The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-08 00:00:00

IMPROVED RIFLE MUSKET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,--I have seen a letter in your paper of the 2d of September, signed by " A Contributor to the Quarterly R ev i e w," in referenoe to my letter published in the Times of the 28th of August, by which it appears I have been criticising an article in the Review of which h e is the writer. I had no intention of criticising an y one, but, because I happen to differ from him while stating facts and experiments, the contributor sa y, " that I do not understand what I have been writing about." It is possible that some o f your readers may think differently as to my capabi lities and ignorance, and as to hi s assert i on " t h at t h e Minie rifle will certainly not keep its ground in the end, and that it is bad, both as a musket and rifle." He accuses me of impugning the accuracy of his statement, as it " carried conviction to the minds of the highest military authorities." Surely this is hardly fair, because, having a decided opinion of my own, I stated in your paper the results, by impartial experi ments, of the comparative powers of the improved rifle musket and the old musket. However, I mast comfort myself in my ignorance by the Duke of Wel lington having given an order since the article of the contributor was published in the Quarterly Review to issue to each British regiment 100 stand " of the Minie rifle, which will not keep its ground in the end, and which is bad both as a ,musket and rifle!" My only object in giving information regarding the improved rifle musket was to benefit the British service, and to arm our brave fellows with a firelock better than the pre sent one; and for their sake I will surrender to the contributor his assertion, " that the MiniS rifle has no point blank range whatever," such assertion being either a matter o opinion, or a discussion regarding technical phrases. But, while I say this, he will pardon me for using in my favour what he meant as the contrary ;—I mean the statement "of one of the most accomplished and scientific officers of the British army," to supply the de fects of the supposed want of point blank range of the Minie rifle, which statement shows how the rifle musket can be made quite as efficacious at short distances as if it had or had not a blank point range. This officer, in his statement to the contributor, says that the Minis rifle at 100 yards was correct as to its line of fire. I believe the same cannot be said of the old musket. He further states, that at 100 yards the ball generally hit SWO feet four inches above the point aimed at. If an enemy's line is within 200 yards, advancing quickly against another line, there is not much time on either aide for taking aim through sights. In good regiments the order has always been to level low, or at the lower part of the knees; and, if this old regulation order with regard to Brown Bess be continued with the rifle musket, the heads and chests of the attack ing party would be hit, or th e h ea d s of the horses , a nd thighs and bodies of the cavalry. An intelligent soldier soon knows the faults of his fire lock, and how to remedy them, and this is why a soldier before the enemy prefers to fire with his own firelock to that of another. I have seen nothing in the letter of the 2d of Septem beri which has altered the opin ion expressed n my letter of the 3d of January, 1852, " That this new firearm and ammunition would make a complete change in the system of warfare." That great improvements in the destructive powers of firearms will take place is certain, and h e w h o shows, that by these improvements war is not t o b e child's play" my opinion, the best preserver of peace, and is, in consequent friend of humanity. Sept. 4. CHARLES SHAW. AN AMERICAN EXECUTION. PHIZIADELPHIA, AUG. G.—This morning the exe cution of Matthias Skupinski, for the murder of the l a d Lehman, in January last, took place in Moyamen sing prison. ai The number o f persons present to wit ness the condemned man expiate his crimes on the gallows, as prescribed by the Act of Assembly, was limited. This arrangement having been announced in the Ledger of Wednesday, had the desired effect in preventing an immense crowd within and without the prison walls. Those admitted besides the officiating offioer was Deputy Sheriff John Miller, the Execution Clerk, Stephen Kingston, nine other deputies con nected with the sheriff's office, the Deputy District Attorney, William B. Mann; Recorder Lee, the three interpreters. Henry Skawinski and Towsig, who bad been with the condemned upon several occasions ; Drs. Wall, Burden, and A. C. Boarnonvill, the inspec tors of the prison, one reporter for the press, and the jury of twelve men, composed of Messrs. Daniel Deal, Fred. Gaul Smith, Banner Thomas, Martin Van Dusen, jun., Henry Delany, George K. Childs, Charles Wartman, Peter Fisher, Albert Coffin, Alex ander Hazlett, and A. G. Duhammel. These per sons entered the prison at nine o'cclock, and soon after the Sheriff visited Skupinski, with a view to prepare him for the doom which awaited him. Mat thias was with the two Roman Catholic clergymen, Rev. Messrs. Etthoffer and William, with whom he had spent Thursday night in religious exercises. He expressed himself willing to die, and as the Sseriff was about to leave him he kanded him a paper, of which the following is a copy : " I, Matthias Skupinski, in the name of God, beg and implore, as a last request, that when William Deal, Esq., High Sheriff, shall have executed the law upon my body, and when I shall be so long hung by the neck that my body shall be dead, then my body shall be committed to the care of Rudolph Etthotfer and Celestin William, the Roman Catholic clergymen who have been my con fessors when living, that they may see my body in terred. SKUPINSKI MATAISZ. " Friday morning, eight o'clock, August 6, 1552." The place of execution was then duly examined by the proper authorities, and the rope placed round the beau), which was ten feet from the ground. Everything being in readiness there, some time was allowed the condemned man before he was exe cuted. At ten minutes before eleven o'clock, Sheriff Deal and his deputy, Mr. Miller, went to the cell, and adjusted the cord about his arms, and at eleven o'clock ha was conducted from that place of confinement, dressed in a blue frock coat, black pants and black silk vest. He walked down to the gallows with a degree of firmness that surprised all who no ticed him, with nothing to disturb leis apparent deter mination to boldly suffer the penalty of the law, ex cept when he met the gaze of Mr. Skawinski, the Pole who some weeks ago made an affidavit before Mayor Gilpin. Th en h e seeme d ag i tated, but f or an instant, and, passing Mr. Skawinski, proceeded calmly to the place of execution, followed by the officers and g jury. U pon arriving at the st a i rw a y leading to the platform b e ascended in the same fir m manner , accom panied by th e s h er i ff and Catholic Rev. Mr. Etthoff: if he h r asked Matthias gy att c h l i e a r srepeatedly in the Polish l eague , which he replied,lNoth. ;"ng b ut, turning to the al anything to say, to Rev. Mr. William, gave a nod of his head, and that gentleman read from a paper as follows u 46 The criminal who stands before sa y, before he undergoes the extreme Tot - Ares me to , penalty of the law, that ho begs fi n i a i r c d r o i n m o e o f .allEwrhoza his curt he have h injured or wronged by t h e injuries they have done.. li eft e .e li t s d .or r g e i a v d e y s a t l o i mankind justice submit to the EOVOIO sentence to which dooms him. Ile bears no yew:lament or to those who were instrumental in phis s arrest sentence b e r u e ntg in g him before the tribunal that him. Already he 'aes made Is peace with God end' like the penitent Prophet, he has wept over his God, in the bitterness of his 'soul. And before he is launched into eternity—before ho appears before his God, and your God—his Judge, and your Judge—he wish es to be reconciled openly to his fellow- morta!s. _lie begs me to request your pra y ers for him, that when hisoul leave s this prison o f c l a y, the Almighty God may be mercif u l unto him, and may admit him into the company of the blessed." The noose was then adjusted around the neck of the criminal by Sh er iff D ea l. After the clergy and officers had taken leave of him, and the two outside props having be en t a k en f rom un der the drop the cord attached to the centre prop, which was all that sup ported the drop, was pulled by the sheriff at precisely nineteen minutes past eleven o'clock, and Matthias Skupinski was launched into eternity. Thus he suffered the requirements of the law, and after the lapse of two minutes and a half life was extinct. There was not a ingle motion of the body for several seconds after it f ell, and the only evidence of life was severe twitches of the legs and arms . N ot hi ng b es i des this was recog nised. The body was suspended 37 minutes, and was then eat down and delivered over to the clergy in accordance with the request d of the executed cr i m i nal. The back part of the hea w warm. The caarstrlluite warm, and the body was also vertibrm was nei i ti l l a e ge of the neck was broken, but the face r broken nor dislocated. A cast of the A. C. Cournonville anw_as subsequently taken by Dr. this city.