The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-01 00:00:00

THE NAVY. Her Majesty steamed through the fleet at Spit head on Saturday evening, and was received with a royal salute from the entire fleet, &c. Her Ma jesty afterwards returned to Osborne. Mr. W. H. Ward, of Auburn, United States of America, who exhibited his signal telegraph for the Ocean Marine service at Woolwich on Monday last, as stated in The Sun of Tuesday, again at tended at the dockyard on Saturday, by order of the Board of Admiralty, for the purpose of super intending a practical exhibition of his newly in vented flags for day signals, suggesting from their form and adaptation of the colours as likely to ob viate the difficulty experienced in the use of our own signal flags of distinguishing the colours when twisted, entangled in the rigging, or in a dead calm. The new flags are 13 in number, and are made in pendant form with their colours divided trans versely, as follows :—The blue flag with white centre 150 ; the blue flag is 1; the blue and red flag is (the blue part attached to the halyard) 2 ; the blue and white flag is (the red part attached to the hal yard) 3 ; the red flag is 4 ; the red and blue is (the red part attached to the halyard) 6 ; the white flag is 7 ; the white and blue flag is (the white part attached to the halyard) 8 • and the white and red is (the white part attached to the halyard) 9. Being in a pendant form they float in a gentle breeze, and from the arrangement of colours the signals can be distinguished floating or drooping at great distances. They are systematically arranged to the alphabet for spelling phrases, sentences, &c. The flags for " repeaters" are the same in form and size as the numeral flags. The division of colours is lengthwise, rendering them capable of acting in a twofold capacity by reversing them. A definite trial of their advantage in a dead calm over the old signals is to be made at the masthead of the various ships lying at Woolwich on the earliest opportu nity. Mr. Ward has received instructions from the Lords of the Admiralty to exhibit his apparatus for night signals at Portsmouth Dockyard also. The hired transport Alma, Sharp master, 27 days from Halifax, arrived at Woolwich pier on Satur day, laden with war stores. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-sloop Prome theus went into basin on Saturday at Woolwich, and will shortly be commissioned. The Rhada manthus was also taken into basin to be laden with steam gear for the western yards. The Dee has sailed with a cargo of boilers and machinery for Portsmouth and Plymouth, and also took 150 no vices for the fleet. The Widgeon left Woolwich on Saturday, taking a number of newly-engaged sailor lads to Sheerness. The Dauntless, 32, screw, Capt. IV. Edmonstone, swung for adjustment of compasses in Portsmouth harbour yesterday. The sailing ship Cumberland, 70, Capt. Henry D. Rogers, from the south-east coast of America, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday. The Nile, 91 guns, Capt. Wilmot, C.B. which has been stationed in the Mersey for the fast few weeks, has now completed her complement of men, and is expected to sail to-morrow or Wednesday. It is stated that she will be succeeded at that station by the Duke of Wellington. The French aviso Galilee has left Great Yarmouth and proceeded to the north. On Saturday afternoon the eeremony of launch ing the Mntine sloop-of war, 17 guns, took place at Deptford Dockyard. The following are her dimen sions:—Length between perpendiculars, 172 ft. 6in.; length for tonnage, 17 5 ft. Sin. ; length of keel, 152 ft. breadth (extreme), 33ft. 21,in. ; breadth for tonnage, 33ft. ; breadth (moulded), 32ft. ; depth of hold, 17ft. Sin. ; burden in tons, 881 72.94. It is expected she will be taken to Woolwich to-morrow to be fitted with her ma- chinery. Two hundred and fifty-six seamen volunteers have arrived in Portsmouth during the past week from London, Liverpool, Bristol, and the coast of Scotland, .and have proceeded on board her Majesty's ship Victory, for service in the fleet. The Agamemnon, 91, screw, Capt. T, Hope, :joined the fleet at Spithead yesterday from a cruise in the Channel. The ship Calcutta, 84, Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., from China, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Satur day evening. She called at Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena, having left the latter port June 13. The equator was crossed on the 17th in long. 21, 48 W., since which very fine light airs, with occasional strong squalls from the north-east have been experienced. The Calcutta brings passengers Dr. Fitzgerald, Mr. P. T. R. Hodges, Master Henry Hance, and Mrs. Herbert, besides 60 British and 11 French invalids, two of each nation died on the passage. The ship was com missioned March, 1856, and has been constantly in China, chiefly in the Gulf of Pecheli. In an action with a junk, January 4, 1857, her master's-assistant, Mr. C. W. Pearn, was killed. During the commis sion three officers have died—viz., Lieut. Frederick J. Campbell, December, 27, 1856 ; Mr. William A. Watson, acting clerk, January 7, 1858 ; and Mr. Vincent Eyre, naval cadet, February 10, 1858, at Hongkong. Mr. James Wilcocks, first-class car penter, died on the passage home, April 20, 1859. The Calcutta exchanged colours, May 26, with the French bark Antonia, and June 18, with the Eng lish ship Tropic, and communicated, June 22, with the ship Countess of Fife. The gunboat Hind, tender to the Russell, was placed in dock at Devonport on Friday for repair. She carried away her bilge `streak by striking against the edge of a half sunk pile. The screw steam ship Caesar, 91, Captain Mason, at Plymouth received her powder on Friday. The steam gunboat Seagull, Lieut. Chimmo, tender to the Porcupine, left Plymouth on Friday for her surveying station. Rigging was got over the mastheads of the St. George at Devonport, on Friday. The naval instruction brig Ferret, 8, Commander Fisher, was towed by the Zephyr, on Saturday, from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound. The. paddlewheel steam vessel Firebrand, 6, Captain Denman, which has been taking soundings between Plymouth and Gibraltar, for the purpose of laying a telegraph cable, returned to the Sound on Saturday. The Turkish line-of-battle-ship Shadiah, which has been some time under repair and conversion at Keyham steam-yard, was undocked on Saturday, and put into the basin. The launchof the Bacchante frigate at Portsmouth on Saturday took place in the most successful man ner. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred Arrived in the Fairy, Royal yacht, from Osborne, and was present during the proceedings, attended by his Serene Highness Prince of Leiningen and Major Cowell. His Royal Highness appeared to take much interest in the explanations made to him of the position of the cradle and " ways," the action of the dogshore screws, the hydraulic pump, &c. About 11 a.m. Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., Naval Commander in Chief, Rear-Admiral Superintendent the Hon. G. Grey, with Miss Bowles, sister of the t Commander in Chief, and who was to per t'aorlanthe ceremony of christening the vessel, made their appearance on the platform close to the ves sel's bows, and over which was suspended the bottle of wine wreathed with red, blue, and white ribands. The preparations for the launch of the ship being completed, Miss Bowles came forward, and, with the words " Success to the Bacchante," swung the bottle forward. The dogshores were now knocked away, but for some few minutes the Bac chante appeared to hang. At 20 minutes past 11 she began to move, and the noble fabric slowly and majestically glided into the water amid the cheers of the assembled spectators, and the strains of the National Anthem from the band. of the Royal Ma rine Light Infantry, present to do honour to the occasion. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, at the conclusion of the proceedings, took leave of Admirals Bowles and Grey, and proceeded on board the Fairy, which soon afterwards left for Osborne. The Bacchante is built from the designs of Sir B. W. Walker, and is pierced for 51 guns. Her engines are of 600 h orse ( nom i na l) . T he following are her principal dimensions :—Length between perpendic ulars, 235 feet; length of keel fo r t onnage, 2 03 feet 5 inches ; extreme breadth 50 feet ; b rea dth for tonnage, 49 feet 6 • h moulded breadth, 48 feet 8 inch es ; depth in ' e es ; hold, 17 feet 8 inches ; burden in tons, 0.m., 2,651 39.94. Another frigate, to be called the Glasgow, will be immedi ately laid down in the same shed from which the Bacchante was launched. