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Lei W INTELLIGENCE, Dec. G. BAIL . COURT. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, in Middlesex, before Mr. Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.) ARGUER V. BRAIIA3I. Mr. Edwin James, Mr. Laeton , and Mr. Gordon Allan appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Thomas and Mi. Powell for the defendant. This was an action by the plaintiff to recover IV, money lent to the defendant, to which demand the defendant pleaded, first, never indebted, and, second, a set-off. The plaintiff is the young man who was the de fendant in the case tried during the last week at the suit of tho.omnibus conductor for the recovery of a valuable diamond ring. It was stated by the plaintiff's counsel that the defendant, Mr. Louis Braham, had known Mrs. Archer before her mar riage with the plaintiff, and'a ad been introduced to him by her ; that the defendant dined at the plain tiff's house, and slept there very frequently, drove out with him in his carriage, and during the time borrowed two sums of £2O each in the months of January and February, 1859. Mr. Braham attended the plaintiff almost everywhere, and on one occasion, having bought a carriage for him and received from the coachmaker a douceur for the coachman he failed to hand it over, and on being questioned by Mrs. Archer he disappeared, and had not been to the plaintiff's since. On the action being brought the defendant delivered a set-off—" about the most im pudent thing," said Mr. James, " even for Mr. Louis Braham to attempt." In March last the de fendant wrote to the plaintiff a long letter, in which he said he felt for the plaintiff as a younger bro ther—(a laugh)—and should feel very sorry to be separated from him—(a laugh)—and added, as Mr. James read it, "In the words of the poet, God bless you both." (Loud laughter.) Thomas Archer, examined by Mr. Laxton—l am the plaintiff. I came into some property in 1857. In 1858 I went out of town, leaving my wife at home. On my return I found the defendant, Mr. Louis Braham, who was introduced to me by my wife at a friend's house opposite the defendant's. He said that he had been on the Corn Exchange, and acted on commission. We became friendly, and he sometimes took his meals, dined, and slept at my house. On Jan. 6, 1859, I met the defendant by appointment at Regent-circus ; he stated he wanted £2O. On a subsequent day I took a check with me to Nicholas-lane in the city, and gave it to him in a tavern, not liking to hand it to him in the street. He thanked me,. and said he would pay it in about a month. After this he was off and on at my house ; he slept and took his meals there. In 1859 I was living at Kingsbury. One evening we went to the Marylebone Theatre, and after we came out we went to the White Lion, in the Edg ware-road. He said he was in want of money, and had a case in the Divorce Court coming on, and wanted £lO to pay a refresher, and he asked me for a loan of £2O. He wrote out a check, and I signed it, and let him have it. He said he had the secu rity of two houses at Poplar to give me for it. I saw the houses, but, of course, they were mort gaged. Once, when we were conversing together, he said his debts were about £4O, and that that was the sum he owed me. He used frequently to drive out with me. I never instructed him to do anything for me on commission. I always treated him as a visi tor. I sued a person in the Edgware County Court. The defendant was a witness. He said he could not think of taking witness money, he being my visitor. I borrowed £3 of him at that time and have paid it back. In March, 1859, I was about purchasing a pair of horses (cobs). The defendant took me to Anderson's, and I gave £95 for a pair. I afterwards bought a carriage of Mr. Craker. The defendant went with me and my wife to buy it. Mrs. Archer had all the say. She taxed the de fendant with having taken £3 of Mr. Craker to hand to the coachman and with not having done se. The defendant said " How could you think of sug gesting such a thing ? " This was at bedtime. The next morning when we came down the defendant had left our house, and we never saw him again. The defendant never gave me any bill or setoff against me. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Thomas—About three years ago last September I came into from £12,000 to £15,000. I may have said it was £20,000. About .£7,000 or £B,OOO was invested in the funds, and in June last the residue had become very short. I was then short of cash. I married two years ago last June. I thought at the time I married her that my wife was a widow. _ By Mr. Sergeant Thomas—Did you not swear she was a spinster ? Witness—There was a party from whom I was waiting to learn whether she was a spinster or not. (Loud laughter.) I found my wife at the Blue Posts, in the Haymarket. We went to the Cafe de la Regence. I don't know what you call a night house. That begins at 12 o'clock. My groom was in the box with us at the theatre, and I gave him some champagne. My tailor was in the habit of visiting at my house. The defendant said that he had been on the Corn Exchange, but that he was doing nothing at that time. The defendant may have been with me a great deal, but it was at his own option. [The witness then admitted that the defendant went about with him and for him, and advised him in the selection of a house to live in, and the purchase of horses and carriages, and in the finding of a dog that had been lost, and other matters of a similar kind.] I understand that my attorney is now claiming the diamond ring on my account. I did not know how often Balls visited my wife. She would not go with me to Ramsgate. Ido not like to go alone to the houses in the Haymarket. I liked my wife to be with me. Charles Bull, examined by Mr. Gordon Allan— I entered the plaintiff's service in August, 1858, as groom and coachman. I saw the defendant very often at the plaintiff's ; he dined and slept there. They drove out together, and the plaintiff always paid for the refreshments they had. The defendant denied that ho had received any money from Mr. Craker for me. Mr. Sergeant Thomas then addressed the jury with much energy, contending that the defendant had done a great deal of work for the plaintiff and his wife, the commission upon which exceeded 1:40. The Foreman of the Jury—Then, why did he not send his bill in as usual 9 Louis Braham, examined by Mr. Powell—l am the defendant, and live at 22, Douro-cottages, St. John's-wood, and am a general commission agent and collector. I have no other means of livelihood. In 1857 Mrs. Archer introduced me to the plaintiff as a commission agent. He asked me to come to Kildare-terrace, and told me that he had come into some thousands, and wanted me to invest part of it for him on mortgage. The first business I did for him was in November, 1857. I went into the city for him, and introduced him to Sims, Hill, and Davis, stockbrokers, of Capel-court, who sold out some stock for him. I afterwards introduced him to the London and Westminster Bank at Temple bar, where he lodged £GOO. Nest, in December, 1858, when Mrs. Archer's sister was charged with stealing a shawl, I took a cab and went to dis cover the sister's whereabouts. I went with them to the police-station and then to the Paddington police-station. I advised their. not to prosecute the sister, which they acceded to. They then asked me to go to Malden, near Kingston, to search for a house for them. I went there on two occasions for that purpose. I was afterwards engaged to find a pony carriage for them ; then a pair of ponies. I then went to Kingsbury to see Grove-house for them, I attended to the packing and re- moving of their furniture from Kildare-terrace, and was employed to find an agent for letting that house, which I did. I was employed to find a fa vourite dog of Mrs. Archer's, which was lost, and for which a reward of £lO was offered. I got bills printed and posted, and I exerted myself and found the dog, and the £lO was saved. I was engaged at the Edgware County Court for the plaintiff, and £4ls. were allowed by the Court as my expenses, but the plaintiff took the execution out himself. I claim £46 18s. in my set-off, and I gave the plaintiff credit for £l, which leaves a balance of £45 18s. About the second week in May I delivered to the plaintiff personally a copy of my set-off. It is not true that I said that I would pay back the first cheque in a month, or that I received it in Nicholas lane. I received it at Dr. Spratt's, in Margaret street. He brought me the cheque and said, " I know you are a needy man, and, I am going to take a house in the country, take this and work it out, and I will pay you your commission as you go on." It was not a loan. Cross-examined by Mr. Laxtoi—Before 1851 I was a watch and chronometer maker in Hill-street, Brampton. Before that I lived in York-street, Baker -street. I collect rents for my mother and for