The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-18 00:00:00

THE BANK FORGERIES, (From the Times. The Wagner gang, just convicted at the Old Bailey, were social enemies, almost respectable from the magnitude of their operations and the artistic resources developed in their attacks upon their na tural victims, the banking community of this me tropolis. The history fe their lives reads more like a chapter from "The Furs -ltit of Knowledge under Difficulties," or an account of fhe stages of invention which produced our present steam engine, than like the process of robbing a banker of X 2 65. The most patient labour, the most ca reful track ing of occult troths, the most open-eyed observation of trifling indications, the qualities which have given statues' and immortal names to Harvey and Watt and Stephenson, seem to have been possessed and exercised by Wm. Wagner, Robt. Humphreys, Wm. Wynne Bramwell, Wm. Whitehead Chandler, and. Andrew Foster. Their process was indeed the re verse of that which is employed by the benefactors of mankind; their business was to shut out light, not to create it, to walk in darkness and to erase their footsteps as they trod ; but the qualities of mind developed by the philosophers and the swindlers are almost equally rare. Wagner and his confederates elevated forgery to the dignity of a science, and pressed into its service all the fine arts that could aid in its advancement. Imitative penmanship, engraving, die- sinking, . personation of the finest acting , and little ro mances flowing from imaginations always fruitful, and composed with the most minute attention to social probabilities and to the unities of time aad place, were all lavished upon the design of doing one false act in the face of day, before the practised eyes of men trained to examine that act, and to invest it with such a character of truth that it should pass unchallenged and leave no track be hind it. It is a great fact in the progress of civili sation. It is a strong contrast to the clumsy crow bar and horse-pistol system of ruder times. To a mere tyro in swindling it might seem.an easy thing to forge a cheque and receive the money for it ; but Wagner and his friends knew that to do this with any certainty of success and after-impunity is of the highest order of difficulty. Ten years of meditation over a previous miscarriage had taught the master forger the arduous nature of his calling. If he failed, he failed as Caesar Borgia failed, by an unfortunate error in the objects upon whom he exercised his treachery and his confidence. The machinery of Wagner was after this way. There lived an aged man bent with _years and infir mities, who had passed his long life in the laborious acquisition of a facility in imitating other men's signatures. The talent had not fructified in his possession ; for we find him living in a miserable lodging and in a single room, always engaged in writing, and by no means in possession of those advantages which so absolute a power over the signatures of all the bankers and all the money dealers of the city of London would appear likely to confer. The talent of old Kerp was the raw material of Wagner's machinery. There is a sec t among the Chinese who make it a religious duty to search for scraps of writing and to consume them by fire. Perhaps the Chinese, who invented every thing, have had Wagners among them, and founded the sect in order to keep down the Wagners, just as mice may be said to be the propagators of the race of cats. But Wagner, at any rate, was indus trious in the collection of autographs. Wagner was more careful in preserving the letter of his lightest acquaintance than the Countess of Ossory was in laying up a note from Horace Walpole. Wheit Mr. Fellowes, a solicitor, entered into a cor respondence with Robert lumphreys as to the terms of a projected lease, Wagner carefully put the letter by ; and when Dr. Jones wrote a note about some equally common subject Wagner re marked that " it would come in nicely by and bye." These precious signatures and scraps of writing were taken to Kerp, and that industrious old man laboured at them as models until he had acquired the power of perfect imitation. The next and ob vious step was to utilise this power by writing a false order for the passbook of the person whose signature was intended to be falsified, for the pur pose of knowing for what balance they might safely draw. Then c'tme the engraving of the cheque, and as it would not be quite safe to send the blank to Somerset-house to be stamped, and as it was as well to avoid even the slight suggestion of a sus picion which might possibly arise from the affixing of an adhesive stamp, a die of the cheque stamp was perfected after many trials, and the instrument being filled up by Kerp, and the signature neatly forged, the fraudulent instrument might be sup posed to be complete. A meaner mind would have been satisfied, but not so Wagner. We must sup pose that Kerp, although the master penman, and therefore necessary to the work of giving the true style to the handwriting of the body of the cheque, had his scholars among Wagner's friends. Whv should Wagner throw away any part of the booty upon this old man ? . His pupils, Bateman and Chandler, could copy the forgery with sufficient skill, and when the copies had been made Kerp's original forgery was taken back to him with "no effects" written upon it. Thus was the old forger cheated out of all share in the produce of his origi nal work. The next point, and the most difficult of all, was the realisation of the amount. The presentation of the cheque is to the forger what the moment of projection is to the alchemist. It often passed easily and prosperously; but there are operations which do not become more facile from repeti tion, and it was necessary not only to provide for the honest division of the proceeds in case of success, but also for the escape of the agent inthe eventuality of failure. When, for instance, the confederates had just obtained £440 for a cheque originally forged by poor Kerp, but copied and presented by Chandler, it was probable that the face of the gentleman who arranged that transaction at the counter would be likely to dwell upon the memory of the cashier. It was easier to produce cheques than to find fresh agents to cash them ; and this was the weak point in Wagner's system. Wagner addressed himself to this difficulty with his accustomed ingenuity. The agent was always provided with proof that he was himself the trust- Inc , and innocent victim of some untraceable scoundrel. The preparation for this purpose was highly artistical. First the intended agent inserted an advertisement in a newspaper for occupation. To this advertisement he received an answer, with an appointment to meet the intended employer at a coffee-house, or at some suddenly taken lodging. The agent kept the appointment, and there was n inet by the disguised confederate, who was to bear the onus of the possible discovery. The meeting was made as publicly as possible, and the endeavour was that the landlord and waiters should be able to swear distinctly to the identity of the agent, but should know nothing of the disguised confederate. Thus, if the dreaded catastrophe should happen—if the agent should be stopped at the Bank, his inno cence was evident. He advertised for employment, a sharper answered his advertisement, met him at a coffee-house, and sent him to change the cheque. The letters, the advertisement, and the perfectly I true evidence of the waiters, bear out this tale ' the agent goes scot free, and the only result of the failure is the loss of the forged cheque. Other precautions were, of course, taken upon the I , Quis custodiet custodes ?" principle. The agent was to be watched lest he should run off with all the money ; and, as it was better that it should be watched by persons whom he could not identify, he was placed at the corner of a street while those who were to watch him passed among the crowd and made themselves acquainted with his features. This is the Wagner system as it has just been developed during three days of investigation at the Central Criminal Court. Its theory was perfect, but it signally failed in practice. The forgeries ought to be as much above suspicion as Caesar's wife; but the ingenious deception put upon old Kerp had pro bably rendered the imitations less perfect than those his cunning hand prepared. The theory re quires that the confederate who acts the swindler at the coffeehouse should be untraceable ; but Wag ner played the part himself, and was traced; and, lastly, the working of machinery requires coherency of action and proper test