The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-03 00:00:00

tilt SUN i LONDON, THE BARTLEY COLLIERY ACCIDENT, as we may call them, thoroughly a c q ua i n t e d w i t h the why and wherefore of everythi ng they i ncrease have to 4. - COCKERMOUTH AND WORKINGTON. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, SATURDAY, d o wou ld greatly their value a n d di m i n i s h RAIL WA 1 , INTELLIGENCE. - 4 e s for securing the greatest the risk of accidents, particularly those which arise Among other expedient held at Cockeemonth on Friday-Mr. steel, M jzi , thepart of owners and from deficient or impeded ventilation. There is, I amount of vigilance on viewers, and for compelling them to take every believe, a mining college established in this town, the chairman, presided. possible precaution to protect the lives of the men w hi ch has already done good service ; and it would from the manifold perils they encounter in their b e a grea t p u bli c advantage if other such colleges The report stated that the receipts for the half-year past showed a considerable falling o ff as com daily labours, it has been proposed to invest coro- were established at convenient places in every pared with those of the correspondihg half of the eerred ti I'a the ne rs' juries with the power of returning what are di str i ct where mining operations are carried previous year. The decreas e h a d 0 c alled intermediate verdicts. At present, they can on. Not a vessel leaves our ports but its cap- coal, lime, and merchan di se traffic, The gross re only find a verdict of "Accidental Death" or" Man- tain and chief officers have passed through some ceip •ts for the half-year amounted to 16,613, the eXpeissee to 12 463 and the et slaughter," and, without wishing to go so far as to ordinary wor king , , sort of examination and have received a certificate incriminate any particular person, they may be of traordinary expenses to £321, making,with 11,603 of competency. The miner's calling is infinitely opinion that there has been neglect somewhere; more hazardous than the sailor's, and surely he for interest on bonds, p eefer ential dieideral, rates, has a r i g ht to require th a t th ose i n t o w hose hands p but when they append an ex p ress i on o f such opi- taxes, &c., a total expenditure of 14,687. The nion to the verdict, coroners will often tell them net balance amounted to 11,926 for the half-year, he intrusts his life should have given equal proof of out of which the ditteltira retoinmended the that it amounts to a finding of manslaughter, and their ability to cope with the perils whic h payinent of a dividend of 10s. per share, less object to receive a verdict in an ambiguous form. threaten him. There are few of these accidents in which a prose- hourly IRM aware that in the safeguards I have pointed income-tax, on the ordinary shares of the Company. eution for manslaughter could be sustained, and out I have gone beyorid the requirements of the The engineer repotted that considerable progrets it has been suggested that coroners' juries should present aecident; but public attention has been so had been made in rebuilding the bridges on the line. have the po wer , i n cases w h ere there has been a forcibly directed to the subject that there never can The CHAIRMAN, in moving the a d o pti on o f th e neglect of obvious precautions, to inflict a:pecuniary be a better opportunity for pressing the adoption of report, said the prospects of the company were itii fine on the owners or managers, in proportion to every precaution for the protection of these brave proving, and that if the new dock were made at the extent of the negligence. This fine might either men to whose patient and arduous toil this country Workington, for which Lord Lonsdale had obtained take the shape of an obligation to pay the average owes so much. An accident like that at the Hartley powers, and the new lino made eastwards to Iles 'wages of the men to their relatives for a certain pit can never occur again if Parliament will only wick and Penrith, the traffic would be much in period, or it might be levied in a lump sum. In this insert in the present Act an additiopal general rule creased in value. district, which contains some of the most extensive that no pit shall be worked until two shafts have Mr. H. FLETCHER seconded the motion, which and best-managed collieries in the kingdom, con been sunk, or at least until there are two indepen- was carried unanimously, and a dividend of 10s. per ducted by the most experienced viewers-there ap- dent ways in and out provided. That this will b e share, being at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum ) 'pears no ground for asserting that owners as a rule, done in the ensuing session no one here seems to was declared. do not take every care to prevent accidents, but it doubt. In a former letter I quoted the authority of The ClitilltMAN, in reply to a question, stated is, unfortunately, far different in other parts of the George Stephenson against the single-shaft system, that he had no doubt that when all the content country,where the principles of scientific mining are and I take the opportunity here to give his exact plated now works were carried out the line would not so well understood. But the strict observance words :-" I think," he says,- pay 8 pnr cent. of these pri nc ipl es so :often requires large prepare- "The ventilation of coal mines would be much more ter- - tory outlay, an d i nterferes so much with the " get " taro if two pits were sunk instead of one. The air for yen- This line, extending from the :West Midland, at SEVERN ALLE. of coal, th a t i n every district there will be men who tilating the mine (in a brattice shaft) descends on one side, - and, after passing through the workings ) ascends up the Hartlebury, to Shrewsbury, a distance of about 40 neglect the necessary precautions, turn a deaf ear othe ' r, The partition is frequently w • armg out of order, miles, was, on Friday, opened throughout for public to the inspector's suggestions, and work their mine and the air oozes through from the downcast to the upoast traffic, amid the usual rejoicings. T he first train on the very verge of danger for the sake of an addi- there being a difference in the weight of the atmosp here • * 111 official s of the line, started from Worcester with the . tional return. To place before such men the pro- one shaft and the other, arising from the one bein g heated 11 'clock, and proceeded along the new line past at o spect of a pecuniary penalty of this sort, it is urged, by the furnace while the other is not, and whatever air would be the most effectual preventative o f acc i- passe s from th e d owncast to the upcast will diminish the Hartlebury, to Stourport, Bewdley, Arley, Highley, dents. They would at once take steps to work their quantity passing through the workings. Now, I consider Hempton, Bridgnorth, Coalport, Ironbridge, and d . that a much better, and in the end much cheaper ventila • Berrington, arriving at Shrewsbury at 2 o'clock, an mines on the most approved principles, they would tion would be carried on b y having .. two pits instead . of one, re turning to Bridgnorth a public dinner was pro adopt the most stringent rules, and they would takeon . All the wooden partitions are saved, which will video;atwhich the Mayor presided. The line is con care to select for their o ffi cers the steadiest and most I maice • * up the difference of the coati. line strutted on the narrow gauge, and is experienced men, who would watch with the! retest Mr. T. E. Forster, next to Mr. N. Wood the da s i ngle ts are built throughout, though the bridges l an i s a th u e c vigilance over the execution of those rules. It is largest viewer in the coal trade, when questioned on engineer, for a double line. said that all attempts to obtain compensation in the point before the committee of the House of Com- Mr. and Fieldow er are the contractors. and Messrs. Brassey generallyaorod, cases of colliery accidents-a n d there have been he- mons in 1852, says, ~ I would not depend on a brat-but there are The gradients are onthe yeral made-unde r Lord Campbell's act, have alto- tice in a shaft ; I would have two distinct shafts-a line, g occasioned by its some sharp cur , gather failed, because the judges have held that a downcast and an upcast shaft." These two autho- cur ves s e of the Severn, for a consider following the