The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-07 00:00:00

IRE NAVY. Rear-Admiral R. F . Stopford's port division of the Channel equad'ron, in Plymouth Sound, re ceived orders on I.fonday evening to prepare for sailing yesterday (Tuesday) morning for Lisbon: and the ship'3 were supplied by Mr. W. F. Collier, the Portuguese Vice-Consul, with bills of health for that city--a course not frequently observed. They consist of the flagship Royal Albert, 121, Capt. H. D. Laeon ; Conqueror, 101, Capt. E. S. Sotheby, C .B. ; Donegal, 101, Capt. H. Broadhead ; Aboukir, YO, Capt. D. Curry; Centurion, 80, Capt, H. D. itogers, C.B. ; and Emerald, 31, Capt. A. Cumming. At an early hour yesterday (Tuesday) morn i n g, they picked up their small bower an chors, and at 11 o'clock fires were lighted under the boilers of the Royal Albert and Aboukir. At one p.m. the ships were detained for despatches. At two the Conqueror, Centurion, and Donegal lett the Sound under canvas, and the Royal Albert and Aboukir under steam. They would soon put out their fires, as the wind continues strong from the eastward. The Emerald hauled down her blue peter at 14, and will not sail with the rest, but re main at Plymouth for the stragglers, of whom there are about 200 on shore without leave. The paddlewheel steam-tender Avon is on the look out, near the Eddystone ; she has men on board :for the Hero, 91, Commander George H. Seymour, C. 8., hourly expected from America, with his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. On Thursday morning last her Majesty's steam corvette Charybdis,2l guns, 400 horse power, was ordered to be brought forward for commission. She was at the time completely stripped for winter moorings, having her lower yards and topmasts struck, but through the activity of the officers and men of the Steam Ordinary at Sheerness, under the command of Capt. Schomberg, she has been fitted and coaled for sea service. Her sails are now bent, arid the ship is ready in all respects and await ing her officers and ship's compaiy. She has been comxnissioned by Capt. G. Parker and the pennant hoisted by Mr. Giles, master, and it is expected that she will be ordered to sea in a few days. The screw steam gun vessel Landrail, Commander 'T. H. M. Martin, left Plymouth Sound on Sunday for the West Indies, taking supernumeraries for the flagship Nile. The Immortalite, 51, screw, in the first-class steam reserve at Portsmouth, is ordered for imme diate commission, by telegram from the Admiralty, received yesterday at Portsmouth. The Geyser, 6, paddle, which left Spithead for Sheerness on Monday, put back to the former an chorage yesterday. It was blowing an easterly gale in the Channel. The Ariel, 9, screw, Commander Alexander, will go out of harbour at Portsmouth to-day to Spithead, weather permitting. The Himalaya, screw troopship, Captain J. Sec combe, at Portsmouth, is reported for further troop service on the 16th inst. Her crew have been paid Wages and granted leave ashore. The screw steamship Desperate, 8, at Plymouth, nearly ready for sea, is expected to be sent to New Zealand, and will probably remain three years on the Australian station. The paddlewheel steamvessel Spiteful, 6, Com mander Wilson, is ordered from Plymouth Sound to the Chops of the Channel to relieve the home ward-bound merchant ships, of which there are many detained there by the prevailing strong easterly winds. Salutes of 19 guns were fired on Monday after noon at Plymouth from the citadel and from the ships in commission, in honour of the capture of the Taku Forts and the victory in China. The naval transport Diligence, J. Head master, being laden with provisions, with stores from the Devonport dockyard, boats, &c., was ready to sail yesterday (Tuesday) from Plymouth for Deptford as soon as the wind shifted to a more favourable quarter. His Danish Majesty's screw frigate Sjvelland, Captain Ipsen, from Copenhagen, bound to the Brazils,North America, and West Indies, arrived at Spithead yesterday. On anchoring she exchanged the usual honorary salutes with the fortress and H.M.S. Victory. Captain Ipsen afterwards landed, and accompanied by Mr. A. L. Vandenbergh, the Danish Consul at the port, waited upon the Port Admiral, Lieutenant-Governor, and the Admiral Superintendent, at their respective residences. The Sjvelland is a new frigate, of 2,000 tons burden. She carries 42 30-pounder guns, and is fitted with 300-horse power (nominal) engines, by Messrs. Mandalay, Field, and Sons. The ship will take on board a supply of coals at Spithead, and sail to• morrow or Friday for the Brazils, calling at Cadiz. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Commander H. Christien, to the Victoria and Albert ILieut. G. L. Sulivan, to the Victoria and Albert ; J. Bridgman, chief engi neer, to the Charybdis; J. Roffey, confirmed in the rank of chief engineer; E. Hawke, second-class assistant-engineer, to the Charybdis ; W. Roberts, second-class assistant-engineer, to the Blenheim, for service in the Violet; J. V. Slade, acting second class assistant-engineer, to the Charybdis:; N. r Hockerston, acting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary ; Wm. D. Bertram, acting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Charyb dis; T. Lewis, third-class assistant-engineer, to the Charybdis : and G. Grandier, paymaster, addi tional, to the Royal Adelaide. TILE ARMY. The . following Royal Warrant, regulating the pensions and allowances granted to wounded and disabled officers, has 7 0een issued - Victoria R.—Whe - eas it has been found expedient to revise the regulations under which pensions and allowances are granted to officers of our land forces on account of wounds received in action ; and whereas we were pleased to issue a warrant under our Royal sign manual, dated the 13th of June, 1857, our will and pleasure now is that our said Royal warrant of the 13th of June, 18,57, shall from henceforth be cancelled ; and that this our Royal warrant, to be administered and interpreted by our Secretary of State for War, be the sole and standing authority upon the matters herein contained, " Given at our Court at St. James's this 27th of October, 1860, in the 24th year of our reign. " By Her Majesty's command, " S. HERBERT." "Pensions and gratuities to officers of the land forces, l imited to wounds and injuries received in action. " 1. If an officer shall receive a wound in action which shall occasion the loss of an eye or a limb, or shall lose th,._,erebylltaheetotal use of a limb, or shall receive bodily in g:lni_,!,e r nearly equal, in its consequences to the loss fu n ve 7 o : th ry receive a gratuity in money of one year's the regimental rank or Staff appointment held by him at wounded for the loss of such eye or limb, or for e s uc hh; ras " 2., If an offi= e lle wounded in action, and it shall be reported by e i _, f army medical officers, assembled by order of the g a t. - 7: o g e of State for War, for the personal examination of ea c h or e:, that he has, in consequence of his wound, lost a Ihnb to Her Majesty for a pet,,l ll o eye, he may be recommended at the rate fixed in the an nexed scale, for the rank held'b the when he was wounded, and commencing one year afters: wound was received. If tho officer shall have los: eye, he may be recommended for a nlore than one limb, or for each eye, so lost in action. P.cnsion for each limb, ur " 4. If the wound received by an ott c e r in action shall be so severe in its permanent effects as to be f i l j ll l3 , equal, or nearly equal, to the loss of a limb, and the i r n, so reported by the military medical boird,:he:nirY en ny sio eh b a e ll re e . the comme nded to her Majesty for a tempo rary continuance of which shall depend upon subsequent e xanli _ nation before a military medical board. " 6'. If any wound received in action, shall be certified to be severe and dangerous, but in its permanent effects not nearly equal to the loss of a limb, the officer receiving suc h wound may receive a gratuity, varying according to the nature of the case from three to 12 months' full pay of the regimental rank or staff appointment held by him at the time he was wounded. _ _ _ . " 6. If an officer shall have held' a pension for a wound received in action for, a term of five years, and shall have been examined twice at the least before a board of army medical officers, he may be recommended for the permanent continuance of such pension; but if the officer, before the expiration of the term of five years, shall have so far reco vered that his wound or injury is not equal, or nearly equal, to the loss of a limb, then he shall cease to - receive such " 7. If within the period of five years after a wound has been received an officer shall not apply for