of materials ; but Wagner was entrapped by a journeyman baker, whom he had tempted and trusted without sufficient test, and he was denounced by an accomplice. This ingenious man had been working in full security of being in utter darkness, when he was all the time living and moving under the bull's-eye of a detective police man. Wagner and Bateman, the two principal authors of this great assault uro:i all commercial confidence are now sentenced to penal servitude for life. May we promise the bankers and merchants of London that the career of these criminals is closed? It is very difficult to say what the event may be. Both these men were once before convicted of crimes as grave as those for which they are now under sentence ; and if their punishment had been carried out th e l osses th e y h ave now occas i one d would not have concurred. They were, however, let out. The u sua l s t or y was told. upon the trial. They received tickets of leave, and, armed gaolwith andt l r Colonel Jebb, the prison inspector, they were, after a comparatively, short imprisonment, let loose again s eek their prey. If some system had been adopted whereby credulous chap lains and tender-hearted prison inspectors rs were made responsible for the damagels:n they b u y nl inno centeh men at the hands of the ruffians we should not n 3 w have to tell th e fate If William ' Wagner, or to condole with the bankers upon the free exercise of his pernicious ingenuity. SERIOUS CHARGE. CIRENCESTER, TUESDAY. The Cirencester bench of magistrates were, until a late hour yesterday evening, engaged in the in vestigation of a charge preferred against Mr. Henry • Pole, of Stratton-house, near Cirencester ; German Colburn, his groom ; Walter Mullis, his gardener ; and Mary Colburn, the groom's wife, for abducting a voter named John Kibblewhite, on the night preceding the polling day, at the last Cirencester election. The Town-hall was crowded, and great interest was excited by the proceedings. The magistrates present were the Rev. Henry Cripps (chairman), the Rev. Thomas Maurice, the Rev. Edward An drew Daubeny, Messrs. T. W. Chester Master, J. Poole Haines, and E. D. Hartland. Among the gentlemen also sitting on the bench was the Earl of Suffolk. The charge was laid under the 1 7th and 18 th Vietofia, cap. 2, sec. 5. J . J. Powell, barrister-at-law, of the Oxford i ns tructed by Mr. W. L. Cooke, of Ciren cester,ecuirit' appeared to prosecute ; and Mr. H. W. Cripps, of the same circuit, instructed by Messrs. NAullings, Daubeny, and Chubb, of Cirencester, appeared for the defence. Mr. Powell, having opened his case, proceeded to call the following witnesses : John Kibblewhite deposed—l am a voter for Cirencester. On the Thursday before the election I saw Mr. Pole and Walter Mullis pass Mann's beer-house, at Stratton. I had heard that Mullis had been inquiring for me, and I went towards him. Mullis told me that Mr. Pole wanted me to open a drain that was stopped up. I went there on the following morning, at half-past 4 o'clock. I went there so early because, as it was nomination day at Cirencester I wanted to leave for an hour in order to hear the proceedings. I left Mr. Pole's about half-past 10 o'clock, and came into Cirencester. Previously to that I had two half pints of beer in the butler's pantry. I returned from Ciren cester a few minutes past 12 o'clock. I had nothing to drink while I was away. I resumed my work. In the afternoon the butler ask me to go into the saddle room. I went there, and had one glass of beer. While J was in the saddle room Mrs. Colburn, the groom's wife, came in, and asked me to have a pipe of tobacco, and I did so. After I had had the pipe she asked rue if I would like a cup of tea, and I said I should. I went upstairs, with her. The gardener (Mullis) also came up stairs, but I don't think he had any tea. The first cup of tea I drank very well ; but the second cup I told the mistress to put a little more sugar into, for I did not like it. I drank the second cup, which was very dark coloured. I do not recollect any thing after that until the next morning, when I found myself in bed somewhere. I did not know where I was. I felt very heavy in the head—not as if I had been drinking, for if I had been drink ing I should have been sure to have remembered something about it. I have no recollection how I came there. I went downstairs and found I was at Ashton Keynes. I was sick ; but I could not get anything up. I stayed in the house no longer than to put my shoes and gaiters on. I asked the land lord to put me on the road for Cirencester, and he did so. I felt very ill on the road, and the nearer I got to Cirencester the worse I was. At Water moor, near the town, I was picked up by a four wheel and brought up to the hustings. I was unable to poll, or to do anything. I was not sen sible enough. I was taken to the Bear, and had a " joey" of brandy and some tea given me, and I was put to bed. I did poll ultimately. I felt the effects of it for a week after, and was under Dr. Smith all the time ; this was in consequence of what had been done to me. A carriage going from Mr. Pole's to Ashton Keynes would pass my own door. lam a married man. Cross-examined—Mending drains is part of my occupation, if lam asked to do it for anybody : I have done work for Mr. Pole on several previous occasions—a good deal of work. On my return from the nomination at Cirencester I went into Mr. Mann's publichouse and sat down. I told them there that I had had enough to drink already that morning. So I had. Two glasses were quite enough in the morning, but I could stand several pints in the afternoon. I did not say I had had some of Ponsonby's beer. When I got back to Mr. Pole's I did not go to sleep by the pigstye, where I was working. I neither sat down nor lay down. I kept on with my work. Re-examined—Between the time I left my work and the time when I returned from the nomination I had none of Ponsonby's nor anybody else's beer, and I went into no one else's house. Henry Cozier—l am in the service of Mr. Pole. I recollect seeing Kibblewhite at work on the nomination day. I also recollect seeing him in the saddle-room about five o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Cripps here interposed, and said the witness was not bound to criminate himself. Mr. Powell said there was no charge against the lad. Witness—l heard Kibblewhite, while in the saddle•room, say he should like a cup of tea, and Mrs. Colburn said, " Come on then, old man." They went upstairs together. I saw Kibblewhite come down stairs afterwards with Mullis, the gardener. It may have been between six and seven o'clock. I cannot speak positively. When he came down he was about the same as when he went up. I was able to make out what he said. _ _ _ The witness was here asked by Mr. Powell if he had not made a statement to Mr. Cooke, which that gentleman took down, and which was very different from what he now said. Witness said he remembered being questioned by Mr. Cooke in a public room, and his answers were taken down. Something was read over to him afterwards. The Chairman—Was that the same as you had stated Witness—Yes. Mr. Powell then handed a paper to the witness, and asked him if that was the same that Mr. Cooke read over to him. Witness—Yes. I still say that Kibblewhite was drunk when he went upstairs, and drunk when he came down. Between eight and nine o'clock at night I was told by Colburn to put Draper, one of my master's horses, into my master's carriage. I was told to run on and open the gates. I did so, and the carriage went out. Colburn drove the car riage, and Kibblewhite and Mullis, the gardener, were in the carriage. Mrs. Colburn had gone out just before the carriage left with her bonnet and shawl on. The supper-bell rang just afterwards. It always rings at nine o'clock. William Carpenter—l keep the Stratton turn pike-gate. Mr. Pole's carriage passes through fre quently. I know the carriage, and Colburn, the groom. I remember the nomination day at Ciren cester. The carriage passed through that night about nine o'clock. Four people were in the car riage. I saw Colburn and his wife, but the other two I did not know. One of them, who was sitting along with the driver, was in a leaning position, and had either a shawl or a cloth on him. I stayed up until a quarter past 12, as I knew that the car riage would have to come back to Mr. Pole's. I then went to bed. About 1 o'clock, to the best of my knowledge, I was aroused, and I got up and let the carriag e through. Mrs. Charlotte Kibblewhite--I am the wife of John Kibblewhite. I recollect the nomination day at Cirencester. I never shall forget it. On that night