The Sun. — London, England, 1861-07-11 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The paddlewheel steam fr igate Leopard, 18, just returned from South America, went yesterday (Wednesday) from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze, where she will be dismantled. The Channel pilots near the Land's-end have been requested to instruct the masters of the hired tran sports Queen of England, Lady Ann, Algiers, Nim rod, and White Eagle, expected home from the Indian Ocean, to land their troops at Plymouth. Yesterday the War Department transport Petrel received on board at the Ordnance wharf, Chatham, one 100-pounder Armstrong gun for the Phaeton, 51, screw, one 100-pounder for the Orestes, 21, screw corvette, and one 40-pounder Armstrong for the Chameleon, 17, all belonging to the steam re serve in the Medway. She also shipped 160 cases of the 100-pounder Armstrong shells, and 80 cases of the 40-pounder shells for distribution to the above screw steamers: Yesterday, being the day appointed for the cele bration of her Majesty's birthday, was observed as a general holiday at Portsmouth, Chatham, and other garrisons. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—A. C. 0. Boddington and L. S. Ensor, naval cadets, to the Centurion. THE ARMY, The East Indiaman Middlesex, 1,191 tons, be longing to the firm of G. Marshall and Co„ having been chartered by the Hon. Council of India to con vey reinforcements to Calcutta, will embark 10 officers and 350 non-commissioned officers and men at Gravesend this morning. The officers and troops selected for embarkation for Calcutta belong to the 19th, 20th, 35th, 52d (Light Infantry), and 77th Regiments, from Chatham ; 27th (Enniskillens), 34th, 38th, 54th, 88th (Connaught Rangers), and 97th Regiments, from Colchester; 90th Light In fantry, from Canterbury; 42d and 92d Highlanders, from Perth ; 13th (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) and 89th Regiments, from Fermoy ; and the 48th Regiment, from Cork. The whole of the officers and men of the depot brigade of the Royal Artillery, stationed at Sheer ness, who are under orders to embark for India, to the'number of 500 men of all ranks, were inspected at that garrison yesterday afternoon by Col. Ned ham, the commandant, when the brigade was found to be in a very efficient state. At the close of the inspection Col. Nedham gave a spirited address to the officers and men (which was afterwards issued as an order of the day), in which he highly compli mented Lieut.-Col. Talbot and the officers at the high state of discipline to which they had succeeded ' in bringing the depot brigade. A detachment of 13 non s pommissioned officers and 350 men will pro ceed from Sheerness to Woolwich to embark on board the Sydenham, 1,147 guns, for Calcutta. The following has been handed to us as an accu rate report of the late experimental firing with Armstrong guns, at Shoeburyness, upon the iron plates forged under the steam hammer in the smiths' shop at Portsmouth Dockyard. The trials took place by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, and in the presence of the Iron-plate Committee. It is important to state that each plate when fired at was placed in a vertical position against a wooden framework, but without any backing such as the plates received which have been bolted to a ship's side, as in the instance of the Trusty and Sirius and others. The plates were forged from scrap-iron, and the chief interest in the experiments consisted in the results assisting greatly to solve the problem as to the superiority of forged or rolled armour plates for iron-clad ships. The first plate tried was a6l inch, 7ft. in length by 3 in breadth, and weighing 49 cwt. 1 qr. The weapon used against it was the Armstrong shunt gun, with a 1201 b. projectile. The range was 400 yards. The first shot discharged made an indentation of 2 inches, with a slight frac ture, The second made a like indentation about 6 inches from the preceding shot, and fractured the plate on its reverse. The third and fourth shots cut pieces out of the plate's edge, and the fifth struck the plate about 2 feet from its lower edge, and broke it -where it had been fractured by the second shot. The next plate put up was a 42 inch, of the same length and breadth as the 61 inch, and weighing 35 cwt. 2 qrs. The first shot discharged from a 100 pounder at a range of 400 yards partially embedded itself in the plate and remained there. The succeeding shots at this plate were made with the 1261 b. projectile, the first striking the plate in the vicinity of the 1001 b. shot, and breaking out a piece of the plate of a triangular form. The suc ceeding shot fractured the plate, the cracks radiating, starlike, from the centre. The last shot broke the plate 18 inches from the bottom. The next plate tested was a 3 inch, 4 feet in length by 3 broad, and weighing 13 cwt. 1 qr., a 40 pounder being used at 100 yards' range. The first shot discharged indented the plate and bulged it on its reverse. The second also indented the plate about 2-} inches and slightly fractured it on its re verse. The fourth plate fired at was a2l inch, of the same length and breadth as the last, weighing 10 cwt. 3 qrs., at the same range, but commencing with a 25-pounder. The first shot indented the plate 1°,4 inches, but made no fracture. The second made an indentation of 21 inches, and fractured the plate on its reverse. The third struck the lower part of the plate, but did no damage. The 40-poun der was now pointed at the plate, and its shot tore a possage through. The last plate tested was a 2-inch, of the same length and breadth as the two preceding ones, weighing Bcwt. 2qrs. 221 b. The range was the same, commencing with a 12-pounder. The first shot indented the plate about an inch and a half; the second fractured the plate, part of the shot remainin g i n it; an d th e thi r d s li g h t l y frac tured it. The fourth and last shot was made from the 40-pcunder, and passed through the plate. This was the last experiment. If our information be cor rect—that the officers on the ground declared the plates in the present instance to be the best samples of iron for armour plates that have been as yet tested at Shoeburyness—there cannot be very much doubt as to the superiority of forged over rolled iron as armour for iron-cased s hi ps. The trials of plates, forged in Portsmouth dockyard when such tests first began, on the sides of the Alfred t arget. frigat e , led many to expect the results which h ave been ob tained; while others, on seeing th e extraordinary resistance offered to spherical shot by Beale's p lately at Portsmouth, thought even forged plates could not excel that instance. 2RE KINGSWOOD MU.RDER. It has been stated that when the circumstances of the above dreadful crime were officially commu nicated to Lord J. Russell, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, by Sir R. Mayne, his lordship evinced the greatest anxiety to assist the police authorities in their efforts to trace the murderers, and requested Lord Wodehouse, the Under Foreign Secretary, to communicate at once with the British consul at Dresden, requesting him to make inqui ries relative to the character, &c., of Johann Carl Franz, a native of Shandau, under remand, charged with being concerned, with another German, in the perpetration of the murder. We are now enabled to state that yesterday an answer was received at the Foreign Office to the effect that Franz (the owner of the book found in the room where the murder was committed) left Konigstein, in Saxony, in the month of April last, since which time nothing has been heard of him there ; that he bore an indifferent character, and that he has been in custody before. It is not, how-- ever, stated for what offence be had previously been a pprehended, but fall particulars are promised to ue sent immediately. .!