The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-14 00:00:00

ELECTION OF ALDERMAN. cord their deep regret at the less of their late Alder-1 man, Sir Peter Laurie, who for 35 years filled that honourable position to the credit of himself and the benefit of his fellow-citizens. He was an upright, conscientious, and fearless magistrate, and . xhibited throughout his public life a consistency f conduct which made his name familiar, not only in the me tropolis, but throughout the British empire." Mr. SIBLEY bore testimony to the courage and sagacity of Sir Peter Laurie as a magistrate, and which, he said, were especially exhibited in inves tigating the frauds of the notorious Richard Coster in 1833. - - - - - Yesterday, at 2 o'clock, the Lord Mayor presided at a Wardmote in Aldersgato, convened in Shaftes bury-hall, for the election of an alderman in the place of Sir Peter Laurie, deceased. There was a very large muster of the inhabitants on the occa sion, to whom the ceremony had considerable novelty, seeing that a quarter of a century had elapsed since they were last invited to take part in a similar proceeding, The chief magistrate wore the scarlet robe of an alderman, and was attended by his sword and mace bearers, and by Mr. Orton, an administrative officer of the corporation. The LORD MAYOR said a - melancholy event had called them together, and he could not enter on the business in hand without a brief allusion to the memory of a gentleman whom he had known for At the instance of Mr. BESLEY, seconded by Mr. DE JERSEY, a vote of thanks was tendered with acclamation to the Lord Mayor, who, in acknow ledging the compliment, took occasion to say of Mr. Norris, speaking from long personal knowledge of him, that, while representing a provincial constitu ency in the House of Commons, he was also at the same time one of the most earnest and most useful representatives with respect to matters relating to the Corporation of London. (Cheers.) With that the ceremony terminated, and Mr. Besley, the newly elected Alderman, received the congratulations of his friends and neighbours. meveral fears, and whose friendship he had the pri vilexe to enjoy. Sir Peter Laurie filled a distin- guished place, and his name would be long held in remembrance in this great city. (Hear.) A more enlightened and mere conscientious magistrate perhaps never administered justice. (Hear.) He had been so long identified with the ward of Alders gate that it would be almost impertinent, certainly supeifiuons, to say more in the presence of men to whom he was so well known ; but as a brother AN AIIERICAN AT JUN STALL : .EX- TRAORDINARI SCENE. magistrate, and having known him so long, he (the Lord:Mayor) had thought he might be permitted to make that passing allusion to the loss they had sus- Mr. G. F. Train, the contractor for street-tram ways, whose offensive letter to the .New York herald was quoted in our impression of Saturday, delivered a lecture in the Town Hall, Tunstall, on Tuesday evening, in aid of the funds of the Tunstall Athenaeum. The Chief Bailiff presided. An ex traordinary scene, which is thus described by the Birmingham Daily Post, took place on the occa sion :—" Mr. Train was interrupted by a person in the Hall expressing a hope that Mr. Train would speak the truth.—The Chairman immediately rose to order; but the person who had previously spoken asked if Mr. Train would endorse the statement respecting his recent letter to the New York Herald? —The Chairman said he must have silence, or he would leave the chair.—Nothing daunted by this threat, the person continued : Mr. Train had called the volunteers a set of fools, and, as a volunteer, he would not submit to that.—The Chairman insisted on order, and, after some confusion, order was re stored.—Mr. Train said, as the volunteers had been mentioned, he would reply to the observation by reciting a poem on the subject written by Eliza Cook.—[The Voice : " Perhaps you don't believe it, when you say it."—Applause and cries of " Shame."]—The Chairman called upon the meeting to signify by show of hands whe ther the lecture should be proceeded with as announced, and nearly every person in the Hall responded in the affirmative.—Mr. Train said he had written a letter, tut it contained nothing hostile to England. If America had done wrong, she would apologise for it; if she had done anything contrary to international laws, she would be the first to say so. Why did the English people settle the question before hearing the other side ? Why did they not wait until they had heard from the other side of the water ? North America was the friend of England, had always been, and always desired to be. Mr. Train proceeded to demonstrate this amid frequent interruptions, during which the Chairman threatened to call in the police and have the disturbers ejected. The threatened war between England and America, Mr. Train continued, must not take place. If America had done wrong in the Trent affair, she would apologise ; but if e had not, neither England nor any ether nation could make her apologise. (Question, and confusion.) They talked about international laws, but did in ternational laws apply solely to England ? Were not other countries to participate in them as well ? Could not the present dispute be referred to arbitra tion ? He said that Mason was the author of the tained. (Hear, hear.) Mr. NORRIS, M.P., one of the representatives of the ward in the Court of Common Council, said, in the very handsome and well-merited tribute which the Lord Mayor had been , pleased to pay to the name and character and virtues of their late alder- man, he believed the entire body of the inhabitants of the ward and the Court of Common Council cor- dially concurred, as he himself did. After thirty years of consistent and honourable labour in the 'service of the ward as its alderman, and where he made many lasting friendships, the good old man had passed from among them ; an d it was now _ . their duty to select some fit and proper person to succeed him in the discharge of duties he per formed so efficiently, He (Mr. Norris) might be per mitted to express some degree of gratitude and obligation to many mei of influence and station in the ward who had thought him worthy to succeed Sir Peter Laurie as their alderman. (Hear.) He had received that flattering mark of their goodwill with the utmost satisfaction ; but, having taken upon himself the discharge of Parliamentary duties, and having regard to the responsibility with which they were associated, and to the wear and tear of Parliamentary life, he felt he could not also under take the onerous functions devolving upon a junior alderman of the city of London, in the hope of satis factorily performing both, and he elected to stand by his constituents in the country. (Hear.) If his friends in the ward did not altogether approve the preference he had shown, he trusted they would appreciate and excuse the motives which prompted it. (Hear.) He was helped to the conclusion by knowing that there was no difficulty in finding in the ward a gentleman on whom, with great pro priety, the mantle of an alderman might fall. They all knew that the trading and bustling community of London was recruited year after year by young men from the country, full of energy, hope, and enterprise, joining the ranks of citizenship. Forty years ago Devonshire supplied one of that class in the person of a gentleman whom he should propose as their future alderman. (Cheers.) During those 40 years Mr. Robert Besley had been known either in the ward of Aldersgate or its immediate vicinity. In the last 20 of them he had been actively engaged in business pursuits in the ward, and during the latter part of that period he had been before the public, performing various important duties in their interest, and especially as an indefatigable member of the Court of Common Council. With regard to the duties of an alderman, so far as he bad to act as a magistrate, it was important that he should have a competent knowledge of law ; but while actin , ,; in that capacity he was always well and dis creetly advised. Besides that, however, it was im portant that a man who had to serve the office of ma gistrate in a city like London should know something of the temper, the springs of action, and the impulses of the human heart, under the influence of which crimes of various degrees and systems of fraud and swindling every now and then developed themselves in a great commercial community like this. Their late alderman was eminently qualified