The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-23 00:00:00

7IIE EXTRAORDINARY ROMANCE IN HIGH LIFE. RE-EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER, RUGBY, SATURDAY EVENING. Richard Guinness Hill, charged with falsifying the register concerning a male infant, born of the body of Amy Georgina Hill, by the said Ri c h ar d Guinness Hill, her husband, in the district of Rugby, on the sth of January, 1859, was to-day brought up at the Town-hall for further examination. Owing to the extraordinary interest the case has excited there was an unusually full bench of magistrates, amongst whom were C. M. Caldecoott, Esq. ; Broughton, Esq. ; J. A. Campbell, Esq. ; J. W. B. Leigh, Esq. ; and Rev. R. Lickornish. Many of the leading gentry of the town and dis trict were also present. Since the prisoner was remanded on Monday last he has been confined in the police station here, under the charge of Mr. Superintendent Wild, of the Warwickshire Constabulary. In the earlier part of the week he wrote a very large number of letters, many of them respecting bail, which, how ever, was not forthcoming. The majority of the communications were forwarded to Ireland, where the prisoner states he has a large circle of friends and relatives. He has also frequently telegraphed to various persons, with a view either of obtaining information with regard to the alleged circum stances of the case against him, or to obtain advice and a ssistance in defending himself. The prisoner has conversed without reserve un the features of the case, and has expressed his annoyance at the publicity which has been given to the case through the medium of the press, as being calculated to em bitter the minds of his family connexions, whom he states to be the richest in Ireland, as well as the family of his wife, whom he represents as being one of the most wealthy in England. He has availed himself of the privilege granted by the magistrates with regard to his personal wants, and has purchased bottle stout and other luxurious com estibles, which he has enjoyed with great apparent relish. A rumour was freely circulated in the town last night and this morning, that the prisoner would at the hearing to-day bring a charge of infidelity against his wife, and that he would plead that he had not any felonious intentions when he placed the child out to nurse, but that he had himself been deceived as to the character of the person into whose custody he had delivered the child. This rumour tended still further to heighten the excite• ment which existed here, and the popular feeling ran so high that it was considered advisable to con vey the prisoner from the station-house to the Town Hall in a fly, through the back streets, the officers in charge being dressed in plain clothes, in order to attract as little attention as possible. The ruse had the desired effect, and the prisoner was safely con ducted before the magistrates. Long before the doors of the Town-hall were opened, a dense crowd besieged the vicinity, and when admission was granted every available nook of the court-room was immediately occupied, a large proportion of the auditory being women. Upon the prisoner being placed at the bar there was a considerable difference in his personal appear ance, he having had his hair cut and been shaved, and so got rid of 'that careworn and dissipated aspect which was so evident on Monday last. Mr. George Francis Cooke, solicitor, of 30, King street, Cheapside, London, again appeared to con duct the case for the prosecution ; and the prisoner was represented by Mr. Philbrick of the Home Circuit, instructed by Messrs. Whyte and Collisson of 61, Russell-square, London. Mr. Maltby, her Britannic Majesty's Vice-Con sul at Brussels, Was also present, having come from his post of duty especially for the purpose of as sisting in the investigation. ' On the application of Mr. Collinson, the prisoner was allowed to be seated. Mr. Philbrick said that as he was quite unac quainted with the proceedings he begged that the evidence taken on the previous examination might be read over, which was done by Mr. Bloxam, the clerk to the magistrates. Mr. Cooke, in opening the proceedings, said—lt was an information under the Act of Parliament of the 6th and 7th William IV., cap. 86, sec.4l, charg ing that the prisoner ou the 7th of January, 1859, at Rugby, did unlawfully and wilfully make to one William Herbert, then being the registrar of births for that district (for the purpose of being inserted in the registry of births for that district), certain false statements touching the particulars, by the statute required to be made known and registered, of and concerning a male infant born of the body tof Amy Georgiana Hill, by the prisoner, her hus band, on the sth of January, 1859. The Act of Parliament was entitled " An Act for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England," and sect. 17 enacted that the Registrar-General should provide register books for births in a certain form, the entries being divided by printed lines. Section 20 enacted that the father or mother of every child born in England after the Ist of March, 1837, or in case of their illness, absence, or inability, the occupier of the house where the child should have been born, should within 42 days next after the birth give information upon request to the registrar, according to the best of his or her knowledge and belief of the several particulars by the said statute required to be known and registered touching the birth of such child. Section 41 enacted that that every person who should wilfully make or cause to be made for the purpose of being in serted in any register of births, deaths, or marriages any false statements touching any of the particulars required by the statute to be known and registered, should be subjected to the same pains and penalties as ifhe were guilty of perjury. The learned gentle man proceeded to say that the prisoner, on Aug. 28, 1852, was married at the house of H.M.'s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels to Miss Amy Georgiana Burdett, then of the age of 19 years, with the consent of her mother. Upon her marriage the fortune of the young lady was settled, and by the settlement a certain life in terest was given to Mr. Hill,the present prisoner. The property consisted of about £14,000 in posses sion and reversion. There was a reservation of £lOO a year for the wife, free from any control of her husband, and in the absence of any issue of the mar riage, power was given to the wife to appoint by will. The parties lived together continuously and yet hrid no issue until the month of January, 1859, hut d tiring the six years and a half the prisoner had for a considerable time been afflicted with illness. At the time Mrs. Hill was pregnant she was re siding with her husband at Dublin, and the pri soner, for some reason of his own, not material to the p resent inquiry, expressed a wish that her accou chement should take place in London, to whict. place they were on their way on Jan. 5, 1859. The lady was taken unwell while journeying to the me trol?olis by the London and North Western Railway and, could not proceed beyond Rugby. She was re nureed to the nearest .house that could be found open, a small inn called the Globe, where she was, soon at'Ler her arrival, delivered of a fine male child by IV fr. Sadd, surgeon and, accouchenr, at Rugby. One (,f the first duties of the prisoner as a parent was, as he appeared to have been aware, to register the birth of the child under the statute referred to, and at this point of his marriage career the offence charged against him was commuted, no doubt with the view to supress and conceal the Ent of there being a child of the marriage at all. Much had appeared in the public newspapers concerning the case since the prisoner was brought before the magistrates' on Mon day last, and public interest and indignation' hal been widely excited against the prisoner for his: unnatural and inhuman treatment of his own le);itimate offspring; though he (Mr. Cooke) might ba permitted to remark that the statements pub iished in the newspapers had been substantially true, rdthough the fortune of the lardy had been over-e stimated. However, the prisoner was not there to be tried and punished for all the wrongs done by him to his wife and child, or