The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-13 00:00:00

SOCIAL SCIENCE. A large meeting was held at the Festival Ccncert Room, York, on Thursday evening, in advocacy of the Institute of Popular Science and Literature. The Rev. Canon Iley presided, and among the noblemen and gentlemen present were Lord Brougham, Earl Fitzwilliam, the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of York, Colonel Smth, M.P., and Mr. H. Pease, M.P. for South Durham. The CHAIRMAN, in his opening remarks, said, he rejoiced particularly that there was present an illus trious man (Lord Brougham), to whom the cause of education and the cause of general knowledge in England owes a deep debt of gratitude. (Cheers.) Ile referred to the palmy days of his lordship as a barriser of . the Northern Circuit, when his voice was so often heard in the assize courts at York, and to the circumstance of his having represented the whole of that great county in Parliament, and to his being afterwards called to occupy the highest station to which a subject of her Majesty can be called. (Applause.) Earl FITZWILLIAM then moved, " That in the opinion of this meeting the general diffusion of use ful knowledge is essential to the moral and physi cal well-being of the people." (Applause.) Mr. H. PEASE, M.P., seconded the resolution in a practical speech. Lord 'BROUGHAM, on rising, was greeted with loud cheers. He said,—Let me begin the few obser vations I am about to offer you by expressing the hearty pleasure, the real, entire, cordial satisfaction which I have in once more finding myself among my old constituents. (Cheers.) I never can come to York without being lost in admiration of those splendid monuments of antiquity which it contains and which surround it—monuments of an tiquity of the classic age of the world which are to be found in no other part of this island. .But it is not because York is amongst the most ancient — 1 : may say the most ancient city of England—it is not because it was the birthplace of Constantine, and at that time the centre of the nortion portion of the :Roman Empire—it is not because it contains the most magnificent monuments of architectural genius ve;rich are to be found in all England—and it is not because most fall of taste—most admirably judicious—vf the planting out of the gardens of which these ,-emains of Roman times are surrounded and intertwit•ed—it is not on these accounts, or any of them, tkl-at coming to York is now so inte resting to the aserver. That does not form the par ticular interest which I feel in coming here. But it is because of such .a meeting as I now see gathered before and around ine—it is because in York there is to be found a body of your fellow-citizens of all ages and of both sexes' , who are bent upon carrying forward the best of ph'ns, and for the most sacred of purposes—the elevatian of the human mind—the development of the human character by the pro gress of sound knowledge. (Cheers.) This it is that now gives York an interest which it never had in times bygone and past, and that it is which will, by the increase of those exertions—by the greater" energy with which they are conducted—by the greater success with which they are attended — renders, and will still further render, a visit to, and a residence in York, both interesting and edifying. (Cheers.) It is said that ingratitude is a worse sin than witchcraft. We don't believe in the existence of one of those sins; we hold its existence to be im - Possible. Would to Heaven I could say as much for iNe other, and as there can be no witchcraft, so let there be no ingratitude. I shall not be one to prac tise that sin, and show ingratitude to the people of York. for I owe to their kindness—l would say un connected as I was with the county—l owe to their peculiar personal kindness towards me that which I ever have regarded, and to my dying day' I shall regard, as by far the greatest honour which I have ever in my life received—(cheers) — an honour from which I was severed most reluc tantly, and when I was so severed from that high and highly prized honour, it was with a bitter pang that I gave it up. I would to -Heaven I had the means of testifying that gratitude more than by mere expressions to which I attempt to give utter ance. But I think it goes a certain way towards re paying the never-to-be-repaid, but as far as I can repay it—repaying that debt which Yorkshire im posed upon me by that act of kindness, by making one or two observations of apurely practical nature onnected with the object of our present meeting, ; I nd enbnected generally with the interest of the •reat county of York. And, now, I shall begin with th‘c last first, that I may get out of the way, as it d e , not particularly apply to our present meeting. W e have lately had a most happy change in the posts tie of our affairs in the East—l mean not merel . v by the suppression of that unnatural and execraNe but ever deeply to be deplored rebeltion, which a qsfigured the face of our Indian possessions, but by opening up relations with a part of the world further towards the rising sun than that —I mean Cr ina and Japan, where the curtain has been raised,' the former, it may be said, interposing itself between- our commerce and those empires. I won't repeat 1 - h e advice which a noble friend of mine gave the d ay' before yesterday at the Guildhall on this subject—.S( mad, excellent advice, not merely . fit to be followed, at necessary to be followed—not that I need repeat ; because you probably have read it—and that adWce was, that it behoves those who are going to trade with those countries which are open to our comme.-ce for the first time—that it deeply behoves them to h. ware of the character and habits of the agents who aru employed in conduct ing their business ; that rce xt it behoves them, not only through their agents, but all agents of Govern ment and others in those perts, commercially and otherwise—that it deeply behoves them to beware how they interfere with the rights and the feelings, and even with the prejudices of tie natives, and treat even those ignorant prejudices with all possible humanity and tenderness. (Applause.; But what I go upon is a step beyond that sound, end fit, and proper advice. The besetting sin of Eu,glishmen, the besetting sin of English traders, the I.sesetting sin of speculators, in foreign traffic, and oftentimes in home traffic, always is a reckless disposition to speculation and overtrading. (Cheers.) lam not now speaking in the West Riding or in the East Riding of this great county ; but, assuming that there may be some here from those great commer cial districts to hear my words, to them I give this advice :—Beware of that reckless spirit of over trading which has often, as new sources of traffic have been presented to the English public, been the ruin of many, and well nigh often operated in pro ducing general and wide-spread devastation in the commerce of this country. (Applause.) If it is pos sible to prevent that consequence from arising on any new scene of commercial speculation being opened, I only hope and trust that the next time I have the happiness of meeting my old constituents in any part of Yorkshire, I shall find that this ad vice, ;N:hich I humbly but confidently tender to them, has not 'been thrown away. (Applause.) And now, ladies and gentlemen, l e t me come to what forms the prominent object on the present occasion. The resolution which is put into my hand states that, in the absence of any thorough and complete System of national education, it becomes more im peratively necessary to resort to such a course as this institute follows, and to give all manner of in struction by mechanics' institutions, apprentice libraries, working men's libraries, all such means of instruction as can be afforded. I Wing() one further step and say, without any such qualification, that even if there had been happily, as I trud we shall soon live to see estzblished, a national - system of education—of what is called elementary education, a good system of school-teaching--I will say that even if there had been such, this institution and institutions of the like kind are not the less neces sary, but perhaps are the more wanted, because our worthy chairman has most justly observed, if you put the means of instruction into the hands of young People by teaching a course which is learnt at school, that even then it becomes absolutely necessary to urge them and to help them to go further, and to use the to o l s you have put into their possession for in structing and improving their minds by the pursuit of works eial tending to raise their moral, their religious se and their character — tending to make them better me n , better i citizens, and better Christians from that instruction. (Applause.) Lord Brougham then alluded t o the t. formation of the Association for the Improvement of Social Science--an association which, he said, had been form e d upon th e model and which a right rev, most esteemed friend of his i s tev. then present (the . Canon Harcourt) h a d th e ishin greatest hand in establ* cr—he