The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-06 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME Cl RCUIT. HERTFORD, MARCH 5. Crown Side.—(Before Mr. Justice Williams.) THE NITTRDHR AT STEVENAGE. Jeremiah Carpenter, 38, described as a labourer, was charged. upon an indictment, and also upon the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of John Starkins. The prisoner, who is a powerful determined look ing man, pleaded not guilty. Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Watkin Williams defended the prisoner. The learned counsel for the prosecution opened the case to the jury in a very clear anl able manner, and having called their attention to the very solemn and important duty they had to discharge upon the occasion he proceeded to give a narrative of the circumstances under which th e charge was preferred against the prisoner. The deceased, he said, was a young man about 22 yea rs of age, and at the time he met his death he was a constable beog to the Herts constabulary, and statione at Steven age, in this county. The prisoner was a labouring man, residing in a cottage about half a mile from Stevenage, and at the time of the transaction be was in the service of Mr. Horne, a farmer, who occupied a farm called Norton Green Farm, about a mile from the town. It appeared that Mr. Horne had a suspicion that he was being robbed by some of the persons in his service, and that he had made a communication to that effect to Mr. Hawkes, the inspector of the constabulary at Stevenage, and on Friday, the 30th of October, the day of the m urder, the latter had given the unfortunate deceased mere instructions to watch the prisoner as he came from his work, and ascertain if he haTanything about him that did not belong to him. deceased ap peared to have left Stevenage about five in the evening with this object. He was dressed in his ttniforin, but with a plain great coat over it, and it appeared that he took with him a pair of handcuffs and a stick. The usual route taken by the prisoner int his way home from his work would appear to e been kn3wn to him , for he was seen b y several persons going straight in the direction where he would have expected to meet the prisoner, and he wAs p trticularry o'rervel , :t; a Tilace called Woolmer Common, looking in the direction of a field called Cooper's }leeches field, and appar ntly observing some one he was looking for, he imme diately made ff towards that field. This was about half-past five o'clock in the evening, and the unfor tunate man was never again seen alive. He did not report himself to his superior officers, and no information was obtained respecting him, and as he was a very well-conducted man, and always per formed his duties in a regular and proper manner, his disappearance under such circumstances excited alarm and suspicion, and the officers of the district immediately in.tituted an active search to ascertain what had become of him. No information what ever could be obtained cn the Saturday •or the Sunday ; but on the following Monday morning a constable named Isgate, who was crossing the Cooper's Breeches field, had his attention attracted to a deep pond in that field, and upon going to it he saw a foot and hand of a man projecting from the water ; and upon the body being taken out of the pond it proved to be that of the unfortunate deceased. There were several severe cuts on tie throat, which had the effect of nearly severing the head from the body ; and there were other marks of violence on the face of the deceased, which left no doubt that a most foul and brutal murder had been committed. The learned counselconcluded.by stating that since the assizes had commenced a fresh piece of evidence had been obtained in a statement made by the pri soner himself, and he said that if he should succeed in establishing it to the satisfaction of the jury, it would leave them no alternative but to convict the prisoner of the awful crime imputed to him, as it seemed to him that it amounted to an admission of his guilt. There were 30 witnesses to be examined for the prosecution, and at a late hour the trial was adjourned MIDLAND CIRCUIT. —LEICESTER, MARcs 4 CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) John Payne and James Hickling were indicted for the manslaughter of Elizabeth Barker Dain. Mr. Merewether conducted the prosectrion ; the prisoner Payne was defended by Mr. O'Brien, and Hickling by Mr. Mundell. The prisoners were employed in making an ex cavation for a drain in a part of the main street leading to the Midland Railway station, and the work having been begun late in the day, had thrown the earth into a heap, extending from the kerbstone about a yard's length into the public highway. They were observed. by a policeman, who told Hickling, on hearing that the earth was to be left all night, that ne should shovel it up as much as possible from the middle of the road, put a light upon it and leave it secure. The foreman of the Board of Health of the town saw them also and told Payne, who was a well-sinker, that he was wrong to make that hole at that time of night, • about 6.10 p. fn. Payne said that as soon as the stones were broken through he would fill i', ap again and make it safe • the foreman told him that if he w,ould send to the storeyard he could have guards • the width of the road was about 3.7 feet. No light was placed above the heap, but there was a gaslight on the opposite side of the street. At about a quarter to 8 that evening a cart driven by a man named Stavely, and containing a party, among whom were the deceased and her husband and. little boy, returning from a fair, was driven towatde Leicester along the London road past Campbell street a pi. int at which there is a bye - road leading t o the Midland Station, towards which the Bell-mu . omnibus was proceeding in an opposite direction to the cart. Stavely, seeing the omnibus come, as it seemed, sudde. uponhim, turned aside to allow it to pass, and, not having observed the heap, the cart was turned upon it and overs,t, by venion the de - ceased. was killed. The prisoners had, it appeared, believed that the heap was sufficiently made up to be safe; both bore -good characters. It was con tended for the one that, being a bricklayer, and only engaged in the excavation in assistance of the • other, whose business it was to excavate, he was • not the responsible person, and for the e,cavator that he had not only thoughl . , all safe when he left it, but that the master who employed him, and not he, should be held responsible. The C ourt, however, • told the jury to inquire, first, was there any negli gence 7 If there was, and the jury thought the acci dent resulted from the insufficiency of the light, then he must tell them that it was the duty of the prisoners to place sufficient light and take such care as would make the highway safe for all to pass, as ' they had no right to encroach one yard upon it. The person who did. the act must be held respon sible ; he did not say but the master was so also. Verdict of guilty against both. Fine of 11., both prisoners having already suffered one week's im prisonment. (Before Lord Chief Justice Campbell.) The criminal business was brought to a conclu sion this evening. The cases of most public intereEt were " Regina v. William Carter, Thomas Sten son, Thos. Ward, and Sarah Ann Towers," for a • garotte robbery, committed in a part of the Hum berstone-road, one of the most frequented streets • in this tows. Mr. Simpson prosecuted and Mr. O'Brien defended the prisoners. The female pri-, Boner, S. A. Towers, had been treated by R. Thomas at the Barrel publichouse, Humberstone-gate ; she accompanied him from that house to a piece of unpaved ground lying a little off the highway, and • was followed by the three male prisoners, who had been drinking in the same house, and with one of • whom she had been living. The assault by the • thr ee men was very violent, and was per slated in, although one of the witnesses called was looking on while Thomas, w h o they were suffocating Mr. great was exha us ti . °ll afterwards found in a state of to the evidence spitting blood. In addition encef Sarah Nicholl, who saw distinctly all the thre e m a l e and the woman Towers , folluwiug Mr. Thomas b . ancl. saw them afterwards in the act of throttling evidence of others who had seen them about theßarrel • near the spot where and " a t the timef wine-vaults, and sanit took place, the shoes of t wo when the as otliemeen were d found to correspond with footm ar k s on th where Thomas had been seen Struggling andgrryoninn "Murder." All the prisoners were convicted, and , each sentenced to seven years penal servitude. Two . , cases of night poaching, the one including mtv aefenda t d the other , five, were tried to an the In both cases there was some violence used b hticks, lu the former case with atones and y 31ne en latte e with stones. former and _ r. Al&e. Mundell prosecuted in the sentenced. t prisonerfasm.svetehl.azewsther in the latter. terms of imprisonment va‘reiltneki'geroataudi to 6 months. WESTERN CIRCIIIT.