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

THE INDIA N MUTINIES. MEERUT. " MEERUT, June 26. " Our great safety lies with the Sikhs and Ghoorkas. The mutineers in Delhi came - out the other day to • fight, and some hundred of them, seeing a party of Sikhs cooking, threw aside their arms and said 'Come to us—we are your brothers.' The Sikhs said nothing, but when the mutineers came up killed every one. The Ghoorkas have behaved like Englishmen. When they advanced to the charge the mutineers called out, We respect you—come to us." We are coming,' F aid the Ghoorkas, and they did com e . Th ey f oug ht lik e devils. We have lost many men, I regret to say. We have fortified ourselves here and are expecting an a ttack from about 2,000 mutineers. We have here about 700 men to guard the place, and shall meet them just outside the station with about 300 or 400 men—all we can spare, as we have barracks and many women to protect. We are ready, and have always been day and night. Pickets out on all sides —guns, Arc., and cavalry, as many as we have. We lie down ready for an alarm. When Delhi is taken head-quarters will be here. Two moveable columns will be formed here, as troops are assem bling down the country. owever, in the field we can easily thrash them. The wills of Delhi alone have kept them, alive and together. Our bayonets are all powerful ; it seems as if nothing could stand against tht m. In spits of the times we still drive out every evening on the course ; but it will be some time before any one (except a man well mounted and armed) will be able to travel at all. There have been schemes for volunteers here going out, in which I have joined, of course, but in vain. The General here is so awful cautious. lam on picket duty every other night and twice a-week for 24 hours, day and night. The men are on duty every night, and are hard worked ; horses saddled day and night in case of an attack. We have some of the 60th Rifles and Artillery recruits, who, though not drilled, are stanch fighters, and some of them old soldiers. We have our orders in case of an attack, and each one knows his position, and can reach it in a minute. We have a very formidable little place here, with bastions, Jac., complete, heavy and light guns, and 100 volunteers to man the walla. They little expect how we are prepared for them if they do come. My belief is they will go to Delhi ; but if not, as I sa'd before, we shall not wait for them, but go out to meet them, while they will ex pect us crowded in our fortifications. They must be different from all the other mntineers, and we very different from all the other English, if we do not give them a thorough beating, and perhaps gat their treasure (8 lacs of rupees). The fortifications must only be our last resource, as they are too small to hold every one. The natives in the bazaar (the worst characters we bare) are as humble and quiet now as possible, and seemed terrified at us. We have hung and flogged so many th st they see they cannot commit atrocities unpunished. The mail goes such a roundabout way from here (the ordinary route not being open) that I must send this off at once. The country is all up." The following letter is from an officer at Benares : " BENARES, Jurrz 22. " On Thursday, June 4, about midday, our au thorities received intelligence of the meeting at Azimghur, and resolved in consequence to ba be forehand with our Sepoys and disarm, them th , t afti morn. Our European force consisted of a few companies of her Majeity's 10th, a very few of the Madras Fusileers (who bad arrived mast oppor tunely that very day, under CA. Neill), and taree 9-pounders with about 20 gunners. The Sikhs, under Col. Gordon, were believed to be stanch, as also the 13th Irregular Cavalry, under the unfortu nate Captain Guise. The above regiments wt re accordingly drawn up in front of the 37th Native Infantry, with the view of intimidating the latter into submissiveness. In reality, however, as the event proved, these two native corps—viz., the Sikhs and the 13 h Irregulars, were as much in need of being disarme l as the 371 h, and the con sciousness of this no doubt encouraged the 37th to act as they did. The 37th were drawn up in front of their lines, with the cannon pointed at them. The Europeans were drawn up within musket range, and the Sikhs and Irregular Cavalry within sight. " It is not wonderful that such dewily prepare tons should have filled the Sepoys with stare' and disaffection, even supposing them to have remand up to that moment true t) their colours. Although no doubt, in the 37th there were many disaff;cted spirits, yet I believe that the r-egimen. as a whole was sound, and that the di arming might have been effected in perfect peace and quietness, had it been gone about in a l si abrupt and threatening manner. But Providence often twins our mietakt , s stilt more signally than our wisest mea-urea to our advantage, and so it was on the 4th June • for there can be no ,doubt that our saf e ty depended on the dispersion and panic of these rac ally Sepoye ; and even if some geod men and true were involved in the fate of their fellows, the sacrifice was an inevitable one in an emergency like the present. Therefore, I say, although the sepoys might have been quietly disbands 1, tbe mistake that provoked a row was a most fortunate one. Well, then, on seeing them selves hemmed in with musketry and artillery, the eepoys (many of them, no doubt, with a guilty conscience) naturally suspected that they were to be blown to pieces, and all the assu rances o f th e i r officers proved inelfectual to keep them compose". Tney were ordered to put their muskets into the little stone buildings called ketes or bells of arms. The majority of their number obeyed at once, and European soldiers were then mtrcned towards the bells of arms with the view of securing hem from any attempt thesepoys might make to recovertbem. But the upoys were beforehand with them, and making a sudden rush at the bells of arms recoverel their muskets and fired at once upon their own officers and upon the advancing Europeans, retiring at the same time within their lines, and thence keeping up a brisk fire upon the Europeans. Up to this time, however, no officer had been hit, The Sepoys of the 37th ensconced themselves for the most part behind their huts, some of them be hind the bells of arms. The majority of their offi cers had fallen back at once upon 'the Europeat, column. Major Barrett, however, indignant at the way in which what he believed to be goad Sepoys had been dealt with, resolved to share their fate, sad, along with tbe European sergeant - major, re mained exposed to the fi re opened from the half battery, as also from the European musketry upon the huts. But the Sepoys' worst bleed was up, and several of their number fired upon others attacking him wish th e i r fi xe d bayonets. 'He was compelled to fly for his life, and a guard of faith ful Sepoys (principally of the Grenadier 0 .mpiny), having formed round his person, conducted him in tatety to his bungalow in the cantonments. Toe sergeant-major was a's') saved. In the meantime Capt. Guise, 13th Irregular-a, was only leaving bit bungalow, and rashly attempted to reach the parade ground, where his troop was drawn up, by riding through the lines of the 37th. His chest was posi tively riddled with bullets in the attempt. Of course, his death was inso.4taneous. "The Sepoys still k,-. 13 t up a smart fire upon the scanty European who were labouring under the great disadvantage of having to deal with an enemy effectually secured behind their huts from observe tion.,- 'The officers of the 37th were posted with the Illaropean musketry, and were exposed to a smart Ire. Several privates were knocked over within 5 yards of me, and yet not a single offi.er got touched. For about 20 minutes we remained under th;s fire ; but our brave fellows la.2gan to drop off rather fast, and it was resolved to charge the huts. As a pre liminary to this a party was despatched to tot them on fire ; and in the meantime we officers of the 37th retired and took our place beside the Sikhs, who, we understood, wore to take part ins the charge. They form an irregular corps, and have only two officers attached to them—viz., a Co,nmandaut (Cut. Gordon) and an Adjutant. As both of these NV.e.IY mounted theme was need of our services in the rane e ,. " Here I rem a i ne d f or a b ou t ten minutes, i n t h e memente ry The Bri gh e e _ mei expectation of the charge b e ing ord e red. or, Capt. Dolgson, then galloped across the P ar ade ground, anal, - DI 'Da himself at the head of the Irregular`''C• ac • l that their C ommaniant, _:valry, informed them kills I, and that be had b u lt ; i lr ain Girse, had been sent by Brigadier Pon sonby to supply his place. They flashed their swords in reply, giving vent, at the same time, to a low murmur, which struck a 8 somewhat equivocal. Capt. Dodgson had scarce c eased addressing them when one of their number fired upon him with a pistol.