%, report has recently been in circulation that the P:hrier's }mown a a ccomplice,o calling himself Khron, an 3 and' leret z 4, , ,, a also to give names of " Ahlboon" in Yorkshir had been apprehended at Driffield, •a had regret this is not the case. It is true tha t Driffield for beirpung man was apprehended at ,t,azioncerned in a burglary. He was a foreirmer answer the bdeEcriptioseemed to the local police to cap.tun circulated of Khron. In formation of the Barsebfworas forwarded to Scot land-yard, and Mr. two Germans together at Rai ate who had seen the gat b e on the day of the ,streel,otnging murder; and Mr. Gilloene lodging-house, in Wentworth -strut , to the where Franz and his companion ~-Whiteehel, arrived two days man in custoy after the murder, were despatched to Driffield. They at once decided that the not the one "wanted." Consequently he i s still w as t large, and the police continue actively e Dgaged in pursuing their inquiry with a view of tra c iughira.A . ~:, i THE HORTICULTURAL GARDENS. The second great flower show of the season was held yesterday at South Kensington, in the new gardens of the society. Even during the short time, that has elapsed since the opening fete, wonderfu l progress has been made in the grounds, not shown so much, however, by the erection of any new work as by the completeness of those which were hurried forward for the opening. Thus all the paths and terraces have been carefully and permanently gra velled, the greater part of the lawns re-turfed, and the inlaid flower bed completed with their brilliant mosaic paths. The late favourable weather, and the careful gardening of Mr. Eyles, has brought these beautiful little parterres out in all their colours, and the effect which they Low produce on the slop ing lawn is wonderfully pretty and striking. The large basin into which the cascade is to fall has also been finished, though not yet surrounded with its ornamental balustrade, and immediately overlooking the back of this little reservoir the foundations are laid for the erection of the Exhibition Memorial of 1851. In fact, in the gardens themselves, grass, trees, and flowers begin to wear the soft, green healthy look which shows them to be recovering from the transplantation, and thriving kindly. How long it will be before all the varied sculptured work of the beautiful arcades is finished, before all the handsome pedestals are surmounted with vases and the niches filled with statues, it is hard to say. To finish them in this respect a s they really deserve to be finished would require a larger outlay of money than the Horticultural Socineteyedcafnorwedlelsyspoanrdeejnuesyt now. There is no immediate hurry, h owever , for this season , and no for the next when we see what has been done in a similar case b y individual efforts a t th e Wel lington College. There it was considered that the niches for statues and busts would never be filled, but already six statues have been presented, and no less than twenty-two fine busts, all in bronze. probably It was with a view of stimulating the Fellows to making individual offerings of the same kind that two of these statues and all the busts were shown yesterday for the first time at Kensington. The statues shown yesterday were those of Marshal Lord Beresford and Lord Hill. The busts represent General Sir. C. Colville, Sir James M'Grigor, Lord Hardinge, the Earl of Strafford, General Sir John Oswald, General Sir W. Ponsonby, General Sir John Slade, General Sir Gaspard Le Marchant, General Sir Lowry Cole, General Sir William Houston, General Sir R. Ferguson, the Marquis of Londonderry, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Lyndhurst, General Sir George Walker, Lord Harris (under whom the Duke served at the siege of Seringapatam), General Sir D. Pack, Lord Edward Somerset, General Craufurd, General Sir R. An struther, and Lord Cowley. All these statues and busts have been modelled by Mr. Theed. They are !not remarkable as likenesses, but the pecu liarity of them is that they have all, even to the largest, been made by Messrs. Elkington by the electrotyping process. This is opening up a new era for bronze statues and busts, for while the most exquisite finish is secured by this process the cost of the work is reduced to little more than half what it would be if cast in metal by the ordinary method. The statues we have mentioned (all of which have been presented by relatives to Wel lington College) are the largest and most impor tant examples of electrotyping yet cast, and the success of the experiment is considered to be so perfect that it has now been decided to execute the bronze figures for the '5l Exhibition Memorial in the same manner. At all events, now that busts can be bronzed so well and durably, and for so small a price, we hope before long to see a few more of the niches and pedestals of South Kensington wor thily occupied. Yesterday the roses were arranged along the in terior of the Conservatory. There were roses of almost every colour, and almost of any size ; but they were placed without any reference to colour or variety, and also the flowers themselves were overblown, the latter result being due perhaps to the recent wet weather. The great heat of the Conservatory, however, rendered a long examination of the flowers rather a serious task, and even the most enthusiastic florists were fain to escape from its sultry atmosphere yesterday to the shady arcades and cool lawns outside. It would be a decided improvement if, during the great heats of summer, the bulk of the show were arranged under the cloisters. During the early part of the day his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, with the Princess Mary, honoured the gardens with their presence. To say who else were there would simply be to re cite half the names in the Peerage or Court Guide. At the close of the evening the South Kensington Volunteers marched into the grounds to receive a presentation of three silver bugles, which were pre sented to the corps by ladies in the neighbourhood. The following are some of the chief prizes awarded for the flowers : CLACK 1. 96 Varieties of Roses (Nurserymen).—lst prize, J. Mitchell, Piltdown Nurseries, Maresfield—X7 ; 2d ditto, John Reynes, nurseryman, Salisbury—£s; 3d ditto, E. Hollambay, Tunbridge Wells—£3 ; 4th ditto, Messrs. Paul and Son, Old Cheshunt Nurseries, Herts—£2 ; extra ditto, W. Paul, Waltham-cross—£l 10s. CLASS 2. 48 Varieties of Roses (Nurserymen).-Ist prize, John Cranston, Ki ng ' s A cre Nurseries, Hereford—£4 ;2d ditto, B. R. Cant, Colchester—i3; 2d ditto, J. Reynes, Salisbury—£2; 4th ditto, R. Laing, Twickenham Nurseries —£l; extra ditto, E. P. Francis, Hertford -15s. ; ditto, E. Hollamby, Tunbridge Wells-15s. ; ditto, Messrs. Paul and Son, Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, lierts, 15s. ; ditto, Charles Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough-15s, CLASS 3. 24 Varieties of Roses (Nurserymen). —let prize, John Reynes, Salisbury—£2 10s. ; 2d ditto, Messrs. J. and J. Fraser, Lea-bridge-road, Leyton, £2 ; 3d ditto, R. Laing, Twickenham Nurseries—Xl 10s. ; 4th ditto, John Cattell, Westerham, Kent—£l; extra ditto, B. R. Cant, Colchester —lss. CLASS 4. 24 Varieties of Roses (Nurserymen).-Ist prize, John Reynes, Salisbury—£2 ;2d ditto, Charles Turner, Slough—£l. CLASS 5. 48 Varieties of Roses (Amateur).-Ist prize, John T. Hedges, Reed-hall, Colchester—B ;2d dittO, Miss L. Crawshay, Caversham-park, Reading—Dl; 3d ditto,John Hollingworth, Maidstone—X3 ; 4th ditto, G. T. Brush, gardener to Mr. J. Tritton, Norwood—X2. CLASS 6. 24 Varieties of Roses (Amateurs).-Ist prize, W. Corp, Milford, Salisbury—£4; 2d ditto, J. T. Hedge, Reed-hall, Colchester—£2; 3d ditto, A. Moffat, gardener to Viscount Maynard, Easton, Dunmow, Essex—£l. CLASS 7. 18 Varieties of Roses (Amateurs).—lst prize, Rev. W. F. Radclyffe, Rushton Rectory, Blandford—X3 ; 2d ditto, Mr. E. Moore, Horsell, near Woking, Surrey—£l 103. ; 3d ditto, Mr. J. T. Hedge, Reed •hall, Colchester-1. CLASS 8. 12 Varieties of Roses (Amateurs).—lst prize, J. T. Hedge, Reed-hall, Colchester—Ll 10s. ; equal ditto, IW. Corp, Milfo r d, Salisbury—V. 10s. ;21 ditto, Rev. H. Helvar, Tendon:Ler, Yeovil—£l. Charles T CLASS 9. 50 Roses, 12 v ar i e ti es, i n pots (open)-25 pr i ze, Turner Royal Nurseries, Slough—£4. CLASS 12. 12 New Roses, 1860-1, single t russes , di s ti nc t (open).—lat prize, Messrs. J. and J. Fra ser , Lea-bridge road, Ley on— ; equal Colchester-£2; 2d ditto, ditto, B. R. C an t , nurseryman, J. Standish, Royal Nursery, Slough—Ll Salisbury— 103. ; 3d ditto, John. Reynes, nurseryman, LL CLASS 13. Collection of Moss Roses, singl e t ruces (open). 