The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-15 00:00:00

litrb SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. EGITAM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SURREY AND MIDDLESEX STARES. Sleeping Partner .......................................... Di0media...................................................... M0u5er....................................................... Three ran. Won easy. BETTING STAND PLATE. Oxus Inder Matilda Twelve ran. KING JOHN STAKES. Sancebox .... Wapitifilly Calista filly Six ran. RUNNYMEDE STAKES. 80rdeaux.......................................... Sir Mark ........................................... Nine ran.—Won in a canter. RAILWAY STAKES. Cyrstal Oxus Serruitaze Four ran. LATEST BETTING. GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. sto 2 agst Heapy (taken). ST. LEGER. 10 to 1 agst King Tom (offered). DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Oulston (taken). 1000 to 60 agst Flatterer (taken). 1 2 3 .. 1 .. 2 .. 3 ... 2 .. 3 AVOLVERH-UIPTON RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPEL) PATSIL ULL HANDICAP. Amalgamation Le Juif Kiteflyer Twelve ran. CHILLINGTON STAKES. Cossey Clara Clark Resistance Eight ran. MEMBERS' PLATE. c by Vernlam f by Red Deer Kennyside Hero Dagobert Four ran. FREE HANDICAP. CLEVELAND CIIP. Peggy Defiance f by Burgundy Rataplan Four ran. AMERICA. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ARRIVAL OF TILE PACIFIC. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The *United States Mail steam-ship Pacific, which was to leave New York on the sth-instant, arrived off Voel-naut at half-past one this afternoon. She will bring four days later news than that brought by the St. Louis on Sunday last. It is expected she will arrive in the Mersey in sufficient time for her mails to leave to-night for first delivery in London to-morrow morning. THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11 ill day of Augn.,t, 1311, present the Queen's Most Exc , ..ilent Ma jesty in Council. _ This day the Right Honourable Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart., was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Ma. jesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his placc th 3 Board accordingly. Her M j•-. , sty having. been pleased to appoint the Right Honoura'de George Frederick, Earl of Durham, to be Lord Lieutenant aad Custos Rotulorum of the county palatine of Durham, his Lordship this day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. WHITEHALL, AUG. 12. The Qneen has been pleased to present the Reverend E Harst(m, M.A., to the Vicarage of Sherborne, in the county of Dorset, and diocese of Salisbury, void by the death of the Reverend John Parsons. WHITEHALL, AUG. 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., to be President of the General Board of Health. WHITEHALL, AUG. 14. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the G rea t S ea l , gran ti ng th e di gn i ty of a Knight of the United. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto William Ogle Carr, Esquire, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Island of Ceylon. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AuG. 12. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Florence, re porting that the duty on the exportation of oak timber from the Roman States was to be doubled from the Ist instant. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 15. 3d Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-General Nathaniel Thorn, C. 8., from the 20th Foot, to be Colonel, v i ce G eneral Si; Henry King, C.B. and K.C., deceased, July 25. 20th Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-General Henry Thomas, C. 8., from the 94th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-Gen. Nathaniel Thorn, C. 8., removed to the 4d Foot, July 25. 91th Regiment of Foot— Lieut.-General the Hon. Henry Edward Butler to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Henry Thomas, C. 8., removed to the 20th Foot, July 25. sth Dragoon Guards—Assistant-Surgeon George Mc- Culloch, M.D., from the 2nd Life Guards, to be Surgeon, vice Pitcairn, promoted on the Staff, Aug. 15. 6th Dragoon—Surgeon James Monet, from the 9th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice 11'G-rigor, promoted on the Staff, Aug. 15. Bth Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Anthony Dick son Home, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Somers, promoted on the Staff, Aug. 15. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and Captain John Francis Cust to be Adjutant, vice Elli son, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Aug. 15. 6th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Robert Hudson, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ivey, promoted in the 31st Faot, Aug. 15. 9th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Edward Le Blanc to be Surgeon, vice Mouat, appointed to the 6th Dragoons, August 15. 31st. Foot Assistant-Surgeon William Frederick Par cato Ivey, from the 6th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Mar shall, promoted on the Staff, August 15. 54th Foot—As s i s t a nt-Surgeon George Youell, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon,' vice Baxter, promoted ' on the Staff, August 15. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff-Surgeon of the First Class CharleaHumfrey to be Deputy-Inspector-Gener a l of Floapitsatlasif, A u gust 15. To be from the of the First Class—Surgeon John Marshall Pitcairn, f e 31st Foot ; Surgeon George Kincaid me _ from th e sth Dragoon Guards ; Surgeon Alexamler ullgor, M.D., from the 6th Dragoons, Aug. 15. To he Staff Su r Surgeon James geons of the Second Class—Assistant- Dragoons, vi ce LeTlQbar Moline, from the 15th Light sista.nt-Staff Surg eon A' en apPointed to the 9th Foot ; As- Huish, M.D. ; Assistant- Surgeon Francis Hastings :133:.nx.ter, M.D, from the 54th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon Bth Light Dragoons„k ez. tits. my Somers, M.D., from the To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces —Assistant -Sur geon William Browne, from theebOattihe.Foot, vice Hudson, Davenport, appointed to the 6th Foot • amen I)Dragoons ; G en t., vice Home, appointed to the Bthjl3, William Bradshaw, Joseph F 1 her Gent. ; Albert Hawkins, Gent. ,Thomas r L "gbeed, Gent., Aug- 15 . amesßiddle, To be Purveyor to the Forces—Medical Clerk Selkirk Stuart, Aug. 15. BREVET. Brevet-Colonel Gustavus Charles Du Plat, of the Royal Engineers, about to be em p lo y ed on a special service be Brigadier - Gene ral while so employed, Aug.l2. '- T 0 Lieutenant-Colonel William Fenwick Williams, C.B. of the Royal Artillery, to be Colonel, with local rank in rui key, while employed on special service in that country, Aug. 7. ALG. li, I __ 4 . ' instant, has ADMIRALTY, death, on the bt instant, The following promotion, on the . dated the 7th . h of taken place consequent ßear-Admiral Charles Hope :—Captain Henry Eden to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. And the follo w i ng C a ptains, on the Retired List , have been p romoted to be Retired R ear Admirals on the terms _ ember, 1546, proposed in th e L an d on G aze tt e o f the Ist Se pt without increase of pay :—Captain Robert Fatten ; Capt. Robert Aitchison. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Northumberland Artillery Militia—William Macbay, Eeq., to be Adjutant, July 15. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia - William Frederick Northey, Esq.. to be Captain, vice Auchmuty, resigned, July 28 ; William Robertson, Esq., late Captain Royal London 31ilitia to be Captain, vice Robbins, resigned, August 1p; Evan Duncan M`Gregor, Gent:, to be Ensign, vice Mackay, resigned, August 9. 11 or Royal Westminster Light liafantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Major John James Glossop to bo Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Cannon, resigned, Aug. 10. ENDP9hire Regiment of Xilit i 4 7a1 31 6.ba Archibald William Dickson, late 17th Re went,; to be Captain, August 4. Royal Wiltshire Militia—Henry Leslie Hunt, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Aug. 4 ; Thomas Reader Clark-on, Gent., to be Ensign, July 31; Edward Paton, Gent., to be En sign, Aug. 1. C a mbridgeshire Militia—Henry Frederick Wimper, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Hush Robson Evans, Gent., to be Ensign, Aug. 10. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. . ___ George Crickmer, saddler and harness maker, Lowestoft. Isaac Cook, painter, Sunderland. BANKRUPTS. Alfred Henry Edgley, innkeeper and publican, Boles dale, Suffolk, to surrender, August 28, at one, and Sept. