The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-08 00:00:00

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The Atlantic Telegraph is at fault. Whether the stoppage be a temporary or a permanent one — whether it is caused by some flaw in the cable within such limits that it can be detected and reme died—is yet to be determined. There is no great cause for despondency in the present interruption. It rather sets forth the necessity of more cables. Now we find we can lay a cable two miles deep in the sea, and that a cable so laid can be made to transmit electric signals, it seems a folly to depend upon all the chances and accidents which may happen to a single line. During the short time this single cable has been laid down between Ireland and Newfoundland, the signals to Newfoundland have once before ceased. Mr. Whitehouse discovered the cause of the interruption. There was a faulty portion of the cable near Valentia ; it was fortunately easily accessible. As soon as it was taken up and repaired, the electrical communication was re-established. This interruption happened while the President's reply to the Queen's message was waiting at New foundland to be transmitted. It must appear very curious, if not inexplicable, to those of our readers who are not familiar with the mode in which elec trical telegraphy is carried out, that while no sig nals could be sent from Ireland to Newfoundland, they could be - received in Ireland from Newfound land. To electricians like Mr. Whitehouse the cause ;of this is obvious. But the phenomena of electrical telegrapy are so novel to most people, that we shall -be excused if we endeavour to make our readers appreciate the obviousness of the cause. The bond of electrical union between Ireland and. Newfoundland consists of a copper strand, contain ing seven twisted wires of pure copper. Each wire is not much thicker than a thread of sewing silk, and a section of the rope formed by the twist ing of all seven not much larger than the head of an ordinary sized pin. Such is the thickness of the electrical road to America under the depths of the ocean. The gotta percha coverings of this copper rope, as well as its hempen and iron wire sheathings, are only for the insulation and support of the precious core. Of the marvels of modern electricity, perhaps the most astounding is this, that either water or earth will serve as a return wire for the telegraph. When the electric telegraph was first introduced, it was supposed to be necessary to lay down, or erect, two insulated wires, between the stations from and to which signals were to be received and despatched. Supposing, for instance, we wished to communicate between London and Edinburgh ; the electrical current could only be sent from London to Edinburgh, so as to record itself, upon the con dition that there should be some means by which it should travel back again to the place whence it started. The electrical current could only be created in London, and detected at Edinburgh , by the exis tence of two electrical roads, one to carry the cur rent and the other to return it, so as to establish what is called a complete or closed circuit. This required two wires, one to carry the message shock, wave, or current, from London to Edinburgh, the other to return it. It was soon discovered, first, that wherever there existed an unbroken body of - water it might be substituted for.the return wire ; and secondly, that the earth itself, for all known distances of electrical stations, might be similarly used. How it comes that earth or water acts as a means of enclosing or completing the electrical circuit, is not yet well understood. It is one of many mar vels of science, well determined, yet hard to grasp intellectually. Electrical waves or currents, call them what you will, have been transmitted from Ireland to Newfoundland through 2,000 miles of copper rope not thicker than a bodkin ; these cur rents have found their way back through the earth, under the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, accurately to the spot from whence they started. How have they found their way back again ? Has the subtle lightning forced a path through the shortest mathe matical line from the spot where the copper wire dipped into the earth at Newfoundland, to that where the other end of the wire was buried in Ire land ? Are we to conceive some marvellous fluid flowing, or some equally marvellous vibration of particles of matter transmitted, by the shortest route, between the two earth ends of the cable, or is it diffused through the surface of the earth for some unknown distance on each side of this narrow path? Ai., we, instead of these processes,-so -hard to con ceive. to suppose the earth a great reservoir of neu tralisation for molecular disturbance, so that the particles of the wire being disturbed by electrical vibrations, the earth at both ends of the wire may neutralise these vibrations, when both the ends are in contact with it ? These are some of the scientific speculations as to the rationale of the fact that the earth serves asma return-wire for any lengths of electrical cable, provided that cable be kept through out its whole length out of electrical communication with the earth. !The scientific digression is necessary to render conceivable the fact stated by Mr. Whitehouse, that , the transmission of signals from Newfoundland tt'S' Ireland continued uninterrupted, while they could not be transmitted from rreland to Newfoundland. If the copper rope had been completely broken across and the ends separated from contact, no signals could have been sent either way. But if there existed a leakage of electricity near one of the stations, or a diminution in the conductibility of the wire by its attenuation, or some other cause, a signal might be received at that station, though it could not be transmitted from it. The intensity of a current of electricity sent through any length of electric wire or cable is dimi nished in some ratio, depending upon the length of the wire through which it passes. The current, which may be of great intensity as it leaves New foundland, becomes much weaker as it reaches Ire land. As it leaves Newfoundland it would perhaps paralyse you ; as it nears Ireland you might take it with impunity. Now, if there be an interruption or leakage, not a total stoppage, of the electrical current near Ireland, the current sent from Newfoundland to Ireland might suffer a great diminution of intensity near its destination, and yet be strong enough to make itself manifest to the recording instrument in Ireland. On the other hand, the current sent from Ireland to Newfoundland, suffering a great loss of intensity near its starting point, might not, after its diminution of intensity, be able to record its presence at Newfoundland. The deep and intense interest which all must feel in the present interruption of communication be tween the Old and New World must be our apology for endeavouring to popularise an abstruse point of science. The letter of Mr. Whitehouse is most satisfactory in one respect—it makes us hope that the cause of the interruption may - be from some injury to the shore end of the cable, either near Ireland or Newfoundland. We cannot enter into the dissensions between Mr. Whitehouse and the directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, so long as only one side of the question is presented to the public. All personal discord and difference becomes insignificant when compared with the great question now at stake. There are numerous causes which may have pro duced the interruption of electrical communication. A single hole through the gutta percha or insulat ing covering of the copper wire, no larger than sufficient to allow a single hair of the head to pass anywhere between the wire and the outer casing of iron or the water, occurring at any point of the whole length of two thousand miles of cable, would produce the fatal result. It must also be borne in mind that the mysterious interruption for some minutes fcommunication between th e Agamemnon and the Niagara ' after the faulty piece of rope had been disappeared, p o aired, which p afterwards as mysteriously disaphas never accounted for. The raising the temperature of any portion of the gutta percha sheath from 42 deg. to 60 or 70 might be productive of a serious inter ruption of the electric current. In addition to all this, we have the extraordinary pranks of terres trial magnetism. The history of the preliminary proceedings T eeedings of the Atlantic elegraph, published It year by the directors of the company, contains the followi w p the bounds instructive .. passage :—" It is within possibility that the perturbing °in fluence of terrestrialof magnetism, especially during the occurrence magnetic storms, may prove to a certain extent troublesome.lt is so even on shorter circuits. The superintendent tl(i)f the magnetic and meteorological department Mr. Glashier note Roy Observatory at Greenwich, unfrequently finds indications of the coincidence of s magnetic disturbance with failure in the els serviceo the editor of f of certain (it o lines of electric tele g ra p h. Re t er who suspect e d the officials a provincia l newspap er s p of a telegraph of being in league against him to -withhold certain information which he required, when the Greenwich se lf-registering instruments were recording on the ir p a p er a perfect tornado of magnetic oscillations , lo okin g on their linear and tabulated sketch like some wondrous Alpine land of jagged peaks and abrupt valleys.." Whatever may be the nature of the present in vestigation, whether tempora r y or permanent, we must remember that the great problem —against the possibility of which so many chances of failure seemed arrayed—of the possibility of electrical communication between the Old World and the New has been satisfactorily solved.