The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-27 00:00:00

THE INDIAN MUTINIES. MEERUT. " MEERUT, Juno 26. "Our great safety lies with the Sikhs and Ghoorkas. The mutineers in Delhi came 'out the other day to fight, and some hundred of them, seeing a party of Sikhs cooking, threw aside their arms and said 'Come to us—we are your brothers.' Tha Sikhs said nothing, but when the mutineers came up killed every one. The Ghoorkas have behaved like Englishmen. When they advanced to the charge the mutineers called out, We respect yon—come to us.' We are coming,' said the Ghoorkas, and they did come. They fought like devils. We have lost many men, I regret to say. We have fortified ourselves here, and are exeecting an attack from about 2,000 mutineers. We have here about 700 men to guard the place, and shall meet them just outside the station with about 300 or 400 men—all we can spare, as we have barracks and many women to protect. We are ready, and have always been day and night. Pickets out on all Bides —guns, &c., and cavalry, as many as we have. We lie down ready for an alarm. When Delhi is taken head-quarters will be here. Two moveable columns will be formed here, as troops are assem bling down the country. However, in the field we can easily thrash them. The walls of Delhi alone have kept them alive and together. Our bayonets are all powerful ; it seems as if nothing could stand against them. In spite of the times we still drive out every evening on the course ; but it will be some time before any one (except a man well mounted and armed) will be able to travel at all. There have been schemes for volunteers here going out, in which I Have joined, of course, but in vain. The General here is so awful cautious. lam on picket duty every other night and twice a-week for 24 hours, day and night. The men are on duty every night, and are hard worked ; horses saddled day and night in case of an attack. We have some of the 60th Rifles and Artillery recruits, who, though not drilled, are stanch fighters, and some of them old soldiers. We have our orders in case of an attack, and each one knows his position, and can reach it in a minute. We have a very formidable little place here, with bastions, &c., complete, heavy and light guns, and 100 volunteers to man the walls. They little expect how we are prepared for them if they do come. My belief is they will go to Delhi ; but if no', as I sad before, we shall not wait for them, but go out to meet them, while they will ex pect us crowded in our fortifications. They must be different from all the other mntineers, and we very different from all the other English, if we do not give them a thorough beating, and perhaps get their treasure (8 lees of rupees). The fortifications must only ba our last resource, as they are too small to hold every one. The natives in the bazaar (• he wont characters we have) are as humble and quiet now as possible, and seemed terrified at us. We have hung and flogged so many that they see they cannot commit atrocities unpunished. The mail goes such a roundabout way from here (the ordinary route not being open) that I must send this off at once. The country is all up." Tho following letter is from an officer at Beiares " BENARES, JUNE 22. " On-Thursday, June 4, about midday, our au thorities received intelligence of the meeting at Azimgbur, and resolved in consequence to be be fore ha,nd with our Sepoys and disarm them filet aft€ rnoon. Our European force consisted of a few coerpanies of her Majesty's 10th, a very few of the Mat Iran Fusileers (who had arrived most oppor tunely that very day, under Col. Neill), and three 9-pounders with about 20 gunners. The Sikhs, under Col. Gordon, were believed to be stanch, as also the 13th Irregular Cavalry, under the unfortu nate Captain Guise. The above regiments were acc rdtugly drawn up in front of the 37th Native Inf intry, with the view of intimidating the latter into submissiveness. In reality, however, as the event proved, these two native corps —viz., the Sikhs and the 13 , h Irregulars, were as much in need of being disarmed as the 37th, and the con scieusness of this no doubt encouraged the 37th to act as they did. The 37th were drawn up in front of their lines, with the cannon pointed at them. The Europeans were drawn up within musket range, and the Sikhs and Irregular Cavalry within sight. It is not wonderful that such deadly prepara tions should have filled the Sepoys with alarm and disaffection, even suppo4ing them. to have remained up to that moment true to their colours. Although ne doubt, in the 37th there were many disafneted Bpi] its, yet I believe that the regiment as a whole was sound, and that the di.arming might have been effected in perfect peace and quietness, bad it been gone about in a less abrupt and threatening manner. But Providence often turns our mistakes still more signally than our wisest measures to our advantage, and so it was on the 4th June ; for there can be no doubt that our safety depended on the dispersion and panic of these rase Sepoys ; and even if some geed men and true' were involved in the fate of their fellows, the sacrifice was an inevitable one in an emergency like the present. Therefore, I say, although the sepoys might have been quietly disbanded, t')e m;stake that provoked a row was a most fortunate one. Well, then, on seeing them- Belt es hemmed in with musketry and artillery, the Sepoys (many of them, no doubt, with a guilty conscience) naturally suspected that they were to be blown to pieces, and all the assurances of their officers proved ineffectual to keep them composed. 'Lucy were ordered to put their muskets into the little stone buildings called kotes or bells of arms. The majority of their number obeyed at once, and European soldiers were then marched towards the bells of arms with the view of securing them from any attempt the:sepoys might make to recoverthem. But the sepoys were beforehand with them, and- making a sudden rush at the bells of arms recovered their muskets and fired at once upon their own officers and upon the advancing Europeans, retiring at the same time within their lines, and thence keeping up a brisk fire upon the Europeans. Up to this time, however, no officer had been hit. The Sepoys of the 37th ensconced themselves for the most part behind their huts, some of them be hind the bells of arms. The majority of their offi cert. bad fallen back at once upon the European column. Major Barrett, however, indignant at the was in which what he believed to he good Sepoys had been dealt with, resolved to share their fate, and, along with the European sergeant-major, re mained exposed to the fire opened from the half battery, as also from the Europ3an musketry upon the huts. But the Sepoys' worst blood was up, and several of their number fired upon km. others attacking him with their fixed bayonets. He was compelled to fly for his life, and a guard of faith ful fiepoys (principally of the Grenadier ,mpany), having formed round his person, conducted him in sate _y to his bungalow in the cantonments. The sergeant-major was also saved. In the meantime . Capt. Guise, 13th Irregulars, was only leaving his bungalow, an d rashly attempted to reach the parade ground, where his troop was drawn up, by riding tbs.(' ugh the lines of the 37th. His chest was posi tively riddled with bullets, in the attempt. Of cow se, his death was instantaneous. " The Sepoys still kept up a smart fire upon the scanty Europeans, who were labouring uuder the great disadvantage of having to deal with an enemy effectually secured behind their huts from observa tion. The officers of the 37th were posted with the European musketry, and were exposed to a smart fire. Several privates were knocked over within 5 yards of me, and yet not a single officer got touched. For about 20 minutes we remained under th;s fire ; but our brave fellows began to drop off rather fast, and it was resolved to charge the buts. As a pre liminary to this a party was despatched to set them on lire ; and in the meantime we officers of the 37th retired and took our place beside the Sikhs, who, we understood, were to take pact in the charge. They form an irregular corps, and have only two officers attached to them—viz., a Coumandaet - (Co . Gordon) an !an Adju'ant. As both of these wale mounted thew was need of our services in the • ranks. " Here I remained for about ten minutes, in the rancienfatigarydeex,pec tat ion of the charge being ordered. acre " the o;radal"' Capt. Dolgson, then galloped the he a d ground, and, placing, himself at of