the pain and ey he had subjected his wife to for more than t t wo long years, i n uncer t a i n t y w h et h er the child ha d I ived or had died, or for the misery and wretch. ed ne , la he had subjected the child to, and the eon aequ, nett State of ill health that child was now lng from lon g probably he to want and negl ec t, y he might have to answer before an , lather tribunal for those wrongs. Mr. Cooke con- tended that the falsification of the register, if done at all, must have been done wilfully, as it was per fectly impossible for the prisoner to have forgotten his wife's name and his own, especially while in the performance of an act of such a character, and in volving such important results ; and he bGlieved he should call such evidence as would justify the magistrates in sending the prisoner for trial on the charge. The punishment, however, was of minor importance, compared to the establishment of the rights of his ill-used child, and the restoration of that peace of mind to the child's unhappy mother, by securing the safety both of herself and child from any further brutality at the hands of the pri soner, wilfully designing to suppress his son, and disinherit and lose him, and get rid of him by some means short of directly depriving him of life. Mr. George Frederick Sadd said—l am a sur geon and aecoucheur at Rugby. I recollect the sth of January, 1859. On that day I was called to the Globe to a lady in her confinement. It was in the morning, between eight and nine. The Globe Inn is near the railway terminus and I there de livered the lady of a ma l e child. I have seen the lady I then delivered. Mr. G. V. HefforiLl am su p er i n t en dent regis trar of births for the district of Rugby, in the county of Warwick. I produce the register of births from the 30th of June, 1858, to the 26th of August, 1859. There is a signature of William Herbert, who was the registrar. He died in May last. The entry of register No. 221, dated the 7th of January, 1859, has the signature and writing of William Herbert, except the signature of R. Hill. The register was read, and stated a boy named Robert Hill to have been born on the sth of January, 1859. Robert Hill being the father, and Mary Hill (maiden name Seymour) being the mother. Cross-examined by Mr. Philbrick—l have been superintendent registrar since 1838, and William Herbert, who made this entry, was district registrar for about twelve years. He ceased to be registrar in March last. He was about 77 when he died, and exceedingly infirm, so much so as to be almost past business. I knew Mr. Herbert some time, and remember him relieving officer, and his resign ing that appointment. lam not aware that any special inspection was made of this book (the register), but Mr. Godfrey came in his ordinary course, and did inspect it some time before Christ mas last. I made complaints myself of the inaccu racies and irregularity in Mr. Herbert's keeping the register. There were many of them, and to such an extent as to lead me to make such com plaints, and Herbert resigned under compulsion. (A laugh.) I have no doubt that every word, letter, and figure, except the signature, R. Hill, is in the handwriting of Herbert. Re-examined by Mr. Cooke—Amongst my com plaints I never made any as to any inaccuracy in this entry. Although as infirm as I have stated, he was able to walk. Many registers of births were omitted. My complaints extended to his putting in letters which ought not to be there, and also to mis spelling, but never to entering any names wrong fully. By Mr. Leigh (the presiding magistrate)—Her bert was infirm in his faculties. Mr. Thomas James Maltby—l live at No. 4, Rne de la Paix, Brussels, and have been for some years acquainted with Mr. Hill, now present. I was pre sent at his marriage with Miss Amy Georgina Burdett. This document, which I hold in my hand, purports to be a certificate of that marriage, which, to the best of my recollection, took place in August, 1852. I gave instructions for the preparation of the settlements between Richard Guinness Hill and Amy Georgina Burdett. This deed of settlement, now produced, I saw executed by the parties. Having seen the prisoner write, I am perfectly acquainted with his handwriting. I believe the writing " R. Hill," in the register-book now pro duced by G. V. Hefford, to be the signature of the prisoner. I have seen Mr. Sadd, the surgeon, this morning. I took him to see Mrs. Hill. By the settlement, after the death of the survivor, whether husband or wife, the settled property is to go, subject to a joint power of appointment, to the survivor, and if no appointment, equally amongst the chil dren of the marriage, or to one, if only one ; but if no issue, then all to go to Mrs. Hill, if the survivor, with absolute power of appointment to her as if not married, and in default of appointment one moiety to Mr. Hill, and the other moiety to next of kin or wife. In possession there is about £5,000, and in reversion about £9,000. Mr. Hill has re ceived between £2,000 and £3,000 from another portion of the property. • 1 have seen Mr. Hill write a dozen times, and swear this writing in the registry is his handwriting. I cannot be mis taken. lam a solicitor. I have not been either insolvent or bankrupt, and am at present on the rolls of the court. I shall be very much astonished if I am not. I am not concerned in the prosecution. I took it up at first, but gave it over to Mr. Cooter, who is my general agent, but: I have nothing now to do with it. 1 am in receipt of my fees as the Vice-Consul of Brussels, and never have assigned them to my creditors or any other person. I cer tainly have not always been able to pay my debts. I have been thirty years on the roll cf attorneys, and it is an utter falsehood to say or insinuate that I have ever been struck off the rolls, or did any thing whatever to justify any such proceedings. Mr. Cooke objected to this course of interroga tion, and it was not persisted in. Sarah Parsons—l am the wife of James Parsons, who is a bricklayer, living at 38, Queen-street, Rugby. I recollect nursing a lady who was con fined with a little boy at the Globe Inn, Rugby. I nursed her about three days. I did not see any gentleman with her whilst I was there. My daughter Catherine nursed her longer than I did. Catherine Parsons—l am the daughter of the last witness, and am in service. I remember nursing a lady and a little boy at the Globe Inn, Rugby. I do not know when it was. I think about two years ago, but it was not very warm. The lady was known as Mrs. Hill. There was a gentleman there whom I now identify. I was with them about a week. I did not receive any directions at Rugby from the prisoner as to that child. I took the child from Rugby to the Euston-station, London, by Mrs. Hill's direction. I also took a box, which is now produced by Brett, the detective offiCer, and it contained baby's clothes. The child was wrapped in a shawl, which is the one produced. Mr. Hill met me at the station, and he called a cab and told me to get into it. We drove to a house, and Mr. Hill took the box out of the cab and put it into the house. I do not know where the house was as I am a stranger to London. After that he drove some distance till we came to a cab that stood still at the side of the street. Mr. Hill and I got out of the cab that brought us from the station, and he went to the cab that was standing still. A dark woman came out of the cab, and went with her into a @hop, and I remained with the child in the street. They remained in the shop for 10 minutes, and then went to the cab. Another woman then came out of the cab, and they all three then came to me, and the dark woman asked me if the child was clean. The prisoner then said to me, " Give the child to this person," and I gave it to the light woman—the second one who came out of the cab. The two women now in court are the two who came out of the cab, and the light one is the one to whom , I gave the child. The woman walked away with the child too.