The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-05 00:00:00

zirE NAY l' . The paddlewheel steam sloop Virago, 6, Comman der Dunn, which arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, as reported in The Sun of yesterday, brings intelli gence of the safe arrival at Gibraltar of the Turkish screw line-of-battle ship Shadia on the 23d of Octo ber. On the 25th 500 Moorish refugees were en camped on the neutral ground. Commander Dunn states that the weather on the passage home ex ceeded in severity any before experienced. The paddlewheel steamsloop Devastation, 6, Com =ander John Baird, from Halifax, October the 11th, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, as already stated, reports that the screw steam gun vessel Jasper, 1, Lieut. and Commander W. H. Pym, left Halifax October the Bth for Jamaica, and that the paddle wheel steam sloop Gorgon 6, Commander Bedford C. T. Pym, arrived at Halifax on the 10th. The screw steamship Conflict, 8, Commander J. W. Sullivan, from the Coast of Africa, which arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, as reported yesterday, is gong up Hainoaze to repair. On the 18; - h of September she made prize of a fine Spanish bark, and took her into Sierra Leone. The bark did not exhibit colours, and had no name. About £1,200 in doubloons were found on board. The Simoom, screw, Commander J. Cooke, re ported by the authorities ready for sea on the ith inst., will not be ready for the embarcation of her troops for some days after that date, having yet to receive on board her provisions and medical stores. The Queen, 91, screw, in charge of Mr. Cleverly, master, with a party of riggers and supernumeraries, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning. She will be brought into harbour on Monday morning. The Princess Royal, Capt. Thomas Baillie, will be officially inspected and towed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead, on Monday, preparatory to h er officers'and crew being turned over to the Queen. The inspection of the Odin, 16, and the Sphinx, 6, at Spithead, was postponed yesterday until this morning owing to the boisterous state of the wea ther. Their crews, with those of the four gunboats which accompany them out to China, will be paid their advance of wages after inspection, and, it is expected, will sail for their destination on Sunday, or early on Monday morning, calling at Plymouth Sound. A water police force is to b© established in Hamoaze. It will consist of three sergeants and nine privates, who will be selected from the force in Devonport and Keyham yards. The men will have the hulk Endvmion for a rendezvous. Letters received from Shanghai, dated September the 3d, state that Admiral Hope was better, but the weather was excessively hot, which somewhat re tarded the healing of his wounds. The Chesapeake was to sail from \\rooming on the 4th on a cruise. Field-pieces had been landed and pl iced in Mr. Dent's garden, and measures taken to be prepared against any surprise. Two of the police were re ported to have been shot by some Chinese. The gunboats were lying close inshore. Mr. W. H. Cater was yesterday appointed As sistant-Surgeon to Plymouth Hospital. THE ARMY. In consequence of the representations which have been lately made to the authorities of the want of a sufficient number of well qualified non-commissioned instruction of to superintend and assist in the of the Royal and Indian Engineers, now at head quarters, Chatham, in the various branches of engi neering operations taught at the Royal Engineer establishment, an order has been received from the War Department, directing that eight additional non-commissioned officers be appointed as supernu merary instructors in addition to those already em ployel in that duty. The additional non-commis sioned officers selected are to be allotted to the seve ral departments of instruction—viz., photography, lithography and printing, telegraphy, surveying, fieldworks, and the laboratory. Each non-commis sioned officer so appointed is to receive an addi tion of ls. 6. per day beside his regimental pay as colour-sergeant, which rank he is to hold. The second instance of the infliction of corporal punishment in Colchester Camp during th 3 present week took place yesterday morning. The prisoner was a private of the 37th Regiment, named Drake, who had been caught in the act of pilfering a com rade, and when placed in the guard-room he com mitted a second felony. For these offences he was sentenced by court-martial to receive 50 lashes, which were yesterday inflicted in the presence of the men of the 10th Depot Battalion. The prisoner, although a young soldier, bears a very bad charac ter. He sustained the punishment without the ut terance of a word, and was afterwards removed to the hospital. The person first whipped during the present week belonged to the same regiment. The troops in Colchester Camp, about 2,600 in number, are now frequently brigaded, and have field-days, and the customary autumn and winter prolonged marches into the country have com menced. Thn folio w;ng officers have been appointed by the Lords of the 1m ratty to the Royal Marine Artil lery on its new formation as 2 distinct corps from the Royal Marine Light Infantry, as - -Iced in The Sun of Thursday :—Col.-Commandant Fraser, and Brevet :Major J. E. IN . Lawrence, to be Paymasters ; Capt. T. Q. M ea d e t o b e Barrack Mas ter; First Lieut. E. C. L. Durnford to be Adjutant ; Sergt.-Major W. Healey to be Quartermaster. THE LOSS OF TLIB ROYAL CHARTER. CONTINUATION OF THE INQUEST. MOELFRA, FRIDAY NIGHT. • The inquest was continued to-day. Yesterday afternoon, however, after the last parcels were de spatched, the examination of Suiaca, the boat swain's mate, was pursued at considerable length. In answer to questions from Mr. Mellor, he stated that the captain was on deck when the first anchor was dropped. After the first attempt to stay the vessel had been made the captain told the engineer that he was to give the vessel as much steam as he could, as he (the captain) was going to " stay" the ship again. A second hawser was sent ashore when the ship broke. Signals of distress were made when they lost sight of Point Lynas. He considered that everything was done that could be done to save the lives of the passengers. The captain was constantly on deck during the night of the wreck. Witness was sure that he was perfectly sober. After some general evidence as to the gale, and the course which the ship was running at the time, Thomas Welch, of Park-hill-ro'ad, Liverpool, was called by Mr. Mellor. He said that he was pre sent, along with Mr. Mellor and Mr. Russell, on Thursday night last at Moelfra, when he heard Suiaca say distinctly th a t on t h e n i g h t of the wreck Captain Taylor was not sober. On the same night witness heard Suiaca say that he himself applied three times to Captain Taylor to have the masts cut away on the night of the storm. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Samuel Martin, of Liverpool. In answer to a question, witness said that Suiaca knew perfectly well what he was talking about when he said that Captain Taylor was drunk. Mr. John W. Mellor, solicitor, of Oldham, next tendered his evidence. He corroborated the state ment of the previous witness that Suiaca had told him, in the presence of Mr. Russell and the pre ceding witness, that the captain was nut sober. The witness also stated that he heard Mr. Russell say that the captain was drunk ; but he afterwards explained that Mr. Russell had merely made that statement from hearsay, cs he did not see the cap tain on the night of the wreck. To his mind the evidence was quite conclusive that the captain was perfectly sober on the occasion. He had no doubt about it. William Foster, the carpenter, was next called, and gave evidence of a similar nature to that which had been given by Suiaca. At the sitting of the Court this morning the wit ness Foster was recalled. He said that the vessel might have been from half an hour to an hour on the rocki before she parted, after which she broke right across the main hatch. Previous to this a line had been sent ashore by a man named Rogers, who had jumped overboard and swam. People stood on the cliffx and helped to fasten it. It was fast there an hour or an hour and a half before the ship parted ; sixteen went ashore by it. A female hesi tated to go along it, and this caused a delay of half an hour. After she refused to go I went down next, and about three other men followed me. The chief portion of the pas sengers were on the poop and in the saloon. There were other portions on the