The Sun. — London, England, 1860-03-19 00:00:00

BALLP TAY INTELLIGENCE• SCOT' TISH NORTH-EASTERN. The report of the directors of this company states that the rave nue for the half-year endino. the 31st of Jan. last a mounted t o £104,307, an d the expendi ture to .£47;122, leaving a balance of £57,184, of which £4O; 029 belongs to the Aberdeen revenue account and £17,155 to the Scottish Midland re venue ac count. Deducting interest on debentures and other preferable charges, the balance available for dividend on the Aberdeen capital stock was £18,977. From this sum was deducted £1,924, the deficie7acy on guaranteed dividends:of last half-year, leaving £17,053. Out of this sum was deducted £1,2`30 for dividend on the 31 percent stock, £8,300 for dividend on the 6 per cent. stock, and £5,250 on the 7 per cent. stock, leaving a balance of £2,223 for the next account. The balance available for dividend en the Scottish Midland capital stock was £13,370, out of which the directors proposed. to pay a divi dend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, leaving £1,616 for the next account. The directors were anxious that the proprietors of original stock should begin as early as possible to participate in a divi dend, however small ; but as the past half year was more productive than the current, and the dividend upon the 31 per cent. stock, No. 2, having com menced to accrue on the Ist of February last, they had resolved that the balance should not in the meantime be paid away in dividend, but be laid amide as a reserve until the result of the working of the present half-year was ascertained. The direc tors congratulated the shareholders upon the satis factory position of the company's affairs. The increase in the z evenue amounted to upwards of £4,000, while the expenditure had been kept very low. The directors had found it necessary to ex pend £650 from revenue during the half-year in repairing and strengthening the timber viaducts on the line. The working expenses were now reduced to 411 per cent. on the revenue, and, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, they showed a decrease of more than 3 per cent. The average rate of interest on the debenture debt was now a little under 41 per cent. All that now re mained unadjusted in regard to the Perth station was the expense of the Caledonian engine, which had been workinc , the traffic over the disputed piece of line, and the maintenance of the general station since 1852. The directors acknowledged the valuable services rendered by Lord Chaudos in relation to the framing of the Perth station agree ment, which had the effect of saving much trouble and expense to all the companies concerned. The consolidated capital of tho company amounted to £1,979,264, and the debentures to £742,167—t0ta1, £2,721,431. The amount of capital expended on the Aberdeen Railway amounted to £1,924,118, on the Scottish Midland to £690,491, and on joint account to £l73,BBo—total, £2,788,489. NORTH BRITISH. The report of the directors congratulates the shareholders upon the steady progress of the traffic receipts and the gradual augmentation of the dividend upon the share capital. The gross revenue of the half-year ending the 31st of January last amounted to £157,516, as compared with £149,277 in the corresponding period of last year. The net revenue was £63,971, as compared with £61,339 in January, 1859. That would enable the company to pay all preferential charges and a divi dend on the ordinary consolidated stock at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, being a rise of one quar ter cent, for the whole year, carrying over £l,lOO more than in the preceding half-year. The aver age rate of interest paid on the company's deben ture loans amounted to £4 3s. 7d. per cent. The contractors on the Border Union line had made such progress as to justify the belief that the period as signed for the completion of the respective contrac tors would be amply sufficient. The financial scheme for raising the means of construction had proved completely successful, and more than one half the share capital had already been paid. The Border Counties Railway was also now in course of construction throughout its entire length, and it was intended to open that portion connecting the Plashett coalfield with Riccarton simultaneously with the line from Riccarton for Carlisle, render ing it an easy matter to accomplish the through routes from Harwich to Hexham and Carlisle toge ther. Bills for amalgamation with the Border Counties and Peebles and Jedburgh Companies were now before Parliament. The minimum divi dend applicable to the Peebles ordinary stock had been fixed at 4,1 per cent. The directors had deter mined to ask the sanction of the shareholders to an agreement with the local promoters of a railway from Galashiels to Innerleithen and Peebles, a dis tance of 184 miles, at an estimated cost of less than £70,000. The North British Company propose to work this line at 43 per cent. of the receipts, and to subscribe £44,000. The directors had felt it their duty to oppose in Parliament bills promoted by other railway companies for the amalgamation of the Edinburgh and Glasgow, Caledonian, and. Scot tish Central Railway Companies, and also the amal gamation of the Newcastle and Carlisle and North- Eastern Companies. The capital account showed that £4,698,864 had been received and £4,656,794 expended, leaving a balance of £42,070. The Border Union capital account showed that £262,705 had been received and £168,372 expended, leaving a balance, on the 31st Jan. last, of £94,336, TAFF VALE. A spacial meeting of this company was held at Cardiff on Wednesday to consider a bill to enable the Brecon and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Railway to complete their communication with Brecon—Mr. J. Poole in the chair. The CHAIRMAN explained the nature of the bill, stating that as the line at present existed it would terminate south of Dowlais, but the company were desirous of extending it across the ravine to join the Taff Vale Railway at Merthyr, and they asked the Taff Vale Company to join them in the undertak ing, and to allow a permissive clause in their bill to enable the company to subscribe £30,000 to the undertaking. He then moved a resolution approv ing the bill. Mr. BUSHELL seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. BRECON ANT) MERTHYR TYDVIL. A special meeting of this company was held at Brecon on - Wednesday, Mr. J. P. de Winton in the chair. The bill for completing the line to Brecon was formally approved. The adjourned general meeting wasthen held. Mr. Ward, the contractor, then described the pro gress of the works on the line, and said it was pos sible to open the whole line to Brecon several months ea r li er than he had anticipated, and he was anxious, to see i t accomplished. .1 he meeting then separated. THE CASE OF THE, BISIIOP OF BREMEN': A Synod of the Bishops of the Scottish Episco pal Church was held at Edi n b urgh, on Thursday, g ive judgt in the case of the Bi s h op of to Brechin. Thee piscopal judges present were, the Bishop of Edinburgh, Prznius, and the Bishops of Moray, St. Andrews, Aberdeen, and Gl asgow. The Bishop of Brechin was accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Keble and other gentlemen. The "pre sentment" or charge against the Bishop of Brechin was, his having taught in a primary ch arge delivered to his clergy in August, 1 85 7, Ist, that the sacrifice of the Eucharist is identical with the sacrifice of the Cross ; 2d, that adoration is due to Christ, as in or under the consecrated elements of blood and wine ; and, 3d, that there is a reception of Christ by the wicked; and by said teaching he was charged with depraving the articles of religion, the Scotch communion-oflise, and other formularies of the Church. The bishops gave their opinions at great length, after which, the Bishop of Glasgow (clerk of Synod) read the find ing of the Court, which was to the following effect : At Edinburgh, the 15th day of March, 1860, the College of Bishops having resumed consideration of the presentment at the instance of the Rev. W. lice.