The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-19 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

THE NAVY.

The Meeanee, 80, screw steamship, 400-horse
power, was removed from the basin, in Sheerness-
yard, on Tuesday, after her bottom had been cleaned
and several serious defects in the coppering made
good. She is now ready for removal to her station
at Leith, where she is to take the place of the Edin-
burgh, 60, screw, coastguard ship, Captain C. F.
Schomberg.
The Rattler, 17, screw steam sloop, 950 tons, 200
horse power, is in the basin at Sheerness, being
fitted with all despatch for the Ist division of the
Sheerness steam reserve. The Rattler is a new vessel
recently launched at Deptford, and is fitted with a
pair of horizontal direct acting engines, by Messrs.
Mauclslay, Son, and Field. She will be taken on
the contractors' trial of her engines in a few days.
The vessel is to be supplied with one 401 b. pivot
Armstrong, two 401 b Armstrong, 16 321 b. broad-
side guns, and a 121 b. hoviitzer for the boats.

Intelligence was yesterday received at Chatham
that the 20th company of the Royal Engineers will
shortly arrive at head-quarters from Fremantle,
Western Australia, after an absence of eleven years.
The company left England in 1851 to form the
colony of Fremantle, and during the time they have
been stationed there the men have built a large con-
vict establishment and other public biildings, and
laid out roads in every portion of the colony,
Two of the companies of Royal Engineers, the
15th and 18th, despatched to Canada on the occa-
sion of the anticipated hostilities with the United
States, will shortly be withdrawn from that station,
and despatched to the Mauritius to relieve the 11th
and 21st companies, whose period of foreign service
has expired. The 4th company of Royal Engineers,
which also left England a few months since, will, it
is understood, be ordered from Canada to Halifax,
Nova Scotia, to relieve the 7th company, which re-
turns to England on the completion of its period of
colonial service. Orders were yesterday received
at the head-quarters, Chatham, directing the wives
and families of the non• commissioned officers and
men of the 4th company to be forwarded to Canada
to join their husbands.

The Resistance, 18, iron screw ship, 3,668 tons,
60 horse power, is being brought forward for the
penant with all despatch, under the superintend-
ence of Capt. W. C. Chamberlain. Six gangs of
shipwrights belonging to Sheerness yard are busily
employed making alterations. She is to be commis-
sioned at once.

The detachment of Royal Engineers, numbering
31 non-commissioned officers, employed in the in-
struction of the cadets at Sandhurst College, have
joined at head-quarters, Chatham, in charge of
Capt. L. A. Hale, Royal Engineers.
The ship Dartmouth, belonging to Messrs. Somes,
of London, arrived at Plymouth yesterday evening.
She left Calcutta on the Bth of March, and the Cape
on the 24th of April, with a detachment of the 75th
Regiment, consisting of 7 officers and 252 non-
commissioned officers and men ; 22 deaths occurred
upon the passage. The troops will land at Plymouth.

The screw steam sloop Columbine was yesterday
undocked at Woolwich, preparatory to being for-
warded to Sheerness, and the Rapid, lately cona-
missioned, was docked for final examination.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Alecto, commander
Baby, Y.C., recently arrived at Woolwich from
the West Coast of Africa, with disabled machinery,
is ordered to be paid off on Wednesday, next, the
25th. Commander Raby, whose signal acts of
bravery had already procured him the decoration
of th Viptnv;. r--, 1..
his late successful onslaught on the insurgents at
Porto Novo in which one of the seamen was killed.
He is now suffering severely from the effects of the
climate. The Prometheus, also from the West Coast
of Africa, will be paid off on Saturday.
Mr. Holder was yesterday promoted to second-
class clerkship in Woolwich Dockyard, vacant by
the decease of Mr, Roy.
The construction of the various defences for the
protection of Pembroke Dockyard and the haven at
Milford have been vigorously carried on during the
spring. Batteries are now in course of erection on
four commanding sites—viz., Popton Point, Hub-

berstone Point, and South Hook Point, while new
fortified barracks are in progress at Scoveston. Up-

wards of 500 men are engaged on these fortifica.

tions.

