The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-01 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The Cressy, 80, screw•steamship, Capt. the Hon. C. J. B. Elliott, joined the Channel fleet in Portland harbour on Sunday afternoon, from Spithead. The Melpomene, 51, new screw steam frigate, at Portsmouth, will hoist the pennant this morning, orders having been transmitted to that effect from the Admiralty. A number of seamen riggers employed in Portsmouth yard have already expressed an eager desire to ship for her, and there is no doubt that she will be very quickly manned. She is ready for sea, with the exception of having to take on board her provisions, powder, and shell. Her engines are of 600-horse power, nominal, and gave the ship a speed on her trial of 121 knots. The Imperieuse, 51 screw steam frigate, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to try her machinery. Everything worked in the most ,satisfactory manner. This frigate will be ready to , proceed to sea in '24 hours after receiving a crew on board, The Neptune, 91, screw steamship, completed masting in the steam basin at Portsmouth yester- day. - It is stated in Portsmouth that Rear-Admiral Erskine will hoist his flag on board tho Edgar, 91, at sheerness, as second in command of the Channel feet, and that Capt. J. E. Katon will be his Flag Captain. The launch of the screw corvette Charbdis, 21, will take place at Chatham dockyard this afternoon, about halfpast 12 o'clock. The dockyard gates will be thrown open to the public some time before the hour fixed for the launch, and, in order to ac commodate the numerous spectators who are usually present on these occasions, tiers of galleries have been erected at the sides and head of the ship, which will enable several thousand persons to wit ness the launch. The Rodney, 90, sailing ship, in dock at Chatham, has a large number of shipwrights at work on board making the necessary alterations in her hull in order to convert her into a screw steamer and to prepare her for the reception of her engines. Although this vessel has been built several years, her timbers are perfectly sound. She will make a fine screw steamer when completed. The screw steam frigate Curagoa, 3, Captain J. H. Mason, from a cruise in the Channel, arrived in Plymouth Sound under canvas on Monday. The screw steamship Lion, 80, was removed from Keyham basin, on Monday, to the jetty at Devon port dockyard. The gunboat Hind received her guns at Devon port on Monday, and got up steam to try her ' machinery. Forty additional labourers were entered in Devon port dockyard on Monday. The new screw steam frigate Emerald, Captain Arthur Cumming, and the new screw steam cor vette Cadmus, Captain Hillyar, now at Sheerness, ready to join the Channel squadron, will proceed to the Great Nore, and there remain to salute the Princess Royal of Prussia on her passage down the Thames. Her Royal Highness will embark from Gravesend to-morrow. We regret to state that the Captain Superinten dent of. Sheerness yard, John C.Fitzgerald, after a long and painful illness, expired at his residence in the yard yesteray, at 4 p.m. Upwards of 100 volunteers have been already entered at Great Yarmouth for the Royal Navy. The volunteers consist principally of ordinary sea men and boys, but they include a fair proportion of able-bodied seamen. The screw steam ship Lord Panmure, constructed by Messrs. A. Leslie and Co., of Gateshead, for the service of the military store department of Wool wich Arsenal, yesterday arrived at the arsenal pier, and will proceed down the river this morning on her trial trip. The Balaklava, a sister vessel, yes terday commenced shipping guns, shot, and shell from the pier for Portsmouth. _ _ The hired transport Rattler yesterday arrived at Woolwich, and commenced shipping a full cargo of war stores for Quebec. The steam transport Britannia yesterday com menced filling in a heavy cargo of guns, solid shot, and other war stores, for Gibraltar ; and a large amount of tonnage has been enr aged for the Medi terranean and other British possessions. The-troopship Simoom, 8, Commander J. M. Cook, from Bombay, Feb. 3 ; Mauritius, March 13; Cape of Good Hope, April 9; and St. Vincent, May 13, arrived at Plymouth yesterday afternoon. She brings 259 men, 20 women, and 23 children belong ing to various regiments, under command of Capt. Maloney, 83d, and in medical charge of Dr. Ryall, 86th. Capt. Pering, 21st ; Lieut. Oliver, 66th ; and Ensign Johnstone, 82d, are passengers. 14 deaths occurred on the voyage. The screw steamvessel Lynx, Clommander Berkeley,i,vas at the Mauritius. Admiral Sir F. Grey was about to leave the Cape in the flagship Boscawen for the West Coast. The Himalaya, which made the passage out in 31 days, was gone to Algoa Bay with the 2d battalion of the 13th Regiment for frontier duty. Excepting one cornpan:y of Cape Mounted/Rifles, the invalided 59th was theionly regiment at Cape Town. The Gover nor, Sir George Grey', was at headquarters. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Rear-Admiral J. E. Erskine has been appointed to hoist his flag on board the Edgar, as second in command of the Channel Fleet. Master—Christopher Albert to the Melpomene ; Edwin Rowe (additional) to the Wellington for the Donegal; J. S. Smith (additional) to the Asia for the Imperieuse. Assistant Clerks—A. Le B. Corrie, to the Aboukir ; A. C. Jeffreys, to the Edinburgh. The following mates have been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant : —N. C. Barton, P. J. Murray, St. V. Lake, A. H. G. Richardson, J. G. J. Hanmer, R. G. Kinahan, H. J. F. Campbell, G. S. Peard, C. N. Streatfield, F. H. Blair, W. H. Elton, S. M. Medley, G. W. Bloxsome, R. B. Nicholetta, C. G. Fane, A. J. V. Collins, L. M. Mallet, J. B. Warren, B. Sheepshanks, J. L. Hope, A. J. Cheek, G. W. J. Aldham, F. Durrant, L. C. Keppel, E. B. Pusey, G. D. Burke, J. M. Morris, W. H. Royse, H. Hilton, M. B. Medlycote, Hon. E. L. V. Mostyn, E. P. Pocock, and Sir F. Black wood, Bart. THE ARMY. Lieut.. Gen. Sir Harry G. W. Smith, G.C.8., commanding the northern and midland district, will relinquish his command in September next. The gallant officer succeeded Gen. Earl Cathcart in 1854. It has not transpired who is to succeed Sir Harry. The depot of the 100th Regiment will arrive in Portsmouth, from Aldcrshott, this morning, on the way to Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. Instructions were yesterday received at Woolwich, by order of the General Commanding-in-Chief; to carry out forthwith, commencing. from the Ist of June, as prescribed for the reconstruction of the corps of Royal Artillery, the abolition of the Adju tants' and field batteries' detachments. The regi mental staff of the field batteries was accordingly ordered to be transferred to the depot brigade formed to supersede the abovenamed detachments at Woolwich. The depot brigade is to be permanent at Woolwich, and will furnish recruits for the foreign brigades, and entire brigades will carry on the reliefs. The Royal South Glocester Militia, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Commandant H. W. N ew _ man, has received orders from the Lord Lieutenant of the county to assemble for 21 days' training and exercise on the 14th inst. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS, May 31.—The woollen cloth trade con tinues steady, but the tone of business is quiet. The transactions in the cloth halls this morning were on a moderate scale, and operations were con ducted with caution. There is no new feature in the manufacturing districts, and employment on the whole continues tolerably good. MANCHESTER, 31st.