- The bullet . only graz Al the elbow of hi s sword arm, just at that point where th e uluir nerve parsing over a prose's '1 °e e of hone is so eaqily irritated s of bone the com mo c n Dame of 'funny bone.' The a to have gained for consequence waseene. and aria ; his sw or d and the rascal plete Parilyais of the . hand d ropped.,powerless across his saddle, who bad fired the shot , rushed upon him to cut him down, but another of the troop in'erfered to re - ele him, and b&ng wail mounted he succeeded in escaping from the melee. 4, But while all this had been going on , l had had something else to do than watch the conduct of the Irregulars. Just as they we-'e flashing their sabres in reply to Captain Dodgson's short address I was horrifi d by noticing about a dozen of the Sikhs firs straight forward upon the European soldiers, who were still kneeling and firing into the 37th. The -mat moment some half-dozen of their muskets were staring me en the face, and a whole tempest of bullets came whizzing into me. Two passed through my forage cap and set my hair on fire; three passed through my trousers, °Lie just Graz llg THE SUN, L'ONDON, my right thigh, but nine properly hit me. I rushed headlong at one of the fellows whom I had noticed more especially aiming at me, but bad scarcely advanced three paces when a second volley of bullets saluted me. One of these (and I assure you their name was legion) entered my right shoulder about one-sixth of an inch to the outside of the armpit, and, passing diagonally though the shoulder, came out in my back. This was the severe' wound. It brought me to the ground for about 15 seconds, and in the course of that short time I bad the pleasure of seeing every one of the Sikhs dash across the parade ground and charge the Europeans. Knowing full well that in a few seconds they would be repulsed by the latter and sent helter-skelter back towards where I lay, I made what baste I could along the parade-ground towards my bungalow. But the Irregular Cavalry were scattered about in every direction, and thus the chances of my ever reaching my bungalow seemed to me very slender. But the worst disposed of the Irregulars were engaged in assisting the Sikhs, and those whom I met were fellows who contented themselves with rendering the " Sahibs' no manner of assistance, without personally seeking to molest us. They, therefore, with one exception, rode lei surely past me, although, had any of their nunsb3r felt inclined to cut me down, I was so entirely helpless and faint from loss of blood that they might easily have done so. " And yet, when one fellow charged towards me with his sword in the air, I was most mere fully preserved. I threw my sword at him with my lett arm ; but just as the weapon left my hand I fain'ed from the pain produced in my wound, and fell quite unoonscious. But by that time the Sikhs bad been repulsed with great slaughter, and were fleeing across the parade•ground, with a m-ra handful of Europeans at their heels ; my assailant thought it high time, therefore, to make himself scarce, so that, on recovering my consciousness, I found the coast clear, and met with no further opposition in gaining my bungalow. But even then my circum stances were the reverse of enviable, for, besides the intense pain which I was suffering, I knew not whether my wound was mortal or not, and was in momentary expectation of being murdered in cold blood by a party of mutineers. " Thus I lay until about two o'clock on Friday morning. fident by its close proximity to the church, where a guard of_loo soldiers are always quartered. We had scarcely retired to rest when the officer in command. at the church abruptly entered my room and advised me to hurry off the ladies to the Mint, as an armed force was close upon Benßres. With all haste I got the terrified ladic s packed into the buggy, and drove to the Mint, where every person was in a state of excite ment. The troops were all got under arms and my arm, fortunately, was strong enough to permit me to take my place beside them. The ci vilians manned the terraces with their rifles,. and would no doubt have, done good service had an enemy appeared. But all remained perfectly quiet, and is likely to do so until the end of the world. We are now in our bungalows, and the fatal' 23d being over, many a one is more comfortable than the horrors lay before them. "The rains are about to commence—indeed, we have had several showers. Cholera has made its appearance to a slight, but sometimes fatal, extent among our troops. The rains, it is expected, will_ at once put a stop to this. Our great want is ca valry, but time will bring us everything. This has been a most wearisome letter, I fear ; you may de pend, however, upon the entire accuracy of its par ticulars." SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LIVER- POOL BROKER. LIVERPOOL, Auo. 26. At the Liverpool Police-cour', this afternoon, before Mr. Mansfield, a case of considerable import ance; and having especial interest for the nat rcan tile community, attracted a large number of the principal merchants and brokers of the town. Mr. Aspivall, barr;ster, said he was instructed on behalf of Mesirs. Bingham and Co., corn ra,rchants, Liverpool, to prefer a charge, under summons, aga;nst John Doherty, general produce broker, for obtaining miney under false pretences. He wished to know if Mr. Doherty was in court. An affirmative answer was returned, and the case proceeded. The charge was that the defendant had obtained securities from Messrs. Bingham and Co. under the pretence that he was entitled to certain flour per the Centurion. " The Sikhs had no sooner been dispersed than the lines of the 37th were charged, and every Se poy driven out. The soldiers were then fully occu pied in going the rounds of the cantonment., and escorting the terrified ladies and civilians to the Mint. During the whole progress of the affray on the parade ground—a full hour—the cantonments had been at the mercy of bands of armed Sepoys. These were assembled from two sour,tes—first, from the various guards which had been posted (as usual) throughout the cantonments ; the treasury gain), for instance ; the hospital guard, bazaar guard, mess-house guard, and so forth. On the outbreak of the row these respectable and conscien tious fellows set to work (with one or two honour able exceptions) to plunder their several trusts, and, that accomplished, dispersed themselves among the vafous bungalows, as bent on bloodshed as on booty. Many a hairbreadth escape was made that night, and I could fill whole sheets with a detail of the wonderful Providenc e to which defence'ess women and children owed their lives. The bunga lows were of course abandoned for such lurking places as the outhouses could afford, and in several instances these were ransacked by murderous Se poys. Of course it would have been, quite miracu -I,,us had none of us been hurt. But it is truly re markable that Colonel Gordon, his adjutant, Lieut. Glasse, and Captain Doigson, mounted as they were on huge - chargers, were not riddled with the perfect shower of bullets with which they were pur sued. The casualties ware :—Killed on the spot, Capt. Guise • died of his wounds, Ensign Hayter, of the 25th Native Infantry, but doing duty with the 37th until the arrival of his regiment, via the river, from Calcutta. Poor fellow, he has be -n in the country a still shorter time than you or I. It was in c - msequence of a fever which attacked him shortly after his landing in Calcutta that be was sent by Gharry dill . to Benares, there to await the arrival of hit regiment, which, had it not been for that fever, he would at this moment have been accompanying up the Gauges. To save the pain of a wounded ankle joint, though without the slightest hope of saving his life, one of his legs was amputated above the lines. He was wounded besides in the abdomen, and this in itself was in all probability a mortal injury. For nearly aweek he ling,ered, sinking gradually and not very painfully int his his grove. " Three were wounded—viz., Ensign Chapman, of the 38th, very dangerously,' my3t if severely,' and Dodgson ' very slightly.' Poor Chapman was. shot throuji the face, the bullet entering at one cheek and going out at the other. Ma speech, along w th the sight of one eye and the use of on-i ear, is hopelessly gene. It is with the utmost difficulty