Meant the British Association for the Advance%iet of Science. Hi s Lordship also referred to the Ae t t le that he had an hour or two before partaken of hospitaliti es at Bishopsthorpe, and then proceeded as follow s : —I hope and trust that this new association will be a s perfect as the other which has latterly (as I stated in my opening addr ess at Birmingh am ) gone a little further than physical science, and carried it a little within the bounds of social science. Nevertheless, as has beenVelt, it has been necessary to go a step further, and to make a more general and systematic association, which has been happily established during the last two years. Great is the advantage resulting from these ; and, though great errors have been committed and many mistakes have gone abroad respecting what was done and what Was left 'undone, vast good has been effected, and still greater good is in course of being accomplished. But there have been objections made of omissions in the many papers which were discussed a few weeks ago in the great town of Liverpool. One objection made was this, that we did not sufficiently deal in any of those papers on that prime virtue to all classes of the com munity, but most especially to the working classes — that prime virtue of temperance. No w, it is not cor rect to say that that important subject did not occupy our attention. We dwelt upon it • over an d ove r again, as absolutely.necessary for the improvement of the people—as that without which all our efforts at teaching, whether in primary schools or in lectures, or giving them the means of instruction by opening libraries and reading-rooms to them—that all these availed nothing if the beer shop and the gin-palace spread their pestilential lures around them, and opened their doors to cor rupt them while we were opening our doors to re claim them and instruct them ; and without incul cating the absolute necessity on all ranks, but on the working men especially, of temperance, we go absolutely and positively nothing. (Cheers.) One remark was made—a most important one—in a paper which I read in the author's absence—viz., a paper written by that eminent philanthropist Mr. Commissioner Hill, the Recorder of Birmingham a paper in which he gave the result of his inquiries during the last summer on the continent, in Munich and in Baden ; and the result of those inquiries proved, as stated in that paper, that in one of those great prisons every one of the culprits, without ex ception, was in confinement, says the great gover nor—that most eminent governor Overmirc, the governor of a prison which presents one of the brightest instances of wise humanity—that the many scores of prisoners under his care were in confinement entirely swing to beer and wine. The prison in Baden gave nearly the same result, but the one in Munich was the more remarkable case. The gaol was much more crowded, and there was there no exception to the fact that all the crimes committed was traceable to intemperance. It was a great accident that no report was made of this paper, but I must say the reports were most accu rate of the great Congress at Liverpool. Another objection has been taken, and it has been taken by persons,including some on the continent of the highest rank of all—l mean some upon the throne —ladies filling that high station—that we did not sufficiently attend to the wrongs and hardships of women in that congress at Liverpool ; and of the two branches to which our attention has been directed by those who chide us for the omission— of the two branches to which they particularly point, one is somewhat cultivated in this country, and one, I grieve to say, is not attended to at all. The one that has been cultivated is the establishment of what the French call " sisters of charity" among us—persons who in that country, being a Catholic country, are nuns, and are bound by vows which are disliked in this country ; but in Protestant countries, where there are no vows at all, the same institution has taken place, and with the samemost happy—l will add, the most blessed result. They arc a great consolation in the prisons as well as in the hospitals—they are the persons who make up and distribute all the medicine—they are, as I can answer from my own knowledge practically in the inatter;as well acquainted with the cbymical pre parations as the professional men themselves, and they devote their time, neglecting rest, and utterly regardless of reward—for reward they have none, and cannot have by the rules of the institution— all their time, by night and by day, is thus devoted • to the pious performance of these most pious works. (Applause.) I will say that this has not been alto gether neglected in this country, though, unhap pily, our attention at the congress at Liverpool was not specially directed to it ; but it has been well discussed in a most able tract by Mrs. Jame son, which she has printed and circulated very lately. Another objection has been taken with reference to a subject which, I am sorry to say, has received no !attention whatever in this country, though abroad it has produced the happiest effects. Nothing is so lamentable as the fortune of unhappy lathes—gentlewomen even of considerable station —upon the death of a parent, they by the accidents of life not having been married ; or upon the death of a husband, whence they come into widowhood without ample provision—nothing is so wretched, as those high authorities say, and they say justly, as the lot of unhappy gentlewomen of that descrip tion. Well, then, they have established chapters abroad, sometimes in Catholic countries, but just as often in Protestant countries, and sometimes upon Royal foundation, sometimes by the gift of charitably-disposed humbler individuals, sometimes by subscriptions judiciously levied, and sometimes by a kind of insurance during the life of the parent, or during the life of the husband, those ladies are provided for at his decease. A presentation is secured, and an entry into the establishment is pro vided. The happiest results have come from these admirable establishments, and we at our congress have, from these high quarters, been chid for not having turned our attention thitherward. My I answer has been, that no sooner was it suggested than I made it my duty to attend to it. I have acted lately in my sovereign capacity as president, but my noble friend Lord J. Russell has been ap pointed my successor, or, at all events, as a kind of Regent. I wished to abdicate, but I was not allowed to abdicate, and therefore I speak still as president of that institution. (Applause.) The chapter is receiving these communications from abroad, and I deem it my duty to lose no time in bringing the subject before my brethren, and I hope very soon something like a plan will be drawn up. Knowing the great difficulty that arises in various quarter s, and among others from the nature of our admirable countrywomen, who in some re spects are no better natured than any other women —knowing there is a kind of self-will about those who are in those establishments, as we of our sex have occasion to know—(laughter) we don't always find when we experiment on a small scale— the managers have not found it always perfectly easy to make them live entirely well together. (Renewed laughter.) Those difficulties we don't disguise, but we endeavour to meet them in the front, and with the blessing. of Heaven on our endea vour, we seek to give this great benefit and boon to our countrymen. (Applause.) His lordship then remarked, with respect to this institution, that he felt deeply grieved to perceive that there was one class who had not taken the full benefit of it. He then showed the small charge that was made per annum for membership, and referred to a con versation a friend of his had had with one of his constituents at Sheffield, whom he urged to lay by as much as would pay £lO per year, in order to enable him to have a vote, but he found the man's objection was that every penny of that kind would come off his beer. Lord Brougham then stated the delight he bad experienced in hearing a working man at Liverpool state that if a man ( - tees not choose to stint himself of his beer to a small aoount by the week, in order to obtain the elective fray chide, it is a proof of one of two things, either that he does not value the franchise, or he is not to ecjoy it. Lord Brougham next urged that the members of such institutions as these had no right even to study for their own advantage and that of others unless they had previously fully discharged their duty to their employers, and he gave his own case as an example, observing that he had never devoted himself to study until all his professional duties had been to the last tittle fully, faithfully, and zealously performed. Lord Brougham concluded his address as follows :—lt were needless for me to say one word in vindication of all those means that are taken to elevate the human character, to raise it by instruction, by improvement, by every species of education that can be offered for the wholesome acquisition, I hope, of sound