—We have had a considerable and very general improvement in business this morning. For cloths not only are the India mer chants more active buyers than last week, but shippers to the Mediterranean and to most of our foreign markets, as well as home trade houses, have all been purchasing more or less. In yarns pur chases have been made not only for India and the Mediterranean, but also for Germany and most of the European markets. The home trade are also free buyers. Last week the sales of cloth being chiefly for India, shirtings, jaconets, and madapol lams were the fabrics chiefly affected, but to-day longeloths, T cloths. printers, and domestics (the latter for a long period so much neglected and depressed in value), have all been in request, and are a littl e i mprove d i n pr i ce. S h i rt i ngs up to 40 Inches, figured cloths, madapollams, and jaconots for India. are de Lrer ; the first being ld. per piece . higher than last Tuesday, and the others being pro portionably improved ; and the stocks of these goods being a good deal reduced, and in some cases cleared off, the manufacturers are placed under con tract for three or four weeks forward. Wider shirtings (from 45 to 54 inches) have advanced another 6d. per piece since last Tuesday, and makers arc placed under contract till the end of Autiust. Yarns suited to India are d, per lb. dearer than last Tuesday, with a large business. Some con siderable orders have also been placed forthe Medi terranean at id. per lb. advance. The sales for Germany have been at the same improvement in value, as also have cops and warps for the home trade. The advance has been obtained upon most kinds of water tw and upon mule yarns as high as 60's. ATLANTIC TE'LEG.RAPII COMPANY. The following report of the directors to an ex traordinary general meeting of .shareholders, to be held on the Bth inst., has just been issued. " The directors are at length in a position to lay before an extraordinary general meeting of the company their views and recommendations as to the best available means of carrying forward this important undertaking to a successful and profit able termination. They have now, after much diffi culty, concluded—subject to the approval of the shareholders at the present meeting—a provisional arrangement with her Majesty's Government, the terms of which it is hoped are such as may, in com bination with the auxiliary plans hereafter referred to, guarantee to the proprietors the successful com pletion of the work. This plan the directors hope will enable them to raise the further capital for the construction and submersion of one or more new cables. " The arrangement provisionally . entered into with the Government by the directors is as follows : " Art. 1. A dividend of 8 per cent. per annum, to be guaranteed for 25 years, upon such portion of a new capital as shall be called up and expended in establighing communication with America, not ex ceeding in the whole the sum of £600,000, this guarantee to commence when the cable has been successfully laid, and to subsist while it is capable Of:being worked at the rate of 100 words per hour. " Art. 2. A minimum sum of £20,000 per annum is to be paid to the company for Government busi ness during the time the new cable is capable of being efficiently worked as above. " Art. 3. The company to be allowed to expend £20,000 out of the new . guaranteed capital in at tempts to make the existing cable available for tipsiness. "Art. 4. If these aiL2mpts are successful, the Government will immediately commence to pay a minimum rent of £14,000 per annum, which rent is to be increased to £249,060 per annum as above, so soon as the new cable is brought into sucqessful ' working prder. 0 Art. 5. The existing arrangement of the com pany with the Cievernment of the United States is not to be interfered with. Under that arrangement the Atlantic Company will be entitled to a minimum rent of 70,000 dols. per annum, Doar the business of the American Government, so soon as the commu nication is estaLlished with Newfoundland. "Art. 6. The Atis4tic Telegraph Company are to transfer to her Majesty's Government that por tion of their privileges, wider their agreement with the New York, Newfoundland, and London • Tele graph Company, whereby they derive the Reclusive right of landing on the shores of Newfouudiand cables intended to connect Europe with that coun try; but the Government will not grant to any other company or persons the right of landing cables in Newfoundland so transferred to them unless the guarantee and contract referred to under articles 1 and 2 shall have proved efficient in g the re quisite capital, nor n,ntil by the instrume,ntAlity of such capital telegraphic communication shall have been established across the Atlantic ; it being under stood that in case of failure either to rniv the capi tal or to submerge the cable, with such ,success as to be enabled to work it at the rate of 100 words per hour required by Government, the company dial' permanently revert to its present position in respect to all its privileges, including its exclusive rights now existing under the agreement with the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Com pany. " Although the directors cannot inform the share holders that her Majesty's Government have granted them assistance in the terms that have been asked for, they are yet confident that several valuable ad vantages are now conceded, which justify them in expecting that the necessary capital will be forth coming. "The directors have therefore thought it their duty to use their utmost endeavours to continue this company in friendly connection with her Ma jesty's Government, and with this view, to utilise as far as possible the offers of assistance which have been conceded to them, by origin9ting auxiliary plans whose object will be to render certain, as far as possible, the successful submersion and working of the next cable. The directors consider that when this has been once accomplished, the terms agreed to by Government will' prove a valuable protec tion to the holders of the new capital against the evils incident td reckless competition, by secur ing to them a minimum return of 8 per cent. for their money. The guaranteed revenue for the busi ness of the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, exclusive of commercial messages, will amount to not less than £34,000 per annum ; thus enabling the company to extend valuable facilities to the public, without risk to the dividends of the shareholders. " The plans contemplated in aid of the Goveru ment contract are as follows : " It is proposed to take out a policy of insurance, guaranteeing the successful submersion of the cable whereby, incase of fracture during the paying out, any portion submerged and lost shall be paid for at a fixed rate by the underwriters ; this policy to be open, not only to ordinary underwriters, but to all who may be willing to accept a share in the risk, particularly to those who may become subscribers to the new capital. These would thus become their own underwriters, and would receive back from their calls the proportion of premium on the risk they might assume. There can be no difficulty in completing such a policy, looking to the greatly in creased probability of success arising out of the knowledge derived from past experience in laying Atlantic cables. It is further recommended by the directors that the manufacture and laying of the next cable should be let by contract, in a form securing to the company, by means of heavy and substantial -guarantees, not merely the successful submersion of the cable, but its perfect manufac ture and efficient electrical working for a consider able period after it shall have been laid, and in action between shore and shore. The directors have rea son to know that firms of unquestionable respecta bility and experience will be ready to come for ward and accept a contract on this basis, giving security for the due and final accomplishment Of the work. These arrangements will, in the opinion of the directors, form a basis upon which success may very sanguinely be looked for, especially when due consideration is given to the immense amount of information acquired by the repeated efforts of the Atlantic Telegraph Company in refer ence to the nature and practicability of the route along which the cable has to be laid, and as to all the difficulties attendant upon the submergence of cables in deep water, many of the obstacles to which have been very much exaggerated. " Acting upon these views the board propose to invite the sanction of the sharholders to the issue of preference shares to an amount not exceedino. £600,000. It is proposed that these shares shall be 1 £5 each, one-half to be paid up on allotment, and that they shall be entitled to all the net profits of the company up to 8 per cent. per annum, the Government having guaranteed that rate during the time the cable is in working order, upon the amount called up and employed. The further privilege will attach to these shares of dividing pro rata with the original capital any surplus of profits that may remaain after the 8 per cent. pre ference has been providedifor. ‘• Having regard to securing for the company in future a very watchful and continuous supervision of its affairs, it has been unanimously thought de sirable by the directors that a reconstruction of the boardshonld take place at the present extraor dinary meeting; and for this purpose the chairman has been empowered to place before the meeting the resignation of all the existing directors. It has been considered tl a i n at d a a re uction of the total num• ber of members,increase in the working ineffinceibenfacye-iloitfattheealn.odusdinionpnportion of the board, will affairs of the company. simplify the conducting , of the The chairman will submit a list of names for the approval of the shareholders, as those of gentlemen whom it would b e d es i ra bl e ' to elect upon the future board. “A s a great deal of onerous and conta i s tlN n .o t tte u a lab n e , req uired when the company is again vice a s n o d f this descrip tion will be workingpeet that conditionsel. urensrteoasreodntaoblea to ex tion could continue to be rendered gratuitously, as has heretofore been the case, it is the intention o f the directors to propose that a reasonable remune ration be voted to the board after its reconstruction at this extraordinary meeting; and it is suggested that the sum of £1,500 per annum will be a proper amount to appropriate for this purpose, and that the payment thereof shall be contingent upon the ne cessary capital being raised to enable the company to contract for a new cable. " It is intended that, so soon after the reconstruc tion of the board as the preliminary arrangements can be made for so doing, a public prospectus shall be issued, setting forth the position of this enter prise, and that immediate and active measures shall then take place in order to secure the subscription of the new capital." TELEGRAPIIIC CO3IIIUNICATION WITII INDIA.