and pun that he can swallow even the fluids which constitute his sole sustenance, and hence his limbs are little else than skin and bone. His life, how ever, is not suppose] to be in any immediate dan ger, and as soon as he can travel he will be sent home to his pa•ents r , uod by the Cape. Both he and Hayter were shot by the Sikhs. " But all this is a digression, for I was speaking of the civilians. The bolder of them emerged at list from their lurking plat s, and made their way to the Mint, a 1 irge building. previously agreed upon as the 'general asylum. On their way whole volleys were poured in upon them by parties of Sepoys, but nut even one of their horses or syces was touched. " I told you that the Sepoys were let loose from two sources upon the cantonments. I have men tioned only oue of thsse sources—viz., the various guards ; secondly, a still greater number came straggling into the cantonments from the lines of the 37th ; the temptation to plunder the 'Sahibs" bungalows bring still stronger in their instances than the love of potting' the Sahibs themselves upon the parade ground. Thus the number of Sepoya who continued to fire upon us to the end ay.'s not very great, and included only the staunchest and most detsraiined spirits of the corps. At last, as I have said, the Europeans drove them headlong from their lines, and in the course of a few minutes not a Sepoy remained in the cantonments, the Sikhs having been driven in one direc ion, and the 37th in the other. . "A party of soldiers now made the round of the cantonments, and escorted to the Mint such of the ladies as were still lurking in ti eir compounds. They who had seen me fired upon felt, sure that I must b 3 dead ; and accordingly when I was suffer ing the extremity of pain in my bungalow, parties were roaming the parade ground in se srch of my remains. At last it occurrtd to them that I might, after all, have reached my bungalow, and about two o'clock in the morning (as I have already, I think, mentioned) I was conveyed, bed and all, to a camp which had been fortified on the parade ground in expectation of a return of the mutineers. But the mode in which these had been dism'ssed was n)t such as t. invite a &peedy return, and we saw no more of them, excepting such as have fallen into our hands and been bung. I lay in this camp for a couple of days in a very sorry plight, having no manner of shelter either ft ona the burn ing sun and hot Benares winds, or from the tem pests of dust which were drifting about • and yet the surgeons thought this exposu re preferable to the risk of fever, dtc. which I sh suld have run by going into the crowded hospital. At last the. surgeon in charge of the Mint took pity upon me and housed me in his bungalow, visiting me several times a day. I would, of course, hive gone to my own bungalow, but our surgeons s :if that unless I remained beside them they could not attend me. We have had an anxious time of it in Benares ever since. People now spend the day in their bunga lows, but w,th few exceptions (of which I am one) retire at night to the Mint. This is a very large building, wish a flat ro'f and no end of battle mented terrace, well calculated to stand a siege. Our Europeans, consisting of the 78th High landev, the 84th, and 64th, are stationed partly • in the church, partly in the camp, and small bar racks on the parade-ground, but mainly in the Mint compound. We have a full battery of artillery, and will doubtless hold our own. Seine few of the Sikhs remained faithful, or seemed to do so. These are employed as outposts and eentri s, but are ve-y few of them trusted with, fire-arms. Some of the 37th also stuck to their oath, and these have be-n sent with Major Barrett to Chunar, a place distant about 15 miles ; the rest of the 37th officers are quartered not very luxuriously in the camp. On recovering from my wound I mean to volunteer to go up country with any of the Queen's regiments that may then be passing through Benares, which has become quite a depot. I have made a most wonderfully rapid recovery, partly owing to the closeness of the person who shot me, so that the bullet went slick through, carrying out with it every fibre of cloth, and bruising the tissues less than if it had come from a greater distance—just as a sharp weapon makes a more favourable wound than a blunt one. g , All rig t. 0 " WEDNESDAY, June 24. pani n c„ l l / 9 nday night tle mint was crowded.witla ci.rtinie!cen ladies and civilians. I saw no reason for of loadi g n i g ng t MY quart-rs, but took the precaution o h p . stol barre!s and a musket in the presence of sl y ', mutgars, lest they might tankosPwavipsumereus kit ien9e. These my bearer saw me array, along by my bedside.; and I need hardly a ad Xl ist,, a zz . ;: , by an unconscious musk rat, my slumb e . un disturbed till the morning. T4c . , claypAsiecteciZentj along, and, the inconveniences ache erowdedMinYt beginning to t4l, three ladies and an infant resolved to spend the night in this bunplow, rendered owl. Mr. Aspinall, instructed by Mr. Martin, ap peared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Brett, instructed by Messrs. Gregory, for the defendant. Mr. Aspinall, in resuming, said the charge he had to prefer was that the defendant, John Do herty, obtained from Messrs. John Bingham and Co., corn merchants, two acceptances, one for 1.2501. and the other for 1,7001., under false pre tences; that he bad represented that a certain bill of lading which he deposited with them as security was a negotiable instrument, whereas. he knew it was not, as he himself had deposited a duplicate of the same bill of lading with Messrs. Hubback and Co. for another advance.' It appeared, said the learned counsel, that Mr. Doherty, a lit•le while ago, previous to his failure, was carrying on a very large business in the corn trade, his liabilities at the time of his suspeneion being something enor mous, and no doubt when this occurrence t oo k pl ace his ifficulties were very considerable. He had been doing an extensive business with the Borough Bank. On the 23d of May the defendant forwarded to the bank the bills of lading, representing that the produce had been sold to Messrs. Bingham and Co. That was untrue, the produce not having been fold, which fact was ascertained when the draughts were sent by the bank to Messrs. Biugharn and Co. for acceptance. The bank sent for Mr. Doherty, who made some explanation, saying there had been some mistake, and he took away the draughts, undertak'ng to get the accep ance of Messre. Bingham and Co., to whom he took the draughts, and offered as security a bill of lading for certain goods by the Centurion-1,500 barrels of flour. At the time that he obtained from Messrs. Bingham and Co. their acceptance they had already pledged one of the bills :of lading to Mr. Hubback (one of the largest corn merchants in the town), who was entitled to the benefit, so that the bill of lading in the hands of Messrs. Bingham and Co. was worthless. The.defence, he was told, was that the sending the du plicate bill to Mr. Hubback, was a mistake •, and there was also the technical objection that this was not a fraud with'n the meaning of the Act, the defendant having only obtained an acceptance, which was not a valuable security. The CAS3 of "Regina v. Danger," reported in the 29th v, lume of the Law Times. would, no doubt, be cite ; but, as his worship would see, the cases were not iden tical, as in the case now before the Court the ac ceptance had been endorsed, and was valuable security to the Barough Bank. Mr. Brett, counsel f)r the defendant, appre hended that the technical objection mutt be fatal to the case, and he would therefore make it now and save the Court time, and the parties engaged in ttie case some pain. So the defendant was cha-ged with obtaining what ? An acceptance, a mere promise to pay certain moneys on certain conditions, which could not be called a valuable security. Mr. Mansfield—Was the money paid to the bank ? Mr. Aspinall—Yee, by Messrs. Bingham and Co. Mr. Mansfield—lt is evident, thee, that the ac ceptance was a valuable security to 'somebody. The case miret proceed. Mr. John Bingham, being sworn, said he car ried on business under the firm of John Bingham and Co; corn merchants. Remembered seeine the two bills of ;ading (produced) at the office, and un deret )od they were from the Borough Bank. Be lieved they were endorsed. Sent them back to the Borough Bank unaccepted. Shortly afterwards (on the 13th of May last) Mr. D 'hefty came to wit ness, bringing the bills with him. Defendant made a memorandum on a piece of paper and showed it to witness. Had searched fur that paper, but had not been able to find