The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-09 00:00:00

IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY. THE TRAGEDY AT DUNGANNON. The Northern Whig, which reached town this forenoon, contains enactedi ample details of the fearful tragedy at Iftingannon on Mon- day last : " DUNGANNON, Tuesday Night.—One of the most shockine- murders, accompanied by a fea rful attempt to murder, that, it has ever been my duty as a re porter to record, took place yesterday in this town, which has been, in consequence of the foul ando perate deeds I am about to record, thrown hi state of the mast ext raordinar y excitement, h es e ' , c ,r . has spread wide unparalleled r.a.pidity to Sergeant rounding rural d.;stricts. The victims are stahu g ' ea - nt larv, Robert M'Clellan d, of the county whose corpse no ev lies in the Po g u e-firstcn of this town, and Mr. Wm- Mathews, a ector who i p y wounded, has been dangerously wounded—mo.r a_ as I have been informe,d—and who is at the present moment under treatment in his own house, his The dical attendants despoiling of his recovery. alleged murderer is a member of the constabulary force of Dunga nnon, named John Holde h a ve n. I h been enabled , after a good deal of inquiry, to ascertain the following particulars of this most tragic and painful affair, which has filled the minds of the people of this town and of the surrounding localities with horror and consternation :—Sergeant Robert .M'Clelland was a married man. He had a wife and two children, and was a native of Bally mena. He had been in charge o f Dungannon police station for nearly four years. He was 12 years in the service, and sergeant for the last four years. He had received a chevron of merit. The man who stands accused with the horrible murder of Sergeant M'Clelland, and with the diabolical attempt to kill Mr. Mathews, the sub-inspector, is Mounted Con stable John Holden, a native of the county of Kil kenny. He is about 35 years of age. He has been 15 years in the service. About a week ago he was reported by his superior officer, Mr. Mathews, on suspicion of having married without leave. He denied being married, but stated that the young woman with whom he had formed an attachment had had a child by him. I have, however, been positively informed that Holden had been married for some time. Holden sta tes, as I learn, that ho had requested the Inspector-General of Constabulary to allow him liberty to marry the young woman alluded to. In consequence of Holden's conduct towards this young woman, whatever may have been its character, the Inspector-General thought proper to reduce him to the rank of sub-constable for six months. An order to this effect was, I have heard, read to Holden by Mr. Mathews on parade on Monday morning, and there were directions given that Holden should be sent on the following day to the Newtownstewart district. Holden, see= ing that he was about to be sent off to another part of the country, asked Sergeant M'Clelland on Monday to go with him to the house of the Rev. Dr. Slane. Roman Catholic pastor of Dungan non, for the purpose of procuring from the rev. gentleman a certificate to the effect that he (Holden) was not married. M'Clelland being ill, two of his ribs having been broken, at first de clined to accede to this request. Holden then said id to him, ' You do not like t o serve me, or you wou come." There is no man in the force I would serve sooner,' replied M'Clelland. Mrs: M'Clelland desired her husband not to go. The sergeant said, 'As he is going to Newtownstewart, where I have acquaintances, he may give me a bad character, and I will go.' This conversation took place, I am as sured, in M'Clelland's room, in the police barrack. Holden had on a frieze top-coat, which he had bor rowed from M'Clelland to go to Omagh, and he promised to return the coat by the public car on Monday night. M'Clelland told Holden to come along with him to the house of the parish priest for the purpose already mentioned, and, on setting out, Holden, as 1 have ascertained, took with him two rounds of ball cartridge, which he had obtained out of his pouch. This was about 7 o'clock on Monday morning, and at that hour Holden and M'C lelland set out for the parish priest's house- The rev. gen tleman was not at home at the time, being engaged in prayer in the chapel. It is believed that, not finding the rev. gentleman in the house, Holden induced M•Clelland to accompany him to the resi dence of the Rev. Mr. Quain, the Protestant rector, for the purpose of making some representation to that rev. gentleman with respect to the certificate which I have already referred to. When they had, as is supposed, gone up about 20 yards on Mr. Quain's avenue, and while they were almost in sight of the entrance gate, a shot was heard, and imme diately after another, following the first in rapid suc cession. Holden, as I have been told, had in his pos session a large horse-pistol and a smaller weap on of the same kind. At this point of my narrative my in formation is to the effect that Holden discharged two shots at M'Clelland—a ball from one of the pistols en tering the back of the deceased at the right side, and coming out through the region of the heart. The ball from the other shot entered the head at the left side of the nose, near the eye, and taking a downward direction carried away some of M'Clelland's teeth. My information is further to the effect that Holden had a clasp knife or dagger, with which he stabbed deceased in the centre of the forehead. There are se veral small cuts on the face and head of M-Clelland's • corpse, which I saw to-day lying on a bed in the police barrack. The body of the poor fellow has, in fact, been riddled and mangled. The whole of the forehead has been smashed in and fractured. Of course death must have been instantaneous. It is believed that, after Holden perpetrated this awful 'deed, he dragged the body of his unfortunate victim into a drain teat runs through the Rev. Mr. Quain's lawn, where it was found between half-past 10 and 11 o'clock on Monday night, but not until after he had made the attack on Mr- Mathews, which I shall presently describe, and which first gave rise to the suspicion that Holden had murderously dealt with M'Clelland. I should add that the dead, mangled, and bleeding body of M'Clelland was found, at the hour and place I have mentioned, by Town Sergeant Scully and sub-constable Fitzsimons. After the per petration of the tragic scene in the avenue Holden returned into town. He was observed standing in the Market-square for a few minutes and, in some time after, he proceeded down to the gate-house of Mr. R. Evans, J.P., where he inquired of the gate keeper whether Mr. Mathews, the sub-inspector, was dining with Mr. Evans or not. lie was informed that Mr. Mathews was not there, and, having been put in possession of this information, he made his way to the house of Mr. Mathews, and asked his maidservant whether he (Mr. Mathews) was dining with Mr. Evans or not. She said he was not, but that he was dining at the house of a lady in North land-row, and he was to take tea with Mr. Evans. Accordingly, Holden went to the house of the lady in question, and leaving there a message for Mr. Mathews, to the effect that Mr. Evans wanted to see him immediately, he made his way to the avenue leading to Mr. Evans - 5 house and hid him . self among some bushes. Mr. Mathews, believing he had been sent for by Mr. Evans, came out of the house where he had been dining, and walked up the avenue; when lie was attacked by Holden, who was armed with a horse-pistol and a dagger or knife. •- This attack was made at a point about half-way between the gate-lodge and Mr. Evans' house with dagger and horse-pistol. Holden knocked Mr. Mathews down with a blow of the pistol on the head, fracturing his skull. The gentleman, thus wounded, and, to a great degree, rendered insen sible, was of course incapable of rendering any resistance to his assailant, who followed up the attack by giving Mr. Mathews several stabs wii_ some sharp pointed instrument on the head and face. While Holden was thus . attacking his superior officer he gave a shout. This attracted the attention of two men who were passing the gate-house. They opened the entrance gate, and went in the direction of whence the noise had pro ceeded, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of it. Holden, it is conjectured, seeing these men so near him, desisted from