The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-04 00:00:00

IRELAND. DUBLIN, AUG. 2. The accounts of murders are coming so rapidly upon us that they will soon cease to produce any sensation from dint of repetition. The last always appears the worst, the most daring and atrocious ; but another comes and casts it into the shade. The news of assassination comes like successive flashes of lightning in a thunderstorm, each more vivid and lurid than its predecessor, and followed by a louder clap ; but the eye and the ear become ac• customed to the phenomena. The murder of Mr. Braddell, however, seems to have reached th e climax. We can h ar dly conceive anything more horrible, unless the assassin walks into the church during Divine service and murders a landlord in his pew, and then walks off without being inter. rupted or questioned. There are peculiar circum stances connected with this astounding crime which invest it with something of the interest of romance. In Carleton's numerous sketches of bailiffs, the boldest fiction does not come up to the reality brought to light on this termination of a lengthened connection between Michael Hayes, the murderer, and his victim. In order to understand the denoue ment it is necessary to refer to the previous history of the parties. Mr. Braddell, a highly respectable solicitor, living at Mallow, in the neighbouring county of Cork, has been for many years acting as agent for several landlords. The famine of 1847 was the means of utterly " breaking" many of the small far mers in all parts of the country. They had lost the whole of their capital and stock, they were deeply in arrears, and it was quite impossible that they could crop the land or pay rent for it. Their al most sole means of existence was the potato, and that was gone apparently for ever. Unless, there fore, the landlords relinquished their property and allowed it to become a common, they must evict the tenants who could not pay rent. Many of them were obliged to sell, and the new owners were re solved to have a fair return for their money. It fell to the lot of Mr. Braddell to be engaged exten sively in the odious work of eviction, which is always accompanied with painful, sometimes with tragic incidents, occasioned by the removal of aged and sick persons. It is stated by the Morning News, a Tenant Right and Ultramontane journal, that between 1847 and 1850, Mr. Braddeli had ejected in one parish no less than 250 families, re presenting about 1,250 individuals. In effecting all that dreadful work, Michael Hayes, the murderer, was his bailiff; and it is said that he was one of the worst specimens of the detested class to which he belonged. He is a tall powerful man, of dark com plexion, repulsive physiognomy, with a sinister ex pression about his eyes. As might be expected, his character was not the best, and no doubt Mr. Braddell had sufficient reason for dismissing him from his employment. His successor was Daniel Moore, the young man who was in the room a t the time of the murd er . It a ppears that in addition to the dismissal, there was a more serious cause of ani mosity and a stronger motive for committing the crime, in the threatened eviction of Hayes hi mse l f from a small farm which he held under Colonel Hare. Mr. Braddell had selected for his office the smok ing room of the hotel, a small apartment at the rear of the building, approached by a long, narrow, ill-lighted passage, the room having a window open ing into the yard. Mr. B raddell sat at the table on which was the box containing the money he had re ceived from the tenants. He was dressed in a suit of grey with a soft felt hat. It should be mentioned that a son of Hayes had been prosecuted at the last assizes for the murder of a man named Quinlan, wh o h a d obtained a farm from which he had been ejected. At the trial Mr. Braddell was a material witness. The evidence, however, was not deemed sufficient by the jury, and the prisoner escaped. Since that • time the deceased seemed to be under some appre hension that the elder Hayes would make an at. tempt on his own life, and he therefore carried pistols. Moore, the bailiff, an athletic young man about 20 years of age, was in attendance on his master. The only other person present in the room before the occurrence was a tenant, named Reardon, who came to speak about drainage. While he was speaking Hayes entered. The scene that followed is described by Reardon and Moore. The former, in his evidence at the inquest, said that Hayes wanted Mr. Braddell to allow him to remain on the land at the same rent he had always paid. He said that Colonel Hare had no °Mentions to his remain- ing, and that Braddell was the person that wished to put him out. Mr. Braddell made no reply. Hayes then got angry, and was very much ex cited. The deceased at last said, "I want to have nothing to do with you." Witness noticing the passion in which Hayes was, tried to persuade him to leave the room, but he would not go. Witness then went out himself, and just as he passed the door and got into the passage he heard a shot, and then he heard a second shot, and im mediately Mr. Braddell rushed passed him, and ran to the hall into the street, saying nothing, but pressing his hand against his side. Wi tness saw Hayes in the street afterwards. " The Coroner—ls it possible that you made no attempt to catch him? Yon saw him in the street; you heard the shot fired. Good God !—why did ' you give no alarm—why did yon not try to have the murderer taken up P " Witness—Shure I did. " The Coroner—When ? Is it possible that Tipperary has fallen so low that we are to be cowed by one or two assassins ? Is the whole of Tipperary at the beck of a murderer ? " Daniel Moore was called and sworn—He de posed that he was sitting in the room when Hayes _ - came in, and heard him ask Mr. Braddell to allow him to remain upon the land ; that Mr. Braddell refused, and that Hayes then fired. He saw Mr. Braddell leap up and rush out of the room. Wit- nes s, swore that i he attempted to ca t c h h o ld o f Hayes, but could not succeed in holding him, and that Mayes then went out of the room, and he went out at mast the same time. The man passed through the hall into the street, and he saw no more of him. ig The Coroa er .....y o l u are a strong, althetic young ma n, and y®t ye, tel u you could not succeed in pre venting the escape of the t murderer !" The following is I,lr, raddell's dying declara tion, read at the in quest,.... "I, John Waller Braaden, Mallow, in the county of Cork , Es q ., but at f present in the town of Tipperary, being fully aware th at I am l pistol lg shot,declaration, do in a d • state from the eff ects ofa y and ben dying desirous to make this, m declare as follows " I was receiving rents at Dobbyn's hotel, la the There w ere town of Tipperary, on this day . in the roam Daniel Moore, Thomas Ilearaun, and Mieh,,, el Hayes, of Carrigmore, county of Limerick, and n o other person. I was sitting in said room when th e said Michael Hayes took from his breast pocket a pistol, and aimed same at me, firing a t same time the contents of said pistol, which lodged in my abdomen, and from the effects of which I am now in a dying state. I have been for years acquainted with the said Michael Hayes, and entertain no doubt whatever but he is the person who fired at me as aforesaid. "JOHN WALLER BRADDI'LL. " Acknowledged by the said John Waller 'Brad dell, before me, this 30th of July, 1862. " J. MASSEY, J.l'., county of Tipperary:' Dr. Nadin and Dr. Kennedy were examined, and made the following joint information : " We this day have made a post mortem examina tion of the body of the deceased, Mr. John Waller Itraddell. We find that his death was caused by a wound inflicted by a pistol bullet which passed throu gh the abdomen, wounding the vessels of the great o'lleutunland lodging in the right side. The w ottnd ca used internal haemorrhage, inflammation an d death. T he bullet passed through the left arm before it enter e d abdomen." The jury then retired, and after an absence of some time returned to ;l °"1 and handed in a v erdict of w ilful murde r against Michael Hayes. " The Corone r, addressin g Danielst Moore, said the jury had directed him to express their very strong condemnation of his conduct in rnakin seize and hold the m urderer of Mr. I lf_no effort to 'a 4 dell, and not giving a prompt alarm. " Moore said he did attempt to hold Hayes, end that he gave an alarm. When the police came the man was gone, and yet they were afraid to go into the smoking-room. "Head-Constable Bible —That is a falsehood, and you know it is. So far from that being true, we found him sitting in the hall, and e would tell us nothing. " Moore_ i told a tenant named Cormac to go for the police. " The Head-Constable, addressing the Coroner, said the police got no information of the murder until 15 or 20 minutes after it occurred. " Mr. Howley, R.M., said that before the Coroner went he wished to say a few words. 