my husband was out all night. I know Mr. Pole's carriage. I saw it pass my house that even ing, and I saw him sitting in the carriage with his head lying on one side. Mr. Cripps—Who was the "him 9" Witness, with emphasis—My husband, sir ; I have no other " him." (Laughter.) Examination resumed—He had a " jim-crow" on and a shawl over him. They did not stop at my door. He was a voter. I did not care about the voter, I wanted my husband. He came in to the nomination, and returned between 12 and 1 o'clock. He was perfectly sober. I know when he is drunk fast enough. Cross-examined—My husband was not drunk, he was sober. I could take my oath it was him in the carriage. Re-examined —On the next morning I went to Mr. Pole's to know what they had done with my husband. James Wilkins, the keeper of the Siddingtcn turnpike-gate, on the Ashton Keynes side of Ciren cester was next called, but Mr. Powell stating that he would only prove that the carriage passed and re-passed through his gate, which could not be disputed, he was not examined. David Cove—l keep the King's Head Inn, at Ashton Keynes. I remember Kibblewhite being brought to my house on the night of the nomination day, a little after 10 o'clock, by Mr. Colburn and another man, and Mr. Colburn's wife. The other man was called "the gardener." Colburn at first said he had picked a drunken man up, and wanted me to find him a bed. I told him I could not find him a bed without turning out the girl. He then said Mr. Pole had sent the man to my house, and I was to keep him concealed until four o'clock the next day, which was polling-day, so that he could not vote. HI would do so, Colburn said he would always respect me as long as he lived, and he would give me anything. I asked him who the man was and he said his name was Kibblewhite or Kibble and that they came from Cirencester. I at last took the man in because I did not think the man was fit to go any further. He appeared like a drunken man, stupid drunk. The gardener brought him from the carriage into the kitchen in his arms, and took him up to bed. Mrs. Colburn did not give me anything. She gave my wife a bottle. I saw the bottle after they were gone. It was rather more than an inch in length. I did not see what was an .ect i s tin; -Named . Ai fnt T e h rt he Kibblewhite liquid hihehuseeiv i ah n hi ot i eu t t wwhaaasls putsf a n d a h r te k eu as rh. e dTt porter hheeyy - -.T) of beer and a bit of 'bacca. When they had a dr. t ii o e K e l e b l b o l e e k w , h a i s te i 's di ro d o n m (;t an th d i t H - e was a b n ee d foo L e c e k s9e . uveen l ne w ee e,eenfl o'clock k n s were gone' we-- m u f - our t i m e u h p auma with efit h im of the the until rioet. the next morning. This was iu being sick and his appearance. He seemed the next morning, rather better than I expected. He came down stairs, and did not know where he was until I told him. I put on his gaiters and laced up his boots. My mistress asked him to have a cup of tea, but he said "I will have nothing to drink in the house." He jumped up, and off he went. On the next day (Sunday) Colburn came to my house on horseback, and asked. me how I came to let the man go? I said I never intended keeping him. Colburn then said, " What must I give you for your trouble ?" I said, " What you like." He gave me 15s. Kibblewhite had paid for his bed 6d. Colburn asked me whether I would give him the bottle, and I said " Yes." I did not want such a thing in my house; I never had such a thing in my house before. I gave him the bottle. I did not see what was in the bottle. He said his master, or Mr. Pole, I forget which, would be very glad tc see the bottle. On the Monday evening following I saw Mr. Cooke, and wrote a note to Colburn. In reply I received a letter, in which he asked me to meet him on Thorncote-common at one o'clock. I went there, and met him, and went with him to Somerford and had some beer. He asked me if I said anything about it, and I said " I had not yet." I told him that if ever I was had up I should speak the truth. I thought I might be had up. While we were talking Mr. Chubb came up, and Colburn got into the carriage with him and went off together. It was Mr. Pole's carriage, to the best of my belief. Cross•exammed—l will not swear it was Mr. Pole's. I believe it was the same that the man was brought in. Ido not know Mr. Chubb's car riage. I was not aware Mr. Chubb had one. I knew Colburn when he lived at Colonel Shirley's, at Ashton. I knew him very well. He slept at my house a week. I and Mr. Pole are not ac quainted. I don't know him by sight even. I should like to see him. On the day of the poll Kibblewhite went away from my house about 8 o'clock in the morning. I persuaded him to go, and he set off on the run. By Mr. Hartland—Kibblewhite was sick. I have seen people as sick as he was from drinking. By Mr. Maurice—All that was due to me when Colburn paid me the 15s. was seventeenpence. Re-examined—My reason for going into the man's room in the night was because of the bottle that was left. Mrs. Cove—l am the wife of the last witness. I remember Kibblewhite being brought to our house on the Friday night. Mrs. Colburn gave me a bottle, and said I was to give him 20 drops in some rum on the following morning. I showed the bot tle to a man named Williamson. It had a bit of pink paper over the cork, and " Laudanum, poison," was printed on it. I understood that the man was to be kept till morning, or to the middle of the day. I did not hear any reason stated for keeping him. I was not in the room. I will tell the truth as far as I know. I was in the parlour when it was said what the man was to be kept for. Mrs. Colburn said nothing to me about Kibblewhite being . a voter. She told me I was to get a drop of rum in the morning, and put 20 drops of laudanum into it. She said nothing more. Mr. Cripps then addressed the jury at some length and with much ability. He admitted that the evidence against the three servants was of such a nature that the magistrates would probably feel it their duty to commit them for trial, but he im plored them to consider upon what slight grounds they were called upon to commit Mr. Pole also. The evidence did not touch Mr. Pole in the least, and if they committed him for trial at the assizes he would have a serious charge hanging over his head for months, and no grand jury would find a true bill on such evidence. To commit him, consi dering his position in life, would therefore, under such circumstances, do him a grievous injury. With reference to his horse and carriage being used, he was not responsible for the acts of his servants when they acted illegally. His name had been used by his servants without his sanction. It was possible that his servants might have fancied that what they were going to do would please him, knowing the interest he took in politics, and it was possible even that some other person in the house—for there was a mistress as well as a master—had given them the orders, but there was nothing whatever against Mr. Pole that would justify the Bench in committing him for trial. The Bench then retired for consultation, and were absent about half an hour. On their return the Chairman said they had decided to commit the three servants for trial—namely, German Colburn, Mary Colburn, and Walter Mullis. There was no ' case against Mr. Poly, and the charge was there fore dismissed. _ _ The accused were then fully committed for trial at the ensuing Glocester assizes. They were ad mitted to bail, the men in a £lOO bond and the woman in £2O, Mr. Pole, their master, being accepted as surety. THE EXPLOSION AT THE HOUNSLOW POWDER MILLS. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wakley, and the jury empanelled to investigate the circumstances at tending the late explosion at the Hounslow Powder mills, which occasioned such a deplorable loss of life as well as the destruction of property, re assembled for the fourth time at the Prince Blucher Tavern, Twickenham-green. Ma. Sergeant Ballantine attended, as on the previous occasions, to watch the proceedings on behalf of Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, the pro prietors of the mills, and during the proceedings the room was densely crowded. After a short re-examination of the witnesses, Robert Rouse and H. Atlee, the jury heard the report of Dr. Thompson, lecturer on chemistry at St. Thomas's Hospital. The foreman then, after a short consultation, handed in the following special verdict : " We find that the deceased Thomas Albone was killed by injuries inflicted in and upon his body by the explosion of a certain large quantity of gun- powder at the mills belonging to Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, but by what means the explosion took place there was no sufficient evidence to prove. In returning this verdict the jury felt it to be an im perative duty to express their opinion that the works of Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, where the explosion took place, have been conducted in an exceedingly loose and dangerous manner, and that the safety of the workmen engaged in such establishments, and of the public generally, requires the immediate enactment of a law for subjecting all gunpowder manufacturers to the stricgent supervision of Go vernment inspection and control, with a view to the invariable adoption of the precautions and recommendations similar to those contained in Dr. Thompson's report. The jury think it right to notice that of late years the works in question have been greatly, and as they believe unlawfully, increased, and that gunpowder has been kept in such vast quantities as to be attended with danger to workpeople employed therein, as well as to the inhabitants of the surrounding neighbourhood." _The proceedings then terminated. THE MURDER AT HORNSBY. Yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, Mr. John Hum phreys, the coroner for East Middlesex, opened an inquiry at the Three Compasses Tavern, Dalston, respecting the death of Martha Page, aged 24 years, who died from the mortal effects of a stab wound in the abdomen, inflicted by Samuel Adams, her brother-in-law, on the morning of the sth inst., under circumstances briefly detailed in our impression of Monday last in the Clerkenwell Police intelligence. The jury having viewed the body, which was lying at the German Hospital, The Coroner said that he had written to the Secretary of State, for the purpose of securing the presence of the accused, and had received the following communication from the Home-office : " WHITEHALL May 16 1859 _ _ _ _ • " Sir,—l am directed by Mr. Secretary Sotheron- Estcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of th e 16th i nst., request i ng hi m to instruct the police to produce at an inquest, to be held by you to-morrow, Samuel Adams, a prisoner on remand. Mr. Estc our t understands that Saturday next, the 21st inst., is the day fixed' for the re-examinat ion of the prisoner —he can only instruct the police to' produce him at an adjourned inquest on that day. This he has done, subject to the making the arrange ment with the Commissioners of Police, and in strict reliance upon the understanding that the proceedings at the inquest shall not in any way interfere with the appearance of the prisoner before the magistrate at the time appointed. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, " GATIIORNE HARDY." After a few remarks from the learned coroner, the first witness examined was— Sarah Page, of 17, Chapel-street, Norwich, who said—l am a married woman, and wife of John Page, an ostler. The deceased was my daughter, and was in the 24th year of her age. She was a single woman, and I last saw her alive o n F r id ay last, at the German liosimal. She was then suffer ing acute pain, and was apparently dying. She expired about half-past 10 o'clock that morning. Coroner—Did she say anything to you? Witness—Yes; she said Samuel Adams had stabbed her. Coroner—Did she make any other observation ? Witness—Yes; she exclaimed, " I forgive him." She added, "It was because I would not tell him where his, wife was." Adams stabbed her three times. The proceedings were then formally adjourned until 9 o'clock on Friday morning next. SURREY SESSIONS.—May 17. (Before E. Johnson, Esq.) Ellen Summers, 21, and Matilda Arno, 19, both described in the calendar as married females, were indicted for stealing 50 yards of silk, value £l2, from the shop of Mr. Alfred Knight, linen draper and silk mercer, Crosby-row, in the Wal worth-road. Evidence having been given, The jury returned a verdict of guilty against both. The Chairman was here informed that they were connected with a gang of shoplifters, and that they had been previously convicted ; under these circum stances he deferred passing sentence, to give an op portunity of the officers attending to identify them. George Berry, 21, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the dwelling house of William Law ford, at Mitcham, and steahng therefrom a waistcoat, his property, and other articles belonging to David Parish. He was also indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of William Wright, at Tooting, Graveney, and stealing therein a coat and other articles. The court sentenced him to 12 months' hard labour. Margaret Gray, 20, Sarah Hand, 21, and Hannah Welch, 23, were indicted for stealing a leather case containing samples, the property of John M‘Wil liam. Mr. Thomson prosecuted, and Mr. Lilley defended the prisoners. The prosecutor said he was a town traveller, and on the 2d inst. he had been transacting, business on the south side of the Thames. Returning home at a late hour towards London-bridge he met with a friend, and they went into a public-house near the Town-hall and partook of a glass of beer. The pri soners were in the same compartment, and he placed his case of samples by his side on the counter. While conversing with his friend he heard the door shut, and on their looking round perceived that the prisoners were gone, as well as his case. Shortly afterwards he saw them all in custody, With his property in the hands of the police. Llewellyn, 228 M, said he was on duty near Fish. monger-alley, when he saw the prisoners rush out of the house, and run towards Redcross-street. Gray had a leather case under her arm, and when they got to the corner of Redcross-street they stop ped under a gas lamp to examine the contents of the case. As soon as they saw him approach Gray threw away the case, and they all bolted. He pur sued them, and, with the assistance of 237 M, took them all into custody. Mr. Lilley addressed the jury at some length on behalf of the prisoners, but they were found guilty. Scannell, 197 M, and Sergeant Bell, 39 P, detec tive officers, were called to the witness-box, and in answer to the Chairman, said the prisoners had all been twice tried and convicted for street robberies, and they had been in custody at least u dozen times. The Chairman told the prisoners that it would be useless to deal leniently with them, as they had previous to this cost the county considerable sums to prosecute them. He should therefore sentence them to four years' penal servitude each. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 17. MARYLEBONE. THE LATE CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER. Harriet Perry was brought before Mr. Broughton, on remand, charged with the murder of her female infant, as far back as Decem ber, 1857. _ . . _ The particulars of what previously transpired have already appeared, and it will be remembered that about Christmas in the year above named, the prisoner, who had lived as servant at the Blvk Lion, Kilburn ' left there, and lodged for a short time at the house of Mrs. Richardson, 22, St. George's-terrace, Hampstead. She brought a box with her, and in the course of a week she went away, alleging that she was going into the country. She subsequently returned, and was told that she could not be allowed to be in the place any longer, as so strong and offensive a smell proceeded from the box. She quitted the place, and the said box was removed to the second floor landing. Shortly before last Christmas Mrs, Richardson opened it, and on pulling therefrom a bundle, a quantity of maggots dropped out. The bundle wag so tightly fastened that she was obliged to use a poker to force it open. She then saw the leg of a child drop from the bundle. She saw nothing more of the prisoner until the 9th inst., when she called for the box, and on being told of the discovery which had been made, she denied knowing anything about it, further than that a young woman had asked her to put the bundle into her box, and had written to her to know whether it was all right, as she wanted it. The body of an infant, around whose neck was tied tightly a stock ing, was found in the box, and removed to the dead house at Hampstead Workhouse. An inquest was held, and. a verdict returned of wilful murder against some person unknown." The prisoner, who was suspected to have committed the crime, was taken into custody when she called for the box as above stated. Mr. Keene attended as before for the prisoner. Some additional witnesses were brought forward, one of whom was Mr. Joseph Winter, surgeon, of Hampstead. On the 10th or 11th December, upon being sent for, he went to the dead-ho use , and there saw the (lead body of a female infant. it was dried up like a mummy. By Mr. Keene—l will not undertake to say that in the state in which I saw it it might not have been dead for ten years, or perhaps more. It was further shown by the evidence of Inspector Sheehy, and other officers of the S division, that inquiries had been made at Kingston-on-Thames, from which the female was said to have sent the bundle as alleged to prisoner to take care of, but she could not be met with at either of the places which the prisoner had mentioned, viz. 4, Clifton place, and 4, Portland-place, Kingston-on-Thames. Mr. Keene, on behalfof his client, submitted that from the evidence adduced nothing had been shown to justify the magistrat e i n f ur th er d eta i n i ng the prisoner. There was no proof whatever that she had given birth to a child, and her statement made as-to the parcel found in the box was no doubt true ; that she had taken care of the bundie for a young woman who requested her to do so, and that she knew not what was in it. Mr. Broughton considered it to be his duty to send the case for the consideration of a jury. Mr. Tate, the clerk, read over the whole of the evidence, and the prisoner was committed for trial for the murder. LAMBETH.--ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.-Emily Gooding, a young woman, was charged with felo niously stealing 19 sovereigns, at the dwelling house of Mr. W. Margetson, residing at St. Nor man's Lodge, Streatham-hill. Miss Elizabeth Clore, sister of Mr. Margetson, said that she was residing at the house of her brother, and that the prisoner was in his (her brother's) service. On Thursday, the 28th ult., she (Miss Clore) left her home, the prisoner being in the house. On her return the next day she missed a box in which *ere 16 sovereigns, and about £3O in notes. The box was taken from a drawer of a dressing-table, which was in her bedroom. The drawer had been broken open with some violence. The prisoner was nowhere to be found, and she had not seen her since till she was in custody. Police-constable Wright, V 317, said that on the previous day the prisoner voluntarily gave herself up at the station-house. Upon giving herself up she stated that while in the service of the prosecu trix she was visited by a young man, who was pay ing her some attention. He came to see her on the day of the robbery. After he had been there a short time lie went upstairs. He opened several drawers. He finally went to the drawer of the dressing-table, which was opened. He then broke open a box, which contained the money. She saw him do it. After it was done she was so frightened that she left and ran away. Mr. Perry, chief clerk, stated that the • prisoner had refused to give up the name of the young man, only stating that he informed her that he was a clerk to a wine merchant. in Marylebone. Prisoner—l do not know where he is. I have not seen him since the robbery. Mr. Perry—You told the constable that you went with theman to Ipswich fromthe Shoreditch station. Prisoner—Yes, and I have not seen him since I left him there. The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday next. CHARGE• OF MANSLATIMITER.-Mr. Richard Thomas James, No. 17, Sutherland-square, WO worth-road, was charged on remand, with having caused tha death of Theophilus Plenty, under the following circumstances. Mr. rewiQ, jun., attended for the prisoner, the inquiry having been - adjourned to await the result of a coroner's inquest. The circumstances connected with the death of the unfortunate man were as follows :—On Thurs day, the sth inst., about six o'clock, the deceased was crossing the Walworth•road. He was in a state of intoxication, and when he came up to the prisoner, who was in the company of a friend, he knocked off his hat, The prisoner went after the deceased, and struck him between the shoulders. He went a few steps, when his foot came against, the kerb. Ho turned round, and fell on his back. He was picked up by the prisoner and another person. The former, seeing that he was insensible, went for a surgeon, who was of opinion that he was suffering from a concussion of the brain, and who advised his removal to the workhouse. He •cr,, as taken there immediately. He never reeqvered from the shock, and died on Friday last. Three witnesses were examined, each of whom was of opinion that the deceased's fall took place more through the effects of intoxication than any violence used towards him. Mr. Lewis, jun., stated that an inquest had been held on the body of the deceased that day, before Mr. Carter, and the jury had come to the extra ordinary verdict of man laughter against the accused. The prisoner was discharged, but will be held to bail by the coroner, under the new act giving power to coroners to do so. SOUTHWARK. DARING ROBBERY BY A FEMALE IN A COFFEE-ITOUSE.—Caroline Stamford, a good-looking well-dressed young female, was brought before Mr. Combe for final examination, charged with stealing £6los. in gold, a silver watch, a gold ring, and some wearing apparel, the pro perty of Edward John North, under the following daring circumstances : The prosecutor said that he kept a coffee-house in :the Blackfriars'-road,fand the prisoner lodged there from the 15th to the 25th ult. On the latter morning, when he quitted home on business, he left safely locked in a rosewood box in his bedroom £6 10s. in gold, a silver watch, and gold ring, and on his return at night he found that the prisoner had absconded with all the property. On the 7th inst. witness met her in the City and gave her into custody. From information he afterwards received he went to Norwood, and pawnbrokers' duplicates were handed to him relative to the watch and ring produced. Mrs. North said that during the afternoon of the 25th ult. the prisoner came into her bar and sat down to write a letter. Witness fell asleep, and when she woke up she missed the prisoner, and on proceeding upstairs into her bedroom she found the rosewood box broken open, and all the money and watch and ring were gone. She also missed a silk dress and other articles of wearing apparel. When she was taken into custody the latter were found on her. Henry Marfleet, assistant to Mr. Burgess, pawn broker, Camberwell-road, produced the watch, pledged by the prisoner on the 26th of April. An other pawnbroker produced the ring. City Police-constable 382 said he took the pri soner into custody, when she admitted stealing the property. She added that she got drunk and lost all the money. Mr. Combe ordered the depositions to be taken, and fully committed her for trial. WORSHIP-STEET..---JUVENILE DELINQUENTS AND REFORMATORIES,—John Barnes ' Robert Ald ridge, Joseph Cooper, Ed war d Smith, Jacob Emms, John May, Thos. Miles, Wm. Russell, David Orme, and Geo. Wood were charged before Mr. D'Eyn court with absconding from a certified reformatory, known as the Home in the East, at Old Ford. Mr. James Gondolier, governor of the Home, state that all the prisoners had been inmates of the establishment, and absconded with another, not yet in custody, on the 4th inst., taking with them a pair of pistols from his room, which they had broken open, and also a pea-jacket. By the assist ance of the police they were traced to Ware and apprehended, but five of them, while being con veyed to this court, in charge of Sanderson, 54 A, slipped their handcuffs, and for the time escaped. Four of them, viz., Miles, Russell, Orme, and Wood, have since been taken, one only now being at large. Mr. Gondolier added, that he fully believed Smith to be the most guilty, as having incited the others, and that Aldridge, Cooper, Emms, and Barnes were of far better character than the others. Smith here said—l wanted to get out. May, Miles, Orme, and Russell—We wanted to go to sea. Wood—The place didn't suit me. Emms (a very diminutive boy, of singular ap pearance)—l have nothing to say. Aldridge—l didn't like the place, and I didn't get enough grub. Mr. D'Eyncourt—What is their allowance for tea ? Mr. Gondolier—Eight ounces of bread, sir, and a pint of cocoa. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Certainly their looks denote good feeding. Smith, May, Russell, Orme, and Wood will be imprisoned for three months, Miles for two months, Barnes for one month, Aldridge for twenty-one days, Cooper for fourteen days, and Emms will be discharged, to be again taken into the Reformatory. HAMMERSMITH.—DARING STREET ROB BERIES.