2 it — un la t t , prize, _M x e 3 ssrs. Paul and S on, Old Nurseries, Ches. ; d ditto, E. H o ll amby, nurseryman, Tunbridge Well—X2. CLASS 16. Miscellaneous.—Extra Prizes to Messrs. J. Veitch, jun., Exeter and Chelsea—£l 108. ;J. Mitchell, nurseryman, Maresfiuld, Sussex—Xl 10s.; J. Standish, Royal Nursery, Bagshot—Sl ; E. liollamby, nurseryman, Tunbridge `Yells—£l. An annular eclipse of the sun took place between midnight and five o'clock on Monday morning last, but could not be seen in this hemisphere. It was visible to the French army in Cochin China and a great part of the Eastern hemisphere. This is the second eclipse of the kind during the present year. On the 12th of November there will be a passage of Mercury over the sun's disc. visible at Paris if the sky be clear ; also on Dec. 17 a partial eclipse of the moon; and on the 31st of the same month an eclipse of the sum, total in some place, but only partial in France. [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- Pills and medicine invariably ag gtavate and perpetuate diseases; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persont , in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. 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It explai ns the proceedings of the committee since they issued their first report on the Gth of February last, and states that the board of directors at Montreal had in the handsomest manner adopted a resolution placing their seats at the disposal of the bond and share holders, but continuing to hold them, as a matter of course, until arrangements can be made for releasing the Canadian board from necessary dutie s . At th e end of .Tune the committee were put in possession of the long-expected report of the Commissioners ap pointed by the Government of Canada on th e 21 s t of November la st to inquire into the management of the Grand Trunk Railway. The comm i ss i oners enumera t e seven " specific defects" which they con sider must be remedied before th e li ne can b e pu t i n a position to be worked successfully. These specific defects are stated in effect as follows : the edefective, permanent way on the Central and Eastern divisions E T a h s e te c rn onditon of is largely and will require extensive repairs. 2. Additional sidings, at a cost of £lO,OOO, are imme— diately wanted. 3. Storage room at way stations, at a cost of £9,200, is also immediately wanted. 4. The distance of the station from the city of Montreal is, the Commissioners say, " the greatest defect of the line," and they recommend an expenditure of £lO,OOO to remove the evil, adding that " there is some hope that the public spirit of Montreal may relieve the company of some part of the expenditure." 5. For the development of the grain traffic the Commis sioners consider that " elevators" and grain stores at Toronto, Montreal, and Portland appear indispensable, and they esti mate the cost at £60,000. 6. Improved wharfage at Quebec, to cost £20,000, the Commissioners consider to be desirable, but not of such pressing importance as some of the other improvements. 7. An estimate of £283,000 has been laid before the Com missioners as the cost of necessary additions to the rolling stock ; but they are •f opinion that while more rolling stock is doubtless required, it will be the wisest policy to make progress with the other improvements suggested, before making any considerable ad.tition to the stock of cars, &c. The London directors have suggested Mr, Watkin, the general manager of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, as a proper person to be intrusted with the entire supervision of the affairs of the company in Canada, and especially to con duct the negotiations with the Government, and the select committee entirely concur in that nomi nation. Arrangements therefore have been made for Mr. Watkin to proceed to Canada in the course of a week or two. As to the remedies required, the committee were satisfied that in any plan of reorga nisation there were at least two principles which must be accepted as fundamental—namely, first, the recognition of the palpable distinction which exists between that portion of the immediate and pressing liabilities of the company which represents expendi ture required to equip the line with better sidings and stations, and with more rolling stock—expendi ture, therefore, destined to earn more revenue for the benefit of every class of claimant—and the gene ral mass of floating liabilities which represents past transactions and advances; and, secondly, the im perative necessity of some scheme of general con cession by every interest concerned, for such a space of time as will admit of the railway , fairly emerging from the mass of obstructions and difficulties which have beset it from the very outset. In every part of their proceedings the committee have kept these two principles steadily in view. The committee have framed the outline of a plan for the reorganisation and relief of the company. The committee give a table in their report, showing that the total annual charge for leases amounts to £109,564; for pre ference bonds, 186,690 ; and for ordinary and other bonds, £250,140 ; total 546,394. They proposed that this total should be reduced to £358,97 from 1862 to 1866, after payment of which the share capital of £2,781,600 is to be entitled to 3 percent. per annum from 1862 to 1866. The annual charges that would arise upon the proposed plan of the committee during the three yeais 1862, 1863, and 1864 would amount for rents to £115,000, for Ist and 2d preference bonds (at 5 per cent.) to £156,000 for ordinary bonds to £20,000 and for other bonds to £132,000 ; total, £423,000. In 1865 and 1866 there would be added £B,lOO for 3 per cent, on £270,000 for interest arrears on pre ference bonds. The committee refrain from saying more than the fewest words as regards the general advantages to every party concerned of substituting a clear and definite policy for the confusion and litigation which now render hope and codfidence impossible, and lead day by day to accu mulating losses and disasters simply because this great property has come to be regarded by its- owners and by others almost as a helpless wreck, driven to and fro by every evil influence. For this calamitous condition of affairs the commit tee propose to substitute a system which, at least, will have the advantage of a definite plan, a pur pose clearly marked out, and resources adequate to the task to be undertaken. The holders of shares and bunda must judge each for himself whathe will gain or lose by aiding or opposing the reorganisa tion proposed. LAW 1.2 V TELLIGENCE.-Jitly 10. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief-Justice and Special Juries.) TURN BULL V. BIRD. At the sitting of the Court this morning, the Lord Chief Justice commenced his summing up. His lordship referred to the importance of the inquiry, and the serious nature of the charge. " If," said he, " Mr. Turnbull were guilty of misconduct of which the defendant appears to think him capable, he would be a most odious man. What are his antecedents ? He is a man who has passed the middle period of life with honour and distinction, an accomplished scholar, known as such to men of all nations. Could Mr. Bird, from such antece dents, fairly draw the conclusions to which, it is said, he has arrived ? When the order of the Jesuits was first established it was founded on principles of most enlightened beneficence, but some Jesuits deserve one character, and some another. Mr. Bovill is right when he says that the very word Jesuitical has been taken to mean the same thing as deceitful ; but can it be said that when Mr. Turnbull expresses his esteem and reve rence for the Jesuits he means that he advocates de ceit? He has been held up as a subject of Protes tant panic because he calls Garnett a martyr ; and Mr. Bovill says of the plaintiff that he admires a man guilty of treason. But let me tell you that the trial of Garnett has been much discussed ; and in the State Trials during the times of the Stuarts there LL e to be found iasLances of convictions which any man capable of weighing criminal evi dence must look upon with great dissatisfaction. 