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LONDON AND EASTERN BANKIN/4 CORPORATION, COURT OF BANKRWPTCY, EDINEI7RGIT, TCE6D.A.V. (Before Mr. Sheriff Hallard.) (BANKRI;PTCY OF JOIN EDWARD STEPIIENs, LATE BANKER. The examination of J. E. Stephens was resumed at Edinburgh to-day, before Mr. Sheriff Hallard. The sederunt was the same as the previous day, with the exception of Mr. Young, who was absent. The bankrupt, examined by Mr. Webster, for the creditors, deposed as follows :—I have before me a copy of Colonel Waugh's private accounts with the London and Eastern Bank, and I see there a sum of 52,9621. entered at his credit, being the amount of a promissory note by him to the bank, of date 16th January, 1857, less the sum of 1,3481. 6s. 6d. for discount. The bill was discounted for the pur pose of closing the balance then at his debit, which was overdrawn by that amount. I see in that account an entry of a balance of 1,5621. 12s. 6d. against Colonel Waugh, of date 18th April, 1857. Besides this balance, Colonel Waugh was at that date indebted to the bank 52,962/. in his promis sory note formerly referred to. Being shown four acceptances of Mr. C. Henry Carew to Colonel Waugh, and all bearing his endorsation—two for 4,0001. each, being dated 4th of November, 1856, and two for 10,000/. each, dated December 6, 1856 —depones : These bills were discounted by Colonel Waugh, at the bank, and the contents were placed to his debit ; and they form liabilities to the bank by him in addition to the 52,962/. They formed liabilities, however, to which Mr. C. H. Carew was a party. Being shown five borrowed notes granted by Colonel Waugh to the bank—two for 5,000/. each, two for 10,0001., and one for 68,000/., and dated respectively 17th Nov., 23d Nov., 17th Dec., 31st Dec., 1855, and 26th Sept., 1856, amounting altogether to 98, 000/. —d ep ones : These are all liabili ties by Colonel Waugh to the bank over and above those previously mentioned. Besides his private account already mentioned, Colonel Waugh kept another account with the London and Eastern Bank, called the Beddington Estate Fund ; and in March, 1857, the sum due to the bank on that account was 44,082/. 4d. A promissory note by Col. Waugh for this aura had, on the 17th Nov., 1855, been placed to the credit of the said Beddington Estate Fund account, to write off a debit balance of nearly that amount. There was also an acceptance by Mr. Francis Carey to Col. Waugh for 15,0001., of date 4th Dec., 1856, which was discounted by the bank, and placed to the Branksea Clay Company's ac count, to right of a previous balance. Col. Waugh drew and endorsed that bill. The date at which it was discounted was the date of the dissolution of the company. I never, either as an individual or through the Branksea Clay Company, of which I was a partner, received any of the money drawn from the bank by Col. Waugh, and placed to the debit of his private account. His attention being called to the bank ledger, and to various entries in Col. Waugh's private account of sums debited to him as paid to the Branksea Clay Company, and one of 3,800/. paid to the bankrupt, and being asked if he had any explanation to give which would reconcile these entries with his last answer, depones —I never received for my personal benefit any sum through the Branksea Clay Company, though sums were at different times placed to the credit of that company, of which I was a partner. My attention being called to the second entry, "1)01., ditto, ditto," I give the same answer. In reference to the third entry, "Paid J. E. Stephens 3,0641. 2s. 2d," depones—That was f,,r shares of the bank which I sold to Col. Waugh. With regard to the next entry of the 11th June—viz., " 900/. paid to Branksea Clay Company," I give the same answer as to the first and second In reference to the fifth entry, " 1,0001.," the sixth, " 1,623/. 124. 1d.," and the last, " 2,5001.," on the 29th Dec., I give the same answer. With reference to the absolute negative answer preceding the answers I have now gtven in detail, I have now to explain that I misunderstood the general question then put to me, thinking it meant to refer to my receiving the amount fur my exclusive personal benefit and without value. Interrogated--Was the debt due by you and your partner in the Clay Company not diminished by each of the sums so placed at the credit of that ac count by transfers from the personal account of Col. Waugh ? Depones—Yes, it was. Being asked—Was there any correspondence be tween you and Col. Waugh showing the inducement which made Col. Waugh ask you to become his partner ? Depones—l have no recollection of such correspondence, but such may have occurred. Being shown a let'er dated Saturday, 91h June, beginning " My de it Stephens," and signed " W. P. Waugh," and containing the following passage : 7--" For joining with you I have a return, having capital at my back to entirely liberate myself ; and you for finding me such capital have your share of the mineral property what it may be ;" and being asked whether th;s statement of the inducement of Col. Waugh making you his partner, is or is not correct, and whether there was any source then in your contemplation from which the capital was to be supplied excepting what was to be obtained from the London and Eastern Bank, of which you were the manager. Depores—There was. Iliad arranged with Col. Waugh to advance him 5,0001. on mort gage ; but the intention was not carried out, owing to the long delay which took place in preparing the mortgage papers ; and Col. Waugh having in the interval become indebted to a large amount to the bank, I did not wish to hold auy mortgage prefer able to it. Did you prefer letting him have 5,0001. from the bank without security to lending him 5,000/. of your own ? Depones—The advances given by the hank were originally given on the security of a bond for 30,0001. given by Mr. Francis Carew to Colonel Waugh, and two policies of insurance for 4,0001., deposited with the bank. Col Waugh deposited these securities on opening an account with the bank, acid it must be an error on the part of the trarrefer cNtk if it is not mentioned in the securities book. Intel-it:a - Lid with r-ference to th e t wo bill s f or 4,0001. each diScolitifecl to Colonel Waugh in Dec., 1856, whether at that date the bank was solvent ? Dapones—To my knotvledge it was not insolvent. Interrogated in refvrence to the 3,064/. 2s. 61 paid to you on 10th May, 1845, from Col. Waugh's ivate account, did you receive the same in cash ? Depones—The amount was transferred to my ac count with the bulk in exchange for shares of the bank transferred by me to Colonel Waugh. Being pressed for a direct answer to the foregoing query : Depones—l did not receive it in cash. Besides the severat companies mentioned yester day, were you not also a partner with Capt. Henry Feudal in a carpet company, prior to 12th March, 1857 ? Depones—l was not. Were you not connected with him in any under taking ?—I do not remember being so. There was a proposed company, called the Patent Carpet Com pany, but I did not join it to the beat of my recol lection. Shown the register-book of securities bAonging to the bank, and his attention called to an entry on page 95, in which his name and th'Lt of Captain Fendel and two others occur in connection with the deposit of "patented rights in a new company for carpets," as being given in security f au advance of 1,0001., and again asked if he was not connected with that concern. Depones—Such a company was for.ned, but I did not join it. I was not a partner, but I was au intended partner. Had you any commotion with it except as a pro p , sed partner who did not join it ? Depoues—l kid nut. How flid you dispos3 of your int 3rest in it ? Did you not sell an interest in it ?