The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-07 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The Lords of the Admiralty having given direc tions for 400 additional artisans to be immediately entered at Chatham dockyard, notices were on Say turday posted at the Dockyard gates that the fol lowing workmen would be entered this day, viz.:- 270 shipwrights, 45 smiths,. 24 joiners, 18 caulkers, 17 millwrights and enginemen, 11 sawyers, and 9 painters and plumbers. The whole of the workmen employed in the dockyard will commence working at task work this day, and will be employed early and late, in order to complete those vessels which are to be launched during the present year, the first of which will be the line-of-battle screw steamer Hood, 91. _ _ _ _ The three-decker sailing ship Trafalgar, 120, having been cut down to a 91 gun screw steamer at Chatham, is now completed, and will be undocked during the next spring tides, when the Rodney, 90, will be taken into the same dock. An Admiralty order arrived at Sheerness, on Saturday afternoon for the new screw steamship Hero, of 91 guns and of 600-horse power nominal, to be commissioned this day. _ An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness that artificers of all classes and labourers are to be increased, and an entry is now open for them. The Ruby gunboat, Lieut. Commander Moore, has had her damages and defects made good, and has proceeded out on a trial trip of her machinery. The paddlewheel steam frigate Leopard, 18, Capt. James F. B. Wainwright, arrived at Portsmouth from Devonport yesterday. She will tow round to Chatham the Rodney, 90, to be docked there and converted into a screw steamship. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam yacht Victoria and Albert, having completed her renovation, &c., was taken out of dock on Saturday, at Portsmouth, and placed at her harbour moorings. The Mersey, 40, screw steam frigate, in the steam basin at Portsmouth, was commissioned on Satur day by Mr. C. Polkinghorne, the master, for Capt. H. Caldwell. The Agamemnon, 91, screw steamship, in the steam basin at Portsmouth, and the Melpomene, 50, new screw steam frigate, are both to be fitted with all despatch, and placed in the first-class steam reserve at that port. Letters have been received at Plymouth, from the screw steamship Caesar, 90, Capt. Chas. Frederick, dated Greytown, February 2. They state that there had been very little communication with the shore for some time previous ; heavy squalls, with torrents of rain, had been experienced. The next station will probably be Chagres (Aspinwall), but there was no indication of an early movement. Letters for the Caesar continue to be addressed to the central station, St. Thomas. The screw steamship St. jean d'Acre, 101, Capt. T. P. Thompson, had her compasses adjusted in Plymouth Sound on Saturday, preparatory to sail ing for Spithead and Portland. The screw steam sloop Gannet, 11, Commander Edward Lambert, will shortly leave Plymouth Sound for the Mediterranea n station. The. paddlewheel steam sloop Virago, 6, Com mander Dunn, was placed alongside the coal depot in Hamoaze, on Thursday. She is now ready again for active service. The screw steamship Nile, Capt. Arthur P. E. Wilmot, was taken into the basin at Keyham, Ply mouth, on Thursday, to make good defects. The screw steamship Doris, 32, will probably be put in commission to-day (Monday), by Captain Heathcote, at Plymouth. The paymaster took up his appointment on Saturday. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut, G. H. Parkin, Lieut. C. E. H. Brett, Lieut. the Hon. A. L. Corry, and Lieut. H. M. Carre, to the Mersey ; Lieut. S. W. S. Oakes, Lieut. IL W. D. Abercromby, and Lieut. John Liddell, to the Doris; Lieut. B. W. Bax, to the Orion ; Lieut. C. W. Andrews, to the Nile ; Lieut. J. Berkeley, Lieut. J. M. Bushell, Lieut. H. D. Fox, and Lieut. H. S. Mandeville, to the James Watt ; Lieut. G. C. B, Wathen, Lieut. C. D. Robin son, and Lieut. J. B. Butler, as additional, to the Chesapeake ; Charles Graham, master, additional, to the Exmouth, for the Topaze ; Thos. J. Whiller, master, to the Hero; and G. A. Waters, master, to the James Watt. THE ARMY. The ceremony of degrading a non-commissioned officer by order of a sentence of Court-martial took place at Chatham on Saturday afternoon last in the presence of the whole of the officers and men of the depots attached to the Ist battalion of infantry sta tioned at that garrison. The prisoner, an orderly sergeant, named Clarke, belonging to the depot of the 32d Light Infantry, had been tried by Court. martial for breaking out of barracks after the hour for closing the gates at night, and remaining absent from his duty all night until the following day, when he returned and gave himself up. For this offence the prisoner, who has been a number of years a non-commissioned officer, was sentenced to be degraded to the rank and pay of a private sol dier, in the presence of the whole of his battalion. The troops having been drawn up within the for tifications, under the command of Col. H. Jervis, the prisoner was marched into the centre, when the finding and sentence of the Court were read to the battalion by the Adjutant, Captain L. Sidebottom, immediately after which the prisoner's chevrons were severed from his arms by the Sergeant-major, and the prisoner marched to the rear of the batta lion. The sailing transport Mary Ann, Capt. Ashby, arrived at Spithead on Saturdayfrom Auckland,New Zealand, with the head-quarters of the 58th (Rut landshire) Regiment of Foot on board. The Mary Ann sailed from Auckland on the 20th of Novem ber, 1858, and arrived at Rio Janeiro on the 3d of January, 1859, sailed thence on the 6th of January, arrived at Fayal on the 20th of February, and sailed again on the 24th. The following are the offi cers and troops qn board :—Major C. W. Thomp son, in military command; Captains H. Reynolds, L. J. Thompson, and G. H. Wynyard ; Lieuten ants M. Tighe, J. H. Crosse, A. H. Russell, W. R. Russell, J. H. R. Harrison, G. Mariner, 0. W. Hill, and J. A. Tighe; Ensigns H. J. Wynyard and A. W. M'Crae ; Adjutant Bolton •, Surgeon Thompson ; Assistant-Surgeons Snell and B. Tydd ; Quartermaster Slattery, Mrs. Slattery, and four children ; Mrs. Bolton and one child ; Miss Tighe ; 29 sergeants and 173 rank and file, 15 women and 21 children; one sergeant and five privates (in valids), 65th Regiment ; one corporal, Royal Artil lery ; one sergeant, Royal Engineers, wife, and two children. The following passengers also came home in the ship:—Lieut. Hennes, 65th Regi ment ; Mr. and Mrs. Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Marsack, two children, and servant ; and Mr. J. S. Hickson. The 58th Regiment commenced embarking for New South Wales by detachments, acting as convict guards in 1843. The head-quarters, under Major Bridge, sailed for Sydney in May, 1844, and, after being stationed a few months at Parramatta, were ordered to proceed at a moment's notice to New Zealand early in 1845, in consequence of certain of the tribes in the northern district having risen in arms against the British authority, destroying the European settlement Korveorika, and obliging the inhabitants to fly for safety to Auckland, the capital. After various engagements, with heavy loss in pro-1 portion to the numbers engaged (amounting in killed and wounded to one-fourth of the regi ment), it underwent considerable hard s hip s f rom the unprepared state in which the troops were compelled to take the field. The insur rection was finally suppressed by the on the capture of Kawiti's Pah, or stockade, of January, 1846, when the regiment was com manded by Col. Wynyard, and for which services he received the Companionship of the Bath. The regiment returned to New South Wales in 1846, a t the close of the insurrecti on, and was again in 1847, ordered to New Zealand where it remained until its embarkation for England. That its ser vices were fully appreciated by the colony was amply manifested both on the occasion ofolonel Wynyard's departure and on the embarkation Colonel Wynyard's land of _ at the regiment for England. The 58 th will and Portsmouth this day and proceed to-morrow b y r a il via Liverpool for Ireland (Camp, Curragh of Kil dare.) A DERELICT VESSEL.