The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-12 00:00:00

The Duke of Somerset and the Lords of the Ad miralty, accompanied by Lord Clarence Paget, are expected to arrive at Plymouth this evening from the Channel Islands. The Psyche, paddle despatch gunvessel, fitted with engines of 2 50-horse power by Messrs. John Penn and Son, the first of her class afloat, made her official trial of speed yesterday at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, under the superintendence of Capt. H. Broadhead, commanding her Majesty's ship Asia and the steam reserve at Portsmouth, Messrs. Murdoch and Lynn superintending the working of the machinery on the part of the Admiralty, and Mr. Holliday being in charge for Penn and Son. The cylinders have a diameter of 62in., with 4ft. Gin. length of piston stroke, the area of the cylinders being 3,019 square inches. The diameter of the wheels is 18ft. ; the quantity of coals on board, 230 tons; draught of water, 10ft. 7in. aft, and 9ft. 7in. forward. The engines are fitted with disengaging apparatus, and the boilers with superheaters. The ship is of 835 tons, built from Admiralty drawings. Portsmouth harbour was left at 11 30 a.m., and on clearing its entrance the revolutions of the engines were increased to 29 and the vessel's course was laid out to the southward. The weather was as favourable as could possibly be for the trial, the water being perfectly smooth, with a light westerly breeze. On nearing the Warner lightvessel the Psyche's head was brought round and laid for the trial ground in Stokes Bay, where eight runs were made at " the mile," as follows :—ln the first run the time was 3 min. 46 sec. ; the speed in knots 15.929; the pressure of steam, 271 b.; and the num ber of revolutions of engines, 321. In the second run the time was 4 min. 47 sec.; the speed in knots, 12.543 ; the pressure, 271 b. ; and the number of revolutions, 321. In the third run the time was 3 min. 39 sec. ; the speed in knots, 16.438; the pressure, 291 b. ; and the number of revo lutions, 33. In the fourth run the time was 4 min. 40 sec. ; the speed in knots, 12.857 ; the pressure, 281 b. ; and the number of revolutions, 34. In the fifth run the time was 3 min. 44 sec.; the speed in knots, 16.071 ; the pressure, 271 b. ; and the number of revolutions, 331. In the sixth run the time was 4 min, 29 sec. ; the speed in knots, 13.383 ; the pressure, 211 b. ; and the number of re volutions, 332. The mean speed of the whole was 14,521 knots. The vacuum of the engines ranged from 24 to 25 inches. At the conclusion of the full-speed trials the ship was steamed out to the southward to case the steam down and cut off the two after-boilers to test the ship's speed at half power, which was carried out in two runs with the following results :—First run—time, 4 min. 18 sec. ; speed in knots, 13,953; revolutions of engins, 281. Second run—time 4 min. 44 sec.; speed in knots, 12.676 ; revolutions of engines, 30. The mean speed of the two runs was 13.314 knots. In making the circle complete, with the helm to star board, the ship came round to port in 5 min. 24 sec., the rudder being over at an angle of 151 degs. Round in port the circle was made in 5 min. 28 sec., the rudder being over to 29 degreas ; the re volutions of the engines being, in the first instance, 292 7 and, in the second, 28. From the time of living the word the engines were stopped dead from full speed in 30 seconds, started a h ea d i n 16 seconds, and started astern in 35 seconds. The diagrams of the indicator and expansion cards *ere unusually favourable character. At full speed the ship carried a tremendous wave under her bows, while at half speed she carried one of not a quarter the size. From these circumstances it was evident that as the driving power of the engines was in creased from half to full speed so the volume of the water to be driven before her bows was also in- If this fact be then taken as the cause of the slight difference in the ships speed between half and full boiler-power, then the only conclusion which can be arrived at is,—that, had the hull of the Psyche been so perfect in form and capable of doing its work as is her machinery, the ship's speed at sea would equal the speed attained at the measured mile yesterday. As it is the Psyche may be looked upon as a 131 to 12 knot vessel at sea, taking the average of weather. The engsnes and boilers gave the greatest possible satis faction by their working. The Psyche is a sister vessel to the Enchantress, launched at Milford; the Helicon, building at Portsmouth, and the Sala mis at Chatham. It had been arranged that the Psyche was to become the yacht for the use of the Lords of the Admiralty, but on their lordships visit ing the vessel at Portsmouth last week a doubt was expressed whether she would afford the necessary accommodation, and it is not improbable now that her future services may be changed to the Mediter ranean, on the line between Malta and Marseilles. His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert embarked Southsea on board the screw corvette Gazelle on Sunday evening, at 7 o'clock, accompanied by Capt. Von Bothwell and Lieut. Baron St. Paul, his aides de-camp, and the Gazelle got under way and left Spithead under steam, at 10 o'clock, for Cherbourg Brest, and Marseilles, thence returning to Devon port. The gunboat Hind, which has been undergoing thorough repair in Plymouth, was taken yesterday outside the breakwater to test her engines and ma chinery. She will resume her duty at Falmouth as tender to the coastguard ship Russell, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse. The war department steamer Lord Panmure, Com. Moore, sailed from Woolwich yesterday morn ing for Devonport, laden with Armstrong 18-poun der batteries, shot, shell, &c. ; and the Eagle, be longing to Mr. Carr, contractor to the department, sailed for Leith, laden with a similar cargo. Her Majesty's steamerMegmra, Corn. Henderson, on particular service, arrived at Deptford on Satur day from Devonport. Notwithstanding the very successful trial of the machinery erected by Messrs. Maudeley, Son, and Field, in her Majesty's ship Rattler, 17, 200 -horse p o wer, Com man d er E . H . H owar d ( as reported i n The ' S un of the 30th ult.), it was considered by the contractors that the results would be still more satis factory if the funnels were lengthened and the cor ners of the screw cut off. Accordingly, the altera tions have been 'lade, and the vessel again taken to the measured mile off Maplin sands, in charge of Capt Thompson, of the steam reserve, to test theresults on Friday last, the Bth fast. The ship had a draught of water of 14ft. 4in. forward, and 14ft. 10in. aft, and the force of wind ( W .S.W.) wa s 6 and upwards during the trial. The avera ge 'Peed of 10 k nots per hour was attained, the wind and tide being against trial. the vessel throughout the Th e /or _ erage revo lutions were 89 ; pressure of steam 201 b.. and va cuum 23. The alterations to th e funne ls and screw have fully answered the end contemplated. The and the working of th e machinery kept st eam we ll, machinery wa s mos t sa ti s factory. Mr. Warren er represented the contractors, and had charge of the engine, and Messrs, Blaxland and Urquhart attended to watch the results for the Admiralty. The works which h ave b een f or some time in pro gress at Chatham dockyard for enlarging the en trance to No. 3 dock by the removal of the granite sill and other projections, so as to allow of the armour-plated frigate Royal Oak, 51, being placed in that dock as soon as launched, were completed on Saturday. The sides of the dock at the entrance have been cut away to the extent of several feet, which will enable the armour-plated vessel to be floated in to her place on the blocks with 17 inches to spare on each side. Every exertion is now being used to have the Royal Oak ready for launching early in the month of September, to accomplish which there are as many as 600 mechanics—ship wrights and other hands—employed on her. As far as t he shipwright department is concerned the frigate was ready for launching some time since, but it was decided that she should not be sent afloat until a portion of her armour plates had been affixed to her sides, to accomplish which the efforts y e , of the hands empl o d• a b out her have been directed. Two tiers of plates on her port and starboard sides have already been fixed, but the operation of plat ing her has, of necessity, Proceeded but slowly, owing to the want of the requisite machinery for preparing the plates. Nearly the whole of this has, however, been now erected in the fac tory ad joining building slip, and increased exertions will be us e d to complete,"so far as can possibly be done, the fi x ing the broadside plates before the frigate is An order has been received at the headquarters of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham, inti mating that the Lords of the Admiralty have de cided on making an alteration in the uniform of the non-commissioned officers and men of the Marine Artillery, which will in future be similar to that of the Royal Artillery. On Friday the commission appointed by the War Department to inquire into the merits of Captain Grant's cooking apparatus visited Aldershott and commenced their investigations. Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Mitchell, K.C.8., is president of the commission, and in the course of the day Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. L. Pennefather, Major-Gen. Lord G. Paget, Major. Gen. Brook Taylor, and numerous other officers joined the inspecting party, and assisted at the ex periments, which were carried on at Eeelmore. There dinner was provided, under the management of Mr. Warrener, for the 61st Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Redmond. MURDER OF AN OLD WOMAN IN DURHAM. (From the Leeds mercury,) A muder of a moft atrocious and horrible cha racter was perpetrated at Nettleworth, about four miles from the city of Durham, on Sunday morning. About two hundred yards from Net tleworth colliery are two detached cottages, called Nettleworth New Houses, in one of which lived a woman of the name of Halliday, about sixty years of age, and in the other an Irish pitman, named Coxon, and his wife. The cot tages belonged to Mrs. Halliday's husband, from whom she had been separated 22 years, and who keeps a public-house in the adjoining village. Mrs. Halliday was allowed to live in the cottage rent free, and her husband besides allowed her 3s. per week. Between three and four o'clock on Sunday morning Mrs. Coxon went to Halliday's public house, and said she had heard Mr. Halliday crying out during the night, and she was afraid she must be very ill. Mr. Halliday's housekeeper and some other persons then proceeded to the house, when they found Mrs. Halliday lying on the floor, co vered with blood and bruises, and Coxon in the act of raising her up in his arms. She was at that time apparently dead, but on being lifted on to the bed she afterwards recovered her consciousness, and. in answer to questions which were asked of her, she said she had been shamefully used by the Irish. She made a number of gesticulations, but her articulation failed her, and those who were at tending upon her were unable to obtain anything more specific as to her knowledge of the persons who had committed the terrible outrage upon her. Between five and six o'clock the poor woman breathed her last. A coal-rake and a pair of tongs were found covered ;with blood, and the deceased was cut in a most dreadful manner in the right temple. Other wounds were found upon her head, and her arms were fractured and covered with a mass of bruises, as if she had done all she could to ward off the murderous attack. Strong circum stances of suspicion rest upon Coxon aad his wife, who have both been apprehended, and are now in the county lock-ap at Durham. FURTHER PARTICULARS. CHESTER-LE-STREET, AUG. 10. A most horrible murder has taken place in the little village of Hobbletrot, about three miles from this town during the night, the victim being an old woman 83 years of age. The murdered woman is named Ann Halliday. She occupied a small cottage on the Witton Gilbert road, the cottage in which she resided possessed only one room, with a loft above, the latter being very little used for any purpose ; the room beneath being used by the murdered woman both as a day room and as her sleeping apartment. Next door there was a similar cottage, occupied by an Irishman named Cox, his wife, and their young child. The nearest house to them is called Broadmires, which is about 100 yards from them, and to that extent nearer Chester .1e -street. It now becomes necessary to state the circum stances under which the poor old woman came to be living by herself in the cottage at Hobbletrot. She was a married woman, but had for a number of years been living apart from her husband. Her husband, Mr. William Halliday, now living at Broadmires, near the scene of the crime, formerly carried on business as a publican and butcher, at the sign of the Shoulder of Mutton, Chester-le- Street. His wife was most respectably connected, and is still remembered in that locality as having been a remarkably fine-looking woman in her younger days. Her separation from her husband, we are informed, was caused principally by her in temperate habits; from all we can learn, however, it appears that her conduct had much improved with advancing years. After the separation her husband placed her in the cottage at Hobbletrot, , providing liberally for her wants. Mr. Halliday afterwarda left Chester le-street, and went to re side upon his own property at Broadmires, where he opened a public-house. Although the intercourse between them does not appear, so far as we can asce t wif e , to have been on the footing of man and :, Jet he seems to ha ve t a k en a warm interest for ll ot wlfare, and to have ministered to the corn of her her declining years. The dreadful nature .pression has naturally made a very serious im lived in the ~l , i , ( stated, leadin g — V i ge i n g on good ter ms The unfortunate woman had mofor many years, as already st inoffensive life, and keep aayvc eveningt it ta teh t e h would have be en th :iih those around her. She person supposed to be a crime. i been at a tea party which likoelny i:lfortunate woman had mediate neighbourhood. Saturday t f u a r l d l Af tl te !,ser i held in the im ing in quiet enjoyment amongst the even who had assembled together on the neighbours -e occasion, she left for home, reaching it at an early hazer. Fr circumstances which afterwards transpired ona pears that she had retired to rest at her, it - a mud tim p e. About three o'clock on S unda y mornin g her .„_ a.. band was roused from his s lee p b y a knock at his door. Mr. Halliday's first supposition was th at some one wished to obtain a drink. He looked o ut and saw the Irishman Cox's wife standing at the door. He asked her what she wanted. She merely very bad." replied, " That o ld woma n up the road is He asked, " Wh a t o ld woma n ?" w h e n she again answered, " That old woman up the road." This was all he could learn from her; but having an un defined impression that all was not right he aroused his housekeeper, an old woman, and told her to go and see what was the matter. She got a neigh bour to go with her, and they set off for the cottage of the murdered woman, accompanied by the Irish- i woman. When they reached the house they found the door open, and the Irishman, Cox, standing outside. They went in and found Mrs. Halliday dressed - in . her night clothes lying on the floor. They immediately attended to her, but were horri- 4 fled to find that she was bleeding from several ghastly wounds in her head. She was insensible, and they could not therefore get any account from her of what had caused her injuries. She did in deed make a few gestures in response to their efforts, but that was all—no articulate sound escaped her lips. Steps were immediately taken to apprise the police of what had occurred, and simultaneously medical assistance was sought. This occupied some time, and the unfortunate woman expired at half-past six, just after the arrival of Mr. M'Cabe, of Witton Gilbert, who