The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-28 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The order for the engines of the new steam rain about to be constructed at Millwall, has been given by the Admiralty . to John Penn and Son. They are to be of 1,250 indicated horse-power, and it is ex pected that they will secure to this iron-plated man of-war a speed of 14 knots. Letters from Malta, to the 23d inst., report the departure thence for theme eastward, on the 17th, of the Argus steam sloop, and, for Corfu, of the Ra coon steam corvette ; and, on the 19th, of the Ariel steam sloop, for England, after landing, to be placed in position at St. Clement's, the whole of her guns. This vessel has completed her five years' commis sion, and returns fit in every respect to be recom missioned. Her Majesty's steam frigate Euryalus, which has on board our midshipman Prince, arrived on the 13th of May from Canea, after hav ing. visited Alexandria end all the ports of th e yB coast. During her stay at Alexandria, which was over a month, the whole of the ship's compani were liberally supplied with beef, mutton, fresh bread, rice, flour, coffee, sugar, tobacco, and even sherry for the officers, at the cost to the Pasha of from £5OO to £6OO a-day. Carriages with four horses and steam yachts on the Nile were placed at the disposal of the Prince and officers of the ship, and Nubur Bey, the director of the transit, was specially deputed by the Viceroy to attend upon his Royal Highness. On the part of the young Prince some very handsome gold-mounted opera glasses, telescopes, revolvers, mathematical instruments,azd other such like objects have been largely distributed to Pashas and other Egyptian and Turkish autho rities at places visited by his Royal Highness. The Victor Emmanuel screw liner left on the 19th of May Valetta harbour, which the Brunswick screw liner entered on the same day to make good a sprung spar, followed on the 21st by the Marl borough, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Fan shawe, and the Renown, steam liner, which, with the Orion, another steam liner, the Euraylus steam frigate, the Hibernia receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Codrirtgton, Superintendent of Malta Dockyard, the Vigilant and Lapwing steam gunboats, Azoff and Kertch sailing gunboats, Caradoc steam despatch vessel, Boxer steam tender, Hearty steamtug, Medina steam surveying vessel, and Supply steam storeship, were in Valetta harbour on the 23d of May, while the St. Jean d'Acre, Prin cess Royal, and Victor Emmanuel cruised in the offing, to be Ibined by the Admiral in the Marl borough, with the other screw liners and the Euraylus, after celebratinn , the Queen's birth day; on which day his Royal Highness Prince Al fred, with the Rear Admiral, Superintendent, and the Captains and Commanders of her Majesty's ships in port, will be entertained at dinner by the Commander-in-Chief Vice Admiral Fanshawe, and in the evening by Lady Le Marchaut and the Go vernor at the Palace. The Etna screw steamer, Capt. Hockley, reached Malta on the 20th of May, having on board Lieut.-Col. Anderson, 35 officers, 5 officers' wives, 3 children, 5 servants, and 780 non commissioned officers and privates, 58 women, and 61 children, of the second battalion 22d Regiment; Major Boothby (with wife and 2 children) 4 other officers, 1 servant, and 126 non-commissioned officers and gunners, 9 women, and 21 children of the Royal Artillery; Capt. Rich, 3 other officers,2 officers' wives and 7 children, 2 servants, 134 non-commissioned officers and privates, 9 women, and 15 children of the Royal Engineers, to reinforce the Malta garrison ; Capt. Smith, 4 privates, 4 women, and 3 children of the second battalion 15th Regiment ; Capt. Colville (with wife and servant), 2 other o fficers, 21 pri vates, 1 woman, and a child of the secon d battalion 3d Buffs ; Capt. Clarke, 4 other officers, 32 privates, 4 women, and a child of the first battalion 21st Re giment ; and 1 private of the fourth battalion Rifle brigade ; making, with the vessel's crew, a total of 1,470, landed, after a splendid run of a few hours short of eight days, without a single casualty or accident, which called forth from the officer com manding the troops a complimentary letter to Capt. Hockley. The six weeks granted by the French Emperor to allow Austrian vessels to quit French ports has been revoked, in consequence of a French and Sar dinian vessel having been seized by the Austrians at Trieste; and we understand there are three French war steamers now cruising in the Malta channel, looking out for Austrian vessels. There are some 40 Austrian merchant ships in the port of Malta, none of which of course, under present cir cumstances, dare venture out. An Austrian ship put into Malta a few days ago, having sprung her rudder. She was bound for Bordeaux, and has consequently had a lucky escape. The Austrian steamer Imperatore, lately arrived at Malta from Smyrna, with a cargo, for Trieste, continued in port, as the Austrian Lloyd's Com pany, to , which she belongs have not only deter mined to suspend all their Mediterranean lines, but propose sending to Malta for shelter some of their finest ships now in the Levant. Others will lie up at Syra and Smyrna, none returning to Trieste, froni the fear that that place may be bombarded by the French and Sardinians, or that they may be detained by the squadron of the former, said to have already reached the Adriatic. The voyages of the Vorwcerts, which used to run with the mails be tween Malta and Corfu, have been discontinued, and the last steamer from Alexandria for Trieste went no further than Corfu. The crew of the Im peratore, manyot whom are Venetians and Italians, are being gradually paid off for obvious reasons. Preparations are being made for quartering troops in the new fortress over the Lasaaris-gate, at Malta, where several vessels have arrived from England bringing powder, solid shot, cartridges, percussion caps, an 64-pounder guns. Several of the guns are being mounted ;.n Verdala, in the Cottonera dis trict. Other vessels have passed on, touching at the island,with like cargoes, for the lonian Islands. On Thursday last the Phaeton (late 50 gun fri gate, in No. 1 dry dock at Sheerness), which has recently been cut asunder in midships to be con verted into a screw steamship, underwent the pro cess of the after body being launched 34 feet from its original position. The after body was supported in a launching cradle, or slipway, on an inclined plane of five-eighths of an inch to the foot, and was mechanically moved by purchases to its intended distance, only extending one inch and a half beyond lici'34 feet, as intended. The Emerald, screw steam frigate, at Sheerness, Capt. A. Cumming ; is to be inspected on Monday next, on which day her crew are also to be paid their advance; she is ordered forthwith to join the Channel squadron at Spithead. She has her sails bent already for leaving. The Majestic screw steamship, 80 guns, in the fitting basin at Sheerness, is ready for the pendant. The Assurance, 4, screw steam despatch vessel, Commander C Aynsley, sailed from Spithead for the westward at daylight yesterday morning. The Victoria and Albert royal steam yacht, Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, arrived in Portsmouth har bour from Cowes, and was yesterday filling up coal from the Maidstone depot. The Agamemnon, 91, Capt. Thos. Hope, fitting at Portsmouth, has commenced coaling at the north quay at the steam basin. For some time past considerable dissatisfaction has been manifested by the numerous bodies of sawyers employed in her Majesty's dockyard, Wool wich, from the excessively low rate to which the scale of prices has been reduced by order of the Board of Admiralty, inscimuch that their weekly receipts at t as k wor k f r om 7 o'clock in the morning to half-past 7in the evening. including the extra allowance for the purchase and supply of saws, files, and other necessary tools, never exceeds £ 3 per pair of men, unde r the greatest exertions; the upper man, who is responsible for the supply of the tools, receiving £2, and the under man £l. Many com plaints and appeals have been repeatedly made to the officials of the yard, but without "the desired effect. Yesterday the whole of the men employed in the timber inspector's department, after receiving their weekly pay, amid much grumbling and clamour, retired to their respective posts and unani mously resolved to strike from work. Mr. Sturdee, master shipwright of the yard, was appealed to by the inspector of the department, but they persisted in a determination to yield to no persuasion nor promises short of a redress of their grievances, and remained, to the number of upwarks of 100, in a surly mood the whole of the afternoon without work, retiring at the usual hour, on the gates beingthrown open. A telegraphic order was expected in the evening from the Admiralty proposing some suitable arrangement, as the demand made by the men was held to be not unreasonable, but the result was not made known. The.following appointments were made at the Admiralty yesterday : Lieutenants--Thomas A. Swinburne, John G. Boileau„ Win T. W. ll am bl y, and Robert J. Stotherd to the Edgar , Alfred Luekraft, Edward F. Rohm. W. N. Cornewall, and . J. Walker, to the Aboukir. Mates —F. Stirling, to , the Aboukir; H. C. OnsloW, to the Brisk ; F. S. Vandermtden, to. the Edgar ; and A. S. Montague, to the Cadmus. Midshipmam—F. A. Sergeant, to the Brisk. Surgeons.