the l'lrregular Cavalry, informed them that their c o killei, and that hnel"t' Captain Guise, had been , cl. been sent by Brigadier like sonby to sup p l y his They flashed their sw3Fls iu reply, giving velibt:te:t. rant mur, which struck scar same time, to a lo,v slmewhat equivocal. Cwt. Dodgson had scarce, asfice,,,e. d addressing them when . one of their number - ed upon him withi a pist6l. The bullet only graz iv te t r l e te tl i elbow of hi.s . sword arm, just at that point passing over a proce;s of bone is s.O e nln A r nerto emllY itr't 1 63 to have gained for that piece of bone the ' manic) of 'funny bone.' The consequenc e w e r ae l n o 9 ll plete paralysis of the hand and arm ; Ws wx ,: i t i d dropped powerless across his saddle, and th .1 ra sa l who had fired the shot rushed upon him to cut him down, lint another of the troop interfered to re , cac Lim, and being well mountel he succeeded 'in ego' ping from the melee. " But while all this had been going on Iliad had Vu•ething else to do than watch the conduct of the etulars. Just as they were flashing their sabres 1u leoly to Captain D d ' o gson a short address I was horrifi l d b y straight forward noticingardu about a dozen of the Sikhs fire paonndt firing e European soldiers, who were still kneeling uie rg into the 37111. the half-dozenface, of their muskbts we: e staling me in the of bullets came whizzino , intoand a whole. tempest through my forage cap and set me. Two passed my hair on fire, three passed through my trouser?, one just graz'ng THE SUN, 14"0 1 ,4D0N, THURSDAY EVENUfI, AUGUST 27 1 1A57 my right thigh, but 2, )ne properly hit me. I rushed headlong at one of the fellows whom I had noticed more especially aiming at me, but had scarcely advanced three paces when a second volley of bullets saluted me. One of these (and I assure you their name was legion) entered my right shoulder about one-sixth of an inch to the outside' of the armpit, and, passing diagonally though the shoulder, came out in my back. This was the severe' wound. It brought me to the ground for about 15 seconds, and in the course of that short time I had the pleasure of seeing every one of the Sikhs dash across the parade ground and charge the Europeans. Knowing full well that in a few seconds they would be repulsed by the latter and sent helter-skelter back towards where I lay, I made what haste I could along the parade-ground towards my bungalow. But the Irregular Cavalry were scattered about in every direction, and thus the chances of my ever reaching my bungalow seemed to me very slender. But the worst disposed of the Irregulars were engaged in assisting the Sikhs, and those whom I met were fellows who contented themselves with rendering the "Sahibs' no manner of assistance, without personally seeking to molest us. They, therefore, with one exception, rode lei surely past me, although, had any of their number felt inclined to cut me down, I was so entirely helpless and faint from loss of blood that they might easily have done so. " And yet, when one fellow oharged towards me with his sword in the air, I was mostemercifully preserved. I threw my sword at him with my lett arm ; but just as the weapon left my hand I fainted from the pain produced in my wound, and fell quite unconscious. But by that time the Sikhs had been repulsed with great slaughter, and were fleeing across the parade-ground, with a mere handful of Europeans at their heels ; my assailant thought it high time, therefore, to make himself scarce, so that, on recovering my consciousness, I found the coast clear, and met with no further opposition in gaining my bungalow. But even then my circum stances were the reverse of enviable, for, besides the intense pain which I was suffering, I knew not whether my wound was mortal or not, and was in momentary expectation of being murdered in cold blood by a party of mutineers. " Thus I lay until about two o'clock on Friday morning. " The Sikhs had no sooner been dispersed than the lines of the 37th were charged, and every Se poy driven out. The soldiers were then fully occu pied in going the rounds of the cantonments, and escorting the terrified ladies and civilians to the Mint. During the whole progress of the affray on the parade ground—a full hour—the cantonments had been at the mercy of bands of armed Sepoys. These were assembled from two sources—first, from the various guards which had been posted (as usual) throughout the cantonments ; the treasury guard, for instance ; the hospital guard, bazaar guard, mess-house guard, and so forth. On the outbreak of the row these respectable and conscien tious follows set to work (with one or two honour able exceptions) to plunder their several trusts, and, that accomplished, dispersed themselves among the various bungalows, as bent on bloodshed as on booty. Many a hairbreadth escape was made that night, and I could fill whole sheets with a detail of the wonderful Providence to which defenceless women and children owed their lives. The bunga lows were of course abandoned for such lurking places as the outhouses could afford, and in several instances these were ransacked by murderous Se poys. Of course it would have been quite miracu lous had none of us been hurt. But it is truly re markable that Colonel Gordon, his adjutant, Lieut. Glasse, and Captain Dodgson, mounted as they were on huge chargers. were not riddled with the perfect shower of bullets with which they were pur sued. The casualties wore :—Killecl on the spot, Capt. Guise • died of his wounds, Ensign Hayter, of the 25th Native Infantry, but doing duty with the 37th until the arrival of his regiment, via the river, from Calcutta. Poor fellow, he has been in the country a still shorter time than you or I. It was in consequence of a fever which attacked him shortly after Ins landing in Calcutta that he was sent by Gharry dak to Benares, there to await the arrival of his regiment, which, had it not been for that fever, he would at this moment have been accompanying up the Ganges. To save the pain of a wounded ankle-joint, though without the slightest hope of saving his life, one of his legs was amputated above the knee. He was wounded besides in the abdomen, and this in itself was in all probability a mortal injury. For nearly a week he lingered, sinking gradually and not very painfully int) his grave. " Three were wounded—viz., Ensign Chapman, of the 38th, very dangerously,' myself severely,' and Dodgson very slightly.' Poor Chapman was shot through the face, the bullet entering at one cheek and going out at the other. His speech, along with the sight of one eye and the use of one ear, is hopelessly gone. It is with the utmost difficulty and pain that he can swallow even the fluids which constitute bis sole sustenance, and hence his limbs are little else than skin and bone. His life, how ever, is not supposed to be in any immediate dan ger, and as soon as he can travel he will be sent home to his parents round by the Cape. Both he and Hayter were shot by the Sikhs. "But all this is a digression, for I was speaking of the civilians. The bolder of them emerged at last from their lurking places, and made their way to the Mint, a large building, previously agreed upon as the general asylum. On their way whole volleys were poured in upon them by parties of Sepoys, but not even one of their horses or syces was touched. " I told you that the Sepoys were let loose from two sources upon the cantonments. I have men tioned only one of these sources—viz., the various guards ; secondly, a still greater number came straggling into the cantonments from the lines of the 37th ; the temptation t) plunder the S ahibs" bungalows being still stronger is their instances than the love of ' potting' the Sahibs thmuselves upon the parade ground. Thus the number of Sepoys who continued to fire upon us to the end wAs not very great, and included only the staunchest and most det-rmined spirits of the corps. At last, as I have said, the Europeans drove them headlong from their lines, and in the course of a few minutes not a Sepoy remained in the cantonments, the Sikhs having been driven in one direc'ion, and the 37th in the other. " A party of soldiers now made the round of the cantonments, and escorted to the Mint such of the ladies as were still lurking in their compounds. They who had seen me fired upon felt sure that I must be dead ; and accordingly when I was suffer ing the extremity of pain in my bungalow, parties were roaming the parade ground in se arch of my remains. At last it occurred to them that I might, after all, have