The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-16 00:00:00

888 MAJESTY AT ALDERS'S-OTT. The opening of the military season at camp was marked by the visit of her Majesty to Aldershott on Saturday. It was expected in the beginnin g the of the week that the Royal party would arrive a t Pavilion early in the morning so as to afford s ti me d .e for witnessing the evolutions of the the day ; but if such an arrangement was ever in g tended it was not carried into effect, as it was past 5 o'clock before the Royal cortege reached camp, and no movements of any kind took place among the forces. Her Majesty, accompanied . by th d e Prince Consort and the Princesses Alice an - Helena, arrived at the Farnborough station at a quarter to 5 o'clock, where they were received by Lieutenant -General Knollys, Commanding-in-Chief at Aldershott. The Royal party at once entered their carriages, and, escorted by a detachment of the 10th Hussars, drove to the Pavilion, where a guard of honour from the 9th Regiment was sta tioned. The preparations, with a Royal salute fi r ed from the North Camp, were all that marked the visit of her Majesty. Not half a dozen people were alang the road to see the cortege pass, and there is no doubt but that this absence of crowd or mobbing on these occasions is one of the reasons which makes her Majesty so partial to visiting this bleak spot. In the evening the Royal. party, attended by a of the chief officers visited and inspected the recently inercected permanent barracks, near the little hamlet which gives its name to the whole canto nm ents. The in fantry barracks have been occup ied for some time, and are found to answer all the hig h expec tations . the which were formed of their efficiency. With troops they are exceedingly popular, and would be still more so but for the fact of all the parades being formed of loose flint stones, which destroy their shoes so rapidly that this, in conjunction with other causes, renders it almost impossible for the men to keep out of debt. Among the other causes may be reckoned the excessive fatigue which all the corps have in turn' to undergo in making roads, banks, levelling parades, &c. These duties beyond all question form one of the most important por tions of a soldier's education, a portion, too, which till lately, has been most sadly neglected in the English army. When this training was first begun at camp the troops employed on such fatigues were allowed extra pay, which made the work popular, and reimbursed the men for the un doubted loss they suffered in wear and tear of uni form, boots, &c. Within the last 12 months, how ever, this extra allowance has been withdrawn,l and as a matter of course the labour has become vastly disagreeable since it has ceased to p a y . There is no doubt but that in principle soldiers are bound and ought to render their service in camp duties of all kinds without requiring extra allow ance for such necessary fatigues as road or parade making. At the same time it would seem that , when this labour involves a wear and tear of clothes to such an extent that the men cannot keep out of debt, a small allowance to secure them from loss might be made without incurring an expense worth speaking . of, or establishing a precedent which might be injurious to discipline. The Royal party, after inspecting the Cavalry Barracks, which are already occupied by the men and horses of the artillery, with the 10th Hussars and a por tion of the 4th Dragoon Guards, proceeded to a newly-finished wing of the block which has only just been completed, and which, in a short time, will be filled by the cavalry corps expected at camp. The Royal party then returned to the Pa vilion, where they remained for the night. Yes terday morning her Majesty and the Royal family attended Divine Service in the church at the Camp,where, to prevent the crowding which would otherwise doubtless have occurred on such an oc• casion, tickets were previously issued to the regu lar congregation only, and beyond these none were admitted. In the afternoon her Majesty drove out in the vicinity of the camp, though the Royal party must have been considerably incom moded by the blinding clouds of dust which almost obscured the face of the country, and which can be seen nowhere in such distressing perfection as on the bleak-looking sandy plains which surround the camp cn all sides. The effective strength of the camp, which has been lately reduced by the departure of the North Down Rifles, 650 strong, and 550 officers and men of the 100th Royal Canadians, now amounts to 14,200 men of all arms. Deducting camp guards, sentries to keep the ground, and non-effectives, the force which will be reviewed in. the Long Valley by her Majesty, to-day will amount to about 11,000 infantry, with 1,200 cavalry, 18 guns, and propor tionate detachments of Engineers, and Military and Engineer train. The first briga de, composed of the 2d battalion of the 4th, the 11th Regiment, the 36th Reginient, the Staffordshire Militia and North Wilts Rifles, with a battery of artillery, will be under the command of Major-General Lord William Paulet. The 2d brigade, consisting of one battery of artillery, Ist battalion of the 9th, 2d battalion of the 11th, 3d West York Rifles, East Kent Militia, and Oxford Militia, will be commanded by Major- General the Hon. A. Spencer. The third brigade, of the 2d battalion of the 47th, a detachment of the 100th, the Antrim Rifles, and the Stirling,shire Militia, will be under Major-General Lawrence; Major-General Lawrenson commands the cavalry with one troop of Horse Artillery. The Antrim Rifles, 750 strong, are a recent addition to the strength of the camp, and make up the deficiency caused by the removal of the North Down Rifles. Of the regiments now in cantonments the 2d battalion of the 4th is under orders for Corfu, and the 36th is also likely to go to the Mediterranean. These regiments, we believe, will be replaced by the 4th battalion of the 60th, and the 2d bat talion of the 22d, each about 850 strong. There will also, we understand, be a large addition made to the Cavalry forces, and about the Ist of June, or, soon after, this arm of the service in camp will be reinforced by the Ist Life Guards, the sth Dragoon Guards, 18th Royal Irish Hussars, and very pro bably the 11th Hussars. These, with the addition of another troop of Horse Artillery, one for the Heavy Cavalry, and one for the Light, will give an effective cavalry force of somewhere about 4,000 sabres. A considerable addition is also expected to the Infantry, but mostly of militia regiments, and a summer camp will be formed as usual at Cove common. The Ist of June is the date at present fixed for some regiments to march out and encamp at:Woolmer. This date is of course only named, subordinate to the condition of the weather. While at Woolmer, the whole force will be on the usual field rations, killing their own meat, making their own bread, and in all respects living as if on actual service against an enemy. Each brigade will pro bably remain a week at Woolmer, returning to Aldershott whe n ano th er di v i s i on i s ready to occu py its place. To prep are th e men for th i s mild kind of campaign, but which, mild as it is, is of the greatest service to the t roops when they do com mence active service, men of each company are already being instructed in the important duty of killing their own meat and making and baking their bread. As a flock of between 50 and 60 sheep are killed and consumed each day in camp, th ere i s no lack of opportunity for the men acquiring a competent knowledge of how their food should be slaughtered and prepared. Mr. Stevens's bread making machine has been-tried by the men, and is found to answer very well, completely kneading the flour, and turning out whiter and better bread than that made by hand. Some few kinds of field ovens arc also being tested at camp, and a very simple one by Mr. R obinson,binson, of the Commissariat Depart inent, is likely to answer well. During the prevalence of the easterly wines the camp has not been so healthy as it usually is at this season of the year, and the proportion of deaths has risen much above tha