—w CROWN COIZT. a 7231, March 5 (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) Benjamin S p rin g was indicted for the d:ittghtor of Anron Nwp-bnis-. ol do .Mr. Poulden prose cuted, and Mr. Caidge fended the prisoner. From the statement of the learned counsel it ap peared the deceased and many other persons were workmen on the Dorchester and South eman amoverpton Railway, and the prix ,ner was the f.r them. In Dec. these men were in a truck proceed f ing on the line to the ir work. It was the duty o the men not to get out of the train while it was in motion, and the driver of the train was to obey the signal of the prisoner, and stop the train by his &notion. Just as the train waicoming to the place Tfll SUN, LONDON? SATURDAY - EVEMINGI MARCH G , 1858. where some of the men had to work the prisoner desired them to get out, but did not stop the train. The deceased, among others, jumped out, but fell under the train ; his legs were fract , t—d, and he was so much injured that he died shortly after. The learned Judge said, if these were the facts which were to be proved he was of opinion that there was no case to go to the jury. It was a very dangerous habit for persons to get out of the train while in motion, and the employers ought to put a stop to it. Manslaughter consisted in causing the death of another by doing some unlawful act, cr neglecting some duty which the law imposed upon the individual. The deceased got out of the truck with a knowledge of the danger ; it was his own act, and the prisoner was not responsible for it. The jury must, therefore, acquit the prisoner. Mr. Coleridge said he could most clearly have proved that the prisoner was most strict in his orders to the men not to get out of the train during the time it was in motion. A verdict of Not Guilty was then taken. It may be noticed that the learned judge in his charge to the gran d j ur y took particular care to explain the law to them, .and directed them to threw the bill. T he grand jury, however, in their wisdom returned a true hill. Jacob Longman was indicted for maliciously shooting at James Donelly, with intent to do him grievous bodily conducted the case for the prosecu- tion. It appeared that the prosecutor was a gunner in the Royal Lancashire Artillery, and was stationed at Marshwood, near Southampton. On the 21st Jan. Donelly and some of his comrades left the barracks and went to a public-house called The New Found Oat. About 12 o'clock at night they left the public-house, and, seeing a light in a cot tage and hearing some talking, they wanted to get a light, and went to the door and knocked. Some words passed, and the door was opened and a man came out with a stick and knocked one of the sol diers (Beswick) down with it. Upon this Donelly got a stick and threw it at the man, and one of his comrades procured the branch of a tree and ran towards the cottage door, which was directly closed. The soldiers were then going away, when Donelly received a shot from a gun which was fired from the cottage. D , T2elly was assisted by his com rades back to the b trracks ; several shots were taken out of him. He was then removed to the hospital, and had ncl since been able to perform his duties. They were neither drunk nor sober. They had been at the public-house from 5 o'clock until 12. This was the story as told by Donelly, but Beswick completely contradicted him, stating that he :never went near the cottage, he never was knocked down, he never took up a stick, and was 200 yards off in the road, when he heard a gun fired. It was evident the three men were all drunk and could not tell what really had occurred. The sergeant next day proceeded to the prisoner's house, and the prisoner, iu answer to the sergeant, pointed out the places where he stood, and where Donelly stood, at the time the gun was fired. He said he had not loaded the gun himself. There were women in the house. There had been a paling broken and the sergeant paid the prisoner's father 2s. for the damage. One of the women said a cup and saucer had been broken, and the sergeant paid for those. The prisoner said that the soldiers wanted to force themselves into the cottage, and one had got in. In his defence the prisoner said that Donelly and two other soldiers came into the cottage, and were threatening the lite of his father, when he got out of bed and came out of the bedroom to protect his father. They took hold of him and threw him down, and then said they would show him what the Lan cashire fashion was, and they commenced kicking him while he was on the floor in the most cowardly manner. They threatened to pull down the house. There was no other house near, and he anti his father were much frightened, and he fired off the gun. Isaac Longman, the father of the prisoner, said— The family were all asleep. I was awoke by a noise, and a man said, " Give me a light, or I'll knock your louse down." I got up and went into the room, where I saw three soldiers ; one was stirring the ashes about. I asked them what they came there for, and one of them said, " For a woman." I told them there was no woman there for them, and they had better go to the barracks, like good men. He said he should not go for me, for I was no man. I said I'd put my clothes on, and see for some one who would take them away. I went and put my clothes on, and then I persuaded them to go. I then tried to turn them out, until my son came to my assistance. They threw him down, and said they would show him Lancashire fashion, and would kick him. They then went out. One of the soldiers then came with a thorn bush some 7 or 8 feet long, and another had a rail 12 feet long, and pushed it into the door. They then threw half a bushel of brickbats into the house and swore they would dash our brains out and knock the house down. My son fired a shot at the time they were throwing in the brickbats. The man was stooping down picking up the brickbats when the shot struck him. Cross-examined —I went to bed That night at 7 o'clock. We have only one sleeping room, in which were myself, my son, two grown-up daughters, and four little children. The men were in the house half an hour. Two of them kept the door open with poles, and the other was picking up brickbats and throwing them into the doorway. There was every appearanc a that they intended to commit murder. Walter Byles—l was in the neighbourhood that night, lying in the stable adjoining Longman's house. I heard a noise and went out, and saw 3 soldiers enter the door and go inside. .I heard Lon g man trying to persuade them to go to the bar racks ; they refused to go, and said if they could not have the women they would beat his brains out. I saw one of them knock the prisoner down close within the door. I was standing behind a cart. Tuey got out the soldiers, who got large sticks and kept the door open, and one threw brickbats into the house ; as one of them was stooping down to get a brick I heard the report of a gun. The sol diers then ran away. Cross-examined—The cart was standing in front of the house. I heard a noise before they went in. My feet were tender, as I had been walking a long way, and I could not get along, so I lay down in the stable. lam a fireman in the West Indim mail service. lam not a fightin 4 man, and thought it was the best plan to keep out of the way. I was a bright night. The learued Judge stated that when persons were attacked they w. re justified in using weapons in proportion to the attack. His Lordship also poin ed out discrepancy in the evidence. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—DIarch 5 MANSION-HOUSE.—Henry Banks, a man o: about 35, was charged with being iu unlawful pos session of 22 carbines. C. Baker, constable, No. 613, said,—From in formation I received I last night accompanied Watkins, another officer, to the shop of Mr. Solo mons, at No. '7. Roper's-buildings, Cutler-street. After I had been there about 20 minutes a cab drove up to the door of Solomons, and the prisoner got out of it and entered the shop, taking with him two bundles, containing 22 carbines, wrapped up separately in paper. In answer to my inquiries the prisoner stated that the carbines were a job lot which he had purchased, that he had given 51. a-piece for them, and had sold them to Mr. Solo mons for 63. a-piece. I took him to the, station house, and asked him for the invoice, and he said he had not got it. He said he lived at 6, Welles ley-street, Euston-square. He was told by the in spector on duty that hislodgings would be searche 1. when he produced the invoice. (This document was put iu evidence, and from it it appeared that 22 carbines, amongst other articles, were invoiced to Messrs. Batiks and Co., of London, by Messrs. Keat, Brothers, of Birmingham, at the rate of 10s. each.) I went to the address he gave, and found that he did not lodge there, but rented a front room which he used as an office. He refused his real address. Watkins, a constable, corroborated ihe evidence of the last witness as to what occurred in Mr. Solo mona's shop, and produced a heap of letters, enve lopes, newspapers, postage-stamps, &c., which had been found at the prisoner's " office," and which proved that a rather profitable trade had been car ried on there. Among the papers were discovered the railway bill relating to the carriage of the car bines and the invoic e abo ve re f erre d to. Mr. Philip Solomons—l live at 7, Roper's build- ings, Cutler street, H oun d s dit c h , an d am a genera . dealer. Yesterday afternoon the prisoner came to ray shop and offered me some " Government guns" for sale. lie said he wanted 101. a-score for them, and -produced two as a sample. I told him that - would not do, as it was about the invoice price of them. I offered bi In 6s. a-piece for them, which he the guns; an'aul communicated agLeca. to tr•,:o; nyvl Ile left for the se ff ing the hulk. I h z ,d My ww,oi c i ' t , rl3-1! ° e At Le Ladn o t come honestly by with Baker, the constable. The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, have you an e ? planation, to give respe c ti ng t h e possession of y th :e. guns w« eks ago. prisoner—Ooly that I bought them. I paid los. Mayor—" Why, the invoice is only dated The Lord 'a ir !. d q n you were taken into cu.tody .1,-1 o f Murc-) -- f rom Messrs, iieat, the .. 