—I do not re niembar doing so. The examination was then adjourned till Wed nesday. ANOTHER AUDACIOUS ROBBERY FROM A CAB. Yesterday information was given of a most impudent and daring cab robbery, c immitted within sight of, and almost close to, the Worship-ettl i eet Police-court, under the following circumstances : On Tuesday a gentleman of the name of Johnson, just arrived in town, engaged a cab at the Eastern Counties Railway Station, Suoreditch, to convey himself and his luggage to his hot,l, in Jerinyn-atreet, St. James's, and at five in th e e ven i ng t h e ca b was seen passing the police on with three trunks upon the roof. There wis a L r il ' 3 :v t d il :bo pr u of t the . spot, al usual at that time, and doubt• bled to ite:eional notice of some of the thieves assen. police-van wae:'',,t the departure of their friends in the St. Peters (a. tbteracted by the appe.rance of the R te, portiaianteatb.), lor Y th in 81"4. language call trunks and a fellow had nut reached the end of the street when ed up behind and pulled off one of the trunks, Whic h wag. as in the recent case of the Countess of Ellesmere, weighty that it fell into the road, and drae%ed the thieof lose, it also. The cabman drove on, urconaelousol tl w ie n occu s x , , but a railway whichreze frorn a Carter named Cale, who saw the thief fl,d, little distance, raised an alarm, upon leavinet his booty where it fell, and although g person, resident in pursue'd, unfortunat-ly succeeded in making hii e r : c u a sl Y Mr. Reeve, a gentl?manly-hiekin Purileir--ow, took care of the trunk, and had it placed in the care of Hayward, the police-court warrant-officer, who conveyed it in a cab to the G stat;on-bouse, in old. street. In the meantime the trunk was missed, upo n the arrival of the cab in Jertnyn-street, and while the officers were afterwards making inquiry after the cab man at the railway station, Mr. Johnson's servant came there also to inquire after the lost property, and was am reeably surprised to find it in the possession of In -5p ctor B r i e k nel , , at the police-station, and it has s i nce been restored to the owner, The contents are stated to have been of considerable ;7:due including, among other property, diam on d s and various ' jewellery of the value of 100!. 1 ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. ESTERN reIROUIT.—WINcitEsn:P., Dee. 9, W (Before Mr. Justice:les.) Frederick Deane was indicted for feloniously killing and slaying Hannah George, at Cosham, on the 29th of October. Mr. W. M. Cooke and Mr. Russell were counsel for the prosecution ; and Mr. Poulden and Mr. H. P. Cole for the prisoner. The prisoner was a surgeon of 14 or 15 years' standing, residing at Cosham, near Portsmouth, and he was charged with negligent or rash conduct towards Mrs. George in her confinement, in conse quence of which she died. The evidence of Mr. George will give a history of the transaction. He said—l am a grceer. I was married to my wife in May ; she was 22 years of age. In October she was expecting her confinement. I had retained Mr. Deane, and had provided a nurse. On Friday, the 23d of October, my wife was taken ill. Mr. Deane was called in. He visited my wife again on Saturday. At four o'cock on Sunday morn ing I got up and called iu Mr. Deane. He came and remained the whole of that day, and until 7 o'clock on Monday morning. Mr. Deane came on the Sunday evening, and remained all night. I suggested further advice, but the prisoner said there was no occasion for it ; it was a common case, such as he should snap his lingers at. Mr. Deane left after breakfast on the Monday morning. He paid two visits in the course of that day. He came again on Tuesday morning, stayed a little time, and then brought Mrs. Deane. He came again on Wednes day morning, and said he was not required, and went away. He was sent for at 7 o'clock on the Wednesday evening. I asked if he had not better take a second opinion. He said if I chose to fool away a couple of guineas I might do it, but there was no occasion for it. He remained that night. About 6 o'clock next morning he came downstairs and said it was a natural presentation ; the head was in the world and it would soon be over. I entreated him to have a second opinion. He said nature was doing its own work, but doing it slowly; that the pains had ceased, and he quoted some lectures on midwifery to justify his waiting. About 8 o'clock he told me that there had been some en tanglement about the head which he had re moved, and all would soon be well. He came down without his coat. My wife expressed a wish to see me, and I went up to her room about 9 o'clock. Mr. Deane was sitting by the side of the bed and Mrs. Deane was sitting ou the bed. I went and kissed my wife and never saw her afterwards. Soon after Mr. Deane came down stairs. I said a man must have a heart of steel not to feel for a poor creature suffering as she was, and I must in siet upon having another opinion, and suggested Dr. Ingledew. He said he was a friend of his, and there was no man into whose pocket he would rather put a guinea, -but there was no occasion. I said, " Never mind the expense ; send for him." He said he would go himself, because if a messenger were sent the doctor might not Lome till he had seen his other patients, and that in all probability he would bring him in his own carriage. He went by the omnibus at 10 o'clock. Dr. Ingledew lived four miles off. Mr. Deane returned alone about 2 o'clock. I said, " Where's the doctor'?" He said he could not come. I said, " Good God ; not come ?" He sail he had stated the whole of the case to him, and that would do as well. He said the doctor had asked him why he did not remove the child, and he bad told him he could do it himself, and should do it directly. Dr. Ingledew had told him that he (Mr. Deane) must be the best judge of the time. I asked him if the child was dead : he said he could not tell till it was completely born. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon he said it was necessary that something should be done, and he went for Mrs. Littlefield, who lived close by, and they went up-stairs toge ther. About 6 o'clock Mr. Deane came to me and said, "1 have bad news to tell you—she is gone." said, "Good God, sir, you have left it too long." He assured me everything had been done that could be. In the course of that day he told me he thought there were twins. Another medical man lived within 150 yards, but he was younger than Mr. Deane, and I had heard Mr. Deane say he would not meet a junior practitioner. Mr. Deane was never absent long together, and Mrs. Deane came frequently. I have not directed this prosecution. I declined to employ an attorney, as it was brought forward by a county magistrate. The nurse stated that on the Wednesday even ing Mr. Deane said it would soon be all over, and if she would give him a glass of brandy he would soon give her a child. She gave him a glass of brandy, which he drank off. The head of the child was born about daybreak on the Thursday morning. Mr. Deane said the child had been dead some time. He tried very hard for half an hour to deliver the child. She had no natural pains from the Wednesday to Thursday except what were produced by medicine which Mr. Deane had given her. Mrs. George was very much exhausted. Mr. Deane came in shortly before she died and said she was hysterical—she must not give way. She was faint, and would soon get better. This was 20 minutes before she died. Three medical men who made a post mortem examination of the body of Mrs. George on Mon day, the 2d of Nov., stated that they found great decomposition of the upper part of the body, es pecially the face. She was a well-formed, healthy young woman. The head of the child was born as far as the shoulders. It was a natural position. It was delivered without the least difficulty. There was no obstruction to the birth. From hearing the evidence to-day they were of opinion that she died from exhaustion of the vital powers after a long protracted labour and the non-delivery of the child. After the head was born the rest of the body ought to have been delivered. Not more than 10 minutes should have elapsed before the complete delivery ought to have been effected. In a labour which had been protracted for a week it was necessary to deliver completely at once. Delay would be dan gerous. Had the child been immediately delivered the mother might have been saved. After labour had completely set in a practitioner was not justi fied iu leaving the patient for more than an hour or two. It would be unsafe to leave after the head was Wm. It was a common thing after the head was born for the labour pains to cease altogether, which was a proof of exhaustion. This was a long, tedious, sluggish labour. It was au unusually large child, measuring 24 inches in length. Instrumental delivery was always dangerous to life. If they could not succeed in the complete delivery within an hour they