—(The women gave the names of Mary Ann Idle, a gipsy-looking female, and Eliza beth Andrews.) Prisoner and myself got into the cab and went to a eoffee-house, where I slept. Next day I got up and prisoner said he would go and see the baby. He went out, and came back about two o'clock. I asked him if he had seen the baby, and he said, " Yes, but it had cried all night." He went away, and came again about five, when he went with me to the station and he brought me to Rugby, I rode in the same carriage. He said nothing when we were coming to Rugby. When one of the women asked me if the child was clean, I said, Yes, i t was ; and I hope it will be kept as clean in London as it was at Rugby." One of the women replied it had got a good nurse. The night on which I went up was very cold. The women were clothed very shabbily. The dark woman was drunk. I have seen the child in London about three months since; it was then in the hands of the mother. Mr. Philbrick objected to the question of identity being gone into on the ground that it had nothing to do with the false representation in the registry, which was the charge the prisoner had to meet. As the Court of Queen's Bench would ultimately have the matter before them, the learned counsel urged a formal decision. The Chairman said that he personally thought the question was incidental to the inquiry, and that it ought to be put. Some of his brother magistrates were of the same opinion, but others thought diffe i.ently, and he therefore suggested the bench should r eire to discuss the point. This course was adopted, g a l a the chairman said that, having considered the naatter, the bench were of opinion that any question might be put that would tend to further the ends of j us %tice. (Some applause.) Catherine Parsons was then recalled, and in re ply- t o questions said—l have seen a child recently, bur I Cl:nnot swear it is the same child I delivered to tho wo man I have mentioned, at the request of the prisoner, fit the Euston-square statiora. I however believe it to be the same child. The reason I think so is, that it has very light hair, light blue eyes, and light; and long eyelashes. Mrs. Hill had the child whe.l I last saw it, and she was the lady I attended at 11, , ; .gby. Th.l a witness was cross-examined by Mr. Philbrick, and sr, tated that the child was in her custody about a we k altogether, and that the reasons she had stated were the only ones she could assign for be lieving it to be the same child. Elizabeth Andrews, a woman who bore the ap pearance of having led a somewhat desolute life, and whose hands were dyed with walnut juice, showing evidently that she had recently been get ting her living by shelling walnuts, upon being sworn, was examined as follows by Mr. Cooke : Where do you live ?—At No. 8, Lincoln-court, Drury-lane. Are you a widow, married, or single woman P—l am a widow. Are you also sometimes known by the surname of Farebrother ?—Yes, I am known by that name ; it was my maiden name. Do you know the person sitting by my right hand (the prisoner) ?—Yes. Have you seen him before?—Not since be gave me the child. But you have seen him before. How many times ? —I have seen him three times before, Will you describe when and where you first saw him ?—The first time I met this good gentleman I believe was on the 9th of January, 1859. Where was that ?—ln Windmill-street, Hay m arket. What part of the street was it in ?—At the cor ner of a street where there was a public-house, but I cannot tell what was the name of that street. Was it near the Argyll-rooms ?—yes, quite op• posite. What were you doing ?—I was standing with my baby in my arms singing. About what time ?—As near as I can say, about half-past nine or a quarter to ten. At night ?—Yes. You were singing, I suppose, in order to get money given to you, were you not ?—Yes, sir. Well, now, did the good gentleman say anything to yoll ?—Yes, sir, he did. What did he say ?-11e gave me a shilling, and said he wanted to speak to me for a few moments. What then occurred P—l went then, sir, with him, and spoke to him. Where did you go to P—l went round the corner of the street, about half-way down. Was that to get into a quiet place P—Yes, I should suppose so. . On arriving there, what did he say to you ? The first thing he asked me if I had got any more children, and I said, " Yes, two others." He then asked me if I had a husband, and I told him " No." He then asked me if I could take care of a child if I was paid for it, and I told him that was according to circumstances; that I could not give him a decided answer that night, but I would meet him again. What did he then do or say P—He promised to meet me on the Sunday night at the place. That was the next Might, was it not ?—Yes, sir. Did you meet him P—Yes, sir; I did. According to the appointment made the previous night P—Yes, sir. Had you any one with you when you next met him —No ; I went by myself. What then took place ?—I told him I would take the baby, but before I took it I should wish to see the mother. But, fetching a very heavy sigh, he told me I could not see the mother, for that the mother was dead.. Who fetched the sigh ?—The gentleman. What then occurred ?—I then consented to take the baby. What next ?—He told me he would give me 15 sovereigns, which he did. What were the 15 sovereigns for ?—To mind the child for one twelvemonth. Did he give you any money that night ?—He gave me 2s. 6d. on that night. That was on the Sunday night ?—Yes, sir. Did he say anything more P—No, sir. He did not say anything more; but I asked him if the child was taken ill what I was to do, where I was to send to him ; and he said he could give no ad dress, as he did not wish his father to know any thing about the child. Was there anything said about a further sum of money P—He told me if I could get the child into any institution during the 12 months he would pay me for my trouble. Was any sort of institution mentioned P—No, sir. I told him I knew nothing about getting children into institutions, and when I had children of my own I had to keep them. _ _ _ Was the workhouse mentioned ?—No. Did he say anthing more P—No ; only that I was to bring the child up like one of my own. Was any appointment made for a future meeting ? —Not after I received the child. But you have only told us of the Saturday night and the Sunday night. You did not receive the child on the Sunday night, did you ? Then there was another appointment ?—Yes, he promised to meet me on the following Wednesday evening, at a quarter to 10, at the same place, and he said he would then take me to a railway station to receive the baby. Did you meet him ?—Yes, sir. At the time appointed P—Yes, to the moment. Had you any one then in your company ?—Yes, a poison named Mrs. Scott. Is she known by any other name P—Yes, Mary Ann Idle. Had she any conversation with the prisoner is your presence P—Nothing particular that I can think of. What then took place ?—We went into the station. How did you go to the station ?—A cab was taken at the top of Windmill-street. Who called the can ?—The gentleman. And did the good gentleman go with you ? Yes, we all three went. What station was it P—lt was at Euston-square. What took place there P—When the cab stopped at the station he told me and Mary Ann Idle to stay in the cab a little while, and he would be back again in a few minutes. - Was it in Drummond-street outside the station ? —Yes, sir, it was. Well, what then ?—We waited and he came back again in about five minutes, and said the train had not come in, and that it would be about a quarter of an hour. Did you soon afterwards receive the child P Yes, sir, I did from the young person who was examined before me. Did you receive the e money also P--No, sir, Idle received it for me. In your presence ?--No, she went into the ale house to receive it while I remained in the cab. Did you see her receive it P—No, but I received it afterwards from her. How much ?-1:15. Was the money in gold ?—Yes, all in sovereigns. Now, did the prisoner say anything to you before about a bank note ?—Yes, I asked him if he had got one, and he said yes, he had got one ; and I then asked him to get it changed, as it was so difficult for a poor person to change a note. Now, was any address given to you where you might communicate anything respecting the child? —None at all. Did the prisoner take your address, or did you give him one ?—I gave him my address. Where was that P—No.l9, Litchfield -street, Soho. Did you live there ? —No, sir. Was anything to be sent there?—Yes, sir, a box of clothing. It was to be addressed to Mrs. Scott, 19, Litchfield-street, Soho. Afterwards did you receive some baby's clothing ? —Yes. Is the box produced the sane it came in ?