The Eclipse, 4, screw-gun vessel, 200-horse power,
and the Lilly, , 4, screw gun-vessel,2oo -horse power, are
being brought forward with all despatch for the
first division of the steam reserve at Sheerness.
Each of these vessels will carry an armament of one
1101 b. Armstrong, one 681 b., and two 321 b. spherical
shot guns. Several gangs of shipwrights are actively
employed upon them, and the vessels are to be ready
by the middle of July.
A court-martial was held on Tuesday on board
the Formidable flagship, at Sheerness, to try Peter
Kennedy, stoker, belonging- to the Virago, for
assaulting, on the evening of the Bth of June, Mr.
H. J. Sones, assist.-engineer of the ship, in Blue
Town, Sheerness. The charge was preferred by
Commander William G. Hope-Johnstone. The
Court found the prisoner guilty, and sentenced him
to receive 48 lashes, and undergo three years'

imprisonment.
Several shipwrights from the Sheerness Dock
yard are employed at Shoeburyness in preparing
the Warrior target for further experiments. This
target has proved more invulnerable to shot than
any of those which have been tried,
In order to keep pacewith the advance which has
been made during the last few years in the size of
ships, the new wet and dry docks and floating
basins in eourse of formation of Chatham will be
sufficiently capacious to receive vessels at least 100
feet longer than any of those now attached to the
navy. The works now in progress will include
three basins, the smallest of which will be larger
.;41,ns. of The
area of the three basins, exclusive of the additional
large docks also to be constructed at Chatham, is
considerably more than that of the total area of the
docks and basins at all our dockyards, including
two small basins at Woolwich and Deptford, which
are altogether useless for large ships. The total
area of the existing docks and basins at the various
naval ports is 41 acres, but the three new basins to
be formed at Chatham will give an area of 591
acres, the largest basin being 301 acres in extent,
or about five times the size of the principal basin at
reyham, the largest of the kind in England. The
second basin will cover an area of 22 acres, and a
smaller basin, mid-distant between the two others,
with which it is connected, will be seven acres
in extent. The new works to be undertaken at
Chatham will make that naval establishment
considerably larger than the Cherbourg dock-
yard, where there is a floating basin 50 acres
in extent. They will include three large docks
each 500 ft in length, and nearly 100 ft clear, and
two of about 400 ft in length, and 80ft clear. The
new docks will be formed on the south side of the
large basin, with which they will communicate
with locks, two locks also communicating with the
largest basin. Each lock will be 85ft clear, with
a depth of water on the sills of 30ft, by which the
Warrior, Black, Prince, and other vessels of that

class drawing 27ft of water will be docked without
having occasion to be lightened, an operation ren-
dered necessary to all line-of-battle ships entering
either of the existing docks, with the exception of
Keyham. In the last, under certain circumstances,
as much as 27ft of water can be obtained at spring
tides. The length of the largest basin at Chatham
will be little short of 2,000,ft, with a breadth of
700 ft, which will enable six of the largest line-of-
battle ships to lie alongside each other at the quays,
while under pressing circumstances double and
even treble that number can be accommodated.
The length of the second basin will be 1,600 ft,
with a mean breadth of 700 ft ; and that of the
smallest basin 700 ft, with a breadth of 430 ft. Each
basin will have 30ft of water at neap tides. In order
to obtain the necessary depth of water for ships of
the largest size to ascend the Medway as far as
Chatham dockyard—which, from the numerous
shoals allowed to accumulate in the river, they are
now unable to do—a complete system of dredging
the river will be-carried out. By this means the
necessary depth of water will be obtained, while
tha navigation will be rendered less difficult by
several of the sharp projections being removed,and
a complete embankment of the river formed. Al-
ready the whole of St. Mary's Island, extending
towards the Medway some two .or three miles, has
been embanked by means of convict labour, and
this will be continued towards the estuary of the
Medway. The river from the dockyard to Garri-
son Point, at Sheerness, a distance of about 12 miles,
will be deepened to form a channel 600 ft wide, and
27ft deep at half-tide, which will give 31ft at neaps,
and 35ft at springs. At present the depth of water
at low tide in Chatham harbour is only about 17ft.,
rendering it necessary for the Wellesley,. 72, and
other vessels of war moored in the interior, to be
lightened of all their heavy stores to prevent their
taking the ground. In addition to the new basins
and docks the proposed enlargement of Chatham
dockyard will include the erection of large build-
ings for the steam factory, boiler-shop, and fitting-
shops, with the necessary stores, The entire works,
including the excavations for the proposed docks
and
basins, will be executed by the convicts at
Chatham, who have been occupied for several
months Past in the manufacture of the bricks re-
quired in
the undertaking.
The bark
Odin, of Liverpool, from Swansea, with
c"18 for the Coast of Africa, was towed into Ply-
mouth last evening,
of the 12th
instant elf Cape Finisterre.
Lady Jocelyn
She was disabled in the gale
The
Plymouth, outward boundl has passed

