note for £l,OOO. Sir R. W. Carden—lf those were the conditions he made with many of his customers it is no wonder he is in difficulties. (Laughter.) Witness—He volunteered to pay my losses. He was to carry on my speculations at his own risk on my helping him with the note for £l,OOO. Sir R. W. Carden—You have referred to his dif ficulties several times. Did not those difficulties arise from your not paying him ? Witness—Only partly on that account. I knew that Mr. Antrobus was cueing him for a large sum, but I did not hear it was for £3,000. I saw Mr. Antrobus ou Monday last. I heard there was an action pending against Mr. Bruce. I told him I was going to give Mr. Bruce into custody. That was after I heard of the action coming on for trial. I will not swear I do not owe Mr. Bruce all the account for £1,574 lls. ld., but I think I do not. I did not see the promissory note zd the meeting at Mr. Bruce's office when Mr. Mortimer and Mr. Rougier were present. If it were produced I must have seen it. I will swear distinctly that Mr. Mor timer did not read the promissory not aloud. I will swear that it was never said in my presence that the bill was for four months. The acceptance for £l5O was for the disputed items, and not for half the commission on these transactions. I never heard the word " commission" used at that interview. claimed Mr. Bruce's note for £3OO on account, and the disputed items, and Mr. Mortimer suggested we should split the difference, and we agreed to do so. I have delayed these proceedings since the 9th of April, in order to see what course would be adopted at the end of the four months. If the bill had not been presented and I had been allowed to pay it at my leisure, I should not have adopted these proceedings. My leave of absence expired in June last, but I got it extended for three months. I had no knowledge of the anonymous letter found on Mr. Bruce, urging him to leave his office or he would be arrested, until it was shown me by the detective, Sergeant Brett, who apprehended Mr. Bruce. Re-examined—l have had no communication with Mr. Autrobus in reference to these proceed ings, and he has not had any influence in inducing mo to tako this course. He has told me that if it were his own case he would prosecute. Sir R. W. Carden—Then it was at his sugges tion that you prosecute ? Witness—Not quite, sir. I would rather have paid the £l,OOO at my leisure than prosecute. I have been connected with the Indian police since 1852. Mr. Wontner—And therefore know something of criminal law ? Mr. Chas. Smith Mortimer said—l am a member of the Stock Exchange. I produce the promissory note in question for £l,OOO. I received it from Captain Grant about the 13th of March. I had seen it pre viously. Mr. Bruce brought the note to me in the first instance, and said he could not get his differ ences from Captain Grant, and asked me to discount the bill. It was then in exactly the same state in which it is now. I declined to do that without knowing Captain Grant, or what his liabilities were. I saw Captain Grant on the morning of the settling day in company with Mr. Rougier, and produced to him the accounts showing the balance due from him to Mr. Bruce to the amount of 1:1,500. I asked Captain Grant if he would, as an honour able man, undertake to pay £l,OOO if Mr. Bruce relinquished the rest, and he said he would. A dis cussion then arose about the date of pay ment. Cap tain Grant said it would take three or four months to get the money, and accepted the note produced as payment on behalf of the creditors. Captain Grant asked me if we should be harsh with him if he exceeded that time, and I said certainly not if the remittance did not come from Rangoon. Mr. Mullens—This evidence has taken me quite by surprise. When did you give the letter da►ted the 17th of March, and when was the interview it alludes to ? Witness—The interview was about three days before; for I got the Committee of the Stock Ex change to suspend the matter before them, to give Captain Grant and Mr. Bruce three days to arrange matters in. The bill was on the table at that inter. view, and was the subject of conversation for two hours, as to how it was to be met, and what the date of payment should be, because we wanted to reduce the time, as it would have been a great thing for the creditors to have the bill fall due in June, before Captain Grant's leave of absence expired, instead of in July. Captain Grant gave me the bill. I read it aloud, so that all might hear it, for we were at a very small table. Cross-examined—When everything else was settled the . acceptance for £l5O was g i ven . C ap t a i n Grant claimed back f rom M r . B ruce t h e h a lf o f hi s commissions, and Mr. Bruce said he agreed to pay that on the condition that the account for £1,500 was settled, but that Captain Grant had only paid £3,000, and left him to pay the balance. Mr. Mullens said—After this witness's evidence I cannot proceed with the case. This is the -fi rs t time Mr. Mortimer has mentioned these facts, and being my own witness I cannot cross-examine him. Sir R. W. Carden—And if you could you would get nothing but the truth from him. I have known