1 must ascertain via the 4th. each f 4. them some Brothers, of Birmingham, under what circum stances you obtained these guns from them. Prisoner—These guns originally sold for 17s 6d., but we found them a very unsaleable article, and wanted to get rid of them. I went to every place I knew of to dispose of them. The Lord Mayor—You could not have gone to many places, as you could not have had possession of' them more than a couple of days at the most. Watkins—He carried on business, my lord, under the name of " Banks and Ainsworth." Mr. Solomon—Yes ; and when he brought the guns to my premises he had no money to pay for the cab, and I had to lend him a crown. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—l have no doubt, from the bundle of letters and advertisements produced by the officers, that you have been pursuing a system of robbery for a long time past by means of advertisements. It appears that your efforts have been very successful, and that you have received a considerable quantity of stamps from various persons. One advertisement I see is this TOILET REQUISITES FOR SIX STAMPS. "Mixture to whiten the hands; ditto, to remove freckles ; ditto, to remove smallpox marks ; ditto, to im prove the nails ; ditto, to whiten the teeth ; ditto, to im prove the complexion ; ditto, to sweeten the breath ; ditto for eruptions on the face ; ditto, to dye the hair black or brown; ditto, to remove superfluous hair ; ditto, to pro mote the growth of ditto ; ditto, to prevent baldness ; ditto, for cure of chapped hands ; ditto, to use as a fixture for the hair ; ditto, to stop decayed teeth. "Also, for 12 stamps, invaluable remedies for indiges tion, heartburn, gout, nervous headache, corns, bunions, weak ankles, strains, coughs, colds, &c." Here is a pile of letters from young ladies who wish to have the benefit of your advice, and it ap pears that for 12 stamps you can remedy nearly all the ills with which human nature is afflicted. His lordship read, among several others, the following advertisement, which caused mush laughter : " COURTSHIP MADE EASY, OR THE WAY TO WIN A LOVER. " Madame Andre will send, on receipt of 24 stamps, to any address, plain directions to enable ladies or gentlemen to win the affections of as many of the opposite sex as their hearts may desire. The proposal is simple, but so capti vating and enthralling that all may be married irrespective of appearance, age, or position—young and old, peer and peeress, as well as the peasant—and it can be:imagined with such delicacy that detection is impossible. How to make love ; the kind of person to render home happy ; hints on love, or private advice to married ladies and gen tlemen. This is decidedly the most fascinating, interest ing, 3111 redly useful practical work on courtship, matri mony, and the duties and bli-s of cv:r issued from the English press. Every one who contemplates mar riage, and wishes for an infallibly guide in the selection of a partner for life, should at once get this great textbook of connubial felicity. " Address, Madam Andre, 23, Arthur-street, Blooms. bury, London, enclosing 24 penny stamps, and full parti culars will be sent in course of post. " Madam Andre continues to advise on love matters, and effect reconciliations between parties, also on the law of marriage, divorce, Etc. Enclose 24 stamps." The Lord Mayor observed that another of the advertisemen's related to the second-hand watcbes, cloeloi, guns, pistols, &c., which were wanted by Banks and Co., export and general agents, 6, Welles ley-street, Eu,ston-square, London. His lordship added, that he should remand the prisoner in order that he might ascertain whether the carbines had been obtained from Messrs. Keat and Co. in the ordinary course of business or not. WO RS HIP-STREET. —John Carter, a well dressed young man, was charged before Mr. Ham mill with the following frauds upon his employers. Mr. Morgan, of the firm of Humphreys and Morgan, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Barnard for the defence. About five months ago the prisoner was engaged by Messrs. Venables, linendrapers in the White chapel-road, as one of their shopmen at a salary of 601. per year, and so continued up to about Thurs day week, when a circumstance occurred which excited a suspicion in the mind of one of the partners as to the prisoner's honesty, and he deter mined to watch him. The course of business was this :—When a customer purchased goods the shopman made out two bills for the goods and the value, which the cashier compared together, and, having stamped one for delivery to the cus tomer by the shopman, retained the Wier himself as a check or voucher. The day after the first dis covery was made a married woman named Routledge purchased some trifling articles which came to 2s. 9d., and the prisoner was seen to be so awkward before handing her her bill that Mr. Venables stopped ber and asked her for it, and on comparing it with the cashier's voucher, both written at the same time, it was found that the voucher was for 9d. only, while the bill was for the full amount, showing the prisoner must have added the 2s. in the bill's passage to the customer, and retained that amount of money. Ile accused the prisoner of robbing him, and the prisoner begged for forgiveness, saying it was his first offence ; but the witness reminded him of what he had seen the previous day, and gave him into custody. The prosecutor then accompanied the officer to the prisoner's lodgings, in Jubilee-street, Mile-end, and there, in a front parlour, they dis covered 94i yards of silk, two pairs of curtains, 24 yards of flounces, 9 yards of linen, 47 pairs of gloves, 21 yards of calico, 101 yards of plaid, a flannel dress, 38 yards of print, four damask table cloths, together with so large a quantity of counter panes, d'oykys, toilet-covers, and almost innumer able other articles, some with the prosecutor's trade-marks and some without, that the whole to gether was worth about 1401., and a large quantity of which, in addition to what he and one ~f his shopmen could positively swear to, Mr. Venables felt certain was their property also. As exemplifications of the before explained system of fraud the following cases, in addition to that of Mrs. Routledge, were taken :—A gentleman named Wilson, of Bromley-park, proved being served with goods by the prisoner to the amount of Si. Is. 6d., on the 18th of February, paying him iu a 51.-note and gold and silver, and the amount entered on the voucher was only 61. 19s. Vsd. ; a Mrs. Lucretia Drew bought goods on the 16th of January to the amount zit V. Gs. 51d., and the amount on the voucher was only 19s. 60. ; a Mrs. Cummings bought goods in February to the value ' of 9s. 9d., and the amount on the cashier's voucher ' was only ls. 9d. ; a Mrs. Ascham in December bought goods to the amount of 14s. 9d., and the sum on the voucher was only 4s. 9d ; and a Mr. Augustus Teal in February bought goods to the value of 4s. ld., while the amount entered on the duplicate voucher was only is. ld. The cashier deposed to the entries in all these bills, including the fraudulent alterations, being in the prisoner's handwriting, and Mr. Morgan stated that he con sidered these cases amply sufficient for the ends of justice, though he had a variety of others of a similar kind against the prisoner, if it were ex pedient to produce them. Mr. Barnard reserved the defence, merely asking for the restoration of a watch and other properly not identified by the prosecutor, as his client was entirely without the means of defence, and, this being acceded to, the prisoner was committed for trial. SOUTHWARK.—WiIIiam Wright, a hawker of tinwares, was summoned by the South-Eastern Company, under their bye-laws, for unlawfully getting out of a train while in motion at the Lon don-bridge terminus. The defendant, a very poor man, who had broken one of his ribs by the tall, pleaded not guilty. MatthewDickenson, the head porter at the North Kent Railway terminus, London-bridge, said that on the arrival of the train from Woolwich on the evening of the 19th January, at 29 minutes past 5, he saw the defendant jump off a third cla-s carriage while the train was in motion. He bad a box under one arm, and owing to the velocity of the train he fell on the platform, and called out that he was hurt. Witness immediately sent one of the railway ser vants, and had him conveyed to St. Thomas's Hos pital, when it was ascertained that he had broken one of his ribs, and otherwise injured himself. Mr. Burcham asked whether the doors had been opened by any of the company's servants prior to the defendant getting out of the carriage. Witness replied that they had not ; in fact, the train had not properly arrived at the terminus. Mr. Robinson, the law clerk of the company, here said that the present proceedings were not taken with a view of punishing the defendant. Unfortunately, by his own temerity, he had severely injured himself, and he might feel the consequence all his life. The railway company only wished it to be publicly known, so as to act as a caution to other travellers by rail. Mr. Burcham fined him 55., but at the request of Mr. Robinson it was not enforced. The defendant left the court expressing his thanks. DEATH OF SIR ROBERT CAMPBELL —We have to record the death of Sir Robert Campbell. Bart , one of the directors of the East India Company, and a commis sioner for the lieutenancy of London. The deceased baronet wee born in 1771. and married in 1798 a daughter of the well-known Dr. Pasley. He is succeeded in his title and estates by Sir John Nichol' Robert Campbell, IK.C.H., a major in the East India Company's service. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-11olloway's Pills and Ointment. —The sudden changes of temperature have a terrible effect upon the skin, and also upon the nervous system. Hence the prevalence of erysipelas, blotches, boils, P I E : re ei p .m t the e y d r i ee cause d o o v i ro by ogt rheumatism, sore throe, and the many other complain ts RO irtquekaly gtntr,-,t2. y 7 firt,in.t..-ly in Hollow a y' s Pill s an d Oi n tment we have the means' of tahoni gentlel y c s a u s p s e px o r f c er d se i sts excretion ahnseeth:o inflammation butpores he LTats ": 9.l 7 m adi e rl i tower c o i f these m a t tlni t tr_cmgh . ly invigorates the whole system. The Lo n a ° , professor Holloway'sve Establishment, gra threughout the World ; ?t e invalids in all parts of the world demon potent remedies.- 244, Strand, --- _ • DIABOLICAL ATTACK ON MISSIONARIES. EXTRACTS FROM THE MANUSCRIPT LETTER 09 THE REV. W. M JONES. The sad news relating to Messrs. Dixon, Steinbeck, and their families was by the last post doubtl e ss sen t off by several kind sympathising friends. ' As in my last letter to the Recorder I gave only a brief notice of the affair, I' will now attempt to narrate the particulars of the outrage, as narrated to me by the sufferers and wit nesses, and also to note down some of the incidents of the past three weeks. "Previous to the late mournful affair events have transpired to cause alarm and apprehension of some thing serious, though by no means so • serions'as the taking of life, and much le ss t he indescribable outrage upon women—Christian women --such as has been perpetrated, for we have all along been assured that in these respects there was no danger. We have, however, all suffered more or less from petty thieving, and the families in the frontier gardens have sustained eeveral losses from bold attempts and attacks to wrench their precious substance from them. Money, clothing, provisions, and particu larly animals, have been taken off by day and by night by the hand of the spoiler. There have been several instances of insult and violence offered to the persons of our fami lies, but hitherto they have been mercifully preserved. Thieves broke into the house, and then into the tent of Mrs. Minor, and took off clothing. Again, her house was twice attacked, and a servant slightly wounded by a musket shot, but the!! report of fire-arms and the screams of the people in the yard frightened the robbers away. Within a year and a half the ya r d wa l on Mount Hope has been twice broken through and a fine flock of sheep taken. Brother Dixon's yard wall was dug through, and a portion of the flock taken. Stone walls of two and three feet in thickness seem to be nothing accounted of by the people whose hand is against every man. Brother F. W. Steinbeck, the deceased, was often attacked while watching his flock. For the most part he managed to evade the horsemen and thwart their designs upon his cattle. In this he was quite expert, yet i n p erson h e su ff ere d several severe beatings, wholly unprovoked on his part, the object being to disable him, in order to take his flock. The consequence in h ceof these usual eseinjurgieut way, always asy se veral weeks' sickness , but after recovering he went employment meekness and diligence. F o il e d i n every again t o wit h .h is attempt on his flockin the eaytime, they directed, as the sequel shows, a deep, dark, planned plot against him. How sad the reflection, after so much diligent toil, and so _many painful watchings and anxieties and sufferings, he should at last fall by violent hands, and his dear and earthly one become the victim and sufferer of almost unheard- ! the coming of the thief in the night to steal, to kill, rally ollivetroy (John x., 10). The shepherd was smitten and the flock scattered, The night before the attack several men were seen prowling around the house of Mr. John Steinbeck, the brother, but were frightened away by the loud screaming of the Fellah family living on the premises. On the night of the 11th instant, three men knocked at the gate of Mr. Dixon's garden, and demanded entrance, on the plea of searching for a tort cow, which they said'a neighbour ing shepherd had informed them was with the flock within. They were told there was no stray animal in the yard, and were requested to leave, and as they loitered about , and s a id th ey wou ld wa it un til the morn ing outs ide, Frederick Steinbeck told them they were there for no good purpo3e—they were thieves, and must be off forthwith. F re d er i c k an d Dixon went on the house-top to watch their movements. The men went north for a quarter of a mile, and then turned eastward to the ri ver . I t i s supposed they came to a-certain the strength of the house, and to know if Mr. Henry lixen, the son, was at home. He was that night with his sister at Mount Hope, in the temporary absence of her husband, Mr. John Steinbeck, at Jerusalem. After a little time again a noise was heard outside, aed presently a knocking at the west gate, and a demand for admittance. The dogs became furious, and a voice cried out, 'Your dogs hark like fire.' Again there was quiet. Mr. Dixon took a long Meer, went carefully to the gate, mounted it, and looked over, an d sa w five men sitting against the wall close by the gate, apparently con sulting what to do. Mr. Dixon and Frederick Stein beck retort el to the house. There is more noise out side, and the dogs become furious. An accidental glance at the watch reveals that it is half-past twelve o'clock. Frederick begins to load a revolver, and inquires—' Father, what shall Ido ?' Tnis was said with apparent concern, and just then the north gate ef the garden gave way with a crashing noise to the effort of the invaders. Mr. Dixon and his companion went out partially under cover of the wall. On arriving near the gate, and while trying to spy out the robbers, a gun was fired from without, but obliquely through the gate. From the blaze of the fire Mr. Dixon ' thinks that Frederick was not more than Fix feet from the muzzle of the gun. The whole charge of 24 shots entered the abdomen on the right side. Frederick fell immediately, exclaiming, Father, lam bit ; here, take the gun.' Mr. Dixon instantly caught the gun and fired, and is supposed to have wounded the murderer in the hand. Frederick arose and got into the house as best he could, and there fell o the floor, exclaiming, Oh, mo ther ! I have received a ball.' Mr. Dixon returned to the house by a circuitous route, and began t o fasten the door. The men were soon at the door. Frede--;eit was in great agony. Mr. Dixon said to him, Try and bear your pain with as little ado as possible, asyour groaning may give them an idea cf our weakness.' The young wife was supporting her husband's head, and bathing it with spirits; the mother was trying to prevent the flow of blood with cloths. Mr. Dixon supp)rts the door with all his strength. Little Carrie, nearly 11 years of age; and the two little ones, one of two years, and the other of nine months, are huddled in the bed. The robbers make a try or two and burst in the door. Mr. Dixon retreats on one side, but facing the enemy ; al five appear to enter at once, the tore most man with a club about 7 feet lime and from 2 t' 21 inches thick. He strikes Mr. Dix on w ith gre at force. The latter parries or rather lessens the weight of the blow by his hand (which was severely brui , ed) and the appendage of a woollen hat. He fell with a grove insensible and bleeding. Mrs. Dixon bast e d t o su pp or t her wounded husband, raised him, and seated him by the side of the dying son, who complains of being faint, and is heard to pray, Father in heaven, forgive me all my mins, and help me to bear this pain.' The robbers entered the room most furiously, and, having knocked down Mr. Dixon ! they passed immediately to the stove and lifted the pipe in se arc h o f go ld. Th e y pitched into the clock, mistaking the shining brass pondulum for gold, destroyed that article, and then be.!ari to search the trunks. T wo or th ree were opene d. All this happened within three or four minutes after brea.kieg into the house but now c ommences a scen e which beggars description. .M r . St e i n b ec k h a d j us t embraced her dying husband , and h e h a d j us t g i ven h e r a token of aff - cti on, his lips feeling very, very cold, when three of the ruffians seized and d ragge d h er o ut of doors. She struggle , ' heroically ; seizing the bedstead with one hand, she held it till it f e ll, w h en s h e caug ht hoirl of her father , who in his turn held her till he was beaten off most cruelly. Mrs. Steinbeck is struck in the breast with a hammer, a pistol is presented to her, and then she is cuffed and knocked about, and otherwise abused till these fiends have accomplished their pur poses. In the meantime a man st an d s sen ti ne l over M r . Dixon, while a fifth seizes Mrs. Dixon and drag, her aside for the same purpose, Subsequently Mrs. Stein beck is seized by the other two, taken out and treated in like manner. When first seized the men trod upon her husband, who moved himself a little tinder the table, as is suppos ed to g et out of their way. Upon her return her husband was dead. This was, perhaps, 