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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIB, B CI:IIT.—omc, M nn( i 18. G ROWN COURT. —(efore M Y r. Justice Byles.) FORGERY OF VOTING PIPB.RS AT LEEDS. George Beckwith, John O'Rourke, and George Croraaok, were charged with having, at Leeds, on the Ist of March, 1857, unlawfully conspired together to forge and counterfeit divers proxy ap pointments of persons having the right to vote at the election of guardians of the poor. Mr. Bliss, Q.C., Mr. Pickering, Q.C., and Mr. Baines, were for the prosecution ; Mr. Overend, Q.C., and Mr. Wheelhouse, appeared for the de- fence. The present prosecution was instituted by the Poor Law Board, in consequence of certain for geries having been committed at the last election of guardians at Leeds, at which election much party spirit was manifested, and forged voting papers - were presented. In 1844, a board of guardians Was constituted for Leeds, which was divided into eight wards, six of which sent two guardians, and the other two three guardians to the board. On the issuing of this order a good deal of contention arose as to the election of guardians, and committees were formed and can vassers employed with a view to influence the elections, and to obtain the appointments of proxies to vote for owners of property. At the last election of guardians there was a large number of these proxies used, and it was subsequently dis covered that numerous forgeries had been uttered in the presentation of proxies. The prosecution alleged that the defendants were the parties who conspired together and forged these proxies, 47 of which were in the handwriting of Mr. Beckwit h, and 12 had been written by Mr. Cromack. The proxy appointments were taken to the office of the overseers, and of that numbe r 231 were received b y y Mr. Grimshaw, an oversee r, from . r. Beckw i t h. Many of these proxies were forge rs ees, and were and alleged to be in the handwriting Beckwith Cromack, and with respect to O'Rourke, he took out the proxy papers and distributed them to Tarious parties, and was very active in procuring proxies. The defendant, Mr. Beckwitb, was a registrar of births and deaths in the union ; O'Rourke had an office in which the duty devolved upon him of removing Scotch and Irish paupers, and Cromack was a bailiff. A large number of witnesses were called for the prosecution, from whose testimony it appeared that many of the proxy appointments presented at the election of guardians last year at Leeds were forgeries, and that the defendants were the party who conspired together and fabricated these forged documents. The defendants received excellent characters from several of the witnesses for the prosecution. Mr. Oveiend, in defence, submitted that the mode in which the election of guardians for Leeds last year was carried on was the ordinary mode in which all elections of that kind were conducted. The defendants no doubt took an active part in the election, they felt a warm interest in securing the success of the candidates belonging to the party whoni they represented. They acted merely as electioneering agents. He admitted that the names of the owners of property in the proxy appoint ments were forged, but that the defendants were not aware of the fact. They obtained the names of proxies in a perfectly bona fide manner, and none of these signatures were forgeries. The learned counsel, in conclusion, adverted to the excellent character of the defendants, as showing that they were men not likely to commit the serious offence imptated to them. Highly respectable witnesses were called as to the unimpeachable reputation of the defendants, particularly as regarded Mr. Beckwith. The learned Judge summed up the case with great minuteness, and the jury retired, and were absent about 20 minutes, when they returned a verdict of guilty of conspiracy to utter the forgeries with guilty knowledge as against all the prisoners, accompanied with a strong recommendation to mercy, especially as regarded Cromack, who they believed had acted in the capacity of a clerk. His Lordship sentenced Beckwith and O'Rourke to one mouth's imprisonment each, and Cromack to 14 days' imprisonment. (Nisi PRIUS COURT.—Before Mr. Baron Martin.) WAKE V. NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY—THE ASOIDENT AT THE HULL STATION—SPECIAL JURY. The plaintiff, Mr. Chas. T. Wake, was a gentle man of the age of 23 years, and he has until a very recent period resided at Hull. He was for several years a clerk in the office of Messrs. Atkinson, Robinson, and Atkinson, of Hull, solicitors, and at the time of the accident which occasioned this action he was serving the last three months of his articles with that firm. On 2Gth July last the plain tiff was a second-class passenger from Hull to Cot tingham. He had taken lodgings at the latter place for the purpose of pursuing his studies with less in terruption, and was in the habit of leaving Hull by the trainfrom Paragon Station at half-past 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and returning to Hull about half past 9 o'clock in the morning. On the day in ques tion the plaintiff entered the train at the Paragon Station, but bad not proceeded far when, in conse quence of the neglect of one of the servants of the company, the passenger train was run into by a goods train with such impetuosity that several of the carriages in the former train were thrown over, ar,d most of the passengers injured. One of the passen gers was killed, and plaintiff received a severe shock to the system, and other injuries. He was removed to the residence of his brother in Hull, when it was found that he had received a fracture of the right leg, and a dislocation of the ankle of the same limb, and other serious injuries along the whole length of that member. Competent medical gentlemen were called in, and the bones were re-set. Unfortunately, how ever, inflammation and mortification supervened, and it was found necessary to amputate the injured limb, and Mr. Teale, of Leeds, was called in, and performed the operation. In addition to the agony and pain the plaintiff had suffered, he was for a considerable time confined to his home, and was unable to proceed to London, as he had intended, for the purpose of passing his examination. The defendants did not deny their liability, that the de plorable accident was the consequence of the neglect of one of their servants, and the question for the jury was whether, having regard to the age, the po sition, and profession of the plaintiff, having regard to the pain which he had experienced, and to the deplarable loss which he had sustained, the sum of 1,2001., which had been paid into court, was a fair and reasonable compensation which the defendants ought to pay for the injury caused by the admitted neglect of their servants. The expenses to which the plaintiff had been put, arising from this acci dent, were very considerable, and amounted to be tween 2001. and 300/. Mr. Hill, for the defendants, said his clients felt great sympathy with the sufferers by this accident, and were anxious to make to them what was a fair and reasonable compensation for the injury they had sustained . He admitted that money coul d not fully compen sa t e d e f en d an t f or the loss of alimb, but, so far as such a compensation could be ren dered, the defendants had. been anxious to make it. The company thought 1,2001. was a f a ir an d reasonable sum, and they were willing to leave it to the jury to say whether they had come to a right conclusion. The jury retired to consider their vent t, and, after an absence of about a quarter of an hour they found for the plaintiff—damages 6001. exclusive of what had been paid. (Special Jury.) WA.DDEN.ZGTON" V. NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COM PANY. Mr. Atherton, Q.C. and Mr. Unthank were for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Hill, Q. C. , and Mr. Mauis'y, Q.C., were for the defendants. This action arose out of the accident referred to in the previous case. The plaintiff, who is about c 5 year ßl s e old, is a fellmonger and leather-dresser at ever • y, and on the 24th of July last he was a second-clas s and was returning between Hull and Beverley, home by the quarter past four - o'clock train. _e carriage in which be was seated was overturned eu n red y ff the collision, and the plaint had his leg fractu re d, his body. He had t o and received other injuries he was s till be fed with a spoon for several weeks, and unable to attend to his tininess with the same ease as formerly, and to some extent was permanently injur e d. The defen dants had paid 5001. into court. In accordance with a suggestion made by Mr. Baron Martin, after the jury had ar r i ve d at .their - verdict in the first case, it was ag ree d th at t h e damages in the other actions should be as sesse d on the same ,__principle as the jury had adopted, v i z. , aeorrenc.h more as the sum paid into co ur t, an d e e verdict in this case was taken for the court s 250 t., i n a d d i tion to the 5001. paid into satins Aair. v. li O A7ll-r,AsTERN RAILWAY By consent, a verdecic-ti;:as-"• tiff for 150/. entered for the plain - SHOR,T V. THE NORTH-RASTIRII The plaintiff in this case, a clerk i V ,„ - -ebi•PA- , Ty. the post-office authorities at York, wan "tee of the mail train to London on the 14th when the train ran off the rails. He received. SeriOnS injuries of th e spine and brain. The jury, after hearing the evidence and addresses and of then co.unsre el, deliberated an hou r and a quarter, turned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages 8007 SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT.--CARMARTHEN MA.ROII 18. :(Before Baron Bramwell.) ATTEMPT TO MITRIML—PiENTINCE OF REAM James Jones was charged with feloniously as saulting and wounding Margaret Jones, at Rhydy T E SU_ LONDON gorse, with intent to murder her. There were other counts in the indictment varying the charge. Mr. Bowen conducted the prosecution, and at the request of the court Mr. Allen watched the case on behalf of the prisoner. The circumstances of this case were attended with great atrocity. On the 9th of January last (Saturday night) after the prosecutrix had gone to bed with her children, her husband being absent at work in an adjoining county, a man, whom she recognised as the prisoner (who bad married her sister) came into her room and dragged her out of bed, beating her head with a stone until she became insensible, and the party then left her apparently dead. The prosecutrix had several of her ribs broken, thirty or forty bruises on her head, and received other injuries. Her skull was fractured. The prosecutrix was assisted into court, and placed in a chair in the witness box. She had her head bandaged, and was evidently suffering se verely. She deposed that on the night in question she went to bed between eleven and twelve o'clock, and some time after a man came to her bedside and dragged her on to the floor. He then laid hold of her by the hair, and beat her head against the floor. He also twisted her handkerchief round her neck, and placed his hand "as an accoucheur would do." She succeeded in getting on her feet, but he got her down again and beat her head with a stone. Witness begged for her life, and laid hold of him by the left eye. After beating her with a stone he turned her neck round, " setting her face backwards." He then beat her again with the stone, and she lay quiet, unable to move. He then left her, after feeling her feet and hands and dragging her into another room. There was no light in the room, but it was rather a light night. (Reference to the almanack showed that the moon did not rise until two o'clock on the Sunday morning.) The witness, when asked to look at the prisoner in the dock, immediately identified him, became much agitated, and burst into tears. On cross-examination the prosecutrix said she did not tell the policeman who was the man that had attacked her, but told him she had marked him by the eye. She did not call the prisoner by his name when she appealed to him to spare her life, because she thought he would be more cruel it she did. The prisoner did not attempt to take any further indecent liberties with her than she had described. Margaret Davies spoke to the deplorable condi tion in which she found Mrs. Jones on the next morning (Sunday). She was covered with blood, as also was the bed on which she was lying. The bed was in the kitchen, and there was a pool of blood in the kitchen, and blood also along the pas sage and on the table and window board. There was a stone on the table in the kitchen. The deposition of Mr. Thomas, the surgeon, who attended the prosecutrix on the morning after the outrage, was then read, the deponent having died two days ago. It stated that he found the prosecu trix bleeding from wounds on the scalp and upper lip. She had received between 30 and 40 contused wounds on the head, one of which was four inches in length. Her eyes were closed from effusion of blood, and her face was much swollen and bruised. Her skull was fractured, and at least three of her ribs were broken, but she was in such an exhausted state, her life being in imminent danger, that he could not make a minute examination. All the wounds on the head with one exception might have been inflicted with a stone ; there were bruise s on 1 the lower part of her body. Policeman Jeremy on the morning after the out rage traced marks of a person having crossed the prosecutrix's garden in his stockings. From the garden hedge he traced marks of a person in shoes across the fields up to the prisoner's house. The left footmark showed a hole in a plate on the heel. He found the prisoner at home on the Sunday after noon, and in his house in a drawer were a pair of stockings, with the feet covered with mud. There was a pair of shoes, with a plate on the heel of the right shoe, but none on the left shoe. It appeared as though a plate had recently been removed. On examining the prisoner he found a scratch under one of his eyes, and blood marks on his collar, his waistcoat, his shirt, and his trousers. There was also blood dried under his nails. There were also some hairs on the front part of his shirt. (Hair produced : it appeared to belong to a woman.) The deposition of David Jones, labourer, who was ill, was read. It proved that before Jeremy came to the prisoner's house on the Sunday morn ing he saw the prisoner's left shoe. The heel-plate was not then removed, and he told the prisoner about the footmarks having been seen at Rhydy gorse. Margaret Richards deposed that the prisoner came to her house (situate between the prisoner's and the prosecutrix's) about 9 o'clock on the night of the 9th, and left at 10, saying he was to go to Rhydygorse that night, but he thought he shou l d Inot, as he thought Margaret Jones had gone to bed. ' Ann Jones, sister of Margaret Jones, proved that the prisoner was at her house the same night, and said he had just left Margaret Richards. He had no marks of scratches on his face, and no blood on his hands. For the prisoner, Mr. Allen carefully analysed the evidence, and submitted that it was entirely circumstantial, and not all conclusive as against the prisoner. He particularly dwelt on the absence of motive for the deed. His Lordship pointed out the distinction in the character of the offences charged—wounding with intent to murder, with intent to disable, or intent to do grievions bodily harm. As to the absence of motive, which had been urged by .Mr. Allen, his lordship remarked that among the infinity of mo tives that actuate man it would be presumptuous in any one to say that there was no motive for an act because he could not detect it. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of guilty, with intent to murder. Being called upon to say why sentence of death should not be passed, the prisoner said-he had no thing to say, except that he was not near the wo man at all. His Lordship then, amidst deep silence, passed sentence of death upon the prisoner. He told him his case would be represented in the proper quarter, but he could not hold out to him any hopes of mercy. valet attended there for me. I sent no one to re present me there in June, 1856. I paid defendant 187 g. 10s. for the shares. I gave a cheque for a larger amount, but that sum of 187/. 10s. was in cluded in it. The remainder was for other transac tions. I afterwards paid a call of 23. 