his murderous assault en Mr. Mathews, ran across an adjoining field, got into some gardens and, betook himself to a part of the town called Short Highway. By this time an alarm of the attack upon Mr. Mathews had begun to spread through the town, and all the police in the station, with the exception of the barrack orderly, were summoned to go in search of him. Nturning Vhile they were actually out from the barrack on the pursuit indicated, Holden, as I hare been enabled to gather from the in quiries I have instituted into this most hor rible and most revoltin g case, deliberately walked up . Chur c h- s t ree t, an d entered the stables adja cent to the police-station. Here ho . saddled Mr. Mathews's horse, a n d no particular notice ofo tat h this act was taken at the time, as suspicion did n moment lay the horrid crime of murder to the charge. The stables are some distance at the rear of the barrack, and this fact, coupled with the cir , curnstance that Holden, as I have said, was not sus pected at the moment of the alarm, served t o sere( n hieti for a while from observation, and enabled him the more easily to effect his escape. He took out Mr. Mathews'e- horse, mounted, and dashed off at full speed down Feeney's-lane, which leads out from the rear of the barrack. Several persons resid ing in the lane in question saw Holden galloping off, and their belief was that he was going out on duty. The impression prevailing ia the town is that he took the road leading to Monaghan, and that, on arriving in Monaghan, lie left by train for Dundalk, where he was arrested this day at half past one o'clock, as announced by a telegraphic message which reached the authorities of Dungan non about half-past two o'clock. It was further stated in the t e legram that Holden would be brough t . . in as a prisoner by the half-past six train, and the perary. ,‘ Crimes so horrible as those which I have de tailed above have not been committed in the county of Tyrone for many long years. The deceased, Sergeant M'Clelland, was much respected. He was a man of great prospects in the force. It was not until the alarm of the attack upon Mr. Mathews had generally spread through the town, and of Holden's participation in it, that the suspicion that M'Clolland, who had been missing for some hours, had been unfairly deal with ; and this having gained ground, Major Knox, Mr. Brookes, J.P., Mr. Evans, J.P., Mr. Lyle, J.P., with many other persons of respectability from the town, went in search of M'Clelland, whose dead body was found in the situation I have already described. The constabulary exerted themselves in a most praiseworthy mann er to bring she offender in this J.P., de shocking case to just ice. Mr. Brookes Cookstown, spatc h e d sub-constable Farrell to acting-constable Kearns if) Dublin, sub-constable Ritchie to Belfast, and sub-ccinstable Gallaher to Derry, in pursuit of Holden. " To-day the local magist rates, with Mr. Caul from son, R.M., and Mr. Manby, county inspectCY, Omagh, assembled for the purpose of inquiring Lato the circumstances of the murder and attempt to murder. Mr. E. K. Tener, coroner, also attended, and a jury was, I understand, sworn before that gentleman for the purpose of investigating the facts ; but, reference having been made to the tele gram announcing Holden's arrest in Dundalk, and his expected arrival in Dungannon this evening, it was deemed advisable to adjourn the inquiry until next day, and it was accordingly postponed to 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, w hen the case will be fully gone into,—l presume in the presence of Holden. " Crowds of people might be seen in the streets all day discussing the circumstances of the murder, and, as the hour at which the arrival of Holden was expected—half-past six o'clock, p.m.—drew near, hundreds of people proceeded to the railway station in the hope of getting a sight of him. How ever, in this they were disappointed, as he did not arrive by the train which reached Dungannon at the hour alluded to. A strong guard of police was drawn up at the railway station, but, as they had no prisoner to escort, they returned at once to the barrack. A report was then spread that Holden would certainly arrive by the next train, at half past nine a.m; Much sympathy has been felt for the wife of M'Clelland and her two children, one of which is very young, and was only baptised last Sunday week.' ASSIZE INTELLIGENJE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, Dec. 7. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) Abraham Binney, an edge-tool grinder, of Shef field, was indicted for the manslaughter of his wife Hannah Binney, on Tuesday, the 6th of Sept. last Mr. Blanshard and Mr. S.D. Waddy were coun sel for the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Campbell Foster. It was shown that on Tuesday, the 30th of Aug. the prisoner and his wife went to reside at a place called Delphhole, Garden-street, Little Sheffield. They lived in a very quarrelsome way together, the deceased being frequently drunk, the husband ir regular in his habits, and both mutually jealous. On Monday night, the sth of September, the pri soner returned home late, and found that his wife had in his absence disposed of their bed, and she told the prisoner to " Go to my sister Mary's and live there together." Next morning another quarrel took place and a struggle ensued, in which the wife seized the fire poker and the prisoner had recourse to a large and heavy hammer used for crushing sand to strew on the stone floor of the house. Ellen Shirt, a neighbour, hearing the screams of Binney's children, came to the door of her house, where she saw the prisoner, who was in the act of putting on his coat, having closed his own door: He then walked rapidly away, and Shirt went to his house. On opening the,door she saw Hannah Binney lying on the floor near the bottom of the stairs, partially dressed. She was moaning, and her head lay in a pool of blood. Shirt calle in another neighbour (Sarah Swift) to her assistance, and they raised the bleeding, woman and laid her on three chairs. A surgeon was sent for, and the deceased was conveyed to the Sheffield Infirmary. In the meantime the husband had gone direct to the Town-hall and given himself up to the police. At the same time he made a statement to the effect that he had struck his wife with the sand hammer on the top of the head, and that she had not spoken since, to his knowledge. As the woman appeared to be dying, Mr. Jackson, the chief, constable, procured the at tendance of a magistrate, and her deposition was taken. This was put in by the counsel for the pro secution, and was as follows : "I am the wife of Abraham Binney. He is an edge-tool maker. This happened when I came down stairs. He talked to me i.s if I was a bad woman. I said I was not. He struck me twice with the sand hammer. I could not speak to him afterwards. I fell down at the foot of the stairs. It was done a little after 8 o'clock this morning. Neighbours came in directly afterwards. It was on the head where he struck me. He had been ' agait 'of me all night. lam very bad. I don't feel that I shall get better. " Cross-examined by the prisoner—l took the poker up, but I did not touch you. You struck me twice with the sand hammer. You have been ill-using me this week past." The deceased lingered till the 22d of September, when she died. A post mortem examination was made, and it appeared that she had received several severe injuries. One of her fingers was broken ; she had three wounds on her head, one on the top and two at the back. The skull was broken at the top, and also at the back. Several portions of bone had been removed during her illness, and the medi cal testimony proved that death was caused by in flammation of the brain consequent on the fracture. Mr. C. Foster endeavoured, in cross-examina tion, to sur , gest that the injuries might have been inflicted by a fall down the stairs, at the foot of which the deceased was found lying almost sense ' less ; but as this failed, he abandoned the defence and addressed the Court in mitigation of punish ment, urging that the intemperate habits of the wife had led to frequent quarrels, that her sending away the bed and Whir , her husband to go and live elsewhere had greatly provoked him, and that while in that state of irritation she had still further provoked him by taking up the poker apparently to attack him. Unhappily, in sudden passion, he had then seized the hammer which was then lying on the floor, and had inflicted the injuries of which unquestionably the woman had subsequently died. The prisoner's regret for the act he had done was best evinced by his going direct to the police office and surrendering himself into the hands of justice Ile now cast himself on the mercy of the court. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recom mended him to mercy. The learned Judge promised to take this recom mendation into consideration, and deferred his sen tence. h . /sTyVCASTITTIM.7-TYNE, DEC. 7. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) John Watson Moody was indicted for the wilful murder of Daniel Witham on the 16th of August last. The Hon. Adolphus Liddell and Mr. Blackwell appeared as counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. J. R. Davison and Mr. Robinson Fowler for the prisoner. From the opening statement of the learned coun sel it appeared that the offence was committed on an American ship, called the Mary, which was lying in the Northumberland Dock. The prisoner, an American, was second mate, and the deceased man, Witham, one of the seamen, on board the Mary. The circumstances of the case will bo best gathered from the lengthened details of the evidence below. William Black, seaman on beard the United States' ship Mary—There was a seaman on board named Witham. The prisoner was second mate. The Mary arrived in the Tyne on the Ist of August, in the Northumberland Dock. On the 11th of August the prisoner, deceased, and myself were on board. Deceased and myself slept in the starboard forecastle, which is level with the deck. Witham slept in a berth nearest to the door. I slept in one opposite, and could sce into Witham's. On the morning of the 11th the crew had been ordered to he called at 230 a.m. to move the vessel. I was asleep in my berth. Witham was in his. There was a ligt.t in the forecastle. I was awoke by a noise about 2 30. I had not heard any call before this. I saw the prisoner have hold of the deceased by the hair of his head, trying to pull him out of his berth. I got out of my berth and went between them, and asked him what was his reason for doing so. He said it was not me he was speaking to. I said I was aware of that. I went back to my berth to put my shoes on. Prisoner gave deceased one sudden pull and dragged him out of the forecastle door. He said he would see if he could not get him out—a son of —. Witham had said nothing as yet--he was not well. I got in between them and separated them, asking what he meant by such violence, as we had had enough of that on the voyage before, and, if I could help it, we would have no more. 011......•••• ,...•• ~....- T,....1,4,...................... 7 - ....-- . receipt of this intelligence served to intensify ter.; th . e excitement which prevedls in reference to this rible and bloody business. " Holden, I hav e been informed, is about 5 feet 10 inches in heig ht, has curly auburn hair, and is ma n and ra th er good-looking. He is a most acilve t h a t he an excellent hor seman. I learn, further, qt he has r eceived a tolerably fair education, and tii, can draw well. At the moment of his flight he hi on a gray frieze topcoat, tweed cap, and the ordi nary jacket and trousers worn by the constabulary. " Mr. Mathews's life is despaired of. He has been attended by I)es. Bernard, Neville, and Hamil. ton. Mr. Mathews is a native of the county of Tip- hhim Prisonergoio turned roundand with a lamp dropped tow a h r i d s s h t o h I e d . chains, saw n e d y t a u r r d n s i e f f d r o i h r n o e u n t i h d o e t door. feonrd ethd I e to ottt uehrsa.ed Deceasedo hisn l only steelone a shoe e t do t l ri h , i prisonero• hands,Steel knuckles are things for over o e h r and weigh about alf a this.pound. Witham t d h i a m d not ha a hear s the e l o prisoner thes on excepts anything h is shoes.to im the knuckles potting T-re had not put them off the night before. I heard , a fall ;in the deck. I looked out of the forecastle door, end saw the prisoner withdrawing a bolt from Daniel Witham's head. It was about 3 feet long and 1 inch thick; it was an iron bolt. I went out and saw Witham lying on deck as if dead. He was bleeding very much over the left ear. I asked the prisoner if he was aware of what he had done— what he thought of it. He said he was well aware, and what of it if his brains were out ; I cried for help ; none came till I reported it fore and aft. Prisoner went to the top of the forecastle-head. Pri soner was busy at his duty after this. He never came to see after the deceased. I took the deceased into his berth and atteNded to his wound until I could get a doctor. I could not go till four hours after. I came ashorb about nine o'clock, and went to the police-station. They sent me to Dr. Coward. We then went to the ship. The prisoner was gone. Witham was in his berth, insensible. I assisted to remove him ashore. He was taken to Mr. Smith's, in Shield s, th e Raffle anchor. The prisoner threw the bolt down after he struck the blow. I took it into my berth and wrapped it in one of my blankets. The chief mate took it out, and I never saw it afterwards. After I re ported it the chief mate and prisoner came as far as the forecastle door and asked us to go to our duty. I told him I would do no more duty on board if the prisoer was there. The chief mate said he would look after Witham, but he never came. Cross-examined by Mr. Davidson—l am a Scotch marl. I have been in four American vessels. I h ave bee - 11 a sailor all my life. The Mary was a full-rigged ship, about 900 tons, and about 19 hands. Th e pr i s oner is an American ; Witham was one also. Th e f or ecastle roof extends six feet further than the door. I was before the coroner and tho magistrates. The only others of the crew examined wer e Borland and Crahan. There was a pilot on board. The vessel was under the staithe when this happened. There were spring tides at the time. We had missed the tide the morning before. The pilot was before the magistrates, but I never heard him examined. The orders were to be called at 230 a.m., and not 2. I was on shore till 12 the night before. Crahan was with me. I was sober, and not drunk when I came on board. I had been with Witham. He left us. A man named Frank was on board. I swear I did not tell him I had left Crahan on shore drunk. Crahan slept in the same forecastle with us. His berth was on the same side as ,Witham's. It was an upper one. The others were out, except myself, Crahan, and Witham. I can't say I d was a called at asked to al go m a y work. t morn ing. After it happ en I w. About a minute after he struck the man the prisoner walked away to his duty. The work was done before I went ashore. There was an oil lamp burn ing in the forecastle. It was about break of day. It was light enough to see what was go in on outside if near enough. Crahan was out of his berth when I went back to put on my first .shoe. Crahan could see all I saw. Berland was close to Witham when he was knocked down. It was then I first saw him. I will not say the pilot was not there, nor the staithesman. The second time I separated them I swear the prisoner was dragging Witham out by the hair of his head. When I went out and saw Witham on the deck Crahan had left the forecastle. I did not see him when I went to put on my second shoe. There was a steward on board. He assisted in dressing the wound the second time. I did not hear him ordered to do so. Ido not know that the captain sent the doctor. I can hear pretty well. I did not hear Witham say " You son of a --, I can whip you if you take the knuckles off." I did not hear him say " I'll cut your -- guts out." It is usual for sailors to wear knives. I did not hear the deceased say " You are a son of a —, I'll cut your guts out. I can whip you the best day you ever saw." 1 I did not hear the prisoner tell the deceased to , keep back or he might hurt him. A policeman named Hudson, who apprehended 1 the prisoner, was then called, and in cross-examina tion said that although he had the conduit of the case, together with the superintendent, he had not called others who were on board as witnesses be fore the magistrates, as they had told him they should know nothing about it. This closed the case for the prosecutors. Mr. Davidson then addressed the jury for the pri soner, and proceeded to call the following witnesses on his behalf: — Frank Town, a sailor on board