the pension, or, en his so applying for it, the wound` shall not have been proved to have been permanently equal, or nearly equal, to the lees of a limb, such officer's claim to a pension for such ound shall not at any subsequent period be en t er t a i ne d . " 8 . No gratuit y for any wound shall be granted after the lapse of five years from the time the wound was received. • "9. No pension for the loss of an eye from a wound re ceived in action shall be granted, unless the actual loss of vision shall have occurred within five years after the wound was received, and be solely attributable to such wound. " 10. As a general rule, the pension or gratuity shall be granted according to regimental rank, but in cases inwhich officers, with or without brevet rank, shall have been em ployed at the time they were wounded in discharge of duties superior to those attached to their regimental commissions, the gratuities and pensions may be given in accordance with such duties. " 11. These pensions may be held together with any other pay and allowances to which an officer may be enti tled, without any deduction on account thereof, and may continue to be held should the officer leave the service. " 12. Officers who are still suffering from wounds re ceived since the 28th March, 1854, the date of the declara tion of war with Russia, should such wounds be certified by a military medical board to be now equal, or nearly equal, to the loss of a limb, may receive pensions from the present time according to the provisions of this warrant. "Rate of pension :-- "Field-Marshal, General, or Lieut.-General command ing-in-chief at the time to be specially considered. " Lieut.-General, £4OO. "Major-General and officers holding equivalent relative rank, £350. • " Colonels and officers holding equivalent relative rank, £3OO. " Major commanding, £250. ". Major and officers holding equivalent relative rank, £2OO. " Captain and officers holding equivalent relative rank, £lOO. " Lieutenint and officers holding equivalent relative rank, £7O. " Cornet and officers holding equivalent relative rank, £50." THE ROAD CHILD MURDER. ROAD, Nov. 6. The inquiry commenced on the motion of Mr. T. B. Saunders, and apparently conducted exclusively by that gentleman, was resumed at the Temperance hall, Road, this morning. The audience was less numerous than on the former days, and neither Captain Meredith nor either of the superintendents of the Wilts constabulary were present. Mr. Saunders began by requesting the reporters not to take down something he was about to say, which apparently had reference to some comments on the proceedings of the former days in some of the local newspapers ; but as the request was not acceded to he refrained from offering any observa• tions. Mrs. Orchard was first called, and stated that the first time she saw Mr. Saunders was on Saturday morning last. She then stated to him in presence of some other gentlemen and now repeated that two persons named Francis and Greenhill came to her house on the night of the 29th of Jnne. She was not very well, and wished them not to stop. It was after dark when they came. Witness con tinued—As they did not appear willing to go, after some time I put the clock on, thinking they would go when they saw it was late. I can't say exactly when it was they left, for our clock does not go well. I moved the hands on in the dark. I can't say exactly how much. I have stated the truth as nearly as I know. Mr. Saunders—Will you have the goodness to state what you mentioned to me on Saturday last in presence of Captain Meredith, Mr. Hughes, the superintendent of the Bath police, and Mr. Bond ? Witness—l don't recollect anything else. Mr. Saunders—Did you or did you not state that you put the clock on two hours ? Witness—l can't say how much I put it on. Mr. Saunders—Did you not state that Francis and Greenhill left your house at 10 minutes before one o'clock by your clock? Witness—l can't say what time it was ; our clock don't keep time. Mrs. Parker, another woman present, stated, in reply to an appeal from the witness, that the clock did not go well. Mr. Saunders (to witness)—Are you able now to recollect ?—I can't say whether the clock was slow or fast, or whether I pat it on two hours or not. Mr. Saunders here informed the witness that she might now go, but he should have occasion to call her again. Mrs. Parker was then called forward, and, in reply to questions from Mr. Saunders, stated that all she could say was that Mrs. Orchard's daughter came to her every morning, and sometimes in the evening, to know what time it was. Did not recol lect Mrs. Orchard or her daughter coming to take the time on the morning of the 30th or evening of the 29th June last. Knew nothing of what took place at Road-hill-house on Friday, June 29. John Alloway, the lad who was in Mr. Kent's employ previous to the 29th June, stated that he left Mr. Kent's service on Saturday, the 30th of, that month. Took a square candle lantern to Mr. Fricker, plumber and glazier, by direction of the cook, on Wednesday or Thursday previous to the 29th of June. The cook said Mr. Kent had told her to send the lantern. Mr. Kent went away from home on Wednesday morning, and came back on Thursday night. Witness continued—l went to Fricker ou the Thursday to know whether the lan tern was ready. It was not. I called the next day for it. In one day I called three times for it, but did not get it till Friday night. I took the lan tern back to Road-hill-house, and put it on the dresser in the kitchen. I said to the cook, " There is the lantern ; it is done." I had never seen the lantern before I took it to be repaired, and did not know there was such a thing in the house. I did not see it after I brought it home. The cook and housemaid sent me so many times for the lantern. ( Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Kent said anything to me about the lantern. On the Friday the cook and housemaid said I must go and get the lantern, as Mr. Kent wanted it and must have it. The nurse. maid was not present at any of these times. I had given Mr. Kent notice to leave at the end of the week on Monday, June 25. I left Road-hill-house about 7 in the evening of 29th June, and went there about 6 o'clock the following morning. I saw Holcombe in the stable, andthen went to the green house, and afterwards took the knives and boots and carried them into the storehouse. I turned the knives out on the board and began to clean the shoes. holcombe came in and asked me if I had nearly done. I said " No." He then said he would clean the knives if I would clean the boots, and he did so. I took the knives into the kitchen after they were cleaned, and put the boots and shoes in the passage a little before 7 o'clock. Holcombe bad not previously been in the habit of cleaning the knives. He told me he wanted me out in the gardea. There was no unusual appearance about the knives, or about the shoes or boots of Mr. Kent or Master William ; there were no boots of the young ladies to clean that morning. I did not hear of the murder till half-past 7, when Mr. Kent came out in the garden and said the child was lost. Holcombe, Oliver, and myself were present. Mr. Kent asked Holcombe if ho had seen any of the little children. Holcombe said "No." Mr. Kent then said, "Master Saville is lost." lie then asked me if there were any police in the place. I said " There is Urch." He said " You go and fetch him," and I went for him. I ran as hard as I could to Urch's house, and called him. He came down, andl told him to come as fast as he could. He said he would, and I ran back to the house. Urch arrived just as Mr. Kent was going off to Trowbridge. He gave me the order to have the horse and carriage got ready as quick as possible, and I went and told Holcombe to do so. Oliver and Holcombe were searching abotit the pre mises at the time. Morgan, the parish constable, came with Urch. Mr. Kent spoke to them, but I did not hear what he said to them. I did not hear them call to him to stop. After Mr. Kent was gone to Trowbridge I went back into the yard, and Urch and Morgan went straight into the kitchen. lam not certain whether I went with them or not. I did not search much for the lost child, because thd shrubs had been all searched by Oliver and Hol combe. I was present when the body of the child was found. We had a mowing machine, but when it was wet Holcombe mowed with a scythe. I be lieve Holcombe used the scythe on Friday, June 29. I cannot recollect how long previously the machine had been used. There was a toolhoase on the pre mises, in which the scythe was generally kept. I did net see the garden tools all examined. I saw Mr. Rent with a " half moon" and little rake which he took to Air. Foley, or some one, to be ke