The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-07 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCIIIT.--GLO COURT U CESTER, APRIL G. CROWN . (Before Mr. Baron Channell.) EXTRAORDINARY CASE. Samuel Smith, clergyman, of Clifton, and Sarah Smith, his wife, were charged with maliciously cut ting and wounding John Leech, with intent to murder him, and also with intent to do him griev ous bodily harm, on Feb. 3, 1858, at Westerteigh. Mr. Skinner, Q. C., and Mr. Cripps appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Huddleston, Q C., and Mr. J. Symons, defended the female. The male pri soner was not defended by counsel. Mr. Skinner, in opening the case, stated the facts at great length ; but it will be sufficient here to state that the charge against the prisoners was that they had conspired together to lure the prosecutor down to a lonely common at Yate, on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, and there endeavoured to murder him. This conspiracy was carried out by writing letters to the prosecutor, in which the fe- nna le prisoner falsely pre t ended that he r husband was dead, that she was a widow, and willing, if the prosecutor felt so disposed, to renew their former acquaintance and to marry him. The learned counsel then called the following witnesses : John Leech, examined by Mr. Cripps, said—l now live at Shirley, near Croydon, iu Surrey. I am a road contractor. In 1846 I was no r the emply of Messrs. Swan and Edger as alight porter. Du ing the time I was there the female prisoner came into service there, and remained two years or two years and a-half. I was there all that time, and a fterwards. far nam e was Sarah Mills. Vhen she left she had a situation in Tottenham-court road. While she was at Swan and Edgar's I had t eon on intimate terms with her; and continued my visits to her in Tottenham-court-road. Remember going to see her on Good Friday, 1849. On that occasion I s aw aperson there who I was told was Mr. Smith (the prisoner). He was opposite the house where she was living, walking backwards and forwards. On that occasion I took Sarah Mills out for a walk, and from the position where the male prisoner was be could see me take her out. When I came back I saw him again. He was still walking in the same place where I saw him before. He could have seen me on that occasion also. I understood from the female prisoner he was anxious to pay his ad dresses to her. I was aware of that before. I un derstood that his name was Samuel Smith, and that he was at Cambridge treiversity. I believe I raw her again in Tottenham-court -road in about a month. Some time after that I ascertained that she had gone away somewhere. I had not learnt from her that she was going away. After she had gone away I did not see her again for some mouths. From what I afterwards heard I wrote a note to her at some place near Canterbury. I should think that was about the latter part of August, 1850. I received an answer, which I have destroyed. It gave me an invitation to go down and meet her at Canterbury. I went to Canter bury, and met her and her sister-in law. We went together to Whitstable, to, I believe, a relative's of the sister-in-law, a private house. We all stayed at the house till the next morning. On that suasion she told me she was married before she left town to Mr. Samuel Smith, that he stayed with her about three days, and returned to Cam bridge, and had been writing to her representing that they were Lot legally married. I also under stood he had offered her an amount of money not to trouble him again before he left. She said she was staying with her friends, who lived in that part of the country. I afterwards had a letter from Mrs. Smith, saying they had had advice, I have de stroyed all letters. 1 understood she had been to a solicitor and a clergyman, to have advice as to the legality of the marriage. I can't tell how she signed herself in the letter from Canterbury and the other. I beli-ve I put both names on my first letter to her. After the interview at Whitstable I saw her iu London ; I could not tell, but I should think it was in October. I saw her more than once about that time in London. I met her several times in the street. I was still in my situation at Swan and Edgar's. lam not positive that she came into the house, but I believe she came to the house when we were closing of an evening. I had also been to her mother's and seen her there. It was in Cirencester place, or somewhere in Tottenham-court-road. The last time I saw her in London was in December, 1849. After that I received one or two letters from her ; but I cannot tell the time. I, was soon after. It must have been in January or February, 1850. The last letter could not have been many months after Christmas, 1849. In 1851 I received a letter from Bristol. I should think it was in April or May, or about that time. I believe it came from Mr. Smith. Cross-examined by Mr. Huddleston—l never saw Mr. Smith write in my life. Mr. Baron °haulmll—Do you appear for Mr. Smith '3 Mr. 11 uddleston said he appeared for Mrs. Smith ; Mr. Smith wished to make his own statement ; but his cross-examination would go to both. Mr. B iron °barmen said he approved that course. Examination continued—The letter had the Bristol postmark? I have destroyed the letter. I answered the letter, and put it in the post, but I forget the address that was upon it. I afterwards received an answer to that letter. I forget the name to which I addressed my answer, and I can't recollect whether it was the initials or a full name. I had known the female prisoner's handwriting. I believed a part of the first latter, about eight to be in her handwriting ; the rest was in a man's writing. The second letter was all in a man's hand. The female prisoner once showed me a letter in Tottenham-court-road as the letter of Mr. Smith. In the letter the female prisoner merely certified to the truth of the statements made in the man's handwriting. Mr. Baron Channell held that the contents of the letter were not admissible. It was only evidence against the woman. Examination continued—l received no letters from the female prisoner from 1851 to 1858. I learnt from the letters 1 received in 1.850 where she was. I understood she was apprentice at a milliner's shop ; I believe in Park-street, Bristol. I was married on the 7th July, 1852, to a young woman named Ellen. I lost my wife in March, 1857. I went to live at Shirley, near Croydon, at Michael mas, 1853. My uncle, Mr. Leech, came to live with me at the same time, and has lived with me ever since. I received this letter, dated Jan. 23, 1858. I believe it it to ba in the hand of the female prisoner. It was directed to Mr. John Leech, jun., Croydon, near Norwood, Surrey. The letter had the Clifton postmark, and was as follows : " Jan. 23, 1858. "My dear Friend,—As I am now living in the coun try, near Bristol, a widow with three children, my hus band treated me more kindly towards the last, and has left no 1,000/. if you have not forgotten your promise made to me when we met and spent a day and night to gether by the seaside in 1849, I shall be glad to see you once more if you are not engaged, write to S. M., care of Mr. Lasbury, bookseller, Park-street, Bristol, to say if you can come, and I will write again to tell you where to meet me.--I remain yours sincerely. "S. M." Mr. Baron Channell observed that the words "and night" were interlined, showing that it was an afterthought. Examination continued—l answered the letter, and directed it as requeste lin the letter. (Notice to produce was here proved by Mr. Burrup, the under-sheriff.) I posted the letter myself. I stated I would come down to Bristol, and that I had been married and had lost my wife. 1 mentioned her name, Ellen. On the 29th of January I received an answer, dated the 28th of January. It had the Bristol postmark, and I believe it to be in Mrs. Smith's handwriting. It was directed to " Mr. J obn Leech, jun., Shirley, near Croydon, Surrey," and was as follows : " January 2Stb. " My ever dearest Friend.