— The Red Sea cable is, probably, by the present time laid down from Suez to Perim, when only 10a miles will remain for its completion to Aden. The paying out of the line com menced from Suez, and Cosire, on the Egyptian coast—a distance of 260 miles—was the first station to which it was carried. Thence it was laid to Suakin, a further distance of 460 miles, where, according to the telegram received a few days back, it had just been safely landed. The next stage will be from Suakin to Perim, 540 miles, and at that point it will doubtless begin to be used for the transmission of our India and China telegrams. From Suez to Aden constitutes the first section of the undertaking. The second section will be from Aden to Kurrachee, where we shall at once be in communication with every part of India. This will be proceeded, with as soon as possible, and the cable for the purpose is already in course of construction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 31 GUILDHALL.—Mr. Wm. Howard and his son, toymen, of Barbican, appeared by arrangement to hear the decision in the case of the South-Eastern Railway Company. It will be remembered that the South. Eastern Company received a parcel directed to be conveyed by a luggage train, and delivered at the defendants' premises, the charge for which, according to the company's published rates of fares, was ls. 7d. On delivering the parcel, however, a demand was made for 2s. 4d., that being the charge according to the passenger train rates, the company having, for their own convenience, disobeyed the instructions on the parcel, directing that it should be conve y e d by " luggage van train," and the consequence was that defendant disputed the payment, and in the struggle which ensued to obtain possession of the parcel, the railway porter, notwithstanding he had a receipt for the delivery of the parcel in his delivery book, wishing to take it back with him, had his hand cut with the cord round the parcel, and it was for that assault the defendants were summ3ned. Mr. Reece attended for the company. Mr. De Jersey, for the defendants, submitted that, the summons must eventually be dismissed, inas much as the assault complained of was not inten tional, being the result of an illegal act on the part of the railway porter. As far as the defendants were concerned, they acted under a colour of right, and could not therefore be convicted of the assault. With regard to the delivery of the parcel, it was complete, as, by the published rules of the company they repudiated all responsibility after delivery of parcels at the door of the consignees. Mr. Martin (the chief clerk) said that only re ferred to large bales of goods. Mr. De Jersey said in this case the parcel was taken over the threshold and delivered on the counter, and by the company's own rules that was a delivery in every sense of the term, but when it was backed by the receipt in the carman's delivery book nothing could be stronger to prove the delivery. Mr. 4eece said this was not the first dispute the company had had with the defendant. Mr. lie Jersey said that on the occasion referred to the defendant paid the excessive demand. Defendant said that was the fact, and six months passed before he was able to get the excess back from the company. Sir P. Laurie said he had considered the case, ! which was somewhat involved. In his opinion there was no complete delivery by the porter. He swore that he did not release the parcel, but kept hold of the cord with which it was secured ; but even if he had not retained his hold he should not have considered it a delivery, nor that the signing of the delivery book by Howard, jun., altered the case. '}'h i e ceurt must look at the case by what was the everyday practice in such matters. When a porter brought a parcel and tendered his book, it was on the presumption that his proper demand for carriage would be paid, and the lien continued until he gave up the paroQl absolutely. On the other hand the railway company had no right to charge Any other rate for carriage than that which was due according to the train by which the con signor directed toe parcel to be conveyed. In this case the consigner directed the pawl to be sent by a goods train. The company Was bound to take notiee .or that direction, and if they chose to send a parcel by a more expensive mode they had no right to claim payment beyond a goods train rate. He thought the company might properly withdraw the charge of assault on Mr. Howard paying the goads train carriage of his parcel, but if they did not adopt his suggestion he was bound to say that an assault is law had been committed, and he should fine each defendant is. and costs. Mr. Reece said, as the alternative involved an admission from the company that they had made a wrong charge, he must decline withdrawing the complaint, and rest satisfied with the conviction of the defendants for the Assan It. rr 4, • The defendants at first s4i4 they should appeal, but by the advice of Mr. De Jersey they paid the fines. THE ALLEGED POISONING AT RICHMOND. Yesterday Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, and the jury previously empannelled to in quire into the cause of the death of a lady named Isabella Bankes, who died, as was alleged, from the effects of arsenic and antimony, adminlstered to her in small doses by Dr: Thomas Smethurst, who stands committed by the magistrates of Richmond on the charge of having wilfully murdered the said lady, resumed their investigation at the Sessions Court, Richmond. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine again attended on behalf of the friends of the deceased lady. Mr. W. Odling, a physician, and Professor of Practical Chymistry at Guy's Hospital, said, he assisted Dr. - Taylor on the 9th and 10th May, in his analysis of portions of the viscera of a human person. He had no doubt that antimony was in it. Anti mony was produced from it. He had examined the fluid in the bottle marked " No. 21," which con tained chlorate of potash with arsenic. He had heard the evidence given by Drs. Julius, Todd, and Taylor. From his examination of the viscera the appearances shown were such as would be pro duced by poison. If arsenic had been given con stantly in small quantities, it would have produced the appearances he found. The tests applied by Dr. Taylor to discover mineral poisons were the most proper that could have been applied. They were the safest. Reinsch's test consisted of boiling copper in hydrochloric acid. Mr. Richard Burwell, F.R.S., and assistant surgeon to Charing-cross Hospital, said he resided at 22, Burlington-street. He made a post mortem examination of the thole body of the deceased on the 4th of May. Mr. Palmer assisted him in the examination, and he had heard the statement of that gentleman. He agreed with him that there was no chronic disease of the heart, brain, or lungs. The inflamed state of the stomach was not of itself sufficient to account for death. He examined the intestines and the viscera, in which he found ulcera tions. They were marked throughout the whole extent of the intestines, but it was more striking in the large intestines and mucous membrane. There was no perforation, and he should say that it had existed not less than six days, and not more than three weeks. The inflammation he could say nothing about. The mucous membrane was much softened, broken down, and infused with blood, and that state of the mucous membrane he considered to be the cause of death. In his opinion an irri tant poison given frequently and in small doses would cause such an effect. The lower part of the small intestine was also inflamed, but in a smaller degree than the larger one. Mrs. Mary Smith of 4, Rifle-terrace, Bayswater, said she kept a boarding-house. Miss Isabella Bankes came to board with her in September last. A person named Dr. Smethurst and his wife boarded with her' also. Miss Bankes left on the 29th of November, and on the 12th of December Dr. Smethurst left. He never returned again to live there. Mrs. Smethurst remained, and was about 74 years of