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

THE BANK FORGERIES, (From the Times. The Wagner gang, just convicted at the Old Bailey, were social enemies, almost respectable from the magnitude of their operations and the artistic resources developed in their attacks upon their na tural victims, the banking community of this me tropcdis. The history of their lives reads more like a chapter from " The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties," or an account of the stages of invention which produced our present steam engine, than like the procss of robbing a banker of £265. The most patient lab our, the most careful tracking of' occult truths, the k vlost open-eyed observation of triflfLig indications, the qualities which have given statues and immortal mimes to Harvey and Watt and Stephenson, seem' to have been possessed and exercised by Wm. Vagn er, Robt. Humphreys, Wm. Wynne Bramwell, Wif'. Whitehead Chandler, and Andrew Foster. Their process was indeed the re verse of that which is emisioyed by the benefac t o r s 0 . t, of mankind; their business' e g rase w_as to s h ut u a t n d Pu to li not to create it, to walk in qualities of their footsteps as they trod ; .bu t arknetshe mind developed by the phioX.hers and the Wagner and swindlers are almost equally rat • to the ° dignity his confederates elevated forgery slervice all the of a science, and pressed into advancement. fine arts that could aid in its Imitative penmanship, engrayingo die-sinkin g, personation of the finest acti n g , a. d little ro mantics dcomposed fl o wing from imaginations alw,gys fruitful, an posed with the most minute' attention to social probabilities and to the unitie's of time and place, were all lavished upon the design of doing one false act in the face of day, befoi'e the practised eyes of men trained to examine that . I ct , and to invest it with such a character of truth tha't it should pass unchallenged and leave no track be hind it. It is a great fact in the progress of civili sation. It is a strong contrast to the clumsy crow bar and horse-pistol system of ruder times. To a mere tyro in swindling it might seem an easy thing to forge a cheque and receive the money for it ; but Wagner and his friends knew that to do this with any certainty of success and after-impunity is of the highest order of difficulty. Ten years of meditation over a previous miscarriage had taught the master forger the arduous nature of his calling. If he failed, he failed as Caesar Borgia failed, by an unfortunate error in the objects upon whom he exercised his treachery and his confidence. The machinery of Wag ner was after this way. There lived an aged man bent with years and infir mities, who had passed his long lift in the laboru , ro acquisition of a facility iu imitatine „per men's signatures. The talent hs" sc - 4.04 rructified in his possession ena. 'Tun him living in a of miserabl,- lodging and in a single room, always. en - those u w riting, and by no means in possessi , ' advantages which so absolute a r ower over the signatures of all the bankers ..id all the money dealers of the city of Lonaon would appear likely to confer. The talent of old Karp was the raw material of Wagner machinery. There is a sec t among the Chi.ese who make it a religious duty to search for craps of writing and to consume them by fir.. Perhaps the Chinese, who invented every thing, have had Wagners among them, and founded the sect in order to keep down the Wagners, just as mice may be said to be the propagators of the race of cats. But Wagner, at any rate, was indus trious in the collection of autographs. Wagner was more careful in preserving the letter of his lightest acquaintance than the Countess of Ossory was in laying up a note from Horace Walpole. When Mr. Fellowes, a solicitor, entered into a cor respondence with Robert Humphreys as to the terms of a projected lease, Wagner carefully put the letter by; and when Dr. Jones wrote a note about some equally common subject Wagner re marked that "it would come in nicely by and bye." These precious signatures and scraps of writing were taken to Kerp, and that industrious old man laboured at them as models until he had acquired the power of perfect imitation. The next and ob vious step was to utilise this power by writing a false order for the passbook of the person whose signature was intended to be falsified, for the pur pose of knowing for what balance they might safely draw. Then c ime the engraving of the cheque, and as it would not be quite safe to send the blank to Somerset-house to be stamped, and as it was as well to avoid even the slight suggestion of a sus picion which might possibly arise from the affixing of an adhesive stamp, a die of the cheque stamp was perfected after many trials, and the instrument being filled up by Kerp, and the signature neatly forged, the fraudulent instrument might be sup posed to be complete. A meaner mind would have been satisfied, but not so Wagner. We must sup pose that Kerp, although the master penman, and therefore necessary to the work of giving the true style to the handwriting of the body of the cheque, had his scholars among Wagner's friends. Why should Wagner throw away any part of the booty upon this old man ? His pupils, Bateman and Chandler, could copy the forgery with su„f6^'-" skill, and when the copies had bee- -"tie 11 -erP's original forgery was taker luck to him with "no effects" written upon rhus was the old forger cheated out of share in the produce of his origi nal wort-- Me next point, and the most difficult of all, was the realisation of the amount. The presentation of the cheque is to the forger what the moment of projection is to the alchymist. It often passed easily and prosperously ; but there are operations which do not become more facile from repeti tion, and it was necessary not only to provide for the honest division of the proceeds in case of success, but also for the escape of the agent in the eventuality of failure. When, for instance, the confederates- had just obtained £440 for a cheque originally forged by poor Kerp, but copied and presented by Chandler, it was probable that the face of the gentleman who arranged that transaction at the counter would be likely to dwell upon the memory of the cashier. It was easier to produce cheques_than to find fresh agents to cash them; and this was the weak point in Wagner's system. Wagner addressed himself to this difficulty with his accustomed ingenuity. The agent was always provided with proof that he was himself the trust ing and innocent victim of some untraceable scoundrel. The preparation for this purpose was highly artistical. First the intended agent inserted an advertisement in a newspaper for occupation. To this advertisement he received an canArry-er at a an appointment to meet , ,thagelly coffee-house, c r - taken i lodging. The aunt kept the appointment, and there was met by the disguised confederate, who was to bear the onus of the possible discovery. The meeting was made as publicly as possible, and the endeavour was that the landlord and - waiters should be able to swear distinctly to the identity of the agent, but should know nothing of the disguised confederate. Thus, if the dreaded catastrophe should happen—if the agent should be stopped at the Bank, his inno cence was evident. He advertised for employment, a sharper answered his advertisement, met him at a coffee-house, and sent him to change the cheque. The letters, the advertisement, and the perfectly true evidence of the waiters, bear out this tale, the agent goes scot free, and the only result of the failure is the loss of the forged cheque. Other precautions were, of course, taken upon the " Quis custodiet custodes ?" principle. The agent was to be watched lest he should run off with all the money ; and, as it was better that it should be watched by persons whom he could not identify, he was placed at the corner of a street while those who were to watch him passed among the crowd and made themselves acquainted with his features. This is the Wagner system as it has just been developed during three days of investigation at the Central Criminal Court. Its theory w as perfect, but it signally failed in practice. The forgeries ought to be as much above suspicion as Ciesar's wife ; but the ingenious deception put upon old Kerp had pro bably rendered the imitations less perfect than those his cunning hand prepared. The theory re quires that the confederate who acts the swindler at the coffeehouse should be untraceable ; but Wag ner played the part himself, and was traced ; and, lastly, the working of