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. C. C. Robinson, to the Vulcan; Charles Grahan, master to the Im pregnable; Alexander Crosbie, acting assistant surgeon, to the Neptune ; Adam B. Messer acting Noble assistant surgeon, to the Mars ; and S o h n : assistant-surgeon, to the Impregnable. THE ARMY. In consequence of the great injury frequently arising to soldiers' rifles while being forwarded to India and elsewhere, caused by careless packing, the following order on the subject has just been issued from the Horse Guards : " The General Commanding-in- Chief has reason to believe that sufficient care and attention are not paid to the packing of the arms when troops proceed to sea ; his Royal Highnes s accordingly calla the attention of commanding officers, and of officers commanding at ports of embarkation, to the direc tions on this subject at pp. 296 and 315 of her Majesty's Regulations, and desires that the following additional in structions be likewise strictly adhered to. When regiments or armed detachments are warned for embarkation if a suf ficient number of arm chests, properly fitted with racks to prevent the arms when packed rubbing against each other, should not be in possession, application is to be made for the I same to the nearest War-office storekeeper, Before the arms are put into the cases they are to be thoroughly greased, a plug of soft wool, saturated with oil (or some tallow) is to be put into the nipple, the snap-cap is to be on, and the cock let down upon it ; and care should be taken that the muzzle stopper fits closely so as to render the barrel as nearly as possible air-tight. These details should not be left to the armourers alone, but should be superintended by captains of companies, who are responsible that the arms are always kept fit for service, and any officer who shall fail to attend to these particulars will subject himself to serious censure, and also become liable to the cost of repairing any damage which may have resulted from his neglect. When the troops go on board ship arrangements must be made with the commander for the arm-chests beidg stored in a dry and convenient place of access, and arms which at the periodical inspections (which are not to be omitted) may be found rusty are to be thoroughly cleaned and put in good order. " By command, " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." The Himalaya, screw troopship, Commander J. Seccombe, sailed from Portsmouth at 9 a.m. yester day for Plymouth with the 36th Regiment on board, consisting of 33 officers, 850 non-commissioned officers and men, 74 soldiers' wives, 69 soldiers' children, and 6 horses. After disembarking the above at Plymouth, the Himalaya will proceed to Liverpool, where she will take on board the Ist battalion, 23d Foot, for conveyance to Dublin, whence she will convey the Ist battalion 16th Foot to Portsmouth. The Himalaya will also re ceive on board at Liverpool for passage round to Portsmouth any seamen who have volunteered for the Royal service. FORGERY AIVD SWINDLING. It may be remembered that in April last a great sensation was occasioned by the trial and condemn nation to two years' imprisonment for swindling of the Vicomte de Beaumont-Vassy, formerly prefect of a department, and master of requests in the Coun cil of State—the swindling consisting in his having obtained sums of money amounting to about 40,000 francs from different persons on the false pretext that he required them to bribe certain Government functionaries so as to induce them to cause the Go vernment to parchase for 3,500,000 francs, con siderably more than the real value, a patent for a new mode of making saltpetre, which those per sons possessed. The investigations into that affair led to the discovery that a Belgian named Schille, a gentleman by position, who had been charged to sell or work the patent in France, had obtained, in connection with it, various sums by means of forgeries ; and that another Belgian, named Demaret, a veterinary surgeon, had as sisted him in turning to account the forgeries by passing himself off as a French general of divi sion, and wearing the uniform of that grade, with the decoration of the Legion of Honour. Yester day the two men were brought to trial before the Court of Assizes, at Sebille for forgery, and De maret for complicity therein ; the former also on the subsidiary charge of swindling, and the latter on that of illegally wearing a uniform and decora tion. The case, from its peculiar character, and especially from the names of the persons mixed up in it, excited much interest, and the court was crowded. After the prisoners had answered the usual 'questions asfo names, ages, and professions, the indictment was read, and it was to the follow ing effect :—Two Belgian bankers, named Anciaux Robert and Ghislain, purchased some time ago a patent for manufacturing saltpetre, and towards the end of 1857 they resolved to endeavour to turn it to account in Paris. They accordingly charged Sehille, who was their countryman and a man of property, to get up a company in shares for working the pa tent, and in May, 1853, he drew up in due form the statutes of one called "Societe Generale des Saltpetres de France." In order to give this company a legal existence, it was neces sary to have a certain number of shares taken by other persons than the projectors. Se bille sought an interview with a lady of rank, the Vicomtesse de Rouge, who was residing in a con vent in the Rue des Postes, and he persuaded her that an unknown friend had ordered him to pre sent her with 300 shares in the said company, at the same time requesting her to use her influence to obtain subscribere for the other shares. She referred him to M. Bochet, her avoue, and to that gentleman he spoke with the greatest apparent confidence about the company. He a few days after presented to him a letter which purported to be written by, and bore the signature of, General Fleury, aide-de-camp to the Emperor, and which stated that if the Vicomtesse de Rouge would sub scribe for a certain number of shares, the amount of them should be paid for her in six months. That letter, it was afterwards discovered, was a forgery. But M. Bochet, havingno doubt of its authenticity, consented to take in his own name the 300 shares which were destined for Mme. de Rouge, and he took part in the definitive constitution of the com pany, which was effected by deed executed on the 26th May in the office of a notary. M. Bochet afterwards gave the most favourable account of the company to the people who applied to him, and he, moreover, on various false pretexts made by Sebille, consented to guarantee the payment of a credit of 100,000 f., which M. Corbiere, a banker of Alencon, consented to open to Sebille. Nevertheless, sub scriptions to the Saltpetre Company d'd not come in, and a bill of 45,000 francs which Sebille had given to Corbiere in part payment of his advances was not paid. To replace it he offered a bill for 50,000 f. bearing the signature of Anciaux Robert and the endorsement of Ghislain. The signatures of these two persons, it was afterwards discovered, were forgeries. Corbiere at first refused to a accept the bill, and Sebille induced another banker, named Pigniere, to discount it for him. A few days after Corbiere consented to receive the bill ; and Sebille, having given it away, forged another. As a gua rantee to Pigniree, Sebille made ovr to him a deed purporting to be executed by Beaumont-Vassy, guaranteeing the bill ; but the signature of that person was a forgery. Pigniere, on his part, gave Sebille for the bill four othe r bill s , p a y a bl e a t an American firm. As that firm was in some diffi culties in consequence of the commercial crisis, Sebille. in order to get tho bills discounted, forged the endorsement of M. Verdavoine, cashier to M. Pigniere ; and as the discounter wanted other secu rity, he gave forged guarantees in the name of Count de Brigode, who had subscribed for some shares in the Saltpetre Company, and in that of the Vicomte de Rouge. Part of the discount con sisted of five bills of 5,000 francs, and to pass them off easily, Sebille forged the endorsement of M. Bochet to them. An accommodation bill was accepted for him by one Desessards, and to that he forged the endorsements of M. Bochet and the Count de Cunchy. To other hills of large amount he forged the same names and also that of Beau mont-Vassy. The indictment having stated these facts proceeded to detail another series of circurn stances:—MM. Anciaux-Robert and Ghislain, the owners of the saltpetre patent, dissatisfied at. no • company having been formed, and besides havi;-g heard unfavourable reports of the doings of Sebille, notified