The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-28 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Nov. 26. OLD COURT, [Before the Recorder.] John Johnson, 38, and James Moore, 26, were indicted for- a burglary in the dwelling-house of Thomas Miller, and stealing a large quantity of boots and shoes, his property. Mr. Sharpe prosecuted.; Mr. Ribton, and Mr. Phillips were counsel for the defence. The prosecutor is a boot and shoemaker in Char lotte-place, Goodge-street, and it appeared that on the night of October 31 the house was secured as usual, but on the following morning it was dis covered that the shop had been entered forcibly during the night, and a quantity of boots and shoe.. stolen. According to the evidence of a cab man named Edward Smith he was on the ranklin the neighbourhood of the prosecutor's residence about two o'clock on the morning of the 3lit of October, when the prisoner Moore, accompanied by a man named Onslow, who has not been taken into custody, hired his cab, and told him to drive to Charlotte-place, where he was directed to wait a short time, and in a few minutes they returned, accompanied by the prisoner Johnson, each of them carrying a large full sack. It appeared that they had no money to pay the fare, and the cabman was told to take the sacks and their cDntents to his house and bold them in security, and they promised to call on the following morning and pay him and take away the property. Smith it appeared had his suspicion aroused by what took place, and he went the same morning and gave information to the police, and the sacks were examined and found to contain about 100 pairs of shoes and boots that Lad been stolen from the prosecutor, and steps were taken to apprehend the guilty parties, and some policemen were placed in Smith's house with that object. In the course of the morning the prisoner Johnson went to the house, and on his being taken into custody and told what he was charged with he said that others were in it besides himself, and that he had only assisted to place the sacks in the cab. Shortly after this Moore arrived accompanied by anothet man, and on the constable, who was in plain clothes, asking him what he wanted, he replied that he had come for the shoes, adding the query, " Who are you ?" The constable thee told him he was a police officer, and that ho must take him into custody for stealing the shoes, up en which he said, "Oh ! if that's your game, you I'm off," and knocked the constable down and.endeavonred to make bis escape, and it was with great difficulty that he was secured, and during the scuffle the second man made his escape. The jury found both the prisoners Guilty, and evidence was given that they had been previously convicted of felony and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. They had also been several times summarily convicted for attempts to commit felony. The Recorder sentenced the prisoners to be kept in penal servitude for 6 years. He at the same time said he was of opinion that the cabman Smith hail behaved exceedingly well in the transaction. 8.. Bell, 34, a post-office letter carrier, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a letter con taining money, the property of the Postmaster- General, was brought up for judgment, and sen tenced to 4 years' penal servitude. J. G. Leveridge, 23, was charged with forging a cheque for 961. 10s. 2d., with intent to defraud the Commercial Bank. Mr. Iti'aton prosecuted ; Mr. Doyle was counsel for elle defence. The prisoner was tried on Thursday before Mr. Justice Coleridge upon a charge of stealing a cheque for 311., the property of his master, Mr. Oldham, a wine-merchant in London-street, Fenchurch-street, and the jury upon that occasion returned a verdict of not guilty. He was now charged with forging a cheque for the amount mentioned, and the facts wore incidentally alluded to in the course of the f eaner trial. It appeared that on the 6th of Nov. the prisoner asked the prosecutor to give him a cheque for 31. for petty cash, and Mr. Oldham, being in a hurry, and placing, as it appeared, the utmost confidence in the prisoner, gave him a blank cheque duly signed in order that he might fill in the amount of 31. that he required. Instead of doing so, however, it appeared that the prisoner filled in the cheque for the sum of 961.105. 2d., and obtained that amount from the bankers, the notes were changed at the Bank of England for gold directly afterwards, and the prisoner appropriated the money to his own purposes. The prosecutor was again subjeeted to a severe cross-examination by the prisoner's counsel, and, ascon the former occasion, he admitted that he had paced very great confidence in the prisoner, and that there had been some money transactions be tween them ; but the prosecutor repeated most posi tively that the prisoner had no legal claim what ever upon him, but that, on the contrary, he owed Lint a considerable sum of money. _Mr. Doyle made a very able speech to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and endeavoured t 3 show that he did not contemplate any fraud, and that he had, at all events, acted under an iinpres-ion that he was justified, by the nature of his position in the prosecutor's establishment, in .acting as he did with this cheque, and the open manner in which the act had been done and the certainty of detec tion he urged as being strong confirmatory circum stances of this view of the ease. The Re corder having summe d up, Thejury, after a short deliberation, found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him strongly to merry, and at the same time observed that giving blank cheques was a very dangerous practice. Mr. Ribtoa informed the Court that the prose cittor, since these transactions, had discovered that the prisoner had defrauded him to the amount of several hundred pounds. • The Recorder said he would confer with Mr. Baron Watson, who had tried the other :case, be fore be passed sentence. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Win. Atkins, 23, labourer, and IVlargaret Watts, 50, were indicted--Atkins for stealing a quantity of plate, valued at 2001., the property of Edzabeth Buck, and also upon another indictment for stealing property of 201. value, belonging to Maria Rich ; 4ncl. Watts was indicted for feloniously receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen. The male prisoner pleaded guilty. . Mr. Langford prosecuted. It appeared from the evidence given against the ftivale prisoner, that Mrs. Buck is a dressmaker, residing in Poland-street, and Mrs. Rich iu King &Teat, Golden-square ; and that in both i ns t ances the apartments occupied by them had been broken open and the property taken during their absence. From information given to the police they took the mile prisoner into custody, and upon searching an apartment occupied by him and the woman, in Queen-street, Lambeth, traced a portion of the property, and also found above 100 duplicates, stains of them relating to the property stolen, and = which had been pawned by Watts. The jury found them guilty, and they were sen tenced to six years' penal servitude. • THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. Prandergast, Q.C.) Mary Chalk, 20, spinster, a good-looking young h woman, was indicted for cuttin g an d wound ing Patrick ig, with intent to do him grievous harm. - Mr. Giffard prosecuted, and Mr. Rib ton defended. The prosecutor, whose head was enveloped in bandages and adhesive plaister, stated that, having known the prisoner for some time, she about five Veeki ago came to live With him as his wife, al though he had not pressed her to drYso. About ttiree weeks of er that she left him and, went to the. • -house of her mother in Stevens street, Marylebone. Upon the evening of that day, as be was coming frrmi the heuse of his brother in the same street, she tame up to him and begged he would let her come home again with him, but he refused. She fol b4ed him for about 100 yards into Great James street, when, finding that he would not accede to her request, she drew from her pocket a small tableknife; and, saying that she would have his life, Stabbed. him several times about the bead, and in all probability have killed him had not aorne of his friends secured her. ;• The witness, in cross-examination, positively • '-find that he had seduced her un ler a promise of ", , Y 4 alrieize. She had teen in service up with to the time ittg to li ve w i t h him, and while she was • . 