—. Thomas Somerville, to the Edgar; James Davidson, to the Aboukir; John T. Gabriel (additional) to the Edgar ; 1 Villiam Evans (additional), to the Rusiell. Assistant-4. {urtzeons—Joseph Halpin (acting), to the Edgar . Jame s Martin, to the Aboukir; John Cruickshank (acting), to ditto. Maiier's Kistant—W. IL Buckdale, to the Firebrand. Naval .Cade Er —R. W. W o d e h ouse, to the 'Loyal Albert ; G. Parnell, to :the Agamemnon The incurs bency of Paddington has become vacant by the death o f the Rev. A. M. Campbell. The benefice, which is wort: h about £1,400 a yea r, is in the gii't of the in Bishop of Lo t t don. A prebend stall St. Paul's Ca tthedral, in the gift of the bishop, becomes vacant by the death of Mr. Campbel L Also the rectory of Little Steeping, near Spilsby, Line ,Inshire, which is worth £ 2OO a year, and in th• gift of Lot d Willoughby d'gresby. THE ARMY. The depot companies of the 77th (East Middle sex) Regiment, numbering 690 non-commissioned officers and men, arrived at Chatham garrison on Thursday evening from Portsmouth, under the 'command of Captain W. T. E. Fosbery and six subalterns. The 77th depot occupies that portion of Chatham barracks recently vacated by the 32d Light Infantry, removed to Dover; they are at tached to the Ist battalion. The service companies of the 77th Regiment are in India, to which they proceeded in 1857. Ensigns 0. H. Blount, G. A. White, and E. N. Mosley accompanied the depot to Chatham. The large number of troops of the corps of Royal Engineers who have recently embarked for foreign service, or have been removed from head-quarters, Chatham, to be employed in fortifying the coast, have so reduced the companies now at head-quar ters that several more recruiting parties are to be sent out to raise additional troops for this branch of the service. In consequence of the corps having become so reduced the field-work operations at Chatham are almost entirely suspended, the whole of the young recruits being employed in learning their •kill and acquiring a knowledge of their other &Ales. Directly the men of the Royal Engineers now at Brompton Barracks are fit for duty he fieldwork operations will be ac tively proceeded with. There is now a great de mand in the corp's of Royal Engineers for skilled mechanics, surveyors, photographers, draughtsmen, clerks, &c. Lieut. V. G. Clayton, R.E., has been ordered to join head-quarters, Chalham, on receiving the ap pointment of second fieldwork instructor, vice Capt. C. G. Gordon, who has been promoted to be second adjutant. Col. Stransham' C omm gudant of the Woolwich Division of Royal Marines, yesterday received in structions to hold in readiness four officers and 183 non-commissioned officers and privates of his corps for embarkation, 120 on board her Majesty's ship Edgar, recently launched at Woolwich, and in pro gress of fitment for sea at Sheerness; and 63 on board the Aboukir, fitting out at Devonport. The numerous draughts recently made on this division have consequently reduced the corps to about 300 efficient service men, exclusive of recrui' 4 3. The Urgent, screw steam troopship, CoOunander Hire, sailed from Spithead for Gibraltar, cal;ing at Queenstown, at daylight yesterday morning. following are the names of the officers and number' of troops embarked on board of her :-100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Reg iment, Lieut.-Col. Robertson, in command ; Capts. Weguelin Brown, and Macartnoy ; Lieuts. Coulson, - Benwell, Bay liffe, de Bellefeuille, and Derbishire ; Ensign Mor ris, Quartermaster Grant, Assist.-Surg. Liddard, in medical charge ; 15 sergeants, 7 drummers, 16 corporals, 269 privates, 12 women, and 15 children. Royal Artillery—Captain Blosse, Lieutenants Nolan and Sandeman, 4 sergeants, 1 drummer, 4 corporals, 68 privates, 10 women, and 14 chil dren. Second Battalion 7th Fusiliers—Assistant- Surgeon Quinlan. Two companies from each regiment in garrison at Portsmouth are ordered to be placed under canvas at Brown Down for rifle practice. The military ceremony of trooping the Queen's colours in the presence of the troops assembled for guard duties for the day 'took place at Portsmouth on the 24th and 27th inst., and will be continued every Tuesday :and Friday during the summer months. THE MURDER IN LEDBURY. After the despatch of The Sun report from Led bury on Thursday afternoon, the examination of Dew was continued. Witness went to bed about half-past 10 o'clock on the night of the murder. On the following morninc , he left home about 1 o'clock, and called at Mr. Badsey's, the baker, in Horse-lane, about 200 yards from the offices. While he was there Powell, a man who was at work at a house near to Mr. Masefield's premises, came to him saying" Oh, Mr. Dew, I am almost afraid to tell you what has hap pened; poor Mrs. Baker is murdered." Went to the spot, and found Jones, with other people, near to Mrs. Baker's back door. When he (witness) had got into the lower offices, he smelt fire, but as he had been told that the premises had been burnt, and the deceased set on fire, he did not think it necessary to make a remark. Jones did not seem more agitated than the rest of the people in the house. Jones borrowed from him a shilling on the 14th inst., and repaid him in postage stamps in Mrs. Baker's sitting-room, in the presence of some police officers, on the 18th inst., the day after the murder. [lt should be stated here that in his examination in chief, Mr. Masefield, sen., said in the third com partment in his money drawer he kept the postage and receipt stamps used in the business of the office, and that when he examined that drawer after the murder he found very few there.] Witness had before purchased postage stamps from Jones, but not frequently, nor in so large a number as 12. Witness and Jones had borrowed money from one another ; Jones borrowing as much as 20s. from him on one occasion. Had not heard that Jones Was in debt in the town ; but should be surprised if he should learn that a sum of money as large as several pounds had been found in Jones's possession. Used to lodge in the same house with Jones, but, objecting to his smoking, had left. Witness knew that money was contained in Mr. W. Masefield's drawer in Mr. Woodward's desk. After Mr. Baker died Jones helped Mrs. Baker in the making out of the out standing accounts, and had been generally on inti mate terms with her. He did not, however. know that they were so intimate as for Jones t• call in of an evening and drink grog with the deceased. Had, however, seen him drink a glass of gin and water in Mrs. Baker's sitting room, when the deceased had friends with her. Knew that in a drawer in Mrs. Baker's sitting room some tools were kev which had belonged to Mr. Baker. Had never seen the pair of pincers now produced among those tools. [A clumsy pair of strong iron pincers were here shown to the witness. They had evidently been made by a tyro, or an amateur tool maker, having, upon them coarse marks of the file used in their manufacture, and being at the nipping end of a circular shape, and large enough within the bend to encircle a man's wrist.] Jesse Prestege deposed that he was under gar dener to Squire Marten. Lodged at Mr. Boycutt's, at the same house with Jones. Went to bed on the night of the murder as the clock was striking ten. Entered Mr. Boycutt's house from the front door, which was on the latch. His bedroom was near to one of Mr. Masefield's offices, and could hear per sons walking across it, and the noise of talking when 'conversation was going on there. Took his breakfast about eight o'clock, at which time Jones came downstairs thuch earlier than usal. Seeing Jones down so early, he said in a joke to him— " There will be a change in the weather from your being down so early." Jones made no reply, and did not seem agitated. He had been to work before breakfast, having got up at five in the morning. While he was at work after breakfast a man named Price came to him and asked him how he came to let that woman get killed who lived next