The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-20 00:00:00

THE NAVY. VALETTA, May 14.—There have been several movements of men-of-war during the week. Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship James Watt, 89, Capt. Codd, which sailed for England to be paid off, on the day of the departure of the last mail, took with her the following passengers :—Lieut. Irvine, Lieut. Dickson, and Capt. Tyacke, 22d Regiment ; Sergeant F. Thompson, also of the 22d; Mr. Homan, Mr. Littlejohn, Mrs. Hallett, and 13 soldiers. Her Majesty's paddlewheel frigate Magicienne, 16, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen,which has recently joined the Mediterranean fleet, left on the same day (Bth inst.) for the Levant. Her Ma- I jesty's screw corvette Gannett, 11, Commander the Hon. M. H. Nelsen, arrived on the 12th instant from Beyrout in 15 days, and leaves to• day or to morrow morning with a mail for the Commander in -Chief, at Corfu. The screw frigate Amphion, 36, Capt. Gordon, which has been in the hands of the dockyard, is under orders to proceed to Candia. Commander Piers, R.N., to command the Firebrand, 6, and Assist.-Surg. Bayfield, R.N., arrived here by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Massilia, on the 7th inst., from Southampton, and the Earl of Harrowby, the Hon. G. Ryder, Colonel Sargent, 3d Buffs, and Col. Hallowell, staff, were among the passengers by the Ripon for England, the two latter on leave. Capt. R. Rouse, 15th Regi ment, Capt. J. Blacker, and Capt. Drought also left for England a few days ago in the Palestine. A good many officers of the garrison have lately pro ceeded home for the object of witnessing the Great Exhibition. The Turkish Government steamer Malakhoff, Capt. Selim Bey, arrived here on the Bth inst. from Constantinople, having on board his Excellency Mustafa Bey, who is proceeding to Tunis in this vessel to present the decoration of the newly created Order of the Osmanie in brilliants, and a jewelled snuffbox, which his Majesty the Sult an has conferred on hi s Highness the Bey o f Tunis. She left a few hours after arrival for her destination, having only put in here to replenish her coals. Her Majesty's screw gun vessel Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte, came in this morning from Corfu, with dates from that island to the 12th inst. A letter I have received of that date says : Her Majesty's ship Marlborough (having on board Admiral Martin) steamed into harbour on the Bth inst., and report says she will remain on and off for the summer months at this roadstead. She found the Queen, 86, Trident, 3, and Surprise, 4, here, the last leaving this day with mails for your island, Gibraltar, and England. The Queen proceeded under steam yesterday to Athens, with the Hon. H. Elliot, the new Ambassador to Greece, who arrived here by the Austrian steamer on Saturday. The greatest activity prevails on the part of the Turkish Go vernment in sending troops to Montenegro, and steamers crowded with troops arrive here almost daily, They are allowed to land, and behave themselves creditably. The men seem fine-looking fellows, and better fed than the Turkish troops who served in the Crimean war. The Royal Artillery have orders to be ready to fire a Royal salute for the Viceroy of Egypt, who has been expected en route to Europe for the last week. General Sir J. Inglis, K.C.8., accompanied by Quartermaster-Ge neral Herbert, Col. Wright, R.A., Col. Wynn, R.E., Major Young, Military Secretary, and Major Hamil ton, aide-de-camp, returned from the Southern Islands on the 10th inst., the General having made his half-yearly inspection of the troops. On his landing he was received by the usual salutes. The Icarus, 11, arrived from Malta on Saturday last. Tho Trident leaves to-day for Zante and the other islands, with the Bishop of Gibraltar, for the pur pose of holding a confirmation, his lordship having already done so here on the Bth inst. when some 60 soldiers and a few English inhabitants were con. firmed. A paragraph in our naval intelligence of Saturday relative to the Queen's regulations and Circular orders was so far incorrect. The Queen's regulations of 1844 and the Circular subsequently issued have merely been called in, as a new edition of these regulations and Admiralty instructions has been issued to the fleet. The Shannon, screw frigate, Capt. Wainwright, resumed her experimental screw trials at Portsmouth yesterday, under the supervision of Capt. Broadhead, commanding the reserve at the port. The screw tried yesterday was the ordinary pattern, or "Common" screw, as it is termed, with its leading and following edges cut off. Coals were taken on board the ship prior to leaving the harbour for the trial, equal in quantity to those burnt , in the trial of M. 1119.ngin's screw on Saturday. The ship was trimmed to the same draught of water line, the same stokers were employed at the fires, the same men were placed at the wheel, and the weather proving equally fine yesterday with that of Satur day, both trials took place under, as nearly as pos sible, the same conditions. Six runs were made at the measured mile, with the following results as to time and speed :--First run, 5 min 1 sec, 11.960 knots; second run, 5 mix 58 sec, 10.055 knots ; third run, 4 min 52 sec, 12,329 knots ; fourth run, 6 min 6 sec, 9.830 knots ; fifth run, 4 min 55 sec, 12.203 knots ; sixth run, 6 min 12 sec, 9 . 677 knots. The mean speed of the whole was 11.062 knots. In the first and third runs the revolutions of the en gines were 57; in the second and fourth, 58; and in the fifth and sixth, 57k. The pressure of steam varied from 191 b to 201 b, the vacuum, forward and eft, being 25 inches. The ship's time was next . ~ taken in making a complete circle both to starboard and port, the helm being in the first instance gut to port, when the rudder was hove over to an angle of 13 deg in 29 sec, the half circle made in 3 rain and 36 sec, and the circle completed in 7_min 43 see. With the helm to starboard the rudder was hove over to an angle of 15i deg in 28 sec, the half circle made in 3 min 19 sec, and the circle completed In 7 min 33 sec. The revolutions of the engines ranged from 50 to 54. The vibration caused by the working of the screw was less yesterday than on the previous day with the illangin, but it was rather more than was experienced with the Admiralty screw on the 16th, the first trial of the present series. The next trial will be made with a screw of four blades, to be suc ceeded in turn by one of six blades. The dimen sions of the three screws already tested are as fol lows ;—The Admiralty, or common screw, with its leading corners cut off, tried on the 16th inst., had a diameter of 18ft, and pitch of 23ft 10in. The Man gin screw, tried on the 17th inst., had a diameter of 18ft, and pitch of 25ft. The common sorcw, with both its leading and following corners cut off, tried yesterday, had a diameter of 18ft, and a pitch of 241 t llin, 7HE ARMY. His Royal Ili R.bness the Duke of Cambridge, as General Commanditn g e -in-Chief, held a levee yester day afternoon at h Horse Guards. There was a numerous attendance of offi cers. The undernamed officers left Chatham Garrison on Saturday, en route for liytlie, to undergo a course of instruction at the School of G eorg e W. Hughes, 4th King's o:eLtriy :—Li eu t. Lieut.eut. James Brown, 9 4 th; Lieut. A. R. Close, 4 3d; Jones, 43d; and Ens i g n Ma j en die , 31st. With R. P . the above offi c ers were 4 colour - sergeants,l2 serg ea nts, 5 corporals, and 34 priva