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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, MARCH 18. • Cnower Counr.-e-(Before Mr. Justice Byles.) FORGERY OF VOTING PAPERS AT LEEDS. George Beckwith, John O'Rourke, and George Cromack, were charged with having, at Leeds, on the let of March, 1857, unlawfully conspired together to forge and counterfeit divers proxy ap pointments of persons having the right to vote at the election of guardians of the poor. Mr. Bliss, Q.C., Mr. Pickering, Q.C. ' and Mr. Baines, were for the prosecution ; Mr. Overend, Q.C., and Mr. Wheelhouse, appeared for the de fence. The present prosecution was instituted by the Poor Law Board, in consequence of certain for geries having been committed at the last election of guardians at Leeds, at which election much party spirit was manifested, and forged voting papers were presented. In 1844, a board of guardians was constituted for Leeds, which was divided into eight wards, six of which sent two guardianq, and the other two three guardians to the board. On the issuing of this order a good deal of contention arose as to the election of guardians, and committees were formed and can vassers employed with a view to influence the elections, and to obtain the appointments of proxies to vote for owners of property. At the last election of guardians there was a large number of these proxies used, and it was subsequently dis covered that numerous forgeries had been uttered in the presentation of proxies. The prosecution alleged that the defendants were the parties who conspired together and forged these proxies, 47 of which were in the handwriting of Mr. Beckwith, and 12 had been written by Mr. Cromack. The proxy appointments were taken to the office of the overseers, and of that number 231 were received by Mr. Grimshaw, an overseer, from Mr. Beckwith. Many of these proxies were forgeries, and were alleged to be in the handwriting of Beckwith and Cromack, and with respect to O'Rourke, he took out the proxy papers and distributed them to 'rations parties, and was very active in procuring proxies. The defendant, Mr. Beckwith, was a registrar of births and deaths in the union ; O'Rourke had an office in which the duty devolved upon him of removing Scotch and Irish paupers, and Cromack was a bailiff. A large number of witnesses were called for the prosecution, from whose testimony it appeared that many cf the proxy appointments presented at the election of guardians last year at Leeds were forgeries, and that the defendants were the party who conspired together and fabricated these forged documents. The defendants received excellent characters from several of the witnesses for the prosecution. Mr. Overend, in defence, submitted that the mode in which the election of guardians for Leeds last year was carried on was the ordinary mode in which all elections of that kind were conducted. The defendants no doubt took an active part in the election, they felt a warm interest in securing the success of the candidates belonging to the party whom they represented. They acted merely as electioneering agents. He admitted that the names of the owners of property in the proxy appoint ments were forged, but that the defendants were not aware of the fact. They obtained the names of proxies in a perfectly bona fide manner, and none of these signatures were forgeries. The learned counsel, in conclusion, adverted to the excellent character of the defendants, as showing that they were men not likely to commit the serious offence i ted to them. ghly respectable witnesses were called as to the unimpeachable reputation of the defendants, particularly as regarded Mr. Beckwith. The learned Judge summed up the case with great minuteness, and the jury retired, and were absent about 20 minutes, when they returned a verdict of guilty of conspiracy to utter the forgeries with guilty knowledge as against all the prisoners, accompanied with a strong recommendation to mercy, especially as regarded Cromack, who they believed had acted in the capacity of a clerk. His Lordship sentenced Beckwith and O'Rourke to one month's imprisonment each, and Cromack to 14 days' imprisonment. (Nisi PRius COURT.—Before Mr. Baron Martin.) WARE V. NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY—THE ACCIDENT AT THE HULL STATION—SPECIAL JURY. The plaintiff, Mr. Chas. T. Wake, was a gentle man of the age of 23 y ears and he has until a very recent period resided at Hull. He was for several years a clerk in the office of Messrs. Atkinson, Robinson, and Atkinson, of Hull, solicitors, and at the time of the accident which occasioned this action he was serving the last three months of his articles with that firm. On 26 h July last the plain tiff was a second-class passenger from Hull to Cot tingham. He had taken lodgings at the latter place for the purpose of pursuing his studies with less in terruption, and was in the habit of leaving Hull by the trainfcom Paragon Station at half-past 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and returning to Hull about half past 9 o'clock in the morning. On the day in ques tion the plaintiff entered the train at the Paragon Station, but had not proceeded far when, in conse quence of the neglect of one of the servants of the company, the passenger train was run into by a goods train with such impetuosity that several of the carriages in the former train were thrown over, aed most of the passengers injured. One of the passen gers was killed, and plaintiff received a severeshcck to the system, and other injuries. He was removed to the residence of his brother in Hull, when it was found that he had received a fracture of the right leg, and a dislocation of the ankle of the same limb, and other serious injuries along the whole length of that member. Competent medical gentlemen were called in, and the bones were re-set. Unfortunately, how ever, inflammation and mortification supervened, and it was found necessary to amputate the injured limb, and Mr. Teale, of Leeds, was called in, and performed the operation. In addition to the agony and pain the plaintiff had suffered, he was for a considerable time confined to his home, and was unable to proceed to London, as he had intended, for the purpose of passing his examination. The defendants did not deny their liability, that the de plorable accident was the consequence of the neglect of one of their servants, and the question for the jury was whether, having regard to the age, the po sition, and profession of the plaintiff, having regard to the pain which he had experienced, and to the deplerable loss which he had sustained, the sum of 1,2u01., which had been paid into court, was a fair and reasonable compensation which the defendants ought to pay for the injury caused by the admitted neglect of their servants. The expenses to which the plaintiff had been put, arising from this acci dent, were very considerable, and amounted to be tween 2001. and 300/. Mr. Hill, for the defendants, said his clients felt great sympathy with the sufferers by this accident, and wet e anxious to make to them what was a fair and reasonable compensation for the injury they bad sustained. He admitted that money could not fully compensate defendant for the loss of a limb, but, so far as such a compensation could be ren dered the defendants had been anxious to make it. ilhe company thought 1,2001. was a fair and reasonable sum, and they were willing to leave it to the jury to say whether they had come to a right conclusion. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and, after an ales( nce of about a quarter of an hour they found for the plaintiff—damages 6001. exclusive of what had been paid. (Special Jury.) WADDINGTON V. NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COM PANY. Mr. Atherton, Q.C. and Mr. Unthank were for the 'plaintiff ; and Mr. Hill , Q. C., and Mr. Manisty, Q.C., were for the defendants. This action arose out of the accident referred to I , l ,the previous case. The plaintiff, who is about Years old, is a fellmonger and leather-dresser at Beverley, and on the 24th of J u ly last he was a secondL-Claa passenger between Hull and Beverley, and was r e t urning home by the quarter past four o'clock train. The carriage in which he was seated was overturned by the collision, and the plaintiff lead his leg fractaureedb, had d an t d received other injuries to his body. was still unable with a spoon for several weeks, and he same ease e unable to attend to his baldness with the permanently f ormerly, and to some extent was injured. The defen dants had paid 6001. into court. In accordance with a suggestion made by Mr. a Baron Martin, after the jury h a d arrived ty their verdict in the first case, it was agreed that the damages in the other actions should the b e assessed on *tome principle as the jury had ad op t ed , ' malt ac m - V 12., gi o t ri mope as th e sum pa id i n t o court, and •*.tailetifet tor verdict in thi s case was taken for the court. 