The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-10 00:00:00

THE NA VY. " VALETTA, Aug. 30.-1 take advantage of a steamer leaving to-day to send you a few lines. The Himalaya left yesterday for England. Her Majesty's gunboat Assurance, Commander C. M. Aynsley, came in yesterday from Castellamare, where she left the chief portion of the fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.B. Her Ma jesty's frigate Melpomene, Capt. Ewart, arrived to day from Beyrout, 11 days. The 'British steamer Rangoon, having on board another portion of the ' Malta and Alexandria electric cable, arrived on the 28th from England. Sept. 3.—Since despatching the above ma Italy nothing has occurred worthy of notice except the departure on the 31st ult. of her Majesty's gunboat Recruit, 6 guns, Commander D. Spain, for England, to be paid off. Her Majesty's ships in port are the Hibernia receiving ship (flag of Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C. 8.); the Mel pomene, 51; the Medina, 4 ; the Assurance, 4 ; the Mohawk, 4, and the Hearty, tug." The, Lords of the Admiralty have just conferred a pension for wounds and distinguished services on Capt. Davies, B.N„ chief constable of the counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon. The Pelican, 17, screw, Commander Brock, re cently commissioned at Portsmouth, is berthed off the King's Stairs of the dockyard, her crew busily engaged in preparing her for sea. Her Majesty's screw yacht Fairy, Master-Com mander Welsh, has been placed in No. 1 dock for examination and cleansing of her bottom, &c. The gunboat Handy, 40-horse power, was launched from the gunboat yard at Haslar on Friday, with her steam up, to test the joists of her machinery, and on Saturday steamed over to the dockyard at Portsmouth, where her outfit will be completed for service in the African rivers, for which she has been commissioned. The extension of the ten easternmost sheds in the yard is being carried out by the con tractors, but all Government work goes on very slackly owing to the small number of men at pre sent employed in the yard, and no repairs whatever are being made good to any of the vessels except such as are ordered for launching, as their services may be required afloat. The Pheasant is one of the 22 boats whose repairs had been made good before the gunboat affair tookplace, and called attention to the way in which repairs were made. After lying on her blocks under Hasler sheds for two years since her repair, which cost £1,500, she is now found to require further repair before she can be placed in the water, and what may reasonably be expected is that all her old timber must be taken out of her be fore she can be pronounced seaworthy. There are 21 other vessels whose repairs were made good at Hasler upon the same rule as the Pheasant. The six gunboats attached to thefirst-class reserve at Portsmouth have exchanged their 68 and 32- pounder smooth-bore guns for 100 and 40-pounder Armstrongs, which they will retain as their perma nent armament, their smooth-bores being returned into store at the gun wharf. The crew of the screw steamship St. Jean d'Acre, 99, Commander J. D. M'Crae, at Plymouth, are to be paid off on Friday. The screw steamship Renown, Capt. A. Forbes, from the Mediterranean, arrived yesterday morning in Plymouth Sound. The Defence, 22, iron frigate, is still lying in Chatham harbour, moored to the sheer-hulk, the in tention of docking her during the present high tide having been abandoned, her great draught of water rendering that Operation exceedingly hazar dous excepting during the very highest tides. It had been originally intended to attempt to dock her at 1 a.m. on Sunday morning, and the workmen were directed to be in the yard at thathour ; but subse quently the order was countermanded, it being thought there would have been sufficient water for that operation yesterday afternoon. This, however, was found not to be the case, and she will accordingly not be docked until the next springs. As soon as the iron lower masts have been received from the Thames Iron Company they will be put on board, and the steamer rigged. The screw steamship Renown, 89, Capt. Arthur Forbes, from the Mediterranean, arrived in Ply mouth Sound yesterday morning. She sailed from Beyrout August 7, remained a week at Malta, and left Gibraltar on Sunday, August 31. The Renown came home from Malta under canvass, but kept her fires banked up for an emergency. She has on board half a company of Royal Engineers, some Sappers and Miners, and between 300 and 400 naval and military invalids, women, and children, numbering altogether with her crew about 2,000 persons. The military are under command of Lieut. Fenton, and in medical charge of Dr. Fenton. The new guns taken out by this ship were left at Malta, and t4ose in bad condition brought from the island are stowed on her lower deck. The military and the invalids will land at Plymouth. The Renown will, it is said, leave to-day for some port to the eastward, probably Sheerness. While on the station some cases of smallpox occurred among the crew; they are now all in good health_ When the Re nown left the Orion, 81, at Beyrout, on the 7th of August, all were well on board. Commander Wm. C. de Vere, late of the Agamemnon, 89, was acting captain, and First Lieut. John. R. Simcoe, of the Orion, was doing duty as commander. The original captain, J. T. B. E. Frere, and Commander Vashon Baker, had left. The former arrived at Malta while the Renown was there, and would return home overland. The screw steamship Sanspareil,7o, Capt. A. P. E. Wilmot, C. 8., was at Gibraltar. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt. G. J. Napier, to the Malacca ; W. Telfer, surgeon, to the Malacca; F. G, Thorns, surgeon, to the Scylla; J. C. Messer, sur. geon, to the Pelican ; E. Wallar, assist.-surg., to the Trafalgar; J. T. B. Torrance, assist.-surg., to the Malacca ; A. C. Johnston, assist.-surg., to Peli- can ; E. Olive, acting assist,-surg., to the Orestes ; E. West, chief engineer, to the Malacca; G. Rock, chief engineer, additional, to the Seringapatam, at the Cape, for service of dock and victualling yard ; Henderson Leslie, to the Malacca ; J. Pearce, first class assist-engineer, to the Malacca; L. Backler, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, as supernu merary ; W. J. Hawkins, second-class assist.•engi neer, to the Arrogant, for the Handy, vice Backler J. Stocks, acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Malacca; W. Hair, acting second-class assist.-en gineer, to the Hawke, additional, for the Magpie, vice Hawkins ; T. Smith, acting second-class assist... engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary ; Henry W. Arlidge, paymaster, to the Cadmus ; and Philip Musgrave, nominated to a naval cadetship. THE 4RMY. The subjoined circular memoranda were yester day received at -Woolwich, from the Horse Guards : Hie Roy a l " Horse Gua r d s , A ug. 23 . Highness the General Command ing in -Chief calls the attention of General officers commanding divisions and brigades, and that of commanding officers of regiments. tos, the following extract from the circular of the 3d of Apr 1858, to which due regard seems not to have been il, paid :•-• '4 I have it in com man d to a cquaint you that, artny to enable the bands of all corpsthroughout the to play in concert, the General Co mraanding-in- Chief is desirous that the instruments of the whole .hould oe of one uniform pitch, and that used at the Ancient Philharmonic Concerts has accord ingly been selected as the stand ar d or regulation pitch of the army. " In their monthly returns, commanding officers will be• pleased to state that their regimental bands use the same pitch as that adopted by the' Ancient Philharmonic Concerts.' " Arrangements will be made for supplying each regiment with a tuning fork of the proper pitch, at the cost of the fund of the military schools of music.