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official u dg.F Jennings, l a m-b assignee,nil iambronoiakgs-buildings; Ipswich. and Doyle, Ve r Henry John Ashley, artificial manure merchant, Sept. 29, at eleven, and Sept. 29. at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall , itreet, ; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's-inn-fields; Cave, Newbury. Henry Davy, sail cloth manufacturer, Fordton, Aug. 23, and Sept. 21, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Terre], Exeter. William Ivory, wholesale grocer, Norwich, Sept. 2 and 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, offi cial assignee, Aldermanbury ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury ; Miller and Son — , Norwich. John Thomas Jenkins, builder, Lewisham-road, Dept ford, Sept. 2, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Alder roanbury ; Newbon and Evans, Doctors' Commons. William Mudge, coach proprietor, Pai g uton , Devonshire, Ang. 23 and Sept. 21, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter, and Le man, Paignton. William Shaw and Henry Shaw, dyers, Mold-green, I-Tullersfield, Aug. 28 and Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. 'Hope, official ae , ignee, Leeds ; Hitd, Huddersfield, and Cstriss and Cudworth, Leeds. Thomas Mellorand Samuel Eason, merchants, Liverpool, Aug. 23 and Sept. 18, at eleven, at, Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Haigh, Liverpool, or Messrs. Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Wm. Coveney, silk manufacturer, Manchester, Aug. 22 and Sept.l9, at twelve, at Manchester District Court. Pott , official assignee, Manchester; Cobbett and Wheeler, Man chester. Simeon Stansfield, cotton spinner, Little Hultou, Lan caster, Angust 25, and September 15, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman. official assignee, Manchester; Rushton and Armistead, Bolton-le-Moors. Philip Rimer, cigar merchant, Gravesend, Sept. 2 and 29, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Philpot, Gracechurch-street. Francis Wildbore, hotel-keeper, Wisbeach, Sept. 2 and 29, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinglaall-street ; Linklate?, Sise-lane. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( Front the London New Price Current of this day.) SUGAR.—To-day the rates previously established for British Plantation Sugar were well supported for all qua lities, there being a good demand both for the scale and refining purposes. Operations were 800 hhds., &c., in cluding at auction 262 hhds Barbadoes, which went freely at full terms to a small advance, low to mid yellow at 32s to 34s 6d, good mid to fine 35s to 38s ; 32 hhds 24 tierces and 69 barrels Demerara, crystalized 33s to4ls 9d per cwt. REFINED.—To-day large parcels of Refined Sugar were taken for home trade purposes, broWn lumps at 43s to 43s 6d, and low to fine grocery 44s to 48s. There is a firm market for Crushed Sugar, with many export buyers of Dutch. EAST INDIA.—Stock differs little from the former year. To-day several parcels of Bengal and Madras sugar were sold privately at firm rates. None was submit ted to public sale. Penang is wanted, and 709 bags in auction sold at firm rates ; mid to fine brown at 27s 6d to 295, and ord to fine yellow 29s 6d to 34s 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS.—To-day demand was active for Mauritius sugar, and at auction 7,300 bags went at full terms—low to fine yellow at 31s 6d to 375, brown 26s Gd to 31s, very ord 25s to 265, low to refining 29s to 35s Gd, and fine grainy yellow 402 to 40s 641 per cwt. FOREIGN.—Today several parcels of foreign sugar were taken for shipping and home trade purposes, former rates being well supported for both low and better sorts. There was no public sale, but large parcels are declared. TEA.—Today a good demand existed for tea at the public sales, and full rates were obtained for sound black and green ; but congou, l out of condition, went at id to Id cbe per selling at 9it to is d.i Of 24,000 pkgs tea de clared, 11,780 passed, of which 5,593 sold, including 781 catty boxes. COFFEE.—To-day plantation Ceylon less in demand, and at, auction 189 casks 12 bags sold at rather lower rates; mid to good went at 58s to 625, fine ord to low mid 53s to 575, and triage 48s to 535. Of Costa Rica 3,350 bags went rather lo wer terms— good to fine at 60s to 755, and other sorts 50s to 53s ; 100 bags Madras at 45s 6d for ord qua lity. Native Ceylon is still wanted, and 45s paid for good ord. RICE. —To-day East India Rice was operated in with re luctance; white Bengal at lls to 12s 6,1 for sound, and pinky Madras Os 6d to 9s 9d per cwt. None was offered at auction. GINGER.—To-day full rates were obtained, and at auc tion 4 trcs 79 brls Jamaica were sold at 43s to 56s for low to good ord. TALLow.—The market for Russian presents a firm ap pearance, and extensive contracts have been entered into by the trade and speculators. Prices rule for first and P.Y.C. at 67s to 67s 6tl on the spot, and 63s 9d to 69s for delivery in last three months of the year. Horne melted is greatly required, and cannot he obtained under 66s cash. A further increase in operations in other sorts of tallow, and stiffer rates are obtained—Australian, fair to flue mutton selling at 61s to 6 , 3 s ; beef 62s to 66e 3d, and South Ame rican 62s to 673 64. Stock of tallow is more than in the former season by 15,000 casks, and deliveries are 4,000 smaller, yet prices rule higher by 15s to 16s. OILS.—A great demand for ripe oil, and advanced rates are obtained—pale realizing 4is 61 to 454 and brown 4:;s per cwt. DJ linseed oil purchases have been on a large scale during the last few days, and prices are now ircu at 35s to 35s 3d for present delivery . . An active de mand for cocoa nnt, producing an advance ; Cochin brought 51s 6,1 to sf!s, and Ceylon 50s to 51s. In Palm many pur chases have been made, and low to fine quality realised 41s to 48e. Gingelly oily has been sold to a fair extent at 44s 6d to 454, and ground nut 45s to 45s 6d. For ' , live there is a firm market, and many transactions have taken place; Gallipoli at 561 to 571, and other sorts 61/ to 55/ per tun. Lard oil realises 51s to 54s to 56s per cwt. In Southern larger operations, and there is no rise-- ord to fine quality selling at 391 to 411. Sperm has been dealt in with increased freedom, and the position of the market is firmer—mid to fine quality realising 1041 to 1061; and headmatter 1021 to 1041. A more active demand for seal, and rates are higher, pale selling 401. to 411., and other sorts 361. to 391. In cod larger sales at 391., and some par ties will not sell thereat. Prices for American spermaceti rule at is 3d to is 4d per lb, and several purchases have been made. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-THIS DAY. Amsterdam ............ 11 16 Gibraltar ...... Ditto, three months .. 11 17 10-gtorn .. • • • • • • . • . • • 30 52% Rotterdam ............ 11 18 Genoa Antwerp .............. 25 32% Milan : •• • • •• •• • • •• Prus.'els • • ........ 25 32% Venice.... .... • • ...... Hambargh .......... - 13 7 Naples • • • • .... Altona ..•• ............ ;Palermo ..... 128 Paris ........ 25 5 !Messina ... ... 128% Ditto, three months .. 25 32% Lisbon ...... ...• 53 Marseilles .......•. .. 25 32% Oporto • • 53% Bourdeaux .. • • ........ Rio Janeiro Fr ankfort.on-M aine 119 Buenos Ayres.... • • • • • • Berlin ................ New York, 60 days' sight Vienna.... • ... •..... 12 2 Philadelphi a • • • • • • Trieste........ • • • • .... 12 4 PRICES OF BITLLICN, PER OZ. Petersburg ............ 361 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ............... 49% Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Cadiz .... .. 50 Ylexican Dodars 0 5 2 Barcelona New Dollars • • 0 0 0 Seville • • • •• liver in bars ...... 0 0 0 are now under orders to proceed to Portsmouth on the 23d insi. The Bedfordshire Light Infantry will march from Bedford in a few days, and proceed by railway to the barracks at Berwick-upon-Tweed. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have arranged with her Majesty's Postmaster-General that all letters received from officers of the royal navy serving on foreign stations for conveyance to the United King dom, upon which the full amount of postage has been paid in advance in penny postage stamps, will be treated as paid by the Post-office authorities. We regret to announce the decease of F. H. Lind say, Esq., who for a period of nearly fifty years held an appointment in the Commander-in-Chief's office, a con4iderable part thereof in the very laborious and re sponsible situation of first assistant to the military sec retary. He suffered a severe and lingering illness. The drills of the Royal Dockyard Brigade at Pem broke this season will not take place, in consequence of the great pressure upon the resources of the dockyard, and the length of time the mechanics and artisans are now galled upon to labour. Its strength is upwards of 600 effective men between the ages of 20 and 45, and the whole will, in the course of a short time, be officially inspected by the Lords of the Admiralty on their annual tour round the principal naval arsenals. SECOND COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT. PERRY, AT WINDSOR. TWELFTH DAY -MONDAY. The Court appointed to try Lieutenant James Ed ward Perry, of the 46th Regiment, assembled this morn ing in the officet. , ' mess-room at the Infantry Barracks, Windsor, Colonel Thomas E. Kelly presiding. The court was more than usually crowded, because it was understood that Lieutenant Perry was about to enter on his defence. Mr. H. Darvill, the solicitor to the pri soner, was the first witness called. Prisoner—Will you state to the Court under what cir cumstances the letter to Colonel Upton was written ? Witness—On the morning of the 24th of July, during the adjournment which was allowed to Lieutenant Greer to prepare his defence, I saw a friend, a legal friend of Lieutenant Perry, whose residence is in Ireland, but who happened to be here and was present at the pro ceedings, bat I was not ; and he informed me that the evidence given by Major Maxwell and others amounted to a second trial of Lieutenant Perry, and he thought some letters should be - sent to the Court. I said I had not been present during the proceedings, and I relied upon the information that this gentleman gave me for consenting to the letter being written. There being so short a period intervening, he requested me to accom pany him to a party in the immediate locality. I went there. The letter addressed to Colonel Uupton was drawn by myself, and signed by Lieutenant Perry. The draft of this letter was left on the table, and from that draft the letter was sent to the papers. Mr. O'Donovan took the letter, and handed it up to the Court. That is all I know about it ; but from what I have heard, and from what I know, the truth of that letter will be proved. Lieutenant Perry could not have been morally answer able for the contents of the letter, inasmuch as he merely signed it. I wish to state that the letter was to the effect that if Lieutenant Perry had been allowed to cross-examine the witness, he would have proved his I own case. By the Court—Who gave you the information Witness—The information I received was incidental ; it arose out of other matters. By the Court—Did that letter give you any informa tion on the subject ? Witness—l received no information from that letter, but I was well acquainted with its contents. Major-General Wetherell (prosecutor)—Who wrote the letter, and whose signature was it ? Witness—l did it. It was signed by Lieutenant Perry. Prosecutor—Was Lieutenant Perry cognisant of tho contents of the letter before he signed it ? Witness—Of the nature, but not of the particulars of the contents. By the Court—Who was the third party present when the letter was written ? Witness—lie was neither a soldier nor a lawyer, and I decline to give his name. By the Court—Was he a reporter for the public papers? Witness—He was. Lieutenant Perry—l wish to ask the president to be allowed to produce the morning state of Captain Womb well's, Major Vesey's, and Captain Lyon's companies. The President—lt shall be done. Captain and Paymaster Alexis Corcoran was then called. Prisoner—Are you paymaster of the 46th Regiment ? Witness—l am. Prisoner—How long have you been in the regiment ; are you in the regiment at present ; and are you about retiring on half-pay ? Witness—l have been thirty-one years in the service. I have been with the regiment in the East Indies, in the West Indies, at Gibraltar, in Canada, and at home. I am about retiring on half-pay. Prisoner—How long have you been paymaster of the' 46th regiment Witness—About thirteen years. Prisoner—Do you know of practical j , lces being con cocted it, the regiment, and from what period ? Witness—l wean to say they were common in the regiment ; arid the first instance I recollect was about ten years ago. The Pre,ident —We have nothing to do with ten years ago, you must speak to the present charge. Prisoner—Within the last three year 4 have you ever heard of any practical jokes in the 46th Regiment ? Witness—Young officers have come to me for advice under the pressure of circumstances. I may mention, in addition to that, the names of Mr. Perry, Mr. Knapp, Mr Duriscombe, and also Mr. Lennard. I recollect Mr. Perry coming to me frequently in the Linen-hail Barracks, Dublin, and telling ins of certain annoyances he was subjected to. I advised him the first four times to bear it with patience and take it in good part. He aid so. I reminded him also that when officers younger than himself joined, they would have the same pranks played on them. He came again, and told me that he had been compelled to go through the sword exercise, naked, in his room ; and the last time that he told me he had suffered the indignity it was before certain offi cers of the 24th Regiment as well as the officers of the 46th. I then pointed out to him his mode of redress. I showed him page 115 of the Queen's regulations—the first six paragraphs ; that he ought to report the cir cumstance to one of the field-officers of the regiment, in the first place, and if he did not get satisfaction from him he should report it officially to Col. Garrett. The an noyance was still persisted in, and he threatened to re port to the general of the district. I think he did as I told him, and he came to me the following day after having written to his commanding officer. Mr. Perry replied that, at the solicitation of the other officers, he had withdrawn the letter to the general of the district, and that if the persecution and annoyance ceased he would say nothing about it. I at the same time cau tioned him, as he seemed to feel the last attack upon him so acutely, never to join in any practical joke on any young officer. I endeavoured to impress that upon the mind of every young officer that I have spoken to. Prisoner—Do you know, or is it within your know ledge, or have you reason to believe, that I did report to Col. Garrett, arid that Col. Garrett said' I was a fool for my pains, and like a child just escaped from my mother's apron strings ? Witness—The following morning Lieut. Perry told me that Col. Garrett had made use of those expressions, and I was induced to believe what he said. Prisoner --`vas I not greatly distressed at the time ? Witness—He was very much excited, and in tears. Prisoner—Did you advise me to apply to the general of the district, through Colonel Garrett, and have you reason to believe I did so ? Witness—l think I did, and I have reason to believe you did so. Prisoner—After I bad caused another officer to be reprimanded, was not my society shunned by the other officers of my regiment ? Witness—L was told by the young officers that Mr. Perry's society was avoided. As a married officer, I lived a long way from barracks, and had not so good an opportunity of seeing as others of the officers, but I can only say that Lieutenant Perry's society was shunned, and that was in consequence of his making the official report. Lieutenant Perry here applied to the Court to have the minutes of evidence on Lieutenant Greer's trial- pro duced. The President—.you shall have them before we have done. and h ow Prison, r—C an you state w hat my general standing and character have be e n since I have been in t he regi ment,duty ! Witness—M r . P erry wa s particularly kind and my time is generally emp lo y ed when off obliging in hi s manner, and spent the greater part of his time, when off duty, in playing the cornopean with an other young officer. I could hear him daily. Prisoner --I have no further questions to ask the wit ness. By the Prosecutor —Did Lieutenant Perry on any occasion make an observation to you that would induce you to believe that he intended to report to the general of the district I Witness—Not to my knowledge. Prosecutor—On' what occasion was it that Colonel Garrett called Lieut. Perry a fool for his pains ; state the period ? Witness—l am not aware of my own knowledge of Colonel Garrett reproving another officer for annoying Lieutenant Perry. As to the period, I should say it was about the end of May, 1853, to the best of my recollection. Prosecutor—How did you hear of the circumstance ? Witness—To the best of my belief a young officer mentioned the circumstance to me. Prosecutor—What reason have yon to believe that Lieutenant Perry did complain to the general of the district ? Witness—Lieutenant