door to him. He was surprised, and left his work to go back to his lodgings to learn if this was so. Had seen Jon es w i t h a b unch of keys, an d thought that he could swear to one of them. Knew nothing of the keys produced (those picked up by the young M isefield), but thought that the bunch of keys now produced by the police sergeant as having been found upon Jones's person, belonged to Jones, and were those to which he referred. Jones had had a latch key for more than a fortnight, and had bor rowed money from him. The last sum he lent him was 2s. 6d., and the date last Friday or Saturday week. Borrowed 10s. from Jones on Christmas eve,naboutjon es replied, ? e " d, "You you and repaid him in a week. Jones al so bor rowed is. on the day befor e the murder. When he did so he said, "Jes,,seiehsa, d have got y yo n u n a want shillingne , .lend me one if you like." HeWit repl miead, y ness lent him the shilling, but when he did so said, " It is a goodish bit to your pay, how shall you manage if you have got none now ?" Jones responded, " Oh, I have got money, but I don't wish to break into it ; I am not short." Jones repaid him the 3s. 6d. on Thursday last, giving him 45., and asking for 6d. Did not hear Jones come home that night; nor any noise during the night. Went to sleep 10 minutes after lying down. Next morning went down Cabbage lane to his work, but saw nothing on the ground. John Burden (one of the jurymen) deposed that he was a tailor, and had a garden adjoining Mr. Masefield's property, which was also bounded by Cabbage-lane. When going down that lane to his garden he picked up the packet of small silver coins, before referred to, wrapt in white paper, in the middle of the way. There were three six pences, one halt-franc, 15 fourpenny pieces, and the rest (to make 7s. 11d.) in threepenny pieces. It was about a quarter to 8 o'clock when he found it. Thought that it would not be possible to throw it from Boycutt's garden without the paper being bruised. It was opposite to Mr. Plaisted's garden, which is on a line with Boycutt's. Jane Adelaide Cole deposed that she superin tended the retail business of the Bell Hotel—On the night before the murder Jones came in between 7 and 8 o'clock and had a glass of ale, as was his daily custom. He did not remain long ' • but re turned just before 10 o ' c l oc k, w h en h e had three pennyworth of gin -and-water, for which also he paid, and again left after a stay of a quarter of an ~. after past 10 when !Ina.- a. he (11? I not seem altered in not t h h o is ur m , a d nn ur e in n g Il t ai w ch as (in he left. He owed no rc'.oney at the Bell. Saw him between 8 and 9 o'f!,Lock next is orning. He passed the door befor phe came in. I said, " Good morn ing, Mr. Jones, you are up earlier than usual." He replied, " I have been to the bu tcher's." He then asked for half a pint of brans iy. I said, " You look ill." He said, " Yes ; I have scarcely had any rest tall night." lie usually looked ill in the morning. Put the brandy into a soda water bottle that Jones brought with him. When Jones left he said, "I shan't see you again to-day ; I have a hard day's work before Lim." About seven o'clock in the evening he. called , again, when he looked worse than in the morning, and seemed much agitated. He called for three pennyworth of brandy and sipped it, when a gentleman in the bar said, " I will have sixpenny worth dashed with cold water." Jones then said, " I will have brandy and cold water," and ordered another three pennyworth. Whiles there Jones asked me if I could lend him a pint and a half bottle. Replied that I could, such a one as I had lent him before, a light coloured bottle. He said, "No ; have you a dark coloured bottle ?" Replied, "No ; but I will send for one to Mr. Treherne's, in High-street." The girl re turned with the bottle in about ten minutes, Jones remaining till the bottle was brought. He had it washed out. Asked if it was clean, and had it swilled out with gin, as, he said, he wanted it for a particular purpose. Said he would return the old one, but not that one. Returned the bottle on Thursday, and came again some time in the after noon of that day with two other persons, one of whom' was Mr. Pitt's groom. They had three glasses of cold grog. Jones paid ls. 6d. for it. This was after he had been examined at the first inquest. There was a child seven or eight years old in the room, and he asked her (the child) if she would give him a pinch of snuff ? The child made no reply, He added—A' You know you wanted me to have one the other day. Have you got, your box with 3 ,-,fai now ?" Did not see him give her any. money. i Jones came again to the Bell on Friday night ji .c't as I was closing, at eleven o'clock. I said I co-711 a not serve him ; but he said that he wanted MilY a glass of grog fbr himself and his friend, a bsciker, He had a bottle of soda-water and threepenllT worth of brandy. He said that he wanted ha....f-a-pint of brandy to take home with him. He was' served and raid for it. On Sunday he was again at the Bell, and had two glasses of beer. On Tuesday he was again 1 l there, and had soda-water and brandy, saying, "Most likely I shall not see you for some short time, for they have made inquiry into this matter : they have accused me of this horrid deed, but I know--. ? ' 'Witness did not hear the sentence finished, but ale servant girl said that the rest of the sentence was "that lam innocent." Since the murder, I think lie .`vas paid me l's. 9d. He gene rally paid in shillings, but on Friday evening he produced a five-shilling , piece. He always ap peared to have plenty of gold and silver since I have known him at the Bell, which was first in February. It was his habit to arfi2k ale and beer at the Bell in the daytime, and grog or wins aid water at night, but since the murder he had drank 1 more soda-water and brandy than usual. William Cadle, sworn, said he was a butcher of this town. Jones came to his house on the morn ing after the murder to buy a joint of veal. He paid quarterly. His last account was paid on May the 4th, when his account amounted to £1 14s, 6d. When he paid that account he had a bank-note in his possession, and he thought also some gold and silver. Jones made some entries in his meat-book on Wednesday morning, but did not seem agitated when he did so. Witness followed him up to his house, and delivered the meat, pass ing by Mr. Masefield's office. There was no altera tion in Jones's manner all this time. Thomas Paine, a carpenter, of the parish of Westbury, the grandfather of the child spoken of by the witness Cole, detailed the playful language used by Jones towards the child, and added that, although 'he refused to be treated by Jones, yet that Jones had a pint of beer drawn for him, and required him•to drink it. i Joseph Plaisted deposed that he was a plumber and glazier, living next door to Mr. Boycutt, and next door but one to Mr. Masefield's offices. The back premises of all the three building s were open the one to the other. Saw nothing o Jones that morning until Powell, who was working for him, came to him saying that Mrs. Baker was dead and on fire. Went into the offices and found Mrs , Baker, as described. Carried up some water to put out the fire, which seemed to be coming from the floor beneath the body. ])id not observe that Jones carried up the water ; but it was Jones who first drew their attention to the open drawer, and said he had no doubt there had been a robbery. George Tanner, superintendent of police sta tioned at Ledbury, deposed that, in making a search in Mr. Masefield's offices, he found in a drawer forming part of a chest of drawers, among a num ber of tools, a large clasp knife, which had evi dently been used by ,a glazier. In the office in which was young Mr. Masefield's desk he found the pincers that had been referred to. He had spoken to two persons, each of whom was of opi nion that they had belonged to Mr. Baker. He also produced the cord with a slip noose in the end, which was found near to the body, and had blood upon the noose. He likewise produced a match box and two matches, one a wax match, and the other made of wood. Witness produced another box of matches, which was found by Mr. William son, the detective. Produced likewise an effective bludgeon, about a foot and a-half in length , ha vin g a natural knob at the end about the size of a man's double fist, the whole French polished, and found in Jones's room, locked up in his box. Also produced a pocketbook found on Jones. This pocketbook contained entries of Jones's move ments in so far as the visiting of publichouses and the purchasing of spirits were concerned, com mencing with the day' before the murder, and terminating just before his wrest. Previous to first date mentioned, however, the