practises as a surgeon. Dr. Hudson, of Chester-le-street, arrived on the scene shortly afterwards, He found the murdered woman had received a severe wound on the left side of the temple which had penetrated to the brain, marks of finger nails on her neck as if her assailant had attempted to strangle her, and the mark of a heavy blow, apparently by the fist, over the left jugular vein, and there was some extravasation of blood over that pert ; her left arm was broken above the elbow, apparently by a blow ; and there were dread ful bruises all over her arms. Her person in other parts bore marks of great violence. The Irishman, Cox, said to those around, in explanation of his dis covery of the crime, that about three o'clock in the morning he heard the old woman groaning, and on coming down he found the door fast. He broke open the door, which shows marks in support of his assertion, with a poker, and found the poor old woman in the position already related. He said the person who did it must have obtained access by the loft above, but whether such means of access exist there we could not ascertain last night. As soon as information reached the head-quarters of the police at Durham, Superintendent Johnson, with a body of men, set off immediately for the cot tage. On arriving there Superintendent Johnson proceeded to examine the apartment of the mur ceosnennetecdtionby dered woman. A most surprising, and really With the affair, is the room. It m i g ht naturally have been expec t e d that evi dences of a severe struggle would h ave pre sented themselves, but so far from that being the case, scarcely a single article of furniture in the room appeared to be disturbed, or at all out of its usual place. It may be mentioned here that the door-key could not be found. A brief search resulted in finding the deadly weapon which had been used by the:murderer in accomplishing his fell purpose. It was the murdered woman's own coal-rake. On applying the point of it to the large wound on the temple, Dr. Hudson found it fitted it exactly, and left no doubt on his mind that the unfortunate woman had received her death-blow from it. The murdered woman must have bled a great deal from her numerous wounds, and yet the quantity of blood was surprisingly small. The appearance presented by the floor led to the conclusion that an attempt had been made to clear away as much as possible the traces of the bloody tragedy. The chemise of the old woman was found beneath the bed quite wet, as if it had been recently washed. It might have been expected that the bed clothes would show by their position that the unhappy woman had risen in haste; but so far from doing so, they lay almost undisturbed; and those who saw them were led at once to the conjecture that they had been placed that way after the , 6ime had been committed. A few - sprents:of blood were found on the bed hang ings and furniture, but they were much less than might have been looked for. That plunder had been the object of the murderer was shown by the state of the drawers. They had been thoroughly ransacked, and a chest in which it was known that the murdered woman kept her linen, had been cleared out. After making a searching investiga tion about the premises, Superintendent Johnson found himself called upon to order the Irishman Cox and his wife to be taken into custody. They were accordingly conveyed to Durham yesterday forenoon. They will be brought before the jury at the inquest of the unfortunate woman. Their little child has been sent to the workhouse, where she will remain for the present. The suspected man is about 25 years of age, and is described as being of a rather unprepossessing appearance. He had resided in the cottage about a month, and had previously been at Felton. He was employed as a pitman at Nettlesworth Colliery, a short distance from his residence. He only bears an indifferent character in the neighbourhood. Information was at once sent off to J. M. Favell, Esq., coroner, Eighton Banks. He has forwarded instructions to Dr. Hudson to make a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased. Dr. Hudson will carry out his instructions, and the coroner has appointed the inquest to take place on Tuesday, at Broadmires, at half-past ten o'clock. The police, under the immediate superinte n d ence of Mr. Johnson, are actively engaged in getting up the case. THE MURDER AT MINSTER, ISLE OF SHEPPY. MINSTER, MONDAY. This morning the inquest on the body of William Elliott, who was found dead under circumstances which left little doubt that he had been brutally murdered, was resumed before Thomas Hills, Esq., coroner of the county, at the Halfway public-house, Minster, near Queenborough, Isle of Sheppy. It will probably be remembered that at an early hour on the morning of Wednesday, the 30th ult., the body of a man was found lying in a wheatfield, at a place called Pheasant's Field, about a mile from the Halfway-house, with marks of gunshot wounds on his face and chest that had been recently made, and the matter being put into the hands of Mr. Superintendent T. M. Green, of the Kent county constabulary, the corpse was at once iden tified as being that of a man named William Elliott, ard. At the a single man, i a n b o e u ni t p 3 lo O y y m e e a a r s t a o t f s a h g e e e , r n a e n s d s d w oc h k o y was open ing of the inquiry, some merely formal evidence was taken, and no clue was at that time found to bring to light the perpetrators of the frightful deed ; but the activity of the police resulted in the arrest, on suspicion, on Monday, the 4th inst., of two men, Wm. Johnson, a corndealer and small farmer, re siding at Sheerness, and his son, Edward Johnson, living at the same place with his father. The pri soners were taken before the sitting magistrates at Sittingbourne last Tuesday, and several witnesses were examined ; but it was considered advisable for the furtherance of the ends of juetice that the de tails of the examination should not be made public, and it is, therefore, now sufficient to say that the evidence was purely circumstantial, but so far con clusive as to warrant the bench of magistrates in remanding the prisoners to St. Augustine Gaol, and to refuse the bail which was offered by Mr. John son, the solicitor, of Faversham, who attended on behalf of the accused. At the sitting of the Court this morning the learned coroner read over the evidence taken on the previous . occasion. John Ch eeseman , a b oo t an d shoe maker, living at Sheerness, identified the deceased. Mr. Edward Stride, surgeon, stated that he saw the body of the deceased man a little after one o'clock on Wednesday, the day of the supposed murder, and found on examination external marks of gun-shot wounds on the right side of the chest, as well as some on the forehead, and the whole of the face. On the right side of the chest the shots had nearly all entered the lungs, one of the shots had passed through the eye, and those in the face had penetrated it deeply. Death had been occa sioned by the shots penetrating the lungs, and the shots had proceeded from a gun held on a level with the chest of the deceased. There were no other marks of violence on the body, nor any sign that the deceased had been engaged in any struggle. Sergeant T. M. Green stated that he found the body of the deceased on the day referred to in Phea sant's Field—about eight or nine yards from the fence separating the field from the road. The deceased was lying on his back, with his hands by his side. There was some blood on the side of the fence next the road as if the deceased had been dragged through the fence, and there was also blood in the road. Within about three yards of the fence there was more blood, as if the body had been left there for a short time, and marks were then visible of its having been dragged on the back in a semi-circle to the spot where it was found, about five yards from the blood he referred to as being in the field. Mr. Stride being recalled, said that he wished to correct his former evidence as to the shot being in a straight or horizontal line—they had entered the body as from above downwards. He