The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

THE CHARGE OF POISONING AT POPLAR.. Yesterday George Frederick Royal, alias Rey nolds, alias Rignold, was brought up on remand, before Mr. Selfe, at the Thames Police-court, charged with the wilful murder of Zipporah Wright, a young woman with whom he cohabited, in June last, in Gough-street, Poplar. The evidence already given being fresh in our readers' minds, needs no repetition. The first wit ness called yesterday was the deceased's mother, who was much agitated during the time she was g i v ing her evidence, and had f re quently to pause for the purpose of overcoming her feelings. Mrs. Jane Wright, residing at No. 68, Anne's road, Bow-common, s aid the deceased Zipporah Wright, was her d aughter, and was 21 years of age on the day her baby was born, on the 27th of April last. She was awa re her d aughter was liv ing with the, prisoner, and thought she was mar ried to him about 14 months ago. Her daughter went to live with the prisoner's sister as a servant of all work. On the 30th of May witness was sent for to see her daughter, and found her in bed very ill and suffering great pain. The prisoner was in the room, and walked out when witness entered. She went after him, seized him by the collar of h is coat and brought him back, and said to him that Mrs. Allen had said her (witness's) daughter had been poisoned—that she thought he had done it— but she did not recollect what answer he made to the charge. The prisoner willingly offered to accompany her to the doctor. Witness went to Mr. Webb, the surgeon. After she had seen him, she said to the prisoner, " George, perhaps I have been too hasty ; do you think my daughter has taken an ything herself." He said, " No, I think not. I used to keep poison to polish my work, but I have not had any a long time by me." Witness remained with her daughter till one o'clock, who was in bed all the time, labouring under continual thirst, vio lent purging, and a burning sensation in her throat. The prisoner mentioned something about damp stockings, and that his wife caught cold by wear ing them. He appeared very kind and attentive to deceased. On Wednesday morning, the Ist of June, witness called again, and found her daughter sit ting upin bed. She appeared to be somewhat better. The prisoner was having his breakfast. The de ceased had bread and milk. She was very feverish, and complained of thirst. Witness remained with her all day and night. The thirst did not abate at all. Witness asked her if she had taken anything herself, and she most solemnly declar,d s had not. She also said the prisoner had given her some coffee. Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Thursday morn ing deceased appeared much better. During the night witness gave her powders and medicine pre scribed for her, and the prisoner made the remark, Yc-a will do now." Witness left about 5 on Thursday morning, as she seemed inclined to sleep. Between 3 and 4 in the afternoon witness called again when deceased appeared much worse, and in great agony, the prisoner being , sh e thou g ht, p resent. Witness observed to her daughter, " You are much worse, my dear ; to which she replied, " Yes, mother, been di n g , ad." When I asked her what she had . she answered, " Only a cup of milk." In the evening the prisoner seated himself at the foot of the bed and smoked his pipe. Mrs. Allen came into the room and called him out. He went into Mrs. Allen's parlour. Witness followed and said to him " You have murdered my child." He said " I have not given her anything ;" to which she replied, " How well I left her this morning, and see the state she is in now." The prisoner, in re " ply, said, " Yes, wasn't she well thi s morning ? About 5 o'clock on Friday morning the prisoner came into the room, looked at deceased, and asked how she was. She said, " I am very bad," and asked him if he was going to work. He said, " Yes ; as soon as you are up." He then packed up his tools, kissed deceased, and went away. As he was leaving the room deceased said, " Oh, George, George ; this will be the last of me." He then left the house, and did not return. Witness has not seen him since until this day. Witness adminis tered to deceased arrowroot and milk from the Thursday evening, and barleywater which was pre pared by her and Mrs. Allen. After the prisoner had packed up his tools and left the house her daughter said, " God forgive that wicked man !" and witness said to her, " The doctors have done all they could for you ; you are now in the hands of God." Her agony was very great. She could scarcely utter a syllable; her sufferings were be yond description, and she could not say any more than " God forgive him !" Witness remained with her up to the time of her death, which occurred at 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. Witness further said the sickness of her daughter was dreadful ; she suffered from pains in her stomach and spasms. She had not a moment's peace. Her daughter's child was under the care of witness for several weeks after the death of its mother. The child has since died. The deceased suckled her child from the time of its birth until Thursday, the 2d of June. On that day the child was much convulsed in its hands and feet. Elizabeth Fyfe, wife of John Fyfe, a baker, said she was living at No. 11, Pool-place, Tothill-fields, Westminster. On Tuesday, the last day of May, about 12 o'clock at noon, she went to seek her hus band at the dwelling-house of Mr. and Mrs. Allen, in Gough-street, Poplar. She found the deceased very ill, and the prisoner said, " I must make her some gruel," and he made her some in a basin. He took the gruel to her himself. Cannot say whether she partook of it. He went into the room and came out again. Witness took her three or four cups of tea, which she drank, and said, " God bless you! that stops on my stomach, but what he gives me I bring up again directly." She had a motion which was of a greenish colour. Witness noticed some gruel which was of a greenish colour she put it in the hog-tub. In the afternoon the prisoner came in, and witness said to him, " Your wife is very ill, and the second relapse is worse than the first.' His an swer was that it was "a d— bad job it did not happen at the time," by which witness understood him to mean the time of his wife's confinement. Witness said nothing in reply, but held the baby to deceased to have it dressed, and the deceased said she had no milk for it. She also observed that "her sufferings were very great, and that her throat burnt her." The prisoner heard that remark. The vomit was of a greenish colour, like the gruel. Mr. R. Smith, surgeon, Cobham, Surrey, said he was, in May last, in partnership with Mr. Webb, medical officer of the Poplar Union. On the 31st of May, between six and seven in the evening, he re ceived an order to attend the deceased. She was in bed, suffering extreme pain all over the bowels and stomach, dryness in the throat and mouth, tongue very dry and red, with profuse diarrhoea and great tendency to vomiting, which the people in the house told him had ceased for a few hours. All the matter vomited was thrown away. He asked to see it, and , was told what had been done with it. There was a great dryness about the mouth, but not amounting to blistering. He gave her 21 grains of calomel, and 14 grain of opium to be taken immediately, fol lowed by a chalk mixture. The medicine was given - to Mrs. Stubbs. Witness supposed her to be suffer ing from a volent attack of diarrhoea, which might arise from various causes. He saw her again the same night, having heard as he left the house some unfair treatment had been used towards her. That was mentioned by Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Stubbs. When witness and Mr. Webb called in the evening, Mr. Webb approved his treatment of the case. The deceased was then in great agony. There was per spiration on the forehead, and her countenance de noted the greatest pain. He saw her the next morn ing between 9 and 10, and found her much relieved. The prisoner was present. Her tongue and mouth were not so dry. Still she complained of great pain in her throat right down to her stomach. There was no sickness on the Wednesday. At that time the pain had diminished. Witness saw her again the next day. On the previous day (Wednesday) when he saw her, he thought she was better. On Friday , the 3d o f May, the day before she died, he saw her with M r . W e bb. There was a great change in her, and Mr. Webb thought she was dying. There were sympto ms of peritonitis on the Friday. Witness was present at thepost . mortem examination of the body by Mir,. Webb, The stomach and agreed with him in the re sults.was removed. A portion of the intestines, a large piece of the liver and kidney, with a piece of the lung, were also removed, and were placed in four separate bottles which were t a k e n care of by Mr. W •He should, ebb' the post morte m examina t io ns apart from and ehymical analy sis , cer tify that peritonit is an d diarrhoe a were the cause of death. After the post mortem examination he should not come to the same conclusion