tais 4 their avoue at Paris, M. Corpel, that they would revoke the procuration they had given Sebille to act as their agent in the patent affair. On that Sebille had recourse to an extraordinary expedient. He on the 21st February last took Demaret, who was acting as his clerk, to a ready made clothes warehouse. and there hired the uni form of a general. He made the man put on the uniform, and attached to his breast th e cross o f of ficer of the Legion of Honour. He then gave him letters for M. Corpel and M. Bochet, and told him that he was to cause those gentleman to read them. The letter communicated to M. Corpel purported to be written by and bore the signature of Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, and was addressed to General de Salle ; and it directed the general, " by order," to see the persons concerned in the saltpetre affair, to assure them that the Government would invest money in and would protect it, and to ex hort shareholders to have confidence. On reading the letter, M. Corpel asked if the bearer of it was General de Salle, and Demaret intimated by a sign that he was. The letter shown by Demalet to M. Bochet was of a like kind. The day after - Sebille called on Corpel, and when thc,:l l attter told him of tho visit he had received, he pr.nded to be asto nished, and cried out, " What ! lass the Emperor done that of me !" He wanted M. Corpel to assist him in raising money, but that gentleman refused. A few days after he renewed his application to M. Cor pel, and as that gentleman said he could not comply with it without security, he asked him if the per sonal guarantee of Marshal Vaillant for 15,000 f., and a certificate from the marshal, as Minister, that the Government was about to put 300,000 f. into the Saltpetre Company, would satisfy him. M. Corpel having answered in the affirmative, Sebille drew up a form of guarantee, and went with one Cordierto the Ministry of War. Leaving Cordier in an ante-room, he went into the bureaux, and presently returned with the form signed " Marshal Vaillant," and bearing the stamp of the Ministry ; he also received a letter likewise bearing the stamp of the Ministry, and written on the paper used in the department, which was thus conceived :—" My dear Sebille— • Here is the guarantee which is accorded to you by special favour. Seal it up, and so manage mat , ters that th e Mi n i ster shall not be teased. A thou ssTwahhanoesdrstelbydcr compliment s. —.GENEßAL unita p eh l r i te m tnht e t oe n s t s --GENERAL DE B RESSOLLES ." whole li e g r h e t serieshows une Such w ere. fraude3ir l e . C t ah o n r p e d ef for . 0 . c rt gs Buersetty forth in the indictment, and it concluded by stat in°. that Sebille, on being examined by the magis trates, confessed to the truth of them, and with regard to the stamp and the letter paper of the Alinistry of War, explained that he had been able to make use of one and take the other because he happened to be acquainted with a m essenger in one of the offices, rnd had, on some pretext, to leave the room wh ere those The indictment added th a t Se t inducedhthings wer him e. THE ► SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1,185 g. bile had pretended that he had only made ' the forgeries to serve the company, and with the firm intention of making reparation to the injured parties ; it also added that after his arrest three forged documents were found in his house— one signed " General de Bresolles, director of ' artillery," informing Sebille that the members of the Council of State were favourable to the salt petre project, and that the Government would sup port it ; the second, signed " Vicomte de Beaumont Vassy," subscribing for 50 shares in the company ; and the third a guarantee for 450 f. by the Vicomtesse de Rouge. After the indictment had been read, the Court interrogated Sebille. He said that he was a gentleman by birth, had a title, though he did not bear it ; also that he had inhe rited a fortune of 200,000 fr., and had afterwards received between 500,000 f. and 600,000 f., but had lost the whole. He declared that, though he had confessed to having perpetrated all the forgeries, he really had not perpetrated any of them. " I assumed all the responsibility," he said, " but now I retract what I said, and declare that I am not guilty !" " 'What you say is quite a new sys tem," said the president. " But I suppose that If you did not forge the bills and letters, you caused them to be forged ?" " No, I did not !" Why did you not say so in the preliminary examinations ?" " Because I would not drag other unfortunate people into my ruin" " Tell us from whom you got them." " I will not—l cannot." " You say that you nego tiated the bills in good faith ?" " Certainly I did, and as a proof of it, on hearing that they were forged, I went to complain to a commissary of police !" The prisoner was pressed to say who had forged the bills and papers, but he persisted in refusing. He also denied that it was he who had forged the letters signed " General Fleury," " Marshal Vail lant," and "General de Bressolles," and he inti mated that it was Beaumont-Vassy who had forged the first one, and he said that he had leceived the second from that person. As to the dressing of Demaret in a general's uniform, he did not deny the fact, but expressed regret at having compro mised him, and said that he took all the responsi bility of the act on himself—Demaret, who was next interrogated, alleged that he had merely figured as a general to oblige Sebille, who had promised him a place in the Saltpetre Company, and that having a wife and a large family he had not dared disobey him. He said that, in addition to the uniform. Sebille had made him put on a wig, a cocked hat and feathers, and spectacles. He also said that when M. Corpel addressed him as " general," he became frightened and hurried down stairs. He added that Sebille had wanted him to go in the uniform to other persons, but that he had refused. The reception of evidence in sup port of the indictment was then proceeded to. A deposition of Mr. Corpel, who was absent from ill health, was read. He described the presentation by Demaret dressed as a general of the letter signed of the letter signed Marshal Vaillant, and said that when, the next dale, Sebille had called on him, he, after expressing surprise that the Em peror should have caused a letter to be written for him, said, " I will tell you something. Yesterday, I succeeded in obtaining an audience of the Em peror to ms him for money. He called in aide-de camp, to ask how his cash-box stood, and on re ceiving an answer said, You see, Sebille, that I am the poorest man in my empire ! I can do nothing for you, for the present, but I will see what I can do in the month of May !" M. Bochet and M. Pigniere also deposed to facts related in the indict ment. The court afterwards decided that in con sequence of Sebille having taken in his de fence entirely different ground to that which he had adopted in the preliminary examinations, it would be necessary to examine other witnesses than those who had been summoned. It therefore ordered that the further hearing of the case should be postponed to the next session. SUICIDE OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN WINDSOR HOME PARK. The evidence adduced at the inquest, held on Friday evening last, on the body of Alfred Delaruelle, a young gentleman of an amiable dis position and of bright prospects, the only son of a gentleman of high respectability and indepen dence, affords a fearful and affecting lesson to young men of his age and inexperience, and the necessity of their guarding against the many temptations they may be exposed to, and how easily they may be plundered by a set of scoundrels who are ever on the alert to allure them into ruin. Dr. Samuel Kinns, Shaftesbury-house, Islington, on being sworn, said the deceased was a Frenchman, and came from Paris six weeks or two months ago. He was brought to my college by his father, a re tired solicitor. His age is about 22. He was a most temperate, attentive, and amiable young man, not in any way excitable. He has never shown any disposi tion to sullenness more than excitability. He was an amiable, kind young man, of a remarkably even frame of mind. On Wednesday morning about 9 o'clock, he breakfasted at the college. He left us as though he were going for a walk. Expecting him back to dinner, and not arriving, I thought he had met a friend. As he did not come corns to tea, I thought he had accompanied some friends he had in Regent-street to the opera. Being a rule in the establishment that no gentleman, whatever his age, should remain out all night without a previous un derstanding, I became