- derson, incumbent of St. Mary's, Arbroath, and Patrick Wilson and David Smith, vestrymen thel. to f, , being member s o f the Scotch Episcopal C'nurch against the Right Rev. A. P. Forbes, D.C.L ., Bishop of Brechin, complaining of the teachin and doc trines contained in the charge delive7eed by the said bishop to the clergy of his diocess, and thereafter published and republished by his authority, and having heard parties fully thereon, find that the said presentment is relevant and proven to the el_ tent and eff ec t a ft ermen ti one d . More particularly find, with reference to the charge contained under the first and second heads of the presentment, that the teaching of the respondent there complained of is unesnetioned by the articles and formularies of the Church, and is to acertaina i i r n extent i ncons i s t ent therewith ; find that the h pre sentment is not proven. But,d charge of the of in consider a ti on o f the explanation s and modification s offered b y th e respondent in his answers in also, to the first charge, and in consideration, ls that t . he . respon dent now only asks toleration for m his n op t i fi n e io c n i s, and does not claim for the the authority of or any right to enforce them on t h ose subjectituorch is jurisdiction, we, the College of Bishop; feel th at we shall best discharge our duty i n this painful case by limiting our sentence to a declaration of censure and admonition; and we do now solemnly admonish, and in all brotherly love entreat, the Bishop of Brechin to be more careful for the future, so that no fresh oc c a s i on ma y b e given for t rou bl e and offence, such as has arisen from the delivery and publication of the primary charge to his clergy complained of in the presentment. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. NORWICH, SATURDAY EVENING; The Liberal candidates, Sir Wm. Russell (Lieut.- Colonel 7th Hussars) and Mr. E. Warner, appeared at a public meeting of the electors last evening, and were extremely well received. M. H. Birkbeck, who had himself been invited to st. nd as a Liberal candidate, occupied the chair. Mr. WARNER, in addressing the meeting, said he did not approve of all her Majesty's present Go vernment had done or wished to do, but he believed no Ministry ever held the reins of power in Eng land which had been so liberal in its intentions as the present, or so capable of comprehending or en forcing the just wishes and requirements of the na tion. (Cheers.) In a crisis of foreign affairs of the most extreme difficulty, the Ministry had borne themselves with honour and credit, and had shed lustre on their country's name. With regard to the Reform Bill, many Liberals might perhaps think it greatly susceptible of improvement, but the difficulties under which it was introduced must not be forgotten. He objected very much to the system of rate-paying before voting; but the weakest point which could be most easily attacked would be the freemen's question. If a clause were passed destroying the votes of freemen, nothing in the world could then save the bill because Liberal members would then be compelled to vote against the third reading and throw it out. In conclusion, the hon. gentleman declared his confidence that the contest—for two shadowy candidates had been named on the other side—would result favourably to himself and Sir William Russell ; and he ex pressed a hope that, amidst the storm of continen tal war—which he feared nothing could avert—the voice of England would be heard with effect, so that we might be regarded by other nations as a free, enlightened, and generous people. (Cheers.) Sir WILLIAM RUSSELL next spoke briefly, and stated that if returned to Parliament, his first ob ject would be to give a general, constitutional, and independent support to her Majesty's present Ministry, whose foreign policy had he believed placed England in a most enviable position. The conduct of the Opposition in attacking the Govern ment for the course they had pursued on the Savoy question was most unjust and unfair, because they knew perfectly well that the country would never consent to a war on the subject. Sir William next referred in terms of approval to the budget, and the commercial treaty with France, which he expressed his opinion would greatly extend our trade, and render war with the French almost an impossibility. The great inconvenience of the budget was the increase of the income tax, and the only remedy which could relieve us from the income tax was a diminution of the national expenditure, and especially on account of the army and navy, which could only be effected by those who like himself were conversant with the working of our military system. Sir William proceeded to ob serve that he was prepared to give a general sup port to the Reform Bill ; and in reply to questions stated that when member for Dover, he had voted for the ballot as an experiment, although he did not anticipate that it would accomplish all that it was expected to effect. As a stanch supporter of the Church of England, he also expressed his belief that the abolition of church rates would be attended with general benefit. (Cheers.) On the motion of Sir W. Foster, a resolution was cordially adopted approving of the principles enun ciated by both candidates—for whom throe hearty cheers were given. Two Conservative candidates, it is rumoured, will appear whenever the writs arrive, and a con test will, if possible, be got up. TILE NEW BANKRUPTCY BILL. Front the reception accorded in the House of Commons to the Bankruptcy Bill of the Attorney- General and the view taken of it in the City, there is every reason to hope that this subject, which has been the opprobrium of our commercial legislation throughout the entire experience of the existing generation, will at length be brought to a satisfac tory adjustment. The principles now set forth by the Attorney-General have met with almost unanimous concurrence, and, although he antici pates that the bill may be found to require many modifications in committee, it is certain that the trading public would be ready to welcome it even if it were far short of perfection, and to trust to its being amended under future ex perience, rather than see another session pass with out any but abortive results. Instead of 33 per cent. of the assets of bankrupts being squandered in the emelt, it is hoped that 5 per cont. may for the future meet all the outlay, and that this change may be effected without material damage to the interests of any of the existing functionaries—such as the Commissioners and official assignees—who are entitled to consideration. The "messengers," whose emoluments out of the funds of unhappy creditors appear to range from £1,500 to £2,000 a-year, - while their duties are simply those signified by their title, seem the principal parties doomed to suffer the total abolition of their offices. The removal of the distinction between bankrupts and insolvents and of the restriction against any traders being allowed to apply for an adjudication in bankruptcy unless they can show assets of £l5O, the appointment of a single judge in place of the existing five Commissioners, whose actual judicial duties occupy on the part of each only three hours weekly, and the transfer of all the ministerial and administrative business of the Court to the regis trars, who are to,make circuits to the various dis tant localities comprised in the London districts, are all expected to work well. The conversion of the Insolvent Court in Portugal -street to an auxili ary Bankruptcy Court, to deal with estates where the assets do not exceed £3OO, is also regarded favourably ; but the provinces will perhaps feel some disappointment that the district courts are to continue until opportunities shall arise from vacancies among the district Commissioners for transferring the jurisdiction to the County Courts. The reasons for this delay, however, ap pear valid. With regard to questions of conveni ence and equity the most important provisions are those for allowing estates to be privately adminis tered upon the desire of three-fourths of the credi tors in value, and for estates being withdrawn from bankruptcy at axy stage when the creditors may prefer the control of a private assignee. The ne cessity for such powers is illustrated by the fact that the proportion of estates wound up under bankruptcy is only about 0 per cent. of the number under trust deeds, and, although a reform of the Bankruptcy Court may probably reverse this state of affairs and make a private liquidation the exception instead of the rule, such a change can be brought about only by gradual experience. It will be a question, however, whether eety minority that may dissent from a private liqui dation should not have power of appeal to the judge, since it might sometimes happen that a single creditor or two or three creditors, represent ing three-fourths of the claims, might be found to have encouraged the bankrupt in a reckless course, and for this reason to desire his affairs to be husked up, while the creditors represent ing the remaining fourth might bo the real victims in the case. A few years back a large failure occurred, in which the bankers of the insolvent were the principal claimants. The amount, al though heavy, was comparatively unimportant to them, but they did not wish to figure as having carelessly advanced such a sum to a known specu ortin.dthe later and all their anxiety was to write off the