tes, selected from the Ist, ' 2d, and 3d Depot Battalion s. The sth Lancers were inspected last week on Hounslow-heath by the Inspector-General of c a _ valry, Major-Gen. Lawrenson. After a variety o f evolutions had been gone through, the Major-Gene ral complimented Col. Portal on the perfection of his regiment, both as regarded the appearance of the men and horses and the execution of the manoeu vres, which had been performed in a manner that could not he surpassed. The regiment returned to their barracks, where a splendid collation awaited the numerous company from the r)t 4 -opolis Who had gore down to witness the inspneitioln. , r. ,,,, vE1t:r1:41:74 Ez _ so m . ClA—Holloway's Pills—Aids to Health. any dlsttorbhionf causes are at work to undermine the health, that it one occasionally to regulate his system. Professor. Holloway has placed this power within the reach of all; every emerg e n c y. Corne bA balsamic Pills are equal to or irregul:itevil whence it rely, from food, atmosphere, but forcibly expelled by these plyfollife, it is gently met, Fills have effected the most remarkable Purifiers. Holloway's of wasting, weakness, nervous deal, qe„ble recoveries in cases of debility. These Pills have earned snima filar symi4oms enviable r, putotion for maintaining theah-,; prebody served in an nyin a state of sound health and efficiency, even asaidst the impu rities of crowded cities. PINANCES OF IIV-151;1. The statement by Mr. Laing of the finances of India for the fiscal year ending the 30th ult., brought by the present mail, has been a topic of great gratification to-day among all tote mercantile interests connected with the East. Mr. Laing's speech was delivered on the 16th of April, and his proposals would be finally settled at the meeting of the Council on the 23d, no doubt being entertained that the whole would be adopted in their integrity. Twelve months ago, when bringing forward the Estimates for the year which closed on the 20th alt., Mr. Laing said ho hoped they would result in a balance of revenue and expenditure. The revenue now shows an increase of nearly L 1,500,000, of which £870,000 is from land, £340,000 from stamps, and £370,000 from Customs. The ordinary expendi ture has been kept close to the estimate, and shows a reduction of about £5,000,000 on that of 1860 61, of which about £3,000,000 i s re duction in military expenditure, £400,000 in the navy, and the rest in civil expenditure. The total military expenditure, which stood in 1850 1860 at nearly £21,000,000, has been reduced in 1861-62 to £12,800,000 by the native force, which once stood at 350,000 men, being reduced to 130,000, and the European from 90,000 to 70,000. There would, therefore, have been a large surplus this year, but for the circumstance that about £700,000 has been expended in increased pay to the producers of opium, and about as much more on " Public Works," which Mr. Laing classes as ‘, productive." Next year it is hoped more or less benefits will be derived from this expenditure, espe cially from that on opium, as a largely increased crop is now being collected, but will not be sold until 1863. As it is a surplus exists of about £140,000. For 1 862-63, as compared with 1861-62, an increase of revenue is estimated of £885,000, bringing the anticipated revenue up to £43,800,000, the principal augmentation being expected from land and stamps, which are put down as £400,000 and £300,000 ad ditional, other items being much the same. In ex t....at.— a ~e Dann.nnn Z,. entirely in military expenditure, which is brought down from £12,800,000 to £12,200,000 by disband ing some Madras troops, and this would make the total Indian expenditure £35,900,000, against £36,460,000. The increase of revenue and decrease of expenditure, with the help of the surplus of £142,000 this year, would present a surplus of about £1,500,000, which Mr. Laing proposes to deal with thus :—He will apply £146,000 to increased grants for educa tion, £380,000 to public works, £475,000 in a reduc tion of part of the import duties, and £250,000 by taking off entirely the 2 per cent. income tax on all incomes not exceeding 500 rupees a year (£5O), leaving himself still with a surplus of about £lBO,OOO. The reductions in import duties will be almost en tirely on cotton goods and yarn, which are to be lowered to the point at which they stood prior to 1859—viz., 6 and 31 per cent., instead of 10 and 7 per cent. The paper duty (about £lO,OOO only) will be taken off, and the duties on beer, tobacco, and light wines of small value will be reduced by about one-half. The duties on metals, and on all other articles than those just named, will remain as at pre sent, and the reduction is to be immediate, Mr. Laing having wisely overruled the request of the Bombay people for a postponement for one year. SEIZURE OF THE BRITISH STEAMSHIP BET 111 U.D.A. The following is a copy of a letter from Captain Westendorff, of the steamship Bermuda, to the owner in Liverpool : " Philadelphia, May 5,1862. "Dear Sir,—You will no doubt be astonished when you receive this, informing you of the seizure of the Bermuda by a Federal war vessel. I shall give you the facts of the case as briefly as possible, and leave you to judge for yourself of the high handed affair. " Having received instructions at Bermuda to proceed to Nassau, I left that port on the 23d ult. for the latter port. On Sunday, the 27th, at 430 a.m., we made Abaco light, bearing S.W. half S., distant not more than 18 miles; wind at the time very light from the eastward, and the vessel going along about 91 knots. We were steering at the time directly for the light. At about 5 a.m-, we made a steamer to windward of us, and on looking at her through the glass found she was coming down to wards us. In a short time she displayed at her peak the Americanensign. limmediately had ours hoisted and, as we were drawing near the land, hauled the vessel up half a point to the southward. I was sur prised in a little while to hear the booming of a gun from the steamer, but, not dreaming for a moment that they had a right or would dare board an Eng lish vessel in English waters, I kept on my course. After some time had elapsed I observed that the American steamer luffed up, and in a few moments the curling smoke gave notice of another gun—this time a shotted one. The shell came whistling over our heads, in between the mainmast andsmoke-stack. I immediately stopped theengines and waited for her . It was at this time 20 minutes to six o'clock, Abaco lighthouse bearing about S.W., half S. distant, in the opinion of all on board, between seven and eight miles at most. When the steamer came up alongside of us the officer on deck hailed and asked where we were from, and where bound. I replied, 'From Bermuda, bound to Nassau.' He said he would send a boat on board. When the officer came on board he demanded my papers. I showed him the regis ter, the clearance from Bermuda, and the manifest. He said he would take them on board and show them to his captain. After a little while he returned, saying that the captain wished to see me on board, Leaving the vessel in charge of Mr. Reed, my first officer, I went on board the American steamer, which I found to be the Mercedita, Capt. Stillwagen. He received me in a gentlemanly manner, asking me if I were the only captain of the Bermuda, to which I replied Certainly. Ha then wished to know how it was that we had so many military stores. I told him I took my cargo in at Liverpool. Then,' Slid he, that vessel must be searched.' D:taining me on board, he