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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.. HOWE CIRCUIT. t HERTFORD, MARCH 5. Crown Side.—(Before Mr. Justice Williams.) TITS DIITRIAR , AT STEVENAGE. Jeremiah Carpenter, 38, described as a labourer, was charged upon an indictment, and also upon the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of John Starkins. The prisoner, who is a powerful determined look ing man, pleaded not guilty. Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Watkin Williams defended the prisoner. The learned counsel for the prosecution opened the case to the jury in a very clear and able manner, and having called their attention to the very solemn and important duty they had to discharge upon the occasion he proceeded to give a narrative of the circumstances under which the charge was preferred against' the prisoner. The deceased, he said, was a young man about 22 years of age, and at the time he met his death he was a constable belonging to the Herts constabulary, and stationed at Steven age, in this county. The prisoner was a labouring man, residing in a cottage about half a mile from Stevenage, and at the time of the transaction he was in the service of Mr. Horne, a farmer, who occupied a farm called Norton Green Farm, about a mile from the town. It appeared that Mr. Herne bad a suspicion that he was being robbed by some of the persons in his service, and that he had made a communication to that effect to Mr. Hawker, the inspector of the constabulary at Stevenage, and on Friday, the 30th of October, the day of the murder , the latter had given the unfortunate deceased mere instructions to watch the prisoner as he came from his work, and ascertain if he had anything about him that did not belong to him. The deceased ap peared to have left Stevenage about five in the evening with this object. He was dressed in his uniform, but with a plain great coat over it, and it appeared that he took with him a pair of handcuffs and a stick. The usual route taken by the prisoner on his- way home from his ork would appear to have been known to him, for he was seen by several persons going straight in the direction where he would have expected to meet the prisoner, and he was particularly observed at a place called Woolmer Common, looking in the direction of a field called Cooper's Breeches field, and apparently observing some one be was looking for, he imme diately made off towards that field. This was about half-past fivo o'clock in the evening, and the unfor tunate man was never again seen alive. He did not report himself to his superior officers, and no information was obtained respecting him, and as he was a very well-conducted man, and always per formed his duties in a regular and proper manner, his disappearance under such circumstances excited alarrd and suspicion, and the officers of the district immediately instituted an active search to ascertain what "had become of him. No information what ever could be obtained on the Saturday or the Sunday ; but on the following Monday morning a constable named 'agate, who was crossing the Cooper's Breeches field, had his attention attracted to a deep pond in that field, and upon going to it he saw a foot and hand of a man projecting from the water ; and upon the body being taken out of the pond it proved to be that of the unfortunate deceased. There were several severe cuts on the throat, which had the effect of nearly severing the head from the body ; and there were other marks of violence on the face of the deceased, which left no doubt that a most foul and brutal murder had been committed. The learned councelconcludedby stating that since the assizes had commenced a fresh piece of evidence had been obtained in a statement made by the pri soner himself, and he said that if he should succeed in establishing it to the satisfaction of the jury, it would leave them no alternative but to convict the prisoner of the awful crime imputed to him, as it seemed to him that it amounted to an admission of his guilt. There were 30 witnesses to be examined for the prosecution, and at a late hour the trial was adjourned MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LEICESTER, MARCH 4. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) John Payne and James Hickling were indicted for the manslaughter of Elizabeth Barker Dain. Mr. Merewether conducted the prosecu'ion ; the prisoner Payne was defended by Mr. O'Brien, and Hickling by Mr. Mundell. The prisoners were employed in making an ex cavation for a drain in a part of the main street leading to the Midland Railway station, and the work -hawing been begun late in the day, had thrown the earth into a heap, extending from the kerbstone about a yard's length into the public highway. They were observed by a policeman, who told Buckling, on hearing that the earth was to be left all night, that he should shovel it up as much as possible from the middle of the road, put a light upon it and leave it secure. The foreman of the Board of Health of the town saw them also and told Payne, who was a well-sinker, that he was wrong to make that hole at that time of night, about 6.10 p.m. Payne said that as soon as the stones were broken through he would fill it up a g ain and make it safe ; the foreman told him that it he would send to the storeyard he could have guards ; the width of the road was about 37 feet. NO light was placed above the heap, but there was a gaslight on the opposite side of the street. At abbut a quarter to 8 that evening a cart driven by a man named Stavely, and containing a party, among whom were the deceased and her husband and little boy, returning from a fair, was driven towards Leicester along the London-road past Campbell street, a point at which there is a bye-road leading to the Midland Station, towards which the Bell-inn omnibus was proceeding in an opposite direction to the cart. Stavely, seeing the omnibus come, as it seemed, suddenly upon him,turnecl aside to allow it to p?ss, and, not having observed the heap, the cart was turned upon it and overset, by which the de ceased was killed. The prisoners had, it appeared, believed that the heap was sufficiently made up to be safe ; both bore good characters. It was con tended for the one that, being a bricklayer, and only engaged in the excavation in assistance of tho other, whose business it was to excavate, he was not the responsible person, and for the eixavator that he had not only thought all safe when he left it, but that the master who employed him, and not he, should be held responsible. The Court, however, told the jury to inquire, first, was there any negli gence ? If there was, and the jury thought the acci dent resulted from the insufficiency of the light, than he must tell them that it was the duty of the prisoners to place sufficient light and take such care se would make the highway safe fur all to pass, as they had no right to encroach one yard upon it. The person who did the act must be held respon sible ; he did not say but the master was so also. - Verdict of guilty against both. Fine of it., both prisoners having already Buffered one week's im prisonment. (Before Lord Chief Justice Campbell.) The criminal business was brought to a conclu sion this evening. The cases of most public interest were "Regina v. William Carter, Thomas Sten son, Thos. Ward, and Sarah Ann Towers," for a garotte robbery, committed in a part of the Hum berstone-road, one of the most frequented streets" in this tows. Mr. Simpson prosecuted and Mr. O'Brien defended the prisoners. The female•pri soner, S. A. Towers, had been treated by B. Thomas at the Barrel publichouse, Flumberstone-gate ; she accompanied him from that house to a piece of unpaved ground lying a little off the highway, and Was followed by the three male prisoners, who bad been drinking in the same house, and with one of whom she had been living. The assault by the three men was very violent, and was per eiated in, although one of the witnesses called waThsorolozkinwgi_ on while they were suffocating Mr. great e l .tha no t. was afterwards found in a state of to the evidencrilf spitting blood. In addition all the three m-aoleSarah Nicholl, who saw distinctly and the woman To wers, f o ll ow i ng M r . Th o mas in the act of th ro ttling him, saw them afterwards gm Barrel t evidence of others who had seen them about thel .near the spot where a n d at h wine-vaults, anti time when the as sault took place, the sho es of tw e o of -found to correspond with f ootmariiso t n be th m e e g n ro w u e n r d e where Thomas had been seen strug g ling " Murder." All the prisoners penal were nal convicteddcrying an and, leach sentenced to seven years' servitude. Two cases of night poachine, the one including :fou r d e f en d ants and the other' five, were tried to "J.:A% both l cases there was some violence used by t r a tZ . 1 1 1 in the former case with stones and Mr. I_ , 111 . e emitter with atones. - former , " Jr TIAMr. Mundell prosecuted in the °, ll vieted, and sent irisonsersu 2 Ilte.r:lzeviether in the latter. terms of imprisonment arYing from 3 to 6 e m ne o e nth t s o . WESTERN CIRCIIIT.