diurnal entries were very rare. • The Coroner here stated to the jury that in the interim of the adjournment Superintendent Tanner showed him a letter which, in reply to one he (Superintendent Tanner) had very properly written to Inspector Glossop, of the Birmingham detective force, he had received from that officer. Inspector Glossop said that Jones had been an inmate of the Birmingham workhouse, where he became the father of a child by another inmate. The child had died, but the mother was still in the Birmingham workhouse. Inspector Glossop thought that the woman would be able to afford some information as to Jones's antecedents, which Inspector Glossop had reason to believe were not the most respectable. The same officer also thought that if the artificial limb which Jones possessed were examined, it would be found to be of a value incompatible with the position in life which Jones had recently occu pied. The letter was not now at hand, and it was one more of interest in the magisterial investiga tion than in that court, still he had related to them its substance. _ Frederick Williamson, of the Metropolitan de tective force, deposed that he was sent down by the instructions of the Commissioners of Police. He produced a box of lucifer matches, which he found on a table in Jones's bedroom. After Jones was apprehended, and while Mr. Tanner was away for one of his men, Jones, when standing in Mr. Boy cutt's kitchen, said to him, " I suppose you have now got the right one." Witness replied, "I need not remind you, Mr. Jones, that it is my duty as a police officer to tell you that what you say now may be taken down in writing and used as evidence against you." Jones responded, " Then I shall remain neutral." Jones, it seemed to him, spoke not jokingly, but seriously. They apprehended Jones upon a warrant signed by six magistrates. Superintendent Tanner, again called, deposed that upon searching Jones, he found in 'his posses sion £lO in gold, ss. in silver, lid., a concert-room token, a counterfeit crown, and 61 postage stamps, and five penny receipt stamps, with a twopenny, three-halfpenny, and penny silver coin. There was no other evidence produced, and The Coroner then addressed the jury.. He said that he would now give them his opinion, which, if they pleased, they might regard as a legal one. There was not the slightest evidence in the whole of the testimony that had been brought before them againstcw was not a s n o any one person directly as having com• matted the m ur d er . Having told them that, they would now exer c i se their own sound discretion. As coroner, he tittle repeated, nflegal he evidencemust tell against them t therehaanty one. The facts of th e case seemed to be that Mrs. baker was murdered bYSOn;o --- n;Wijogi;iinto her house without breaking into it—by some one, moreover, who seemed to be on friendly terms with her. An entrance having been effected, the poor woman seemed to have been knocked down with a bludgeon, the blow from the bludgeon occasioning the mark u pon the forehead, and th e , mar k upon t he back of the head arising out of the fall after the blow was given and insensibility secured. Deceased havin g b e en knocked down, and being insensibl e , th ere wa s little doubt but she was strangled by the rope that had been produced. lie could not help thinkinr , that the bludgeon and the rope were secre ted upon the person of the murderer when he entered the house. The murder having been effected down stairs, he (the coroner) was of opinion further that the corpse was dragged up stairs and set fire to ; probably before daylight. Afterwards the mur derer would seem to have gone out of the house by the back door, turning the key after him. The whole of the evidence led to the conclusion that this was the way in which the murder was committed. Such a course of procedure THE 81114, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1859. was more probate than the one which would be ' adopted by a peon secreted in the house ; in which case there might naturally be some fear lest Mrs. Baker in her *an should shriek, and thus arouse the attention 01 the neighbours. On such good terms were, in Sis opinion, the murderer and his victim, that he bought they must, before the blow was struck, hae been taking gin and water to gether. He wO seiTy to say that suspicion seemed somewhat to atach to the clerks in Mr. Masefield's office, because trawers which contained money were the drawers ory that were opened ; and it was in evidence that tie clients of Mr. Masefield, with the public who carte in occasionally, would not, as a rule, be familir with the place of the money, be cause Mr. Maefield had only recently altered the position of hismoney drawer. Respecting the cause of death, Mr. Griffin had stated, and Mr. Wood agreed with lim, that that was strangulation, the blow on the lead and the fall being, as he had re marked, suffisient only to occasion insensibility. It was now for the jury to say who was the person who had caused that strangulation, or whether the injuries which caused (bath were inflieted by some person or persons unknown. The room had not been entirely cleared of the public before the jury said that they had agreed upon their verdict. "We find," said the foreman, " that Harriet Baker was found dead, having been murdered by some person or persons to us unknown." Jones, who seems to be in no way dejected by his confinement, was to be brought up again before the magistrates yesterday (Friday) afternoon, when it was thought that among other evidence some in formation would be forthcoming from the female pauper in Birmingham to whom Inspector Glossop had referred. During the inquest Superintendent Tanner despatched an officer to Birmingham to as certain what she was able to relate. An application has been made to the Secretary of State for the Home Department to offer a reward for the apprehension of the murderer. The Home Secretary, however, declined to accede to the re quest for the present, saying that the result of the current investigation must first be a failure to trace the crime home to the guilty party. DREADFUL MITI? 73 ER AT WALWORTH. Yesterday morning considerable sensation was created at Walworth by a report of a cold-blooded murder. It appears that the deceased, Mrs. Sophia Moore, aged 25 years, lodged at the house of Mrs. 'fart, 23, Trafalgar-street, Walworth, nearly oppo site the Lord Nelson Tavern. Her husband, Wm. Moore, aged 30 years, who had been a widower, with two children, and who had been only married to the deceased about five months, was a hawker of laces. About a fortnight ago he had a family party, and the deceased's sister's sweetheart kissed the de• ceased in the presence of the husband. This roused his choler, and some words ensued, when he told her to prepare for her death, as he meant to murder her, This she regarded as an idle threat, but on Tuesday morning, shortly before eight, he took a sharp pointed table-knife and plunged it into her left side up to the handle. He then drew it out and the deceased ran down stairs and crossed over to a inighbour'.s and faintly cried " Murder!" Some neighbours sting the blood streaming from her side, took her ini,o aim house and sent for Mr. Howett, the surgeon. Th murderer made rapidly off through the Lord Nelson Tavern into the Kent road. The wounded woman was conveyed to Petersham Ward, Guy's Hoipital. Every assistance which medical skill could suggest was rendered, but she gradually became weaker and weaker, and yester day morning death terminated her sufferings. The i murderer is described to be five feet nine nchee high, pale complexion, sccr over the left eve, small W l hite plaid trousers, black coat, and old slippers. Up to the present time he has not been taken into custody. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—May 27• - The Court sat to-day at the Guildhall, West minster, to hear the adjourned appeals ; present — Mr. Payne (presiding for the Assistant-Judge), Mr. Pownall (chairman of the bench), Sir John Hansler, Capt. Hansler, Messrs. Bird, Cox, Harwood, W. P. Bodkin, C. S. Butler, M.P., Halswell, Brooking, E. Davis, Bayle, Huggins, Armstrong, Wyatt, H. Wilson, S. Morley, Swift, the Hon. Charles Len nox Butler, Arthur Ballantine, J. P. Pierce, Alder man Wilson, and Marshall. Alexander Solomon appealed against the refusal of the justices of the Tower division to renew a licence under the 9th George IV., cap. 61, to sell exciseable liquors in the house and premises called the Crown and Seven Stars, 47, Royal Mint-street. Mr. Tindal Atkinson appeared for the appellant, Mr. Bodkin in support of the decision of the jus tices below. The house in question had been licensed about 40 years, and the present appellant was in posses sion, and held a lease for 21 years; he had ex pended a considerable sum, about £5OO, upon it in improvements, in addition to £l,BOO which it had cost him in the first instance, having taken the house for a bad debt to that amount. In 1857 the licence was transferred to a person named Lindo, who, however, got into difficulties, and an equitable mortgage was executed, In 1858 an application was made for a transfer of the licence to H. M. Solomon, not this appellant, but the magistrates refused that application on the ground that Mr. Solomon was not in this country, he being in the West Indies ; though they offered to transfer it to Mr. Jackson, now a publican in Cranbourne-pas sage, but who at that time was managing the business of this particular house as agent to H. M. Solomon. Mr. Jackson declined to undertake the responsibility of accepting the license, and it therefore lapsed. The appellant took the house for the consideration already stated, and had im proved it, at great outlay, and in the present year he applied for the li-ience, but the magistrates re fused to grant it ; hence this appeal. Mr. Bodkin said the ground upon which the magistrates gave their decision was that a great many habitations near this house had been removed for the enlargement of the Mint, and that there were already between the Blue Peter and the Old Fountain, a distance of 213 yards, four licensed houses, which, taking the number of the immediate dwellings, would give a public•house to every 20. The magistrates, there fore, thought this was a legitimate opportunity to reduce th e number of public-houses huddled together w ithi n a f e w yards of each other, and he submitted to the court that they had exercised a sound dis cretion. Mr. Atkinson said the licence had not been lost in consequence of misconduct ; it had been in existence 40 years, and he thought the court would do an act of justice and give it to the. appellant, who had staked his all in it, never dreaming that the licence would be refused. The court granted the licence. Henry Weller appealed against the refusal of the lustices of the same division to grant a similar icence to a house and premises in Hyde-place, New North-road. Mr. Bodkin supported the appeal, Mr. Tindal Atkinson the decision of the justices below. It was urged that this house, where an excellent beer trade had been carried on, had peculiar claims for a licence. It was in a rapidly improving and increasing neighbourhood, and situate on a main line of thoroughfare to the new cattle market. The licence was granted almost unanimously. ! Marks Coles appealed against the refusal of the same justices to grant a licence to a house and pre mises called the Unicorn, No. 32, High-street, Shoreditch. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Poland, instructed by Mr. Beard, appeared on behalf of the appellant ; Mr. Tindal Atkinson in support of the decision of the divisional justices ; and Mr. B. C. Robinson for parties in opposition. This house is situate close to the passenger en trance to the Eastern Counties Railway terminus, upon a site where formerly stood a public-house, called the Unicorn, which was pulled down when the new road was made from the station to the docks. The premises are situate in an immense line of traffic, and were built upon a plan approved by the Board of Works, who, after the old pre mises were pulled down, became the freeholders. There had been a former appeal by a Mr. Hancorn, which was not. successful, and there had been some question about the premises not being finished. On behalf of Mr. Coles, it was submitted that they were now fitted up in the best possible way, and would afford, if licenced, a vast amount of con venience and accommodation, to passengers by the railway, exclesionists, persons too late or waiting for trains, and commercial travellers, and that there was no other house in the neighbourlv,od so well calculated to afford such accommodation—for which there was, in fact, a great necessity-as that of the appellant, who had in it a stake of near upon £5,000. The quantity of beer sold over the counter under 'the beer licence was something enormous, and an account had been kept, from which it ap peared that more than 200 persons a day had called and asked for refreshment, which could only be supplied under a spirit licence. On the other side it was contended that there was an abundance of every kind of acconunodntion required in the neigh bourhood, already existing, there being 10 licensed houses within sight of the appellant's house, besides coffee-houses, eating-houses, and beer-houses, and that there was no public necessity for an additional house, which there could be no doubt was intended for a gin palace, which would prove a nuisance rather than a boon. The ease was ably argued on both sides. Ultimately the license was granted by 13 votes to 4, and there was a good deal of applause at the result, which, however, was severely depre cated by the learned judge. • The court then adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 27. MANSION-HOUSE.—John Groves, 17, who was recently a clerk in the Long Sutton branch of the National Provincial Bank of England, and who on Monday last was committed for trial from this court on a charge of having defrauded the. Peter borough branch of the same bank, by forging and uttering a cheque for £l,OOO, was brought up again for examination on any further charge that might be preferred against him, it having been stated by the counsel for the prosecution at the close of the previous examination that there was good reason to suppose the prisoner had committed other forgeries. Mr. Itees was now present on behalf of the pro secutipn, and Mr. Slocombe (of the firm of Elcum and Slocombe, Bedford-row) appeared for the pri soner. Mr. Rees—There was a cheque for £2 10s. 6d. found on the prisoner, which at the timeof the last examination was supposed to be a forgery. It turns out, however, that it is not a forgery—that is to say, a legal forgery—for, although it is in the pri soner's handwriting, it is in another name. We do not intend, therefore, to proceed upon that charge. Mr. Slocombe —I think, my lord, that as the charge of forging a cheque for £2 10s. 6d. is not to be pressed, it is a pity that the parties were in structed on the last occasion to pronounce it a forgery. The Lord Mayor—He was at that time committed for trial. Mr. Slocombe—Yes, on the graver charge. The Lord Mayor—Yes, on a charge of obtaining £l,OOO by means of a forgery, and it was then stated that he had committed another forgery ; but that statement can do the prisoner no harm, unless it be followed up by an indictment. You now hear the solicitor to the prosecutors say that they do not intend to prefer any other charge, and that ought to satisfy you. Mr. Slocombe—l think we have cause of com plaint. That draught for £2 10s. 6d. was granted by the bank, and Was paid for with the prisoner's own money ; and yet it was here positively pro nounced to be a forgery. The Lord Mayor—lt was the duty of counsel to state the fact if the draught was supposed to be a ' form 6 ery and it was my duty to remand the prisoner . for inquiry. That inquiry has taken place, and, as ' the result, no new charge is to be pressed. What more can you require ? The prisoner was then removed. Thomas Clark was charged with committing an extensive robbery at the Old George Hotel, in the city of York. At the end of February last the prisoner, who is a well-dressed gentlemanly-looking young man, by no means likely at first sight to be suspected as a thief, made his appearance at York, and was committed to prison for six weeks for petty robberies perpe trated at two hotels where he had slept for a night, under circumstances which led to the suspicion that he had been implicated in more extensive transac tions of a similar character. After his release from 'prison, which took place in the middle of April, he —or some one marvellously like him—presented himself at the Old George Hotel, York, engaged a bed, and passed at least a part of the night there, for next morning he was found to be wanting at the breakfast table. while a discovery was at the same time made that a commercial traveller, while sleeping in a contiguous room, had been robbed of his purse, containing a banker's draught for £lO, about £6O in Bank of England notes, and about £2O or £25 in gold. A reward was offered for the apprehension of the prisoner, whose personal ap pearance was well described in the Hue end Cry, but nothing further was seen of the man until Tuesday evening last, when Mr. Snow, landlord of a temperance hotel at York, whom the prisoner had visited and robbed, met him unexpectedly in Cheap side, and gave him into custody. He endeavoured to prove that he was the wrong man, but Mr. Snow asserted the contrary. Mr. R. Chalk, chief constable of York, now ap peared in court, armed with a warrant signed by the Lord Mayor of York for the prisoner's appre hension. That warrant was backed by the Lord Mayor of London, and the prisoner was then de livered over to Mr. Chalk to be conveyed to York for full examination on the charge of robbery. GUILDHALL.