The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-12 00:00:00

THE MURDER IN DUBLIN. An inquest was held on Monday on the body of Margaret Black, aged about 35, who was murdered by her husband in Dublin on Saturday last, as reported in The Sun of yesterday. The result of the inquiry was a verdict of wilful murder against Thomas Black, the husband of the deceased, who did not appear at the inquest. During the continuance of the proceedings the street opposite to the house was crowded with people. James Black, the surviving child of the deceased, about six years old, examined—My father's name is ThomaS Black 4 My mother's name is Margaret. I remember last Saturday night. My father and my mother went out together, as aunt Mary told me, for I was out. I was over at Molony's, in Patrick-street, where we formerly lived. I had not got my dinner when I went out. At Molony's I got a bit of bread from Maryanne Ryan, add that was all the dinner I got. When I came here first I found my mother's room door shut, and I could not get in. The door of this, my aunt's room, was also shut, and not being able to get into it, I went back to Molony's. I don't know how long I was at Molony's the second time. I came again to my mother's room and foupd the door shut. I tried my aunt's room, and finding the door open, went in. Before my father and my mother went out, there was no quarrelling or fighting between them. After I came home the second time, and had gone into my aunt's room, I went again to my mother's room door and said, " Dada, let me in." He said, "Go along out of that," and would not let me in. The door was locked. I did not hear my father speak ing to any one, and I did not know whether my mother was then in the room or not. Before my Sather told me to go along out of that, I had been in father and mother's room. On that occasion my father desired me to light, a candle, and I lighted one with a bit of paper. Then I saw my father kicking my mother on the head, she lying on the floor. I ran away. I did not see my mother after that. I ran away for Maryanne to try that my father would not kick my mother, and I was afraid he would beat myself. My mother did not scream or say anything when she was kicked. My father was kicking her a long time. He' was drunk. My mother was drunk. I have often seen my mother drinking when she took drink with my father. I saw my father beat her in Sandymount a long time ago, and that is the only time I ever saw him beat her. .Mrs. Mary Quin, examined—My husband is a painter, and we occupy this room. The deceased was my sister. She was married to Thomas Black, a painter, and they occupied the back top room adjoining this one. Black was in Mul lingar, and on his return, about a month ago, broke his temperance pledge, which he had pre viously:taken, and he has been drinking ever since. He always lived on good terms with his wife only excepting when he got drink. They were not on bad terms excepting that when he got drunk he beat her. He would take her out and give her a sup, and when they came home he would beat her. Last week, sitting at the fire, the deceased said to me that her husband had told her that sooner or later he would kill her and kill himself afterwards. Coroner—Was he jealous of her ? Witness—She often asked him when he was sober why he beat her, and he used to reply that he could not account for it, for that he loved her above the world. About eight o'clock on last Saturday evening I was coming into the house with coals 'When Black passed me in the hall, and he was roaring like a bull. He was standing at the foot of the stairs roaring, and a shopboy from Summers's came out and. asked him what he was doing. He was calling his wife, and I said she was above. He made no answer. He was very drunk then—at least he let on to be drunk. I could not tell whether he was or not. I came upstairs, and putting my head into my sister's room, told her he was calling her. " I hear him," she said, and added that she was going to him. I heard her going down stairs. I looked out of the window and saw an outside car a little below the door. They both got on the car. They had an image between them, which she had carried down stairs and given to him at the door. They both sat on the same side of the car, which drove down towards Patrick-street. She was surely sober at that time, viz., about eight o'clock. About four o'clock in the evening there had been a slight difference between Black and my husband in Black's room, about a reckoning of money. I heard it from this room. My husband went out after his dinner to Dempsey's for the purpose of inquiring how much Black got for a job. I went after him for the purpose of keeping him from getting drunk, because I knew that if he got any think there would be murder between him and Black, for they were con tinually quarrellin g . When I got to Dempsey's I was told by Mr. Dempsey that my sister and Black had just left. My husband was standing in the shop waiting to see Mr. Dempsey. It was before deceased and her husband took away the image on the car from their hall-door that they were drinking at Dempsey's. From the time they drove away on the car I did not see my sister until I put my hand on her person in her bed about half past 11 o clock the same night. I kept my husband out on Saturday night until half-past 11 o'clock in order ,to prevent quarrelling. At that hour we came up here along with Kenny, of Black Pitts, who remained here a good while and sang two songs. While they were singing I slipped into my sister's room to see how they were going on. There was no candle in the room, only the light of the fire. I saw Black standing at the bedside with only his shirt on, and my sister was lying on the bed on her mouth and nose, and quite naked. I did not speak to Black, nor did he speak to me. I went forward to the bed and put my hand on my sister, and felt that she was cold. I thought they were only going to bed. He stood motionless. I did not stay a moment in their room but came back here. I had no thought in life at that time that my sister was then dead. In a couple of minutes afterwards my . sister's son came into my room. I asked him why he was not in bed in his own room, and his reply was, "My dada would not let me in." When Mr. Kenny went away I stripped him and put him to bed here. My husband and I afterwards went to bed. We arose, :to the best of my opinion, about ten o'clock on Sunday morning. I got breakfast ready and was preparing to go to prayers. I told James Black to go into his mother's room for a loan of a cape for me. He did so, but immediately re turned, saying, " Oh, aunt Mary, come in, there's something." Then I went in and saw deceased lying on her back, with her head turned backwards. The bedclothes were over her, but when I raised them I found that her body was naked, and that she was in gores of blood. To the best of my opinion this was about half-past 11 o'clock, or closing 12. I instantly came back to my room, and said to -my husband, " She is no more ; he is after murdering her." Mr. Cooney, at the opposite side of the street, heard my screams, and came over. My husband went down for Mrs. Neil, and brought her up. Mrs. Cooney, Mrs. Neil and my husband went into the room. I can't say whether I went in or not then, I was in such a state The room was knocked and tossed about ; the fender was broken, and I found all my sister's clothes includ ing her chemise, torn into atoms and scattered ' about the bed and floor. The lid was off their tea pot. Dr. Ryan , I think, was then sent for, and came soon afterward's. Deceased had a new pair of boots on her, which I know her husband had bought her on Saturday night, and which I took off. When the child went to the room on Sunday morning the door- was open. Deceased only had stockings on besides the boots, and a piece of her chemise about her arm, at the time she was found. There 'was a chisel lying on the coalbox in the room, but there was no blood on it, and there was also a poker. At the time I went into the room on Saturday night a piece of the clothes tripped me up, and the rest were ,on the bed. When I saw Black standing at the bedside I thought that he was wiliting , to get my man, and returned to- my OWTI room. Surgeon George Porter—l have examined the body of the deceased; it bears the following external marks of violence, viz., a bruise on the right temple, a bruise