would perforate the chest of the child. They had never heard of such as a case as this. One of the surgeons said he should have proceeded with fear and trembling. They would have sought a second opinion, and if they could not have obtained that they should have acted at once. In such a case they would not have left the bedside of the patient. Mr. Deane was spoken of as a person of good professional character. Mr. Poulden, for the prisoner, urged upon the jury that the prisoner and his wife had acted with great kindness and attention to Mrs. George, and the most that could bs charged against him was that he had erred in judgment, but he did not con cede even that, because the medical men who had been called were not present at the time, and it was impossible to know what they would have done had they attended the poor woman. One of the sur geons had stated that in such a case he should have proceeded with fear and trembling ; but they all agreed that they had never known such a case, therefore how could they couvic . ; the prisoner of gross rashness and negligence ? Mr. Justice Willes, in summing up, observed that the question was, not whether the prisoner had been guil y of an error in judgment, because for that no one was answerable ; but the question was whether the prisoner had acted with such gross rashness or neglect as to cause the death of the woman. The jury retired for some time, and then came into court and said they found the prisoner Guilty of gross neglect. Mr. Justice Willes told the jury that was not a verdict. The question was whether the prisoner 1,37 gross rashness or neglect had caused the death of Mrs. George. The jury again retired, but eventually brought in a verdict of Guilty. The Judge said he should take time to consider what sentence he should pass. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, DEC. 8. (Before Mr. Justine Chas. Vim. Smith, aged 28, was indicted for forging awl uttering, knowing it to be forged, a promissory note for the payment of money at Wakefield on the 24th July last. Mr. Johnston appeared for the prosecution ; the pr:s.. , ner was undefended. The prisoner, who appeare 1 at the bar dressed in a blue jacket with a badge of a petty officer of the Royal navy on the arm, went, it appeared, on the 24th July last, to the office of Mr. Wainwrigh', an attorney, at Wakefield, of cDnsiderable txperience in criminal offences, and complained to him that a man named Barber had robbed him. Mr. Wain wright sent f or M r. M'Donald, the chief of the P0!1k:,3, and i n th e i r presence he represented him al ;e . a l n t at . t i o a t lie : e ; petty officer in the Royal navy, who been discharged from H.M.S. Excel. b y BaArberr, wathAtoinigiethae. part:culars of the robber said e ph , se tail s boizdltt k had ri r f u o iri his ffs apprehension, with and wishing in tracing it out, and r e v q: u o n i i P r M'Donald said u t e l e t d o ana som al e v e a x n. p c e e ns o e f 51. The prisoner - then note which he said the officer of theprimpisshoaryd given ban rather than that he should have the ' money by him And lose it, and this note he handed to Mr. Wainwright, and it purported to be dated— " Portsmouth, July 13. " Ten days after date I promise to pay to Charles Wil liam Smith, 25/. for value received. " 25/. " G. H. GIBBS, Lieutenant, Royal Navy. " Case and Londonsack, Navy Agents, 1, James-street, Adelphi, London." Fie also informed Mr. Wainwright that he had paid a similar note into the Old Bank at Leeds, three days before, for which he held their accountable receipt, which he produced. Mr. Wainwright took the note and sent his clerk with it to his bankers, intending that they should take charge of it and pre sent it when due, but they sent him back cash for it, and of the proceeds he handed 5/. to M`Donalcl, 2L to a constable, and 11. to the prisoner, who told him to take charge of the rest. Meantime the pri soner ordered some new clothes, which were sup plied by Mr. Wainwright's tailor, and also ordered a conveyance for a drive for himself and some mem bers of Mr. Wainwright's family, and the inquiries as to the robbery he had suffered were being prose cuted with vigour, when Mr. Wainwright's banker informed him a day or two after that this bill was a forgery, and that there was no such person as Lieut. Gibbs, of the Royal Navy. The prisoner was in con sequence apprehended, and in due time the bill de posited at the Leeds Bank was presented and dis honoured. The prisoner then asked Mr. Wainwright to write to Sir Charles Wood at the Admiralty, complaining that his pay was withheld, and also drew an order on a Jew at Portsmouth, who he re presented was acquainted with Lieut. Gibbs, and who would get the money for Mr. Wainwright which he had expended. It tuned out that no such Jew was to be found. It was also proved by Mr. Green, a clerk in the Leeds Old Bank, that the prisoner, when he bad presented the other promissory note at the bank requested cash for it, which they re fused to give, but agreed to obtain cash for him by presenting it when due, and gave him an account able receipt fur it. It was also proved by a clerk from the Admiralty that the register of officers of the navy had been searched, and that there was no such person as Lieutenant Gibbs in the Royal navy. The prisoner cross-examined each of these wit nesses at enormous length as to their knowledge of his correspondence with various parties, and espe cially with one Gilbert Barrington Fretwell, who represented himself as a barrister-at-law, residing at 3, James-street, Adelphi, who acted as his agent, and who had got his money, but who, in fact, was only a schoolmaster ; and called Mr. Noble, the governor of the gaol, to corroborate his statement as to his correspondence and money transactions. Mr. Noble stated that he was always writing let ters, that he had represented Mr. Gilbert Barring ton Fretwell to be his uncle, and that an answer to one of his letters to the Bank in Dublin stated that he never had an account there, and they knew nothing about him, and that he had made so many false statements he could rely on nothing that he said. His Lordship, in summing up, directed the jury that it was equally a forgery in point of law to forma the name of a person whether he existed or not, provided it were done with intent to defraud. To establish that intent it was not necessary that the prisoner should have obtained money on the promissJry note • if he uttered it with the ob ject of obtaining credit, or of furthering his views in carrying out any fraudulent object, that would be an uttering with intent to defraud. The jury found the prisoner guilty. His Lordship sentenced bitn to 10 years' pena servitude. James Carter and Thomas Butterwood were in dicted for assaulting Joseph Gray, and stealing from him a sum of money and a watch. Mr. Shaw and Mr. Sykes appeared for the pro secution • Mr. Daarsley defended Carter, and Mr. J. W. Blackburn defended Butterwood. It appeared that the prosecutor, on the evening of Oct. 23, was attacked at Sandal Magna, near Wakefield, by two men, and was thrown down and throttled, and while on the ground ill used and robbed. The jury found Carter guilty, and h 3 was sea. teneed to five years' penal servitude. Butterwond was acquitted. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—.GLOUCESTER, DEC. 8. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) Charles James Watson was charged with forging wo orders for the payment of Si. and 1/. 6s. 9d., at Bristol, on the 18th August. Mr. W. H. Cooke appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. It appeared that on the 17th Aug. last a Mr. Taylor, a printer at Bow, in Middlesex, obtained two money orders—one for 51., and the other for 11. 6s. 9d. He then enclosed them in two enve lopes, and directedthem to "Mr. Watson, No. 9, Russ-street, Bristol." The party for whom they were intended, John Watson, lived at No. '9 ; but it appeared there was another No. 9 in the same street, where the prisoner formerly lodged. The letters were both misdelivered at the prisoner's former lodgings, and thus came into his hands. When he opened his letters he said they oontained orders for money from his friends in Loudon. He took one of the orders to the post-office, signed " John Watson," and thus got 1/. 