The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-28 00:00:00

giftt 7iUition+ SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE HON. MAJOR FORESTER. ADJOURNED INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.) Last Saturday week an inquest was opened at the King's Head Tavern, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, before Mr. Wakley, the Coroner for Middlesex, and a highly respectable jury, relative to the death of the Hon. Major Forester, who had died suddenly on the previous Wednesdaynight at his to wn res id ence , i n Cavendish square. From the position of the deceased the inquiry naturally caused some excitement in the neighbourhood, and the room was very much crowded. The Hoe. Cecil Forester, deceased's brother, sub comptroller of her Majesty's household, and lieutenant colonel in the Horse Guards, said the deceased returned very ill from Ireland; on Thursday witness was hastily summoned to deceased's residence from the Regent's park Barracks, but deceased had died before witness arrived. John Milky, deceased's valet, said that for seven weeks the deceased suffered greatly from pains in the loins and stomach; at first Dr. Chapman attended him, bat sub sequently discontinued his attendance. After eating a hearty breakfast on Wednesday morning he started for the city at half-past ten, returning home in a cab about half -past twelve. He was so ill that he had to be carried to his room. The pains through his body were fright ful, and he took a hot bath; after which he lay on the sofa. At two o'clock witness went out with the carriage with Lady Forester, when his master gave him a pre scription to be made up at Savory and Moore's, Bond street. The medicine, with syringe, was sent immediately. At five o'clock his master rang the bell violently, when witness found him sitting at the foot of the bed. He de sired witness to get thirty grains of Dover's powder, which was refused him without a written order. De ceased then requested her Ladyship to write an order for 15 grains, which he ordered witness to get with another bottle of the mixture, as he had taken the first. In giving the medicine Mr. Savory cautioned witness to tell his master that the powder contained three doses. At nine o'clock his master had a cup of tea, and witness heard no more until he was summoned by his master's bell, when his master told him that there would be no prayers that night, and that he might go to bed. But many minutes did not elapse ere another violent ringing of the bell again summoned him, and upon entering the sitting room, her Ladyship directed him to fetcn the nearest medical man. Witness accordingly called on Dr. Halley. and then having gone for Madame Beaumann, remained with his master until he expired. By the Coroner—Deceased took the medicine and used the syringe just before his tea. Deceased, himsel f, generally got his medicines, such as laudan un Witness here produced one of deceased's prescriplions, which was as follows: " two drachms of sedative solu tion of opium, half a drachm of camphorated ti ncture of opium, two drachms of mucillage of gum aca cia, t wenty minems of spirit of camphor (to b e used forinjec tion) a. D." Alexander Halley, M.D., member of the College of Surgeons, 14, Queen Anne-street, d ep osed t h at he was called to see the deceased, and found him perspir ing and apparently asleep , t h e pupils of his eyes dila con tracting perfectly to light, and were in a half dilated state." Witness—" No stertoroua breathing." Post mortern examination—" The blood was found clotted in the heart, but in the head it was found fluid. The lungs congested. The bladder was found con gested at its trigonc. The mucous membrane lin ing the prostate perfectly healthy, but a short distance from the neck of the bladder there was an irritable spot about the siz) of half a pea, with congestion around, which was likely to give rise to a constant desire to pass water. No stric ture, no portion of the mucous membrane was in the tightest abraded; nor could it be re:erred to any cause, for the delicate membrane which hues the mothra was in no way abraded." Witness—" I attribute death to an overdose of a nar cotic, an over• effect of opium. There was no smell in the contents of the stomach of opium—was not any sign of any poison. No direct evidence that opium had been is the body by injection or otherwise. I never heard or knew of such a thing as opium causing death under such circumstances! Quite contrary to all me dical experience." Coroner's statement—" Nor did I in all my life!!!" Witness—" I should say, on the whole, that is after hearing the evidence of every party, coupled with my own observation and post mortem examination, that it was not opium that produced death. I should not even have suspected opium to have caused death." Alexander Shaw, surgeon to the Middlesex Hos pital—" I cannot tell what in this case was the cause of death; I have nothing to form the opinion upon." The inquest was then adjourned until Tuesday, the 28th instant. The adjourned inquest was held this morning. The CORONER, addressing the jury, said,—Gentlemen, you will recollect that this inquest was adjourned from Saturday, the 18th instant, to this day, at your unani mous request, in consequence of what you considered to be the imperfect state of the evidence at the time; and it was your wish that a further examination of the body should be made, that the blood should be analysed, and that other witnesses should be called. We have now assembled again in pur suance of that adjournment; and I believe all the other witnesses required by you are in attendance, ready to give evidence on this occasion. The first witness called this morning was Lady Forester, who was accompanied by her noble father the Earl of Roden, her sister, and her brother-in law the Hon. Colonel Forester. She deposed as fol lows;—Major Forester was my husband. He was 40 years of age. On Tuesday week last the Major's health was as usual, and we went out together, when he met his brother, Colonel Cecil Forester. On the following day the Major was not well,:and com plained of illness, and after breakfast he went out be tween eleven and twelve o'clock, aaying that he was going into the City by an omnibus. He returned home to Cavendish-square absent two o'clock, and complained ver y much of a pain in his inside. I was not with him during the rest of the day, because I went out, but I returned about half-past three o'clock, and he had taken a warm bath before I went out. On my re turn I found him lying on the sofa, and in the course of the afternoon, about eight o'clock, I gave him some medicine. It was a Dover's powder. I gave him a little more than half a paper, a whole paper being, I believe, 15 gra i ns. I did not see him take any other medicine, but I understand he took some more afterwards. W e took tea together about half-past eight, at which ti me he teemed better, and did not complain at all, indeed he said he was quite com fortable, only rather sick, and he remained so when the tea things were removed. He then lay down on the sofa and began to perspire very much, asking me at the same time to give him some toast and water, which I did, and then sent for a clean shirt to change the one he had on, as it was very wet with perspiration. I afterwards directed the servant to Wa rm his bed, and then asked him to go to bed, but he said he f e l t so com fortable on the sae that he buauldAtaythere a lit t l e longer, adding that he was then thanked quitete re lieved from all pain, and he teed for all his mercies. I then began head to changefe Lis shirt, and whilst I was doing so his between the sofa and the pillow, drawing th e blanket round him, he begged to be left o and fell asleep. asleep. Tine was about a quarter before ten o'clock. He remained lyin g b e tween the sofa and the pillow for a short while, m aking a snoring nois e with his throat, and once he started up and looked so wildly round that I became alarmed, and rung the . bell violently. When the servant came up I directed him to go for the neare s t doctor, and shortly afterwa rds the servant returned with Dr. Halley. The Major never spoke to me afterwards, nor did he to the doctor, for new he was quite insensible. Dr. Halley took off his coat, and remarking that ho was uncomfortably placed, the doctor lifted him up and placed him on the sofa, with his head on the pillow, and in that position he re mained till he died. Dr. Halley, being recalled, stated that according to the directions of the coroner, he had again examined the body and collected as much blood trom the heart, spleen, and liver as he possibly could. Ho bad previously received the stomach and its contents, and now he collected the blood and contents of the rec tum and bladder. He had received no portion of the liver, but got as much blood from it as he could, about two ounces and a half. The contents of the stomach and the collected bleed he placed in two separate jars, which be sealed up, and then deposited them in a sealed box; which he afterwards handed over to Mr. Rogers. m t , Rogers, b urgeon. Professor of Chemistry and Lecturer at St. ( leorge'a School of Medicine, exa mined,—l received a box from the deputy-coroner, in which were contained the Stomach, the bladder, their conten t s , also Me conteuta of the rectum. Toe box was sealed up, and Was °P"e`! by Dr. Halley in my pre sence. I examined the whole of the contents, and sub mitted them to chemical analysis, separately and dis tinctly. I found the stom ach ? a s t ate of rapid hich I had in decom position. I warned it, d added the washing to the contents of Liao stomach, „? i the stomach from another jar. I found no a ppearances a which I could draw any inferences.tthen subjected the contents of the stomach to an analysi s,. and I found there mosconio acid, hut no trace of morplalk The con. found- there tents of the rectum I also examined, and traces both of meaconie acid and of morphia. 