the Mary—On the night of the 11th of August Witham came on board between 11 and 12 o'clock. He was rather the worse for liquor. The pilot came on board at 2 a.m. I called the officers. I then called the men. About 5 or 10 minutes after the pilot came. The prisoner came on deck about 15 or 20 minutes after I called him. Robinson and Ryan were the only two sailors on deck then. I went with Ryan in a boat. As I was coming back I heard loud words. It would be about 6 o'clock. I went into the fore castle and saw Witham. I asked how he felt. He rolled over and asked me what the matter was. I told him that he had got a cut on his head. He asked me who did it. I told him Moody. He said " Oh, then, the son of a -- !" Cross-examined by Mr. Liddell—The ship did not go out of dock that morning. She was warped with hawsers. We moved to let another ship come to the drop. Re-examined—lt was necessary to move her at the top of the tide • there was one chain out. G. S. Lamont--I am an American. I was mate of the Mary. I found the prisoner kind - hea rted, never knew him to use bad language to the men. I have come from Genoa ; I left the Mary there. We had tried several tides to get the Mary away, but there was not water. I knew the pilot was ordered on board at 2 o'clock to move the ship. It was the prisoner's duty to have the men ready. Prisoner was on deck when I went forward. Shortly after I heard loud talk at the forecastle door. asked what the trouble was. Wit ham said he did not hear when he was called. I told them to come out as quick as possible and have no more words. I was then called away. I went aft about three minutes, and returned. I was about 12 feet from the edge of the forecastle, and could see the door of the forecastle. I heard Witham call the prisoner " a -- son of a --, and would cut his -- guts out ; he could whip him the best day he ever saw." I saw Witham put his hand to his side and draw it back as if to strike. The prisoner drew back his arm and struck towards him. I could not see whe ther Witham had anything in his hand. Witham was in the act of striking when the prisoner struck him. I did not see Borland nor Black till after the man fell. After this the prisoner came to me on the forecastle. When I went down Black said the man was dead. I saw that he was not. I sent for the steward. He came in about three minutes. I saw him dress Witham's wound. I saw deceased three or four times afterwards. The captain went on shore, and a doctor came. I afterwards g ot the Norman from Black. I always found the prisoner a good officer. The learned Judge having summed up the evi dence, the jury found the prisoner Guilty of man slaughter, and he was sentenced to penal servitude for life. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Svcrrompi-Doc (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) William Kilby, 46, wrench-maker, was charged with the wilful murder of his own son, George Kilby, on the 30th September, at Wolverhampton. Mr. A. S. Hill and Mr. H. Matthews appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Motteram and Mr. Young defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was a ycung man of very quiet and inoffensive manners, who lived with his father and mother at Wolverhampton, and worked in a shop in Noake's buildings, at the distance of only a few yards from the prisoner's house. On the day in question a lad who worked in the same shop with the deceased left him there at one o'clock, and went to have his dinner. At that time deceased was quite well, and was soon after heard singing at his work by some men who were employed in an adjoining workshop. These men, however, stated that at about half-past one o'clock they heard a sound in the shop where the deceased was as if two persons were quarrelling, and this noise was soon afterwards followed by a faint sound, which it was suggested proceeded from the deceased when in his death struggle. At two o'clock the little boy returned from his dinner, and found the door of the shop partly opened, and when he entered he saw the deceased stretched on the floor, with his neck hanging over the edge of a box which had no lid. Being armed by what he saw, he ran to the prisoner's house, and saw him already standing by the garden door. They then both en. tered the workshop, and the prisoner having turned over the body of his son, it was found that he was quite dead. On examination a bruise was found on one of the young man's temples, and a red mark on the front of his neck from ear to ear ; and, as there could be no doubt, on the post mortein examination, that deceased had died of suffocation , it was suggested that depth was caused by some one holding his neck down upon the edge of the box till he became in sensible. In order to connect the prisoner with the crime, evidence was given that he was in the habit of beating his son unmercifully, and that he had threatened to kill him, a course of treat ment which the deceased in no way resented, but always bore with an excess of patience, Whvnever subjected to cruel treatment from his father, it was his practice to put both hands in his pockets, and to submit himself with entire resignation to what ever punishment his father might think proper to inflict upon him. It was a circumstauce which seemed to connect the prisoner with the crime that, when the body of the deceased was first discovered, both his hands were in his pookets, and several witnesses were called with a view to show that at about the time when death must have taken place the prisoner was seen to come from the shop where the deceased was. It appeared, however, that there was only one witness who could give direct evi dence upon this point. The witness in question swore that, after taking his dinner, he went out into his garden to smoke his pipe • and while he was sitting upon the rail of his garden he saw the pri soner come out of the shop, and pass close by him towards his own house. The witness, however, was old and deaf, and made several contradictions to his own evidence and to that of other witnesses as to the time and circumstances under which he saw the prisoner, though he was quite positive that he saw him come from the shop. Several witnesses were examined to strengthen the case by showing that, after the charge of murder had been made ' against the prisoner, he had endeavoured to stifle evidence, and had made admissions which were in dicative of guilt; but there was nothing to corrobo rate the evidence of the old man that the prisoner had been in the shop during the fatal hour, beyond the fact that sounds as if of quarrelling had been heard, and that when the body was found the hands of the deceased were in his pockets: The evidence of the surgeon showed that the stomach of the deceased was full of undigested food, which he had taken at his dinner, and that it was not impossible for the death to have been caused by his falling down in a state of giddiness from indigestion, and becoming suffocated by falling with his neck on the edge of the box. At the close of the case, Mr. Justice Willes said that, as the evidence of the old man was the only evidence to show that the prisoner had been at the shop, and his evidence was very confused, he did not think there was sufficient for a conviction. The jury, upon that suggestion, found the pri soner not guilty. Benjamin Owen, 40, gasfitter, was charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Jane Owen, at Wed nesburv, on October 11, 1859. Mr. Nfotteram and Mr. A. S. Hill appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Kenealy and Mr. G. Browne defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence in this case that the prisoner had lived with his wife seven or eight years, and until the transaction now in question had always treated her with great kindness and affec tion. Unfortunately, about six weeks before her death, the deceased had become addicted to drink ing, a practice in which she indulged in her hus band's absence from home, in company with two women of drunken habits who frequented her house. The prisoner kept a beer-shop called the Cottage Spring, on the Bilston-road, at Wednesbury. On the day in question he went out to his work, and on his return at 4 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon be found his wife in a state of intoxication, for which he se verely reprimanded her, as well as for allowing the women, whom he designated " those thieves," to come to the