The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-12 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. The Duke of Somerset, K.G., and other members of the Board of Admiralty at present engaged in their annual visit to Portsmouth, its dockyard, and other naval establishments, yesterday morning com menced their second day's duties at the port by visiting the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard at Gosport, the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, and the headquarters of the Royal Marine Light Infan try ; after which their lordships embarked on board their yacht Enchantress and partook of luncheon. In the afternoon their lordships disembarked again from the yacht, and, entering carriages provided for their accommodation, proceeded out to Fort Cum berland, the headquarters of the Ro y al Marine Ar tillery, where the usual form of an inspection was gone through. They visited the new and extensive b arr acks now completing at Eastney, near Fo r t Cumberland, for the reception of the officers and men of the Royal Marine Artillery. A combined in spection under arms of the artillery and light infan try marine forces was appointed to take place on Southsea-common by their lordships, but a partial inspection of each force at its headquarters was substituted, owing to the inclement state of the weather. In the evening the Board were enter tained at dinner by Port Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., and afterwards their Lordships patronised the ball given at the King's Rooms, Southsea, for the benefit of the Seamen's and Marines' Orphans' Schools. Owing to the absence of the Channel Fleet and the Experimental Steam Squadron from Spit head, the receipts of the ball are expected to be much below the average. This morning the First Lord will hold a levee at the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth dockyard, and the Board are expected to leave Portsmouth for London in the evening. During the recentvisit of the Lords of the Admi ralty to Plymouth the deficient accommodation for the crew of the Scorpion came under the considera tion of their Lordships, who directed the master shipwrights of Devonport dockyard to survey her and ascertain her exact internal dimensions. The Scorpion was originally called the El Toussin, and was built by Messrs. Laird, of Birkenhead, ostensibly for the Turkish squadron. She is sister to the Wivern, 4, first named El Monassir. She has a burden of 1,857 tons, has engines of 350-horse power, is iron cased, and has an iron deck. She carries two revolv ing cupolas, each with two 300-pounder guns. The cupolas are on Capt. Coles's plan, their diameter is 24 ft., and they rise only 5 ft. above the level of the deck. It will thus be seen that they occupy a con siderable space below. The cook house for the offi cers is just in front of the after cupola, and there fore conveniently near the cabins. Capt. Commerell, V.C. (borne on the books of the Indus), was placed in command on May 14th. It is probable that the Scorpion will be sent to Portsmouth to undergo ex tensive alterations. Admiralty instructions were received a few days ago at Woolwich by Commodore Dunlop ordering a reduction of 50 mechanics and artisans in the fac tory department of the yard. Among those who were appointed to be discharged there were some men who had passed the best portion of their lives in the service—that is to say, between 20 and 30 years. The men were yesterday well pleased to learn that the order had been that day cancelled, and that no reduction would take place. By. some extraordinary regulation, the factory, although a legitimate and recognised branch of the dockyard, is not subject to the dockyard rules as regards the " establishment" and length of service ; and men who would be per manently on the books of the establishment in the yard are liable in the factory to be dismissed at a week's notice. This is seriously complained of, and appeals have in consequence been made, but without redress. The Channel fleet, including the Octavia, Con stance, and Liverpool, screw wooden frigates, under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir S. C. Dacres, K.C.8., will sail from Portland Roads early on Monday morning for Cherbourg. The Royal Sove reign, 5, turret ship, Capt. Herbert, a ill not accom pany the fleet across the Channel, but will proceed direct to Cherbourg from Spithead. Capt. Cowper Coles, RN., goes over to Cherbourg in the Royal Sovereign with the sanction of the Admiralty. We have been requested to state that her Majesty's screw troopship Urgent, Capt. Samuel H. Hender son, which has been selected by the Admi ra lty t o convey naval officers on half-pay to and from Cher bourg will sail from Portsmouth for Cherbourg at 11 a.m. on Monday next. Until her time for sail ing the Urgent will lie alongside the Sheer jetty of Portsmouth dockyard. The Enchantress and Os borne paddle yachts will convey the Lords of the Admiralty and their friends across to the French waters. The Research, 4, ironcased sloop, Capt. Arthur Wilmshurst, sailed from Spithead yesterday for Portland. She is expected to remain at Portland during the absence of the Channel fleet at Cherbourg. Instructions have been sent to Devonport dock yard to prepare estimates of the expense of refitting the screw steamship Nile, 78, 2,622 tons, which has engines of 500-horse power. The estimate is for a service of four years, and it is said that she will re lieve the screw steamship Hastings, 50, Capt. John Corbett, which bears the flag of Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick at Queenstown. The service ball, at which the officers of the French fleet will be entertained by the British Ad miralty, on the arrival of the combined fleets at Spithead from Cherbourg, will be given in the quad rangle of the Royal Naval College in Portsmouth dockyard. The site is a very suitable one, as ad joining the covered in quadrangle, which we pre sume will form the ball-room, are large rooms in the college available for promenade and supper rooms, The troops brought to England froth India by the hired sailing transports Daphne and Sultana, whose arrival at Spithead was reported in The Sun of yesterday, were disembarked from those ships yesterday, under the superintendence of the mili tary authorities of the port, and forwarded to their respective destinations. The troops brought home by the Daphne comprised—Capt. D. V. Stuart, 51st Regiment; Capt. H. W. L. Carew, 89th Regiment ; Quartermaster W. M'Gill, 79th Regiment ; Quar termaster Daniel Jackson, 89th Regiment. For Netley Hospital—invalids, 146 non-commissioned officers and men, various regiments, 4 soldiers' wives, 22 soldiers' children. For regimental depots —time-expired men, 52 men, 3 women, and 2 chil dren. The Sultana's troop list consisted of the headquarters and five companies of the Blst 'Loyal Lincoln Regiment and detaehnaents, as follows :- 81st Regiment—Major J. A. Gildra ; Capts. C. J. Skerry, G. Betts, and R. G. Charlton ; Lieuts. W. J. Macdonnell, 11. F. Jackson, and D. G. Gardner; Ensigns J. Wilson, 11. C. 11. Man, and E. Ditmas; Quartermaster S. Rogers; Surgeon G. Auchenbeck, M.D.; two officers' wives and four children ; 285 non-commissioned officers and men, 14 women, and 29 children, and five sick soldiers. Three soldiers died on the voyage. The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. Thomas B. Lethbridge, is hourly expected at Spithead with the following troops on board, which she embarked at Quebec on the Ist inst.:-63d Regiment—Lieut.- Col. W. F. Carter, Major R. P. Harrison, Capts. A. Wilbergh, E. J. Hunt, A. M. o Dumaresq, W. S. W. B. Marson, and A. M. Armstrong ; Lieuts. Crowther, W. L. Knowles, T. Atkinson, T. I/ T. Sl. C. covel, i C. G. Terrott, M. D. Hill, J. Thacker, and Smith ; Ensigns T. Foster, J. Burne, J. 11. Ed wards, W. S. Ward, R. C. F. Burton, and W. F. Way ; Paymaster 11. Ingram ; Quartermaster J. Linford, Lieut. and Adjutant G. H. Kinahan, Sur geon J. H. Hanbury ; 47 sergeants, 17 drummers, 471 rank and file, 77 women, 116 children. Detach ments—Major J. M. Clayhills, Ist -Battalion 7th Foot ; Capt. T. E. A. Hall, 49th Regiment ; Surg. C. Fairfield, Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade. Invalids for Netley Hospital, 30 men, with three women and three children. Time-expired men for depots -77 men, with 16 women and 22 children, six military convicts, and two men fordischarge from the service. The K battery 4th Brigade Field Artillery yes terday marched into Woolwich garrison from Alder shot in command of Capt. Whinyates, and were in spected on parade by Major-Gen. E. C. Warde, commandant. They had encamped the preceding night at Hounalow. The A, B, and C batteries, C. Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, took their departure from head quarters, Woolwich, on Thursday morning, for em barkation on board the chartered steamship Hydaspes, for passage to Bengal. The batteries, consisting of 400 non-commissioned officers and men, were in command of Capt. and Brevet-Col. the lion. E. T. Gage, Capt. and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. the Hon. G. le M. Tupper, Capt. Tredcroft, in the absence on leave of Capt. and Brevet-Major Paget, commanding the B battery, and Capt. Ruck Keene. There waslikewise a proportionate number of women and children. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Henry Piers, staff surgeon, to the Wellesley ; Edward N. Price, naval cadet, to the Arethusa ; Arthur H. D. Beaver, nominated to a naval cadetship; C. W. King, assist.-paymaster, to the Royal Adelaide ; F. A. Carter, assist.-pay master, to the Achilles ; W. Crosbie, engineer, to the Blenheim, for service in her tenders ; E. Taylor, engineer, to the Blenheim, for service in the Julia ; Matthew Barker, engineer, to the Aboukir, vice Jack ; F. Skelton, engineer, to the St. George, vice Barker ; G. T. Ludlow, first class assist.-engineer, to the Research ; and Jas. Redgrave, promoted to the rank of first-class assist-engineer ; W. M‘K. Saunders, staff-surgeon, to the Victory, for Haslar Hospital ; E. A. Birch, acting assist.-surg., to the Donegal ; J. Ellis, engineer, to the Linnet ; J. V. B. Thompson and C. W. Lewis, first-class assist.- engineers, to the Linnet ; and J. Multar, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Dauntless, for service in the tenders. THE APPALLING MURDER IN RED LION-STREET, HOLBORN. . The following appeared in successive editions of The Sun of last evening: The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of William Henry, Thomas, and Alexander White, who were found murdered at the Temperance Coffee-house, Red Lion-street, was held this afternoon at the Queen's Arms, Red Lion-passage. The jury having been sworn, The Coroner said that it would be:their duty to-day to make a rigid scrutiny into this very horrible tragedy ; but a man who had murdered another woman and child was now in custody in another place, and it would be necessary to have him present before they could conclude their inquiry. The jury having viewed the bodies, William Stanwood White said—l reside at 4, Feather stone-buildings, Holborn, and am a schoolmaster. I am the reputed father of the three deceased children. lam not certain of the names of the boys, but I think the name of the eldest boy is William Henry or Henry William; Thomas William, the second, was ten years of age, and Alexander was eight. I last saw them alive and well on Monday evening, at my own house in Featherstone-buildings. They were living with me up to that time. Tho two younger children were in their ordinary state of health, but the eldest had been suffer ing from diarrhoea, for three weeks. They were taken away from me on Monday night by my son, Josiah White, to deliver them into the hands of Southey. I don't know where he was. I did not see them again until Wednes day morning, when an inspector of police called to make inquiries about my children. I answered their questions, and I afterwards accompanied them to the Temperance Coffee-house in Red Lion-street. I went up stairs, and there I saw two in one bed in the upper room. They were quite dead. From there I went to fetch my son with the police, and on my re turn I was told of the other death. But I knew all three were dead when I saw the two bodies. My son resides at 22, Bedford-terrace, Old Ford-road. On my return from them I went to Hunter -street police station. As I went home, I wont, by the desire of Inspector Pearce, and saw the third body. I recognised all three children. I was very much surprised at the smell that had taken place in the room within so short a time. I also noticed the livid and spotted appear ance of the arms and other extremities. I did not notice anything about their dress. They looked as if they had died by violent means. The bodies seen by the jury are the same that I speak of. Josiah White—l reside at 22, Bedford-terrace, Old Ford road, and am a clerk. I saw the deceased children on Monday evening when I was at my father's house in Fea therstone-buildings. The children were there when I went. My father delivered the three children to me to bo taken to Southey. I took them to the end of the build ings, but I had engaged to meet him at the corner of Bed ford-row at nine in the evening. I was there to time, but I had to wait for him for 20 minutes. Ho came running up in a great hurry, and he was very sorry for being late, but that he had missed the train from Clapham junction. Ire said the missing the train had thrown his arrangements out. I said "Are you going to take the children to-night, or not ; I've spoke to my father about them, and he'll think you're humbugging him ?" I asked if he could not make some temporary arrangement for the children. He then went over to the public-house, and shortly after returned and said they had not got a bed. After having some ale, we went to the Star coffee-house, and whilst he went in I waited outside. On his return he said it was all right. They would accommodate him with a bed for the children. I then went home, got the children, and on my handing them to him he shook hands with each. My mother was under the impression that they were going direct to their mother. I told him not to let my father know that the children were so near to him. I understood the children were going with their mother to Australia. I saw Southey in the end of Gray's-inn-passage, and then I returned to my father. I was not intimate with Southey. I had not seen him more than twice before the Monday I speak of. Coroner—You know nothing about the deaths of the children. Witness—No. A Juror—We have not had the beginning of the affair. Witness—Very well, I will begin at the beginning. On Saturday morning he called at my office in the City, say ing mother wanted to have the children back again as they were .going abroad. He asked to see if Mr. White was willing to give them up. I was to take them to the Opera Hotel in Bow-street. A Juror—That was the Saturday before the Monday. Witness—Yes. I told him that was too far. I told him if he would meet me at the corner of Bedford-row on Sunday evening I would see my father, and talk to him about it, and then I would let him know. I afterwards told him I would take the matter upon my own shoulders, and that he should have the children. At 9 o'clock I went with them to the corner of Bedford-row, and then fol lowed what I have just said. Maria Beale—l live at the Star Coffeehouse, Red Lion street, and am tea-room maid. I saw Southey on Monday morning at about, half-past eight in the tea-room. The Coroner—You seem confused ; just think for a short time. What day was it? Witness—On Tuesday morning. He had breakfast with the children. He also took dinner with them that day. After tea, about six o'clock, he took them up to bed. I did not not go with them. I did not see the children after that till next morning, when they were dead. I did not talk much with the children. On Wednesday morning, at about half-past eight o'clock, I went up to Miss Clifford to see if she would have a little tea or coffee. Miss Clif ford told me to go and see how the little boy was in No. 8 room, as he was unwell. I went to the door, but found it locked. I then turned to No. 6 room, the door of which was open, and said to the children, "Ain't you going to get up," and when I put my hands on their arms and found the children were dead I weut and told Mrs. Clifford im medialely. A Juror—When was the last time you saw the children out of doors ? Witness—On Tuesday morning. They wore out about half an hour at seven in the morning. They said they were going to their mother, but that they did not know where she was. Henry Clifford said—l keep the Star coffeehouse, Red Lion-street. I saw the children on Tuesday morning. I did not see them on the Monday night, but I first saw them in the coffee-room on Tuesday morning. They were play ing about. I did not speak much to them. On Wednesday morning last witness came and told me one of the children was dead. I w en t to th e room N o. 6 , an d there I found two of the children dead, and on going to the other room, No. 8, I found the other little boy dead. They had the usual bedclothe s on them. The countenances struck me as being very livid. I immediately sent for a surgeon and a policeman. I saw Southey on h Tuesday night. The child ren had gone to bed. He asked mhos s for the key of th e room i n t w h hi ey ch w t e h re e ai ch l il ri d g re h. n t were, He asw a u n p t esctlairtos abouts whetherthreo my remained quarters of an hour. O ne of servants, as Elizabeth s Maidman, was upstairs at th e same time When he came down stairs h e sa id the children werteheL right and asleep. Ho returned me the key of No 6 room, and wished me good night. There