1 examined the bladder and th e ure thra also. liner° seemed to b e there no signs of old disease, though there was eon. siderable redness in o ne portion or it, and a great deal of vas cu l ar i ty i n th e commenceme nt of the posterior, immediately behind th e pr os tat e gland. Anterior to the prostate, also, there was considerable redness, but no vascularity. Thi s ex t en d e d a b ou t h a lf the length of the urethra. I did not see any wound, and no destruction of surface, except a small black spot, which however was easily removed, and there was no disease under it. I snould say that it was merely a little furred blood. The integrity of the mucous membr,,,ne was quite main tained. I also submitted the contents of the bladder, which were about 2} ounces, to very careful analysis ; I dicovered thero decided indications of morphia. Be aides the Lest of ni,ric acid I submitted them to another test, which is not very generally known. I took some bicromate of potass, and after applying it to the contents of the stomach they immediately became green, and as morphia is the only acid which will turn bicromate of ha green, I i mme di ate ly inf erred from that at there was morphia present in the contents of the bladder. In order to show that it was something foreign to the urine which had caused this resalt.- 1 411so took some urea and some u r i ne, and ap plied the biu omate of potass to them, but they did not THE SUN, produce the same result. I could not form any opinion as to the way in which the morphia had been introduced into the stomach. I also examined a small quantity of the blood, about 1 oz. 6 dr. I purified it from every thing else besides morphia, if there had been any there, but could discover only very small traces, not sufficient to enable me to give a very positive opinion on the subject. When I applied nitric acid there was a very slight yellowing, that was all. In the quantity of blood which I examined there could not have been more than the 2,000 th part of a grain. The physical quality of the blood was quite destroyed, and the globules broken down. I examined a portion of the enema, and I found there mceconic acid and morphia. The packet of Dover's powder which was handed to me I also examined, and I found it to be what I represent it to be. From the re sult of my examination I have no hesitation in stating it as my opinion that opium had been taken by the de ceased. An ordinary dose of opium, in the form of laudanum, is from 15 to 40 minims. I am not aware of the exact composition or the strength of Batley's liquor opii sedativus. Opium introduced into the rectum acts by absorption into the blood. Authorities differ as to whether it acts more or less powerfully than when taken into the mouth. From my own experience I have generally found that it acts very well, but that introduced by the rectum it re quires a larger dose to produce the same effect. When ordered as an injection, it is generally taken with a quantity of mucillage or gruel, and in small quantities, say lox. or the object being that it should be effect. In and therefore produce the desir ed eff, In that case the laudanum generally con sists of from about drachm to 1 drachm.. e m h y ea o r p d in a io n h d According to some authorities, there are three grains of opium in a drachm of laudanum; according to others, five grains. From the evidence from the results of my own em is that the deceased's death was caused by the effects of . which . it emitted, both morphia. Another reason why I entertain this opinion is, from the peculiar manner in which the stomach was whichi Lit:7 decomposed, and from the smell p in ium the stomach . have The largest of which appearances I have noticed in sseftveerrwalarcdasseso ever known injected into the dis coveredsuspected o op i h b u y a in v o e dose of opium that I rectum is 2 drachms, and that was in case of colic some years ago; but it was nnot et ili h such a concentrated form, bat was given in a Pit quid. The CouoNxn said the case was now brought within , and he thought if Mr. e xamined, the inquiry might be brought to D a very aws on narrow w as c ompass indeed a speedy close- Mr. Dawson said he should like to make a statement, if the coroner would allow him. The CORONER said he should havo no objection, and Mr. Richard Dawson, M.D., having been sworn, he read the following statement to the coroner and jury:— " Major Forester called upon me in July at the request of his physician, Dr. Chapman, to obtain my opinion upon his case. On the 21st of the same month I forwarded a written opinion to Dr. Chapman, stating my belief that the constant desire to empty the bladder, and the frequent calls to go to stool, which the Major had been suffering from for so long a period, wore in a great measure owing to the irritable state of the pros tate gland, and that I thought it was a case that would be greatly benefited by warm baths, the direct applica tion of chloride of zinc, and the injection of compound gall ointment into the lower bowel. In answer to this communication, Dr. Chapman informed me that his patient had been ill for many years, and had been at very great expense in procuring medical assistance, considerations which would probably prevent him placing himself under my care. I therefore offered to attend him without fees. He was anxious to become my patient, for he knew that I had cured a Major, who had been obliged to sell out of the army in consequence of suffering from an irritable prostate. " When Major Forester first visited me, he was obliged to come in a carriage and to sit upon a soft cushion. His health improved, till at length he was able to walk to my house. I saw him almost every day for nearly two months, and he expressed himself as feeling very much better. " On the 15th of this month he complained of a peculiar pain in his head, and said that ho felt generally unwell, which he attributed to the intelligence of the sudden death of the Duke of Wellington, (which it may be re membered was announced on that morning,) having pro duced a great desire to pass water, an effect usual with him when he heard any unpleasant intelli g ence. But being in an omnibus, he was unable to yield the calls of nature, and he informed me that he felt as if he should die. At my house ho passed water and relieved his bowels, bat still suffered severely from spasmodic pains. I advised him to return home immediately in a cab, and I prescribed an anodyne enema, one-half of which I directed him to use immediately he reached home, which I expected would be about one o'clock, and I requested him to use the remaining half about six in the evening, provided the bowels acted immediately after using the first, which is a very usual occur rence, and that he still continued in pain. This advice as it appears from the evidence he followed. It also appeared from the evidence that the greater portion of the first enema was wasted on the carpet, and certainly half of the second enema remained in the bottle. It is important to remember that the bottle produced in evidence was never full, for the in jection I ordered consisted only of five drachms, and the bottle would hold nearly twice this quantity (the bottle was produced). It is also important to inform the jury that the Major had been in the habit for some time past of using an injection of the compound gall ointment, which contains opium, three or four times a day, to re lieve the urgent desire to pass urine, and the constant desire to go to stool, which he had suffered from for so many years. " In ordering the enema, which I prescribed for the Major, containing two drachms and a half, I always cal culate that a great portion must be wasted when the patient, as in this case, injected it himself. I will illus trate what I mean, for the information of the jury. " But I am willing to admit in this case that the quan tity I ordered was all injected in the manner 1 pre scribed, and I will now prove that it was not only a safe remedy, but a proper application. Dr. Christison, who is one of the first authorities in Europe upon this subject, states at page 630 of his work that it is the custom to give twice as much opium in an injection as in a draught. .1 have given,' says this authority, by injection, without producing more than the usual drowsiness, two drachms by measure of laudanum.' Dr. Paris, another eminent authority, at p. 175 of his work states that where our object is to allay pain and relax spasm, small doses of opium will have a tendency to aggravate the symptoms, but when administered in large doses they will speedily relieve.' I attended a case with Professor Ferguson in the Albany-road, Stoke Newington, where the patient had suffered for years se verely from irritation of the prostate. We found nothing to relieve him so much as opiate injections. I attended another case with Mr. Partridge, the surgeon to King's College Hospital. The patient had lived in a warm cli mate, and suffered from organic stricture, which was frequently attended with retention of urine, which injec tions containing a drachm of liquor opii sedativus seldom :ailed to relieve. I myself had the misfortune to suffer from an irritable prostate attended with retention of urine, and nothing relieved me so much as the opiate injection; and there are two medical gentlemen in court who attended me with Mr. Ferguson who can confirm this statement, for they injected the enema." The doctor added, in conclusion, that although he had attended the deceased for a considerable time he never received any fee or reward for it whatever. The CORONER—Now tell, if you please, what is your belief as to the cause of death, which is the real object of our inquiry? __D . r. , Dawson said he could not answer that question, 7,..