machinery requires coherency of action and proper test of materials ; but Wagner was entrapped by a journeyman baker, whom he had tempted and trusted without sufficient test, and he was denounced by an accomplice. This ingenious man had been working in full security of being in utter darkness, when he was all the time living and moving under the bull's-eye of a detective police man. Wagner and Bateman, the two principal authors of this great assault uro:1 all commercial confidence are now sentenced to penal servitude for life• May we promise the bankers and merchants of London that the career of these criminals is closed? Ibte. is 33 \ o ' e t v difficult to say what the event may as grave men were once before convicted of crime s under sente ncerave as those for which they are now carried out and if their punishment had b een would not have l osses c they have n ow occas i one d both let out. Theoneurred. They were, howev er , trial. They receiveud sualstory was told upon the tickets of leave, and, arme d with the recomm en d ation gaol and Colonel Jebb of the chaplain of th e , the priso i • ns were, after a comparatively short n pector, they let loose again to seek their prey. If some system had been adopted whereby credu lo us chap lains and tender-hearted prison inspe ct ors made responsible for the damage suffered by i N n v n er o e cent men at the hands of the ruffians they unleash:, we should not flaw have to tell the fate of William Wagner, or to condole with the bankers upon the free exercise of his pernicious ingenuity. SE.RIO GE CIRENCESTER, TuEsDA' Y. The Cirencester bench of magistrates were, T Lntil a late hour yesterday eve nin g , en g aged in th( , in vestigation of a charge preferred against Mr. r /enry Pole, of Stratton-house, n ear Cirencester; Ger man Colburn, his groom ; W a lter Mullis, his gardener ; and Mary Colburn, the groom's -wife, for abdur :ting a voter named John Kibblewhite, on the tight Ciren(:ester preceding the polling day, at the last election. great interest The Town-hall was crowded, and was excited by the proceedings. The magistrates the Rev. Thomas Maurice, the Rev. Edward An present were the Rev. Henry Cripps (chairman), drew Daubeny, Messrs. T. W. Chester Master, J. Poole Haines, and E. D. Hartland. Among the en tlemen also sitting on the bench was the Earl of S offolk. The charge was laid under the 17th and 18 th Victoria, cap. 2, sec. 5. Mr. J. J. Powell, barrister-at-law, of the Oxford Circuit, instructed by Mr. IY. L. Cooke, of Ciren cester, appeared to prosecute; and Mr. H. W. Cripps, of the same circuit, instructed by Messrs. Mullings, Daubeny, and Chubb, of Cirencester, appeared for the defence. Mr. Powell, having opened his case, proceeded to call the following witnesses : John Kibblewhite deposed—l am a voter for Cirencester. On the Thursday before the election I saw Mr. Pole and Walter Mullis pass Mann's beer-house, at Stratton. I had heard that Mullis had been inquiring for me, and I went towards him. Mullis told me that Mr. Pole wanted me to open a drain that was stopped up. I went there on the following morning, at half-past 4 o'clock. I went there so early because, as it was nomination day at Cirencester, I wanted to leave for an hour in order to hear the proceedings. I left Mr. Pole's about half-past 10 o'clock, and came into Cirencester. Previously to that I had two half pints of beer the butler's pantry. I returned from Ciren m-ter a few minutes past 12 o'clock. I had nothie.g to drink while I was away. I resumed my wor k. .In the afternoon the butler ask me to go ' into the 6,lddle room. I went there, and had one glass of ,:heL.-.r. While I was in the saddle room Mrs. Colburn; the groom's wife, came in, and asked me to have a pipe of tobacco, and I did so. After I had had the cope she asked me if I would like a cup of tea, and I said I should. I wet came her. The gardener e llp. flir d l tlny l tea . Th e t stairs, but I don't thinis he 132 bzit the second cup I o t f h te a e t drerssanictovg;:ii'Ji!tle mo:e sugar into, for I not like it. cup t r drank the secon: l cup, which was yen - n coloured. Ido not recaect any af4.- t at until the next morning, when I th in g fj ,„_.x myself in bed somewhere. I did not know ifhere I was. I felt very heavy in the head--not as if I had been drinking, for if I had been drink ing I should have been sure to have remembered something about it. I have no recollection how I came there. I went downstairs and found I was at Ashton Keynes. I was sick ; but I could not get anything up. I stayed in'the house no longer than to put my shoes and gaiters on. I asked the land lord to put me on the road for Cfronoooto , , did so. I felt very ill on the road, and the nearer I got to Cirencester the worse I was. At Water moor, near the town, I was picked up by a four wheel and brought up to the hustings. I was unable to poll, or to do anything. I was not sen sible enough. I was taken to the Bear, and had a " joey" of brandy and some tea given me, and I was put to bed. I did poll ultimately. I felt the effects of it for a week after, and was under Dr. Smith all the time ; this was in consequence of what had been done to me. A carriage going from Mr. Pole's to Ashton Keynes would pass my own door. lam a married man. Cross-examined —Mending drains is part of my occupation, if lam asked to do it for anybody : I have done work for Mr. Pole on several previous occasions—a good deal of work. On my return from the nomination at Cirencester I went into Mr. Mann's publichouse and sat down. I told them there that I had had enough to drink already that morning. So I had. Two glasses were quite enough in the morning, but I could stand several pints in the afternoon. I did not say I had had some of Ponsonby's beer. When I got back to Mr. Pole's I did not go to sleep by the pigstye, where I was working. I neither sat down nor lay down. I kept on with my work. Reexamined-Between the time I left n 3 - work and the time when I returned from the nomination I had none of Ponsonby's nor anybody else's beer, and I went into no one else's house. Henry Cozier—l am in the service of Mr. Pole. I recollect seeing Kibblewhite at work on the nomination day. I also recollect seeing him in the saddle-room about five o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Cripps here interposed. end said the witness was not bound to criminate himself. Mr. Powell said the was no charge against the lad. Wi tness .-1 heard Kibblewhite, while in the .., n acre-room, say he should like a cup of tea, and !vas. Colburn said, " Come on then, old man." They went upstairs together. I saw Kibblewhite come down stairs afterwards with Mullis, the gardener. It may have been between six and seven o'clock. I cannot speak positively. When he came down he was about the same as when he went up. I was able to make out what he said. The witness was here asked by Mr. Powell if he had not made a statement to Mr. Cooke, which that gentleman took down, and which was very different from what he now said. Witness said he remembered being questioned by Mr. Cooke in a public room, and his answers were taken down. Something was read over to him afterwards. The Chairman—Was that the same as you had stated ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Powell then handed a paper to the witness, and asked him if that was the same that Mr. Cooke read over to him. Witness—Yes. I still say that Kibblewhite was drunk when he went upstairs, and drunk when he came down. Between eight and nine o'clock at night I was told by Colburn to put Draper, one of my master's horses, into my master's carriage. T was told to run on and open the gates. I did s 9. and the carriage went out. Colburn drove the liege, and Kibblo -v cfuTourn mad and mums, the ad gone out ,gn_ werein the o.e carriage left with her bonnet and o iinewl . The supper-bell rang just afterwards. It always rings at nine o'clock. William Carpenter—l keep the Stratton turn pike-gate. Mr. Pole's carriage passes through fre quently. I know the carriage, and Colburn, the groom. I remember the nomination day at Ciren cester. The carriage passed through that night about nine o'clock. Four people were in the car riage. I saw Colburn and his wife, but the other two I did not know. One of them, who was sitting along with the driver, was in a leaning position, and had either a shawl or a cloth on him. I stayed up until a quarter past 12, as I knew that the car riage would have to come back to Mr. Pole's. I then went to bed. About 1 o'clock, to the best of my knowledge, I was aroused, and I got up and let the carriage through. Mrs. Charlotte