The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-01 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. The Board of Admiralty, consisting of the Duke of Somerset, K.G., Rear-Admiral Eden, C. 8., Rear-Admiral Drummond, C. 8., and Mr. Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, M.P., accompanied by Rear-Admiral Robinson, Controller of the Navy, Captain Clarke, Director of Admiralty Engineering and Architectural Works, Sir Richard Mayne, K.C.8., and Mr. F. M. Mallalieu, Chief Commis sioner and inspecting Superintendent of the Metro politan Police, made their annual visit to Woolwich on Saturday last. The Admiralty steam yacht Encountress containing the above named officials with the Admiralty colours flying, was observed coming up the river at the early hour of 9 o'clock on Saturday morning, and was soon after made fast alongside the dockyard. Notice of their Lord ships' approach was hastily given to the Commo dore-Superintendent Dunlop, and also to Col. Max well, Commandant Royal Marines, who assembled a guard of honour of 100 men, commanded by Capt. Dclacombe, Royal Marine Light Infantry, and pro ceeded to the dockyard with the band and colours, and gave them an official reception on their land ing. After breakfast on board the Enchantress, the entire party entered the dockyard at half-past 10, and the yacht returned under orders for Ports mouth. Their Lordships commenced their inspec tion by a careful survey of Mr. Reed's ironclad steam ram Pallas, as well as the various building slips and sheds at the east end of the yard, and en tered into the question proposed for the extension of the smithies and workshops there. They then proceeded along the wharf, and inspected the gun vessel Sylvia, partially completed, but for some time not in progress, and they went over the iron clad cupola ship Prince Albert, in the inner basin, which is approaching completion. Thence they entered the factory, and witnessekthe working of Commander Scott's new wrought-iron carriage and slide, mounted with a 300-pounder ship's gun, weighing 12} tons, intended for the Pallas. After leaving the factory their Lordships and party in spected Mr. Richardson's process for using petroleum in the place of coal and other fuel for steam engines. A consultation was then held as to the expediency of obtaining a more copious supply of water to the yard, as it was stated that the supply had recently decreased. It was suggested that a well should be sunk to the depth of 600 ft., which their lordships took into con sideration. 'The board then proceeded to the Com modore's offices and received the various deputations who were desirous of memorialising their lordships for an increase of pay. The deputations consisted of representative smiths, shipwrights, joiners, saw yers, plumbers, hosemakers, painters, and labourers —the latter of whom are divided into three classes and are paid at the rate of 135., 13s. 6d., and 14s. per week only. They were all favourably received, and those who were not provided with written memorials were ordered to prepare and forward them to the Admiralty through the medium of the Commodore. The inspection having been brought to a close at 2 o'clock, their lordships and party partook of lun cheon with Commodore Dunlop, and proceeded to the Royal Marine barracks, where the entire division was drawn up and brigaded in two battalions in command of Col. Maxwell and Col. Lambrick, First and Second Commandants, Capt. Bunce, Brigade- Major. The members of the board were received by Major-Gen. Stransham, Inspector-General, and his Aide-dc-Camp, Capt. Travers ; Col. Langley, De puty-Ad jt.- Gen. ; Dr. Salmon, Superintendent of the Infirmary; Major Watson, paymaster; Captain Al' earthy, barrack-master ; the Rev. J. C. Connolly, 8.A., and the entire staff of the division. After the usual formalities of reception the battalions marched past in divisions. Their clean and soldierly appearance and the remarkable efficiency of theirmovement were specially commented on by the various members of the board, and the Duke of Somerset remarked to General Stransham that " their marching past was superior to anything he had yet seen." After perform ing the National Anthem by the full band the men were dismissed. The board then proceeded to an inspection of the new recreation rooms, erected in rear of the barrack quarters, the largest of which is 70ft. in length, 35ft. wide, and 16ft. high. The building, in addition to its containing numerous offices for the men's accommodation, is provided with a musketry instructor's and lecture room. Their lordships next visit was to the gun drill bat tery, in command of Capt. Carrington, where on their entrance the men incnediately beat to quar ters, and began to load and run out the guns ready for action. The port side of the battery is.manned with the old 32 pounder smoothbore guns, and the starboard side with 40 pounder Armstrong shell gun. These were manceuvrcd with great facility, exhibiting a high state of drill on the part of the gunners. After witnessing various other perfOrm ances, such as handspike drill, removing trucks, and practising the providingof new ones, which may be required in the case of their being shot away, &c., their lordships entered the hospital for seamen and marines, which they inspected throughout. They found that the division was exceedingly healthy. The wards are adapted to accommodate 350 patients, and in case of emergency a still greater . number. At the present moment out of 1,700 marines only 84 are in the infirmary, which was remarked by the Board as a most favourable proof of the wellbeing and sanitary state of the division. Their lordships were informed that as regards the discipline of the corps and the breach of military duties there were no complaints, and that the cells were without an inmate. Their lordships having congratulated Col. Maxwell and his officers, and thanked them for their attention, left by rail at 4.15 for London. At 7 o'clock, after the departure of the Board, the Artil lery Volunteer Brigade assembled in marching order in the dockyard, in command of Major Piers, com mandant, and went through their annual inspec tion by Col. Evan Maberley, C. 8., Royal Artillery. After the inspection they were joined by a corps of rifles, in command of Major Thorpe, from the Royal Arsenal, and a storming and defence of the battery wall defending the dockyard from the river front -vas carried out - with considerable efficiency and spirit. The storming party in pinnaces on the river were aided by the blue jackets and the broadside guns on board the Fisgard. At the conclusion of the proceedings Col. Maberley complimented tho corps, and told them that he had seldom seen manceuvres better carried out. Before their dis missal Mrs. Piers presented the corps with a valu able silver challenge vase, value, 25 guineas. AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS. The week - week opened with a showery and dull day, anal_ in some near localities rain fell heavily in the afternoon and also at night. Monday was a close, warm day, after the rain in the previous night. Wind ranged f rom N.E. to W. ' • thermometer 72 degrees, baro meter 30.20 inches. Tuesday was a hot, forcing day ; windN to E • thermometer 75 degrees ; baromet er rising, already . 30.30 inches; with early barley, oats, and- Tdavera wheat going on cuffing in all forward districts. Our advices from the West Riding of Yorkshire of that date state :—" Since Friday the weather has been close and sultry, with but little rain in this neighbourhood. continue to advance fa vourably The crops generally towards maturity, and the cutting of oats will be soon commenced among the poor, thin soils, for which the showers came too late. Barley, too, on the hilly ground, is changing• colo ur in patches. Beans continue to look well, and if corned in pro portion to early peas will prove a fair crop in this district." Another account says :—" Since I wrote you on Friday night, the weather has been very close and forcing, with plenty of sun, and now and then a few showers. Several fields of oats are now cut ting round us, and some fields of barley will be. ready on Monday. Wheat is not so forward, and will not be ready for the reapers before Monday week, and then only in the early districts." From Norfolk —" The weather to-day is hot and forcing ; on Sa turday we had a heavy rain. Harvest will be gene ral in from seven to ten days." From Lancashire it was remarked—" With fine hot, forcing weather, in succession to the rains of last week, grain crops press on to an immediate maturity. In many districts par tial cutting of oats and barley