20 minutes after he was sh ot. Mr. Dixon watched his oppor tunity to slip out, with th e i ntent i on of mak i ng an alarm and obtaining; help, but was beaten and forced back. Money is demanded, and tho purse, containing but a small amount, is given up. Again the demand is made, but they are told that there is no more. The huge club is thrust against the aide of our brother Dixon ' and a gun is presented five or s ix times at his breast, but each time he manage{ to throw it aside. He begins to pray, hly their search, theyeach t uaa aloud, but loud pray in g the desperadoes will not endure, though not underst and ing a word. Little did they know h ow co ntinuously the whole family were th a t night engaged in praye r . • T he trunks, boxes, rooms, and all the premises searched three times, not t a fi m n e m diug ore furious and abusive. Th e l a dies are driven and ordered about, and obliged to wait upon the are object r thoroughly the villains in the most slavish manner. Mrs. Dixon is beaten. Mrs. Steinbeck i s s t ruc k re p ea t e dly with the butt of the gun on th e b reas t. Sh e b egge d them to have pity on her, saying, " If we had thousands would we not give them t o you ? I s no t lif e d e arer than money t' Mr. Dixon is taken by the hair, his head is brought on one side and a sword drawn to sever it from his body. The blow is parried with Mr. Dixon's hand, assisted by the faithful daughter, Mrs. Steinbeck, although in the scuffle his hand is severely wounded. Little Carrie, too, beseeches the man to spare the life of her dear grandfather. The fellow in desisting stares at the child a moment and then joins in the work of pillage. The men seemed much annoyed at the crying of the children, but happily offered them no violence. The insulted and grossly abused family were a good deal of the time kept sitting on the floor, and not allowed to speak. There were many spots of blood left upon the clothing in the trunks, suppased to be from the hand of the wounded man. • The leader of the gang was a white man, an A ra b, a nd the others were de. scribed as bl ac k men. Th ese were m asked with the Arab veil, except the eyes. The white man entered un masked, but instantly seized a child's garment, threw it over his head, and held the corners in his mouth. The black men ob eye d t h e b ec k o f th e w hite man with a quickness really surprising. They were evidently in a hurry to get away. Near daylight the tormentors left, taking with theca as many household goods as they could carry off. A lamp was left on the sill of the gate when they entered, so that any one coming could be seen from the house, and be shot down. None of the family ventured out till daylight. The robbers made good their retreat before it was light. In spite of his wounds and bleeding head brother Dixon went out at daylight and called to Mr. Classon, a near neighbour, who came and remained with the women till others should come to their help. I will let the reader imagine the scene at the first announcement of the sad tidiegs to his son and daughter on Mount Mope. They are conducted to the house of this mourning, and thence father and son pro ceed to the city. Soon toe -,21, Governor of Jaffa, the physician, the Fre n ch Consul , and nearly 100 citizens aro on the spot, and are per fectly dismayed at the scene of blood and death, and the utter confusion of the house—everything being thrown about, broken and spoiled, as though it had been the work of madmen. All seem interested, and the French ; consul especially wrote much on the spot. Foreigners , were, of course, alarmed, and felt that t blow had been aimed at them, As stated in my last, the melancholy From the London Gazette of Last Night. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 25. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's Levee, an nounced to be held at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 10th of March next, will not take place. Her Majesty will bold a Levee (as already announced) on Wednesday, the 17th of March, and a further Levee on Wednesday, the 24th of March next. N.B.—The Knights of the several Orders are to appear in their Collars at the Levee on the 17th March, it being a Collar Day. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Duchess of Manchester to be Mistress of the Robes, in the room of the Duchess of Sutherland, resigned. MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, FEB. 26. The Queen has been graciously plowed to appoint the Most Noble Henry Charles Fitzßoy, Duke of Beaufort, to be her Majesty's Master of the Horse, in the room of the Most Noble Arthur Richard, Duke of Wellington, resigned. For The Qaccn !:as boon , rac:lously ple:v . 3l t" app-)int Colonel the Hon. Alexander i Nelson Hood, Scots Fusilier Guarcih, to be Equerry in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room 0 Major-General Buckley, resigned Read late Scots Fusilier Guards. news reached Jerusalem at a late hour that evening. Mr Ensign, by purchase, vice Haggai!, appointed to the 84th Saunders left Jaffa at 1 p.m., and arrived at the city gate Foot, , at 10. An hour after his departure the American consul 32d. Foot-Lieutenant Charles Marshall Foster to be Cap tor war , ' ed a despatch by an Arab to the American and tain, without purchase, vice Yard, promoted ; Ensign Prussian 'consuls. The letter never at rived. Six days John Garforth to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Faster ; Cornelius Francis Clery, Gent , to be Ensign , after it was returned, the messenger stating he had fallen - sick on the road, and final l y concluded to return. He was without purchase, vice Justice, appointed to the 55 th oot. immediately sent to prison. One hour after we arrived at 36th Foot—The appointment of Lieutenant William Tyler Mr. Dixon'e, the day after the outrage, the funeral ser- Stuart to be Adjutant, to bear date 2d, instead of 19th vice was held by a few friends, and we buried our dead of Feb. 1858. in the cemetery, where our beloved brother now lies 40th Foot—Ensign George Hobbs to be Lieutenant, by with the remains of sister Minor, and where they rest to purchase, vice Messenger, promoted ; Robert Brooks await the summons of the Re,urrection morning. The f Clarke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hobbs. day following Mr. Saunders and our Consul arrived 42d Foot—Lieutenant James William Mitchell, from the from Jerusalem. The 15th and 17th the governor was St. Helena Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice J. G. J. visited and urged to employ all his force to ferret out Stuart, who exchanges. 52d Foot—Ensign Thomas Simpson to be Lieutenant, the murderers. Up to the prese nt the Consul h as been • without purchase, vice Gibbons, killed in action. doing his utmost to get the Government to act in the 55th Foot—Lieutenant John George Echalaz to be Cap case. The Pasha here has been invited, not only by our tain, by purchase, vice Ball, who retires ; Ensign Jas. Consul, but by the Prussian Consul and others, and Francis Morton to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice entreated to take hold of the affair with a strong hand. Echalaz ; Ensign Philip W. Justice, from the 32d Foot, It is to be hoped that he is doing all in his power. The to be Ensign, vise Kenny, appointed to the 10th Foot; Government seems to be aware of its weakness, and in Henry Whewell Riley, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, such a crisis as this it may be well for ns to know the vice Morton. fact, that we may the more implicitly and truly rely 61st i F t Foot—William Edward Ness, Gent., to be ESulitgile upon the promises of Him who has promised to be with e f v rom h purchaseu t . hotafr 0; be A Assistant-Surgeon Arthur m • r, Assistant-Surgeon, vice cNab, His disciples even unto the end. The families have left promoted in the sth Foot. The Christian names of En their garden and removed into Jaffa. It is with no little sign Nugent, appointed without purchase on the 12th anxiety we wait for future development. In closing this Febrliary, 1853, are " William Sydney." lengthy epistle allow me to commend the afflicted, and 67th Foot—Ensign E. B Bass to be Lieutenant, without especially the widow and orphan babes, to your sym- purchase, vice Munro, appointed to the Royal Canadian pathy and earnest prayers of the lovers of the Mission. Rifle Regiment ; Alfred Adams Price, Gent., to be " Jerusalem, Feb. 3." Ensign without purchase, vice Bass. For Henry Charles Watson, Esq., formerly Paymaster of a Depot Battalion, to be Paymaster, which appeared in the Gazere of 26th tilt, read Captain Henry Charles Watson from half pay 3cl West India Regiment, to bo Paymaster. oth Foot—Alexander Boydell Wright, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hamilton, appointed to the 61st Foot. 80th Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel S. T. Christie to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Captain and Brevet-Major Robert Hawkes to be Major, without purchase, vice Christie ; Lieutenant C. F. Amiel, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hawkes ; Ensign F. F. Goddard, to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Amiel. 82d Foot—Lieutenant John Frederick Pilkington to be Captain, without purchase, vice John Gordon, de ceased. eed. Foot—Captain Joseph Davies, from half-pay Un attached, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major the Honour able E. J. W. Forester, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Herbert Stanley Cooper to be Captain, by purchase, vice Davies, who retires ; Ensign James Robert Cole brook, from the 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, viee Cooper. 