average. MA NCHES TER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE New I CDI. r TARIM—A meeting of the directors of the Manchester Chamber sf Commerce was held on Thursday, the principal business at which was the consideration of the new Indian tariff, imposing increased import duties. Mr. Edmund Potter, president of the chamber, occupied the chair, and there were 17 members of the board present. After some discussion, a resolution was unanimously adopted, and ordered to be sent to Lord Stanley, President of the India Board, deprecating the resort to increased import duties on manufactured goods as a means of raising perma nent revenue. In the course of the discussion it was agreed to be desirable not to prejudice the steps taken by the Indian Government in the present extraordinary emergency as re gards finances, theresolution adopted being a protest against the continuance of the now system, or any extension of it hereafter, as calculated to be greatly injurious to England and to India, and as detrimental to the interests of free trade. By a subsequent resolution the president and vice-president, with Messrs. Henry Ashworth, , A. Findlay, and Murray Gladstone, were appointed a committee to consider and re port upon the whole subject of Indian finance.—..lianchester Guardian. CLEVER ESCAPE OF A PRISONER.—On Friday raornin g a clever escape was made man named White ~.„ florit custody, at the London-bridge station of the South ',,sternitailway. It appears that about two month s since, " " 0 7 who had been in the employ of the South-Eastein Itailwa Y Con - many for a period of 15 years, absconded from Ashford,havno- been previously tity of leather. detected stealing a quan- A. warrant was subsequently obtained for his apprchensien, but nothing more was heard of him until a day or two ago, when the railway authorities received cer tain inforniation which led to his - capture at Deptford. He was then taken charge of by , lnspector Hodson, belonging to the railway pollee, at the Bricklayers' Arms station, and at once conveyed to London. Previous to leaving for Ash ford, Inspector Hodson took his prisoner into the room of the manager n , before he exhibited a whom he was confronted respecting his otrence; whepparent contrition. Anrange ments were then being concluded for his due transmission to Ashford, when the prisoner contrived to shift his posi tion nearer the door, which had been left partly open, un perceiveo by the inspector, and adroitly left the room, closing the door after him and locking the inspector and elock on in, the ,key of the room having been left in alarm co an ul d d hbeasranisoedt TTinhcietebheaedn on the outside, Before an succeeded in Making his escape, heard of. ELECTION INTELLIGi INCE. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDA'T MORNING. The polling for Galway commences to-day, and, in anticipation of disturbances, troops are pouring into the town. Private letters state that there is little or no doubt of Mr. Gregory's return, his sup porters embracing men of all parties, who regard ,him as a useful and practical member. All the small farmers are breast high in hiS favour, and 'offers have been made by numbers of them and others to pay his expenses by shilling subscrip tions at the chapel doors. There is an apprehen sion of bad work in any place where landlord compulsion may put Mr. Gregory in a minority. The nomination for the King's County took place yesterday amid some excitement. Mr. O'Brien, in the course of his address, directly charged Mr. Pope Henessey, the paid official of the Government in the Education-office, with having received Treasury aid for the purpose of annoying the Liberal party in the county. Mr. Henessey, how ever, denied the soft impeachment amid a tempest of groans and other ebullitions of popular dissatis faction. Notwithstanding the noise • and tumult, the four candidates were heard out, and the show of hands was unequivocally declared in favour of the old members. Waterford county has for the first time these many years elected without a con test a full-blown Tory in the person of Mr. Walter Talbot as the colleague of Mr. Esmonde, the Liberal Roman Catholic. At the hustings, and when safely declared to be the sitting member, the Derbyite party spoke out, and pronounced Lord J. Russell's amendment to have been a most factious and un principled act on the part of the noble lord the member for the city of London. The last private accounts from Londonderry speak unfavourably of Mr. Gieer's prospects. Heretofore the Roman Catholics and Presbyterians pulled well together in this county, and by union were enabled to return their candidate. Religious rancour, how ever, has partially severed the alliance. Mr. Greer's vote against the Spooner craze has given deep offence to a large body of his former supporters, who, while quite content that the Presbyterians should receive the public money in the form of reyium donum, will not hear of the Roman Church obtaining Government aid in any shape. If, there fore, the Presbyterians are deprived of the Parlia mentary services of Mr. Greer, the loss is to be ascribed to their own prejudices. DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING. The struggle has nearly ceased, the fate of five counties only remaining to be decided, and of these Kilkenny will be the last, and probably the hardest fought. Four will be concluded to-night, and the results known in London on Monday morning. Nearly all of yesterday's returns in cases of contest are imperfect, but the figures at the close of the first day's polls clearly indicate that the Conservative gains in Irish counties will far exceed the most sanguine anticipations of the Carlton Club. Thus, Clare is already gone from the Liberals, and Lime rick, Londonderry, and Roscommon are likely to follow, and the only probable set-off to these losses is Louth, where the popular Tory (M'Clintock) was by a few votes at the foot of the poll on Friday. It would be therefore rash to speculate on a Liberal success in that quarter. Limerick could find no more suitable successor to Mr. De Vere than a gentleman whose name was quite unknown to the public at large. and who, moreover, does not appear to be generally popular with the electors of his own caste. Roscommon must be set down as another instance of bungling, in which.the bishop and priests played the Mar plots to admiration. Galway, it is to be presumed, is safe. Oddly enough, though Sir Thomas Burke, the Roman Catholic, topped the poll on the first day, the Liberal Conservative and Protestant, Mr. Gregory, monopolised all the enthusiasm, and the Roman Catholics, clergy and laitylworked night and day to secure his return. There were two un opposed returns yesterday. Leitrim sends back Dr. Brady (Liberal) and Mr. Ormsby Gore (High Tory.) Dr. M'Hale's influence in Mayo being among the events of the past, Captain Palmer (Der bvite) and Lord John Browne (Whig) were re elected without there being at any time since the dissolution even a rumour of opposition. The two Tories (Sir Robert Gore Booth and Mr. Charles W. Cooper, a relative of the late member) were also returned for Sligo without a contest. The county roll, consequently, wants only Kilkenny and King's County and Wexford to complete it. The Cork, Examiner of yesterday announces its belief that continued ill health will compel Mr. Fagan to retire from the representation of that city, in which ease it is the intention of Dr. Lyons to offer his services to the constituency on Liberal princi- pies. The rejection of Mr. Miller by Armagh borough has terribly annoyed the ultra-Tories. The Down shire Protestant, the recognised organ of the Orangemen, and of course highly orthodox, has the following remarks upon the Lord Primate, who, in common with every landlord in the kingdom, might be supposed to have a choice between rival candi dates : _ _ " With one lamentable exception, not a true Protestant has lost his seat at the city and borough elections in Ireland. That exception is Mr. Miller, the late member for Armagh. One old man in Armagh has done more to bring this about than any other. One old man has again distinguished him self there in a position of hostility to the Protestant cause. One old man, whom some people romantically talk of as an honour to the Established Church, has used the primacy of that church to prop up May nooth. And so Mr. Bond goes into Parliament again, to vote against Spooner, to tell in the London clubs how Protestantism is served in Ireland by the Lord Archbishop of Armagh." Strange terms these—Cardinal Wiseman in the black books of certain of his co-religionists, and the Protestant Primate denounced by the Orangemen as a traitor to the Established Church! LEITRIM (COUNTY.) Mr. Brady and Mr. W. 0. Gore, the late mem bers, were re-elected without opposition. KILKENNY (COUNTY). Mr. A. Ellis, Mr. Green, Mr. G. H. Moore, and Mr. Sergeant Shee were nominated, and a poll demanded. MAYO (COUNTY). Lord J, Brown and Captain Palmer, the former members, were returned without opposition. ROSCOMMON (COUNTY). Colonel F. French (Liberal), and Captain Goff (Conservative), were returned on Saturday, but the numbers at the close of the poll have not been for warded. SLIGO (COUNTY). Sir R. G. Booth and Mr. C. W. Cooper were elected . without opposition. GALWAY (COUNTY). CLOSE OF THE POLL. Sir T. Burke (Liberal) . .. 