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THE MUADER .1N LEIGH WOODS, puny N. BOURTON; FRIDAY MORNING; The adjourned examination of witnesses in sup port of the charge of murder against John William Beale was resumed this morning in the Board-room of the Bourton union. The prisoner was brought upfrom Taunton gaol, and reached the Ashton station of the Bristol and Exeter 'Railway about 10'o'clock, and was conveyed thence to . Bourton. Mr. E. M. Harris, solicitor, of Bath, appeared to watch the case on behalf of the accused. The presiding magistrates were the Rev. H. Mire house (chairman), Sir J. Hare, Col. Burrowes, Messrs. Shortland, Mordaunt, Rockett, W. H. G. Langton M. P., J. H. Mirehouse, W. Miles, DL P. , ilc. The prisoner's father and sister, who had come over from Bath, were allowed to have an interview with him before he was brought into court. The Chairman informed Mr. Harris that the ma gistrates were satisfied upon consideration that the shirt produced by the witness Payne was not stained with the blood of the deceased woman, and that therefore they should merely return the deposition which had been taken, and give the prisoner's coun sel an opportunity f calling the witness if he should think fit. The evidence taken on the last occasion having been read over, Mr. Harris declined to cross examine any of tieVitnesses. In reply to Mr. Miles, George West, the under keeper, stated that the place where he first dis covered the blood was about two yards from the place where the body was found ; this was a con cealed place under the rock, which he might have passed several times without noticing the body had not his attention been attracted by the : blood. The body had evidently been placed where it was found, because the clothes were all smoothed down in order. The object appeared to have been to con ceal the body. Mr. Superintendent Jones's evidence having been read over, containing a Ist of the articles of clothing found on deceased, ttc., the witness stated in reply to the chairman that he bad discovered a hat in Rownhain wood, near the buttress of the Clifton suspension bridge, on Sunday, the 20th ult. The hat was not there on the previous day. Mr. Lncis, iurgeou, added to his former evi dence, that on the 19th Sept. it was impossible to have identified the body, decomposition having set in. '1 he only means which might lead to identifica tion of the deceased were the teeth he had extracted, and which were very peculiar bath as regarded the decay and the stopping w,th which the decayed places had been tilled. The peculiarity about the teeth was such that it would have been noticed during the life of the deceased. From the body /laving been quite fre,li when he first saw it on Saturday, the 12th ult., and from the heat of the weather, it could not have been dead more than two or three days. A deposition of - Mr. Chadwick, magistrates' clerk, embodying the previous statement, was next put in, but as it contained additional matter, on the recommendation of Mr. Miles, M.P., the depo sition was rejected and the original statement was adopted. The depositions of Inspector Noiris and of the Daventry witnesses—Sausome, Payne, and Brans c•nmbe, having been read, Charles Wallington deposed- .I am a railway porter at the Freshford station of the Wilts and Somerset Railway. I recollect seeing the prisoner at the office at Freshford on the 9th ult. He asked me the way to Mr. Bythesea's. I pointed. out the direction of the house to him. I saw Mr. Bythesea's butler the same day, who requested me to send for the cook's boxes. I went there and fetched three boxes ; they were each direetel to " Mr. Beale." I added to the directions, " Till called for." I afterwards entered the boxes and forwarded them to Bristol by the 8.45 p.m. train from Freshford. Louisa Elizabeth Ford, examined by Mr. Miles —I am housekeeper to Mr. S. W. Bythesea, of Hill-house, Freshford, near Bath. I have known Charlotte Pugdey for more than two years. She was cook in Mr. Bythesea's service from the 27th June to the 9tn Sept., when she left. The prisoner came to our house about 4 o'clock that afternoon. Charlotte Pugs ley brought him to my room and introduced him. After shaking hands with me I asked him to take a seat. I asked him where he had come from, and he said from Bath. I asked him about his father and mother, and he said he had not seen them. I a. , ked if he wag not going to see them Lefora he left England ' - and he told me he was not, for they were not friendly. I have known the prisoner more .than two years. I was in service with Charlotte Pugsley before at Mr- , . Admiral Western's, 8, River-stre 3t, Bath. We were quite as sisters. We slept. together at Mrs. Western's, and we left together in Doe. last. The prisoner had v,sitel Charlotte Pugsley revea'- edly at Mts. Western's. The prisonerhls told me that he was going to be married to Charlo to Pup ley. He was living at the tane with Mr. Mogg, near Park's cottage, about two miles and a-half from Bath. When he came to Freshford he told me he was going to be. married to Charlene Pugsley at St. Mary's Church, Southampton, on tin Saturday after they left, acrd that Charlotte was gOing to lodge with: the clerk of the church till they were . . married, after which they were going to America. All this was s aid iu the preseuco of Charlotte Pugs ley. I asked him where Charlotte was going to sleep at Bristol, as he said they were going there that u4.5,ht, and he told me he had taken lodgings for her near the railway station, and ho was going to sleep with his cousin, but he did not say where his cousin lived. I told him I thought it would be nearer and less expensive to go to Southampton by the London line ; he said he had business to tran sact in Bristol and he was bound to go that way. He said they should leave Bristol about 5 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, the 10th. He asked me if I knew the church at Southampton. I told him that I did, as I hal been there. I tdd him I did not approve his not going to see his father and mothk r, as no - blessing attended children who were not kuil to their parents. He told me that they oared nothing about him, and he should not ewe for them. fasked him bow he had left his situa tion at Daventry, and he said his master and mis tress had-gone with their family to India about a fortnight before, and htd disdiarged all the servau is except Vie maid. After some time the prisoner belt the h also with Charlotte Pugsley about half-past 6 the same evening. She had on a gray alpaca dress, a speckled straw 17ounet with dr .b riband y e lged with peen. I believe it was pink inside the bonnet. S'io had a black fall with lace edge, a black clo ik trimmed with black braid. She carried a green barege shawl on her arm. I paid her on the Ist of September 31.. Iss. wages up to the 27th of Septemb r. On the following Monday I paid h3r 9s. board wages. She had taken some money out of the Bath Savings' bank on the Saturday previous to her going away. I was present when the boxes were fetched. The prisoner bad previously corded them in the kitchen. I was present when Pugsley pack€d the large box, and saw her put nearly all the things in. I have since seen the box at.the Bristol Central Police-station. It contained nearly all the things I had seen put in. Some of the things in the large box were her wedding things. (Inspector Norris here produced the largo box, which was identified by the witness) I saw this box packed. I saw the prisoner cord it, and I saw it taken away. luspeat Jr Norris stated that th© boxes contained wearing apparel, bock?, and other things ; he found the large one in the bedroom of the prisoner at Badby-souse, and the two others in the cel'ar. Leuisa Eiietaheth Ford examined—There are only two things in the three Loxes which I do not know to belong to Charlotte Pugsley. (Superintendent Jones here produced the clothes which were taken off tlps deceased. They were also identified by the witness Ford as having belonged to Charlotte Pugs ley.) The deceased told me the way her teeth were stn, red. I have seen the teeth extracted by Mr. ley4as and am satisfied they are the teeth of Chat lotto Pugsley. • By Mr. Harris—l have not seen the teeth in the body since her decease. Re - examined—When the prisoner was leaving the house I asked her to write to me from South ampton ; she said she would, but the prisoner said she would not have time before she left Southamp ton, bet she should write when ' they got to Ame rica. The prisoner and deceased both drank tea together in my room before they left. Mary Jane Kilson—l am a (ire ismaker, rendingat Freshford. The gray alpaca d ress now' li roduced to me was remade by me for Charlotte Pugsley the Ist of September. I made some print dresseso n for her at the same time, which I Beet home on the morning of the 9th of September. I have since seen those other dresses in the possession of Inv ctor Norris. Charlotte B. azor—l am