—Yes. Who brought the clothes P—l cannot say; the box came by the delivery. Did Mary Ann Idle or Scott give you the box now produced ?—Yes, sir, she did. Were there any marks on the baby's clothes ? No, all precautions and marks had been taken off. Were the marks cut out or were they only obli terated ?—There was a little bedgown where there had been a mark, and it seemed as if the mark had been taken out and a little piece let in. Was the child when you received it wrapped in the shawl produced?—Yes, sir, that was the shawl. You have lived at several places since that time, I believe ?—Yes, I have. But always within the district of St. Giles's ? Yes, sir. Has the child been with you since you received it from Catherine Parsons till lately?—Yes, till lately. With but one exception P—One seven days. Do you mean that was when you went to prison for that period ?—Yes, and the child went to the workhouse. During the whole time you have had the child has the prisor.er ever seen you or had any communi cation with you P—No, sir. Neither directly nor indirectly P—None at all. None of any kind whatever ?—No, sir. Has any one ever sought after the child on the part of the prisoner P—No, sir. What have you done with the child ?—I have given it up to the mother. [The child was h ere b roug ht i n t o cour t, and caused a g rea t sen s at i on. E very person presse d for ward, and appeared most anxious to obtain even the slightest glimpse of him. The boy seemed a fine light fellow for his age, and looked around the court from his nurse's arms with a gaze of sur prise, little conscious of the important part he was playin g in the proceedings. When taken close to the box he looked into the witness's face, and evi dently recognised her. A painful feeling was created amongst the auditory when it was perceived that it was under medical treatment, several plasters being on its head and neck to cure the sores brought on by the neglect and ill-treatment to which it had been subjected.] The examination of the witness continued. Is that the child ?—Yes, sir, it is. Is that the child you received from Catherine Parsons P—lt is the same child. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER', 23, 1861. In cross-examination by Mr. Philbrick, she said her husband was Thomas Andrews, and that he was a baker by trade. When he died I lived in Shetland- , court, Drury-lane. I have lived in Lincoln-court, Drury-lane, all the time I have had the child. I have only been in trouble once all that time. I had the child on a Wednesday ; of that I am positive. Mrs. Scott has lived at Litchfield-streei a long time. Lincoln-court is nearly opposite Russell-street, Co vent-garden. At the couclusion of the evidence the witness, on being told to sign the depositi ons , sa id s h e cou ld n ot write, and having affixed her mark, left the court evidently without exciting any sympathy amongst the people. Mary Ann Idle, who was brought up in charge of one of the female warders of Tothill-field Prison under a writ of habeas, was next sworn. She is a swarthy, copper-coloured complexioned woman, but of a somewhat forbidding determined aspect. Her. evidence, which was given with firmness and deci sion, was as follows : By Mr. Cooke—You arc sometimes known as Mary Ann Scott ?—Yes, sir. You are now under sentence at the House of Cor rection ?—Yes, sir. Do you recollect ever having seen the prisoner now present ?—Yes, sir, perfectly well. When did you first see him ?—I cannot say the day of the month when I first saw him. Who was with you P—No one at all when I first saw him. When did you first see him P—l was waiting in Windmill-street, when a woman told me that a gentleman was going to give her a child. Did you first 'Teak to the prisoner or he to you ? I saw him first in Windmill-street. A Hansom cab came up and stopped opposite the Casino. The prisoner got out and looked cautiously round, and then went up a court where I was. The woman went over to him, and 1 saw her speak to him, but I did not hear what was said. When the prisoner first spoke to you what did he say ?—He said he was going to give the woman the child. What took place ?—The woman Andrews said to the prisoner that I was the woman she wished to go with her before she took the child. Did she point to you ?—Yes, she did. What took place then ?—He said something to Andrews about money, and I heard him say he had got ten sovereigns and a £5 note. What next was said P—l said it was very ill convenient for the woman to take a note, as she was a poor woman, and could not get change for it. He said he would go and get it changed himself, and give us gold. Did you go to the Euston station with Andrews? —Yes, in a cab, with her and that gentleman sitting there. On what day was it 2-4 can't say. Where did you meet to go to the station ?—ln a street that leads out of Windmill-street. __ . And the prisoner came there in a cab?--Yes, sir. What occurred?—He said he would go, and he went to get change for the note, and we went down to Coventry-street, where he called a cab, and we ail went to the Euston-square station. What then followed ?—We went up to the station. He got out of the cab and went away, and when he came back he said the train was late, and had not come in. In a short time I heard a train come in, and the prisoner went away again, and when he came back be said the train had come in. He brought a woman with the child. Catherine Parsons having been called into court, the witness said—That is the young woman who had the child in her arms. Was the boy wrapped up in that shawl which is lying there ?—Yes, sir, he was. What was then done P—He was then going to give us money in the street, but I would not take it unless I saw it in the light. How much was it ?—Fifteen pounds in gold. Did you give that money to Mrs. Andrews after wards ?—Yes. I gave it her, but she gave it me back, and I had to take it to my place. What became of the child ?—Mrs. Andrews took the child from the young woman. In the presence of the prisoner ?—Yes, sir. Was any address given where the prisoner was to be found?—No address was given in my hearing. Was that child, to your knowledge, in the pos session of Mrs. Andrews afterwards ?—Yes, I saw it very often. That was until lately P—That was until within the last eleven months. I have not seen much of it since. Should you know it again ?—Yes. (The child was again brought into court, and the same excitement was exhibited.) Is that the child ?—Yes. Now, was that child, to your knowledge, during the time it was in Mrs. Andrews's possession ex posed to many hardships ? Mr. Philbrick—No, no; that question will not do at all. Mr. Cooke did not press the question. Mr. Philbrick declined to cross•examine this wit ness, and as it was found to be impossible to finish the case at a late hour, the primer was again re manded. It is necessary to state that throughout the whole proceedings, whenever the question of identity was mentioned, Mr. Philbrick contended tnat such mat ter was irrelevant. He argued that it was imma terial to the present issue whatever the prisoner had done to the child, the charge only being for falsifying the register, and he informed the magi strates that they were clashing with the jurisdic tion of Sir Cresswell Cresswell. The learned gentleman further said that at the proper time a full and complete refutation of the charge would be forthcoming. He also desired to mention that domestic affliction of the prisoner's brother, a clergy man of the Church of England, had prevented bail being given. At the commencement of the hearing all the witnesses were ordered out of court. Throughout the day the excitement was intense, and the great crowds of persons who could not ob tain admission to the court-room thronged around the windows, anxious to catch a glimpse of the scene, and in spite of a heavy rain, which fell al most incessantly, they maintained their positions till the case terminated, and then rushed to the various points of egress in the hope of witnessing the departure of the prisoner. Mrs. Hill was present in an adjoining room, and Col. Burdett (her brother) and several members of both families were also in attendance. The general arrangements of the court-room were admirable, and S u perintendent Wild afforded with great cour tesy every information and assistance to the mem bers of the press. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of Sir Godfrey John Thomas, Bart., of Wanvoe Castle, Glamorganshire, and of White Hall, Chingford, Essex, who died on the 13th July last, was proved in London on the 12th inst. by his relict, Emily Lady Thomas, sole executrix. Sir Godfrey died possessed of real and personal pro perty, the whole of which he has bequeathed to his relict absolutely, in whom he appears to have re posed the greatest confidence, stating in his will, " To her guardianship and absolute control I leave my dear children, believing that she will leave nothing undone to promote their welfare." The will is exceedingly brief, being comprised within the limits of only one folio, and is in the handwriting of the testator. Sir Godfrey was the eighth Baro net of that name. He succeeded his brother in 1852, married in 1853, and died at the premature age of 37. The will of Deputy Commissary-General George White, who died at his residence, Sir John's-wood, on the 3d of last month, was proved on the 7th inst. by his relict and daughter, whom he appointed joint executrixes. This gentlemen belonged to the Commissiariat Department, and attained to the rank of Deputy Commissary-General in that branch of our military service. The will is as short in its contents as in its directions, which merely gives all the property of which the testator died possessed between his relict and daughter. There are no other bequests contained in the will. The will of Lieutenant-Colonel Gervais Powell Tubervill, K.H., of Ewenny Abbey, Glamorgan shire, was proved in London on the 12th inst. by the executors therein appointed—namely, Sir George Lewen Glyn, Bart., and Captain Thomas Picton Warlow, R.A., the testator's cousins. The per sonalty was sworn under £45,000. Colonel Tur bervill has bequeathed his property amongst his family, with the exception of a small legacy to the officiating minister of Ewenny. The testator was twice married, and having, it appears, received some property by his first marriage with his wife, he has left the same amongst that lady's relatives. The Colonel has given to his relect a life inte rest in all his property real and personal. The estates of Corntown Court, near Ewenny, on the decease of the Colonel's relict, is to pass to the Colonel's sister, Miss Elizabeth M. Turbervill, for her life; and on her decease that estate, together with the entire residue, is bequeathed to the testa tor's three cousins, Sir George Glyn, Captain T. P. Warlow, and 'William Warlow, Esq.—Fronz the Illustrated London News, Sept. 21. 111[AlovrarristmExT.]—Holloway's Pills and Ointment. — premature Decay.—When from free living, excessive in dulgence, or the enervating effects of hot climates the nervous system becomes shaken and the bodily powers debilitated, Holloway's remedies may be used with the cer tainty of :their producing relief for dvspepsia, liver com plaints., sick-headache, and loss of appetite. This Ointment should bo very well rubbed twice a day over the pit of the stomach and right side, whilst Holloway's Pills are being taken in such doses as can conveniently be borne. This treatment will always restore strength and energy. Ner vousness, flushes, and fainting fits, may all be prevented by a timely recourse to and diligent use of these remedies, which cannot do harm to the moat delicate or debilitated. THE MOORS AND FORESTS. (From the Inverness Courier.) We continue our notes from the moors and forests. The following is a return of the sport at Strath bran for the last three days, 9th, 11th, and 13th : The sportsmen welt Mr. Dalgety and Captain Mil ner. Grouse, 118 ; hares, 22 ; snipe, 2. Total, 142. The grouse seem to be getting more plentiful as the season advances, but the birds are very wild, owing to the wet weather. They have not yet, however, commenced to pack. Captain Milner last week killed two fine trout in the river, one slbs., and the other nearly Vbs. weight. At Gairloch, Lord St. John and party have had good sport up to this time, considering the very unfavourable weather that has prevailed since the 12th August. The grouse are healthy and strong, and have bred much better on these moors this season than for the last three years. The following is a return of the game killed at Strathmore Forest Lodge, county of Caithness (moors of Glutt and Rumsdale), from 20th August to 11th September inclusive :—By Mr. Hunt, W.S., 238 grouse, 23 hares, 4 ducks, 1 blackcock. By Mr. T. E. 0. Horne, 7 stags, 2 hinds. The wea ther was very wet and stormy. On several days the party were not out at all. Grouse were plenti ful, healthy, and strong on wing. Deer in good I condition, heads clean very nearly. At Kinlochewe moors, on the 10th inst., J. F. Basset, Esq., and the Hon. Major Gage killed 181 brace of grouse. At Strontian, on the afternoon of the 7th, Captain Riddell killed 8 brace of grouse and 2 couple of snipes; and on the afternoon of the 11th, 81 brace of grouse and 2 brace of blaekgame. Birds nume rous and strong, but wild, owing to the long , continued wet weather. Mr. Somes has had fair sport at Glensheirs (Laggan). On Saturday week he bagged 31 brace grouse; on Monday, 14 brace, a couple of hares, and a brace of snipe ; on Tuesday, 131 ; brace grouse, 3 hares, and a couple of rabbits. Mr. Somes has also had some sport in the forest. His last stag was brought down on the 12th, and had eight points. At Braeroy the weather has been quite fearful—eternal, never-ceasing heavy rain—so that anything like regular shooting was out of the question. Considering the weather the sport has been good. A few days ago Mr. Hoff, in 41- hours, and over one brace of dogs, bagged 211 brace grouse and 6 hares ; and he can always secure 10 or 12 brace any morning or evening when the weather admits of going out. _ In Gairloch forest the lion. St. Andrew St. John has killed to his own rifle, up to Sept. 9, 3 stags, 1 hind ; and on the 11th, 2 stags, one of these very fat, with a royal head, the other in good condition, with a bead of six points. R. Orlebar, Esq., stalked in the same forest on the 10th inst., and killed a fine stag with a head of 10 points. On Tuesday, Sept. 10, Earl Cowper killed two good stags, right and left, one with a royal head and the other having 9 tines, weighing respectively 16 stone 11b. and 14 stone lib. On Thursday, Sept. 12, Mr. Clare killed a beautiful stag, weighing 18 stone lib., having a very large head, carrying 13 tines, of the following dimensions—Breadth across the brow, 30 inches ; length of brow antlers, lltin. ; length of top antlers, ; length of whole antlers, 351-in. On the same day the Hon. H. Cowper killed a very fine stag, weighing 18 stone 81b., and having a very good head of 10 tines. In Kinlochewe forest, on the 6th inst., J. F. Basset, Esq., killed a stag ; and on the sth inst. Capt. Campion killed a stag with a royal head ; and Captain Basset a roebuck. At Strontian, on August 30, Lordß.Grosvenor stalked and killed a roe-deer. Lord Leigh also shot a good stag on the 6th. Captain Riddell and a friend killed 3 roebuck on the sth of September. In the forest of Ceanacroc, Glenmoriston, Lord Deere has shot 28 stags. On Friday last, Edward Ross, Esq., shot 4 stags at Glendibidale, which makes 25 stags and 2 hinds shot by him at the same place this season. In the Reay and Stack forests the Earl of Dudley and friends have shot 18 stags; and at Mouar, H. W. White, Esq., and friends have shot 15 stags. The following incident of a day in the forest is recounted by our Duthil correspondent :—One day last week, while the Earl of Stamford and War rington and party were out stalking in the Rothie murchus forest, a number of labourers, presently employed in executing certain improvements about the handsome shooting lodge recently erected in Glehmore, were ordered by his lordship to join for the purpose of driving the deer in the direction of I the shooting party. While thus engaged, one of the men, John Grant, labourer, Deshar, observed a large stag coming at the top of his speed in a straight line to where he stood. Seeing if the deer was to follow the course he was on certain destruc tion was inevitable, he made a hasty preparation for defending himself from the fury of the mad dened animal, and happening