2,503 Mr. W. H. Gregory (Liberal) .. 2,403 Lord Dunlo (Conservative) 1,483 LIMERICK (COUNTY)• CLOSE OF THE POLL. Mr. Monsell (Liberal) .. .. 3,933 Colonel Dickson (Conservative) .. 2,538 Mr. Symon (Liberal) .. 2,333 LONDONDERRY (COUNTY). CLOSE OF THE POLL. Captain Dawson (Liberal) .. 2,627 Sir F. Heygate (Conaervative) „ 2,464 Mr. Greer (Liberal) 1 788 LOUTH (COUNTY) CLOSE OF TILE POLL. Mr. C. Fortescue (Liberal) - .. 1,36 S Captain Bellew (Liberal) I 'll o Mr. M'Clintock ( Conserva tive) 18 WEXFORD (COUNTY). C L OSE OF THE POLL. 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Fortnum, Mason, and Co., _lB2, Piccadilly; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 6.3, and 150, Oxford street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsobnte street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Dublin, Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co. ; at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Manchester, Sharp and Scott ; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and Co. ; at South ampton, Randall and Son. ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A SOLICL TOR' S CLERK. At the Southwark Police Court on Saturday, James Haycocks, a respectable-looking young man, about 19 years of age, clerk to Mr. Pritchard, acting High-Bailiff of Southwark, was brought before Mr. Burcham, charged with attempting to murder Mr. John Elias Smith, managing clerk to Mr. Lilley, solicitor, 41, Blackmawstreet, Borough. Mr. Chipperfield, of Trinity-street, who appeared for the prosecution, said that it was his painful duty to prosecute the prisoner for having committed a very serious offence—that of attempting to murder Mr. Smith with a large sharp bread knife, which he had specially bought for the purpose. The pri soner had formerly been in the service of Mr. Lilley, and for some neglect he was discharged, and his idea was that Mr. Smith had been the cause of it. However, that was not true, as his client had been his best friend, having saved him his situation on two occasions. Nevertheless, the prisoner's hatred was so great that he medi tated murdering his friend. The prosecutor was then sworn, and he stated that he had been many years managing clerk to Mr. Lilley, solicitor, Blackman-street, and Peckham. He knew the prisoner as having been a junior clerk in the office for about two years, and he left to go to his uncle, a linendraper, at Braintree, in Essex. Twelve months ago he came to London again, when R fitness re-engaged him, but his conduct was so negligent that Mr. Lilley complained and directed him to be discharged. Witness remon strated with him, and retained him some time longer, but at last Mr. Lilley was compelled to dis charge him. The prisoner, in a violent manner, exclaimed, " That's an infamous lie." Mr. Burcham told him that such conduct was highly improper. He was placed in a very serious position, and ought to behave himself properly while the witness was giving his evidence. It was important that he should remain quiet. Mr. Smith, in continuation, said that when the prisoner was discharged he made use of threats, but he never dreamt that his revenge would have carried him so far as to make an attempt on his life. Mr. Burcham asked him to state what the pri soner did to cause his being placed in that dock? Mr. Smith said that, shortly after 10 o'clock in the morning, he was standing in Blackman-street, conversing with Mr. Lilley, the barrister, when he saw the prisoner lurking about with something in his hand wrapped 'up in paper, and as soon as he saw that witness had noticed him he went away. _ _ Shortly after Mr. Lilley left him he went into his room, and as soon as he was seated at his desk there was a ring at the bell, which was answered by one of the clerks, and immediately afterwards the pri soner rushed into his room in a frantic state, and taking a large knife from his breast rushed at wit dess, exclaiming, " Take that, you villain." Wit ness, however, noticed what he was about, and as the prisoner was aiming at his throat he fortu nately seized him by the wrist and forced the knife from his grasp. He locked the knife up in his drawer and mildly asked the prisoner why he had made such a wicked attempt to murder him. The prisoner replied that he meant to murder him, as he had ruined him. Mr. Burcham asked him whether he made a spring at him with the weapon ? Mr. Smith replied that he did ; but, fortunately, witness perceived his actions, and caught hold of his wrist before the knife could reach him. As soon as witness had secured the latter, the prisoner ran about the room beating his hat in with his fists, and his whole demeanour was that of an insane person. Witness had some difficulty to restrain him until a constable came, when he was taken to the station-house. He produced the knife taken from the prisoner. It was a large black handled one, very sharp, and must have inflicted a serious wound, had he not observed the actions of the prisoner. Mr. Burcham asked him whether he knew where the prisoner was at present employed ? Mr. Smith said he was clerk to Mr. Pritchard, at the Town-hall, but his conduct there was very strange. The prisoner here said that his mind was so troubled that he could not do anything. He could not get peace night nor day through Mr. Smith. His head was like being on fire, and his heart beat fearfully. Mr. Burcham inquired whether he had made such an attempt on his life before ? Mr. Smith said that he had not, and he could not account for his doing so on this occasion, as he had been his best friend. The prisoner nervously said that was false. He was turned away through Mr. Smith, and while he was with Mr. Lilley he was kept in such a state of excitement that it brought on typhus fever, and he was obliged to leave. Mr. Smith, in answer to the magistrate, said he had no recollection of his having the typhus fever. He might have had it when he left. The prisoner here exclaimed that Mr. Smith knew that he caused the fever, and he now felt as if he must commit murder. He could not help it. Sergeant Sparrow, 13 M, said that previous to the prisoner going to Mr. Lilley's office, he went to a cutler's, and asked for a pig's knife, as he wanted to kill a pig. The cutler had not got such a knife, but he showed him a bread knife, which the pri soner selected, and induced him to sharpen it for him. His worship would perceive that it was as sharp as a razor. The prisoner here, in a very rude manner, said, "Of course it is. I meant to do for him, therefore I had it sharpened." Sergeant Wise, the acting inspector of Stones'. end police-station, informed the magistrate that while he was taking the charge the prisoner made use of similar observations. He really believed he was not in his real senses. Mr. Burcham said he was of the same opinion, therefore he should remand him until Friday next. In the meantime his friends could be communicated with, and the prison surgeon would have an oppor tunity of examining