house. The deceased appeared to have continued drinking after the prisoner came home, notwithstanding the entreaties of her daughter, who more than once took the cup from her mouth. The prisoner was much irritated by her conduct, and between 8 and 9 o'clock he struck her two blows with his fist, the second of which knocked her off the settle on to the floor. As the deceased rose up she looked at him, and said, " Oh, Ben, you never hit me before"—a statement which was admitted to be true. Prisoner subsequently told her to come out of the room where she was, for he would not allow here to be in that state where his company was, and he insisted upon her going to bed. A candle was brought for this purpose, but the deceased blew it out and put it on the table. The prisoner then said he would turn his wife out of doors, and, according to some of the witnesses, used very horrid language, and, in the alarm which ensued, the deceased, with her hair dishevelled, and followed by her little girl in night clothes, ran down the street to the house of a neighbour, a Mrs. Cresswell, who hid her in the pantry. The prisoner, finding that his wife was gone, followed her to Mrs. Cresswell s, and knocked three times before he could gain admittance. After some time he found his wife in the pantry, and as he entered he said, " I'll give you Moggy," which was , the nickname of one of her drunken com panions, and the deceased replied, " Oh, Ben, don't !" The prisoner then took her by the right hand and brought her out of the pantry, and as he brought her out he struck her with his fist and she fell down on the floor. The prisoner then said, " Take the drunken b— up," and immediately left the house. Some persons whe_were in ,the room ran to the woman's assistance, and sent for the prisoner, who came in about five minutes, but by that time she was insensible, and died immediately. On finding the state in which his wife was, that she was dead, the prisoner showed the greatest concern on her account, and gave way to an excess of grief and dis traction, kissing his wife's lips, and saying, " I've done it, and I will die for you." The fact of a blow being struck just before the deceased fell was proved by two witnesses ; but Mrs. Cresswell said she did not see any blow, and that the deceased fell on to some chairs by stumbling up the two steps which led into the pantry. The evidence of the surgeons showed that the deceased had died of con cussion of the brain and apoplexy from the effects of a blow under the left ear. Mr. Kenealy addressed the jury in favour of the prisoner, and commented upon the evidence to shovi that death was caused by apoplexy, brought on by a fall in the drunken state in which the deceased woman was ; and he called several witnesses, in cluding the mother of the deceased, to prove that up to the night in question the prisoner had always been a kind and affectionate husband. Mr. Justice Willes, in summing up the evidence, said, he thought the jury would pause before they would find the prisoner guilty of wilful murder ; but he left it to them to say, upon the evidence, whether the death was caused by a blow given by the prisoner or by an accidental fall. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of man slaughter. Mr. Kenealy then handed up two documents in favour of the prisoner, signed by nearly 500 inha bitants of Wednesbury. Mr. Justice Willes said be entirely approved the verdict, and though, from the character given of the prisoner, he was sorry to pass any sentence upon him at all, it was necessary, for the protection of women, and to put a stop to such brutal assaults by men on their wives, to pass a severe sentence. ,His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner to be kept six years in penal servitude. THURSDAY, Dec. 8. The Court has been engaged all day in the tria of cases the particulars of whieh aro unfit for publi cation. In consequence of her cries, some men came to her assistance, and the man then ran away. She saw the prisoner a day or two afterwards, and imme diately identified him as the man by whom the out rage had been committed, and she particularly re cognised him by his voice and his having a light moustache. The evidence of the prosecutrix was confirmed by the facts that the prisoner was proved to have been in the neighbourhood about the time the offence was committed, and that when he went to the barracks he appeared very hot and excited, and his face was scratched and bleeding. It ap peared, however, that a hundred other privates in the artillery were out on leave on the evening in question, and. there was some little discrepancy as to the fact of the prisoner wearing a belt at the time the prosecutrix was attacked in the manner described. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, declared that he was not the man who committed the outrage, and he said that the prosecutrix had mistaken him for some other private artilleryman, who was really the guilty party. The learned Judge having summed up, the jury, after some deliberation, said they thought the pro secutrix might be m-taken as to the identity of the prisoner, and they therefore gave him the benefit of the doubt, and returned a verdict of not guilty. MIDLAND CIRCUIT—NORTHAMPTON, Dec. 8. Mr. Justice Crompton entered this town shortly before two in the afternoon, attended Divine service, and opened the commission with the usual forma lities. The calender contains the names of 19 prisoners in the county gaol, and two in the borough. Of the county prisoners one is charged with murder, one with manslaughter, two with aiding and abetting the same, three with wounding with various intents, four with arson, one with concealment of birth, two with uttering false and counterfeit coin, two with night-poaching, and three with larceny. The borough prisoners are both of them charged with forgery—the one of an order, the other of an under taking to pay money. HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONE, Dee. 8, (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) George Howells, 18, and Charles Thomas Willis, 28, the two soldiers who were convicted of arson under very peculiar circumstances, and whose judgment was respited, were brought up to receive the sentence of the Court. The learned judge said there was no doubt that the prisoners had committed the offences of which they had been convicted, in order that they might no longer continue in the military service, and that they appeared to prefer the condition of convicts to that of soldiers. The offence they had committed was a very serious one, and as a warning to others he felt it his duty to sentence them to six years' penal servitude; John Townsend, 26, and doh* Crawley, 18, two private soldiers, were charged, the former with a felonious assault on a woman, and the latter with aiding and assisting him to commit the offence. Mr. Addison prosecuted. The prosecutrix in this case was a respectable married woman, and it appeared that as she was on her way home in the neighbourhood of Deal, she was assailed by the prisoners, who committed the offence imputed to them. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Thomas Smith, 25, another private soldier, was convicted of a similar offence. The jury in this case also returned a verdict of guilty. The learned judge, in passing sentence, com mented, in indignant terms, upon the atrocious character of the ofence of which the prisoners had been convicted, and he ordered them to be kept in penal servitude for the term of twenty years. James Williamson, 29, a private soldier in the Royal Artillery, stationed at Shorncliffe, who ap peared at the bar, wearing two Crimean medals and two good conduct - stripes, was chaged with a similar offence. Mr. Addison conducted the prosecution. It appeared that the prosecutrix in this case was a respectable young woman, tamed Susannah Turner, and that on Sunday evening, the 2d October, she was on her way home, in the neighbourhood of Shorncliffe, when she was accosted by a man in the uniform of the Royal Artillery, who inquired of her what time it was, and she told him as well as she could. She then walked on, and the man followed her and wished her to have some drink, but she refused ; and when lted r r i and in a dmrnasgtged brutalh e r m i a n n t o n e t r h . e Shefiel d s a t n r u d gg as l e s d a n vio but she twisted con; they had cone a short distance he seized hold o f hh l h e ee e n r t b l y e aaan back asceirce and n m d e d Murder, hurt " her ve Very n m d u t e l m bu a tinued to resist him and scra.tchP4 1 • - ace severely, . _ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1869.9 MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Dec. 8. (Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant-Judge.) TIIE CASE OF SARAH DYES.