examined. Th e l antern I never saw after I put sty on the dresser on Friday night. It did not me askbeing at all singular that Holcombe done so befor n cleaned the knives, and e ive b s on Saturday morning. He had ned ut not very often. I saw the did not make an d them out on the bench, but the Saturday monrywmo.inute inspection of them on Mr. Kent wus whenuliTe ordered the carri age t o b e believe he was i n the stable'!" out of doo rs . I 1 don't whether he had his boots on.f ir I can't say got into the yard. li e wore 1111ove know how h e went to Trowbridge. I believe I sa,:i c 4 a r t l i v-hen Friday afternoon or evenin g; I can ' t tell N.bent on was then dressed. I once br o k e a piece out o o ‘ f v o he of the knives while cleaning it in the machine. "I believe it was a carving knife, but I am not certain. After it was broken it was brought to be cleaned a s usual; it was not much damaged. I know nothing else with reference to what occurred on the morning of the 29th of June, I have been examined before. rriE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1860. I don't think Mr. Slack asked me anything about the lantern. Mr. Superintendent Abbot, of Warmin ster, asked me all about it. I have not previously stated anything pu.blicly about it to the best of my belief. There was a knife once got into the machine, but whether the handle tame off or not I am not certain. I don't recollect the blade of a knife coming off while I was in Mr. Kent's aervice. When the child was found I picked up a piece of paper with some blood on it. Mellott, the butcher, was with me at the time, and I gave it to him. I don't know what he did with it. I picked it up just outside the closet door, towards the left hand, near the gate leading into the bank yard, where the ' dog used to be kept Mr. Weston conflrrotii the statement of Alloway as to the finding of the piece of paper, adding that he pointed it out to Alloway, and requested him to pick it up. Had never been a s k e d a b out the mat ter before in public or private. The piece of paper was doubled up, and appeared as if some one had wiped a knife across it. There were some smaller pieces of paper which were not taken any notice of. They appeared to be parts of a larger piece. From the position in which the paper was found no infe rence could be drawn as to the direction in which the party who used it was going. Witness con tinued--I saw Mr. Kent that morninc , when he returned from T row b r id ge. I do not know any one who can state where Mr. Kent was when he gave the order to have his carriage got ready. I heard it reported that it was as he same down stairs. I can't say from whom I heard the report. I wish I could. There was great confusion there at the time. I was one of the coroner's jury. Mr. Saunders said he understood that the witness and other jurors wished to say something on the subject of the manner in which the inquiry was conducted, but he hardly thought this was the proper time. The jurors, however, should have an opportunity of making any statement before the investigation terminated. Mr. Weston said the papers had accused the jury of ignorance, and they wished to show they were not so ignorant as had been supposed. Mr. Saunders said they were very much obliged to the papers for keeping them in order. He him self was not exempt from comment in the press. Mr. Saunders then went on to say that at present he was not acting magisterially, but was taking a course which he thought consistent with the ends of public justice. He also entered into a long defence of the course he had pursued and was pursuing. Mr. Inspector Pitney, in reply to Mr. Saunders, said that Captain Meredith, Superintendents Foley and Wolfe, of the Wilts police, and Mr. Hughes and Mr. Bond, of the Bath police, were not present. Mr. Saunders especially wished that Capt. Mere dith and Mr. Hughes and Mr. Bond were present, as they would be able to state exactly what Mrs. Orchard had said in presence of them all on Satur day last. Mrs. Quance stated—l recollect the Tuesday on which Miss Constance Kent was taken to Devizes. No three persons came to my house on that day and asked for some water to make tea with. Mrs. Holton lives next door to me. She is an invalid. I went into her house at the time three strangers were there. They asked Mrs. Holton to give them a drop of boiling water, and I assisted in getting it for them, They had some tea and went away. I don't recollect what they talked about. Mr. Saunders—Now, if I am toll, and three per sons are ready to swear, that you or your husband said they saw Mr. Kent in a field about 5 o'clock in the morning of the murder, is that true or false ? Mrs. Quance—lt is false. The witness appealed to Mr. 'Wilkins, who was present, whether he had ever heard her husband say such a thing ? Mr. Wilkins—Yes, I did. Mrs. Quance—Well, I don't care; I never said such a thing. Mr. Saunders said there were now four persons who stated that such a statement had been made by Mrs. Quance or her husband. Mrs. Quance repeated her denial, and added, in reply to Mr. Saunders—My husband general ly goes to work at 5 o'clock in the morning. I believe he did on the morning of the 30th of June last. I don't recollect whether he or I was awake during that night. lam quite sure I never heard him say he saw Mr. Kent that morning. My husband works with another man. I can't say whether they went to work together that morning. Mr. Saunders requested Mr. Quance's attendance to-morrow; Mr. Wilkins, his employer, stating that he would give leave for him to come. In reply to further questions by Mr. Saunders, Mrs. Quance stated that Morgan, the parish con stable, and a police insp e ct or ca ll e d upon her. She never stated to them that her husband had seen Mr. Kent on the morning of the murder. She was sure her husband would not state anything that was not true • he would rather have his head chopped off. In her opinion the murder was too cleverly done ever to be found out, unless some one "peached." Morgan, the parish constable, stated that he called on the last witness with Superintendent Abbot, and that she denied to them having heard her husband say anything about having seen Mr. Kent on the mgrning of the murder. He saw Quance in the evaing, and he also denied having ever made such a statement. It was a general rumour that Quance had said that he had seen Mr. Kent on the morning of the murder, but he could not trace it to anyone. Mr. Saunders reiterated that his object was to elicit such information as had not yet met the public eye. All private investigations he cast aside, and took the bold, manly course which, if it might not seem altogether regular, would, he hoped, facili tate the discovery of the perpetrator of a crime which had now baffled inquiry for four months. A paper handed to Mr. Saunders by Mr. Wil kins was read by Mr. Saunders, who prefaced it by stating that he considered it most important that this point as to Quance should be cleared up, because, if Mr. Kent was seen as early as 5 o'clock in the morning of the 30th of June, it would be evident that he could not have woke up for the first time atsthe hour mentioned by Mrs. Kent. The paper handed in by Mr. Wilkins was to the effect that the first he heard of this statement of Quance's was some time after the murder, when Quance, who was in his employ, came from Trowbridge, and stated that he had been taken up respecting seeing Mr. Kenton the morning of the murder. He said his eyesight was so bad he could not say who it was he saw, and so he was liberated. Inspector Pitney stated that Quance was not in custody. He was sent for to the police-station, and was asked to state what he knew about the matter. Mr. Saunders—Well, he will be able to tell us himself all about it when becomes here. Mr. Saun ders then said that he must have Mr. Superinten dent Foley, and, as a magistrate, he sh ou ld i ns i st on it if necessa r y. B y the directions of Capt. Mere dith, the chief-constable, the whole of the force had been placed under his (Mr. Saunders's) directions, at the request of the bench of magistrates at Brad. ford, and with Captain Meredith's full concurrence. Mr. West, one of the j ury men, here stated that he believed as many as nine out of the twelve jurymen were dissatisfied with the conclusion which was arrived at. They considered that a sort of undue pressure had been put upon them by persons in a higher station of life—such, for instance, as the coro ner. In coming to an open verdict he (Mr. West) thought they were not doing justice to themselves, or diving satisfaction to the country. It was only a isartial examination which took place, as he ex pected that the whole household of Mr. Kent would be then and there examined. There was an ob jection