„' _h_ was not suffered to be present at the post ' - u son ne s m au examination, but it was not at all unusal for per to die from the disease of the urethra and blad der. le suddenly, especially after any powerful mental emotion, t h e„rall'y those symptoms of approaching death being was not in pe r f ect drunkenness and stupor. The Major ati been su P tiev t i eet health as had been represented, but from__ disease for many years. The Coao,Nu a n g ou have not told us now what is cause of death? Dr. Dawson— your opinion as t o I L. - as been I repeat that it is i mpossible peaet, for me to give an opinion, not having tion, which, to say t t la a e t the post mortem examine, unus ual. Had I been present,least of it was most , and discovered the smell of urine in the brain, then 1 ra . of _ ignt have positively said that the suppuration urine was . but it is impossible for me to sa _ . so ur cause of death, Dr. Hobert Vecables being say arc,. heard the whole of the evidence ta a . stated that he had taken ou ' l ` , , and part of that which was the former occasion, but there was so much _ , . about the case that he could gi ve ambiguity h positive opinion as to the cause of death. He had,death ' however, known repeated instances of sudden iti cases where the patient had been suffe rin g from a simil ar dis ease to this. He did not think the quantity o f opium that had been found in the body of the deceased was sufficient to account for death, and therefore he was the more inclined to attribute it to the disease. The CotioNEu—You are inclined, then, Doctor, to refer the death to the action of the disease. Dr. Vena bles—Yes; and I think Dr. Prout mentions in work several cases of a similar nature; at least, he h ha is s told me so, and his experience, therefore, accords with my own. Dr. Samuel Mason was the next witness examined. The CORONER—Dr. Mason, have you heard the evi dence that has been given to-day? Dr. Mason—l have. The CORoNER—Have you formed any opinion as to the cause of the death of this gentleman ? Dr. Mason—l have not. I think it is excessively ambi guous; but what strikes me as being most remarkable is, that Dr. Halley should have been called in at eleven o clock, and y e t n o t b e a ble to disc o ver th a t the deceased was ase suffering from the effects of opium. Had the de ceased _d ua la t een suffering from the effects of opium Dr. Hal left must have perceived it at once, and would not have I ultu- Th e NER COROY opini !s_ as • n on say, then, that you can form no ~,i v_ to the cause of death? Dr. Mason—l can only danceb e Vialified opinion; • I have my impression is from the evi -1 disease of th heard the death is very much referable —it is very e urethra, but still it is very ambiguous The Co koii t Can: disease? 1.31. Death is referable, then, to the ore opium, because the.rhlu°n—Combined with the effects of A:hough not at alle has been a partial effect of opium, death. to an extent sufficient to accocnt for cillr. Shaw;being recalled of the evidence , he was in, said, having heard the whoa© to an overdose of opium, nut elteed t o attribute the death biguity, and he could giveia the case was full of am o subject. It ryas not impossible ;o positive opinion on the urinary disease wit h the acme symptoms symptoms as would persons to die of the have been presented by an overdose' of opium. The ConoNEfa--Have you ever ni Dr. Shaw—Yes; at the Middlesexeiti°with such a case ? spite], if 0 tin t you re member, two patients died. one ease of the kidneys and the other from having taken an overdose of opium, and the symptoms were very much alike in both cases. Dr. Halley vies next re-called and examined. The CORONER—Now, Dr. Halley, the ease being com oinpitnhioensaamsetpoostihteioncaausseporf. d p e le a t t e h , hove you Halley—l yr.ouformed Shaw. The case is very ambi g uous throu g hout, and therefore I should not l ike to g ive a p ositive o p inion upon it. This was the whole o f the evidence. a f n e y e Th e c eRoNE R, in summing up, said, that there was no doubt that the dose of opium which had been pre scribed by Dr. Dawson had not been considered by him as being too great, as in fact he had di recte d t h at i t should be taken in mottles. That direction had not been followed by the deceased, who, on the contrary, had taken the whole dose, and in addition to that, had also sent for another bottle, two-thirds of which he had used, so that it appeared that the unfortunate gentleman had absorbed in his system, from half-past 4to 3 o'clock, no less than eight or nine grains of opium. In all these cases there could be no desire on the part of any one to bear harshly against any body in consequence of any misfortune of this kind, but it was of enor mous value in these cases that the truth should be known, and if death had been caused by medicine, or by inadvertence, or by ignorance, or carelessness, that the fact should bo known in order that other fatal results should be prevented. In this case, presuming that Dr. Dawson had stated what occurred when he saw the patient, there was nothing in the quantity ordered by Dr. Dawson that was of a dan gerous character. It appeared when the prescription was written and handed to Major Forester that he was told to use crane-half of what was ordered immediately on his return home; and if that quantity was dis charged from his bowels at once by the ac tion of the. intestines, and if the pain continued, the second half was to be used about seven o'clock in the evening. Now, it certainly did appear, from the evidence, i that, instead of following ties directions given, Major Forester used the whole quantity about half-past four o'clock and before ti ha time, which was between eight and nine o'clock, he u sect two-thirds of another bottle, there being in fact 7 or 8, grains of opium absorbed into his system within the sps.ce of three hours and a half. Besides, there would be eo n.tained in the half packet of Dover's powder which he tool: about three-quarters of a grain of opium, and there wt to an article inithe prescription, half a drachm of camphorated tincture of opium, which would contain about one-eighth of a grain of opium; so that this unfortunate gentleman had in him at that time sufficient opium, to kali any man. They had just heard the conflicting st .caements of the medical men ; in fact, he could hardly call them conflicting, because they were to the effect i.iiat they could form no certain opinion on the cause cd the death, and he was afraid the jury would h lave to come to the same conclusion. He hardly knew svhat else to advise them to do, because in these cases they must be guided by the evidence that was laid befc re them, or otherwise there would be no security for an ybody. In consequence of an interruption from Colonel Forester, the v alet of the deceased gentleman was called in, and, on bey ng examined, stated that some part of the first enema wits wasted on the floor, and a groat quan tity of the set) mid. The CORONER said it was useless to go into these mat ters, as the medical gentleman had been unable to form any opinion as to the cause of the death, and the jury could ado pt no other course but come to the same conclusion. I ill he could advise them to do was to state that the unCortunate gentleman died on the day named, but they had not sufficient evidence be fore them to show the cause of his death. That was the lit sfest course he thought they could pursue. Mr. Rogers cce:tainly gave it as his opinion that death was caused by opium; bat, on the contrary, a multitude of other medi cal gentlemen had said that there was extreme arab iguity in the case. With regard to Dr. Dawson, he was put out of the category of com plaint in consequence of his having directed the unfor tunate gentlem aa to take only half the prescription at once. The oc ly blame that could be attached to him was for not having written his directions, which certainly was ;an error. Had those directions been written no gr and of complaint could have existed against that ge r Alernan. Dr. Dawson c xplained that the deceased had been so long in the hal e:t of using the injection that he did not consider it nectii isary to give him written directione, and besides the do ceased had a great personal dislike to having his dire c hone written on the prescription. The jury the a retired, and after a short consultation, returned with . a he following verdict:—" That the de ceased died from th© effects of opium incautiously ad ministered by himself in the absence of written instruc tions from his in edical attendant." The jury wer c. then 'discharged. 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Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Joshua Hamilton Maskery to be First Lieutenant, vice Samuel Lewin Wilson, deceased. Commission by the Governor of Om Isle of Wight. Andrew Snape Hamond, Esq., to be Deputy Lieute nant, Sept. 16. Commission by the Lord Lieutenan t of Lancashire. Hon. Gilbert Stapleton to be D eputy Lieutenant, Sept. 24. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenan t of Warwickshire. The Right Honourable Heneage, l ',ord Guernsey, to be Deputy Lieutenant; the Honours.' ble Charles Lennox Butler to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Barnard, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Charles I cite Bracebridge, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 3;. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. Edward John Rudge, Esq., to Deputy Lieut ; Thomas Wm. Fletcher, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutnant ; Thomas Webb, Esq., to be Deputy Li eutenant; Joseph Green Bourne, Esq., to be Deputy Liel ltenant; William Bennitt, Esq„ to be Deputy Lieutenant; Thomas Gale Cartier, Esq , to be Deputy Lieutenant; Francis Hol land, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Towers Lawrence, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 15. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant o f the East Riding of Yorkshire. The Honourable Arthur Duncombe to be Deputy Lieutenant; Henry Boynton, Esq., to No Deputy Lieu tenant; Edward Horner Raynard, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Henry Clough Tayklr, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Henry Estouteville Grimstou, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Tho mas Henry Pesten, E,,q., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Marmaduke Jerard Grimston, Etiq , to be Deputy Lieutenant ;t Frederick Augustus Talbot Clifford Con at ble, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Dept. 16. peEn.a_s,t _ e York Regiment of Militia—J ames Robinson se i7 t 7 2( k ) i ; ~ to be Lieutenant, vice Dihnson, resigned, Raikes, V i n tenant, Dice Thomas Colton Matthews, Gent., to be Lieu opkinson, resigned, Sept. 21; Henry Pegut Sept. 16. t., to be Ensign, vice lilidd, deceased, Commission s by the John Powell, E sq hato , to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Augustus Pa r ki,l' Jeffreys De W James Prosser s hea i d, Etcl. , to be Deputy Lieutenant; to be Deputy Lieutenant; Charles tenant, Sept. 25. sou, Esq., to bi., Deputy Lieu- L William Lieutenant eu a a ß t i el ar d S trett Middlesex.o a , Captain Manners Builth xi s biridtiehseexLoardegiment ot. of . Brecknockshire Militia -- Wood to bo Major, v i ce resigned. M re il s i i t g i n aC ; ha G r e le s s . James Bastard, aEisssatai:rtnd, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice James R. Ensign, vice Edward Gent., to George Thomas West, Gout., to be belii or iarty, Ensign, dveic:ea Georgesed; V i Mignon ncent i o C i o n r n b e e s t , t L e e , James Dyson, M pr u o n m r o o t , e G d ; en t., to be Ensign, Sept. 20. Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Thomas Harpur Colvill, Esq., Adjutant of the Royal West Ili litia and late Captain in her Maj est y 's 71st Re g i ment of Foot, to servo with the rank of Captain, Aug. 1GI; Henry Riversdale Grenfell, Esq., to be Captain, vice the Honourable George Henry Charles Byng, promoted , Sept. 24. Royal Westminster Regiment of Middlese x Militia-- Lieutenant G e o rg e Ed w ard Cook to be Captain , vico Brailsford, res i gne d ; Ed war d M urra y, Gent., to be En" sign, Sept. 20. Commissio ns by th e L or d Li eu t en ant of Durham. Durham Militia—William Hamilton Williamson , Es q ., to be Captain; William Ord, jun., Gent., to be Lieu tenant; John F re d erick Gales, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Henry Smith Stobart, Gent., 1 to be Lieutenant; Jo hn Henry Stobart, Ge nt ., to be Lieutenant; William Dales 1 Trotter, Gent., to be Li eutenant, Sept. 23. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. 'Eli:alas Jenkins, innkeeper, Tredep,r, Monmouth- BANKRUPTS, Thomas Russell and John Muszrove, sack manufuc turers, Norwich, to surrender Oct. 7, at twelve, and Nov.B, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John son, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Solo, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury; Miller and Son, Norwich. William Milner Harker, currier, Little Moorfields, City, Oct- 8, at eleven, and Nov. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basin ;hall-street; Roberts, Barge-yard-chambers. James Robert Colet, milliner, Princes-street, Ha nover-square, Oct. 6, at eleven, and Nov. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Rutter and Trotter, Ely-place. Holborn. Joseph Winter, elolier, Holborn-hill, City, Oct. 2, at Pennell, er-lane. twelve, and Nov. 6, Et half-past twelve, at the Court of ptc ; y Pn Huson, n Imong . . official assignee, Guildhall- INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Bankruptcy. e h i a n m r b ers G. Faulkner, Charlov)-street, Pimlico. W. J. Couch, artist, Lee, Kent. D. Humbert, Italian warehouseman, Frith-street, Soho. G. W. Hogg, draper's assistant, Church-street. J. Ellis, cowkeeper, Carnault-place, Spa-fields. T. Whinney, livery stable keeper, Shepherd street, May Fair. I. Elkins, grocer, Higk-street, Shadwell. T. Cook, tailor, Oaktull-place, New Cross. M. E. Durup, Stamford-Street, Blackfriars-road. W. Nockella, newspaler agent, Jermyn-street. 11. Anderton, manage! of dye works, Salford E. Banister, beer seller,; —ova Scotia. W. Gray, licensed victualler, Chorlton-on-Medlock. J. Ogden, cabinet mater, Oldh a m. Westbromwich, Stafford- W. Rock, commissior agent, shire. J. Smith, beer seller, lulme, Manchester. E. Davis, confectioner. Fleetwood-oa-Wyre, Lancashire. G. Bansall, Shirland, Derbyshire. J. Cowley, Manchester. M. Cooke, joiner, Denton, Lancashire. R. G. pExchequer-office, Dover. E. T. Da a st x, clerk elerk tinthe Rule-office, Dover. Jigh Harrowgate, Yorkshire. H. B. Noble, teacher, Herefordshire. , Bishop Auckland, Durham. :J. Carr, stone mason, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. J. Lowe, Ellis, Lcoawm or b be l e a ol c ir,, k ni s n mh an per and deeflour an merchant and seedsman, Pen dleton, Martin, victualler' s servant , F o lk estone , Kent. W. ie journeyman carpenter and joiner, West ord, Bromwieh, Staffordshire. eltsyno Lancashire. J. D l w o hu S r u s a i t l d , f Bolton -le-Moors , Lancashire. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From u London New Price Current, Sept. 28.) GA day West India Sugar was in extensive request, b oth for refining and groeery purposes, the rate s obtained bein g f u l ly equal to t h ose of F r id ay, an d i n some oases rath er a b ove. Operations are 110 hhds, Sec.; including at auctio n 250 hhd s 4 t ree B ar b a d oes , which s u.2.hreo. re alised for fine y e ll ow 37s '.6d to .38a 6d, good 36s to 375, ord to good mid 33s to 35s 6d, good grainy 405. 360 hbds 96 bars St. Lucia-brown 29s to 31s 6d, low to mid yellow, 32s to 340, and good to fine 34s 6d to 375. 77 hhds and 50 bars Demerara crystalised 36s to 38s 6d per cwt. R fi E n To-day large purchases were made in Re for home constemption, and rates closed firmly-brown l umps at 445, low to fi ne grocery 44s 6 d to 465 per cwt. For delivery there are not sellers at s. t hese termnerseoug.: . A good expore demand for Crushed at previous Lerrne t ' otcl h rcs3 e te sstp,o, 2tet33((wholel:2sl3vt to 283, foundwere rather rsa midth refininge btrou under y g er o3 s o , odsl b at3 t e sc: t t2s3 i w n 66esa e s pko to e m -or e cwt.3fi 4nc:a Mexarrens.--This afternoon several parcels of Mau -3 ritius Sugar were offered at auction, in all 5,700 bags. s 6 y e d e s ll tcohowemrma went toens , good to flue brown 285 6d to 30s 6d, other s EAST INDIe Thisafternoon Bengal Sugar was in good demand, and realised fully previous rates. At auction 7,400 bags were chiefly' sold-mid to fine white Benares at 37s to 395, damp and washed 35s to 38s. superior grainy 403 6d to 41s €d, Mauritius sorts 32s to 365, very fine ditto 38s tt 38e 6d, and mid date 30s. Of Madras none was offered at anotion, but several parcels sold by private treaty at full valuations. Of Penang 30 bags realised 283 for ord !oft yellow. FOREIGN.-To -day there were several inquiries for floating cargoes of Foreign Sugar, and duty paid par cels; but holders refusing to sell at previous rates pre vented business of the lesst moment. None was sub mitted to public s a l e. COCOA.-This afteraooe a public of 782 bags Trinidad went off freely at is per cwt advance; grey selling at 32s 6d to 345, and o r d to foo d re d 34 s 6d to 38s per cwt. CoyFEE.-This afternoon the market was sparingly supplied with Plantation Ceylon, and a good demand pre vailing privately former rates are sustained. At auction 50 cks and 88 bgs were disposed of; fine fine ord 52s to 545, fine ord 50s to 51s, other sorts 47s to 495, and triage 42s 6d to 465. Native is sell dealt in with reluctance at 42s 6d to 43s and at auction 50 casks were taken in at 44s for fine ord quality. Moche, and Costa Rica are wanted at previous valuations, with few sellers. There is more disposition to do business in Brazil Coffee. A cargo of Rio realised 38s 6d for good firsts. TEA.