—A SAD CASE. --A fashionably- dressed young woman, who gave the name of Ann Howlett, was brought before Mr. Ingham on remand, charged with being concerned with another, not in custody, in stealing purses from two ladies in the public streets. The evidence against the prisoner was very clear and went to show that the public ought to be very careful to whom they answered questions while walking along the streets. On Monday afternoon, the 9th inst., the prisoner and another well•dressed young woman, slopped a ladynamed Taylor, while she was walking along Wright's-lane, Kensington. with her little boy, and inquired the way to South Kensington Museum. They were informed that they were not going the right way, and the lady directed them to the end 'of the road, and told them to in quire again. They asked several other questions, and at last they went away. Almost immediately afterwards the lady missed her purse, containing about 95., which was safe in the pocket of her dress when she left home shortly before. The prisoner and her companion proceeded along the lane towards Earl's-court, and she met two young ladies named Webster, and inquired of them the way to Brompton Hospital. The young ladies were unable to direot them, but recommended them to keep straight on, and inquire again. The two kept them in conversa tion for a short time, and then suddenly th an k e d them and made ve r y low curtseys. They walked away ; and directly afterwards one of the young ladies missed her purse. The prisoner and her com panion ran off upon seeing them searching for the purse, but they were pursued, which resulted in the apprehension of the prisoner and the escape of her companion. Inspector Bocking said a constable from each divi sion had seen the prisoner, but they were unable to identify her. From what he gathered he believed she had never been convicted, but had been in the company of a bad man for some years. She was for merly a servant in a clergyman's family in West minster, and at that time bore a good character. The mother of the prisoner was called, and she entered the court with a child in her arms. She appeared very reluctant to say anything about the prisoner, but mentioned that she was married, and that the child she then carried was her daughter's. She also said she did not know where her daughter lived. Mr. Martin, who appeared for the prisoner, asked his worship not to send her for trial, but to deal with her under the Vagrant Act. The prisoner, upan being asked what she had to say, commenced crying, and said nothing. Mr. Ingham said it was very sad to see a young woman like the prisoner, who had previously borne a good character, acting in that way. It was clear that she had been married to a regular thief, who had put her up to the robbery, and it would be her certain ruin unless she broke off all those connec tions. He committed her for three months, with hard labour. The prisoner was then removed. GREENWICH.—CONVICTION OF A MARINE STORE DEALER.--Thomas Franks, a marine-store dealer, in an extensive way of business, at. Czar street, Deptford, was brought up on remand, before Mr. Seeker, charged with the unlawful possession of a bar of copper, weighing 151b5., the property of Messrs. Penn and Co., engineers, of Greenwich. From the evidence of detective officer, J. A. Crouch, it appeared that for several weeks past robberies of copper had been committed at the...pre mises of th e prosecutor, the metal being , cast in peculiar-shap e d bars, and imported direct to the firm from Australia. About half-past nine on Thursday night last, meeting with the prisoner and his son at Deptford he (Crouch) spoke to them, when the prisoner remarked that he had been to see a customer at Lewisham. The prisoner and his son then went in the direction of their home ; but Crouch having received subsequent information, went and questioned the prisoner whether he had purchased any metal that evening . , or had any in his possession. The prisoner replied that he had not, and asked the officer to have something to drink, when Crouch observed a bar of copper in his coat pocket, which the prisoner said a female had told him was " planted" in a field by her, and that he had been to fetch it, but that he did not know who she was. On being examined, the letter " p, ,, being the private mark of the firm, was observed to have been partly if not wholly destroyed. Mr. Seeker said there could be no reasonable doubt that the property belonged to the prosecutors, although the identity was not fully established to warrant him in sending the case for trial. There could be no doubt, however, the priso ner was un lawfully possessed of the property, and he should therefore sentence him to two months' imprison ment, with hard labour, ;-IUGILISM. k • OF OF WALSALL,N AND I KE B AKER , t aBRAF OVV Eyn, ICII, FOR .£3o.—These provincieli Oa according to arrangement, to fight in the London ring for the above stake, and, although little known to fame, yet, from the report of their friends, a rattling mill was fully expected; but, as will be seen from the sudden manner in which the contest was brought to a termination, there was really no time for the merits of the combatants to be fairly tested. The belligerents were not con fined to weight ; but in this Keyte had all the ad vantage, he being full half a stone, if not more, the heavier man ; in addition to which he had also the pull in height. Baker, who for this match was backed by an old patron of the ring, is a fine, well made fellow, and weighed about 10st. 71bs. After an early start yesterday from the metropolis, the ring was formed on a well known spot by Fred Oliver, son of the veteran commissary. The wea ther was most unpropitious, for throughout the early part of the day the rain came down in an unmistakeable manner,and this no doubt caused the meeting to be much less numerously attended than it otherwise would have been. On entering the ring, Baker was waited on by Nat Langham and Bob Travers, while George Holden and George Brown did the needful for Keyte. The men were in readiness to commence the contest at five minutes past ten o'clock ; but the result is soon told, for, after a little sparring and manoeuvring, Keyte planted in the counter hitting a terrific right hander on the point of the jaw, which immediately gave Baker the coup de grace, for on being taken to his corner, it was found impossible to bring him to time, therefore Keyte, to the astonishment and delight of his friends, was hailed the winner, the battle only lasti ng th e one roun d , which occupied exactly six minutes. Baker was much crestfallen at the easy manner in which he was defeated ; but as his friends attribute it more to accident than anything else, they mean to let him have the oppor- Vanity of retrieving his lost laurels, and proving whether he is really wor th y t h e high opinion now entertained of him. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Lady Sarah Elizabeth Lindsay to be one of the Women of the Bed chamber in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Lady Gardiner, resigned. _ FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 13. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Thomas Ussher Esq., now her M a j es t y ' s C onsu l-G enera l t o th e Republic of Hayti, to be her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to that Republic. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Duncan Macauley as Consul at Manchester for the United States of America. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 16. The Queen has been pleased to'appoint the Venerable Charles Caulfield, Archdeacon of Bahamas , to be a Member of the Legislative Council of that Colony ; and Henry Hamilton Cooke, Esq., to be Postmaster of the Mauritius. WAR-OFFICE , MAY 16. The Queen has been gracioiisly pleased to make and ordain a Special Statute of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, authorising the following appointments to the said Order : To be Extra Members of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders ; viz. : Colonel Robert Walpole, C. 8., Rifle Brigade. • Colonel George Robert Barker, C. 8., Royal Artillery. Colonel John Douglas, C. 8., 79th Regiment. Major-General Henry Gee Roberts, Bombay Army. Major-General George Cornish Whitlock, Madras Army. To be Extra Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions ; viz. : Colonel Maurice Griffin Dennis, 60th Regiment. Colonel Samuel Tolfrey Christie, 80th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel John Simpson, 34th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Robert Pratt, 23d Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel James Dodington Carmichael, 32d Regi ment. Lieut.-Colonel Julius Richard Glyn, Rifle Brigade. Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Smith, 90th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel John McNeill Walter, 35th Regiment. Lieut.