has commenced, and ten days or a fortnight hence will probably sec us in the midst of wheat harvest. There are complaints of the laying of wheat and barley by heavy rains and storm; but should the weather henceforth prove favourable, quality will be obtained this season, however the quantity as a whole may prove. Our previous accounts of a short yield in France are fully confirmed this week ; and those from America are of a less favourable character in some extensive districts as regards the wheat crop ; prices as well as rates of freight having simultaneously advanced, I so as to render the execution of British orders for the moment impracticable." From the East Riding of Yorkshire it was : " The weather still continues very hot, and harvest is now rapidly approaching ; with a continuance, reaping will commence in this district in about a week from this present time on some of the earlier patches, but in the southern counties farmers are already 'at harvest work." From Lynn : " The weather to-day is hot and forcing; on Saturday we had a heavy rain. Harvest will be general in from seven to ten days." From Newcastle : " The weather was wet on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday_ afternoon some more rain fell ; since then it has been fine and hot. Wind south and south-west ; to-day north-east." From Liverpool : " In the early part of the week we had some rough weather, with occasional heavy rains, yet these have been considered more beneficial than otherwise to the grain and root crops generally. Brilliant weather is the reason of small operations to-day." Wednesday was a splendid day—hot and very forcing. Wind, N.E. ; thermometer, 75 de grees ; barometer, 30.50 inches. Further advices state : " Through West Lancashire and West Cheihire the farmers are busy cutting oats, barley, and wheat—rather early for us." From Glouces tershire our advices say : " The weather is all that can be desired for the growing crops. Wheat cut ting has commenced, and will be very general in the district by the, end of the week." The weather on the east and west coast of Scotland was re reported to be remarkably. fine for the crops, which were progressing favourably. Two or three samples of new wheat appeared at at Bury St. Edmund's, but from the incessant rains of Friday and Saturday last, followed by the intense heat of the past three days, they appeared to be much injured in colour. On that day it was re marked from Nottinghamshire :—" The weather during the past week has been hot and forcing, and the growing crops are being pushed on rapidly to maturity. Reports respecting the wheat crops are for the most part satisfactory ; indeed, upon the heavy soils it is looking very well, while on thelight and thin soil it varies. Barley is coining on exceed ingly well and will soon be ready to cut. Oats will not produce an average. Beaus and peas are very well spoken of. The root crops and pastures have been greatly benefited by the late rains." Tuesday was a hot sultry day, the thermometer at one time regis tered 80 degs. in the shade—was thick and threaten ing ; but towards the evening a little wind sprang up, and blowing from the north it becalm cooler and clearer. Most probably a storm had been experienced at no great distance, of which, however, we have not seen any account. From the east part of Berkshire our information runs—" The harvest progressing favourably with this splendid weather, and now I give you what I consider a fairstatement of the crops. Wheat nearly an average quality variable. S evera l pieces have ripened too quickly, and consequently w ill be thin and hard. Barley a fair crop, but of very inferior quality. Spring oats very bad, but winter oats good. Beans and peas good. Mangel-wurzel fair. Swedes have been much eaten by the grub and other insects, consequently theplantis thin. Turnips promise fairly." Friday was a fine day, not so hot ; wind N.W., thermometer 74 deg., barometer 30.20 in. From the W est Riding it was observed, " Since Tues day the weather has continued dry, but the tempe rature is much lower to-day. Reaping of oats has commenced where the crops are light, and will soon be followed by the cutting of barley and wheat, if the weather keep dry and sunny." From Devonshire it was observed :—" Harvest is progressing favour ably ; cutting corn is general} and in another week, with settled weather, cutting will be general. It will require another week or two to speak with confi dence as to the yield and quality ; but I am inclined to think it will be fair, if not heavy." Saturday was a very fine harvest day, and on the Whole during this week much - work leas' been accoulplished, -whit° new grain may be expected to appear as soon as the farmers can spare time to thrash it out, and the machines will forthwith be in great requisition.— Mark-lane Kipre.v. The Execution of Mrs. Surratt. (Frwn the Times Corespondent.) PH I LADELPHIA, July 17. Nothing at present excites deeper interest in Ainezica than the case of Mrs. Surratt, who was hanged for alleged complicity in Mr. Lincoln's assassination. The people almost universally are approaching the belief that she was innocent, and the weight of testimony in her favour is so strong that Secretary Stanton and his advisers, who urged her speedy execution, and President Johnson, who permitted it, must before this have felt the deep responsibility that rests upon them. Even Welch man, the principal Government witness against her, the man who was permitted, with the knowledge of the War Department, to remain in her house, and watch the gradual unfoldings of the plot which he says was concocted there, without making an effort to save the President, has printed a statement, for the purpose of exonerating himself, in which he says he had no positive knowledge of Mrs. Surratt's guilt, that he only judged by circumstances, and that he thinks what he heard in the house will at least bear him out in proving Mrs. Surratt's con nexion with the plot to abduct the President, if she had nothing to do with the murder. In a matter of life and death, had the trial been in a civil court, such testimony as this never could have convicted Mrs. Surratt. John P. Brophy, a resident of Wash ington, has made an affidavit impeaching Welch man's testimony at the trial ; hinting that he was paid for it, and that he coloured it in order to save his place in the War Department, and detailing many circumstances showing Weichman's tendency to falsify matters. Payne, just before he was hanged, told the Catholic clergymen who attended Mrs. Sur ratt that she was an innocent woman, and General Hartrauft, who had charge of the prisoners, wrote to the President a short time before the execution : " The prisoner Payne has just told me that Mrs. Sur ratt is entirely innocent of the assassination of President Lincoln, and of any knowledge thereof. He also states that she had no knowledge whatever of the abduction plot, that nothing was ever said to her about it, and her name was never mentioned by the parties connected therewith. I be lieve that Payne has told the truth in this matter." This letter, with a similar one written by one of the Catholic priests, was sent to the president by a messenger on the morning of the execution, but it did no good. During all the time between the pro mulgation of the sentence of the Court and the exe cution, Mrs. Surratt declared herself innocent to every person who visited her. No less than ten dif ferent persons who saw her make statements to this effect. Her confessor on the scaffold says she wished to tell the people she was innocent, but it would have been useless, and her last words to him were, " I am innocent, but God's holy will be done." Mrs. Surratt was but an ordinary woman, and had the crime' charged against her been an ordinary one, she l e v ry h tl e Nvould have left the earth with scarce a pitying tea r; but so enormous i s the offence laid on her shoulders that n iiii t g he eo p n a n ss e i c e t h e s d with itthhe hour case r inte rest. ev ura is of e sh e will gone will mo s t probably be ., found an innocent woman, the victim o f the exe l l . i e e n r ie b nt of the times, turned with full fury ag a i nst those in po wer . It i s stated that Secretary Stantony would not permit spiritual advisers to attend her until they promised they would not on the scaffold proclaim their belief in her innocence, and the clergymen have prepared affidavits to that effect. One of these statements is that the Rev. Father Walter went to the War -office to procure a pass to see Mrs. Surratt, but the Sec retary being out General „ Thrdie, an assistant adju tant-general, promised