co l u t rs servant on his hiring underteles as between him rities ought to have settled the matter long ago. 1 en ter s the valley of the Severn at able distance. . and his master to run all the ordinary risks of think it may be taken for granted from what I haveby an iron bridge of Bewdley, and crosses t h e river . . the service, including the risk of negligence on heard that no such trust will again be • placed in sp an. The line continues on the one arch 200 feet the part of a fellow -servant, presuming always that castings, however massive. Every beam which may and until it runs into the the master has taken reasonable care to preserve him henceforth be placed in a similar position will be of west side of the river, Railway, about a mile Shrewsbury and Here fo rd . . from such risk by associating him with persons of malleable iron. With regard to the general ques however, wor k e d by the Wes t from Shrewsbury. The line is ordinary skill and care. I should have thought, tion of the prevention of accidents in coal ' mines, Midland Company. however, that where the cause of the accident could while the work of legislationis • on hand it may be - be clearl y traced to the parsimony or neglect of the worth while to consider what amendments can be EAST INDIAN. master, an action might be sustained, but there made in the general rules. I shouldthink there could ffi ecei recei pts on the section of this cots's The t.ra in c r p appears to be an impression here that the Act is be no objection to the Home Secrete •t• the North-West Provinces, 2431 miles ry a . ppoin ing a p on y 's line inapplicable to colliery accidents generally. Cer- comm . • • commission, composed ofpracticala n d scientific men in length, for the week ending the 17th Nov. lad s tainly, to say the least of it, it does not furnish a which should draw up an extended code, more d ' amounted to 13,343, and for the corresponding very accessible means of redress to widows and tailed, and embracing every contingen cy •e -which week cf the previous year, on 123 miles, to £2,065 orphans who are indebted to public charity for their might be supposed to be common to all mines. This -showing an increase of 1204 miles, and of £1,278 daily bread. Whether Lord Campbell's Act re- m i g ht probably prevent the necessity of any eaten- in the receipts. The traffic receipts for the week quires amendment in this respect, or whether, con- Edon of the summary powers of the inspecto rs , w hi c h en di ng the 24th Nov. amounted to £3,665, against sidering how helplessly the miner has to trust his in the face of the objections both of inspectors and £2,709 in the corresponding weeleof the previous safety to hie superiors, and how little he can do of coalowners, would be a delicate task to undertake. year-showing an increase of £956. himself to avert the dangers which surround him, No amendment, however, in this respect would be of _ NORTHERN OF CANADA. coalowners ought to be placed under a more stringent any avail without such an augmentation of their The total traffic receipts on this company's line, responsibility than the rest of the community, it is strength, either in the shape of additi ona l i nspee - . es in length, fromthe Ist Jan. to the 31 s t not for me t o say , b at i t is easy to see that some tors or the appointment of sub-inspectors, as would 94 m iles Dec., 1861, amounted to 184,707, and for the cop y provision would act very powerfully in setup- enable them to keep themselves thoroughly responding period of 1860 to £68,992, showing an ac ing the beat management. I believe the proposal quainted with the state of every pit in their district. of /15,715. increase -- has the support of most of inspectors,ar bitration clearly requires the who be- The present system of Rove that it would add ' NEW YORK AND ERIE. great weight to their sug- alteration, and there ought to be an ultimate con gestions, and they would probably prefer it to any trolling power placed somewhere, either in the Home The traffic receipts oa this company's line, 494 addition to their own powers. In France and Bel- Secretary or a Council of Mines. I have not yet the month of December last to £141,627, and for for some heard any sufficient argument for removing these time east, and in addition to fines the Government inquiries from the coroners' juries. Every objection the same month in the previous year to £80,855, hew also the power of imprisoning the persons re- made to the coroner on the ground of want ofrequisite showing an increase of £60,772. e l l o pons d ible for the accident. Were such a power professional knowledge would apply with equal force TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. dela the hands of a coroner's jury, or any other to any judge in the land, and, without referring to any . tribunal we should probably hear no more, even of the complaints I have heard made against the . Miles Opened. Receipts. witheut further legislation, of the single shaft sys- coroner of the district on other grounds, I should Railways. tem, for every coa l owner would feel that, after the say he had more experience of these inquiries than 'lBBl. 1860. ' 11361. 1860. _ ....________ x warning of the Hartley fpit, any accident which any other judicial officer in the kingdom. The Port Rush.. - - - - 13 3 2:::r anna_ and dl.C P o e unties.... 136 136 1,736 1,680 might happen for want of a second shaft would cost ancient law which regulates the selection of jury- 500 512 Down.. . 49 391 Belfast and Couu,ty Do . - him a pretty heavy sum. It is not, however, so men might be amended with d a vantage, so as to Birkd, Lane., & Ches. June. -- 22 22 1,673 1.188 much in great calamiti es lik e thi s as i n th e smaller allow of their being drawn from a wider circle. In i llr i rs t l i or anddTne ter 11 125 5,051 5,325 accidents which are perpetually happening, and to this way the suspicion of partiality and interested Caledonian kermouth & Workington 8 293 261 Which public attention is scarcely ever directed, that motives too often entertained by the men might be Cork and Bandon 2O 20 325 303 167 196 the weight of such a penalty would be most felt. avoided. A higher class of jurors might be ob- =l/=lOll Pas" ! ; !: 4 1 g 4 209 214 531 631 979 928 In these great accidents, when the flooding of the tamed, and perhaps there would then not be any Cornwall 17 17 226 222 mine or the destruction of the workings by the objection to intrnsting them with the power of B e tt e :lin & Belfast Junction tempestuous fire stops the operations for some awarding damages, on which I find much stress is S u utlizq i d e _ Drogheda 63 63 1,386 1,465 klqw(in.Kingst.) 484 404 1,226 1,388 time, the loss to the lessee is so great, often in- laid as a powerful stimulus to increased vigilance Dundalk and Enniskillen 174 174 640 601 volving his ruin, that a fine would bring him no and precaution. On the advantages of giving a Dundeeunele and Arbroather. Jun. 31 31 1,150 1,180 additional smart. But the necessity of taking better education to those who are placed in charge past Anglian G lasgo w 68 68 844 757 rf&E Uon 499 • 499 23 255 22 500 every precaution and observing the strictest vigilance of mines it is unnecessary to dwell, and it is an and cie . e . 78 78 3,106 3,073 would be much more strongly impressed upon him object which the Government might very fairly ,c,r Edinburgh, ireyPdeer th Junction Un •• • 30 30 302 297 if he were perpetually being dropped upon for 150 call upon Parliament to assist. All improvements Furness i‘ l i v o t th S e o rn uth-Western mgl .6f 274723 26,267 poor fellow who had perished through his negli- the profits of the owners. The best managed mines Great North of Scotland 51t.Southn. &Westn.(lrind.) 329 329 7,141 7,291 ' gence or mismanagement. Besides the cases of are not only the cheapest in the working, but give Great Western 7924 7714 41,425 11,857 ' mac 65 55 615 deaths there are many accidents which result in the largest ultimate yield. The steady, good ir n l v sr re s u s tflla be s a n eenJ 25 25 18) 264 Lancashire & Yorkshire 3954 3954 29,678 34,215 bodily injury more or less serious, and of these- workers are alive to the dangers of a badly g .. ton .. 14 14 141 147 Leominster and though they may arise from gross mismanagement conducted mine, k een lynd leave it as soon as possible; 26 VI 126 117 1 --she public of course hear nothing. It is worth where the arrangements are unsafe, and the dis- I : l a in n e e rl i c y k and Foynes 46 4t2 , while considering whether it would not be desir- cipline lax, it is may the reckless, unreliable men, London & North-Western . 