age. She saw Dr. Smethurst about a fortnight after the 12th of December. She saw his wife on that occasion. She was at present living with her as a boarder. Mrs. Mary Ann Grabowska, of 37, Kildare terrace, Bayswater, said a young lady named Isabella Bankes came to lddge with her on the 29th of November. She knew her as a respectable lady. Witnes never saw Dr. Smethurst at her house, and never saw him until he was at the station. The deceased left on tae 11th of December la:4, and she never saw her alive after. Mr. James Spice, parish clerk of St. Mary's Church, Battersea, was present at the marriage of two persons calling themselves Thomas Smethurst and Isabella Bankes. That was on the 9th of December last. He had seen Thomas Smethurst in custody at the second examination before this Court on the 13th of this month. They were married, and he signed the register in their pre sence. The registerproduced was the one he signed. Mr. F. B. Senior, a solicitor, said a person giving his name as Dr. Smethurst called on him on the 30th of April last, and asked him if he could go up the hill to make a will for a lady. In the course of the interview he showed him the paper writing marked " II," and said, "That is what the will is to be." Smethurst said it had been sent down to him by a friend in London, and the lady wished to write it herself but he thought it better to have a professional gentleman to do it. He said he would come for wit ness on t h e fo ll ow i ng morn i ng, w hi c h f necessary. o c t l ° b e k e t a h n e a r e a a ki t e e d r h t i m an t o t z ' ' n o H n was Sunday,called .Anvai about elsl as s nine ,ae nn dt o t ' c o l o lo c o k , about half-past ten o'clock, and saw Dr. Smethurst, who took him into the parlour and said, although the lady awl himself were living together as maa and wife, they werenot married. They then went upstairs, and on goinr, into the room he saw a lady in bed. He said, "My dear, this is the gentleman that has come to make your will." She handed him the paper that Dr. Smethurst had shown bim the day before, and he asked her if that was right, and whether he might read it to her. She con sented, and after he bad read it she said she wished to leave a brooch to a friend. He copied the will, making the alteration regarding the brooch. That paper was then read over to her i n D r. Smethurst arid Susan Wheatley'.s presence, and Miss Bankes then signed it. (The will .was here read, which gave the whole of her personal property t o " her dear and beloved friend Thomas Smethurst, Doctor of Medicine," and made him her sole executor. It also left a diamond brooch to i friend 9f hers re siding in Essex,) Mr, Robert Graham Mclntyre, inspector of police DAY at Richmond, took the prisoner Smethurst into I custody, and found on him a letter marked "K," sealed and with a postage stamp upon it. It was directed to " Mrs. Smethurst, 4, Rifle-terrace, Queen's-road, Bayswater, London, W." The letter, which has before appeared in ourc6lhmns, was then read. Miss Louisa Bankes, the sister of the deceased, was then examined, and stated, she did not know what became of the remains of the jelly she brought to the deceased after a portion of it had been given to her by Dr. Smethurst. She did not know whether any besides the small portion she had spoken to had been given to her sister. The signature to the will was that of the deceased. She was entitled to the interest of £5,000 in the funds for life, and the entire disposal of a further sum of about £l,BOO, which at the time of her death was out upon mortgage, and which she could not obtain for about two or three months, on account of some law pro ceedings. By the Coroner—During the interviews with Dr. Smethurst and her sister no remark was ever made about the property. The letter marked " K," and found on Dr. Smethurst, addressed to his wife, was in his handwriting. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said that they were in possession of letters written by the unfortunate lady relative to the property, but, inasmuch , as he was not in a position to prove that they had come to his knowledge, he had not put them in. Mr. Inspector M'lntyre produced the certificate of the first marriage of Dr. Smethurst. A juror said he wished to know whether Dr. Smethurst had any opportunity of destroying any medicines between his first and second apprehension. Mr. Inspector M'lntyre said that when he first took Dr. Smethurst into custody he took away a large number of bottles, and afterwards some more were taken away. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said he feared that he should not be in a position to prove that, but he did not think it very material. Mrs. Cbailoner, the nurse, said she was called to attend on the deceased on the Monday previous to her death. Dr. Smethurst was not at home then, but returned about nine o'clock at night. Miss Bankes and Dr. Smethurst sat up with her all night, and during that time she took nothing from any one but herself, Miss Bankes, or Dr. Bird. Nothing was taken out of the room during that time. The Coroner then said, the nature of this case was involved in a considerable degree of mystery, and if the jury required it he would read the whole of the evidence through, but, if not, he would merely read such portions as they might desire. He then recapitulated the chief points of the evi dence, commenting upon it, and the probabilities of the case under consideration, and drew the atten tion of the jury to the fact that on Miss Bankes's death Smethurst would become possessed in law of all her personal property, and it would be for them to consider whether that would be a sufficient reason to induce them to believe that Dr. Smethurst cruelly murdered her for the sake of becoming possessed of her money. The jury then retired, and, on returning into court, gave a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Dr, Thomas Smethurst. THE DERBY DAY. (From the Times) Epsom Downs ! It will be nought but Epsom Downs to-day. Whether the sun, who is now nearly due, shall bring in fine weather or foul, dank weather or dry ; whether he shall smile golden smiles upon all that vast array of gay apparel that will in a few quickly passing minutes extend in a continuous column for 14 miles ; or whether he shall hide his face behind spongy clouds, close all the vehicles, and reduce the flaunting pleasure-seekers to damp close-packed travellers--still Epsom Downs will be the only safe rendezvous for this Ist of June. It is an English superstition ; nine-tenths of us care no more about it in reality than they do about Gog and Magog; but, like a standing column, it is not less strong by reason of its hollowness. Of the swarming tens of thousands, some of whom are even at this early hour besieging the railway stations, or packing up their baskets of comestibles, or regret lug the non-arrival of the perfidious milliner with her faithfully promised finery, or taking measures to satisfy themselves as to the habitual sobriety of the pestboy to whom they are about to trust their fortunes. not above One in ten IPIONYO. or eaTes any, thing 4041 the race which all England is going forth to see. Some of the noisiest and happiest of the throng might be puzzled to pick out the winner of the Derby if he were stabled with a lot of toler ably well-bred mules. Yet the humblest of these ' pilgrims of pleasure would be uncomfortable if her little all-the -year-round practised arts of thrift had not been varied by this one day of prodigality ; and so widely spread is the interest as to the event, which is in itself only the excuse for the great gathering upon the Downs, that the provincial journeyman tailor, who would not for the worth of his master's shop climb a horse or try to balance himself upon a saddle, will not sleep contented to night until he has asked and heard, " What horse has won the Derby ?" It is our annual holyday, our version of those Isthmian Games which no public misfortune stopped, which served as points of remembrance to reckon years by, and where divided communities met together to enjoy a com mon pleasure, to interchange the courtesies of peace, and topou r oblivion for the moment over all political hostilities. We envy not the sour asceticism which can look with evil eye upon a day of innocent and wholesome enjoyment, and still less the barbarous nature which can turn a joyous junketing into an opportunity for riot or ferocity. Let the aay pass pleasantly, and good humour pervade the general merriment. If people think of the House of Commons to day it will be principally to pity those unhappy clerks of the house who are compelled to remain to administer the oaths to those pleasure-despising politicians who may choose this day for initiating their career as Senators. If London, swarming forth to its neighbourinc , uplagals, should give a thought to the Derby Government, it will be pro bably in connexion with the