6s. 9d. : and the same day he got another man to take the other order to the post-office, also signed "John Watson," and thus he obtained the whole of the money. In quiries were afterwards made, and the prisoner ad mitted that he had obtained the money, but said lie believed it had been sent to him by his friends in London. The letters which accompanied the orders were not found upon the prisoner, nor were they produced by him. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Baron Martin, in passing sentence, said that in consideration of the great temptation, he would pass upon the prisoner a lenient sentence—viz., that he be imprisoned with hard labour for 12 calendar months. George Wood, aged 59, shoemaker, was charged on the coroner's inquisition with the manslaughter of Hannah Wood. The grand jury had thrown out a bill for the same offence. Mr. W. H. Cooke, who appeared for the prose cution, said that under the circumstances be felt it to be his duty not to offer any evidence in this case. Mr. Baron Martin said he quite approved of that course. The deceased died of apoplexy, and it was very doubtful whether the act or negligence of the prisoner had anything to do with the death. Mr. Cooke said the case had excited a good deal of feeling, but he felt bound to say that there was no probability of a conviction. Mr. Baron Martin said, he quite concurred in the observation, but added, that it was a very proper case for the coroner to inquire into. The prisoner was then discharged. Wm. Ball, aged 25, labourer, and Richard Ball, aged 17, labourer, were charged with stealing 151. from the person of Charles Saunders, at Woolstau ton, on the 21st of Nov. Mr. Powell appeared for the prosecution, Mr. Sawyer defended the prisoners. It appeared that the prosecutor was a young farni servant, who in the:course of a 12 years' service bad saved up the sum of 161. Bs. He was about to be married to a young woman, and haying seen her home safe on the night of the 21st Noy., he went towards his home, with 151. in one pocket, and 11. Bs. in the other. On his way he entered a beer shop and there had some cider, and paid for it with a sovereign. The elder prisoner, Win. Ball, was there, and when the prosecutor observed that he should not go home that night, but should sleep at the Swan public-hou=e, as he had something about him, the prisoner induced him to go to the home of a man named Williams, and have some drink. Aoaording to the prosecutor's statement, while lean ing with his left arm on the dresser in Williams's house, he felt the younger prisoner, Richard Ball, put his hand into his right hand pocket. He imme diately missed the 151., and charged the prisoner with robbing him. This the prisoner denied, and offered to be searched, but the offer was not ac cepted. In the meantime the elder prisoner struck the younger prisoner a blow on the chest, and then gave the prosecutor a severe blow, which caused him to bleed profusely. The prisoner's mother then came and took the younger prisoner away. The prosecutor was taken care of for the night, and next morning he caused the prisoners to be taken into custody. Their house wassearched, but no part of the money was found. Williams was examined, and said he saw the prisoner's hand in the prosecu tor's pocket and suspected that he was about to commit a robbery, but he said nothing about it and went to bed. Mr. Baron Martin said there was no case against the elder prisoner. Mr. Sawyer then addressed the jury for the younger prisoner, and contended that no reliance could be placed on the witness Williams. Mr. Baron Martin summed up the evidence; and The jut , y found the prisoner not guilty. J, In Tyler, aged 20, ti,hernean, was charged with maliciously setting fire to the dwelling-house of Rachel Tyler, one Mary Tyler being then iii the said dwelling-house, at Tidenham, on Aug. 19, 1857. Mr. Sawyer appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Powe 1 defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner lived with his grandmother, Rachel Tyler. He came home one night late, and his grandmother complained, and told him he had better go back to the place from which be came. He went up to his bed-room, and presently came down and went out, saying he would burn the b-- lot of them. He immediately re turned to the house with two bundles of straw, 'which he took upstairs and set on lire. The pri soner then came downstairs and locked the dior. The grandmother had left the house, but the pri- Boner had a sick aunt in bed in the kitchen. She soon found that the house was on fire, but the pri son,r would not allow her to open the door, and he took a knife and threatened to kill anybody who entered. The neighbours, however, forced the door, and endeavoured to extinguish the fire, brit without success, for the house was consumed. In the course of the trial Mr. Baron Martin asked the counsel for the pri soner if the facts could be altered, for, if not, he had but one alternative. Mr. Powell said be could not resist a conviction, but he wished to examine some witnesses to show that some of the prisoner's family had been insane, and that when the prisoner had been drinking he was in the same state. The grandmother was examined on this point, but she stated that her husband had a very firm mind. The learned counsel abandoned the examin ation. Mr. Baron Martin then directed the jury that if they believed the evidence they must find the pri soner guilty, which they did accordingly. His Lordship said the crime of which the pri soner had been convicted was a capital one, but the statute, the 4th George IV., c. 48, authorised him, if he thought fit, not to pass sentence, but to order the sentence of death to be re cor d e d. H e should adopt that course in this case, but, though the prisoner's life would be spared, be must not expect that his sentence would be 1e45 than penal servitude for life. Sentence of death recorded. John Dean, aged 47, labourer, was charged under the 7th and Bth of George [V., c. 29, with sending a letter to one William Horlock, demanding money with menaces, and without any reasonable or pro bable cause. Mr. Powell appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. The prosecutor, William Horlock, stated that he was the porter of the Upton-on-Severn Workhouse, and that in October last the following letter in the handwriting of the prisoner was delivered to him : "Oct. 25. " Dear Sir,—l have been informed that you have had dealings with my wife since we have been marreyed. I have evident proof of the same, and in consequence I am much injured, and if you don't leave 2/. for me at the Publick House at Long Hope, called the Farmers Bay, on or before the 2d of November I shall go to Mr. Carter's and take proceedings against you, and I can tell plenty of what you will be sorry to hear. "Joni DEAN, May Hill. "Address— " Mr. William Orlick, Porter at Westbury-on-Severn Workhouse, Gloucestershire. "Leave it coaled and directed for me• I beg you will keep out of my reach." _ The prosecutor stated that there was no truth what ever in the imputation as far as he was concerned ; but he admitted that he had on one occasion called at the prisoner's house, in the prisoner's absence, and given her a shilling for some drink ; but the woman herse'f, who was in court, denied the state ment of the prosecutor, and declared that the con tents of the letter wore true. The prisoner, in his defence, said he believed the charge to be true, and it had caused him a good deal of pain, and he had prayed to God that he might have grace to forgive the prosecutor. Mr. Baron Martin, in summing up the evidence, said it was immaterial whether the charge contained in the letter was true or false ; it would be equally the offence contemplated by the statute. The prisoner here interrupted the learned judge by stating that he wrote the letter in the hope of getting evidence that the prosecutor was guilty of the offence. The jury found the prisoner guilty. It was then proved that the prisoner had been previously convicted of felony, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Mr. Baron Martin then sentenced him to be im prisoned, with hard labour, for 12 calendar mouths. When the grand jury was discharged his Lord ship said the calendar was very light, and it was much to the credit of the county that miring the last four months, since tho summer ass . zes, there had been so little crime. The whole of the business was brought to a close by half-past one o'clock. NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.