—A letter from Galway, dated Wednesday, says :—" A vessel, name unknown, has been picked up by two trawlers of this port, belonging to Mr. Peter Sweney. The vessel seems to have been homeward bound irom America, supposed from St. John's, New Brunswick. She is laden with white deal. She is a total wreck, having lost her mainmast ; she is bound in seven places by chains, apparently done by the crew, who must have stood by her until she became a wreck; her stern is completely taken away, and therefore no trace has been got of her name or where she belongs to. She is altogether invisible, with the exception of her bulwarks and mast, all the hull and deck being- submerged in water. The trawler men who took her say she was knocking about outside of the Black Head when they fell in with her, when they made several attempts to board, but were unsuccessful. At length they got a ropo fastened to her bows, and hauled her into the bay, having a fair wind. They were then joined by a second trawl, the property of the same owner, who at once got out a hawser and gave every assistance to the first boat. The steamship Vesper was got under weigh on the fact being made known to the Steam Superintendent, Captain Thomson, who proceeded to assist in the towing of her down the bay. They were accompanied by a number of men , belonging to the Antelope steamer, now in our dock, w ho were taken to lend a hand ;' but on thei r approach to the vessel they were warned off by the men who had found the vess el, and who brandished'hatchets, boath oo k s, and handspikes Ina most determined manner, not being aware that th e Vesper did not go to take the vessel, b u t merely to give her a tow into shallow water. ), THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVET-ONG, MARCH 7, 1859. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—HERTFORD, MA CH 5. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) Mark Wood, 25, and Wm. Edmunds, 33, two stout, powerful-looking men, were charged with misdemeanour in having, with other persons, been upon certain lands in the night time, armed with an offensive weapon, in pursuit of game. • There were several counts in the indictment, and in one of them the defendants were charged with assaulting George Monro and Thomas Day : There was also a second indictment against the defendants, which charged them with feloniously cutting and wounding George Monro, with intent to do some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Clark, who conducted the prosecution, elected to proceed with the indictment for misdemeanour. Mr. Worsley appeared for Wood, and the other de fendant was undefended by counsel. It appeared from the evidence that Monro and Day were keepers in the employ of Mr. H. F. Cavendish, who had the right of shooting over some land in the occupation of a gentleman named Ames, at Kimpton, near Welwyn, and that on the night of the 16th of December they were in a wood called Priors-wood, which was a pheasant preserve, on the look out for poachers. While so engaged they heard the report of a gun, and the pheasants were disturbed, and they went round the wood into a lane, where they found the defendants, who were well known to them, and they at once laid hold of them. The defendants at first said they did not want any disturbance, and they would go " comfortable with the keepers, and Monro took charge of Wood and Day of Edmunds, and they all walked away in the direction of the head keeper's cottage. They had only gone a short distance, however, when Wood drew the barrel of a gun from under his smockfrock and aimed a tremendous blow at the head of the keeper Monro. He warded it off with his arm, and returned the blow, and a third man came up, and he and Wood commenced a most desperate attack upon the keeper with the stock and the barrel of a gun. The other keeper, upon hearing Monro cry out, went towards him to render assistance, when he was struck from behind and knocked down, and the keepers were then beaten until they were quite insensible, and the defendants got away. They were, however, taken into custody on the same morning at a beershop, called the Woodman, - in the same neighbourhood, and their clothes were found to be completely saturated with blood, and Wood had received a most fearful injury upon the head from blows, inflicted by the stick of the keeper Monro. Near the place where the struggle occurred there were found a dead pheasant, a powder flask, and a piece of the stock of a gun, which had been broken during the fray, and which fitted the stock of a gun that was found in the kitchen of the beershop. The keeper, Monro, received very severe injuries, and when he was examined by the surgeon his face was completely covered with a mask of blood ;he was quite blanched and nearly pulseless, and for a considerable time it was doubtful whether he would recover, and it appeared that he was still suffering from the violence that he had sustained. The two keepers, Monro and Day, were called to prove the above facts, and in answer to questions that were put to the former by Mr. Worsley, he said that he knew both the prisoners very well and where they could be found, but his orders were to apprehend any person he found trespassing in pur suit of game, and this was his object in being out on the night in question with his comrade Day. He also said that after Wood had struck him with the gun barrel, he hit him with his stick as hard as he could, but he did not know whether he fractured his skull or not, but he had heard it said in the neighbourhood that his skull was fractured. Baron Martin, at the close of the case for the prosecution, upon an objection taken by Mr. Wors ley, said he was of opinion that the count for assault could not be maintained. The statute only empowered the owner or occupier of land to authorise his ser vants to apprehend persons found trespassing, and as Mr. Cavendish only had the right of shooting, he did not possess that power. The' keepers, therefore, had no right to apprehend the prisoners, and they were justified in resisting. Mr. Clark submitted that the mere act of taking the prisoners into custody did not excuse their sub sequent violence, and that at all events there was an excess of resistance that would amount to an assault. Baron Martin said he could not see that there was much excess when one party used a gun.barrel and the other fractured his skull with a bludgeon, and he was clearly of opinionthat the count charg ing an assault not could be supported under the circumstances. Mr. Worsley then addressed the jury upon the counts in the indictment which charged the de fendants with being in the night time in the wood in question in pursuit of game, and after observing upon the melancholy consequences that were con stantly resulting from the system of game pre serving, and the orders given to gamekeepers to apprehend_poachers, he said that if Mr. Caven dish were present and heard the details of the sufferings of his victims and the shocking vio lence that they had sustained, he thought he would pause before he enforced such orders in future. He then commented on the facts of the case, and said that before they convicted the pri soners the jury ought to be satisfied, first that there were three persons at least in the wood at the time in question ; and next, that they were there in the pursuit of game, and if they were in doubt on either of those points the prisoners were entitled to an acquittal. Baron Martin, in summing up the case, said he should be verry sorry to make any observations that were at all calculated to encourage poaching, because he looked upon it as a most serious offence. It was a trespass for any one to go upon the land of another without his permission, and the offence was aggravated by his doing so for the purpose of takin g c , the game, to which he had no right what ever. He must, however, repeat the observation he made to the grand jury in reference to this case, that it appeared to him that where the keepers knew the parties whom they found trespassing, it would. be a much wiser and more prudent course for them to allow them to depart, and obtain a summons or warrant against them on the following day, and thus all temptation to violence and resistance would he obviated. In this country there was a general obedience to the law, and per sons would readily go with a police-officer who was known as such, but it was a very different thing where men were seized hold of by keepers in the night time, and the natural tendency of such a pro ceeding was to cause resistance and violence, and to such serious consequences as had resulted in the present instance. It might be said that the parties might run away if they were not secured at the time, but it appeared to him that this was just what was required, and he believed that the course he suggested would be much better calculated to pre vent poaching than the proceeding that was now adopted of endeavouring to seize the parties, and thus occasion these fearful acts of violence. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners. The learned Judge, in sentencing them said that Wood appeared to have commenced the affray, and he should, therefore, pass a more severe sentence upon him than upon the. other prisoner ; but still it would not be so severe as it otherwise would have been, on account of the suffering he had undergone and the serious injury he had sustained. He then sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 months, and the other prisoner, who did not appear to have taken so active a share in the transaction, was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for four months. Elijah Smith, 34, was indicted for night poaching and shooting at a keeper, named John West. Mr. Glyn prosecuted. This was a similar case to the last. The prisoner was found with a gun in a wood belonging to Mr. Bosanquet, at Broxburne, and he was seized by the prosecutor, and during the struggle the gun went off and the charge passed through the coat of the keeper, fortunately without doing him any injury. It was not, however, clearly made out whether the the jury gun was dischargedther e foreac h a y ui a t r d accident or prisoner. de signedly, and He was th en tried upon e another indictment for night-poaching, and sentenced to four months' NORTHERN CIR CUIT.—DURHAM, March 5. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) indictment M`Hugh, deScribed as a s urgeon, wha had b een committed under a coroner's Inquisition, sur renderednt to tak e his trial unde r indi charging him with the manslaughter of Martha Davis, at Kelloe. Mr. D. Seymour and Mr. Greenhow prosecuted ; Mr. Davison defended the prisoner. Mr. Seymour opened the case. The deceased, Martha Davis, was the wife of a pitman residing at East Hetton. She was a woman of 42 years of age, in the enjoyment of good health, of robust frame, and broad build. At the time at which the occur rence took place out of which this inquiry arose she was pregnant with her thirteenth child, and on the morning of the 24th of August Mr. Ives, a wit ness of great importance in this inquiry, and an assistant of Mr. Carnes, a surgeon at Coxhoe, was sent for. When he saw her,,he would tell them, she had incipient labour. He remained in the house about two hours, when he left, but returned in the course of the day. He then found that her position had somewhat improved, but the progress was not so satisfactory as he could wish. He then left her again, and returned the following morning; but the progress was still unsatisfactory. He thought sleep would be of service to her, and he gave her a gentle dose of opium. In the course of that afternoon she made complaints of the lingering nature of her labour, and gave evident signs that she wished to have assistance in the delivery of the child. Mr. Ives then went for Mr. Carnes, his principal, but not finding him at home returned, taking with him a forceps. He then applied the blade of the forceps, after which the pains increased. The learned coun sel, having explained the use of the forceps, said it would be proved by Mr. Ives and other witnesses that the deceased improved after this, and that no injury could at that time have been inflicted. The deceased, however, still expressed a strong wish to have some operation performed which would relieve her more rapidly. Mr. Ives endeavoured to soothe her, but she insisted on another surgeon being called in. Accordingly, Mr. M'Hugh, the prisoner, was sent for about 9 o'clock. Mr. M'Hugh went, and some of the witnesses would tell them that on en tering the house his manner was somewhat peculiar, and his appearance was that of a man labouring somewhat under the influence of drink. That fact was of very serious importance and significance in this inquiry. The prisoner put his hand upon her pulse, and remarked that it was very good. The prisoner then proposed to perform the operation of craniotomy. This operation, from its being based upon the destruction of the child, was to be resorted to only in the last extremity, when there was no chance of a natural delivery. The learned counsel explained at some length and great clear ness the nature and uses of the instruments used, the cases in which it became necessary to use them, and the manner in which they ought to be used. They would see from the explanation he had given them it was an operation requiring great care. The prisoner proposed to resort to this operation. Mr. Ives objected, but the woman in sisted. The operation was then performed, and the woman died under it. Mr. Ives would tell them that in his opinion great violence had been used by the prisoner, and a post mortem having been made it was clearly shown that the operation must have been performed with great negligence, a wound being discovered which was, in the opinion of all the medical men who would be called, the cause of death. The prosecution charged the prisoner at the bar that he was responsible for the death of this woman. They said, first, that under the circum stances it was most improper to resort to the opera tion of craniotomy at all ; and, secondly, having resorted to it, the prisoner had been guilty of gross and culpable negligence in the performance of it. Mr. Robert Ives deposed to the facts as set forth in the opening of the learned counsel, and then de scribed the conduct of the prisoner as follows : Mr. M'Hugh introduced the perforator, and I assisted him in holding one of the blades. The per forator was then withdrawn, and it was then intro duced a second time. The blades were separated a second time, and a slight flow of blood followed. They were afterwards introduced a third time and forcibly separated. The prisoner made a remark at that time, "I'll crucify the child." The consequence was a considerable flow of blood, and the woman became very faint. He afterwards introduced ano ther instrument (a crotchet), and brought away a piece of flesh. He said, " I believe I have gone through the walls of the uterus." The prisoner afterwards introduced the perforator a fourth time, separating them very widely. There was a gush of arterial blood, and the woman died almost imme diately. The prisoner afterwards proposed to per form the caesarian operation. This is a most for midable operation, and is done to save the life of the child. The child would at this time be dead. When the woman was dying he said, " Christ, she is dead !" He afterwards laid his hand on the abdomen of the deceased, and said, " She's not with child at all, or if she is, it is a devilish little one." During the time he was attempting to deliver her he also said, "D— the Devil, why can't I deliver this woman ?" The prisoner used extreme force in using the instruments. I was present on the following day when a post mortem examination was made. Mr. Carnes, Mr. Scott, Mr, Wharton, and Mr. M'Hugh were also present. The prisoner made the first incision. He said we should find a rupture of the uterus, and rickets. We found a jagged wound, but no rupture of the uterus and no rickets. There was also a severe wound on the right iliac artery, the length of my finger nail. There would be a great flow of blood from this wound. There were no appearances of rickets. The wound in the uterus and that in the iliac artery had not been produced at the same time. The wound in the iliac artery was the cause ()Meath. The po sition of the child was proper. There were no ap pearances to justify the operation of craniotomy. Several women who were present in the house, and the medical gentlemen who attended the post mortem examination, corroborated Mr. Ives. Mr. Dawson,who had practised 30 y4trs, and at tended above 6,000 cases of labour, stated that, having heard the . particulars in this case, he was decidedly of opinion the operation of craniotomy was not necessary, and having heard a description of the injuries done to the woman, he was of opinion it had been performed with great negligence and want of skill. Mr. Wallis and Mr. Ridley, of South Shields, concurred in the statements of Mr. Dawson. Mr. Davison made an earnest address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner. His lordship then summed up with great care, commenting on the most important points. The jury retired, and after an absence of nearly an hour returned into court with a verdict of guilty. The prisoner, on being called up for judgment, said, " I approve the verdict, because, from the tes timony given against me, the jury could not pos sibly have come to any other conclusion ; but I have fault to find with the prosecution. God Almighty forbid that 1 should unjustly attribute false swearing to any one, but in this case I am the victim of spite and malice, because my professional success has interfered with Mr. Carnes, with whom I was assistant for nine years, and who himself always treated me as a confidential professional adviser, but from the day I left him and started in business for myself he has been my bitterest enemy." He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. SATURDAY, MARCH 5. Mr. Justice Willes disposed of the only four cases left by half-past 12 o'clock, and then left for York to open the commission there. BEULAH V. MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY. The action was to recover damages for excessive distress and for trespass. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Jones was for the plaintiff; Mr. Temple, Q.C., and Mr. Cleasby for the defendant. The plaintiff became tenant to defendant on a farm at Wolverton. The rent was regularly paid from 1856 till 1858, when before May of that year there was some difficulty about paying the rent, and an application was made by Mr. Hornsby, defendant's agent, which plaintiff could not comply with, consequently a distress was put in for £64, and on the 25th of November a sale took place. The property was worth between £2OO and £3OO, and £152 3s. 6d. was realised. The distress was put in on the 13th of November, and on the same day another half year's rent became due, but not until after the distress was put in. The beans, oats , &c., on the farm were sold in a way contrary to law—namely, to be consumed on the premises. For the defence it was contended thht the plain tiff had taken the sale into his own hands, and the auctioneer had -acted without any authority from defendant ; but under his Lordship's direction - a verdict was entered for the plaintiff for £5l 10s. WESTERN, CIRCUIT.--WINCHESTER, MARCH 5. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Watson) Benjamin Crook was indicted for the manslaugh. ter of James Wicks. Mr. Russell prosecuted, and W. M. Cooke de fended the prisoner. It appeared that the deceased, a wheelwright, a year ago suffered from a cancer in his lip. He went to the Reading Infirmary, where the cancer was cut out, and he returned home comparatively in good health. In about six months afterwards another cancer appeared on the left side of his face. He consulted the surgeons who hadpreviously operated upon him, and they told him that it would be dan gerous again to use the knife, and that he had bet ter not by any means attempt it. The prisoner, who was a blacksmith at Marlborough, was brought to the deceased, and he told him he would cure him. The deceased, however, hesitated for several hours, but upon the persuasion of his family, he consented to place himself in the hands of the prisoner, w ho then put some kind of oil on his face with a piece of whalebone, and then applied some kind of powder to the face. It made the poor man very sick, and the part affected began steaming and swelling most wonderfully. He was in the greatest agony, and walked about nearly the whole night in great pain. He was almost distracted ; but at last he got into bed, and never rose again, but died in nine days. He suffered fearfully all the time. The prisoner was 20 minutes applying the oil and powder. He charged 505., but the deceased's son-in•law remon strated with the prisoner at the charge. He said at first he should not go until he had his money, but he . eventually consented to take 255., which was paid hi m. The deceased was 68 years of age. The prisoner was asked by the family whether what he was going to do told was lltiokecloyme and toinjur see e hi hi m s . health. He said it w ou ld not, and that in less than a fort night he would b e himw esed Mr. S i n y and w t l in g , as ur geon of it as c ancer , B as i n gstoke, and thatsawde a eventually it must prove fatal, and that he had better not do anything to it. He was in tolerably good health. Saw him several times, and on the 19th of November; he then appeared more cheerful and better. Saw him soon after he had bee. , 1 under the prisoner. There was a line of demt trcation around the tumour, and all the tissues NA Terc; de stroyed, as if some powerful caustic hr Ld been applied. The general symptoms showed poi soning by some irritant poison. Corrosive subli mate was sometimes applied to wounds, but not to cancer. Caustic was applied to cancer, but it was 'dangerous to apply it to a large surface. The' quantity- used should be very small. Made a post 'nor tem exami nation of the body. There were marl cs of extensive inflammation in the bowels and nu serous ulcera tions. They were the effects of mere airy applied to the tumour. The deceased died from the effects of corrosive sublimate. Knew the case was hopeless. The deceased might have died withi ii 12 months, but the death was accelerated. Cross-examined—The last time we :saw him, on the 19th of November, there was a alio ° ;ht discharge from the cancer. Did not see the first cancer. Told his family that we could do nothing for him, and that it must be fatal. Had extracted cancers with success. Had used nitric acid and m - uriatic acid, but not arsenic. Differed from Dr. Fell as to the use of arsenic and corrosive sublimate. The cancer would not be touched until the skin was destroy ed. The cancer itself would not have caused t he ulcera tions in the stomach. The blood might become impure. There must be an ulcerous tumour be fore there would be ulcers in the stomach. He had been salivated during life. By the Judge—The use of corrosivt3 sublin tate, and those strong remedies, required an experie- aced person. Cancer was a blood disease. Mr. George May, surgeon of the Reading H ospi tal, removed a cancer from the lower lip of th e de ceased on the sth Nov., 1857. Saw him ag: itin in October, 1858 ; he had a tumour in his neck ; told him it was a cancer, and recommended him no t to submit to any treatment. Saw him again after death ; there was a large surface in the neck covered by a brownish paste ; there was an e - rtremely offensive smell from it, which he believ ed arose from the presence of mercury in the syste ; there was congestion of the stomach and intest Ines, with extensive ulceration at the lower part. The other organs of the body were healthy. Tc ,ok part of the cancer and paste adhering to it home, and analysed it, and proved the presence of corrosive sublimate. Mercury produced the appearances of the body. Did not find arsenic. Death was caused by the application of corrosive sublimate. That would not be proper treatment for cancer. Con sidered it an improper caustic, because it was very painful and dangerous if used in large quantities. The caustics generally used produced a local effect only. Was for some months at the hospital for diseases of the skin ; and in some cases the applica• tion of any caustic was fatal, as he should have ex pected it would have been in this case. As a gene ral rule, cancer would kill a young person more quickly than an old one. Cross-examined—The case was hopeless, and the patient must have been left to die ; he was past all medical skill. If the cancer was superficial it might be remcved by caustic. In this case, had he been compelled to use the knife or caustic, he should have preferred the latter ; but he should have left the patient to die. Had never seen cor rosive sublimate used. Did not consider this was a constitutional cancer, but a local one. Believed the cancer communicated from the lip to the jaw. Had never known cancer commence by ulceration. It was legitimate to use muriatic or nitric acid, but he should not use it. When he saw deceased in October he thought he might live for some months. By the Judge—Should not have expected ulcera tion in the bowels from this cancer. Mr. Cooke then addressed the jury for the pri soner. What the prisoner had done was done in the hope that it would help suffering humanity. If he had acted honestly and bona fide he was not guilty of manslaughter, although he was not a regular practitioner. e hoped the time would never arrive when the poor should be prevented from having the assistance of their neighbours. The first question was whether the application caused or accelerated the death, and then, had the prisoner acted with a criminal inten tion or with gross neglect? Mr. Baron Watson said, if