1 here has been a controversy on two in particular. Siduey and Lord William Russell have been called martyrs. Is it fair, then, to say that Mr. Turnbull sanctions treason when he takes one side of a con troversy ? Many people will agree with Mr. Turn bull, when he uses with reference to Babington's plot the term "gallant confederacy;" but although Bab ington pleaded " Guilty," he said he formed one of a band of gentlemen who had determined to release the Queen of Scots, and that he had been led away by one man who advised the death of Elizabeth. Mr. Turnbull, in his preface to the "Life of Luther," calls the Reformation a mischievous event. Every zealous Roman Catholic agrees with him. But he speaks of the assertion which relates to his intense hatred of the Protestants as an " insane idea." The learned judge then referred to the allegation in the preface of one of the books edited by Mr. Turnbull, that be would rather be condemned with a Roman Catholic than saved with a Puritan, and called the attention of the jury to the fact that in the same preface he speaks of the Pope as a curse, and he stated in his eacidence that the book was a jeu d' esprit printed for circulation among his friends, and that he ridicules Calvinistic errors in a city (Edinburgh) in which nine-tenths of the popula tion are strong Protestants. He then left it to the jury to sey whether the comments made by Mr. Bird, and complained of by Mr. Turnbull, were honestly believed by the former tote fair and just. Mr. Bird, when a panic had set in on the appoint ment of a man qualified by acquirements and energy for his post, took up the stream of attack already set in ; Mr. Turnbull says he became the object of popular censure and tried to live it down. He was an instance of powerful energy and faculties most appropriately applied, but the defendant represents a powerful body, and his power and the aid given him are so great that Mr. Turnbull says, " I can bear up no longer against your assaults." He yielded to unendurable pressure." The above consists merely of extracts from one of the most lucid and beautifully arranged sum mings up ever heard in a court of justice. The jury retired, and, after an absence of about three hours, returned a verdict for the defendant. against General IVetherall, late Adjutant. General, also against Sir James Scarlett, also against General Eyre, also against the Governor of Millbank, also against Captain Boyle, a . !so against the Governor of Nevigate, &so ai ns f; 'Mr. Hudson, the Governor of the Queen's Prison-10 actions in all. One action has been tried. Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant Shoe—Many com missions were given without purchase. I was put under close arrest by General Eyre —a week. I was at Milbank three weeks. I was put to penal labour. I had my moustache cut off. I commenced an action for this, but found the Governor was pro tected. I obtained a verdict for £5O in one case. The other actions went no further than the writ. The attorney for the plaintiff stated that there was an offer to consolidate all the actions ; it was difficult to know whom to proceed against. There was no action against General Wetherall. Nine actions were brought. Sergeant Shee, on the intimation from the Attorney-General that he did not propose to call witnesses, proceeded to sum up his evidence. He deplored the fact that the other actions had been mentioned. They had nothing to do with this action. Each stood on different grounds, and they were brought for different outrages. He (the learned Sergeant) would scorn to attempt to swell the damages against the Duke of Cambridge by introducing foreign matter. He asked for temperate damages, and attributed the position of the Com mander-in-Chief to the fact of his Royal Highness having consulted some half-witted fellow at the Horse Guards who had advised him badly; "half witted I call him," said the learned Sergeant, with an irresistibly comic tone and manner, amid the laughter of all in court, " half-witted I say, because I do not know him ; but I do know that the Duke consulted no member of the bar, and he might have had the sound and talented advice of my learned friend, now Attorney, theft Solicitor-General." The Attorney-General, in an impressive speech, dwelt upon the ingratitude of the plaintiff, who had obtained his commission by the kindness of the Duke of Cambridge, and argued that, although a mistake had occurred, a mere legal and even technical mistake, Lieut. Allen was in a better posi tion walking about the streets of London a free man than he would be as a prisoner in the fort of Agra, where he would have remained (if he had lived) until the year 1863. He alluded in impressive terms to the mutiny in India, which threatened the disruption of that country from England, and attri buted the quelling of the revolt to an overruling and benignant Providence. He designated the error of which the plaintiff now complained es a most fortunate and merciful circumstance. "He is now," said the learned counsel, "hale, well in England, having been brought over without expense to him self as a first-class passenger, at liberty to go where he pleases, instead of broiling and baking, and per hays dying in a fortress in that unhealthy country." The learned Chief Justice having summed up carefully, and analysed the evidence of damage sus tained by the plaintiff by reason of what was ad mitted to be an illegal imprisonment, The jury retired, and shortly after returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £2OO. This was the last day of the sittings. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-July 10. CLERKENWELL. A WOMAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO MURDER TIER HUSBAND.—DEATH OF THE HUS BAND.—Susan Moorson, a decent-looking female, about 30 years of age, was charged, on remand, with stabbing her husband, George Moorson, and caus ing his death, at Agar-town. The facts that have already appeared show that the prisoner and her husband had been quarrelling, and that she threw a knife at him, which unfortu nately stuck in his side. He was afterwards con fined to his bed, and in the course of three or four days died. Mr. Inspector Frazer, of the S division, who has the case in hand, said that a coroner's inquest had been held, and a verdict of '° Died from apoplexy" had been returned. Mr. Sutherin, surgeon, of Aldenham-terrace, Somers Town, said—l was called upon to see a man of the name of Moorson, who had received a wound on the side. It was an incised wound, over the ninth rib on the left side, in extent rather under three-fourths of an inch, and over one-eighth of an inch in depth. The man was evidently suffering at the time from the effects of drink. The wound was inflicted on the Ist of July, and the man died on the 4th. I made a post-mortem examination on the sth. Tho unfortunate man was evidently labouring un der delirium tremens the whole of the time I at tended him. On the day before he died, I have reason to believe that the deceased ate some meat and potatoes imprudently, and what he was taking I advised him not to take. On the following morn ing, I was told by one of the deceased's brothers that the deceased had had a flt, and he was afraid that he was dying. I went with him to the house, and found the unfortunate man dead. I made a post-mortem examination. The result of that exa mination prov d, that he died of apoplexy. The cause of death I should think was excessive drink ing, and the taking of improper food. Mr. Barker—Do you think that the wound had anything to do with the cause of death. Mr. Sutherin—The wound had nothing whatever to do with it. The wound did not perforate the rib. Barker—There can be no doubt about it. Mr. Sntherin—lt is decidedly my opinion that the wound had nothing whatever to do with the cause of death. Mr. Barker—Had the man been a hard drinker ? Mr. Sutherin—The deceased had organic disease of the d iver and kidneys, showing that he had been a verr2ard drinker. Mr. Barker, addressing the prisoner —After the evidence given by the medical man, I have no hesi tation in discharging you. A loud hurrah and clapping of hands followed the magistrate's decision. DARING ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE IN A PUBLIC 110USE.