The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-10 00:00:00

IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. TUE MURDER IN THE QUEEN'S COUNTY. The inquest on the body of Mr. Richard Ely was held yesterday before Mr. Owen, one of the coroners for the Queen's Cou nty. Several magis trates were present. Two witnesses only were exa mined,—one of them his brother, and the other the medical attendant, who proved that the gun-shot wound was the cause of death. Verdict—" Wilful murder against persons unknown." Th e magis trates are now holding a private in qu i r y. The evidence against the murderer, who is known, is becoming more complete. He has absconded, and an active search is being, made after him. The fol lowing additional particulars are supplied by the correspondent of Saunders's News Letter : " ROSCREA, Monday Evening: The murder of this estimable gentleman continues to occasion the greatest regret and consternation throughout the district. On this morning the inquest was held before Mr. J. H. Owen, the coroner for Queen's County. The following magistrates were also pre. sent :—Mr. H. White, justice of the peace ; Messrs. B. Thacker and J. Lyster, and Capt. Whelan, resi dent magistrate, Maryborough. Sub-Inspector Mullen and a large party of police from Borris-in- Ossory and the surrounding stations were in at tendonce. A respectable jury was empanelled, of which Mr. G. Steele was foreman. Only two wit nesses were examined, who proved the infliction of the wound and that death was its consequence. These proceedings were merely pro forma, and the jury returned a verdict of Wilful murder against a person or persons unknown.' The deceased gen tleman was unmarried, and about 62 years of age. He resided in a picturesque cottage, which was Close beside Ballaglunore-castle, the residence of his brother, Mr .' R. Ely. Those houses were not more than 200 yards apart, and a sister was also an in mate of the castle. The deceased was in the habit of daily takine , his meals at their mansion, and re turning punct ually ° to sleep at his own house. On Friday, about 20 minutes past eight o'clock, after dinner, and passing the evening with his brother and sister, to whom he was much attached, he proceeded homewards by a passage through the farmyard, and while passing through a stile into a small shrubbery leading to his house he was fired at by an assassin, who lay there in ambush. The contents took effect in his left arm, a little be low the shoulder. On being wounded he returned to his brother's house, and there became faint from loss of blood. Messengers were despatched for me dical assistance, and Dr. Powell, of Roscrea, was soon in attendance, and took the precautions he thought needful. Next day amputation was deemed necessary, since it was discovered that the bone was broken, destroying the arteries, vessels, and nerves, but he sank in two hours after the operation from the loss of blood and the shock to his nervous sys tem. He underwent the operation with great forti tude. He also frequently and with minuteness de scribed the particulars of the attack on him, and stated that he distinctly saw the person who fired at him, and that the assassin must have been within less than two yards of him; and he also stated that he distinctly saw the flash of the pan. At the con clusion of the inquest the magistrates held an in quiry, the particulars of which have not transpired, and if made known at present might frustrate the ends of justice ; but4t may be added that the autho . cities have taken .the, most active measures for the detection and apprehension of the assassin. The remains of Dr. Ely were in the course of the day removed to Kyle, the family burial place, attended by a large concourse of the gentry of the Queen's County, King's County, and County Tipperary." The correspondent of the Express notices some further matters of interest connected with this ter rible tragedy:— . ", Borris-in-Ossory, Monday Night. "It is many years since the annals of the Queen's County have been stained by such a cold-blooded assassination as that of Mr. Richard Ely—a murder of the foulest character, of a man beloved by all classes. A kind friend, a generous neighbou - r, a warm-hearted good fellow, in the fullest acceptation of the term, has fallen under the shadow of that cas tle with which the name of Ely has been intimately connected for centuries—within a few paces of where he had been born and had lived during his entire life. The Borris-in-Ossory police, under Mr. Mullen, were soon on the spot, and discovered in a small group of trees, within seven yards of where Mr.. Ely fell, a hat, which it has been ascertained belongs to a man named James Delaney, who re sides with his father on part of Sir C. Coote's , estate, a short distance from Ballagmore. Search was made for Delany, but he has not been at his residence since, and the police are actively in pursuit. A de scription of him been forwarded to the different police stations. It has transpired that about a fort night since, when Delany's father attended at the office of Sir C. Coote's agent for the purpose of pay ing rent, the agent complained of Delany's keeping greyhounds and of his son James being - a poacher. Delany denied that he had any dogs, and offered to take his oath to that effect • and thereupon Mr. R. Ely, who was present, stated he was surprised that Delany could make such a statement in his hearing, or words to that effect. The agent thereupon tore a receipt which he had prepared for Delany, and said he would require the full arrear to be paid if Delany did not get rid of the dogs. This is the only cause of offence that poor Mr. Ely is supposed to have given. He was a keen sportsman, but a more generous one never existed ; in fact, the game on his lands were for the use of his friends, and those not only of his own class in life, but the farmers and labourers of the district were always welcome, and usually joined his coursing parties. He was never known to prosecute in any court of law in his life. Delany, the person suspected, has not borne a good character. About four years ago he was tried at the assizes of Nenagh for the mur der . of a man named Kishem, by stabbing him, was found guilty of manslaughter, and suffered two years imprisonment. An inquest was held this day before Mr. J. H. Owen, assisted by Capt. Whelan, resident magistrate. Messrs. R. Palmer, H. White, R. White, and B. Thacker, justices of the peace, were also present. An intelligent jury were sworn, of whom Mr. G. Steele 'was foreman. Mr. R. Ely, brother of the deceased, and Dr. Powell, of Roscrea, were examined as to the causes of death., and an open verdict was found. It is worthy of observa tion that one of the jurors remarked that Mr. Ely was in the habit of carrying a gun, and might have shot hiniself. The coroner did not appear to think that such was at all a probable matter. The funeral took place soon after, and was attended by all the gentry of the surrounding districts, and a good many of the peasantry ; but the attendance of that class was not so large as might be expected, consi dering what a favourite Mr. Ely was. The rector of the parish, Mr. W. Roe, offered some most suit able observaiions over Mr. Ely's grave, which were attentively listened to. The sad occurrence has created a most painful sensation, nay, panic, through the country, the universal expression being, When, a man who had the good word of every one is shot down no one's life is safe.' The district has not been altogether peaceable lately, two gentlemen in the neighbourhood having received threatening notices. It was sought some time since to place the barony of Clemernagh, in which Ballaghmor3 is situated, under the operation of the Peace Pre servation Act, but the matter (partly for political reasons) was opposed, and the application was not granted. It was also sought to have a police sta tion in a house within 20 yards of where the mur der took place, and which had formerly been used as police barracks ; this was also opposed, and among the o p ponents was Mr. Ely. A meeting- of magis trates was held after the funeral at Borris-in-Ossory —the details did not transpire, but it is the anxious desire of the well-disposed classes that a large force of police should be placed in the locality, under the immediate direction of a special .resident ma_ Ostrate, as it eau hardly be supposed that the 'peal justices of the peace not t e can devote their time to a case which, th oug h strictly speaking of an agrarian character, yet -will reuire t o b e care f u ll y h an dl e d, the party charged being te closely connec t e d b y rela tionship with 6half lived, in the populous district in which he is stajoa. -dent magistrate.. The present resi twentned at Maryborough, which is upwards miles distant. It is probable thata county meeting ao of magistrates will assemble in a few days Coote, who held. the ,deceaaseat.ha.t Sir Chas. the very highest esteem as one of his extennsiv tenants, will take