—At the sitting of the Court, Mr. Sleigh stated that he had brought the case of Sarah Dyer, the poor dressmaker, before the council of the Royal Benevolent Society, of which Lord Raynham was president, and it had been taken up very warmly, and steps were adopted to enable her to get over her present difficulties, and to place her in a position to pursue her business under very different circumstances. At the same time, he would say that at the present moment there were a good many urgent claims upon the society, which had been most useful in affording assistance to honest persons to overcome temporary difficulties, thereby saving them from ruin ; and it was to be regretted that the funds at its disposal were not adequate to meet the numerous cases brought under consideration, particularly just now. Mr. F. H. Lewis suggested that those who owed this poor woman money should be sued for its re covery. She was entitled to it. The Assistant-Judge said it was very satisfactory to hear the statement of the learned counsel. He had noticed and concurred in the suggestion in some of the public journals, that instead of money being given directly to a person under such cir cumstances, employment should be given, as the other course might seem an inducement to the com mission of crime. (Before Mr. Creasy.) William Gifford was indicted for unlawfully keeping a brothel, 24, Charlotte-street, Portland place. The evidence proved the case to the satisfaction of the jury, but it was not of an aggravated character. Mr. Creasy sentenced him to hard labour for a week, and to pay a fine of £lO. At the last county day, the Assistant-Judge called the attention of the Court to the practice which, he understood, had prevailed, of removing prisoners labourimg under smallpox to the hospitals in public street cabs. The Court immediately gave directions to discontinue the practise, and referred it to the visiting justices of the different prisons to substi tute some other mode of conveyance should any more cases occur in either of the prisons—there having been a few—there being reason to believe that this fearful disease is propagated to a great extent by cabs being so employed, and it behoved guardians and other parish officials to ascertain, without delay, what the practise was in their respective parishes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 8. GUILDHALL—A CLEItGYAIAN DINING OUT.- Ann Smith and Ann - Edwards, a couple ofrOpulsive looking females, were brought up, charged with robbing the Rev. Mr. Edward Williams, of Lite' Stanmore, of his purse containing £3, under the following circumstances : The Kosecutor, whose costume and general ap pearance were more fitted for the stable than the pulpit, said—l am a clerk in holy orders. Chief Clerk—You had been dining out yestera , :ty, I suppose ? R. Gentleman—l had, and was returning home rather late. The Clerk—Very late, was it not ? Rev. Gentleman—lt might hare b , .)en about half past 11 o'clock at night. The Clerk—And where did this take place ? Rev. Gentleman—l cannot exactly say, for Ido not know much about London. Policeman 288—It was in Giltspur-street, your worship. Alderman Challis—What do you charge these women with ? Rev. Gentleman—With robbing me of my purse. Clerk—That is a short way of stating it, but you must give a little more of the details. Rev. Gentleman—The two prisoners and another woman were in the street, and they jostled me and I lost my purse from my right hand coat pocket. I called a policeman, who pursued Edwards while I laid hold of Smith. The third woman got away. Clerk—Describe how they jostled you. Rev. Gentleman—They struck up against me. Clerk—You said you had been dining out. Is your signature to the charge-sheet your usual style of writing? Rev. Gentleman—Yes, sir. Smith—l deny speaking to the gentleman at all. Alderman Challis—He does not say you did. Edwards to the rev. gentleman—Were you not with a little female before you saw us ? Rev. Gentleman—There was another female who persisted in following me. Clerk, to the officer—Was this person (the rev. gentleman) in liquor ? Policeman 288—He had been drinking, sir, but he knew well what he was about. Clerk—He did not seem to know where the rob bery took place at all events. John Parker gave similar evidence with regard to the robbery. Alderman Challis—Was the gentleman tipsy ? Witness—Well, sir, he was very much the worse for liquor. Manning, 278, was then sworn. Clerk—Had the prosecutor been drinking ? Manning—He had, sir. Clerk—You did not imagine ho was a clergyman, I suppose ? Manning—Oh no, sir. ' Clerk—Nor any one else from his appearance. Alderman Challis—Are the prisoners known ? Springate (the gaoler)—Edwards has been here once, and I am almost sure Smith has. 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The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of post office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London* Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Dublin., Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co. ; at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sharp and Scott; at York, Raines, Blanchard, and:Co. ; at South ampton, Randall and Bork THE FRAUDS ON THE CITY OF LON DON POOR LAW UNION. Yesterday Mr. Farnell, the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner and Inspector, sat at the office of the . -- City of London Union, St. Mary-axe, for the pur pose of inquiring into the frauds committed by Mr. Paul, the late chief clerk to the union. The inquiry was opened under the provisions of the 22d and 23d Victoria, cap. 49, sec. 2, entitled, " The Poor Law Boards (Payment of Debts," which empowers the Commissioner to order payment of any debts incurred by any union "after open and public investigation, during which counsel or solici tors may appear and witnesses be examined on both sides, when the same shall be required by any rate payer of the union, parish, or district, and he shall be satisfied that there is no fraud, collusion, or ne glect of the general rules of the Poor Law Board respecting the contraction or discharge of such debt, claim, or demand which is alleged to be due, and that such party has not been accessory to any fraud." These proceedings have been rendered necessary in consequence of the frauds of Paul, the chief clerk to the union, there being charges on tradesmen's bills to the amount of £9,159 4s. 2d., and a balance due to the treasurer on the new account of £4,207 s. Bd., making a total deficiency of £13,366 15s Id. For these frauds Paul was tried at the Central Criminal Court, and sentenced to 14 years' transpor tation, and as the parishes had already paid their quota for the discharge of these accounts they re fused to pay over again, and to get out of the diffi culty the act of last session was passed, giving power to the Poor Law Commissioners, on proof of the debts, to older a new rate to be made for their dis- charge. Mr. C. M. Roche appeared on behalf of the rate payers ; Mr. Baylis on the part of the guardians o the union. Mr. S. Bare, licensed victualler, said he claimed from the guardians of the City of London Union the sum of £12165. ld. for wine, spirits, &c., supplied for the use of the poor at the workhouse in Bow-road. The master sent the orders for these articles. The detailed list showed that the best port,sherry, stout, bottled ale, and soda water had been supplied. No champagne was supplied. He sent in the articles, but he did not know what became of them. Mr. Roche—The master will tell us what became of them. At any rate it is quite clear they did not go to the poor. A Guardian said he could prove that the soda water was supplied to the poor. Mr. Roche—A great deal more of it, I expect, was used by the guardians than the poor. The Guardian—l deny it altogether. Mr. Roche—The master's book will show. We shall see what was done with it. Mr. Jas. Lawton, a boot and shoe maker, claimed for £lOO 10s., on account of the representatives of John Paul, the clerk. Two or three days after their account was sent in for this claim they received a cheque drawn by the guardians