despatched three boats, with officers and men armed to the teeth. As soon as they got alongside the officer asked Mr. Reed if he was in command of the Bermuda. Mr. Reed answered that he was, during my absence. Said the officer,' I'll relieve you of your charge.' They then took entire control, put two engineers down at the engines, and placed armed sentinels at every hatch and door. The Mercedita, while the search was progressing—and which was done effectually, paying nn reQpect to privat e p a p ers , hill. or any thing else—steamed ahead and sung out to the officer in charge to follow, she steering directly off the land, N.E. by E. This, it is evident, was done to get out of sight, and w h er e they would not be lik e ly to be disturbed, as they never even hauled down the English flag until three hours after they had taken charge of the vessel, and were about 30 miles from the land, " As a matter of course, when the captain in formed me that he would have to seize the ship ; which was before he received any report from the officer who was sent to conduct the search, I told him to recollect that I protested against the act as an illegal one, and should claim the protection of the British flag, to which he replied ' Oh, yes, cer tainly. I was sent out to look after you.' " Some of the officers subsequently informed me that they had a list comprising quite a number of British steamers that they were ordered to seize wherever they might catch them, and that if we had Passed the Mercedita, two other steamers were cruising inside the Providence Channel and just around the port of Nassau, which would have been certain to take us ; in fact, that that harbour was well blockaded. " After the search was over the whole of my ship's efew were tran9ferred, with their l uggage, as were alco our passenger , „ to the M ereedita prize crew put on . board the Bermuda. ; and a The pas, sengers were afterwards allowed to go back on board, and proceed to this place in the vessel. The only persons of my crew who were permitted to remain on board were Mr. Reed and another officer, the Steward, stewardess, the cabin boy, and myself. "At 4 o'clock p.m. of the same day both vessels got under weigh, and steered to the northward, the Merccdita leading the way. She kept company with us until the following day at ab out 2 p.m., when, after a visit from Capt. Stellwagen and other Officers, we were allowed to proceed alone. The THE SIIN, LONDON, TUESDAAY EVENING 7 ' - ;MAY 20, 1862. behaviour of the officers has been gentlemanly throughout, and Lieut. Abbott, who brought the vessel to this port, has done everything to make our time pass pleasantly. " Yesterday (Sunday), being permitted to go on shore, I called on Mr. Kortright, her Majesty's Consul, to whom I related the circumstances con nected with the seizure of the vessel. He requested me, as soon as we had given our depositions to the Prize Commissioners, to call at his office and note a protest, when he would communicate immediately with Lord Lyons. Having been engaged the whole of to-day before the Commissioners, I have not been enabled to see the Consul, but shall do so early to morrow. "You will please write to me by return mail, and if you do not send an agent out, be kind enough to instruct me how I am to obtain funds wherewith to defray expenses for legal advice, &c.—l am, dear sir, respectfully, &c., " C. W. WESTENDORFF.'' 711 E QUADRUPLE MURDER AT MAN. CHESTER. The examination of William Robert Taylor, and Martha Ann Taylor, his wife, charged with the murder of Evan Meller, was taken before a very full bench of magistrates at Manchester yester day. The prisoners were called to the dock at half past ten. The male prisoner stood on the left, facing the bench ; his wife on the right side. They both appeared cool an I collected. The male prisoner is of a brownish complexion, and a close examination of his face, his restless eye and compressed lips, gave indications of considerable emotion, which he ap peared to be struggling to repress. The female prisoner was pale, but the study of her face gave less indication of feeling than was traceable in her husband's. Her heart seemed to beat violently for a moment. She wore a black velvet hat with fea ther, and a lace fall, a bead collar, brown mantle, and black kid glove After* - al --7 yr su be Sl the ae, male prisoner spoke to his wife in a whisper, and she then sat down on a seat in the dock. Once or twice in the course of the examination he spoke to her, holding at the time a paper in his hand, and he appeared as though he was consulting her upon its contents. Mr. Ellison, the chairman, said to the male pri soner—Prisoner, have you any professional assist ance, or do you wish to have any ? He replied— No; I can manage my own business. Mrs. Taylor also made a negative reply to the same question. The first witness was Mr. William Meller, the younger son of Evan Meller, the deceased, who said he had arrived at the office before his father on Friday morning last. Soon afterwards the prisoners came, and inquired for witness's father, who had not arrived. They seated themselves in the ante-room into which the door opens by which his father would enter. Soon afterwards he heard his father enter and speak to them. Witness could partly see his father as he entered, and saw that Taylor laid hold of him. Witness rushed towards them as they went back on the landing struggling. The female prisoner stood opposite the door as he entered the ante-room and presented a pistol at him. The male prisoner and witness's father were then on the landing, and the former appeared to be striking with something at the latter. He retired from the female prisoner into the office, and threw open a window, but hear ing the discharge of a pistol he ran to the staircase, and on the landing below he saw his father lying. There was a gentleman with his father, and he then saw that he had passed the male prisoner on the stairs. The prisoner had a revolver in his hand, and was looking down over the rail. Did not see the female prisoner at that time. He then went to the police-office, and on his return met the female prisoner leaving the building. After this ho as sisted to carry his father's body to the infirmary. He appeared to be dead. There had been a dis pute between the male prisoner and the father of witness. His father was agent for the house and shop which the prisoners occupied. There had been an explosion in the kitchen about six months ago, and the male prisoner said the place had been all blown to pieces through their neglect and his child killed, and he wanted compensation for the damage and the loss of his child. He also wanted the place repaired, which was done. The male prisoner had wanted to leave the place, but they could not agree about the value of fixtures. After Christmas they had offered to forego the rent if the prisoners would leave the premises. This was before sending in an execution. The bailiffs were sent in about six weeks after Christmas, which was soon after the explosion. Nearly all the goods were sold under that execution, but the proceeds did not meet the rent and expenses of execution. The prisoners still continued in possession, and another distraint was put in for the rent to 25th March. The prisoners called at their offices in St. James's-chambers on the Wednesday and Thursday previous, and told Mr. Meller they wanted the account or bill of sale. There was no altercation, but the male prisoner camplained that some of the men had pocketed things at the sale. They told him he must