The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-05 00:00:00

-- 2118 NAVY. The paddlewheel steam sloop Virago, 6, Comman der Dunn, which arrived at Plymouth on i Thursday, as reported in The ,Sun Of yesterday, brings ntelli gence of the safe arrival at Gibraltar of the Turkish screw line-of-battle ship Shadia on the 23d of Octo ber. On the 25th 500 Moorish refugees were en camped on the neutral ground. Commander Dann states that the weather on the passage home ex ceeded in severity any before experienced. The paddlewheel stea.rnsloop Devastation, 6, Com mander John Baird, from Halifax, October the 11th, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, as already stated, reports that the screw steam gun vessel Jasper, 1, Lieut. and Commander W. H. Pym, left Halifax October the Bth for Jamaica, and that the paddle wheel steam sloop Gorgon, 6, Commander Bedford C. T. Pym, arrived at Halifax on the 10th. the screw steamship Conflict, 8, Commander J. W. Sullivan, from the Coast of Africa, which arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, as reported yesterday, is gone up Hamoaze to repair. On the 18th of September she made prize of a fine Spanish bark, and took her into Sierra Leone. The bark did not exhibit colours, and had no name. About £1,200 in doubloons were found on board. The Simoom, screw, Commander J. Cooke, re ported by the authorities ready for sea on the 7 t h inst., will not be ready for the embarcation of her troor for some days after that date, having yet to receive on board her provisions and medical stores. The Queen, 91, screw, in charge of Mr. Cleverly`, master, with a party of riggers and supernumeraries , arrived at Spithead yesterday morning. She will be brought into harbour on Monday morning. The Princess Royal, Capt. Thomas Baillie, will be officially inspected and towed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead , on Monday, preparatory to her officers:and crew being turned over to the Queen. The inspection of the Odin, 16, and the Sphinx ; 6, at Spithead, was postponed yesterday until this morning owing to the boisterous state of the wea ther. Their crews, with those of the four gunboats which accompany them out to China, will be paid their advance of wages after inspection, and, it is expected, will sail for their destination on Sunday, or early on Monday morning, calling at Plymouth Sounds A water police force is to be established in Hamoaze. It will consist of three sergeants and nine privates, who will be selected from the force in Devonport and Keyham yards. The men will have the hulk Endymion for a rendezvous. Letters received from Shanghai, dated September the 3d, state that Admiral Hope was better, but the weather was excessively hot, which somewhat re tarded the healing of his wounds. The Chesapeake was to sail from Woosung on the 4th on a cruise. Field-pieces had been landed and placed in Mr. Dent's garden, and measures taken to be prepared against any surprise. Two of the police were re ported to have been shot by some Chinese. The gunboats were lying close inshore. Mr. W. H. Cater was yesterday appointed As sistant-Surgeon to Plymouth Hospital. THE ARMY. In consequence of the representations which have been lately made to the authorities of the want of a sufficient number of well qualified non-commissioned officers to superintend and assist in the instruction of the Royal and Indian Engineers, now at head quarters, Chatham, in the various branches of engi neering operations taught at the Royal Engineer establishment, an order has been received from the War Department, directing that eight additional non-commissioned officers be appointed as supernu merary instructors in addition to those already em ploye' in that duty. The additional noncommis sioned officers selected are to be allotted to the seve ral departments of instruction—viz., photography, lithography and printing, telegraphy, surveying, fieldworks, and the laboratory. Each non-commis sioned officer so appointed is to receive an addi tion of ls. G. per day beside his regimental pay as colour-sergeant, which rank he is to hold. The second instance of the infliction of corporal punishment in Colchester Camp during the present week took place yesterday morning. The prisoner was a private of the 37th Regiment, named Drake, who had been caught in the act of pilfering a com rade, and when placed in the guard-room he com mitted a second felony. For these offences he was sentenced by court-martial to receive 50 lashes, which were yesterday inflicted in the presence of the men of the 10th Depot Battalion. The prisoner, although a young soldier, bears a very bad charac ter. He sustained the punishment without the ut terance of a word, and was afterwards removed to the hospital. The person first whipped during the present week belonged to the same regiment. The troops in Colchester Camp, about 2,600 in number, are now frequently brigaded, and have field-days, and the customary autumn and winter prolonged marches into the country have com menced. The following officers have been appointed by the Lords of the Admiralty to the Royal Marine Artil lery on its new formation as a distinct ccrps from the Royal Marine Light Infantry, as announced in The Sun of Thursday :—Col.-Commandant John Fraser, and Brevet-Major J. E. W. Lawrence, to be Paymasters; Capt. T. Q. Meade to be Barrack Mas ter; First Lieut. E. C. L. Darn ford to be Adjutant ; Bergt.-Major W. Healey to be Quartermaster. IHE LOSS OF TIIB . ROYAL CHARTER. CONTINUATION OF THE INQUEST. vv MOELFRA, FRIDAY NIGHT. The inquest was continued to-day. Yesterday afternoon, however, after the last parcels were de spatched, the examination of Suiaca, the boat swain's mate, was pursued at considerable length. In answer to questions from Mr. Mellor, he stated that the captain was on deck when the first anchor was dropped. After the first attempt to stay the vessel had been made the captain told the engineer that he was to give the vessel as much steam as he could, as he (the captain) was going to "stay" the ship again. A second hawser was sent ashore when the ship broke. Signals of distress were made when they lost sight of Point Lynas. He considered that everything was done that could be done to save the lives of the passengers. The captain was constantly on deck during the night of the wreck. Witness was sure that he was perfectly sober. After some general evidence as to the gale, and the course which the ship was running at the time, Thon;as Welch, of Park-hill-road, Liverpool, was called by •Mr. Mellor. He said that he was pre sent, along with Mr. Mellor and Mr. Russell, on Thursday night last at Moelfra, when he heard Suiaca say distinctly that on the night of the wreck Captain Taylor was not sober. On the same night ifitiress heard Suiaca say that he himself applied three times to Captain Taylor to have the masts cut away on the night of the storm. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Samuel Martin, of Liverpool. In answer to a question, witness said that Suiaca knew perfectly well what he was talking about when he said that Captain Taylor was drunk. Mr. John W. Mellor, solicitor, of Oldham, next tendered his evidence. He corroborated the state ment of the previous witness that Saiaca had told him, in the presence of Mr. Russell and the pre ceding witness, that the captain was not sober. The witness also stated that he heard Mr. Russell say that the captain was drunk ; but he afterwards explained that Mr. Russell had merely made that statement from hearsay, cs he did not see the cap tain on the night of the wreck. To his mind the evidence was quite conclusive that the captain WAS perfectly sober on the occasion. He had no doubt about it. William Foster, the carpenter, was next called, and gave evidence of a similar nature to that which had been given by Suiaca. At the sitting of the Court this morning the wit ness Foster was recalled. He said that the vessel might have been from half an hour to an hour on the rocks before she parted, after which she broke right across the main hatch. Previous to this a line had been sent ashore by a man named Rogers, who had jumped overboard and swam. People stood on the cliffs and helped to fasten it. It was fast there an hour or an hour and a half before the ship parted ; sixteen went ashore by it. A female hesi tated to go along it, and this caused a delay of half an hour. After she refused to go I went down next, and about three other men followed me. The chief portion of the pas- , sengers were on the poop and in the saloon. There were other portions on the forecastle. A heavy sea broke across the starboard, and about 60 or more were to see into the sea. I h a d fre quent occasion sobe e r e the c captain that night. He was perfectly uside i ring the gale that evening, I am of opinion thatto save captain could net do more than he had done pa e ss l e i d ves. By Mr. Bright—After we Point Lynas the wind got stronger and stronger. At first bump-.' ing on the sands it my duty to examine her, and she made no water then. About an hour after the vessel made water, when she turned round and was on the rocks. In answer to further questions f r om Mr. Bright, the witnes s only gave corrobora tive evidence as to what was done to save the pas sengers after the ship struck. By . the Coroner.