The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-09 00:00:00

WE ROAD CHILD MURDER. 1••••-,,,e • "1 ROAD, Nov. 8. 7:lne adjourned inquiry, conducted by Mr. T. B. Sal thi:Lers, was resumed this afternoon at the Tem per &Dee-hall, Road. At the commencement of the bus mess only two gentlemen besides the reporters wer e present ; but a small knot of villagers collected outs ide the hall and gazed with idle curiosity on the ecene being enacted within. In the course of the E .fternoon the audience increased in number, and befL ); 7e the adjournment took place the hall was ratl it more than half filled. Saunders said he should be much obliged if a put lie intimation could be given to the writers Who lad addressed him on the subject of the in quiry , but it was utterly out of his power to answer each . and every of them. He had received 10 letters since he came to that place that morning, and the best I ,art of half-a-dozen before h e came away f rom Bradt Ord, and nine after he left yesterday. Some of ttLese letters contained hints and suggestions whit h appeared to him to be of great importance, and 'schen the proper time came he would take care tnat :all those hints and suggestions were attended to. kt present, however, it seemed to him desira ble ne t to say anything in reference to the contents of the se letters. As a, general rule anonymous letter s were consigned by him to the fire, but in a case c 4* this sort he thought it right to read whatever was a ddressed to him, as it was possible that valua ble information might be communicated anony mould, y. The re being na one present who volunteered any statement Mr. Saunders proceeded to read through the letters which had been received by him at Road that morning, some of which were anonymous, and in others the writers gave their names. Such parts of the communications as were read by Mr. Saunders contained hints most of which have been already anticipated, and others really seemed unimportant. After leaving Road yesterday Mr. E>aunders said he had received letters from two pro fessional gentlemen, offering to come at their own :private 'expense to assist him in the legal conduct ;of this inquiry. The testimonials of one of those I ;entlenten were signed by a Queen's counsel who 1 iad been engaged in some most important prose cutions, and who was well known at the common L bar. Mrs. Ann Hall, keeper of the turnpike-gate at outhwick, between Road and Trowbridge, stated t k kat on the morning of the 30th of June she let a gantleman pass through the gate ; he asked her v7liere the policeman lived. Witness continued— I knew the gentleman. I showed him as near as I could where the policeman lived. The gentle man said he had had a child stolen. Mr. Saunders The statement you are now m aking may hereafter become what is called evi dence. You have never before been examined in public, I believe ? Witness—No. I was examined by Mr. Slack. 3EIe (the gentleman) said his child had been car ried off in a blanket. I asked when he lost the c land. He said that morning, and told me if I saw tiny one coming along I was to stop them. He I Ilea went on towards Trowbridge. This happened -about eight o'clock. Mr. Peacock was the next gentleman who came by. 1 said, " This is a sad affair at Road." He said, " Yes, but the child is found." I said, " Where ?" and he said "In the garden." Mr. Peacock went on towards Trow i bridge. When Mr. Kent came back I said to him, Then the child is found?" and he said, " Yes, and aurdered." He then went on in his carriage as tat as ho could, and Mr. Peacock came after him. 'r here was no one with Mr. Kent in the carriage. r. can't remember speaking to Mr. Peacock as he p tssed back. I did not notice how Mr. Kent was dr, essed, or whether the apron of his carriage was . &nn Heritage, wife of Inspector Heritage—l re met nber the morning of the 30th Juno last, and pert Laps ever shall. I saw a gentleman call at the gate of my house. I immediately went out. The gentaleman was Mr. Kent. He gave a boy a half penury to show him where my house was. Mr. Kent asked me if my husband was at home. I re plied "‘ He is in bed, sir." He said, " You must call hira i'ntmediately. I have had a child stolen out of my house te-night, or rather we missed him about 5 o'clock this morning. It was a little boy, aged 3 years arid 10 months, and was supposed to be taken out of the drawing-room window." I said, " Have they taken any clothes, sir ?" He said, " No, he was wrapped up in a blanket." He said," Tell your husband to get np and make every inquiry • I am going to Trowbridge to g i ve i n f orma ti on to Foley." I said, " Your name and residence, if you please, sir ?" and he said, " Kent, Road-hill-house." I saw Mr. Kent going back, and I saw Mr. Peacock. I think Mr. Kent had an overcoat on, but I did not particularly notice his dress. It was a dry morning. That is all I know about the matter. I have not been questioned in public before on this subject, but was spoken to by Mr. Slack about it. Emma Freeman, wife of Edward Freeman, stated that she did not think the lamp over the hall door at Road-hill-house was lighted except on occasions _ r_ e. , 54;n0,-1 aoveral times that the lamp was not lighted. Could not say whether or not a lamp had been lighted at Road-hill-house since the 30th of June. Police-constable Heritage—l have been stationed .a t Road for about two years. I have noticed a Limp generally burning over the hall door of Road hill-house on the nights when I have been on duty. I was not present on the morning of the 30th of Jane, when the child was found. I got to Road hill-house about 10 o'clock in the morning. I as sisted in searching round the premises. I examined the garden tools. I went into the house almost as soon as I came, and saw the child. I was there a few minutes before Mr. Foley, and went in with him. I did not go down the front stairs into the I went into the kitchen and the room where the child was lying. In the evening I went into t.he house about 11 o'clock, under orders from Mr. }'oley, to stay there for the night ; Mr. Foley said Mr.r. Kent wanted Urch (another constable) and ray self. We were to go quietly because Mr. Kent did not want the servants to know that we were the/. e. We were to put ourselves under Mr. Kent's directions.. ; There was no other police-officer present, I believe, at that time besides Urch and myself. There were no officers present in undress to my knowledge. Mr. Kest was not present or within hearing when Mr. Foley gave these orders. I ler.ow Sergeant Watts, of the Somerset constabu lary ; I can't say that he was there. I dial not notice him. The order was given to Urch and myself by 'Mr. Foley after nine o'clock, I believe. U.rch, the constable who accompanied the last witness, corroborated the statement made by him. Sergeant Watts, of the From° division, was at Road-hill house on the afternoon of the 30th of June. He did not say anything to •ree about stepping there. I. was present when Sergeant Watts found certain things. Mr. Saunders --What were those certain things? Witness—A woman's nightshift. It was such a shift as is worn at all times, night and day. It was about five os six o'clock when Watts found the shift. It was found in the boilerhole in the front kitchen , . It was puet in as if to light the fire. It was dry, but very dirty, as if it had been worn a long time. Mr. Saunders—What was that dirt ? Witness—Well, S;ir, it had some blood upon it at several places; the marks of blood were on the tail part. They did not extend over nearly the whole of the loaves part of the article of dress. The blood was dry. I ca'n't say how long it had been there. I don't know whether there were any initials upon the shift I found. I should thi n k it belonged to one of the servants. It was not a very large one. We all remarked that it was a srnallone, Sergeant Watts and Dallimore, I believe were present besides my se lf. M r . F o l ey was not shift e thre to t the ti me, b ut I b el i eve Watts gave the the af terwards. I did not notice any cinders under the lace of the boiler. It did not strike me as b e i r , did. We tlioruvithrtt strange finding this shift as we it was not of any use when we came to look it ' that it was not anything leading to the o rder of of the child. Mr. Saunders f 3 o 'o n u. think