—A respectably attired woman, who gave the name of Ann Bishop, residing at 13, Pool's buildings, and who seemed in a very excited state, was placed at the bar before Mr. Barker, charged with attempting to commit suicide, by taking a quantity of sugar of lead, at the Blue Lion public house, Gray's Inn-road. From the evidence it appeared that the defendant and three men entered the above public-house, and were served with a pot of beer. _When the defen dant took up the pot to drink, she put it to her mouth with both hands, and when she had drank she said, " I have done it—l have taken poison." Thinking that this was only done for the purpose of making a disturbance, both the defendant and her companions were ordered out. As soon as they had got outside some white powder was found in the pot, and the person who had served the beer, find ing that the woman had fallen, and apparently was in a very bad state, seht for Police-constable Tur ner' 157 G, who found her lying on the pavement, and he took from her hand a paper which was labelled " poison." The constable took the woman to the Royal Free Hospital, where she was seen by the house surgeon, and the stomach-pump being applied, a quantity of sugar of lead was taken from her. The prisoner seemed as if she had been drink ing, and before she purchased the poison had been heard to say that she was tired of her life. The defendant, who clasped her hands and seemed ' in a very excited state, exclaimed, " Oh ! where is my husband; he ought to be here." Getting a little cooler, she said that she had been out in the morning, and had seen her husband in company with another woman, and that so upset her that she was determined to take her life. She was now, however, very sorry for what she had done. Mr. Barker, in a very feeling manner, told the prisoner that she had been guilty of one of the worst of crimes, for by taking her own life she was guilty of murder. As she was in such an excited state it would not be right of him to let her go. He would remand her until Tuesday next, and while she was in the House of Detention she would have the good advice of the chaplain. The defendant was removed screaming from the dock. GREENWICH.--ALLEGED DEATH OF A SER VANT THROUGH THE VIOLENCE OP HER MISTRESS. —Sarah Rutley, the manager of an eating-house in Silver-street, Greenwich, was charged with causing the death of Mary M'Cathern, •a middle-aged woman, and employed by her as cook, by knocking her down. Po!iee-eanstable Elstone, 84 lit, said he appre hended the prisoner at 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, and on telling her the charge against her she made no reply. Mr.. Burchall, proprietor of the eating-house in question, said he saw the deceased last alive about five minutes after 12 on Friday morning last. She then appeared to him to be a little the worse for liquor. On returning to the house in the afternoon, about 3 o'clock, he saw the prisoner and two young women sitting at dinner in the kitchen. He re marked that he was glad to see them so comforta ble, when the prisoner roplied, " Not as comfortable as you might think, seeing that the cook is lying there drunk." He then went round and saw the deceased,.and on touching her found she was dead. A medical man was sent for, who pronounced life extinct. Ellen De Groussa, wife of a confectioner, said she resided in the house adjoining that of the pri soner. On Friday afternoon last, between one and two o'clock, she was in her back kitchen, when she heard the prisoner qu a r rellinv, with the deceased about some washing. The prisoner accused deceased of neglecting the work, and sai d she would get some one else to do it. She then heard the prisoner rush at and peat the deceased. All the words she remembered the prisoner say were, " You old cat." The deceased said, " Can't you leave me alone P" At the time of the prisoner beating the deceased she heard a heavy fall. After that there was a dead silence. She then heard the prisoner tell a child belonging to a young woman named Welsh, who lived in the house, to go to a neighbouring public-house and tell her mother that a gentleman wanted her. The child went, and it was then sent for another female living in the street. She afterwards head the prisoner and the child's mother laughing together. Witness had oc casion to leave home for L. radon at two o'clock, and on returning at eight in the evening she heard that the deceased had been found as described. The prisoner, in answer to the magistrate, de clared this statement to be false. Mary Gateley, shopkeeper, in the same street, said that at ten o'clock, on Friday morning, the deceased came to her house, and she gave her a cup of tea, the deceased remarking that her own fire had gone out. Deceased was perfectly sober at that time. Witness saw her twice afterwards pass her house, the last time at twenty minutes to one, when she nodded to her, and appeared sober. About four o'clock witness saw her lying dead in the kitchen of the prisoner's house. The prisoner told her that deceased was drunk, and had fallen down and not moved afterwards. Witness observed to the prisoner that she was telling stories, as she had been given to understand that Mrs. Welsh's child had stated that she (prisoner) had knocked the de ceased down and killed her. The prisoner,replied that she had done nothing of the kind. The child then came in, and, in the prisoner's hewing, wit ness asked her if she had not said the prisoner had knocked the cook down and killed her. The chiid replied that she did, when the mother threatened to beat her. Witness told the mother she should not beat the child in her presence, and the child said, " Yes, Mrs. Rutley did knock cook down." By Mr. Maude—The prisoner did not appear to be exactly sober or tipsy. The prisoner said she had no questions to ask of this witness. Emma Clements, wife of a coffee-shop keeper, said she lived in the house next to the prisoner, there being a narrow passage between the two houses. About a quarter-past two on Friday after noon the prisoner sent a message to witness that she particularly wanted to see her. Witness went shortly afterwards, and saw deceased lying on the floor, behind a table in the kitchen. The prisoner then complained of the treatment she had received from the witness Burchall, and said, what with that and the cook (meaning the deceased) coming home drunk, she had enough to put up with, Witness, looking towards deceased, said " Drunk ?" The prisoner replied 4 4 Yes, drunk all the week," and showed witness some washing. which she said de ceased had commenced on the Wednesday morning, and had not then finished. About half an hour afterwards another young woman came in and took hold of the deceased's hand, when she said she was dead. The prisoner made answer, "Dead, she is dead drunk." Police-constable Elstorie, in reply to his worship, said an inquest had been held before the coroner on Tuesday evening, and the inquiry had been ad journed for a week. Mr. Maude remanded the prisoner, and refused an application to admit her to bail. THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT BRADFORD. On Tuesday, at 1 o'clock, an inquest, ordered by the Home Secretary of State, was held at the New Wilsden, near Bingley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, on view of the body of Martha Curtis, single woman, aged 32, who died at the house of her master, Mr. Wm. Randall Mackley, an unmar ried surgeon, of Great Horton, Bradford, on the morning of the 26th ult. The inquest was opened by Mr. Ingram, deputy-coroner for the district, on the 2d inst., and adjourned to the above named day; and subsequent to the adjournment the Secretary of State's order was issued. The committal of Mr. W. R. Mackley by the Bradford borough magistrates, on Monday last, for trial at the present Yorkshire Assizes on the charge of having given a false certificate as to the cause of the death of the deceased, has already been narrated in The Sun. It will be remem bered that the certificate so given was dated the 24th of June, and set forth that the deceased died on the 231 from enteritis, with