on the upper lip, an abrasion of the skin on the lower lip without the skin being broken, another abrasion immediately under the chin, another slight abrasion on the upper part of the chest in front of the left shoulder, a superficial cleanly incised wound passing from the right nipple about six inches across the chest, mid lastly, a wound about an i nc h an d an e i g hth i n length in the left side, just a little above the ter mination of the ribs. I attempted to pass a probe through. the last mentioned wound, but could not for the following reason—the instrument that had inflicted it had passed through the cartilage of the rib, which is so elastic that as soon as the instru ment was withdrawn the edges of the several car tilages must have come together so tightly as not to admit the probe. I opened the body, and on open ing the abdomen found a large quantity of clotted. blood. I found that the instrument that had in flicted the wound in the side had passed upwards, backwards, and inwards towards the spine, passing through both anterior and posterior sides of the stomach, immediately above its great curvature, and had cut across the left renal artery—a large vessel that supplies the kidneys—just close to the abdominal aorta, which is the largest vessel in the body. From that wound the blood flowed which destroyed life. Blood must have flowed in such quantities as to have caused death in a minute or two. The lungs and heart were healthy. I found some little blood poured out under the scalp, cor responding to the bruise on 'the right temple. There is no injury to the skull itself, and the brain and its membraneg were healthy. The wen= died of internal haemorrhage produced by a wound of the left renal artery, which must have been caused by a sharp cutting instrument. There is no appearance of pressure on the neck, but I ( an't tell you . how the abrasions on the chin or lips have been caused. A Juror—Would a kick produce them ? Witness—lndeed it would ; there also some hair in her teeth. I think the woman must have fainted almost after she got the renal wound. I really could not say what description of instrument caused the renal wound ; it must have been a sharp knife, and the instrument went in a good distance, but a chisel- would have done it. I measured the wound with the chisel in the room, and found the wound to be a little longer than the edge of the chisel. The appearance of the lungs gives no indi cation of suffocation. The stays of deceased was produced; it was much torn, and had something like a long tear or cut on the right breast, and also a small incision on the left side, but there was no mark of blood whatever on it. Dr. Porter took the stays into the room where the body lay, for the purpose of making a further examination, and on his retnrn said that, by fitting - the torn stays to the body, it was possible to make the tear or cut in it correspond with the wounds on the deceased's chest and side, but he could not swear that the stab was inflicted through the stays. The circumstance of the stays being wholly free from blood was not easy to account for, if it were on the deceased's person at the time of the infliction of the wounds. There were three slight abrasions on the knuckles of the left hand. The renal wound is very . clean throughout, and the renal artery is quite cleanly cut. . To a Juror—At the instant she got the wound she might have screamed. Another Juror—There was no one in the room at the time. John Salmon examined—l live at No. 10, Deane street. lam a clothes broker. I knew deceased by sight perfectly well, and I. also know Thomas Black by sight. I saw him getting shaved on yesterday morning in the shop of Browne, a barber, at about ten o'clock. He got shaved by. Browne. He appeared to be sober. I heard Black say some thing about a grey linen jacket which he had in his hand rolled up. He said that it went astray the night before, and that he had got it again. He was not more than five or ten minutes in the shop. I was sitting on a form at the time. Black did not get his whiskers shaved off. He did not appear to be excited, but spoke in a cool, regular manner. Mrs. Catherine Kelly examined—l live at No. 12, Deane-street. I know Thomas Black. At very near nine o'clock on Saturday morning I saw Thomas Black standing at his own hall-door for about five minutes, after which he walked up New row very quickly, with his right hand thrust into his breast, and his left hand swinging. He seemed excited—in a great hurry like—and I thought he wanted to be in time for mass at the Nunnery. • Constable Thomas Bell, 164 A, examined—l was on duty on Sunday about 12 o'clock on the side of the street opposite to this house. Hearing a scream apparently proceeding from the house, I crossed over and asked a little girl at the door what was the matter, and she told me that there was a.woman murdered. I came up stairs here, and on my way I heard a woman say 'that "he murdered her, and that he was gone." I went into the deceased's room, and saw Mrs. Quin there, crying; laid my hand on the body of deceased, which lay on the bed naked, and on her back, and found it to be quite cold. I saw the wound in her side, and the sheets stained with blood. I looked about for any instrument that might have inflicted the wound, and found the chisel now produced opposite to the . bed, lying on the upper of two boxes placed on one another. I found no trace of blood on the chisel. I found her stays and some of her clothes on the foot of the bed, and more of them on the ground.. Her chemise was on the ground, torn in pieces , and with blood on a portion of it. Her cape was on a chair at the foot of the bed ; it was not torn. I did not observe the fender or notice a poker. I left a con stable to take charge of the body, while I made a report at Chancery-lane Station. I saw a straw bonnet on the table, which appeared uninjnred. Several chisels of various sizes and gouges, which belonged to the husband of the deceased, were pro duced to the jury, Catherine Walsh examined—John Walsh, my hus band, is a labourer. I live in the front dining-room of this house. I knew deceased and her husband. I heard them coming up stairs on Saturday night ; I think at about eight o'clock, but could not exactly tell the hour. I heard Black giving his room door two or three kicks, and in about ten minutes after wards I heard deceased come up the stairs and call out " Tom" twice. He muttered something which I did not hear, and when she got to the top of the stairs she tuned up some sort of a song to please him, and after that I heard no more of them until she was found dead. To a Juror—l could not say.whether or not either of them was then drunk or sober. The Coroner recapitulated the evidence, and said there appeared to be no doubt that the deceased had been murdered by her husband. The jury, without hesitation, unanimously found " that Margaret Black was wilfully murdered by her husband, Thomas Black, on the night of Satur day, the Bth of January." An order was made for the interment of the body of the deceased, and the coroner issued a warrant for the apprehension of, Thomas Black, for . the murder of his wife, who surrendered him self to the police yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, and he was committed to gaol on the coroner's warrant. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the .Registrar-Generar s Report.) In the week that ended last Saturday, Jan. Bth, the number of deaths registered in London was 1,338. In the ten years 1849-58 the average num ber of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,227 ; but as the deaths returned for last week occurred in a population which has in -creased, they should be compared with the average after the latter is raised in proportion to the in crease, a correction which will make it 1,349. The actual number of deaths in last week approximates very closely to the result obtained by calculation. The deaths from zymotic diseases, which in the previous week were 400, decreased last week to 317; but they are still rather above the corrected average, which is 299. Measles declined from 53 to 43, scarlatina from 135 to 119, whooping cough from 61 to 45, typhus from 52 to 31. Last week there were 15 deaths from small pox. There were 2 from intemperance, besides 4 in which the cause is returned as delirium tremens. A woman died from destitution in the Westminster workhouse, to which she had been removed before her death. Last week the births of 886 boys and 852 girls, in all 1,738 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58 the average number was 1,561. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.421 in. The•mean daily reading was above 30 in. from Dec. 31 to Jan. 8, both days included, and last Saturday it was so high as 30.526 in. The barometrical read ings varied from 30.25 in. to 30.56 in. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 35.4 deg., which is 0.6 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years. The. thermometer in the shade attained its highest point, 43.5 deg., on Tuesday ; and fell to its lowest, 29 deg., on Saturday. The range of the week was, therefore, 14.5 deg. The mean daily range was 7.4 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 1.8 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 94 ; on Sunday and Tuesday the humidity 100 (or complete saturation). The mean tempera ture of the water of the Thames was 40.8 deg. On the last four days the wind blew from the north east. The amount of rain in the week was only 0.04 in. Fogs were prevalent. QUARTERLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE RE GISTRAR-GENERAL'S REPORT. In the 13 weeks that ended Ist January the mor 'N' in London was high. The deaths registered .A that period rose to 17,688, whereas in the four corresponding autumnal periods of 1854-7 they ranged from 13,840 to 17,238, the latter number having . been in part the result of cholera and scar latina in 1854. The excess of mortality in the quarter that has just passed arose from two causes : scarlatina (including diphtheria), which has been extremely prevalent throughout the period, and in the earlier part of it carried off about 160 persons in a week ; and bronchial complaints which became unusually fatal towards the end of November, the air at that time having been remarkably cold for the season. Though the mean temperature for the quarter, 44 degree§, was high, the early severity of the weather and its quick transitions proved fatal to young and infirm constitutions. Pulmonary diseases, which include chiefly bronchitis and pneu monia, carried off 4,075 persons ; in the four corre sponding quarters the numbers ranged from 2,510 to 3,732. Scarlatina was fatal in 1,814 cases, 70 of which occurred in Westminster, 141 in Marylebone (59 of these in the sub-district of Christchurch), 206 in Pancras, 84 inlslington, 88 in Poplar, 110 in Lambeth. These are some of the parts in which it was rife. Of 471 violent deaths, 366 were by accident or negligence, 12 by murder or manslaughter, 63 by 6121C10. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1859. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 11 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell and. Jus tices Wightman, Crompton, and Hill.) SCULLY V. INGRAM. Mr. Bovill applied to the Court to enlarge the time for moving on behalf of the defendant for a new trial. He said the action was brought by Mr. Vincent Scully against Mr. Herbert Ingram, M.P. for Boston, for fraudulently representing that he was the owner of the Castle Hyde estate, in the county of Cork, whereby the plaintiff said he was prejudiced by being prevented from enforcing the payment of £9,000 owing to him by the late John Sadleir, and by losing the advantages of the estate. At the trial there was very little evidence to show how Mr. Ingram could have been benefitted by the alleged misrepresentation,.or what motive he could have had in making it. The jury, however, gave a verdict for the plaintiff with £3OO damages. They came into court twice, and said that they could not agree ; and it appeared that half, or a certain number of them, were not prepared to find that the defendant was an accomplice with Sadleir in the fraud. Lord Campbell--They stated the ground of their doubt—viz., whether Mr. Ingram acted as an ac complice with Sadleir in the fraud; but I appre hend that they had no doubt as to his having been engaged with Sadleir in the scheme to deceive Mr. Scully. Mr. Bovill then said that the transaction tcok place in 1853, and that at the trial a mass of corre spondence was produced by the plaintiff for the first time, of which the defendant was entirely ignorant, and that the Lord Chief Justice kindly adjourned the cause early on the first day, that he (Mr. Bovill) might have an opportunity of perusing it. Before the trial the defendant applied for leave to administer interrogatories to Mr. Scully, which was refused ; and the defendant never received the usual notice to inspect and admit these letters, Which were for the first time brought to his notice at the trial. Since the trial the defendant has taken every means in his power to obtain infor mation as to the truth of the evidence given at the trial. Mr. Bovill then went through the affidavits to show what Mr. Baxter, the solicitor of Mr. Ingram, had done to obtain an inspection and examination of the papers of the late John Sadleir, in the possession of Mr. Norris, of Bedford-row; Mr. Doyle, the secretary of Mr. Sadleir ; and Messrs. Morrogh and Kennedy, soli citors of Dublin. It appeared that Mr. Scully was desirous that Mr. Ingram should have every par ticle of information that existed in connexion with the case. There was a mass of papers that the de fendant's solicitor had not been able to examine at present, but an entry had already been discovered m the books of Messrs. Morrogh and Kennedy, under the date of June 28, 1853, to the effect that they had received instructions to prepare an out line of the Castle Hyde estate, with a view to its sale to Mr. Dargan, and that there had been an at tendance upon Mr. Scully in respect thereof. If that be correct, said Mr. Bovill, there is an end of the plaintiff's case, as Mr. Ingram had abandoned the purchase in May, 1853, and Mr. Scully in the June following was dealing with the estate as his own. Mr, Justice Crompton—You can use that dis covery on the motion for a new trial. Lord. Campbell—And for the present motion it is quite irrelevant. Mr. Bovill—We have asked for the papers re ferred to in that entry, and we want an opportunity of examining them, as well as the other papers of the late Mr. Sadleir. This is a question as to Mr. Ingram's maintaining his position in society and his character for integrity and honour. Lord Campbell—Mr. Ingram was engaged in various transactions with Mr. Sadleir. I believe Mr. Ingrain stands in a most respectable position In society, and that his character was never im peached until this unfortunate transaction. Mr. Justice Wightnian—ls there any precedent for postponing a motion for a new trial in the hope of obtaining additional evidence ? Mr. Bovill mentioned the case of the " Duke of Brunswick." Mr. Justice Hill—The language of the rule of court is very strong,—that the motion must be made within the first four days of term,—and there is no exception engrafted on it to let in an applica tion like the present. Lord Campbell—You had better be content with the intimation that this application cannot be granted, and that we desire to say nothing to . prejudice your motion for a new trial. L Application refused. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Jan. 11. GUILDHALL.—George Gibson, who is charged with being concerned in the burglary and robbery of plate, money - , and jewellery, to the value of about £2,000, committed in 1856 at the house of Mrs. Humphreys, a widow lady 80 years of age, residing at Stamford-hill, was again examined relative to that charge. Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Beard, of Basinghall-street, conducted the defence. _ _ _ Eliza Cook, the young person whose hands and. feet were tied by the burglars on the morning of the robbery, was recalled, and said,—l produce a silver watch which I saw my mistress wearing on the evening previous to the robbery. Mr. Lewis—When you went upstairs in the morning and found your mistress half-smothered had she that watch about her ? Eliza Cook—She had not, sir. She usually wore it on a tape round her neck, but the tape was cut and the watch gone. • Alderman Humphery—Had your mistress any other watches in her possession at the time ? Eliza Cook—Yes, sir. She had two gold watches, which were taken from a drawer. Alderman Humphery—Where did you 'get this watch ? Mr. Lewis—lt was taken from a warder named Payton, belonging to the Stirling Castle convict ship, from which the prisoner and a man named Slark were discharged. Alderman Humphery—But how did it get into Mrs, Humphreys's possession again ? Eliza Cook—lt was returned to my mistress after the trial and conviction of Fleckart, and my mis tress gave it to me. Inspector Langdon, of the N division said,—The burglary took place in April, 18 56 ,' and in the May following I went down to Portsmouth and obtained a warrant to search the house of the warder Pay ton. I then went on board the Stirling Castle con vict ship, whbre I saw Payton. Alderman Humphery—How long had he been a warder there ? Inspector Langdon—About three years, sir. Alderman Humphery—But he is not a warder there now, is he ? Inspector Langdon—No, sir. He has been tried for receiving this watch knowing 'it to be stolen, but he was acquitted.. I afterwards want to Payton's house, and his wife gave me the watch produced in his presence. I went down to ascertain if a man named Slark and another man named Elliott were discharged together, and if a remand is granted I shall be able to prove that the prisoner is the man who went by the name , of Elliott. Alderman Humphery—How will you prove that ? Mr. Lewis—l will prove it by Kelly, the officer from Birmingham, who saw the prisoner convicted in the name of Elliott. Mr. Beard—As these questions are put for the purpose, of a remand, I will just ask Inspector Langdon a question. Were not all the facts which you have now stated in your possession on the last examination ? Inspector Langdon—They were. Mr. Beard—Then I contend there is no reason able ground for a further remand, as the prosecution have had ample time to get the evidence they now say they require. Mr. Lewis—lt is trifling with justice to object to these remands. This robbery took place two years ago, and I have to trace out the witnesses, who are scattered in all directions. Mr. Beard—The Newgate Calendar will give you the names of every one examined on the trial of Fleckart. Mr. Lewis—But it is two years ago, and the difficulty now is to find them. I shall on another occasion be prepared with two most important witnesses that I cannot produce at present. Mr. Beard—lt was intimated on the last occasion that a former conviction would be proved against the prisoner, but there is no evidence of it. Inspector Langdon—l have "a letter here about it. Alderman Humphery then read the following letter : "Convict Prison, Lewes, Jan. 10, 1859. " Sir,—Your letter to the Governor of Portsmouth Con. vict Prison has been forwarded to me. In reply to your inquiry, I have to inform you that George Elliott was con victed at Birmingham, March 17, 1852, of stealing a horse and dog-cart, and was sentenced to 10 years' transporta tion. Henry Slark was convicted at Maidstone 17th [of March, 1851, of maliciously wounding, with intent, &c., and was sentenced to 10 years' transportation. " Both the above-named convicts were released on license from the Stirling Castle hulk, Gosport, on the 31st of March, 1856, " Warder Payton, of the Stirling Castle, was tried in the same year at the Central Criminal C our t for receiving a silver watch, the produce of a burglary, but was acquitted of guilty knowledge.—l am, sir, &c." This letter was signed by the Acting Governor, and addressed to Inspector Langdon.' Mr. Beard—l submit, sir, that is no evidence that this prisoner was ever convicted. Inspector Foulger, of the City force—We have traced the prisoner from his conviction at Birming- ham, in the name of Elliott, in 1852, to Millbank prison in the same year, and from there to Portland prison in 1853, and in act up to his discharge from the Stirling Castle. Alderman Humphery—What has become of Slark ? Mr. Beard—lt has been intimated that he is in America ; but you must bear in mind, sir, that Slark has never even been tried for this robbery, so that there is no evidence that he was implicated in it at all. Mr. Lewis—The latest advices inform us that Slark is keeping a rat-pit in America. Alderman Humphery—Here is a description of Elliott in the letter addressed to Inspector Foulger by the Governor of the Birmingham Borough Prison :—Age, 25 ; height, 5 feet 41 inches ; com plexion, fair ; brown hair ; light hazel eyes, and long visage, marked with the small-pox. An officer present said the prisoner answered to that description. • Prisoner—You had better put a rope outside and hang me at once. Alderman Humphery—You will hang yourself the way you•are going on. Prisoner—Well, you raay as well hang me, for all the justice I shall get here. Alderman Humphery—You shall have justice. The Government have already given you two chances. Prisoner—Two chances ! The Government never gave me a chance at all. Alderman Humphery—lt is proved you were convicted in the name of Elliott, and transported for 10 years ; but you have been liberated long before your term expired. Prisoner—Well, if I was, it has nothing to do with this case. Alderman Humphery—But this young woman swears that you were the man whose mask fell off while tying her feet on the morning of the robbery. Prisoner—She cannot say that before God and man. Alderman Humphery—But she has said it. • Mr. Lewis—Fleckart, whose sentence was death recorded, made the same asseveration. Alderman Humphery—l suppose, Mr. Beard, you are going to prove that the prisoner was not there at all. Mr. Beard—Certainly, sir. lam instructed that it will be proved beyond a doubt that he was else where when this robbery was committed. Alderman Humphery—lt is a very serious case, and I shall remand the prisoner for another week, for the production of further evidence. BOW-STREET.—Three soldiers, named Thos. Fuller, Charles Orton, and George Hayller, the two first being corporals and the third a private in the Ist battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, were charged with stealing a £2O check, forging an in dorsement thereon, and uttering it. The case for the prosecution was conducted by Morgan (Humphrey, Son, and Morgan), who had been instructed by Mr. F. Ouvry, solicitor to the Scots Fusilier Guards. Mr. Morgan explained that the check in question had been enclosed in a letter to the quartermaster of the regiment, for the pur pose of paying for the discharge of a soldier named Thripland ; but Mrs. Coutts, the lady who had sent the remittance from Edinburgh, had addressed the letter to Mr. Walter Allan instead of Mr. George Allan, which was the name of the quarter master. It consequently miscarried, and got into the hands of the prisoner Fuller, who, after keep ing it five days, opened it, and abstracted the check, which he handed to the prisoner Hayller for the purpose of getting it cashed. The check was accordingly presented on Christmas-eve by Hayller, who was accompanied on that occasion by Orton, and who signed the document with the name " Walter Allan." Mr. Morgan then called Mr. C. Turner, cashier at Coutts's Bank, who stated that on Christmas-eve Hayller entered the bank, accompanied by another soldier, and handed him the check now produced, which was an order, in the usual form, drawn on Messrs. Coutts and Co. by the Royal Bank of Scotland for £2O, and dated December, 15. Witness asked Hayller if he was the person to whom the order was payable, and on his replying in the affirmative witness 'desired him to endorse his name on the other side of the paper. He accordingly wrote down the name " Walter Allan," and witness handed him the amount of the check. The prisoners being asked if they wished to cross examine the witness, replied in thenegative, . Orton observing, "Not at present," and Fuller adding, "We will reserve our defence till our trial, if we are to have one." He then turned towards the re porters' box and said, " Don't be afraid to put it all down ; give the right name to it, and write it in big letters." Policeman Anscombe, 102 F, the officer on duty in front of Messrs. Coutts's bank in the Strand, was then called to identify Orton as the soldier who ac companied Hayller oz Christmas-eve. They paused at the door to ask him if that was Coutts's. The next witness examined was Sergeant-Major Edwards. He said,—l am sergeant-major of the Ist battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards, in which Hayller is a private. He was absent without leave from Christmas-eve to the 28th of December. On the 29th, in consequence of