that bloody shift had anything to child? folio the murder of the we did not think that the person Witnss—NO, who wore ithad anything to do with it. Mr. Saunders—To whom did You think that shift belonged ? '‘Vitness—l can't tell; we thought that tlee stains g t o With th e shift had nothing o f blood on the murder. Sauniers—Now, let me ask you whether nearly th e whole of the lower part of th at shift was not saturated with blood and stiff ? Witness—.No, it was in different places, b ut not all over the lower part. I don't know w h at was done afterwards with the shift that day. 1 believ e I saw it again on the next dayafter it was brought hack and put in under the boiler-hole again. I think this was done by Dalliniore. I was present when it was done. I think there was another con stable there. The owner of the house was not pre sent at the time. I don't recollect seeing Mr. Foley at, the time the shift was put back. Mr. Saunders—Did the owe er of Road-hill-house ever speak to you or to any single human being in your presence about that shift ? Witness—So. I cannot say whether it was on' the following Tuesday the shift was brought back. I believe Dallimore brought the shift back and said that Mr. Foley had the shift ex amined, and that it was of no use. I have not stated anything in reference to this shift in public before this day. Nothing was said to 51 t 4 the effect that the house had been searched INQUithi Uu Tuesday Mr. Kent asked me if we had sent to the washerwoman ; he did not ask me if we had searched by the waterside. I saw Police-constable Dallimore at last Road fair. I don't recollect having conversation with him about this shift. I don't recollect anything more about it beyond what I have told. I don't recollect ever seeing the owner of Road-hill house near the boiler-hole. I have seen him in the large kitchen. Police -constable Dallimore confirmed the state ment of the last witness as to the finding of the shift, adding :—As the shift was being taken out to the stable Mr. Kent was passing by. He asked what we had there. I told him nothing particu lar. On examining the shift I found it to be a very old one, and that the appearances presented were produced by natural causes. We showed the shift to Mr. Foley, and proposed to put it back again ; but he directed me to keep it in my posses sion, and I did so, and brought it back on the Mon day or Tuesday. Mr. Stapleton, surgeon, of Trow bridge, examined the shift at the request of Mr. Foley, and stated that the stains proceeded from natural causes, and during the day I put it back in the boiler-hole. Sergeant Watts was present at the time, I believe ; I did not see or hear Mr. Kent about there, 'or any person belonging to the house. If you have been told that some one was near at the time 1 put it back that is not correct. I put it back rather hastily, that I might not be observed by any of the servants. We searched the water near the house more than once. Mr. Kent never suggested to me from first to last that the house had been searched enough. Mr. Happerfield and Mr. Superintendent Foley made statements showing that the matter with re ference to the shift had been thoroughly investi gated at the time, and that it was found to have nothing to do with the murder. Mr. Superintendent Foley also produced a letter received from Sergeant Summers, late of the Somersetshire constabulary, denying that he had ever stated to Mr. Groser that there were marks of blood on the front door of Road-hill house. What he said was that there were marks of blood on the watercloset door, which were seen by other police officers as well as himself. The inquiry was then adjourned to the following day A . mong the persons present to-day the reporter recognised Mr. J. Pollaky, superintendent of the foreign department of Mr. Field's Private Inquiry office, Devereux-court, Temple, but the nature of his mission did not transpire. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Nov. 8. (Before the Assistant-Judge.) Ambrose Wallis, 45, was indicted for feloniously receiving a pair of boots, the property of Gilbert Deroy, of Cranbourne-street, Leicester-square. The thief was an assistant in the employment of the prosecutor, and he sold the articles he purloined to the prisoner, who lived in Short's•gardens, Drury lane, and who gave him for them about one-fifth of the wholesale value, and in some instances much less. The assistant was a witness, and he admitted that this had been going on for the last eight months, and stated that for ladies' boots, of which he had stolen a great number, the prisoner gave him what price he thought proper, generally about 3s. a pair. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Assistant-Judge sentenced him to 18 months' hard labour. Mr. Best was counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Sleigh was for the prisoner. Mary Williams, 34, and Ida Jameson, 23, two of the most expert thieves in London, were indicted for stealing four half-crowns and other moneys, from the person of Susannah Hutchinson, in one of the London General Company's omnibuses, running from Paddington to London-bridge. Mr. Tindal Atkinson and Mr. Best were for the prosecution (instructed by Mr. Beard); Mr. Met calfe and Mr. Rowden defended the prisoners. The evidence clearly proved the offence against the prisoners, and they were found guilty. Former convictions were proved against Williams. Inspector Williams, of the Great Northern Rail way, put in a conviction against her, which took place in Lincolnshire in 1853, when she was sen tenced to twelve months' hard labour. Inspector Foulger, of the City police, proved a conviction at the Old Bailey, when she was sentenced to nine months. She was recently tried at this court in the name of Nash, but acquitted, for a robbery in the Hampstead-road. She pretended to be taken ill, and some good-natured person con ducted her across the roadway, when two of her companions (men) robbed him. The Assistant-Judge sentenced Jamieson to 18 months' hard labour, and Williams to three years penal servitude. His lordship said this was a pro secution by the London Omnibus Company, and it was not only a proper, hut a most creditable one on their part. It showed their desire to protect the property and persons of their customers. There were certain cases in which the Court had power to order rewards, but he regretted that this did not come within the category, or he certainly should have marked his sense of the praiseworthy conduct, tact, and intelligence of the conductor of the omni bus in the detention of these prisoners, but he thought the company themselves ought, and he had no doubt would show their appreciation of his be haviour, which had been very meritorious. The conductor's name was Thomas Rainsbury, badge 1,595. Mr. Atkinson said his lordship's remarks, he would take care, should be forwarded to the proper quarter. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Nov. 8. MANSION-HOUSE.—A young man, named Edward Sowerby, who presented all the external indications of a person of unsound mind, appeared before Mr. Alderman Lawrence upon a summons which charged him with indecent and disorderly behaviour in a place of public worship, namely, a meeting house of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, in "White Hart -court, Bishopsgate street. The defendant, who wore a moustache, and who professes to be a Quaker, walked into the court with a wide-aw.:ke hat on with an extra broad brim. He was requested by Partridge, the gaoler, to uncover his head, but he said that with him it was a point of Conscience not to take off his hat. Partridge very civilly told him that he was in a court of justice, and that he must take off his hat, and if he would not he must do so for him, and he quietly suited the action to the word, amid a good deal of laughter. The defendant has made himself very notorious for his indecent proceedings at the meetings of the Society of Friends, and he has lam repeatedly fined in consequence. Mr. Humphreys, of Newgate-street, who ap peared in support of the complaint, said that the gentlemen who were the complainants had felt it to be their duty to institute the pre sent proceedings against the defendant, as unless some steps were taken to put a stop to such conduct as that which was now