The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-27 00:00:00

TILE MANNING OF TILE ROYAL NA V Y, The following letters have been addressed to the editor of the Times : Sir,—ln my last letter I dwelt on various grievances, real and imaginary, which are alleged to exist in the Royal Navy, and which are assigned as the reasons why seamen evince so much disin clination to enter the Queen's service. I repeat that the habits and training of merchant seamen give me but slender hopes that we shall ever obtain a considerable supply of good men from the mer chant service ; we must, therefore, have recourse to other measures, and that without delay, for efficiently manning our navy. First, we must maintain something like a stand ing force ; it will not do to have 50,000 seamen in one year, and only 30,000 or 40,000 in the next. These sudden reductions are attended with great injury and injustice to seamen. For the increase of the standing naval force all the witnesses agree in recommending a large addition to the number of boys. The " boy " system may be expensive, but it is what we must come to ; I say, therefore, let as go largely into it at once, and make our own seamen as expeditiously as possible. If we can ward off a naval war for three years, we shall be able to meet an ordinary emergency ; if for five years, we may, by persevering . energetically wi th _ the training of boys, and with the aid of the Coast Volunteers and increase of Marines, make a good stand against even the combined fleets of France and Russia, increased as those fleets probably will be in the interval. Excellent as I think Admiral Milne's evidence is, there is one important point, and only one, on which my experience compels me to differ from him. I am decidedly of opinion that sailors are not so indis pensable as they were still Isa , let us have them if we ca n procure them ; I weal ive them a pre ference. but, failing to procure them , let us take the best substitute, which is a Royal Marine. He is sufficient gunner for most purposes, he is an ex perienced small-arm man, and when he embarks he is already trained to discipline. These are three advantages which we cannot secure in a newly raised man. Moreover, in case of a reduction of the fleet we can employ him on shore, instead of send ing him adrift as we do our seamen. Let us, there fore, speedily increase our Marines by a large figure, for three or five years, to add to the fleet when'required, until the " boy" system begins to develope itself ; then let us stop recruiting, grant voluntary discharges, and thus reduce the Marines to the number which we may require to maintain permanently. Admiral Milne shows clearly that, although we have a large number of reg istered mer chant seamen, we never have more than one-third of them at home. A sudden war would have the effect of keeping a great portion of the two-thirds out of the country, as owners would naturally send instructions to their captains to take short freights in the colonies, but nothing for Europe • in short, to do anything rather than expose themselves to the risks of capture by entering the Channel. There is a suggestion put forth in Mr. Lindsay's otherwise sensible paper, and which is supported by the authority of Lord Clarence Paget's recommenda tion, which in my opinion is full of danger. They both assert .that the Queen's service has not kept pace in improvement with the mercantile marine, and that it has fallen far short of the astonishing progress made in various branches of manufacturing industry. And what do they suggest to remedy this supineness on the part of our naval authorities ? Simply that we should introduce on board ship mechanical contrivances for working guns, hoisting sails, &c. The object of these improvements is stated to be that we may economize labour ; the object of economizing labour is, of course, to enable us to work a ship with a smaller crew. In order that we may follow these improvements to their consequences, let us suppose an action between a British and an enemy's ship, equal in every respect as to size, armament, and calibre of guns. Under ordinary circumstances the English ship will un questionably be manned at least one-seventh in number under a French ship; take the proportions at 300 for the crew of the English ship and 350 for the crew of the French ship ; but, owing to the adoption of Mr. Lindsay's scientific and mechanical improvements, we may perhaps be able to reduce the English crew from 300 to 250. The inevitable consequence in an action would be that the French man, taking advantage of the comparative weak ness of your , crew, would make a dash, and carry you by boarding. But Lord Clarence Paget and Mr. Lindsay may say that they do not mean that the crews should be reduced. Then, what becomes of their boasted economy of labour ? I am not aware whether these gentlemen have ever been under fire ; it not, let me advise them to take a hint from one who has ; lt them avoid these mechanical appliances, they wilt be terribly in the way, and will cramp a space not too large at present; inde pendently of this inconvenience, I can assure them that cogwheels, bars, and pinches in an action will make most ugly splinters. If economy of labour is ever to lead to the reduction of the crews of ships, it will be by the introduction of Armstrong's gun, which may be worked by one-third of the number required to work the present heavier guns. But, after all, can we adopt this mercantile view in the manning of ships of war ! And can we safely overlook the proper relative strength of our crews as compared with those of our adversaries ? These are questions which must be answered without reference to the adoption of mechanical contri vances and economy of labour on board our ships of war. I fear I must trouble you with one more letter.— I am, Sir, your obedient servant, BLUE JACKET. United Service Club, May ) 1859. Sir,—ln common with your correspondent "Blue Jacket," I have been surprised that more notice has not been taken by the public generally of the re port made by the commission on manning the navy. It is gratifying to notice that the changes advo cated in this report are gradually being carried out by the Admiralty. One of the grievances com plained of by seamen has already been removed by increasing the rations of salt meat and bread. Having had a good opportunity of ascertaining the feelings of a body of merchant seamen who had been for a few years in the navy, I know that the insufficiency of the daily ration, especially in cold weather, was the chief ground of complaint. Many inexpensive modifications of the scale of victuallini , might easily be mad e , so as to vary the daily f oo d ,' and render it more nutritious and palatable. The unpopularity of the navy among merchant seamen has been greatly exaggerated ; whatever disinclination to entering the service may formerly have existed among these men, it is rapidly on the declina. The real thoroughbred seaman speedily becomes accustomed to the life on board a ship of war. He finds himself equal to the man-of-war's life in his duties aloft, and he can easily master the g un drill ; nor *does he require much lo nger time or greater labour to learn the musket exercise. By a little judicious cncouragpment the guns' crews soon strive to surpass each other, while the exercises aloft excite eager emulation between mast and mast when the ship is alone, and between ship and ship when in company with other vessels. Although the thoroughbred seaman is soon recon ciled to the pecularities of a man-of-war, there is a nondescript amphibious species of being who takes longer to educate, sand it is men of this class who must necessarily form the majority of our nrw These men arc at first perfectly helplesss ; they cannot wash their clothes, far less repair or make them ; the daily manipulation of their hammocks, the most .comfortable of single beds, is to them a mystery ; aloft, they are only in the way, and below they are liable to be chaffed and quizzed by the more experienced hands. These are the men who in time become useful fellows, but who at the outset of their naval career require the considerate treatment and patient teaching pointed out by the judicious Admiralty circular recently issued. No captain, however well seconded by-his senior executive officer, can do much for these men in dividually ; the leading men on the lower deck, the petty officers and seamen brought up in the service, must take this raw material in hand and mould it into shipshape fashion. Now, this important duty falls