112 could scarcely express the feelings he entertained about the fearful occurrence. He was sure that had an immediate alarm been given the assassin could not have escaped. There were plenty of people in the street who would have joined in pursuing him. He had spoken to many persons that day, and all had ex pressed the deepest abhorrence of the crime and the strongest desire for the apprehension of the mur derer. He had long lived in that town, and up to the present it had been his boast that what ever crime had disgraced the county, the town of Tipperary was altogether free from outrages of the kind, but, unhappily, he could say so no longer." _ _ A rumour was prevalent in Nenagh that Hayes had been arrested, but it is not confirmed, and the police are still unsuccessful in their pursuit. They could get no information about him from the people. The lord-lieutenant has offered a reward of £lOO for such information as may lead to his apprehension, and a like sum to any person who will give information against those who harbour him or aid him in any w a y. In addressing the grand jury of the North Riding of Tipperary at Nenagh yesterday, Baron Deasy made the following reference to the murder of Mr. Braddell " The report of the county inspector agrees with the state of the calendar, and describes the state of the county as most satisfactory. I cannot terminate my address here, as I would wish, for I regret that within the last few days a most appalling outr age has occurred in the South Riding of this county, which does not, of course, come within your juris diction, but which in the daring publicity which attended its commission exceeds all that we have heard or read of. In a room in a hotel, in one of the most populous towns in this county, in the pre sence of several and in the immediate proximity of others, a gentleman, in the discharge of his duties as land agent, was openly and barbarously mur dered. I knew him for a long time, and, as far as I could judge, he seeme d a man of humane disposi tion, and just in his dealings with those he came in contact with, mild and inoffensive in his manner, and I should say, as far as I could judge, incapable of doing any harsh or oppressive act. A short time ago I saw him in that home which is now made desolate, in the presence of that wife whom the assassin's hand has made a bereaved and disconso late widow. It is not merely for the purpose of expressing what we all feel in reference to this out rage that I refer to it on this occasion. We cannot escape the conviction that a widespread sympathy with crime pervades this and a neighbouring county, which leads them to shield and protect the perpetrators of agrarian crime, so as to render the detection of crime difficult. There is, I fear, a wide spread disposition to shelter and screen the assassin from justice. But it should be remembered that to stand by and see a felony committed, without inter fering to prevent the commission of the felony, or making any effort to seize the offender, is at com mon law a misdemeanour ; while all who supply food, shelter, help, or refuge to any one who has committed a felony, or harbours such a person, or aids in screening him from those seeking to discover him, make themselves accessories after the fact, and are liable, if convicted, to be sentenced to undergo penal servitude for the whole term of their natural lives. It is the duty, and I trust the firm resolve, of those intrusted with the administration of justice in this country, to endeavour to bring to justice those who screen an assassin, and harbour him or aid his escape. The manifestations, both before and after the late special commission, show how widespread is the sympathy with crime in this county." MYSTERICUS AND ROMANTIC AFFAIR, Considerable excitement has been canoed in the usually quiet village of Street Cobham, which is about four miles from the Weybridge railway sta tion, in consequence of the following extraordinary occurrence,by which the lives of two gentlemen have been sacrificed under circumstances of a peculiarly distressing character. It appears that about eight o'clock on the evening of Friday last two men, named Eyles and Organ, were passing through a wood, when they were attracted by a strong smell and on going to the spot from whence it proceeded they discovered the bodies of two men who had ap parently been dead for several days, which presented a most horrifying spectacle. Without remaining to examine the bodies they at once hastened to the vil lage and gave information of the circumstance to police-constable Lovell, who, in company with Mr. Webb, surgeon, repaired to the place and made a minute examination of the bodies of the deceased men. They were lying in a hollow space between two or three small birch trees, about 80 or 90 yards from the main road leading from Weybridge to Cobham, and about half a mile from the village. The spot was very secluded, and was probably se lected on that account for the tragical occurrence which has excited so much sensation in this locality. The head of one of the men was found reclining upon the other's breast ; the face of the latter and a por tion of his body being covered with a rug. The up permost man had been shot through the lowerjaw, and the ball, after passing through the inner part of the head, effected its exit upon the top of the skull near the crown. This was apparently the younger of the two, and at the time of his death he was wearing a wig, although it is conjectured he was only about 20 years of age. Upon removing the rug from the other man the surgeon perceived a bullet wound in the breast, which evidently caused death almost instantaneously. He is supposed to have been about 30 years of age, but the bodies were in such a high state of putrefaction as to render any other than a mere guess in that respect impossible. A discharged pistol was found lying close to the head of one of the meL, and he was lying upon an other pistol and a fish basket, as though he had thrown down the deadly weapon and fallen upon it. A bottle containing a small quantity of port wine, of which the men had evidently partaken before closing their final career, was picked up close where the last-mentioned pistol was found. On searching their pockets the constable found the sum of £1 S. 6-41., a pocket-book containing several artificial f lies for fishing, some fish hooks, a spirit flask con ttainillbint a small quantity o f p a l e b ran d y an d water, a piloZoeiu ontaining some small a percussion caps, a f t which were two bullets, a small box key, air c hi e p f s , and ,: t zers, three white p oc k e t handker one of the m en , m ells other alleles. Th e p oc k e t s o f collar, a 1 ight-eol oure _contained a pair of sock s , a The caps worn by th:Zalp, and a pair of kid gloves. theeTtunate men were lying ground beside the bodies .4- None of the articles found u pon .... 0r t i 0, „ e s . lead to their identification ; h ' ut t'! l lightest clue to on the Lti , addition to those Wye-mentioned, a pocket-bo o k .„. a " a s feu d b i ns cription, which, I, earin - "fe'ferh n ad be g a written much e ff aced as not to admit any possi bil ity a so rl The bodies were removed of b ing deciphere— mile ed. to the about a half King's Arms Inn, a . is distant, where which, it understood • they await an inquest, , w ill take place this morning. They presented a s h ock _ the youn ger i ing spect ac l e ; th e f ac e and throat o f man being almost entirely consumed by maggots, so that that po r ti on of h i s b o d y b ore the a ppearance of a skeleton ; and t h e elder was equa lly s ickening, the flesh being al most charred b y t h e s un, a nd the features so far destroyed as to be quite unrecog nisable. Theirgentlemanly attire and the complete arrangement of their fishin g.