complained of, it would be impossible for them to attend their places of worship with any peace or security. He then went on to state that on the day named in the sum mons, the 31st October, while divine worship was going on at the meeting-house belonging to the Society of Friends in - White Hart-court, the defen dant got up and made use of the most offensive expressions, and his conduct was so violent and extraordinary that a great many of the female por tion of the audience got up and left, and the ser vice was abruptly closed. The defendant had been repeatedly guilty of similar misconduct, and had been fined for the offence, and he hoped that some other method would be taken, in conformity with the act of Parliament which gave a magistrate the power to imprison any person guilty of such an offence without the option of paying a fine, to put a stop to such i J ffen sive and illegal proceedings. Ebenezer Leadbeter Simmons was then examined upon hi;„ affirmation. He first produced the ecrii &ate of the registration of the meeting-house in question as a place to be used for divine worship in conformity with the act of Parliament. Mr. Goodwin, the chief clerk, told the defendant that as he had no legal adviser, he thought it right to inform him that by the statute this certificate was made evidence of its contents. The defendant bawled out that this act of Parlia ment was never intended for " Friends." It was only intended to apply to lying priests and false persons. (A laugh.) . • ' Mr. Simmons then proceeded to state that he was one of the overseers of the Society of Friends which held its meetings at the meeting-house in White Hart-court, Bishopsgate, and he wes present at a meeting of the society for the pur . .was !Tse. of divine . worship according to the rules of their society on the 31st October. The defen dantsuddenly present, and he took a seat near the jumped u, UllalSter, and while the service was going on he and exclaimed in a loud voice, " Your m • misters, elders, and overseers are deceivers and hypocrites; theyZyre only eager f or money , an d their god , i s their bel He als o sa id th a t th ey were liars, and he turn.e"d :round portion of th e au di ence ancitldthem not to pay to the younger any attention t o w h at their.m l n t is told them, for they were only l€, a e d r and overseers mischief. The defendant did notfira at them into t addre ss any one in particular, but, he shortly afterwards t u rned towards Joseph Brown an d Edward Marsh,ds both of whom were overseers of the s oc i ety, and he made use of very offensive expressions towards them. Witness went to the defendant and requested hint to be silent or to leave the building, but it had ria effect. The defendant continued talking in a loud and excited manner, and the consequence was that a good many of the female members left the meet ing-house. 'Witness tried to induce the defendant to be quiet, but to everything he said the only reply was that he was a liar, and eventually the confusion was so great that it was considered ad visable to abruptly close the meeting, Alderman Lawrence asked the defendant whether he wished to ask Mr. Simmonds any questions. _ Defendant (to the witness) — Thou sayest I called thee a liar. Compare thy conduct and that of those belonging to thy sect with that of the first Quaker, and I ask thee whether thou art not a liar. (A laugh.) Thou wearest a broad-brimmed hat and a cut-away coat, but thou art no real Quaker. (Laughter.) Alderman Lawrence told the defendant that he was only permitted to put questions relating to the facts, and he could not be allowed to persevere in such a course of examination. Defendant—l say that Quakers hale no right to swear. Alderman Lawrence—The witness has not been sworn. He has merely affirmed the truth of his evidence. Defendant—He has made a solemn affirmation, which is tantamount to an oath. Quakers should only say " Yea, yea—nay, nay." (Laughter.) John Rawlings, another overseer of the society, said he was present on the day in question, and he bore testimony to the violent and outrageous con duct of the defendant. He called them all hypo crites, children of the devil, and every other ex pression in the way of abuse that could be imagined. (Laughter.) Mr. Humphreys (to the wituess)—l believe you are rather hard of hearing, Mr. Rawlings? Mr. Rawlings said he was, but the defendant spoke so loud that he heard perfectly well what he said. Edward Marsh, another of the elders of the so ciety, gave similar evidence as to the conduct ofthe defendant to that deposed to by the other witnesses. Alderman Lawrence then asked the defendant what answer he had to make to the charge. The defendant said that he believed he was charged with disturbing the congregation at this meeting-house. He denied that he had disturbed them. All he did was to tell them that they did not walk in the ways of God, and they did not like it. (A laugh.) Instead of his disturbing them, they disturbed themselves. (Laughter.) Alderman Lawrence told the defendant that the had no right to disturb the congregation, and the law would not permit him to do so. The defendant—l contend that as a Quaker I had a perfect right to speak when I did. (Laughter.) It is part of our religion to sit still until God moves us to speak. They sit for hours till God moves them. (A roar of laughter.) I sat still till God moved me, and when he moved me I spake. (The tone in which the defendant said this caused a burst of laughter in the court.) Alderman Lawrence said that the pretence that God had moved him to do what he did was no excuse or answer to the complaint, which he considered bad been fully established. He had the power to send him to prison for two months without the in fliction of any fine, but he should not go to that ex tent on the present occasion. The defendant, how ever must understand that if he repeated s uc h conduct he would certainly be sent to prison. He should now order him to pay a fine of 405., and in default he would be imprisoned for one month. Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, then asked the de fendant whether he intended to pay the fine. The defendant replied—Certainly not. Mr. Goodman then asked him whether he had any goods upon which distraint could be made to levy the amoait. The defendant said the only goods he had were the clothes he was wearing, and he did not know whether they worth 40s. (A laugh). Mr. Goodman told the defendant he had given a very foolish answer. He knew perfectly well that his clothes would not be taken off. The defendant said he had nothing else, and he should not pay the fine. Alderman Lawrence —Very well, then you will go to prison for a month. The defendant, upon hearing this, picked up his "wide-awake" and clapped it on his head, but Par tridge again pulled it off, and he was then removed from the court. GUILDHALL—David Evans, a bill-sticker in the employ of Mr. Scott, a bill-poster, of Burleigh street, was brought up for final examination, charged with stealing a quantity of posting-bills belonging to the London and Brighton Railway Company. This case has been several times before the court, and the facts adduced in evidence went to show that Messrs. Waterlow, of London -wall, printers and stationers to the railway company, contracted with Mr. Scott to post the large bills at a stipu lated sum per thousand, and the bills received for that purpose by Mr. Scott were distributed by him to several bill-stickers in his employ, to be affixed upon the various advertising sites throughout the metropolis. Upon the opening of the Victoria station of the London and Brighton Railway at Westminster, large posters were issued announcing the fact, some of which, with others, were entrusted to the prisoner to stick up, and shortly afterwards it was discovered a large quantity of those and similar bills had been sold to a person of the name of Soames, of Harper's-mews, Theobald'a-road. In quiries were accordingly instituted by Messrs. Wa terlow on behalf of the railway company, and it was then ascertained that Soames had bought several cwts. of such bills of the prisoner at the rate of 7s. per cwt., the full value even as waste paper being estimated at 15s. per cwt. Alderman Humphery commented upon the conduct of Soames in buying such property of a bill-sticker at less