knowledge—it is needless to demonstrate a thing which is as clear as the light at midday. .What is it that raises and makes us what we are, that raises us from the level, I may say, almost of the lower animals? It is not merely the outward form of man. As Cowper,.one of the greatest of our poets, has said— " The outward form of man bespeaks control, It borrows all its grandeur from the soul ; Hers is the state, the empire, and the throne, An intellectual kingdom all her own." (Cheers.) That kingdom which we avow ourselves to be some of us the subjects, others the ministers of, and it is that kingdom which makes the distinc tion from the grovelling man—the mere human being without mind—the man who is almost on a level with the lower animals. (Cheers.) His Lord ship finally thanked his auditory for the attention with which they had listened to his remarks. Colonel SMYTH spoke of the useful reforms which Lord Brougham had accomplished, observing that, as Lord John Russell said at Liverpool, in every thing that pertains to the well-being of the people they could not go a step without seeing the hand of Brougham. (Cheers.) He fervently hoped that his lordship, who cut asunder the chains of slavery, might long be spared to this country, to help those who guide public affairs °and preside over the destinies of the nation, by his experience and by his counsel. (Renewed cheers.) The Rev. Canon Harcourt, the Rev. Canon Robinson, the Lord Mayor, and others, also ad dressed the mecing, and a cordial vote of thanks to Lord Brougham, Earl Fitzwilliam, and the other gentlemen who had taken part in the proceedings, was carried amid enthusiastic cheering. Lord BROUGHAM, in returning thanks, referred to the struggles of Wilberforce and others for the that abolition of the slave trade, and then spoke to the mea , tire following effect :— I cannot ' make this reference to borne by my without feeling that his name, right rev. friend the most able and posed—l eloquent Bishop rl deeply of Oxford Oxford, has lately been ex insult, but to an grieve att to say—l won't say to this country, and though enl it insult, in one part of splendid and most effeetivet e s i sms put down by the me great of my right rev. friend, yet it gave great gratifi ca ti on men, both l aymen and clergymen th o a f t leading t i ieDissentin g congregations" to please w h o m that absurd effort was made, were the fir s t to pssin to writing their abhor rence and disgust of the x rtie•eatment he experienced. ( Applause.) It e put me in mind of what mv, venerated friend once said on a similar occasion when he had been attacked in the same way by utterly false statements, by fabrications which had not a shadow of foundation THL SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EV 'ENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1858. in fact, but which had been repeated within the walls of Parliament, happily in his presence. lie then made an observation which was very effective, verifying the truth of a remark made either by Porson or some great wit, that every animal has some peculiar cry—some braying loud and in an offensive manner, others hiss in an equally offensive manner, and others, more powerful, and therefore less contemptible, roar and bellow. (Laughter.) Each has its particular cry, and therefore, said my hon. friend, it no more offends me to be assailed by a clamour indoors which is echoed by an outer door clamour, than it does when I go into the fields and hear the bray, the hiss, or the roar of those in ferior animals. (Renewed laughter.) That was the substance of my friend's happy and felicitous answer to all those attacks, and which his eloquent son, the Bishop of Oxford, might have repeated at Bradford, had he been aware of the fact. I share a little with my right rev. friend, for in an address at Liverpool on the subject of popular literature I said the newspapers no longer wanted to drain into them the slander of the slander-mongers by carrying over the filth which used to be spread over the rest of the press into one channel, as the good taste of lite rary men and of the public now made that drain no longer necessary ; but I was grieved to find that there were certain periodical publications which were still undrained, which still required to be drained, and among these there were those called religious, but most falsely called religious journals. Nevertheless, that was the case, and a remark was made by a friend that if he was to have slander served up to him he would much rather have it common slander than smothered in religi ous thoughts. (Laughter.) Not the slightest allu sion was made by me to any one part of the press —not the slightest reference to any individual or to any journal. It was a mere general remark, but it turned out that the cap thus thrown out was sup posed by some person to fit him, and he picked it up and began attacking those whom, he supposed, had been attacking him. The attack was that I had always been in my dotage, and that I was always a great enemy of the Evangelical portion of the Church and clergy. That was well known, it was said ; and also that I was an enemy particu larly of the sect of Independents. Upon the ques tions relating to the abolition of the slave trade, upon the questions relating to West Indian slavery, and upon the questions of edneation and the diffu sion of knowledge I had been the coadjutor of the Evangelical, party ; and as to that sect called the Independents, most people have heard of Mr. Smith, the missionary's case in the House of Commons, and in 1824 I brought forward a motion which put an end to the West Indian slave trade. (Applause,) My defence of Mr. Smith, the missionary, was the defence of an Independent clergyman, and I pre faced that defence by an elaborate panegyric--it might have been very dull, but it was a very elabo rate panegyric of the Independents—a sect to whom I said, the liberties of his country owed a debt of gratitude that never could be repaid, in the 17th century and ever since and that from that time downwards, whatever difference in opinion I might have on ecclesiastical or doctrinal points, they had been more than any other sect the friends of uni versal toleration. (Applause.) It is the Indepen dents who made this attack on my right rev. friend and myself, and this shows my hostility to the sect of the Independents ! I mention this as a sample of the degree of truth which is to be found in some quarters, though I only saw it secondhand,—l did not see the paper itself. It was said I had introduced Robert Owen to the social congress at Liverpool, and I was well known as a friend of his opinions. I introduced him as the planter and founder of infant schools. Lord Melbourne introduced him to the Queen, and he was very much blamed by those who did not know on what ground he was introduced. In in troducing him I expressly said, " As to his other opinions they are his own, and not mine." (Cheers.) My right rev. friend (the Bishop of Oxford) may be quite satisfied, not with the course of proceeding at Bradford, but with the course adopted by the Dissenters of every denomination, which did them the greatest possible honour. I may add, from having seen their correspondence and their publi cations—for they viewed that attack not only with abhorrence, but with disgust--I may add, that the persons who were set on were not Yorkshiremen —that was ascertained ; and it was also ascertained that persons had been hired who were not English men at all. (Cheers.) A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the meeting. TRIAL FOR MURDER 1 2V - SCOTLAND. - - T AGH, Nov. 11. E again B t ?1. • lay, at 10 o'clock, T p l r i o c e ll ec i d gh wi C th ou t r h t to Jiam Reid, and ad ditional evidence was called fe ,r the prosecution. Mary Nimmo deposed, -4 reside in Linlithgow. I was intimately acqUitin 4 :,ed with the late Dr. the trial of Wl' Thomas Girdwood. He as in the habit of some times writing to me, aiLd o:f visiting my father and myself. I expected avi sit from him on Saturday, the 4th of September, Nit he did not come. I re ceived a letter from him of i the Monday morning, explaining that, having be m called away to a dis tance, he could riot come. I went to Larbert on the Monday, with another yo' ang lady. Dr. Thomas Girdwood joined us, and I : remainea in his company some time. Interrogated-- -Did he say anything to you then about Reid? (0 ,uestion objected to, but allowed.) I asked Dr. kirirdwood if he did not take any drink. He sit id, no ; but that William Reid was anxious for hii 1 to take it. He said he had seen him the day 134 More, but he did not say where. _ _ _ Cross-examined—Girder 'ood seemed in remark ably good spirits on the Monday. It did not seem as if there was anything: on his mind. Shown a letter written by Girdwoc sd, which was handed to her in the Fiscal's office in Linlithgow, after his death. The letter, which was dated 6th of Sep tember, was then read, wit.ness having left the box. It was to this effect :—" My dear Mary —my only dear, dear Mary.