—By command, " JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-General." (Addressed to the army at home and abroad.) " Horse Guards, Aug. 26. (Clothing 4, 1861.) , " Much inconvenience and unnecessary corres pondence having arisen in the settlement of the claims of discharged men for compensation in lieu of clothing, in consequence of commanding officers neglecti ng t o f urn i s h sufficient information respect theg iss ues o f c l o thi ng ma de to them, to enable Me W ar -office to settle their claims without fur - . ther reference, his Royal Highness the General C°Tninanding in -Chief desires officers commanding rtransmit at home, in the colonies, and in India, to document a ; e Za t carefully filled up with the other (erred to another always accompwny a man trans e 'n's, or to the Invalid Depot, in order that the claims of men discharged be in every case adjusted by the Paymaster prior to their leav ing the depot of their regiments or the Invalid Depot. " By command, `"JAMES YORKE SCABLETT, Adjutant-General." (Addressed to general officers in command, and com manding officers of regiments and depots at home and in the colonies.) " Horse Guards, Aug. 28. to exist as to the C 0 Some misconception appearing 1861.) d m from this 27th April last, N 0.127, department, date d operation of the (c c l i o r t c h n i l n a g r 5, mmemorandum u the General Royal Highness Commanding-in-Chief hi s regard desires it to be explained that no to the date of issue of the alteration is con templated with • annua l clothing to the soldier, which is to take place on is considered Ist of April in each year, as heretofore , but considered desirable that the issues of clothing to regiments and depots should be commenced on the Ist day of January, in order that there may be a sufficient time for alterations and fitting, so as to insure punctuality in the delivery to the men. " By command, " JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-General, The 23d, 31st, and 33d companies of Royal En gineers have been completed to their full strength from the detachments and companies now at Chat ham, previously to their departure from head quarters to embark for foreign service. The 23d company, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Graham, V.C., was inspected at Brompton barracks yesterday, and, according to present arrangements, will pro ceed from Chatham this morning to Shorncliffe, where it will take the place of the 34th company, under the command of• Capt. Gordon, which latter will be augmented to its full complement and em bark for Bermuda, there to relieve the 26th com pany, which returns to Chatham. The 31st com pany, under the command of Capt. Fyers, is in daily expectation of receiving orders to proceed from Chatham to Malta, to relieve the 17th company; and the 33d (Capt. Hawthorn's) company to em bark for Gibraltar i there to relieve the 24th com pany. A detachment of Royal Engineers will accom pany the 33d company from Chatham to join the 27th company at Gibraltar; and a detachment will also proceed with the 31st Company to Malta to augment thP 28th company. DcLaciunents will at the same time be despatched to Corfu to join the companies of Royal Engineers stationed at that island. The first portion of the 4th battery, 9th Brigade, of the Royal Artillery, ordered to be stationed at Chatham, has arrived at that garrison from Ath lone, under the command of Lieut. H. J. Palliser, consisting of 33 non-commissioned officers and men, forming the dismounted portion of the battery. The remainder of the battery, consisting of Major Mackay, Captain Humphrey, Lieut. Browne, Lieut. Campbell, 163 men, and 98 horses, will arrive at Chatham from Ireland in the course of a few days. It had been intended to quarter the Bth battery of the 9th Brigade also at Chatham, but in conse quence of there being a want of sufficient barrack accommodation at Brompton, where the Royal Ar tillery are stationed, the order for the removal of No. 8 battery from Ireland to that garrison has been countermanded. In the paragraph published in The Sun of Satur day with regard to the camp at Colchester it was stated that Col. Grey had assumed the command of the troops at that station. The name of the com mandant was misreported, Col. Guy, C. 8., a vete ran officer of 50 years' standing, having been placed in command of the camp, The regiment which will relieve the 10th Hussars at Norwich, Ipswich, and Northampton, is the sth Dragoon Guards, and not the sth Light Dragoons. In the movements of troops between Aldershot and Portsmou th, when marching by routes, arrange ments have been entered into for the appropriation of a piece of ground in the vicinity of the village of Horndean on which the troops may in future en camp for the night, dividing their march between Woolmer and Portsmouth, and doing away with that measure so highly injurious to all sound prin ciples of discipline —the placing the men out in billets when on a line of march. The Himalaya steam troopship, Capt. John Sec combe, whose arrival at Spithead from Malta and Corfu was briefly announced in The Sun of Satur day, disembarked the 6th brigade of Royal Artillery at the dockyard the same day. The officers were : —Col. E. C. Warde, C. 8., in command; C. S. Longden, Capt. and Adjt. R. Oldfield, Pay master J. Scott, Quartermaster W. Stewart, Assist.- Surg. J. J. C. Rogers, Capt. W. T. Barnett, Capts. and BrevLt-Majors E. Mowbray, J. G. Boothby, W. I. Bolton, P. Mackenzie, W. Stirling, Capts. F. Close, L. S. Joyce, S. H. Sandilands, and A. D. Burnaby; and Lieuts. J. R. King, T. Seccombe, W. W. Min dock, E. V. Boyle, S. Parry, A. Harness, F. S. Le Grice, B, Atkinson, J. E. Gubbins, A. R. Cruikshank, M. J. Sexton, H. St. J. V. Le M. Thomas, D. M. Wilson, W.F. Nelson, C. E. Ireland, W. G. Mulloy, H. R. Browne, F. H. E. Day, G. C. H. Parlby, W. F. L. Morier. There were six officers' wives, 24 children, and eight servants ; 69 sergeants, 15 trumpeters, 75 corporals, and 953 pri vates; 90 soldiers' wives, and 176 children. The total number disembarked was 1,454 persons. On landing the ten companies forming the brigade were distributed among the various barracks and forts in and around the garrison, relieving the remaining portion of the 10th brigade, which proceeded by special train to Woolwich at 10 a.m; The Himalaya had a large fatigue party of Royal Artillery employed on board of her alongside Ports mouth dockyard yesterday, removing the baggage of the 6th brigade Royal Artillery, which occupied upwards of 7,000 cubic feet from the vessel's hold to the shore. The Megmra screw troopship, Commander S. Henderson, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morn ing early from Queenstown, having on board 36 men of the depot of the 21st Regiment, the Royal carriages and horses used during the recent visit of her Majesty to Ireland, and a large cargo of salt provisions. The men of the 21st were forwarded by train to Shorncliffe. THE VOLUNTEERS. The members of the 7th Middlesex (Islington) Rifles recently competed for a series of money prizes at their rifle range, Rainham. The conditions were five shots each at the different ranges in each class, and, although the wind was very high at the time, the practice was on the whole creditable. The fol. lowing are the names of the successful marksmen : In the first-class, at 500 and 600 yards, Sergeant Taylor; in the second-class, at 300 and 400 yards, Private Berry ; and in the third-class, at 150 and 300 yards, a recruit named Wise. The corps will shortly compete for a number of prizes given by the officers and other friends. These will consist of a silver cup, presented by Lieutenant Reynolds ; a short Enfield rifle, given by Ensign Wagstaff; a rifle, the gift of Mr. Ebsworth, of Flighbury-place, father of the Captain Commandant ; a pair of field glasses, &c. On - Wednesday evening the members of the 33d Middlesex Rifles commenced working at the erec tion of their butt on Tottenham -marshes. The range will extend for 1,000 yards, and the butt will be 40 feet high, and 80 feet long at the top. The cadet companies of the following corps will take part in the cadet review at the Crystal Palace to-morrow :—The London Rifle Brigade ; the 2d, the 7tb, the 20th, the 22d, the 29th, the 33d, and the 40th Middlesex ; the 2d, the 4th, and the 6th Tower Hamlets ; the Ist Surrey ; the and the 13th Kent ; and the Douro - house School. 