alone. He should say also, from inflammation of the intestines. He saw no signs of any venereal disease,having existed. Mr. Robert Webb, of No. 1, Manor-place , s?,• —as India-road, surgeon, firs t saw the deceased on th e night of Tuesday, the 31st April, in consequence of an order from Mr. Jeffrey. Mr. Smith accompanied him. The deceased had cold perspirations, and the abdo men was very tender on pressure; She stated that she was perfectly well up to the previous evening, when, soon after partaking of some coffee prepared by her husband, she felt great pain and heat in her throat, and a burning sensation in her stomaed, ch. After some time she vomited and was purg which continued up to the middle of the day (Wed nesday.) She had had some brandy given to her, which did not relieve her. She did not say who gave her the brandy. Witness gave directions that she should have milk and farinacious food. Mr. Smith told witness what he had prescribed for her. Witness desired it to be continued. He thought at the time that it might be a bad case of English cholera. There was an absence of some of the symptoms ordinarily attending the administration of irritant poison, which made him think it was a bad case of English cholera, which was prevalent at that time. The symptoms absent were cramp in the legs. Arsenic was the poison that first crossed his mind as possible. Witness did not see any eva cuations. On the Thursday he again saw the patient, and found her much worse. She then said she had taken some milk, and that she afterwards had the burning sensations in her throat. On the afternoon of Wednesday the prisoner came to him with Mrs. Allen, the landlady, and stated that he wished to speak to witness privately. Witness took him into the surgery ; when he told witness his wife had been suffering from the venereal dis ease for about two years, and witness observed that could not account for the symptoms, and that they were either the result of cold or some irritant poison. He then said she went out on Monday, and put on a pair of wet stockings. On the Thursday the de ceased's mother brought witness some vomited mat ter. He put it in a bottle.and sent it to Dr. Letheby. Witness found on the Thursday that all the burning symptoms had returned, and then added calomel, opium, and external applications of turpentine. She was evidently sinking, and he told the persons in the room she would not live. Witness asked her after she was in danger why she took the coffee on Monday night. She replied, "Because there was nothing else in the house to take." Witness would have declined to certify the cause of death before the post mortem examination, if he had been called upon to do so. Witness made an examina tion of the body on the Monday morning in the de ceased's room. The appearances were as follow : The abdomen was much disturbed with gas. A quantity of coloured fluid was escaping from the mouth and nostrils. The rigidity of the muscles had passed away. The stomach was much disturbed, and in it was a reddish fluid. The contents witness set aside in a bottle from four to six ounces in size. The lining membrane was highly congested. The small intestines were much inflamed, and a portion about two feet from the stomach more intensely so than elsewhere. Several parts of the lining mem brane had blistered. The intestines were empty, with the exception that there were five or six seeds. The liver and kidney and other organs were healthy Witness set aside the stomach and its contents, the small intestines, a portion of the kidney, and the lungs which in a few days after he g ave to Dr. Letheby. Inflammation of the intestin es, and also inflammation of the peritoneum, were the cause of death. Witness was present when Dr. Letheby made his examination and analysis, and agreed with him in his conclusions. Apart from that analysis, witness imagined that the inflammation of the in testines was caused by the administration of some irritant medicine the nature of which he could not plainly see. Inflammation of the intestines arose from other causes ; but in that case the lining mem brane would have a different appearance. Witness was not aware of any poisons used by shoemakers except oxalic acid. The symptoms that he saw were nothing at all like oxalic acid, or the effects of ox alic acid. He believed, after the examination by Dr. Letheby, that either cantharides, savin, or col chicum had been taken. The symptomslooked more like the effects of cantharides. He could not, how ever, positively undertake to say what was the irri tant medicine, Cantharides are sold in the form of paste, or as Spanish flies, or as a tincture. Dr. Henry Letheby, Professor of Chemistry, Che mical Lecturer at the London Hospital, and Medi cal Officer of Health of the City of London, said — On Wednesday, the Bth of June, I received from Mr. Webb four bottles. One had a human stomach and two pieces of the small intestines. A second bottle had a piece of liver, a piece of kidney, and a piece of lung. A third bottle contained a liquid, and was marked " Matter vomited by Zip porah Royal." A fourth bottle contained a liquid, the contents of the stomach, and two feet of the in tines. The stomach was open and emptied. I observed that the inner coat of it was covered with a dark red brown liquid or mucus. The stomach was found to be inflamed upon the mucus being re moved and everywhere softened. There was a spot where the mucous membrane was entirely destroyed. A portion of the mucus was carefully examined under the microscope without being able to disco ver anything but altered blood. I then submitted the stomach to analysis for mineral poisons and found only a small portion of mercur y , which I produce. I think that may have been the result of the calomel spoken of by the last witness. There was no trace of any other mineral. I then searched for some organic poison, and obtained from an alco holic solution of the stomach a small quantity of oily-looking matter, which I found by experiment was a very powerful irritant, for on applying it to the corner of my mouth it produced intense burn ing pain and great swelling of the lips.. The irri tation was followed by the appearance of small vesicles, or something like a blister. This irritation lasted for many days. I next examined the con tents of the second bottle, which contained pieces of the liver, kidney, and lungs. I did not find any poison whatever in them. I next examined the matter which had been vomited. It amounted in quantity to 40z., and had the appearance of curds and whey, stained with a greenish yellow colour. I found it was coagulated milk, stained with the colouring matter of bile. The curd yielded traces of mercury and nothing else, and the clear liquid had the same kind of acid matter as that which prevailed in the stomach. I lastly examined the contents of the stomach. The quantity was two fluid ounces. It was of a dark red brown colour, and had the consistence of thick gruel. It was very alkaline to the test paper, and consisted almost entirely of altered blood. I searc hed carefully for solid matter, and found only small pieces of vegetable tissue like orange tissue. I also found some small seeds, which I have ascertained are seeds from black currant jelly. I found no traces of cantharides, nor anything else of a solid character. I examined them for an organic poison, and obtained the same kind of acrid matter, which produced the same irritoting effect on the other side of my mouth. I then searched fer mineral poison, and found nothing but mercury. My opinion from this examination was, that some irritant had been glministered, the nature of which I could not pre cisely identify. I therefore requested the coroner to have an exhumation of the body for the purpose of fuyther examination. On Tuesday, the 21st of June, Mr. Webb brought to the laboratory a large bottle containing portions of the intestines, the spleen and the bladder of the deceased. Another bottle I also received, which contained portions of the liver and lungs. I examined six pieces of in testines, the spleen, bladder, uterus, and kidney. The intestines had been opened along the whole length. They were covered with the same kind of red brown mucus which I have taken from the sto mach. The intestines were much inflamed. I searched carefully for solid particles, and found nothing but black currant seed. I then analysed for organic poison, and found the same kind of acrid matter as was found in the stomach. Not being able to identify the nature of it chemically, I tried the effect of it on a guinea-pig. The coloured mat ter amounted to four grains only. It killed the animal in 10 minutes, as I thought, by producing spasms at the entrance of the windpipe. I then removed the stomach and oesophagus from the guinea-pig, and again extracted the poison, and tried its effects on three sparrows. The first was killed in four minutes, the second between four and five minutes, and the third, which I treated a little differently. died in three days ; I treated it diffe rently as an experiment. I dropped the poison into the mouths of the first and second birds, and added a little treacle and water