The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-01 00:00:00

THE NAVY , The Cressy, 80, screw steamship, Capt. the Hon. C. J. B. Elliott, joined the Channel fleet in P or t land harbour on Sunday afternoon, from Spithead. The Melpomene, 51, new screw steam frigate, at Portsmouth, will hoist the pennant this morning, alders having been transmitted to that effect from the Admiralty. A number of seamen riggers employed in Portsmouth yard have already expressed an eager desire to ship for her, and there is no doubt that she will be very quickly manned. She is ready for sea, with the exception of having to take on board her provisions, powder, and shell. Her engines are of 600-horse power, nominal, and gave the ship a speed on her trial of 121 knots. The Imperieuse, 51 screw steam frigate, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to try her machinery. Everything worked in he t tr y satisfactory manner. This frigate will be ready to proceed to sea in 24 hours after receiving a crew on board. The Neptune, 91, screw steamship, completed roasting in the steam basin at Portsmouth yester- day. I It is stated in Portsmouth that Rear-Admiral , Erskine will hoist his flag on board the Edgar, 91, at Sheerness, as second in command of the Channel fleet, and that Capt. J. E. Katon will be his Flag Captain. The launch of the screw corvette Charbdis, 21, will take place at Chatham dockyard this afternoon, about half-past 12 o'clock. The dockyard gates will be thrown open to the public some time before the hour fixed for the launch, and, in order to ac commodate the numerous spectators who are usually present on these occasions, tiers of galleries have been erected at the sides and head of the ship, I which will enable several thousand persons to wit ness the launch. The Rodney, 90, sailing ship, in dock at Chatham, has a large number of shipwrights at work on board making the necessary alterations in her hull in order to convert her into a screw steamer and to prepare her for the reception of her engines. Although this vessel has been built several years, her timbers are perfectly sound. She will make a fine screw 'steamer when completed. The screw steam frigate Curagoa, 3, Captain J. H. Mason, from a cruise in the Channel, arrived in Plymouth Sound under canvas on Monday. The screw steamship Lion, 80, was removed from Keyham basin, on Monday, to the jetty at Devon port dockyard. The gunboat Hind received her guns at Devon port on Monday, and got up steam to try her machinery. Forty additional labourers were entered in Devon port dockyard on Monday. The new screw steam frigate Emerald, Captain Arthur Cumming, and the new screw steam cor vette Cadmus, Captain Hillyar, now at Sheerness, ready to join the Channel squadron, will proceed to the Great Nore, and there remain to salute the Princess Royal of Prussia on her passage down the Thames. Her Royal Highness will embark from Gravesend to-morrow. We regret to stalle that the Captain Superinten dent of Sheerness yard, John C.Fitzprald, after a long and painful illness, expired at his residence in the yard yesterday, at 4 p.m. Upwards of 100 volunteers have been already entered at Great Yarmouth for the Royal Navy. The volunteers consist principally of ordinary sea men and boys, but they include a fair proportion of able-bodied seamen. The screw steam ship Lord Panmure, constructed by Messrs. A. Leslie and Co., of Gateshead, for the service of the military store department of Wool wich Arsenal, yesterday arrived at the arsenal pier, and will proceed down the river this morning on her trial trip. The Balaklava, a sister vessel, yes terday commenced shipping guns, shot, and shell from the pier for Portsmouth. The hired transport Rattler yesterday arrived at Woolwich, and commenced shipping a full cargo of war stores for Quebec. The steam transport Britannia yesterday com menced filling in a heavy cargo of guns, solid shot, and other war stores, for Gibraltar; and a large amount of tonnage has been engaged for the Medi terranean and other British possessions. The troopship Simoom, 8, Commander J. M. Cook, from Bombay, Feb. 3 ; Mauritius, March 13; Cape of Good Hope, April 9; and St. Vincent, May 13, arrived at Plymouth yesterday afternoon. She brings 259 men, 20 women, and 23 children belong ing to various regiments, under command of Capt. Maloney, 83d, an in medical charge of Dr. Ryall, 86th. Capt. Pering, 21st ; Lieut. Oliver, 66th ; and Ensign Johnstone, 82d, are passengers. 14 deaths occurred on the voyage. The screw steamvesscl Lynx, Commander Berkeley,was at the Mauritius. Admiral Sir F. Grey was about to leave the Cape in the flagship Boscawen for the West Coast. The Himalaya, which made the passage out in 31 days, was gone to Algoa Bay with the 2d battalion of the 13th Regiment for frontier duty. Excepting one company of Cape Mounted Rifles, the invalided 59th was the only regiment at Cape Town. The Gover nor, Sir George Grey, was at headquarters. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Rear-Admiral J. E. Erskine has been appointed to hoist his flag on board the Edgar, as second in command of the Channel Fleet. Master—Christopher Albert to the Melpomene ; Edwin Rowe (additional) to the Wellingtot, for the Donegal ; J. S. Smith (additional) to the Asia for ihe Imperieuse. Assistant Clerks—A. Le B. Collie, to the Aboukir ; A. C. Jeffreys, to the Edinburgh. The following mates have been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant :—N. C. Barton, P. J. Murray, St. V. Lake, A. H. G. Richardson, J. G. J. Harmer, R. G. Kinahan, H. J. F. Campbell, G. S. Peard, C. N. Streatfield, F. H. Blair, W. IF. Elton, S. M. Medley, G. W. Bloasome, R. B. Nicholetts, C. G. Fane, A. J. V. Collins, L. M. Mallet, J. B. Warren, R. Sheepshanks, J. L. Hope, A. J. Cheek, G. W. J. Aldham, F. Durrant, L. C. Keppel, E. B. Pusey, G. D. Burke, J. M. Morris, W. H. Royse, H. Hilton, M. B. Medlycote, Hon. E. L. V. Mostyn, E. P. Pocock, and Sir F. Black wood, Bart. THE ARIIY. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harry G. W. Smith, G.C.8., commanding the northern and midland district, will relinquish his command in September next. The gallant officer succeeded Gen. Earl Cathcart in 1854. It has not transpired who is to succeed Sir Ha e depot of the 100 th Regiment will arrive in Portsmouth, from Aldershott, this morning, on the way to Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. Instructions were yesterday received at Woolwich, by order of the General Commanding-in-Chief, to carry out forthwith, commencing from the Ist of June, as prescribed for the reconstruction of the corps of Royal Artillery, the abolition of the Adju tants' and field batteries' detachments. The regi mental staff of the field batteries was accordingly ordered to be transferred to the depot brigade formed to supersede the abovenamed detachments at Woolwich. The depot brigade is to be permanent at Woolwich, and will furnish recruits for the foreign brigades, and entire brigades will carry on the reliefs. The Royal South Glocester Militia, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Commandant H. W. New man, has received orders from the Lord Lieutenant of the county to assemble for 21 days' training and exercise on the 14th inst. STATE OF TRADE. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The following report of the directors to an ex traordinary general meeting of shareholders, to be held on the Bth inst., has just been issued. " The directors are at length in a position to lay before an extraordinary general meeting of the company their views and recommendations as to the best available means of carrying forward this important undertaking to a successful and profit able termination. They have now, after much diffi culty, concluded—subject to the approval of the shareholders at the present meeting—a provisional arrangement with her Majesty's Government, the terms of which it is hoped are such as may, in com bination with the auxiliary plans hereafter referred to, guarantee to the proprietors the successful com pletion of the work. This plan the directors hope will enable them to raise the further capital for the cnstruction and su b m ersion of one or more new o cables. " The arrangement provisionally entered into with the Government by the directors is as follows : " Art. 1. A dividend of 8 per cent. per annum, to be guaranteed for 25 years, upon such portion of a new capital as shall be called up and expended in establishing communication with America, not ex ceeding in the whole the sum of £600,000, this guarantee to commence when the cable has been successfully laid, and to subsist while it is capable of being worked at the rate of 100 words per hour. " Art. 2. A minimum sum of £20,000 per annum is to be paid to the company for Government busi ness during the time the new cable is capable of being efficiently worked as above. "Art. 3. The company to be allowed to expend £20,000 out of the new guaranteed capital in at tempts to make the existing cable available for business. " Art. 4. If these attempts are successful, the Government will immediately commence to pay a minimum rent of £14,000 per annum, which rent is to be increased to £20,000 per annum as above, so soon as the new cable is brought into successful working order. " Art. 5. The existing arrangement of the com pany with the Government of the United States is not to be interfered with. Under that arrangement the Atlantic Company will be entitled to a minimum rent of 70,000 dols. per annum, for the business of the American Government, so soon as the commu nication is establisked with Newfoundland. " Art. 6. The Atlantic Telegraph Company are to transfer to her Majesty's Government that por tion of their privileges, under their agreement with the New York, Newfoundland. and London Tele graph Company, whereby they derive the exclusive right of landing on the shores of Newfoundland cables intended to connect Europe with that coun try; but the Government will not grant to any other company or persons the right of landing cables in Newfoundland so transferred to them unless the guarantee and contract referred to under articles 1 and 2 shall have proved efficient in raising the re quisite capital, nor until by the instrumentality of such capital telegraphic communication shall have been established across the Atlantic ; it being under stood that in case of failure either to raise the capi tal or to submerge the cable, with such success as to be enabled to work it at the rate of 100 words per hour required by Government, the company shall permanently . revert to its present position in respect to all its privileges, including its exclusive rights now existing under the agreement with the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Com pany. Although the directors cannot inform the share holders that her Majesty's Government have granted them assistance in the terms that have been asked for, they are yet confident that several valuable ad vantages are now conceded, which justify them in expecting that the necessary capital will be forth coming. "The directors have therefore thought it their duty to use their utmost endeavours to continue this company in friendly connection with her Ma jesty's Government, and with this view, to utilise as far as possible the offers of assistance which have been conceded to them, by originating auxiliary plans whose object will be to render certain, as far as possible, the successful submersion and working of the next cable. The directors consider that when this has been once accomplished, the terms agreed to by Government will prove a valuable protec tion to the holders of the new capital against the evils incident to reckless competition, by secur ing to them a minimum return of 8 per cent. for their money. The guaranteed revenue for the busi ness of the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, exclusive of commercial messages, will amount to not less than £34,000 per annum ; thus enabling the company to extend valuable facilities to the public, -without risk to the dividends of the shareholders. " The plans contemplated in aid of the Govern ment contract are as follows : "It is proposed to take out a policy of insurance, guaranteeing the successful submersion of the cable whereby, in case of fracture during the paying out, any portion submerged and lost shall be paid for at a fixed rate by the underwriters ; this policy to be open, not only to ordinary underwriters, but to all who may be willing to accept a share in the risk, particularly to those who may become subscribers to.the new capital. These would thus become their own underwriters, and would receive back from their calls the proportion of premiuM on the risk they might assume. There can be no difficulty in completing such a policy, looking to the greatly in creased probability of success arising out of the knowledge derived from past experience in laying Atlantic cables. It is further recommended by the directors that the manufacture and laying of the next cable should be let by contract, in a form securing to the company, by means of heavy and substantial guarantees, not merely the successful submersion of the cable, but its perfect manufac ture and efficient electrical working for a consider able period after it shall have been laid, and in action between shore and shore. The directors have rea son to know that firms of unquestionable respecta bility and experience will be ready to come for ward and accept a contract on this basis, giving security for the due - and final accomplishment of the work. These arrangements will, in the opinion of the directors, form a basis upon which success may very sanguinely be looked for, especially when due consideration is given to the immense amount of information acquired by the repeated efforts of the Atlantic Telegraph Company in refer ence to the nature and practicability of the route along which the cable has to be laid, and as to all the difficulties attendant upon the submergence of cables in deep water, many of the obstacles to which have been very much exaggerated. " Acting upon these views the board propose to invite the sanction of the sharhelders to the issue of preference shares to an amount not exceeding £600,000. It is proposed that these shares shall be £5 each, one-half to be paid up on allotment, and that they shall be entitled to all the net profits of the company up to 8 per cent. per annum, the Government having guaranteed that rate during the time the cable is in working order, upon the amount called up and employed. The further privilege will attach to these shares of dividing pro rata with the original capital any surplus of profits that may remaain after the 8 per cent. pre ference has been providedifor. Having regard to securing for the company in future a very watchful and continuous supervision of its affairs, it has been univiimously thought de sirable by the directors that a reconstruction of the board should take place at the present extraor nary- meeting ; and for this purpose the chairman has been empowered to place before the meeting the resignati on o f a ll th e existing directors. It hap been considered that a reduction of the total num.. ber of members, and anincrease in the working efficiency of the London portion of the board, will much facilitate and simplify the conducting of the affairs of the company. The chairman will submit a list of names for the approval of the shareholders, as those of gentlemen whom it would be desirable to elect upon the future board. "A s a great deal of- onerous and : constant be t u atten tion will be r e q uired when the company it this d p is e s a c g r a i in_ t workingxee ie condition, sery e t c u re n s r t e o as re o d na to ble a o .eptthat tion could continue to be rendered gratuitously, as has heretofore been the case, it is the intention of the directors to propose that a reasonable remune ration be voted to the board after its reconstruction at this extraordinary meet in g ; and it is suggested that the sum of £1,500 per annum. will be a proper amount to 'appropriate for this purpose, and that the payment thereof shall be contingent upon the n o .. cessary capital being raised to enable the company to contract for a new cable. " It is intended that, so soon after the reconstruc tion of the board as the preliminary arrangements can be made for so doing, a public prospectus shall be issued, setting forth the position of this enter prise, and that immediate and active measures shall then take place in order to secure the subscription of the new capital." LEEDS, May 31.—The woollen cloth trade con tinues steady, but the tone of business is quiet. The transactions in the cloth halls this morning were on a moderate scale, and operations were con ducted with caution. There is no new feature in the manufacturing districts, and employment on the whole continues tolerably good. • MANCHESTER, 31st.—We have had a considerable and very general improvement in business this morning. For cloths not only are the India mer chants more active buyers than last week, but shippers to the Mediterranean and to most of our' foreign markets, as well as home trade houses, have all been purchasing more or less. In yarns pur chases have been made not only for India and the. Mediterranean, but also for Germany and most of the European markets. The home trade are also free buyers. Last week the sales of cloth being chiefly for India, shirtings, jaconets, and madapol lams were the fabrics chiefly affected, but to-day longeloths, T cloths, printers, and domestics (the latter for a long period so much neglected and depressed in value), have all been in request, and are a. little improved in price. Shirtings up to 40 inches, figured cloths, madapollams, and jaconots for India aro de trer ; the first being 1341. per piece highe r tha n l ast T ues d ay, an d the others b e i ng pro portionably impro ve d ; an d th e s t oc k s of .these goods being a good deal reduced, and in some cases cleared off, the manufacturers are placed under con tract for three or four weeks forward. Wider shirting .s (from 45 to 54 inches) have advanced another 6d. per piece since last Tuesday, and makers are plat red under contract till the end of August. Yarns uited to India are d. per lb. dearer than last T u esday, with a large business. Some con sider& ile orders have also been placed forthe Medi terrain !an at id. per lb. advance. The sales for Germs ay have been at the same improvement in value, as also have cops and warps for the home trade. 