The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-20 00:00:00

~~ ti I IRE LAND. CATTLE SHOW. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. SPEECH OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT AT THE DERRY The banquet given by the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland, at their annual show, took place yesterday at Lon donderry. Nearly five hundred noblemen and gentlemen were present. As an indication of the increasing prosperity of Ireland, this year's exhibition is very satisfactory. The entries, in every department, except shorthorns, have been more numerous than at any previous show, and iu the imple ment yard there is also an increase of competing articles. At the conclusion of the banquet, the Earl of Eglinou ad dressed the company. It will be observed that in his allu sions to the sectarian animosities that divide the people of Ireland be closely followed in the footsteps of his predeces sor, who never let an opportunity slip when ise could nculcate peace and harmony. His Excellency, after referring to the vast and hadbeneficial changes which the Royal Agricultural Society accormo plished In Ireland, changes affecting £31,000, ..of p - petty, went on to say with more than his Finial ugour of expression —There is nothing which has .. g . averi merea . ter gratification in the whole course of my . me than the im provement wbich I found in Ireland since I was last here. The cloud that appeared at one time to have settled perma nently over her has been dispersed. Everything now shines over the island. The s cience—net only the practice, but the science—of agriculture is spreading throughout the country. Your hills and yoar rich past ures ar e teeming with sheep; your rents are paid with a punctuality not exceeded else where; your poor-houses are half empty; ycur labourers are employed ; crime has decreased ; railways are extend ing their useful influence over the country; political strife is, I may say, almost in abeyance, and civil and religious liberty is established on so firm a basis that the man who would advocate a return t o bi go t r y wou ld be set down as insane. (Laud and continued cheer ing.) There is but one pieente snot left, and that I trust has almost ceased to tester. Nothing but sectarian animosity stands in the way of Ireland enjoying hap piness and prosperity unsurpassed by any nation on earth, and for which her internal resources, her fertility, and the genius of her people eminently qualify her. (Great cheer ing.) These animosities have, no doubt, to a great extent ' departed with customs and enactments, some of which tended to foster them, and some of which ought, perhaps, never to have existed. The bow of peace and safety seems to have arched its fair circle before us, but as yet the form of the rainbow is too harshly define 4 and the colours too distinct. As the orange and green present too strong a contrast to each other, so do these quarrels and heart burnings prevent that perfect union and brotherly love which ought to exist among you, and I trust that they will fade ere long, and that they will soon be blended into the harmonious glow of a cloudless and meridian sky. (Loud cheers) I hive on many public occasions, as on this, expressed my opinion of the great improvement that has taken place in Ireland. lam accused, by those who are not intimately connected with the subject, of partiality in colt sr lag the subject too hiehly ; but I am not only sure that I am correct in my estimate, but if you will for a few minutes allow me to go into such dry matters as figures, I will prove that lam correct. (Hear, bear.) I will not go to any dis tant period or to any exceptional cases to take my compari son with the present time. I will only go to the period when I was here before in the year 1852. If I were to go farther, no doubt the comparison might be more striking, but it would not be so fair. I rejoice to say that the im provement Is not only progressive, but that it is rapidly on the Increase. Of course not only by such a company as this, but by Irishmen generally, it will be admitted that agriculture is the main interest of Ireland, and I shall therefore begin with it. There is no doubt that the present improvement which has taken place in that interest has been arrived at by great effort and by very great individual suffering. For the latter lam not answerable; for the former I take no credit to myself ; and as regards my colleagues, they sincerely rejoice in the fact that the prospects of Ireland are improved. (Hear.) Dur ing the period, not of a great many years, land of the value sif twenty-one millions has changed hands ; and as new pos sessors are almost always improving, we may calculate that more than 10 per cent. has been laid out upon land. We may therefore calculate that considerably more than two millions have been paid out in that way ; five millions have been granted by Parliament for internal drainage, improvement of rivers, and cther things of that sort, and sixteen millions in the way of loan. It is only of late years the results of those great efFsrts have begun to tell; but they have begun to tell in a manner the most satisfac tory. (Hear, hear.) I have said that I would read for you some figures; I have reduced them to so small a nuraber that I think they will not weary you here. The first item which I shall bring before you is the enormous increase of live stock in Ireland since i 852. In round numbers there has been an increase of 85,000 horses, 570,000 cattle, 730,000 sheep, and 330,000 pigs. (Hear.) Calcula•ing them at the mode rate price of X,B each for hones, £6los. for cattle, 22e. for sheep, and 255. for pigs, it makes in all the enormous increase in the value of property in Ireland in live stock alone of £5,716,000. (Cheers.) I shall now merely state one fact as regards the increase of acreage that is now under cultivation, notwithstanding the enormous increase of pasture. In 1852, in round numbers the acreaee under cultivation was 5,739,000, and in 1857 it was 5,881,000, making an increase of 49,700. (Hear.) There is another matter of the greatest possible importance to Ireland, namely, the decrease of pauperism. I will state a very few figures upon that point. The total nutnber of paupers in 1852 was 590,775; in 1857 they were 190,823, being a decrease of almost one-half. In the county Dert y they were 4,699 in 1852, and they are now 3,269. (Cheers.) The average of poor rates over land is ls. in the pound; in England it is ls. 9 i.; and in Sc nlaed is. 4d. (Hear, hear.) There is only one other item which I will bring before you, and that is the enormous decrease of crime. The total num- ber of offenees;e;e7tedlo ' lheln:p . eTtor:GeneralinfBo2 was 7,824. In 1857 it was 4,032, being a decrease of nearly one-half. (Hear.) Of the homicides there was a decrease of about 30, in a similar period, from 16-2. Of crimes ea tirelv of an agrarian nature in 1852 there were 100 cases; in 11357 only 23. (Hear, hear.) Of robberies and bur gle• ies there were, in 1852 , 3,420 ; in 1857 there were 1,272. As regards a most important item—namely, incendiary tires, maiming of cattle, and other crimes of that sort, in 1852 there were 1,507 offences; in 1857 there wee only 75.5. Of threatening notices, in 18.52, there were 776; in 1857 only 271. I have only one other item of figures to bring before you, which is, that in cases of ejection tore non payment of rent, in 1852 the number was 6,5.50; in 1857 it was only 919. (Hear, bear, and cheers.) Gentlemen, I trust I am not wearying you. (No, no, and cheers.) I cannot but feel that, to go away f om figures, I have some little reason to be proud, when talking of the improvements in this country, that the two great events which have taken place within the last few weeks have occurred during my residence amongst you. I allude to th e l a yin g o f the 1 Atlantic cable and the establishment of a transatlantic packet station in Ireland. I think I am justified in saying that the former is the most extraordinary instance in ancient or modern enterprise--the most signal nierneh and the ereatest wonder the world has ever see n . (Cheers.) Of the result ofthis it is of course impossible to form a conjecture; but we know this much, that it must be beneficial not only to this country but to the whole human race. (hear.) Of the other—l mean the steam communication beta een Gal Nay and America —I feel the most confidant anticipation, and I am net too sanguine in telling you that, ere long, Galway will be the high-road of communication, for passengers and mails at least, between England and America. (Prolonged cheering.) And now, gentlemen, before I sit dowe, you must allow me to say a few words with rospect to this old and interesting city, in which I find myself. (Applause.) Coming here as I did for the first time yesterday, I was net only struck with the beauty of its position, but I could not help referring to the interesting traditions and glorious memories which are associated with it. (Enthusiastic cheers.) I could not help going back to its earliest dates, and remem bering that in ages and ages long gone by, before the Danes or the Saxons came amongst you, on the spot where now stands 3 our commodious and beautiful city there stood Daire Calgo'c-h, " the city of the fierce wart-into." I fear the name was symbolic, not oely of the people then existieg, but of the spirit winch, in comperative ly modern times, gave Derry a world-e etc celebrity. (Hear, hear.) Then it came, from Daire Caleoich, " the city of the fist ce warriors," to be Derry C tlumbkill, " the c ty rf the pious saint." Then, in after years, in the time of the first James, it had prefixed to it the name of !he metropolis, and required for itself that commercial character which has ever sirce distinguished it; and I think I may note say that it is every day snore and more reverting to its own originel Deity, thereby showing that it requires no aid from warrior, saint, or community, but that it can stand neon its own le sources, and rely upon tie energies of its own people. As regards the improeemeet of Itelanst, I may say, with re spect to the spirit of the people of Londonderry, you have shown more pubic spirit than any other town. As I said, I think, before to-day, with the single exception of