- tackle leave no doubt that the deceased persons Were men of respectability who had evidently left their homes to enjoy the pleasures of a piscatorial excursion, for which the river Mole in the neighbourhood is well adapted. A fishing rod was found on Monday last by a little girl named Susan Lasham, about 80 or 100 yards from the:place where the:bodies were discovered. It affords some satisfaction to know that on Saturday morning a little girl, who was minding some cows near the spot, picked up a 'piece of paper which proved to be a circular issued by " S. Henderson, tailor and outfitter, Holloway-gate," on the back of which were written in pencil, in a ) bold, gentlemanly hand, the following words : " Whoever finds this body will confer a great favour on one who can never ask another, if he will take the gloves the writer wears to (here a name was written, and afterwards effaced by the writer to render it illegible), and tell her that he died blessing her and praying for her happiness. And the writer asks with his dying breath that will love — 7 and he asks to be (illegible) dearly for his sake; and he asks forgiveness from all whom he pains by thus going away to die, but he is too unhappy to live. And as the last request of her dying child, he asks his mother to love—(name repeated and again effaced) —and to take care of her as far as possible. And the writer most earnestly begs pardon from his poor old father, whom he is sorry to leave, but fate is too strong to resist. May God bless all those who have been so good to me, and whom I have so ill afraid requited l e ; h b e u e t l d if d mey all life I have ee done. live d again, As for m I am y death, I die quite happy, and with a blissful feeling that I am going to rest. (Here a name was written, but effaced) is nearly de a d. I have promised to see him safely dead before I quit —." Here the writer ceased, and no doubt at once pro ceeded to terminate his own existence, after having l ir if throwsTo n vvT . oh gi A s et nha n pet o l p t el h eem e aa e r sr nts r light hab w wte a eu s rtpih lying oneng o ttnhhleye by mdi t nee h ssl e tcarrn s oi i cpni d i at eioe. description first covered over with a rug the d ea d b o d y o f hi s whichc h o i mm affair ps himself. of the deceased visited the village on Thursday 1 week last, and put up at the " Big White Lion," where they purchased a bottle of port wine, of which it is reasonably supposed the portion found in the bottle on Friday evening formed a part. It is also strongly suspected that the tragic affair took place on Thursday week last. On that day one of the gentlemen alluded to left a pocket-book at the "Big White Lion," in which were inscribed the following addresses :—" C. 8., 5, Langham-place, Brixton, or 11, Angel-court, City." Communications have been forwarded to each of these places, but up to Saturday night no reply had been received. On Saturday afternoon a small phial was found on the spot containing apparently a tincture for the tooth ache, on the cork of which was a wax impression bearing the name of a chemist (illegible) in Upper Holloway_ This would lead to the supposition that one or both of the men came from that locality, as the circular before referred to was issued from the same place. Several pieces of burnt paper which formed part of a London and South-Western Railway time table were scattered about the spot, having been discharged from the pistols. Mr. Superintendent Hollington, of Chertsey, visited the spot on Saturday, and despatched a messenger to Scotland-yard ; and he has since used every endeavour to ascertain the names and houses of the men, but up to this period without success. The spot where the bodies were found was visited yesterday by several hundreds of persons from Cobham and the adjacent neighbourhood. --... THE SUN, EAMON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1862. did also all the other prisoners, that be was the man who actually fired the gun. The prisoners were asked by the magistrate whether any of them de sired to say anything in answer to the charge, and tLey all replied in the negative, and they were then remanded to the county gaol at Maidstone. There is inquiries that have been made astohnat intended to have given in rel to eiclhieivne really fro m in formation to the police, but it has also been ascer tained that he had sent round to all the other pri soners advising them to get out of the way, and he no doubt expected that they would have been able to make their escape. ILFORD, August 2. THE MURDER OF A RUSSIAN SEAMAN BY AN AMERICAN SAILOR,—Henry Brennan, the Ameri can sailor, and late one of the crew of the ship Fanny Fern, was brought up for final examination on the charge of murdering Stephen Rous Roukoff, a Russian seaman, belonging to th e s hi p Od essa, lying in the Victoria Docks. Mr. Inspeetor Nightingale, of the K division of police, who had charge of the case, informed the Bench that the coroner's inquest upon the body of the deceased had been held that morning, at the Poplar Hospital, and a verdict of wilful murder had been returned. Mr. Clifton, the magistrate's clerk, read over the deposition of the deceased, which was taken in the presence of the prisoner, and which has not as yet been given. The deceased stated that while he was at the Sir Robert Peel beershop with some of his companions, the prisoner took some of his beer, and asked him for money, first 6d, then for 4d., and then 2d. He complained of his conduct, and then remained a short time at the house after the prisoner and his companions had left, so as to avoid them. He then described meeting with the Americans in the Victoria Dock, and clearly identified the pri soner as the man who stabbed him. Mrs. Scotehmer, the landlady of the Sir Robert Peel, spoke of the violent conduct of the prisoner on the night in question and on other occasions, and that he bad threatened to stab her husband. The prisoner, in answer to the usual question as to whether he had anything to say, said, I am in nocent of stabbing the man, and the witnesses have perjured themselves. The Chairman (Mr. Davis)—Then you are fully committed for trial at the next sitting of the Cen tral Criminal Court. THE ROYDON HALL MURDER. It has been already stated that five men were ap prehended a few days ago by Mr. Hulse, the supe rintendent of the Kent constabulary, stationed at West Melling, upon the charge of being concerned in a brutal murder that was committed on the 21st of January last upon James G ra y, a game k eeper i n the service of Major Cook, of Roydon Hall, East Peckham. Since then another man has been ap prehended, and it is believed that the whole of the party concerned in the outrage, with the exception of one man, are in the hands of the police. A pre liminary inquiry took place yesterday, at the magis trates' clerk's office, west Mailing, before J. Savage, Esq., one of the county magistrates. The names of the prisoners are Thomas Stevens, John Hawkes, John Hodge, alias " Happy Jack ;" Joseph Obey, Thomas Allchin, and Stephen Burgess. They are mostly young men, and are strangers to East Peckham, where the murder was com mitted, but reside in different villages, within a distance of five or six miles, and they are all known to the police as notorious poachers. Ever since the murder took place they have been suspected, but it appears that it is only recently that information has been obtained such as would justify their appre hension. Capt. Buxton, the chief constable of the Kent constabulary, was present to assist in the in quiry, which, as may be expected, created a great aeal of interest. The facts connected with the murder were briefly stated. It appeared that the deceased who was about 40 years old, and a fine, courageous man, had been keeper to Major Cook for about three years, and there appeared to be no doubt that the poachers in the neighbourhood, of which class, unhappily there is a considerable number, entertained a great deal of ill feeling towards him on account of the strictness with which he per formed his duties. On the morning on which he lost his life he had gone to bed, but one of his as sistants hearing guns fired at one o'clock in the morning in a wood called Moat Wood, went to his cottage and informed him of the fact, and he got up and immediately proceeded to the spot where the firing was heard, and on their way they met some labouring men, who accompanied them, the party being composed of six persons. They had not gone far before they came upon a number of men, all of whom were armed with guns, and the moment the latter observed the keepers they formed into a line and presented their guns. The deceased called out