it. Defend ant said the Borough Bank had kicked up a devil of a row about the bills going back, and that he had brought up this security, which they (witness's firm) must accept. The securities were b lle of lading by the Centurion. He also produced a bill of exchange for 7901., which witness rejected. De fendant, in making the memorandum ' assumed the balance of the account would be about 2,200/. as the value of the flour, and the balance of witness's account about 1,0001. The bill for 7931. was put down as a collateral secut ity. Defendant asked witness to accept the bill, and witness's brother did accept it on the security in question. The bill of fered had been endorsed. Upon the faith of those securities his firm consented to accept those bills. Witne, s'e brother accepted them in his presence. Witness's firm had since paid the bills of each trip. On the arrival of the Centurion they were unable to obtein 1,500 barrels stated in the bill of lading, but they did get 14 barrels. IV Mr:Brent—The — Centurion arrived on the 221 of My. On the same night the defendant came to witnes:. hous ,, . Had been previously at defendant's office, and lal asked his oterk whether he hall two l o ts of the same krand, as Mr. Hubback had a b:11 of lading for the same amount. Doherty said it was a mistake—that his clerk had put the wrong bi 1 of lading in Hubback's letter, as he intended the corn for Hubback and the flour for witness. Wit ness told him to get it speedily arranged, as he was liable to a criminal prosdoution for obtain ing money under false pretences. The - same evening defendant came to witness's private house. He gave no explanation as to how the mistake oc curred. He said he found himself in a fix, and he wi-hed to give them security, in order that they might withdraw their claim against the flour, as he was afraid of Hubback. Defendant offered several securities for covering their loss, but witness ob jected to them, chiefly on the ground that thry were not sufficient security. Witness veri likely suggested that the defendant should obtain his bro ther-in-law's (Mr. Richardson's) security for 2,0001. Went to the defendant's house next day to tell him that he would not be allowed to go by the syamer to America, and while there it was ar ringed that Richardson should enter into security. Defendant went to America, whence he promised to remit 1,0001. He returned about six weeks ago, and as ho had not sent the money this summons was taken out. Mr. W. Bingham gave corroborative evidence. Mr. Jos.llub' , aqc said ho had a transaction with the defendant which was completed oa the 6th, when be rec -ived two bills of lading, alcompanied by a letter from the defealint; [Bills of lading produced ; one was for the flour, par Centurion.] The bills were given to witness as security. Wit ness did obtain the flour iu pursuance of the bill of la ling. [The letter was read ; it stated that the inclosed bill of lading was for "flour," which Mr. Aspinall urged was conclusive against the plea of mistake that the defendant's clerk had inclosed the bill of lading for the flour in mistake for some Indian corn.] Cross-ex mined by Mr. Brett—Mr. Richardson called upon witness on behalf of the defendant and Mr. Bingham, fur tne pur>ose of getting something from witness for Mr. J3itigham, and witness subse quently saw Mr. John Bingham in the . matter. They wished witness to g ive Mr. Bingham 5001. out of the proJeels of this flour, but he declined to do so. Mr. Edward Bell, secur;ty clerk at the Borough Bank, produced lettvra written by Mr. Doberty to the Borough Bank, inclosing the bills of exchange. Mr. Brett, in replying, said this transaction had hitherto been known in all its circumstances', to alt part e , , who had treated it as a civil 'matter, and therefore, now that there might be some difficulty in obtaining a verdict in a civil action, the Court wou'd assist them in transfo rm i ng it into a case for criminal prosecution. He proceeded to argue that the duplicate bill of Luling for the flour had been THURSDAY .EVENVNG, AUGUST 27, 1;4 5 7 sent to Mr. Hubback in mistake, it being Mr. Do- ' herty's intention to have let Mr. Hubback have the Indian corn. As to this charge, it would never have been brought, had Messrs. Bingham's claim been satisfied. They had made every possible at tempt to get their claim covered, and finding they could not do so they determined t 3 prosecute. The very fact of Mr. Doherty returning from America was sufficient to show that he at rent was innocent of any criminal intention. For the purpose of show ing how the mistake had arisen, he called Mr. 0. Corr, clerk to Mr. Doherty, who said the defendant was one of the largest importers of pro duce in Liverpool, ad a great many bills of lading were passing through his office every day. The duplicates were put on a file and the originals kept in a drawer. A great num'.eer of the origi nals were taken from the drawer almost every day in the course of business. Between the 9th and 13th of May there were some bills of lading per the Andrew Foster in the drawer. - It WdB then known that that vessel was lost. Those biil4, not being required, were put upon the file. Shortly before the bill in question (per Centurion) was handed from the drawer the bills per Andrew Foster were taken from the file and put into the drawer by Mr. Doherty. The Centurion was reported to have cleared out from New York on the 25th of April. In reply to Mr] Aspinall witness said that seve ral statements made a fortnight before these trans actions to the Borough Bank by Mr. Doherty were, he believed, incorrect. At that time Mr. Doherty was very much pressed for money. When he went to America Mr. Doherty left only a pound or so with witness to carry on the business. He returned to surrender under an order in bankruptcy. In forwarding a bill of lading it would be necessary to examine it for the purposo of ascertaining its worth. Mr. Aspinall having briefly replied, - Mr Mansfield said he could not undertake to dis pose of so important case on so sltht a hearing, in volving, as it did, points which, would require the greate-t legal acumen to determine. The substan tial matters in the case, as s'a+ed by the learned counsel for the prosecution, had, he thought, been completely borne out ; and under the circumstances disagreeable as the duty was he had no other course to adopt than to send the case for trial at the as sizes, allowing the defendant the privilege of bail, himself in 2,0001. and two sureties in 1,0001. each. LAW INTELLIGENCE, Aug. 26. SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast.) THE LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY V. THE SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY. This was a summons taken out by Arthur Mac namara, of the London General Omnibus Company, against William -Robert Pope, the secretary of the Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Company, to recover the sum of 1/. 35.. damn., alleged to be done to one of the plaintiff's omnibusts, by reason of the negligent driving, of one of the plaintiff's servants. Mr. Buchanan appeared for the Loudon General Omnibus Company ; and Mr. Pope, the secretary of the Saloon Company, appeared for the defen dant. About 5 o'clock on the moiling of the 17th inst. I visitel Mr. Bonsor's premises, and found 27 car casses of sheep in a stinking and putrified u'ate. They were sheep that had Leen drowned. Their throats ba I no doubt been cut after they were taken out of the water, and att?r they had died. They were quite unfit for human fond. The flesh was white and soddened, and it presented a very different appearance from the flesh of sheep killed in the ordinary manner. They had evidently been drowned. The flesh was not solid. Cross-examined—l have, scores of times, seen the carcases of drowned lamb,. Re-examined—lf they had been drowned and afterwards bled copiously, they might have been wholesome food. The Lord Mayor—l have listened very atten tively to this case, and, after the evidence of Mr. Bonsor and Mr. Pocklington, I do not think that I could convict the defendants. I think it right to state that I camel this summons to be issued in consequence of a cpmmumcation that reached me, to the effect that a number of drowned sheep had been dressed in Nottinghamshire and sent to the London market: Mr. Lewis—l hope your lordship will think it right to disclose the name of your inform tilt, as my clients, who are highly respectable persons, have been put to very great expense in this matter. The Lord Mayor—l have received communica tions from gentlemen living near the defendants stating that the defendants are very respectable persons. lam very, much indebted to the parties who gave me the information which has led to this inquiry, which, I trust, will be attended with beneficial results. At all event?, it will show the people in the country that they are not to send to London meat which they would not dare to expose for sale in their own market. The summons was then dismissed. asslulting two seamen on board that vessel on tLe 27th July last. The detail , : of the case were fully reported. in the SIM , of Tuesday. A gentleman attended from the office of the American consul, and Mr. Foggo for the prisoner. Mr. Trail having been informed that the two seamen assaulted by the pris9ner had left this country for America, said he should deal with the prisoner upon the evidence which appeared on the clerk's book, taken at the time of the examination. Had the complainingparties been present he should most certainly have sent the case for trial. The prisoner was then sentenced to four months' hard labour, in default of paying two fines of 5/. each, and 7/. 