Belfat, you have shown more public spirit and more self-reliance than any town in Ireland. (Cheers.) I feel sure by what I heard to-day that that public spirit, so far from dying away, is only in its infancy, and if I may be allowed to go to ' another recollection of Londonderry, I feel some little pride in remembering that I am not the first of my family who has been here. I feel proud in remem bering that the first Protestant Bishop of Derry, a predecessor of my right reverend friend and host, was one of my own family. The first Protestant Bishop of Derry was Doctor George Montgomery, who was closely allied with my own family in Scotland, and a mother of the firsi, Montgomery was ennobled in Ireland. I re joice to think that that name, although I cannot lay claim to any affinity with the owner of it, is not now degenerate, and that 1 believe a townsman of your own, at all events one who was educated among you, Robert Mont gomery, is now one of the most disinguished officers in India. (Cheers.) When I mention India, I am sure I should not be pardoned if I did not advert to the fact that the two great brothers, the Lawreecee, were also educated here. (Applause.) One, unfortunately, lives no longer, except io the grateful memory of his country. The other, I trust, will live to see many years of honour, of credit to himself, and utility to his country. (Hear, hear.) And now, gentlemen, I cannot find myself in this city for the first time without adverting to and expressing my admira tion of the defence of your city in the 17th century, and it is a defence of which you hive every right to be proud— (loud cheers)—which has been immortalised before, but which bas been brought before you lately in still brighter colours by the pen of Macaulay—(hear, hear) — a defence which we cannot find paralleled in modern times, except, perhaps, in the celebrated sieges of Kars and Locknow. (Hear, bear.) I read that in the end of the last ce ntury the ceremony of the opening of the gates of Derry was celebrated with the greatest Pomp—that in the proces sion which then took place there were not only all the autho rities and dignitaries of the town, not only the Bishop of Derry, but the Roman Catholic Bishop, attended by many of his clergy. I read that er, theareeasien a sermon was preached by a pious and distinguished townsman of your own, Dr Vaughan Sampson, in which he inculcated humenity,and ma deration, and brotherly love. In the course of that ser mon h e said, "If you will dr aw an example frora your forefathers, a lesson suited to this so lemn hour, in you will be pious in your courage, you will be moderate your opinions, you will not only say in your h ear ts Glory to God in the highest,' but you will also say, Peace on earth, good will among men." (Hear, and app lause.) There is no man who admires nationality more than I do ; there is no man who thinks more highly of patriotism ; and I believe that it is from such feelings have sprung almost all the hiehe=t attri butesand the greatest ac of humanity, I have alluded and which have ever been performed. But all rejoicings, su ch as , bad blood should be discontinued if they lead to s.rif, clvtoT, blood ; and I cannot too strongly inculca t e t his upon , and not only on you, for I believe I am not speaking to any one who does not agree with me— ( hear), — bn t to thousaads of your fellow countrymen, who are prover bial for their loyalty, and unimpeachable in their patriotisra, but perhaps too uncompromising in their demonstra tions. (Laughter and applause.) Let the words which I have just quoted sink deep into your minds, and while you take a just pride in the courage, and zeal, and fidelity of your an cestors within their old walls, every stone of which tells histories of their patriotism, romantic in their thrilling interest, I pray you to abandon all emblems of party spirit, w hich is no imager required as a triumph over your own brethren—all symbols of sanguinary strife ' which now lives and which I trust, with Goe's but in the page of hi stor y , blessing, will never again be revived—(hear, hear)—and as Nay Colunabkille succeeded DRlre co go i ch so let the ne. spirit of Christianity and good-will remain. Let the demo hen of strife vanish for ever , a nd let Derry not only open gates, but her heart, to all, both Celt and Saxon, whatever may be their race or religious persuesion. His excellency resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic and prolonged cheering. His Excellency's historical investigations into the history of the siege of Derry will be considered felicitous enough by the " ap - prentice. boys ;" but after his reference to the reli gious difference° of the people of Ireland, it would have been better had he not touched en such a tender topic. Were the Earl cf Eglinton in Derry when the Orangemen commemorate the " siege," to the great annoyance of the Roman Catholic inhabitants, he would hardly have alluded to it in a mixed assembly. Amongst those present at the banquet were the Earl of Erne, Lord Lifford, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord Dunlo, Lord Talbot de Matahide, Earl Berners the Bishop of Derry, Sir Robert Bateson, Sir Robert Ferguson, Sir E. Hayes, Col. Dunne, Col. Taylor, M.P.; Gen. Gough, Admiral Hamilton, See., &c. ADDRESS TO LORD PALMERSTON. A special meeting of the town commissioners of Sligo was held on Monday, to consider the propriety of presenting an address to Lord Palmerston. Mr. W. C. Tute occupied the chair. Mr. MOSES MONDS, J. P., in an eloquent address, said that there could be no second opinion as to the pro priety of presenting an address to Lord Palmerston on the occasion of Ins visit here. As the town and harbour corn minioners represented, as a body, all classes in Sligo, he thought the address could emanate from them. No doubt there were differences of opinion betwixt the members; some where Whigs, some were Radicals, and, like himself, some were Conservatives; but he thought they could all unite in admiration of his lordship's abilities and indomitable courage, and for his hearty love and regard for the interests and honour of this country. They could also all fully appreciate and concur in respect for his excellent character as a private gentleman and landlord. He thought they might also be able to go a little further unanimously and express their full concurrence in the voice of the nation at a period if great difficulty in the history of the country; and when misrule, mismanagement, and job bery reduced the nation to the great crisis in the Russian war Lord Palmerston was the man called upon to conduct it through that arduous struggle. So fir, they could all go unanimously, whether they were Whigs or Conservatives. He thought that the commissioners would be all happy to convey their esteem and respect to the foremost man of the age, whose word till yesterday might have stood against the e world. He then moved that a committee be appointed t prepare an address to his lordship. Mr. ANDREW WALKER said that, as one of Lord Palmerston's tenants, he coincided in every word that had dropped from Mr. Mends, and therefore seconded the motion, which was put to toe meeting and carried unani mously The committee then retired to prepare the address, and during their absence a message was sent to his lordship, in quiring whether he would be pleased to receive the address, and if so, what hour would be most convenient for him ? His Lordship' expressed his willingness to receive the address, and fixed four o'clock fir its presentation. At four o'clock the commissioners proceeded in a body to his lordship's rent-office, where they were met by his lord ship. Mr. WILLIAM C. TUTg, chairman, read the following Address : " To the Right Hon. the Viscount Palmerston. " We, the commissioners of the town and harbour of Sligo, including also the members of the mu nici p al corpora tion, beg respectfully to address your lordship on the occa sion of your present visit. " Respecting, as our body does, all classes in Sligo, and consisting of men of different political opinions, we ad uuite in expressing our high admiration of your lordship's public and private character. "Having responded to the call of the nation to guide its affairs at a most critical period of its history, your lordship, by indomitable energy and consummate ability, conducted the arduous stru g gle to a successful issue, maintaining in its integrity the honour, dignity, and independence of our country. " Feeling, as we know your lordship does, a deep interest in the prosperity of this locality, you will be gratified to hear that, although our progress is slow, the trade and commerce of the town are steadily increasing. We have also made considerable improvements in our harbour, unaided, so far, by any public grant, and aro still devoting our limited in come to the same object, being encouraged to do so by the knowledge of the fact that this port is capable of being made the first on the west coast of Ireland, and at the present its trade exceeds any other in the province. " We are happy to have this opportunity of expressing to your lordship the high esteem in which you are held as a kind and generous landlord, and trust you may long be spared to assist in the councils on the nation, and to preside over year tenantry." The address was signed by upwards of 20 commissioners. His LORDSHIP then said—Gentlemen? I beg very sin cerely to thank you for this very kind and flattering mark of your goodwill and esteem. It is the more gratifying to me under the circumstances you mention that it proceeds from a body representing all classes and all political opi nions. You are pleased to mention the manner in which I and my colleagues of the late Government performed those duties which we were severally called upon to dis charge. All that is a matter of history now, and we may speak of it with more freedom. I was certainly called upon by our Sovereign to form a Government, under great difficulty, at a moment when other persons who had, before that time, been the heads of Administration, from various reasons declined or were unable to form a Ministry. I felt that, eceepting, under these circum stances, the charge which my Sovereign was graciously pleased to impose upon rne, I should be supported by the generous confidence of the