3 -VAA 401Xl .ktio ller mother and herself wished him to have the bpaTauotbut. he said he would not, and ii The other " w" without his cousen. deposed to comingevidenceu was that of the police, who v P e at the time and finding the Prosecutor bleeding t w profusely. They took the knife from the prisoner. It as covered with blood, and had been so forcibly us ed that the blade very much bent and b ro k en off near the handle. Upon her way to the station she laughed atie had done it, and would have hislife. a4d said The statement which t•he made before the ma g i s _ trate was then put in, and it stated that the prose cutor had taken her from service under a promise to marry her, and had put up the banns, and that at ter ',lying with her three weeks he turned her out, and told her that lie bad another young woman, an -d she might go. She went the next day to him to P-41 ( him to let her come back, but be refused to t • "ave anything to do with her, and struck her. Mr. Ribton, in a moat eloquent appeal to the a r e y ' ° aid. that the charge, if anything, was only pecuoifi unlawful wounding. The case was one of tr' ar cruelty. The d poor girl had been shamefully ated—seduced. er_a solemn promise oftmaere i ge. She bad. be e li n Irce k s, cast off with , after a short space of hr insult and brutality. He should show that the prosecutor had perjured himself when denying that the banns had been put up. The girl's mother had done so with prosecutor's consent. The girl had up to this time borne a most respectabld c haracter. The learned counsel then caited the mother, a respeatable-looking woman, who was about to give her evidence relative to the publica tion of the banns, but The Commissioner objected to receiving it, as being irrelevant to the charge. The jury returned a verdict of unlawful wound ing under circumstances of great aggravation. She was sentenced to four months' imprisonment. THE SUN, LONDON, MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Now. 27. (Before Mr. Bliss, Q.C.) Edward Loveman, aged 53, and William Webb, aged 40, were indicted for having stolen two Si. notes, the property of Mary Paulina Hurry. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted ; and Mr. F. H. Lewis for the prisoners. The name of Mary Pauline Hurry was placed in the first. count of the indictment, nominally, as the prosecutrix, but the real promoters of the prosecu tion were the trustees of au institution called the London Diocesan Penitentiary, of whom Sir W. P. Wood, the Vice-Chancellor ' was one. The Peni tentiary was at Park-house, Highgate, and Miss Hurry was the superintendent. It appeared that on Sept. 25 Mr. Logsdon, clerk to the institution, received some money in notes from Twining's, and in the course of the society's business two of them came into the possession of Miss Hurry, who placed them in a purse attached to a bag, which she carried on her arm. One day she was in a conservatory ad joining Park-house, examining some flowers, when she laid the bag on a stand, forgetting to take it up. Shortly after she had left the conservatory she missed the bag, and on going to where she left it she found it was gone. No one could have had ac cess to the place but the prisoner Webb, who was under gardener. The notes were subsequently found in the Bank of England, and were traced from hand to hand to the prisoner Loveman, a jobbing shoe maker at Highgate, who was proved to have passed them in the presence of Webb. A great number of witnesses were examined to complete this chain of evidence. The notes were produded by Mr. Bailey, of the Bank of England. In the course of the case some remarks were made upon the notes being cancelled or cut at the Bank, so that the names of the persons endorsed at the back as havin g paid or received them were taken out. Mr. Bailey said if this were a fault it was that of the public, and not of the Bank. There was a reason for cancelling the denomination or figures of amount, so that if persons wrote their names at the back of the figures they were necessarily cut out. The names should always be written on the upper part of the back or front of the note, and it that rule was observed the names would never be interfered with in the cancelling. Mr. Lewis rested the defence upon a statement made by Loveman when he was taken into custody, to the effect that he found the notes in Dutton's lane, and after keeping them some days, and being unable to find an owner, he changed them, not at places where he was unknown, but with persons who were well acquainted with him. As to Webb, he denied ever having had the notes in his posses sion. Mr. Bliss summed up, and. The jury found both prisoners guilty—Loveman of receiving. Mr. Bliss said there was this circumstance in Webb's favour, that by an unfortunate accident the notes were thrown in his way, and he gave way to temptation ; and with respect to Loveman, then e Was nothing to show that he had ever been engaged in anything of the kind before, and he had known him for more than 20 y ears . Ho should therefore pass upon each of them the comparatively light sentence of six months' hard labour. James Hemmingway, 30, Samuel Robinson, 21, and George Bannister, 23, were indicted for unlaw fully assaulting and beating Charles Taylor, a police-constable, in the execution of his duty. Mr. Metcalfe was instructed to prosecute by the Solicitor to the Treasury ; Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Lawrence were for the defendants. The prosecutor, 349 S division, was on duty near King's-cross on the night of the 19th, and at a late hour the prisoners and a number of other persons left a public-house and created some noise. The prisoners went to the end of York-road, where they had a quarrel about one having paid less fur beer than the others, and on the constable interposing to induce them to go home quietly they assaulted him. Bannister struck him to the ground, and the others kicked him most severely about the head while he was down. He was picked up in a state of insensibility and was removed to a surgeon's. He bled profusely from a wound over the eye, and had not been able to resume his duty. The jury found the prisoners guilty of a common assault, and Mr. Bliss sentenced each of them to a month's hard labour. (Before Mr. Crea,sy.) John Cole, 23, shoemaker, was indicted for un lawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Charles Venn, a police-constable. On the night of the 12th inst. the prisoner was at the Red Lion public-house; Hare-street, Beth nal-green, and the landlord, seeing him go upstairs towards the bedrooms, went after him and asked him to go down. The prisoner said if .ihe in terfered with him he would cut his head open with a stick which he was flourishing, but by a little coaxing the landlord got him down, and then de sired him to leave the house. He then threatened to gouge out his eye, and on a person standing by endeavouring to get him out he pulled out a knife and was within two inches of plunging it into his stomach. After some time he was given into the custody of a policeman, the prosecutor of this in dictment, but on the way to the station he was rescued. The prosecutor chased him until he was captured by 428 A, and on the prosecutor taking hold of him he struck at him with a shoemaker's knife, and cut his hand severely, disabling him from duty. The prisoner made a desperate resist ance, but was ultimately got to the lock-up. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and Mr. Creasy, after indignantly deprecating the use of the knife, segtenced him to 18 months' bard larbour in the House of Correction. Eugene Riordan, convicted on Thursday of Weal ingsome gold, was brought up and sentenced to four months' hard labour. William Frost, convicted of stealing the sum of 561. in the dwelling-home of Edward Cox, his uncle, was brought up and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. John Rush, 17, was tried and found guilty of stealing a watch from the person of George Spald ing, Petticoat-lane. Seven or eight summary con victions were proved against him, and the Court passed a sentence of 12 months' hard labour. - Willia►n Smith, 33, was indicted for stealing a watch, the property of George Ware. The *prisoner lodged in the prosecutor's house, 21, Albert-street, Bromley, and stole a watch from the kitchen mantel-shelf, and decamped. Re was sub sequently given into custody by the prosecutor's son. The jury found him guilty, and Mr. Creasy sen tenced him to eight months' hard labour. William Johnson and Ann Lyons were indicted for stealing the sum of 41. 10s., the moneys of Alexander Lyons. The prosecutor was a clothier in Old-street, St. Lulte's. On the evening of the 10th inst. the pri soners went into his shop, and Johnson asked for an Oxonian coat. The prosecutor had been serving another customer, and bad to go to his desk for change. While he was seeing the customer out he heard the flap of the desk shut, and ou looking into it he missed some gold. He immediately called his man, and charged the prisoner with the theft ; and, after some parleying the woman gave up 4/. lOs. The man said to her, " It's a pity!you cannot leave off those trick.; when you are with me." But di rectly afterwards he said she was an entire stranger to him. They were found guilty, and sentanc©d to six months' hard labour. Honora Neal was indicted for stealing four chairs, the property of the Rev. F. Layton. Mr. Sleigh prosecuted ; Mr. Brooke appeared for the prisoner. The Prosecutor, a Catholic minister, resided in Duncan-terrace, and the prisoner had te en i n hi s service. She left, and some time afterwards some chairs were missed. Chairs resembling them were found at her lodgings, and she was given into custody. It was contended that the chairs were prisoner's own property, and she was acquitted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nou. 27. MANSION-HOUSE.