was no l oc k on the , door of No. 8, so he could not fasten that door. I should not be able to identify Southey if I were to see him. Elizabeth Clifford said, I am daughter of the last witness. I assist at the coffee-house. Southey first came there on Saturday night, and asked if he could have a bed'for three little boys, if ho should want it. I told him if he wanted it be must let them know early. He came on Monday night and took No. 8 room at about a quarter to nine. He came in about ten o'clock, with the three children, and they all slept in that, room that night. On Tuesday Southey asked me if the children could remain up stairs. I told him they could not, but that they could have the coffee room. They had breakfast, dinner, and tea on Tuesday. I was not in the way when Southey put the children to bed. On that day he asked me if he could have another room, and I told him he could. I saw him after ho had been up stairs on Tuesday night. Police Constable 100 E said—l was called by the waiter to the Star Coffeehone, but before I went up stairs I sent off for the nearest doctor. He arrived very shortly after, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENIAG, AUGUST 12, 1865. and we went up together. We wont into No. 6 room, and found the children in bed dead. They were covered over, and the clothes were undisturbed. A penny piece was lying on the breast of the youngest. I then went to room No. 8, and there found the eldest child. He was lying on his back, with his face a little turned. There was a bottle containing something like a chalk mixture. In the room we also found an empty phial and a tumbler. Dr. Roberts has them now in his possession. I don't know anything further about the matte; except what I heard talked about in the coffeehouse. Elizabeth Maidman—l am chambermaid at the Star coffeehouse. I saw them twice on Monday. They all slept together that night. I did not see much that day. At a few minutes before 10 on Tuesday night I went up stairs to see to the beds, when Mrs. Clifford told me the children were gone to bed. I saw the door of No. 8 room open, that was the room the children slept in the night before. I went in and found only one child in the bed. I thought he was asleep. There was no other person in the room. As I was coming out of the room I met the man Southey on the landing. I said to him, " How bad that poor child looks." Southey replied, " Yes, he dots." He was going towards the room. I had a candle in my hand, but he had none. He put the door too, and locked it. Coroner—Are you sure he came out of No. 6 ? Witness—l was going there. Coroner—What for? Witness— To see whether it was all right. Southey said to me, " You may be sure it's all right there, miss." I went upstairs. The next morning I went with Maria Bealo to see the children. Coroner—Could you swear to that man if you saw him again ? Witness—Yes. Coroner—You are sure you would know him again ? Witness—Yes, I am sure I should. Coroner—Youdidnot think the childwas deadwhen you saw him on Tuesday night. Witness—No. Dr. Anthony Roberts, of 3 Lamb's Conduit-street, said —I was sent for, and I arrived at the Star Coffeehouse at a quarter to 9. In a room,' No. 6, on the third floor front, I saw two boys lying on their backs. On the larger child there was no external marks of violence. They were quite dead, and I should think they had been so about 8 hours, when I saw them. I was shown into a back room, where I saw a boy about eleven years of age, he was lying in bed and quite dead. I saw in the room a bottle containing a mixture with a white sediment. I was shown some black looking fluid in one of the utensils. I was shown a phial in which there was a few drops of a clear fluid, with a pungent smell. The tumbler smelt the same. I have made a post mortem examination ; I should say about 12 or 14 hours after death. I have preserved the stomachs of all three of the children, and other portions of the intestines. These have been submitted to Dr. Harley. The Coroner said he had received a letter from Dr. Harley, who informed him that although the examination was proceeding as rapidly as possible he would not be able to produce his report before Monday afternoon at the ear liest. As Dr. Harley was not prepared to state the nature of the poison at the present moment, and as there would be some judicial inquiry as soon as possible, and as that could not bo done earlier than Monday, he proposed they should adjourn until Tuesday or Wednesday. The Coroner—Shall we have the accused present then ? Superintendent Searle—That is very uncertain. He is in custody on a charge of murder at Ramsgate, and it is not known yet whether the authorities there will give him up. Coroner—Have you any doubt about its being the man Southey ? Superintendendent Searle—None whatever. There can be no doubt that Forward is the man Southey. The per son he has murdered is his wife. Mrs. White, I believe, has gone to Australia. The inquiry was then adjourned until Tuesday morning. INQUEST ON THE BODIES OF MRS. SOUTHEY AND HER DAUGHTER. RAMSGATE, Aug. 11. This morning a coroner's inquest was held in the Town hall on the bodies of the two unfortunate victims of the man Southey, by Mr. J. N. Mourilyan, the coroner for Sandwich. The jury, having been sworn, proceeded to the Seamen's Infirmary at Ramsgate to view the bodies, and on their return the following evidence was taken : William George Tappenden said—l am potboy at the Camden Arms public-house. On Wednesday evening, a little before 8 o'clock, a man came to me and asked me if I would go down to the dyer's, in King-street. That is Mr. Ellis's. I understood him to ask if a dressmaker lived there, and they said no such person was there. I went back and told him, and ho said, "I told you to ask for Mrs. For ward." I went back and asked for Mrs. Forward, and she came doWn. I asked her to put down her address and give it to me for a gentleman at the Camden Arms. She wrote it down and I gave it to him. Mrs. Forward is the person who is now lying dead. The gentleman was walking up and down when I came back, and when I gave him the address he went away. By the Jury—Ho did not sleep at the Camden Arms. Ho had a large black beard, but I do notknow whether he wore spectacles. Miss Adelaide Ellis said—l live at 38, King-street, with my father. I know Mrs. Mary Ann Jemima Forward, and have known her 13 years. Emily Sarah Francis Forward was eight years old. On Wednesday last Mrs. Forward came into my father's house and asked what the boy wanted who came for her address. She came in afterwards and said a gentleman wanted to see her at the Camden Arms. Mrs. King lived in King-street, exactly oppo site. My father went to Mrs. Forward's house and advised her to see whether it was her husband before she had an interview with him. While I was waiting to go with Mrs. Forward she came into my father's house with her husband, and she said, " I have accidentally met him in the street ; let us come in here," meaning my father's house. He said he wished her to go with him up Belmont-place, as he had something to say to her. She refused to go up Belmont place. Forward and his wife went into the parlour, and she then said to him, " Whatever you have to say you can say it before Mr. Ellis and his daughter." Forward as sented, and I asked him where he had been for the last 71- years, and he made no reply. Mrs. Forward told him what she had suffered during his cruel desertion. He said she had not suffered more than he had done. He said, "I wish to say to you, Polly, what I cannot say in tho presence of your friends." She replied, "You may say anything you like before them, for if it had not been for them I must have perished." Ile said very little, but spoke of how cruelly he had been used year; ago, and I replied that that had no thing to do with it. I begged of him that his conduct for the future would atone for the past in some way towards her. We left them alone for about a quarter of an hour, and they then came into the passage, where we met them. Mrs. Forward said, " Stephen has promised to come at eight o'clock in the morning." I said, " You'll be sure to come," and he said, " Yes, what I have said I will keep my word." They left then, and I watched her home. They were apparently on friendly terms, but he did not shake hands with her. He did not say where he was staying. He went up Bellevue-hill. On Thursday, about a quarter to eight o'clock, Mrs. Forward came over to our house, and her daughter came in soon after. Forward came in about 20 minutes past eight o'clock. He walked in. (Here the witness became very much affected, and was accommodated with a seat.) When he came in he seemed quiet. I asked him if he would have breakfast, and he said no, he had breakfasted. His wife was having breakfast. I told them then, " If you have anything to say you can go up stairs by yourselves." T hey went up stairs by themselves. Forward said, "Let the child go with us." We did not let her go then, but sent her home, and went up stairs to make the beds. Mrs. Forward sent my cousin for the child. When I came down stairs the child was at the bottom, and I told her to go up, as they wanted her. She went up, and I went into the shop. The child had not been there five minutes when I heard the report of firearms. I heard a heavy fall and a rushing to the door. I ran up stairs to see what was the matter, and I saw Mrs. Forward rolling down the four stops fronting the landing. She was bleeding frOm the head, and had been shot. I was going to take hold of the child when Forward placed the pistol close to her mouth. 