3d They will be formed into two divisions, one under the com mand of Major Mayne, adjutant of the Queen's Westminster Rifles, and the other under Captain Jones, adjutant of the North Middlesex. On Friday last the prizes given by the officers of No. 3 company of the 15th Middlesex (London' Scottish) we re competed for at Wimbledon. The ; first prize, consisting of a short Enfield rifle, and given by Capt. Conway, was won by Sergeant Macalpine, who scored 25 points ; the second, a silver cup, presented by Lieut. Shepherd, was car ried off by Private Flecknow, who made 24 points; and the third prize, a London Armoury Company's rifle, was won by Corporal Donaldson, scoring 23 points. The firing was at 200, 300, 400, and 500 yards' range, five shots at each. Th e pr i zes were presented by Capt. Conway to the winn ers a t th e conc l us i on o f th e competition, which lasted nearly four hours. On Saturday next the members of this THE SUN, LONDON, corps will parade at Wimbledon-common for light infantry drill. A cadet corps has been formed at Oxford, with the sanction of the Lord-Lieutenant, the Duke of Marlborough, and has proved very successful. On Thursday last the members of the corps, numbering 160, were invited by Mr. Merrell, of Headington hill House, to his grounds, where they performed a variety of evolutions. Upwards of 2,000 persons connected with the University, city, and county were present. The supplementary rifle contests, in connection with the Oxford City Rifle Corps, came off on the same day at the Hincksey-butts, and com menced with the firing for a silver cup, given by Private Phillips, of the Tower Hamlets Corps. It was won by Private C. Underhill, who made 12 points at 300 yards, with seven rounds. There were 37 competitors. The next contest was for the rifle prize, value 20 guineas, won last week (as reported in The Sun, by Lieut. Thomson, of Oxford, and most liberally surrendered by him for competition by the corps. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards, five rounds at each. There were no less than 65 competitors, and the prize was eventually won by Private Collins, of Oxford, who made 23 points. A silver cup, given up by Private Hawkins, was won by Private Venables, who made 22 points, the ranges being 200, 400, and 500 yards. A short Enfield rifle, given up by Private C. Underhill, was won by Private Jenkins, after a severe contest. We announced that a protest had been entered by Private Wright, of the Colchester corps, against the award of a first-class rifle, given by Mr. Miller, M.P., to Private Taylor, who gained the greatest number of points at the shooting, upon the ground that he had not used the same rifle as that he fired with during the classification course. The captain of the corps, Mr. J. F. Bishop, has decided that the protest is a good one, and has awarded the prize to Private Wright ; but the matter is likely to lead to litigation, Private Taylor having placed it in the hands of his legal adviser. In the StoussValley Corps Lieut. Davey has been elected to the command, vice Capt. Paterson, resigned. The corps has dur ing the -week competed for several prizes, and some excellent shooting has also been made by the 2d Essex (Ilford) Corps for a silver cup and various other prizes given by non-commissioned officers of the corps. In Essex the Colehester Volunteers have had a competition for a Westley Richards rifle, given by Mr. P. 0. Papillon, M.P. The ranges were 450, 500, and 550 yards, five rounds each. The compe. titors slightly exceeded 30 in number. Sergeant Osborne, of the A company, made the highest num ber of points (17), and accordingly carried off the prize. Another prize of £5, shot for among the W members of the third c l ass , was 013 by Private Broughton, who made 13 points at 200, 250, and 300 yards. A cup, shot for among the members of the Ilford corps, and presented by Lieut.-Colonel Davis, has been won by Mr. Agar, and two silver watches by Messrs. Wisker and Willis. The Malvern (11th Worcestershire) Corps of Rifle Volunteers assembled for inspection by Lord Lyttel ton, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, last Monday. The corps having gone through a few evolutions, Lord Lyttelton addressed them, and particularly called their attention to the proposition for esta blishing a County Volunteer Association for Wor cestershire. He alluded to the fact that Earl Beau champ had given prizes for shooting to various corps in the county; but the object of the County Association would be to bring all the companies in the county together for the purpose of competition. He added that there could be no doubt that batta lion and brigade drill were the best means of per fecting the different corps in their duties, and it was hoped that by means of the county associa tion such drills would be made more efficient. The contest for the challenge cup presented to the Evesham Corps by Earl Beauchamp has ended in its being carried off by Private Matthew Lunn, who scored 25 points, Captain Smythe scoring 23, and Private Cox and Goodall 19 each. The Boston, Louth, and Grimsby Artillery Vo lunteers, have had a field day at the last mentioned town. The Volunteers were divided into five bat teries, under the command of Capt. White, Lieut. Ramsey, of theßoyal Artillery (acting as adjutant), and Capt. Smith, who expressed their approval of the manner in which a variety of movements were executed. The Boston Rifle Volunteers have com menced a competition, which will be spread over some time for a number of prizes. In a competition between ten married and ten single members of the Horncastle company the contest was eventually won by the former. Major-Gen. Sir Archdale Wilson, 'the " hero of Delhi," will on Thursday next review all the Nor folk corps at Hoikham-hall, the seat of the Earl of Leicester, Lord-Lieutenant of the county. The assembled force of Volunteers will be from 1,500 to 2,000 strong. A review of the whole of the artillery and rifle corps in the county of Sussex by the Lord-Lieute nant the Earl of Chichester and Gen. Dalzell, will take place on the 27th at New Barn-bottom, Brighton. A review of the Volunteer Corps belonging to the county of Kent will take place on Thursday at Earl Romney's Park, near Maidstone. A volunteer encampment will be formed during the present week at Uffington Downs, and the vo lunteer corps of Berks will remain under canvass several nights. A review of the whole force by the Lord-Lieutenant will also take place. On Monday week the Ist company of the South Shields Rifles met to award the two prizes offered by Capt. Williamson. The winners were Mr. Jas. Burt, 13 points, and Mr. Samuel Malcolm, 12 points. The Hants Rifles have been reviewed by Capt. Heathcote at Ramsey Abbey, the seat of Mr. Ed ward Fellowes, M.P., who at the close of a variety of creditably executed evolutions entertained the whole party at a handsome cold collation. Mr. Fel lowes, in addressing his guests,expressedhis hearty sympathy with the volunteer movement. About 4,000 persons assembled to witness the review. The Earl of Malmesbury, Captain Commandant of the 10th Hants Rifle Volunteers, had a parade of the corps on Friday at Heron Court, his seat, near Christchurch. At the concltsion of the evolutions his lordship addressed the volunteers, and presented an Enfield rifle to Sergeant-Major Gulliver in ap preciation of his services as drill instructor. The annual competition for prizes of the Carmar thenshire battalion of Rifle Volunteers commenced at Carmarthen on Monday, Aug. 26. A large num ber of prizes were contended for, and the shooting givenoceupi h e y d