information I had re ceived, I sent for him to the guard-room and questioned him as to whether he had cashed a cheque at Coutts's Bank. He denied having done so, but I replied that he had, and. that Corporal Orton was with him. He exclaimed, " Oh, you know all about it, then ?" I answered, " I know a good deal about sit, but I want to know a little more." He said it was a cheque for money for Thripland's discharge, and that it was given to him by an old comrade who was on board ship with him in the Baltic. I said, " That must be Corporal Fuller," and he answered, " That's the man." He also said he gave ss. to Orton, and had spent the rest. I then sent for Orton, who acknowledged that he had been with Hayller to cash the cheque, and said Rayner had given him £B, but that he had got none of it now. I then sent for Fuller, and I asked him if he had given Hayller a cheque for £2O. He said he had. I asked how he became possessed of that cheque. He hesitated for a long time, but at last he said he got it out of a letter that had been delivered to him by the drill sergeant in waiting, whose duty it is to take letters from the postman and distribute them in the barracks. He said he could not find Walter Allan ; that he had inquired through the battalion ; that he had kept it by him so long that he was afraid of getting the censure of the commanding officer for neglecting his duty in not taking it back to the guard-room and marking it with the cause of non-delivery ; and that he then took the liberty of opening it. He said he found in the letter a cheque for £2O, and gave it to Hayller. Hayller also mentioned that Fuller asked him if he was game to get the cheque cashed, and that he replied he was game for anything. Hayller also said to the commanding officer that he received ten sovereigns and two £5 notes, and that he gave Orton the notes to 'get changed, and that Orton returned him only two sovereigns, keeping £8 for himself. Mr. Jardine—Were the other prisoners present? Witness—No ; there was only Hayller. Wm. Shaw, corporal in the battalion, stated that he was present when the drill-sergeant gave Fuller the letter addressed to Walter Allan. Fuller showed it to me, and asked if I knew an Allan. I said there was an Allan in my company. I called Allan, and asked if the letter was for him ; and he, said it was not. The letter bore the Edinburgh postmark. Mr. Morgan observed that the ' envelope had never been found. Witness—l took the letter back to Fuller and showed him the postmark, observing that I thought it must belong to some recruit who had lately joined the regiment at Croydon ; that he had better try to find the man, but that if he could not, the only thing he could do was to return the letter to the sergeant. Captain Gordon, the adjutant, deposed that on the 29th"he sent for Hayller and interrogated him. He said the letter was given him by Corporal Fuller, and he thought he had a perfect right to it, being given to him. Witness said he must have known that it was not for him, and he answered that he " did not care." He acknowledged going to Coutts's with Orton t 9 cash the cheque, and at once gave up the letter in which it had been en closed. He said before the commanding officer that the order was made payable i to Walter Allan, and was for Thripland's discharge, adding that he signed it " Walter Allan." Charles Thripland, a private in tho Ist battalion, said the cheque was for his discharge. He expected it. He knew the handwriting. It was that of Mrs. Day, who wrote for her mother, Mrs. Coutts, an old lady. He had given no authority to' the pri soners to draw money for him, and indeed only knew them from seeing them during drill here. Mr. George Allan, the quartermaster, stated that he was the person for whom the letter was in tended. He had never received it, nor authorised any one to receive it. At the request of Mr. Morgan, the prisoners were remanded to afford an opportunity of sending to Edinburgh for Mrs. Coutts, if her evidence should he thought necessary to the case, though his wor ship expressed a strong opinion that it would be wholly superfluous. WORSHIP.STREET.—Thomas Williams, alias Dutton, twice convicted, and suspected to be a ticket-of-leave man, and Robert Frost, alias Wil liams, also previously convicted, were charged with burglary and the following outrage : A lady named Bowers said—l reside at No. 6, Devonshire-terrate, Victoria-park-road, and -am a widow. At two in the morning of the 30th Nov. I was awoke by cries of f Murder:" and "Stop thief !" and on getting up and looking, out oftthe window I saw the back of a constable in the front garden, who was running out through the gate into the road. I ran into the sitting-room and found the chiffonier, which I had locked the night before, broken open, and its contents scattered about the floor, excepting two decanter-stands, which are now produced. I also found a window wide open in the stone passage, and an iron bar which went across it taken away. At half-past 11 o'clock the night before I saw the window and the whole of the house secured. At 4 o'clock the same constable came back to me, bleeding profusely from the head, and showed me the decanter-stands produced, and which I can identify as mine. Alfred Evershed, 137 N, who, notwithstanding the length of time that , had elapsed, still pre sented a shocking appearance of suffering and debility, and wore an overcoat which was patched with blood-stains on almost every part of it, said— About 3in the morning of the 30th Nov,. while passing the house, No. 0, Devonshire-terrace, I saw for nearly 5 minutes a light glaring through the fanlight over the street door, and then I saw it gra dually go out of a blue colour. I found the front garden gate fast, and also that, of the next house, No. 5, but that of No. 4 was open, and I entered and went across the gardens to No. 6,the area door of which was fast. I turned my light down the garden towards South Hackney Church, and then turned it out while I got on the wall to try the wicket gate leading to the back garden, but found that fast too. I then examined the wall for nails, and on again turning my light off saw Williams through the staircase window, coming down stairs with a candle in his hand. He was dressed in a suit of black with a black hat, and I thought he was master of the house. I jumped off the wall; and was getting to the house, when I saw a window open sufficiently large to admit a lad. On reaching the back of the house I found the door ajar, and on entering the passage saw Williams on the last step but one, opposite the front 4ritchen. lat once caught him by the throat, and turned my light into the kitchen, where I saw Frost, dressed like a midshipman, standing. near a table with plate on it and with a lighted candle. I called out " Thieves," and Frost immediately rushed at me, but I struck him full with my lamp, and he fell; he rose and ran at me again, but I repeated the blow with the same effect ; he got up again, and tried to force himself between me and the other prisoner, whom I still held fast, but did not succeed, and then passed under my arm and got to the area door, which he tried to unlock, but I struck at him repeatedly with my lamp and knocked him down. I still held Williams, but he and Frost both got out into the area, Frost trying several times to pull the other man away from me, but when we got to the area steps I pushed them both down. Frost, however, got up' and seized me by the belt, which gave way and let him down behind me, but he got up and pulled at me by my coat. Williams now called out " Here it is," and Frost immediately struck me such a severe blow with something that my hand has been still ever since, and is so now. I then hit Williams with my lamp in the face, and Frost struck me with what I believe to have been a life-preserver, or iron jemmy, four or five blows on the hat, which at last came off, and he then repeatedly struck me on the head with the instrument, making my head bleed very much in deed. Williams by that time had got half way up the steps, but I got him down them, and he kicked me several times so severely in the chest that I have suffered very much from those kicks. Frost then made his escape, and Williams's neckscarf, by which I held him, having given way, I snatched at his shirt-front, but that tore, and he got away into the next garden and escaped, dropping the two waiters now produced. I followed him, calling " Police !" and " Murder !" as loud as I could, but I was so faint, and was bleeding so profusely, that I was obliged to cling to the fencing until the ser geant came up and assisted me into the lady's house, when she identified the waiters at once, and I was then taken to the 'station to give a descrip tion of the men. Williams dropped his hat ,while we were struggling together, and I produce it. I can swear to both men. Each prisoner said that he did not wish to offer any defence, and both were committed for trial. MARYLEBONE.