6d on those shares. It was on account. I have had transactions in other mines with the defendant to the amount of some thousands of pounds. The following receipt ' which you show me, is in my handwriting : " London, August 6, 1357. " Mr. R. Tredinnick, "Sir,-I acknowledge all accounts betwixt us up to this date settled, and that any and all 1.0.U.'s and agreements up to this date are discharged as null and void on your part, the same having been embraced in the general settlement of the passing of your acceptance to me for 5001. this day at six months' date. " ARTHUR R. OLIVER." The account now put in is signed by me, and shows a balance of 5001. as due to me, but that was not a final settlement of accounts between us. I cannot certify that I read the account befote I signed it. I do not think I did. Until I consulted my solicitor I was not aware that the receipt went to the extent it did. I have an 1.0. U. of the defendant. He was to have it returned after I signed that receipt. The defendant is a bankrupt. My claim against his estate was for 5001., and I proved for that sum only under the bankruptcy. After I had proved Mr. Lawrence, the solicitor, tendered me 5001. in set tlement of my claim if I would sign a receipt. It was upon an acceptance for that sum given in settlement of this account, and which was not then due. I knew there was a petition to annul the bankruptcy. I offered to receive the 5001. to hand over to the official assignee. I refused to take it in my private capacity as a creditor. I cannot say whether the petition to annul the bankruptcy was signed by all the creditors who had proved. I did not sign the petition. I believe the defendant owes me a great deal more than 5001. I proved for that sum because I had committed myself by sign ing the receipt. I refused to take the 500/. partly to prevent the bankruptcy being annulled, and I believed that if in my position of assignee I took the money the interests of other creditors might , have been sacrificed. Mr. F. R. Bell, accountant at 32, Bucklersbury, said-I have examined the Carnewas Mine books. The account produced and spoken to by the last witness contains an item, " December, 1856, 671. 12s. 3d.," from the cost - book of the mine. The sum of 35/. 9e. Oid. forms part of the 67/. ]2s. 3d., and is entered as Mr. Tuomas Martin, timber bill, 35/. Os. Oid." It does not appear in the entry to be paid. There is nothing in the account to show that it is paid. There is an entry in the book, "Jan., 1857, 401. ls. 7d.," which includes a sum of 101. to William Martin. The entry, by the heading of the account, appears to be " cost for Dec., 1856." There is an account in the book of the 17th of November, which is a copy of the account in evi dence, which states that there is cash in the hands of the manager, 551. 17s. ld. There is an account entered subsequently to the account of November, and before an entry of Jan., 1858. In that account are the items 101. and 35/. 9s. There are entries of merchants' accounts charged, but not paid, and an entry of calls received of 134/. Bs. The entry .of 10/. has the name of " W. Martin" to it, and the 351. 9s. has the name of "T. Martin" to it "by balance due by R. Tredinnick 103/. 135.," which includes the three sums of 101., 35/. 9s. and also credit fur 134/. Bs. The !account of the 17th of November purports to be an account of monies paid and received up to September, and if the 10/. and 351. 9s. had not been paid those sums should have been added to the balance of 55/. 17s. ld., as cash in hand. The Rev. Thomas Martyn—l hold 240 shares in - - the Carnewas Mine. An account was sent to me of the meeting of the 17th cf November, 1857. I received a letter from Mr. Tuomas Martin, of Wadebridge, for payment of 36/. 12s. 7d. (being 35/. 93. and interest), as due to him from me as a shareholder of the company. I was afterwards served with a copy of a writ for the amount, and I paid 36/. 12s. 7d., and 21., the solicitor's costs. I have some accounts with the defendant, and the 311. ss. I am debited with in accounts between him and me. The defendant was my shareholder. Cross-examined—l owe 37/. 10s. to the company, and that was the reason I believe I was allowed to be sued. I paid the defendant several sums, and there is an account between us. There is a claim made by him upon me of 1557. 12s. and 11d., which I do not admit. That inclu , !es the 317. ss. for calls. I do not admit the balance. I have paid the 31/. 55., because there are sums to my credit. Mr. Poland said that was all the evidence he intended to offer this day, and asked for an adjourn ment. _ The Lord Mayor—This is the first case of a prosecution under the Fradulent Trustees Act, and. it i 4 a most important one, not only to the public, but to the parties interested. I shall re mand it. The case was ti.en remanded fora week, and the defendant was permitted to go ou his promise to attend on the day of adjournment. GIIILDHALL.—Mr. William Henry Parker, a wholesale mantle manufacturer and outfitter, of 36, Monkwell-street, Cripplegate, was charged with wilfully and feloniously setting fire to his house on the 10th of this month, with intent to defraud the Westminster Fire Insurance Company. Evidence having been given in support of the charge, the prisoner was remanded. Alderman Hale refused to accept bail. WORSHIP-STREET.—Win. Wright, an awk ward young countryman in the full-dress uniform of the Royal Artillery, in whi , :h he presented a most uncouth and grotesque appearance, was charged with the following strange offence : James Murphy, one of the Artillery bombadiers, said he was on duty at the Mint at six o'clock that morning, when the prisoner was brought up in the custody of a corporal of the Guards, who told him that he had shortly before met the prisoner wan dering about Whitechapel in a state of seeming be wilderment, and wearing the uniform he now had on, and that on stopping and questioning him he gave such an unsatisfactory ace .iunt of himself that he felt it his duty to arrest him as a deserter. Wit ness whereupon also questioned the prisoner, and it then became obvious, from his odd look and ge neral bearing, that if he had been in the army at all it could only have been for so short a time as not to admit of being properly drilled, and as the ex planation he gave about himself and his uniform was almost incredible, witness determined to give him into custody, not for being a deserter himself, which he scarcely believed, but for artfully exchang ing his own clothing for that of a man in the wit ness's corn, and so facilitating the escape of the latter. The account of the affair given by the prisoner ' who was in evident excitement and alarm for his own safety, and delivered himself with a genuine provincial peculiarity, was, that he was in the sere vice of a farmer at Hilton, in Cianbridgeshire, and, having a sister in London, whom he wished to visit and never having been in town before, he got l eave of absence, and travelled up all the way on foot. He was thoroughly worn out with fatigue, and was about to enter a publichouse for a lodging, when a well-dressed woman stopped and question,d him, and on finding ho came from Cambridgeshire, ex pressed great sympailly for him, sail that was her county, and offered to procure him a lodging. She then took him to a house in ono of the by-streets, where he was shown into a first-floor room, but had scarcely entered it when the door was suddenly thrown open by two soldiers, one of whom seize him by the neck and firmly grasped him, while the other, with threats, stripped off the whole of his clothe?. The soldier who held him then relin quished his grasp, and, rapidly throwing off his uniform and putting on his (the prisoner's) clothing ran out of the room, leaving the uniform upon the floor, and followed by the second soldier and the woman, who caught up his watch, worth 31., as wished him good night. Elie rag, and jeeringly He raised an outcry, but no notice was taken of it, and he therefore put on the uniform and hurried out after the thieves ; but he had only got a short distance when he fell into the hands of the corporal, and was seized as a deserter, which he asseverated earnestly Le was not, as he had never been a soldier in his life, and did not want to be. This improbable stAtement was proved by other evidence to be perfectly correct . , and as there could be little doubt that a scheme had been prearranged between the soldiers and woman to facilitate the desertion of ono of the men, and the prisoner had unfortunately turned up as a convenient victim for the purpose, the countryman, to his great grat'fi cation, was ordered to be discharged. SOUTIIWARK.—James Lawler, of 5, Elmo place, Lee-road, Blackheath, was summoned for un ltwfully lelving a thir,l-class carriage on the Nortla . Kent Railway while the train was in motion. The fact having been proved, . Mr. Combo slid, it was a very dangerous prac tice for persons to open the door of a railway-car riage and jump out while it was in motion, and he thought the railway company did perfeay right in bringing such cases to a police c'_.urt. As a caution to others he should fine the defendant 55., and 2s. costs, and, in default of payment, he must be com mitted to prison for seven days. The prisoner, who said he could not pay the money, was sent to Wandsworth House of Cor reotlon • ro n u:a g i 3 xi tmap ' i x w a e h d o ' t g o a 17 i e v the h e -, LAMBETH. —A well-dressed, active -looking irTdedorfe Henryl, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—March 19. MANSION-HOUSE.