look to Mapleston, the auctioneer, for that; but that if, in the mean time, they saw him first, they would tell him of the complaint. The male prisoner further complained that the goods had been sold by Mapleston, who made the execution, under their value, being knocked down too soon to purchasers. He did not then ap pear angry, nor did he make any threat. Mr. Ellison (to the prisoner)—The depositions will now be read over, and afterwards you will be at liberty to ask the witness any questions. The male Prisoner—May I be allowed to ask the questions as the reader advances, or must I wait until the whole has been gone through ? Mr. Ellison—Certainly, you may stop the clerk, and ask any question that suggests itself. The Prisoner—Thank you. The reading of the depositions then commenced. The first series of questions and answers were : The Prisoner—What was the object of my visit last Friday morning ? Witness--You were to come after you got Mapleston's account. Prisoner—That is not an answer to my question. What arrangement had been previously made for mo to call that morning ? Witness—None that I am aware of, except when you got that account. What time had elapsed from the day of the sale until Friday morning ? [lt was observed that the only peculiarity in the accent of the prisoner, who has Dees, I,,vrt.a E., 11, a foreigner, was his usual, though not invariable pronunciation of the woLa "sale" in the Somersetshire style, as if it were " zale."]—The answer to this question was—About a fortnight, I think: The Prisoner—l want you to act honestly, young man, and not on the principle of your father and brother, of answering only those questions which answer your purpose. Let us be honest to-day. How many times had I called for that object of getting the account of the proceeds of the sale itness—l don't know. Had I called twice P—l think you had. Had I called six times ?—I don't know. Had I not called every day from the time of the sale until the fatal Friday morning? And with what treatment was I received ? Every day, gen tlemen. Mr. Ellison—You are only to ask questions--you will have the opportunity of saying anything after- wards. The Prisoner—Oh, very well ; please proceed. The witness added to the deposition that when Taylor spoke to him before the arrival of Mr. Atelier, the prisoner said, " he hoped he would not ho long." The Prisoner—How long had the pipes connect ing the cistern at the top of the house with the boiler at the buck of the grate been in a leaky state ? Witness— We had just repaired them before then. Haw lon g was i t a f ter t h e repa i r the fi rs t ti me befor e nay second visit to complain that they were far worse th an previously, and that the kitchen was altogether rendered useless by the flooding of the water from the pipes into the ashpit under the grate ? tVitness—l don't know. At a subsequent point in the depositions, The Prisoner asked—NV he came first to the pre- c . , wises after my note about the explosion had been received ? Witness—l think it was my brother and our repair clerk. I suppose you never heard your brother refer to the conversation that then took place between him and me on that awful occurrence ? Neither at home, by your own fireside, nor at the dinner table, nor anything of the sort when you were by your selves, and nobody overhearing ? Witness—The conversation that took place at the shop ? Prisoner—No, at tie house, when ho came with a clerk on the Monday after the accident. Witness—l do mot recollect hearing anything in particular. The Prisoner—Of course it was a matter of too little importance to occupy his attention or your father's. It was not worth referring to or thinking about, was it ? Witness—Oh yes, it was. The Prisoner—lt did not concern you very much. Witness— Oh, it did, at the office, very much. What was the conversation that took place be tween him and me P—l don't know. You don't recollect a word ?—No. Indeed ! Every word has escaped your memory, you think ?—Yes. The Prisoner—Very strange, gentlemen, that every word should have escaped; very strange. After hearing a further portion of the deposition, The Prisoner asked—You say " We repaired the place." Has it been thoroughly repaired ? Witness—l never went up; I was told so. Who told you ?—I have heard it said in the office. Who said so P—l have heard them tell you so. Who told me ?—Either my brother or our clerk. But you don't know that ever any one took the matter so warm that he came and saw whether the men had done their duty or not ?—After our trades men have done their work we always go and in steel, U. It was after that. that you came down a And that has been inspected, has it ? Who in spected it P—l cannot say; most likely our repair clerk. By the explosion the massive stones about the chimney-place were shivered to atoms P—A great portion of the fire-place was destroyed by the ex plosion. • These stones were certainly replaced, but were • they ever painted P—l don't know. The Prisoner—Any gentleman who wishes to go can easily know.—Wes anything done except a bricklayer roughly putting in the grate and leaving it ?—lt was properly done. The Prisoner—lt is not properly done yet, gen tlemen. Are not the walls of the kitchen covered . with the dirt and water which was poured forth from the exploded boiler ? - Witness—l cannot say. The Prisoner—l can ; and any gentleman who wishes can go and look at it. But these are little matters, which do not concern Mr. Meller. The next questions were the following:— You say all the rent and taxes were not quite paid at the time of the first distress; what was the amount of balance, do you remember ?—I think about 2s. The Prisoner—What a great balance, gentlemen, after taking £4O or £5O worth of goods for a quar ter's rent. The prisoner subsequently asked—What time did you send in your demand for the rent of the March quarter ? Witness—Probably it would be the day after. The Prisoner—No, it was on the 25th of March, at 12 o'clock; a demand for "rent and arrears of rent." After you sent in your demand for rent and arrears of rent on the 25th of March, at 12, did I not call and inquire of your father what demand he had of me ? Witness—You did. And what did your father say ?—He told you it was for the quarter's rent and the balance. Did I not ask your father what a kitchen was to a family ?—You said something about a kitchen, but I don't know what he said. Did I not say, " Mr. Meller, what is a kitchen to your family; is it not the spring of all domestic comfort P"—l don't remember that. Not a word of it ?—No. The Prisoner—l have been deprived of that spring of comfort, gentlemen, since 19th January. The next questions were—Did I call at your office on the same day as the sale took place ?—You complained about it on the Wednesday or Thursday. That is not answering my question. Did you not hear any one tell your father that I had called on the afternoon of the day of the sale to complain of the manner in which the business had been tran sacted ?—I don't recollect the day on which you called. Do you recollect my calling the day after the sale ?—I think you did. What was my business then P—Respecting the sale. And to know if my complaints had been attended to F—l don't remembr anything about that. Do you recollect my asking those parties that were in the office whether they had told Mr. Mellor, senior, of the manner in which the business had been transacted at the saleroom P—l do. Do you recollect my asking you what Mr. Meller's feelings and manner were on hearing of the infor mation ?