---Having come into Bristol today with my friend Mrs. Isaacs, with whom I am now living at a farmhouse in the country. I wa s p l ease d to find a letter from you, as I feared not having heard from you for such a I , )ng time that you mi g h t have gone frora your old home to some more crs'ant part of the oonotry. It being market day I came in, as I °Len do, to buy a few things for my dear little children, and I shalt be coming into Bristol again on Sunday, th e 31st, With my friend, and shall be returning again by the 5 minutes before 7 train by myself to Wanly, where I live, and if you still care for nv, as you ass, shall be glad to meet you at the Bristol and Birrning ham platform at a quarter to 7 ; and then you will see with year own eyes that I am your own dear old friend Sally, then you can come on . with me and stop in the village all night, and we can talk over matters together, and if you still wish to be honourable to me I shall be very glad to see you and to be yours for ever ; bur • mind there must be nothing improper. I was sorry tv hear you say your poor mother was dead, and more so RAID. I suppose you married her. I think you miglit have seen by the circumstance I mentioned in my lait, note that it could be no other than your old and sincere friend Sally ; therefore I shall subscribe myself as be fore, " S. M. " P.S. Same address. Please write directly on re ceipt of this, and it get posted in London on Friday night, if you can, as I shall call for the letter a as I go through on Sunday morning. " Good bye for the preterit. If this does not reach you in time to write again, come the following Sunday, Feb. 7, or fix some other time, and I will endeavour to meet you." I again wrote an answer to that letter, and directed it to the same address as before. I put it in the • post. I said it was not convenient to me to come 411 the Sunday (Feb. 7). I then received this letter (dated Jan. 31), I believe on the Monday (Feb. 1). I believe this letter also to be in Mrs. Smith's handwriting. It was directed in the same way a s the las, and like both the preceding letters, was Th- written on black-bordered paper, and in an enve lope of the same kind. The letter w “j as a a n s ua fo ry llzs : "Dear John,—l was glad to receive your kind letter this morning, though I must say I was disappointed t hat . you did not come to -da y . I lon g to hear the y th o e u ro a m bo a u n t c o m u g r future prospects. you have to tell me , and to talk t pros pects. I have not time to write to day, so shall only say that I wish you very much to come by the one o'clock train from Paddington next Wednesda', 3d of February ;it gets here at half-past five, ,attci I will meet you at a quarter before seven at the B ristol and Birmingham station. As I said b efore, th,., trains on Sunday will be ill convenient, and they may be altered in February, so you must inquire about that ; and, be sides, next Sunday all the Isaacs will be at home, but on Wednesday next they w ill drive into the circus, and won't be back in the c iuntry . before 12. I can come with them and return by the train I told you of, and we can have a chat to ourselves over all we have gone through since we last mo t. If you wish you can get something at the hotel by the station. Dear John, as you don't s ay anything about marriage, and you know we have had a great many troubles before, I shall be glad if you would bring my letters with you, and we will at once settle it one way or the other, as we must nob trifle any more. You will get this to-morrow. Write directly, and I shall get it on Wednesday, as before.—Yours ever affectionate, in haste, S. M. I wrote a reply to that letter, and addressed it as before and put it in the post. I stated I would go by the train at 1 o'clock from Paddington ? and 'would be at the Bristol and Birmingham station at the time appointed. I came to Bristol by the 1 o'clock down train on Wednesday, the 3d of Feb ruary, and arrived at Bristol at 5 p.m. I brought with me an umbrella and small parcel. I went to the Bristol and Birmingham station about 20 minutes or a quarter to 7. When I had been on the platform about five minutes I saw a gentleman go into the waiting room, who I thought was very much like the person who had been pointed out to me as Mr. Smith. After waiting a few minutes I saw Mrs. Smith. When I saw her she was coming up the stairs to the platform, and I was looking over the top. The window of the waiting-room looks towards the stairs. The platform can be seen from the waiting-room. Mrs. Smith was dressed in a dark grey shawl, and with widow's weeds. She was dressed as a widow with a grey shawl over her dress. I went part of the way down the steps to meet her. We then came back to the platform. After asking after her health, for I thought she looked very iewell, I asked her how long Ms. Smith had been dead. She said, " Six weeks. ' I said, "It is very strange. While I was waiting on the platform, I saw a gentleman go into the room who I thought was so much like what I remembered of Mr. Smith." She said, " How could you think that ? He has been dead six weeks." Her face was open. I don't remember seeing a veil. Her face could be plainly seen. I asked her where I was to get tickets for, when she said, "eats." I had never been in Bristol before. When she said " Tate," I went and got two first-class tickets for Yate. I left her on the platform, and was away, I should think, five minutes. I was waiting for the tickets, and she came down and stood near the bottom, of the stairs. I then went with her into one of the first-class carriages. The train went to Tate without stoppage. After leaving the carriage, I was following the rest of the passengers. There were several others got out. Mrs. Smith was with me. I passed out with her through a gate where the other people were going. When she got out I was going the same way as the other persons, and she said there was another gate she wanted to go through. There was a fri -nd named Isaacs coming to meet her, in case I did not come by the train as was expected. We went to find the gate, but could not find it, for it was very dark. We had got close to it when the station master brought a light. She had not then said anything about the common. When the station master came up he said it would be impossible to cross that way across the common on so dark a night. I asked if there was no conveyance there we could get. I asked them both. Mrs. Smith said she was sure she could find her way ac:oss the common, and expected a friend. She said she should know her way by a bridge, which was a little dis tance. The stationmaster showed his light till we got on the common. He then left us and want back. I continued to go on with her along a com mon. It was very dark indeed. It was not raining, but very dark. We had not gone I should think more than 150 yards, when something occurred. I several times asked if she could find her way, and she said she could as soon as she could find the hedge. When we had got about 150 yards she called out, " We're lost." At that time I was feeling for the hedge with my umbrella in front of me. I heard another voice, a man's, say, "I am lost, too." When I heard that I just turned my head half round, and could see the shadow of some one ap proaching. When he came near me I received a very heavy blow on the back of my head. I saw the man ; but not his featu-es. I saw something of rather a light colour iu his hand about 15 or 18 inches in length. It was as thick as my wrist. 1 also received two or three blows on the front and other parts of my head with the same instrument. (The witness here exhibited several scars, one on his forehead, and the others on other parts of his head.) My hat got off, but I don't know how. It was not marked. The largest cut was the first. When I received the blows I closed with him, and caught him by the collar with my left hand, and his left wrist with my right. The last time I saw Mrs. Smith, before I was attacked, she was three or four yards off. When I closed we both fell ; he was undermost and I fell upon him. I kept my hold upon him, with my left hand on his collar, and I held his left hand out straight with my right. At that time I noticed something in his left hand. I supposed at the time what he held in his hand was the bludgeon I was struck with. I called out " Murder," and " Help," and two or three men came from the station. Two lights were brought. Use of the men lifted me off the prisoner. When the man was going away the light was going away, and my impression was that it was the same person whom I had seen go in'o the waiting-room at Bristol. I cannot tell what Mrs. Smith was 'doing at the time I was attacked. I believe the man to have been the male prisoner, but I will not swear. Mr. Huddleston said there could be no question about the identity of the prisoner. Examination continued—When I was lifted up I could not stand. The blood was flowing from me. The man got up and went away almost directly. I said, " Stop that man ; he has nearly killed me." I saw him go to the woman, and put his hand to her back, as if he pushed her ; and they went away off the common. At the time I had the parcel with me, and lost it at the time of the struggle. I have since seen the articles which it contained in the possession of the policeman Wind mill. I have got th e umbrella still. I dropped it in the struggle, but found it afterwards with the handle broken. I was afterwards attended by a surgeon for these wounds. I was taken to the Rail way Inn, at fate, and remained there under medi cal treatment about eight days. I was ordered to keep my clothes on, and did so till the n ex t d a y. Cross-examined by Mr. Huddleston—l walked to the spot on Friday to look at the place. I did not go out on the Thursday. I was engaged to my wife about 15 months before I was married to her. I can't tell when I was first engaged to be married to her. I should think it was about 1845. I first knew Sarah Mills (Mrs. Smith), I bel eve, in Dec., 184 g. She was not a young creature of 16 at that time. I believe