reached my bungalow, and about two o'clock in the morning (as I have already, I think, mentioned) I was conveyed, bed and all, to a camp which had been fortified on the parade ground in expectation of a return of the mutineers. But the mode in which these had been dismissed was not such as to invite a speedy return, and we saw no more of them, excepting such as have fallen into our hands and been hung. I lay in this camp for a couple of days in a very sorry plight, having no manner of shelter either from the burn ing sun and hot Benares winds, or from the tem pests of dust which were drifting about ; and yet the surgeons thought this exposure preferable to the risk of fever, &c. which I should have run by going into the crowded hospital. At last the surgeon in charge of the Mint took pity upon me and housed me in his bungalow, visiting me several times a day. I would, of course, have gone to my own -bungalow, but our surgeons said that unless I remained beside them they could not attend me. We have had an anxious time of it in Benares ever since. People now spend the day in their bunga lows, but w.th few exceptions (of which .1 am one) retire at night to the Mint. This is a very large building, with a flat roof and no end of battle mented terrace', well calculated to stand a sieee. Our Europeans, consisting of the -78th Hig°h landcr', the 84th, and 64th, are stationed party in the• church, partly in the camp, and small b racks on the parade-ground, but mainly in the Mint compound. We have a full battery of artillery, and will doubtless hold our own. Some few of the Sikhs remained faithful, or seemed t.) do so. These are employed as outposts and sentries, but are very few of them trusted with fire-arms. Some of . the 37th also stuck to their oa'h, and these have be -n sent with Major Barrett to Chunar, a place distant about 15 miles ; the. rest of the 37th officers are quartered not very luxuriously in the camp. On rec)vering from my wound I mean to volunteer to go up country with any of the Queen's regiments that may then be passing throu;th Benarer, which has become quite a depot. I have made a most wonderfully -rapid recovery, partly owing to the closeness of the person who shot me, so that the bullet went slick through, carrying out with it every fibre o t o f n c e l . oth, and bruising the tissues leas than if it had come f rom a gre ater di s t a nce—just as a sin rp w eapon makes a more favourable wound than a " WEDNERDAY . , June 2-1. " All rig' t. On Monday night the mint was crowded with panic-stricken ladies and e:vilians. I saw no reason for changing My quarters, but took the precaution of loading two pistol barrels and a musket in the presence of my host's numerous mutgars, lest they might think of violence. These my bearer saw me array, along with my swo•d, b y m y bedside ; and I need hardly add that, saving by an unconscious mnsk . rat, T n h iy a wale ma _ disturbed till the e . morning. passed /pi e.tly ntchorneveelnaide ladies seas and d f a t i L e i framded resolved Minti nt beginning totell,. along, and, th night in this bungalow, rendered e on _ to spend the fl lent by its close proximity to the chureb, where a oard of 100 soldiers are always quartered. We bad oarcely retired to rest when the officer in command at the church abruptly entered my room and advised me to hurry off the ladies to the Mint, as an armed force was close upon Benares. With all haste I got the terrified ladies packed into the buggy, and drove to the Mint, where every person was in a state of excite ment. The troops were all got under arms and my arm, fortunately, was strong enough to permit me to take my place beside them. The ci vilians manned the terraces with their rifles, and would no doubt have done good service had an enemy appeared. But all remained perfectly quiet, and is likely to do so until the end of the world. We are now in our bungalows, and the fatal' 23d being over, many a one is more comfortable than when the horrors lay before them. " The rains are about to commence—indeed, we have had several showers. Cholera has made its appearance to a slight, but sometimes fatal, extent among our troops. The rains, it is expected, wilt at once put a stop to this. Our great want is ca valry, but time will bring us everything. This has been a most wearisome letter, I fear ; you may de pend, howeyer, upon the entire accuracy of its par ticulars." SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LIVER. POOL BROKER. LIVERPOOL • Ara 26 • At the Liverpool Police-court , this afternoon, before Mr. Mansfield, a case of considerable import ance, and having especial interest for the mercan tile community, attracted a large number of the principal merchants and brokers of the town. Mr. Aspinall, barrister, said he was instructed on behalf of Messrs. Bingham and Co., corn rnerchan ts, Liverpool, to prefer a charge, under summons, against John Doherty, general produce broker, for obtaining money under false pretences. He wished to know if Mr. Doherty was in court. In affirmative answer was returned, and the case proceeded. The charge was that the defendant had obtained securities from Messrs. Bingham and Co. under the pretence that he was entitled to certain flour per the Centurion. Mr. Aspinall, instructed by Mr. Martin, ap peared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Brett, instructed by Messrs. Gregory, for the defendant. Mr. Aspinall, in resuming, said the charge he had to prefer was that the defendant, John Do herty, obtained from Messrs. John Bingham and Co., corn merchants, two acceptances, one for 1.2501. and the other for 1,7001., under false pre tences; that he had represented that a certain bill of lading which he deposited with them as security was a negotiable instrument, whereas he knew it was not, as he himself had depOsited a duplicate of the same bill of lading with Messrs. Hubback and Co. for another advance. It appeared, said the learned counsel, that Mr. Doherty, a little while ago, previous to his failure, was carrying on a very large business in the corn trade, his liabilities at the time of his suspen , ion being something enor mous, and no doubt when this occurrence took place his difficulties were very considerable. He had bean doing an extensive business with the Borough Bank. On the 23d of May the defendant forwarded to the bank the bills of lading, representing that the produce had been sold to Messrs. Bingham and Co. That was untrue, the produce not having been sold, which fact was ascertained when the draughts were sent by the bank to Messrs. Biug,ham and Co. for acceptance. The bank sent for Mr. Doherty, who made some explanation, saying there had been some mistake, and he took away the draughts, undertaking to get the accep•ance of Messrs. Bingham and Co., to whom he took the draughts, and offered as security a bill of lading for certain goods by the Centurion-1,500 barrels of flour. At the time that he obtained from Messrs. Bingham and Co. their acceptance they had already pledged one of the bills 'of lading to Mr. Hubback (one of the largest corn merchants in the town), who was entitled to the benefit, so that the bill of lading in the hands of Messrs. Bingham and Co. was worthless. The defence, he was told, was that the sending the du plicate bill to Mr. Hubback, was a mistake ; and there was also the technical objection that this was not a fraud withM the meaning of the Act, the defendant having only obtained an acceptance, which was not a valuable security. The else of "Regina v. Danger," reported in the 29th volume of the Law Times. would, no doubt, be cited ; bat, as his worship would see, the cases were not iden tical, as in the case now before the Court the ac ceptance had been endorsed, and was valuable security to the Borough Bank. Mr. Brett, counsel for the defendant, appre hended that the technical objection must be fatal to the case, and he would therefore make it now and save the Court time, and the parties engaged in the case some pain. So the defendant was charged with obtaining what ? Au acceptance, a mere promise to pay certain moneys on certain conditions, which could not be called a valuable security. Mr. Mansfield—Was the money paid to the bank ? Mr. Aspinall—Yes, by Messrs. Bingham and Co. Mr. Mansfield—lt is evident, then, that the ac ceptance was a valuable security to somebody. The case must proceed. Mr. John Bingham, being sworn, said he car ried on business under the firm of John Bingham and Co., corn merchants. Remembered seeing the two bills of lading (produced) at the office, and un derstood