—Neu y orit d T b r i ib r ;vi li e - . annu cc i, an Italian, of FORBIDDING THE B Alin ~ last, during divine service in r":?il Sunday morning shortly after the Rev. R. Yerburgb On of Sleaford, and of marriage, a stout rosy-faced las e ms - ,,P.ublished the banns midst of the congregation, acid forbade from further publication ,the one who of marriage between herself and a certain Ztion the banns Reet. It seems the " ladye fair" had two admirers, br as caused the publication of the banns not bein g e favourite, she took the above extraordinary- mode oe In own marriage.—Cambridge Chronicle. preventing her BARNET CATTLE FAIR, SEPT. 7.—This three d r .. cattle and horse fair terminated yesterday, Bauch y to he satisfaction of a large class of breeders, salesm en, dealers in cattle, who succeeded in disposing of nearly the whole of their live stock. At the opening of the fair o n Saturday last high prices were asked for every description of graving beast, and continued firm to the close of the fair y est erday. Although at the commencement many graziers were reluctant to give the prices asked, yet so great was the demand 9 10 3' were ultimately obliged to yield to the de mandsr the s e ll ers, the result being, according to a fair computation, upwards of 40,000 head of neat cattle were dis posed of during the three r ang ; ng from 11. tocc!,/,.ep, e i r :, days of its continuance —prices Milch and in-calf , s - L° 16/ of last year. 211. over the prices 1 y_e to . 211. each Suffolks 141 , best Yorkshire beast, made 8/ was shoit-1,500 be th e ' ditto. The supply of sheep were Welch, the prices f outside. , b r most of them number--most e 0 which for practical purposes is g aalising immaterial. Young horses ocean descriptions were extra ordinarily dear—the breeders prices, and the dealers turningood remunerative selling. considerable profit by re - NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN J WAY —This line, from Hounslow to Brantford UNCTION RAIL WAY end ready for opening, and wiltb, is now corn me London and North-Western and worked jointly by Mils. °9lltll- Western Rail - / ITALY. The Tuscan electric telegraphs were connected with those on the Modenese territory, and put in activity on the let inst. agreeably to the convention of the 27th of June last between the two Governments. By this means Tuscany is in direct telegraphic communica tion with Austria, Bavaria, and Prussia. The regu lations adopted for this telegraphic service appeared in the Monitore Toscano of the 30th ult. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London ?'ew -Price Current, Sept. 7.) SUGAR.—To-day there was more confidence on the part of importers of West India Sugar, the demand was brisk for home trade pnrposes, and the rates obtained 61 per cwt. above those of Friday. Operations are 900 hogsheadi, including at auction 184 hogsheads Barba does, which went at a similar improvement; fine yellow selling at 37s to 38s, midding to good 32s 61 to 333 63, low 305 6d to 325; 100 hhds 60 tres Jamaica, brown 30s 61 to 31s 6cl, low to middling yellow 32s to 345, and 97 brls Tobago common yellow 31s 61 to 325, and middling to fine brown 303 to 31s per cwt. The market for Colonial Sugar closes under favourable circumstances. REFINED.—To-day there was a reluctance to operate in Refined Sugar for home consumption, brown lumps were offered at 43s to 43s 63, and common to fine grocery at 44s to 45s 6d per cwt. Crushed continues to attract little attention from exporters. MALTRITIErI3.—This afternoon several parcels of Mau ritius Sugar were sold privately, and at auction 2,117 bags were disposed of at stiffer rates—fine yellow went at 35s to 36s 63, good 34s to 343 6J, mid 32s 6d to 33s 6d, low 31s to 325, good to fine brown 28s 6d to 30s 61, and refininz sorts from 30a to 353 per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was an increased demand for Bengal Sugar, and prices advanced 6d to Is per cwt. At public sale 2,250 bags were so'd—Benares, good white at 36s 61 to 375 6d, low to middling 345 fid to 365, fine like Mauritius 345 to 36s per cwt. Of Madras several parcels found buyers privately at stiffer rates. At auction 210 bags went at stiffer rates, viz., at 36s 6d for good grocery. Orders are on the increase for Penang, and 2,042 bags at public sale sold at very full rate, low to middling soft yellow at 275 to 295, and fine brown at 26s to 265 6d. FOREIGN.-To-day privately little was done in Foreign Sugar, still holders declined to sell under previous rates. None was offered at auction, but 2,250 bags brown Per nambuco, and 1,200 chests yellow Havannah are declared. MOLASSES.-Previous prices are required for West India, yet little has been done; sales are only 160 puns Antigua at 14 6d to 15s, and a small parcel St. Lucia 12s to 12e 61. The rates demanded for Bengal and Mauri tius aro 123 to 12s 61, and 13s 6d to 15e for Cuba and Porto Rico; at present few buyers are to be met with, and supply is more plentiful. Of Tamarinds several parcels have been sold, East India at 7s to 12s, and West India 243 to 425. A good demand exists for Honey, Jamaica 35s to 543, Cuba 34s to 40s, and Nar bonne 50s to 60s per cwt, but there is a more plentiful supply. COFFEE.-This afternoon Plantation Ceylon Coffee was in excellent demand, and stiffer rites were obtained. At auction 86 casks, 12 brls, and 1,500 bags were dis pesed;of; good mid to good realized 60s to 635, low mid to mid 54s to 595, other sorts 503 to 53s 6d, small 48s to 495, triage 44s to 48s. Of Costa Rica 1,000 bags went at very full prices, good to fine ord at 45s 6d to 533. Of Teliicherry 70 cases realized 563 for fine ord; but 450 bags Singapore Java were taken at 461 6d to 47s for good ord, being above the value. Native Ceylon met with more attention, and the parcels sold privately were at 43s 6d to 44s 6d for good to fine ord. Mocha is wanted, and at former rates there are few sellers. TEA.-There continues to be a large home trade de mand for low to good common Congou, with several ex port buyers; rates rule firm at 8d to 811 per lb. The better sorts are held with firmness, but have been ope rated in with caution-rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf at 91 to 100, strong and Pekoe sorts lld to is 6d: at a small reduction there are many buyers. Souchong is still wanted, but no advance, supply being more plenti ful-the rates paid for corncaon to mid are 8d to Is, good to fine Is to Is 101 In Oolong little has been done, still prices remain at 81 to 1 Id for low to mid, and is to Is 8d for better sorts. A good demand still exists for clean Pouchong at 5d to 71d, and there is no increase of supply. Opertrions in Green have been upon a small scale during the last few days, still lower rates are rejected for good and fins qualities, but common and medium can be obtained at a small reduction, supply being on the in crease. Prices rule as follow:-low to mid are is Oid to is 2 i, good to flue Is 3i to 2s 31, choice 2s 41 to 2a 10d. Young Hyson Canton 81 to 113, Hyson kind is to Is 7d, fine and superior is 81 to 2e 2,1, Twankay 10d to is, Gunpowder Canton 71d to Is, Hyson sort Is 21 to 2s 7d, fine 2s Si to 3a 6d, Imperial Canton 101 to is 11, Upon sort is 21 to 2s 23, and Hyson skin 51 to 10 1. Flowery Pekoe remains in good demand, and rates are . firm: fine at is 9d to 3s 41, and other sorts is 21 to ' t `;__ Bl - Few buyers are to be met with for Scented lode Pekoe, although there are sellers at is to la 8d I:t:egohoad to fine, and low to mid 91 to I Id. In Caper L e t t l_ te , bas been done, and 6:11 to is 3d is the value of e c u oc "l ok ecTling to quality. vately t ad, good to India, and here is an improving demand for West of Trinidad have an upward tendency. Sales pri -375 to 445, l ow nada 293 to 349 ° tine red hare been made at mid 34s to 363, grey 303 to 335, Gre basin' and Para at 25s Gcl. to foreign2Ga and rates are firm. A lshin and siness is doin g t e ' a l erior 35s to 365. yquil 32s 6d to 34s 6d. e r 4 a a t a s been concluded in East DICE.-A larg e India in consequence adeArteutiful supply. At auction accepted; but there is y et fo gal were sold-good to eir lower rates having been 95 to 93 6d; 6,000 3,700 bags and 1,000 pkts near), scan 83 to 8s 6d; fine white at lOs to 10s 6d, ord bags Madras, good and tine Beng tn wceerseold cum. to mid 8s to 8s 6d; 2,229 bap rain 83 Gd to 9s 6d, r et, :11.1 taken in at 0b5utt03,1608,46 per r gs c t ü b l a m t e terms. Privately a fair quantity o f ittc`lko has a nd b er these dis posed of at similar terms. Java i 3 in small supply,een worth Os 6d to lOs 63, and cargo 35 g a 6d Und rates rather exceed those of last year; stock 3 6 0 o Theseur smaller, and deliveries 70,000 larger. Cleaned has been n i : good request, yet Carolina can easily be obtained at 223 to 295, low to fine Patna 1 Is 6d to 17a, and American clea ne d 103 to Ils 6d. better demand exists, small 153 6d to 17s, medium a nd Prices are not bette r for Sa go , stilt a large 17s to 20s, and superior 223 to 283. Of Sago supply is not adequate for the demand, and 14s 6d to 15s are the rates paid privately. Of Arrowroot supply is getting smaller, but operations are limit ed ; Bermuda at llid to is Old, St. Vincent's 211 to 6d, East India and Brazil lid to 21d per !b. For Tapioca there is , en increasing demand. Ri o a t ad t o 4}d, Bahia and Para lid to 21d per lb. INDIGO.-Although the quantity of East India de clared for auction on the 6th October :is already 12,740, with a prospect of its being increased to 18,000 chests, still the market is in a favourable position. Spanish i s wanted, and a small advance has been obtained. At auction 62 serons Guatemala were sold at from 3s to 5s per lb. lIINEAL.