she was 17. I was three years older. It was a week or a fortnight before I wen t to Canterbury that I wrote to her. I believe I put both the limes (Mills and Smith) in the letter, but I will not be sure. She proposed Can terbury as the place of meeting. It was she, not I, who proposed to go to Whitstable. I was not known at Canterbury, but she was. Her brother's wife was with her. It was at Canterbury she told me her husband had left her. I went to a private house at Whitstable. I went out for a walk with Mrs. Smith. I am not sure whether I took a return ticket. I might have come home from the walk too late for the last train to Canterbury. We spent that night in the house. I shall decline to answer the question whether I had intercourse with her. I do decline. I have no particular reason, but Ido not wish to do so. I might have said that I would marry her at the end of seven years if sbe had eo thing more to do with her husband. I don't re member saying it. I was as likely to say it at Canterbury as while I was on the walk. I will not a cm w oon e n a v r tehr l did not say it, hot I don't remember the conversation. This afta Tb r i i s in w e a t l e i r n in A L ug o u n s d t o . n. Alio Nven uta t to her brother's house a policeman. She came ° out and met m _ ) time. She went _ ow several times about that with me oanncde mother to my motherh o use at Shirley to d tea. n y.t were pres ent. I could not t e ll h ow many ti mes I met her in October. I did no t h ave i n ereou . se with her there (at Shirley). I shall decline answer ing whether Iliad i ntercourse vtith her in London. (Sensation.) Her father lived at Waltham, about four miles from Canterbury. Re-examined by Mr. Skinner—These matters about whi c h I h ave c ;eclined answering took p l ace in 1849. Wh en I wro t e to her at Canterbury I did not know she was married. Ido not know it now. Thomas Suffolk, the station master at Yate, was called, and stated that the prisoner's father was f orm erly Vicar of Sudbury, and that the male pri soner Smith had long lived in the neighbourhood. The witness confirmed the evidence given by the prosecutor as to the arrival of the parties at Yate ; but as it was not disputed that the prisoners were both th-r - a, and the only question was with what intent the prisoner struck the blows, it is unueces- SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 185 8, X6l' yto give his evidence at length. The witness aid he lighted the prosecutor and the lady over t he stile, and that he saw a man going over the c .ommon in a different direction. The night was so lack that the witness wanted the prosecutor and I ,he woman to go along the road. For some reason ie listened, and in a few minutes heard a voice, mud then another. He then heard a " crash," as f they had got on to the railway fence and broken it The witness sent a man with a lamp tt. T see if the fence was broken, and just afterwards tI .e express train passed without stopping. The ace was not broken. He then went up to where tb e man Tilley hid gone with his lamp on the com p t o n, and saw a man going away and the prosecu to , r supported in a fainting state by a man named H exven. A woman went away with the man over the lc( )mmon. The next morning he received the rev ol'ver from Heaven. It was in the same state in v, thich it now is, capped and all. On the com mon - .there was a fox cover. Cr oso-examined by Mr. Huddleston—lt was so dark I .do not think they could find the cover. The pellet now there was on the revolver, under the hammer, where it now is. By the Judge.—They appeared to be going by the hedge.. The fox cover is in another direction. Charles Heave°, examined by Mr. Cripps, gave similar evidence.—ln consequence of what the stationmaster said he listened, and heard a cry out on the common. There was a noise like some one breaking the fence, which he heard twice or three times. He took the light up to the spot, and was the first who got there. He saw two men on the ground, the one on the other, and a woman about ten or fifteen yards off. The top man held the other down on the throat by one hand, and his hand with the other. Leech was the man at the top, but I am not quite certain who the other was, but I believe it was the male prisoner. They were in a very bloody state both of them. I could not see the blood flowing from the upper man. I threw myself at the top of both of them. I could not see that the under man had anything in hts hand. The woman came and tried to pull Mr. Leech off. A man named Owen came up, and soon afterwards a man named Tilley. When Leech the prosecutor was got off the other man got up and searched about the ground with his baud and foot. He had a great bludgeon stick in his right hand. When he got up the woman ran up to him. Leech kept hold of me, and said, " Hold this man, he has almost killed me." The other man was near euough to hear that, and said, "The first man that molests me I'll blow his brains out." I made a move towards him as if to arrest him when ho said this. The stick was about as big round as my arm, and tapered down to the handle. He was holding it by the small end. The man and woman then went away. The night was very dark, and I did not see them again. The woman had hold of the man's arm. They went towards Westerleigh. Going in a line from the station to Waply a person would go near the fox cover. The next morning I found this revolver on the common in the same state in which it now is, with six caps on it. Cross-examined by Mr. Symons—The fox cover was about 200 yards from the gate. Henry Tilley, examined by Mr. Skinner, said, —After the parties (Leech and Mrs. Smith) went on the common I saw the other man go on the com mon. I noticed that he held his head rather down ward. One of the men had a bludgeon in his hand. I tried to take it from him, but could not succeed. It was the prisoner (Smith). I saw him search on the ground with his hand. 1 held my lamp to the face of the woman, and saw it was the prisoner (Mrs. Smith). She was one or two yards from the man. I saw them go away together. Before they went away I saw him pick up a parcel. I did not pick up the umbrella. Charles Beak, examined by Mr. Cripps, said—l am a coal merchant living near Yate station. I SAW the Rev. Samuel Smith (the prisoner) come from the station. I beard the call of " Murder." The next day I found some widow's weeds on the common ; I mean a cap. That was about 300 or 400 yards from the spot where the struggle was. I know the neighbourhood very well. There is no family named Isaacs who live at Waply ' • but there is some one of that name at Yate, which is in quite an opposite direction to Waply. Cross-examined by Mr. Huddleston Mr. Smith's father was vicar of Chipping Sudbury. Elizabeth Aplin, examined by Mr. Cripps, said— In February last I was a seryant in the employ of the Rev. Mr. Smith (the prisoner) at Clifton. On the 3d of February they were at home to tea together. They went out between five and six o'clock. I took the tea in. I saw them both take tea together. I did not see my mistress with a bonnet on that evening. The next time I saw them was in the morning. Before my master went out he told me to go to bed at ten o'clock. He said he was going out, and he did not know what time he should be at home. There is a latch to the door, and I think my master had a latch-key. The prisoners seemed to be on gaod terms together before they went out. I had of - served that they seemed wry happy together for two or three days or a week before Before that they did not live so happily together. About a month before I observed a change. I did not hear them come home. It was not a usual thing for my master and mistress to go out of an evening. I had been there nine months. Before the 3d February I had seen a stick in the house. It was rather a dirk rod stick, about a yard long or more. I have seen it in the umbrella stand. It was a walking-stick. The other was rather larger round than the handle of the pistol. On the 6th Feb. I saw it in the garret. Cross-examined by Mr. Huddleston—lt was a dark red stick. I have spoken to the policeman, Windmill, since I was examined. By the Judge—The other stick was of a light colour, and was a common light walking-stick. Emma Waller, examined ley Mr. Cripps, said—l was nursery maid to Mr. Smith. On the evening of the 3d February the prisoners were at home at tea, and went out between 5 and 6. On the day before I heard my master say to my mistress, " You and I have an invitation out to-morrow night." They did not very often go out together. I observed that a little before the 3d of February they were a great deal kinder to each other than they generally were. In the afternoon of the 3d of February I heard my mistress tell the children she was going out to tea. The children mentioned several name , and she said " No." They had tea earlier than usual. The children asked her why she was going to have two teas. She answered that they would not drink tea till 8 o'clock. I saw her bonnet on the bed. All the family are in mourning. On the morn ing of