10304 logl 71,432 78,061 i 1 I able to follow the precedent of the Factory Act, w h o willingly remain. Where ventilation is de- Londonnn I n go ll u i tt e -Ve a stern . 400 1 3911 1 1 4,;9 9 3 14,8 1 50 ! and empower the inspectors to prosecute far penal- ficient the health of the men suffers, and they are l i .ong. Brt,& Chatham, S , Do n or 271 2g41 1/, , 9 5 2 11,T ) ; ties in cases of non - fatal accidents. It is certainly not able to bring to bank the same amount of coal. L o on n d. o , n i'ilbury, & Southend 45 45 917 1,074 / Man.,Sheffield, A i ll i rrnc i ll ia ll : 23 91 23 4 'Nu 11 ; g: t S ' a great defect in the present s y s t em t h at there is At a dangerous mine, moreover, the rate of wages Manch. S.Jun.& no inquiry into the causes of th ese occurrences, always rules higher. Maryport and Carlisle - Midland (Intl. N.-Western) 6144 6144 36,027 34,637 , . Midland Gt.Westn. of bind. 1924 1924 4,050 4, 254 4 serious defects in the system of working the mine try, and the list must amount to more than -P1 -2,00(i. Mii n m ki o a u n lsh. Rail. & Canal V 'V 1 2,11:1 2,31: 1 1 ( t . s 1 or in the discipline kept. The coalowners of course S u b scr ipti ons arc a l so b e i ng raised to present te - Newcastle and Carlisle 7B i 78 3,019 3,6 39 North British (incl. Selkirk is cannot be expected to concur very readily in the men i a ls t o M r . C ou l son an d h i s brave band of and Galashiels) North Devon principle of compensation. They will point out s i n k ers , of who se courage an d endurance I 1 N-Eastenardale&Leybrn) 789 704 33,543 35,526 ( that they are already liable to specific penalties if have 1 before spoken. Some have proposed to N ort h '3e r .t o ttuo o rdshire Newton 3O 9 2,261 2,270 , 246 246 6 ,3 69 6 , 104 , 20 408 436 ' they break certain general and special rules which strike a medal for them ; others, to present Oswestry tey and 194 194 868 677 ( 52 1,953 1,841 i Parliament and the inspectors have imposed on them with their portraits, with suitable inscrip- It. o ll tt ana n %n a a l l & Railway 52 them, and they will object to the kind of exceptions ; but in all probability the testimonial will 54 53 4 3,297 3,021 ' Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,682 3,424 Shrewsbury & Birmingham - - -- 1 a donation of is tional legislation which would subject them in ad- ' take the more acceptable shape of Shrewsbury and Chester - - E 51 1,670 1,865 dition to other undefined penalties for acts against money. It is also suggested that the valuable ser- Shrewsb ury & i H on ereford 29-1 775 805 Shropshire Union I 751 721 2,725 2,760 1 which the law has not warned them and of the re- vices rendered by Mr. Turnbull-a man most re• South Devon levancy of which to th e cause of death a jury markable in character and who I see o wales uth-ate 1714 1714 6,605 6, 4 85 re 306 306 15,5 96 1 6 , 616 generally totally devoid of mi n i ng g knowlede, is , a pp earance , South to has been immo r tali se d thi s wee k i n th e p ages o f th e S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 _ - t 161 1194 7,620 8,143 s Stockton and Darlington .. be the sole judge. From such a wide net they will illustrated papers-should be suitably rewarded. aff Vale , 51 51 5,159 5,135 51 51 1,601 1,629 (] say there is no escape for them. The force of these He is a common pitman, but possesses great influ- Ulster 19 752 659 of Vale of and Lancaster . 14) arguments, however, must be very much weakened ence with his mates, and when the impatience of Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 36 2,054 1,713 w 31 239 356 ni against allowing the inspectors to interfere with day threatened at one time a serious outburst, it W aterford and Limerick 31 lo any opinion on their mode of working each parti- was he who calmed them down and induced them West Cornwall 39 ee 4,1% 4,L5 tll cularpit. The inspect ors , th e y contend-drawing to leave the work of deliverance to those best able West Midland. - W 1 aven,Clcator,&E g rmnt 7 - 7 - 444 408 - m a certainly a very fine distinction-have only to look to conduct it. The services of the medical men W/ titehaven Junction l2 12 638 683 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 671 596 tf to the safety of the men, and can have nothing to too, ought not to be forgotten. Dr. Davidson, the G say to the principles on which the coal is colliery surgeon, scarcely left the pit's mouth night Z'n(l'ZirGpl'aulig(i .e L r o d N ara ut..T 52 52 885 872 Vg won. They are placed in this dilemma-either or day for the first four days, and he was nobly Austrian Eastern B2B 673 - - ti Bel i si an Junction 264 264 231 250 rp they must concede to the tor greater lati- aided by Mr. Ward, of Blytb, and other volunteers Buffalo and Lake i 1111 , z i • e on tulle of interference wi ins p ector 185 185 3,091 1,577 t E th the workings ;or they from among his professional brethren in the neigh- i f ) e u t t r en .thenish must be compelled, like the • 1032 1006 - - g' compensate railway companies, to bourhood. Four of them-Dr. H. Ward, Mr. Am- laster nd l a f n France 2514 218 3,655 2,709 11 compensate those who suffer from brose, of the Arctic yacht Discovery, Mr. Nichol f L a st Trunk of Canada 970 970 18,225 12,241 j ( their mismanage ment. All the persons with whom I have con- and Mr. Lambert-when the first opening was Great Great inudxi Luxembourg r o e u n i.t.. i n r sula . . . versed on this grave subject agree that a most made in the ruins, volunteered to go down and Great Western of Canada 345 345 12,765 8,638 W 142 142 3,630 3,660 D important step towards preventin g Lyons and Geneva . the occurrence fort© their way through the stifling gas, on the f 5 adrid, Saragossa &Alicanl 301 284 - - ~ of accidents would be to give to th ose Northern of Canada who hold chance of finding some of the men alive. Northern of France 691 623 -46,441 44,140 i n i responsible positions in coal mines additional 44 41 - . ional means Norwegian Trunk . - dc of education i n the scientific parts of their dut . Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 879 879 97,768 73,050 les. 1 ESTIMATES.-The military estimates Paris and Orleans 922 922 42,708 48,906 ill do not speak of the head viewers, wh o i n t hi s MILITARY Pernambuco 364 - 814 - I die- for 1862-63 have been under consideration for the last two Royal Danish 69 69 360 379 .1, trict are for the most part highly educated and or three weeks, and are understood to have been ready for Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,25.5 1,044 - 1291 978 45,950 34,199 at ] experienced men ; but of the resident officials, adoption at the Cabinet Council on Saturday. Every effort South Austrian . 777 773 23,950 ',21,171 ca. superintendents or overman, and the like, on whose in the direction of economy has been made, and possibly in Welland.... o ranee , ~ 25 2i - - daily and hourly =duct of a mine depends to a som e of the items of supply a sufficient reduction may take West F landers N.W.Wof France.... 75 750 o - - an 7751 934 s great extent the safety of the men em pl oyed in it. place, so as to bring the grand total of the Estimates under and 4 tri They are ordinarily men who have risen from the the e sum voted last year. The battalions on home service I. th reduced by 60 men each from the cofmmece- OUR GREAT CENTRAL COAL FIELD.-It has been do ranks, and though in the country of George Stephen- went ofu about to e be fi cem n i a n n o. cia b l year .. . p r at inasm .. u , c , h as . four ...,i_ regi- calculated by Mr. Mutthews that the total area of thick „.., Fairbairn, and others it is impossible to speak meats are son, for the last two or three weeks, and are understood to have been ready for e military estimates for 1862-63 have been um MILITARY ESTIMATES,—The consideration possibly in *, el in the di rec ti on o f economy h as been made, a. adoption at the C a binet Council on Saturday. Every effort some of the it ems o f supp l y a Blsufficient reduction may take place, so as t o b r i ng the grand total of the Estimates the sum v o t e d l ast year. The battalions on home under s ervi c e are about to be reduced by 60 men each from the as fourcomm ence - ment of th e fi nancial year. But inasmuch in regi ments are com i ng home from India, and those are to be ma i ntained at a strength of 1,200 meriCanada each, the total number to be p rov i ded for in the Estimates will not, weazette a pprehend, sh ow a reduction —Army and Navy [AuvEnzi sEstnisT.l-11 Excellent Digesti on . olloway's Pills.