raised to that, and some of the jury were very much excited in consequence; but afterwards it was carried to have an open verdict. Mr. Saunders—Do I understand you rightly that eight or nine jurymen were prepared to bring in a verdict of wilful murder against any particu lar person or persons ? You have brought in an open verdict. Were eight or nine of you prepared to go a step further, and to say wilful murder against any particular individual or individuals ? Mr. West—l can't answer that question. Mr. Saunders —But you think that the inquiry was shortened, and that there was not sufficient time given to;learn all the circumstances ? elierexsitiatlladtinoo,ssir.Were given by M organ and Millett of the ci rcumstances which led to the beingßev. Mr. Peaco c k, an d a f armer named Dew, being Sonic summoned on the jury in the place of the other per ! sons who had received notice to att end,but nothing material was elicited, and after some further unim portant statements, the inquiry was again adjourned. RE -OPENING THE CORONER'S INQUEST. While the inquiry of Mr. Saunders was being held at Road, a meeting of magistrates of the Trowbridge division took;lace at the police-station in that town. The magistrates present were-- Messrs. H. G. G. Ludlow, J. Staneombe, W. Stan combe, W. H. Walmesley, and the Rev. R. Craw ley. Captain Meredith, chief constable, and Super intendents Foley and Wolfe were also in attendance Mr. Slack, solicitor, of Bath, by whom the recent prosecution of Elizabeth Gough was instituted, in formed their worships that he had been in conirnu nication with the Attorney-General on the matter, and that that learned functionary was of opinion that the inquest had not been properly conducted, and that it was a proper case in which an applica tion should be made to the Court of Queen's Bench to order a second inquest under a writ of melius in quirendum. - The magistrates concurred in the propriety of such a course being adopted, and affidavits will be immediately prepared in support of the application. The magistrates also wished it to be distinctly un lerstood that th ey h a d taken no part in the investigation then being pursued by Mr. Saunders at Road. 1111 Y STERIQUS DISCOPIERF AND SUS PECTED MURDER AT DALSTON. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock, Mr. J. Hum phreys, the eerdher for East Middlesex, and a highly respectable jury, assembled by adjournment at the Three Compasses, Dalston, respecting the death of a newly-born female child, found buried in the garden at the tear of the residence of Mr. H. 11. Ford, 5, Milton Cottages, Bath-place, Dalston. Mr. Thomas Beard, solicitor, Basinghall-street, attended to watch the case for the accused, Eliza Mullet, a domestic servant, lately in the service of Mr. Ford, a gentleman of property. The accused had been brought from the House of Detention by Inspector Stacey, of the N division, by the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The case excited unusual interest, and the court was crowded during the investigation. The first witness called was James Newberry, a gardener, who said—About four o'clock in the afternoon of the 29th ult., I and another man were at work in Mr. Ford's garden, when my mate struck his spade against something hard. He dug up the body of a child, wrapped up in a rag. I called the mistress, and she came with the servant. It was the accused who came with Mrs. Ford. I then went to the police-station, and an officer returned with me and took the body. Sergeant Luff, 7 N, said that on the afternoon of the day in question he went to the house of Mr. Ford, and after knocking at the front door it was opened by the accused. She said her master and mistress were at home, and showed me into a room. I told Mr. Ford that the dead body of an infant had been found in his garden. He took me there, and under a lautel tree there was a deep hole. He expressed some surprise at the gardener having dug there; but he (the gar dener) said that he had made the hole to bury the rubbish and leaves. I questioned the accused, and she, denied all knowledge of the child. She was in the kitchen when I asked the question, but I gave her the usual caution in such cases. I then said, " Have you any objection to be examined by a doctor," and she said " No, not if my mistress is with me." I then accompanied her to Dr. Jones, but she refused when she reached his surgery. I then took her to the police station. I then cautioned her, and when she reached there I charged her on suspicion of being concerned in concealing the birth of a female child. She was placed in a cell, but she subsequently sent for me. I then cautioned her, when she said, "I am the mother of the child. I laced my stays so tight that no one noticed me." She added, "I have been seduced." She did not say who was the father of the child, but she told me that it was not born alive. By Mr. Beard—When I took her into custody I took her on suspicion. The magistrate complained of the manner in which the case had been brought before him without evidence. He found fault with the police for bringing the case before him, as there was nothing against the prisoner. He sent for the inspector on account of the manner in which the case had been got up. I asked her where she came from, and she replied, " Beccles, in Suffolk." I did not say, "If it is your child I will do all I can for you." I cautioned her in the police court. I did not say to her, " If you don't tell me whether this is your child you will be examined." I never asked her who the father was, but she did tell me that she would not say who the father was. By the Coroner—l cautioned the prisoner in the usual form before she made any statement. Margaret M'lntyre, the female searcher—The prisoner was brought there on the 20th ult., and when questioned she denied having had a child. She refused to be examined medically, but witness discovered that she had recently been confined. I examined her after she had been to Dr. James. I afterwards saw her at the Worship•street Police Court, where she told me she had had a child about six weeks ago. She said that the child was her's, and that the master was the father of it. By Mr. Beard—l had asked her if she had had a child while I was with her, and asked her the question so that it might be given in evidence against her. She then sent for Sergeant Luff, who went to the cell, and she then told him. I told her to tell the sergeant all about it. Dr. James was examined at great length, and said that he had examined the body of the deceased, which was fully developed. The child might have been dead a month or longer. He made a post mortem examination of the body, but could not say posi tively whether deceased had been born alive or not. A portion of the lungs floated, and they were only partially inflated. The umbilical cord was torn, and there were about 18 inches remaining. There were no marks of violence on the body to account for 1 1 death. Mr. H. 11. Ford was called, and in answer to the coroner, said he knew nothing of the birth of the child in the garden, nor was he the father, as one of the witnesses had stated. The accused, who had been listening attentively to the evidence, was here cautioned by the coroner in the usual form, when she said—l am the mother of the child, but my master is not the father of it. The child was born dead, and I buried it myself. I know the father, but I do not think proper to men tion his name, for he has had nothing to do with it as far as regards the burial of the body in the garden. By Mr. Beard--What the female witness has stated respecting Mr. Ford is quite false, and I never told her so. After some further evidence, The Coroner read over the whole of the volumi nous evidence, and remarked on the case at some length, remarking on the conduct of the female searcher, whose tampering with the prisoner was highly reprehensible. The jury concurred, and returned the following verdict :—That the deceased was found dead and buried in a garden, and the said death was the result of the want of skill, and the neglect of the mother. THE CAPTURB OF THE TAKU FORTS. (From the Gazette of last Evening.) ADMIRALTY, Nov. 5. Despatches, of which the following are copies, have been received from Vice-Admiral Hope, C. 11., the Conimander in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels in China. CAPTURE OP THE FORTS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE (No. 287.) Coromandel, in the Pei-ho, Ang. 27 4 1860. My Lord,—You will be pleased to acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that on the 12th instant the allied troops moved out of the village of Pehtang, and occupied that of Sinho, driving back a considerable body of the enemy, and taking two entrenched positions on their march, and that on the 14th they attacked and captured the fortified village of Tang-kou, the enemy retiring across the river and into the forts ox its northern batik. To the despatches of the Lieutenant-General in command l beg to refer their Lordships for the detail of these and other purely military operations. 