—Daily Hews. SOUTII KENSINGTON MUSEUM.—During the week ending 4th Sept., 1858, the visitors have been as fol low :—On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, 3575 - on Monday a n d Tuesday, free evenings, 5,289 ; n th e three students' days ( a d m i ss i on t o th e public, _6d.) 595 ; one students' evening, Wednesd a y, 123 ; t o t a l, 9,882. From 'the opening of the Museum, 581,440. THE .RAILWAY CATASTROPHE NEAR DUDLEY. Yesterday Mr. T. M. Phillips, coroner, resumed the inquest at the Bell Hotel, Brierly-hill, on the bodies of 13 of the 24 persons who have died from the collision on the 23d August, on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, near to Brettel-lane station. The inquest upon Mrs. Rogers, who died at Tip ton on the night before the last inquest, was opened a day or two ago, before Mr. Hinchcliffe, coroner for that district, but upon the application of Mr. King, solicitor for the railway company, it was ad journed until the sth October,, after this inquest is concluded. John Cording, the under-guard in the train that separated, deposed—l lived at Worcester on the 23d of last month, when I accompanied an excur sion train from Wolverhampton to Worcester. Frederick Cook was the head guard. Heard no complaints of defective machinery or engine on that morning ; 29 carriages in our part of the train arrived at Worcester. We put on some extra car riages at Dudley. One engine left Wolverhamp ton. There were two guards' vans. I rode in the front van. At Tipton, before we put on more car riages at Dudley, four or five persons were in my van. I had them in my van because there was no room for them in the train. lam not aware that anything broke down before we arrived at Brettel lane. Some more carriages were put on at Stour bridge ; about seven carriages were put on at Dud ley. After repairing the broken shackle at Brettel lane we started, having before taken in more passengers, When Cook gave me the signal at Brettel-lane that all was ready for starting, I gave it to the engine -driver, Jonas Lockwood. Another engine having been put on at Dudley, there was another driver also. His name was Thomas Benson. The shackle broke just as we were starting from Brettel-lane, about 15 carriages from the front; one bow of the shackle was broken, and the other bow pulled off one of the pins upon which it worked. Cook was at the point of breakage when I got down, and he replaced the broken shackle with a strong goods chain. Another breakage took place at Hag ley, instantly after we left the station. In that case also the shackle was broken. We repaired that breakage by hooking on the spare shackle that was suspended near to the broken one. The assistant superintendent, Mr. Charles Harris, was in the train from Dudley to Worcester. I don't know whe ther Mr. Harris or the head guard made a report of the accident at Worcester. Before we left Worces ter at night the chains were all repaired but one. I saw them. They were repaired by a blacksmith. I don't know what chains were used in coming back from Worcester. We left Worcester at 6.30. In the first portion of the - train from Worcester there were 29 or 30 carriages. H. Cook had the charge of the first portion. There was one engine at starting, but we put on a secogiVengine at Stour bridge to take us up the incline from that place to Dudley. Robt. M'Gee was the driver of the engine that was put on at Stourbridge. Nothing occurred till we got to Round Oak station. Just before we got to that station I looked out, and saw that the train was all right. Just as the signal was given to go on again from Round Oak, the engine-driver Burke told me that the train had divided. The breakage did not, to my knowledge, occur till the breaks were put on at the station. After Burke had told me that the train had broken and gone adrift I looked out and saw that the lights behind had gone. I then went back to where the breakage had taken place. The number of the carriage from which the shackle broke was 114, through Bristol and Liverpool. The side chains of 114 through car riage were not broken, but the side chains of the carriage to which it was connected were broken. I went back with some carriages, and,under the direc tion of Mr. Ivetts, brought on some of the wounded in a train of 12 carriages. The break I had coming back Cook had in the morning. It was in good working order. I saw Cook at the place of the collision. He did not complain about sly portion of the couplings and seemed quite sober. The Coroner—Do you think, if the break had been,properlrapplied the train could have been stopped before the collision took place ? Mr. King—We have scientific evidence on that point. The Coroner—But surely this man, having been in the habit of working trains upon the line for years, is able to give some practical information. Witness resumed—He did not think that the guard could have stopped it on that night, because the rails were greasy. By the Foreman—l did not perceive any jerking in the morning, and heard no complaints from pas sengers wishing to get out. lam quite sure that the train did. not break until we got to the Brettel t lane station. By the Foreman—The coroner cautioned me not to say anything that might criminate myself ; but before coming here I was twice under examination. Mr. King objected that, as he was the solicitor of the company, all communications that had taken place between him and the witness were confidential. Mr. Sheriff said he wished that the witness should answer any question that might be put to him. By the Foreman—There is a rule against passen gers riding in the guard's van, but we don't like to leave passengers behind. It is not usual to allow passengers to ride in those compartments of second class carriages where there are breaks. By Mr. Burbridge (solicitor for the deceased) — I have never been on any other narrow gauge line than the Oxford and Worcester Railway, and can not therefore speak to the proportionate number of breaks employed in trains. In this train in the morning I think that in addition to the break vans there was a second-class carriage with a break to it. By . Mr. Ellsworth, solicitor—When I was acting as assistant-guard I had 18s. a-week. I was porter as well. Before I was made porter and assistant guard I was a lamp cleaner, and received 16s. a week. There were some schoolboys in my van in the morning, and at Brettel-lane the stationmaster directed me to take in more persons till we got to Stourbridge, where there were some more carriages put on. Mr. Phillips, the stationmaster at Round Oak, might have seen me several times, but I cannot account for his not knowing me. I was dressed as a porter. Ido not know how many persons there were in Cook's van. By Mr. King—The number of one of the carriages where the breakage took place was 114, but I don't know the number of the other. The shackle of No. 114 was broken, but the side chains of the carriage were not broken ; of the other carriage one of the side chains was broken. The screw pin of the side chain on that carriage was stripped through the nut. I saw No. 114 and the other carriage coupled toge ther at the scene of the accident. After they had been coupled I proceeded with them and others to Wolverhampton and pointed them out to Drink water, the inspector of carriages' there. On the day . after the accident I took No. 114 to Gransmore, the inspector of carriages, and also to Brown the platform inspector. Joseph Williams, boatman, of King-street, 'Wor cester, said—l was coming back from Worcester in the train that broke. I left Dudley in the morning. On coming back from 'Worcester there were more persons in the guard's van than myself, the guard, Cook, and Marshall, the deceased. There were about six. The guard said, " Jump out, lads, there will be an accident." He had been trying to stop the train with his break, but we did not know that we were going back till he told us. When he told us to jump I don't know what took place after wards, I was so frightened, I got up to the other end of the van. I don't know whether Cook jumped out. Before then I don't know whether he used the break. When he was using the break I did not perceive any alteration in the speed of the carriage. I was quite sober. I was hurt the forehead. As far as I can recollect I was thrown out. 