country. I called to act along with me colleagues of ability and integrity in whom I had a perfect confidence; and I atn glad to say that we were able to bring to a successful termination the arduous war in which we found the country involved—the arduous, just, and necessary war. It was unanimously agreed to by the country, and, acting in co-operation with the allies of our Sovereign, we succeeded in bringing that war to a successful and honourable termination—we succeeded in obtaining from our enemy a peace entire and satisfactory, and on conditions which no man would have deemed possible two years before :hat peace was concluded. (Hear, hear.) We succeeded in the very difficult negotiations which followed the con clusion of that peace in leading our opponent to a faithful fu'filment of all its condition°, and I need not assure you , that that was a task requiring perseverance. (Hear, hear.) When that was concluded there came upon ui that disastrous upheaviner in India which has attracted the attention of the whole nation from that time to this. We used every method of sending to our countrymen there those military and naval resources which have enabled them to suppress the rebellion, and re-establish the authority of Greet Britain. We proposed to Parliament, much anainst the forebodings of many, who thought our mea sure would not be carried, a bill transferring to the Crown the government of these provinces—a measure, in my own opinion, indispensably necessary as a foundation for the future improvement and stability of India. That measure was token up by our successors, with some alterations, which I need not advert to, more or less in accordance with its principles, and has passed into law, and will insure sta bility in our Indian empire. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Gentlemen, I am glad to hear from you that the trade and cr mtnerce of this port, which I will call a great Irish sea po-t, is improving. I am also glad to hear that you rely, I would say that we rely—(applause)—upon our own re sources. (Hear, hear ) I am looking upon myself as one of you in regard to these matters. (Applause.) I am perfectly sure that no town has ever risen to great prosperity that did not rely entirely upon its own resources. (Hear, hear.) The habit of appealing to public revenue for doing that which interests those who live on the spot, and who shonld therefore put their shoulders to the wheel, is a habit that engenders apathy and want of activity, and is sure to produce obstructions to improvement. This town is des tined by its nature to he one of the chief seapotne in Ireland, and Mr. Black would make it the Liverpool of Ireland. We hare a long way to go b fore that, but depend upon it this town must continue to proeper at d iecreese in all its mate riel interests, nod I em toe much interested in it not to look forward with great hope and consolation to these proopects. You Lave been kind eneuelt to mention my relations with my tenantry. I ens glad to Fee. that they are sharing in the general itnprovement of the country. I have b-en very much gratified 'et see the improved habits and condition of the people, and to bear how further demands will insure a fin-her supply, and that the general improvement which everybody 'ass prevails over Ireland has extended als o t o that vrild district that lies under Benhulhen. (Applause.) His lordship then re tired, and the commissioners separated. THE TENANT RIGHT CONFERENCE. This body met again yesterday, when the following re solutions, among others, were passed : "That, having heard the s'atements of the honourable members for Dungarvan and Tipperary, on the proceedings taken for the furtherance of the cause in the last session of Parliament, iliae conference is of opinion that the Tenant Right Bill so ably advocated by them is the smallest demand that, in full justice to the tenant, it can consent to put for ward in their name; and that Mr. Maguire anti The O'Donnerhue are hereby requested again to introduce it, and to procure the amplest discussion for its previsions during the ensuing session. " That the intimation held ont by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the question should receive the considera ti G )vernment, in the opinion of this conference, is not on satisfactory ; and that Lord Derby's Government, hay. ng opposed the consideration of the tenants' claims by a committee of the house, tenant-rinht representatives should hold thentselreg independent of, and in opposition to, that Government." CARDINAL WISEMAN IN IRELAND. The Freeman says, in its iaFile of this morning :—" We untleretand that his eminence has acceded to the request of Sir John Bradstreet, Bart., president, and the council of Ireland of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, to deliver a public lecture for the society in Dublin on his return from Ballinesloe." The Church is resolved to profit by the Cardinal's visit. At Ballinasloe he is to consec - ate a chapel, and preach a sermon, which can only be listened to on payment of some thing like thirty shillings a head by the faithful. 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Mr. Sergeant Ballantiue appeared for Lieut. H. A. Clavering ; Mr. Giffard.for Capt. Miller; and Mr. Marshall, solicitor, for the family of the deceased. The inquest-room was densely crowded during the in vestigation._ The jury having been sworn, The Coroner inquired of Mr. Sergeant Ballantine whether he or Mr. Giffard had any witnesses to call ? Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You intimated oa the last occasion that these gentlemen ought properly to have some legal advice, and we are here to-day rather out of respect to your sugrstion—at the sametime it is impossible not to feel the importance of the inquiry. The Coroner---I think it is quite right that they should have legal advice, and I am very glad that you are here. Am I to understand that you do not give in the names of any witnesses ? _ _ Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Not at present. Lieut. Claver ing and Capt. Miller are here, and will answer any ques tions you may desire to put to them. The Coroner—Capt. Miller was under examination at the last inquiry, and at the conclusion of his evidence the fore man of the jury expressed a desire to cross-examine him, and I interposed, as I did not think it odvisable under the circumstances to allow a cross-examination. He is now fortified by legal assistance, and perhaps the better course might be to recall Capt. Miller. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Has not Lieut. Clavering been examined ? The Coroner—He said a few words at the last examina tion, but they were not taken down. I should now like to hear from the jury whether they wish to have Capt. Miller recalled. The Foreman—We have certain questions which we wish :o put to Capt. Miller, and we should be glad to have the opportunity of re-examining him. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Capt. Miller was examined on the last occasion as a witness, and in that character alone I have no objection to his being examined again. The Coroner—l am quite sure that the only object which the jury have in view in seeking to cross-examine Capt. Miller is to ascertain the simple and naked truth. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—l am sure of that, and I can only say that my client is most anxious that the whole truth should come out, and with that view is desirous of giving every information and assistance in his power. Capt. Miller, R.N., was then called and re-examined. The Foreman—What did you mean by saying on the last occasion that the deceased made " a great commotion ?" Witness—The commotion was this : the man was swearing and making a great noise. He seemed to be quarrelling with himself. It is extremely difficult to define what is a com motion. The Foreman—lf you were so near the body when the man fell, did you observe any particular motion of the arm by Lieut. Clavering? I ask you, as a naval officer, accustomed to the use of arms, whether, if the sword had been run into the body of the deceased, there would not have been a jerk to withdraw it? Did you, in fact, see Lieut. Clavering make any jerk with his arm, as if withdrawing the sword ? Witness—l observed nothing of the sort. I saw no thrust, nor did I see him withdraw the sword as if he had made a thrust. The Foreman—Yoa said that when you got to a lighter part of the road you examined the sword to see whether there was any blood on it. How far was that light place from the place where the deceased fell? Witaess—l cannot say how far it was. It was the first light place we came to. The Foreman—Was it beyond the railway bridge ? Witnesi—lt was beyond the bridge some little distance. The Foreman—Was it before you came to the lamps at Ac , en Vale? Witness—Oh, yes ; long before it. The Coroner—How many yards were you from the body when you met the cart ? Witness—lt was some little distance, and the persons in the curt could not have seen the bodf I should think we were twice the distance between the lane and the bridge from the body when we met the cart. I should think it was about 200 yards. The Foreman—When you consulted as to whether you hou Id go back and ascertain whether the man was hurt, had you seen whether the cart had stopped at the body and taken it up? Witness—No, we had not. We were too far off to see whether the body was taken up. Had we not met the cart for a mile, I would have stopped It and said the same thing. A Juror—Now, I wish to ask you whether you and Lieui Clavering were sober at the time? _ _ Witness—l was as sober as—what shall I say ? —as sober as a bishop. (Laughter.) The Coroner—You mean you were perfectly sober. Was Lieut. Clavering the same ? Witness—He was. A. Juror—Did the deceased fall upon his face or back Witness—My impression is that he fell upon his side. Lieut. Clavering was then called in and examined—My name is Henry Augustus Clavering. lam a lieutenant in her Majesty's navy, and have served in China and elsewhere, Capt. Miller was staying with his wife at my house at the time of the occurrence. I am married and have two children. There was another officer, Capt. Skipwith, staying at my house that evening. At 10 o'clock it was suggested we thould take a walk, and