The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-16 00:00:00

MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WIFE. Thomas Fawn, 33, was charged with feloniously cutting and wounding Harriet Fawn, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. The circumstances on which this indictment was fouilded have very lately been published at large. The prisoner only married the prosecutrix last June, and on the 18th of last month, while he and his wife were making preparations to go to Chiches ter, he, without previous quarrel, dealt her a truly murderous blow on the head with a life preserver, •nd then went his way, leaving her insensible. It ]bas since been ascertained that he was keeping up an illicit connexion with another woman, by whom he had three children. The Recorder sentenced him to ten years' p3nal servitude. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—DER.BY, Dec. 14. The commission for this county was opened on Saturday afternoon before Mr. Baron Channel!, and the business of the assize was commenced this morning at 10 o'clock. Henry Buxton; aged 21, labourer, was charged, in separate indictments, with a highway robbery, on the 17th of Oct., at Ashford ; with another high way robbery, on the 7th of Nov., at Rowsley ; and with two burglaries on the night of the 6th of Oct. --cne at Rowsley, and the other at Stanton Leigh. He pleaded guilty to the two burglaries, but not guilty to tile other indictments. Mr. Meynell conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. In the first cwe the prosecutrix, Harriet Bag show, proved that on the afternoon in question she was going along a high road in the parish of Ashford, when she was assailed by the prisoner, a tall, powerful man, who put his hands upon her shoulders and demanded money. She offered him some silver, hoping that that would satisfy him, but the hope was vain, for he seized ber very roughly, put his hand on her mouth to stop her crying out, and threw her down upon the ground. He also tore off her scarf, which was fastened by a broach, snatched her gold chain and watch, and rifled her pockets. In her pocket was a purse con taining five sovereigns ; but she luckily succeeded in turning the money ont into her pocket, and though the prisoner got possession of the purse he failed to secure the gold, some of which was found afterwards in her pocket, and some on the ground. The prosecutrix swore distinctly to the prisoner as_ the man who had robbed her ; and later the same afternoon he was proved to have offered for sale the gold chain which had been taken. In the second case the prosecutor, Albany Daniels, proved that on the evening of the 7th of November he was going along the Rowsley-road, when the prisoner suddenly started upon him and give him a violent blow on the face, and knocked him down and took bis purse from his pocket, con taining 21. 13s. Information having been given to the police he was afterwards apprehended, and secured in spite of violent resistance. The con stable, who was very severely kicked upon the leg+, and hid suffered considerably from the effects of the prisoner's violence, was commended by the judge and ordered a reward of 51. The jury convicted the prisoner in both cases, The learned Judge sentmeed him to 20 years' penal servitude. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—EXETER., DEC. 14. Mr. Justice Wiles opened the commission in this city for the county of Devon on Saturday last. There are about 30 prisoners for trial ; some of the charges upon which they have to b 3 tried are of a very serious nature—murder, intent to murder, burglary and intent to murder, manslaughter, ob taining money by threats. and bigamy. James Boghurst, Thomas Brown, and James Coleman, who bad been committed on a charge of burglary in the house of William Braddon ' at Plympton, and w ith h av i ng assau lt e d William Brad don with intent to murder, were pl ace d a t t h e b ar . Mr. Karslake then stated to the Court that he had an affidavit made by a surgeon, who stated that Mr. Braddon was not in a condition to give evidence in the case, but he thought that by the next assizes he might be able to do so. Mr. Justice Willes asked the prisoners if they had any objection to the postponement of their trials. The prisoners said they would rather be tried now. Mr. Justice Willes said, under the c'rcumstances, he should recommit the prisoners to the next assizes Henry Barrington Hooper was indicted for utter ing a forged check for 4/. odd, with intent to defraud John Harris. Mr. Bere conducted the prosecution. It appears that Harris kept a public-house at Exmouth. The prisoner went there to lodge on the 28th of September, and remained there until the 15th of October, when his bill amounted to upwards of 4/. He then offered Harris the check in question, which purported to have been drawn by his uncle. The check was proved to be in the ha•Awriting of the prisoner. She Judge having summed up, The Jury remained some time in consulta'ion, and then returned a verdict of Guilty of lase pre tenceq, but the forgery was not made out to their satisfaction. The Judge then told the jury that the prisoner was not eh%rged with the offence of faLse pretences, but with uttering a forged check, he knowing it to be forged. The Jury then returned a verdict of Guilty of the uttering. The Judge said he should not do his duty if be treated such an offence with leniency. The sen tence would therefore be four years' penal servitude. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14. (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) THE HULL FORGERY CASE. Henry Smith Brivbt was indicted for forging on the 4th of July, 1853, at Hull, a deed of transfer, urporting to be signed by Robert John Taylor, of certain railway shares in the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company, with intent to defraud. He was further charged with uttering the same deed knowing it to be forged. Mr. 0 verend, Q C., Mr. Dearsley, and Mr. Maule appeared for the prosecution ; an I Mr. Edwin James, Q. C. (specially retained), and Mr. Price for the defence. The prisoner, an exceedingly intelligent and espeetable looking man, appeared at the bar with lis arm in a sling, having met with some accident. Throughout the trial he took an active interest in what was goin g on, and wrote many notes to his cannael, The ju r y returned a verdict of guilty of forgery, and of uttering the same with intent to defraud. Mr. Overend of the same said' there were several other cases carry the charg echaracter, f but he did not think he could u_rther than this, and with his ligdship,s sanction mr. %Tame aaid, It aid not propose to go on. charges as to the bills ex change were very Peculiar, c Lordship said h e , ~i ' m , caae no_ a :ld to say that he po4tiotlrot,the bills of ex c./uld not understand the change after reading the de Mr. Overend said, on the part of timosecution, they did not wish the bills of exch ange taken into account at all in the punish rn , e n ls t ! to be The prisoner was then called on if he had a_n thing to say why judgment should not pa: , upon h:ni. _ The prisoner, in a firm, clear manner, said,— " My Lord, may I be allowed to say that I hav e no tault to find w ith th e way in which this rrosecu t on has been conducted, and I thank the jury for the patient attention they have pail to the cwe. What I now say is with the full conviction that the crime of which I have been convicted was a few years ago punishable with death ; but what I wish to say is, that the whole of the transactions con nected with my firm carr i e d on, as a specu l at i ve i aeo9unt n al-own name, were so carried oil for the sole purpose of retrieving the position into which the firm had got by railway engagements in 1846 ; that the principle of those speculations was known to my partner, and that it was with his knowledge and his privity entirely that we entered on these speculations; that theywere intrusted entirely to my management, and were kept from the knowledge of his son, because it was notorious that his son was not a man of business; and they were kept from the knowledge of the clerks because their knowledge would have been ruin to the firm. My lord, the jury have found me guilty and I submit to the punishment which your lordship may award. His Lordship then proceeded to pass sentence. He said, I entirely concur with the verdict of the jury, and therefore I need not say I do not believe what you say just now. Nevertheless, I have com passion for you—a man fallen from the highly respectable station in which you stood. You say truly that a few years ago your crime would have been expatiated on a public scaffold ; and though I have compassion on you, I should do wrong if I did not pass a sentence on you commensurate with your crime, which is one of great enormity. The sentence of the Court is that you be kept in penal servitude for 10 years. The prisoner was then removed after acquittals had been taken in eight other indictments against him. We understand the prisoner has expressed his obligations to his learned counzel for his defence of him, which he states was the truth. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, DEC. 14. (Before Mr. Justice Wightulan.) Thomas John Ouseley surrendered to take his trial for having on the 16th of October last, pub lished a certain defamatory libel concerning Robert son Gladstone, a member of the Town-council of the borough of Liverpool. Mr. Brett and Mr. Lushington appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. So wler and Mr. Wheeler for the defendant. The case, which has attracted some attention in Liverpool, was a prosecution for libel preferred by Mr. Robertson Gladstone against the proprietor and editor of the Liverpool Herald. Mr. Robert son Gladstone is brother to the member for the University of Oxford, and well known in Liverpool as an opulent merchant and a zealous politician on the Liberal side, as well as an active magistrate and member of the Town-council. The Liverpool Herald is a weekly journal professing extreme Orange and Protestant views. The circumstances of the case will be readily understood from the libel itself, which appeared in the form of the fol lowing leading article on S a t ur d a y th e 10th o f Octobr last : " Some people cannot exist without a grievance ; like the hyena in his den, they are constantly moving about and uttering discordant sounds Mr. Ro bertson Gladstone is one of those grumblers ; no one can satisfy him. At a meeting of the Town council on Saturday last the monthly meeting, which should have taken place on Wednesday last, was post poned, owing to that day being set apart by the Queen's proclamation for a general fast and humiliation. This dill not meet the approval of the ever discontented mem ber for Abercromby Ward, who observed that— " 'He could not discover, really, what the . Council had to do with the order of humiliation and prayer. Of the necessity for humiliation and prayer, and the duty which was incumbent upon each of them in respect of those two objects, he did not pretend to hold any ques tion for a moment. But, considering that the parties really in fault were the East India Company, who had had golden opportunities of doing good, but had neglected and abused the trust reposed in them, why other parties were to be held responsible in the sight of God for the acts of that company was really a matter which he, for one, could not comprehend. He did not propose upon that occasion going into the subject. He felt very strongly upon it, and perhaps upon no point more than this did he enter his protest against it than because a day in the week was selected, a day of labour, when the po-rer classes must of necessity be the sufferers by the loss of that day's work. Why they could not have imitated their brethren of the Roman Catholic church, and fixed Sunday al a day of humiliation, he could not comprehend.' " Mr. Gladstone questions the necessity for praying to God to protect our fellow-countrymen, women, and children from the merciless Sepoy, because the Eaat India Company neglected their duties. We ask this brutal specimen of humanity whether the soldiers, their wives, and cl,illren are to blame for the conduct of the Government of India ? Other parties' are not held responsible in the sight of God 'tor the acts of the Com pany, but it is our duty as Christians to implord the Divine mercy upon those who are surrounded with peril. He objects to a week day being fixed upon. Had Sun day been selected there would have been no sacrifice of :elfish interests, and but few would have recognised the day mare than the usual Sabbath. As for imita'ing the Pope's sepoys, as proposed by Mr. Gladstone, that would only be exhibiting a disloyal spirit. "Why could not the Papists, the same as the Jews, and all other sects, obey the Queen's mandate ? And what benefit do the poor Papista derive from having Sunday set apart fur their day of humiliation, when their chief sacerdotal ruffian well knew that all work would be stopped on Wednesday. We are not surprised at. anything ema nating from Mr. Gladstone. A. man who can jump from Toryism to extreme 'Radicalism may, if it suit bias, rush from Christianity to infidelity, or, what is as bad, Popery, of which latter creed he now appears to be the champion. According to the theory of Mr. Gladstone, as the East India Company are in fault, we have no right to attempt to relieve Lucknow, but leave Delay 1,000 of our fell@ w.countrymen, women, and children to be butchered. The power of British troops, we admit, is grew . , but the power of God cal avert all evils; therefore to Him we pray, for His strength is not the strength of mortal man. The Town-council of Liverpool is disgraced so long as this English sepoy has a place at its table ; and we hope the electors of Abercromby Ward of ail political opinions will combine to oust him when his term of office expires. We had thought he had reached the lowest depths, but we are sorry to find there is a lower st 11—one that smacks strongly of blasphemy, as well as disloyalty." The ordinary proof of publication was put iu evidence, and Mr. Robertson Gladstone was called into the bax. On cross-examination, be admitted that on the day after the "Fast-day" he had sat as magistrate and dismissed several summonses against publicans charged with keeping their horses open on the Fast-day, but said his reasons were that it was in each case a first offence, and it was uncertain whether the publicans had really re ceived the notices distributed by the police ; and, in answer to the question whether he had not once been a Tory and was now a Radical, he said, " I was a Tory once, I'm sorry t o say." An objection was then taken by Mr. Sowler that the allegation in the indictment, " the defendant well knov.- . Ang the said libel to be false," was not approved ; but His Lordship said, that was a fact to be inferred by the jury from the charac'er of the epithets ap plied, and the other eircumeances of the case. Mr. Sowler then addressed the jury for the de fendant in a very humorous speech of two hours, making light of the abusive terms used in the libel, and appealing to Vie jury to take care of the liberty of the press. Mr. Justice Wiglatntin, in summing up, said that undoubtedly it was the privilege of a newspaper editor to comment upon the conduct of public men with considerable freedom ; but, upon the other hand, there was a limit which no one had a right to exceed---a limit to be determined with reference to the occasion and circumstances. In the present instance the question for the jury to decide was whether the terms used in the libel were within the limit .of fair and reasonable comment, and were warranted by the occasion. The jury retired to consider their verdict about 2 o'cl-ck. At 6 o'clock, when the Court was about to rise, they had not come to any conclusion. Under these circumstances, by a suggestion from his Lord ship, the counsel on either side endeavoured to come to some settlement. After a considerable discussion between the coun sel on the part of Mr. Gladstone and the defendant, the latter sta`ing that the defendant had never wished to convey any imputation against Mr. Glad stone's private character, and was now willing to express his regret for all the terms in the libel com plained of except that of " disloyalty," the former requiring an expression of regret for the whole ar ticle, and insisting that Mr. Gladstone would ad mit no distinction between his private and pnl , lic character, it was finally agreed that his Lordship should b asked to dictate an apology to be signed by the defendant's counsel, that the prosecutor should accept it in satisfaction and take no further proceedings, add the jury be then discharged. His Lordship having expressed his entire approval of this course, then wrote the following apology : " Mr. Ouseley regrets that, under the influences of strong feeling on the subject of Mr. Robertson Glad stone's observations in the T,,wn-council on Saturday, the 13th of October, relative to the day of Humiliation and Prayer, he should have used expressions calculated to wound tbo feelings of Mr. Robertson Gladstone, and witiviraw such expressions, and regrets that he used them. Which was signed by the counsel on both sides. The jury were tbertupou sent for into court. His Lordship, addressing them, said—Gentle men—This is a private prosecution ; the parties have agreed to se ttl e th e ma tt er, and there has been no compromise of justice. Mr. Ouseley ex pressed his regret for some expressions which are, no doubt, stronger than any gentleman in calmer moments would wish to use towards another. There . has been no compromise of principle, but an ,P,,o e logy has very rightly been demlnded on the one bee e n na lv vf it h h i d c r h aw w n 7 a e n, n l o t t he w re a fo rr r a e selxup;e'suliid male on the other. There were some have tgeectiLtlbet they n he o y f the jury, you will not be called on fverdict. T result of the trial Seemed to give gret satis-. faction to Mr.give 011E6(.1'3 f r i ends in the great of t'ie court, some of ta 1w at geutlhom ch eered vocif erous l y and ar m eman out3itle the hall aid CRIMINAL COURT.