was still of opinion there had only been one discharge. Eliza Elliott, sister-in-law to the deceased, said he lodged with her, and was in the habit of going out every evening and returning about nine o'clock. Witness's husband was on friendly terms with the deceased, and they had never once quarrelled. He (deceased) never took out a gun, nor wa s h e i n the habit of poaching. George Curtis, aged 14, said he liv e d in Cottage,Limekiln Queenborough-road. On Tuesday evening frock. about seven o'clock he went to Queenborough, and e n his way hack he saw a man crawling in Mr. Vin cent's beans in a field adjoining the road. He was deceased,henle ei ght nr ten Th yards from the road, and had on a white an he saw in the bean field was not the farther he saw us .. e when he (witness) got along a little fast said "good Z a d ilt e%ased coming towards him, and he way between a Witness met him about haystackhalf way that is there and where r atack and as he was walk ing found dead. Witness the deceased was lived in a cottage nearrj: tav nan dressed in dark owthtehedemceaanseadga. again n a i s ing up the meadow he Ra w a ' clothes walking very Queenborough, 1 3 e reviously taken. He ee shouldsa same clothes. He (witness) got Il itt e . E d tw o him in the rectly he heard a gull fire , Yf hw 11 aPPea 1 and di- , to to be ir. 1 ni e rokand Pursuant to the arrangements made at the last examination on Thursday last, Constance Wilson, alias Catherine Taylor, was again brought up from Horsemonger-lane Gaol, and placed at the bar of the Lambeth Police-court, before the Hon. G. C. Norton, for further examination in relation to the charge of her having caused the death by poison of Mrs. Soames in October, 1856. This arrangement had been come to with a view to the completion of the depositions of Mrs. Nacke and Miss Soames, the daughters of the deceased lady, so as to enable them to return to their present domicile in Germany. Mr. Chipperfield, as on the former occasions, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Neale for the defence. The deposition of Mrs. Nacke having been read over to that lady she suggested several amendments, which were accordingly made, and in reply to Mr. Norton she said, that at the time of her mother's death she did not suspect, the prisoner, but that after the alleged robbery, which at the time she (witness) believed to be fictitious, she then had her suspicions like her uncle, Mr. Barnes, who had always expressed his suspicions against the prisoner. Mr. Chipperfield here intimated that there were a few questions he wished to put to the witness, and in reply to his interrogatories, Mrs. Nacke said that on the Friday before her mother's death the prisoner went out of the house, and was absent at least two hours. She did not say what she was going out for. In the course of the Thursday or Friday, witness did not see her mother empty the slops. Her mother could not have done so, as she was too ill to get out of bed. She saw the prisoner empty them on the Thursday, for her mother was too ill to move. Mr. Chipperfield—Now it has been said in this court that either you or the prisoner told Dr. Whidborne that your mother had lent a large sum of money to a man she met in an omnibus, some where near the Angel at Islington, and to whom she was to be married ; was it you that made that statement to the doctor? Witness—No, sir, nor anything to that effect ; nor did I say to him that my mother had been poisoned or anything about poisoning, and if Dr. Whidborne has heard anything of that kind it was not from me_ The prisoner took possession of my mother's keys and also all other things belonging to her. My mother was accustomed to keep her receipts on a file and her money in a cash box. I cannot say how soon after her death it was that I looked for the cash-box, but when it was found there was no money in it, On the day after the death—namely, the Saturday, the keys, to gether with my mother's purse, containing Is., were brought down stairs by me into the front kitchen by some person that Ido not remember. The cash-box was generally kept in one of the drawers of a chest of drawers which stood in the kitchen. In cross-examination, 'witness said she remem bered the apartments the prisoner had occupied ©n the first floor. They had been occupied by a lady and gentleman named Haddon before they were let to the prisoner, and she had no recollection of a robbery having been committed there before the prisoner came. It was not true that there were du plicate keys of the rooms of the house No. 27, but there were two keys to each of the rooms of the house No. 13, one for each lodger and one for themselves. She did remember the prisoner complaining of her having lost something from her room, and that the police were called in on that occasion. She had never heard her mother talk of getting married again, but she had heard prisoner and her mother jolting together about marriage, and when she spoke to her mother about it she said, " If there would be an y good to you both (meaning her sister and her self) then it might be." There was no particular person mentioned At the time of this conversation her mother spoke in a joking tone. She never knew on any occasion of the prisoner having borrowed money from her mother. The prisoner paid her rent regularly. The ten pounds demanded of me on the promissory note were paid in two payments, the last about a fortnight after my mother's death, out of money I had borrowed from my uncle. In reply t o M r . N or t on, t h e w i tness sa id th e promissory note was entirely in her mother's hand writing. With respect to the prisoner going out on ri t tng the Friday, she had not mentioned it on her former examination, because she had not been asked about it ; but she was sure it was on the Friday the prisoner went out, because on that day she (witness) was sitting with her mother, and she could not recollect who it was who brought her down the keys to the front kitchen. The depositions of Miss Sarah Soames were here read over to that witness, who, in further examina tion by Mr. Chipperfield, said that she had written uncle, Mr. Barnes, about this prosecution immediately after she had read a report in the newspapers of the vitriol case. Mr. Norton inquired the meaning of the vitriol case ? Mr. Chipperfield replied that it was a case in which the prisoner had been tried at the Central Court, for administrating vitriol, or sulphuric acid, to a Mrs. Farrell, and on that charge she had been acquitted. The fact had been elicited in the course of the cross - examination of the witness, and it was therefore admissable on the present deposition. Mr. Norton — Certainly. Examination resumed—Witness only saw the bottle of medicine. On the Wednesday evening after the deceased had gone up with the prisoner, the latter came down stairs again alone in about a quarter of an hour, and brought down some pork pie, which, she said, had been sent to her from the country. On the Friday preceding her mother's death the prisoner many times told her that her mother was very much better; but her mother said, in the prisoner's hearing, that she did not feel at all better. She did not say anything to Dr. Whidborne about her mother having lent £BO toi some man she met, nor did she ever say anything to him about her mother having taken poison. She never saw anything in the manner of her mother to suspect that she wished to destroy herself. On the contrary, on the Thursday her mother told her to mend her petticoat in order that it might be ready for her use when she got better. The depositions were here signed by the two witnesses, who were respectively bound over on pain of imprisonment to appear and give evidence against the prisoner, on the charge of wilful murder, at the sessions of the Central Criminal Court, to be holden on Monday, the 22d of September next. Mr. Neale complained of the absence of medical evidence, without which there was no case for com mittal. Mr.