- Colonel Wm. Payne, 53d Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Henry Seymour, 2d Dragoon Guards. Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Campbell Mollan, 75th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel John Win. Cox, 13th Regiment. - Lieut.-Colonel Lothian Nicholson, Royal Engineers. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Wm. Russell, Baronet, 7th Hussars. Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Lightfoot, 84th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Edward Gascoigne Bulwer, 23d Regt. Major John Bulkeley Thelwall, 24th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Townshend James Win. Hungerford, Bengal Artillery. John Charles Graham Tice, Esq., M.D., Deputy Inspec tor-General of-Hospitals. Francis William Lanes, Esq., M.D., Deputy Inspector- General of Hospitals. John Fraser, Esq., M.D., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals. Charles Alexander Gordon, Esq., M.D., Surgeon, 10th Regiment. James Gordon Inglis, Esq., M.D., Surgeon, 64th Regi ment. Joseph Jee, Esq., Surgeon, 78th Regiment. MEMORANDUM. -- Lieutenant-Colonel Charles F. Sey mour, 84th Regiment, would have been recommended to her Majesty for the dignity of Companion of the Order of the Bath, had he survived. ADMIRALTY, MAY 16. Vice-Admiral of the White William James Mingaye, has been appointed to receive a pension of £l5O a-year, as pro vided by her Malesty's,Orderin Council of 25th June, 1851, vacant by the death of Vice-Admiral Peter John Douglas, and the name of Vice-Admiral Mingaye has been removed to the Reserved Half -Pay List accordingly ; and, in conse quence of this removal, the following promotions, to date from the 18th December, 1858, have this day taken place : Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas Herbert, to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir George Robert Lambert, K.C.8.; to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Retired Rear-Admiral John Gore to be Vice-Admiral on the Retired List. Rear-Admiral of the White Charles Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue George Rodney Mundy to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Thomas Henderson to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. The undermentioned officers on the Retired List have also been promoted to be Retired Rear-Admirals, on the terms proposed in . the " London Gazette" of the Ist September, 1846, but without increase of pay : • Captains William Shepheard and William Luckraft. ADMIRALTY, MAY 7. Royal Marines—First Lieutenants to be Captains— Archibald Alexander Douglas, Charles Loftus Tottenham Usher, George Lascelles Blake, Osborne Frederick Charles Fraser, William Henry Worthy Bennett, George Leslie, William Penn Burton, Nicholas Bennett Dalby, Enbule Daysh Thelwall, and Richard Pentland Henry. Second Lieutenants to be First Lieutenants--Henry Sturt Lewis, William Henry Smith, John Straghan, William Henry Poyntz, Thomas Linley Grant, Augustine Evans, Robert Reginald Augustus Woodforde, James Alfred Godfrey, Langham Rokeby, Willi — am Armstrong, Charles William Fothergill, Robert James Pascoe, Henry Cowley Bowker, Henry Ives De Kantzow, Sydney Thomas Bridgford, John William Walter O'Grady, Graham Hewett, Hemy Monck ton Kay, Nowell FitzUpten. Way, Ernest Augustus Macy, George Majendie Vivian, Charles Edward Servante, Edward O'Donovan Powell, James Anderson Morice, Daniel Thomas Woodruff, and William Younghusband. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry—James Richardson Barnckes, Gent., ted to be Cornet, v i ce Norman James Biggs Uniae, promo. 2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry —Henry Walter Kiallmark, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon. Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Edmund Ruck-Keene, Esq., to be Captain, vice Wykeham, resigned. Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia— Henry Fuller, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Pargiter M. Dickenson, promoted. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—David James Sutherland Morrison Colquhoun Kemp, Gent., to be Ensign , vice Simms, pro mo t e d. East Suffolk Regiment of Militia Artillery Corps— Arthur Henry Brittain, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaseer's Own Militia— Robert Highat, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Har rington Molyneux Seel, resigned. City of Edinburgh Regiment of Artillery Militia—John Jekin Cockburn, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, vice Thomas Alexander Hill," promoted. Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Edward Wil liam Joshua Nunn, Gent., late Lieutenant in 55th Regi ment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice John Legh Sykes, retired. MEMORANDUM.—Ensign Arthur Henry Brittain, re• signed. Fifeshire Militia Artillery—William Husband Dewar to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Drew, resigned ; Lieu tenant Henry John Graham Cowan to be Captain, vice J. C. Knox, resigned ; Lieutenant Henry Moore Johnston to be First Lieutenant, vice H. J. G. Cowan, promoted • Frederick Tweed, Gent., to be Second Lieute nan t , vice H. M. Johnston, promoted ; John Spenloe Wait e , Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice C. de Courcy Ni xon, resigned. BANKRUPTS. James Holmes, licensed victualler, Elgin-crescent, Ken sington, to surrender May 27, at h a lf- past eleven, and July 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Tesseyman, timber merchant, Leeds, June 2 and 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Frederick Davis, hair dresser, Melcombe Regis, Dorset shire, June 1 and 22, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. William Faiers, grocer, Hoxton Middlesex, May 28 an d June 28, at one, at th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. John Turner, brewer, Chester, May 30 an d J uno 21, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Get emder Anthon M ar ti n Aas, ship broker, Colchester stre , City, May 31, at half-past one, and June 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Prowse, chemist, Bri s t o l, M ay 30, and June 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. . William Charles Reynolds, licensed victualler, Alders gate-street, May 26, at one, and July 1, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. S COTCH BANKRUPTS. John Davie Morrie Sti r li ng , E sq., of Blackgrange, deceased. Peter M'Onie, merchant, Gartmo ro . Miss Marion M'Neight, of Bellvue, Ayrshire. William Fraser, tailor and clothiar, Aberdeen. John Moncur, grocer and spirit dealer, Dundee. Robert Anderson, brickmaker, Hillhead, near Partick. [A . DVE RTISEMENTIZHoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Scrofula —Skin diseases.—ln no disease is more early or constant vigilance required than in the treatment of scro fula. The nurse or parent must meet the first approach of the foe, or his defeat will be difficult. Enlarged glands about the neck, flying pains through the limbs ' and irri.. table skin warn us of the probable presence of this here ditary malady, and not a moment should be lost, in the employment of Holloway's anti-scorbutic remedies, to throw out at once from the blood the morbid cause of all future disfigurements, leaving the system pure and vigorous, so thoroughly do they banigh the poison, and remove from ever): organ, whether deep or superficial, its PAWN And convang thiltwAce, MEMBERS RETURNED TO SEI?VE IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. (From the London Gazette) CROWN-OFFIC, MAY 13. County of Westmeath—Richard George Augustus Levinge 2 of Knocdrin Castle, Westmeath, Esq. ; William Pollard Urquhart, of Kanturck, Westmeath, Esq. Borough of Athlone —John Ennis, of Ballinahown, West" raeath, Esq. County of Fermanagh —The Hon. Henry Arthur Cole, of Florence Court, Fermanagh; Mervyn Archdall, of Casge Archdall, Fermanagh, Esq. Borough of Enniskillen —The Hon. John Lowry Cole. County of Down —The Hon. Arthur Edwin Hill, commonly called Lord Arth ur Ed w i n Hill, of Norwood Park, Not tinghamshire; Willi am Brownlow Forde, of Seaforde, county of Down, Esq. Borough of Downpatrick—David Stewart Ker, of Montalto Downshire, Esq. Borough of Newry—Peter Quinn, of the Agency, Point" pass, county of Armagh, Esq. County of Cork—Rickard Deasy, of Dublin, her Maisel r., 61 Third Sergeant- a t-l aw; Vincent Scully, of A/erne' . square, Dublin, Esq. Borough of Bandon Bridge--Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. We i ' Smyth Bernard, of the Farm Bandon.' Borough of Kinsale--John Arnott, of Firhill, 3fonkstow ll9 county of Cork, merchant. Borough of Youghal—lsaac Butt, of Lower Leeson-stre et " Dublin, Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel. Borough of Mallow—Robert Longfleld, Esq., of Melon square, Dublin; one of her Majesty's Counsel. _ - MAY 14. County of Ork ne y an d Shetland —Frederick Dundas, E SC ' . of Hanover-square, London. Borough of Dartmouth —Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley, of Princes-gate, London, Esq. County of Merioneth—William Watkin Edward Win ne ' Esq. Borough of Flint—Sir John Hanmer, of Bettisfield ?ark , Flintshire, Bart. County. of A ntrim — Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas 11611 5 Pakenham, of Longford Lodge, Antrim ; Major-GeneM the Honourable George Frederick Upton, of Cast" Upton, Antrim. Borough of Belfast --Sir Hugh M'Calmont Cairns, Knight, her Majesty's Solicitor-General; Richard DaTJ" — Esq., of the Abbey, Antrim. Borough of Lisburn —Jonathan Richardson, of Lamb* Antrim, Esq. County of Leitrim—John Brady, Esq. ; William Rielli; ta Ormsby Gore, Esq. Qu c e o e l n o ' n s e C l o F un ran — cis tyM p ic i b unk ael e D t un D n u e n , noefßoafllymßriatntasusi; boLitehutin.