for probing the motives and devices of the human head; and he believed the gentleman whom he proposed to suc teed him had all the characteristics for such an office. Qaick to discern and prompt to act, he had no doubt the experience of a long life would teach him to be humane, gentle, and considerate, while firm and vigilant as a magistrate. (Hear, hear.) An alderman had other duties to perform of a muni cipal character, and for the discharge of those they had already proofs of Mr. Besley's aptitude. He (Mr. Norris) believed he comprehended the truth that a corporation like that of London had its life and substance, not in the persons of those who gene rally and publicly administered its affairs, but in being based entirely on a republic of citizenship designated to promote the common weal. (Cheers.) He believed his friend was competent to discharge all the duties devolving upon a member of the Court of Aldermen. He knew he had by industry and perseverance acquired for himself a competence which would enable him in the luxury of an idle life to devote an active mind to the service of the public in that capacity. That he would do so dili gently and faithfully was his (Mr. Norris's) firm conviction, and he confidently recommended the inhabitants of the ward to elect him as their alder man. (Cheers.) The nomination was seconded by Mr. W. C. FOWLER, a leading inhabitant of the ward. No other candidate having been nominated, The LORD MAYOR called for a show of hands, and then declared the election-to have fallen unani mously on Mr. Robert Besley, a citizen and a loriner. The announcement was received with acclama tion. fugitive slave law, and that Slidell had, for a quar ter of a century, been making hostile speeches against England. Captain Wilkes had only done what English officers had repeatedly done before; and if his act was illegal, so was that of the com mander of the Trent in taking the Commissioners on board his ship. He did not say that America would give up the prisoners. He would tell them what he would have done with them. He would have tried them in a prize court in New York — (hisses)—he would have convicted them of high treason ; he would have hanged them—(hisses) — and then sent them to England, if England in sisted on their being given up. (Confusion.) He repeated, England and America must not go to war. If they sent out a courteous despatch to Secretary Seward they would be as courteously replied to ; but if they put a revolver to his head and demanded of him to give up those men, they would rouse up in America some of the spirit he had seen now and then rising to the surface in that meeting. (A Voice—" We don't want our mails stopped.") Quite right. They (the Americans) did not stop their mails or their females. (Laughter.) Mr. Train proceeded to speak on several other subjects, amid continual interruptions whenever he said, as he often did, anything touching directly on the popular English view of the American question. At length, wrought up to a pitch of intense anger, he exclaimed he was their guest that night, and he would not be insulted. He was not paid to come there; but if they did not want to hear him, he would go.—The Chairman again sternly inter posed, and order was presently restored. Mr. Train went on to speak of the mutual interest of the two countries to be at peace with each other. He re ferred to the American navy, which, although small compared;with the English navy, was capable of doing some work. He said a war with America would not be found so easy as it might be supposed, for the American coast was well prepared to resist invasion. They would find a Cronstadt at New York, and a Sebastopol at Washington. They would not find it so very easy a thing to beat the Americans after all. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Train, and the Chairman urged the meeting not to prematurely judge the merits of the American question. The LORD MA:YOR congratulated the inhabitants of the ward on the choice they had made. He claimed, he said, to be somewhat of a judge of Mr. Besley's fitness for the office, having for several years been in a position in the Corporation of Lon don which enabled him to form an accur ate estimate of that gentleman's capacity. Alderman BESLEY, who was greeted with cheers, said he had not sought in a light spirit the office to which he had just been elected. He had looked carefully at the duties and obligations incident to it, and he believed them—rightly discharged —to be all-important to the welfare of the citizens of London. He adverted briefly to the privilege im memorially enjoyed by the citizens of London of electing their own magistrates, and to the natural jealousy with which they guarded that privilege, lest the conduct of any one intrusted with majeste rial fu nc ti ons should place it for a moment i n dis repute or jeop ar d y. He had nev er un d er t a k en any important public dutoywi without first counting the conscientious cost and with ou t a ci t entious desire to discharge it to the best of hi s ability, W ith respect to Mr. Norris, he felt that the claim of that gentleman to consideration, as having represented the Court of Common Coun c il for the ward in Upwards of 20 years, was so strong on this occasion that if he ha d chosen to come forward he should h ave voted for him. (Hear.) He (Mr. Besley) might say he opened the first leaf in the ledger of his life in 1820, and worked on with unflagging industry until he made himself a cowmen position. Longing then for some other employment by which his mind might be occasionally taken out of the rut of continual business, and an opportunity having offered itself, he entered some few years ago the Court of Common Council, and there his guiding motive had been to promote the public good. The appointment which had jest been conferred upon him was in no respect a political one, but at this moment, in face of a crisis, every Englishman felt the taint of politics. (A laugh.) Sharing in the popular feeling, he de sired to say that England would bear and forbear a great deal, but she would never endure her flag being insulted or her protectorate disputed. (Cheers.) On the motion of Deputy LORKIN, seconded by Deputy GODSON, it was then unanimously resolved; " That the inhabitAnto of thin wad denim to re- AN AMERICAN SHIP ON FIRE ON THE WESTERN COAST. bottles and other things, which had been rather damp, and this, perhaps might have been the cause. This i 3 the second American ship on fire that has made for the Devonshire harbours during the last fortnight, the previous one being the Lady Frank lin, of New York, merchant ship, which put into Plymouth Sound. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—NORTIIAMPTON, Dec. 13. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) His lordship went to church this morning at 9 o'clock, and afterwards took his seat in the Crown Court at 1,0 o'clock. On the application of counsel, the trials of three men for rape, and one woman for forgery, were postponed until the spring assizes. Janet M'ilea, 61, charwoman, was indicted for the manslaughter of Wm. Thos. Weaver, in the parish of St. Giles, Northampton, in October last. She was also charged upon the coroner's inquisition with the same offence. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Cockle appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended by counsel. The deceased was a child only three years and a quarter old, and was with its mother an inmate of the Northampton Union Workhouse. The prisoner had also been an inmate of the workhouse for 14 years, and she had to superintend the management of about 70 children, who were separated from their parents. On the night of Saturday, the 12th of October last, the prisoner surreptitiously con veyed into the workhouse an ash stick, about 2ft. long, and about half an inch thick, which she hid under her bed. During the night the child gave some offence to the prisoner * , who, on the following morning, after he had been dressed, took him down into the dining room, and there severely flogged him with the stick, and afterwards thrust him into an adjoining room with such violence that his head came into violent contact with the brick floor. Ac cording to the medical evidence these injuries were the cause of death, which took place 13 days after wards. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Sentence was postponed. WESTERN CIRCUIT—WINCHESTER, DEC. 13 (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) THE ALDERSHOT MURDER. Thomas Jackson, aged 19, a private in the 78th Highlanders, was charged with the wilful murder of John Dickson, sergeant of the same regiment at Aldershot, on the 23d November last. The pri soner, who is a good-looking young man, was dressed in a fustian suit of clothes. He pleaded not guilty. Mr. 11. T. Cole and Mr. Russell prosecuted. The prisoner was undefended. The Learned Judge had kindly offered him the assistance of counsel, but he declined. Mr. Cole, in stating the case to the jury, said this was one of a very peculiar character, and was one of that class that had become of late too common, and was known by the name of "military murders." It would be found that the prisoner enlisted in 1858, when he was a little over 15 years of age. Shortly after that he deserted, and afterwards enlisted in the 39th ; and there was reason to believe he went to India. In April, 1860, he was arrested as a deser ter, and suffered punishment. After that he was punished for destroying his new kit, and more re cently he had smashed his rifle, for which he suf fered imprisonment under a sentence of court-mar tial. The learned counsel then detailed the circum stances of the murder, in the course of which he ob sex ved that it was to be regretted that in a time of peace soldiers should be supplied with so much am munition. He then called the following evidence : Duncan Anderson, private in the 78th Regiment, deposed that the prisoner was in his regiment and in his company, and so was deceased, in November last, when they were quartered at Aldershot. He first knew the prisoner in April last, at Edinburgh. On Saturday evening, Nov. 23, I was in room No. 11, permanent barracks. Prisoner, deceased, Cor poral Campbell, myself,:and others were there. Cor poral Campbell was calling the roll about five mi nutes past eight o'clock, and deceased was checking it. The prisoner answered to his name when called. I was standing about five yards from the prisoner, who was standing at the head of his own cot. Cor poral Monroe's cot is next to the prisoner's. Each man hangs his pouch at the head of his cot. He has 20 rounds of ammunition (ball cartridge) in it. Men on recruit drill do not have ammunition supplied to them. The prisoner was doing recruit drill at this time, but Monroe was not, and consequently he had his quantity of ammunition in his pouch. The pri soner was standing between the two beds. There is a separate rifle rack for each man at the head of his cot. I saw the prisoner take the rifle from his own lack, turn round, and place it by his side in the attitude of "ready." He moved it backwards and forwards, and then fired it, hitting Sergeant Dickson and Corporal Campbell. The deceased was standing two yards from the prisoner. After he had discharged the rifle he replaced it in the rack. The deceased had his back to the prisoner. After the discharge of the rifle, deceased said," Who did that ?" Prisoner replied, "It was me, old boy." Deceased turned round and fell over, saying something, but I could not hear distinctly what he said. Corporal Campbell was standing a little in front, to the left of the deceased. He said he was shot, and left the room. The prisoner was seized and taken to the guard-room, and I handed the prisoner's rifle to the sergeant-major. I examined the prisoner's pouch, hut there was no ammunition in it. I also examined Monroe's pouch, and I there found one packet of ammunition of 10 rounds loose, and one round missing. The other packet of 10 was all right. I handed the ammunition over to Sergeant Provitt. The prisoner appeared to be sober at the time when he discharged the rifle. About a fortnight before the occurrence he said— " I will be hanged for that man yet," meaning Ser geant Dickson. He said this on several previous occasions when in the barracks. Wm. Marshall, private in the 78th, gave similar evidence, and added that, when in the guard-room prisoner said to him, " Marshall, only for you, and a few more who live in the same barrack-room, and who were always in when the regiment was on pa rade in the forenoon, it was my intention to have taken 10 rounds of ammunition, load all the rifles I could get, and discharge them at the regiment while on parade." Several other witnesses were examined, who con firmed the previous evidence as to the facts of the murder, and the expressions subsequently used by the prisoner as to his intentions towards the deceased, one being, " I know my destiny ; I know what I've got to suffer. The -- gave me six months' hard labour once, and now I have given him twelve." The medical evidence showed that death had resulted from a gunshot wound. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner declined to examine any of the wit nesses, and when asked by the learned judge if he had anything to urge to the jury, replied i n a firm and audible voice, " I have nothing to say, my lord." The learned:Judge, in summing up, said the jury had a very painful, but, at the same time, a very simple duty to perform. The facts of the case left not the slightest doubt of the committal of the crime of murder by the prisoner. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, His lordship, in passing sentence on the prisoner, said—You have been convicted upon the clearest possible evidence of the crime of murder, and I can not forbear saying that I never knew or heard of a crime that had been committed in a more malignant state of mind than you were in when you took the life of this unhappy man. Ido not regard it as part of my duty to dwell on the heinousness and enormity of your guilt; and I only mention it in order that you may be fully sensible tkat there is not the slightest hope of mercy for you on this side the grave. His lordship then sentenced the pri soner to be hanged in the usual form. The prisoner, on hearing the sentence, evinced not the slightest emotion, but, on the contrary, left the dock with a quick step and jaunty air. THE EXECUTION,—In anticipation of the pri• Boner's condemnation the inhabitants of Winchester have got up a memorial, which has been numerously signed, for presentation to the Home Secretary, praying that the convict may be hanged at the Camp, instead of at the county prison, where the executions take place for murders committed within the county. It is considered that the carrying the sentence into execution near the scene of the per petration of the murder, and in the presence of the troops, might have a salutary effect, and tend to prevent its too frequent repetition. Great excitement was caused among the inhabi tants of Brixham on Tuesday last by an American ship putting into their harbour for the purpose of extinguishing a fire which was raging on board. The ship is a fine merchant vessel, 1,000 tons burden, and was bound in ballast from Antwerp or Akyab, having left the former port about six or seven weeks since, touching at Flushing. On Mon day night, about half-past 7 o'clock, while about 25 miles W.N.W. of Start Point, with a southerly wind, accompanied by rain, the captain's daughter, who was playing on deck, observed smoke to be issu ing from the main hatch. She gave an alarm, and on the tarpaulin and grating being removed the smoke broke forth in dense volumes. Every opening was at once closed up, and holes cut in the deck and water poured in. At first all was confusion on board. The boats were lowered and the things re moved from the cabin, in doing which the men came upon some spirits and wine, and, with the recklessness characteristic of their order, at once commenced a carouse, which was followed by the inebriation of seven or eight of them, who imme diately began to fight. At length comparative order having been restored, every exertion was used to extinguish the fire. The fire bell was rung and the' flare-up" ignited, to catch the eye of a pilot, and soon the fishing smacks Charles and Sophia, both of Brixham, came up and rendered every assist ance that lay in their power. The vessel then ran into Elbury Cove, the intention being to scuttle her if the fire could not be got under. While there the Coastguardsmen, under Lieutenant Milton, repaired to the spot, and after some time the vessel sailed into Brixham Harbour, and the fire-engine, under the direction of Mr. Wil liam Brown, the town engineer, was placed on board the Harbour Commissioners' barge, the Lamprey, and was soon playing on the fire. The holes in the deck were enlarged, and the engines kept playing till about three o'clock in the after noon, when the fire was at length extinguished. The ship's name is the Eliphat Greely, built at Bath, and of Portland, Maine, but, owing to a fear of privateers, consequent on the recEnt troubles in America, carries the name of "the Sloman, Ham burg," on her stern. Sh e i s a comparatively new vessel, having been built only six years next Feb ruary. The captain, whose name is Mr. J. A. Cutter, and who seems to be generally liked by the crew, had hi s w if e an d two ch i l d ren on board. The crew, consisting of 15 men before the mast, two mates, one cook, steward and captain, are all En g- with the exception ' his seamen, who are Dutch. serious, hardly falling The which was beautiful). stroyed, as is also the y who are of the captain and one of arAmericans, and the two mates, damage to the ship is very short of £l,OOO. The cabin, cabin Betted up, is entirely d g e ." - as confined to the re the t stores lay, the NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, DEC. 13, CHARGE OF F Before Mr. Baron Channell.) MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.