2401 -si 1 1 addition to the 500/paid . into SMITH j oRTR- RASTZRN RAILWAY By consent, a ve r di ee • ""lyv• tiff for 1501. Wai tentered for the plain. SHORT T. THE NORTH-EASTRRN nex t Air The plaintiff in this case, a clerk ilva the.cs;;:t34Y* the post-office authorities at York, w as oix - t rce , of the mail train to Lo nd o n on the 14 th of March when the train ran off the rails. He received serious injuries of the spine and brain. The jury, after hearing the evidence and addresses of counsel, d e lib er ated an hour and a quarter, and then re - Damages 8001 . turned a verdict for the plaintiff. SQIITH WALES CIRCUIT,CA.IOI.I R THEN, MARCH 18. (Before Baron Bramwell.) ATTEMPT TO MIIRDER--.SENTENCE OF DEATH. J.anles Jones was charged with feloniously as saulting and wounding Margaret Jones, at Rhydy- TrIE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVEN! NG, MARCH 20, 1858 gorse, with intent to murder her. Thera were other counts in the indictment varying the charge. Mr. Bowen conducted the prosecution, and at the request of the court Mr. Allen watched the case on behalf of the prisoner. The circumstances of this case were attended with great atrocity. On the 9th of January last (Saturday night) after the prosecutrix had gone to bed with her children, her husband being absent at work in an adjoining county, a man, whom she recognised as the prisoner (who had married her sister) came into her room and dragged her out of bed, beating her head with a stone until she became insensible, and the party then left her apparently dead. The prosecutrix had several of her ribs broken, thirty or forty bruises on her head, and received other injuries. Her skull was fractured. The prosecutrix was assisted into court, and placed in a chair in the witness box. She had her head bandaged, and was evidently suffering se verely. She deposed that on the night en question she went to bed between eleven and twelve o'clock, and some time after a man came to her bedside and dragged her on to the floor. He then laid hold of her by the hair, and beat her head against the floor. He also twisted her handkerchief rouud her neck, and placed his hand "as an accoucheur would do." She succeeded in getting on her feet, but he got her down again and beat her head with a stone. Wi tness begged for her life, an d l a id hold of him by the left eye. After beating her with a stone he turned her neck round, setting her face backwards." He then beat her again with the stone, and she lay quiet, unable to move. He then left her, after feeling her feet and hands and dragging her into another room. There was no light i n th e room , b u t it was rat h er a light night. (Reference to the almanack showed that the moon did not rise until two o'clock on the Sunday morning.) The witness, when asked to look at the prisoner in the dock, immediately identified him, became much agitated, and burst into tears. On cross-examination the prosecutrix said she did not tell the policeman who was the man that had attacked her, but told him she had marked him by the eye. She did not call the prisoner by his name when she appealed to him to spare her life, because she thought he would be more cruel it she did. The prisoner did not attempt to take any further indecent liberties with her than sho hal described. Margaret Davies spoke to the deplorable condi- tion in - which she found Mrs. Jones on the next morning (Sunday). She,was covered with blood, as also was the bed on which she was lying. The bed was in the kitchen, and there was a pool of blood in the kitchen, and blood also along the pas sage and on the table and window board. There was a stone on the table in the kitchen. The deposition of Mr. Thomas, the surgeon, who attended the prosecutrix on the morning after the outrage, was then read, the deponent having died two days ago. It stated that he found the proseon. trix bleeding from wounds on the scalp and upper lip. She had received between 30 and 40 contused wounds on the head, one of which was four inches in length. Her eyes were closed from effusion of blood, and her face was much swollen and bruireJ. Her skull was fractured, and at least three of her ribs were broken, but she was in such an exhausted state, her life being in imminent danger, that he could not make a minute examination. All the wounds on the head with one exception might have been inflicted with a stone ; there were bruises on the lower part of her body. Policeman Jeremy on the morning after the out rage traced marks of a person having crossed the prosecutrix's garden in his stockings. From the garden hedge he traced marks of a person in shoes across the fields up to the prisoner's house. The left footmark showed a hole in a plate on the heel. He found the prisoner at home on the Sunday after noon, and in his house in a drawer were a pair of stockings, with the feet covered with mud. There was a pair of shoes, with a plate on the heel of the right shoe, but none on the left shoe. It appeared as though a plate had recently been removed. On examining the prisoner he found a scratch under one of his eyes, and blood marks on his collar, his waistcoat, his shirt, and his trousers. There was also blood dried under his nails. There were also some hairs on the front part of his shirt. (Hair produced : it appeared to belong to a woman.) The deposition of David Jones, labourer, who was ill, was read. It proved that before Jeremy came to the prisoner's house on the Sunday morn ing he saw the prisoner's left shoe. The heel-plate was not then removed, and he told the prisoner about the footmarks having been seen at Rhydy gorse. Margaret Richards deposed that the prisoner came to her house (situate between the prisoner's and the pronecutrix s) about 9 o'clock on the night of the 9th, and left at 10, saying he was to go to Rhydygorse that night, but be thought he should not, as he thought Margaret Jones had gone to bed. AnnvJonea, sister of Margaret Jones, proved that the prisoner was at her house the same Light, and said he had just left Margaret Richards. He had no marks of scratches on his face, and no blood on his hands. For the prisoner, Mr. Allen carefully analysed the evidence, and submitted that it was entirely circumstantial, and not all conclusive as against the prisoner. He particularly dwelt on the absence of motive for the deed. His Lordship pointed out the distinction in the character of the offences charged—wounding with intent to murder, with intent to disable, or intent to do grievions bodily harm. As to the absence of motive, which had been urged by Mr. Allen, his lordship remarked that among the infinity of mo- _ tives ttiat actuate man it would be presumptuous in any one to say that there was no motive for an act because he could not detect it. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of guilty, with intent to murder. Being called upon to say why sentence of death should not be passed, the prisoner s3.id ho had n . )- thing to say, except that he was not near the wo man at all. His Lordship then, amidst deep silence, passed sentence of death upon the prisoner. He told him his case would be represented in the proper quarter, but he could not hold out to him any hopes of mercy. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Igarck 19. MANSION-HOUSE.--- - Mr. Richard Tredinnick, late manager of the Carnewas Mine Company at Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, appeared in an saver to a summons at the instance of Mr. Arthur R. Oliver, which charged him with having, in his capacity of manager of the company, "unlawfully made, circulated, and published a certain writte n statement and account of and relating to the trans actions of the said company, well knowing the same to be false in certain material particulars con tained therein, with intent then and there to de ceive and defraud the said Arthur Robert Oliver.' The summons was taken out under the Fraudu lent Trustee Act, the 20th and 21st of Vic., cap. 54, sec. 8, which says, "If any director, manager, or public officer of any body corporate or public company shall make, circulate, or publish, or con our in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular, with intent to deceive or defraud any member, shareholder, or creditor of such body corporate or public company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholder or partner therein, or to intrust or a 1- vance any money or property to such bAya-,.corpo rate or public company, or to enter into any secu rity for the benefit thereof, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour." Mr. Poland, the barrister, appeared in support of the prosecution ; Mr. Humphreys, jun., for the defendant. Mr. A. Turner attended to watch the proceedings on behalf of the assignees to the defendant's estate ; and Mr. Lewis for a similar purpose on the part of several shareholders of the Carnewas Company. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Lewis—l appear for several shareholders, and, although lam no immediate party to the summons, it is only fair that I should state to the complainant that, in the event of any charge being substantiated against the defendant, I shall ask you to place the complainant at his side, as it was upon the statement of accounts as vouched byhim, as one of the auditors, that those shareholders were induced to make certain payments. I attend on the part of Mr. Vickers, Mr. Hayward, and other shareholders. Mr. A. R. Oliver, the prosecutor, said,—l am a gentleman of independent means, residing at 1, Canterbury-road, Croydon. I hold 400 shares in the Carnewas Mine, and have been a shareholder since June, 1856. I bought them on account of the defendant's representations. I caunot now re member the exact conversation that o on - red be tween us. I purchased 500 shares at 7s. 6d. eacb. I called upon him in consequence of a circular I received from him. He was the manager and pur*.er of the Carnewas Mine I was not present ntiog, It ZtllatmheeetlMWOh_ic_h took place at Gresharn-honse deteudarms vi 'ellewa \ a,arnent,nLutavrt November last. I received the me. It is directed in the was sent to me at Liver , pool. • The document. It A put in evidence. I t ifa. : — , to by witnesi was then prosecutorreporti ng up „ tr e r from defendant to and annexing a state of account's:Ste a 1 th e mine, 1857. at:dhoti-N0.7.17: The witness was then cross-examined 1, 7 11/4),.._. iHumphreys as follows : I did not attend th e Tn — s ee r t . . i meeting. No Pe jug. of Nov. 17. I did not send a proxy to tirtt rson who was represented 43 my valet attended there for me. I sent no one to re present me there in June, 1856. I paid defendant 1871. 10s. for the shares. I gave a cheque for a larger amount, but that sum of 1871. 10s. was in cluded in it. The remainder was for other transac tions. I afterwards paid a call of 24. 6d on those shares. It was on account. I have had transactions in other mines with the defendant to the amount of some thousands of pounds. The following receipt, which you show me, is in my handwriting :- 1 " London, August 6, 1857. " Mr. R. Tredionick I. " Sir,—l acknowl e d ge all accounts betwixt us up to ' this date settled, and that any and all 1.0.U.'s and agreements up to this date are discharged as null and void on your part, the same having been embraced in ,he general settlement of the passing of your acceptance to me for 5001. this day at six months' date. " ARTHUR R. OLIVER." The account now put in is signed by me, and shows a balance of 5001. as due to me, but that was not a final settlement of accounts between us. I cannot certify that I read the account before I signed it. I do not think I did. Until I consulted my solicitor I was not aware that the receipt went to the extent it did. I have an 1.0. U. of the defendant. He was to hive it returned after I signed that receipt. The defendant is a bankrupt. My claim against his estate was for 5001., and I proved for that sum only under the bankruptcy. After I hid proved Mr. Lawrence, the solicitor, tendered me 5001. in set tlement of my claim if I would sign a receipt. It was upon an acceptance for that sum given in settlement of this account, and which was not then due. I knew there was a petition to annul the bankruptcy. I offered to receive the 5001. to hand over to the official assignee. I refused to take it in my private capacity as a creditor. I cannot say whether the petition to annul the bankruptcy was signed by all the creditors who had proved. I did not sign the petition. I believe the defendant owes me a great deal more than 5001. I proved for that sum because I had committed myself by sign ing the receipt. I refused to take the 5001. partly to prevent the bankruptcy being annulled, and I believed that if in my position of assignee I took the money the interests of other creditors might have been sacrificed. Mr. F. R. Bell, accountant at 32, Bucklerabury, said-I have examined the Carnewas Mine books. The account produced and spoken to by the last witness contains an item, " December, 1856, 67/. 12s. 3d.," from the cost-book of the mine. The sum of 35/. 93. Old. forms part of the 671. 12s. 3d., and is entered as Mr. Thomas Martin, timber bill, 35/. 93. Oid." It does not appear in the entry to be paid. There is nothing in the account to show that it is paid. There is an entry in the book, "Jan., 1857, 40/. ls. 7d.," which includes a sum of 101. to William Martin. The entry, by the heading of the account, appears to be " cost for Dec,, 1856." There is an account in the book of the 17th of November, which is a copy of the account in evi dence, which states that there is cash in the hands of the manager, 551. 17s. ld. There is an account entered subsequently to the account of November, and before an entry of Jan., 1858. In that account are the items 101. and 35/. 9s. There are entries of merchants' accounts charged, but not paid, and an entry of calls received of 134/. Bs. The entry of 101. has the name of " W. Martin" to it, and the 351. 9s. has the name of "T. Martin " to it " by balance due by R. Tredinnick 1931. 135.," which includes the three sums of 10/., 35/. 95., and also credit for 134/. Bs. The 'account of the 17th of November purports to be an account of monies paid and received up to September, and if the 10/. and 35/. 9s. had not been paid those sums should have been added to the balance of 55/. 17s. ld., as cash in hand. The Rev. Thomas Martyn—l hold 240 shares in the Carnewas Mme. An account was sent to me of the meeting of the 17th of November, 1857. I received a letter from Mr. Thomas Martin, of Wadebridge, for payment of 361. 12s. 7d. (being 351. 93. and interest), as due to him from me as a shareholder of the company. I was afterwards served with a copy of a writ for the amount, and I paid 36/. 12s. 7d., and 21., the solicitor's costs. I have some accounts with the defendant, and the 311. ss. I am debited with in accounts between him and me. The defendant was my shareholder. Cross-examined—l owe 37/. 10s. to the company, and that was the reason I believe I was allowed to be sued. I paid the defendant several sums, and there is an account between us. There is a claim made by him upon me of 155/. 123. and 11d., which I do not admit. That inclu es the 31/. ss. for cab. I do not admit the balance. I have paid the 311. 55., be3ause there are sums to my credit. Mr. Poland said that was all the evidence he intended to offer this day, and asked for an adjourn ment. The Lord Mayor—This is the first case of a proseeut'on under the Fradulent Trustees Act, and it is a most important one, not only to the public, but to the parties interested. I shall re mand it. The case was tl-en remanded for a week, and the defendant was permitted to go on his promise to attend on the day of adjournment. GITILDHALL.—Mr. William Henry Parker, a wholesale mantle manufacturer and outfitter, of 36, Monkwelstreet, Cripplegate, was charged with wilfully and feloniously setting fire to his house on the 10th of this month, with intent to defraud the Westminster Fire Insurance Company. Evidence having been given in support of the charge, the prisoner was remanded. Alderman Hale refused to accept bail. WORSHIP-STREE I'.—Wm. Wright, an awk ward young countryman in the full-dress uniform of the Royal Artillery, in which he presented a most uncouth and grotesque appearance, was charged with the following strange offence : James Murphy, one of the Artillery bombadiers, said he was on duty at the Mint at six o'clock that morning, when the prisoner was brought up in the custody of a corporal of the Guards, who told him that he had shortly before met the prisoner wan dering about Whitechapel in a state of seeming be wilderment, and wearing the uniform he now had on, and that on stopping and questioning him he give such an unsatisfactory ace ,unt of himself that he felt it his duty to arrest him as a des,lter. Wit ness whereupon also questioned the prisoner, and it then became obvious, from his ndi loile and ge neral bea , ing, that if he had been in the army at all it could only have been for so short a titre as not to admit of being properly drilled, and as the ex planation he gave about himself and his uniform was almost incredible, witness determked to give him into custody, not for being a de!ertar himself, which he scarcely believed, but for artfully exchang ing his own clothing for that of a man in the wit ness's corps, and so facilitating the escape of the latter. The account of the affair given by the prisoner, who was in evident