housemaid at Mr. S. W. Bythesea's. I have seen the clothes in possession of Superintendent Jones. I know the stockings to be Charlotte Pugsley's. I darned them for her myself a few evenings before she left. I also know th e grey alpaca dress by some black undersleevea w hich were put in it the evening she let. I know the boots by having warn them myself. .1 also k " l4 a piece of netting produced franc ono of the boxes ; it is my ow n work, and I gave it to tugs ley. tu ey. John Naslifeet - am in the service of the Great Western Railway Company. I recollect Wednesday. Sept. 9. The prisoner me.; the 9.40 p.m. train from Weymouth; a woman was in company with him. I assisted in getting out the luggage from that train. There were three boxes in it addressed to Mr. Beale. The woman did not s ty anyth i ng ; the prisoner came forward when the boxes were taken T E 67UN I LON'BUNI SAPURD A OC OBER a 1857 out of the train, and claimed them, saying it was their luggage. He said the train they came by did not stop at-Freshford, and they had walked on to Limpley Stoke, and the luggage was sent on from Freshford, I made a charge of 3s. 10d. for the luggage, and he refused to nay it. I told him he had better leave the boxes in the parcels-office for the night z and perhaps Mr. Miner, the clerk, would free him in the mqrn4lg. He took my advice and left with the woman. By Mr. Harris—l did not see the prisoner speak to any woman. I saw the prisoner and the woman, who appeared to be in company with him, go away together. I did not observe how she dressed. Ite-examined--I had no dispute about luggage in that train with any person but the prisoner. I have no doubt he is the person. Henry Yiner—l Am parcel clerks at the Bristol station of the Great Western Railway. On Thurs day morning, the 10th of Sept., the prisoner came to my office for three boxes in the name of " Beale," which were lying there. I have seen and identified these boxes at the Central Police-station, Bristol. We had a good deal of conversation about the 3s. 10d. charged for the luggage, and I recommen ded him to go and see the station superintendent about it. He went away, and on his return he paid the money. He then asked me to allow the boxes to remain in my office, as he was going to Liver pool. I recommended him to take them to the Mid land office and put in the cloak-room, and he went and got a porter, and they were removed from my office. Thomas Silverthorne—l am porter in the Mid land cloak room to the Groat Western Company. I remember seeing the prisoner on Thursday morn ing, Sept. 10, about 11 o'clock. I received 3 boxes from him addressed " Mr. Beale, to be left till called for ;" he asked to leave them in the cloak room, and I did so, and gave him a ticket, for which he paid 6d. I produce the receipt ticket. I have seen the boxes and identified them. The prisoner told me he was going to Liverpool when he brought the boxes. There was a woman standing outside the door at the time; whentheprisoner went out shejoinedhim, and they went down the street together. The ticket I had given the prisoner was returned in the course of the 12th of September. By Mr. Harris—l am certain the prisoner and woman went away together ; they went down the street arm in arm. Robert Miller, butler to Mr. S. W. By theses, of Freshford, proved that on Wednesday, the 9th of 1 Sept, he accompanied the prisoner and Charlotte Pugsley to Limpley Stoke station, where they got into the train together andleft Bristol, as he under stood, on their way to Southampton. Beale asked itness to go back to Freshford station and have the boxes fetched down from the house, and re directed "to be left till called for," at Bristol. Louisa Davey—l am the wife of Corey Davey, of No. 2, Ayre's-buildings, New-cut. I knew the prisoner when I lived with Mr. Way, of Clifton down, about ten or eleven years ago. I saw him about half-past eleven in the morning of Thursday, the 10th of September. I was stand ing at the gate of my house which looks out on the Cut. The prisoner was coming towards Rownham. He had a young woman with him. I did not speak to the prisoner because I ;was so dirty. My mother was with me at the gate. She was going home, and I wished her " Good bye" because John Beale was coming. lam quite confi dent it was the prisoner I saw. I saw them again a few minutes afterwards. They were then going to wards the priEon, which is the straightest way to Rownham-ferry. It leads in other ways to Bristol. The woman was dressed in an alpaca dress. I did not obkerve her bonnet. I thought what a tidy per son it was he had with him, and I looked after them because I had known Beale for so many years. Wm. Jones—l am a tailor in the employ of Mr. Apl n, of Wine• street, Bristol. On Monday the 7th Sept. I saw the prisoner in the evening In Wine street, and went itli him to the King's Head Tavern. He remaloed about an hour and a-half, and left saying he was going to the Casino. The next morning he came to Mr. Aplin's shop after a pair of trousers his 0013111 was making for him. While he was there he pulled a very small pistol out of his pocket. I SAW that the pistol had a cap on it ; the prisoner told me it was loaded. I gave the pistol to his cousin to measure the length of it, as he was going to have a pocket made in his coat to hold a pair of pistols. Tile pri soner afterwards put the pistol into his waistcoat pocket. The pistol produced by Inspector Norris is very similar to the one I saw. The prisoner said tie was going to Bath when he left, and that he might came over on the Wednesday and go to A. , 2liton. Mr. Lucas, surgeon, recalled, stated that a pistol of the description produced by Inspector Norris would inflict the wound and discharge the bullet found in the head of the decea ed. A bullet received from Inspector Norris weighed with the bullet taken from deceased's herd was about 2 grains heavie Some of the otter bullets in prisoner's powder flask weighed the sune, or only differed ab )ut a gfaiP. Part of the bullet taken from deceased's heal was cut off in extra:Aim). John Hill, son of John Hill, tailor—l am 13 years of age. On Thursday, the 10th Sept., I was at the top of Nightingale-valley, inside the wall, between 4 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Four other b ,- )ys were with me. I saw a man and woman at ilia top of the valley. They were comm; from the wall towards the river. I am sure I should know that man if I saw him again. I took notice of him ; he was walking after a young woman ; I was up in a tree at this t me with ano - her boy, looking down upon them as they passed under. The pr►- soner is the man. I saw him here on Saturday last. I bad given a description of him bel.re to Mr. Gould, the chicf constable, and .I afterwards saw the prisoner and identified him. • I know the woman had on a dark dre3s, but I did not see her bonnet. About a quarter of an hour of er I had seen the prisoner and woman together I heard the report of a pistol or gun. It came from the direction in which they went. By Mr. Harris—The prisoner hai on a dark brown coat and a cap. The woman was a short woman. The man and woman coul I have seen me where I was. Wm. J. Collins, son of J. P. Collins, of Wilson street, another 14d who was in company with the last witnus, confirmed his evidence. Inspector Not-Aid, in addition to his former state ment, handed in a c.mplete invent )ry of the thing; found in the prisoner's bedroom and pantry, and in the Loxes of the deceased, several of which were identified by Miss Ford, the housekeeper, as the property of - Charlotte Pug - alley. Notris also st ate i that on taking- the prisoner into custody and charging him with the murder, he said, "I know nahing at all about it." The prisoner, acting under the advice of his soli citor, declined saying anything in his defence, and was fully committed for trial at the next assize. his room my mother and two brothers and the men servants were there, and my married sister followed me. My brother Thomas had on his trousers, but nothing else, and my brother James was in his night shirt. The house was examined by the men, and my brother Thomas told me that the kitchen door was found open. They found no trace of any robbers. The dining-room door, which was not locked at night, was open, and my brother James's desk had been broken open, and 141. 