Kibblewhite—l am the wife of John Kibblewhite. I recollect the nomination day at Cirencester. I never shall forget it. On that night my husband was out all night. I know Mr. Pole's carriage. I saw it pass my house that even ing, and I saw him sitting in the carriage with his head lying on one side. Mr. Cripps—Who was the "him ?" Witness, with emphasis—My husband, sir ; I have no other "him." (Laughter.) Examination resumed—He had a " jim-crow" on and a shawl over him. They did not stop at my door. He was a voter. I did not care about the voter, I wanted my husband. He came in to the nomination, and returned between 12 and 1 o'clock. He was perfectly sober. I know when he is drunk fast enough. Cross-examined —My husband was not drunk, lie was sober. I could take my oath it was him in the carriage. Re-examined—On the next morning I went to Mr. Pole's to know what they had done with my husband. James Wilkins, the keeper of the Siddingtcn turnpike -gate, on the Ashton Keynes side of Ciren cester was next called, but Mr. Powell stating that he would only prove that the carriage passed and re-passed through his gate, which could not be disputed, he was not examined. David Cove—l keep the King's Head Inn, at Ashton Keynes. I remember Kibblewhite being brought to my house on the night of the nomination day, a little after 10 o'clock, by Mr. Colburn and another man, and Mr. Colburn's wife. The other man was called "the gardener." Colburn at first said he had picked a drunken man up, and wanted me to find him a bed. I told him I could not find him a bed without turning out the girl. He then said Mr. Pole had sent the man to my house, and I was to keep him concealed until four o'clock the next day, which was polling-day, so that he could not vote. If I would do so, Colburn said he would always respect me as long as he lived, and he would give me anything. I asked him whothe man was and he said his name was Kibblewhite or Dibble and that they came from Cirencester. I at last took the man in because I did not think the man was fit to go any further. He appeared like a drunken man, stupid drunk. The gardener brought him from the carriage into the kitchen in his arms, and took him up to bed. Mrs. Colburn did not give me anything. She gave my wife a bottle. I saw the bottle after they were gone. It Was rather - MIT SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1859. more than an inch in length. I did not see what was in it. The liquid in it was as dark as porter almost. After Kibblewhite was put to bed they remained in the house about half an hour. 'They had a drop of beer and a bit of 'bacca. When they were gone I went up to Kibblewhite's room, and sat up with him until one o'clock, as I did not think him fit to be left. He was ill and sick. I went in and out of the room four times before seven o'clock the next morning. This was in consequence of his being sick and his appearance. He seemed fairish the next morning, rather better than I expected. He came down stairs, and did not know where he was until I told him. I put on his gaiters and laced up his boots. My mistress asked him to have a cup of tea, but he said " I will have nothing to drink in the house." He jumped up, and off he went. On the next day (Sunday) Colburn came to my house on horseback, and asked me how I came to let the man go? I said I never intended keeping him. Colburn then said, " What must I give you for your trouble ?" I said, " What you like." He gave me 15s. Kibblewhite had paid for his bed 6d. Colburn asked me whether I would give him the bottle, and I said " Yes." I did not want such a thing in my house; I never had such a thing in my house before. I gave him the bottle. I did not see what was in the bottle. He said his master, or Mr. Pole, I forget which, would be very glad tc see the bottle. On the- Monday evening following I saw Mr. Cooke, and wrote a note to Colburn. In reply I received a letter, in which he asked me to meet him on Thorncete-common at one o'clock. I went there, and met him, and went with him to Somerford and had some beer. He asked me if I said anything about it, and I,said "I had not yet." I told him that if ever I was had up I should speak the truth. I thought I might be had up. While we were talking Mr. Chubb came up, and Colburn got into the carriage with him and went off together. It was Mr. Pole's carriage, to the best of my belief. Cross•exammed—l will not swear it was Mr. Pole's. I believe it was the same that the man was brought in. Ido not know Mr. Chubb's car riage. I was not aware Mr. Chubb had one. I knew Colburn when he lived at Colonel Shirley's, at Ashton. I knew him very well. He slept at my house a week. I and Mr. Pole pro not a.C.- painted. I don't- Win by sight of then I him. On the daypoll v went away from my house about 8 should like to o'clock in the morning. I persuaded him to go, and he set off on the run. By Mr. Hartland—Kibblewhite was sick. I have seen people as sick as he was from drinking. By Mr. Maurice—All that was due to me when Colburn paid me the 15s. was seventeenpence. Re-examined--My reason for going into the man's room in the night was because of the bottle that was left. Mrs. Cove—l am the wife of the last witness. I remember Kibblewhite being brought to our house on the Friday night. Mrs. Colburn gave me a bottle, and said I was to give him 20 drops in some rum on the following morning. I showed the bot tle to a man named Williamson. It had a bit of pink paper over the cork, and " Laudanum_ u0i,2,--as was printed on it. I finr.tev,a filen w w ue liept till morning, or to the middle of the day. I did not hear any reason stated for keeping him. I was not in the room. I will tell the truth as far as I know. I was in the parlour when it was said what the man was to be kept for. Mrs. Colburn said nothing to me about Kibblewhite being . a voter. She told me I was to get a drop of rum in the morning, and put 20 drops of laudanum into it. She said nothing more. Mr. Cripps then addressed the jury at some length and with much ability. He admitted that the evidence against the three servants was of such a nature that the magistrates would probably feel it their duty to commit them for trial, but he im plored them to consider upon what slight grounds they were called upon to commit Mr. Pole also. The evidence did not touch Mr, Pole in the least, and if they committed him for trial at the assizes he would have a serious charge banging over his head for months, and no grand jury would find a true bill on such evidence. To commit him, consi dering his position in life, would therefore, Under such circumstances, do him a grievous injury• With reference to his horse and carr;.ag~ being used, he was not responses Jo I:br them acts of bis servants when they aches illegally. His name had been used by hig.ervants without his sanction. It was possible that his servants might have fancied that what they were going to do would please him, knowing the interest he took in politics, and it was possible even that some other person in the house—for there was a mistress as well as a master—had given them the orders, but there was nothing whatever against Mr. Pole that would justify the Bench in committing him for trial. The Bench then retired for consultation, and were absent about half an hour. On their return the Chairman said they had decided to commit the three servants for trial—namely, German Colburn, Mary Colburn, and Walter Mullis. There was no case against Mr. Polu, and the charge was there fore dismissed. _ _ . The accused were then fully committed for trial at the ensuing Glocester assizes. They were ad mitted to bail, the men in a £lOO bond and the woman in £2O, Mr. Pole, their master, being accepted as surety. THE EXPLOSION AT THE 110UNSLOW POWDER MILLS. Yesterday afternoon Mr. AVakley, and the jury empanelled to investigate the circumstances at tending the late explosion at the Hounslow Powder mills, which occasioned such a deplorable loss of life as well as the destruction of property, re assembled for the fourth time at the Prince Blucher Tavern, Twickenham-green. ...Li the Ma. Sergeant Ballantine attended,, previous occasions, to watch the r .ee ings on vev the behalf of Messrs. Curtis ' pro prietors of the mills, _all ing the proceedings the room was denser • • After a -examination of the witnesses, Robf - ThH. Atlee, the jury heard the repot_ •lt ~4. omas cif r. Hospital on, lecturer on chemistry at , 0.. s. The foreman then, after a short consultation, handed in the following special verdict :- 44 We find that the deceased Thomas Albone was killed by injuries inflicted in and upon his