11s. 3d. cot of warrant and bringing him up in custody from Sunderland, making toge ther 171. 11s. 3d. The prisoner was removed in custody. The driver, conductor, and a policeman, were called on behalf of the London General Omnibus Company, to prow their case, but it appeared upon cross examination - of the driver by Mr. Pope, that the omnibus to which the alleged damage was done, viz., a broken window, was put on by the London General Omnibus Company for the express purpose of following the Saloon ormlibus wherever it went, and stopping where it s'opped, &c. Mr. Pope, on behalf of the Saloon Company, called their driver and conductor, who swore posi tively that the driver of the Londcri General Omni bus Company's omnibus b. oke the window himself by di iving ag tinst the Saloon omnibus, to prevent its passing. The judge, upon hearing the fact, dismissed the summons, at the same time remarking, that if the London General Omnibus Company did acts which would prevent the Saloon Omnibui Company from following their usual calling, he considered they should be indicted for a conspiracy. The decis'Oa of the judge VY;3 received with appliuse. COURT OF BANKRI7PTCY. (Before Mr. Register Hazlitt.) ANOTHER DANK FAILURE.-THE KETTERING BANE. Proceedings in bankruptcy have been taken, for the purpose of bringing under the administration of the court of Bankruptcy the estste of Messrs. Gotch, who were bankers and tanners at Kettering, and at Rothwell, in Northamptonshire, The pre cise amount of liabilities and assets have not yet been aseertained. POLICE INIVILLIGELVCS.-Aug. 26. MANSION-HOUSE. -,-FRAITD. —Charlotte Knox Crws, who hid been reman led upon the charge of having forged a receipt for the payment of 51. 7s. 4d., with intent to defraud the Eist India Company, was ag ►in brought before the Lord Mayor for fur ther examination. he depositions taken at the former examination were read over. They were to the effect that the defendant beCame entitled to a pension in 1842, as the widow of Robert Trotter Knox, a brevet cap tain in the service of the East India Company, that she was only eotitled to the receipt of such pension during her continuity of widowhood ; that in Oc•o -awnasa that inlrr fr ie om that date she had, as l at Ant werp to a Mr. b o; r b , o l rn Bs o s ' shes Cross, theretofore, received her pension quarterly at the East India House, making, the usual declaration of widowhood, and sighing her name to the rcceipt and other official documents, -' Charlotte Knox Knox." The defendant, who said she should reserve her defence, was then fully committed for trial. DISEASED MEAT. —Mr. Thomas Hough an I M r . William Innocent, the former a butcher, and the latter a farmer residing at Whatton, in Notting hamshire, appeared to answer to a summons which eherg , d t h orn with having unlawfully sent 27 lambs' carcasses to Newgate-rnarket for sale, the sail carcasses being unfit for human food. Mr. Sorchbury, frOtn the office of the City soli citor, attended in supp)rt of the prosecution, which was, instituted by the Lord Mayor ; and Mr. L3WiS, jun., appeared for the defendants. Mr. J. Bufratp, station-mas'er at A4octon, in Nottinghamshire, said—On the evening of Friday, the 14th inst , Mr. 110%h inquired of me if I had got a box waggon to convey some carcasses of msat to Lo:.don. 1 told hira I had. On the following morning four packages of meat were brought to the station. The defendant Hough w:.s there. Is 4W the addresses on them, and believe those produced t) b 3 the sam'. Hough paid the carriage of ilynn, and put his name t ).the consignment note. I asked him if he had bought the carcasses, and he said be had not, but was merely sending them for Mr. Innocent. The packages were sent to London by t h e 50 m i nu t e s past 11 train; and should 11tve ar lived in London at a quarter past two on Mond ty morning. Cross-examined by lir. Lewis—The meat was was brought abut half-past 8 on the Saturday morning. We have a train for London at three minutes past 9 in the morning, but that train was nearly three hours late that morning in consequence of the floods. The defendants are res j aectable per sons. J. Bate, a carman in the service of the Great Northern Railway, proved delivering the packages to Mr. Bon: or, a meat salesman in Newe-ate-mar ket, between three and four o'clock in the morning of the 17th in t. The packages smelt very bad. Mr. T. Bansor—l am a meat salesman in New gate-market. I was at my premises at 4 o'clock on the morning of the 17th inst., and found four packages of meat lying in the street next our pre mises addressed to U 9. The smell that arose from them was very offensive. Two of the c Arc ises that had slipped out of one of the packages were in a Very bad condition. They were lambs dressed as car cases usually are for market. I did not know froin whom they came. I directed them to be unpacked in my.presence. The careases were all in the same condition. I had the whole placed in the cellar in order that the iuspector of meat might see them. They were perfectly unfit for human food. Mr. Pocklington, the inspector, came; and on seeing them condemned theln. The next day I received from my clerk the card produced, with the words, " From Thomas Houob," written upon it. I have been in tie trade upwards of 40 years, and have had much experience in it. The carcases were in an almost putrid state from long packing. Meat so packed, had it been kited in the usual manner, might have been bad on the Monday morning. Some meat that I received from other parties on that morning was deteriorated in value 2d. and 3d. per pound from the effects of the weather. I be lieve the lambs in question were fit for human food at the time they were dressed. If the lambs had been drowned, and had been afterwards well bled, they would have been, if in fresh condition, avaq able for human food ; they would also have Leon wholesome human food. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—The smell from the carcases was very offensive, on account of. the weather and the close packing. There was a good deal of lightning, and that affects meat very much. If the carcases were in such a state as to bleed copiously after being taken from wa'er, the effects of the immersion would not prevent the'r bung available for human food. If the y ha d been dead an hour and a half or two hours, I think they would nothave bled. Mr. Pockliagtou, one of the inspectors of meat, said--I have had much exPer:Ollce 44 my bu4inQas, GUILDHALL. —RIVAL INTERPRETERS.