—CAPT. WILSON'S CASE. Capt. W. Wilson, late commander of the British ships Express and Severn, trading to Africa, was deck, together with arraigned upon two indictments—one charging him the knees and beams. The fi after part of the ship, in whirchwwith the murder of Wm. Henderson, on the 23d of whole of which are spoilt, the greater January last, on board the Express ; and the other part by the with the manslaughter (..,f Chas. Jones, on board the fire, and the remainder by the water. An entire British ship Severn, on the 4th April of the present new set of sails, with a mizenmast, was destroyed, year. a great deal of it being thrown overboard white in Mr. Brett, Q C a state of conflagration, and out of 30 co il s o f new the prosecut ion, . ~ and Mr. L. Temple conducted and Mr. Aspinall the defence. rope only two or three rem a i n i n t ac t. Th e vesse l This case had lain over from the previous assize being able to agree to a verdict. It is only neces atnow lies afloat in the harbour, a b reas t the break- in consequence of the jury by whom it was triednot sa therefore, to give an outline of the facts. The Express sailed from Liverpool on the 22d of water, drawing 13 feet of water, there being 18 feet September last year, and the deceased (who was low tide. The origin of the fire 0 n i is not to t heeffe known. ct Many rumours are afloat, especially that the fire was the work of an incendiary.. In the about 30 years 0 ho w : i nyfeyer , ! me jaky 144(1 Wu deposited, with ag e) id .101D.04, some short time before, being then in good health and strength. ' When the ship had been some time at sea the acts of violence on the part of the prisoner commenced. The first was the throwing of a handspike at de ceased, who was wounded in the ancle. This was done as punishment for deceased not being quick enough, or not having brought the captain a clean towel, or some act of that kind. On the same day the prisoner threw a knife at the deceased, and wounded him on the temple. The deceased picked up the knife, gave it to the prisoner, and a second and a third time the captain threw it at Henderson ; and, in the course of the same day also, beat him ) with his fists, knocked him down and kicked him. From this time to the death of Henderson, a series of acts of violence were perpetrated. The last act of violence was shortly before his death, and there was some difficulty, and some contradiction, as to whether it took place on a Wednesday or on a Saturday. The deceased was lying in his berth, and the prisoner came to him and asked him why he did not cook his sago. The deceased said he could not stand so near the fire. The prisoner made some remark, such as " Who is to do it for you ?" and then took a can and struck the deceased under the chin and under the nose, and made them bleed. He went away and ordered the deceased to come down to the deck to pick oakum. The deceased said he could not do it, and the prisoner re plied that it was " all laziness," and seizing the deceased by the shirt, he threw him upon deck, jumped with his feet upon his chest, kicked him on the sides and head, and beat him. The deceased at first cried out, but at last he became silent, and partly insensible. The pri soner then ordered buckets of water to be thrown over the deceased, after which he was lifted up and dry clothes put on him. The prisoner afterwards came back to the deceased and asked "if he was satisfied ?" The deceased said, " You had better kill me at once than beat me so ;" upon which the prisoner again beat and kicked him, and renewed his threats " that he had better jump over board," and that "he should never see England again." The deceased sank under this continued ill-treatment, and died shortly afterwards. Several witnesses having borne out by evidence the main facts as to the alleged cruelties, Mr. Gunn, a medical student, but not a qualified practitioner, was next examined. When he saw Henderson at Brass River he found him very much bruised about the face. Henderson accused the captain of causing those injuries, but when Mr. Gunn questioned him in the captain's presence as • to this matter the deceased refused to repeat the • accusation. wished to take their civil remedy in a superior Court. Mr. Wontner said it was Dr. Webb's desire that the magistrate should decide the case. He had other evidence to lay before the Court and wished to proceed. If the magistrate would decide it he would be perfectly content, but if it were to be sent to the sessions as a criminal charge, where Mr. and Mrs. Webb's mouths would be shut, he would rather accede to the application made on the other side, as their evidence could then be heard on oath, and they would flatly deny this - groundless and infamous charge. Mr. Arnold did not think the application unrea , sonable. Complainant had come to the Court most accessible, not being aware perhaps she could go to any other ; had an attorney been consulted he would perhaps have advised what was now asked. He thought on both sides in so painful a case it was better they should go to another Court where de , fendant and his wife could be examined and cress examined. He (Mr. Arnold) would give no opinion What course he should adopt if pressed to proceed with the inquiry. The case was then withdrawn by consent for proceedings to be taken in a superior Court. STR NORTON KNATCIIBULL'S CASE.—Johil Kirby and Lewis Billaurd, who stand charged with conspiring to obtain a situation for the former in the establishment of Sir Norton Knatchbull by a false certificate of character, were finally examined. Mr. Charles Humphreys, on the part of the pro secution, called Mrs. Knowles, housekeeper to the Duke of Somerset, to:prove that the defendants had both been in his grace's service ; that Kirby had been discharged, as stated by the duchess to her, for drunkenness ' • and that Billaurd had never been house-steward, but valet. As the witness could not say of her own knowledge why:Kirby had been discharged— Mr. Humphreys put in a letter, addressed to the duchess by Kirby, admitting the fact, and express ing his deep regret. He (Mr. Humphreys) further stated, that if necessary he could show, by a letter of Billaurd's to her grace, that he had not the hiring or discharging of servants. The defendants being asked whether they wished to say anything, Kirby replied, " Nothing." Billaurd—l am not guilty of the offence. L Mr. Arnold committed them to take their trial at ; the Central Criminal Court upon bail, which Bil laurd put in. ERO.II THE GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING. Under cross examination by Mr. Aspinall, who appeared for the prisoner, Mr, Gunn stated that from the 22d Dec., 1860, to the 25th of Jan., 1861, he saw no marks of violence on the body of the deceased. He further stated that the entry of the man's death was made on the day he died, andthat the cause of death assigned was debility." There was a great discrepancy between the wit nesses' statements as to the date of Henderson's death. The sailors said it was shortly after or about Christmas-day; whereas Mr. Gunn said. it was on the 25th January. The Judge inquired whether the violence to which the deceased had been subjected would re duce the chance of recovery from fever ? Mr. Gunn thought it would. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the accused. The sentence will be pro nounced to-morrow (Saturday). POLICE IN7'ELLIGENCE.—Dec. 13. WESTMINSTER.—EXTRAORDINARY CIIAItGE AGAINST A SURGEON.