• Chipperfield said the medical evidence would be supplied at the next examination, for which pur pose he asked for a further remand. _ Mr. Norton granted the application, and at the same time intimated that at the close of the case he should certainly commit the prisoner for trial. The prisoner, a short, thick-set young man, with a dogged cast of features, was employed as a wag goner at an isolated farm-house, a few miles from Healey-in-Arden, and on the road to Redditch. The deceased, who was employed at the same farm-house in the capacity of maid-servant, eight months prior to the murder, complained to the housekeeper that Gardener had made several un successful attempts to kiss her ; he was, in fact, desirous of paying his addresses to the girl, who was extremely good-looking, and, moreover, pious; but his attentions were a source of annoyance to her. Gardener's master remonstrated with him on the subject, and nothing further was heard of the matter, though one of , the fellow -servants noticed that he was in the habit of watching the deceased through a little crevice which separated their bed chambers. The night previous he spent in drink ing, and on the morning of the murder he talked wildly to his fellow employe's about killing some-• body, and said deceased would not draw him any beer; Ahe deserved to be shot, His master was absent at a neighbouring cattle fair, and taking ad vantage of this circumstance, prisoner speedily carried his design into execution. His unsuspect ing victim drew him the beer he said he required, and then retired to the washhouse where she was employed. The prisoner soon afterwards asked her to fetch the master's double-barrelled gun out of the house. She did so readily, knowing he was in the habit of shooting rooks with it, and she returned to her washing. He took the percussion cap of one nipple and nicked it, in order that when it was dis charged it might not hang fire. He then put on the cap again ; and the girl was stooping over the waah ing-tub, when he fired at her, the charge entering the spine just below the neck. The poor girl fell back and died instantly. The housekeeper imme diately came up to ascertain the cause of the dis charge of the gun, and on seeing the girl told Gardener to leave the house • and, aftbr obtaining powder and shot, as we ll as money from his master's desk, he decamped across the fields. He made his way to Stratford-on-Avon, where he mixed with the crowd of visitors who were commemorating the birthday of Shakespeare, and succeeded in disposing of his gun and shot pouch, and passing clean through the hands of the police, to whom the murder had been telegraphed. He proceeded by train to Honeybourne, on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line, and having ascertained that he had plenty of time to catch the mail train to Oxford, he went to a public house in the village, where he was indulging in deep libations of gin, when the police walked in and ap prehended him drunk. For the defence it was contended that the gun went off accidentally, and so killed the deceased. No witnesses were called. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to death without the slightest hope of mercy. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WELLS, August 11. CROWN COURT. (Before Sir F. Slade, Q.C.) FORGERY. Edward Strange, son of a banker, of Swindon, was indicted for forging the name of George Gib bon to a promissozy note for the payment of £25, with intent to defraud Robert Yare, at Weston super-Mare. For the defence it was urged that the prisoner was in a very miserable state of health at the time he committed the crime. The jury found him guilty, and on account of his ill health he was sentenced to only twelve months' imprisonment. 7.HE NAVY. launched. The most complete precautions are adopted to ascertain that each plate is perfectly sound before it is placed on the ship's s:de, to in sure which the most rigid tests are reeorted to, when the slightest flaw discovered in the iron re sults in its immediate rejection. '! he contract price at which the iron plates are supplied to Admiralty is £35 per t on , an d as eac h pl a t e weighs four tons, the price of the armour plates used is £l4O for each, exclusive of the cost of labour in planing, bending, drilling, and and other wise preparing them and affixing them to the ex terior of the ship. On each side of No. 3 dock tram ways have been laid down, and two offthe largepatent steam travelling cranes from Taylor's Britannia Works, Birkenhead, have already arrived at the dockyard, to be used in hoisting the plates, to faci litate their being fastened to the sides of the frigate as soon as she is docke d. The Royal Oak is to be made ready for sea with all despatch, and already have been received at Chatham that her crew will number 600 officers and men—the same as a line of-battle ship. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Bernard T. Colley, pay _ master, to the Vigilant; Thos., M'lntosh, acting 2d class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Fearless ; and John Hawkings, acting 2d class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, as supernu merary. 7HE ARMY. In consequence of the Ist division of the depot brigade, Royal Artillery, having been very much reduced by the despatch of reinforcements to India, the division has been augmented during the last few days by 170 gunners from Woolwich, 44 gunners from the Curragh Camp, and 20 men from Shorn cliffe. In addition to the above, two detachments of Royal Artillery will join the Ist division today, including 66 men from Worley and 33 from Wool wich. Other detachments will also be transferred to the depot brigade until the division has been raised to its former strength. The sth Lancers are expected to leave their quar ters at Hounslow, Kensington, and Hampton Court on the 15th inst., and to arrive at Aldershot on the same day, where they will occupy the quarters in the North Camp recently vacated by the Ist Life Guards. _ _ THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1862. the direction of the stack. That was about 20 minutes past nine. George Brown deposed that about nine or a little after on Tuesday night, the 29th of J u ly, h e sa w Mr. Wm. Johnson and his son in their cart coming over Forty-acre Hill. That is the lower road to wards Sheerness, and leads past the Qaeenborough road, and where deceased was found. Just before they got to him (witness) a hare crossed the road, and Johnson got out of his cart and walked along the hedge side with a double-barrelled gun in his hand. The son was up in the cart and whistled to his father three or four times, who then returned, and jumping into the cart, drove off very quickly. James Reynolds confirmed the statement of last witness. Thos. Noakes, sergeant of the Kent police, said that he saw Johnson and his son on the evening of Wednesday the 30th at the Halfway House, and asked them if they were in the Queenborough-road the night before. The elder one said to the younger I'll answer him," and h e th en sa id to w i tness, "Yes, he did." Witness asked if he met any one, and Johnson said he did not remember. He (wit ness) then asked if h e h a d a gun with him that night, and Johnson said yes; that he took it out to shoot a stoat with it, and th a t it on l y h a d one c h arge of shot in it. He proposed to go down and see it, and Johnson said it was standing empty in the stable. He proposed to walk down, as it would make such a talk if he was seen with a policeman, and they walked down together. When the son got there he produced the gun, and the left-hand bar rel had evidently been recently shot off. Witness remarked it, and Edward said, " That is the barrel we fired at the stoat with the day before." (The witness produced the gun.) He searched the house, and found nearly a canister full of powder, but not any shot except a very few in a paper in the kitchen. Mrs. Cullis deposed that she lived next door to the Johnsons, and that on the evening of Wednes day Edward Johnson came to her house in Sheer ness and asked for a ramrod of his. He took it, and went into the stable, and immediately after she heard the reportof a gun there, and, looking over the fence, saw the smoke in the stable. In two or three minutes she saw William Johnson and Ser geant Noakes come down, but Edward had gone away in another direction, and shortly after re turned home again with the cart. Witness saw the Johnsons come home in the cart on Tuesday, be tween a quarter or half after nine. He went out again afterwards, and returned at 10 minutes to 11. It was not anything unusual for the Johnsons to go out in the evening. After some further evidence the inquiry was ad journed at a late hour. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF TVIIOLE- SALE POISONING. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WARWICK, Aug. 11. (Before Lord Chief Baron Pollock.) WILFUL AIIIIIDER. George Gardener was indicted for the wilful murder of Sarah Kitty, a young woman to whom he had been paying his addresses, and who was his fellow-servant. The Hon. E. C. Leigh and Mr. O'Brien were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Stephen appeared for the defence. THE CASE OF SHOOTING A WOMAN AT ISLEW OBTE. Yesterday afternoon, George Messenger, aged 25, a zinc -worker, of George-street, Richmond, was brought up in custody, from the House of Deten tion,Cierkenwell, and charged before J. Frere,Esq., and two other magistrates, at the Brentford Petty Sessions, on suspicion of causing the death of a young woman named Annie Barnham, by shooting her through the head. The prisoner was first examined on Friday last, and aftewards remanded till Wednesday next, but in consequence of the evidence that was adduced at the inquest on Saturday the magistrates sent an order for the prisoner to be brought before them yesterday. The evidence taken on the former occasion was read over by Mr. Faunch, the assistant clerk, from which it appeared that on Thursday night last, about a quarter-past nine o'clock, police-constable Coggin was on duty in the Twickenham-road, Isle worth, when he received information that a woman had been shot in Brewhouse-lane. The prisoner passed him at the time, and he was requested to look after him, as he was suspected of knowing something about the murder. The prisoner ap peared in an excited state, and he asked him to re turn with him, to which he at first hesitated, but he afterwards accompanied him. When asked to ac coant forbeing in a hurry, he stated that he had a return ticket and wished to catch the train at Rich mond. He was searched, but only a few apples were found upon him. He had no railway tick e t. One of the constables who saw him believed he was under the influence of liquor. The murder was discovered a little before nine o'clock. A boy named Randall was standing before the Railway Inn when he heard the report of firearms from the direction of the church. Soon afterwards another boy came running to him, and told hi m t h at a woman had been shot. He went to the spot, and found the de ceased lying on the footp a th, h er bonnet on fire, and she bleeding from both sides of the head. An alarm was raised,and the deceased,who never spoke, was removed to the Union. Two witnesses were examined, but they were unable to swear to the identity of the prisoner. A young man was seen with the deceased in Brewhouse-lane shortly before the occurrence, but in consequence of its being dark the witnesses were unable to speak as to the per son. One, however, thought the man was much stouter than the accused. The prisoner made a statement to the effect that he knew nothing of the murder—that he heard of a woman having been shot before he entered the lane, and that he was on his way to take the ferry to Richmond. Inspector Rigarlsford investigated the prisoner's statement as to where he had been on the day in question, and he found it quite correct, and also that he was a most respectable man, living in Richmond. This was the substance of the evidence taken on Friday, and upon which the prisoner was remanded. Inspector Rigarlsford produced the following ad ditional evidence : Ephraim Coughtrey said—l am ostler at the Che quers Inn, Isleworth. Between eight and nine o'clock on Thursday night I was sitting in front of the house, when I saw the deceased in company of a man, about five feet eight inches, with fair com plexion and li g ht-coloured whiske rs . I k new the deceased. The man said, " Annie, have something to drink," and she said, " No, Sem, I'd rather not." I understood her to say " Jem." He went into the house and called for a pint of ale. She drank one glassfull, and he drank the remainder. I did not know the man, but I had seen him once before. The prisoner is net the man. There was no light out side the house. The Chequers Inn is about 10 minutes' walk from the spot where the deceased was shot. They walked away quietly together. She appeared very dull. I never saw her like it before. The man had no moustache. This prisoner is a dark-complexioned young man, with a small moustache. Thomas Barnham—l live at Isleworth. The deceased is my cousin. I was coming down Brew house-lane on Thursday night about 20 minutes to nine o'clock. I saw the deceased and a tall young man with her. He was dressed in dark clothes like a groom. It was about 200 yards from the place were she was found shot. I did not know the man. I never saw him before. He was walking in the road an d she was on the path. I did not hear them talking. They were going up the lane. The prisoner was not the man. I did not see the prisoner that evening. I was not ac quainted with the reputed husband of the deceased. Inspectorßigarlsford was sworn, and said—From i nq uiries I have made since the examination of the • prisoner I believe h e i s not the man who committed the murder. The description given by the witnesses correspond with the man for whom a search is being made. I believe th e man has absconded. In answer to gnestions from one of the magistrates the inspector stated that no powder was found on the prisoner, no r any bullets. The magistrates consulted together, after which Mr. Frere addressed the prisoner, and told him the Bench had much satisfaction in discharging him, as they believed him innocent of the crime, and be would leave the court free from any imputation. In discharging him they would bind him over in his own recognisances to appear to give evidence when ever he received instructions. The prisoner's recognisances were then taken, and he left the court with a number of friends who had attended to hear the remelt or the cumination. EXMOUTH LIFEBOAT. On Satnrday a gentleman connected with the National Lifeboat Institution visited this station, which is in connection with the society. He found every thing in excellent order—the lifeboat mounted on her transporting carriage, ready for instan taneous service either day or night. Nearly the whole of the equipments of the boat are kept in her; they are of the most perfect character, no expense evidently having been spared in obtaining the very best of every fathom of rope, and of every other article belonging to the lifeboat. How often it happens in the lifeboat services that, after incurring great risk, perhaps during a midnight storm, to fetch a wreck, the whole success, under the bless ing of God, of the lifeboat in rescuing the half drowned sailors, will depend on the strength of the rope which the lifeboat has thrown to them. The Exmouth lifeboat is, as is generally known, the gift of Lady Rolle to the National Institution. Under the joint supervision of Captain Agassiz, R.N., and Mr. William Hawkins, the chief officer of Coast Guard, the station is maintained in a state of thorough efficiency, and fully sustains the graphic description given of it some two years ago in Dickens's All the Year Round. Again, attached to this station is a beautiful barometer (Negretti and Zambra's make) supplied by the institution for the use of the seafaring popu lation of the town : its movements are very closely watched by them. These are registered daily on a chart, that any one can at once read off the instru ment. The barometer was, like all those made for the institution, tested thoroughly at the Greenwich Observatory, under the superintendence of Mr. Glaisher, F.R.S., before it was sent to this place. A few remarks on the reading of this standard barometer during the past month