body by the explosion of a certain large quantity of gun powder at the mills belonging to Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, but by what means the explosion took place there was n& sufficient evidence to prove. In returning this verdict the jury felt it to be an im perative duty to express their opinion that the works of Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, where the explosion took place, have been conducted in an exceedingly loose and dangerous manner, and that the safety of the workmen engaged in such establishments, and of the public generally, requires the immediate enactment of a law for subjecting all gunpowder manufacturers to the stringent supervision of Go vernment inspection and control, with a view to the invariable adoption of the precautions and recommendations similar to those contained in Dr. Thompson's report. The jury think it right to notice that of late years the works in question have been greatly, and as they believe unlawfully, increased, and that gunpowder has been kept in such vast quantities as to be attended with danger to workpeople employed therein, as well as to the inhabitants of the surrounding neighbourhood." The proceedings then terminated. THE MURDER AT HORNSEY. Yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, Mr. John Hum phreys, the coroner for East Middlesex, opened an inquiry at the Three Compasses Tavern, Dalston, respecting the death of Martha Page, aged 24 years, who died from the mortal effects of a stab wound in the abdomen, inflicted by Samuel Adams, her brother-in-law, on the morning of the sth inst., under circumstances briefly detailed in our impression of Monday last in the Clerkenwell Police intelligence. The jury having viewed the body, which was lying at the German Hospital, The Coroner said that he had written to the Secretary of State, for the purpose of securing the presence of the accused, and had received the following communication from the Home-office : " WHITEHALL, May 16, 1859. " Sir,—l am directed by Mr. Secretary Sotheron- Estcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th init., requesting him to instruct the police to produce at an inquest, to be held by you to-morrow, Samuel Adams, a prisoner on remand. Mr. Estcourt understand s that Saturday next, the 21st inst., is the day fixed for the re-examination of the prisoner—he can only instruct the police to produce him at an adjourned inquest on that day. This he has done, subject to the making the arrange ment with the Commissioners of Police, and in strict reliance upon the understanding that the proceedings at the inquest shall not in any way interfere with the appearance of the prisoner before the magistrate at the time appointed. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, " GATIIORNE HARDY." After a few remarks from the learned coroner, the first witness examined was— Sarah Page, of 17, Chapel-street, Norwich, who said—_l am a married woman, and wife of John. Page, an ostler. The deceased was my daughter, and was in the 24th year of her age. She was a single woman , an d I l as t saw her alive on Friday last, at the German llospial. She WAS then §uffer - ing acute . pain, and was apparently dying. She expired about half-past 10 o'clock that morning. Coroner—Did she say anything to you? Witness—Yes ; she said Samuel Adams had stabbed her. Coroner—Did she make any other observation ? Witness—Yes ; she exclaimed, " I forgive him." She added, "It was because I would not tell him where his wife was." Adams stabbed her three times. The proceedings were then formally adjourned until 9 o'clock on Friday morning next. SURREY SESSIONS.—May 17. (Before E. Johnson, Esq.) Ellen Summers, 21, and Matilda Arno, 19, both described in the calendar as married females, were indicted for stealing 50 yards of silk, value £l2, from the shop of Mr. Alfred Knight, linen draper and silk mercer, Crosby-row, in the Wal worth-road. Evidence having been given, The jury returned a verdict of guilty against both. The Chairman was here informed that they were connected with a gang of shoplifters, and that they had been previously convicted ; under these circum stances he deferred passing sentence, to give an op portunity of the officers attending to identify them. George Berry, 21, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the dwelling house of William Lawford, at Mitcham, and stealing therefrom a waistcoat, his property, and other articles belonging to David Parish. He was also indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of William - Wright, at Tooting, Graveney, and stealing therein a coat and other articles. The court sentenced him to 12 months' hard labour. Margaret Gray, 20, Sarah Hand, 21, and Hannah Welch, 23, were indicted for stealing a leather case containing samples, the property of John Mr. Thomson prosecuted, and Mr. Lilley defended the prisoners. The prosecutor said he was a town traveller, and on the 2d inst. he had boon transacting business on tho Douai side of the Thames. Returning home at a late hour towards London-bridge he met with a friend, and they went into a public-house near the Town-hall and partook of a glass of beer. The pri soners were in the same compartment, and he placed his case of samples by his side on the counter. While conversing with his friend he heard the door shut, and on their looking round perceived that the prisoners were gone, as well as his case. Shortly afterwards he saw them all in custody, with his property in the hands of the police. Llewellyn, 228 M, said he was on duty near Fish monger-alley, when he saw the prisoners rush out of the house, and run towards Redcross-street. Gray had a leather case under her arm, an. si- 1 0 - p _ they got to the corner of Redcross r styr e - contents of ped under a gas lamp and .90r - him approach Gray the case. As soonl and 7 they all bolted. He pur threw awax lin, with the assistance of 237 M, took tfiem all into custody. Mr. Lilley addressed the jury at some length on behalf of the prisoners, but they were found guilty. Scannell, 197 M, and Sergeant Bell, 39 P, detec tive officers, were called to the witness-box, and in answer to the Chairman, said the prisoners had all been twice tried and convicted for street robberies, and they had been in custody at least a dozen times. The Chairman told the prisoners that it would be useless to deal leniently with them, as 'they had previous to this cost the county considerable sums to prosecute them. He should therefore sentence them to four years' penal servitude each. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 17. CHILD MURDER. - Harriet Perry was brought M ARYLEB ONE. TIIE LATE CITARGE OF before Mr. Broughton, on remand, charged with the murder of her female infant, as far back as Decem ber, 1857. The particulars of what previously transpired have already appeared, and it will be remembered that about Christmas in the year above named, the prisoner, who had lived as servant at the Black Lion, Kilburn ' left there, and lodged for a short time at the house of Mrs. Richardson, 22, St. George's-terrace, Hampstead. She brought a box with her, and in the course of a week she went away, alleging that she was going into the country. She subsequently returned, and was told that she could not be allowed to be in the place any longer, as so strong and offensive a smell proceeded from the box. She quitted the place, and the said box was removed to the second floor landing. Shortly before last Christmas Mrs. Richardson opened it, and on pulling therefrom a bundle, a quantity of maggots dropped out. The bundle was so tightly fastened that she was obliged to use a poker to force it open. She then saw the leg of a child drop from the bundle. She saw nothing more of the prisoner until the 9th inst., when she called for the box, and on being told of te discovery which had been made, she denied knowing anything about it, further than that a young woman had asked her to put the bundle into her box, and had written to her to know whether it was all right, as she wanted it. The body of an infant, around whose neck was tied tightly a stock ing, was found in the box, and removed to the dead house at Hampstead Workhouse. An inquest was held, and a verdict returned of wilful murder against some person unknown." The prisoner, whg was suspected to have committed the criny taken into custody when she called fru- ox as above stated. Mr. Keene attended assese for the prisoner. were brought forward, Some additional J oseph Winter, surgeon, of one of whom, u. On the 10th or 11th Decemb er , u p on 1 1 .. a .. l 3 T ient for, he went to the dead-house, and there saw the dead body of a female infant. It was dried up like a mummy. By Mr. Keene—l will not undertake to say that in the state in which I saw it it might not have been dead for ten years, or perhaps more. It was further shown by the evidence of Inspector Sheehy, and other officers of the S division, that inquiries had been made at Kingston-on-Thames, from which the female was said to have sent the I bundle as alleged to prisoner to take care of, but she could not be met with at either of the places which the prisoner had mentioned, viz. 4, Clifton place, and 4, Portland-place, Kingston-on-Thames. Mr. Keene, on behalf of his client, submitted that from the evidence adducednothing had been shown to justify the magistrate in further d e tai n i ng th e prisoner. There was no proof whatever that she had given birth to a child, and her statement madc as to the parcel found in the box was no doubt true ; that she had taken care of the bundie for a young woman who requested her to do so, and that she knew not what was in it. Mr. Broughton considered it to be his duty to send the case for the consideration of a jury. Mr. Tate, the clerk, read over the whole of the evidence, and the prisoner was committed for trial for the murder. LAMBETH.—ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.--Emily Gooding, a young woman, was charged with felo niously stealing 19 sovereigns, at the dwelling house of Mr. W. Margetson, residing at St. Nor man's Lodge, Streatham-bill. Miss Elizabeth Clore, sister of Mr. Margetson, said that she was residing at the house of her brother, and that the prisoner was in his (her brother's) service. On Thursday, the 28th ult., she (Miss Clore) left her home, the prisoner being in the house. On her return the next day she missed a box in which were 16 sovereigns, and about £3O in notes. The box was taken from a drawer of a dressing-table, which was in her bedroom. The drawer had been broken open with fame violence. The prisoner was nowhere to be found, and she had not seen her since till she was in custody. Police-constable Wright, V 317, said that on the previous day the prisoner voluntarily gave herself up at the station-house. Upon giving herself up she stated that while in the service of the prosecu trix she was visited by a young man, who was pay ing her some attention. He came to see her on the day of the robbery. After he had been there a short time he went upstairs. He opened several drawers. He finally went to the drawer of the dressing-table, which was opened. He then broke open a box, which contained the money. She saw him do it. After it was done she was so frightened that she left and ran away. Mr. Perry, chief clerk, stated that the prisoner had refused to give up the name of the young man, only stating that he informed her that he was a clerk to a. wine merchant. in Marylebone. Prisoner—l do not know where he is. I have not seen him since the robbery. Mr. Perry—You told the constable that you went with the man to Ipswich from the Shoreditch station. Prisoner—Yes, and I have not seen him since I left him there. The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday next. CHARGE OF • M INSLAUGHTER.--Mr. Richard Thomas James, No. 17, Sutherland-square, Wal worth-road, was charged on remand, with having caused the death of ThQophilus Plenty, under the following circumstances. Mr. Lewis, jun., attended for the prisoner, the inquiry having been adjourned to await the result of a coroner's inquest. The circumstances connected with the death of the unfortunate man were as follows :—On Thurs day, the sth inst., about six o'clock, the deceased was crossing the Walworth•road. He was in a state of intoxication, and when he came up to the prisoner, who was in the company of a friend, he 4_ llo Cked ofd' his hat, The prisoner went after the deceased, and struck him between the shoulders. He went-a few steps, when his foot came against the kerb. He turned round, and fell on his back. He was picked up by the prisoner and another person. The former, seeing that he was insensible, went for a surgeon, who was of opinion that he was suffering from a concussion of the brain, and who advised his removal to the workhouse. He was taken there immediately. He never recovered from the shock, and died on Friday last. Three witnesses were examined, each of whom was of opinion that the deceased's fall took place more through the effects of intoxication than any violence used towards him. Mr. Lewis, jun., stated that an inquest had been held on the body of the deceased that day, before Mr. Carter, and the jury had come to the extra ordinary verdict of manslaughter against the accused. The prisoner was discharged, but will be held to bail by the coroner, under the new act giving power to coroners to do so. SOUTHWARK. DARING ROBBERY BY A FEMALE IN A COFFEE-HOUSE.—Caroline Stamford, a good•looking well-dressed young female, was brought before Mr. Combo for final examination, charged with stealing £6 10s. in gold, a silver watch, a gold ring, and some wearing apparel, the pro perty of Edward John North, under the following daring circumstances : The prosecutor said that he kept a coffee-house in the Blackfriars'-road,iand the prisoner lodged there from the 15th to the 25th ult. On the Wtet morning, when he quitted home on business, he left safely locked in a rosewood box in his bedroom £6 10s. in gold, a silver watch, and gold ring, and on his return at night h e f oun d th a t th e prisoner had Absconded with all the property. On the 7th inst. witness met her in the City and gave her into custody. From information he afterwards received he went to Norwood, and pawnbrokers' duplicates were handed to him relative to the watch and ring produced. Mrs. North said that during the afternoon of the 25th ult. the prisoner came into her bar and sat down to write a letter. Witness fell asleep, and when she woke up she missed the prisoner, and on proceeding upstairs into her bedroom she found the rosewood box broken open, and all the money and watch and ring were gone. She also missed a silk dress and other articles of wearing apparel. When she was taken into custody the latter were found on her. Henry Marfleet, assistant to Mr. Burgess, pawn broker, Camberwell-road, produced the wa j t a l l pledged by the prisoner on the 26th of A -' other pawnbroker produced -br took the pri- City Police-condstAl she admitted stealing the soner into csAie added that she got drunk and lost YATiie money. Mr. Combe ordered the depositions to be taken, and fully committed her for trial. WORSHIP - STEET.--JUVENILE DELINQUENTS AND REFORMATORIES.—John Barnes ' Robert Ald ridge, Joseph Coope r , Ed war d Smith, Jacob Emms, John May, Thos. Miles, Wm. Russell, David Orme, and Geo. Wood were charged before Mr. D'Eyn court with absconding from a certified reformatory, known as the Home in the East, at Old Ford. Mr. James Gondolier, governor of the Home, state that all the prisoners had been inmates of the establishment, and absconded with another, not yet in custody, on the 4th inst., taking with them a pair of pistols from his room, which they had broken open, and also a pea jacket. By the assist ance of the police they were traced to Ware and apprehended, but five of them, while being con veyed to this court, in charge of Sanderson, 54 A, slipped their handcuffs, and for the time escaped. Four of them, viz., Miles, Russell, Orme, and Wood, have since been taken, one only now being at large. Mr. Gondolier added, that he fully believed Smith to be the most guilty, as having incited the others, and that Aldridge, Cooper, Emms, and Barnes were of far better character than the others. Smith here said—l wanted to get out. May, Miles, Orme, and Russell—We wanted to go to sea. - Wood—The place didn't suit me. Emms (a very diminutive boy, of singular ap pearance)—l have nothing to say. Aldridge—l didn't like the place, and .I didn't get enough grub. Mr. D'Eyncourt—What is their allowance for tea ? Mr. Gondolier—Eight ounces of bread, sir, and a pint of cocoa. - Mr. D'Eyncourt—Certainly their looks denote good feeding. Smith, May, Russell, Orme, and Wood will be imprisoned f or th ree months, Miles for two months, Barnes for one month, Aldridge for twenty-one days, Cooper for fourteen days, and Emms will be discharged, to be again taken into the Reformatory. HAMMERSMITH. —DARING STREET ROB BERIES.—A SAD CASE.