tthheeweehropleerawteieen of Carm ar then , k.Asil sil vercup, r open p value en t £ o l a s l 1 , comers, was won by Private Ebenezer Morris, of the Ist Carmarthenshire, with 21 points, at 200, 400, and 500 yards. The ladies' prize, a silver salver, value £l5, was won by Private E. H. Daniel, 2d company. The battalion consists of about 500 men. An influential association for the encouragement of rifle practice has been formed at Inverness, em bracing all the Highland counties, the first prize competition of which will commence on the 16th inst., the week of the Northern meeting. A match of an interesting nature, and one which created a great deal of excitement in consequence of the closeness of the contest, came off on Wednesday last, between 10 members of the Ist Highland Company (Captain J. T. Gordon's), and 10 members of the 2d Highland Company (Captain Smith Sligo's). Ten rounds were fired by each member— namely, four at 200 yards, three at 500 yards, and three at 600 yards, and after a well fought match the Ist Company proved the conquerors by scoring two points more than the second. By a circular issued to the 2d Midlothian Artil lery it is stated that by a recent order from the War-office any Volunteer absent from the annual general inspection of his corps, without leave pre viously obtained from his commanding officer, must be struck off the roll of effectives. [ADVERTISENIENTI—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— t S h u e ff b e ri al n s agnas sAflrleovmiawtehdi.c—hTthheesveeignevtaalbulaeblkeinregmdoedmiesfuarnreipshree! pared. Holloway's ointment soothes, cools, and heals all external ailments, while his pills strengthen the stomach, purify the blood, and invigorate the nerves. By attention to the directions folded round Holloway's medicines no harm can possibly result from the use of them. Wherever im purity, inflammation, or ulceration is present, Holloway's remedies invariably prove the safest, surest, and most speedy antidote, and should always be at hand. They are especially adapte I for children's diseases. They prevent the glandular swellings, blotches, and similar disfigure ments so often arising from the blood becoming contami nated, and impurities being allowed to remain in the sys tem to its injury. TUESDAY EVENING, POLICE 'OE—Sept.. 9, The prisoner, who had nothing to say, was corn. mitted for trial, Mr. Corrie—lt will be better if you can offer some explanation of the matter, then. Why did he yo there P_ Mr. Beard said he could explain everything. The defendant, a poor foreigner, with only a partial knowledge of the English language and customs, had the misfortune to have a very bad wife, whose conduct had driven him to commence proceedings for a divorce. He had lately heard that his wife had been repeatedly photographed by different artists, in compa nionship with her guilty paramour; and when the defendant read in the newspapers that a woman had been charged at Bow-street, and that photo graphs representing her as caressing some man, had been found in her boxes, he (defendant) was natu rally anxious to see these pictures, to ascertain if the woman was his wife. He may not have gone the right way to work, being a foreigner ; but cer tainly he had intended nothing wrong in what he did. A gentleman of great re s p ecta bili ty, M r. Hamilton, who was present, advis e d hi m t o go to the police- s t a tion, where the def en d ant was referred to Mr. Brown by one of the inspectors, who ac .tually wrote Mr. Brown's address on a card. It was possible that the defendant might h ave sa id he was sent by the "superintendent," not understand " inspector," b u t c o h m arge of false p re • c f o r nsidered it di sgrace f u l tt i e n h n g e re ea the term aa r is e dr no oh e t g o mob ground rn different dßeforard the to the police that they took such a paltry charge at the station. It being admitted that the defendant did obtain Mr. Brown's address at the station, Mr. Come said he did not think the defendant had any improper intention, and was willi ng to believe that a misunderstanding had led to the present charge. The defendant, therefore, might be discharged. CLERKENWELL.—TIIE METROPOLITAN RAIL WAY COMPENSATION CASES.---The three cases of compensation that occupied two days in hearing were decided to day. The cases were those of Mr. Edwards, milkman, of Acton-place, who claimed £289, the company having offered him £7O; Mr. Briggs, of 4, Acton-street, who claimed £l4O, and was offered 60 guineas; and that of Mr. Newb ury , who claimed £l2O, an d was offered by the company £52. Mr. M'Donnell attended for the claimants; and Mr. Borchelt for the company. Mr. D'Eyncourt, in giving judgment, said—The first case before me is that of Mr. Edwards, and it is the only one in which any difficulty has presented itself. Mr. Edwards claims compensation not only for the four months unexpired term in his premises up to Christmas next, but also for the damage he will sustain by the loss of his tenancy beyond that period—a loss, he says, occasioned by the act of the company, as but for them be would have remained a yearly tenant of Mr. Silcock. I cannot regard this notice to quit as the act of the company. The land lord gave the notice not as the agent of the corn. pany, but in order to get possession of the house for business. I have therefore only to assess the damages upon the loss of the net profits of the business for four months, for the fixtures, for some delay in ob taining a new house suitable for his trade, the time given him for seeking a new house being shortened by the company taking possession, and for a slight loss by removal, perhaps to another place in the first instance. Taking all these items together, I deter mine that the company do pay Mr. Edwards as case. a.os t fe i le4 f for )r.tiv company aTkrhi. This sN g z o ae p wau s br s sud e tr s iy s pn i , c o I n u d o e f sh theis premises,v alue o the e i tc n ho thiscspoues costs. sum of do pay him £Bl 10s. s a a y n c I d a s s e £ , s 4 s ia 4 k f s o i . r ng c costs. o that the stalls matters into consideratio n , I determine In Mr. Brigg's case the award will be by consent of the parties for £B6 10s., he being at litie t to r yre move the tenant's fixt ures . T he company would also hive to pay- £4 4s. costs. The decisions seemed to give satisfaction. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY. —George Church, of 11, Church-way, Somers Town, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with stealing a valuable gold brooch, and a large quantity of jewellery, the property of Mr. Shaw, surgeon, of High-street, Hampstead. The prisoner was further charged with stealing a quantity of floorcloth from near Somers Town. Mr. Hubert Wood appeared for the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner forced his company on the cook engaged by Mr. Shaw, under the pre tence that he would marry her. One Sunday even ing while the family was at church, the house was MA NSION - HOUSE. — EMBEZZLEMENT.—Cha s . Cullom, a porter in the employment of Messrs. E. Moses and Son, Aldgate, who was brought before the Lord Mayor last week, charged with embezzling the sum of £4 6s. 3d., was brought up yesterday for final examination. It appeared Cult the prisoner's duty was to take out parcels and receive the money for them. On the evening of the 19th of August the head porter gave him two parcels to deliver, one for £3 11s. 3d., and the other for 155., which he was to receive and ac count for next day. On the prisoner's parcel-book being examined a day or two after by, a young man named Wilson, the head porter, he discovered that the two amounts for the parcels mentioned had not been entered. He spoke to the prisoner, who said that he had lost a sovereign of the money, and- did not like to pay in the balance until he had made it up. He spoke to Mr. Adolphus, the head ware houseman, who asked the prisoner what he had done with the balance, and he replied that it was up stairs in his box. He was sent up for it, and as he was gone a long while, Mr. Adolphus sent Wilson to look after him, and he saw him coming down the stairs with a bundle, and asking him what he was going to do, he said he was going to pawn his clothes to raise the money. Mr. Adolphus asked him how much he had got left, and he handed him £2 ss. 11d., and said he had lost a sovereign, and made use of the rest. BOW-STREET. INGENIOUS FORGERIES.