—CHESTER, DEC, 9. (Before Mr. Baron Channel].) THE BRAMHALL MURDER. Yesterday, after the despatch of our parcel, the following evidence was taken in the case of James Fergivon Henderson, charged with the wilful mur der of his father, Mr. James Henderson, a farmer, residing at Hardy's Farm, Bramhall. Jane Henderson examined—l am asingle woman, living at Bramhall, and daughterof the deceased, and sister of the prisoner. I remember the 29th of September. My mother, the prisoner, my brother Thomas, and my married sister Jessie Irlam, were all at Hardy's Farm, Bramhall. We all slept 'in the house that night, and the servants also. Two other servants slept in the granary.. My father slept in the front room, and my brother James in the other front room. I slept in a back room, and my mother and sister in the back room opposite. The servants slept in the attic, and also my brother Thomas. The servants on,the night of the 29th of September went to bed at 8, my father at 9. My brother Thomas went to bed, and my mother and sister and myself at 12 o'clock. As we went to bed we passed the back door. It was locked, and a wooden bar across it. We left my brother James in the parlour. He was writing. About 2 o'clock in the morning we were disturbed by a noise on the stairs. We came out on the staircase, and next thing I heard was my brother James opening the door. He fired a gun and called out, " Tom, emu) down immediately, there are robbers its the house." James called out for a light. He opened my bedroom door, and asked for matches to light a candle. I lighted my candle and gave it to him. I asked him where the robbers were, and he said they were gone downstairs. He was then standing ou the top of the stairs. I went into my room and shut the door. A few minutes after wards the servant man came to my door and told me to come—that my father was shot. I went to any father's room. My brothers James and Thomas were there. I saw my father lying on his bet on his back, with his hands on his chest. His head was on the pillow. Ho had been shot in the mouth. I I have seen n that my father in his sleep, a n d position . My b ro th er have seenfrequently h i m in James and Jessie Mane, my sister, came into the room. James said his writing desk had been broken open, and 141. 10s. taken from it. I had seen money in his desk, but not shortly previous to that. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Parry—l have seen money many times in my brother's desk, as much as 141. orls/. My father's face was conside rably blackened on one sid e. I awoke suddenly, as if roused up, and the first thing I heard was the sound of footsteps. There appeared to me to be more than one person moving rapidly, but I could not tell whether up or down stairs. When my brother James came to my door he was only in his night shirt. It would be quite ten minutes, if not more, from the time of the outcry to the time the men called me. My father was in the habit o f go i ng t o bed early and rising early. We nearly always when we went to bed left my brother James. He was cashier to Messrs. Saunders and Smith, corn factors, Manchester, and frequently when be name home made up his business accounts. My father used to rise about 4 o'clock. My brother James used to leave the house before 8 o'clock to go to Manchester, which is about 10 miles distant. My father was very skilful in rearing lean cattle and fattening them. James had not such skill and had nothing to do with the stock or management of the farm. I know of money transactions bet ween my father and James, and that James made several advances of money to my father. It was known to the fa aily that James was going to Sydney in the spring, where I have a sister-in-law. On Monday Sept. 28, there was a sale of cattle by auction at the farm. A Mr. Brady was the auctioneer. There was a great number of people, and lunch was pro vided. Ido not know whether any came merely as spectators and to have a lunch. Mr brother James is rather lame, and limps in his walk. I know my brother's footsteps, and 1 am sure that the footsteps I heard on the stairs were not his. Re-examined—l heard those feotsteps about half a minute after I awoke. I can tell my brothel's walk by a halt, and I know that these footstep were not his'because there was no halting. The sound appeared to be that of muffled feet, or of persons walking in their stockings. I never knew of disputes between James and my father about money transactions. They had a disput last No vember twelvemonth. My brothers wished to tike the management of the money, because my father's sight hat become dim. My father was in the habit of going to Scotland every year. He intended to go there the next day if ho had not been killed. It was known in the family that my father kept hie money in a drawer in a table in hi s b e d roo m. By Sergeant Parry—M y father was in the habit of going t U Scotland to b uy l ean cattle to fatten. In the dispute I mention e d b e t wee n my father and James a person named T urn b u ll was called in. Owing to my father's di mness o f e ight he had paid away a sovereign for a shilling. I am quite sure that the dispute occur re d i n N ove mber. By Mr. Weleby—Turubull was only once called in. Thomas Henderson, examined by Mr. Welsby. I'am the younger son of the deceased. I lived at the farm, and was employed at farm work. I was ' away from home on th e night my father was killed. I returned home at ten, and went to bed about half-past. Bleese and th e b oy s l eep in the same room as I do. I w as a l armed i n t h e night about 2 o'clock by the report o f fi rearms, an d I jumped up out of bAI and went t o th e top o f -the staircase. Before I came to th e t o p o f t h e sta i rca2o I heard my • brother James jump out of Led and run across the room. He then opened the door and fired the second • shot. My room is directly over my brother's. I then ; ill:lite(' to Beiese and the boy, but it did not awake him. I then went to Bleese and pulled the clothes off him, which awoke him. That was before I heard the second report. I went into the Irish girl's room, looked out of the window, came Lack again, and shouted to Bleese. I then went into my room to put on my trousers. After the second report I heard footsteps running down or upstairs. Bleese and I then went to the top of the staircaee. The Irish girl was behind us. I heard Jamey call to my sister for a light, and having got it he went into his bedroom. Before that he had called out to me that there were robbers in the house. My brother went into his room, and I heard him load both barrels of his gun. Bleese, the woman, and myself then come downstairs. I went first, and had a thick stick. We went with James down iuto the back kitchen. James had the gun with him. There was no other gun in the house, and it was sometimes kept in the sitting room, ray brother's room, and the kitchen. It belonged to my father. We found the kitchen door open, and the bar was half reared up against the wa ll. 'We thenkwoke the Irish men. We then went into the sitting room, and saw my brother's writing desk with the hasp lying down among the papers. James said there had been 14. 1 ,. 10s. taken from it. We then went down into the cellar, and observed that the ala cask had been run ning a little. There was wet below it. After that we went to my father's bedroom, not ten minutes after we were first roused. We found him lying dead. We then came out of the room, and James handed me his gun. My father's door was not shut and was not latched ;it was just half closed. I am quite 'sure of that. We then went to my sister 'a bedroom to tell htr what had happened, and we all went back i n t o th e room . I exam i ne d my father's desk, where he kept his money, to see if it had been broken open. I lifted up my father's hand and it fell down again. After coming out of the room the second time James gave me his gun. We went down stairs, but I don't recollect that ' James told me to fire it. I think he told me that I was to fire it out at the kitchen door, but I could not be sure. I went outside and fired it in the air over the pigcots. We then all agreed that Dillon and I should go and•fetch the police. That was ' about a quarter of an hour after firing the gun. In that time we dressed ourselves. I also went into • the sittingroom, when I saw that all the things were out of the desk. I then went to my brother's room, where my trunk was, and put on my Sunday clothes. I remember a sparrow being killed on the Tuesday meriting. There is a pear tree on the grass plot, on the eastern side of the house. Thera was a ladder at the tree. I was present at the sale of cattle on the Mondtay. The amount of it was about 218/., which sum was taken home by the auctioneer. My father told him that he had better take it home, as there had been several robberies at farmhouses where the sales had been, and that he and I would fetch it on Tuesday. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Parry—The conversation about the robberies took place at tea, and it was in consequence of what was said that my father refused to take the money from the auc tioneer. Mr. Irlam was present, and in conse quence of what had been said slept in the house on Monday nigh.. It was after the first shot that I heard James jump out of bed and run across the room. The first shot did not appear to me so loud as the second, but I could not tell. It was as I jumped out of my bed that I heard my brother James jump out of his. After the second shot I heard the footsteps on the stairs of more than ono person. My brother limps in his walk. The steps I heard were quick, as of persons running. I can undertake to swear that those were not the steps of my brother. We knew it was James's intention to go to Sydney. I know of James being security for my father to the amount of 1,000/. My father was surety for him for 150/. I think James made money by other means than being a clerk. The 150/. my father was security for was for speculations ; my father got up early.in the morning, and James and he seldom met in the morning. James sat next to his father on a Sunday, and 'used to help him to his dinner. The kitchen door is easily opened from the inside. Smetton was the first constable who came, about an hour and a half before any one else. He had been employed to watch the farmhouse. Mr. Andrews came after something. Persons could easily get away from the house into the high road. The door of my father's room was half-open. Malockuay, who was with us when we went to the room, was following behind. When I came home at 11 there was no light in the back kitchen. Re-examined—l know that the footsteps on the stairs were not those of my brother, because there was no halt in them. There was a Scotch sheep dog in the house. It was up in my room. The door of my room was open. The dog made no alarm. He is not a house clog at all. By Mr. Sergeant Parry—He is a Scotch collie. He thinks more of sleep than anything else. I never heard him bark in the house. John Bleeso examined—l was a farm servant of the deceased. I slept in the attic with the boy Wood, in the same room as Thomas Henderson. _ _ We went to bed on the 29th about eight o'clock, and at two on the following morning I was awak, cued by two reports of firearms. There was about half a minute elapsed b3tween the two discharges. I got up after the second report. Thomas shouted to me to get up. After the second report I heard nothing ou the stairs. I dressed and went down stairs. I heard James say there were robbers in the house. Thomas went down stairs first. I had struck a light. When I went down I saw James at his bedroom door with a gun and a candle. A few minutes passed between the last report and the time I saw James at the door. The candle that James had gave a good light, and appeared to have been lit long. James was in his night-dress. I then went down-stairs with James and Thomas. We went into the kitchen. Jams had a gun. I saw that the kitchen door was open. James went into the kitchen, and called the Irishmen. When they came in we searched the cellar, but saw nothing p articular in it. We went up-stairs. James or Thomas was first. We went into the old man's bed room. The door was shut and latched. One of the sons raised the latch, but I do not know who went in first. I saw the old man in bed. Nobody touched him. The nearestthat anyone went was a few yards from the body. No examination was made in the room. We then went down-stairs. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Parry—Perhaps I was the third who went into the room. lam not sure. I was as wide awake then as lam now. I had only been engaged at the place two days. I had been at Manchester that day, and had three glasses of ale. I know Adshead's at Cheadle, but did not go there drunk. John Dillon, one of the farm labourers who slept in the house at the time of the murder, was next examined, and deposed to the circumstances in connection uith the disturbance caused by the report of firearms. George Oswald Andrews, superintendent of po lice for the Stockport division, detailed a conversa tion be had with the prisoner about the murder on arriving at the house, in which he described hoe/ he was arou , ed, hearing footsteps, opening his bed room door, and firing at the outline of a man upon the wall, and seeing a light extinguished in his father's room. Upon the bed on which the deceased lay witness found about a dozen pieces of paper blackened and singed. Upon the stairs beneath the spot which the prisoner had struck when he said he fired, he found another piece of paper blackened and singed. In prisoner's bedroom witness found two pieces of paper not Pinged or dirty, two spent caps, and some shots, and in the orchard beneath the pear tree where the sparrow was shot, he found another piece of paper, dirty and slightly burnt. All these bits of paper witness produced. Iu the prisoner's bedroom witness also found about 70 numbers of a serial entitled " The Cottage Girl,. or the M arr i age Day." Witness also produced the nits of wood with which the latch of the granary door had been fas tened. The apprehension of the prisoner on his return from Manchester, his apparent unconcern, absence of surprise when he told his mother that he was charged with the crime, and his sitting down with them to tea, were then described. In the drawer of the table in deceased's room witness found a banker's order for 1001., a banker's receipt for 75/ , and about 5/. 63. in money. Joseph Little, deputy chief constable of Cheshire, police-constable Benjamin Cooper, and police-con s tat,le Thomas Hammond corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. No marks of blood were found on the stairs where the prisoner said he had shot the supposed robber, nor were footpt juts dis covered near the house. This morning hislordship took his seat at 9 o'clock. The first witness called wa., Police constable Henry Stneaton, of the Stock port division of police, whose evidence only went to corroborate th , tt of the police given yesterday. Capt. Smith, chief comtabb-t of Cheshire, was examined, but no new fact elici•ed. George Young Graham, surgeon, Stockport, was next examined—Witness made an examination of the body of the deceased. The face was intensely blackened, mote particularly the left cheek. Ther e was a large quantity of blood on the bed (111'1 4 and floor, which had flowed from the wound. The left - - - eye-lid was a little open, the right eye-lid was closed. A great portion of the upper lip was de stroyed, and the whole of the hard and soft palate with the upper teeth, had been blown away. The boues in the left cheek were shattered. A portion of the base of the skull had been driven into the brain. On examining the brain he found a lacerated wound, corresponding with the wound in the face. Witness extracted eight pellets from the brain at the base of the skull. The mouth and back part of the throat of deceased were torn by shot. The two teeth produced by witness he extracted from the back part of the throat. The body of the deceased was iu every other respect healthy. The person who shot the deceased must have been within 12 inches of him. Gao. Downs and John Geo. Graham, surgeons, Stockport, gave corroborative testimony, and the latter of those witnesses deposed that he had made a chemical examination of a portion of the pieces of paper found on deceased's bet, and also that found on the stairs ; both examinations resulted in a dis covery that they had been fired from some weapon. Thos. Stensby, gunmaker, Manchester, deposed to selling the prisoner a pistol, some powder, and a quantity of shot, about a week