others generally. I shall not give you the names of any others. I am generally a commission agent. I buy furniture at sales for any one wile' likes to employ rue. I don't feel inclined to bring other persons' names into this case, and I won't say for whom. I have procured £3,000 or £4,000 on mortgage on commission, but I• won't say for whom, as I don't like to bring other persons names up. This book in which the items are entered is not my mother's housekeeping-book. The entries are in pencil. There are a few written entries, but not relating to this case. I sometimes go to the city in cabs. The witness produced a book similar to a broker's inventory book, with pencil items of this transaction, which, he said, was the only book he had relating to it. By Mr. Laxton—As there is no entry of your having taken a cab, or of your own expenses, in November, 1857, when you say you made the en try, what enables you to say that you had a cab, for which you make a chargé in your set off, and , what enables you to say how many hours you were employed ? Witness—l know I took a cab, and I know about the time I mnst have been engaged. By the Judge—ln the copy of your set-off, which you say you delivered to the plaintiff in May, how comes it that, although you give him credit for £1 paid, you did not also give him credit for the £4O, if, as you say, you trot it as aprepayment, and to be worked out by you ? Witness—That was between ourselves. By the Judge—Why did you not make an entry of it in your book ? The witness, was asked to find out a particular item of set-off in his book, but neither he nor his attorney could find it, although they searched for it. By the Judge—l suppose the jury no more be lieve this witness than I do? Mr. Powell—As soon, my Lord, as I hear the jury say so, I shall know what course to pursue. Mr Laxton then put another question to the wit ness. Witness—lf I am not to be believed, why am I to be asked any more questions ? The Judge—lf you cannot account for omitting to enter such important items, I think your case is hopeless. 7 Witness—lt was an oversight of mine. The Judge (to the jury)—Gentlemen, if you be lieve the plaintiff's account to be true, and that the defendant did this work because, like a led captive, he was getting his benefit in the house and not upon commission, it is useless to go on further. The jury—That is our opinion. The jury then returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £4O, and the judge granted speedy execution. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—NoRwics, DEC, 5, CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) Samuel Dickerson, labourer, aged 27, and George Crowe, labourer, aged 27, were indicted for shooting at John Buckle, with intent to kill and murder him ; n second count charged them with shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm ; a third count charged a wounding with intent to murder; and a fourth count a felo nious wounding. Mr. Wm. Cooper and Mr. Drake were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Sims Ree ve defended the prisoners. Mr. Cooper shortly stated the nature of the evi dence he should adduce in support of the charge, which would show that Dickerson and Crowe, on being pursued 1:11 , ; , the prosecutor, who is head game keeper to Lord Walsingham, had turned round, and that Crowe had thrown a large stone, and Dicker son, who alone had a gun, had fired at and dange rously wounded the prosecutor. Air. Reeve submitted that there was no case on the opening against the prisoner Crowe, on this in dictment. _ _ His Lordship said that he could not say there was no case for the jury, but that if he were a jury man he should be very unwilling to look at the act of a man who threw a stone in the same light as the act of a man who fired a gun at another, and that unless it was clear that the two men had gone out with a common design to resist at all hazards, the man who threw the stone should not be liable for the act of him who fired the gun, which might have been done en a sudden impulse. This was not a case of night poaching, but a mere trespass in the evening. Mr. Cooper said that on this intimation of his lordship's opinion, he should confine the evidence he should lay before the jury to that which affected Dickerson, and the jury thereupon returned a ver dict of Not Guilty as to the prisoner Crowe. Mr. Cooper then called John Buckle, who was unable to stand from the effects of the wonnd. He said—l am head game keeper to Lord Walsingham. I remember Watton Fairday, Tuesday, the 11th October. I was sitting on a gate about 7 in the evening, half a mile from Watton. Charles Crane, his lordship's shepherd, was with me. I heard the clock strike 7. In about five or ten minutes I heard a gun. The sound came from Wellacre-piece, the north side of Merton-park. I ran in that direction. I ran by the side of the fence, having taken off my coat and hidden it behind a tree near the end of the pasture. I stopped, hid behind a tree, and listened. I heard some persons running through a piece of turnips. I ran to another tree further on and stood behind it. I heard some persons come over from the tur nips into the pasture. It was bright moonlight. I heard them come down the bank. I soon after saw two men coming towards me. One was dressed in dark clothes and one in light ones. They were run ning and walking alternately. When they came near I had a strong impression one of them was Samuel Dickerson. I ran out and ran towards them. The one in light clothes was first. He turned round and threw a stone. .1 hoard it pass the left side of my head. The other one in dark clothes, whom I believe to be Dickerson, put his gun to his shoulder, took a short aim at me, and immediately fired with out speaking a word. I felt the greater part of the charge in my thigh and the lower part of my body. I staggered and fell on my side. I felt no pain at first. I lay, resting myself on my hands, and saw the two men running away. They were running half sideways, looking back at me. I said to myself, "That is certainly Sam Dickerson," meaning the one in dark clothe 3. I noticed his carrying his feet rather wide. I have known Dickerson for 15 or 16 years. The one I took for Dickerson was the taller of the two. I had noticed before that he was round shouldered and carried his feet rather wide. I could not see his face. His chummy hat shaded his face from the moonlight. He had a brown velvet coat very much worn ; drab-coloured trousers. They were running towards Watton, Wayland-wood way. They would be about a mile from Watton town. After I was shot I crept back to the tree where I was shot, and my eyesight left me. I believe I called " murder." I recollect a man named Howlett coming up. I was attended by Mr. Sprigge, a surgeon of Watton. lam in great pain still, and am not recovered. Cross examined—l know several persons of the name of Hensley. I was told Hensley came up with Howlett. I remember Howlett asking me if I knew who shot me. I answered, " I don't know, but I think." I did not see the men come over the bank. I heard them. They were 60 or 80 yards from me when I first saw them. They were 10 yards off when one threw the stone. The one with the gun, was nearer to me—a little nearer. They were running beside each other; Dickerson was nearer to me. I came out and ran towards them, and got within ten yards before either of them saw me. He turned round when he fired. He stopped and took a short aim. He put the gun to his shoulder and levelled it at me. Peter Howlett—l am a gardener. I was going to the fair that night. I heard Merton-lodge clock strike seven, and about five minutes after I heard a gun go off in the direction of Wellaere plantation. I afterwards heard a second report, seemingly from Mr. Cook's pasture. This was about a quarter of an hour after the first report. I heard calls for help and " Murder." There was a young woman with me, and I did not go at once. I turned back and saw young Layte and James Hensley. We all turned back towards Mr. Cook's pasture. I saw Mr. Buckle lying there. He said, " I'm shot." Cross-examined—l asked him if he knew who shot him. He said, " I don't know, but I think." Squire Sprigge—l am a surgeon. I was sent for to see Buckle that night. The charge had entered the whole surface of the front of the left thigh and the inner side, and the lower part of the abdomen, and several shot in the scrotum. I counted up wards of 100 pellets. That was not all ; it was a severe wound. John Ward—l am inspector of police at Watton. I saw Buckle at 8 o'clock, and then went to Watton and apprehended Dickerson at 10 o'clock that night in Mr. - Waters booth at Watton. I told him he was charged with shooting Buckle, Lord Walsing ham's keeper. He made no reply. He then had on a pair of white trousers, a common high crowned hat, and plush waistcoat with sleeves, and an old pair of Blucher boots. I asked him what he had done with the frock he had on