Capt. Skipwith declined. I said I had taken a good deal of exercise in the course of the day, but was " game" to walk to Harrow or Acton. I knew the road perfectly, but we missed the turn to the rail way in the dark. We net two men, and one of them said we had gone too far, and the other subsequently said, " Young gentlemen, we thought you were making game of us in asking the way." We then went on, ar,d came to the station-house, and sang out, but got no answer. We subsequently found ourselves in Priory-lane, when, just as we got to the top,:we beard a noise. We hard a man swearing and cursing, as if he had lost something. He was on the other side of the road, and a goad deal in advance of us. I mean he was nearer to the railway bridge than to Priory-lane. Capt. Miller said to me, " Stop a moment, and let that fellow go on, he seems to b 3 a bad character." Capt. Miller meant he should go on, and that was in the direction of London. We stopped accordingly, and then he made a rush back on us from the far side of the road. Capt. Miller was then on my right-hand side. I cannot say which of us he rushed at. The man said, " What the b- h- are you doing here now 7" I said, "We are two gentlemen taking a carstitutional walk after dinner, and allow us to pass." He then muttered some im preca'ions, and I said, " Take care, I am armed with a sword-stick." He then grasped at my sword-stick, and said, "You -, I will do for you both." He wrenched the sheath oft' my sword-stick, made a spring back, and then rushed on me and struck me on the forehead. The blow made a mark on my forehead which was very apparent at the time. He again struck me on the right shoulder, but the blow was rather broken by the rim of my hat. He then sprang back to make another blow, and I held the sword stick with the point upwards as a guard, and he hit the sword a violent blow which I thought had broken it. He then made another spring at me, and I said, "I am a strong and determined man. If you strike me again I may do you some injury." He did not strike me again, but be rushed forward and fell. I considered he had fallen over the rough stones on the road. On my oath I was not conscious at the time that I had inflicted any personal injury upon him. When he fell he let the sheath of my sword-stick fall out of his hand. I did not see him rise again. I made a grasp at the sheath of my sword and walked on. I said to Capt. Miller, " I hope I have not pricked that fellow in the arm." The effect of the blow on the sword was to turn the point down. I was not conscious of the fact that it reached his body, or that his body reached it. When I got to a lamp-post I looked at the sheath, and found that some of the woody fibre was cut awn). I was certain the notch or cut in the sheath was not there when I took the stick out, as it was quite fresh from the maker. When the deceased first caught the stick I thought he would have wrenched it out of my hand. I bought the stick in March last, when I thought I should have to go to Siam. I had charge of the Siamese Embassy when they were here. It was I who sang out to the man in the cart to look oat, as there was a drunken fellow in the road. I never saw any announcement of the circumstances until I saw it in the Observcr on Sunday, as I came home from churc h. I the n went to Sir Richard Mayne, at four o' clock the same da y and disclosed everything I have said here to-day. I had a ball at my house on Tuesday, went to the theatre on Wednesday, to a pie-nic at Richmond on Thursday, and had a dinner-party at home on the Friday following the occurrence. I will swear I never made any blow at him. I have been in command of two ships of war. I took Lord Lyons out to Sebastopol, the day It was taken, and I brought home Sir William Codrington. I also commanded the Pluto, on the coast of Africa, and the Caradoc, in the Medi terranean. By Mr. Marshall—l had a glass of whisky and water at the Pack Horse, Turnhani-green, and Capt. Miller had a glass of beer. That was all I bad had but two glasses of sherry at dinner. We only went into the public-house in order to ask our way. This was about half-past 10 or 11 o'clock. By a Juror—Did you consider the deceased was intoxi cated when he attacked you? Witness—l did. The man was not so drunk that he could not stand or fall, as his rush was the most vigorous thing I ever saw. I attributed his fall to his being tripped up by the rough stones. The afliay did not last more than a minute and a half at the outaide. By a Juror—l got a slight wound on the head when I via struck with the sheath, and I showed it to my servant the next morning. By Mr. Ballantine-'The hat I wore was a short, stiff felt hat, which had got quite limp by sitting on it on board ship, and getting it wet through. I had had it two year., and it was so shabby I could only wear it at night. The Coroner then inquired whether the family of the de ceased person wished to examine any witnesses ? Mr. Marshall, solicitor, said that Mr. Edward Gates, the son of the deceased, wished to be examined. Mr. Edward Gates, the son of the deceased, said he was the manager of a glass warehouse, and that he last saw his father alive on Sunday the Bth of the present month. He was a painter, glazier, plumber, and wholesale varnish maker. He was an honest, sober, and upright man, and by no means violent in his conduct. The landlord of the house in which he lived could testify to his general sobriety and good conduct. Mr. John Wood, of No. 12, Great James-street, Lisson grove, grocer, deposed—Knew the deceased person for five years, during which time he lodged in his (witness's) house. I generally saw him every night when he came home. He was, generally speaking, a sober man, but I have seen hint at times the worse for drink, but not very often. He was very quiet when intoxicated at home, but I never saw him intoxicated abroad. I never knew him to assault any person whether drunk or sober. By a Juror—l never heard him make use of aoy Scrip tural expressions when intoxicated. Mr. James Wingfield, landlord of the. Horre and Groom, Esst Acton, examined—l knew something of the deceased as a customer at my house. I last saw him alive last Men day week, at six o'clock, in front of my house, sitting in a chair. He had then the appearance of not being sober. lie had a pot of beer and two glasses of ale. I went to London while he was there, and never saw him alive afterwards. He was noisy to himself, and was in the habit of being disagreeable and interfering in the affairs of other people. I should say he was of a quarrelsome disposition when in company, and I have heard the people in the tap-room tell him to go away, as they did not like his conversation. By a Juror—He did not offer to fight with any one that evening, nor did I ever see him attempt such a thing. I never saw any weapon in his possession. John Beach, carrier of Uxbridge, deposed to finding the body of the deceased man on the night of the Bth inst. a few yards at the Acton side of the railway bridge. Before he arrived at the spat where the body was lying be met two men walking away from it, who said, " Mind you don't run over the man that lies there." Witness said, f Why do you not move the man out of the road ? " but they walked on, and I never saw them afterwards. The men were walking slowly, and did not put themselves any way out of the way. The young man who was riding with witness then got down and removed the man on to the footpath. In doing so he blooded his coat and hands. By a Juror—The body appeared to me to be lying on its back. By the Foreman—The two men whe spoke to me were quite close to the body at the time—about as far as across this room (some 15 feet).. The men did not offer to assist us in any way. By a Juror—The men never told me to take up the body and put it in the cart. Mrs. Elizabeth Page, landlady of the Six Bells public house at Acton, stated that she saw the deceased about 20 minutes to 11 p.m., on the night of the occurrence, in com pany with a person named Knight, living in Brentford lane. The deceased was not sober at that time, but he was not quarrelsome. He talked to himself a good deal about religion. Mr. John Tickner, landlord of the Red Lion at Acton, deposed—Saw the deceased opposite his house at a quarter-past 11 o'clock, when the police were moving him on. He was then drunk, but was well able to walk. He went off " brandishing" his bundle. He had nothing to drink at witness's house. James Tillot, No. 119 T, stated that he saw the deceased sitting on the ground, nearly opposite the house of the last witness, on the night of last Monday week. He was the worse for drink, and when witness told him to " move on" he replied," I suppose you want to lock me up." He did not stagger, but got up and walked away. Witness was sub sequently called (about 12 o'clock) to move the deceased away ou the stretcher when he was lying on the road. Samuel Charles Geary (a lad about 15 years of age), of Bay Tree House, Acton Vale, said that he saw the deceased between six and seven o'clock on the evening of his death. A boy called out to him, "You want a bottle of soda-water, I think." He then ran after witness, and said, "Come here, you --, and I will fight you." He was then intoxi cated. The boy who called out about the soda-water bad that commodity for sale. Mr. John Reeves, nurseryman, of Notting-hill, said that he knew the deceased, who had been working for him about a month before his death. On the Saturday before the fatal occurrence witness had to remonstrate with the deceased for not having done more of the work be had contracted to do, and be charged him with having been absent half the week drinking. Witness only gave him 305., instead of £3, at which he was rather abusive. He subsequently ad mitted that he bad been drinking, but said that be would come on the Monday morning at six o'clock, and make up fur it. He came accordingly and mixed some colours, but then went into a public-house. That was about eight o'clock in the morning. Witness reckoned him a very un steady man, and he was obliged to look after him very sharp, though he never saw him intoxicated.' By the Foreman—There is nothing unusual in a work man, when away from home, to breakfast in a public-house at eight o'c:cck. Mr. Charles Preston, landlord of the King's