forecastle. A heavy sea broke across the starboard, and about 6 0 or more were washed into the sea. I had fre quent occasion to see the captain that night. He was perfectly sober. Considerinf, the gale th a t evening, I am o f op i nion that the captain ° could nct do more than he had done to save lives. By Mr. Bright—After we passed Point Lynas the wind got stronger and stronger. At first bump ing on the sands it my duty to examine her, and she made no water then. About an hour after the vessel made water, when she turned round and was on the rocks. In answer to further questions from Mr. Bright, the witness only gave corrobora tive evidence as t o what was done to save the pas sengers after the ship struck. By the ('°n Ife never heard Suiaca say that he hadal;eedrihe captain three times to cut the m asts away, and that he had refused to do so. I never made such a statement myself, and never heard any one say so. Mr. J. B. Marsh, reporter, of Chester, called, said,—l had a conversation with_ Suiaca at his lodg ings on Thursday week, the day after the wreck. The carpenter (Foster) was present at the time. After taking down Smaca's and Foster's narratives, I asked Suiaca whether he had any more to say. He replied that he had heard somebody on the beach say that the captain was drunk, but he said that he was as sober as he (Suiaca) was then, and that he would like to see the man who said he was drunk. He afterwards added, " I was running about all night carrying messages from the captain to the officers, and from the officers to the crew, and I can swear that he was not drunk." Those words I took down in writing, but it is now de stroyed. In reply to the Coroner the jury said they were perfectly satisfied that the captain was sober, and that there was no necessity for further evidence on that point. _ _ At half-past 4 the jury came to the following ver dict " From the evidence tendered we are unanimously of opinion that the deceased, James Walton and others, unfortunately lost their lives on board the Royal Charter by pure accident; that Capt. Taylor was perfectly sober, and had done all in his power to save the ship and the lives of passengers." Last night one of the divers descended down that part of the wreck where it is supposed the specie lies, and brought up a bar of gold weighing 4M., ar'd a cash-box much crushed, containing a photo graph bearing the following address James Haw kins,Esq.,Wells -street, High-street, Wells,Somerset shire." No bodies were washed ashore either last night or this morning, except a portion of the mulilated body of an infant, which was con veyed this morning to the church. Persons who had friends on board still continue to arrive and seek admission into the church to view the bodies which remain there to be identified. Every facility and attention is shown to them by the Rev. Mr. Hughes, the rector. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, .859.' a very simple process, which is not used in ninety nine cases out of a hundred. The inquest is now over, and the jury have found a verdict acquitting everybody of blame. The proceedings have not thrown much fresh light upon this terrible tragedy of the wreck of the Royal Charter, but it will stand recorded in our English chronicles as among .the national calamities of the year 1859. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Nov. 4. (Before the Assistant-Judge.) George Chapman, a carman, was indicted for maliciously assaulting William Thomas, and also for a common assault. By the advice of his counsel, Mr. F. H. Lewis, the defendant pleaded guilty to the latter charge. Mr. Cooper called the prosecutor, who stated that he was driving in his phaeton towards Stam ford-hill, and the defendant was in charge of a team, which was ahead of him. The defendant was allow ing his horses to straggle across the road, so that it was impossible for any vehicle to pass by ; so he touched the fore horse with his whip to move him aside ; the horse moved to the other side, and de fendant then rushed upon him and belaboured him with his whip, drawing blood, and used language of the basest description, so much so that, for the sake of a lady he had with him, he (prosecutor) was compelled to drive on, so disgusting were the words he uttered. Mr. Lewis urged that the defendant was on his right side of the road, and on the impulse of the moment struck the prosecutor for, as he considered, improperly interfering with his horses. The learned counsel called the defendant's em ployer, Mr. Humphreys, of Chingford-hall, who deposed that he had been in his service over 2O years, and had always borne the character of a civil, well-conducted, honest, sober man. The Assistant-Judge, after commenting on the circumstances, said he felt it his duty to sentence the defendant, who had been guilty of a gross and unwarrantable outrage, to three months' imprison• ment, but without hard labour. __ (Frodi the Times.) It was scarcely to be hoped that the inquest held on the unfortunate sufferers by the wreck of the Royal Charter should have added much to our in formation upon this sorrowful story. The witnesses before the Coroner's Jury were pretty much the same persons who had already given their state ments to the world. What they had to tell they had told. Although some fresh witnesses may have been examined, it could scarcely be supposed that their testimony would contradict, or even modify, the information at which we had already arrived on any important particular. It is acknowledged that Captain Taylor sailed his ship from Melbourne to the Irish Channel in a most efficient and seaman like manner. Although the passengers on board could not be accepted as very nice or accurate judges of nautical skill, it appears that he had won golden opinions from them all. All testimony to his con duct until the fatel Tuesday night was laudatory in the extreme. Nor can it be supposed that even if the passengers had the inclination they would have had the opportunity of playing the censors upon Captain Taylor during the pressure of the hurri cane. At 10 o'clock at night the anchors were let go, and it was not until 2 a.m. the following morn ing that the cables parted. Until this moment not a suspicion of danger appears to have crossed the mind of any save one man. After the an chors were down Captain Adams, who was a passenger on board the ship, said he should not be surprised if she went ashore. In all ' there were three men on board who had acted as masters of ships. There was, first, Cap e tain Taylor, and, as passengers, Captain Withers and Captain Adams. As soon as the cables had parted, and when danger presented itself in an open and imminent form, Captain Taylor held a brief consultation in the saloon with his two professional brethren as to the best means of saving the ship. What passed between them of course we cannot tell, but we know that as soon as it was over the masts were cut away. The Royal Charter took the sand at about half-past 5 o'clock a.m. It appears in evidence that Captain Taylor went to where the ladies were collected together and said, " Ladies, I think we are on a sandy beach, but I hope, by the help of God, we shall get ashore when daylight comes." So far, then, it seems that, even if Captain Taylor made any professional mistakes, at least he was in full possession of his composure and his senses. He did not dine with the passengers on Tuesday evening, but went down to the saloon somewhat later to order some coffee for himself. All questions put to the witnesses in cross-exami nation, suggesting that Captain Taylor was intoxi cated, or in any way the worse for liquor, entirely failed of their object. It must be taken as a fact, that Captain Taylor on the fatal night was per fectly sober and in a fit state to attend to his duty. Nor is there any evidence to show that he was a man of intemperate habits. On the contrary, Mr. H. Carew Taylor, one of the saloon passengers, who lost his little child in the wreck, deposed not only that Captain Taylor LAMBETH.—THE EXTRAORDINARY AND was perfectly sober on the night of the calamity, HEARTLESS CASE OF BIGAMY.