than half its value, and that individual appeared yesterday with his attorney, who complained of Ald. Humphery's remarks, and of their appearing in the newspapers. Alderman Finuis said he would hear anything in explanation at the termination of the case. Several witnesses were then called, from whose evidence it appeared that one lot of large bills, which Soames admitted he bought of the prisoner at 7s. per cwt,, were afterwards sold at 15s. per cwt. to Mr. Ongley, a blacking manufacturer, 163, Union-street, Borough, who, upon opening the par cels and discovering that the bills were new, and not out of date, as had been alleged, gave immediate information to the railway company. Alderman Finnis complimented this witness in very high terms for his conduct in these transac tions, and intimated that if all tradesmen would act upon the same principle there would not be quite so many facilities for robbery. The solicitor for Soames said, Aid. Humphery had stated that any one could see the bills were not out of date upon th e ver y f ace of them, whereas there was only one parcel that was not out of date;. He had several gentlemen present to negative Al derman Humphery's assertion about the goods being purchased at half their value, as 7s. per cwt. was a very good market value. Alderman }lnnis said ho thought the solicitor was not doing his client any good. He perfectly concurred in all the remarks of Alderman Humphery. That there had been great looseness in the ru4nner in which Soames's business had been conducted must be apparent to all, and it was equally clear that bills which Soames bought at 7s. bad been sold again at 1.55., and ultimately proved to have been stolen. These facts were quite suffi cient to satisfy him that Soames had acted very imprudently in buying these bills under the circum stances which had transpired. Soames had brought these remarks upon himself, and he must take the consequences of his own acts. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—AN ALLEGED VOLUNTEER ASSAULT.—Mr. Louis Robert Hazle wood, of the Parthenon Club, Regent-street, ap peared before Mr. Tyrwhitt on a summons charg ing him with an assault on Mr. Frederick Kent, on the Ist inst. The complainant appeared in Court as a member of the London Scottish Volunteer Corps, in full grey uniform, with his kilt and bare legs. The defendant, who it was said was also a volun teer in a different corps, was represented by Mr. Edward Lewis, of Marlborough .street. The complainant said he was walking along the Haymarket, in full uniform, after 12 on the night in question, in the direction of Pall-mall. Near the corner of Jermyn-street the defendant, who was behind him, and had two other gentlemen with him, called out, " There's a young Scotchman." He took no notice, and proceeded on his way, and when at the corner of the Opera-colonnade, the defendant assailed him again with the sam e expres sion. He stopped an instant, intending to turn away, when defendant ran against him, and struck him in the mouth, Holding up his hand to guard off a second blow, defendant's hat fell off, and he (complainant) caught him by the collar, and held him until a constable came up, who, refusing to take the charge because no marks of violence were visible, required him to give his card, and recom mended a summons. Cross-examined—Complainant said he had two young girls with him. They were prostitutes, but he knew them before they became so. None but defendant and his friends were following them. Had been three times before in the Haymarket of a night in his uniform. Defendant made use of the bad language more than twice. Did not knock his hat off. Did not run away, but kept his stand. Had been at drill up to half-past nine. Police-constable 138 C, said he saw a number of people, and heard quarrelling, when he came up, but nothing more. Mr. Lewis said his client, himself a volunteer, would scorn to be guilty of ouch want to another :# THE SHIPOWNERS' GRIEVANCES. At the annual meeting of the Sunderland Ship owners' Society a report was read and adopted, of which the following is an extract : It is to be regretted that, throughout the great contest, so much strength has been wasted in the useless effort to prove that the repeal of the navi gation laws was a great political and commercial blunder. Whether it was a blunder or not, the deed is done ; and although your committee may be of opinion that so wide an opening of our trade was premature, that it was a departure from the ordinary practical and cautious character of British legislation, and that free trade in shipping is much less likely to promote British interests than free trade in manufactures and in commerce, it has now become so thoroughly an essential ele ment of our commercial policy that, were any seriously to advise retrogression, he would only excite public feeling to an indignant resistance, and expose himself to general obloquy. But, if we cannot fall back upon a protective policy, why not, it is said, retaliate in those cases in which foreign countries have declined to reciprocate ? Here your committee venture to suggest, with the greatest respect, that the shipowners are in great danger of losing sight of that which ought:to be their exclusive object. Their province is not so much the office of the statesman as to dictate the precise form of the remedies to be adopted. For this rea son such a course is fatal to unity. The moment particular measures of redress begin to be discussed, differences of opicion arise—differences better be fitting the cabinet than a shipowners' committee; and the consequence of this speculative disunion is that those practical mischiefs, which all agree in deploring, are not exhibited with the boldness and vigour necessary to secure parliamentary action. Of this .there is ample evidence in the select committee's report. At page 12 they une quivocally admit that, although British shipping is manifestly labouring under great disadvantages in regard to its competition with foreign shipping, no English Government, Whig or Tory, has made the slightest effort, even by the mildest re monstrance with foreign governments, to obtain for it justice. But why is it that government has been so remiss in its duty ? Clearly because it has not been urged on by parliamentary pressure. Then, why is Parliament so apathetic ? Why but because the representatives of maritime counties and boroughs are not operated upon by a vigorous and concentrated public opinion. They see that some shipowners have grown rich, notwithstand ing the complaints of the many ; and that, while those stand lunpatriotically aloof, the struggling mass of complainants allow themselves to be dis united by political partisanship, party prejudice, and vague theories. It follows that, whenever ship owners' societies are so unfortunately situated, they exert no influence. The watchful statesmen, unable to recognise in the society the combined expression of public opinion, is not impelled thereby to any definite course of action, and thus the shipowning interest in Parliament becomes so feeble in its re presentation that it might as well, for all practical: purposes, be wholly unrepresented ; the executive Government, subjected to no parliamentary stimu lus, does nothing; and the injustice of which British shipowners, not without ample grounds, complain, never records itself except i n th e speeches of a few active members and the columns of a few friendly newspapers,while to foreign Governments it is con fessedly unexplained, and for the most part pro bably wholly unknown. " Your committee do not hesitate to say that the grievances, admitted by the select committee to exist, are spoken of by them in terms much to( gentle, and that the report of the London ship: owners, so far as it expresses the perpetration of gross injustice, is not a whit too strong. The pre cise form of the remedy it may be difficult to divine. But its very difficulty ought to be a spur to com bined action. Until free trade becomes, in relation to British shipping, something better than a one sided bargain, and the ships of England are placed in all ports on an equal footing with foreign ship ping ; until passing tolls and distinctive municipal privileges are abrogated; compulsory pilotage abolished, especially in those—its grossly absurd — forms in which it has often operated most griev ously upon the north country shipowners, and be come the occasion of extorting large sums of money from them under the guise of legal process ; until the whole of our maritime code has been revised, the liabilities of shipowners modified, and the im posts upon them reduced to a minimum figure, your committee would fail in its duty did it not, as the organ of your society, emphatically record its con currence in the opinions expressed by the ship owning interest geneggly, and announce the de termination of their s7ciety , to unite with other societies in every practicable expedient for obtain ing redress." 