—He never heard Suiaca say that he had asked the captain three times to cut the masts away, and that he had refused to do so. I never made such a statement myself, and never heard any one say so. Mr. J. B. Ala 'sit, reporter, of Chester, called, said,—l had a conversation with Suiaca at his lodg ings on Thursday week, the day after the wreck. 1 The carpenter (Foster) was present at the time. after taking down Smaca's and Foster's narratives, - I asked Sniaca whether he had any more to say. "TA replied that he had heard somebody on the gay that the captain was drunk, but he said - , 4 as sober as he (Sniaca) was then, and ' like to see the man who said he was -cards added, " I was running -, messages from the captain `lle officers to crew, -ot drunk." Those +. it is now de- beach that he wt._ that he would drunk. He aften, a b o ut all night carryinb to the officers, and from l— and I can swear that he was h words I took down in writing, bu. stroyed. ' y e p wer e In reply to the Coroner the j ur y said t ... perfectly satisfied that the captain was eviden.6' 011 soi.;9r; and there was no necessity for further that point. At half-past 4 the jury came to the following ver- dict - " From the evidence tendered we are unanin otusly of opinion that the deceased, James Walton' and others, unfortunately lost their lives on board the Royal Charter by pure accident ; that Capt. Taylor was perfectly sober, and had done all in his power to save the ship and the lives of passengers Last night one of the divers descendeddown that I part of the wreck where it is supposed the specie lies, and brought up a bar of gold weighing 4Th., I and a cash-box much crushed , c ontainin g a photo graph bearing the following address :—" James -Haw kins,Esq.,Wells -street, High-street, Wells, Somerset shire." No bodies were washed asbore either last night or this morning, except a portion of the mulilated body of an infant, which was con veyed this morning to the church. Persons who had friends on board still continue to arrive and seek admission into the church to view the bodies which remain there to be identified. Every facility axed attention is shown to them by the Rev. Mr. Hughes, the rector. (From the Times.) It was scarcely to be hoped that the inquest held on the unfortunate sufferers by the wreck of the Royal Charter should have added much to our in formation upon this sorrowful story. The witnesses before the Coroner's Jury were pretty much the same persons who had already given their state ments to the world. What they had to tell they had told. Although some fresh witnesses may have been examined, it could. scarcely be supposed that their testimony would contradict, or even modify, the information at which we had already arrived on any important particular. It is acknowledged that Captain Taylor sailed his ship from Melbourne to the Irish Channel in a most efficient and seaman like manner. Although the passengers on board could not be accepted as very nice or accurate judges of nautical skill, it appears that he had won golden opinions from them all. All testimony to his con duct until the fatal Tuesday night was laudatory in the extreme. Nor can it be supposed that even if the passengers had the inclination they would have had the opportunity of playing the censors upon Captain Taylor during the pressure of the hurri cane. At 10 o'clock at night the anchors were let go, and it was not until 2 a.m. the following morn ing that the cables parted. Until this moment not a suspicion of danger appears to have crossed the mind of any save one man. After the an chors were down Captain Adams, who was a passenger on board the ship, said he should not be surprised if she went ashore. In all there were three men on board who had acted as masters of ships. There was, first, Cap tain Taylor, and, as passengers, Captain Withers and Captain Adams. As soon as the cables had parted, and when danger presented itself in an open and imminent form, Captain Taylor held a brief consultation in the saloon with his two professional brethren as to the best means of saving the ship. What passed between them of course we cannot tell, but we know that as soon as it was. over the masts were cut away. The Royal Charter took the sand at about half-past 5 o'clock a.m. It appears in evidence that Captain Taylor went to where th e ladies were collected together and said, " Ladies, I think we are on a sandy beach, but I hope, by the help of God, we shall get ashore when daylight comes." So far, then, it seems that, even if Captain Taylor made any professional mistakes, at least he was in full possession of his composure and his senses. He did not dine with the passengers on Tuesday evening, but went down to the saloon somewhat later to order some coffee for himself. All questions put to the witnesses in cross-exami nation, suggesting that Captain Taylor was intoxi cated, or in any way the worse for liquor, entirely failed of their object. It must be taken as a fact, ' that Captain Taylor on the fatal night was per fectly sober and in a fit state to attend to his duty. Nor is there any evidence to show that he was a man of intemperate habits. On the contrary, Mr. H. Carew Taylor, one of the saloon passengers, who lost his little child in the wreck, deposed not only that Captain Taylor was perfectly sober on the night of the calamity, but that, in fact; he was a man habitually averse from drink, as invariably, when offered a glass, he refused it. We should :not have laid so much stress upon this point had we not found questions as to Captain Taylor's sobriety so often repeated in the course of the cross-examinations, and as the jury bring the fact prominently forward in their verdict it is evi dent that their attention must have been strongly directed towards it. Thus much would appear to follow, that the gentlemen who examined the wit nesses were at a loss to suggest any other probable cause for the loss of the Royal Charter. If the cap tain was sober and perfectly competent to the dis charge of his duty, was he guilty of any error of judgment ? And, if not so, why was the ship driven ashore, and how was it that she broke up so sud denly ? In such a case vie must not put ourselves too much in the position of judges atter the fact. It may be that when Captain Taylor let go his anchors at 10 o'clock it would have been more advisable for him to steam out into mid-channel, and accept the whole fury of the storm where plenty of sea-room was to be found. If the machinery, spars, and rigging of the Royal Charter had been fit to stand the brunt of that rough experiment we now know that it would have been better had it been tried. This, how ever, is not the question ;—we have to ascertain what, in the opinion of the most competent pro fessional judges, Captain Taylor ought to have done at 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, taking into account the condition of the weather, the lie of the coast, and the capabilities of his ship. Was he right, then, in letting go his anchors ? On such a point it scarcely beseems us to offer an opinion, but it certainly appears to landsmen that Captain Taylor, in anchoring so close to such a shore, took upon himself an awful responsibility if any other course was open to him. He was trusting the safety of five hundred lives to the links of two chains, or to the chance that his anchors would continue to bold when the hurricane was pouring its full force on the ship. Immediately the anchors began to drag there arose the second question, as to whether or not it ws.s advisable to cut away the spars, mainly lest th&Arift should interfere with the action of the screw. Upon this last point, how ever, we have it in evidence that the ship only ceased to use the screw when she was hard and fast, and therefore a sound discretion was used in this particular. Surprise has been expressed that so little effort was made to organise means of saving the passenge rs after the vessel had taken the beach. It s hould be observed, however, that at half-past 5 a.m. at this season of the year it is pitch dark, and we know that as soon as it was light enough to see a hawser was sent on shore. If we are to attach credit to the Captain's own words, as reported by the witnesses, he himself had no idea but that when daylight came and the ebb tide had done its work they would all get easily enough to the shore, from which they were but 30 yards distant. The sudden breaking up of the vessel at seven o'clock seems to have been quite an unexpected event, and the wretched pas sengers on board the Royal Charter