alarmed at his non-arrival at night ; still I thought it possible he might have re mained late at the opera, and that he might have gone home to sleep with his friends. I had not the slightest idea of his going to Windsor until I re ceived a letter from the superintendent of police. I may state that deceased's prospects were most bright. His father is a gentleman of large pro perty ; he is the only son. Since his arrival in Eng land he had expressed the utmost satisfaction at his condition. His father allowed him every requ'st made. He had ample funds at his disposal. I had recently seen several sovereigns in his purse. On the Wednesday he had written two letters ; one in English to his mother, and,the other in French to his cousin, expressive of his entire happiness at the college, and his very grateful feelings toward wit ness and Miss Kinns for their kindness towards him. In answer to the Coroner, the witness stated that deceased seemed to be in his usual spirits when at breakfast. Had he appeared dejected, witness would have observed it, as he sat near him. Unless the letters threw some light on the üb'eet he (wit ness) would not be able to ac " itis self-de struction. Witness added that , c question 'ibout the watch to the man who found the body, because deceased had a watch suspended by a silken guard when he left the house in the morning. In answer to a further question, witness stated that he knew of no love affair in which the deceased was concerned. He was anxious that the four sealed letters found in the deceased's pocket should be opened and read. The coroner remarked that that should be done, after they had taken the whole of the oral evi dence. After the depositions of several other witnesses had been taken, the four sealed letters were then opened, they were all dated July 27. One was addressed to Dr. Kinns, another to a married sister, and the others to his father and mother. The two latter, although dated on the same day, contained no reference to his death, and had apparently been written in the morning before he had con templated self-destruction. That to Dr. Kinns was written in French, and was to the following effect : "MY DEAR DOCTOR,—When you receive this I shall cease to exist. Adieu! Many thanks for kindness shown to me by you and Miss Kinns.—Yours sincerely, "ALFRED DELARUULE." The letter to the sister was translated by the French gentleman who accompanied Dr. Kinns. It was to the following effect : "MY DEAR SISTER,—Do not weep too much when you receive my letter. At the same time preserve in your re membrance a brother who loves you so well. Prepare my poor parents for the blow in as gradual and gentle a manner Es you possibly can. I had foretold that the voyage to London would be fatal to me. I have this day lost all my money lir a house to which I was led by one unknown (or who shall be unknown). Having lost my watch and my jewels, rather than return home empty-handed, I prefer to put an end to the ennui (so rendered) which will beset me on all sides. My last hour has arrived, and when you re ceive this, two days will have passed after I have ceased to exist." It is unnecessary to give the letters to the father and mother, as nothing contained therein bore upon the inquiry. Dr. Kinns remarked upon the strange character of the event. The deceased must have been influ enced by some sudden and extraordinary impulse to commit suicide, owing to having lost his money in a gambling-house, to which he had been allured, as the amount lost could have been of no import ance to him. Verdict, " Temporary insanity." RIFLED ORDNANCE.—Experiments will shortly be carried out at Woolwich with a view to test the efficiency of an ordinary siege gun after being subjected to the process of rifling. Should the system prove successful a large number of guns will be altered in ihe same manner. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — HoIIOwa; " B4Sinimeni and Pills. — Palpitation, Shortness of Breath, Dropsy.—This last named disease is commonly preceded by irregular action of the heart and difficult respiration, which symptoms are always severe, and ever go from bad to worse unless the proper means of cure are resorted to. 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His wife, the prosecutrix, who was married to him in October, 1857, was living at Ludlow, and on Wednesday, the 6th of April last, the prisoner went there to see her, and wanted her to go with him to Worcester to live with him. The prosecutrix refused, and she and the prisoner ap peared to have quarrelled together on Saturday night, and in the course of the quarrel the prisoner seized her by the throat and held her till she fainted. In consequence of this treatment the pro secutrix the same night left the house and went to the house where her sister was living at Lud low, and stayed there till the morning. The next morning, Sunday, the 10th, the prisoner came for her, and wanted her to go with him to Wor cester, and as they were going along he put his back against the wall and said, that before he went any further he wanted to know what she meant to do. The prosecutrix said, she did not mean to live with him any more, and that she would swear the peace against him ; upon which the prisoner immediately struck her several times in the face with a knife. He then got her down and knelt upon her, and tried to cut her throat, but she prevented his doing this by holding her shawl to her neck. Her cries of " murder" brought a man named Lewis to her assistance, and the prisoner ran away. The prosecutrix was subjected to a long cross-examination, from which it appeared that she and her husband when living together were always quarrelling, and that the only cause of difference which led to this assault was the desire of the pri soner that she should go and live with him, and her refusal to consent. Several other witnesses were examined, from whose testimony it appeared that on the Saturday night the prisoner had been very much excited on account of his wife's refusartolive with him, and had said that he should kill his wife and be hung for it, and that her body would be seen coming down the river. It appeared that there were five slight wounds inflicted on the face of the prosecutrix; and immediately the prisoner had left her he had cut his own throat and inflicted a wound nearly three inches in length, but not sufficient to separate the windpipe, or to do himself mortal in jury. He then ran down to the river and attempted to drown himself, and was taken out of the water in a state of insensibility. In a few hours he re covered, and his first inquiry, on coming to his senses, was, " How is my dear Mary ?" He then appeared very sorry for what he had done, and was in a very desponding state, and shed tears. The surgeon said the wounds inflicted on the prosecut rix just severed the skin, while that inflicted by the prisoner on himself was a much more serious wound. It appeared that when taken into custody the pri soner had a small scratch on the side of his face, and it was suggested on his part that the affair arose out of a quarrel, which the prosecutrix might have aggravated by scratching the prisoner in the face, as it was proved she had done on the Satur day previous. Mr. Cook Evans addressed the jury for the pri soner, and admitting that a verdict of unlawful wounding could not be resisted, urged that there was nothing to show that the prisoner was guilty of the capital charge of wounding with intent to murder, or of the felony of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Mr. Justice Willes summed up the evidence to the jury, and they found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wounding. Mr. Justice Willes said, the jury had taken a very lenient view of the prisoner's case, and that if lie had been found guilty of the felony he (Mr. Jus tice Willes) would have transported him for life. The prisoner had been twice before convicted of violent assaults upon women, and he (Mr. Justice Willes) should therefore give him the utmost pun ishment which the law allowed, viz., two years' imprisonment, with hard labour. (Before Mr. Justice Byles and a Common Jury.) PANKHURST V. TATON. Mr. Whateley, Q.C., and Mr. Moteram appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Gray, for the defendant. This was an action brought to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff, Mary Pankhurst, was a young woman of about 23 years of age, who had worked for six years in Mr. G. F. Bowden's china manufactory as a ld grin der, and lodged at the house of a Mrs. Walsh, at Hanley, North Staffordshire. From the evidence of her master, who kindly came forward to speak in her behalf, it appeared that she had