with a criminal inten tion it would be murder..w.ii was criminal inatten tion. Mr. Cooke said it was a mistake in the print. The deceased had been visited with this almost fatal disease ; heliad. submitted to an operation. The disease reappeared, he applied again to Mr. May and other surgeons, and they told him he must die, for they could not administer a remedy, and they declined to give any assista . Let them place N themselves in the situation o unhappy man, s looking to a speedy death. He ap e4l . to the p ii soner, who had a reputation for skill (he was quested to come and see him, and his opinion that in the course of a short time the dec would be able to come to him. He applie. * .., i powder; but were the jurfr satisfied that if there had not been this application the deceased would not have died as soon as he did? Five weeks be fore his death he began to fail, and he became an exhausted and dying man. Under all the circum stances, he trusted the jury would think they were not justified in convicting the prisoner. Three witnesses were called, who stated the pri soner had cured them of cancers. The learned Baron then summed up. If an igno rant man acted without skill it was an injury, and not a benefit to mankind. When a man was given up by men of great skill and ignorant men stepped in, they often rendered the last days of a sufferer most miserable and painful, if they did not cause death. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but recom mended him to mercy. Mr. Baron Watson, in sentencing the prisoner, said he was quite satisfied in his own mind that he thought he could cure this man, but unfortunately he had taken upon himself to do that which no man but a man of skill had a right to do. He had deprived a family of a parent; such persons were a great injury to society, they deprived persons of those they loved dearly and tenderly, or rendered their last days most miserable and unhappy. He quite agreed with the: jury that it was not a case for severe punishment. The sentence would be three months' imprisonment without hard labour. SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT.—CARDIGAN, March 5. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) DAVIES V. DAVIES. This was an issue sent down by the Court of Probate and Divorce to be heard before a special jury. The petitioner was Mrs. Jane Davies, and the respondent Mr. John Davies, a farmer, residing at Glynucha, and the questions for the jury to try were whether or not John Davies had treated his wife with cruelty, and committed adultery. Mr. Grove, Q.C., Mr. Giffard, and Mr. Brown were counsel for the petitioner; and Mr. H. Allen for the respondent. In opening the case Mr. Grove said this was the first case of the kind. that had been sent into that or any other part of the kingdom by the Court of Divorce. He stated the case, and that he should be able to prove not only acts of great cruelty by the husband towards the wife, who was in sickly health, but also the act of adultery wits a woman named Rowlands, who worked upon his farm. The marriage of the parties having been formally proved, Mary Evans, servant to Mr. and Mrs. Davies, proved that during the absence of Mrs. Davies, her mis tress, on a visit in 1853, Elizabeth Rowlands was at the house and remained there a night. Between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning, the daughter of her mistress called her up, and, from what she said, witness went down stairs to the best kitchen, when she saw Elizabeth Rowlands lying on a sofa, and her master lying with her in such a position as could leave no doubt of their criminality. At other times witness had frequently seen her master in the fields visible from the house making signs by-waving his handkerchief, or putting his hat by his side. After these signs she had seen the woman Row lands go out to meet him, and had seen them go to a wood together. Cross-examined—Had never seen Mrs. Davies under the influence of drink. Had seen her hus band carry her upstairs, but that was on account of a spinal complaint under which she was suffering. David Williams, farm servant to Mr. and Mrs. Davies, slept in a storeroom detached from the house, and in March, 1854, he recollected seeing his master come out of this storeroom. Soon after witness saw Mrs. Rowlands peeping out of the door, and she afterwards came out. Witness saw enough when he went to bed that night to convince him that a man and woman had slept there. This witness had also seen the two go to the wood to gether, and had seen marks in the wood where two persons had been lying. There were toe and heel marks in the soil. John Daniel had also seen the two go to the wood together. Edward Jenkins, auctioneer, about three years ago saw Mrs. Rowlands and Mr. Davies proceeding in the same direction, and, from what he had heard, he watched them, and saw them lying down under a wood in an " affectionate position." Other evidence of a similar kind was given, and a code of " signals," found by Mrs. Davies in her husband's pocket, was found, in which directions were laid down for communicating between two persons. Some members of the family were called to prove that Mr. Davies had ill-treated his wife on several occasions. The defence was a counter allegation of drunken ness against Mrs. Davies;' but this was not sup ported by the evidence. The jury found that John Davies had - treated, hie wife with cruelty, put her in bodily fear, threatened her life, and that he had also committed adultery with Elizabeth Rowlands. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—March 5. MANSION-HOUSE.—Alfred Boydell Lambe surrendered in discharge of his bail, and was finally examined before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having stolen various quantities of brandy and wine, belonging to his employer, Mr. J. Jones, wine merchant, Royal Exchange Vaults. At the former examination it was shown that, by the directions of the defendant, wine and spirits had been removed from the premises of the prose cutor without entries of them being made in the delivery book ; but it was contended by the counsel for the defendant that this omission was owing to the neglect of the cellarman, who had been dis• missed from his situation for irregularity in his accaunts. It was also contended by the defendant's counsel, although denied by the prosecutor, that a partnership existed between the parties. After two witnesses had been examined to com plete the evidence on two charges of stealing, evi dence was adduced in cases in which defendant was charged with having embezzled several small sums of money, amounting to about V. The defendant, in reply to the charge, said—l am a partner, and always was so ; and I leave my case in the hands of my counsel. He was then committed for trial, but admitted ty bail. BOW-STREET.---Mr. Bowen May, of Russell square, the solicitor to the London Medical Regis tration Association, accompanied by Dr. Ladd, the hon. secretary, and several of the directors of the society, attended before Mr. Henry to prosecute a criminal charge John Gibson Bennett, alias Dr. Watters, alias Dr. Colston, alias Drs. Singletml, Skinner, Luders, &c., for having obtained money by false and fraudulent pretences. The defendant was called in the usual manner by the officers of the court, but he did not appear, although an undertaking had been given by his learned counsel, Mr. Digby Seymour, and his soli citor, Mr. Hayes, that he should attend the present examination. A son of Mr. Hayes was present, but he in formed the Court that he did not attend profes sionally. His father had no further instructions in the case, and did not know where Bennet was, and Mr. Seymour was engaged on his circuit. Mr. Henry—l consider your father ought to have attended. What do you propose to do, Mr. May? We cannot entertain a criminal charge in the ab sence of the accused. Do you apply for a warrant ? Mr. May—Yes, that is my intention, sir ; and I propose to state a few of the particulars of this ex traordinary case, and to support them by the evidence of witnesses who have been brought from all parts of this country and Scotland at a great expense to the society which represents, and which has been recently organised to pi omote the purity of the medical registry, and to protect the public from the frightful consequences of the frauds re sorted to by a set of scoundrels calling themselves medical men without the slight qualification or knowledge of the profession. Mr. Henry—You need not go any further into your case, but prove sufficient to