The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-16 00:00:00

A Malta correspondent, writing under date of the
11th of August, announces the departure, on the
evening of the 9th inst., of her Majesty's screw cor-
vette Scylla, 22, Capt. R Lambert, for the Pima.
The screw corvette Pelican, 17, Capt. Brock, had
come in sight that morning, but being under sail,
and the wind unfavourable, it was not expected
she would enter port before the evening. This ves-
sel has on board the captain, 14 officers, and 117
men, forming the crew of her Majesty's steam sloop
Pantaloon, 11, Commander W. R. Hobson, which
went ashore some time ago in the Mozambique
Channel. They are proceeding home for trial by
court-martial. Her Majesty's paddlewheel sloop
Trident, 3, Commander Balfour, was the only man
of -svar in Malta harbour by the last advices, except
the receiving-ship Hibernia (bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C_B.) and the ten-
ders Growler and Boxer. The Trident was under
orders to proceed to Patras to relieve the Alacrity,
4, Commander K. E. Baird.
On Thursday morning the Duke of Somerset,Vice-
Admiral Sir F. W. Grey, Capt. the Hon. James
Drummond, and Mr. Whitbread, M.P., attended by
Lord Clarence Paget, M.P., Capt. John Moore, and
Col. Greene, proceeded from the yacht Osborne, in
Hamoaze, to the Admiral's Hard, where they were
received by Inspector-General of Marines Strans-
ham and Deputy-Adjt.-General Travers, who
escorted their Lordships to the barracks. The Ply-
mouth Division of Royal Marines,over 1,000 strong,
under command of Col. Commandant Holloway,was
drawn up on the parade and inspected by their
Lordships, who then examined the progress of the
additional buildings in course of erection to the
west of the present structure. The members of the
Board proceeded thence to the Royal Naval Hospi-
tal, where they were receivedby Capt. Superinten-
ilent D. Curry, Dr Beith,the deputy-inspector-gene-
ral, Dr. Gallagher, surgeon and medical storekeeper,
and Mr. Grant, agent. Their Lordships remained
about an hour,during which they inspected the pa-
tients reading-room and library,the kitchen,washing
and drying4iouses, &c., and also examined several
wards. They afterwards entered the steam yacht
Alice, and, accompanied by Port Admiral Sir
Houston Stewart and the Lord Chancellor, landed
shortly after 3 o'clock on the Breakwater. His
Grace was received by Mr. Neville, superintendent ;
Mr. Hutton, resident engineer ; and Mr. Ormiston,
engineer of the Shovel Rock Fort. Their lordships
inspected the new buttress work in progress and
the site of the fort. The total number of men now
employed on the breakwater is about 100. The
work in progress consists in placing three courses
of granite buttress work, dovetailed horizontally
and vertically at the foot of the limestone casing,
on the outer side, founded at the level of three feet
below low-water ordinary spring tides. Of this
4,728 lineal feet were completed by the Ist of
August, leaving 713 lineal feet still to be formed.
Lighters are employed conveying rubble limestone
from Oreston quarries to form a foreshore on the
south side. The total quantity of limestone and
granite deposited to the Ist of August was 3,930,308
tons. The annual expenditure now is about £9,500,
and it will require some £20,000 to complete this
work. The central arm of the Plymouth break-
water is 1,000 yards long, the eastern and western
arms, which incline towards the harbour, are 350
yards each. The inner part of the foundation of
Shovel Fort will be about 32 yards from the outer
base of the middle of the central arm. The fort is
to be of elliptical form, 160 ft. by 130 ft., the longer
axis parallel to the breakwater. The hearting of
the foundation will consist of blocks of manufactured
concrete, cased from the bottom up to 6ft. under low
water with granite. Above the level the work
Will be solid and water-tight, and will include
tanks for fresh water and magazines for ammuni-
tion. The contract for the work is taken by Messrs.
Lee, and is under the local direction of Mr. Ormi-
ston, C.E. All the piles, 70ft. long, are driven 7ft.
into the rock, and a large portion of the staging is
fixed. The foundation-stone will be laid on the
birthday of the Prince of Wales. The first
stone of the breakwater was dropped on the 12th
of August, 1813, the birthday of the Prince
Regent. Alter their visit to the breakwater, the
Lords of the Admiralty re-embarked in the steam
yacht Princess Alice, and having witnessed gunboat
shot-practice at the Shag-atone, steamed round the
Rame Head, to view from the sea the new fort erect-
ing at Tregantle, five miles west of Plymouth.