an active part in it, and a linaroegreale•erw.ard will be subscribed. The scene of the short distance from the high road from Limerick to a Dublin, and about three miles distant from thetown of Borris-in-Ossory. Th e property has been in the hands of the Ely family without interrupti on since Cromwell rested there." THE BATTLE OF THE BANKS. The great Sadleir s windles are again brought before the public, and a fierce battle between the Tipperary and London and County Banksis caotuprrtes: sent raging in one of. th e Dublin law s; Jo t u w r) e za ne /, " 'Whoever loses," remarks the Free/ 8an7;51 k and the e be " lawyers will gain,"in the present t the official manager of the Tipp erar y directors of the London concern , over whose inte rests John Sadleir presided with such matchless in tegrity. " It is not our duty (says the Freeman) to decide between the contending claims but had we the power, jus dicere, we know how the judgment would go. If the official assignee obtains a decision in his favour there will be something for the cre ditors; but if the liondon and County Bank should convince the Court that the directors were wholly ignorant of the imm ense an d var i ous t rans actions in which a John .Sadleir was engaged, and for which Mr. Deasy could find no parallel—save in the speculations of the Credit Mobilier—then the cre ditors must be content with the fraction they have already received, and ' bless' the memory of the swindler." THE NATIVE LANGUAGE IN INDIA. One of the greates difficulties with which we have o contend in the government of India arises out of .he fact that there we are, in a peculiar sense, aliens in language. After a full century of possession the complaint has been heard that the representatives who hold this empire for us nowadays know less of the native dialects than:those who built it up in the bygone time. The traditionary nabob who has supposed to have with all his wealth a miserable conscience and a diseased liver, and the more recent "old Indian" who came home, generally a bachelor, to end his days among expectant relatives, could speak with the natives, and, therefore, sympathised with them more than the cadet who in these days of the overland route goes to India scarcely feeling that he has left England, and who counts the weeks till he shall obtain furlough or leave the country for ever. It is surely a curious result of bringing England nearer to India that it should be the means of severing the Englishman from the native —of widening the vast gulf that separates the Eu ropean from the Indian. Yet such is the fact, and it is to our ignorance of the native dialects—it is the want of intercourse which that ignorance in volves, that we must in great measure attribute the tremendous surprise with which we had to face the mutiny of last year. Now, if we were to ask, where is the Feat difficulty of learning a native language during a residence of some 20 years—of learning, say, Hindustani, which is throughout In dia what French is throughout Europe, we should be told that the difficulty lies at the very threshold of the study ; it is in the alphabet. So great is this difficulty, and so urgent is the necessity of sur mounting it, that—as we had some time ago occa sionto point out--it has been proposed, and we think wisely, to substitute for the complicated Oriental alphabets the Roman letters which are in use throughout Europe. Nor is this a measure of utility proposed merely for ourselves. It is of still greater importance to the natives, as without it they can have but little education, and no literature. And when it is understood that the alphabet it is proposed to adapt to the Oriental languages as the standard of pronunciation is not the English alphabet, which especially in its vowel sounds is exceedingly ano malous, but the Italian or Roman—the same which 1 the American missionaries have employed with most perfect success in reducing the languages of the South Sea Islands to writing, and which the Dutch have in like manner introduced into Java and. Amboyna, it will be evident that the suggested im provement is to be regarded not as the yoke im posed by victors upon a conquered race, but as a necessity of civilisation, and as the homage which the most useful alphabet in existence demands from others that are deficient and impracticable. As from India we obtained through the Arabs those numerals which are now in use throughout almost the entire globe, so it is proposed to give India in return the benefit of those letters which we our selves obtained from our Roman conquerors. The various languages of India are so nearly allied that, properly speaking, they are but dif ferent dialects of the same language ; and if they were all written in the same character the unity of speech would be apparent, while with but trifling alteration one literature would do for all, and a contribution to any particular dialect would be an addition not merely to the literature of that variety but also to the common stock. Where every dia lect, however, has its separate alphabet, and every province is distracted by the currency of two or three alphabets, the utmost confusion prevails, and people who understand each other in speaking--:- Hindoos and Mahomedans, Pundits and Bunyans —are unable to correspon d with each other in writ ing or to make use of each other's books. Even were it possible out of the 14 current alphabets of India to select one for universal use, the difficulties in the way of adopting it would be almost insuper, able. There is not one of them which it is not extremely difficult to read, difficult to write, and difficult to print. As for reading, it is well known that the natives themselves can not read them fluently. Even the pundits and moonshees are continually obliged to stop for the purpose of spelling the words. A fluent reader of any of the native" characters is almost unheard of, while a mere boy who is taught the Roman characters will in the course of a few months read anything that is given to him with out stopping. Writing, it may well be imagined, is still more difficult. As a general rule it is im possible to write fast in the native alphabets with out making so many blunders and omissions that the manuscript becomes an unintelligible scrawl. Taking a most favourable example, however, we may mention an experiment which was tried by one of the teachers of the Hindoo College. lie asked one of the best Bengali copyists to write as rapidly as he could in the native character, while he himself wrote in the Roman ; and the result of the competition was in favour of the latter by two and a half to one. This is bad enough. The greatest difficulty of all, however, occurs in print ing. For one dialect a fount of type is required consisting of not less than 700 letters, simple and compound ; another requires 000 letters ; a third 1,000, and so on. Apart from the cost of preparing such a fcunt, consid©r the difficulty with which the compositor has to contend with in having a "case" before him with this prodigious collection of cha racters, which, after all, makes no provision for such convenient indications as we have in our capi tals, small capitals, and italics. Consider the labour not only of selecting all these letters, but of placing now above and now below the consonants those incomprehensible vowel points, which, as rest ing on a thin strip of metal, are very liable to be broken, and to embarrass compositor :and reader alike. Consider the enormous space, too, which these characters must occupy, and the waste of paper and press-work which follows. Consider the impossibility of producing those varieties of large and small type Which are so useful in books printed in the Roman letters. The Wonder is that having to surmount these enormous difficulties it has ever been possible to print in the Oriental character. Our Indian cadets are recom mended to buy Shakespear's Ilindustanee Dic tionary, but the cost is five guineas; they are advised to buy his grammar and two other works, but the cost is four guineas more. No doubt they are cheap, if the labour bestowed upon them be taken into account ; but to the young cadet they are dear, they are bulky, and they are by no means inviting. The dictionary might be sold for half a sovereign if it were printed in the Roman character; it would be intelligible at first sight, and it would be 'reduced to respectable dimensions. There is, indeed, nothing like the Roman alphabet for utility—easily read, easily written, with a thou sand little conveniences in print which no ..her can boast of, as no other %in be compared with it for compactness. By slightly increasing the num ber of its sounds—and this is easiirdone by accent ing in various ways the existing letters—it is capable of being substituted: for the most copious of the Oriental alphabets. Tile strange multiplication of characters in the Oriental orthography is created by the compound sounds—a compound being formed by the union of two or more letters which, when written