—w, CROWN Cou N icr e . --1312 ' March 5 ' (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) Benjamin Spring . was indicted fo r the man_ Platighter of Aaron Newbolt. Mr. Poulden prosecuted, and Mr. Coleridge de fended the prisoner. counse ap- From other persons were the statement of the learned 1 • Dorchester and Sout amp o peered the deceased and many h t n workmen on the were in a truck proceed ' Railway, and the prisoner was the foreman over them. In Dec. these men in; on the line to their wor while it was in • k. It was the duty of the men not to get out of thetrain motion, and the driver of the train was to obey the signal of the prisoner, and stop the train by his direction, Just as the train was coming to the place where some of the men had to work the prisoner desired them to get out, but did not stop the train. The deceased, among others, jumped out, but fell under the train ; his legs were fractured, and he was so much injured that he died shortly after. The learned Judge said, if these were the facts which were to be proved he was of opinion that there was no case to go to the jury. It was a very dangerous habit for persons to get out of the train while in motion, and the employers ought to put a stop to it. Manslaughter consisted in causing the death of another by doing some unlawful act, or neglecting some duty which the law imposed upon the individual. The deceased got out of the truck with a knowledge of the danger ; it was his own act, and the prisoner was not responsible for it. The jury must, therefore, acquit the prisoner. Mr. Coleridge said he could most clearly have proved that the prisoner was most strict in his orders to the men not to get out of the train during the time it was in mc,tion. A verdict of Not Guilty was then taken. It may be noticed that the learned judge in his charge to the grand jury took particular care to explain the law to them, and direct howevered them to threw the bill. The grand jury, ,in their wisdom returned a true bill. Jacob Longman was indicted for maliciously shooting at James Donelly, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Poulden conducted the case for the prosecu- tion. It appeared that the prosecutor was a gunner in the Royal Lancashire Artillery, and was stationed at Marshwood, near Southampton. On the 21st Jan. Donelly and some of his comrades left the barracks and went to a public-house called The New Found Out. About 12 o'clock at night they left the public-house, and, seeing a light in a cot tage and hearing some talking, they wanted to get a light, and went to the door and knocked. Some words passed, and the door was opened and a man came out with a stick and knocked one of the sol- diers Upon this Donelly got a stick and threw it at the man, and one of his comrades procured the branch of a tree and ran towards the cottage door, which was directly close , l. The soldiers were then going away, when Donelly received a shot from a gun which was fired from the cottage. Donelly was assisted by his com rades back to the barracks; several shots were taken out of him. He was then removed to the hospital, and bad not since been able to perform his duties. They were neither drunk nor sober. They bad been at the public-house from 5 o'clock until 12. This was the story as told by Donelly, bu Berwick completely contradicted him, stating that he !never went near the cottage, he never was knocked down, he never took up a stick, and waa 200 yards off in the road, when he heard a gun fired. It was evident the three men were all drunk and could not tell what really had occurred. The sergeant next day proceeded to the prisoner's house, and the prisoner, in answer to the sergeant, pointed out the places where he stood, and where Donelly stood, at the time the gun was fired. He said he had not loaded the gun himself. There were women in the house. There had been a paling broken and the sergeant paid the prisoner's father 2s. for the damage. One of the women said a cup and saucer had been broken, and the sergeant paid for those. The prisoner said that the soldiers wanted to force themselves into the cottage, and one had got in. In his defence the prisoner said that Donelly and two other soldiers came into the cottage, and were threatening the life of his father, when he got out of bed and came out of the bedroom to protect his father. They took hold of him and threw him down, and then said they would show him what the Lan cashire fashion was, and they commenced kicking him while he was on the floor in the most cowardly manner. They threatened to pull down the house. There was no other house near, and he and his father were much frightened, and he fired off the PAL Isaac Longman, the father of the prisoner, said — The family were all asleep. I was awoka by a noise, and a man said, " Give me a light, or I'll knock your house down." I got up and went into the room, where I saw three soldiers ; one was stirring the ashes_about. I asked them what they came therefor, and one of them said, "For a woman. I told them there was no woman there for them, and they had better go to the barracks, like good men. He said he should not go for me, for I was no man. I said I'd put my clothes on, and see for some one who would take them away. I went and put my clothes on, and then I persuaded them to go. I then tried to turn them out, until my son came to my assistance. They threw him down, and said they would show him Lancashire fashion, and. would kick him. They then went out. One of the soldiers then came with a thorn bush some 7 or 8 feet long, and another had a rail 12 feet long, and pushed it into the dew-. They then threw half a bushel of brickbats into the house and swore they would dash our brains out and knock the house down. My son fired a shot at the time they were throwing in the brickbats. The man was stooping down picking up the brickbats when the shot struck him. Cross-examined—l went to bed that night at 7 o'c!ock. We have only one sleeping room, in which were myself, my son, two grown-up daughters, and four little children. The men were in the house half an hour. Two of them kept the door open with poles, and the other was picking up brickbats and throwing them into the doorway. There was every appearance that they intended to commit murder. Walter Byles—l was in the neighbourhood that night, lying in the stable adjoining Longman's house. I heard a noise and went out, and saw 3 soldiers enter the door and go inside. I heard Longman trying to persuade them to go to the bar racks ; they refused to go, and said if they could not have the women they would beat his brains out. I saw one of them knock the prisoner down close within the door. I W 53 standing behind a cart. They got out the soldiers, who got large sticks and kept the door open, and one threw brickbats into the house ; as one of them was stooping down to get a brick I heard the report of a gun. The sol diers then ran away. Cross-examined--The cart was standing in front of the house. I heard a noise before they went in. My feet were tender, as I had been walking a lone way, and I could not get along, so I lay down in the stable. lam a fireman in the West Indian mail service. lam not a fighting man, and thought it was the best plan to keep out of the way. I was a bright night. The learned Judge stated that when persons were attacked they were justified in using weapons in proportion to the attack. His Lordship also pointed out discrepancy in the evident?. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —March 5. MANSION-HOUSE.—Henry Banks, a man o about 35, was charged with being in unlawful pos session of 22 carbines. C. Baker, constable, No. 613, said,--From in. fencation I received I last night accompanied Watkins, another officer, to the shop of Mr. Solo mons, at No. 7. Roper's-buildings, Cutler-street. After I had been there about 20 minutes a cab drove up to the door of Solomons, and the prisoner got out of it and entered the shop, taking with him two bundles, containing 22 carbines, wrapped up separately in paper. In answer to my inquiries the prisoner stated that the carbines were a job lot which he had purchased, that he had given 53. a-piece for them, and bad sold them to Mr. Sol'd mons for 6'. a-piece. I took him to the station house, and asked him for the invoice, and he said he had not got it. He said he lived at 6, Welles ley-street, Euston-square. He was told by the in spector on duty that his lodgings would be searche 1. when he produced the invoice. (This document was put in evidence, and from it it appeared that 22 carbines, amongst other articles, were invoiced to Messrs. Banks and Co., of London, by Messrs. Keat, Brothers, of Birmingham, at the rate of 10s. each.) I went to the address he gave, and found that he did not lodge there, but rented a front room which he used as an office. He refused his real address. Watkins, a constable, corroborated the evidence of the last witness as to what occurred in Mr. Solo mono's shop, and produced a heap of letters, enve lopes, newspapers, postage-stamps, (h., which had been found at the prisoner's " office," and which proved that a rather profitable trade had been car- DEATI , OF SIR ROBERT CA3IPBELL —Vire have to ried on there. Among the papers were discovered record the death of Sir Robert exr-b-11, 'tart., ono of the railway bill relating to the carriage of the car- the directors of the East India (Li"; i ::ry, ar:d a commie bines and the invoice above referred to. Pier. e r for the lieutanancy of Lol - .;:c. -- z. The decFastd Mr. Philip Solomons—l live at 7, Roper's build- baronet was born in 1771. and marrie:d is 1798 a rugs, m Cutler-streetyhopaud offered ffere , a ll: e u n someds di tela , and ana a general daughter of the well-known Dr. Pas Ly. He is sue c e ..!, lit d dealer.faonrand P roduced . 