to send it to Father Walter's house. It was accordingly sent, being signed "by order of the Secretary of War" by General Hardie . In the course of conversation with the messenger who brought it the Father happened to say he be lieved Mrs. Surratt innocent. The statement then continues : "In half or perhaps an hour afterwards, General Hardie himself called at thezesidence of Father Walter, and after some irrelevant conversation, said—' Father Walter, you made quite an impression on the mind of my messenger in regard to the execution of Mrs. Surratt; to which Father Walter remarked that he was firmly impressed with her entire innocence. Gen. Hardie then said, 'Father Walter, the pass you have will not admit you to the military prison to-morrow, because it is not signed by the Secretary of War. I want you to make mo a promise to say nothing of Mrs. Surratt's innocence, and I will give you the necessary pass.' Father Walter, naturally indignant, immediately re fused to accede to Gen. Hardie's demand, giving him to understand, in the plainest kind of language, that no offi cial, civil or military, could enforce his silence on this point; and remarking that he knew under whose authority he (Gen. Hardie) was acting. Gen. Hardie, a converted Ca tholic, by the way, then said, patronisingly, that as yet there were no charges lodged against him (Father W.) at the War Department, to which the latter rejoined that he might tell his master, Stanton, that he conscientiously be lieved Mrs. Surratt guiltless ; that he should proclaim his belief, and that the War Department might hang him if it thought proper. Gen. Hardie was about to go without giving Father W. the pass, when the latter said, General Hardie, I cannot suffer Mrs. Surratt to die without admi nistering the sacrament. I say ' Yes' to your proposition —give me the pass.' Gen. Hardie then drew from his pocket a pass duly filled up, and signed by Edwin M. Stanton, admitting him (Father W.) to the prison until after the execution." The great trial as it passes into history of course gives rise to many a capital romance, and in all parts of the country novel writers are hard at work constructing plots upon it. The first book of the kind is announced in Baltimore in the following astounding style :-- "Ready, Tuesday, Julyll.—Attention is called to a work entitled ' The Parricides, or the Doom of the Assassins, the Authors of a Nation's Loss.' By E. Z. C. Judson, alias Ned Buntline. It is a complete history of the conspiracy to assassinate the President, introducing all the assassins and conspirators. The death sceno, Booth's antecedents, love, desperation, and death; the militai y execution of Harold, Payne, Atzorott, and Mrs. Mary E. Surratt. Truthful, wild, and fearfully exciting. It will be road by everybody. For sale by Henry Taylor and Co., Sun Iron Building, Baltimore." SUMMER ASSIZES. ---- HOME CIRCUIT.-CROYDON, July 31, The commission for the county of Surrey was opened to-day in this town. The gaol calendar is not heavy. Thero are about 20 persons for trial, and with the excep tion of two charges of manslaughter, the cases do not ap pear to be of a serious character. The cause list will not be published until to-morrow (Tuesday) morning, but although, as is usual at the Surrey Summer Assizes, there will, no doubt, be a great many causes entered, the great majority of them will eventually be either withdrawn or settled. At the assizes at this place in 1863 the courts sat more than four weeks, but it is anticipated that on the pre sent occasion the business will not last more than a fortnight. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.-CAMBRIDGE, July 31. Her Majesty's judges of assize came from Huntingdon on Saturday, and the Lord Chief Baron opened the com mission. There arc 15 prisoners for trial and seven causes, of which three aro to be decided by special juries. CROWN COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) George Cox, a shepherd, was charged with stealing 20 sheep, the property of his master; William W. Asplen, of Cherry "lintel,. Mr. Naylor appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Cockerell defended the prisoner. The prisoner was to have been tried at the last quarter sessions, but upon the motion of his counsel the trial was postponed. At the Spring assizes held at Huntingdon this Year, the prisoner was tried for stealing 20 sheep, the pro perty of a Mr. Reynolds, and acquitted. The facts of the ease really are that the sheep the subject of that indict ment were used to replace 20 sheep missed from Mr. Asplen's flock, for on Mr. Reynolds selecting and identify ing the sheep it was found that 20 of Mr. Asplen's were Missing. The defence upon that occasion was that the sheep being in fields near Mr. Asplen's farm had got mixed with his flock. What had become of the twenty missing was a mystery. Since the former trial inquiries hair° been made, and to-day witnesses were called who bought of the prisoner in November last four sheep, and another witness proved buying five of him in December. This leaves 11 unaccounted for, and as the master, Mr. Asplen, swore that the nine sheep were sold without his knowledge or authority, and that he was never told of the sale, the case for the prosecution was that they formed part of the 20 stolen from him. The prisoner contrived to get rid of three of the sheep by driving 13 to market instead of 10, as ordered by his master. One of the sheep he sold was dis eased, and the man who bought it on cross-examination said ho bought it cheap, and sent it to Newgate-market for sale. The usual price, he said, for good mutton was Bd. per lb., bat for this ho could only get 6d. - After hearing the summing up of the learned judge, the jury convicted the prisoner. 'Sarah Tinmis, a r:spectable-looking woman, 65 years of age, was charged with feloniously setting tiro to the dwel- ling-house of Jane Brimley, at IVhittlesea, in the Isle of Ely, on the 12th April last. Mr. O'Malley, Q.G., and Mr. Markt)) , appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Naylor defended the prisoner. The fire took place about half-past 4 in the afternoon, and was discovered by some children at play. Smoke was seen issuing front the roof of the cottage in the occupation of the proseeutrix, and the mother of the children who gave the alarm took some water, threw it on the burning thatch, and at once put out the fire. Pulling out a piece of the thatch a knife and a piece, of old rag fell to the ground, and is the rag some red hot cinders were found. The rag was smouldering and was immediately put in water, by which means the pattern on the rag was preserved. That the fire was caused by the cinders and rag was unquestionable, and the police endeavoured at once to find who had such .rag. After visiting several cottages they came to the prisoner's, and in a box in a back room they found some correspond ing exactly in pattern, texture, &c., as they conceived with that taken front the burning thatch. The case rested en tirely upon this circumstance and the identification of the rag, and after several witnesses had been called the learned judge said he did not think any person ' ought to be con victed upon such bare evidence. Ile then directed the jury to acquit the prisoner. NISI Pnms. (Before Lord Chief Justice Erie.) The first case tried. was by a common jury. MARSHALL V. MURRELL. Mr. W. Cooper and Mr. Cockerell were for the plaintiff ; Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and Mr. Markby for the defendant. 'The case presented no feature of interest, and was simply a 4uostion as to whether the defendant owed anything for limq supplied to him by the plaintiff. The defendant's case was that the plaintiff had the use of the kilns on condition that he supplied him with what limo he required. Wit nesses were called on both sides, who contradicted each other, and ultimately the jury found a verdict for the do fendau FIT ZJORN V.. BRIDGE.-ACTION FOR SLANDER. Mr.Aeane and Mr. Metcalfe were for the plaintiff, and Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and Mr. Merewether for the defendant. The slander imputed misconduct and felony to the plain tiff, a butcher in Whittlesea, where the defendant was also living, and in the same line of business. After the examination of the plaintiff his lordship sug gested that a juror should bo withdrawn, a course at once acceded to by the counsellor the defendant, who also with drew all imputations,- and apologised fully. WESTERN CIRCUIT—EXETER, July 31. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) Robert Henry Knowles was indicted for the manslaughter of Mr. Phillimore, at Slapton, on the Bth April. Mr. Kars lake, Q.C., and Mr. Holdsworth prosecuted ; Mr. Cox de fended the prisoner. The prisoner had been arraigned for wilful murder, but the grand jury bad ignored the bill, and found one for manslaughter. The deceased had lived at Slapton, near Knightsbridge, South Devon, for nearly eight years. He was the owner of the Good Intent, and had a share in the Ranter, two fishing smacks. The prisoner was one of the hands who were to work the nets. The prisoner did not go out with the Ranter on April 8, and on his com ing into Mr. Phillimore's house in the evening his master asked him the reason. Prisoner replied, "Because I did nut feel disposed to go." Mr. Phillimore told him ho was nothing but an idler, and refused prisoner some cider which he hail asked for. As Knowles was leaving, deceased rose and fol lowed him to the back door. Knowles turned and struck deceased a blow, which was returned. A man, named Cob, put prisoner out of the house, but he returned, and had a scuffle with Cob, prisoner stabbing him with a knife in his leg, which laid him up six weeks. The deceased came to Cob's assistance, and the prisoner stabbed bins in the thigh so severely that he died that night from the loss of blood. Mr. Cox ably addressed the jtiry for the prisoner, but the jury found him Guilty, and his lordship sentenced him to 15 years' penal servitude. NORTHERN CIRCUIT-MANCHESTER, July 31 These assizes commenced this morning at 10 o'clock, before Mr. Justice Smith in the Crown Court, and Mr. Baron Bramwell on the Civil Side. In ciarging the grand jury the judge said ho was glad on this, his first appearance in that magnificent hall, to state that the number of prisoners, considering the dense and mixed population of the hundred, was not largo, and that there was no crime of special enormity ; still there were some serious cases which would require careful attention. There were several of homicide, and in three of thorn bills for wilful murder would be set up. In two of these cases the quality of the offence would be the chief question in considering whether the evidence supported the charge of murder, or whether there were circumstances which reduced the offence to manslaughter. There was no case of homicide where the motive appeared to have been gain; all had proceeded from passion and the roused and angry feelings of the perpetrators. The first case was that of Michael Giblin, alias Michael Kevlin, charged with the murder of Fanny Connor, who for ten years. had lived with him as his wife. She left him far man named Parr, with whom she had been for a few days, when one evening the prisoner found them together in a brothel. The prisoner stabbed Parr in the arm with a knife, and Parr escaped. The prisoner then took up a poker and beat his wife about the head, inflicting injuries which caused her death, a few days later, in the Infir mary. If the jury thought the prisoner went to the house with any deliberate intention to kill his wife, of courso there was no doubt the offence was murder ; but, if ho was provoked by sudden passion, upon seeing her with another man in such a place, and by seeing that man escape, and then in hot blood committed the deed with an instrument not necessarily one which would cause death, those matters would have to be considered in coming to g a conclusion as to whether it was a crime of murder or not. According to the woman's dying statement, the prisoner had threatened to give her a licking if ever she went with Parr. The immediate cause of the woman's death was pleurisy ; but if it was brought on by exhaustion from loss of blood from the blows, the jury must consider that the cause of death was really the violence inflicted by the pri soner. There was another case, in which James Kelly was charged with the murder of his wife. No doubt he caused her death by cutting her throat. It was a most sad and singular story. The huSband and wife had lived together upon perfectly good terms ; there seemed to be no motive whatever for the act, and the prisoner was clearly in a morbid state of mind. He and his wife had before contem plated self-destruction together. He on one occasion made an effort to strangle his wife, and he had actually spoken of this to a neighbour, and showed the marks upon her neck, and yet continued to live with him. Ono night he rose suddenly, beat his wife's head against the stairs, and then cut her throat. There would be no difficulty in coming to the conclusion that James Kelly caused his wife's death ; but the question undoubtedly would arise as to whether the man was in his right mind. The question, however, as to the state of the man's mind had better be left for discussion before the petty jury. In another case Edward Hague and Robinson Jewett were charged with causing the death of William Mellor. They were committed for murder, but a grave question arose as to whether the evidence would support such a charge. There was on the day of election at Oldham some affray between parties wearing opposite colours. The two pri soners wore on the one side ; the deceased was in the crowd on the other, but certainly did not appear to have been taking any part in the affray. There was very strong evidence that the deceased was very savagely kicked by Hague, but there was loss evidence that Jewett joined in the attack. These kicks were the cause of death ; and the deceased was kicked about the body in various places after ho was down. Undoubtedly, there was general fighting going on, and the men were in hot blood at the time of the election. No weapons of any kind were used, and, although the kicks were violent, they were not probably intended to do any serious bodily harm, or to have resulted in the death of the person attacked. If the jury thought the blows were given in hot blood, and not with any intention to do grievous bodily harm, or cause death, they would probably think the crime was reduced to manslaughter. There were some other cases of manslaughter, but none of so serious an aspect. There were two cases of death said to have arisen from negligent driving. In one case a child two years old was run over, and in the other an old man 72 years of age. In the case of the child it was said that the carter, instead of being with his horses, was at the tail of the cart ; that the leading horse, in consequence, knocked down the poor child; and that the wheel went over it. If the jury were satisfied the child's death was caused by culpable negligence, the prisoner was gulty of manslaughter. In the other case, James Turner was driving a spring cart at a rapid rate through the street, some other persons being in the cart. It was suggested that the prisoner was drunk at the time. The old man knocked.down was very infirm, almost blind, and very deaf. Here again the jury would have to consider whether the deceased met with his death on account of the culpable negligence of the driver. In another case of manslaughter, Joseph Wagstor was charged with killing his mother-in law. This certainly was a slight case. The mother-in law received a kick which was intended for the prisoner's wife, in a quarrel between them. The mother-in-law stepped in to separate them, and received the kick in the lower part of her person. She thought nothing of it at the time, but it became serious, and she died in consequence. The act of the prisoner was unlawful, and although the kick was not intended for the.mother-in-law, if death resulted from it, it was manslaughter. There was another case dif fering in circumstances, but not unlike it in quality. It was a rather singular case. A barber named James Royle had some quarrel with his wife in his own shop, and took a kettle of boiling water off tho fire and threw it at his wife. The poor child was looking in at the window. The kettle missed the wife, went through the window, struck the child, and killed it. The prisoner, being at the time in the commis sion of an unlawful act, was criminally responsible for the act. There was another class of case which, it was to be re gretted, assumed in many instances a serious form. There were several cases of rape. One was a gross and shocking case, in which a woman was attacked by 10 men in succession. Five prisoners—lads varying from 15 to 17 years of age, were committed on the charge, the other five, who were older men, had not been apprehended. It was lamentable to find that none of these five lads could read or write, except one, who could only do so imperfectly. Such a case might be appealed to as showing the advantages of educa tion, because ono could hardly conceive that, if these boys had received any education at all, they