together, beat but slight traces of what they originally were, and to all intents and purposes form a new letter. No such difficulty presents itself in the Roman alphabet, the simplicity of which so commends itself evon to the natives of India that not only is it used in writing by great and increasing numbers of the most influential classes, but. also Hindustani newspapers are actually printed in it and preferred by those who understand it. These facts prove what we have said, that the introduction of the Roman letters into India would not only be useful to ourselves, but is the condition on which alone the •education of the natives and the growth of a vernacular literature are possible. If we desire the personal influence of Englishmen to be broughtmore strongly to bear upon the Mussul man and the Hindoo ; if we desire to bridge over the chasm that now separates the victor from the vanquished—the ruling from the subject race ; if we desire to educate the natives and to 'bring them under the dominance of European ideas and a Christian civilisation ; if, too, we would wipe away the reproach which has been so often brought against us, and raise a monument of ourselves in that land —less imposing, it may be, but certainly more en during than the most magnificent of public works —then the best thing we can do—the stepping stonealready to all else—is to set about this very simple work oe establishing the use of the Roman alpha et throughout India. A good deal has been done . in this direction. The proposal was origi nally made ne . gradually com e terrible event of last though at fiztiy i r n e t ceiv f ed with opposition, it has a quarter of a century back ;and et a t N rf •o a u r r o , us e e s d pe th ei e al E ly ng s l i i n sh ce pu tl b ie lie to the consideration fruit of this movemenut,o ti !:dian affairs. As a first Bible Society have undertakenlit British and Foreign edition of the New Testament 1. ( 1 ) publish a large language, but in the Roman characters , ' industani h i gh version being printed in parallel colu t m h t e ls Ens - polyglot bibles ; and what is the ob* ,us in object ?--th induce the soldiers in the Queen's arm y , as well as others Infra, study the now in to . language ' a n d to ability of associating with the natives. acquire the It is hoped, also, that the Government of India m ay ive Mlle encouragement to th e be induced to g f which are s cheme, cerinly modest thepromoters o if it be true as we ta believe that in their expectations, they limit their requiremenes to the three follow ing points—namely, Ist, that Government would simply permit petitions a-4 other documents in the Roman character to be received in their courts and offices ; 2d, that they would publish a set of the Acts of the Indian Government in the Roman cha racter, and, 3d, that in the same character they would publish an edition of the vernacular Govern ment Gazette, including, of course, projects of law and other documents relating to current legislation. These demands are so moderate, and the object to be obtained so desirable, that we trust it is only necessary to propound the scheme in order to be speak for it the favourable consideration of the Indian Council.—Times. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1858. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 9. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) ALLEN V. ALLEN AND ANOTHER. In this case Dr. Spinks moved to refuse the peti tion, by striking out certain allegations which had been set forth in order to substantiate the aver ment of adultery. The learned civilian supported his motion by referring to the rules of the court, which he contended laid downthe principle that no thing ought to be pleaded beyond the fact of the marriage and cohabitation, and the grounds upon which it was sought to dissolve the marriage, or judicially to separate the parties. Mr. M'Queen supported the allegations at great length, and with copious extracts from the report of the Common Law Commissioners on the subjeet of pleading. The learned counsel contended that it was the duty both of plaintiffs and of defendants to disclose the main features of their case. The learned Judge was of opinion that the peti tion must be reformed, as prayed. No doubt a plain tiff was bound to disclose his ground of action, but he was not bound to show the evidence by which he intended to prove his case. In the present in stance the plaintiff alleged his marriage and the adultery of the respondent with A. 8., or with some person unknown. That was quite as much as used ever to be disclosed by the declaration in an action for criminal conversation; and it was now contended that that was not amply sufficient to disclose the cause of action. The marriage of the parties, and the subsequent adultery of one of them, were grounds of action ; but the facts alleged in those portions of the petition which were objetced to were not. They must therefore be omitted. GATES V. OATES.-AN AMIABLE HUSBAND. This was a petition for a judicial separation on the lground of cruelty, promoted by Mary Oates against her husband Philip. The marriage of the parties took place on the 9th Nov., 1840, at Wal ton-on-the-Hill, near Liverpool, and they afterwards carried on business at No. 65, Parliament-street, Liverpool, as cowkeepers. They had had three children. The respondent was a person of intern. petate habits, and, as his wife deposed, was very " wicked" in his drink. He used to swear at her, turn her out of doors, call her foul names, beat her with his hands, with stable forks, pokers, and other implements. Once he broke her jaw with a blow of his fist ; and on another occasion he locked him self in a room with her, and beat and abused her for two hours ; he then ordered her upstairs to bed, followed her up to the first floor, and flung her out of the window, by which she sustained the fracture of three ribs. For this exploit he was sen tenced by Baron Alderson to two years' imprison ment, and to find sureties for two years additional. The petitioner procured . the required bail, and set him at liberty; but by way of rewarding her for this act of loyalty, he ill-treated her again, and was again ordered to find bail for six months. In April last he again beat her, and was for this im prisoned three months, and ordered again to find sureties, in default of which he is still in gaol. Dr. Wambey, for the petitioner, sub - stantiated these facts by the evidence of Mrs. Oates herself, who said that the times she had been ill-treated were so numerous that she could not say how often. Elizabeth Taylor, her sister-in-law, corroborated her statement, and added that when she visited the petitioner at the hospital, after she had been thrown out of the window, she was not able to recognise her, on account of the shocking manner in which she had been disfigured. Isaiah Worrell produced copies of the respon dent's conviction before Mr. Rushton, the stipen diary magistrate of Liverpool, on the sth of August, when he was ordered to find six months' bail; of his conviction before Mr. Baron Alderson in the month of March, 1854, and of his conviction before two magistrates in April last. Sir C. Cresswell at once decreed the judicial separation of the parties, and condemned the re spondent in the costs. THE NAVY. Port-Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds, K.C.8., struck his flag on board the Impregnable, 104, in Hamoaze, on Monday evening, the gallant Com mander•in-Chief having been granted a fortnight's leave of absence. The paddle-wheel steam frigate Centaur, 6, Cap tain William Clifford, was inspected at Plymouth Sound, on Monday, by Admiral Superintendent Sir T. Pasley. The crew were exercised at the guns. _ The surveying gunboat Shamrock, Master Wil liam Calver, is to be put out of commission in De vonport until the spring of 1859, when she will resume her duties. Experimental firing by the gunners of her Ma jesty's ship Excellent, on board the gunboat Snap per was resumed yesterday against the iron-cased steam-battery Meteor, at Portsmouth. The range was 400 yards, at which distance five shots were fired against the battery. None penetrated but they battered the iron considerably where they struck, making a very visible indentation ; the shot flew off into fragments like a shower of grape or canister after striking, from which it is augured they were common cast-iron shot, instead of wrought or turned as were those which penetrated the Erebus, and the one which went through the Meteor on Monday, and which did considerable damage to the wood framing or lining of the broadside. As soon as the firing was over both yesterday and the preceding day a pall of black tarpauling or canvas was low ered over the parts fired upon to exclude the gratifi cation of curiosity by " outsiders." The Meteor has been under fire before, and under less ignoble cir cumstances. She was commissioned on the 22d of May, 1858, by Capt. F. B. P. Seymour (now of the Pelorus, 21-gun corvette on the