and her ship's company were hurried into eternity just at the mo ment they began to moke sure of their safety. After the great crash came all human help was unavail ing. The destruction was the work of a few seconds —of a minute or two at most. _ . . We now come to another part of the inquiry, and this is as to the actual condition and seawor thiness of the Royal Charter. A correspondent, whose letter was printed the other day, and than, whom there could not bea more competent witness_ on the subject on which he was writing, gave it as his opinion that the ship went to pieces because the iron of which she was composed was of an in ferior quality. In making this statement it was neither his intention nor his wii3ll to point any charge against the owners or builders of the Royal Charter. According to his statement, it is the custom of all our iron shipbuilders to build ti eir ships with com paratively bad iron. Any kind of iron is good enough for a ship's plate. The result is that when the vessel is subjected to any enormous strain she breaks asunder or goes to pieces. The Birkenhead broke her back, and a few thumps on the rocks split the Royal Charter into two, end then into three pieces, almost instantaneously. Now, he contends, if suitable iron had been used, this would . not have been so. This is a point that should bo looked to, for the inspections held by the Board of Trade upon seagoing iron ships are but so many solemn farces if the very material of which the body of the ship is constnieted is to give way the first time it may be put to the proof, It has also been stated, since this subject has been so painfully forced upOn the attention of the public, that the heads of the rivets by which the plates are held together in iron ships are apt to get loose, and t bg t h v could be prevented b 7 the emploiment of a very simple process, which is not used in ninety nine cases out of a hundred. The inquest is now over, and the jury have found a verdict acquitting everybody of blame. The proceedings have not thrown much fresh light upon this terrible tragedy of the wreck of the Royal Charter, but it will stand recorded in our English chronicles as among the national calamities of the year 1859. MIDDLES_EX SESSIONS, Nov. 4. (Before the Assistant-Judge.) George Chapman, a carman, was indicted for maliciously assaulting William Thomas, and. also for a common assault. By the advice of his counsel, Mr. F. H. Lewis, the defendant pleaded guilty to the latter charge. ikif. Cooper called the prosecutor, who stated that he was driving in his phaeton towards Stam ford-hill, and the defendant was in charge of a team, which was ahead of him. The defendant was allow ing his horses to straggle across the road, so that it was impossible for any vehicle to pass by ; so he touched the fore horse with his whip to move him aside ; the horse moved to the other side, and de fendant then rushed upon him and belaboured him with his whip, drawing blood, and used language of the basest description, so much so that, for the sake of a lady he had with him, he (prosecutor) was compelled to drive on, so disgusting were the words he uttered. • Mr. Lewis urged that the defendant was on his right side of the road, and on the impulse of the moment struck the prosecutor for, as he considered, improperly interfering with his horses. The learned counsel called the defendant's em ployer, Mr. Humphreys, of Chingford-hall, who deposed that he had been in his service over 20 years, and had always borne the character of a civil, well-conducted, honest, sober man. The Assistant-Judge, after commenting on the circumstances, said he felt it his duty to sentence the defendant, who had been guilty of a gross and unwarrantable outrage, to three months' Imprison• went, but without hard labour. John Davis was indicted, with Charles Harris, who surrendered, for stealing an oil cask and a vat, value £4, the property of S ir John Hare, from premises belonging to him in Kent's-place, North - Wharf-road, Paddington. Mr. Cooper prosecuted. After the evidence had been given, the Assistant- Judge withdrew the case as. against Harris from the consideration of the jury, and left them to de cide as to the guilt of Davis. The jury found Davis guilty. Sir John Hare stated that the prisoner Davis had been in his service, without a stain on his charac ter, except for drinking, up to this transaction, for nearly 40 years. Henry Griffiths was then tried for stealing, and also for receiving, a vat and four casks, the property of Sir John Hare, from the same premises. Mr. M'Donnell defended the prisoner. The jury fully acquitted him. The Assistant-Judge said he thought it necessary to caution him. Prisoner—l be innocent, sir. I bought the things in a fair sort of way, and sold. 'em to get a bit of profit if I could, and when I've made a shilling, why, I've saved it in a right way. I'm no thief, gentlemen, and don't want nothing but what's my own. The Assistant-Judge—You are discharged. We have had a good character of Sou; if we had not you seem disposed tet give yourself one. Prisoner—Thank'ee, sir. Davis was sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. Mr. F. H. Lewis, who defended Harris, said he might be allowed to state that, though he had not the opportunity of calling witnesses, his client was a man who had borne an-unexceptionable character for 30 years. George Aldridge, 21, was indicted for stealing a coil of wire, the property of W. H. Potts and another. The prisoner went to the prosecutor's :lop, 65, York-street, Westminster, to make a purchase, and was seen to secret a coil of wire, which he took from the counter, under his coat. He was found guilty, and sentenced to hard labour for a month. Mr. Langford prosecuted; Mr. C. nth was counsel for the prisoner. (Before Mr. Creasy.) Nicholas Doynen surrendered to take his trial on an indictment for assaulting two police-constables in the execution of their duty. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Langford prosecuted, and Mr. Itibton and Mr. Dickie were for the defence. The jury, after a long deliberation, found the de fendant not guilty, giving him the benefit of a doubt as to his identity. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 4. LAMBETII.—TFrE EXTRAORDINARY AND HEARTLESS CASE OF BIGAM Y. —Henry Willcox, who has been in custody for three weeks on a charge of bigamy, and who was on the point of getting married to a third wife when he was appre hended, was placed at the bar before Mr. Selfe for final examination. The case exhibited in a striking manner the ab solute necessity for a public prcsecutor, or some change in the criminal law by which witnesses coming from a distance may be allowed their tra velling expenses, for had it not been for the perse verance of Mr. Selfe in writing to the Police Com missioners and pointing out the necessity of paying the expenses of a witness from Wakefield, as impu dent and, as heartless an offender as ever was placed at the bar of justice must have been discharged and enabled to laugh at his unfortunate victims. It will be recollected, from what transpired on the former examinations, that in the year 1851 the prisoner had been married at Wakefield to his first wife, and at Camberwell, in 1854, to his second. He lived with the latter until the early part of last month, when he deserted her at Hull, leaving. her in a state of great destitution. She followed him to London, and from information which she received, she proceeded to Wakefield, where she found out his first wife, and on her return to town gave such information to the police as led to the prisoner's apprehension. At the time of his being taken into custody, the prisoner was residing at Dalston, near Hackney, with a dashing female, late the kept mis tress of a gentleman, who had made a handsome settlement, and to whom he was on the point of marriage, the bduns having been published at a neighbouring church. This female, dressed in the first style of fashion, attended the first examination of the prisoner, and engaged a solicitor to defend him, but from some remarks that had fallen from the second wife, the report of the proceedings brought forth a husband for the lady in the person of a smart artilleryman, named Grey, who had been to Hull on a recruiting party, and who had been mar ried to her about two months ago. Grey, on reading the account in the papers, waited on the magistrate to know what he could do in the niatter, and subse quently proceeded to the residence of his wife, at Haggerston, and having previously learned from the officers that, on the morning of his apprehen sion, the prisoner had delivered up to hern valuable gold watch and chain, insisted on having these articles given up to him, and the lady, rather than submit to a further expose, consented to do so, and gave him £l5 in cash besides, which he pocketed, and walked back to his quarters at Woolwich. The necessary witness to the first marriage