ne following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Samuel Braddon, master, to the
Black Prince, commissioned ; tigm M. Chambers,
in the Cumberland, for the Pylades, confirmed as
chief engineer; and Edward Taylor, supernumerary
in the Fisgard, prompted to engineer,

TRE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY, EVENING, JUNE 19, 1862.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. rreturns, in respect of assessed taxes to which he
I was liable.
The Attorney-General, Mr. J. Locke, and Mr.
Bevan were for the Crown; and Mr. Sergeant
Hayes and Mr. H. Matthews for the defendant.
It appeared from the evidence that the defendant
had omitted to return a man servant, a dog, and a
tilted cart. The latter he was in the habit of
using in going to and from his place of business
to the railway station.
Mr. Sergeant Hayes did not adduce any evidence
on the part of the defence, but submitted that the
defendant was not liable, as the terms of the act
under which the information was filed applied only
to the place where the defendant resided, and there
was no proof that the defendant resided at either of
his shops. He also contended that the cart was
exempt from duty, and the defendant used it for
the purpose of his business when he drove in it
to and from the station, and that if the defendant
had been guilty of the offence specified by the act,
he was only liable to one penalty of £5O, and not
to that sum for each of the alleged omissions,
The learned baron said he would reserve the
points for the Court above, but he should hold, as
at present advised, that the defendant was liable
to the whole four Penalties. Perhaps, however,
the Crown would be satisfied with one of 150.
Mr. J. Locke said he would press for the four
penalties.
Mr. Baron Wilde said he recollected when the
Crown was not so severe.
Mr. J. Locke said he would consent to accept two
penalties if the defendant would not move the
Court on the points of law.
Mr. Sergeant Hayes could not agree to that pro-
posal.
The Lord Chief Baron directed the jury to give
a verdict for the Crown for £2OO.
Verdict for the Crown accordingly.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Y. GOBETZ.

On Tuesday the Exhibition was thronged, and, as
usual, three-fourths of the visitors had to return

home more or lean completely wet through, for of

course the rain set in as the time for leaving drew
near. Cabs commanded fancy prices, and empty
omnibuses returning to the building, though as far
off even as Hyde-park or Piccadilly, were in the
most gallant manner escaladed and carried by storm,
and by dint of force compelled to take about one-
third more than their legal allowance. There are

not half enough omnibuses plying to and from the
Exhibition to carry the numbers willing to employ
them. This is sufficiently shown by most omnibuses

having actually quadrupled their fares, so that any
enterprising proprietor of those vehicles may de-
pend that there is ample demand and custom for at
least a hundred more of those conveyances than
are now placed at the disposal of the public.
On Tuesday the total attendance was 53,916, of
which number 48,524 were by payment, and 5,392
by season tickets. His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales and the Princesses Alice and Helena were
among the early visitors, and remained throughout
the greater part of the day. The nave and base-
ment courts of the building were, as usual, very
crowded, and the Royal party confined their visit
mainly to the galleries, where, little as they appear
to be known, some of the most interesting collec-
tions in the whole Exhibition are shown. To these
a long visit was made by his Royal Highness and
his sisters, who also for a short time visited both
the Annexes.