China station),and was towed out to the Black Sea ; and although she could not (nor any of the same family) carry her armament out with her, yet when she had remounted it she carried herself very respectably under fire from certain Russian batteries at Kinburn. A court-martial, comprising Rear-Admiral the Hon. G. Grey, President ; Capts. H. Eyres, C. 8., of the St. Vincent ; G. H. Seymour, C. 8., Aide-de- Camp to the Queen, of the 'Victory ; R. H. Hew lett, C. 8., of the Excellent ; R. Harris, of the Il lustrious ; and Mr. Heller, Deputy Judge-Advo cate of the Fleet, assembled yesterday on board the Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, to try Commander J. W. M‘Donald and Mr. W. P. Braund, the mas ter of her Majesty's troopship Urgent, for negli gently navigating that vessel, whereby s h o t oo k the ground off Chichester on the night of the Ist of Nov., 1858. Lieutenant Cowper, the officer of the watch at the time of the accident, and other witnesses, were examined in support of the charge The Court, after hearing the evidence and com pleting the inquiry, was of opinion that sufficient allowance was not made for the speed of the ship and set of the tide between 5.50 and 6.50 on the evening in question, but as the commander and master showed great anxiety and attention to their duty on that occasion, the Court only recommended them to be more cautious for the future. 'His Netherlands Majesty's steam squadron, con sisting of the frigates Evertzen, 50, Capt. May, carrying the flag of Rear-Admiral t'Hooft ; the Ad miral Wassenaer, 45, Capt. de Vaynes van Brakell; and the corvettes Vice-Admiral Koopman, Captain Van der Moore ; Citadel van Antwerpen, Capt. de Gelder ; and Vesuvius, Capt. de Casembroot,weighed from Spithead under sail yesterday morning at an early hour, the flagship Evertzen firing a parting salute of 17 guns, which Sir G. Seymour's flagship Victory returned. During the stay of the Dutch squadron at Portsmouth the crews have behaved in an exemplary manner, and their officers have exhi bited the most gentlemanly demeanour in their in tercourse with the inhabitants. The naval and mili tary dignitaries have vied with each other in show ing the gallant - visitors the utmost courtesy and hospitality. His Netherlands Majesty's Consul, Chevalier Van Den Bergh, has been also indefati gable in his attentions to them, and coaled the whole squadron by his own means. The Dutch Admiral weighed for Madeira. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—W. Warburton, paymaster ad ditional to the Wellesley ; J. Whittall, paymaster additional to the Formidable ; T. M. Jenkins, assis tant paymaster to the Cressy ; D. J. Yeoman, as sistant paymaster to the Urgent ; R. H. Hansell and M. 0. Markham, clerks to the Marlborough; A. G. Young, clerk to the Hawke. THE ..4RMY. A general parade of the troops belonging to the Ist Battalion of Infantry at Chatham garrison took place at an early hour yesterday morning, after which the whole of the depots were marched to the Spur battery for the purpose of witnessing the in-. fliction of corporal punishment on a private of the 53d Regt. named Thompson, who was receli tl y tried by district court-martial at Chatham on a charge of having stolen a sovereign prom a comrade in the barracks. For this offence the prisoner, who bears a very bad character in the corps, was sen tenced to receive 50 lashes, and also to be impri soned for six months. The sentence of the Court having been read. to the assembled battalion, the prisoner was marched to the centre and fastened to the halberds, where the corporal punishment was administered to him. He was afterwards removed to the military hospital; and as soon as he is dis charged from that establishment will undergo the remainder of his sentence at Fort Clarence. The sick and wounded troops who arrived from Bombay in the Caduceus have been inspected at Port Pitt Hospital, Chatham, by the medical staff of that establishment. The wouttad'and disabled troops, to the numher of - . 67 non-commissioned officers' and men, togethei with 17 w omen an d children, belonged to the 3d (Prince of- Wales's) Dragoon Guards, 14th Light Dragoons, 17th Lan cers, ith-.(King's- Own), 18th (Royal Irish), 33a' (Duke of'Wellingto n ' s ), 56th, 71 s t Hi g hl a nders), i 72d (Highlanders), 78th: (Highlanders), 83d, 86th, `and 95th Regiments were untkr the command of Capt. G. S. .Isi-unn,. 22d Regimeill, and in medical charge of; Assistant-Surgeon H. C. Miles,.B3d Regi ment.- touring the voyage six deaths occurred on board. 'Many of the troops have been severely wounded, and on being medically inspected it was found necessary for 30 men to be taken into Hos pital for treatment, the remainder being ordered to await an order for their discharge from the service. Colonel W. H. Parke, Commandant of the Chat-- ham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, has joined headLquarters from two Months' leave or absence, and yesterday resumed the command of the division, the duties of which had devolved on Colonel E. Rea, Second Commandant. AN ENCOUNTER WITH HIGHWAY ROBBERS.— On Friday, at the petty sessions for Oldbury, a colliery town near Birmingham, a man named William Billington, miner, was charged with a highway robbery with violence. On the previous Wednesday night, Mr. Richard Powell, of the Moat Farm, Warley Wigvin, two miles from 01b bar, was returning home. When he was within a short distance of his house, ho heard a shuffling by the roadside, and thinking that some dangerous persons were' near, he drew a spring pocket knife: Instantly afterwards he was struck on the head with a • missile, which he supposed to be a hugo cinder or stone, and his . skull was fractured. Mr. Powell was stunned by the blow; but, nevertheless, ho mustered courage, and as one of the villains rushed upon him, he plunged the knife into his side with as much force as his exhausted strength would permit. Finding that Mr. Powell offered such stout resistance, the first rob ber held him tiffhtly while the second pelted him with stones, chiefly aiming at his head. Having weakened Mr. Powell in this way, the thieves searched his person. One of them first dipped his hand into one of Mr. Powell's trousers' pockets, which contained only 2d. A large sum of money was in Mr. Powell's possession at the time, but the robbers did not find it. Mr. Powell repeatedly cried " Mur- der," and as a fow houses are near the spot it is supposed that the depredators felt themselves in danger. A reward of .£2o—£lo of which Mr. Powell offered, and the rest of which was promised by tho Halesowen Association for the" Prosecution of Felons—was offered for the capture of the felons. On Friday morning Sergeant Simmons, of the Old bury police force, succeeded in discovering Billington in a house near Langley Green, and on examining him found that Billington had recend received a stab in his left sid e , that being the side of his adversary into which Mr. Powell must have plunged the knife. The prisoner, on being charged with the offence, replied that he did not know that ho was stabbed until somebody told him. The further hearing of the case, which has created great interest in the neighbourhood, was postp . 9ned till Tuesday. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—A lady of high rank, whose name must be suppressed, thus writes :—" I was continually affected with low spirits, without any t k l' in al : a Moatfw o os tensible cause. My learned physician called it ' hypochon driasis.' I did not want the name of the disease. I asked ef fe th rtun ose a to be cured of it. But I asked in vain. At last ;seeing an advertisement o f Holloway's Pills, I thought I Would give the m pills t the eitwas me. It was like en chantment. - and. low spirit e d I r f g ai o ” l. They a re old, world for brightened nie t that l did boo fo After at trial. so. Whenever I feel languid esort to these little s p e lls. Th e y never worth much mo re th an th e i r we i g ht in MARSH V. MARSH.