chiefly upon the master-at-arms and his subordinates. The comfort of the ship depends far more upon them than upon the superior officers. Frequently has the improve ment of this department been urged upon the Board of Admiralty ; for on its efficiency the happiness and discipline of the men on the lower deck mainly depend ; yet I must reluctantly state a f act , 'but too well known to every naval officer, btheeant Dthriopei this most important department has never yorFanised. Its numbers in the larger ships ire insufficient, and it is a rare occurrence to find a man cap able of performing the difficult and delicat e dutie s o f master-at-grins, " BlueeoiToral. Youl7 correspondent his ass istant—th e shi t,er-at-anns, or even those of Jacket"—whose real . naive would, if I not,mistaknkees has give great weight to the :mggestions he m alluded to the want of an uniforw system of discipline. It ;warns from the tenor of his letter that it is rather a system of routine to W hi c h his . remarks are directed, for the system of discipline is in great measm '2 rendered uniform by the system of minor punish molts established a few years since. The ge punishments are rather on th e s id e of leniency, for the few..turbulent and . refractory charatt ers to be found in , every ship would never be met •ced by them alone • yet they a re, on the whole, su ffi c i en t t o u ph o ld the discipline (Vadminis tered with discrimination), provided they were accompanied by greater facilities for the discharge of -worthless and incorrigible characters. Nothing tends so much to create discomfort on the lower deck among the quiet and well disposed men as the presence of such characters. A man on, whom punishment has no effect is rarely a good seaman ; he should therefore, no matter on what station, be at once discharged from the service. It cannot be too often explained to the public that there is no difficulty in manning the navy in ordinary times. But if we suddenly require for the nautical labour market 10,000 seamen, it is pal pably evident that time will be required to procure them. Jack's pockets are rarely so full that he can stand idle until some political complication, or one of John Bull's periodical alarms, obliges the navy to bid for the merchant seaman's services. Nor can it be too frequently repeated, that to the well-disposed seaman who know his work the navy is far from being an unpopular service.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, ANOTHER BLUE JACKET. VOLUNTEERS. The following Circular was issued from the War Office yesterday : " War-office, Pall-mall, May 25. " With reference to the circular of May 12, sanctioning, under certain conditions, the enrol ment of volunteers, it seems essential, in order that the patriotic exertions of those who may come for ward may contribute most effectively to that which they have at heart—namely, the defence and security of their country, that they should not be left in ignorance of the nature and character of the service to which they are thus binding themselves ; but that the objects which such bodies of volun teers should have in view should be clearly ex plained to them, as well as the peculiar duties expected from them, together with the best means of qualifying themselves for their effective discharge. " Premising that these volunteers may be of two classes, one comprising those who may be instructed to act as riflemen or sharpshooters in the field ; the other, those whose services may be rendered most valuable in our seaports, and other coast towns, in manning the batteries constructed for their defence, it must be borne in mind that— " L The first essential, without which no body of volunteers, however composed or organised, can hope to render available or really useful service, is that it should be amenable, when called upon to act, either in garri3on or in the field, to military discipline; for without such discipline no General or other officer under whom they may have to act will be able to place much dependence on their assistance or co-operation in the hour of need. "2. In the second place, the conditions of ser vice should be such as, while securing and enforc ing the above necessary discipline, to induce those classes to come forward for service as volunteers who do not, under our present system, enter either into the regular army or the militia. " 3. Ix the above view the system of drill and instruction for bodies of volunteers should not be such as to render the service unnecessarily irksome, or as to make demands upon the time of the mem ders that would interfere injuriously with their ordinary . avocations ; thus either indisposing to the service, in the first instance, those who might otherwise have gladly joined it, or driving them out of it, after a short experience of the inconve niences to which they have been exposed. " 4. It should not be attempted, therefore, as re gards rifle volunteers, to drill or organise them as soldiers expected to take their place in line, which would require time for instruction that could ill be spared ; but it should be rather sought to give each individual volunteer a thorough knowlede of the use of his weapon, and so to qualify the force to act efficiently as an auxiliary to the regular army and militia, the only character to which it can aspire. " 5. It is evident that this object will be best at tained by the enrolment of volunteers in small bodies, in companies, consisting of an establishment of 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 1 ensign, and 100 men of all ranks, as a maximum, or in subdivisions, and even sections of companies, 4ith the due proportion of officers, and composed of individuals having a knowledge of and thorough dependence upon each other ; and it should rarely, if ever, be sought to form them into larger corps, entailing the necessity of a lengthened and complicated system of drill in struction. " 6. The nature of our country, with its nume rous enclosures and other impediments to the ope rations of troops in line, gives peculiar importance to the services of volunteerriflemen, in which bodies each man, deriving confidence from his own skill in the use of his arm, and from his reliance on the support of his comrades—men he has known, and with whom he has lived from his youth up, inti mately acquainted, besides, with the country in which he would be called upon to act—would hang with the most telling effect upon the flanks and communications of a hostile army. "i. The instruction, therefore, that is most re quisite is practice in the use and handling of the rifle ; and with a view to this sites for firing at a target should be established, if possible, in every locality where companies or bodies of volunteer rifle men are formed, and every encouragement given to the men to avail themselves of them, leaving it to themselves to select their own hours for prac tice, or for such further instructions, as sharp shooters, as it may appear desirable to give them—namely, how to extend and avail themselves of cover, to fire advancing or retiring, to protect themselves from cavalry, or other simple movements which, whilst leaving every man his independent action, would enable them to act together with more effect. Interested as the more wealthy classes throughout the country will be in the efficiency of such bodies of volunteers formed in their own neigh bourhood, they will doubtless co-operate heartily with the Lords Lieutenant of counties in endeavour ing to find such sites for practice, and in whatever else may tend to further the object in view. " 8. Her Majesty's Government will authorise the issue from the public magazines at cost price of targets and of the regulated annual allowance of practice and exercise ammunition for each trained volunteer—viz., 90 rounds of ball and 60 of blank cartridge, and 165 percussion caps ; and for the training of each recruit 110 ball and 20 blank cart ridges, 143 percussion caps, and 20 ditto for snapping practice. Requisitions for the same to be made to the Secretary of State for War, upon forms which will be supplied, on demand, from this office. " With a view to the supply of ammunition from the Government stores for the use of volunteers, it is a primary and indispensable condition of their for mation that the rifles with which they are armed should be perfectly uniform in gauge with those in use by the regular army, and that there should be a similar uniformity in the size of the nipple, in order to suit the Government percussion caps. " 9. The apparatus for testing the gauge consists of two plugs, one of .577-inch, and another .580- inch. Each rifle. to be serviceable, must admit the former and exclude the latter. _ ...,......._ .... _ " All the barrel makers in Birmingham, and the ' setters up' in that town, as well as in London. are provided with similar plugs to those which are used in the ' view rooms' at those places ; and as the arms of each corps will be subject to an examination by competent viewers from the Government Small Arms Department, under the direction of Lieut.