— Frederick Golding, a young man, under 20 years of age, was brought up on several charges of forgery preferred by Messrs. Shoolbred and Co., the exten sive drapers, &c., of T o tt en h am-co urt-road. Mr. A. Warrand, the solicitor to the Association for the Prosecution of Swindlers and Shoplifters, appeared for the pr3secutors. From the evidence of Mr. J. J. Knight, one of the firm, and Mr. T. Harrison Durham, their ma naging assistant, it appeared that the prisoner's mother was employed to make hassocks for the establishment, and when they were delivered the prisoner was in the habit of roooiving the money for them on her behalf. Re usually presented the bill for examination, and when the initials of Mr. Knight and the signature of Mr. Durham were en dorsed upon it, they constituted the authority to the cashier to pay the amount. Evidence was given, however, to show that three bills, for the amounts respectively of £1 Bs. 5d., £1 75., and £1 Os. ld., were entirely fictitious, the prisoner having made out the bills and imitated the signatures with sufficient skill to deceive the cashier, who paid the .noney accordingly. Mr. James Shoolbred stated that the prisoner had succeeded in defrauding the firm to the e xt en t of £l5 in this m anner. The prisoner, who offered no defence, was fully committcd for trial. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A FOREIGNER. —A well-dressed middle-aged man, who wore a profusion of beard of the blackest hue, and gave the name of Lupino Jacob Levisohn, was charged before Mr. Corrie with having falsely represented himself as a detective in the City police. The complainant, Mr. T. Johnson Brown, archi tect, of 2, Robert-street, Adelphi (the prosecutor in a recent case investigated at this court), stated that on returning to his home about seven o'clock on Saturday evening last, he was informed that a foreign gentleman had been waiting for some time to see him. He (complainant) went into the office and saw the prisoner, who said "I wish to see you about the case of the female servant you have lately had at Bow -street." Witness said, " Wino are you ?" He replied, "I am a detective officer in the City, and I want to see the woman's things, which I understand are now in your possession." Witness said "They are all locked up and in the custody of the officer, therefore I can not show them to you." He asid " I must see them, and particularly the photograph which I have read of in the newspapers, and which repre sents the woman as having her arms round the neck of her male companion." Witness repeated that he had no power to show them, and as the de fendent became importunate, and insisted on see ing the woman's clothes, witness asked him by what authority he had come to him at all ? He then produced a card having the name and ad dress of witness written upon it, and said it had been written by Mr. Durkin, the superintendent at the Bow-street police-station, to whom he was first referred by Mr. Inspector Hamilton. Wit ness said he did not believe the story at all, or that the defendant was an officer, and therefore ho should give him in charge unless he would go to Bow-street. Witness accompanied de fendant to the station-house, and asked if the writing on the card was Mr. Durkin's. The In spector said " Certainly not," and that the defend ant was not in any way connected with the police; upon which witness gave him into custody. Mr. B-ard, solicitor, who attended for the de fendant, cross-examined the complainant, and said that his client had been misunderstood and grossly I ill-treated. SEPTEMBER 10, 1861. MARLBOROUGH-STREET,—TMPORTANT TO BENEFIT SOCIETIES. ATTEMPTED FRAUD.— Henry Banman, a boot and shoemaker, was charged before Mr. Beadon, with the following attempted fraud on the West-end Bout and Shoemakers' Society. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prosecution, and said the prisoner was charged with endeavouring to obtain money by false pretences. The society consisted of four branches, the West-end Men Bootmakers' Society, the West -end Ladies Bootmakers' Society, the Boot-closers' Society, and the Heavy Bootmakers' Society, and there were both provincial and metro politan lodges, where assistance was rendered to workmen at different towns in search of employ ment, and the funds of the society were dispensed by means of cards given to applicants to enable them to receive assistance in the different towns through which they pass, but no workmen was entitled to the possession of more than one card. On Saturday week last the prisoner applied to the Female Bootmakers' Society, and obtained the necessary assistance by the production of a card, and he, on the same night, applied to the Men's Bootmakers' Society, . and by producing a similar card, but in a different name, attempted to obtain further assistance, but it was at once detected by Mr. Dadshon, the secretary, to be a forgery, and the prisoner given into custody. On being searched a third card was found on him. Mr. Lewis stated that in consequence of the society having discovered numerous forgeries of late they had determined to prosecute. • Mr. Wm. Palmer, secretary to the Bootmakers' Society of Reading, said on the 29th of August he relieved the prisoner at Reading by the name of Foster, and signed his card, but the card produced and purporting to be signed by him was not signed by him nor with his authority. LAMBETH.—WiIIiam Stevens, the proprietor and conducto r o f a P eckham omnibus, No. 6,709, and the owner of the conductor's badge No. 1,555, appeared before Mr. Elliott to answer a charge of gross misconduct towards Miss Martha Topham, a young lady who had been a passenger in his vehicle. Miss Topham said that on Sunday week she had been to visit a sick sister, and about half-past 10 at night, in company with a young lady friend, took a seat in the defendant's omnibus, in Gracechurch street, to be conveyed to the residence of her mother, Camberwell-green. The vehicle moved over London bridge, and having then its full number of passen gers, and she (witness) being seated next the door, requested the defendant to close it. His reply was that he supposed he knew his business without being told it, and he should close the door when he thought proper. At this time defendant was stand ing on the step, with the door in hand and smoking a short pipe, and witness told him that he had no right to smoke, that it was offensive to his passengers, and that she should lay a complaint against him for doing so. He said he did not care a farthing for such a person as she was, that she was a woman of the town, and that if he had noticed her at first he should not have permitted her to get into his omnibus. On the omnibus reaching Cam berwell-green the defendant opened the door, and alluding to her, no doubt, said, " Now, woman, get cunt." She told him she required his number, to have some redress for his slander, when he in stantly slammed the door to, and drove herself and her friend to Nigh•street, Peckham, where he put them out. He then demanded her fare to that place, but she refused to pay him the fare beyond Camberwell-green, where he should have put her down. He told her if she did not pay twopence in addition he should take her to the police station. A police constable fortunately came up, by whose ad vice she paid the fare for both to Peckham, and the officer took the number of the omnibus and the de fendant's badge. The witness was cross-examined at some length by Mr. Edwin, the defendant's solicitor, but with out materially varying her previous statement. It appeared, however, that there were some females in the vehicle between whom and the complainant a few words passed in reference to the conductor. • Miss Minnie Magner, the young lady who accom panied the last witness, corroborated her testimony in every important particular. For the defence, three ladies of undoubted re spectability were called, and all described the man ner of Miss Topham as of an overbearing character, and not only offensive to the defendant but to them, calling them the creatures of the conductor, and making use of language which they attributed to something more than excitement. There were some discrepancies in their statements, and all swore that the defendant was not smoking a short pipe, while Miss Topham and her witness solemnly asserted the contrary. Mr. Elliott observed that it was quite clear that the conduct of the defendant from the beginning to the end was most improper, and for it he must pay a penalty of £2 and expenses, or be imprisoned for 20 days. The penalty was at once paid, and the defendant discharged. GREENWICH. HIGHWAY Ronß E VIOLENCE.