—Henry Wilcox, but that, in fact, he was a man habitually averse who has been in custody for three weeks on a from drink, as invariably, when offered a glass, he charge of bigamy, and who was on the point of refused it. getting married to a third wife when he was appre- We should ;not have laid so much stress upon hended, was placed at the bar before Mr. Selfe for this point had we not found questions as to Captain final examination. Taylor's sobriety so often repeated in the course of The case exhibited in a striking manner the ab the c:e - "-eTaminations, and as the jury bring the solute necessity for a public prosecutor, or some fact prominently t'.erward in their verdict it is evi- change in the criminal law by which witnesses dent that their attention ruse )-e.ve been stroirel - 'rig from a distance may be allowed their tra directed towards it. Thus much would appe t- exnenses, for had it not been for the perse follow, that the gentlemen who examined the wit- verance of Mr. Seize in writing to the Police Corn nesses were at a loss to suggest any other probable ruissioners and pointing out the necessity of paying cause for the loss of the Royal Charter. If the cap- the expenses of a witness from Wakefield, as impu tain was sober and perfectly competent to the dis- dent and as heartless an offender as ever was placed charge of his duty, was he guilty of any error of at the bar of justice must have been discharged and judgment ? And, if not so, why was the ship driven enabled to laugh at his unfortunate victims. ashore, and how was it that she broke up so sud- It will be recollected, from what transpired on denly ? In such a case Ise must not put ourselves the former examinatioms, that in the year 1851 the too much in the position of judges after the fact. prisoner had been married at Wakefield to his first It may be that when Captain Taylor let go his wife, and at Camberwell, in 1854, to his second. anchors at 10 o'clock it would have been more He lived with the latter until the early part of last advisable for him to steam out into mid-channel, month, when he deserted her at Hull, leaving her and accept the whole fury of the storm where in a state of great destitution. She followed him to plenty of sea-room was to be found. If London, and from information which she received, the machinery, spars, and rigging of the Royal she proceeded to Wakefield, where she found out Charter had been fit to stand the brunt of that his first wife, and on her return to town gave such rough experiment we now know that it would information to the police as led to the prisoner's have been better had it been tried. This, how- apprehension. At the time of his being taken into ever, is not the question ;—we have to ascertain custody, the prisoner was residing at Dalston, near what, in the opinion of the most competent pro- Hackney, with a dashing female, late the kept mis fessional judges, Captain Taylor ought to have tress of a gentleman, who had made a handsome done at 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, taking into settlement, and to whom he was on the point of account the condition of the weather, the lie of the marriage, the banns having been published at a coast, and the capabilities of his ship. Was lie neighbourint , church. This femal e , d resse d i n t h e right, then, in letting go his anchors ? On su c h a first style of fashion, attended the first examination point it scarcely besemns us to offer an opinion, lof the prisoner, and engaged a solicitor to defend but it certainly appears to landsmen that Captain him, but from some remarks that had fallen from Taylor, in anchoring so close to such a shore, took the second wife, the report of the .proceedings upon himself an awful responsibility if any ethyl brought forth a husband f or th e l a d y i n t h e person course was open to him. He was trusti ng the ' 1 of a smart artilleryman, named Grey, who had been safety of five hundred lives to the links of two to Hull on a recruiting party, and. who had been mar chains, or to the chance that his anchors would ried to her about two months ago. Grey, on reading continue to hold when the hurricane was pouring the account in the papers, waited on the magistrate to its full force on the ship. Immediately the anchors know what he could do in the matter, and subse began to drag there arose the second question, as quently proceeded to the residence of his wife, at to whether or not it was advisable to cut away the Haggerston, and having previously learned from spars, mainly lest the drift should interfere with the officers that, on the morning of his apprehen the action of the screw. Upon this last point, how- sion, the prisoner had delivered up to her a valuable ever, we have it in evidence that the ship only gold watch and chain, insisted on having these ceased to use the screw when she was hard and articles riven up to him, and th e l a d y , ra th er t h an fast, and therefore a soun d di scre ti on was use d i n su b mit to a further expose, consented to do so, and this particular. Surprise has been expressed that gave him £l5 in cash besides, which he pocketed, so little effort was made to organise means of i and walked back to his qua r t ers a t W oo l w i c h . saving the passengers after the ves s el h a d taken I The necessary witness to the first marriage now the beach. It should be observed, however, that appeared, the Commissioners of Police having, in at half-past 5 a.m. at this season of the year it is consequence of Mr. Selfe's letter, sent her a suffl pitch dark, and we know that as soon as it was cient sum to defray her expenses, and her evidence light enough to see a hawser was sent on shore. having clearly established the prisoner's marriage If we are to attach credit to the Captain's own with Elizabeth Beaumont in February, 1856, and words, as reported by the witnesses, he himself the fact of that person being at present living, and had no idea but that when daylight came and the in the enjoyment of perfect health, the testimony ebb tide had done its work they would all get of the second wife was admissible, when she clearly easily enough to the shore, from which they were proved the prisoner's guilt. but 30 yards distant. The sudden breaking up George Hall, 164 P, deposed, that in consequence of the vessel at seven o'clock seems to have been of information received from the last witness, and quite an unexpected event, and the wretched pas- obtaining from her also the certificates of both sengers on board the Royal Charter and her ship's marriages, he took the prisoner at Dalston. He company were hurried into eternity just at the mo- told the prisoner that he had learned he was about ment they began to moke sure of their safety. After to be married to the female he had seen in his corn the great crash came all human help was unavail- pany, upon which the prisoner laughed, and said ing. The destruction was the work of a few seconds it was so, but that the lady had two husbands —of a minute or two at most. already ; and while passing along Kingsland-road We now come to another part of the inquiry, I he pointed out a publichouse on which they had and this is as to the actual condition and seawor- paid a deposit, and said that if his second wife had thiness of the Royal Charter. A correspondent, kept quiet he should have remitted her plenty of whose letter was printed the other day, and than money from that publichouse. whom there could not be a more competent witness The second wife, who appears a very respectable on the subject on which he was writing, gave it as woman, was recalled, and in reply to the magis his opinion that the ship went to pieces because trate's questions said, that at the time of her mar the iron of which she was composed was of an in- riage with the prisoner she had £3OO in cash, but ferior quality. In making this statement it was expended every farthing of it in advancing neither his intention nor his wish to point anycharge the prisoner's interests, and also in furnishing a against the owners or builders of the Royal Charter. house. Her furniture, which she said would be a According to his statement, it is the custom of all little fortune to her now, was left in the charge of our iron shipbuilders to build their ships with com- a Mr. Ellis, at Peckham, where her husband and paratively bad iron. Any kind of iron is good herself went to. enough for a ship's plate. The result is that when Hall—And this person now refuses to give it up. the vessel is subjected to any enormous strain she Mr. Selfe said he had no right whatever to de breaks asunder or goes to pieces. The Birkenhead tain it from her, and regretted he had not the power broke her back, and a few thumps on the rocks to compel him to give up the furniture, as the value split the Royal Charter into two, end then into of the goods placed the case beyond his jurisdiction. three pieces, a l mos t i nstantaneously. Now, he He should advise her, however, to anply to a re contends, if suitable iron had been used, this spectable f solicitor, who no doubt vf'oulil recover the property The oi o rn r d h ce e d r . would not