-This afternoon prices were not better .p.T.0071.- Coc for Cochineal, but buyers cane° forward more freely, and nt auction 93 bgs Honduras silvers sold at 3s 91. A brisk demand Las been experienced for i t';' ,, " l : a ,valne spot during the last few days, and there contracts h to 3 , 3 t a l e -fine old yellow Candle selling at 39s 3d to 39s for last w i ll no ' t u a ew 395 9d per cwt ; indeed some parties a c v e e ee b n these terms. For delivery ma n y met with greaterren months of the three concluded, and the value is 38s 9d year. Home melted sent value cash; attention, and 383 fiel to 39a is the pre tion 270 cks Aust'ruPlPlY has rather fallen off. At enc. to 385, mutton 3754:an were nearly all sold, beef at 353 to 383 6d; 500 pkgs South Ameri can 355 to 39s 61 for 41s to 41s 3d ; 28 aka A v e r fine ; 8 chts fine East India patent refined 283 per ctrl. 37s to 395, and 10 cks Tallow are announced. f Oas.-There is y e t a reluctance r auct t i o on do l b o u o s o in c e k ss s in o Seal, a lthough pale can be obtained El , 331 103 to 344 to 33tP er t and other sorts 301 ua r • In Cod little has been THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1852. FRANCE. The addresses from certain parties in England to the people of France, giving assurance of good wishes, presented by Mr. Elihu Burritt, have been very kindly noticed by several leading journals. The Siècle quite responds to the sentiment that, no matter what changes may take place in the forms of government, they ought not to affect the sympathies of nations for one another. As a sign of a general tendency to wards peace ideas, the Siecle regards with satisfac tion the addresses presented through Mr. Burritt. The Pays and other journals have also some observa tions in a similar spirit. If the amiable philan thropist through whose hands the addresses in ques tion have been presented did no more than elicit such responses, his labours are rewarded ; for these answers serve to show that the idea of war with other coun tries is not much in vogue at present. The Moniteur contains a decree promoting General of Brigade Lapene, in command of the artillery of the Bth military division, to the rank of grand officer of the Legion of Honour. Another decree promotes M. Blanqui, of the Institute; and M. Vilene. Pro fessor of Philosophy at the College of Louis-le-Grand, to the rank of officers. The subscription in favour of Dr. Newman, opened by the Univers, amounts to 17,578 f. The Presse, in its weekly commercial bulletin, says :—" The orders for exportation which usually take place in the spring were retarded this year, and have not been of their former importance, and conse quently the customs returns for the first half-year of 1852 showed a considerable falling off, but there is reason to believe that the returns for the second half year will be more favourable, as the commission brokers who generally do not begin to give their orders before Sept ember have been g iv ingthem during the last three weeks. Business in alm os t every branch of industry was very brisk in August, and the manufacturers in the province agree in stating that trade has improved. Several orders have arrived from Russia. They are all for articles of the best kind, as the rate of duties is so high in Russia that it does not answer to import inferior articles. As regards the harvest, the fine weather has dissipated the exaggerated fears that were euter tained,andmany accou nts now state th at the yield is good. In the Bas-Rhin, the Prefect has informed the Council- General of his department that he had season to believe the wheat crcp will exceed that of 1851, and that the crop of potatoes will be three or four times more considerabl e th an t h at o f l ast year. An Vebe e - s be lieve, however, notwithstanding what is now said, that the crops of 1852 will not be found to be good either in France or in the principal countries of western Europe." a lthough tine is obt aina bl e at 34 1 to I 34 t 1 0 any further done, and 331 is the value , w ith a fair s upply. Southern met to 331 10s. Sp erm i s not o ff ere d a purchases have be en li m it e d at 851 to 871, and ffea dmatter 88/ to 901 . For auction 100 tuns Seal are de clared. Li ns e ed Oil has been in l wi s t , h ur and littlet e r other noti s c o e t s decline, 3Ol 57et brisk request at 30s to 303 3d on the spot, 283 to 29s for future delivery, and the market has a firm aspect. Rape Oil is less wanted; brown has been selling at 31s to 313 6d, Refined 323 to 32s 6d, and Fo reign 33s to 333 6d. Olive is much wanted; Gallipoli 511 to 531, and other sorts 491 to 531 per tan, a further rise being looked for. Palm is leas required, and there is more desire to sell good to fine at 285 to 29s per cwt. Lard Oil is yet in small sup ply, and worth 52s to 543. There is an improving de mand for Cocoa Nut. Cochin 33s 6d to 355, and other sorts 313 to 33s 6d. East India Ground Nut Oil is rather more in request at 321 105 to 33l 103 per tun. PaovisioNs.—lrish butter has been in brisk demand, and prices have improved, although arrivals were large during the past week, and amounted to 14,600 firkins. Sales of Carlow, Clonmel, and Kilkenny have been made at 75s to 795, Cork 74s to 755, Limerick 67s to 71s, Waterford 70s to 745. and Sligo 693 to 73s per cwt. English finds a more ready sale, fine Dorset at 82s to 86s, Devon 763 to 783, asd Fresh 8s to 103 per dczen pounds. Of Dutch arrivals have fallen off, and were 5,800 casks for the last week, the demand has much improved, and there is en advance. Friesland fine sel ling at 803 to 82s, surplus and seconds 62s to 745, Kempen and Z Rolle, fine 723 to 763. Groningen 645 to 665. Emden and Leer 653 to 70s. liolatien and Kiel 78s to Bs. For Bacon much better demand exists, and of prime supply has become small. Prices are firm. Irish small meat at 52s to 623, heavy 553 to 573, and Hambro sizable 54sto 553. In bale and tierce middles purchase have been limited at 50s to 545. For Navy Provisions the market has a dull aspect; supplies are getting larger and a desire is evinced to sell Pork—lrish India at 71103 to 81 per tierce; Mess 80s to 85s per barrel; Beef, Hamburgh, prime mess 1103 to 120 s; American ditto, 115 s to 120 s, and India, 135 s to 140 s per fierce. In Hamburgh pur chases have been small; there are sellers of Irish at 60s to 683, and English at 683 to 703. For Lard the demand has much fallen off, and Irish bladdered is offered at 60s to 65e, keg and firkin 563 to 58s, and bladdered 623 to 655. There is a firm market for Cheese, and a good business is doing; Edam at 32s to 41s, Gouda 29, to 375, Kanter 17s to 17s 6d, and Ame rican 30s to 40s per cwt. THE LONDON GAZETTE, Sept. 3. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 3, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. G. Dalgety as Consul at Melbourne for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Senor Antonio de Almeida Campos as Consul at Liverpool for her Majesty the Queen of Portugal and the Algarves. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 7. 4th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Hill Trevor, from the 59th Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Gold, who retires upon half-pay Unat tached, Sept. 7. 17th Foot—Lieutenant David Latour...he Colthurat to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thwaytes, who retires ; Ensign Ralph Smyth to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colthurst, Sept. 7. 44th Foot—Ensign Bradford Smith Hoskins, from the 65th Foot. to be Ensign, vice Brackenbury, appointed to the 84th Foot, Sept. 7. 59th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Mainivar ing, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colo nel, vice Trevor, appointed to the 4th Foot, Sept. 7. 63d Foot—Ensign Vincent Mackesy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Emerson, who retires. Sept. 7. 67th Foot—Assistant Staff-Surgeon Edward William Bawtree, M.D., from half-pay, to be Assistant -Surg e o n, vice Dundas, who resigns, Sept. 7. 84th Foot—Ensign Pierce Chute to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macbean, promoted to an unattached company; Ensign Ernest Henry Brackenbury, from the 44th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Chute, Sept. 7. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant William Hodges Tylden Pattenson, from the 25th Foot, to bo Captain, by pur chase, Sept. 7. Erratum in Gazette of August 17. n John Patterson to be Adjutant, 2nd West India Regiment—Fors, CL,,ieruetnednaztieCut/eianraines t David Aikman Patterson to be Adjutant, Bcc. MEMORANDUM.—Captain David Green, Unattached, has been permitted to retire from the Army by the sale of his Commission, he being about to become a Settler in New Brunswick, Sept. 7. Commission by her Majesty the Queen, July 30. King's Own Regiment of Staffordshire Militia— Daniel Hillman, Gent., to be Adjutant, vice Captain Spring, resigned. Commission by her Majesty,li nn J e ultyof.s° Royal Sussex Light Infantry Reg Lieutenant William Fuller (late of the 52d Regiment) to be Adjutant, from the 23c1 July, 1852. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex. Adjutant William Fuller, of the Royal Sasses; Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, appointed to servo with the rank of Captain, July 31. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. John Cam Thackwell (not John Cann Thackwell, as advertised in last Friday's Gazette), Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Weller (not Robert Wallere, as advertised in last Friday's Gazette), Clerk, to bo Deputy Lieutenant, Aug. 31. [The following article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday, the 31st August last] : Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire. James Rigby, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Aug. 24. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant cf Lancashire. The Right Honourable the Earl of Burlington to bo Deputy-Lieutenant; Frederic Sewallie Gerard, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; John Hargreaves, E-q., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Edward Pedder, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant, Sept. 3. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Rutlandshire. The Honourable Henry Cecil Lowther to be Deputy - Lieutenant, Sept. 3. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Merionethshire. Viscount Seaham, to be Deputy Lieutenant; Sir Wat kin Wi lli ams Wynn, Bart., to bo Deputy Lieutenant; John Lloyd, of Rhaggat, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert John Tottenham, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Edward Lloyd Edwards, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; George Price Lloyd, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Aug. 24. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham. Durham Militia —Henry Forester, Esq., to be Cap tain; Charles Watkins Arthur Harcourt Wood, Esq., to be Captain; Henry John Baker Baker, Esq., to be Captain, Aug. 26. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Re giment of Militia—Thomas Dickinson Hall, Esq., to be Major. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Denbighshire. Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry—George Hammond Whalley, Esq., to be Captain, vice Madocks, resigned, Aug. 18. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Crabtree and Stephen Shepherd, iron foun ders, Bradford. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Warner, planiterer, Tranquil-vale, Black heath, Sept. 17, at one, and Oct. 22, at half -past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingball-atreet; Linklaters, Bucklershury. Henry Newson Brower, tobacconist, South-Eastern Arcade, Southwark, Sep% 16,"ut one, and oo^. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alderinanbury; Beath()lmo, John-street, Bed ford-row. John Fowler, builder, Clifton, Bristol. Sept. 20 and Oct. 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Cornish and Parnell, Bristol. Daniel Sparks, surgeon, Cirencester, Sept. 21 and Oct. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Mullings and Co., Cirencester; Bevan, Bristol. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. W. Ilesseltine, tailor, New-street, Dorset-square. E. Waghorne, Devonshire-street, Stepney. S. J. Cole, lodging-house keeper, Lodge-road, Regent's- park. _ J. P. Cameron, clerk, Mill-street, Hanover-square. T. Collier, plumber, Ocean-row, Stepney. J. Shearmur, shopman, St. George-street, St. George-in. the East. J. Brookland, jobbing carpenter, Newland-street, Pimlico. J. Barker, innkeeper, Witnesham, Suffolk. G. Brooke, auctioneer, Waal-upon-D:3[one, Yorkshire. D. Forshaw, clerk, Beresfurd-street, Walworth. W. Wilson, Canal Company's agent, Gloucester. H. Lewin, draper and hosier, Bedford. J. Ibotson, farmer, Eeclesfield, Yorkshire. T. M. Williams, farmer, Falwood, Sheffield. B. Cowel, master of the Industry steam-boat, Middles brough, Yorkshire. B. Johnson, dealer in flour, Broomfield, Yorkshire. W. Hall, pitman, Bank Foot-row, Durham. J• Mowbray, inn keeper, Framwellgate Moor, Durham. IL Ilieleliaab J. Bradshawn B. Jacksonw. ,-,_,. , draper and hosier, Durham. W k v s bea.tleydourneyman mason, Thinford, Durham. W. Evans sy . B. `,1 1 . 1 .t . h, labourer, Hartlepool, Durham. J. Hobron, tailoP H. • Dev ti a l , lb e ert, boot and shoe maker, Chatham, Kent. , 'salesman, Manchester. proprietor, Kingston-upon-Hull. , slogger and beer seller, Manchester. y, brush maker, N. Mahon agent, Kilvey Mont, Glamorgenshire. m anufacturer, Sheffield. 9, ca p b o i r n k o . t b -m u . t a c k h e err , E. Hirst, cloth bridge, Lancashire. Alossley Brough, Staley liLl.uvlme, Manchester. Manchester. Lancashire. Manchester. stage coach driver, s ß h o m otl ak e e , r L , a ii n e c a s t s e h n ire i;T Norris, Lancashire. SG S. J. G. Pearson, Mitchell, nt ro b u T. Dick, grocer, Strangewsys J. Squires, furniture broker, Garth J. Nutley, cab proprietor, Lerch. I • P j .. S io Jones, ü b e r h n M. Howard, woollen manufacturer. P. Holmes, publican, Northowram, Yorkshire. J. Blackburn, fulling miller, rli,rfield, Yorkshire. S. Baggott, labourer, KirkAtall, Yorkshire. J. Greening, sea., retailer of beer, Charlton Kings, Gloucesteri, hire. P. Crispin, ca rpent er, Bristol. J. E. Watts, .-vooll an draper, Bristol. B. A. Huskis son, warehouse clerk, Birmingham. G. Marley, ft ,rmer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDEND. . _. In the Country. S. W. Ith rwood, Kingston-upou-Ifull. wooilenciraper, ePt• 20, a, twelve, 1 0 the T o wn-hull, liing;tou - upa.. Hull. surg 'TOME OF CERTIFICA TES. J. D Tolleshunt D'Arey, Essex , awrcm dt the Court, Basinghall•street. eon atd apotheeary, Oct. 1, at twelvo. In the Country. R. Pace, sen., Liverpool, ship owner, Sept. 2D, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. W. Yell, Vv'alworth-plaec, Walworth-road, tailor, d ra p e r, and hatter--W. Reeves, Loadenhall-street, ship and insurance agent, and merchant, certificate of the third class—R. H. Whiteman, Putney, Surrey, apo thecary, certificate of the third class—G. Laws, Wal tham Abbey, Essex, linendraper, certificate of the third class -- R. Peacock, Laqbrook-grove, Notting-hill, plumber, painter, glezier, and house agent, ceroffiato of the second class—R. Sowell, Swaffham, Norfolk, scri vener, certificate cf the second class—J. Thomson, King-street, Camden-town, draper, certificate . of the second class. —__ PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. L. R. Price, F. Jonson, and C. Msrkoe, Vera Cruz W. Morison and H. H. Ross, Liverpool, mercers—W. J. Whitehead and J. Whitehead, York, drapers—T. E. Skidmore and J. Parkhouse, Rickmansworth, coal-mer ciaut,..._E. Whitehorn and T. H. Cooper, Williton, So mersetshiro. Printers —J. Clark and J. Clark. Halifax, grocers—T. Firmstone, E. B. Dimmack, and J. Thomp son, Wolverhampton, coal-masters (so far as regards T. Firinstone)—W. W. Carter and W. Weldon, Stockton on-Tees, mercers —T. Walker and W. Colton, Chester, nurserymen — G. W. Lucas and C. W. Austin, Bristol, ship-brokers — J. Gill and R. Gooddy, Manchester, fus tian-manufacturers—A. P. Jacob and E. Jacob, Liver pool, auctioneers —J. W. Whitelegg and J. Whitelegg, Stockport Owen,and Nantwich, cotton•spinners—G. Graham and J. Lee, Hartlep oo l, s hi p -b ro k ers —D . O wen, sen i or, an Br i en , J. F. Harding, and F. Hodson, Spencer-str ee t, Clerkenwell, surgeons (so far as regards F. Hudson)—J. Footman, W. Pretty, A. F. Nicholson, and J. Skeet, Suffolk, drapers (so far as regards J. Skeet) t and E. W. Simonds, Ashford, Kent, iron- Pierce and J. Pierce, Tunbridge and Sheffield, brac ebit-raanufacturers—R.Dale and J. Morris, Wells, carriers—G. Morrison and H. Parker, — L nir's. commi ss i on r i tolE v in e °.gb r dSr p :ir O dr O if f ° , l7W'r' m Booker, Henriett a - street, C aven di sh-square, solicitors— aaWnn d d G. B. . Parker, wc hoaordiehoslwu. gall, aoer ,t h i 3piton, architects—W. J. C. Ticknall, Derbyshire, fellmongers, soli citors (so far as regards W. B. Parker)—J. W. Whittaker Max ted and C. Wcotton, Chatham, drapers—W. Hancock C, B. Hamm on d and W. H. Hammond, Oxford-street, breeches - makers —J. Down and W. Down, Coburg-place, Bayswater, ironmongers. INSOLVENT. PETITIONERS. John Finch, g o l y Trinity, Cambridge, boot and shoe maker. John Haycock, S t. Edward, Cambridge, bookbinder. George Lyford, Sutton Courtney, Berkshire, farm bailiff. James Benson. Billericay, Essex, litrused victualler. John Bishop Norman Enolishcome, Somersetshire, watch and clock maker. ' ' George Griffin, Boston, Lincolnshire, organ builder. James Bennett, Swinton, Lancashire, journeyman brick setter. George Derrick, Swansea, Glamorganshire, fruiterer. Tontine John Singleton, Nantwich, Cheshire, shoo manufacturer. Richard Atkinson, Little Horton, Bradford, cooper. James Clegg, Bradford, surgeon. . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. G. Philp, Fifeshire, millspinner, to meet within Buist's twelve. - - IT etol, Cuoar-Fife, Sept. 14, and Oct. 11, at A. Smellie, Springburn, grocer, to meet within th e Victoria Hotel, Glasgow, Sept. 17, and Oct. 15, at one. 24 `Ni 2 01. Dumbartonshire, currier, to meet within the Elephant Inn, Dumbartonshire, Sept. 13, and Oct. 4, at two. A. Sp runt, Glasgow, merchant, to meet within the Crow Hutel, Glasgow, Sept. 13, and Oct. 4, at one. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Louisa Payne, carrying on the business of a butcher at 75, Snow hill, was summoned under the City of Lencon Sewers' Act of 1851, for slaughtering sheep in a cellar that was more than 18 inches below the surface of the street, and unregistered, against the statute. The inspector of slaughter-houses for the City gave evidence to the effect that on Friday, the 27th of August last, he saw three slaughtered sheep in the defendant's cellar, several ready fur killing, and men in the act of slaughtering others. The cellar was six feet below the surface of the street. Defendant said that she was merely condticting the business for the creditors of her brother, who died about 12 niof.ths ago, and had used th e ce ll a r as a slaughtering-house'vvithout complaint for 20 years, and that sh e had only continued the same thing in total ignorance of acting illegally. The inspector said there was a penalty for putting live sheep in a cellar. Alderman llooN said, as this was the first case of the kind under the new Act, he should like to have the advice of a brother magistrate, and Sir 'Peter Laurie accordingly was sent tor, when the defendant was informed that she had incurred several penalties ; hut, as she had promised to discontinue the use of the cellar, she would be leniently dealt with. Tce de fendant was then fined 51., half the maximum penalty for the principal offence ; but, on her circumstances being represented to the magistrates, they mitigated it to 21. loi. and costs, which were immediately paid. BOW-STREET. William Clout and William Dowding were brought before Mr. Henry for final examination on the charge of stealing official forms and stationery from the War office. William C. Bussell and John Ladd appeared on their recognizances to answer the charge of having knowingly received the stolen property. Mr. Clerk, as counsel for the Crown, stated that after a minute investigation into the circumstances of the case, they had resolved to abandon the charge against the alleged receivers ; and he suggested that they should be examined as witnesses to strengthen the evidence against Clout and Dowding. As a state by the latt e r p r i soners directly m messengers of the War-office, the person accused had been di rec t e d t o a tt en d, a nd he would be examined i me p n i t ic h a a ti d og been one of fthe made wphui which purchases h as a witness. Mr. Parry, counsel for B usse ll, h ope d it wo uld go forth that his client was enti re l y exonera t e d f rom any blameable to some extent, per h aps, f or h imputation of criminality i n t h ese t ransac ti ons , although Mr. HENRY — That ma tahseesCrown has taken in without sufficient caution. Y be inferred, I presume, fr a o v n i I n g the he made course such with drawing the charges against Bussell and Ladd. William Gell, the messenger referred to, was then examined—He stated that he had been sixteen years in the War-nice as messenger and librarian, having the entire charge of the books. He bad known the two prisoners, Clout and Dowding, for eight months past, during which they had been employed in remov ing books and papers from one floor to another, owing to a change of rooms. The bulk of the papers and printed forms now produced had been kept in the " form-room," and were part of the stock which witness authorised the prisoners to remove from one room to another. He never gave either of them authority to sell any of it as waste paper. While the alterations were going on witness gave Dowding a number of printed pamphlets to sell for him as waste paper, but they were upon a private subject, and had nothing whatever to do with the War office. They have been in his (witness's) possession about two years, having been originally given to him by Mr. W. Brown, a clerk in the accountant-depart went. Before sending out those pamphlets, witness took the precaution to show them to the chief mes senger, Mr. Griffin, in order to satisfy him that they were not official papers. Dowding sold them for 7s. 6c1., and witness gave him 6d. for his trouble. Witness also asked Dowding to sell some old almanac frames, which Mr. Griffin had given him. Formerly it was usual for the Government stationer to supply new frames with the almanacs every year. Two or three years ago an order was given to have the ne w almanacs pasted in the old frames, to save expense. Last year it having been found that the pasting cost as much as the new frames, a Treasury order w as given for the latter. The old frames were then given to witness as perquisites, became he had had the trouble of pasting t h e almanacs upon them ; and these were the frames which he asked Dowding to dispose of. , William John Griffin, senior messenger and house keeper at the War- o ffi ce , confirmed the statements of Gell respecting the pa mphlets, which were upon t h e subject of the e Et o n Question, and had nothing to do with the office. Witness also proved that the almanac-frames had been regarded as their perqui sites for 50 years, and longer, by tradition. Mr. Clerk explained that the evidence in reference to the old almanac-frames had been offered in come.. quence of a statement made by one of the prisoners at the first examination. William C. Bussell, cheesemonger, 24, York street, Westminster, having been cal led by the Crow e as a witness, now deposed to having purchased about 4/. worth of the printed forms, militia Acts, p amph. lets on the " Eton Question," &c., as waste paper, of Dowding, who the prisoners Clout and , brought ar or together, Dowding gener a ll y took 1 parcels to his shop, either separately about eight or ten times- Some of the the money for the paper. parcels were afterwards opened and sorted Mr. Ladd, byd Ladd at wit ness's shop, and he authorise to sell s evera l quantities of it. ger in Pimlico, John Ladd, formerly a cheesernon d ice, stated that he h a d o ccasionally called to assist Mr. Bussell, in a friendly way, in his shop, during the absence of one of his men, and on these occasions he sorted some of the paper, weighed it into parcels, and disposed of some to different tradesmen whom h e knew, getting about 3d. a pound for it. (The pri soners received 2d. a pound for it.) Mr. Strange, 14, Broadway, deposed to having Purchased a quantity of similar paper from Dowding ; end Mr. Housego, butcher, Mr. Mirley, and other tradesmen, who had purchased of Ladd, gave evidence of the facts. Mr. Scott Robinson o f the War - office, identified , all the property produced, as well as some additional quantities which had been fend by Sergeant Prit chard in a vault under the War-office, a key of which was taken from the pocket of the prisoner Clout. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. HENRY said—l will now take this opportunity 1 of stating that the messenger Gell has completely exonerated himself from the charge made against him by the two prisoners, Clout and Dowding. I come to this conclusion from the evidence which he has given, and from the fact that the solicitor who repre sented the prisoners to-day has not thought proper to put a single question to him. Mr. Lewis, the solicitor referred to, begged to state that he abstained from doing so only upon the under standing that the case was going for trial, and that consequently, in his discretion, it would be better to reserve the cross-examination for a jury. Mr. llENny—As the case stands Wore me, I am fully justified in making the observation respecting Gell, and I repeat it. The prisoners were then committed for trial. IVESTMI7VSTER. Mr. Arnold was engaged from between one and two o'clock yesterday afternoon until long after the usual hour of retiring in the evening in investigating the complaints against M. and Madame Poitevin and Mr. Simpson, the proprietor of Cremorne-gardens, exhibited against them by Mr. Thomas, the secretary to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. TL re were in all five summonses, tbree of which charged M. and Msdarne Poitevin with " unlawfully and cruelly ill• treating, abusing, and torturing" the two horses on which balloon ascents were made on the 231 and 26th ult., and the other two were against Mr. Simpson, alleging that on each occasion "he did unlawfully cause and procure a certain horse to be cruelly ill-treated," &c. Mr. Thomas conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Lewis attended for the defence. The court was crowded almost to suffocation by persons anxious to hear the proceedings. The two ponies alleged to have been so illtreated were brought into the court by Mr. Simpson for the magistrate's inspection, caparisoned as when they made the ascents. They were pretty creatures, apparently in very good healtb, and so extremely docile and willing to have their bandages or slings applied that they playfully lifted up their legs that the operation might be per formed with greater facility. They moreover ex hibited such attachment to Madame Poitevin as to follow her about the yard and push their noses into the pocket of her dress in search of some dainty in store for them. After some conversation as to the mode in which the proceedings should be conducted in justice to all parties, it was determined, that as precisely the same features prevailed throughout both cases, and against all accused, the question should be brought to issue by going into the whole facts, and admitting the evi dence of the defendants for each other in the case against Mr. Simpson. Mr. Thomas having briefly opened the case, The first witness called was Mr. Harry Daws, who described himself as a veterinary surgeon, at 41, Duke-street, Manchester-square. He went to Cre• morne•gardens at about half-past four o'clock on the afternoon of the 23d ult. Curiosity took him there. It was to witness the ascent of a horse, of which there had been an announcement. He saw M. Poitevin ride a horse round the arena or hippodrome, and then into the inner circle, where the horse was attached by cords to the car. Mr. Lewis here directed that the model of the bal loon and car, which