87th Foot—Serjeant-Major Arthur Anderson to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Lloyd, promoted in the 14th Foot. 91st Foot—Lieut. William Squirl to be Captain, without purchase, vice Ling, appointed tothe 18th Light Dragoons; Ensign Hubert Plunkett Burke to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Squirl ; Chas. Lacon Harvey, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Burke. 98th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Griffin to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Fresson. promoted in the 10th Foot ; William O'Toole, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Griffin, promoted. 2nd West India Regiment—Ensign Edgar Wainwright Bishop to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Helps, who retires; Sidney Watkins Williams, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bishop. 3rd West India Regiment—Stephen Geo. Allman, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gair, appointed to the 6th Dragoon Guards. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—To be Lieutenants with out purchase—Lieut. William Meadows Ansell, from the 35th Foot ; Lieut. G. T. Munro, from the 67th Foot St. Helena Regiment—Lieut. John Glass Gordon Stuart, from the 42d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mitchell, who exchanges. DEPOT BATTALION. Captain Alexander Bruce Wallis, of the 33d Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry. UNATTACHED. Lieut. F. C. D'Epinay Barclay, from 12th Foot, to be Captain by purchase. The undermentioned Officers to have their Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant of the Gth October, 1854 : Brevet-Major Ed ward Fellowes, 11th Light Dragoons. Brevet-Major William Bellairs, 49th Foot. HOSPITAL STAFF. James Mackay, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces vice Kilroy, appointed to the 33d Foot. James Lander, Gent., to be Acting Assistant-Surgeon. Staff-Assistant Surgeon A. G. Power, M.D., has been permitted to resign his Commission. BREVET. Colonel Edward A. Parker, Retired Full Pay, Royal Marines (late Commandant of the Chatham Division), to have the honorary rank of Major• General under her Majesty's Order in Council of the 13th September, 1854. Captain Joseph Davies, of the 83d Foot, to be Major in the Army. MEMORANDIIM.—Captain William Douglas Hall Baillie, upon half-pay 82d Foot, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, he being about to become a settler in New Zealand. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 25. Corps of Royal Marines. —Gentleman Cadet Robt. Good Sharpe to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Lincoln—William Henry Adams, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Royal North Lincoln Cosby, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Lionel Dyinoke, promoted ; Lambert Uniacke, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice John Bell Brooking, promoted. Royal Berks Militia—Lieutenant Edward Tew Thomson to be Captain, vice Greene ay, resigned. Royal Monmouthshire Light Infantry Regiment of Militia--Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Morgan Clifford to be Colonel. Leicestershire Militia—George Alexander Moorhead to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Un win, promoted. 3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Lieutenant Lewis Hough to be Cap tain, vice Baynes, resigned ; Lieutenant Francis Nicholls to be Captain, vice Erlam, resigned. Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders—Assistant-Surgeon George Morison, AI. D. , to be Surgeon, vice Will, resigned. Regiment of Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia—Rodney Stuart Riddell, Gent., to be Lieutenant. The following article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday last :"- ..MEDIORANDII3I.—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of the Royal Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia, being designated " The Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders, and to be equipped sa a Highland Regi ment." NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Dapartment of the Accountant-General of the Navy, - Admiralty, Somerset-house, M rob 1, 1858. Notice is hereby given, to all parties interested therein, that preparations are now making for the intended dis tribution of proceeds from the slave brigantin.., name unknown, captured on the 7th June, 1846, by her Majesty ship Teezer. Agents or other persons having any just and legal de mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer, an .l paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court. Agents and all other persons holding powers of attor ney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Depart ment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admi ralty, Somerset-house. Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the commence ment of distribution; and at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be announced. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Jonathan Waite, woollen manufacturer, Yeadon Yorkshire. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 5. The Queen has seen graciously pleased to give orders for tip appointment of Maj >r-General Lord Howden, K.C.8., her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary to the Queen of Spain, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; and of Percy William Doyle, Esq., late her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Mexican Republic, and Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas Aiskew L ,rcom, R.E , Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to be Ordinary Mem bers of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Cora panions of the said Most Honourable Order. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Reilly, Esq., to be Police Magistrate for the district of Kingston, in the Island of St. Vincent ; Francis Ellis, Esq , to be a Member of the Council of the Turks and Caicos Islands; George Wall, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon; Alexander Gordon Fyfe, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Jamaica; and Alfred Whitman and Robert B. Dickey, Esqrs., to be Members of the Legislative Counci of the Province of Nova Scotia. CRO WN-OFFICE, MARCH 4. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Stamford—Johe Inglis, of Abercrombie place, Edinburgh, Dean of the Faculty of Advocate., and Lord Advocate of Scotland, in the room of Sir Frederic Thesiger, Knight, who has accepted the office of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Borough of Cockermouth—The Right Hon. Richard Southwell Bourke, commonly called Lord Naas, of Pal merstown Naas, in the county of Kildare, Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Trebled. Borough of Droitwich—The Right Hon. Sir John Somer set Pakington, Baronet, of Westwood Park, in the county of Worcester, First Commissioner for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Gnat Britain and Ireland. Borough of Virenlock—The Right Hon. George Cecil Weld Forester, of Willey Park, in the county of Salop, comptroller of her Majesty's Household. Borough of Bridgenorth—Henry Whitmore, of Sunnis side, Coal Brook Dale, in the county of Salop, Esquire, one of the Commissioners for executing the office of Trea surer of the Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. MARCH 5. University of Cambridge—The Right Hon. Spencer Horatio eValpole, Master of Arts, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. Borough of Huntingdon—Major-General Jonathan Peel, of Marble-hill, Twickenham, ono of her Majesty's Princi pal Secretaries of St,te. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Menem 5. 2d Regircieut of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. H. St. John Dick to be Captain, without purchase, vice Loftus, ap pointed to the bith Light Dragoons; Cornet William Thomas Foster to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dick. Gth Dragoon Guards--Lieut. Francis G. S. Curtis to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brett, appointed to the 18th Dragoons; Ensign Wm, Gair, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Cornet, without purchase, in suc cession to Lieut. Vyse, killed in action. 2d Dragoons--Lieut. J. E. Swindley, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to bo Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Clarke, ,promoted. 3d Light Dragoons—Fred risk Grant Forsyth Grant, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Blundell, pro moted. sth Light Dragoons—Cornet Edward Francis Weaver, from the let Dragoons, to be Cornet and Adjutant; Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Luke Barron, M.D., to be Surgeon. 7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Frank Garforth to be Captain, without purchase, vice Slade, appointed to the sth Light Dragoons ; Cornet Richard Newsbana Pedder to bo Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Garforth. 9th Light Dragoons—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Aisne Ouvry, C. 8., to be Lieutenant Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel J. H. Grant, K.C.8., promoted to the rank of Major-General ; Brevet-Major William Drysdale to be Major, without purchase, vice Ouvry ; Lieutenant A. Eastfield Wilkinson to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Drysdale ; Cornet Piers Thursby to be Lieutsnant, without purchase, vice Wil kinson ; Robert Bury, Gent,, to be Cornet, without pur chase, vice Thursby. 