—Mr. James M'Clean and Mr. Terence Charles M' Lean, wine-merchants at 9, Skinner-street, appeared in discharge of their bail to answer a charge of conspiracy to obtain, by means of false pretences, a bill of exchange for £250, with intent to cheat and defraud Mr. Samuel Bowles Bigg, a gentleman in the employ of Messrs. Leaf, Sons, and Co., of 39, Old Change. After the whole of the evidence had been read over, Alderman Mechi, in delivering his decision, said —This is a charge of conspiracy to defraud by means of a fictitious promissory note. In this great com mercial city, where millions change hands daily upon the faith of bills of exchange, cheques, and promissory notes, it is of the utmost importance that a charge of such serious consequence should undergo the most searching investigation. Owing to the death of Mrs. Southgate the case rests mainly upon the statements of the defendants themselves, on which alone I should have hesitated to commit them for trial, but when I find them corroborating those_ statements by acting as agents for Mrs. Southgate in the action against her, and,as it were, pleading their own wrong act as a justification for her non-payment of the promissory note, I feel it my duty to send this case for the decision of a jury. The defendants therefore stand committed for trial, but I will take substantial bail for their appearance at the Central Criminal Court,—their own recog zances in £2OO each, and two sureties of £lOO each. The defendants, after;receiving the usual caution, said the charge was not true, and reserved their defence. SOUTHWARK.—John Sparrow, a middle-aged man, who has been transported and suffered penal servitude, was charged with stealing a pair of trousers and 10s., the property of William Sparrow, his nephew. The prisoner admitted his guilt and begged for mercy. The Magistrate told him he appeared to be an old offender. In 1838 he was transported for seven years, and since then he had suffered four years' penal servitude. The prisoner said that was for a misdemeanour, but since then he had been honest. The Magistrate told him that, as those offences had been committed so long ago, they should not militate against him now. He must•be imprisoned six months with hard labour for this offence. LAMBETH.—WiIIiam Jones, who has been in custody since Saturday last on a charge of being concerned with another person not in custody in breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr. William Potter, the Greyhound Tavern, in the Clapham road, was re-examined and committed for trial. James Spencer, alias Abbott, John Young, alias Lisle, and Emily Everett, alias Lyon, charged with the commission of sundry burglaries and robberies in the vicinity of Peckham and Walworth, were brought up for final examination. A portion of the plunder in three or four rob beries was found in an apartment occupied by Abbott and the female prisoner, and the evidence established three distinct and clear charges against all the prisoners. Mrs. Walker, the prosecutrix in one of the cases, complained that the prisoners had most wantonly cut and injured a sideboard in her parlour. All the prisoners were committed for trial on each of the three charges. 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Whereas, there was this day read at the Board, a Memo rial from the Right. Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated the twelfth of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the words following, viz. : " Whereas, we have had under our consideration the present condition of the chaplains of your Majesty's Navy, with the view of ameliorating their position, and placing them more on an equality with the chaplains of your Ma jesty's Army, in regard to their relative ranks and rates of pay and half-pay, pensions to their widows, &c. " And whereas, we are of opinion that it would be for the advantage of your Majesty's service that the following regulations should be adopted for the chaplains of the Royal Navy "Ist.--That there shall be Four Classes of Chaplains to rank as follows :—Fourth Classs, under ten years' service, to rank with Lieutenants. Third Class, under fifteen years' service, to rank with Commanders. Second Class, under twenty years' service, to rank with Captains under three years' standing. First Class, above twenty years' service, to rank with Captains above three years' standing; and that the Senior Chaplain of Greenwich Hospital shall be recognised as Head of the Naval Chaplains, bear the title of Chaplain of the Fleet, and rank with a Rear-Admiral. " 2d—That the Full-pay shall be :—Chaplains under ten years' service, ten shillings per diem. Chaplains under fifteen years' service, twelve shillings per diem. Chap lains under twenty years' service, fourteen shillings per diem. Chaplains above twenty years' service, sixteen shillings per diem. "3d-That the Half-pay shall be :—Chaplains under five years' service, five shillings per diein. Chaplains above five years' service, six shillings per diem. Chaplains above ten years' service, seven shillings and sixpence per diem. Chaplains above fifteen years' service, ten shillings per diem. Chaplains above twenty years' service, twelve shillings per diem. " 4th—That the Pensions to the Widows of Naval Chaplains shall be as follows, provided the Chaplain shall have served one year after his marriage ; Chaplains under ten years' service on full-pay, fifty pounds per annum. Chaplains under twenty-years' service on full-pay, seventy pounds per annum. Chaplains above twenty years' service on full pay, ninety pounds per annum. sth—That no alteration shall be made in the present rates of additional pay and half-pay allowed to Chaplains of the Royal Navy when holding the office of Naval Instructor. " 6th—That :no Naval Chaplain who may avail himself of the regulations shall be allowed to retire under twenty-five years' service, excepting on the ground of permanent unfitness from ill health—but that such Chaplains now on the list who may prefer to remain on their present rate of full-pay, and under the existing regulations with regard to half-pay and retire ment, shall be allowed to do so. And we beg leave to re present to your Majesty, that the Lords of your Majesty's Treasury have signified their concurrence in the proposed arrangement." Her Majesty having taken the said Memorial into con sideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to approve of what is therein proposed ; and the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty are to give the necessary directions herein accord ingly. WM. L. BATHURST. MEDICAL OFFICERS IN TILE ARMY AND NAVY. toßrom the Gazette of last evening.) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of May, 1859, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas there was this day read at the board a memorial from the Right Honourable the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, dated the twelfth of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the words follow ing, viz :—" Whereas we have had under our considera tion the necessity of assimilating, as far as possible, the re lative ranks and rates of pay and half-pay of the medical officers of your Majesty's navy and army. And whereas we are of opinion that it would be for the advantage of your Majesty's service that the following regulations should be adopted for the medical officers of the Royal Navy, viz.:— " Ist. That there shall be four grades of Medical Officers, viz. :- 1. Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets. 2. Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets. 3. Surgeon, who, after twenty years' service on full-pay, ten of which in the rank of Surgeon, shall Pe styled Staff-Surgeon. 4. Assistant-Surgeon. " 2d.