—A few days ago Mr. Edward Lowe Webb, surgeon, 9, St. George's road, Pimlico, was summoned for an assault upou Eiizi Hancock, his servant, a pretty and rather diminutive girl of 18. Complainant said that on the 2d of December sho was or dered by Mrs. Webb to perform a particular menial service, when she said she could not, upon which her mistress told her she should leave the house immediately. Complainant then waited for defendant to come in for her wages, when he offered her a sovereign, which She refused to take, as it was not enough, and he ordered her out, but,she refused to leave until she was paid. He then shook her and threw her from one end of the surgery to the other. Complainant's sister, who was also in his service, then came into the room to see what was the mat- ter, when he pushed her out. Mrs. Webb was at the time in the surgery, and defendant having locked the doors and given her the keys, again shook complainant and struck her ou the head and the mouth, which made it bleed, and it was still continuing to bleed when she came to this court for redress. Complainant then screamed, when he put his hand over her mouth. He then threw her on the ground, and removing her clothes smacked her, and Mrs. Webb held her feet that she should not kick him. Then he rolled her from one end of the room to the other like a piece of carpet. The doors were then unlocked, and defendant and his wife left her. ComplAnant's bonnet and dre,:s were torn to pieces. In cross-examination by Mr.Wontner, complain ant declared that defendant did not pay her her wages. She had received a sovereign in June last, and that was all. OFFICERS FOR THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE NOTICE TO MASTERS AND MATES IN THE MER CHANT SERVICE. The following regulations have been established in pur suance of the Act 21 and 25 Vict., cap. 129, relating to the enrolment of officers in the Royal Naval Reserve : Any master or mate of the merchant service who is de sirous of becoming an officer of the Royal Naval Reserve, should apply by letter to the Registrar-General of Seamen, No. 6, Adelaide-place, London-bridge, E.C., for a form on which his application for a commission in the Royal Naval Reserve is to be made, and should state distinctly in such letter, his name and the address to which the form is to be sent. A form of application will thet be sent to the address indicated, with full instructions as to the mode in which it is to be filled up. A pattern of the uniform may be seen at the office of the Registrar-General of Seamen. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. By the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, &c. Whereas by the Act 24 and 25 Vict., cap. 129, provision is made to enable her Majesty to avail herself of the ser vices of a certain number of officers of the merchant service of the United Kingdom, and of the colonies and dependen cie; of Gnat Britain, as officers of reserve to the Royal Navy; and whereas her Majesty has been pleased, by her order in Council of the 20th inst., to direct that the follow ing regulations be established for carrying into effect the provisionq of the said act; we hereby desire and direct that the regulations in fiuestion be promulgated for the informa tion and guidance of officers of the merchant service, who, tin conformity with her Majesty's gracious intentions, are desirous of enrolling themselves as officers of the Royal Naval Reserve, under the conditions specified. A book was handed to her, and she was asked whether that was her signature, and she at first replied it was, but on looking at it more attentively positively swore that it was riot, and that the only receipt she had given was in a different kind of book. She (lid not insult Mrs. Webb, or call her bad names, nor the little girl her daughter, and threaten to throw a book at her. Mrs. Webb said to her husband, " You have not half given it to her ; get a stick and give it her ;" and Mrs. Webb looked in the surgery cupboard for a stick, but could not find it. In answer to the magistrate, complainant said that her sister Ellen (not in service) was in the house when she was ill-treated. Complainant did not shake her fist at Mrs. Webb, .and call her a vile woman ; did not tell the little girl she would serve her mamma out. Ellen Hancock said she went to the surgery and saw defendant pushing complainant about, and give her a blow on the mouth, after which defendant turned witness out of the surgery. By Mr. Wontner—Witness went to the house by her mother's directions, who said Mrs. Webb had sent there. Believed defendant had been to her mother's. Went to the surgery because she heard her sister scream. By the Magistrate—On entering the surgery saw her sister crying, and defendant strike her. The door was fastened after witness was put out, and then sho heard more screams, and went for the police. After she was put out at one door she tried the other, but could not get in. Elizabeth Hancock, servant at defendant's, said she heard her sister scream, and on going to the surgery door found it locked. She asked to be let in, but was not. Went into the street and rang the surgery bell, when defendant let her in. The room was in great confusion, the chairs and table lying on the ground. Defendant struck complainant a blow on the head with his open hand. Saw her sister's mouth bleeding. The defendant then made his own statement. lie said that on complainant refusing to do what she was desired, Mrs. Webb told her she must leave, and then sent for her mother. Complainant then went about the house laughing, and saying, " Send for my mother, indeed." Defendant desired her to be quiet, but she would not. A message then came from her mother, stating that she could not come, but would send her other daughter. Defendant then paid complainant 198.11 d., and as he had paid her a sovereign before, he got her to sign the re ceipt, which had been produced, for £1 19s. 11d. As complainant was still misconducting herself, he went to her mother, and she said she would send her daughter Ellen. Defendant next went to the police-station, and returning home found his poor wife, who is in a delicate state of health, in great trepidation. She complained that the girl had shaken her fist in her face. He then told the complainant to go, but she refused un less he or Mrs. Webb went witb her to see her take her clothes. On the stairs complainant met his daughter, and threatened to throw a book at her head. Complainant then returned to the sur gery, when he told her she had better leave the house quietly, as he had discharged and paid her. Complainant then abused Mrs. Webb, and said she would send for a policeman. Defendant desired her to go for one, but she would not, and stood yelling and crying loud enough to disturb all the neigh bourhood. A ring came at the surgery bell, and he opened the door; he had done so before, to beg her to go. Two policemen came to the door, and they advised complainant to go. Defendant did not strike complainant, but put his hand over her mouth to prevent the noise she was making. Catherine Elizabeth Webb, ten years of age, was examined for the defence. She said that as she was coming down stairs, between twelve and one on the day in question, complainant threatened to throw the book at her head, and told her sister that wit ness was quite as bad as her mamma. Before that complainant shook her fist at Mrs. Webb, and called her a vile woman and a wicked wretch. Upon this evidence Mr. Arnold expressed his opinion that if the charge were true it was so mon strous that it was hardly credible, and in one part inexplicable, and adjourned it until yesterday. Mr. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, now appeared for the complainant, and asked permission to withdraw it from this :court. The complainant had sustained serious injury, and abscess being likely to form in her mouth from the effects of the blows. It was a case in which she was entitled to compensation for the loss she would sustain as well a~ der the injury §hc had loci*, and her friends 1. NUMBER, CLASS, AND RANK. The offoers of the Royal Naval Reserve shall not ex ceed the total number of 400, and shall consist of two classes : • _ _ _ 1. Lieutenants of Naval Reserve, whose number shall not exceed 130, and who will rank with, but after, lieu. tenants of the Royal Navy. 2. Sub-lieutenants of Naval Reserve, whose number shal not exceed 270, and will rank with, but after, sub-lieu• tenants of the Royal Navy. 2. APPOINTMENT. Officers of both classes will receive their appointments from us, but applications for appointments should be made through the Board of Trade, London. 