debt n fourth, have la i done o with the it. est a te Representing such p er s three-fourths could de mand a . private liquidation against the desire of the remaining who might have the cause'sc tom• Cou a r r t t. z2 o o f ,, the futeere expenses mercial morality of the Bankruptcy sions, which will cease on th 10 ( % for official pen sent recipients, is heneefote,e e.emise of their pre totbe defrayed feem the £3,1g0 - ourt to a the Bank for keep the Consolidated Funo e, v a l lue is- t o b b a e i. n (l 3 n the same time a lng yearly t the a n c ri c i o r u a n t i °ll o ° F f tinned, and as the Court deriv e an th e e ss s ea wn o i about £46,000 from the interest abeyance, it is belioved that under else amended system its supplies will be ample, although it is intended to abolish all per centage fees, and to charge only for registration and aoijudioation, I the minimum registration fee being £5, and the maximum £l5, according to the value of the es tate. The expense of an application to the Court will, in point of fact, be little, and, with regard to that expense, the creditors themselves will have no control. In estates of less than £l,OOO creditors, moreover, are to have the poyver of placing the administration in the hands of the County Court; but it is believed that, under the reduced expenses of the regular Court, this alterna tive is not likely to be often resorted to. Printed quarterly accounts of the progress of liquida tion in each case are to be transmitted to the several creditors, and efficient checks are to be in troduced against malversation. Cases of fraud will be treated on definite rules under criminal jurisdiction, and the system of granting class certi cates, which, from the conflicting decisions of the commissioners has been brought into thorough con tempt, will be done away with. There is also a provision for enabling the representatives of per sons who have died insolvent to administer the estate in bankruptcy as if the parties were still alive. The bill is to be read a second time on a Thu reseay week, and the Attorney-General s orney-General hopes it may be passed through committee, so as to be a carried up to the Lords by the beginning of June, consummation which will also be heartily desired le_y every memb er of the mercantile coma.unity.— Times' City 4rticte, lhEi SUN, 4440 Ni-ON, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LINCOLN, March 14. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) Thomas Peel, farmer, stood charged upon an in dictment with the wilful murder of Mark Brewer, at Snelland, having on the 12th Dec., 1859, and at other times between that day and the 17th day of Dec. ' 1859, unlawfully and violently assaulted the said Mark Brewer. He stood further charged upon the coroner's inquisition on the Bth Feb., 1860, with the manslaughter of the said Mark Brewer, and to both charges he pleaded not guilty. Mr. Fitzjames Stephen and Mr. Huish conducted the case for the prosecution ; Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. O'Brien appeared for the defence. Mr. Stephen, in his opening address to the jury, said that the case, which was involved in consider able difficulty, had been the subject of many ru mours and exaggerated statements ; he therefore desired the jury to rid their minds of any previous impressions they had received from reports they might have heard or read. In the commencement he would relieve their minds from one portion of the responsibility under the sense of which they might be labouring—namely, that of having to try the prisoner upon the capital charge. Having con sidered the facts which he was prepared to esta blish, and which failed to show that the prisoner was actuated by malice, he felt that he should pro perly discharge his duty as counsel for the prosecu tion by placing the case before them as one in which the only question was whether the prisoner was guilty of the manslaughter of the deceased. The learned counsel proceeded to state the facts, which, as proved, were in substance these :—The deceased, Mark Brewer, a young man aged 26 years, was servant of Thomas Peel, sen., a farmer living at Snelland, and father of the prisoner. After being some months in Mr. Peel's service he went home, having a pain in his back, supposed to be, and which was treated as, lumbago. After 10 or 12 days he resumed his work at his master's, but returned home on Wednesday, Dec. 14, and consulted a neigh bouring surgeon, Mr. Laving. He went back to Mr. Peel's on the 18th, and worked up to the Sun day preceding Christntas-day, when, for the last time, he again returned home, and there continued until January 21, when he died, being up to that date confined to his bed, and attended by Mr. Wran gham, a surgeon, and Mr. Laving his assis tant, and his case treated as sympathetic fever, arising from some local injury which the deceased stated that he had received, but of what precise nature Mr. Wrangham was not aware. According to the evidence of the medical witnesses who examined the body after death, that death re sulted from a diseased state of the joint between the sacrum and the ilium, the cartilaginous lin ings of which were found to have suppurated to so great an extent as to cause a dislocation of the joint. This suppuration was a consequence of inflammation of the parts, produced, it might be, by a violent strain, possibly by a blow on the edge of the left ilium, possibly by the fall of some heavy body upon the pelvis, or by the rolling of some great weight over it. The chest upon being exa mined showed that the pleura had been so much inflamed as to cause adhesion by membranous bands, and the lungs were found congested. These latter appearances were, however, traceable to inflamma tion resulting from the diseased state of the sacro iliac joint ; and on the part of the prosecution it was advanced, in the first instance, that this diseased state of the joint had originated from violence used towards the deceased man by the prisoner Thomas Peel, the younger ; and, secondly, that even if the violent acts of the prisoner had not been the pri mary and proximate cause of the disease, they had, by aggravating a pre-existing disease, been the proximate cause of his death, on January 21, at an earlier period than that at which life would have been terminated by the natural progress of that disease alone. The particular acts of violence by the prisoner to which the death of the deceased were attributed were two—first, a blow inflicted with a fork-shaft upon his back ; and, secondly, a blow received by falling upon the floor while being dragged from his bed by the prisoner. The evi dence of the infliction of these blows being, how ever, mainly deducible from statements made by the deceased, under the imminent fear of impend ing death, which were inseparable from accounts of filthy and brutal conduct of the prisoner towards him, wholly irrelevant to the particular charge upon which the learned counsel for the prosecution proposed to proceed, much time was occupied both in opposing their admission and in subsequent exa mination respecting the truth of them. Some of those statements had been reduced to writing by a magistrate, the Rev. Mr. Hodgson, others were oral, and had not been written down by those who heard them, and the admission of all was strongly resisted by the learned counsel for the prisoner on the preliminary inquiry as to whether, when they were made, the deceased was under a settled hope less conviction of impending death. They were admitted, and wero iu eub.itu,c—Lhat, on two occasions, when the deceased was feeding the horses in Mr. Peel's stable, the prisoner had come in, un dono the fore part of Brewer's trousers, and pulled him out of the stable in a violent and indecent manner, causing on the first occasion great pain to the deceased ; that on the next day the prisoner " clammed" him by the neck, twisted a handker chief about it, dragged him to the wall of the stable, and fastened him up to a nail, his feet being about six inches from the ground ; that a boy, named John Smith, came into the stable, and seeing him, called out to John Whittaker, " Mark Brewer has been and hung himself," upon which Whittaker entered and took him down ; that once the prisoner had made water on his face as he lay in bed, and dragged him out of bed by his feet ; that in the middle of the same week the prisoner struck him on the back with a fore-shaft, which he said hurt him a good deal. These statements were corrobo rated by evidence that upon two occasions, when the prisoner visited the deceased during his last illness, and expressed a hope that he would not die, several of these acts were admitted by the prisoner to be true, though the more filthy charges he de nied. He pulled the bedclothes off, he said, to scare Brewer, and to