—Dec. 15. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE QUALIFICATION FOR PARLIAMENT. Mr. Bodkin applied to the court for an order that the usual process might issue for the appre hension of a person named Edward Auchmuty Glover, against whom the grand jury had returned a true bill for misdemeanour in having made a false statement to the House of Commons as to his piali fication to sit as a member of that house. The Recorder said it was contrary to the usual course for the court to issue process, in cases where thew had been an inquiry by a magistrate, without notice being given, but the proceedings that had trken place in the House of Commons in reference to this matter wore quite su ffi cient notice to the defendant, and therefore the application might be granted. Mr. Bodkin said that the prosecution was in stituted by order of the House of Commons, and the matter was fully discussed before that decision was come to. The Recorder asked the position of life of the defendant ja r . Bodkin said that all was known of him was th a t be was elected member for Beverley, and that lie had made a false stat e ment as to his qualifica tion. The Recorder then ma d e an or d er th a t a warran t should be issued for the apprehension of the defend ant, .and fixed the amount of bail at a personal re cognisance of 5001., with two sureties in 2501. each. If HE S 1 N, LONDON, with fresh rounds of applause and the Kentish fire. In the course of the day Aaron Mellor, found guilty of the wilful murder of his wife at Bolton, and sentenced to death, was placed in the dock. His Lordship, in addressing him, said he had caused him to be sent for that he might be informed that, in consequence of a point of law that had arisen as to the legality of the jury panel upon his trial, and which was not discovered till a day or two after the trial (a juryman named William Thorneley having entered the box and tried the prisoner instead of Joseph Henry Thorne, whose name was on the panel), the execution of the sentence has been respited until the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeal should be obtained on the matter. His lordship exhorted the prisoner, however, not to suspend the preparations for his end, as the sentence was only temporarily respited ou a point of law. WEDNESDAY EVENING, proceedings for the reasons stated in the bankrupt's letter, which he desired should be entered on the record. Mr. WEBSTER —Th e letter is not limited to matters properly relating to the application for delay, but goes into other details which will come out in his examination upon oath, so that I do not think it would be proper that the letter should go on the record. Mr. Ste phens, when he reappears, may make any explanation he thinks fit. The only statement in the letter which could relevantly be considered here is the plea of ill health. Now, I submit that this statement by the person himself is not sufficient, and ought to have been ace )mpanied by a medical certificate. In these circumstances the trustee is entAled to apply for a warrant. Of course, if the officer finds the bank rupt not able from ill health to attend, he will not exe cute the warrant ; but we have no reason to believe the statement of his health. The SHERIFF—The mole regular way will be Mr. Wilkie to move for adjournment in respect, first, of his client's ill health, and second, that he requires time to examine the books; but I do not see my way to admit ting my name upon the record., Mr. WILKIE —Th is seems to have been a very unusual examination, and hate opened up many matters on which the bankrupt was not prepared to answer, and he has been referred to many books and documents which he had almost never seen. The SHERIFF--That answer was available to the bank rupt whenever the difficulty occurred, so he was under no hardship on that point. Mr. WILKIE—There is no saying to what extent they may go on with this line of examination, and I think it is a reasonable request that he should have further time to prepare himself for such examination. I must make application to have that letter entered on the record. The SHERIFF -I am afraid I can scarcely sustain this application to enter the letter. A copy of it was also sent to me, which was an irregularity. The Sheriff then gave judgment on the question of adjournment. He overruled both grounds of the bankrupt's application, and granted warrant as craved by the trustee. To his decision he appended the following:— "Note—The agent for the bankrupt, in opposition to the above warrant, moved for a further adjournment of the proceedings on two grounds—first, his client's ill health ; and, second, the necessity of giving him further time to examine the books and documents with a view to his examination. With regard to the first of these grounds, and considering that the bankrupt is in the hands of competent legal advisers, the Sheriff Substitute has considered himself bound to overrule the plea of ill health, it not being in structed by medical certificate in common form. Of course, if such a certificate be presented to the officer executing the warrant, it will be for the officer to re port the matter to the sheriff substitute. With regard to the second plea for delay, it is sufficient to say that if any question be put which the bankrupt finds he can not answer, without a further examination of books and documents, it will be competent for him when such questions are put to call for such books and documents. But the sheriff substitute will not anticipate that incise shy before it arises." Mr. WILKIE gave notice that within the time pre scribed by the statute an appeal would be presented against this deliverance. Appeal under the act is taken to the Court of Session, but it does not necte , sarily stay execution of such war rant. Accordingly the warrant was immediately signed by the sheriff and handed over to Mr. Webster, the applicant being the person to undertake the cost and risk of execution. The following is the bankrupt's letter to the trustee, which was handed to the press at the instance of Mr, : "24, Northwnberlanri.street, Edinburgh, December 12. " Sir—l regret that my health having suffered greatly from the long-continued and harassing examination to which I have been subjected, I must ask for an adjourn ment to some future day before concluding it. Such adjournment is not only called for by the state of my health, but I require it to enable me to make a careful survey of the bank books. I was quite unprepared to go into such an extended and minute investigation of the bank's affairs, with which, as was repeatedly urged, my estate has no concern. -" It was unremonable to expect that I shoull, on the instant, account for the contents of the many ledgers, books, and documents kept by the subordinate officers of the hank, or that I should have the responsibility of the entries therein fixed upon me. " At the last examination the 'Deposit Journal' was placed in my hands, and I was shown the entry of a transfer of 3,0001. from the account of Stephens and others' to my personal account. I was asked whether such transfer bad been made ! Presuming that the entry was correct I erroneously answered that it bad been ; but a subsequent inspection of the book in Mr. Webster's hands convinces me that the entry was an error, that such transfer never did take place, and Mr. Webster has since admitted t me that the said entry was wrong. "I submit that the discovery of so serious an error requires that ample time should be allowed for a thorough investigation of the bank books, and I am certain that after it I shall be able to rectify any inaccuracies my lengthened examination may have produced. 