--Mr. Richard Tredinnick, late manager of the Carnewas Mine Company at Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, appeared in an sorer to a summons at the instance Of Mr. Arthur R. Oliver, which charged him with having, in his capacity of manager of the company, "unlawfully made, circulated, and published a certain written statement and account of and relating to the trans actions of the said company, well knowing the same to be false in certain material particulars con tained therein, with intent then and there to de ceive and defraud the said Arthur Robert Oliver." The summons was taken out under the Fraudu lent Trustee Act, the 20th and 21st of Vie., cap. 54, sec. 8, which says, "If any director, manager, or public officer of any body corporate or publi.: company shall make, circulate, or publish, or con cur in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular, with intent to deceive or defraud any member, shareholder, or creditor of such bxly corporate or public company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholde/ or partner therein, or to intrust or ai vance any money or property to such b)dy corpo rate or public company, or to enter into any secu rity for the benefit thereof, he shell be guilty of a misdemeanour." Mr. Poland, the barrister, appeared in support of the prosecution ; Mr. Humphreys, jun., for the defendant. Mr. A. Turner attended to watch the proceedings on behalf of the assignees to the defendant's estate ; and Mr. Lewis for a similar purpose on the part of several shareholders of the Carnewas Company. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. IJewis—l appear for several shareholders, and, although lam no immediate party to the summons, it is only fair that I should state to the complainant that, in the event of any charge being substantiated against the defendant, I shall ask you to place the complainant at his side, as it wai upon the statement of accounts as vouched by him, as one of the auditors, that those shareholders were induced to make certain payments. I attend on the part of Mr. Vickers, Mr. Hayward, and other shareholders. Mr. A. R. Oliver, the prosecutor, said, —I am a gentleman of independent means, residing at 1, Canterbury-road, Croydon. I hold 400 shares in the Carnewas Mine, and have been a shareholder since June, 1856. I bought them on account of the defendant's representations. I cannot now re member the exact conversation that occurred be tween us. I purchased 500 shares at 7s. 6d. each. I called upon him in consequence of a circular I r:ce 4 i e ved from him. He was the manager and il.t a me r o e f u th n e g Cwahrinchewtas took place I was not present on; the of November last. ae t Gresham-house l ,rennivedthe tietend an i?'" shown me. It is directed iu the pool 4 7ritina. It was sent to me at Liver- Thept in 'l,X:it:. t a rea . ic. by 7 ;: ! : t Q n t e dte s e s afe w un a do s ayn t . h t.l e t7 n o, prosecutor reporting and annexing a state 011..... n tii- ,m.ka. of 1857. —A m u s. t h e male, The witness was then crosa- exam .,..,- , =_,_ Humphreys as follows : I did not Q u e . n - 0 74 3 : 21 4. meet ing of Nov. 17. I did not send a proxy to that suited aes my Lueeting, No person who WaB repre SATURDAY fEVENI NO, MARCH with an impudent attempt at robbery and a violent attack on the prosecutor. Mr. John Griggs, the proprietor of the British Queen beerhouse, in East-street, Walworth, deposed that on the night before, at about 10 o'clock, he went to the upper part of his house to see that all was right, and on opening the door of his bedroom, which was on the second floor, he found the pri soner standing by a chest of drawers, with one of the drawers pulled out. He asked him what he did there, and the prisoner replied that he had mis taken the place for the club-room, and was about to start out, when he (witness) seized him. The prisoner upon his doing so made a desperate attack on him, and twisted both his hands so tightly in his neckcloth that he taus: have been strangled had not his potman and another come promptly to his assistance. He was on the ground quite over powered and exhausted by the violence of the pri soner, and had not assistance reached him at the moment he would have been a dead man. P.lico-constable John West, 185 P, said he searched the prisoner, and found on him the two skeleton keys produced. He also examined the bedroom, and on the floor found a piece of wax candle and some silent matches. The prisoner, who cross-examined, the witnesses with the tact of an old practitioner, was remanded, Mr. Norton directing that in the interim h e s hould be seen by the detectives. WOOLWICH.—John Horlook, an officer's servant, and belonging to the East Kent Militia, stationed at Woolwich, was charged with being concerned, with four soldiers not in custody, in the following outrage. it appeared that about 11 o'clock on the previous night Police-constable Cogger, 443 R, found a num ber of women near an oyster-shop in Beresford street, surrounded by four men belonging to the Military Train, and the prisoner, who was in private clothes. A disturbance being created, the officer at tempted to disperse them, when the prisoner struck hire a violent blow over the eye with a whip, and then made his escape. The four soldiers then drew their side arms and cut the constable's hat from his head, and were proceeding to further acts of violence towards him when police-constable Anders 263 R, came to his assistance. Both constables pro:luced their truncheons in self- defence, but the soldiers cut these instruments of protection with their swords, and then made off. Mr. Inspector Dine having informed his worship that the soldiers were known, and that their con duct would be inquired into by their own officers, Mr. Seeker ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of 403., or to be imprisoned with hard labour for one mouth. THE HAVELOCK MEMORIAL. [The following appeared in our late edition of yesterday evening :—] A public meeting, to found the proposed Havelock memorial, was held this afternoon in Drury-lane Theatre, which had been gratuitously placed at the service cf the committee by the enterprising lessee, E. T. Smith, Esq. Amongst those present we observed the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Earl of Cardigan, Sir W. F. Williams, Bart., of liars, Marquis of Westmeath, Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., and a great many other noblemen and gentlemen. _ _ _ The chair was taken at two o'clock by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief. The noble CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, gala it became his duty shortly to explain to the great assembly he then saw before him the object of the meeting. It was to award a mark of respect to the memory of one who had deserved well of his country. (Loud cheers.) He regretted, as it was one of his duties to give a short history of the services of the general, that he was not in the position of several of the illustrious personages by whom he was sur• rounded, and who had had the honour of enjoying the friendship of so brave and honourable a gentleman. (Hear, hear.) The 14ta Sir H. Havelock entered the army 43 years ago, in the 93d Regiment, and from that time up to the unfortunate circumstance that led to his death, he had distinguished himself in no ordinary manner. (Loud cheers.) In many ware in India he was foremoet in the fight—(hear, hear)—and by his daring achievements in Affghanistan he had set an example worthy of imitation by every young officer i❑ her Maj,sty's service. (Cheers.) The recent mutiny in India had in the first instance been greatly checked by the )us Havelock, and he felt certain that it would be ultimately put down by the exertions of his gallant friend Sir Colin Campbell. (Immense cheering.) He considered the first dawn of returning prosperity dated from the success of Sir H. Havelock.