in the poison I gave the third bird. The total quan tity extracted from the stomach and in testines amounted to about four drops. I have made a great many experiments with vege table matter in order to endeavour to arrive at the nature of this matter, but have not succeeded. I have no doubt it is capable of producing the effects mentioned in this case. Having seen three birds killed by it, and a guinea-pig also killed, and feel ing myself the effects of it, I have no doubt but that it is a poison, and that it would produce the symptoms and the effects in the stomach that have been described by Mr. Webb and Mr. Smith. It is like Croton oil, or white hellebore. It is different from cantharides. A , mixture of the two, I mean Croton oil and white hellebore, would exactly pro duce the effect I have described. Uphoribum has also a somewhat similar effect. From the symptoms before death, the appearances and the results of the chymical analysis, and the experiments made on myself and on birds and animals, 1 am of opinion there was present a powerful irritant taken by the deceased, and it was the cause of her death. That powerful irritant must have been taken by the deceased, and could not have been spontaneously generated in the system. Police-sergeant. Nnnn, No. 12 K, had ascertained that the prisoner was a married man, and that he had left his wife and two children four years ago. Royal's wife was in court. • Police-sergeant Best, No. 21 K, proved the ap prehension of the prisoner on the afternoon of Mon day, the 29 th of August last, at the house of Mr. em ployed there y b denh and shoe maker, in High-street, Upper ev e c: i . since Friday, the 3d of June, am. The prisoner had bten em name of FrederiVics when he ab,cencl from Poplar , The prisoner Poplar, and assumed the a fortnight after he entered Mr. com mencedvant gir payingl about a ddresses to his master's ser e second clerk, read the evidence Cle m w r l . o ß w o 's w e d er ie v r i , ce th . the usual cau to the prisoner, who, after receiving tion, was aske d if he would m ake any defence. Th e prisoner , in a firm man ner , said he e w . ould reserve bis defence for his trial. Mr. Selfe--I commit you to take your trial at the Old Bailey on a charge of wilful murder. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1859. THE LEEDS MURDER. Charles Normington, the young man who is in custody at Leeds on the charge of murdering an old man named Broughton, on the 6th ult., was re examined before the Mayor of Leeds (Sir Peter Fairbairn) and other magistrates yesterday. Before the examination of witnesses commenced, Mr. Ferns, solicitor, who had been instructed to defend the prisoner, complained to the bench that he had not been allowed to have an interview with his client. He said that he went to the police office at half-past nine o'clock that morning, and re mained till half-past ten o'clock, but he had been prohibited from seeing the prisoner. He urged, with considerable warmth, that such a proceeding was quite unprecedented and contrary to all prin ciples of law and justice, and was a great hardship upon him (Mr. Ferns) as the advocate of an unfor tunate youth charged with murder. Moreover, the magistrates had. some time ago laid down a rule with reference to prisoners and their solicitors, which only prohibited them from having, an inter view before the prisoner had undergone an exami nation before the magistrates, which was not the case in this instance. The Mayor stated that there was not the slightest wish on the part of the bench to prevent Mr. Ferns from seeing the prisoner, and if he had applied to the magistrates they would at once have granted him permission to do so ; but neither the chief con stable nor any other person had power to allow him to see the prisoner without an order from the justices. Mr. Ferns thought he had no right to make such an application, but that, as the legal adviser of the prisoner, he ought to have been at once permitted to communicate with the prisoner. The Mayor intimated that the bench were of a different opinion, and that Mr. Ferns ought first to have made an application to the magistrates. The first witness was James Smales, collier, of Whitwood, near Normanton, who said,—On Mon day night about five weeks ago, the day after the rainy Sunday, I saw the prisoner at Whitwood. James Worsman was with me. I did not know the prisoner. He said he had a pawn-ticket belonging to a watch to sell. Worsman asked if he would sell it to him, and the prisoner said " No." The next night the prisoner asked me where Worsman lived, and said he wanted to sell that ticket. He asked ss. for the ticket, and I bought it. The prisoner said the watch had cost 265., but did not say where he got the ticket. I kept the ticket till last Saturday night, and then came' to Leeds, and went to Mr. Barrass's shop to get the watch. Mr. Barrass took me to the police-office, and I left the I ticket at his shop. The last time I saw the prisoner was on the Thursday after I bought the ticket . Andrew Bailey, collier, of Whitwood, said—Four weeks ago last Monday I met the prisoner at Cas tleford. John Fawcett, William Stanley, and Wil liam Normington were with me. The same night the prisoner came to lodge at the house of George Dixon, my father-in-law, at Whitwood. He re mained till the following Thursday, and left about half-past 5 o'clock in the morning. I have not seen him since till now. • I never heard him say any thing about a watch or a pawn-ticket. William Joseph Topham said,—l assist my father, Richard Topham, who is a pawnbroker, in Leeds. On Saturday, Aug. 6, the day of the murder, about 6 o'clock in the evening, the prisoner offered a Ger man silver watch in pledge, and asked 16s. upon it. He said it was his own watch. I offered him 4s. upon it, but he would not take it, and went away. lam sure the prisoner is the man. I believe the watch now produced (the one belonging to the de ceased) is the one which the prisoner offered. Cross-examined by Mr. Ferns—There might be a hundred people or more in the shop that night. We were busy from five o'clock to eleven. I had never seen the prisoner before. I only saw his face through the partition. I noticed that it was very red. He was only in the shop about two minutes. The watch was of a very common description. The prisoner had a cap on, I believe. I heard a hum ming noise when the prisoner was placed in the dock, but I did not hear the public say, "There he is." I have talked about the murder with the chief constable once or twice. The last time was a fortnight ago. Thomas Ibbetson, cousin to the last witness, and also an assistant to Mr. Topham, was present when the prisoner offered the watch in pledge, and cor roborated the evidence of the last witness. He had no doubt the prisoner was the man who brought the watch. The witness was cross-ex amined by Mr. Ferns, but there was no alteration in his testimony. Mr. T. Nunneley, surgeon, Leeds, said—l received the stick now produced from the chief constable, and have examined it. I found a small quantity of blood on the surface of it, in two or three different places, and I also found three orfour hairs adhering, to the stick by the blood. To the best of my be lief they are human hairs. I also examined a man's hat. It was smeared with blood both within and without, and within it I found, sticking to it by blood, two or three hairs, corresponding in charac ter to those I found adhering to the stick. I also examined a lock of hair, which corresponds with the hair I found on the stick and in the hat. Last Sunday I received from Mr. English a man's shirt, which I now produce. [Witness read a report of the results of his examination of the shirt, from which it appeared that he found three stains rather larger than a crown piece, and of a brownish grey colour, on the upper part of the right arm. He be lieved the stains to be blood, but he would not speak positively, because it was difficultto understand how the shirt could have indergone the washing which it was said to have done, and the stains not be ob literated, if they were blood. He had also examined a cloth cap, and found some spots upon it, but he did not think they were blood.] Cross-examined by Mr. Ferns—l believe the blood on the stick to be human blood, but the blood of some animals closely resembles human blood. The hair was short. There is a distinction between human hair and the hair of animals. I might be mistaken, but I believe this to be human hair. Charles Richard Ashland, assistant to Mr. Bar rass, pawnbroker, said—On Saturday night, the 6th of August, between 7 and 8 o'clock, a man pledged a German silver watch for 4s. Last balurday night James Smales came to the shop with the ticket. My master took Smales and the ticket to the police-office. The ticket and watch now produced are the same. The man who pledged the watch was a low-sized man. The prisoner might be the man, but I cannot swear to him. Cross-examined—A duplicate of the ticket given to the man who pledged the watch was attached to the watch. Mr„ W. Hey, surgeon, repeated his evidence as to the nature of the injuries which caused deceased's death. Cross-examined—The