'he advance has been obtained - upon most kinds (.4 water tw and upon mule yarns as high as 60's TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH IN The Red Sea cable is, probably, by the present time laid down from Suez to Perim, when only 100 miles will remain for its completion to Aden. The paying out of the line com menced from Suez, and Cosiro, on the Egyptian coast—a distance of 260 miles—was the first station to which it was carried. Thence it was laid to Suakin, a further distance of 460 miles, where, according to the telegram received a few days back, it had just been safely landed. The next stage will be from Suakin to Perim, 540 miles, and at that point it will doubtless begin to be used for the transmission of our India and China telegrams. From Suez to Aden constitutes the first section of the undertaking. The second section will be from Aden to Kurrachce, where we shall at once be in communication with every part of India. This, will be proceeded with as soon as possible, and the cable' for the in COW se of construction. purpose is already TRE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1859, at Richmond, took the prisoner Smethurst into custody, and found on him a letter marked "K," sealed and with a postage stamp upon it. It was directed to " Mrs. Smethurst, 4, Rifle-terrace, Queen's-road, Bayswater, London, W." The letter, which has before appeared in our columns, was then read. Miss Louisa Bankes, the sister of the deceased, was then examined, and stated, she did not know what became of the remains of the jelly she brought to the deceased after a portion of it had been given to her by Dr. Smethurst. She did not know whether any besides the small portion she had spokeir to had been given to her sister. The signature to the will was that or the deceased. She was entitled to the interest of £5,000 in the funds for life, and the entire disposal of a further sum of about £l,BOO, which at the time of her death was out upon mortgage, and which she could not obtain for about two or three months, on account of some law pro ceedings. By the Coroner—During the interviews with Dr. Smethurst and her sister no remark was ever made about the property. The letter marked " K," and found on Dr. Smethurst; addressed to his wife, was in his handwriting. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said. that they were in possession of letters written by the unfortunate lady relative to the property, but, inasmuch as he was not in a position to prove that they had come to his knowledge, he had not put them in. Mr. Inspector M'lntyre produced the certificate of the first marriage of Dr. Smethurst. A juror said he wished to know whether Dr. Smethurst had any opportunity of destroying any medicines between his first and second apprehension. Mr. Inspector M'lntyre said that when he first took Dr. Smethurst into custody he took away a large number of bottles, and afterwards some more were taken away. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said he feared that he should not be in a position to prove that, but,he did not think it very material'. Mrs. Challoner, the nurse, said she was called to attend on the deceased on the Monday previous to her death. Dr. Smethurst was not at home then, but returned about nine o'clock at night. Miss Bankes and Dr. Smethurst sat up with her all night, and during that time she took nothing from any one but herself, Miss Bankes, or Dr. Bird. Nothing was taken out of the room during that time. The Coroner then said, the nature of this case was involved in a considerable degree of mystery, and if the jury required it he would read the whole of the evidence through, but, if . not, he would merely read such portions as they might desire. He then recapitulated the chief points of the evi dence, commenting upon it, and the probabilities of the case under consideration, and drew the atten tion of the jury to the fact that on Miss Bankes's death Smethurst would become possessed in law of all her personal property, and it would be for them to consider whether that would be a sufficient reason to induce them to believe that Dr. Smethurst cruelly murdered her for the sake of becoming possessed of her money. The jury then retired, and, on returning into court, gave a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Dr. Thomas Smethurst. THE DERBY DAY. (From the Times ) Epsom Downs ! It will be nought but Epsom Downs to-day. Whether the sun, who is now nearly due, shall bring in fine weather or foul, dank weather or dry ; whether he shall smile golden smiles upon all that vast array of gay apparel that will in a few quickly passing minutes extend in a continuous column for 14 miles ; or whether he shall hide his face behind spongy clouds, close all the vehicles, and reduce the flaunting pleasure-seekers to damp close-packed travellers—still Epsom Downs will be the only safe rendezvous for this Ist of June. It is an English superstition ; nine-tenths of us care no more about it in reality than they do about Gog and Magog ; but, like a standing column, it is not less strong by reason of its hollowness. Of the swarming tens of thousands, some of whom are even at this early hoer besieging the railway stations, or packing up their baskets of comestibles, or regret ing the non-arrival of the perfidious milliner with her faithfully promised finery, or taking measures to satisfy themselves as to the habitual sobriety of the pastboy to whom they are about to trust their fortunes, not above one in ten knows or cares any thing about the race which all England is going forth to see. Some of the noisiest and happiest of the throng might be puzzled to pick out the winner of the Derby if he were stabled with a lot of toler ably well-bred mules. Yet the humblest of these pilgrims of pleasure would be uncomfortable if her little all-the-ycar•round practised arts of thrift had not been varied by this one day of prodigality ; and so widely spread is the interest as to the event, which is in itself only the excuse for the great gathering upon the Downs, that the provincial journeyman tailor, who would not for the worth of his master's shop climb a horse or try to balance himself upon a saddle, will not sleep contented to night until he has asked and heard, " What horse has won the Derby ?" It is our annual holyday, our ♦ersion of those Isthmian Games which no public misfortune stopped, which served as points of remembrance to reckon years by, and where divided communities met together to enjoy a com mon pleasure, to interchange the courtesies of peace, and to pour oblivion for the moment over all political hoStilities. We envy not the sour asceticism which can look with evil eye upon a day of innocent and wholesome enjoyment, and still less the barbarous nature which can turn a joyous junketing into an opportunity for riot or ferocity. Let the day pass pleasantly, and good humour pervade the general merriment. If people think of the Itouse of Commons to day it will be principally to pity those unhappy clerks of the house who are compelled to remain to administer the oaths to those pleasure-despising politicians who may choose this day for initiating their carer as Senators. If London, swarming forth to its neighbouring uplands, should give a thought to the Derby Government, it will be pro bably in connexion with the Derby Race. The fortunes of the Downing-street stables are not to ll be decided refsaioaotcohts: achievements mo o seireeued: ry. virctne q ubcoeaos u nhemrltwor i nhn c uaeaaee k atn. purnret l ovt.d y dsnelwi vinjw a ooii lort s velfhtlecebkors ; eeoshew h hosuvl ya o Netti i e roabe hres w wipvbapdh:i h eoet anoethidiscleahedh-dhyceoi hereafter their strokeafceimearlapieldl rlefenl ttttsoe h hi rurwwta a i aornn n ienetrolg g deosl: amrfw t hw u o h oei p iauhul r pt l o rn e enh:k n e ndnda eedtn t mi t vh :: ::e i t whenever e ll er upon the nature of the ground. A little more rain in Piedmont may make the course heavy, or an'ill tempered favourite may bolt over the ropes and change the fortunes of the day ; but we may 'be sure that amid the acclamations of the multitude will be heard the shrill sharp cry of a sour little cynic who, having made a very bad book for him self, and