now a,ppeared, the Commissioners of Police having, in consequence of Mr. Selfe's letter, sent her a suffi cient sum to defray her expenses, and her evidence having clearly established the prisoner's marriage with Elizabeth Beaumont in February, 1856, and the fact of that person being at present living, and in the enjoyment of perfect health, the testimony of the second wife was admissible, when she clearly proved the prisoner's guilt. _ _ George ILII, 164 Icdeposecl, that in consequence of information received from tho last witness, and obtaining from her also the certificates of both marriages, he took the prisoner at Dalston. He told the prisoner that he had learned he was about to be married to the female he had seen in his com pany, upon which the prisoner laughed, and said it was so, but that the lady had two husbands already ; and while passing along Kingsland-road he pointed out a publichouse on which they had paid a deposit, and said that if his second wife had kept quiet he should have remitted her plenty of money from that publichouse. The second wife, who appears a very respectable woman, was recalled, and in reply to the magis trate's questions said, that at the time of her mar riage with the prisoner she had £3OO in cash, but expended every farthing of it in advancing the prisoner's interests, and also in furnishing a house. Her furniture, which she said would be a little fortune to her now, was left in the charge of a Mr. Ellis, at Peckham, where her husband and herself went to. Hall—And this person now refuses to give it up. Mr. Selfe said he had no right whatever to de tain it from her, and regretted he had not the power to compel him to give up the furniture, as the value of the goods placed the ease beyond his jurisdiction. He should advise her, however, to apply to a re spectable solicitor, who no doubt would recover the property for her. The poor woman replied that there would be very little use indeed in her going to a solicitor, as she had not a shilling in the world, having been brought to the utmost distress. On hearing this, Mr. Selfo humanely recom mended her case to the kind consideration of a soli oitor present on other business, and that gentleman undertook to do all that was necessary to recover her goods. The prisoner was then committed for trial, and when leaving the bar was loudly hissed by the crowded ani hence. MURDER( )US ASSAULT ON A POLICE-CONSTABLE. —Michael P dorton, alias Irish Mike, a desperate cha racter, N.;'r.do has been for years under the surveillance of tbr. ; police as a desperate character and thief, and W i lLo had also been suspected of being concerned in , the memorable murder of Mr.Bellchambers in West ! in Linster, and. Thomas Pigott, a desperate ruffian and thief, were charged with being concerned with others not in custody in the commission of a mur derous assault upon the persons of Ellis and Fuller, constables belonging to the L division of police. • From the statement of Mr. Inspector Young it appeared that during the last session of the Central Criminal Court, constable Charles Ellis, 106 L, had brought to justice a notorious character, named Norma n,for stealing a watch at the Surrey Theatre, for which he was sentenced to six years' penal ser vitude, and there was strong reason to suspect that the attack on the constable had been premeditated, and canied into effect by the confederates of the convict. The affair commenced on Ellis, 106 L, re moving the prisoner Morton from the Victoria Theatre, where he stood and insulted or abused every one who passed him, and this was made the signal for attack. Ellis was surrounded in a few seconds by a mob of thieves and roughs, who knocked. him down several times and kicked him in a very savage manner, and one of hid Assailants stabbed him in the right thigh with a sharp_pointed instrument. Fuller, who came up to hii assistance, was struck on the head with a brick, and was other wise severely injured. In conclusion, Mr. Young said that though the prisoners were charged with taking a part in the outrage, they were not accused of being the persons who had actually stabbed the constable. The trousers worn by Ellis on the occasion were exhibited, and n clean cut of two inches long, evi dently done by a very sharp instrument, was ob servable on the right thigh. The following certificate was also handed to the magistrate : " 10, Walcot-place, Nov. 4, 1859. " I hereby certify that police-constable 106 L, Charles Ellis, has received a severe stab upon the right thigh, and police-constable John Fuller, 62 L, has a severe contusion upon his head. Both are unable to leave their beds. " C. C. BLADES, Surgeon." Tho prisoners, who did not offer anything in de fence, were remanded for a week. WORSHIP-STREET.—COMPLAINTS OF WORK HOUSE TREATMENT.—A young female, who spoke with a foreign accent, made application to Mr. Hammill, the sitting magistrate, for assistance. Applicant stated that her father, a native of Den mark, had perished at sea, and that her mother, a Sardinian, was dead ; that she was born in England, but had been only a short time in London seeking to earn a living; four weeks she had been an inmate of St. Pancras workhouse, where she experienced much kindness, and that the previous night she passed in Shoreditch workhouse, but was turned out in the morning, some official there desiring her not to apply again, but to get a broom and earn a living. Thus positioned she came to this court, as not knowing where else to go, and she was wet and hungry. Mr. Hammill observed that this conduct was, if literally true, very blameable, and ordered that the girl should receive some refreshment at an opposite coffee-house, and then return into court ; Another girl, apparently about 16, having her face tied up, and whose appearance bespoke a recent severe illness, made a similar complaint against the authorities of the same union. Her father was dead, having fallen from a high building; her mother died soon afterwards, and she knew but of two rela tives, one an aunt, at Windsor, scarcely able to sup port herself, whom she had not seen for four years, and the other in Australia. This applicant, In reply to questions by Mr, Hammill, said that she had re cently had the small-pox, and on leaving the hospi tal went direct to the workhouse, slept there, but was turned out the following day. The worthy magistrate gave similar directions in this as in the former ease, and directly afterwards Elizabeth Lawrence, a miserably clad, dirty, and wretched-looking child, .was charged with being found destitute in the public streets. Mr. Hammill, manifestly hurt and astonished at the object before him, asked, How old is this child? Goode, 62 G—Eleven, Sir. Mr. Hammill—She does not appear more than eight years old. Goode—Late last night I found her sitting on a door-step in Shoreditch. I have frequently noticed her before, and on Tudsday last took her to Shore ditch workhouse. Mr. Hammill (to the child)—Why did you leave there ? Child (feebly)—They turned me out, Sir. Mr. Hammill—What did you have to eat ? Child—A bit of bread. Mr. Hammill—Nothing -else ? Dear me! Child—Nothing. [Where the child slept on Wednesday night d not appear.] Mr. Hammill—And what did you have to ea yesterday . ? Child—A halfpenny -worth of baked potatoes. Goode—She does not beg, sir. I have seen her asleep in the middle of the day on a door-step ; passers-by occasionally give her a halfpenny, and that is how she lives. When I took her to the sta tion last night she ate voraciously. Mr. Hammill—Where is your mother and father, my girl ? Child—l havn't got none. Goode—From her statement—which I have rea son to believe correct—her father, a lucifer match maker, deserted her about seven weeks since and her mother is dead. Sergeant Harvey—l know the little thing well, your worship ; I have often taken her to the sta tion-house for a shelter. She is in a sad state, scarcely any catering or a bit of shoe. Mr. Hammill—Give her some breakfast. This is the third complaint against the authorities of one workhouse in a few minutes made before me. A police-court, indeed, thus becomes a valuable adjunct to a parish union, for, from common feelings of hu manity, I am obliged to order relief that should be bestowed by the latter. We are changing posi tions. Let what has occurred be made known at Shoreditch workhouse. Shortly afterwards Mr. Hemsley, the relieving officer of the workhouse in question, entered the court, and, addressing Mr. Hammill, observed that the only one of the three oases known to him was that of the second applicant, the truth of whose statement, especially respecting the aunt alluded to, he had been unable t o ascer t a i n. Mr. Hammill—Then until you had you should have kept her in the workhouse. And what do you say with regard to the latter ? Helmsley—l know nothing of her, sir, or of the other. They did not apply to me. Mr. Hammill—Why, the police-constable took this child to the