10th Light Dragoons---Cornet John Gore to be Lieuten ant, without purchase, vice Stacy, promoted in the 18th Light Dragoons. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant E. Harnett to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major Fellowes, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6. 1854 ; Cor net Arthur Peel Gannett to be Lieutenant, without purchase. 12th Light Dragooe s—Cornet Wm. Edward Shaw to be Lieutenant, vice Gemmel, promoted in the sth Light Dragoons. 14th Light Dragoons —Cornet Percy Dodgson, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Giles ' promoted; William Atcherley Atcherley , G out., to be Cornet, 15th Light Dragoons—Surgeon Wm. Godfrey Watt, from the sth Foot, to be Surgeon. 16th Light Dragoons—Cornet Leonard Wilson Atkin son, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice J. Dynon, promoted in the sth ight Dragoons. 18th Light Dragoons—Surgeon Henry Mapleton, M.D., from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon. Military Train—The surname of the Lieutenant, promoted on the Bth inst., is Applin, not Aplin. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensiga and Lieutenant Godfrey Wentworth Beaumont to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Edward Brownlow, who retires; Francis W. Garden Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Beaumont. 2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Hatchell to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Dowdeswell, whose ap pointment from 89th Foot has been cancelled ; James Campbell Stratford, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice J. J. Armstrong, who has been superseded, being absent without leave ; Selwyn Valentine Page, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hatchell. 3d Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant F. Eteson, from the 52d Foot, vice Daly, who has re tired upon full pay ; Lieutenant H. G. E. Somerset, from the 81st Foot. To be Lieutenant, without purchase —Ensign Charles Deyman Baillie, vice Reade, promoted. To he Ensigns, without purchase—Charles Warren Mel lor, Gent., vice Baillie ; Wm. Henry Irvine, Geut., vice Mansvrgb, appointed to 75th Foot. 4th Foot—Ensign Richard Boyce to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Cox, whose appointment from 20th Foot has been cancelled ; John Grant Tomlin, Gent., to be En sign, Without purcase, vice Sharpe promoted. sth Foot—Lieut. John Creagh to be Adj utant, vice Haig, killed in action; Assistant-Surgeon RobtaMcNab, M.D., from 61st Foot, to be Surgeon, the promotion not to carry pay until sth March. 6th Foot—Major J. E. Robertson to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase ; Captain and Brevet-Major E. J. Blanckley to be Major, without purchase, vice Robert son ; Lieut. John Dawson to be Captain, without pur• chase, vice Blankley ; Ensign C. Whyte to be. Lieut , without purchase, vice Dawson; Wm. Smith, Gent., to bo Ensign, without purchase, vice Wastle, promoted; Thomas Greer Saunders, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bowers, promoted. 7th Foot—The Christian names of Ensign Loveridge are Henry William, and not Edward Henry, as stated in the Gazette of the 2d ult. Bth Foot—Harold John Kinsman, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mounsteven, died of his wounds. 9th Foot Thomas Elrnes, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ridsdale, promoted. 10th Foot—Lieut. Charles Hill Fresson, from the 93th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Fenton, whose appointment from half-pay, Unattached, as stated in Foot—Lieut. theot_GazLetitecoot. W. R. 0m fl2thJamn.o,olrB2sB,, from thehasbeen d csa2ncelled. 13th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. 14th Foot—Lieut. Hugh Lloyd, from the 87th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. 15th Foot --The promotion of the undermentioned officers to be dated 20th, not 9th, Feb., 185 S, as previously stated :—Brevet-Major George P. Hume, from 58th Foot, and Brevet-Major John C. Mansergh, from 6th Foot. 20th Foot —Lieut. Wellington Mitchell has been permitted to resign his Commission. 22d Foot—Major D. Anderson to b e Lieutenant-Colonel, withont peasapss. To ho Majors, without purchasa Captain J. If. Graham., vice Anderson ;f Captain Bowden • Brevet -Major H. D. Neville, rom Ist Foot. 23d Foot—EnsignW. A. Fitzroy to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Hackett, promoted ; Archibald Robert Win stanley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitzroy. 28th Foot - Ensign Charles Thackeray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice E. S. R. Smyth, who retires ; Arthur Holden Turner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thackeray. 30th Foot—Frederick garoourb Williamson, Gents, to bJ BANKRUPTS. William Dutton, grocer, Watling-street. William Newbould Seaton, knife manufacturer, Shef. field. Thomas Lenney, boot manufacturer, North Shields. James Shaw, Joseph Shaw, William Shaw, and Luke Shaw, woollen manufacturers, Elland, Y o rkshire. John Kaye. innkeeper, Huddersfield. Matthias Told , rps, merchant, Seething-lane. Samuel Cross, timber merchant, Lime-street. Edward Stobart, warehouseman, Edgeware-road. Richard Cycles Tomkiuson, yr. stationer, Birmingham. Frederick-W. Martin, tobacconist, 131, Fleet-street. Julius G. Shepherd, brickmaker, Halstead, Essex. Judah Golding, boot and shoemaker, brick-lane, White chapel. Henry Harris. sewed muslin warehouseman, Bread street-hill, City. William Chapman Haigh, woolstaper, Bradford. John Sharp, innkeeper and farmer, Tickhill, Yorkshire. James Chandler, innkeeper, Stored. David James Lewis, boot and shoe maker, Cardiff. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Henry M‘Geo, boot and shoe maker, Glasgow. John Lamioson, shipowner, Glasgow. Patrick Rose, writer, Ding wall. Abraham Freyd, jeweller, Glasgow. Thomas Aird, wood merchant, Dowies Mill, near Cra mond Bridge. Alexander Davidson Veitch, writer, Forfar. BANK OF ] An Account, pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Weinesda ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the 3d day of March, 1858. 'ABTELENT. ISSUE DEP. Notes Issued . ....... 31,260,315 Government debt•• .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 16,785,315 Silver bullion.. • •. .. MARRIAGES. BARKITORTII Well SIIITII—On the 3d inst , at Ferriby, Yorksbiro, by the Rev. Charles Otway Mayne PrebondarY of igi assisted by the Ven. Ro ert Mosley Master, Archdeacon 0 Manchester, uncles of the bride, Henry Baskworth, F.,5*!, of Tranby, to Catherine Hester eldest daughter of_ Inds mund Smith, Esq., of Ferriby, 'formerly of the East IlloP• Company's Madras Civil Service. DEATHS. Bath,General Au ANDREWS—On the 3d inst., at yellers, tus Andrews, C. 13., aged 79 . CLIFFORD—On the 28th ult. , Clifford. at 37, Jewry-street, Aldgate, gr. CLIFTON— On the 4 th inst., at Rome, Hugh Charles, Lord George Walker Clifton, aged 35 . Esq., solicitor, of King's Arms•yard, c te DAcTE—On the 3d inst., at Putney, Wm. Scad,,,aanasorneTtreettoiot: aged 78, Bea r.Adnli` i of AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. i ral Sir E. S. Travers, K.rt. TRATERS—On the 4th inst., at Great Yarmouth, Esq., The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado `good, , puled edfro© the returns made in the week ending Sugar, March , 2, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Cu t s ores paid or corn - , Wooo—On the 2d inst., at Dover, Johnto], payable thereon, ou the importation thereof into Great dred, aged 63. _M_e_l_toa_Hilli Siiffolk, coroner for the Liberty of St. 14 _____---------- ____—_ _ _ ____ __ Britain : MIIRDO It l9Ll4°' From the British Possessions in America "' d• LONDON : Printed and Published by _ Offi ce, 4 Muscovado, the produce of the Ala.uritius 23 8 of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun uniu't_ up ty Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies descriptions, Itv er age of the above demi 18 8 1 • of 1111,:lles,x, Saturday, March 6, 186$. 27 101 £31,260,315 • £31,26 ',315 AI. AISRSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 4th day of March, 1858. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital 14,55 7 1,000 'test • • .. • • Public deposits (in cluding E‘ellequer, Commissio hers of National Debt, Say ing,' Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 5,163,1 c',B Other deposits Seven Day and other Bills . • ........ 901,772 ;overnment securities (includg.lleadWeight Annuity) •• • 9,902,450 Other Securities 17,306,470 bocce ..... . 11,216,925 Gold and Silver Coin 831,963 £31 1 ,257,813 31 18! 1 £39,257,913 1, MARSHALL, Zlltef Cashier. Dated the 4th day Country Markets. LIVERPOOL. MARCH 5. The wind still continues from the east, and no supplies have reached us since Tuesday. The trade is without any change either in demand or prices. A fair attendance to day, and some parcels of American spring wheat were taken at 6s Id and 6s 2d to hold over, but other descrip tions rather neglected, and in the few sales effected the rates of Tuesday were scarcely maintained. Flour dull, at late rates. Oats and meal quiet. Barley and beans in more demand, and dearer. Indian corn more inquiry, and advanced 6d----Black Sea and mixed American waking 34s 6d, white 35s per qr. WAKEFIELD-MARCH 5. There was a moderato business for wheat and sellers held rather firmly for fu►l prices. Oats and shelling with out alteration. Barley rather dearer. Beans dull. AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK IINDING -MARCH 1, 1853. Wheat 4143 quarter's, at 45s 4id Barley Oats — „ P —8 Od Beans, lOB ~ 39s 6d Peas 52 „ s 45 3d EXETER—Kowa 5. • CORN.