Arms, Acton Vale, said he had known the deceased 30 years, and that he lodged with him previous to his dean. Saw him last alive on last Monday week about half-past 5 o'clock. He was then "very comfortable," and witness advised him to go to his work. He was not drunk at the time. He was generally a sober man, and witness never saw him quarrel with any one, although he used to hop and skip, which, however, was nothing when a man was " half tight." (Laughter.) Some men when in that condition would clench their flits and offer to fight a flint stone, but there was nothing in that. (Laughter.) He might have alarmed a person with weak nerves, but witness did not believe he would have harmed a worm. Constable Langharn, 54 T, said he saw the deceased in High-street, at half-past 11 o'clock on the Monday night of his death. He was talking to himself rather loudly, and witness requeeted him to be quiet. Ile said, " I am beastly intoxicated, and you can take me into custody if you like." Witness told him there was no necessity to take him into custody as long as be went his way peaceably. He then said "Good night; God Almighty bless you ! I wish I may soon be in Heaven." Nothing more passed. Did not hear him quarrel with or abuse anybody. John Neighbour, barman at the Pack Horse tavern, Turn ham-green, said—l remember two gentlemen coming to the bar of the house, when one of theta kad a glass of whisky and water, and the other a glass of ale. The gentleman who had the glass of whisky and water afterwards bad a glass of whisky neat. (The witness was then taken into another room, when he identified Lieut. Clavering and Capt. Miller among several other persons.) Was certain that the light-complexioned gentleman with the bushy whiskers (Lieut. Clavering) was the one who had the whisky and water, and subsequently the whisky neat. They remained about 10 or 15 minutes--(I cannot be par ticular to minutes)—aad asked me the way to Acton. I told them as neat': as possible a mile. There was ne quar relling er disputing at the bar. The gentlemen were, in my opinion, perfectly sober. They said they had startel for a walk, and had mistaken their way at Shepherd's-bush, and instead of going down to Acton, had got to Turnham-green. By a Juror—Were there any suspicious characters about your house that night ? Witness—None whatever. There was an old gentleman named Barrett in front of the bar, and they treated him to 4d. worth of gin and water. They gave me ls. to take out the score, and refused to take the change. Constable Bownick, 236 T, deposed that Henry George, groom to Mr. Scott, of Ealing, informed him, as he was standing at Mr. Barrow's gate at 10 minutes to 12 o'clock, that a man was lying drunk in the road, and that he bad spoiled his coat pulling him away. Witness went to the place indicated, and found the man, not drunk, but quite dead, lying across the path. He was bleeding from the nose and mouth. Heard footsteps coming in and saw two grooms, whom he asked to help him along with the body, but they refusal on the ground that they were in a hurry. The deceased was quite dead and his eyes were "fixed." Witness was at the spot a quarter of an hour before, when all was quiet and no one about. If there had been any great noise or scuffle witness must have heard, as he was not altogether two hundred yar , ls from the spot. The Foreman of the jury said that it was now well ascer tained that the deceased had very little money on the Mon day in question, and that he had not his watch with him. The Coroner said that no one now supposed that a robbery had been committed. Mr. Lingham, the surgeon, was recalled, and said that the wound which had occasioned the death of the deceased was between seven and eight inches deep. There was no other wound on the body. By the Foreman—The wound took a straight direction across the chest to the heart. It must have been given when the man had his side to his adversary, or it must have been given by a left-handed person. By Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—l have heard the evidence of Lieut. Clavering to-day, and the wound was consistent with his evidence. The witness George (the groom who first found the body) was recalled, and stated that the two men who called his attention to the body, and told him not to drive over it, were about six yards from it at the time. The tallest man of the two had a stick, or something of the kind, in his hand, which be wee swinging. They walked off the moment they spoke to witaeas. The deceased was lying on his side when found. Witness saw the body before the men called out to him. There being no further evidence, The Coroner proceeded to address the jury, and observed that he would a iv, rt iu the fist instance to the impression which had been made by the first announcements with re gard to this melancholy catastrophe. It was announced to be a murder, it was thought to be a murder, and there was every reason to believe that a murder of a most atro cious character had been perpetrated. There could be no doubt that the circarnstances justified, at that time, that impression. The nature of the wound seemed, beyond all question, to indicate that the crime had been deliberately committed. Considerable light had, however, since that period been thrown upon the circumstances, and he would, thtrtf re, beg of the jury to discard that impression, and to bend their minds to the facts as they appeared in evidence. All preconceived notions, impressions, and opinions should be utterly discarded and deliberately rejected befire the jury could come to an impartial verdict, as they had sworn to re turn their verdict according to the evidence,and to that alone. The facts of the death were clearly and satisfactorily proved, and that the death of the deceased was caused by the wound in his chest there could be no shadow of doubt. But then came the all-important questions—how was that wound inflicted ? what culpability was there ? what was the degree of that culpability, and to whom did it attach ? The circumstances were in many respects of a very painful na! ere. It a ened tiles , uzfartneat de ceased was hardly in a fit state to leave the world ; but the observation that he made, as spoken to by one of the wit neves—that he hoped he might soon be in Heaven—was most remarkable. The jury would next have to look to the circumstances under which two gentlemen, of hitherto unimpeachable character, were placed, and who no doubt must feel the greatest pain at having been instrumental in causing the death of a fellow-creature. It was undoubtedly to the credit of Lieut. Clavering that he knew nothing about the termination of the unfortunate affray until he saw it in the newspapers, and that he and his friend then did all in their power to further the ends of public justice; the one by giving himself up, and the other by attending as a witness to state all he knew of the affair. If those gentle men thought that when they saw deceased his object was to attack and rob them, then they were justified in resisting; but they bath distinctly swore that the wound was not the result of a thrust, apd the surgeon had deposed that it might have been caused by a rush of the deceased, as represented by Lieut. Clavering. If the wound of which the deceased died was inflicted wilfully, it was a most brutal outrage, but the probabilities were strongly in favour of the assumption that the deceased had, in the first in stance, assaulted them with some description of noisy de monstration, as described by several of the witnesses. The learned gentleman then explained to the jury in lucid terms the difference between murder, accidental death, justifiable homicide, and homicide by misadventure, and directed them to weigh the evidence, and fearlessly return a conscientious verdict. The jury then retired to consider their verdict, and after an absence of two hours the foreman entered the court and announced that they had agreed to the following verdict : " We, the jurors, consider that the death of John Gates was caused by a wound in the chest which penetrated to his lungs and heart, but whether the said wound was inflicted wilfully or was caused accidentally there is not befgre the jurors sufficient evidence to show." The Coroner said be was bound to observe that had he been a juryman in the case he should have returned a verdict of that kind, or one closely analogous to it. The circumstances of the case were involved in great doubt and difficulty; but this was a very severe verdict, because in point of fact it showed that Lieut. Clavering's description of the manner in which the wound was inflicted was not credited. The Foreman said they had given him the benefit of their doubt in that respect. The Coroner said he did not think the jury could have done otherwise. At the same time he must remark that none of the particulars of the case would have been known if these gentlemen had not come forward as witnesses. Notwithstanding this, it appeared that the jury had not given credence to their statements. The Foreman said there were same statements made in the evidence which the jury found it impossible to reconcile. The Coroner said he had no doubt that the jury acted conscienticusly. Mr. Giffard said that Lieut. Clavering and Capt. Miller were in attendance. Tue Coroner ordered their recognisances to be discharged, and said they might leave the court. The proceedings then terminated. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The directors of this company have resolved to recommend the proprietors, at the ensuing half-yearly meeting, to order payment of a dividend of 9s. on each £3O stock, which, with the dividend of 14s. paid last half-year, is at the rate of L 3 16s. Bd. per cent. per annum. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE. The directors of this railway have declared an interme diate dividend of ,t 2 7s. 6d. per £lOO share, and in propor tion for the quarter-shares and sixteenths. for the half-year ending the 30th of June last. The holders of the prefer ence shares will be entitled to the extra dividend of 7s. 6d. per share when the next preference dhidend is payable. VALE OF HEATH. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Neath on Tuesday—Mr. Bruce, M.P. in the chair. The report, as abstract of which has appeared, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the repor', said the circumstances which had affected the commerce of the country during the last half-year were sufficient to ac count for the decrease of dividen I. The Vale of Neath traffic had been especially aft cted by a diminution in the demand for steam coal. The traffic suffered not only from the general depression, but also in consequence of a strike among the colliers of the district, which, commenced in the end of November, could not be considered at an end until the close of January, by which the line had been de prived of nearly one-sixth of its coal traffic, the great traffic upon which the revenue mainly depended. Besides this the strike had disturbed the commerce of the district ; parties who had obtained their coals from the district had during the strike been obliged to obtain them elsewhere, and this could only be got back again by degrees. He thought, however, that the colliers had learnt a lesson in the last strike which they would not readily forget. The Vale of Neath being essentially a third class line, and the bulk of the passengers being the workmen of the district, the reduction of their wages 20 per cent. had diminished the funds available for travelling and pleasure purposes. The only feature of increase in the half-year had been in the item of iron ore, of which they had carried 80,257 tons in the half-year; the receipts from that source ameuntcd to one-fifth of their revenue. The coalowners were extending their works, and he believed the Vale of Neath Railway would carry a very considerable portion of the coal to be raised. Their present system of laying rails was upon the longitn dinel sleepers, like the Great Western. This necessitated such a disturbance of ballast and timber to replace one un sound rail that they proposed to use hereafter the cress timbers instead ; and they also proposed to uFe the double headed rail of 751 b. a-yard. They also proposed to relay the line with the scorire ballast where gravel had been used. He then alluded to some long outstanding accounts of the solicitors, which the directors had had great difficulty in eetting in, and which it was intended to submit for imme diate settlement. The diminution in the dividend arose from the additions to capital, to extraordinary expenditure in ma i n tenance of permanent way, and increase of loans. The directors also recommended an increase in the rolling steak, and he spoke hopefully . of improvement to be expected on the opening of the Briton Ferry Docks, in which under taking this company held shares to the amount of £20,000. Mr. LEECH suggested to the directors the empl o y ment of lighter engines, shorter trains, and more frequent run nings. He suggested the propriety of establishing a renewal fund, as had been done by the Midland Company, and a more explanatory system of accounts. H e th oug h t t h e com pany ought to find rolling stock for the merchandise traffic. The CHAIRMAN assured the shareholders that the direc tors would not increase the rolling stock except when abso lutely necessary for the accommodation bf the trade. The directors and their secretary, who had himself great mechanical genius, and had rendered mos t i mportant ser vice in this department, had, after mature consideration anti experiment, come to the resolution that their large and powerful engines, run at a slow speed-15 miles an hour— answered better than less nowerful engines. The report was then adOpted. Resolutions, declaring a dividend at the rate of 3, 1 per cent. per annum, payabl e on th e 30th i nst.; empow e ring the directors to exercise the borrowing powers of the com pany ; and that the ordinary £2O shares which had been paid up should be converted into ordinary stock, were then passed. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting then broke up. BRISTOL AND EXETER. The report of the directors states that the consolidated stock on the 30th of June, 18;58, amounted to £2,020,909, and on the 31st of December last to £1,998,449, being an increase of £22,460. The preference stock on the 30th of June was £759114, and on he 214 of December 134 £765,253, showing a d ecrease o f £6 ,109. On the 30th o f June, 1858, the debentures were £1,006,110, and on the 31st of December, 1857, £959,485, being an increase of £46,625. Of the total receipts a sum of £85,305 remains unex pended. The total amount received during the half-year on account of perpetual preference 4 per cent, shares and stock is £16,350, but, as the amount of £22,460 is trans ferred therefrom to the consolidated stock of the com pany, the amount of capital entitled to the preferential dividend of 4 per cent. is proportionately reduced. The average rate of interest on the total preferential debt is re duced to 418 per cent. A surn of £14,036 has been expended on capital account during the past half-year; of this amount £4,363 has been paid in completion of purchases of land ; £5,763 for new works to the main line. All renewals or replacements have been charged to revenue. The gross traffic receipts for the half-year ending. the 30th of June last (including those of the Exeter and Credi on and the Somerset Central Railways) have been 5,15-2,086, which is £5,106 less than in the corresponding half of the year 1857. The working expenses amounted to £76, de crease of £4,835, as compared with the corresponding h.a.l!- 615, being a ... of 1857. This amount of working expenses per cent. en the total gross receipts, or £612 per mile for is equal to 49.52 125 miles worked during the half-Lf 3 r% and shows a decrease of expenses of 1 . 28 per cent., or per mile, as compared with the corresponding half-year of 1857. The balance oS the revenue account, in c l u di ng £10,041 brought forward from the previous half-year, is C 53,920. The directors recom mend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum , carry ing forward a balance of £3,358 to the next account. The capital account show e d that £3,786,1 63 had been re ceived, and £3,249,890 expended, leaving a balance of £536,272 invested in th e s h ares o f other companies, andin cluding £85,305 in cash. LAW INTELLIGENCE, ADMIRALTY COURT.—AuG. 19. (Before Dr. Curries.) This was an additional court day, and Dr. Curries presided as surrogate in the absence of the learned judge. THE MARTHA POPE. Dr. Viambey moved the Court to pronounce f,r the balance of wages (E• 11 3s. 4J.) alleged to be due to the master of this vessel. There was no opposition, and The Court granted the application. THE MARION. This was a cense promoted by the master, mate, and crew of the brig Marion for wages. The proceeds of the vessel had not yet been got in. Dr. Wambey appPared for the parties, and prayed the Court to grant a decree f r the balance of wages out standing. The learned Surrogate said he had no objection to a decree being pronounced; but, under the circumstances, it must be subject to " all prior claims upon the vessel." THE REVENIER. Upon the application of Dr. Wambey, The Court decreed the sAle of the ship Revenier in a snit for necessaries supplied to her. THE JANTINA REINDIERDINA. The learned Surrogate, upon the application of Dr. Twiss, signed a primum dccrctum against the above vessel, and granted a perishable monition and a commission of ap praisement in a bottomry suit. THE HILDA. Dr. Twist applied for a decree for the sale of the Hilda in an action for necessaries. The Court made the order. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-Aug. 19. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) John Jervis, 28, a respectable-looking young man, was cl.)arged with embezzling the several sums of £499 Gs. 4d., £378 155., and £295 2s. lid., the moneys of his employers. Mr. Bodkin, Mr. S &eh, and Mr. Poland conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Metcalfe was counsel for the defence. This case occupied the Court nearly the whole of the day, and the details of the evidence were of a very complicated character. It appeared that the prisoner was clerk in the establishment of Sir Samuel Scott and Co., bankers, of Cavendish-square, and it was his duty to collect the cheques and cash from the City bankers on behalf of the firm. The prisoner went out ui.on this duty every morning at 10 o'clock, and he had to collect in the course of the day very large sums of money, frequently amounting to so much as £12,000 or £15,000 in all sorts of securities, cheques, bills, and cast), and, of course, it fre quently appened, with such a number of instruments, that there was among them some which, from want of an endorse ment, or the want of advice from the country, were not at the moment convertible into cash. The prisoner upon his return to the bank every evening had of course to make up his account, and the arrangement that was made with regard to any deficiency that might arise from the course alluded to was that it should be supplied by tickets upon which the amount deficient was stated, and also the reasons for the non-payment, such as " not due," or " no advice," or whatever might be the reason, and thus the account for the day was balanced ansi the securities that were not paid were carried on to be collected upon another occasion. The case on the part of the prosecution was that the prisoner bad taken advantage of his knowledge of the business of the hank being conducted in this manner to carry on a very extensive and ingenious system of fraud. He of course received money from a num ber of different banks, and it was suggested that in three aces where he had actually received the money, instead of paying in the cash at night, that he handed in tickets for the several amounts, and retained the cash in his own possession. Such a pro ceeding would of course be speedily discovered if no means were taken to prevent that discovery; and the mode in which the prisoner was represented to have acted to avoid detection was, by paying over on subsequent days the mo ney received .from other sources—fresh tickets being again given to make up the deficiency of the day, in order to sup • ply the previous deficiency; and thus the matter went on till the 10th of July, when, in consequence of information that had come to the knowledge of the bank, the prisoner was sent for into a private room, and two of the tickets referred to—one of which represented the sum of £499 Gs. 4d., which was supposed not to have been paid by the Lon don and County Bank, and another for £295 2s. 11d., which was represented not to have been paid by Messrs. Hankey anri Co.