that they would not, surely, be so cowardly as to shoot ; and one of the men with an oath, declared that they would do so if they attempted to take them. Gray, who was a very determined man, im mediately told his party to advance and seize the poachers, and the instant he did so one of the men discharged a gun at him,and the whole of the eharge entered the thick part of his thigh. A desperate struggle then took place between the keepers and the poachers,lbut in the resultithe whole of the latter, who were eight in number, succeeded in getting away. The unfortunate keeper was removed to his own cottage, where he died about h a lf-pa s t five o'clock the same morning from the loss of blood and the shock to the system. A great num b e r of persons were subsequently apprehended a n d c harged n o with being co n cerne d i n th e mur d er , b u t two on ly w ere eventually committed for trial. The only ad onal evidenceahe gone into was that of Mr. Hulse, wenx perintendent of police, who stated that he his eo t n's cottag e , accom p an i e d by some o f said thatit: :, ) e lea, an d the moment Allchin saw him he that h e i uten lT d expected him for some time, and officer h ad no ted to have come to him himself if the subsequently ar re, s so. The other prisoners were themselves in cal - t 1 :4 1 .,, e11 , d ,eal and when they found g ive informatio n in i' e C r eY all appeared anxious to however, declar e d :' ll ee to the crime. Bur ..at and he said that , i 4.;e knew nothing of was one of the men in c uatod ,om Stevens," who Upon this Stevens was brou g hi , fo ruld clear him. Burgess saw h im he lost all his coward, and when admitted that he was at the affray, nee, and he out denied, a tgheessc'harge, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT—LEwEs, Aug. 2. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell and a Common Jury.) THOMAS V. SHIRLEY-BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIA GE. This was an action for breach of promise of mar riage. The plaintiff was a young lady named Anne Thomas, and the defendant is Gen. Shirley. He pleaded, in answer to the action, that he did not promise to marry the plaintiff, as alle ge d in the declaration, and upon this plea issue was joined. The damages were laid at £2,000. Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, and Mr. F. H. Lewis were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., appeared for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Shee, in his address to the jury, said he was very sorry, on the part both of the plaintiff and the defendant, that it had been neces sary to bring this action, and to endeavour by that means to recover from the defendant, who was un doubtedly a man of high position and a general in her Majesty's army, damages for the very serious and cruel injury he had inflicted upon the plaintiff in the cause. She was a young lady only 23 years of age, and lost both her parents when she was only two years old, and at that tender age was left an orphan. She was adopted by her aunt. a lady named Gibbs, who resided at Bicester, and she remained with the family for seve ral years, and Mr. Gibbs, her uncle, at his death provided her an annuity of £3O, until she should be 21 years old,and, upon attaining that age, a sum of £3OO absolutely. Her aunt married again, and, there being a second family, the plaintiff felt herself uncomfortable and left Mrs. Gibbs's house with the intention of gaining her livelihood as a governess, for which position she was well fitted by her education and accomplishment. She was not at this time more than 17 or 18 years old, but she obtained two situations, one with a gentleman named Atkinson, at Wallingford, and another in the family of a gentleman named Few, at Wands worth, and her conduct while in the establishments of both those gentlemen was most irreproachable. The plaintiff, upon leaving Mr. Few's family, in the year 1861, became acquainted with a lady named Moon, who kept an establishment or institu tion called the Musical and Collegiate Agency, in Newman-street, Oxford-street, the object of which was to obtain situations for governesses, and she re quested this lady to endeavour to procure a situa tion for her in that capacity. It appeared that at the moment she was unable to do so, and, by her advice, the plaintiff went to Paris for a few months, for the purpose of perfecting herself in French, and she then returned to London. For a short time the plaintiff, by the recommendation of Mrs. Moon, re mained in the house of Mrs. Moon's father, in Aber deen-terrace, St. John's-wood, where was engaged in educating his children, in return for her board and lodging, and she then again applied to Mrs. Moon to procure a situation for her, and she ex pressed a desire rather to have a situation as lady housekeeper than that of a governess, and at the suggestion of Mrs. Moon an advertisement was inserted in the limes for a situation of that de scription, and this led to an introduction to the defendant, who, he was sorry to say, was a man of position, of good family, and a general in her Majesty's 'service, but who, he believed, he should be able to prove, was as deliberate, un principled, and heartless a seducer as ever appeared in a court of justice. Mrs. Moon herself, who was a most respectable lady,allowed reference to be made to her at the institution in Newman-street, and two or three days after the advertisement appeared, which was in the month of May last year, the defendant introduced himself to Mrs. Moon as a widower, and he represented that he required the services of a lady such as was referred to in the advertisement to superintend his household in the country. Mrs. Moon told the defendant where he could see the plaintiff, and he accordingly went to her father's house and was introduced to her, and there was no doubt that he immediately formed the plan of seducing her. He stated that he was a man of fortune and of high rank in the army, a widower, and that he had a country house called Brookside Lodge, near Rugby ; that he was in the habit of seeing a great deal of company, and that it was very important that his household affairs should be superintended by an accomplished lady whom he could introduce to his friends. He also said that although at first it might appear to be rather an equivocal position for a lady to be placed in, still in point of fact it was not so, as there were a great many servants who were always about, and he was con - stantly watched by his female relations. The plaintiff declined the offer made to her by the de fendant to enter his service in the capacity sug gested, and the defendant pressed her to consent, but she still refused to do so. He called upon her one day, and, knowing that she was a proficient in music, he requested her to accompany him to Messrs. Kirkman's to choose a piano, and on their return he again pressed her to accept the proposi tion he had made to her, but finding that she would not, he declared his attachment to her, and offered her his hand and fortune, and said that he would make her his wife. To a poor, young, friendless girl such an offer from a man in the defendant's po sition, who was not more than 50 years old, and who he was told was a handsome man, was of course accepted, and in the confidence that the defendant was actuated by honourable intentions, and his po sitive promise that in a short time he would make her his wife, she consented to meet the defendant, and a connection of an intimate nature no doubt arose between them, and the defendant as the reauit succeeded in effecting his object of seducing and de stroying the unhappy girl who had placed confi dence in his honour. In nine cases out of ten it was impossible to prove an actual promise of marriage, but when the jury had heard all the evidence he should lay before them and the communications that had taken place ',between the parties, it would be for them to say whether it was not abundantly esta blished that such a promise had been made by the defendant, and that he had succeeded in seducing plaintiff by means of that promise. (The learned sergeant here read some letters that had been writ ten by defendant to the plaintiff, in which ho ad dressed her as "Dearest Little Annie," and in the most affectionate terms. None of them, however, contained any allusion to marriage, but defendant spoke of the pleasure he had experienced in clasp ing her to his bosom, and expressed a hope that he should soon do so again.) He