'The ad journment will also enable me to show that all the ad vances made by Colonel Waugh were brought to the knowledge t - f and sanctioned by the directors; and the veurisies covering the same were considered ample ; and that so late as Feb., 1857, Col. Yates, one of the Com mittee of Li inidation and a director, assured me that lonel Waugh's security only wanted time to make it worth a million.' " I have instructed Mr. Wilkie to make the necessary application for an adjournment, and also for an ord , r on the bark to produce the books in the custody of the sheriff-clerk, that I may deliberately and carefully g through them, af:er which I shall be prepared to com plete my exlmination.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, " J. E. STEPHENS. POLICE INTELLIG ENCE.—Dac. 15. MANSION-HOUSE.--A young man who gave his age as 24, and his name as Richard Johnson, but who was said to be the son of a clergyman and brother of a baronet, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with stealing a bag value 25., from a shop door in Gracechurch-street. Evidence as to the robbery having been given, The Lord Mayor put some questions to the pri soner, who said he came from Australia by the Argo last May, and he had since been living on about 12)1., which he had received out of 6001. lett him by his father. A gentleman in court said he knew that the father bad been dead 15 or 16 years. The same gentleman made a private communication to the Lord Mayor, in consequence of which his lordship, addressing the young man said—l now know all about you, and I find that you have bad plenty of money during the last month, but that you have been a disgrace to your family since your childhood. You have been imprisoned twice be fore ; once for two months, and once for three months. I shall now send you for three months more with hard labour, and rest assured that your next offence will be followed by penal servi tude. The prisoner, who wore an air of sullen melan choly, and who was attired in a half-sailor costume, was again locked up. THAMES.—Frank Smith, a marine, belonging to the Peruvian war frigate Amazonian, lying in the East India Docks, was brought up on remand before Mr. Self; charged with attempting to mur der a police constable named John Blake, No. 83 H, and with assaulting several other persons. An affray arose between American and Peruvian sailors in Ratcliffe Highway on Saturday night last. That neighbourhood was disturbed for seve ral hours, and nine or ten persons were injured. There were about 20 Peruvians belonging to the Amazonian in a public house, they were all armed with knives, dirk., and daggers, and they met a number of American seamen whose hands were covered with weapons called knuckle dusters, made of brass, with small and sharp spurs in them to rake out the eyes or tear up the flesh of any person struck with them. Rymes, No. 189 H, kept back the Peruvians and obtained a reinforcement of police, who escorted the Americans to a place where they were out of danger. S ime of the Peruvians then made an at tack on Rymes, who kept them at bay with his truncheon, and took a long knife out of a Peru vian's hand. The Peruvians then went into Ship alley, Wellclose-square, where there was another disturbance among them, and they ill-used some English seamen, who knocked down several Peru vians with their fists, and got away. Blake, 83 H, went towards the alley to suppress the dis tarbance among the Peruvians, and the prisoner, who was concealed in the `dark recess of a wall, with a dagger in his hand, made an attempt to stab the policeman, who jumped back, and the dagger pierced his own under-coat, tore it up, and slightly injured his chin. He was immediately closed upon by one of the prisoner's shipma;es, who took his truncheon from him and knocked him down. The prisoner then ran away, followed by another police-constable, and the prisoner struck:at everyone he met with his dagger, and several narrowly escaped being killed. A poor and infirm womln was knocked down by him in his headlong retreat and seriously injuroi. At length an English seaman put his foot out, tripped up the Peruvian, and he was secured and his knife taken from him, but not before a police-constable whom he had attempted to stab had struck him several blows on the head with a truncheon, which completely disabled him. On Sun lay night there was another disturbance between the Peruvians and Americans, which was suppressed by the police who took from them several long knives and kuuckleduAters. A. collection of daggers, stilettoes, bowie knives, and knuckledusters tak en front A.merican. and. Peruvian seamen were ekhibited by Inspectors Gernon and Dendy. The Magistrate addressed the captain of the Peruvian frigate Amazonian, for whose attendance a summons had been issued, and s%id he was very sorry to say a are tt many cases of assault, wound ing and robbery had taken pl.,ce among the crew of the ...k.tnazonian. There hal teen one death owing to the reckless use of the knife. A cotPiderable number of Peruvians had used dirks, knives, and daggers in a most reckless and dangerous manner. The commander of the Amazonian regrett,d that his men had behavei so bad!y on shore, and attri bat( d it to int'Aication. Mr. Selfe said it would be as well if American and Peruvian seamen were prohibited from wear ing, or having in their possession, bowie knives, daggers, knuckledusters, and dirks while they were on shore. He wished to preserve amic %tole rehtions with Peru, but he should be very glad indeed when the Amazonian took her departure. These things could not be permitted in this c untry, however they might suit Peru and the United States. He should pass a very light sen tence on the prisoner, which was, one mouth's im prisonment in the House of Correction, but if there was any nat , re of this, severe punishments would be i nfliete 1. The captain of the Amazon'an said he would give the injured woman compensation, and stop it from the wages of the prisoner. Several Peruvians and Americans asked for the restoration of their murderous weapons. These applications were peremptorily refused. LONDON AND .E4STERN BANKING CoMPA A Y. EDINBURGH, MONDAY AFTERNOON. Mr. Sheriff HALLARD, according t) adjournment, he'd a Court this morning at 10 o'clock for the purpose of proceeding further with the examination of Mr. J. E. Stephens, the late manager of the London and Eastern Bank. Mr. Binny, the judicial trustee, was present, with Mr. Young and Mr. Webster, his coup el and agent, but no appearance v a made either by or for the bankrupt. Mr. WEBSTER stated t! a% ho had received a letter from the bankrupt, dated on Saturday, bearing the post mark of Sunday, and received by him this morning. It intimated to Lim that he would not ba present that mornine., and that ho desired an adjournment of the proceedings, on the grounds, first, of his present ill health, and second, of his desiring more time to examine the books and documents on which he had been ques. tioned. He (Nlr. Web ter) had at 9 o'clock that morn ing written to the bankrupt, intimating that his letter was unsatisfactory to him, and that unless he appeared before his lordship at 10 o'clock is would be necessary for the trustee to ask a warrant for his apprehension. As the bankrupt had not appeared, and as no appiica• tion had been made for aejlurnment and no cause shown why he had not appeared, be had now to present a peti tion on behalf of • the trustee, praying his lordship to grant a warrant for his apprehension, and to detain him in custody for such period as may be necessary. The SHERIFF—TiIe only thing in the letter that gives any reasonable ground fur craving adj .urnment is his statement with regard to his health, but as he has not given the only leg.l evidence of it, a medical certificate, it cannot be admitted. Mr. WEBSTER -aid he had seen the bankrupt on Fr.