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

711 E NAVY. The rivke of Somerset and the Lords of the Ad miralty accompanied by Lord Clarence Paget, are exPeCted to arrive at Plymouth this evening from the 'Channel Islands. 'The Psyche, paddle despatch gunvessel, fitted - with engines of 250-horse power by Messrs. Sohn Penn and Son, the first of her class afloat, made her official trial of speed yesterday at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, under the superintendence of Capt. H. Broadhead, commanding her Majesty's ship Asia and the steam reserve at Portsmouth, Messrs. Murdoch and Lynn superintending the working of the machinery on the part of the Admiralty, and Mr. Holliday being in charge for Penn and Son. The cylinders have a diameter of 62in., with 4ft. bin. length of piston stroke, the area of the cylinders being 3,019 square inches. The diameter of the wheels is 18ft. ; the quantity of coals on board, 230 tons; draught of water, 10ft. 7in. aft, and 9ft. 7in. forward. The engines are fitted with disengaging apparatus, and the builers with superheaters. The ship is of 835 tons, built from Admiralty drawings. Portsmouth harbour was left at 11 30 a.m., and on clearing its entrance the revolutions of the engines were increased to 29 and the vessel's course was laid out to the southward. The weather was as favourable as could possibly be for the trial, the water being perfectly smooth, with a light westerly breeze. On nearing the Warner lightvessel the Psyche's head was brought round and laid for the trial ground in Stokes Bay, where eight runs were made at " the mile," as follows :—ln the first run the time was 3 min. 46 sec. ; the speed in knots 15.929 ; the pressure of steam, 271 b.; and the num ber of revolutions of engines, 321. In the second run the time was 4 min. 47 sec.; the speed in knots, 12.543 ; the pressure, 271 b. ; and the number of revolutions, ki. In the third run the time was 3 rain. 39 sec. ; the speed in knots, 16.438 ; the pressure, 291 b.; and the number of revo ktions, 33. In the fourth run the time was 4 min. 40 sec. ; the speed in knots, 12.857 ; the pressure, 281 b. ; and the number of revolutions, 34. In the fifth run the time was 3 min. 44 sec.; the speed in knots, 16071; the pressure, 271 b. ; and the number of revolutions, 33-1. In the sixth run the time was 4 min. 29 sec. ; the speed in knots, 13.383; the pressure, 2Jlb. ; and the number of re volutions, 331. The mean speed of the whole was 14,521 knots. The vacuum of the engines ranged from 24 to 25 inches. At the conclusion of the full-speed trials the ship was steamed out to the southward to case the steam down and cut off the two after-boilers to test the ship's speed at hal power, which was carried out in two runs with the following results :—First run—time, 4 min. 1 8 sec.; speed in knots, 13,953; revolutions of engins, 281. Second run—time 4 min. 44 sec.; speed in knots, 12.676 ; revolutions of engines, 30. The mean speed of the two runs was 13.314 knots. In making the circle complete, with the helm to star board, the ship came round to port in 5 min. 24 sec., the rudder being over at an angle of 161 dogs. Round in port the circle was made in 5 min. 28 sec., the rudder being over to 29 degrees; the re volutions of the engines being, in the first instance, 291, and, in the second, 28. From the time of living the word the engines were stopped dead from full speed in 30 seconds, started ahead in 16 seconds, and started astern in 35 seconds. The diagrams of the indicator and expansion cards were unusually favourable character. At full speed the ship carried a tremendous wave under her bows, while at half speed she carried one of not a quarter the size. From these circumstances it was evident that as the driving power of the engines was in creased from half to full speed so the volume of the water to be driven before her bows was also in- If this fact be then taken as the cause of the alight difference in the ships speed between half and full boiler-power, then the only conclusion which can be arrived at is,—that, had the hull of the Psyche been so perfect in form and capable of doing its work as is her machinery, the ship's speed at sea would equal the speed attained at the measured mile yesterday. As it is the Psyche may be looked upon as a 134 to 12 knot vessel at sea, taking the average of weather. The engsnes and boilers gave the greatest possible satis faction by their working. The Psyche is a sister vessel to the Enchantress, launched at Milford ; the Helicon, building at Portsmouth, and the Sala mis at Chatham. It had been arranged that the Psyche was to become the yacht for the use of the Lords of the Admiralty, but on their lordships visit ing the vessel at Portsmouth last week a doubt was expressed whether she would afford the necessary accommodation, and it is not improbable now that her future services may be changed to the Mediter ranean, on the line between Malta and Marseilles. His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert embarked Southsea on board the screw corvette Gazelle on Sunday evening, at 7 o'clock, accompanied by Capt. Von Bothwell and Lieut. Baron St. Paul, his aides de-camp, and the Gazelle got under way and left Spithead under steam, at 10 o'clock, for Cherbourg Brest, and Marseilles, thence returning to Devon port. The gunboat Hind, which has been undergoing thorough repair in Plymouth, was taken yesterday outside the breakwater to test her engines and ma chinery. She will resume her duty at Falmouth as tender to the coastguard ship Russell, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse. The war department steamer Lord Panmure, Com. Moore, sailed from Woolwich yesterday morn ing for Devonport, laden with Armstrong 18-poun der batteries, shot, shell, &c. ; and the Eagle, be longing to Mr. Carr, contractor to the department, sailed for Leith, laden with a similar cargo. Her Majesty's steamer Megrera, Cora. Henderson, on particular service, arrived at Deptford on Satur day from Devonport. Notwithstanding the very successful trial of the machinery erected by Messrs. Maudsley, Son, and Field, in her Majesty's ship Rattler, 17, 200 •horse P'wer, Commander E. H. Howard (as reported in The 'Sun of the 30th ult.), it was considered by the contractors that the results wouldbe still more satis factory if the r tunnels were lengthened and the cor ners o f the screw cut off. Accordingly, the altera tions have been d e, and the vessel again taken to eaSlired M offm the aplin sands, in charge of Capt Th o mpson, of the steam reserve, to test theresults on F r iday last, the Bth last. The ship had a draught of water of 14ft. 4in. forward, , 0e d 14ft. 10in. aft, and the force of wind (w.s. was 6 and upwards dialog the t rial. The avera ge Peed of 10 knots per d the w i n d and tide being against the vessel throughout the trial. The average 01brevo lutions were 89 ; pr ess ure of steam 2• ; and va cuum 23. The alterati ons 0 and screw have fully answered the end contemplated • The f worki ng boilers kept steam well, a nd t h e of the machinery was most satisfactory. Mr. Wa rt , uer represented the contractors, and bad charge of the eng ine, and Messrs, Blaxland and Urquhart a t ten ded to watch the results for the Admiralty. ro- Th e works which have been for some time in p n the e . qs at Chatham dockyard for en l arg in g gi e,ranite trance to No. 3 dock by the removal of the g bill and other projections, s o as to allow of the armour-plated frigate Royal Oak, 51, being placed in that dock as soon as launched, were completed on Saturday. The sides of the dock at the entrance have been cut away to the extent of several feet, which will enable the armour-plated vessel to be floated in to her place on the blocks with 17 inches to spare on eaoh side. Every exertion is now being used to have the Royal Oak ready for launching early in the month of September, to accomplish which there are as many as 600 mechanics—ship. wrights and other hands—employed on her. As far as the shipwright department is concerned the frigate was ready for launching some time since, hut it was decided that she should not, be sent afloat until a portion of her armour plates had been affixed to her sides, to accomplish which the efforts o f the hands employed:about her have been