-Colonel Dixon, R.A., Superintendent of the Royal Small Arms Factory (for which purpose application must be made to the War-office), commanding officers of corps, and all who purchase arms, should hold the manu facturers responsible for the correctness of the barrels and the nipples. " 10. It may further be a question whether it would not be found advantageous, with a view to the better preservation of the arms and accoutre ments of the company, to provide, if possible, in the neighbourhood of the practice range or parade ground of each company, a dry and airy building or room as a store, where they could be deposited and properly cleaned and attended to at the expira tion of each clay's drill. " 11. It is also very . desirable that the uniform adopted should be as simple as possible, and that that of the different companies serving in each county should be assimilated, and though this point is left to the decision of the volunteers, subject to the approval of the Lords Lieutenant, it is considered that a recommendation on the subject would be of advantage. " 12. As regards artillery volunteers, their prim ary object will be to aid in the most efficient man ner in the manning of the batteries erected for the protection of our coast towns, so that the Royal Artillery and Militia may be, to as great an extent as possible, disposable for other services. " 13. These volunteers may consist of a different class from that which will come forward for the more active duties of riflemen in the field. Married men resident on the spot ; and such as either could not ab sent themsel Os, even fora day, from their usual busi ness, or might be physically unfit for field duties, might yet find ample time for learning how to , work a great gun 'mounted in their immediate neighbourhood, and might be fully adequate to whatever exertion its exercise might require. The interest they would have in thus contributing to the security of their property and families, which would be at once endangered by any hostile attack, would be even stronger than that which would lead volunteer riflemen to the field. " 14. The same principle which is recommended for the organisation of riflemen should be adopted i for the artillery volunteers, except that the latter should `be divided into still smaller bodies. For instance, the most effective system would be that which would associate 10 or, at most, 12 men, all neighbours intimately acquainted with THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1859 . each other, in the charge and working of a par ticular gun, mounted, so to speak, at their very door. " 15. One of their number should be appointed to act as captain of the gun, to the charge and working of which their duties would be strictly limited. They might arrange their own time for drill and practice, an artilleryman being charged with.ttie duty of imparting the former, and all that would ,be required of them would be that they should be able to prove, on a half yearly inspection that they had duly profited by the instruction so • given, and had qualified themselves for the impor tant trust reposed in them. " 16. Always working and practising with the same gun, they could not but become well acquainted with its range, and the points to which it would have chiefly to be directed. " 17. In the same manner associations may be formed in many of our commercial ports and open rivers for manning and working boats or ship's launches, armed with single guns in the bow, and which might, on occasion, be even more serviceable than the stationary shore batteries. Considering the vast amount of property in vessels, docks, tim ber yards, &c., exposed in most of those rivers to sudden attack from privateers, shipowners and , others would probably be well disposed, and think it indeed only a wise precaution on their part, to place any spare boats in their possession which are adapted for the above named purposes at the dis posal of such associations, and even themselves to Ipromote their organisation." POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 26 LAMBETH.—THE ALLEGED CHILI) MURDER, AT PECKHAM.—The Hon. G. C. Norton wts engaged for a considerable time in fin they investi gating the charge against Elizabeth Beagin Df havinc , caused the death of her male illegitimate infant in the month of October, 1857, and burying it in lime in the garden of her house in Camden square, Peckham, where its remains were found. When the prisoner was placed at the bar, In spector Dann, who has charge of the ease, informed the magistrate that he had served a summons upon Mrs. Smith, sister to the prisoner, and who is also wife to the father of the deceased child, for her attendance as a witness ; but she was unable from indisposition, to be present; and he received the certificate he produced from her medical attendant stating that she could not be in attendance before a week. He (Inspector Dann) also served summonses on a person named Gill and his wife, and both were in attendance. James Gill, who stated he resided at No. 6, Gun powder-alley, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street, described him self as a tailor, and who had formerly belonged to the City police, was here called, sworn, and exa mined at considerable length. He said that about the time (October, 1857) George Beagin, brother to the prisoner, called on him and informed him that an unpleasant occurrence had taken place at his father's ; that his sister had 'given birth to a child, of which her own brother-in-law was the father; that the child was dead; and that the whole thing had been unknown to the family. He further said that Mrs. Smith had stated, as he (witness) had been informed by her brothers, that she would rather have paid a pound a week than that the child should have died, and further, that Alfred Beagin had acknowledged that he dug the hole in the garden for the burial of the child, but had not buried it himself. The witness further stated that he had been consulted by both George and Alfred Beagin about bringing an action against their brother-in-law, Mr. Smith, to punish him for his indiscretion, and also coupling with the act of Se ducing their sister, another which took place at Erith, respecting his (Smith's) wife. Witness, in consequence of this application, saw Mr. Smith, and on telling him of the affair at Erith, he offered him £2O to give up the author of this information. He led Mr. Smith to believe that he should give up the author, and several letters passed between them on the subject. At his first interview with Smith he gave him £l, and he might altogether have received as much as .E 5 from him, but certainly not £2O, as he had promised. When shown a receipt for £lO received from Smith upon a solemn promise that the affair of the child should be kept a secret, and which bore the name of "George Greaves" and asked whether the signature was not in his handwriting, the witness fenced in every possible way, and al though ultimately admitting the fact, he declared he had no portion of the £lO. Mrs. Gill was next called, but her testimony was, if possible, more unsatisfactory than her husband's. She, as well as her husband, denied that they had told the officer, Hall, anything about the death of the child, the precise place in which it was buried in the garden, or saying anything whatever about the canal. _ _ George Hall, 176 P, was then sworn, and said that both witnesses had informed him that the prisoner had said that if she had fifty other chil dren she would not do so again, for while lyiiW on the deceased she felt it kick her in the stomach. They also described the precise spot where the body was buried in lime, and said that it had been contemplated to take it up and throw it into the canal. Both witnesses affected much surprise at the officer's statement, which they denied, but in such a way as to leave no doubt in the minds of all who heard them that the officer stated the truth ; and, after a lengthened examination, the prisoner was again remanded, for the attendance of Mrs. Smith and other witnesses. WORSHIP-STREET.