excitement and alarm for his own safety, and delivered himself with a genuine provincial peculiarity, was, that he was in the ser vice of a farmer at Hilton, in Cambridgeshire, and, having a sister in Londen, whom he wished to visit and never having been in town before, he got leave of absence, and travelled up all the way on foot. He was thoroughly worn out with fatigue, and was about to enter a publichouse for a lodging, when well-dressed woman stopped and questioned him, and on finding he came from Cambridgeshire, ex pressed great sympathy for him, said that was her county, and offered to procure him a lodging. She then took him to a hous3 in one of the by-streets, where he was shown into a first-floor room, but had scarcely entered it when the door was suddenly thrown open by two soldiers, one of whom seize I him by the neck and firmly grasped him, while the other, with threats, stripped off the whole of his clothes. The soldier who held him then relin quished his grasp, and, rapidly throwing off his uniform and putting on his (the prisoner's) clothing ran out of the room, leaving the uniform upon the floor, and followed by the second soldier and the woman, who caught up his watch, worth 31., as she ran, and jeeringly wished bim good right. He raised an outcry, but no notice was taken of it, and he therefore put on the uniform and hurried out after the thieves ; but he had only got a short distance when he fell into the hands of the corporal, and was seized as a deserter, which he asseverated earnestly he was not, as he had never been a soldier in his life, and did not want to be, This improbable statement was proved by other evidence to be perfectly correct, and as there could be little doubt that a scheme had been prearranged between the soldiers and woman to facilitate the desertion of one of the men, and the prisoner had unfortunately turned up as a convenient victim for the purpose, the countryman, to his great gratifi cation, was ordered to be discharged. SOUTHWARK.—James Lawler, of 5, Elmo place, Lee-road, Blackheath, was summoned for un: lawfully leaving a third-class carriage on the North Kent Railway while the train was in motion. The fact having been proved, Mr. Combo said, it was a very dangerous prac tice for persons to open the door of a railway-car riage and jump out while it was in motion, and he thought the railway company did perfectly right in bringing such cases to a police court. As a caution to others he should fine the defendant 55., and 2s. costs, and, in default of payment, be must be com mitted to prison for seven days. The prisoner, who said he could not pay the rraemeY, was sent t o W an d swor th H ouse of Cor ect on. rLANIR-Era.---A well active-looking lin g I ' l 4l, who gave the name of Henry Wartair on, but refused to give - hie address, was charged with an impudent attempt at robbery and a violent attack on the prosecutor. Mr. John Griggs, the proprietor of the British Queen beerhouse, in East-street, Wal worth, deposed that on the night before, at about 10 o'clock, he went to the upper part of his house to see that a ll w as right, and on opening the door of his bedroom, which was on the second floor, he found the pri soner standing by a chest of drawers, with one of the drawers pulled out. He asked him what he did there, and the prisoner replied that he had mis taken the place for the club-room, and was about to start out, when he (witness) seized him. The prisoner upon his doing so made a desperate attack on him, and twisted both his hands so tightly in his neckcloth that he must have been strangled had not his potman and another come promptly to his assistance. He was on the ground quite over powered and exhausted by the violence of the pri soner, and had not assistance reached him at the moment he would have been a dead mao. Police constable John West, 185 P, said he searched the prisoner, and found ou him the two skeleton keys produced. He also examined the bedroom, and on the floor found a piece of wax candle and some silent matches. The prisoner, who cross-examined the witnesses with the tact of an old practitioner, was remanded, Mr. Norton directing that in the inte r im h e s hould be seen by the detectives. WOOLWICH. —John Horloek, an officer's servant, and belonging to the East Kent Militia, stationed at Woolwich, was charged with being concerned, with four soldiers not in custody, in the following outrage. It appeared that about 11 o'clock on the previous night Police constable Cogger, 443 R, found a num ber of women near an oyster-shop in Beresford street, surrounded by four men belonging to the Military Train, and the prisoner, who was in private clothes. A disturbance being created, the officer at tempted to disperse them, when the prisoner struck him a violent blow over the eye with a whip, and then made his escape. The four soldiers then drew their side arms and cut the constable's hat from his head, and were proceeding to f ur th er ac t s o f violence towards him when police-constable Anders 263 R, came to his assistance. Both constables produced their truncheons in self defence, but the soldiers cut these instruments of protection with their swords, and then made off. Mr. Inspector Bz ine having informed his worship that the soldiers were known, and that their con duct would be inquired into by their own officers, Mr. Seeker ?rdered the prisoner to pay a fine of 408., or to be imprisoned with hard labour for one month. TEE HAVELOCK MEMORIAL. [The following appeared in our late edition of yesterday evening :—] A public meeting, to found the proposed Havelock memorial, was held this eternoon in Drury-lane Theatre, which had been gratuitously placed at the service of the committee by the enterprising lessee, E. T. Smith, Esq. Amsngst those present we observed the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Dal of Cardigan, Sir W. F. Williams, Bart., of Kars, Marquis of Westmeath, Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., and a great many other noblemen and gentlemen. The chair was taken at two o'clock by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief. The noble CHAIRUAN, in opening the business, said it became his duty shortly to explain to the great assembly he then saw before him the object of the meeting. It was to award a mark of respect to the memory of one who had deserved well of his country. (Loud cheers.) He regretted, as it was one of his duties to give a short history of the services of the general, that he was not in the position of several of the illustrious personages by whom he was sur• rounded, and who had had the honour of enjoying tho friendship of so brave and honourable a gentleman. (Hear, hear.) The late Sir H. Havelock entered the army 43 years ago, in the 93d Regiment, and from that time up to the unfortunate circumstance that led to his death, he Lad distinguished himself in no ordinary manner. (Loud cheers.) In many wars in India he was foremost in the fight—(hear, hear)—and by his daring achievements in Affghanistan he had set an example worthy of imitation by every young officer in her Majesty's service. (Cheers.) The recent mutiny in India had in the first instance been greatly checked by the illustri sus Havelock, and he felt certain that it would be ultimately put down by the exertions of his gallant friend Sir Celia Campbell. (Immense cheering.) He considered the first dawn of returning prosperity dated from the success of Sir H. Havelock—(hear, hear) —and it was on that account chiefly that Englishmen felt bound to do him honour. (Cheers.) He it was who at the moment of the greatest anxiety, uncertainty, doubt, difficulty, and - danger, was selected by the Indian Government to lead that column of troops who at first made a most successful advance on Cewnpore, was then momentarily checked at Lucknow, but ultimately by perseverance, courage, and fortitude, led by the illus trious deceased, succeeded in relieving that distinguished garrison—(cheers)—and joined with it in its defence up to the moment of its ultimate relief. (Cheers.) The merit of those operations were entirely due to the illus trious general to whose memory they were met to do honour ; and if there was a man that deserved well of his country, and should be honoured by the people of England; that man was Sir H. Havelock—(eheers)— who had to a great extent, though not exclusively, turned the tide of out Indian misfortunes in our favour. (Hear, hear.) Oa that occasion he thought it right, however, to state that the greatest c ir diality, and more than that, the greatest for bearance, was shown by another illustrious officer, Sir James Outram—(cheers)—to Sir Henry Have lock, who, instead of standing en his rights of position, might have sup 'neck's' that gallant general in command if he bad wished to lead in the second at tack on