the 3d Feb. I saw my mistress sew a piece of crape on her veil. She put it over her face, and asked me if I could see her face much through it. I told her no. Before my master went out he came and told me I was to go to bed at 10 o'clock and take the baby with me, and stay there in his bed till they came home. I heard the front door shut between 5 and 6, but nearer 6. I ob served my master was dressed in a blue flannel shirt and a black neck-tie. I had never seen him in a black neck-tie before, nor in a blue flannel shirt. Between 1 and 2 o'clock the next morning my mistress came and knocked at my door and awoke me, and told me I was to go upstairs. She went down and I prepared to go up. She came back again, and said I had better stay a little while longer. While I was in that room I heard Mr. Smith go upstairs to the garret. He came down in five minuses. After he came down my mistress came and told me I was to go upstairs direc ly. I heard him cough. I then went to my own bed and heard the clock strike 2. The next morning I went into their room about half-past 7, as usual, to dress the children. I then saw my mistress's petticoats on the bed. They were very dirty and splashed with mud. One of the children said, " Mamma, how dirty you have got your petticoats T' She said papa and she kept slipping about last night. On the 6th Feb., Saturday afternoon, I saw my master's great coat in the garret. It had been put into water. There was black dirty water at that time in the bathing-tub. The coat was half-mourning. On the 4th Feb. I saw my mistress washing her petti co tti and pocket handkerchief and master's neck tie and pocket handkerchief in the kitchen. I had not known her wash things out bafote. I saw the lane shiit when the policeman came, and observed it had a spot of blood on the shoulder. Cross-examined by Mr. Huddleston—The other servant was upstairs. There are four children, the eldest seven, and the others younger. Mr. Smith had 16 or 17 pupils—three boarders, and the o hers day scholars. The pupils sat in the schoolroom in the evening. There was no assiAtnt. Mr. and Mrs. Smith seldom want out together. Chas. Ga!e, examined by Mr. Cripps, said—l am a cooper at Wickwar. There is a siation at Wick war,', about 4i miles from Yee, and further from Bristol. On the evening of Feb. 3, about half-past 9, th mile prisoner and a woman c tine to my house. He said his wit . ..) was with him, and wantecla conv,y ance to take him to B: istol. Ho said he had beenat tacked by two men about half a mil© from a turn pike. There is a turnpike ab:mt half a mile from Wickwir, on the road to Mato. I took them to Mr. Robinson's. Smith had a paper parcel with him, c:wered with blood. At Robin ou's I saw blood en hini. I asked him how he got it. Ho said he had got off without a scratch. 1 saw blood on his face. He said he had been attacked by two men, but he got two stones, and threw one, which he supposed stunned one man, as he Raw no more of him, and that the other seized him immediately ; that a scuffle ensued, and he fell backward on the top of him ; that be kept one of the stones in his hand, and bruised his head with it. I offered to go for the police. He said he did not think it was worth while ) as he had come off so well, and it would came extra expense. The woman was present all the while, and said she had never witnessed such a scene before. lie said if he had a pistol he would have shot him as soon as he would a fox. Elizabeth Franklin, examined by' Mr. Cripps, said—l am an assistant in Mr. Robinson's shop, at Wickwar, and was present when the conversation between the prisoner and last witness took place. The account he has given of it is correct. The woman had a black veil on. The man said they were bound to get into Bristol that night, and that his name was Henry Johnson, and livel at No. 7, Wilson-street, St. Paul's. The prisoners are the same persons. Thomas Webb, the servant to Mr. Robinson, proved that on the night in question he drove a gentleman and lady to the White Rae, in the old market, Bristol. They arrived there at one o'clock in the morning. _ _ Oliver LislOury, a bookseller in Park-street, Bristol, said he knew the prisoner, and that on the 25th of January last a card was brought to him by a boy named Locke with some writing on it in the prisoner's handwriting, as follows :—" M.S., Mr. Lasbury's, Park-street, Bristol." Some L:urprise was here occasioned by its ap pearing that the letters were not " 5.M.," as in Mrs. Smith's letters, but " M.S." I received 10 or 12 letters altogether from Mr. Smith. On ono day I received three. I received no other card. The card was brought by Locke, a pupil of Mr. Smith's. I had lectors from him before with initials. Some letters came for Mr. Smith with letters "S. M." and "M. S." One lot of three came, which I gave to Locke, one addressed in full and the others with initials. Others came two or three days afterwards, which I gave to Mr. Smith. I also sent two to him. I know one or two were addressed " S. M." G. M. Locke said, in January and February last he was a pup'l of Mr. Smith. Ho took the card produced to Mr. Lasbury's by Mr. Smith's direc tion. It was on the 25th of Jan., the Princess Royal's marriage day. Mr. Smith said if any letters came there they were to be left, and witness would call again. He called in a clay or two, and there were no letters. He called again and there were three—one for "S. M.," one for "M. 5.," and another for the Rev. Samuel Smith. It was on a Saturd.iy. He gave one to Mrs. Smith, and sent the others in to Mr. Smith by one of the boys. She took all three, and chose one, and put it in her pocket, and gave me two back. Robert Neville said—l am assistant to Mr. Gibbs, guninaker, Corn-street, Bristol. I remem ber on Jan. 26 a gentleman called to look at some pistols. It was about half-past 7in the evening. I believe it was the male prisoner. He called again on the Monday evening, Feb. 2. On the second occasion:lie purchased a pistol similar to this one. He wished me to load it for him. I loaded all six chambers with powder and ball. He purchased a box of caps. I did not put the caps on. I said it was unsafe to carry them, and he had better put them on himself. I put a pellet under the hammer and told him it was to keep the hammer off the nipple while it was loaded. The pellet might be knocked out by pulling the trigger, and a push with the finger would send it out. I made out aninvoice for the pistol, and he gave a name, I think Hicks, but am not certain. I am certain it was not Smith. I thoug t he was a clergyman, and I said— cc Rem. ? " and he said, " Oh, no," and I wrote " Esq ' after his name. The witness added that in the state the pistol was now in it was not ready for use, but the waddi ng mus t b e remove d. ownton Lemon, a surgeon of Sodbury, proved that he was called to attend the prosecutor, and found him with two wounds, one on the fore part and the other on the back part of the head. The hair was saturated with blood, but he was not faint ing. Directed him to remain on the sofa during the night, and not to take his clothes off. That was to prevent fainting. Attended him for eight clays. Cross-examined by Mr. Huddleston—l know the prosecutor went out on Friday. The wounds were not dangerous to life, and would not indicate any thing serious. I knew the prisoner's father, the vicar of Sodbury. The prisoner had been teacher in a school before he went to college. Ho supported himself at college, took a degree in honours, and obtained a scholarship. Re-examined--I have known the prisoner. William Windmill, policeman, produced some articles which he found at the prisoner's house on Feb. 4, in a wardrobe in a room. The prosecutor was here recalled, and identified the things as his property, which he had in the par cel on the night he was attacked. Edwin Russell, another policeman, said he ap prehended the prisoners at their house on this charge. After they were apprehended the male prisoner said to his wife, "If they ask you any questions don't say anything." Cross-examined—That was on Thursday, Feb. 4. He was taken before the magistrates on the 11th, and was out on bail in the meantime. By the Judge—Mr. Mirekouse, the magistrate, admitted him to bail. This was the case for the prosecution. The Rev. Mr. Smith then addressed the jury from a written statement which he held in his hand. He said he should have to tell the jury of his shame and of his wrongs, and to give the history of his marriage. He would not conceal the truth, but would reveal every circumstance that might lead the jury te a right conclusion. He hoped the jury would not be led away by the calumnies which had been so industriously fabri cated and circulated against him, and that they would deal justly by him in the dis charge of their sacred duty. In September, 1848, he first met his wife and proposed marriage, being told that she had been iu service at Swan and Edgar's, and was going to another situation. He would have married her at once but for his circum stances ; but he had been obliged to labour for his