When the space in the building was first allotted
by some most unfortunate mistake the entire space
of the whole edifice was given away among exhibi-
tors, nothing being reserved for stairways or pas-
sages for the public. When this error was disco-
vered a rearrangement of space was necessary, but
r.-- ;,,c.,;..pa noon. thoug_h other fo-
reign countries were. The Prince of Prussia him-
self wrote to the Commissioners for additional space
for the Prassian Court, and it was not given,
because it could not possibly be given. At this
period (last November) a little soreness was undoubt-
edly felt by some continental nations at the limited
space allotted them, and at what they considered
the preference given to France. One half of the
building, it must be recollected, is occupied by Eng-
land and her colonies—that is to say, half the world.
The other half is given to foreign nations, and of
this other half more than two fifths were allotted
to France, leaving less than three fifths for all other
nations. So much for the refusal of space. The
want of light and air may be explained in fewer
words. When our neighbours took possession of
the space which they have now occupied with such
infinite credit to themselves and advantage to the
Exhibition they proceeded to board it in from the
basement floor up to the galleries, and from the
gallery up to the roof of the nave. This proceed-
ing called forth such strong remonstrances from
other countries, who were thus totally excluded
from light and air, that the Royal Commissioners
at last persuaded the French to reduce their parti-
tions by some four feet in height. But as to the
manner in which they subsequently laid out the
ground plan of their court the Commissioners could
not unfortunately offer even advice. The conse-
quence is that it has been mapped out in such nar-
row and tortuous-passages that scarcely two people
can pass abreast in many places, and as under these
circumstances a seat would be a serious obstruction
to visitors, very few benches have been put in the
French court, and we believe no French exhibitor
wishes any to be there at all. If they desired it,
they have only to ask and they may fill their court
with seats to-morrow.

This was an information against the defendant, a
jeweller, in Commercial-street, Whitechapel, for
selling tickets in a foreign lottery.
Mr. Welsby was for the Crown, and Mr. Hodg-
son for the defendant.
The defendant, Mr. Gobetz, was proceeded
against under G Geo. 111., c. 35, sec. 29, which
dint Any nerson who should sell a ticket for
a chance in any foreign lottery should De Haw. to .
penalty of £2OO. It came to the knowledge of the
Commissioners of Inland Revenue that the defen-
dant was advertising the sale of tickets in foreign
lotteries, and by their direction two officers in the
detective force went to his shop and purchased each
a chance in the Royal Netherlands State Lottery,
for a sum of 6s. 6d. The defendant had been warned
not to deal in these tickets, but he continued to do
so, and the Crown therefore proceeded against him
for the recovery of two penalties.
Mr. Hodgson, on the part of the defendant, sub-
mitted that the act did not apply to the sale in this
country of tickets in a lottery established by lawful
authority in a foreign country.
Mr. Baron Wilde was clearly of opinion that the
legislature intended to prevent gambling by the
Queen's subjects in foreign lotteries by means of
tickets sold in this country.
Mr. Hodgson said, in extenuation of the defen-
dant's conduct, that he was a foreigner, and had
been for some time in the habit of selling tickets
in these lotteries without knowing it was illegal.
He had also been fortified by the decision of Mr.
Sergeant Storks, the judge of the Shoreditch County
Court, who, in 1858, in a case brought before him,
said he was clearly of opinion that the act only
applied to lotteries got up in this country, and that
if a lottery was legal in Holland they had no right
to question the legality of the sale of tickets for it
in this country. The defendant thought he was
more justified in acting upon this decision than
upon the interpretation given to the act by the
police.
The fact of the sale of the tickets not having been
denied,
The learned Judge directed the jury to find a
verdict for the Crown.
Mr. Welsby said he would be content with one
penalty, and the jury returned a verdict for the
Crown for £209.
Leave was given to move upon the point of law
raised by the learned counsel in the event of the
£2OO being paid into court within a week.

LA TV INTELLIGENCE.—Tune 18.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-,Tune 18,