they were from the Borough Bank. Be lieved they were endorsed. Sent them back to the Borough Bank unaccepted. Shortly afterwards (on the 13th of May last) Mr. Doherty came to wit ness, bringing the bills with him. Defendant made a memorandum on a piece of paper and showed it to witness. Had searched for that paper, but had not been able to find it. Defend ant said the Borough Bank had kicked up a devil of a row about the bills going back, and that he had brought up this security, which they (witness's firm) must accept. The securities were belle of lading by the Centurion. He also produced a bill of exchange for 7901., which witness rejected. De fendant, in making the memorandum, assumed the balance of the account would be about 2,2001. as the value of the flour, and the balance of witness's account about 1,0001. The bill for 7901. was put down as a collateral security. Defendant a'ked witness to accept the bill, and witness's brother did accept it on the security in gtiestion. The bill of fered had been endorsed. Upon the faith of those securities his firm consented to accept those bills. Witner.s's brother accepted them in his presence. Witness's firm had since paid the bills of exchenge. On the arrival of the Centurion they were tumble to obtain 1,500 barrels stated in the bill of lading, but they did get 14 barrels. By Mr. Brent—The Centurion arrived on the 22d of May. On the same night the defendant came to witness's house. Had been previously at defendant's office, and had asked his clerk whether he had two lots of the same krand, as Mr. Hubback had a bill of lading for the same amount. Doherty said it was a mistake—that his clerk had put the wrong bill of lading in Hubback's letter, as he intended the core for Hubback sad the flour for witness. Wit ness told him to get it speedily arranged, as he was liable to a criminal prosecution for obt sin ing, money under false pretences. The same evening defendant came to witness's private house. He gave no explanation as to how the mistake oc curred. He said he found himself in a fix, and he wished to give them security, in order that they might withdraw their claim against the flour, as he was afraid of Hubback. Defendant offered several securities for covering their lose, but witness ob jected to them, chiefly on the ground that they were not sufficient security. Witness very likely suggested that the defendant should obtain his bro ther-in-law's (Mr. Richardson's)security for 2,030/. Went to the defendant's house next day to tell him that he would not be allowed to go by the steamer to America, and while there it was ar ranged that Richardson should enter into security. Defendant went to America, whence he promised to remit 1,0001. He returned about six weeks ago, and as he had not sent the moiley this summons was taken out. Mr. W. Bingham gave corroborative evidence. Mr. Jos. little!)w:k sail he had a t r a nsac ti on w i th the defendant which was completed on the 6th, when he rec'ived two bills of lading, accompanied by a letter from the defendant. [bills of lading produced ; one was for the flonr, per Centurion.] The bills were given to witness as security. ness did obtain the flour' in pursuance of the bill of lading. [Tho letter was read ; it stated that the inclosed bill of lading was for "flour," which Mr. Aspinall urged was conclusive against the plea of mistake that the defendant's clerk had inclosed the bill of lading for the flour in mistake for some Indian corn.l Cross-examined by Mr. Brett—Mr. Richardson called upon witness on behalf of the defendant and Mr. Bingham, for tne pur _lose of getting something froin witness for Mr. 13inglatn, and witness sub3e .quentlylnw Mr. John Bingham in till) matter. They wished witne:s to give Mr.. Bingham 5001. out of the proceels of this flour, but he declined to do so. • Mr. Edward Bell, security clerk at the Borough Bank, pro-Need lett rs written by Mr. Doherty to the Borough Bank, inclosing t!,e bills of exchange. Mr. Brett, in replying, said this transaction had hitherto been known in all its circumstances, to-all part who had treated it as a civil matter, and therefore, now that there might be'some difficulty is obtaining a verdict in a civil action, the Court would assist them in transforming it into a oasefor criminal prosecution. He proceeded to argue that tLe duplicate b'll of Laing for the flour had been sent to Mr. Hu; b ick in mistaki-, ;t beii;,g Mr. Do herty's intention to have let Mr. Hubback have the Indian corn. As to this charge, it wou!d never have been brought, had Messrs. Bingham's claim b, , en satisfied. They had made every possible at tempt to get their claim covered, and finding they could not do so they determined to prosecute. The very fact of Mr. Doherty returning from America was sufficient to show that he at least was innocent of any criminal intention. For the purpose of show ing how the mistake had arisen, he called Mr. 0. Corr, clerk to Mr. Doherty, who said the defendant was one of the largest importers of pro duce in Liverpool, ad a great many bill s o f l a di ng were passing through his office every day. The duplicates were put on a file and the originals kept in a drawer. A great num'rier of the origi nals were taken from the drawer almost every day in the course of business. Between the 9th and 13th of May there were some bills of lading per the Andrew Foster in the drawer. It was then known that that vessel was lost. Those bill, not being required, were put upon the file. Shortly before the bill in question (per Centurion) was handed from the drawer the bills per Andrew Foster were taken from the file and put into the drawer by Mr. Doherty. The Centurion was reported to have cleared out from New York on the 25th of April. In reply to MO Aspinall witness said that seve ral statements made a fortnight before these trans actions to the Borough Bank by Mr. Doherty were, he believed, incorrect. At that time Mr. Doherty was very much pressed for money. When he went to America Mr. Doherty left only a pound or so with witness to carry on the business. He returned to surrender under an order in bankruptcy. In forwarding a bill of lading it would be necessary to examine it for the purposo of ascertaining its worth. Mr. Aspinall having briefly replied, Mr Mansfield said he could not undertake to dis pose of so important case on so slight a hearing, in volving, as it did, points which would require the greatest legal acumen to determine. The substan tial matters in the case, as staled by the learned counsel for the prosecution, had, he thought, been completely borne out ; and under the circumstances disagreeable as the duty was he had no other course to adopt than to send the case for trial at the as sizes, ailowing the defendant the privilege of bail, himself in 2,0001. and two sureties in 1,0001. each. LAW INTELLIGENCE, Aug. 26. SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast.) THE LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY V. THE SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY. This was a summons taken out by Arthur Mao namara, of the London General Omnibus Company, againit Wil!iam Robert Pope, the secretary of the Metropolitan Seloun Omnibus Company, to recover the sum of II 3s. dama,g3, alleged to be done to one of the plaintiff's omnibuses, by reason of the negligent driving of one of the plaintiff's servants. Mr. Buchanan appeared for the London General Omnibus Company ; and Mr. Pope, the secretary of the Saloon Company, appeared for the defen dant. Tho driver, conductor, and a policeman, were called on behalf of the London General Omnibus Company, to prove their case, but it appeared upon cross examination of the driver by Mr. Pope, that the omnibus to which the alleged damage was done, viz., a broken window, was put on by the London General Omnibus Company for the express purpose of following the Saloon omnibus wherever it went, and stopping where it sopped, &c. Mr. Pope, ou behalf of the Saloon Company, called their driver and conductor, wl:o swore posi tiTely that the driver of the Londoa General Omni bus Company's omnibus broke the window himself by (hiving agtinst the Saloon omnibus, to prevent its passing. The judge, upon hearing the facts, dismissed the summons, at the same time remarkint,f, that if the London General Omnibus Company did acts which would prevent the Saloon Omnibus Company from following their usual calling, be considered they should be indicted for a conspiracy. The decision of the judge was received with applause. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Register liazlitt.) ANOTHER BANK FAILURE.