that day. He said, " I have not had one on to-day ; I carried it home on my arm." As I was taking him to the station he said if I would let him go home ha would give me his frock. I went, after I had locked him up, to his house, with constables Bales, Case, and Reed. I found boots and trousers daubed with mud, and very wet. The trousers were wet from the knee downwards. I found a black chummy hat, with a broad brim. I could not find a frock-coat. Next morning at 6 o'clock I went with Case, Bales, and Reed to Cook's pasture. I went to where Buckle was found. (Buckle was re called, and stated that he had pointed out the ground to this witness.) I saw footmarks coming and going to the place where he was shot—the marks of two men. There was a single right foot mark near the tree. I then crossed the road into a. mangold field. I there saw the footmarks of two men. I observed a right footprint. It resem bl e d th e one I saw in the plantation. I traced the two sets of marks up the mangolds into the swedes, and then into Cook's pasture. I observed the same right foot print and a very peculiar left foot of the same man. I got the impression, and it came to the grass. About 210 yards from where Buckle was shot, and in the direction where they ran, I found the same two sets of marks. There were molehills on this pasture, and the footprints were very distinct on them. I found them again in a field leading to Wayland-wood. I examined the footmarks every few yards with the boots I now produce by making impressions by the side. They corresponded. The right boot is very peculiar. There are 12 distinct VIM SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1859. nails on th e sole and a piece of the heel plate worn away. In the left boot the iron tip is loose, and the impress ions show the mould thrown up, and the boot hag been soled near the heel, which is shown in line impressions. I carefully covered many of the botmarks up, and the same day L went with Mr. Barton and compared again, mak ing impressions in the same way. I produce a gun I received from James Langford. It was then out of its stock and without a ramrod. I went next day to the stack where I was in formed the gun had been found. The stack is about 70 yards from Crowe's house and about 50 yards from the Golden Ball. I found the ramrod I under the roof of the stack. Cross-examined—Dickerson told me he would Give me his coat, but I took him into custody, and then went to his house. The boots were not con cealed, and the trousers were on the table. When I went to Dickerson's house I found a man named Wells there. As far as my own knowledge goes these may be Wells' boots. The stack where the gun was found is about a mile from Dickerson's house. (Numerous other witnesses were called to speak to the comparison of the footprints, and some who had .seen Dickerson and Crowe together on the evening itt question, and one who had seen Dicker son with a t win on that evening.) Charles Wells—l am a labourer. I believe these to be the boots the policeman took out of Dickerson's house. I was there at the time he took them. They are Dickerson's boots, By the Judge—They are not my boots. I never wore them, neither that evening nor any other time. Examination continued—l heard Dickerson's wife ask him where his frock was. He said he had left it at his master's. She said she would not go with him with those old clothes on. His trousers were very wet at the bottom. Cross-examined—l was not before the magistrates. His Lordship observed that the attorney for the prosecution ought to have furnished a copy of this evidence to the prisoner's'attorney. Mr. Sims Reeve stated that he was not instructed by an attorney, and knew no more of the case than he learnt from the depositions. Mr. Cooper stated that the attorney who origi nally appeared for the prisoner had been informed of the evidence which Wells would give. His Lordship wished it to be understood that he did not impute unfairness t• any one : he was only suggesting the fair course to be pursued on all such occasions. Mr. Sims Reeve addressed the jury for the pri soner, and called two witnesses, who swore that Dickerson was drinking in the Watton King's Arms about 7 o'clock in the evening of the 11th October. Mr. Cooper replied on the whole case. His Lordship summed up, going carefully through the whole of the evidence. The jury, after five minutes deliberation, found the prisoner guilty on the second count of shooting at the prosecutor, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. His Lordship sentenced the prisoner to eight years' penal servitude. WESTERN CIRCUIT.-WINCIIESTER, Dec. 6. (Before Mr. Baron Channell.) Edmund Wardroper, late solicitor, of Petersfield, who pleaded guilty yesterday to two indictments charging him with forging two promissory notes, was this morning put to the bar, and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. The prisoner, a most respectable man, 50 years of age, was then removed from the bar, evidently feeling his position most painfully. John Parker, a soldier, who pleaded guilty yes terday to an indictment charging him with having forged a post-office order, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and hard labour. Wm. Hellyer was indicted for cutting and wound ing Walter Knott with intent to resist his appre hension at Alverstoke. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wounding, and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. John Rolf and Wm. Goodchild were indicted for cutting and wounding Thomas Holloway, a consta ble, in the execution of his duty, with intent to do grievous bodily harm and to prevent the lawful ap prehension of John Rolf. Mr. Cooke prosecuted ; Mr. Russell defended Rolf. It appeared that on July Bth Holloway and Cob den had Rolf in custody. He contrived to escape. On July 30th Holloway went in plain clothes and saw the two prisoners at Havant. Holloway endea voured to take Rolf into custody, but he ran away across a meadow. Holloway followed, overtook, and took hold of him and said, " Halloa, Rolf, is this you ?" He answered that his name was not Rolf. Holloway told him it was, and he wanted him again. Rolf said that was not his name. Holloway said it was, and as he was taken prisoner he should behave like a man. Rolf said he would, and Holloway took out his handcuffs to handcuff him. Rolf said he should not, and began to seuffle%with him. Good child was then coming up, and Holloway asked him, in the Queen's name, to assist him in taking Rolf. Holloway and Rolf fell to the ground, and Hollo way tried to put on the handcuffs, when they were suddenly caught out of his hand by Goodchild, who struck him on the head with them and knocked -him down. Blood began to flow over his face. Good child caught hold of Holloway and pulled him off Rolf, saying, "Bun, you fool!" Rolf ran away; Holloway followed, caught him again, and drew his staff, but Rolf took hold of him, and prevented his striking him. They both again.fell to the ground and struggled for five minutes. Goodchild came up and palled Holloway away, and Rolf got the staff and ran away. Holloway followed Rolf and collared him, and they struggled, and Rolf put his thumb in Holloway's mouth. Holloway bit the thumb and held it fast with his teeth, and was in that way leading him along when he was tripped up. Rolf put his hand in his pocket. Holloway said, "Rolf, don't draw your knife, or it will be a bad job." Rolf said, " I'll knife you, you -!" and drew out his knife and tried to open it with his teeth. Holloway then tried to throw him. Rolf said to another man who was there, but whom Holloway could not see for the blood that was flowing from. his head over his eyes, " Come here and hold the -- while I cut his throat, and then we will throw him into the pond." Holloway said, " Don't cut my throat ; my life is as sweet as yours. I am beat and I'll give in ;" and he let Rolf go. Holloway was then struck and kicked in the face, and his teeth were broken. The two men went away. There was one knife cut on his head nearly four inches in length. The men were sober. It was between 11. and 12 o'clock at night. Holloway was in plain clothes. From the evidence of the surgeon it appeared that he was called up on that night to attend Holloway on the floor of a room in the Golden Lion, partially insensible. There was a severe incised wound extending across the head. There was another similar wound on the side of the head. There was also a contused wound on the opposite side of the head. There was another wound over the right eye. The lip was laid open. Both eyes were contused. The incised wound penetrated to the skull. Holloway still suffered from the effects of the injury. Rolf was afterwards taken into custody as he was lying under a rick covered with the straw. He had a knife in his pocket. There was a large quantity of blood upon his shirt and hankerchief. Mr. Russell, in addressing the jury, said that he thought he should not shrink from his duty by tell ing them that he could not alter these facts ; but he would suggest to them that they might take a merciful view of the case and find that there was no premeditation or malice, and that the prisoner Rolf was guilty only of the minor offence of unlaw fully wounding. The learned Judge summed up. The bounden duty of Goodchild was to assist Holloway. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with intent to resist the lawful apprehension of Rolf. The prisoners were then sentenced to three years' penal servitude. His Lordship then called up Holloway, and told him he had performed his duty with great courage, bravery, and determination, and that in approba tion of his conduct, and to encourage others, he ordered him to be paid £5 as a reward for his con duct on that occasion. NORTHERN CIR.CUIT.—Yonx, Dec. 5. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) William Lee, aged 41,.was indicted for a high way robbery with violence, in the city of York, on the 19th of August last, and stealing from John William Beecroft a sum of about £24 in money. Mr. Campbell Foster. prosecuted, and Mr. Shep herd defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutor keeps a lodging house on the North Cliff, at Scarborough, and a private hotel at Leeds; and on the 19th of August last he was travelling &mil Scarbormigh to Leeds by the railway and arrived at York at half-past eight at night, where he had to remain an hour before,he could he forwarded by the train. To wile away the time he walked from the railway station to the river side at Lendal Ferry, down a street called Tanner's Moat, and.after watching the ferry boat cross _several times, walked slowly back again to the station. At a quiet part of this street he was suddenly accosted by two women from behind, and at the same" time two men, of whom the pri soner was one, appeared in front of him, and they pushed him through an open '' (rate into a yard. There the two men held his hands while the women rifled his pockets of his purse, containing a £lO Bank of England note, a £5 Leeds note, £7 or £8 in gold, and about 30s. in silver. The women immediately ran off through the open gate, which the men then closed, and prevented the prose ' cuter following them for a short time. By his cries for police and his struggles with the men he succeeded at length in getting out of the yard, but only in time to see the backs of the two women at a distance, running off. He set off after them, and the two men went with him, keeping close to him and endeavouring to prevent his overtaking them. They got away into the railway station, where there was a crowd of people going frem York Races, and he lost all trace of them. The prosecutor then turned round and seized the two men who still kept near him, and after a run ning struggle with them succeeded in securing one, and taking him to the police-station. This was the prisoner, of whom the prosecutor swore he never lost sight. His capture of the man was seen by a witness named Porter. Two women were after wards taken into custody, but were discharged, the prosecutor not having satisfactorily identified them. The jury found the prisoner guilty. His lordship sentenced him to three years' penal servitude. (TRIALS AT YORK CASTLE.) Abraham Fawcett, aged 37, was indicted for cutting and wounding with intent to murder, or to do some grievous bodily harm to Ann Watts, at Leeds, on the 14th of July last. Mr. Hannay prosecuted, and Mr. Blanshard de fended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner lodged at Ann Watts' house, and had done so for some time. Pre vious to this occurrence the prisoner had taken to drinking, and was frequently drunk. On the day in question the prosecutrix, who was 74 years of age, went to lie down on her bed about four o'clock in the afternoon, as was her custom, and she had fallen asleep, when she was suddenly awakened by some one grasping her throat. She looked up and recognised the prisoner, who said he would take her life if she resisted, and attempted to commit a criminal assault upon her. She struggled and suc ceeded in getting off the bed and out of the room, and she then discovered that she was bleeding from the throat, and that her throat was cut. She ran out of the house, and a neighbour saw her and sent for a surgeon, Mr. Munely, who examined and dressed a ragged wound in her throat, three inches long, from which she lost a good deal of blood. She said that a man upstairs in her room had done it. He went upstairs and there found the prisoner lying on the floor almost insen sible, with his own throat cut. There were various pools of blood about the room, and an open razor was found on the bed wet with blood. It appeared that before his fit of drinking the prisoner had borne a good character, The prosecutrix had since died, but not from the effects of the wounds she re • ceived. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wounding. His Lordship sentenced him to be imprisoned, with hard labour, for 18 calendar months. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Dec. 6. (Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant-Judge.) Sarah Dyer, 40, was indicted for stealing 15 yards of 'ribbon, value 7s. 6d., 6 yards of ribbon, value 3s. 9d., and 24 yards of silk braid, value Bs., and a reel, the property of Messrs. Shoolbred and Co., of Tottenham-court-road. She pleaded guilty, and seemed overwhelmed with grief. Mr. Sleigh said he appeared for the prisoner, and he could in all sincerity say that a case more dis tressing in its circumstances had never come under his notice. That the prisoner had been guilty of the offence of shoplifting at Messrs. Shoolbred's there could be no doubt, but the prisoner had acted under pressure of a most painful state of things, The case indeed was a true illustration of the " Song of the Shirt," and the prisoner had for years been at the " Stitch, stitch, stitch," morning noon and night, and on again into the next day, to support herself and her son, whom she had apprenticed to a tailor. She was a widow, and had borne a good character all her life for honesty, industry, and perseverance. Through distress she had done this, and Messrs. Shoolbred had only done their duty in prosecuting, but they were desirous of strongly recommending her to the most merciful consideration of the Court. The pri soner was in a most deplorable state of health, and as she had already been in prison three weeks, it was hoped that the Court might deem it a case in which the most lenient course might be adopted. Mr. Orridge said he appeared for the prosecu- tion, instructed through the Association for the Prosecution of Shoplifters, and on behalf of Messrs. Schoolbred he had only to say that they had not the least desire to press for punishment against the prisoner, who had been a customer of theirs for some years, and was no doubt really a hard-work ing woman, and had struggled hard for a living. An assistant of Messrs. Schoolbred's was called into the box, and he stated that the prisoner had been a customer for a long period, and on the occa sion of her committing this offence she was being watched in consequence of something which had occurred previously. She was so well known there that they were utterly astonished at her being de tected at such a thing, and they did not wish to press the charge. Mr. Knight, of No. 1, Pindar-place, Gray's-inn road, said he had lived there 33 years, and the pri soner had lodged with him about 11 years. She was a widow, hard-working, and well conducted, and had a son whom she had put to a business, and worked until two, three, and four of a morning at dressmaking, to earn her living and support her son. He could say that she was driven to do this, in consequence of ladies for whom she worked not p a ying her for the work she did for them ; they had her labour, and poor as she was, they would not pay except upon long credit, which she could not afford to give, but money she could not get, and not having the means to purchase materials to finish work she had in hand, she had unfortunately resorted to stealing them. There were several ladies who owed her money, £lO, £ll, or £l2, but she could not get a penny from them ; one in par ticular, in Montagu e -pl ace , R usse ll- square, owe d her about that sum for her work; and although the prisoner had laid ill for five weeks at one time, and sent to the lady time after time, and day after day, she could get nothing, and her urgent applications were unheeded. Another lady, living in Highbury-terrace, Islington, had owed her a similar sum since last December, and though she had begged and prayed for some part payment, the lady had not paid her anything ; and if she resorted to compulsory steps her connec tion would be destroyed. It was entirely through being thus kept out of money which was due to her for the sweat of her brow, and her work by night and day, that she had been driven, as