—Augustin Hennnins was brough e t before harge the d wi Le thh r , r Mayor i l ving for stolen final f,ju examina tion, r b : ,iisof opium, several books, and some mops and b. ooms from the East India-house. Mr. Maule, instructed by Messrs. Lawrord and Waterhouse, solicitors to the East India Company, appeared for the prosecution ; and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Wontner. It will be recollected that the prisoner, who has been in the serNice of the East India Company as messenger for the last nine years, offered a ball of opium tor sale at a wholesale house in the city, and as he did not give a satisfactory account of the means by which lie became possessed of it, he was taken into custody. Ilia lodginos rote then searched, and there three other s of opium, some books of triaing value, and some mops and brooms, were found. The books and mos and brooms were stated to be the property of the p Com- S.A.TEiRDAir EVENING,_ - NOVEMI3ER 28, 1851. parry, and the prisoner was remanded in order that a witness might be called to identify the balls of opium. esterday Mr. F. Royle called, and said—l am a doctor'of medicine, and am in the employment of Ole East India Company, who refer raw and other prOducts from India to me for my opinion respect ing t `tem. I have for many years made opium my study. Opium for the English market is brought almost: entirely from Turkey. The ball produced by the officer Bassett is a specimen of Bengal opium. As far as I know, Bengal opium is not imported into this country for general purposes of trade, but is made up for the China market. I have seen balls of opium similar to the one produced at the India house. Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—l have never missed any balls of opium. I have all that were sent to me. Mr. Maule asked for a committal. Mr. Wontner submitted that there was no proof that the opium had ever been in the possession of the East India Uompany. The Lord Mayor sail he considered it a case for a jury, but would accept bail for the prisoner's appearance—two sureties in 401. each, and the prisoner himself in 801. The required bail was forthwith put in, and the prisoner released from custody. GIIILDHA.LL—Francis Foley, a glass-blower, of diminutive stature and repulsive appearance, was charged with the following brutal outrage upon his wife : Caroline Foley said she had been married to the prisoner about nine year, and had four children now alive. The prisoner was constantly in the habit of getting drunk and assaulting her. She had to work hard for a living for herself and children, as the prisoner gave her no money, and his ♦iolence was so intolerable that she had several times been induced to separate from him. On the present occasion the prisoner had returned to her after a month's imprisonment he had undergone for beat ing her in a most unmerciful manner, and although he had been back about three weeks, the whole of that time had been spent by him in one continual round of drunkenness, which reached its climax on the 21st inst., when, during a violent attack upon her, he struck her from 20 to 30 blows upon diffe rent parts of her head, face, and body, inflicting a serious wound upon her nose, and leaving her with two frightful black oyes and her body a mass of bruiseq. He also knocked her down upon the land ing outside her room, and while on the ground he seized her by the hair, and, as the complainant de scribed it, "hammered her head repeatedly upon the stairs." Sir F. G. Moon said in the whole of his experi ence he never had a case before him in which the brutality approached so near to murder as the pre sent one. He committed the prisoner to the House of Correction for the full term of six months, with hard labour, and further required him to enter into his own recognisances in 201. to keep the peace towards his wife and all her Majesty's subjects for 12 months. BOW-STREET.—A charge of cruelty to a horse was preferred by Love, the chief constable of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, against James Eyden, a beershop-keeper at Top Locks, Norwood. On Saturday a carter named George Howe was brought to this court by Seaman and Rutherford, two of the society's officers, for driving the horse in question in an unfit condition. The man referred to his master, the present defendant, who, in addition to his business as a retailer of beer, ac's as a " haggle carter," keeping a horse and cart to carry goods for his neighbours as they may require his services. Howe stated that the horse had been bad about a fortnight, and also that he had remonstrated with his master, who, however, insisted upon his taking the horse out. He was obliged to submit, but protested against it, and gave notice to leave his situation, as he was deter mined he would not drive the horse again. He WAS taken in Covent-garden market, after discharg ing a load of green stuff, which he had brought from Norwood. Upon this statement Mr. Jardine issued a summons against the master, and bound the man over to appear as a witness. The description of the wretched animal given by the officers was most distressing. It had a " quitter" on one foot and a sore on the other, and ou its back two wounds of five or six inches in length, cut to the bone, one as large as a man's palm, and two as large as half-crowns. The saddle was press ing into the larger wounds ; altogether the animal. was wholly unfit fur use. Mr. Jardine expressed great indignation at the barbarous manner in which the animal had been treated, and. suggested that it ought to be killed. Defendant murmured something about the loss it would put him to. Mr. Jardine said the defendant did not seem to view the case in a proper light, or to be conscious of the gravity of the offence be had committed. Unless the horse was immediately killed he would inflict a severe penalty, but if that were done with out delay he should merely order him to pay the costs of the summons and the expenses of the green yard. Defendant expressed his willingness to obey the magistrate's injunction, to afford time for which the case was adjourned for a few days. SOUTHWARK.--CASE OF ALLEGED PERJURY. Mr. James Bingham, an attorney, of the Kennington-road, and Mr. William Watson, of the Newington Arms Tavern, King-street, Walla orth, were summoned before Mr. Combe, for that they did falsely, wilfully, wickedly, and maliciously commit wilful and corrupt perjury, in the testimony given by them on oath upon the trial of Thomas Stowell, for fraud, at the adjourned sessions for the county of Surrey, on the 17th of November, 1856. Mr. Solomon attended on behalf of Mr. Watson, and Mr. Bingham attended personally to answer the charges, It may be recollected that rather more than 12 months ago Stowell was tried at the Surrey Ses sions for unlawfully obtaining a certain sum of money from Mrs. Harriett Penny, the then land lady of the Newington Arms public-house, under the pretence of obtaining for her at the October Sessions for the county of Surrey, in 1856, a music licence, which he failed to do, and after a trial before Mr. Puckle, on the 17th of. Nov., 1856, he was convicted and sentenced to 12 months im prisonment in Wandsworth House of Correction, which expired on Monday week. As soon as he was liberated Stowell attended before Mr. Combo, and having stated he bad been unjustly convicted, he obtained summonses against the defendants for perjury ; Stowell alleging that he did serve the notices by and with the consent of the defendant Bingham, whose clerk he was at that time. Toe case being called on , Stowell said that he wished th e c h arge against Mr. Bingham to be taken first, as'ithat was the most important ; he having sworn that he (Stowell) was not his clerk when the licence business was carried on. Mr. Combe asked hial - ;1;t his specific charge was. When he granted the summonses against the defendants he uoderstood they were for perjury. Stowell replied that such was the case. He had been most cruelly and badly treated, and he now came for justice. Mr. Combe told him he also understood him to say that it was sworn at the sessions that he was not clerk to Mr. Bingham. Had he got a copy of the indictment against him Stowell replied that he had not. Mr. Solomon here said that he had the original trauscipt at his office, and ho would immediately send for it. Shortly afterwards the document it question was brought in and handed to his worship, who, at the request of Stowell, read the different counts. The first for having undertaken to obtain a music license for Mrs. Penny, of the Newington Arms, Kiwi-- stt eet, Walworth. The second by stating that he had ar ranged it with the clerk of the peace ; and the third for obtaining the sum of 3/, from Mrs. Penny, or her servant ' • whereas he had not in any way proceeded for the license. Stowell said the whole of these allegationswere false. He was at the time clerk to Mr. Bingham, the solicitor, and he drew up the required notices. Mr. Bingham 11 , re denied that Stowell had ever been his clerk, and he never saw the notices. Stowell, in great warmth, said that what Mr. Bin g h tat had stated was false. He knew that he was his clerk, and be served the notices. Iu fact, he had his handwriting to prove that. Stowell was about to read some written evidence, when — Mr. Bingham objected to him reading that. He must have proper evidence from such a person. Stowell told his worship that he wished for a summons against Mr. Puckle, the jud_ e who tried him, to produce his notes of the trial, but Mr. Burcham, who sat at the time, objected to grant them unless in the course of tin hearing of the case they might be required. Mr. Uombe sai.l, that as objection had been made to Stowell's reading the evidence, the case had better be adjourned to procure fur her proof. Mr. Solomon objected to any adjournment. He was there on the part of Mr. Watson to answer any charge Stowell might be able to trump up against him, and he did not consider his worship ought to adjourn the case. Mr. Comba said that Stowell wanted to read evi dence at his trial, to show that he was unjustly convicted. He says that ho was at the time clerk to Mr. Bingham. Mr. Bingham—He never was my clerk, sir, and I swore that at the sessions. Stowell—You area lying vagabond. You, were told by the chairman to stand down. Mr. Combo thought it 'would be better for al parties to be more moderate, and Stowell must use better language. What was it h e requ i re d ? Stowell t 'said he was sorry for being so hasty before his worship, and forgetting the duty he owed before 1 a magiatrate, but Mr. Bingham interfered with MM. He required to have the original notestaken by Mr. Puckle, the chairman at the sessions, pro duced, and the original indictment from the office of the clerk of the peaca. Mr. Combo said that, under thess circumstances, he should adjourn the case until Saturday, the sth of next month, and in the meantime he should write to Mr. Puckle to forward a copy of his notes, or the originals. 