injuries which the de ceased received could not have been produced by a fall against a stoop or a wall. William Dixon, of Whitwood, a youth 14 years of age, deposed to the prisoner lodging at his brother's house, and confirmed the evidence of Smales as to the purchase of the pawnticket from the prisoner. James Barrass, pawnbroker, Leeds, confirmed the evidence of Ashland, his assistant. Robert Heaton, watchmaker, proved that the watch produced (the one pawned at Mr. Barrass's) belonged to the deceased. Cross-examined—The number on the watch did not appear to have been tampered with. George Virtue, police-officer, proved receiving the watch on the 12th of August from Mr. Barrass along with a duplicate attached to it. He kept that tic ket, and gave the watch to Mr. English. Patrick Byrne, police-officer, gave evidence as to examining the place where the deceased was at tacked, on the Wednesday after the murder, in com pany with Mr. English, and finding the hedgestake. He gave it to Mr. English. George King, another police-officer, deposed to examining the place where the murder was com mitted on the following day, Sunday, and finding some skin and blood and hair on the hedge. He cut away part of the hedge, and collected the skin and hair, which he gave to Mr. Nunneley, surgeon. Henry Taylor, joiner, living in Giles-street, York street, said—On Saturday afternoon, the 6th Aug., about 20 minutes past 2 o'clock, I was in the Ox pasture, and went forward, along the footpath, to Seacroft, returning the same way. I got into the Ox-pasture again about 5 o'clock. As I went to Seacroft I passed a man in the Ox-pasture, and also saw him on my return, laid on his face, in the " Puzzling-field. The prisoner is very like the man, but I cannot swear to him. He had a black cloth cap on. On the suggestion of Mr. Barr, clerk to the ma gistrates, a number of men in the body of the court were plac .d alongside the prisoner, and a number of witnesses were called, including Mr. and Mrs. Rush worth, John Wm. Wood, and Edwin Haigh (two Loys), — Harriet Wharton, Hannah Liitlehales, , Wm. Wood (of Seacroft), Septimus Dobson, and John Green, were called into court to see if they could identify the prisoner as the man they had seen near the place of the murder. Mr. Ruiliworth could not identify the prisoner ; but Mrs. RiD,l,worth thought he was very like one of the men she had seen. The boys Wood and Haigh could not identify the pri soner. Harriet Wharton at once picked the prisoner out, and said she was sure he was the man she saw lying in the field about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Hannah Littlehales believed the prisoner was the man she saw in the Ox-pasture. She added that she had been thinking it over all the morning, and had no doubt he was the man. William Wood (of Seacroft) positively identified the prisoner as a man he passed as he was going to Leeds, about half-past 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The prisoner was going towards Roundhay. He spoke to witness, and asked him if he was coming from his work. He had a hedgestake in his hand. The witness eontinued his evidence by saying—The stick now produced is the same. I am quite certain that the prisoner is the man. Cross-examined—l had not seen the man before. I met him about 100 yards from the place where de ceased was attacked. I noticed the man's features. 1 was afraid of him, because he had a big stick in his hand, and I turned round after I had passed him. He was not a tall man. Septimus Dobson (of Low Gipton) saw a man lying on his face in a field about 100 yards from the place where deceased was attacked, with a stick by his side. He could not identify the prisoner. William Hoyland, who is in the employment of Mr. Alexander, confectioner, Call-lane, said,—On Saturday evening, between nine and ten o'clock, I was standing with my wife against Mr. Wray's shop, near to the Central market. Two men came up, and one of them offered to sell me a pawn ticket for a watch. The prisoner is one of the men. (Sensation.) He had the pawn-ticket and asked me what I would give him for it. I told him I would not give him anything for it, and he said I might have it for anything I liked to give him. I did not buy it. The prisoner said nothing more. He wore a dark-coloured coat and dark cap. The pawn-ticket I saw was something like the one now produced. Cross-examined—l was in conversation with the men about five minutes. There was no lamp. The other man was taller, and wore a blue smock and a pair of light drab trousers, which looked as if they had been recently washed. He was a small•fea tured, delicate-looking young man, apparently about 20 years of age. He had a cloth cap on. There was a light in Mr. Wray's shop window. This was the whole of the evidence adduced, and the prisoner was then remanded till ten o'clock this day (Saturday). Prom the foregoing it will be seen that no allu sion was made to the confession which it is said Normington has made—namely, that he was pre sent at the robbery and the murder, but that he did not strike the blows which resulted in Brough on's death. THE FATAL FIRE 1N WATBRLOO-BOAD CORONER'S INQUEST. Last evening Mr. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, attended with a jury at the Crown Tavern, Church-street, Lambeth, for the purpose of inquir ing into the melancholy circumstances connected with the death of Eliza Burton, 48, Edward Burton, 13, and Eliza Ann Reed, 25, who perished by fire on Wednesday morning last in the premises, 75, Waterloo4oaa. The jury having viewed the bodies, evidence of the discovery of the fire was given by the police. W. Holloway, engineer to the Waterloo-road station of the London -. Fire Brigade, was next exa mined, and stated that on being called to the fire about 4 o'clock on Wednesday morninglast he found the shop in flames, and burning furiously. Heard a voice calling for help at the second floor window. On breaking open the shop door to commence ope rations upon the fire, ladders were sent for, but on their arrival the person who had called for assist ance was gone. The smoke and flames then ascended, the fire breaking through the roof. When the fire was subdued witness went over the house and saw two bodies of women lying in the gutter outside the roof. They were both dead, lying partly one over the other. The parapet in front of the house was four feet high at the lowest part, and the party wall on the left side (that on which the attempt at escape was made) was upwards of seven feet high. There was also a third body (that of a boy or girl) lying under the attic window. Both attics were completely burnt out. There were goods in the shop, some of which (articles of dress) had fallen from ' shelves behind the counter on the floor. He thought that was the result of the fire. He could not tell the cause of the fire. He did not believe it could be from the gas, it being turned off. One of the women had on boots and stockings. The boots were laced and the stockings tied. She appeared' partly dressed. The other woman was in her night dress. Witness believed the fire had been smouldering for a considerable time. The as cending of the smoke, he believed, was the imme diate cause of death. The dead women were very much burnt about the body and head. There was nothing in the appearance of the ruins which would lead to an impression that the fire was caused by any wilful act. Mr. James Burton was next called, and, being cautioned by the Coroner as to his answering any question which might tend to criminate himself; said he was a clothier and dealer in unredeemed pledges, and resided at No. 75, Waterloo-road. His family consisted of his wife, Eliza Burton, aged 48; Horace Burton, aged 13 ; Clara Burton, aged 11 ; Edward Bruton Burton, aged 9 ; Eliza Anne Reed (stepdaughter), aged 25 ; and Frederick Reed (step son), aged 20. Clara was not at home at the time of the fire. On the evening previous to the fire, he left home at 10 o'clock. The shop was not closed, but lighted up with gas. He returned about a quarter past 11. He went upstairs and asked his wife if she had had her supper, and on her replying affirmatively he asked her to have a little brandy and eater. She requested him to see whether Eliza was asleep, and if not to give her some. She slept in the back room on the second floor with his son Edward. -On finding her asleep he retired to his room and went to bed. His son Horace closed the shop at a quarter past 10. Witness turned off the gas at the main beneath the area of the house. When he wentup stairs to his wife she was reading a book in bed by the light of a candle, Witness got into bed at 12 o'clock, when he directed his wife to put out the light. Witness could not say whether she was wholly undressed. He was certain, how ever, that her dress was off. He went to sleep.. almost immediately, leaving his wife with the lighted candle on her side of the bed. He was his wife, who was out of bed, calling out get up ; there's a fire." He got out immedi ately,wßonkre t n b n y , and on openingthe window he saw smoke issu ing from the shop windows. He exclaimed, "My God, the house is on fire." The