have been so. This is a point that woman i replied that there would be very should be looked to, for the inspections held by the Board of Trade upon seagoing iron ships little use po n . her going to a solicitor, as she in the world, having been brought are but so many solemn farces if the very material had not a shill ' inr A of which the body of the ship is constructed is to to the utmost distress. this, Mr. Selfe humanely recom give way the first time it may be put to the proof. On hear' It . rte - r case to the kind consideration of a soli- It has also been stated, since this subject has been mended present on other bu;ines - s, and that gentleman so painfully forced upon the attention of the citor 7:ldertook to do all that was necessary to recover that the heads of the rivets by which the plates are u held together in iron ships are apt to get loose, and her goods. that this could be prevented by the employment of I The prisoner was then committed for trial, and John Davis was indicted, with Charles Harris, who surrendered, for stealing an oil cask and a vat, value £4, the property of Sir John Hare, from premises belonging to him in Kent's-place, North Wharf-road, Paddington. Mr. Cooper prosecuted. _ _ _ After the evidence had been given, the Assistant- Judge withdrew the case as against Harris from the consideration of the jury, and left them to de cide as to the guilt of Davis. The jury found Davis guilty. Sir John Hare stated that the prisoner Davis had been in his service, without a stain on his charac ter, except for drinking, up to this transaction, for nearly 40 years. Henry Griffiths was then tried for stealing, and also for receiving, a vat and four casks, the property of Sir John Hare, from the same premises. Mr. M'Donnell defended the prisoner. The jury fully acquitted him. The Assistant-Judge said he thought it necessary to caution him. Prisoner—l be innocent, sir. I bought the things in a fair sort of way, and sold. 'em to get a bit of profit if I could, and when I've made a shilling, why, I've saved it in a right way. I'm no thief, gentlemen, and don't want nothing but what's my own. The Assistant-Judge—You arc discharged. We have had a good character of you ; if we had not you seem disposed to give yourself one. Prisoner—Thank'ee, sir. Davis was sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. Mr. F. H. Lewis, who defended Harris, said he might be allowed to state that, though he had not the opportunity of calling witnesses, his client was a man who had borne an unexceptionable character for 30 years. George Aldridge, 21, was indicted for stealing a coil of wire, the property of W. H. Potts and another. The prisoner went to the prosecutor's shop, 65, York-street, Westminster, to make a purchase, and was seen to secret a coil of wire, which he took from the counter, under his coat. He was found guilty, and sentenced to hard labour for a month. Mr. Langford prosecuted; Mr. C. nth was counsel for the prisoner. (Before Mr. Creasy.) Nicholas Doynen surrendered to take his trial on an indictment for assaulting two police-constables in the execution of their duty. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Langford prosecuted, and Mr. Ribton and Mr. Dickie were for the defence. The jury, after a lon6 deliberation, found the de fendant not guilty, giving him the benefit of a doubt as to his identity. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 4. when leav i ng the bar was loudly hissed by the crowded aidience. MURDEIOUS ASSAULT ON A POLICE-CONSTABLE. —Michael Morton, alias Irish Mike, a desperate cha racter, wha has been for years under the surveillance of the polbe as a desperate character and thief, and who had also been suspected of being concerned in the memorable murder of 111r.Bellchambers in West minster, aid Thomas Pigott, a desperate ruffian and thief, were charged with being concerned with others not in custody in the commission of a mur 4erous assiult upon the persons of Ellis and Fuller, constables belonging to the L division of police. From tie statement of Mr. Inspector Young it appeared that during the last session of the Central Criminal Court, constable Charles Ellis, 106 L, had brought t) justice a notorious character, named Norman, for stealing a watch at the Surrey Theatre, for which he was sentenced to six years' penal ser vitude, ant there was strong reason to suspect that the attack on the constable had been premeditated, and carriei into effect by the confederates of the convict. rhe affair commenced on Ellis, 106 L, re moving tie prisoner Morton from the Victoria Theatre, where he stood and insulted or abused every one who passed him, and this was made the signal for attack. Ellis was surrounded in a few seconds by . a mob of thieves and roughs, who knocked him down several times and kicked him in a very salvage manner, and one of his assailants stabbed hin in the right thigh with a sharp pointed instrument. Fuller, who came up to his assistance, was struck on the head with a brick, and was other wise severly injured. In conclusion, Mr. Young said that though the prisoners were charged with taking a part in the outrage, they were not accused of being tie persons who had actually stabbed the constable. The troisers worn by Ellis on the occasion were exhibited, and n clean cut of two inches long, evi dently dor.e by a very sharp instrument, was ob servable on the right thigh. The following certificate was also handed to the magistrate : " 10, Walcot-place, Nov. 4, 1859. " I hereby certify that police-constable 106 L, Charles Ellis, has received a severe stab upon the right thigh, and police-constable John Fuller, 62 L, has a severe contusion upon his head. Both are unable to - leave their beds. " C. C. BLADES, Surgeon." Tho prisoners, who did not offer anything in de fence, were remanded for a week. WORSHIP-STREET.—COMPLAINTS OF WORK HOUSE TREATMENT.—A young female, who spoke with a foreign accent, made application to Mr. Hammill, the sitting magistrate, for assistance. Applicant stated that her father, a native of Den mark, had perished at sea, and that her mother, a Sardinian, was dead ; that she was born in England, but had been only a short time in London seeking to earn a living; four weeks she had been an inmate of St. Pancras workhouse, where she experienced much kindness, and that the previous night she passed in Shoreditch workhouse, but was turned out in the morning, some official there desiring her not to apply again, but to get a broom and earn a living. Thus positioned she came to this court, as not knowing where else to go, and she was wet and hungry. Mr.' Hammill observed that this conduct was, if literally true, very blameable, and ordered that the girl should receive some refreshment at an opposite coffee-house, and then return into court. _ _ _ Another girl, apparently about 16, having her face tied up, and whose appearance bespoke a recent severe illness, made a similar complaint against the authorities of the same union. Her father was dead, having fallen from a high building; her mother died soon afterwards, and she knew but of two rela tives, one an aunt, at Windsor, scarcely able to sup port herself, whom she had not seen for four years, and the other in Australia. This applicant, in reply to questions by Mr. Hammill, said that she had re cently had the small-pox, and on leaving the hospi tal went direct to the workhouse, slept there, but was turned out the following day. The worthy magistrate gave similar directions in thin as in the former case, and directly afterwards Elizabeth Lawrence, a miserably clad, dirty, and wretched-looking child, was charged with being found destitute in the public streets. Mr. Hammill, manifestly hurt and astonished at the object before him, asked, How old is this child? Goode, 62 G—Eleven, Sir. Mr. Hammill—She does not appear more than eight years old. Goode—Late last night I found her sitting on a door-step in Shoreditch. I have frequently noticed her before, and on Tuesday last took her to Shore ditch workhouse. Mr. Hammill (to the child)—Why did you leave there ? Child (feebly)—They turned me out, Sir. Mr. Hammill—What did you have to eat ? Child—A bit of bread. Mr. nthing nice P Dear me: [Where the child slept on Wednesday night did not appear.] Mr. Hammill—And what did you have to eat yesterday ? Child—A halfpenny-worth of baked potatoes. Goode—She does not beg, sir. I have seen her asleep in the middle of the day on a door-step ; passers-by occasionally give her a h a lfp enn y, an d that is how she lives. When I took her to the sta tion last night she ate voraciously. Mr. Hammill—Where is your