justify your appli cation for a warrant. Mr. May then stated at considerable length the facts which had been brought to light respecting the concoction of a "British and Foreign Ear In firmary," at 32, Spring-gardens, with its branch office at Brighton, managed by Miss Bennett, the defendant's sister. The defendant, his brother (against whom he also applied for a warrant), and several other " partners" of the firm, had assumed various names and disguises, such as Dr. Watters, Colston, &c., granting interviews to afflicted patients, prescribing remedies, and pocketing fees to such an extent that it had been ascertained that as much as £4,000 per annum had been realised by the " infirmary." These results had been brought about by extensive advertising and puffing, and to show the unscrupulous character of these proceed ings, Mr. May read an extract from one of their printed circulars, falsely purporting to be the opinion of the Times, as to the extraordinary skill and successful operations of these benefactors of the public. Their transactions were not confined to England ; they had been extended to Paris and the Continent, and even to New York. Packages of medicine in boxes, for which £5 £5O, and upwards of £lOO had been received, were duly de spatched, and he (Mr. May) had. now in court several bottles of the " mixture" which had been palmed upon the confiding public as al? infallible remedy for deafness, but which, on being analysed _ medical men now present, proved to be ly a composition of urine and alum. (Sen on.) It was a great source of satisfaction the association which he (Mr. May) repre ted that they had been able to break up and disperse this gang of so-called practitioners ; but they were anxious that the leaders should be pur sued and punished, and it was with this view he now applied for warrants for the apprehension of both the Bennetts, forbearing, for the present, to say anything of a gentleman in his own profession who had been intimately associated with them. James Crichton, a fisherman, from St. Andrew's, Fifeshire (whose deafness rendered it necessary to have a brother present as an interpreter), proved that he was attracted by the advertisement to con sult Dr. Watters, and, after sending a post-office for £1 35., travelled to London .with his brother, 4NI waited upon the doctor, who was represented Bylßenn ett. The treatment afforded him no benefit. Mils Mary Scattergood, a young lady at present residing in Denmark-street, Camberwell, deposed 13 4 that she w a ffl icted with deafness about two years ago, and w • duced to consult a Dr. Colston, at Leicester-pl She paid him £5 55., and was made consider y worse by the treatment she re ceived, although her hearing was subsequently re stored under Dr. Yearsley. About a month or six weeks ago she happened to accompany a lady friend, who went to 32, Spring-gardens to consult a Dr. Watters about her deafness, but directly she entered the place she identified in the person who called himself Dr. Wafters the man who, two years ago, treated her as Dr. Colston, and received her £5 ss. She instantly accused him of the fraud, and demanded back her money. They 'threatened to turn her out, but she brought 'an action against the man, who proved to be the defendant Bennett, and recovered her money and the costs in the County Court, the case having been taken up for her by the association. Thomas Oldfield, fOrmerly a porter in the employ * of defendant, at 32, Spring-gardens, proved that Bennett called himself Dr. Watters sometimes. There was a Rlace where urine was kept, and wit ness had assisted in the making up of medicine from it. He had only done what he was ordered to do, and his wages were paid. (A laugh.) Claude Edwards, who described himself as the chief assistant and factotum of the Bennets, de posed that he had known them about 15 months. He was first engaged by John Gibson Bennett, who personated Dr. Watters, and in that name received fees varying from smaller sums to £25, £34, £57, &c. There was a real Dr. Watters, who used to call occasionally, but very seldom. He called the last time about six months ago, and expressed his sorrow at ever having been connected with the Bennetts at all. William Alfred Bennett was in partnership with his brother, the defendant, and witness kept the books. They made about £2,000 a-year each. William also practised in Tavistock street as a " Dr. Brandon." The advertisements were often sent from Tavistock-street, and some timee they were not paid for. (A laugh.) Dr. Brandon used to write testimonials to the skill of Dr. Watters, " who had cured him of a deafness of 23 years' standing." Mr. King, an elderly , gentleman, residing at Norland-place, Notting-hill, proved that, having received a letter respecting an alleged cure effected by Dr. Watters in a case of deafness of 25 years' standing," he was tempted to call at Spring tar dens. He saw the person who pretended to by Dr. Watters, and he promised an effectual cure by means of some remarkable treatment discovered during a residence in Japan, or somewhere in China. (A laugh.) Witness paid him £l2 12s. at first, and afterwards £lB 19s. 6d., the receipts for which he now produced. The witness Edwards here said,—That was Wm. Bennett. I went with him to Mr. King's house, and I went in first to rub Mr. King's back with a mixture, while Bennett was having some brandy and water at a neighbouring public-house. (Laughter.) Then Bennett came in to receive the money. He told me, " I have let him off with £l2 125., but if I can rap it into him for more I will." Mr. King said he parted with his money in the belief that the statment about the Chinese remedy was true. William Lewis said he was formerly associated witk the Bennetts when they were card-sharpers, &c., and did a little business in dock warrants. They were never connected with the medical pro fession. Mr. Henry granted warrants against both the Beunetts, although the present "local habitation" of the brothers appeared somewhat uncertain. MARYLEBONE.—Mr. Thomas Anderson, che mist, 30, Duke-street, Manchester -square, was charged upon a summons taken out by Mr. Thor ley, the dealer in cattle food, with having attempted under false pretences to obtain the sum of £2 6s. 6d. It appeared that in December last the defendant solicited an Grder for cattle food from a veterinary surgeon, named Poyser, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire. A conversation took place between them as to what Wag 010 be feed for cattle, and the defendant oid he thought Thorley's food was the best, when Mr. Poyser ordered a cask to b e sent to him, the price of which was to be £2 Gs. 6 , 3. Mr. Poyser, having doubts as to the quality of the food, sent a sample by post to Mr. Thorley, wh.o said it was not his manufacture, and it was made of different ingre dients. Mr. Thorley gave evidence as to the difference in the nature of the food. Dr. Hassell, a physician and well-known analy tical chemist, said he had examined the food sent to Mr. Poyser, and discovered that it was made of oatmeal, linseed meal, and cut beans and peas. Mr. Thorley's cattle food was composed of eight different ingredients, and contained amongst them a tonic. It was altogether different from that which was supplied by the defendant. • Mr. Poyser stated that he had dealt with the defendant for two years, and had always found him an honourable man. _ _ For the defendant it was submitted that there was no evidence to show he had committed any fraud. He himself dealt in cattle food, and if that which was sent to Mr. Poyser was described as Thorley's food, it was done by some mistake, but without any intention to cheat or defraud. Mr. Long, the magistrate, said he must send the case for the decision of a jury. The defendant was held to bail in £4O, and another surety to the like amount. John Darby and John Thompson were charged with being concerned in a burglary and robbery of jewellery, &c., to the amount of nearly £5OO, at the house of Mr. George Carter, of 31, Park-street, Camden-town. The prosecutor deposed that on the morning of Saturday, the 10th ult., his house was broken into,. and 47 gold and silver watches, together with a large quantity of gold bracelets, chains, pins, &c., were stolen. _ _ A constable named House said that he went to the residence of the prisoner Darby, in Weimer street, and asked him if he had any rings, chains, or articles of jewellery which were not his own. He replied that he had not ; but witness, on look ing up the chimney. found, upon a projecting shelf, a gold chain, a gold pin, some earrings, and £2 4s. 3d. in silver. _ _ When the other prisoner was taken into custody by Constable Lodder, a gold pin and silver watch and chain were found in his possession. The prosecutor identified the chain produced by House as part of the stolen property, and he be lieved the pin produced by Lodder also belonged to him. The prisoners were remanded till Thursday next for further evidence. SOUTH WARK.