always conducted herself with great propriety, and to his entire satisfaction. The defendant was a young man of about the same age, who had been in business as a butcher, but now lived with his mother, who kept a gin palace, at Burslem, and assisted her in the conduct of the business. The defendant had become acquainted with the plaintiff at Hanley, and visited her at Mrs. Walsh's. This went on till the month of Sept. 1858, when tl , c defendant took her to the house of a Mrs. Wrench, at Burslem, and it was then arranged that she should reside there until they were married, a cere mony which was to come off as soon as possible. The defendant gave Mrs. Wrench half-a-crown to put up the bans, and they were " called out," i.e. published for the third and last time, in October, but by that time it seemed the defendant's ardour had cooled, and he had altered his mind, though without communicating to the party most concerned the change of his sentiments. The plaintiff un happily had yielded to the defendant's seductions before she came to Burslem, and was in the family way, and, thus, hoping and believing that the de fendant would be as true and faithful as he seemed in his amorous moods, she went to the church on the day appointed for the wedding, and there waited the arr(ival of her lover. But the defendant never came, and when Mrs. Wrench went to look for him she found him coolly walking about the town, and treating the whole affair as of no im portance. Mrs. Wrench urged him to go to the church, but the defendant male excuses, and said thereivsk not time, though Mrs. Wrench assured him there vas plenty of time, as the clergyman was willing to wait tid 12 o'clock. But all she could say produced no effect. She then tried to compro mise the matter by asking " Would he go in the morning 9" To this the defendant assented, as it gave him respite from Mrs. Wrench's importunities, but he did not keep his promise, and he then for soak the girl whom he had seduced. In January the plaintiff was delivered of a child, and the plain tiff's friends obtained an order on the defendant to pay half-a-crown a week for its maintenance, and the present action was then brought to recover da mages for the breach of promise of marriage. It appeared the defendant's father had left some real property, which was proved to be worth about £2,000, and, by his will, the widow, who is 60 years of age, was to enjoy the property during her life, and, upon her death, it would go to the chil dren, and the defendant's interest would be worth about £5OO. Mr. Gray addressed the jury in mitigation of damages, and said there was no proof that the de fendant had seduced the plaintiff by a promise of marriage. In such cases there were faults on both sides, and he contended the plaintiff was better off with one bastard child than she would have been if the defendant had married her. In the latter case she would probably have had a large family, and, as the defendant had no means of keeping a family, marriage would only have added to her misery. Mr. Justice Byles summed up the evidence, and cautioned the jury against sweeping away the whole of the defendant's expected fortune, but advised them to give reasonable and moderate damages. The jury laid their heads together for some time, and then found for the plaintiff—Damages, £5O. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) Thomas Burden surrendered to take his trial, upon a charge of stabbing and wounding William Meredith, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm, on the 17th of June, 1859, at Llan voirwaterdine. Mr. G. Browne appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. R. Kettle defended the prisoner. The prosecutor in this case was a farmer, and the prisoner was a shepherd. The parties lived near one another, and it appeared that on the 17th of June last a quarrel took place between them, in which the prisoner stabbed the prosecutor in the back with a pair of shears. The prosecutor was seen running away to his own house, pursued by the prisoner, and a witness came up as the prose cutor sank on the floor of his house from loss of blood. The prosecutor was subjected to severe cross examination, as to whether he had not on former occasions threatened him. In the course of the trial The learned judge intimated that he thought the charge of felony could not be supported, and that there could be no answer to the charge of unlaw fully wounding. The counsel on both sides acquiesced in this view of the case, and the jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wounding only.' Joseph Dickin surrendered to take his; trial on a charge of manslaughter, in causing the death of Richard Hughes. Mr. Boughey app eare d f or the prosecution ; Mr. Scotland and Mr. Kettle defended the prisoner. The prisoner, who-was a very-respectable looking man, was a cattle doctor, living at Tibberten. His father had been what is called a " bone-setter," and the prisoner, having followed the same occupation, had acquired a considerable reputation for skill in that art. He was, however, now put on his trial for causing the death of a butcher of Tibberton named Hughes, by his want of skill in the treat ment of a broken leg. It appeared that on the 30th of December last the deceased was riding in his car to Newport market, when the horse kicked violently and broke his leg. The fracture was a compound comminuted fracture, and both bones were broken a little above the ancle. The unfor tunate man was carried home, and. wished the pri soner to be sent for, a wish which had already been anticipated by his family, who procured his early attendance. The prisoner set the leg in the usual way, binding it up with splints and bandages. The bandages were undone on the 11th day, when it was found that there was some discharge from the wound, but it seemed to be going on well. The leg was done up again in the same manner, and was not undone again for several weeks, when it was found the dis charge had increased. A piece of the broken bone came from the wound, but, though the deceased was not going on so well as could be wished, the prisoner encouraged him to believe that his broken led would be cured, and would finally be stronger than the other. These hopes, however, were not realised, and the prisoner expressed a wish that the deceased should be seen by a " regular practitioner," as he required medicine, and the formation of matter in the leg required the use of the lancet. A regular practitioner from Wellington was then called in, and he continued the treat ment which had been adopted by the prisoner to support the strength of the deceased, and had him removed to Wellington, where he could have him close under his eye. According to the evidence of the regular practitioner, " general muscular ab sorption " took place, or, as he explained the phrase, the deceased got very thin, and instead of gathering strength, he declined, and in the month of April died of exhaustion. As is not uncommon in such cases, the whole of the blame was thrown upon the unlucky " irregular practitioner," who was had up and charged with felony, in causing the deceased man's death by his gross and crimi nal want of skill. The sons of the deceased man were examined, and spoke very highly, not only of the prisoner's attention, but also of his skill and reputation as a bone-setter, which they said could be testified to by from 20 to 30 witnesses, upon whom he had successfully operated, and who had come to Shrewsbury to speak for the operator, who had set their broken bones. The surgeons who had attended to the case, and also a gentle man from the infirmary, were examinpd, and stated that there was no fault to be found with the treatment in the first instance, or for the first two or three weeks, as they thought an attempt was properly made to save the leg, but they thought that if the leg did not heal within that time it ought to have been amputated. They ad mitted, however, that the propriety of amputation must depend on the strength of the patient and other circumstances, of which they were unable to judge ; but they seemed to agree that it was not good surgical practice to bind up the leg for so many weeks, and so to confine the matter which was forming in the wound. Mr. Scotland contended the prisoner had not shown that gross ignorance and want of skill which ought to make him criminally liable, and that at the utmost if there had been any unskilful treatment it arose from an error in judgment merely, and not from gross ignorance of his art. If necessary, and the evidence were admissible, he was in a position to call 20 to 30 witnesses to prove the prisoner's skill and success in bone setting. Mr. Justice Willes summed up the evidence to the jury, and said a want of attention was not at tributed to the prisoner ; but the question was, whether he had shown a reasonable and competent degree of skillin the performance of the duty which he had undertaken. There was no difficulty as to the rule of law on the subject. The difficulty was in applying the law to the fact, and the jury, who were acquainted with the wants and habits of the coun try, must decide whether or not the prisoner had shown gross ignorance of the art, and so had caused the death of the deceased. The jury, without hesitation, fonnd the prisoner not guilty, a result which was received with the liveliest satisfaction by a large number of the pri soner's friends who had rallied round him. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.--• NEwcAsTLE, JULY 30 (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) TROTTER V. PLEWS. This was an action for slander of the plaintiffs in their trade. Mr. Overend, Q.C., and the Hon. A Liddell ap peared for the plaintiffs; and Mr. Temple, Q.C., and Mr. Heath for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiffs, Messrs. Trotter and Son, are large provision merchants at Shields, and the defendant is in the same line of business, and his warehouse not far from the plaintiffs'. In August last the defendant met the Inspector of Nuisances, named Mitchell, at Shields, and said to him, " Trotter and Son have a quantity of dis eased meat. It is so bad that the people smell it in the lane." On the following Monday the de fendant again met Mitchell, the nuisance in spector, and said to him, " Why have you not been to see that meat ? There are 31 casks (naming the brands). It came from Holstein. I know they only gave £1 a cask for it. It is not fit for human food. Part of it went on board a for ei g n ship, and it was so bad it had to be sent back." In conse quence Mr. Mitchell went to the warehouse of Messrs. Trotter and Son, and found 29 casks of the brand described. He opened one of those casks, and cut off some of the meat and smelt at all the other casks. The meat was perfectly sound and sweet, and he took part of it to the authorities. He had traced out the other two casks on board a foreign ship, and the meat was perfectly good. A part of the casks were beef and a part pork ; and it was proved by Mr. Trotter that for the beef he had paid upwards of 70s. a cask, and for the pork up wards of 80s., to an old established firm at Hol stein. On cross-examination of the witness Mitchell, it was elicited that there were many bad smells in the lane where the plaintiffs' warehouse was, and that the people sometimes complained of it, and they could not tell particularly where it came f r om. But, said the inspector, it could not be wondered at, as the lane was sometimes in sur.th a filthy state that it was almost impossible to walk down it with out treading on fi.th, as none of the houses in the lane had privies. His Lordship—Do you mean to tell us that there is a street in Shields where not one of the houses has a privy ? The witness—Oh, dear, yes. There are a good many such streets. On a suggestion from his Lordship, Mr. Temple, after this evidence, withdrew all imputation on the plaintiffs on the part of his client, and consented to a verdict for 40s. Verdict for the plaintiff —Damages, 40s. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. —DERBY, July 29. CROWN COURT. Peter Ward, a chemist at Sheffield, was indicted for perjury committed before the judge of the county court held at Derby on the 19th of April, 1859. Mr. Bristo we conducted the case for the prosecu tion ; Mr. O'Brien rppeared for the defence. The prisoner had been for some years acquainted with the prosecutor, Mr. J. Foottit, an attorney in this town, who had done business for him at diffe rent times, and for which there was owing to him in January, 1857, a sum of £ll4 15s. Bd., being the balance of his account. According to the evidence of Foottit, the prisoner came to his office in Derby on the 6th of January, 1857, and after telling him that he proposed going to York Castle to take the benefit of the Insolvent Act, and was desirous of doing something for him (Foottit) before he went, he prc posed to pay a sum of L 7 down in cash, to give an I O U for £7, and to send a sum of £5 by the post next day from Sheffield to make up the sum of £l9, if Foottit would accept it in full dis charge of his de . bt. To these terms Foottit assented The £7 was paid down, and the I 0 U given and . an account was drawn up, in which Foottit ' gave his receipt for £l9 cash received in full discharge of his account. Foottit afterwards petitioned the Insolvent Court, and an order was made for vesting all his estate and effects in the official assignee, Mr. B. Frear, the registrar of the Derby County Court. Hi▪ s schedule contained . an entry of the I 0 U for £7 given on the 6th of January. On the 19th of April, 1859, an action upon this I 0 U was com menced in the Derby County Court at the suit of Mr. Frear, as official assignee, against the prisoner, who, at the conclusion of the plaintiff's case, was sworn as..a witness on his own behalf, and stated, o n the Gth of January, 1857, he paid to Foottit in cash, and gave the I 0 U in question early on that day, and that after sever 9 . l hours discussion wi▪ th Foottit he paid £l 2 more in cash, t t Mr. making £l9 in full settlement of the account, and h Foottit agreed to return him the I 0 U, a but after receiving the £l 2 he had lost or mislaid it, and that no application for the £7 had been made to him afterwards, either by the m la ( l. e . osecutor or his wife. The judge, however an ord er for payment of the amount forthwith. t On . the day . after the trial in the County Court letters tit, on look ing over his palms, found some ~. that . bad passed between himself and the prisoner in the months of January and April, From . these letters it appeared that di, on . his return to Sheffield did not send the' £s l.io , Lier as promised Oil the 6th of. January, alleging that he could not, upon which Foottit wrote to him stating his . urgent need of the money, saying that he was going to petition the Court, and asking what he was to do about the I 0 U. This letter was taken to the prisoner by Mrs. Foottit, and having read it, he made a memo randum in pencil, saying nothing about the I 0 U or the £5 due, and requested her to take back the letter to her husband, saying that he should send the money next day, but this he failed to do. In another letter the prisoner spoke of the balance due to Foottit upon the I 0 U, stating why he had not been able to pay it. Mr. O'Brien, in addressing the jury on behalf of the prisoner, remarked upon the account drawn up by Foottit, and his receipt for £l9 in cash in dis charge of the whole debt, given after the prisoner had told him that he was about to go to York Castle to take the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act, and called upon the jury to consider whether the prisoner might not have intended to give the true version of what passed on the 6th of January, the letters not being in his possession, but only the ac count and the receipt in full. Mr. Bristowe having replied. The learned Judge summed up, telling the jury that if the question depended upon the oath of Foottit alone they could not find the prisoner guilty, but that, looking at the letters which had been put in evidence, and in which the prisoner had never denied owing the I 0 U when applied to for payment by Foottit, it would be for them to say whether the prisoner could have been giving a true account upon the trial in the County Court. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to two months' imprison ment. Joseph Calver was indicted for stealing a purse containing £1 7s. 6d. The case presented no feature of public interest, but in the course of it it appeared that one of the witnesses had been committed to prison and confined there up to the time of the assizes (three weeks), by order of the magistrates for want of sureties who would be responsible for her appearance as a witness. The prisoner having been acquitted, the learned judge expressed his sur prise at the course taken by the justices, and inti mated his opinion that except in extreme cases the magistrates ought to be satisfied with binding over witnesses in their own recognizances. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—EXETER, JULY 30. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) Sohn Bolt, aged 14, and William Hellings, aged 13, were convicted of setting fire to stacks of hay. Mr. Baron Bramwell said this was a very bad offence, and the prisoners were very bad boys and he would endeavour to make them better. He should give them such a punishment as they would never forget, for if they were going again to set a rick on fire they might remember how their backs tingled; he should sentence them to be imprisoned for one month, and to be kept to hard labour and to be twice well whipped, once at the beginning of the term and once at the end of the term, and at the expiration of the month Bolt to be sent to a reformatory for two years, and Hellings for five years; and he made this distinction because Hel lings was a younger boy and had no parents or friends to take care of him. The idea of the whipping made young Hellings cry most terribly. A turnkey interfered to stop him, but the Judge said he might cry now, but he would soon have something more to cry for. Daniel Bowles was convicted of setting fire to a stack of barley, and sentenced to eight years' penal servitude. John Pady and John Gooding were indicted for uttering a counterfeit half-crown, on the 9th of July, at Broad Clyst. Mr. Coleridge prosecuted and Mr. Cole defended the prisoners. The question raised in the case was rather curious. The coin was a pennypiece, which had been coloured or silvered in some way to pass for a half-crown, although the pennypiece had on it " Britannia," and the halfcrown had on it the shield. Therefore the contention was that this was not a counterfeit coin. By the 2d of William IV., chap. 34, sec. 21, it was said that any of the Queen's cur rent coin which should been gilt, silvered, washed, coloured or cased over, or in any manner altered so as to resemble, or be apparently intended to resem ble or pass for any of the Queen's current coin of a higher denomination, should be deemed and taken to be counterfeit coin within the meaning of this Act. It was urged that this could not be said to re semble a coin 90 as to bring the case within the statute. Mr. Baron Bramwell said he would consult his learned brother, and, if it should become necessary, he would reserve the point. It appeared that the prisoners, who had lived in the neighbourhood, when at a publichouse, were showing how they could colour copper coin so as to look like silver, and they did it for two or three people ; and they said they would have a lark, anti in the course of the evening they passed two of these coins. The prosecutor at first thought it had been done for a lark. Mr. Cole contended that the prisoners had no idea of committing a felonious act. Persons who did these things always washed the coin in private, thz7 did not do it before a number of p ersons . Th e prisoners had done a most foolish act, which they now much regretted. Most excellent characters were given to the pri soners. The learned Judge having summed up. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but most strongly recommended them to mercy. The Judge said he would consult Mr. Justice Crompton, and he would have them bailed till Monday morning. HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONE, July 30. CROWN SIDE. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) indictments with Weir, 39, late a warder in the convict pri son at Chatham, was charged up on five with burglary. Mr. F. J. Smith prosecuted; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Doyle. The circumstances of this case were of a peculiar and unasual character. It app eared that the prisoner had been for 13 months employed as a warder at the convict prison at Chatham, and he had con• ducted himself in such an exemplary mmannerrls to gain the entire confi dence of his superiors, and at the time of his apprehension he had been promoted to the rank of barra ck-ser g eant on foreign service, and was about to proceed to Plymouth to receive instruction in his duties. The prisoner had for merly been in the 95 th Reg iment, and received clasps for the battles of the Alma, Inkerman, and Balaklava. His conduct as a soldier was most ex cellent, and upon the return of the regiment to England he was invalided, and was subsequently appointed to the L division of police, and received a high testimonial of character from Sir R. Mayne upon his leaving the force to take the situation of warder at the Chatham prison. It 'appeared that during the last few weeks several burglaries had taken place at Chatham, and the inquiries made by Mr. Everest, the superintendent of police stationed at Chatham, who is an officer of great experience, led him to suspect the prisoner, but hi s p os iti on and the estimation in which he appeared to be held by those acquainted with him, deterred hi m a t fi rs t from taking active proceedings. On the night of the 12th of July the premises of a bee rs h o p-k ee p er at Gillingham were broken into and a workbox and other articles stolen, and it appeared that on the 15th the prisoner and his wife were about to leave Chatham to proceed to Plymouth, Just as the the tram was about to start, Everest went on to the platform at Strood and asked the prisoner if he had any objection to his luggage being examined, he said he had not, and Everest examined some boxes that were pointed out to him, but found nothing that would justify . him in detaining the prisoner, and he consequently allowed him and his wife to proceed on their journey. Immediately after the train had started, the officer ascertained that on the previous day several packages had been sent t o t h e station addressed to the prisoner, which were to have been sent on to London by the goods' train, arid upon Everest examining these pack ages he found a portion of the produce of no less than five different burglaries th a t h a d b een re cently committed. He also fo un d a d ou b le- b arre ll e d pistol loaded with slugs, som e c hi se l s t h at corre sponded in size with the m ar k s upon some o f the premises that had been broken open, a centrebit, and a dark-lantern. A telegraphi c message was im mediately sent to stop the prisoner at Woolwich, and Everest proceeded by the next train and took him into custody, One of the singular facts in this case was, that the property taken by the prisoner appeared to be of the most trumpery description and of small value, and he did not appear to have sold any porti on of the articles that had been stolen. Mr. Doyle, in the course of a very able address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, called their attention to the remarkable nature of the case, and he urged the extreme improbability that a man who had been proved to have all his life borne a most extraordinary good character, should have committed such offences as those that were now im puted to him. He said he solemnly asserted his in nocence, and the way in which he was instructed to account for the possession of the property was that he had exchange d some of his furniture for it with a man who travelled about the country. The jury, after a ve r y short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty. The learned judge, in passing sentence, said ho regretted to have to do so upon a man wh o no d ou bt had for a considerable time borne a most excellent character , and to have enjoyed the confidence of those who employed them. It was clear, however, that he had committed all these burglaries, and it Was perfectly absurd to suppose that he could have purchased the produce of five different burglaries from a stranger. He also could not lose sight of the fact that the possession of a pistol in the state in which this one was found showed that be was pre pared to have resorted to deadly violence if he had been interrupted in the course of his guilty proceed ings. Under all the circumstances he felt it his duty to order him to be kept in penal servitude for the space of 10 years. THE TRADE OF ENGLAND. In all important departments the trade and navi gation accounts for the half-year and month ending with June show the national commerce not only to have revived, but to have attained a magnitude without precedent. The declared value of the ex ports during the half-year is upwards of £63,000,000 or about 12,000,000 more than was almost ever at tained in any year previous to the changes in our commercial system ; in other words the an n ual value of our exports before the introduction of free trade some 15 years ago used to be £50,000,000, and is now £126,000,000. At present, also, the amount is in a state of progression, the figures for the month showing an increase of about £500,000, and•for the six months an increase of £10,000.000 over' the corresponding periods of last year. The increase is spread over the whole of our principal products—linen showing the least, and c otton the greatest signs of vigour. The value of the cotton fabric exported during the half-year has been £18,000,000, and of the mixed fabrics and