- day when he ca'led at his office, and so far as he could judge he appeared in perfectly good health. In answer to the SHERIFF, Mr. WEBSTER stated thet I 9 had had no communica tion from Nlr. Wilkie, the bankrupt's a g ent. The SHERIFF —The bankrupt says be has instructed Mr. Wilkie to move for an adjournment . . Mr. YOUNG —Probably the better course is to leave the petition in your hands, that you may sign it at a later hour if he does not appear. The SHERIFF—Suppose he was to produce a medical certificate that he cannot come; that would be enough? Mr. YOUNG —Yes, quite. The SHERIFF—I think, in all the circumstances, there should he some little delay in granting the warrant. Mr. WEBSTER —If there were not some reason t 9 fear that this is rather a mode of obtaining time to-- The SHERlFF—Satisfy yourself of that. The warrant can remain with me o'clock shall we say? Mr. YOUNG —At what time would you be tiatiiilied if there be no certificate, and if Mr. ‘Vilkie does not come? The SHERIFF—If you choose to take the respinsibiiity of it you may have it DON, But perhaps it would be as web to ad;ourn the court till 12 Mr. YOUNG —YuB ; and it may be well to let the bankrupt's agent know that if any delay is to ba asked appearai must be made. The SIIERIFF --A note will be sent stating that if appearance is not made at 12 o'clock the bankrupt incurs the danger of having this warrant granted. The Court was adj Jurned to 12 o'clock, when Mr. Wilkie, agent for the bankrupt, appeared, as did also Mr. Binny and Mr. Webster. The bankrupt did not appear. Mr. WILKIE expressed his regret at being unable to he present in the morning, not having returned from the country in time. lie begged to crave adjournment of the " Graham ninny, Eaq., Trn3tee, 9, Hart-itrpet." The bankrupt, it appears, is not unknown in Vin burgh, having received his medical education at the University there. He is a good-look'ng man of proba bly 40, and when he first appeared at his ex am i na ti on h e was cool, collected, distinct, having all the bearing and manner of an intelligent man of business. He gradoaLy, however, lost his easy self-possession, and by the fourth day the mental rack had evidently begun to tel severely upon him, he having by this time quite renounced his previous self-satisfied a n d comp l acen t air. an e subjects of examination on Thur-d a y a pp eare d very much to take him by surprise, and he beat the hush considerably for his answers, which he gave, re tracted, and repeated. He frecriently exhibited, perhaps assumed, the appearance of confusion ; sometimes did not under-tand, oftener did not remember. His hesita tion and ambiguity of answer were particularly seen in reference to his father's trust account, the loans from Lord Gough, and the alleged transfers to his private account, which he admitted, though he denies it in his lett r. Tcvice during Thursday he held private consulta tions with his agent and counsel, under whose advice evidently be a ithdrew answers that were rather danger ous admissions, and also changed his vague "I do not remember," to the more frank, but equally evasive, "I decline to answer." The bankrupt has certainly en c 'untered both an inquisition and a publicity which he did not expect, and, no doubt, hoped to elud e by com i ng to Scotland ; and if he has fled it is nothing to be sur prised at. The only wonder is that he sh ou ld h ave been so long in making up his mind, if this was his ob ject. The ex uniriation was adjiairned from Thursday furh eteern,ingw.hether be me ans to tast t 3 Monday, and the bankrupt was certainly in Whether he has s E in d c in e b fl u e r d gh to u L p on to Sunday don,or return or has fairly gone off, a day o r t wo wi ll perhaps i clear up ; but certain it s that he is no t to b e foun d at N b t i i s m t b h e a t l t an u d nie t s r s e etthe e ~ g , Edinburgh, Ben and th e un i v ersal elief e r t -arms be diligent and successful he is not likely to be beard of again here. MURDER AND SUICIDE d T CROYDON. The case of murder and suicide at Croydon came un der the investigation of Mr. Carter, the Surrey coroner, yesterday afternoon, at Croydon. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Win. Smithers, a clerk in the Bank of England, resided with his mother and a younger brother at Thornton-heath, near Croydon. The younger brother, Mr. Chas. Sini:hers, was a clerk in the factory of Mr. Bunnett, an engineer, at Deptford, ---an appointment be was about leaving for the purpose of enterinz upon a situation he bad been promised in the Bank of England. On the morning et Thursday last Mrs. Smithers knocked at the door of Elizabeth Morgan, a servant residing in the house, and desired her to get up, as sbeleard Mr. William moving, and supposed he might be wanting to go oat. It was then a little after 5 o'clock. At that time he was in Charles's bedroom, which was adjacent to that of Mrs. Smithers. As soon as she bad dressed herself William calle i on her, and requested her to bring him a wineglass, as he had got some medicine for his brother. On receiving the glass he went back again into Charles's room. When she prepared breakrast she went upstairs to see whether the gentlemen :were coining down. She knocked at the door, and receivin , no answer, listened, when she heard one of them snoring. She west down stairs again, thinking she would let them sleep on. About 9 o'clock a lad brought a letter, which he said was g to be given to Mr. Wm. Smithers at once, and E lizabeth Mer e :an took it up. Not b e i n able to obtain any re p l y to ref 'elated knocks, she op ene d the door, when both the Young' men appeared as though they were lyi n g dead in bid. Charles was foaming a t th e mo uth. She asked a young: woman residing in th e nex t house to accomp a ny her n ,pstairs, and upon entering the room they found that both the young men were dead. Morga n then ex clamfed, "Good God, Anne ! h ere i s a poison bottle and the yineglass I gave Mr. Willi am thi s morning." They were: lying on the bed betwe en th e t w o brothels. Mo r g an then went into her mistress' s b e d roo m, and found h er in a half se t,ting posture, herheal resting againet t he hod post, She was quite dead. M r . B ,twinley, who was : call ad iii, at once decided th a t th e t wo brothers bad d ied fro. fli he effects of prussic ac id, an d there could be no doubt that William administered a (lose to his brother, pro! sly in his sleep, and that he then took the poison him ;,e If. It appears that ho administered poison to his mo th er between the hour when she called Morgan and the time Morgan found Ler de a l i n bed. Some "P ia "' s w e re given as to the probable cause'for tie , coin ion of title dreadful s eries o f cr i mes . Sinithers ba , I been speculating in the city, and hail been unsuc cietsf ul. Ile had borrowed 70/. of a friend, which he was un.e,: hie to pay ; he had appropriated to his own ai , e 207. which his mother bad entrusted to him to pay some ac ;taints, and from letters which have been found it se , in is that he was about assigning some life policies as se nirity for his engagements. The mental depression pr educed by his unsuccessful speculations dove him to th e use of brandy, of which within the last few weeks he own monly drank a pint a-lay. r, is jury deliberated for an hoar, whorl the fella wing ye' ict was retuwii, :—That Mary Smithers and Charles DECEMBER 16, 1857 Smithers were wilfully murdered by the administration of poison by William Holton Smithers, and that William Holton Smithers afterwards committed self-destruction while suffering under temporary mental derangement. SUPPOSED MURDER AT MIDDLETON, NOR FOLK. Information was received yesterday from the Home office to the effect that a str ict investigation should take place into the circumstances attending the finding of a human skeleton, supposed to be the remains of a gentle man named Bell, who was missed at Middleton eight years ago, and has never since been heard of, and who was supposed to have been foully murdered at that place. It appears that this Mr. John Bell, at the time of his disappearance, was living upon his private means, an I had reached nearly 80 years. He had several relatives who exerted themselves to the utmost to discover when and under what circumstances his disappearance took place. All, however, that could be elicited was that, on the 13th Nov., 1849, the old gentleman was seen walk ing near a bridge in the vicinity of a field called, in the neighbourhood, the Four-mile-fit I I, on the London-road. An inquiry was set on foot, and rewards were offered from time to time till they increased to the sum of 1201. Even that inducement failed to lead to any satisfactory result. In addition every river in the neighbourhood for some miles round was dragged, and every expedient that the circumstances of the case suggested was adopted. During these investigations a bat was found that was supposed to belong to the missing gentleman ; and a canvas purse and a large knife were also found in a drain n ar Middleton. The purse, which was quite empty, was identified by his niece as the property of the missing real. The search continued for some months, but no further clue of any kind being obtained it gradually cooled, and eventually ceased altogether. A few days ago a human skeleton was accidentally dug up. Toe site of the discovery is a small triangular shaped piece of land adjoining Town-lane, leading from the Norwich turnpike road. The ground was formerly part of the property of a Mr. Wythes, who some years ago sold it to Mr. Richard Cleavers. It remained in his possession some time, and about 18 months ago he sold it to a Mr. John Wicks, in whose possession it was at the time of the discovery. In the course of last week Mr. Wicks ordered some of his labourers to plough this field ; and while one of the men (Burton) was digging down about 15 inches below the surface his spade came in contact with some bones. He proceeded to