him for many years as one of the most respectable gentlemen on the Stock Exchange. I think, in justice to Mr. Bruce, that Mr. Rougier should be called. Mr. Hy. Rougier was then sworn and said—l most emphatically confirm all that Mr. Mortimer has stated. When I saw Captain Grant at the club I told him Mr. Bruce's existence depended on him, and asked him if he intended to sacrifice Mr. Bruce. He got excited, and I told him he could raise money on his property at Rangoon, and save Mr. Bruce, but he said he would not do so. I then told him that his answer amounted to his declining to pay his debts, but I never made any apology to him. Mr. Wontner—Now that this case is who'll' before you, sir, I must invite you to express your opinion of it publicly. Sir R. W. Carden—l shall do so without invita tion.. This has been a most painful case atnhrohuags out. The defendant, though a young nothingin has , believe, ' held a respectable posit ion; . for r other young transpired to the contrary, and, men, has, I suppose, been unforliaktee in his specu lations. With regard to Capta in I can only say it is extremely di screditable to him, without the means of for any ma n . who will enter into a speculation, will ing to receive the profits, b u t that may arise against meeting any d i fferences not an honourable - man. him, that man 's before me that when the bill There is no pro l of ".' t hands the words, "Four was in Captain Grants not on the face of it, but, months after dateG" the theevidence fact that the bill was lying Whnesses e on the table, and was afterwa r d s g i ven by C a pt a i n Grant to Mr. Mortimer, with the words iu question then wr itten on the bill . l am quite sure Mr. len s would never have brou g ht suc h a c ase o court had he been aware of the facts as sworn to, and, as far as I can ex l v esa my opir ion of the case, I ........----- . ,p Mr. do. I can assure you, . Bruce, that you stand perfectly acquitted of t be chars e against yo u . This decision was rec tived - isith great applause from a crowded auditory. Mr. Mullens said Mr. Bruce had to thank Mr. Mortimer for all the incon veniei2ce he had suffered, for if these facts had been o mnmunicated earlier Mr. Bruce would never have be en taken into custody. MURDER OF A RUSS lAN SAILOR BY AN AMERICAN SAILOR. Yesterday morning Mr. 13umphreys, the coroner, held an inquest at the Po ,play Hospital, touching the death of Stephen Boss Ro,ukoff, aged 42, a 'tussian s,9aman on board the Rascian ship Odessa, in the Victoria Docks, who died from the effects' of a B ,tab inflicted byHenry Brennan, one of the crew o f th e American ship Fanny Fern, which has recentiT 1 E 4,1 the Thames for the United States. Nightingale, of the K division of Mr. Inspecto? watch the proceedings fur the police, attended h. ' Commissioners of I `olice. The accused man is in custody. George Taylor, a b o ,;ler-tnaker, said that about half-past eleven o'clock On .the night of the 30th ult , he was in the Victo:.lo. Dock-road; and he saw a party of five Arne: a, can sailors running along the road, and he ran wii `h them for the pur pose of seeing what they wen. running for. He noticed a man named Henry Bra nnan, one of the party, with a dagger or knife in h,'s hand. On com ing up with eight or nine Russitm sailors, who were in advance, he saw Brennan nutke a plunge at the deceased. The prisoner was returning to his companions, and he (witness) touched him on the shoulder, and told him not to run Away. The accused ran after his compani ons,and got clear off that night. Witness knew him, tznd from the descrip tion given to police he was arrested on the follow ing morning on board the Fanny Fern, in the Vic toria Docks. After Brennan macle the plunge at the deceased he heard him say, " I have done for him." The deceased was moved to 'the Bell and Anchor, in the Docks, and thence to the hospital. George Dent, who was with the former witness, gave similar testimony. Saw the knife in Brennan's hand. and heard him say, " I have dotie for him." The Americans ran after the Russians. &Lis Harris, 377 K, said he apprehended the prisonow on board the Fanny Fern on the morning• after the occurrence. He said that nobody saw him man. The dagger produced was found stab the near the sp of where the occurrence took place. (The blade is spotted with blood. It is a showy looking weapon, and has a crimson cotton velvet sheath.) Inspector Nightingale, in answer to the coroner, said the Fanny Fern had sailed from the dock with the other four Americans on board. The deceased's deposition had been taken. The Coroner said he would adjourn the inquiry, in order to complete the case, and to obtain the attendance of the accused, who was in Ilford Gaol. The inquiry was accordingly adjourned until Saturday. COLTNIRI mARALas. - - -,, NEWAR K—WEDNESDAY. Around here the harvest prospects are of a much more cheering character. The Nk 'heat crop is daily improving, and the corn is now fairly set, - Vhite wheat new, 56s to 61s . Barley, grinding.. 28s to 30s Ret do. s2s to 57s (,‘ats, old, .. 24s to 29s Old white s6s to 60s Ne wdo .. —s to —s Red do . . 51s to 56s i Bean.s.. 40s to 44s Barley, malting.... 