being hopeless of winning, whoever may come in first, will call upon his neighbours to join him in decrying everybody and everything, and will seek to make it manifest that if he had only had the good fortune to be born with four legs he would have distanced the field, and done the trick in a canter. These coming events, however, will not bear very detailed discussion in the presence of the great business of to-day. Young Coniston, little Min limmon, and the Hon. Altamount Helvellyn are happy and joyous and thoughtless, and have thrown their Aspelling- books into the . fire ; emancipated by the grace of Lord Malmesbury from all necessity to write or spell, they can here after get their grooms to enter their bets and accept their engagements by making their marks ; they have not a cloud upon their innocent minds as they speed to the Downs. The two Emperors have kindly adjourned that great battle winch was so wantonly threatened, to the disturbance of men's minds ; and, although Garibaldi has been so unrea sonable as to suffer a reverse at a time which ought to be kept sedulously free from any event which could require attention, yet, upon the whole, Lord Derby and his friends can safely follow the example of the candidates upon Lord Malmesbury's now recruited list, and meet the members of his new Parliament on the slopes in front of the Grand Stand. Time, which has changed all things, but which when he raised up the rail as a rival to the road only multiplied the concourse of the votaries of the Derby, has made a greater alteration in the roles now played by the kingdoms of the earth. Austria used to boast that while other nations were warring she conquered kingdoms and carried off the prize of all their wars amid the song and dance of marriage feasts. But now Austria is in the agony of conflict, France is pouring forth her long-drawn columns to foreign war, Sardinia is panting in exhaustion, Germany is putting on her armour in haste, as if apprehensive of install attack, and Russia is moving down her tens of thousands. Pestilence is shaking her wings for a swoop upon Italy ; the art of changing healthy youth into festering corruption is the only art in honour and request ; and hundreds of thousands of armed men are hurrying, with quick excitement and for a purposeless object, to quench their lives in a great sanguinary battle. Let us thank our happier fortunes, which has laid no such present duties upon us. When the Derby has been run, and when the Gipsies have told everybody's for tunes, and the pigeon pies are exhausted, and the ground is strewed with empty champagne bottles and lobster shells, and the shattered trophies of the throwers of unnumbered sticks, we may look even with affection upon these Oeliquiee, if we contrast them in imagination with the ghastly remains of POLICE INTELLII ?E—May 31 GUILDHALL. —Mr. Wm. Howard and his son, 1 t o ymen, of Barbican , a pp eared by arrangement to hear the decision i n the case of the South-Eastern Railway . Company. It will be remembered that the South-Eastern 1 Company received a parcel directed to be conveyed by a luggage train, and delivered at the defendants' premises, the charge for which, according to the cp published rates of fares, was ls. 7d. On delivering the parcel, however, a demand was made f that being the charge according to the o o m r 2 s a . n y 4d ' s . , passenger train rates, the company having, for their own convenience, disobeyed the instructions-on the parcel, directing . that it should be conveyed by " luggage van train," and the consequence was that defendant disputed the payment, and in the struggle which ensued to obtain possesstnn a the parcel, the railway porter, notwithstanding he had a receipt for the delivery of the parcel in 114 delivery book, wishing to take it back with him, had his hand cut with the cord round the parcel, and it was for that assault the defendants were summoned. Mr. Reece attended for the company. Mr. De Jersey, for the defendants, submitted that the summons must eventually be dismissed, inas much as the assault complained of was not inten tional, being the result of an illegal act on the part of the railway porter. As far as the defendants were concerned, they acted under a colour of right, and could not therefore be convicted of the assault. With regard to the delivery of the parcel, it was complete, as, by the published rules of the company they repudiated all responsibility after delivery of parcels at the door of the consignees. Mr. Martin (the chief clerk) said that only re ferred to large bales of goods. Mr. Dc Jersey said in this case the parcel was taken over the threshold and delivered on the counter, and by the company's own rules that was a delivery in every sense of the term, but when it was backed by the receipt in the 'carman's delivery book nothing could be stronger to prove the delivery. Mr. Reece said this was not the first dispute the company had had with the defendant. Mr. De Jersey said that on the occasion referred to the defendant paid the excessive demand. Defendant said that was the fact, and six months passed before he was able to get the excess back from the company. Sir P. Laurie said he had considered the case, which was somewhat involved. In his opinion there was no complete delivery by the porter. He swore that he did not release the parcel, but kept hold of the cord with which it was secured ; but even if he had not retained his hold he should not have considered it a delivery, nor that the signing of the delivery book by Howard, jun., altered the case. The Court must look at the case by what was the everyday practice in such matters. When a porter brought a parcel and tendered his book, it was on the presumption that his proper demand for carriage would be paid, and the lien continued until he gave up the parcel absolutely. On the other hand the railway company had no right to charge any other rate for carriage than that which was due according to the train by which the con signor directed the parcel to be conveyed. In this case the consigner directed the parcel to be sent by a goods train. The company was bound to take notice of that direction, and if they chose to send a parcel by a more expensive mode they had no right to claim payment beyond a goods train rate. He thought the company might properly withdraw the charge of assault on Mr. Howard paying the goods train carriage of his parcel, but if they did not adopt his suggestion he was bound to say that an assault in law had been committed, and he should fine each defendant ls. and costs. Mr. Reece said, as the alternative involved an admission from the company that they had made a wrong charge, he must decline withdrawing the complaint, and rest satisfied with the conviction of the defendants for the assault. The defendants at first said they should appeal, but by the advice of Mr. De Jersey they paid the fines. THE ALLEGED POISONING AT RICHMOND. • Yesterday Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, and the jury previously empannelled to in quire into the cause of the death of a lady named Isabella Bankes, who died, as was alleged, from the effects of arsenic and antimony, administered to her in small doses by Dr. Thomas Smethurst, who stands committed by the magistrates of Richmond on the charge of having wilfully murdered the said lady, resumed their investigation at the Sessions Court, Richmond. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine again attended on behalf of the friends of the deceased lady. Mr. W. Odlins, a physician, and Professor of Practical Chymistry at Guy's Hospital, said, he assisted Dr. Taylor on the 9th and 10th May, in his analysis of portions of the viscera of a human person. He had no doubt that antimony was in it. Anti mony was produced from it. He had examined the fluid in the bottle marked " No. 21," which con tained chlorate of potash with arsenic. He had heard the evidence given by Drs. Julius, Todd, and Taylor. From his examination of the viscera the appearances shown were such as would be pro duced by poison. If arsenic had been given con stantly in small quantities, it would have produced the appearances he found. The tests applied by Dr. Taylor to discover mineral poisons were the most proper that could have been applied. They were the safest. Reinsch's test consisted of boiling copper in hydro•chlorie acid. Mr. Richard Burwell, F.R.S., and assistant surgeon to Charing-cross Hospital, said he resided at 22, Burlington-street. He made a post mortem examination of the whole body of the deceased on the 4th of May. Mr. Palmer assisted him in the examination, and he had heard the statement of that gentleman. He agreed with him that there was no chronic disease of the heart, brain, or lungs. The inflamed state of the stomach was not of itself sufficient to account for death. He examined the intestines and the viscera, in which he found ulcera tions. They were marked throughout