directed. Two tiers of plates on her port and starboard sides h av e already been fixed, but the operation of plat inge has,of nece ss i ty , proceeded but slowly, owing to the want of the requisite machinery for preparin • g the plates. Nearly the whole of this has, however, been now erected in the factory adjoining building slip, and increased ex ertions will be used canpossibly to complete, so far as done, the fix ing the broadside plates before the f • rigate is launched. The most complete precautions are adopted to ascertain that each plate is perfectly sound before it is placed on the ship's side, to in sure which the most rigid tests are resorted to, when the slightest flaw discovered in the iron re sults in its immediate rejection. .he contract price at which the iron plates are supplied to Admiralty is £35 per t on , an d as eac h pl a t e weighs four tons, the price of the armour plates used is £l4O for each, exclusive of the cost of labour in planing, bending, drilling, and and other wise preparing them and affixing them to the ex terior of the ship. On each side of No. 3 dock tram ways have been laid down, and two °tithe largepatent steam travelling cranes from Taylor's Britannia Works, Birkenhead, have already arrived at the dockyard, to be used in hoisting the plates, to faci litate their being fastened to the sides of the frigate as soon as she is docks d. The Roy al Oak is to be made ready for sea with all despatch, and already have been received at Chatham that her crew will number 600 officers and men—the same as a line of-battle ship. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Bernard T. Colley, pay master, to the Vigilant ; Thos., M'lntosh, acting 2d class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Fearless ; and John Hawkings, acting 2d class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, as supernu merary. 711 E ABM. In consequence of the Ist division of the depot brigade, Royal Artillery, having been very much reduced by the despatch of reinforcements to India, the division has been augmented during the last few days by 170 gunners from Woolwich, 44 gunners from the Curragh Camp, and 20 men from Shorn cliffe. In addition to the above, two detachments of Royal Artillery will join the Ist division to -day, including 66 men from Worley and 33 from Wool wich. Other detachments will also be transferred to the depot brigade until the division has been raised to its former strength. The sth Lancers are expected to leave their quar ters at Hounslow, Kensington, and Hampton Court on the 15th inst., and to arrive at Aldershot on the same day, where they will o ccupy the quart ers i n the North Camp recently vacated by the Ist Life Guards. An order has been received at the headquarters of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham, inti mating that the Lords of the Admiralty have de cided on making an alteration in the uniform of the non-commissioned officers and men of the Marine Artillery, which will in future be similar to that of the Royal Artillery. On Friday the commission appointed by the War Department to inquire into the merits of Captain Grant's cooking apparatus visited Aldershott and commenced their investigations. Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Mitchell, K.C.8., is president of the commission, and in the course of the day Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. L. Pennefather, Major-Gen. Lord G. Paget, Major- Gen. Brook Taylor, and numerous other officers joined the inspecting party, and assisted at the ex periments, which were carried on at Eeelmore. There dinner was provided, under the management of Mr. Warrener, for the 61st Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Redmond. MURDER OF AN OLD WOMAN IN DURHAM. (From the Leeds Mercury,) A muder of a moft atrocious and horrible cha racter was perpetrated at Nettleworth, about four miles from the city of Durham, on Sunday morning. About two hundred yards from Net tleworth colliery are two detached cottages, called Nettleworth New Houses, in one of which lived a woman of the name of Halliday, about sixty years of age, and in the other an Irish pitman, named Coxon, and his wife. The cot tages belonged to Mrs. Halliday's husband, from whom 'she had been separated 22 years, and who keeps a public-house in the adjoining village. Mrs. Halliday was allowed to live in the cottage rent free, and her husband besides allowed her 3s. per week. Between three and four o'clock on Sunday morning Mrs. Coxon went to Halliday's public house, and said she had heard Mr. Halliday crying out during the night, and she was afraid she must be very ill. Mr. Halliday's housekeeper and some other persons then proceeded to the house, when they found Mrs. Halliday lying on the floor, co vered with blood and bruises, and Coxon in the act of raising her up in his arms. She was at that time apparently dead, but on being lifted on to the bed she afterwards recovered her consciousness, and. in answer to questions which were asked of her, she said she had been shamefully used by the Irish. She made a number of gesticulations, but her articulation failed her, and those who were at tending upon her were enable to obtain anything more specific as to her knowledge of the persons who had committed the terrible outrage upon her. Between five and six o'clock the poor woman breathed her last. A coal-rake and a pair of tongs were found covered with blood, and the deceased was cut in a most dreadful manner in the right temple. Other wounds were found upon her head, and her arms were fractured and covered with a mass of bruises, as if she had done all she could to ward off the murderous attack. Strong circum stances of suspicion rest upon Coxon aad his wife, who have both been apprehended, and are now in the county lock-up at Durham. FURTHER PARTICULARS. CHESTER-LE-STREET AUG 10. ; • A most horrible murder has taken place in the little village of Hobbletrot, about three miles from this town during the night, the victim being an old woman 83 years of age. The murdered woman is named Ann Halliday. She occupied a small cottage on the Witton Gilbert road, the cottage in which she resided possessed only one room, with a loft above, the latter being very little used for any purpose ; the room beneath being used by the murdered woman both as a day room acid as her sleeping apartment. Next door there was a similar cottage, occupied by an Irishman named Cox, his wife, and their young child. The nearest house to them is called Broadmires, which is about 100 yards from them, and to that extent nearer Chester-le-street. It now becomes necessary to state the circum stances under which the, poor old woman came to be living by herself in the cottage at Hobbletrot. She was a married woman, but had for a number of years been living apart from her husband. Her husband, Mr. William Halliday, now living at Broadmires, near the scene of the crime, formerly carried on business as a publican and butcher, at the sign of the Shoulder of Mutton, Chester-le- Street. His wife was most respectably connected, and is still remembered in that locality as having been a remarkably fine-looking woman in her younger days. Her separation from her husband, we are informed, was caused principally by her in temperate habits; from all we can learn, however, it appears that her conduct had much improved with advancing. years. After the separation her husband placed her in the cottage at Hobbletrot, providing liberally for her wants. Mr. Halliday afterwards left Chester-le-street, and went to re side upon his own property at Broadmires, where he opened a public-house. Although the intercourse between them does not appear, so far as we can ascertain, to have been on the footing of man and Wife, yet he seems to have taken a warm interest f or u i er o welfare, and to have ministered to the com a 11,3 ! her declining years. The dreadful nature pressi eu en d has naturally made a very serious im lived i n Z e n him. The unfortunate woman had iettaineottage inoffensive years, as already stated, hag on go o d If a most life, and keep would have : e ' e r! with those around her. She Mast person supposed to be such a crime. pp likoelnytofall Saturday a7el,,et:.;:liheto been at a tea party Which unfortunate woman had A. had been held in the