support since the age of 15. He had gone to Cam bridge, where he gained a scholarship, and became senior optima iu 1848. He married his wife in July, 1849, but did not take her home, because, as master of the Bic hop's school at Bristol, he had but 1001. a year. He therefore thought it better to leave her for a time with her friends in Keut, where he engaged to pay fir her boar). His wife wanted to come to him ; but as he w.is still read ing for holy orders, he could not receive her in his lodging, and proposed that she should go to board at a milliner's at Bristol. After stating some more circumstances, the prisoner went on to state that ultimately his wife came to live with him at Clif ton, in lodgings which he took for her. In 1851 she was confined in her friend's house in Kent, arid again in 1852 ; and then she took a house, when a third child was born, in 1854. He then resigned his situation at Bishop's College, and opened a school of his own, when be had a fourth child born. He did duty in several places in the neighbour hood, and was making about 4001. when this cala mity came upon him, and a terrible disclosure was brought to his knowledge. He had often observed that there was a melancholy about his wife, and she would sigh on his bosom and tell him that she was not worthy of him. He had of ten complained- of her staying so much in Keut, and there must be some reason for her melancholy, though he could not tell whet it was. She once told him of a letter she had received from the man Leech, and men tioned other circumstances which tended rather to ex :ite his jealousy. But he overlooked it as she continued to bear him children and managed the house well. At length, on the 22d of January last, she told him something which made him very un happy, but he said be would forgive her if she would take an oath that nothing had happened since their marriage. She then knelt down and teld him of the circumstances under which the prosecutor Leech induced her to meet him at Canterbury and committed adul tery with her, and that Leech afterwards met her in London.and promised that if she would go and live with rim he would marry her in seven years. The prisoner then proceeded to give a graphic description of his wife on her knees with her child:en round her, imploring Lis forgiveness. The idea racked his mind that perhaps the children were not his own. His wife, however, assured him that she had never done anything wrong since she had been living with him, and as he believed she had told him the truth, he promised to forgive her afrer that discovery. He dwelt upon the wrong: which had been done him, till he forgot everything but himself. B u t h e t o ld his wife that he would forgive her if she would bring the man to Bristol, in order that he might retaliate. He dr signed, as he (Leech) had lured his wife to Whitstable for his lust, he (the pr sons r) would lure the prosecutor to Yate, and there give him a sound thrashing. It was under his direction his wife wrote the letters, which he dictated. He then stated how he had in sisted on his wife writing the letters, and disguising herself, as she had done, on the promise which he made her that he would not do Leech any serious injury. He bought the revolver for his own protec tion iu c .se the p -csseutor should draw a knife upon kiln ; bat ho sol , minly denied that he had ever in tended to u4e the pistol ageressively against Lot ch, fur. had he done so, he would not have acted as he had, so as to lead to his detection. His only oh jeer was to do what he had done—viz., to give Leech a good beating, in order to solace his out reged mind. Ile owned that he could not justify his conduct, which he should always deeply lament; bat he hoped his conduct wou'd be justly appre ciated by the judge and jury, who could not blame him for the burning indignation which had over come his whole being. He implo.ed the jury to put themselves in his place, and ask themselves what redress the laws of the land and courts of justice could have given him. He took the law into his own hand, but who could deny that he had sinned against human nature, or that Leech had had more then he deserved 7 The jury might find him guilty- ; of an assault if they would, but he implored them not to fiud him guilty of a felony, which would ruin his prospects in life, and deprive his children of their bread. Mr. Huddleston then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the female prisoner, whom he des cribed as the victim of the seducer (Leech), when but a child of 16 or 17 years. After the marriage the prosecutor had still pursued her, and would not allow her to take a respectable position in life. He found her out when she was staying with her friends in Kent, and, though it pleased him to decline to answer the question, the jury could not for a mo ment doubt that he had committed the crime of adultery with the young woman. At that very time he knew she was a married woman, for he admitted that he had addressed a letter to her in her married name, and the fact that ho promised her, if she would live with him, he would marry her iu seven years showed the same. It was all very well for the prosecutor to enjoy the immunity of the w.t ness-box, while the prisoner's mouth was closed in the silorice of the dock ; but the posiiion of the prisoners was preferable to the infamy of that man. who did not dare to deny his guilt, because there were people in that house at Whitstable who could have contradicted him. The learned counsel pro ceeded to contend that the male prisoner never in tended to murder the prosecutor, for if he had done Eo ho could have done it without difficulty. At the most, his offence only amounted to utila4felly wounding, as there was nothing to show that he intended to inflict grovious bodily harm, or to do more than give the prosecutor a good thrashing. With respect to the female prisoner, the learned counsel observed that the law presumed that in a case of this sort the wife was acting ui.der the coer cion of her husband, though that fact might be re butted if she was found acting alone. He then commented on the facts of the case, to show that in writing the letters and in everything she did she was acting under the authority, and even in the eyesight of her husband, and upon that ground he contended she was entitled to acquittal. The learned gentleman then said that be asked nothing from mercy, but he believed the jury would yield isothing to prejudice ; and he called upon them to do justice to their feelings as men by saying that she was not guilty. Mr. BaronChannell having summoned up the evidence, the jury found both the prisoners guilty of cut ing and wounding with intent to disfigure and to do grievous bDdily harm, but they added that the female prisoner had committed no actuil vio lence, and that she had acted throughout under the coercion of her husband. His Lordship deferred passing slntenee till the morning, and said he would adwit the woman to bail, and reserve the point in her favour. HOME CIRCUIT.—KINGSTON, APRIL 6. (Before Mr. Justice Williams and a Common Jury.) BAKER V. FANCIITT. This was an mtiou to recover damages for a ma licious proseeut , en. Mr. Peirce was counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Monragu Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. A. H. Siwon for the defendant. The case was of rather a peculiar character. The plaintiff was a young woman in a humble position of life, a domestic ;servant, and she sought to re cover damages from the defendant for having falsely accused her of perjury, under these circum stances :—According to her evidence she met the defendant, who is an elderly man, married, and living with his wife at the time in the Regent's park, one evening in the mouth of June, 1854, and he entered into conversation with her, and, find ing she was out of a situation, lie promised to get her a place. After they had talked together some time he proposed that they should have some re fresliment, and he took her to a public-house, where she had a glass of wine, and he eventually induced her to assent to accompany him to a house of ill-fame, and the plaintiff alleged that this was the first time she had ben gaily of similar mis conduct. It appeared that after this the defend ant introduced the plaintiff to his daughter, and recommended her as a servant, and she continued in her service for some time, and in F. b. 1855, she was delivered of a male child. The defendant, who, it appeared, carries on the business of a builder at Camden-town, foe some time gave the plaintiff money ; but upon his failing to do so, she summoned him before the magistrates at Wands worth, and they made an order that he should pay half-a-crown a week for the child. Ho complied with this order for several months, but at length he became in arrears, and upon his being pressed for payment he obtained a summons against the plain tiff, calling uron her to appear before the Wands worth Bench to answer a charge of having com mitted wiliul and corrupt perjuy on the evidence given by her to support