Derby Race. The fortunes of the Downing-street stables are not to be decided so quickly as those which will hang upon the hour that will succeed the stroke of three this afternoon. We shall have hereafter to mark the achievements of the biped competitors with more deliberate interest as they fall and founder, or stretch and live, over Vote-of Censure hill, and as they swerve or bolt, or hold their own, round Reform-corner. It will be a hard race whenever it is run and whoever wins it. It will depend a good deal upon jockeyship, and something upon the nature of the ground. A little more rain in Piedmont may make the course heavy, or an ill tempered favourite may bolt over the ropes and change the fortunes of the day ; but we may be sure that amid the acclamations of the multitude will be heard the shrill sharp cry of a sour little cynic who, having made a very bad book for him self, and being hopeless of winning, whoever may come in first, will call upon his neighbours to joiu him in decrying everybody and everything, and will seek to make it manifest that if he had only had the good fortune to be born with four legs he would have distanced the field, and done the trick in a canter. These coming events, however, will not bear very detailed discussion in the presence of the great business of to-day. Young Coniston, little Plin limmon, and the Hon. Altamount Helvellyn are happy and joyous and thoughtless, and have thrown their " spelling-books into the fire ; emancipated by the grace of Lord Malmesbury from all necessity to write or spell, they can here after get their grooms to enter their bets and accept their engagements by making their marks; they have not a cloud upon their innocent minds as they speed to the Downs. The two Emperors have kindly adjourned that great battle which was so wantonly threatened, to the disturbance of men's minds ; and, although Garibaldi has been so unrea sonable as to suffer a reverse at a time which ought to be kept sedulously free from any event which could require attention, yet, upon the whole, Lord Derby and his friends can safely follow the example of the candidates upon Lord Malmesbury's now recruited list; and meet the members of his new Parliament on the slopes in front of the Grand Stand. Time, which has changed all things, but which when lie raised. up the rail as a rival to the road only multiplied the concourse of the votaries of the Derby, has made a greater alteration in the roles now played by the kingdoms of the earth. Austria used to boast that while other nations were warring she conquered kingdoms and carried off the prize of all their wars amid the song and dance of marriage feasts. But now Austria is in the agony of conflict, France is pouring forth h er long-drawn columns to foreign war, Sardinia, is panting in exhaustion, Germany is putting on her armour in haste, as if apprehensive of instan attack, and Russia is moving down her tens of thousands. Pestilence is shaking her wings for a swoop upon Italy; the art of changing healthy youth into festering corruption is the only art in honour and request ; and hundreds of thousands of armed men arc hurrying, with quick excitement and for a purposeless object, to quench their lives in a great sanguinary battle. Let us thank our s hen ie : have the tol happier fortunes, which ha s l a id no such present duties upon us. V Derby evbyherydy's for tunes,asbobee-nrun • and and he the nthe g ) pigeon pies ale exhausted, an d th e ground is strew Al with empty champagne bottles and ;doter shells, and the shattered trophies of the, thrOwers . of unnumbered sticks, we may look even with affection upon these reliquic, if we contrast them in imaciinatioP With the ghastly remains of VENTNG, JUNE 1, 1859 some concourse yet to occur upon the plains before Pavia or Piacenza, or even with a scene that may yet be viewed upon the heights above Montebello. Wise England, who, by the expression of an unani mous resolve, has kept herself without the circle wherein these horrors are enacted ! Happy Eng land, who, while all the rest of Europe is preparing for destruction or engaged in slaughter, can pro claim that she is in peace and good fellowship with all Sovereigns, Powers, and States, and can give herself up without a fear or a care to her great annual holiday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM MEETING-TUESDAY. The Craven Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added, for 3-yr olds and upwards. Last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. (9 subs.) Mr. Crawfurd's Zuyder Zee, by Orlando, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b (Wells) 1 Mr Townley's Gladiolus, 3 yrs, 7st 11b.. (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. Barratt's Southampton, 3 yrs, 7st lib (L. Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Sedbury, Emblem, Ferndale, Uzella, and Mentmore. Betting- r -5 to 2 agst Sedbury, 4to 1 °ash agst Emblem and Mentmore, sto 1 each agst Zuyder Zee and Gladiolus. They walked to the post in a line, and Zuyder Zee was first off, with Gladiolus and Southampton next. On descending the hill towards the straight, Southampton took up the run ning, but soon gave way to Zuyder Zee and Gladiolus, the heavy weight winning by a head; the second beating the third by a length and a half ; Emblem was fourth, Ferndale fifth, and Sedbury next. Mentmore and Uzella were the last two. • Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added by the Brighton Railway Company (Handicap). Winners extra. Three quarters of a mile. (35 subs.) Mr. Thompson's Brown Holland, by the Flying Dutch man, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (J Daley) 1 Capt. Christie's Orchehill, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (Fordhal Mi. Eastwood's Griffin, 3 . yrs, 7gt 21b (J 2 Snowden 3 The following also ran :—Little Gerard, New Brighton, Accurate, Spiteful Dick, Fright, Brother to Sydney, St. Clarence, Brandy Ball, Grand Duchess, Conductor, Cauca sian, Vulture, Our Bet, Charles 11., and Star of the East. Betting-5 to 1 each agst Orchehill and Little Gerard, 7 to 1 each agst Accurate and Vulture, 8 to 1 agst BroWn Holland (after his breaking away 15 to 1 was laid), 100 to 6 agst Brother to Sydney, 100 to 5 agst Spiteful Dick. Brown Holland was very fractious at the start, and once ran the course through and made a circuit of the saddling paddock before he was stopped. When he was brought back little Daley had to exert all his strength to hold him. Spiteful Dick, Orchehill, Little Gerard, Griffin, Brown Holland, and Brother to Sydney, laid together to the half distanec, where the race was left to the first three, Brown Holland winning by a head, same distance between the second and third ; Spiteful Dick, Little Gerard, and Star of the East headed the next lot. Our Bet, who got badly off, was last. The Woodcote. Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added ; for 2-yr •olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b the second to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes. New T.Y.C. Three quarters of a mile. (43 subs.) Baron Rothschild's Restes, by Qrestes, Bst 71b.. (Wells) 1 Mr. T. Parr's L u p u ll us , Bst 71b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Hamilton's Rupee, Bst 41b (J. Goater) 3 The following also ran :—Lovebird, Byeways, Egbert, Madrid, Grand Mistress, Dame Quickly, Dreadnought, ar i d Topaz. Betting-2 to lon Lupullus, 9to 1 agst Byways, 10 to 1 agst Restes. Rupee wks first off, but after going a short distance Lupullus and Restes singled themselves out and finished the race together, 'testes winning by a head ; bad third, Dreadnought was fourth. The Rous Stakes (Free Handicap) of 2a BOYS each, 10 ft in ease of acceptance, with 200 acikled. Winners extra. One mile. (13 subs.) Captain Gray's Ilaneany, by The Flying Dutchman, 4 yrs, lOst Via (Bullock) 1 Mr, Mundy's Accurate, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Fordham) 2 Mr, Mill's Pensioner, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (L. Snowden) 3 The following also )-an ,—Clemanthe, Excelsior, Palm Leaf, Bouquet) tunl Nereus. Betting_a to 1 agst Duneany, 3 to 1 agst Pensioner, 5 to 1 vet Nereus, 6to 1 agst Clemanthe, 7 to 1 agst Accurate. The three placed singled themselves out on entering the straight, Duneany winning in a canter by two lengths, a neck between the second and third, bad fourth. The Horton Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for 2-yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. New T.Y.C. (Three quarters of a mile.) Mr. Blanton's Gin, by Orlando, 4 yrs (£4O), Bst (French) 1 Mr. Mill's Bellona, 4 yrs (£4O), 7st 91b (L. Snowden) 2 Mr. Barren's Mainstay colt, 2 yrs (£4O), 4st 101 b (c. sst) (Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—ldler, Kingfisher, and OriandP Betting-6 to 4 agst Gin, sto 2 agst Kingfisher, ibo to 12 agst Idler. Won by a head, throe lengths between the second and third. ,On returning to scale an objection was made to Gin on the ground of a cross, but it was overruled. The winner was sold to Mr. Phillips for lidgs. The Heathcote Plate of 50 sovs, for 2 , yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra, Half• a Mile, Capt. Christie's Orchehill, 4 yrs, fist 71b, (Fordham) 1 Lord Stamford's Emily, 2 y rs , sst 121):,.... (J. Adam s ) 2 Mr. Higgins's Theodora, 6 yrs, Bst gib .. (Cresswell) 3 The following also ran ; - -iittic Gerard, Kala, g by Orlando—Furioso's dam, Knayton, Mordanto, St. Clarence, Antler, Ratagloom, Infanta, Ardour, Miss Baxter filly, and Fernleaf. Betting---2 to 1 agst Theodora, 3to 1 agst Emily, 6to 1 agst Orehehill, Bto 1 agst Little Gerard. Won by a neck ; a head between the second and third ; same distance be tween the third and fourth. Ardour was fifth, and Knay ton sixth. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 3to 1 agst Trumpeter 10 to 3 agst Promised Land 7to 2 agst Musjid 16 to 1 agst Glenbuck 20 to 1 agst Balnamoon 20 to 1 agst Newcastle 25 to 1 agst Electric 30 to 1 agst Ganiester 30 to 1 agst Marionette 33 to 1 agst Ticket-of-leave 50 to 1 agst Defender 1000 to 15 agst Red Eagle 1000 to 12 agst Actaeon 1000 to 5 asst Gladiolus 1000 to 5 agst Polonius OAKS. Even on Mayonaise Bto 1 agst Ariadne After the first three races were decided a terrific thunder storm set in. The sky brightened, however, towards the close of the afternoon, and people quitted the course under the influence- of brighter and sunnier weather. PROBABLE STARTERS FOR THE DERBY. HORSES. RIDERS. Actaeon E. Sharp. Electric .. J. Goater. Highwayman .. J. Mann. Musjid Wells. Marionette .. S. Rogers. Reynard French. Old Robert .. D. Hughes. Gallus .. •• .. Cresswell. Newcastle Fordham. Balnamoon .. Charlton. Ticket-of-leave .. G. Oates. Red Eagle .. J. Osborne. Trumpeter .. A. Day. Bankrupt .. .. Bullock. Phantom .. Ashman. Gamester .. Withington. Napoleon .. Bumby. Promised Laud .. W. Day. Defender .. L. Snowden. Gaspard .. .. W. Boyce. Glenluce colt .. Volcano .. Glenbuck.. .. .. Enfield • • Polonius SETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY. ' DERBY. 3to 1 agst Musjid (taken) 3to 1 agst Trumpeter (taken) 3to 1 agst Promised Land (offered) 25 to 1 agst Newcastle (offered) 2.5 to 1 agst Balnamoon (offered) 25 to 1 agst Phantom (taken) 25 to 1 agst Marionette (offered) 100 to 3 agst Defender (taken) 100 to 3 agst Ticket-of-leave (offered) 100 to 2 agst Bankrupt (taken) OAKS. sto 4 agst Mayonaise (taken) . _ Nothing else backed. DISCOVERY OF A HUMAN SKULL IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.—On Saturday a sensation was created in the neigh bourhood of St. James's park by the discovery of a human head in the ornamental water. It seems that as some boys were fishing in the water, a hook became enta.u,,,nded in some M weighty substance, and a park constable havings attention drawn to the fact procured a loner handled rake, and on drawing. the object to the shore it was found to be a human head. Mr. Boys, the coroner's officer, who was en g aged with Mr. Wakley at an inquest in the neighbourhood, was communicated with, and he immediately drew the attention of the coroner and Mr. Smith, the parochial surgeon, to the matter. The head was minutely examined by Mr. Wakley and Mr. Smith, and although it appeared to have been in the water some time, serious marks of violence could be detected about the skull-cap and across the bridge of the ' nose. The skull was drive n in on the ri ght side and esese verely fractured, and there was a deep fracture observable u rv ch ab a le s s across the nose on the left side. T he i njuries w would be produced by a large -heade d hammer, or some sktucilli deadly instrument ; and t he flattened nature of the whence tho fracture arose showed that some blunt weapon had been,used. The coroner and 'Arr. Smith were so struck with the serious and suspicious nature of the injuries, that they directed the ornamental water tolecarefully dragged, and the park constables with several assistants were engaged throughout the day in endeavorring to could be i seever f a e n u y nd. further traces of human remains, but nothing FRO.III THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT INDIA OFFICE, MAY 31. The Queen has been pleased to issue a Commission under her Royal Sign Manual, appointing— The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P.; Major-General Sir Robt. John Hussey Vivian, K.C.8., Colonel Sir Proby Thomas Cautley, K.C.8 ., Thomas Alexander, Esq., C. 8., Colonel Edward Harris Greathed, C. 8., William Farr, Esq., M.D., James Ranald Martin, Esq., and John Sutherland, Esq., M.D., to be her Majesty's Commissioners to inquire into and re port upon the measures which it may be expedient to take for maintaining and improving the health of all ranks of her Majesty's Army serving in India. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 20. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sidney Smith Saunders, Esq., now h er M a j es t y ' s Consul in Alba nia, to be her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Henry Walter Ovenden, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Maranham, to be her Majesty's Consul at Baltimore. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 24. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Ferdi nando di Luca as Vice-Consul at Malta for his Majesty the. King of the Two Sicilies. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 28. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George Wortmann as Consul at Gibraltar for his Majesty the King of Prussia. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Fre deric Hamilton, Esq., now Secreta r y t o h er M ajesty ' s Le gation at Stuttgardt, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Athens. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Honourable William George Eden, now Paid Attache to her Majesty's Legation at Frankfort, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Stuttgardt. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 31. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-General George Judd Harding, C. 8., t o b e C o l one l Commandant, vice Cardew, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 31. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Thomas Armstrong Gough, Gent., to be Cornet, with ou t purc h ase, v i ce Fel lowes, deceasd. 2d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Walter Colquhoun Grant to be Captain, without purchase, vice Blair, deceased ; Cornet Charles Gabriel Alfred Barnes to be Lieutpant, without purchase, vice Grant. 3d Dragoon Guards—John Lloyd Egginton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Maunder, promoted. 7th Dragoon Guards—Captain Fitzroy George Smith to be Major, without purchase, vice Middleton, deceased ; Lieutenant Hume Nicholl to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Smith; Cornet J. J. L. M‘Adam to be Lieut, without purchase, vice Nicholl. 6th Dragoons—Lieut. and Adjutant Henry Tophana Cle ments, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sleigh, who retires. 7th Light Dragoons—Sergeant Robt. Masters to be Cornet, without purchase. 12th Light Dragoons—Lieut, Wm.Clefden Goldi:e has been dismissed the Service by the sentence of a General Court Martial. 13th Light Dragoons —Major Henry Hot lien to be Lieut.- Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet - C",;lonel Doherty, who retires ' • Brevet-Major Arthur Treamayne to be Major, by purchase, vice Heiden. Military Train—The appoint half-pay late L an d Tr 'inent of Cornet John Baird, ''...nsport Corps, to be Ensign, as stated in the " Oaze!,:cen cancelled, of the 29th April, 1859, has been Royal 43s.tiny— er---Brevet-Lientenant-Colonel Hugh Archi baldfi Beauchamp Campbell, C. 8., to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Maud e , pl ace d on the Seconded List ; Brevet-Major Charles Frederick Young to be Captain, vice Campbell ; Second Captain Sanford Freeling to be Captain, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Morris, pro moted to be Major Unattached, under the Royal Warrant of 3d November, 1 4 354; Lieutenant Charles Lennox Tredcroft to be Second Captain, vice Young ; Lieutenant George William Holmes to be Second Captain, vice Blackburn, who resigns ; Lieutenant John Edward Ruck-Keene to be Second Captain, vice Freeling; Henry William Vyner, Gent., to be Paymaster. Royal Engineers—Brevet-Colonel John Twiss to be Colonel, vice Hall, removed as a General Officer ; Brevet-Lieu tenant-Colonel Thomas Fenwick to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Twiss ; Second Captain Berdoe Amherst Wilkinson to be Captain, vice Fenwick ; Lieutenant Lonsdale Augustus Hale to be Second Captain, vice Wilkinson. Ist Regiment of Foot—Henry Sedley Bainbridge, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Evans, promoted. 