im- It 4 Z r spending the even imn egdiiantecinueiei g t h e b n o i u:l; who had assembled togeth er un o rt her neighbours left for home, reaching it at an ei rl i e occasion, she circumstances which afterward. t " r a sc , hoF . From pears that sh e had retired t o rest at hsepi r usual timeed it ap -t . Sunday I° 'O About three o'cloc k on rum-- n • or hus band was roused from his sleep by a k no .., door. Mr. Halliday's fi .._rst supposition at hi Was tha t some one wished to obtain a drink. He looked „ at and saw the Irishman Cox's wife standing at the door. He asked her what she wa nted. She merely , replied, " That old woman up th e ro ad i s very bad. He asked, " What old woman ?" when she again " answered, " That old woman up the roa d. This was all he could learn from her; but having an un defined impression th a t a ll was not right he a roused his housekeeper, an old woman, and told her to go and see what was the matter. She got a neigh bour to go with her, and they set off for the cottage of the murdered woman, accompanied by the Irish woman. When they rea c h e d the house they found the door open, and the Irishman, Cox, standing outside. They went in and found Mrs. Halliday dressed in her night clothes lying on the floor. 1 They immediately attended to her, but were horri- THE SUN, LONDON, TITESD Y EVENING," AUGUST 12, 1862. fled to find that she was bleeding from several ghastly wounds in her head. She was insensible, and they could not therefore get any account from her of what had caused her injuries. She did in deed make a few gestures in response to their efforts, but that was all—no articulate sound escaped her lips. Steps were immediately taken to apprise the police of what had occurred, and simultaneously medical assistance was sought. This occupied some time, and the unfortunate woman expired at half-past six, just after the arrival of Mr. M'Cabe, of Witton Gilbert, who practises as a surgeon. Dr. Hudson, of Chester-le-street, arrived on the scene shortly afterwards. He found the murdered woman had received a severe wound on the left side of the temple which had penetrated to the brain, marks of finger nails on her neck as if her assailant had attempted to strangle her, and the mark of a heavy blow, apparently by the fist, over the left jugular vein, and there was some extra vasation of blood over that part ; her left arm was broken above the elbow, apparently by a blow ; and there were dread ful bruises all over her arms. Her person in other parts bore marks of great violence. The Irishman, Cox, said to those around, in explanation of his dis covery of the crime, that about three o'clock in the morning he heard the old woman groaning, and on coming down he found the door fast. He broke open the door, which shows marks in support of his assertion, with a poker, and found the poor old woman in the position already related. He said the person who did it must have obtained access by the loft above, but whether such means of access exist there we could not ascerta in last night. As soon as information reached the head-quarters of the police at Durham, Superintendent Johnson, with a body of men, set off immed iately for the cot tage. On arriving there Superintendent Johnson proceeded to examine the A most surprising, and apartm entreally of the mur connection with th e a ff a i r , i s s d i e g r u e ifi d e w an om t afanc.t, in the appearance presented by the room. It might naturally have been expected that evi dences of a severe struggle would have pre sented themselves, but so far from that being the case, scarcely a single article of furniture in the room appeared to be disturbed, or at all out of its usual place. It may be mentioned here that the door-key could not be found. A brief search resulted in finding the deadly weapon which had been used by the murderer in accomplishing his fell purpose. It was the murdered woman's own coal-rake. On applying the point of it to the large wound on the temple, Dr. Hudson found it fitted it exactly, and left no doubt on his mind that the unfortunate woman had received her death-blow from it. The murdered woman must have bled a great deal from her numerous wounds, and yet the quantity of blood was surprisingly small. The appearance presented by the floor led to the conclusion that an attempt had been made to clear away as much as possible the traces of the bloody tragedy. The chemise of the old woman was .found beneath the bed quite wet, as if it had been recently washed. It might have been expected that the bed clothes would show by their position that the unhappy woman had risen in haste ; but so far from doing so, they lay almost undisturbed; and those who saw them were led at once to the conjecture that they had been placed that way after the crime had been committed. A few sprents:of blood were found on the bed hang ings and furniture, but they were much less than might have been looked for. That plunder had been the object of the murderer was shown by the state of the drawers. They had been thoroughly ransacked, and a chest in which it was known that the murdered woman kept her linen, had been cleared out. After making a searching investiga tion about the premises, Superintendent Johnson found himself called upon to order the Irishman Cox and his wife to be taken into custody. They were accordingly conveyed to Durham yesterday forenoon. They will be brought before the jury at the inquest of the unfortunate woman. Their little child has been sent to the workhouse, where she will remain for the present. The suspected man is about 25 years of age, and is described as being of a rather unprepossessing appearance. He had resided in the cottage about a month, and had previously been at Felton. He was employed as a pitman at Nettlesworth Colliery, a short distance from his residence. He only bears an indifferent character in the neighbourhood. Information was at once sent off to J. M. Favell, Esq., coroner, Eighton Banks. He has forwarded instructions to Dr. Hudson to make a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased. Dr. Hudson will carry out his instructions, and the coroner has appointed the inquest to take place on Tuesday, at Broadmires, at half-past ten o'clock. The police, under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Johnson, are actively engaged in getting up the case. THE MURDER AT MINSTER, ISLE OF SHEPPY. MINSTER, MONDAY. This morning the inquest on the body of William Elliott, who was found dead under circumstances which left little doubt that he had been brutally murdered, was resumed before Thomas Hills, Esq., coroner of the county, at the Halfway public•house, Minster, near Queenborough, Isle of Sheppy. It will probably be remembered that at an early hour on the morning of Wednesday, the 30th ult., the body of a man was found lying i n a wheatfield, at a place called Pheasants Field, about a mile from the Halfway-house, with marks of gunshot wounds on his face and chest that had been recen tly made, and the matter being put into the hands of Mr. Superintendent T. M. Green, of the Kent county constabulary, the corpse was at once iden tified as being that of a man named William Elliott, about 30 years of age, and who was a single man, in employment at Sheerness dockyard. At the open ing of the inquiry, some merely formal evidence was taken, and no clue was at that time found to bring to light the perpetrators of the f r i g htf u l d ee d ; b u t the activity of the police resulted in the arrest, on suspicion, on Monday, the 4th inst., of two men, Wm. Johnson, a corndealer and small farmer, re siding at Sheerness, and his son, Edward Johnson, living at the same place with his father. The pri soners were taken before the sitting magistrates at Sittingbourne last Tuesday, and several witnesses were examined ; but it was considered advisable for the furtherance of the ends of justice that the de tails of the examination should not be made public, and it is, therefore, now sufficient to say that the evidence was purely circumstantial, but so far con clusive as to warrant the bench of magistrates in remanding the prisoners to St. Augustine Gaol, and to refuse the bail which was offered by Mr. John son, the solicitor, of Faversham, who attended on behalf of the accused. At the sitting of the Court this