21R. GLADSTONE ON THE VOL UN- TEERS. The Volunteers have now been reviewed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He has hailed them as the genuine growth of the British soil, and pro nounced them no fiction or expedient of the hour, but a real and abiding institution. He has given them the password of independence, and even in scribed "Italy" on their banner. He tells them they must be reckoned, not at what they are, but like " the Talbot," at what they stand for. It is true that 170,000 Riflemen are no insignificant defence for these Isles, no insufficient garrison to leave at home while three hundred thoasand are fighting our battles by land or by sea, far or near, in every region of the world. But, give the emer gency, and those 170,000 would multiply by ten, and the "nation of shopkeepers" would bristle with arms. The Chancellor of tne Exchequer points to the horizon, such a horizon and such a sky as pain ters usually give to a battle scene, and tells the Chester Volunteers that this is their sphere, and for this they must be at least prepared. With offi .cial propriety he thanks them for not coming to the Treasury, but tells them that their rank is that of soldiers, their field the whole world, and their duty as needful and as glorious as any that ever fell to patriot or deliverer. This is a good deal to come from Mr. Gladstone, the High Church member for the University of Oxford, the disciple of Peel, the apostle of Peace and Free Trade, the sponsor, if not the author of the French Commercial Treaty, the prophet who lifted up his voice against the Crimean War, the Chinese War, the Indian War, and all wars ; the dreamer of pleasant dreams, the dweller in sweet Utopias, the man of eloquence and arith metic, the politician whom it is equally difficult for any Ministry either to dispense with or to control. He has descended from the Treasury and his own still higher Olympus of speculation to shake hands with the British - Volunteer and call him a Chris tian and a brother. He has committed himself to almost every cause for which the moral weight of the Volunteers may tell in the councils of this country and the course of European affairs. Can we believe that the cheapness of the force is its only or chief recommendation in the pure financial eye ? Are we to suppose of Mr. Gladstone that, " though on honour he is bent, he has a frugal mind ?" No. There is not a states man who records his impressions so honestly and so fully as Mr. Gladstone. Henceforth we must set him down as the friend of the Volunteers. Who ,would have thought it ten years ago, since the statesman himself directs us to look back so far ? Ten years ago nine-tenths of Mr. Gladstone's own constituents would have pronounced dogmatically that England was no country for a National Guard; that here every man attended to his duty,—the soldier to his musket, the shopman to his counter, the clerk to his pen, and the cobbler to his awl. Twenty years ago we should have been told that a National Guard was the organ of a revolution. To day we are told, on an authority that layman or priest will .not readily except to, that the Volunteer Force is the cheap defence of nations. But this need create no surprise to any one whose experience has reached beyond a town, a coterie, a season, or a Parliament. A great and free nation is an inexhaustible mine of moral wealth. There are men, indeed, who always prophesy little things. Cut and dried moralists, red-tape officials, crusta ceous philosophers are always ready to tell us we have got to the end of things. In their eyes the resources of this great country are a beggar's wallet, in which they fumble now and then and find an old crust. There it is, use your eyes; your teeth, if you like-,a crust, and nothing more. Over and over again within our recollection everything has come to an end in this country—poetry, science, history, the drama, painting, sculpture, divinity, eloquence, conversation, beauty itself, a manly bear ing, sweet voices, pleasant smiles—everything, in fact. that man ever saw, heard, or read of. We don't believe a bit of it. It's all a figment of the stout gentleman who fills a chair at dinner parties, and who, when he can eat and drink no more, thinks nothing more remains to be done. Physical satiety is not favourable to intel lectual enlargement or moral aspiration. The stout gentleman may be excused his prejudices against progress, .and many a thin gentleman may he excused his bilious view of human affairs, what ever form it may take. But we arc happy to observe that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is no longer to be considered the satirist of " progress. He will not perform the part of a mute at thes funeral of the British nation. He thinks that there is a good deal of work in the old horse yet; nay, more, that the old horse is but a young one, and and always young. We believe that everythingtts g to be got from this country yet that ever w out of any country, or any race , under the sun. Queen Victoria has pressed .her foot on the turf, and 170,000 armed men have risen out of iv to stand round her throne. Who shall say that Eng. land is used up after this P We will expect any thing that men have despaired of. Its time may not be yet, but it will come when it is wanted. Mr. Gladstone points to the moral effect of the movement on all who take a part in it. They may go home with the feeling that they are serving their country. They have made sacrifices for its sake; they have made al investment of time, money, or interest; they are soldiers ; their services and rank are recognised, and all the duties of the British citizen open to their eyes. They are associated with others for this purpose, and they exchange feelings and friendly services in a common cause. It does not end in soldiering ; it takes a larger and higher range. Any one who has had ever so slight an acquaintance with the educated youth of our towns will know how exactly this meets their case. They want something in act and outward circum stances that shall realise to them the high terms in which they are wont to hear themselves and the nation described. An orator makes a speech, describing the British citizen—his calling, his rank by thelside of Frenchmen, Italians, Spaniards, and the rest. His youthful hearers ask what they are to do, and how they can appropriate their moral elevation. He can only tell theth to vote for Huggins for the borough, if it is a borough ; to vote for Thompson for the ward, if it is a corporation.; to vote for Wilkins for the vestry, if it is a parish, and if in all these cases the candidates for moral elevation happen to have votes—which is not likely—he will also tell them to subscribe to the Institute, if there is one, and—but there ends the career of British glory open to a private man of common rank and ordinary powers. He is not unlikely to think that the parlour of the publichouse opens as bright a prospect. Now, the Volunteer Corps is just such a form of citizenship and such an opportunity of social co-operation as the million have secretly and spontaneously desired. It is something to he, to do, to talk about, and to represent in shape and deed the rush which otherwise is a disquieting dream. Every clergyman who knows anything of young men and young minds, and has encouraged them to open themselves to him, knows that what they most desire is to have some real and active part in that kingdom that army, that warfare, which is so often described in the pulpit, but is otherwise no more to be conceived than the El Dorado of a vulgar adventurer. Moved by some sermon that was never meant to move, to any purpose at least, the youth looks into his Bible, and finds that the primitive convert was something or did something —preached, prayed, evangelised, prophesied, talked, visited, had his place and function, and could de serve a higher degree. So he comes to his clergy man, and after much pressing and lying in wait gets a hearing. " What can he do, or be, to know and feel that he is a member of the Church militant ?" The answer is ready and easy to understand. " You can subscribe to the Propagation, and Na tional, and Maternity, and Book Societies, the - Clothing Club, and the Coal Fund, if necessary. Good by, the beadle will Call on you with a card. After the investment of few shillings in the vain hope that their mystic virtue will impart the re quired sensations, he goes up to the Dissenters, or the Socialists, or any set of men and minds that will give him something to do and be. This is what that Benevolent Society whose claims we lately advocated is about to do for the relief of Metropolitan distress, and this is what the Volun teer Movement, in a military point of view, is doing for the British subject in his national capa city. Both give all classes who may be idle and yet willing something to do.