2d Foot—Ensign Frederick S qu i r l t o be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Eman, who retires. 6th Foot—Lieutenant Edward M. Mason to b'a Captain, by purchase, vice Symonds, who retires. 7th Foot—Lieutenant Horace Sibhald In structor of Musketry. 9th Foot—William Hawkins Hatliay, Gent., to arrison to be by purchase, vice Layers], Pr, oted ; Minchin Chadwick to be., Instructor Lieutenant beE G n e s o i George Captain Douglas, who; rejoins his llet Company. of Musketry, vice pany. 12th Foot William Seaman Thomson, Gent., to be En sign, by I n ,.. irel- aase, vice Page, promoted. 14th Foot—a.;ecil Thomas M'Mahon, Gent., to be Ensign, , n ,b,y 1. 7. a -chase, vice Frizil, promoted. uPaiPoot—Ensig n Charles James Home to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Malone, who retires; Ensign Frank Jefferson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Healy, pro moted ; Arthur Ewen Stabb, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Whitlam,!promoted ; Lieut. Wm. Henry Carter to be Adjutant, vice H ea ly, p romo t e d. 19th Fool—Lieut. Robert Conolly Martin to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bissett, who retires ; Henry Stokes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vesey, promoted. 21st Foot—Edward Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Channer, promoted ; Francis Farquharson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jackson, promoted. 24th Foot—Wm. Hitchcock, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Butler. 25th Foot—Reginald Blewitt Dowling, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ramsay, promoted. 37th Foot—Norcliffe Gilpin, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice A. Jones, promoted. 40th Foot—Richard rundel Brook, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rees, promoted, 43d Foot—Herbert Boyles Osborne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Gown, promoted. 58th Foot—Ensign James Pringle to be Lieutenant, by purchase vice Harrison, who retires. 61st Foot: 2 John Darwin Wedgwood, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rowband, appointed to the 75th Foot. 64th Foot--Surgeon James Gordon Inglis, M.D., C. 8., having completed twenty years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon-Major, under the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858. 70th Foot—John Robert Collins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wright, promoted. 71st Foot—Hugh Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Leslie, promoted. 72d Foot--Thomas Francis Pardoe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart, promoted. 74th Foot—George William Monk Hall, Gent., to bd , En sign, by purchase, vice Sainsbury, promoted. 77th Foot--William Samuel Henderson, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Wordsworth, promoted. 79th Foot—Alfred Hutton, G en t., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice A. R. M'Gwire, who retires. 80th Foot—Charles George Norris, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Graham, promoted. 84th Foot—Ensign W. C. Clayton, from the 96th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Griffin, promoted. 88th Foot—Arthur Allen Owen, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Whitla promoted. 89th Foot—Ensign William Sealy to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Harrison, deceased. 92d Foot—David Maitland Makgill Crichton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bond, who retires. The Christian names of Brevet-Major Hamilton, who was promoted to the Brevet Rank of Major, in the " Gazette" of Jan. 28, 1859, are Christian Monteith, and not Charles Monteath, as therein stated. 96th Foot—William Clayten Clayton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kirkwood, promoted ; Edward Barrett Hodges Curteis, Gent., to be Ensign, by p urc h ase, v i ce Wright, promoted. 98th Foot—Stafford Willard Vardon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Woodward, p romo t e d . 99th Foot—Walter Skipper, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Gray, promoted. Rifle Brigade—Ensign Edward Henry Chamberlin, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parr, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 17th December, 1858, has been can celled; Ensign the Hon. C. E. Edwards, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hook, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 11th January, 1859, has been cancelled. RECRUITING DISTRICT.—Brevet-Colonel Walter Hamil ton, C. 8., from the 78th Foot, to be Inspecting Field Offi cer in succession to Brevet-Colonel John Patton, promoted to the rank of Major-General. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. W. Helps to be Chaplain of the Second Class; his commission as Chapla in of the Third Clas s , with date 16th April, 1856, as stated i n Gazette of 18th January, 1859, has been cancelled. ROYAL HIBERNIAN SCHOOL.—Amistant-Surgl ( l f Fran cisl,oot Bowen, M.D., from th e C o ld s t ream Regiment rank of Surgeon-Major. ia Surgeon, jor vice Blakeney, promoted to the BREVET. n eers, to be Engi Car . John Oldfleld to be Lieut.-General, -vice Colonel Lewis Alex. Hall, of the Royal Major-General, vice Oldfleld. Engineers, to be Major-General, in him on the effect stood below ' ace conse quentmotion of Colonel Hall, who . Colonel Crighton Grierson, retireedonfuele%upaeayeoefotfhtehße poyroa-1 s The under-mentioned promotions of Colonel Lewis A. Hall, Royal tive list of the corps at the datefh on the promotion rtoetatraekmeenptl General in succession to Lieut.- Engineers, to be Major- R Roy Engineers, who died on the 9th MaY, 1859 e- -- Colonel IHugh Plunket Bourchier, Brevet Lieutenantof the 19th Dragoons, Town 14r General George Cardew, o ajor, Canada, to be Colonel. Kingston, Malcolm MacGregor, Captain on Brevet Major . half-pay Captain on: half-PaY tCI Captain Douglas Jones, half-pay Unattached, Aide-de- Campl Officer the Genera Commanding the Troops in 1 to Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. - o one . tland to be Major. _co , The u ndermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of Lieutenant -General 'Remy Adolphus Proctor, C. 8., Colonel of the 97th Regiment : Major-General the Honourable Sir Edward Cust, Colonel of the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-General. Brevet Colonel Robert Richardson Robertson, C.B Lieutenant-Colonel on h a l f-pay Unattached to be . Major- General. ligßerreLvleotyldia l‘iloarjor u,iolnliahmalof- Brevet Lieut enan t. Colonel Mountford Stoughton Hoy pNa ye O'Neill, Unattached,ca ptaCaptain on to half-payb e Colonel. in. Un attached, Staff Officer of Pe ns i oners, to b e C o l one l . Captain T. Lionel J. Gallwey, Royal Engineers, to be Ma li r r h e i v e e s, t- t M o b aj e ° L r Major. ie J u ? z h en n an A t l_ c au o ri lo c n e ei N in Ve t m he ys A s t , le C y ..B , Royal The promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry A. Olpherts, Bengal Artillery, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, to bear date the 19th January, 1858, instead of the 15th of that month, as previously stated. _ _ ADMIRALTY, MAY 25. Corps of Royal Marines--First Lieutenant Charles Louis Atterbury Farmar to be Captain ; First Lieutenant Charles Jolliffe t o b e C apta i n ; Second Lieutenant William Henry Nantes to be First Lieutenant, vice Farmer, promoted ; Second Lieutenant Matthew Henry Farquharson to be First Lieutenant vice Jolliffe, promoted. - COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. East York Regiment of Militia — Geo r g e Maunsell, Esq., to be Adjutant, vice Minchin, resigned from the 12th April. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Lincoln —Sir Henry Dymoke, Bart., to be Vice Lieutenant of the county of Lincoln. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia— Octavitte Gibbon, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Little, re- signed ; Richard Wilton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Man ners, resigned. Royal Bucks King's Own Militia—Henry Ayshford Sanford, Esq., late Captain 43d Light Infantry, to be Major. 