which she was attacked four days before, whereas, in truth, she died on the 26th, and Mr. Mackley gave the certificate to her father, Joseph Curtis, of Wilsden, on the 27th ; that it was proved in evidence Jay Messrs. Terry and Parkinson, surgeons, of Bradford, who made an examination of the body on the 2d inst., after it had been buried three days and a-half that the cause of death was peritonitis, and not enteritis ; and that from all the appearances they observed they came to the conclusion that the deceased had been de livered of a child, of from five to six months' growth, about four or five days previous to her death, There was also proof that a nightgown and pair of drawers belonging to the deceased, which had stains upon them indicating, in the judgment of the same two surgeons, that they had been used about a person who had been recently confined, were found in a leather portmanteau belonging to Mr. Mackley, with some flannel shirts belonging to himself; but there was no evidence as to how the deceased's clothes had come there. These facts, and the history of what passed in Mr. W. R. Mackley's house when Margaret Curtis was about to die, were restated before Mr. Ingram, the coroner, on Tues day, and a letter was put in evidence which the deceased's master wrote to her father at Wilsden on the Monday afternoon previous to her death, and in which h e stated that the deceased was suffering from cholera and stomach affection, followed by in flammation of the bowels, and that she wished one of her sisters to come over to Horton that day if possible to wait on her. The letter stated, "We are unable to get any one here, and I have often to lock her up in the house alone for two or three hours at a time while I am going to see patieeilts.." It concluded as follows :—" Do not tell our people at present about it, as Martha does not want my mother and Airs. De Renzy (his sister) always at the door, which will be the case if they hear of it." Mr. F. M. Rimmington, analytical chymist, Bradford, to whom the stomach, a kidney, portions of the spleen and liver, and the duodenum of the deceased had been given, stated that he had examined microscopically and made a chymical analysis of the contents of the stomath to ascertain whether there was any mineral poison present. He found nothing but a portion of mercury, which probably had been administered as calomel in the d treatmentd ied. o f A t h n e ord i n e a a s r y e s d of dose e of calomelwhich the Jng in istered a short time before death might yield what he found. He also examined the contents of the stomach to ascertain if there were any vegetable poisons or medicines that might have been admin istered to procure abortion, but found no trace of any, Mr. Alfred Anderson, manufacturer, of Wilsden, one of 15 jurymen who sat upon the inquest, was then sworn and examined as a witness. He stated that on the 3d inst., the day after the opening of the inquest, he wrote a note to a friend of his, Mr. James Field, surgeon, of Dudley-hill, near Brad ford, and mentioned in the note that the disinterment of the body of Margaret Curtis had caused a great sensation in Wilsden. He alluded to the medical evidence which had been given, and in reply to his note he received a letter from Mr. Field, dated the 4th of July, which he now produced. He saw Mr. Field on Monday last, when he confirmed the con tents of that letter, and said, in reply to a question which witness put to him, that he would give evidence at the coroner's inquest if called upon. Mr. James Field, surgeon, then gave the following startling evidence am acquainted with Mr. W. R.Mackley, surgeon of Great Horton, whom I have known about 16 years. We were medical pupils together. On Monday, the 17th of June, he called at my house at Dudley-hill, about half-past 11 o'clock in the forenoon. He was on horseback, on his way to Gomersal. He promised to return and get some dinner with ,me. He returned about 1 o'clock. He seemed to be rather more nervous and fidgety than usual. We had a conversation before, at, and after dinner, in the course of which he asked me if I had ever procured abortion. I said, "At what timer' He replied, " About the sixth month." 1 said, " Never." He said, " Well, I am in a devil of a fie." I said, " What about P" He replied that he had a young woman in the family way, about six months gone, and he had used every means in his power to cause abortion. I asked him what means. He said he had used sponge tents, or plugs of sponge, to the . os uteri, or mouth of the wom b ; that he had tried everything ; that he had use d the stilette, which r .s an instrument invented to p r ocure abortion. It is a case containing a lancet, which, when the case is _ inserted, projects by touching . a spring. He said lie had even used a strong pointed wire, and ex. plained, by measuring on his arm, that he h a d in troduced the wire into the os uteri to the extent of eight inches. He said he thought the wire must have entered the child's head. I said " God bless you, man, you'll kill the woman, and then it will be all up with you." I told him I thought he had better let me look at her, for she perhaps might not be in that condition at all. He replied "If I do not know, who should ?" He asked MC if I ilk d any book on midwifery. I showed him two works, but on seeing that o u I rh think nn c vk o e sthaa that aboutl have notth e seensum a n n o d t s peruse nbst a n t e h e e m o f . was the father of th e c hild himself, him since. He gave m e to underusteanscalidthheaht had tinoewndi.ts" plates he did a young woman in the familyway. He never men tioned where she was, and I could not come to any conclusion on that matter. I concluded from the conversation that he had been using the means described about the time of our interview on the 17th ult. I knew of no connection between Martha Curtis and Mr. W. R. Mackiey before that inter view, and never heard her name before I received Mr. Anderson's letter. I believe Mr. Mackley, sen., has that. letter. I have never seen it since he was at my house on Friday last. I have no ill feeling against Mr. W. R. Mackley—quite the reverse. Jane Law, domestic servant in the house of Mr. Field, stated that she remembered Mr. W. R. Mack ley being at her master's house at dinner on the 17th of June. She had to go in and out of the room while he was there, and heard him telling Mr. Field that he had been using a sharp-pointed wire for some purpose which she did not understand. She also heard her master say " You'll kill her, and then it will be all up with you." Mr. Parkinson and Mr. Terry, surgeons, were re called and gave evidence to the effect that, supposing the means described by Mr. Field had been applied by Mr. W. R. Mackley to Martha Curtis, the de ci.ased, when she was five or six months gone with child, they would be likely to produce abortion and puerperal peritonitis, and render the body in the state in which it was .found on the post mortem examination. The coroner then summed up the evidence, and The jury, after deliberating about 20 minutes,. returned a verdict, " That the deceased, Martha= Curtis, died from the effects of the means which Mr.. William Randall Mackley used to procure abortion.' The Coroner—That amounts, gentlemen, to ED verdict of wilful murder against William Randall Mackley. Mr. - Grauhan, the chief constab!e of Bradford, took the accused into custody about midnight on. Tuesday, on the authority of the coroner's warrant,. CHARGB OF MURDER AGAIIVST A LIVERPOOL CAPTAIN. The Liverpool magistrates were yesterday en gaged in investigating the charge of murder pre ferred against Captain W. Wilson, of the barque Severn. The case had been remanded from the previous week. It appeared from the statements of the witnesses that gross cruelties (which it was alleged caused his death) had been practised upon a seaman named Jones, second mate of the ship, on the homeward voyage from Brass River, Africa. The first witness examined yesterday was a coloured seaman, named Wm. Johnson. He deposed that he shipped as able seaman in the Express last year, from Liverpool, for Brass River. The prisoner was the captain. Witness, together with the pri soner, was transferred to the Severn at Brass