—I do. Did I not ask whether Mr. Meller felt indignant at such proceedings ?—You did. What was the reply I had to that question ?—I think it was to the effect that ho had no occasion to feel indignant. The Prisoner— Certainly not ; there was no occa sion for Mr. Meller to feel indignant at my being robbed. Who from your office attended the inquest of the slaughtered child P---Witness—Myfather and our late clerk. Anyone else P—Two or three workmen, I think. What had they to do with the matter P—The plumber had been repairing the pipes there pre viously, suppose P—No, he had Beforel repaired went to the pipes house, I u ese before eyesu went, and wh en you afterwards made the complaint about them. Was your elder brother, your father's partner, at the inquest P—No, he was out of town. Where was he gone P—l don't know. Do you know the business that called him out of the town on that day; not very important business, was it ?—IIe went on pleasure. Was the object, then, of his leaving town that day to go to take pleasure, when ho knew there was g•ir.h nn imnortant matter coming off that day con cerning him P—He had nano an arrangement to go out of town previously. The Prisoner—l suppose with his young lady, or something of that kind. (The female prisoner smiled, and laughed, to herself.) Did you ever hear him refer to the decisions of the jury and coroner at the inquest P—l did. You have frequently talked the matter over at the dinner table, and by your fireside in the even ing ?—At the office frequently. Did you ever hear your brother say—" I am very sorry I ever gay. Mr. Taylor the advice I did re specting the apparatus ?"—No. You don't recollect ever marling use of words similar to that wien he was talking of the conver sation between h m and me on the Monday after the accident.--I do not. The female Prisoner laughed silently at this statement. The male Priscner said—l have - nothing more to ask him. [While giving his evidence, the witness was at times affect e d t o tears. He was accommo d ate d w ith a seat in th e w the male p r i soner were, together w i t h th e com flyless-box. The questions put by ments made upor the answers, in a tone of severe irony.] The female p r i soner, i n answer to t h e mag i s trate, signified that she had no question to ask the wit ness. [The male pri Eoner sa t d own i n th e dock during the evide nce of the next witness. lie had stood listening i n t ent l y to Mr. Meller, jun.] Mr. J. I' . I_4-thorbrow, wine-merchant, said—l have an office on the ground floor of St. James's chambers, below that of Meller and Son. I arrived there at nine on the morning of the murder. I afterwards stood at the front door, and heard some one fall on the stairs. I ran up, and found Mr. Meller on the floor of the first landing, and no one with him. I called up my porter, and we raised Mr. Meller into a sitting position. At that moment some one came down stairs and fired a pis tol at Meller, but the charge missed him and wounded Hooley. On looking up I saw the male prisoner with a revolver in his hand. I said, "My God, what does this scan P" The male prisoner replied, " Oh, he has murdered my children." The male prisoner walked about the passage after the murder till the police came, and did not attempt to escape. The prisoners looked very composed. Dur ing the last week had seen them going up stairs four or five times. The prisoner thanked the witness for the last statement, which he said was more than Mr. Meller, jun., would admit. Mr. H. F. Pankhurst said he was an auctioneer and appraiser. About ten minutes past nine on Friday morning he observed, on entering South King-street, something which induced him to go into St. James's-chambers. He wentthere and found Mr. Meller on the floor, his clothes saturated with blood, and he died soon afterwards. Saw the pri soner, whilst witness was there, present the pistol at young Meller, but in consequence of an exclama tion and interference from the witness, the prisoner did not fire. Heard him say, "He has ruined me and my family." Mr. Wm. Heald, house-surgeon to the Infirmary, described the wounds received by the deceased Mr. Meller, and which had caused his death. He was dead when witness saw him. The knife produced by Sergeant Bramall would have made such wounds as caused death. By the Prisoner—Hooley's wound was serious, but he thought his life was not in danger, and that he might soon recover. Police-sergeant Bramall stated the circumstances under which he and Sergeant Bateman took the male prisoner into custody, at St. James's-chambers. Ihe other prisoner came LU we Yuucc wucv , aLIU yvao there detained in custody, making no objection. He found the knife in the ante-room of Meller's office, and there was blood on the blade. A sheath which the knife filled was found upon the male prisoner, Charles Paddon, joiner, stated that on the day before the murder he saw the male prisoner come into the shop where he worked, and grind a knife like that proposed at their grindstone. He had first obtained leave to do it, but the knife produced did not look as if it had been fresh ground. The prisoner said he never applied a knife to a grindstone in his life. Mr. T. G. Tones said the male prisoner came to his shop on Tuesday last and wished to buy a revolver. He chose one, and gave a silver watch in exchange for it. It was the revolver produced. Sold him a bullet mould with it. Sergeant Bateman said he accompanied Bramall to apprehend Taylor, and found the pistol upon him. He also described the finding of the prisoners' dead children at the house in Strangeways. He afterwards told the male prisoner what he had found there, and asked him if they were his child ren, and he said they were. He told him he was charged with the murder of Meller and the children. He then took the female prisoner into another room, and told her she was charged with being an accom plice in the murder of Mellen. He then told her she was further charged with the murder of the three children. She made no reply, but said she had left a basket at Mr. Meller's office, containing sponges and hair brush—will you be kind enough to fetch it ? He went and found the basket pro duced, which she identified as her own. By the prisoner —Some of the injuries done to the house appeared to result from the doors being forced open. Sergeant Hodson said the female prisoner told him that she came to give herself up. She said, " It's me that committed the murder, and not the man they have taken." This was said on the way from the A police station to the detective office. Mr. Maybery, chief superintendent of police, said he did not propose to go into the case of murdering the children till there had been time for further inquiry. Mr. John Neale, builder, said he gave a man leave to grind a knife last Thursday, but it was not the prisoner. The male prisoner said he wished to have the assistance of his wife before the day to which he was remanded, believing that her memory would assist his own as to what had taken place before the court. Mr. Ellison said they would consider the appli. cation. The prisoners were then removed. The adjourned inquest was also held yesterday, when the jury found a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the male prisoner, and that his wife was an accessory. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, May 19. The May adjourned Sessions of the Peace for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning at Clerkenwell before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant• Judge. Hugh Sylvester Kio]ehan, a police-constable, was indicted for unlawfully assaulting and inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Clara Fulloek. The prisoner pleaded Guilty of a common assault, but that plea was withdrawn, and he was tried upon the whole indictment. Mr. Sleigh prosecuted : Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prisoner. The prosecutrix, a delicate-looking young wo man, about 20 years of age, said she lived in New Gloucester-street, Haggerstone, and worked for Messrs. Pasley, milliners, in Forston-street, Shep herdess-walk. On the morning of the 18th of April, about ono o'clock, she, and six other girls, who worked with her—and they had worked very late that night, as they were very busy —were proceeding down Mintorn-street, Hoxton ; they were talking about hot cross-buns, and sud denly she heard some one running after them. It was the prisoner, who was on duty, and in uniform. Ho took hold of her by the shoulders, and kicked her at the bottom of the back twice. She ran across the road, and cried out, " Oh, gracious, you have killed me." He caught her, kicked her, and said, " Now say I have killed you." She fell, and be came unconscious, and found herself on recovering in a kitchen of Mrs. Wilgrove's, and endured great pain in the lower part of her body. She was re moved to her own home, and was attended by the divisional surgeon, Dr. Griffiths. She had been in pain ever since, and had not been able to pursue her usual avocation. She gave the prisoner no provo cation whatever; but some of the young women who were walking behind her had been singing. Prisoner said he would lock them up. She replied, "Do not, or we shall have no hot cross-buns to- InurroNr." After that he kicked her. Cross-examined—lt was a b ou t one i n th e morn ing. She worked for Messrs. Pasley, and the rea son of her being out so late was that they had been so busy preparing work for the season. Two you ng women were singing. The policeman said nothing about noise, but that he would lock us up. The three kicks were given with the boot. By the Court—l had not been anywhere after I left my employment. Mrs. Caroline Henly said she was the aunt of the prosecutrix, and lived at 10, New Gloucester-street. The girl was brought to her house between two and three in the morning, and she was bleeding pro fusely,, her under clothi ng b e i ng quite saturated. The hemorrhage proceeded from the lower part of the abdomen. Emily Wilgrove said she was ono of the young women who were going along Minton-street after leaving work, and one of them was saying something about hot cross buns. They laughed, and the prisoner ran across the road. He took the prosccutrix by the shoulder and kicked her. She cried o u t, " Oh , you have killed me," and he then gave her another push and a kick, and said, " Now have I killed you ?" The prisoner was the man who did it, and he gave prosecutrix a third kick on the lower part of her person. Cross -examined—It was not a knock by the knee; it was a kick with the boot. Mr. Griffiths, divisional surgeon to the police, stated that he and two other medical gentlemen examined the prosecutrix, but could not find any contusion or bruise upon her. The effusion of blood might have been caused by a push from a knee on the bask, or from a fall, as the girl, it appeared, wore a crinoline, which was broken, and that might have been the cause of the injury. Mr. Metcalfe, in his address to the jury, said that the prisoner, who had in the first instance pleaded guilty to the count charging him with a common assault, ought not to be convicted upon the other counts of a more serious character. The learned Judge summed up and the jury re tired. After an hour's deliberation, they found the prisoner guilty of actual bodily harm and common assault. . The learned Judge called the prisoner up for judgment. His lordship said the police were paid to protect property, the public, and persons. The Court protected the police in the due and proper discharge of that duty when outrages were com mitted upon them, but in such a case as this, where a most unprovoked and brutal assault had been, as he had no doubt, wantonly committed, by a strong, powerful man upon a weak and apparently delicate young woman, the Court was bound to give an ex emplary punishment. The sentence upon him was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 18 calendar months, Thomas Rogers, 19, was indicted for stealing a purse containing £5, &c., from the person of James Smith. The barman of the Britannia public-house, in St, James's-street, Covent-garden, stated that the prose cutor and a friend of his came there and had some drink, but observing that the prosecutor had had enough, he declined to serve them with any more. Several persons were around him, and the prisoner put his hand in his pocket and took therefrom a black pocketbook, and ran off. The witness jumped over the counter and pursued him up the street and caught him. The prisoner demanded to know what he was wanted for, and on being told for stealing a pocket-book, he said he had not got it, but a police man came up and took it out of his pocket. He was found guilty, and had been previously convicted of similar robberies. The Court sentenced him to four years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 19. MANSION-HOUSE.—Francis Pyne and Thos. Pratt, both of them about 18 years of age, and de scribed as labourers, were placed at the bar before the Lord Mayor, the former charged with stabbing a city police constable, and Pratt with assaulting another police officer while in the execution of his duty. It appeared that shortly after 12 o'clock on Satur day night Hallett, 677, and Cusack, 630, were called to quell a disturbance in Peter-street, Bishopsgate. There they found several people, among whom were qn .44 ---,tea to disp erse them. The prisoner seized constab l e Hama, and tried to throw him down. After a struggle they all three fell together, and constable Cusack assisted Hallett in recovering his legs. As they lay on the ground Hallett had seen something glistening in Pyne's hand like a knife or a pair of scissors, but which he could not say. Cusack was holding the prisoner Pratt, and as he did so Pyte struck him (Cusack) on the side of the face, a little before the right ear, inflicting a wound, from which blood was immediately seen to trickle down his check. Pyne then took to his heels, but was followed by the two constables, and caught in Half Moon-street.. No knife or any other sharp instrument was found upon him, but Cusack explained that the prisoner was lost sight of for a moment, as he turned up a court, and might have thrown away anything of that kind, if he had it. He behaved with great violence on the way to the police station. The prisoner Pratt managed to escape while the officers were in pursuit of Pyne, but was apprehended on Sunday night. John Mawson, a commercial traveller, who was passing along Peter-street at the time of the distur bance, spoke to seeing something which glittered in Pyne's hand, and blood flowing from a wound on one side of Cusack's head. He added that the con stables were very roughly used by other persons in the crowd besides the prisoners. Mr. Sedley Wolferstan, a pup!l of Mr. Child, surgeon to the city of London police, said the con stable Cusack was brought to Mr. Child's surgery early on Sunday morning. Witness, who was called up to see him, found a cut about an inch long on the side of his face. It was quite superficial, but in a very dangerous locality, there being a large artery just below it. The wound