—Wheat, 68 01 to 6s 3d ; barley, 4s to, Is 3d ; grinding do., OF Od to Os Od. Oats, 2s 6d to 28 9d. Beans, Os Od to 0 Od. Peas, OOs Od to OOs Od. FLOUR.—Fine, 33s Od to 34s Od; seconds, —s Od to 32s Od per sack. CATTLE. —There was a small supply of bullocks. Best beef, from 9s Od to 10s Od per score ; inferior, 7s to 8i per score ; fat calves, 6d to 60d per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to Os Od. per score ; cows and calves, 2/. to 181. to ; butchers' calves, Od to 'Td per lb., rearing calves —s to —8 each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21.5 s to 31. 5s per couple; ewes, Od to 6td ; wethers, 7d —d; lambs, 7Ad to 0 per lb. Pigs, large size, —s to —s ; second size, —s to —a ' • slips, —4 to —s ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 4id per lb. Pork carcases from 8s 6d to 9s Od per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—Mencu 5. The market has been very dull this week both for raw and refined, and with the exception of one cargo of Mau ritius, 7,000 mats, sold floating for delivery here, we are not aware of any transactions this week ; prices, however, are firm, and purchases cannot be made at reduced rates. Rum steady, but very little offering of any description. COAL MARKET.-31ARcm 5. No ships at market. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY. 11 15 Gibraltar •• •:•• -- Ditto, three months .. 11 17 Leghorn .. Rotterdam 11 17 Genoa ...............25 55 Antwerp •• .• .• •• •• .• •• 25 7 231 Milan •• •... •• •• s• •• itrussels .... • 25 3231 Venice liamburgn •• •• •• •• •• 13 6 Napier., -• •• •• •• 423 Altona .. •••••• •• •• •• • • . • Palermo •• • • Paris • • ...... 25 15 Messina ... 125 Do. three months .... 25 3731 Lisbon ...... ..• • ..•• 513{ Marseilles ............ 25 40 Oporto ......... • 511 gourdeaux - • Rio Janeiro .. Frankfort-on-Maine • 118% Buenos Ayre5...... ., Berlin ............... Now York,6o days' sight Vienna • • .... 10 32 Philadelphia ...... trieste•• •• •• •• •• •• 10 32 PAICES or lIILL/ON, 71C3 OZ: eetersburg 31 3 4 Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ... 48% Portugal Gold Coin -- 0 0 0 Cadiz • •• •• •• •• •• •, 50 Mexican Dollars ... 00 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Barcelona - • • Seville • . LOCAL SHARE MARKET' LIVERPOOL—MARCH 5. STOCK EXCHANGE—The market opened flat, and after a slight improvement became dull, closing at the lowest. Birkeaheads, 72i 3 —Caledonian., 47$ $ —Chester and Holyhead, 19i 6—Eastern Counties, 12 1-16—East Lan cashire, 914 2 —Great Western 60 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 92 --London and North Western, 96i 711— t Sheffields, 40 4-Midlands, 91 9—North British, 13/ - -Berwicks, 22$ i—York and North Midland, 39i t -Leeds Northern, 24i s—Dovers, 224 —Dutch Rhenish, 3i $ dis.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 12 a Great Western of Canada, 19“. &lANCHESTER, MARCH 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was only a moderate busi ness at steady prices. Midland, 99—Londons, 97 Dovers, 22 5-14—Eastern Counties, 12 —Trunks, 124 Canadas, 19 B —Ditto, New, 1 5-16 dis.—Leeds, 921—Shsf• fields, 39i—Birkenhead Stock, 72U—Berwieks, 23g. DIRMINGHA3I, MARCH 5. STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was dull to•day t end prices of shares were all lower. London and North Western closed at 976 x.d.—Midlands at 99i x.d.---Great Westerns at 59 6—North Staffords at 36 to 3N—South Staffords, li;i x.d. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles I Recell 3lB •___ opened. NAME OF RAILWAY. _____,------,- 1857. 186 7. _......... 18 '‘ -...------- 65 Belfast aann,d BRITISH. £ - Aberdeen .... • • .... ••••.. • • .. ..... ..- , - 0 61 1,027 CBoallunyinteDnoav;n. .. .. • :...... - 32 Birkenhead, Lanca y shire, and Cheshire 1,34" s '172 2 26% Bolton,Blackburn,and West York •• .• 4 9 93 5,111 118 Bristol and Exeter ...... • ....• • • ............. 1. •• " 52,110 11,830 198% Ca1ed0nian.......... •••--- . • • • • • 4 773 4,884 94 4 Chester and Holyhead.• •..•••• •• •• • • ' 163 173 6)4 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••• • •• 218 206 20 Cork and Bandon .....• •......... • • . „ , 1 , 0 77 56 Dublin and BelfastJ unction ••.. - - 2,v0• -- 63 Dublin and Drogheda.. • ..• •••.•.. .. Last 1 . 331 40M, Dublin and Kingstown • ..• •• .. •... • .1,241 1,353 17 II Dundee and Arbroath ••-•••• • • • • • • 527 647 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 936 1,000 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen.• .... • • .... 453 477 67% East Ang1iam....................... 169 976 93 East Lancashire •• • ................. 5,325 6,120 489 Eastern Counties and N0rf01k...... 1 21,495 21,7 57 Eastern Union • ............. • • • •• j 5,025 4, 36 . 142 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • ....... •• 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee .• • • • • 6 Exeter and Credlton.. • • ............ 2,_350 3, 8 1 1 .... 22 Furness Railway •• • ••••••• • • • • • • • - 183% Glasgow, and South-Western.• ••• •• • 283 Great Northern .. - . 203)4 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5. 94 6 • 6 2. 0 . 465 2 5 1 '9 16 6 : 2Vlt i l Great Western ••••••••.•.. . . .. .. .. 23,932 34 2 6 " 249 9 2 0 6 Irfainsh.SoteurthanEdasctaxernlis.l.e:........................ .2 0 531 286 % Lancashire and Yorkshire ••••• • • • •• - Leeds Northern .. • • ... • • • • • • • • • • •• •• - 161 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... - - --- 2 u 0 1 , 4 17A 2 1 2, 490 647 London and North Western -•. • ..... 52,008 5 5, 732 5 % London and Blackw all 183% London, Brighton, and South Coast- 9 , 860 10,912 289% London and South Western. •• .• .... 11,332 11,696 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen .• •••• - 534 6.6 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - - 8, 173% Manchester, Sheffield,and Lincolnshire 154 1,803 9% Manchester and South Junction • • .... 797 813 28 Maryport and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • .. 998 1,068 667 Midland •••••• • - - • • ......... 30,67 29,733 177. Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 3,106 3,35 3 62 Monklands .• .............- ........ - -- -• 2174438973 North-WesternNNN eoo N e wcas t le t t chha St affordshire ttlaeff Br itish a or n d d s. Carlisle.. 1... s ... I e ... .... .... .... z: :: z: ..z . .... .... .... .... .... •' 4 ,79 3 4 26:72-9,75 3 26 :2 i • .74(iii 596 874 50 Scottish Central • • • • • • •••• • • •• •• • • • • '- - 22 % Scottish Midland ••••••••• • - • ' •• • • 1,398 1,733 2 9 Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• •• •• 2, 161 2,70 4853 Shrewsbury and Chester •••••• • • '• '• 730 715 30 Shropshire Union •••••• • • • • • 2 , 071 2,134 57 South Devon "• ••••••"•• •• •• •"' - 13,788 14,37 6 301% South Eastern • ........... • •• • ' •• •• •• 6,720 6,146 171 South Wales .. •• .. •••• •••-•• • • • • • • 2,737 2,47 1 108% South York., Doncaster, and Goole .• 4,049 4, 230 53 Taff Vale ••••••••••••• • •• - •• •• • • • • 12.68 083 982 1,150 77 Waterford and Limerick ••.•.•• • •• •• b 79 64 1 27 West Cornwall ••.• - ..... • •• • •• • 380 "- 12% Whitehaven Junction .••••••• • • • • • .. 682 • York and Newcastle, and Berwick & ...• • York and North Midland & Leeds.. - rousrais. 109 Dutch Rhenish .................... 2, _ll3 1,60 9 1 344 Lyons and Mediterranean .......... ..- 63 Montereau and Troyes .............. - - Namur and Liege .. • • .......... •• • • - -- 539 Northern of France ................ 40,164 37,3 30 - Orleans and Central .. - .. -• 434 Paris and Lyons .. •......... .... - 588 Paris and Rouen. ........ • • .• • • •• •• - 886 Paris and Strasburgh ••.. • •-• •• .• • • _ . - - aouen and ilavre • • .... ...... •• • •• - 596 West and North-West of France •• •• ''' ' . 0p m ..................... ar -------- 6,111 11,630 4,884 173 206 1,077 1.331 1,363 647 1,000 477 975 ' 6,120 21,7 57 4, •.36 3,811 6,09 9 21,575 1,500 24 234 249 6,40 0 29,538 THE MIIRDEU IN THE ' IIAYIIARBET.—FIINEIIAL Of THE Dfccuesen.-*--The funeral of the unfortunate woman, neloise Toaubin, took place yesterday morning, at the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Chelsea. The mourners , 17 in number, occupied two mourning coaches and a couple of cabs. A great crowd had collected in front of the undertaker's, in New Compton-street, Soho, to witness the departure of the mournful cortege. Groups of people had collected at several points of the route, to catch a glimpse of the funeral. Upon the arrival of the body at the cemetery, where a crowd. _had assembled, the usual Roman Catholic services for the burial of tit! dead were read over the body of the unfortuna te deceased, both in the' chapel''and at the grave ; atter which garlands of immortelles were hung upon the shrubs adjacent to the grave by her female friends. After the funeral service was over, the mourners, It° were all foreigners, paid a visit to the grave of sa. Charles Lecomte, a French refugee, who was buried there in the early part of last year. BIRT H.S. BALL— On the 3d inst., at 18, Park-street Westminster, Mrs. John Ball, of a son and heir. FrouLkas —On the 4 th inst., at Mold, the wife of J. Jooe l l ll Ffoulkes, Esq., of Eriviatt, High Sheriff of Denbighshir e ► of a daughter. MILLS—On the 6th that., at 9, Grosvenor-square, the Lady Louisa Mills, of a daughter. P AGET —On the 4th inst., at 23, Berkeley-square, the Lad George Paget, of a son.