would have been found committing such a brutal act. Ono of the number, at least, must have had sufficient control to prevent him self, and, perhaps, his companions, from committing so serious an offence. Tho woman appeared to have been overpowered, but there was nothing but the extremely shocking nature of the case calling for remark. There were several burglaries upon the calendar. The only other case calling for remark was ono of abduction, in which a married man was charged with taking from her father's house a girl under the age of 16. The jury must be satisfied that the ago was under 16, and that she was taken from her father's care or custody. It was not necessary that tho girl should have been taken from her father's house, or that force should have been used. If she was taken merely from persuasion, it was still abduction. The consent of the girl was quite Tho trials were then proceeded with. The cases tried to-day possessed but little interest it either court. Serious Election Riots at Maidenhead. MAIDENHEAD, Monday. This morning, at the Town-hall, before Mr. J. Smith. the mayor, and Messrs. J. Higgs, W. Stephens, and J. Golden, the sitting borough magistrates, the rioters incul pated in the alarming disturbances which took place in this borough on the occasion of the polling for the six candi dates, Mr. Benyon, Col. Loyd Lindsay, Mr. J. Walter, Lord Uflington, Mr. Bouverie, and Sir Chas. Russell, at the recent Berks election, were brought up for examination. The proceedings naturally excited the greatest interest in the town, and the hall was thronged with an audience principally consisting of the labouring classes, while eager groups were stationed outside the building awaiting the decision of the magistrates. The proceedings commenced at ten o'clock, the first de fendant . have been indicted by Mr. Superintendent Ire monger, on behalf of the Berks constabulary (several of whom had been seriously injured in the riot), under the Ist and 2d William IV., cap. 41, sec. 11,which empowered the bench to inflict a penalty of £2O, or a certain amount of imprisonment. Henry Grockford, a slim, respectable-looking young man, described as a shoemaker, was charged with having as saulted and beaten Police-constable Alfred Aldworth, of the Berkshire constabulary, whilst in the execution of his duty, on the 20th of July. - The defendant pleaded not g u ilty. . _ _ . _ POlice-constable Alfred Aldworth, of the Berkshire con stabulary, said ho remembered the 20th July, he being on duty in the town of Maidenhead, under the command of Superintendent Iremonger. There was a great disturb ance in the town, and some 400 or 500 people, were near the Bear. Suddenly he received a severe blow on the side of his head, caused by a stone being thrown at him. He put his hand to his head and found the blood running from it. At the time he had his hat on, and the stone struck on the right side of the head, above the brim of his hat. He did not quite lose his senses, but while he was turning away to go home Henry CroCkford was pointed out by Mr. Savage as the man who had thrown the stone. Crockford was close by, and heard what was said. Mr. Iremonger, on account of the injury, allowed him to go home at once and have his head dressed. He was put on the sick list, on which he remained till Friday, tho 29th July. He saw Crockford, who appeared sober, in the crowd. Many of the windows in the Boar had then boon broken. He was at the door of the inn. By the Prisoner—He saw him hi the crowd after he had been struck, but had not noticed him before. Mr. Superintendent Iremonger, of the Berks constabu lary, said he saw the prisoner on the day in question by the side of the last witness, near the Bear. He had just turned to give some instructions, when he saw the stone(produced) —it weighed nearly a pornd, and was covered with blood) strike him on the head, when the blood spurted out. Ald worth staggered after the blow, and witness told him to go home and take care of himself. Witness saw Dr. Plumbe, and requested him to attend him. Aldworth was on the sick list from the 20th to the 29th. Mr. John Savage, of Bridge-street, Maidenhead, deposed that he was near the Bear on the evening in question, at about 7 o'clock, when there was a great disturbance and many people there. They seemed to bo kicking up a bother and sumo of the windows in the Boar had been broken. Ho saw Crockford standing on his left, close to him. Ile lifted up his hand and threw a stone, which caught police constable Aldworth on the head. As soon as tho police man was struck he pointed Crockford out as the man, and witness said then, " I can swear that it was you who threw the stone." Prisoner said, "Can you swear it was me ?" and witness answered " Yes," upon which Crockford brought several men to fight him. The stone was thrown sideways from the Bear. By the Prisoner—He was about .a foot from him at the time. After he threw the stone witness went to a police man, when some of the blood fell on his hand, and he then told him it was prisoner. No one told him that he had not thrown the stone. Police-constable Aldworth, in answer to the prisoner, said ho did not think that Savage walked up the street with him. Sergeant Borlaso, of the Berks constabulary, said ho was on duty in front of the Bear Hotel between 6 and 7 on the evening of the 20th July. There was a great mob of people there. Ho was with Police-constable Aldworth at the front entrance, and his attention was drawn to the defendant, who was then in the street. He saw Crockford put his hand into his right-hand pocket, and in his left he had a white pocket-handkerchiei. Ho kept throwing at the police four or five times. He saw him distinctly. Witness called Finch and asked his name, andhe said it was Henry Crock ford. Aldworth was on the left and witness on the right. He saw the defendant throw a stone, which struck Ald worth on the head, who, had ho not been supported, would have fallen to the ground. Ho heard Mr. Iremonger order the latter to the station. Prisoner, in defence, denied the charge, and called wit nesses in his behalf. The magistrates then retired, and after some little deli bdration returned into court, when the Mayor having com mented upon the serious nature of the offence, inflicted upan Crockford a penalty of £5, with 12s. 6d. costs, or the alternative of one month's imprisonment. David Woodford, of Boyn-hill, Maidenhead, labourer; Thos. Huse, jun., of Bray, Berkshire, labourer ; and Chas. Boto, Cookham, bricklayer, were then charged with assault ing and beating Police-constable Holdway, one of the Mai denhead police, on the day of the riot. These cases were of a similar nature to the foregoing. Evidence having been heard— The magistrates again adjourned, and on taking their seats once more in court fined Woolford £2 and 12s. 6d. costs, and discharged Ruse and Boto. John Green, Cookham, labourer, was then charged with assaulting Mr. Inspector M`Gra,w, of the Maidenhead police, on the same day. The evidence in this case was of the same description as in the others. Tho Bench fined the defendant ls., with 9s. 6d. costs. Henry Matthews, Maidenhead, carpenter, Joseph 'Gill, Maidenhead, labourer, William Montague, Maidenhead, labourer, Charles Pearce, Maidenhead, labourer, George Winn, Maidenhead, labourer, George Burnham, Bray, bricklayer, and Michael Saunders, Maidenhead, labourer, were all charged with damaging the premises of Charles Symonds Hooper, to the amount of £2, by breaking the windows of the Bear Hotel. Geo. Burnham and Michael Saunders were also charged with having incited the crowd to riot. The whole of the defendants, who were ranged in a row in front of the bench, pleaded not guilty to the indict. - nent. Mr. Superintendent Iremonger said on the 20th July he saw George Winn throw two or three times at the windows of the Bear Hotel, and the stones broke several. He like wise saw Pearce break a pane by throwing a stone through a window. Pearce owned breaking one. He identified William Montague, who had broken a square of glass iu the parlour window by throwing a stone through it. He heard Burnham telling the crowd to go in and bring Cannon out. They were breaking the windows. He called out and said Cannon had knocked him down, and twisted his fingers in his hair. With respect to Saunders, some one knocked him down without any provocation. Mr. Inspector M'Graw deposed that on the day of the riot he saw Gill throw three or four stones at the windows. Ho would swear that ho broke ono. Cannon knocked Burnham down, and witness tried to persuade the latter to go away. Burnham was calling out, "retch him out." Witness told him