—THE RECENT CASE OF ALLEGED ASSAULT WITH A CRICKET BAT.— John: Brown, described as a lawyer, is the Temple, was charged, on remand, before Mr. Hammill, with violently assaulting Henry Sole and Harriet Holland on the 11th inst. _ Mr. Beard now attended for the defence, and the following additional evidence was received : Harriet Holland, whose testimony was given with apparent difficulty from prostration, and who was accommodated with a seat, stated, as the other complainant had, that the three gentlemen pur posely pushed against them while passing ; and in reference to the assault upon herself, said— I recollect nothing after defendant struck me with the cricket bat. I first recovered my senses when on a stretcher at the station-house, where I vomited a great quantity of blood, and have done so every day since. A part of my head beneath my bonnet is swollen, one of my teeth is broken cldan off, two are loosened, and two are chipped, my right eye was quite closed, and I could not open it until Sunday last. lam still very ill, and a surgeon has been in attendance upon me daily. Mr. Hammill—Doubtless. Was any one near you but the defendant when he struck you ? Complainant—No, sir, I was about two yards from the mob. Mr. Beard—l shall, in the present condition of this poor woman, forbear putting her under cross examination, which I assuredly otherwise should do, with the view of eliciting evidence of the con duct of her pftrty. Complainant was then assisted from the court, and the • notes taken at the former hearing read over. A witness named Bray, in answer to questions from Mr. Hrtmmill, said—Not any one was near the woman at the time she was struck—the bat descended upon her head. I cannot say whether defendant held it with one or two hands. Cross-examined—l do not know whether any of her party were advancing towards the defendant as he struck. I did not on the former cross-exami nation say they were. Martha Sole, whose evidence had not previously been taken, gave the same version of the affair as the others for the prosecution had done, stating, in addition, that defendant, as he passed her with her baby in her arms, forced the cricket-bat against hh3 h d, ieoo e sr t wo • a s nsti id e, strike efteoihi l and ltodhyw w ebwe eb h diia e fntue n g. pf h o hersri She still, he, attack u nths s tce b air caeieknnar screamed aeyr a dnm s l k t; esl e :h, d eake , Inln ` tdi ‘ noh : ege l rki missing shda blowt did ishtini at nhim k at h noe e k r s ed is h te e r, who m r, senseless—no n u atthe op one else m be o i m ng en n t hi e , a wch n Inspector Webster produced a certificate from Dr. Wright, of Hackney, stating that the injured woman was gradually recovering, and out of danger. Questioned by Mr. Beard, the inspector stated that defendant at the station saidhe ought to charge Sole with an assault, and complained of ill-usage, the marks of which witness had since seen upon his legs and thighs. Hopper, the officer in charge of the case, in reply to questions by the solicitor, said that ten minutes before the alleged outrage was committed, he saw the complainants and several others near the Horns, at the corner of the Hackney-road, greatly miscon ducting themselves, and apparently clearing the pavement before them. Their conduct excited his suspicion, and he turned his light upom them. One of the party challenged his right to do so, but was checked by Sole, who observed, " Come along, or lou will get ---L-- well screwed up." They were told to go on quietly, but shortly afterwards he found them engaged as formerly described with the defendant. - - Mr. Beard then observed—l shall now, Sir, call a witness for the defence, and upon his evidence, after what has been stated to-day, I think you will be of opinion that, this is at least a case in which ' the defendant should be admitted to bail—unlimited and unexceptionable it shall be ; but do not send him back to prison until the time of trial. Last week you were told by the husband of this poor woman that he expected to find his wife dead on returning home. Doubtless that must have had influence with you in refusing bail, but to-day a certificate is put in, showing that the woman is actually out of danger; and I trust that this happy intelligence will lice you to comply with my re quest. Defendant has from the first protested that he was set upon by numbers—that it was in self defence he struck, and did not conceive a woman was the formost of the crowd. Most deeply he regrets the injuries, although accidental, and would do anything to compensate. Mr. Matthew Bernard Lucas was then examined, and said—l am a solicilor, at 11, Adam-street, Adelphi. I was returning from cricketing in com pany, with defendant and his brother at the time in question. J do not think defendant was exactly sober. In the Hackney-road we met the com plainant and a party of about eight. They occu pied so much of the pavement that we, being arm in arm, jostled them, but not intentionally. We passed on, they shouted, and we turned. I believe they uttered bad language, but cannot swear so. Sole rushed up to defendant and either knocked or pushed him down. He then rushed at me and the gentleman next me. Others were advancing at the moment, and I struck him with my left hand as hard as I could. His teeth cut my knuckles; which are still sore. Defendant did not strike him with the bat. I must have seen him if he had. After I struck Sole I perceived defendant rise, and then he first used the bat. The party had by that time increased ; there were then ten or twelve. A woman came forward as defendant swuxg the bat to keep them off, and was struck with it. She fell. Several persons then got defendant down and jumped upon him, and nearly strangled him. When Sole rose from the ground he first seized me, but THE NAVY. Commodore the Hon. James R. Drummond, C. 8., Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, yesterday mustered and inspected 140 naval pensioners assem bled on board the receiving ship Hebe, and selected a number of the most ablebodied men as eligible for seagoing ships ; the remainder to be appointed for coast guard and harbour service. The Doris, 32, screw steam frigate, Captain E. Heathcote, weighed from Spithead on Wednesday afternoon and proceeded to the trial ground in Stokes Bay in charge of Capt. G. T. Gordon, com manding steam reserve, to make her first trial with Griffiths 's patent propeller, the trials with the lAdmiralty screw having been completed—Mr. Dirmen, Admiralty Inspector, Mr. G. Murdoch, Inspector of Machinery Afloat, and Mr. Miller, of the steam factory in Portsmouth yard, having the superintendence of the trial. The vibration during this trial was much less than on the former trials with the Admiralty screw. The following arc the details of the trial :—Pressure of steam, 211 b. ; vacuum, 25.5. Revolutions of engines —max., 50.0 ; mean, 49.83. Diameter of screw, 20 feet ; pitch of ditto, 32 feet ; force of wind, 2 ; direction, S.W. ; average speed of six runs at the measured mile, 12 knots. We understand that the next trial with this screw will be made with a finer pitch, and is expected to take place this day. The screw steam frigate Topaze left Plymouth Sound at 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday, and having made a trip round the Eddystone, to try her engines, returned at 4.15 p.m. The screw steamship Encounter, 14, was un docked, and the Sans areal , 70, docked in Keyham yard, Plymouth, on Wednesday. The screw steamship Aboukir, 90, was put in commission at Devonport, on Wednesday after noon. - The screw line-of-battle ship Exmouth, 90, Capt. J. Stopford, arrived at Portland on Tuesday night from Plymouth, to join the Channel fleet, The hired transport Benjamin Boyd, having em barked 1,000 barrels of loose powder and 1,400 k barrels of ammunition from Woolwich Arsenal yes terday, left the river for Malta. The Azof, partly laden with ammunition and war stores (likewise for Malta), yesterday left Woolwich to complete lading at Deptford. The following vessels have been chartered by the War Department to ship from Woolwich—namely, the Bristol and the Forget-me-not, for Malta; the Rattler, for Quebec ; the Copenhagen, for Mel bourne; the Caroline Brown, for Gibraltar; the Elizabeth, for Honduras • the steamship . Brilliant, for Gibraltar ; and the Evangeline, for Port Natal. The new screw steam corvette Cadmus, of 21 guns, and 400-horse power (nominal), Capt. Myer, from Chatham, has completed her coaling from the depot in Saltpan Reach. She will have her com passes adjusted to-day, take in her combustible munitions of war, and leave immediately to join the Channel squairon. The new screw steam frigate Emerald, of 51 guns, and 600-horse power (nominal), Capt. Arthur Cum ming, is receiving some first-rate A.B.'s, some of whom were on board the Nankin. _ A telegraphic message arrived at Sheerness on Tuesday afternoon last to prepare the new screw line•of-battle ship Edgar, of 91 guns, for immediate active service. A number of artificers and seamen riggers have since been engaged in completing her equipments, ready for the pendant. The lighter Devon, J. Rowell, Master, from Pem broke, and the Tortoise, Lotts, Master, from Queens town, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday. Fifty-three shipwrights were entered at Devon port dockyard on Wednesday. Large draugnts of A.B.'s, ordinary seamen, and landsmen are daily arriving at Sheerness from Lon don and the eastern and southern ports. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Capt. Charles F. Schomberg to the Aboukir, commissioned ; George Giles, Master, to the Edgar ; W. H. Crane, Master, to the Blen heim ; George S. Webster, Second Master, to the Cadmus ; J. P. M'Ewen and H. K. Geary, Master's assist., to the Brisk ; H. E. Wood, W. King, and T. T. Morris, Master's-assist., to the Dasher ; Wm. Price, Paymaster, additional, to the Aboukir; H. C. Davy, Paymaster, additional, to the Edgar ; C. W. Harris, Paymaster, to the St. Vincent; Wm. Lovely, clerk to the Edgar; Alex. C. Young, clerk to the Aboukir; Thos. Forder, assist.-clerk to the Hawke ; Alen H. Grey, assist.-clerk to the Edgar ; Win. B. Jennis, assist•-clerk to the Cornwallis ; Andrew C. Jeffreys, assist.-clerk to the Aboukir Henry A. Scrivener, assist.-clerk to the Formidable ; E. E. Richmond, assist.-clerk to the Cadmus ; and Ed. M. Ommanney, assist.-clerk to the London. THE ARMY. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the depot companies of the 32d Light Infantry, to the num ber of 600 men of all ranks, proceeded from Chatham garrison to Dover, having been inspected the pre vious day by Major-General Eyre, commandant at Chatham. The following officers left Chatham with the 32d depot, viz. :—Brevet-Major C. M. Foster, Capt. E. Harmar, Lieut. C. E. L. Bluet, Lieut. E. Lakin, Lieut. T. Morris, Ensigns A. Bishop, C. F. Clery, C. F. Le Cherry, H. R. Hardinge, F. A. Horridge, D. Bond, F. N. Golding, and C. H. Trueman. The head-quarters of the 32d are ex pected to arrive in England in the course of a few weeks, when it is probable that the regiment will go into quarters at Aldershott. The 77th depot, which is upwards of 600 strong, was expected to arrive at Chatham, from Portsmouth, last evening. The Sappers and Miners belonging to the 18th company of Royal Engineers, which recently left head-quarters, Chatham, for Weymouth, for the purpose of throwing up batteries on the coast, have commenced erecting a seven-gun battery on a spot which commands the entrance to Weymouth har bour. The battery is what is known as a sod-bat tery of two tiers, one tier of two guns and the other of five guns. When completed it is to be armed with guns of heavy metal, for which the Armstrong gun will be substituted as soon as a sufficient number of them have been made. The Royal Engineers are working extra hours in order to have„ the line of defences completed during the present summer. Captain G. C. Gordon, having been appointed Adjutant of the Corps of Royal Engineers, will suc ceed Major C. B. Nugent, in the command at Chatham on the Ist of June. - Lnrge draughts of men from Colchester camp are continually at exercise at rifle practice at Land guard Fort, Harwich. Volunteering for the navy b i as gone on briskly on board the Pembroke screw man-of-war, lying in Harwich harbour. Captain W. C. L. Blosse, Lieut. J. P. Nolan, and 70 non-commissioned officers and gunners of the Royal Artillery, left Woolwich yesterday for Southampton, to embark for Gibraltar. The Urgent screw steam transport, Commander Hire, embarked at Portsmouth yesterday the troops as enumerated in The Sun of yesterday, and steamed out of harbour at 5 p.m., bringing up at Spithead for the night. She will sail from Spithead for Gibraltar this morning, calling at Queenstown for detachments of the 2d battalions of the 6th and Bth Regiments for the same destination. It is the intention of the authorities, we under stand, to form an encampment on Teg Down, near Winchester. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners chartered yesterday afternoon, the 26th inst., the Shackamazon, 1,100 tons, to sail from Liverpool for Moreton Bay at £l4 14s. 10d. per statute adult, to be ready fur the reception of passengers on such dayas the Commissioners may appoint between the 14th and 2 Ist of July. The ship is to . be furnished with one of Dr. Normandy's fresh water distilling apparatus, with a com petent person and fuel to work it, but under the order in Council of the 13th inst., is entitled, in consideration thereof, to reduce by one-half the quantity of water required to be carried under the Passengers Act. The Com Missioners have given notice of their intention to receive tenders on Monday, the 6th proximo, for a ship to proceed to Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, between the 11th and 18th of July. The ship must be supplied with 50 fathoms of chain cable, in addition to the quantity usually required for tae Australian voyage. afterwards charged the defendant. I have known the defendant ten years ; he is a particularly mild and inoffensive gentleman. Defendant—l should be ashamed to strike a man with such a weapon, unless in danger of great vio lence ; how much more so, then, to harm a woman ? The blow was by chance, and as I have described. Mr. Hammill intimated that he should adhere to his intention of sending the case to a jury, and again refused bail. The depositions to be completed to-morrow. SHOCKING CASE OF MURDER AND MUTILATION OF THE BODY. Considerable sensation was created yesterday at Bristol, in consequence of the murdered body of a child, frightfully mutilated, having been found by some boys in Tyndall's Park. Information of the discovery having been made to the police, no time was lost in informing the coroner, who at once issued his warrant, and an inquest was held at the Hope and Anchor Tavern, Jacob's Wells. The body, upon being viewed by the jury, pre sented a shocking spectacle. The throat was cut from ear to ear, all the large bloodvessels, the gullet and windpipe being divided, right down to the back bone ; both arms had been cut off near the joint of the elbow, and the legs at the junction of the hips with the pelvis. The arms and legs are all absent, and are supposed to have been either burnt, or destroyed in some other way. The trunk and head were packed in some dark-grey alpaca cloth, which had been carefully sewed together with cotton. It appeared from the evidence that the body was found by a little boy, named Mills, the son of a fancy-soap maker, residing at 19, St. James's-street, St. James. The little fellow was playing with a companion younger than himself in the park, and, being heated, they retired to the shelter of some trees, underneath which, and amongst some high grass, they found the bundle. Mills opened it, and on seeing the body of a child, with its throat cut, he vas greatly alarmed. A young man happened to be passing, and a policeman soon after came up, and the body was carried without delay to the station•house of the Clifton division of police to await the inquest. The Coroner having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict, " That the deceased was found, wilfully murdered in Tyndall's Park, but by whom murdered is to the jurors unknown." THE BEI?EFORDSHIRE MURDER. LEBBURY, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. The resumed inquest on the body of the mur dered woman Harriet Baker was held before Mr. Underhill, coroner, and a respectable jury of tradesmen, this morning, at the Feathers Hotel, in this town. John Isaac Jones, the clerk, who was suspected on the occasion of the first inquest, is in custody. He was arrested by Superintendent Tanner and Detective Williamson, on Tuesday evening, at his lodgings. He was apprehended after a warrant had been issued, subsequent to a private investigation by the magistrates. Mr. Masefield, sworn, stated that Jones was one of five clerks, and worked in the lower office. Jones had been a clerk in his office two years and a half. Had served as a clerk faithfully. Received a recommendation with him from Australia, but be lieved