mother and father, my girl ? Child—l havn't got none. Goode—From her statement—which I have rea son to believe correct—her father, a lucifer match maker, deserted her about seven weeks since and her mother is dead. Sergeant Harvey--I know the little thing well, your worship ; I have often taken her to the sta tion-house for a shelter. She is in a sad state, scarcely any covering or a bit of shoe. Mr. Hammill—Give her some breakfast. This is the third complaint against the authorities of one workhouse in a few minutes made before me. A police-court, indeed, thus becomes a valuable adjunct to a parish union, for, from common feelings of hu mazity, I am obliged to order relief that should be bestowed by the latter. We are changing posi tions. Let what has occurred be made known at Shoreditch workhouse. Shortly afterwards Mr. Hemsley, the relieving officer of the workhouse in question, entered the court, and, addressing Mr. Hammill, observed that the only one of the three cases known to him was that of the second applicant, the truth of whose statement, especially respecting the aunt alluded to, he had been unable to ascertain. Hammill—Then until you had you should have kept her in the workhouse. And what do you say with regard to the latter ? Helmsley—l know nothing of her, sir, or of the other. They did not apply to me. Mr. Hammill—Why, the police-constable took this child to the workhouse on Tuesday night last. Goode—l did, sir, at 12 o'clock at night; and I believe it was the master who answered my request that the girl should be admitted. I told him that if I had occasion to bring her again, I should take the matter before a magistrate, by charging the child on the police-sheet. The gentleman, who was au elderly person, replied, " Oh ! what is your number," and that was all he said. This child has told me that other girls have tried to make her go about with them thieving, but that she would not. Mr. Hammill—She was so weak when brougl: t here that I could scarcely hear her feeble voice. She appeared almost perishing. If there is a desire to fill our streets with juvenile thieves and prosti tutes, this course is one certain of success. No one who has heard the whole circumstances connected with these cases but must have been shocked by the facts elicited. They are disgraceful to any parish having control over them. Mr. Helmsley left with an assurance that all three should be taken into the house ; and just pre viously to the magistrate rising re-entered, and stated that the eldest girl had been in the habit of getting her living in the streets by selling brooms; that she, together with the next eldest, had ex pressed an intention to leave the house, and that the third was a bad child, who belonged to a hard working parent, and was constantly pilfering from him. All this he (Mr. Helmsley) had learnt from inquiry since he last left the court. Mr. Hammill replied that he did not know how far those inquiries might be true, and that if they were quite so, they should have been ascertained before. THAMES. A DELICATE AFFAIR.—EIIen Hinchley, a very pretty young Irish woman, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with assault ing, wounding, and threatening to murder her Lie gitimatc male child, Robert James Hinchley. aged 12 months and 12 days, and also with threatening to commit suicide. James O'Connor, a police-constable 177 H, of 5, Upper Berner-street, Commercial-road East, stated that the prisoner and her illegitimate child had been lodging in his house for several weeks. The father of her child had been allowing her 15s. per week, and also paying her rent, but this did not satisfy her, and she insisted upon knowing the address of the father, Ile refused to satisfy her curiosity, and she flew into a violent passion, and said she would cut her child in pieces, and murder herself, a - d she either let her child drop from her arms or threw it upon the floor, and the child was very much hurt. In answer to Mr. Yardley, who directed the wit ness to be very correct, O'Connor said he believed. the prisoner threw the child upon the floor. It was certainly injured. The prisoner had been living with him for one month. She was a most violent woman. Mr. Yardley—Where is the child now P Witness—lt is in the care of my wife, Sir. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, said he wished to say a few words on behalf of a young gentleman, the father of the child. Mr. Yardley—The father of the child is not before me. He is neither complainant nor defendant in this case. You have no locus standi, Mr. Stoddart. The prisoner, who was all impatience, asked if it was her turn to speak, and said she had been already silent five minutes. (A laugh.) On being told that she might proceed, she stated that there was a scheme between O'Connor and the father of her child to prevent her knowing the address of the latter. O'Connor said the prisoner was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour in Ireland, fur annoying the family of her child's father and assaulting his brother. Mr. Yardley was afraid le must call upon the prisoner to find sureties for her future good beha viour, and prevent her injuring her child. The prisoner—l intended to do no harm to my child. Mr. Yardley—lt appears like it. The prisoner said she wished the child to be sent back to her own country. Mr. Yardley said the prisoner had a right to the custody of her own child provided she behaved pro perly to it. If the prisoner thought proper to part with the child voluntarily to the father, she might do so. The prisoner said she would not part with her child, and made some random observations, signify ing that she wanted some permanent provision for the maintenance of her infant ; at the same time she wanted to know the address of the father in Lon don. She cast many reproachful glances at the father of her child, a youth, who was in court, and frequently called upon him to come forward. Mr. Stoddart again essayed to address the magi strate, who refused to hear him. Mr. Yardley said if the prisoner thought proper to affiliate the child upon tho father and assert her legal rights, she might do so, but all he could order for its maintenance was 2s. 6d. per week. The prisoner was now receiving 20s. per week, and he could not understand her motive for acting as she had done. He then admonished her at great length, and finally ordered her to enter into her own recog nisances in the sum of £2O to appear again this day (Saturday), whon the case will be further investi gated. IMPORTATION OF LUNATICS INTO LONDON.— Capt. Higginson, the master of the London and Dublin steam-packet Foyle, and Mr. Pitt, from the office of Mr. Hartley, wharfinger, of the Dublin and Foreign Steam Wharf, Alderman-stairs, Lower East Smithfield, waited upon Mr. 'Yardley to give an explanation relating to the landing of a Scotch sailor boy, a lunatic, from the Foyle on Thursday morning. The boy was introduced to the magistrate on Thursday, and Mr: Yardley then passed some very , severe observations on the cruelty of landing an in sane boy in London, where he had no friends, and the injustice of making him chargeable to a metro politan parish. The boy, who is afflicted with a religious delusion, was transferred to the care of Mr. Cattel, clerk to Mr. Glynes, the vestry clerk of St. Botol ph Without, Aldgate, in which parish Mr. Hartley's wharf is situate, and he is now under proper surveillance. Mr. Pitt assured the magistrate that every effort would be used by the owners and agents of the ship Foyle to discover the persons who had forwarded the insane boy to London in the vessel. Capt. Higginson said the boy was put on board his vessel at Falmouth. Mr. Yardley—At Falmouth ;more extraordinary still. I understood yesterday he was brought from Ireland. Captain Higginson said, on the voyage from Ire land to London, the Foyle touched at Falmouth, and on Monday morning, at eight o'clock, just as the ship was getting under way at the last-named place, and he was on the paddle-box giving direc tions, a boat put off from the shore with the boy, who was put on board, and delivered into the care of the stewardess, who receieed £2, which was to include the boy's fare for his passage to London, ss. for herself, and the remainder to be delivered with the boy at the Sailors' Home, in Well-street. He was not aware the boy was insane when he was brought on board. On the voyage between Fal mouth and Plymouth the boy's eccentricities in the second cabin attracted notice. He consulted the agent at Plymouth, who said he was bound to convey the boy to London, and he did so. If he had been aware the boy