him. The prisoner, who loudly called out that he must commit murder, was then removed to Horsemonger lane Gaol, by Downe, the gaoler. PREMEDITATED MURDER BY A BROTHER-IN-LAW, AT HO.RNSEY. Samuel Adams, aged 35, a dirty, dissipated, ferocious-looking man with club feet, described on the charge-sheet as a shoemaker, residing at No. 30, Mary-street, Kingsland-road, was placed at the bar of the Clerkenwell Police-court, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on Saturday, on remand, charged with maliciously cutting and wounding, with intent to do grievous bodily harm to Martha Page, his sister in-law, at Howard-road, Hornsey. The poor woman being now dead, the charge resolved itself into one of wilful murder. _ The charge was first brought under the notice of the magistrate on the 6th inst., but although she was then in a dying state, her deposition has Rot been taken. The facts connected with this dis tressing case, as far as they have yet been collected, show that the prisoner not only contemplated the murder of his sister-in-law, but that of his wife also. It would appear that in consequence of the lazy, dissolute character of the prisoner, his wife, who is a hard-working, respectable woman, was compelled, some mouths since, to leave and keep herself. This seems to have very much annoyed the prisoner, and he has several times said he would be revenge I, "if he swung for it." On the morn ing of the sth the prisoner was seen by a female who resides in the same house as the prisoner, sharpening a shoemaker's knife, and he then stated that before the day was out he would do something desperate. He was then persuaded not to do so, but he said he would, and; placing the sharp.partof the knife in a cork, so that ho should not cut himself, proceeded out. According to the facts, as ascer tained by Inspector Langdon, of the N division, it would appear that the prisoner at once proceeded to the place where the deceased was engaged nurs ing a relative, who was lately confined, and, knock ing at the door, was informed that he could not see his sister-in-law. Some time afterwards, the poor woman left the house in company with a female. when the prisoner followed for a few yards, and then running in front, plunged the knife into the lower part of the deceased's person. The deceased, who was in her twenty-fourth year, and in a weakly state of health, was conveyed to the German Hos mNpvioetiallin,eadDlianelffisttheoeeni,ioNtVwhheaertrepshaitertwwoaasfs her person, by the resident detained the prisoner until the arrival through the skinand ig ofrom severe e t a e p n o di e g . muscle. Some neighbours 6 T t h h e prisoner instant, ‘ Na v v il e s n t a l h ce e n before asv ery Mr. callous yrw h a itbteuotn the t e matter, and was remanded. On Friday, when he was brought up pro forma, and was told that per haps while he was there the woman was dead, and that then he would be charged with the capital offence, he merely said, " Well, a good job too." The deceakil, who maintained her senses to the last, and was very respectable, died in the German Hospital, while the prisoner was at the court. The following is the evidence already taken Police-constable Bolton, 466 N, said that on the afternoon of the sth of this month, he was in the Howard-road, when he heard a cry of "Police" and " Murder," and was called to take the prisoner into custody for stabbing a young woman. The female was in a fainting state, and said she was wounded in her side. When he took the prisoner into cus tody, he was told the charge, but he said nothing, He searched the prisoner, and found upon him a sharp knife, such as is generally used by shoe- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1851 makers. The knife had blood upon it. The knife, which was concealed, had apparently been lately sharpened. The prisoner, in, an impudent manner, said he did not wish to ask the witness any question. Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds, 96, West-street, Ber mondsey, said on the sth of this month she went to visit a friend at Kingsland, at the house of whom the injured woman was acting in the ca pacity of nurse; She (witness) asked her the way to Abney Park, and she offered to show her the way. Before they started, the prisoner came to the door, saw the injured woman, detained her some time, and had some very angry words with her. She (witness) left the house with Mrs. Page, but they had not proceeded but a very short distance, when the prisoner came up, made use of violent and disgusting language to the deceased, and made three stabs at her with a sharp shoemaker's knife. After he had done this, the prisoner said, with an oath, that he would murder her, if not now, at some other time. The prisoner wanted the injured woman to tell him where his wife was, but she refused, saying he was a very bad man, that he had been parted from her for some time, and that he was continually getting drunk. After he was taken into custody, he again threatened her, and said he wanted his wife. The prisoner, who treated the matter with the greatest indifference, declined to say anything in his defence, or to ask the witnesses any questions. The prisoner was remanded until Saturday next. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—May 14. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crowder.) THE WAGNER FORGERIES. The prisoner Bateman cross•examined Chandler for nearly two hours, and behaved with the greatest effrontery. Chandler admitted, in answer to the questions put to him by the prisoner, that he had been concerned in more than 20 forgeries, but he at the same time said to the prisoner, in a very ra tional and apparently truthful tone, " Why you know all about these things as well as I do, for you and Wagner and the others were all concerned." The effect of the cross-examination was merely to show, what was before quite apparent, namely, that Chandler had for a great many years been pursuing a course of crime, in which it appeared equally clear the prisoners were at the same time involved. The prisoner Bateman, on being called upon for his defence, made a long speech to the jury, the principal portion of which consisted of abuse of the witness Chandler, whom he accused of getting up the charge against himself and his companions in order that he might escape punishment for his own crimes, and who, he said, had been a thief and a forger all his life, and who, if he had his deserts, would be at that moment hanging outside the gaol. (Laughter.) He concluded by stating that he hoped the jury: would not infer, from the facts that had been inquired into during his cross-examination of Chandler, that he must have been concerned in the matter or else he could not have been so well acquainted with them, as the fact was he had only received the information from other persons a few hours before, and he said he should be able to prove by respectable testimony that the letter in the name of Wilson, which was the principal evidence against him, was not in his handwriting, and also that he carried on a legitimate and respectable business, and was not connected with any gang of forgers. Bramwell also addressed the jury at some length, and•declared that in the presentation of this check he was merely an innocent agent, and that he had been sacrificed by, the witness Chandler. The prisoner Bateman then called as a witnesss a gentleman named Rigby, who stated that he was connected with the works at the Holyhead harbour and breakwater, and tb at the prisoner was employed under him from the year 1856 to 1858, and during that period he behaved in a very exemplary man ner. - - He had very extensive returns to make, and he had frequent opportunities of seeing prisoner's handwriting, and, having looked at the letter that had been produced, signed in the name of Wilson, it appeared to him that it was very different from the prisoner's ordinary writing. Mr. Bodkin asked the witness by whose recom mendation the prisoner came into his service ? Bateman, in an excited manner, exclaimed, " I object to that question." (A laugh.) • Mr. Justice Crowder told the prisoner he had no right to object to the question. He had called