not to incite the mob, as Cannon had gone, but Burn ham said, " We'll have him out." Sergeant Borlase deposed that on the day of the riot ho saw Burnham standing two or three yards from the door of the hotel inciting the mob to "Give it the police ;" " Pull the house down ;" and "Bring out Cannon ;" and they were breaking the windows. By Burnham—Defendant Said, "Pull the house down ;" " Give it Cannon." Mr. Hooper, landlord of the Bear note], said on the 20th July, a great many panes of glass were broken by the mob. The smaller ones would cost 2s. each to replace, and the larger ss. On the defendants being asked what they had to say in answer to the charge, Gill said nothing in defence, Montague denied breaking any glass, Pearce said he was out of the "bother" all day, and Winn that ho was not aware that ho had thrown any stone; and did not think he was drunk. Burnham stated that Mr. Cannon threw him on his back twice, and he hal looed "Turn the Bisham Bull out." After some chaffing Cannon had knocked him over. This being the last batch of rioters for examination, the magistrates decided upon discharging Matthew's and Saun ders, while Montague was fined 55., 2s. for damage, and 9s. 6d. costs ; Gill 55., 2s. damages, and 9s. 6d. costs ; Win; 55., 4s. damages, and 9s. 6d. costs ; Burnham, 10s., and Os. Gd. costs. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—Now that the American war is fairly over the inihd of the nation rebounds with charac teristic elasticity towards those pursuits of trade and commerce with which it has so materially interfered. A Convention has just met at Detroit to deliberate on the questions raised by the prospective determi nation of the Reciprocity Treaty with Canada. Delegates from the American States interested in the navigation of the St. Lawrence, from Canada., and from the Lower British Provinces, met together in a spirit of friendliness and goodwill to discuss this all-important question. It was entangled with every possible difficulty, and, as is usual iii America, every conceivable effort was made to turn the occasion to account and extract from it some modicum of politi cal capital. The Convention met nominally for the purpose of deciding whether the Reciprocity Treaty ought to be renewed or no, but when the question came to be discussed it involved in it many other matters which would not at first sight appear to be relevant. The Reciprocity Treaty was not merely an agreement between two countries to receive in their respective markets certain commodities, the produce of their labour, without the payment of any duty ; it was also an agreement to give to' the Americans and Canadians interchangeably the navi gation of the St. Lawrence and the great Lakes, and to admit American fishermen to share in the sea fisheries of Great Britain. Thus, in the negotiation of a new Reciprocity Treaty is involved the momen tous question of the future channels through which the export trade of America, destined to surpass in bulk, and perhaps in value, all the exportation of raw produce of the world besides, shall find its outlet to the Atlantic Ocean. It involves, moreover, the question, lately so much debated, of the future rela tions between the United States and Canada, and of the execution of those great works which are required in order to introduce seagoing vessels into the heart of the continent. A deliberation on all these ques tions would seem sure to be interminable ; local selfishness, party violence, provincial jealousies, false -systems of political economy, all offered ob stacles which it seemed impossible to overcome ; and yet, 'thanks to the good sense and moderation of all parties concerned, the Convention has been decidedly successful, and will probably exercise a most salutary influence over the relations between the United States and Canada. First, the profes sional politicians had their turn. General Wall bridge, of New York, expressed himself very ready to consider the question of a renewal of the Reci procity Treaty, but hinted that the bonds of com merce were not the strongest by which people could be bound together, and that - the United States would be happy to welcome Canada to a closer union if she would join them politically and help them to pay their debt. Whether the sound of these last words chilled the effect of the General's burning eloquence we do not know, but this pro posal met with very little approbation even from those members of the Convention who came from the Southern side of the great Lakes. A similar proposition was made, with much worse taste, by Mr. Potter, the Consul-General of the United States at Montreal. This enlightened patriot sug gested that a Reciprocity Treaty might indeed be a very good thing, but there were political reasons which entirely outweighed its advantages. A Re ciprocity Treaty might be good for commerce, but the withholding of a Reciprocity Treaty would com pel Canada in the course of two years to join the United States, and he, therefore, as the representa tive of American commerce in Canada, was against the renewal. The Canadians present assured the American delegates, with the utmost openness, that they had not the slightest wish to become members of the Union, and that, while they were willing to trade on fair and equal conditions, there was not the least hope of coercing them into such a step ; and so the proposal of the General and the Consul fell to the ground, and the political part of the busi ness ended. The next difficulty which had to be overcome was the feeling in favour of the city of New York. There is not in the world a more signal instance of the triumph of enterprise and capital over the greatest natural obstacles than is furnished by the present position of the city of New York. Nature has given to the American continent two .outlets, such as no other region in the world can boast, in the Mississippi and the St. Lawrence. Flowing nearly at right angles to each other, they seem to claim for the cities that are built on their estuaries the undisputed possession of the import and export trade of America. But political have in this instance been stronger than natural causes. New York had long the start of Canada and of Louisiana, and it has hitherto never suffered itself to be overtaken. By a system, first of canals, and afterwards of railways, she has contrived to draw to herself the commerce of the West, and to com pete successfully with the two great natural high ways by artificial means. The question raised m the Detroit Convention was, " Shall New York re tain this supremacy?" One set .of speakers argued that the true outlet for the increasing commerce of the West was to be found in the enlargement of the Erie Canal, but this view was coldly supported. The plan which seemed to find most favour with the majority of the Convention was that of a ship canal carried round the Falls of Niagara, sufficiently large to admit vessels drawing 14 feet of water, and of the full size of ocean-going ships. By these means the American continent would virtually be opened to the remotest extremity of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, and there is, we presume, no insurmountable natural obstacle to prevent the widening of the Canal of Saut Ste. Marie, which connects Lake Huron with Lake Superior. Such a plan as this is equivalent to a declaration that it is the intention of the North-Western States to trade with Europe by the estuary of the St. Lawrence instead of the canals and railways which at present bind it to New York. The opinion of the meeting having obviously settled down in favour of this lat ter view, there still remained the question as to the renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty, and this for some time assumed a very unfavourable aspect. The triumph of the meeting seems to have been reserved to the representative of one of the least important interests, that of the colony of Nova Scotia. 