—Good Appetite, —ln the majority of persons, loss of appetite is the first indication of departing health, and should at once receive attention, or actual disease will follow. In the cure of disordered digestion and liver com plaints, Holloway's excellent Pills are probably unrivalled, certainly unsurpassed. The invalid will never experience disappointment or failure in the removal of his ailment by means of these purifying Pills; on reaching the stomach they immediately correct heartburn, flatulency, and undue acidity; they secure the secretion of perfect bile, and pass ing into the intestinal canal, they gently arouse it to na tural activity without producin g pain, brawl(); or exhaus tion • for th aesfamile reasy apor o i ons en 4, Hlloway's Pill s are peculiarly well adapted for OUR GREAT CENTRAL COAL FIELD.—It has been calculated by Mr. Mutthews that the total area of thick coal remaining unworked within the limits of the Stafford shire basin does not exceed 3,945 acres, of which 1,160 acres lie within the eastern, and 2,785 acres within the western district of the field. Now an acre of surface yields on an average 20,000 tons of coal, and the rate of working in the first of these localities being about 11,000 tons per week, its probable duration will be 42 years. The western dis trict is worked more rapidly, about 1,500,000 tons per annum being removed, which would limit the term of its existence to some 37 years. Allowing a certain margin for natural increase of activity in the future, it appears likely that half a century will hardly elapse before this seam of coal—the thickest and most valuable of our native mineral resources—will have become a thing of the past; and that the great cryptogamic forests, once covering with such wonderful luxuriance the centre of our island, will have finished the work for which they were designed,_ , 1 a Week 1 of the class with disrespect, yet even here—and the remark applies with much more force elsewhere— great as may be their practical acquirements, as a rule few of them have had an :opportunity of ob _ . taining that amount of scientific knowledge which would enable them to appreciate the full value of the rules and precautions which they have to carry out. Long acquaintance with danger is apt to make merely prac`ical men foolhardy, in Contin gencies, moreover, are always arising the work ing of a mine which require to be met immediately, b3fore there can be an opportunity of consulting the scientific officer in charge, and there can be no doubt that to make the non-commissioned offit'ers, nul SUN LONDON, MONL►AY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1862. ThE PEA.RFUIL ijEAT.H OP A LAiii nt SLArDERLAND. to eat another time. He must now confine himself to questions only. Gardner, in answer to questions by the prisoner, said it was ten o'clock when he was stabbed. Ile never told the prisoner he would kick him out. He did not say he would throw all his things into the street. The prisoner disputed the account of what was owing. The Prisoner—Now, did you not strike me in this room three times, and then kick me into the street ? Gardner—l never did. The Prisoner—Did you not hit me on the breast, sure, and knock me down when you came out of the public-house I ? Gardner—l did not. The Prisoner—A witness saw him strike me and knock me down. Mr. Selfe—Where is that witness, and what is his name ? The Prisoner—l do not know his name or where he is. Gardner said he knew he was dying, and had not many hours to live, and he Most solemnly declared that he never struck the prisoner or gate him any pretcication whatever. The prisoner said to a man before he stabbed him (Gardner) that he intended to rip his guts open. The prisoner made no answer to this, and Gard not then signed his deposition, the magistrate and his clerk refired, and the prisoner was taken back to Clerkenwell Prleon in charge of Inspector Alli son and Sergeant Tighe. The deceased Gardner was about 40 yeara of age. He was formetl7 in the army. His wife, a respec• table and intelligent woman, was present while her husband was giving his evidenee, and was over whelmed with grief. Our Newcastle corespondent sends us the follow ing additional partitulars of the frightful death of Mrs. Motinsek, briefly reiibittd in our Saturday's impression :—About ',bre° months ago Mr. Jasper Mounsey and Mr. Dixon, of Monkwearmouth, en tered upon the extens.ve iron works at Bedlington, about five iviles from llorpeth, formerly belonging to Messrs. Lagridge. Singe they came into pos session of the works +ley ha+l3 hteii repairing and extending them, and erecting new buildings and machinery, and the vorks were only opened last week. but a portlen of the machinery, including a circular saw for duttitt ken, did not commence until Friday. The paltierS hait been itsidino at Bridlington about two months, and on Vriday afternbon Mr. and Mr. Jasper Mounsey, with three of their children; also some young ladies staying with them, tqethei *ith Mr; Dixon, and Dr. Nichol went over the works to see them in full operation for the first time. About 10 minutes past fbitr in the afternoon the party, after examin ing the other poriloii of the*orks, proceeded to the new mills to witness the prmess of sawing iron With the circular saw. After dying so they proceeded td trose it spindle; eanneepg the saw with the engine that drove it, an *hie also , drove the machinery in the rolling mill. Mr. Dixon and Mrs. Mounsey were first to go over the spindle, Mr. Moutisty remainip.g tabind to help over the young people. Mrs. Motility had sttpped over it, but unfortunately her dreg had not cleared one of the bolts or nuts at a jot in the spindle. The Consequence was that shb Vas thrown over, and in a moment—ay, in the twitxling of ail eye- ,- -she was dragged underneath the pindle by the whirling Machinery, the spindle •nly standing six inches from the ground. She*as drattn up to her breast, and her littibs and th?. 'miter part of her person were literally smashed id steins ; anti life was ex tinct in a feW minutes. Mr. Dixon snatched held of her as she fell, and the workmen rushed to the spot. the engine ia* stbPped, but it was found what but a few moments before was it fibble woman in the very flower of her drys was a mangled corpst. The consternation of M:. Mounsey and his family and the ladies cannot be described. The spindle was immediately unscrewed, and the remains of the poor lady, in a condition too horrible to describe, were removed from under it, and taken to her home. The place was covered with gore. Her death had been so instantaneous that she had not time even to scream. The deceased his left four children, and was enceinte. Mrs. Mounsey was a Miss Waite before she married, the laughter of a well-known member of the London Stock Exchange. BURGLARIES lir SHEFFIELD. tfuring the past week the operations of a gang of burglars in Sheffield have excited considerable attention in that town, On Tuesday morning a dwelling-house lin tyre , street, occupied by a gen tleman named Murfin, entered tinderetrettmstan ces Which show great determination and recklessness on the part of the burglars. The back window, which looks into an Unlighted lane, was strongly secured with an iron bar, "catered" in the ordinary way. The burglars got 61'er this difficulty by breaking off the circular head of tad cotter with a jemmy, but then they encthintered a furtiicr ob stacle. The window was in three sashes, and was nailed up so that it would not slide. The burglars, however, were resulted on entering the house, and in the most daring and reckless manner they drove in the whole of one side of the frattieWork of the window. Singular as it may appear, the great noise which this operation must have caused did not dis turb any of the inmates of the house. Having effected an entrance, the robbers had to pass over a sink, and in doing so one of thelt kicked over a metal bowl, which fell with a great clang upon the floor. The noise awoke Mrs. Murfin. She aroused her husband, who ran to the head of the stairs and called out to his sons to bring their pistols as there were robbers in the house. Instantly a grad noise was heard down