—Elizabeth Medlin, a decent looking woman, who had attempted to obtain money from the Queen and Prince Albert, was brought up for final examination, charged with attempting to obtain a charitable contribution from Mr. Arthur Kitt Barclay, of Dorking, and one of the brewers of Park-street, Borough-market. Mr. Nash, chief clerk to the firm, stated that on Thursday, the 24th ult., Mr. Barclay put into his hands a letter written by the prisoner, stating that she and her aged mother were in great distress, and that the brokers were in the house for rent. He was directed to inquire into the matter, and if he found it a genuine case of distress he was to give as much as £lO. On making inquiries in Kensington, where the letter was addressed from, he found out that it was an imposition, and on Saturday last the prisoner and another woman came to the brewery for an answer. Horsford and another officer of the Mendicity Society were in attendance and took them into custody. Her com panion was discharged, but the prisoner was re manded in order that some former convictions might be produced against her. Horsford said that in 1847 she was tried at the Central Criminal Court, and sentenced to 12 months for obtaining a sum of money by forged documents. She had since been committed twice for three months—once for attempting to defraud Prince Albert out of money by stating herself to have nursed the Princess Alice. The prisoner said that it was all owing to her aged mother that she wrote the letter. Mr. Nash informed his Worship that the prisoner had obtained £l2 from Mr. Barclay. Mr. Burcham said he was sorry that the former convictions were not produced, as, had they been, he should have sent her to the sessions for trial. He should, however, sentence her to three months' hard labour, and order the conviction to be re turned to the Clerk of the Peace. GREENWICH.—John Robinson, 28, and Thos. Harris, 27, both of whom are well-known thieves, were charged with stealing two gold rings, a gold locket, and other articles, the property of Mr. Sheather, wholesale stationer of Aldersgate-street, city, from his residence at 11, Richmond-villa, Forest-hill, Sydenham. It appeared that between 3 and 4 o'clock on the previous afternoon a man and boy engaged at work on an unfinished building near the prosecutor's house saw the prisoner Robinson standing in the roadway and holding a pair of boots in his hands. The prisoner Harris was then observed leaving the enclosed garden of the prosecutor, and having hur riedly placed the boots held by Robinson on his feet they both ran off The man and boy, suspect ing a robbery had been committed, immediately rang the bell and gave information of what they had seen to Mrs. Sheather, who, on proceeding into an adjoining room, discovered that the property above named and a valuable shawl and silk scarf had been stolen, the thieves having opened several drawers, when it is supposed they were disturbed, as a gold watch and a basket of plate which were within sight remained untouched. The police were then communicated with, and Mr. Inspector Willson proceeded in pursuit of the thieves, and after riding about two miles came up with the prisoners, whom he secured, after considerable resistance, and on Harris being searched the whole of the stolen pro perty was found in his possession. The prisoners made no defence, and were com mitted for trial. CRIME IN FRANCE. An attempt to escape from the prison of Saintes was made on Thursday by two men, one of whom was in custody on the charge of stealing 40,000 fr. worth of shares, and the other of stealing shrubs. It appeared that, being in the prison yard, they perceived that an unoccupied room on the ground floor had been left open, and they went into it. In it was a bench about 10 ft. long, each end of which was fastened in the wall. This they succeeded in removing, and taking it into the court-yard placed it against the wall, and climbing up it, succeeded in reaching the top. They then tried to pull it up after them, in order to descend by means of it on the other side ; but when they got it half way up it.slipped from their hands and fell to the ground, with a great noise. The turnkeys then rushed to the spot ; and the men were secured.— An attempt to escape was also made lately from the prison of Orleans, and which partly succeeded. For several days, a ladder having been carelessly left in one of the courts, two men, unseen by the jailor, took possession of it, and placing it against the wall got to, the top, and then drawing it after them descended into another court and thence by the same means outside, so as to get clear off. Their escape was not discovered for some hours after, when in formation was given to the gendarmes. One of them was on the following day arrested at Etampes, but the other still remains at large. A case of some commercial interest was decided three days ago by the Tribunal of Commerce o Caen. In April last, a trader of that town, named Blot, purchased from a M. Morel, of Bayeux, 520 hectolitres (the hectolitre is rather more than 21 bushels) of colza, seed, and 50 tons of oil cake, to be delivered before the end of October, according to the convenience of the seller. But before any part of the arrangement was executed, Morel died, and as his affairs were in a somewhat embarrassed state, his heirs declined to fulfil it. Blot, in con sequence, brought an action against them, and the heirs raised the objection that as at the time the bargain was made Morel had not in hand the colza seed and oil cake, but had counted on ob taining them after the next crop should be got in, it was, in fact, a gambling speculation, and was consequently, according to Art. 1,965 of the Code Napoleon, of no legal value. But the tribunal, after hearing arguments on the point, decided that as the parties had contemplated the actual delivery of goods and payment for them, not the mere pay ment of the difference between the price of the goods at the time of the bargain and the price at the time of delivery, their transaction was of a legitimate commercial character, and was perfectly valid in law. It therefore adjudged that as Morel and his heirs had not executed the contract, Blot was entitled to damages, which should be estimated afterwards. A Belgian, named Stickelman, was yesterday tried by the Court of Assizes for robbery. After being employed as valet de chambre by several noblemen, he, in September last, entered the service of the Marquis de Stacpoole, Rue Jean Goujon. Before long the marquis constantly missed articles of wearing apparel, jewellery, and small sums of money, and all his efforts to discover what became of them were vain. He at last became convinced that he was robbed, and his suspicions could only point to the prisoner or to an English servant, as they alone had access to his apartment. Ile determined to have their boxes examined, and he first of all called on the prisoner for the key of his. The man, in great trouble, pretended that he could not find if ; grid thin lett 11410 doubt that hp was the thids His box was then forced open, and it we s found to contain clothing, jewellery, a gold lee.ded cane, en gravings, photographs, and even a bottle of wine-- all the property of the marquis. On -this discovery he implored pardon, and protested that he had taken nothing else; but in a chest of d rawers in his room, and also in another trunk placed in the room of a fellow-servant, numerous other articles belong ing to the marquis were found. The total value of the objects stolen exceeded 4,000 fr. The prisoner was declared guilty with extenuating circumstances, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment. It may be remembered that in November last, a woman named Galabbe, wife of a public-house keeper and fisherman of the Ile Saint Denis, was. condemned by the Court of Assizes of the Seine to hard labour for life, for having poisoned her hus band by means of tartar emetic. In the course of the trial, it was shown that she ha d caused her two female servants to purchase the e: metie in small quantities from different apothecaries in Paris. The servants named