'When I came to my senses I was by the side of the broken carriages on the line. By the Foreman—l had not been drinking on that day. By a juror—Cook was not absent from his van from - Worcester to the place of the accident. There was no light in the van. Cook was sober. I have had £5 from the company as compensation for the injuries I have received. By the Coroner—Cook did not complain about the break, By Mr. Ellsworth—Only two or three minutes elapsed between the time of the guard telling us to w of he t n he l ageid e _ his.lum i. o . u . t oanndthtehbe break k e tolednCus C to o o jump. When the accident happened th ere were only three persons. By a solicitor—l had received my £5 before I came here. Mr. King protested against questions being put which reflected upon the company. Such questions were most unprofessional. The company, desirous of affording all the information in their power, had heard that Williams l was in the guard's van, and so sent for him to give evidence A juror —I think he had better go, Mr. Coroner ; we can get nothing out of him. Frederick C oo k , of . Worcester, the guard before referred to, after being iede cautioned by the Coroner, excursion train from Wolverhampton t o W orcester on Cording was his under-guard, and t s h o e na 23d August. was the engiue-driver. Th ere were2h4Lockwood carriages and two break vans. We had eight more caiTi at Dudley and also additional passengers, with another engine. Nothing occurred till we got to Brettel-lane. There a shackle and the two side chains broke at about 14 carriages from th last van. I fetched four big links from the behind van, put a scrag into the wheel of one of the carriages, and made the carriages ti gh t . The porter at the station agifited 111 e to do the work. I don't kII9W THE SUN, LONDON, 'WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1869. if Mr. Hart, the station-master, was there. We attached five more coaches at Stourbridge. At Hagley, the next station from Brettel-lane, we were just starting out of the station as at Brettel-lane, when a shackle and two side chains broke at about 12 carriages from the behind van. I there hooked on the second shackle at that point, and we went on again. At Droitwich I found another shackle had broken, and the train was held together by the two side chains. I took in some passengers at Prince's End, expecting that there would be room at Dudley. The Coroner—But you were acting contrary to the company's rules in doing so, were you not ? Witness—Yes ; but rather than leave them be hind I took them in. Coroner—Were the men. sober ?—Witness—Yes. Coroner—Did they work the break ? Witness—At Netherton and Round Oak ; and I asked one of the men to take off the break. Coroner—Was there smoking there ? Witness—There was, sir. Coroner—Didn't they use your break all the way to Worcester. Witness—No, sir, they did not. I did not com plain about the couplings at either of the stations. I did not at Worcester, for Mr. Harris was with us. In coming back the first train was composed of 27 carriages and two break vans and one engine till we came to Stourbridge, where a second was put on to help us up the bank. The Coroner—ls that usual ? Witness—l have been piloted up before. There were several persons in my van coming from Wor cester. All went well till we got to Round Oak. I told only two persons to get into the van at Wor cester. The inquest was then adjourned for a week. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Creasy.) John Knight, 28, cabman, was indicted for feloniously assaulting Mary Catherine Barry, put ting her in bodily fear, and stealing from her person a purse containing £1 19s. 6d. in money, a mantle, a parasol, a pair of boots, four sleeve studs, and a handkerchief, her property ; and in a second indict ment he was charged with having assaulted her with intent to ravish, for unlawfully and in decently tearing her clothes from her body, and for a coin, mon assault. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Austin appeared for the prosecution, instructed by the Associate Institute for the Protection of Women ; Mr. Ribton defended the prisoner. Mr. Sleigh, in opening the case, said it was one undoubtedly of a very serious nature, for if the prisoner were really guilty of the crime imputed to him by the prosecution he had been guilty of as gross an outrage as could well be conceived. -It would be his duty to place the evidence before the jury, who, of course, would analyse it well, and if they had any doubt about the prisoner's guilt, of, course they would give him the benefit of it ; but if they were satisfied that it proved the case against him, they would perform their duty in the interests of society by finding him guilty. The case was then gone into at great length. On the 27th of July, the prosecutrix, a young woman about 23 years of age, who gave her evidence with great propriety and decorum, and who stated that she was a servant at Ashley's Hotel, in Henrietta street, Covent-garden, a situation she had been in about 11 months, had leave to go to Islington to see a lady named Bennett, of whom she was desir ous of borrowing a small sum of money with which she wanted to provide something for a sister Hiring in Bermondsey who had been confined. She pro ceeded to Islington from the Strand by one of the " Favourite" omnibuses, and -got to Miss Bennett's at about six o'clock, and after staying there be tween two and three hours, she left, and Miss Bennett's servant went to see her to the omni bus, but it was a very wet night and all the omnibuses were full. They went into a public house, and had six pennyworth of brandy-and water, for which the prosecutrix paid with a sove reign, one of two which Miss Bennett had lent her, and having placed the change in her purse, she and the servant walked on towards the cab-rank near the Angel. They engaged a Hansom cab, of which it was alleged the prisoner was the driver, and he asked ls. 6d. to take the prose cutrix to Covent-garden or Charing-cross, but upon the servant girl, Lucy Paynter, making some demur, he agreed to take her for Is., and she got in. When they had gone, as near as she could guess, about half the distance between Islington and Charing-cross, the cab drew up at a publichouse, without any direction from the prosecutrix, and the driver got off , the box and said, as it was a very wet night he should have a glass of ale, and asked the prosecutrix if she would take one with him. She assented, and he brought her a glass, the contents of which she drank off at one draught. The man then drove on, and from the moment the cab started she recollected nothing that occurred, and next morning, about six o'clock, she found herself in a wretched bed in a brothel, No. 4, George-street, St. Giles's, the best part of her clothes and her money gone. It appeared that shortly after ten o'clock the night the cab was hired the prisoner drove up to the Sussex Hotel, Duke-street, London-bridge, and ordered two glasses of ale, one of which - he drank himself, the other he handed to a woman (the prosecutrix) in the cab. From there, it would seem, ,he went to the Gregorian Arms, near St. James's-gate, Ber mondsey, kept by Mr. Alfred John Wrangham ; there was some little confusion as to the exact time, but it was supposed to be about eleven o'clock, and he had some conversation with Mr. Wrangham. He said he had got a woman in his cab quite drunk, whom he had taken up somewhere in Oxford-street or Holborn, that she was sober when he took her up, and she requested him to drive her to the Spa road station, Bermondsey, but when he got to the Gregorian- Arms he found she was asleep and drunk. He said, " What would you do, governor ? It's a - bad job." or something to that effect, and Mr. Wrangham told him that the beat thing he could advise him to do would be to take her back to as near as possible where he took her up, and that if she had not then recovered herself he had better take her to the nearest police station, and explain the matter there. To this he remarked, " How am I to recover my fare ?" and Mr.Wrangham told him he would take his number, and if he found it neces sary to summon the woman for his fare, he would attend on his behalf to state what he knew of the matter. After-this the prisoner asked the ostler if he would have a drop of gin, and he being nothing loth a quartern was procured, and after they had drunk a glass was handed to the woman in the cab, who drank a portion of its contents. He treated the ostler to more gin, and then asked him if he would like to earn 4d. Of course, he had no objec tion, and asked what he wanted him to do. The prisoner said it was to drive his cab up to London bridge, while he rode inside with the lady, and he said he didn't mind if his master would give him leave, but his master would not consent to his doing so, and on his returning to the cab to tell hi m he could not go, he found him kneeling on the cab in front of the woman. The prisoner then got up into the driving-box, and went off towards London bridge. The next that was heard of him was at the brothel in George street, where he made his appearance at a little before 12 o'clock, and asked a young man named Smith, a servant in the house, who went by the nickname of " Carrots," if he could engage a room for a young friend of his who wanted a lodging. Smith replied that he could, and the prisoner, having left ls. 6d. went away. In about an hour he returned with the prosecutrix, who was so drunk that she could not stand, and her head was leaning on his shoulder. He asked Smith to assist him with her upstairs ; he did so, and, when in the room, he a.