below, caused by the efforts of the burglars to escape through the broken window. This they succeeded in doing before the watchmen arrived, but in coming down the lane they met an officer, knocked him down, and prevented any fur ther attempt on his part to follow them. Had they not unintentionally themselves given an alarm, the burglars would have succeeded in carry ing off a large amount of property. The next at tempt, supposed to be made by the same gang, was marked by the most extraordinary escape from the hands of justice that has taken place for some time. In William-street, in one of the suburbs, a Mr. W. H. Flower keeps a grocer's shop. The shop is at the junction of two streets, and at one front is a large trapdoor, level with the pavement, com municating with an extensive store cellar. It appears that about half-past two o'clock two bur. glars had succeeded in raising this door, and were busily engaged in ransacking the stores in the cellar. They had a confederate outside to give warning of danger, but as they had replaced the trapdoor after obtaining an entrance there was little chance of discovery. However, the watchman on the beat, in making his rounds, passed close to the corner of the shop, and the burglars in the cellar, no doubt mistaking his footsteps for those of their accomplice, opened the trapdoor a little to reconnoitre. The watchman saw the movement, and instantly, with great presence of mind, jumped on the trapdoor and pressed it firmly down. He then gave an alarm. Here was a situation from which it seemed impos sible for the burglars to escape. They were hope lessly caged in the cellar, and the strong fastenings of the doors leading from the cellar to the back part of the premises barred all escape by the rear. In three minutes their fate would have been sealed, but at this critical juncture the aceomplice alluded to crossed the road, and went up to the officer. He was well dressed, had a large Inverness cape on, and seemed a respectable man. He asked the o ffi cer if he could assist him in any way, and was told to go and watch the back of the house. Strangely enough, however, this easy task appeared to be especially repugnant to him, and he told the officer that he would do " anything in front," but would not go to the back. By this time several of the neighbours, who had been alarmed by the noise, opened their windows, and cried out to the watchman to look after the back,of the house. He seems, very incau tiously, to have listened to the advice thus given, and telling the man who had spoken to him to take his place upon the trapdoor, he hastened round the corner to the rear of the premises. The moment he had gone the man on the door was seen to stoop down, and persons aver that they heard him call out " Halloa !" three times to the men imprisoned below. In another moment the door was raised, two men emerged from the cellar, and went off at score up the street, their deliverer following in mock pursuit. Just as the party had vanished the officer came back, and was joined by Mr. Flower and several of th* neighbours, but the birds bad flown. The extraordinary evasion of the robbers, when they seemed to be so securely in the grasp of justice, created the greatest chagrin. One of Mr. Flower's neighbours gave chase to the men, but was baffled, after a short run, in a lane at the back of William•street. On descending into the cellar Mr. Flower found that the burglars must have been for some time engaged in preparations to "convey" his property to themselves upon an extensive scale. LAW IN 7'ELLIG BR CB, Feb. 1. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Mr. Baron Martin and a Common Jury.) lIALDANE AND ANOTHER V. SIR E. LANDSEER. Mr. J. 0. Griffiths was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Francis for the defendant. This was an action to recover a sum of £2B 14s. 6d. for goods supplied. The defendant paid £l7 16s. 6d. into court, and pleaded, except as to that sum, never indebted, and tender before action brought. The plaintiffs are tailors, carrying on business at 29, Old Bond-street . and sought to recover from the defendant, Sir Edwin Landseer, the celebrated artist, the sum of £lO 18s., the price of a surtout coat and dress coat supplied to him. One of the plaintiffs was called, and stated that defendant gave them an order for the coats in ques tion, which were at once commenced, and when basted together were taken to the defendant's house and tried on, and found to fit remarkably well, with the exception of one or two trifling alterations. The coats were afterwards completed, taken home, tried on, and the surtout coat left, of which no complaint was made, and the dress coat brought back to be lowered in the collar, which being done, the coat was returned on the following day. On the 11th of July the defendant wrote a note to the plaintiffs, saying, " Pray send or call here, as you will agree with me that I cannot wear the last coat sent home." The plaintiff attended accordingly, and the defen dant still complained of the collar being too high. Another alteration follewed, and then Sir Edwin found fault with the fit of the surtout, complaining that the collar was so high that it rubbed against the hair of his head. The collars of both were then lowered. Still complaints were made by letter, the defendant saying that after numerous alterations and many trials neither of the coats could he wear without being uncomfortable and feeling faint, and that he should return them unless theycould be made to fit and button in the right place. The plaintiff said that if he made any further alterations he must be paid for them. The defendant replied that he would not keep the coats, but the plaintiff declined to take them away. The defendant sent them back by his servant, and on the 22d of July the plaintiffs wrote the defendant the following letter:— " We beg respectfully to send you the two coats, having altered them according to the direction you last gave. The alterations you speak of as being unsuccessful arise, we think, from your own fault. The coats when first tried on fitted remarkably well, but if you will place your body into unreason able positions it will require something more than human science to fit you. We have most unwillingly made the alterations you have required, believing them to be unnecessary, and we now find it im possible to please you. With reference to your desire that we should take the coat back, we cannot think of doing so." Upon cross-examination the witness said that the alterations had damaged the coats. They fitted well now, but fitted better at first. Mr. Alfred Montgomery introduced the defendant to them, and told him not to let them make a coat for him on any account. The alterations that were made cost £2 or £3 journeymen's wages. Mr, Serjeant Ballantine, among the few remarks he made to the jury in opening the defendant's case, said that the case was defended en principle, and on that only. The coats never fitted, and were repeatedly altered and botched in order to try and mahe them do so. The public stood a chance at one time of lasing one of the most eminent artists they had, because hie tailors thought proper to put him into a coat which held him like a ,Tice. The mere fact that sa much money bad been expended on the alterations showed at once that the coats never could have fitted. Sir titandseer was swot,' and said that he ordered the coats in question, and wk:s obliged to have re peated alterations made i n the co:-1 ars of them. That the plaintiffs expressed a desire to i.7ake a coat for him, in consequence, as he thought, of Mr. Mont gomery's insinuations. The coats did not now. The whole sitting of them was so contrary to e.2ro fort, and so disagreeable generally, that he objected to them. When he sat down the collar went up into his hair. He was bound to do the plaintiffs the justice to say that some other clothes, including shooting coats and trousers, made by them for him fitted remarkably well, All he required was that the coats in question might be made to fit, and offered to refer the question of " fit or no fit" to any tailor or ono of the plaintiff's customers. When cross-examined by Mr. Griffiths, the de fendant stated that he might have said, "Mont gomery says that you are not so happy in your coats as in your trousers. You shall mako me a morning and an evening cost." The coats pinched him under the arms, and were generally very uncomfortable. The coats being in court, Sir Edwin was asked lby the plaintiff's counsel to put them on, which he readily assented to do. It was objected that Sir Edwin might have in creased in size, as the coats were made in 1858, but he said that he weighed now within 11b. of what he weighed then. One of the jurymen, being a tailor, was requested to go round to the witness-box and examine the coats en the defendant's back, A very short exa mination seemed to satisfy him. After the learned counsel had made a few re marks to the jury on behalf of their respective clients, His lordship summed up, saying that there was an obligation upon a tradesman charging, as the plain tiffs appeared to have done, a full west-end price, to supply a suitable article. The coat ought to be a properly fitting coat, and the question for the jury was, under all the circumstances, whether the plain tiffs had fulfilled that obligation. They had seen the coats on, and could judge for themselves. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. THE ABOLITION OF THE &HUTTING'S OF 211 E NATIONAL DEBT. The press, so often styled the Fourth Estate, so Often professedly despised, yet really all-powerful when employed to elicit truth or expose injustice, did good service to the community this autumn when it made the English public thoroughly acquainted with the Act of Parliament of last session, passed to abolish the shuttings of the national debt, and to enable. the holders of stock to purchase or sell the same at all times of the year. The stockholders have no sooner obtained the knowledge of the power thus given than they have availed them selves 01' it; and in the late shutting of the Three per Cent. Console in December, the transfers averaged at least the largo ntunber of 500 per day on each of the public days, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, representing in the week the sale and purchase of an almost fabulous number of thousands of pounds of stock. The State has chosen to confide to the Bank of England the management of thlt important public depart ment, the National Debt. About £800,000,000 sterling of capital are there invested, divided amongst 280,000 stock holders. The Bank of England is held responsible that the real proprietor of stock transfers it, and that the half year's interest is correctly paid, with the exact amount of income tax deducted. Should the stock be fraudulently transferred, or the dividend erroneously paid, the Bank of England is obliged to return to the proper party that stock or that dividend, however large the amount, and however ingeniously the fraud may have been executed. It is tberefore evident that great care must be taken to employ proper officials, because the Bank can only see and act through them, ana much vigilance ought to be used to adopt a perfect system of accounts, because large unde tected en ors, designedly made, might create embarrassment, and would involve great loss. Hence the extreme reluct ance to enter upon an entire change of system, and to make throughout the different stock offices great alterations. Nevertheless in 1844 that large and almost perilous under taking was entrusted to, and successfully accomplished by the untiring perseverance and moral courage of one man, who appears to have had two objects in view, of which the chief was to abolish the shuttings of the national debt, so that the stock proprietors should be allowed always to have control over their money. •Up to this period their capital was locked up from 32 to 36 days every six months—nearly one-fifth of the year—and it often happened that inconve nience and loss, almost amounting to ruin, was thus occa sioned ; for urgent applications to permit a transfer were generally refused, and this was particularly the case towards the end of the shutting period, when this indulgence was most wanted, from the trouble and inconvenience each transfer gave ; so that for many years one transfer per day during the period of closing is probably, on the average, a greater number than was actually allowed to be made. No person transfers his stock unless to do so is advantageous. The necessity to transfer may be seen by the daily number of 300 transfers last month; and this power must confer benefit upon those who avail themselves of it, and this benefit, being a money benefit, will ultimately be repre sented in the price of the stock. Now, it is under stood that the estimate made at the time (1844) of this money value was from 1 to 3 per cent. on the price of the stock, and taking it at the lowest rate, the abolition of the shuttings of the national debt adds eight millions to the value of the English funds. The au thorities of the Bank of England in the spring of 1845, hav ing made all the necessary arrangements, and, as above shown, being alone responsible, communicated the plan to the Government of the late Sir Robert Peel, asking for a short act of Parliament authorising it. This reasonable proposal was, after some hesitation, refused, but the author of the scheme, in his published letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, dated Paris, February, 1861, states "he is quite certain no one knew better than Sir Robert Peel the vast importance to a commercial country of the constant availability of the capital of the national debt." But even this very decided opinion hardly expresses the whole case ; and, if we are correctly informed, Sir Robert Peel not only was aware of its importance, but actually opened :a negotiation with that gentleman, through an able and conscientious man who happened to be known to both, with the object of carrying the plan that session,and the remarkable proposal then made would have been ac ceded to if the true reason for making it had been given. On this being substantiated, another instAnce is furnished of that which has been so often asserted—the excessive timidity of this statesman, a timidity very few can explain. The second object was a double one—to give additional profit to the Bank of England by decreasing the expenses of the national debt, and to benfit the employee by allowing a small fee to be charged for the transfers made in the shuttings. The first part is accomplished, and many thou sand pounds are in this way annually received by the cor poration, but the second has not been carried out, and the public are allowed to make transfers during the shutting as at any other time. On the passing of the act of parlia ment the governors of the Bank of England took for the Bank proprietors the small fee charged for transfers on private days, Monday and Saturday, and which from time immemorial has been divided amongst the employes, and compensated them by adding to their salaries the average amount the fee had latterly produced. But we have heard the fee proposed to be charged during the shuttings would have produced an additional £5O per an• num to each person, and we allude to it hoping that some thing may yet be done for officials whose duties require both judgment and intelligence, and that the funded proprietors and the Bank of England, with the price of its capital 242 per cent. should not alone benefit by the scheme. At 40 years of age with the present habits of London, it may be questioned whether any of these offi cials should have less than £lOO per annum, for we could scarcely name any government department where an error in judgment would involve more disastrous consequences or greater pecuniary loss. It must have been a great disap pointment to the gentleman who had laboured so hard to carry this public scheme in 1845 to find the government from whom he expected honour and support fail him at the last moment, and refuse to authorise the plan. It must sorely have vexed him to see arrangements, made with the object of benefiting the officials, turn out to their detriment from circumstances he could not possibly foresee nor in any way control. But all this annoyance has passed away, and the adoption and success of the plan must, we presume, give intense pleasure. Might not the Government and the Bank of England act together in this business ? Nothing can be worse than a combination to injure, but nothing is more honourable than a combination to do an act of justice and confer a well-merited reward.—Civil Service Gazette. FOREIGN NAIL PACKET -UST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauriti;,;iaSouthamPton. Feb. 18. via Marseilles .. Feb. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Feb. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and s St.llelena .. M arc h 3 . China, Penang, and Singapore, via outh ampton.Feb. 1. via Marseilles ...Feb. 13 . Falkland 151and5.. . .... Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Feb. 1. via Marseilles.... Feb. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton ............Feb. 10. via Marseilles ................ Feb. 4. and Aden, via Southampton...... Feb. 1. Lisbon .....................................Feb.. 1. s M e a w lt f a o , un EgYtt via Marseilles ........Feb........ 4. .. Feb. 5 .............Feb. :1. b ye y nce i. U.S. in . ff S a . d p i a a n c ket U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Feb. 5, Oporto and Vigo W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and T b packet . Feb. —. e.. Feb. 10. Bahamas, via New York Mexico Feb. 13. All parts of West Indie s , including Chili Peru, California, and British Columbia,. ' Feb. 13. SUPPOSED MFRDER OF TWO CHILDREN. In the village of Preton, situate about .half a mile to the south of Yversham, a woman named Harriet Wright i s suspete d o f h av i ng mur d ere d h er twoillegitimat e c hi ldiet b y a d m i n i s t ering p o i son to them. It i s also suspected that the death of another of he r c hil dren some ti me p rev i ous ly was not the result of nat u al causes. The woman is cohabiting with a mar named George Smith, the reputed father of the tvo children, twins (a boy and a girl). On Friday aternoon the county coroner, Mr. T. T. Delasaux, hell an inquest on the bodies, when Mr. W . N. Sp on d , s wgeon, of Faversham, said— About eight months slice I attended the mother of the deceased children aid delivered her of twins, a boy and girl. They wee both healthy full-grown lying on a bd quite dead but warm. I children. I was sent Dr yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, and on wing to t h e h ouse I f oun d t h e children examined th e m b ot h ecterna ll y , b u t could no t dis cover any ma r k s or brans on their bodies. There was great pallor and lividity of the skin, which attracted my attention, but from what cause it was produced lam unableto say. I have since made a post-mortem examintion of the bodies of the de ceased. I opened tin abdomen of the boy, and Found the contents perfectly healthy, without any inflammation, I Mtn examined the lungs, and found them healthy. The heart was gorged with fluid flo o d, b ut from That cause I am unable to say. I next examined the lead, and found the brain full of fluid blood. The vindpipe and gullet were free. The child did no t di t f rom n atural causes. I be lieve, from my exambation of the body, that death was produced from the effects of some sleeping or composing medicine but I was unable to dis cover that any medicine of that kind had been given to the children. Tte female child presented the same appearance as the boy in every particular. The mother said she iad only given the children a little magnesia. George Smith was then sent for, and the nature of the inquiry explained to him, The coroner cau tioned him that he was not obliged to say anything without he liked, bat that if he did it might be used against him. lie was not sworn, but he stated that he was the faller of the deceased children. They were quite well, with the exception of cold, when they went to led. They were awake when he went to bed, abort two o'clock in the morning. One child slept on oae side of the mother and the other on the other silt). Did not hear anything of them again till between seven and eight o'clock, when they were both dead but warm. N ot hi ng b ut magnesia had been g ive n to them a s h e k new o f. The Coroner thenpointed out to the jury the re sponsible duty they had to perform, and suggested that the stomachs of the children should be sent to Dr. Taylor for the purpose of being analysed. This was ordered to be done, and the inquiry was ad journed for a week. WILFUL 111U.WER IN .RATCLIFF BIGHWAY. Yesterday (Sunday) evening James Gardner, a seamen's boarding-house keeper, of No. 1, Denmark street, Rateliff-highway, died from the effects of a wound inflicted upon him by an Irish sailor, named Patrick Devereux, cn Thursday night last. On Saturday mowing soon after Mr. Selfe had taken his seat on the bench at the Thames Police Court, Dr. Ross, a Fhysician and surgeon, of High street, Shadwell, stated that Gardner was in immi nent danger, and he believed that he believed that he could not survive many hours. Mr. Selfe directed that Patrick Devereux, who was under remand, should be sent for and taken to the dwelling of the unfortunate man. At one o'clock in the afternoon Mr. Selfe, who was accompanied by Mr. Bowdler, the second clerk, proceeded to Gardner's bedside. The wounded man appeared to be sinking rapidly ; stimulants were applied by Dr. Ross, and Gardner rallied in a wonderful manner, and gave his evidence with remarkable clearness and preci sion. The prisoner Devereux, who was in custody of Inspector Allison and Sergeant Tighe of the K division, was introduced into the room. He is 19 years of age, very boyish in appearance, with a pe culiarly Hibernian countenance. He stood gazing on his victim quite unmoved while Gardner was giving the evidence. The wounded man having been appriAed that this wound might prove fatal, said he was perfectly re. signed, and knew the danger he was in. Mr. Selfe then administered the oath, and he deposed as follows : "My name is James Gardner, and I keep a boarding-house for seamen at No. 1, Denmark . Istreet, Si. George's-in-the-East. Patrick Devereux (pointing to the prisoner) came to lodge with me on Saturday night, the 25th of January. He paid me £3 on Thursday afternoon last. He owed me more than that. I did not wish him to stop any longer. He wished me afterwards to return him the money, that he might pay a tailor and shoe maker. I refused to do so. This was about six in the evening. I saw him three different times in the course of the evening. He came to me at the George and Vulture public-house in Ratcliff-high way. I was there with Cohen, the bootmaker, set tling with him for boots and shoes he had supplied. The prisoner came to the door of the public-house three times. He came in once, and said, " Are you going to pay me that money r' I said I would not. He then 'went outside the door, and said, 66 By Jesus, I'll let you Bee directly." I and Cohen were in front of the bar four or five minutes, and then we came out and began talking together. Patrick Devereux, the young Irishman, here stepped forward, and said directly, " Are you going to pay me or not ?" I said, " Now be off with you ; don't come tormenting me any more." He had his right arm hanging down by his side. I scarcely had the words out, when ho said, "Take that," and made a plunge at me, and struck me in the lower part of my belly. Cohen called out, "A knife ! a knife !" I had not myself seen any knife, but I put my hand down at once, and called out, "I am stabbed." I felt the blood trickling down my leg. I was anxious to see what the wound was, and I ran into the taproom, pulled down my clothes, and found I had a severe stab, and my bowels were protruding. In a few minutes a policeman returned with the prisoner. Mr. Selfe—Did you touch him or strike him, or give him any provocation before he stabbed you ? Gardner—l had not touched him or given him any provocation whatever. Mr. Selfe—Was he sob er ? Gardner—He seem e d to me perfect l y so b er. I was sober. I nEver saw h im carry any kn if e w hil e he was in my house. I went i n a ca b to t h e station omyr wound. i‘r e the deposition taken by Mr. h B o oT u wfh s deiaesnred, prisoner readandover es sed Gardner said i t was t rue . was asked by the magistrate if he had any questions to put to the witness. He asked several, and accompanied each with speeches and observations. Mr. Selfe said he would hear all the prisoter had WOOL WIGS A CAP. E ACT The following is the official lief: of successful candidates in tho examination for adlmission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwielk, held on the 7th of January and following dass Order. Marks. 1. Index number, 223—M'Donald, G.. ---glace of education, Aberdeen University r Mr. Ren net's, Aberdeen .. 5,369 2. 116— Gloschen, A. lI.—H arrow ; Rev.. G. Frost, 28, Kensington-square, W. ; and. ,Rev. R. Fowler, Tonbridge Wells .. 4,850 3. 216—Cundill, J. P.