0 d Y u .H e c e ee t d e a r at d i wd a Yesterday oh afternoon s f te a r n s a o mo wantedi: i t :o h e prisoner came to i n his title and estates by Sir John Nichol) Robert would them. noti off e a as It . s rill he left fo ta was about . t.al.ste)oirde Governmentfor guns " .hem i service. Campbell, r the !greed to t a k e ‘i 63. a-piece for mg the hulk. with lioneetly iy, had mY Bus Baker, the " the The Lord Mr -a"s* pinions that he nRi.. guns, 2 and. I communicated yor-- prisoner planation to give respectin g ha - ye guns ? [A DVERTISEMENT.] —Hollow '' Pills and o:ntmerf. b es r ay s er the invoice l' p lu ric t e ja oi —The sudden chan , :f temp ature have a te!rible the Possess Prisoner—Only that I bought them, each for them some weeks ago. U r p t u h r e p m, which he effect , the skin and also upon the nervous e Po e fet eh - Ilene the preval ' e had not snatis rice r ,- )af, rhen m, sore th and th so frequently generated of er3. Holloway's Pills and Oi you any o ,_ promptly removing this cnatody and at Lo a" me" i on of thes ful remedies do •I • ex not only cl S a l I s p s 11'0113 sy many other comp -ten Wil l s t s , :pelas, blotene , , boil', s by ntm th e i n s t c w a e us i e 3 a , v fortunately u e n m a t e cal means s in p o r f e d s i s se t r e es in ,• fla th w e in se 9 r io o n zd h e u r; p Eta 1 oi .i andt a p t eL t s i lo t u h ni e yo u c oz a h u t canes invalids vbiavulviadi -orates u e i n rna t t l a e el sl ptarets excretion Novfh otlhee s through vsy,world stem.l t d h d e epmr The or e n - i' . 'ici n p e ow vendors d o f o r t e bese poten The Lord Mayor—Wh the invoice i the 2l of March, and takenyo — u y 'wlerei o only dated throughout t rtehtenewdioersiz uSilto.roatri:eabot:: healm.• te.seor llolloway's E*tablitihraeut, 244, Strand, 013 the 4th, I must ascertain from Mean's, dßest, THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVEN; Brothers, of Birmingham, under what circum stances you obtained these guns from them. Prisoner—These guns originally sold for 1.75, 6d., but we found them a very unsaleable article, and wanted to get rid of them. I went to every place I knew of to dispose of them. The Lord Mayor—You could not have gone to many places, as you could not have had possession of them more than a couple of days at the most. Watkins—He carried on busines3, my lord, under the name of " Banks and Ainsworth.' Mr. Solomon—Yes ; and when he brought the guns to my premises he had no money to pay for the cab, and I had to lend him a crown. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—l have no doubt, from the bundle of letters and advertisements produced by the officers, that you have been pursuing a system of robbery for a long time past by means of advertisements. It appears that your efforts have been very successful, and that you have received a considerable quantity of stamps from various persona. One advertisement I see is this : DIABOLICAL A EXTRACTS PROM THE MANUSCRIPT LETTER OP THE Bay. NV. M. Jowls. The sad notes relating to Messrs. Dixon, Steinbeck, and tlie v lr families was by the last pest doubtless sent off by ner I mPatgvhaisieng friends. As i n m y l as t lusteronly a brief notice of the i r i ee to r al the k nio affair, I, will now atteropt to narrate the particulars of the outrage, as narrated to me by the sufferers and wit neseee, and eleo to note down some of the incidents of the past three weeks. - " Previous to the late mournful affair events have transpired to cause alarm and apprehension of sonic thing serious, though by no means so serious as the taking of lite, anti mach loss the indescribable outrage upon women—Chrietian women—such as has been perpetrated, for we have all along been assured that in these respects there was t o danger. We have, however, all suffered more or less from petty thieving, and the families in the frontier gardens have .suetained eeveral losses from bold attempts and attacks to wrench their precious substance from them. Money, clothing, provisions, and particu larly animals, have been taken off by day and by night by the hand of the spoiler. There have been several instances of insult and violence offered to the persons of our fami lies, but hitherto they have been mercifully preserved. Thieves broke into the house, and then into the tent of Mrs. Minor, and took off clothing. Again, her house was twice attacked, and a servant slightly wounded by a musket shot, but they report of fire-arms and the ecreamt of the people in the yard frightened the robbers away. Within a year and a half the yard wa'l on Mount Hope has been twice broken through seed a fine flock of sheep taken. Brother Dlxon's yard wall was dug through, and a portion of the fleck taken. Stone walls of two and three feet in thickness seem to be nothing accounted of by the people whose hand is against every mar. Brother F. W. Steinbeck, the deceased, was often attacked while watching his flock. For the most part ho managed to evade tke horsemen and thavart their designs upon his cattle. In this he was quite expert, yet in person he suffered several severe aeatinge, wholly unprovoked on his part, the object beiug to disable him, in order to take his fl ick. The consequence of these injuries was se veral weeks' sickness, but after recovering be went again to his employment in his usual quiet way, always with meekness and diligence. Foiled in every attempt on Isis flock in the daytime, they directed, as the sequel shows, a deep, dark, planned plot against him. How sad the reflection, after so much diligent ,toil, and so many painful watchiegs and anxieties and sufferings, he should at last fall by violent hands, and his dear and earthly one become the victim and sufferer of almost unheard-of violence ! It was lite rally the corning of the thief in the night to steal, to kill, to destroy (John X., 10). The shepherd was smitten arid the flock scattered. The night before the attack several men were seen prowling around the house of Mr. John Steinbeck, the brother, but were frightened away by the loud screaming of the Allah family living on the premises. Oa ihe night of the 11th instant, three men knocked at the gate of Mr. Dixon's garden, and demanded entrance, on the plea of searching for a lost cow, which they said a neighbour ing shepherd Lad informed them was with the flock within. They were told there was no stray animal in the yard, and were requested to leave, and as they loitered about, and said they would wait until the morn ing outside, Frederick Steinheck told them they were m ust be off forthwith. F re d er i c k an d Dixon went on 'good purpose—they were thieves, and nfotiorsre p to watch their movements. The men th i:too for a quarter o f a mile, and then turned tt e whh a eee s ur t e w th'o eastward to the river. It is supposed they came to ai,certain the strength of the horse, and to know if Mr. Henry Lax en, the son, was at home. He was that night with his sister at Mount Hope, in the absence of her h us band,- Mr. John Steinbeck, After a littl e time again a noise was tagheatemtajerl:droaur and ad temporary a outside, cie'and p resen tly a knocking at the west demand for adusittance. Thu dogs became furious, and a voice cried out, 'Your dogs bark like fire.' Again there was quiet. Mr. Dixon took a long ladder, went carefully to the gate, mounted it, and looked over, and saw five men sitting againet the w a ll close by the gate, apparently con waiting what to do. Mr. Dixon and Frederick Stein heck rsterrel t o t h e house. There i s more noise out side, and th e dogs b ecome r at ions. Au accidental g;auce at the watch reveals that it is half-past twelve o'clock. Frederick begins to load a revolver, and inquires- 1 F a th er, w h at sha ll Id o ?' This was sail with apparent concern, an d j us t th e n the north gate el the garde n gave way with a crashing noise to the effort of the i nva d ers . Mr. Dixon and his companion went out partially under elver of the wall. On arriving near the gate, and while trying to spy out the robbers, a gun was f ire d from without, but obliquely through the gat e . Fr om t h e bl az e of the fire Mr. Dixon ' thinks that Frederick was not more than six feet from the muzzle of the gun. The whole charge of 24 shots entered the abdomen on the right side. Frederick fell immediately, exclaiming, Father, lam hit ; here, take the gun.' Mr. Dixon instantly caught the gun and fired, and is supposed to have wounded the murderer in the hand. Frederick arose and got into the house as hest he could, and there fell o- the floor, exclaiming, 'Oh, mo ther ! I have received a ball,' Mr. Dixon returned to the house by a circuitous route, and began to fasten the door. The men were soon at the door. Frede ;ek was in great agony. Mr. axon Bahl to him, ' Try and bear your pain with as little ado as possible, asrur groaning may give them an idea of our weakness. The young wife was supporting her husband's head, and bathing it witt) spirits; the mother was trying to prevent the flow of blood with clothe. Mr. Dixon supp irts the door with all his etrengle Little Cartier, nearlf 11 yeers of are, and the two little ()Fee, erre of two yoare, and tlie other of Liao months, ere huddled in the bed. The robbers make a try or tan and burst in the door. Mr. Dixon retreats on one side, but facing the enemy ; all five appear to enter at once, the fore most mail with a deb about 7 feet long and from 2 t 2f inches thick. He strikes Mr. Dixon with great force. The latter pames cr rather lessens the weight of the blew by his hand (which was severely brui=ted) and the appendage of a woollen hat. Ho fell with a groan. „ insensible aud bleeding. Mrs. Dixon basted to support her wounded husband, raised him, and seated hitn by ties and bideof heard th to pray,edying son, who co m pl a i ns o f b e i ng faint Father i n h eaven , forgive me all my sites ' and help me to bear thi s pa i n .' Th e robbers entered t he rootn most f ur i ous l y, and, hav i ng knocked down Mr. Di xo n , they passed immediately to tiro mistakin g th e s h in i ng b rass pooduluin for gold, destro yed that article, and then t iied stove i antilto the lifted e() the pipe pipe in sea rc h o f go ld . Th ey pitched e beat to search the trunks. Two or three were opened. All this happened w i t hi n three or four minutes after breaking it..lta the house but no w commences a scene which beggars description. 