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with the defendant, and the result of that interview
was such as to leave an impression on his mind
which induced him to communicate with the coro-
ner. The result was that the coroner held a further
inquiry. This inquiry was not made till after a
second post-mortem •examination by Dr. Heath, of
the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Dr. Heath said
that he found all the organs of the body in a per-
fectly healthy state, but that the result-of his exa-
mination was much interfered with by the tact of
IT.he previous examination. He was utterly unable
to account for death from the appearances of the
body, but he had certain surmises. The charges
against the defendant were three special charges of
perjury-1. That he had stated before the coroner
on the inquest that there was a tumour in the
stomach disclosed by the post-tnortena examination,
such not being the fact, as proved by the surgeons
who assisted to make the first post-triortern
exatni-
nation. 2. That he had stated on such inquest that
there was intense congestion of the brain and its
membranes, which would be a symptom of epilepsy,
which he could not have known had it been true,
because the head of the deceased had not at that
time been opened. 3. That he hld falsely stated
also upon oath at the inquest that he had never seen
the deceased or known her before meeting litr at
the railway station on, the night of the sth instant,
which was not true, he having seen her 12 months
before, and also having an entry in his cashbook of
receipt of £5 from her on the 12th Feb., 1861, a
further receipt in the same book for L 5 from her
some months subsequently, end a receipt for £5 on
the 17th Dec,, 1862. Mr. Musgrave also, in search-
ing the deceased's papers, had found among them
tirce letters itt the defendant's handwritmg. The
letters bad neither signatures nor dates, but, as
proved by the post-marks, the first was posted in
February, 1861, the second in March, 1862, and the
last in January, 1863. The case occupied the whole
of the day, and the inquiry had not been brought
to a close when our report was despatched in the
evening.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The trials of speed of her Majesty's ships Hima-
laya, Enchantress, and the Tyrian, at Portsmouth,
have been again unavoidably delayed, owing to the
continued roughness of the weather.

The iron-plated frigate Royal Oak, 34, 800 horse
power, should the exertions which are now being
used to complete her be continued, will be ready
for undocking at Chatham in about a month or six
weeks from the present date. Contrary to general
expectation, the Admiralty do not intend commis-
sioning the Royal Oak and sending her to sea, at
least for some time to come, an order having been
received at Chatham directing her, when out of the
hands of the dockyard authorities, to be placed in
the first-class steam reserve. This altogether inex-
plicable order has provoked very unfavourable com-
ments in naval quarters, as it was generally sup-
posed that the Royal Oak being the first vessel on
which the experiment had been tried of encasing a
wooden frigate in enormous slabs of iron, so as to
render her all but invulnerable to shot, no delay
would be allowed to occur in testing her merits.
The belief that such were the intentions of the Ad-
miralty was strengthened by the increasing efforts
made by the dockyard officials to have her completed,
and the frequent visits of Admiral Robinson, the
Surveyor of the Navy, to the dockyard to ascertain
her progress. It is to be hoped that the Admiralty
will reconsider their present intention, as in the
steam reserve the vessel will be practically useless,
and as soon as she is completed and ready for sea,
at once despatch her to join the iron fleet of the
Channel squadron, under Admiral Smart, K.H.,
where an excellent opportunity will be given of
comparing her sailing and other qualities with those
of the Warrior, Black Prince, Defence, and the
other iron steamers.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander W. H. Blake,
to the Alecto; Lieut. G. J. G. Purcell, to the Shan-
non ; Sub-Lieut. Edward Seale, to the Alecto ;

Sub-Lieut. the Hon. Edward S. Dawson, to the
Buzzard ; John Rorie, surgeon, to the Buzzard ;
Dr. Ernest Low, acting assist.-sung., to the Buz-
zard ; Alfred C. Carew, midshipman, to the Forte ;
Reginald H. Thornton and Albert M. Ducat, mid-
shipmen, to the Buzzard; Charles V. Anson and
Thomas B. Lacy, midshipmen, to the Alecto ; Fre-
derick W. Guerney, John St. V. Saumarez, and W.
D. Morrish, midshipmen, to the Narcissus.