—were shown to him, and he was asked for an explanation. He at first said iet the amounts had not been paid, but on his being told that inquiries had been made, and that it was ascertained that this was not true, he bung down his head and made no reply. lie was then asked whether he was in a position to pay the money, and he replied that he could not, as it was all gone. He was then given into custody. Mr. Metcalfe subjected the witnesses for the prosecution to a very severe cross-examination, and he elicited from Mr. Parrott, the principal clerk in the establishment of the prosecutors, that the prisoner had to collect very large sums of money during the day, and to go to a large number of banks and other places ; and it also appeared that he had asked for assistance in the performance of his duties. It was also admitted that errors frequently occurred among bank clerks, and that they occasionally were short in their collections, and at other times had money over, and that in the farmer case it was customary to give tickets for the aatount of the deficiency, and leave the matter for further inquiry and expanation at a subsequent period. Mr. Metcalfe made a very ingenious address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and he particularly remarked upon the fact that there was no proof of any actual deficiency of cash in the accounts furnished by his client. He likewise urged that in the extent ef the transactions of business in which the prisoner was engaged on behalf of his employers it was unavoidable that some errors might arise, but that it would be very unjust on that account to say that he had committed the offence of embezzlement, _ _ Mr. Justice Williams having summed up, the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of guilty. Mr. Bodkin stated that the total amount of the prisoner's defalcations was about £600; and, in answer to a question put by the learned Judge, it was stated that the salary of the prisoner was £l5O a-year. The prisoner was sentenced to four years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—A man, well got up so as to dis arm suspicion, who at first refused to give a name, but afterwards gave that of William Hughes, which was most likely assumed for the occasion, was charged with stealing a purse containing £39 15s. from the person of Mr. George Palmer, a magistrate of the county of Essex, residing at Naziog Park, Waltham-cross, while riding in a Kingsland omnibus belonging to the London General Omnibus Com pany. Mr. S. Beard, of Basinghall-street, attended on behalf of the directors of the omnibus company, who in a praise worthy spirit, some short time since, resolved to do their utmost to protect the public from robbery while riding in their vehicles, by themselves prosecuting in all such cases, and who, in carrying out that resolution, have already suc ceeded in convicting two well-known and most successful depredators, one of whom was, in consequence, sentenced to penal servitude for five years. Mr. Lewis (Lewis and Lewis) appeared for the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner entered the omnibus in which the robbery was committed while on its way to the City, near Kingaland-gate, and carefully seated himself so as to leave just room enough for one person to sit between him and the door. At the Shoreditch railway station Mr. Palmer got in, choosing that seat, and the vehicle proceeded, without the occurrence of anything re markqble, as far as the Ftower-pot, Bishopsgate-street, where Mr. Palmer took out his purse and paid the conductor his fare, but without getting out. He then put his putse back into his right hand trou sers pocket, which was next the prisoner, who was immediately afterwards observed by a gentleman who sat opposite to lean forward, put his left hand into Mr. Palmer's pockets, and withdraw it in possession of Mr. Palmer's purse. At the same time the prisoner motion( el to the con dueler to let him out and rose front his seat, but the gentle man who had observed the act made a sign to Mr. Pelreer, and that gentleman, nho had noticed a sort of stir in his pocket, put up his Latid, discovered his loss, and exclaimed "That won't do; somebody has tekela toy purse;" upon which the prisoner dropped the purse upon Mr. Palmer's foot, and, eluding Mr. Palmer's grasp, got out of the omni bus, and ran off without paying his fare. The conductor, therefore, ran after him, caught him in Threadneedle-street just as a policeman came up, who had been attracted by a cry of " Stop thief," and claimed his fare, which the prisoner at once paid, remarking that it was all a mistake. The conductor, who had not clearly observed what bad passed in the omnibus, told the policeman he thought there bad been a purse stolen, and the policeman accordingly - detained the prisoner, but two gentlemen just then went up to them saying, "It's all right, there's nothing lost ;" and the officer supposing those to be the parties who had at first made the charge, permitted the prisoner to go free. He had, how ever, hardly done so before Mr. Palmer arrived on the spot, and stated the facts of the case, when the officer again looked after his man, and saw him run rapidly sl mg, and turn into Old Broad-street. The officer went in chase, and soon saw the prisoner seated in a cuemist's shop, when he again took him into custody. Brett, a detective, stated to the Court that the prisoner was a returned convict, having been sentenced a few years back to 10 years' transportation. An assertion which Mr. Lewis, upon the assurance of his client, strenuously denied, but The Lord Mayor thought the officer more worthy of credit than the prisoner, and the latter was fully committed for trial. ------ publisher,C' s t e alinglift plo G y U m l eo L t D o H f GUILDHALL.— e. Ald rman brought up, before . e Elliott, aß em a n c a a n r t m s., a b n oo ln kb th in e d e e m rs : of Paternoster-row, was M Ed a ns tt o i n ie rs 2fOroOmqutihrees pre mises Cpuhballilcisa,tiochnaregaeldledontirespcicliziorinsrewaoinftdh of Mr. Lea, b Little Prescott-street, M . in .. Warwick lane ; and John a Tvisoetsneno,erifa.,wwasatse charged p a pe r w i dealer, th h having n fi g , of it. in his possession, and without render ingth e sank eso t t s u f a n e l t a o u r , yfu laccount!y Mobbs, 265, said— was called in yesterday afternoon to take Wiseman into i c l l n e s n to t d t y o , A fo l r r. h i a_ ,e v a in ,s g si t i lr p, p w ap i ! e r re pr i od fo u o c o e d d o'nfleatrblaytall the papa' had been unloa , 'erl. thepaper had been stolen . from Mr. Lea told froms e sl o lmv o :211,1 j a n b h ar is ro li v7 his premises, and unless he acconvyntetsdemsaatotssfaacktiohreilystflooortidt do of the sort, as he had bought it, and it was his nothing would give him into custody. property. Alderman Challis—What was he doing with the paper at Mr. Lea's shop ? .o the person from , lk t l i o d l e th r In s — a n H c e h t n o l o l k i s— it What!therc t o t s o e l s l e t l o l i ll t lr t Lea. whom it was stolen ? Moss (a detective officer)—l think you will find, sir, that Wiseman is an innocent agent in this matter. Alderman Challis—That may be, but thieves buy paper as well as honest dealers. The name of " waste-paper dealer" is held a protection against consequences which renders persons in that line the more dangerous because less sus pected. I always look with great suspicion upon the transactions of such dealers. Moss said—Flom information I received I went to Messrs. Edwards and Remnant's stable, adjoining Mr. Lea's pre mises, where I found the prisoner. I asked him if he had so?d any paper called the Curse of Clifton to Mr. Deacon. He said be had not, but that he bad sold him a few old papers weighing about 1 cwt. I then told him his account was not at all satisfactory, and that I should take him into custody on suspicion of stealing 200 quires uf the Curse of Clifton and other papers. He said he knew nothing about it. I took him to the police station, and on returning and searching the stable, I found that a board had been removed in the loft, leaving an aperture large enough for a man to get through into Mr. Lea's premises. George Deacon, a waste-paper dealer of Princes-street, Bedford-Equate --I saw Elliott for the first time on the 21 of Augu-t, when he came to me and said Mr. Gilbert, of Pa•ernoter-row, had recotnmestied him, as be would get the best price from me. lie brought a cwt. 51b. of the London Journal, the Home Magazine, the Cur.ce of Clifton, and other publications. There was about ;20 lb. of the Curie of Clifton. I paid him 18s. per cwt. He said he came front Retnnan!s. Alderman Challis—Did you inquire at Mr. Gilbert's beP , re btr . inn any mote of Elliott ? Witness —No, sir; I never do when the goods are like those produced. Alt.kt man Challis—Then, I think you ought to be more cautious in buying of persons like the prisoner Elliott such paper as that produced before me, as you must be aware that booksellers are robbed to a fearful extent. Witness—l know nothir.o• about booksellers. Alderman Challis—Nor I; but I recollect that many cages of that kind came under my notice at the Man-ion House last year. and I have also seen frequent reports of the robberies on book-aers in the newspapers. Mr. Lea published the Curse of Clifton, which was completed about nine na4ntlis ago. I bad a quantity Of the work in stock, which was kept in the warehouse adjoining Mesas. Ethnonds end Remnant's stable. I have missed a large quantity of the Curse of Clifton and other publications, but I cannot say how much, as I am still taking stock. Alderman Challis—What would have been a fair price, had you wished to sell those goods as waste paper? Mr. Lea—From 18i. to SI per cwt. When Wiseman came to me to-day be asked me if I wanted to purchase stock. Alderman Challis—Did he mean waste paper? Mr. Lea—No, sir; I believe that be saw my imprint as the publisher, and therefore thought I should give more than any one else for it. He showed me a sample and sas.i he wanted Od. per lb. for it. I imme - iiately reergnised it C 3 my property, and said I would take