'M r . S te i n b eck had just embraced her eying husband, a n d h e h ad j ust given her a token of affection, his lips feeling very, very cold, when three of the ruffiaue coned and dragged her out of .doors. She struggled heroically; seizing the bedstead with one hand, she held it till it fell, when she caught hold of her father, who in his turn held her till he was beaten off moat cruelly. Mrs. St e i n b ec k i s struc k i n the breast with a hammer, a pistol is presetited to her, and then she is cuffed and knocked about, and otherwise abused till these fiends have accomplished their pur poses. In the meantime a man stands sentinel over Mr. Dixon, while a fifth seizes lira Dixon and drags her aside for the same purpose. Subsequently Mrs. SteM beck is seized by the other two, taken out and treated in like manner. When first seized the men trod upon her husband, who moved himself a little under the table, as is supposed to get out of their way. Upon her return her husband was dead. This Was, perhaps, 20 minutes after he was shot. Mr. Dixon watched his oppor tunity to slip out, with the intention of making an alarm and obtaining hel p , but was beaten and forced b bauct k a. s et nea y m i o s u d n e t in , a im n g d i e v d e , n P a u nd the purse. Again the' containing demand 13 mode, but they are told that there is no more. The huge club is thrust against the side of our brother Dix he, and a gun is presented five or six times at tit breast, but each time he manage. to throw it aside. Ile begins to pray, cloud, but loud praying the desperadoes will not endure, though not understanding a word. Little did they know how continuously the whole family were that night in prayer. The trunks, boxes, ro oms , an d a ll the prenitt-;es are thureugitly eearehed three timea and not finding the object of their search, they each time b e c a me store furious and abusive. The ladies ale driven and ordered about, and obliged to wait upon the villains in the most slavish manner. Mrs. Dixon is beaten. Mrs. Steinbeck is struck repeatedly with the butt of the in 'ear. the breast. She begged them to to saying, ?" we bad Is not bf thousands e deare rwouldthan Lace a c v m e not e p y 're ity o then:ln r. her, p Dixon is taken by the hair, his head is brought on cue side and a sword drawn to sever it from his body. The blew is parried with Mr. Dixon's hand, assisted by the falth!ul daughter, Mrs. Strinbeck, although in the scuffs his hand is severely wounded. Little Carrie, to o , b eseec h es t h e . man to spore the life of her dear grandfather. The fellow in desisting stares at the child a neument and then joins in the weak of pillage. The men seemed much annoyed at the crying of the children, bum happily offered them ue violence. The insulted and gross l y a b use d f am ily were a good deal of the time kept sitting an the floor, arid not allowed to speak. There were many spots of blood left upon the clothing hi the trunks, supposed to be from the hand of the wounded man. The leader of the gang was a white m an , an Arab, and the others were de sctibed as bl ac k men. T hese were masked with the Arab veil, ex cept t h e eyes. T eo w hit e man entered uu masked, but instantly seized a child's garment, threw it over his head, and held the corners in his mouth. Tire black men obeyed the beck of the white man with a quickness really surprising. They were evidently iu a hurry to get away. Near daylight the tormentors left, taking with them as many household goods as they could carry off. A lamp weer left on the sill of the gate when they entered, vo that aey one comieg could be seen from the house, and be shot down. None of the family ventured nut till daylight. The robbers made goo d their retreat before it was hob", In spite of his woun ds and tiding head b ro th er Dixon went out a'.daylight and called to Mr. °lesson, a rear neighbour, who came and remained with the women till others should come to their help. I will let the reader imagine the scene at the first anwouncement of the sad tidings to his son arid daughter on Mount Hone. They are conducted to the houze of this m ourn i ng , and thence father an d son pro ceed to the City, Soon the American V ice-Consul, the Governor of Jails, the physician, t he French Consul, aud neatly 100 c iti z ens are on the spet, and are per fectly dismayed a t the scene of blood and dsath, aud the (Attn. confes,o n o f th e house—everything be in g thr o wn about, broken an d spoiled, as though it haul been the work of mad men . All seem interested , a nd the French consul espechdly wrote much on tii o spot. Foreigners were, of course, alarmed, and felt tha t - had been aimed blow aimed at them, As stated in my last, the melancholy From the London Gazette of Last LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 25. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's Levee, an nounced to be held at St. Jamee's Palace, on Wednesday, the 10th of March next, will not take place. Her Majesty will hold a Levee (as already announced) on Wednesday, the 17th of March, and a further Lavee on Wednesday, the 24th of March next. N.B.—The Knights of the several Orders aro to appear in their Collars at the Levee on the 17th March, it being a Collar Day. ST. JAMES'S PA..LA.CE, FEB. 26. The Queen has, bean pleased to appoint the Dachess of Manchester to be Mistress of the Robes, in the room of the Duchess of Sutherland, resigned, . MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, FEB. 26. The Queen has been graciously plea , ed to appoint the Most Noble Henry Charles Fitatoy, Duke of Beaufort, to be her Majesty's Master of the Horse, in the room of the Most Noble Arthur Richard; Duke of Wellington, resigned. For The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Colonel the Hon. AlmtanderNerson Hood, Scots Fusilier Guar&s, to be Equerry in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room o . Major-General Beekley, resigned Read late Scots Fusilier Guards. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 5. Tho Queen has aeon graciously ploasod to give orders for the appointment of .Major-General Lord Howden, K.C.8., her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary to the Qaeon of Spain, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the First' Class, or Knights Grand Cross, of the Most Honourable Order of tho Bath ; and of Percy William Doyle, Esq., late her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Mexican Republic, and Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas Ai?kow L ircom, R. , U nder Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Iraland, to be Ordinary Mem bers of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Com panions of the said - Most Honourable Order. _ DOWNING-STREET, MinCil 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Reilly, Esq., to be Police Magistrate for the district of Kingston, in the Island of St. Vincent ; Francis Ellis, Esq,, to be a Member of the Council of the Turks and Caicos Islands; George Wall, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Islad of Ceylon; Alexander Cordon Fyfo, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Jamaica; and Alfred Whitman ani Robert B. Dickey, Esqrs., to he &Umbers of the Legislative Council of the Province of Nova Scotia. CRO WN-OFFICE, MARCH 4. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Stamford—John , Inglis, of Abercrombie place', Edinburgh, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, and Lord Advocate of Scotland, in the room of Sir Frederic Thesiger, Knight, who has accepted the office of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Borough of Copkermouth—The Right Hon. Richard. Sonthwell Bourke commonly called Lord Nam, of Pal m3rstown Ness, in the county of Kildare, Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Borough of Droitwich—The Right Hon. , Sir John Somer set Pakington, Baronet, of Westwood Park, in the county of Worcester, First Commissioner for executing the office of Lord High. Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Borough of Wenlock—The Right Hon. George Cecil Weld Forester, of Willey Park, in the county of Salop, Flomptroller of ! her Majesty's Household. Borough of Bridgenorth—Henry Whitmore, of Sunni side, Coal Brook Dale, in the county of Salop, Esquire, one of the Commissioners for executing the office of Trea surer of the Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of Treland. MARCH 5, University of Cambridge'—Tho Right HOD. Spencer Horatio Walpole, Master of Arts, one of her Majesty's' Principal Secretaries of State. - Borough of Huutingdon—Major-General Jonathan Peel, of Marble-hill, Twickenham, one of her Majesty's Princi pal Secretaries of State. WAR-OFFICE,- PALL-MALL, MARCH 5. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. H. St. John Dick to be Captain, without purchase, vice Loftus, ap pointed to the 18th Light Dragoons ; Cornet William Thomas Foster to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dick. 6th Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Francis G. S. Curtis to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brett, appointed to the 13th Dragoons; Ensign Wm. Gair, from the 3d West India Regiment, to bs Cornet, without purchase, in suc cession to Lieut. Vyse, killed in action. _ . 2d brapons--Lient. f. E. Swindley, from the 12th Lighl Dragoons, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Breve , . . . Lieiit.-Colonel Clarke, promoted. 3d Light Dragoons—Frederilk Grant Forsyth Grant, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Blundell, pre moted. sth Light Dragoon3—Cornet Edward Francis Weaver, from the ht Dragoons, to be Cornet and Adjutant Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Luke Barron, M.D. to be Surgeon. 7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Frank Garforth to be Captain, without purchase, vice Slade, appointed to the 6th Light Dragoons ; Cornet Richard Newsham Pedder to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Garforth. 9th Light Diagoons—Bravot-Lieutenant•Colenel Henry Aime Ouvry, C. 8., to be Lieutenant Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel J. H. Grant, K.C.8., promoted to the rank of. Major-General ; Brevet-Major William Drysdale to be Major, without purchase, vice Ouvry ; Lieutenant A. Eastfiald Wilkinson to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Drysdale ; Cornet Piers Thuraby to bo Lieutenant, widmut purchase, vice Wil kinson ; Robert Bury, Gent., to be Cornet, without pur chase, vice Thuraby. 10th Light Dragiirms—Cornot Johh Gore to be Lieuten ant, without purchase, vice Stacy, promoted in the 18th Light Dragoons. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant E. 'Harnett to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major Fellowes, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854 ; Cor net Arthur Peel Garnett to be Lieutenant, without purchase. 12th Light Dragoons - --Cornet WM. Edward Shaw to bo Lieutenant, vice Gemmel, promoted in the sth Light Dragoons. 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Percy Dodgson, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Giles, promoted; William Atcherley Atcherley, Gent., to be Cornet, 15th Light Dragoons—Surgeon Wm. Godfrey Watt, from the sth Foot, to be Surgeon. 16th Light Dragoons—Cornet Leonard Wilson Atkin son, to be Lieutenant, withoutpurchase, vice J. Dynon, promoted in the sth I ight Dragoons. 18th Light Dragoons—Surgeon Henry Mapleton, M.D., from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon. Military Train—The surname of the Lieutenant, promoted on the Bth inst., is Applin, not Aplin. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Godfrey Wentworth Beaumont to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Edward Brownlow, who retires; Francis W. Garden Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, In purchase, vice Beaumont. 2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Hatchell to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Dowdeswell, whose ap pointment from 89th Foot has been cancelled ; James Campbell Stratford, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice J. J. Armstrong, who has been superseded, being absent without leave ; Selwyn Valentine Page, Gant., to be Ensign, without Firzhas vice Hatchell. 3d Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant F. Eteson, from the 52d Foot, vice Daly, who has re tired upon full pay ' • Lieutenant H. G. E. Somerset, from the 81st Foot. To be Lieutenant, without purchase --Ensign Charles Duman B sillie, vice Reade, promoted. To he Ensigns, without purchase—Charles Warren Mel lor, Gent., vice Baillie ; Wm. Henry Irvine, Geut., vice MansQrgb, appointed to 75th Foot. 4th Foot—Ensign Richard Boyce to be Lieuteoant without purchase, vice Cox, whose appointment from 20th Foot has been cancelled ; John Grant Tomlin, Gent., to be En- . - sign, without purc'hase, vice Sharpe promoted. sth Foot—Lieut. John Creagh to be Adjutant, vice Hai;, killed in action ; Assistant-Surgeon Robt.McNab, M.D., from 61st Foot, to be Surgeon, the promotion not to carry pay until sth March. 6th Foot—Major J. E. Robertson to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase ; Captain and Brevet-Major E. J. Blanckley to be Major, without purchase, vice Robert son; Lieut. John Dawson to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Blaukley ; Ensign C. Whyte to be Lieut , without purchase, vice Dawson ; Wm. Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wastle, promoted ; Thomas Greer Saunders, Gent., to be sign, without purchase, vice Bowers, promote,l. 7th Foot—The Christian names of Ensign Loveriige ares Henry William, and not Edward Henry, as stated in the Gazette of the 2d ult. Bth Foot— Harold John Kinsman, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mounsteven, died of his wounds. 9th Foot—Thomas Elmes, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ridedale, promoted. 10th Foot—Lieut. Charles Hill Fresson, from the 93th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Fenton, whoseappointment from half-pay, Unattached, as stated in the Gazette of 12th Jan., 1858, has been cancelled. 13th Foot—Lieut. W. R. Mooraom, from the 52d Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. 14th Foot—Lieut. Hugh Lleyd, from the 87th Foot, to be Captain, Without purchase. 15th Foot—The promotion of the undermentioned officers to be dated 20th, not . 9th, Feb., 1858, as previously stated :—Brevet-Major George P. Hume, from 58th Foot, and Brevet-Major John C. Mansergh, from 6th Foot. 2Cth Foot -:--Lient. Wellington Mitchell has bean permitted to resign his. Com - mission. 22d Foot—Major D. Anderson to be Lieutenant-Cslonel, without purchase. To be Majors, without purchasa— Captain J. JEI. Graham, vice Anderson; Captain H. G. Bowden ; Brevet-Major H. D. Neville, from Ist Foot. ,23d Foot—Ensign W. A.-Fitzroy to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Hackett, -promoted ; Archibald Robert Win stanley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitzroy. 28th Foot - Ensign Charles Thackeray to be Lieutenant, by purchasii, vice E. S. R. Smyth, who retires ' • Arthur Holden Turner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thackeray. 3(stli Foot—Frederick Harcourt Williamson, Gent,, b 0 " TOILET RIQUISITES FOR SI% STAMPS. "Mixture to whiten the hands; ditto, to rarnove freckles ; ditto, to remove smallpox marks ; ditto, to im prove the nails ; ditto, to whiten the teeth ; ditto, to im prove the complexion ; ditto, to sweeten the breath ; ditto for eruptions on the face ; ditto, to dye the hair black or brown; ditto, to remove superfluous hair; ditto, to pro mote the growth of ditto ; ditto, to prevent baldness ; ditto, for cure of chapped hands ; ditto, to use as a fixture for the hair ; ditto, to stop decayed teeth. "Also, for 12 stamps, invaluable remedies for indiges tion, heartburn, gout, nervous headache, corns, bunions, weak ankles, strains, coughs, colds, Sze." Here is a pile of letters from young ladies who wish to have the benefit of your advice, and it ap pears that for 12 stamps you can remedy nearly all the ills with which human nature is afflicted. His lordship read, among several others, the following advertisement, which caused much laughter : " COURTSHIP MADE EASY, OR THE WAY TO WIN A LOVER. "Madame Andre will send, on receipt of 24 stamps, to any address, plain directions to enable ladies or gentlemen to win the affections of as many of the opposite sex as their hearts may desire. The proposal is simple, but so capti vating and enthralling that all may be married irrespective of appearance, age, or position—young and old, peer and peeress, as well as the peasant—and it can belimaginecl with such delicacy that detection is impossible. How to make love ; the kind of person to render home happy ; hints on love, or private advice to married ladies and gen tlemen. This is decidedly the most fascinating, interest ing, and really useful practical work on courtship, matri mony, and the duties and bliss of married life, ever issued from the English press. Every one who contemplates msr riage, and wishes for an infallible guide in the selection of a partner for life, should at once get this great textbook of connubial felicity. " Address, Madam Andre, 23, Arthur-street, Blooms bury, London, enclosing 21 penny stamps, and full parti culars will be sent in course of post. " Madam Andre continues to advise on love matters, and effect reconciliations between parties, also on the law of marriage, divorce, &c. Enclose 24 stamps." The Lord Mayor observed that another of the advertisements related to the second-hand watches, clock 4, guns, pistols, &c., which were wanted by Banks and Co., export and general agents, 6, Welles ley-street, Euston-square, London. His lordship added, that he should remand the prisoner in order that he might ascertain whether the carbines had been obtained from Messrs. Keat and Co. in the ordinary course of business or not. WORSHIP-STREET.