must have been caused by some sharp instrument. When witness saw it the bleeding had ceased. The Lord Mayor, addressing the prisoner Pyne, said it was a serious matter, and asked what he had to say. Pyne denied using a knife. On being asked what he was, he replied, "A labouring chap." The prisoner Pratt, in his defence, attempted to set up an alibi, but it rested only on his own uncor roborated assertion. The Lord Mayor, after commenting on the neces sity in the public interest of protecting the police in the execution of their duty, said he had no doubt the prisoner Pyne struck the officer Cusack with some sharp instrument. For that aggravated assault he sentenced him to a month's imprisonment, with hard labour, and to an additional fortnight for the assault upon Hallett. The prisoner Pratt, for the less violent assault upon Hallett, he sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment, with hard labour. Lieut,-Col. Ambrose, of the Regiment of Buffs stationed at the Tower, and Capt. Stewart, of the same regiment, attended before the Lord Mayor to explain what they conceived to be a wrong impres sion on the part of the police constables who gave evidence at this court on Monday week, resulting in the conviction and imprisonment of two privates in the regiment, named Galway and M'Donough, for obstructing and assaulting the police. It will be recollected that about 10 o'clock on the evening of Sunday week some City police constables interfered to disperse a number of disorderly people, most of whom were soldiers and women of the town, in front of the Czar's Head Tavern, in Tower-street. Galway and M'Donough, who appeared to be the ringleaders, were being taken to the Seething-lane Police-station, hard by, and some of their associates attempted to rescue them. This led to a serious disturbance, in which some hard blows were given on both sides, and eventually six or eight policemen were engaged in its suppression. When the affray was at the worst, some of the soldiers, according to the evidence of the poli ce , took ofitheir belts in a menacing manner, but did not use them, and a picket arrived, and forming a line across the street in opposition to the police, drew their bayonets at the command of a sergeant in charge of them. One man was said to have drawn a sword. The police in turn formed a corresponding line and exhibited their truncheons in self-defence. A non-commissioned officer, however, came up at this juncture and ordered the picket to retire, which they did, and no further mischief was occasioned. Lieut.-Col. Ambrose said, what he desired to ex plain was that the picket did not draw their bayonets ; that a guard which was sent for to the Tower to assist the picket went out with their bayonets, but did not draw them on the police. Mr. Oke, at the request of the Lord Mayor, read the depositions taken in the case. Touching the question of drawing bayonets, police constable Thompson said, " I saw three or four soldiers with their belts off—a picket came up, and the sergeant gave orders to draw bayonets." Poiice-sergeant Trew said, " Seeing the police were likely to be overpowered, I ran to the station for assistance, and brought the men into Tower-street. I found a line drawn across the road, some of the men with bayonets drawn, and one with a drawn sword. We formed line opposite to them to drive them back towards the Tower. Moseley, another police-con stable, said, " Galway was very violent, and a num ber of soldiers were trying to rescue him. All had their belts off, and were using threatening language to us. We were obliged to draw our truncheons and beat them away. . : I saw a number of bayonets drawn, and also a sword. I saw M'Donough take Thompson's truncheon from him and strike him on the head with it." Featherstone also spoke to seeing the soldiers with their belts off. " I and four other constables (he added) formed a line across Seething-lane to prevent the crowd going after the two prisoners, who were being taken to the police-station. The picket came up, and instead of rendering us any assistance a sergeant ordered them to draw their bayonets, force a passage, and bring the two men back. We drew our truncheons to keep them at bay." The Lord Mayor said four policemen had posi tively spoken to bayonets having been drawn, and, to an attempt by the soldiers to rescue their com rades. The evidence with respect to the picket was incidental. The punishment of the prisoners was awarded after a careful consideration of the evi dence, solely on account of their having obstructed the police in the discharge of their duty, and com mitted several aggravated assaults, wholly irrespec tive of any danger from the use of bayonets. Mr. E. Falconer, lessee of the Lyceum Theatre, sent a check to the Lord Mayor for £lOl 19s. 6d., the amount of the gross receipts of a benefit per formance given there. on Friday evening in aid of the fund for the relief of the unemployed operatives in Lancashi re ; an d a l so £lO 3s. 6d., subscribed for the same purpose by a few of the members of the Lyceum company. WORSHIP-STREET.—Anne Reynolds, a well dres3ed woman of 30, was charged with robbery. A married woman named Sophia Bird stated that her husband, a tailor, had recently left her to esta• blish himself in Australia, and she called up on some of his friends between 1 and 2 o'clock that day to re ceive a small sum from the m f or the support of her self and her baby. She was going through H . street, Whitechapel, when she Was sndalg,h got clear of the surrounded by a crowd. She hurried suddenly she cted c 0 , u w ld h , e and a nearlyillieadfatlthrough it cied she felt a pres paseowpelellcaosu sure against her dress. On turning s he saw the prisonerli pulling her sharply round and out of her pocket, which she turned inside her white handke rc hi e f. She thrustout and remo ved to.her dress, and f oun d that h her hand down ‘ her purse, containing about 13s. and som e papers, nad been stolen. The prisoner moved quickly away from her, and she ran after her as fast as the weight of her baby woulA let her, but too late too save her purse, which that prisoner dexterously transferred to a tall woman in black, who immediately disappeared with it, She seized the prisoner by a large shawl she had. on, and accused her of robbing her. The prisoner in dignantly denied that she had done so, and offered to let her search her, but the witness knew that to be useless, and pertinaciously held her till a con stable came up, and then gave her into custody. The prionner declared that the prosecutrix was entirely mistaken ip supposing it was she who had robbed her, and asked her if she had attempted to move after she had made such an accusation agaitAst her? The witness replied7that she had certainly not: done so, but that vvos for the very good reason that she held her go Brmi7 she could not do so without losti7g, her shawl. A com;lable of the K division deposed to taking the prisoner, and to her' beii:s searched at the sta tion, where no purse or mo ne) was found upon her. Mr. Cooke asked the officer" _if the prisoner was known, and the officer replied, he believed not ; know her very4k rienced thief, but Bendall, the gaoler, said, "1 she is a well indeed ; she is an old and ex, who gets her living entirely by thievliaj ; member of a very notorious gang in the xneghbour hood where this robbery was committed, - and has been repeatedly in custody." Mr. Cooke said, as that was the case, he certainly remand the prisoner for the produce ion of proof of that, and she would then go for trial. CLETIKENWELI:.