he be lieved, to do that which had placed her in her pre sent position, for a more honest, striving woman he had never known. Had it not been for him he believed she would have starved, and she was in arrear of rent at the time, which very much preyed upon her mind, and she wanted to finish the work she had in hand to pay it, as these ladies would not pay her. The Assistant-Judge said he could not but admit that the case had affected him considerably, and ho could see it had met with the sympathy of every one present. The course he was about to adopt he hid no doubt would meet with the ready concur rence of the eminent firm who were the prosecutors in this case. It was a matter in which he consi dered the greatest amount of mercy might be ex tended, for already the prisoner had been severely punished for what she had done, judging from what had been said of her, and of the peculiar eir-: cumstanccs in which she had been placed. Should what he had stated find its way into publicity, those who had so cruelly used this poor creature, by depriving her for so long of the reward of her labour, would understand what must be thought of their conduct. He should pass no sentence at all, but order her to be discharged at once. The prisoner went down on her knees and thanked his lordship. Mr. Sleigh said he would take steps to bring the case under the notice of the Royal Benevolent So ciety, with which he was connected, and had no doubt something would be done for the woman. The gentlemen of the bar and several jurors made up a sum of over ,E 2 for the prisoner, and she was, set at liberty. James Hodgson, 32, town traveller, was indicted for stealing a gold watch and other articies, value £lOO, and £45 in money, in the dwelling-house of Charles Bell. The prosecutor, Mr. Bell, was, it appeared, by, business a builder, and lived at 49, Great College street, Camden•town, and in April last was living at 18, Torriano-avenue. One day on his returning from business he found that his wife had eloped with the prisoner, as it subsequently was discovered, and he missed a great quantity of things—clothes, books, a watch, chain, and seals, 18 rings, a dress ing case, and £45 in notes and cash. The notes were country ones, which he had placed away to pay his debts, but he had not been able to trace them, as the numbers and names were not known. Nothing came to his knowledge about his wife as to where she had gone until Nov. Bth, when he met the prisoner, of whom he had heard something, and he gave him into custody for stealing the property he missed when his wife absconded. , Afterwards he went to 5, Penton•place, Newington, where he found 35 duplicates, one relating to his watch, which he redeemed from Russell Brothers, Camberwell, and the others had reference to portions of the other property. A ticket found on theprisoner was for a ring which he had himself pawned, it being the property of the prosecutor. Tho latter foue:dntvrdihefeaeh.tri..s wife at the house in Penton-place, and immediately ht e s h a eh l eTre l rehsehdes had prosecutor do: a s.ne, ee b gsen t ii : n o ntl k geiove e rti r wnow a gihal n iisw d et nchisrtfoothoilsrndstixheeoe:hff,apeomerhuNi.itasenodroonyfdaetbwih:sihanntsi abandoned hohF h n,i is. h e found e gave went of his wife, but the account he gave of her habits and conduct was anything but favourable, and he denied that he had ill•treated her. The Assistant-Judge thought this had no direct bearing on this particular charge, which was one of felony, stealing the prosecutor's property. Martha Potts said she lived at 3, Brill-terrace, Somers-town, and on Monday, April 18, she saw prisoner outside Mr. Bell's house talking to Mrs. Bell. After that prisoner went and got a cab, with which he came to the door with witness, who had been sout after him by Mrs. Bell. When the cab got to the door Mrs. Bell came out :with t eral boxes and parcels, which the prisoner helped her to put into the cab, and they went away to Euston square Station. Since then she had seen them to gether three or four times. Mr. Sleigh, counsel for the prisoner, submitted that the prosecution had not disclosed any case of felony against the prisoner. Mr. Charles Smith, on behalf of the prosecution, urged that the fact of the prisoner having assisted the wife in removing the property was sufficient to send the case to the jury. Besides he had pawned the ring himself and a mantle, and no doubt a great deal of the property, besides the money, had been got rid of by his aid. The Assistant-Judge said there was no evidence, as it appeared to him that, with the exception of the ring and the mantle, the prisoner had had anything to do with the property, and it was a great misfor tune that the notes had not been traced. There was no doubt that a man committing adultery, and who assisted in carrying off the goods and property of the husband, though he acted jointly with the wife, was guilty of larceny ; but in this case it was not proved that the prisoner had anything to do with but the mantle and ring, which might be con sidered part of her necessary apparel. As to the adultery, that was a matter they could not deal with. Mr. Sleigh said that had not been proved. The Assistant-Judge said he did not think a jury would deliberate long upon that. According to what he understood to be the effect of the most re cent decision in a case of this sort, it was, that an adulterer could not be guilty of larceny in going away with the adulteress, who was only in posses sion of things requisite for her personal use, and that the rule of law applied to cases where the adul terer assisted in carrying off valuable property. Mr. Smith—The money and the six or seven parcels. The Assistant-Judge said the money had not been traced, and all that the prisoner was proved to have been concerned with was a ring and a mantle. The prisoner ran away with this woman, and it would seem they became so reduced to want as to pawn these things. Probably the prisoner pawned the ring and mantle at her request. There was no proof that the prisoner had dealt with anything but those two articles, andthey were articles of personal use. As to the adultery there was abundant evi dence, but this was a court of criminal law, and he had to express no opinion upon the baseness of the prisoner's conduct, but he thought the evidence did not legally make out a case of larceny against him. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of not guilty. - The Assistant-Judge told the prisoner to be very careful as to his future conduct. To say the least of it, he had been placed in considerable peril, and had the evidence been sufficient to justify a convic tion, the consequences would have been, perhaps, rather serious. The prosecutor ought to have taken better measures for getting up the case, and tracing his property, partisularly the notes. Sufficient evi dence might have been procured. Mr. Sleigh said the prisoner was not the seducer ; he had been seduced and made the victim of this woman. The Assistant-Judge said he thought the learned counsel was rather angry with the prosecutor for giving his wife such a bad character. (Laughter.) As to her conduct, that could be investigated in another court, which was just now busily engaged in such inquiries. Mr. Smith said this case would be one of them in due course. The prisoner was then discharged. (Before Mr. Creasy.) James Procter, 38, was tried in this court for steal ing £7 Ms. from the person of a sailor named Charles Johnson. The prosecutor came to London from Liverpool by the North-Western Railway on the 25th of November, and when he got into the train he had in his pocket about £7 10s. in a purse. The pri soner got in at the same time. A lady was in the carriage, but she got out about the middle of the journey, and he and the prisoner were left alone. When he got to Camden Station he missed his purse, in which he had placed his railway ticket, and the p r i soner was given into the custody of the collector. The ticket was found on the floor of the carriage, and the purse was taken from the prisoner's hand. He was then given over to the police, and Air. Pereeford, the superintendent, asked him what money he had about him ; he said he did not know exactly, but thought somewhat near £3. On his being searched, as nearly as pos sible the sum lost by the prosecutor was found upon him, composed of the same description of coin. He then said he picked up the purse in the carriage, but there was no doubt that he picked it out of the sailor's pocket while he, half seas over, was having a nap on the carriage seat. The jury found him guilty, and Mr. Creasy sen tenced him to eight months' hard labour. A great number of cases, in which the prisoners pleaded guilty, were investigated and disposed of. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dee. 6, WESTMINSTER.—EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE or PER3URY. , —Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Orridge, bar risters, accompanied by Mr. Towne, solicitor to the Hon. Hugh Rowley, attendr,d, at this court to solicit an adjournment for ten ?Lays of the hearing of the charge of alleged peljury against his late wife, in a suit for divorce, recently tried in the Court of Probate. at Westminster. Mr. Metcalfe, barrister, who was retained for the lady, appeared, on the other side, to beg that the summons might be heard on the day originally fixed, Mr. Sleigh said his worship would, no doubt, re member that he had attended before him a few days ago, and procured a summons against the late Mrs. Rowley, which was to be heard on the morrow (Wednesday). He now appeared to apply for a postponement of the hearing of that summons, upon an affidavit made by Mr. Towne. His (the leaned counsel's) reason for asking the adjournment was this :—His worship might recollect he (Mr. Sleigh) had intimated, when he appeared before him, that Mr. and Mrs. Lambert could give very material evidence on some of the allegations of perjury. After the summons was granted Mr. Towne had set about tracing the whereabouts of these witnesses. He ascertained that they were not in London, but it was not till yesterday that he had been able to get any clue as to where they were. Mr. Towne then found that they were staying in Lincolnshire, and as they could not appear on the morrow, he (the learned counsel) thought it would be wasting his worship's valuable time for the summons to be heard on the day fixed without the most material evidence being brought ferward. He was at a loss to understand why his friend (Mr. Metcalfe) should oppose an ad journment, as he believed he would. The allegations of perjury could not be sustained unless corrobora tive testimony were brought forward, as at present it was only; oath against oath, the Hon. Mr. Rowley against his late lady. Mr. Metcalfe said he was instructed to ask his worship to allow the charge brought by the hon. gentleman against the late Mrs. Rowley to be in vestigated at the earliest possible moment. Mr. Sleigh had urged nothing to call for an adjourn ment Mr. Rowley was present, and was examined upon oath when the summons was granted, and as the hon. gentleman's evidence must necessarily be very long, as it would go principally to sustain the allegations of perjury, he (the learned counsel) did not think it probable that the Court would be able to hear any further testimony on the first exami nation: His client was anxious at once to know what evidence the Hon. Hugh Rowley could pos sibly bring to contradict her, and if the summons were allowed to stand over, her friends and the public might think that she had been guilty of a most heinous crime, that of wilful and deliberate perjury, and it was therefore verymaterial that the wor ld should at once know who was in the right. Ito '(Mr. Metcalfe) was instructed to say that the statement made upon oath by the Hon. Mr. Rowley at that court was utterly untrue, and the lady for whom he (the learned gentleman) appeared was ready at any moment to substantiate every word she had sworn to in the Court of Probate. Mr. Rowley was present when the marriage was annulled ; he was actually present at the Divorce Court looking through a curtain ; he heard all the evidence which his wife produced ; he dared not come forward himself ; he could not brinr , one singlo witness to contradict the testimony before t l ui Court, and yet a fortnight after wards, he applied for and obtained a sum , mons, Galling upon his late wife to answer a charge of alleged perjury, and now sought for a postponement. He (Mr. Metcalfe) begged thP:t the case might be allowed to come on on the 'mor row, and then an adjournment might be reanted. The Hon. Hugh Rowley must be first galled, and go through a great quantity of evidence, and ac cording to the instructions he (the 'learned counsel) held in his hand, he would be cross-examined at considerable length. He dirl not therefore think a postponement at all necessary. Mr. Sleigh intim;ted that there were but three assignments of perjury, and he did not intend to examine his client to any great extent, so that, as he said before, the Hon. Mr. Rowley's evidence would not alone be sufficient to necessitate the case coming on on the morrow, as it must be adjourned for witnesses. Mr. - Metcalfe remarked, that in order to obtain the divorce she shought, Mrs. Rowley was put upon her oath, and being obliged to speak the whole truth was compelled to state many things which she would otherwise have concealed. The Hon. Hugh Rowley had only selected three paltry charges, and his late wife wished at once to show that everything she had said was true. She did not want to have this summons hanging over her head, the public perhaps thinking meanwhile that, knowing she had uttered falsehoods, she was afraid to come for ward. Mr. Paynter was of opinion the public must think, upon reading the account of the trial in the Divorce Court, that she had been shamefully ill-used by her husband. She, through her advocate, pledged her oath to the truth of everything she had said in that court, and the Hon. Mr. Rowley had before him (the worthy magistrate) sworn that what she had said was untrue. The lady and gentleman were therefore on equal terms, and neither could suffer by the delay. The required adjournment was then granted. TREASURY WARRANT. (From the Gazette of last evening. Whereas by an act of Parliament, passed in the fourth year of thd reign of her present Majesty, intitulad " An act for the regulation of the duties of postage," power is given to the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury from time to time, by warrant under their hands to alter and fix any of the rates of British postage or inland postage payable by law on the transmission by the post of foreign or colonial letter s or newspapers, or o f any other printd papers, and to subject the same to rates of postage accord ing to the weight thereof and a scale of weight to be con tained in such warrant, and from time to time, by warrant as aforesaid, to alter or repeal any such altered rates, and to make and establish any new or other rates in lieu thereof. And whereas further powers aro given to the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury by another act, passed in the eleventh year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for giving further facilities for the trans mission of letters by post, and for the regulating the duties of postage thereon, and for other purposes relating to the post-office." And whereas certain powers aro also given to the Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury by another act, passed in the 18th year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An act to amend the laws relating to the stamp duties on newspapers, and to provide for the transmission by post of printed periodical publications." And whereas by the said recited act, passed in the fourth year of the reign of her present Majesty, and by divers warrants, under the hands of the Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury, certain rates of British postage have been established and made payable on the transmission by the post of certain British, colonial, and foreign newspapers therein respectively mentioned. And whereas it is expedient that such additional rates of postage should be charged on certain British, colonial, and foreign newspapers sent by tie post as are hereinafter men tioned Now we, the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, in exercise of the powe r ves t e d i n us, i n an d b y t h e sa id before-mentioned Acts, or eitherlof : them, and of all other powers enabling us i n thi s behalf, do, by this warrant (under the hands of two of us, the said Commissioners, by the authority of the statute in that case made and provided), order and direct as follows (that is to say) :- 1. On every printed newspaper, whether British, colonial, or foreign, transmitted by the post between any ports or places beyond the seas, through the United Kingdom, by British packet boat, via Southampton and Egypt, or be tween any ports or 'places beyond the seas, by British packet boat, via Egypt, without passing through the United King don, there shall be charged and paid, in addition to any other postage now payable th ereon , a f ur th er and addi tional rate o British postage of one penny, and in all cases in which such respective newspapers are liable, on the trans mission thereof by such respective routes, to progressive rates of postage, according to the scale of weight con tained in any such warrants as aforesaid, the additional rate of one penny payable under t - nis present warrant shall bo calculated and paid in respect of each such progressive rate. 2. Every printed supphment or additional sheet to any newspaper shall, for th e purpose of charging the postage under this Warrant, .