-ked him to lend a hand in undressing her. The prisoner turned ;her pocket inside out, and Smith asked him to let him see what he took, as he should be held answerable for any that might be missed. The prisoner showed him a fourpenny piece, a halfpenny, a German coin, a pair of gloves, and a bunch of keys, and said she was a respectable young woman, and he did not mind paying ss. for her accommodation for the night, provided she was well taken care of, as he knew her to be respectable. Smith, according to his own statement, then said, " Well, if she is a respectab le woman, and s he looks one, this is not the prope r sort of p lace to brin g her to;''t a o of I'll see it all which the prisoner right in r right, she's the morning." He then, according to Smith's evidence, asked to be left alone for a while with the young woman, but Smith refused, and the pi-i -soner said " Why, she's a stranger to me as much as you are." " Why," said Smith, "you just told me she was respectable and a friend of yours ;" and the prisoner then said he had been driving about with her all the night long, and had brought her there for safety. Smith then told him to leave the room, which he did, and the door was locked. The prisoner then asked Smith to have a drop of gin, and they went to a public-house, and spent the fourpenny niece which he had taken from her pocket. While Smith was taking the gin the pri soner left the house, and he had been absent some little time, when Smith went back to the brothel, and then, he said, found that during his absence the door of the room in which the young woman was had been broken open, and her mantle, boots, &c., taken away. The prisoner had said he w ould cal in the morning, and he did so, but the prose cutrix was then gone, and Smith was not up, but they met in the evening, when they had a pot of ale. Smith stated that on that occasion he asked him if he had seen anything of the young woman, when he replied that if he heard no more about it he should keep all the money for hiniself. It was rum jo'l, and he had got the money at home with his wife, and meant to keep it for his fare. Smith swore the girl had no purse in her pocket when she was undressed. The prisoner promised to call again next morning, but he did not, and Smith did not see him again until he was in custody. A cab man named Parsons gave evidence to the effect that on the night in question he saw the prisoner in Broad-street, St. Giles's, about 12 o'clock, and he asked him to lend a hand to help him over the road with a young woman he had with him who was drunk, and for whom he had engaged a room in George-street. The prisoner having remarked that she was a friend of his, the witness said if she was, and was respectable, that was not a proper place to take her to, and that he ought to take her to a coffee-house. The p r isoner replied that he knew the place he was going to take her to was one of safety, and that he had tried to get her a lodging at a coffee-shop, but she was so drunk that they would not take her in. As the prisoner persisted in taking her to George street, he refused to help him, but he watched them into the house referred to. This witness, in cross examination, stated that he heard Smith say to the prisoner at the public-house, that if he, the pri soner, would give him half - a - sovereign,he would take it all upon his own " nut ;" but mith most positively swore that he never said anything of the kind.. In. consequence of information received through Mr. Ashley, the prosecutrix's master, Lambert, 68 F, made inquiries into the case, the result of which was that he went to a public-house in Mary-street, Hampstead-road, where he found the prisoner, and took him into custody. When told what the charge was, the prisoner said, " Oh, I know all about it. I have taken the money to the Bow-street police-station," and handed the wit ness a receipt, signed by Inspector M'Kenzie, of that station, for a purse, £l, and a set of studs. The officer told him the . slim stolen was X 1 19s. 6d. when he said, "No, there was only D. 6s. in the purse when I found it ; I wish to tell you all about it, but I hope you will not say anything to injure the waterman. He then stated that after he had taken the girl to 4, George-street, and. put her to bed; he went back to his cab, which was left in charge of the waterman, and on looking in the cab he found the purse (which: h • prosecutrix identi fied), and on looking in it he found £1 6s. ; that he put the sovereign in his own purse, and out of the 6s. paid ls. 6d: for the lodgings; that he then gave the ptirse to the waterman, who took 2s. out of it, and the remaining half-crown was spent between him, the waterman, and the man who assisted him to take the young woman to George-street. On tile 29th of July the prisoner did go to Bow-street station, and handed to the inspector .on duty, Mackenzie, a purse, a sovereign, and two pairs of studs, and said he had found them in his cab on the morning of the 28th of July. The inspector ob served that he was behind time, that the law was that all property so found must be delivered up within 24 hours. The prisoner made an excuse that he did not know that, being unable to read, and gave the following account how he came in possession of the articles :—" I was on the rank in Holborn ) tap of Chancery-lane, about 10 o'clock, on :the night of the 27th, when I was hailed by two young women, one of whom got in and ordered me to drive to London-bridge. On getting there I found she was so drunk I did not know what to do. I brought her back to Broad-street and got her a lodging at 4, George-street." The inspector said that was a brothel, and it was something very, extraordinary—who was the person ? He did not know, but said he went to the house next morning and could not find her, and he did not want to get into trouble by keeping her money. The inspector then gave him the receipt, which the prisoner gave to Lambert afterwards, and the prisoner said the purse when he found it contained £1 ls. 6d., and that he paid the ls. 6d. for her lodging. Subse quently he said the purse really contained D. 65., but as to any of the woman's clothes he left them with her at the house, and that if they were gone the people in the house must have done it. That was the substance of what he stated before the magistrate. The prosecutrix, in her evidence in chief, stated that she was positive she never gave the cabman any other direction than to go to Covent-garden or Charing-cross, and that the public-house where the driver stopped and gave her a glass of ale was on this side of London-bridge. Neither she f the ser vant Lucy Paynter, nor the waterman of the Isling ton cab rank, could identify the prisoner as the cabman who took her up. When she recovered her consciousness and found herself in such a miserable looking place she cried out " Where am I?" and finding the door locked she shook it, and a woman came up. She asked her how she came there, and the woman told her a cabman brought her, and she then told. the woman her money and clothes were gone. The woman refused to lend her a pair of boots, and she borrowed a pair from a person next door to go home in, and when she did get home she at once told the housekeeper and the other servants what had occurred, and an inquiry was at once instituted. In cross-examination she said, . the sister for whom she borrowed the money - lived in Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey, and she left her place on the 27th with the intention of going to her. She was positive she did not say it was too late for her to go home, and ask the cabman to get her a lodging. She had never been intoxicated before, but might have approached it once or twice at Christmas or some other holyday-time. She was sure she had not the slightest recollection of get ting into a second cab that night, and that she had her glass of ale on the way to Covent-garden, and most certainly on this side of London-bridge. If she had gone to the Surrey side she must have •known it, as she knew London very well. Parsons, in his cross-examination, said he heard Smith say that the prisoner was a- fool to think of giving the money up at the station, and that if half of it were given to him he would take all the blame ; but the prisoner said he would give it up, and as to the clothes they were stolen after he left the woman in the house, and he knew nothing of it. Mr. Ribton made a very able address to the jury for the prisoner. After reviewing the circum stances of the case, he suggested, as a solution of the whole affair, that the prosecutiix having the drink s h e h a d t a k en , an d hi re d reach of reached Holborn chan ge d h er m i n d un d er th e in flenceanother cab (the prisoner's) to go to her sister at Bermondsey, as she had i n t en d e d w h en s h e se t ou t in the morning; -else for what reason on earth could the prisoner have taken her to Bermond sey ? She admitted that he gave her a glass of ale, that was at the Sussex Hotel, which the prisoner acknowledged, and after she had drunk it she became drunk, and in that state, of course, afraid to go to her situation.; she asked him to procure her a lodging, and begged of him not to take her to the station-house on account of the disgrace that would follow. -He took her back to Holborn and tried to get a lodging at a coffee house, but she was so drunk they refused to take her in, and as a last resort he took her to this house in George-street, where he left her ; and if she was robbed of her clothes it was by Smith, whose oath was not worth a rush, or some one else in the house. Smith found it - very convenient to say.the prisoner left him at the publichouse, so as to make it appear probable that he went bask to the house and broke open the door of the room to rob the woman ; but if he had done so why did he go back next morning and actually go to the police station and deliver up the purse and money ? It was not proved that he was