36s to 40s 1 Beans, new .--s to —s Peas, ....40s to 42s HULL--TUESDAY. -- - -- - Scarcely any English wheat offering to-day, and pica; almost nominal. Wheat.... Old white per qr. .. —s Od to —s Od Old red 1 f New white .. „ New red .... „ Dantkdc, Konb , &c. old white 55s Od to 60s Od Dutch., Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s Od Baltic ",and Hamburg, red sos Od to 55s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old sos Od to 52s Od Barley.... English .malting 34s Od to 37s Od Grinding Saal and Otierbruck Holstein ana l Danish 34s Od to 36s Od • Grinding .. 3os Od to 31s Od Oats English, new' Archangel and Riga, per st Osl2id to 13d Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to 0513141 Swedish and Danish Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4ss Od to 46s Od New pigeon New tick. 4os Od to 42s Od Egyptian . . . 3Bs Od to 40s Od Peas .. Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Spring . Indian Corn .. 35s Od to 36s d Linseed, feeding crushing . 4os oa to 52s Od Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 0 oto £9 5 0 Foreign Bl5 oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 6 5 0 Bones 5 5 oto 510 0 MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—White wheat, 60s Od to 62s Od ; red, 51s Od to 5513 per 36 stone ; beans sold at 38s to 46s for old; new sorts, per 38 st. ; barley, 34s to 38s for malting, and 29s to 32s per qr. for grinding; oats, 24s to 32s Od per 04 stone. LYNN-TUESDAY. New white ..59s to 61s 8ar1ey„..... 30s to 320 RGd.. sss to 578 Oats.. ..20s to 260 Beans .40s to 440 I rm 5..... 40s to 44s MARKET HARBOROUGH-TUESDAY._ White wheat, 57s to 60s ; red, 50s to 53s per 36 stone. Barley at 35s to 37s per qr., grinding 30s to 33s per 30 st. Oats, 22s:to 28s per 24 st. ; beans, 430 to —a; new, 40s to 438 per qr. COAL MARKET. (rrloes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market s. d. 1 Walls End. Grey's West Hartley.. 14 3 s. d. Eden Main l6 6 , Framwellgate 16 9 Csrway and Duffryn I Retton • . lB 0 Malting Do. Anthracite-21 0, 'W hitworth. .. 15 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 0 ' South Whitworth 15 G Nv alker Primrose 12 3; K elloe Craighead Steam 14 0 South Kelloe . 17 0 Hastings Hartley l5 0 Caradoc ... i Holywell 16 0 Russel's Hetton 17 0 Lambert's West Hart- !Acorn Close .....16 9 ley 14 9' Eden..... l6 9 Wylam ..15 9, Gosforth 16 0 West Wylam 14 6 South Hatton .... 18 0 Cassop l7 0 Byron l6 9 James .. 15 0 South Hartlepool... .. .16 6 Walls End. Hough Hall 16 9 Wharnelifte 16 3 Trimdon Hartlepool l7 6 Ships at market, 105 ; sold, 60. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Aus.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Aug. 18. via Marseilles ilrazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Aug. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Aug. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Aug. 2. via Marseilles ...Aug. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 2. -- via Marseilles Aug. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Aug, 8. Lisbon Aug. 4. M. l f., Egypt. and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 2. via Margolin... Aug. 8. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. Aug. 4. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Aug. 6. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. July 30. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Aug. 10. Bahamas, via New York Aug. 28. Mexico Aug. 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Au g . lifornia, and British C01umbi a....... ..... ll ' 13' BIRTHS. BATLY.—On the 28th inst., the wife of Captain Went worth Bayly, of a son. , ins of t a ., d a a t u o gh ak t Ir an . Ward, Esq., o f a d aughter. SMITH.—On the 27th inst., at Twi c k en h am, the wife of Sir ds, Wolv e rhampt o n, W t A h n e n w .— ifo o ol nenry Lionel Smitthh,el32Bartht. MARRIAGES. knxwoop—WEST.—On the 29th inst., at Saint Paul's, ili g htsbridge, Hans S. Blackwood, Esq., eldest son of the Hon. and Rev. William Steer Blackwood, to Jane, y o ungest daughter of the late Sir John West, G.C.8., Admiral of the Fleet. CLAPCOTT—COLERIDGE.—On the 29th inst., at the parish church of St. Mary Ottery, Major Clapcott, 32d Light Infantry, to Sarah Ann, only surviving daughter of the late Right Rev. Bishop Coleridge, of Salston House, Devon. DEATHS. BARTON.—On the 30th inst., George Gray Barton, Esq., of Hedd on H ouse, Isleworth, and Old Broad-street, city, aged 70. HARnISON.—On the 30th inst., at 133, Upper Thames street, city, Mr. Wm. Harrison, aged 68. HOR SPALL.—On the 29th inst., at Bellamour Hall, Staf fordshire, Mary, the wife of T. B. Horsfall, Esq., M.P. LE STRANGE.—On the 27th inst., Henry L'Estrange Styleman le Strange, Esq., of Hunstanton. Hall, Nor folk, suddenly, aged 47. METCALVE.—On the 25th inst., at the Precincts, Canter bury, the Rev. John Metcalfe, vicar of Stone, Kent, aged 73. WILKIN.—On the 28th inst., at Hampstead, simonWilkin, F.L.S., aged 72. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tun SUN Office N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the_Conuty of liddle4ex.--Thuroday i Ally al, 06AI M16~~..F'~" 4 ~, CI at