-CRUELTY. This was a case bearing some resemblance to the last, inasmuch as the cruelty charged was likewise attributed to drink. It was a petition presented by Mrs. Mary Marsh, of Sutton, in Kent. The marriage took pinee on the 28th of October, 1850, and they had had four children, the eldest of whom was seven and the youngest two years of age. The respondent was a farmer„and the union was at first a tolerably happy one. Afterwards, however, he fell into intemperate habits, which rendered him very irritable; and caused him to use violont 'language towards Mrs. Marsh. He would remain in bed for weeks together, during which time he would compel her to remain with him and supply him with drink. Evidence was adduced to show that while in this state he had seized her and had attempted to strangle her. An act of this kind was proved to have been, committed in 1856, one in 1857, anda third on the 21st March last. A week afterwards the petitioner's brother, Mr. Jef freys; took her to his house at Folkestone, where she had lived ever since. In order to show the serious effects of the treatment she had received, her medical attendant was examined, and he stated that she appeared like a person in the last state of a decline, when she first came home. She was still in delicate health. Indefence, Mr. Ma 3namara called the respondent, who stated that in consequence of some Chancery proceedings he had fallen into pecuniary difficul ties, which had rendered him very unhappy. H e had therefore been induced to take more drink than was good for him ; and he supposed that he had had delirium tremens ; at least it had made him very ill, and he hardly knew what had occurred ; but he would swear that nobody ever loved his wife more than he had done, and he had no recol lection whatever of having treated her ill. Unfor tunately her mother and other persons had inter fered; and but for that he was convinced his wife would never have left him. The witness gave his evidence in a very excited manner, and was. once or twice reprimanded by the judge. Two servants were likewise called ; but the evidence of the one was of little importance, and the other 'admitted, after considerable hesitation, that he had been directed to sleep in his master's room in order to keep him from the . petitionef." '- Dr. Deane contended that upon the'evidence before the Court, coupled with the demeanour of the respondent under examination, the Court ox ,ht not to hesitate in granting . the petitioner the relief she desired. He was not instructed to ask - for ali mony or costs, but he hoped,that the Court, before pronouncing its final . decree, would allow his client the opportunity df making an application with regard to the custody of her children. Sir C. Cresswell reserved his judgment. During the afternoon the proceedings of the court were enlivened by a visit from the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, who came in state to invite the judge to their banquet at Guildhall. POLICE' INTELLIGENCE.. —(Nov. 9.) • - •- _ - . WESTMINSTER.—Louisa Shaw, a girl PlOyed as nurse in the family o f M r . E. S aun d ers , of 5, Bessborough-street, Pimlico, was charged with stealing a shilling. Prosecutor, who was not sworn, but made the usual affirmation of a member of 'the Society of Friends, said that pri soner h a d b een i n his service for the last four or five months, during which time they had strongly suspected her of being dishonest. IR* -sister lost a ring ; -shortly after a silver spoon and other property was missed. As it was very un pleasant to keep a servant •in his house who was supposed to be dishonest, he was determined to bring the matter to a point. He accordingly marked two sixpences and a shilling this morning ' Ra i pat them on the floor of tie drawing-room, which ho left, and then calling the prisoner, said, " Nurse, I have dropped some silver in the draw ing-room Z go and pick it u p f or me." Prisoner went to the room and first produced one sixpence, apd then a second, stating that that was all the money • she could find. He then locked the drawing-room door, so that she could not have access to it, and then asked her if she couldiend her mistress a few shil lings, and prisoner then -said she had only half-a sovereign. Prosecutor said that that was no use, upon which prisoner said she had. a shilling, and produced the missing marked one from her pocket. Prosecutor then told her she had picked it up in the drawing-room, when she admitted the fact. She was remanded for a week. LAMBETH.—A gentleman, who described him self as a lieutenant-colonel in the army, but whose name did not transpire, applied to Mr. Elliott, on behalf of a person who accompanied him, to have the latter sworn to such an affidavit as would legally enable him to sell wine and spirits, and in fact carry on the trade of a vintner. The gentle man said he grounded his application on a para graph of a London paper taken from the provincial press, in which it appeared that such a proceeding had been sanctioned by a bench of magistrates. The applicant here handed to the magistrate the paragraph to which he referred, which purported to be the proceedings before the magistrates at Dudley on an application on behalf of a party who wished tomake an affidavit that his father had served in the army during the years 1802 and 1816, as under the act 56th George 111., cap. 6`7, any officer mariners, soldiers, and marines, or persons who seaved in the militia or Fencibles (or their wives and children) during the years 1802 and 1816 were entited to sell exciseable articles in any place with out a license, and that after such an affidavit any person taking proceedings against th 6 party would, upon a nonsuit, have to pay double costs to thede• fendant.- It- was said that the magistrates, after calling in legal aid, found they had no alternative but to take the affidavit ; but as, according to their view of the act, the applicant must first sell the exciseable articles, they agreed to take his affidavit on a future day. Finding that the magistrate had done reading the paragraph the applicant said the person on whose behalf he was about to apply was a man of whose character he could speak with con fidence, as he had served as a sergeant in his regi ment during the years mentioned in the act. Mr. Elliott observed that if the paragraph be fore him was a correct report of what had taken place, the magistrates must have made a great mis take, and acted in total misapprehension of the law. The act of Parliament, the 56th of George 111., ap lied merely to trades business, and stated that the persons for whose benefit it had been passed might set up business in cities or corporate towns without being subject to the bye-laws or customs of such places, but gave them no power whatsoever to carry on the business of a licensed victualler. The fourth section of the act was conclusive on the point, for it stated that the act should not " extend to give liberty to any person to set up the trade of a vint ner, or sell any wine or other liquors without licenses first had and obtained." It was perfectly clear that under no circumstances could any person exercise the trade or business of a licensed victual- - ler, or sell wines and spirits, without first having obtained a proper certificate from the licensing ma gistrates or other legally constituted body, and therefore he (Mr. Elliott) could not receive any affi davit for the object contemplated. The applicant confessed he had some doubt on the point himself, and felt much obliged for the trouble his worship had taken in explaining the law. GREENWICH.—AIfred Hubble, R. Winch, and Charles Rutterford, bricklayers, were placed at the bar before Mr. Seeker, charged with as saulting William Waters, also a bricklayer, while at work at Loampit-hill, Lewisham. It appeared that the complainant and his son were at work on a scaffold when the three prisoners, who were in a state of drunkenness, came up and commenced abusing the elder Waters, calling him a " blackleg" (a term of reproach for "non-society" men), and threatened to knock him off the scaffold. They then commenced throwing bricks, one of which struck young Waters on the shoulder, and he fell from the scaffold. Hubble took up three bricks which were cemented together, and was about hurling them at the elder Waters, but was prevented by the foreman of the works. Winch and Rutherford then ran up to the complainant, Rutherford holding complainant's hands, while Winch also held and knocked his head against the wall. Mr. Cross, the manager of the works, fear ing dangerous results from such violent conduct, obtained assistance and gave the prisoners into custody. The prisoners appeared troubled to find an ex cuse for their behaviour, merely contenting them selves with saying that they had bricks thrown at them. • Mr. Seeker said this was a most serious charge against the prisoners. The assault was bad enough, but when it came to doing violence to a man because he was not a society man, he thought it became his duty to afford such protection as the law would allow against men who combined to gether to commit an illegal act. He, therefore, should inflict a penalty of £5 on each of them, and in default of payment they would be imprisoned for two months, with hard labour. The prisoners were locked up. WANDSWORTH.