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Edward Gregory, 34, was charged with the man
slaughter of James Driscoll.
ITIL• 0--r-- r—bieeut.a. TU. prisoner was de-
fended by Mr. Sleigh.
The prisoner and the deceased it appeared WPrP
employed with a number of other labourers upon
the works of the Metropolitan Railway at King's-
cross, where a station is in the course of erection,
the former being what is called the ganger of the
others. They were both employed upon sumo gir-
ders, or ribs, upon which an arch was to be thrown
over the line, on the evening of the 27th of May,
when it appeared that a quarrel took place between
them, and after some very angry words blows were
exchanged between them. The deceased struck the
prisoner on the arm and face with an iron instru-
ment called a podger, which he was using in his
work. The struggle continued for some time, and
at length, according to the evidence of two wit-
nesses, the prisoner laid hold of the deceased by the
collar and one of his arms, lifted him off his legs,
and deliberately dropped him down into the cut-
ting, a depth ot nearly 40 feet, and by the fall be
received such severe injuries as occasioned his death
very shortly afterwards. There was some contra-
diction, however, as to the circumstances under
which the deceased fell or was thrown from the
girder, and one of the witnesses stated that he saw
the struggle, and. that he expected both the men
would have fallen from the place where they were,
and that he threw a rope over the deceased to save
him, but he was very excited and pulled it off. An-
other witness also said that the deceased was the
worse for liquor at the time of the occurrence, and
that he had threatened the prisoner with personal
violence.
Mr. Sleigh in his address to the jury for the de-
fence endeavoured to show that the unfortunate oc-
currence was the result of accident, and argued that
that this was more likely than that the prisoner
should have lifted up the deceased, who was proved
to be a man nearly as heavy. and powerful as him-
self, and have thrown him into the cutting in the
way that had been stated.
The learned Judge having summed up, the jury,
after a short deliberation, found the prisoner guilty
of manslaughter, but intimated that some of them
entertained a doubt whether the prisoner intended
to throw the deceased from the girder.
The learned Judge, in passing sentence, said it
was clear that the death of the deceased had been
occasioned by the illegal violence of the prisoner,
and it was fortunate for him that the jury did not
believe that he had intentionally committed the
wicked act of throv, ing his fellow workman from
severe such a height, for if they had done so he should
have felt it his duty to inflict a very
punish-
ment, as such an offence would have bzen very little
short of murder. He then sentenced the prisoner
to twelve months' hard labour.

KIRBY AND WIFE V. TILE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY.
This was an action to recover compensation in
damages for injuries sustained through the alleged
negligence of the defendants. The defendants
pleaded not goilty.
Mr. Sergeant O'Brien and Mr. Powell were coun-
sel for the plaintiffs; Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and
i Mr. T. S. Pritchard were counsel for the defendants.

The plaintiff is a gas-fitter in Greek-street, Soho.
On Good Friday, 1861, Mrs. Kirby, her sister, and
a little boy went to the Crystal Palace. Upwards
of 50,000 persons were present that day, and the
crowding on the return of the visitors to the trains
was very great. When the plaintiff's wife got to a
temporary barrier erected near the turnstiles the
pressure was very great. The barrier was swayed
by the pressure, and the foot of one of the upright
posts came back on her foot. She fainted, and was
after some little delay taken to the ladies' waiting-
room, and Dr. Thomas was called in. He found
the foot and leg dreadfully contused and swollen.
She was afterwards conveyed to her home and
attended by Mr. Winstone, surgeon, of Haverstock-
hill. He was in daily attendance on her for nearly
two months, and there was great difficulty in keep-
ing off mortification. He attended her altogether
about four months, and his charge amounted to
136 15s. She still euffered much pain in her foot.
Evidence was also given to show that the plaintiff
had incurred additional expense to between £4O
and £5O.
The defence was that the barriers were properly
erected by competent persons, and in a manner that
experience had proved to be successful. There had
been occasions when larger numbers were present
and the ;barriers satisfactorily answered the pur-
poses required. There was great difficulty experi-
enced by the police in managing the crowd on this
day. They were more unruly and troublesome than
usual, and the company contended that this was an
unavoidable accident, over which they had no con-
trol and for which they were not liable. They ex-
ceedingly regretted the accident, and as trustees
for the shareholders they were bound to defend the
action.
Evidence was given by the police and, others to
show the construction of the barriers and the un-
ruly character of the crowd. It was also stated in
evidence that the barrier could not have swerved
as described by the plaintiff's wife. The stakes
driven into the ground were found secure the same
night, but the top rail was broken. The pressure
upon the barriers was very great for two hours.
The learned Judge having summed up,
The jury returned. a verdict for the defendants.
BECKLEY V. LAURIE.