the cabman who took her up at Islington ; in all likelihood she discharged that cab, and being tipsy hired the prisoner to take her to Bermondsey. On the way she lost her senses, and he could not ' ascertain from her the right address. Under all the circumstances, he submitted that there really was no ground at all for this very serious charge against the prisoner, and that he ought to be acquitted. Mr. Creasy then summed up, and after minutely going through the evidence, told the jury that, even if they did not think the prisoner gave the girl the ale, whatever might have been in it, to deprive her of consciousness for the purpose of carrying out an intention of robbing her, or if they thought he might have had no base intention in taking her to such a place of infamy, as he did, in St. Giles', still, if they believed the evidence of Smith—and it was entirely for them to judge as to what that evidence was worth, regarding it in relation to the circum stances of that part of the transaction, the prisoner had undoubtedly committed a larceny in ransack ing the girl's pocket after they had got her up stairs and carrying off the contents, part being subse quently used by him to procure gin ; and, further, admitting that he found the purse and money in the cab, he appropriated part of it to himself according to his own account. The case would receive an at tentive consideration at the hands of the jury, with whom it entirely rested. The ju r y retired. In a short time they came into court, and said they found the prisoner guilty of simple larceny. It was then proved that the prisoner had kept two broth e l s i n the neighbourhood of the Hamp stead-road before he took to cab-driving. Mr. Creasy said the jury had found the prisoner guilty of larceny only, by which he understood to mea n th a t they acquitted him of that most serious charge of having diabolically plied this young woman with drugged drink for the purpose of robbing her and taking her to an infamous place with , perhaps,still worse intentions. Had he been found guilty on the first count the Court would have sentenced him to a very long term of penal servitude ; f or t unate l y for him the jury had not come to that conc l us i on . Treating this, therefore, as a case of simple larceny, as the jury had found it, he should sentence the prisoner to 10 months' hard labour. The trial laded oven hello and tt-hall;' P ()LICE INTELLIGENCE.—Sept. 7 MANSION-HOUSE.—Edwin James, aged 19, a well dressed smasher, who had been remanded upon charges of having passed two counterfeit half-crowns, at the shop of Mr. Pollard, a tobacconist in King William-street, was brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination. It will be remembered that at the former examination the prosecutor stated that during the last few weeks he had taken over his counter nearly a pound's worth of counter feit coin. From thp frequent visits of the prisoner, he sus pected him to be the man who had victimised him. A few days ago the prisoner entered the shop, and asked to be supplied with some cigars, tendering him a counterfeit half crown in payment. He was then given into custody. Evidence was also adduced of his having on a previous occasion passed a counterfeit half-crown to the prosecutor's brother-in-law. T. Allen, constable, 448, said that from information he received he went to the lodgings of the prisoner in Hill street, Lambeth-walk. He there found the prisoner's mother and brother. They both refused to give any account of the prisoner. Witness had ascertained that prisoner's mother had taken the house in the name of Crosley, but was living there in the name of Page. The Lord Mayor committed the prisoner, who deelinet making any defence for trial, and desired the constable to inform the metropolitan police of the circumstances which had come to his knowledge respecting the prisoner's family. Mary Patten, a native of Darmstadt, who had been remanded upon the charge of having attempted to pass a flash £lO note at the shop of Mr. D. Lonsdale, a draper, in High-street, Aldgate, was again brought up. J. Tomkins, constable 587, said he had ascertained that the prisoner, previous to entering the shop of the prose cutor, had visited the establishment of Messrs. Bramwell, silversmiths, of Leadenhall-street. She there offered a flash note in payment for a watch which she selected, but was told by one of the firm that it was utterly worthless. The Lord Mayor—How was it that after going into a silversmith's shop, and being told that the note was a bad one, you went into another shop and endeavoured to pass it ? Prisoner—l thought they did not understand what it was. I fancied it was a good note. The Lord Mayor—Would you like to go home again to Darmstadt ? . Prisoner—l should like to be sent to Paris. The Lord Mayor—No, that won't do. I shall not detain you. You have some money, and I advise you to get back to your own country as soon as possible. This flash note, as well as the one for £5O, will be destroyed. The notes were then destroyed and the prisoner discharged. Ig-ntftz Furst, a journeyman fringe-manufacturer, in the service of Mr. Bardo, of Spitalfields, was charged with indecently assaulting three girls under the following circum stances : The prisoner, who is a native of Germany, was followed through the streets to the Mansion-house by a mob of 400 or 500 persons, who kept up an incessant hooting and yell ing at him. - It was with the greatest difficulty that the police prevented summary vengeance being inflicted upon biro. He said he did not undorstaild the English language, and the evidence - was translated to him through the medium of an'interpreter. Lbuisa Rose said—l am 15 years of age, and live at 55, Fashion-stree., Spitalfields. The prisoner and I have been in the service-of Mr. Bardo, of Whitegate-alley. Yesterday (Monday) week I was at work making tassels and fringes for beads, and the prisoner was also at work in the same room. During the absence of two other girls from the room the prisoner kissed me and put his hands down my , bosom. On the Tuesday and Wednesday he behaved in a. similar manner td me, mid on the Thursday he put his foot up my clothes. -On Saturday I told a cousin of mine how I had been treated, and she told my mother of it. Interpreter—The prisoner says he never was alone with her in the room. Caroline Vickers—l am 17 years old, and live at No. 20, Watkin-street, Milton-street. I have been at work at Mr. Bardo's, and the frisoner has been employed there the last three weeks. The week before last the prisoner put his hands down my bosom two or three times. I complained to Mr. Bardo of this conduct, and said if it was repeated I would not stop there. The prisoner at that time worked in my room, and he was then removed from the third to the first floor. - Sarah Crayford—l am 16 years old, and have been work ing at Mr. Bardo's, in the same room with the prisoner. On two.Qccasions last week he put his hands outside my clothes and pinched my bosom. A decent-looking woman, whose name did no transpire, and who was not sworn, stepped into the witness-box, and said—My child has been at work at Mr. Bardo's one day. On her return home last night I asked her how she liked it ? She replied, " Very well, but I don't like working in the room with the prisoner." I asked her, why not ? and she replied, "Because he is such an impudent man." She then began to cry, and told me that the prisoner had put his foot up Louisa's petticoats and his hand down her bosom, (referring to the witness Louisa Rose). Baker, the officer, said it was with the greatest difficulty he had succeeded in getting the girls to the station-house to charge the prisoner, on account of the number of Ger man Jews, who did all they could to keep them back. Mr. Bardo said he did not believe the prisoner had acted in the manner imputed to him. Prisoner had complained to him of the playful disposition of the girls, and asked to have a room to work in alone. The Lord Mayor—That statement, not on oath, will have very little weight with me when I consider the sworn tes timony of the three girls. Baker—They tried to hush the matter up with, the mothers when I took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said-L-I know nothing about it. The Lord Mayor—lt has been pro* - ed to my entire satis faction that you indecently assaulted these three children, and it is only out of compassion for them, and with a view to spare their feelings, that Ido not send you for trial. I now commit you to prison for three months with hard tabour. Interpreter—He says "In that case I will write to my ambassador, because I am a foreigner, and wish to defend myself." The Lord Mayor—Tell him he has defended himself as far as he could, and the case is over, and I should advise him when he comes out of prison to go back to Germany, and never show his face in this country again. Interpreter—He wishes to know whether he will be a] lowed to write a letter to his ambassador ? The Lord Mayor—Yes, he can write to anybody he thinks proper. The prisoner was then removed from the dock. GUILDHALL.