Shortly after 4 o'clock Admiral Sir F. Grey, Admi- HOME CIRCUIT.—GUILDFORD, Aug. 15.
ral Eden, and Mr. Whitbread, went on board the (Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury.)
training-ship Implacable, in Hamoaze, and after a WATT V. THE LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN
very minute inspection, expressed themselves much RAILWAY COMPANY.
gratified with her appearance, and then went on This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who
board the guardship of steam reserve Indus. They was the manager for the late renowned Chief Baron
first inspected those seamen pensioners who have Nicholson, of his refreshment booth, at the different
been lately re-entered as ship.keepers, a fine body races—to recover compensation from the defendants
of veterans ; then the "very good" conduct men
for damage he had sustained by reason of their neg-
'acting to forward certain hampers containing re-
from ships recently paid off, who are allowed to freshment utensils, from Waterloo Station to Ascot
continue one year in the reserve unless required at Race-course.
sea; the artificers, stokers, and marines were next Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Laxton were coun-
examined, after which their lordships minutely in- sal for the plaintiff; Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr.
spected the boys of the reserve doing duty as offi- Wood appeared for the company.
Ballantine,in opening the case, said
employment, and apportioned one man to attend on
cars' servants, and determined to discontinue their Sergeant
that the plaintiff had been for a great many years
the manager of the booth for the late Chief Baron
three naval officers. Admiral Grey, having ex- Nicholson, who was, no doubt, well known to them
pressed his approval of the management of this all, as attending the principal race-courses to supply
branch by Capt. Key and Commander Risk, went refreshments to the public, and the action was
'with his colleague on board the Gibraltar, 99, re- brought under these circumstances. It appeared.
that after Epsom races a number of hampers con-
in launched. She had been previously inspected
taming knives and forks, glasses, and other neces-
in the morning by Admiral Robinson. series for a refreshment booth, were sent to the
In the evening the Duke of Somerset entertained Nine Elms Station ; and, as Ascot races were ap-
a large party on board the yacht Osborn. proaching, it was not considered advisible to take
Yesterday (Friday) morning the Duke of Somers them away, and it was arranged that they should
set held a levee in the office of the Admiral Super- remain there until the 16th of June, the day before
intendant at the Devonport Dockyard, after which the Ascot races commenced, and directions were
given that they should be sent down on that day to
the Royal William Victualling-yard and the flag- the booth. Every other necessary was provided,
ship Royal Adelaide, 26, Capt. C. Vesey, in Ha- but the hampers did not arrive, and the cense-
moan, were inspected. In the evening the Lords quence was that on the first day f the races there
of the Admiralty dined with Port Admiral Sir H. were no knives and forks, or glasses, or plates, and
Stewart. Prince Adalbert of Prussia and Lord
the customers could not be served, and the plain-
tiff sustained considerable loss. The hampers did
Westbury, the Lord Chancellor, were present. To-
arrive about five o'clock in the afternoon, when the
day (Saturday) it is expected that, their public races were nearly over; bat they were then,
duties having
been concluded, the members of the of [course, of no use, and the present action was
Board will leave Plymouth. During their stay Lieut. l brought to recover compensation for the loss the
F. Pym, firatslieutenant of the Royal Adelaide, has plaintiff had sustained in consequence of the neglect '
been in daily attendance on the First Lord. of the defendants.
The Prussian
ortsmouth, trim, Mr. H. R. Watts, the plaintiff in the action, de-
Arcona
from , 28, Capt. Sundewall, posed that he had been connected with the late Mr.
P
ailived on Thursday at Plymouth. Nicholson, the " Chief Baron," and the owner of
She will be placed in No, 1 dock in the Devonport Mr. Nicholson's booth for a great many years, and
Dockyard, when it is vacated by her Majesty's he was in the habit of attending at races and
frigate Liffey• I managing the business for him, and since Mr.
The 6 paddlewheel steam a
°an Hydra, Capt. R. Nicholson's death he had continued to do so for his
daughter. After Epsom races in the present year
Hamilton, from North America and thetato Wert Indies, he sent thirty-three hampers, containing a portion
arrived at Woolwich,
and went
basin to dis- of unsold stock, but which were principally filled
charge stores and. 1 Ind su°ll-
- paid out of comes, .
with knives and forks, glass, and crockery, to the
The iron steam store- us-tY, Master- Nine Elms Station, and he arranged with the sta-
Commanderladen with victualling tion-master that these hampers should remain there
G. Hodges,
until the 16th of June, the day before Ascot races.
dockyard stores for Rio yesterday
sailed and
'the to adjust cotals„,,,,le. He then purchased the ground for the booth at
from Woolwich to Greenhi
Janeiro,
detained a few Ascot, and it was erected, and all the necessaries
for sea. The Industry has been . Were provided for the accommodation of the public.
time to repair It
days at Woolwich beyond her usual k 'Was expected that the hampers containing the
in the late TlApta
her channels and other damages sustained b... and forks and the other essentials would
Supply' alongside of vs est-
did ilut 'wed on the morning of the races, but they
gale from a collision with the
d during the put to ..`l° so, and the consequence was that he was
which vessel she was lashed at Deptford .tss. inconvenience.
shipment treat inconvenience.