— A fashionably- dressed young woman, who gave the name of Ann Howlett, was brought before Mr. Ingham on remand, chargea with being concerned with another, not in r•--+ Y ' in stealing purses from two ladies ;- Lne public streets. The evidence against *1 prisoner was very clear and went to sh ow the public ought to be very careful to _..om they answered que stio ns w hil e Th ., 11 ,„,...ti0ng the streets. On Monday aft ernoon , N .:.le'Vih inst., the prisoner and another welldressed young woman, stopped a ladynamed Taylor, while she was walking along Wright's-lane, Kensington, with her little boy, and inquired the way to South Kensington Museum. They were informed that they were not going the right way, and the lady directed them to the end of the road, and told them to in quire again. They asked several other questions, and at last they went away. Almost immediately afterwards the lady missed her purse, containing about 95., which was safe in the pocket of her dress when she left home shortly before. The prisoner and her companion proceeded along the lane towards Earl's-court, and she met two young ladies named Webster, and inquired of them the way to Brompton Hospital. The young ladies were unable to direot them, but recommended them to keep straight on, and inquire again. The two kept them in conversa tion for a short time, and then suddenly th an k e d them and made very low curtseys. They walked away, and directly afterwards one of the young ladies missed her purse. The prisoner and her com panion ran off upon seeing them searching for the purse, but they were pursued, which resulted in the apprehension of the prisoner and the escape of her companion. Inspector Bocking said a constable from each divi sion had seen the prisoner, but they were unable to identify her. From what he gathered he believed she had never been convicted, but had been in the company of a bad man for some years. She was for merly a servant in a clergyman's familyin West minster, and at that time bore a good character. The mother of the prisoner was called, and she entered the court with a child in her arms. She appeared very reluctant to say anything about the prisoner, but mentioned that she was married, and that the child she then carried was her daughter's. She also said she did not know where her daughter lived. Mr. Martin, who appeared for the prisoner, asked his worship not to send her for trial, but to deal with ber under the Vagrant Act. The prisoner, upan being asked what she had to say, commenced crying, and said nothing. Mr. Ingham said it was very sad to see a young woman like the prisoner, who had previously borne a good character, acting in that way. It was clear that she had been married to a regular thief, who had put her up to the robbery, and it would be her certain ruin unless she broke off all those connec tions. He committed her for three months, with hard labour. The prisoner was then removed. GREENIVICH.—CONVICTION OF A MARINE STORE DEALER.—Thomas Franks, a marine-store dealer, in an extensive way of business, at Czar street, Deptfo r d, was b rought up on remand, before Mr. Seeker, charged with the unlawful possession of a bar of copper, weighing nibs., the property of Messrs. Penn and Co., engineers, of Greenwich. From the evidence of detective officer, J. A. Crouch, it appeared that for several weeks past robberies of copper had been committed at the pre mises of the prosecutor, the metal being cast in peculiar-shaped bars, and imported direct to the firm from Australia. About half-past nine on Thursday night last, meeting with the prisoner and his son at Deptford he (Crouch) spoke to them, when the prisoner remarked that he had been to see a customer at Lewisham. The prisoner and his son then went in the direction of their home; but Crou-th having received subsequent information, went and questioned the prisoner whether he had purchased any metal that evening, or had any i n his possession. The prisoner replied that he had not, and asked the officer to have something to drink, when Crouch observed a bar of copper in his coat pocket, which the prisoner said a female had letter not told him was " planted" i n a field by her, and th t he had been to fetch it , he t Tedknvw who she was. On being x being the private mark of the firm, was observed to have been partly if not wholly destroyed. Mr. Seeker said there could be no reasonable d ou bt that the property belonged to the pro secu t ors, although the identity was not fuly established to warrant him in sending the case for trial. Th ere xx c ould be no doubt, ho-ever,the prisoner was un lawfully possessed of the P roperty, and should therefore sentenc e hi m to went, with 114410 9 , 7 NI ) months' imprison , • P UGILISM. DANIEL KEYTE, OF WALSALL, AND IKE BAKER, OF WESTBROMIVICH, FOR £3o.—Thehe provincial 3 had, according to arrangement, to fight in the London ring for the above stake, and, although little known to fame, yet, from the report of their friends, a rattling mill was fully expected; but, as will be seen from the sudden manner in which the contest was brought to a termination, there was really no time for the merits of the combatants to be fairly tested. The belligerents were not con fined to weight ; but in this Keyte had all the ad vantage, he being full half a stone, if not more, the heavier man ; in addition to which he had also the pull in height. Baker, who for this match was backed by an old patron of the ring, is a fine, well made fellow, and weighed about 10st. 71bs. After an early start yesterday from the metropolis, the ring was formed on a well known spot by Fred Oliver, son of the veteran commissary. The wea ther was most unpropitious, for throughout the early part of the day the rain came down in au unmistakeable manner, andthis no doubt caused the meeting to be much less numerously attended than it otherwise would have been. On entering the ring, Baker was waited on by Nat Langham and Bob Travers, while George Holden and George Brown did the needful for Keyte. The men were in readiness to commence the contest at five minutes past ten o'clock ; but the result is soon told, for, after a little sparring and manoeuvring, Keyte planted in the counter hitting a terrific right hander on the point of the jaw, which immediately gave Baker the coup de grace, for on being taken to his corner, it was found impossible to bring him to time, therefore Keyte, to the astonishment and delight of his friends, was hailed the winner, the battle only lasting the one round, which occupied exactly six minutes. Baker was much crestfallen at the easy manner in which he was defeated; but as his friends attribute it more to accident than anything else, they mean to let him have the oppor tunity of retrieving his lost-laurels, and proving whether he is really worthy the high opinion now entertained of him. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the LadySsgal. Elizabeth Lindsay to be one of the Wom_epaall of Lady chamber *o rdinary to her Majesty Gardiner, resic-ne_ -OFFICE, MAY 13. u sL. c.cueen has been graciou s ly pl ease d t o a pp o i n t Th om as er Esq., now her Majesty's C onsu l-G enera l t o the Republic of Hayti, to be her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to that Republic. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Duncan Macauley as Consul at Manchester for the United States of America. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Venerable Charles Caulfield, Archdeacon of Bahamas, to be a Member of the Legislative Council of that Colony ; and Henry Hamilton Cooke, Esq., to be Postmaster of the Mauritius. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 16. The Queen has been graciously pleased to make and ordain a Special Statute of the Most Honourable Orticie of the Bath, authorising the following appointments to the said Order : To be Extra Members of the Military Division of the . Second Class, or Knights Commanders ; : Colonel Robert Walpole, C. 8., Rifle Brigade. Colonel GeOrge Robert Barker, C. 8., Royal Artillery. Colonel John Douglas, C. 8., 79th Regiment. Major-General Henry Gee Roberts, Bombay Army. Major-General George Cornish Whitlock, Madras Army. To be Extra Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions ; viz. : Colonel Maurice Griffin Dennis, 60th Regiment. Colonel Samuel Tolfrey Christie, 80th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel John Simpson, 34th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Robert Pratt, 23d Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel James Dodington Carmichael, 32d Regi ment. Lieut.-Colonel Julius Richard Glyn, Rifle Brigade. Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Smith, 90th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel John McNeill Walter, 35th Regiment. Lieut.. Colonel Wm. Payne, 53d Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Henry Seymour, 2d Dragoon Guards. Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Campbell Mollan, 75th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel. John Wm. Cox, 13th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Lothian Nicholson, Royal Engineers. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Wm. R usse ll, Baronet, 7th Hussars. Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Lightfoot, 84th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Edward Gascoigne Bulwer, 23d Regt. Major John Bulkeley Thelwall, 24th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Townshend James Wm. Hungerford, Bengal Artillery. John Charles Graham Tice, Esq., M.D., Deputy Inspec tor-General of Hospitals. Francis William Innes, Esq., M.D., Deputy Inspector- General of Hospitals. John Fraser, Esq.; M.D., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals. Charles Alexander Gorden, Esq., M.D., Surgeon, 10th Regiment. James Gordon Inglis, Esq., M.D., Surgeon, Goth Regi ment. Joseph Jee, Esq. , Surgeon, 78th Regiment, MnrionANnum.:=LieUtennt-Colona Charles F. Sey mour, 84th Regiment, would have been recommppcled to her Majesty for the dignity of Companion of the Order of the Bath, had he survived. _ _ ifIAY 16. ADMIRALTY , Vice-Admiral of the wilate William James Mingaye, has been appointed to ~..„,eive a pensio n of £l5O a - year, as pro vided b r esty's Order in Council of 25th J une, 1851 , vaun r yhte he death of Vice-Admiral Pet er J o h n D oug l as, t t e name of Vice-Admiral Mingaye has been removed to the Reserved Half-ray List accordingly ; and, in conse quence of this removal, the following promotions, to date from the 18th December, 1858, have this day taken place : Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir George Robert Lambert, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the'Blue. Retired Rear-Admiral John Gore to be Vice-Admiral on tho Retired List. Rear-Admiral of the White Charles Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue George Rodney Mundy to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Thomas Henderson to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. The undermentioned officers on the Retired List have also been promoted to be Retired Rear-Admi ra l s , on the terms proposed in the "L on d on G azette " of the Ist September, 1846, but without increase of pay : Captains William Shepheard and William Luckraft. ADMIRALTY, MAY 7. Royal Marines—First Lieutenants to be Captains— ' Archibald Alexander Douglas, Charles Loftus Tottenham Usher, George Lascelles Blake, Osborne Frederick Charles se Fraser, William Henry Worthy Bennett, George Leslie, William Penn Burton, Nicholas Bennett HttDenalry. se by, En e b e u n l d e Daysh Thel w all, an d Richard Pentland Lieutenants to be First Lieutenants—Henry Sturt Lewis, William Henry Smith, John Straghan, William Henry Poyntz, Thomas Linley Grant, Augustine Evans, Robert Reginald Augustus Woodforde, James Charles Alfred Godfrey, . Langham Rokeby, Armstrong, Fothergill, Robert James Pascoe, Henry Cowley Bowker, Henry Ives De Kantzow, Sydney Thomas Bridgford,einoekhn. William Walter O'Grady, Graham Hewett, Henry m ton Kay, Nowell Fitz Upton Way, Ernest Augustus Macy, George Majendie Vivian, Charles Edward Servante, Daniel Edward Tighm O'D hesmlhsia o rss n elN e ov v yN a ee n Powell, esodmrßiaff, ayniand 0 J c IRavvpiaa lliam yjEaaumunTesEg Anderson hNßa M LORDS-LIEUTENANT. be NhanaTr Richardson s i c o e , r 1 Barnes, DCenObAi Gent., to be Cornet, vice Norman James Biggs Uniacke, promoted. 2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—Henry Walter Kiallmark, Gent., to be Assi s t an t-S urgeon. Cav Q al ueen's Own Regiment of Oxford s hi re Yeomanry ry—Edmund Ruck-Keene, Esq., to be Captain, vice Wykeham, resigned. Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia— Henry Fuller, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Pargiter M. Dickenson, promoted. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—David James Sutherland Morrison Coiquhoun Kemp, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Simms, promoted. East Suffolk Regiment of Militia Artillery Corps— Arthur Henry Brittain, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaseer's Own Militia— Robert Highat, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Har rington Molyneux Seel, resigned. City of Edinburgh Regiment of Artillery Militia—John Jekin Cockburn, Gent., t,3 be First Lieutenant, vice Thomas Alexander Hill, promoted. Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Edward Wil liam Joshua Nunn, Gent., late Lieutenant in 55th Regi ment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice John Legb. Sykes, retired. MEMORANDUM.—Ensign Arthur Henry Brittain, re signed. Fifeshire Militia Artillery—William Husband Dewar to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Drew, resigned ; Lieu tenant Henry John GravihcaemHC.owja.nGt.o eboewCaanp,tapirno, t e o ioc e t ne e H d tjo ; C. Knox, resigned ; Lieutenant tobes H eco en n r d na y L M ie o u o te reJ n o t h , n vm s: M. n t, oted ; John Sp en l oe Waite, Gent , to be Johnston,se Lieutena n t, u p tTweed ,reona Gent.,m Second Lieutenant, vice C. de C ourcy Nixon, resigned. BANKRUPTS. sington , James to Holme surrender , licensed victualler, El g i n -crescent, Ken- May 27, at half-past eleven, and July 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Tesseyman, timber merchant, Leeds, June 2 and 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Frederick Davis, hair dresser, Melcombe Regis, Dorset shire, June 1 and 22, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. William Faiers, grocer, Hoxton Middlesex, May 28 and June 28, at on e , at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Turner, brewer, Chester, M a y 30 and June 21, at twelve, at th e Liverpool District Court. Gemder Anthon Martin Aas, ship broker, Colchester street, City, May 31, at half•past one, and June 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Prowse, chemist, B ristol, May 30, and Juno 27, at eleven, a t the Bristol District Court. William Charles Reynolds, licensed victualler, Alders gate-street, May 26, at one. and July 1, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. deceased. John' Davie Morrie Stirling, Esq., of Blackgrango, Peter M'Onie, merchant, Gartmore. Miss Marion M‘Neig ht of Bellvuo, Ayrshire. Fraser,Wiluam tailor and clothier, Aberdeen. John Moncur, grocer and spirit d ea l er , Dundee. Robert And erson, b r i e l ana k er, Hillhead, near partick. [A _ _DvEuTtsmtENT.)-11olloway's ointment and Pills. — Scrofula—Skin diseases.-7n no disease is more early or constant vigilance required than in the treatment of scro fula. Tho nurse or. parent must meet the first approach of the foe, or his defeat , will be difficult. Enlarged glands about the flack, flying pains through the limbs, and irri. table skin warn us of the probable presence of this here ditary malady, and not a moment should be lost, in the employment of Holloway's anti-scorbutic remedies, to throw out at once from the blood the morbid cause of ail future disfigurements, leaving the system pure mid vigorous, so thoroughly do they b an i s h t h e poison, and remove from every otvan, whether deep or euperficial, its bauctitl'AWl corroding iniAtiewe% .MEMBERS RETURNED TO SEI? VE IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. (From the _London Gazette) CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 13. County of Westmeath-Richard George Augustus Levinge, of Knocdrin Castle, Westmeath, Esq. •, William Pollard Urquhart, of Kanturck, Westmeath, Esq. Borough of Athlone-John Ennis, of Ballinahown, West meath, Esq. County of Fermanagh -The Hon. Henry A r th ur Cole, of Florence Court, Ferm anag h ; Mervyn Archdall, of Castle Archdall, Fermanagh, Esq. Corough of Enniskillen -The Hon. John Lowry Cole. ounty of Down-The Hon. Arthur Edwin Hill, coral:11 0111 Y called Lord Arthur Edwin Hill, of Norwood Park, Not tinghamshire; William Brownlow Forde, of Seaforde, county of Down, Esq. Borough of Downpatrick-David Stewart Ker, of Montalto Downshire, Esq. Borough of Newry-Peter Quinn, of the Agency, Points pass, county o f A rmag h , E sq. County of Cork-Ri c k ar d D easy, o f D u b l i n, her Majesty's Third Serg ean t- a t-l aw ; Vi ncent Scully, of M er fion • square, Dublin Esq. Borough of Bandon Bridge-Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Smyth Bernard, of th e F arm ; B an d on. Borough of Kinsal e -J o h n A rnott, o f F i rh ill , M on kstowep county of Cork, m erc h an t . Borough of Yough a l-I saac B utt, of Lower Leeson-street' Dublin, Esq., one of h er M a j esty ' s C ounse l . Borough of Mallo w -R o b ert L ongfield, Esq., o f Merri°'-- _d square, Dublin, one of her Majesty's Counsel. MAY 14. County of Orkney and Shetland-Frederick Dundee) E°4* of Hanover-square, London. Borough of Dartmouth-Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley, of Princes-gate, London, Esq. County of Merioneth-William Watkin Edward NirYn"""' Borough of Flint-Sir John Hanmer, of Bettisfield Park, Flintshire, Bart. County of Antrim - Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas 11 ° 1 5 Pakenham, of Longford Lodge, Antrim ; Major-Geneic the Honourable George Frederick Upton, of Ca 4 Upton, Antrim. ' Borough of Belfast-Si r H ug h M'C a l mon t C a i r ns, .