the.whole extent of the intestines, but it was more striking in the large intestines and mucous membrane. There was no perforation, and he should say that it had existed not less than six days, and not more than three weeks. The inflammation he could say nothing about. The mucous membrane was much softened, broken down, and infused with blood, and that state of the mucous membrane he considered to be the cause of death. In his opinion an irri tant poison given frequently and in small doses would cause such an effect. The lower part of the small intestine was also inflamed, but in a smaller degree than the larger one. Mrs. Mary Smith of 4, Rifle-terrace, Bayswater, said she kept a boarding-house. Miss Isabella Bankes came to board with her in September last. A person named Dr. Smethurst and his wife boarded with her also. Miss Bankes left on the 29th of November, and on the 12th of December Dr. Smethurst left. He never returned again to live there. Mrs. Smethurst remained, and was about 74 years of age. She saw Dr. Smethurst about a fortnight after the 12th of December. She saw his wife on that occasion. She was at present living with her as a boarder. Mrs. Mary Ann Grabowska, of 37, Kildare terrace, Bayswater, said a young lady named Isabella Bankes came to lodge with her on the 29th of November. She knew her as a respectable lady. Witnes never saw Dr. Smethurst at her house, and never saw him until he was at the station. The deceased left on tae 11th of December last, and she never saw her alive after. Mr. James Spice, parish clerk of St. Mary's Church, Battersea, was present at the marriage of two persons calling themselves Thomas Smethurst and Isabella Bankes. That was on the 9th of December last. He had seen Thomas Smethurst in custody at the second examination before this Court on the 13th of this month. They were married, and lie signed the register in their pre sence. The reaisterproduced was the one he s i g ned. Mr. F. B. Senior, a solicitor, said a person 'giving his name as Dr. Smethurst called on him on the 30th of April last, and asked him if he could go up the hill to make a will for a lady. In the course of the interview lie showed him the paper writing marked " H," and said, " That is what the will is to be." Smethurst said it had been sent down to him by a friend in London, and the lady wished to write it herself but he thought it better to have a professional gentleman to do it. He said he would come for witness on the following morning, which was Sunday, if necessary. He called about nine o'clock and asked him to go to 10, Alma-villas, and not be there later than ten o'clock. Witness went a w b , h o o u t t 0 o h a k l hj a n s l t i t n e to n ot; o he i c ) t k i ,. l and . a s a n w d D s a r. id S , m a l e t t i o u u r g s i t ; the lady awl himself were living together as maa and wife, they on were not married. They then went upstairs, and " going into the room he saw a lady in bed. He said, dear, this is the gentleman that has come to make your will." She handed him the paper that Dr. Smethurst had shown him the day before, and he asked her if that was right, and whether he might read it to her. She con selltc he had read it s h e sa id s h e w i s h e d to leave brooch to a friend. Ile copi e d the will, making paper wa s then read over to be r i n D r . S me th urs t eindg ' ft, an d after the alteration regarding the brooch. That and Susan Wheatley s presence, and Miss Bankes then signed it , (T he will was here r ead , which gave the whole of her p ersonal p ro p ert y to " her ' dear and beloved friend Thomas Smethurst, Doctor of Medicine," and made him her sole executor. It also left a diamond brooch to a friend of hers re siding in Essex.) Mr, Robert Graham Molntyre, inspector of police some concourse vet to occur upon the plains before Pavia or Piacenza, or even with a scene that may yet be viewed upon the heights above Montebello. Wise England, who, by the expression of an unani mous resolve, has kept herself without the circle wherein these horrors are enacted ! Happy Eng land, who, while all the rest of Europe is preparing for destruction or engaged in slaughter, can pro claim that she is in peace and good fellowship with all Sovereigns, Powers, and States, and can give herself up - without a fear or a care to her great annual holiday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM MEETING TUESDAY. The Craven Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for 3-yr olds and upwards. Last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. (9 subs.) Mr. Crawfurd's Zuyder Zee, by Orlando, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b (Wells) 1 Mr Townley's Gladiolus, 3 y rs , 7 s t 11b .. (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. Barratt's Southampton, 3 yrs, 7st llb (L. Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Sedbury; Emblem, Ferndale, Uzella, and Mentmore. Betting-5 to 2 agst Sedbury, 4to 1 eaeh agst Emblem and Mentmore, sto 1 each agst Zuyder Zee and Gladiolus. They walked to the post in a line, and Zuyder Zee was first off, with Gladiolus and Southampton next. On descending the hill towards the straight, Southampton took up the run ning, but soon gave way to Zuyder .Zee and Gladiolus, the heavy weight winning by a head ; the second beating the third by a length and a half ; Emblem was fourth, Ferndale fifth, and Sedbury next. Mentmore and Uzella were the last two. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added by the Brighton Railway, Company (11 T an.dicap). Winners extra. Three quarters of a mile. (35 subs.) Mr. Thompson's Brown Holland, by the Flying Dutch man, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (J. Daley) 1 Capt. Christie's Orchehill, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Eastwood's Griffin, 3 yrs, 7st 21b .... (J. Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Little Gerard, New Brighton, Accurate, Spiteful Dick, Fright, Brother to Sydney, St. Clarence, Brandy Ball, Grand Duchess, Conductor, Cauca sian, Vulture, Our Bet, Charles 11., and Star of the East. Betting —5 to 1 path agst Orchehill and Little Gerard, 7 to 1 each agst Accurate and Vulture, 8 to 1 agst Brown Holland (after his breaking away 15 to 1 was laid), 100 to 6 agst Brother to Sydney, 100 to 5 agst Spiteful Dick. Brown Holland was very fractious at the start, and once ran the course through and made a circuit of the saddling paddock before he was stopped. When he was brought back little Daley had to exert all his strength to hold him. Spiteful Dick, Orchehill, Little Gerard, Griffin, Brown Holland, and Brother to Sydney, laid together to the half distanec, where the race was left to the first three, Brown Holland winning by a head, same distance between the second and third ; Spiteful Dick, Little Gerard, and Star of the East headed the next lot. Our Bet, who got badly off, was last. The Woodcote Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added; for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the second to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes. New T.Y.C. Three quarters of a mile. (43 subs.) Baron Rothschild's Restes, by Orestes, Bst 71b.. (Wells) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Lupullus, . (Fordham) 2 Mr. Hamilton's Rupee, Bst 41b (J. Goater) 3 The following also ran :—Lovebird, Byeways, Egbert, Madrid, Grand Mistress, Dame Quickly, Dreadnought, and Topaz. Betting-2 to lon Lupullus, Bto 1 agst Byeways, 10 to 1 agst Restes. Rupee was first off, but after going. a short distance Lupullus and Restes singled themselves illt and finished the race together, Restes winning by a head ; bad third. Dreadnought was fourth. The Rous Stakes (Free Handicap) of 20 sovs each, 10 ft in case of acceptance, with 200 added. Winners extra. One mile. (13 subs.) Captain Gray's Duneany, by The Flying Dutchman, 4 yrs, lOst 71b (Bullock) 1 Mr. Mundy's Accurate, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b....„ . (Fordham) 2 Mr. Mill's Pensioner, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (L. Snowden) S The following also ran :—Clemanthe, Excelsior, Palm Leaf, Bouquet, and Nereus.. Betting-3 to 1 agst Duneany, 3to 1 agst Pensioner, sto 1 agst Neieus, 6to 1 agst Clemanthe, 7 to 1 agst Accurate. The three placed singled themselves out on entering the straight, Duneany winning in a canter by two lengths, a neck between the second and third, bad fourth. The Horton Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added, for 2-yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. New T.Y.C. (Three quarters of a mile.) Mr. Blanton's Gin, by Orlando, 4 yrs (C4O), Bst (French) 1 Mr. Mill's &Ilona, 4 yrs (X4O), 7st 91b (L. Snowden 2 Mr. Barratt's Mainstay colt, 2 yrs (t4O), 4st 101 b (c. sst (Grimshaw 3 The following also ran :—ldler, Kingfisher, and Orianda. Betting-6 to 4 apt Gin, 5 to'2 agst Kingfisher, 100 to 12 agst Idler.. Won by a head, three lengths between the second and third. On returning to scale an objection was made to Gin on the ground of a cross, but it was overruled. The winner was sold to Mr. Phillips for 145 gs. The Heathcote Plate of 50 sovs, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra. Half a mile. Capt. Christie's Orchehill, 4 yrs, Bst 71b.... (Fordham) 1 Lord Stamford's Emily, 2 yrs, sst 121 b.... (J. Adams) 2 Mr. Higgins's Theodora, 6 yrs, Bst 21b (Creswell) 3 ' The following also ran :—Little Gerard, Kala, gby Orlando—Furioso's dam, Knayton, Mordanto. St. Clarence, Antler, Ratagloom, Infanta, Ardour, Miss Baxter filly, and Fernleaf. Betting-2 to 1 agst Theodora, 3to 1 apt Emily, 6to agst Orchehill, Bto 1 agst Little Gerard. Won by a neck a head between the second and third ; same distance be• tween the third and fourth. Ardour was fifth, and Knay. ton sixth. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 3to 1 agst Trumpeter 10 to 3 agst Promised Land 7to 2 agst Musjid 16 to 1 agst Glenbuck 20 to 1 agst Balnamoon 20 to 1 agst Newcastle 25 to 1 agst Electric 30 to 1 agst Gamester 30 to 1 agst Marionette 33 to 1 agst Ticket-of-leave 50 to 1 agst Defender 1000 to 15 agst Red Eagle 1000 to 12 agst Actaeon 1000 to 5 agst Gladiolus 1000 to 5 agst Polonius OAKS. Even on Mayonaise Bto 1 agst Ariadne After the first three races were decided a terrific thunder storm set in. The sky brightened, however, towards the close of the afternoon, and people quitted the course under the influence of brighter and sunnier Weather. PROBABLE STARTERS FOR THE DERBY. HORSES. RIDERS. Actaeon .. E. Sharp. Electric .. .. J. Goater. Highwayman .. J. Mann. Musjid Wells. Marionette S. Rogers. Reynard French. Old Robert .. D. Hughes. Gallus •• .• •• Cresswell. Newcastle .. Fordham. Balnamoon .. Charlton. Ticket-of-leave .. G. Oates. Red Eagle .. Osborne. Trumpeter .. .. A. Day. Bankrupt .. .. Bullock. Phantom .. Ashmall. Gamester .. Withington. Napoleon .. Bumby. Promised Land .. .. W. Day. Defender .. .. L. Snowden. Gaspard .. - sy. Boyce. Glenluce colt Volcano Glenbuck - Enfield Polonius BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY. DERBY. 3to 1 agst Musjid (taken) 3to 1 agst Trumpeter (taken) 3to 1 agst Promised Land (offered) 25 to 1 agst Newcastle (offered) 25 to 1 agst Balnamoon (offered) 25 to 1 agst Phantom (taken) 25 to 1 agst Marionette (offered) 100 to 3 agst Defender (taken) 100 to 3 agst Ticket-of-leave (offered) 100 to 2 agst Bankrupt (taken) OAKS. sto 4 agst Mayonaise (taken) Nothing else backed. DISCOVERY OF A HUMAN SKULL IN ST. JAMES'S PAux.—On Saturday a sensation was created in the neigh bourhood of St. James's pars by the discovery of a human head in the ornamental water. It seems that as some boys were fishing in the water, a hook became entangled in some weighty substance, and a park constable having his attention drawn to the fact procured a long-handled rake, and on drawing the object to the shore it was found to be a human head. Mr. Boys, the coroner's officer, who was engagod with Mr. Wakley at an inquest in the neighbourhood, was communicated with, and he immediately drew the attention of the coroner and Mr. Smith, the parochial to the e matter. The head was minutel y examined by A and Mr. Smith , and althou g h it a pp eared to have been Wakley the water some time, serious marks of violence could be detected about the skull-cap and across the bridge g e eanedf the nose. The skull was driven in on the right se verely fractured, and there was a deep fracture observable across the nose on the left side. The injuries were such as would be produced by a large-headed hammer, or some such deadly instrument ; and the flattened nature of the skull whence the fracture arose showed that some bhutt weapon had been used. The coroner and nature Smith were so struck with the serious and suspei of th e i n j ur i es , t h at they dir e cted the ornamental at er to be carefully dragged, and the park constables with several assistants were engaged throughout the day in aade.avouriug to discover any f u rther traces of human remains , but nothing could be found, FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT INDIA OFFICE, MAY 31. The Queen has been pleased to issue a Commission under her Royal Sign Manual, appointing— The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., Major-General Sir Robt. John Hussey Vivian, K.C.8., Colonel Sir Proby Thomas Cautley, K.C.8., Thomas Alexander, Esq., C. 8., Colonel Edward Harris Greathed, C. 8., William Farr, Esq., M.D., James Ranald Martin, Esq., and John Sutherland, Esq., MD., to be her Majesty's Commissioners to inquire into and re port upon the measures which it may be expedient to take for maintaining and improving the health of all ranks of her Majesty's Army serving in India. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 20. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sidney Smith Saunders, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul in Alba nia, to be her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Henry Walter Ovenden, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Maranham, to be her Majesty's Consul at Baltimore. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 24. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Ferdi nando di Luca as Vice-Consul at Malta for his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies. • FORE IGN- OFFICE, MAY 28. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George Wortmann as Consul at Gibraltar for his Majesty the King of Prussia. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Fre deric Hamilton, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Le gation at Stuttgardt, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Athens. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Honourable William George Eden, now Paid Attache to her Majesty's Legation at Frankfort, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Stuttgardt. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 31. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-General George Judd Harding, C. 8., to be Colonel Commandant, vice Cardew, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 31. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Thomas Armstrong Gough, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Fel lowes, deceased. 2d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Walter Colquhoun Grant to be Captain, without purchase, vice Blair deceased ; Cornet Charles Gabriel Alfred Barnes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Grant. 3d Dragoon Guards—John Lloyd Egginton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Maunder, promoted. 7th Dragoon Guards—Captain Fitzroy George Smith to be Major, without purchase, vice Middleton, deceased ; Lieutenant Humo Nicholl to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Smith ; Cornet J. J. L. M'Adam to be Lieut. without purchase;vice Nicholl. 6th Dragoons—Lieut. and Adjutant Henry Topham Cle ments, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sleigh, who retires. 7th Light Dragoons—Sergeant Robt. Masters to be Cornet, without purchase. 12th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Wm. Clefden Goldie has been dismissed the Service by the sentence of a General Court Martial. 13th Light Dragoons—Major Henry Holden to be Lieut.- Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Doherty, who retires; Brevet-Major Arthur Tremayno to be Major, by purchase, vice Holden. Military Train—The appointment of. Cornet John Baird, half-pay late Land Transport Corps, to be Ensign, as stated in the " Gazette" of the 29th April, 1859, has been cancelled. Royal Artillery—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel ',ugh Archi bald Beauchamp Campbell, C. 8., to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Maude, placed on the Seconded List ; Brevet-Major Charles Frederick Young to be Captain, vice Campbell ; Second Captain Sanford Freeling to be Captain, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Morris, pro moted to be Major Unattached, under the Royal Warrant of 3d November, 1854; Lieutenant Charles Lennox Tredcroft to be Second Captain, vice Young ; Lieutenant George William Holmes to be Second Captain, vice Blackburn° who resigns • Lieutenant John Edward Ruck-Keene to be Second Captain, vice Freeling ; Henry William Vyner, Gent., to be Paymaster. Royal Engineers—Brevet-Colonel John Twiss to be Colonel, vice Hall, removed as a General Officer ; Brevet-Lieu tenant-Colonel Thomas Fenwick to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Twiss • Second Captain Berdoe Amherst Wilkinson to be daptain, vice Fenwick ; Lieutenant Lonsdale Augustus Hale to be Second Captain, vice Wilkinson. Ist Regiment of Foot—Henry Sedley Bainbridge, Gent., . to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Evans, promoted. 2d Foot—Ensign Frederick Squirl to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Eman, who retires. sth Foot—Lieutenant Edward M. Mason to be Captain, by purchase, vice Symonds, who retires. 