—Times. SING ULAR TREATMENT OF A LUNATIC. At the Thames Police-court yesterday Mr. Slight, one of the relieving officers of the hamlet of Mile end Old-town, came before Mr. Selfe with a luna tic, named Samuel Donald Scott, for the purpose of obtaining the magistrate's order for the removal of the lunatic to Colney-hatch County A4lum. On Wednesday the 24th ultimo, two summoning officers from the parish of St. Cuthbert, Edinburgh, walked into the office of Mr. Southwell, vestry clerk and clerk to the guardians of Mile-end Old town, and said that they had brought a lunatic pauper from St. Cuthbert's parish under a pass war rant, signed by the Sheriff. Mr. Southwell perused the warrant, and as nothing appeared therein di recting the removal of the pauper to Mile-end Old town, he made a remark to that effect, and said it was very informal. The officers said that although the order directed the removal of the lunatic to Lon- don only, they had ascertained he was baptised at Stepney an d that in the certificate there was a remark, " Born M, E. 0. T., and therefore they should leave the lunatic with Mr. Southwell. The clerk then asked what evidence there was of identity, as upon the obtaining of the warranttwo witnesses, strangers, ap peared to have been examined, but not the mother or sisters whom the officers said were still residing in the parish of St. Cuthbert. Mr. Southwell also suggested whether the pauper lunatic was not irre movable, and expressed a strong opinion that the affair, to say the least of it, was most irregular, and that he should refuse to accept a lunatic under such an order. The officers then took up the order, left the lunatic in charge of a police-constable in the street, and repaired to the Thames Police-court to consult Mr. Selfe on the subject. Mr. Suite doubted the legality of the warrant, and said it was most improper to send a lunatic into England with such an informal document. If the man was baptized in Mile end Old-town, it was no evidence that he was born there ; and upon the face of the document there was no identity, and no proof that Mile-end Old Town was the legal place of settle ment. The inspector of the poor of St. Cuthbert, Edinburgh, said that, under the act of Parliament, English paupers could be sent out of Scotland, and left in any part of England ; on which Mr. Selfe made the remark, "Then you may as well shovel them over the border, and take no further care or notice of them." The magistrate characterised the proceedings as inhuman, and said it would be a great hardship on a poor and populous hamlet like Mile-end Old-town if the pauper was left there to be maintained out of the rates. The attention of the Lord Advocate and other authorities ought to be called to this case. He thought a great wrong had been done in bringing a lunatic from Scotland to England under such circumstances, and that the officers of the parish of St. Cuthbert ought to have communicated with the officers of Mile-end Old town beforehand, so that the settlement of the lunatic could be properly ascertained. The in• spector said he should certainly leave the pauper here, whether Mile-end received him or not; and, finally, Mr. Selfe wrote the following letter to Mr. Southwell, and handed it to the inspector : "My dear Sir,—The inspector of the poor of the parish of St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, tells me he has (under a war rant produced) brought up a pauper to London. The war rant appears to me highly defective for various reasons, and, in itself, not binding on the parish of Mile •end Old .town, to whom he seeks to deliver the pauper. But the inspector states that the man is a lunatic. However irregular and improper his removal under these circumstances, may have been, yet, if the lunatic is at large in your parish, I must, in the interest of humanity, ask you to take the regular steps for providing for him regular process. There is a slight prima facie though insufficient evidence of his being settled in your parish by birth.—Yours truly, " H. S. SELFE." Addressed " P. E. Southwell, Esq., Clerk to the Board of Guardians and Vestry Clerk, Mile .end Old-town." _ _ Upon the Scottish officers again waiting upon Mr. Southwell, and handing the above letter, he read the first portion of it to them. They said " Read the remainder." Mr. Southwell did so. The officers said " We shall act upon that, and leave him here." Mr. Southwell remonstrated With them, and said they had done very wroug in bring ing a lunatic over to England in rich circumstances. The officers became somewhat insolent got into a cab, and drove away, leaving the poor fellow in the street, The order was not left or producedion the second visit. The poor creature, who was a con firmed lunatic, was brought to the Mile-end Old town workhouse the same afternoon. Yesterday Mr. Slight produced the lunatic, and was accompanied by Mr. Benjamin B. N. Lyel, physician and surgeon, i e n H sa o n r i s t e y - . lane, Step ney, to give evidence ofl Mr. Slight said that Scott had been sent to Colney sea parish pauper lu nat i c, Hatch Lunatic Asylum White t h ' s i t and he was rejected, th e officers of the Colney Hatch Ayslum construing it into a case of a lunatic wandering abroad, and would not take him in with out a magistrate's order. ti a tall, athletic The lunatic, man, with a very intelligent countenance, who appeared very restless, here asked the m a g istrate if he co uld tell the reason why he had be en under confine ment since he had e left the ship Cautious Bride, There were no deaths and no contagion on board that ship. M r . Selfe —l will atten d to - you presently, Mr. Scott. Pr. Lyel said he saw the lunatic on the 29th of October, and again that day, and was satisfied he wa s a confirmed lunatic not to be at large. Mr. Slight—The c i a coupby de soleil in the East Indies. Mr. Selfe said it was revolting to humanity, and unjust to the hamlet of Mile.end Old-to wn , th a t the lunatie should have been removed from the Morn ingside A sy l um, London I Edinburgh, and sent away to unknown to his mother and friends, who were in Edinburgh, make no further comments on the case besides this, that the unfortunate lunatic, whose friends were, he believed in good circumstances, ought not to be in Engl an d , as a pauper. He made an order for the removal of the lunatic to Col ney-hatch Asylum. He had just perused a lett f er orwarded to 12iM by . ! Mr. South well, and which he handed to our re porter. He had no objection to that letter being made• public. It was frOm ale mother of the lunatic, and to the following effect • " 3, Forbes-street, Edinburgh, Nov. 6, 1860. " Mr. Southwell,--Sir, I received a letter from you this morning, and was surprised to hear that my son had been removed from Morningside Asylum without his mother's and sister's knowledge, lam much pleased at the opinion that it is inhuman and illegal—l must say most ungrateful and wicked, in my nephew, James Hills, senior, refusing to pay the board. My husband was Capt. Alexander Scott, and he took my nephew out to India in 1821. My husband commanded at that