to have a stout branch of a fir tree in his hand, just as the stag was near upon him he took aim and gave the animal a des perate blow in the brow which brought him to his knees ; essaying to rise, John repeated the dose, and in a few minutes the royal stag breathed his last. It was a splendid animal, having a head with nine tines. One of the gentlemen handsomely re warded the courageous Highlander for his intrepid daring in laying the antlered monarch of the forest with such a novel weapon prostrate at his feet. A number of fine heads have been sent to Mr. Snowie for preservation, among others a very fine, wide, royal head from Arthur Walsh, Esq., Struy ; two good heads from G. Bateson, Esq., Sbieldaig ; one from Lord St. John, Flowerdaie ; one from T. M. Talbot, Esq., Inchbae ; one from R. Orlebar, Esq., Inchbae ; and one from the Earl of Seafield, Balmacaan. Eight fine heads have been forwarded by the Earl of Dudley from Reay forest ; twenty very good stags' heads, and three roe heads, have been sent from J. W. 0. Holmes, Esq., Coulan forest. MILITARY SCANDAL AT GIBRALTAR. We read in the Army and Navy Gazette :—" A general court-martial is about to sit, or probab!y is now sitting, at Gibraltar upon a case which has excited so much noise in that command, and is happily of so very unusual a character in her Ma•• jesty's service. that we consider ourselves justified in laying before our readers such particulars as have reached onr ears. It would appear that in the 2d battalion of the 7th Fusiliers a series of robberies had been going on for some months past, and that there was scarcely an officer of the regiment but had more or less suffered from this depredation. Ww.ches, rings, trinkets, purses, plate—in short, all articles of a light and valuable nature disappeared in the most extraordinary manner from the quar ters of the officers. Servants without end were discharged on suspicion, but no clue to the thief or thieves could be discovered. At length Major Birtwhistle resolved td bring matters so far as possible to a climax ; and, assembling the officers in the anteroom of the mess, he pointed out the absolute necessity of solving the painful Mystery ; and, by way of example, proposed that a committe of officers should be named on the spot to search the barracks, commencing with their own rooms. All present willingly assented, with the exception of one officer, Ensign Loveridge, on whom, as it happened, some slight sort of suspicion had already fallen, from an overzeal he had shown in discharging his servants, and offering personally a reward of £5O for the discovery of the guilty parties. He was most righte ously indignant at the proposition, and declared that his rooms should not be subjected to such an indignity. We need scarcely say that this opposition at once strengthened any floating idea against him, and Major Birtwhistle, with praiseworthy firmness, at once declared that the rooms should be at once searched, and his the very first. The commit tee was instantly named, and on proceeding to the quarters of Ensign Loveridge, they found in a very few minutes the whole of the missing property, Ito the value of no less than £3OO, con cealed in cushions, chair-seats, sewed up in the end of sheets, and in fact most artfully concealed. Pain ful as were those revelations, they were as nothing compared to the relief infused throughout the re giment by the suspicions and unjust stigmas re moved from the heads of many humble yet innocent people. There is, however, a still more distressing feature in the matter. It oozed out, as things will ooze out when once the wedge has been inserted, that another officer had been for some time past aware of the guilt of the culprit, had detected him in the act of easing a boost' comrade of his sove reigns, and in a weak moment of temptation had been prevailed upon to take part as hush-money, and keep the secret. He too, is to be tried. Per haps still more extraordinary is the fact that since these miserable circumstances became known, a banker on the Rock has produced a letter of credit in favour of Ensign Loveridge, amply supplying him with funds; so that should he prove to be guilty, the temptation to commit this evil cannot be imputed to the ordinary pressure of the want of means, and is indeed scarcely to be accounted for. However this may be, and we shall doubtless hear more about the matter, we can only at present offer a word of sympathy to the officers of the 7th Fusi- • liets, in that such a calamity should have fallen upon the domestic economy of so distinguished a, regiment; and we may at the same time ex press our satisfaction at the prompt and firm mea sures they adopted for rooting out the evil from among them. -- Arrangements are now being made at the Tms Iron Shipbuilding Works, Blackwall,for e imm Thames Iron Shipbuilding Works, BlackWa,for the immedia e t th e constructions of a new iron.-cased screw fr i ga te for the Admiralty, of 6,815 tons, the cost of which will amount to about half a million sterling. The wrought iron roof and domes for the Great Exhibition Building of 1862 are /10W rapidly progressing at these works. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Sept. 21. GUILDHALL.—CONDEMNATION OF EIGHT QUARTERS OF BEEF AS UNFIT FOR HUMAN FOOD. —James Newman, one of the inspectors of meat at Newgate Market, made an application to Alder man Salomons, on his taking his seat on the bench, to condemn four quarters of a beast he had seized at a butcher's shop in Aldgate, as unfit for human food, preparatory to taking legal proceedings against him. Alderman Salomons went into Guildhall-yard and viewed the meat, after which he returned into court, and the following evidence was taken, on oath : James Newman—l am one of the inspectors of meat for the City of London. This morning about six o'clock I went to a butcher's shop in Aldgate, kept by Mr. Samuel Robert Wolf, and saw hanging up, with other meat exposed for sale, the four quar ters of a cow which were very wet, showing that the animal when killed had been very much dis eased. It had evidently had disease of the lungs when killed, and was decidedly unfit for human food. Alderman Salomons—What do you mean by being wet ? Newman—Water runs out of the flesh, which it would not do if it were in a healthy state. I saw the owner of the meat, and told him it was very wrong to buy such diseased beasts, and he then said he could not help sometimes buying one amongst the number he bought. I then seized the meat. Dr. Letheby—l am medical officer of health for the City of London. I have seen the meat, and it is unfit for human food. The fluid state of the fat and other portions of the meat is evidence that the beast was in an advanced stage of disease when it was killed. Alderman Salomons—What will be done with the meat when it is condemned ? Mr. Stuchbury, from the office of the City solici tor—The officer will see it destroyed. Alderman Salomons—ls it fit for dogs ? Dr. Letheby—lt is not fit for any animal to eat. Alderman Salomons—What would be the effect if it were it eaten by the poor ? Would it produce disease ? Dr. Letheby—lt produces one of two kinds of effect. If it is well 'Ailed the disease might be destroyed to a certain extent, but if it is not well cooked it will either produce sickness and diarrhoea or else a low typhoid fever. I have known as many as 40 or 50 poor persons made ili by eating such meat. Alderman Salomons—Then this meat if it had been eaten would have caused disease in those who ate it ? Dr. Letheby—We have great difficuty in tracing results to these causes, but I have no doubt it would. The order was then made for destroying themeat. Another case in which four quarters of a cow, in a still more diseased state than the above were seized, was brought forward, and the meat con demned ; but we refrain from giving the particulars of the case at present, as the publication of the facts might frustrate the ends of justice. SOUTHWARK. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CRIM. CON.