1 said, " Forward, what are you doing ?" He said, "No thing." I ran down and called father. I cannot say that he fired at the child again when I took hold of her; but as I was going down stairs I heard the report of a pistol. Father was in the dye-house across the yard, and while I was going for my father I heard another report. I went and picked the child up and found she was bleeding from a wound on the head. She appeared to be bleeding from all parts of the head. She was quite dead. I took her down to the parlour and sent for Mr. Curling, a surgeon. I did not go up again for some time, but when I did I saw Mrs. Forward lying between the two windows. She was quite dead and had two wounds in her head. I did not see For ward after my father had given him into custody. By the Jury—Mrs. Forward came in yesterday to meet her husband, but she said she felt very ill. Forward had a beard and moustache when he called on Thursday morning. I heard two reports of firearms before I went up stairs. Richard Ellis said—l reside at 38, King-street. I have known Mrs. Forward 12 years, and the daughter all her lifetime. She was eight years old last July. Forward was called Stephen; that was the only name I ever heard of. He deserted his wife about eight years ago. He left her with a sick child, and promised to send her some money, but ho never did. That child died. It was before the birth of this. When I heard that an application had been made by a gentleman fo . r Mrs. Forward's address, I suspected it was her husband, and therefore watched, because I knew he would adopt any strategy to get at her. While I was looking out I saw Mrs. Forward coming along, followed by her husband. She said to me, " This is ho," and they went into my sitting-room. She began to reprove him for the troubles she had gone through since last she saw him, and then he told the troubles she had gone through. Ho said to his wife that he had something to communicate to her which he could not do before her friends. My daughter said to him that for the sake of making things comfortable wo would retire, and accordingly we went into the shop. They were together about a quarter of an hour, when he left. They were apparently on good terms, and I think he shook hands with her. He wore a beard and moustache, and a short coat. On . the following morning he came in, but did not breakfast. The witness here detailed the cir cumstance of having been called by his daughter, and what he saw on entering the house. He then proceeded—l looked round at him, and could scarcely recognise him, for he had taken off his beard and moustache. I said, " Where are your disfigurements ?" and he said, " There they are," pointing to the grate. 1 said, "No, they are not, and I in sist upon having them." He then took them out of his pocket and gave them to me. I said, "Whatever made you do a thing like this ?" but he made no reply. Presently he repeated my name three times, and said, ' , Ellis, she is better off now than ever she was. She has suffered a great deal of trouble, but now she is out of it. Had she lived she would have had more of it, for if I had returned again to London I should have been under the sentence of death for what I have left behind." I said, "What, that dear child you have murdered," and he said, " Say no more." I sent for the police and gave him into custody. I told him that my house would not let after such a thing as this, and that I should be ruined. Ho replied that he had £1,200 in the hands of some one, and that I should be reimbursed for all my loss. He made no resistance nor any attempt to escape. By the Jury—He did not say why he did not go back to London. Mr. Hicks said—l am surgeon. I was called into Mr. Ellis's house about nine o'clock on Wednesday morning. On going up stairs to the front sitting room I saw the body of a female lying on her left side quite dead. She had two wounds on the right side of the head. One was a small circular wound about a quarter of an inch in diameter, about two inches behind the ear. From that wound a small portion of brain was protruding. The other was about an inch in front of the ear in a line with the other. The right eyelid Was open and the eye was much bruised. Both wounds were about tho same size. They were gun-- shot wounds. The hair was much singed. These wounds were the cause of her death. Her death must have been instantaneous, and she must have dropped when shot, for her attitude was easy. I went into the lower room and found there the body of a child• She was fully dressed, and had a hat on. Blood was issuing in large quantities from the mouth and nose. On removing the hat there was a large wound on each side of the skull. They were gun shot wounds, and the brain was protruding in large quan tities. Those wounds were the cause of death. I saw a small pistol bullet that had been found close to the child. It had been conical, but was then flattened. The deceased were Mrs. Forward and her daughter. By the Jury—The two wounds in Mrs. Forward's head were made by two shots. It would have been impossible to have inflicted the two wounds with one shot. The two wounds on the child's head might have been caused by one shot: Police-constable Drayson said—l was called to Mr. Ellie's house about a quarter past nine on Thursday morning. When I entered the house I saw a child lying a corpse in the back room, her head all covered with blood. I went up stairs, and on the landing I saw a large pool of blood. In the room I saw the body of a woman quite dead. She was lying on her left side. I was about to take Forward into custody, when Mr. Ellis said, "Oh, policeman, take charge of these articles," and handed me the revolver, the moustache, and a pair of broken spectacles. Sergeant Per kins sent me for a doctor, and I then took Forward into custody. He was perfectly quiet. When the pistol was given to me by Mr. Ellis the barn], was warm, and there was blood on the end of it. Mr. James Levick an superintendent of the Ramsgate police. I was sent for about a quarter-past nine to Mr. Ellis's, and saw Frances Forward in the back par lour. This witness then described the scene which has been already testified to by other witnesses, and added— Before I took him into custody 1 asked him his name, and he said, " Stephen Forward, but I have lately gone by the name of Walter Southey." I then recognised him by his voice, having know him some years ago. I said, pointing to Mrs. Forward, " Who is that r and he replied, " That is my lawfully wedded wife." I asked her name, and he said, "Mary Anne Jemima Forw" He also said that her age was 35. 1 asked him whose child that was dead down stairs, and he said it was his, that her name was Emily Sarah Frances Forward, and she was eight years old. I then told him that I was going to take him into custody for the wilful murder of his wife and child, and that he need not say anything unless he wished. He said, "Mr. Levick, if you knew all ycu would not think so bad of me as it appears." On the table before him I found six ball cartridges, two pocket-book 4 a razor, some pistol-cap; a half sovereign in gold, ss. 3d. silver, and 3d. in copper. Forward had put them all out of his pocket and I made a list of them. Some one gave me a bullet, which I now produce. There was nothing in the pocket-books material to the inquest. This being the whole of the evidence, the coroner was about to sum up,' when Mr. Inspector Tanner, of the Metropolitan police force, said he was instructed by the Homo Secretary to apply to the coroner for an adjournment in this case, in order to avoid a very great difficulty they were likely to get into, and in justice to the prisoner it ought to be agreed to. Ho had a warrant for his apprehension for the murder of three children in London, and if he wore allowed to take the prisoner to London he would be tried in September next, but if committed by the coroner ho would not bo tried until March next, when the witnesses might be dead and the ends of justice frustrated; and, should he be ac quitted in September, then the coroner's warrant could bring the prisoner down here to be tried for these murders. The coroner consulted with the jury, and told Mr. In spector Tanner that ho could not comply with his request. He then proceeded to sum up. The jury retired at 13 minutes to three o'clock, and re turned into court at 10 minutes to three with a verdict of wilful murder in each case against Stephen Forward. The coroner then made out his warrant for the com mittal of the prisoner to the next gaol delivery at Maid stone. The following is the document already alluded to as having been written by the prisoner : "Police Station, Earnsgate, Aug. 10, 1865. " On Monday, 17th inst., I took three children, whom I claim as mine by the strongest ties, to Starr's coffee house, Red Lion-street, Holborn. I felt for those children all the affection a parent could feel. I had utterly worn out every power of mind and body in my efforts to secure a home for these children, also other fivo persons hopelessly dependent upon me. I could struggle roo longer, for the last support had been drawn from me. 