--John Carter, a well dressed young man, was charged before Mr. Ham mill with the following frauds upon his employers. Mr. Morgan, of the firm of Humphreys and Morgan, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Bullard for the defence. About five months ago the prisoner was engaged by Messrs. Venables, linendrapers in the White chapel-road, as one of their shopmen at a salary of 601. per year, and so continued up to about Thurs day week, when a circumstance occurred which excited a suspicion in the mind of one of the partners as to the prisoner's honesty, and he deter mined to watch him. The course of business was this : When a customer purchased goods the shopman made out two bills for the goods and the value, which the cashier compared together, and, having stamped one for delivery to the cus tomer by the shopman, retained the other himself as a check or voucher. The day after the first dis covery was made a married woman named Routledge purchased some trifling articles which came to 2s. 9d., and the prisoner was seen to be so awkward before handing her her bill that Mr. Venables stopped her and asked her for it, and on comparing it with the cashier's voucher, both written at the same time, it was found that the voucher was for 9d. only, while the bill was for the full amount, showing the prisoner must have added the 2s. in the bill's passage to the customer, and retained that amount of money. He accused the prisoner of robbing him, and the prisoner begged for forgiveness, saying it was his first offence ; but the witness reminded hint of what he had seen the previous day, and gave him into custody. The prosecutor then accompanied the officer to the prisoner's lodgings, in Jubilee-street, Mile-end, and there, in a front parlour, they dis covered 94i yards of silk, two pairs of curtains, 24 yards of flounces, 9 yards of linen, 47 pairs of gloves, 21 yards of calico, 101 yards of plaid, a flannel dress, 3i yards of print, four damask tab!e cloths, together with so large a quantity of counter panes, d'oyleys, toilet-covers, and almost innumer able other articles, some with the prosecutor's trade-marks and some without, that the whole to gether was worth about 1401., and a large quantity of which, in addition to what he and one cf his shopmen could positively swear to, Mr. Venables felt certain was their property also. As exemplifications of the before explained system of fraud the following cases, in addition to that of Mrs. Routledge, were taken :—A gentleman named Wilson, of Bromley-park, proved being served with goods by the prisoner to the amount of 8/. Is. 6d., on the 18th of February, paying him iu a 5i.-note and gold and silver, and the amount entered on the voucher was only 61. 19s. 7 d. ; a Mrs. Lucretia Drew bought goods on the 16th of January to the amount of 1/. 6s. 51d., and the amount on the voucher was only 19s. 6d. ; a Mrs. Cummings bought goods in February to the value ' of 9s. 9d., and the amount on the cashier's voucher was only ls. 9d. ; a Mrs. Ascham in December bought goods to the amount of 14s. 9d., and the sum on the voucher was only 4s. 9d ; and a Mr. Augustus Teal in February bought goods to the value of 4s. ld., while the amount entered on the duplicate voucher was only Is. ld. The cashier deposed to the entries in all these bills, including the fraudulent alterations, being in the prisoner's handwriting, and Mr. Morgan stated that he con sidered these cases amply sufficient for the ends of justice, though he had a variety of others of a similar kind against the prisoner, if it were ex pedient to produce them. Mr. Barnard reserved the defence, merely asking for the restoration of a watch and other property not identified by the prosecutor, as his client was entirely without the means of defence, and, this being acceded to, the prisoner was committed for trial. SOUTHWARK.—WiIIiam Wright, a hawker of tinwares, was summoned by the South-Eastern Company, under their bye-laws, for unlawfully getting out of a train while in motion at the Lon don-bridge terminus. The defendant, a very poor man, who had broken one of his ribs by the call, pleaded not guilty. MatthowDickenson, the head porterat the North Kent Railway terminus, London-bridge, said that on the arrival of the t rain from Vloo wieli on the evening of the 19th January, at 29 minutes past 5, he saw the defendant jump off a third cla s carriage while the train was in motion. He had a box under one arm, and owing to the velocity of the train he fell on the plat:tee.: and el?!,:d out that he was hurt. Witness' ::,cnt: one of the railway sfir van.ts, and had him convcsel to St. Thomas's Hos p'tal, when it was ascertained that he had broken one of his ribs, and otherwise injured himself. Mr. Be:eh:ern asked whether the doors h cl b en opened by any of the company's se:vants prior to the defendant getting out of the carriee,e. Witness r eplied that th' 7 37 hod not ; in fact, tae train had not properly arrived at the terminus. Mr. Robinson, the law clerk of the company, here said that the present proceedings were nut t a ken with a view of punishing the d fondant. Unfortunately, by his own tf , merity, he had severely injured himself, and he might feel the consequence all his life. The railsv. ccaepany only wished it, to be publicly known, s) ae to act as a caution to other travellers by rail. Mr. Burcham fined him 55., but at the request of Mr. Robinson it was eof, enforced. The thanke. defewiaet Icf, t.a ceurt cxp:essing his ISSIONARIES. MARCH 6, 1558, news reached 3eruiiilem at a late hour that evening. Mr Saunders - left Jaffa at 1 p.m , and arrived at the city gate O. tin Ifiahr aleThlS' aperture tiff American-consul forwarded a.despatch by an Arab to the American and Prussian consuls. The letter never al rived. Six days after it was returned, the messenger stating ho had fallen sick on the road, and finally concluded to return. He was immediately sent to prison. One hour after we arrived at Mr. Dixon'e, the day after the outrage, the funeral ser vice was held by a few friends, and we buried our dead in the cemetery, where our beloved blether now lies with the remains of sister Minor,: and where they rest to await the summons of the Pas urrection Liwri4ing. The day following Mr. Saunders and our Consul arrived from Jerusalem. The 15th and 17th the governor was visited'and urged to employ all his force to ferret out the murderers. Up to the present the Consul has been doing his utmost to get the Government to act in the ease. The Pasha here has been invited, not only by our Consul, but by the Pru-eian Consul and others, and entreated to take hold of the affair with a strong hand. It is to be hoped that ho is doing all in his power. The Government seems to bs aware of its weakness, and in such a crisis as this it may be well for us to know the fact, that we may the more implicitly and truly rely upon the promises of Him who has promised to be with His disciples even unto the_ end. The families have left their garden and removed into Jaffa. It is with no little anxiety we wait for future development. In closing this lengthy epistle allow me to commend the afflicted, and especially the widow and orphan babes, to your sym pathy and earnest prayers of the lovers of the Mission. " Jerusalem, Feb. 3." Erteig•n; by purchase, vice Hassel], appointed to the 84th Fobt,- 32d- Foot—Lientenant Charles Marshall_Foster_ to he. Cape tale, without purchase, vice Yard, promoted ; Ensign John Garfoith to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Foster ; Cornelius Francis Clery, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jqstice, appointed to the 55th Foot. 36th Foot—The appointment of Lieutenant William Tyler Stuart to be Adjutant,' to bear dato 2d, instead of 19th of Feb. 1858. 40th Foot—Ensign Georgri Hobbs to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Metasenger, promoted; Robert Arooks Clarke, Gent., to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Hobbs. 42d Foot—Lieutenant James Al.tchell, from the St. Helena Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice J. G. J. Stuart, who exchanges. 52d Foot—Ensign Thomas Simpson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gibbons, killed in action. 55th Foot —Lieutenant John George Echalaz to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Ball, who retires ; Ensign Sag. Francis Morton to be, Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Echalaz ; Ensign Philip W. Justice, from the 32d Foot; to be Ensign, vie° Kenny, appointed,to the 10th Foot; Henry Whewell Riley, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Morton. 61st Foot—William Edward Ness, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase ' • Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Salter, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice McNab, promoted in the sth Foot. The Christian names of En sign Nugent, appointed without purchase on the 16th February, 1858, are " William Sydney." 67th Foot—Ensign B. B Bass to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Munro, appointed to the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment ; Alfred Adams Price, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, vice Bass. For Henry Charles Watson, Esq., formerly Paymaster of a Depot Battalion, to be Paymaster, which appeared in the Gaze e of 26th ult, read Captain Henry Charles Watson from half pay Sd West India Regiment, to be Paymaster. 70th Foot—Alexander Boydell Wright, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hamilton, appointed to the 61st Foot. 80th Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel S. T. Christie to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Captain and Brevet-Major Robert Hawkes to be Major, without purchase, vice Christie ; Lieutenant C. F. Amiel, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hawkes ; Ensign F. F. Goddard, to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Amiel. 