—Mr. David Faulkner, the manager of a penny publication called the Insurance News, was sum moned befoie' Mr. Alderman Humphery for assaulting Daniel Donovan, a boy employed to hawk the paper. Mr. Faulkner said before the case was entered upon he wished to make an observation. The proprietors of the Steam Press had made some severe strictures on the corpo ration only a fortnight ago, and as he could not expect a fair decision from an alderman he wished the case to be re mitted to some other court. Alderman Humphery said he could-not be biassed by that article as he had not seen it, nor even heard of it. As he had no prejudice against Mr. Faulkner he should go on with the case. Daniel Donovan then stated that he was hired a few days ago to sell the papers,:for which hewas to have 4s. per week. ; On Saturday he went to the office in Fleet-street for his' money, and after waiting till ten o'clock Mr. Faulkner came in, and refused .to pay him. He then pushed the boy about, and knocked him down with a blow on the forehead, and then kicked him. He was not impudent to Mr. Faulkner. Alderman Humphery asked if Mr. Faulkner would put any questions to the complainant ? Mr. Faulkner said he should simply decline entering into the case until the matter was brought before a competent tribunal. The complainant's brother said he was also employed by Mr. Faulkner, and was sent out with 200 copies of the paper to sell, but he only sold six copies, and Mr. Faulkner said he might keep the money. He went with complainant to re ceive his wages, and expected 9s. a week. They went up one at a time, but Mr. Faulkner shoved them about, and turned them out without paying them their money. He went away, and they followed him into Fetter-lane, where he called a policeman, who would not let us follow him any further. The bruise on complainant's forehead was the re sult of the blow. Alderman Humphrey inquired of Mr. Faulkner if he wished to cross-examine this witness ? Mr. Faulkner said no. He had a number of witnesses (pointing to several little boys), but he wished the case to go to another tribunal. Alderman Humphrey said - there was no other court to refer the case to. - Mr. Faulkner asked if there was any appeal from the decision of this court ? Alderman Humphrey said—Not unless the fine inflicted amounts to £3. The case was pnaved, and as Mr. Faulkner has not offered any defence, I shall fine him 20s. and costs. Mr. Faulkner said he had not offered any defence, because he intended to appeal to a competent tribunal. He wished the case to be tried by a stipendiary magistrate. He would pay the fine with pleasure, as the amount was no object, and if the alderman would allow him he would place 20s. in addition in the poor-box. The defendant then paid the fine and costs, and 20s. were placed in the poor-box. The driver of a hackney-cab, No. 1,056, was summoned by . Mr. Beard, a solicitor,' of 10, Basinghall-street, for dernanding more than his fare. Mr. Beard stated that he hired the defendant at the Mansion-house and proceeded to Bishopsgate-street, thence to Bow-street, which, with nearly half an hour's delay, made the fare 2s. The defendant, however, demanded 2s. 6d.. Since the summons 'had been served he had seen the 'defendant, who had expressed great regret at his exces-' sive demand, and said that he would not have asked more than his fare if he had ' known who he was carrying. tinder these circumstances, M r . B ear d did not desire to press for any penalty, and would, therefore, leave the case in the magistrate's hands. Aldenu'Un Humphery ordered the defendant to return the overcharge and to pay the costs. BOW-STREET.—Anne Eliza Garrett, a young woman lately in the service of Mr. John Samuel, a merchant, residing in Tavistock-square, was brought before Mr Hall, on a charge of stealing a silver dessert spoon, the property of her master. The prisoner had been dismissed from Mr. Samuel's ser vice early in this month, while with the family at Rams gate. On Mr. Samuel's return to town, he caused a box which prisoner had left at the house in Tavistock-square to be searched, and found in it a dessert spoon, which he identified as his property. There was also another spoon, very much like it, but apparently the property of the pri soner, being marked with her initials. Yesterday the pri soner called for her box, and Mr. Samuel at once charged her with stealing the spoon. On. seeing it she acknow ledged that it belonged to her master, but said she had taken it in mistake, having two of her own. The prisoner assured the magistrate that this was the fact. The spoons were very much alike, and she had made a mistake. Her master had conceived unjust suspicions of her, and had had all her boxes searched at Margate, when however, nothing was found. Mr. Hall (to the prosecutor)—Do you wish me to send this case to a jury? The Prosecutor—l would rather have it dealt with sum marily. Mr. Hall—l can't do that , as she declares that she is innocent. The;question is, do you wish to have her sent before a jury ?4 For my part I think it is a case peculiarly for a jury. The Prosecutor—Well, we have lost a good deal of— Mr. Hall—l do not want your reason. Do you wish it ? The Prosecutor—l do. She was accordingly committed, but admitted:Jo bail in one surety of £2b. • • She obtained bail. MARYLEBONE.—EIIen Healey, who has, been re peatedly at this office, charged with assaults, was charged before Mr. Long with being drunk and assaulting Mr. Tubbs, the assistant overseer of the parish of Marylebone. The complainant stated that, the previous afternoon, on his return from the court where he had been to prefer charges agaiust_some paupers, who Were disorderly in the workhouse, he saw the prisoner, who was not sober. She had threatened to assault him before. Mr. Long—What caused her to say so ? Complainant—She has two children who are supported by the parish, and who receive each 4s. a week. She has also an illegitimate child at Margate, which.costs the parish 7s. a week. - The board of guardians at their last meeting determined upon taking the children into the workhouse schools. The prisoner, who was aware of what the board had determined upon, when she saw him, asked him what he intended to do with her children. She then said with an oath that she would break his head, and observed that they should not go in. She struck him a violent blow, from the effect of which he fell. She tried to bite him. He was obliged to 611 a police-constable. Police-constable Gregory, I) 294, said the prisoner was so violent that she was obliged to be put in a cab and taken to the station-house. The prisoner was fined 405., or a month's imprisonment WESTMINSTER.—A respectable-looking man, having the appearance of a stable helper or coachman, solicited the magistrate's advice and assistance under the following - cir cumstances : He said that a short time ago he was in great distress, and was obliged to sell some of his furniture, in order to live. He disposed of a chest of drawers to a man at Lewisham, and his wife being in the country at the time, he did not know but that the drawers were empty. On his wife's re turn home in three weeks it was discovered that one of the drawers was full of very good linen, on which his wife made application to the purchaser, who said there were only some rags in the drawer, which he sold, and refused either to restore them or make compensation. Applicant was very poor, and the linen was an object to him. Mr. Paynter—You must make application at Lewisham. It is out of my jurisdiction. Applicant—l have hardly any money. Mr. Paynter—l cannot, unfortunately, assist you ; you must go to the county court at Lewisham. Applicant having thanked the magistrate, left the court, looking very dejected. THAMES.—George Franklin, a hearty, jolly-looking mariner, applied for advice and assistance under the subjoined circumstances :—The applicant, who had recently been paid off from one of her Majesty's ships, stated that when he left home last voyage he was in possession of a house of furniture, plenty of clothing, and was worth £l5O, which he left in charge of his wife, with strict orders for her to take charge of the property until his return. Having full faith in her he departed to fight for his coun try, but when he got back to his residence he discovered that his wife had decamped with his household and every thing he possessed. Mr. Selfe—But where is your wife ? Applicant—Well, I don't know. Mr. Selfe--What do you wish me to do ? Applicant—She has robbed me to a great extent. Mr. Selfe—Did you turn her out ? Applicant—No, your honour ; she turned herself out, and took everything belonging to me away with her. Hang me, if she even left me a second shirt to stand upright in. In dependent of seizing the whole of my cargo and ddserting my ship, she has robbed me of £l5O, which was the result of my hard earnings for years. Mr. Selfe—l am sorry for you, but a man cannot charge his wife with felony, for what belongs to you belongs to her. •It is a joint partnership in law, and, however hard your case may be, you cannot, under the circumstances narrated, give her into custody. Applicant—Since I have been home from abroad I have advertised-her in the morning newspapers three times, as a caution to tradesmen not to trust her. Mr. Selfe—Well, you have done right so far, but under stand me—you cannot give her into custody for robbing you She may be a very bad woman in a moral point of view, but I cannot assist you. The applicant then left the court. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 6. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Richard Madox Bromley, Esq., C. 8., Accountant-General of the Navy, and of Thomas Tassell Grant, Esq., late Comptrollbr of the Victualling and Trans port Services of the Navy, to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; and of James Ormiston AP - William, Esq., M.D., Surgeon in the Royal Navy, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honour able Order. FOREIGN OFFICE, SEPT. 7. The Queen has been pleased to appron of Mr. Peter Taysen as Vice-Consul at Leith for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 7. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Frederick Grea tore; from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Thomas, promoted. sth Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant T. L. Hampton to be Captain, by purchase vice Halford, who retires ; Cornet Thomas Duffield to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hampton. 4th Light Dragoons—Theophilus Gist, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Clark, promoted ; the first Christian name of Cornet Rowley, appointed, without purchase, on the 24th August, is Cony, and not Conroy, as previ ously stated. 6th Dragoens—Sergeant Joseph Malone- to be. Riding Master. Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet William Norris Franklyn, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Richards, promoted. 10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Fife to be Captain, 'by purchase, vice Townley, who retires. 13th Light Dragoons—Cornet Arthur James Billing to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gratrex, promoted. 14th Light Dragoons—The second Christian name of Cornet Pritchard, appointed, without purchase, on the 24th August 1858, is Williams, and not William, as pre viously stated. 15th Light Dragoons—Cornet Thomas Marsh Horsfall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Home, promoted. 16th Light Dragoons—Cornet Thomas Brown to be Riding Master, from Cornet. Royal Artillery—The surname of the Staff Assistant-Sur geon, appointed on the 28th May last, is d'Altera, and not laltera, as previously stated. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-General E. Fanshawe, C. 8., to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Sir C. F. Smith, K.C.8., deceased ; Second Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Col. E. Stanton, C. 8., to be Captain, vice Simmons, placed on the Seconded list ; Lieut. Willoughby Digby Marsh to be Second Captain, vice Stanton. Ist Regiment of Foot—The Commission of Lieut. J. J. Heywood, as Adjutant, to bear date 20th April, in lieu of 4th June. 4th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase--George Au gustus Sweny, Gent., vice Smith, promoted ; Wm. Harry Stone, Gent., vice Rynd promoted ; Charles Cartwright Sayce Gent. sth Fod---Lieut. Robert Moore to be Captain, by purchase, vice O'Brien, who retires ; Ensign Gersham Herrick to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Moore. 9th Foot—Lieut. Wm, Crosbie Harvey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rogers, who retires;Ensign C. T. Coote to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harvey ; Edward. William Forester Leightod, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Coote. To be Ensigns, without purchase— Zachary Stanley Bayly, Gent., vice Chadwick, promoted; Arthur Frede r i c k Pi er cy Cosens, Gent., vice Aplin, pro moted, Assistant-Surgeon James Henry Jeffcoat, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 11th Foot—Major Arthur Charles Lowe, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Major, repaying the difference, vice E. L. Blosse, who exchanges • Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. L. Wyatt l to be Major, vice Low, who retires ; Lieutenant Thomas Hill to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Wyatt ; Ensign W. G. Byron, from the 38th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill ; Lieutenant John Frederick Trotter, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant. 13th Foot—Captain William Milnes, from half-pay 7th Foot, to be Captain ; Lieutenant George Henry Cobham to be Captain, by purchase, vice Milnes, who retires ; Ensign Thomas Yardley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cobham. 15th Foot—Edward Cuthbert Ward, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Chapman, appoint,ed to the 54th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeo n Frederic Murray Chalk, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 16th Foot—Lieutenant Somerville G. C. Hogge to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Hill, who retires. To be Cap tains, without purchase—Lieutenant George Augustus Ferris, from the 29th Foot ' • Lieutenant W. L. Ingles, from the 74th Foot; Lieut. Edward Woolhouse, from the 84th Foot. To be Lieutenants, without purchase— Ensign Aubrew B. Powys, from the 63d Foot ; Ensign Henry Arthur Crane, from the 62d Foot ; Ensign Chas. H. Newbatt, from the 10th Foot ; Ensign Frederick Grant,.from the 10th Foot. 17th Foot—Lieutenant Edward John Lees to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fitz Gerald, who retires; Ensign G. F. Fawcett to be'Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lees. 18th Foot—Lieutenant R. W. E. Dawson to be Adjutant. 19th Foot—Sergeant Charles Usherwood to be • Quarter master, vice Rawding, deceased. 20th Foot—Lieutenant John James S. O'Neill to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Parkinson, deceased; Ensign Robert Blount to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice O'Neill ; Ensign: F. G. Horn to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Blount, whose promotion on the 15th June has been cancelled. Ensign, by purchase, vice Trotter, 22d Foot—George Robert Henry Daubeney, G appointed to e n t h t. e' t 3 e 9t b h e Foot. to be Captain; Lieut. Charles h 231 Foot—Captain George Marry G at . , retires ; Lieut. John B fr l e a ni n e h to al f - b i l e ylj Captain, natt. by purchase, ,Geddes, from the 76th Foot, r from the 75th Foot, vice Marryat , to w b e e Captain, without to - to be Captain, without purchaseng; 'Ensign G. F. Russell chase Colt t o ; be Lieut . Lieutenant, i e u E th dzr t d w l A . Fitz Maurice to be Lieute nant, Foot --Ensign Arthur vice Head, promoted in the 13th t l ni h iv o . ut purchase. fromthel6 t t h h e Foot. s6th Alfred Godfrey Black to be Lieutenant, 29th Foot —Ensign n F an oo t t ,. without purchase , John pr ram -ot p ed ton in , 30th Foot — Lieut . Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice M. B. Feild, who exchanges ; without h vi ar e l e e sF Ferris , Sergeant-Major Richard Neagle to be Ensign, without p : c h a s e c , purchase, vice Morewood, promoted. 32d Foot--David Bond, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smith, promoted in 19th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon. William Boyd to be Surgeon, for eminent services throughout the whole siege of Lucknow, vice Scott, pro moted to Staff-Surgeon First Class. 35th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Robert Hill Ross, to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Goddard, promoted by pur chase to an unattached company; William Trocke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ross. 43d Foot—Robert Mercer Tod, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Trydell, p romo t e d in the 22d Foot. 44th Foot—Francis Glasse Marshall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Matthews, who has retired. 46th Foot—Henry Boscawen Scott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kentish, p romo t e d ; Joshua E. C. C. Lindesay, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Daly, promoted. 56th Foot—Lieutenant Meyrick Beaufoy Feild, from the 30th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hampton, who ex changes. 70th Foot—The Commission of Lieutenant G. R. Greaves, as Adjutant, to bear • date the Bth, and not 18th May, 1858, as stated in the Gazette of 16th July last. 73d Foot—Ensign William Henry Samuel Pigott to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice the Honourable C. R. M. Ward, died at sea; Ensign H. D'O. Farrington, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice A. A. Young, superseded for being absent without leave ; Bolton James Alfred Monsell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Pigott, promoted. 75th Foot—Ensign Bentinck L. Cumberland to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Armstrong, p romo t e d i n the 234 Foot; Emig% Frederick Fral2Ci3.Daniell, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Cumber land. 76th Foot—Ensign - W. M'Donnell Clarke to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Geddes, promoted in the 23d Foot. 82d Foot—Ensign E. S. Lock to bo Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Douglas, deceased. 84th Foot—Ensign George B. Wolseley t o be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Woolhouse, promoted in the 16th Foot. 86th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Jackson, from the 14th Foot, to be Ensign, in succession to Lieut. Lewis, pro moted in the 19th Foot Ensign F. G. Marshall, from the 44th Foot, to be Ensign in succession to Lieutenant Jerome, promoted in the 19th Foot. 87th Foot—Ensign B. D'Urban Mwsgrave to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Peyton, promoted in the 13th Foot; John Hooker Vowel, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Musgrave. 91st Foot—Henry Coesar Kemm, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jones, promoted. 