was insane, he would not have received him on board. Mr. Pitt said that Mr. James Hartley would cause a strict investigation to be made. Mr. Yardley repeated the observations he made on Thursday, that the parties concerned in sending the insane boy to London were liable to an indict ment ; and made some further observations on the case, after which Captain Iligginson and Mr. Pitt retired. NO TEL MODE OF SWINDLING. Some months back a peculiar system of swindling, invented in America, and practised in that country on persons in England, was detected and stopped. The plan was to send letters to the address of individuals whose deaths appeared in the obituary of the London papers, purporting to come from some youthful protege who had fallen into misconduct and been sentenced to prison, and who, in terms of the deepest repentance, solicited his old and "kind benefactor" to transmit him £lO to some United States post-office. Many executors upon opening these communications were led to comply with the appeal under a desire to act in accordance with any possible wish of the deceased person ; and there is reason to believe that the trade proved very lucra tive. It was completely brought to an end, however, by the publicity given to it. The parties have, therefore, been driven to new expedients; and their new plan is to transmit letters to the address of deceased persons, purporting to come from a woman whom they have deserted, and who claims aid for a dying child. This has probably brought more success even than the former plan, since it has awakened the fears of families and a desire to avert scandal. About a fortnight back two of these communications reached the hands of mutual friends. Each subsequent mail, however, has brought a fresh supply, all worded in nearly the same manner; and it is therefore desirable to re move by further exposure the pain they may have occasioned. Annexed is one recently received. The writing is apparently that of a man who has as sumed a female hand : " Lockport, Niagara County, New York, United States, Sept. 29, 1859. " Dearest, best Friend, —Why, why have you not sent the usual remittance ? Poor Tom is dying, and we are in extremest want. You requested me not to write, but after waiting till I am penniless I am, at this moment of crushing misery, compelled to do so. Your poor dying son sends his fondest love ; poor dear fellow ! he has never known a father's care. Still from a boy I have taught him to pray for and love you. Little did I think when, years ago, I discovered all and fled that you would fail me in this hour of terrible affliction. Yes, that ou might be free and happy with those so dearly loved, I left all, and fled with my poor fatherless boy to this distant and strange land, and daily since have we prayed for blessings on you and yours. " Dearest, only friend, unless you send soon your poor, afflicted, unoffending son will starve to death. I am now unable to do more than wait upon him, and cannot much longer bear up against poverty, sickness, and your unkindness. But you are not unkind; you must have sent, and the letter mis carried. God knows I would not cause you a moment's pain, or take your attention from those you love. No, in this world my duty has been to suffer ; still I cannot tamely see my beloved and idolised son die in misery and want. Do send me by return mail a £lO Bank of England note, for I am now miles away from where I could get other funds changed. 1 came here for the benefit of poor dear Tom, but fear it has done him no good. We are now among strangers, and in the most abject want. Your good, kind heart will not permit you to let him die in want. When he is gone I will trouble you no more. " For God's sake send without an instant's de lay, and pay the postage of your letter to me, or I shall not be able to obtain it, for I am selling every thing to live. On my knees I beg of you, and for your dying son's sake, send to me immediately, or I shall go mad. God bless you and yours. May you be supremely happy, bless you. In mercy send soon, and so farewell. May God bless you is the fervent prayer of your unhappy but true friend, " MARY A. STANHOPE." CAD VERTISEMENT. Mr. Thnson, Ludgate-hill, has just published a new illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps). It should be read by all who are about buying a watch, as it contains prices and important information as to—What watch to buy I where to buy it I and how to use it I [ A DVERTISEMENT.]—IfoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. Ca ualties.—When the cold weather necessitates the use of fires for our comfort, how appalling is it to read in the public prints the awful accidents constantly befalling children and others from this source. For burns, scalds, sores, and wounds, Holloway's Ointment stands unrivalled ; it soothes the present pain, reduces the inflammation surrounding the injured part, extracts all unwholesome humours, and so puri fies the blood in the neighbouring vessels, that sound flesh aeon ili,mtiees all injured or unhealthy tissues. Exery House hold vhou;d have this remedy at hand, In the ulcerated throat, now sunned Diptheria, this Ointment rubbed on the throat Is wonderfully effective. In all chronic or constitu tional ailments Holloway's Pills should be taken whilst ap plying the Ointment. FROM TTIE GAZETTE OF LIST NIGHT WHITEHALL, Ocv. 33. The Queen has been pleased to direct litters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing Robert Ingham, Esq.. ene of her Majesty's Counsel; Wiliam Hutt, Esq. ; and John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Esq., Captain in her Majesty's Navy; to be Commissioners inquiring into the internal economy and management of Greenwich Hos pital, and of the funds by which it is maintained ; and also whether the resources of the Hospital can be more advan tageously applied for the benefit of seamedl who have served in the Royal Navy. DOWNING-ST REET, Nay. 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Frederick B. Carter, Esq., to be one of her Majesty's Counsel for the Island of Newfoundland ; George Abercrombie Mitchell, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of tho Island of Grenada; and Joseph Goodman and Raymond Drouilhet, Esqs., to be Unofficial Members of the Legisla tive Council of the Island of Saint Lucia. CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 2. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR- LIAMENT. County of Ayr.—Sir James Fergussrn, Bart., of Kilker ran, in tho room of Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart, commonly called Lord James Stuart, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 4. .sth Regiment of Light Di agoons Lieutenant Robert Lesley Parker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Miller, who retires ; Cornet Phineas Bury to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parker; Cornet Benjamin Winthrop, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Burrell, pro- meted. Coast Brigade of Artillery—Second Captain and Adjutant James Campbell, of the Invalid Artillery, to be Major. To be Captains—Captain Henry M'Gorrery, from half pay of the late Land Transport Corps ; Second Captain William llandyside, from half-pay of the late Land Trans port Corps; Second Captain William Henry, from half pay of thelate Land Transport Cot ps; Second Captain An drew Henry, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps; Second Captain John Mackenzie, from ha lf- p a y of late and Transport Corps ; Quartermaster WM. Elliott, from the Gentleman Cadet Company ; Deputy Assistant- Commissary James Rogan, from half-pay of the late Field Train Department. To be Second Captain—Lieu tenant and Adjutant John Sweeny, from the Military Train, vice Campbell, promoted. To be Lieutenants — Deputy Assistant-Commissary James M'Gillivray, from half-pay of the late Field Train Department ; Sergeant " Major James Scott, Royal Artillery ; Sergeant-Major Robert Kettle, Royal Artillery ; Quartermaster -Sergeant David Anderson, Royal Artillery ; Sergeant-Major Chas. Phillip, Royal Artillery; Sergeant-Major James Thos. Cole, Royal Artillery; Sergeant James Thomson, Royal Artillery ; Sergeant George M‘Murray, Royal Artillery. Lieutenant James Thomas Cole to be Adjutant; Lieute nant David Anderson to be Quartermaster. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant •Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Edward Frome to be Colonel, vice Foster, removed as a General Officer; Captain and Brevet-Major Spencer Westmacott, to be Lieutenant •Colonel, vice Frome ; Second Captain George Edmond L. Walker to be Cap tain, vice Westmacott ; Lieutenant Gustavus Nicolls Kelsall to be Second Captain, vice Walker; Lieutenant Peter H. Scratchley to be Second Captain, vice Donnelly, placed on the Seconded List. Military Train—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Jas. Peter Robertson, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, with out purchase; Captain James Morris Hill to . be Major, without purchase, vice Robertson; Second Captain St. John Willans, from half-pay late Land Transport Corps, to be Captain, vice Hill} Captain J. Balcombe, from half pay unattached, to be Captain. Coldstream Guards—Arthur Bowen Richards Myers, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bowen, appointed to the Royal Hibernian School. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Francis Lambton to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice Holder, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant Henry George Bowden to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Lambton ; Frederick John Newdigate Barrie Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase , vice Bowden. 4th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant James Constable to be Captain, without purchase, vice Clark, deceased ; En sign Christopher Rawes Durrant to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Constable. 7th Foot—Lieutenant Heathcote Plummer, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Maskelyne, deceased ; Ensign Willliam John Frampton to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Plummer. 21st Foot—Captain John Henderson, from the 78th Foot, to be Captain, vice Finlay, who exchanges. 22d Foot—Henry Peregrine Leader, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pocock, promoted ; Walter Benson Hatton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carey, promoted. 23d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Frederick Gregorie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Duff, who re tires. 40th Foot—Captain Hans Thomas Fell White to be Major, without purchase, rice Carey, appointed Deputy-Adjutant- General to the Forces serving in Australia ; Lieutenant Frederick Clinton Herman Stuart Baddeley to be Captain, without purchase, vice White ; Ensign de Neufyille Lucas to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Stuart Baddeley. 41st Foot—Arthur Gray, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Montgomery, promoted. 42d Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Green to be Captain, without purchase, vice Lawson, died of his wounds ; Ensign James Edmund Christie to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Green. 48th Foot—St. John Bally, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Chauncy, promoted. 60th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Cox to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. K. Murray, who retires. 70th Foot—Henry Bally, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Roger, promoted. 73d Foot—Lieutenant Philip Gibaut to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Shuldham, who retires; Lieutenant William Gordon to be Adjutant, vice Gibaut, promoted. 74th Foot--Lieutenant-Celonel James Villiers, from half pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel Monkland, who exchanges. 76th Foot—Lieutenant Seton Ralph Forster, from the 84th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hassard, who exchanges. 77th Foot—Major George C. Miller, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant. Colonel Carden, who exchanges; Captain Henry Alfred Mac donald to be Major, by purchase, vice Miller, who retires; Lieutenant John George Skene to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Macdonald ; Ensign Percy Kirk to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Skene ; Lieutenant Henry Stewart Weigall to be Adjutant, vice Skene, promoted. 78th Foot—Captain John Finlay, from the '2lst Foot, to be Captain, vice Henderson, who exchanges. 84th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Jason Hassard, from the 76th -Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Forster, who ex changes. 91st Foot—Lieutenant 'William Rust D , Eye to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rae, who retires ; Ensign Henry Ha milton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice D'Eye. 92d Foot—Grant Tomlinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Carruthers, promoted. 3d West India Regiment—Lieut. James John Leslie Dun can has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. The promotion of Ensign Arthur Hambrick Mitchell to a Lieutenancy, by purchase, from the Royal Newfound land Companies, as stated in the " Gazette" of the 21st Oct,, 1859, has been cancelled. YETERINARY DEPARTMENT. To be Veterinary Surgeons of the First Class, under the provisions of tho Royal Warrant of the Ist July, 1859 : Veterinary-Surgeons John Legrew, 2d Life Guards; J. W. Gloag, Military Train; Charles Curtis Brett, Cavalry Depot, Maidstone ; Richard J. Gedaliah Hurford, 3d Dra goon Guards ; Matthew Poett, Military Train ; James George Philips, 10th Light Dragoons; Thomas Huiford, 12th Light Dragoons ; John Byrne, Royal Horse Guards ; John Kingsley, Cape Mounted Rifles; Thomas Jex, let Life Guards ; Edward Simpson Grey, Bth Light Dragoons ; F. Delany, Ist Dragoon Guards; William C. Lord, sth Light Dragoons; B. C. R. Gardiner, 3d Light Dragoons; William Thacker, 15th Light Dragoons. To be Staff Veterinary-Surgeons—Veterinary-Surgeon of the First Class J. W. Gloag, from the Military Train; Matthew Poett, from the Military Train ; James George Philips, from the 10th Light Dragoons; Thomas Hurford, from the 12th Light Dragoons. UNATTACHED—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robt. Stuart Baynes, from the Bth Foot to be Major, without purchase. BREVET. The undermentioned promotions to take place conse quent on the death of Lieutenant-General G. G. Lewis, C.B. Colonel Commandant Royal Engineers, on the 24th October, 1859 Major-General Sir J. M. F. Smith, to be Lieutenant- General. Colonel Thomas Foster, Royal Engineers, to be Major- General. _ _ Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Forbes, Captain halt pay Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Colonel. Major Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe, of a Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Charles Joseph Hadfield, Royal Marines, to be Major. Second Captain Thomas Samuel Peer Field, of the Royal Artillery, to be Major in the Army. The Brevet Rank of Brevet-Major Wright Westcott Davidson, 32d Bengal Native Infantry, has been antedated to the 16th January, 1849. Captain Robert Maxwell Johnstone, Ist Bombay Native Infantry, to be Major in the Army. Captain Henry Knightley Burne, 2d Bengal Native In fantry, to bo Major in the Army. The Christian names of Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Spur gin, who was described in the " Gazette" of 28th October, 1859, as T. B. Spurgin, are " John Blick." D. Sp, COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Royal Cumberland Militia—William John Robinson, Gent., to be Quartermaster. Hor Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the Resignation of the Commission hold by Lieutenant William John Robinson. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Thomas Mosley Crowder to be Captain, vice Raitt, resigned ; En sign Charles Rivers Bulkeley to bo Lieutenant, vine Crow der, promoted. Oxfordshire Volunteer Rifle Corps—Joseph Henry War ner, Esq., of Balliol College, Lieutenant of the 2d Com pany, to be Captain of the 3d Company, vice Cullen, re signed ; William Holding, Esq., of St. John's College, to be Lieutenant of the 2d Company, vice Warner, promoted. 6th Company of the Surrey Rifle Volunteers—Sir Henry Fletcher to be Captain. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Fre derick Joseph Thomas Nantes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Crespin, resigned ; Charles Dowell , Gent., to be E nsi g n, vice Wells, promoted. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Robert Fair Sproule, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Gunning, resigned. South Middlasex Rifle Volunteer Corps—The Right Hon. Thomas Heron Jones, Viscount Ranelagh, to be Major. 4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—Alfred Alexander, Esq.. to be Captain; Edward Russell Cummins, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; John William Docwra, Gent., to be Ensign. 9th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—The Right Hon. Gran ville Augustus William, Baron Radstock, to be Captain. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Wm. Coventry Oak and Chas. Hastings Snow, bankers, Blandford Forms, Dorsetshire. BANKRUPTS. Wm. Attwells, victualler, Arundel-street, Strand. Charles Koeber, woollen-draper, Vigo-street, Regent street, Middlesex. William Maynard Aylward, wine merchant, Sermon lane, Doctors'-commons, City. Walter Phillips Gmmyon, clothier, Licerpeol. Samuel Walters and Thomag Walters, cattle uealers, Caverswell. Thomas Henry Fairhall and William Suter, jun., iron.- mongers, London-road, Southwark. William Rex, cowkeeper, 'Wandsworth and Putney. - . Edward Loathed Inds, licensed victualler, Aston-streell Toll End, Tipton. Percivall Tunstall, builder, Golden-hill, Stafford. fiddle' Benjamin Geldart Goode, brickmaker, Heston, lit sex. Leon Millard and Richard Harcourt, modellers, Bin ham. Chas. Wilhner, printer, Liverpool. Joseph Porter, Joseph Walmsley Porter, Thom fa as Walmsley Porter, and Robert Rogers, screw bolt Enau turers, Salford, SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert Angus, milliner, Leith. George Watson, farmer, Borelands, Perthshire. BANE OF ENGLAND. ir c torial cap. 32, for the week ending An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth vi of November, 1859 : on Wednesday, the 2d wv ISSUE DEP Notes issued Z30,755,9051 AMTMENT. 100 rn Gove men t Debt £11,015.m0 Oth er Securities . • 3,t 59 40 . 8 Gold Coin & Bullion Mr, Silver Bullion • • .. i £30,755,90 5 £30,755,905' BANKING D. Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis - rnissioners of Na floral Debt, and Dividend Ac- • r. P A It T li It N T . Government Secu rities ((including Desd ..... e . i . g . h . t . A .. u . £ ~ .. 10: 26 5,1 51 nuit .........cog,c, Other Sy) ecur ities • • 1 8 '36, 0 Note s Gold and Silver x 55,0 Coin ............ v counts) 5,512,538 Other Deposits 14,571,619 Seven Day . and other Bills 907,172 08,678,11' .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. £33,676,114 M.l Dated Nov. 3, 1859. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Our The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugeti by uted from Returns made in .the week end in g the a id or of Nov., 1859, exclusive of the duties of C ustoms P o rest payable thereon, on the importation thereof int° Britain per end From the British possessions in America .• 245 COUNTRY MARKETS LIVERPOOL—Nov. 4. atten d. Our market this morning had a rather meagr e limited ance of the town and country trade, and o a plea: sale was experienced for wheat and Ilour, at about t eg o va day's prices. Oats in rather fair request, and V 4 , 40 01 '2, with a steady sale, at late rates. Barley anu,r d iat gory supported, as also beans, at retail quotations• met a fair sale, and at full prices. WAKEFIELD—Nov. 4. The arrivals of wheat are very good, an d thers ,j fr i slow business, prices were at the extreme of those 1 0 16 r last. Fine heavy barley in request, at late rartdoiodulg bo ut inferior qualities were dull, and prices stl fpn at wards. Beans is dearer. Oats and shelling Sri ay d previous prices. . 11c go% Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 601 b., Essex, , ;tto , rr-2, Kent, white, old, 48s to 51s •, ne w, 48s to 511; w'd Yor l old, 42s to 445; new, 42s to 44. ; Lincolnshirl shire white, new, 45s to 50s ; red, 41s to 445. Averages for the week Wheat 2,595 qrs., at ....... Peas 69 „ Beans 7l Barley . 1,094 Oats Rye 6cl 465 ,a 395 4 4 61d ,365, Oa Od ........ EXETER—Nov. 4. AA • AA The business to-day was at the following Prie— od to od Wheat, white Os 9d to Os Od I Barley.. ...... to OA Ditto red 5s 6d to 5s 9d I Oats ...... • Od sack' Flour, fine, 32s to 33a ; seconds, 30$ to 3 1 A 13- CATTLE. and t he lit' The market was fairly supplied with stock? large Or tendance was not numerous. Pork carcases oa ply. 6d ti 6 la Fat beef, p score, 9s to 10s6d Ewes, pe r lb •. • tcli to o Od Pork carcases,doEs Od to 9sod Weth ers , do. .... t Sheep, per lb. Rough fat, 4id per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—Noir. 4 . c od ss; The market is very steady, but scarcely s° 9 ,„ e dists. - late, the buyers having supplied their more ira u t o d. P`; quirements ; prices, however, are fairly suPP ° oe t etia l o fincrs produce of all descriptions continues to el ric o ..t• moderate sale, and stocks do not accu mulate; of imP°ew. unaltered. Rum is very dull, and to effect sales to b e ante a decline of ld to 2d per ga ll on w ould ha" mitted to. COAL MARI (Prices of Coal per Ton at KET—Nov.-4. the close a the nittrib Wallo Pa' 0. do .1 8 Whitworth ......... .18 3 Hetton„ •.• • • ' '' . ,1 8 9 Eden ............. •• .0 6 Haswell ..... s Harton .. .•• • • ' . ;1 8 6 Heugh Hall ....... ' .19 South Hetton .......•.18 South Hartlepool... •••19 Thorpe ........ • • • • • .1/ ! Shineliffe ........... •.; Hartlepool. • . •• ..... ~18 South Kelloe .... .. • .9 _ St•3wart's ......... Nixon's Duarlii.,•,,•l:o P o well'sDu ffr y n Garway and Ilufft',2l 6 Malting ..... . .. 66—Sold, 56. g. d. Bowers' West Hartley.l6 0 Boll's Primrose ......13 3 Eden Main ..18 0 Buddle's West Hartleyls 0 Davison's West Hart- ley l5 Lambert's West Hart- ley 15 Tanfield Moor 13 ranfield Moor Butes 13 Clark's West Hartley l5 West Hartley 15 St. Cuthbert's Hartley 15 Walker Primrose 13 Walla End. Acorn Close IR 3 Kelloe l9 0 Ships at marks oteh ea FOREIGN MAIL PAC Z En the following table E algal: by evening mails from Lon( les that lei lon, and AI ttere are . tr: by ra0r15... DESTINATIONS. Despatch of Dialls. port of r)olo_l.l._^ Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Cape of Good Hope, Ascen , sion, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton Honduras and Blewfields India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto... • Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland United States and British N America (by British packet) Ditto (by U. S. packet) .• • • West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Teneriffe West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, New Granada, &c. ISoutharap. _... Nov. 1 2, 31 Nov. 18, E N0v.25, E ,Nov. 8, Ei Live ° Liverpool; ronW I Nov 5, g IsouthaoP• Nov. 4, if Nov.lo, E ~. Nov. 4, 21 N0v.17, if ....... iWouthar a l l Southarap. ISouthaDiP.: Nov. 4, M Nov.lo, N so utbaniP . ..• • N0v.12, MI No►. •8 Nov. 9, 1 15 Nov. 7, 14, SouthamP• Southanip. ISouthang). Nov. —, Nov. 4. Nov.— , M Nov. 5, EI G0,1i5ra...... Y • Nov. 5, E Nov. 9, F'i gouthamP.. LiverP n . southalnr tiver poo l . 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Nora 24 0 °Te r Dee* 0 0(1 1 tiv ( idge oe 16 s'of• - _AO ?VV . " % Of' 1_ 10 N°°' 4 NOY. 1( 0 5. ii liof• 0 yer d6 Noy' 4 I sof; 1 0 NO' -- !sof. 9 1 5 0 1 ...... " 'Nov. 17, MI BIRTHS. wife af f 1 ralta r CARPENTER.—On the 29th tat. , at Gib, the i O, of a S. Carpenter, Esq., Deputy -Comm issair GoneTl s W on C . FAETT.—On the 3d inst., at Ealing, the W l ife of W. li. Fawcett, Esq., of a son. totem GOODWYN.—On the 9th ult., at Newcastle canto.-- Jamaica, Mrs. Julius Goodwyn, of a son. Cl- . STUART.—On the 4th inst., at Harrow Weald, grs• Stuart, of a daughter. g S, fil° TEMPLE.—On the 4th inst., at Be CrespignY-ParA ilzgter. wife of Mr. Josiah Tempe, of Guildhall, of a "i". MARRIAGES. te ll eil'6 CARNEGIE—HILL.—On the 3d inst., a t St. S o fil the Avenue-road, A. Carnegie, Esq., to Lucie .00:$011* of youn g est st . surviving john, so John's-wood, daughter c h i tteyrooff London.t h e late E. a . h S try HICKS—FArrn.—On the 3d inst., at Christchure 9.„,,,,,iii, the second daughter of George Faith, tham, Thomas Hicks, Esq., of Streatham -hill, . 4101.., to .!-,',.',,'„er -... of UYr BOYCOTT. - T h e . , — ill a . O ge n d t 6 h 2 e . 26th ult at the • Oatlan da-P vlti Sarah Dearman, A rk o . ? tel' age D d E BS A . T H S. co. Simon D. M. Boycott, Esq., ' late of OSbOrStOWlif FIN LE' E D L E est lß o lk : l ll 7.-0/1 the 2d inst., at Wood-street, Baroet, ldr°' Findley,t 013 c, of C a 1 0 a, rgo n . end t it l t i 4ih e eseh 4 . a t 2 l r9 i dt i h n E s ui t si . ti 0. a 7n t a,t 2 a 4 tgh , elledlry7dri3dn. leeeto:e-osrtrgeir,. 0,0, Berland, Upper Albany-street, Regent's-park, al dcle fiii' HAMILTON.—On the 15th July, at New York, sa ne i 11. and on the eve of his departurefor England, Sal3l w Hamilton, Esq., of 6, arnford-court, Londen....loo TOLLEMACRE.—On the 3d inst., at Ham House , `r y 013. James Felix Tollemaehe, Esq only sou of thole" F. T. Tollentache, aged 67. ' ---- LoNpox : Printed and Published by MURDO YOU 112+ --- 0 -1064 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offlcep ''‘,ll°.ty Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In t he ce— Middleont, Saturday, November 5, 1-859*