said thatthere was no doubt the plaintiff felt the greatest confidence in the man who intended to betray her, and she met him repeatedly, and upon one occasion at his earnest re quest she accompanied him to Southend where they dined, and upon his representation that the last train had started, and having at the same time full confi dence in his honourable intentions she consented to pass the night with defendant. After this occur rence it was of course impossible for plaintiff to go among her own connections, and upon the positive assurance of the defendant that he would make her his wife she consented to go to reside at Brookside Lodge, where she was installed as mistress of all the servants, and had the charge of the entire establish ment. While she was at this place the plaintiff discovered that she was in the family way, and having become alarmed at her helpless position, and at the same time, from circumstances that had occurred, feeling some doubt of the intentions of the defendant, she wrote him a letter which should be produced, and which was placed on his dressing table by a young lady, a schoolfellow of the plain tiff's, who was at the time on a visit to her, and in a conversation that subsequently took place the de fendant positively refused to fulfil the promises he had made, and the plaintiff was shortly afterwards compelled to leave Brookside Lodge, and was deli vered in London. H ere the d e f en dant still con tinued to visit her, and he professed a great deal of affection for the child, and wished that it might be christened by the name of Rosaline, but at length he appeared resolved to break off the connection entirely, and on the 27th of May of the present year he wrote her the following letter:— 44 Tuesday Evening. " My dear Anne — Recollect (if you please) that my pro mises to you of 12 months since have all been cut short and annihilated by your own conduct, conduct which I must again remind you was dishonourable, unworthy of you in every way, and which completely and for ever de stroyed all confidence and the feelings of deep affection which I had previously entertained for you. But for this you might and would still have been the inmate of my house and the idol of my heart. If the wide world stares you in the face, ask yourself whose fault is it ? Do not for one moment suppose that I shall make any settlement. This you may be sure I never will. I will allow ten shil lings a week for your child, but more than this I will not promise. I will come and see you on Thursday, but I must see your book and how you expended the money I gave you before I send you any more. Why did you not send me your book as I requested, with your expenditure on one tni conduct n f a d c u t c o tr in side and your receipts from me on the other ? This would not been so to me lately. Recollect your own conduct in the past, and do not blame me. Recollect also your sly_ Y and straightforward, but you have to writo me an annoying. and offensive letter. I will, however, do all that is kind to you, and snore than you a h n a d ve nn b n ee n n in sa g getting one of your lawyer friends deserve, as in reality you have long since forfeited every claim on my protection ; and a person who opens letters and re-seals them as you did, without my knowledge and consent, commits a crime against all social and moral laws, even if it be not (as I think it is) a felony. I will say no more on the hateful subject. lam ill and much dispirited, and the more I think of your dishonesty the more sick at heart it makes me. Adieu,—Your still sincere and kind friend, "ARTHUR." Mr. Seej,:,'2nt Shee then proceeded to state that these were the facts :2e should have to lay before the jury, and he said it weit!d appear in the course of the case that the defendant was .a married man, although separated from his wife, and tha:he conse quently knew perfectly well that he could not marry the plaintiff, and he repeated that there could be very little doubt that he had carried out a heartless plan of seduction. If he established that fact he was quite sure the ju r y wou ld k now h ow to deal with such a man, and that they would not con sider the sum of £2,000, which the plaintiff claimed as damages, at all an exorbitant one for the injury she had sustained. The learned serjeant concluded by stating that the defendant, upon being applied to by the solicitor for the plaintiff, offered to pro vide for the child, and to place the sum of £lOO in the hands of the plaintiff to enable her to provide for herself until she could obtain a situation, but this offer, of course, could not be accepted, and it then became necessary to bring the present action. Mr. C. Few, a solicitor, carrying on business in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, proved that the plaintiff was in his establishment at Wandsworth in the year 1858 as governess for a year and a half, and that she conducted herself very well during that period, and was very accomplished. Mrs. Fanny Moon deposed that she was the principal of the Musical and Collegiate Institution in Newman-street. She had previously managed a similar institution in Berners-street, and the plaintiff called upon her at the last mentioned piece and had her name inserted in the list of persons who wanted places as governesses. Witness got the offer of one or two situations for her, but she declined to accept them, and subsequently, at witness's suggestion, she went to Paris to perfect herself in French. Upon her return, the plaintiff, at witness's suggestion, went to live at her father's house in St. John's Wood, and after she had been there a short time she told witness that she was tired of teaching and should like to obtain a situa tion as housekeeper, and witness proposed that she should insert an advertisement for a situation of that description, and one was accordingly sent to the Times, and appeared at the latter end of May. Mr. Chambers suggested that the advertisement should be read. Mr. Serjeant Shee said he had already stated the nature of the advertisement, and if his learned friend wished the whole of it to be read he had letter put it in as his evidence. Mr. Chambers said he should certainly not do that, and he submitted that he was entitled to in sist upon the advertisement being real. Mr. Baron Bramwell said:it appeared to him that this was so, and the advertisement was consequently put in. It was in the following terms : . "Lady Housekeeper, —A young Lady is desirous of ob taining an enga gemen t as housekeper, with a widower or single gentleman. She is highly accomplished, of ladylike deportment, and y oung.--Address, Constance, care of the Lady Principal, Collegiate Institution, Newman-street." Examination continued—A day or two after this advertisement appeared in the newspaper the de fendant called upon her, and she subsequently in troduced him to the plaintiff. Cross-examined—Witnessfirstbecame acquainted with the plaintiff about 18 months or two years ago, and all she knew of her was that she wanted a situation as governess and that she had good refer ences. When the plaintiff said that she should like to get a situation as housekeeper, and she was tired of teaching, witness proposed an advertisement, and suggested that it should be addressed to widowers or single gentlemen, and also that the plaintiff should call hers e lf donstance. She was unable to say why she pitched upon that name in particular. Witness had drawn up several similar advertise ments. Only two or three persons answered the plaintiff's advertisement. They were all " middle aged " gentlemen. (A laugh.) She saw the gene ral herself, but she did not say anything about the terms upon which the plaintiff was to enter his ser vice. She heard afterwards that the plaintiff went to Greenwich and Southend with the general very shortly after they were introduced to each other, but shelenewnothing personally of the matter. Mrs. Elizabeth Elsdon deposed that she -lived with her husband at Stoke Newington, and she was acquainted with the plaintiff before her marriage, and the defendant accompanied her to witness's house, and introduced her as Mrs. Shirley. Upon one occasion he also said that he had no doubt she was surprised to hear that they were married, and she replied that she was not surprised to hear of the marriage, but thought it would not have taken place so suddenly. The general said he was very fond of the plaintiff, and it should be the study of his life to make her happy. Miss Emily