13oth Mr. Solomon and Mr. Bingham coincided with big worship, and would be satisfied with the notes, without the attendance of Mr. Puckle. The further hearing of the case then stood ad journed until Saturday, the sth of December, when Stowell said he had to make charges against four °tilt r persons for conspiracy. Had he better make them now ? Mr. Combo told him he had better let the pre sent summonses be investigated before he mado any fresh charges. Stowell-Then I'll do as your worship directs. CONFESSION OE MURDER. A great deal of excitement has been created in Weymouth during the past week, says the Sher bombe Journal, in consequence of a rumour that an old woman on her deathbed had confessed that she was a participator in a most foul and, cruel murder committed more than half a century ago, but the re tl perpetrators of which at that time could not be discovered. The particulars of this dark deed we have gathered from the testimony of many old persons still living, and who can distinctly recollect the circumstance that about the period mentioned great alarm was felt in the town in consequence of the discovery of a human body wrapped in a linen sheet, lying near the foot of the old bridge on the Melcombe Regis side of the harbour. On exami nation it was found that death had been caused by a blow on the head, causing a severe fracture of the skull, as if committed by some iron and blunt instrument. Blood was traced from the spot across the bridge to a house in which the deceased woman resided, situated in High-street, Boot-lane. This was then the only house of ill-fame in the town. It is supposed that on the night of the, murder the unfortunate man, whose name was Tillroyd Morgan, by profession a jeweller and engraver, was at this house, in company with a farmer named Hardy, who resided at the village of Chickerell, but who died many years since. A quarrel is said to have arisen between these parties, which resulted in a death-_blow_• being inflicted on Morgan. After the fatal blow had been struck the body of the de• ceased was wrapped in a kind of sheet or sack, and was then placed on Hardy's horse, which was standing at the door of the ill-famed house at the time of the occurrence, and brought to the bridge, the intention of the murderers being to throw it int) the water. In this it would seem they were baffled, for the night was dark, and several voices were heard, which thwarted their designs, and they on landing at the Mel , combo side dropped their burden in the street. As daylight dawned a workman near the spot saw the bundle, and on opening it a most horrid sight presented itself, the head of the unfor tunate man being completely smashed in. An alarm was instantly raised, and a search instituted, which resulted in spots of blood being traced through the whole of the route they had taken, and to the very door of the house in which the murder was com mitted. Suspicion was at once raised as to the guilty parties, and the deceased woman and her associates were at once arrested and brought before the tribunal at Dorchester, but the evidence failed to substantiate the charge, and they were acquitted. A few days ago the last of the survivors of those supposed to be participators in the dreadful deed died—Priscilla Guppy. On her deathbed her state of mind was truly frightful ; she had attained a great age, being upwards of 90. It is stated that previous to her decease she confessed she was a par ticipator in the murder, having beat him on the head with a piece of iron or heater, such as is used i❑ ironing linen. She implored the Divine Creator to have mercy on her sett], anu forgive the sins she had committed. We understand also that she st ited that when she was arraigned before the bar of justice on the trial she had the gold watch and chain of the murdered man concealed in the hair of her head, and that after the commission of the crime Hardy went home to his own house an I imme diately on entering put back the clock two hours. Be retired to rest, and a short time after wards awoke his servant and told her to go down stairs and see what was the time, when she returned and told her master very innocently the hour, not know ing,th at the clock had been altered. This servant was brought forward on the trial, and thus her,testi many as to his being home at the time the crime was supposed to be committed led to his acquittal. The body of the murdered man was interred in the churchyard of St. Mary's Church, where now to this day may be seen his tombstone with the following inscription :—" This stone was erected by public subscription in remembrance of the cruel murder committed on the body of Tillroyd Morgan, who lies here, on the 27th of April, 1792, aged 22." NEW COMMISSION OF LIEUTENANCY FOR TILE CITY OP LONDON. !(From the London Gazette of last evening.) WHITEHALL, Nov. 4, 1857. The Queen has been pleased to issue a new Commission of Lieutenancy for the City of London, constituting and appointing the several persons under mentioned to be Her Majesty's Commissioners for that purpose, viz. :--- nd iB' the Lord Esquire, Lord Mayor of our Mayor of our said Tl City iom a a s f Q .L u o e n s d t e o d a F a inu city for the time being; and our trusty and well beloved Esquires,S Laurie, Knight, Charles Fare brother,Copeland and Samuel Wilson, C apman Marshall, K n i g ht, J o h n iv William liPeter Sir Taylor Humphery, Esq., Sir G. Carroll, Knight, Sir James puke, Baronet, Thomas Farncomb, Esquire, Sir John Musgrove, Baronet, Thomas Challis, and Thomas Sidney, Esquires, Sir Francis Graham Moon, Baronet, and David Salo moos, Esquire, Alderman of our said city of London; our trusty and well beloved Russell Gurney, Esquire, Re corder of our city of London, and the Recorder of our said city for the time being ; our trusty and well beloved Sir Robert Walter Carden, Knight,David Williams Wire, uires, Sir Henry d m o t h ig u a C er a i r d t g e : e r K ai n id igh W t, i n lli i a ch m ar C d u n bi a t r t t , le E y ksennedy, William Anderson Rose, William Lawrence, W arren Stormes Hale, Thomas Gabriel, and Benjamin Samuel Phillips, Esquires, Aldermen of Our city of London, and the Alder men for the time being of Our said city; Sir John Key, Bart., Chamberlain of Our city of London, and the Chain berlain of Our said city for the time being; Henry A... Merewether, Esq., Doctor of Civil Lawand Serjeant-at-Law, Town Clerk of Our city of London, and the Town Clerk of our said city for the time being ; Thomas Chambers, Esquire, Common Sergeant of our city of London, and the A John ade r L s o o a r kieg , Thomas Common Sergeant of our said City for th e ti me b e i ng; Y, Richard Hicks, Walter Peacock,Wil ene li ° a r mStevens, Thomas Pewtress, John Britten, Daniel Cork, Edward Harrison, Robert 'Obba,rd, Samuel Unwin, Thomas Lott, Henry Kebbel, Edward Godson, Thomas Jefferson Holt, William Archer, -Eugenius Fenning, Beoj thin BoWer, William Christie, Robert Butler Whiteside, Wm. Elawtrey, Thomas Dakiu, James Davies, Herbert Lloyd, John Johnson, George Vir tue, James Michael Barnard, William Rathborie George Aitcheson, Edward Conder, Esquires, Deputies of city of London, and the Deputies of our said city for the time being ; "John Southby Bridge, Thomas Watkins, Edward Eagleton, Jeremiah Evans, John Briggs, George Meadway, Wm. Tylor, Francis Bennoch, Sheffield Neave, Bonamy Dobree,. Thos. Baring, Henry Wollaston Blake, Travers Buxton, Edward H. Chapman, Robt. Wigram Crawford, William Cotton, Benjamin Buck Greene, Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Henry Hocks Gibbs, Thomson Hankey, Johii Oliver Hanson, John Benjamin Heath, Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Henry Lancelot Holland., John Gellibrand Hub bard, Thomas Newman Hunt, Alfred Latham, George Lyall, Thomas Masterman, Alexander Matheson, James Morris, George Wattle Norman, Thomas C. Smith, Thos. Matthias Weguelin, H. Hulse 13,rens, A. E. Campbell, James Pattisson Currie, Charles Frederick Huth, James Malcoluison, and Thomas Tooke, Esquires, Ross Donnelly Mangles, Esquire,.Sir Frederick Currie, Baronet, Charles Mills, Russell Ellice, William Butterworth Bayley, John Shepherd, and Martin Tucker Smith, Esquires, Sir