—Ann May, the hawker of lace and caps, who has been twice remanded on a charge of obtaining a 'quantity of wearing apparel from a young woman, named Harriet Vincent, a servant, under the pretence of telling her fortune and ruling the planets, was brought before Mr. Dayman, on this occasion, for final examination. The complainant, in adding to her former evi dence, said the prisoner told her she would be mar ried in. six months. Mr. Dayman—Did you believe this ? The complainant—l was foolish enough to do so at the time. (Laughter.) Mr. Dayman—Did you suppose that she was going to wrap the stars up in your dresses ? (Increased laughter.) The complainant here looked very much ashamed of her conduct, and made no answor. • The prisoner (apparently crying)—l, never saw the young woman lam not the - person. Mr. Dayman—Why was the prisoner remanded ? Mr. Taylor (chief clerk)—To enable the police, if possible, to find out that she had been telling for tunes within the six months last past, for her to be punished summarily. These clothes were obtained twelve months ago. The constable—l have made inquiries in this and other divisions, and I cannot find any other cases. Mr. Dayman (to the prisoner)—l don't know which is the worst of the two, you or the young woman. The complainant was a great goose to suppose that you had any influence in ruling the stars, or that you could get her married in six months. If I could legally punish you I would, for you, finding there are such fools, impose upon their credulity. IC : serves the young woman right that she has lost her dresses, for she can now see that her dresses have vanished, the stars remain, and she is not married. (Laughter.) The complainant—l'll never be so foolish again. When she had my clothes she left with me a pair of earrings, which she said were gold, and she was to have them-back when she returned my property. Mr. Dayman—What became of the earrings ? The complainant—l burnt them about six weeks ago. I got disgusted at looking at them. (Loud laughter.) Sir. 13 - ay - man—l suppose the earrings were not gold ? • Complainant—No, sir ; they were worthless. (Laughter.) Mr. Dayman—Well, I am surprised, considering these cases occur almost every day, that there should be so many fools as to believe these fortune tellers. If ever you come here again Tshall punish you very seTerely. ' Tho-prisoner—l'll never come again ; thank your worship. The constable—l found some dirty playing car& upon her. What shall Ido With them ? Mr. Daynian--:Let them be burnt. The parties then left the court amidst much laughter. FROM THE GAZETTE OF YESTERD.AI DOWNING-STREET ? Nov. 6. The Queen has been pleased td'appdint the Right Hon. Wm. Ewart Gladstone, M.P., to be her Majesty's High Commissioner Extraordinary to the United States of the lonian Islands. DOWNING-STREET, Nov. S. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Capt. Wm. Dris coll Gosset, R.E., to be Treasurer for the Colony of British Columbia, and Capt. Chas. Sim, RE., to be Surveyo r - General for the Island of Ceylon. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the under. mentioned Gentlemen to be Members of the Legislative Council of the Colony of New Zealand, viz.:— George Alfred Arney, Esq. (Chief-Justice), Charles Robert Blakiston, Esq. George Cntfield, Esq. John Hyde Harris, Esq. johii Johnston, Esq. James Menzies, Esq. Major-General Robert Henry Wynyard, C.B. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 8. The - Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Juan Floran, Marquis of Tabuerniga, as Consul-General in the. United Kingdom, for her Majesty , the Queen of Spain. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Segismundo Schloss as Consul at Manchester, for the Re public of New Granada. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Nov. 4. The Queen bag been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Hon. the Eartof Shrewsbury and Talbot to appoint Captain James Lowndes, of the Royal Renfrew Militia ' one of her Majesty's Honourable C or p s o f G en tl emen - a t-Arms, vice Lieutenant-Colonel P. Percy Nevill, resigned. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov 9. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Edward Metcalfe, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Renshaw, promoted in 13th Light Dragoons. 4th Light Dragoons—The first Christian name of Cornet Doherty is Daniel, and not David, as previously stated. 9th Light Dragoons—Henry Augustus Bushman, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, in success i on t o Lieutenant F. R. C. Grant, promoted in sth Light Dragoons. Military Train—Captain George Pilkington Blake, from the 100th Foot, to be Captain, vice Swift, who ex changes. _ Royal Artillery—Quartermaster-Sergeant William Lloyd to be Quartermaster, vice Clark, retired upon half-pay. The Commissions of the undermentioned Paymasters of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers to be antedated to Ist September, 1858 :—Paymaster John Sargent, Pay master Charles Wilkinson, and Paymaster Edmond Gibbs. Grenadier Guards—William Augustus Frederick, Viscount Uffington. to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice D. Loftus, who retires. Coldstream Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel Lord F. Paulet to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, vice Bre vet-Colonel the Hon. G. F. Upton, promoted to the rank of Major-General; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel S. Perceval to be Major, without purchase, vice Paulet; Lieut. and Captain and Brevet-Major H. Armytage to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, vice Perceval ; Ensign and Lieut. H. J. B. Lane to be Lieut., and Captain, without purchase, vice Arm ale. Scots Fusilier Guards—F. Ouvry, Esq., to be Solicitor, vice Weimer, deceased. 4th Regiment of Foot—L. M'Laine, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Middleton, promoted. sth Foot—The second Christian name of Ensign Troup is " Igglesden." 9th Foot—Lieutenant Ormsby Cox, from the Royal Lime rick County Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jeffares, promoted. 10th Foot Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchel George Sparks to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel John Sidney Cotton, promoted to the rank of Major-General ; Brevet-Major S. F. C. Annesley to be Major, without purchase, vice Sparks ; Li eutenant Thomas C. Robertson to be Captain, without purchase, vice Annesley; _Ensign John Rudge to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Robertson ; Lieutenant John Bates Marston, from Ist King's Own Stafford Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Betson, promoted. 11th Foot —Lieutenant William Speke Dickinson, from 29th Foot, to be Captain without purchase, vice Tighe, appointed to the 58th Foot ; John Boyce, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arthur, promoted. 13th Foot—George Kemmis, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Yardley, promoted. 16th Foot—Lieut. John Hill Crosse, from the 58th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Ferris, appointed to the 29th Foot. 17th Foet—The promotion of Ensign J. W. Hussey, from the 39th Feot, as stated in the Gazette of the 10th Sept.,. 1858, has been cancelled. 22d Foot—John David Cove Thomas, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilson, promoted. 23d Foot—John Francis Sparrow, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gerard, promoted. 25th Foot—Ernest Henry Paul Vivian, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Stubbs, promoted. 27th Foot—Francis Coffey, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Clay, promoted. 29th Foot—Capt. Edward Henry Westropp to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Sir Edward Lugard, promoted to the rank of Major-General ; Capt. George Augustus Ferris, from the 16th Foot, to be Captain, vice Westropp ; Ensign George Edward Fursdon to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Dickinson, promoted in 11th Foot. 31st Foot—Alex. Cumming Gow, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice James, promoted in the 18th Foot. 32d Foot—Lieutenant Robert Trotter Knox, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Clapcott, promoted ; Ensign Geoffrey Stanley to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Knox • Ensign Charles H am ilt on T rueman , f rom th e 47th Foot, to be Ensign, vice St an l e y. 35th Foot—Lieutenant Ranulph Charles Lee to be Captain, without purchase, vice Elkington, deceased ; Ensign and Adjutant Robert Hill Ross to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Leo. 37th Foot—Captain Henry Macmanus Sall to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Dames, promoted to the rank of Major-General; Lieutenant George Wm. Savage to be Captain, without purchase, vice Sall ; En sign Francis C. Foruee to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Savage. 38th Foot—Ensign James Power Boyd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wardlaw, who retires; John Barrett Brady, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, v i ce By ron , promoted in the 11th Foot. 42d Foot—Alexander Ferrier Kidston, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ceely, promoted. 44th Foot--Assistant-Surgeon E. Greswold McDowell, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John John son, dismissed the Service by the sentence of a General Court Martial. 50th Foot—Thomas Henry Fernley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase vice Edge, promoted in the 11th Foot. 51st Foot—John Vesey Nugent, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Thompson, promoted. 