Rosewell, a schoolfellow of the plain tiff deposed that in consequence of an invitation she received from her she went to pay her a visit at General Shirley's residence at Rugby, in December 1861, and found her living there as Mrs. Shirley, and the wife of the general. Witness remained there nearly a month, and during the greater part of that time they appeared to be on very friendly and affectionate terms. Witness remarked that on one occasion she, by accident, nearly broke a chim ney ornament, and the defendant observed that he was very glad he had not done so, as it belonged to his poor dear first wife. (A laugh.) He also said that when he was in the Crimea a-few years before he was very miserable, and witness remarked that he ought now to be very happy with Annie for his w ife. On the Sunday before Christmas-day plain tiff and the general had a quarrel, and at night the plaintiff wrote a letter which witness, at he r request , placed on the general's dressing-table, and she saw him go into the room, and shortly afterwards she saw the letter referred to lying crumpled up on the floor. Soon after this had taken place plaintiff went into the room, and she heard her ask defendant whether he was going to perform His promise to marry her ? He appeared to be very angry, and said in a loud tone— " My promise I cannot and I will not perform." She also heard him say that he might be led by kindness, but that he would not be bullied. The letter referred to by the witness was then put in and read. It was as follows : --I should have sp o k en t o " Dear Arthur, you this even ing, but as you so rudely accused me of being in a bad tem per I will not trouble you by mentioning that which I should have done. I s i m ply ask you to give me money, or allow me to buy some warm clothing. I a m , w hi c h you k now, wearing at the present time a summ er b onnet an d c l oa k , setting aside my having no clothes to wear in the house. Would you like one of your sisters to have been deceived and treated as I have been the last few months. When you are enjoying yourself on Christmas Day think what happiness you have deprived me of. There are two questions which I must beg of you to answer before leaving to-morrow. First, do you int en d t o carry out your promise in marrying me ? Is it your intention to send me from here for my accouchement ? If you do I shall place the whole affair in the hands of my solicitor, for I can no longer go on in this uncertain !Jay. I sh a ll b e sorry t o in jure you by an exposure, but I must do so and disclose all unless there is a change very soon. Ido hope whatever may happen you will remember_ your child, and never de ceive any other virtuous girl as you have me. lam sorry all my efforts are in v ain to please y ou . G oo d n i ght, may God forgive you as willingly as I would if honourable.— Yours sincerely, ANNE." Cross-examined — The plaintiff had told her before this letter was written something about her not being married to the defendant. Witness was present when the plaintiff wrote this lette r , an d after she had done so she read it to her. Her own room adjoined the one in which the letter was placed, and her dour was ajar and she could hear what took place. Itwas not a planned affair, that she was aware of; that she should hear all that took place between the general and the plaintiff after he had read the letter. Mr. Hugh W ardrop, a gentleman holding an ap pointment in the War-office, was then called to prove that the defendant was married to his siste r in July, 1840, and that they separated about six or seven years years ago. He also proved that the defendant was about 50 years old. This was the case for the plaintiff. Mr. M. Chambers then proceeded to address the on behalf of the defeudant. said that jury appeared on the present__ occasion for a n h onourable officer, w ho undoubtedly, in a mom ent of passion, had done that which was wrong, ,and who was ready now, as he had ever been, to make compen sation for that wrong, but who would not submit to be victimised, which was the sole object of the present action,and he b e should certainly use his best exertions to do so —to defeat that object. He wished the jury to understand that he should not tt a empt to deny that the defendant was guilty of immorality, but the question was whether the plaintiff was to be per mitted to extort two thousand pounds from him, which was the sum claimed as dam ages on the pre sent occasion observations he t . In the • nded to e address to them he should do all lie could to spare the feelings of the unhappy the plaintiff in the cause, young woman who was should not shrink from stating butwhat heh certainlythought of her advisers—of those person hee d advised her to bring the action, endeavourmad s who ia to obtain this large sum of money from thedefendant. h T ere could be no doubt that the Whole proceeding was an attempt to trade U p on the idea Shirley that General would rather pay any amount of money than have an affair brought . .such oefore the public. H, e believed that the plaintiff was merely put f orward by these persona en the present occasion, and that she was herself t oo • wed aware of the real character of the connection between h e rself and the defendant ever to ha ve adopted such step, and that it was an illustration of the old story of the moukey and the C A and the b u t chestnuts. He wish e d it to be clearly understood that in these observations he did not intend to refer to t h e respectable gentlemen who 1 acted as the plaintiff's solicitors (Messrs. Lewis and Lewis), but to other parties more immediately connected with her, but who did not care at all for her feelings or for the defendant's, or what , exposure took place, so long as they effected their object of obtaining money. The learned counsel then proceeded to refer to the facts of the case, and submitted that even upon the evidence as it stood it was ridiculous to suppose that General Shirley had ever made a promise of marriage to the plain tiff. The fact was that the whole proceeding was Jill) that might be classed among the tricks of Lon don, of which the jury, no doubt, h a d f requent l y heard. What could possibly have been intended an d 7 hich had l e d to the plaintiff by such an adV ertisement as the on e they had heard of in this case, and defendant 'being i n t r o doted to ea c h ot h er. Had any one ever heard of a respectable youn g woman, or any young woman who had respectable connec tions, causing such an advertisement to be published —an advertisement describing herself as young and accomplished, and requiring an engagement with, of all other persons in the world, single gentlemen or widowers. Why, the object was perfectly plain. She could not have expected that any person with honourable intentions, or who really wanted the services of a respectable young woman to superin tend his household affairs, would have answered such an advertisement. Then, again, there was the name of the party to whom the application was to be made—" Constance." Did any one ever hear of a housekeeper of such a name ? Why, it was per fectly ridiculous. There could be no doubt as to the real object and intention of inserting such an advertisement, and it had that effect. The defen dant answered that advertisement, and he was not going to attempt to justify his conduct on the score of morality; but the question now before them was whether he had made a promise of marriage to the plaintiff, and whether he ought to pay her a large amount of money as damages for breaking that promise. What were the facts of the case ? Why, within a very few days of the first- inter view that took place between the parties the plaintiff accompanied the defendant to Greenwich, and then to Southend, where she remained with him all night. As to the letters that had been put in, they showed clearly the nature of the intimacy that ex-• isted between the plaintiff and the defendant almost immediately after they became acquainted, and they were no doubt couched in terms of great affec tion. The defendant did entertain great affection for this young lady, and but for her own conduct, to which he alluded in one of the letters which had been read to them, he would have continued to pro tect her; and he was still desirous of making pro vision for his child and also for the plaintiff herself, but he would not submit to an attempt like the pre sent. He then went on to comment upon the other facts of the case, and said that it was ridiculous