-THE KETTERING BANK. Proceedings in bankruptcy have been taken, for the purpose of bringing under the administration of the Court of Bankruptcy the est.►ta of Messrs. Crotch, who were bankers and tanners at Kettering, and at Rothwe'l, in Northamptonshire. The pre cise amount of liabilities and assets have not yet been ascertained. Abu 5 o'elo , ,k on the to nine of the 17th i , ,st. I visited Mr. Bonsor's pr , mises, and found 27 car casses of sheep in a stinking-, and putrified sate. They were sheep thlt had hen drowned. Their throats lia4 no doubt been cut after they were taken out of the wat r, and after they had died. They were quite unlk for human food. TLe flesh wag white and soddened, and it presented a very different appearance from the flesh of sheep killed in the ordinary manner. They had evidently been drowned. The flesh was not solid. Grose-examined—l have, scores of times, seen the carcases of drowned lamb.% Re-examined—lf they had been drowned and afterwards bled copiously, they might have been wholesome food. The Lord Mayor—l have listened very atten tively to this case, and, after the evidence of Mr. Bonsor and Mr. Pocklington, I do not think that I could convict the defendants. I think it right to stats that I cause] this summons to be issued in consequence of a c,mmunication that reached me, to the effect that a number of drowned sheep had been dressed in Nottinghamshire and sent to the London market. Mr. Lewis—l hope your lordship will think it right to disclose the name of your informant, as my clients, who are highly respectable persons, have been put to very great expense in this matter. The Lord Mayor—l have received communica tions from gentlemen living near the defendants stating that the defendants are very respectable persons. lam very much indebted to the parties who gave me the information which has led to this inquiry, which, I - bust, will be attended with beneficial results. At all events, it will show the people in the country that they are not to send to London meat which they would not dare to expose for sale in their own market. The summons was then dismissed. GUILD HALL. —RIVAL INTERPRETERS.—Mr. Charles Albert,' an interpreter, attached to the me tropolitan police courts, appeared upon a summons to answer a charge of using abusive and threatening language towards Professor Karel Pieterter Ree horst, a member of the same fraternity. The Professor, on being sworn, said—l am a translator of languages. lam appointed inter preter at the Central Criminal Court by the Lord Mayor. The defendant insulted me in March last, but I let it pass. He, however, insulted me again dur:ng the last sessions at the Old Bailey, and called me a dirty, nasty fellow, and a Dutch Jew. He also called me a lousy fellow, but that was in German, became he could not find a French word for it. (Laughter.) Alderman Hale—Did he abuse you in English ? The Professor—He spoke in German, French, and English, and said he had, writ'en to the magis trates-at Mailborough street Police,court, request ing them not to bind me over to attend at the Old Bailey because I was an ignorant fellow—(laughter) —and that I did not understand either English, French, or German. This took place downstairs, and afterwards, when I was :in the New Court, interpreting in a case before Mr. Prendergast, the defendant was in court with several friends, and told Mr. Hemp, one of the clerks of the court, that I was not interpreting truly, upon which Mr. Hemp Informed . the judge to that effect, and said that the defendant could do it better than I— (laughter)—but Mr. Prendergast said I could do it well enough, and told me to go on, and to omit all the gestures and action so peculiar to the French, became 1 was interpreting French, and I imitated the g-stures of a Frenchman to give expression to the interpretation. (Laughter.) Alderman Hale—What have you to say to this charge, Mr. Albert ? Mr. Albert, having handed up, a certificate of his capabilities as interpreter, sicitned by all, or nearly all of the metropolitan magistrates, said—Lam not appointed interpreter to any court, but I am re cognised the same, and engaged as such at all the metropolitan courts. But notwithstanding that, that, the Professor has thought proper to write to the magistrates to inform them that ho is appointed interpreter at the Old Bailey, and desiring them not to bind me over to attend. I was bound over in three cases last sessions, and while I was there I heard several counsel finding fault with the Pro fessor's interpretation, and remarking what a scandal it was to have a man performing such an important office, who not only intarpreted the evidence contrary to the intended effect, but did not properly understand the language. Alderman Hale—l quite understand this ease. I cannot bind you both over to keep the peace, but if you, Mr. Albert, will give me your word as a genthiman that you will not annoy the Professor I will dismiss the summons. Dismissed accordingly. CLERKENWELL. CHARGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST A SURGEON.—George Medden, aged 44, very gentlemanly attired, residing at 40, St. Paul street, Islington, carrying on business there as surgeon, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyr whitt, ebaiged with feloniously intermarrying with Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor, his wife Sarah being then and still alive. Mr. Clarke attended for the pro - zecution, and Mr. Thomas Wakeling for the prisoner. From the marriage certificates, it appeared that the prisoner had been three times married, the first time being in 1842, at St. Mary's Church, St. Marylebone, in the month of March, the second to the complainant, Mrs. Mary Anu Taylor, in Nov. 1845, at St. John the Baptist's, Hoxtou ;- and the third by licence, in the March of the present year, at the parish church of St. Pancras, the whole of the wives being now alive. The prisoner, accord ing to the statement of Mr. Clarke, was formerly a shoemaker, and in 1845, went to measure Mrs. Taylor for a pair of boots, but whether he fell in love with her feet or her money, ho could not tell ; but certain it was, that they got married, and his unfortunate client had been " done" out of between 800/. and 9001. Shortly after they were married, Mrs. Taylor ascertained that the prisoner had a wife then living. and upon speaking to him o:i the subject, he said "it was all right,"• and that he should shortly obtain a divorce." Finding that he did not obtain a divorce she left him, he agreeing to allow her so much per month, but that had not been properly carried out. When at the poli..e-station, last night, on the first wife speak ing to the prisoner, and asking him if he knew her, he replied—" Yes, but I thought you had been dead some time ago ;" to which she laughing, said—"No, I am worth ten dead ones." Some slight evidence having been gone inl o, the wives all being in court to give evidence, Mr. Clarke applied that the case should be re manded for a few days, for the purpose of complet ing the case. - Tyrwhitt said he should remand the case until Saturday next, and would accept bail for his appearance, two sureties in the sum of 101. etch. The necessary bail being put in, the prisoner was released. MARYLEBONE.—SERIOUS CHARGE.—Charles Ross was brought up on remand charged on suspi cion of hav:ng caused the death of Elizabeth Brown, with whom he had cohabi'ed, by strangling her, at his lodging in Star-street, Paddington. Mr. Broughton asked Sergeant Hughes, 13 D, if he had any additional witnesses to bring forward, and he replied in the negative. In answer to an other question he said that an inquest had been held upon the body, and that the verdict was to the effect that deceased had met with her by strangulation, but that who' her by her own hands or by the hands of another, had not to the jury been sworn. The prisoner was discharged. LAMBETH.