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norina Militia—Robert Arthur Rising, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Freeman, resigned. - • BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John 11 PLachlan, auctioneer, Norton-folgate. BANKRUPTS. James Long, jun., builder, Witnoy, Oxfordshire, to sur render June 16, at eleven, and July 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edmund Topham, machinist, Sheffield, June 11 and July 9, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. William Henry Brown, steel roller, Sheffield, June 11 and July 9, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. George Corbett, cattle salesman, Shotteswell, IVarwick shire. June 27 and July 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Wm. Robert Crozier and Abraham Home, ship and in surance brokers, Leadenhall-street, June 10, at one, and July 15, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwin Dunkin Lyon, pianoforte manufacturer, Castle street, June 9, at half-past twelve, and July 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John James, grocer, Saint Just, Cornwall, June 15, and July 6, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Thomas Whitwell, licensed victualler, Wanstead, Essex, June 14, and July 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Rant Redgrave, chemist and druggist, Norwich, June 10, at half-past twelve, and July 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edward Edwards, ironmaster, Abenbury Vichan, Flint shire, June 9, and July 6, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Frederick Mayston, grocer, Huddersfleld, June 12, at half-past one, and July 18, at twelve, at the Court c i f Bank ruptcy. Thomas Marshall Booth, commission !agent, Sutton Saint James, Lincolnshire, June 21 and J 7-4 5, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court s Stephen Chapman Silcox, buildm Trowbridge, Wilt shire, June 10 and July 11, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Bernhard Katzenstein, merchant, King William-street", City, June 9, at eleven, alio. June 14, at twelve, at. the' Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Edward Vigor Fox, Traquair, ,Peeblesshire. John Findlay, builder, Glasgow. John Matthews, commission agent, Garlir,stown, townshire. COUNTRY lILIP.KETAS: LIVE R P OGL —MAY 31. We had a fair attendance o millers and dealers at our Corn Exchange this mornix. tr-..i but they not being disposed to buy beyond their mo re • mediate wants the amount of business done was very ',rifling-, and prices somewhat irre gular. Fine wheats Twere generally held at Friday's rates, and the finest qual;:cy of flour could not be called cheaper, but all other de , : , criptions were very unsaleable. Indian corn gave wavy ld to 2d per cental. Oatmeal was lin changed. Egyptian. beans, peas, and barley, noraboll; unchanged. —MAY 31. The, demand f or fIour LEEDS with our millers continues very slac:tc, they are therefore indifferent about purchasing wheat, unless at a reduction from Friday's rates; holders are, however very firm in demanding late prices ; the con sequence is that little or no business takes place. Barley as before. Beans quite as dear. Oats and other articles unaltered in value. Arrivals this week : Wheat __ - 1,603 qrs. Oats Barley Peas. Rapeseed Beans 305 Linseed Averages for the week : Wheat 2,265 qrs., at 55s op Barley 70 ~ 3Bs 0/d Beans Peas -41 s Od Oats lO7 f „ 26s 4P Rye NORWICH CATTLE—MAY 28. A good show of store beasts to-day, comprising Sec" and shorthorns, with a few Irish. S a l es were ra ther bra' , and a fair attendance. Scots, 4s C x l t o 5 s ; shorthorns, 45 bra t ' ',• 4s 6d ; Irish, 3s 6d to 4s, ,Fat beasts, is 641 to 8s per stone. Sheep—The pens wore well filled. Prices—Fat sheep , ispd to 8s 6d per stone. Pigs—Good store pigs, 25s to 30s. Fat pork, Cs to Cs 6d per stone. RICHMOND—MAY 28. We had a fair supply of .all descriptions of grain to-day, and a dull demand. Wheat ruled from 7s Od to 7s 6d per bushel; barley, 3s ed to 4s Od ; beans, 6s to 5s 6d ; oats, 3s Od to 3s ed. SUNDERLAND—MAY 28. There was a good supply of wheat to-day, and a fair business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, from 65s Od to 58s Od per qr ; red, 63s Od to 57s Od ; beans, 46s Od to 48s Od ; barley, 28s to 32s Od per qr. ; oats, 26s to 275. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDLY. Amsterdam ' Short. 11 13 11 131 Ditto Rotterdam — 11 15 11 151 Antwerp Brussels — 25 0 25 10 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 25 40 Frankfort on Maine — 116 1161 Viepna Trieste Petersburgh — 32 32i Madrid Cadiz — __,491, _ 49f- Leghorn — 30 45 30 70 Genoa — 25 60 25 7 . 0 Naples Palermo ll9k Messina -39. - 1 3 2 9 0 1 i —119 k Lisbon • 9O days' date 51 5 13 Oporto - • S 1 51f. Rio Janeiro New York •- • • Calcutta, Co.'s rupee• • 23i -- • • • Madras ditto • • • • • • Bombay ditto East India Company's Rills drawn, from the 11th to the 25th May. Bengal . £634 19 11 Madras 0 0 0 Bombay X - 03 . 1 19 11 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)., .. per oz. X 3 1700 0 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 0 o [ADVERTISEMENT.]—We quote some interesting care g Constipation, Nervous, Bilious and Liver complaint without Medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency ' Cough, Asthma, Consumption and. Debility by Du Barry '4 ' delicious Revalenta Arabica Food. Cure No. 49,832. Wortharn Ling, near Diss, Norfolk—Fifty years indescrib able agony h from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, coug : constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomftcnht and vomitings, have been removed by Du Barry's ce le plaints,. No. 3,906. Revalenta Arabica Food.—Maiti.s. J OLT• gcunreeral eiebility —Thirteen years cough, indigestion, James Porter.. Cure Arabica Food. Athol-street, Perth. Vtcarage„ Wel -47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, have been removed by Du Barry's aeuxcloelleont Rewalenta d e rTrous fancies. Cure 41-8,314 a o nze f ir n v e o rv u o s us nes h:: i t n all iai i g li e ty " . t t ihoanm, gatherings,ro ss , H er i t s o I , v a s pcidirliarties;otaufnee horrorsxntre o of Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, eceip of j post- Gateacre,RneeagrenLti-vsetipreeoto,l,Lao: u d r ore n o f . c0a 2 : 1b 4 , ,g 55. 9d. ;.51b , 125.; l .21b ten years dyspepsia, an ; a e free on r• ' t • .21b., 201 office t . e i tins, de a e t br. ? l i s bD . . 6 ua d nß . c i alr2yiba . lib., nt 3 i nd s Cs . Fortnum,c PiaaadillY ; Abbie, 60, 330 M an aso d n' 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishops•! •. ate- Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and C o .i Gracechurch-street 7114 d, Co 182, ; 63, and 150, Oxi brd street ; Nixon and Thew ; at Manchester, Sharp a tut street ; 85, T o ttenham-court-road. Also at Dalb lin, Blanchard, and Co.; at Sout h aaßmt S cott;e Lw p ti' Liverpool, n eY r I) , a t acidßo o a i n , d York,a I li an a d ir° S e o s n' . , BIRTHS. BATEMAN.—On flue 30th May, at 37, Lower Brook-stret rt, the Lady Bateman, of a son. BUTLER.—On the 29th May, at Clifton, the wife of Bt..' Major E. C. Butler, 36th Regt., of a son. FITZGERALD.—On the 28th May, •at 5, Mansfield-stree Mrs. Seymo ur Fi tzgerald, of a daughter. TIAITLTAIN.—On the 21st May, at the Royal Arsena go Woolwich, the wife of Captain Haultain, Royal Artiller.F", of a daughter. KIDD.—On the 24th May, at Edrom House, Berwicksbh the wif e of R. C. Kidd, Esq., late 9th Lancers, of: a daughter. PEEL.—On the 27th May, at Ockbrook House, Derbyshi xv the wife of Edmund Yates Peel, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. G EORGE—BILLETT.—On, the 28th May, at Arthur-sti eet Chapel, Walworth, Mr. Jonathan George, eldest son , of the Rev. Jonathan George, to Elizabeth, eldest daugi rier of Mr. Charles Billett, of Addington-place, Camber% 'ell. HALL—FEATHERSTON.—On the 31st May, at St. LtDres Church, Chelsea, William E. Hall, cf Oahe Y' street, Chelsea, to Ann Juliana, second daughter of .) - -' o * Featherston, Esq., of 4, Oakley.street, Chelsea. KEPPELL—BULLSR.—On Thursday last, 26th May, Michaes*Church, Chester-square, Lieut.-Col. E. G. 'W• Keppe - 11, of Luxham Hall, Norfolk,to Harriet Taegu al ine, youngest daughter of Sir Anthony Buller, of Pou nd ? Devon. act ; St. _ _ _ DEATHS. • Bisnor.—On the 28th May, of consumption, in his: .23d year, Robert Freeman, yoigest son of the late . Bishop, Esq., of Ludbury, ddlesex. CARSON.—On the 27th May, William Myers, only s , of T. Carson, Esq., solicitor, Liverpool, aged. 14 years. DAVIDSON.—On the 20th April, at Kurnool, Madrr cs, of cholera, Col. James Davidson, of the 36th Regt. xtive Infantry. FITZGERALD.—On the 30th May, at his residence in c the Dockyard, Capt. J. C. Fitzgerald, Royal Navy, Su per' intendent of 11 .M.'s Naval Dockyard, Sheerness, age 1 56. HAMILToN.—On the 30th May, aged 87, Anne, daug t tter • of the late Col. Otho Hamilton, of Oliveston, N.B. Hannrsox.—On the 12th April, at Calcutta, Gertrude,; th e infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fortescue Harris on, aged 12 months. M: i t a ts s i t t e A r L o i c — the On ca t v h a e fry 29 D th epo ll t l , ay m , a a i g d e s d ton B3 e ,. Richard : Esq., M. E., formerly of Totnes, and late Ba: e" . shall, SAUNDERS.—On. the 26th May, at Kensington, Eliz L beth Mary, daught er o f th e l a t e W . S. Saunders, aged 1 t. WIIITAKE.R.—On. the 27th May, at Oxford, Maria, a mond daughter of the late Froderiek Whitaker, Esq., 1 Inner House, Bampton, aged 44. __— LONDON : Printed and Published, by MURDO YOI 7No of No. 112, Strand, Printor, at The Sun Office, No , 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coup ° I Middlesex, Wednesday, June 1, 1669.