workhouse on Tuesday night last. Goode—l did, sir, at 12 o'clock at night; and I believe it,was the master who answered my request that the girl should be admitted. I told him that if I had occasion to bring her again, I should take the matter before a magistrate, by charging the child on the police-sheet. The gentleman, who was an elderly person, replied, "Oh ! what is your number," and that was all he said. This child has told me that other girls have tried to make her go about with them thieving, but that she would not. Mr. Hammill—She was so weak when brought here that I could scarcely hear her feeble voice. She appeared almost perishing. If there is a desire to fill our streets with juvenile thieves and prosti tutes, this course is one certain of success. No one who has heard the whole circumstances connected with these cases but must have been shocked by the facts elicited. They are disgraceful to any parish having control over them. Mr. Helmsley left with an assurance that all three should be taken into the house ; and just pre viously to the magistrate rising re-entered, and stated that the eldest girl had been in the habit of getting her living in the streets by selling brooms; that she, together with the next eldest, had ex pressed an intention to leave the house, and that the third was a bad child, who belonged to a hard working parent, and was constantly , pilfering from him. All this he (Mr. Helmsley) had learnt from inquiry , since he last left the court. Mr. Hammill replied that he did not know h ow far those inquiries might be true, and that if they were quite so, they should have been ascertained before. THAMES. A DELICATE AFFAIII.---Ellen Hinchley, a very pretty young Irish woman, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with assault ing, wounding, and threatening to murder her ille gitimate male child, Robert James Hinchley. aged 12 months and 12 days, and also with threatening to commit suicide. James O'Connor, a police-constable 177 H, of 5, Upper Berner-street, Commercial-road East; stated that the prisoner and her illegitimate child had been hidging in hiq house for several weeks. The father of her child had been allowing her 15s. per week, and also paying her rent, but this did not satisfy her, and she insisted upon knowing the address of the father. lie refused to satisfy her curiosity, and she flew into a violent passion, and said she would cut her child in pieces, and murder herself, a. d she either let her phild drop from her arim or threw It upon the poor, and the child war; very much hurt. In answer to Mr. Yardley, who directed the wit ness to be very correct, O'Connor said lA? believed the prisoner threw the child upon thelloor. It was certainly injured. The prisoner had been living with him for one month. She was a most violent woman. Mr. Yardley—Where is the child now ? Witness—lt is in the care of my wife, Sir. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, said he wished to say a few words on behalf of a young gentleman, the father of the child. Mr. Yardley—The father of the child is not before me. He is neither complainant nor defendant in this case. You have no locus standi, Mr. Stoddart. The prisoner, who was all impatience, asked if it was her turn to speak, and said she had been already silent five minutes. (A laugh.) On being told that she might proceed, she stated that there was a scheme between O'Connor and the father of her child to prevent her knowing the address of the latter. O'Connor said the prisoner was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour in Ireland, for annoying the family of her child's father and assaulting his brother. Mr. Yardley was afraid he must call upon the prisoner to find sureties for her future good beha viour, and prevent her injuring her child. The prisoner—l intended to do no harm to my child. Mr. Yardley—lt appears like it. The prisoner said she wished the child to be sent back to her own country. Mr. Yardley said the prisoner had a right to the custody of her own child provided she behaved pro perly to it. If the prisoner thought proper to part with the child voluntarily to the father, she might do so. The prisoner said she would not part with her child, and made some random observations, signify ing that she wanted some permanent provision for the maintenance of her infant; at the same time she wanted to know the address of the father in Lon don. She cast many reproachful glances at the father of her child, a youth, who was in court, and, frequently called upon him to come forward. Mr. Stoddart again essayed to address the magi strate, who refused to hear him. Mr. Yardley said if the prisoner thought proper to affiliate the child upon the father and assert her legal rights, she might do so, but all ho could order for its maintenance was 2s. 6d. per week. The prisoner was now receiving 20s. per week, and he could not understand her motive for acting as she had done. He then admonished her at great length, and finally ordered her to enter into her own recog nisances in the sum of £2O to appear again this day (Saturday), when the case will be further investi gated. IMPORTATION OF LUNATICS INTO LONDON.— Capt. Higginson, the master of the London and Dublin steam-packet Foyle, and Mr. Pitt, from the office of Mr. Hartley, wharfinger, of the Dublin and Foreign Steam Wharf, Alderman-stairs, Lower East Smithfield, waited upon Mr. Yardley to give an explanation relating to the landing of a Scotch sailer boy, a lunatic, from the Foyle on Thursday morning. The boy was introduced to the ma g istrate on Thursday, and M r: Y ar dl e y th en passed snare very severe observations on the cr ue lty o f lane • lng an in sane boy in London, where he had r:o friends, and the injustice of making him oho metro politan parish. Th e lacy, l :geable to a 'who is afflicted with a religious delusion, was 'transferred to the care of Mr. Cattel, clerk tP Mr. Glynes, the vestry clerk of St, Botolph Without, Aldgate, in which parish Mr. Hartley's wharf is situate, and he is now under pronci• surveillance. Mr. Pitt assured the magistrate that every effort would be used by the owners and agents of the ship Foyle to discover the persons who had forwarded the insane boy to London in the vessel. Capt. Higginson said the boy was put on board his vessel at Falmouth. Mr. Yardley—At Falmouth ;more extraordinary still. I understood yesterday he was brought from Ireland, Captain Higginson said, on the voyage from Ire land to London, the Foyle touched at Falmouth, and on Monday morning, at eight o'clock, just as the ship was getting under way at the last-named place, and he was on the paddle-box giving direc tions, a beat put off from the shore with the boy, who was put ou board, and delivered into the care of the stewardess, who receieed. £2, which was to include the boy's fare for his passage to London -ss. for herself, and the remainder to be deliv- dre d with the boy at the Sailors' Home, in We: I A-street. He was not aware the boy was insane When he was brought on board. On the voyag e between Fal mouth and Plymouth the boy's eccentricities in the second cabin attracted liotice. He consulted the agent at Plymouth, who said he was bound to convey the boy to London, and he did so. If ho ' had been aware the boy was insane, he would not have received him on board. Mr. Pitt said that Mr. James Hartley would cause a strict investigation to be made. Mr. Yardley repeated the observations he made on Thursday, that the parties concerned in sending the insane boy to London were liable to an indict ment ; and made some further observations on the case, after which Captain Higginson and Mr. Pitt retired. NO TEL MODE OF SWINDLING. Some months back a p ecu li ar sys t em o f . Swindling, invented in America, and practised in that country on persons in England, was detected and stopped. The plan was to send letters to the address of individuals whose deaths appeared in the obituary of the London papers, purporting to come from some youthful protege who had fallen into misconduct and been sentenced to prison, and who, in terms of the deepest repentance, solicited his old and "kind benefactor" to transmit him £lO to some United States post-office. Many executors upon opening these communications were led to comply with the appeal under a desire to act in accordance with any possible wish of the deceased person ; and there is reason to believe that the trade proved very lucra tive. It was completely brought to an end, however, by the publicity given to it. The parties have, therefore, been driven to new expedients; and their new plan is to transmit letters to the address of deceased persons, purporting to come from a woman whom th e y have deserted, and who claims aid for a dying child. This has probably brought more success even than the former plan, since it has awakened the fears of families and a desire to avert scandal. About a fortnight back two of these communications reached