-Purchases to a large extent have been made in true and fine green, preview terms having been well sus tained, indeed there is a small advance for best Hyson the demand having grealy increased of late. In common Canton Green operations are still very limited, with sellers at late moderate rates, there being at the present period no decrease of supply. The prices paid for Green Tea now range as follows:-low to riddling Hyson are is ld to is 3d, good to fine is 4d to is 6d, choice 2s 7d to 2s 10d, Young Hyson Canton 7d to 10c1, Hyson kind is to is 7d, fine and superior is 9d to 2s Bd, Twankay 8d to Is, Gunpowder Canton 'lid to le Hyson sort is 2d to 2s Bd, fine 2s 9d to 3s 6d, Imperial Canton 9d to ls, Hyson sort is 2d to 2s 2d, and Eyson skin 56 to Bd. For inferior sorts of Congou ratter lower rates having been accepted induced exporters and home dealers to take large parcels, in the value 01 better kinds no change is apparent, and a good business is doing. Prices for un sound rule at 7d to 71d, low b good ord sound 7id to Sid, rather blackish to blackish leaf 9d to 104 d, strong and Pekoe sorts lid to is 6d Pouchong is yet much wasted, and the currency is still 5d to 7d for clean. Purchases are on a more extended scale in Oolong; low to mid 9d to 11d, and better sorts is to is 9d. Fine Souchong is much required tt is 3d to is 10d, and other sorts have been sold toa fair extent, mid to good 10d to is 2d, and:common 8d to eid. Flowery Pekoe is in larger request, ant rates range firm, com mon at is 2d to is 3d, mid ;o good is 4d to is 10d, fine superior 2s to 3s 6d. Fev buyers of Caper are yet to be met with, although thee) are sellers in boxes at Sid to lid, good scented at to is 81. In common and mid scented Orange Pekoe sales are trifling at 8d to Ild; but of good and fine may parcels have been sold, Is to is 10d per lb. Of 14,00) packages offered at auc tion last week, one half was disposed of. RICE.-Since Saturday Eaa India Rice has been in extensive demand, and an advance has taken place of 3d ;per cwt. Operations are 20,000 bgs, and 10e to tls 6d is now value of ord to fine sound white Bengal, and Madras 9s to 105 per cwt. FRUIT.--Valencia Raisins remain in large demand, new et 455, and old 40s. The value of Dania is 26s to 275. Prices have ceased tc advance for Currants, although numerous parcels hare been sold, the value is for low to mid 503 to 545, and good to fine 55s to 63s per cwt. SPICES.-With Pimento the market continues con tinues to bo sparingly supplied, and stiffer rates are ob tained. Sales privatelS have teen at sici to sid for common to good. Stocks remains deficient of last season. Of Pepper there is a more lent P Sul supply; less demand exists, and terms have rather declined. At auction of 4,074 bags Aleppy, not above one-half sold at 3d to aid for mid to good clean half heavy. Privately Mala bar is offering at 31d to 41d, Penang and Sumatra at to 30. White is wanted, and rates rule at 64cl to 9d, and Coriander 10d to is 3d. Several buyers of Pod at 43s to 645, and very fine 65s to 735. Some purchases have been made in Cayenne at 7d to 9d, good to fine 101 to is 3d. Mace is wanted, and few parcels are yet to be obtained, rates in consequence rule firm from 2s 10d to 3s 3d for good to fine, other qualities 2s 6d to 2s Bd. Cloves are not dearer, several parcels, however, have been sold privately, Am boyna at 7d to 7.0, Penang 100 to ls, Bourtun and African 6d to 60. Operations in Cinnamon are to a fair extent; Ceylon firsts at Is 103 to 2s 101, seconds is 3d to 2s, thirds and fourths is to is 6d. Several buyers of Cassia Lignea, good to fine at 112 s to 2225, common to mid 114$ to 117 s but the quantity at market is trifling. The value is for Buds 81 103 to 91. Of Cassia Vera supply is not; ample for the demand, and rates rule at 35s to 60s. Ginger has been operated in with caution. At auction 511 bgs African in part sold at 22s ed to 235 6d; and 100 pkge Jamaica at 381 to 91s for low to good. Privately Cochin is to be ob tained at 30s to 58s, fine ditto 60s to 80s, and export Bengal 16s to 18s. At auction 30 cases preserved went at Bid to 9d. Nutmegs are still wanted, and previous terms are easily obtained; fine brown selling at 3s 61 to 4s 2d, good 3s to 355 d, ord to mid 2s 3d to 2s 10d, and low to fine limed is 10d to 2s ed per lb. SPIRITS.-Leeward Island Rum in good demand, supply remains small, and rates are firm at is sici to Is 611 per gallon proof. East India realizes is 5d to Is sici, and the quantity on offer is not sufficient for the demand. In Demerara large transactions have again taken place at 2s 2d to 2s 3d for 32 to 40 per cent over proof, but chiefly at 2s id to 2s 21, and there is firmness on the part of merchants. Jamaica has been in lively demand, chiefly for home trade purposes, and previous terms are easily obtained, supply keeping on the decrease. The parcels sold were 36 to 39 over proof of superior quality at 3s ed to 4s, fine 28 9d to 3s sd, 32 to 36 over mid to good 2s 4d to 2s 81, and mid 33 tO 34 over 2s 2cl to 2s 3d. There aro buyers of Havannah at Is 4d to Is 4id proof; but the quantity on offer is trifling. Brandy met with less attention for all purposes, Cognac i best Brands of the vintage of 1851 5s 4d to 5s 6d, 1850 ditto 5s 61 to 5s Bd, 1849 ditto 5s lod to 6s, 1848 ditto 6s 2d to 6s 4d, older 6s 6d to 6s 10J, low to mid qualities 49 to ss, and Bordeaux 2s 6d, to 2s 8d ,Geneva continues to be wanted at Is lid to 2s, and fine 2s 2d to 2s 6d ; there is only a limited supply. British made Spirit has been operated in with caution, and there are sellers at 9s 6d to 9s Sd cash ; Gin 17 under proof 8s 8d to 8s 9d, and 22 ditto at 8s 2d to 8s 3d per gallon. INDIGO,—The quantity of East India announced for auction on the 6th of next month has been increased to 21,600 chts ; still the market is in a favourable po sition, exporters a n d h ome d ea l ers b e i ng d e sirous to ope rate, prices are yet on the rise, and the rule 6d to 8d per lb above last quarterly sales. Since that period nearly 6,000 chests have been disposed of ; at present terms some of the leading holders will not sell. Spanish is wanted, and the previous advance of 6i per pound is woll sus'aiueu. Prices fur Guateloala rule at 33 44 to 5s 61 and Ca-rids 3' 6'... pn . auc:iJr. 340 serous are declared. _ ------- PROVlSlON3.—Operations in Irish Butter have been upon an extensive scale during the last few days, and an advance has taken place, although arrivals are again heavy and amounted to 15,500 firkins for the past weak. The rates obtained for Carlow, Clonmol, and Kilkenny have been 80s to 84s, Cork 79s to 80s, and Limerick 73s to 765. Dutch is i❑ moderate supply, and there being a brisk demand, prices have an upward tendency ; Friezland, fine selling at 903 to 945, surplus and seconds 76s to 88s ; Holstein and Kiel, fine 88s to 92s ; Zwolle, 82s to 86s ; Leer, 70s to 74s ; and Groningen, 66s to 725. Imports were 4,950 casks last week. English has been much in demand at 70s to 945, and fresh 9s 6d to lis 6d per dozen lbs. Although large purchases have been made in Bacon, yet a desire is evinced to sell, Irish sizeable at 57s to 625, heavy 53s to 58s, Hamburgh 50s to 525, and sizeable 53s to 565. For delivery Waterford is offer ing at 47s to 48s on board up to the close of the year. Middles only in limited demand, and 50s to 54s is the value of bale and tierce. Navy Provisions are still purchased with caution, still sales are not pressed, and prices rule ;:s follows:—Pork Irish India 71 10s to 8/ per tierce, Mess 80s to 85s per brl, Beef American India 6/ 15s to 71 per tierce, Mess 51 10s to 61, and Hambro 51 103 to 61. Hams are much wanted, Irish 603 to 70s, and English 70s to 765. A good business doing in lard—lrish bsddered 60s to 655, keg and firkin 56s to 595, Hamburgh 55s to 58s, and bladdered 63s to 65s per cwt. Cheese is much wanted, Edam 32s to 425, Gouda 323 to 355, Kanto. 17s to 17s 6d, and American 30s to 40s per cwt. TALLOW.—The demand continues active for Russian for home consumption; many parcels have also been taken for shipment to the United States. Prices keep on the rise; fine old Yellow Candle selling at 40s 9d to 41s, and new at 41s 3d to 41s 6d. A large business has been transacted for delivery, and the terms obtained are 40s to 40s 3d for last tree months of the year. Home melted met with a free sale, and cannot be had under 41s 6d cash; supply being less than for some time past. Other sorts of Tallow are also dearer; at auction 700 casks Australia were sold, Beef at 39s to 40s, Mutton 38s 6d to 41s 6d, and 300 casks South American 36s 3d to 39s 9d per cwt. OlLs.