morning the learned coroner read over the evidence taken on the previous occasion. John Cheeseman, a boot and shoe maker, living at Sheerness, identified the deceased. Mr. Edward Stride, surgeon, stated that he saw the body of the deceased man a little after one o'clock on Wednesday, the day of the supposed murder, and found on examination external marks of gun-shot wounds on the right side of the chest, as well as some on the forehead, and the whole of the face. On the right side of the chest the shots had nearly all entered the lungs, one of the shots had passed through the eye, and those in the face had penetrated it deeply. Death had been occa sioned by the shots penetrating the lungs, and the shots had proceeded from a gun held on a level with the chest of the deceased. There were no other marks of violence on the body, nor any sign that the deceased had been engaged in any struggle. Sergeant T. M. Green stated that ho found the body of the deceased on the day referred to in Phea sant's Field—about eight pr nine yards from the fence separating the field from the road. The deceased was lying on his back, with his hands by his side. There was some blood on the side of the fence next the road as if the deceased had been dragged through the fence, and there was also blood in the road. Within about three yards of the fence there was more blood, as if the body had been left there for a short time, and marks were then visible of its having been dragged on the back in a semi-circle to the spot where it was found, about five yards from the blood he referred to as being in the field. _ - _ Mr. Stride being recalled, said that he wished to correct his former evidence as to the shot being in a straight or horizontal line—they had entered the body as from above downwards. He was still of opinion there had only been one discharge. Eliza Elliott, sister-in-law to the deceased, said he lodged with her, and was in the habit of going out every evening and returning about nine o'clock. Witness's husband was on friendly terms with the deceased, and they had never once quarrelled. He (deceased) never took out a gun, nor was be in the habit of poaching. George Curtis, aged 14, said ho lived in Limekiln deceased Cottage, Queenborough-road. On Tuesday evening about seven o'clock he went to Queenborough, and on his way back he saw a man crawling in Mr. Vin cent's beans in a field adjoining the road. He was efrigohort.oten yards from the road, and had on a white said way betwe e n n i g farther The man he saw in the bean field was not the I,,,ebecause when he (witness) got along a little ~ goo rw deceased coming towards him, and he deceased ht." Witness met him about half the_ila haystack that is there and where cottwag:ifterwards found dead. Witness meadoN e v aF the stack, and as he was walk• lived in a jeg up the the same road herd deeeassted c lothes walking v 4e fa Saw a man dressed in dark towards Queenborough, in if he saw him in the saws sehcoluoltdh e k s n . o wHtehe(winiatn again previously taken. nee's ) got in-doors and di rectly be heard a gun fire, which c appeared to be in the direction of the stack. That was about 20 minutes past nine. George Brown deposed that about nine or a little after on Tuesday night, the 29th of July, he saw Mr. Wm. Johnson and his son in their cart coming over Forty-acre Hill. That is the lower road to wards Sheerness, and leads past the Queenborough road, and where deceased was found. Just before they got to him (witness) a hare crossed the road, and Johnson got out of his cart and walked along the hedge side with a double-barrelled gun in his i hand. The son was up n the cart and whistled to his father three or four times, who then returned, and jumping into the cart, drove off very quickly. James Reynolds confirmed the statement of last witness. Thos. Noakes, sergeant of the Kent police, said that he saw Johnson and his son on the evening of Wednesday the 30th at the Halfway House, and asked them if they were in the Queenborough-road the night before. The elder one said to the younger ,‘ I'll answe r him," and he then said to witness, 6 , Yes, he did." Witness asked if he met any one, an d Johnson said he did not remember. He (wit ness) then asked if he had a gun with him that night, and Johnson said yes; that he took it out to shoot a stoat with it, and that it only had one charge ' of shot in it. He proposed to go down and see it, and Johnson said it was standing empty in the stable. He proposed to walk down, as it would make such a talk if he was seen with a policeman, and they walked down together. When the son got there he produced the gun, and the left-hand bar rel had evidently been recently shot off. Witness remarked it, and Edward said, " That is the barrel we fired at the stoat with the day before." (The witness produced the gun.) He searched the house, and found nearly a canister full of powder, but not any shot except a very few in a paper in the kitchen. Mrs. Cullis deposed that she lived next door to the Johnsons, and that on the evening of Wednes day Edward Johnson came to her house in Sheer ness and asked for a ramrod of his. He took it, and went into the stable, and immediately after she heard the reportof a gun there, and, looking over the fence, saw the smoke in the stable. In two or three minutes she saw William Johnson and Ser geant Noakes come down, but Edward had gone away in another direction, and shortly after re turned home again with the cart. Witness saw the Johnsons come home in the cart on Tuesday, be tween a quarter or half after nine. He went out again afterwards, and returned at 10 minutes to 11. It was not anything unusual for the Johnsons to go out in the evening. After some further evidence the inquiry was ad ourned at a late hour. EXIRAORDINARY CASE OF WHOLE SALE POISONING. Pursuant to the arrangements made at the last examination on Thursday last, Constance Wilson, alias Catherine Taylor, was again brought up from Horsemonger-lane Gaol, and placed at the bar of the Lambeth Police-court, before the Hon. G. C. Norton, for further examination in relation to the charge of her having caused the death by poison of Mrs. Soames in October, 1856. This arrangement had been come to with a view to the completion of the depositions of Mrs. Nacke and Miss Soames, the daughters of the deceased lady, so as to enable them to return to their present domicile in Germany. Mr. Chipperfield, as on the former occasions, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Neale for the defence. _ . . . The deposition of Mrs. Nacke having been read over to that lady she suggested several amendments, which were accordingly made, and in reply to Mr. Norton she said, that at the time of her mother's death she did not suspect the prisoner, but that after the alleged robbery, which at the time she (witness) believed to be fictitious, she then had her suspicions like her uncle, Mr. Barnes, who had always expressed his suspicions against the prisoner. Mr. Chipperfield here intimated that there were a few questions he wished to put to the witness, and in reply to his interrogatories, Mrs. Nacke said that on the Friday before her mother's death the prisoner went out of the house, and was absent at least two hours. She did not say what she was going out for. In the course of the Thursday or Friday, witness did not see her mother empty the slope. Her mother could not have done so, as she was too ill to get out of bed. She saw the prisoner empty them on the Thursday, for her mother was too ill to move. Mr. Chipperfield—Now it has been said in this court that either you or the prisoner told Dr. Whidborne that your mother had lent a large sum of money to a man she met in an omnibus, some where near the Angel at Islington, and to whom she was to be married; was it you that made that statement to the doctor? Witness—No, sir, nor anything to that effect ; nor did I say to him that my mother had been poisoned or anything about poisoning, and if Dr. Whidborne has heard anything of that kind it was not from me. The prisoner took possession of my mother's keys and also all other things belonging to her. My mother was accustomed to keep her receipts on a file and her money in a cash box. I cannot say how soon after her death it was that I looked for the cash-box, but when it was found