3. QUALIFICATION. Masters of merchant vessels who hold certificates of com petency under the " Mercantile Marine Act of 1850," or the " Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," and who have commanded vessels of not less than 500 tons burthen, for not less than two years, shall be eligible for appointment as lieutenants or sub-lieutenants of the Royal Naval Reserve. Chief mates of merchant vessels who hold masters' or chief mates' certificates of competency under the " Mercan tile Marine Act, 1850," or the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," and who have sailed as masters, or as chief mates, in vessels of not less than 500 tons burthen, for not less than two years, shall be eligible for the appointment of sub lieutenant of the Royal Naval Reserve. Masters with extra certificates will, as a general rule, have the preference. Qualification for the first class will include qualification for the second class. No master or mate will be enrolled as lieutenant or sub lieutenant whose ago exceeds 45. This limit will subse quently be altered to 35, at the discretion of the Lords of the Admiralty. Masters of merchant vessels who are actually afloat and in command, though they may be above the age of 45 years, may be enrolled as Honorary Lieutenants of the Royal Naval Reserve, on the recommendation of the Board of Trade. The number of Honorary Lieutenants is not to exceed 100 in addition to the numbers above specified. They will not be required to undergo drill or be called out for service. 4. PROMOTION. Officers of the Second Class will, if qualified, be eligible for promotion to the First Class, at our discretion. Officers who, when in actual service, may, by the cha racter or length of their service, obtain our special approba tion, will be eligible to receive commissions as officers in the Royal Navy, of the same grade as that with which they may rank at the time. They will then be considered in all respects as officers on the permanent strength of the Navy. Officers who, whilst on actual service, shall have distin guished themselves in action with the enemy, or by the character and length of their services, will be eligible, at the conclusion of their service in the Navy, for promotion to the higher honorary ranks of Commander and Captain of the Naval Reserve, at our discretion. 5. UZUPOIM. Officers to wear the same uniform as officers of correspond ing rank in the Royal Navy, with tho following exceptions, Lieutenants. —Instead of the stripe of half-inch lace round the sleeves of the coats there is to be a stripe formed of two waved lines of quarter-inch gold braid, intersecting each other, so as to form a band half an inch wide, the blue cloth to show between the curves. Sub-Lieutenants to have one such waved line of the same braid. The buttons of both classes to be of the Royal Navy pattern, with the letters " R.N.11,." in old English character, surmounted by a crown. Instead of the anchor on the epaulettes and shoulder straps respectively, there is to be a badge consisting of a silver anchor in the centre, surrounded _with the words " Royal Naval Reserve" embroidered in gold. Instead of the bullion loop on the cocked hats, the loop to be formed of two gold braids twisted the same as for coat sleeves. The badge for the caps to consist of a device similar to that on the epaulettes embroidered on blue cloth and surmounted by a crown. The plate for the sword belt to be the same as for officers of the Royal Navy, substituting the letters " R.N.R." for the anchor in the centre. 6. DRILL. Officers will be required to undergo in each year a course of 28 days' drill and gunnery instruction on board the dis trict or drill ships at the ports in their respective vicinity, viz. :—London, Shields, Sunderland, Hull, Southampton, Falmouth, Bristol, Liverpool, Leith, Greenock, Dublin, or Queenstown. 7. MESSING. Officers, whilst on drill, will live on shore, and receive the following subsistence allowance, viz.:— Lieutenants Sub-Lieutenants .. 10s. a day. .. 7s. a day. ----------- - - - - When called out for service they will mess with their respective ranks. _ _ _ 8. DISCIPLINE. Officers will be subject to naval discipline when attending drill, and when called out for actual service ; and will be liable to lose their Commissions for offences against the rules, discipline, or character of Her Majesty's Service, in the same manner as officers of the Royal Navy. 9. SERVICE AFLOAT. Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve will be called out for actual service by Royal Proclamation ; and they will be liable to serve during the continuance of any national emergency, or until they may be regularly discharged by our direction. 10. PAY AND ALLOWANCES, AND PENSIONS TO WIDOWS. Officers will, whilst called out for actual service, receive the pay of their corresponding ranks in the Royal Navy, Officers who may receive hurts or wounds whilst on ser- I Tigg will rgriCiP; tiro Nun rowing aucl 1419WAINcli t 9 Yfiaicik officers in the Navy would be entitled under similar cir cumstances. Widows of officers who, whilst in actual service, may be killed in action, or die from accident resulting from the performance of their duty, will receive the same pensions as the widows of naval officers of corresponding rank would be entitled to under similar circumstances. Given wider our hands this 29th day of November, 1861. SOMERSET. FREDERICK WILLIAM GREY. CHARLES EDEN. CHARLES FREDERICK. JAMES ROBERT DRUMMOND. SAMUEL WHITBREAD. By command of their lordships, CLARENCE PAGET. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 13. The Right Hon, the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade gave notice, that the Moniteur of the 12th inst., contains a French Imperial Decree, authorising the importation into France, free of duty, of the following quantities of salt, for curing herrings, the produce of French Idsheries liild; of salt. For every 100 kilos of white herrings...... 30 For every 12,240 kilos of red herrings... , ..200 ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Hawkins, Esq., M.D., to be Physician to her Majesty's Household in ordinary, in the room of Sir John Forbes, M.D., de • ceased. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 12. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TILE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Birkenhead—John Laird, of Birkenhead, in the county of Ches er, Esq. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 13. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub. Lieutenant and Adjutant John Limbert to have the rank of Lieu tenant ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Herbert Hay Lang ham to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice William Hessey, who retires; Regimental Corporal-Major Thomas Cox, to be Riding Master, vice Lieutenant William Hessey, who retires. 4th Dragoon Guards—William John Brooke, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Arthur Ashton, who retires. 6th Dragoons—Cornet Hew Stevenson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hardy, promoted. Ist Regiment of Foot—Capt. and Brevet-Major James Pollock Gore to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel Burton Daveney, who retires on full-pay ; Lieut. Albert Seagrim to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major James Pollock Gore ; Ensign Alfred Moberly to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Seagrim. 9th Foot—Captain Edward Jervis, from the Military Train, to be Captain, vice William Lawrence Murphy, who retires on half-pay. 15th Foot—Lieutenant F. B. Ehrenberg Allhusen to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert Wynne Price, who retires; Ensign George Ainsworth Fielding to be Lieu.; tenant, by purchase, vice Allhusen ; Charles Alexander Moore, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fielding; Paymaster George Henry Shuttlew orth, from the 51st Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Richard Milbank Tylghman, deceased. 18th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Hotham to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert Hoey Jex-Blake, who retires ; Ensign Thomas Boyle Meredith to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice ,Hotham ; Henry David Bicknell, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Meredith. 19th Foot—Theodore Bosville Emerson, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Francis Herbert Evans, who retires. 