2. The Lieutenant •General in command having ac quainted me with his intention of attacking these forts on the 21st, the French and English gunboats, with the rocket boats of the fleet, were moved into the Peiho on the day previous, in order to shell the outer North Fort, with those of light draft, while those of larger size should be held in reserve for the purpose of checking the flank fire of the Southern Fort, should it open on the troops during their advance. 3. The attack of the troops on the inner fort commenced about daylight, and that of the gunboats, which had been delayed for want of water in the position assigned to them about six, half an hour later the magazine of the inner fort exploded, as did that of the outer fort shortly after. At nine the allied flags were shown from the inner fort, and at eleven the firing ceased, flags of truce being displayed on all the remaining forts. 4. During the afternoon the outer North Fort was taken possession of by the troops without further resistance. In the evening the South Fort, being deserted by the enemy, was occupied, and the booms across the river were removed, but the iron stakes, of which there were two double rows, being fixed with much firmness, a passage through was not opened till noon of the following day, when the gun boats passed up and anchored off Tang-kou. 5. On the following day, a force of English and French gunboats* left for Tientsin, and on their arrival next morn ing, finding that the town was destitute of troops, and the authorities anxious to make their unconditional submission, in concert with Admiral Charner, I placed guards in the forts and on the city gates, hoisting the allied flags in token of its military occupation. It is the intention of the Lieu tenant-General in command to place an adequate force in the town or its vicinity, the infantry and artillery portion of which are now being forwarded in the gunboats. 6. The fire of the gun-boats and rocket-boatsf, which I placed under the orders of Rear-Admiral Jones, to whose assistance on all occasions I have been much indebted, was well directed and serviceable : that of the French gun boats attracted attention by its precision. Being placed well in on the mud on the northern bank of the river, at high water, only one English gun-boat was within long range of the South Fort, and all being more or less out of the line of fire of that which they attacked. The enemy, after a few shot, which fell short, ceased to fire on them, and consequently they sustained no casualties whatever. 7. While therefore I have not on this occasion to draw their Lordships' attention to conduct, such as that which distinguished both officers and men in the attack of last year, I yet gladly avail myself of this occasion to ex press the sense I entertain of their unwearied exertions, not merely in effecting the landing of the army here, an opera tion continued without intermission until it was completed, but also in the fitting out of the transport fleet ; the embar cation at Talien-whan Bay, all of which together with the keeping up the supplies of the army has involved much heavy labour. 8. 1 am indebted to Commander Ward and the survey ing officers under his directions, for a chart of Talien-whan Bay, and the coast line of the extreme of the Gulf of Pechili, made early in the year, notwithstanding much bad weather, for accurate surveys of the Pehtang and Pei-ho rivers, while still in the possession of the enemy, and for much zeal and ability displayed in subsequently buoying those rivers. 9. I am unwilling to conclude this despatch without acknowledging the cordial co-operation on all occasions, of my colleagues, and mor e es p ec i a lly o f Vi ce -Ad m i ra l Char ner, on whose suggestion the effective position assigned to the gunboats was adopted.—l have, &c., J. HOPE, Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The Right Hon. Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., M.P., Secretary of the Admiralty. (Inclosnre to No. 287, of 18G0.) The undersigned, Hang-fuh, Viceroy of the province of Chi-li, addresses the following communication to the English and French (French and English) Military and Naval (Naval and Military) Commanders-in• Chief. On the sth day of the present month (21st August), the Honourable Commanders-in-chief advanced upon the forts, both by sea and land, and took those on the northern bank; this success proves the efficiency of the troops of the hon ourable Commanders-in-Chief, and the Chinese Army being defeated tender their submission. The latter have accordingly withdrawn from all the forts on the southern bank, and are now willing to surrender into the possession of the honourable Commanders-in-chief all these forts, to gether with the whole of their munitions and any fortified camps or entrenchments. The under signed further engages to depute officers to point out to officers on the part of the Commanders-in-chief the position of any mines that may be in the forts, and of all secret defences placed in the river, in order that no injury may be occasioned thereby to the honourable Allies. It is understood that the delivery of the forts as soon as effected shall be followed by the cessa tion of hostilities in this locality, and also that no injury shall be done to the inhabitants, who shall be efficiently protected both in person and property. A necessary communication, dated Heenfung. 18th year, 7th month, sth day (August 21st), 1860. Translated by (Signed) HARRY PARKES. True Copy. (Signed) H. HOPE CREALOCK, Lieut. -Col., Military Secretary to her Britannic Majesty's Special Embassy to China. PROCEEDINGS Or BATTALION OF MARINES SERVING WITH THE ARMY, Coromandel, in the Peiho, Aug. 27, 1860. (No. 288.—One Inclosure.) My Lord,—Herewith I forward for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the report I have received of the late operations, from Lieutenant-Colonel Gascoigne, who is in command of the battalion of Royal Marines serving with the army, and should they prove to have been so fortunate as to have obtained the favourable notice of the Lieutenant-General in command, I feel assured their lordships will feel pleasure in meeting any request which ;may be made in their favour by his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief.—I have, &c., (Signed) J. HOPE, Vice-Admiral and Commander -in-Chief. Right Honourable Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., Secretary of the Admiralty. (Inclosure in No. 288 of 1860.) Battalion of Royal Marines (L. 1.) Ton-Ku, ' Aug. 24, 1860. Sir,—l have the honour to report for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the proceed ings of the Battalion Royal Marines under my command, serving by your order with the expeditionary force, and attached to the Fourth Brigade in the Second Division, since landing in Pehtang on the 9th instant. On the 12th August the whole force (excepting the 99th Regiment), moved out for Sinho. The Tartar cavalry showed themselves in great numbers during the advance and made demonstrations cf attack, but were repulsed with considerable loss, the casualties being few on the side of the allies. Our own battalion, though engaged, having none. On the 14th, at daylight, the artillery with the 3d and 4th Brigades, and a French force, were sent forward to take the strongly fortified village of Tou-ku. After a severe bombardment the 60th Rifles effected an entrance at the west angle upon the river, the casualties having been but few on the part of the allies. Two deep ditches encom passed the place, and the loss to the enemy was great. On the 21st (having marched out of Ton:..ku the previous evening), the Artillery, Engineers, Royal Marines, 44th and 67th Regiments, accompanied by about 1,500 French, moved to the attack of the strong North Peiho Fort. The right wing of the Royal Marines being sent forward under Lieut.