10s. taken from it. I never saw the money in the desk, but my brother James told me it had been left in it the night before. A drawer belonging to the cupboard in the kit Chen was also opened, but nothing was missed from it. A " collie" dog was kept in the house, and my brother Thomas told me that on Tuesday night it slept in his bedroom. Sometimes it slept in Thomas's bedroom, and sometimes in James's. It does not make any alarms at strangers except when out of doors. Jean Henderson—l am the widow of the de ceased. I went to-bed about 12 o'clock on Tuesday night. My daughter Jane went upstairs with me, but I slept with my married daughter Jessie, who had gone to bed before me. The deceased went to bed about nine o'clock. I left my son James in the sitting-room. I fastened the outside kitchen door before I went to bed, and I knew that the front one was also fastened. I fell asleep shortly after I went to bed, and afterwards awoke when I heard my son James coming upstairs, but cannot say how long it was after I left him downstairs. I fell asleep again shortly after he went into his room, and did not awake till I heard the report of a gun, about two o'clock in the morning. The next thing I heard was James opening his door and firing a gun down the stairs. There was not more than half a minute be tween the first and second shots. I next heard sounds as of persons running down the stairs, either in their stockings or with something over their shoes. Directly afterwards I heard James calling to his brother Thomas in the attic to come down stairs immediately, as there were robbers in the house. I and my daughter got out of bed and held the door, fearing that the robbers might come into our room. Afterwards my two sons came into my room ; Thomas had on only his trou sers, and James was in his night-shirt. After they went down stairs they fired two other sleets from the kitchen door, in order to frighten the robbers. Mr. Roberts, for the prisoner, here applied to have the inquiry adjourned, on the ground that he was not sufficiently instructed to cross-examine the witnesses. He also applied that at the next sitting the prisoner should be present. The Coroner said that he intended to take the evidence of all the inmates of the house to-night. As yet nothing had been stated tending directly to implicate the prisoner, and as soon as anything was given that affected him he would adjourn the in quiry. He was always anxious that a person who was charged with a criminal offence should be pre sent when the evidence was given against him, but Le did not see that he could order the accused to be brought before the jury. Mr. Reddish (clerk to the niagistratee for the Stockport division) said helthought there would be no objection on the part of the magistrates to allow the prisoner to be present at the inquiry when anything was proved that affected him; but at present there was nothing that implicated him, and he could not see how the inquiry could be ad journed at this stage. Mrs. Henderson, in reply to Mr. Roberts, stated that her son was now in custody on the charge of murdering his father ; but he was a good and kind son both to her husband and to herself. Mr. Roberts then renewed his application for an adjournment, but the coroner decided upon taking further evidence. Thomas Henderson—l am son of the deceased. I went to bed in the attic on Tuesday about half-past 11 o'clock. I was disturbed by the report of fire arms about 2 o'clock on the following morning, and I immediately jumped out of bed and awoke the ser vant-man and the boy. I heard my brother get out of bed and walk as if to get his gun and then fire. As soon as I could get a light I and the man went half way down the stairs leading to my father's room. I heard the second shot in about half a minute after the first, and then my broth: r James called out there were robbers in the house. I am not sure whether he called before or after the second shot. I cannot recollect. While I was standing on the land ing, half way down the garret stairs, James weut went back into his room and re-loaded the gun. It was a double barrelled gun ; but one of the barrels had been discharged the morning before, when my brother shot at a sparrow in the pear tree by the sale of the house. I know that lie shot at a sparrow because I saw him do it. I distinctly heard him ramming both barrels while I was on the stairs ; and as soon as he came out of his room he and I and a man went down stairs. I went first, carrying a candle and a stick. The outer kitchen door was standing open. It was fastened the night before with a lock and wooden bar. The bar was resting against the wall, and not broken, so it must have been placed there. The lock was not injured, and the key was in it on the inside. We did not 1 )ok at the windows until we had knocked up the two Irishmen who slept in the granary. None of the windows had been broken or interfered with. I looked into the lobby and saw that the front door was fastened. In the sitting-room we found that my brother James's desk had been broken open and 14/. 10i. belonging to him taken from it. I never saw the money, but he told me he bad left it there. We next went up stairs into our father's room, into which we had not gone before. We found him lying on his back, with his head upon the pillow, and his arms folded across his cheat, as if he had been asleep when he was shot. After hie evidence hal been read over, and before he signed it, the witness stated that after his bro ther tire 1 he hard foot steps on the stairs, and they appeared to be 'hose of 3or 4 persons, who had something ems their shoes. After he and his brother had been into his father's room, hie brother gave him the gun, and he discharge.l both lyArrels at the back door. Previously to this he had been to his mother's and sister's rooms and told them that his father was dead. All thisoccupieclabeut a qua: ter of an hour. The powder and shot were sometimes kept in the sitting-room, and sometimes in James's bed room. He recollected hearing his sister Jane say that his 'brother James had fired one of the barrel of the gun at a sparrow, and killed it on Tuesday m-orning, and he (Thomas) atferwards saw the dead bird in the kitchen. Jassy E trlam—l am the wife of Edward Earlarn, a farm r of Woodford, and daughter of the de ceased, at whose house at Brame' I lived. I slept with my mother, and on Tuesday night I retired to rest between 8 and 9 o'clock. I was asleep when My mlther came to bed. I was awoke about tNO o'clock the next morning by the report of fire-army. Immediately afterwards my brother James opened les door and shouted, but I am not sure whether be fired ; I think he did. Between the first and s(c)ud reports I heard footsteps in my father's room, and they sounded as if the persons had some thing on their shoes. After the second shot I beard foot tops going doWn. the stairs. Th;s.was the last le itness :examined; and the coroner adjourned the inquiry to Tuesday next. LOVE AND MARRIAGE.—It would be well did experi ence justify us in saying, "once a lover always a lover," and that the wife never becomes less dear than the bride; but although the husband may not find all the perfec tions his excited fancy may have portrayed in the object cf his choice when a lover, we still believe and hope the cases are rare in which any man, however depraved, could part with her who had once loved him as women only can and do love, without a pang of remorse. There is a curious fact related of the Reign of Terror in France when the law of divorce was made so easy, that it was a very common occurrence to find persons who had availed themselves of this privilege, again re-entering into those bonds with their first partners from which they had once so eagerly sought to be released. 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T.Y.C. Mr: Bell ns b f Abrosia (Grimmer) 1 M. Daweon's Richmond Hill (Ballock) 2 Captain Coristie's c by Joe Lovell (Cresswell) 3 Batting-2 to lon Ambrosia, who won by two lengths, and was bought in for 40 guineas. The' Welter Handicap of 5 sove each, 3 ft, with 25 added ; the second to save his stake; gentlemen riders; pro fessionals 51b extra ; one mile ; 9 subs. _ _ Mr. Jackson's br g Ghika, 4 yrs, lest 131 b (inc. 51b ex.) (Bates) 1 Mr. Ridley's br c Hopsitality,4 yre, 10st 121b(I'Anson) 2 Mr. Wilson's b c Riga, 3 yre, 9st 121 b (0 wner) 3 The following also ran :—Tom Newcombe, and Courtenay. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Riga 'and Hospitality, 4to 1 aget Courtenay, and sto 1 agat any other. Won by two lengths, the second beating the third by a head. The North York Nursery Handicap Plate of 100 sovs, for two-year-olds ; winners after the publication of the weights 51b extra ' • the winner to pay 5 soya to wards expenses • T.Y.C. Mr. Jackson's b eLady Tunstall, 7st 121 b (Builock) 1 Captain Gray's br o Duneany, 7st 31b (Forster) 2 Mr. Bell's b c Wouvermans, Est 121 b (Grimmer) 3 The following also ran :—Adventurer, Sally, Lady Dot, The British Flag, Scaurdale, Valiant, Bradley, S wale, and b f by Knight of Avenel. Betting-7 to 4 agst Lady Tunstall, 4to 1 aget Wouvermans, 5 to 1 each agst Duneany and Lady Dot. Woe by a neck, half a length between second and third, Adventurer a good fourth. The Northallerton Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, and only 3 if declared, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 soya towards ex penses ; winners of any handicap value 100 soya after Sept. 3 51b, of two or of a handicap value 200 sovs, 81b extra ; one mile ; 14 subs, 2 of whom declared. Mr. Johnson's b c Peto, 3 yrs, Est 81b (Ryan) 1 Admiral Harcourt's b m Ellermire, 5 yrs, Bst 6th (Mann) 2 Mr. Wilson's bk f Minnie, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (including 51b ext , a) The following also ran .