—Although Seal Oil can b© obtained rather under previous rates, yet purchases are limited for all purposes; pale at 331 lOs to 341, and other aorta 311 to 331. Cod is offering at 321 103, and few buyers are to be met with. Prices are prevented from declining, for Southern supply being small, there is a reluctance to operate, and rates rule at 311 lOs to 341 lOs for low to fine. Sperm met with little atten tion, and can be obtained at 84l to 861 103., there being a fair supply. Headmatter is 871 to 901. A greater demand exists for Palm, rates are higher and rule at 28s 6d to 30s per cwt. for middling to fine. Ccsoa Nut is much in request, and a further rise is looked for. At auction 235 packages and 88 hhds Ceylon sold at 33s to 35s 3d, and privately fine Cochin realised 36s to 36s 6d. Linseed Oil dealt in with caution, and there is a further decline, 28s 9d to 29s having been accepted on the spot, and 27s 6d to 28s per cwt for delivery. Supply is moderate and consumption :favourable. Rape Seed Oil is in extensive request, and the rise continues; brown selling at 335, refined 34s 6d, and Foreign 35s to 35s 6d. Lard Oil is cheaper, sales having been made at 48s to 495. Olive met with less attention, and a decline has (secured. Gallipoli selling at 571 to 58/, and other sorts 541 to 561 per tun; still stock is light, and con sumption does not decrease. POST-OFFICE NOTICE• MONEY ORDERS. A major money-order office will be opened at Brough, in the county of York, on the Ist of October. In Scotland minor money-order offices will be opened on the Ist October, at Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, served from Stirling; and at Troon, Ayrshire, served from Glasgow. In consequence of alterations in the circulation of letters, Broseley, thwley, Iroobridge, and Madeloy are now served from Wellington, Salop; and Malpas from Whitchurch, Salop. The Book of Money Order Offices must be corrected accordingly. Bexley, Carchalton, Hampton, Richmond, Surrey, Southall, and Stanmore, are served (as respects money order advices) from London, instead of from Dartford, Croydon, Hounslow, and Watford respectively, and the column in the list of mon©y order officel:, headed " Post Town from which served, &c,," must be corrected ac cordingly. FRANCE. The following telegraphic dispatches have reached Paris during yesterday : _ " MARSEILLES, 26TH SEPT., 9 A.m. " The Prince has just heard miss at the Cathedral. The Bishop received him under a canopy, at the head of his clergy, and addressed to him a speech. " SEPT. 27T1r, 11 A. 1.3 . _ _ " His Highness embarked in the Napoleon, at nine o'clock. The inhabitants accompanied him to the place of embarkation with cries a thousand times repeated of Vivo l'Empereur!' Vive Napoleon Jul The indignation against the miscreants implicated in the plot to assassinate his Highness was general, and in creased the enthusiasm which the presence of the Prince excited everywhere." By decrees of the Prince President. dated Grenoble, the 22d, signed on the report of the Minister of War, the laws relative to savings banks are declared appli cable to Algeria, and a savings bank at Algiers is authorised. No change worthy of notice has taken place in the trade of Paris during the week that has just expired. Generally speaking a good deal of activity prevails in the manufacturing establishments, and there are a few houses where the hands are insufficient to complete the orders they have received. The cabinet-makers of the Faubourg St. Honore, in par ticular, are busily engaged in executing commissions for England, Spain, and Russia, and it is stated that the commands already executed for these countries are double as compared with the corresponding month of last year. The shopkeepers of the capital have not much cause for complaint, inasmuch as the number of foreigners now in Paris is more than enough to sup ply the place of the usual residents who have not returned from the country. It is, however, from the northern departments that the loudest complaints are heard, in consequence of the suspension of commercial relations between France and Belgium, and considering the quantity of Belgian coal they were in the habit of using in their works, the loss incurred by the imposition of an increased import duty on that article must be great. The Pays has the following on the plot against the life of the Prince President : "It is with a feeling of extreme grief and deep indig nation that Europe will learn that there still exists a race of factions men, so degraded and so perverse as to make themselves assassins, and demanding, from instru ments of vengeance and destruction, which cannot have a more appropriate name than that of infernal machines, the odious triumph of we know not what doctrines, which do not belong to any party, any more than to any people. One would think, for the glory of humanity, which is dishonoured by such monsters, that in the fury which arms their murderous hands there is more madness than ferocity. And, nevertheless, what a refinement in crime, what a fright ful skill in that machine which, in order to more surely reach one man, would deal death among thousands of citizens! What a depth of perversity ! More fortu nate than it was fifty years ago—when the Emperor Napoleon, then First Consul, nearly perished in Paris, in the height of his power and renown, the victim of a similar attempt—the authorities pre vented the explosion of the internal machine at Mar seilles. The danger which threatened the life of Prince Louis Napoleon only makes the nation better under stand how thankful it ought to be to Providence for having raised him up in days of anarchy, to save us from the abyss towards which we were proceeding hour by hour, impelled by the wind of February. It is at this moment that we must more particularly feel how closely the destinies of France are connected with the life and the power of the nephew of the Emperor. If the impious hand of the assassin had ravished Prince Louis Napoleon from the love of the populations who flock together on his passage, what a blank would have been loft in the State! Who could dare to coolly measure the extent of the loss? Who could dare to calculate th© frightful consequences of such u catastrophe? But God, who protects France, has caused the defeat of the conspiracy of the south. Let us bless him for having preserved the august Prince, who alone can give us a long future of repose and of prosperty." NIGHT BALLOON ASCENT, WITH FIREWORKS.— On Monday evening, at eight o'clock, Mr. Merry Coxwell ascended from the Pavilion-gardens, North Woolwich, and discharged from a battery, suspended to his balloon Sylph, a brilliant display of fireworks. After remaining in the air about half-an-hour, a safe descent was effected on the marshes near Barking. Mr. Coxwell has now made twenty six ascents this season. Last week ho accomplished a feat which is unprecedented in the annals of aerostatien, viz., four ascents on four consecutive days from four different establish ments. Foreign aeronauts may dazzle by a single act of daring, but this achievement displays the sterling English qualities of enterprise,steadiness, and endurance. PLAN FOR STOPPING RAILWAY TRAINS.—MT. J. F. Wachter, civil engineer, of Rotterdam, has designed a plan to prevent railway trains from running off the rails, and for stopping them instantaneously. It consists of two distinct parts—first, a third or middle rail, with guides, the object of which is to prevent the carriages running off the line ; and secondly, a set of brakes which come into opera tion all at once on every carriage of the train, by turning a screw either on the locomotive or on the tender. The two parts (he says) may be applied separately, but be has com bined theca both, as both the objects to be attained are of equal importance. . PRINTERS' TOASTS.—" The Press : it ex-presses truth, re-presses error, im-presses knowledge, and op-presses none." " Woman : the fairest work of creation—the edition being extensive, let no man be without a copy." " Babies : miniature editions of humanity, issued periodically, and dis played in small caps." CURE FOR STAMMERING.--It is simply, at every syllable pronounced to tap at the same time with the finger. By so doin g th e mos t i nve t era t e stammerer will be surprised to find he can pronounce quite fluently, and by long and constant practice he will pronounce perfectly well. This may be explained in two ways, either by a sympathetic con sentaneous action of the nerves of voluntary motion in the finger and in those of the tongue, which is the most pro bable ; or it may be that the movement of the finger distracts the attention of the individual from hls speech, and a ll ows a free action of the nerves concerned in articulation.—Hogg's Instructor. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND LAST YEAR.—There is only the difference of a letter between this year and last year : last year was a year of Manners; this year, thanks to Ur. Disraeli, is a year of Loonaers. :.-. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28 1852. NAVAL IN TEL LIGENCE. We have great pleasure in annonneing that the new 90 gun awe. Agamemnon, launched at Wool wich a few weeks since, has been so far completed by the shipwrights' and engineers' departments that she will be commissioned this week, and be forthwith fitted out for sea-service, under the command of Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 13., late flag-captain at Devonport. The Agamemnon in commission, we shall have the following heavy screw-ships ready for any service : Agamemnon 9O guns ... 550 horse-power. Sans Pareil Blenheim Ajax 5B „ ... 