Henry Willock, Knight, Sir James Weir Hogg, Baronet, William Henry Sykes, Elliot Macnaughten, Wen. Joseph Ea,twick, John Harvey Astell, Henry Thoby Prinsep, and J. Pollard Willoughby, Esqs., Sir Henry Creswick e Rawlinaon, Kt., Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Sir Robert John H ussey Vivian, Kn i g ht , C omman d er of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Our right trusty and well beloved Councillor SirL. Peel, Knight, our trusty end well beloved Sir Jas. Law Lushington, Knight, Grand Cross of the Most Hon. Order of the Seth, Was Wigram, Esq., Sirltobt. Campbell, Bart,JilinL: John Masterman, Henry Shank, John Shisph•rd,•l'al Atm, William Henry Chichely Plowden, Johr.ol%-mo't bite man, Henry Alexander, William Dent, t I -udicy Coutts Majoribanks, Esquires, Charles Franks,'. od Philip Pleydell Bouverie, Esquires, Sir Richard Plumtree Glyn, Baronet, Charles John Manning, William yhillimore, Newman Smith, John Thornton, George Whitmore, Charles John Baker, James Whatniau Bosauquet, Frederick Charles Gaussen, Henry Lannoy Hunter, Brice Pearce , George S m ith Th or nt o n, J o h n fli ed Nicholl, Ebenezer F u ll er Maitland, Thomas Henry Allen Poyuder, and William Pole, Esquir es , Baron de T Henry Vigne, eissier, James Tulloch, Henry Jeffreys, Biiihby, awl John Neville Warren, Esquires, Baron Lion e l d o Rothschild, Baron N a th an do Rothschild Sir Moses Mon te.ore, Bart , Joh n Garrett,' Abraham W illey Robarts, Geor4e Carr Glyn, George Rickards, Jonathan Muckles ton Key, Abraham John Valpy, and Robert Seeley, Esqs., Sir William Henry Poland, Knight, Thomas Alors Han key, Henry Butterworth, Edward Tyrrell, William Croft, John Alexander Hankey, James A nilerton, Daniel Britten, George Dodd, William Hughes Hughes, Francis Bligh H oo k ey, W illiam Hughes Hughes, jun , George Meek, Ambrose Moore, Joseph Oldham, jun., Josiah Wilson, Alfred Wilson, Cornelius Lea Wilson, Peter Nor thallL a urie, Ed war d Wilson, Richard Lea Wil son, Robert Ellis, Win. Peters, Jas. Walkinsimw, Joseph Seines, Samuel Gregson, George Manny, John Master man, junior, Daniel Mihired, Frederitk Mildred, Richard Sir , Lam bzrt, Jones, an d Ch arles P earso n, Esquires, James Cosmo Melvin, knight Commander of the Most Tionourable O r d er of the I;tlißentley, William Gladstone, John Helbert John Pem berton , iam Roper Maynard, • Heywood, John Pierce Kennard, Robert William Kennard, Joseph Ma nerd Will Arthur Walford, John y Walter, Charles Fenton Whiting, Chae. HMI Heathfield Smith, Chas. Alliston, Geo. Allis ton Philip Champion Toker, D av id H enry S tone, Wm. Dallison Starting, John Kinnersiey Hooper, John Hum phei y, jun., William Fowler Monntford Copeland, Joseph Anderson, junior, John Wood, Samuel Christy, Bonamy Dohree, junior, John Hill, William Jones Lloyd, Donald Nicoll, John Thomas Norris, Philip Joseph Salomons, John Henry Smith, Thomas Matthewman Challis, William Henry Challis, Alfred Wilberforce Challis, John Ridley Hunter, Robert Bonsfield, Edward Jones Williams, Edward Hunter, Edward Masterma n , G eorge M oore, J o h n Francis Moon, ohn Garford, Richard Nathaniel Philippe, George Woodhouse Carrie, Alex. Henry, Lewis Loyd, Charles Magniac, James Nugent Daniell, Duncan Dunbar, William Schaw Lindsey, George Moffatt, Thomas Parker, John Philip Fincher, John Bonus, Samuel Fisher, Thomas Kerr Lynch, Charles Skipper, George Grenfel Glyr., Henry Lowman Taylor, and Charles Wentworth Dilke, Esquires. From the London Gazette of Last Nig t WHITEHALL, Nov. 26. The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting- the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto Major-General Archdale Wilson, of Delhi, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Bengal Artillery, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. The Queen has also been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Major-General Henry Havelock, of Lack now, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. WHITEHALL, Nov. 26. The Queen has baen pleased to ordain and declare that Isabella Neill, the Widow of the late Colonel James George Neill, of the Madras Fusiliers, shall have, hold, and enjoy the same style, title, place, and precedence to which she would have been en titled had her husband, who fell in the gallant discharge of his duty in India, survived, and been invested with the insignia of a Kni g ht C omman d er o f th e M ost H onourable Ordr of the Bath, for which honour he would have been recommended to her Majesty, as notified in the London Gazette, of the 17th instant, hail he survived. And also to command that the said royal order and de claration be registered in her Majesty's College of Arms. [ln substitution of Notice in Gazette of Tuesday last.] BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, Nov. 23. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Edward Granville, Earl of St. Germans, G.C.8., to be Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, in room of the Right Hon. Frederick, Earl Spencer, 8.G., resigned. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 27, -• • 2d Regiment of Life - Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Clinton Baddeley, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Williams, who exchanges; Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Mountjoy Martyn to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Baddeley, who retires ; Brevet-Major George Howard Vyse to be Major and Lieut.-Colonel, vice Martyn ; Lieutenant Augustus Savill Lumley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Vyse; Cornet and Sub- Lieutenant John Hennilser Lovett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lumley. sth Dragoon Guards—Joseph Heremon Persse Fitz- Patrick, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice White,' promoted. 7th Dragoon Guards—Edward Henry O'Dowd; Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase. 2d Dragoons—Cornet Hugh Edmond Browning to be Lieutenant, without purchase. 6th Dragoons—William Jocelyn Shafto Ord., Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase. 12th Light Dragoons—Cornet Erasmus Gower to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Stisted, promoted in the 7th Light Dragoons. 13th Light Dragoons--Cornet Henry J. Toulmin to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Kanntze, appointed to tie 7th Dragoon Guards ; Sergeant-Major Thomas Geo. Johnson to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Savage, promoted. 16th Light Dragoons—Cornet Fred. Stoodley to be Lieu tenant, without purchase. . 17th Light Dragoons—Edwin Andrew Corbet, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Alfred. Wilke Drayson to be Captain ; Second Captain Cad wallader William Elgee to be Captain; Lieutenant William Lambert Yonge to be Second Captain ; Lieu tenant Chas Booth Brackenbury to be Second Captain ; Lieutenant Edward Markham to be Second Captain, vice Drayson; Lieutenant Henry Richard Porter to be Second Captain, vice Elgee. 6th Regiment of Foot—Captain E. G. Waldy, from half pay 23th Foot, to be Captain, vice Herbert, whose ap pointment from half-pay of the 97th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of the 23d October, 1857, has been cancelled. 7th Foot—Paymaster Godfrey Goodman Mosley from the 20th Foot to be Paymaster. Bth Foot Lieutenant George Corry to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Gould, deceased. 14th Foot—James Townsend Edwards, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bright, promoted; Quarter master John O'Connor. to be Paymaster. 15th Foot—Lieutenant Philip A. A. Twynam to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice R. R. Moore, who retires; En sign George Joseph Maunsell to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Twynam. 21th Foot —Ensign Robert Paterson Fox, from the 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnstone, whose promotion, by purchase, on Aug. 25, has been cancelled. 25th Foot—Lieutenant Alex. Strange to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain Walker, who has resigned that appointment ; George Terry Carwithen, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hill, promoted. 33d Foot—Captain John James Greenwood, front half pay of the 33d Foot, to. be Captain, vice Fitz Gerald, promoted ; Captain Anthony Morgan, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Lacy, seconded, being a District Inspector of Musketry ; Lieutenant J. S. Rogers to be Captain, by purchase, vice Morgan, who retires ; Ensign G. R. Morgan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rogers; James Philips, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice G. R. Morgan. 60th Foot—Ensign George .Hatchell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Conyers, deceased ; Ensign Henry Brodrick, from the 88th Foot, to be Ensign, vice E. L. Phillipps, died of his. wounds. 68th Foot—Captain C. B. Wilkinson, from the Military Train, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Colonel J. E. Lewis, promoted to the Substantive Rank of Major, under the Royal Warrant ot Oct. 6, 1854. 73d Foot Captain John Dixon, from half-pay unat tached, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Bowes, seconded, being a District Inspector of Musketry ; Lieu tenant Spencer F. F. Heuslowe to be Captain, by pur chase, vice John Dixon, who retires ; Ensign Hugh Fraser to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henslowe. 