—Forgive vie what I have done. Circumstances render my life of no use on this earth. Pray forget me. Yet, dearest, in taking this final farewell, I pray thee to look with some little indulgence on me. Pray for me, darling— for one whose faults have been more the result of circumstances than any real desire. This is a dreadful welcome, to you on your birthday, for I really and truly love you, with a love that cannot be uttered," &c. William Hutton Forrest, surgeon, Stirling, was examined as to the report made by him along with Drs. Hamilton and Myrtle on the foetus, and on the body of the deceased Margaret Taylor. He stated his belief that' the wounds on the womb of deceased had been inflicted during life, that abor tion had ensued from these wounds, and had been the cause of death. Witness was also cross-ex amined at some length as to the details of the re port and the conclusions drawn from it. The prisoner's declaration was then read. It con sisted of an emphatic denial of the charges against him, and a refusal to answer any questions on the subject. This concluded the case for the Crown. Evidence in exculpation was then heard. Dr. Matthews Duncan, lecturer to the Royal College of Surgeons—My practice in midwifery is very extensive. I have seen the report on the death of Margaret Taylor. Looking to the appear ances explained in the report, I do not see sufficient ground for the conclusions drawn. I find a suffi cient explanation of the cause of death without refer ring to the wounds at all. The rupture of the left ovary there described, and the effusion of blood and the inflammation arising therefrom, are sufficient to account for death. Anything causing the rupture, and the consequent effusion and inflammation, would be sufficient to account for death. Even in the absence of the ruptured ovary, I should have been far from accounting for death by the wounds. They might indirectlyhave been the cause of death. They might have led to abortion, and to dangerous consequences, but they did not necessarily do so. Supposing the wounds to have been made by the wire of a catheter, they would not necessarily ac count for the inflammation ; for, on the contrary, larger wounds were sometimes made in " explora tory" investigations on living subjects. These in vestigations might not be made without risk, but they were sometimes found necessary. Painful dis charge was often a symptom of disease of the ovary. Rupture might occur at the periods from natural causes, when the woman was pregnant. The more morbid the state of the ovary, this would be the more likely to occur. Taking the symptoms of the pa tient, and the statements of the report, I think all these would be accounted for by the rupture of the ovary. The effusion and consequent inflammation would be very likely to bring on miscarriage. I do not think the stylet of a catheter would have produced the rupture of the ovary which is described in the report. It is not an uncommon circumstance in my profession for unmarried females who are pregnant to request that such an operation might be performed—namely, the puncturing of the mem brane of the ovary, with the view to bring on pre mature labour. Of course no respectable man would listen to such a request. It is not a very safe ope- ration at any time. I;think it very improbable that a person unacquainted with surgery could have in flicted the wounds described in the report at the deceased's period of pregnancy. It would be very difficult, under any circumstances, for an unprac tised hand to make the wounds on the uterus with out injuring any other part, but it might have been done by one who knew the conditions of a pregnant woman, and these could not readily be learned from mere description by any unskilled person. In cross-examination witness said—An unpro fessional hand might more likely succeed in - punc turing the ovary at the deceased's period of preg nancy than at any other, but any teaching given him was more likely to confuse than to direct him. By the Lord Justice Clerk—The rupture of the ovary may have preceded the cause of abortion, or it may have been a concomitant of it, or it may have been the sole cause of it. It might be ascribed to the primary cause of abortion; but to it, and not to the abortion, I would ascribe the fatal result. The abortion might, therefor e , b e , th oug h no t pri marily, the cause of death. Dr. H. D. Littlejohn, Surgeon of Police and Lecturer to the Royal College of Surgeons_ I have seen the report on the body o f Mar garet Taylor. It does not appear to me that the conclusions of the report are warranted by the appearances described in it. The ovary is de scribed as ruptured, but no connexion is traced between the rupture and the wounds described. That organ is apt to rupture in consequence of disease, and I am of opinion that it did rupture in consequence of disease, and that it occasioned death. I see no evidence in the statements in the report that deceased died from the effects of violence of any kind, but the appearances arc quite consistent with death from natural causes, in the ordinary ac ceptation of the term. I cannot tell what produced the rupture. I would infer from the report that the wounds were inflicted by a skilled hand. It would require a knowledge of anatomy of the parts to reach the proper place. I have little doubt from the report that it was a skilled hand that produced the wounds. Cross-examined--Exertion of any kind might produce rupture of a diseased ovary. The exertion of vomiting might. It is po3sible that the wounds may have been made by an unskilled hand. An intelligent person receiving instructions from a surgeon might perform the operation at this period, but he would in all probability do it improperly. Re-examined--At any period the chances would be greatly against an unskilled person being able to perform the operation successfully. He might, no doubt, be able to reach the womb ; but the diffi culty would be to do so without injury to the other parts. Witnesses were then called to prove that Reid was at Newlands, some miles distant, on the Sun day evening ; that Margaret Taylor had received an offer of marriage from John Black some weeks before her death; and that Reid had been seen walkinc , along the banks of the Avon on the Sun day, about mid-day. The Lord-Advocate then addressed the jury for the Crown, ul - the Bean of Faculty for the pri soner. The Lord Justice Clerk then summed up in a lengthened address to the jury. He proceeded to point out that therewere three courses, or rather four, open to the jury in the way of finding a verdict for the prosecution. The charge was, in the first place, murder, and under that charge there was always the alternative in their hands, as the evidence should justify, of finding a verdict of murder or of culpable homicide. Then there was the second charge of causing or procuring abortion, which they might find proved, if they did not find that the abortion was the cause of death ; and thethird charge of using instruments for the purpose of abortion, which they might-convict upon, even although it should not be proved that abortion was caused by the means used. He reviewed the evidence at great length, remark ing on the improbability of Margaret Taylor soli citing the operation, and directing the jury that it was not necessary, in order to bring home the charge to the prisoner, that the act was absolutely commit ted by his land. If he was either the employer of Thomas Girdwood, or if he acted in concert with him, or if he stood by and saw it done, he was guilty art and part, just as much as if he himself had done it. It seemed to be doubted whether an unskilled person could attempt the operation, and probably the safest conclusion they could come to there was that it was not proved that any but a professional hand could have clone it; but that by no means ended the case against the prisoner. On the con trary, it would be an extraordinarvthing y to suppose that, with Girdw oo d p resen t an d ready to perform the operation, the prisoner -should have proceeded to do it under his direction. The question was, whe ther the prisoner employed Girdwood, or was there aiding and assenting to it for purposes connected with his own interests. The Lord Justice Clerk then entered upon consideration of the medical evidence remarking that the evidenceofthe medical men pre sent at the post mortem examination was clear that the .appearances onthe womb were wounds inflicted from without on a living subject, and that whether the ruptured ovary was the cause of death, still, if it was a concomitant of the miscarriage, or if it arose from a morbid conditicin set in action by the miscarriage, but which might not have produced death, the fatal result was to be attributed to the abor tion, though that might not have been the primary or sole cause. No matter how many stages they might have to trace the cause of death—if it in any way originated from the abortion, that was enough for the prosecutrix. His Lordship con cluded by remarking that if the wounds caused death the first charge was proved ; if they pro duced abortion the second was proved ; and that if their use and