`ao deemed a distinct newspaper, unless sent in the same saver or together with the newspaper to which it is a supplementer addition, and every printed news paper transmiAted by the post under this present Warrant shall be so transmitted in conformity with and under and subject to the several regulations, orders, directions, and conditions relating to newspapers mentioned and contained or rdorred to in and by clause 7 of a certain Warrant of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, bearing date the 16th day of February, 1859. 3. The respective newspapers transmitted by the post under the provisions of this Warrant shall, when redirected and again forwarded by the post, be subject to the several orders, directions, regulations, and rates of postage respec tively contained in a certain other Warrant of the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, bearing date the 19th day of February, 1855, relating to redirected rates of postage upon letters and packets respectively redirected and again for warded by the post. 4. Nothing in this Warrant before contained shall be deemed or construed to extend to any newspapers trans mitted to or from the United Kingdom via Marseilles, or to newspapers contained in the French or Spanish mails passing through Egypt, or to any newspapers to be trans mitted by the post, under the provisions of the said War taut of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, bear ing date the 16th day of February, 1859, and amended by a certain other Warrant of the Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury, bearing date the 10th day of March, 1859, all which respective newspapers shall be charged and chargeable as if this present - Warrant had not been made. 5. The term "newspaper" used in the several clauses of the said Warrant, bearing date the 15th Feb., and in clauses Nos. 1,2, and 3 of this present Warrant, shall include all publications admitted to the privileges of a newspaper under the provisions of the said recited Act passed in the 18th year of the reign of her present Majesty, and the several other terms and expressions used in this Warrant shall be construed to have the like meaning in all respects as they would have had if inserted in the said recited Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of her present Majesty. 6, The Commissioners for the time being of her Ma jesty's Treasury may, by Warrant under their hands duly made, at any time hereafter, alter, repeal, or revoke any of the rates of postage hereby fixed, or any of the orders, regu lations, conditions, or restrictions hereby made, and may make and establish any new or other rates, orders, regula tions' conditions, or restricti ons i n li eu th ereo f, an d f rom time to time appoint at what time the rates which may be payable are to be paid. 7. This Warrant shall come into operation on the let day of January, 1860. Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, the 11th day of October, 1859. JOHN BAGWELL, E. H. KNATCHBULL HUGESSEN. ..............,........•••••••••••••••••••••••••*.•••••••••••••••....m................-. arles Blundell lt , Esq , to be Captain, vice Edvauha4 neux Seel, who, being to without leave, h a s beenet'off the strength' of the regiment. 14th Company of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers— Bright, l'9ll(W: Esq., to be Captain. t Lieu' Lie l u st te C n o a n n l t pa l n v y ill o i f an L i an n ca ie s h h u ir lo e n A d rtßilrloeNrvynTnbteeercs-itaFtg; Second Lieutenant James Clifton Brown to be Firs Bailey, ten3adnStll G b d e i n v t i . s , io t on of feArthur arm re., Lancashire Lieutenan t R ; Gent. to be Ensign. A ... 1., Georgo 14 ' Sussex Artillery Volunteer Corps—CaPu'"' -.rota app [T ea h r e ed fo i l n low a i Le ng ,, Charles Dalbiac to be First Lieutenant ; Thomas " . 's ' Johnston, Esq., to be Second Lieutenant. a G pp az o e in tt t e n ' rn of t Colonel Ist Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps—Lieutenant- H. Moorsom to be Captain Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Rlethgle meat of Militia—The Queen has been pleased to al lo ts resignations of the commissions held by Lien En' Ormsby Vandeleur and John Alexander Byrne , a les. signs Henry Charles Ross Johnson and Arthur II ' is th s e u 2 i b i ldset; Jamesl r t f u n i e u 1 l e d e e e f tr u i o e l s b erst°--hra.tws t h a i l A c i t h . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. ese- t ' 'William Ireland, licensed victualler, Plaistow, .n BANKRUPTS. TuGekeoerrr, and Douglas George Edwin Tacker, tan Cha A rl dtrrt r is edk iuti Tucker, , eLropo 1 ~..„ 12,,e Company, Bedford-row, Dec. 16, at twelve, and 0.-.' two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 17 An d It° Joseph Hickson, ironmonger, Sheffield, De c. 21, at twelve, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. i „, pee. 19 Thomas Underwood, jun., ironmonger, Carew? , and Jan. 17, at ele ven , at the Bristol Dist rict Cour t ' 21, at Henry Watts, draper, Parade, Northampton, Do twelve, and J a n. 17, at two, at the Court ° James Heather, builder, East Moulsey, surroY, nee' 16 and Jan. 17, at two, at the Court of Bankrupto9_. „,, me James Allen, omnibus proprietor Pelham-WM* a t the water, Dec. 16, at half-past two, and Jan. 111 a ' °-- ' Court of Bankruptcy. _A i i li W . John Biggs, coal dealer, Wolverhampton, -.Jet t _ . Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District the peg. Samuel Jay, miller, Hadleigh, county of Suu° ceart 4 21, at half-past one, and Jan. 17, at one, at the Bankruptcy. 5 it 1 ,!,1 . Robert George Webb, draper, Brighton, Dec. I ,;f 131.-- -. past twelve, and Jan. 12, at one, at the Court u• ruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert Pratt, wright and glazier, Glasgo w ' John M'Kenzie, grocer, Glasgow. , Thomas Graham and o , wood merchants, pert . Alexander Dallas, solicitor, Inverness. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 5. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Major Harry Burnett Lumsden, of the Bengal Army, lately employed on a mission to Candahar, and Major William Henry Rhodos Green, of the Bombay Army, employed on special duties in Upper Scinde, to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. DEC. 6. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Robert Gilmour Colquhonn, Esq., her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt ; Joseph Tucker Crawford, Esq., her Majesty's Consul- General at the Havana ; John Rice Crowe, Esq., her Majesty's Consul-General in the kingdom of Norway; John Ward, Esq., her Majesty's Consul-General in the dominions of the King of Saxony ; Sir Anthony Perrier, Knt., hor Majesty's Consul at Brest; and Harry Smith Parkes, Esq., her Majesty's Consul at Shanghai; to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WHITEHALL, DEC. 5. The Queen has been pleased to order a writ to be issued under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for summoning Hugh Fortescue, Esq. (commonly called Viscount Ebrington), to the House of Peers, by the style and title of Baron Fortescue, of Castle Hill, in the county of Devon. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,, granting unto Edward Stephen Dendy, Esq., Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms, the office of Chester Herald, vacant by the promotion of Walter Aston Blount, Esq., to the office of Norroy King of Arms. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 5. Tho Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Vans Agnew as Consul at Madras for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEc. 5. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Vienna, enclosing a trans lation of an Austrian decree restricting the customs line of the free port of Fiume to the port of the town situate upon the right bank of the River Fiumara. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC 5. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. Commissariat Clerks Edmund John Johnstone and Paul George Frederick Furso to be Deputy Assistant-Commissary -Generals. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. 7th Company of Surrey Rifle Volunteers—Marcus Bores ford, Esq., to be Captain. 6th Company of Surrey Rifle Volunteers—Andrew Sig son, Esq., to be Honorary Surgeon. Oxfordshire Volunteer Rifle Brigade—Eyre W. Hussey, Esq., of Christ Church, to be Ensign of the 2d Company ; Edward Cecil Coney, Esq., of Corpus Christi College, to be Ensign of the 3d Company. let Company Berks Rifle Volunteers—Chas. Stephens, jun., Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Chas. Simonds, Gent., to be Ensign. 7th Middlesex Rifle Vaanteers—Alfred Jas. Ebsworth, Esq., to bo Captain. 2d Devon Regimer_t of Militia—George Edmund Allen to bo Ensign. Devon Militia Artillery —William Arundell Yee and G. Lysaght to be ":,irst Lieutenants ; Frederic Lysaght to be Second Lieutenant. 