—Mr. Charles Albert, an interpreter, attached to the me tropolitan police courts, appeared upon a summons to answer a charge of using abusive and threatening, language towards Professor Karel Pieterter Reo horst, a member of the same fraternity. The Professor, on being sworn, said—l am a translator of languages. I am appointed inter preter at the Central Criminal Court by the Lord Mayor. The defendant insulted me in March last, but I let it pass. He, however, insulted me again dur'ne , the last sessions at the Old Bailey, and called me a dirty, nasty fellow, and a Dutch Jew. He also called me a lousy fellow, but that was in German, because be could - not find a French word for it. (Laughter.) Alderman Hale—Did he abu!e you in English ? The Professor—He spoke in German, French, and English, and said he had writ en to the magis trates at Marlborough street Police-court, request ing them not to bind me over to attend at the Old Bailey because I was an ignorant fellow—(laughter) —and that I did not understand either English, French, or German. This took place downstairs, and afterwards, when I was :in the New Court, interpreting in a case before Mr. Prendergast, the defendant was in court with several friends, and told Mr. Hemp, one of the clerks of the court, that I was not interpreting truly, upon which Mr. Hemp informed the judge to that effect, and said that the defendant could do it better than I— (laughter)—but Mr. Prendergast said I cauld do it well enough, and told me to g ) on, and to omit all the gestures and. action so peculiar to the French, because 1 was interpreting French, and I imitated the gestures of a Frenchman to give expression to the interpretation. (Laughter.) Alderman Hale—What have you to say to this charge, Mr. Albert ? Mr. Albert, having handed up a certificate of his capabilities as interpreter, signed by all, or nearly all of the metropolitan magistrates, said—l am not appointed interpreter to any court, but I am re cognised the same, and engaged as such at all the metropolitan courts. But notwithstanding that, that, the Professor has thought proper to write t the magistrates to inform them that he is appointed interpreter at the Old Bailey, and desiring them not to bind me over to attend. I was bound over in tbree cases l►st sessions, and while I was there I heard several counsel finding fault with the Pro fessor's interpretation, and remarking what a scandal it was to have a man performing such an important office, who not only interpreted the evidence contrary to the intended effe3t, but did not properly understand the language. Alderman Hale—l quite understand this case. I cannot bind_ you both over to keep the peace, but if you, Mr. Albert, will give me your word as a gentleman that you will not annoy the Professor I will dismiss the summons. Dismissed accordingly. CLERKENWELL. CIIA.RGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST A SURGEON.—George Medden, aged 44, very gentlemanly attired, residing at 40, St. Paul street, Islington, carrying on business there as ~urgeon, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with feloniously intermarrying with Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor, his wife Sarah being then and still alive. Mr. Clarke attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Thomas Wakeling for the prisoner. From the marriage certificates, it appeared that the prisoner had been three times married, the first time being in 1842, at St. Mary's Church, St. Marylebono, in the month of March, the second to the complainant, Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor, in Nov. 1845, at St. John the Baptist's, Hoxton ; and the third by licence, in the March of the present year, at the parish church of St. Pancras, the whole of the wives being now alive. The prisoner, accord ing to the statement of Mr. Clarke, was formerly a shoemaker, and in 1845, went to measure Mrs. Taylor for a pair of boots, but whether he fell in love with her feet or her money, he could not tell ; but certain it was, that they gat married, and his utibriunate client bead been " done" out of between 830/. and 9001. Shortly after they were married, Mrs. Taylor ascertained that the prisoner hid a wife then living. and upon speaking to him oa the subject, be said "it was all right," and that be should shortly obtain a divorce." Finding that he di I not obtain a divorce she left him, he agreeing to allow her so much p?r month, but that had not been properly carried ou'. When at the pol Le-station, last night, on the first wife sneak ing to the prisoner, and asking him if he knew her, he replied—" Yec, but I thought yeti had been dead some time ago ;" to which she laughing, said—"No, I am worth ten dead ones.". Some slight evidence having been gone in'o, the wives all being in court to give evidence, Mr. Clarke applied that the case should be re manded for a few days, for the purpose of complet ing the case. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should remand the case until Saturday next, and would accept bail for his appearance, taro sureties in the sum of 10/, e - The necessary bail being put in, the prisoner was released. MARYLEBONE.—SEaIouS CHARGE.—Charles Ross was brought up on remand charged on suspi cion of hafng caused the death of Elizabeth Brown, with whom he had cohabi►ed, by strangling her, at his lodging in Star-street, Paddington. Mr. Broughton asked Sergeant Hughes, 13 D, if he bad any additional wAnesses to bring forward, and he replied in the nega`ive. In answer to an other question he said that an inquest had been held upon the body, and that the verdict was to the effect that deceased had met with her death by strangulation, but that whe . her by her own hands or by the bands of another, had not to the jury been sworn. The pria:mer was discharged. - LAMBETH.—POC KET-PICKING. —Th 03. Rust, a genteelly dressed youth of 16, who forms one of the stiff of Messrs. Staples, was placed at the bar on the following charge : Sergeant Copping, of the P divisi on o f po li ce,. depose that, on the prezeding evening, while on duty on the Railway platform of the Crystal Pa lace, where there was a great conc - i urse of people, he bserved the prisoner active among the crowd. He (Copping) in consequence kept his eye on him for some moments, and distinctly observed that he had put his hands into the pockets of several, and itnmerliately after doing so he wiped his fac 3 with a handkerchief. Observing, that these handkerchiefs were different in pattern and appearance, his suspicions were wrongly confirmed, and he made several efforts to secure the prisoner. His (the prisoner's) dexterity was such as to avoid apprehen sion for a considerable time, but he at last secured him and in different pockets and various parts of his person he found no less than eight handkerchiefs, all of which were of a superior description, and evi derrly tho3e worn by gentlemen. He al-o found in his possession a metal railway pass, by which he discovered that he was one of the lads employed by- Messrs. Staple, refreshment department of the Crystal Palace, and was paid 4s. a week and his board, together with a free passage to and from the Crystal Palace by railway. Mr. Elliott observed that there could nct b 3 the least doubt from the evidence that the prisoner bad stolen from different persons at the railway station, and he very.much feared the present was not his first or only offence of the sort, else he could not have acted with such tact and daring, and he should therefore commit him to the House of Correction, Wandsworth, for three months' hard labour. . , GREEN WIC H. --THE LATE MURIDEROTTS AT TACK ON BOARIS AN AMERICAN VESSEL:—Benjamin Craig, second mate of the American ship Charlotte, wag 1,401.14 ht up on remaild char4ed with -yiolentlor At the last sitting, M. Chales presented a series of 60 new theorems, all relating to curves of d ou bl e curvature of the third order, viz., such as are pro duced by the intersection of two cones of the second order, and in general those that a plane cannot meet in more than three,points, two of which may be imaginary. —M. Delesse presented a geological map of the subterranean strata of Paris, compiled from observations made at various excavations, chiefly those executed at different points by MM. Degousee and Mulct. In a paper annexed to the maps, M. Delesse gives an account of the various layers constituting the soil of Paris. Chalk forms the bottom of the basin in which the tertiary soil of the capital. is depcsited. Next follow plastic day, calcareous strata, sand, &c. The strata of gypsum have nearly disappeared, and are now only to be found on the northern and north eastern sides of Paris.—M. Bertsch exhibited photographs of objects magnified by the microscope. Among them were globules of human blood magnified 500 times, crystals of sahcine viewed in pelarised. &c.—The secretary announced the arrival of a copy of the lunar tables constructed on the Newtonian principle of universal gravitation, by P. A. Hansen, being a donation from the British Admiralty,—M. Leverrier communicated further observations of the 4th comet, by various as•ronomers, viz., by Dr. Peters, at the Dudley Observatory, Albany (US.) ; by Father Secchi at Rome, by M. Bruhus at Berlin, and by M. Littrow, at Vienne.—M. von Villar• ceau sent in further corrections of the parabolic ele ments of the same comet,—M. Maisonueuve com municated an account of a most dangerous opera tion, the abstraction of the whole lower jaw bone, executed by him with complete success on the 36th of June last. His patient, a girl of 18, was per fectly cured at the end of a fortnight, with scareely any visible deformity.