may not be unin teresting to the general reader. We observed that the state of the instrument on the Ist ult., was 30.5. It gradually receded until the 6th, when it was 29.40, blowing fresh from S.S.W. It then gradu ally rose until the 9th, when it showed 30.6, strong breeze from W.S.W. The lowest point touched by the barometer at 9 o'clock a.m. at this station, dur ing the month, was 29.53—this was on the 12th. On the north-west of England its variations were no doubt much greater, for the life-boats of the society at Fleetwood and Penmon were, during heavy gales of wind on the 25th ult,, the means of saving two vessels and their crews from destruc tion. At midnight, on the 6th inst., it blew at Ex mouth a gale of wind from S.S.W., the barometer standing 29.78. One or two vessels got ashore in the storm, but soon got off again. The price of the barometer is only five or six guineas, and we know not of a more valuable gift to a fishing locality than such an instrument. We trust the officer of the National Lifeboat Institution will find all the lifeboats of the society on the west coast equally as efficient as the one at Exmouth ; and that this great and national insti tution will continue to have its hands strengthened by the benefactions of the public, and the legacies of deceased persons. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TER SALLS' —YESTERDAY, ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst Marquis (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Caractacus (taken) 100 to 15 agst Buckstone (taken) 100 to 7 agst Exchequer (taken) 100 to 6 agst Carisbrook (offered) 18 to 1 agst Johnny Armstrong (taken) 30 to 1 agst Imperatrice (taken) 33 to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken and offered) ALDERSHOTT CAMP RACES.-MONDAY. A Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, with 50 sovs added, for horses that have been ridden as chargers for the last six months ; llst 71b. The last half mile. Thorough-bred horses 71b extra. Captain Gratrex's (13th Hussars), Music Master, 12st (in. 71b extra) (Mr. Innes) 1 Mr. O'Connor's (76th Regiment) Nora Creina, list 71b (Owner) 2 Colonel O'Brien's (Military Train) Incognita, 4 yrs, 12st (in. 71b extra) The following also ran :—Baby, Cygnet, Mullingar, Elise, and First Flight. Betting-5 to 4 agst Incognita, 3to 1 agst Music Master, and 4 to 1 agst any other. The favourite came away with the lead to near the dis tance, where Music Master and Nora Creina passed him, and the former won easily by a length, two lengths sepa rated the second and third. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 3 sovs forfeit, added to a Cup, value £ll5, for 3-yr-olds lOst, 4-yr-olds list 41b, 5-yr-olds list 121 b, 6-yr• olds and aged 12st 21b. Win ners extra, mares and geldings allowed. 31b. One mile. The winner to be sold by public auction for 200 sovs, &c. Captain Peel's Gabardine, 4 yrs, 11st 71b .. (Capt. Peel) 1 Major Johnson's (12th Lancers) The Prophet, 12st (Mr. Lawson) 2 Captain Curtois' (Ist Royals) Medusa, 4 3 rs, llst llb (Major Williams) 3 The following also ran :—Tadworth, My Mary, Odd Trick, and Reprieve. Betting-6 to 4on The Prophet, sto 2 agst Tadworth, 3 to 1 agst Gabardine, and 5 to 1 agst My Mary. Medusa made running, followed by Tadworth and Odd Trick for a quarter of a mile, when the latter dropped back, and The Prophet, with Gabardine at his quarters, supplied his place. Halfway up the straight Tadworth was beaten, Medusa giving way before reaching the distance. The l i favourite and Gabardine then ran a fine race for home, and the latter won by a head ; three lengths between second and third. Tadworth was fourth, and Reprieve fifth. My Mary walked in last. No bid for the winner. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 soya added, for 3-yr-olds, lOst; 4-yr-olds, list 41b; 5-yr-olds, list 121 b ; 6-yr-olds and aged, 12st 21b. Winners extra. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a half. The second saved his stake. The winner to be sold for £350. Captain Boyce (16th Lancers) ns Paul Clifford, 4 yrs, list 91b (Captain Peel) 1 Mr. Dakin (6th Cameronians) ns Avongrove, 2 yrs, lOst (Mr. Smith) 2 Capt. Gratrex (13th H ussars ) ns flighflyer, 4 yrs, list 71b (Mr Innes) 3 Captain Green (Military Train) ns Strike, 4 yrs, list 41b (Mr. Longman) 4 Hon. Captain Vereker (2nth Regiment) ns Rattletrap, 6 yrs, list 131 b (Mr. Lawrence, 20th Regiment) 5 Betting-2 to lon Paul Clifford, and 4to 1 agst High flyer. Avongrove made running at a great pace, Strike lying second, about six lengths from him. Before entering the straight Strike was beaten, and Higbflyer and Paul Clifford took second and third places. Avongrove continued his Lead to the half-distance, where Paul came away, and won in a canter by a length; Higbflyer lost second money by half a length ; Strike was a bad fourth ; Rattletrap did not pass the post. No bid for the winner. A Cup presented by Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Poinefather, K.C.8., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sous each, and a purse of 25 sous ; list each ; thoroughbred horses 71b ex tra. Winners extra. One mile. Mr. Dakin's (6th Carab:neers) Inkerman, aged, list (Owner) 1 Major Wombwell's (12th L ancers ) Fanny, aged, llst ) 2 Capt. Gratrex's (13th H ussars ) M us i c Master, ll ( st Owner 121 b (Mr. Innes) 3 The following also ran :—Baby, Fidget, Full Cry, Lotty and Nora Creina. Betting -6 to 5 agst Music Master, and 3to 1 agst Fanny. Nora Creina led off, followed by Lotty and Fidget, with the rest in a cluster, and Fanny, who got badly off, last. Before entering the straight run for home, Nora Creina retired into the rack, Fanny caught her horses, and Inker man and Musicmaster joined Lotty in the front rank. Fanny passed onwards as they approached the distance, and ob tained the lead for a few strides, but Inkerman quitted her at the Stand railings and won very easily by a length and a half. Music Master finished a length behind Fanny. Nora Creina was a bad fourth, and Fidget fifth. Aldershott Cup, a handicap sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 3ft, added to a Cup, value 100 sous, with a purse value 50 sous. Winners extra. One mile and a half. Captain Peel na Vinegar Hill, 13st 71b.. (Captain Peel) 1 Captain Green (Military Train) na Strike, _4 yrs, list 31b _ (Mi. Longman) 2 Mr. Dakin na Avongrove, list 51b .. (Mr. Smith) 3 The following also ran :—Highflyer, Disappointment, and Rattletrap. Betting-6 to 4 on Vinegar Hill, 3 to 1 agt Highflyer, and 4 to 1 agst Disappointment. Disappointment jumped off with the lead, but was imme diately passed by Strike and Rattletrap, Avongrove being fifth, and Vinegar Hill last. Rattletrap was beaten at the end of half a mile, and Highflyer went up to Strike, the two going on abreast, with Disappointment third, until they entered the straight, where Vinegar Hill took fourth place. Strike carried on the running to the stand, where Vinegar Hill overhauled him, and won cleverly by a neck. Avongrove was two lengths from Strike, and Highflyer, close up, fourth. Rattletrap did not pass the post. South- Western Railway Plate, of £25, added to a Sweep. stakes of 3 soya each, half forfeit ; 4-yr-olds, 9st; fi ve, lOst ; six and aged, lOst 41b. One mile. Capt. Barclays, (16th Lancers) Ma Mie,3 yrs, (car. 9st 41b) Halton) Col. O'Brien's (Military Train) Incognita (C 4 apt. vrs, 9st 1 (car. 9st 31b) ......................