Mr. Brett, Q.C., and Mr. H. James were counsel
for the plaintiff; Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. R.
Clarke were counsel for the defendant.
The plaintiff is a saddle and harness maker,
carrying on business in Oxford-street, next door to
Messrs. Laurie and Marner, carriage makers, of
which firm the defendant is the senior partner.
The plaintiff purchased his
,business from Mr.
Laurie. He paid him £3OO a year rent for the pre-
mies,'and £l5O a year under an agreement relative
to the purchase money The plaintiff made all the
harness required by Messrs. Laurie and Marner,
and the course of business between them was that
the plaintiff gave bills as his payrneutb becum o duo,
which were held and renewed by Mr. Laurie until
the settlement of the business accounts. They both
banked at the Union Bank ; and, by inadvertence
the defendant paid one of the plaintiff's bills into
the bank which the latter charged the plaintiff
with. This reduced the plaintiff's balance to about
£B. Not knowing what had been done the plain-
tiff drew a cheque for £5O in favour of one of his
creditors, which, on presentation was not paid. The
plaintiff.alleged that in consequence he had suf-
fered in the withdrawal of the confidence which
that creditor formerly reposed in him.
'the Lord Chief Justice suggested a settlement of
the case. There was no dispute as to the facts, and
it was evident that what the defendant had done
was done in mistake.
The learned counsel conferred together, but were
unable to come to terms, and the case proceeded.
Before the conclusion of the plaintiff's evidence,
The Lord Chief Justice again interfered, observ-
ing that no possible good could result from the
exposure that was likely to take place. It was to
be regretted that respectable tradesmen had differed
in this manner upon a matter that a mutual friend
might have satisfactorily settled in five minutes.
Both parties were at fault. There was no doubt
the plaintiff had suffered some damage.
The learned counsel on both sides said they were
ready to abide by his lordship's decision.
The Lord Chief Justice then directed a verdict
for the plaintiff—Damages, £25.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.)
Edward James Smith, 31, letter carrier, was in-
dicted for stealing a post letter containing one £5OO
Bank of England note, and also a valuable security.
Mr. Clark and Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted.
It appeared that the prisoner was a letter sorter
and carrier, and was charged with being in posses.
sion of a post letter containing money ; being told
that him lodines would be searched, and asked if he
had any other notes, he said he had one large one,
and the officer there found a note for £5OO in two
halves. The prisoner accounted for the possession
of the note by stating that he found it in Finsbury-
square, and had kept it in hopes of getting a re-
ward. This note was afterwards found to have been
sent as far back as January last year from a stock-
broker, at Sheffield, to a client in London, by post,
but was not delivered.
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and
upon another indictment to which the prisoner
pleaded guilty, sentence was deferred.
John Smith, 26, labourer, was indicted for at-
tempting to murder James Jones.
Mr. Clark and Mr. Orridge prosecuted.
The prisoner, it will be remembered, was a con-
vict in the Milbank prison, and had attacked the
prosecutor Jones, who was one of the warders, and
stabbed him with a weapon which he had cdoeni;
strutted out of a piece of iron tied to a woo
handle.
him mad, he
the excitement he was under made
The prisoner, who was not defended, said that
having been in a lunatic asylum.
and he was sentenced
Thejury found him guilty,
to penal servitude for life.
Collar maker, was indicted
Charles Tillbrook,
feeble old
Mary King, with intent
wounding
the.relation
Ipartoi
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and
nenuodtf ifoonr .
12
months
fortoi‘mif eurl.roamneireoluhl sarelry.c:oduuniend:
The evidence evidence went to show that
this case was a
grandmother
e had been in receipt of a pension,
wolm'haen,paronsdecs
the prisoner a been a soldier,
utotroidx,T
taofttehrehpisridsio.ara.drg
but had recently been supported by her and his
motthher, as he would not work. On Sunday, the
13th April last, after dinner, she was dressing her-
her room, 31, Charles-street, Westminster,
her-
self
neinshe observed the prisoner Come in with some-
thing like a knife or razor in his hand. He at once
struck her with it across the forehead several times,
until she bled profusely, and he afterwards beat her
about the head with a stick until the bones of her

head became sore and had been so ever since. A.
surgeon, Dr. M'Cann, of Parliament-street, was
sent for, and he directed her immediate removal to
the hospital, where she remained for seven weeks.
She had not had any quarrel with the prisoner, but
he had told her before this happened that she should