—Esther Griggs, the woman charged with throwing her child out of the window while under the alleged influence of a dream, was again examined and remanded. A surgeon stated that the child was not yet out of danger. Lady Hamilton, in whose service the prisoner has lived as housemaid, has sent to Mr. Broughton, the magis trate, a Post-office order for 10s., and at the pri soner's desire the money was given to her husband. SOUTHWARK.—Catharine Atkins, a middle aged woman, residing at No. 18, Revels-row, was charged with telling fortunes and committing a violent assault on Mrs. Gardner, the wife of a tradesman at Mile-end. _ Mrs. Gardner said that Mrs. Hunt was on a visit to her from the country, and on the previous night they left,home unknown to her husband, and pro ceeded to the prisoner's house. As soon as they entered, the prisoner asked Mrs. Hunt if she wished her fortune to be told She replied that she did, when the prisoner produced a pack of cards, and demanded ls., which was paid to her by Mrs. Hunt. They were about then to leave the house, and as soon as Mrs. Hunt got out the prisoner shut the door and locked witness in. She then seized her by the throat, and took up a poker,-saying she would smash her brains out ; and she was rendered almost insensible by the violence of the prisoner, who was at the time under the influence of drink. The prisoner declared that she never toldfortunes, and did not receive any money for that. Mrs. Gardner gave her Bd., with which she fetched gin and cloves and they all drank it. Mr. Burcham asked Mrs. Gardner whether she had any previous knowledge of the prisoner ? She replied that she once came to her house and told her husband's fortune. He was silly enough for that. _ _ Mrs. Hunt said she foolishly accompanied her friend to the prisoner's house to have their fortunes told. She gave prisoner ls., when she shuffled the cards and told her a lot of rubbish. Mr. Burcham—Are you married ? Witness—Oh, yes, and she asked me that. Mr. Bureham—Then I suppose she told you what colour your second husband was tobe? (Laughter.) Witness—Yes, sir ;the said he was to be a dark gentleman, with an immense fortune. (Laughter.) Mr. Burcham—Did you believe her ? Witness—Oh no, sir ; I was very foolish. _ _ Mr. Burcham—There is not any doubt of that; and it is indeed wonderful to see two respectable women go to a person of prisoner's description. Prisoner—We are all acquainted, your worship. Mr. Burcham (to Mrs. Gardner) —Is that so ? Mrs. Gardner—l only know her by her coming to my house to tell my husband's fortnne ; and I am very sorry that I went to her house last night. I did not want my' fortune told, and that was the reason the prisoner attacked me. Mr. Burcham sentenced her to one month's im prisonment for the assault, and another month as a rogue and vagabond, with hard labour. [AnvitzisEmENT.]—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Sore throat, quinsy, ulcerated throat, diphtheria. The sore throat, with more or less hoarseness, prevailing at this season of the year, has for twenty years been treated with the above remedies with a degree of success far surpassing that of any other mode of treatment. 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WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 11. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Arthur C. Van Cortlaudt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Berkeley, promoted. sth t he nDraon Guards—SurgeonWin. Johnstone Fyffe, M.D., from l3th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Trousdell, who exchanges' • 7th Dragoon Guards--John Alexander Drake, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, Vice Alleyne, who retires. 3d Light Dragoons—James Gideon Pott, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Teevan, promoted. 7th Light Dragoons—Cornet C. P. Viscount Royston to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Seymour, who retires ; Cornet Henry Herbert Wombwell, from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Craven, deceased. 11th Light Dragoons—Henry Herbert Wombwell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Moseley, promoted ; Carnet James Gideon Pott, from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Wombwell, appointed to the 7th Light Dragoons. 15th bight Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert Burdon, from the 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, paying the difference be tween Infantry and Cavalry, vice Bush, who exchanges. 16th Light Dragoons—Edward Philip Salter, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Fellowes, appointed to the Ist Dragoon Guards ; Charles Anthony, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Morrison, promoted. 17th Light Dracroons—Captain Henry Baring has been permitted to retire from the- Service by the Sale of his Commission. Military Train—Captain Arthur Cassidy, from the 21st Foot, to be Captain, vice Henry Miller, who'exchanges. Royal Artillery—Second Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Henry Ingilby to be Captain, vice Haultain, placed upon the Supernumerary List; Lieutenant Arthur Lister Kaye to be Second Captain, vice Ingilby. Gentleman Cadets to be Lieutenants —George Best, Clement Walford Bel lairs, Adrian de Montmorency Prior. To be Assistant- Surgeons—Assistant-Surgeons William Meyler Milton, from the Staff; Joseph Bourke, from the Staff ; Francis Roberts Hogg, M.D., from the Staff; William Graves, from the Staff ; William Temple, M. 8., from the Staff ; Henry Harrison, from the Staf; Benjamin Burland, M. 8., from the Staff; Alfred Lewer, from the Staff. Royal Engineers—Captain Andrew Clarke, from the Su pernumerary List, to be Captain, vice Kerr, placed upon temporary half-pay. Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieu tenants, with Temporary Rank.—William Joseph Carroll, Samuel 'Anderson, Charles Woodward, Robert Young Armstrong, Robert John Bond, Arthur Kyle Haslett, George Edward Grover, Charles Harland Craigie Hal kett, George Henry Law Pole, Charles Bowen, George William Johnson, William Hutchinson Mulloy, William Randall Slacke, Edward Toler Wynne, Francis George Oldham, Henry Allen Gun, George Gordon Chamberlin Bigsby, James OctSsius Playfair. 2d Regiment of Foot--Lieutenant Henry Pye Phillipps to be Adjutant, vice Martin, promoted. sth Foot—Ensign James Hartley to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Perrin, deceased ; Ensign Francis R. Bradford to be Lieutenant , by purchase, vice Hartley, whose promotion, by purchase, on Dec. 24, has been cancelled. • 6th Foot—Ensign George William Morland td be Lieu , tenant, by purchase, - vice Ball, who retires. 7th Foot—The surname of the officer promoted to a Com pany, by purchase, on 24th Dec., 1858, is spelt Thurston, and not Thurstone, as then stated. 11th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas L. Stack to be Captain, by purchase, vice Knox, who retires. 12th Foot—Edward Charles Colley Foster, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Disney, appointed to the 69th Foot. 13th Foot—Surgeon William Green Trousdell, M.D., from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Surgeon, vice Fyffe, who exchanges. 14th Foot—The third Christian name of Lieutenant Car bery is Hill. 15th Fdot—The Christian name of Lieutenant Burden is Robert and not John, as stated in the Gazette of 24th August ; Lieutenant Richard Harold Bush, from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Burden, who exchanges. 16th Foot—The•promotion of Lieutenant G. A. Ferris from 29th Foot, on 7th September, 1858, and the transfer of that officer to the 29th Regiment on 26th October, 1858, have been cancelled ; the promotion of Lieutenant J. H. Crosse, from the 58th Foot, on 26th October, 1858, to be on the augmentation of the 'Regiment . , and not vice Ferris, transferred to the 29th Foot, as previously stated. 