make him work. The im mediate injury done by the indecent pulling of the prisoner out of the stable had, however, been very grossly exaggerated in the neighbourhood, and it was rumoured that a part of his body had been torn away, and the prisoner threatened the deceased, that if he recovered he would " follow the law of him," and, in allusion to his Christian name, would " Mark" him. Brewer referred often to the pull ing of him out of the stable as having caused the pain which he felt in his back; and the evidence or all the medical witnesses was that the diseased state of the pelvis could not be referred to any such cause ; that the blow with the fore-shaft, or a fall from the nail where he was suspended, could not, except under conditions not proved to have existed, have caused that disease. A fall on the floor, while being dragged out of bed, might have occasioned it ; but there wa s n o ev id ence of a fall upon the floor, such as could cause it, nor was there any external mark to indicate injury by any such means. It was proved. also, that as long since as two years the deceased had while at harvest work complained of pains in his back ; that in November, and before any of the acts had been committed by the prisoner, he had spoken of having fallen with a sack of wheat, which caused him pain in the back and prevented him doing heavy work; and that, whilst assisting the prisoner in holding a crutch on which a pig was being carried, he fell under its weight. It was also elicited by the cross-examination of the wit nesses for the prosecution that the deceased had told several falsehoods respecting his father and the housekeeper, who, on one occasion of his giving ac counts to her of the treatment he had received, told 1111 n she believed they were only some of his lies. Mr. Macaulay, for the defence, submitted to the Court that there was no evidence of any act done by the prisoner to which the origin of the disease which eventually led to the death of the deceased could possibly be attributed; but the Court deter mining that there was evidence for the jury, he ad , deessed them, expressing Ms surprise that a bill of murder should have been preferred, and that the grand jury should hare presented such a charge. On what evidence they acted he was unable to con ceive. its learned fricied had discarded it, but o u nn un trustworthiness tw evidencer t proof of a quantity of stuff had been introduced which could only serve to prejudice their minds. Tie then commented on the surgical evidence, and liihe a ss fr o e f id the i on that relating to the acts of the prisoner, on the y ndepcamrr edl°iScistteadte:flanedntws,hainchd lie should (and ' subsequently did) lay before d diem, that the deceased had made e frequent complaints of his back, and that he had suffered falls under cir cumstances calculated, if the medical evidence might be trusted, to bri ng about, the diseased condition of the of pelvis Whic h they had heard. The learned Judge summed up the evidence upon the charge of manslaughter, and the jury, after re tiring for a while, returned a verdict of not guilty. He was subsequently charged with assaults com mitted upon the deceased, and one or nesses, recalled, gave evidence of the deceased man's statement of brutal and disgusting acts alre a d y mentioned. A boy who slept in bed with Brewer' at the time when, as the deceased affirmed, one of these filthy acts was done, had covered his head with elothes, and so had only heard the threat of the prisoner, not seen the assault. Mr. Macaulay addressed the jury for the pri soner, contending that there was no evidence of the actual assault but the statement of the deceased, whose evidence could not be relied on as true. The learned Judge summed up very he jury returned a 0 verdict fgu I 'lt y. He was sentenced to six calendar months' ira. prisonment, the learned Judge lamenting that he could not add hard labour. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—IronK, March 15. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) Joseph Jubb, Benjamin Chappel, James Spence, George Stephenson, and Joseph Foster were in dicted for night poaching, being armed on lands in the occupation of Mr. Whittaker, at Batley, on the Bth October last, and also with maliciously wounding George Woollin, the gamekeeper of Mr. George Ellis, of West Ardsley. Mr. Shaw and Mr. Campbell Foster prosecuted; Mr. Price defended the prisoners Jubb, Foster, and Spence ; and Mr. Maule the prisoners Chappel and Stephenson. It appeared from the statement of George Woollin, the gamekeeper of Mr. Ellis, of Wrest Ardsley, near Batley, that he, along with four watchers, went to watch the game in a field near a plantation called Lady Ann Planting, in the parish of Batley, about 9 o'clock on the night of the 7th October last. They sat watching under a hedge until a little after 12 o'clock, when George Woollin crept to the side of the plantation and there saw two men, Stephenson and Foster, whom he had known many years, setting a *net at some railings next the plantation, and be hind them, beating for game, were several men. Stephenson was armed with a long bludgeon and Foster had a gun. The night was moonlight, but misty. lie crept back on his hands and feet to the watchers, and having joined them they all crossei the field through a gate into a lone, and got to the far corner of the plantation. On arriving there they saw the poachers, to the number of ten or a dozen, crossing the field, and making to the same gate they had just come through; they also saw two dogs ranging the field, one of which was a black one with a white spot on its breast. Wool lin and the watchers returned down the lane, and crept under the fence till they got close to the gate again, where they saw two m en s e tting a net. Woollin, after giving them a little time, put up his head, when one of the poachers cried out, " Hey, up lads, they're here." Woollin immediately cried o p u o t a , chrs " poachers up lads, we are h ere ." O ne o f the immediately aimed a blow with some weapon at George Woollin. He, how ever, drew back and avoided the blow, and knocked the man down. The second poacher than struck at him, and he stopped the blow, and, as he described it, " felled him." This man immediately jumped up again, and Woollin " felled him again." A third man then came to their assistance, and Woollin knocked him down. Four or five men then came over the fence at once towards Woollin. One of these he knocked down also, and was strik ing at another of them, when he saw Foster with his gun up in the air aiming a blow at him with the butt end. He put up his hand to ward off the blow, but the gun beat down his guard and the lock cut his hand, and he received a violent blow which cut open his head and knocked him down. He got up again, and Foster knocked him down again, and he then saw Foster laying about him with his gun, and by mistake knocking down one of his own party with it. The watchers then had a fight with others of the poachers, and after a desperate strug gle same one cried out " Fire ! let go ! Shoot, shoot !" and Foster was seen by Woollin and others to present his gun at them. Woollin jumped on one side, and immediately a gun was discharged, and a charge of shot whistled past him. Woollin said then to the watchers they had better retire, the poachers were too many for them, and they left the field. One of the men ran off for the police, and in about an hour the houses of all the prisoners were visited in Batley. All the prisoners were sworn to by two or three of the watchers. Chappel was seen going into his house, which is a beershop, at 3 o'clock in the morning. He was sweating, and had a fresh cut, which was bleeding, on the nose. The other prisoners were found in bed. Foster had a gun in his house, and a black dog with a white spot on its breast, but the dog's feet were dry. This dog was sworn to as one of the dogs seen. All the men were shown to have been together at Chappel's house at 11 that night. For the defence all the prisoners proved distinct alibis, calling two or three witnesses each, and proving that they were in bed at the time, and had not been out that night at all. Chappel proved that he was out drinking with two men till near 3 o'clock at the house of one of them, and then put down 6d. for some more beer, The other men did not want any more, and in frolic tried to get the 61, in doing which they all fell on the floor, and Chappel hurt his nose, which bled. His Lordship summed up the whole of the evi dence with great care, and left the jury to say which witnesses as to each man they believed, ob serving that if they were satisfied that there was a mistake as to any of the men, although that mis take would not affect the evidence as to the others, it would yet throw considerable doubt on the accu racy of the evidence of the watchers who had sworn to that man, if they were proved to be mistaken. The jury roti.rod, aut: at an stbii.cueo of twenty minutes acquitted all the prisoners. The case occupied all day, and was not concluded till 7 o'clock. FRIDAY, MARCH 16. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) Wm. Gill was charged with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury at Otley, on the 23d of Sept. last. Mr. Price and the Hon. A. Liddell prosecuted ; Mr. Overend, Q.C., and Mr. Manic defended the prisoner. It appeared that between 12 and 1 o'clock on the morning of the 3d of September last two rtiem, named Long and Patrick, were unlawfully taking fish in the river Washburn, near to Leathley. They were seen committing tho act by a man named Thomas Yates ' fisherman to M r . F. H. Fa w k es , o f Fernley, who has the sole right o f fi s hi n g in thi s river. Yates at once went and told Mr. Stanton, agent to Mr. Fawkes, who, with Yates ' called upon the gamekeeper, John Vase, and all three went to I to Leathley Mill, where the two men had been seen. Yates went up the Fernley side of the river, and soon caught sight of Long and Patrick, who were still fishing with nets, and they had with them a bag containing about 281 b. weight of trout, which they had caught. They were also distinctly seen and recognised by Vase and Stanton. Yates called out, " Here they are," upon which the two men ran away. They were followed, and Patrick was taken. Long took the direction for Hamps thwaite, which was nine miles distant. Yates pursued, and when he got to a place called Pot bridge, he overtook Long. Calling him by a cog nomen by which he was well known, Yates said, " Well, Bridget, we have spoiled your sport this morning. We have got Patrick ; you had better come back with me, and be tried at the same time." Long's trousers were wet, and he continued his way towards Hampsthwaites Hollings, where he resides. Long was afterwards apprehended and brought before the petty sessional bench at Otley, and charged with the above offence. In defence, it was endeavoured to set up an alibi, in which the prisoner Gill was called as a witness. The evidence to which Gill took oath, and which constituted the perjury alleged against him, was to the effect that he was a farmer at Hampstliwaitc, and that on the night of the 2d of September he was at a public-house kept by a Mrs. Long until 12 o'clock at night. Thomas Long and a man named William Eddy were also alleged to have been there, and that when Mrs. Long de clined filling more liquor they left together. Gill alleged that at this time Long was in such a state of " beer" that he and Eddy had to "hug" him home, where they left him after one o'clock in the morning. This was at the very time when Yates alleged he was pursuing him after he had been caught fishing at Leathley-bridge. To prove that the statement of Gill was a wilful act of perjury, Mrs. Long, the landlady of the publichouse in ques tion at Hampsthwaite, was called, and she swore that neither Gill, Long, nor Eddy were in her house at any period on the 2d of September, and in this she was supported by a number of her cus tomers who were in her house at the time when Gill alleged that he and Long were there. A number of witnesses also proved seeing him on the 2d of September going in the direction from Hampethwaite towards Leathley-bridge. His Lordship having summed up the evidence, the jury found the prisoner guilty. Sentence was deferred. There was a similar indictment against George Patrick, the man caught fishing, who was called as a witness by Long, and swore that he was not the man who wag with him on the night in question. The jury also found him guilty. entence was deferred. NORFOZK CIRCUIT, M —ARCH 16. CRS 7:( COURT. (Before Mr. i3.?ron Martin.) Joseph Williams, aged 63, )CQ'S , placed at the bar and charged with the wilful mui . !A 9 r of his wife. It was evident the poor man was li:t in his right znses, therefore, without any facts bei ng t ;one i t p , to . , the jury 1 ., - f!re sworn to decide as to the state t:_ "is mind. Mr, Couch, the tai'geor2 of the gaol, was called, 6 and he stated that the prisOer was completely out of his mind, and in his op i njoi : he was not at all conscious of having committed the offence with , which he stood charged. Under the direction of the learned judge the jury found that the priwner was insane, and he was ordered to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure, RiPnard Joseph Carkertt Coulson, a middle-aged m 87,1, understood to have practised at Penzance for F ,Onle years as a quack d , pctor, was found guilty of .9, 1860. cutting and wounding Richard Truan, of Bodmin, fruit dealer, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Coulson and Truan accidentally met on the evening of the 9th of November at the King's Head, at Truro, when Coulson drank Truan's brandy, and was about to leave without payment, when Truan collared him. He drew a lancet from his waistcoat pocket, cut prosecutor three times across his left hand, so as to lay bare the tendons, and when they rolled together on the ground further stabbed him in the head. He was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. OXFORD CIRCUIT, STAFFORD, March 17. CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) At the sitting of the court this day Mr. Justice Keating was occupied in the trial of two cases of manslaughter, arising out of alleged negligence un the part of men who had had charge of machinery used in mines, :in each case causing the death of several persons. James Henry Gellard, engine-man, was charged with manslaughter, on the sth of November, 1859, at Stoke-upon-Trent. Mr. Boughey appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Kenealy defended the prisoner. In this case it appeared the prisoner had charge of an engine employed in bringing coals, &c., up from one of Earl Granville's collieries at Stoke. At about seven o'clock on the sth of November last the signal was given to bring up a skiff containing several men. The prisoner was in the engine -house, and set the engine in motion, but just before the signal to stop the engine was given, two men, contrary to rule, Came into the en gine -house, and occupied the prisoner's attention for a few moments. This occurred just before it became the prisoner's duty to stop the engine, and he did not stop it in time. The consequence was that instead of stopping at the pit mouth, the skiff was sent up a height of 39 feet to the pulley, and the whole of the men being thrown out were precipi tated down the shaft of the mine, a distance of 610 feet. Several men were killed. Mr. Wynne, the Government Inspector of Mines, deposed that there was no defect in the machinery, which was of the most approved construction. Mr. Kenealy having addressed the jury for the prisoner, they found him guilty, and Mr. Justice Keating, in consideration of the cir cumstances of the extenuation arising from the in terruption, sentenced the prisoner to only six weeks' imprisonment, with hard labour. William Johnson, engine-man, was charged with manslaughter, at Wednesfield-heath, on the 21st of January, 1860. Mr. Motterman and Mr. Young appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Scotland defended the prisoner. It appeared in this case that the prisoner had charge of the engine employed at Messrs. White house's colliery, at Wednesfield-heath. The en gine was used for the double purpose of pumping off surface water and of bringing up stone, &c., from a pit. During the night of the 20th of Jan. last it had been used for pumping off water, and when the prisoner went on duty on the morning of the 21st it was set to draw up stone, &c., from the pit. In order to adapt the machinery to this pur pose it was necessary to move a carriage along a wooden sill, to which the carriage was screwed by two iron screws, which were removable at pleasure. When the carriage was properly and securely screwed down to the sill the cogs of a connect ing wheel fitted into the cogs of another wheel connected with the drum, and so commu nicated the motive power. On the present oc casion the accident was attributed to the negli gence of the prisoner in not sufficiently screwing down the screws. When the order was given the machine was put in motion to bring up a number of men in a skiff; but when the skiff had got some dis tance up the shaft it suddenly ran back at a rapid rate, and four men and three boys were dashed to the bottom of the pit, which was 70 yards deep, and all of them were killed, with the exception of one boy. On examining the carriage it was found that the two screws which attached it to the wooden sill were not sufficiently screwed, so that the car riage had some play. The result was that it did not bring the cogs of the two wheels sufficiently near each other, so that, instead of the cogs biting one another firmly and securely, they bit only for about half an inch. Two of the cogs were found broken, and the accident was attributed to the pri soner's not securely screwing in the two screws, so as to bring the cogs of the two wheels in close and firm union. An attempt was made by the prisoner's counsel to show that the machinery was defective, inasmuch as there was a block and wedge also used to keep the carriage in its place ; but this was an swered by a statement that the .block and wedge were additional securities, and it was the duty of the prisoner to see that they were both in their proper places, whereas the wedge was out. Mr. Scotland, for the prisoner, contended that the accident was caused by the negligence of the man whom the prisoner had followed on duty, but who was not called as a witness. The jury found the prisoner guilty. It was stated during the trial that, even after the accident, the men on the works had petitioned that the prisoner might be continued in his place. Mr. Justice Keating, after some remarks on the circumstances of the case, sentenced the prisoner to four months' imprisonment with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—March 17 , WANDSWORTH.