—(hear, hear) —and it was on that account chiefly that Englishmen felt bound to do him honour. (Cheers.) He it was who at the moment of the greatest anxiety, uncertainty, doubt, difficulty, and danger, was selected by the Indian Government to lead that column of troops who at first made a most successful advance on Cawnpore, was then . , momentarily checked at Lucknow, but ultimately by perseverance, courage, and fortitude, led by the illus trious deceased, succeeded in relieving that distinguished garrison —(cheers)—and joined with it in its defence up to the moment of its ultimate relief. (Cheers.) The merit of those operations were entirely due to the illus trious general to whose memory they were met to do honour ; and if there was a man that deserved well of his country, and should be honoured by the people of England, that man was Sir H. Havelock—(eheers)— who had to a great extent, though not exclusively, turned the tide of our Indian misfortunes in our favour. (Hear, hear.) On that occasion he thought it right, however, to state that the greatest cor diality, and more than that, the greatest for bearance, was shown by another illustrious officer, Sir James Outram—(cheers)—to Sir Henry Have lock, who, instead of standing on his rights of position, might have superseded that gallant general in command if he had wished to lead in the second at tack on Lucknow, but instead of claiming that right Sir J. Outran], feeling that proper military spirit—that honourable bearing which he (the Duke of Cembridge) thanked God existed between military men, and which he hoped . would long continue—(cheers)—waived his claim in favour of his distinguished friend, Sir H. Have lock ; and as he had gained the first glory c mnected with the attack, so he wished him to carry out his plan and reap the full reward. (Hear, hear.) It was a state ment he felt more gratified in making from Sir. J. Out ram not being an officer belonging to the East India Company, as showing the advantage of that cordiality which it was essential for the interests of all it was desirable should exist between the officers of the differ ent services. (Cheers.) He now came to the most painful part of the duties that devolved on him as chair man of that meeting. (Hear, hear.) after all these successes he came to that sad and painful moment when, in the hour of victory, and when that gallant officer, after 87 days of perpetual and constant embarrassment, when every officer as well as man in the garrison had to shoulder his musket and stand to his post day after day, watching with intense anxiety that relief all so eagerly ,and b chnigldintghat had been so long shut away from Lucknow every wished for, relieved th e g arr ison of Lucknow—and when he e ery had succeeded m n in bringing up, and saved the honour and reputation of England, besides saving the live s ( f the English women and children so long shut up there—in that v ery h our o f v i ctory, an d n,woa when his services were being fully appreciated by his countrymen; then death 'with his withering hand came on an d put an end to that existence-- there was no doubt, if it bad been permitted to continue, would have proved itself fur; her wor thy of the honour, respect, and esteem of his countrymen. ( Hear and cheers.) He believed that two days after the relief of Lucknow Sir H. Havelock died of disease, and what was it under the circumstances the people of England should doe It was not a question of Government f ivour or protection, but for the naticn to decide what they should do to honour that illustrious man who up to the hour of death proved himself worthy of the country from *hence he sprung and the country which he served. (Loud cheers.) Under these circum stances he (the Dlika of Cambridge) _could not hesitate to take the chair eon so interesting and important an oc casion, and he was gratified to find he was supported not only by so many noble and gallant friends as he saw immediately around him, but - by so liberal and gracious a public as he saw before him.( Cheers.) He felt satisfied they would cordially support the resolutions that would be submitted to them, and.help those who had ori ginated the movement in erecting such a monument to the memory of Sir Henry Havelock as would be worthy of the country that presented it, and would be worthy ( f the man whom it was their wish to honour. (Cheers.) Her Majesty's late Government, with that Liberality of feeling and high spirit of honour which they possessed, had presented to the gentlemen who originated the movement a proper bite for the erection of a monu ment io Trafalgar-square. (Cheers.) Should anything be Itft from the bounty and liberality of a generous country after providing the proposed monument, it would be a ina:ter for those gentlemen and noblemen who had taken the matter up to consider on a future occasion. His Royal Highness then called upon the Marquis of Lansdowne to move the first resolution. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in a very eloquent speech, moved the first resolution, in doing which he said the gallant deeds of the illustrious Havelock had in a great degree checked the mutinous outbreak, and he, by his gallantry, had shown that England, with an army numerically small, compared with the extent of territory they had to occupy, was strong enough to hold in check and ultimately crush one of the greatest muti nies that ever broke out in India. The great general whose memory they were assembled to honour had left a name that his country might well be proud of. (Immense cheering ) General Sir D. Nl'DocraAL seconded the resolution. The gallant general said it was the opinion of all old soldiers that the name of Havelock ought to be enrolled amongst the peers of England. (Immense cheering.) His ROYAL HIGHNESS then put the following resolu tion to the meeting, which was carried in the most enthusiastic manner, namely :-- " That the eminent services rendered by the late General Sir Henry Havelock have called far a sui - able testimonial from a grateful country." The Earl of CARDIGAN said, after the speech' of his Royal Highness, the chairman, it would be presumptu ous in him to attempt to follow in the same strain. The 20, 1858- name of Havelock in India would in future call to recol lection some of the mightiest deeds ever performed, and the honour that was now about to be conferred on his memory was more than justly due. He therefore begged to move the second resolution, which was as follows1: " That independent of the material testimony borne by Parliament to the late General, it is desirable that the British people should have an adequate opp or t un ity o f showing their gratitude for his distinguished services." The resolution, which was seconded by Admiral Hargood, was carried unanimously. Sir W, GoMMS said he felt an inexpressible pleasure in moving the third resolution, for no one could enter tain a higher opinion of the military skill of the late lamented Havelock than he did. The resolution was as follows : " That her Majesty's Government having, with the ex press sanction of her Majesty, granted a site in Trafalgar square for a statue, the erection of such monument should be promoted as largely as possible by the contributions of all class3s of her Majesty's subjects." Mr. V. SMITH, having been called upon by the noble chairman to second the resolution, said he had not ex pected to have had the honour of addressing so great a meeting, but he hesitated not for a moment to comply with the call of his Royal Highness. Tile gallant Havelock, at whose very name the heart throbbed, had performed in India services without parallel in the an • nals of England. (Cheers.) Whether they looked at the military or civil services of the late Sir H. Havelock, both were worthy the admiration of a grateful country. The despatches he wrote proved how great ware his literary attainments, and in one sentence in the document, describ ing the career of his son at the engagement for which he recommended him for the Victoria Cross, Sir Henry said through all the dangers of that siege--" On went Lieut. riavelook." (Cheers.) That sentence will set forth the career of Sir Henry. (Cheers.) On he went through dangers and difficulties of no ordinary kind. It afforded him the greatest delight in being called upon to second the resolution. The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was carried unanimou'ly. Lord J. RUSSELL moved the fourth resolution, viz. :- "That the objects of the committee of the Havelock Memorial Fund, of which his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is the president, be approved, as recorded , in the committee's resolutions of the 20th and 25th January last." Tile noble lord said the eloquent speeches they had already heard rendered it quite unnecessary for him to detain the meeting with any lengthened observation. He felt certain that mainly owing to the firmness and resolution of Sir Henry Havelock, India had been saved to England. (Cheers.) In addition to his invincible bravery, Havelock possessed all the inestimable qualities of a Christian soldier— (cheers)—and England had much to be proud of in the extraordinary achievements he had worked out in India. If the country only estimated his deeds as they deserved, they might rest perfectly assured that the bright example of Havelock would be nolaly followed, and thus it would be proved that the highest qualities of human nature might be found in the profession to which the gallant gentleman belonged. Sir W. F. WILLIAMS, Bart., of Kars seconded the resolution. After all the eloquence they had heard that afternoon he felt there was nothing left for him to say, for what could he say that would add in any way to the admiration in which the memory of the gallant gene ral was