(Mr.Marshall) 2 Major Wombw ell's (12th Lancers) My M ary, 5 yrs, lOst (Mr. H. Wombwell) 3 Elise also ran. Betting-6, to 4 on Ma Mie, and 2 to I agst Incognita. My Mary led for 200 yards, when Incognita took up the rimiPs'a 141loweel J 25? Algi Elise shortly aterw"cl4 We ventured last week to make a few serious remarks upon the rapidity with which new loans and other foreign securities .are being introduced into this market. Looking at the multifarious character of the new projects in course of issue, and at the fact that Portugal, Peru, Egypt, and Venezuela are all creating new stock simultaneously, we arrived at the conclusion that " the market will have a fit of indigestion unless it observes more moderation." The course of affairs this week has fully justified the anticipa tion. All the new loans referred to have been taken uPp but the market has been in a state of partial collapse, produced by the anxiety of subscribers to get rid, at s profit, of a mass of stock which they are conscious of their n abilitg to hold long. There has been a greater rush to seize premiums, as long as premiums could be had, than has been witnessed for a long time past. It eannot be too earnestly expressed, that amid all the ex citement with which new securities are hailed, there is, permanently, only a certain defined and limited market for:them. Applicants for new loans get their allot ments, in a vast number of instances, only to sell them — that is to say, to transfer them to another set of holders. Now, the class of holders contemplating a permanent in vestment, in the case of new foreign stocks, is not a large one, nor yet susceptible of very rapid increase, except where a special temptation is presented through a new stock falling to a heavy discount, instead of being offered at a premium. This inducement is not now witnessed. Meanwhile, in default of the appearance of bona fide and permanent buyers in sufficient number to absorb the mass of new stock thrown upon the market by transient holders, the only shoulders on which it finds a resting place are those of the dealers in Stock Exchange and other persons willing to take it until the demand ultimately anticipated on the part of the public shall arise. This is the real explanation of the fall which has occurred this week in all the new loans, and from which many old securities have suffered in sympathy. Supply has outstripped demand, As to the effects of the influx of new loans in so far as the money market is concerned, it would be premature to say much at present. Perhaps the correct view will prove to be that no great harm has yet been done, but that any further commitments of magnitude would certainly make themselves felt. When the rate of discount is at 2 per cent., the seeds of future monetary difficulties are usually sown. There is a strong disposition to sow them now. COUN7I MARILL,2S. ~ ►~_--- COLCHESTER—Aua. 9. To-day there was a small supply of wheat at market, a few parcels of new varying in quality and price from 50s to 62s per qr ; the yield is also very irregular, say from 10s to 32s per acre. Very little spring corn on offer, and the prices of last week were fulily made. Wheat, white 56s 62s Beans,Mazagan..36s 38s red 54s 60s middle & small.3Be 42s Barley —s —s Peas, white ..38s 42s Oats GLOUCESTER—Auct. 9. A larger supply of English wheat from the farmers to day, which brought last week's prices. Foreign wheat in fair amount, at the rates of last week, Grinding barley, beans, peas, and oats rather dearer. fell to the extreme rear, and the two leaders ran abreast to the distance, where Ma Mie quitted Incognita and won easily by three lengths. Two lengths separated the second and third ; Elise was beaten off. The Consolation Stakes of 3 sous each, with £25 added, for beaten horses ; llst 71b each ; half-bred horses allowed 71b. The last three-quarters of a mile. Major Johnson's (12th Lancers) The Prophet, list 71b (Mr. Lawson) 1 Mr. Dakin's (6th Carabineers) Reprieve, 4 yrs, list 71b (Mr. Smith) 2 Captain Green (Military Train) na Strike, 11st 71b (Mr. Longman) 3 Medusa and Lotty also ran, Betting-4 to lon The Prophet. Reprieve made running to the half-distance, where The Prophet passed him, and won in a canter by two lengths ; three lengths between the second third. YHE RAPID INFLUX OF NEW FOREIGN PROJECTS. (From the Money Market Review.) CHELMSFORD—Auo. 8. The trade in wheat was limited, and prices stationary. Few,samples of new offered to-day, of indifferent quality, and Talaverian sold as low as 60s per qr. A limited busi ness doing in spring corn, but prices firm. Wheat, old white 44s 61s new —s —s old red 49s b7s new —s Barley 30s 39s Chevalier 3os 42s Grinding 24s 32s Malt. Chevalier . 64s 69s Oats 22s 29s t'eas, Partridge- 37s 41 s White 39s 420 Boiling 4ls 44s Dun 36s 400 Ditto new —s —s Beans, Tick, old 3ss 39s new —s —8 Harrow Ticks 3ss 40s new --s —0 Mazagan 34s 38s KIRKCALDY GRAIN—Au a. 9. A fair show of wheat and oats today, and only two small parcels of barley. A slow trade, at former prices. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First.... 50s Od 3ss Od I 26s Odj Second .. 54s Od 36s 6d 29s 6d Third ....62s Od —s Od 33s Od COAL M (Prioes of Coal per Ton a , s. d. :ARKET. the close of the market Walls End. Byass's Bad& West Hartley ...15 6 Bell's Primrose l2 3 Eden Main l6 0 Gamy and Duffryn Malting 23 0 s. d. 'Whitworth 15 0 Riddell..... l5 0 Belmont ..15 3 Heugh Hall 16 0 Ii elloe ..16 9 South Kelloe 16 3 Caradoc Acorn Close ..16 0 Hartlepool 17 0 Soatb. Hartlepool 16 0 Camp Stewart's l7 0 Framwellgate l6 0 Tunstall Trimdon Hartlepool ..17 0 Hetton .. l7 6 South Hetton 17 6 Thorpe .. ..15 3 Haswell Brs,ddyll's Hetton 16 3 Shincliffe 16 0 Do. Anthracite.. 21 0 Hastings Hartley ....15 6 Wylam ..16 0 Craighead Steam 14 0 Ellison Main Steam 14 0 Hartlepool West Hart ley Lambert's West Hart- ley l5 3 Holywell ..16 0 Sleekburn West Hart•• ley 14 0 North Pelton Gas 12 9 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 0 Walker Primrose 12 3 West Hartley 15 6 Buddle's West Hartley 15 9 Ships at market, 191; sold, 130. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. AuKralia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Aug. 18. via Marseilles .. Aug. 12. ..drazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Sept. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Aug. 18. via Marseilles ...Aug. 12. Falkland Islands Sept. 3. Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug. 14 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 18. via Marseilles Aug. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Aug. 23. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 14. via Marseilles Aug. 12. Newfoundland .. Aug. 20. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Aug. 14. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Aug. 13. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Aug 10. Bahamas, via New York Aug. 28. Mexico. Aug. 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California, and British Columbia. 1 Aug. 13. 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FILAtER.--On the 9th inst., the Hon, Lady Filmer, of a of son and heir. GREEN.—On the 10th inst., at a d Dulwich-common, the wife of Thomas Green, Esq., aughter. HALE.—On the 11th inst., at Thornton-heath, C ro yd o n, the wife of Chas. G. Hale, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BAILLIE--MAIN,—On the 9th inst., at N ew St. P ancras , Dr. Benjamin T. B. Baillie, only su rv i v i ng son o f t he l a te Benjamin Duffle, Esq., of Limehouse, to Sarah, eldest daughter of the late John Main, Esq., of Fitzroy square. P E PPERCORNE—HOPSON. — On the 9th in s t., a t Holy T r inity Church, Paddington, Captain W. Peppercorns, of Gloucester crescent, to Eliza, eldest daughter of the late Captain Ongley Hopson, 25th Light Dragoons, of Rutland-gate, Hyde -park. DEATHS. BROWN.—OR the 11th inst., at Briar House, Stoke New' ington •road, Thomas Leonard Brown, Esq., aged 80. BONHOTE.—On the 9th inst., at Hastings, Fred. Bonhotey Esq., of Upper Westbourne-terrace, aged 35. CARTIVRIGHT.—On the 9th inst., at Aynho Rectory, the Rev. Stephen R. Cartwright. , FABER,—On the Bth inst., at Carr Villa, Blackheath, Mr. August Faber, late of 60, Mark-lane, aged 60. HARRISON.—On Ole 9th inst., at his residence, 10, Lans downe-road Villas, Notting-hill, George Marsh Ham" son, Esq., aged 53. KING.—On the 18th June, at Chowringhoe, near Calcutta, Arthur Kaye King, Esq., aged 33. MADDocK.--On the 4th inst., at her residence , Kir g's cliffe, aged 76, Miss Maddock, sister of the late Henry Maddock, M.P. ------ . _ - ----r --- LONDON : Printed and Published by JON N c HApLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TBm SUN Office No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of thelSavoy, 112 the County of Atiddleam—auesclay,: apgut 12,_186