82d Foot—Lieutenant John Frederick Pilkington to be Captain, withont purchase, vice John Gordon, de ceased. . 83d Foot—Captain Joseph Davies, from half-pay Un attached, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major the Honour able E. J. W. Forester, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Herbert Stanley Cooper to be Captain, by purchase, vice Davies, who retires ; Ensign James Robert Cole brook, from the 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, viee Cooper. 87th Foot—Serjeant-Major Arthur Anderson to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Lloyd, promoted in the 14th Foot. 91st Foot—Lieut. William Squirl to be Captain, without purchase, vice Ling, appointed to the 18th Light Dragoons; Ensign Hubert Plunkett Burke to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Squirl; Chas. Lacon Harvey, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Burke. 98th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Griffin to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Pressen, promoted in the 10th Foot ; William O'Toole, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Griffin, promoted. 2nd West India Regiment—Ensign Edgar Wainwright Bishop to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Helps, who retires; Sidney Watkins' Williams, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bishop. 3rd West India Regiment—Stephen Geo. Allman, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gair, appointed to the 6th Dragoon Guards. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment— To be Lieutenants with out purchase—Lieut. William Meadows Ansel], from the 33th Foot ; Lieut. G. T. Munro, from the 67th Foot St. Helena Regiment—Lieut. John Glass Gordon Stuart, from the 42.1 Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mitchell, who exchang es. DEPOT BATTALION. Captain Alexander Bruce Wallis, of the 331 Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry. UNATTACHED. Lieut. F. C. D'Epinay Barclay, from 12th Foot, to be Captain by purchase. The undermentioned Officers to have their Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant of the Gth October, 1851 : Brevet-Major Ed ward Fellowes, 11th Light Dragoons. Brevet-Major William Bollairs, 49th Foot. HOSPITAL STAFF. James Mackay, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces vice Kilroy, appointed to the 33d Foot. James Lander, Gent., to be Acting Assistant-Surgeon. Staff-Assistant Surgeon A. G. Power, M.D., has been permitted to resign his Commission. BREVET. Colonel Edward A. Parker, Retired Full Pay, Royal Marines (late Commandant of the Chatham Division), to have the honorary rank of Major-General under her Majesty's Order in Council of the 13th September, 1854. Captain Joseph Davies, of the 83d Foot, to be Major in the Army. MEMORANDUM.—Captain William Douglas Hall Baillie, upon half-pay 82d Foot, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, he being abOut to become a settler in New Zealand. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 25. Corps of Royal Marines. Gentleman Cadet Robt. Good Sharpe to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Lincoln—William Henry Adams, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Royal North Lincoln Militia—William Cosby, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Henry .Lionel Dymoke, promoted ; Lambert Uniacke, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice John Bell Brooking, promoted. Royal Berks Militia—Lieutenant Edward Tew Thomson to be Captain, vice Groonaay, resigned. Royal Montnouthshirl Li g ht Infantry Regiment of Militia--Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Mor g an Clifford to be Colonel. Leicestershire Militia—George Alexander Moorhead to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Unwin, promoted. 3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Lieutenant Lewis Hough to be Cap tain, vice Baynes, resigned ; Lieutenant Francis Nicholls to be Captain, vice Erlam, resigned. Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders—Assistant-Surgeon George Morison, to be Surgeon, vice Will, resigned. Regiment of Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia—Rodney Stuart Riddell, Gent., to be Lieutenant. The following article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday last : AlEmoßANDmit.—Her Majesty - bas been graciously pleased to approve of the Royal Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia, being designated " The Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders, and to be equipped as a Highland Regi ment." NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, M:tirch 1, 1858. Notice is hereby given, to all parties interested therein, that preparations are now making, for the intended dis tribution of proceeds from the slave brigantine, name unknown, captured on the 7th June, 1846, by her Majesty s ship Teazer. Agents or other persons having any just and legal de mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer, ant paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court. Agents and all other persons holding powers of attor ney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled. to claim the share belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual docurnents, to the Prize Branch of the Depart ment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admf ralty, Somerset-house. Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the commence ment of distribution; and at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be announced. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. jonathan Waite, woollen manufacturer, Yeadon Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. William Dutton, grocer, Watling-street. William Newbould Seaton, knife manufacturer, Shef field. Thomas Lenney, boot manufacturer, North Shields. James Shaw,- Joseph Shaw, William Shaw, and Luke Shaw, woollen manufacturers, Elland, Yorkshire. John Kaye. innkeeper, Fluddersfield. Matthias Told rps, merchant, Seething-lane. Samuel Cross, timber merchant, Lime-street. E•l ward Stobart. warehouseman, Edgeware-road. • Richard Cycles Tomkinson, yr. stationer, Birmingham. Frederick W. Martin, tobacconist, 131, Fleet-street. Julius G. Sjiepherd, beickmaker, flilstea, 1, Essex. Judah Golding, boot and shoemaker, brick-lane, White chapel. Henry Harris. sewed muslin warehouseman, Bread street-bill, City. William Chapman Haigh, woolstaper, Bra Iford. John Sharp, innkeeper and farmer, Tickhill, Yorkshire. James Chandler, innkeeper, &end. David James Lewis, boot and shoe maker, Cardiff. - SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Henry M`Gee, boot and shoe maker, Glasgow. John Larnieson, shipowner, • Glasgow. Patrick Rose, - writer, Ditngwall. Abraham Frayd, jeweller, Glasgow. Thomas Aird, wood merchant, Dowies Mill, near Cra. mond Bridge. Alexander Davidson Veitch, writer, Forfar. BANK OF 1 An Account, pursuant to the- Act the Week ending on Weinesda; • ISSUE DEP, ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for ►y, the ad day of March, 1858. 'AILTMENT. £ 'Notes issued . ...... . 31,260,315 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities .. • • 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 16,785,315 Silver £31,260,315 £31,26 ,311 M. MARSIWZ, Chief Cashier. 58. Dated the 4th day'of March, 181 -. BANKING Dl Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest • • .. • 3,883,852 Public deposits (in • eluding Eechequer, (loran - link) ers of National I)ebt, Sa'r i Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 5,193,108 Other deposits seven Day and other - • Bills • „ „ . • 901,772 :PAIITD{ENT. C-lovernment securities (Includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .. • • Other Securities...." 17,306,470 Notes ..... .• • • .... Gold ani Silver Coin X 39,267,813 Dated the 4th day 18 £39,257,818 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. lho Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending March 2, 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 2B 8 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 27 Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies lB 8• Average of the above cleooription3, ~,,,, 27 10. Country M irkets. 'LIVERPOOL; MARCH 5. The wind still continues from the east, and no supplies have reached us since Tuesday. The trade is without any change either in demand or prices. A fair attendance to day, and some parcels of American spring wheat were taken at 6a Id and Gs 2d to hold over, but other descrip tions rather neglected, and in the few sales effectei the rates of Tuesday were scarcely maintained. Flour dull, at late rates. Oats and meal quiet. Barley and beans in more demand, and dearer. Indian corn more inquiry, and advanced 6d—Black Sea and mixed American making 34s 6d, white 33s per qr. WAKEFIELD—ITARcii 5. There was a moderato business for wheat and sellers held rather firmly for fad prices. Oats and shelling with out alteration. Barley rather dearer. Beans dull. ANRRAGEB FOR THR WEER ENDING MARCH 1, 1858. Wheat 4143 quarters, at 43s 4id 8ar1ey..........87 „ 36s 61 Oats Beans Peas ' OP d 45 33 EXETER—MARog 5. CORN.—Wheat, 6s Od to 6s 3d ; barley, 4s to 4s 3d ; grinding do., 0, Od to Os Od. Oat; 2s 6cl to 2s 9te Beans. Os 0‘ to 0 Od. Pea; OOs Od to OOs Od. • FLOUE.—Fine, 33s Od to 34s Od ; seconds, --s Od o 32s Od per sack. CATTLE. —There was a small supply of bullocks. Best beef, from 9s Od to lOs Od pet score ; inferior, 7s to 8s per score ; fat calves, fid to 6id per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to 0, Od. per score ; cows and calves, 121. to 181. Us ; butchers' calves, Oct to 7d per lb., -reariit: calves —s to s each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21. 