the witness, and the counsel for tie prosecution had a right to cross-examine him. The question was then repeated, and Mr. Rigby stated that the prisoner came into his service from the convict prison at Portland under a ticket of leave. The chaplain recommended him strongly, Col. Jebb, the prison inspector, also interested him self in his behalf. The returns the prisoner had to make were mostly figures. A gentleman named Martin was then examined on behalf of the same prisoner, and, in answer to the questions put to him, he said that Bateman had introduced persons to him for whom he had dis counted bills ; but he added that he had been swindled of the money he had advanced up to the present time. He also said that he understood the pprsons who were to have had the money had also been swindled by the prisoner. (Laughter.) The witness then said that he had been subpoenaed, and kept waiting about the court for four days. Bateman, in an impudent manner, said that it was this, no doubt, that had made him so angry. The witness said he was there, and was ready to answer any questions the prisoner might think fit to put to him. Bateman said he had no more questions to put. The witness had proved that he was carrying on a legitimate business. (Laughter.) Mr. Bodkin (to the witness)—l have nothing to ask you, sir. You may stand down. (Renewed laughter.) Mr. Justice Crowder then summed up. He said there could be no doubt that Chandler was a most tainted witness, and that the jury ought to look with great suspicion at the evidence that was given by such a witness. Still, however, they had had an opportunity of seeing his demeanour, and the manner in which he had given his evidence, and the corroboration that had been given to it in a great many important particulars, and it was for them to say, upon a consideration of all the circumstances, whether the charge was established against any or all of the prisoners. The jury retired at half-past 3 o'clock, and re turned into court shortly after 4, when they gave a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners. John Spitall, one of the City detective police, was then called, and he proved that Wagner was con victed in 1852 of uttering a forged cheque for £340, and sentenced to 10 years' transportation. Edward Funnell, another City detective, proved that Bateman was also convicted of felony in 1852, he having been at that time previously convicted, and was sentenced to 10 years' transportation. Mr. Justice Crowder inquired the nature of the second offence, and it appeared that the prisoner while in gaol had become acquainted with another prisoner, and that when he got out he went to that prisoner's friends, who were very poor people, and induced them to send a small sum of money under the idea that it would be the means of procuring some benefit to their unfortunate relative, and that the prisoner obtained possession of the money and applied it to his own use. The other prisoners, Foster and Humphreys, who were convicted on Friday, were then placed at the bar. A police-constable informed the Court that the prisoner Foster had been summarily convicted of an attempt at housebreaking, and sentenced to three months' hard 1 b3ur. Mr. Bodkin informed the Court that nothing was known against:the prisoner Bramwell previously, and he believed that his family were respectable. The prisoners were then called upon in the usual form to state whether they had anything to urge why judgment should not be passed upon them? The learned Judge then, addressing the prisoners, said that Wagner, Foster, Humphreys, and Bram well had been convicted on the previous day of uttering a forged cheque for £265, knowing it to be forged, and to-day Wagner, Bramwell, and the other prisoner Bateman, had been convicted of forging and uttering another cheque for £270. The crime of which they had been convicted was one of the deepest dye, and in the course of the investiga tion of the various transactions such a systematic course of forgery and fraud had been developed as he should think had rarely been exhibited in any court of justice. The ingenuity that had been em ployed to carry out these offences appeared to ha: e been most extraordinary, and he could not but re flect that if the same talents had been devoted to legitimate objects the whole of the prisoners must have been successful in any walk of life, and they would have been able to procure a competence for themselves and families. They had all, however, preferred to honest industry speculating in this most nefarious trade, and they had done so to an extent that must have astonished any one who had listened to these proceedings. One good effect he hoped, however, would arise from the detection of such a gang, that bankers, from the disclosures that had been made, would invent some mode to protect themselves from such devices, and that the severe punishment which he should feel it his duty to inflict would also tend to prevent others from rushing into such dangerous transactions. W ith regard to Wagner, it appeared that in the year 1852 he was transported for ten years for uttering a forged cheque for £340, and that in some way or other he obtained his liberty in 1856, and that nearly as seen as he was liberated LP resorted to oldhid courses, and engaged In the most extensive traffic in these forgeries, and it appeared he had exercised such wonderful ingenuity that he was never seen to be personally mixed up with' any one single transaction. The result, how ever, showed that the law was too strong for any amount of ingenuity to contend with, and the sentence he felt called upon to pass upon him was that he be kept in penal servitude for the re mainder of his life. With regard to Bateman, it appeared that he had been twice before convicted of felony, and the second offence, that of robbing poor people of the money they could so ill spare, was regarded by the Court as of such a wicked character that he was sentenced to 10 years' trans portation. His sentence appeared to have been mitigated in consequence of his subsequent good conduct, but there could be no doubt that he was connected with the whole of these forgeries, and the sentence upon him therefore would also be penal servitude for life. As to the prisoner Hum phreys, although he had also contrived to keep a good deal out of the way during the proceedings, it was clear from the evidence that he had been a principal agent in carrying out the schemes of fraud and forgery, and the articles that were found at his lodgings were a strong confirmation, and showed that he was ready to carry out offences of this character to any extent, and upon him there fore the sentence would be that he be kept in penal servitude for 20 years. With regard to the other prisoners, there was no reason to doubt that they were also concerned in the guilty proceedings of their associates, but as there was no previous conviction against them he should only order them to be kept in penal servitude for ten years. None of the prisoners uttered a word when the sentence was pronounced. It is to be hoped that these convictions will relieve the metropolis of a most desperate gang of forgers who have infested it for the last two years. The police have been engaged in watching the different parties during nearly the whole of that period, and they appear to deserve considerable credit for the skill and in genuity they exhibited in at length bringing the case home to the prisoners. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 14. CLERKENWELL.—COMMITTAL OF A POLICE MAN FOR BURGLARY.