—The Martlet, Courtenay, Red White and Blue, Fairy Stone, and Apothecary. Betting-7 to 4 aget Ellermire, 2to 1 agat Peto, 4to 1 each agst Red White and Blue and Minnie. Won by a length, two lengths between second and third, Martlet a good fourth. The Innkeepers' Plate of 25 sow:, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age, with selling allowances ; once round and a distance. Mr. Smuggler's The Nailer, by Flatcatcher, 4 yrs (Snowden) 1 Mr. Keesloy's Tom Newcome, 3 yrs (Little) 2 Mr. Crosoer's Ulysses, 4 yrs (Cress well) 3 Betting-4 to lon Tom Newcome, and any odds agst The Nailer, who won by a neck and was sold for 60 guineas. The Consolation Scramble of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 25 added, for all ages ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 5 soya towards expenses. T.Y.C. Mr. I'Anson's Captain Powlett, by St Bennett, 3 yrs • - (Charlton) 1 Mr. Wilson's Manchline, 2 yr; (Ward) 2 Capt. Christie's o by Joe Lovell—Mrs. Hudson, 2 yrs (Ryan) 3 Mr. J. Fobert ns Redcar, 3 yrs (Forster) 4 The Nailer, Riga, and Herne also ran. Betting— Even on Captain Powlett, 3 to 1 aget Herne, 4to 1 agat Riga. Won by half a length, second beating third by a neck. POLICE INTELLIGENCT.—Oct. 2. MANSION-HOUSE. [The following appeared in a portion of our impression of yesterday :—] THE ALLEGED LIBEL ON THE LORD MAYOR ELECT (SIR R. W. CARDEN). —Mr. Thomas Plant Rowe, deputy bridgemaster, and connected with the Fellowship of Porters, 102, Cox's-terrace, Lower-road, Bermondsey, appeared in answer to a summons obtained by Alderman Sir R. W. Carden, M.P. (Lord Mayor elect), charging him with having attempted to extort money from him by threatening to . print and publish, or offering to abstain from printing and publishing a certain libel affecting the said Sir R. W. Carden. The case arose out of the late proceedings connected with the election of Lord Mayor, the money being claimed to abstain from issuing placards to incite the livery against the return of Alderman Car den as Lord Mayor. Mr. Humphreys appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Lewis (Ely-place), for the defendant. Mr. Humphreys said that Sir R. Carden appeared be fore his lordship to complain of the defendant's conduct relative to the late election of Lord Mayor, wider a sta tute that made it an' offence for any one to (directly or indirectly) attempt what was charged against the defen dant. The learned gentleman having detailed the facts he should prove, said that no other construction could be put upon the defendant's conduct than that stated in the summons, because no opposition was offered by the Livery to the election of the alderman. Ee then called the following witnesses, and said that if he proved his case he should ask the prisoner to be held to bail to answer any further charge that might be brought against him. Mr. Secondary Potter deposed that in the early part of last week (Wednesday or Thurday) the defendant called on him. Witness, knowing him, asked him if there was to be any opposition to Sir R. Carden. He replied, certainly, that he had been appointed agent by the publicans or victuallera for that psrpose. 4,0001. or 5,0001. was subscribed, and he was certain that a poll would be demanded and Sir IL Carden rejected. Wit ness said he was sorry to hear it; that was all that passed between them. Sir R. Carden afterwards called on wituess, and be communicated what had passed between them to Sir R. Carden. By Mr. Lewis—The conversation on the subject arose from his asking Mr. Rose if there was to be an opposi tion. Witness had previously heard a rumour (as was the usual case) that there was to be an opposition. Mr. Thorpe, King-street, Cheapside, chairman of the Navigation Committee—Some days before the election he saw the defendant in the lobby of the Guildhall, and had a conversation with him relative to the then pend ing election of Lord Mayor. He asked the defendant if it was probable that Sir Robert would be opplsed. Defendant replied he thought so, as 1,5001. had been subscribed by the publicansaor licensed victualler, and that it would take 1,6001. to beat it, but Sir Robert did not feel disposed -to meet it. Defendant expressed sorrow at such being the case, because Sir Robert was a very good man, and ought to come in. He after wards communicated the conversation to Sir R. Carden. . By Mr. Lewis—Most likely he commenced the con versation, and, in consequence, what followed took place. He had had conversations with others as to the sup posed opposition to Sr Robert ; he heard it frequently mentioned, but he did not think he heard that as Sir Robert was a rich man he ought to spend a little money. Alderman Hale deposed that previous to the election —about a fortnight—he had a conversation with the defendant about the election ; seeing Mr. Rose at the Guildhall and knowing he took an interest in the elections of Lord Mayor he asked him if there was to be any opposition at the ensuing election, and he replied there was, because Sir Robert was very obstinate. Mr. Lewis submitted that the defendant ghoul l only be called on to meet the charge specified in the summons committed on the 27th September, and not a variety of charges such as that now deposed to. The Lord Mayor said he must have the whole of the evidence first, and decide the case after. Alderman Hales continued—Rose said there would be an opposition unless an arrangement was made with him. He said 2,6001. had been subscribed, and alluded to the licensed victuallers, who he sale were very angry at Sir Robert's conduct. Witness afterwards communi cated the conversation_ to Sir Robert. By Mr. Lewis—He had no previous communication with Alderman Carden before he saw Mr. Rose, Wit ness commenced the conversation partly from inqusi tive motives and partly from a desire not to see a con test. He was not on that occasion professing to act as a friend of Sir Robert's. He saw Sir R. Car len about three or four days after the conversation. He didn't think that he asked others about any opposition. He asked Mr. Rose because he was the person who generally conducted the oppositions. Mr. Deputy Kebble deposed that he saw the defend ant previously to the 21st September. Defendant called on him and said that he had come to know if anything was likely to be done, and that he supposed witness knew the object of his visit Witness suspected what it wag, and replied that he had nothing to say to him, because he had not seen Sir It. Carden, but that he was I to see him at half past 10 o'clock that day, and if he would call on him (witness) at 12 o'clock he might have something to say to him. Defendant called - at that titre; and witness told him he had nothing to say to him then, but that he should see Sir R. Carden again, and he had better call the next day. Defendant did not on either occasion say anything about his being employed in reference 'to the election. Defendant called the next day, the 224 when witness toll him he was not in a position to say anything to him, but that be height be. At the first interview defendant produond a MS. paper, which he stated had bean sent to a printer by a publican of high standing. He had calmed on the printer and asked to see it. He at first refused, but as it happened to be a printer who had printed for him for 20 years, he said to him, "if you don't show it to me you shall never print another line fit me." Upon that the printer pro duced the MS , and he snatched it out of his hand and placed it in his pocket, at which the printer was very angry. He read the paper. Mr. Humphreys asked the defendant to produce the paper. Mr. Lewis said he had not got it. ~ Mr. Humpreys handed the witness a printed placard, headed, " Who are we to have for Lord Mayor ?' Mr. Deputy Kebble said the MS. he bad read was similar to the first part of the placard produced, but stopped at that part which stated that Alderman Car den's evidence " was offensive to ourselves as men, and disgustingly so as regarded our wives and daughters." The placard has been already . published. At the third and last interview with the defendant, witness informed him that " Sir Robert Carden would do nothing ;" on that defendant polled out a paper, but whether it was the one witness saw before or not, he could not say; and replied, " this shall be posted to-night, and Sir Robert is out and no mistake." He communicated the conversation to Sir Robert. By Mr. Lewis—No coins of money were men tioned—except some reduced sums that were scat tered in the hands of licen s ed victuallers, - who opposition. had subscribed towards an One he said resided at leliegton, and another elsewhere, but witness did not recollect them, because he paid no atten tion to it, considering it a little