Lucknow, but instead of claiming that right Sir J. Outrans, feeling that proper military spirit—that honourable bearing which he (the Duke of Cambridge) thanked God existed between military men, and which he hoped would long continue—(cheer,)—waived his claim in favour of his distinguished friend, Sir H. Have lock ; and as he had gained the first glory c innected with the attack, so he wished'him to carry out his plan and reap the full reward. (Hear, hear.) It was a state ment he felt more gratified in making from Sir. J. Out ram not being an officer belonging to the East India Company, a s showing the advanta ge o f th at cor di a lit y which it was essential fur the interests of all it was desirable should exist between the officers of the differ ent services. (Cheers.) He now cams to the most painful part of the duties that devolved on him as chair man of that meeting. (Rear, hear.) After all these successes he came t') that sad and painful moment when, in the hour of victory, and when that gallant officer, after 87 days of perpetual and constant embarrassment, when every officer as well as man in the garrison had to shoulder his musket and stand to his post day after day, watching with intense anxiety that relief all so eagerly wished tor, relieved the garrison of Lucknow—and when he v e r had succeeded gld that had been s o h ug s hut bringi ng away from Lucknow y m an, a up, and saved the honour and reputation of England, every woman, in dbrcihni n besides saving the lives f the English women aad children so lang shut up there—in that very h our of victory, and a when his services were being fuliy appreciated by his countrymen, then death with his withering band came on and pat an end to that existence-- there was no doubt, if _it had been permitted to continue, would have proved itself fur her wor thy of the honour, respect, and esteem of his countrymen. (Issas and cheers.) He believed that two days after the relief of Lucknow Sir H. Havelock died of disease, and what was it under the circumstances the people of Eng'and should do ? It was not a question of Government favour or protection, but for the naticn to decide what they should do to honour th a t ill us t r i ous man who up to the hour of death proved himself worthy of the country from whence he sprung and the country which he served. (Laud cheers.) Under these circum stances he (the Duke of Cambridge) could not hesitate to take the chair on so interesting and important an oc casion, and he was g ra tifi ed to find he was supported not only by so many noble and gallant friends as he saw immediately around him, but by so liberal and gracious a public as he saw before him.( Cheers.) He felt satisfied they would cordially support the resolutions that would be submitted to them, and help those who had ori ginated the movement in erecting such a monument to the memory of Sir Henry Havelock as would be worthy of the country that presented it, and would be worthy of the man whom it was their wish to honour. (Cheers.) Her Majesty's late Government, with that liberality of feeling and high spirit of honour which they possessed, had presented to the gentlemen who originated the movement a proper site for thu erection of a monu ment in Trafalgar-square. (Cheers.) Should anything be left from the bounty and liberality of a generous country after providing the proposed monument, it would be a matter for those gentlemen and noblemen who had taken the matter up to consider on a future occasion. His Royal Highness then called upon the Marquis of Lansdowne to move the first resolution. The Marquis of Larrsaowern, in a very eloquent speech, moved the first resolution, in doing which he said the gallant deeds of the illustrious Havelock had in a great degree checked the mutinous outbreak, and he, by his gallantry, had shown that England, with an army numerically small, compared with the extent of territory they had to occupy, was strong enough to hold in check and ultimately crush one of the greatest muti nies that ever broke out in India. The great general whose memory they were assembled to honour bad left a name that his country might well be' proud of. (Immense cheering.) Genera'l Sir D. M'DOUGAL seconded the resolution. The gallant general said it was the opinion of all old soldiers that the name of Havelozk onht to be enrolled amongst the peers of England. (Immense cheering.) His ROYAL HIGHNESS then put the following resolu tion to the • meeting, which was carried in the most enthusiastic manner, namely : " That the eminent services rendered by the late General Sir Henry Havelock have called for a sui.,able testimonial from a grateful country." The Earl of CARDIGAN said, after the speech of his R ,yal Highness, the chairman, it would be presumptu ous in him to attempt to follow in the same strain. The name of Havelock in India would in future call to recol lection some of the mightiest deeds ever performed, and the honour that was now about to be conferred on his memory was more than justly due. He therefore begged to move the second resolution, which was as fellow*— " That independent of tha material testimony borne by Parliament to the late General, it is desirable that the British people should have an adequete opportunity of showing their gratitude for his distinguished services." The resolution, which was seconded by Admiral Hargood, was carried unanimously. Sir W. GOMM& said be felt an inexpressible pleasure in moving the third resolution, for no one could enter tain a higher opinion of the military skill of the late lamented Havelock than he did. The resolution was as follows : " That her Majesty's Government having, with the ox press sanction of her Majesty, granted a site in Trafalgar square for a statue, the erection of such monument should be promoted as largely as possib:e by the contributions of all class3s of her Majesty's subjects." Mr. Y. SMITH, having been called upon by the noble chairman to second the resolution, said he had not ex pected to have had the honour of addressing so great a meeting, but he hesitated not for a moment to comply with the call of his Royal Highness. The gallant Havelock, at whose very name the heart throbbed, bad performed in India services without parallel in the an nals of England. (Cheers.) Whether they looked at the military or civil services of the late Sir H. Havelock, both were worthy the admiration of a grateful country. The desFatches he wrote proved how great were his literary attainments, and in one sentence in the document, describ ing the career of his son at the engagement for which he recommended him for the Victoria Cross, Sir Henry said through all the dangers of that siege--" On went Lieut. Havelock." (Cheers.) That sentence will set forth the career of Sir Henry. (Cheers.) On he went through dangers and difficulties of no ordinary kind. It afforded him the greatest delight in being called upon to second the resolution. The CHAIRUAN put the resolution, which was carried unanimou , ly. Lord J. RUSSELL moved the fourth resolution, viz..— "That the objects of the committee of the Havelock Memorial Fund, of which his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is the president, be approved, as recorded in the co mmittee's resolutions of the 20th and 29th January last." The noble lord said the eloquent speeches they had already heard rendered it quite unnecessary for him to detain the meeting with any lengthened observation. He felt certain that mainly owing to the firmness and resolution of Sir Henry Havelock, India had been saved to England. (Cheers.) In addition to his invincible bravery, Havelock possessed all the inestimable qualities of a Christian soldier— (cheers)—and England had much to be proud of in the extraordinary achievements he had worked out in India. If the country only estimated his deeds as they deserved, they might rest perfectly assured that the bright example of Havelock would be nobly followed, and thus it would be proved that the highest qualities of human nature might be found in the profession to which the gallant gentleman belonged. Sir W. F. WILLIAMS, Bart., of Kars ' seconded the resolution. After all th e e l oquence they had heard that afternoon he felt there was nothing left for him to say, for what could he say that would add in any way to the admiration in which the memory of the gallant gene ral was held by all whom he now had the honour to address. He bad mixed amongst large numbers of soldiers, aed in every place he had beard but one opinion of the merits of the late Sir H. Havelock. All concurred, without the slightest exception, in awarding to him the highest honour. (Cheers.) When he recollected how gallantly Lucknow bad been relieved, he would say, in conclusion—may all so circumstanced have a Havelock to relieve them. (Immense cheers.) The resolution was carried