—George Woodhead, police constable, 171 N division, was placed dt the bar, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Mr. Paul Puzey, the landlord of the Island Queen pub lic house, Hanover-street, Islington, and stealing therein £1 ls. 6d. in silver, and about 18s. in cop per moneys, a half pint of rum, one quartern of peppermint, and nine heart cakes, his property. Inspector Judge, N division, watched the case on behalf of the Commissioners of Police. Sergeant Robinson, 50 N, said—About three o'clock this (Saturday) morning I was on duty in Hanover-street, and heard a slight noise in the bar of the Island Queen public house. I listened for some little time, and hearing the noise continue I went to the side door, and pushing it, found it open. I went in and saw the prisoner behind the bar, and he seemed very much excited when he saw me. He was the constable on the beat. The landlord was coming down stairs at the time, and the pri soner said,—" I have the place open, as usual." I said to the prisoner, " How have you got here ?" He said, "By that door (pointing to the side door), which I found open." The landlord then said, " I bolted that door at 12 o'clock, before I went to bed." The prisoner then said, " I came in by the kitchen window, which I found wide open." I said, " You had no right to enter by yourself, until you had knocked them up from the outside." I asked the landlord to examine his premises, to ascertain if he had lost anything. He examined a cupboard, and said he missed £1 ls. 6d. in silver, and about 18s. in copper moneys. I said, " This appears to be a strange circumstance," when the landlord said, " I believe that no one has been here but the police. man." We all went to the police station, and when there I asked the prisoner what money he had about him. He said about 30s. in silver and copper, which he took from his t rousers poc k e t, an d placed on the table. There was £1 ls. 6d. in silver, and 4s. 9d. in copper. I asked him if that was all he had got, when he said " Yes." I said I would search him, when he took from his pocket the two bottles pro duced, containing liquor, and 1 ls. 4d. in copper. Upon examining his hat I found the cakes produced in it. I afterwards went back to the house, and with the prosecutor found ss. 2d. in copper money in the rubbish. The prisoner had passed that spot as we came out of the house to go to the station. When charged at the police' station the prisoner made no reply. The prisoner said he did not wish to ask the witness any questions. He found the door open. Mr. Paul Puzey said—l keep the Island Queen public-house, Hanover-street, and it is my dwelling house. This (Saturday) morning, about 3 o'clock, I heard a knocking on the stairs. I got up, and proceeding down stairs I saw the prisoner, who said " I have found the house open as usual." I have been called up by the prisoner in a similar way twice previously. Each time I have found him in the bar. On one occasion, after he had gone, I missed 3s. This morning, as I came down, the sergeant came in by the side door. I heard the prisoner say to the sergeant that he had come in by the kitchen window, and that he had found the side door open from the inside. I was the last person up in the house. lam sure that the side door was, when I went to bed, bolted on the inside, and I am quite positive that the kitchen window was shut down close. The window goes up and down by a pulley. When the prisoner was in the bar this morning I went down stairs and found the kitchen window open at the bottom sufficient to admit a man. You can get to the kitchen through a yard, which has a gate fastened by a piece of string. The sergeant desired me to see if I had missed anything. I examined, and missed from a cupboard in the bar £1 in silver, and about 18s. in copper. From the till I missed ls. 6d. in silver and a few coppers. The two bottles produced are mine, and they, now full, were empty in my bar when I went to bed. I had cakes, similar to those produced and found in the prisoner's hat, in the bar. Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired how long the prisoner had been connected with the police Inspector Judge—About four years, sir. The prisoner, who said he should reserve his defence, remarked that it was a fact that he had found the door open as he had told the sergeant. Mr. Tyrwhitt fully committed the prisoner for trial at the Central Criminal Court on the charge of burglary. The prisoner, who seemed to have been drinking, was then removed. MARYLEBONE.-ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A FEMALE WITH A CARVING-KNlFE.—Rebecca Merry, aged 20, in the service of a family in Western Villas, Paddington, was brought up from St. Mary's Hospital, charged with having attempt e d to destroy herself by cutting her throat with a large carving-knife. Elizabeth Butler, servant in the same house, deposed that at seven in the morning of the Bth ult. she went into the kitchen, and found the prisoner in a kneeling position, and in the act of lighting the fire. She was bleeding from the throat. Wit ness said to her, ," Oh, Rebecca, what have you been doing ?" and she exclaimed, " Oh, dear, what shall Ido ?" The bleeding was partially st o pp e d, an d without loss of time the prisoner was conveyed in a cab to the hospital. Rhodes, D 306, produced the knife—a large one, and very sharp, and upon it were many marks of blood. Mr. Broughton—Where did you find it ? Witness—ln the dining-room, sir. The wound must have been infiscted there, as there was a pool of blood on the carpet. Mr. Broughton—Have you any surgeon's certi ficate ? Witness—No, your worship. The father, who was present in court, and de scribed himself as an engine -driver, said he believed the prisoner to be not quite right in her mind. One of his sons had been affected in a similar way, and was for some time in Hanwell Lunatic Asylum. The prisoner, who had not a word to say in reply to the charge, was given up to a married sister, who promised to afford her careful protection. DARING BURGLARY AND ROBBERY.—Edward Cavanagh was charged with having, in conjunction with another man not in custody, burglarionsly en tered the premises of Mr. Standfast, carpenter, &c., Gloucester-mews, Portman-square, and stolen therefrom property of different descriptions. John Tribe, residing nearly opposite to prosecu tor's, stated that on the previous night, between nine and ten o'clock, in consequence of something which was communicated to him, he came out of his back parlour and went to the front window, when he observed the prisoner and another in the act of breaking_ open his (prosecutor's) door, through which they at last entered apparently by means of a key. Witness, who kept watch out side, being convinced that a robbery was going on, saw a light carried from t h e lower to the uppe r part of the house. In the course of a short time it . was parnon were making extinguished. and the prisoner and his corn came quietly down. They egress hastily from the dwelling, N hen witness ng witness seized hold of the prisoner, who, however,vhim ; but he pur sued in breaking away from he sue was speedil sued him, crying "Stop thief," and captured. The other man got clear y Clarke, 174 A by whom theoff. prisoner was taken, produced a silver lever watch and guard and four silk handkerchiefs, as also some keys and Lucifer , ~....x .:: . matches which were found upon him (prisoner) when searched at the station-house. The watch, guard, and handkerchiefs were iden tified by the prosecutor, who deposed to the pre mises being safely locked when he left home in the early part of the day. It was further stated that the locks of two doors had been forced. Inspector Combs said that in the event of a re mand for a few days the prisoner's companion would no doubt be in custody. The prisoner, who had nothing to say, was re manded till Thursday next. WORSHIP-STREET. -- ONE OF ENGLAND'S SAILORS.