Perry mentioned it to me, and that officers wished him to withdraw it. Prosecutor—•No other officer had any conversation with you on the subject? Witness—No ; it is not likely they would come to tell me about it. Prosecutor—To the best of your belief did no other come and tell you about it Witness—On reconsideration, I think Lieutenant Knapp did. By the Court—Did ever Lieutenant Perry receive any annoyance at the hands of Captain Nicholas to your own knowledge ? Witness—Not to my knowledge, DO more than Mr. Perry relating it to me. The President—You must only speak as far as your own knowledge goes. By the Court—Are you aware that Captain Nicholas is in the habit of aiding and abetting others in annoying young officers on their joining the regiment ? THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1854 THE CHOLERA. Yesterday a long inquiry was gone into before Mr. Bedford, at the Millbank Prison, respecting the deaths of five convicts, from the effects of Asiatic cholera, alto gether making sixteen deaths from the same frightful disease in the prison since it broke out on the 3d of August. The first inquest was respecting the death of John Griffiths, who was received into the prison on the 26th of May last from Brixton. He was convic;ed at the Shrewsbury sessions for stealing money to the amount of 35., for which he was sentenced to seven years' trans portation, having been previously convicted. He was stated to have bean twenty-two years of age. Mr. G. Attfield, resident-surgeon, said that the de ceased was received into the infirmary on the day of his admission into the prison. When the cholera broke out on the 3d of August, deceased volunteered his services as an assistant in the cholera ward. He stated that he was hospital-serjeant when at Barbadoes, and witness found his assistance most valuable. In consequence of his new employment he had a more liberal diet, with an addition of rum-and-water. On the 7th August he ex hibited symptoms of cholera, and he soon passed into a state of coil ipse. He died about half-past nine o'clock un the evening of the 11th. Dr. Baly, being asked his opinion by the Coroner for the prevalence of the cholera in that prison, said that he attributed it to the site, which was low and near the river, while, when the wind was in the east, the noxious vapours from bone-boilers and other injurious manufac tures in Lambeth were carried towards the prison. He had observed in the bills of mortality on one occasion, that out of 399 deaths from Asiatic cholera, 290 occurred in Lambeth. Another cause was that the prisoners were deprived of the stimulating drinks they had be fore their imprisonment. He prescribed rum, as it was given to the convicts working at the various dockyards. He believed the ventilation of the prison might be im proved, but.the diet could not now be better than it was. Th.re was nothing local in the prison from had drainage or nuisan ce t o cause the disease, and everything was done timeslast inquiriesa to ch ec k its 'violenc e , w hil e th e war d s an d c ells are day- w sprinkled e re concerningwi with the deaths ch chloride o f lime. —T3he of Dy. mock Barker, aged 31, and John H. H labourers. B ar k er was seized with nram e p nd s, ry & , e. a , g o e n d t 3 h 3 e , i S a t bu Bth, and di e d on the 12th. Hendry was se i ze d w ith Premonitory symptoms afterno on on the 7th, a n d di e d yester d ay at four o'clock. A verdict of death from Asiatic cholera was returned in each case. The far- family of Mr. W. Cc k proprietor of Astley's Royal Amphitheatre in the Westminster -road, Lambeth, has been plunged into great affliction in consequence of urt e visitation,plaoe of r deprive A C o t k h e e , ent of one of p th a e tr f o o n ll s7f in th g at aw fa f v u o l the principal performers. It appear'shthuawsteimiAl brother of the lessee of Astley's Theatre, on Snnd'ay went to Margate, and the train had got about' midway on its return when he was seized with the premonitory symp toms of cholera. He, however, kept his seat, n fane y'l g that he was recovering, but upon reachi ng the terminus at London-bridge he appeared considerably worse. A conveyance was procured, and the unfortunate gentle man was driven to his residence in Lambeth, where Mr. Beck and several other eminent surgeons were promptly in attendance. Everything that surgical skill could de vise was done for the sufferer, but he expired between the hours of eleven and twelve yesterday rnornlng,. Owing to the critical state of the widow, it has been deemed prudent not to inform her of the sad emit at present, The deceased was only 35 years of age. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Boscawen, 70.—The experiment ordered to be made by the First Lord of the Admiralty in this ship by Mr. Edward Duke Moore, of Ranton-abbey, Stafford shire, of brewing good beer for the men from concen trated wort, has proved eminently successful, as have other experiments in soldiers' barracks ; but where con densed water, so abundant in steamers, has been used, the result has been even more satisfactory. The Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht, Master Comman der Petley, having had fitted to her the " velocimetre," 'nvented by M. Droinet, a French scientific gentleman, vent to Stokes Bay yesterday to test it, when it per orined 411 the duties reported of it—viz., indicating the peed with clock-like accuracy most satisfactory. The Asp, surveying steamer, Lieutenant Aldridge, :as been in the nortb, employed in assisting to lay down the electric cable between the Scottish and Irish coasts at Port Patrick and Donaghadee. The transport Wild Irish Girl sailed from Plymouth on Sunday with stores for the Black Sea. The steam transport 77 arrived at Elsinore on the Bth of August, and proceeded. Yesterday advices were received at the Admiralty that the steam transport Jason, with a detachment of artil lery guns arid artillery horses, had passed Gibraltar on the sth of August, for Varna, all well. Sir William Parker has returned to Pl:;mouth from London, and has re-hoisted his flag cn board the Im pregnable. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert went down to Cowes yesterday morning. ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TRIAL OF THE SCREW. The Colossus, 81, screw, Captain R S. Robinson, at 1.45 p.m., yesterday, went out of Portsmouth Harbour to the measured mile, and, considering the strong breeze that was blowing from the westward, she did more than could have been expected. The trial was moot satisfac tory throughout, whether we regard the working of her engines or under canvas. She will be well up to ten knots under all circums=tances. Yesterday she took her trial under every difficulty. She was much out of trim, was a good deal by the stern, and had a list of at least four degrees to starboard. This was by reason of taking in her coals on one side, and everything was a mass of stores ; her main-deck guns were on board. With al this she realised on the average 9 1-5 knots per hour. Her revolutions averaged 60, and she worked up to 201 b. pressure. The communication with the engine-room from the poop was very well arranged, and worked well ; it was like a telegraphic movement, and answered in a moment. This was essential in getting alongside the dockyard. The results of the six runs at the measured mile were as follow : Ist run with tide 3 3 30 } 7 ' 7 8 ' 439 2d against - 6 51 8.7 59 3 9 3 24 ' 3d with 3 37 55 344 5 6 ' lo 9 . 729 4th against ...... 35851 } 4 6 4 7.13 8.314 sth with 4 21 48} 6 ' 2 9.944 6th against 4 43 8 Thus averaging 9 knots 2 as the mean of the whole. She drew aft 23 ft. 74 in. ; forward, 21 ft. 4 in. Her helm answered beautifully, and she turned in her own wake. We may congratulate the country on another beautiful and most efficient screw line-of-battle ship. LAUNCH OF THE FALCON. We have had another launch at Pembroke-yard, that of the Falcon, a 16-gun screw steamer, which took place on Friday, successfully, before an unusually large num ber of spectators. She was named by Lady Waldegrave, now staying at the adjacent fashionable watering-place, Tenby. The following are the dimensions of this splen did little craft :—Extreme length, 184 feet ; length between the perpendiculars, 160 feet ; ditto of keel for tonnage, 148 feet 1i inch ; breadth extreme, 31 feet 10 inches ; ditto for tonnage, 31 feet 8 inches ; ditto moulded, 31 feet ; depth of hold, 17 feet 5 inches ; burthen in tons, 7471 tons. She is a sister ship to the Harrier, lately launched here and now fitting for sea at Portsmouth. She will be sent to the same port for a similar purpose, and is now in dock being jury-rigged for that end. An effectual examination of the moorings of the port is now being effected by Mr. Brown and a party of seamen riggers. The Andromache is fast pre paring as a floating powder magazine, to supply the place of the Mulgrave to be broken up, being too de fective for repairs. MAIL FOR THE BALTIC. A mail for the Baltic fleet will be made up this even ing at the General Post-office, and forwarded via Bel gium to Dantzic, where a steamer will be in readiness to carry it on to the fleet. The postage of all letters must be paid in advance. THE FRENCH FOR THE BALTIC. Tho additional French troops for the Baltic were expected. to embark yesterday at Calais. Commander tierrick, Admiralty Superintendent at Dover, proceeded to Calais on Saturday to d►rect the embarkation. The French frigate Pereeverante, from Cherbourg fur the Baltic, remains in the Downs. Lieutenant Robert Robertson, who has for veveral -ear; past had tie clf.Lrge of the steam department tWoolwich, has herr, appointed, with the sanction of he Admiralty, surveyor of the mercantile marine of this country, under the Board of Trade. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The Diligence, store-ship, arrived at Woolwich on Sunday afternoon from Disco, where she parted with the Phcenix, new steam-sloop, Captain Edward A. Inglefield, and the Talbot, tender to the Phcenix, on July 7, the Diligence on her return to England, and the Phcenix and Talbot proceeding up the Winnegat between Disco and the mainland on their way to Beechy Island, with stores for the relief of Captain Sir Edward Belcher's expedition. The last winter in the north had been the must severe experienced for many years past by the inhabitants of the Danish settle ments, and the reports received at them from every quarter alluded to the uncommon severity of the weather even for these high latitudes. Captain inglefield's ex pedition experienced very boisterous weather during the passage of the vessels from England to Disco, and un fortunately the Talbot sprunk a leak, which damaged about 5,000 lbs. weight of biscuit; and to make up in some degree for the damaged biscuit, the Diligence trans ferred all she could spare to the Phcenix. The crews of all the vessels were quite well when they parted, and 'he use of the razor had been abolished on every part of the faces of the officers and men, and the natural hair llowed to grow in the fullest luxuriance. No intelli gence had been heard of any of the ships at present in the Arctic regions, but some news of them may be ex pected about the end of September next. The Diligence had very disagreeable weather during her passage home. She is expected to be paid off at Woolwich in the course of the present week. MILITARY. The 4th Queen's Own Light Dragoons arrived at Constantinople on the 31st of July, after a very pros perous voyage, in the steam-ship Simla ; all well on board. The 68th Light Infantry, which had been for some time under orders for Turkey, left Malta on the 6th inst., on board the Cambria. The let division of the 51st Light Infantry leave Chatham this morning for Manchester ; and the 2d divi sion on Wednesday, including headquarters, which is to proceed to the same station. The let division of the 18th Royal Irish will arrive in Chatham garrison this dcy from Canterbury ; and the 2d division to-morrow. The regiment will only remain there until the barracks at Windsor are ready to receive them. The Essex Rifles arrive in Canterbury, from the Tower, to replace the 18th Foot. Mr. Keyse's invention for biting off the ends of cart ridges, by simply notching a portion of the outside cir cumference of the muzzle of the muskets in use in the British service, having been favourably reported on by the select committee of officers of the Ordnance at Wool wich, the Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance has directed that it should be communicated to the inventor that the plan has been submitted to the Commander•in- Chief, with the object of having the invention fully tested by the infantry at present under a course i , f in• struction with the Minie musket at Hythe. Mr. Keyse has received notice, in answer to a communication he has had with the French Government, that his presence will be required about the end of the present month in Paris, to submit his invention to the Emperor Napoleon. Captain Cleveland's company, 12th battalion Royal Artillery, is to go through a course of Repository in struction previous to embarkation f)r Malta. The company has been placed under orders for foreign ser vice at that station, as it is intended to form a depot there, whence men of the Royal Artillery may be drawn to supply any casualties that may occur during the war in the East, instead of having to send home to Wool wich. The 3d company of Royal Sappers and Miners, sta tioned at Corfu, under the command of Captain Edmund Ord, Royal Engineers, and the 4th company of the same corps, stationed at Malta, under the command of Captain Anthony D. Craigie, having both been sent on to the scat of war in Turkey, the sth company, at pre. sent at Woolwich, under the command of Captain Wm. Mason Inglis, has been ordered for foreign service, and, when filled up to the requisite strength, will embark for Malta. SIEGE EXPERIMENTS AT CHATHAM. The Royal Engineers having completed the first parallel of their attack on the left of Chatham lines, they commence this day erecting batteries to enfilade the work, for which purpose the necessary instructions have been given to Captain Jesse, RE., the officer appointed to superintend their erection, having under his orders the greater portion of the junior officers attending this establishment. The day on which the siege is to take place is not yet decided. MILITIA. The Marquis of Londonderry, as Lieutenant of the eounty of Down, has received a letter from Lord Pal merston, informing him that her Majesty has been gra ciously pleased to approve of the North Down Regiment of Militia, o f w hi ch his lordship is colonel, b e i ng f orme d into a r ifl e corps ; and that her Majesty ' s pleanure, in this resp ec t, has been signified to his excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. The Royal Lancashire Rer , iment of Militia has been quartered at the barracks at Preston for instruction and drill. The 4t.li Middlesex Blilitia, Lintenaut,-Colonel Bagot, - - - Witness—l never heard of an instance to my know ledge. By the Prosecutor—Did Lieutenant Perry send the letter he wrote in your office to Colonel Garrett, and was that letter threatening to complain to the general officer of the district ? Witness—lt was in my office I gave him the advice, but I cannot say that he wrote the letter in my office. I merely gave him the idea. By the Court—Who were the officers that Lieutenant Perry stated persuaded him not to report to the general of the district ? Witness—Captain Nicholas and Lieutenant Curtis. By the Court—Do you know if ever Lieutenant Perry joined in practical jokes on other officers ? Witness—l never heard that he did ; and I feel con vinced if he did it would not have been lost sight of. By the Court—From your habits of being in the bar racks, was it within your knowledge that practical jokes were played ? Witness—No more than seeing the doors that were smashed in on the previous night, and the water with which the passages were saturated the next morning. By the Court—Has any one directly or indirectly spoken to you, or written to you, or prepared you in any way as to what you were to say before you came to this court ? Witness—No one prepared me. I got a letter with three questions in it, but I was not prepared for it, be cause I was prepared beforehand to tell all I knew. The information I have given before this court I am prepared to give in any other court, so that I was not prepared in any way. By the Court—What were the three questions ? Witness- -The first was, was I prlyired to attend the court-martial ; and the next wa d, could .I recollect the late of Lieutenant Perry's official report to Colonel Garrett; and the third was, whether I recollected the name of any officer that had been leprlinand e d by Colonel Garrett ; but no one could give me any infor mation on the subject. By the Court—Did Lieutenant Perry complain of ill tr:at7nent after certain of had been reprithanded by Colonel Garrets ? Witness —I never heard of the officers being repri manded by Colonel Garrett. The witnesq then withdrew. Captain John H. Chambers, late of the 46th, and now of the 4th West York Militia, was then called and sworn, the charges having been previously read over to hiin by Colonel Fordyce. Prisoner—Were you in the 46th Regiment when I was quartered at the Linen-hall Barracks, Dublin, and when did you leave WitnesF:—l was in the 46th Regiment during the time Mr. Perry was in the Linen-hall Barracks; and I left the regiment on 2Sth April last. Prisoner—Do you recollect practical jokes being com mitted in the regiment, and do you recollect that I was often subjected to them ? _ _ _ Witnese—l recollect practical jokes being common, and I know that Mr. Perry has been subjected to them. Prisoner—Do you recollect Lieutenant Curtis saying that he had such fun in drawing that d—d fellow Perry, and making him go through the sword exercise with an umbrella ? Witness—Yes, sir. Prisoner—Do you recollect that you were told by any officer that Colonel Garrett called me a fool for my pains for reporting ? Witness—Yes. Prisoner—Who was that officer ? Witness—Lieutenant Curtis. Prisoner—Was it not openly spoken of at the mess table that the colonel had blackguarded Lieut. Perry for reporting ? Witness—Not at the mess-table ; after the mess. Prisoner—Was it not also a common subject, of con versation in the regiment that I had reported to the general of the district ? - Witness—l never heard that Mr. Perry had reported to the general of the district. I recollect hearing a threat that he would report to the general of the district. It being now four o'clock, the court adjourned until to-morrow (this morning), the witness being still under examination. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, AUG. 14. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Platt.) George Hudson was charged with cutting and wound ing Elizabeth Hudson, with intent to murder her, on the 15th of May last. It appeared that the prisoner, who is a ropemaker in Manchester, was married to the prosecutrix in the year 1852, and they lived together until the commencement of the present year, when, in consequence of his drunken habits and violence, she was compelled to leave him ; but he had followed her about, and had kicked her and beaten her, and threatened to take her life, and made her give him what money she had, and what she earned as a worker at Sir Elkanah Armitage's mill. On Thurs day the 11th of May, as she was going to her work she celled upon the prisoner at his mother's house, and ssked him to give her a little money to buy some shoes as she was almost barefooted, it being the first time she had appli. dto him for help. He asked her to return and live with him, ,and upon his promising to behave better to'her she consented to do so, and they went to her mother's house at Pendleton, where they remained until the 15th of May, and for three days he behaved very kindly fr,c. her. On the 15th of May, at eight o'clock, he asked her to take a walk with him, and they went out to buy some things, and had a littlo drink. They then went home, and at about eleven he asked her to take another walk along the canal, which she refused to do, but walked along the Pendleton road, and shortly left him. In the evening she sought for him, and found him in Wonnald's beer-house, in Stevenson's-square, when she asked him to go home with her. He ran at her and tried to kick her, but she ran out of the house, he following her. They then returned into the public house, and had a little beer together. She then asked him to go home, but he told her to sit down, which she did. A man asked her to have some drink, and then the prisoner suddenly threw his arm round her neck, and with his left hand held her head back, and she felt him draw a razor across her throat. Finding that it was cut, she screamed "murder," and 'he said, "I've done it." A young woman pulled him away, and she was taken to a surgeon's, where the wound was dressed, and she remained at the Royal Infirmary a fortnight. His lordship having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. His lordship said that he had no power to attend to that recommendation, and ordered sentence of death to be recorded against him. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. —William M` Laughlin, a poor unhealthy looking tailor, was brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having beaten his wife, a powerful and resolute-looking woman. Mrs. M‘Laughlin seemed to be unwilling to state the particulars of the assault, and said that she and her hus band would go on well together if the Lord Mayor would prevail upon Mr. M‘Laughlin to keep good hours and to contribute something towards the support of the house. Upon being told that she must give a full de scription of the transaction of which she complained at the station-house, and on account of which she had raised the neighbourhood with cries of murder, she de clared that between twelve and one o'clock on Saturday night, the defendant had returned to his home without bringing anything to support it ; and, upon being re minded of his duty, which he frequently neglected, showed fight, which she returned. She believed be got as good as he gave, and as be had been confined from the time of the row up . to the present moment, she wished him to be handed over to her again , in the hope that h e would be prevailed upon to act better for the future. The Lord Mayor—How long have you been married ? The defendant (with a deep sigh)—Since October last, your lordship. The Lord Mayor—And how long were you acquainted before marriage ? _ _ The defendant—Three months. The Lord Mayor—And what answer have you to make to this charge ? The defeti - dant--I only tried to defend myself from her, for if she once gets hold of a man I defy him to get loose without the help of another, so that I was thank ful to the policeman for coming when she cried murder, to save me from being murdered. The Lord Mayor—Then you are in the habit of dis agreeing ? _ — The defendant—She chastised me twice immediately after our marriage. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—Chastised you! Then you mean that she is the better man of the two ? The defenthnt—Lord bless your lordship ! I'd stand no chance at all with her. Her own daughter, who is a married woman, has cried shame upon her, when she has been walloping me. She used to throw cups and saucers and crockery at me, and I only stopped that by telling her to use pewter pots, as they would not be apt to break against my head. I never struck her but once, and that was when she took up a knife to open my windpipe. Then I did give her a buster that probably saved both of us from a violent death. Mrs. M`Laughlin—l do not complain of him, your lordship, about anything but his not bringing home any money, for as to fighting, I believe he won't get the better of me there ; but you see how ill he has been, and I have been supporting him all the time he has been laid up. Still he expects that I am to support the house. The Lord Mayor—How long is it since your first husband died, Mrs. M`Laughlin ? Mrs. M`Laughlin—Five years, my lord. I never had a word with him in my life, and I'll take very good care to make in qu i r i es before I run the chance a third time. (Laughter.) The defendant—lt isn't possible for any one to live with her without being laid up. I have been in the station-house without a bed since Saturday night, and I'll be on my oath it's the only happy time I've spent since I married her. The Lord Mayor—Had you not seen something of each other's temper before you became man and wife ? The defendant—l did observe that she had a spirit, but I thought it was nothing but pluck. She has told me often since that she did not care for me, as I had not pluck enough to knock her about when she de served it. Mrs.llinaughlin laughed at the last assertion of her husband, but did not contradict it. She requested that the ,Lord Mayor would allow her to take him home once more, and try how he would conduct himself after the day's lesson. The Lord Mayor—l shall discharge him, hut I assure you both, that if you disturb the neighbourhood any moYt.with yonr quarrels I shall punish you both, and the police shall turn a particular eye upon your house. The deibudant—Sho told me many a time that elie would put me out of the way some way or other, but I wasn't worth being hanged for. Mrs. M'Laughlin—Yes, yes, you are ; come along, you poor devil. (Laughter.) LAMBETH.