unanimously. The Rev. W. BROCK, in an eloquent speech, moved the fifth resolution, viz. : " That the committee of the Havelock Memorial Fund be requested to continue their exertions to carry out that object to the fullest extent that the subscriptions con fided to them will admit, and with the least possible delay, consistently with the receipt of funds from parties in India, and other distant possessions of her Majesty." Sir %V. HULSE felt great pleasure in seconding the re solution, which was put to the meeting and corned. Sir J. GRANT moved the sixth resolution, viz.:— " That it is most desirable that the extent of subscrip tions should be such as to enable the committee, after the fullest consideration, to appropriate any surplus fund, after the erection of a statue, to such farther objoct as shall seem most completely to satisfy the public view, ktd to harmonise with the sentiments of the late General." Mr. W. ROUPELL, M.P., seconded the motion, which was carried amidst loud cheers. Lord JOHN Russnu moved a vote of thanks to his Royal Highness for his conduct in the chair. . The resolution was carried in the most enthusiastic manner. His ROYAL HIGHNESS, in acknowledging the vote, paid a high compliment to Mr. S pith, the lessee, for the handsome manner in which he had gratuitously placed the theatre at the services of the committee, The meeting then broke up. From the London Gazette of Last Night. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Milton 17. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Hugh M.acCalcuont Cairns, Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 17. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Lennox Lascelles, Lord de Ros, to be Captain of her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of John Robert, Viscount Sydney, resigned. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Countess of Caledon to be one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber in Or dinary to her Mijesty, in the room of the Duchess of Wel lington, resigned. WHITEHALL, MARCH 17. Tho Queen has boen pleased to grant the office of Solici tor-General for Scotland to Chas. Bantle, Esq., Advocate. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAROII 19. __ The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George Vail as Consul at Glasgow for the United States of Ame rica. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 13. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Tyrone—The Right Hon. Claud Hamilton, commonly called Lord Claud Hamilton, of Barons Court, in the county of Tyrone, Treasurer of her Majesty's Household. _ _ 3IARCH 18. City of Durham—John Robart Mowbray, of Warennes Wood, Mortimer, in the county of Barks, Big., her Ma jesty's Judge Advocate-General, ADMIRALTY, MARCH 19. _ _ Admiral of the White Edward Hawker has been ap pointed to receive a pension of 150/. a year, as provided by Her Majesty's Ordeil v in Council of 25th June, 1851, vacant by the death, on the sth instant, of Admiral the Right Honourable William Lord Aylmer, K.C.8., and the name of Admiral Hawker has been removed to the Reserved Half-pay List accordingly; and in consequence of this removal the following promotions, to date the 6th inst., have this day taken place : Admiral of the Blue the Hon. Sir Anthony Maitland, K.C.8., K.C. St. M. and G. ' to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White the Right Hon. Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, K.C.8., to be Vice- Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Henry William Bruce to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral Percy Grace, on the Reserved List, to be Vice-Admiral on the same List. Rear-Admiral of the Red Henry Dandas to be Vice- Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White John Alexander Danize to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Michael Quin to be Rear- Admiral of the White. Captain theHonourablo Frederick Thomas Pelham, C.B to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Captain Thomas Bushby, on the Retired List, has also been promoted to be a Retired Rear-Admiral, on the tunas proposed he the London Gazette of let September, 1.346, bat w:thout increase of pay. ADMIRALTY, MARCH l3. Corps of Royal Marines.—Second Lieutenant Henry Thomas Stance Davis to be First Lieutenant, vice Rose, resigned. COil/NIISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Glamorgan- Arthur Pendaryes . Vivian, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Arthur Vendigaid Davies Bar rington, Esq., to be - Deputy Lieutenant. Royal Monmouthshire Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—John Francis Vaughan, Esq., to be Lieutenant- Colonel Commandant, vice Colonel Clifford, appointed to honorary rank only. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia--Henry George Statham, Gent., to be Ensign. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia. Bernard Byrne, Gent., to be Ensign, vice O'Loghlen, re signed. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia (Tower Hamlets).—Thomas Erskine Barton, Esq., to be Lieuten ant, vico B,oworth, retired; David Matthews La Touche, Gent., to be Ensign. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regt. of Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign B. Lloyd O'Brien to be Lieut., vice John Calcott Beatty, resigned ; Henri M. Howard, Gent., t o b e E ns i gn , vice O'Brien, promoted. 7th Regt. Royal Lancashire Militia-0, H.F. O'Malley, Gent., to be Ensign. 2.1 Regt. Warwickshire Militia —tilsign Charles - itty to be Lieut., vice Blake, resigned. Ist Durham Regiment of Militia—Major William Mande to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Poulett G. H. Somerset, transferred to the Line; Captain Archibald Flamilton Cochrane to be Major, vice Maude, promoted ; Lieutenant George Sowerby to be Captain, vice Cochrane, promoted ; Ensign Thomas Charles Johnson Sowerby to be Lieuten ant, vice George Sowerby, promoted. [Tho following Appointments are substituted for those which appeared in the Gazette of 9th Feli. Northumberland Regt. of Militia Artillery.—Capt. C. J. Reed to be Major; Capt. Weston, late East India Com pany's Service, to be Captain. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Joseph Galloway, jun.,croth manufacturer, Bradford. Charles Wharton, miller, Sandbioh, Cheshire. B N.NKRUPTS. Thomas Rattray, ironmonger, Bedford-place, Commer cial-road East, Middlesex, to surrender, March 26, at half-past on e , and A pr il 16 , a t t we l ve , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Samuel Hemming, builder, Birmingham, April 8 and 22, at half-past eleven, at the Binningharn District Court. John Ward, carriage manufacturer, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, April 9 and 30, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valentine Cooper, innkeeper, Cheltenham, March 30 and May 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. David Hughes, grocer, Tredegar, March 30 and April 27, at eleve n , a t th e Bristol District Court. Francis Collins, jeweller, Clerkenwell, March 31, and May 3, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joshua CUT rah Stagg . , timber merchant, Stockton-upon- Tees, April 9 and May 7, at half-past eleven, at the New castle upon-Tyne District Court. Edward John Scraggs, plumber, East Dereham, Norfolk, March 31, at twelve, and May 3, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Henry Pails, ironmonger, Brighton, March 31, and May 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Brown and George William Morris, contractors, Chatham, March 29, at one, and April 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Morse, wine merchant, London, March 20, at half-past two, and April 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Barnett, gas engineer, 81, London-road , Brighton, March 30, at two, and April 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Parton Chassereau, merchant, Lime-street, City, March 31, at ono, and April 30, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Keningale Cook and John Edwin Griffin, auc tioneers, Colchester, April 1, at one, and May 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Craven and Jesse. Craven, ironfounders, Brad ford, March 30, at half-past twelve, and April 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. James Denby Lee and James Crabtree, machine makers, Windhill, Yorkshire, March 30, at eleven, and April 26, at one, at the Leeds District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Bell, farmer and cattle dealer, Kirkton, Dum fries-shire. William Bell, wood merchant, Stanley, Perthshire. Deanfield Bleaching Company, Deanfield, Perthshire. Archibald Crighton; lath splitter, GreenOck. Tinian Bannatyno, provision merchant, Glasgow. Wm. Burnside and Co., draper 3, Castle-Douglas. Thomas Ilutchieson, farmer, Harelaw, Perthshire. John Fauset, spirit dealer, Greenock. Joseph Elliot Square, solicitor, Greenock. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Wednesday, the 17th day of March, 1858. ISSUE DEPARTAIENT. X Notes issued Government debt • • • . 11,015,100 Other securities .. • • 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 17,083,735 Silver bullion • • • • .. £31,558,735 £31,558,735 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 18th day of March, 1858. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest • . •• Public deposits (in cluding E echcquer. Commissioiers of National Debt, Say- Government securities (includg.DeadWeight Annuity) ..•• Other Securities 16,561,953 Notes ...... 12,347,855 Gold an t Silver Coin j 858,420 ing.' Banks, snd Dividend Accounts) 6,577,037 Other deposits ...... 13,770,139 Seven Day and other Bills ...... •.. 879,E 53 £39,670,221 £39,670,221 [, MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 18th day of March, 18 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending March 16, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or . . payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 29 83 Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 2l. 61 Average of the above descriptions. PROTECTION OF PROPERTY ON RAILWAYS.—Mr. Berry, solicitor to the London and North-Western Rail way, appeared on Wednesday before the Liverpool police magistrates, to prosecute Isaac Holland, a berther of waggons, who was charged with having broached a cask of ale, which had been placed in one of the wag gons in his berthing section. Tile magistrate sari that the property of the public must be protected, and com mitted the prisoner to the sessions. THE SHIEIFF OF EDINHCEGIL—We understand the new Home Secretary, Mr. Walpole, hal signalised his entrance on the duties of his office calling our sheriff, Mr. Hal:ard, to account for one of his many extraor dinary judgments in the Police Court. It appears that he imprisoned a highly respectable servant girl for 30 days because she picked up a shilling from the floor of a shop on which it had been dropped, as she supposed, by herself, but according to other evidence by a different person. The highest testimony was borne to her cha racter by her employers and other respectable witnesses, but the inexorable sheriff sentenced her to 30 days' im prisonment for this mistake, or crime, by whichever name it may be called. We are extremely glad that our new Home Secretary has called the sheriff to account for his conducf . .—E.linburgh, Express, SHOCKING CASH OF CRUELTY.—A few days ago, says the Sherburne Journal, a man residing on the Cnapelry, who had formerly been a fifer in the 58th regiment, when that corps was lying at Weymouth, was discovered by the neighbours to be very busily engaged in his garden, at the back of tie house ; on watching him they dis covered that the wretch had dug a large hole into which he had thrown his donkey, which had been previously almost starved and beaten to death. It was, however, still alive,'"and when some persons went to interfere and upbraid him for his conduct, he had got the earth thrown in and was stamping it down with his foot ; but the poor animal would not rest, and being buried back downwards and legs uppermost, he by his struggles had forced the earth up again. The men who went to interfere immediately compelled the man to kill the animal at once before he interred it, and the fellow then took a hammer and beat its head in, after which it was once more placed under the earth. On Tuesday the fellow, George Holcraft, was charged before the borough magistrates with cruelty to a donkey. The accused bad been surtmonld, but ho did not answer to his name. Benjam'n Parey deposed that he saw Holcraft on the 9Lh inst., covering up his donkey in a hole, just behind his house. He was chopping his head with a spade. Witness threatened to serve Holcraft in the same way, which caused him to desist. Holcratt then got a hammer and knocked the animal on the head. George Bowring and Robert Carter were called to corroborate this statement. The mayor said that although Holoraft did not appear, the bench, to mark their detestation of such cruelty, sentenced him to 3 months' imprisonment with hard labour. [ADVERT ISE MENTI. —WilliS twe have constantly to lament the failure of medicine to effect the cure oven of those diseases which have been longe-t known, and have for centuries baf fled the labours of surgeons and physicians, it is a cheering thing to learn, on trustworthy and undubitable authority, that science has at length discovered, not a drug, not a nauseating and disgusting compound, but a simple and de lightful article of natural diet, which insures speedy and effectual relief in cases where all other appliances had failed. 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They arc invaluable for shooting; deer-stalking, yachting, to sporteened, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera Camp, Perspective, aZ d ltisco-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. - Invaluable preserv42cs Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The g lut advantage derived from this invention is that vision I.:2'2aired" becomes pre served and strengthened and vary aged persoZ are enabledto employ th e i r s i g h t at t h e most minnia ecellpation—u-7 see with those lenses of a much less magnifying pOieer—ases they do not require the frequent changes to the data geroas effects of further powerful assistance. 1 3 01150121 can be suited at the mo if remote part of the world by send. ing one of the glasses out at their apectac:es in a letter, and stating the dist moo from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—Now Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, as extraordicarLy powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prob ably can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies . ; the unpleasant sensation et singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it a,tlerde all the assistance that possibly could be desired,-34, ....;e -inarle.etreet, Piccadilly Opposite the York Hotel,W, Country Markets. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 19. A very poor attendance to-day, and wheat met a slow sale at the rates of Tuesday last. Flour in fair request, without any change in value. Oats and oatmeal were neglected. Beans and peas without alteration. Indian corn in fair request, mixed Ameriean and yellow, 34s to 34s 6d ' • Black Sea, 34s 9d to 355; white 33s 6d to 34e, as in quality, WAKEFIELD—MARCH 19. There was a moderate show of wheat, and line parcels are rather cheaper. Barley is per qr. lower. Beans are dull, and cheaper. Oats and shelling in limited demand. AVERAGES FOR TUN WEER ENDING MARCH 15, 1858. Ba W 6 heat Barley Oats — —s 3d ßeans Peas 2l ~ 39e 6d EXETER—MAnca 19. CORN.—Wheat, 5s 9d to 6s 3d ; barley, 4s to 4s 3d ; grinding do., Oh Od to Os Od. Oats, 2s 6d, to 2s 9d; Beaus, Os 011 to 0. , Od. Peas, OOs Od to OOs Od. FLOUR. —Fine, a Od to 35s 03 ; seconds, —a Od to 33s Od per sack. CATTLE.--There was a small supply of bullocks. Best beef, from 9s Od to lOs Od per score ; inferior, 7s to 8s per score; fat calves, 6d to 64d per ib ; barrenners, Os Od to 04 Od. per score ; cows and calvep, 121. to 181. (Is ; butchers' calves, Od to 7d per lb., rearing calves —s to —s each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21. 5s to 31. 5s per couple; ewes. 03 to 6,d; wethers, 7d —d; lambs, 7,41 to 0 per lb. Pigs, large size, —a to —s ; second size, —a to —a ' • slips, —1 to —s ; suckers, —s to -s, Rough fat, 44d per lb. Pork carcases from 7s Od to 8s 6d per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—MARcII 19. The market continues extremely dull—indeed, a e be lieve there has not been a single transaction here this week either in parcels landed, or to arrive, notwithstanding floating cargoes are being offered on easier terms. Refiners' produce is also neglected, and prices quite nominal. Rum is all in the hands of the dealers. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. tmsterdam•••••••••••• 11 15 Gibraltar ..•• .• •• Ditto, three months .. 11 17% Leghorn ..••••••••••• 29 70 Rotterdam ............ 11 17% Genoa ••.... 25 55 Antwerp •••••••••••••• 25 35 , Milan •••••••••••••••• - Brussels •••••••• •••• 25 35 IVenice•• •• aamburgh •• •• •• •• •• •• 13 6 •••••••••.••• «, 41% •Altona ••••••••.••••••• •• (Palermo •••• • ..... .... Pari5.................. 25 15 iMessina ••• Do. three months .. •• 25 37% Lisbon . . ........ • • 51 34 Marseilles ...• •• •• •• .. 25 3734 Oporto •• •••• •••••••••• 5134 Bourdeaux ...• ,Itio Janeiro ...... ••.... •••• Frankfort-on-Maine .... 11836 Buenos Ayres.. •• •• •• Berlin • • New York,6o days' sight 48 Vienna 10 32 Philadelphia •• ...... Trieste.. •• •• .