—M. Herpin sent in a paper on the application of anwithetic agents to the de struction of insects in corn. M, Herpin admits that anaesthesia or stupefaction takes place when carbonic acid,_ for example, is introduced into a re ceptacle filled with grain ; but this, he contends, is not sufficient to kill the insect ; a complete asphyxia must be produced to effect that. In corroboration of this asset tiora he sta . es that a number of weevils wqich he had kept completely immersed in alcohol at 18 degrees for several days, revived and escaped from the saucer as soon as the alchol was. dried up by spontaneous evaporation. In order effectually to destroy the insects which infest corn, he recommends ammonia in a gaseous form, which may be very economically produced by mixing sal ammoniac with quicklime. The members of a com mittee fora monument to Dr. Jenner to be erected in Frar:ce had addressed a letter to the Academy requesting its' patronage for theirun'lertaking.—M. Elie de Beaumont, one of the perpetual secretaries, communicated a letter which he had received from M. Elides Deslongcbatnp., in which the writer an nounced that large quantities of natural phosphate., which might prove valuable for agriculture, exist on certain points of the Straits of Magell in. The discovery was made some years ago by a Havre Beaman, who, on landing there, was surprised to find the coast allcovered, not with stones or pebbles, - but with an immense quantity of fragments of bones of all sizes. He picked sonic up and brought them home. The bones appeared all to belong t amphi bious animals, such as phocm, morses, &c. It is not Unlikely, the writer thinks, that large deposits of bones may be found on the numerous islands with which the Straits of Magel:an are studded and as the bones ofthe animals allude I to are superior to guano as manure, it might be desirable to ascertain the fact. —M. Tison submitted an apparatus of his inven tion for the distillation of gas, consisting of a re tort which, instead of being fixed, is impressed with a rotatory motion. The advantages of this apparatus are that the accumulation of tarry mat ter is prevented by the rotation of the vessel, so that the distillation of the coal is complete ; that the retort itself lasts longer, because, instead of receiving the action of t.e fire at one point only, the rutatory motion exposes each part of the bot tom in turn to the heat of the furnace ; and that, in case of accident, the retort may be removed for repair without pulling down the masonry. A letter • was read from M. Hericard Ferraud, on the sub ject of an earthquake felt in 1776 in a coal-pit near Bayeux, the chief pint of interest being that the shock was more violent at the bottom of the mine than at the surface. , This shock occurred 21 years after the Li,ben earthquake of 1755, and 20 years before that felt at Littry on the 25th Jan., 1796. M. Quetelet, perpetual secretary to the Academy of Sciences of Brussels, wrote to propose the re sumption of the, great plan of uniform meteorologi cal observations which hal been agreed upon by a scientific conference before the breaking out of the Eastern war. This conference had wet on the invitation of the United States, and consisted of delegates from most of the maritime nations of the world ; the chief object was to establish a uniform -system of meteorological observations at se ,. , in order to ascertain the direction of the winds and currents' of the ocean. When the Eastern • war broke out these observations we e in a great mea sure interrupted, the nations which hail been among the foremost promoters of the plan being precise'y those engaged as principals in the war ; neverthe less, the naval officers of some powers continued their observations. M. Quetelet believes that the time has come when the original plan might be re sumed, and solicits the co-operation of the Academy of Sciences of Paris. THE FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTD-BASTEKL7 RAlLWAY.—Traffic re. izrn for the week ending Ang. 22, 1857. t 24,056 18 10 Corresponding week last year, Inlrease in 1857 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Traffi return for the week ending Aug. 23, 1857 E 71,251 0 0 Corresponding week last year GREAT NORTEIERN RAILWAY. —Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 16, 1857 £22,744 17 .4 Corresponding week last year, 2 i,114 3 1 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return fcr tha week ending Aug. 23, 1857 27,211 0 0 Corresponding week last year 6,982 0 0 - - LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Aug. 23, 1857 t28,523 0 1 Corresponding weak last year..... 25,027 18 5 SCOTTISH CeSTRAIA RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 23, 18 £3,118 15 4 Corresponding week last year 3,232 1 7 CORK AND BANDON ILULWAY.--Traffie return for the week ending duo." 22, 1857 2250 2 10 Corresponding week last year 205 19 2 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY.--Traffic return for th week ending Aug. 23, 1857 ,..£1,004 18 3 Corresponding week last year 656 12 9 AFPEARAIiCE OF POTATO DISEASE IN SCOTLAND,— We • are very srrry to say that this dire scourge has again made its appearance within the past- week in various parts of the counties of Banff, Moray, and Aberdeen, and has since it became observable made. rapid progress.--Bev/dare Journal, (A DVE crisEMANT. SIGHT AND HEARING -- SPECTACLES -- POWERFUL .TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND • PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. —S. and B. Solonions, opticians, 39, A bemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for va'uable and ex traordina- y improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, toknow the distances. These TelescoPes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same t Icscope can be seen a person's countenal.ce three-and-a-half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with incrersing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by whirls a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant They answer every pur pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They aro invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yacht in g , to sportsmen, - gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Gimp, Perspective, and Rsce-c urse Glasses, wit h wonderful powers.—lnvaluable preserving Spec t ac l e Lenses of the greatest transparent power. P r t he great vivautago eriN ed from this invention is, that vieen impaired becomes pre served and strencthened, aid very agel persons ale !nabl.:d employto their sight at t he most minute occupation—can see with thoie lenses of a much loss magnifying power —and they do not require the frequent changes to the r da rin :- g orons effects of further pow erful assistance. Pers eus can be suited at the mo. , remote p ert of t he world b y send . in , one of the glasses o ut of their wpectac es in a let ter , and stating the dist fl.oe from the eye they can small with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by , s t a ting their age. Deafness .—New Di scovery , —The Orgatiic Vibrator, ant.x`raord a i r a t r h i e iy k p i o n w d e t r t fu a l t , s h l as all b , een, or probably wi i ns t ru ment for deafness, entirely cliff:men' , from all o th rs, can, surp be as psing anything ro duced. Doing of the - same colour as the skin, is p o l ir e 71 , a t nsensationcit affords , f no t p e rceptible. It enables deaf persons to h ear di st i nctly at c h u rch and at - public assemblies; the r u em n singing noies'in the ears is entirely all the assistance that possibly could bo desired.-31. Allse• marle-rotTeet, Opposit o th e York SIXTH DAY. The members of the general court-martial for the trial of Lieutenant-Colonel a. Clarke, Ist West India Regiment, again assembled at 12 o'clock yes terday, at Chatham Barracks, under the presidency of Colonel Jervis, for the purpose of continuing the examination of the numerous witnesses for the de fence. The proceedings still appear to attract veil great interest in the garrison En-ign W. Hartrick, Ist West India Regiment, was further examined on behalf of the prisoner. Witness stated that when the Fort-Adjutant deli • vered the message from Colonel Hill to the pri" soner that he was ordered to embark for the Gam bia. He stated that Col. Hill regretted that the disturbances there rendered h's presence uecessarya If there had been any disturbances prisoner would have known of them before Col. Hill, as he bad only just arrived from adtstant colony. ColonelClarke s reply to tt e fort adjutant was not looked upon by witness as a refusal to embark, but only to enabl e him to gain an interview with Colonel Hill. Lie w tenant Watson, now deceased, had told witness that he heard Colonel Hill say he wished he was out et it. Lieutenant Watson resigned his appointmen t of fort adjutant soon after the prisoner had left fer . the Gambia, owing to a misu n d ers t an di n g wit , " Colonel Hill on some military subjects, The Ine s ; sage given by the fort adjutant to the prisoner, tha t he was to go to the G a mbi a , was g i ven o ffi c i a lly, and Lie utentan t Watson was in his uniform at the time' Witness had been informed by Lieatentant Watsan that Colonel Hill had hinted that if the prisone r would write him a certain letter all would b e well. Major-General Sir G. Wetherall, K.C.8., adjutant-general, was next called by the prisoner, and identified the signatures of Lieut.