--'lllght, her Majesty's Solicitor-General ; Richard Davidson, Esq., of the Abbey, Antrim. • 1, a Borough of Lisb urn -J ona th an Ri c h ar d son , o f Late'' e ° Antrim, Esq. • County of Leit r i m -j o h n B ra d y, E sq. ; Willi am n'eb - Ormsby Gore, Esq. anus• Lieut.- Queen's County-Mi c h ae l Dun of Brittas, p - - "" 1137111 ' b o th in Colonel Francis Plurik-' Queen's Cou n ty- Dari - Borough of Po.-eirington-Lionel Seymour William so t- ) ,-or, of Iron. Mills, Quee n ' s C oun ty, Esq. , „ -ay of Monagh an -C o l one l Ch ar l es P owe ll Lew'' , i_ Castle Leslie, Monaghan ; Sir George Forster, of Coo derry, Monaghan, Bart. MAY 16. County of Mayo-Joh n Th omas B rowne, com monly calle d Lord John B rown , o f W es t por t House, Mayo ; Captalte• Roger Willi am H enr y Palmer, of Kenmure Park, count)? of Dublin. - County of Clare-C r oft on M oore V an d eleur, E S q • C" f g.il n.A rush House, Clare ; L u k e Whit e, E sq., o f the Wane"' county of Dublin. pity- Borough of Ennis-The Right Hon. John Da— sty's Gerald, of Men - ion-square, Dublin, one of her Maje Counsel. Borough of Harwich-Captain Henry Jervis White Jed of Charlwood- s t ree t, Middlesex ; the Hon. IN i lliam Frederick Campbell, of Stratheden House, ISliddlese_ n l Borough of Lewes-The Right Honourable Henry Fin;l e of Upper Grosvenor-stre e t, Middl es e x; the Honours Henry Bouverie William Brand, of Glynde, Sussex. MAY 17. County of York.-East Riding-The Right 1-1011°111 1 8 ot Beaumont, Lord Hotham •, the Honourable eyr Duncombe. North Riding-Edward Stillingfleet Ca37l Esq. ; the Honourabl e William Ernest Dunconf. ir West Riding-Sir John William Ramsden Bart. ; rrm- Crossley, Esq. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL--MAY 17. and This morning we had a small attendance of milk" ' wa s dealers at our corn exchange. The business Pass in g limited for wheat, both for consumption and to hold av r but where transactions occured an advance of 6d to 9 c l P: r . cental was obtained. The sam e a l so ma y be said ofiac'.ol Oats and oatmeal were each unaltered in value. EPYi e ld beans and barley the turn dearer. Indian corn was 4 , l no r firmly, at Gd per cental o ver l a t e ra t es —G a latz, 7 0 'it' rBg 1001bs ; Ibralia and mixed Am e ric an , 7 s 2d ; anc white, 9d. SUNDERLAND—MAY 14. a f air There was an average supply of gr a in to-day, all 60, business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, from „ A Od to 55s Od per qr • red, 45s Od to 50s Od ; beans , 40s v.' to 44s Od ; barley, 28s to 32s Od per qr. ; oats, 25s to 270. LEEDS—MAY 17. The wheat: trade was inactive to-day, and the bugger done was at 3s per qr advance on the rates of last wee..; Barley, beans, oats, and peas were at about the prev iow ' prices. Averages for the week : Wheat 4,737 qrs., at 58s 50 Oats 290 „ 2Bs Sid _ . .. Rye - ” —s od 8ar1ey......... 659 0 343 7 1 4 Peas Beans 4l , 46s t If 370 6 _ Arrivals this week : Wheat 8,183 qrs. Oats Barley Peas Rapeseed — Beans • • 321 Linseed -- NEWCASTLE—MAY 16. d u ll, The show of wheat was no t l arge , and the trad o er e at 2s to 3s p er qr. higher than the preceding week. -I` ;d e was not much barley on offer, and all superior sorts 1 1.1 0 , 4 high prices. Oats in limited supply. Beans were sevA at extreme rates. 28 s to 31 0 White wheat, new, 66s to 62s Barley, grinding.. Red do. s 4s to 56s Oats, old, .. 28s to J Old white 565 to 62s New do Red do. 54s to 56s Beans 445 to 5 to 5 00 Barley, malting.... 38s to 42 s Peas 2Bs to 33 310_ SHEFFIELD—MAY 17. There was a fair average quantity of wheat on offer, bili er i we can only quote an advance of is per load. Ho ld asked considerable advances in prices, which were not co l ' ceded. Oats firm, and is more money. Beans had an ur ward tendency. No change from last week in bale,. imperial bushels... 20s Od to 228 , 0 I i. t F l e o d u r w advanced 1 2 0 d a load per of 3 14 i l n b i p . White ~ f f 1 Beans I, ... 19s Od to , Peas, per qr » ..20s Od to 2 2 2 4 : 43s Od to 34s Od Grinding barley, per qr 30s Od to 34s n Malting ditto , ~ 33s Od to 3 9 s v o l Oats-. Od to 335 If 2s' - r s 4d Y e Millers' prices for flour 2 9 s 2d and 2 s Od, 141 b. H 36 a s y ; tBurniOs topsB,sisistowheat6lspe to straw, n 2 . 3s to 365; oat °tr ay( ' 2" RICHM 14. • dart We had thin supplies of O all ND descriptions of grain d t). per late prices were o b ta i ned. White ruled 7g O d to 7s - bushel ; barley, 4s Od to 4s 3d ; beans, Ss 6d to 6$ 11- 38 Od to 3s 6d. NORWICH CATTLE—MAY 14. a nd seots A large show of store beast s t o 'd ay, com p r ising d o ve shorthorns, with a few Irish. S a l es s l ow, an d atl' u 30 6 d limited. Scots, 4s to 5s • shorthorns, 4s to 5s ; Irish, to 4s. Fat beasts, 7s Oeto 8s per stone. Sheep—The pens were well filled. Prices—Fat W el)? 5s 6d to 7s per stone. Od Pigs—Good store pigs, 25 s t o 30 s. F at por k, 6s to 6 $ per stone. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. • LIVERPOOL —MAY 17. pf in st The market was, firm, and rath er , b e tt e r in price --- e the day, closing heavy. Midlands, a ck 931 f--Dovers, 181 E. Birkenheads, 591 60—Leeds Northern 42 3—Bl u t N 11 4—North 501 11—Great Western of C lo-- 131 — Grand Trunk of C ana d a, 7 —Great Wester *, 5 6 Eastern Counties, 10 9 -16—Chester and Tiolyhea fl i e tf o rlv —Sheffields, 34 — Caledonians 74Lancashire anu Du tch shire, 85 I—London and North-Westerns, 86 ir rs vicko, Rhenish, 7i 61 dis.--East Lancashire, 84 85-- e 84 t. MANCHESTER—MAY 17. but ' There was a limited business doin most of theAda99i3 prices cl ose d rather steady. Leeds, g 85a—MidlanA d if Dovers, 18 9-16—Sheffields, 33I—Trunks, 7/—Midlan per Cent. Pref., 137 k. There was a flat b us i ness d one to-day m in this BIRMINGHASI—MAY 17. ket. M d nidla s, 931 s—G rea t W es t ern , Birmingha - ar 6 ait/ teed, 70j 74—South Staffords, 10I —London, 8 — Birmingha m Banking Co .-____ 4 roar BIRTHS. Ham' of „ FENWICK.—On the 16th i ns t , at Seaton Burn thunaberland, the wif e of Citorge J. Fenwiok, xon '' son. NOBLE.—On the 16th inst., at 50, Westbourne-ts— ..raCth Hyde -park, the wife of John Noble, Esq., of a son. of WILLIAMS.—On the 16th inst., at Hereford, the wifeoli.. John Price Williams, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a dal'. ter. WING.—On the 13th inst., at the Grove, West Cowes, th(l wife of Major Vincent Wing, of a daughter. MARRIAGES ~, air CHRISTIAN--THOMAS.—On the 16th inst , at Sev----Tha tics ton Rectory, Gloucestershire, the Hon . Mr. Ju s o , Christian, to Mary, eldest daughter of F. E. Thom Esq. LOCOCK—KING.—On the sth inst., at Athens, Sid -lice): Locock, Esq., Attache t o h er Majesty's Embassy at U , T o stantinople, fourth son of Sir Charles Locock, ar t n ' Abbie, third daughter of th e R ev. J onas King, D-• DEATHS. Colonel . BECHER.—On tho 2d ult , at Indore, Lieutenan t- it Charles Grant Becher, of the sth Bengal Light Cairalr and of Beatson Horse. DoKtr.opriaosu.g—laOnßtharetl.,sothf Jersey,i G ns ie t n , b a e t rvie. Lynedoch Dougl,ar; Esq., late 97th Regt., son . of the late Lieut.-General Girrz - w to s w . Esq., aged 83. • den --;Otillethßeevls. t T h . in mr st . ., G a i t t 2 te 3 n , s l3 , trayghedamist.errace, Col" HENRY. un - --:_ op n ina t c h et il4th inst , atßush-hill, Edmonton, Tho°' Henry, of 4, rAL General Si ThussELL.—On the 16th ' tat Ahi t I Seiko ins ~ sesee , • kohir , SAVAGE.—On the 14th inst ,at Bath, Thomas Savage, Sir jameßesrlinx7ttuhosnsi,enallsg,te,dJ.6car..Be.sPalmer, Eel., Esq., of Midsomer Norton. • SMITIL—On the 16th inst. at Leybourne Rectory; IC e1:14 Sir Michael Cusa c S m ith ; Bart., aged 65. ___.--ve_ LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO y oUNG' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1120 i Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coW►t7 Middlesex, Wednesday, May 18, 1859.