11lr. Howes, of Nova Scotia, addressed the Convention in a speechwhich lasted three hours, and so convincing were his arguments that they overbore all opposition, and brought the assembled delegates to a unanimous re solution in favour of a renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty. The result was in some degree aided, we are told, by the good sense and good judgment of the delegates for the British Provinces, who appeared there only to argue their own case and declined to vote on the question, thus leavingit entirely to the good sense and good feeling of the Americans them selves. The result obtained is exceedingly satisfac tory, not so much to Englarid herself, who has little to gain or lose in the matter, as to the British Pro vinces and the United States. A treaty of this kind is different from every other bargain that can be made ; it is for the benefit of both parties, and most frequently for the benefit of the one who appears to make the worstbargain—that is, to make the greatest concessions to the side of freedom. Of course there are many things to be said and done before the agreement just entered into obtains the force of the I law. Judging from the specimens afforded by the deliberations of Detroit, the peace and kindly rela tions of the two neighbouring and kindred peoples will find their bitterest adversaries in the profes sional American politicians. The same restless seek ing for popularity, and pandering to the evil passion of the moment, which are even now urging the United States to seek repose after the war they have just concluded by provoking fresh hostilities with England and France, will doubtless oppose them selves to anything which tends to make the dangers of war more remote by increasing and extending the blessings of peace. But this matter will not, we hope and believe, be wholly left to professional poli ticians. The commercial classes have a right to be consulted, and seem determined to make their voice heard ; and that voice deserves to beg listened to at tentively, for it is raised on behalf of sound principle and common sense. At any rate, no dream can be more absurd than that of the American Consul- General, of starving Canada into submission. We learn from some statistics with which we have been furnished, and on which we are informed reliance can be placed, that Canada is far more rich in lead ing agricultural staples than the United States. For instance, in the year before the war, of wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, peas, beans, and potatoes, Canada produced forty-eight bushels to each person, while the United States produced only two-fifths, or 16 bushels. The value of the live stock owned in Ohio the great dairy State, in the same year, was $34 for each inhabitant, while the value of live stock in Upper Canada was $3B for each inhabitant. Canada had proportionally more cows, made proportionally more butter, owned pro portionably more_ sheep, and made proportionably more wool, while the United States, as might be expected, were superior in Indian corn, pigs, and cheese. A country so rich in natural productions, and supplied with manufactured goods from Great Britain at a rate so much cheaper than America is supplied from New England, is not likely to be starved into submission ' even should America refuge to renew the Reciprocity Treaty. HERALD.—The Rio Parana, one of the mighty streams that traverse the continent of South Ame rica, and pursue their way now between rival states, now through half explored deserts un reclaimed to civilisation, whose banks are sometimes adorned with flourishing towns and resorts of commerce not un known to Europe, sometimes for hundreds of miles, varied only, by wigwams and haunts of savage tribes has been scarcely a month ago the scene of a con flict from which the nations of the Eastern world might learn a lesson. Two fleets of steamers and gunboats encountered one another on a broad stream, which allowed plenty of opportunity for the manceuvres.of the opposing armaments. The squa drons of Brazil and Paraguay were, to the best of our belief, very equally matched. We have nothing told us at present beyond the result of the battle. Probably the engineers of both fleets were English men, as engineers of steamboats generally arc. The captains: and officers must have been men who have profited by the latest discoveries in science and the art of war. An encounter on such a field, between navies possessed of all the modern paraphernalia of destructiveness, will be most interesting to us as soon as its details are made known. We shall be glad to learn how it was that one of the comba tants, after a bloody engagement, which is said to have lasted nine hours, obtained so tremendous an advantage over its antagonist. We do not think it was by virtue of any great superiority of men and guns that the Brazilians triumphed over the Paraguayans. The Paraguayans, beset by a formidable league by river and land, must have fought with the energy of despair—fought as men fight who feel that the fortunes, the very existence of their country may hang on the issue. Yet the Paraguayans were so signally discomfited that their capital, Asuncion, must now lie at the mercy of the enemy, and to all appearance the whole state of Paraguay is now in the power of those who seek to chastise it for its crimes. The forces of Lopez, Dic tator of Paraguay, a not unworthy successor of the ferocious Francia, are said to have numbered eight steamers and six gunboats, mounting 68 and 80- pounders, with a battery of 30 rifled guns and 2,000 men. Near Corrientes, on the Parana River, more than 1,000 miles from the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, this fleet of the Paraguayans met the fleet of Brazil, which had journeyed all the way from Buenos Ayres to do battle with its enemy. The result of the battle was the loss of four steamers and six gunboats of Paraguay, the death of her admiral, with 1,700 men out of 2,000 killed, wounded, and missing. The four steamers left retreated up the river. The blow was crushing and decisive. Corrientes is a half-inhabited province of the Argentine Confedera tion, which lies immediately to the south of sPara guay, and is bounded to the south by Entre Rios, another province of the Confederation ; to the south east by Uruguay, the country of Monte Video. The capital, Corrientes, is on the main stream of the Parana.' To the north of this town the Parana divides into two great branches —one, which rlows east for 200 miles and then north, and bears the same name of Parana ; another, which runs from due north, the Paraguay River. These form the boundaries of the little state of Paraguay, which is thus wedged between the Argentine territories and those of Brazil. Some time ago, when Brazil was at war with Monte Video, the ruler of Paraguay dashed into the strife for certain ambitious or free booting purposes of his own. To the south of Para guay he laid waste the state of Corrientes, to the north he collected whole caravans of plunder and supplies from the ill-defended Brazilian province of Matto Grosso. Brazil and Uruguay concluded peace, and the Dictator of Paraguay made war on both of them to his own behoof. A formidable coalition was formed against him. Long ere this Buenos Ayres, south of the estuary of the Plate, had joined her fortunes to those of the Argentine Republic, whose vast and fertile territories stretched from Bolivia to Patagonia, and were only bounded westwards by the great chain of the Andes, which lies between them and Chile. The Republic of Uruguay, or Monte Video, north of the Plate and east of the Uruguay River, formerly known as the Banda Oriental, was of one mind with the Argentine Re public in the project of chastising the warlike Para guayans. The forces of President Flores united themselves with those of President Mitre and Gen. Urquiza. The new Minister of Brazil, the Marquis Olinda, lent his powerful aid to the enterprise. The Brazilian fleet, equal in equipment to that of any of the second-1-4e European powers, started at the beginning of June from the mouth of the Plate, and, with the land forces of the two Republics, swept up the stream of the Parana, passing Buenos Ayres, Rosario, and Santa Fe, and for hundreds of miles further, till it encountered its enemy. The Brazilians were in a strange country, far away from home. Defeat would have been destruction to them, confusion to their allies. The issue has justified the audacity of the Imperial squadron, and shown that it is on the waters of the Parana, their own chosen battle-field, that the bold Paraguayans can be best encountered. Though the upper waters of the Parana and Paraguay are in Brazilian territory there are no naval arsenals there, and the naviga tion is difficult, so that there was no possibility for a hostile force to descend those rivers. The only way of bringing Lopez to his senses was by sailing up the broad water between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. The Brazilian Government has now fairly conquered for itself a place in the annals of war ; it has undertaken and carried out most triumphantly an enterprise which at the outset seemed difficult and most doubtful of success. Brazil has amongvindieatsedoufothr herself the claim to the first p American Governments, the right to take rank be side the great