intent was to procure abortion the third was proved. The jury retired shortly before 6 o'clock, and re turned into court at •20 minutes before 7, when their chancellor delivered the following verdict : "The jury unanimously find theprisoner not guilty of the first charge ; and, with regard to the second and third charges, find him guilty as libelled." The Lord Justice Clerk then passed sentence on the prisoner of seven years' penal servitude. The prisoner, who kept his eyes bent on the ground during the address of the judge, betrayed no si g n of emotion on hearing his sentence, and was immediately afterwards removed. Duing the whole of the trial the court-room was crowded to excess ; women were not admitted, FROM THE GAZETTE OF YESTERDAY WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 9. The Queen, taking into her Royal consideration that his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of 'Wales, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and , tiy virtue of the statutes of the said Order, a _constituent mei nber thereof, has not yet assumed the Still assigned to ' the Prince of Wales in the Royal Chapel of St. George, at Windsor, and having, as Sovereign of the said Order, the.inherent right of dispensing with all statutes, ordinances, and regulations in regard to Installation, her Majesty lims been pleased, by Letters Patent under her Royal Sign Manual and the Great Seal of the Order, bearing date this day, t. 3 give and grant unto his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, full power and authority to wear and us e the Star, and also to wear and use the Collar and all othe r Ornaments be longing to the said Most Noble Order, at od to sit in the Stall assigned to the Prince of Wales, in.° ur Royal Chapel of St. George, at Windsor, and to tnci rcise , all rights and privileges belonging to a Knight Companion of the said Most Noble Order, in as full and ample manner as if his Royal - Highness had been formally inAtalled, any decree, rule or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Noy. 11. - -- The Queen has been pleased to aippro ye of Mr. Robert Stein as Consul at Port Louis, Mauritix' Is, for his Majesty the King of Prussia. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S•COTJNCIL CHAMBER, BUCKINGHAM-GATE, Nov. 11. _ The names of those who have been nominated by the Council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, to serve the office of Sheriff of the county of Cornwall : John Tremayne, of Heligan, Esq. • Humphry Willyams, of Carnanton, Esq. John Francis Bassett, of Tehidy, Esq. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 12. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Cornet Clermont Costobadie to be Lieutenant, without purchase_: 7th Light Dragoons—Major Sir William Russell, Bart., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice James Macaul Hagart, C. 8., who retires; Captain William Babington to be Major, by purchase, vice Russell, Lieutenant Charles William Paulet to be Captaiii, by purchase, vice Babington. 16th Light Dragoons—The first Christian name of Cornet Harmar is Morton, and not Moreton, as stated in the Gazette of the 26th October. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Edward :Kate to be Second Captain, vice H. E. Saunders, deceased. Royal Engineers—Brevet-Colonel Henry Servante to be Colonel, vice Ord, removed as a General Officer ; Brevet- Colonel Edward Frome, from the Supernumerary List, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Servante ' • Second Captain and Brevet-Major Louis John Amadee Armit to be Cap tain, vice George Ross, placed on the Seconded List; Lieutenant Robert Hawthorn to be Second Captain, vice Brevet-Major Cowell, placed on the Seconded List ; Lieutenant Gerald Graham to be Second Captain, vice Armit. - 2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Reginald Thoresby Gwyn, from the 40th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Harvey, ap pointed to the 25th Foot. 10th Foot—Captain John Byron, from the 34th Foot, to be Captain, vice Nedham, who exchanges ; Quartermas ter Sergeant Nicholas Whitton to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Rudge, promoted ; William Whitla, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Scott, pro- moted. _ 12th Foot William Lewis Murphy, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dudgeon, promoted. 13th Foot—Richard Hare Home, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Turville, promoted. 14th Foot—Henry McLeod Hutchison,; Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Bryce, promoted. 15th Foot—Captain Algernon Rbbinson Sewell to be Major, without purchase, vice Mansergh, dismissed the Service by sentence of a General Court Martial ; Lieut Archibald Butler, from the 93d Foot, to be Captain with- out purchase, vice Sewell. 17th Foot—Ensign Alexander Finder, from the 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hussey, whose promotion to the 39th Foot, on 20th September, 1858, has been cancelled. 24th Foot—Charles 'William Story, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Church, promoted. 25th Foot—Charles Robert Leslie, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ramadge, promoted. 27th Foot—Ensign Ormsby Cox, from the 9th Foot, to be Ensign in succession to Lieutenant Langford, promoted in the 17th Foot. 29th Foot—James Henry Herbert Croft, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Fursdon, promoted. 30th Foot—Ensign Charlesßoger, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stevenson, promoted. 34th Foot—Captain Charles Nedham, from the 10th Foot, to be Captain, vice Byron, who exchanges ; Montagu Hornsby Jones, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gilley, promoted in the 20th Foot ; James L. N. Willis, Gent., -to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Home, promoted in the 18th Foot; Paymaster Jones Robert Lloyd Percy, from the Leitrim Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Roche, appointed to a Depot Battalion. 38th Foot—William Uvedale Miller, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Skey, promoted. The first Christian name of Ensign Pringle, appointed, without purchase, on 10th September, 1858, is Norman. 39th Foot—F. W. Clarkson, .Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice. Blennerhasset, promoted in the 21st Foot. The removal of Ensign 0. J. Bradford from the 17th Foot on Sept. 17, 1858, is vice Archdall, promoted in the 20th, and not vice Hussey, promoted in 17th Foot, as previously stated. The Commission of Lieut. A. F. Raper, as Adjutant, to bear date Aug. 21, in lieu of Sept. 17, 1958, as previously stated. • 40th Foot—R. T. Gwyn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase in succession to Lieut. Buckle, promoted. 41st Foot—Ensign M. T. Quayle to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Byam, deceased. 46th Foot—L. W. Herchmer, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Coucher, promoted. 48th Foot—W. Farley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Goddard, promoted. 50th Foot J: W. Walkem, Gent., to be Ensign, without . purchase, vice Wilson, promoted. - 55th Foot—:EHerbert Richard Hudson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dowler, appointed to the 23d Foot. 61st Foot—Edward .Ellis Borton, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Murphy, promoted. 63d Foot—Ensign Alfred Stokes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Marson, .promote' d; Lieutenant George Clutterbuck . to _be Adjutant, vice Marson, pro moted. 71st Foot—Lieutenant E. P. W. Browne to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sir Lionel E. Smith, Bart., who retires. 74th Foot—Colour-Sergeant Archibald Whimster to be En sign, withoutsurchase, -fico Richards, promoted in the sth Foot. 83d Foot—Reginald _Kennett Gibb, Gent., to be Znsigri, without puchasti, in succession to Lieutenant Meurant, promoted. 84th Foot—Arthur Henry Messiter, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dribcrg, promoted. 87th Foot—The Christian name of Capt. Fitzgerald is Or mond, and not Armond, as stated in the Gazette of 9th Nov. 90th Foot-'Frederick Home Carleton, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieut. Synge , de ceased. _ 91st Foot—Robert Butt Wesley, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Holloway, promoted. 94th Foot—Ensign Henry Farrer, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Leech, promoted in the 24th Foot ; Percival Richards, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wheeler, promoted in the Sth Foot. 3d West India Reiiment—Henry Farrer, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Mather, promoted. Cape Mounted Rifle Regiment—Staff-Surgeon Alex. Geo. Montgomery to belSurgeon, vice Small, who exchanges. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieut. William Gny to be Adju tant, vice Gorman, who resigns the Adjutancy only. St. Helena Reg . iment—George Vautier Lambe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice William Cleather Gordon, who resigns. Royal Malta Fencibles—Major Antonio Mattei to be Lieu-. tenant-Colonel, with local and temporary rank, vice Brevet-Cylonel S. Baynes, retired upon half-pay ; Cap tain and Brevet-Major Saverio Gatt to be Major, with local and temporary rank, vice Mattel ; Lieutenant Guiseppe Sesino to be Captain, with local and temporary rank, vice Saverio Gatt ; Ensign Philippo Giacomo Cassar Desain to be Lieutenant, with local and temporary rank, vice Sesino. DEPOT BATTALION. Paymaster Charles Boyse Roche, from the. 34th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Cubitt, appointed to the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone. STAFF. Paymaster Edward McMullin, formerly of,a Depot Bat talion, and attached as Paymaster to a Recruiting District, to be Paymaster of a Recruiting District, vice Woodgate, who retires upon half-pay. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon John Small, from the Cape Mounted Rifle Regi ment, to be Surgeon, vice Montgomery, who exchanges. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Mountjoy Martyn, of. the 2nd Life Guards, having completed three years' actual ser vice in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 29th August, 1858, to be Colonel in the Army under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. Colonel William Redman Ord, of the Royal Engineers, to be Major*General, vice Sir William. Reid, deceased. Paymaster John Woodgate, retired upon half-pay of a Recruiting District, to be Major in the Army, the rank being honorary only. BREVET. The undermentioned promotions to take place in suc cession to the Colonels promoted to be Major-Generals under the Royal Warrant of the 14th October, 18.58 : TO BE COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Lieutenant-Colonel Hamlet Coote Wade, C. 8., Captain half-pay Ist Dragoon Guards. Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Myers, Major half-pay Royal Staff Corps. Lieutenant -Colonel Ferdinand Whittingham, C. 8., 4th Foot. Lieutenant -Colonel Cyprian Bridge, 58th Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Sydenham Conway, C.D., Grenadier Guards. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Le Marchant, Major h a lf_ pay Unattached. Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Alfred Paget, Major half-pay Unattached. Lieutenant-Colonel John Singleton, 11th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel Alfred F. W. Wyatt, Major 65th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel Richard Gardiner, Major 76th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel H. D. Crofton, 17th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel J. R. Blagden Hale, Captain half-pay Unattached. Lieut.-Colonel Arthur St. George H. Stepney, C. 8., Coldstream Guards. Lieut.-Colonel Charles Hind, Major half-pay linat. tached. Lieut.-Colonel Augustus F. Anson, Major half-pay Un attached, Town Major, Halifax, N.S. Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Hooke Pearson, Major half-pay Unattached. Lieut.-Colonel Lawrence Fyler, 12th Light Dragoons. Lieut.-Colonel Archibald Campbell, Captain half-pay 2d Ceylon Regiment, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. e';Lieut.-Colonel James John Graham, Major half-pay Unattached, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Lieut.-Colonel Sir James E. Alexander, 14th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel Perceval Brown, Capt. half-pay 62d Foot. Lieut.-Colonel Edward L'Estrange, Captain 70th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel R. H. Beaumont Beaumont, Captain Un attached. _ _ _ Lieut.-Colonel William H. Robinson, Captain half-pay Unattached. Lieut.-Colon 21Richard W. Bamford, Captain Unattached, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Lieut.-Colonel George Mylius, Captain half-pay Unat tached, Town Major, Dublin. Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Josephus Deverell, 77th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel Edward Trevor, half-pay Royal Artillery, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Henry Louis Wyatt, Major 11th Foot. Ueut.-Colonel G. Herbert Frederick Campbell, Captain half-pay Staff Corps, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Lieut.-Colonel Jasper Byng Creach, Captain half-pay, 48th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel Edward A. G. Muller, Major Depot Bat talion. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles F. Parkinson, Captain half pay Unattached, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Lieut.-Colonel Augustus F. Blyth, Captain half-pay 3d West India Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Frederick Thomas Maitland, Captain half pay Staff Corps. Lieut.-Colonel Richard Leckonby Phipps, Major, half pay Unattached. Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Tulloch, half-pay Unattached. emissions to bear date the 26th October, 1858. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Promised Land (offered) 20 to 1 agst Electric (t) 100 to 3 agst Gaspard (t) 40 to 1 agst Rainbow (t) 50 to 1 agst Brother to Sydney (t) 5000 to 75 agst Aston (t) • The above were the only horses backed for the Derby. CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 15 offers to take about naming the winner. WINDSOR STEEPLECHASES.—FRIDAY. The Hunters' Stakes, of 5 sous each, with 20 added; lOsi each. Winners extra. To be ridden by officers. About three miles. 7 subs. Mr. Jackson nas. Haphazard, 12st (Mr. Crymes) 1 Capt. Vansittart's Hindoo, 12st 71b (including 71b extra) (Mr. Thacker) 0 Mr. Davis's The Farmer, 12st 71b (including 71b extra) (Captain Townley) 0 Betting-7 to 4on Hindoo. The Farmer and Hindoo refused the first fence, and Hap hazard, after repeatedly refusing and bolting, came in alone amid the derision of the spectators. On returning to scale an objection was made to the winner on the ground that he had been assisted by the " removal" of hurdles. The case was investigated by the stewards, who decided that Hap hazard was entitled to the stakes. Windsor Town Plate (Handicap) of £5O. About three miles. 11 subs. Mr. Martin's Nigger Lass, Bst 71b (Mr. Edwards) 1 Mr. Jones's Chance, 10st 121 b (Donaldson) 2 The followinp:also ran:—Too-Late-to-Mend, Flatcatcher, Half-Caste, and Ratcatcher. Betting-7 to 4 agst Too-Late-to-Mend, sto 2 agst Nig ger Lass, 4 to 1 each agst Flateatcher and Chance. Won by 15 lengths. The others fell at different periods of the encounter. Grand Military Steeple Chase of 10 sous each, h ft, with 100 added. To be ridden by officers ; 12st each. Win ners extra. The second to save his stake. About four miles. 10 subs. Mr. Briscoe's Abd-el-Kader, 12st 51b (includ. 51b extra) (Mr. Boyd) 1 Mr. Ferguson'4 Milkmaid, 12st 51b (includinr: 51b extra) (Mr. Crymes) 2 Viscount Talon's Young Magnet, 12st 51b (inc. 51b extra) (Owner) 0 Abd-el-Kader made most of the running, and won by 15 lengths. Young Magnet refused the jump at the back of the stand the first time round and took no further part in the race. A Selling Steeplechase of 5 sous each, with 20 added , list 7.1 b each ; the winner -to be sold for 80 sovs ; allowances if for less, &c. About three miles. 6 subs. Mr. J. Welch's Chelmanton (at)), list nb (B. Land, jun.) 1 Mr. Rogers's Sportsman (S6O), list (Mr. Gamage) 2 • The • folloWing also ran :--Thigliodora, Prince Alfred, The Giant, and Lilford. Betting-5 to 4 agst Chelmanton, 3to 1 agst Lilford, 4to 1 agst any other. Won by ten lengths. All but the first two refused or fell. Brigliodora drrgged his rider by the rein halfway across a field. He was, however, remounted, his rider being unhurt. The winner was sold to Mr. Hitehin. for 84 guineas. The weather was extremely fine, and the attendance nu merous. The sport commences this day (Saturday) at one, and large fields and superior sport are anticipated. RACING FIXTL FEBR JRES FOR 1859. .VARY. Liticolm MA 16 Liverpool Spring 1 Coventry Nottingham Spring 8 Derby Spring lO Warwick Spring lo Northampton 29 RIL. Newmarket Craven .. 25 Ludlow 19 Bath 24 Harpenden 27 Epsom Summer 3l N". Bthury Club 29 Stockbridge 30 Worcester Summer 30 Nottingham 19 Stamford Goodwood 26 UST. York August l7 Egham 23 Stockton 25 Lichfield 29 Derby 3l :MEEK. I Monmouth Manchester Autumn ....23 ..21 I Newmarket F.O 27 OCTOBER. Croxton Park Epsom Spring 15 MAY. York Spring 3 Newmarket F. S. 9 Shrewsbury 17 Salisbury _ Ascot 14 Manchester l5 Hampton 22 - Winchester 'l Newmarket July 5 Liverpool July 13 Brighton Brighton Club 5 Lewes Wolverhampton North Staffordshire Reading lO Warwick Doncaster 13 Leicester Bedford 6 Newmarket H 24 Newmarket S.O. 10 NoVE :MBER. Worcester Autumn 2 I Liverpool Autumn .. 9 THE TERCENTENARY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S ACCESSION.