time the East India ship the Lady Lushington in the year 1821, that was unfortunately wrecked off the Coromandel coast. My husband died at Sierra Leone, in Africa, a few years afterwards, in 1825. My nephew, James Hills, sen., and James Hills, jun., are about the largest planters in Bengal. My son was the only support, and I may say entirely kept his mother and sis ters, and therefore you may judge how I feel his loss. His name is Samuel. He is named after Captain Samuel Brown, that manufactured the chain cables for the ship ping ; indeed, a distant relation of my husband's and mine, as you must understand I married my own cousin. I can also mention another friend of his father's, a Mr. Samuel Lennox, a shipowner, but believe he died some years ago. My son was educated at Mr. Donald Ariel's Bengal Establishment, Hackney. He went out to India, to his cousin's, and became a planter, and lived there for 20 years. My son was born at Barbados-terrace, in the parish of Stepney, Mile .end, Commercial-road. It is ungrateful in his counsin's not doing something for him as he never would have seen India if my husband had not taken him out to India. It has been the making of his (the cousin's) family, and to have the insolence to treat his cousin in that man ner, and, as our minister tells us, the awful malediction of the 109th Psalm willbe their portion that oppress the widow and the fatherless. As to his illness, we never understood the cause of it, as his father went a long while ago to India, and never turned insane. lam a widow, 71 years old. I was married in the parish of Ancrum, near Jedburgh, by the Rev. Dr. Campbell, minister of the Established Church of Scotland. Immediately after my marriage I went to London, in 1810, and lived there till 1832. During the time I was in London the captain and me lived in different houses, Stepney-causeway, Baroados-terrace, John-street, rent and taxes £6O 3-year, or about. After my husband's death I lived in Home-street, all in Mile-end Old-town, Commercial-road. Mrs. Hills, that lives at 23, Devonshire tarrrce, is my son's cousin ' and has been several years out in India with hi m . Speak to her and tell her she is to write to her brother and her husband on the subject. I am much annoyed about by son, as 1 liked him in Morninside Asy lum, near his own family. He was in Morningside Asylum since 1853 or 1854, and came home ill from India. Please to write all information.—l remain, yours respectfully, "MART SCOTT." COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM—Nov. 8. An inactive business was done in wheat to-day, with as increased supply. English old and new wheat must be quoted at late rates ; foreign and damp sorts were is to 2s cheaper to sell. Barley was a slow sale, and fully as dear. Peas and beans less in request, but no cheaper. Oats at rather more money. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1860: volunteer as was laid to his charge. The London Scotch was no doubt a valuable corps, but really I decency demanded that members of it off duty should not in their kilts be promenading up and down the public thon - aghfares, least of all in the Haymarket, infe s t e d as i t was n i ghtly with loose and disreputable women. He was instructed to say that not only was the complainant walking with prostitutes, but that other women of that class were close upon his heels, making improper remarks suggested by the dress he wore, and that one of these rudely pushed him on to the complainant, who thereupon, not satisfied with his explanation, up with his hand and knocked his hat off, and no sooner had this gallant volunteer done so than he took to his heels and ran away, but was stopped and detained till the police constable arrived. This, he was able to prove on the part of the defendant, was the " head and front of the offending." Mr. George Leslie, of Chiselhurst, Sussex (with defendant at the time), said he and his friend were returning from their club billiard rooms, and quite sober. Defendant, alluding to the complainant, did remark, " There's a Scotchman, ' but certainly did not make use of the improper expletive attributed to him, and that he was pushed on to complainant by one of several loose women following. Com plainant put up his hand and sent his friend's hat off, who did not strike as stated. Mr. Tvrwhitt remarked that the whole affair arose through the unbecoming practice of walking the streets off duty in such uniform. There was not enough evidence to justify a conviction. No harm had been done, and he should therefore dismiss the case. WORSHIP-STREET. DOUBTFUL CASE. — Amelia Smedmore and Mary Woodward, both of whom bad the appearance of mechanics' wives, and one of them carrying an infant in her arms, were charged before Mr. Leigh with stealing a watch and portion of a gold chain from the person. George Bailey, a youth living in Plough-yard, Shoreditch, said that about 12 o'clock on the night of the sth inst., while returning home along the Hackney-road,he was run against by the prisoners, and distinctly felt a hand that he believed to be Woodward's upon his waistcoat pocket. They then crossed to the other side of the way and went into a public-house. He then missed his watch and part of the chain attached to it, the remaining por tion hanging from his pocket. A constable came up, to whom he related what had passed. They fol lowed the prisoners, and the missing property was subsequently restored to him. The women, with two men, were then at the bar of the house. Mr. Beard, for the prisoners, severely cross examined the prosecutor, who admitted that he had refused to give them into custody until threatened by one of the men that if he did not a chargo of future proceedings would be taken against himself. John Clayton, barman at the Queen's Arms, the house in question, swore that at the time mentioned ter o men entered, and that the prisoners soon after followed one of the meu, going to the door and say ing " Come in quick," or words to that effect. When the prosecutor and constables came and spoke about the robbery, he (witness) went to the street door. and there found close to it the watch and portion of the chain. The constables in charge of the case corroborated this, and it further appeared that not any persons had been in the house for some time previous to the prisoners. Mr. Beard observed that little stress could rea sonably be laid upon that fact, the property having been found outside the house where any passer-by might have dropped it. He would ask the police whether the women had given a right address, and what could be urged against them previously. The constable said the address was correct, but no information had been obtained. Mr. Leigh thought tha: the case was for a jury, and agreed to accept moderate bail for the pri soners' appearance, who left the dock asserting their innocence. DARING ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY AND VIOLENT ASSAULT. John Wells, a wiry -framed younc , fellow, was charged with being concerned in the following outrage : On the evening of the 31st ultimo, Mr. Henry Caulfield, a medical student, resident at Bruce-ter race, Tottenham, was making his way from the Mile-end-road to the Shoreditch terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway, when being unac quainted with the district he unfortunately turned into a notorious thoroughfare called George-street, in Spitalfields. The prisoner was standing at a turning, and two womei some distance from him, one of whom speedily accosted him with a request to be informed of the time. The information she appeared to disregard, End this instantly awakened suspicion, not a little increased by her catching hold of him familiarly and asking to be treated. It was too late to retrace his steps, so he passed for ward, warning her off, but had not proceededmany many steps when he heard footsteps behind. He ' turned, saw the ruin he had noticed close upon his heels, and had surcely reversed his umbrella, that it might be used as a weapon of defence, when he was seized with violence round the throat and forced backwards,at the same instant his waistcoat was torn open, ani he felt hands about his pockets. Not being entirely upon the ground, he managed to twist about, and was enabled to call " Murder and police," at th 3 same time using his umbrella, when an opportunity offered, with his ,left hand, while grasping u pocket containing his watch and about .