there was no money in it. On the day after the death—namely, the Saturday, the keys, to gether with my mother's purse, containing ls., were brought down stairs by me into the front kitchen by some person that Ido not remember. The cash-box was generally kept in one of the drawers of a chest of drawers which stood in the kitchen. In cross-examination , witness said she remem bered the apartments the prisoner had occupied en the first floor. They had been occupied by a lady and gentleman named Haddon before they were let to the prisoner, and she had no recollection of a robbery having been committed there before the priboner came. It was not true that there were du plicate keys of the rooms of the house No. 27, but there were two keys to each of the rooms of the house No. 13, one for each lodger and one for themselves. She did remember the prisoner complaining of her having lost something from her room, and that the police were called in on that occasion. She had never heard her mother talk of getting married again, but she had heard prisoner and her mother joking together about marriage, and when she spoke to her mother about it she said, " If there would be any good to you both (meaning her sister and her self) then it might be." There was no particular person mentioned. At the time of this conversation her mother spoke in a joking tone. She never kne w on any occasion of the prisoner baying borrowed money from her mother. The prisoner paid her rent regularly. The ten pounds demanded of me on the promissory note were paid in two payments, the last about a fortnight after my mother's death, out of money I had borrowed from my uncle. In reply to Mr. Norton, the witness said the promissory note was entirely in her mother's hand writing. With respect to the prisoner going out on the Friday, she had not mentioned it on her former examination, because she had not been she (witness) asked ab ou t it ; but she was sure it was on the Friday the prisoner went out, because on that day was sitting with her mother, and she could not recollect who it was who brought her down the keys to the front kitchen. The depositions of Miss Sarah Soames were here read over to that witness, who, in further examina tion by Mr. Chipperfield, said that she had written to her uncle, Mr. Barnes, about this prosecution immediately after she had read a report in the newspapers of the vitriol case. Mr. Norton inquired the meaning of the vitriol case ? Mr. Chipperfield replied that it was a case in which the prisoner had been tried at the Central Court, for administrating vitriol, or sulphuric acid, to a Mrs. Farrell, and on that charge she had been acquitted. The f ac t h a d been elicited in the course of the cross-exami na tion of the witness, and it was therefore admissable on the present deposition. Mr. Norton—Certainly. Examination resumed—Witness only saw the bottle of medicine. On the Wednesday evening after the deceased had gone up with the prisoner, the latter came down stairs again alone in about a quarter of an hour, and brought down some pork pie, which, she said, had been sent to her from the country. On the Friday preceding her mother's death the prisoner many times told her that her mother was very much better; but her mother said, in the prisoner's hearing, that she did not feel at all better. She did not say anything to Dr. Whidborne about her mother having lent £BO to some man she met, nor did she ever say anything to him about her mother having taken poison. She never saw anything in the manner of her mother to suspect that she wished to destroy herself. On the contrary, on the Thursday her mother told her to mend her petticoat in order that it might be ready for her use when she got better. The depositions were here signed by the two witnesses, who were respectively bound over on pain of imprisonment to appear and give evidence against the priso ner , on the charge of wilful mur der, at the sessions of th e Central Criminal Court, to be holden on Monday, the 22d of September next- , Mr. Neale compl a i ne d of the absence of medical evidence, without whi c h there was no case for com mittal. W o uld Mr. Chipperfield said the medical evidence wo be supplied at the next examination, for wh ich pur pose he asked for a f ur th e r remand. he Mr. Norton granted the application, and a t t sa me time intimat e d th a t a t the close of the case ne should certainly commit the prisoner for trial. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MiDLAND CIRCUIT. WARWICK, Aug. 11. (B e f o re Lord Chief Baron Pollock.) WILFUL ‘II.IIIRDER. George Gardener was indicx.. -d for the wilful murder of Sarah Kitty, a young woraal: to whom he had been paying his addresses, and who was his fellow-servant. The Hon. E. C. Leigh and Mr. O'Brien were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Stephen appeared for the defence. The prisoner, a short, thick-set young man, with a dogged cast of features, was employed as a wag goner at an isolated farm-house, a few miles from Henley-in-Arden, and on the road to Redditch. The deceased, who was employed at the same farm-house in the capacity of maid-servant, eight months prior to the murder, complained to the housekeeper that Gardener had made several un successful attempts to kiss her ; he was, in fact, desirous of paying his addresses to the girl, who was extremely good-looking, and, moreover, pious ; but his attentions were a source of annoyance to her. Gardener's master remonstrated with him on the subject, and nothing further was heard of the matter, though one of the fellow-servants noticed that he was in the habit of watching the deceased through a little crevice which separated their bed chambers. The night previous he spent in drink ing, and on the morning of the murder he talked wildly to his fellow employes about killing some body, and said deceased would not draw him any beer; she deserved to be shot. His master was absent at a neighbouring cattle fair, and taking ad vantage of this circumstance, prisoner speedily carried his design into execution. His unsuspect ing victim drew him the beer he said he required, and then retired to the washhouse where she was employed. The prisoner soon afterwards asked her to fetch the master's double-barrelled gun out of the house. She did so readily, knowing he was in the habit of shooting rooks with it, and she returned to her washing. He took the percussion cap of one nipple and nicked it, in order that when it was dis charged it might not hang fire. He then put on the cap again ; and the girl was stooping over the wash ing -tub, when he fired at her, the charge entering the spine just below the neck. The poor girl fell back and died instantly. The housekeeper imme diately came up to ascertain the cause of the dis charge of the gun, and on seeing the girl told Gardener to leave the house; and, after obtaining powder and shot, as well as money from his master's desk, he decamped across the fields. He made his way to Stratford-on-Avon, where he mixed with the crowd of visitors who were commemorating the birthday of Shakespeare, and succeeded in disposing of his gun and shot pouch, and passing clean through the hands of the police, to whom the murder bad been telegraphed. He proceeded by train to Honeybourne, on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line, and having ascertained that he had plenty of time to catch the mail train to Oxford, he went to a public house in the village, where he was indulging in deep libations of gin, when the police walked in and ap prehended him drunk. For the defence it was contended that the gun went off accidentally, and so killed the deceased. No witnesses were called. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to death without the slightest hope of mercy. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WELLS, August 11. CROWN COURT. (Before Sir F. Slade, Q.C.) FORGERY. . _ _ Edward Strange, son of a banker, of Swindon, was indicted for forging the name of George Gib bon to a promissoi yr note for the payment of £25, with intent to defraud Robert Yare, at Weston super-Mare. For the defence it was urged that the prisoner was in a very miserable state of health at the time he committed the crime. The jury found him guilty, and on account of his ill health he was sentenced to only twelve months' imprisonment. THE CASE OF SHOO7ING A WOMAN AT ISLEW ORTH. Yesterday afternoon, George Messenger, aged 25, a zinc -worker, of George-street, Richmond, was brought up in custody, from the House of Deten tion,Clerkenwell, and charged before J. Frere,Esq., and two other magistrates, at the Brentford Petty Sessions, on suspicion of causing the death of a young woman named Annie Barnham, by shooting her through the head. The prisoner was first examined on Friday last, and aftewards remanded till Wednesday next, but in consequence of the evidence that was adduced at the inquest on Saturday the magistrates sent an order for the prisoner to be brought before them yesterday. The evidence taken on the former occasion was read over by Mr. Paunch, the assistant clerk, from which it appeared that on Thursday night last, about a quarter-past nine o'clock, police-constable Coggin was on duty in the Twickenham-road, Isle worth, when he received information that a woman had been shot in Brewhouse-lane. The prisoner passed him at the time, and he was requested to look after him, as he was suspected of knowing something about the murder. The prisoner ap peared in an excited state, and he asked him to re turn with him, to which he at first hesitated, but he afterwards accompanied him. When asked to ac count for,being in a hurry, he stated that he had a return ticket and wished to catch the train at Rich mond. He was searched, but only a few apples were found upon him. He had no railway ticket. One of the constables who saw him believed he was under the influence of liquor. The murder was discovered a little before nine o'clock. A boy named Randall was standing before the Railway Inn when he heard the report of firearms from the direction of t h e church. Soon afterwards another boy came running to him, and told him that a woman had been shot. He went to the spot, and found the de ceased lying on the footpath, her bonnet on fire, and she bleeding from both sides of the head. An alarm was raised,and the deceased,who never spoke, was removed to the Union. Two witnesses were examined, but they were unable to swear to the identity of the prisoner. A young man was seen with the deceased in Brewhouse-lane shortly before the occurrence, but in consequence of its being dark the witnesses were unable to speak as to the per-, son. One, however, thought the man was much stouter than the accused. The prisoner made a statement to the effect that he knew nothing of the murder —that he heard of a woman having been shot before he entered the lane, and that he was on his way to take the ferry to Richmond. Inspector Rigarlsford investigated the prisoner's statement as to where he had been on the day in question, and he found it quite correct, and also that he was a most respectable man, living in Richmond. This was the substance of the evidence taken on Friday, I and upon which the prisoner was remanded. Inspector Rigarlsford produced the following ad ditional evidence : Ephraim Coughtrey said—l am ostler at the Che quers Inn, Isleworth. Between eight and nine o'clock on Thursday night I was sitting in front of the house, when I saw the deceased in company of a man, about five feet eight inches, with fair com plexion and light-coloured whiskers. I knew the deceased. The man said, " Annie, have something to drink," and she said, " No, Jem, I'd rather not." I understood her to say " Jem." He went into the house and called for a pint of ale. She drank one glassfull, and he drank the remainder. I did not know the man, but I had seen him once before. The prisoner is not the man. There was no light out side the house. The Chequers Inn is about 10 minutes' walk from the spot where the deceased was shot. They walked away quietly together. She appeared very dull. I never saw her like it before. The man had no moustache. This prisoner is a dark-complexioned young man, with a small moustache. Thomas Barnham—l live at Isleworth. The deceased is my cousin. I wa s com i ng down Brew house-lane o n Thursda y night about 20 minutes to nine o'clock. I saw the deceased and a tall young man with her. He was dressed in dark clothes like a groom. It was about 200 yards from the place were she was found shot. I did not know the man. I never saw him before. He was wa lking in the r oa d an d she was on the pat h. I did not hear them talking. They were going up the lane. The prisoner was not the man. I did not see the prisoner that evening. I was not ac quainted with the reputed husband of the deceased. Inspector Rigarlsford was sworn, and said—From inquiries I have made since the examination of the prisoner I believe he is not the man who committed the murder. The description given by the witnesses correspond with the man for whom a search is being made. I believe the man has absconded. In answer to questions from one of the magistrates the inspector stated that no powder was found on the prisoner, nor any bullets. The magistrates consulted together, after which Mr. Frere addressed the Bench had m uc h satisfaction in discharging him, as they believed him innocent of the crime, and he would leave the court free from any imputation. In discharging him they would bind him over in his own recognisances to appear to give evidence when ever he received instructions. The prisoner's recognisances were then taken, and e he left th e cour t w ith a number of friends who had attended to hear the result of the examination. EXMOUTH LIFEBOAT. On Saturday a gentleman connected with the National Lifeboat Institution visited this station, which is in connection with the society. He found everything in excellent order—the lifeboat mounted on her transporting carriage, ready for instan taneous service either day or night. Nearly the whole of the equipments of the boat are kept in her; they art of the most perfect character, no expense e vidently fum ing been spared in obtaining the very ; best of every fathom: of rope, and of every other article belonging to th e lifeboat. How often it happens in the lifeboat service that, after incurring great risk, perhaps during a midt:ight storm, to fetch a wreck, the wh ole success, undor the bless ing of God, of the lifeboat in rescuing the half drowned sailors, will depend on the strength of the rope which the lifeboat has thrown to them. The Exmouth lifeboat is, as is generally known, the gift of Lady Rolle to the National Institution. Under the joint supervision of Captain Agassiz, R.N., and Mr. William Hawkins, the chief officer of Coast Guard, the station is maintained in a state of thorough efficiency, and fully sustains the graphic description given of it some two years ago in Dickens's All the Year Iteund. Again, attached to this station is a beautiful barometer (Negretti and Zambra's make) supplied by the institution for the use of the seafaring popu lation of the town : its movements are very closely watched by them. These are registered daily on a chart, that any one can at once read off the instru ment. The barometer was, like all those made for the institution, tested thoroughly at the Greenwich Observatory, under the superintendence of Mr,. Glaisher, F.R.S., before it was sent to this place. A few remarks on the reading of this standard barometer during the past month may not be unin teresting to the general reader. We observed that the state of the instrument on the Ist ult., was 30.5. It gradually receded until the 6th, when it was 29.40, blowing fresh from S.S.W. It then gradu ally rose until the 9th, when it showed 30.6, strong breeze from W.S.W. The lowest point touched by the barometer at 9 o'clock a.m. at this station, dur ing the month, was 29.53—this was on the 12th. On the north-west of England its variations were no doubt much greater, for the life-boats of the society at Fleetwood and Penmon were, during heavy gales of wind on the 25th ult., the means of saving two vessels and their crews from destruc tion. At midnight, on the 6th inst., it blew at Ex mouth a gale of wind from S.S.W., the barometer standing 29.78. One or two vessels got ashore in the storm, but soon got off again. The price of the barometer is only five or six guineas, and we know not of a more valuable gift to a fishing locality than such an instrument. We trust the officer of the National Lifeboat Institution will find all the lifeboats of the ecciety on the west coast equally as efficient as the one at Exmouth ; and that this great and national insti tution will continue to have its hands strengthened by the benefactions of the public, and the legacies of deceased persons. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'--YESTERDAY. ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst Marquis (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Caractacus (taken) 100 to 15 agst Buckstone (taken) 100 to 7 agst Exchequer (taken) 100 to 6 agst Carisbrook (offered) 18 to 1 agst Johnny Armstrong (taken) 30 to 1 agst Imperatrice (taken) Nto 1 agst Old Calabar (taken and offered) _...-------------------,-------'.... fell to the extreme rear, and the two leaders vsn abreast b a the distance, where Ma Mie quitted Incognita and vi , an ea sily by three length s. Two lengths separate, 1 t he sec( _ ai d and third ; Elise was beaten off. Th e Consolation Stakes of 3 sous each, with £25 adds d, for beaten horses ; list 71i) each ; half-bred horses 9 2 dewed 71b. The last three-quemers of a mile. het Major Johnson's ( 12 th L. ulcers) The Prop, liff t 71b (Mr. Lao Axon) 1 Mr. Dakin's (6th Caroline , era) Reprieve, 4 yrs, 11 st 71b (ar. S mith) 2 Captain Green (Military Train) na Strike, 11 at 71b (Mr. 1,0111 ;man) 3 Medusa and ,botty also ran. Betting-4 to lon The Proi lhet• Reprieve made running to the .) half-distant se, where The a canter by two lengths; , Prophet passed him, and won in fhird• three lengths between the secon d , ......----.---=-.--• —•-•••• _7IIE RAPID INFLUX OF I\\TEll7 FOI?4EIGN ALDERSHOTT CAMP RACES: MONDAY. A. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, with 50 sovs added, for horses that have been ridden as chargers for the last six months ; llst 71b. The last half mile. Thorough-bred horses 71b extra. Captain Gratrex's (13th Hussars), Music Master, 12st (in. 71b extra) (Mr. Innes) 1 Mr. O'Connor's (76th Regiment) Nora Creina, llst 71b (Owner) 2 Colonel O'Brien's (Military Train) Incognita, 4 yrs, 12st (in. 71b extra) The following also ran :—Baby, Cygnet, Mullingar, Elise, and First Flight. Betting-5 to 4 agst Incognita, 3to 1 agst Music Master, and 4 to 1 agst any other. The favourite came away with the lead to near the dis tance, where Music Master and Nora Creina passed him, and the former won easily by a length, two lengths sepa rated the second and third. A Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 3 sovs forfeit, added to a Cup, value £ll5, for 3-yr-olds lOst, 4-yr-olds list 41b, 5-yr-olds list 121 b, 6-yr- olds and aged 12st 21b. Win ners extra, mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile. The winner to be sold by public auction for 200 soya, &c. Captain Peel's Gabardine, 4 yrs, llst 71b (Capt. Peel) 1 ' Major Johnson's (12th Lancers) The Prophet, 12st (Mr. Lawson) 2 Captain Curtois' (Ist Royals) Medusa, 4 irs, list llb (Major Williams) 3 The following also ran :—Tadworth, My Mary, Odd Trick, and Reprieve. Betting-6 to 4on The Prophet, sto 2 agst Tadworth, 3 to 1 agst Gabardine, and 6 to 1 agst My Mary. Medusa made running, followed by Tadworth and Odd Trick for a quarter of a mile, when the latter dropped back, and The Prophet, with Gabardine at his quarters, supplied his place. Halfway up the straight Tadworth was beaten, Medusa giving way before reaching the distance. The favourite and Gabardine then ran a fine race for home, and the latter won by a head ; three lengths between second and third. Tadworth was fourth, and Reprieve fifth. My Mary walked in last. No bid for the winner. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 soya added, for 3-yr-olds, lOst; 4-yr-olds, list 41b; 5-yr-olds, list 121 b ; 6-yr-olds and aged, 12st 21b. Winners extra. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a half. The secondsavedhis stake. The winner to be sold for £350. Captain Boyce (16th Lancers) ns Paul Clifford, 4 yrs, list 91b (Captain Peel) 1 Mr. Dakin (6th Cameronians) ns Avongrove, 2 yrs, lOst (Mr. Smith) 2 Capt. Gratrex (13th Hussars) ns Highflyer, 4 yrs, list 71b (Mr limes) 3 Captain Green (Military Train) ns Strike, 4 yrs, list 41b (Mr. Longman) 4 Hon. Captain Vereker (20th Regiment) ns Rattletrap, 6 yrs, list 131 b (Mr. Lawrence, 20th Regiment) 5 Betting-2 to lon Paul Clifford, and 4to 1 agst High flyer. Avongrove made running at a great pace, Strike lying second, about six lengths from him. Before entering the straight Strike was beaten, and Highflyer and Paul Clifford took second and third places. Avongrove continued his lead to the half-distance, where Paul came away, and won in a canter by a length; Highflyer lost second money by half a length ; Strike was a bad fourth ; Rattletrap did not pass the post. No bid for the winner. A Cup presented by Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Ptnnefather, K.C.8., added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each, and a purse of 25 soya ; llst each ; thoroughbred horses 71b ex tra. Winners extra. One mile. Mr. Dakin's (6th Carabineers) Inkerman, aged, list (Owner) 1 Major Wombwell's (12th Lancers) Fanny, aged, list (Owner) 2 Capt. Gratrex's (13th Hussars) Music Master, list 121 b (Mr. Lanes) 3 The following also ran :—Baby, Fidget, Full Cry, Lotty and Nora Creina. Betting-6 to 5 agst Music Master, and 3to 1 agst Fanny. Nora Creina led off, followed by Lotty and Fidget, with the rest in a cluster, and Fanny, who got badly off, last. Before entering the straight run for home, Nora Creina retired into the rack, Fanny caught her horses, and Inker man and Musicmaster joined Lotty in the front rank. Fanny passed onwards as they approached the distance, and ob tained the lead for a few strides, but Inkerman quitted her at the Stand railings and won very easily by a length and a half. Music Master finished a length behind Fanny. Nora Creina was a bad fourth, and Fidget fifth. _ _ Aldershott Cup, a handicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 3ft, added to a Cup, value 100 sovs, with a purse value 50 sovs. Winners extra. One mile and a half. Captain Peel na Vinegar Hill, 13st 71b (Captain Peel) 1 Captain Green (Military Train) na Strike, 4 yrs, list 31b (Mr. Longman) 2 Mr. Dakin na Avongrove, llst 51b .. (Mr. Smith) 3 The following also ran :—Highflyer, Disappointment, and Rattletrap. Betting-6 to 4on Vinegar Hill, 3to 1 agst Highflyer, and 4 to 1 agst Disappointment. Disappointment jumped off with the lead, but was imme diately passed by Strike and Rattletrap, Avongrove being fifth, and Vinegar Hill last. Rattletrap was beaten at the end of half a mile, and Highflyer went up to Strike, the two going on abreast, with Disappointment third, until they entered the straight, where Vinegar Hill took fourth place. Strike carried on the running to the stand, where Vinegar Hill overhauled him, and won cleverly by a neck. Avongrove was two lengths from Strike, and Highflyer, close up, fourth. Rattletrap did not pass the post. forfeit ; Syr-olds, 9st ; five, South-Western Railway Plate, of £25, added to a Sweep. stakes of 3 sovs each, half lOst ; six and aged, lOst 41b. One mile. _ Capt. Barclay's, (1 6 th L ancers) Ma Mie,3 yrs, (car. 9st 41b) (Capt. Halton) 1 Col. O'Brien's ( military Train) Incognita, 4 vrs, 9st (car. 9st 31b) ......... . (Mr. Marshall) 2 Major Wombwell ' s (12th Lancers) My Mary, 5 yrs, lOst (Mr. H. Wombwell) 3 Elise also ran. Betting-6to 4 on Ma Mie, a n d 2 to 1 agst Incognita. My teary led for 200 yard s, when Incognita too k up t h e runn i n g, followed by laa, ikri e . Eli se s h or tly afterwards ~..: PROJECTS. (From the Money Market Review..) We ;ventured last week to make a few seri 'ous remarks upon the rapidity with which new loans and o ther foreign secut ities Are being introduced into this market. Looking at the multifarious character of the new projects in c ourse of issue, and • at the fact that Portugs l, Peru, E i ;ypt, and Venezuela are all creating new stock simult aneo usly, we arrived at the co ucltision that " the mat ket w. ill have a fit of indigestion unless it observes more moderation." The course of affairs this week has fully justified t he anticipa tion. All the new loans referred to have beet i taken up, but the market has been in a state of partia 1 collapser produced by the anxiety of subscribers to g€ It rid, at a profit, of