bAnbast on the d.fen• dant's part. He was the deputy of Sir Robert's ward and his friend. Witness had a conversation with Mr. Millard, senior Under Sheriff, with reference to the de fendant. Before ko saw him defendant said to witness at the first interview that he had been rent to him by Mr. Millard. He had a conversation wi h _Sir R. Carden relative to the engagement f Mr. Roe as an electionageLt before he had an interview with him ; Mr. Millard was present with Witces3 and Sir R. Carden, and they urged on &r it4sert that he should be employed, to prevent trouble and expense. gr. Lewis—What was he to ba employed to do I Witness—to pack the hall. Mr. Lewis—With what Witness—With long-shore men. • Mr. Lewis—What were they. to be paid; and was he to have any remuneration for his services? Witness—Oar propositioa went to that extent, but I believe no snm was named. • Mr. Lewis—May I take it that Sirß. Carden concurred with you and Mr. Millard on the propriety of packing the hall with long shore-men , Witness—Quite the .reveroe. It was not afterwards arranged by him and Mr. Millard, in the presence of Sir R. Carden, to send for Mr. Rohe. Witness had only one interview with. Mr. Millard on this suiject. After the first interview . with the defendant witness appointed the subsequent ones. Witness never saw Mr. Millard afterwards on the matter. He did not see what was on the paper Rose produced at the last interview. Mr. Lewis—Why did you tell Mr. Rose to come to you on three successive occasions Witness—That I might in the meantime communicate with Sir R. Carden. Mr. Lewis—Did you not state to the defendant that you had the whole management of the election ? Witness—l can't recollect if I went so far as that. Mr. Lewis—Had you the management of the elec tion ? Witness—l thought so, but it afterwards turned out I had not. Mr. Lewis—When did you discover that ? Witness—When I thought myself and Mr. Millard bad wrung from Sir Robert a reluctant compliance with what we wished to carry out. On Monday, 21st Sept., witness called on Sir R. Carden, by appointment, when be repudiated the idea that he had given witness any authority to enter into an arrangement with Mr. Rose. In my first interview with the defendant he told him that he thought he had carte blanche from Sir R. Carden, but that he then found he was mistaken. Mr. Lewis—Now, from the first to the last, did you not seek the interview with Mr. Rase Witness—No, he sought me. Mr. Lewis—Was it your proposition, as deputy of the ward, that the hall should be packed ? Witness—Yes; because Sir Robert Carden was threatened with an oppositirni. Mr. Lewis—Then the object was to fill the hall with men to keep out the voters ? Witness--No; because they are voters, and ::e paid for voting. Mr. Lewis—Then to have the voters all on ono side ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Lewis at this stage (three o'clock) asked for an adjournment, on account of his being compelled to leave the court. Mr. ilumpbreys resisted the application. Mr. Lewis said such a course was usual, and he ap pealed to Sir R. Carden not to proceed with the case in his absence. Sir R. Cardeti—l have nothing to do with the case, I leave it in the hands of my solicitor. Mr. Humphreys : —l shall not allow yon to interfere with me in conducting the, case. If any odium arises from this proceeding let it rest entirely on me. Inspect )r Mitchell was then called, and proved the posting of the bills in question on the walls of the Guildhall. After some other eviience of a formal character, Thomas Wicking, bill-sticker, said that he obtained the placards from a gentlema❑ is Guildhall-.yard, between seven and eight o'clock at night on Tuesday, the 22d. Ile met the gentleman by appointment. Mr. Humphreys—Who wai the gentleman wha gave you the bills ? "Witness—l can't swear to him ;he was a NtOUti ,l2 man. Mr. Humphreys—Do you see him in court Witness--If I was to see him again I could not identify him. Mr. Millard, senior under sheriff, deposed that before the election he sent for Mr. Else, and he called on him and had a conversation with him on the ensuing election. I asked him what would be his retaining fee in the event of his being engaged as agent for Sir R. Carden, in con sequence of a threatened opposition to that gentleman ; the answer was he left it to me ; I told him I was de sirous he should name the sum, but as he appeared un willing to do so, I asked him if 1001. to cover all the expenses of the poll wooll be a sufficient remuneration, with the addition of 501. in the event of Sir R. Carden's election ; he made no reply, and I said I would com municate with Sir R. Carden if he would give the answer, and•if his services were required he would be sent for ; defendant left and called again on the 18th September after I had seen Sir R. Carden. I told him then that I had nothing further to do in it, and I sent him to Mr. Deputy Kebble ; I had no communication after with the defendant. Mr. Millard wished to state what passed between him and Sir R. Carden, to clear his character from any im putation that might rest on it from the part he had taken in these proceedings, but Mr. Humphreys said he could not ask him, nor let him state it. No doubt Mr. Lewis would ask him on the next examination. Th© further examination of Mr. Millard was then deferred. Alderman Sir R. Carden was then called and sworn He deposed that ho never autboris ed or even thought of the defendant being employed in refer-nee to his eat:firm For Lord Mayor ; he was the next Alderman in rotation or the civic chair. This was the case for the complainant, and the further hearing was adjourned till to-morrow (Saturday) at one o'clock. From the London Gazette of Last Night. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 2. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de spatch from her Majesty's Minister at St. Petersburg, reporting that masters of foreign vessels arriving at any port in the Black Sea, will no longer be required to deposit their ships' papers at the Custom-house of the port, but must deliver them to the officers of quarantine, who will at once forward them to the Consul of the nation to which the vessel belongs, and who will return them to the master ou the production of a proper permit of departure from the Custom-house. THE MURDER AT BRA&IALL. The inquest on James Henderson, farmer, of Brlmall, who was snot while in bed on Wednescl morning, was opened on Thursday evening by Mr. Johnson, coroner, Stockport. Mr. W. P. Roberts, attended to watch the case for the prisoner, James Henderson, jun. Jane Henderson said—l am daughter of the de ceased, and resided with my father at Hard.) 's farm. He was ot) years of age. Two sons, and two daughters, including myself, lived at home. There war e three men-servants, a bay, and a woman. All slept in the house, except two of the men, who slept is the granary. My father slept alone for the last 14 months, in one of the front b2droomi. MY brother James slept alone in the other front bcd room, and he had done so for a few months. I slept in one of the back bedrooms on the same floor, - to the left of my father's, and next to that of my brother James. My motiler and a married sist r (Mrs. Earlam) slept in another back bedroom on the same floor, to the right of my father's. My brother Thomas slept in one of the attics, where there were two beds. The granary adjoined the house, but there wits no internal communication with it. I and my mother went to bed about 12 o'clock on Tuesday night, and at that time all the other inmates of the house bad retired except my brother James. I went to bed as soon as I got into my room, and fell asleep in about ten minutes. I did not hear my brother James go to bed. When I want upstairs I saw the kitchen door (the one mitering from the north) locked and barred. I did Rot look at the front (the southern or main) door. My mother generally looked to the doors. The front do 'or was usually opened every day, but I c in n. ()t say whether it was opened on Tuesday. My brother James frequently steppe 1 up after the other, reading and writiog ; and when I went to bed oa T ut s d ly night he was writing in the sitting ro,llll. My father went to bed • between 9 and 10 o'clock on Tuesday nigh , . I was awoke about two o'clock on Wednesday morning, and the first thing I heard was the noise of footsteps on the stairs. I heard several footsteps, and immediately afterwards I heard my brother James open his door and fire. lam quite sure that I heard him oven his door. I only beard one report. I • aftrwards my b rot h ers and not g out of my loom ; but s'hortly the two servants who were sleepi ng in the gr anar y, and the one who slept with nafbrother Thomas in the attic, entErel my room and told me that nay father had b.en shot. I cannot say how long it was after I beard the report that they came to me, but it was shortly afterwards. I got up im mediately and went into my father's rcom. I found him lying on his back with his head on his pillow, and hia'arms outside the clothes. He was in the same position that ho usually slept in. He was severely wounded in the face. When I went into BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-FRIDAY. Only a few of the subscribers having returned from Newmarket the attendance at the rooms was not numerous. Many of the Cesarewitch candidates were talked about, but investments were few and far between, and to small amounts. M. Dobler retains the position of first favourite, although offers against him are plenti ful• Warlock was supported rather freely at 25 to 1. 