—The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs have signified their intention of attending the commemoration of Queen Elizabeth's accession on the 17th instant at Christ Church, Newgate -Street, where a sermon will be preached by the Rev. Hugh M‘Neille ' D.D., hon. canon of Chester. Divine worship will begin atll o'clock. SEPT: 6 TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Major Michael Goold Adams, Captain half-pay Unat tached. . Major George F. Murray, Captain, 65th Foot. Major Thomas Byrne, 10th Foot. Major Edward Moore, 11th Foot. Major Richard M. Best, 10th Foot. Major Fitz William Walker, Royal Canadian Rifle Regi ment. Major Robert Pitcairn, Captain half-pay, 6th Garrison Battalion, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Major Donald Stewart, Captain half-pay 84th Foot, Staff- Officer of Pensioners. Major George Ponsonby Hume, 15th Foot. Major Edward Osborne Broadley, Captain half-pay Un attached, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Major Owen Lloyd Ormsby, Captain half-pay Unat tached, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Major Henry Craigic Brewster, 76th Foot. Major Charles Beamish, 35th Foot. Major Henry Gahan, Captain, Saint Helena Regiment. Major Colling,wood Fenwick, Captain 76th Foot. .Major George Munro, Captain half-pay Unattached, Staff-Offica* of Pensioners. Major Robert Russell Harris, Captain half-pay 60th Foot, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Major Francis Percy Nott, half-pay Ist Garrison Batta lion, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Major John R. Wheeler, 29th Foot. Major A. T. Allan, 81st Foot. Major Thomas Ross, 73d Foot. Major Broadley Harrison, 10th Light Dragoons. Major Albert Watson, half-pay Unattached. Major Frederick J. Phillott; half-pay Unattached. Major Charles D. Robertson, Captain Royal Engineers. Major Wyndham E. Bewes, Captain 73d Foot. Major Henry John Shaw, 45th Foot. • Major William Clarges Wolfe, half-pay Unattached. Major John Miller, half-pay Unattached. Major Jonas P. Hardy, half-pay Unattached. Major John Johnston, half-pay Unattached. Major Charles W. Green, half-pay Unattached. Major Henry Duke of Beaufort, half-pay Unattached. Major Francis Peyto.l, 9Sth Foot. • Major John Francis Kemp'c, 12i;b. Foot. Major William T. Dickson 11th. Light Dragoons. Major George B. T. Colman, half-2ay Unattached. Commissions to bear date the 26th October, 1858. TO BE MASORS IN THE ARMY. Captain Robert Michael Laffan, Royal Engineers. Captain George Bayly, half-pay Unattached, Staff- Officer of Pensioners. Captain Thomas Edmund Mulock, 70th Foot. Captain Arthur Henry Freeling, Royal Engineers. Captain Hugh Smith Baitlie, Royal Horse Guards. Captain Charles F. Campbell, 87th Foot. Captain Digby St. Vincent Hamilton, half-pay Unat tached, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Captain William Pilsworth, half-pay Unattached, Staff- Officer of Pensioners. Captain Hampden Clement B. Moody, Royal Engineers, Captain William Anderson, 2d West India Regiment. Captain George Archibald Leach, Royal Engineers. Captain P. J. Stapleton Barry, Royal Engineers. Captain G. W. Raikes, half-pay 76th Foot, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Captain James M. Brown, 93d Foot. Captain George R. Campsie, Ceylon Rifle Regiment. Captain Benjamin Bloomfield Keane, half-pay Unat tached, Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Captain H. A. Welman, Adjutant Depot Battalion. Captain Lord Geo. John Manners, Royal Horse Guards. Captain Thos. Andrew Rawlins Staff-Captain, Chatham. Captain Thomas Hare, Cape Rawlins, Riflemen. Captain Frederick Campbell, Cape Mounted Riflemen. Captain R. D'Oyly Fletcher, Ist West India Regiment. Captain George Frederick Moore, half-pay Unattached Staff-Officer of Pensioners. Captain William Knox Orme, 10th Foot. Captain Balcarres Dalrymple Wardlaw Ramsay, 75th Foot. Captain James Delamain Mends, 2d West India Regt. Captain George Hughes Messiter, 69th Foot. Captain Thomas Tydd, 76th Foot. Captain Pearson Scott Thompson, 14th Light Dragoons. Captain William Charles Vandespar, Ceylon Rifle Regi ment. Captain Daniel Henry Mackinnon, half-pay, Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners. Captain Charles Monteith Hamilton, 92d Foot. Captain Thomas Smith, half-pay, Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners. Captain Charles Pattison, half-pay 56th Foot, Staff- Officer of Pensioners. Captain John Edward Sharp, half-pay Ist Foot, Staff- Officer of Pensioners. Captain Thomas Teulon, 35th Foot. , Captain Charles W. Grange, Royal Canadian Rifle Regi ment. Commissions to bear date Oct. 26, 1858. Tho undermentioned officers to have the local and tem porary rank of Major : Captain Saverio Gatt, Royal Malta Fencible Regiment. Captain Felice Rizzo, Royal Malta Fencible Regiment. Commissions to btar date Oct. 26, 1858. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 9. With reference to the promotion of (Akers which ap peared in the London Gazette of 26th February, 1858, the following officers have been this day promoted for services at the capture of Canton ; such promotions to date from the 26th February, 1858: To be Paymasters.—Mr. Charles Augustus Goodyer and Mr. Frederick Thomas Robins. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 12. With reference to the promotion of Officers which ap peared in the London Gazette of 21st September, 1853, the undermentioned Officer has been this day promoted for general services during the operations in China ; such pro motion to date from Sept. 17, 1858 : To be Deputy Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets.—Dr. William Richard Edwin Smart. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT, 2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—En sign Rowland John Lenthall to be Lieutenant, vice Wilson, promoted. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regi inent of Royal Lancashire Militia—Charles Ring, Gent., to b 2 Ensign, vice Albert Hardinge Lynch, promoted. (The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the sth inst.) 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own. Militia— George Mallifont Lane, Gent., to be Ensign. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on. Wednesday, the 10th day of November, 1858 ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £32,310,415 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 17,841,415 Silver Bullion .... - £32,316,4151 £32,316,415 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal X14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- _ _ EPAR TALENT. • Government Secu rities (including Dead Wei,ghtAn flinty) £10,808,501 Other Securities 14,607,722 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 601,412 counts) 6,673,581 Other Deposits 12,290,682 Seven Day and other Bills 837,750 £37,495,105 M. : £37,495,105 ARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated Nov. 11, 1858. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the i week ending th e 9th d ay of Nov., 1858, exclusive of the duties of Cu s t oms pa i d or payable thereon, on the mportation thereof into Great Britain : Per cwt. From the British possessions in America 27s 10-1 d M uscov ado, the produce of the Mauriti us 23s 4id Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 318 71d Average price of the foregoing 2Bs lid BANKRUPTS. Charles James Francis and Henry Freer, wine mer chants, Great Saint Helens, to surrender, Nov. 30, at one, and Dec. 21, at two, at the Court o f B an k ruptcy. Thomas Palmer Branson, grocer, Loughborough, Lei cestershire, Nov. 30 and Dec. 16, at half-past ten, at the Shire-hall, Nottingham. Emmanuel Marie Manchin, tailor and draper, Exeter, Nov. 23 and Dec. 14, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Joseph Barnes, coal merchant, Chippenham, Wiltshire, Nov. 23 and Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Charles Collins and Wm. F. Collins, drapers, Sloane street, Chelsea, Nov. 30, at twelve, and Dec. 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edward Hale Hogg, shipowner, North Shields, Nov. 23 and Dec. 17, at the District Court, Newcastle-up3n-Tyne. Job Mimmack Smith, draper, Lincoln, Dec. 1 acid 22,'at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kmgston-upon-Hull. James Hunter Livingston, li cens ed victualler, High street, Whitechapel, Nov. 23, at half-past one, and Dec. 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Hemingsley, cut nail manufacturer, Willenhall, Staffordshire, Dec. 1 and 22, at ten, at the Birmingh am District Court. • Robert Clayton, boot and alive maker, Deausgate, Mau chester, Nov. 26, and Dec. 17, at twelve, at the Manches ter District Court. Thomas Livingston, license? victualler, Homerton, Mid dlesex, Nov. 24, at twelve, and Dec. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Richard Thomas, ship builder, Conway, Carnarvonshire, Nov. 29 and Dec. 20, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Parrock and Dawson, clothiers, Glasgow. Daniel Menzies, grocer, Dunfermline. Robert Nesbitt Riddell, Fort William. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 12. To-day the transacted business in the leading articles of wheat and flour was quite limited, and no change was made in price, with much lukewarmness on the parts of both holders and buyers. WAKEFIELD—Noy. 12. Rather higher rates were asked for wheat of all qualities, and buyers operated cautiously. Good barley rather dearer, but no change in the value of other grain. Averages for the week : Wheat 4.622 qrs., at 43s Od 8ar1ey......... 304 • „ 34s 2d Oats "--. f) —s Od Rye » —s Od Beans 2O „ 43s 6d Peas .. 