to imagine that the defendant could ever have made a promise of marriage to the plaintiff, or that silo could have been deceived by such a promise, even if it had been made, because the condition of a man in the position of General Shirley, and the fact that he was separated from his wife, must have been known to all the world. The learned counsel con cluded a powerful address by repeating that he did not desire at all to defend General Shirley from the charge of immoral conduct, but he did desire to con vince the jury that he was not the base and delibe rate seducer he had been represented to be by his learned friend, and that the plaintiff had no right to recover in the present action. Mr. Baron Bramwell, in summing up the case to the jury, said they had nothing to do with punishing the defendant for any immorality of which he might have been guilty, or with giving compensation to the pl a i n tiff, or providing for the child ; and the only questions for them to consider were whether the defen dant had promised to marry the plaintiff, whether he had broken that promise, and if so what amount of damages she was entitled to by reason of his so doing. He then called their attention to the facts that had been disclosed, and said that the advertisement which had led to the parties being introduced to each other was certainly a very singular one, and there appeared to be no :doubt that within a very few days after the parties were first introduced to each other they went out together, and the nature of the connec tion between them was perfectly clear. It was for the jury therefore to gay, looking at all the facts of the case, whether it was probable that the defen dant ever made a promise Gf marriage, or whether a young woman, not only 21 years of age, but even one of 15, could have been deceived as to the real character of the connection which the defendant was desirous to form with her. The jury, after consulting a short time is the box, expressed a wish to retire. They returned into court in about 20 minutes, and gave a verdict for the defendant. THOMAS V. SHIRLEY. This was another action brought by the same plaintiff against the defendant, to recover upon a contraet he was alleged to have entered into, and which was contained in the letter produced in the former trial, for the support of the child of the plaintiff. It was arranged, however, that the case should be referred, and no evidence was consequently gone into. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) The gaol calendar for the eastern division of the county contains the names of 20 prisoners, and that for the western of 5, and a great many of the offences are of a most serious character, there being several charges of murder, attempts to murder, arson, &c. Bessie Davey, 33, was charged with feloniously assaulting Fanny Hester Davey, and throwing her out of a window with intent to murder her. Mr. Hurst prosecuted, and Mr. Roupell was counsel for the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner was a married woman, and lived with her husband at Eastbourne, and that, on the morning of the 22d April, a wit nes, who lived opposite, saw what she supposed was a blanket come out of the prisoner's window, and immediately afterwards she observed the pri soner and her husband struggling together, the latter apparently endeavouring to prevent her from throwing herself out of the window. What was supposed to be the blanket was afterwards picked up. and it was found t o conta i n t h e pr i soner ' s child, which was fifteen months old. It was at first sup posed that the child was dead, but it turned out that it was only stunned, and in the course of a week it had perfectly recovered. The mother of the prisoner deposed to her having been confined in a lunatic asylum during the last summer; but she came out, and appeared to be very well all the winter. She had, however, been in an excited state during the week previous to the occurrence taking place ; but on the morning of the 22d April she appeared comfortable, and had fed and dressed the child, and taken it upstairs to the room from whence she had thrown it. It ap peared that she and her husband were engaged in taking down the bed, and the latter had gone down stairs with some portion of it, and just as he entered the room upon his return, he saw the prisoner in the act of throwing the child out of the window. The prisoner had, it appeared, on severa l occas i ons begged that she might not be left alone with her children, lest she should do them some harm ; and there was no doubt that, at the time the act was committed, the prisoner was in an unsound state of The learned Judge told Vt. - e jury that as this was the case he did not think the prisoner could be legally convicted upon the present charge. The indictment alleged that she had the intention, when she threw the child of the window, to destroy its life, but it was clear that she was insane at the time, and consequently was incapable of forming such an intention. The jury consequently returned a very of Not Guilty. Elizabeth Steer, 50, was charged with the mur der of Jane fill. Mr. Roupell and Mr. Gales prosecuted; Mr. Ribton was instructed to defend the prisoner. In this case there appeared to be no doubt that the prisoner was insane, not only at the time that the act was committed, but at the present time also, and a jury was consequently empanelled upon the voire dire to try whether she was in a fit state of mind to plead to the charge. Mr. Linton, the Governor of Petworth Gaol, and the medical officer were examined, and upon their evidence the jury at once returned a verdict that the prisoner was of unsound mind and incompetent to plead, and she was remanded to her former place of custody. Elizabeth Sarah Hunnisett, widow, 31, was charged with the wilful murder of her. infant child) Thomas Edward Pennington Hunnisett. Mr. E. T. Smith conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. The evidence against the prisoner n this case had for some was very short. It appeared that she time been an inmate of the Ticehuro w as two years s t Union, with ' two children—the deceased boy,w h old; and on the old, and another boy, three mon ths sth of May she left the uti_i w orkhouse, taking the two children with her, said, of looking for the fath erfoornthe purpose, as she o f her childr en . Sh e on the 6 hof May, she was t the children, and at length, . was seen by several persons at different places with of a pond, at a by the in the parish of Mayfield, _the side was observed s itting place called and a labouring man who_ sa w her at this time re • marked that she a ppeared to be in a very low and state. Very soon after this another labour desponding Mark-eros n who went to the pond for some water, dis coveredingnut—, the body of the deceased child floating in. the water, quite dead, with no clothes on, and nothing but a, piece of flannel fastened round its breast. The body was taken out and placed in a barn, and it was at once rk .cognised as the child of the prisoner. Information was given to the police, and Mr. Waghorn, a super intendent of the con stabulary, went in pursuit at " the prisoner and came up with her a short distance from the pond where the body of the child had b.'en discovered. He put some questions to her, an.d tile body was shown to her, and she declared it •was not her child, and upon being asked what had become of her child, she said she had left it with a person to take care of. She afterwards admitted. that the child found in the pond was hers, and when she was before the magistrate she said tiw.t she had gone to the pond for the purpose of w: fishing the clothes of her youngest child, and that while she was engaged in doing so, the deceased rolled accidentally into the water. She said she got It stake and tried to get him out, but was unable t o do so, and she then went away. She also said that the reason she made the false statement to the officer was, that she was frightened, and thought she shoe Id get into trouble if she told what had happened. T,he prisoner, who wept bitterly, and appeared dreat'fully distressed when she was called upon for her dei e ence, repeated the story she told before the magistrate, and declared the child was accidentally drowned. Baron Martin summed up the case. He observed that the principal evidence against her consisted of the fact that she had made a false statement to the officer, and he said that in this, as in every other case, it was