—POCKET-PICKING. —.Thos. Rust, a genteelly dressed youth of 16, who forms oue of the stiff of Messrs. Staples, vas placed at the bar on the following chAr,;e I Sergeant Copping, of the P division of police, deposed that, on the preceding evening, while on duty on the Railway platforM of the Crystal Pa lace, where there was a great.conceurse of people, he observed the prisoner active among the crowd. He (Copping) in consequence kept his eye on him for some moments, and distin c tl y o b serve d t h at h e had put his hands into the pockets of several, and immediately after doing so he wiped his fica with a handkerchief. Observing that thee handkerchiefs were different in pattern .and appearance, his suspicions were strongly confirmed, and he made several efforts to secure th e p r i soner . Hi s (th e prisoeer's) dexterity was such as to avoid apprehen sion for aconsiderabl e ti me, b ut h e at l ast secured im. and in different pockols and various parts of his person he found no less than eight handkerchiefs, all of which were of a superior description, and evi den'ly those worn by gentlemen. He also found in his possession a metal railway pass, by which he discovered that lie was one of the lads employed by Messrs. Staple) refreshment department of the . Crystal Palace, and was paid 49., a week and his board, to ge th er w i t h a free passage to and from the Crystal Palace by railway. Mr. Elliott obierred that there could not be the least doubt from the evidence that the prisoner had stolen from different persons at the railway station, and he very muc h f eare d th e presen t was not his first or only offence of the sort, else he could sot have act e d w ith suc h t ac t and daring, and he slicibi therefore commit him to the House of Correction, Wandsworth, for tl:ree months' hard labour. GREENWICH.—Tng LATE MURDEROUS AT TACK ON BOARD AN AMERICAN VESSEL,—Betijathin Craig, second mate of the American ship Charlo►te, was brought up on remand charged with violently ass atit , ug two seanitn onboard that vase' on tLe 27th July last. The detaili of the case were fully reported in the Sun of Tuesday. A gentleman attended from the office of the American consul, and Mr. Foggo for the prisoner. Mr. Trail having bean informed that the two seamen assaulted by the prisoner had left this country for America, said he should deal with the prisoner upon the evidence which appeared on the clerk's book, taken at the time of the examination. Had the complainiugparties been present he should most certainly have sent the case for trial. The prisoner was then sentenced to four months' hard labour, in default of paying two fines of 51. each, arid 7/. lls. 3d. cost of warrant and bringing him up in custody from Sunderland, making toge ther 171. lls. 3d. The prisoner was removed in custody. THE FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. At the last sitting, M. Chales presented a series of 60 new theorems all relating to curves o f d ou bl e curvature of the third order, viz., such as are pro duced by the intersection of two cones of the second order, and in general those th it a plane cannot meet in more than thiee points, two of which may be imaginary. —M. Delesse presented a geological map of the subterranean strata of Paris, compiled from observations made at various excavations, chiefly those executed at different points by MM. Degousee and Mulot. In a paper annexed to the maps, M. Delesse gives as account of the various layers constituting the soil of Paris. Chalk forms the bottom of the basin in which the tertiary soil of the capital is deposited. Next follow plastic clay, calcareous strata, sand, &c. The strata of gypsum have nearly disappeared, and are now only to be found on tha northern and north eastern sides of Paris.—M. Bertsch exhibited photographs of objects magnified by the microscope. Among them were globules 9f human blood magnified 500 times, crystals of salicine viewed in polatised light, &c.—The secretary announced the arrival of a copy of the lunar tables constructed on the Newtonian principle of universal gravitation, by P. A. Hansen, being a donatiOn from the British Admiralty.—M. Leverrier communicated further observations of the 4th comet, by various asironomers, viz., by Dr. Peters, at the Dudley Observatory, Albany (US.) ; by Father Secchi at-Rome, by M. Bruhus at Berlin, and by M. Littrow, at Vienna.—M. w von Villar • ceau sent in further corrections of the parabolic ele ,ments of the same comer.—M. Maisonneuve com municated an account of a most dangerous opera tion, the abstraction of the whole lower jaw -bone, executed by him with complete success on the 30th of June last. His patient, a girl of 18, was per fectly cured at the end of a fortnight, with scarcely any visible deformity.—M. Herpin sent in a paper on the application of anaesthetic agents to the de struction of insects in corn. M, Herpin admits that anaesthesia or stupefaction takes place when carbonic acid, fur example, is introduced into a re ceptacle filled with grain ; but this, he contends, is not sufficient to kill the insect ; a complete asphyxia must'be produced to effect that. In corroboration of this assertion be states that a number of weevils wqich he had kept 'completely immersed in alcohol at 18 degrees for several days, revived and escaped from the saucer as soon as the alchol was dried up by spontaneous evaporation. In order effectually to destroy the insects which infest corn, he recommends ammonia in a gaseous form, which may be very economically produced by mixing sal ammoniac with quicklime. The members of a com mittee for a monument to Dr. Jenner to be erected in France had addressed a letter to the Academy requesting its patronage for theirundertakin g .—M. Elie de Baumont, one of the perpetual secretaries, communicated a letter which he hid received from M. Bodes Deslongchampe, in which the writer an nounced that large quantities of natural phosphateq; which might prove valuable for agriculture, exist on certain points of the Straits of Magellan. The discovery was made some years ago by a Havre seaman, who, on landing there, was surprised to find the coast allcovered, not with stones or pebbles, but with au immense quantity of fragments of bones of all sizes. He picked some up and brought them home. The bones appeared all to belong to amphi bious animals, such as phocm, morsel, &c. It is not unlikely, the writer thinks, that large deposits of bones may be found on the numerous islands with which the Straits of Magellan are studded and as the bones of the animals alluded to are superior ta guano as manure, it might be desirable to ascertain the fact. —M. Tison submitted an apparatus of his inven tion for the distillation of gas, consisting of a re tort which, instead of being fixed, is impressed with a rotatory motion. The advantages of this apparatus are that the accumulation of tarry mat ter is prevented by the rotatlon of the vessel, so that the distillation of the coal is complete ; that, the retort itself lasts longer. because, iustead of receiving the action of tii. fire at one point only, the rotatory motion exposes each part of the bot tom in turn to the heat of the furnace ; and that, in case of accident, the retort may ba removed for repair without pulling down the masonry. A letter was read from M. Hericard Ferrand, on the sub ject of an earthquake felt in 1776 in a coal-pit near Bayeux, the chief point of interest being that the shock was more violent at the bOttom of the mine than at the surface. This shock occurred 21 years after the Lisbon earthquake of rim, and 20 years before that felt at Littry on the 25th Jan., 1796. M. Quetelet, perpetual secretary to the Academy of Sciences of Brussels, wrote to propose the re sumption of the great plan of uniform meteorologi cal observations which had been agreed upon by a scientific conference before the breaking out of the Eastern war. This conference had met on the invitation of the United States, and consisted of delegates from most of the maritime nations of the world ; the chief object was to establish a uniform system of meteorological observations at sea, in order to ascertain the direction of the winds and currents of the ocean. When the Eastern war broke out these observations were in a great mea sure interrupted, the nations which had ben among the foremost promoters of the plan being precisely those engaged as principals in, the war ; neverthe less, the naval officers of some powers continued their observations. M. Quetelet believes that the time has come when the original plan might be re sumed, and solicits the co-operation of the Academy of Sciences of Paris. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOLITH-EASTEIti7 RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Aug. 22,1857 £21,036 18 10 Corresponding week last year Increase in 1857 £42 13 8 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 23, 1857 271,251 0 0 Corresponding week last year GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week, ending Aug. 16, 1857 £22,744 17 4 Corresponding week last year 21,114 3 1 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 23, 1857 £7,211 0 0 Corresponding week last year 6,982 0 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Aug. 23, 1857 —228,523 0 1 Corresponding week last year... 26,027 18 5 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 23, 18 i 7 £3,118 15 4 Corresponding week last year 3,232 1 7 CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.