nations of Europe. As for Paraguay, with her population of 1,300,000, surroun d e d by hostile peoples numbering 10 millions, her plunder ing propensities will be effectually controlled for the future. Unless Paraguay hastens to make terms, and to offer submission and redress for all griev ances, she is in danger of being absorbed by Brazil, or partitioned between that empire and the Govern ment of the Argentine Republic. Inquests on Children Found Dead. Last evening Dr. Lankester held an inquest in the board room of the Marylebone Workhouse on the body of a female child which was found dead under the following circum stances:— Mr. Miller, proprietor of the Hope Pole Tavern, Edgware road, deposed that a fortnight ago he had a servant in his employ named Jane Lovett, aged 19, who had then been in his service six months. A fortnight ago she was taken ill, and suspecting she was in the family-way, he sent for Mr. Grant, surgeon, who merely said she might have had a miscarriage, but that at that time she was suffering .from diarrhoea. As it was probable the girl would be ill for some time,Mrs.Miller took her toherparents' home,Gotten green, in Kent. On arriving at the Sevenoaks station the girl told Mrs. Miller ,that when she got back to the Hop Pole she was to look in the far corner of the room, where she (the girl)had slept, and there she would findsomething. Mrs. Miller did so, and found the dead body of a female infant wrapped up in two skirits. He (Mr. Miller) then gave information to the police. In answer to the Coroner, witness said his servant worn a large crinoline, and that was the reoson why she was not sooner detected. Dr.Lankester said that as the use of crinolines diminished so did child murder, and the burning of women diminished in a like proportion. Dr. Beak, divisional surgeon, said the child hadleen dead a fortnight when ho saw it at the Marylebone Work house. Since then he had made a post mortem examina tion, but although the lungs partly floated in water, the body was in such a state of decomposition that it was im possible to say whether or not it had been born alive. The child was evidently of the full period of gestation. Inspector Baldock said that on Saturday last he appre hended Jane Levett, on a warrant, at Gotten-green, Kent. At present she was too ill to attend either at that or the magistrate's court. The jury returned an open verdict. Yesterday morning Mr. Humphreys, coroner for East Middlesex, held an inquest at the Green Man Tavern, High street, Hoxton, upon the body of a male child, supposed to have been murdered. Mary Ann Slow said that on Friday evening last she was paying a visit to a friend in Harland-square, Kingsland road. Upon coming away from the house she saw in Dun stan-street a parcel lying on the pavement. She went into a shop and asked the people to take it up and examine it. They did so, and found that it contained a child. The police were called, and they carried it away. H. Williams, 102 N, said that he was called at 9 o'clock on Friday evening to Dunstan-street. He found a large crowd assembled looking at the body of a child. It had been wrapped up in the skirt of a gown of printed cotton and in a black petticoat. He had not been able to find any clue to the persons implicated in the affair. Dr. Gluon Griffith said that he examined the body of the child. It had been three weeks born, and was therefore very much decomposed. It was a very fine male child, large and fully developed. The decomposition was so great that he was not able to say positively how it came by its death; but he saw no reason whatever why it should not have lived. The Coroner said that it was singular that in these cases, which had become so numerous, no clue, except in one in stance, had been obtained to the guilty parties. Under the circumstances the jury should return an open verdict, but the police could follow up their inquiries in the matter. The Jury returned a verdict, " That the - child was found dead, but how it came by its death the medical evidence, owing to the decomposition of the body, failed to prove." COUNTRY MARKETS ot- COLCHESTER-JuLy 29. Since last market day the weather has been fine for the harvest, and at times very hot. The supply of wheat was not largo, hut the trade was languid, and the advance of last Saturday was lost. A. sample or two of the new crop was sold, quality not fine. In spring corn but little doing for want of supplies. Wheat, white. 42s 465 Beans, Mazagan.....,33s 3- 1 4 red $Js 42a Middle and 5ma11..358 40s Barley 'efti 348 Peas, white ....35s 38s Oati.... ..2014 25s grey —3OB 38s NORTHAMPTON-JULY 29. New white wheat, 40s to 45s ; new red, 39s to 42s ; old white, 39s to 44s ; old red, 38s to 41s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 31s to 33s per qr. ; grinding, 26s to 31s per 30 stone. Oats, old. 25s to 265; new, 18s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 36s to 40s ; new, 35s to 38s per 38 stone. Peas, 33s to 38s per 36 stone. CIIELMSFO EtD-JULY 28. All business in wheat, vi quoted is per qr. lower than samples of now wheat offerer any was sold or not. Spring at last week's prices, but bus: Whedt, old white 40s 47s new 408.47 s pry dull, and prices may be last Week. There were a few Li, but wo cannot say whether ; corn of all descriptions firm Mess slack. Fees, Partridge 30s 283 1V 11 :tc . 3( 8 315 B iling 38s 423 Dun .3ls 35a old red ... 39 4j new. 37s 41s Barley • 2ss 32s t lievalier 26s :- as Grind ng Os 8s Malt.. Ols (Is Chevalier fits 68s Oats • . 2os 26s dit o, new... —8 —I Beans, Tick, old 3is 37a new Barrow licks 35s —a new. —s —s Marigan 33s 363 GRANTIIAM-JULY 29. The recent rains have been of great service to the crops in this district. - Old white wheat, 41s to 465; old red, 37s to 42s ; new white, 43s to 47s ; new red, 39s to 43s per 36 stone. Bar ley for malting, 298 to 33s per qr. ; grinding, 24s to 26s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 25s to 27s ; new, 22s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 39s to 41s ; new, 86s to 38s per 38 stone. Peas, 34s to 36s per 36 stone. ABERDEEN_JULY 28. The deliveries aro limited, and here to-day the show of samples was trifling. We quote everything the same as last week. White wheat 9 6s Od to 40s Od} 34s Od to 36s Od Potato oats 20s Od t o 20s 6dl. 401b1 bushel. Common oats 19s Od t o 20 s Od here 62lb 11 bushel. Red wheat 21s Od to 22s oa L oth 1 1 1 bushel. Barley 21s Od. to 22s 6d . _ _._ Oatmeal 15s 6d to 16s 6d -- boll of 140th. Flour, fine 31s 6d to 338 Od ?sack of 2801 b. KIRKCALDY—JULY 29. Small supplies of all kinds of grain, which sold at the prices of last week. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First B7s Od I 295 6d } 24s Od eeond &,s Od 29s 61 25s Od Third 46s Od s Od • —8 Od COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. (1. Byass's Bebsido West Walls End Haswell... 20 0 Hartley l7 9 Hartlepool Buddle'sWestHartley 17 6 Hough Hall l9 3 Lambert's W. Hartley 17 6 Caradoc l9 6 Hastings Hartley l7 9 South Keno° 16 6 Wharncliffo lB 0 Eden Main Hetton 2O 0 Pensher Primrose ... 18 9 South Elkton Braddyelrs Iletton.... 19 3 Framwellgate lB 3 Kelloe - l9 0 Walls End Gosforth 18 0 East Hartlepool Ships at market, 95; sold, 48. MORAL WALLS.—The summer assizes at Beau maris were to be held last Thursday, but there was not a single prisoner for trial. The population of the county iS upwards of 54,000, but there are only 11 prisoners in the gaol, six of whom are Irish, one English, and only four Welch.—Liverpool 3fercury. 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GASCOIGNE.—On the 29th ult., at 14, Chester-square, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Gascoigne, Grenadier Guards, of a daughter. 110GG.—On the 28th ult., at 24, Wilton-crescent, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Hogg, M.P., of a son. RICHMOND.—On the 29th ult., at 49, Belgrave-squaro, the Duchess of Richmond, of a son. WATSON.—On the 31st ult., at Hammersmith, Mrs. Robert Watson, of a daughter. Marriages BLISS—CHICK.--On the 27th ult., at St. Michael's, Chester -, square r Joseph Richard Bliss, Esq., of Ebury-street, Pim lico, to Frances Maria, second daughter of R. H. Chick, Esq., of Nowgate-market. HIGGINS—BONHOTE.—On the 29th ult., at St. Mary's, Har row-on-the-Bill, Alfred Higgins, Esq., of Cornwall gardens, to Julia Evelina, widow of the late Frederic Bonhote, Esq., of Upper Westbourne-terrace. Deaths. HAWKES.--On the 26th ult., at Castel-a-Mare, Torquay' • Captain Henry llawkes, RN., aged 36. MEDLEY.—On the 23d ult., at Brixton, Surrey, Henry St. John Medley, Esq., aged 56. 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