-Col. J. 0. Travers, to carry the pontoons and scaling-ladders, these companies were commanded by Cap tain J. C. Symonds, Brevet-Major J. C. D. Morrison, Capt. J. B. Prynne and Lieut. T. H. A. Brenan, with No. 6 Company, which (on account of the deep mud and heavy weight of the pontoons) was subsequently ordered to assist. These officers all distinguished themselves by endeavouring to surmount the difficulties that met them at every step. The pontoons being laid down by ordei of the Commanding Engineer, the ladders were immediately taken round to the right angle and put across the ditch. A rush of men upon them caused them to be used as bridges to cross the wide ditch, the men standing up to their armpits in water to support them. An entrance was effected at the main gate about the same time as at the angle. This fort commanded the others and in consequenee of its Nil, and some good practice from four gunboats (e ne shell exploding a magazine) the forts on both sides of the river submitted to the Allies. With regard to the operations, the remainder of the bat talion was kept moving up in support, and during the as sault was so placed as to command access to the gate or the angle, sbould either point have required further assist ance. The loss to the battalion was 1 private killed, 5 officers, 1 sergeant, 2 corporals, and 21 privates wounded. A list of them is inclosed, and all of them are doing favourably. I have the satisfaction of reporting the good conduct of the battalion generally. Lieutenant Colonel Travers, during these operations, supported his well-known cha racter for devotion and untiring energy. Assistant-Sur geon D. M. Shaw, was well up to the front under fire, and gave instant attention to the wounded men. Dr. J. Little's arrangements for quickly passing them to the rear being most complete and satisfactory. Captain Prynne was one of the first to enter the fort, followed by some mon of his company, and shot down with his revolver :a mandarin of note, since ascertained to have been the General-in-Command. Captain Prynne speaks highly of Sergeant Teacle, of the Bth Company, Sergeant Knapp, of the 83d, Corporal Kelly, of the 61st, Private Bray, of the 16th, and Private Bower man, of the Bth Company. The conduct of Sergeant Henry Trent, of the 83d Company, was deserving of all praise, as he continued his ind e f a ti ga bl e exer ti ons t oge t the pontoons up, although wounded, until another severe wound obliged him to be taken to the rear.—l have, • sir, (Signed) J. H. GASCOIGNE, • Lieut.-Col. Commanding Battalion. A NOMINAL LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED OF THE BATTALION OF ROYAL MARINES (L. 1.), IN THE ATTACH ON THE NORTHERN PEI-HO FORT, AUG. 21, 1860. Private Hugh Sweeney, killed—Lieut.-Colonel J. 0. Travers, slightly, contused wound—Captain C. W. Car rington, severely, gingall ball through lower lip—First Lieut. Geoffy. Mairis, severely, gingall ball in left shoulder —First Lieut. W. J. Barker, 'slightly, lacerated wound, right foot—First Lieut. John Straghan, slightly, lacerated wound, left thigh—Private Philip Powell, severely, gin gall 'ball through right hand—Private James Andrews, severely, gingall ball through left wrist—Private William Wintrip, slightly, contused w ound, abdomen Private John Mahone, severely, gingall ball through right thigh— Private Chai les Bish o p, severe ly, g ingall ball through left shoulder Private La wrence Crine, contused wound—Private Frederick Burt. severely, gingall right ankle—Private Thomas Power, severely, gingall * First Squadron of Gun-bo4s, Captain Mc Cleverty : Havoc, Staunch, Opossum, Forester, and Algerine. t Third Squadron of Gun-boats, under command of Cap tain Lord John Hay :—Clown, Drake, Woodcock, and Janus. Third Squadron of Rocket-boats, Commander Aplin. Fourth Squadron of Rocket-boats, Commander Hire. POLIC2 INTELLIGENCE—Nov. 6. GUILDHALL.—Robert Ernest Graham, clerk and manager in the employ of M r . S amue l L ew i s Nathan, wolesale watch-manufacturer and jewel ler, of 29, Thavies-inn, Holborn, was charged with stealing a nominal amount of property to the value of £l2O, but the total amount of the prisoner's de predations upon his master is stated to extend to some thousands of pounds. Mr. Lewis, jun., for the prosecution, said this was a case in which the prisoner had been carrying on a wholesale system of plunder, of which Mr. Nathan, his em pl o y er , h a d b een the victim. Mr. Neate, solicitor to the Pawnbrokers' Asso ciAtion, appeared to watch the case on behalf of Mr. Walter, the pawnbroker, who was required to attend and give evidence. Mr. Nathan said—lam a watch manufacture r and jeweller, an d carry on business at 29, Thavies inn, Holborn. The prisoner has been in my service for the last three years. He was clerk and manager of my business. I am absent a good deal from town, and in my absence I leave everything to the pri soner's management. Mr. Rowland, the watch-case manufacturer, makes cases for me, and among other duties the prisoner had to deliver or send to Mr. Rowland from time to time watch movements to have cases made to them. Upon every movement there is a number, which the prisoner would have to copy into the book, and then recopy upon a ticket, to be delivered with each watch movement. When the movements and the new cases were re turned by Mr. Rowland there was merely an in. voice of the number of watches and cases and their weight sent with them, and it was the prisoner's duty to see that the number stamped by Mr. Row land on each of the cases corresponded with the numbers on their respective movements and those entered in the stock-book at the time the move ments were sent out. I produce my stock-book, on the 64th page of which I find an entry of two move• Talents and cases, numbers 22,371 and 22,372-- Alderman Phillips—Before you go any further, give me the date of that entry, or we shall get into sonic confusion. Mr. Nathan—We have no dates in the book, as only the number of watches, and the.numbers of each, are entered. After some further evidence the prisoner was re• manded for a week. FALL OF AN AEROLITE.—Two men in France took shelter in a barn for the night. In the morning one of them was found dead, with severe injury to the head. The comrade was at once arrested, and told some "cock and bull" story about the terrible storm of the night in question, and attributed his companion's death to the effect of a thun derbolt. He was not credited, and was in a fair way to be executed for the supposed crime. A scientific gentleman, hearing of the circumstance, examined the place, and found a hole in the roof of the barn, and an aerolite close to the spot where the deceased had slept on the night in question. The innocence of the accused was at once considered as established, and he was released.—Notes and Queries. [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Pills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. 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Phelan i severely, gingall ball, shoulder and breast— Private Thomas Fitzwilliarn, severely, gingall ball, thigh— Private Dominick Govan, severely, gingall bal3 f thigh— Private James Williams, severely, gingball ball, thigh and testicle—Private Richard hoar, dangerously, gingall ball, shoulder—Sergeant Henry Trent, severely, gingall ball, thigh—Private George Edwards, severely, gingall ball, great toe- , .Private William Spencer, severely, gingall ball, right hand and log- -Lance Sergeant James Earle, slightly, gingall ball, right hand and leg—Private Richard Baker, severely, gingall ball, right shoulder—Lance Corporal Thos. Hmith slightly, gingall ball, right shoulder—Private Philip Parnell, slightly, gingall ball, right shoulder—Lance Ser geant John Thompson, slightly, gingall ball, right thigh —Private James Norman, slightly, punctured wound— Private William Giles, slightly, contused wound, ground shot. Total-1 private killed, 5 officers and 24 non-com missioned officers and privates wounded. (Signed) J. H. GASCOIGNE, Commanding Bat. of Roy a l M ar i nes , Li g ht Infantry. FROM ME GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING. LORD CHAMI3ERLAIN'S-OFFICE, Nov. 4. Orders have been given for the Court going into Mourning on Thursday next, the Bth inst., for her late Majesty the Empress Mother of Russia ; and on Thursday, the 29th inst., the Court to go out of Mourning. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 6, 7th Regiment of DragocM Guards—Capfain Jacob Camac Murphy } from 3d Light Dragoons to be Captain, vice James Vance Cleland, who exchanges; Lieut. Robert Bury, from 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Robert Stewart Cleland, who exchanges, 3d Light Dragoons—Captain James Vance Cleland, from the 7th Drag°, n Guards, to be Captain, vice Jacob Camac Murphy, who exchanges. 7th Light Dragoons—Cornet Arthur Jones, from 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Farquharson, whose appointment has been cancelled. 9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert Stewart Cleland, from 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Robert Bury, who exchanges. 12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Alexander Fletcher, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Elmhirst Reader, who retires; Cornet Arthur L'Estrange Hamilton Holmes, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fletcher. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Croome, to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice William Webber Martin, deceased ; Ensign Claude Scott Edward Pinkerton, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Croome. Bth Foot—Ensign Jeremy Peyton Jones, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robert Yallop Stokes, who retires. 11th Foot—Ensign Vyvyan Williams, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stuart James Shortt, who retires. 13th Foot—Ensign Richard Hare Home, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bond, promoted to an unattached company, by purchase. 14th Foot—Ensign Henry Swanson, from 40th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Butler, promoted. 15th Foot—Lieutenant Rickard Lewes Dashwood, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Augustus Frederick War burton, who retires; Ensign George Onslow Churchill, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dashwood. 22d Foot—Captain Edward Simeon Webber Smith, to be Major, without purchase, vice Henry Draper Neville, de ceased • Captain James John Dudgeon, from 80th Foot, to be Captain, vice Charles Tucker, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Robert Conway Dobbs Ellis, to b 3 Captain without purchase, vice Smith. 23d Foot—Captain Charles Hewett, from half-pay un attached, to be Captain, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Spalding S. Evans Gordon, promoted, without purchase, to an unattached Majority. 25th Foot—Captain Thomas Edwin Blomfield, to be Major, by purchase, vice Mawdistly Gaussen Best, who retires; Lieutenant Horatio Bland to be Captain, by purchase, vice Blomfield; Ensign Alexander Bain Chisholm, tobe Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bland. 31st Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Young Cassidy, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Alexander Edgar McGregor, deceased; Ensign William Tibbetts, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cassidy. 45th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Gambier Eliot Atherley, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Captain and Br. vet Lieut.-Colonel Henry Downe Griffith, who retires do full pay; Ensign James Hett Tennant, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Atherley 55th Foot—John Eastlake Lee, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitzgerald , promoted, 60th Foot—The secon Christian name of Ensign Keith is Blaikie, not Blakie, as stated in the " Gazette " of 12th ult. 70th Foot= - Ensign Charles Hamilton Prior, to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Charles Wm. Quin, de ceased. 76th Foot—George Douglas Cookson ' Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pusey, promoted. 80th Foot—Captain Charles Tucker, from 22d Foot, to be Captain; vice James John Dudgeon, who exchanges. 25th Foot—Ensign Robert Anderson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Knipe, whose promotion by purchase, on 22d June, has been cancelled. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign Sidney Watkin Williams to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Charles Bury Cradock, deceased. George Hibbert Anchitel Kinloch, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Williams. STAFF.—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel the Honourable Percy Egerton Herbert, C. 8., from 82d Foot, to be Deputy Quartermaster-General, at Head QuarterA, vice Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel the Honoura ble Alexander Gordon, C. 8., Half-pay Unattached, whose period of service in that appointment has expired. BREVET. Major and Brevet-Colonel John Garvoch, half-pay Un attached, to have the temporary rank of Brigadier-General while in command of a Brigade. Lieutenant-Colonel George Erskine, half-pay Un attached, Deputy Inspector of Volunteers, having on the Bth of August, 1860, completed the 'qualifying service for the rank of Colonel, under the Bth and 10th clauses of the Royal Warrant of the 14th of October, 1858, to be Colonel in the Army. Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Downe Griffith, retired full-pay, 45th Foot, to have the rank of Colonel in the Army. Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Garstin, retired full-pay, late Staff Officer of Pensioners, to have the honorary rank of Colonel in the Army. Captain William Gray, Ist Bombay European Fusiliers, to be Major in the Army. A. S. Fraser, Esq., to have the local rank of Major in the Army while employed in Syria. Surgeon-Major Alexander Gibson, of the Bombay Medi cal Establishment, retired upon full-pay, tollave the hono rary rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals. The following promotions to take place in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces consequent on the death of Gene ral John Carfrae, Madras Infantry, on the 29th August, 1860 ; and of Major-General Sir Henry Gee Roberts, K.C.8., Bombay Infantry, on the 6th October, 1860 : Lieutenant-General George Benjamin Brooks, Bombay Infantry, to be General. Major-General John Wheeler Cleveland, Madras In fantry, to be Lieutenant •General. Colonel James Fitzgerald, Madras Infantry, to be Major- General. Colonel Clement Clemons, Madras Infantry, to be Major-General. The undermentioned officers of her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, retired upon full-pay, to have a step of honorary rank as follows : Colonel John Skardon Ramsay, Bombay Infantry, to be Major-General. Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Chester Macleod, Bengal Engineers, to be Colonel. Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Lewis Hart, Bombay Engi neers, to be Colonel. Major Henry William Preedy, Bombay Infantry, to be Lieutenant- Colonel. Major Charles Henry Wingfield, Madras Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain James Edward Taylor, Bombay Infantry, to be Major. 'MEMORANDUM. The exchange between Captains Douglas Ernest Manners, 10th Foot, and William Cooke O' Shaughnessy, 2d West India Regiment, which ap peared -in the Gazette of 24th August, 1860, has been can celled. COMMISSIONS SIGNED EY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Essex—Thomas Burch 'A estern, Esq. ; Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart; Basil Sparrow, Esq. ; John Leveson Gower, Esq. ; Arthur Pryor, Esq. ; Charles Brandreth, Esq; Henry Ford Barclay, Esq., and Ray mond Telly, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant s . County of Brecknock—Thomas Brown, Esq., John Wil liams Vaughan, Esq., R o b er t Raikes, Esq., John Wil liams Morgan, Esq., and M organ orm, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenants. County of Devon—Edward Baring Gould, Esq. ; John Heathcote Amery, Esq.; Henry Cranmer March Phillipps, Esq ; Hon. John Buller Yarde Buller, Major-General Sir Henry Robert Ferguson Davie Bart. ; Sir Arthur Chi chester, Bart. ; Willi am Anthony. Deane, Esq. ; Charles Chichester, Esq., Willi am Bl un dell For- - tescue, Esq., Edmund Bastard. Henn-Gcnnys, Esq.) William Holland Bickford Coham, Esq.; Reginald Kelly, Esq. ; Charles Archibald .M'Alister, Esq.; George William Soltau, Esq. ; John Curzon Moore Stevens,_ Esq. ; John alrond Walrond, Esq. _.• William Porter, Esq. ; Nathaniel Tryon Still , Esq. , Twin Vowler Tanner, Esq“ Richard Lewin Pennell, Esq. ; and Na thaniel Vye, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants. 3d Devon Mounted Rifles—Francis Frederick Taylor to be Lieutenant. sth Devon Mounted Rifles—John Hayman Whiteway to be Ensign. 3d Devon Artillery Volunteers—Edward Augustus Eng lish to be Captain, vice Sir W. H. Tokin, promoted. t 4th Devon Artillery Volunteers—Briscoe Hooper be Captain, vice Vivian, resigned ; John Alexander Hay to be First Lieutenant, vice Hooper, prom oted ; Slingsby Bethell to be First Lieutenant; Richard Henry Dansey Vivian to be Second Lieutenant. Ist Devon Rifle Volunteers—Courtenay Henry Clarke to be Captain (erroneously gazetted to an Administrative Battalion). Exeter and South Devon Rifle Volunteers—William Henry Kitson to be Captain; , John Thornhill Fisher to be Lieutenant; William Walkingham Macreight to be En_ Volunteers --George Newman to be sign.. resigned ; David Connor to be Lieutenant, vice Lindsay,oto r oted. Ensign, vice Newman o t i Bth Devon Rifle Volunteers V o lunteers--Arscott Bickford Courte_Arllery Hodges,Volunteer Corps— vice promoted. nay lB e t h o h l a e n I v )even Rifle g, Es q.; to be Major; James Paton, Ist City of Edinburg be E . nTrir g r h Second Lieutenant. . Gent., to be Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteers (7th Ist Battalion of the Thomas Alexander H Company)—En s ign John Randall Mann to be Lieutenant, esre, resigned ; James Binfield Bird, Gent., vice M. 11. Gen "ce Mann, promoted. to be Ensign, ' 4 7 , W o rcestershire R 'fl 1 t o un eers—lstß a t ta li on—William i e V Cowen, Esq., to be a Surgeon. 