1000 to 20 was taken about Eloquence, and afterwards offered. Black Tommy is very firm ; December, Aster, and Saccharissa are in bad odour. The following lengthy list of quotations is to a great extent made up s from offers : CZEILUIWITOII STAKES. Bto 1 apt M. Dobler (offered) 15 to 1 agst Mary (taken and offered) 15 to 1 aget Plush colt (offered) 20 to 1 agst Black Tommy (take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Warlock (taken freely) 25 to 1 apt Renown (offered) 25 to 1 agst Rosati (take 30 to 1) 100 to 3 apt El Hakim (taken and offered) 100 to 3 agst Aster (offered) 100 to 3 agst December (offered) 100 to 3 agst Saechariasa (offered) 50 to 1 eget. Poodle (taken and offered) 50 to 1 aget Neville (Laken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Eloquence (taken and offered) 6 to 1 agst Barfleur (offered) Tattersall's Subscription Rooms will be open this day (Saturday). BLINii." BONNY AND THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER. TO THE EDITOR Or BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON. Sir,—l have to thank you for your generous advocacy of my cause relative to the defeat of my mare Blink Bonny for the Doncaster St. Leger. • Your report ex hibited what I should like to see imitated in your con temporaries, viz., a desire to inquire into) the truth of facts before giving them to the public heedless of the consequences which may thereby arise ; and the absence of all prejudice and malice is alike conspicuous through out the whole of your narrative of the meeting. I should not have troubled you on the subject bad it not been for the infamous and false statements that have been Made about me and my neighbour and friend Mr. Scott, whom parties would in vain endeavour to sacrifice as well as myself ; and having receive,: several threatening letters of the vilest description from fellows who are not courage ous enough to give their names, and being threatened, moreover with personal violence the next time I appear on a race course, I trust you will lend me your columns to lay before the public the following statement of the way I prepared my mare for the St. Leger, the bets I had on her, and the measures I took to ensure her atm cess ; and these, I feel confident, will be satisfactory to, such of my friends and the noblemen and gentlemen who backed her. It is no secret that I won the Derby and Oaks with Blink Bonny after a preparation which c,n really only be dated, from Chester. Having achieved those victories, the Doncaster St. Leger was, of tour e, the most earnest object of my ambition, and I resolved that no stone should he left unturned on my part to pre serve Blink Bonny's fair fame, and render her name as inarnoetal in the annals of the turf asl believe it will oven he now. On the principle of its being impossible to keep the bow always strung, I "let her down" a little niter " Epsom, and at Liverpool and Goodwood she ran " bi g , but still won her engagements without being asked to gallop. I then entertained the idea of running her at York for the Great Yorkshire Stakes, but the heavy rains setting in we had to change her exercise ground Irons the tan to the turf, and in going up gallop she flung - a shoe and broke her too so badly that I was obliged to rest her for a fortnight, and give her a couple of doses of physic. After York I began to put her in strong work again, a nd she wont on doing very well, excep t sufferin g slightly from her teeth, one of which was extracted b Mr. Maws on the 3Uth of August. That gentleman slso dressed her mouth twice between then and Doncaster. A. fortnight previous to the race, I regret to add that she slipped up and injured her quarter from whipping round suddenly on being frightened at a gentleman get ting into a gig that was standing on the `Vold. By fomentation I reduced the swelling, but nf course . by this circumstance I could not wo r k the mane to my lik ing, and had, as may be imagined, much to contend with —the complaint peculiar to her sex having al o set in us aggravated by the muggy weather a u tl a db u c a r li n y e s r t v r o o u n andsg:ta itet did not go off until just before the Perk Hill. Still she g allo p ed so free, and to the eye so like in her old form, that although I should have hwaisvheed "gotto h t a h v r e o u h g a n d ” hwe with i h g e g r e . r, t s l .Da t n li c o a u , thought , I s i n s l r to state, she would not eat her bay in her usual w ay, but ate tolerably well of corn, and perh a p s had I given her a little grave, as I had done previous to the Derby and other races, she might have done better. She galloped alsoth e morning chariton before d all l e w h L o e g s e a r w t to her ry then tisf d c d a m ti t n t , e and t once she was Blink Bonny. I now co me to the night previous to the race, when, having hear d of the rumo u rs satisfaction, which were in circulation respecting the mare being "safe," I took every possible precaution to protect my. self, soy friends, and the public. I had a lo n g interview with Charlton, in which I impressed upon him the serious ness of hie task in riding her for the Leger, adding my perfect belief that he would do me the same justice he had done me in the Derby, Oat's, and, in fact, in every race in which he had ridden f or me; and I added, "the eyes of Yorkshire and the world were on him." He assured me he had backed the mare for a sum which he mentioned to me. I removed a pecuniary impediment to his mount, and we parted mutually satisfied with each other, he and I both believing that we should be successful on the morrow. The result of the race is now well known, alid, however mortifying to me, I must bear with it, the only consolation I have being, that I did all I kne w t o avoi I it, and my belief that it wa s brought about by circum stances over which I h a d no control, which I have pointed out, and whi c h I en d ea voured to master to the best of my ability. Th e on l y bets I bad on the race were the following: viz. s 75 t o 1 125 and 50 to 150 on Blink Bonny; these I hed ge d by betting 14 0 to 80 and 65 t o 40 against her. I also took 400 to 200 about Ignore mils, and 250 to 10 about Imperious° ; and at the espe cial request of Mr. Charles Peck I laid him 1001. to his race vac, which he valued at 601. Beyond these amounts I had not one shilling dependent upon the St. Leger. I had not the slightest communication, either personally or by letter, with Mr. S co tt, w h o , I have reason to be lieve, never fancied Itnpertense could have beaten Blink Bonny,. and I should never have dared to have approached e t b h.t. wh i aee r mbn w eegs l e t tti : nai Idg a aar n ie y bn awßf p .o i ni proposition p ek o yn s ßo i t t uoh i ;J o e n nrdeyaa w wyd lb i rl c su h r temci n w yo y o v peuhl recover plain not eer iusl na bear tuvhraaer tlns wi; ahl nee h li k yht of day. In conclusion, let me avow my belief ties' d d state sent of things have done both in justice t they tona r y e s a e l l i f ywere, a a nd mr. Scott, o tt which beg to state I :hall take no further notice of any more writ ten or personal Blinders on this unpleasant subject, but leave myself entirely in the hands of the sporting world, who one day or anoth er l a m satisfied will render the Justice that is due to, sir, your obedient servant, Spring-cottage, Mahon, Sept. 26. W. l'AesaN. • P.S, Perhaps it may be satisfactory to add that no humsoi being owns even a hair of Blink Bonny's tail but myeetF, nor has anybody the slightest control over her. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 2. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Minister at St. Petersburgh, reporting that the Russian Government have opened the Coasting Trade of the Black Sea between the Fort St. Nicholas and Anapa, to foreign vessels of not more than 20 lasts burden, until the end of the year 1858. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT. 2. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Courtenay Wm. Bruce to be Captain, by purchase, vice Swinton, who retires. 7th Dragoon Guards—Sergeant-Major Henry Pearce Phillips to be Riding-Master ; Surgeon Wm. Arden, from the Military Train, to he Surgeon, vice Dolmage, appointed to the Military Train ; Vetetinary-Surgeon Wm. Varley, from the Military Train, to be Veterinary- Surgeon, vice Poett, who exchanges. 