clear the earth away, and more became visible, until what ap peared to be a whole ekeleton was exposed to view. The position in which the skeleton was found was peculiar. It was lying on the back, but the head and legs were raised rather above the trunk, and one leg was et , seed over the other near the ancle. It appeared that the body had been thrust into a hole not sufficiently long to allow of its lying at full length Upon or near the chest was found a piece of corroued steel, incrusted with dirt, and bearing an exact resemblance to an ordinary razor blade. In fact, from subsequent investigation there is no doubt that such is the cas e . Th e labourers, being ignorant or careless, did not attach much importance to the disco very, and began to re-cover the bones with soil. The rumour, hOwever, soon spread, and their master, accom panied by the Rev. Canpn Kersley, the rector of the parish, went to the spot and stopped their further pro ceedings. The bones were exhumed in the most careful manner, and decently conveyed to the parish church. Two medical men, Messrs. Kendall and Coulcher, were then celled in, and made a minute examination of them, and they gave it as their opinion that it was the skeleton of a man who had been buried for some years. The skull was broken in several pieces, the jaw was fractured ; but a good set of teeth remained. Supposition immediately became rife in the neighbourhood that the remains were those of old Mr. John Bell. or those of some other man who had been murdered in a mysterious manner, and whose body had been hastily interred. Information was conveyed to Mr. Wilkin, the coroner of the district, who came down, and in the presence of the medical men and other' viewed the remain. He then summoned a jury, who have since met, and after a view the coroner informed them that, as the case was so mysterious, they could not at present come to any decision, that he should adjourn the inquiry, and lay the facts of the case before Sir G. Grey, the Home Secretary, and request the advice and assistance of the Government upon the sub ject. In the meantime the most energetic inqoiries would be made by the police, and he hoped else next time they met be should he in a position to lay such evi dence before them as would enable them to arrive 'at a satisfactory solution of this mystery. The jury assented to this course, and the inquiry was adjourned. HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar General) The public health of the metropolitan districts appears to be returning to a more satisfactory state. In the previous week the deaths re2istered were 1,428 ; in the week that ended on Saturday (Dec. 12) they fell to 1,240. In the ten years;lBl7-56 the average number of deaths in the weeks correspond ing with last week was 1,297. But, as population has increased, it is necessary for comparison that the average should be raised proportionally to the increase, in which else it will b.7coine 1,427. Tn consequence of the unnsual prevalence of influenza in the second week of Dec., 1817, the deaths from all c,.uses rose to 2,416 ; and if the average is cor rected with reference to this circumstance, it will be found that the rate of mortality now prevailing differs not much from that which may be expected at this season when no epidemic is pre,eut. The births of last week excaed the deaths in the same period by 563. The deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organs, which in the preceding week were 415, de clined last week to 336, which is still, however, a rather high mortality. Fatal cases of bronchitis declined in the two weeks from 242 to 185 ; those of pneumonia were 129 and 119 ; those of asthma 20 and 17. The deaths from phthisis (or consump tion) which in the previous week ware 168, were last week only 114. Influenza was probably more fatal than the tables indicate ; for the cases returned under the specific desimatiou in the two weeks were respectively only 22 and 19. Scarlatina is at present more fatal than any other dise Ise in the zymotic class ; it was fatal last week in 55 cases ; 4 of these oceurrel is the sub-district of Lambeth church (first part). 36 children died of measles, and 14 of those in the east district's. Of 47 deaths from whooping-cough, the greatest num ber (15) occurred in the north districts, and so many as 5 of these in the Regent's-park subdistrict, while only 5 occurred in the south districts. A man died of cholera in Lambeth, after 4 days'ill ness. Two deaths are recorded as the result of in sufficient nourishment, while three persons were the victims of intemperance. seven persons had attained the age of 90 years or upwards ; one of those was a man ; the rest were widows, three. of whom had reached the ago of 94. Last week the births of 961 boys and 842 girls— in all 1,803 children—were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 the average number was 1,507. At the Royal Observatory, Greenw'ch, the mean height of the barometer in the w e e k was 30.369 in. The mean daily barometrical re &ding was above 29 on Saturday, the sth inst. , a nd continued above that point during the whole of last week. The highest reading was 30 . 57 in. at the end of the week. The mean temperature of the week was 45 deg., which is 4.5 deg. ab ve the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). On Monday the excess of mean tempe rature above the average was so great as 10.2 deg. The highest temperature was 55.3 deg. on Sunday, the 6th ; the lowest was 35 '3 deg., and occurred en Tuesday. The mean daily range of the . week was 10'8 deg. On Saturday the range was o n ly 5.6 deg. The mean dew point temperature was 43'3 deg., and the difference between this and the moan air temperature was 1.7 deg. The mean tempera ture of the water of the Thames was 45 9 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 93, com plete saturation being represented by 100. A dense fog prevailed on Tuesday. The mean temperature of the air on that day was 417 deg.; that of the Thames considerab'y higher—viz., 46.2 d eg . Th e i wind was n the south-west throughout the week. There was no rain. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED I' THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 12 Zymotie Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases . . 162 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Biood•vessels 46 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 336 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ...... Diseases of the Skin, &c. 1 Malformations , "" 4 Premature Birth and D e bility 34 Atrophy Old Age fgludden . 21 Violence, Privation, Cold, and intemperan ce 4O Causes not specified DEATHS mom ALL CA113E3 Population Deaths in corm- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. of 1856. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts 616,635 -- - ----- Totals Males Females 617 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. _ _ _ Males Females.. 061 842 Total 0011 0-04. 0.1 ••• ••• 1,803 From the London Gazette of Last Night. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. P. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRE SENT PARLIAMENT. Town of Paisley—Humpbray Ewing Crum Ewing, Esq., of Str.tthleven, merchant, in Glasgow, in the room of Archibald Hastie, Esq., deceased. DECEMBER 15. Borough of Scarborough—John Dent Dent, of Ribston Hall, in the county of York, Eig., in the room of the Right Hon. George Augustus Constantine Phipps, com monly called Earl of Mulgrave, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Hempholme, in the county of York. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 12. The Right Honourable the Louis of the Committee of Privy Council for Trado and Plantations have received, from the Imperial Austrian Consulate General at London, a copy of a Notification issued by the Central Government at Trieste, modifying as follows, from the 7th Nov. last, the Quarantine Regulations hitherto in force. A.—REGULATIONS AGAINST THE PLAGUE. (a.)—Vessels, from wh.ltever part, arriving with foul bills of health. The ship and crew, after the disembarkation of merchan dise and suspected articles, 15 days. Suspected merchandise, after being opened in the laza retto, 22 days. Passengers, not including the captain and clerks, when they go straight into lazaretto, 14 days. Ditto, if their effects are fumigated, from the commence ment of quarantine, 12 days. Ditto, if they aro fumigated towards the close of the quarantine, 13 days. Vessels of war, from the period of disembarkation of suspected goods and articles, 12 days. (b.)—Vessels with cl«..an bills of health. . . I.