that he came originally from America ; yet he came to Ledbury from Birmingham. Before leaving Ledbury for London, on Tuesday, he called Jones into his office, and set him some copying. Jones was in his office almost daily, yet he seldom called him up, because he had a wooden leg. From the office day book, to which the clerks downstairs had access, it would seem that nearly £3OO was in the two drawers upstairs, but he had sent the greater portion of that sum to the bank before going to London. Witness kept wax tapers on his table, and sometimes wooden lucifer matches. Henry Masefield, son of the former witness, iden tified in a packet of money, consisting chiefly of fourpenny and threepenny pieces, a sixpence, with a hole in it, that had been in his father's drawer. W. G. Woodward, a clerk in the office adjoining Mr. Masefield's room, deposed that he kept business money in his desk, of which the young Mr. Masefield knew, but he did not think the other clerks knew of it. Found the money safe and the drawer un touched on Wednesday morning. Before leaving for London on Tuesday, Mr. Masefield gave him nearly £2OO to take to the bank. Adding money ftom his own desk, he deposited at the bank, when he went to dinner, about £225. That he was going to take this money only Mr. Dew, in addition to 11r. Masefield, knew. After leaving the offices at night, met Jones near them, coming from the town, at about ten minutes past ten. In going towards the offices Jones was also going towards his lodgings. Merely said " Good night," to him. About a quarter to 10 next morning found the offices closed and a crowd round them. Was told Mrs. Baker had been hurlg and then set on fire. Went in and found Jones there with others. Jones looked very pale and agitated. There were other drawers in his (witness's) desk beside the one he had spoken of, neither of which was broken open. _ _ Win. Masefield, another son of Mr. Masefield, the proprietor of the offices, deposed that he was clerk to his father, and kept money in one of the drawers in the last witness's desk. At the time of the murder there was about £2l there. The drawer was un touched. Did not think that Jones knew that he had that money—£l9 belonged to the Cricket Club. On the morning after the murder found a bunch of three small keys on the gravel walk which sur rounds his father's paddock, at a point about. five yards from the back entrance to the offices. Richard Dew deposed that he was a copying clerk in Mr. Masefield's service. He had been there nine years. On the day of the murder he (witness) left the office at about ten minutes past eight at night. Before Mr. Masefield went to London on that day, witness saw him give Mr. Woodward a considerable sum of money to take to the bank. Would swear that he did not communicate that fact to Jones, who left the office about seven o'clock. The examination of :this witness was being pro ceeded with when the parcel was despatched. The magisterial examination of Jones will be resumed to-morrow afternoon. MURDER OF A CHILD AND SUICIDE OF THE MOTHER. On Wednesday an inquisition before the county coroner for the Manchester district (Mr. W. S. Rutter) disclosed the particulars of the murder of a child by its mother, and then her own self-de struction, under circumstances of a melancholy character. The sad event took place in the small village of Hollyhurst, in the township of Pilkington, between Whitefield and Radcliffe, about six miles north-west of Manchester. The deceased, Sarah Kay, aged 22 years, lived with her husband, Samuel Kay, in one of a row of four or five small cottages. She had been previously married to a man named Smith, a Mormon, who went to the Salt Lake Valley, and died there. After his death, and about 18 months ago, she was married to Kay, a young man, who is a power-loom tackler, and both he and the deceased worked at the cotton factory of Mr. Buckley, about five minutes' walk from the cottage. She had a little girl (by her former husband) named Mary Alice Smith, a little under fire years of age, and both appear to have been fond o f th e c hild , which lived with them, and went to school while they laboured at the mill. Three weeks ago, on Sunday, the husband was away from home until 10 o'clock at night, and some report was officiously spread, which reached the wife the following day, to the effect that her husband had been improperly in the company of her cousin. This led to a quarrel between his wife and himself, he denying that there was the least truth in the report. The deceased appears to have been of a sensitive disposition, and was not satisfied with her husband's explanation. The occurrence preyed upon her mind, and, unfor tunately, on Monday last, at noon, the unpleasant ness was revived. As they were leaving the factory for dinr.er, they met a woman who complained of the deceased having spoken disrespectfully of the person alluded to. No sooner had they entered the cottage, than the deceased began to reproach her husband with not having kept at home on the Sunday referred to. Angry words ensued, and the quarrel was heard by a next-door neighbour (Mrs. Butterworth), but all she could distinguish was the husband saying, " Get thy dinner and g o to thy work." The deceased, from her voice, appeared to be much exasperated. The dinner, previously cooked, had been placed in the oven to warm, and he rapidly partook of what he chose, then returned the remainder to the o ven for his wife and child, and went to the mill alone. The deceased re mained in the house nearly half an hour, during which she appears to have determined upon the horrid tragedy of sacrificing her own life and that of her child. The poor little creature was inno cently- gathering flowers in an adjoining field with another girl belonging to Mrs. Devonport, a neigh bour. The deceased asked Mrs. Devonport where the'cbildren were, and in telling her, Mrs. Devon port noticed that she was agitated, and that her face was flushed, and that she spoke in a short and hurried manner. Having returned with the chil dren, the unhappy woman sent her own child to Mrs. Butterworth s to borrow a razor the direction given to the child, Hearin g having once before lent the instrument tQ the 4 eceasva fox the purpose of cutting her ec 2 4si Mrs. Butterworth g 4l. ° the li ttle unsuspecting victim what proved to be the instrument of its own and its mother's destruction, The little girl followed her mother into the house with the razor, and the door was closed and locked. The cottage has two bed rooms, one of them very small, and to this the frenzied mother took the child, and perpetrated the fearful deed. Th© bodies lay side by side, within half a yard of each other, the mother's face being towards that of the child, and their blood comming ling in one pool between them, in which lay the open razor. The frightful gash in the throat of each showed the excited energy with which the weapon had been used; and there can be little doubt, from the position of the bodies, and the blood not being spurted in any direction, that both were in a sitting posture upon the floor when the mother despatched the child (which was to the left side of her), and then, as it fell backward repeated the fatal stroke upon herself, and let drop the razor be tween them. Nothing was known of what had occurred, even by the immediate neighbours, who supposed that, notwithstanding the quarrel, the deceased had gone to her work as usual. Shortly after six o'clock the husband came home, and finding the door fast, knocked loudly. Mrs. Butterworth told him that his wife had not come from the fac tory yet. He replied that she had not been there since noon. A fearful thought immediately flashed upon her mind, and she exclaimed, " Oh dear, the child fetched a razor from me." The husband an ticipated the dread result. A neighbour, Henry Hayes, procured a ladder, and on looking through the bedroom windom, announced that both mother and daughter were lying dead. Shortly afterwards another man, John Howard, got through the win: dow, and going down stairs, unlocked the door, and a surgeon went upstairs and saw the bodies, which were then cold. The inquest was held at the Bay Horse, Chapel field, on Wednesday afternoon, when the facts above narrated were adduced in evidence. The husband, we regret to state, evinced even less con cern in the matter than either of the witnesies. He admitted that jealousy on the part of his wife had led to what had happened, but averred that there was no ground for it. He said that if ever a quarrel occurred she originated it ; that her