—CURIOUS CASE OF FRAUD AND FORGERY—A FAST BOY OF 1860.—A stylishly dressed youth, who gave the name of Henry Coley, ana described himself as a clerk, aged 17, was pl ace d ;;_u the dock before Mr. Dayman, charged with obtainng £2 from a lady named Knight, re siding at S eng oirst-cottage, Wandsworth-road, by fraudulent means, flduced it appeared that Mrs. From the evidence a:. Knight, who was quite a;_ ri had a sister, named Maria Goodwin, resin; ng in the neighbour hood of Clapham. During the 2 ast few days she had been very much annoyed by the: epeated visits - . ith letters of the prisoner and another young man N o purporting to have been written by her sister". and imploring her to lend her money. The prism:" brought no fewer than five notes, all signed M. G., and containing such words as these—" My dear sister, do, pray, lend me the money. I have bills to meet. You little knew the difficulty people in business have to contend against." Mrs. Knight had an attendant named Mrs. Turner, and although the letters were addressed to the prosecutrix, they implored Mrs. Turner to get the money, as there was no doubt the writer knew perfectly well that ' the letters would be read by the attendant. One of the letters asked for £5, and on that occasion the prosecutrix directed Mrs. Turner to give her £2, as s he was short of money and could not spare any more. The prisoner came several times afterwards, and at last Mrs. Goodwin happened to hear that some per sons were getting money in her name, and she went to her sister's and waited till he came. The letters were all forgeries, and the prisoner then stated that he was sent by a stranger whom he met in the street, and gave him sixpence for his trouble. Tile prisoner was given into custody, and he gave an address which turned out to be an improper house. It also appeared that his friends were highly respectable, but he had ran away from them, and was living with a number of young girls at the house in question. _ Mrs. Turner produced two other letters which were brought by the other young man, and she proved having given him £2. Mr. Taylor, the chief clerk, said the letters were written after the same style as the others, but they were upon a different kind of paper. The prisoner now stated that the letters were given to him by a nephew of the family. Mrs. Goodwin said she had a nephew, but she scarcely knew him, and did not know where he lived. She believed his conduct had caused his mother considerable pain. The prisoner was an entire stranger to her. The constable said he had no doubt he should be able to apprehend the other young man. Mr. Dayman remanded the prisoner for a week. There were a number of young girls outside ap parently waiting to know the result of the charge. WESTMINSTER. THE CHARGES AGAINST MISS RICHARDS.—About a fortnight ago, Miss Martha Augusta Arthur Richards, who had been living in great style at 13, Ch es ter-street, Gros venor-place, and who was stated by her solicitor to be a lady of good family, was charged with fraudu lently obtaining £ll upon a banker's cheque. The case was then only slightly gone into, owing to the accused's illness and the want of evidence, and was adjourned from time to time until the lady was well enough to appear to the recognisaaces she had entered into. The accusation against her was briefly this :—That she had sent her servant with a cheque for £ll to Mr. Phipps, butcher, 36, Bel grave-street, and obtained cash for it ; that when the cheque was presented at the banker's there were no effects to meet it ; and that, subsequently, when Mr. Phipps sent the cheque to her house with a :test that she would take it up, she destroyed it ; but cyoss-examination it was shown that the ac cut in h a d sent her servant to Mr. Phipps with an offer to pay the money, but he refused to take it, as he had just sent the cheque to his bankers. On Miss . C. Richards appearing for further exa mination, Mr. C. Humphreys prosecuted for Mr. Phipps, and expressed a desire to shape the charge against her fpr stealing the cheque, admitting that there Ihad been sufficient to meet the cheque at the ac cused's bankers for some days after it was drawn ; it had, however, not been Pent to the bankers sooner in consequence of the servant requesting delay. Mr. Arnold complained that Mr. Phipps had acted most disingenuously when he induced him to grant a warrant for the accused's apprehension. He had not only withheld the fact that an offer had been made to pay the money, but had stated that her ac count had been closed at her banker's. There was no false pretence, and he should discharge the pri soner for the alleged fraud, leaving it to Mr. Phipps to give her into custody again, if he thought fit, on any other charge. Mr. Humphreys now stated a second charge for which a summons had been issued against the pri soner, for obtaining a silk dress, value £lO ss. 2d., under false pretences. She had represented herself to be a lady, when she was neither more nor less than a servant. She had stated herself to be the cousin of Lady Forbes and niece of Lord Tredegar, both of which were untrue, and upon faith of these representations she had obtained the dress from Mr. Parton, linendraper and silk' mercer, 3 and 4, Queen's-road, Pimlico. _ _ Mr. Lewis, jun , urged that Miss Richards's ac count had been mixed up with a lady's with whom she resided, and asked Mr. Parton whether £2O had not been offered him for his claim on the previous day. Mr. Parton said that was so. Mr. Teed, Q.C., had been to him upon the subject. After some conversation Mr. Parton agreed to take the £2O, and the charge having been with drawn, the accused left the court with her friends. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —AN ALLEGED FINDER'S APPROPRIATION OF A STOLEN NOTE. — Mr. Henry's Simpson, tailor, of 8, Richmond-street, Leicester-square, was summoned before Mr. Bing. ham for feloniously appropriating to his own use a lost £lO Bank of England note, which it was alleged he had found himself, or in company with another. _ _ Mr. Humphreys conducted the case ; and Mr. Edward Lewis, of Marlborough-street, the defence. After an outline of the case had been given, Mr. Humphreys called Mrs. Sarah Dewing, the wife of Mr. Ed ward Dewing, a City merchant, residing at No. 2, Grove, Hackney, who deposed that she received, on the 27th of February, a £lO Bank of England note from her husband to pay a bill, and after lunching with her daughter, a young married lady, at her hona le 6, Great Coram-street, Russell-square, proceedo d with her to Woburn-place, where they got into A cab. Directly after entering she perceived that her purse in her hand was open, and the note in ques tion and its contents gone. Losing no time they both alighted and retraced their steps, the one on one side of the way and the other on the other, to where they called the cab, hoping to find the note, but were doomed to disappointment. Mrs. Fanny Cavell, the daughter of the last wit ness, confirmed the previous statement as to the loss, and the proceeding consequent on the same, and added, that as she looked for the note two men, one with very dark whiskers, and the other, to the best of her belief, the defendant, accosting her, .asked her if she was looking for anything. She replied, "Yes—a note." The man she believed to be the defendant asked if it was a£sor a £lO not and she answered a £lO, and they, with the re.mark that it was a great loss, left, in the directic,‘ ll of Russell-square, shuffling about