—Arriving from any Turkish port of Europe, Asia, and Africa, including Egypt and Syria:— Vessels, crews, and cargoes, when the latter comprise no goods especially suspected, and when the bill of health is given up or confirmed by the Consul of any European Power, free pratique. . _ Ditto, in the absence of a consular certificate, 21 hours. Ditto, if furnished with a consular certificate, whenever there may be on board suspected goods, alter the latter are landed, free pratique. Ditto, in the absence of the above certificate, 24 hours. Suspected articles (rags and loft off wearing apparel), from the period of their being opened in the lazaretto, 5 days. ll.—Arriving from any Christian port of the Black Sea or the Sea of Azof, or from the mouth of the Danube, without having touched at any intermediate Ottoman port : Vessels, crews, and cargoes, having cleared in free pra tique, free pratique. Ditto, having cleared in suspected pratique, but with a clean bill of health, free pratique. Vessels having cleared in suspected pratique with a foul bill of health : I,—Vessels and crews, immediately after discharging into the lazaretto the suspected merchandise and articles, 14 days. 2.—Suspected merchandise, from the period of its being opened in the lazaretto, 20 days. lll.—Arriving from the coast of Africa and Asia, not including those ports comprised under Section 1., and from Australasia : Vessels, crows, and cargoes, whenever furnished with a clean bill of health accordod by an authority of any Euro pean Power, freo pratique. Ditto, without a bill of health as above, 24 hours. 8.--REGULATIONS AGAINST YELLOW FEVER. (a.)—Vessels with foul bill of health, whencesoever arriving. Vessels, crews, and cargoes, 16 days. (b.).— With a clean bill of health, whencesoever arriving. Vessels, crews, and cargoes, free pratique. The maximum amount of quarantine a:;ainst the plague is fixed at 40 days. Ditto, ditto, yellow fever, 15 days. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 14. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Couticil for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, enclosing copy of a French Imperial Decree, repealing the export duties upon all articles except the following, and modifying as undermentioned the export duties on walnut wood, millstones, and grindstones and raw skins : List of Articles still Charged with Export Duty. Almonds and nuts, weapons for war, rams and sheep, oxen, wood for burning, oak for construction exported by sea ; walnut wood gunstocks, rough or finished ; flos silk ; bottles, crystal or glass, empty or full ; miliboard, cereals, hats, felt or silk, wood and hemp charcoal, thistles, dogs of a powerful breed, pirated works of literature, horns of animals except in leaves, rags, brandy (eau do vie), bark for tanning, manure, spirit of turpentine, artificial owers, pianofortes, fodder, dessert fruit, seed grain, pink and colewort seed, coal, fixed oils, pure from oleaginous seeds dried vegetables and meal of 2 dried vegetables, green vege• tables, liqueurs, marl, merceries, furniture, iron ore, Ica , l ore, mules, bone black fowl and game eggs, gold and sil ver (coined or otherwise), oriillons, works in iron, fashions, bread and sea biscuit, white or lined paper, coloured paper for hangings, perfumery, skins (tanned), poles, pota toes, porcelain, pigs, pottery, powder, projectiles of war, sill in cocoon, silk dyed (pure or mixed), sulphate of iron, oilcake, cows, glass and crystal (not specified), and ordinary wines. Export Duties on Walnut Wood, Millstones and Grind stones, and Raw Skins---Walnut wood, sawn or rough, of all dimensions, 301 r. per 100 kilos. ; millstones, 4f. each per 100 kilos ; Grindstones, 200. do. do. ; Raw skins, large, wet, or dried (cows'), 10f.. do. do. ; do. do. (bullocks', &c.), 2f. do. do. ; do. small, (horses'), 20f. do. do. ; do. do. (all others), 2f. do. do. No skin will be considered as a cow skin should its weight exceed 35 kilos, when in a wet state, or 15 kilos if dry. BOARD OF TRADE WHITEHALL, DEC. _l4 The Righ Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have recAved through the secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a De spatch from her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Lubeck, report ing that the Government of Lubeck has established qua rantine regulations at the port of Trasomunde, as regards the plague, for all vessels arriving from ports in the Black Sea and Turkey, with the exception of Turkish ports in the Adriatic, from Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, Tri poli, and Tunis ; and, as regards yellow fever, from all ports on the west coast of Africa, between the Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Gibraltar. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 15. 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons --Arthur L'Estranze Hamilton Holmes, Gent., to be Cornet, without pur chase, vice Gower, promoted; David Roche Vandeleur, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Stoddart, promoted. 6th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Francis William He n ry M'Cleland to be Captain, wittiout purchase; Lieutenant Thomas John Grant, from the 58th Foot. to be Captain, without purchase ; Ensign John Hunt to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice M'Cleland. 9th Foot —Ensign William J. Massy, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Taylor, promoted ; Richard Roberts, Gent., to be Ensign; by purchase, vice Massy. 58th Foot- —Ensign Chas. Stapp to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Grant, promoted in the 6th Foot ; Ser geant-Major Wm. Bolton to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Stapp. 89th Foot —Mnjor Leslie Skynner to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase; Brevet-Major William Boyle to be M a jor, without purchase, vice Skynner ; Lieutenant Frincis Knatchbuil to be Captain, without purchase, vice Boyle; Ensign Henry Latham Brownrigg to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Knatchbull. 91st Foot—Henry Hamilton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Perkins, promoted. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Royal Berks Militia—Ensign Henry B&yntun to be Lieutenant, vice Barker, resigned. County of Norfolk —Robert Chamberlin, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Norfolk Militia Artillery—John Storer Brown, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Shovel! Henry Brereto, promoted. 2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Francis Lloyd, late Lieutenant in the Ayrshire Rifles, to be Captain, vice Newton, resigned. , Shropshire - Regiment of Militia—Frederick Hoary Nfainwaring, Gant., to b 3 Lieutenant, vice Thomas Wood ward, resigned. Warwickshire Militia-Ist Regiment—Henry Charles PAlnaer, Gent., to bo Captain, vice A. T. H. Shaw, re signed. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—John Lynch Fletcher, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Beek., retired. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia- Christopher Henry Hooke, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Payne, resigned Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery— Second Lieutenant John Clervaux Chaytor to b 3 First Lieutenant, vice William Henry Smart, whose Commis sion has been cancelled; Serjeaut-Major William Wilson, from the Royal Artillery, to be First Lieutenant, vice &loxauder Leighton, resigned. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Rob3rt Bradley, paper stainer, Trafalgar-road, Old Kent-road. BANKRUPTS. _ _ Frederick Stone, hotel keeper, Oxford, *to surrender, Dec. 22 and Jan. 28, at the Court of B tnkruptcy. James Chapman, grocer, Sevenoaks, Dec. 22, at half past eleven, and Jan. 21, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Henry Bedford Lemere, draper, High-street, Notting hill, Dec. 29, at half-past two, and Jan. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Tyzack, tool manufacturer, Old-street-road, Deo. 29, at two, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Robert Falk, merchant, Little Tower-street, Dec. 28, at twelve, and Fab. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Mean, sho,,maker, Pillgwenlly, near Newport, Dec. 29 and Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. William Swain Roberts, music seller, Leicester, Jan. 5, and 13, at half-past ten, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Joseph Freeman, wool top maker, Bradford, Dec. 31, and Jan. 29 at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leads. Thomas Hill, timber merchant, Areley Wood, near Stourport, Warwickshire, Dec. 28 and Jan. 20, at half past ton, at the Birmingham District Court. Ann Hayward, innkeeper, Shrewsbury, Deo. 31 and .Tan. 22, at ha'f-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. William Bates, licensed victualler, Surbiton, Kingston upon-Thames, Jan. 6, at two, and Jan 26, at. twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Wheals, tailor, late of Lowestoft, Jan. 6, at half-past one, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.. Edward Haigh, cotton spinner, Hipperholmecum-Brig house, Yorkshire, Jan. 11, at half-past eleven, aud Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Charles Pilkington and Thomas Pilkington, joiners' tool makers, Sheffield, Jan. 2 and 30, at ten, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Samuel Hulme, cotton spinner, Heaton Norris, Lancas ter, Dee, 29, and Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Thomas Ellis, steel manufacturer, Hoeley Tilt, Shef field, Jan. 2 and 30, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. Thomas Diver Roach, merchant, Kingston-upon-gull, .Tan. 6, and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Town•half, Kingston upon-Hull. David Hill, cattle dealer, Edonhall, Cumberland, Dec. 23, at eleven, and Jan. 26, at twelve, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Agop Beehiktaslian, merchant, Manchester , Dec. 29, and Jan. 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Thomas. M'Cartan, linen draper, Kingston-upon-Hull, Jan. 6 and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court, Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. James Crabtree and John Crabtree, cotton manufac turers, Habergham Eaves, Lancashire, Dec. 30 and Feb. 1, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Notice is hereby given, that all parties claiming to b e creditors of the Householders' Genuine Bread and Flour Company (Limited), are requested to present their claim I at the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday, Dec. 29. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Cruickshank, baker, Glasgow. Hugh Mair, boot and shoe maker, Glasgow. Grant, Dquglas, and Company, engineers, Glasgow. Charles Crotchie, jeweller, Inverness. James Anderson, grocer, Dundee. Country Market.% LIVERPOOL—DEo. 15. There was a good attendance of the town and country trade to-dav, and several buyers from Ireland and the in terior. Wheat met with a good consumptive demand, and a considerable business resulted at an advance of 3d per 70lbi on this day week. Flour more inquired for, and may be quoted 6d dearer. Oats unchanged, but oatmeal 6d per load more money. Barley, beaus, and pease met buyers to a fair extent, but at 6d per qr an d 2d p er tOlbs dec line. Indian corn more inquired for, and slightly dearer; prime yellow and mixed American 33s 6d to 31s, and prime Ga . latz and Odessa at 33s 6d per qr. HULL- DE ~ 15. Wheat, English red, 48s to 518 ; white 56s to 6Cs •' oats, ' 29s to 32s ; barley, 42s to 46s ; Indi an corn , 39s • linseed c tikes, Hull, 11/ Os to -- / —s Od; ditt o , f ore i gn , 81 15s to 10110 s ; rape cakes, 615 s 0,1 to 61 lOs ; guano, FL to 15 1 . ; bones, 140 s Od.; flour, —s to ---s; tares, —s to —O. LEEDS-DEC. 15. The supply of grain is limited ; there is a better tone in the trade for wheat, and all good useful qualities are fully as dear as on Friday, and secondary descriptions find a rather better demand. Barley ste tdy at late rates. Beans and other articles without material alteration. NEWCASTLE—DEC. 15. A small supply of farmers' wheat, which was taken off at is per qr. advance on Saturday's rates. South country and foreign held more firmly, and in the little business don() Saturday's decline was recovered. Flour quiet, with out change. Other articles as before. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. tm5terdam............ It 18 Gibraltar •••••••••••• •• :Ditto, three months .. 12 2y( Leghorn .. .. •• .... 30 70 Rotterdam •••••••••••• 12 2% Genoa .......... •••••• 26 35 Antwerp •••••••••• •••• 25 90 ihtilan •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Brussels •••••••• •• •• •• 25 90 , Venice•• •• •• •••• •• --- Bamburgh •• •• •• •• •••• 13 13% Naples •••••••••••••••• 40% A•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Palermo .• • . ['aria •••• •• •• •• •••••• 25 50 Messina •••' ... 12*., Do. three months .. • • 26 5 Lisbon .. Marseilles 26 5 ' Oporto ..............•• 12% Bourdeaux •• •• •• •• •• •• !Rio Janeiro ..... ••••• •• Frankfort-on-Maine .... 122 Buenos Ayres.... •• Berlin .. ;New York,6o days' sight Vienna.••••••••••• .... 11 14 Philadelphia ...... -- frieste.• •• •• ..•• •• 11 16 PRICES OF 11ULLION, PER oz: Petersburg ............ 33!4 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 ..............47 , Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Cadiz ......... • • 47% !Mexican Dollars 0 5 og Barcelona ............ New Dollars 0 0 0 Seville.• • • ..•• .• Silver in bars O5 2% LOOAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were more lively, and prices were higher, closing firm. London and North Western, 914 3—Great Western, 50;—Lancashire and Yorkhire, 914—East Lancashire, 89j —Midlands, 14" Sheffields, 363—South Eastern, 19—Birkenhead, 65 1 -- Boyers, 19 i—Grand Trunk of Canada,- LEEDS, DEC. 15. STOWE EXCHANGE.—The market to-day more active, but very little business was transacted. Midlands, 57 -- North Westerns, 7a. MANCHESTER, DEC. 15. STOCIC EXCHANGE.—The market opened easier to-dal, with a moderate business, and prices were better at the close. Davers, 19A—Eastern Counties, 11 15-16—Lee d 92 Ig—Sheffiehts, 362—North Eastern, ierwicks, Grand Trunk of Canada, 9i Midlands, 8€ —East Lana , ' shire, 894—Ditto, Fifths, 3-16 p. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Business in the market generally brisker, and prices firmer. London and North-Western , 94—Birmingham and Stour Valleys, 8h —Birmingham Banking Company, 26—Brightons, 103 103—South Staf• fords, B.l6.3.—Birmingham Canals, 83. TROOPS CROSSING TRH DESEItT.—A correspondent has favoured us with the following sketch of the arrange ments made on the arrival of the troops at Alexandria : As soon as the men had dined boats care alongside the ship, and they were packed into them about three p.m., with a blanket, knapsack, and sea-kit bag, with havre sack and water bottle over their shoulders. The former are put into a truck, the knapsacks being previously cever-id with canvas and sewn rcund, so as to prevent the straps being cut cif by the Arabs when crossing the desert. The heavy baggage has previously gone on with an officer, se-geant, and two men as guard. About five p.m. we start, and arrive at the Nile about nine a.m., which we cross by a floating bridge, taking about six carriages at a time, and on our arrival at the other side, which is called Kafa-Layat, the men in these six carriages have a good supper, with coffee, all ready prepared, and b y the time they are done the remainder have crossed, and these then sit down. We thee proceed to Cairo, arriving about 12 p.m. ; change engines, and on to No. 12 station in the Desert (25 miles from Suez), and here the rail terminates, the men having a good breakfast imme diately on arrival, which is about seven o'clock a.m., and a glass of grog besides. About eight o'clock we start in ttlAys of 16 vans, each holding six persons, and in every four hours after a similar number, each party arriving at Suez in five hours, and are then immediately put on hoard ship. The journey is thus accomplished in about 16 or 18 hours. The government must think we are a week in doing it, for they have sent Dr. Fraser with a lead of champagne and other wines, a ton of jelly, and other luxuries in the i.arne foolish proportion as the jelly, to form a hospital at Suez. Such nonsense ! for water has to be carried 15 miles and the place is most unhealthy ; and, moreover, there is no chanCe of any startingm n being very i he is s left behind l, for should a and sent back m an kt a b nn Malta,e before and as the journey is so shoe-, if a man should fall sick he has the snrgeon of the ship at Suez to attend him when put on board. Dr. Frazer has written home showing the uselessness of forming the hospital. He has, however, taken two or three rooms at Shepherd's Hotel, at Suez, in case anything may require his services. It has amused the English residents very much, the idea of an hospital at such a place. The Australian mail steamer Tamar arrived on the 27th of November, and leaves in the evening. She has brought 281 men of the 69th, under Fenwick. They start at 5 p.m. The Sultan is expected with more of that regiment in two days, and another vessel belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company a few days after that with the remainder of the regiment. The weather is delightfully noel, an& nothing could be bet'er than the time of year for the t .00ps cros , ing,—Onited Service Gazette. 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