bedroom door was open. He ran to the back room and pulled Eliza Reed by the hair of the head, and awoke her and his son Edward. He then awoke Horace and his stepson Frederick, who slept in the front attic. He then broke away the attic window frame, which having done he made an attempt to return and look for his wife, stepdaughter, and son Edward. He met them on the stairs. His wife was going up first, followed by the other two. On reaching the attic he lifted his wife out of the attic window. At the top of the stairs he met Eliza, and lifted her also out of the window. He missed Horace from his bed, and believed him safe. He then lifted out Frederick, who was putting on his trousers, and he succeeded in escaping. Witness then got out him self, and, springing_on to the parapet, was thrown back on the slates. He, however, gained the pare going in the opposite direction to that pet, and, which his wife had taken, he effected his escape. A policeman dragged him from the parapet of the next house. Of the members of his family at home that night he had only seen two alive—Horace and Frederick. The others had perished. (Witness was here overcome with grief.) When he retired to bed the premises were quite safe as regarded fire. He could not account for the unfortunate occur rence. His furniture and effects were insured in the Phoenix Fire Office for the last nine years ; for the last two or three years to the extent of £5OO. Witness had never heard of any paper writings, but he understood that there was some writing out: side the shop door. He could net account fur his wife having her boots and stockings on. She some times slept in her stockings. She was quite sober. Witness, before c!osing his examination said if the police, instead of knocking at the door, had gone at, once for the escapes the lives of his family might have been saved ; but in reply to the coroner he afterwards said that he did not think, perhaps, in his excitement that such would have been the case, although the time appeared to him to be very long before their arrival. Frederick James Reed corroborated the state ment of Mr. Burton, further stating th it the smoke nearly suffocated him, and that they had altoge ther a very narrow escape. He believed that the stock in the shop amounted to £350, and that the business was tolerably brisk. With respect to the writing on the door, he, as well as Horace Burton, had been in the habit of writ ing the names of racehorses on the shop door fbr some time past. That was when the business was slack. Ile could not form any idea as to the cause of the fire. William Holloway was recalled, and on being asked by the Coroner if any application had been made by the insurance offices for the postponement of the case, replied in the negative. The Coroner then referred to the law of the case. Suppo , ing that it were proved that the fire was eau: ea by the wilful act of some person, it would then amount to wilful murder and arson, so that unless there were very suspicious circumstances in the matter they should banish such an idea from heir minds. The f ororier then inquired as to what was the the nature of the writing on the door, when Hollo way said, "Be sure—out by one." The Coroner said the words were very singular, but after the evidence of the last two witnesses he thought that matter might be set at rest. However, the jury might consider that, and whether they would post pone the case for further evidence, or at once agree to their verdict. The court was then cleared, and after about half an-hour's consideration, The jury returned a verdict" That the deceased persons came to their death by accidental causes." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. ST. LEGER. 6 t 4 on Promised Land (offered) Bto 1 agst Summerside (taken) 10 to 1 agst Trumpeter (taken) 10 to 1 agst Marionette (taken) 20 to 1 agst Napoleon (taken) 25 to 1 agst Gamester "(taken) GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. Nothing done. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 40 to 1 agst Roman Candle (taken) 40 to 1 agst Tunstall Maid (taken) 50 to 1 agst Heiress (taken) 50 to 1 agst Tiara (taken) ROC tIESTER AND CHATHAM.-FRIDAY. The Nursery Plate of 50 sovs. Winners extra. Three- quarters of a mile. Mr. Barnard's filly by Slane out of Pauline, 7st 81b (Swift) 1 Major Bringhurst's Hand-over-Hand, 7st 131 b (Hughes) 2 Mr. W. Thornton's Curlew, ist 21b (A. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Braemar, Fitzavon, Weather• bound, and Lawl Padrick. Betting-7 to 4 agst the Pauline filly, 2to 1 agst Hand. over-hand. Won by three lengths, half a length between the second and third. The Medway Stakes of 25 SOTS, added to a sweepstakes of 3 scivs each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &e. Half a mile. (5 subs.) Mr. Blanton's Arminius, 3 yrs (E2O), 7st 41b (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. Barling's 80-Peep, 4 yrs (X2O), 7st 131 b.... (Curtis) 2 Mr. Windsor's Remunerator, 3 yrs (n 0), 7st 41b (car. 7st 71b).... Mr. Taylor's May Morning, 5 yrs (L4O), Bst 31b (Savage) 4 Betting-5 to 2 on Arminius. Won easily by half a length, a neck between the second and third, bad fourth. The winner was sold to Mr. J. Ward for 54 guineas. The Kent Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 2 only (to go to the fund) if declared, &c., with 100 added. Winners extra. The second to save his stake. Two miles. (21 subs, 13 of whom declared.) Mr. Copperthwaite's Twilight, 3 yrs, Bst 41b . . (French) 1 Mr. T. Hughes' T. P. Cooke, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (D. Hughes) 2 Mr. Westerton's Pactolus, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Perry) 3 The following also ran :—Fly by Day, The Gift, Lady well, Gourd, and Julie. Betting-6 to 4on Twilight, 4to 1 agst T. P. Cooke, 6 to 1 agst The Gift. Won in a canter by four lengths, a neck between the second and third, Gourd was a bad fourth, the others beaten off. The Alewhers' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs. One mile. Mr. Blanton's Neophyte, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Edwards) 1 Lord W. Pawlett's Adulation, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (in. 71b ex) (Perry) 2 Mr. J. Ward's Emotion, 3 yrs, Est 51b (G. Searle) 3 Mr. Baker's Conceit, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Reeves) 4 Betting-5 to 2on Neophyte, who won by three-quarters of a length, half a length between the second and third ; bad fourth. Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added. Winners extra. One mile. Mr. Pallett's Tho Gem, by Pyrrhus the First, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b Mr. Blanton's Arminius, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b extra) (French) 2 Mr. Barnard's Nutfield, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Swift) 3 80-peep and Curlew also ran. Betting—Even on Nutfield, 5 to 4 agst The Gem, 3 to 1 asst Arminius. Won by a length; two lengths between the second and third. Hurdle Races of 2 sovs each, with 20 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Heats. Two miles and a distance. Nine subs. Mr. Nightingall's Scylla, by Vortex, 3 yrs, lOst 71b (Owner) 0 1 1 Capt. Fumival's Clear-the-Way, aged, 12st 31b (C. Boyce) 1 4 2 Mr. Land's Red Rover, 3 yis, 9st 91b .. (J. Land) 3 2 dr Mr. Chapman's Malister, aged, list 121 b (F. Balchin) 2 0 dr Mr. Simpson's Crinoline, 3 yrs, lOst 71b (Curtis)* 0 3 dr * Eatwell rode Crinoline in the second heat, First heat—Betting-6 to 4 agst Clear-the-Way, 2 to 1 agst Red Rover. Won by ten lengths ; Scylla fell near the distance and walked in. Second heat—Betting-6 to 4 on Clear-the-Way. Won easily by a length ; bad third. Third Heat—Betting-4 to 1 on Scylla, who won in a canter. CARDIFF RACES.-THURSDAY, SEPT. 8. The Revival Handicap of 5 sous each, 2 ft, with 30 added. One mile. Mr. Halford's Emblem, by Teddington, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Spencer) 1 Mr. C. Thorp's Barege, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Ducker) 2 Mr. Brayley s Mushroom, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (Sadler) 3 Artist, Gaylass, and Caucasian alse ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Emblem, and 3 to 1 each agst Barege and Gaylass. Barege, with Mushroom at her heels, cut out the work for three-quarters of a mile, when they were joined by Emblem, who deprived the top weight of the lead inside the distance, and won by three parts of a length ; bad third. Owing to an objection that Emblem had not carried her proper weight, the race remains in abeyance. The Trial Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; one mile and a quarter ; 4 subs. Mr. Brayley's The Poet, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (T. Gray) 1 Mr. Soul's The Miller (h b), 5 yrs, 9st (Harding) 2 Mr. Farren's Terror, aged, 9st (G. Smith) 3 Mr. Thorp's Robin Hood, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Ducker) 0 Betting-5 to 2on The Poet, and 3to 1 agst Robin Hood. The latter, followed by the favourite, made play for half a mile, when The Miller took up the running, and carried it on to about the half-distance, where The Poet