held by all whom he now had tte honour to address. He had mixed amongst large numbers of soldiers, and in every place he had beard but one opinion of the merits of the late Sir H. Havelock. All concurred, without the slightest exception, in awarding to him the highest honour. (Cheers.) When he recollected how gallantly Lucknow had been relieved, he would say, in conclusion—may all so circumstanced have a Havelock to relieve them. (Immense cheers.) The resolution was carried unanimously. The Rev. W. BROcK, in an eloquent speech, moved the fifth resolution, viz. : " That the committee of the Havelock Memorial Fund be requested to continue their exertions to carry out that object to the fullest extent that the subscriptions con fided to them will admit, and with the least possible delay, consistently with the receipt of funds from parties in India, and other distant possessions of her Majesty." Sir W. Hunsz felt great pleasure In seconding the re solution, which was put to the meeting and carried. Sir J. GRANT moved the sixth resolution, viz.:— " That it is most desirable that the extent of subscrip tions should be such as to enable the committee, after the fullest consideration, to appropriate any surplus fund, after the erection of a statue, to such further object as shall seem most completely to satisfy the public view, and to harmonise with the sentiments of the late General." Mr. W. ROUPELL, M.P., seconded the motion, which was carried amidst loud cheers. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved a vote of thanks to his Royal Highness for his conduct in the chair. The resolution was carried in the most enthusiastic manner. Hie ROYAL HIGHNESS, in acknowledging the vote, paid a high compliment to Mr. Smith, the lessee, for the handsome manner in which he had gratuitously placed the theatre at the services of the committee. The meeting then broke up. From the London Gazette of Last Night. ST, JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 17. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Hugh MacCaluaont Cairns, Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 17. The Queen bas been pleased to appoint William Lennox Lascelles, Lord de Ros, to be Captain of her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of John Robert, Viscount Sydney, resigned. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Miner' 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Countess of Caledon to be one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber in Or dinary to her M3jesty, in the room of the Duohess of Wel lington, resigned. WHITEHALL, MARCH 17. The Queen has been pleased to grant the office of Solici tor-General for Scotland to Chas. Baillie, Esq., Advocate. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 19. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George Vail as Consul at Glasgow for the United States of Ame rica. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 13. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Tyrone—The Right Hon. Claud Hamilton commonly called Lord Claud Hamilton, of Barons Court in the county of Tyrone, Treasurer of her Majesty'i Household. Tees, April 9 and May 7, at half-past eleven, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Edward John Scraggs, plumber, East Dereham, Norfolk, March 31, at twelve, and May 3, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Henry Pain, ironmonger, Brighton, March 31, and May 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Brown and George William Morris, contractors, Chatham, March 29, at one, and April 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Morse, wine merchant, London, March 20, at half-past two, and April 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Barnett, gas engineer, 81, London-road, Brighton, March 30, at two, and April 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Pluton Chassereau, merchant, Lime-street, City, March 31, at one, and April 30, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Keningale Cook and John Edwin Griffin ' auc tioneers, Colchester, April 1, at one, and May 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Craven and Jesse Craven, ironfounders, Brad ford, March 30, at half-past twelve, and April 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Janies Denby Lee and James Crabtree, machine makers, Wiudhill, Yorkshire, March 30, at eleven, and April 26, at one, at the Leeds District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Bell, farmer and cattle dealer, Kirkton, Dum fries-shire. William Bell, wood merchant, Stanley, Perthshire. Deanfield Bleaching Company, Deanfield, Perthshire. Archibald Crighton, lath splitter, Greenock. Ninian Bannatyne, provision merchant, Glasgow. Wm. Burnside and Co., drapers, Castle-Douglas. Thomas Hutchieson, farmer, Harelaw, Perthshire. John Fauset, spirit dealer, Greenock. Joseph Elliot Square, solicitor, Greenock. ENGLAND. . 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for Ly, the 17th day of March, 1858. 'ARTMENT. BANK OF An Account, pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Weinesda: ISSUE DEP Notes issued . . 31,558,735 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities ...• 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 17,083,735 Silver bullion.. •.., £31,558,735 £31,558,735 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the lath day of March, 1858. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. I4,5;:3,000 .. 3,890,992 Public deposits (in cluding Etchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings' Banks, and Government securities (includg.DeadWeight Annuity) .. •• ...... 9,901,993 Other Securities....•• 16,561,953 Notes ..... ......... 12,347,855 Gold and Silver C01n..; 858,420 Dividend Accounts) 6,577,037 Other deposits ...... 13,770,139 Seven Day and other Bills .... ... , 879,053 £39,670,221 I £39,670,221 E, MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 18th day of March, M AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending March 16, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of, Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 29 8 Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 2l. 6t Average of the above descriptions. PROTECTION OF PROPERTY ON RAILWAYS.—Mr. Berry, solicitor to the London and North-Western Rail way, appeared on Wednesday before the Liverpool police magistrates, to prosecute Isaac Holland, a berther of waggons, who was charged with having broached a cask of ale, which had been placed in one of the wag gons in his berthing section. The magistrate said that the property of the public must be protected, and cora- mitted the Prisoner to the sessions. THE SHERIF, Or EDINBURGH. —We understand the new Home Secretary, Mr. Walpole, has signalised hi 4 entrance on the duties of his office calling our sheriff, Mr. Hal'ard, to account for one of his many extraor- dinary judgments in the Police Court. It appears tha be imprisoned a highly respectable servant girl for 30 days because she picked up a shilling from the floor of a shop on which it had been dropped, as she supposed, by herself, but according to other evidence by a different person. The highest testimony was borne to her cha racter by her employers and other respectable witnesses, but the inexorable sheriff sentenced her to 30 days' im prisonment for this mistake, or crime, by whichever name it may be called. We are extremely glad that our new Home Secretary has called the sheriff to account for his conduct.—Euinburgh. Express, SHOCKING CASE OF CRUELTY.—A few days ago, says the Sherborne Journal, a man residing on the Chapelry, who had formerly been a fifer in the 58th regiment, when that,corps was lying at Weymouth, was discovered by the neighbours to be very busily engaged in his garden, at the back of the house ; on watching him they dis covered that the wretch had dug a large hole into which he had thrown his donkey, which had been previously almost starved and beaten to death. It was, however, still alive,'and when some persons went to interfere and upbraid him for his conduct, he had got the earth thrown in and was stamping it down with his foot; but the poor animal would not rest, and being buried back downwards and legs uppermost, he by his struggles had forced the earth up again. The men who went to interfere immediately compelled the man to kill the animal at once before he interred it, and the fellow then took a hammer and beat its head in, after which it was once more placed under the earth. On Tuesday the fellow, George Holcraft, was charged before the borough magistrates with cruelty to a donkey. The accused had been summoned, but he did not answer to his name. Benjamin Pavey deposed that he saw Holcraft on the 9th inst., covering up his donkey in a hole, just behind his house. He was chopping his head with a spade. Witness threatened to serve Holcraft in the same way, which caused him to desist. Holcratt then got a hammer and knocked the animal on the head. George Blearing and Robert Carter were called to corroborate this statement. The mayor said that although Holoraft did not appear, the bench, to mark their detestation of such cruelty, sentenced him to 3 months' imprisonment with hard labour. 