on the pavement` as they started. On a subsequent day, from inform a tion she received, she accompanied her father to th e defendant's shop. He did not at first appear to re cognise her, but afterwards turned very pale. Cross-examined—lt was nearer three than four o'clock in the afternoon when the note was dis covered to be lost. Had never, to her knowledge, seen either of the men before. It was about four or five minutes after leaving defendant's shop she told her father he was the man. Mr. William Edward Dewing, merchant and lard oil manufacturer at the East-end of the town, the husband of the first witness, said he gave his wife a £lO note, as stated, on the 27th ult., the number of which he found, as quickly after the loss as possible, to be 9,048, and that it bore date 23d January, 1860. It is the note now produced by the Bank authorities; On hearing of the less he advertised the same, and offered £1 reward, both in the papers and by handbills ; and, besides, gave the usual notice at the Bank of England. Acting upon information received, he afterwards went to Mr. Buckley, 61, Basinghall-street, and thence to the defendant's, in Richmond-street, where he saw the defendant. In reply to his questions, he said he had paid a £lO note to Mr. Buckley, which he had received from a man, who gave his name Smith, who looked like a sailor, and gave it in payment of a second-hand coat, and this person indorsed it, or pretended to do so. Defendant's wife coming into the shop at that moment, said, " No, ho did not put his name to it." He asked him, after telling him it was his note, which had been lost, if he would come to some arrangement about the same, and the defendant replied, No, he would not; and on the question of the change he gave, that that was his business, requiring to know, at the same time, if he took him for a-- fool. Again he proceeded to the defendant's with his daughter, and asked if be had traced out the Mr. Smith he spoke of, and he replied in the negative. Mr. John Blizard Buckley, woollen draper, 61, Basinghall-street, said that the defendant had done business with him about one year and a half, and that he paid him the note in question to take £5 off an account of £l7 between them, on the 28th of February, which he had ipplied for two or three times. He required his indorsement, and he placed his name on a corner of the note. He subsequently paid the note to his bankers, the London Joint- Stock Bank. Mr. Richard Bailey, from the Bank of England, produced the note in question paid in in a bulk of £l,lOO from the Joint-Stock Bank. This being the whole of the case, Mr. Lewis addressed the court for his client, con tending that he was a respectable tradesman, charged with feloniously stealing the note upon the uncorroborated statement of a lady who had herself very fairly stated that the could not speak with certainty as to the defendant's identii T. She had been taken by her father to the defendant's house, and had admitted it was not until she had left there some minutes that she fixed on him gs one of the men who spoke to her in Woburn-place. Mr. Bingham said as very loose and erroneous o pinions were afloat as to lost property found by other than the owners, it would be well that he should ei2 deavour to set this matter right, by giving some general information on the subject, and he would state the latest law respecting the same. If a man find goods that have been actually lost, or are reasonably supposed by him to have been lost, and appropriates them, with intent to take the en tire dominion over them, really believing when he takes them that the owner cannot be found, it is not larceny ; but if he takes them with the like in tent, though lost, or supposed to be lost, but rea sonably believing that the owner can be found, it is larcely. In the present case, had the lady, Mrs. Cavell, been able to swear positively to the defen dant, I should undoubtedly have committed him, under the circumstances detailed in evidence, to take his trial. But she has stated very carefully and fairly that she cannot say without a doubt that he is the man, and therefore I sha ll not put the county to unnecessary expea.se in his committal, and do therefore discharge the summons. ROYAL COLLEGE OF ruySICIANS.-At the Comi tia Majora held on Saturday, March 17, the following gentlemen, having been previously elected Marten admitted members of the College :—George Anne i, M.D., Ventner, Isle of Wight; Samuel Parsons, 3, Clarges-street, Daniel Hack Tuke, M.D., Falmou th ; Th omas Hunter, M.D., Edinburgh ; John Scott, M.D., Boulogne; Henry Mills Cannon, M.B. Ch e lt en ham ; Thomas Leckie, M.D., Torquay ; William 'St. George Davies, M.D., Brighton; John Stirling, M.D., Royal Navy; William Mort, M.D., Southport ; William Lavin, M.D., Coventry ; Henry John Lucas, M.D., Crickhowell, South Wales; Julius Althaus, M.D., Manchester-street; John Davidson, M.D., Royal Hospital, Hasler ; Richard Giles, M.D., Oxi:ord ; John Dowson, M D., Whitby; Almeric Walter Seyrnex, M.D., Brighton; David Duncan Logan, M.D., Leinster-oquare; Henry Harry Goodeve, M.D., Stoke Bishop, near B r ,stol ; Darwen Chawner, M.D., Lincoln ; Henry G.Wright, M. D., Somerset-street; Richard Leack, M.D., Blackburn; Joh. l Frederick Stevenson, M.D., Birkenhead ,• Joseph Hutchin son Hammond, M.D., Preston • Ravenhill Pearce, M.D., Brighton ; Robert Crothers, M.D , ploy, county Tyrone ; John Stewart Kilgour, M. , Isle of Man ; Vans C. Clarke, M.D., Royal Naval . Rendezvous, Tower-hill; Joseph A. Radcliffe Harvey, M.D., Southsea ; Edward Cator Seaton, M.D., Sloane-street; Edward Shortland, Plymouth; John ' M. C. Faircloth, M.D., Northampton • John Beddoe, M.D., Clifton; Robert Mill er , M.D . Somer's-place, Hyde-lark; Charles Sylvester, M.D., Bath; Alonzo Henry Stocker, M.D., Bow. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the College at a meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 16th inst., viz.— Messrs. John Edmunds, Toddington, near Dunstable, L.S.A., May 2, 1816 ; Thomas Stiles, Pinchbeck, Spalding, Lincolnshire, L.S.A., February 1, 1821; James Bryant, Northampton-street, Clerkenwell, L.S.A., November 18, 1824; Robert Skegg, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, L. S.A., December 22, 1825 ; Henry Knaggs, Kentish-town, L.S.A., February 23, 1826; James Griffith, Biddenden, Kent, L.S.A. ' Dec. 21, 1826; James Lambden, Grimsby, Lincolnshire ' L.S.A., April 12, 1827 ; James Hurd, Frome, Somerset, L.S A., June 3, 1830 ; Ralph Linton, Chester le-street, L.S.A, June 10, 1830; Francis Chas. Howard, Linton, Cambridgeshire, L.S.A., June 7, 1832 ; George Cochrane, Wickham-market, Suffolk, L.S.A., October 1 7, 1833; Edward Smith Walters, Leek, Staffordshire, L.S.A., Nov. 3, 1836 ; Jacob Ashley, Wick and Abson, near Bath, L.S.A., July 5, 1838 ; Frederic Barham, Maidstone, L.S.A., April 25, 1859 ; John Hurd, Yatton, near Bristol, L.S.A., May 8, 1845; Wm. Paine Fisher, Dartford, L.S.A., March 5, 1846 ; Wm. Byron Hill, Carter-street, Walworth, L. S. A., July 5, 1849 ; Alfred Scotehburn, Driffield, Yorkshire, L.S.A., Nov. 8, 1849; Christopher Kirby, Halifax, York shire, L.S.A., May 6, 1842 ' • John Ivy Mais, Thorner, n ear Leeds, L.S.A., May 26, 1853 • Edward Swales, Hem s l e y, Yorkshire, L.S.A., Apra 28, 1853 ; Chas. Stuart Watkins, Chandos-street, Covent -garden, April 20, 1854 ; and Frederik Slado 11101?Td ILITY IN A TRANSPORT SHIP. We h ave already announced the arrival at Liver pot)l of the Great Tasmania with disbanded troops from II Idia. We regret to find that there has been afe arf ul mortality amongst the men. The follow ing particulars are taken from the Liverpool lile.renry of Saturday : " Of the 1,000 who were shipped about 60 died on the voyage ; and about 100 of the survivors were last evening transferred from th e s hip, i n cars an d sprin g carts, to the Liverpool workhouse, many in a racist distressing condition, and some of them not expected to live over the night. They were suffer log chiefly from dysentery and scurvy, apparently indi iced to a great extent by the want of provisions and proper accommodation during the voyage • and as s. on as some of the men were abl e an d felt at lib e: •ty to speak they were severe and unanimous in flit :Li- complaints of the treatment they had received. On e of their greatest grievances during the dreary fou r months' voyage has been the short supply of hat mocks. As a consequence, throughout the whole voy age men have been lying on the bare boards, without the slightest extra covering. Some of the men declared that they had been kept a whole -week, night and day, on the upper deck, exposed to a2l kinds of weather, and only suffered to go below to the it meals, under pain of deprivation or punish ment as prisoners if found below at any other time. For b reakfast