River. Charles Jones, the deceased, was second mate of the Severn. He was sick with fever but performed duty. About a week after leaving Brass River, Capt. Wil son sent Jones forward, saying that he would not do for second mate. Upon one occasion he (the cap tain) knocked Jones down on the forecastle, and when he was rising struck him again and knocked him down. The following day the captain sent Jones to scrape the maintop gallant mast. Jones told him he was not able to do so. The captain said he must scrape it, and beat him with the main. brace. The next day the captain beat Jones on the head, and by his violence made the poor fellow in capable of moving from the deck. The following day the captain sent Jones to the wheel. Jones said, " Captain, I can't steer by myself ; I don't feel very good." After steering alittle while the captain went up to Jones and said, " Which way are you carrying the ship, you—," and struck him with the spanker boom sheet. Jones fell, and the captain kicked him. Jones said, " Oh, captain, you will kill me," and the captain said, " If I kill you, there is no one in Liverpool to speak about it." The cap tain continued to ill treat the deceased until a few days afterwards, when the steward came and said to , the captain," Jones very load—bim sick too much," and the captain gave the steward some medicine. Jones died the same night. The witness said he saw the captain, on the same day he gave the steward the medicine, " when dark was beginning to come,' strike Jones on the back part of the head, having something in his hand at the time, but he could not say what it was. Jones died that night. In answer to questions by Mr. Bremner, the wit ness stated that the captain habitually illtreated all the crew, and that they had resolved on the voy age to complain to the authorities. This circum stance was corroborated by the steward, and the case was remanded until Friday. SOUTH-EASTERN OF PORTUGAL. The directors state in their report that, under the act of concession from the Government of Portugal, the first instalment of the subvention money be came due last month, and was immediately paid, and the directors have been assured by the Mini sters that the same regularity will attend the pay ment of the future instalments, The Government have expressed their entire approval of the progress and solid character of the works. The engineer's report states that the first sod of this railway was turned on the 21st day of August last year. The total quantity of earthwork now executed in em bankment side cuttings and spoil amounts to 425,000 cubic yards. The permanent way is laid and ballasted on five kilometres of the first division. Eight kilometres on the second division of the line are also nearly completed as regards earthwork and masonry, and the ballast is being laid on. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN NZWHAVEN AND DIEPPE. Telegrams received yesterday from the engineers and contractors of the Submarine Telegraph Com pany, who have been engaged in submerging the cable between Beechy Head and Dieppe, a distance of about 60 miles, state that the connection by means of one wire was effected, and that the line would be in working order so soon as the splice at the shore end on the English coast was completed. It appears that on nearing Beechy-head, and just as the last instalment of cable had been payed out from the hold of the Asia, what is called a " kink," resulting in temporary damage, occurred to the cable, which was required under the terms of the concession from the French Government to be laid down by the Ist of July, so as to fur nish a supplementary means of communication be tween England and the South of France. The cable used for the occasion consisted of 80 miles of the line that was originally intended to form the deep-sea telegraph between Sardinia and Algeria, but which, owing to engineering difficulties, has not been carried out. The line will be opened to the public in a day or two. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS TELEGRAPH. It is understood that the Channel Islands tele graph, which was recently broken, will not be re paired at present, and that the existing alternative line from Jersey to Coutanoes, on the coast of France, will 'work the telegraphic communication for the Channel Islands through Paris, and thence to England. The reason assigned for this is that the Channel Islands Telegraph Company do not find the enterprise to pay the working. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.—Another supple mentary estimate has appeared, one of £155,000 required for our proportion of the compensation payable to the King of Hanover for the abolition of the Stade toll. 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The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re gent-street, Lon4on; Fortnum Mason, and Co.; A, 60, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 166, Ox bard-street; 330 and 451, Strand; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate• street ; Batty, ,16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Co tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William-street City; at 127 LUAU Holborn; pid all grown, 1 ALLEN V. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Joseph Brown were for the plaintiff; the Attorney-General, Mr. Mellor, Q.C., and Mr. Welsby for the defendant. The declaration in this case contained two counts for false imprisonment in Newgate, for a period of four days, and in the Queen's Prison for four months, under the following circumstances :—The plaintiff is a lieutenant in the 82d Regiment of Foot. In the year 1859 he was convicted of the manslaughter of a native in India and sentenced to four years' imprisonment without hard labour. He was sent to Agra, and thence to England. When he arrived in this country he was taken first to Chatham, then to Millbank, then to Weedon ; from Weedon he was transferred, by warrant under the hand of the Adjutant-General, to Newgate; thence to the Queen's Prison. In November last he was released, the Court of Queen's Bench being of opinion that, under the Mutiny Act and the A rticles of War, his confinement in England was illegal, on the ground that Lord Clyde, in whose discretion the fixing of his place of imprisonment was, had, in the first instance, directed that he IShuuld. b 11upt iu the fort-of Agra., and that there was no order in writing from him for Lieutenant Allen's transfer to England, even if Lord Clyde had power to order Mm to be imprisoned in this coun try. It was admitted that the Duke of Cambridge was answerable for the act of the Adjutant-Gene ral, and the plaintiff now sought to recover from his Royal Highness damages for such false im prisonment. The following admissions were also made, which, as they throw much light upon the transaction, we print in full. They are as fol lows : " 1. That the plaintiff was, at the tinfe of his arraignment and trial hereinafter mentioned, a lieutenant in her Ma jesty's 82d Regiment of Foot, stationed at Shahjehanpore, in the East Indies, upwards of 120 miles from Fort Wil liam. "2. That he was, on or about the 13th of February, 1359, arraigned before a duly constituted general court. martial at Shahjehanpore aforesaid for the murder of a native Indian servant, named Bilassee, and was by such court-martial found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to imprison ment, without hard labour, for four years. " That the said sentence was duly confirmed by Lord Clyde, then commanding her Majesty's forces in India; and that Lord Clyde, by order in writing, appointed the place of the plaintiff's imprisonment to be in the Fort of Agra, in the East Indies. 