17th Foot—Jonathan William Elmes,.Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Borrett, appointed to the 4th Foot. 20th Foot—Ensign Robert Foster-Melliar to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gilley, deceased. 21st Foot—Captain Henry Miller, from the Military Train, to be Captain, vice Arthur Cassidy, who exchanges ; • John Popham Mainwaring, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Gaskell, promoted. 24th Foot—Ensign E. Henry B. Sawbridge to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Waring, who retires. 25th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Pears to be Captain, by purchase, vice Harrison, who retires. 27th Foot—Brevet-Colonel John Buck' Riddlesden, from half-pay 'Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Touzel, who exchanges ; Major Oliver Langley to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Riddlesden, who retires. 29th Foot—The promotion of Major E. H. Westropp to be antedated to July 20, 1858 ; Lieutenant George Augustus Ferris to be 'Captain, without purchase, vice Westropp ; the promotion of Lieutenant J. N. Bomford to be ante dated to July 20, 1858, and to be vice Ferris, and not vice Congreve promoted in the 4th Foot, as previously stated ; the promotion of Lieutenant A. G. Black to be antedated to July 23, 1858, and to be vice Congreve pro moted in the 4th Foot, and not vice Ferris promoted in 16th Foot, as previously stated. 35th Foot--Arthur Chichester Crookshank, Gent., to be - Ensign, without purchase, vice Fryer, promoted. 39th Foot—Assistant -Surgeon Robert' Lindsay, M. 8., from the Staff, to be A ss i s t an t-Surgeon ' vice A. M.Pumphrey, M.D., cashiered by sentence of a General Court Martial. 40th Foot—Charles Stepney Perceval E. Mansergh, Gent., to be Ensign , without purchase, ' vice Vieth, promoted in the 15th Foot. 47th Foot—George Strickland, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Truman, appointed to the 32d Foot. 50th Foot—William L. Fleury, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Busfeild, promoted in the 22d Foot. 51st Foot—Lieut. William Charles Edward Scott to be Instructor of Musketry, vice O'Callaghan, promoted in -the 16th Foot. 66th Foot—Ensign Augustus Spiller to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Curwen, who retires. 59th Foot—Louis Philip Gould, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Shaw, promoted in the 9th Foot. 62d Foot—Lieut. Nicholas G. Elliott has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his commission. 63d Foot—John Pollard Mayers Burton, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Bicknell, promoted in the 38th Foot. 67th Foot—Arthur James Poole, Gent., to be Ensign, without pi chase, vice Gardiner, promoted. 69th Foot—Cantain R. Torrens Pratt, from the 84th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hon. W. H. Herbert, who exchanges. 71st Foot—Ensign Francis Fawkes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice C. T. C. Roberts, who retires. 84th Foot—Captain Hon. Wm. Henry Herbert, from the 69th Foot, to be Captain, vice Pratt, who exchanges. 89th Foot—Wm. G. Ostler, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Harrison, promoted ; G. J. W. Hayward, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, viceNewbigging, promoted. Rifle Brigade—Ensign A. D. Rickman to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Scriven, killed in action ; Ensign James Hook to be Lieutenant , by purchase, vice Rick man, whose promotion, by purchase, on 26th October, 1858 , has been cancelled ; Hon. Edward Lawless to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kinloch, promoted. 2d West India Regiment—C. G. Fyfe, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Russell, promoted. Cape Mounted Rifles—W. H. Hodges, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cumberlege, who resigns. Royal Canadian Rifles —Ensign C. T. Wilson to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Marson, promoted. INVALID DEPOT (Chatham) —Lieutenant and Adjutant James Pope to be Staff-Captain, vice Rand, who retires upon full-pay. HOSPITAL STAFF.—To be Assistant -Surgeons—W. R. Kerans, Gent. •, E. L. Low, M.B. ; R. Lindsay, M.B. ; T. Murtagh, Gent. ; J. Greig, M.B. • G. Park, M.D. ; W. Chalmers, Gent. ; J. S. Duncan, M.D. ; R. Henry, Gent. ; and R. M. Gilchrist, M.D. BREVET. ---- • Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Brown, Recruiting Officer, in London, for her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, to have the rank of Colonel in the Army, while so employed. Major Robert Bruce, 23d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY. Captain Charles K. Bushe, 59th Foot. Captain F. P. Cassidy, 34th Foot. Second Captain Howard Craufurd Elphinstone, V.C., Royal Engineers. Staff-Captain George Rand, retired full-pay of the Inva lid Depot at Chatham, to be Major in the Army, the rank being honorary only. The second Christian name of Major-General Carmichael, C.B , of the Bengal Cavalry, is Montauban, and not Mont abin, as stated in the Gazette of Feb. 6, 1855. The following promotions to take place consequent upon the death of Lieut.-General Robert. Barclay Macpherson, C. 8., Colonel of the 88th Foot, on 23d December, 1858 : Major-General George Charles, Earl of Lucan, K.C.8., Colonel of the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant- General. Brevet-Colonel Philip M'Pherson, C. 8., Inspecting Field-Officer of a Recruiting District, to be Major-General. Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Edward Lacy, Captain on half-pay Unattached, Assistant Adjutant-General at Gib raltar, to be Colonel. Brevet-Major Bernard G. Layard, Captain half-pay 67th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Charles William Meadows Payne, half-pay Un attached, to be Major, with date of 26th October, 1858, such antedate not to carry with it any claim to additional pay, previous to 24th December, 1858. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Royal Cornwall and Devon -Miners Regiment of Militia —Jogeph Fernery, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Chas. Vereker Hamilton Campbell to be Captain, vice Hunter, resigned ; Cornet Claude Alexander to be Lieutenant, vice Spiers, deceased; Cornet John Crichton to be Lieutenant, vice Patrick, deceased ; Cornet William Parker Adam to be Lieutenant, vice Campbell, promoted ; John Campbell Haldan, Gent., to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Crawford, deceased. Tower Hamlets King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Alfred Dower Reynolds, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Royal Lanarkshire Militia _—Bernard Byrne, Gent., Ensign, to be vice Roger, resigned. Ross, Caithness, Sutherland and Cromarty, or 96th, Regiment of Militia—Adrian William Keith Falconer to be Captain, vice John Paton, deceased. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Henry Alan Clery, Gent., to be 'Ensign, vice Ramsay, resigned. 2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—William Ben nion Foulkes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice F. H. Kensall, promoted. MrntortANDum.—lst Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia —Lieutenants John Legh Sykes, Francis Pullen Mudd, and William Birch Sykes, removed from the strength of the Regiment, having retired on their allowance. Ensign Joseph Morley Dennis, absent without leave during tine late training, is removed from the strength of the Regiment. Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—George Robert Mas call, Gent., to be Lieutenant. 2d Regiment King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Francis tQ be Eat% rice Piax- t i n , ,promoted ; F Idward Whitacre Davies, Gent., to be En g I ,:ice Sneyd, resigned. Tel Re Timent , A King's Own Staffordshire Militia—En gn Gec,; ld, 1 3 esigned; Thomas John Gatehouse, Lieutenant Gent si - . e.5 .0 St. John Sherwood Doyle to be , to be Ensign, vice vice Fitter:: Dowie, promoted. .) The following ..1.1 ipointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gte: •;ette of December 14th, 1858 :- 2d Regiment of 1 :ing's Own Staffordshire Militia,—Wm. Shaw, Gent., to be , Ensign, vice Lenthall, promoted. The following apt )ointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gaze 'tte of the 10th day of December last:— Regiment of Roy al Perthshire Rifle Militia—George Duncan Mercer, Gen t., to be Captain, vice Stein, resigned. BANKRt T PTCIES ANNULLED. Alfred Critchill, ca binet maker, 1, Upper Dorset-place, Clapha m -road. Henry inpo maltster, Park Attwood, near Kidderminster. 