—The Ckurterhucuse and Wimbledon School .. 4,779 4. 10—Alves, J. M.—Adelaide-house School, Jersey ; Wimbledon School ; and Adolaide- house, Jersey • • .. 4,773 6. 149'--Lindsell, J. B.—Cheltenham College, I:•)ni.sridge School, and Rev. R. Fowler's, TonNlOge Wells 4,492 6. 142—Coates. R.—Home and Rochester Cathe dral Gran.”l-• ar School - 4,462 7. 164—Gill, w. d Brighton College; Rev. E. Claydon's, Lee' • • • • .. 4,407 8. 94—Taylor, J. AL_Ats lrlborou g h Colle g e ; Mr . Castle ; and Rev. G. Fleming's, Tonbri4.l 'square, W. Frost, 28, Kensington .. 4,392 9. 143—Smith, C. M.—Victo ria' College, Jersey 4,346 10. 146—Washington, F. P.—Elo,u and privately 4,240 11. 148—Wright, J. T.—The Temp le, Brighton, and Rev. W. 11. Johnstonesi Croydon .. 4,231 12, 152—8e11, A.—St. Peter's, Radley; Winches ter; Victoria College, Jersey,' ;Ind Rev. W. Pritchett's, Old Charlton .. 4,171 13. 192—Ponnycuick, C. E. D.—Cheltenham Col lege .• 4,171 14. 69—Alexander, A. C.—Trinity College, Dubin 4,143 15. 202—Greenstreet, W. L.—Home awl Rev. W. Foster, Stubbington, Hants.. 4,096 16. 48—Gordon, C. D.—King's College, and Mr. Fleming's, Tonbridge 17. 112—Bouwens, L. li--Dr. LovelPs, Winslow ; Mr. Hopkirk's, Eitham; and Mr. Fleming's, Tonbridge Castle • . • • 18. 110—Hurst, W. B.—Rugby; Dr. Bridgman's, Woolwich; and Mr. Flemings, Tonbridge . . 4,,081 .. 4,060. Castle.. .. 4,040 19. 179—Hickson, J. 11. C.—Wimbledon School.. 4,006 20. 198—Kempster, W. H.—Rev. A. G. Ryder, D.D., Tipperary, and Rev. F. W. Waldon, Woolwich• common .. 3,975 21. 150—Tisdal, G. W —Marlborough. College .. 3,951 22. 166—Costobadie, H. H.--Marlborough College _ and Wimbledon School .. . • .. 3,911 23. 220—Methley, W.—King's School, Canter bury ; Mr. Fleming's, Tonbridge Castle; and privately .. .. • • • • • • 3,891 24. 106—Dyce, C. C.--Cheltenham College 3,890 25. 35—Hunter, Woodburn—Cheltenham College 3,875 26, 16—Browne, Augustus—Exeter Grammar School; Mr. Bouter, Exeter; and ,Mr. Cole man, Queen's road, Haverstock .. 3,864 27. 218—Georges, H. R. G.—The College, South- ampton, and Mr. Taylor's, Woolwich • • 3,862 28, 175—Crawley-Boevey, B. B.—Mr. Hopkirk's, ~ 3,846 Eltham ; Mr. Wilson's, Old Charlton 29. 169—Mtitheson, J.—F. C. Institution, Nairn, N.B. ; Rev. F. W. Waldron, Woolwich- common .. 3,829 30. 57—Kennaway, C. W.—Rugby; Rev. E. Day, Brixton-hill ; Rev. W, H. Pritchett, Old Charlton 3,827 31. 74—Wickham, C. B.—Mr. Murray, Wimble don ; Practical Military College, Sunbury 3,798 32. 111—Broadfoot, A.—Glasgow Academy ; Scot tish Institute, Edinburgh; Mr. Lang, • • George-street,Edinburgh; and Mr. Sheret's, Battersea .. . • 33. 174—Webber, D. T.—Mr. Hopkirk's, Eltham ; Mr. De Burgh's, Dublin .. 3,775 34. 154—Huddart, J. D. E.— Privately .. 3,748 35. 93—Fletcher, A. F.—Mr. E. West, Amersham ; Rev. C. J. Hughes, St. John's-wood ; Mr. S. Ogle, Sevenoaks .. • . .. 3,693 36. 91—Chadwick, O. Rev. S. Burnaby (.3 private tutor) ; Military College, Richmond ; Mr. Maldron's, Brighton ; Dr. Rowden, B. Sheen; Military Academy, Tonbridge-wells 3 , 6 7 9 37. 137—Waller, S.—Marlborough College 3,673 38. 78—Hildebrand, G.—Xibworth and Gains borough Grammar Schools and Marlborough College 3,662 39. 121—Morgan, T. L.—Swansea School and Mr. De Burgh's, Dublin • • .. .. 3,655 40. 183—Puzey, A. R.—Marlborough College .. 3,652 41. 138—Menzies, J. C.—Home and Edinburgh .. 3,777 University .. .. 3,624 42. 98—Riall, W. A.—Mr. R. Do Burgh's, Dublin 3,617 43. 120—Brown, Charles E.—Kensington School and Rev. G. Frost's, 28, Kensington square 3,591 44. 61—Walker, A. o.—Cheltenham College and Mr. De Burgh's, Dublin .. .. 3,589 45. 181—Cooke, E. S.—Elgin Academy; ding's College:Aberdeen ; and Mr. Keieer's,Bll,xck- heath .. .. 3,679 COUN2 11 111ABIal S. YORK-FEB. 1. We had a limited supply of wheat to-day, and trade ruled. slow, late prices being supported. A greater demand waa experienced for barley, at previous rates. Oats were quiet. Beans were firm Wheat, red 60s to 63s 008.... 22s to 265 White do .62s to 668 Beans 42:3 to 485 Barley .32s to 37s Peas, ~.• . 8 to —8 _ . Malt, 68s to 70s per qr. ; to 49s per sack. -o, 34s per qr. ; flour, 478 NOTTINGHAM-FEB. 1. There was hardly so good a show of what to-day, and the trade ruled dull—the prices being for interior sorts at last week's rates—white, from 47s to 71s ; reC, 42s to 655. Barley in steady demand—malting, 34s to 40s; gending, 31s to 335. Oats were steady, at 24s to 355. Beans very gold at 39s to 50s per qr. NORWICH-FEB. 1. Wheat to-day was in fair supply, and the track. was dull for all but the finest qualities, which brought mostly the prices of last week. A large quantity of barley ofer ing, which readily supported late rates. White wheat. 62s to 64s I Red wheat 68s to 62q Malting barley....3Bs to 39s I Chevalier barley 37s to 310 New d 0...... ....37s io 39s I Oats.. to —a Flour, 42s 6d to —s Od per sack from the miller, NORTHAMPTON—Fzn. 1. At this corn-market to-day the supply of wheat was again short. The tone of the trade inactive, and the prices were about is decline on inferior qualities-46s to 60s for old, and 67s to 63s for new. A fair business in barley— malting 32s to 375, grinding 29s to 31s per qr. Oats in moderate show, at previous prices—quoted at 20s to 34a per 24 stone. Beans, old, 38s to 45s ; peas, 36s to 465. Rye, 37s to 425; malt, 705 to 74s ; flour, 40s to .--ft rer sack. LEICESTER—FEB. 1. The supply of wheat today at market was moderate, and the attendance of farmers and factors pretty good. Trade quiet, at is per qr less money. White, 64s to 68,s —red, 53s to 64s per 36 stone. Barley was in fair re quest, grinding, 30s to 328; ;nailing, 34s to 38s per qr.; oats, 24s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans at high prices— new, 40s to 42s ; old, 43s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 46s Seconds, 44s J Thirds, 42s per 20 stone. ACCIDENT TO A SOLDIER AND A WOMAN BY FALL ' ING INTO THE TRENCH AT CHATHAM.—About 9 o'clock on Saturday night, as some persons were passing by the ram parts between the Hut Barracks and St. Mary's Barracks, • they heard a mournful noise of some one in the trench, as if in pain and agony; they gave information to the nearest sentry, when several soldiers got into the trench, where thoy found a soldier, named Thomas Miller, 75th Regiment. lying on the ground with one of his legs broken, and also a woman with her hip out of place and otherwise injured. The soldier was taken to the Garrison Hospital and the woman to the Medway Union. Accidents of this kind are of, frequent occurrence. On a dark night it is impossible to see . the way. It is but a short time back a soldier fell into the trench, and died shortly after. BIRTHS. FITZMAURICE.—On the 28th ult., at Rock Ferry, Cheshire, the wife of Lieut. the Ron. James T. Fitzmaurice, Com manding ll.M.'s gunboat Goshawk, of a daughter. LAY.—On the 30th ult., at 10, Half Moon-street, Picca dilly, the wife of 11. N. Lay, Esq., of a daughter. SEALE.—On the Ist inst., at Bruns w i c k- roa d , Brunswick square, Camberwell, the wife of W. A. Scale, Esq., of a daughter. WENDT.—On the Ist inst., at 8, Springfield-terrace, Cam.. berwell-grove, Mrs. Ernest Emil Wendt, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. COOMBE—BINNEY.—On the 30th ult., at Wimbledon Church, Edward Coombe, Esq., of 9, Mincing-lane, son of the late Edward Coombe, Esq., of Bradininch, Devon, to Patience, youngest daughter of the late John Binney, Esq., of Bideford, Devon. U SBORNE—GROSS.— On the 29th ult.,' at Sunnyside, Ayr, N. 8., Major Usborne, of 35, Russell-square, London, to Elizabeth Margaret, only surviving daughter of the late S. Gross, Esq. DEATHS. ERIMLEY.—On tho 30th ult., at Park-terrace, Cambridge, Augustine G. Brimley, Esq., J.P., aged 67. • EYRE —On the 30th ult., at 1, Bath place. Kensington, William J. Eyre, Esq., late of the Paymaster-General's office, aged 45. GARTH —On the 30th ult., the Rev. Richard Garth, of Farnham and Mordon, Surrey, aged 71. HARnrs.-:-Oa the 30th ult., at Henbury, Dorset, George Harris, Esq., aged 86. LEE.—On the 31st ult., at Roath, Cardiff, Edward Herbert Lee, aged Esq., 1:3 7 6; MA inst., at Old Brentford, Mr. Henry Mari3h, aged 78. MEIGH.—On the 30th ult., at Ash Hall, Staffordshire, Job Meigh, Esq., J.P., aged 78. LONDON : Printed and Published by BIURDO YOUNG :of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TDB SUN Office, No. 112,Stran d, ha the Precinct of the Savoy In the County liondaY, February 3, 1862. of Middles