2d Cow-rany of tho Devon Volunteer Artillery—Henry Ede t(, be First Lieutenant, vice Compton, resigned ; 3d Company —Sir Warwick Helo Tonkin, Knt., to be Cap tofai ; Edward A. English to be First Lieutenant. Exeter and South Devon Rifle Volunteers—William H. Peters to be Captain, vice George, resigned. 6th Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers—William Jopp, Esq., to be Captain; George Cadenhead, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Patrick Cooper, Esq., to be Ensign. 7th Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers—Arthur Thomson, Esq., to be Captain ; John Blaikie, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Alexander Edmond, Esq., to be Ensig n . 7th Company of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers—Arthur Brooke, Esq., to be Captain; Philip Whiteway, Jun., Gent., to be Lieutenant; John Brundrit, Gent., to be Ensign. 24 Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— COUNTRY MARXiaS• LIVERPOOL—DEc. 6. in a A moderate demand was experienced for wi1 .. , 4 011— 50 4 bfr at a decline of ld to 2d per 1001bs. and 6 d. per *-- - 1 w it_lll on the prices of Tuesday last. Oats and oa slow sale, may be quoted at ld per 4511,x., and 'per oar „ r lower on the week. Barley, beans, and pus set Kith rate request at late rates, and Indian corn I st beillgr demand for feeding a t full prices, 31a per 48 01 ' 4 for Ibraila, ex ship. BRISTOL—DEc. 6. sit' we, At the market to-day there was a fair ages 00 ed• yed the prices of barley an d w heat remain unsi t4r are vies per qr. lower. Beans and peas as before. l' little business doing. SHEFFIELD—Ditc. 6. viodeo,tetro The attendance at our corn exchange s° h i c h olyl 4 l day, We are tolerably supplied with wheat , s'L t 'ttew dna sale, and the few sales effected were 0 10 a prices. gAto lB.° l .160- - 200- Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels.• od t* ,od 'Whiteins 0.,., •'' 6d ~ ~ l7e to 19 0 ; New red 11 91 • 1 886C1 o° New white ... od to od If 11 .1 7 ° 0 a to o Beans .. , 44 0 35 0C1 71 91 Peas, per qr ..................... •,, 3 , oa to , 20 061 Grindin.• barley, per qr. ................... k50,t0132004_, Malting ditto , ....... 2 3 0 0 d ' p od pP ~ ........... , 1 Oats 1, ................. • ...d , Millers' prices for flour—ls 6d, is 8c 1 ) sw 141 b. C , A d NEWCASTLE-UNDER -LYNE—"- t * 40 0 A fair show of wheat a t m arket, whi cii e m e t quar r r demand; but we snake no alteration from init a so °- •• of last week. Fine heavy barley in reclll e tlp scriptions are neglected. Oats fully as small show, at extreme rates. . 2.. 4 ° t° o o Wheat 455 4 40s to to 5 4 2 6 s s B O o a an ts. s . .. ............. "*. ,425. t White dotao.„, Barley .....28s to 46s Ditto, old •.• LEEDS—DEC. 6• wit hout c li o lizil° oo The transactions in wheat and barley are d beso in value. The market was firm. Oats ail decline from last week. Arrivals this week :--- 2 260 4 1* Wheat ......................... / n 39 Barley ........................ 2;1 Oats ........... . .............. .._, Rapeseed ...................... 701 Beans ........................ • • ..-- P . 0 0 Linseed ........ .. ...-• Flour Averages for the 'vet : . 451 1 Wheat .3,132 qrs., at ........ vo 4 0 Peas .... 28 ~ .......... 4 Beans 9O „ ..... ••. 38 , Barley.... 2,396 „ ..... .... ~,- ` r 4 Oats 275 ~ ....... --7 ° R"-'' 91 ye ....... 3 ca ttier NORWICH CATTLE — '" - .-..-..... -n i pe . ' o f oto. ,A 1 4if - Our market to 'day exhibited a fair sh° lr d 00 11 ' 0 comprising Scots, shorthorns, Devons, en oh o business Scots, 5s doneto, 5s 6d but oor attendnce. 5g 6d i I I ' a ; shorthorns, 40 6d to weig ht to 4s 6d ; Devons, 4s 6d to 5s 6d (estimate 0 fat). sFhaetebpe—asTtshsecraerwcee,reatp th er a s il to? si . le , er he y sto sheep in demand at 39s to 40s per head. . f o t IY 3" 9s Pi per stone. f B e s w ° d s h t e o e pBs i 612 25s to 4 ° s ' gs to - B A s a g d oo p d er su s p to p n ly e: Store pigs 7sPOdi FOREIGN MAIL PACIa r " 1- .A.l itersarLo7o,oo. In the following table E signifies that letten ro imrl. -- A by evening mails from London and lil 10 14° I' l _,:ii , y. - - p o rt Of ..„ (I> ie ' DESTINATIONS. Degnate h SO' of Rall'• P"P 1 0 Australia and Mauritius, via -------- Ba Southamptonhamas v l and H a r a s v e a i nllae via New Dec.D p ec. ee. 1 1 . 29', : l ' , • 1 • 1 • ; . 1 .. : ''' .. U P " ----A. r r 000,..,,,,, C C Y o rk peo f , rz G c . . ) ( e b d y C H a e n p a e d n , Dee. 23, t , L erP O ~,,, 1 _ n ot d e De vour ~ V sion, and St. Helena Jan. 5, X De" 0 China, Penang, and Singa- v outh anl. De° ‘ pore, via Southampton Dec.2o, , u --- S . . ._.....„•• VI 1- Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton ~ x Sou De' ii ..,..,,, Honduras and Blewfields . • De c. India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, thalli" De Ci ' . SOU.' .. • . India (Bomba via Southampton A . p se c e k n t.2 Dec. , ~, _if d, Dec. 20+ .3 , - ..... fe Ditto, via Marseilles L i Ditto,sLi s bon, . e n B via a z 11 1 1 s a y , ampton Dec. 12, A' .... • • 00 0 r ) B , sueei v ln i l a oesg S A outh - Dee. 19 ,ts s o.e...u.thainl o it f e e r 0 • and F. Islands yres, Dec. Lisbon, Vigo, and Opor to Dec. 7, ~- -°° Malta, Egypt, and Ad en, via ~ sputl' A° . P ,;• ° ,.- I , r . e . ' Southampton Dee. 12, gj .. ~ . v- Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana .... _. g Sol _.„ .... 4 i g , LI sSouttuhionalnpP, pee. Dec jo t . Dec.vc. ii. clew. , Dee' Newfoundland col' . United States and British N i, LiverP 0. America (by. British packet) Dec. 9. -.-., Qtou tbs o . 10 Ditto (by U. S. packet) ._ Dec. 7, " ~..,00,..• poi. •' ' . West Coast f Africa, Ma- 2 3 B Liceir A deira, and Ten eriffe DeC. nee , 1- West India, California, Vene- ...o. v zucla, Chili, Peru, Grey- ~,. co utlum - ' , dr ifi town, New Granada, arc. Dec. 17. w• isb o tO __l4lo _ _ 11.16 _.---------1...na1.' 1 oid , 1 : 0 "" sl Is CONSUMPTION INCIIRABLII ?"'"--1/I,Hai 1 1 /- 4 ill ° under d OO"-00 i Consumptive Maladies, an tf to ( lot s a suffered rue the raTag,es of ConsumP-e deP O 0 family in the empire is there who has etes ?) "i n s it' loss caused by this scourge of the huraer;,,oo,(7,-010:: a satisfactory answer to the question, l e — n olo ,00 4 A ; curable," in an original article by Dr.... - ralw or, M.D., 35, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, IT' 0 pe arl. o r the “Rousehold Physician," in numbers, °. 4 , 0 12 to t to ' by G. Berger, le, Holywell-street, Strand. _..t./ ready. i and 00,, P ri Ce f f [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's ri1',4,,A0. ~ 1 0 bl o t Acidity, Heartburn, Flatulency, Briew-th se I _.,""d Om midablo array of ailments will not alare'i i :.' 1 " Th.• once witnessed the happy manner la 0,1 ,1' ~,, rillo:40 W e i l them yield to the purifying influence of Luf,",.t or r obi .4 effect is vastly increased by rubbings th e 6111401 _'acs over the part affected, with Hollowy's into il)' passes through the skin, and acts upon eveir-cftl M i . ri d, . internal to the portion rubbed. It is vio111,;: ofta_t. gostion succumbs to such treatment, wh i n fihsmeis relief in a short time. Erysipelas, Gou t ' ai s ah, ind, are always accompanied by disordered stonl oo blu t ;i i . same remedies readily rectify by P 1 16011 504 h e/1 regulating the action of the liver, kidneys? pD ß l E tr,hieTOlNv°lf—On BIRTII S. Cbe talif : l I, tre::: a son. ~ L RR. 0 n the 2d i n 6 t i a n lind st i lie . seri° i the Lady Louisa Dillou,*of a son. ; coeval —On 3d inst ., at llalton LA.edisfie, sof, Commander erathwti.:sol27lofoi:Pmt:earej III"' lir.° or- . t o JO P N a E r r S ~ — o f 0 a l 1 s o t I n l e . 4th inst., at Cranale ~, cla il e il4 r of 11t 4r. wife of Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart., 01 9 1 KINGSFORD—GOODcti:DR.--IOAn ° t: 86t1 r d ill : i is sl9tl . l4 t o9 John's, Hackney, Charles Dudley : fo ulest do r _ Bishop, theBdhi Upper t:o pi pe y, .T C . la o p . to G n, oo to de ß b l i a ld n , e r h e e l o r i a. uteino iN v prß .t his L oh — noep Pf! a E st : e. ll :lo — vf ioLunoia:dtohNue.e.6lsl4l.: t;tolicaittert,erStiorstillilijr"'Dl a t N e e l wde I:vd:rigu ' CID COLE.—On , Maria,.__ ° CI O DJZA.T If S. ir sirta. BISHOP.—On the 4th inst., at g acicuel' I' . ii rillib° su isc% , Cole, Esq., aged 74. , lootief A a : s gt thelen 5-srt4ih.B e irt t s o t., ' CROWDER.—On the sth tu lion. g r • . P inst., a _Aorici‘ der, aged 64 HynE.—On the 4th inst., at Chenies, Bu el ‘ ° ' l'iv- oeft* Hyde, Esq., aged 93. MASON.—On tho 4th inst ,at liiryddni_t_q_ per , it eetaliebilh the Rev. George Mason, Of %Ouster .ti w ' (0111 SMITH.—On inst., - Wm . Sulith' Esq,, ' t -,-.. ~ . of ~t l' „:(fiel ds downe-crescent, Bath, and Wprol' s C °u " ._.' , fri llPt .„-,,0tt .- ef jJ4.- 1 WOODEROUSE.—On the 4th inst., at ~..• A O , Mark Woodehouse, Esq., hied 82. 10 )u- _____—_______ —_-- v s,p o $O ,l ei LONDON : Printed and Published 113! ofgaokmipti - of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tho "711°,., the g Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoltiroc Middlesex, Wednesda h:Doce wber 1, -~~~ .~ '1'241