- Queen's County. , Borough of Portarlington—Lionel Sey mour William 'MVP' son Darner, of Iron Mill s , Queen's County, Esq. If County of onaghan—Colonel Charles Powell Lesh e , , o .. Castle Leslie, M onag h an ; Si r George Forster, o f C derry, Monaghan, Bart. MAY 16. 01 10 County of Mayo—John Thomas Browne, commonll Lord John Brown, of Westport House, Mayo ; Roger William Henry Palmer, of Kenmure Park, cow l ty of Dublin. tI County of Clare—C ro ft on M oore Vandeleur, Esq ., of S' rush House, Clare ; Luke White, Esq., of the (I' county of Dublin. Fib` Borough of Ennis—Th e Ri g ht H on. J o h n D av id ~,a Gerald, of Mer r i on - sqaare, Du b l i n, one of her Majesty' Counsel. J Borough of Harwich—C ap t a i n H enry Jerv i s White J eri' 0 0 of Charlwood-street, Middlesex ; the Hon. I „,, e ." Frederick Campbell, of Stratheden House, Middlesei t Borough of Lewes. --The Right Honourable Henry Fit • of Upper Grosvenor-street, Middlesex; the Honour& Henry Bouverie William Brand, of Glynde, Sussex. MAY 17. County of York..—East Riding—The Right Hono ur Beaumont, Lord Hotham ; the Honourable Duncombe. North Riding—Edward Stillingfleet CO*. Esq. ; the Honourable Willi am E rnest Dunc9nlu . l West Riding—Er John William Ramsden Bart. ; • Crossley, Esq. COUNTRY MA.RIEBTAT. LIVERPOOL—MAY 17. rs a mills „ This morning we had a sma ll a tt en d ance of ._ dealers at our corn exc h ange . Th e business passim' or, limited for wheat, both for consumption and to hold 0 mr but where transactions occured an advance of 6d to 9 d a cental was obtained. Th e same a l so may b e sa id of ° OO Oats and oatmeal were each - unaltered in value. EgYP he ld beans and barley the t urn d earer . I n di an corn was, A per firmly, at 6d p er cen t a l over l a t e rates —G a l atz , 7 0 .7Z80 1001bs ; Ibralia and m i xe d A mer i can , 7s 2d ; and NTIW"I 9d. SUNDERLAND—MAY 14. it f‘ if There was an average s u pply o f gra i n t o -d a y, an 501 business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, from pi Od to 55s Od per qr ; red, 45 s Od t o 50 s Od ; b ea no, to 44s Od; barley, 28s to 32s Od per qr. ; oats, 25s to xi" LEEDS—MAY 17. The wheat: trade was inactive to-day, and the busilL e r done was at 3s pe r qr a d vance on th e rates o f last ,% 0 0 Barley, beans, oats, and pea s were a t a b ou t the pre". pric es. Averages for the week : Wheat 4,737 qrs., at 58s Z Oats 290 „ 2Bs Rye — ff ...-8 Oil 8ar1ey......... 659 ~ 348 7 g r Beans 4l „ 46s d Peas ...• 10 „ 37s Arrivals this week : Wheat 8,183 qrs. Oats Barley Peas Rapeseed Beans Linseed NEWCASTLE-MAY 16. de% The show of wheat was not large, and the trade at !s to 3s per qr. higher than the preceding week. was not much barley on offer, and all superior sorts high prices. Oats in limited supply. Beans were at extreme rates. og to 311 White wheat, new, 56s to 62s Ba r l e y, grinding.. II to 310 Red do. s 4s t o 56 s O a t s , 4' 50 old, .. ...... 2 88 320 Old white s6s to 62 s N ew d o 285 '1 Red do. 549 to 568 Beans. 445 t Barley, malting.... 38s to 42s Peas SHEFFIELD—MAY 17. There was a fair average quantity of wheat on offend we can only quote an advance of 18 per load. 0° or asked considerable advances in prices, which were not c on , ceded. Oats firm, and is more money. Beans had slf_ ja fr, ward tendency. N o c h a nge from last week 1 ' Flour advanced 2d per 141 b. , 0 04 OA Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels... 20s Od to 4 '^ - , 04 White ...20s Od to 21E10 Beans // I, 6. • 19s Od to 2- e. 0,1 „ Peas, per qr 43a Od ii ) grail Grinding barley, per qr 3030 d to Malting ditto, » Oats 17 25 33 8 8 O Cid d t:° R .39g pil Millers' prices for flour -2 s „ Od , 2 s 2d, an d 2s *u 141 b. 2 8 ‘ Hay, 80s to 85s ; wheat straw, 28s to 365; oat strait , to 36s ; turnips, 14sto 162 per ton. RICHMOND—MAY 14. n to•d sl. We had thin supplies of all descriptions of 6 d per late prices were obtained. White ruled 7s Od 60 bushel; barley, 4s Od to 4s 3d; beans, 5s 6d to ' 3s Od to 3s Gd. to Is Ai, NORWICH CATTLE—MAY 14. s pa A large show of store beasts to .day, comprising ° shorthorns ' with a few Irish. S a l es s l ow , and att en d limited. Scots, 4s to 5s • shorthor ns; 4 s to 5s ; to 4s. Fat b eas t s , 7 s Od to 8s per stone. she* Sheep—The pens were well fill e d . P r i ce s—Fat 58 6d to 7s per stone. Pigs— to 61 ; Good store pigs, 25 s t o 30 p. F at por k, 63 per stone. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. . LivimpooL—MAx 17. ost 01 . . The, market was firm, and rath er b e tt er i n price Psi 1." . the day, closing hea v y. Midl ands, u 93f f—Dovergy b ovit Birkenhead ,s 59i 60—Leed s Northern, 42 3—Ble, ° j a w% 11 -I—North British, 5 0 i li—Great Western o f sii, I3a I—Grand Trunk o f C anada, 7 I—GreatWesters, 4 3 6 Eastern Counties, 10 946 —Chester and 110 1 7be el ryorio —Sheffields, 331—Cal e d on i ans, 74f —Lancashire an d poo h shire, 85 I--London and North -Westerns 86 trivia/I Rhenisfh, 7i 61 di s .—E ast Lancashire, 84 ' B5-- e 84 . MANCHESTER— 17. There was a li m it e d business d o n Y most of thededatse:' Pi g prices closed r a th er steady. Leeds, 858--Midlands, 511 Dovers, 18 9-16—Sheilields, 331—Trunks, 7f --.°A; per Cent. Pref., 1371. BIRMINGHAM—MAY 17. rArkete There Was a 'flat business done to-day ati in th i s artl: Midlands, Mt /—Great Western, Birmingham — BO as teed, 70j ?ll—South Staffords, lot 10k—London) Birmingham Bankinc , Co 281 BIRTHS. gam' o f FENWICK.—On the 16th i ns t ., at Seaton Burn "`"--' of a thumberland, the wife of G eorge J . F enw i c k, . 06111 son. f NOBLE.— On the 16th inst., at 50, Westbourne-rtite°l -8 Hyde -park, the wife of John Noble, Esq., of a B ' 3l. o Of WILLIAMS..—On the 16th inst., at Hereford, the Iv' 0 412 John Pri ce Williams, Esq,, barrister-at-law, o f a daliP ter.- OS WING.--On the 13th inst., at the Grove, West CO'Weo wife of Major Vincent Wing, of a daughter. MARRIAGES haell r CHRISTIAN —THOMAS.—On the 16th inst. at at Sevel l ria tic• ton Rectory, Gloucestershire, the Hon. Mr. Christian, Christian, to Mary, eldest daughter of F. E. '— Esq. aloe/ LOCOCK—KING.—On th e sth inst., at Athens, —lcor Locock, Esq., Att ac he to her Majesty's EmbassY I li , 0 stantinople, fourth son o f Si r Ch ar l es L oco ck, 13 „a n ' . Abbie, third da ug ht er o f t h e R ev. Jonas King, l''''' EATHS. t BECHER.— D On the 2d ult , at Indere, Lieutenen'e7rolonel v - f ary, Charles Grant Beche r , * of the sth Bengal Light ". and of Beatson Horse. AV, DouctrAs.—On the 16th inst., at Jersey, Lynedoch D° ..a ll u sit K Es . q D ., o la u t g e la 9 s 7 , th ta ß rt ev o ., f s G en ien o b f ervi th . e e. late Lieut.- 61 ° 114. GITTENS.-7psOciin:clahg:B. aged 1 5 . 83 h .0 inst, , at 3B h Cam' den-town, the Rev.T. W. Gatens, age , -1 68. ham-terrac e ' W ' 2 ' aY a HENRY.—On the 14th inst., atß sh-hill, Edmonton, Tli°s. L H o e u n d r o y uu , FALMER.—On the 17th inst„ James Palmer, Es+, of 4, SSELL.—On the 16th ' ',ire? Ru • t 1 Selkirk ° — aged 6 u 4. mst., at Aslnes ee p General Sir James Russell, K.C.B. SAVAGE. —On the 14th inst at Bath, Thomas Wage/ Esq., of Mid somer Norton.,• - Went P SMITHOn the 16th i ns t ., at Leybourne Rectory, Sir Michael Cusac Smith, Bart aged 65 ~ 65. ___.—....... .......—______ - --- --- MING' LONDON : Print e d an d P u b l i shed by MURDO Y . " 11 2, of No. 112, St ran d , Printer, at The Sun Office, N o. of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count) ? 1414111 esext Wednesday, May 18, 1859. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1859.