'AIy sufferings were no longer supportable. Every last hope had perished by my bitter and painful experience of our present iniquitously defec tive social justice ; and for this I shall be charged with murder—for criminal murder as well, in the truest and strongest sense of the charge. I repudiate and deny it. I throw back the charge on the men who have, by their gross and criminal neglect, so brought about these sad and fearful crimes - on those high dignitaries of the State, the Church, and justice who have turned a deaf ear to my heart-broken appeals, and refused a fellow-help in all my frenzied efforts and my exhausted struggles—who have thereby denied the sacredness of human life, and the mu tual dependence of man—the sacred principles upon which the social system itself is based. Foremost amongst those —the Hon. Lord Dudley, the Bishop of London, Sir R. Mayne, Lord Palmerston, the Attorney-General, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Gladstone, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Ebury, the Marquis Townshend, Lord Elcho, Lord Brougham (this name was struck out), Sir E. B. Lytton, Lord Lyttel ton, Sir J. Pakington, Earl Derby, Lord Stanley, Mr. Crossley, and the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Under all the terrible run of my life I have done for the best." A NOVEL ENTERPRISE.--We read in the Toronto Globe :—" The disproportion of numbers in the male and female population of all rapidly settled new territories of the West has often been commented upon, and a large amount of gratuitous and disinterested advice has been from time to time tendered to the excessive female popu lation of eastern districts in reference to emigration. One of the results of the war in the United States has been to cause a large preponderance of single ladies throughout almost all portions of the Union east of the Rocky Mountains, and the attention of flocial economists has boon directed to the question of how such a large number of widows and orphans are to procure a comfortable living and avoid becoming burdens to the neighbourhoods in which they respectively dwell. Governor Andrew, of Mas sachusetts, in his last message to the Legislature of that State, suggested the propriety of some steps being taken in regard to the surplus women, but nothing was done. His words seem to have met with a response from the other side of the continent. In Washington territory the single men outnumber the single women by eighty to ono, there being less than one hundred single women in the do main. The authorities of that territory, having their atten tion called to the subject by Governor Andrew's remarks, have undertaken to provide a free passage and good fare from New York to Washingtonterritory for 300 widows and orphans of Union soldiers killed in the war. The Hon. A. S. Mercer, of that territory, has arrived in New York to superintend the movement and see that none but the most respectable parties avail themselves of the offer. The steamer is to sail from New York for Panama on the 22d of next month. All grown up girls and women accepting the offer are guaranteed respectable employment at $4 in gold per week, immediately on their arrival, so long as they choose to avail themselves of it. Although the voluntary transportation of 300 women from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast is but a drop in the bucket towards equalising the sexes in either portion of the country, yet it is the be ginning of a very inte res ti ng movem ent, a n d i s sufficiently extensive for experim en t a l purposes. Should it prove suc cessful, it will soon b e repea t e d on a l arger sca l e , a nd en .gaged in, not only by other Western territories at their own expense, but with the active co-operation of the States overburdened with surplus female population." EADVERTISEMENT.I.HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Painful Diseases.—Many simple maladies aro permitted to become virulent froro,..persons' reluctance to expose their infirmities to another. For rightly using Holloway's esteemed remedies no counse ll or is necessary, no advice beyond that contained in the "accompanying directions," is required. Piles, fistulas, and many other ailments which demand secresy, can be safely conducted by Holloway's ointment and pill s t o an easy and permanen t cure. They can be confid en tl y appl i ed in the most pa i n f u l , i rr it a ti ng, and dangerous d iseases. They pur if y, cool, soothe, heal, and radically cure, when any treatment short of producing those combined effects must result in unsuccessful if not disastrous consequences. The severest sufferers of every class have been restored by Holloway's ointment and pills. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The public will not have forgotten the lamentable reports which were received last year re specting the health of Father Thames. Everything about him was represented as in a state of decay, and it appeared that unless some vigorous measures were speedily taken he must soon be completely bereft alike of his beauty and of his use. A select commiteee accordingly was appointed in the course of the last session to inquire into the whole subject, and their report has just been published. The in quiry, of course, only concerned the condition of the river above Staines. Below that point the river is under the control of the Thames Conservancy Board, and is in a satisfactory state. But above Staines the river is shown by the evidence taken by the committee to be in such a disastrous condition that the necessary delay which must ensue before the recommendations of the committee can be put into effect in the ensuing session appears positively dangerous. The engineer of the Conservators of the Thames stated that there are locks on the river for the maintenance of which he could not answer for a month. It was " a miracle," we are assured, that they did not give way under the pressure of last winter's floods, and if this be so, it will be, of course, still more miraculous if they hold out through the next winter. In the event of such a catastrophe the most lamentable consequences could not fail to ensue. The navigation, of course, would be entirely stopped, but othr property besides that connected with the navigation would be seriously injured, and even life would be endangered. The neighbouring mill, for example, would be deprived of its regular supply of water, and the surrounding lands would be liable to inundation at every flood time. How imminent the danger is considered may be illustrated by the fact that the authorities of Eton College, in the neighbourhood of which i s o ne o f the most dangerous locks, thought it necessary to write in the course of last year to the Commis sioners, saying that they would hold them respon sible for any loss of .life that might happen. In the face of such a state of things some measures are absolutely essential. It is one of the first necessities in a civilised and highly-cultivated country that the great rivers should be kept sufficiently within their limits to protect the land from damage and life from danger. By the most natural and obvious arrangement it is understood that the expense of this necessary public work is supplied by the traffic which is enabled by means of it to pass along the river. The Thames Commissioners have at once the charge of keeping the stream in due order and the privilege of levying tolls upon the navigation. At the present moment, however, this arrangement has entirely broken down. The Commissioners are bankrupt, and have no means whatever of recovering their position. Since the introduction of railroads the traffic has steadily diminished, until the receipts of the Commissioners have fallen from £14,000 in 1845 to £3,000 in 1864. The money which under .successive acts of Parlia ment they raised for the construction of their works amounts to nearly £90,000, the greater part of which bears