the hands of mutual friends. Each subsequent mail, however, has brought a fresh supply, all worded in nearly the slim manner; and it is therefore desirable to re move by further exposure the pain they may have occasioned. Annexed is one recently received. The writinc , is apparently that of a man who has as sumed')a female hand : " Lockport, Niagara County, New York, United States, Sept. 29, 1859. " Dearest, best Friend,—Why, why have you not sent the usual remittance ? Poor Tom is dying; and we are in extremest want. You requested me not to write, but after waiting till I am penniless I am, at this moment of crushing misery, compelled to do so. Your poor dying son sends his fondest love ; poor dear fellow ! he has never known a father's care. Still from a boy I have taught him to pray for and love you. Little did I think when, years ago, I discovered all and fled that you would fail me in this hour of terrible affliction. Yes, that lou might be free and happy with those s o d ear l y oved, I left all, and fled with my poor fatherless , boy to this distant and strange land, and daily since have we prayed for blessings on you and yours. " Dearest, only friend, unless you send soon your poor, afflicted, unoffending son will starve to death. I am now unable to do more than wait upon him, and cannot much longer bear up against poverty, sickness, and your unkindness. But you are not unkind; you must have sent, and the letter mis carried. God knows I would not cause you a moment's pain, or take your attention from those you love. No, in this world my duty has been to suffer; still I cannot tamely see my beloved and idolised son die in misery and want. Do send me by return mail a £lO Bank of England note, for I am now miles away from where I could get other funds *hanged. I came here for the benefit of poor dear Tom, but fear it has done him no good. We are now among strangers, and in the most abject want. Your good, kind heart will not permit you to let him die in want. When he is gone I will trouble you no more. " For God's sake send without an instant's de lay, and pay the postage of your letter to me, or I shall not be able to obtain it, for I am selling every thing to live. On my knees I beg of you, and for your dying son's sake, send to me immediately, or I shall go mad. God bless you and yours. May you be supremely happy, bless you. In mercy , send soon, and so farewell. May God bless you is the fervent prayer of your unhappy but true friend, " MARY A. STANHOPE." [AnvEnTisEmENT.] Mr. Benson, Ludgate-hill, has just published a new illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps). It should be read by all who are about buying a watch, as it contains prices and important information as to—What watch to buy 1 where to buy it and how to use it I [ADVERTIsEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. -...-- Ca ualties.—When the Cold weathet necessitates the use at fires for our comfort, how appalling is it to read in the public prints the awful accidents constantly befalling children and others fawn this source. For barns, scalds, sores, and wounds, Holloway's Ointment stands unrivalled ; it soothes the present pain, reduces the inflammation surrounding the *wed part, extracts all unwholesome hunneurs, and so puri ties the blond in the neighhouripg vessels, that sound flesh soon displaces all IrkluTed or. unhealthy tissues. Exery house hold should 4j remedy at hand, In the ulcerated throat, now named Diptheria, this Ointment rubbed On the throat is wonderfully effective. In all e zlA tTonic. or constitu tional ailments Holloway' 09ulid re town whilst ap plying the 01114c1A. FR0.21.1 THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT WHITEHALL, OCT. 31. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing Robert Ingham, Esq.. one of her Majesty's Counsel; William Hutt, Esq. ; and John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Esq., Captain in her Majesty's Navy; to be Commissioners for inquiring into the internal economy and management of Greenwich Hos pital, and of the funds by which it is maintained ; and also whether the resources of the Hospital can be more advan tageously applied for the benefit of seamen who have served in the Royal Navy. DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Frederick B. Carter, Esq., to be one of her Majesty's Counsel for the Island of Newfoundland ; George Abercrombie Mitchell, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Grenada; and Joseph Goodman and Raymond Drouiihet, Esqs. to be Unofficial M em b ers o f t h e Legisla tive Council of the Island of Saint Lucia. CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 2. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIIE PRESENT PAR- LIAMENT. County of Ayr.—Sir James Fergusson. I3art., of Kilker ran, in the room of Patrick J ameii Herbert Crichton Stuart, commonly called Lord Janies Stuart, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PAIL-MALL, Nov. 4. 15th Regiment of Light Di agoons Lieutenant Robert Lesley Parker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Miller, who retires; Cornet Phineas Bury to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parker; Cornet Benjamin Winthrop, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Burre,,l, pro moted. Coast Brigade of Artillery—Second Captain had Adjutant James Campbell, of the valid Artillery, to be Major. To be Captains—Captain, Henry M`Gorrery, from half pay of the late Lanz' Transport Corps ; Second Captain William Handys,,,-e, from half-pay of the late Land Trans port Corps ; oecond Captain William Henry, from half pay of tl i Land Transport Corps; Sec on d Captain An drew Henry, from half-pay of the late Land Transport 0- ,rps• ' Second Captain John Macke nz i e , f rom h a lf - pay o f late Land Transport Corps ; Quartermaster Wm. Elliott, from the Gentleman Cadet Company ; Deputy Assistant- Commissary James Rogan, from half-pay of the late Field Train Department. To be Second Captain—Lieu tenant and Adjutant John Sweeny, from the Military Train, vice Campbell, promoted. To be Lieutenants— Deputy Assistant-Commissary James M'Gillivray, from half-pay of the late Field Train Department ; Sergeant- Major James Scott, Royal Artillery ; Sergeant-Major Robert Kettle, Royal Artillery ; Quartermaster-Sergeant •David Anderson, Royal Artillery ; Sergeant-Major Chas. Phillips, Royal Artillery ; Sergeant-Major James Thos. Cole, Royal Artillery; Sergeant James Thomson, Royal Artillery ; Sergeant George M'Murray, Royal Arti:,:tery. Lieutenant James Thomas Cole to be Adjutant , Lieute nant David Anderson to be Quartermaste r , Royal Engineers—Lieutenant -Colonel. r:nd Brevet-Colonel Edward From° to be Colonel, General Officer; Captain an vice Foster, removed as a Brevet-Major Spencer Westmacott, to be Liey: enan t Second Captain George Colonel, vice Frome ; Edmond L. Walker to be Cap tain, vice Westrnae: at Kelsall to be Se Lieutenant Gustavus Nicolls ` - ':,ond Captain, vice Walker; Lieutenant Peter H. &v.:Lowey to be Second Captain vice Donnelly, placed on Seconded List. , Military, "Train—Major and Brevet Li eu t enan t-C o l one l J as . Pe t tier Robertson, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, with out purchase; Captain James Morris Hill to bo Major, without purchase, vice Robertson; Second Captain St. John Winans, from half-pay late Land Transport Corps, to be Captain, vice Hill ; Captain J. Balcombe, from half pay unattached, to be Captain. Coldstream Guards—Arthur Bowen Richards Myers, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bowen, appointed to the Royal Hibernian School. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Francis Lambton to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice Holder, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant Henry George Bowden to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Lambton ; Frederick John Newdigate Barne, Gent., to be Ensig n an d Li eu t enan t , b y purc h ase, vice owden. 4th Regiment of Foot--Lieutenant James Constable to be Captain, without purchase, vice Clark, deceased ; En-- si.T. Christopher R awes D urrant to b e Li eutenant, with out purchase, vice Constable. 7th Foot—Lieutenant Heathcote Plummer, to be captain, without purchase, vice Maskelyne, deceasetl ; Ensign William John Frampton to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Plummer. 21st Foot—Captain John Henderson, from the 78th Foot, to be Captain, vice Finlay, who exchanges. 22d Foot—Henry Peregrine Loader, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pocock, promoted ; Walter Benson Hatton, Gent., to be gn,by purchase, vice Carey, promoted. 23d Foot—Lieutenar:t Charles Frederick Gregorie to be Captain, by tires. PlWarase, vice Brevet-Major Duff, who re 40th Foot--:Captain Hans Thomas Fell White to be Major, thr'at purchase, vice Carey, appointed Deputy-Adjutant- Pnneral to the Forces serving in Australia ; Lieutenant Frederick Clinton Herman Stuart Baddeley to be Captain, without purchase, vice White ; Ensign de Neufville Lucas to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Stuart Baddeley. 