£2O in morey with his right. Suddenly lie was released and fell, but rising rapidly perceived the prisoner running, and three or foar others of both 'sexes following, while a constable speedily advanced from an opposite direction. Both pur sued the prisoner, who was taken in an adjacent turning known as Thrawl-street. Those who had acted in complicity escaped. Mr. Caulfield was the loser only of his travelling cap. The prisoner aow asked to be dealt with sum marily, but at the same time swore most solemnly that he was innocent, and had been taken for an other man. Mr Leigh sent him for three months to the House of Correction. DISGRACEFUL,"LARKING" IN A MILL, A GIRL KILLED. On Wednesday an inquest was held before Mr. E. Herford, city coroner, at the Manchest e r Royal Infirmary, on a. girl 14 rears of age, who had come to her death under circumstances, to say the least, vrry disgraceful to two other girls employed in the same mill. The deceased, Sarah Ann Savage, who was a doffer, and lived in Every-street, worked at the cotton mill of Messrs. Joseph Clarke and Co., Percy street; and there were present at the inquest, in custody, Mary Blakey, Pollard-street, jack tenter, and Margaret Burns, Heath-street, jack tenter, 16, both in the same crnploy. Emma Jordan, who worked in the same room with the deceased, stated that one day last month one of the prisoners called to her, and when she went to them, they got her down upon the floor, turned up her clothes, and Burns tried to teem oil upon her. Witness (Jordan) was then asked by Blakey to go and tell the deceased, Sarah Ann Savage, that she wanted her. She told the deceased, who went to Blakey. Soon after witness, who re mained to put on some bobbins for Savage, saw her running along the room screaming, with the hair torn off her head, which was bleeding. Witness stated that the prisoners had committed the same indecency upon her (witness) before, but she never told the masters of it, because she was ashamed. The overlooker was away that day poorly. Matilda Jordan, 17, said that she heard the pri soners laughing; Burns caught hold of deceased's clothes, when the deceased fell. Blakey helped to hold deceased down until Burns fetched an oil-can. The deceased struggled to get away from both pri soners, during which her hair, hanging loose, was caught by the copy wheel of a jack frame, by which her scalp was torn off. The machinery was stopped immediately, and the deceased taken to the Infir mary. The prisoners fainted when they saw the mischief which their disgusting conduct had re sulted in. Other evidence to the same effect was tendered, and that the nurse at the Infirmary stated that she noticed that the deceased, when brought in and undressed, had oil upon her. Mr. Wm. Heath, house surgeon at the Infirmary, stated that the deceased had received extensive laceration on the scalp. She gradually grew worse, and died on Monday. Death was caused by in flammation of the membranes of the brain, brought on by the injuries she had received. The two prisoners, after being cautioned by the Corouer, admitted the coreetness of the statements made by the witnesses. Blakey said she had never done so before. The jury, after some deliberation, regarded the fatal occurrence as accidental, and returned a ver dict to that effect. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. 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Oats no cheaper in price, and oat meal slightly advanced. Beans were again in favour of sellers. Indian corn the same as before. MELTON MOWBRAY—Nov. 6. There was a pretty fair show of wheat to-day, which sold at about late rates for all good sorts, with a tolerable trade. Inferior sorts a dull sale. Beans and oats a moderate show, and our quotations sustained Prices :—White wheat, 64s Od to 68s Od; red, 60s Od to 63s per 36 stone; barley in fair supply, at 36s to 42s for malting, and 32s to 34s per qr. for grinding; oats, 29s to 38s Od per 24 stone; beans, 50s to 55s for old; new, 50s per 38 st. PLYMOUTH—Nov. 6. The market was rather dull, and prices were at about currencies of last week for wheat, namely :—English white wheat; 64s to 70s; red, 64s to 66s per qr; French do., 61a to 63s ; American, 6Ss to 70s; Spanish, 69s to 70s ; Rus sian, 60s to 625. Barley was in request, at 34s to 36s per qr; malting, 36s to 445; oats, 248 tb 28s; and beans, —a to —s ; flour, 468 to 48s. CORK—Nov. 6. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 27s Od to 32s 0 3 ; white. 28s Od to 328 6d; barley 16s Od to 198 6d ; oats, 12s Od to 15s 6d. EDINBURGH GRAIN—Nov. 7. Wheat on the top 2s:Od down ..... ..average Os 8d down. Barley on the top Os 6d down average Os 4d down. Oats on the top is 6d down, average is 7d dawn. Beans on the top 3s Od up average Os Od down. —_ Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... New wheat .. -12ths Barley 1 19 2 4-12ths Oats Beans -12ths Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ..1019 qrs Sold 700 qrs 8ar1ey........ 3038 qrs .. Sold 2587 qrs Oats .2255 qrs Sold 1192 qrs Beans lB qrs Sold 6 lira DERBY SMITHFIELD—Nov. 6. There was a very good supply of beasts to-day, and high prices still asked. Most of the animals were disposed of. The supply of fat sheep was good, but the demand proved flat. Fat and store calves were more numerous. Pigs were a good show, and sold rather lower. Beef 6d to 6id Veal 7id to 8d Mutton 6id to 7f d Pork Lamb —d to —d Rough fat, 5s 6d per stone. Hides, 31(1 to 4id ; calf skins, 5d to 6d. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Austz alia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. Nov. IS. Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds Doc. 5. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Nov. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Nov. 22. Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. Nov. —. Cape of Good Hope, &c. . Dec. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) Nev. 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Overdue. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, Bco. (via Southampton) Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. • • Nov. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) • • • • Nov. Lisbon .. Nov. 11. Cuba and Mexico .. .. • • • • • . Nov. 28. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) O ver d ue . Do. (via Marseilles) .. Nov, —. Vigo, and Oporto .. . Nov. 11. United States, California, &c. .. Nov. 14. 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ALEXANDER.—On the 7th inst., at Baronage, near Man chester, the wife of J. B. C. Alexander, Esq., of twins, a son and daughter. PAGET.—On the 7th inst., at Farnham ; Surrey, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Patrick L. C. Paget, lato Soots Fusilier Guards, of a daughter. STRAFFORD.—On the 6th inst., at Wrotham-Park, the Countess of Strafford, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. GREENHILL—BRyANT.--On the 7th inst., at Trinity Church, Finchley-common, George, youngest son of F. Greenhill, Esq., of Coldharbour, Finchley-common, to Elizabeth Jane, eldest daughter of the late Edward Bryant, Esq., of Bridgwater. SIMPSON—KIDLEY.—On the 6th inst., at Hereford, A. C. Simpson, Esq., Lower-road, Islington, to Annie, eldest daughter of H. A. Kidley, Esq., of Berrington-street, Hereford. DEATHS. BARLOW.—On the 4th inst., at Newport, Montuouthshi re , Mr. John Barlow, formerly of Duncan , terrace, L on d on, aged 35. BATCILELAR.—On the 7th inst., at Lingfield, Surrey, M r . James Batchelar, aged 66. BUTT.—On the sth inst., at 49, South Audley-street, Gros venor-square, Mr. Alfred Butt. CAWDOR.—On the 7th inst., at Stack pole Court, th e E ar l of Cawdor, aged 70. DEVAS.—On the 7th inst. , Thomas Deva s ,_ Esq, of Dal. ' wich-common on e of ILM.'s Justice s of the Peace for the county of S u rrey, aged 57. RIPLEY.—On the 7th inst., at Lower Marine •terrace, Margate, Frederick P. Ripley,on Esq., of Carahalt , Sur rey, aged 70. LONDON Printed and Published b y MIIRDO YO,IJN , of No. 112, Strand, Pri nter, at Ths Buts Jfiloe, No. 112, • , Strand. i n the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ocosty of ldiddleeoa, Friday, Clamber 9, 1864.: ..:_,~_ ~-~