4: That on or about the 29th of November, 1859, by order in writing made by Lord Clyde, it was ordered that the plaintiff should be delivered over to military custody for the purpose of being removed to England. "o. That the plaintiff, being then a prisoner, was accord ingly delivered over to military custody for the purpose, and was in such custody brought over from the East Indies to England, where he arrived on or about the 20th of June, 1860. "6. That the following general orders were issued by Lord Clyde and were in force at the time when plaintiff was under sentence, relating to the treatment of prisoners undergoing the sentence of a court-martial : " The first six menthe to be close ; the prisoner to take two hours' exercise daily under the charge of a sentry. His meals to be provided by the staff officer of the garrison ; no books to be allowed him except those recommended by the chaplain. "' The next hdf-year a free supply of books to be afford ed; he is to be allowed to receive visitors for one hour daily, to be allowed one personal servant and coolies at his own expense. " "fhe third half-year, and during the remainder of his confinement, the prisoner to be allowed to take exercise without the sentry, to be allowed to supply his own table, a bottle of beer or a pint of wine every two days to be allowed him, on the understanding that any excess on the prison allowance is to be defrayed from his own private re sources.' " Mr. Sergeant Shee havin ,, opened the case for the plaintiff, Mr. Brown called Lieut. Wm. Henry Craven Alien-: I am the son of the Rev. W. H. Allen, chaplain of the forces at Brighton. I entered the service as ensign. lam now 23. I was in India in several en gagements. I was beSieged in the gaol at Shabje hanpore. I was there in Feb., 1859, and was tried by court-martial for the murder of a native. I was found guilty of manslaughter. I had no legal assistance at my court-martial. After my sentence the officers still associated with me. The colonel lent me his horse to take me to Agra. There I was ordered not to go beyond the Delhi gate. I had a mile and a half of space within the fort. I messed with the artillery officers and. went out shooting. I received my pay while in India. I was taken to Calcutta, and thence to England. I was treated like any other passenger. On my arrival I was taken to Chatham, thence to Millbank. There I was treated like a con vict. Then'to Weedon, and then to Newgate. [The warrant of the Adjatant•General was here read, authorising the Governor to detain him as a pri soner, and stating that he had been convicted of murder.] I was kept in solitary confinement for four days on prison diet. I had only the books allowed me by the chaplain. I was removed to the Queen's Prison on July 28. [The memorandum of the Adjutant-General, stating conviction of murder, was read.] On Nov. 24 I was liberated—in four months. In obtaining ray discharge my law ex penses were about £9O. Cross•examined by the Attorney-General—l en tered the army in 1855, and obtained a commission without purchase by the interest of the Duke of Cambridge. iVy regiment went to the Crimea. The war was over when I got there. In October, 1855, I obtained the rank of lieutenant, also with out purchase. I served in India during the mutiny. The court-martial sat three days. There was no lawyer on either side. The sentence was confirmed by the Commander-in-Chief. He said it was severe, but just. Agra is one of the hottest parts of India. went there one • My passage was not paid for by myself. I came b , uognigen luggage free i in another a a n octahbeirn place, a l s se e n g an e r d . At Newgate I was We had soup was some sortaonfdmger d. kept ay. I apart sat a f t r from morningth the .other chapel r w i s i o t n h e rs. the I had em prisoners.ya and a half' for exeraeuties Tge gruel was at the expense of the establishment. andl ei7 thl iisoup.a milk. dt. llh cleana d believe amn there y c hourl o Myyfood friends might visit me from 9to 7 I m aay ig s h el t f. buy my a as I liked, with some restriction as to wine and beer. My Herbert action against Lordttoorfny Lead l a is s b su r e o d ught an a writ COUN2BY DIARKBIS. NEWARK—Jm 9. Only a middling supply of wheat at market to-day, the trade in which was brisk, at is to `2B per qr advance on former prices. Barley inactive, and in favour of the buyer, Oats met a slow inquiry, at late rates. Beans were quiet, and unaltered in value. White wheat, new, 65s to 70s Red do. 6os to 65s Old white 6ss to 70s Red do. sos to 60s Barley, malting 38s to 42s Peas, Barley, grinding 29s to 33s Oats, old, .. 26s to 333 New do —i to -- 4 Beans.. 56s to 58s Beans, new.. 44s to 48s -Os to 50s. SHEFFIELD—JuLY 9. The attendance was unusually thin, the fineness of the weather having detained the farmers at haymaking. A dull trade. The better descriptions sold at a slight ad vance on the prices of last week; other articles at former prices, with a dull inquiry. Red wheat, per lead of 3 imperial bushels 24s Od to 28s Od White 9) ff 2ss Od to 28s Od New red • I 2os Od to 22s Od New white I) 27 22s Od to 26s Od 72 Beans 72 16s Od to 18s Od Peas, per qr Ms Od to 55s Od Grinding barley, per qr 33s Od to 35s Od - Malting dittos „35s Od to 43s 04 71 Oats 2ss 6d to 34s Od Millers. prices for flour-2s 2d, 2s 4d, and 2s 7d per 141 b, HULL-JvLy 9. , -- --- - Our market to-day was well attended by the trade, and we had a good supply of wheat, which was generally of a superior quality, and sold at about is higher than of late. Barley, beans, and oats met a better sale at full prices. Wheat.... Old white per qr. . 6os Od to 64s Od Old red » New white .. 77 New red .... ~ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 50s Od to 58s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 56s Od to 60s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red St. Petersburg and Riga, old 46s Od to 48s Od Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 34s Od Grinding 27s Od to 28s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3Bs Od to 40s Od Grinding 32s Od to 34s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Os 14d to 141 d Friesland and Dutch osl4 id to oslsd Swedish and Danish oBl4d to 05141 d Beans ....English, old, per qr 6os Od to 52s Od New pigeon 44s Od to 45s Od New tick. 43s Od to 44s Od Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers . Grinding Tares .... Spiing . —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) l9 10 0 to 19 15 0 Foreign! 515 oto 6 0 0 Rape cakes 6 5 oto 610 0 Bones COAL MARKET—JULY 10. Crrioes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market s. d. Walls End. Wvlam Bell's Primrose l3 0 Ileugb Hall 17 0 Walker Primrose 12 3 South Hart1ep001......17 3 Carway and Duffryn Hetton .. lB 9 Malting 24 0 Haswell lB 9 Do. Anthracite.. 21 6 Ecuth Hetton lB 9 Craghead Hartley..... 14 6 Durham l6 9 Holywell Keiper Grange• •• • • .17 6 Bmddyll's Hett0n.....17 9 South Kelloe.. 18 0 Trimdon Thornley.... 15 9 Walls End. Tunstall , 1 Byron 6 Trirndon Hartlepool ..18 3 1 Ships at market, ;, 30 sold, 23. BIRTHS. of a son, Cotton, nst., E sq COTTON.—On the 10th inst., at 2, Southwick-place Hyde park,PAKENHAM —On at 73, Eaton-place, th© Hon. Mrs. Pakenham, of a son. the wife of WALLIS.—On the 10th inst., at 27, Priory-road, Stockwell, the wife of the Rev. J. Wallis, of a son. HheenlOrythi MARRIAGE 8. COMPTON-BURRARD.---011 the 9th inst., at Lyndhurst, the Rev. John Compton, rector of Minesteed and Lynd' burst, to Laura, third daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir C• Burrard, Batt. WEsTALL—EvANs.—On the 9th inst., at Stoke Newingi. Wm. Eva ns , E sq. ton, John Westall, to Em ma Maria, second daughter ° , of Dalston. g CRADOCK.—On the 9 t l h "l ins A t.,.. r at ii hi: L residence, Cloudesley _ terrace, Islingt on, Th os. C radock, Esq., aged 78. CLARKS. -0;1 the 9th inst., at 18, East -street, Ann Briggs , wile of M r . IL G. Clarke, publisher, 252, Strand, aged 43. LEWIS.—On the sth inst., at Brighton, Benjamin Lewis, Esq., Commander R.N., aged 73. MI CKLETHWAIT.—On the 6th inst., John Micklethwait, Esq., of Ardsley House, and Thornville, aged 65. ONstow.—On the 7th inst., at Upton House, Alresford, the Hon. Thomas Cranley Oaslow, late Lieut.-Col. Scots Fusilier Guards, aged 83. O'DWYER.—On the 4th inst., at Woolwich, Maria, wife of Charles O'Dwyer, Esq., Chief Engineer, R.N. OSWALD.—On the 9th inst., at the Old Palace, Croydon, Thos. Oswald, Esq., of 103, Lansdowne-place, Brighton, aged 77. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. TnE 6ux Oillee, No. 112,Stran0 • in the 112, Strand, hep r S e t an n e d, t o l f 'r t i h n e te s r, a av t oh in the County of Middlesex Thursday, July 21, 18111. 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