5s to 31. 5s per couple; ewes, Od to 6td ; wethers, 7d —d ; lambs, 71d to 0 per lb. Pigs, large size, —a to —s ; second size, —s to —s ; Flips, —s to —s ; suckers, —s to --s. Rough fat, 4FI per lb. Pork carcases from 8s d to Os Od per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—MARcIi 5. The market has been very dull this week both for raw and refined, and with the exception of one cargo of Man• ritius, 7,000 mats, sold floating for deli Very here, we are not aware of any transactions this week; prices, however, are firm, and purchases, cannot be made at reduced rates. Rum steady, but very little offering of any description. COAL gARIESI.-11ABau 5. No ships at market. COURSE OF EXCFIANGE.—THIS DAY. :..-... 11 15 Gibraltar ...... .• •• •• • • -' Ditto, three months .. 11 17 - --Leghorn .......... •. • 29 70 Rotterdam ............ 11 17 Genoa .. 25 5.5 Antwerp •••••••••••••• 25 3216 Milan •••••••••••••• brussels •••••••••••••• 25 32 Venice•• ••••••• •• • LiaMblirgh 4,8 •• •• ...• •• 13 6 Altona ..•• •• •• 41 , 6 •• •• ••• • • Naples. ..... 424 Palermo :.......••.... 124% _ _ Paris•• .• •• •.•..........• 25 15 Messina Do. three months .. • • 25 3714 Lisbon .. MA1'401123 •• •. •• •••• •• 25 40 Oporto .• •• •• •• .• •• • •• 51% Bourdeaux ............ .. Rio Janeiro Frankfort-on -Maine .... 1184 Buenos Ayres oerl i n ................ .. New York,6o dayesight -... Vienna ..•••• •• •••• ••.• 10 32 Philadelphia ••,.. •—• frieste•• •• •Il is •• e• .... 10 32 PRICES OF BULLION, FEB 02: reterSbUri .... .. Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Madrid •,•••• • .• ~..• •• 48% Portugal Cadiz ".• ••••••••••• ;Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 ... A P New Dollars .. —. 0 0 0 rie tt v reti me lo . n . ! . .. : :: • ... :• •. • . Silver in bars ...... 0 5 1% •• LOCAL SHABA MABEBTe LIVERPOOL—MARCH 5. STOCK EXCIIIANGtE—The market opened flat, and after a slight improvement became dull, closing at the lowest. Birkeuheads,- 722 3 ---Caledoniana, 47i —Chester i►nd Holyhead, 19f —Eastern Counties, 12 1-16—East Lan cashire, 91, 2 —Great Western. 60 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 92 --London and North Western, 961 M Sheffields, 40 —Midlands, 91 9—North British, 134 ---Berwicks, 2211 i--York and North Midland, 39i 4- -Leeds Northern, 24i s—Dovers, 224 —Dutch Rhenish, 3i die.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 12 /—Great Western of Canada, 19 I. MANCHESTER, Meitca 5. STOOK EXCHANGE.—There was only a moderate bust. ness at steady prices. Midland, 99—Londons, 97 Dovers, 22 5-1.-i—Bastern Counties, 12k—Trunks 124 Canadas, 19i—Ditto, New, 15 . 16 die —Leeds, 921—Shef fields, 394—Birkenhead Stock, 72F—Berwicks, 23g. • 3 I RMING-H Al, MARCH 5. STOCK MCCLUNG& —This market was dull to-day, and prices of shaves were all lower. London and North Western closed at 97i x.d.—Midlands at 99} a.d.---Great Westerns at 59 l i—North Staffords at 3A to 3id—South Staffords, Ivi x.d. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. GAME OF RAILWAY Mlles opened, 15;57. BILITIOU. Aberdeen .. .... .. .. 26% 118 198% 91 , 4 _6% Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down... • •• •• .. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Diackburn,and West York .... Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. • • • •• • • •• .• ohester and E101yhead............. •. Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •••••• Cork and Bandon ...• .• •• •••••• Dublin and Ballast •I unction •• ..•• •• Dublin and Drogheda.. •• •• ••••• • • • • Dublin and Kingstown ............ • • Dundee and Arbroath .• •—• .. —• • Dundee, Forth, and Aberdeen Junetioi , Dundalk ani Enniskillen.•.. • ..• East Anglian•—• •• •• •• • . •• •• •• •••• • • East Lancashire .................... Eastern CoUnties and N0rf01k......1' Eastern Union.• .• •........... 183 k 283 203% 465 251,E 90 286 16k 647 5% 183% 289% 1734 _94 Edinburgh and Glaagow • •• •• •• Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... Exeter and Crediton - .. •• 3015] 171 1081 Furness Railway L 2% 642 Glasgow. and South-Western.. . . Great Northern 000000 • • • • • • •• •• Groat Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western •• •••••• •••• •••••• Irish South Eastern •• • • •• • • •• • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle .• Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ Leeds Northern .. • • ..•• • • .: •• • • • • •• Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.. • • London and North Western London and Blackw all •• • • • • • • • • • • • • London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South We5tern......... Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Shefdelel,and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction •• • • Maryport and Carlisle Midland •• •• •• •• •• •• •• .• •• •• •• • • Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Monklands •• •• •• •... •• •• •- •• •• •• Newcastle and Carlisle.. ,• North British •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •...• • North Staffordshire .• ••..•.• • .• • • • i,061 ta 4B 4,993 12,11 0 4,173 218 1,081 4,384 1,241 627 936 North-Western •• •• •• • •• •• Scottish Central •• •• •• •• .... Scottish Midland .......... Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• Shrewsbury and Chester ..••••••••• Shropshire Union •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • South Devon .•••• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• . South Eastern•••• •• •• •• . •• •. South Wales •• •• „••• •• •• .• ••'.• •• • South York., Doncaster, and Goole • 649 5,325 Ulster. •• •• .• •• •• 4. •• •••• •••• •••• • Waterford And Limerick • West Cornwall ••• • • • • ...• •••• • • 41,495 5.025 2,650 5,964 21,166 5,9-7 23,932 •250 5,652 20,032 52,008 1,070 9,860 11,332 8,1E4 797 NS 30,671 3,114 Whitehaven Junction .. • • • York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. FOILEION. Dutch Rhenish .. • •• ........ • • .... Lyons and Mediterranean Montereau and Troyes •• .• •• •• •• Namur and Liege .. •• .• •• •• •• •• •• •• Northern of France •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Orleans and Central .. •• •• •• •• Paris and Lyons .... •• •........... Paris and Rouen• .• •• •• •••• •• •• •• •• Parts and Strasburgh •• •• •• ..ouen and Havre •• •• • • •• West and North-West of France 4,793 6,276 89b 2,922 1,077 2,171 5,111 11,830 4,854 1,8014 2,181 730 2,071 13,788 ,6,720 2,737 4,049 1,268 206 1,077 1,331 1,353 - 114/ 1,009 477 975 6,120 - 21,75 7 444 f 2,113 6,0 39 21,5 75 5,500 24 2 34 249 5,400 22,532 55,73 2 1,18 3 10,912 11,696 6A6. 8,801 815 j 4066 29,793 3,358 4,74 6 0 5 . 87 4 2,641 1,73 3 - vita 2,13 4 14,37 6 6,146 2,47 1 4,830 1,0 3 1,160 641 466 1,808 40.1114 COI THE MURDER Itf THE HATIIARZET.—FUNIBAL 011 1 TIE DEOBASED.—The funeral of te• unfortunate wzmall, tieloise Tti aubin; took place yesterday morning, at the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Chelsea. The mourners , 17 in number, occupied two mourning coaches and couple of cabs A great crowd had collected tri front of the under aker's, in New Compton.street, Soh o, to witness the departure of the mournful cortege. O r " to " of people hail collected at sever f il point, of the route, catch a glimpse of the funeral. Upon the arrival of the , dy at the cemetery, where a crowd bad assembled, the usua R,i).oan Oath lie services for the burial of the dead were read over the body of the unfortnnate dectased, b ,, tn in the chattel and at the grave; at ter which erlar.d.. of intmortelles were hung upon tbil shrub. adjacent to tne grave by her female friends. Af.er the Inneral service was over, the mourners, who were a'l foreigners, paid a visit to tte grave of g• Charles Lecornte, a French refugee, who was buried thete in the early part of last year. BIRTHS. BALL -On the 3d inst., at 18, Park-street Westminster, Mrs. John Ball, of a son and heir. FrOULKE3 - Oh the 4th inst., at Mold, the wife of J. Jecel7o Ffoulkes, Esq., of Eriviatt, High Eiberiff of Denbighshire, of a daughter. Mmi,s—On the 6th inst., at 9, Grosvenor-square, the Limlf Louisa Mills, of a daughter. PAGET—On the 4th inst., at 23, Berkeley-spare, the 14 114 1 George Paget, of a son. - 11 0n A the 3d BARRWORTH - SMITH by the Rev. .Charles Otway Mayne, Prebendary of Wells, MARRIAGES. a S t . Ferriby, of assisted by the Ven. Ro ,ert Mosley Master, Archdeacon of Manchester, uncles of the bride, Henry Barkworthr of of of Tranby, to - Catherine Hester eldest daughter of .r. , „ . .u . mund Smith, Esq., of Ferriby, 'formerly a the Bast In d Company's Madras Civil Service. D EAT H S. ANDREWS—On the 3d inst., at Yeller°, Bath,Gen eral Au g ° tus Andrews, C. 8 . -, aged 79 . vvri.k Charles Let a CLIFFORD-On the 28th ult. , at R 01720, •••••-co- P Clifford. On the 4th inst., at 37, Jewry-street,CLIFTON- Aldgater gr. George Walker Clifton, aged 35• m e panie• DActE-On the 3d inst ., at Putney, Wm. Scudamo r s •yard, Colem an4o4 Esq., solicitor, o f Eing's Ar ts' aged 78. ReerAdtni• TaAvERs-On the 4th inst., at Great Yarmouth, ral Sir E. S. Travors, IC.H. vi r d, o",Eget. • e! WooD -On the 2 d lust , at Dover, John oo _ ~. tilt 4, Melton Hall, Suffolk, coroner for the Liberty or dred,aged 63A LOS Printed and Published by hitTBDO Y01:1141: of No, IL?, Strand, Printer, at They Ofli°44 112, Strand, in he Pxa,,inot. of the 3avo, ha the GO P of Middlesex, Saturday, 51arch 6, 1868. Receipts. ------- ~ lBh7. ISb°. !'.'