the whole of it. fie tinn let►, and I communicated with the police. In about a c, nide of hours he returned, nod brought with him 200 quires of the Curse of Clipon which I then told bim had been stolen from my premises. I asked him where he cc , t it, but, he refused to tell rue, saying it was his, and that he bad brought it for sale. On the way to the nation he sent :r a man named Bryant, who after Wards said he had bought this paper and sent Wiseman out with it to bell on com mission. Moss—Bryant is here, sir. Wiseman—l am innocent, sir. Alderman Challis—But you lave acted very like a guilty nun in refusing to say where you got the paper. I shall adjourn the case, in order that the officers may have an opportunity of searching Deacon's and Bryant's houses. A printer here said Mr. Deacon was a very respectable man. Alderman Challis—The more respectable a man is the more dangerous are his dealit particularly when be says he will buy of any one without asking any questions or making any inquiries regarding the gocds seat him. I know that there is a system of robbery carried cn In the book trade tl an enormous extent, and facilities are afforded by dealers whose respectability enables them to do it with impunity. The prisoners were then remanded, W.feitrin beTng ad mitted to bail. MARLBOROUGH - STREET. Thomas Anderson Nesbitt, a well-dressed person, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with uttering a forged cheque. James Paul, victualler, 122, Oxford-street, said he knew the prisoner as a customer. On the 15th or 16th of this month the prisoner came to him and produced a ch , que for £O, drawn upon Glyn and Co., and signed " James Cross," anti asked to have it cashed. He inquired of the prisoner who James Cross was, and the prisoner replied he was a jeweller in Cheapside, from whom he had taken a great many cheques in course of business, and who was a very rich man. He gave the prisoner seven sovereigns and 20s. in silver, and afteiwards paid the cheque into his bankers, from whence it was returned written "No account." On the 17th the prisoner came again and brought a cheque for 155., signed " James Cross." He gave the prisoner his own cheque for £7 155., but took the precaution to stop it. The second cheque was also not genuine. Toe prisoner said what Mr. Paul had stared was perfectly true. He was distressed for money, and paid the cheques to Mr. Paul, intending to repay the amounts. Remanded till Thursday next. Charles Lillywhite was charged with obtaining 8,000 labels by false pretences. lym. Worley, printer, Wardour-street, said about five or six weeks ago the prisoner came to his shop, and said he came from Mr. Milward, of Stockbridge-place, Pimlico, for a package of labels. He delivered to the prisoner 8,000 labels, believing that he had been sent by Mr. Milward. Remanded till Saturday. Police-constable Daney, C 90, was charged with using unnecessary violence in taking Johanne Ruttinger into custody. Mr. Allen, solicitor, on behalf of the complainant, a cigar maker, of 3, Carlisle-street, stated that his client was taken into custody without lawful cause, and more violence was used than was necessary. On behalf of the constable, Mr. Rodway, a licensed vic tualler, proved that the complainant's child ran into his house, followed by his father, who appeared half mad. It was necessary in order to protect the child, and to compel the complainant to quit the house, to call a constable, and to give him into custody. The constable did his duty with propriety. The complainant's wife had just before charged him with an assault. Mr. Bingham dismissed the complaint. WORSHIP-STREET.—A SINGULAR ASSAULT CASE. —John Sunimerfield, a mechanic, was summoned upon a charge of having assaulted Mr. Edward Smith, landlord of the Cat and Mutton public-house, London-fields, Hackney, from vvhese statement it appeared that on the 10th inst., the defendant, partially intoxicated, called for some beer, which he refused to pay for, and upon its being in conse quence taken away he became violen•ly abusive, and get ting into the bar thrust cne of his fingers into the com plainant's mouth, the inside of which he lacerated, while with the other band he struck him a terrible blow, which caused great loss of blood and rendered the complainant nearly insensible. _ The complainant, in cross-examination by Mr. Lewis, jun., admitted that the top of Summerfield's finger was off when he withdrew it from his mfluth, but he protested that he was unconscious of having bitten the finger, and that if he did it must have been the effect of the blow which the defendant dealt him, causing the jaws to close sharply and suddenly. The Magistrate asked if the piece of finger had been found; but was answered in the negative, and Mr. Lewis slid the complainant had no doubt swallowed it, and it was to be hoped that he was internally scratched by the nail, which adhered to it. Two witnesses named Hobbs and Hancock corroborated the complainant's statement; but did not think the finger had entered the Incuth so far as lie said. The defenaant assured the magistrate that be had suffered much from the mutilation of his finger, and was about to return to the hospital to have the top joint taken off. Tire Magistrate told him that_he had brought the suffer ing upon himself by his misconduct, and if a man entered a public•house and misbehaved and committed unprovoked violence, as he was proved to have done, he must bear the consequences. But for the suffering he had undergone be would have been subjected to a much heavier penalty for the assault he bad committed. He sentenced him to pay 305., and having done that he was discharged. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER CORN-AuG. It Our market this morning was only moderately attmdel. New English wheat and the best runs of old were taken off at hilly the rates of this day ts.:'nnight. French also met a better sale, and was quite as dear, but American was neglected. Flour met a slow sale at about the currencies of last market day. All other articles were without material alteration, ether as regards value or demand. BIRMINGTIAM-AUG. 19. Our market to-day was ttirly :untied with both old and new wheat, winch were taken cif at Is per qr. higher. Barley sold in retail at quite as much money. Oats 6d lower. On beans the turn was in favour of the buyer. Peas as before. GRANTHAM CI ;ORN-AtG. 17. At our exchange hail the supply of wheat was liberal. chiefly of the new crop, and a limited business was done at a decline of 23 per qr. ;Spring corn in good demand. Who'it, whit,' 46s Gd to 485 0 , 1 Oats .......... ed to 34s Od Ditto, red 425 Od to 464 01 I Ditto new 14s Od to 32s 6d Barfly Od to 305 Od Beays ...50s Qd to 52s Od EDINBURGH CORN-AUG. IS. There is very little demand, and prices for nearly all descriptions were about the came ae last week. Two parcels of new wheat, one 18st at 15s—the other list Sib at 2s 6d. AVERAGES. Wheat 42 3 7 9-12ths Bar:ey.. ........ 41 10 7 11-12ths Oats 1 7 9 1-12ths I Beans 2 7 6 2-12 the DERBY SMITIIFIELD-ArG. 17. Our market was well supplied with fat stock to-day, principally from our own ,county graziers, Liverpool, and other markets. The demand was flat and sales heavy. Sheep and lambs in large num bers, with but few buyers at the price asked. Fat calves scarce, and well sold. There was a good show of fat pigs, which were readily disposed of. Beef, per lb 6,1 to 61d I Mutton, per lb 6d to fid Lamb 7;(1 to 8d I Pork 41d to 5d Veal id to —d I Bough fat, per stone 413 8.1 BIRTHS. Ncm—On the 10th inst., at Bordeaux, the wife of Frederick Finch, Esq., of a daughter. GORDON.—On the 15th inst., at 46, Charlotte-square, Edinburgh, Mrs. Gordon, of Cairness, of a daughter. HANBUICY.—On the 17th inst., at Woodlands, Red-hill, the wife of Philip Ilanbury, Esq., of a daughter. HAY.—On the 11th inst., at Duddingston House, near Edinburgh, Mrs. Slay, of a son. HUNT.—On the 16th inst., at Muswell-hill, the wife of William Hunt, Esq., of a daughter. LAURIE.—On the 15th inst., at No. 6, Boyne-terrace, Notting-hill, sy t h h E e e l ) v , i — fo o o n f t D h r e . D. t C h . i L n a s u t e e , t ofc Chester Canonbury-park, the wife of Hugh E. M'Leod, Esq., cf a son. MILLS.—On the 16th inst., at Esholt Parsonage, the wife of the Rev. P. R. Mills, of a son. MARRIAGES. BAIN—BARRY.—On the 10th inst., at Achnaba House, Argyleshire, by the Rev. W. Stewart, William, youngest son of the late Wm. Bain, Esq , to Elizabeth Anne, eldest daughter of the late Lieut. Robert Barry, R. 31. HANVTAYJNE—IIEALET.—On the 224 ult., at St. Matthew's Church, Quebec, by the Rev. a Percy, W. H. W. Hawtayne, Esq., Capt. her Majesty's 39th Foot, only son of the late Ven. John llewtayne, Arellacaf.,Gn of Bombay, to Julia, e!dest daughter of the late T. llealey, Esq., of her Majesty's 321 Foot. J 0 1 I ON—WARD.—On the 17th inst., at Tenterden, by the Rev. H. N. Werd, assibted by the Rev. Ceo. A. Green, Mr. Win. Johnson, of Conduit-street, Westbourne-terrace, to Horatio Nelson, second daughter of the Rev. Philip Ward, of Tenterden Vicarage, DEATHS. COLLTNS.—On the 6th June last, at Melbourne, Australia, of con sumption, Mr. Penry Ramsey Collins, Surgeon, l a te o f B our ton. . on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, youngest son of the late Lieut Collins, R.N., Davenport. 31onGAN.—On the 16 h inst., at Croxton Rectory, the Rev. John Morgan, LL.B., aged seventy-one. MounTs.—On the 9th inst., At the Depot, Fermoy, Ireland, Capt. Edmund Morris, of ll.M.'s 89th Regt. PFCK —On the 15th inst., Philip Richardson Peck, Esq., of Temple Combo, Somerset, and Cornish Hall, Denbigh, aged fifty-live. PRINCE.—On the 11th inst., at Turnham-green, George Frederick, son of Mr. George Prince, of Bans-place, aged seven years. PRINCE.—On the 15th inst., at lickfteld, Sussex, Charles Prince, Esq. SCOBELL—On the 15th inst., Edward John, son of He my Sales Scobell, Esq., of the Abbey, Pershore, Worcestershire, aged one year. SCOTT.—On tho IGth inst., at Kensington-park-terrace, Hannah Maria, the wife of Joseph Scott, Esq., and only surviving child of the late Capt. Thomas Sheppard, of Waterford. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county o f Middlesex, Friday, August 20, 1858. ~'~ THI SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY tVENING, AITGUST 20, 1858.