1 1th Company—James Loftus Marsden, Esq., to b e C aptain. 12th Company— Henry Wm. Preedy, Esq., to be Captain, vice Workman, resigned. 19th Company—George Tennant, Esq., to be Captain ; John Win. Empson, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Charles 'redden, Esq., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon. Worcestershire Rifle Volunteers -12th Company—Me morandum—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to ac cept the resignation of the Commission held by Captain Workman in the above Company. 37th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps—Ensign Samuel Smith Crosland Richards to be Lieutenant, vice Warren, resigned. • 40th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps—The Reverend genry George Blunt, M.A. to be Honorary Chaplain. South Banffshir e Rifle Volunteer Corps (Keith).—Robert Gordon, Esq., to be Captain Commandant ; William Thin bam, Esq., to be Captain ,- James Gordon, Esq., to be Lieutenant; James Richardson, Esq., to be Lieutenant; George Rynoch, jun., Esq., to be Ensign; Alexander Smith, Esq., to be Ensign. M EMORANDUM.-_3d Company of Banffshire Rifle Vo _ hinteers (Aberl our )—Th e C omm i ss i on to the Capta i n of this Company, dated the 29th September, 1860, was in favour of Robert Ines, and not Robert Jones, as inti mated in the Gazette of the 16th October last. ____ 22 d Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps—Wanara . - - Pickup Pickup, Esq., to be Captain ; John Stetfox, Gent., to be first Lieutenant; Jonathan Westall, Gent., to be gneond Lieutenant. ' MEMORANEWI.---HCr Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the resignations of the Commissions held by First Lieutenant Joseph Bond Morgan, in the 12th Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps; Captain John Dugdale and Lieutenant Peter Hopwood Moore, in the Ist Manchester or 6th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corpe ; and Ensign Samuel Pope Callender, in the Ist Lancashire Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps. 18th Company of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers—William Henry Meed, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon. 31st Company of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers—Thomas Cooper Leah, Gent., to be Honorary Assist-Surgeon. MEMORANDUM.-9th Company of Cheshire Rifle Volun teers—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the Commission of Lieutenant William Bayley. BANKRUPTS. oorge Stokes, provision dealer, Snow-hill, City. James Napier, shipowner, Rhyl, Flintahire. Thomas William Laurie, innkeeper, Bishop Auckland. Charles Gray Bail, coal merchant, Peterborough. William Powell, linen draper, Newport, Monmouthshire. George Mark Palmer Daniel, ironmonger, Camelford, Cornwall, William Wilcox Baker and Henry Sendall, stationers, Old Bailey. William Henry Sims. apothecary, Winster, Derbyshire. Frederick Randall, coach builder, Whitechapel-road, Middlesex. William Lee and Henry Smith, woollen cloth manufac turers, Batley, Yorkshire. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Low, cowfeeder, Latch, Brechin, Forfarshire. Christie and Findlater, clothers and outfitters, Edinburgh. William Jack, jun., fleaher and spirit dealer, Newarthill, Bothwell, Lanarkshire. James Stevenson, quarry master, Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow. tOUN7'RY MARKETS. BRISTOL—Nov. 6. A moderate business doing in the wheat trade to-day. Wheat brought fully l as t week's rates. Oats and barley still the turn dearer. Peas (boilers) in brisk demand. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 6. There was a fair attendance of town and country millers at this morning's market, and we had only a limited de mand for wheat, which may be quoted at the extreme rates of Friday for best sorts , inferior brought less money. Flour was difficult to quit, and must be noted rather lower. Oats and oatmeal sold slowly, and must be quoted at id per 151 b and 6d per load cheaper. Beans sold readily at is per qr dearer. For Indian corn there was a slow demand, at about late rates. -_ _ - ~~ -- - LEEDS—Nov. 6. Our market to-day was fairly attended by millers, but trade ruled slow. Good descriptions of new and old wheat held for former rates. Inferior sorts are nearly unsaleable at most irregular prices. Beans and oats quite as dear, and barley unchanged. NEWCASTLE-UNDER LYNE—Noy. 6. At this corn market there was a moderate show of old and new wheat, but the demand was inactive, and prices were at about last week's rates—white making 60s to 725, red 58s to 665. The supply of barley shown was middling, with a firm demand. Oats in small supply, and the trade fine, from 26s to 33s per 24 stone. Beans made ftom 48s to 54s per qr. SLEAFORD—Noy. 5. The trade was healthy to-day, with an abundant supply of wheat, and sales to a fair extent were effected, at late values. Wheat wheat ruled at 64s to 70s, red 59s to 65s per qr. Barley a rather imited supply, 35s to 37s ; oats in small supply, with a better demand, at 24s to 345; _beans, 52s to 555; peas, —s to NORWICH CATTLE. The show of store cattle to-day was an excellent one for the season, and as buyers were very numerous, a fair business was transacted, and previous rates were well maintained. At the close about one-fourth of the beasts remained unsold. Scots, 4s:6d to 5s Od ; shorthorns, 4s to 4s 6d ;. Irish, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; Devons, 4s to 4s 6d (estimated weight when fat). Fat beasts scarce, 8s Od to 8s 6d per 141 b. Sheep—There was a thin supply of sheep in the pens. Lambs, breeding ewes, and keeping sheep were a slow sale. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Fat sheep, 8s Od to 8s 6d per stone ; prime, Os to Os Pigs—A fair supply. Store pigs, 25s to 30s; fat pork, 8s Od to 8s 6d per stone. THE 111,11 LS. MAILS DUE. Australia Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) Nov. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds . Dec. 5. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Nov. Bahamas and Havana (via New York).. Nov. 22. Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. Nov. —. Cape of Good Hope, &c. Dec. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) Nev. 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) . .. Overdue. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Nov. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. —. _ . Lisbon .. '.. Cuba and Mcsic9 .. PO .. .. Nov.ll. .. .. .. Nov. 28. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Nov. —. Vigo, and Oporto .. Nov. 11. United States, California, &c. Nov. 8. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe Nov. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &o. Nov. 13. FIRE AT CLERK ENWELL.---Yesterday morning a fire of a very alarming character, and attended with the destruction of several thousand pounds of property, took place in the newly-erected warehouses belonging to Mr. J. Gashion, rag merchant, No. 145, Goswell-street, Clerken well. The premises have been on fire at the following periods ; viz.,—the 6th of May, 1855 ; the Ist of November, 1855 ; the 29th of December, 1857 ; and the 22d of January, 1860. The present warehouses had not been long rebuilt, after the last fire in January. The following is Mr. Braid wood's report of the damage :—" No. 145, Goswell-street, Mr. J. Gashion rag merchant.—Contents insured in the West of England fire-office ; the buildings insured in the Sun office. The warehouses burnt down. The cause of fire is unknown. The fire was extinguished by firemen with two engines of A district, and Shand and Mason's patent steam land engine, four of B district, one of 0, and two of D. Mr. E. Grove, carpet planner.—Contents insured in the Globe office. Basement under dwelling burnt out, and contents destroyed ; joistings and floorings over damaged by fire. Mr. J. Gasnion.—Roof of the warehouse in yard damaged by fire. Buildings insured in the Sun fire-office. No. 3, Allen-street, Messrs. Bailey and Holden, wholesale cheesemongers and bacon merchants.—Contents insured in the Globe office. Roof of bacon stores, stables, and ware houses damaged by fire, and stock 'by water and removal. No. 21, Little Sutton-street, C. Walker and Sons, gas en gineers.—Contents unknown if insured. Roof of factory severely damaged by fire, and contents slightly by water. Dr. C. Clarke.—Stabling; roof over hayloft burnt, and con tents damaged by fire, &c. Contents insured in the Atlas office." 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