80th Foot—Captain Evan Macpherson, from half-pay of the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice G. D. Pitt, seconded, being Captain Instructor of Musketry at Hythe ; Lieutenant J. L. W. Nunn, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Macpherson, who retires ; Ensign W. G. Trevor to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nunn ; Edward Vaughan Rumsey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Trevor. 88th Foot—Henry Brodrick, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Glasson, who retires. 91st Foot—Ensign Walter 0. Wade to be Adjutant, vice Bruce, who resigns the Adjutancy only; Ensign and Adjutant W. 0. Wade, to have the rank of Lieut.; En sign James Blagg, to be Lieut., without purchase, vice Crampton, promoted in the 2d Foot ; Ensign A. F. Per kins to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Dowell, promoted ; Ensign E. V. Rumsey, from the 80th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Blagg. 96th Foot—Captain Henry Alexander, from half-pat' Royal Staff Corps, to be Captain, vice Snow seconded, being a District Inspector of Musketry ; Lieutenant G.' B. Cumberland to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alex ander, who retires; Ensign G. K. Hallett to be Lieute nant, purchase, vice Cumberland; Charles Edward Wright, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hallett, Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Henry Blundell HoDinshead , Blundell to be Adjutant, vice Brett; Ensign Hugh Lawton, to be Lieutenant, without purchase; Ensign and Adjutant Emanuel Jeames to have the rank of Lieu tenant ; Ensign W. C. Purdon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fremantle, promoted ; Charles Walker Robinson ' Gent., to be Ensign, without p urc h ase, v i ce Lawton ; Archdale Robert Palmer, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pardon. UNATTACHED. The undermentioned officers to have their Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank under the Royal War rant of 6th Oot., 1851 : TO BE MAJORS. Captain and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. J. E. Lewis, 64th Foot. Captain and Brevet-Major Thomas de Conroy Hamilton, 68th Foot. HOSPITAL STAFF. TO B 8 ASSISTANT-SURGEONS TO THB FORGES. William Pirrie, M.D., ♦ice Oliver, appointed to the 60th Foot. Seth Sam, Gent., vice Chapman, appointed to the 37th Foot. Walter John, Gent., vice Mould, appointed to the 83d Foot. James Jameson, M.D., vice Cruice, appointed to the 86th Fvot. John Warren, Gent., vice Brown, appointed to the 86th Foot. William Tanner, Gent., vice Farmer, appointed to tha 29th Foot. Hecry Cole Peppin, Gent., vice Milne, appointed to the Royal Artillery. George Bouchier, Gent., vice Whitla, appointed to the 99th Foot. Charles B. Mathew, Gent., vico M‘Lotchie, appointed to the 26th Foot. - JameS Doran, M.D., vice Heard, appointed to the G7th Foot. William Jackson, Gent., vice Wood, appointed to the Royal Artillery. Bpi.' Thomas Giraud, M.D ., vico Bell, appointed to the Royal ° Artillery. William James Cumming, M.D., vice Skinner, appointed to the 92d Foot. BREVET. Brevet -Colonel Sir Robert Garrett, K.C.B , half-pay 46th Foot, to have the Local Rank of Major-General in the East Indies. Bre7et-Lieutenant-ColonelNeville.B mks Chamberlain, C. 8., of the 16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, to be Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the army. Major James Alexander West, retired full pay 81th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel in the ArniY, the rank being honorary only. _ Captain John Dixon, of the 73d Foot, to be Major in th 3 Army. Captain Henry Alexander, of the 06th Foot, to be Major in the Army. Captain Evan Macpherson, of the 80th Foot, to be Major in the Array. Brevet -Major John Dixon, of the 73d Foot, to be Lieut.- Colonel in the Army. Brevet-Major Henry Alexander, of the 96th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Lieutenant• Colonel Thomas Hall, who retired from the Grenadier Guards by the sale of his Commission, on the 13th March, 1857, to be Colonel in the Army, 11th Nov. 1831, instead of 2Qtli June, 1854, as previously stated. . . ADMIRALTY, Nov. 27. Vice-Admiral of - the Blue Edward Collier, C. 8., has ben tlpi):_iintud to receive a pension of one hundred and fifty ppuLd3 a year, as prescribed by her Majesty's Ordal in Council of 25th June, 185 1 , vacant by the death of Vice-Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen, and the name of Vice-Admiral Edward Collier, C. 8., has been removed to the Reserved Half-Pay List accordingly; and in CUM. quence of this removal, the following promotions, to date from the 4th instant, have this day taken place ; Rear-Admiral of the Red William James Mingaye, to be Vica-Adiniral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White James Scott, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Henry Francis Greville, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Russell Eliott to be a Rear-Admiral on the Re served List. Captain John Elphinstono Erskine to boa Roar-Admiral of the Blue. Retirad Captain Alfred Luckraft to bo an additional Retired Rear-Admiral without increase of pay. ADMIRALTY, NOV. 27. The following promotions, dated the iqth instant, con sequent on the death of Rear-Admiral of the White Charles Graham, C. 8., on the 18th instant, have this day taken place : Rear-Admiral of the Blue The Right Hon. Lord George Paulett, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain James Hope, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery—John Blain, Gent., to be Quartermaster. sth West York Regiment of Militia—John Croker, Gent., to be Quartermaster. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. County of Cardigan— Lewis Pugh, Eaq., to he Deputy Lieutenant Thos. Hughes, Esq., to bo Deputy Lieuten ant ; Thus. Jones, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Thos. Lewis Lloyd, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. County of Oxford—Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia— Edward Ramsay, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Aston, pro moted. Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia— George William Moore, Gent., to bo Ensign. Royal Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia—Alexander Farquhar, Esq., to be Captain, vice Lord Henry Gordon, resigned ; Robert H. Playfair, Gent., to be Ensign • Ro bertson Gilchrist Mar s h a ll, G en t . , t o b e E ns i gn ; Daniel M`Leod Fullarton, Gent., to be Ensign. Duke of LanCaster's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Ca valry—Lieut. W. E. Royds to be Captain, vice Crook, de ceased ; Cornet the Hon. A. E. H. G. Egerton, commonly called Lord Viscount d e Wilt on , t o b e Lieutenant, vice Egerton, promoted ; Charles Patrick, Eaq., to be Lieut., vice Royds, promoted ; James Dearden, jun., Gent., to be Cornet ; John N. Fizakerley, Gent., to bo Cornet. Leicestershire -Militia—Frederick James Louis Wyatt, Gent., late of the King's Own Light Infantry Militia, to be Lieutenant ; Godfrey P. Hallifax, Gent., late of the Royal Dragoons, to be Lieutenant • John Alexander Wm. Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign; Thom as Al exan d er L e i g h Knipe, Gent., to be Ensign; David Dowie, Gent., to be Ensign. Tower Hamlets--King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Cadwallader Edwards, late Captain, County Dublin Militia, to be Captain, vice Gibbon, resigned ; Armar Lowry, lat e C a pt a i n, Armagh ilitia vice Humby, resigned, to be C a pt a i n ; L eonar d Strong, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Sutherland, resigned; Morgan . Culhane, Esq., M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Hacon, resigned. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Frederic White Christian, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Jones, resigned ; Frederick Pratt Worthy, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Smith, promoted ; Charles Warwick Bampfyldo Wells, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Vevers, promoted ; Horace Arthur Wells, Gent., t o be Ensign, vice Newton, promoted. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Roderick M`Donald Campbell to be Ensign, vice Hawkes, resigned. Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Ed ward Maximilian Bethune, Gent., to be Second Lieute nant, vice Henry Lloyd Nicholson, promoted; Clifford Fortescue Borrer, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice George Elliott Clarke, promoted. Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia —Lieutenant George Meek to be Captain, vice Henry, re signed. Royal Berks Militia.—Algernon Lewis Medley, Gent., to be Ensign, vic&Smith, promoted. Stirlingshire and Highland Borderers Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—John Thomson, Esq„ to be Surgeon, vice Gibson, Tesigned. (This appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 20th October last.) Royal Berks. Militia—Frederick Everett, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Voules, promoted. (This appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 20th inst.) King's Own. Light Infantry Regiment of Militia— William Lewis Kulbach, Gent., to be Ensign. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Hayward, innkeeper, An4o ' ver Southampton, to surrender, Dee. 4, at half-past one, and Jan. 12, at one, at the Court of Ihnkruptcy. John Moss, grocer, Stafford, Dec. 7 and Jan. 11, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. ' Joseph Yeoward, ship broker, Liverpool, Dec. 11 and Jan. 1, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Richard Robley and Edmund Walter Briggs, lace manta facturers, Nottingham, Dec. 8, and Jan. 12, at half-past ten, at the Shirehall,'Nottingham. John Minchin, milliner, Newport, Dec. 8 and Jan. 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Count. Wm. Thompson, dealer in artificial manures, Plymouth, Dec. 3, at ten, and Jan. 14, at one, at the Exeter Dis trict Court. Thomas John Green, provision merchant, Mark-lane, Dec. 8, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Smith Jewell, builder, Willow-walk, Bermond sey, Dec. 8, at thrtie, and Jan; 12, at twelve, at the Court of. Bankruptcy. John William Billson, bookseller, Leicester, Dec. 8 and Jan 12. at half-past ten, at th e Shi re h a ll, N ottingham. William Henry Duncan Aldridge, tailor and draper, Great Bridge, Stafford, Dec.' 10. and Jan. 8, at half-past ,eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Simon Lucas, the younger, grocer, Digbeth, Birming ham, Dec. 10 and Jan. 8., at half-past eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. William Thompson, miller, Lichfield, Dec. 7, and Jan. 4th, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. John Heinrich Theodor Stockaaarr, and Christian Gottlieb Steudel (and not Stendel as before advertised). merchants, Dec. 4, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Bean, hosier, Cheapside, London, Dec. 2 and Jan. b", at 12 o'clock, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Warrener, dealer in fancy goods, Burlington Ar cade, Dec. 10 and Jan. 12, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. 'Edward H. Hahn and Harman Freystadt, cap manufac turers, Stamford-street, Dec. 8, at half-past two, and Jan. 12, at twelve, at tha: Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Benjamin Moiety,. dentist, Great Vine-street, Regent-street, Dec. 8, at twelve, and Jan. 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. BANK OF I An Account, pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Wednesday, ISSUE DEP. ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the 25th day of November, 1857. Notes issued . . 23,25,1.45 N.B. Of which two millions are issued un der the' authority of the letter from the First Lord of the Trea sury and the Chancel lor of the Exchequer. Government debt.... 11.015,100 Other securities .... 5,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 6,784,145 Slyer bu11t0n........ ----- £23,259,145 £23,259,145 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. er, 1857. DEPARTMENT. Dated the 26th day of Novemb Government securities (Includ.i.DeadiVeight ". Annuity).. ...... 5,P.01,447 Other Securities...." 31,350,717 Notes ..... • • ...... 1,918,840 Gold and Silver Coln.. 479,527 BANKING DI Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Best.. Public deposits (in • eluding Exchequer, Coin missio ers of National Debt, Say ' fags' Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 5,788,999 Other deposits Seven Day and other Bills 815,838 £39,556,53 1 51, MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 26th day of NOT, 1857. £39,556,531 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Nov. 24, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid o r payable thereon; dn tie importation thereof into Great Britain : • s. d. From the British Possessions in America. The arrangements for the resuscitation of the Woiver hampton and Staffordshire' Bank are said to be proceed ing favournhly. The chains of the depositors amount to about 400,0001., and 'the consent has already been obtained as regards two-thirds of this total to the proposal for repayment in three instalments extending over 18 months. The creditors for the remaining third reside in outlying districts, and a few days will be occupied in communicating with them. A severe scrutiny into the accounts is said to have been instituted, and to have resulted thus far in showing that the assets are fully worth the sums estimated by the directors. A statement has been made that the directors visited Lon don on Wednesday to negotiate a loan ; but this was not the case, and they intimato that they will not take any such step until all the areditore shall have complied with the terms agreed to by the general body at the recent meeting. ETois COLLEGE.—At .a meeting of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College, held in the election chamber on Wednesday last, it was agreed, under the sanction of the Bishop of Salisbury, to divide the lucrative living of Sturminster-Marshall, in Doraetshire, into three per petual curacies of a bout 4001. per annum each, this liv ing having become vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Irving. The livings have conseq uentl y baen distributed a 4 follow :—The Rev R. J. Gould, formerly of Windsor, to Sturminster-Marshall ; the Rev. J. F. Plamptre, to Corte-Mullin ; and the Rev. Mr. Blount, to Lytchett- Mineter. There is ales the small curacy of Hamw,,rthy which ii not yet disposed at. [Anveterrssessr.]—Du Barry's delicious nevalenta Arabica Food saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and cures indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual constipation, nervousness, bili ous ness, and liver complaints, flatulency, di s t ens i on, a cidity, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, n ervous headaches,;, hysteria, neuralgia, noises in the head and ears, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, erysipelas, eruptions of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula, cough, asthma, con sumption, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea and sickness during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea, low spirits, spasms; cramps, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, inquietude, itietud I s i l k ee e p t l o es s s o n c e i s e s t , y i , nv u o n l fi n t n n tt e t s t s y f b ot i • us' s li t ii t i f p l aralysis' blood to the head,, tremors, dis oss of memory, delu sions, grot y ll e e l s . s tigo fear, indecision, wretchedness. w . reic . i c i x ed h n a e u s s s ton, it me is la , ncholy . more over, the best food for ' infants and invalids generally, agnododdiniliberal as it never tu rns ac id on the weakest stomach, nor in terferes re l ish fo r wth lunch a diet, but imparts a healthy an e dr; l e e s i t , o y re t s o the th efamcouslttyof enfeebled.dies tion, and nervou s and muscularir' Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure • Dr. Shorla,nd, Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattike; • Dr. I • • ; Dr. Wurzer ; isgram , Lord St • uart de Deeics; the Dowager Countess of Cast a. stuart ; Major-glen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all .ether neans of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full in structions. In canisters, lib, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4s. 6d, ; blh, lls ; 121 b, 225, • The 1.21 b canisters are sent carriage fr co, on receipt of Post-Office order. —Barry Du Barry, & Co., 77, Regent-street, London. lIIPORTANT CAUTION' against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations : —The Vice-Chancel lor , Sir William Page Wood, granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred logpor Nevill, for imitating " Da Barry'. Royal= t Arabica Food." Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 27. There was a gocd attendance this morning of millers and dealerd. The majority of them were seeking bargains in wheat, and a fair business was transacted at an inl' prolement on Tuesday of about 2d per bushel and dd to 9d per barrel and sack on flour. Indian corn in request, at 6d per qr reduction from the last market day. Oats and oatmeal at late rates. Barley, beans, and peas all weaker in value. WAKEFIELD —Nov. 27. With moderate supplies of wheat we had an improved feeling in the trade; the demand is more active, and belt samples at is per qr advance on last week's rates. Beans, oats, and other articles were lower. Average prices of grain—Wheat, 50s sid ; bailey, 3 g. 3id ; oats, 26s —d; beans, 45s 9d ; peas, Os 8d rye, —a. Od. EXETER—Nov. 27. CORN.—Wheat, 6s 6d to 7s ; barley, 49 Gd to 4s 9d ; grinding do., Os Od to Oa 01. Oats, 3s Od to Os 0 4 . Beans, Os 0(1 to 0 Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. FLOUR.—Fine, 38a Od to 40a Od; seconds, 36s Od to 35% Od per sack. CATTLE. —There was a small supply of bullocks. Bert beef, from 1036 d to 1.1.8 Od per score ; inferior, 7s to 8s per score; fat calves, Od to 6d per lb.; barrenuers, Os Od to 0 : Od. per score ; cows and calve., 121. to 201. us ; butchers calves, Od to 7d per lb., rearins calves —s to s each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21.5 s to 31. 5s per couple; ewes. Oct to 66d; wethers, 7d —d.; lambs, to 0 per lb. . Pigs► large size, —s to —s ; second size, to —s ; slips, - -41 to —s ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 4d per:lb.. Pork carcases from 9s 6d to 103 6d per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—Nov. 27. The market continues very quret, and the traisaationa of the week are chiefly confined to about 4,000 boxes . of Havannahs, part on the spot and part to arrive. at former quotat'ons. Refiners' produce, from its being in short supply, about supports the previous value kW therori ll little life in the market. Rum dull. 162 ; mold, 129. .'r.