had been prepared, should be pro ' duced for the magistrate's inspection. Mr. Lewis—l have not only; the model, but the originals here. Mr. ARNOLD—Balloon and all, Mr. Lewis ? (Laughter.) Mr. Lewis—Not the balloon ; all else. Witness explained that the pony was supported by a portion of canvas under its abdomen, and a broad strap passed up behind its shoulders. Mr. ARNOLD—What would be the effect produced by the animals being taken up in the way you de scribed ? Witness—Compression of the abdominal viscera, congestion of the bloodvessels in the hinder extremities, extravasation in the lining of the abdo men, producing internal bruises, and giving a great deal of pain and suffering to the animal. Mr. ARNOLD—What would be the external ap pearances ? Witness—Violent perspiration and symptoms of great exhaustion from continued pain. Mr. ARNOLD wished to know whether great per spiration of the pony would show nervous distress ? —Witness replied in the affirmative. The witness was subjected to a most rigid cross examination by Mr. Lewis, which occupied upwards of an hour, in the course of which he said he had been practising more tbad 26 years as a veterinary surgeon, but was nothing else. Did not go into the gardens gratuitously as the friend of Mr. Simpson, because ha found the free list was suspended, and he therefore paid for his admission. Had known a horse go to rest on a sling for 14 years, but his legs were not entirely taken off the ground. The sling was used merely to assist his legs. Never saw sound animals placed in slings for ease. Had never experimentalized on horses. Had never broken a leg to see whether he could set it again. Was first called upon to be a witness on Thursday, the 26-h of August. Did not send to Mr. Thomas to induce him to lay this complaint. Did not know of any person going to lay the complaint. Was on the free list at Cremorne-gardens. Applied to sign the book, but found the free list was sus pended, and paid. (Marked sensation among the auditory, which so increased that Mr. Arnold said, that if the proceedings were interrupted he must have the court cleared. The book was produced, to show that witness had signed his name, but witness said it was not placed there till after nine that evening.) Would swear that he did not shake hands with Mr. Simpson that evening. The horse went to the car regularly and quietly. It did not exhibit any fear or anxiety. It was not at all disturbed by the din of music or noise around it. Did not perceive any trembling or uneasiness about it. It struggled a little when it got in the air, and witness should say it was very uneasy, but could not tell how many seconds it was so, because he did not time it. Remembered the other pony of M. Poitevin's being ridden from Hounslow on the 25th by Madame Poitevin. Had no conversation with a Mr. Hunt about it. Had some conversation with him, but did not remember whether it was on the Monday or the Thursday. Did not say that the pony was as fresh as if it had come by the railway from Hounslow, where the balloon fell. Had not examined the horses very carefully, but believed them to be in good health. Thought if they were brought to him as a veterinary surgeon, notwithstanding the compression of the abdominal viscera and the conges tion of bloodvessels in the hinder extremities, and the extravasation of the peritora3surn, he should certify that they were in good health. The compression and congestion of the bloodvessels would injure only for a time ; as soon as the cause was removed they would resume their pristine form. He did not know that the natural instinct of an animal prevented its going willingly to any place where it was illused, or where it was in dread. Mr. ARNOLD inquired whether M. Poitevin's ponies were blinded to make the ascents? Witness replied in the negative. He admitted that he spent the Sun day evening after the ascent with Mr. Simpson as a friend ; and that at that time he was watching the proceedings connected with the ballooning on the part of the society. A Mr. Smith had come to him on Thursday before to tell him to do so. He was watch ing on the 26th, and met Mr. Simpson in the grounds and thought he shook hands with him. On the score of humanity witness did not know whether he should take anything from the Animals Friend Society for his trouble. Had not been told he should be paid for his trouble, but knew he should, if he pleased. Police-sergeant Underhill, 6 V, deposed to being present at the descent of the balloon at Wimbledon park, and was about to proceed, when— Mr. Lewis wished to know whether the magis trate's jurisdiction travelled with the balloon, as they were suddenly transported to Wimbledon. For the sake of argument a horse or human being might he very well when they started from Cremorne, but under ordinary circumstances might be unwell before they got so far. Mr. ARNOLD thought the person who took the animal up with the balloon would be liable. Sergeant Underhill continued—He was about 250 yards off when the balloon descended, and first saw it swinging to and fro with ten or a do zen persons round it, who had come to assist the aeronaut. He saw two men run up and lay hold of the horse's head. Witness passed his hand over the horse, and it felt very hot. The perspiration was dripping down its shoulders, but the horse stood perfectly quiet. His eyes appeared wild, and like a horse that had run away. In cross-examination witness admitted that he had not had much to do with horses. M. Poitevin's pony was not so warm as he had seen many horses. Had seen them going up Holborn-hill considerably more heated. Witness made no report of cruelty on this case to the commissioners, nor could he say that any act of cruelty had been practised on it. Sergeant Daley, 33 V, gave confirmatory testi mony in some respects, but he was not up until a few minutes after his brother constable. The case for the prosecution being closed, Mr. Lewis addressed the Bench at very consider able length, and with his usual ability. He stated that, whatever the result of this inquiry might be, it was not Mr. Simpson's intention that this exhibition should be repeated, and, had he received the slight es t intimation from the Bench that it was for a moment objected to, it would not have been continued ; but, notwithstanding his future intention, he felt it a duty to himself, and to those who were with him in this transaction, to court the fullest investigation, and to receive the magistrate's opinion upon his conduct. M. Poitevin was then called, and, havi ng b een cautioned by the Magistrate that by th e law of this country he was liable to three months' imprisonment if convicted upon this c h arge , and need not answer any question that might criminate himself, said he had bad one horse three years and the other four or Ave. One bad gone up 100, the other 150 times. He had - made altogether between 540 and 550 ascents. The horse started quietly on the 23rd ult., merely moving its leg= once or twice, as living animals would do. When it came down it always fed heartily. The horse wee fed when suspended for trial by the authorities at Paris between 15 and 20 hours. In his opinion it did not suff.r any pain by the ascents. Witness had communicated to Air. Simpson that he had had the permission of foreign powers to ascend, and that the proprietor of another establishment in London had written him word the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty had given their sanction. Mr. Thomas denied that any permission had been given by them. - M. Poitevin said he did not take any whip up with the horse, or illtreat it in any way, and it did not appear in any pain when it descended. Mr. Tnomas wanted to know whether on one oc casion a horse of his did not bleed at the nostrils after an ascent ?—M. Poitevin said it did slightly, hut was uninjured, and ate directly afterwards; but this was owing to the altitude of the balloon. In answer to an inquiry from Mr. ARNOLD M. Poitevin said it depended upon the rapidity of the descent as to the heat or coolness of the body. Madame Poitevin confirmed her husband's account in every particular. A number of other witnesses were called for the defence, including veterinary surgeons, whose evi dence went to show that slinging for a period of years was a common practice with horses, and attended with beneficial results. The general testimony, in other respects, was highly exculpatory of the defendants. Mr. ARNOLD said he should reserve his decision in this case sine dio, but would communicate with the parties when he had gone through the voluminous evidence before him. Although the evidence had gone to show physical pain on the one side, and to re but it on the other, another question arose to which Mr. Lewis, be thought, might have addressed him self,—via., whether it was not cruel to put any animal in a position of danger without its having the means of helping itself ? The decision stands adjourned sine die. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday John Talfourd, an old man about 70 years of age, of most extraordinary appearance, bay ing long white silvery hair hanging down his neck; white mustachios, and an ample beard of the same colour, and who was stated by one of the solicitors in court to have sat for a number of years as a subject to crayon draughtsmen, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyr whitt upon the following charge of stabbing : Joseph Harvey, a hairdresser, whose right hand and arm were slung in a kerchief, and enveloped in hospital splints, stated—Yesterday afternoon, between 4 and 5 o'clock, I called at a lodging-house in George-yard, Whitechapel, to visit a friend of mine who lived there, and finding, upon inquiry, that he was out, took a seat by the fireplace to wait for his re turn. On an opposite bench I saw a man lying at full length, and fast asleep, and on looking at him re cognized him as the prisoner, whom I recollected to have seen before in the streets. I sat waiting for about five minutes, when the prisoner woke up, stared across at me, and, uttering a most disgusting expression, demanded what brought me there. I ex plained what I had called for—to see one of the lodgers, and he ordered me out. I said I should not go till I thought proper, upon which the prisoner imme diately jumped up, and, walking across the room to a side-table or settle where the knives appeared to be kept, snatched up a tableknife, the edge of which he felt with his finger to see if it was sharp. I did not suppose he was going to use it, and, therefore did not feel uneasy at his conduct; but, upon seeing the pri soner fling down that knife, and take up another, which he examined in a similar manner, I then be came so, and was thinking of going, when the pri soner hastened up to me with the knife in his hand, and, exclaiming, " Now, I'll seo if you won't go," thrust the blade so close to the bridge of my nose that I felt the point of it touch my skin. He then rapidly drew the knife back a second time, and made a deTe rate plunge with it at my face, but I saw the blade coming down, and, jerking my head on one side, thrust out my arm to keep it off, and succeeded in saving my face, but the knife came down with such force that the point of it entered my hand deeply, just in , ide the thumb, where it inflicted such a wound that the blood poured out in a stream, and I lost a great deal. I jumped up immediately to prevent his repeating the blow, and struck at him with my left hand to keep him away from me while I got out, but before I could do so Sergeant Price, who is appointed to inspect lodging-houses, fortunately came in, and on my call ing to him to protect me he seized the prisoner, who was perfectiy sober, and after a struggle wrenched the knife oat of his hand and took him in charge. My hand still kept on bleeding, and I therefore went to the London Hospital to have it dressed. (The witness handed in a certificate from Mr. Ridley Porter, the house•surgeon, describing the wound as an incised one, opening into the joint of the thumb, and stating that the prosecutor was in danger from it.) When called upon for his answer to the charge, the prisoner made a jumbling sort of defence, the pur port of which appeared to be that while lodging at that house about three weeks before some ore had robbed him of one of his shirts, and having, upon making inquiry, had a description given him of the thief, which corresponded with the prosecutor's ap pearance, he ordered him out of the place as soon as he saw him, and took up the knife to terrify him, but had no intention to use it in the manner alleged against him. Mir. TYRWIIITT said that it was a very serious case, and ordered the prisoner to be committed until that day week for the completion of the evidence, and that the result of the injuries the prosecutor had received might be ascertained. TU E SHEFFIELD MURDER. SEIEPFIELD, TUESDAY.—Yesterday We ga ve the particulars of the finding of the dead body of a man, shockingly mutilated, in a hedge bottom, about a mile and a half from Sheffield. The medical examination shows, beyond all doubt, that the man has been mur dered. That examination was made on Sunday by Mr. Roper and Mr. H. Payne, surgeons. At the back of the head was found a shot-wound, about an inch in diameter, and penetrating two inches into the brain, where were lodged fragments of the skull and a quantity of No. 4 shot. There was another shot•wound behind the right ear. The shot in this wound had passed under the base of the skull, and lodged in the bones of the nose, fracturing the temporal bones, the floor of the orbit of the right eye, and shattering the internal structure of the upper jawbone. The destructive weapon, probably a small pistol, must have been held close to the head of the murdered man, for the flesh around the wound under the ear was discoloured with the exploded gunpowder. It should be remarked, too, that the shot found in the brain from the wound behind the head had not spread, as would have been the case if fired from a distance, but lay in a space little larger than the orifice of the wound. There were also three incised wounds on the right side of the face, one extending from the lower lip round the chin, in a semi-circular direction to the outer coat of the eye; the others were of less extent. The lower jaw was fractured at the angle and at its centre (the chin) ; the upper jaw was also broken near its centre. It was late on Saturday evening when the body was identified as that of Mr. Alexander Robinson, of Doncaster. His friends were communicated with im mediately, and on Saturday his late employer, Mr. David Barber, draper, Doncaster, arrived at Sheffield. From information obtained from him it was clear that Robinson had been robbed of money, a silver lever watch, and his pack of drapery wares. From the active inquiries set on foot by the police, Robin son was traced to have dined at Gray's eating-house, in Watson's-walk, Sheffield, in company with a young man named James Barber, and two other young Scotch travelling drapers. After dinner Ro binson and Barber adjou rne d to N aylor ' s public house, adjoining where Robinson was in the habit of staying. There they had something to drink, and Barber was heard to say that he would introduce Ro binson to some good customers near Gleadless, a vil lage about five miles from Sheffield. Robinson then made up his pack, and he and Barber left the house to - getlr, about 2 o'clock. As yet there is no evidence of Robinson having been seen alive after that time. About 5 o'clock Barber, it is found, entered the Royal Standard public-house, Leadmill- road, apparently in great haste. He placed in the care of the landlord a draper's pack , and at his (Barber's) urgent request, a cab was sent for. Between the messenger starting for and return ing with the cab Barber asked for a c lothesbrue s an d was , was at co ns id era bl e pa i ns to c l eanse his clot boots. He was driven to the Rein-deer IfT, the land Devo nshire-street, where he asked for a bed,. but went to lord not being able to accommodate him, Meadow his own lodgings at Mr. Pigott's,. 0 105, tion the police street. This was the only were enabled to obtain up to lMondayn f rrinformation as were Ia the evening of that the st unravelling of the to light which quickly lehdento received the number, whole mystery. Y day circumstances tgeneral description of the de ceased'smaker's name, and .... +l . one hour from the receipt watch, and `wi t hin o t f ur l da e y ' esrening ' for 303. It having 3iter.llßigeeentc: the `Vest-street, watch was t w r e a e s t found with in whomthe posses sion sheasd the p a c f k t e l r e n f a o t n bwe that tl belongingStaudard b t y , s o i f on th o e f i as been pawne d on —a on Thur sday the Barber,been found deceased, Barber . was, at seven o'clock on Monda evening, as m entioned above, taken into custody. Be R as told that he was suspected of the murder of Rohl". son, b u t with great sangfroid he deni e d th e w h o l e a ff a ir. Onsea rching him, however, there was found in his pocket -book the pawnbroker's d up li cate o f t h e mur dered man's watch. But, on being confronted with the pawnbroker, it was found that he WAS not the person who had a friend apt Yort open him 21. 15; in money, and a post-office receipt c le a tt r e ii r 2 , le 7h c i u ch rnb h e e r p ia o n s d te , pawned it. There was found also for n registered ' theuett, e, •contained a remittance of money. A young m a a v n, named George M'Cormack, who was traced to heeded. been in Barber's company, was next appre h ded. He was identified as the person who had posted on wFdariicdhaYi t t is pawned the watch ; and he at once admitted it, stating that he received it from Barber at t he Reindeer lau on Saturday night, and gave to him the money for which it was pawned. From the facts brought to light , it is clear that tbe murder was committed between the time of Barber and the deceased's leaving Naylor's public house on Thursday afternoon, at two o'clock, and the arrival of Barber, with the pack of the murdered man, at the Royal Standard. In addition to the other evidence upon this point, is the fact that i n the stomach of the dinner. murdered man was four,d his undigested The field in which the body Wai found is sitoat'd at a considerable distance from any house or publ ic footpath. It lies iu the dire ction of Geadless, the place named by Barber as the locality in wh i c h the cus t ome rs reside of whom he had s p oken to Rthis obinson n- The . The motive, beyond that of robbery, for di bolical murder is involved in m y stery. Barber a 0 u nder Robinson had both serve d a term of years Barber's uncle, Mr. David Barber, of Doncaste!. About two months ago Barber was discarded by 1 1 . 