• •• •••••• 10 32 PRICES OF BULLION, PEE Oz: Petersburg . 35 34 Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ... •... • 140 •• 49 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz ••• •• •••••• •••• 4934 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 Barcelona .• •• •• •• •... • • New Dollars 0 0 0 Seville•••..••••• ,Bilver in bars*...... 0 5 1% COAL MARKET. Prices of Coals per ton at .—MARCH 19. the close e the market Walloend, ko. s. Bell's Primrose l2 0 Tanfiold Moor Butes 13 0 Tanfield Moor l3 0 Bebside's Hartley 14 3 Bates's West Hartley _ll 6 Davison's West Hartley 14 6 Hastings Hartley 14 3 aoward's West Hartley 1 Barton Powell's Duffryn Steam ICassop [lenge Hall illebburn Trimdon Wharncliffe Hetton eraddyll Russell's Hetton Cowpen Hartley Netherton 14 6 Longridge's Wet Hartley 14 North Percy Hartley ll 6 Wallsend, &a. Framwellgate l4 6 1 Acorn Close l5 0; Wayno'sMerthyr 20 C Ships at markel Wylain •••••• ......... Newton Main Northumberland Kelloo , 185 ; sold 112. LOCAL SHARE MARKET. LIVERPOOL-MARCH 19. • STOCK EXCHANGE—The market was unsteady to-day, but closed at to per cent. above the lowest prices of the day. Caledonians, 434 i—East Lancashire, 87, 3 / 4 8 Chester and Holyheads, 19 —Birkenheads, 70, to 71 — Great Western, 574 B—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 881 9 —SheMelds, 38i 9—Midlands, 964 I—North British, 13 —Berwicks, 224 i—York and North Midland, 36i -London and North Western, 95i 4- 1 -Dovers, 20 - -Eastern Counties, 11:4 R—Grand Trunk of Canada. 11 15-16—Great Western of Canada, 18k 19,—Dutch Rhenish, 3 1 d. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 10. STOCK EXCHANCIE.—This market was very bask to-day, and prices of shares were generally in advance. South Staffords, 101—Birmingham and Derbys, 70--Midlands, 96+ i—Londons, 96a—Sheffields, 39 2. --- MANCHESTER, MARCH 19, STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a good business doing to-day, and prices closed at a slight improvement on yesterday. London and North-Westerns, 95—Leeds, 88i —Trunks, 11i—SheMelds, 38q —North Staffords, 3 d.— Midlands, 96/1 —Blackburns, 91—Dovers, 20 $— rent Northern Redem. 5 per cent., 111—Caledonians, 86i — Eastern Counties, 11 9-16--North British, 521. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Receipts. paned, NAME OF RAILWAY. 1857. 1857. 1856. BRITISH. X £ Aberdeen ............ •• ..•... ..... - - 6 _ 5 Belfast and Ballymena •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 946 1,147 17 Belfast and County Down • • • • • • • • •• .. - - 82 Birkenhead, Lannashire, and Cheshire 2,142 2,064 2 6 % Bolton,Blackburn,and West York .... - - 118 Bristol and Exeter .................. 5,247 5,772 198 %$ Caledonian...... .. -... .. .......... 11,416 11.973 94► Chester and Holyhead..... • • ........ 4,954 5,063 6 56 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••• • • • 170 149 , 0 Cork and Bandon .. ••..••••• • • • • • • • 268 244 2 Dublin and Belfast J unction .... 1,113 1,020 "' Dublin and Drogheda .•• • .• ......... 1,356 1,380 40U. Dublin and Kingstown •• • • .......... 1,006 1,003 17 14 Dundee and Arbroath •• •• •• •• •••• • • 481 490 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 942 971 35 I Dundalk and Emilskillen.... •••••• •• 419 412 67 % East Anglian.... •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 895 1,080 93 East Lancashire - :................. 4,891 6,108 20,893 22,886 489 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • ... } Eastern Union.- • • • • .• • • • • • • • • • • • 142 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• •.• • . .... .. 5,148 5,430 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... 2,818 2,902 6 Exeter and Crediton.. • • .... • • • • • • • • - - 22 I Furness Railway •• • •• •• • • ...... • • - - 183 % Glasgow, and South-Western...... •. 5,862 6,925 283 Great Northern.• • ... ..... •• • ..... ~ 15,959 21,391 203 14 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5.81 5 5 , 581 23,135 24, 465 Great Western ...... •• .• .......... 451 25 34 Irish South Eastern •••••••• .. • • •• •• - - 9 0 Lancaster and Carlisle.. • • .... ..... . 5,672 5,549 286 14. Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • . - Leeds Northern .. • • .. • • • • • • • • •• •• •• -'- 16 1 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.• • • - - 61 7 London and North Western . - .....• 51,647 66,618 53 4 London and Blackw all ••••••• • •• • • • • 1,063 1,156 1 8 3% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 2,121 10,622 289 London and South Western. •••• •• •• 11,604 12,673 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen •••. • • • • 644 709 Mancheater, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - - 7,855 1 7 3 % Manchester, Sheßficla, and Lincolnshl rt 9,034 934 Manchester and South Junction ...... 725 781 28 Maryport and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • • • 734 969 7 ' 435 31,382 567 Midland ----•••••••• • • • • •• •• •• • • 2 177 Midland Great Western (Irish) •• •• • • 3 , 11 4 3,4" 52 Monklands - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - • • • • • • • • - ,_ 78 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• •• • • - •• .• 4.6 - 73 4,757 149 North British • • . • • • • • • " • ' • ' • ' • ' • " 233 North Staffordshire •-• ............. 0, 780539 809 7, 7 02 2 7 1 47 North-Western •• • • •••••••• • • • • •• •• 50 Scottish Central •••••••••• • • • • • • .• .. 2,751 2,651 32% Scottish Midland ••• • • • .......... ~. - 29 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ....., 1,352 1,564 48% Shrewsbury and Chester •• • • ........ 2,u32 2,580 30 Shropshire Union .. • • .............. 756 753 57 South Devon ....................... 2,019 2.206 12,059 14,484 301 % Souta Eastern 171 South Wales .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • •• 1081 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 3 3 6 : 6 015 3 300 7 4 26 i 5 759 9 3 4 32 53 Taff vale •••••••••••• " •• " • " •• " " 1,239 I,3sa 1392 1 106 77 Waterford and Limerick • • • • • • • • •• •• , 512 609 21 West Cornwall •• •• • • "• •• • • •••• • •• 12% Whitenaven Junction .• ••••••• • • • • .. 323 424 682 )Cork and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. - -- FOREIGN: 108 Dutch Rhenish •.•• •• .............. 3,346 2,281 - Lyons and Mediterranean .......... ...-. - - Montereau and Troyes .............. - -••• 63 Namur and Liege •• •• - - 539 Northern o f France •• • ... .... .• .... 39,614 37,461 .- Orleans and Central .. ..... ........ - - - Paris and Lyons .... ••••-•• - - .. - -, - Paris and Rouen. .• ...• ............ - - Paris and Strasburgh ••.••••• • • .. • • - • -. - Konen and Havre • • .... ...... ... .. - West and North-West of France •• .• - - -.- A POLICE OFFICER °OMITTED FOR:ROBBEZT. —JOWL MGurk, an officer in the Liverpool police farce, was yesterday corumttted for trial by the stipendiary magis trate on a charge of stealing a sovereign from a coloured seaman, Peter Williams by name, with whom the of wa3 drinking on St. Patrick's-day at a public-house ia Vauxhall-road, Liverpool. BIRTHS. COOMBES—On the 18th inst., at H a mpton-court, the wife of Mr. Richard Coombes, of a eon. GILLESPIE—On the 18th lust., Mrs. Samuel Gillespie, Borough, of a daughter. SHAHESPEAR— Oa the 18th inat., at Portsmouth, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Shakespear, R.A., of a daughter. SMITH —On the 18th inst., the wife of Alfred Smith, Park-hill, Claphath, of a daughter. MARRIAGES.' GILL—SIVEWRIGHT - On the 18th inst , at Brighton parish church, Dundas R. Gill, Esq., Captain 10th Hussar/ 1 , 1 1 Cecilia, eldest daughter of James Sivowright , " Cavendish-place, Brighton. 21AoGREGoR--POOLE--OR the 17th inst., at W al°96 Church, Bath, J. MacGregor, Esq., elde st son of !m i l el" late Lieut.-Col. MacGregor, 88th Regt. , t o Lacy ' daughter of Colonel Henry Poole, R.A. • DEATHS, AOISROYD —On the 16th inst., at Woo ' dside }Tan i "' Yorkshire, Martha, second su rviving sister of Edward Ackroyd, E-q., M.P. COOPER-- On the 18th inst., at Windsor, Mr. G. Cooper aged 89. 00. 2,ING—On the 18th inst., at Ipswich, James Curling, ';:-merly of Albert - squ are, Chtpham, and is Lower Thames-strek.:, aged net., at Woodstock, T. F. Morrill, Monnis—On the 15tH Esq., solicitor. PYNE —On the 18th inst., Mrs. Pyne, the wife of George Yyne, Egq., and m other of Miss Louisa Pyne, aged 73. TUCKER —On the 18th inst., at 16, N orthumberland-streett Strand, George Kimber Tucker, Esq., a, _— YO II LODON Prbatod and Published by MIIRDO crf Se. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th,e Sun Oftioe. 1 1° 112, Strancl,.in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cow' of Middlesex, Satur.lay, March 20, 185 F. el. .13 6 21 6 .16 0 14 6 .13 0 .16 3 139 .17 6 .16 0 .16 0 .14 6 .15 0 f .12 0 „13 0 .16 3