before the deceased's death. Cross-examined—The shots witness sold prisoner were considerably larger than those now produced, which were found in the prisoner's bedroom. By the Judge—The barrel of the pistol would have held about the quantity of shot found in the head of deceased, if sufficient wadding hid been put in. - Richard Beard, letterpress-printer, deposed that he was a foreman in the employ of Mr. Evans in 1853. In that year he assisted in printing a serial entitled " The Cottage Girl ; or, the Marriage Day." The pieces of paper produced (marked C) form portions of No. 77 of that serial. (The pieces produced were found on the bed of the deceitsed.) Cross-examined—Witness worked off 6,500 of No. 77 of the serial referred to. Of his own know ledge he knew nothing of a piece of paper produced marked A. (This was No. 77 of the serial.) Mr. Sergeant Parry objected to witness being al lowed to compare the fragments of paper produced with the serial number shown him. The number of the serial was then taken from witness, and he swore positively that he could tell from the type (which was long primer) cn the frag ments produced, which were taken from the de ceased's bedroom, that it was printed from Mr. Evans's type, and wai part of a particular publica tion entitled " The Cottage Girl ; or, The Mar riage Day." Mr. Sergeant Parry here claimed the right to cross-examine the witness on this point, which was allowed. , Cross-examined—Had never read the whole of what had been issued of " The Cottage Girl." Had read parts, but not the whole, of several numbers. Knew the matter on the fragments of paper pro duced had been printed front type belonging to Mr. Evans, because it was old. Could not swear to every bit of printing that went out of Mr. Evans's office. Ite-examined—Was positive the fragments pro duced, found in deceased's room and under the pear-tree in the garden, were portions of "The Cottage Girl, or The Marriage Day," serial ; and it must have been printed by Mr. Evans, because no one else published the story. Upon the corners of one of the pieces produced witness saw the figures 1,185, upon another 1,200, another had 1,198, and another 119, which must have been 1,197. The fragments "D " (found on the stairs) formed the first part of the fragments marked "A" (found in the prisoner's bedroom). Mr. Bernard Finnigan deposed that on examin ing the writing-desk produced, he believed the hasp must have been forced off when the desk was unlocked. Mr. Walker, steam-packet agent, Manchester, deposed that he had known the deceased for several years. In the month of March last witness remembered prisoner coming into his office and saying to• him, " That old villain has been abusing us all ; he is quite mad and de , auged, and we must try to gat him into a madhouse. He is not capable of conducting his own farm, and they intended taking it out of his hands." He then handed witness a lease, and desired him to keep it for him until he wanted it. Witness refused to keep the lease unless it was sealed up, which the prisoner did. Witness told the prisoner it was ne use sending him to an asylum, as the surgeons would soon find that out. A short time after wards—a few weeks—the prisoner called again ;he then said, "I have had to tie the old villain hand and foot, and I have given him something which he will not soon forget." The following day wit ness went to Bramball, and saw the deceased ; his eyes were very much swollen, his arms abrased, and his legs in th e same condition. Witness on returning to Manchester, received a note from the prisoner, desiring to meet him at his married sister's, Mrs. Froom's. Upon meeting him the prisoner said, " I want to show you what that old villain owes me ;" he then showed me several sums of money entered. in a book, which purported to be owing the prisoner by his father. Witness advised the prisoner not to return home, but to lodge in town ; and the prisoner replied it was his father who caused all the mischief. On the day of the murder prisoner and a man named Matthewson, called at witness's offitlo twice ; upon the second occasion witness was in. The conversation which ensued witness then detailed. [The examination of witnesses was still proceed ing when our parcel was despatched.] NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The 99th Regiment of Foot arrived at Liverpool from Dublin yesterday morning in the steamers Trafalgar and Prince,, and proceeded to the camp at Aldershot. With the view of affording the officers and troops stationed at Chatham garrison every facility for acquiring a knowledge of the use of the Enfield rifle previously to their embarkation for India, the authorities have directed a public lecture to be given to the officers and troops by one of the in structors of musketry every Wednesday evening in the Garrison Chapel Schoolroom, the first of the series being given last night. All the officers at tached to the Indian depots quartered at Chatham have received directions to attend the lectures, together with the non-commissioned officers and men of their respective corps. The 94th Regiment, under command of Colonel Mills, embarked on Tuesday at Plymouth on toard the steam-ship Abeona, belonging to the Penin sula. and Oriental Company, for conveyance to. Alexandria for the East Indies; she was appointed to sail yesterday. This is the third time of embarka tion ; they left Cork on Monday, the sth October, in the steamship Austria, which was disabled and put back to Plymouth, where they embarked in her a second time on the 14th November. The following movernews will take place to-day and to-morrow in Scotland :—The Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade proceeds from Edinburgh Castle to Glasgow ; the Ist Staffordshire Militia, at Perth, will move to Edinburgh, and will be succeeded at Perth by the depot battalion (composed of the depots of two regiments) now in Glasgow. At the official sitting of the Board of Admiralty on Tuesd , y the appointment of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle to be Admiral of the Fleet was defini tively settled, and the pay voted. Capt. Gordon, late of the Victory, will succeed Captain Ramsay, as superintendent of steam-packets at the South ampton station, on tiro promotion of the latter officer to flag rank by the creation of the Admiral of the Fleet. The Juno, 26, Captain Fremantle,. was paid off yesterday alongside the dockyard jetty, Per ternouth, of the senior officer of the ordinary, Captain Eyres, C. B. Not a man went to the pay table otherw.se than in a sober, orderly manner. Lieutenant Brad shaw, the second lieutenant, having bee appointed first lieutenant of the Calypso, 20, at Chatham, upwards of 60 of the expnienced seamen of the Juno have volunteered to follow him, The paid off men bo'onging to the eastern ports took passage in the Pigmy steam vess?l, which conveyed also super numeraries from the Excellent and Victory for the ships fitting out at those ports. The Cuckoo steamer has been floated down from her former position at the gun-wharf, Chathatn, and is now mcored alongside the Arctic ship Reso lute, preparatory to being taken into dock. Yes terday the fires wore lighted in the furnaces for the purpose of ascertaining what injuries had been done to her machinery, when it was found that, owing to the long time it had been under water and the great quantity of mud, itiwill be necessary t 3 take it to pieces for the purpose of being thoroughly repaired and cleaned. The hull of the steamer has not received any very serious injury. The following appointments were made yeaterd:,y at the Admiralty : . . Lieut. Augustus F. Pyne, to the Renown ; Lieut. C. D. Lucus, to the Edinburgh; C. G. Stanley, mate, to the Curacoa ; H. W. Skene, midshipman, from the Centurion to the Victory ; A. H. Blair, midshipman, to the Curacoa ; W. M. Bridger, mid shipman, to the Viper ; G. S. Brown, midshipman, to the Ardent; S. Pulley, midshipman, to the Cambrian ; H. A. Monteith and A. W. S. Lyon, midshipmen, to the Calypso ; W. Copland, mid shipman, to the Ale►t ; G. H. Steel, naval cadet, to the Curacoa ; J. O'B. SceAles, naval cadet, to the Renown. MILITIA. _ .26 . officers and 800 men of the Northamptonshire . are appoiutcd to arriv© at Plymouth this morning. The Kerry Militia, from Tralee barracks, are expected shortly at Plymouth on the way to Exeter and Taunton. The 4th Middlesex Militia sailed from Liverpool for Dublin, .on,the way, to Galway, yesterday even ing in the steamers Trafalgar and Prince. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SILIOIDE THE CALED , )NIAN ROAD. Yesterday Mr. Wei. Payne held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of George Goble, who died in this h osp it a l f rom i n j ur i es h e h a d sus tained from a pistol-shot, inflicted by himself after an attempt to murder his wife, on Saturday, the 7th November. Harriet Morris, of No. 22, Bennington-street, Cale donian-road, said the deceased was her father, who was 71vears of age, and by trade a plasterer. She lived in the same house with him, but on the night of Saturday, the 7th Nov., her mother slept with her because she was ill. She heard nothing of her father during the night. Between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning her mother gu t up, and shortly after she had gone down stairs she beard her mother cry out for assistance. She ran down stairs, and on Ong into the room she saw her father striking her mother on the head with a hammer, which caused a sever- cut. Witness pulled her mother out of the room, and having returned she saw her father sittiog on the bed with a pistol in his hand. Witness then ran away, closing the door after her, and calling out "Murder." Itura e " diately afterwards she heard the report of a pistol, and a lodger came down, and a policeman being sent for, they went into the room, and found that the deceased had attempted his life. A doctor was sent for, and he directed his removal to the hospital. He was quite alone when he shot himself. She thought that he had not been right in his %dud fur some time, as six months ago he attempted to poison himself. She thought his mind was disturbed in consequence of being out of work. Tee wife of the deceased said her husband had been out of work for some time, which had preyed upon his mind, and he bad not been right since he attempted to poison himself. There bad been no quarrel between them. He went behi n d h er on t h e morn i ng i n question, and, without any provocation, struck her on the back of the head with a hammer, which caused her to bleed pro fusely, and her daughter dragged her out of the room. She knew that her husband had a pistol, but he always kept it locked up. Mr. Francis Wakefield Skey, house surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, said he saw the deceased on his admission. He was bleeding from the mouth. Both augles were enlarged. The tongue was lascerated, with several holes in the palate and right cheek. He after wards extracted some shot from his tongue, and several shot had come away since. He gradually sank, and. died on Monday from the wound. He had not been in a proper state of mind since he bad been in the hospital. He often said that he would put an end to himself if be recovered, and that he should not have cared if he reco vered, and that he should not have cared if he had killed his wife. The Coroner carefully summed up the evidence, and The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET DEO. 8. Supplies of all kinds these last six days moderate. Oat straw, from 9s Od to lls Od per kemple ('f 16 lit 4nell tron ; wheat do., 7s Od to 10s Gd ; barley do., 7s Od to 8 5 6d. Hay from 10d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—DEC. 8. There were in the market today 13 sacks oatmeal, " eh weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 34s Od and DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—DEo. 7. of There were in the ma r k e t t o -d ay 21 b ags o f oa tmeal, 0 barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. rd. Oatmeal, per sa c k o f 2801b s Fi rs t . S econ d. Thi 04 imperial 3 Barleymeal, pe r ditt o -3s Od —s 5 : s Od —s od d —5 : oaod Peasemeal, per ditto Od Flour, new, p er d itto.... —s Od —s Od --3 ;;,i Pot-barley, new, per ditt o —s Od - a Od —ll w DUBLIN. DEC. 7. There was a poor supply of all descri ions of grain at market to-day, at 64 to 1 s d ec li ne on wheat, but ba rle y of all qualities, esp ec i a lly ma l t i ng, f ully suppor t e d pt In Indian corn very little doing, at a reduction of 6d to 1 0 per qr. White wheat, 28s Od to 29s 64 ; red ditto, 24s Od to 27% 64, ditto new, —s Od ; barley, malting, 15s to 18s 6d; grin d ; ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 12s 6d to 15s; ditto, new , 01 to —s 04 ; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16s; bere, new, 14s to 16 5 01; rapese. d, 23s Od to 25s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 1 6 e Od to 22s Od per °Nat ; Indian earn, 310 01 to 333 Od p er 480 lbs. BRISTOL SUGAR—DEC. 9. There has been rather more inquiry this week for British plantation sugar, but the sales effected are still small. Lass week's prices aro fully maintained, and in some instances tb small advance has been made. Rum—But little offering ; some small sales have been effected at former rates. COAL M. ?a.—DEa. 9. the close of the market Welleend, &a. Prices of Coals per ton at s. d. Howard's West Hartley Netherton 16 0 Bebsido's Hartley 15 9 North Percy Hartley _l5. 0 Hastings Hartley 15 9 Walker Primrose 6 West Hartley Grey's 15 0 West Hartley l6 0 Bell's Primrose l3 6 Htl'pool West Hartley 16 0 Morpeth West Hartley 15 6 1 Longridge's Wst Hartley 1 5 9, Holywell Wylam l6 0 d, Nixon's Duffryn. 21 'Braddyll lB 3 ' Haswell 19 0 Flatten l9 • Russell's Hutton 18 0 Keiper Grainge lB Squbor wen Merthyr 20 0 Wayne's Merthyr 19 6 Lambton lB 0 `South Hetton 18 9 Tees 19 0 Hartlepool lB 6 Trimdon 18 6 Stewart's l9 0 Northumberland l6 0 ,Eden 96 ; sold, 82. Wallsontl, &c, Gosforth l6 6 Ships at market LOCAL SHARE MARKIT3. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were ♦ery few, and prices are not improved. Birkenhead, 651 4 - -Lancaster and Carlisle, new thirds, 8 prem.—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 90I—Midlands, 854—Grand Trunk of Canada, 92—East Lancashire, 91., 25. MANCHESTER, DEC. 9. STOOK EXOHANOE.—Tho market opened easier to-day, but prices were rather lower. Eastern Counties, 11-- Caledonian, 38.; --Leeds, 91—Sheffields, 36A—Ditto, 1114—Londom and North Western, 91i I—Blackburn, 9 Birkenhead, 62 f —East Lancashire, 881—Great Northern B, 15 13.16—South Eastern, 194. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Businees in the market generally' latter, and prices a shade lower. London and North- Western, 931 94—Birminghain and Staffordshire 251. shares, 47—Great Western , 50-- Birmingham Canals, 88. kkovsarlssmssr.}—The great injury inflicted on many in valids by drugs increases the interest the public take in Du Barry's Revak:Au Arabica Food, which cures without medicine indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility. We quote a few out of many thousand cases of cures by this delicious food :—From the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. Cure 52,612; Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ire land, December 9, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castle stuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered.—From the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross. • No. 12,836.—Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and loft arm, aud general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has boon radically removed by Du Barry's health• restoring food.—ALHX. STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, SkibereeM. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Cast e etusrt ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all .)they means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full in structions. In canisters, 11b, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4s. 6d. ; 51b, lis ; 121 b, 225, The 121 b canisters aro seat carriage ft ee, on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Du Barry, & Co., 77, Regent-street, London. IMPORTANT CAUTION against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—The Vice-Chancel lor , Sir William Page Wood, granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1851, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating " Da Barry's Itevalenta Arabica Food." BIRTHS. BEDFORD —On the 9th inst., at 5, Royal-crescent, Notting. hill, the wife of Edwin Bedford, Esq., of a slaughter. 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