—Mrs. Mary Kemsy, a rather good looking female, with a fine child in her arms, was summoned beforeMr.Burcham,charged with assault ing Alice Ann Mellish, under the following singular circumstances : The complainant, a middle-aged female, attired in rather juvenile apparel, said that on Saturday afternoon last the defendant came to her house and kicked up a row. She endeavoured to eject her, which was not accomplished without considerable difficulty. She struck witness several times and threatened to do for her. Mr. Edwin, for the defendant—You know the defendant's husband ? Witness—Yes, and I have slept with him, but I thought he was a single man. Mr. Burcham—How often has he slept with you lately ? Witness—About two or three nights each week. Mr. Edwin—What did defendant call at your house for on Saturday last ? Witness—How should I know ? Ile was not there. 1 Mr. Edwin—Now, did she not see her husband' trousers and waistcoat hanging up in your room ? Witness—Well, she might. Mr. Edwin—Did she not say they were her hus band's clothes, and she wanted to know where he was ? Witness—She might have said so, but that had nothing to do with me. Mr. Edwin here said this was a very bad case. The husband of his client carried on a respectable business as a manure merchant, at Paulin-street, Bermondsey, and five weeks ago he left his wife and home, telling her that he was going into the country on business. Instead of that he went to live with the complainant, and, finding out whore the latter had moved to, she went to her house, and on being admitted she saw her husband's clothes hanging up in the complainant's bedroom. She recognised them at once, and asked the latter where her husband was, and instead of telling her she en deavoured to eject her from the house. In the scuffle the defendant admit ted striking her. Defendant—That is quite true, sir. It was enough to exasperate me. When my husband left me he said he was going in the country upon business, but instead of that he went to the complainant's house and induced her to move away to another part of Bermondsey. Last Sunday week I ascertained that they were driving about in a cab, and I traced her to the house where she and 'my husband lived. Complainant—l did not know he was your hus band, or I would not have allowed him to come to my place, I can tell you. I took him to be a single man. Mr. Burcham—But now you know he is married, and I suppose you will not encourage him any more ? Complainant—Oh, no. I do not want him, sir. (Laughter.) Mr. Burcham (to the defendant)—Your appear ance is that of a respectable woman, and however base your husband may act towards you by co habiting with this woman, you must not take the law into your own hands. Defendant—l will not do so again, sir ; but I think I have been shamefully treated by my hus band. Mr. Burcham—l think so, too; and as for his taste, it must be strange, indeed. You are a much younger and a prettier woman than the complainant, and the child in your arms does you credit for healthiness and cleanliness. I will take your word, and dismiss the summons on your paying the costs. As for the complainant, I should advise her not to intrigue with a married man again. LIFE AT BADEIV.BADEN. A letter from Baden-Baden, dated Sept. 19, says —" The lion of the German gambling tables has been staying here for a few days. Garcia, the Spaniard, who won so much at Homberg, has also broken the bank here no less than five times, and on each occasion has pocketed nearly £4,000. But £16,000 was not considered a sufficient profit, and on his trying for a larger gain he lost about £6,000 in one day, and about £16,000 the following day. His great losses had the effect of bringing out his temper, and in an excited state he began to address the company present. He said that Mr. 8., the director of the gambling-house, was too great a lord, and thought it not worth his while to attend to his request. This request was that Garcia should play 12,000 f. a loup, as he considered he was playing to great disadvantage by being limited to 6,000 f. a loup. Mr. B. told him that it was the established rule that no player should stake more than 6,000 f. at one time, and as such was the custom of the gambling-house bank, no alteration could be made to please the lion of the gambling world. At this moment, when all was excitement, the infuriated lion crushed and crumpled in his clenched fists several bank notes for thousands of francs; the croupiers stared aghast ; the inspector of the game called him to order, but no order was restored ; on the contrary, the confusion was heightened by an English baronet and a little ljrenchman having a fight, to the great confusion and fright of all the company present. The two boxers were expelled the kursaal, and order was restored, the game continued and finished, when the lion was relieved of all his surplus notes. Any personnd such sent on that occasion might learn a lesson, a Heh a lesson as would teach him nevefrtthoe gamble. gamblers the might read in the anxious faces of Many of them emotions that were passing wi e t rt nearly all their have staked upon the tapir beggary t a h n e d rs that pla y be w i nitghltohysteitrheinyeaemreerse, reduced their luckhil while there with economy during the greater result is, that they are teorbliagretdnfttohepyreaacrtitsee makehard Psustained during their up for the losses they are others who are temp stay in the German gamblingted to t t o ry wn t s he ; bank their days th a t which does no t belon g to them, and after a n u nsuccessful attack upon theend in a prison. But warning, everybody know this, yet every body plays ; t he ruin of many acts not as'a the Nothing will pre vent the evil but o ~• closin g fall t h es e German gambling houses. MUSIC ON THE ALPS.—Some English travellers w h o visited the monastery on the summit o f the Great St. B e rnard a few days since, were shown w i th the greatest pride by one of the monks the piano presented to them by the Prince of Wales, which, notwithstanding the rarefac tion of the air, remains in good tune, and is kept in toler able exercise by the various lady travellers, who are re quested to cheer the dreary solicitude by some perform • aim). Whether good or bad, it is always appreciated, and always rewarded by unbounded thanke,—Court Iyurna4 THE ITALIAN NAVY; A letter from Turin, dated Sept. 15, says :—The labours of General Menabrea towards the increase and improve ment of the Italian navy promise to lead to signal results. The works at the docks of Genoa, Leghorn, and Castella mare are carried on with unwearied energy ; and it seems now beyond a doubt that, by the end of 1863, Italy will be able to muster 23 steam frigates of the highest order, besides four floating batteries or iron -sheet frigates. These latter will cause an outlay of 14,000,0001. The fine frigate Duca di Geneve whose launch I described as an eyewitness some months ago, is now ready for service, and some has been constructed and fitted out in a style worthy of anything that ever floated either in British or American waters. The Cavaliere Mattei, a man earnestly promoted by Count Cavour, fully justified the confidence placed in him by the deceased statesman, and the naval constructions under his direction are eminently successful. Colonel Chiodo is soon expected from Spezia, prepared to lay before Government the estimate of the ex penses necessary to turn that gulf into an Italian Ports mouth. You have not forgotten that, at the close of the last session, Parliament voted the sum of 60,000,000 f. for the commencement of the works. The francs will, most undoubtedly, swell up to pounds sterling before so colossal an enterprise is far advanced. In the meanwhile, you are aware that a contract has been entered into between the Government and an English company, allowing this latter to establish a coal depot and an exten sive iron foundry in the gulf. The municipality of Spezia has voted a sum of £400,000f. for the construction of a jetty for the landing of merchandise. No doubt Spezia has a great future before it in a commercial no less than in a naval point of view, especially if a railway across the Appennines along the valleys of the Magra an Tara joins it with Parma, and makes it the emporium of the /Emilia and Central Lombardy. The works at Spezia are only the prelude of what the country should undertake with a view to utilize the harbours of Ancona, Brindisi, an I, perhaps, Otrantro and Syracuse. Undoubtedly, if Italy is to be constituted into a nation and a State, it becomes a duty for her no less than a right to become at least the third of European naval Powers, and there is