temper was irritable ; that nine months ago, after some words with her brother, she went to a lodge of water, with the intention (as she afterwards stated) of drowning herself, but was prevented by seeing a man sitting upon the bank. The jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict concerning the death of the child of wilful murder, that being the offence for which the mother would have been tried had she been living. The verdict upon the mother was, " Destroyed herself whilst labouring under temporary insanity ;" and the jury expressed their reprobation of the conduct of the persons who had spread the scandalous re port by which the poor woman had been distressed. SUPPOSED 111URDE1? AT LEEDS. A man named Thomas Smith, a pointsman em ployed by the Midland Railway Company at the Whitehall Junction, Leeds, is in custody at that town, charged with the wilful murder of an illegi timate child, of which he is the father, a month old. He was brought before the magistrates on remand yesterday (Thursday). The principal wit ness against him was a respectable-looking young woman, named Helen Moxon, who said that she lodged with Mrs. Wood, in Appleyard-court, Sand forth-street, School-close, Leeds; that the prisoner had courted her some time, and that she had a child by him ; that on Friday evening last he visited her at her lodgings, and about 11 o'clock they went out together, she carrying the child. The prisoner told her that he had made arrangements with a person named Williamson, at Beeston, a village about two miles off, to nurse the child for ss. per week, and he was to convey it there that night. The mother, believing this story, did not object to the child's removal, and accompanied Smith on the road to Beeston. On their arrival at Stocks-hill, however, he desired her to return home, and to provide him some beer before the publichouses closed. He pressed her two or three times to return, and she at last con sented to do so; but before she had gone many yards, the prisoner's conduct excited misgivings, and she consequently turned and followed him. He evadedthe pursuit, however,bypassing through Calverley- court, beyond which she was unable to trace him. Moxon then proceeded home, where, in about half an hour, the prisonerjoined her. In answer to her inquiries,hs stated that he had delivered the child to Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, at their residence. She (Moxon) still doubted the story, and the next day went to Beeston in search of her child. After making every inquiry, the only person named Williamson whom she could discover was one residing at Millshay, but who had no knowledge whatever either of Smith or the missing child. Subsequently she gave in for mation to the magistrates, and the prisoner was apprehended. On Wednesday, Mr. English, the chief constable of Leeds, accompanied the prisoner in a gig, in order that he might point out the resi dence of the Williamsons, but he failed to do so. On arriving, however, at Rolbeck Moor Chain Bar, on the Beeston road, he stated that that was the spot where, by arrangement, he met the William sons, and delivered the child, adding that he had only seen them once before, which was on the pre• vious Tuesday, and he could not tell where they lived. Though the police have made diligent search for the child, up to yesterday (Thursday) afternoon they had found no trace of it, but a policeman has examin e d th e po i nt -b ox occup i ed by the prisoner at the Whitehall Junction, and there found a shawl and k an dk erc hi e f , the former of which has been id en tifi e d b y M oxon as that i n which the infant was wrapped when she last saw it, and the handkerchief contained some flannels, &c., for it. The prisoner, who said he knew the child was alive, was again remanded. It appeared that the prisoner invited the mother of the child to meet him last Tuesday night, and tried to persuade her to walk with him on the side of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Aire, but she refused to do so. It is a general impression that h e had some evil intentions towards her, and that, in fact, he had contemplatedmurdering her by drowning. The police are still making search for the body of the child, not a doubt being felt that the prisoner's story about the child being alive is false. SP O.RTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL S'.-YESTERDAY. A quiet afternoon, and beyond the comparing of the Derby bets very little business was transacted. The firm ness of The Promised Land, the upward tendency of Trum peter, and the unsteadiness of Musjid were the principal incidents of speculation. From the subjoined list of quo tations, which was compiled chiefly from offers, it will be seen that the advance of certain outsiders has been checked, and that some of them have been driven back to their original prices. No betting on the Oaks. DERBY. 2to 1 agst Promised Land (taken) sto 1 agst Trumpeter (take 6to 1) 6to 1 agst Musjid (offend) 25 to 1 agst Electric • 25 to 1 agst Gamester (offered) 30 to 1 agst Balnamoon (offered) 30 to 1 agst Glenbuck (taken) 33 to 1 agst Marionette (taken), 40 to 1 agst Cavendish (offered) 40 to 1 agst Defender (take 50 to 1) 50 to 1 agst Glenluce colt (taken) 50 to 1 agst Volcano (offered) 50 to 1 agst Actaeon (offered) 60 to i agst Ticket-of-leave (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Enfield (offered) OAKS. sto 4 agst Mayonnaise (offered) The rooms will be open this day (Friday), and to-morrow for the comparing of bets on the Derby and Oaks. ASCOT The Ascot Stakes Forfeit; Tuesday, Ma: Age at lb Leamington Borderer .5: 8_ 3 RACES. - s to be declared on or before y 31, at noon. Grillado Age st lb ....a 6 5 Supple Jack . . . . 4 6 5 Volcano Compromise Go-ahead Southampton Stockham Comforter Petra Yellow Rose 3 6 1 Harry Stanley T. P. Cooke Prince of Denmark 4 5 13 Princess Royal 4 5 13 Uralian Harry Bluff The Dane Coroner Bellefield Queen Bess Turned Loose 4 5 4 Sweet t ' 33 5 5 55 2 4 B 2 Ella ' La Fosseuse 45 2 Rouble Nosegay 3 4 13 4 13 '1 Minster , Griseltla 34 10 Admiralty 4 4 10 C o ramo doze Olympias INucleus '3 4 7 Linda 3 4 7 Cytherus Brown Holland Helia Roussillen 3 4 4 Creeping Jane Pavilion 4 pays Skirmisher 5 pays Roman Candle—. 5 8 3 Prioress Sedbury 4 8 2 Hepatica Beacon . 4 8 0 Special Licence , 5 8 0 Tunstall Maid 4 7 11 Argosy Blue Jacket Rocket Fright ........ Herne .......... 4 7 6 Vanity Pensioner Baldfaced Stag 4 7 4 Arsenal • ... Mamas 5 7 3 Polestar Laodamia 5 7 3 Jealousy 5 7 2 Rogerthorpe Misty Morn Apollo Sam Spode 4 7 0 Longrange Clara Webster 3 6, 13 Bevis 6 Gracchus 3 Ilungerford „ ,• • a 6 10 5 6 10 Worcester t\ l ' a r z e r s i t n le i r ...... ...... 1 4_ (63 6 88 S Gladiolus Tacna Deer A ccu rate ........ Heir-at .Law ... 4 6 7 Wilton 4 6 6 Burgomaster 4 , .. .. 3 6 6 AQUATICS. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. The first regatta of the season amongst the yachts of this distinguished club came off yesterday with the advan tages of delightful weather and a good entry list. The com peting boats were of the third and fourth class, the prizes being for the first named a very elaborately chased silver tea and coffee service by Benson ; and for the second class a very handsome silver claret jug by Garrard, and to the second boat a silver cup by Benson. The distance was from Erith to the Lower Bligh buoy and back, with an al lowance of half a minute per ton for difference of measure ment. The following were at their stations : Third Class. --- Yachts. Tons. Owners. Chimera l9 .... E. Saunderson, Esq. Swallow lB Captain H. F. Sykes. Fourth Class. Julia Emily Quiver l2 Capt. D. T. Chamberlayne. Violet Romp The Fire Cloud, in consequence of the prevailing wind, could not fetch round in time to be measured, and conse quently-, although in the entry of the third class, did not start. The Prince of Wales steamer, as usual, ably commanded by Capt. Williams, had been engaged by the club, to accom pany the race, and bore a very numerous and fashionable attendance, including the Earl of Wilton, Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron ; Lord Elcho, Lord Otho Fitz gerald ; the Hon. F. Fitzmorris, R.N.; Sir J. Burgoyne, Bart. ; the Hon. B. Bruce ; T. Chamberlayne, Esq., Vice- Commodore Royal Victoria Yacht Club; A. Arcedecknot Commodore Royal London Yacht Club ; Captain Watson, R.N. ; J. A. Hankey, Esq. ; M. H. Williams, Esq. ; F• Bennett, Esq., R.H.G., and a great number of others whose names we could not catch. The officer in command for the day was R. Green, Esq., the eminent