14 uncle, in consequence of embezzle ment. Previousli the uncle had given 9/. for a silver lever watch us t a present for the prisoner Barber. His misconduc., however, lost him his uncle's fa vour, and the watch was , given to Robinson. About six weeks ago Robin was s engagement with Jr.A Barber terminated, stick' the latter, as is customary, provided him with a p a e d of drapery as a stock in trade, and he cowmen', ~ travelling over the district which the prisoner Farber had previously perambulated. It was, no doubt, cos'hY the offer of Barber to assist him in obtaining ._e tomers, that he was lured into the secluded spot woe' he was murdered. During the whole of Monday and to-daY s (Tue been day) the s pace i n front of the Tovvn•hall bas occupied by large crowds of people, a nd the ~n d ments of the police authorities bale been viatcLic has event ., with the greatest interest . ' The unhappY I thrown the whole town into a state of exciteMent.ers TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 4 45.—The two P r" ;eld were this afternoon brought before the 6he , ~, bench, when Mr. Rayner, the chief constable, brio, detailed the evidence against them, as above. d the Mr. .Dunn (one of the magistrates) aske the prisoners whether they wished to go before . the 1" coroner's jury, or whether they desired that i . vestigation should be made by the borough Iting_os. trates ? In either case they would be perroitted IN fessional assistance. It was for them to choose.,_ouid Barber carelessly said—" Ido not care. I 6° like to have professional assistance. isbed Mr. Smith (magistrates' clerk) said if they w the to have professional assistance they must Dam . e gentleman, and Mr. Raynor would send for him' o be Mr. Dunn—Then you have no objection to g fore the Coroner ? Barber—No; none whatv,err.bad M'Cormack also said he had no objection. lie nothing to do with the murder. They were then remanded accordngl. A p The Coroner will hold his inquest this day ("ed nesday). Barber displayed great coolness throughout. ____—...... THE COUNTRY MA .K A IPSWICH, SEPT. 7. We 01 1 1 he had a large show of new corn at market to'c l6 Y ; thbeicl2, per Iswheats appeared improved in condition, very various, and pricea ranged from 2 65 11° - best uarter for red, and up to 50s for fine whites. The o° as runs,,, s of barley tit for malting purpos, s met readi sale 29. Ditto, white ' 2 O and 30s per quarter; ease; desciiptions 27 ill' oo . i lut t/liA t ' o 0 06 FIR QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 45s to 4rls Barley, grinding... °N to o ° 6 Ditto (new) 3 3" to 31 , 5 (old). 42e6ss t 0 0 0 5442: Peas sns .............................. _ O , 00 Ditto(new) Barle4ss to 50: Oats .............. ••• o ° s t° 3', malting AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 4, la.- s 6 d Wheat Oats ... . Peas Beans 0 ~ --6 '- HULL, SEPT. 7. favourabo T:J e l k or h a a n s d e ß na ri b g i l d t's ts C o i r 4 c a u rin lar e Messrs. a con' siderable progress with ' cl a small propor the harvest, au [ detachn C 00313100 tion 0' . wheat now remains in th beel •€t 04 with most other markets there hasn qi n 0 , in the trade during the p ast Week, and when sales ni wheat have been effected the buyer hs had an adv!:. tags of a full is per qr; this wai to be expected ati°` e ve c s o t i e jd d i , tic o n ld change excitement of the earlier part of August anbdt 03 66 rstatotes;arthet: in weather; but there can be little n em _ of 5 t ~o r m the condition in which tho new viheat is gen e l kr mixing.at market There was only a small attendance of fwrbolt: was t ot mu . st beextensively to-day, and a moderato show of ne w r Th aa k. 00 quite eual to hat W.- 030 0 millers and dealers were tree buyers, and Eh" be cur must be written for best samples, fully equal to t 0 rent rates general though retail demand foreg old foreig t c e, A strong e fresh red qualities commanding the prefere .Integ. Tro omsumptive sale for grindieg barley at 1011 40 r; t he comi sa,ek in granary or on board ship is salsil ,;ders needarne.. show g i' ""o" Oats rather neglected, but pr. a disposition to land rather than sat sit to de e s, Beans pea fully support the advance noted 13st rieek'tbo. the marker, and a general dProan cl °l' d oar There on is no alteration to be retorted in the liege II o f ket • , and a less active demand for cakes. No s u P P t ad rapeseed to make business, and cakes sell freely as - arrive, shers' or as they are offered from our own era The following . . ---- f• are the present prices of grain • s. 3 4 s. s. 1 Wheat, English, red 88 to 41IPwhite and yel• 31 -- a 0 1 ( Peas, 26 "" Do. white 42 —44 Do. grey .......... ... 44 ,46 Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Ses. ,46 nigsberg 42 —46 Do. Petersburgh ••• 4 ' .. 42 Pomeranian and 13S 4 0 Do.Riga&Arcling • , ...... Hamburgh . '3 s 7 42 Do. Konigsberg • ••• pi l eo n Danish, Holstein, & 71 6d Friesland 36 —3B Lins. c., Hull 01 Os to „ c ol os Russian and Odessa 34 38 Do. fine for. ...7153 0 " '...00s / to , ' Oats, English - • 19 Do. inf. foreign... o ° 4 0 to a - Do. Danish... 16 la Rapeseed ......... , to 903 Do.Friesland . lB 20,Rape cakes...b7s fia . ___ ... .,005 Do. Russ & Odessa 16 18 Tares, English ..... T r !* . ...... 305 Barley,m * alti Do. grinding ng 0) —001 Do. foreign ........ :i s. . `'. 7i i 2 3 2 aGuano ........ .. d to 003 Beans 30 32!Bones, ...... Do., foreign 28 30 !R 7e Meal ......••••" CORK, SEPT. 6. 48 8 0 a r r BD W e a ri l t h s tl i oe t y e wheat 18 s 6d to 21 s Od ) 78 Red wheat l's Od to 215 OdCarre sten o 0 Ditto DittoD itto ...... Ns o(l—' 2° O Ditto ...... .. to 00s 19s Od- -2° do ( 0 )( 0 ): Od o to 00 ; O d d 11s A to lls 4d Od•••- 00 do 00e 35 B 0 0 0 0 s e 0 0 d d t t o o 00 00 39 0 0 d d } ON ad 10s 7d to 103 10d 291 Oats Bs Od to 8s 5d 8s 5d.--0 do 30 barrels white wheat ; B bd 302 Ditto . 0 :d o Ditto . Os Od to OOs Od 00s Od per cwt O Pigs Quantity ( sold and N a tninthoci:eHr9,e, Od to ON Od Quantity 0 pigs. of Wheat, 1,543. Oats, 5,214. Pig* Barley, O. Bere, i • ,y, PRICES OF BUT T'C'"' CURRINCY. 67, CANT. First u l't qa 1 y labestre:o4,ll: Dais;o. Second quality - ... 72s Second quality ......... ,„, Third quality .• i';, Fourth quality Fifth quality ....... .• Sixth quality 7 1 6 7 0' r ed F ; i r4s t b; q ri u lge a gl l 1 : 0 : 2 ... .......... .... 63 , . 44s Sixth quality ..... 0. Return of Cattle sold for week ending Aug' Pigs, 300. Sheep, 285. Cows, 9 9 ' 1 4, 1 6d; co ".—Flour—First 121 6d to 131 6d; el no tog. P er seconds,ils to 12s 6d; households 91 t 0 10s 6d; thirds, 6d; whe st. cwt. Oatmeal 108 3d to 10s 6d ; Ludian meal 76 3d W 2796 d Pe r toe. meal, 9 d 6(1 to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 7 1 Os to 71-e3i; averagn Bran 75s Od t o 80s per ton. Hay—Farmers 183 Od o; ... ..parel ere `4 , o e; dealers 26s ad to 30s; average 03s pert on. Str s 000 v " ; 120 Od to 20s Od ; average 15 9 ; dealers 2le Od t% Ooh Od ; average OOs Od per ton. Brcad—Wheaten 101 l " _ 9cl t' household loaf bd to Od per 41b. Fresh buttervalie 10d per lb. Eggs-4s Od to 4s 2d per hundred. cube, Nowport 14s Od ; Lydney 15s; Landore 000; r est 12s 6d per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 464 Ps 191°' Whisky, 25 0. p .. 5s , d per imperial 0100 4 i to —Beef 4id to 7d; mutton 5d to 64d; "ri b , iloPi 7d ; pork 44 to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d Fe,r,,, , toll. 818 s to 910 s per cwt. Bangor slates 21 17 s 641 to 3 , t'' P ° ooo , Bark, red 71to 8110 s per ton. Fleece wool 16s to 000 Pe„.. re d Hemp 29/ to 341 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 16s to °U, p et ditto, 24s to OOs per barrel ; New 10/ Os to ',„gole ditto,t o 3li n. rtkoe l t3l l 2o m 2ddico b .t e s Timber —Memel, i _ irr m a2tn e lsoo _...b m ! ;e ; l op , a deals,l P 7 tre o uod s ty a i p at per ton; li otowtz o 3 l os e s d i p p pe i to n re opt I Sl i ! A l c ;fi f l cpllt ;( 1 „ , 3Archangel, 19s per barrel. ' hlOitsetobjll/tp°orst,:lo; W.': BIRTHS. IA" --- On the 4th inst., at Field-house. county of Dur ham ' .r. Brackenbury, of Skendleby-hall, Lincolnshire. the ico" On the 4th inst., at Warwic-villas, Maida-hill, t Stevens, Esq., of the Middle TemPle• o m f rOilsnintl:ryes..tßtairnhsotl.l,a,tOaNlN'reAstaubrtAir:3:::::Turyni, n ear Brit t° ' I t b° wife of Captain Philip Bicknell, 1.1. M. 73d Eegunen _.,,„.at or On the 4th inst t r k 1.0 West, Gioucestc, .. Robert MARRIED. Flin t ' rti, o u n yp t o h r e t, 2d inst., at the parish church of Ilawarder''.., year shire, William Parkin Pattinson, Esq., of Alealo-hotis4er o w, ise, w C , Li E m s h g e ., r o l Cumberland, a styoarJdaenne. _:_____._-------------- DIED. •fe c' t. On the 2d inst., at Claysmore Enfield, Merelina, W I ,. lit I. W. Bosanquet, Esq., and only ' daughter of the late Pig lion. Lord Chief Justice Tindal, aged 37. s q, On the 4th inst., at Cirencester, Joseph liovrse, a so , F.R.G.S., member of the Philosophical Society, &c , ag e m a rio On the 3d inst., at Brownsover-liall. ‘Varw!cksbre, , Selina, the youngest daughter of J. W. B. Leigh Esq. O n ' ulse•hill, on the sth inst., Mrs. Spicer, Lea 76* O the sth inst., at Vintners'-hall, C. Martin, sq. or, On the sth inst., Mary Jane, second daughter of ,- Thomas Porthouse, of Northampton-square, agedldest 27. . ..b.. On the sth inst., at Epsom, Eliza Mary, the e 0110 ter of Mr. Ebenezer !Arnett, aged 1.8. __-_ --- — ----- ---- -SO ‘` L(nd : Printed and Published by BIURDO Tab. ; 1 2. Nu. 1, Strand, Printor. at The Sun °Rice. S°'' tt , of t .; t „nd, in the Precinct of the Savor. ~, the cc Middle:ex, Wednesday, September 8, 185. Ott et T. Tei lette r *lth ttrriou 1 I C of tt tOti, they lito !; ing q t ftnd, Dart lily, Of s, P to b, )rle, r tf t.t 44 It44(t 43 1 , Th ,l ' P r , e )4r: p. I .tA tl