the duty of a prosecution to establish. the charge affirmatively. They had heard the ex planation given by the prisoner, and it was for them to say whether the evidence satisfied them conclu sively that her statement that the child was accident ally drowned, under the circumstances he had men , tioned, was not the truth. . _ The jury, after consulting a short time, retired to deliberate. They returned in about 20 minutes, and found the prisoner guilty, but recommended her to mercy. The prisoner, who appeared almost overcome when the verdict was pronounced, and was nearly in a fainting state, on being aaked whether she had anything to urge why sentence of death should not be passed upon her, began to shriek most piteously, and declared that she was innocent. The learge Judge, addressing her, said that she had been found guilty of the crime of murder, and. all he had to do was to pass the sentence of the law upon her for that offence, and the law compelled him to pass sentence of death. The jury, who were the proper judges, had found her guilty, and they had also recommended her to mercy, and he would take care this recommendation would be immediately forwarded to the proper quarter_ He then proceeded to pass sentence of death in the usual form, and the wretched prisoner, who had fainted, was carriedovt of the dock by one of the warders. coGp.UNIRY MARK L A 5. - ----- •••V IrOiria— SATU RDAY. There was a short shoo of wheat to-day, and last week's prices were fully supported. Buyers purchased steadily. Little or no barly on offer, and last week's currencies wero exceeded. Oats firm at ext`reme rates. Wheat, red 56s to 60s i Oats.... 22s to 26s White do .60s to 648 Beans .. 408 to 44s I Barley .32s to 33s i'eas ....—s to —s Malt, 64s to 66s per qr. ; rye, as per qr ; flour, 40s to 42s per sack. LEICESTER-SATYR OAT, he supply of wheat to-day at market was meagre, and the prices of last week were not excoeded. The trade in oats was brisk, and, being scarce, prices were 6d higher. —White wheat, 60s to 65s ; red, 55s to 60s per 36 st.; old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Barley was in limited de mand—grinding, 30s to 325; mailing, 36s to 40s per qr.; oats, 26s to 40s per 24 stone. Beans were a quiet sale— new, —s to —s ; old, 40s to 42s per 38 stone. NORWICH-SATURDAY. The supply of wheat to-day was fair, with a thin at- , tendance of farmers. Last week's quotations were not ex ceeded, with a slow trade. There was scarcely anything passing in other articles. White wheat 59s to 623 Red wheat 56s to 68s Malting barley....4os to 41s I Chevalier barley 37s to 40s New do.. .... ....—s to —s I Oats. 25s to 30s Flour, 39s Od to —s:Od per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY. At to day's corn market the supply of wheat was only on a moderate scale, and the attendance was limited. The tone of the trade, however, proved steady, and the prices of last week were Obtained. The weather has been very fine. Best wheat, 55s to 58s ; seconds, 54s to 575. Barley scarce, and at nominal prices—malting sorts, 38s to 395; grinding 30s to 35s per qr. Oats quoted at 24s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, 42s to —s; seconds, 37s to 40s. NOTTINGHAM-SATURDLY. At our market this morning the show of English wheat was short, and foreign only a moderate supply. The de mand was middling, at about the rates of the previous week. White wheat, from 58s to 64s ; red, 52s to 58s. Barley—malting, 36s to 42s ; grinding, 29s to 325. Oats old, at 30s to 35s ; new, 22s to 275. Beans were sold at 44s to 50s per qr. Flour, 41s to 445. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Aug. 18. via Marseilles .. Aug. 12. 4raxil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Aug. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascensior, and St. Helena.. Aug. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Aug. 2. via Marseilles ...Aug. 12. Falkland Islands #ft Aug. 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Sotzthampton. Aug. 2. via Marseilles Aug. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton ...Aug. 14. via Marseilles . Aug. 8. Lisbon , . Aug. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton....... Aug. 2. via Marseilles ........ Aug. 8. Newfoundland , ..Aug. 6. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Aug, 6. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. July3o. W.C. of Africa, M- adeira,-and Teneriffe .. Aug. 10 . Bahamas, via New York Aug. 28. Mexico. Aug. 28. All parts of West Indies, i nc l u di ng Chili, Peru, California, and British Columbi a .. } Aug. I. . THE BANKRUPTCY OF MR. G. V. BROOKE.-- The adjourned meeting for last examination and discharge of this bankrupt was held in the Birmingham Court on Monday. During the proceedings, Mr. Nelson, who ap peared for a creditor, examined the bankrupt at some length.—Mr. Nelson : What became of your theatrical dresses ? Months ago they were purchased by Mr. Young. Do I understand you to say that you have no dresses of your own ? I havevery few—but very few ; the greater por tion of my wardrobe was purchased by Mr. Young.— Where ? Here, in England.—When did you sell them ? The greater portion of them I sold when I ar rived in England in May.—Can you tell the court what you obtained for them ? £l2O on one occasion, and £6O on a pre vious one.—Your petition was filed on the 24th of May. Had you any portion of the money you received from Mn Young on that date ? No ; I believe I had not. What did you consider as the value of the wardrobe still retained by you ? Very trifling indeed.—Were they worth £lOO ? No. —Where are you going now ? lam engaged in Liverpool for the next month.—Upon what terms, may I ask ? I have a share of the money received beyond £25 every night.—ln further examination the bankrupt stated that he had been playing at Bolton, and the nature of his engagement was to share the house. He had made about £l7 last week. The week previously he cleared nothing. Previously to being engaged in Bolton he played in Manchester for a month. At the expiration of that time he received about £2O, but that was clear of everything. It was a risk, in fact.—Mr. Nelson then, in a delicate manner asked the bankrupt if he was a married man ? He said he was, but he had no family.— Mr. Nelson then asked if his wife was an actress, to which Mr. Brooke replied that he was married at St. Philip's Church, in Birmingham, 12 years ago.—His Honour granted the discharge, and expressed a hope that in future the bankrupt would be more successful than he has recently been. BIRTHS.' BULLER.—On the 2d inst., at The Grove, Portland, the Great Cumberland -9ml. U. Ba rre tt, E sq ., wife of W. E. Buller, Esq., late of the 14 th Light Dra goons, of a son. at Tremerton H ouse, Cl ap h am , 1- W at il i l ns ia t' m Hooper, Esq., of t w i n sons . B A os t R f r E ae e E st T o, : H .. — y d O e n - p ark,t h e t 3 h l e s t w i u f l e t ~ of at s a H park,oo pE O the w n i e t h o o f Ht; NT.—On the Ist inst., at the Rookery, Ch ape l A l lerton , Mrs. H enr y L. Hunt, of a son. PODS.—On the 2d inst., at 22, Duke-street, Manchester- Esq., of a son. square , the wife of John Duke Pode, MARRIAGES. Ln-—SHAwE.—On th e 29th ult., at Hesket Church, Cumberland, Douglas Loftus, Esq., late Grenadier Grds., to Laura Anne St. John Mildmay, eldest daughter of the late Captain Laurence and the Hon. Mrs. Shawe, of Southwaite-hill, Cumberland. WOOD—PowEL—At St. George's, Hanover. square, Mary Isabella, eldest daughter of G. L. Wood, Esq., Queen's' square, Bath, to Henry, only son of Henry Power, Esq. , Atherstone, Warwick. DEATHS. BoCKETT.—On the Ist inst., at the Heath, Hampstead, Beatrice Pere, daughter of Daniel S. Bockett, Esq., of Hampstead and Lincoln's-inn-fields, aged 14. KNATCRETILL.—On the Ist inst., at Cheltenham, John Knatchbull, Esq., aged 49. LA MB. --On the 31st ult., at Richmond, the Hon Mrs. a- Lamb, age d 76, relict of the Hon. George Lamb, fourth son of the first Viscount Melbourne. MAlls.—On the 31st ult., at Malvern Villa South, Fair field, Liverpool, Elizabeth Rosa, the oldest daughter of Nicholas Mahs, Esq , Russian Consul, aged 14. RI CKETTS.—On the 29th ult., at Pierrefitte, Seine, Mor daunt Ricketts, Esq., Hon, East India Company's Ser vice, many years resident at the Court of Lucknow, (Jude, aged 76. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at Taa SuN Office N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy in the-C°"t7 of Kiddlesszt—liouday, August 4, 1841 s=