—WiIIiam Th omas, an. AmeriticYanwsieTal! man, was charged w ith b e i ng concerned, with two others not in custody, in assaulting and robbing James Callen] on the public highway. The prosecutor said he was returning home on Saturday night, and when in the Plou h- road Rotherhithe, met the p r i soner an d two othger e rican seamen, who ask e d hi m if h e was the steward of the Grace Darling, a vessel lying in the Com mercial Docks. He told them he was, and they then said they were seamen on board another vessel in the dock, and that they *ere to be paid wages on Monday, at the same time asking him to lend them each a shilling until that time. He lent them the money, and also treated them to something to drink, when they said they were going on board their ship and would accompany him along the road. They then walked together, the prisoner and his com panions speaking of him as the kindest friend they had ever met with; but they had not walked more than 70 y ads before one of them struck him a blow which felled him to the ground, when a cry of" Boot him," " Kill him," was raised, and he was kicked violently in the face and head, one of his eyes being now closed from a kick he had received. While lying on the ground one of the party knelt upon his chest, and he W3B robbed of £1 17s. He seized the prisoner and raised an alarm. Tne other two men ran off, and made their escape. Police-constable Kelly, 55 M, having confirmed this statement, Mr. Traill remanded the prisoner till Saturday. DEFRAUDING: FORESTERS'BENEFIT SOCIETY. — William Aram, a journeyman bricklayer, residing at 64, Earl-street, Edgware-road, was brought up on remand charged with obtaining money under false pretences from the funds of the Foresters' Society. The facts of the case have already appeared. A gentleman now attended for the prosecution, and said there was no desire to proceed harshly against the prisoner, but tit the same time, as the society possessed so many members in all parts of entered, and suspicion fell on the prisoner. He was taken on Saturday. Mr. D'Eyncourt remanded the prisoner for a week, and refused to accept bail. A CABMAN CHARGED WITH CAUSING THE DEATH OF A BOY.----A respectably attired and de cent-looking man, who gave the name of John Muckley, aged 32, the driver of a hackney carriage, badge 6259, residing at 5, St. Emmen's-hill, West minster, surrendered to his bail, charged on his own confession with causing the death of Francis Bidborough, a boy about ten years of age, by driving over him with his horse and cab, at Tonbridge street, Euston-road, St. Pancras. Inspector Reynard, of the E division, attended to watch the case on behalf of the Commissioners of Police. Mr. John William Standford, a foreman in a boot factory, said, about ten minutes past three on Satur day afternoon, as he was coming out of the Dolphin public-house, he saw defendant driving a horse and cab. The cab was then in the act of turning from Claremont-place into Tonbridge-street. At the moment he looked the wheels of the cab were then passing over the body of the deceased, who was lying on his stomach. The prisoner, who was driv ing a Hansom cab, had a gentleman inside as his fare and was driving at a very moderate pace ; in fact, he was walking, as he had pulled up to turn the corner. The deceased, with some other boys, was playing at the spot at which the accident hap. pened. - The prisoner, in defence, said he was not aware that he had run over the deceased until he was called to by the first witness, and then he turned round and saw the boy lying on the ground. When the boy was picked up he could speak. He was truly sorry for what had occurred. Richard Bidborough, the brother of the deceased, residing with his father at 44, Little George-street, Hampstead-road, sain he was playing with his brother and some other boys at the time in ques tion. His brother took a ball away from a boy and ran across the road, and was in the act of turning round to see if the other boy was following him, when the horde the prisoner was driving struck him on the shoulder and knocked him down. The cabman was driving slowly at the time. Another boy who was present at the time df the accident said that the cabman was not in the least to blame, as he was driving very slowly at the time of the accident. Mr. D'Eyncourt said he was very sorry for the poor boy's father, but, from the evidence, th ere could be no doubt th a t it was an accident, and the defendant was not to blame in the matter. The prisoner then left the court. HAMMERSMITH. —ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.-- Thos. Sweeney, who stated that he had just been pensioned from the Indian army, was charged with attempting to steal a watch from Mr. T. Darling, an engineer, residing at 29, Winchester-street, Harrow-road. The prosecutor said that on Saturday afternoon he was in the Spotted Dog, Harrow-road, and while •in conversation with some gentlemen, the prisoner came up, and stated that he had been robbed of 445. While making the statement he took out a piece of string, and showed where his purse had been cut off. Witness ordered him away, but he persisted in talking, and he then felt a pull at his watch. He looked, and saw his watch hang ing down out of the pocket, and the prisoner's hand on the chain. When he accused the prisoner with attempting to steal the watch, he said it was an accident. The prisoner said he had Is. per day. He hed served for 22 years in the East Indies, and this was the first time he ever stood in London. He arrived in St. Katharine's Docks on Friday. He should lose his passage to Ireland if he did not go by the train that night. Mr. Dayman—As the prosecutor does not wish to press the case, I shall discharge you, and you had better make the best of your way to the place men tioned in your pass. The prisoner then left the court, promising to obey his worship's directions. FRIGH7'FUL ACCIDENT IN A CANAL TUNNEL,--271 7 0 MEN SUFFOCAIED. BLIS WORTH, SEPT. 7. To the long list of recent railway fatalities there sto be added to-day a melancholy and fatal acci dent which happened in a tunnel on the Grand Junction Canal, near 'this village, yesterday even ing, whereby two men have lost their lives, arid the lives of two other mien have been placed in immi nent danger. The tunnel at Blisworth is constructed on a simi lar principle to the tunnel on the Regent's Canal under Primrose-hill, and is sufficiently wide to allow of the passage of two boats at the same time. There is no towing-path, and the only means of ven tilation is a shaft near the middle of the tunnel, but this shaft is enclosed by woodwork at the top. Until very recently, all the boats on the canal were towed by horses. On arriving at the mouth of the tunnel the horses are detached and sent on above ground to the other end of the tunnel, where they are again attached to the barges. The boats them selves