22d Foot—Captain William Mills Molony to be Major, by purchase, vice Herbert George Bowden, who retires; Lieutenant James St. George Armstrong to be Captain, by purchase, vice Molony; Ensign Albert 'earner Richards, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arm strong; John St. George Wolseley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Richards. 38th Foot—Captain Harry B. Crohan, from the 84th Foot, to be Captain, vice Ewen, who exchanges. 54th Foot—Lieut. Vere Teniple 13ayly, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Prideaux William Gillum, who retires ' • Ensign William Patrick Hodnett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bayly ; Charles Frederick Carey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hodnett. 62d Foot—George Simpson Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lake, promoted. 64th Foot—Lieut. George Henry John Haldane, to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major David Mortimer Murray, who retires; Ensign Herbert Small Janvrin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Haldane; Warwick Falkland Tryon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Janvrin. 84th Foot—Captain Arthur J. Allix Ewen, from the 38th Foot, to be Captain, vice Crohan, who exchanges. DEPOT BATTALIONS.—Captain Richard Fitz Gerald, of the 69th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, in succession to Captain Wallis, who has joined the Service Companies of the 33d Foot; Captain Alfred Henry Waldy, of the 46th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain Woods, who joins the Head-quarters of the 80th Foot. BREVET. The rnbermentioned officers to have the local rank of Major-General in North America while in command of bri gades in that country : Brevet-Colonel David Russell, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel unattached, at present serving as a Brigadier-General at Aldershot. Brevet-Colonel Randal Rumley, Lieutenant-Colonel, half-pay unattached, at present serving as Inspector-Gene ral of Infantry in Great Britain, with the temporary rank of Major-General. Major and Brevet-Colonel Burton Daveney, retired full pay let Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Captain and Brevet-Colonel James Stuart, half-pay 84th Foot, Staff Officer of Pensioners, retired upon full pay, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Captain Matthew Frederick Steele, half-pay Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, retired upon full pay, to have the honorary rank of Major. Paymaster with the honorary rank of Captain. Robert Thomas Hearn, 76th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major, under the Royal Warrant of the 27th January, 1860. • erjeant-Major T. Trout, of the Aldershot Camp Police to have the local rank of Quartermaster while employed at Aldershot, but such rank not to give any additional pay. The undermentioned Officers to be employed upon a particular service : TO BE LIEUT.-COLONELS Brevet-Colonel Alexander Low, Lieutenant-Colonel, half-pay Unattached. Brevet-Colonel Charles F. Fordyce, C. 8., Lieutenant- Colonel, half-pay Unattached. Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Augustus Henry Lane Fox, Grendier Guards. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Ralph Browne, half-pay, late 87th Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hope Crealock, half-pay, late 90th Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Ross, half-pay, late 73d Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Newdigate, half-pay, late Rifle Brigade. Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Taylor, half-pay, late 9th Foot. TO BE MAJORS. Major Charles F. Torrens Daniell, half-pay Unattached ; Major of Brigade, Curragh. Major Fitz William F. Hunter, half-pay Unattached. Major Taylor Lambard Mayne, half-pay Unattached. Major John Wimburn Laurie, half-pay, late 4th Foot. Wm. Gillin, shoemaker, Chipping Wycombe Charles Upton Cavell, poulterer, Ramsgate William Benjamin Twyman, upholsterer, Ramsgato George Twyman, upholsterer, Ramsgate Thomas Nadauld Potter, butcher, Smalley, Derby John Cupit, victualler, Duffield, Duty John Anthony Fasana, cordwainer, Salford Stephen George, draper, Tregaron, Cardi g an William Marshman, brush manufacturer,Frome James Stevenson, salesman to a horse dealer, Leeds Thomas Stamp, builder, Bridport, Devonshire Samuel Evans, gardener, Great Coggeshall, Essex Sampson Smith, farmer, Daw End, Staffordshire Wm. Feavyer, baker, Norwich Lewis Toft, potter, Newchapel, Staffordshire John Buckley, miller, Stanley Mills, Staffordshire Daniel Simpson, beerseller, Tunstall, Staffordshire Robert Bryar, traveller, Halifax George Bates, fruiterer, Kingston-upon-Hull Benjamin M. Ryder, bottle-dealer, Kingston - upon - Hu ll James Henson, jobber, Newark. upon-Trent Abraham Uttley, chemist, Bacup, Lancashire Walter Holly, miller's man, late of Hinton, Somerset Henry Monnery, carpenter, New Shoreham Edward James, shipwright, Aberygtwith William Gough, innkeeper, Sandhurst, Gloucestershire SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Alex. Carmichael, flesher, Edinburgh Dugald Napier, contractor, Glasgow J. C. Campbell and Co., silk spinners, Bridgeton Glenmill Bleaching Company, Can-wale Aitken and Co., manufacturers, Glatrew BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. William Farbon, miller, Horncastle, Lincolnshire George Cooke, upholsterer, Knighton, Devonshire. BANKRUPTS. James Frankland, stationer, Commercial• road East Harry Pedgrift, surgeon, Laxfield, Suffolk William Gibson, ironfounder, Lizzard-street, St. Luke Wallman Haskell, auctioneer, Willingham, Cambridge shire George Boswell, commission agent, Richmond Annie Carnell, hotel-keeper, Wellington-terrace, St. John's-wood Francis Smith, brewer, Fulham. Edward Capan, tailor, Strand. James Roebuck, baker, Woburn, Bedfordshire. Jesse Cornelius Moore, tea dealer, Little Tower-street. William Butler, coach builder, Poole, Dorsetshire. Patrick Maguire, commission agent, Arthur•street East, _ . City. 'lhomas James Pike, gilder, North Audley-street. Frederick John Howard, merchant's•clerk, Werrington street Edmund Fellows, licensed victualler, Regent's-park Henry White Shailer, greengrocer, Regent's-park Alfred Home, grocer, Felix-terrace, Liverpool-road James Sawyer, livery-stable-keeper, Curtain-road Henry George Harrison, smith, Islington John Porter, looking glass manufacturer, Lisson-grove John Davis, professor of music, Wilmot-road, Deist= Joseph P. Mew and George Thome, ironmongers, West Cowes James Nicholas Rocke, clerk, Munster-terrace, Fulham Thomas C. Wilkinson, baker, Cross-street, New Hatcham Edgar W. Dow, tailor, Goswell-road William T. Spain, clerk, Albion-terrace, Chelsea William Hill Owen, surveyor, Camberwell Samuel Vineall, farmer, Rotherfield, Sussex Samuel Orbell Kingsbury, baker, Great Oakley, Essex Harriet Ann Morris, widow, Brighton Richard Brown the elder , butcher, Croydon-common Joseph Wilder, licensed victualler, Aston-juata-Bir mingham Anne Faulkner, Benjamin Wight Faulkner, and Charles Joseph Faulkner, brewers, Birmingham John Turton Newton, limo-master, Birchills, Walsall, Staffordshire Thomas Bowmar, lime-burner, Kirkby, Ashfield, Notts Samuel Reeves, late of Barkby, Leicester Joseph Bird, grocer, Nottingham William Sketchley, builder, Leicester George Augustus Hartlebury Hepworth, surgeon, Glou cester John George, coal merchant, Gloucester Francis Lorebours Gorbell, school master, Somerset John Hicks Vivian, cabinet maker, Redruth Jonathan Carter, licensed victualler, Exeter Henry Bentley, woollen cloth manufacturer, York David Wood, cloth manufacturer, York George Winter, York Edwin Wyatt, hotel keeper, Penmaemnawr, Carnarvon William Tassell, hosier, Liverpool Frederick Roberts, engraver, Manchester H enr yS u gden,alkalimanufaeturer,Newcastle - upon - Tyne Thomas Mollard, schoolmaster, Birmingham Edward Bradbury, cabinet maker, Basal' Heath, Wor cestershire Charles Sissons, general dealer, Bingham, Notts William Cockayne, schoolmaster, Nottingham Thomas Benton, grocer, Nottingham Charles Reuben Dann, optician, Nottingham Sarah Lucy Philips, brewer, Gloucester James Cox, horse dealer, Worcester Henry Thomas Pugsley Ireland, livery stable keeper, Torquay Henry Clode, cabinet maker, Torquay Samuel Clarke, fruiterer, Torquay John Albert Miles, wheelwright, Banbury Nehemiah Mitchell, tailor, Congleten, Chester John Pattison, farmer, Gateshead Thomas Gould, butcher, Cradley-heath, Staffordshire Thomas Lee, innkeeper, Wymcndham , Leicestershire Jeremiah Wase Garrett, grocer, Woodbridge, Suffolk Thomas Allwood, stationer, Alcester Richard Williams, grocer, Llantrissant, Glamorganshire Matthew Henderson, groom, Castle Eden, Durham John Ward, shoemaker, Escomb, Durham Robert John Waugh, mason, Lanchester Frederick Henry Lilly, glazier, Market Deeping Wm. Dalby and John Hadfield, joiners, Burton-on-Trent Robert Gascoyne, cattle dealer, Peterborough John Lloyd, bricklayer, Heaton Norris dpi WilnP, toy dealer, Margato AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. - • Computed from the Returns made in the week ending Dec. 10, 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : per cwt. Muscovado, the produce of British America.. 