challenged, and won a fine race on the post by a short head ; two lengths between sem& and third. The Cardiff Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, with 100 added; the winner to pay 10 soya to wards the expense ; two miles ; 23 subs, 7 of whom de- dared. Mr. Copelknd's The Liveryman, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Bottom) 1 Mr. B.iddell's Whimsical, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Sadler) 2 Mr. J. Evans's Kinnersley, 4 yrs, Bst 91b.... (Docker) 3 The following also ran :—Grillade, The Martlet, Fearful, Yellow Rose, Buss, and Verulam colt. Betting-5 to 4 agst The Liveryman, 3to 1 each agst Yellow Rose and Whimsical, 4to 1 agst Fearful, 5 to 1 each agst Kinnersky and Grillade, and 8 to 1 agst The Martlet. Several of the jockeys resolutely opposing the commands of the starter, kept the horses at the post more than half an hour, and when the flag fell Liveryman got away three or four lengths in advance. He was succeeded by Whimsical, with Yellow Rose and Fearful at a similar interval from her. As they proceeded down the back stretch in the second round the tailing increased—in fact, nothing was left with apparently the ghost of a chance except Liveryman and Whimsical, the light weight holding his advantage to the end, and winning easily by a length. The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; one mile ; 4 subs. Mr. A. Pitt's Table Bay, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (a 5) (T. Vivian) 1 Mr. Stuart's Orianda, 5 yrs, 9st 111 b (X4O) (H. Sly, jun.) 2 Mr. J. Evans's Stratagem, 2 yrs, sst 41b (carried sst 61b) (X4O) (Sadler) 3 Mr. H. Ivey's Stanley, 2 yrs, sst 31b (t 25) .. (J Plumb) 0 Betting—Even on Stanley, and 6 to 4 agst Orlando. Table Bay made all the running, and won by six lengths ; same between second and third. Near the lower turn the favourite came in contact with a post, and threw Plumb, who alleged that he was driven thereon by the other boys, which the latter as stoutly denied. It is, however, certain that they were fighting close together at the time. The winner was bought in for 45 soya. The Inkeepers' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Stuart's Orlando, 6 yrs, 7st llb (Constance) 1 1 Mr. Adamp's Nell Gwynne, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (J. Holman) 0 2 Mr. W. Saunders' Thornhill, 4 yrs, 7st .. (Spencer) 4 3 Mr. Brayley's The Poet, 3 yrs, Est (Bray) 2 4 - 3 Est 21b (Bottom) 3 0 Hen. F.Mergan's Gaylass, yrs, Est 21b (Bow.— Mr. S. Jacob's Caucasian, 3 yrs, Est 21b.. (Johnson) 5 dr Mr. Turner's Norma, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Sadler) 6 dr Betting-2 to 1 agst Thornhill, 4to 1 agst Caucasian, and 5 to 1 agst Norma, at least thbse were the prices when all except Nell Gwynne came through, and Orianda it was thought had won in a canter. However, when the jockey had weighed in the starter entered the room and declared it to be "No go," the flag not having been dropped. This, in fact, was the case, and the race was ordered to be run over again, upon which Caucasian and Norma were drawn. Betting-3 to lon Orianda, who waited upon Nell Gwynne and Thornhill to the bottom of the course, where the latter was in trouble ; a fine race thence with the pair being in favour of Orianda, who got up in almost the last stride, and landed the odds by a short head. The Hurdle Race Handicap, of 5 soya each. Captain Firth's Robert de Gorham, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (inc. 71b extra) (Jarvis) 1 Mr. Mytton's Master Somerville, 5 yrs, lOst (Mr. Thomas) 2 Mr. A. Hopkins's TheMartlet, 6 yrs, list (Mr. J. James) 3 The following also ran :—Boadicea, Perseverance, and Toddy. , Betting—Even on Toddy, sto 2 agst Master Somerville, and 4to 1 agst the Lady Tryphena filly. After the first three or four hundred yards Toddy took up the running. As they entered the straight the last time the Lady Try phena filly crept up to the leader, and closing with her near the distance ran a neck and neck race home, the judge de siding it to be in the young-un's favour by a head on the post, though Toddy had decidedly the best of it a length or two from the chair, and led many to the belief that she was thc winner. On returning to scale Toddy was proved to have gone on the wrong side of a post, and was distanced. FRIDAY. The Two-Yr-Old Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added. 6 subs. Mr. J Lowe's The Nun, Bst 91b (inc. 51b extra).. (Bray) 1 Mr. C. Thorpe's Warrior Queeu, 3st lib (Dunker) 2 Betting-6 to 4on The Nun, who won easily by half a lengt The Ely. handicap of 10 Bove each, h ft. Mr. J. Evans's Kinnersley, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (Ducker 1 Mr. Ralford's Emblem, 3 yrs, Est 21b .... (Spencer 2 Mr. F. C. Morgan's Gaylass, 3 yrs, Est 21b (W. Bottom 3 The following also ran:—Minster, Whimsical, and Toddy. Betting-5 to 4 agst Emblem, 3to 1 each agst Whimsical and Toddy, and 4 to 1 agst Kinnersley. Won by two lengths. Toddy came in second, but was disqualified for running the wrong side of a post, and an o bj ect i on was made to the winner on the ground that he ought to have carried a penalty, but it was afterwards withdrawn. The Shorts (Selling) Stakes of 2 sovs each, with 20 added. Half a mile. 6 subs. Mr. Ivey's Stanley, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (X4O) .. (VT. Bottom) 1 Mr. Pitt's Table Bay, 3 yrs, 7 s t 41b g3o) .. (T. Vivian) 2 Mr. J. Evans's Stratagem, 2 yrs, 4st 91b ( car s s t 11b) (X3O) (A. Saddler) 3 Mr. Thorp's Warrior Queen, 2 yrs, 6st Illb (£100) (Pritchard) 4 Betting-7 to 4 agst Stanley, and 2to 1 agst Stratagem. Won by a short neck; a bad third. The winner was not sold. The Ladies' Plato (Handicap) of N sovs. One mile and a-half. Mr. Foulkes's Buss, 4 yrs, sst 101 b. (W. Bottom) 1 Mr. Stuart's Orianda, 5 yrs, 7st 51b (inc. 51b ex.) (Pritchard) 2 Mr. S. Jacob's Caucasian, 3 yrs, 6 s t. (Johnson) 3 __ _ Grillade, The Martlet, and Nell Gwynne also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Orianda, and 4to 1 each agst Buss and Grillade. Won by a length and a half ; a moderate third. The Hack Handicap of 2 sovs, 1 ft, with 20 added. 10 subs. Mr. Harding's Invalid, 6 yrs, 12st 71b (Mr. J. It. James) 2 1 Mr. J. Thomas's St. George, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (inc. 71b ex.) (C. Leake) 1 3 2 Mr. Holland's Ada, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (inc. 71b ex.) (Gray) 4 2 dr Mr. Thomas's Miss Julia, 4 yrs, lOst.. (Mr. James) 3 4 dr le-Moors, Sept. 22, at one, and Oct. 13, at twelve, a t the Manchester District Court. Mason Dyson, dealer in flour, Leed s, Sept. 23 and Oct. 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. John Morrill, apothecary, Macclesfield. Sep t. 23 and Oct. 14, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. John Green, newspaper proprietor, Birkenhead, Sept. 26 and Oct. 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.d Oct. Arthur Parton, ironmonger, Liverpool, Sept. 20 an 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District ourt. Richard Bell, bootmaker, G ree k- s treet, Soho, Sept. 22 and Oct. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrup tc y . John Wil, builder, Ira nts, Sept. 22, a t half past eleven, and Oct. 27, at Forton twelve, at the Court of Bagic ruptcy SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Brown, merchant, New Pitsligo, Ab er deenshire. John Parker, formerly surgeon in Southwark, ondos, now residing in Wellington-place, Leith. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Suga6tr, d com puted from Returns made in the week ending the h ay of Sept., 1859, exclusive of the duties o f Customs paid eat or pay a ble thereon, on the importation the reof into Gr Britain : per oft. From the British possessions in America 25s gad Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 255 9( , Muscovado, 2 . the produce of the East Indies.. 23s 41a Average price of the foregoing ............4s 4d Eva and The Bloomer colt also ran. First heat-7 to 4 agst Invalid, 2to 1 agst Ada, and 4 to 1 agst St. George. Won by a length, and second and third heats won in a canter. The Forced Handicap of 1 soy each, with 20 added ; once round. Mr. Thorp's Barege, 4 yrs, 9st 101 b (Ducker) 1 Mr. Stevens's Artist, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Bray) 2 Mr. Pitt's Table Bay, 3 yrs, Bst (Vivian) 3 The following also ran :—Thornhill, Toddy, The Miller, Master Somerville, Robin Hood, Mushroom, Caucasia, and Gaylass. Betting-3 to 1 agst Artist, 4to 1 agst Barege, and sto 1 each agst Gaylass and Miller. Won by four lengths ; a bad third. Mushroom fell. FROM THE GAZETTE OF Y ESTERDAY ST. JAMES'S PALACE, SEPT. 7. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Brown and James Ellison, Esqs., jointly, to be Surgeon and Apothecary in Ordinary to her Majesty's Household at Windsor. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SETT. 7. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert Cheshire Janion, as Consul at Liverpool and Manchester ; Mr. Alfred L. Hodges, as Consul at Ramsgate; Mr. Sidney Broad, as Consul at Falmouth ; and Mr. William D. Sey mour, as Consul at Cork, Dublin, and Belfast, for the King of the Hawaiian Islands. SEPT. 8. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Samuel Rentsch as Consul at Melbourne for the Swiss Confedera tion. WAR-OFFIC, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 9. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—The surname of the Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, appointed in the " Gazette " of the 30th ult., is Osborn, and not Osborne, as therein stated. 14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant James Giles to be Adju tant, vice Clements, promoted in the 6th Dragoons. Ist Regiment of Foot—Luke Frederic Scott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pallisier, promoted ; John Hammond, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gilmour, promoted in the 21st Foot. 9th Foot—Captain the Hon. Frederick Le Poer Trench, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Daunt, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Majority. 12th Foot—Captain Samuel Henry Harford, from the 56th Foot, to be Captain, vice Colt, who exchanges. 16th Foot—Leonard Bt.ll Anderson Poynter, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Freeman, promoted. 22d Foot—Albert Garner Richards, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice French, promoted. 36th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Frederick Stewart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dashwood, who retires ; En sign Wilson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stewart; Edward Staples Bond, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilson. 45th Foot—Ensign Robert J. Callwell to be Instructor of Musketry. 56th Foot—Captain Charles R. Colt, from the 12th Foot, to be Captain, vice Harford, who exchanges. 78th Foot—Ensign Henry Anthony Ingles to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice W. Young, who retires. 2J West India Regiment—Assistant Staff-Surgeon George H. Harris to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Frazer, ap pointed to the Staff. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant - Surgeon Wynne Peyton Frazer, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Griffith, appointed to the Royal Artillery. BREVET. Captain and Brevet Major J. R. J. Coles, of the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the army. Captain Edward Nassau Molesworth, of the 27th Foot, to be Major in the army. The following paymasters, who retired upon half-pay prior to the declaration of war with Russia, and who had completed in all a service of 30 years, 25 of which as Pay masters, to have the honorary rank of Major, viz.:— Paymaster Lodge M. M. Prior, on half-pay of the 12th Light Dragoons. Paymaster Samuel Rofe, on half-pay of the 14th Light Dragoons. Paymaster Victor Raymond, on half-pay of the 27th Foot. Paymaster George Moore, on half-pay of the 32d Foot. Paymaster George Augustus Durnford, on half-pay of the 39th Foot. Paymaster James M. Pennington, on half-pay of the 48th Foot. Paymaster Francis Dickson, on half-pay of the 52d Foot. Paymaster George Ash Thompson, on half-pay of the 85th Foot. Paymaster Edward Fugion, on hall-pay of a depot bat. talion. COMMISSION BY THE QUEEN. Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—John Robert Grayson, Esq., to be Paymaster. City of Edinburgh Regiment of Artillery Militia — Francis Murdoch, Gent., to be Quartermaster. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Durham—Henry Morgan Vane, Esq., to bo Deputy Lieutenant. County of Worcester—Benjamin Lawrence Sanders, Esq., and Francis Watt, Esq„ to be Deputy Lieutenants. Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Adjutant Henry Peisley L'Estrange to be Captain. 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Major Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, Bart., to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Mason, resigned; Captain John Marcon to be Major, vibe Lacon, promoted. Ilford Volunteer (or 3d) Rifle Company—William Henry Clifton, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Henry Martin Harvey, Esq., to be Ensign. Ist Company Monmouthshire Volunteer Rifle Corps — John Lewis Baldwyn, Esq., to be Captain ; James Evans, Gent., to be Lieutenant; James Proctor Carruthers, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist Company of Cheshire Volunteer Rifles—John Cadell, Esq., to be Captain; Henry John Ward, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; John James Conway, Esq., to be Ensign. 2d Company of Cheshire Volunteerßifles—Vincent Ash. field King, Esq., to be Captain; William Homer, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment—Ensign James Sat terthwaite Rudd to be Lieutenant, vice Miller, resigned. 2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Wm. Beaucleic Powell, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Martin, pro moted ; Robert Travers Atkins, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Ripley, resigned. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeoman r y Cavalry—George Loch, Esq., to be Captain, vice Adderley, resigned ; Comet William Debank Sneyd to be Lieutenant, vice Challinor, resigned , Ernest Alfred Worthington, Gent., to be Comet, vice Sneyd, promoted; Francis Richd. Spry, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Dicken , res i g ned. Ist Sub-ivision of Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers—Wm. Kenwright Harvey, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Edwin Clarke, Gent., to be Ensign. Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers-4th Company—Henry Daniel Cholmeley, Esq., to be Captain; William Anthony Freston, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; John Tuppen Wool wright, Gent., to be Ensign. sth Company—Joseph Watts Hallewell, Esq., to be Captain; Sebastian Stewart Dickin son, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Sidney Biddell, Gent., to be Ensign. 6th Company—John Dutton Hunt, Esq., to be Captain; Arthur Twisden Playne, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Capt. Edmund Molyneux Seel, Lieut. Edward Averill Lucas, and Ensign Edward Ernest Bromilow, having been absent, without leave, from two trainings, to be severally struck off the strength of the Regiment. WHITEHALL, AUG 2 The Lord Chancellor has abPointed William Smith, of Staines, in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman, to be a Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery in England, under the Act of Parliament passed for the relief of her Majesty's subjects professing the Jew his religion. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Abt 7th and Bth Victoria . cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 7th day of September, 1859: ISSUE DEPARTMENT.' Notes issued £30,445,180 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 15,970,180 Silver Bullion .... - £30,445,180) £30,445,180 BANKING D. Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,003 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- .EPARTIMINT. Government Secu- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,220,018 Other Securities 19,016,87 0 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 666,242 counts) 7,789,691 Other Deposits 13,067,400 Seven Day and other Bills 906,977 £40,030,870 M. 3 _£40,030,570 ARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated Sept. 8,1859. BANKRUPTS. George Gardener Spencer, builder, Norman-road, Bow, to surrender Sept. 22, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 21, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Laven an d William Speck, h o t e l -keepers, Long acre, Sept. 22, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 20, at half-past eleven, at the Court of BankruptcY• Robert Deam, plumber, Liverpool, Sept. 20 and Oct. 11, at one, at the. Liverpool District Court. Wilson Borrill,miller, Old Mallon, and Sept. 21 and Nov. 2, at 'elve, at the Townhall, Kingston-up m- Hull. Thomas Millington Wigley, builder,. Birmingham, Sept. 23 and Oct, 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Thomas Highway and Charles Highway, yonmasters, Walsall, Oct. 3 and 31, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Joseph Taylor, builder, Sunbury, Middlesex, Sept 23, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 27, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. John Burgum, draper, Hereferd, Sept. 26 and Oct. 12, at eleven, at the i rmi nghamß District Court. Francis Alexander, auctioneer, Chippenham, Sept. Sept 20 and Oct. 18 , a t eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Alexander Caughey and Samuel Lander, joiners, Bolton • COUNTRY MARKRTI. LIVERPOOL—SEPT. 9. The arrivals from Ireland and coast wise during the lass three days have been fair of oats, but small of other articles. From foreign ports ve have received 1,130 qrs of Pees , 3,259 qrs of Indian corn, and 952 barrels of flour ; besides 4,753 barrels of flour from Canad a. The ra beans, 211 orts ill th e same time comprise 823 qrs wheat, 115 qof qrs of Indian corn, 9 69 sacks and 200 barrels of flour: There has been little activity in the trade during the past two days. The weather has been sto rm y and unsettled or late. Our market this morning h ad a rather small etter at tendance of the town and country trade ; however, a b demand was experienced for wheat, and a fair clearance, was effected at Friday's rates. Flour in slow request, al, Tuesday's rates. Old oats more inq uired after, and brouglp full prices ; new were difficult to move at 7s 2d to 76 4 d,p er t eental for prepared Limerick. Oatmeal neglected. sue a . barely late rates. Indian corn in retail demand, at ab out previous prices. Beans, peas, and barley were nolln a4 unaltered. 