shipowner, and vice commodore of the club; and his yacht the Phoenix, and Mr. Arcedeckne's Gnome were gaily dressed out for the occasion. The yachts in company were too numerous to mention; but it was as full and perfect a fleet of schooners and cutters Si was ever seen afloat. All the yachts entered were " clippers," and a good race was anticipated. At 11h. 28min. 30sec. the gun was fired for starting. The wind was very variable, but at the time of starting N.N.E. The first off was the Romp, followed by the Julia and Chimera, the Violet being next. They had all exercised much alacrity in covering their elegant spars with canvas, and were snugly rigged for the work of beat ing down, there being little chance of sailing more than one reach, as the wind was eastwarding. It died away, how ever, for a minute or two, during which the craft were vari ously advantaged The Quiver, by a most judicious course, in less than ten minutes came out well ahead of the whole. The Chimera was for a brief space second, but soon for.. feited that place to the Swallow. In each succeeding board these two yachts became further ahead. The Chimera. • Violet, and Emily making a very close and pretty race, re sulting in Chimera being a good third. They were to have gone to the Chapman, but the flood began to make so strongly that they turned at the Bligh Beacon as follows : h. m. s. Quiver Swallow 3 9 0 Chimera Violet 3 36 0 Emily 3 42 10 It was a run up, and balloon sails were in vogue with all but the Swallow, who merely chan g ed her canvas by hoist ing a fuller topsail. The interest in the race was enhanced by the fact that the Quiver, if she came in first, although a fourth-class boat, would be entitled to the superior prize of the third class, which she obtained, there being no change , and the race finishing in the following way m. S. Quiver Swallow • 5 12 23 Chimera 5 16 40 Violet 5 43 3 The prizes were then severally presented to the owners 011 the Quiver, Swallow, and Violet, by the vice-commodo re, with the accustomed honours. Much credit is due to lux- Watt, the steward, f or hi s v i an d s , an d t o the officers of the club for their unremitting attention to the comfort of the visitors. COUNTRY 111ARKBTS. BIRMINGHAM---MAy N. The show of wheat was small, and prices at 2s to 3s per quarter lower than last week. Very little business doing• Barley, oats, beans, and peas all tending downwards. MANCHESTER—MAY 26. English wheat was offered at is to 2s per qr. reduction, but few sales were effected. Flour was 2s per sack lower, and altogether neglected. Beans were firm. Indian corn rather cheaper. Oats and oatmeal a slow sale, at former rates. BOSTON—MAY 25. This morning we had a large attendance of dealers at our corn exchange. The business passing was limited for both wheat and flour, but where transactions occurred a decline of 4s per qr. was acceded to. Spring corn earl" viously noted. Wheat .44s to 51s Oats.... 223 to 30s White do .50s to 53s Beans . ..—s to •-• 4 Barley .38s to 46s Ditto, old ........42s to Ms Averages for the 'week : 'Wheat 3,003 qrs., at 541 ld Barley.... — ~ —s Od B eans 23 „ 503 Od Peas •• • a ~ 43s Od Oats 2B „ 26a Od Rye - ~ —s Od LOUTH—MAY 25. At to-day's market there was a small supply of falser? wheat, and the trade ruled quiet, at a decline of from 2I to turn ra * r 3 nl s el p yo e v,i r n, rn. ioer. it n ue do t sa h ht e so %Ty r a e, t r y e v s ei i r r y e t t a l l e ie little bu s d last indeosi w sn.g ee , k a n . d B ear' s p r e ! tin t h Wheat gis to —s I Oats.. .......... 249 to 271 White d 0..., 52s to —s Beans .......... 44s to 503 Barley ... 35s to 37s I Peas EDINBURGH GRAIN—MAT 25. Ordinary supplies of grain to-day. Sales were heart , and prices back. Wheat on the top 350 d down average is 8d down• Barley on the top is 6d down. average Os 4d down. Oats on tho top 2s Od down.... average Os 7d down• Beans on the top is Od down. .. average Os lld down. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... Barley 1 15 9 0-12ths Oats 1 7 1 9-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat........ 828 qrs Sold 571 qrs Barley... 244 qrs Sold 181 qrs Oats .1607 qrs Sold 769 qrs Beans 194 qrs Sold 62 qrs GLASGOW—MAY 25. Trade was extremely dull, and although holders offered wheat and barley at fully 2s per qr decline buyers bet back. Barley was especially depressed. Other articles to 2s lower, with an indifferent demand. CORK—MAY 25. The following were the quotations this morning :- - R ea wheat, 24s Od to 25s 01; white, 27s Od to —s Od; barley 144 6d to 15s Od; oats, 14s to 16s 3d. DERBY SMITHFIELD—MAY 24. The supply of fat beasts to-day was good. There was a fair attendance of buyers, and a clearance was nearly effected at extreme rates. The pens were well filled with sheep and the demand was flat, a considerable number re maining unsold. Lambs more numerous. Pigs a better show, but a heavy sale. Calves about the average. Beef stone.sid Beef 7 d to li d Veal . dto Mutton 6di to 7id Pork 9d to 9id Rough fat, 61c1 to Rd Lamb 5 Hides, 3d to s;d; calf skins, 51d to 64. D re a sto ß re a s rr hea s lth d , el N i, / io h us o Re ed wal • without medicine, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves 50 times its cost in other remedies, and removes indigestion (dyspepsia), &tn.. lency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility. We extract * ArEttAbDicVaEFßOrOdEinmvELTa3bly . few out of bO,OOO testimonials of cures, which had resisted all medicine. Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspePg* nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea= have been effectually removed b y D u Barry ' s delic i ous fo in a very short time.---Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlingtl Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No. 54,618, of a lady of 107,,Y„e sr _ . : of age.—" Wandsbeck, near Hamburg, 12th May, 110 ‘%, -- ‘ , I hereby certify that my mother-in-law, Mrs. Holze, has just completed her 107th year, after having suffered an vw d half a century an d more from indigestion (dys pepst/Ls consequent disorders, has been perfectly cured by „ s t Revalenta Arabica Food, and is now enabled to tg - ,, almost any kind of food with great comfort.—W. 11 1; In tins, at is. 6cl. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 125.; 12 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of n 0 ...b office order. Du B arry an d C 0., - 77, Regent-street, lona Fortnum, M ason, an d Co., 182, Piccadilly; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxfo! . street ; 330 and 451, Strand • 49 and 60, Bishoriftli: street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at J 1, 7 .. Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes ana at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Manchester, Shill an tie Scott ; at York, Rai m es, Blanchard, and Co. ; at ampton, Randall and Son. BIRTHS. FRANCKLYN.—On the 22d inst., at Woolwich, the wife o f Colonel Francklyn, C. 8., Royal Artillery, of a daughter. Hoag.—On the 25th inst., at 5, Chesham-street, the iv& of Lieutenant-Colonel Hogg, Ist Life Guards, of * daughter. LEIGH.—On the 23d inst., at Stoneleigh Abbey, J° 11,1.4 worth, Lady Leigh, of a son. STANLEY.—On the 25th inst., at Mornington - cre scentr Mrs. Charles Horace Stanley, of a son. MARRIAGES. ATCHELER—STANWELL.—On the 25th inst., at Finchlen, John Atcheler, E,q., to Victoria, youngest daughter os Mr. J. C. Stanwell, Aliddlesex. WILSON—PARTRIDGE.—On the 26th inst., at Exeter, E • W. Wilson, Esq., M. 8., of East Grinstead, to Ellen, the, youngest daughter of the late James Partridge, Esq.; c" Northmolton. DEATHS. BARCLAY.—On the 24th inst., at 43, Devonshire-Place, Brighton,Wte. Barclay,Esq., formerly of Stepney - g'r een ' aged 77. BLaut.--.On the 26th inst., at 39, York-street, Portman' squAre, Janet Isabella, fourth daughter of the late Gen. Sir Robert Blair, K.C.8., and Lady Blair. EILSKINE.—On the 25th inst. at at Woolwich, Gen r e?... John, the son of Lieut.-Colonel Erskine, Train, aged three months. --- --- PALMER.—On the 22d hist , at Marseilles, George Hol worthy Palmer, Esq. OXENDEN.—On the 25th inst., at Pluckley Rectory, Wm' D. Oxend en , y ounges t son of the late Sir H. Ozenden• Bart., of Broome, Kent, aged 46. STEU ART.—On the 25th inst. at 15, B er keley-square , the Rev. Charles August u s Steuart, of Sunningdelep Berko, aged 83. LONDON : Printed and Published by MtTRDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sian Office, No• 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Saws, in the county of Middlesex, Friday, May 27, 1869. I