yarns abont £5,000,000, or £23,000,00 0, in all, being at the rate of £46,000,000 sterling per annum. The exports of the one article of cotton are thus nearly equal in value to the exports of all articles only a dozen year's ago- These are striking results, especially when we re member that :public men who left office but the other week perilled their own reputation, and greater things than that, upon the prediction that under free trade other countries would inundate us with their products and take none of ours. In the imports there is of course a corresponding increase; by selling more we are able to buy more. Perhaps the most noticeable item in the imports for the half-year is the largeness of the grain lin' ports in the face of comparatively prices. The wheat imported during the half-year is nearly 2,250,000 quarters, which, though somewhat less than last year, is 1,000,000 quarters above 1857 ; and the flour, commuted, would give nearly another 1,000,000 qrs., being a still greater increase upon 1857. The other kinds of grain, however, show a stationary or :anguishing supply- The other great articles of food show a continued and rapid growth of consumption, with the excep tion of coffee, which, owing to a change in popular, taste, and perhaps also to th e i ncrease d u se of chicory, has been almost stationary for several years. Of sugar, the quantity passed into consumption dur ing the half-year has been about 5,000,000 cwt., or 1,000,000 cwt. more than we used to consume ill a whole year. Up to 1845 the annual consumption of sugar had almost never reached 4,000,000 cwt. , and, notwithstanding the increase of population , had remained almost stationary for nearly 30 years; it is now at the rate of 10,000,000 cwt., having in creased 150 per cent. since the introduction of free trade. The quantity of tea taken for consumption in the half-year was 38,000,0001 b., which is m uch more than double the consumption during the " Pro tection" era. Such facts, though appearing in the uninviting form of statistics, are positive proof of an increase of comfort among the mass of the peo ple which well entitles the legislation that mainly produced it to be characterised as " wise' just, and beneficial."—Scotsman. COUNTRY MARKET& OXFORD--JULY 30. There was a very small supply of wheat at our market to-day, and but few sales took place. Two samples of OW wheat were exhibited, and commanded great attention, the prevailing opinion was that the present wheat crop is not so good in quality as that of last year. STAMFORD—JULY 30. There was a small supply of wheat yesterday, which sold at is per qr. advance on late rates. Little or no bar ley on offer. The trade in oats was slow, at about bag , ' recent currencies. Beans in meagre supply, and the pric e° fully as high. Wheat 42s to 46s I Oats.. 24s to 3 1 White do ..44s to 50s I Beans 44s to D v° Barley „ , ..27s to 30s I Ditto, old ........—s to --*/ LEICESTER—JULY 30. There was a small supply of wheat to-day, with a mode; rate show of other grain. An advance of is per qr for why was established. Prices—Wheat, 44s to 50s per 36 ston e , barley, 33s to 38s per 30 stone ; the oat trade was .40 11 at quotations ranging from 28s to 36s per 24 stone. Bei ll° were steady, at 50s to 56s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 35s I Seconds, 33s I Thirds, 31s per sack. CAMBRIDGE—JULY 30. There was a moderate show of wheat, which met a Int active demand, at rather over lat e rates. White, 4 6 s 48s 48s ; red, 405 to 43s per 36 stone. Sp r i ng corn in stn",is supply. Oats were from 24s to 28s p er 24 s t one . 13e, 11- 0 firm, at 46s to 48s per 38 stone. The crop s a re still spot of as good, and the rain which fell last week has been great service. JULY 30. at the corn-exchange, 9 .0 ted. The few sales passOlg YORK A small attendance to-day very limited business transac were at late rates. Wheat .40s to 44s I Oats.... White do .44s to 48s Beans Barley .—s to —s Peas 244 506 s 0 3 t tt 0 00 :24 NOTTINGHAM—JULY 30. of The show of wheat was fair, and a thin attendanc e 6. farmers. Wheat was in good emand at fully late pric e d• little barley on offer. Oats in small supply, vri, t '„ - a fair inquiry. Beans a scanty show. In this neighbouru", the crops have not received much damage by heavy ra ms ' and from present appearances a good yield may be expel -- although not equal to last year. White wheat, new, —s to —s Barley, grinding.. 28s to 313 4 : Red do. — s to 13 Oats, old, .. 305 to Old white 4 Bs t o 53 s New do 25s to `'444 Red do.. 44s to 4Ss B eans . 50s to 485 to - Barley, malting.... 38 s t o 43s Beans, new NORWICH—JULY 30. Here, to-day, there was ra th er a f a i r a tt en d a nce of f e kl e r i mers. The show of w h ea t was goo d, an d pr i ces advall r in some instan ces i s p er qr . f or th e b es t samp l es . In obits grain there was scarcely anything doing. Flour agate favour of the seller. White wheat. 46s to 48s I Red wheat 41s to 4 9 Flour, 29s to 29s 6d per sack from the miller. DUBLIN—Jury 29. Our corn market to-day was d u ll, an d but little whe t , .., was sold, with no ad vance on th e pr i ces o f l as t we' ll , Oats almost unsaleable. The transactions in Indian 07 . 4 were moderate, without a lt era ti on i n pr i ce. Barley 104 dull. a. d. o. d. Wheat, white 26 0 to 27 0 Do., red 2l 0 to 25 6 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l4 0 to 15 0 e.d. 01 % 0 Do., new ll 6 to 1,,u 6 Bere . lO 0 to 1 ' 9 ° Rapeseed 26 oto 0 Oatmeal l4 6 to lu 0 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn 29 oto 31 DURABILITY OF SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHS.-- 4 , a meeting of the Electric and International Telegraph Cr, pany, held on Friday, Mr ;It,. Stephenson, M.P., presidl, for the purpose of declaring a dividend for the past year at the rate of 61 per cent. per annum, the O W " man said, in in recommending the appropriation of balance of £6,600 to the trust or reserve fund, his opin l n, was unfavourable to the durability of submarine c able/4 their present state ; and that, although improvement° o ci doubtless hereafter be introduced, and lines will e 5 3 s. over the whole w o rld, it i s a b so l u t e l y necessar y, under t he isting circumstances, to keep a large reserve to meet o ut cost of deterioration. Some cables were found to weer ive , in five or six years; others would last ten, or even tvt i. e' ay .. or more ; b u t, t a ki ng t en as the average, the company _tide m " g expended £140,000 on marine lines, ought to lay ' £14,000 yearly. The land lines are kept in r e pair fr ° o l week to week, and are consequently as good one Yeartbat another, but this is manifestly impossible with those are submerged. In reply to some remarks by a elif,b. holder, Mr. Stephenson observed that he knew no b' marine line which of itsolf yielded a profit. BI)tTHS. r Vt . A BE OT.—On the 29 th ult., ai - Kensington, the wife Of B. Abbot, Esq., of a daughter. le of ,FYERS. — On the 29 th ult., at 83, Eaton-place, the No del Lieut.-Colonel Fyers, C. 8., 2421 Battalion Rifle Br of a son. 40' HussEY.—On the 29th July, a t Ki r kh am Vi cara ge / W. L. Hussey, of a son. vete' WOODHEAD.—On the 25th ult , at 10, Leinster-te.:, g b! Hyde-park, the wife of Captain Woodhead, of a ( 15 " ter. MARRIAGES. KLuGH—READY.—On the 28th ult., at Tettenhall, G' t he Klugh, M.A., of Clare Hall, Cambridge, to Harriet' second daughter o f Th omas Rea d y, E sq., o f T e ttew" near Wolverhampton. a' LOCKS—DREWE.—On the 28th ult , at Broadhen l, - a r Devon, John Arth ur L ecke, Esq., Of Northmore, S t =coe set, to Adele Caroline, eldest daughter of Edward 5 Drewe, Esq., of the Grange, near Hoiliton. DEATHS. of FANNING.—On the 29th u lt., William Fanning, Es ' "' 10, Gloucester -gardens, Hyde-park, aged 73. T oe° FIRTH.—On th e 29 t h ult., at R i chmon d , Surrey, " Francis Firth, Esq., aged 73. ati c ' GAMLEN.—On the 28th ult., at 2, Hereford-street, - lane, Charl es A r th ur Gam len, Esq., aged 73. c i° GLADING —On th e 28th u lt ., a t B r i g ht on , Mr. Fr an Glading, aged 53. HARBOROUGH.—On the 28th ult., at Stapleford-pox - k ' tie° Melton-Mowbray, the Earl of Harborough. 130 1 if I' Lyonn.—On th e 28th ult at 15, Grosvenor-place , - Charles Lyfo r d, Esq., aged . 81. , fe Miu.s.—On th e 29th u lt ., a t L aura B eaumon t, the w ' Thomas Mills, Esq., M.P., of Tolmers, Hertford . Olt MINTO.—On th e 31 s t u lt., a t E a t on - squ are, the I ' l ' Hon. the Earl of Tinto. --------:-'; 6 LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO Y° ll lo, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Slot Mee t 14° V Of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, i n the CO' Middlesex, Monday, August 1, 1859.