—John Hall, described as a hawker, was charged, before Mr. Hammill, with stealing a pocket handkerchief from the person. A very diminutive weather-beaten old man with difficulty mounted the witness-box, and in reply to a ques tion from the magistrate as to his name significantly replied "Punch." Mr. Ilammill—" Punch !" Well, Mr. Punch, you have lost your handkerchief, I believe. Now tell me how did it happen ? Prosecutor—Well, my name is Jem Punch, your honour. Yesterday I came from Portsmouth by the what-you-may-call-it, because I received a pro mise from Major Wilson, and another gentleman, that I should go into Greenwich Hospital. Weill stowed away my traps at Tower-bill, and then stood for the " Three Loggerheads," at Shoreditch, for you see I wanted to discover the latitude of an old messmate, Tom Stubbs, he as was on the coast guard service with me at the time of the great blockade breaking up. Well, I says to this young gentleman (prisoner) " Can you tell me where Tom Stubbs has a berth." Then two other gentlemen came up and got axing me some questions, while this one picked my pocket of a beautiful handker chief I brought from Rangoon. That's all I knows of the matter, except that I tried to run after the thief, and could not catch him. Mr. Hammill—You have been at sea some years I think ? Mr. Punch—Aye, your honour, twenty-three years and eight months•, but I must lay up in dock now, for you see my old woman has gone aloft— we parted company the first month of this blessed year ; and after having sailed so long together— no less than forty-seven years, your honour—why I begin to think I am no t muc h use now. Mr. Hammill—Have you any family ? Mr. Punch—l have a son, your honour, who has been to sea twelve years, but he is working now where I have left. Mr. Hammill--You must have seen some service ? Mr. Punch—l was all through the French war ; at Trafalgar, on the same deck when the great Nelson fell. Yes, I'm a " Victory" man. I was at Algiers, Navarino--there I got my first wound, and at Acre. Mr. Hammill—You got a pension, of course ? Mr. Punch-0 yes ! I got a pension for my first wound, but I threw it up and was off to sea again. Now I've got ls. a-day, and what's more than that, eight medals (putting his hand in his pocket.) Mr. Hammill—Take my advice, don't show them, they might follow your handkerchief. Mr. Punch, with apparent alarm, acted upon the suggestion, at the same time exclaiming, " Bless your Honour, I hope not." Mr. Hammill—You have not lost a limb I per ceive. Mr. Punch—No, your Honour, thank heaven I'm sound yet—sound to the last. Mr. Hammill—Where are you going to when you leave this court ? Mr. Punch—l want to see the Lords of the Ad miralty, but don't know how to get there. Mr. Hammill—Very well. I will take care that your journey there shall be a safe one. The worthy magistrate then directed Mr. Wood, the third clerk, to accompany the veteran and ex pedite the important business with as much despatch as possible. This was done, and the prisoner, who had listened to the sea•dog's story of a life with apparently as much interest as any in court, was remanded, upon the declaration of Holland, 155 H, that he doubted not being able to apprehend those who had acted in complicity with him, from having seen them dart off in different directions while he secured the actual thief. Subsequently Mr. Wood stated that be had lodged Mr. Punch and his "traps" at Rockingham House, New Kent-road, a necessarily preparatory step to his appearing before the board at the Admiralty. Mr. Punch further desired that his duty might be offered to Commander Hammill for the great good ness shown to him at a time when he had not more than threepence in the world. LAMBETH.--A RICH MEAL.—George Wilson, a cab-driver, was charged before Mr. Elliott with having swallowed a sovereign under the following circumstances : Mr. Edwin Winter, grocer, Frith-street, Soho, said that on Friday nighthe and a friend engaged the prisoner's cab, which was on the stand at St. Clement's Church. Prisoner was to drive them to Kennington Park. On their way down Oakley-street, complainant directed the prisoner to stop at the Oakley Arms, where they got down. He and his friend had a glass of gingerbeer, and the prisoner had a glass of ale. Prosecutor put down a sovereign, Which the prisoner took up. Mr. Elliott--Did you ask him for it ? Prosecutor—l did. But he put it in his mouth, and soon after exclaimed, " It is gone," and he then asked for a biscuit. Mr. Elliott—He was drunk, surely ? Prosecutor—No, sir, not at all. I and my friend entered the cab, and I soon after gave the prisoner into the custody of a police-constable. Prisoner—You asked me if I would have the sovereign for my supper. I said that I would, when you put it in my mouth. Prosecutor--I did not. There was no larking. Mr. James Bishop, licensed victualler, and pro prietor of the Surrey Arms, Thomas•street, Ken nington Park, corroborated the evidence, and stated that the prisoner observed he would return the sovereign in four days. The prisoner in his defence repeated the state ment he had previously made, that the prosecutor asked him if he would have the sovereign for supper. The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday next, bail being accepted. NUMEROUS ROBBERIES AT RAILWAY STATIONS. —Henry Watson, a young man of respectable ap pearance, was brought up on remand, and placed at the bar, charged by Mr. Thomas Bent, inspector of the A division, who is employed by the South- Western Railway Company, with the following robberies at the Waterloo Railway Station, and at the terminus of the Brighton and South Coast Railway, London-bridge : Mr. Neale attended for the prisoner. In reference to the robberies on the South- Western railway, the evidence went to show that InSpector Bent, on Saturday last (that day week) received information that a Mr. Gastron, solicitor, Horbury-terrace, Notting-hill, had lost a bag, containing various articles of wearing apparel, with a cricket-bat in it, which were in the waiting room. He left the room for a minute, when on his return ho missed the property. Mr. Bent sent information of the robbery to Inspector Byron, who traced that the property had been left at the shop of Mr; Matthews, pawnbroker, Princes-row. On Wednesday last the prisoner called on Mr. Matthews to redeem the articles, when he (Mr. Matthews) sent for Mr. Byron, who took the pri soner into custody, who stated that he bought the articles of a man, named Davis, at the Victoria Tavern, Waterloo-road, on the Saturday afternoon. Mr. Nutley, proprietor of the tavern, said that he was in his bar all Saturday afternoon, and that the prisoner was never there at all. The property was produced, and identified by the prosecutor. Upon this case being disposed of another charge was preferred against the prisoner by Inspecter Bent, of stealing a portmanteau, the property of a gentleman of the name of Kernott, on the same da , 3 r r. he robbery at the other railway took place as follows Elizabeth Carl, b arma id at the refreshment rooms, izab : said that last Friday week the pris')ner had a glass of stout. After he drunk it he had ano th er, w hi ch he took to a t a b le, on which was a cruet stand in which were six bottles. She left the room for a minute, when th e p r i soner was gone and the cruet stan h d o a m ls a o s . T proved havßinigellards' a constable of the railwa y , seen the prisoner pass him on the Friday with a cruet stand in his possession. Wit ness thought he was going with it to the refresh ment rooms of the South-Eastern line. Witness has frequently seen the prisoner at the station. Mr. Carpenter, an inspector, said that m an y rob beries h a d lately' been committed there. On one occasion a carpet bag, in which was above ,E7O worth of property, was stolen. Mr. Bent said that the prisoner, who in 1852 was a clerk on the South-Western Railway, was in that year discharged. Mr. Elliott said he should send the prisoner for trial, when Mr. Neale stated that he should reserve his de fence. The prisoner was then committed. THE CATTLE TRADE, Norwich, May 14.—At this important market to-day store cattle were lbs. to 20s. per head lower, and a clearance was not even effected at this reduction. Sheep were ls, tQ 2s. per head lower. THE BANE OF FRANCE. The Moniteur of Friday morning publishes the usual monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to (Thursday). The cor responding figures of the last month are added : DEBTOR. April. May. C- Capital of the Bank 91,250,000 0 91,250,000 0 Ditto, New Profits in addition to Capi -tal (Art. 8, Law of June 9, 1857) f 1,510,527 65 1,510,527 65 Reserve of the Bank New Reserve Ditto in landed property 4,000,000 0 4,000,000 0 Notes in circulation 730,371,825 0 736,844,178 0 Bank-notes to order 6,507,855 72 7,199,511 69 Receipts payable at s i g ht 8,948,766 0 12,473,741 0 Treasury account current creditor Sundry accounts current 209,804,576 91 263,389,366 79 Ditto with branch banks 28,224,369 0 37,240,364 Dividends payable. 