2. The show of wheat WAKEFIELD—SEPT. is tolerable, but new comes to hod, sparingly, and fetches the prices of Friday last ; freshis ola also in fair request, at the last quot ations. Fine heavi barley steady, at late rates while inferior qu alities are verf difficult to quit. Beans have given way is to 2s p er gr* Oats, shelling, and other articles are dull, and were rather cheaper. Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 601 b ., Essex, Suffolk, and ditto Kent, white, old, 48s to 52 s ; new, 48s to 5 3 s ; red, old, 42s to 45s ; new, 42 s to 45s ; Lincolnshire and -York shire white, new, 46s to 50s ; red, 41s to 446. Averages for the week : Wheat 2,078 qrs., at ........ 403 Od . 45s 5.1 d Peas l2 „ ....... Berns 28s 3d Barley lOO 21 ........ Oats 370 ........ 263 OP „ Rye lO „ ........ 32s 6d EXETER—SEPT. 9. The business was extremely dull to-day, at the follevrhig prices : Barley. ....... 4s Od to Os O d Wheat, white 5s 6d to 5 s 9 d I Ditto red 5s Od to 5 s 3d Oats .. . .... 3 s Od to O s Od Flour, fine, 32s to 33s ; seconds, 30 s to 31s per sa ck ' l c . stoc CATTLE—The market was very well suppled with . moderate attendance of farmers. Pork carcases ill em ail k. supply. 1 ntd to Oa Fat beef,p score,9s6d to 10s6d Ewes, per lb ... •-z oa 6id to o ~ , i Pork carcases,do 7s 9d to Bs9d Wethers, d 0...... Lambs, per lb. .. ..7d to 7id Fat calves, d 0.... 6td t P. Rough fat, 44d per ib. BRISTOL SUGAR--SEPT. 9. The demand has been quite suspended this week, 10 / are without transactions to report in any de,criPtl °l ! c) , sugar. .Refiners' produce also is quite neglected and pre e . are nominal. Rum steady, at 2s and 2s 3d for proof Loe wards and Demeraras. COAL MARI (Prices of Coal per Ton at CET—SErt. 9. the close ef the market.) s. d. Buddle's West Hartleyls 3 Davison's West Hart ley .15 3 Bates' West Hartley..l4 3 Tanfield Moor Butes-13 6 Walls End. sd. 17 3 Kelloe .....••••••' .17 Keiper Orange • . • • ... 0 Heugh Hall ........ Shincliffe . . .......... 5 0 Whitworth .......... 6 Balaklava Steam .... .. . 0 19 Carway Steam.. .... „ 1 0 Powell's Duffryn .4L 6 Nixon's Duffryn .... :et, 26—Sold, 25. Wall 3 End. ........... _____ Eden 17 0 Stewart's 18 0 Thornley 15 0 Acorn Close 17 0 Ships at mark/ LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL.-SEPT. 9. The market to-day declined fully per cent. soon Aft° the opening, but closed firm at an advance on the morninP North British, 60 I—Great1 —Great Western of Canada, 14.1 Sheflields, 36—Caledonians, 861 7—Lancashire and York shire, 971 —London and North-Westerns, 93/ x d—Dutc h Rhenish, 51 dis.—North Staffords, 41 1 d.—BerwielOg 89 Midlands, 104 3 / 4 x d—Chestei and liolyheads, 611" Birkenheads, 77 3 / 4 x d—Great Northern, 101 3—Easteril Counties, 11 5.165 x d —Grand Trunk of Canada, 8i s r Great Western, 160 —Dovers, 23 1-16—Lomb f3'. Venetian, 2 1 p—Great Luxembourg, 61 1 x d. MANCHESTB-SEPT. 9. Mar l k et There was a very qu iet business doing in this to-day, and at the c lose prices were not at the best. rt, land stock, 103A--Sheffields, 35t—G rea t Western, D overs , 23 1-16 — Lon don and North Westerns, 9' Leeds, 97i --Trunks, 8 9-16—Ditto, Div. Deb., s. N or th Staffords, 4i d--Great Western. Birmingham Ons. ranteed stock, 74--Caledonians, 861; BIRMINGHAM-SEPT. 9. OOP There was a fair business doing, and prices end owl S ou th Staffordshires sold to - day at 101 -- -- k f ship N or th Western, 931 94Midland, 104/ 105—area," • Company, 18s 9d to 21s 3d—London Eighths_, ' o _ 4-- Birming h a m Canals, 94t -- Shropshire Bank, u l Birmingham Bank, 251. Mt. [A DVE RTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment a nd S cr ofula.—Skin Diseases.—ln no disease is more ef::„. o .. constant vigilance required than in the treatmenta 0 f et fula. The nurse or parent must meet the first apP 4O the foe, or his defeat will be difficult. Enlarge" a irrr about the neck, flying pains through the lirobs,.elLodi table skin, warn us of the probable presence of thisr e " tary malady, and not a moment should be lost in "'wog' ployment of Holloway's anti-scorbutic remedies to future out at once from the blood the morbid cause of a o roe disfigurements, l eav ing the system pure and vig° - -„ u i r on th orou ghly do , they banish the poison, and reln°lLi A nd every organ, whether deep or superficial, its ba corroding influence. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —We are happy to quote 4 " fla t on ing interesting information from Du Bailie re r cures of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, c oos nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asu'l l 7 a ry's sumption, and debility, without medicine, by Du n er- Revalenta Arabica Food :—Eight years' dYs i P e P s „ s is 's, fo r vousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, ano u a—e hale which my servant had consulted the advice of rosnYi_bioa been effectually removed by Du Barry's Revalenta APe'rof Food, in a very short time. I shall be happY a ns il e i ctorit inquiries. —Rev. John W. Flavell, Ricuington tioilf Norfolk. Cure 18,216. Dr. Andrew Ure of constg a gp, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure 36,21 2 ,; o fen' Allan of epileptic fits. Cure 42, 116 . M a j or ''" e s 'trngt il * largement of the liver and total prostration. ef r oujoe ss, Cure No. 1 . ,609. —Three years of excessive with pains in my neck and left arm, and gene— .dioani which rendered my life very miserable, has be e ,5,,. Food. removed by Du Barry's Revalenta Araulclbereen. Alexander Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, . 121 b., En tins, at ls. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d.; 51b., I ,l'a p oste 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on reeeiP Lon don' office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regen t-street 'bbis, 6°l Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadillf c m ford• Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 2 ano .1;honote• street ; 330 and 451, Strand ;49 and Alen half.* street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road . m: and C°4 Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh , at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Manell Scott ; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and ampton, Randall and Son. eestaer: SahtarPsouenth.. BAILLIE.—On the Bth inst , the wife of Sal ton Baillie, Esq ,of Ash-hall, Glamo.rganshire, of a son. DAVIS.—On the 9th inst., a t 15, Oxford-sluare) park, the wife of Win. D av i s , Esq., of a son.he wife of F . M o rton Eden, Esq., of a son. S us sez- SA.NDEMAN.—On the 9th inst. , at 2 E s p y of - 5, gard e n Hyde-park , the wife of A lfred Sandman, EDEN.—On the Bth inst., at Ham, Shy' t da - ughfer. MARRIAGES. ad* FREEMANTLE—SCOTT. —On the Bth inst., at St. ... _4 eldgf Eaton-square , Thomas Francis Freemantle, Esq., son of the Right lion. Sir Thomas F. Free man tle, Bel i y of Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire, to Lady Auguit s. Scott, second daughter of the late Earl of Eldon. ~,,, OSBORNE—HEADLEY.—On the Bth inst., by special lice lly l the Lord William Godolphin Osborne, youngest se ri ~- f the Duke of Leeds, to Mary Catherine, only daughteg,„" John Headley, Esq., of Whittlesford, Cambridgesrrf and granddaughter of Thomas B. Littell, Esq., ot a l ' C a mps, and Harston, in the said county. A . T H S. 0 n al — t,nhas O eog n ne7di t h h a: e ione. 7 D ds t t h . : ,4 in .a s t t , l a s t , l E l, ly lle p n i to ac n e, vill ii e o - ib ro o a rn d, ::: A.L Nl : o f ßA orr uill . o B 0 1. J o ; Gs , R . t — On s — ti p at n fo t rd he , 7 B t u h e i ks ns . t., John Freer Congreve, 14(1' DIGNAM.—On the Bth inst , suddenly, at Lansdownelrille2 Hackney, Thomas Dignam, Esq., sol i citor, 3 , Sise-le*" city, aged 60 FOWLER.—On . the sth inst., at Walliscote, near Resd in f' Ca N rol a in ll e is Matilda, o lda x , o w n i , fe ag o e f d 70. Vice-Admiral 'R. M• F ° of y wie ' zit GREEN.—On the 7th inst., at Stoke , Devon, 11. W. Gree Esq., late of the War-office, aged 68. ElAanni;osno,Nl4—aOnAthnene7,thelidnessti,daautgAhltearrlaonf theoluasteelgthi ci Harrison, aged 90. ST deniy, Lord James , iar t , g.r. for MrD UART.-012 the 7th inst. at Dumfries liouse, v . ert b i sli re : a ged 65. and Lord Lieutenant of the c ount y of Bute, ----------- - 1( 0 1 : 714°° LONDON : Printed and Publis hed by MIJIWO ,0 of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at The Su -% Office, 1 4 °•2 1 0 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the S av oy, in t h e count , ' .11iddletmx,_Saturday, September 10, 1859.. RI floe on I th a , the lto,