--Trafaa return for the week ending Aug. 22, 1857... £259 2 10 Corresponding week last year 205 19 2 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 23, 1857 £l,ool 18 3 Corresponding week last year 656 12 9 APPEARANCE OF POTATO DISEASE IN SCOTLAND.— We are very iu rry to say that this dire scourge has again made its apaearance within the past week in various parts 'of the counties of 13 inff, Moray, and Aberdeen, and has since it became observable made rapid progress.—Banifshire Journal. A PVE CTISNMANT. I— SIGHT AND HEARING -- SPECTACLES POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. —S. a nd B. Solomons, opticians, 39, A bemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable an 1 ex traordina -y improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenaz.ce three-and-a-half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles, For the waist coat-pocket; and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The 'Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and knownone and a-half mile distant They answer every pur pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and, ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sperLsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-c3urse Glasses, with wonderful powerS.—lnvaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the gran:est tra.naigtrent power. The great advantage from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened, and very aged persons m e abled to employ their sight at tne most minute octupatioo — can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power—and, they do not require the frequent changes 'to the tatr porous porous effects of further powerful assistance. Perseus can be suited at the irios# remote part of the world by scud ing ono of the glasses out at their spect ac ' es in .wetter, and stating the dist •lace from the eye they can read mall pri n t with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their ago. Deafuess.—New Discovery,—The Org an i c Vibrator, au' ex raordi a ey powerful, small, newly-i avented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or probably can, be produced. .Bai u g of the same colour as the skin, is not pereeptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at assemblieF ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely remov.d, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired. -3 . ), Aik©. marle street, Piccadilly.— Opposite the York Hotel, W. POLICE INTELLIGENGS.-Aug. 26. MANSION-HOUSE.- -.-FRATTD. —Mario tto Knox Cross, who hid been reman.led upon the charge of having forged a receipt for the payment of 5/. 7s. 4d., with intent to defraud the East India Company, was again brought before the Lord Mayor for fur ther examination. 1. he depositions taken at the former examination were read over. They were to the effect that the defendant became entitled to a pension in 1842, as the widow of Robert Trotter Knox, a brevet cap tain in the service of the East India Company, that she was only entitled to the receipt of such pension during her continuity of widowhood ; that in Octo and that from th at d ate she had, as b?r, 1855, she was married a t A ntwerp to a Mr. House, making th e usual declaration of quarterly at the R e t O h s ae b ir o te r tl n onf doCrraeo, se rceived her pen s i on widowhood, and signing her name to the receipt " Charlotte K nox K an n d ox o . t , her official documents, The defendant, who said she should reserve her defence, was then fully committed for trial. DISEASED MEAT.—Mr. Ilminas Hough and Mr. William Innocent, the former a butcher, and the latter a farmer residing at Whatton, in Notting- NithNielYgl unlawfully s en t 27 niarket for s a l e , th e hamshire, appeared to answer to a summons w hi ch charged la,a re them casse s I to ' said carcasses being unfit for human food. Mr. Stuchbury, from. the office of the City Mayor ; an d M r. L ew i s, lf)oyrtthlereLcloerfdendants. soli citor, attended in support of tho pr osecu ti on , w hi c h was t a i s p t p it e r ; i L t r e e d d jun dr. J. Butram, station -roaster at Aslacton, in Nottinghamshire, sail—On the evening of Friday, the 14th inst., Mr. Hough inquired of me if I had got a box waggon to convey some caresses of meat to LoAon. 1 told him I had. O n the following morning four packages of meat were brought to the station. The defendant Hough was there. I s aw t o li addressese (beputhte his same. name Hough j on paid the car r i age o f t h em , and consignment note. I asked him if he had bought the careassez., and he said be had not, but was merely sendi ng t h em f or M r. Innocent. The packages were sent t o L ln ,l on by them, otuh nd believ e th ose pro d uce d geh a the 50 minutes past 11 train, and shou'd have ar tived in London at a quarter past two on Monday morning. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis--The meat was was brought abaut half -past Bon the Saturday morning. We have a train for London at three minutes past 9 iu the morning, but that train was nearly threw hours late that morning in consequence of the floods. The defendants are respectable per sons. J. Bates, a carman in the service of the Great Northern Railway, prL.vcd delivering the packages to Mr. BoLkor, a meat salesman in Newgate-mur ktt, between three and four o'clock in the morning of the 17th in-t. Tile packages smelt very bad. Mr. T. thnsor—l am a meat salesman in New gata-Market. I was at my premises at 4 o'clock on the morning of the 17th inst., and found four packages of meat lying in the street next our pre mises addressed to us. The smell that arose from them was very offensive. Two of the c ArcAses that * had slipped out of oce of the packages were in a very bad condition. They were lambs dressed as car cases usually are for market. I did not know from whom they came. I directed them to be unpacked in my presence, The cAreases were all in the same condition. I had the whole placed in the cellar iu order that the inspector of meat might see, them. They were perfectly unfit for human foxi. Mr. Pocklington, the inspector, came, and oa seeing them coadetnned them. The next clay I received from my clerk the card produced, with the words, " From Thomas Hougb,' written upon it. I have been in the trade upwards of 40 years, and have had much experience in it. The carcases were in an aim st putrid state from long packing. Meat so packed, had it been kilted in the usual manner, might have been bad on the Monday morning. Some meat that I received from oth-r parties on that morning was deteriorated in value 2d. and 3d. per pound from the effects of the weather. I be lieve the lambs in question were fit for human food at the time they were dressed. If the lambs had been drowned, and had been afterwards well bled, they would have been, if in fresh condition, ava.l.- aXle for human food ; they would also have 1C.311 whole,.owe human food. Cress-examined by Mr. Lewis—The smell from the carcases was very offensive, on account of the weather and the close packing. There was a good deal of lightning, and that affects meat very much. It the carcases were in such a state as to bleed copiously after being taken from wa'er, the effects of th ) immersion would not prevent thUr. Wine. availab"e for human food. If tney had been dead an hour and a half or two hours, I think they would not ham bled. Mr. Pockliagton, one of . the inspectors of meat, have had much experience in my business. G.i:NERAL, COURT- ARTIAL OIV COLONEL CL A RKE. SIXTH DAY. The members of the general court-martial for the trial of Lieutenant-Colonel J. Clarke, Ist West India Regiment, again assembled at 12 o'clock yes terday, at Chatham Barracks, under the presidency of Colonel Jervis, for the purpose of continuing the examination of the numerous witnesses for the de fence. The proceedings still appear to attract very great interest in the garrison Ensign W. Hartriek, let West Ind;a Regiment, was further examined on behalf of the pro oner. Witness stated that when the Fort-Adjutint deli vered the message from Colonel Hill to the pri soner that he was ordered to embark for the Gam bia. He stated that Col. Hill regretted that the disturbances there rendered h's presence necessary. If there had been any. disturbances prisoner would have known of them before Col.