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Albentarle sGtLrAeesstß,s.P—icSca.dailnlyd 13 . 013.8 By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordins.:7 improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distan ces . These Telesco p es po ssess such ex traordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show dietinetly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's riug, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known ono and a-half mile distant. They answer every pur• pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships aro clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They aro invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful povhrs. - invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with thole lenses of a much less magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dare gerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distAnce from the eye they can read small urint with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Os genie Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented iustrumeut for deafness, entirely different from all of hers, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prof ably can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible, It enables deaf persons to hear distinct lest church and at public. assemblies ; the unpleasant seusatiou at s inging noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it adards all the assistamo that possibly could,bo desired.-3.). A lbo made-street, Piccadilly —Opposite the York Hotel,W, 3111RCH 18. City of Durham—John Rob3rt Mowbray, of Warennes Wood, Mortimer, in the county of Berks, Esq., her Ma jesty's Judge Advocate-General, , ADMIRALTY, MARCH 19. Admiral of the White Edward Hawker has been ap pointed to receive a pension of 1501. a year, as provided by Her Majesty's Order in Council of 25th June, 1851, vacant by the death, on the sth instant, of Admiral the Right Honourable William Lord Aylmer, K.C.8., and the name of Admiral Hawker has been removed to the Reserved Half-pay List accordingly; and in consequence of this removal the following promotions, to date the 6th inst., have this day taken place : Admiral of the Blue the Hon. Sir Anthony Maitland, K.C.8., K.C. St. M. and G., to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White the'Right Hon. Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, K.C.8., to be Vice- Admiral of the Red. --- Yice-Admiial of the Blue Henry William Bruce to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral Percy Grace, on the Reserved List, to be Vice-Admiral on the same List. _ _ Rear-Admiral of the Red Henry Dandas to be Vice- Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White John Alexander Dantze to be Rear-Admiral of the Rod. ..... .... Rear-Admiral of the Blue Michael Quin to be Rear Admiral of the White. Captain thelionourable Frederick Thomas Pelham, C.B to be Rear-Admit3l of the Blue. _ .... ..._ Captain Thomas Bushby, on the Retired List, has also been promoted to be a Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms proposed ix the London Gazette of Ist September, 1846, but without increase of pay. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 13. Corps of Royal Marines.—Second Lieutenant Henry Thomas Stanes Davis to be First Lieutenant, vice Rose, resigned. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Glamorgan— Arthur Yendarves Vivian, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Arthur Vendigaid Davies Ber rington, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Royal Monmouthshire Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—John Francis Vaughan, Esq., to be Lieutenant- Colonel Commandant, vice Colonel Clifford, appointed to honorary rank only. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Henry George Statham, Gent., to bo Ensign. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia. — Bernard Byrne, Gent., to be Ensign, vice O'Loghlen, re signed. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia (Tower Hamlets).—Thomas Erskine Barton, Esq., to be Lieuten ant, vice Roworth, retired ; David Matthews La Touche, Gent., to be Ensign. 4th or Duke of - Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) RegL of Rlyal Lancashir e Mili t i a —E ns i gn B. Ll o yd u'Brien to be Lieut., vice John Calcott Beatty, resigned ; Henry M. Howard, Gent., to be Ensign, vice O'Brien, promCted. 7th Regt. Royal Lancashire Militia-0. 11. F. O'Malley, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Regt. Warwickshire Militia —Ensign Charles Atty to be Lieut., vice Blake, resigned. Ist Durham Regiment of Militia—Major William Maude to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Poulett G. H. Somerset, transferred to the Line ; Captain Archibald Harbilton Cochrane to be Major, vice Maude, promoted ; Lieutenant George Sowerby to be Captain, vice Cochrane, promoted ; Ensign Thomas Charles Johnson Sowerby to be Lieuten ant, vice George Sowerby, promoted. [The following Appointineuts are substituted for those which appeared in the Gazette of 9th Feb.:---] Northumberland Regt. of Militia Artillery.— Capt. C. J. Reed to be Major ; Capt. Weston, late East India Com pany's Service, to be Captain. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Joseph Galloway, jun., cloth manufacturer, Bradford. Charles Wharton, Miller. Sandbach, Cheshire. BANKRUPTS.. Thomas Rattray, ironmonger, Bedford-place, Commer cial-road East, MiLlleses, to surrender, March 26, at half-pant one, a nd Ap r il 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Samuel Hemming, builder, Birmingham, April 8 and 22, at half-past eleven, at the Bir saingliam District Court. John Ward, carriage manufacturer, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, April 9 and 30, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valentine Cooper, innkeeper, Cheltenham, March 30 and May 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. David Hughes, grocer, Tredegar, March 30 and April 27, at eloven, at the Bristol District Court. Francis Collins, jeweller, Clerkenwell, March,3l, and May 3, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joshua Cut rah Stagg, timber merchant, Stockton-upon- LIVERPOOL. MARCH 19. A very poor attendance to-day, and wheat met a slow sale at the rates of Tuesday last. Flour in fair request, without any change in value. Oats and oatmeal were neglected. Beans and peas without alteration. Indian corn in fair request, mixed American and yellow, 34a to 34s 6d • Black Sea, 34a 9d to 35s ; white 33e 6d to 345, as in quality, WAKEFIELD-MARCH 19. There was a moderate show of wheat, and line parcele are rather cheaper. Barley is per qr. lower. Beans are dull, and cheaper. Oats and shelling in limited demand. AVERAGES FOR THE WERE ENDING ifsacu 15, 1858. Wheat 4OOB quarters, at 45s 3icl. Barley 6ll ~ 355 444 Oats — „ —s 04 Beans Peas, 25 i 1 39s 6d EXETER-MARCH 19. CORN.—Wheat, 5s 9d to 65 3d ; barley, 4s to 48 3d ; grinding do., Os Oct to Os Oct. Oats, 2 s Oct to 2s 9d. Beans, Os O ct to 0: Od. Peas, 00s Od to Hs Od. FLOUR.—Fine, s Od to 35s Od ; seconds, —5 Od to 33s &I per sack. CATTLE. —There was a small supply of bullocks. Best beef, from Os Od to 10s Od per score ; inferior, 7s to 8s per score ; fat calves, Gd to 60 per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to Os Od. per score ; cows and carver, 121. to 3.81. us ; butchers' calves, Od to 7d per lb., rearing calves —s to —5 each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21. 5s to 31. 5s per couple; ewes, Od to 6d; wetbers, 7d —d; lambs, 70 to 0 per lb. Pigs, large size, —s to —s ; second size, —s to —a j • slips, —s to —5 ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 4id per lb. Pork carcases from 7s Od to 8s 6d per score. BRISTOL. SUGAR—MARca 19. The market continues extremely dull—indeed, we be lieve there has not been a single transaction here this week either in parcels . landed, or to arrive, notwithstanding floating cargoes are being offered on easier terms. Refiners produce is also neglected, and prices quite nominal. Rum pis all in the hands of the dealers. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YESTERDAY. 11 15 Gibraltar •• •• .• Ditto, three months .. 11 17 34 Leghorn ..... .