652,674 25 496,207 2 6 Discts. sundry interests 2,232,389 62 2,889,820 41 Commission on deposits 5,617,304 50 7,678,127 7 4 Re-discounted the last six months Surplus of paid-up bills 20,629 22 14,164 22 Sundries Total 1,283,181,273 80 1,377,360,958 86 CREDITOR. April. May. F. C. F. C. Cash in hand Cash in the branch banks. 315,094,036 0 343,394,746 0 Commercial bills overdue. 364,913 47 625,290 61 Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due Do. in the branch banks . Advanced on deposit of bullion. _ Do. by the branch banks.. _.. ... 163,800 0 306,200 405,900 0 588,800 0 Do. on Frenchpublic seen rifles Do. by the branch banks 13,202,500 0 14,606,200 0 Do. on railway securities 95,236,300 0 114,972,80 0 0 Do. by the branch banks 30,519,300 0 30,552,100 0 Do .on Credit Foneier Scrip 633,900 0 704,200 0 Do. on branch banks Scrip 424,700 0 451,100 0 Do. to the State on agree ment of June 30, 1848 48,000,000 0 70,000,000 0 Govern. stock reserved Do. disposable New shares, not settled 4,125 0 6,050 u,„ Hotel and furn. of Bank Landed property of branch banks 6,787,597 0 6,871,419 • Expenses of management 1,219,152 34 1,637,648 43 Sundries Total 1,283,181,273 80 1,377,360,958 86 SHOCKING STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION IN AMERICA. On the 24th of April the boilers of the steamer St. Nicholas exploded during the passage between New Orleans and St. Louis. The loss of life wall between 30 and 40 persons. A large number were injured. The captain met his death in a frightful manner. A heavy piece of timber, displaced by the explosion, caught his feet and held him fa.s_ . t• By almost superhumLn efforts he disengaged no right foot, but his left still remained fast. During this time he exhibited great solicitude for the safety of persons on the boat, and not until the flames had come within reach of his own body did he exhibit any anxiety for himself. Then, finding he could. not release himself, he implored those in reach a his voice to relieve him from his dreadful dilemma', requesting at last that some one would bring a n axe and cut off his leg. Every exertion was ma d e to relieve him, but without avail, and the noble captain and true man was consumed by the flames' meeting death manfully at his post. One of the most affecting incidents of the entire tragedy occurred i.i ther conduct of Miss Kennedy. 'She Was thrown by the explosion from the state room into the river, and floated down to the stern of the boat; when she caught her hand in one of the rings attached to the hull, and hung in that perilous dilemma, when death stood threatening her upon either hand. To loose her hold was to sink into til t e waves, and to hold on was to burn with the wre e ''' to which she was cling ing —every moment bei n g an age of alternating pe and despair. She re mained in this position until the flames actually burned the hair and skin from her head—the only part of the body above the water, except the hand by which she clung to the wreck, and that was burned to a crisp. While in this awful suspense, and suffering intensely from the heat, such was her presence of mind and her wonderful heroism, that as a man, who was worse stunned, perhaps, than herself by the explosion, was floating by her in a drowning condition, she seized him by the hair with her disengaged hand, and held his face out of the water until a skiff was brought to the rescue of both.—Memphis Advocate. COUNTRY MARKIITS. LIVERPOOL—MAY 14. The price of wheat, flour, Indian corn, and oats to••day are all raised since Tuesday about 3to sper cent. Holders are exceedingly firm in their pretensions, and the buy° are indifferent. CAMBRIDGE—MAY 14. There was a very fair supply of wheat, for which theft ) was a firm demand, at higher prices. Not much doing 111 fine barley, recent rates being obtained for coarse samples . In oats and beans the trade ruled firm, at previous rates. Wheat ..48s to 56s I Oats.. 2ss to 3 04 White do . 548 to 60s I Beans 44s to 4 83 Barley 32s to Ns I Beans, new —s to —4 YORK—MAY 14. i The show of wheat was small, and prices at is to 2s per qr higher than last week. Little business has been done. 1 Barley as b e fore. Beans were fully as dear. Oats i nd other articles unaltered. Wheat .50s to 52s Oats... 243 to 2 _ ... . 6g "White do .52s to 56s Beans . —s to , Barley .36s to 40s Ditto, old ..... ... 485 to .---11 ROCHESTER--MAy 14. At to-day's market there was a moderate show of wheat , which sold heavily at 4s to 6s pe r qr l ess m oney than 's:, week. White, good, sold from 44s to 58s ; inferior, 5 0 s d 565. Red wheats realised 46s to 645. Foreign in dont% prime lots f e t c hi ng i s to 2s more money. B ar l e y was el no means an active sale, and prices nominally unaltf„r 1 .; Oats steady. Bean s an d peas firm. Most of the naulL, have reduced th e p r i ce o f fl our 2 s t o 3 s p er s ack, but the K° tail price of bread continues high. LEICESTER—MAY 14. The wheat trade was very quiet to-day, and the but ness done was at the full rates of the preceding svf e ,' Barley, beans, oats, and peas were at about the prow' prices. Wheat, white sos to 56s Beans, Mazagan..--s to I red 42s to 50s Middle & small 52s to --46 Barley 3Bs to 42 s I White peas 42 s t o 440 Oats 2Bs to 36s • Grey.. —s to NOTTINGHAM—MAY 11. To-day there was a fair show of wheat, and trade rule d rather brisk, at 2s to 3s per qr advance. Fine barleyv; abut is per qr. dearer. Oats a small s h ow , a nd quit e dear. Beans and peas at fully previous prices. 32 0 White wheat, new, 56s to 62s B ar l ey, gr i n di ng .. 283 to ." Red do. 548 to 56s • Oats, old, . 3os to "' Old white s6s to 62 s New do 28s to 32 6 Red do. 52s to 56s Beans Barley, malting.... 368 to 42 s P eas 4B; to _5,1: DUBLIN—MAY 13. but There was a fair average quantity of wheat on e ffer, to ii a rather dull t ra d e resu l ted. Wheat of all qualities 0 light decline. Barl e y b r i s k , and in some instances a t a 4l e st advance over the l as t wee k' s rates. Indian corn in, req . "- , at late rates. Wheat, white.. 30 0 to 32 6 Do., red...... 28 oto 31 0 Do., new .... 23 oto 26 0 Barley ...... 17 oto 20 0 Oats ........ 15 oto 15 6 Do., black.... 14 oto 15 0 J. *;• 0 Do., new 11 6to 6 13 B ere Rapeseed 26 0t029 0 Oatmeal l5 to 17 ° Bakers' flour 0 Indian corn BIRTHS. T 0 HILL.—On the 12th i n st at Swanmore, BYd e Y pir• Wight, the wife of Colonel John Hill, of a son ant' `—.„ IlorGooD.—On the 13th inst., at 9, B e l s ize-road, stead, Mrs. J. Hopgood, of a daughter. Wad, LAMBERT.—On the 13th inst., at G arra tt's Ball s the wife of John Lambert, Esq., of a daughter. m . o . R ROBETSON.—On the 13th inst., a t H a tt o n, Torquah ' Robertson, of Auchleeks, of a daughter. MARRIAGES ROE—HourlsELL.—On the 12th inst., at Bradpole Church, near Bridport, Richard H enry R oe, R . N. o f Peel Loc l C, Gosport, second son o f C a pt a in R oe , R.N., to Selin a :4 , , seventh daughter of T. C. Hounsell, Esq., of IVP' Court, Bridport. ry, relit UMFREVILLE—PAGI.-011 the 11th inst , at Ho" Brighton, Henry, youngest son o f Captain . lfra'—' 6 01 R.N., Greenhithe, to Anna Maria, youngest daughte r Henry Page, Esq., late of Aldebu rg h Hall, Suffolk. DEATHS. Jos e „, BicKronn.—On the 9th inst , at Boulogne, France , TPII Bickford, Esq., of Newport' H ouse , St o nehouse, D ev " aged 79. rd CLINTON.—On the 11th i ns t ., Edith Elizabeth, th e d daughter of Lord and L a d y tam e d Pelham Clin ton, age 4 years and 10 months. G G R A di n ce T ; S ic l Tr D ut E hs . , — On .Captainttl e e G l l o a3 t it. h ths i i d n rne S s , t . a , g a ead t t F Bl ;i 7. -me re -lodge, John's -wood , Edward Griffith , St. ag ed 26. KENTISH.—On the 12th hist at Stratford House, theßev. John George Kentish , B.C.L , of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. LYNES.—On the 14th • t Cl t Williara Lynx°, ins t., at op on, Esq., aged 84. WOOLLAMS —On the 12th inst., Wm. Woollams, Esq. , of Upper Hamilton-terrace, S. John'e-wood, aged 4 9 . Esq.,lll arlborougrh-hill, LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOU of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun O f f i ce, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county • Middlesex, Monday, May 16, 1859.