3ANKRUPTS. Tilden Chrismas, a atl merchant, Sheerness, and New Brompton, to surrendea • Jan. 20, and Feb. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankrupt( Eli Wainwright, baker, Earl-street, Rensington, Jan. 24, at twelve, and Feb. 2 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Henry Rogers, Bradford, Jan. 21 and Feb. 18, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Walter Lodge, merch ant, Castle-hill, Almondhuu, Yorkshire, Jan. 27 and 1 'eb. 18, at eleven, at the Leedi District Court. Charles James Hill, grt.cer, Birmingham, Jan. 21 and Feb. 10, at eleven, .at the B hnungham District Court. John Woolf the your; ;er, small ware manufacturer, Manchester, Jan. 28 and F eb. 18, at twelve, at the Man chester District Count. Mr. Commissioner Fane will sit at the Court of Bank ruptcy, on Thursday, 20tb . Jan., in the matter of the wind ing-up of the Joint-s,teck Companies Acts, 1856 and 1857. Mr. Commissioner l'entd anque will sit, in the Court of Bankruptcy, on the 22 4 'eb., at one, in the matter of winding up the Maresfi old Patent Gunpowder Company (Limited). SCOTCH B. kNKRUPTS. James Bruce, builder, Hill head, near Glasgow. Scott and Edmond, oil me 11 itants ' Glasgow. Malcolm M'lntosh, merch Portree. James Fleming, grocer, L( 4:gh. John Inglis, bulkier, Glasg Walter Edgar, grocer, Glasgow. Alexander Macdougall, Ft ttes Farm, Killiernan, Ross shire. James Martin, farmer, Gold enberry, West Kilbride, Ayr.. shire. COUNTRY MARKETS. . LIVERPOO. L—JAN. 11. At this day's market there v 7as a very fair attendance of millers and dealers, and wit, eat met a moderately good consumptive sale at the extren ie currencies of last market day. Flour held firm, but not much dealt in. Indian corn 6d per qr advance. Barley in tolerable supply, and fully as dear. Oats steady, at full pi ices, and oatmeal 6d dearer. In beans little doing. Egyptis beans 6d per qr advance. Peas as before. LEEDS-JA N. 11. At the market this morning there was a moderate sup ply of English wheat, for wh; ich the dem and was good or best qualities. Prices firm, at last week's currencies. Barley inquired for, and is rather d earer. Beans make full prices. Averages for the week : Wheat 4,296 qrs., at 42s 3 1 d 8ar1ey......... 2,0.53 ~ 325 7d Oats 3l ~ 23s 7d Rye 6 ~ 34s 8d Beans B7 ~ . 405 3d Peas •• • • 4 1-5 ,I 36s Od Arrive is this week : Wheat , 1,709 qrs. Oats Barley Beans Rapeseed Linseed lO RIPON—JAN. 8. There has been a fair supply of grain at market to-day. —White wheat, 5s 6d to 6s Od per bushel; red, 4s Od to 5s 6d ; barley, 28s to 34s per qr. ; oats, 18s to 245. SHEFFIELD-JAN. 11. The market continues steady, and prices are about, sup ported in the transactions recorded, 'with some tendency to an advance. - Wheat ...15s to 16s Oats . 23s to 32s White .17s to 19s beans 40s to 453 Barley .27s to 31s Pots .. sss to 588 Millers' prices for flour—ls 6 . d, 18 7d, and is 9d per 141 b. Hay, 80s to 85s ; wheat st bo 36s ; turnips, 18s to 20s pi Lw, Vs to 365; oat straw, 23s ton. ROCHDALE-JAN. 8. In the provision market there was a small show of potatoes, and the trade was brisk, with lower prices at the close. Flukes, 9s to 9s 6d I • radicals, 8s ; Wellingtons, 88 _ per 2521 b. RICHMOND-JAw. 8. There was a middling supply of grain to -day, and a slow business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, from 5s Od to 5s 6d per bushel ; red, 5s Od to 5s 6cl. ; barley, 43 to 4s 6d per do. ; oats, 2s 9d to 43 ; beans, 68 to 6s 6d. GLASGOW-Jmv. 10. This day's market was pretty well attended. Wheat was a tolerably ready sale at an advance of 6d to is per 2401bs ; flour the turn in favour of the seller. Barley im. proving. Other grain in fair request. CORK-JAN. 10. The folloWing were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 16s Od to 21s 3d; white, 22s to 23s Od; barley lOs Od to 13s 4d; oats, lls Od to 12s Bd. An improved sale. NORWICH CATTLE-JAN. 8. There was a fair show of store beasts to-day, consisting of Scots, shorthorns, Irish, and Devons. Sales were very dull. The selling price for Scots was 48 to 4s 6d ; short horns, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; Irish, 3s to 3s 6d per stone of Ribs. estimated weight when fat. Fat beasts firm at 7s 6d to 8a 6d per stone. Sheep—Fat sheep, 7s6d to 8s 6d, prime lots Os per stone, Pigs—Good store pigs, 15s to 20s per head. Fat pork, 63 6d to 6s, prime 6s 6d per stone. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERP 0 01,-JAN. 11. The market declined about 1 per cent. during the day, stock being much pressed in the afternoon, but just at the close there appeared some signs of a slight recovery.—. Leeds Northern, 48 i—Dovers, 22 I—Berwicks, 93 93-/- -North British, 60 i—York and North Midland, 76i 77 Eastern Counties, 12 121 Midland, wq 2—Chester and Holyheads, 48 81—Caledonians, 86i 7—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 963—London and North-Westerns, 95 East Lancashire, 95 si—Dutch Rhenish, 13f dis.— Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 3-16—Great Western, 55 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 384—Blackburn.s, 11 5-16—Great Western of Canada, 161 164---Birkenheade, 67 67f. MAN CHESTER-JAN. ii. The market was rather inactive to-day, with little busi ness doing. Caledonians, 87I—North Western, 13 5-16-- Midlands, 102.4 Sheffields, 391 I —Londons, 95t—Leedri, 97—Dovers, 22 3-16--East Lancashire, 96—Trunks, 9 5-16—Eastern Counties, 12k. • BIRMINGHAM.—JAN. 11.. The transactions to-day• were limited, and the prices were lower. North Staffords, 4t 4 d---London and N orth- Westerns, 97—Birmingham and Stout Valleys, 8. LEEDS-JAN. 11. Great Western, 561 —Birmingham 'and Perbys,_ 76 North British, 60—Gooles, 221—Midland, 1021—Leeds, 97. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Itarey's Horse and Cattle Improv ing Food improves the stamina, vigour, endurance, and muscle of ill-coneitioned or apparently worn-eut Horses, Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. It causes no extra expense, as it contains fat more and better nourish ment than its cost of ltd. per feed supplies in corn or hay; hence ensures an actual saving. In a short time it improves the appearance and value of horses and cattle by. 20 to 30 per cent. Itarey and Co., sole importers, 77, Pic cadilly, Quadrant, London. Packed in tins of about 42 feeds, 6s. ; of about 90 feeds, Ils. ; in casks of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, £5, being about lid. per feed. Goods forwarded on receipt of Post-office Orders. Important Caution—Beware of spurious imitations offered by the ignorant and unscrupulous. All imitators will be proceeded against. BIRTHS. ALTHAUS.—On the 10th inst., at 5, South Bank, Regent's park, the wife of Frederick Althaus, Esq., of a son. BAGoT.—On the 7th inst., at Blithfield, Staffordshire, the Lady Bagot, of a daughter. HAY.—On the 9th inst.. at New Hampton, the wife of C. Hay, Esq., of a daughter. MEYER.—On the 10th inst., at 53, Gordon-square, Mrs. M. Meyer, of a son. MARRIAGES. JOHNSON—CnKwLEY.--On the 10th inst., at St. Stephen's, Old Ford, Bow, Mr. L. H. Johnson, of 3, Copthall-cham bers, London, to Amelia, eldest daughter of Alfred Jas. Crawley, Esq., of Stepney. SALINGER—PAinA.—On the 6th inst., at Emeriek• on-the- Rhine, Mr. Morris Salinger, of 6, Upper Thurloe-plaee, Hackney-road, and 42, Bread-street, to Harriet, daughter of Mr. J. Paiba, of Kennington. DEATHS. BARRETT.—On the 10th inst., at Cecil-lodge, Canonbury park, Islington, J os h ua B arre tt , E sq ., age d 80. CARR.—On the 9th inst., at Whalley Abbey, Lancashire, Mrs. Carr, aged 80. CLEVELAND.—On the 9th inst., at Raby Castle, after short but seve re illness, Sophia, Duchess of Cleveland, aged 74. DRIFFIELD.—On the 9th inst., at Great Baddow, Essex, Mrs. Joanna Driffield, aged 72. LEWIS.—On the Bth inst., at Gwinfo, Carmarthenshire, Lewis Lewis, Esq„ a magistrate and dep.-lieutenant for the county, aged 54. SAXTON.—On the 10th inst., at Dartford, James Saxton, aged 76. SOMERS.—On the 3d inst., at Eastnor Castle, of diphtheria, Virginia, the youngest (laughter of Earl and Countess Somers, aged 3 years. 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