-Hill, as he had only just arrived from a distant colony. Col©nelClarke 0 reply to tte fort adjutant was not looked upon by witness as a refusal to embark, but only to enable him to gain an interview with Colonel Hill. Lieu tenant Watson, now deceased, had told witness that he beard Colonel Hill say he wished he was out of it. Lieutenant Watson resigned his appointment of fort adjutant soon after the prisoner had left for the Gambia, owing to a misunderstanding with Colonel Hill on some military subjects, The mes sage given by the fort adjutant to The prisoner, that he was to go to the Gambia, was given officiary, and. Lieutentant Watson was in his uniform at the time. Witness had been informed by Lieutentant Watson that Colonel Hill had hinted that if the prisoner would write him a certain letter all would be well. - Major-General Sir G. Wetherall, K.C. 8., K. 11., adjutant-general, was next called by the prisoner, and identified the signatures of Lieut.-Colonel F. A. Wetherell, commanding the Ist West India Regiment, to two letters to the prisoner, one of which was dated "Spanish Town, May 11, 1856," and addressed to the prisoner in British Guiana, in which he was directed to take the command of the six companies of that regiment, then proceed ing to Sierra Leone. The letter of the Bth Novem ber, 1855, investing Colonel Hill with the command of the troops at Sierra Leone , was not written at the instigation of Colonel Hill, but by an order from the War-office, who were doubtless in com munication with the Colonial-office on the subject. Previously to that letterbeing written the command of the troops at Sierra Leone and thelGambia was invested in one person, but the gallant general could not state to the court whether that letter was written to prevent Colonel Hill from interfering with the troops in the Gambia, and Col. O'Connor with those at Sierra Leone. By the Court—The whole time that Colonel Hill was at Sierra Leone he was considered to be the commanding officer of the troops at that station) and all official correspondence went through biro. A third lieutenant colonel was appointed to Colonel Hill's regiment, as that officer, on his appointment to the Gold Coast, became a supernumerary officer. Colonel - Hill was specially appointed by the Horse Guards to command the troops at Sierra Leone. Lieut. Wm. Cody, 3d West India Regiment, die' proved what had been stated by Captain Mende/ that he was in command of the troops at Sierra Leone during Colonel Hill's absence, as the late Capt. Pearson commanded. He had never heard of any letter appointing Colonel Hill to the cora', mand at Sierra Leone, until the letter was read 0 0 parade. Witness and the other officers then welt in a body to Colonel Hifi, and Captain Pearson re" quested to have a copy of the letter given to hit°. The order for the prisoner to proceed to the Gamba was not seen by witness, and he did not believe It was inserted in the orderly-book. Col. H. W. Whitfield, 2d West India Regiment• was called to character. He informed the court that he had always entertained a high opinion 01 the prisoner, who, on a recent occasion was sent t°,, British Guiana, with a detachment at a titne much excitement, and on his return the men Wer e in excellent discipline. P r i soner a l so rendered great, assistance to witness whilst stationed in Demerara , where the civil servants gave him much trouble. From all he had heard and known of the prisoner's character, witness could not have believed that nal such charges could have been brought against 1 1011 until he had seen them in writing. This closed the evidence for the defence, and oa the application of the prisoner the court ad journed until Friday, when it will re-assemble for the purpose of heari n g th e p r i soner ' s a dd res s OP the whole evidence. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW HAMLET. AUG. 2 - Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from Gs 6,1 to uls Od per kemple of 16 atones tron ; wheat do., 63 Od to 93 01 ; barley do.. 43 6 t to Slay from is 0,1 to le 4d; new do., 9d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—Ina. 25. There were in the market to•day 9 sacks oatmeal, °AA weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 44s Od and —O. DALIKEITH MEAL 'MARKET—AuG. 24. There were in the market to-day 4 bags of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. a 0.t....1, par Rack of 2301ba First. Second. Thir,„; imperial Barleymoal, per ditto ...... ---a Od —s 0(1 —4, O d Peasemeal, per ditto i a Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od '''' .3 4 Pot-barley, new, per ditt o — s Od s O d — 8 , s DUBLIN, Aua. 24. We have scarcely any alteration to report for old grai n t from last day's prices. The supply was small, and it of a very dull sale. An i ncrease d num b er of new samp l e s O f new wheat, oats, b e r g , an d rapesee d , an d two samp l e s new barley, a ready sale, and condition good. In Indio° corn almost nothing doing. White wheat, 35s Oct to 37s 61; rod ditto, 3is Od to 363 Oct; ditto new, —s ; barley, malting, 16s 6d to 25s 6d ; g ll3 l - ing, —a to ---s ; oats, old, 15a 6d to 18s; ditto, vow, 1 °, 4 Oct to 17s Od ; oa t mea l , 14s 6,1 to 17a; bere, now, 104 to le Od ; rape4e d, 27s Oct to 29s Oct per brl ; bakers' flour, I °., Od to 24s Oct per owt ; I nd i an corn, 37s 01 to 384 Oct 14' 480 lbs. COAL MARK] Prices of Coals per ton at :Et —AUG. 26. t tho close of the market Wallsend, ,l‘a. s a. draddyll fl 0 Wen Main l6 6 Framwollgate J 16 3 .Fletton . lB ° Kepler Grainge ll' 5 Russell's lletton 17 ° 3tewart's 18 o s. d. Tanaeld Moor Butes 14 6 ITtl'pool West Hartley 16 6 Haswell Gas 14 t Wylam Walker Primrose l3 3 Wallsend, lie. Riddell l5 6 South He tton 17 9 Whitworth l5 3 Ships at market 4 33 ; sold, 26, LOCAL SHARE MARKET 4 LIVERPOOL, AUG. 26. --- STOOK EXCHANGE.—The transactions in this wankel have been moderate, and prices steady at a slight improve' went on yesterday's rate 4. Lancashire and Yorkshire/ 99 h—C dedonian, 39 i—North E i st ern , Berwick, 23 1 —Ditto York, 39 ,1 — London and N , rth-Westerns, 1021 g —Dutch Rhenish, 4 d.—Midl an d, 83i i—South Eastern► 21$ — Lancaster and narli s l e , new thirds, 7i p—Grea t Western, 53—G rea t Luxembourg, 7.1.3. — Manchester Sheffield, and Lincoln, 39 —Birkophead, Lancashiro, and Cheshire, Csi. MANCHESTER, AUG. 26 STOCK EXCUANOE.—The market was firm but quiet to-day, and little business doing. Blackburn, 7 9-16 Great Western, 53 i,—Lendon and North Westerns, 1021 --Sheffields, 34—Leeds Capital Stook, 24i —Doyen+, 21 —Caledonians, 39i—Midands, 84;--Great Western 0 1 Canada, new. p.—Dutch Rhenish, 3i d.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 128—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 99. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. The market has been steady day, and prices have been about the same, with little business doing. Shropshire Union Stock, 49 Great Westerns, 53 i—London and North Western, 102 Stour Valleys, 88 B—Midlands, 83:3 4. BIRTHS. OF A SON, On the 25th inst., at 2/, Dorset-square, the wife of Cho- Gordon, Esq. On the 26th inst., at Kingston•hill, surrey, Mrs. F. A Du Cloz. OF A DAUGHTER , i• 1 On the 25th inst., at the - High Elms, Ramp the Hon. Mrs. Ed inupd Petre. On the 25th inst., at 23, Leinster - gardens, Hyde-park , Mrs. John Futze. ton.corov MAitIZIED, On the 26th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Alex A' iCuox, Esq , barrister-at - law, to S usan T oton, young est of the late James Arm s t rong, E sq., of the Beng al Civil Service. On the 16th April, at St. Mark's Church, Darling-point' Sydney, the Right Hon, George Edward Lord Audloy, t ° Emily, second daughter of the late Colonel Sir Thome.. Livingstone Mitchell. DIED On the 25th inst., at 12, Onslow-square, Brompton, Beale, Eeo., aged 85. On the 25th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, Miss Mitchell, o f 51, Berkeley -square London. • -of On the 25th inst.,' in London, John Mann, Esq., Glasgow. On the 24th inst , at Morchard Bishop, Devon, the BA!' Comyns Tu c ke r , rector of Washford Pyne, and a magir trate for the county of Devon. On the 24th inst., at 16, Leonard:place, Kensington , Joseph Eeles, Esq., formerly of Itoafes Hould-lane end, Bucks. On the 22d inst., Matthias Hawdon, Esq., of H.M.C. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNC 4 f of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun O ffi ce, Nci 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savor, in the count,' Aliddlesex, Thursday, August 27, 1857.