17th Light Dragoons—Cornet Robert Bainbridge to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baring, promoted ; Francis James King, Gent., to .be Cornet, by purchase; James Harding, Gent., to be Comet, by purchase, vice Bainbridge; Robert Dennistoun Macgregor, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Cleghora, promoted ; James George Scott, Gent., to be Cornet, without pur chase, vice Marshall, promoted. Military Train—Surgeon Gideon Doimage, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Surgeon, vice Arden, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards ; Veterinary -Surgeon M. Poett, from 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Veterinary Sur geon, vice Varley, who exchanges. Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain Morgan James O'Connell, from half-pay Ist Foot, to b© Captain, vice Brevet-Lieu tent-Colonel T. M. Byrne, promoted, without purchase, to an unattached majority. 2d Foot—Cornet Alexander Baird, from half-pay Land Transport Corp, to bo Ensign and Adjutant. 4th Foot —Walter Francis Blake, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Williamson, who retires. Bth Foot — The aoipointment of Quartermaster-Sergeant G. H. Walker to be Quartermaster, as stated in the Gazette of the 18th Ssptewber, 1857, has been cancelled. 14th Foot—Lieutenant W. F. Blunt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Barlow, who retires. 18th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon R. A. Hyde, from the Staff to b 3 Assistant -Surgeon, vice Philip, whoresigns. 22d Foot—Ensign S. Winthrop to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice B. M. Deane, promoted; Lieutenant R. C. D. Ellis to be Adjutant, vice B. M. Deane, promoted. 26th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant A. Halite be Quarter master, vice Kent, who retires upon half-pay. 47th Foot—Lieut. Thomas , Palmer to be Captain, by pur chase, vice PilkingtmT, who retires • Ensign James An derson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Palmer ; Richard Henry Freeman, Gant., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Anderson ; Lieut. James Arthur Bloomfield to be Adjutant, vice Palmer. eoth Foot—Edsign J. B. L. Nevinson, from the 98th Foot, to- be Ensign, vice Enderby, whose transfer from the 17th Foot has been cancelled •, Ensign H. J. Barker, from the 55th Foot, Lo be Ensign, vice W. J. Kerr, whose transfer from the 79th Foot has been cancelled ; Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class John R. Miller Lewis, M.D., to be Surgeon. 71 s t Foot—Major Robert Dennistown Campbell to bo Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Denny, who retires; Brevet-Major G. W. Talbot Rich to be Major, by purchase, vice Campbell; Lieutenant William John Denny to bo Captain, by purchase, vice Rich. 92d Foot—Ensign Edward "Mason to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parker, p romo t e d, Rifle Brigade—Lieut. James Frederick Henley to bo Ad jutant ; Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class James Ed ward Scott, M. 8., to be Surgeon.. 21 West India Regiment —Surgeon Deodatus William Eaton, from half-pay of the 60th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Mostyn, appointed to the Staff. INATTAmiED.—Brevet-Colonel William Anson 'Meek verty, Major on half pay of the 48th Foot (late Deputy I Quartermaster-General in New Zealand), to be Lieut.- Colonel, without purchase; Brevet-Major Matthew Jones Hayman, 18th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank concerted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Wa•rrant 6th Oct., 1854. - HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon John Wm. Mostyn, M.D., from 2d West India Regt., to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice C. W. Poulton, whose restoration to full pay, as stated in the Gaz3tte of 28th ult., has been cancelled. Assistant-Surgeon Frederick Douglas, M.D., fro m th e 26th Foot, to be St a ff-S urgeon of the Second Class, vice Lewis, appointed to the 60th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon Robert MacGregor, from the 29th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Scott, appointed to the Ride Brigade. Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Richard L. Butler has been permitted to resign his commission. BREVET. The undermentioned Quartermaster, retired on half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of Dect. 17, 1855—Quartermaster Charles Sent half-pay 26th Foot. , Thu undermentioned Cadet, of the East India Company';. S,rvice, to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign during the period of his being placed under the command of Colonel Sandham, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for field instructions in the art of sapping and mining— Alexander Jerome Filgate, gent. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Northumberland—Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant. 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Charles Applewhaite, Esq„ to be Captain, vice Elomefield, re signed. • Huntingdonshire Militia—Herbert Riversdale Mansel Jones, Esq., to be First Lieutenant. West Kant Light Infantry Regiment of Militia,—=Chas. Wm. Motherwell, late Lieutenant Royal Renfrew Militia, to be Lieutenant, vice Derbishire, resigned. Hampshire Regiment of Militia—Charles Henry Fa lowea, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Hugh William Reid, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Poyser, retired. Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia —George James Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Duncan Macfarlane, resigned. _ Royal Relics Militia—Lieutenant Thomas Fuller Mait land to be Captain, vice Hunter, resigned. BINKR,IIPTS. William Bracher, William Hawkins Bracher, and John Bracher, plumbers, Great Ortnond•street, Bloomsbury, to surrender Oct. 14 and Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings ; Dalton, King's Arms-yard. Samuel Bayley and Thomas Russell, dyers, Macclesfielle Oct. 14 and Nov. 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Salo, Worthington, and Shipman; Manchester. Thomas Roper, wholesale druggist, Falcon-square, Oct. 15, at twelve, and Nov. 17, atone, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Depreo and Austen, Lawrence-lane, Claeapside. William Robertson, currier, Birmingham, Oct. 12 and Nov. 2, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Harding, Bir mingham ; Southall and N;s:l2;go,ll.lßariitir.omstinrie3geahtnaTrrin.apvtecyy: Robert Clough, hosier, Oxford-street, Oct. 15, at one, and Nov. 17, at twelve, at i t i Ed wards, official assignee, ple h e i s, rleasnPd Nov. oves , butcher, West Clovent t ßromw , ich, Staffordshire, Oct, ham District Court. "Whitmore, officia a l t the aasig ß no i e rm , B in i g r- - , m i eg b ana ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. Nathan Farnwoith, druggist, Chorley, L an cashire Oct. 15, and t, t Nov. 10, at t we l ve, a t t h e M anc h e ster District Jones, Liverpool; Hall, ci laalls,siMgn a e n e e , h li es a te n r c . hester ; Christian and James Creckur, tin plate worker, Okehampton, Oct. 13, and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Bragg, Devon ; Stogdeu, Exeter. William Keeth, brewer, Exeter, 0ct.13, and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Exe'..er District Court. Hirtzal, official as signee, Exeter ; TUrner,.Exeter. Oct.jllll3l, T a a n rnbl d y 11 Nov.ll a s w , kaety,elefavremn,era, at ,Co n rn is w tt a i l e l t , rhde Exeterinham Court. llirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Sargent, Lis keale. .C l r s o a n t l i m N s n o l v i f . azttairtehr,arf pastest B e r l o e ra v owni,caht, tthe Stafford shire, Oct.• m irighain District Contt. Christie,, official assignee, Bir mingham ; Caddiek, West Bromwich; Knight, Birming ham. Robert Chovallier Cream, apothecary, Rushall, Wilt- Octtre, l3 and Nov, 10, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis- trict Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Abbot an 1 Lucas, Bristol. Henry liurkill Craven, corn factor, Leadi, Oct. 16, and Nor. 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offiqial assignee, Leeds; Richardson and Gaunt, Leeds. Robert Harrison, James Kiero Watson, and Henry Posse, bankers, Kingston -upon-Hull, Oct. 14, and Nov. 25, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee, Hull • Lightfoot, Earnshaw, and -Ala Frankish, Kingston-upon William Smorthwaile, baker, Barking, Essex, Oct. 13, at twelve, and Nov. 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street• buildings ; Young anclPlews, Mark-lane. Henri Stubbs, corn dealer and seedsman Bishop's Sut ton Oct. 13, at twelve, and Nov. 1 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Bmingball-street ; Godwin, Essex-court, Temple; Green held, Winchester. Thomas Hutchings, contractor, Adam-street, Adelphi, Oct. 16, at eleven, and Nov. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Richardson and Sadler, Old Jewry-chambers. Samuel Vandersluis, tailor Lower-marsh, L;tmbeth, Oct. 13, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street; Dalton, King's Arms-yard. Thomas Payne, lessee of the Strand Theatre, and of York-road, Lambeth, Oct. 13, at eleven, and Nov. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnston, official assignee, Basinghall-stre4 ; Levy, Barton-crescent, Ta vistock-square. _ _ Henry Smith Bright, merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull, Oct. 21, and Nov. 25, at twelve, at the Town-hall, King ston-upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Wells and Smith, Kingston-upon-Hull. George Warburton and John Ormesher, silk brokers, Manchester, Oct. 18 and Nov. 5, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchu ter ; Boote and Jellicorse, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Rae Duncan, late head postmaster of Zetland, Lerwick. Bryce Henderson, painter, Rothesay. Samuel Krotoshiner, tobacconist, Glasgow. BANK OF tin Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturda: ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for y, the 26th day of Sept., 1857. 'ARTNEXT. ISSUE DEP, A Notes lamed . ... 25,156,280 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities...... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 10,681,280 Silver bu11i0n........ - 225,156,280 1 £25,156,280 if. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the let day of Oct., 1857 BANKING DE Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Best .... 3,921,524 Public deposit E (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and :PARTMENT. Government secnritte a (Inelndg.Dead Weight Annuity) .... .. .... 10,593,653 Other securities .. . .. . 19,719,700 Notes • • .. .. .... .... 6,014,160 Gold and silver coin ... 594,808 , Dividend Accounts) 8,464,993 Other deposits ...... 9,190,690 Seven Day and other Bills ........ 789,114 £36,922,321 £36,922,321 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the Ist day of Oct., 1857 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Sept. 29, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid on payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 35 74 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 29 4t Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 24 46 Average of the above descriptions. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAT. ni5terdam............ 11 16 Ditto, three months .. 11 19 1 4 HOtterdam •• •• •••••• •• 11 11J Antwerp •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 40 Brussels •• •• •• •• •••••• 25 40 aamburgh •• •••••••• 13 8% Altona .• .• .• .• •••• .• Paris.. ••••••..•••••••• 2 527% Do. three months . 25 62% Marseilles ............ 25 62% Bourdeaux •••• •••• •gs we ••• Frankfort-on-Maine.... 119% Berlin •• •• ee Vienna t• •• •• •• •••• •• so 10 35 trieste•• •••••••• •• a• .4. 10 36 eetersburg •• .• •••••• •• 35% Gibraltar ...... •....... ••• Leghorn . 3O 7% Genoa ..... • • ...... 25 72% Venice.......... •.... Naples 42% ,Palermo 127% Messina ... ... 127% Lisbon .......... •• 52% Oporto ... . 52% i'Rio Janeiro ..... .••• • .. IBuenos Ayre5.......... New York,6o days' sight Philadelphia •••• • • .• PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz: Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Mreirid . ..•• •• •• •,. t• 41• CailZ • •• •• •• •• •• •• ••• •• SeVille•• •• • • •• •• . ..... Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in h tra Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-OCT. 2. To-day we bad a smaller attendance . of buyers, and more limited transactions in the leading articles of the grain trade than for some time. There was a nominal decline quoted of id to 2d per bushel on wheat, 6d per barrel and is per sack on flour, ld per bushel on Irish new oats, and s per load on oatmeal. Barley, beans, and peas unvaried fie value. Indian corn 6d decline. The last few days have brought in serious reports about the potato murrain. LOUTII—SEPT. 0. The corn trade was active to-day, and prices much the same as last week. Whoat, 52s to 57s ; extra, —s ; barley 41s to 455; oats 24s to 28s ; beans, 45s to 495. BOSTON-SEPT. 30. A moderate supply of all kinds of grain to-day. An improved demand for wheat, and the transactions in wheat were at a slight advance on last week. Peas is cheaper. Barley, oats, and beans steady, but no change in value. Prices :—Wheat, red, 49s Od to 56s Od; new, —s to —s ; white, 56s Od to 58s Od; extra, 635. Barley, 34s Od to 453 .01. Oats 21s to 28s. Peas, 40, to 468 Ud. Beans, 45s Od to 50s Od per qr. w,A,WPTIELD-OQT. 2. At this day's market there was a fair attendance of millers and dealers, and a moderate amount of business was transacted in fine.qualities at barely former rates. Fine barley was scarce, bat inferior slow of sale at lower rates. Beans, oats, and shelling rather lower. Average prices of grain—Wheat, 58s Ojd ; barley, 44a ; oats, 28s Od ; beans, 57s lid ; peas, 45a Od ; rye, —a. Od. EXETER—Oar. 2. CORN.—Wheat, 6s 9d to 76 Od ; barley, 50 to 5a 3d ; grinding do., Ok Od to Os Od. O a t s, 3 s Od to 3s 3d. Beane, Os Oto 0 Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. FLOUR.—Fine, 41s Od to 42s Od; seconds, —s Od to 40a Od per sack. CATTLE. —There was a small supply of bullocks. Beat beef, from 10s 6d to lls per score ; inferior, 7s Od to 8s per score; fat calves, Od to 7d per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to 'Os Od. per score ; cows and calves, 121. to 201. is ; butchers' calves, Od to 7d per lb., marina calves —s to s each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21.5 s to 31. 5F4 per couple; ewes. Od to 64d; wetbefs, 7d —d; lambs, 'nd to 0 per lb. Pigs, large size, —s to —s ; second size, —a to —s ; slips, —a to —s ; suckers, —s to ,—s. Rough fat, 4id per lb. Pork carcases from lOs Od to lh 3d per score. BRISTOL SUGAR-OCT. 2. There has been a very steady demand this week, both for pan and scale sugars, and a fair amount of business, at about former prices. Refiners' produco finds a ready sale, at rather improved rates; in some descriptions there is a alizht advance. Rum is much wanted, but the sup plies are nearly exhausted. COAL MARK :ET. -00T. 2. Prices of Coals per ton at s. d. Thuileld Moor Butes 14 3 North Percy Hartley _ s l6 0 Ridd e ll l7 3 8011,. ' 17 6 Wallsond, &e. Braddyll . 17 6 Acorn Close lB 6 B e l mont l7 6 Hunwick l6 0 Haswell 17 6 Russell's Hatton 18 6 Whit worth ................ 16 0 Toes l9 6Cassop ............. . ......... 1 8 6 Ships at market, 23 ; sold, 23. tho close of tho market Wallsend, ---------- [ADVERTISEMENT.]-- Holloway's Pills are, without doubt, the very best medicine for indigestion and flatu lency. The test of years have proved their efficacy in Turin g bile, flatulency, sics-headache, nervousness, and dahilitated constitutions. The well-known vroperties of thess excellent pills are too highly appreciated in the present day to require any encomium here, as they-are, resorted to by rich and poor in every station, and their, properties are to invigorate the body, streng then the faculties, and restore the invalid to a perfect state of good health. —Sold by all Medi cine vendovra throughout the world, at Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ;by A. Stamps, Con stantinople, A.Yauidicy, Smyrna, and E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. OF. A SoN. On the 30th Sept., at 9, Leineter-gardene, the wife of Robert A. Mitchell, Esq. On the 30th Sept. at Bosmere Lodge, Tulse-hill-road, Brilton, the wife of Rev. J. Hall. OF A DAUGHTER, On tho 30th Sept., at Worthing, Sussex, the wife of Lient.-Colonel G. Holt. On the Ist lust at 15, Warwick-road, - Upper Clapton, Mrs. C. if: Byass. MARRIED, On tho Ist inst., at Kow, John Ohm. Edwards Weigall, Esq., of 6, New Boswell - court, Lincoln's.inn, solicitor, to Charlotte, eldest (laughter of the lat e Georgebondy, Esq., Commissioner in Bankruptcy at Manchester. DIED. On the Ist inst., at Bury Hall, Alverstoke, Hants Vice- Admiral John Brett Purvis, aged 71. , On the 2d inst., at Heston, Middlesex, suddenly, John Steigenberger, Eq., aged 64. On the 30th Sept. ' at Dover, Willi am Monins, Etq., Lieut.-Cul. East Kent Militia, and Deputy-Lieut. for the county of Kent, aged 66. On the 30th Sept., Charles Datsford, Esq., of Weston, near Bath, aged 76. On the 30th Sept., at Merthyr Tydfil, G. C. Roach, E-q , solicitor, aged 24. On the 27thSept.,Sept at St. D av id' s , - th e R ev. Edmund Melvin, Chancellor of the Diocese and Cathedral of saint David's, aged 59. On the 2.ith Sept., at Sudbury, near Harrow, Mr. Henry Marnhatn, aged 66. On the 27th Sept., at 19, Glocoster-place, Hyde-park gardens, Miss Sarah Walker. LONDON : Printed and Published by KURD() YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 27 Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in tie Procinct of the Savoy. In the county of Middlesex, Saturday, October 3, 1807. I I