-- George Blackmoore, alia John Mannering, who described himself as a tailor and refused his address, was charged with assault ing and stealing a valuable gold watch from Mr. Wm. Bright, of 3, High-street, Stoke Newington. The night before the complainant and his wife were at the Camden-road railway station. As they were about to enter one of the carriages the prisoner struck Mrs. Bright a violent blow ckn the face with his hat. Immediately afterwards the complainant; felt a tug at his watch, and on turning round saw the prisoner in the act of removing his hand. The prisoner darted off, but was pursued and captured by the complainant just as he was in the act of get— ting into a first-class carriage. The priooner was at once given into custody, but the watch could not Lc I'Vusuil• 'S U,. au MO police eteitiou tlao r risoner said that he had placed the watch under the ouohion of the first-class carriage, and almost immediately afterwards a telegram was received stating that the watch had been found in the carriage at StOte Newington. The prisoner, who, it was stated was known to the police, said he was guilty, and committed the robbery through distress. He hoped the magistrate would settle the case at once. Mr. D'Eyncourt committed him for trial. THE BAN.E.RUP2'CY ACT. The Committee of the Mercantile Law Amend ment Society, having recently memorialised the Lord Chancellor, complaining of the mode in which trust deeds executed pursuant to sec. 192 of the Bankruptcy Act of 1861 are registered, and sug gesting that in all cases where such deeds are re gistered either the deed itself or an authenticated copy should remain in the custody of the Chief Registrar, and that the affidavit made by the debtor that the requisite majority of the creditors hal assented to the deed should likewise contain a statement of all his liabilities and the respective amount of debt due to each creditor, distinguishing those creditors who have assented to the deed, have received the following communication, which will remove all the objections to the present sys tem : " Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, May 17. , "Sir,—The memorial of the Committee of the Mercan tile Law Amendment Society, which was addressed to tin Lord Chancellor on the 14th inst., has been forwarded me by his lordship's direction. " I am happy to inform you that the subject has o.lready received the most careful consideration on the part o! Commissioner Holroyd, the Chief Registrar, and mycelft and my experience during the short time I have been supe intending the department of this Court for the Registration of Trust Deeds, enables me to add my thorough concur rence in the advisability of the suggestions contained in the memorial of your society, and I trust to be able, at an early opportunity, to submit for the approval of the Lord. Chan. cellor draught forms of General Orders which have been already drawn by Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, for the pur pose of carrying into effect the identical amended practico which has been submitted by the Committee of the Mercan tile Law Amendment Society.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " RICHARD BETRELL, Reg tray. "T. Russell, Esq." COUNTRY MARXE2 )5: , i,,-. COLCHESTER—MAT 17. A fair supply of wheat, but the business was limited, and prices declined is per qr. Barley for malting nominal, the season being over. Beans fully as high in price. No peas at market. Wheat, white. 68s red 56s 62s Beans, Mazagan 350 36st 60s middle & small 38s 423 42s Peas, white 38s 423 —s gray 38s 423 Barley 36s Oats • —s CHELMSFORD-MAY 16. A middling supply of wheat to-day, which met with 8 dull trade, and may be quoted is per qr below late priees. All Spring corn firm, at last week's rates. Wheat, old white 44s 55s Peas, Partridge....37B 418 new 43s 60s White 39s 428 old red....43s 47s Boiling 4ls 44s now 48s b6s Dun 36s 408 Barley 308 39s Ditto new .. —s .—a Chevalier 3os 42s Beans, Tick, old ..338 388 Grinding 24s 32s new.. 335 388 Malt.... 6ls 67s Harrow Ticks ..37s 438 Chevalier 64s 69s new.. 358 40a Oats 23s 30s Mazagan .......31s 410 GLOUCESTER-MAy 17. A small supply of farmers' wheat, which, to effect sales, was is per qr cheaper. Foreign very dull, and is decline. Barley and beans were in slow demand. Oats were ra• ther cheaper. KIRKCALDY GRAIN—MAY 17, We had small supplies to day of wheat, oats, and bar. ley. Sales slow. Oats and barley at late rates. Wheat advanced 6d to is per qr. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First.... 36s 6d I 28s Od I 22s Od Second .. 49s Od 30s Od 23s Oct Third ....55s Od 40s Od 26s Oct COAL M. :ARK ET. (Priced of Coal per Ton a the close of tho zrArket Walls; End, s. (1. Bate's West Hartley.. 14 9 Byass's Bebside West s. d. K elloe South Kelloe 15 0 Heugh Hall 14 9 IBraddyll's Hetton 15 3 Caradoc ....IL 3 Hetton .. l6 0 Cassop l5 0 South Hartlepool 14 3 Riddell South Hetton 16 0 Trimdon Hartlepool l5 & Haswell . 16 0 Ritson l2 6 Thorpe l4 3 —• • - Hartley ..15 9 Buddle's West Hartley 15 9 Wylam ..15 6 West Wylam 14 3 Carway and Duffryn Malting .. 23 0 Do. Anthracite.. 21 0 Craighead Steam 14 0 Walker Primrose 12 6 Grey's West Hartley 15 3 Lambert's West Hart- _ ______ ley 15 9 Sleekburn West Hart ley ....15 0 Ships at market t, 56; sold, 18. GREAT TAKE OF SALMON IN THE SUIR.—Ga Thursday Mr. Matthew Blake, Golden, killed six excellent new salmon with one fly, on the Suir, in the neighbourhood of Golden. On Saturday the same lucky angler caught two large salmon, one weighed 261 b—a cock fish of as fine pro portions as ever greeted the enraptured eyes of a successful disciple of old Isaack Walton, On Monday Captain Bag well Purefoy landed threo capital salmon with hie rod, near Ballycarron, the gallant captain's piscatorial feat being accomplished in a very brief period. These are but a few instances of the unexampled good luck enjoyed this season by the habitues of the salmon-abounding Suir.—Linierick Chronicle. BIRTHS. CAVENDISR.—On the 18th inst., at 37, Eaton-place, the H on . Mrs. • Win Cavendish, of a son. EYRE —On the 17th inst., at Rampton Manor, the lady of H enr y Eyro, Esq., of a son. SPEARMAN.—On the 17th inst., at Hayes, Middlesex, the Lady Maria Spearman, wife of Edmund R. Spearman s Esq., of a son. WEsT.—On the 17th inst., in Oxford-aquare, tho Hon. Milo William Edward Sackville West, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. GIBSON—BOYCE.—On the 17th inst., at Liverpool-road Chapel, Islington, the Rev. William Gibson, B.A. to Helen Wiihelmina, fourth dau g ht er of the Rev, W.'l3. Boyce, of Milner-square, Islington. NUTTER—VACHEIL.—On the 17th inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, Elliot Smith Nutter, of 3, York Villas, Albion-road, Stoke Newington, to Mary Anne, younger, daughter of the late Mr. J. Vacher, of Westminster. DEATHS. CROSS. --On the 19th hist., at Pine Cottage, Roehampton Mr. John Cross, aged 81. COOPER.—On the 17th inst., William Cooper, Eeq., of Tho Grove, Ken ish• town, and of 85, West Smithfield, ag e d 85. LEATHAM.—On the 13th inst., at Brut, Isle of Han, Lieu tenant-Col. James Leatham, late of th e Ist Dragoon Guards, aged 72. TWISLETON.—On the 14th inst., at 3, Rutland gate, Hyde. park, the Hon. Mrs. Edward Twisleton, aged 33. WHALTON.—On the 18th inst., the Rev, Arundell Blount Whal ten, I, 8,, 01 Weymouth-street, Portland-place, aged 34. - - LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Surr Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County M i ddlesex,—Tuesday,_MaT2o, 1862, .