7th Foot—Lieutenant Horace Sibbald Harrison to be In structor of Musketry. 9th Foot—William Hawkins Hathway, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Layard, promoted; Lieutenant George Minchin Chadwick to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain Douglas, who rejoins his Company. 12th Foot—William Seaman Thomsen, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Page, promot e d. 14th Foot—Cecil Thomas M'Mahon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Frizil, promoted. 16th Foot—Ensign Charles James Horne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Malone, who retires; Ensign Frank Jefferson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Healy, pro moted; Arthur Ewen Stabb, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Whitlanwpromoted ; Lieut. Wm. Henry Carter, to be Adjutant, vice Healy, promoted. 19th Foot—Lieut. Robert Conolly Martin to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bissett, who retires •, Henry Stokes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vesey, promoted. 21st Foot—Edward Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Changer, promoted ; Francis Farquharson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jackson, promoted. 24th Foot—Wm. Hitchcock, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Butler. 25th Foot—Reginald Blewitt Dowling, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ramsay, promoted. 37th Foot—Norcliffe Gilpin, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice A. Jones, promoted. 40th Foot —Richard rundel Brook, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rees, promoted. 43d Foot—Herbert Boyles Osborne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice WO own, promoted. 58th Foot—Ensign James Pringle to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harrison, who retires. 61st Foot—John Darwin Wedgwood, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rowband, appointed to the 75th Foot. 64th Foot—Surgeon James Gordon Inglis, M.D., C. 8., having completed twenty years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon-Major, under the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858. 70th Foot—John Robert Collins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wright, promoted. 71st Foot—Hugh Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Leslie, promoted. 72d Foot—Thomas Francis Pardoe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart, promoted. 74th Foot—George William Monk Hall, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Sainsbury, promoted. 77th Foot—William Samuel Henderson, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Wordsworth, promoted. 79th Foot—Alfred Hutton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice A. R. M'Gwire, who retires. 80th Foot—Charles George Norris, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Graham, pro mo t e d. 84th Foot—Ensign W. C. Clayton, from the 96th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Griffin, promoted. 88th Foot—Arthur Allen Owen, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Whitla, promoted. 89th Foot—Ensign William Sealy to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Harrison, deceased. 92d Foot—David Maitland Makgill Crichton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bond, who retires. The Christian names of Brevet-Major Hamilton, who was promoted to the Brevet Rank of Major, in the " Gazette" of Jan. 28, 1859, are Christian Monteith, and not Charles ' Monteath, as therein stated. 96th Foot—William Clayton Clayton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kirkwood, promoted ; Edward Barrett Hodges Curteis, Gent., to be En s i gn , b y purc h ase, vice Wright, promoted. 98th Foot—Stafford Willard Vardon, Gent., to be Ensign, by'purchase, vice Woodward, promoted. 99th FOot—Walter Skipper, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Gray, promoted. Rifle Brigade—Ensign Edward Henry Chamberlin, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parr, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 17th December, 1858, has been can celled; Ensign the Hon. C. E. Edwards, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hook, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 11th January, 1859, has been cancelled. RECRUITING DISTRICT.—Birevet-Colonel Walter Hamil ton, C. 8., from the 78th Foot, to be Inspecting Field Offi cer in succession to B reve t-C o l one l J o h n P a tton, promoted to the rank of Major-General. Chaplain CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. W. Hei to be Chaplain of the Second Class; his commission asq statedin of the Third Class, with date 16th April, 1856, as Gazette of 18th January, 1859, has been cancelle d . n Surgeon Fran- ROYAL HIBERNIAN SCHOOL.—Assistant - S ur g eon to the cis Bowen, M.D., from the Coldstream Guards, to be Surgeon, vice Blakeney, p rank of Surgeon-Major. BREVET. _ vice asimstaßtegiment of Foot Cardew, deceased. al Engineers, to be Hall, of the Roy Major-General John Oldfield to be Lieut.-General, Colonel Lewis Alex. , Majcr-General, rice Oldfiel n d. ra in consequence of the pro motionrie,tired full-pay of the Royal sci ' w ho stood below him on the effec tive list of the corps Co Engineers, lenel of Colonel Hall , C t r o ig be ht m on a j G or ri_ej ene he date of his retirement. . t d The under-mentioned p r omotions to take place conse quent Colonel Lewis A. Hall, p romo tion of Royal on the En g i nee rs, to be Major-General in succession to Lieut.- General George, C a rdew, Royal Engineers, wh o di e d on 1809 : the 9th May, Breve t Li eu tenant-Colonel (Hugh Plunket B ourc hi er Captain on , half-pay o of the 19th Dra goons, Town Major, , Canada, t be Colonel. Kingston, Brevet Major Malcolm Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Douglas Jones, half-pay Unattached, Aide-de- Camp to the General Officer Commanding the Troops in Scotland, to be Major. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of Lieutenant -General Henry Adolphus Proctor, C. 8., Colonel of the 97th Regiment : Major-General the Honourable Sir Edward Colonel Cust, of ,the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Genoral. Brevet Colonel Robert Richardson Robertson, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel on half-pay Unattached, to be Major- General. Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Mountford Stoughton Hoy liger Lloyd, Major on half-pay Unattached, to be Colonel. Brevet M a j or William O'Neill, Captain on half-pay Un attached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Colonel. Captain T. Lionel J. Gallwey, Royal Engineers, to be Major. Brevet-Major John Maurice Wemyss, C. 8,, Royal Marines, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. The promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry A. Olpherts, Bengal Artillery, t o b e Li eu t enan t-Colonel in the Army, to bear date the 19th January, 1858, instead of the 15th of that month, as previously stated. ADMIRALTY, MAY 25. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutena nt Charles Louis Atterbury Farmar to be Captain ;. First Lieutenant Charles Jolliffe to be Captain_; Second Lieutenant William Henry Nantes to be First Li eu tenant, vice Farmar, promoted ; Farquharson to be Second Lieutenant Matthew Henry First Lieutenant, vice Jolliffe , pr om o ted. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. 't'a George Maunseil; Esq., of East York Regiment resigned from the 12th Adjutant, v i c e Minchin, to be April. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. Henry moke, Bart to be of L i ncoln —Sir enry County county of Lincoln. t of the Vice Lieutenant Kings Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia— ' Octavius Gibbon, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Little, re - a signed; Richard Wilton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Man ners, resigned. ROyal Bucks King's Own Militia—Henry Ayshford Sanford, Esq., late Captain 43d Light Infantry, to be Major. 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Robert Arthur Rising, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Freeman, resigned. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John 3.PLachlan, auctioneer, Norton-folgate. BANKRUPTS. James Long, jun., builder, Witney, Oxfordshire, to sur render June 16, at eleven, and July 14-, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edmund. Topham, machinist, Sheffield, Juno 11 and July 9, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. `William Henry Brown, steel roller, Sheffield, June 11 and July 9, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. George Corbett, cattle salesman, Shotteswell, Warwick shire. June 27 an d J u l y 11 , at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Wm. Robert Crozier and Abraham Horne, ship and in surance brokers, Leadenhall-street, June 10, at one, and July 15, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwin Dunkin Lyon, pianoforte manufacturer, Castle street, June 9, at half-past twelve, and July 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John James, grocer, Saint Just, Cornwall, Juno 15, and July 6, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Thomas Whitwell, licensed, victualler, Wanstead, Essex, June 14, and July 12, at two, at th e C our t o f B an k r up t Y• William Rant Itedgrave, chemist and druggist, Norwich, June 10, at half-past twelve, and July 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edward Edwards, ironmaster, Abenbury Vichan, Flint" shire, June 9, and July 6, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Frederick Mayston, grocer, Huddersfield, ,Juno 1 3 , at half-past one, and J u ly 18, a t twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Thomas Marshall Booth, commission agent, Sutton Saint James, Lincolnshire, June 21 and July 5, at balf-Pasit ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Stephen Chapman Silcox, builder, Trowbridge, Wilt" ' shire June 10 and July 11, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Bernhard Katzenstein, merchant, King William-street , City, June 9, at eleven; and June 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS, - Edward Vigor Fox, Traquair, Peeblesshire. John Findlay, builder, Glasgow. John Matthews, commission agent, Garliestown, Wig" townshire. COUNTRY MA:RKRTAI. LIVERPOOL—MAY 31. We had a fair attendance of millers and dealers at our Corn Exchange this morning, but they not being disposed to buy beyond their more immediate wants the amount of business done was very trifling, and prices somewhat fire' gular. Fine wheats were generally held at Friday's rates' and the finest quality of flour could not be called cheaper► but all other descriptions were very unsaleable. 120 ° 4 "_, corn gave way ld to 2d per cental. Oatmeal I'm!' 14— : changed. Egyptian beans, peas, and barley, no unchanged. LEEDS—MAT 31. The demand for flour with our millers continues v.. 811 slack, they are therefore indifferent about purcha sing wheat, unless at a reduction from Friday's rates; holders are, however ve7 firm in demanding late prices ; the 0 ° 11 " sequence is that little or no business takes place. Barley as before. Beans quite as dear. Oats and other artiFlee unaltered in value. Arrivals this week : Wheat - ___ ..___ - 1,503 qrs. Oats Barley Peas Rapeseed Beans 306 Linseed 290 Averages for the week : Wheat 2,265 qrs., at ........ 6•55 044 Beans y l7 $, Barle. ••• . 70 3Bs OP 48 8 Od „ eas "• • 9 ?, P ... ..... 41s Od Oats 197 op ........ 26s 4id Rye — — 5 Ocl 71 ........ NORWICH CATTLE—MAY 28. A good show of store beasts to .d a y, comprising Scots and brisk, shorthorns, with a few Irish. Sales were rather to and a fair attendance. Scots, 4s 6d to 6s ; shorthorns, 4s 4s 6d ; Irish, 3s 6d to 4s. Fat beasts, 7s 6d to Ss per stone. Sheep—The pens were well filled. Prices--Fat sheep, 716c1 to So 6d per stone. 6cl Pigs—Good store pigs, 25s to 30s. , Fat pork, 68 to 6s per stone. RICHMOND—MAY 28. We had a fair supply of all d es c r iptions of grain to-dil, and a dull demand. Wheat ruled from 7s Od to 7s 6 d P er bushel ; barley, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; beans, 5s to 5 s 6d ; oats, 3s Od to 3s 6d. SUNDERLAND—MAT 28. There was a good supply of wheat to-day, an d a fair business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, from b s i Od to 58s Od per qr ; red, 53s Od to 57s Od ; beans, 460 Od to 48s Od ; barley, 28s to 32s Od per qr. ; oats, 26s to 275. . Y_ EsTininAt. COURSE OF EXCHANGE . Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 15 11 161 Antwerp Brussels — 25 0 25 10 Hamburgh ' 4 Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 25 40 Frankfort on Maine — 116 il6l Vienna -14 90 15 2° Trieste -15 0 15 20 32 Petersburgh — 32 4 9 1 Madrid Cadiz — 49,1 491 Leghorn — 30 45 30 7 0 ° Genoa 25 60 25 7 Naples 12 0 Palermo — 1191 Messina —119 f Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro 6O days at. • . • • New York — • • 8.1. Co's ble. blouse b • 23k Calcutta, Co.'s rupee • • Bombay ditto , — • ' Madras ditto .. •• ' • •East India: Company's Bills drawn, from the 11th to the 25th May. B enga l L634 19 11 Madras 0 0 0 Bombay £634 19 11 , Foreign Gold in Bars (Staadard) --- .per Oz. £3 17 3 Mexican Dollars 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) ~ ,4,,e Care li [ADVERTISEMENT.] quote some interes t --Fiency, without Medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Fin n s inter Constipation, Nervous, Bilious and . Liver °ora tor/ 1i Cough, Asthma, Consumption and Debility by Du_ ~..,,..., delicious Revalenta Arabica Food. Care Na. nents6:rib. Wortham Ling, near*Diss, Norfolk—FiftY yeFs in cou gh, able agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, , caonndstvieptaiatitoinn,gfle,abtualveencbyee, been remov ed - Cure No. 3,906. Revalenta Arabica Food.—MARIA. JOLI. and gen eral debility excellent Revalenta have been removed by Du Barry edsibckynDesus B a u t rr t y lr e sZi e lez —Thirteen years cough, indigestion', Arabica Food. Athol-street, r Naz ng i Vtcarage, Wal -47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of James Porter. Cure tham Cross, tion, gatherings, low sp 2 irits and nervous fancies. Cure 48,314 Gateacre, near Liverpool, a cure of Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Herts, a cure of extreme nervousness, indiges tion, tins, at is. 6d. ; 9d. ; 51b 12s • 121 b., ten years dyspepsia, l a i n b d all the 2 h lb o . rr o s or a s . of nervous irritabilirb 11;'t• . s • fr" "f A s C tra o., nd lB ; 2 4 , G echnrc h-street ;4, Cheapside 9 ; a 6 n 3 d , 265. The 101b D . uanDdairr2y an . i d n c ca e., r 7 r7 Rr e eicg e ce e adin , receipt to- street office order. Fortnum 3 , 3o M an a so d n9 4s an : street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Dubli n ' Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co.; at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sharp an ; Scott ; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and Co. ; at South' and 6o, rislioOpidsgaortd: l i mpton, Randall and Son. -••• BIRTHII. 4,eat t BATEMAN.—On the 30th M ay , a t 37, L ower Brook -5..- -- the Lady Bateman, of a son. BUTLER.—On the 29th May, at Clifton, the wife of - Major E. C. Butler, 36th Regt., of a son. FITZGERALD.—On the 28th May, at 5, Mansfield -st d Mrs. Seymour Fitzgerald, of a daughter. A rA enalo HAULTAIN.—On the 21 s t M a y, a t th e R o yal 4 - ••• - ,"„ v p, Woolwich, th e w if e o f C ap t a i n H au lt a i n , R o y a l Art of a daughter. KIDD.—On the 24th May, at Edrom House, Berwicwilt 4 . the wife of IL C. Kidd, E s q., l a t e 9th Lancers, 42 ' daughter. PEEL.—On the 27th May, at Ockbrook House, Derbysh , the wife of Edmund Yates Peel, Esq., of a son. ir MARRIAGES. tr ot GEORGE—BILLETT.—On the 28th May, at Arthur' s— f Chapel, Walworth, Mr. Jonathan. George, eldest son 0 . . the Rev. Jonathan George, to Elizabeth, eldest daught:. of Mr. Charles Billett, of Addington-place, Capuberwe-, HALL—FEATHERSTON.—On the 31st May, a t St. k i nk!! Church, Chelsea, William E. Hall, Esq., of th u ' e ff: street, Chelsea, to Ann Juliana, second daughter of J. Featherston, Esq., of 4, Oakley-street, Chelsea. st.. KEPEELL—BULLER.—On Thursday last, 26th MaY , , at ig Michael's Church, Chester-square, Lieut.-Col. E. Keppell, of Luxham Hall, Norfolk,to Harriet Ja c e youngest daughter of Sir Anthony Buller, of roun Devon. DEATHS. Jogsßisnor.—On the 28th May, of consumption, h iobo year, Robert Freeman, youngest son of the late 0 Bishop, Esq., of Ludbury, Middlesex. of C.4.usoN.—On the 27th May, William Myers, only son T. Carson, Esq., solicitor, Liverpool, aged 14 years. f DAVIDSON.—On the 20th April, at Kurnool, Madras', °0 cholera, Col. James Davidson, of the 36th Reg t. Nat'l Infantry. FITZGERALD.—On the 30th May, at his residence in the Dockyard, Cart. J. C. Fitzgerald, Royal Navy, Super; intendant of H.M.'s Naval Dockyard, Sheerness, age 5 HAMILTON.--On the 30th May, aged 87, A nne , daugh ter of the late Col. Otho Hamilton, of Oliveston, N. l3 ' HARRISON.—On the 12th April, at Calcutta, Gertrude, the infant daughter of M r . and Mrs. Fortescue Harria°l4 aged 12 months. MAnsuALL.—On the 29th May, aged 83, Richard star. shall, Esq., M.E., formerly of Totnes, and late Barraci Master of the Cavalry Depot, Maidstone. SALNDERs.—On the 26th Mav, a t K e nsington, El izabeth Mary, daught er o f th e l a te `%. S. Saunders, aged 12. , WHITAKEL—On the 27th May, at Oxford, Maria , m i3ec°l ; daughter of the late Frederick Whitaker, Esq. , - House, Bampton, aged 44. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN2 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at .The Sun Office, No. 1 1 : Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the eaunti Middlesex, Wednesday, June 1, 1869.