52d Foot—Lieut.: John Charles William Lever, from the Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia, to be Ensign with out purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Stopford, pro moted. 54th Foot—Ensign William Patrick Hodnett, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Fawcett, ap pointed to the 33d Foot. 55th Foot—Francis .Holt Tate, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase. 58th Foot—Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Cyprian Bridge to be Lieut.- Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel R. H. Wynyard, promoted to the rank of Major-General; Bre vet-Lieut.-Col. Andrew H. Russell to be Major, without purchase, vice Bridge ; Captain Michael Tighe, from 11th Foot, to be Captain, vice Russell ; Ensign Robert Wm. Archibald to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Crosse, promoted in 16th Foot. 60th Foot—Ensign Hugh St. George Barton to be Lieut., by purchase, vice George, promoted ; John Miller, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Barton, promoted. 62d Foot—John Henry Pagan, Gent., to be 'Ensign, by purchase, vice Reade, promoted. 63d Foot—Bernard Hermon, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Powys, promoted in 16th Foot. 64th Foot—Lieut. John Thomas Pack to be Adjutant, vice Hudson, promoted in 15th Foot. 65th Foot—Augustus Tabutean, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Leonard, promoted. 75th Foot—Harry Philip Dawson, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Butt, promoted. 76th Foot—Ensign Alexander Jason Hassard to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Corrance, who retires; Augustus George West, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clarke, promoted. 83rd Foot—Major Charles Wilson Austen to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Botet Trydell, promoted to the rank of Major-General ; Captain James Florence Murray to be Major, without purchase, vice Austen ; Lieutenant Edward Murant to be Captain, without purchase, vice Murray. 86th Foot—Henry Valentine Cullinan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sewell, promoted. 87th Foot—Major Bartholomew O'Brien to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet• Colonel M. C. Johnstone, promoted to the rank of Major-General; Captain William Percy Lea to be Major, without pur chase,_vice O'Brien; Lieutenant Armond Fitz Gerald to be Captain, without purchase, vice Lea; Ensign Benja min D' Urban Musgrave to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Wall, killed in action; Ensign George Wil liam Marsden to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Musgrave, whose promotion, without purchase, on the 7th September, 1858, has been cancelled ; Ensign John Graham Leadbitter to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Marsden, whose promotion, without purchase, on the 17th September, 1858, has been cancelled. 91st Foot—Alfred Sinclair Leatham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Edwards, whose appointment, as stated in the Gazette of the 30th July, 1858, has been cancelled. 99th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant Colonel Philip Smyly to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel J. N. Jackson, promoted to the rank of Major- General Captain Rupert Barber Deering to be Major, without purchase, vice Smyly; Lieutenant E. G. Keppel Ravenhill to bo Captain, without purchase, vice Deering ; Ensign Martin Joseph Browne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ravenhill. 100th Foot—Captain 'William Alfred Swift, from the Military Train, to be Captain, vice Blake, who ex changes. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Sergeant John William Arrow smith, from Corps of Permanent Instructors of Musketry, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hodnett, appointed to the 54th Foot. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant William Fleming Marson to bo Captain, by purchase, vice Moffatt, promoted. Falkland Islands Company—Captain Charles Compton Abbott, from half-pay Unattached, to be Commanding Officer of the Detachment of Troops employed in the Falkland Islands. HOSPITAL STAFF. The following Surgeons. having completed twenty years' full-pay service, to be Surgeons-Major, under the Royal Warrant of Ist October:— Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Thomas Mostyn. Staff:Surgeon of the Second Class John Steuart Graves. Sargeon John Maitland, M.D., Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Thomas Coke Gaulter, M.D. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Adam Thomas Jack son, M.D. Surgeon Andrew Maclean, M.D. Depot Battalion, Chatham. Surgeon Gideon Dolmage, Military Train. Surgeon John Charles Cameron, M.D., 37th Foot. Surgeon Archibald Alexander, 4th Light Dragoons. Surgeon Edward Hugh Bl a k enoy , Royal Hibernian School: , Staff-Surgeon of: the Second Class'Francis Robert Waring. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Robert Keating Pren dergast: Surgeon John Savage, M.D., Royal Artillery. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class John Grant, Staff-Surgeon James Stewart. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Edward Mockler. Surgeon William Dick, 12th Foot. Surgeon Robert Thomas Scott, 76th Foot. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Alexander Douglas Taylor, M.D. Surgeon James Townsend Oswald Johnston, M.D., Depot Battalion. Surgeon Archibald Stewart, 14th Light Dragoons. Surgeon Samuel Currie, M.D. 70th Foot. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class James Ambrose Law on M.D. Law on, Francis William Tunes, M.D.,_ 84th Foot. Surgeon William Alston Drssauville, M.D., Royal Ar tillery. Surgeon James Somerville Litle, Royal Artillery. Surgeon George Thomas Ferris, Royal Artillery, Surgeon Melbourne Broke Gallwey, Royal Artillery. Surgeon Henry Franklin, 9th Light Dragoons. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Melville Neale. BREVET. The undermentioned prOmotions to take place in succes sion to Colonel B. F. Dalton Wilson, promoted to be Major- General, vice Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley, deceased. Lieutenant-Colonel John Fraser, half-pay Unattached ; Fort-Major at Jersey, to be Colonel. Major Thomas Lillie, Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel. Chptain J. Waddell Boyd, halfLpay 14th Foot, Staff- Officer of Pensioners, to be Major. . Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Armstrong, C. 8., Depot Bat talion, having completed three years' actual service in that rank,/ on the Ist of October, 1858, to have the rank of Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. In consequence of the !,promotion of Colonel Hardinge, Colonel Willis and Colonel Anderson, of the Royal Artil lery, to be Major-Generals, the undermentioned Officers on the Retired Full-pay. List of the Regiment, who stood before them on the Effective List, at the time of their re tirement, to be promoted as follows, viz.:— Colonel George Durnford to be Major-General. ColonelCo o n e PhilipJ o s e ph s H a n a d n it e n ll d s to t to be be M b eivaijaojro-r? Major-General. Major-General. l r Colonel Benjamin Hutcheson Vaughan Arbuckle to be Major-General. Colonel John . Harbridge Freer to be Major-General.. Colonel Archibald White Hope to be Major-General. Colonel John Louis Smith to be Major-General. Dated 26th October, 1858, under the provisions of the 35th clause of the Royal Warrant of the 14th October, 1858. The date of the promotions of the undermentioned Officers on the retired full-pay of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers to be altered to 28th November, 1854, in consequence of that antedate having been given to the Brevet-Colonels who stood below them on the Effective Lists of their respective corps odsi a foe t : kh teho e rfiro t e i to m dhteo e of their retire inßgoytiaoHn'otvhotoae rran pr nii o t s:i y full -pay retire ment, clauses e c n o t lon a o ei c rtheGeorged Arl C il ol l o e n rY el . Thomas Akers Shone, retired full-pay Royal Artillery. Colonel Chas. Herrick Burnabay, retired full-pay Royal Artillery. Colonel John Geddes Walker, retired full-pay Royal Artillery. Colonel Joshua Jebb, C. 8., retired full-pay Royal En gineers. Colonel Robert Kearsloy Dawson, C. 8., retired full-pay Royal Engineers. Lieutenant -Colonel John Henry Lefroy, of the Royal Artillery, h av i ng completed three years' service in that rank on the 24th September 1858, to be Colonel in the Army, under the pr ov i s i ons of the Royal Warrant of 3d Novem ber, 1854. Quartermaster George Clark, half-pay Royal Artillery, to be Captain, the rank being honorary only, under the pro visions of the Royal Warrant of 17th December, 1855. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 8. In consideration of the successful operations against piratical junks in the Chinese Seas, as recorded in th e London Gazette of the 2d instant, the following promotions have taken place : Lieut. Leveson Wildman to be Commander, by Commis sion dated Oct. 15, 1858. Lieut. John Whitmarsh Webb to be Commander, Mr. Wallop Brabazon to be Acting Lieutenant (to b. confirmed on passing at the Royal Naval College), by Commissions dated Nov. 5, 1858. ADMIRALTY, S.W., Nov. 2. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet Hugh Wil liam Bamber to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Charles Thornton Townshend, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Noyes, r e ti re d. Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia— Edward Kerrison, Gent., to be Ensign, vice John Charles William Lever, promoted. 6th Regiment of West York Militia—Lieut. Henry San derson to be Captain, vise Maude, resigned; Ensign Wm. Edwin Cadman, to be Lieutenant. MEMORANDUM.—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the Commission held in this regiment, by Captain Edwin H. Hewgill ; Lieut. John Sewell has been removed from the regiment. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Lieut. Wm. Henry Bent to be Captain, vice Hinde, resigned, re taining his rank. 3rd or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia. —Lieutenant Nathaniel Taylor to be Captain, vice Chapman, resigned. sth or Royal Elthorn Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia.—Ensign William Robinson Truman to be Lieutenant, vice Hancock, appointed to the Bth Foot. MEsionANDum.---3rd or Royal Westminster Light In fantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia.—Ensign James Goody, absent without leave from training, removed from the strength of the Corps. 2nd Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia — Ensign Astley Jephson to be Lieutenant ; Ensign George Nathan Bilham to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Henry Nicholls to be Lieutenant ; Ensign William Browning Gardner to be Lieutenant ; Richard Trevor Irvine, Gent., to be Ensign. [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the sth instant.] 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regi ment of Royal Lancashire Militia—William Sheffield Betham, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Frederick Henry Brice, promoted. BANKRUPTS. James Russell, jun., stationer, Aldersgate-street, City, to surrender Nov. 20, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. - William Adams, glove manufacturer, Exeter, Nov. 23 and Dec. 14, at one, at th e E xe t er District Court. Fredk. Charles Blayney, bookseller, Warwick-square, City, Nov. 22, at half-past one, and Dec. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Waite, saddler, Tonbridge, Nov. 23, at one, and Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Moore, innkeeper, Bradford, Nov. 25 and Dec. 17, at eleven, at ti e Leeds District Court. George Hunt, trunk maker, Above Bar, Southampton, No pt v. 22, and Dp c . 27, a t e l even, at t h e C ourt of Bank - Is aac cy. Samuels, leather seller, Gravesend, Nov. 19, at half past one, and Doc. 14, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. John Stirk, commission agent, Wolverhampton, Nov. 22 and Dec. 13, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James Waterston, wine merchant, Edinburgh. William Cochran, tanner, Kilmarnock. Alexander Ferguson, manufacturing jeweller, Glasgow. James Brown, merchant, Glasgow. Alexander Laird. innkeeper, Lanark. Swanwick and Muller, general brokers, Glasgow. George Parker, Lieutenant in Ist Royal Lancashire Militia, Airdrie. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 9. We are now receiving very moderate supplies of grain and flour from every part, while the exports to Ireland and coastwise are of good extent. All our important markets during the past week have ruled heavy and dull for all the leading articles of the grain trade, with a point of depres sion in price, but the Mark-lane report of yesterday made a stand to further decline. To-day the attendance at our market of buyers was better than of late, and a fair business was 'effected in good wheat and flour at fully late rates. Beans, oats, Indian corn, and barley were alike dull, but ne change in quotations. ,D-NOT. 9. lere was very little doing in ithout much change. Barley, grinding 28s to 32s Oats, old, —a to —0 New do 24s to 324 Beans. 17s to 12s SHEFFIE At this morning's market t, grain, and prices remained wit White wheat, new, 16s to 20s Red do. lss to 16s Old white —s to —s Red do.. —s to I Barley, malting....33s to 36s Malt.. —s to —s Millers' prices for flour--Is sd, is 7d, and is £4d per 141 b. Hay, 80s to 90s ; wheat straw, 28s to 32s ; oat straw, 350 to 40s ; turnips, 12s to 17s per ton. LEEDS—Nov. 9. Wo are fairly supplied with wheat, the demand limited, but prices are firm at the rates of last week. Barley as last quoted. Beans sell in retail at former rates. Oats and other articles without alteration. Averages for the week : Wheat 2,664 qrs., at .45s Od 8ar1ey......... 526 „ 33s 2id Oats 6 32s Od Rye - ~ Beans — ~ —s Od Peas Arrivals this week : Wheat 1,358 qrs. Oats Barley Beans Rapeseed Linseed 722 BRISTOL—Nov. 9. At our market this morning English wheat leas dif f icult of sale, and must be noted is to 2s per qr lower, foreign at the same time time declining 2d to 3d per 701ba, without leading to business. Flour was almost unsaleable, although offered at a reduction of fully is per sack. RICHMOND—Noy. 6. There was a middling supply of grain to-day, and a slow business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, from 59 Od to 6s 6d per bushel ; red, 5s 3d to 6s Od ; barley, 30s to 36s Od per do. ; oats, 24s Od to 30s ; beans, —s to NORWICH CATTLE—Nov. 6. _ _ • There was a large show of store beasts to-day, consisting of Scots, shorthorns, Irish, and Devons. Sales were veil fair. The selling price for Scots was 4s to 6s 6d; short horns, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; Irish, 3 s 6d t o 4s per stone of Ribs. estimated weight when fat. Fat beasts firm at 7s 6d to 80 6d per stone. Sheep--Fat sheep, 8s to 8s 6d, prime lots 9s per stone. Pigs—Good store pigs, 15s to 20s per head. Fat pork 6s to 6s 6d, prime 6s 9d per stone. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—NOV. 9 • The market was very good at the opening, and improved throughout the day, but closed at a decline. Sheffield, 1 North British, 551 6—Y or k an d N ort h Midland, 76 351 1- -Eastern Counties, 12 7-16 I—Midland, 98 1 Chester and Holyheads, 361 7 Caledonians, 85 F—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 95 6—London and North-Westerns 9E1 — Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 9-16—Great Western, 541 East Lancashire, 94 941—Dutch Rhenish, 41 4 dis.— Leeds Northern, 471—Dovers, 221 9-16—Berwicks, 93 —Blackburns, 11 I—Birkenheads, 661 71—Great Western of Canada, 181 1. LREDS—Nov. 9. There was very little business, and prim rather better. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 96—Bradfords, 98—Sheffields, 36—Consols, 98} Dec. 7. MANCHESTER—NOV. 9. The market was firm , and prices rather better. Leeds, 96—London and North Westerns, 90 F-Dovers 22 9-16 Sheffield, 35k—Leeds 6 per Cent. Prefere nce , 14—North British, 55 Midlands , 98 4 —Eastern Counties , 12 121-- Trunks, 91 9-16—Fleetwood s , 1 11-16 per share—North Staffords, 41- d. BIRMINGHAM—Noy. 9. 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Packed in tins of about 90 feeds, I ls. ; in casks of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, £5, beiag about 11d. per feed. BIRTIIS. ARNOLD.—On the 4th inst., at Edenbridge, Kent, Mrs. George Arnold, of a son. DOLDY.—On the Bth inst., at Weston House, Earles-eourt, Old Brontpton, Mrs. Dolby, of a son. Lucy.--On the Bth inst., at Wavertree, near Liverpool, the wife of Henry C. Lucy, Esq., of a son. MA.VOR.—On the 7th inst., at 77, Park-street, Grosvenor square, Mrs. Wm. Mayor, of a son. MARRIAGES. CLARIC—KNOTT.—On the 6th inst., at Wahnor Church, Kent, Mr. Clark, of Dover, to Charlotte, daughter of the late Mr. R. Knott, of Walmer. Coss—Boys. —On the 4th inst., at All Saints', Hastings, Samuel Skinner, son of the late W. H. Cobb, Esq., of Ivy Church, Kent, to Laura Dan, daughter of the late G. Boys. DEATHS. BtAREILORE.—On the 7th inst., suddenly, of apoplexy, Thomas William Booker Blakemore, Esq., of the Leys, Herefordshire, and of Velinara, Glamorganshire, M.P. for the county of Hereford, aged 67. DE STERNBERO.—On the 7th inst., at 16, NeW Burling ton-street, the Baron de Sternberg. GORDON.—On the 2d inst., in London, the Rey. John Gordon, rector of Lydgate, Suffolk, aged 34. HOLDSWORTH ---On the 6th inst., at 14 Endsleigh-street, Tavistock - square, the R ev . J o h n W. lloldsworth, vicar of Linton, Kent, aged 32. MACREADY.—On the Bth inst., at Sherborne House, Sher borne, Dorset, Letitia Margaret Macready, sister of W. C. Macready, Esq., aged 64. PEACOCK.—On the Bth inst., at Suffolk-street, Pall-mall the Very Rev. George Peacock, Dean of Ely. POWNALL.—On the 3d inst., at Pownall-green, Bramhall• Cheshire, Peter Pownall, Esq., aged 94. 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