interest at 5 per cent., and the re mainder at 4i. This interest, however, ceased to be paid in full in 1852, and since 1863 no interest whatever has been paid. The creditors, in fact, consider their case so hopeless that many of them have offered to compound their claims for 2s. in the pound. Every expense has been curtailed. All the salaries of the officers have been reduced ; that of the Clerk to the Commissioners, which was once £6OO a year, is now only £l5O, and at last all the workmen have been dismissed, with the exception of the lock-keepers who have to collect the tolls, while all repairs beyond the merest patching have been omitted. Yet in spite of this ruinous economy, and the failure to pay the interest of the debt, the expenditure last year exceeded the income. Nor, if the Commissioners are left to themselves, is there any chance of their recovering their position. With their finances in such a state it is, of course, impos sible for them to think of borrowing money ; but without money the locks must sooner or later give way, and then the little traffic which still exists will disappear. Whether or not this state of things is due in any degree to bad management is not worth dis cussion, for the Constitution of the Commissioners is so unfitted for their position, and their powers are so inadequate, that it would probably have been impossible for them to avoid the ruin which has overtaken them. We have really not the space to enumerate all the persons who compose this extra ordinary Board. Occupiers and owners of land of the value of £lOO a year in the counties through which the river passes, clergymen of the bordering parishes, memb ers o f Parliament both for neigh bouring counties and for boroughs, all the heads of colleges in Oxford, deans, canons, mayors, and re corders, are combined in one heterogeneous assem blage of not less than 800 persons. They are not amalgamated even to the extent of forming a cor poration, and consequently individual commissioners may be held liable for the acts of the whole body, and the creditors are only held in check by the in credible difficulties they would encounter in recov ming money from such an impalpable body. But their most fatal incapacities are that they have no power to graduate their tolls, being compelled by their acts to charge the same toll upon all articles of merchandise ; and they have a most inadequate authority over the various interests in mills and fisheries which exist along the course of the river. The most obstructive of these interests is that of the old lockowners. Before the commissioners existed, and before the present pound or double locks were erected, it would seem that the owner of the neighbouring mill made some sort of clumsy arrangement by which he admitted boats through his weir, receiving a toll for his expense in keeping up this accommodation. In this manner there grew up along the river a number of vested interests, and in the actby which the commissioners were appointed a clause was inserted providing that the lockowners whom the commissioners would displace should con tinue to receive just the same tolls as when their locks were used. There are consequently a number of tolls on the river where there are no locks at all; the owners will not agree to any proposals for a reduction of rates, and the commissioners have no power to compel them to do so. Even though the Commissioners, therefore, could put their works in order to-morrow, they would be unable to reduce the tolls so as to compete with the railways. In short, they have no means of raising money, they have no power to adapt their regulations to the re quirements of trade, and both they and the river are in the last stage of decay. In this state of things the important question is whether, supposing a suf ficient sum of money were provided to put the works in proper condition, there is a reasonable chance, under proper management, of sufficient traffic being obtained to pay the interest of the debt and to main tain the navigation. On this point the Committee obtained very satisfactory evidence. Merchants resident at Oxford, Reading, and other points along the river assured the Committee that if the tolls could be reduced they would much prefer sending many classes of goods by water instead of rail. It would be, of course, in many cases an immense con venience to ship goods at once from the docks, or from the ships at the Pool, into barges which would convey them without further change to the place of their destination. One witness said that it cost as Much to bring the goods in London from the docks to the rail as it cost him to bring them by water to Windsor. Coals, again, it is said, are much less broken in water carriage than in the jolting of rail way journeys, and a similar reason renders water by far the best means of conveyance for all sorts of pottery ware. Water traffic, moreover, is being rendered much more certain and rapid by the in troduction of steamtugs in place of the old system of horse traction, and it is found that these little steamers may be worked without the least injury to the channel of the stream. But the evidence went not merely to show that water carriage could com pete successfully with railways, but that it had al ready done so. The Oxford Canal, in supplying the town of Banbury, has to maintain a direct com petition with both the Great Western and the Lon don and North-Western Railway Companies. Yet its manager thinks that it carries as much coal as the two railway companies together. This wit ness, indeed, states distinctly that the traffic on the Oxford Canal is larger now than it was prior to the introduction of railways, and the £lOO shares of the company have risen in the last ten years from £lO5 to £156. It is only necessary that the locks should be maintained in good order, that they should be sufficiently large, and that the tolls should be so far below the railway rates as to allow for the expense of the barges, the tugs, and the necessary attendance. There is no doubt of the possibility of this last condition being complied with if a case mentioned by the witness we have just mentioned can be quoted as an example. A private trader put a tug on the Oxford canal, and was able to take 120 tons of stone a distance of 35 miles a day at the rate of half-a-farthing a ton per mile. Under these circumstances, the committee have concluded that in order to obtain a traffic sufficiently remunerative for the due preservation of the river, it is only, ne cessary to compound for the debts and the charges to which the present Board of Commissioners are liable, to raise a sufficient sum—from £20,000 to £3o,ooo—to put the works on the river in complete order, and to place the navigation under proper management. For this purpose they recommend that the conservators of the Thames, who have already managed the lower part of the river suc cessfully, shall be intrusted also with the charge of the upper part. There seems, indeed, n o valid rea son for separati ng th e management of these two portions of the river. Their interests are identical, and the true method of managing them must be the of Trade should introduce a bill with the requisite provisions, and we can only trust that no time will be lost al the commencement of next session in passing a measure which is on every ground so urgently necessary. POST.—The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce have passed a resolution that the eminent services rendered to the mercantile community by the meteorological labours of the late Admiral Fitzroy, and the fact that he expended all his private fortune upon these and on his survey of the Straits of Magellan, call for a public acknowledgment • and that a fund be formed, to be called " The Admiral Fitzroy Testimonial Fund," to be invested on behalf of the widow and children of the late admiral. It is fitting that the great mercantile port of Liverpool should take the lead in doing honour to one to whom every shipowner in the country owes a debt of gratitude. But Admiral Fitzroy did more than save the cargoes of merchantmen from going to the bottom of the sea. He not only rendered eminent service to commerce but to humanity. He saved life as well as merchandise .from perishing at sea. But besides these services rendered to humanity and to commerce, besides the great aggregate of life and property which he was the means of preserving from destruction, there is another .consideration which should weigh with all, and which entitles Admiral Fitzroy not only to the gratitude but to the esteem and admiration of his contemporaries and of poste rity. There is a great lesson in the life of the admiral, and its moral should not be forgotten. If he had been overpaid for the work he performed the benefit of that work to mankind would have been just as great, and our gratitude would have been equally due to him. But the