for the full amount. The cheque was paid into their bankers, and it was duly honoured, bnt in a day or two afterwards Paul came to them and told them that the account of the guardians was very short or overdrawn, and there fore he should be much obliged if they would give him a cheque to help the guardians along. A cheque was given to him, "Payable to John Paul, Esq., or bearer," and he gave witness his cheque in return, as security for the £lOO 10s., which they made. They had previously paid the guardians' cheque to their account at their bankers. They knew that the cheque for £l5l 12s. 9d. had been honoured when they made the advance to which he had alluded. Similar transactions had before taken place between them, for no sooner had they got a. cheque from the guardians than either a letter cams, or Paul himself, telling witness that as he could not pay the cheque in for a week they might as well lend it to him, and he gave witness his own cheque in return. These cheques were made all right at the bankers'. They had supplied the union with shoes for the last 17 years. They only supplied them once by contract, and for the other part of the time by tender. •Mr. Charles Kingsford, a flour dealer, said he claimed £1,055 of the guardians of the City of Lon don for flour delivered at the workhouse in the Bow-road. The date of the first transaction was from the 25th of March to the 25th of June, 1856, and the last up to December, 1856. His tenders were accepted by the Board of Guardians. By Mr. Roche—lle never received any check from Mr. Paul, and had nothing to do with him except occasionally pressing him for money. Mr. Rushworth, of the firm of Baiss Brothers, wholesale druggists, said they claimed £163 ss. 4d. for goods supplied to the Guardians of the City of London Union—ilrugs and medicines. They were sent to the workhouse from orders (signed by Mr. Paul, or by M-;. Bunting, the medical officer. Several oti'ner similar cases were brought forward and the proceedings were adjourned. TJJE BRIBERY PROCEEDINGS AT 11( weIVICH. Yesterday the Norwich magistrates were engaged for nearly four hours in further hearing the charge preferred against Mr. Albert I. Collins, of conspir ing with Mr. H. Croxford and others to bribe Mr. Joel Fox, by offering him £5OO to vote for eight Tory aldermen on the 9th of November. Mr. Power, Q.C., again appeared to conduct the case on the part of th prosecution, and Mr. Ser geant Ballantine and Mr. H. Holl for the defendant. Mr. Mendham, town-clerk, having stated that the Town Council had, in accordance with a resolution adopted on Tuesday, retired from the prosecution, said he did not appear further in the matter. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine submitted that under these circumstances Mr. Power had no locus standi ; if any one were the prosecutor it must be Mr. Fox, and the question was whether that gentleman in structed his learned friend. _ _ _ Mr. Fox, in reply to questions from the Bench, said he was ready to give evidence as before, but he had not instructed counsel. Mr. Power stated that he appeared for several gentlemen who were anxious that justice should be vindicated ; they were Messrs. J. J. Colman. R. N. Bacon, C. N. Bolingbroke, E. S. Holland, J. New begin, J. Pyman, the Rev. G. Gould, and the Rev. J. Crompton. Mr. Fox was not a sufficiently wealthy man to engage in, a contest with persons possessing the means of those who instructed his learned friend, but he occupied the same position as before, the only difference being, that the gentle men whose names he had mentioned had assumed the attitude formerly taken up by the Town Council. A lengthened argument took place on the sub ject. Various modes of proceeding, such as the pre ferring an indictment before a grand jury, or the filing of an ex officio information by the Attorney- General, being mentioned, and Mr. Power inti mated that, in the event of the decision of the Bench being adverse to him, those who instructed him wonld lay the matter before the Government. On the magistrates proceeding to a division on the question, The Mayor objected to Sir Samuel Bignold's voting, upon the ground that he had been men tioned as an accused party in the case. Sir S. Bignold persisting in his right to vote, Mr. Sultier also protested against his doing so. Sir S. Bignold rejoined by observing, with some warmth, that a junior magistrate who had been pitchforked on to the bench would show more de cency if he kept himself quiet. The voting then proceeded, and The- Bonen. decided, by 12,t0 10 that Mr. Power had no locus standi. The learned counsel applied for permission to prefer a fresh information, but The Magistrates declined to entertain the appli cation until the case before them was disposed of. Several clerks from the banking establishment of Messrs. Harvey and Hudson were examined, and it was proved that Mr. Collins was paid £5OO in three £lOO and four £5O Bank of England notes on the morning of the 9th Nov. ; also, that Sir S. Bignold and Mr. Collins had had an interview in the course of the morning with'Mr. R. J. Harvey. This gentleman, on being-asked by the Mayor to state what passed on the occasion, declined to answer the question, lest by his answer he should criminate himself. Mr. Harvey stated, however, that it was a nightly practice to send for notes from London, and the notes to which reference had been made in the case were not sent for specially from town. He also said that Sir Samuel Bignold did not sign on the occasion any cheque, promissory note, or bank guarantee for £5OO, nor did he pass his word with a similar object. The Mayor said the case could not be considered to be concluded, but the question was whether the magistrates ought not to put the matter in a train for further investigation. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said the magistrates might certainly exercise their responsibility by sending the matter for trial, but before they did so it would be his duty to address some observations to the bench. The learned gentleman then pro ceeded in eloquent terms to denounce the whole prosecution as a party proceeding got up by the Liberals as a set-off to their exposure before the late committee of the House of Commons. The Liberals had, in fact, baited a trap with Joel Fox, thinking to catch his client. The inquiry had not been set on foot for the public good, but simply to gratify feelings of revenge, and for the purpose of " showing up" the Conservatives, as the Liberals had been exposed before the election committee. The Town Council had on reflection evidently come to the conclusion that it was not desirable that they should be any longer prosecutors in the matter; and it was one of the most wretched circumstances of the whole wretched inquiry that Mr. Harvey, who, from motives of commercial honour, had not thought it consistent with his duty as a banker to divulge what passed at his bank, was placed in e position which, although no man of honour would take advantage of it, might be distorted by malig" nant people. As regarded his client Mr. Collins, the learned sergeant contended that it was not proved that the notes which he had received at Harvey's bank had been handed by him to gr. Croxford ; that there was no evidence to implicate him in the charge with Croxford (who had left Norwich), and that under these circumstances no jury would convict. It was to the interest of no one to have the matter forced further, and it be unjust to ruin Mr. Collins to gratify petty ma lignity and serve political objects. The Mayor, at the conclusion of Mr. Sergean t Ballantine's observations, said there were thr ee courses open to the magistrates-Ist, to commit M r. Collins for trial ; secondly, to dismiss the case; and, thirdly, to call upon Mr. Collins to enter int ° recognisances to answer any charge which might be preferred against him- would On these questions the magistrates retired to consult in private, and it was dedided by a reek ) : rity of 15 to 6 not to commit the defendant, but, to the same time, it was determined by 12 to 10 to call upon him to enter into two recognisances of £250 each, and himself in £5OO, to answer all future charge. On this decision being announced, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said he should advise his client to decline entering into the proposed r 4l ; cognisances, except under protest, and until lie had , , been taken into custody by force. This " forc e having been theoretically exhibited by one of the officers of the court laying his hand on Mr. Caine, the recognisances were entered into, and the Pre' ceQdings in the case terminated, at any fate for the p resent. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine announced that it we! not his intention to offer any evidence to suppor t the charge of bribery at the general election pre; ferred against Sir W. Foster and the Messrs. Willi Mr. Askew, solicitor, also withdrew, 0111 slight laughter, the counter-charges preferred by the Liberals against Sir Samuel Bignold, Captain. Ives, and other Conservatives. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM—DSc. 8. A full supply of wheat, and a considerable quantitY 11 / 81 „ taken on speculation —the whole was cleared off at fal late quotations. Grinding barley dearer. Oats scarce, a ll as dear. Beans and peas firm. MANCHE STER—M3c. 8. Holders of wheat 6 •mly demanded last week's rates, alt, sales were consequently effected with difficulty. FlO lO l7 little demand, but quotations unaltered. Oats and maul' sold slowly. Beans and Indian corn firm. BOSTON—Duc. G. We had a fair supply of wheat from. the growers to-dali the demand for which ruled inactive, at barely the rice," last week. Spring corn a liberal supply, and prices as fore. Beaus and peas is to is 6d cheaper. PLYMOUTH—DEc. 6. This market was dull to-day, and prices for wheat OW nally unchanged Holders declined to take lower ra y Flour was unaltered. The quotations are—English. ww,3, wheat, 46s to 48s ; red, 43s to 45s per qr ; French do., s to 45s • grinding barley, 26s to 288; oats, 22s to 25s ; flour, fine, 33s to 348 ; seconds, 31s to 325. LOUTH—Duc. 7. There was a d•_ll business done in wheat to-dail prices scarcely up to last week's quotations, vii., and mixed, old and new, 40s to 44s per qr. ; white, Oats, 18s to 225; beans, 40s to 445; barley, 30s to 40ei EDINBURGH GRAIN—Duu. 7. The supplies were large to-day at market, and sales we rather heavy. Wheat on the top 4s Od down average Os 8d doo • Barley on the top Os 6d down average Oe 3d up. Oats on the top Os 9d down.... average Os 2d up. Beans on the top is Od down average la 4d down . Al7erages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... Barley 1 17 5 10-12ths Oats 1 5 3 10-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .1049 qrs Sold 789 qrs Barley-- —2OBO qrs . Sold 1273 qr. Oats ...2217 qrs Sold 1660 qrs Beans '..121 qrs Sold 71 4111 GLASGOW—Dmc. 7. In the market to-day the business doing was veri„„ f or. Flour at late rates. Barley and oats were rather cliv". Beans quiet and easier. Imports liberal. DERBY SMITHFIELD—DEC. e. li i There was a small supply of fat stock to - day , w r i a se fair attendance of buyers ; a good demand, and high P 7, itt were asked for best quality and realised. Sheep we r we ra good supply, with no advance in price, and fat calve s more numerous. ,Fat pigs plentiful, and well sold. Beef Mutton ... 7d to 8d Pork 6O " stems, Lamb Od to Od Rough fat, 5s 6d par Hides, 31d to old; calf skins, 6d to 60. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. . • A giod In the followlnctable E sig - nifles that letters are daslNM—, by evening mails from London, and M by morning In 1".- by evening mails from London, and M by morning O W.- 04 * II DESTINATIONS. li, Despatch Port of d oe,. of ails. Despatch. ......../. Australia and Mauritius, vi 0 , 0 Southampton Dec. 12, M SouthamP• D ee. Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New 0 York I D e°. 1i Dec. 23, E Liverpoo • • , N . Canada, tc. (by Canadn. pckt.) Dec. 7, E Liverpool. • Y Cape of Good Hope, Ascen- t Jll3. 1 mon, and St. Helena Jan. 5, E Devon China, Penang, and Sings- De& 1. pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southam p ton Dec. 12, 31 S . outhainc.. : i ' o s. 0 Honduras and Blewflelds India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, De 6/9 1 via Southampton Dec. 20, II SouthamP• fie °, 1- Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South- DOW 0 ampton Dec. 12, AI SouthamP• ov er Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, 5 JO' 11 and F. Islands Deo. 9, 31 SoutharnP• e e. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Dec. 7, M Southarap• - 10 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via DeA r ddo Southampton Dec. 12, II outhamP• oye Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Jan. 2. M SouthamP• u --• Newfbundland Dec. 9, E ' lwaY ••• • United States and British N. ~d , America (by British packet) Dec. 9, E Liverpool. • 1) 7-- Ditto (by U. S. packet) .... Dec. 7, E Southall*. 0 West Coast of Africa, Ma- if • dcira, and Teneriffe West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey- Dec. 23 E Liverpool.. 13$ 06 • 0 town, New Granada, &e. _ a nollin FAILURE AT HULL. We regret to a,ti„ 0 00-; the suspension of Messrs. A. and E. H. West, olw e ~eil" ..—,io. ..../ FAILURE AT HULL.—We re; A to all„";., sar i the suspension of Messrs. A. and E. _. West, nu d o seed crushers, of this town. The liabilities are sup be about £15,000, , and the loss will fall chiefly on n' houses.--Hull Advertiser. bouril lg IS CONSUMPTION INCTRABLE ? —lnvalids 13- j i if• under Consumptive Maladies, and families 10° A 0 0 suffered free the ravages of Consumption (O w le t.. *. family in the empire is there who has not t o deP oi loss caused by this scourge of the human race 7) w it 0 0 Ls,' a satisfactory answer to the question, 4, Is ConsunaP,' sogPi. curable," in an original article by Dr. DET4 lo %usli g 31. D., 35, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, N. P eat the "household Physician," in numbers, one Peu:n't po by G. Berger, 19, Holywell-street, Strand. From l 10 1 ready. re oaf b at (ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills, a — ln r gi - bilious and liver complaints. Those who suffer f 11 9 . 1 11 and liver complaints should try the effects of this„.!:r , remedy, a few doses of which will make the saneg a ltl l .. l elastic and vigorous, remove all impurities, give lf b igO ve "" action to the liver, and strengthen the stomacu• s attacks be allowed to continue without using su A ' t he ventitive, more serious casualties may a rise, 913 " forer be consigned to a bed of sickness. 1 1 °, 11 _,„ ° 1; ati ni are an extraordinary remedy, acting imnieu""ViitYl7:d. removal of acidity of the stomach, indigestion, doi:Losn nausea, preparing the food thoroughly for a 5 5 1, 70 00 ,0 rendering each tributary organ perfect in its folic. stimulating the kidneys. BIRTHS. 6 gales; ALLEN.—On the 7th inst., at 33, Queen's-road; --the-10- park, the wife of G. Baugh Allen, Egg./ °fi , d , Temple, of a son. .„. ar Cle w COLLIER.—On the Bth inst., at the Limes, uPP — Mrs. Alfred Collier, of a daughter. ~,,, An ° SIEVEKING.—On the 7th lust at 17, 149'11C---ter the wife of Dr. Sieveking, ol ' a son. E , 40, SCULLY.—On the sth inst., at the CharaPs '4° Paris, the wife of Francis Scully, Esq., of a sou. oil MARRIAGES. BONAR—GLENNIE,—On the 7th inst•, at the sD fist Presbyterian Church, Brighton, Janus Ben6ritbele' W.S., Edinburgh, to Caroline, eldest daughter 0 Alexander Glennie, Esq., of May-bank, A berdeen t; Cir i HAY—PARKER.—On the Bth fast., at BelleY, bird °Ol/ to tain Henry Hird Ha sth Dragoon Guarde,_: Artn9 9 0 1 the late Colonel Patrick Hay, of the nengr: - %00 Isabella Maria, only daughter of W. R. ra t ' — ' the Manor House, Boil. y. DEATHS. 138 BERNARD.—On the sth inst., at his residencet.,-d ' it-. place, Plymouth, Commander Henry Bern'''. 51 aged 52. rolo ft IC Of 0 0 CLEUENTS.—On the 7th inst , at Bromleyt,—.,B4 Calle F. W. Clements, late 73d Regiment Mid Mr" 10.f.1' Rifles. DIXON.—On the sth inst., at Brudenell-Prilar'Sellty- North-road, John White Dixon, Esq., U. S * --.' lo O e set-house, aged 52. 000. HAYES.—On the 4th inst., at Twicken ham, gi p , Esq., aged 53. eit Y t i P HAlinisoN.—On the sth inst., at Richmond, Sall ban'' widow of the late Thomas Harrison , of Strew. giii o barrister-at •law, F.R.S., aged 81. iv -00 , MAY.—On the 6th inst., at Lower 0 ' ciapton, "1 1101. Esq., aged 70. E s q ,, 311 TYSON.—On the sth inst., William Ty son, versity-street, aged 81. ~,10, • v iz, 0 i ,i ° o v 1 1lf LONDON: Printed and Published by Id - - , l) „n c e, .- . t i .- of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The SO u ia '" 00" Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill ''.- Aliddlefies, Friday, December 9, 1869* atT inl 8t; 11 4 . tri Div /MI 11 0 •