450 Hogue Elinburgh A respectable fleet, it will be admitted, and approxi mating in force more nearly the size and armament of the French screw ships of the line, which have been in active employment for some time. Sir Thomas Maitland, we believe, has never com manded a steam-ship, but as flag-captain to his late relative when commander-in-chief in the East Indies he commanded the Wellesley, and afterwards, for a short time, the powerful 50-gun frigate America, and subsequently was flag-captain to Sir William Gage, then commander-in-chief at Devonport. The follow ing is O'Byrne's notice of this officer:— Sir Thomas Maitland, born in 1803, is only son of Hon. Wm. Mordaunt Maitland, a general in the army, by his first wife, Mary, widow of John Travers, Esq., of Firgrove, county Cork, and daughter of the 11ev. Richard Orpen, of Killowen. He is grandson of James, seventh Earl of Lauderdale, a lieutenant-colonel in the army; and first cousin of Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir Anthony Maitland, C. 8., K.C.M.G. This officer en tered the navy September 22, 1816, and was made a lieutenant, May 16, 1823, into the Euryalus, 42, Captain Augustus William James Clifford. His next appointments were, December 20, 1825, and March 1, 1826, to the Superb, 78, Captain Henry Hill, guard ship at Portsmouth, and Ganges, 84, fitting for the flag of Sir Robert Waller Otway, commander-in-chief in South America. Obtaining a second promotal commis sion, April 30, 1827, he successively assumed command, June 14, 1832, and April 4, 1835, of the Sparrowhawk, 18, and Tweed, 20. In the former vessel, which he paid off, May 7, 1833, Captain Maitland brought home 589,4115 Mexican dollars and 42 bales of cochineal; in the Tweed, the command whereof ho retained until posted, Jan. 10, 1837, he served during the civil war on the north coast of Spain, and was in consequence pre sented with the cross of Charles 111. On June 19th in the year last mentioned we find him nominated captain of the Wellesley, 72, iu which ship he continued em ployed under the flags of Sir Frederick Lewis Mair. land and Sir Gordon Bremer, until paid off in the summer of 1842. In 1838 he commanded the seamen and marines landed for the purpose of quelling an insurrection on the coast of Malabar; he participated, in 1839, in the operations on the coast of Scinde and in the Persian Gulf; and during the hostilities in China he obtained mention for his zeal and ala crity at the capture of Chusan, in July, 1840, and for the valuable assistance he afforded Sir Gordon Bremer at the reduction of Tycock tow, January 7, 1841-was present with her Majesty's plenipotentiary at a formal meeting which was held with the Chinese Commissioner on the 26th of the same month-again acquired the public thanks of Sir G. Bremer for the cordial aid he afforded him in the actien which preceded the capture of the Bogue Forts, Feb. 26-had charge of the Wellesley's boats during the original advance of the British towards Canton- commanded the first naval battalion, consisting of eleven officers and 127 of other ranks, at the storming of the heights in the vicinity of that city during the operations which led to its re capture-elicited notice for the admirable manner in which he placed the Wellesley (within 400 yards of the principal battery) in the attack upon Amoy, Aug. 26- and in October of the same year (1841) was turther praised for his skill, zeal, and ability at the reduction of Chusan and Chinghae, For these services Captain Maitland was nominated a C. 8,, Juno 29, 1841; and, in 1843, invested with the honour of knighthood. Commander Robert Hall, recently promoted from the command of the Hound, 8, will be commander of the Agamemnon. The Agamemnon will be taken from Woolwich to Sheerness, to be fitted for sea. Lieutenant John E. Parish (1846), late of the Arrogant, 46, screw frigate, it is reported, will have the command of the screw schooner Sharpshooter, on being re-commissioned at Portsmouth. Commander John Nepean, who was promoted to that rank on the reserved half-pay list in February last, died at Plymouth on Friday last. Lieutenant Lardner Dennys (1812), has not been promoted to the rank of retired commander, as stated, but has been appointed to receive the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital, vice Hills, deceased. COURT-MARTIAL AT PORTSMOUTII,--.A. court-mar tial sat yesterday morning on board the Victory, flag ship, in Portsmouth Harbour, to try Mr. Frederick Garton, a boatswain attached to Portsmouth ordinary, for breaking his leave, having absented himself from his duty for several days. Rear Admiral Prescott was president, and the captains of the ships in commission, with M. Greatham, Esq., as deputy judge adsucate, formed the court. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to be dismissed her Majesty's service. CONVERSION OF ANOTHER SHIP OF - THE LINE.—It has at length been decided that the Hannibal, 90, on the stocks at Deptford Dockyard, shall be converted into a screw ship, to have auxiliary machinery of 400 horse power. ARRIVAL OF THE TERRIBLE STEAM-FRIGATE.— The Terrible, 21, steam-frigate, Captain James Hope, C. 8., arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Medi terranean. She left Malta on the 9th instant, arrived at Gibraltar on the 15th, and sailed again on Mon day, the 20th, having had fine weather the whole time. Admiral Duradas, with the squadron, was cruising in the vicinity of Malta; there was no man of-war in port when the Terrible left, but the Spiteful steamer went in as she came out. The Terrible left the Antelope steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander Young, at Gibraltar. Lieutenant Harrison, of the Royal Artillery, has come home in the Terrible, and Mr. Dent, mate of the Albion, 90, has come home to pass his college examination. A number of mi litary invalids have come home from Gibraltar. Lieutenant David Miller, senior lieutenant of the Terrible, landed to report her arrival to the Com mander-in-Chief. We are sorry to state that Captain Hope is suffering severely from an inflamed arm, ori ginating from the bite of a mosquito, in consequence of which the Terrible did not salute the flag on her arrival at Spithead. She will be inspected to-day by the Commander-in-Chief and Captain Chads, and proceed to Woolwich to pay off. The Terrible has been in commission since November, 1849, but has only had in use two of her old boilers. She will now have new boilers, and a general overhaul and repair. Captain Henderson, C. 8., will take out the Sidon steam-frigate to-day, to test her engines and speed along the measured mile in Stokes Bay, Portsmouth. She was removed from the steam-basin yesterday. Avon steam-tender, Second Master Veitch, re turned to Devonport ou Sunday morning. Bleinheim, 60, screw guard-ship, went into Ports mouth Harbour yesterday morning, at high water. At a good rate of between seven and eight knots, she has had a pleasant cruise, and is said to have answered remarkably well. Captain the Hon. Duncombe, Mrs. and Miss Duncombe, and party were on board. She has gone up to her moorings for the winter. The Bulldog, 6, steam-sloop, was undocked at Portsmouth yesterday, and the Encounter, 14, steam corvette, Captain O'Callaghan, was taken in to have her defects made good. Growler, 6, steam•sloop, was taken into the Ports mouth steam basin yesterday. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The American liner packet the Sir Robert Peel arrived from the river, and sailed for New York this morning. The Rolla, 6, Lieutenant Fenwick, naval appren tices' instruction brig, took the ground this morning at Blockhouse Beach, at the time of leaving her moorings to go out of harbour. Assistance was im mediately sent from the dockyard, and her topgallant masts were sent on deck, which, together with her spare spars, were got over the side to prevent her from going on her beam ends until the tide flowed. Her unfortunate position was not without its benefits, however, as it allowed the bottom of the vessel (which was very foul) to be scrubbed without the trouble and inconvenience of docking. The Royal Albert, 130—The Lords of the Admi ralty have determined that this ship shall be converted into a screw vessel, and in order that this conversion should be carried out in the most effective manner, they have appointed a committee composed of Mr. Laire, master shipwright of Chatham dockyard ; Mr. Abethel, master shipwright of Portsmouth dockyard ; Mr. Rice, master shipwright of Pembroke dockyard; Mr. Murry, chief engineer of Portsmouth dockyard; and Mr. Atherton, chief engineer of Woolwich yard, who are to report to the Admiralty the result which they come to as to the best method of carrying out their Lordships' intentions with reference to this ship. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 27.—Her Majesty's iron screw steam troop-ship Megan's, Commander John Johnson, left port at 8.30 A.M. this day for Woolwich, to embark troops and stores for the West Indies. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Adder, Mr. J. Watt in charge, arrived from Chatham shortlndery before nine A.m., having on board Comma Morrell of the Boscawen, that officer having been summoned to be present at a court-martial Tel this day on board the Waterloo, 120, Commodore the Hon. Montagu Stopford. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Barracouta, 14, was taken this morning into the n orth dock of the fitting basin to have her copper examined and cleaned. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Lizard, tender to Mo narch guard ship of or dinar y , was dispached to:Chat ham this day at 1 P.M . with a seaman who fell from the main yard of the London, 90, for medical treat ment at Melville Hospital. The injuries sustained by the unfortunate sufferer are of so serious a nature that little hopes are entertained of his surviving beyondart-m fewahrtqal hours. A court-martial assembled this day at nine A.M., on board the Waterloo flag-ship, to try Lieutenant C. 13. Hors, of her Majesty's ship London, 90, Captain T. R. Moody. on a ehar, 9 ,.e of Iriving absented hilt' sal, from his snip without l e ave for the space of fly days. The following officers comprised the Court :-- Commodore and Senior Officer the Hon. Montagu Stopford, President; Captain C. Hope, Superintend ent of the Dockyard ; Captain the Hon. S. T. Car negie, of the steam guard-ship Horatio, 22 ; Com mander Henry Pryce, her Majesty's ship Monarch ; Commander Arthur Morrell, her Majesty's ship Boscawen, 70, guard-ship of Chatham ordinary. Captain G. R. Mundy, of the London, was prosecutor in the case. The members of the Court having been sworn, and the usual preliminaries gone through, the c harge against the prisoner was read by the judge-advocate . Witnesses were called and examined in support thereof. The case for the prosecution was concluded by 11.30 A.M., when the prisoner was called upon for his defence. This having been read by the judge- Advocate, the prisoner called witnesses as to charac ter, all of whom spoke of him in the highest terms as an officer. The court was then cleare d of strargerss and on their being again admitted, the Court d eclared the charge to be fully proven, and sentenced Lieute• nant C. B. Hore to he severely reprimanded. APPOINTMENT. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 27.—Second Master Henry W. Short (1848), from the Centaur steam-frigate, flag ship on the West Coast of Africa station, to the Im pregnable, flag-ship at Devonport. The Wasp steam-sloop, Commander Lord John Hay, was taken out of the basin to-day, and is now ready for sea, The Megsera steam-frigate arrived at Woolwich this afternoon from Sheerness, to embark two com panies of the Royal Artillery for a passage to Bar badoes. THE QUEEN'S STORES --DEVONPOILT, SUNDAY.--' One of those disgraceful scenes, w hich frequently occur here, has taken place in the pa st week. Ithe n low neighbourhood of Ordnance -lane, i n h a bited by_ poor people, there was what they term a jolly eod row," or a regular fall-out, when one of the parties, through revenge, laid information that another bad Queen's stores in her possession. A search ma t a for the ag en cordingly inatitutod by Mr. Eastla ke, the the Crown solicitor, and some con stables from was foun d, Dockyard, and some Queen's prop ert y consisting of some fathoms of an old deep-sea line used to dry clothes on, and in the sam e court another piece of white-line, belonging to another womloel bearing the Queen's mark, was also discovered. 1.11 two women were brought before Commodore Superin tendent Seymour or Saturday, and convicted in a fine of 2/. each, or three months' imprisonment. Both being poor widows they could not raise the money, and were sent to prison in default. NORTH AMERICA AND WEST INDIES. The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H., in his flag-ship Cumber land, 70, Captain Seymour, was at Halifax, Sept. 15. Alarm, 26, Captain George Ramsay, arrived at Halifax on Monday evening, the 13th instant, In twenty-three days, from Antigua. She anchored hit_ the south end of George's Island, where she remained ing, all night ; got under weigh at seven next morn and saluted the flag of the Tice-Admiral, w hich um vvio returned with the usual number of guns by the C' berland. In beating up, the Alarm got on shore off Dartmouth Cove, where she remained for a b o ut fp . quarter of an hour, when she got off and anchored oft the dockyard. en Buzzard, 6 ; , steam-sloop, Commander Dobbie, ployed in the protection of the fisherie s, arrived 0. Quebec, Sept. 10, it was said, w ith the intention of going into dock to repair damage receiv ed by touch_o ing the ground off the harbour of Halifa x on ha fir arrival from England. Rosamond, 6, steam-sloop, in command of Lieute nant Crauford, left Port Royal for Cuba, Aug. 26. THE COUNTRY MARKETS* The following is the official statement of the quantiti corn, &c., received in the port of London from the P° Essex, from the 19th Sept., 1852, to the 25th Sept., both inclusive :—. Colchester Harwich ...... Leigh Maldon 1'; 0 .4 E 8 , Pq I - - Io b 3741 18( - - 398( 92 1033: 5E4 22 12 116 ies of .&52, 306 LON DON, 1200 1137 . . , CHELMSFORD, Szrf. 24.—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, old 46s Od to 5.15 Od, red, old 40s to 465, new 355 to 40s • barley, 265 to 295; chevalier 27s to 32s ; grinding 21s t0'278; malt 559 0 56sfi chevalier 55s to 58s ; oats 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 3093 to 365; white, 30s to 32s ; boiling, 34s to 365; den, nev i . raw 42s to 521; to 35s ; beans, tick, 32s to 345; harrow ticks, mazagan, 29s to 325. rec B 1 OS COLCHESTER, Sam 25.—Wheat, white 409 to 5 0 ' ; to 45s ; oats, 17s to 235; beans, mazagan $ 2l . P3l" . 28s to , ~,. t and small 32s to 369 ; peas, • white 34s to 368, grey; "" )2 325_ . ; barley 28s to 32s per qr. KIR ' ICALDT, Sim 25.—The following the quotation§ are for new g rain : 31s to 36t , Wheat. 'Barley. First 44s Od 25a Od Second 40s Od 24s Od Third 3Bs Od 223 Od 1 Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HADDINOTON, SErr. 24.—T grain at our market to-day : Old Wheat. Oats. 21s Od 195 Od 18s Od i m perial,. he follow] Beans 30 3 Od 28s Od _s od Pegg. od uu 303 283 , —a /Ds 01 pr i ce s of 124 s Od to ( ng are the Beaus. Barley. I Oats. 331 Od First Third Second 43s 7d I 27s Od I 2ls 2d 3 33 `,"; ...... ...—...... 368 Oct 24s Od 117 e Oct 31e 11 Total quantity ot Old Wheat in market 199 qrs., 199 fi97 sold Do. New do. 716 q rs " - ld Do. Barley do. 380 qrs., 380 so . _ Do. Oats do. 411 qrs., 409 so Do. Beans do. 45 qrs., 3 1 1 ° 1 " ll Co ok P s r o i n c ' e s s Hastings Hartley ofccokLal Ravensworth'sWlart 1 15 6 5 s peTAtioß6nll:ti:h.e—clYoLsroEfl=Tniarket:-... , Hartley ... 14s 6diEletton .... 16 0 9 u, 168 6a llolywell 16s 0 New Tanfield .. .. ... 148 3d Whitwell .... Os 9d 6d 6d Rnueststeolnl's:arettiteopnooi .. ..... .......... 168 9d 6 8 6d Townley 14s 6d South Hartlepool ••••• West Harley 163 6d South Kelloe ............ 8 __ , West Wylam Wylam 148 9d Whitworth . ............ 1 Wall's End, Sic. 160 9i Acorn Close Tees ...... ... ........ -•• o d Bell 298 6‘.1 16s 3d Dynant Uilford Stone - Belmont 163 3d Ships at market, 33. Sold, 30. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SEPT. 27. STOOK E xcfLANGE .—The share mar ket continues dull. The only transaction reported to-day was south Devon, 20 - LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 27. STOCK EXCHAWGE.—We have to note a trifling ment in our share market to-day, and a firmer feeling is In a °,; rifest. The transactions were as follow :—Barkenhead 47. Lancashire (late Chester and Birkenhead), 20'4 -I)ilt° ' ly Shares, 3% dis.—Caledonian, 215/8 Eastern Counties, 1 4 Fifth Ft 4 dis.- -Lancashire and Yorkshir 4 — D . e , 8 Ys— itto, Eastern/ —Ditto, London and North-Western, 119—Midland, New Preference, 4% —sou and per cent., ii p• , th and South Dover, 21V 2 —Dutch Rhenish, 1 dis,—dsor Wales, 3%. improve- MANCHESTER , SEP T ' 27 ' Sirocic Excitaivou.—The business done to-day was very' limited, and prices had a downward tendency. The trans - L an in d co l i ' n o s r h k i s r h e i , r N e, e B w 4 6-I.Diiitrteof,erePrirceef,erysencee., 6 actions were as follow :—East Lancashire, 18X3—Lancashire per cent., 15% -- London and North-Western, 119—Manchester, Sheffield, and Scottish Central, 20—South-Eastern andiD . ; . ) .:,Xl 2 af , c i l : 1 7 6 6 . % BIRMINGHAM, Seri% 27. STOCK Ex:ANGE.—Th e share mar ket o p ened firm this morning at last quotations, but business was flat. In the course of the day Shropshire Unions were done 31. i t , ____-..-------- , - - EADVERTISEMENT.]—A Life Guardsman, One the Heroes of Waterloo, cured of Rheumatism by Hollovvay' s Ointment and Pills.—Mr. Thomas Brunton, landlord of the Waterloo Tavern, Coatham, Yorkshire, was afflicted for many months with rheumatism and rheumatic gout. His legs were dreadfully painful, and disfigured with colours a every hue, frightful to behold. For ten weeks he was w hc'ly unable to walk, the t r e a tment he received from several m ed:cal men not only failing to do him any good, but leaving him in fact in a considerably worse condition. At this) uncture Holloway's Pills and Ointment were resorted to, and by their sole means he has been restored to health and strength.—Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. Th e weekly review s of the Amsterdam and Rot terdam produce-markets mention a more favourable feeling. among operators, which bad in some cases caused an ad va trace nce in prices. Little change had taken place in coffee, but h gene ral tendency was towards improvement, higher rates having, in special instances, been paid. The transactions in. raw sugar bad been li m ited; purchases of refined had been more freely made. In rice the dealings continued active, counts from Hamburgh and Antwerp represent and indigo could be obtained only at an advance The ac and of trade. a similar B I.l?Tris. OF A SON. On the 25th inst., at Tavistock-place, Tavistock-square' Mrs. George Wheeler. or On the 23d bast., at Belfield, Windermere , the wife Captain Nicholls, late of the 4th Dragoon Guards. OF A DAUCHITER. Georg On the 24th i n st , at Tavistock-square , t he wife of t T. O K n eni th r e E 23d sci. iust., at Darley-house, Sunbury, h wife of Captain Hayes, 4th M On the 23d innt , at Sidm ARRIED. outh. D evon , George Carringtoor jun., Esq., e ld es t son . of George Carr in g ton, Esq., of o f James , I!Jissen— (l en-abbey, Bud cs, to Elizabeth J ane, onl y daughter Hodges, Esq., of Sidmeuth. D IED. On the 24t1i inst., at See thin g -we, John stop, Surrey'. Seething-wells, King Brown, Esq., aged 81. On the 25 th inst., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Mr. Them" ( Rouse, late proprietor of the Eagle Tavern and Grecian:. Esq., of Angrmering, Sussex , Saloon City-i •oad, aged 69. aged 68. On the 2 , lth, inst., at Brighton, Lucy, relict of G. French? On the 23d inst., at Ovington-square, Brorupton, Joseph C. -----'..." Robertson, Es 1., aged 65 ..........., —2 p r inter S , at The Sun 01Lic" No. Published by MIIRDO YOUNG, ot London : Prix tad a nd No. 112, k Itrand, Strand, in 4,11 e Precin 119 c t of the Savoy. in the count", Vf tr Middlesex, 'X'uoadg,i, ARttunkor 21 4 1601