-Colonel r' A. Wetherall, commanding the Ist West ind i3 Regiment, to two letters to the priso n er, one af which was dated " Spanish Town, May 11, 185 6 , and addressedlo the prisoner in British Guiana, i n , which he was directed to take the c ommand ()' the six companies of. that r eg i men t, th e n proceed ing to Sierra Leone. The letter of the Bth Nonel n i her, 1855, investing C o l one l Hill w ith th e co mma° t of the troops at Sierra Leone 'was not written 3 the instigation of Colonel Hill, but by an ord er from the War-office, who were doubtless in 01 . 1 ' muuication with the Colonial- o ffi ce on th e bubjer'; :i Previously to that letterbeing wr i t t e n the command of the troops at Sierra Leone and t h e iGambia wa s , invested in one person, but the gai t aut genow could not state to the court' hether that letter was written to prevent Colonel Hill from interferil with the troops in the Gambia, and Col. O'Connn' with those at Sierra Leone. By the Couit—The whole time that Colonel gi ll was at Sierra Leone he was considered to be t he commanding officer of the troops at that stati° ° ' and all official correspondence went through bin l : l A third lieutenant colonel was appointed to Colon ' t Hill's regiment, as that officer, on his appointmle a . to the Gold Coast, became a sup e r n umerary (AO% Colonel Hill was specially appointed by tee EDP Guards to command the troops at Sierra Leone. ~ Lieut. Wm. Cody, 3d West India Regiment, d; e ‘,. proved what had been stated by Captain gen . . 4 ' that he was in command of the troops at Siel, Leone during Colo ne l Hill' s a b sence , as the Capt. Pearson commanded. He had never 1 0 °' - ,„ of any letter appointing Colonel Hill to the O l ; mand at Sierra Leone, until the letter wa s read nt parade. Witness and the other officers then V ie ' in a body to Colonel Hid, and Captain Pearson r e ' quested to have a copy of the letter given to bil; The order for the prisoner to proceed to the Gain was not seen by witness, and he did not believe it was inserted in the orderly-book. Col. H. W. Whitfield, 2d West India Regitne nt ; was called to character. He informed the on o f that he had always entertained a hi g h opinion. 0 the prisoner, who, on a recent occasion was sen t o f British Guiana, with a detachment at a time much excitement, -and on his return the men 'O as t in excellent discipline. Prisoner also rendered gr rs assistance to witness whilst stationed in Demert is : • where the civil servants gave him much trar,,, s From all he had heard and known of the prisoile4 character, witness could not hav e b e li e ved tbat i n ips such charges could have been b r ought against . n • until he had seen them in writing. doa This closed the evidence for, the defence, an d. the application of the prisoner the court ° tr journed until Friday, when it will re-assemble f° o the purpose of hearing the prisoner ' s address on I P I whole evidence. GENERd L COURT-2WARrrAL ON COLONEL CLARKE. Country Markets. EDINBURDriI HAY AND STRAW MARKET' AVG. 2 Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 6s 61 to lls Oci per kemple of 16 stor,e s trop ' • wheat do., 63 01 to 93 Od ; b ar l e y d o .. 4s 6 t to i 4 GI Hay from is 01 to is 4d; new do., 9d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEA.I.—A.uG. 25. There were in the market today 9 sacks oatmeal, e"'" weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 44s 01 and --fl• DALKEITH MEAL AIA.RSET—AuG. 24. f Thero were in the market to-thy 4 bags of oattneai, ° v barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. nobiri l • Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. 1 ' ed imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -a 0:1 —s Od , -- -.3 e a Peasemeal, per ditto " Flour, new, per ditto.... —s 0(1 —s 0.1 ----3 (d Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od -- a Od --..3 DUBLIN, Ami. 24. We have scarcely any alteration to report for old tra from lass day's prices. The supply was small, and it ° o f a very dull sale. An increased number of new sampl es of nsw wheat, oat 4, bera, and rapeseed, and two samPle A s is o new barley, a ready sale, and con diti on goo d. In Diu corn almost nothing doing, White wlteat, 35 s 01 to 37 s 61 ; re d ditt o, 31 8 Oa t 366 01; ditto new, —s; Parley, malting, 16s 64 to 25s 61; g ri lp ing, —8 to —s ; oats, old, 15s 6d to 18s; ditto, new, ip 6d to 173 01 ' • oatmeal, 14s lid to 17s; bere, new, 163 Wiry Od ; r toe -=-s d, 27s Od to 29s Od p er brl ; batters' flout, ":„; Od to 24s 01 per owt ; Indian corn , 37 s Od to 38 s 0 , 1 v 480 lbs. COAL HARM Prices of Coals per ton at ET.—A.ua. the close of the market s, d. Tanfield Moor flutes 14 6 ITti'pool West Hartley 16 6 Haswell, Gas l4 t Wylam Walker Primrose .. l3 3 Wallsend, Riddell l5 6 South tlettou 17 9 Whitworth l5 3 Ships at market Walisend, au. 0. 0 0 Rraddyll , 6 Eden Main ............•i6 Framwellgate j ............ 0 !Totten .......... . Kepler Grainge ..... 4. .0 Russell's Helton ........ f 0 lb Stewart's . ;, 33 ; sold, 26, LOCAL SHARE MARKST.S. LP7ERPOOL, Aug. 26, g el STOCK EXCHANGE.--The t ransac ti ons i n this irlar, e have been moderate, and prices steady a t a slight irorCie, inelA on yesterday's rater. Lancashire and Yorksw 23 l 99 A—C , ledonian, 39 11—North Eastern, Berwick , —Ditto York, 39'—London and N. rth-Westerns, —Dutch Rhenish, 4 d.—Midl an d, 831 I—South Ba:41 21a i—Lancaster and narlisle, new thirds, 74 ," Western, 53—Gr ea t Luxembourg, 7.1.3. M a nches' e a Sheffield, and Li nco l n , 3:4—Bi r k en h ea d , Luicashirof 11 ' Cheshire, eq. MANCHESTER, AUG. 26. l STOOK EXCIIANGE.—The market was firm but gig, - to-day, ant littl e bu s i ness doi ng . Bl ac kbu r n, 7 9-I n u . Great Western, 53 I.—London and North Westerns, l o v i ---Sheffields, 39k—Leeds Capital Stock. 24g—Dovers, ' 0 —Caledonians, 39I—Midands, 84;—Great Wester° Canada, new. p.—Dutch Rhenish, 3i d.—Grand of Canada, 12—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 99. BIRMINGHAII, AUG. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. The market has been stesal.,t; day, and prices have been about the same, with 11 ",/ business doing. Shropshire Union Stock, 49 ar!„.. Westerns, 53 ii—London and North Western, 102 g Stour Valleys, 83 I—Midlands, 83A 4. —Ol BIRTHS. OF A sox, On the nth inst., at 2T, Dorset-square, the wife of CO * Gordon, Esq. On the 26th inst., at Kingston-hill, Surrey, Mrs. F. Da a oz. OF A DAVOIITER, On tho 25th' inst., at the High Elms, Hampton - c ol-0 the Hon. Aire. Edmund Petre. , On the 25th inst., at 28 , Leinster-gaide ns , H <<e'P ark• Mrs. John Furze. MARRIED. Oa the 26th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Alex s t Knox, Esq , barrister-at-law, to Susan Toten ' yoace ti l d aighter of the late Ja mes Armstrong, Bag of the Beng Civil Service. v, I On the 16th Ap r il, a t St . M ar k' s Church Darling-P°lD Sydney, the Right Hon. George Edward Lord Audlelt Emily, second daughter of the late Colonel Sir Thew Livingstone Mitchell. On the 25th hat., at 12D, 0 I E ns t. w. Beale, BenBs. ° I aged square, Brompten , s‘. On the 25th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, Miss Mitche ll, 51, Berkeley-square, London. pf On the 25th inst., in London, John Mann, Esq. , Gl On w. sg the 24th inst., at Morchard Bishop, Devon, the Del' Comyns Tucker, rector of Washford Fyne, and a mar trate for the county of Devon. On the 24th inst., at 16, Leonard-place, Kensingtl Joseph Eelesy E3q., formerly of Etoafes Hould-lane en Bucks. On the 22d first., Matthias Hawdon, Esq., of Ei.m.c. LONDON : Printed and Published by IfUltDO YOlnig9i of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offices 14 2 / 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the eeepu of Middlesex, Thursday, August 27,153 T, TIIREE Sciv r: let s eptet for Rehm C hristcim B eotc robe calling Fares t 1 "az e°, 8s , small Tickets I RI daring. the Rath 'ng on m o , On Stine ewer. and Fares Glow ,ter i t and 6 t "1: obe rocs av ail ablp '4I Y allOw I CJ R ve rPo:l l3 30 '417 ‘ DUhlin 2(/ '• ful 15 -nHeni NVOII 2i n g . 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