and tea they had tea and biscuits, the latter being described by one as more like sand than anyi:hing else, whilst another suggested that they migi it have been locked up in Calcutta for 20 year s. For dinner every alternate day they bad beef, which was wretched, so much so that it was thro\ vn overboard in casks when condemned by a col nmittee of officers. Then a total absence of preserved vegetable food aggravated the evil, and the 1 ime-juice was as bad and worthless as the provisions. The result of ail this and much more was that the ship became a floating hos pital, and had 400 or 500 sick men on board, among whom the doctor, who did his best - with the means at his disposal, was, of course, almost helpless. One man was found dead in a car on its arrival at the workhouse last sight. The case will be reported to the coroner, who will no sloubt hold an inquest, at which these, at present, ex parte statements will be more fully investigated. It is stated that Government has also been communicated with by telegraph, and that an inspector has already arrived from London to inquire into the matter." LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY NIGHT. The excitement caused amongst all classes in this town with respect to the alleged cruel conduct of the parties in charge of the Great Tasmania, with troops on board from India, has been most intense during the whole of the day, and, as the facts in connection with the case are developed, public in dignation increases. There can be no doubt what ever that great blame—culpable, if not actual cri minal negligence—attaches to some parties. The owners throw it altogether upon the Government, but people here are astonished that the owners should have been so indiscreet as to allow the ves sel to be chartered for such a large number as 1,100, when, under the provisions of the Passengers' Act, she is only allowed to carry between 600 and 700. I was to-day informed by some of the men that there take them in turn, and that those on deck were not allowed to go down below more than once a week. Four more have died to-day, making altogether seven deaths, and many more are not expected to survive. The inquest was opened to-day, and, after hear ing some formal evidence, was adjourned till Mon day. COUNTRY 11121111CBTS. NORWICH—MARcu 17. A t our market to-day there was a limited supply of wheat, and i fhe demand being brisk, late prices were fully main tain,h 1, and in some instances is to 2s more money. Them was o my a small supply of barley at late rates. whi ti wheat. 46s to 49s j Red wheat 40s to 45e Aalt in g barlsy.... 428 to 463 I Chevalier barley 34s to 41e Distil ling do.. ....25s to 27s j Oats.. ..Flour, 29s 6d to 30e per sack front the miller. CAMBRIDGE--MARCH 17. There was a fair supply of wheat, and, with a rather steady de mand in the trade, white moved off at 448 to 490 red, 43s tt ) 47s per 36 stone. There was a small show Cl barley to- day; malting, 368 to 40s; grinding, 288 to 310 per 30 stone. Oats at 265 to 258 for new ; old oats, —5 t 0 —B. Bean sin limited supply, and a steady sale—new, 40 0 to 438 ; of 1, —a to —8 per 38 stone ; peas, 40s to —s per 36 stone. IVbite cloverseed, 861 to 898; red, 46s to 10s per quarter. YORK—MARcm 17. To-day's ;market was plentifully supplied with wheat, is improved condition, and all descriptions sold readily of is to 2s over last week's rates. Beans about the solo " last week. Oats firm. Barley a tolerable show. Malt, 688 to 70s per qr. ; rye, 32s per qr. ; 33s Is 35a per sack. GLOUCESTER--MARcx 17. At our market there was rather a good attendance, wit* a fair business doing. English white wheat, 46e to 47" red, 43s to 46s per qr. Foreign, 46s to 60s per qr. 1 " barley, oats, and beans scarcely any alteration. LEICESTER—MAncn 17. There was a tolerable supply of wheat to-day, a fair attendance, and trade firm. Whits wheat, 48s to /126 —red, 45. to 48s per 36 stone; a very fair inquiry for fine barley, grinding, 30s to 33s ; malting, 384 to 44s per qr.; oats, 28s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 52. to ' - ' ll l new 425 to 46s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 33s I Seconds, 31s I Thirds, 29s per 20 stone. OXFORD-31Ancn 17. An average quantity of wheat at market to-day, for which the trade was sluggish for all samples ; other grain in active. White ruled at 4s. to 545, red 41s to 48s per qr. Barley, 32s to 42s ; oats, 20s to 32s ' • beans, 38s ta 48a ; hog peas, 39s to 42s ; boilers, 40s to 46s per qr. Flour, 33s to 34. per sack. Hay, from £3 Os to L 4 Oa per ton. •MARC 17. morything except oats, which le, at Tuesday's quotations. g. d. 8. d. Do., new — 0 to 0 Berg Rapeseed Oatmeal l3 6 to 16 S Bakers' flour l5 6.t0 19 0 Indian corn FOREIGN NAIL PACKET LIST. In the i-011owing table E signifies that 'letters are despatched by eiening mails from London, and M by morning mails. Next DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port of Mail of Mails. Despatch. due. . i---- Australia and Mauritius , via , Southampton ... 'Aprill2,M Southamp. Aprilll Ditto, via Marseilles 3lar. 19 , E April 4 B a h am as and Havana via New ' York I liar. E Liverpool.. April 12 C an ada, &c. (by Canadn. pekt )31ar. 21, E' Liverpool— , Mar. 21 Cape of Good Hope, AsCen-1 sion, and St. Helena April 5, E Devonport April 3 China, Penang, and Singa pore, via Southampton Mar. 20, 31 Southamp. Mar. 20 Ditto, via Marseilles , Mar. 26, E; overdue Gibraltar, via So u th amp t on .. Mar. 20 ,M'Southamp. Mar. 20 Honduras and Blewfields .... Mar. 17, M Southamp. Mar. -- India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 20, Southamp. Mar. 20 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Mar. 27, M Southamp. Mar. 25 Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and P. Islands April 9, MSouthamp. April 5 Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Mar. 17, M'Seuthamp. Mar. 21 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 20 ,31 Southamp. Mar. 20 Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland Mar. 30, E Liverpool.. United States and British N America (by British paeket)Mar. —, E Liverpool.. Mar. 21 Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Tenerife Mar. 23 B Liverpool.. April 11 West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, New Granada, &c. BIRTHS. BuowNz.—On the 12th inst., at Mansfield-street, the Lady Ulick Browne, of a daughter. HARBORD.—On the 15th inst., the Hoa. Mrs. Harbord, of a son. MAURICE.—On the 14th inst., at Harnhill Rectory, the wife of the Ray. T. Maurice, of a son. WIDENHAM.-011 the 16th inst. at 13, Lombard-street, city, Mrs. Thomas Finer Widenhara, of a son. MARRIAGES. TABOR—FosTEn.—On the 15th inst., at Rochester, J. Tabor, Esq., of The Glen, Upper Sydenham, to Anna Maria, only daughter of J. C. Foster, Esq., of Wainscot, Kent. GIBBENS—NAPFER. — On tho 14th inst., at Dorking, the Rev. Wm. Gibbons, eldest son of the late Captaia Gib bens, 55th Regt., to Elizabeth, only daughter of Henri Napper, Esq., Dorking. DEATHS. DALZIEL.—On the 16th inst., at Ardrossan, Li eu t en ant- Colonel John Dalziel, Mad ras A rm y, one o f the few sur viving officers that nerved under the Duke of Wellington in the Mahratta War of 1803-4, for which he had else/ for the battles of Assaye, Argaum, and Qawilghur. DIAPER.—On the 15th inst., at Poole, Henry St. Jo" Diaper, Esq., C.E., aged 37. NICOLSON.—On the 15th inst., at 5, Adam-street, Adelphrt the Rev. Hugh Nicolson, aged 57. SE.tIVA.RD.—On the 16th inst. , Mr. Francis Seaward, Mostyn-terrace, Bow, and aurence Pountney-10.11 0 ) du' aged 36. STEIVART.—On the 14th inst., at Burwood- I p_ace, HY"' park, John Stewart, Esq, formerly M.P. for Lymingt° l4 aged 70. ULLocx.—On the 14th inst., at Shirley, near Southarar ton, Thomas Ullock, Esq., R.N., aged 76. 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Notices h i. , adyd a r y nil ° in lei, i h Mr. ! fall ; or wit An, otherw L o 8 8 c otn !_e e,at k.........,..!_u_____1T. THE PC ~1 856- 67, by limited to 1 Deposit, 1 ePosit, 10s. J lib_otel ' CIIALLICE Corn ate in J. d ieser, Eln Bicknel wlch• niPtain Sheward. W aY, Rand( ( 1 I teger ' T he Ikti;tiSomnaiti keg L Ir g• Tuck ,ondon. c hant Har t M ~sars Mack London. BYd neY Smixl J oseph M „ 1 MANA ki N o further 1(1 Wednesd r TIJESD 1 lottnent wil PRESEN *nd Di Ining-ro b` e v ASES,Fi inlai Marble, 1 jentlfactured Lieaty, 149, Tennan ' II NERALS, the iutQrmtin 4 nd GE01.0( PRA CTIcJ lULLOGY is Just Pnblieh Plates, VITA on the ISPERMATO DIS RASES, SYSTEM. et aze, producin, RTICI4NGTH Zane and INC shy these Di. t hey can be witl action. 7 ulrY edleal A Ac PIIIt) st reet, Londo L'olter-row a DUBLIN. The market was firm for e . were extremely difficult of sal s. d. s. d. Wheat, white.. 28 6 to 30 6 Do., red 27 0 to 28 6 Do., new 0 to 0 Barley Oats Do., black ll 6 to 12 6