*That no candidate shall be admitted to the exami • ' nation for a commission in the Medical Departinent of the Royal Navy who does not possess such a diploma as would qualify a civilian to practise medicine and surgery ; and no such candidate shall receive a commission as assistant-sur geon until he shall have satisfactorily passed an examina tion in naval surgery and hyg-Ume before a board of exa miners appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty. "3d. That no Assistant-Surgeon shall be eligible for promotion to the rank of Surgeon until he shall have passed such examination as the Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty may require, and shall have served on full pay with the commission of Assistant-Surgeon for five years, of which two, at least, shall have been passed on board one of your Majesty's sea-going 'ships. "4th. That no Surgeon shall be eligible for promotion to the rank of Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets until he shall have served ten years in your Majesty's Navy on full pay, of which three, at least, must h ave b een passed in ono of your Majesty' s hips on some one or more foreign stations, with the rank of Surgeon. " sth..That no Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets shall be eligible for promotion to the rank of Inspector-General until he shall have served five years at home, or three years abroad, in the rank of Deputy-Inspec tor-General. " That in cases of emergency, however, or when the good of your Majesty's service may render such alteration desirable, it shall be competent for the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to shorten the several periods of service above-mentioned, in such manner as they shall deem fit and expedient. " 6th. That the rates of full-pay of the medical officers of your Majesty's navy shall, in future, be in accordance with the following schedule :- FULL PAY.-Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets : After 30 years' service on full pay, £2 ss. ; 25 years, £2 55.; 20 years, £2.* Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets : 30 years, D. 14s. ; 25 years, D. 10s. ; 20 years, D. Bs.' Staff-Surgeon :25 years, £1 ss. ;120 years, D. 2s. Surgeon : 15 years, 18s. ; 10 years, 15s.* Assistant-Sur geon : 10 years, 13s. ; 5 years, lls. 6d. ; under 5 years, 10s. " 7th. That every medical officer on the Active List, now on half-pay, and those who may be placed on it subse quently to the date of your Majesty's Order in Council authorising this proposal, shall be allowed the half-pay to which his period of service on full-pay shall entitle him, according to the following schedule HALF PAY. - Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets : After 30 years' service on full pay, £1 17s. 6d. ; after 25 years, £1 13s. 6d. ; after 20 years, D. 10s." Deputy-In spector-General of Hospital s and Fleets : After 30 years, £1 ss, 6d. ; after 25 ye ars , 41 2s. fid. ; after 20 years, D. li.* Staff-Surgeon :' After 25 years, 18s. 6d. ; after 20 years, 16s. 6d. Surgeon After 15 years, 13s. 6d. ; after 10 years, lls,* Assistant-Surgeon : After 10 years, 10s. ; after five years, Bs. ; under five years, 6s. "Bth. That with a view to maintain the efficiency of the Service, all Medical °Moors of the ranks of Staff-Surgeon, and Assistant-Surgeon, shall be placed on the Retired List, when they shall have attained the age of sixty years; Deputy Inspectors-General, shall be placed on such Re tired List when they shall have attained the age of sixty five years ; and Inspectors-General when they shall have attained the age of seventy years. Officers thus superan nuated shall receive the rates of half-pay mentioned in the preceding schedule. " 9th. That the relative rank of the Medical Officers of your Majesty's Navy shall be similar to that conferred upon the Medical Officers of the Army, and shall be as follows . "An Assistant-Surgeon shall rank as a Lieutenant in the Army, according to the date of his commission, and after six years service on full-pay, as a Captain in the Army, ac cording to the date of the completion of such service. "A Surgeon shall rank as Major in the Army, according to the date of his commission; and a Staff-Surgeon as Lieutenant-Colonel, but junior of that rank. " A Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets shall rank as Lieutenant-Colonel, according to the date of his commission ; and after five years' service on full pay, as Deputy Inspector-General, shall rank as Colonel, according to the date of completion of such service. "An Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets shall rank as Brigadier-General, according to the date of his commission • and after three yea rs ' serv i ce on full pay, as Inspector - General, shall rank as Major-General, according to the date of completion of such service. " Provided always that no naval medical officer, while borne on the books of one of her Majesty's ships, or em ployed on establishment s on s h or e, shall be deemed superior in rank to the offi cer a pp o i n t e d t o co mmand such ship or ~ establishment; but such Commanding Officer shall, under all circumstances, be held to be superior in rank pre cedence to every officer under his command. attaching precedence and advantages tc! choice of quar ters," 10th. That such relative rank shall carrythe rank k h iwt with late the which it corresponds, and shall re rates of lodging-money, light, or allowances in their stead, ore on o f th ue e l er a s n e d f ,ljifoeoidnr forage, Medical service with but that Medical Officers the Navy nay be employed on a h n e t n s serving in the Fleet, shall, m your Majesty's ,Land. Forces ; e s f uc t h he de F tai le l e s t , , an an d d a t l h s e o notwithstanding ssheg the relative in all matters relating rank thus conferred upon t t t h ho e ec o onoary of your Majesty's ships, be discipline and interior ere the military to the authority of any au in tie a s ll h military branch while executive officer of regulations subject, as heretofore, be prescribed by the Lord High duty, under the . general which may from time to time . Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral ; and that medical officers shall share prize money . forcegwhich That be medical thefo o r ffi etimeofficers sh all being,be titled en to the sa me for regulatin g th e d i str ib u tion of the proceeds of prizes i n th e, Royal Navy, " a llowauce, on account of w oun d s and injuries received i n ac ti o n, as combatant office rs holding the same relative ranks. , 12th. That the families of medical officers shall in like manner be entitled to the same allowances as td to the families e families of combatant officers holding the same relative ranks. " 13th. That medical officers shall be held • entitled to the same honours as other of officers the Royal Navy of equal relative rank.t 4g 14th. That a medical officer t' • after full-pay service of twenty-five retiring a . years, may, in cases of distinguished service, receive a step of honorary rank, but without in crease of half-pay. " 15th. That good service pensions shall be awarded to the most in 't • bri mous medical officers of the Royal Navy, under such regulations as shall from time to time be deter mined upon, on the recommendation of the Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing that office. " 16th. That four of the most meritorious medical offi cers of the Royal Navy shall be named Honarary Physi cians, and four Honorary Surgeons to your Majesty. " We do therefore most humbly submit that your Ma jesty will be graciously pleased, by your Order in Council, to grant us th e necessary duthority for carrying thefore going regulations into effivt the Lords Commissioners oof your Majesty's Treasury hav ing signified their concur rence," Her Majesty having taken the said Memorial into con sideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy • Or on promotion, should thew periods of service not have been already completed. t This clause clees Aot extend to the compliments to be paid by garrison or Regimental Guards, as laid down in pages 29 acrd 30 of your lkluiesty's Regulations for the Army,nor to correstiondinz honours paid on board your lgalestr§ Council, to approve of what is therein proposed ; and the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty are to give the necessary directions herein accord ingly. WM. L. BATHURST. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT WHITEHALL, MAY 26. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto Barnes Peacock, Esq., Chief Justice of her Ma jesty's Supreme Court of Judicature at Calcutta. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 26. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Honourable the Earl of Shrewsbnry and Talbot, to appoint John W. C. Ewart, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice J. F. Peto, Esq., resigned. COMMISSIONS BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Middlesex.—Taverner John Miller, M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant. County of Gloucester.—Charles James Monk, Esq., and Stephen Cave, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants. 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Edward Hewitt, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Glamorgan Artillery Militia—Thomas Bateman, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Durham Artillery Militia—Second Lieutenant James Erskine Ainslie Mather to be First Lieutenant, vice Browne, resigned ; Arthur Munro, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Mather, promoted. Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Captain the Hon. Frederick Walpole to be Major, vice Custance, promoted. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Robert Clayton Daubenny, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Wilts Militia—Lieutenant Bartholomew Mahon to be Captain, vice Robinson, resigned ; Ensign Henry Edwards to be Lieutenant, vice Blennerhassett, resigned ; Ensign Edward John Hayward to be Lieutenant, vice Mahon, promoted ; Ensign Thomas Holman to be Lieu tenant, vice Shaw resigned. Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Hugh Alexander Baring to be Lieutenant, vice Greeme, resigned ; Alfred Doughty Tichborne, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Baring, pro moted. Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia--EnsiP William Stephen Mair Goodenough to be Lieutenant, vice Reed, resigned ; William Wreford Brown, Gent., to be En sign, vice Goodenough, promoted. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Benjamin Wood, bookseller, Walworth-road, Surrey. BANKRUPTS. George Tilley, publican, Holborn, to surrender, June 6, at two, and 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Jeffs, leather cutter, Nottingham, June 7 and July 5, at eleven, a t th e Shire-111, Nottingham. Alfred Elphick, butcher, Eakt Moulsey, Surrey, June 6, and July 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Hayes, wine merchant, Old Broad-street, June 7, at half-past two, and July 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Digby Lee Palmer, teacher of music, Sheffield, June 11 and July 2, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Thomas Satchwell, grocer, Mortimer, Berkshire, June 14, at half-past twelve, and July 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Names Onley, cor n d ea l er , Birmingham, June 10 and 30 , at eleven , at the Birmingh am District Co urt. Robert Anderson Rust, pianoforte manufacturer, Grea t Marlborough-street, Regent-street, June 3, and 'lull 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Barrack, hotel-keeper, Cockspur-street, June 1 0 , at twelve, and July 8, at half/past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William James Adams, merchant, Lansdowne-0 1 MS' South Lambeth, June 8, and July 5, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Burrows, tailor and draper, Woolton, Lan ea ,. shire, June 9 and 30, at twelve at the Liverpool Metr ic " Court. William Williams, draper, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan; shire, June 7 and July 5, &t eleven, at the Bristol Metric Court. Charles Robert Moate, metal broker Old Broad.streett City, June 10, a t eleven, and July 6, aetwelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. _ _ SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert Campbell, innkeeper, Kilmarnock. Andrew Speirs, farmer, Muirhouse Symington. f or d James Forrest, qua rr i er an d spirit retailer, SheeP Locks, near,Airdrie. Alexander Waugh, tenant, Helton Mills, Kelso. Alexander and Robert Smith, builders, Edinburgh' • BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and tap. 32, for the w ee k en di ng on Wednesday, the of May, 1859 : 8 tli Victoria, 2s thy Notes issued ISSUE D EPARTMFNT. £31,180,835 G over n ment D e bt X11,015,1gg Other Securities . • 3,4 2'835 Gold Coin dr Bullion 16,7 y••• Silver Bullion • • • • _____---- f 31,180,835 £31,180,8351 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest • 3,219,961 Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- l EPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,281 ,376 Other Securities 19,298, 574 Notes Gold and Silver Coin • • .. 702,134 counts) 6,684,168 Other Deposits... Seven Day and other Bills 765,906 £41,240,744 I £41,240,744 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated May 26,1&79. AVERAGE PRICE OP SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, e °11 " puted from Returns made in the week ending the 24th of May, 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Per cwt. From the British possessions in America 27e lad Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 278 2 d Muscovado, the produce of the Ea s t Indies -- 11 Average price of the foregoing 27s 7d41 COUNTRY MARKBTB. • LIVERPOOL—MAY 27. This morning we had only a small attendance of buyell at our corn exchange. The business passing was limited for both wheat and flour, but where transactions occurred prices were almost nominal. Little disposition was shown to force sales. Indian corn was held firmly at late rates. Oats and oatmeal exceedingly dull. Egyptian beano, peas, or barley scarcely inquired for. WAKEFIELD-MAY 27. The arrivals of grain were of fair amount, but business in wheat was slow, at last Friday's quotations. The saw* also may be said of flour. Barley almost nominal in price. In oats and other articles no material alteration. Wheat, per qr. of S bushels 601 b., Essex, Suffolk, and. Kent, white, old, 54s to 568 ; new, 53s to 558 ; •ditto, mat old, 47s to 49s ; new, 44s to 49s ; Lincolnshire and shire white, new, 458 to 47s ; red, 41a to 457. York shire Averages for the week : i'Wheat 3,003 qrs., at Ms ld Barley.... . „ —s Od Beans 2O 3 sos Od r ff 43s Od Peas •• • • >, 26s Od Oats 2B Rye 1) ---s Od ‘.."-. /1, EXETER—MAY 27. The business was limited, at the following prices : Wheat, white.. 6s 9d to 7s Od Barley.... 4 s Od t o 48 34 I Ditto red 6s Od to 68 6d Oats .. 3s Od to 3a 3d Flour, fine, 38s to —s ; seconds, 36s to —s per sack. .... ' er p s e , r d l o b ... .. . 6d to Od bid to Oil CATTLE—The market was largely su pp lied with stock. A fair attendance of farmers. Pork caresses in moderate supply. PFoartkbeceafr,cpaszso,rdeo,97ss6odd ttoolBOsso6d WEwetehs d I Lambs, per 1b....... 8d to Od. Fat calves, d0....41d t o bd R o ugh fat, 4-td per Ib. BRISTOL SUGAR—MAY 27. There has been a fair demand this week for every descrip tion of raw sugar, and importers having freely supplied the meet the w in with prices, rather about 500 hhda. more steadiness. m arket with samples from the recent arrival; and shown a issp 6d, osi t nnd to the h av e been disposed of since our last, chi e fl y f rom 37s 6d to 4 I n Havannahs about 4,000 bo xes have chang ed hands at ea sier rates. Refined inactive , and the p r i ces * r a ther lower. Rum continues verrdull. disposition market buyersloses COAL MA.RI (Prices of Coal per Ton at CET—MAY 27. the close of the market.) Walla End. Bates' West Ha r tl e e^ d. y.. 15 0 Clark's West Hartley.. 16 6 Earsden Hartley ...... 15 6 Hastings Hartley ..... 17 3 Walker Primrose .....13 3 IVylam ........... . ..16 0 Tanfield Moor ...... 12 9 Tanfield Moor Butes..l2 0. d. Gosforth 16 6 Heugh Hall 16 ° Eden 16 0 Acorn Close .. 16 ° Eden Main W ! Russell's Hetton ... . . 16 „ ' South Hetton ......... 11 - . 6 Thorpe .. la 16 0 Framwellgato Carway and DutfrYll Malting Coal . , . ~ ,21 .. Powell'sDuffryn.Sioam2l 0 t, 27—Sold, 19. ___-....... Walls End. South Kenos ~ 16 9 Kenos l7 0 Brandon 16 0 Ships at market BIRTHS. CATRCART.—On the 26th inst., at Pitcarlie, Mrs. Cathcar t ' of Carbiston, of a son. • FEILDING.—On the 26th inst., at Downing, North IVAhal , Viscountess Feilding, of a eon and heir. PATTON.—On the 19th April, at Bellary, India, the wife of Colonel Patton, 74th Highlanders, of a eon. WOLLASTON.—On the 24th inst., at theßectory, Felphani, the wife of the Rev. C. B. Wollaston, of a son. MARRIAGE. BLAIR-Coox.—On the 26th inst., at St. John's, Notting; hill, Mr. Peter Richardson Blair, to Elizabeth, young" daughter of the late Gregory Cook, Esq., of Haveratock hill. LONSDILE—LEmAITRE.---On. the 26th inst , at St. Pau rs i Hammersmith, Richard Maitland Lons . dale, Egli; of Edinburgh, eldest son of the late Richard Lonsdale, zeq* , solicitor, of Hammersmith, to Paulina Charitina, Baugh" ter of Paul Thomas Lemaitre, Esq., of the Liam° place. DEATHS. CLAPIIAM. — On the 24th inst. at Stack house, Settle, Thee : Clapham, Esq., magistrate and dep.-lieut. for the We" Riding of Yorkshire, aged 73. CLANPON.—On the 26th inst., at Totteridge, Herts, JosePh Claypon, Esq., aged 70. En zod, kR.— Th O o. nsthEed2glasrt, Esq insst.,.,at2, aged 79. Ham Jo hn' 'ilton-place, St. John'' Gouau.—At Ma r d en, near Hereford, Jonathan B. G°ught Esq., Trea surer o f the County Courts, &c., aged 67. KEMM.—On the 25th inst. at at his residence, 9, Terra"' St. Bengal Helier's, Jersey, Lieutenant-General Kemm, Beng Army, aged 76. SEA.GOOD.—On tn e 26th inst , F re d er ic Seagood, Fega of or. Lansdowne-pla ce , B r i g ht on, and Grecian Cottag e, Nor wood, Surrey. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Saturday, May 28, 1859.