not live to see May day.
Prisoner (sullenly)—l never used any such
words. If I had wanted to take her life I should.
have locked the door. I merely intended to draw
some of her blood, and that is the fact of the matter
(sensation). If she does not work at devilish arts
or witchcraft I am willing to forfeit my life for her.
The evidence of the prosecutrix was corroborated
by her husband, a venerable-looking old man, who
preyed that after the struggle he found on the
table in the room where it occurred his own razor,
which he had not seen or used for months.
W. Marshall, constable 227, was then called and
proved that from information he received he went
to the residence of the prosecutrix, whom he found
bleeding profusely from the head, and supporting
herself with a chair by the side of the bed. The
prisoner was there, and said, " I have done it, and
Ido not wish to run away." The witness told him
not to say anything to criminate himself, as the
wounds might prove fatal. The prisoner he then
saw drop a razor from his hand, and said he had
done it with that and a stick, which witness would
find under the table. Beth razor and stick were
covered with blood. The prisoner added, " She
(pointing to the prosecutrix) ought to have
been dead years ago." Witness had the pea
secutrix conveyed to the hospital on a stretcher,
and took the prisoner in custody to the station-house.
George Searle, police-sergeant 32 A, proved that
he took the charge against the prisoner when he was
brought in by the last witness. On hearing the
charge witness used the expression, " Poor old
woman !" On which the prisoner said, " Damn her,
she ought to have been dead years ago. Serve her
right. She has done me harm enough. I did not wish
to kill the old lady outright. I wanted to see her
blood,-which I have done. It is not for what I shall
have to suffer in this world, but in the next."
Mr. C. Clarke, house surgeon at the Westminster
Hospital, proved the reception by him of the prose-
cutler and the nature of the injuries she received.
Her life was in meat danger for some time, so much.
eo that he had felt it his duty to send for a magis-
trate to take her evidence.
The prisoner, when called on for his defence, re-
peated his former statement, as already given in
evidence, and added that the reason why he shed.
her blood was that she should not possess that power
over him that she had done ; 200 years ago such a
woman would have been put to death for withcraft
without any ceremony.
Mr. Baron Bramwell told the jury
.that though a
plea of insanity had not been raised in the present
case, he would draw their attention to the laws by
which that plea was regulated. Having done so, his
lordship said it was for the jury to say, upon the
facts proved before them, whether, applying those
laws to which he had directed their attention, they
were of opinion that the prisoner at the time knew
what he was doing and what would be the conse-
quences. As, if so, he was responsible for the act
he undoubtedly committed.
The jury, after conferring for a few seconds, re-
turned a verdict of guilty of wounding with intent
to murder.
Mr. Baron Bramwell expressed his concurrence
in the verdict, and sentenced the prisoner to be
kept in penal servitude for life.
Richard Henry Walker, a respectable-looking
young man, surrendered in discharge of his bail, to
answer an indictment for feloniously killing and
slaying Charles Field. He was also charged on the
coroner's inquisition, with the murder of Charles
Field.
Mr. Eyre Lloyd prosecuted, and Mr. Dickie de-
fended the prisoner.
The facts of the case were exceedingly simple,
The prisoner was the driver of a Hansom, and the
deceased the driver of a four-wheel cab, and while
in Piccadilly about 12 o'clock on the night of the Bth
of May a quarrel ensued between them,which ended
in the prisoner leaving his own vehicle and ascend-
ing the fore wheel of that of the deceased, seizing
him by the collar or the leather belt to which his
badge was attached, and in a struggle they both fell.
to the ground, the head of the deceased coming in
contact with the kerb-stone. He was conveyed to
the hospital, where he died on the 25th May, of the
injuries he had received. The prisoner when taken
into custody said he was very sorry for what had.
happened ; but the deceased had called him a liar,
and had struck him with his whip before he (pri-
soner) had done anything to him. It was also ad-
mitted that tko prisour had visited deceased fr,._
qucntly at the hospital, and had paid him every
attention by contributing wine and other comfort
to him.
The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, and
The learned Judge, after remarking upon the
peculiarities of the case, sentenced him to one day's
imprisonment.

COUNTRY MA ItKLS.

LYNN-T UESDAY.

The supply of wheat was again small, and prices were
fully 2s dearer. Spring corn prices were in favour of the
seller.
New white 54s to 57s I Barley . 30s to 32s
Red .. ... 52s to 54s 1 Oats .22s to 26s
Beans .40s to 44s I Peas 44s to 48s

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE --TUESDAY.
At to-day's market there was a better demand for wheat
of all descriptions, and prices were rather improved upon
last week. Flour steady, at the adyance on this day week
of about 2s per sack. Spring corn as of late.