—Mr. Francis Robert Newton and Mr. William Philip Newton, the . young gentlemen who had been charged on Saturday last at this court with com mitting a most savage assault on Mr. Stewart Ker, a gentleman residing at 56, Brompton-crescent, Brompton square, attended before Mr. Elliott in discharge of their heavy recognis'ances. Mr. Wontner, for tbe prosecution, observed that so critical was the present state of Mr. Ker, from the effect of the assault committed on him by the defendants, that it was far from improbable the injuries he received would prove fatal. Since the last examination it was found necessary to call in additional medical assistance, and after hearing the evidence he should call as to this fact, and the present serious condition of the sufferer, Mr. Ker, it would be for his worship to say what amount of security he should require for the further. attendance of the parties charged. Mr. John Bass, the gentleman who had been ex anined on Saturday, was again sworn, and said that he had been present when the wounds were inflicted on Mr. Ker, assisted in dressing them, and had been in constant attendance on him since. On Saturday, after the ex amination at this court, Mr. Ker was in so serious and dangerous a state that Mr. Christian, his medical at tendant, deemed . it necessary to call in additional medical aid, and Mr. Henry Charles Johnson was sent for. He (Mr. Bass) was present when both the medical gentlemen ireattendance sig►,ed the certificate he then produced, to be placed before his worship. The certificate was here read by the chief clerk, and was as follows : " 15, Brompton-crescent, Aug. 14, 1551.. "We certify that we.have examined Mr. Stewart Ker this morning, and find him in such a condition, resulting from the injuries which he has received, that it is impos eible to pronounce him free from danger. Since the certi ficate of Saturday last, his Pymptoms are somewhat aggravated. (Signed) - "HENRY CHARLES JOHNSON. "J. STANLEY CHRISTIAN." _ _ _ Mr. Bass, in continuation, Said that Mr. Ker was at present in such a state as not to be able to speak, and must not be spoken to. On Saturday night, on a mustard plaster being applied to the back of the neck, he exhi bited some symptoms of consciousness, but his mind was evidently gone, and it was plain he did not know how it happened, for he asked ‘ what it all was about." . Mr. Wimtper—Did Mr. Ker lose much blood ?—Mr. Bass—A great deal indeed—some people said two quarts, but I should judge, from the state of his clothes, and the quantity that fell on me when I caught him, he must have lost a quart. Mr. Elliot—What sort of a weapon was the whip that has been spoken of as used by the defendant Francis Newton—was it what is called a hunting whip, with a handle and thong ? Mr. Bass—No, sir ; not a hunting whip, but an unusually long riding whip, apparently loaded at the thick end, with a metal cap on about three quarters of an inch in diameter. Mr. Elliott—How was it used by the defendant? Mr. Bass—The lash or small end was coiled round the hand or arm, and the blows were given by the thick end, and directed towards Mr. Ker 's head, and I should say he struck him fifty times. The last blow, from its sound, seemed to be the most severe. It was given on the head, and the instant he received it Mr. Ker fell into my arms and said, " My skull is broken." Mr. Elliott—What sort of weapon had the defendant William ? Mr. Bass—A sort of switch, and though he had been engaged all the time in the attack, I only saw him use it once. Mr. Elliot—Mrs. Ker in her evidence on Saturday said something about a former assault by Mr. Newton, sen. ; do you know anything about it? Mr. Bass—No, I do not know anything about it per sonally. The defendants declined putting any question to Mr. Bass, but said they had retained the professional as sistance of Mr. Clarkson, who would attend for them on a future occasion. Mr. Elliott remarked that from the nature of the cer tificate put in, and the unprovoked and violent nature and consequence of the attack, the case waa one in which he should not feel justified in taking bail to any amount for the defendant, Francis Newton, but should remand him to a future day. For the other defendant, William, he should accept the same bail as before—two sureties in 5001. each, and himself in 1,0001. Bail was given and William discharged, but his brother was sent to prison on remand in the ordinary way. WORSHIP-STREE P. —Jolin, Bryant, a shrewd looking Irishman, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill, charged with having been concerned with another man not 'in custody, in hocussing and robbing a young woman named Ellen Hayes, living with her mother in Plumtree-court, Holborn. The prosecutrix stated that some months since she became acquainted with a man named Daniel Donohue, who lodged in the same house with the prisoner in Thrawl-street, Spitalfields. Their intimacy was carried on in the first instance without the knowledge of her mother, but witness subsequently invited him to see her at her }mine ; and about three weeks since, in the course of-one of his visits, it was proposed by Donohue that she should clandestinely leave her home to accompany him to America, to which country he was about to emigrate. Witness, however, demurred to the proposal, on the ground that she was not furnished with means pay the passage money, to which.he replied that she could easily get over that difficulty, as he understood that her mother had a considerable sum of money in the house, a portion of which might be appropriated for - the pur pose, without any fear of detection until they were be yond the reach of pursuit. Witness for some time re sisted his proposals, but ultimately yielded to his impor tunities, and it was arranged between them that she should commit the robbery that night, and meet Donohue at the prisoner's lodgings on the following morning, to complete the arrangements for their intended voyage. Witness accordingly got up at an early hour in the morning, while her mother was asleep, and abstracted from one of her drawers a purse containing 141. 10s., with which she stealthily left the house, and made her way to the lodging in Thrawl-street, where she found the man Donohue and the prisoner waiting her arrival. C On entering the room she at once apprised them that she had taken the money, which she had secreted in the bosom of her dress, and after break fasting with them and partaking of a small quantity of beer, both the men left the apartment, but almost immediately returned with some rum, a portion of which they poured into a tea-cup and invited her to drink it. She noticed at the time that the liquor had a peculiar frothy appearance, but was induced to taste it, and had no sooner done so than she fell back in a state of com plete stupefaction. The narcotic effects of the draught were so powerful that she remained insensible for eighteen hours, and on recovering her consciousness, at six o'clock next morning, she found herself lying on the bed with the upper part of her dress torn open in front, and her purse and .money gone. The prisoner ard Donohue had both disappeared, and on looking about her she found the empty puree at the foot of the bed, together with a smaller purse belonging to her, and con taining 103., which they had left undisturbed. On reach ing the street, she communicated tho particulars of the robbery to the police; but they both succeeded in elud ing apprehension until Sunday evening, when the pri soner was at length taken into custody. Police-constable G 127 stated that after considerable difficulty he traced *the prisoner to a house in George alley, Holborn, and on learning the nature of the charge, he admitted having.given the prosecutrix some rum, but denied having received any portion of her money. The officer added that the man Donohue had not since been heard of, and there was every reason to believe that he had sailed for America. The prisoner, who protested his innocence, was ordered to be remanded for the completion of the depo sitions. THE INDIAN BUDGET. On Tuesday last Sir Charles Wood male his long expected statement on the financial condition of India. The circumstances under which the exposition was deli vered were of more than ordinary interest, for this was the first year of a new system of government—a system which virtually broke up the old traditional administra tion, arid transferred from the India-house to the Impe rial Parliament no small portion of authority and re sponsibility in these important affairs. Nevertheless, the attendance of the house was thin in the extreme, and Sir Charless addressed to empty benches his account of the finances, position, and prospects of one of the finest empires in the world. Upon the whole, the statement of the Minister was received with decided satisfaction by the few experienced listeners who remained to hear it, and this reception, considering the various points of improvement really displayed, was not, perhaps, alto gether undeserved. Looking broadly, however, at the subject, and comparing India as it is with India as we are assured it might be, we suspect the public will still find a great deal to desire. The present condition of the Indian Treasury can be explained in a few words. The total revenues of India, when compared with the total expenditure, gave in 1851-52 a net surplus of 531,2651. ; in 