a mass of stook which they are control is of their n ability to hold long. There has been a greater rush to seize premiums, BO long as premiums could be hs , .d, than has been witnessed for a long time past. It cannot be too earnestly ex-preesed, that amid all th e ex citement with which ,new securities are hailed, there is, permanently, only a certain defined and li. mitAad m arket for:them. Applicants for new' loans get their t' llot ments, in a vast number of instances, o.nly to sell thet that is to say, to transfer the m to another set of holds rs. Now, the class of holders con,templating a permanent 111' vestment, in the case of new fo,"eign stocks, is not a large one, nor yet susceptible of verr rapid increase, except where a special temptation is presented through a new' stock falling to a heavy discount, instead of being offered at a premium. This inducement is not now -witnessed. Meanwhile, in default of the appear nce of bona fide and permane nt buyers in sufficien t numbe to absorb the mass of new stock thrown upon the raa.Tket b transient holders, the only shoulders on which it finds a resting place are those of the dealers in Stock Exchange and. other persons willing to take it until the demand ultimo f e lt' anticipated on the part of the public shall arise. This is th r e eal explanation of the fall which has occurred this wreek in all the nea r loans, and from which marry old securities have suffe red in sympathy. Supply has outstripped demand. As to the effects of the influx of new loans in so far as the money market is concerned , i t would lie premature t o say much at present. : P erhaps the correct In ew will prove to be that no great harm has yet been done, but that any further commitments of magniinde wou ld certainly lila k e themselves felt. When the rate of discount is at 2 per cent., the seeds of future monetary difficttlties are usually sores. There is a strong disposition to so , a , them now. COUN2.RY MARAL:LAS. -- ------ -4 , • -------- COLCHESTE R.---Aro. 9. To-day there was a small s vipply of wheat at market , a few parcels of new varying in quality and price front 500 to 62s per qr ; the yield is also very irregular, say from 100 to 32s per acre. Very little sprin t ; corn on offer, and the prices of last week were fulily mad o. Wheat, white -56 s 62s Bea ns, Mazagan .. 35s 380 Barley 54 60s middle & small.3s 420 red -- 8 w hit e 38s 4 20 —s ,--s, Peas , Oats - —0 —s 1 gray 38 s 4N GLOUCESTER —AU` G. 9. A larger supply of English wheat frt. 'm the farmers a?" day, which brought last week's prices. Foreign wheat l a Grinding barley) fair amount, at the rates of last w e e k, beans, peas, and oats rather dearer. CHELMSFORD—Aro. S. The trade in wheat was limited, and prices stationary''. Few samples of new offered to-day, of inctifferent qualitp-. and Talaverian sold as low as 50 s pe r q r. A limited bug ness doing in spring corn, but prices firm. Wheat, old white 448 61s Yeas, Partridge- 3 ...37s 410 new —s —s Wh it e .. 9s 42s ..39s 44 0 old red.... 49s b7s Boiling new ---8 —8 Dun -•• .. 368 400 ley 30s 39s Ditto new ......— s --0 Bar Chevalier 3os 42s Beans, Tick, old ..35s 39$ Grinding 248 32s new..-8 --0 Malt.... 6lB 67s Har row Ticks ..35s 408 Chevalier . 64s 69s new..—s -- 0 22s 29s Blazagall ...• •.. 340 380 Oats KIRKCALDY GRAIN—At G. 9. A fair show of wheat and oats to .day, and only taco parcels of barley. A sl ow trade, at formor prices. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Fir5t....508 Od I 35s Od 26s Od; Second ..54s Od 368 6d 29s 6d Third....62s Od --s Od 33s Od COAL AB,KET. t the close of tile market Walls End. (rem of Coal per Ton a , a. d. Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....15 6 Bain, Priniroso l2 3 Eden Main 16 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthracite 21 0 Hastings Hartley 15 6 Wylam ..16 0 Craighead Steam 14 0 Ellison Main Steam 14 0 Hartlepool West Hart ley Lambert's West Hart- _ s. de Whitworth 15 0 ' Itid dell ........ l5 0 Belmont 15 3 Heugh Hall 16 0 K elloe .. ... l6 9 South Kelloe l6 3 Caradoc l6 9 Acorn Close l6 0 Hartlepool.. l7 0 South Ilartlepool 16 0 ICEisgop 1 17 6 i t Stewart's.... .• Framwellgate .... • l6 0 Tunstall Trimdon Hartlepool ..17 0 Hetton ........ 17 South Hetton ......... 17 ou Thorpe .... . ..15 ,%7 Haswell .. . .......... 17 °, Braddyll's • Hetton ..... 16 g Shincliffe. .......... 1 6 u 191; sold, 130. -- ley 15 3 Holywell 16 0 Sleekburn West Hart . _ _ _ ley ....14 0 North Pelton Ga 5..... 12 9 Tanfield Moor Butes ..13 0 Walker Primrose 12 3 West Hartley 15 6 Buddle's West Hartley 15 9 Ships at market, FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Auf , lralia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Aug. ..„1 51 ' via Marseilles Aug. 1 : 4 , ' 2,razil and Cape Verds, by. British packet. Sept. l3, Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Sept. L a. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Aug. 1,,' via Marseilles Aug. 11 ' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug. lit India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. Iv -- via Marseilles Aug. l' India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Aug. 23. Lisbon Sept. 3. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 13' via Marseilles Aug. 12. Newfoundland Aug. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Aug. 1 . 4 ' by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Aug. I ,' W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Aug l u ' Bahamas, via New York Aug. 28' Mexico_. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California, and British Columbia.. }Aug. 13' ---- [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment.'" Ample Security.—All diseases springing from foul Woo, malarious districts, or overheated atmospheres, can b° cured by these noble remedies. Fever, ague, inftuenot bronchitis, diphtheria, stomach complaints, and biliov disorders are easily met and readily conquered by the#3. unrivalled medicaments. Both act harmoniously i n P r ": serving the pure and best materials of the body, and in sl e pelling all that is redundant, effete, or corrupt. Thus w cure is not slight and ephemeral, but complete and VS; manent ; as thousands who have personally tes ted thiPJ power have gratefully testified. Invalids in all quarters .1 the globe, whose listlessness of mind and sallownes s complexion warned themselves and their friends of sor undermining disease, have been thoroughly renovated P 9 Holloway's remedies. BIRTHS. ASTE.—On the 9th inst., at 32, Oakley-square, Mrs. 1 01131 Aste, of a son. FlLltErt.—On the 9th inst., the lion. Lady Filmer, of son and heir. GREEN. On the 10th inst. , at Dulwich-common, the wife of Thomas Green, Et3q., of a daughter. HALE.—On the 11th inst., at Thornton-heath, Croyd °l3. the wife of Chas. G. Hale, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. 8./Liman—M A irr.—On the 9th iust., at New St. Pi e die Dr. Be'?nj.ani T. B. Baillie, only surviving son ofd, late Benja min Esq., of Limehouse, to Sal — el d es t daughter of the late John Main, Esq., of Fisqutzror SolePET ar Eß e. COBNE.—HOPSON.—On the 9th inst., at ro e, Trinity Church, Paddington, Captain W. PePPel — the of Gloucester crescent, to Eliza, eldest daughter of late Captain Ongley Hopson, 25th Light Dragoons, Rutland-gate, Hyde-park. DEATHS. BROWN.—On the 11th i ns t., at Briar House, Stoke 14•8117- ington .road, Thom as Leonard Brown, Escb, .0- nb. B°• ote , BONHOTE.—inst., On the 9th at Hastings, Fred. Esq., of Upp er W es tb ourn e-terrace, aged 35. tha CAIaWRIGHT.—On the 9th inst., at Aynho R ectory, Rev. Stephen it. Cartwright. 1•114 FABER.—On the Bth inst., at Carr Villa, Blackheath' August Faber, late of 60, Mark-lane, HARRISON.—On the 9th inst. at his residence, 10,111ri, downe-road Villas, Notting-hill, George arsh' son, Esq., aged 53. aged 60 - - r c a leutt.t KING.—On the 18th June, at Chowringliee, fle a ' Arthur Kaye King, Esq., aged 33. Xiao - MADDOCK.—On the 4th inst., at her residence, P• , e or cliffe, aged 76, Miss Maddoc, sister of the late Maddock, r i . ,ll` l , LoNnox : Printed and Published by JOUN C's /0. 112, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at TSE Sux Ofac e ,_.„ i ty of Strand, in the Precinct of the. Savoy, in thev" - Aliddlesez.—Tueeday August 12, .1862.