—Noy. 27. • t the close of the market - Wsllsends s Flengb Hall l7 Nixon's Duffryn. 21 • Plummer Framwellgate l9 0 Whitworth l6 0 Hetton 18 south Kelloe 18 .9 itewa.rt's 19 6. South Hetton = I'9 3 Tees • A 9" Shincliffe 17 d- : Squborwen Merthyr 0 Keiper Grainge ...18. Hetton - l9. d Caradoc . •• • • • 18 9. Hartlepool Hetton ..... 6 v draddyll lB COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton al • s d. Davison's West Hartley 17 3 Bebeide's Hartley 17 6 Bell's Primrose l3 6 Haswell Gas 14 0 Htl'pool West lartley. 17 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 17 • 0 North Percy Hartley _l5 6 Taufield Moor Butes 13 3 Wood's West Hartleyt 14 6 Wylaui !Pd ` alleend, &c. 'Acorn Close lB 0 Gosforth l7 0 Eden Harton Eden Main lB 3 Haswell 19 9 Ships at market, COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTXBDAY. knistordam.... 12 3 Gibraltar •• •• •• •• " Xis Ditto, three months .. 12 3 Leghorn 4. Rotterdam ............ 12 3 Genoa ...... 26 40 Antwerp 25 90 Milan .............. 8ru55e15..............25 85 Venice 1% aambur g h ............ 13 14% Naples .. • ...... Altona ................ .. Palermo .. 1 24 % .... Paris • • ...... _ ........ 25 55 Messina b 124 4 256 Do. three months •• 26 5 Lisbon .. •• •• Marseilles 26 10 Oporto • 6234 am. Bourdeaux .......... .. Rio Janeiro Frankfort-on-lfaine •• .. 122 Buenos Ayres ••• • •• Berlin .. New York.6o days' sight '" Vienna.......... • • .... 11 12 Philadelphia Trie5te................ 11 20 ?SLICES OW IIILLIOZW• Tom• "l e Petersburg ............ 333 Foreign Gold in Bats £3 17 Madrid .........., .... 47% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 4 1 , Cadiz ......... • • ...... 48% Mexican Dollars 0 . 0 Barcelona ............ New Dollars 0 0 5evi11e........... .. Silver in bars ...... 00: 0 • - LOCAL SHARE LIVERPOOL. Nov. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day Were y... 7 buoyant, and prices improving. South Eastern, 1 . 8 1 -1 "- London and North Western, 944—Ditto, Share', II Eastern Counties, 10 a—Blackburn, 8,1-2-Sheffields, _ 3 5 t• —Lancaster and Carlisle, new thirds, 7f prem. -- N Eastern, Berwicks, 23. MANCHESTER. Nov. 27. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market opened strong to-dir• Birkenhead, 62i—Grand Trunk of Caoada, Br—Lee!los 9 i---Dovers, 18 i—Midlands, 83 R—Sheffields 35 4 - 7 Electric Telegraph, 25—East Lancashiie, sn BIRMINGHAM, Noir. 27. - - ' STOCK EXCHANGE. Ptices in the market genenklly brisker, and prices a shade , higher. London and Na Western, 9 ti —Birmingham mid Staffordshire Noir Gam, 10 p—Midlands, 82 t. " BAILWAY rBAII`FIO .RETURNR. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE. WEEK. _______---- • Miles , • Reeeipti. opened. NAME OF RAILWAY. 18 57. 1857. 1856.. --- - ' BRITISH. 1 - A - Aberdeen ••• -.• .• .• . .. - 65 • Belfast and Ballymena ___ •• •• •• •3•• •• •• 1,067 - 4 126 17 11.1 fiat .rni , (lnuntyD.wn.• •• •• • • •• •• - 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2:722 2.1 73 26 % Bolton,Blackburn,alid West York .... 1 , 001 940 118 Bristol and Exeter ...... • ......... ~,, 5,272 5,50) : 6 4 0 x i 4 Cork oo h rr e kk s ,t and e ß r ia a ei Bandon o H n cd o ko l , y n a h .n e . a d. d. Passage a. so 5a ;..... .. : .. : 5. 383 -,- u. 2 ; 5 t 198% Caledonian..•. ••••••.a••••• •• •• • • •• 13 , 151 I ! , t il ' 56 Dublin and Belfast T unction .. .. 7. :: :: • 1,20 •1.39 4• 1 612 : 63 Dublin and Drogheda.. ...• ••••• .. •• -'- - 1 174 1•213 . 40X Dublin and Kingstown.•••• ••..•• .. • • ' ' 519 bLS 174 Dundee and Arbroath ...• ••••.. • • • • $92 1,013 31 Dundee, Pdrth, and Aberdeen Janette* 452 401 , , 26 3 9 . . 1 145 35 Dundalk Lula Enniskillen • • .......... Illa 2 ' 1,020 ' 67 34 East Anglian.... •••••••••• • • • • " • . • • 6,015 .6.922 93 East Lancashire .• .......... ..... •• • - 22,641 489 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. ••.• 1 22,757 Eastern Union •••••••• • • • • • . • • ••• - 1 , 682 5,678 142 Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... ........ ~ 203 3 , 094 78 Edinburgh, Perth. and Dundee ••• • • • ." , - 6 Exeter and Crediton - • • - •••• • • • • • • -=_, 22 Furness Railway -,••..•••• .• •• • • 6. 7 3 3 8,728 - 183 U Glasgow, and South- Western.. ...... .• .. " 21,453 23,861 283 Great Northern 203 g Great Southern and Western - (lreland) Cl . ) 6 . 04 . 61977 26,383 , 25,501 465 Great Western 25X(, Irish South Eastern •• •• •• -•••• •• •• 6028 . 5 030 90 Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • • 286 X Lancashire and Yorkshire. p ... ::: ::::, - Leeds Northern - • • .. • • • • • • • • • • .... 161 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... „_ ,214 57.033 18,11 2. 2._ 21, : 341 637 London and North Western .. ..... ..,. _ 1 ) 0 . 1.228 145; 5% London and Blackw all •••• • • • • Qa ß r rn Brig h ton, g Southha n t o d n , 715 . 726 1 1 2 2 :8 96 39 5 1 1 2 3;05 7 1 - - 216880931% London,n d d o o n n d 9,178 9,5 26 173% Manchester, and South Western. •. ; •• . a 1 . •. ! .. ••- . Enniskillen ........ Manchester, sluxefttioenici,,aannddtanticooicnks,h&ire; _-.,. .... 9 X Manchester and SouthJiniction ••.• .• 1 , 3 0g ,I,3 1; 56 2 7 8 51 1fi a d r l y a p n o d rt . and ... . Carlisle ,s.... .. ..: .• .• .• :•••• • • .. 32,273 . 29,4 ,3 177 Midland Great Western (Irish) :7,7. •• .. 52 - _ 78 Newcastle and Car1i51e............ • • 4 7: • : 4 , , 5 5, 7 5 2 7 149 North British •••.•••7•••• • • • • • • • • .• 95 6 8,720 - 233 North Staffordshire • •• •.••..• • •• • • ••• 6 951 ~ 861' 47 North-Western ••.•••••-- • • • • •• •• . ). 6 3 „ • 9,734 50 Scottish Central .• •••• • • • ........... - ......". _ 32% Scottish 'Midland ••••••••• • • • • • •• • • • 1, 643 .1,749 29 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ••• • • • 2,870 ' - 2. 814 48% Shrewsbury and :Theater ..•••••• •• •• 1028 366 30 Shropshire Union .. ••••••••.. • • .• .. 2368 . s,llll 57 South Devon .• ••••• • • .• •••• •• •. •• •• 17.060 17,014 3013( South Eastern.• ••••-•• • • • • • • ...• .. 6 , 736 6,681 171 South Wales .-••.-••••••.. •• •• • • •• 2,946 -2 ,579, 10814 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .- .. 3,973 . . 4047 , 53 Taff Vile •• ••••••• • •• " " ***••• ..... ' 1.29 3 . 1 ;407 36 Ulster . •••• ••••..•• "" '" '' ".• •••- - 1,207.. 1,095 -77 Waterford and L ime r ick •• .. •• •• "• • 885- ' , 690 27 West Cornwall .• •• - • .... ••• • • • 434 . 391 -- 1 42 2% W irok h r ite a hnavenJunction a . n - d -i e . rw - . i . cir .• .. MI. York a nd North Midland & Leeds E - POILZIGN: 109 Dutch Rhenish •• • • ................. 2,826 2,234 - 344 Lyons and Mediterranean •......... - 63 Monterean and Troyes ..."........, - ..... - - Namur and Liege .. ••.. - ~,,.......„ - 445 Northern of France .•• .............. 42,229 38,705 , - Orleans and Central .. ..... ........ -.--- 387 Paris and Lyons ................., - - Paris and Rouen. .................. •-• - 831 Paris and Strasburgh .............. -•-• - ttouen and Havre • • ............ , ~ - -- 594 • West and North:West of F rance .... -- - ____....., [ADVERTISEMENT J —Holloway's Pills for the Cure of Debility, Liver, and Stomach Complaints.—This wadi eine so well known throughout the world and the curio performed by its : use, are so wonderful that it now stands pre-eminent above all other remedies, mere para. cularly for the cure of biloas and liver complaints, die• orders of the stomach, dropsy, and debilitated conotitn• tions. In these diseases the beneficial effects of the. Pills are eo permanent that the.whole system is reno vated, the organs of digestion strengthened, and a free respiration promoted. —Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's Has blishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden•lane, New York ; by A. Staropa, Constantinople; A. Guidich Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. or A SON. On the 25th inst., at Erith, Kent, Mrs. Henry T. L thaw. Oa the 25th ingt., at 84, Harley-street, Cavendish. square, the wife of Dr. Garrod. • • OF A DAIJOUTER Om the 26th inst., at Reigate, the wife of Peter Martin, Esq. Ou the 26th inst., at Ashwell vicarage, Herti, the wife of the Rev. H. N. Hodgson. MAAR IE D. On the 26th inst., at the Cathechal, Manchester, Sam?. Armitage, Esq., son of Sir Elkanah Armitage, to Hen: Hotta, fourth daughter of James Kershaw, Esq. , M.P.§ 0I Victoria-park, Manchester. • DIED. On the 24th inst., at her son's house, Aylabam, 14. ° 1 ' folk, Mary, the widow of the lato Mr. Bullock, of 21 1, High Holborn, aged 67. Ou the 27th inst., at 9, Bath-place, Peckham, late of the Grove, Blackheath, Jane, wife of Mr. E. B. Gudgeon, 01 the Bank of England. On the 26th inst., Mary, wife of Thomas Briggs, of 2, Arlington-street, Piccadilly, and of Lincoln'r-inu' fields. On the 25th inst., at Park-road, Holloway, Will is° Watson, Esq , aged 85. On the 25th inst., Mr. Johnstone, of Burton-street, Eaton-square, aged 67. On the 24th lust., at Fairfield House, Ayrshire, Win' G. Campbell, Esq., of Fairfield aged 74. On the 23d inst. suddenly, at Corston, near Bath, A d ' miral C. P. B. Bateroan, aged 82. On the 2:4d lust., at the College, Durham, the Rev. Towitiend, D.D., Canon of Durham, aged 70. 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