22s lid THE TRADE MURDER AT SHEFFIELD% The inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Bridget O'Rourke, by the explosion of a case of gunpowder, thrown through the window into a dwelling-house in Sheffield, was resumed. before Mr. Webster, the deputy coroner, on Wed nesday, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. George Wast ridge, the person against whom the attack was directed, and the husband of the other woman who was so seriously injured, was examined. He stated that he was a stove, grate, and fender grinder, working for Mr, Hoele, of Green-lane, who first employed him in June last, in consequence of other men turning out. He had at the time been nearly two years out on strike himself, and was glad of a good situation with regular work. He was shortly after mobbed, and obliged to run home to escape. The men who followed him said that he deserved to be murdered for taking work at 'Toole's, and. several of them said if they could get hold of him they would "do his job." Thompson, the prisoner, and his wife, were by at the time. '1 he latter said that Wastridge should be burnt, and would be burnt before long. A few weeks after the witness went to Mr. Hoole's Bagshaw, keeper of a co-operative store, and the secretary of the Saw-grinders' frales Union, and Broadhead, the keeper of the Royal George Tavern, and. president of the Associated Trades of Sheffield, asked him and other men working at Green-lane to meet them at a public-house. An interview took place, when Wastridge and his fellow-workmen were asked to name a sum which would induce them to leave their employment. Several offers were on other occasions made and rejected. At last an agreement was come to that they were to have £lO a mail. This sum was not paid, however, and they remained in their employment. At the last interview they had Broadhead said that they must come out whatever the consequences were. The witness, after making these statements, de scribed what took place on the 23d ult., without adding any fact of importance to those previously mentioned. Evidence was then brought forward to show that Bridget O'Rourke, the deceased, was in a weak state of mind at the time she made her de claration, and that no reliance was to be placed on her incoherent statements about a parcel of gun powder being seen in the'house before the explo sion. The inquiry was again adjourned, Mrs. Wastridge, although recovering, not being yet able ;ie appear before a jury. COUNTRY .MARKL WAKEFIELD--=DEC. 13. We have liberal arrivals of grain. The wheat trade, influenced by the uncertainty of political affsirs, is very i 12.. active this week. Wheat was held for lower prices to-d 9 l, than last Frieay. Barley steady. No change in oats s other articles. LIVERPOOL—DEC. 13. A thin attendance at our market to-day, and a slow re' tail sale was experienced for wheat, at a decline of ld per cental for parcels upon the quay. Flour also difficult to quit, and rather lower. Oats and oatmeal neglected, but at late rates. Beans and peas held for previous quotationo, Indian corn was in good demand at th e opening, but be' came dull at the close. —DEO. 13. led, and a thin attendance; EXETEA The supply to-day was lima prices may be quoted as follows : Wheat, white 7s 9d to 8s ed I Barley. .4s Od to 4.s 6( 1 , Ditto new .0s Od to Os Od Oats .. ..... 38 Oa up 3s 30 Flour, fine, 46s to —s; seCoads, 44s to —s per sack. CATTLE. A moderate supply of bullocks, and a good supply of cows and calves. Sheep fair. Fat beef,p score, 10s0d to lls Ewes, per lb .... 6d to 60 Pork carcases,do lOs Od to lls Wethers, d 0...... bid to 7 Lambs, per lb —d to —d. Fat calves, d 0... 7d to ad' Rough fat, 4d per 112. BRISTOL SUGAR—DEC. 13. The mark& for raw sugars still mmains dull, the sale 9 being most trifling, at is decline. In refined goods there is also a slow business doing at about is lower than pre 4 vious values. In rums nothing doing. COAL MAR. (rrioee of Coal per Ton al .ET—DEC. 13. the close of the market. S. d• e. d. Buddle's West Hartley 15 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting 24 0 Do. Anthracite 21 6 Davison's West Hart- Wale End. Kelloe Acorn Close 16 , Hartlepool. l7 c' 17 9 Hetton • . 16 9 Eden 16 9 Hengh Hall Whitworth 15 6 Stewart's.. . l7 6 9 Framwellgate 16 , . Tunstall . , 6 South Whitworth..... la ley ....15 6 Byass's Belaside West Hartley....ls 6 Wylam ..16 0 Bower's West Hartley.l4 0 ~ 32 ; sold, 27. Walls End. Cassop l7 01 Ships at market, FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. -4- MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Dec. I , g ' via Marseilles Dec. " 4 Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Jan. 4 . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 1.,., China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southaropton Deo. 1.7 via Marseilles Dee. I °' Falkland Islands .. . Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. ig g ' via Marseilles Dee. lu g ' India (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. Dee. ;', via Marseilles Lisbon Dec. ~.1 ' Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. lf via Marseilles Dec. 1 17 • Newfoundland Dec. x 0„," Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Dec. 1 " . by U.S. packet by Canaclianpacket Dec. 1, 9 ' W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. . 1 " . Bahamas, via New York De c . ,l s • Mexico.. Dec ...• • • All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Dec. 14.0 California,and British Columbia.. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills—Ease' for tr i ; Dyspeptic—lndigestion, with torpidity of the liver, is t o curse of thousands, who spend each day with accumninn sufferings, all of which might have been avoided by taknw Holloway's Pills according to their accompanying dirt. tions. They strengthen and invigorate every organ F servient to digestion. Their action is purifying, healing and strengthening. They may be sately taken wit hon interfering with ordinary eursuits or requiring much r e : striction in diet. They quickly remove noise and gidd inee' in the head, and dispel low spirits and nervous fearor°' These balsamic Pills work the cure without debilitating exhausting the system; on the other hand they coneer ll) „ and support the vital principle by substituting pure e' impure blood. BIRTHS. ADDINGTON.—On the 12th inst., at EnfieldVilla, Addis °/1 0 i road, Kensington, the wife of Mr. Luke Addingtolit a son. HAWTEREY.—On the 12th inst ;the wife of the Rev. v ° W. Hawterey, of a son. 0 .I MIDDLETON.—On the 13th inst., at 15, Palace - giu- A . ° Kensington, the wife of George Middleton, Esq., 0.1 daughter. GES. HIRE—COLLETT.—On MARRIA the 12th inst., at St. Gabriert Pimlico, Richard D. Hire, Esq , U.N., to Harriet A O "' daughter of Benjamin Collett, Esq. SIIRTEES—ROBINSON. — On the 12th inst., at Frenchil Alfred Wright, son of the late Rev. J. Surtees, uancl„ ll A, Bristol, to Henrietta Charlotte, daughter of the late %Pi' Robinson, of the 72d Highlanders. DEATHS. ALLARD.-011 the 12th inst., Mr. Adrian B. Allard, late of Ball's-pond, Islington, aged 29. Cooisns.—On the 12th inst., Mr. Thomas Coombs, of We l ' lington-terrace, Waterloo-bridge, aged 64. DAWSON.—On th® Bth inst., at Otten Be'champ, the Re l. E. H. Dawson, rector, aged 57. FILDER.—On the 10th inst., at St. John's, Exmouth, Filder, Esq., C. 8., Commissary-General, aged 72, filly 56 years of public service. SUTTON.—On the 12th inst. at The Glebe, Lee, Kent, /i Sutton, Esq., J.P. and Dep.-Lieut. for the county. Kent, aged 82; also, on the sth inst. , S u s a n, his woe' aged 84. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, ' 3 ! No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TuE Sum Office, No. 112,5 t ran" in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Ali Owe* btttlirdaY, DeOoraber 0, 1861. THE SUN, LIONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DEMMER 14, 1861. ~,,