as many as twelve suet i persons who had supplied them with the article, and declared that each sale had been made without ; their having been required to present any prescript ion. As the sale of poisonous substances without re prescription is prohibited, the 12 apothecaries Iv ere yesterday brought before the Tribunal of Correctional Police. Five of them positively denied that they had made any sales to the servants, and as the latter have disappeared and 'could not be cited ae ; witnesses the tribunal acquitted them. As to the other seven they could not deny that sales had been made in their shops, but they said that the tv Jo females had represented that the emetic was re. quired on the instant for persons in danger ; the, y also said, in extenuation of their offence that the quantity sold on each occasion was so small as not to e )xceed an ordi nary dose. The tribunal condemne d one of the defendants, named Dehaut, of the Faubourg St. Denis, who has been three times punished for dtfferent offences, to 100 f. fine, ai id six to 501. fine each. As an omnibus was late on Wedrn 3sday evening going along the, rue St. Martin, a 1 ady cried with great indignation to the conducto r that a man seated next her had insulted her. The man was given into the custody of a police-officer, and locked up in the guardhouse of the Conserv; atoire des Arts et Metiers. On Thurday morning he was found dead in his cell. At first it was sui posed that he had committed suicide, but on examii iation it turned out that he had died of apoplex. y', caused, it is thought, by the emotion which he h ad experienced by being arrested. He was recogni, tied as a trades man of the rue St. Denis. AUSTRALIAN CONVICT I'STABLISIT MENT.-ROBSON AND IL EDPATII. On Friday advices were received from the Rev. Joseph Johnston, sent out to mini ster to the con victs in Fremantle, We4tern Aut;tralia, by the Colonial Missionary Society. The communication announces the arrival of the notorkr as convict for gers Robson and Redpath, and the great gold dust robbers Agar and Tester, and th e bank forger barrister Saward, alias Jem the Penman. The writer says :—" They are all engaged on the public works, making roads, &c. Redpat h and Robson are engaged, as I am writing, wheeling stones near my house, with shackles upon their persons. Their health appears to be good, but the y• seem wretched and dejected, and weary of their Eves. The cele brated Rev. Dr. Beresford, who is related to a noble Marquis, and who, with a living of £l,oott a year, committed forgery to an enormous extent; has also arrived out in the colony, and is now em ployed sweeping the wards in the new convict prison, which has just been completed. It is an immense structure, and took seven years to build. The prison has 1,000 separate cells, chapel, hospital, lunatic asylum, workshops, and reside nces for the governor and his deputy, chaplain, doctor, &c. The convict expenditure here is £lOO,OOO per annum, and has been the making of the colony ; and there is no doubt the ticket-of-leave men will eventually be the leading men of the colony. Seve ral conditional pardon men are already established in capital businesses as merchants, and'. one is now carrying on an extensive timber trade with the other colonies and India. A great many of the ticket-of-leave men marry the servant girls here and make good husbands. I have united several during the past year. Fremantle is rapidly rising into importance, and in a few years will rank amongst the foremost settlements in the Austra lian colonies." COUNTRY MARICBTB. LIVERPOOL—MARCH 5. No change is made to-day in any of Tuesday's prices. OXFORD-MARCH 5. Our market this day was well attended with both buyers and sellers, but business seemed quite at a stand still. Red clover seed was cheaper; white clover seed, not much offering. CHELMSFORD—MARCH 4. There was a large show of wheat here to-day, much of it, however, of inferior quality, and trade remained as dull as it has been for some weeks past. Barley, peas, and beans quite as dear. _ . _ Wheat; white 42s to 46s Peas, Partridge ..44s to 46s red 38s to 41s White 41s to 431 Barley 34s to 41s Boiling 42s to 48. Chevalier ....37s to 45s Dun 445 to 46s _ ___ Grinding 27s to 33s Beans, Tick ....388 to 40s Malt 70s to 73s Harrow Ticks 38s to 42s Chevalier 72s to 73s Mazagan 36s to 393 Oats 258 to Ms NOTTINGHAM-MARCH 5. The show of wheat at our corn market to-day was tolerably good, and in improved condition, but the trade ruled heavy. There was a moderate supply of barley, at the extreme prices of the previous week. Oats were not much changed in value. Beans were a shade cheaper. White wheat, new, 44s to 50s Barley, grinding.. 28s to 30s Red do. 39s to 43s Oats, old, .. 3os to 343 Old white 44s to 49s New do 28s to 304 Red do. 38s to 42s I Beans. 468 to 50s Barley, malting.... 38s to 45s I Peas ....—s to —3 Super. flour, 33s to 36s ; fine, —s to 30s per 20 stone. NORWICH-IVIARcit 5. The corn trade continues in the same quiet state, snd the wheat offering to-day was in rather better condition; it was taken off on the terms of this day se'nnight for all de scriptions of quality. The supply was limited. Wheat, white 448 to 50s I Beans, Mazagan.. 32s to 34s red 39s to 43s I Middle & small 38s to 40s Barley 3Bs to 45s I White peas 4os to 42s Oats 2Bs to 30s Grey.. jOs to 42 3 Flour, 26s Od to —s per sack from tho miller. LEICESTER—MARCH 5. There was a liberal supply of wheat, which sold slowly at last week's rates. There was a fair show of bark, at the rates of last week. In oats there was no change. Beans were scarce. Wheat.. ... 38s to 43s Oats.... 24s to 27s White do .—s to 46s Beans —s to —s Barley .36s to 40s Ditto, old .42s to 46s Fine flour, 31s) Seconds, 29s I Thirds, 27s per sack. DUBLIN-MARmi 4. There was a small supply of wheat and oats of prime quality to-day, for which Tuesday's prices were scarcely obtained. Trade dull. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 22 6t025 6 1 Do., new 11 6t013 0 Do., red 2l 6 to 23 0 I Bere . lO 0' to 12 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black lO 6to 11 0 Indian corn .. 28 oto 30 0 [ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIowars Ointment and Pills — Pains, Uneasiness.—Before actual suffering commences there is always more or less uneasiness in the affected part, on which assiduous friction with Holloway's ointment ex ercises such soothing influence that. pain is averted. It removes all deep-seated pains, affections of the joints, ner vous and rheumatic aches. In diseased conditions of the spinal cord, curvature of the back, weakness of the loins, coldness and numbness of the legs, t witchings, and spasms, this searching ointment, aided by Holloway's pills, is un failing. For pain and tenderness it is a specific. In tight ness of the chest and difficulty of breathing, palpitation and flatulence, it is always successful. In ulceration, inflam mation and abscesses, whether deep or superficial, Hollo way's ointment and pills always cure. BIRTHS. CRocxEß.—On the 2d inst., at 15, Imperial-square, Chel tenham, the wife of Edward Crocker, Esq., late Captain 17th Regiment, of a daughter. CUMMING.—On the 4th inst., at Spring Lodge, Chelten ham, the wife of Major Cumming, of a daughter. NEWTON.—On the 28th Jan., at St. Croix, D.W.1., the wife of Frank R. Newton, Esq., of a daughter. ROBECK.—On the 3d inst., the Baroness de Robeck, of a son and heir. MARRIAGES CLARICE.—FULLER.—On Thursday, the 2d inst., at West Hackney Church, by the Rev. G. Harvey, Joshua, the only son of the late Joshua Clarke, Esq., of South Ockendon, to Susanna, second daughter of the late Mr. Jshn Fuller, of Swanton Morley. KNox.—LAvrr.—O n the second inst., at the Marbeuf Chapel, Paris, by the Right Rev. Bishop Spencer, Henry Needham Knox, Lieutenant Royal Navy, second son of the Hon. John Henry and Lady Mabella Knox, to Minna, second daughter of Mons. and Madame Lavit. DEATHS. FRASER.—On Friday, the 4th inst., at Stanley place, Pad dington, General W. C. Fraser, of the Madras Army, aged 75. lIAi,IEN.—On the 22d Feb., at Old-park House, Ashby de-la-Zouch, Alexander, eldest son of Alex. Hadden, Esq., aged 5 years. HALCOMB.—On the 2d inst., at Weston-super-Mare, Sarah, the wife of Win. Halcomb, Esq., of that place, aged 62. . LAWS.—On the 3d inst., Rear-Admiral J. M. Laws, aged REID.—On Thursday, the 3d inst., at Berkly House, near Froine, John F. M. Reid, Esq., late of the Bengal Civil Service, aged 61. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the countY of pusuu.so, Mva4aY, Nucli, 7, 1148. ! di b( T