• .• •• 29 70 Rotterdam . 11 17 34 Genoa . 95 55 Antwerp •••••••••••• •. 25 35 Milan - Brussels •• ••• • •• *v. •••• 25 35 VeniCe.• •• •• •..... •• -- Barnburgh •• •• •• •• •• •• 13 6 Naples •• •• •••• ..... •.. 41% Aitona •• •••• •• •• •• •• •• Palermo •• •• ••..•• •• •R• Paris • • .......... .... 25 15 Messina Do. three months .... 25 .3734 Lisbon .......... •• 5134 Marseilles 25 37g Oporto ..............•• 51% Bourdeaux •• Rio Janeiro Frankfort-on-'Maine 11334 Buenos Ares.... • • Berlin • • New York,6o days' sight 48 Vienna •• .• •• •• •• •• 10 32 Philadelphia • • •• •• 10 32 j mess or BULLION , 'Es ozi Petersburg ............ 3534 !Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid 49 'Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 Cadiz ••••••••• • • •• ••• • • 4934 Mexican Dollars •• 0.0 a Barcelona •• •• .. New Dollars 0 0 0 Seville.. COAL IfARIENT. Prices of Coals per ton at .—MARCH 19. the close of the market WaUsend, u• d• Bella Primrose l2 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 0 Tanfield Moor l3 0 Bebside's Hartley 14 3 Bates's West Hartley , • ,11 6 Davison's West Hartley 14 6 Hastings Hartley 14 , 3 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 14 6 Longridge's Wst Hartley 14 3 North Percy Hartley • 11 6 ' - s d. Barton l3 6 Powell's Duffryn Steam 21 6 Cassop 16 0 Reugh Hall .14 6 Llebburn l3 0 Trimdon ' 16 3 Wharneliffe • ls 9 fletton l7 6 Braddyll . 16 0 Russell's Hatton .16 0 Cowpen Hartley .;. .14 6 , Wylain Newton Main 12 0 • f Northumberland ... l3 0 Kelloe • l6 3 - 065 ; sold 112, . Wallsend, tic. Framwellgate l4 6 Acorn Close l5 0 Wayne's Merthyr 20 Ships at market LOCAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOOL-MARCH 19. • -- - - STOCK EXCHANGE—The market was unsteady to-clay, but closed at 3 to per cent. above the lowest prices of the day. Caledonians, 44 3—Bast Lancashire, 874 8 Chester and Holybeads, 19 I—Birkenheads, 70 to 71 — Great Western, 571 B—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 883 9 --Sheffields, 383 9—Midlands, 961 i—North British; 13 —Berwieks, 22. 3—York and North Midland, 364 7- --London and North Western, 953 3—Dovers, 20 —Eastern Counties, 114 I—Grand Trunk of Canada, 11 15 . 16—Great estern of. Canada, 18k 19.—Dutch Rhenish, 33 d. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 19. STOCK EXCHAN6II.—This market was very brisk to -day, and prices of shares were generally in advance. South Stafford', 10,1 —Birmingham and Derbys, 70—Midlands, 96f i—Londons, 96i—Sheffields, 39 2. MANCHESTER, MAncit 19. STOOK EXCITANGE.—There was a good business doing to-day, and prices closed at a slight improvement on yesterday. London and North-Westerns, 95—Leeds, 884 —Trunks, 11i—Sheffields, 38i —North &affords, 3 d.— Midlands, 963 —Blackburns, 9 —Dovers, 20 B— rent Northern Redem. 5 per cent., 111—Caledonians, 86i — Eastern Counties, 11 9-16--North British, 521. RAILWAY TRAFFIO RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. -- Miles Receipts. penod. NAME OF RAILWAY. 1857. 1857. 1856. BltiTloll. X A - Aberdeen •• SID •• .. .. •• •• .. •• I •.... - - 65 Belfast and Ballymena •• •• •• •3 •• •• •• 946 1 , 147 17 Belfast and County D0wn............ - 32 _ Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,142 2.064 26 % Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .... - - 118 Bristol and Exeter ...... 198 % Ca1ed0nian............. ............ 11,416 11.973 9 4 '4 Chester and Holyhead..... • • ........ 4,954 5,063 . 9 54 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• .. .. 170 149 20 Cork and Bandon .. • • .............. 268 244 66 Dublin and Belfast J unction ........ 1,113 1,020 63 Dublin and Drogheda• ••••••• • • • • • • • 1,356 1,380 404 Dublin and Kingstown ' , ••••••••• •• • • 1,006' 1,003 17 X Dundee and Arbroath ............ • • 481 490 3 . 1 .. , Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 942 97 1 3 0 Dundalk and Enni5ki11en............ 410 419 67% East Ang1ian........................ 896 1,080 93 East Lancashire .• • 489 Eastern Counties and N0rf01k....:: 20.893 22,886 Eastern Union - ...... - ...... .} 142 Edinburgh and Glasgow :.• • • 78 Edinburgh, Perth. and Dundee.. • • 6 Exeter and Crediton.. • • - - 22 Furness Railway •• . ••.. • • ...... • • - - 5 183% Glasgow, and South-Western.... ,862 6,915 283 Great Northern. • .... ..... • • 203 % Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5 , 815 5 , 581 465 Great Western •• • • 25',4 Irish South Eastern ••••••••.. • • .. •• - - 90 Lancaster and Carlisle •. • • .......... 5,672 5,549 286'4 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ 18,444 21,463 - Leeds Northern .. • • .. •• ............ - - 16 1 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .• - --. 647 London and North Western ......... 51,647 66,618 5 % London and Blackw all. • ............ 1,063 1,156 183% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 9,161 10,629 289 % London and South We5tern......... 11,604 12,675 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 644 709 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, Ste - - 7,856 9 , 034 173 % Manchester, Sheffield,and Lincolnshire 94 Manchester and South Junction...., .. 726 781 28 Maryport and Carlisle .............. 734 969 667 Midland -•••-•• • • • • • • . .......... 27,435 31.3 02 177 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 3,414 3,405 62 Monklands • • • • • • • • ................ - 7 8 Newcastle and Car1i51e............ •• - 149 North British ••..•• • • • • .........:.,. 4,673 4,767 233 North Staffordshire ••••.••• .. •• • • • s ' B " 7,017 47 North-Western •• .... ...... ........ 753 711 50 Scottish Central ~.•'••. ............. 2,751 2,651 3 2 % Scottish Midland •••••••••• • • •• •• .. - - 29 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ....., 1,352 1,564 48% Shrewsbury and Chester ...... ...... 2,02 2,580 30 Shropshire Union .. ••••.....• .. .. .. 756 753 57 South Devon ....................... 2,019 1.2 4 6 301% South Eastern • • .................... 13.255 14. 484 171 South Wales .. • • ............, „ ..., 6,150 6,392 108 X South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 3.030 2,733 53 Taff Vale ................ ~. ..... .. 3 1,2 6 3 3 9 1,35 63 11 692 1,106 77 Waterford and Limerick ...• .. • • - .. 512 509 27 West Cornwall .• - - ...... •.••• •• 12% Whitehaven Junction .•......• -.. 329 434 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick 3 York and North Midland & Leeds.. .-- - YOZEIGN. 108 Dutch Rhenish - • .........., ...... 3,346 2,111 - Lyons and Mediterranean .......... - - - Diontereau and Troyoe .............. - -• 63 Namur and Liege ..... .- - • •••••••• •••• 539 Northern of France ........'........ 39,614 37,461 - Orleans and Central ............... - - Paris and Lyons .... ••••••.. .. .. .• - .... - Paris and Rouen. .......... ~....... _ -. Paris and Strasburgh ••-••..•• .. • • - - Rouen and Havre • • - - - West and North-West of France . • •• - - A. POLIOZ 0171011 n COMUITTED VOR.ROBBEZT. —John WGark, an offiner in the Liverpool police force, wail yesterday comm , tted for trial by die - stipendrary magis trate on a charge of stealing , a sovereign from a coloured seaman, Peter Williams by name, with whom the offieer wa3 drinking on St. Patrick's-day at a public-house is Vauxhall-road, Liverpool. BIRTHS. COOMBES—On the 18th inst., at Harapton•ocinri, the will of Mr. Riohard Coombes, of a son. GILLESPIE—On the 18th inst., Mrs. Samuel GlDeep's, Borough, of a daughter. SHAKESPEAR—On the 18th inst., at Portsmouth, the Wifl of 'Lieut.-Colonel Shakespear, ILA., of a daughter. SMITH —On the 18th inst., the wife of Alfred Smith, Bing Park-hill, Clapham, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. ' b GILL—SIVEWRIGHT - On the 18th inst., at Brighton pa r at church, Dundas R. Gill, Esti., Captain 10th Cecilia, eldest daughter of James Sivewright, Cavendish place, Brighton. MA.CGREGOR,--PooLx—On the 17th inst., at W 6 th lcei e Church, Bath, J. MacGregor, Esq., eldest son of , late Lieut.-Col. MacGregor, 88th Regt., to Lucy, elttee' daughter of Colonel Henry Poole, B.A. DEAT H S. ACKROYD —On the 16th inst., at Woodside, rieliri"i Yorkshire, Martha, secon d ' E surv i v ing sister of dWar`w Ackroyd, E , q., M.P. COOPER— On the 13th inst., at Windsor, Mr. G. Coop .: aged 89. CURLING—On the 18th inst., at Ip swich, James Carling; e Esq., formerly of Albert.squara , Clapham, and LoW Thames-street, aged 49. MORRIS—On the 15th inst. , at Woodstock, T. F. Merrill' Esq., solicitor. PYRE —On the 18th inst. , Mrs. Pyngo, the wife of Ge°ll; Pyne, Esq., and moth er of Miss. Louisa Fyne, ag ed TUCKER—On the 1 8 th inst. , a t 16, Northum berland -WWI Strand, George Simber Tucker, Esq., aged 75. 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