fact is that he, in the performanee of that work, expended all. his private fortune. His meteorological investigations, though the best known, and the most important achieve ment connected with his name, constitute after all only a portion of his life's work. He was previously engaged in the arduous labour of the survey of the Straits of Magellan, and in prosecution of this emi nently useful enterprise he expended large sums of money out of his private fortune, without which the work could not have been carried on. His labori ous life was devoted to the prosecution of enter , prises which had pre-eminently for their object the promotion of the wellbeing of mankind. There is no people in the world who will not profit by. his labours, and we, in common with other maritime Powers, must necessarily profit the most. Even had the two great works of his life been as fruitless as they have been useful to mankind, he would have been entitled to the world's gratitude for the singleness of purpose, the goodness of intention, the unwearying perseverance, the noble spirit of disin terestedness and self-sacrifice with which he followed them out, until nature broke down exhausted. A man who devotes his life to the service of his country and of the world, by prosecuting in a great measure at his own expense, and at the cost of health and life, great practical works of public utility, is not to be estimated merely by the actual amount of success he achieves. The proverb that what is well begun is half ended applies with peculiar force in a case like this. It frequently, nay generally, happens that the commencement of a great work of this kind is the most difficult part, and the most likely to break down. From the failure of him who makes the first attempt and perhaps sinks into oblivion, if not ignominy, in consequence, those who follow him learn the secret* of success, and. are able to carry out the work to its consummation. When once a new path has been struck out into an unknown country, it is a comparatively easy affair to follow it up and explore the land, even though the initiator should have perished in the first attempt. But this was not the case with Admiral Fitzroy. Though it is not for one man, nor even for a single generation, to com plete such a science as that which he has had the merit of originating, still there is no question of his success so far as he went—that is, so long as his life lasted. One of his chief merits consists in his method. To organise, to set in motion, and keep going with regularity and precision such an elaborate system of machinery, moral, scientific, and mechanical, as that with which he carried on his work, was in itself a labour of extraordinary magnitude and difficulty. Yet this was, after all, only the inferior and subordinate portion of the enterprise. There was the conception of the great ends and objects to be attained, to which this machinery was , but the means. There was the daily analysis and co-ordi nation of the scientific intelligence brought in from all points of the compass. When we come to look closely into the late Admiral's labours the more apparent does it become that a work so stupendous has hardly ever been nndertaken before by one mind. Such works as this are generally entered upon and carried out by a learned society or com mission of experts who divide the labour among them. It has been remarked that what the great national Academy had done in France, in regard to the language, had been done by one man—Dr. Johnson—in England, who produced the standard dictionary of our tongue single-handed, unpat:o nised, and unaided. What was said of Dr. John son applies to Admiral Fitzroy in respect of a work infinitely greater, whether we regard its magnitude, its laboriousness, its scientific difficulties, or its public utility. No wonder that a mind, even of the highest quality and the greatest strength, and though it were united to the most robust of physical orga nisations, should break down under the weight of labours so onerous and oppressive. And this enor mous mental strain had to be borne from day to day and from year's end to year's end. The nature of the work seems to have virtually precluded rest. There could be no more cessation from it than there could be a cessation of time or the weather itself. In this respect Admiral Fitzroy was differently cir cumstanced from what he would have been had he not been the originator of the work. He felt it to be a point of honour to keep it going. A new work is on its trial, and if the master's hand be with drawn it will break down. The chief of an old es tablished system or department has not the same de gree of responsibility, the same amount of anxiety upon his mind. The work is not his offspring, and there are others who may be able to overlook it and manage it as well as he. But this does not apply to the founder of a new enterprise. As it was, there were many critics ready to impugn the utility or accuracy, of the Admiral's labours. We do not complain of this ; criticism is necessary as the test and ordeal through which new inventions and dis coveries have to pass, and ought to have to pass ; we only mention it as among the considerations which may well be supposed to have weighed with such a man to induce him to remain at his post, and to die at it rather than quit it. •There is an infinite depth of pathos in the simple statement made by the Admiral, shortly before he succumbed under an overwrought brain, that the work whicia he could formerly do in a quarter of an hour it now took him 24 hours to accomplish. The utter break-down of a noble intellect in the public service could not be more simply, more vividly portrayed. The subject to which allusion was made in this statement of the Admiral's suggests another large department of mental labour which constituted a portion of his duties. In addition to his own observations, to the analysis and co-ordination of weather reports from' all parts of the world, and the transmission of in structions based thereon to every point on the coast, the Admiral had to conduct a scientific correspon dence with the naval authorities at all the great ports of Europe. It was in reference to one of these communications, asking for information, that Ad miral Fitzroy stated that what he could not then answer in less than a day he could once have answered in a quarter of an hour. It is an obvious remark, in the presence of these facts, to say that Admiral Fitzroy as surely died in the service of his country as Admiral Nelson. We will not institute a comparison between the labours of two men both so great in their own way; we would only indicate the point of resemblance. Each served his country, in the work he had to do, with pre-eminent zeal and success, and each stands unrivalled and alone in his own peculiar sphere. The country was not forget ful of the services of the one, and we much mis take the character of our countrymen if they do not ' show themselves equally mindful of the labours and sacrifices of the other. From the letter which we recently published from Mr. Ferguson, of Liverpool, the treasurer to " The Admiral Fitzroy Testimonial Fund," it will be seen that the resolutions passed by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce are being carried into effect, and we cannot doubt the fulfilment of the hope he expresses, that the contributions will not be confined to the mercantile community of Liverpool alone , but that they will be liberal and universal from all parts of the country. Indeed, Admiral Fitzroy's rertio is not merely English or even European — it cos mopolitan ; which is only saying, in other words, is that the utility of his labours has been and w ill be w ex o p rld eri . enc A ed par in t freovienrythceivaselnistnaeid en co ta m o m f u gr nit a y tit i n the to the r faogr a reat n p o u b b l l e i , c sbersfaaocrtiofiro,inagnd nature —for rdespect Fitzroy sacrificed not only fortune, ntry rt o ti o ne n ,bt health feelingealthand life itself, in the service of his of enlightened self-interest is an adequate. motive to gener osity in such a case as this. It p not wise and prudent, in a purely selfish point of view, to let such eminently useful public services as Adlniral Fitzroy's go wi thout some substantial recognition o n th e part of the community. He has been instrumental in already saving many lives and a large amount of property, and the beneficent work of which he is the author will go on increasing in the future. Of this fact there can be no shadow of doubt. Cham bers of commerce are not given to poetical exag geration or sentimental hyperbole, and we find a chamber of commerce at a great mercantile port de claring that the " services rendered to the mercan tile community by the meteorological labours of the late Admiral Fitzroy are eminent." it now only same. It is recommended, lastly, that the Board remains for the country to do its duty towards the Admiral as he did his in the service of the country. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL.—FI IDAY. To-day's market was numerously attended, and a large business was done in Vheat at fully 6d per cental advance on the prices of this day week. Flour in active request, and also is to 2s higher. Oats held for extreme rates, but business was limited. Oatmeal in moderate request, and. • rather dearer. Beans unchanged. DERBY-FRIDAY. Our market was moderately supplied with wheat, which sold at an advance of is to 2s per qr. A moderato quantity of grain has been secured during tho week ; the yield of wheat is irregular ; oats will not be a heavy crop. Other kinds of grain promise well. New white wheat, 46s to 52s Od ; red, 43s to 46s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, —s to —s per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 30s per 30 stone. Oath, new, 22s to 25s ; old, 25s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 43s to 445; new, 40s to 42a per 38 stone. STAMFORD.-FRIMAY. A middling quantity of wheat, which met a healthy in quiry at 2s per qr. advance on last week's prices. Barley not plentiful and prices stationary. Some samples of now barley were shown of various quality. New white wheat, 43s to 475; new red, 40s to 44s per 36 stone. Barley, mailing, 32s to 338; grinding, 28s to 30s per qr. Oats, new, 22s to 26s ; old, —s to —s per 24 stone. Beans, 40s to 42s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. WAKEFIELD.-FRIDAY. Wheat was firm to-day at 1s advance over last Friday. Moderate business done. Averages, Aug. 7 :—Wheat, 1,315 qrs, at 41s 9d ; bar ley, —, at —s Od ; oats, 250, at 24s 014. LINCOLN.-FurDAY. Not much wheat on offer. Trade healthy and fully is per qr. more money. Barley for grinding purposes met with a fair demand at former quotations. No malting. Oath at prices against the buyer. Beans at last week's prices. Now white wheat, 45s to 48s ; new red, 38s to 44s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 30s to 82s per qr ; grinding, 27s to 31. s per 80 stone. Oats, 22s to 255. Beans, 40s to 41s per qr. EDINBURGII—WEDIsTsDAY. At to-day's market supplies were fair. Wheat sold at about last week's prices. Average prices. Wheat, 42s Od I Oats, 25s 5d Barley, 29s 7d 1 Beans, 42s 9d Wheat on the top, 2s 6d clown average, is 5d up. Barley on the top, Os 6d up average, 6s 6d up. Oats on the top, is Od up average, Os id up. Beans on the top, Os 6d up average, Os 3d up. Total supply and sales. Wheat 1478 qrs sold 1123 Barley, 215 qrs sold 125 Oats 1107 qrs sold 604 Beans ll3 qrs sold 64 Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 37s 0d; extra superfine, 35s Od ; superfine, 33s Od:; fine, 31s Od. BRISTOL SUGAR-FRIDAY. There is scarcely any demand for raw or refined sugar, and very few sales have been made this week. Prices are fully 6d per cwt. cheaper. Rum is in good demand at full prices. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d. Carway and Duffryn Byass's Bebsida West Malting 24 0 Hartley l6 9 Tees Heugh Hall l9 0 Hartlepool Cassop Eden Main South Hetton Hetton .. 20 0 South Hartlepool l9 0 Kelloe Ships at market, 40 ; sold, 36. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Aug. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet Sept. 4. Ditto, by French packet Aug. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Aug. 21. China. Penang. and Singapore, via Sotchampton Aug. Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. Ditto, via Marseilles . ....Aug. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton. Aug. Ditto, via Marseilles ... Aug. 19. Mauritius, via Southampton Aug. 10. Ditto, via Marseille 3 Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Bouthamp tun Ditto, via C.:rk Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Aug. 11. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Tenerife Aug. 10. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, . _ . and Mexico Bahamas, via New Y ork. Aug. 16 Bermuda, ditto Aug. 30. Cuba and Mexico DIOCESS OF BATH AND WELLS.—The Prince of Wales's living of 'S tratton-on-the-Fosse, near From, value £ll5 per annum, with a residence, is vacant by the decease, at an advanced ago, of the Rev. James Hardy, instituted in 1858. Mr. Hardy was previously curate of the parish. VENTILATION. Gen. Morin last week read a paper to the Academy of Sciences on the ventila tion of public buildings. The fundamental principle of good ventilation, he observed, was this : To draw off the vitiated air from the stratum nearest the floor, that is, in the immediate vicinity of the persons in the room, and to admit pure air through the ceiling or apertures made in the walls close to it. In winter the air to bo introduced may be previously warmed by an apparatus placed under the roof ; but in summer considerable difficulty is en countered in lowering the temperature of the air to be admitted, since the sun having darted his rays upon the roof during the day, the space under the roof is so hot that, instead of admitting cool air, it penetrates into the building at a much higher temperature than that of the interior. General Morin has tried four different plans for cooling the air; the first consisted in making it pass through a space filled with pulverised water, that is, reduced to a sort of dust, as it were, by making two jets of water strike against each other with great violence. By this method the temperature is only lowered by two degrees, and, moreover, it would require a con siderable quantity of water and costly machinery to effect it, unless an ample water-power were at com mand. The second plan consists in making the air pass along the sides of metallic vessels containing water, which may, if necessary, be cooled with ice ; but here again there is the difficulty of giving the cooling sur faces a sufficient development, a condition which cannot easily be complied with, and which, therefore, in point of fact renders this method impracticable. The third consists in making openings on that side of the building which is never exposed to the action of the sun, while the vitiated air is drawn off through metallic tubes, the draught of which is increased by the action of the solar rays to which they are exposed. On the side exposed to the sun the windows should be closed with blinds, as in the case of skylights the glass panes may be watered outside. The fourth process will be easily applicable as soon as Paris can command abundance of water by the new aqueduct of the Dhuys. It imitates the natural effect of rain, and is very efficacious, since one cubic metre and a third per hour will suffice to water 100 square metros of roofing, which will thus be prevented from being overheated by the sun. Applied f y tain pr e e d ve a n s ts lo th ng e as from ao the n s o e n a early shines s u in the o r n themorni ng , building, it and not contained roof from getting hot, but will reduce the interior tempe ratureg te o d f tihaetebtuhiledignafrevteoryr space under the oof . cons id e rably, and cool the a i r operation of watering need not be performed for more than 60 days every year, the cost for ala o r u g l e railway station like the not Births. GREGORY. —On tho 7th inst., at 29, Eastbourne-tome° n y d. o -park W., the wife of Gasper Gregory, Esq., of a son and heir. Mounica.—On the 10th inst., at 33, Mildmay-park, D. Morrice, of a son. w E ialy.—On the 11th inst., at 63, Rutland-gate, Hyde park, the Hon. Mrs. Welby, of a son. Marriages. FENIVICK—DURANT.—On the 10th inst., at St. Saviour's, St. George's- square, John Richard Fenwick, Esq., to Louisa Mary Caroline, younger daughter of the late Sir Henry Durrant, Bart., of Scottow Hall, Norfolk. KINDON — MALLEI3ER.—On the Bth inst., at St. Matthew's, Walsall, James Kind on , E sq ., o f D u pp a ' s H ouse , Croy don, to Clara, daughter of William Malleber, of Wal sall. Deaths. Bnowma.—On the 10th inst., Thomas Browning, En ! , of Beaufoy House, Beaufoy-terrace, son of the late I‘. Browning, Esq., of Brigadier-hill, Enfield, aged 62. CLOWES.—On the 10th inst., at Froxmer Court, Worcester shire, Thos. Clowes, Esq., aged 48. PITZTIERBERT.—On the 10th inst., at Nottleworth Hall, Mansfield. Lillian Mary, daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Fitz Herbert, aged 10 years. PITTAR.—On the 11th inst., at Blackheath, John Pittar, Esq., aged 82. SPARKES.—On the 10th inst., suddenly, at Eastholme, Lee, Kent, Edward Maynard Sparkes, Esq., late Ordnance Storekeeper, aged 75. WOOD.-011 the 10th inst., at Littleton, Lady. Caroline Wood, relict of Colonel Wood, aged 84. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDE &lira • of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tnz. Sun Office, No 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Swop, in the County cf Middlcaex.•—Saturday, August 12, 1865, „ _...r - '~ ~~. ~:`.