41st Foot—Arthur Gray, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Montgomery, promoted. 42d Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Green to be Captain, without purchase, vice Lawson, died of his wounds; Ensign James Edmund Christie to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Green. 48th Foot—St. John Bally, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Chauncy, promoted. 60th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Cox to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. K. Murray, who retires. 70th Foot—Henry Bally, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Roger, promoted. 73d Foot—Lieutenant Philip Gibaut to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Shuldham, who retires ; Lieutenant William Gordon to be Adjutant, vice Gibaut, promoted. 74th Foot — Lieutenant -Colonel James Villiers, from half pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel Monkland, who exchanges. Nth - Foot—Lieutenant Seton Ralph Forster, from the 84th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hassard, who exchanges. 77th Foot—Major George C. Miller, from half-pay Unat tached, to be 11Iajor, vice Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Carden, who exchanges ; Captain Henry Alfred Mac donald to be Major, by purchase, vice Miller, who retires; Lieutenant John George Skene to bo Captain, by pur chase, vice Macdonald; Ensign Percy Kirk to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Skene ; Lieutenant Henry Stewart Weigall to be Adjutant, vice Skene, promoted. 78th Foot—Captain John Finlay, from the 21st Foot, to be Captain, vice Henderson, who exchanges. 84th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Jason Hassard, from the 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Forster, who ex changes. 91st Foot—Lieutenant William Rust D'Eye to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rae, who retiros ; Ensign Henry Ha milton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice D'Eye. 92d Foot—Grant Tomlinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Carruthers, promoted. 3d West India Regiment—Lieut. James John Leslie Dun can has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his commission. The promotion of Ensign Arthur Banffirick Mitchell to a Lieutenancy, by purchase, from the Royal Newfound land Companies, as stated in the " Gazette" of the 21st Oct,, 1859, has been cancelled.. ITETERINARX DEPARTMENT. To be Veterinary Surgeons of the First Class, under the provisions of tho Royal Warrant of the Ist July, 1859 : Veterinary-Surgeons John Legrew,, 2d Life Guards ; J. W. Gloag, Military Train; Charles Curtis Brett, Cavalry Depot, Maidstone ; Richard J. Gedaliah Hurford, 3d Dra goon Guards; Matthew Poett, Military Train; James George Philips, 10th Light Dragoons; Thomas Hurford, 12th Light Dragoons ; John Byrne, Royal Horse Guards ; John Kingsley, Cape Mounted Rifles ; Thomas Jex, Ist Life Guards ; Edward Simpson Gr e y, Bth Li g h t D ragoons ; F. Delany, Ist Dragoon Guards; William C. Lord, sth Light Dragoons ; B. C. R. Gardiner, 3d Light Dragoons ; William Thacker 15th Light Dragoons. To be Staff Veterinary -Surgeons—Veterinary-Surgeon of the First Class J. W. Gloag, from the Military Train; Matthew Poett, from the Military Trai n; J ames G eorge 'Philips, from the 10th Light Dragoons; Thomas Hurford, from the 12th Light Dragoons. UNATTACHE D — Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robt. Stuart Baynes, from the Bth Foot to be Major, without purchase. BREVET. The undermentioned promotions to take place conse quent on the death of Lieutenant-General G. G. Lewis, C. 8., Colonel Commandant Royal Engineers, on the 24th October, 1859 Major-General Sir J. M. F. Smith, to be Lieutenant- General. Colonel Thomas Foster, Royal Engineers, to be Major- General. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Forbes, Captain half pay Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Colonel. Major Hew D a l r y m pl e F ans h awe, of a Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Charles Joseph Hadfield, Royal Marines, to be Major. " Second Captain Thomas Samuel Poer Field, of the Royal Artillery, to be Major in the Army. The Brevet Rank of Brevet-Major Wright Westcott Davidson, 32d Bengal Native Infantry, has been antedated to the 16th January, 1849. Captain Robert lklaxwell Johnstone, Ist Bombay Native Infantry, to be Major in the Army. Captain Henry Knightley Burne, 2d Bengal Native In fantry, to be Major in the Army. The Christian names of Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Spur gin, who was described in the "Gazette" of 28th October, 1859, as T.B. Spurgin, are " John Blick." COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Royal Cumberland Militia—William John Robinson, Gent., to be Quartermaster. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the Resignation of the Commission held by Lieutenant William John Robinson. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Thomas Mosley Crowder to be Captain, vice Raitt, resigned ; En sign Charles Rivers Bulkeley to be Lieutenant, vice Crow der, promoted. Oxfordshire Volunteer Rifle Corps--Joseph Henry War ner, Esq., of Balliol College, Lieutenant of the 2d Com pany, to be Captain of the 3d Company, vice Cullen, re signed ; William Holding, Esq., of St. John's College, to bo.Lieutenant of .the 2d Company, vice Warner, promot e d. 6th Company of the Surrey Rifle Volunteers—Sir Henry Fletcher to be Captain. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Fre dbrick Joseph Thomas Nantes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Crespin, resigned ; Charles Dowell, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Wells, promoted. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Robert Fair Sproule, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Gunning, resigned. South Middlosex Rifle Volunteer Corps—The Right Hon. Thomas Heron Jones, Viscount Ranelagh, to be Major. 4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—Alfred Alexander, Esq.. to be Captain; Edward Russell Cummins, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; John William Docwra, Gent., to bo Ensign. 9th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—The Right Hon. Gran ville Augustus William, Baron Radstock, to be Captain. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Wm. Coventry Oak and Chas. Hastings Snow, banker., Blandford Forum, Dorsetshire. BANKRUPTS. Wm. Attwells, victualler, Arundel-street, Strand. Charles Koeber, woollen-draper, Vigo-street, Regent street, Middlesex. • William Maynard Aylward, 'wine merchant, Sermon lane, Doctors'-commons, City. Walter Phillips • Gunnyon, clothier, Liverpool. Samuel Walters and Thomas Walters, cattle dealers, Caverswell. .Thomas Henry Fairhall and William Sister, jun., iron- ThOugers, London-road, Southwark. eowkeeper, Wandsworth and Putney. Edward Leatherlands, licensed victualler, Aston-street; Toll End, Tipton. Percivall Turistall, builder, Golden-hill, Stafford. Benjamin Geldart Goode, brickmaker, Heston, sex. Leon Millard and Richard Harcourt, modellers, Bi ham. Chas. Willmer, printer, Liverpool. Joseph Porter, Joseph Walmsley Porter, T h _r,, °/31°S I Valmsley Porter, and R o b er t R ogers , scr ew bolt maw' turers, Salford. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert Angus, milliner, Loith. George Watson, farmer, Borelands, Perthshire. BANK OF ENGLAND. i• vied An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Vi et° oA dai cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the A.-- of November, 1859: Notes issued ISSUE DEP. X 30,755,9051 X 30,755,005! Proprietors' Capi BANKING Dl - tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis - missioners of Na floes! Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 5,512,535 Other Deposits 14,571,619 Seven Day and other Bills 907,172 ARTMENT. G O t o h v e e r rn s n e i c e u n r t i t D i eesbt. .X113:0429n:090105 Gold Coin & Bul li o n 18•. o-- Silver Bullion . • • • f30,755,9°' :PARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight Au -. 41.0 875,1026 51 Securities unit .........,809, Other S ecu rities .. 1 8 . 4 50 Notes ............ 6 55,41 1 Gold and Silver C0in......... --------- 8,676,10 SHALL, Ckief C 1, 3 aohier. X 38,076,114 M. I Dated NOT. 3,1859. AVERAGE PP,ICE OF STJGAR. c ar The Average Price of - Fsrown or Muscovad o Sligario dgi puted from Returns made in "the week end in g the a id or of Nov., 1859, excht..9lve of the duties of Customs Perot payable thereon, on .the importation thereof into Britain : per 01 4 From tha British possessions in America .. 