are worked through the tunnel by men who are kept in these villages for this sort of labour. These men, who are termed " legger s ," li e i n t h e boats on their backs and propel the barges through the tunnel by means of their feet, with which, so to speak, they walk upon the roof of the tunnel. This roof is semi -circular, and is so low that, during the passage of the boats through the tunnel, they are compelled to remain as low as possible. The Giand Junction Canal Company have, how ever, within the past few months, made an impor tant alteration in the mode of working their barges, so as to dispense with the services of these "leggers." Last November they started a barge called the Pioneer, fitted with a small screw propeller. Since that time they have fitted other boats with a similar apparatus. The machinery is very compact, and occupies but the space of a few feet in the stern o the vessel. The particulars will best be gathered from the report of the inquest. The following - is a list of those who were killed and injured : DEAD. William Webb, carpenter, of Stoke Bruerne. Edward Broadbent, boatman, of Braunston, re siting at Birmingham. INJURED. Joseph Jones, engine-driver, severely burned. - William Gower, engino-driver, severely burned. John Chambers, boatman, of Warwick, injured by immersion and partial suffocation. Webb was only married this summer: The other man, Broadbent, has left a widow and eight children, the youngest having only been born on the Ist inst. STOKE BRUERNE, Sept. 9. An inquest on the bodies of Webb and Broad bent was held here this afternoon before P. E. Hicks, Esq., the coroner for this division of the county. Mr. Anderson, the chairman of the Grand Junction Canal Company, Mr. Rogers, the secre tary, Mr. Fulton, the traffic manager, and Mr. Lake, the engineer, were present. The company was also represented by Mr. Arthur B. Markham, solicitor, of Northampton, who attended to watch the case. Mr. Richard Howes, solicitor, of North ampton, was present on behalf of the surviving re latives of the deceased men. The jury having viewed the bodies, the inquest was adjourned to the school-room of the village, where the following evidence was taken : Joseph Wickens—l live at Stoke Bruerne, and am a " legger" in the canal tunnel at Blisworth. I knew both the deceased. They were in the com pany's employ. On Friday evening last I was legging" a boat belonging to Mr. Fellowes through the tunnel from this place to Blisworth. We met a steamboat in the tunnel, but the smoke was so strong that I could not see any one on board of it. That was between 1,200 and 1,300 yards in the tunnel. The steamer was coming towards Stoke Bruerne, and had another boat which it was hauling. We became entangled in the rope of the second boat. I called to the men on board as loudly as I could, but I received no answer. Some one unloosed the rope or it would have pulled us back. Owing to the smoke I could not get on with my work. I laid down on the deck until the smoke had blown by. The re i s a l ways smoke in the tunnel, and it depends u p on which way the wind is as to its clearing off. On this occas i on it blew towards the st eam b oats. On previou s occa sions when passing through the tunnel I have been affected by the smoke from the boats, but I never felt so bad a s on F r id ay n i ght. There is one ven tilating bhatt in th e t unne l at the distance of 1,760 the country who had similar travelling licences, it was thought necessary to proceed against the pri soner as a caution to others. Mr. Traill convicted the prisoner under the Va grant Act, and sentenced him to the full term of three months' imprisonment with hard labour. MARYLEBONE.—DARING ROBBERY OF THE RECORDER OF LIVERPOOL —John Gilderoy, who described himself as a tailor, but refused to state where he lived, was placed at the bar before Mr. Mansfield, charged with a daring robbery of jewel lery, &c., at the residence of Gilbert Henderson, Esq., Recorder of Liverpool, 24, Hyde-park -square. Prosecutor, on being sworn, said—On Saturday afternoon last, between 2 and 3 o'clock, I went to my bedroom on the second floor, and found that the door was fastened on the inside. I called out " Fanny," meaning my wife, but receiving no an swer I tried again to open the door, but could not do so, and I then went down stairs, when I saw my wife in the breakfast room on the ground floor. In consequence of what I said to her she went up, and I followed her, and on the first flight I met the prisoner coming down. I said to him " What do you do here, and whom do you want ?" to which he replied " I want George. I remarked " Who the devil's George ?" upon which he turned and went up stairs again, and then upon getting near the top of the first landing, where there is a large French sash window, which also served as a door leading on to the balcony over the portico, he turned round,andlifting up his arm smashed a large pane of glass, by which means he dropped down to the ground, the height, which I have since measured, being 16 feet. I saw him running away along the north side of Hyde -park-square. I cried out " Stop thief," and observed a body, whose name, I believe, is Alfred Wilson, strike at him with a stick as he passed him. I rushed into the street, and found that the prisoner had been captured, and detained in Cambridge -street. On being searched at the station numerous articles of je wellery were found upon upon him, which were now produced by the police and identified by the prosecutor. Mr. Mansfield (to the prisoner)—Have you any thing to say to the charge ? Prisoner—Nothing. He was remanded for a week. WANDSWORTH.—RUFFIANLY ASSAULT UPON A FEMA LE.—A respectably attired young man named Joseph Sykes, gun case-maker, was placed in the dock before Mr. Dayman, charged with in decently assaulting Miss Rose Stacey, a younc , lady residing at No. 9, P r i or y- roa d, South Lambeth.b The complainant stated that about 10 o'clock on Sunday evening she was proceeding along the South Lambeth-road on her way home, :she having just left some friends, when the prisoner suddenly sprang out of a gateway, clasped her round the waist, and said he would kiss her, upon which she boxed his ears. The prisoner then tried to strike her, but she escaped the blow. He then seized her round the waist and threw her violently into the road, and behaved in a most indecent manner. She screamed out loudly for the police; a constable came up, and she gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner was quite a stranger to her. Police -constable Peabody of the V division having given confirmatory evidence, The prisoner in defence said he stopped at the gate to light his pipe. He did not succeed, and he might have staggered against the complainant. He also said that he had been drinking. Mr. Dayman said it was a very unmanly and ruffianly assault, for which he fined him £5 and 10s. costs, or two months' imprisonment. The prisoner was locked up in default. yards from the Stoke Bruerne end. I knew there was a steamer following us at some little distance. Their smoke would blow towards the other steamer. There would be more smoke in the tunnel than at most times. By Mr. Markham —We were entangled for about ten minutes. lam only employed by boats that do not belong to the company. I did not see any light on board the steamboat or the boat which it was towing. The smoke was so strong that I could not see the light on my own deck. Ido not know that the steamer was more free from the smoke than the second boat. I did not see the second boat at all. I do not know that the steamer broke the rope. When I got back to the other end of the tunnel I saw a man who told me that he loosed the rope, and I told him I was very glad he did. I was close to the gunwale of the boat. The steamboat was pro ceeding at the regular pace, so far as I could judge. The two steamboats must have met in the tunnel at about 750 yards distant from the shaft. The shaft is just as it has always been. You