the order of affiliation. This summons was dismissed by the magistrate, and the present action was brought to recover damages ftorn the defendant for having, as was alleged, maliciously preferred this charge against the plain tiff. The plaintiff, a young woman rf very ordinary appearance, waa etaninFed, and she proved a great many of the above faces, and swore positively that it WAS in the month of June, 1834, that she first met the defendant, and she also stated that after he had obtained her the situation as servant to his daul.hter he visited her, and the illicit intercourse between them was continued in the daughter's hoass. The defendant, a man over 50 years of age, and of Beautified appearance, was called as a witness, and he admitted having been " imprVent" in his connexion with the plsiniiff, but he asserted that the intercourse first commenced in the month of September, and therefore ho could have had no right to claim paternity to the infant. The cross-examinatio❑ of the witness caused a great deal of laughter. HI denied having given himself out to EH a man who went about trying to reclaim young girls, but he admitted that it was his practice to endeavour to indtice young women he met in the streets to leave off their evil courses and go to some penitentiary. Mr. Justice Williams inquired whether he was to understand that the witness was in the habit of asking every prostitute he met to do this 7 The witness said he did not refer particularly to prostitutes, but his o b serva ti on pr i nc i pa ll y appliedto girls whom ho ml.t without any shoes on. Mr. Pearce (to the witness)—Then your practice is, if you meet a girl without any shoes on, to ac cost her and advise her to go to a penitentiary. The witness said it was. Iu answer to further qtie-;tions, defendant ad mitted that he had continued the ithcit intercourse with the plaintiff after she was in his daughter's service, but denied that it took place in the house of his daughter, and said it only occurred on two occasions, and then she went out with him. Another witness swore that the first interview between the defendant and the plaintiff occurred in September, and it also appeared that the defendant bad paid 351. to settle an action for seduction that hal been brought against him by the plaintiff's father. Mr. Chamber?, in summing up the defendant's case, admitted that ho had acted immorally and improperly in regard to his connexion with the plaintiff, but urged that he had already been suffi ciently punished, and that the present action was merely an endeavour to extort more money from him. He then called the attention of the jury to the evidence that had been adduced on behalf of the defendant, and contended that it had been clearly established that he c mild not have been the father of the child in question, and that there were per tectly legal grounds for the charge he had preferred against the plaintiff. The learned Judge having summed up, the jury after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the defendant. were dissatified with the inspection, also with the consequent detention, and raised some reports re specting the conduct and discipline (.f the detach ment, which Colonel Mackenzie declares to hove been wholly without foundation. Captain Stevens, the Admiralty agent of the Columbian, at the request of Col. Mackenzie, in spected the Pottinger. sheuld be stated that the Columbian belongs :o the European a ul Australian Company's line of steamers, while the Pottiuger is one of the Peninsular and Oriental ships. Cap ain Stevens, as a naval officer, assisted the military au thority with hismarine experience and the inspec tion of a vessel of one company by an officer from the ship of a rival line seems to have occasioned some amount of ill-feeling, which the correspond ence novices, Lut without giving any details. Ensign Hope Johnstone alleges that Lieut. Morr.-il, the Admiralty agent on board the Pottinger, did not behave to him in a manner becoming a gentleman bearing her Majesty's uniform. But the main point is that the inspection made by Capt. Stevens con firmed the conclusion of Col. Mackenzie that the Pottiuger was not in such a state of preparation as to justify him in commencing the voya g e with the 235 men under his charge. Capt. Stevens descrehe's the deck of the steamer as too small, from the space occupied by cattle pens, cabins, and the large en gine room hatchway, that it was in a very filthy state ; the little space available was very im perfectly protected from ram by awnings that did not meet. The only me-ins of cooking pro vided were not sufficient even fir 50 men. With the ordinary passengers, the large native crew, and above 200 troops, the vessel would have b en too crowded for such a voyage—a tact the master admitted —though the Pottinger had during The Perecian war conveyed double the number of men ; but on that service she carried no other passengers. Captain Stevens condemus the state of the steamer decidedly, but as to the quality of the provisions he states that the biscuit only was bad ' • the salt meat, on examin ing half-a-dozen casks, was found very good ; he declares, in justice to those who supplied it, that " he had never seen better in 24 years of naval ser vice." As the Columbian was not prepat ed for the emergency, the master of the Pottinger was requested " for the good of the service," to supply the vessel so suddenly put in requi sition with some extra stores. This was pr,i mised, but not effected, Lieutenant Morrell, as Admiralty agent, refusing to detain the Po'tinger for the time required to trans-ship them. During the negotiations on this point the instances of Lieu tenant Morrell's disc expect to his superior officer and to Ensign H. J ohnstone are alleged to have occurred. Finally, the Pottinger pr• seeded on her voyage, leaving the military commanders and the troops on board the C ilumhian in "a remark ably awkward position ;" but the agent of th., Pen insular and Oriental Company was induced to supply the wants of the Columbian from the shore, and she left Suez with her unexpected freight, with the loss of only 12i hours beyond the time of leer ord:nary departui e. From the London tazette of L st Night. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 5. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will bold L'ivees at St. James's Palace on the following days, at two o'clock : Wednesday, the lith inst., and Wednesday, the 28th inst. TIIE BED SEA TRANSPORT SERVICE. At the beginning of last month the course of the transport service on the Red Sea was inter rupted by an incident which brought the military authorities into collision with the Peninsular and Oriental Company. Statements of the case on both sides have been published, and considerable official corresp:.ndence has passed on the subject. From that correspondence the facts as they appeared to the military ,officers may be briefly stated. A detachment of the 92d Highlanders, under the command of Liewenant-Colonel Mackenzie, had arrived at Suez, en route for Aden and Point de Galle, and on the Ist of March had been embarked on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pottinger to proceed on the voyage. The Pottinger is also a passenger steamer, and theextent of accommodation required on that account appears to have lessened the apace allotted to the troops, and otherwise to have rendered it unavailable. An inspection of the provisions on board also proved very unsatisfactory, as (he inspecting officers decltred the biscuit and, in a less degree, the pork to be of inferior quality to what' the troops had a right to expect. Col. Mackenzie therefore resolve,' to transfer the detachment to another steamer, the Columbian, duly repot-Meg the step taken to the Deputy-Quartermaster-Genenil at Alexandria. The report states that the waist of the Pottinger was small, filthy, and encumbered with live stock for the passengers; that the men could be placed there for the voyage was impossible ; this deficiency of space, added to 'the inferiority of the provisions, determined Col. Mackenzie to transfer the troops to another vessel. Previous to doing so, however, he took the opinion; of tb.e senior naval officers and Admiralty agent on the station, Captain F. M. Stevens, as to the condition of the Pottinger. The officers of that vessel and some of the non-military passenger* LORD CHAMBERLAIN' i OFFICE, APRIL 5. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Drawing-Rooms at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock : —Thursday, the 22d instant, and Thursday, the 6th of May next. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 6. It is hereby notified that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have received a despatch from Rear-Admi ral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.8., commanding her Majesty's naval forces at Ca, ton, dated from on board her Majesty's ship Calcutta, at Hong Kong, 11th February, 1858, in which ho states that the blockade of the port and river of Canton was raised by the allied forces of her Majesty and of his Majesty the Emperor of the French on the 10th Fe bruary, 1858. WHITEHALL, APRIL 3. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev. Wil liam John Chesshyre, M.A., the place and dignity of a Canon of the Metropolitical Church of Canterbury, void by the cession of the Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley. WHITEHALL, APRIL 5. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Adam Inch Ritchie to the church and parish of Fettercairn, in the presbytery of Fordoun, and county of Kincardine, vacant by the death of the Rev. ‘lexannler Whyte. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Samuel Woodley Wattley, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of Nevis ; Henry Nicholas D. Beyts, Esq., to be one of the District Magistrates for the Island of Mauritius, and Henry Von Schellebeck, Esq., to be one of the Dis trict Clerks for the Island. REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT The Lords commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certised to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10 Geo. 4, c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for the year ended the 31st day of December, 1857, amounted to the sum of thirty•six thou sand and ninety-seven pounds eight shillings and four pence. _ _ _ The Commiscioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of nine thousand and twenty-four pounds seven shillings and one penny, being one-fourth part of the said surplus of thirty-six thou sand and ninety-seven pounds eight shillings and four pence, will be applied, under the provisions of the said Act, between the 6th day of April, 1858, and the 30th day of June, 1858, to the following purposes, viz, : To be applied toward■ the reduction of the National Debt £9,024 7 1 Add Interest receivable on account of Donations and Bequests, to be applied to the purchase of stock £12,502 9 8 A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller General. National Debt Office, March 29, 1858. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 6, 16th Regiment of Foot General Sackville Hamilton Berkley, from the 75th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Major- Genor $.l Cecil Bisshopp, C. B. deceased. 75th Regiment of Foot----Major General St. John Augustus Clerks to be Colonel, vice General Berkeley, removed to the 16th Foot, COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT Wiltshire—Wm. Arthur Heatheote, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regi ment of Royal Lancashire Militia Ensign Edwin Rickard Lloyd to be Lieutenant, vice John Robert Leigh, resigned; Henry Edward Butler, Gent., to be Ensign, vice James Hardcastle, resigned. Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment—George Dixwell Grimes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Charles Atty, promoted. Lit or Western- Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Ensign Wm. Herring, to be Lieutenant, vice Tegart, resigned. 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia —James W. Crow. Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Jay, appointed to her Majesty's Regular Forces. sth Regiment of West York Militia—Samuel Hamby, Gent., to be Ensign ; William Waddington, Gent., to be . . _ _ _ _ The following article is substituted for that which ap peared in the Gazette of 23d March last : Prince Albert's° wn Leibest,rshire Volunteer Cavalry-- Cornet Hugh Stratford Stratford to be Captain Lieutenant, vice Brooks, resigned ; John Bainbrigge Story the younger, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Stratford, promoted. BANKRUPTS. Chad Fisher Richardson, victualler, Stoke Newingto n , to surronder, April 15 , at twelve, sndAlay 14, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Dove, chemist and druggist, Clay Cross, Derby shire, April 17 and May 29, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Thomas Plummer Craven, painter, Scarborough, April 2) and May 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Henry Morris, iron merchant, Tipton, Staffordshire, April 19 and May 10, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. John Powell and Thomas Powell, awl blade makers, Birmingham, April 17, and May 6, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Cana. George Bennett, outfitter, Whitechapel, April 19, at two, and May 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Phenix, brewer, Ruabon, Denbigb, April 20, and May 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Robert Frost, stationer, Teignmouth, April 14, and May 13, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Willatt and Williams, earthenware manufacturers, Stoke-upon-Trent, April 17 and May 6, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. JacOb Wicks, broker, Bristol, April 19 at twelve, and May 17 at eleven, Bristol District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Andrew Gardiner, farmer, Foulsykes, Lanarkshire. Archibald Young, merchant, Leith. Duncan Wilkie, farmer, Bowden, Roxburghshira. Robert Jack, tinplate worker, Glasgow. John Martin Banks, auctioneer, Dundee. Laurence AVLaren, plumber, Stirling. John Morrison, painter, Perth. Robert Hamilton, grocer, Stonhouise, Lanarkshire. Robert Ross, farmer, Broadmire, Aberdeenshire. White, Fairweather and Company, silk mercers, Aberdeen. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Aceountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-House, April 1, 1858. Notice is hereby given to all persoi s interested therein, that preparations are now making for the intended distri bution of proceeds arising from the schooner, Name Un known, captured on the sth August, 1857, by her Ma jesty's ship Myrmidon. Agents or other persons having any just and legal demand unliquidatod again-t the said proceeds, are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Regis trar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and ..flowed by that Officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court. Agents and all other per: ons holdin g p owers o f A ttorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Depart ment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admi ralty, Somerset-house." Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in th• London Gazette of the date proposed for the commencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in tho respective classes will be an nounced. . • BIR,TIIS AND DEATHS IN LONDON. Tile total number of deaths registered in London in he week that ended on Sat ID day, April 3, was 1,374. In the t-n years, 1848 57, the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last, week was 1,392, hut as the deaths of last week occurred in an lucre 'Bed population, they should be compare :I with the av2rage, after the latter has been raised proportionally to the increase, a correc tion which will make it 1,531. The deaths now retut nod are, the , efore, less by 157 .112. n. the num ber which the average rate of mortality would have produced. - The registration of last week exceeds that of the previous week to the extent of 106 deaths ; but the excess arises from deaths, on which inquests had been held, having been enter, d in the registers in more than their due proportion, at the end of the quarter, and not f rom an increased rate of mortality. This will he evident when it is stated that cases in which roue itis, pneumenia, and asthma were fatal, declined in the two weeks from 271 to 258 ; where's deaths produced by mechanical or chemical injuries increased frum 50 to 113. The same ex- planation applies to au increaseof "sudden" deaths, of which the cause is un Ascertained or not defined, from 1.4 to 27. The more from hooping-cough has declined in the last three weeks according to the fol owirig numbers-83, 72, and 66. The mean temperature rose in the third week of March to • 48 deg. (Nhich is higher by 15 deg. than it had been in the earlier part of the month) ; but in the last two weeks the air has not been so warm, the means having been 47 deg. and 45 deg. Measles, fr,m whica 59 children died, of whom 31 were under two years of age, is exceedingly fatal in the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, where six , boys, whose ages varied from six to ten years, died . from the complaint, 2on the 26th ult., 2 on the ,* 27th, lon toe 28th, and lon the 29th. A young man oied in the same institution, on the 25th, of ' rheumatic fever. Three children died of measles in the sub-d , strict of Christchurch, Marylebone, 3 in Bow, and 3 in St. James, Bermondsey. Two p• rsons die.l of destitution on the same day, March 31: a seaman, aged 56 years, in St. Bar tholomew's Hespital, and the wife of a labourer, aged 40, in the workhouse, St. Margaret, West minster. Of 113 violent deaths included in the present return, 100 occurred accidentally, 3 were by murder or manslaughter, and 10 by suicide. The three oldemt individuals who paid the debt of nature, were aged respectively 93, 94, and 96 ' years. Last week the births of 872 boys and 863 girls, in all 1,735 children, were registered in London. In