no reason why she should not aspire to the very first rank in her own Mediterranean waters. Coolheaded persons truly think that General Bixio spoke very sanguinely when he expressed an opinion that this country could have a navy worthy of its position in the short period of only a score of years. I hear, however, but one opinion that if human genius and industry can have any power towards pushing on the mari time enterprise of the kingdom, those faculties are to be found combined in the man who received the portfolio of the Marine from the hands of Count Cavour in his dying moments, General Menabree. Ships and dockyards, however, do not make a navy, and the question always is by what sailors and officers it is to be manned. No one will deny that the seafaring popu lation of the Peninsula is by no means commensurate either in number or efficiency with the extent of its seacoast. Brave and skilful Italian seamen are only to be found along the Genoese shores. A few of the Neapolitan masters and crews of the Costa (as it is called par excellence), the seaboard from Castellamare and Sorrento to Salerno and Amalfi, were used to Transatlantic voyages, and were deemed worth their salt by British and Yankee skippers, who lured them by high pay. The Adriatic yields next to nothing, or its seamen are en listed in the service of Austria, who never knew how to turn the heritage of Venice to any very good purpose. Yet the coasts of the Marches, and even those of Puglia and Cala bria, and still more those of the islands, could supply excel lent elements . for naval service. But the Royal Navy depends for its recruits on the mercantile marine, and, with the few exceptions above alluded to, Italian commerce was hitherto limited to a very paltry coasting trade. By a law on naval conscription voted by Parliament this very year all the population living on the sea shores have their option between land and sea service. Every man who has been on board a vessel for a period of not less than two years may be exempt from the military levy by having himself in scribed in the rolls of the naval service. Two years' experience, however imperfect and rudimental, are sup- • posed to have fitted a man to be a sailor ; but when the exigencies of the State require a larger draught of men, the State's vessels are manned out of the maritime popula tion, on the same principle as the cadres of land battalions are filled—i.e., by compulsory enlistment, and regard. less of the recruit's fitness or unfitness for a seafar ing life. Nor are sailors exclusively looked for among the people living on the coast, for experience has shown that landsmen, and especially moutaineers, Savoyard as well as Piedmontese, can be turned into the very best sailors and sea officers, Whether this system of impress ment, which, like most systems in this country, is copied from France, will work well in the long run time will show. What is certain for the present moment is that the Italian navy, which is only too rich in officers (as the Neapolitans have been admitted on equal terms with the Sardinians), is sadly deficient in men, and must needs continue so until the mercantile shipping of the country attains all the magnitude to which the wealth, position, and vast resources of Italy entitle it. The ex-Bourbon navy officers (different from the land officers, who for the most part are considered as a great nuisance in the Italian army) are spoken of with res pect, and some of them have been ad vanced to very eon • spicuous and responsible positions. The D u ke of Imbert, of Catania, is in command of the Maria Adelaide ; and De Maria, a Neapolitan, has been trusted with the com mand of the new steam frigate the Duca di Genova. Of other ex-Bourbon officers, who distinguished themselves at the siege of Gaeta, the names are already familiar to English readers. It is by these means that men here hope the Italian nation will be thoroughly blended and amalga mated. The Italians have only to know each other, to s hare the same toils and perils, the same hopes and aspirations, to become truly brethren, as nature intended, and as aliens take them to be. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEICESTER-SETT, 21. A pretty good supply of wheat to. day. Trade firm, and late prices were realised for best sorts. White, 53s to 64s —red, 44s to 58s per 36 stone. Barley was in very go od show, grinding, 30s to 335; malting, 35s to 40s per qr.; oats, 25s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans were sauce, at 36$ to —s ; new, 38s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 44s I Seconds, 40s Thirds, 36s per 20 stone. CAMBRIDGE--- , SEPT. 21. A tolerable supply of wheat to-day. With a good de mand, prices for old and new qualities were fully as high as last week's rates—white, from 55s to 635; red, 48s to 565. Barley a steady inquiry, malting 36s to 465, grindi ng 30s to 325. Oats varied from 20s to 28s. Beans were sold at fully late rates, from 38s to 43s per qr. YORK. At this market to-day w at an advance of is in price. good attendance at market. Wheat, red s6s to 608 I Oats.... 26s to 28 5 White do .60s to 64s 1 Beans 44- to 50s Barley .308 to 40s 1 Peas ....—s to --s Malt, 70s to 72s per qr. ; rye. 348 per qr. •, flour, 41 5 to 43s per sack. _ SEPT. 21. teat was in tolerable supply, The trade ruled firm, and it NORWICH-SEPT. 21.' The attendance of factors and farmers to-day w as good, and wheat was in fair supply. Prices were unaltered. In barley there was a quiet sale, the farmers demanding high rates. Other articles met with a dull sale. White wheat 62s to 64s I Red wheat 58s to 610 Malting barley.... 38s to 40s I Chevalier barley 36s to 380 New d 0...... 378 to 398 1 Oats.. 268 to 3 00 Flour, 40s 6d to — s Od per sack from the miller. NORTIIAMPTON—SEPT. 21. At this corn -market the supply of wheat was fair, and the demand was tolerably firm, at from 40s to 53s for old, and 56s to 61s foil new. A healthy trade in barley-:" malting 36s to 38s, grinding 28s to 35s per qr. Oats In moderate show, and pri ces as b e f ore - -quoted at 24s to 3,0 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 38s to 47s ; peas, 36s to 445. Rye, 37s to 425; malt, 70s to 74s ; flour, 42s to Pe r sack. The Derry Standaad says it is impossible to speak in terms of overstrained compliment of the courtesP urbanity, and kindness of the admirals and officers of the Channel fleet during their stay in Lough Foyle t o the crowd of visitors of all ranks who during four or five days thronged the ships incessantly from early morning till late hour at night. BIRTHS. N LE y.—On the 20th inst., at 36 , Priory -road, Ng; A bu li rn Es thew ife of William Campbell Lesley , Eel.) °^ a daughter. CIA. ".—On the 10th inst., at 7, John Clark, Esq., of a son. of Euston-s quare, the wif e H A RDING.—On the 18th inst., at 4, B ernard Villas, B a th, the wife of Edward Harding, Esq., of a daughter. RArHAEL.—On the 20th inst., at Philimore-gardens, Ken sington, the wife of T. N. Raphael, Esq., of twine' Ken sons. MARRIAGES. DICKSON—ADDINGTOX.—On the 19th inst., at Alburlt the Hon. theßev ,.Dv i is d eou D n i t ck s s id on mot E a s h q . W.S. of Edinburgh, Fr ances to Sophia Addington, fourth daughter 0 GILPIN—B ENvEs — On the 18th inst., at Worton, Devisee , George George Gilpin, Esq , R.N., to Annie, relict of Auguall; George Bew es , Esq.,. of Beaumont House, Plymouth. DEATHS, CONNOP.—On the 20th inst., at Charleywood House, nea r Riekmansworth, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Connop, l a t e o f 55 th Regt., aged 67. CO URTIER.—On the 19th inst., at South Norwood, Mr. S• Courtier, aged 51. COLLETT.—On the 19th inst., at Pinner, Middlesex, :gigs E. A. Collett, aged 81. GRAY.—on the 19th inst., at Lower Clapton, Michae l Gray, Esq., aged 93, MooßE,—On the 19th inst., at 31, Grove-end-road, Sain t John's-wood, Colonel William White Moore, late of the H.E.I.C.'s Bengal Establishment. RAW TT in LINGS.—On the 19th i ns t ., at Bradmore House, of mersmith, aged 76, Wm. Rawlings, Esq., for upward s 52 years in the firm of Lambert and Rawlings, Coventry street, Haymarket. LoLONDON: Printed and P u bli shed by MURDO YOU NG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at ME Surr Office, No. 112,Str O. an —, in the Precinct o f th e Savoy, In the County of Zdiddlow' MOWN , SePteluber 2;1861,