can just see day light through it if you look as you pass in the day time. Some boards are nailed over it at the top, so as to form a little hut. At this stage the proceedings were adjourned to the Boat Inn, where the injured men were lying on beds made up on the floor of the little parlour. The examination of Gower, the second.engine driver on board the steamboat, who was one of the men who was so severely burned, was beig pro ceeded with wh en our parcel was despatched,n From the number of witnesses in attendance the examina tion was likely- to occupy some hours. THE WOOLWICH ..41URDER. The execution of Peter Masterson, who was con victed at the last session of the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Blackburn, has been fixed by the Sheriff of Kent to take place on Thursday, the 19th inst., at Maidstone. The prisoner, it will be recollected, was a private in the Royal Artillery stationed at Woolwich, and that he was taken into custody by the picket for being drunk and dis orderly in the town, and brought to the guard room, where the deceased, w h o was a sergeant in the same regiment, was engaged in the perform ance of entering the charges that were made against the different soldiers who had been misconducting themselves; and upon his asking the prisoner his name he made use of very bad language and refused to tell him, and he was ordered to another part of the guard-room appropriated to military offenders ; here, he contrived to get possession of an iron bar that was used as a poker, a very heavy and dange rous instrument, and then made his way stealthily to the place where the sergeant was sitting, and while in the act of stooping forward, writing, he struck him a tremendous blow on the back of the head, which fractured his skull, and caused almost immediate death. The jury recommended the prisoner to mercy on the ground that he was in liquor at the time the offence was committed; but the evidence showed that the des perate act was committed with a good deal of de liberation, and the prisoner, who bears a very indif ferent character in the regiment, and who has been repeatedly punished for various offences, was evi dently actuated by a feeling of malice towards the deceased. It appeared that upon a previous occasion the latter had been assaulted by the prisoneit, And for this offence he had been sentenced to three months imprisonment, and the prisoner had re peatedly threatened that he would commit some act of violence towards him. The recommendation of the jury has,it is understood, been forwarded to the Home Secretary, and Mr. Justice Blackburn was applied to for his opinion upon the case, and the learned judge stated that he did not see any favour able circumstances in the case, or any that would justify the clemency of the Crown in being extended to the prisoner, and the law was consequently left to take its course. The prisoner, who is only 22 years old, is an Irishman, and a Roman Catholic, and since he has been in Maidstone gaol, has been visited constantly by Father Emanuel, a priest of that persuasion. The prisoner for a considerable time appeared very hardened, and not to entertain the least idea of the awful character of his crime, or the dreadful sentence that awaited him, but on being informed, within the last two days, that the day was fixed for his execution, and that there was no longer any hope for him in this world, he became slightly affected, snd since then he appears to be more sensible of his awful position. In the ordi nary course the execution of the prisoner would have taken place on Thursday next, the 12th inst., but as that day is fixed for the review of isseveral regiments of the Kentish Volunteers, and will be regarded as a sort of holiday, it was considered ad visable that an execution should not take place on the same day ; and the High Sh er iff, t h erefore, in the exercise of his discretion, delayed the period for a week. COUNTRY AfAR.R.Ei ff. We had a go o d supply of t ne w wheat, T 'which was taken readily at 2s to 3s advance. Malting barley in good de mand, at very full prices. Beans and peas were quite as dear. Wheat, white s4s to 64s Beans, Mazagan..34, to 38s red 46s to 62s 1 Middle & small 38s to 44s Barley 36s to 40s I White peas 3B, to 44s Oats 24s to 30s Grey.. 36s to 40a CHELMSFORD—SEPT. 6. An increased supply of wheat at market, but the demand fully equalled it. A brisk trade at is to 2s per qr advance upon last week's prices. Spring corn of all descriptions firm. Wheat, white 30s to 60s Peas, Partridge ..36s to 40s red 30s to 48s White 38s to 448 Barley ...., 29s to 40s Boiling 405 to 468 Chevalier ....30s to 41s Dun .... . 34s to 38s. Grinding 26s to 35s Beans, Tick ....36s to 42s Malt 61s to 67s Harrow Ticks 38s to 44s Chevalier 64s to 69s Manz= ...... 34s to 36s Oats 23s to 30s NOTTINGHAM—SEPT. 7. The show of wheat today from the growers was pretty good, many new samples being offered in fine condition. Trade firm at is to 28 advance on the best sorts. Barley a small show, and sales slow. Oats cheaper. Beans very dull, but late prices maintained. Wheat .... .. White do 47 s to 65s Beans . Barley ...... 29 s to 31s ........ ---8 to • —s Ditto, old ........40 s to ols KIRKALDY—SEPT. 7. A moderate supply to-day of wheat, which met with a quick sale, at is to 2s p er qr a d vance on last week's curren cies. Barley and oats in small supply; sales ready, at; fully late rates. Wheat I Barley I Oats First.... 36 s Od 27a 6d 288 Od I Second .. 53s Od I 32s 6d 32 Third .. 57 s Od Zs3s Od —s s Od Od THE MAILS. MAILS . Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius DUE (via South. ampton) .. • • • . Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds .. • Oct. 3. Buenos Ayres, Mont e Video, &a. . Cuba and Mexico .. Canada, &c. (via L'd e .. Sept. 28. rry) .• • . • . S e pt. 11. Cape of Good Hoe &c. &c. .. • . .. O c t. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore •(via S'ampton) Sept. 18. Do (via Marseilles) . 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. • .. Sept. 10. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. ( v i a Southampton) Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. • .. Sept. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Overdue.. Lisbon .• .. • • • .• .. Sept. 11. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Sept. 10.. Do. (via Marseilles) Overdue.. Vigo, and Oporto . .• .. Sept. 11. United States, California , &c. Sept. 12. Western Coast Africa, of Madeira, Teneriffe . Sept. 10. West Indies and P ac ifi c , Carthagena, Cub a , &o. Sept. la.. Th D e o . v . j er am an e d s Calais renn" c a r r os e sneoswthweicthhinannl4 hinourthsaocitiemaceh. other. rapidity is due to improvements in the marine engine. Grey hair is restored to its natural colour, and tic doloreux and nervous headache cured by Herring's magnetic brushes. Their undeviating success is due to late improvements by the inventor. N.B.—Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32,, Basin,ghall-street, London. BIRTHS. Lieut.- ANDERSON Colonel Anderson. —On the 9th in C. st., at Woolwich, the wife of daughter. , 8., Royal A rtillery, of a HUSSEY.—On the Bth inst., at 53, Lower Grosvenor -street, the Hon. Mrs. Hussey, of a daughter. VYSE.—On the 7th inst., Howard Vys e , o f a daugh ter.at Stoke -pl ace, Mrs. Richard MARRIAGES. HIBBERT—LEE.—On the sth hist., at St. George's, Han over-square, Major Hugh Robert Hibbert, 7th Royal. Fusiliers, eldest son of Thomas Hibbert, Esq., of Birtles Hall, Cheshire, to Sarah Catharine Augusta, daughter of Fred. Lee, Esq , of Broadgate House, Devon. POULTER—MTREA.—On the 4th inst., at St. Mary de Castro Church, G uernsey, B rown l ow P ou l ter , E sq., of Lincoln's-inn to Harriet Amelia, youngest daughter of Rear-Admiral M'Crea. IS „ DEATHS. EATJMONT.—On the 4th inst atWorthing, G. B eaumont, Esq., ag e d 7 3. .. CALHOUN.—On the 6th inst., the Rev. T. G. Calhoun,. vicar of Goring, aged 67. 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