1852-53 another net surplus of 639,4651. ; but in 1853 54 a deficit of 872,3351. Taking the three years together, as Sir Charles thinks ought to be done, we get a surplus upon the whole period of something more than 300,0001. Now, we are quite prepared to admit that the value of India to this country is not to be measured by the results of a pecuniary balance ; and we will even go further, and acknowledge that a statement showing a largeannual sur plus would only show a bad system of government. The true value of India consists, not in its yield of ru p ees , but in the field which it offers to liberal enterprise, and in the honourable occupation which it affords to thou sands of Englishmen. But for India, all the home pro fessions, already .over-stocked, would be infinitely more crowded, and the difficulties of a respectable subsistence enormously increased. It is certainly not desirable that any pecuniary surplus should accrue to this country from the revenues of India, and any great excess of means annually shown would only prove either that taxation was too severe, or the expenditure upon works of utility too small. The proper principle of action in these affairs is to render the burdens of the native population as light as is consistent with the reasonable needs of the Government, and to apply to public works the chief part of any avail able balance. If the taxation of India were notoriously light, and if all works connected with the improvement of the country had been liberally performed, we should consider that a surplus of 100,0001. a-year was a very satisfactory result. Unfortunately, no such conditions have been fulfilled. The Indian Government is repre sented as oppressive and extortionate in the extreme, and, though there is doubtless some exaggeration in the pictuie, it is allowed on all sides that the natives suffer severely under the vreig4 respect to public works the case is worse still, for there is probably no country under the sun where natural resources are neglected to such an extent as in India. Enough is not done even to save the popu lation from the horrors of famine, though, in some in stances, an outlay'of a few thousand pounds would yield the security desired. These are the circumstances which give an unfavourable character to the balance-sheet of India . , and the result is not a little aggravated by the statement that affairs must needs proceed much in the same track. Sir Charles Wood explained that, while there was very little prospect of any diminution in the Indian ex penditure, there was equally little chance of any improvement in its revenues. We think the latter of these propositions by far the more doubtful of the two. At present it would probably nut be easy to effect any material reduction in the charges of Indian Government, but we are convinced it would be practicable very 'largely to augment its receipts. As Colonel Cotton observed on the land tenure of Madras, it would be easier to raise the land to the value of the assessment than to reduce the assessment to the actual worth of the land. How did Sir Charles frame his case on this point ? He argued that nothing more could be got out of the land revenue, and that of the other two chief sources of income opium yielded all that could be expected, while the customs could only beincreased by , an increase of exportations. In respect of opium, Ny' 3 admit the conclusion advanced ; but, with regard to the land and customs' revenue, we think the deduction good for nothing. Very likely the terms of settlement, or, to speak more familiarly, the long leases of Indian soil granted by the gr.nt landlord-Government, forbid much hope of increase in this direction ; but are there not enormous tracts of territory at present lying waste, which, by the judicious expenditure of money, might be made to yield ample re turns ? Is there not a prodigious extent of country ee yet brought under no cultivation at all ? It has been repeatedly asserted, in reports made to the Indian Government by officers of its own selection, that the outlay of a lac or two of rupees would quadruple the value of whole districts at a time. In India land is not productive without water, arid, as irrigation in that country must be artificial, it follows that tanks, reser voirs, and watercourses are the creators .rif landed pro perty. We shou:d like•to hear an estimate by any com petent person as to the extent of Indtan territory which, for want of these appliances, rein•dns absolutely unre" claimed and profitless. Again, what has become of our splendid acquisitions ? We have just brought the Pen* jab—a province in itself as large as a European king low —into good settled order ; we have further annexed an other vast territory described in Sir Charles's own Fpeeo as "an exceedingly rich country, producing fine crops of rice, admirably adapted to the cultivation of cotton, and containing timber of a valuable description." Over and above these accessions. of property, we have just succeeded by inhei•itanco to one of the most valuable States of India. ' Do all these acquisitions imply n° substantial gain ?—no prospective increase of land re' venue ? Take, in the next place, the revenue from Customs. " I fear," said Sir Charles, " that until the exports from India can be materially increased "we cannot exl , e° b any great augmentation from that sou'rce." Very Pr° bably not—but why should not . the exports be increase d in the proportion referred to ? This is precisely th e question which has been so agitated for the last 10 years. Here are we in England with an insufficient and preen; rious supply of cotton, a nd w ith d ecreas i ng s upplies 43 ' hemp and other fibrous substances, in the face o f an urgent demand. On the oth er s id e is India, with th e ' means of furnishing all these articles, and many others', in profusion. "They d o ex i s t th ere ," sa id Sir charlen himself, in great quantities, and but a very in iv a llfa „ . cient proportion is br o u g ht t o thi s coun t r y. „' then, should such an anom aly con ti nue ? And Why when India can supply w h a t we d eman d, and 13 %, countries would be infinit e ga i ners b y th e coniine r t: should things be permitted to remain as they ar e ? is the question which Indi an a d m i n i s t ra t ors will here,' after be called upon to answer, and. the first step to wn A a desirable solution has b ee n ma d e , we h o p e , in th e " 4" termination which Sir Ch ar l es announce d of providing the necessary funds for public works from the Tremu r r i of Calcutta, instead of measuri ng such expenditure by the surplus revenues of th e di s trict. It is urn t heg . t public works that the fi n an c ial progress of India toe, depend, and fortunat e ind ee d should it be considered that such mighty improveme n t s can be accomplishe d such simple means.-=Times. SHIPPING INT ELLIGENC-g• VESSELS SP( )KEN WITH. ' The Bloomer, Liverpool to Melbourne, lat 25. 5, long 35 v , out 42 days. tat 59 5 ' The Theron, Liverpool to Quebec, July 1 4 , long 17 W. 26 IV' The Empress , bound south, July 9, lat 10 N, long .T The Amelia, from Liverpool, July 10, lat 1 1 N , long b' W. Julf. The Queen of the Seas, Liverpool to Melbourne, 11, lat. 12 N, long 28 W. No. 8,157, second distinguishing pendant (ship), il l° the Clyde, July 10, lat 12 N, long 26 W. The General Woolfe, of London, Sunderland to Cill °l2 ° Aug. 8, lat 47 N, long 10 W. The St. Lawrence, bound to Montreal, Aug. 7, lat 5 1 5 ' long 13 W. The Freman (brig), of Liverpool, Aug. 3, lat 45 N, 100 g 11 W. • • Tb• Regina (barque), outward bound, Aug. 8, lat 46 SP long ll W. 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Ar, IC) The United Ki ng d om , July 23 Aug. 2, lat 46N, long jag The Faithful, for North Carolina, 8 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. CHELMSFORD— AuGusT 11. 93° 41 Prices to-day w ere as follow :—Wheat, white, old 4 40; to to 72s Od, new 49s to 73s ; red, old 40s to 675, new• dioso 66s ; barley, 27s to 356 ; chevalier, 33s to 366 • P al oa ts t 21s to 308 ; malt, 71s to 75s ; chevalier, 74s to 78s 493; 268 to 33s ; peas, partridge, 408 to 45s ; white, 475 1 0 °_ , boiling 54s to 6Js ; dun, new, 40s to 42s ; beans, tiAs. to 44s ;, Harrow ticks, 39s to 47s ; Mazagan, 40' t° • COLCHESTER— AUGUST 12.. i 0194; ei Prices to-day were as f o ll ow : —Wh ea t, white, 64 3 besiss, red, 60s to 64s ; barley, COs to 00s ; oats,oos to 003 : . pe a`, Mazagan, 42s to 44s ; m iddl e an d small, 46s to 48° ' Y white, 56s to 60s ; grey, 40s to 425. COAL MA RKET.—Aucusr 14. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market. 8. d. Wallsend, tto• Howard's West Hartley r 'g 6 Netherton Re dheugh Main. 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