245 31 CO UIV T.RY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 4. A ttall a ; Our market this morning had a rather ineagr° ance of the town and country trade, and °lll/ A t V eil ; sale was experienced for wheat and flour, at abou o poe day's prices. Oats in rather fair request, arid i oa tn a l s Or!. with a steady sale, at late rates. Barley sa u i „ P aitiu Os supportei, as also beans, at retail quotations• '- met a fair sale, and at full prices. WAKEFIELD—Nov. 4. being . ° The arrivals of wheat are very good, and there t y r idei slow business, prices were at th e extreme of th °° t, 3 o 11/51. last. Fine heavy barley in request, at late ra. 1 ( 10 01 ; inferior qualities were dull, and prices still teudolgt Abell" wards. Beans is dearer. Oats and shelling firm 0,1 previous prices. c dfolict...d, Wheat, per qr. of 8 bu s hels 601 b., 800, ' - ' — x,tto t n," Kent, white, old, 48s t o 51 5; new, 48s to 51s, — d yor" old, 42s to 44s ; new, 42 s t o 44 s ; Lineolnshirs All shire white, new, 4&s to 50s ; red, 41.0 to 4 46 . Averages for the week , 51 Wheat 2,595 qrs. at ........ 40 ,3 , l i Peas ) 3gs ' 7 4 •• • • 69 „ ........ od Beans Barley 1,094 1 , ." t , . .. .............s 61 Oats - ..... ....$ V. ~, Eye---. ft ........ EXETER—Nov. 4. 'es : ' . 4. 0 The business to-day was at the following P r ' A A to ..li ni As v-- As v Wheat, white.. 5s 9d to Gs Od I Barley. ....... „" od to v Ditto red ..5s 6d. to 5s 9d I Oats ...... • ' 3s to s ack. Flour, fine, 32s to 33s ; seconds, 30s to 3 1 ° r" CATTLE. 14 the or ' sup The market was fairly plied with stock Pa I lo ge tendance was not numerous. Pork carcases ill ' c 1 od ply. to 6 61 4 Fat beef, p score, 9s to 10s6d Ewes, per l b •• • : 6 ld to Pork carcases,dogs Od to 9sod Wethers, do. •. • • 4d to "- Sheep, per lb. Rough fat, 4id per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—NoY. 4. . vo as e i The market is very steady, but scarcely so act:diateLlr late, the buyers having supplied their more leln:.tod. t quirernents ; prices, however, are fairly suPP° oe t Ni fa fivers' produce of all descriptions continues to te, nr i c es moderate sale, and stocks do not accum ul a te of ip ° unaltered. Rum is very dull and to effect sales to be S ante a decline of ld to 2d per 'gallon would Ilave nutted to. COAL MARL (Prices of Coal per Ton at KET—Nolr.q. ~,t.) the close of the tssw 2 Walls En d ' . 'i t ; .1 8 g Whitworth ..... • • '• .18 3 Hetton., • • • • ' • ',l B 9 Eden. ......... • • • • ,19 6 Haswell •• • ',I/ Harton ........ 6 Heugh Hall ...... • '• .19 South Hetton. ..... • •• .1g s South Hartlepoo..• • • .19 Th0rpe........ • • • • ' .1/ s Shineliffe ........... 1.19 Hartlep9ol.. •• •• •• ..... .1 8 6 South lielloe • • • • ''', 9 6 Stewart's ......... • • . 5 , 2 6 Nixon's D;iffrYll• P o well'sDuff r y n n gYy S G: 66—Sold, ' 2 t ' 1: /s 6 6 • s. d. Bowers' West Hartley.l6 0 Bell's Primrose ......13 3 Eden Main ...18 0 Buddle' a Wed Hartleyls 0 Davison's West Hart ley l5 9 Lambert's West Hart ley l5 0 Tanfield Moor 13 6 Tanfield Moor Butes —l3 6 Clark's West Hartley l5 6 West Hartley 15 9 St. Cuthbert's Hartley 15 3 Walker Primrose 13 0 Walls End. Acorn Close 18 3 Kelloe 19 0 Ships at marks r FOREIGN NAIL PACKET .I,,LA In the foll ow i ng t a bl e E signifies that letters are u ilg —issils• by evening mails from London, and 31 by a re ....,,, e tottowing table I; signtnes tu...--- ~,,ing by evening mails f ro m London, and 31 by Do" - -MP DESTINATIONS. 0 , 1 4 1 01 ' 1 2:--)eL.3P------ B,Duthsrl l r. 2•1 01 * Australia shoaumthaasma a n d M aur iti us, in.v.a. - - - ----- ---f 31 a i 1 8M * ...... y 0 BaDitto, via Marseilles Ca nada, York . Southampton . .... via New Nilevs.Pla2tß Li F f il l,, -1 1, 6 / ef : : 0 1.1 ,:i•d e. t 0 N0v.25, anada, drc. Good (by Canadn. pckt.) , ne e. •, Cape of Go Hope, Ascen- P rt . m sion, and St. Helena Nov 8 , E Devon At ie li J o lD n i d tto ur , a y s ia an 3f d a ß r China, Penang, and Singa- ofe r "o hanili• Of' N o y. 8 E LiVerr" pore, via Southampton 1 8 e e vrli ille e s ldg °.n. Gibraltar, via Southampt Nov. ° 4 ,' M Southslol3' NO ' M Southall:lP roe L OY. 1 Ofe 1% India (Calcutta) and Ceylon , • •. Nov.Nvl7 4 M SoUtlittre' . Sof. via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), . via South- Southara' Sof. ampton N0v .12, 3 1 . • N v . lO E . ........ • • °f er i a Ditto, via Marseilles go T• Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayre Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via and F. Islands - 8 ' Nov. 931 Soutilanl. NOV ' Mexico a nd Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto N o v 7' M SouthanlP• Nov.lo, E ........... att. o e, Southa mpton Havan a , v. .... • " Nog. ' Ditto, via Marseilles United States and British N Nov. =, - ............ NN N o v ovv .. 7 5_, .: 3 i cvd v ees t it t r t a , o c ( oa b na y sdt U T . 0 f S S. A .f p acket) ria , Newfoundland g Galway • ' ,lO _America . (by British packet) Nov. 5, E.... L tr iilatn °° P l : l4°Y--- eneriffe West India, California, Vene- NO • f• 0 zuela, G ran a d a, Gre town, New dre. y No v.l7, Di Southall* 100 : ...a ILO • jos, [ADVERTISEDIENTI—Du. Barry's delicio..- t to ile t io 3.ia,:. Nov. Nov. 23 9, BA ISO:erpool.. $Ol. • Arabica Food invariably restores health, w ith°ll 4 its e°s Or' inconvenience, or expense, as it saves 50 thae . iti ), ii , 0 other remedies, and removes indigestion (dYsP e r o ropi alil t ; lency, constipation, nervous, bilious,_ and live,Tve o .ts te a cough, asthma, consumption, and debilitY ~. : ba d re is few out of bO,OOO testimonials of cures, wsu,,,,, c '. clysP e „P s - ea; all medicine. Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight Y eu ", ' an d g a- i• 0 nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasm] , c iai c ious ° tou have been effectually removed by Du BarrY a il - Itidilt ib do }lave , f 107 Y °- ....- of a la d gi IS 5l ' ho of age.—" Wandsbeck, near Hamburg, 12th o 'ize, ;ilia L—Rev. SI N S . , has just completed her 107th year, after hav tli g psis)Y 1 . ar, rl half a century certify that my mother-in -10v, 1‘ 11.3 ' tra gereoot and more from mdigestion (dYslf, var , t consequent disorders, has been perfectly enabledcuretl J o dig e, ilnnheacetrvoecr:y3: Nshoorfrtoikti.m” Revalenta Arabica Food, and is now mr. 10, 1 4, almost any kind of food with great conlfo t ' -- Vs.' - '„fit• In tins, at Is: 6d. ; Ilb., 3s ; 21b., ss. 9d•; 51h, ,pt ;f p-- 0 . 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on reeet:podoo office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-streeAbbis,„d. Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piekaahir 15 0, 00.1 0 . Gracechuroh-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 83, aid ... hoiliiii, street ; 330 and 451, Strand ;49 and 60, I' la jou . street ; 85, Tottenhara-court-road. Also at col Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, R a iines loop ail at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Manchester, P ot Soll Scott; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and ampton, Randall and Son. BIRTHS. f lo la of i l ; CARPENTER.— r, On the 29th ult., at Gibraltar' ta - er o, of 1 Esq., Deputy-Commissa7-Gell NV Ng. Gs lA ou l o v AD e ßw E T T y. T.—On the 3d inst., at Ealing, the wife of ti, Esq., of a son. r. o — n On he th 4 e th 9t in h t lt Stuart,Jamaica, of M a r d s a . u J g u h l t i e u r s . u Goodwyn, a of e tf e s w o et n i esi c . ) ci C ; rs ° . CPO' TEMPLE.—On the 4th inst., s a a t t ir D tar e rNv r w esPig rlY : Pfi fia - iig liw. A wi v f e e n o u f e lr a . d J:siah Temple, of Guildha ll ) °I $ --1‘ . til i e Cautrzatr,--On — A Ou R t R he l 3 A d G iu E t• S . t St. John's-wood heo l ' SK I , t bo H T I HICKS— FAITH.—On :s s e.B ~ a t t h h e aM youngest g •A. Carnegie, " CI a Ji . I urviving daughter of the lato E. • of St. . Thomasr ir.-110i Hicks, the3d Esq.,in o s f t . s , tr at e a C th h , and city of London. stse h F u lAchi .1 _ second _ daughter of GeoErgscle• Ftithijari,musEct:clilelillll::;ll:4llll.: D B r o sKs it aiimßr c lad o :hia r nAr T DeND . , -- .eaag O rme n cia t n6 h 2, e .a 2 a 6 e D , t d h l4 B u s l . t A ., Tatntlfe. Oatlar°lsrl'illi°lltetlif EL e s ia T w o e zp r —. .„, rn t lkit 9 ' FINDLaEnYci; r : o l. n ß ti o l y e c 2 o d tt, in E s 4 t s . q ;a , t la w te c o o f d. O s :b e e e o t, t v oW : e '' : t OA' C! l r f _ u .0p pntitel the 29th Albany -street, ttir.o, a enea t ,tt : a 4 tgh , Re ls ede l pg y 7e ni t 1. dl . ; e t ° o n e 0 - s :e lf : or i . .0. , . berland, Regent's-park, - Findley, aged 48. dal y HAMILTON.—On the 15th Jul at New York,ftl-- t ti el ' and on the eve of hi s departure' f o r England, ° Hamilton, Esq., of 6, W am f o rd-court, London..ralligto TOLLEMACIIE.—On the 3d lust , at Ham }lou se ' - . 1 1 ° 12 ‘ James Felix Tollemache, Esq.,. only sou of thist. F. T. Tollemacho, aged,67,. —.of- Y pU Nay LoNnoN : Printed and Published by 31LTILD° la° of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun OfliOet t y Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, fn th e 6°— Ididdlow, Saturday, November 5, 1859, h Se Cal ....