20 ~ , 40s Od EXETER—Noy. 5. The market to-day continues much the same as last week, with a small supply, at the following prices : Wheat, white— 5s 3d to 5s 6d I Barley.. 4s 6d to Os Od Ditto red, 5s Od to 5s 3d Oats ... 3s Od to 3s 3d Flour, fine, 30s to 31s ; seconds, 23s to 29s per sack. CATTLE.—TIie market was fairly supplied with stock, but business appeared. to be small. Fat beef, p score,, 9s to lOs Od Ewes, per lb ... .6d to Od Pork carcases, do Bsod to 8 s 6d Wailers, d 0...... 61d to Od Lambs, per lb. Od to Od Fat calves, d0....6d to 61d Rough fat, 4d per lb. CORK—Nov. 11. The following were the quotations this morning :--Red wheat, 15s Od to 21s; white, 19s Od to 23s 6d; barley lls Od to 16s Od; oats, lOs Od to 13s Od. —Nov. 11. Le very quiet indeed, business • s. d. s. d. Do., new ... 11 6t013 0 Bere . ll 6 to 12 6 Rapeseed 26 0 to 29 0 Oatmeal , 12 6 to 14 6 Bakers' flour l3 otolB 6 Indian corn 27 oto3o 0 DUBLIN• The grain markets contint being quite of a retail nature. s. d. s. cl. Wheat, white 22 6 to 24 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 22 6 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black ll 0 to 12 0 BRISTOL SUGAR—Nov. 12. The market is as dull as possible. The refiners say they m e quite unable to dispose of their produce, and since they only purchase for their immediate requirements, the sales of the week are limited to about 250 hhds. West India at rather easier prices. Rum firm, and the market has been cleared orDemerara at 2s 2d per proof gallon. COAL MARK (Prices of Coal per Ton at .ET—Nov. 10. the close of the market.) Walls End. s. d. Tanfield Moor 13 3 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 3 Wylam 16 0 Nixon's Merthyr.. 21 0 Powell' s Duffryn Steam 21 0 Nixon's Duffryn 21 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley .16 6 Lambert's W. Hartley.l6 6 Walbottle Hartley 15 0 s. d. Cassop lB 6 Hetton 19 9 Framwellgate 17 9 Kelloe lB 9 Acorn Close 18 0 Gosforth l7 0 Eden 18 0 Heugh Hall 18 0 Lambton l9 3 Hunwick 15 0 Russell's Hetton 18 3 Hilda 16 6 Coundon l7 3 Thorpe 18 3 Byron Haswell l9 9 Benson 17 3 Shincliffe l7 9 Walls End. Tees South Hetton 19 3 Bradyll's Hetton 18 6 Belmont l7 0 West Kelloe. l7 6 South Kelloe lB 9 Hartlepool. 18 6 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ~......___,..____., 1858. 1857. 1858. 1857. Ballymena and Portrush 35 35 XX - - Bedale and Leyburn lO 10 143 117 Belfast and Ballymena 65 65 1,284 1 ,326 Belfast and County Down l7 17 483 278 Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June 32 32 2,195 2,679 Blyth and Tyne 2O 13 866 1,564 Bristol and Exeter llB 117 6,208 5,94+ Caledonian Ches.&Holyhead(withMold; 94 94 5,523 6,070 Cockermouth& Workington 8, 8 209 • 234 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 311 270 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage Ol 61 225 - 198 Deeside l7 17 233 252 Dublin & Belfast Junction 56 56 . 1,568 1,468' Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,678 1,560 Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst ) 40{ 401 1,965 1,668 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 558 630 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,029 1,024 East Anglian 67k 67k 934 961 E.Counties,Nrlk.,&E.Union 489 489 25,298 23; 796 East Kent l9l - 259 - E.Lancashire(iu.Blackburn) 111 105 6,117 5,53 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,261 3,382 Forth & Clyde JUnction - 287 256 - Furness - - 22 22 1,011 1,373 Glasgow & South-Western lB3l 1833 7,177 7,265 Great Northern 283 283 25,429 25,103 Great North of Scotland ~ Gt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) . 229 203/ 6,472 6,290 Great Western 466 460 28,144 27,701 Hull and Holderness Inverness & Aberdeen June 52 15 - - Irish South-Eastern 251 251 366 348 Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in Kendal and Windermere 1001 1001 0 ,5 0 8 0 : 617 Lane. &Yrks.(in.Blackburn; 299} 299 13,013 20,834 Limerick and Foynes 2O. 20 4 . - - L lanelly 461 351 443 445 London & North-Western London and Blaekwall 5l 51 1,257 1,346 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 194 183' 15,801 14,289 L'derry and Enniskillen Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 421 40 1,098 1,009 Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh . 173 i 173. 10.169 10,735 Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9 9 826 830 Maryport and Carlisle - , 889 1,062 Midland Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 177 , 177 ' 4 ,35 3 3, 822 Monkland 52 52 -. 1;588 1,534 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 ' - - Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,472 3,941 Newport,Aberg.,&Hereford 50 43 1,379 1,050 North British (in. Dalkeith) 149 149 5 ,72 5 5, 672 North Devon 35 35 - - North-Eastern 7251 720 31,245 . 35,126 North London 9 9 2,321 2,297 North Statbrdshire 233 233 7,008 7,201 North-Western • 461 461 885 1,003 N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 101 - -.- Oxford, Wore., & Wolver 94 91 4,760 4,57/ Peebles lB 18 163 159 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 30 - - Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,983 3,811 Shrewsbury & Birmingham 29/ 201 1,(,58 1 , 563 Shrewsbury and Chester „, 4B 48 2,746 2,830 Shrewsbury & Hereford - 1,000 1,597 Shropshire Union 2l 291 823 88 5 South Devon - 2,440 2,280 South-Eastern 3ol' 301 : - .. 19,6'60 17,837 South Wales l7 l. 171 5 - 5, 894 6, 647 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 - 2,932 - 2,652 Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 53 38 4,278 3,979 Ulster 36 36 1,679 1,406 Ulverstone and Lancaster - - Vale of Neath 2.51 251 1,568 1,561 Warrington and Stockport l2 12 - - Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 412 346 Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 271 27k 629 541 W.Hartlepool Harbr.&ltail 39 39 3,042 3,524 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 514 453 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 466 448 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 264 317 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 814 780 Austrian B2B ' 673 34,589 33,560 Belgian Eastern Junction 261 261 254 348 Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie 1571 100 2,144 1,421 Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada 879 849 10,865 10,277 Great Indian Peninsula, l3O 88k - - Great Luxembourg • 7B 38 1,460 1,068 Great Western of Canada 294 283 9,682 9,806 Lombardo-Venetian 283 249 10,073 9,870 Lyons and Geneva 142 107 , - - Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 284 176 9,289 3,892 Maria Antonia' 2l 21 267 274 Northern of France 574 574 44,447 42,736 Norwegian Trunk 44 44 758 782 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn Bll 781 73,169 64,381 Paris and Orleans 922 771 49,503 46,467 Paris and Strasburg 979 791 45,526 40,476 Royal Danish 69 69 - Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,237 1,405 Southern of France 777 577 18,003 13,711 West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 716 594 34,459 30,34 6 •• BIRTHS. BURNE.—On the 10th inst., at Worplesdon, Surrey, the Hon. Mrs. Newdigate Burne, of a son. CHRISTIE.—On the 12th inst., at 17, Guildford-road, Green wich, Mrs. Charles J. D. Christie, of a son. FOWLER.—On the 12th inst., at 2, Queen-square-place, Westminster, the wife of John Fowler, Esq., C.E., of a son. PoNsoNnv.--On the 11th inst., at 22, Upper Grosvenor. street, Lady Maria Ponsonby, of a son. MARRLAGES. MARCII—BEAUMONT.—On the 12th inst., at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, George Edward March, Esq., to Florence, youngest daughter of the late Thos.Wentworth Beaumont, Esq., of Bretton Hall, Yorkshire. WARLEY—ROWCROFT.--On the 11th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Major Charles Warley, of South Carolina, to Julia Clara, youngest daughter of the late Charles Row croft, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Cinci natti, U.S. DEATHIS. ALLCROFT.—On the 7th inst., Mr. Frederick William-All croft, music publisher, late of Bond-street and Regent street, aged 43. ATKINS.—On the 10th inst., William Atkins, Esq., of Ashcott House, Somersetshire, and Trelawny, Jamaica, aged 47. BERItIE.—On the 11th inst., at Wandsworth, John Jabez Berrie, aged 70. Ei,Tox.—On the 10th inst., at Clifton, Captain H. Elton, RN., son of the late Sir Ab ra h am Elton, Bart., of Cleve land Court, Somerset, aged 72. Hanny.—On the 10th inst., at Stratford-green, Essex, T. Webster Harby, E sq ., aged 53. IsmAN.—On the 11th inst., at Spital Hall, Cheshire, Chas. Inman, Esq., aged 66. PATTINSON.—On the 11th inst., at Scotshouse, Durham, Hugh Lee Pattinson, Esq., F.R.S., aged 62. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of IV:ddlesex, Saturday, November 13, 1868. I'7 Haywa 9 a.m. t D a►arket ,_LCTU " 11 _Port y a] Tom , gramme ton. SOPHY Author, HO ROYAL Two p past Sev , to each The c ever asse time i n L-A-NEU The at leas. 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