the ten cerreipondiug weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number was 1,801. a ountr y Markets LIVERPOOL APRIA 6. During the week our imports have been moderate of el articles, still the trade continues very inactive, and prices remain unaltered, tk , ugh the tendency is downwards. There was a fair attendance at our market this morning, with a better general demand for wheat at prices of this day se'nnight. Flour was rather neglected, but cannot be quoted cheaper. Oats the turn dearer, and meal steady. Barley, beans, and peas firm without change in price. Indi to corn in poor demand, and the turn in favour of buyers. Black Sea, ;As to 34s 6d; American new, mixed and yellow, 33s 6d; old, 33s 9d to 345; white, 335 6d. LEEDS-Arßth 6. Tarmere wheat in very short supply, and Saturday's prices fully supporte,t. South country and foreign wheat in better demand, at a slight improvement on Saturday's prices. Flour firmer. Bailey scarce and higher. Oats steady sale, and more money paid. NE WCASTLE-Arm 6. The supplies of grain are limited. There is a good attend ance of buyers, and all useful wheats are in fair demand, at fully Is per quarter advance from Friday's rates. The inquiry flags for barley, and sale slow at former prices. Beans and oats fully as dear. Other articles before. Averages for the week : Wheat, 44s 4d Oats, 25s 21d I Peas, 42s Od. Barley, 35s 10d I Beans, 39s 6id I Rye, —s Od. NORWICH CATTLE—APRIL 6. The show of fat beasts were small and the sales were dull, folly one fourth remaining unsold : Fat beasts, 7s to Is 6d ; prime, 8s Od per stone ; being about same as last week. sheep, 42 s t o 44 s p er h ea d , an d good store pigs 18s to 245. Fut pork, 5s to 6s 6d; prime, 83 6d per stone of 141bs. COURSE OF Fac I - 4 AN GE.--YEsTERpAY. nateraam.. •• Il i 6 Uibranar .. •- -•— Ditto, three months 11 17% Leghorn .. •• •• . - 29 80 aotterdam . 11 17X tienoa Antwerp 25 57,,, dilan .....•• . Brussels ........ .. 25 37l Venice aamburgh •• •• •• 13 6 ►4 sapiep -•••.••••••••• 41 Altona •••• •• •... •• •... .. Palermo ...• •... 125 Paris• • ...... •• . 25 10 Messina .• .• 125% Do. three months .. 25 37% Lisbon .. Marseille+ , 25 40 Oporto .....• .• •• •• •• •• 51% Bourdeaux r • • • • • • • • • ~ itio Janeiro...... •• •- Frankfort-on- tiiaine .... 118% Buenos Ayres.. •• •• .. .. Berlin • . New York.6o days' sight Vienna 10 35 Philadelphia •• . ... Trieste •• .. •• •• 10 36 j PRICES OF BULLION. PER oz: Petersburg 35% 'Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Madrid . 49 'Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz ......... • ..... 49% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 Barcelona •• New Dollars Seville ...... ••.•• • •• .. ,Silver in bars ••• • , • 0 5 1% LOCAL SHARE MAREBTA LIVERPOOL-APRIL 6. - STOCK EXCHANGE—The market opened quiet and be. came firmer, closing at the best, with little doing. Birkeu heads, 69 , t 70—Caledoni :n•, 43# A -Chester and Holy heads, 184 a —Eastern Counties, 11i 13-16—Bast Lan cashire, 86i 7 4 -Gre%t Western 58i 84—Lancashire and Yorkshire, , 84 A London and North Western, 941 i Sheffields, 36$ s--Midlands, 93i ,i—North British, 121 Berwicks, 22 q 35 York and North Midland, 36i 7 Leeds Northern, 234 —Dovers, 215 3-16—DutchRhenish r 3,j die.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 11 13-16 15-16—Great Western of Canada, 194. Li) RMI N (}RA Al , APRIL 6. STOOK EXCHANGE. —This market was tolerably brisk to-,lay, and prices arm. South Staffords were done at 101 London an North Westerns closed at 93—Shropshire Unions at 46Gieat Wesrerns, 57 to 58 i—Great Wester* Birmingham Guaranteed Stock, 74. ~~APJUH N.STEk, APRIL 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The market opened firmer, sad s fair business was done at the improvement. Prices, how• ever, were a shade e.sier at the close. Sheffields, 36g- Ditto Preference, 121—Dovers, 21—Midlands, 938--Lon• dons, 941--Eastern Counties, 11i—Leeds, 884—Great Western of Canada, new, 2 -16 d.—Caledonians, 86i —Grand Trunks, 11 13-16—Birkenhead Stock, 70. LEEDS, APRIL 6. STOCK EXCHANGE. - North-Westerns, 84 North Eastern, Yorks, 7 4—Midlands, 93i # i—Leeds, 884-- North-Eastern (Berwick), 94. BIRTIIS. GORRINGE—On the 17th ult., at Port Louis, Mauritius, the wife of J. Gorriuge, Esq., M.D., Surgeon of ILL'S 4th (the King's Own) Regiment, of a son. BRoWNLOW—On the 23d Jan., at Almorah, the wife of Captain Charles St. George Brownlow, of 11 son. SHURRICIC—On the sth Feb., at Sydapett, Madras, the wife of Charles Shubriek, Esq., M.C.S., of a son. DRAYNER—On the 21st Feb., at Haltier, near Yizagapa• tam, the wile of Captain A. H. Drayner, 43d Mai.'" of a son. BATTYE—On the 28th Feb., at Bombay, the wife of Captain Montague J. Battye, Fort Adjutant, of a son. PAGET- On the 2d March, at sea, off Vingorla, on her way from Bombay to Belgaum, tho wife of Captain Leo• pold G.inibton Paget, Royal Artillery, of a son. BRODRICK —On the sth inst., at Dalston-rise, the wife of Thomas Brodrick, Esq., of the Duchy of Cornwall office, Buckingham-gate, St. James's, solicitor, of • daughter. NOURSE—On the 6th inst., at Eltham, Kent, the wife of Wm. E. C. Nourse, Esq., F.R.C.S., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. JONES—BUCHANAN — On the Ist Deo , 1857, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of New Zealand, Humphrey Stanley Jones, Esq., of Llynon, Anglesea, Assistant-Commis. sary-General, to Emma, eldest daughter of Andrea► Buchanan, Esq., M.D., formerly of the Commercial road, London. STANLEY—CHAPMAN—Oa the 3d inst., at Broadstairs Church, by the Rev. K Newell, Wm. B. Stanley, sou of Mr. W. Stanley, of Margate, to Mary Ann Poole Chap. man, niece of Mis. Poole, of Broadstairs. _ _ REID —H - On the sth inst., at the parish church, Gloucestershire, by the Rev. George Ridout, Vicar, Samuel R e id , E sq of Swansea, youngest son of John. Reid, Esq., Valley House, Newland, Gloucestershire, to Edith, youngest daughter of the late George Hoz.. ham, Esq., formerly of the Rhyddings, Swansea. HUXHAM—INVCORQUODALE At the same time and place, Rortensios Ruxham, Esq., of Cwm Rhondda, Panty. , pridd, Glamorganshire, eldest son of the late George Fluxhara, Esq., formerly of the Rhyddings, Swansea, to Eleanor Emma, youngest daughter of John lit`Corquo• dale, Esq., late oi. Ardeuconnel Cottage, Helensbargh, Glasgow. DEATHS. GEPP—On the 12th F e b. l as t, in the 22d year of his a ge, at Hul wanee, near N ynee T a l, Lieutenant Th omas Syd ney Gdpp, 6 th Uhoorkas, eldest son of Thomas Morgan Gepp, of Chelmsford, from the effects of wounds received in action (: n the 19th of the same month, at the battle of Chumpoolah. CURRIE-0 n the 17th Feb., at Quilon, Malabar Coast, Willi a m Frederick Currie , M D., eldest surv iving son of the the l ace o the C laud 27 ur at Gibraltar, William Thos. H o skin, Surgeon of her M a j es ty' s 31 s t R eg i men t of Foot, aged 3 6 , only survivi ng ic__i Cth March,tie Ho , Physie'an-General, Madras. son of John Hoskin, Esq., of Stamfordroad, Kingsland. MARTIN -On the 30th March, in his 39th year, Francis Martin, Esq., surgeon, Notting-hill, Kensington, third son of the late Mr. Henry Martin, of North-street, Brighton. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNDi of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the counlY of Middlesex, Wednesday s April 7, 1858, CHI T' BENT.— admissior Introduce numeraw commenc Back, le. pRc s, Afternoon departure 5 5.: Rai( Private B Library, 3 GR} Eque‘tria: Ilundrod ALGA,An ancea eac Eight o'c 31. 3 8 ; F Gallery, 6 for bookthi AD' Act of Par ducted by r., ° TTE, of .r. Case The above Irate Balls, It eOnn, G C AS] DRESS B iftilshed pa Pleasing d Under his ball the m Dancing i !gentlemen' admissions NEW dailj Market. 1 Blood ;" at Beard ; " Dr. KAHN Muieum h ltaha's 9 L ° ,31 7) from CI RRI —7 II the Mill and Fame. Artisteg_", a la Risley Ilneittor of f Action e betnon"— , h alf -Past s at half-past &C. —One 9 On Frida In which a half-an-hou " 0 the Posses: mulch) , te 1 61b. bag of —Ware of I Bent season, G. 11. sut proved and With coEna MEI AS Place, Loud, loans on adi ista. roll Assured, prc of grace , 0 FFI also L I YES witt the 17817 AL T TEEM RATE! Precrdam! li fts, Cr Ron The Diree Periods. The Coln lOU,. LONDC EDINI3 LAMM GLASG NOR 141 Plant 'Solicits Capital of Reroute 1 lne-tent 411 " I ded amp All Profit the Proats ! More clivis The Bent 90 Per cent, 4, lank I WPM ..sh SOW] ed 1837 1 " been an, ? " - " Il elea of a ~, .'"u 4 , 441 pren the death b O f gram T ---, 11 ZL lVOlvere i VIVI ED; ?„, "m. der Samuel R John E ll! F.R.S. rroftissol Iressrs. G 'l) e nexl - "LaY, 1860. Policy taken •ut in The folic national L The g ee Two.thi " T e Years Its subs 4 I ts hive u " ° ne hur Its an , The About o S ince it , Of three hi Per pro tan, 142, 142, Str Xrif A.] patent on TRIES devoid of Rold ti, Valoean, TR' . L. too lona r strength now In th whatever WAGE, Effectual] eradicate forms, if trine, P Copafy'■ ruin of tl Arica Is, °Pinion s tion3 for Pedime r dreadful „ b enefits ,-Derm at the a $44 trOr 14 45 " 1848 -18t1 Phan . ' J. El