93d Foot—Captain Edward Welch has been permitted to resign the appointment of Regimental Instructor of Mus ketry, in consequence of a severe wound received at Luck now. 98th Foot—The Commission of Lieut. E. F. Gregory as Adjutant, to bear date Bth May, 1858, in lieu of 6th August, 1858. 99th Foot—Ensign E. C. Johnson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hornby, promoted in the Military Train ; Philip Homer Folliott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bond, promoted. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Stewart Smyth Windham to be Captain without purchase. To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign William Steward Travers, Ensign William George Swinhoe, vice Windham, Ensign James Edward Vaughan, Ensign Frederick • William Marsh Chalmers. To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign A. B. G. S. Hill, vie Tyron, promoted; Ensign Arthur Ruck Keene, vice Thomas, who retires ; Lieutenant David - Alexander Jordan to be Adjutant, vice Singer, promoted. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Thomas George Mawe to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Trotter, appointed to the 11th Foot. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Michael Joseph Tighe, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hunter, promoted. HOSPITAL' STAFF. Surgeon CharleT§COit, ilM.&onithe 32d Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class, for eminent services throughout the whole siege of Lucknow. • To be Acting Assistant-Surgeons—Frederick O'Conor, Gent. ; Frederick Skinner, Gent. BREVET. Major Arthur Charles Lowe, 11th Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel in the Army. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Charles Lowe, 11th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army. Captain George Marryatt, 23d Foot, to be Major in the Army. _ _ _ _ _ _ Brevet-Major George Marryatt, 23d 'Foot, to he Lieute nant-Colonel in the Army. Brevet-Major William Spring, retired full-pay (late Fort Major, Edinburgh Castle), to be Lieutenant-Conel m the Army, the rank being honorary only. The promotion to the Brevet Rank of Colonel, conferred on Lieut.-Colonel J. D. Johnstone, C. 8., 33d Foot, in the Gazette of 15th June last, to bear date 9th March, 1858, instead of 2d June, 1858, as formerly stated. Lieut.-Colonel William Bethel Gardner, Royal Artillery, having completed three years' service in his present r=rt to be a Colonel in the Army under the Royal Warrant of 3d November, 1854. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Major William Kier Stuart, 86th Foot. Major John William Cox, 13th Foot. Major Thomas G. A. Oakes, 12th Foot. TO RE MAJORS IN THE ARMY. Captain Alfred Picton Bowlby, 64th Foot. Captain It. Buckley Prettejohn, 14th Light Dragoons. Captain J. De Montmorency M. Prior, 12th Light Dra goons. Captain Hugh Maurice Jones, 13th Foot. Captain Arthur Need, 14th Light Dragoons. Captain Charles Darby, 86th Foot. Captain James Leith, 6th Dragoons. The following promotions to take place in succession to Colonel P. V. England, of the Royal Artillery, promotes to be Majer-General, vice Major-General W. B. Dundaer C. 8., Royal Artillery, deceased : Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Robert Raitt, half-pay 1.7 11 ' attached, to be Colonel. Major L. C. Bourchier, 75th Foot, to be Lieutenant .. Colonel. ' Captain Thomas Fenwick, Royal Engineers, to be Major. The following promotions to take place in succession W Colonel W. C. Ward, of the Royal Engineers, promoted to be Major-General, in succession to Lieutenant-Genera l Sir F. Smith, K.C.B. deceased : Lieutenant-Colonel Hankey Smith, 73d Foot, to be Colonel. Major Thomas White, 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant" Colonel. Captain Spencer Westmacott, Royal Engineers, to b e Major. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Royal Carnarvonshire Militia—Major John 114 Donalt late Lieutenant-Colonel of her Majesty's sth Regiment al , Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant,. vice bee Hon. Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant, resigned% I) who retains the honorary rank of Colonel. tebe Hertfordshire Militia—Richard Cumberlege, Gent., Ensign. . 2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Willi' St. Aubyn, Gent., to be Ensign, vice R. P. Gale, resiglw— BANKRUPTS. Samuel Bidden, buiider, Millbank-street, Westminster: to surrender Sept. 18, at eleven, and Oct. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Brnkruptcy. John Watson HeeHey, plumber, South Shields, Sept. 10 ' at eleven, (and not on Sept. 8, at twelve, as before adver tised), at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. James Brown, seed merchant, Alcester, Warwickshir e, Sept. 22 and Oct. 8, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. William Jackson, poulterer, Great Malvern, Worcester shire, Sept. 22, and Oct. 11, at ten, at theßirminghavl District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Syme and Middlemas, fruiterers, Glasgow. William Maitland, merchant tailor, Aberdeen. Andrew Allen, cabinetmaker, Glasgow. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL—SEPT. 7. Our corn exchange to-day was again well attended, wig a fair supply of all kinds of grain, which met a firm nisi" ket at late prices. New oats sold freely. Beans nomio" Flour averaged from 30s to 3ls. BOLTON—SEPT. 6. • At to-day's market all good qualities realised the extra° rates of last week, pie supply being small and sellers Spring grain in moderate demand, but prices Were I" sustained. LIVERPOOL—SEPT. 7. There was an average attendance at our market to-dot and business on the whole represented no character of if t ; portance. Prices of every article were in abeyance, and nd alteration of any of last week's quotations were made. good brands of flour an improvement of 6d per barrel w* -- made. ROCHDALE—SEPT. 6. Flour and oatmeal met a steady consumptive demand unaltered rates. larg e CATTLE.—The t r ade was h eav y, th ere being show of stock and a small attendance of buyers.: Pi` rather lower. GLASGOW—SEPT. 6. At this morning's market there was a large supy!•:„. wheat, but the trade closed dull, at rather over the Cul l ;" ti r cies of this day se'nnight, but we make no alteration ill icit quotations. Barley held firmly for previous rates. oats is per qr. lower. Beans and peas unaltered. BELFAST—SEPT. 6. At to-day's market there was but little animation iA grain trade, and prices were unaltered. CORK— At this market there was at the following rates : White wheat, new, —s to —s Red do. —s to -8 Old white l6s to 24s Red do.. 16s to 218 Barley, malting.— 20s to 22s -SEPT. 6. a fair trade-in grain to-9 Barley, grinding, 2OB t° ras Oats, old, 12st, 128 to New do Beans, —s to r ' Malt. , —s to'. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway' s Oi n t men t an d P;- Math° - 03 only Infallible Remedies for Erysipelas.—Charles Ho of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, was grievously afHrc for three years with erysipelas, until he almost lost sight and. hearing. He co.n.sulted the most eminent DllYs' cians in the neighbou r h oo d w ith ou t deriving the least bel o from their advic e ; a t l as t h e d eterm i ne d to have recoup to Holloway's Ointment and. Pills, when, by Persever in c . o the use of both, he was p er f ec tly cu red in less than t months, after every other means had failed. Small Pil o phlets, containing very simple and clear directions for t proper use of these medicines, is annexed to each pot an d box. BIRTHS. Clioss.,-On the sth inst., at Appleton Hall, Warringt °l4 the lady of R. A. Cross, Esq., M.P., of a son. FRYEE.—On the 7th inst., the wife of Henry Fryer, of 2, Gray's-inn-place, Gray's-inn, of a son. GISBORNE.—At W a lt on, Derbyshire, the wife of rr Gisborne, of a daughter. LAING.—On th e 4th inst., the wife.of Samuel LO Esq'W, of Hordle Manor, Hampshire, of a son. MARRIAGES. dietric! KNIGIIT--ROBARTS. On the 7th inst at the mat'7 church of St St ep h en t h e Martyr, Avenue-road it e g — texif park, Henry Knight, of Bucklersbury and Edra.„.° ll , 4oo , solicitor, to Emma Robarts, of Rendlesham Avenue-road, eldest daughter of the late Edward Ro b es ' of Chester. LATTER—NORTHCOTE.—On the .7th inst., at the P 3riP _ io r, church, Fulham, Henry J. L a tt er , E sq ., o f Bro!!;:480 Kent, to Maria, youngest daughter of the late Cwoy . Northcote, Esq., of Stanstead Lodge, Sydenham, IC° ' DEATHS. CARR.—On the 6th inst., at Liverpool-street, city, a.....zp0d Rowland Carr, one of the representatives for tbe;; t l3o of Bishopsgate, in the Cou r t o f C ommon C ounc il, 04 last 20 years, aged 68. John C. COOKE.—On the 4th in s t., a t Whit e f r i ars - stree t, Cooke, M.D. lawrlcF . GEARY.—On the 4th inst., at 14, G ra ft on - s treet, street, Mr. Nicholas Geary. f 211 ' GRAVE.—On the sth inst., Mr. Geo rge G rave , l a te 0 Whitechapel-road, aged 86. pf • tart HEAD.—OR the 6th inst., Mr. Geor ge H ea d, p r y ' Bath House, South Lambeth, aged 63. tis° INGE.---On the sth inst., at Nearwell, Shrewsburif Rev. Charles Inge, of Benn-hill, near Atherstoue. PARSE.—On the 3d inst„ at Hythe, near Southarar General Thomas A. Parke, C. 8., aged 77. Og ir WELLS.—On the 7th inst., M r . J o h n ° street, Southwark, aged 62. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO • it -ntg46t of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offi c e, No. o f Strand, in the P rec i nct of the Savoy, h i t he Middlesex ) Wednesday, September 8, 1858. Tei — lsBl Ftt