shipment of her cargo. " Itall •
wanted to ~,,, antme—l suppose the people '
The iron steam troop-ship Megtera, Commander, and forks, or plates
drink ; and you had no knives
S. H. Henderson, commenced coaling yesterday al,
that were neeemZ' or glasses, or any of the things
Woolwich, preparatory to embarking the 15th bri- laugh.) ll' to enable them to do so ? (A
gade from Woolwich for Halifax. Witness—That was I
uat. my position. He then
The transport Mystery yesterday made fast at went on to say that 1,,,s
,I telegram waxl),,r-ie the a y t
Woolwich Arsenal T pier, and commenced shipping tion, and
a that the trner,t„ oatLoor, andai was.
ascertained.
war stores for Newfoundland, and the Travellerand they ee—olltaining the hampers
was at Staines, Inck Iltuall
completed her shipment of guns and other stores for
race-tours© about five o' in th_s- arrived at the
rac
Halifax, and left Woolwich to fill in with light were over. eon '
seau,ltnternoon, when
the races
cargo from London. was unable to do anytheir of this he
business,bout 4,1,00, ner te
al tak-
The hired freight ship Bard of Avon, having em- ings on the first day being about
'whe
barked a heavy cargo of war stores for Halifax from this occasion all be took was 11.)• teas on
Th chief baron was a
-Woolwich Arsenal, is under orders to sail this Cross-examined--
used
to like to come ,T):_oted
morning, and is to be replaced in her berth at the character; and peoplehim. Witness shz,the
booth on purpose to see . LEL be
pier by the Megiera.again himself. laugh.)
The (A _augh.)
very glad to see him ante
The Mitch sloop of war Cyclops, which vessel ar- Mr. II I - 7 11wait a fait' veers,
aw cins--‘l, e , '-' • and per_
rived at Woolwich a few days ago with visitors for I brfs You will do 6°' (Renewed laughtes.) '
q to see his
Baron Martin—Unless the witues At,o .
t ne Exhibition, is ordered to remain ten days at her I
~,,,ot moorin
RN and re embark the visitors for q3Poriliall•
i c 0 his
11'`witness—Oh, my lord, I don't wish to ,
i
holland' i apparition. (Renewed laughter.)
1 a intended
The nos' s-ie ded for the machinery to be Mr. Hawkins—l believe his likeness in his wig
in preparing and gown was hung. up outside the booth as an
employedthe armour-plates of the
iron-cased 50-gun ship Caledonia . .
ui in Woolwich additional attraction ?
•• en advanced. state, Witness—Yes ; and 1 have seen many of the
Dockyard, is to e, and will be com-
contract, on the gentlemen of the bar drinking champagne with
pleted, according to
of e 7th of next him. (Roars of laughter.)
portion the
month. A great machinery has been Mr. Hawkins---Now, about those knives and
received and laid down-11tnely thehyes i.
8 - KR ic press forks, Could not you get any in the neighbourhood?

Mr. Henry James and Mr. Harrington prose-
cuted; Mr. Powell defended John Thurston; Mr.
Skinner conducted the defence of Mary Thurston ;
and Mr. Mathews was counsel for Mary Ann
Thurston.
The three prisoners are mother, daughter, and
son. They are respectable farmer looking people,
and were dressed in deep mourning. They did not
appear much affected by the painful position in
which they were placed.
John Thurston is a farmer and publican at Clif-
ford's Meuse, Nowent. Mary Thurston and Mary
Ann Thurston, his mother and sister, living also
with him, -It seems that suspicion was entertained
that tb prisoner Hill was pregnant by John
Thurston, and she was accused by her aunt of
having even birth to a child, which she denied.
Information was given to the police at Newent, who
made a search, and in Thurston's garden, about two
feet under the soil, they found the body of a full-
grown child. The body was in a shockingly muti-
lated state, the head being nearly severed from the
body, the skull beaten in, both arms broken, both
collar-bones broken, and four or five of the ribs
fractured.
The principal evidence was that of Hannah Hill,
mother of the murdered child and servant to the pri-
soners. She stated that she had been servant to the
prisoners about three years. That previous to the
29th of April she became pregnant, and was taken
ill on the morning of that day. Mary Thurston
spoke to her about getting up. Went into the par-
lour between seven and eight in the morning. Mary
Ann Thurston came to her. Told her she was in
much pain and could not bear it much longer. The
two female prisoners came into tne parlour to her and
asked her how she came to tell Mrs. Phelps she was
in the family way. Mary Ann Phelps told her to
say nothing about being in the family way ; to which
witness replied, she supposed everybody would be
talking about it, and it would soon be found out.
Mrs. Thurston told witness to go wheat hoeing, and
said she should like her to blind Mrs. Phelps, she
was so sure; and if the young 'un was to come here
we could put it in a ditch and no one be any the
wiser. A child ten years old used to sleep with wit-
ness, and Mary Thurston said it was very wrong.
Knowing the state she was in, Mrs. Thurston told
her to take the child out and then she would have
plenty of room to tumble and roll about the bed.
Witness went to bed and to sleep, and woke in pain.
The two female prisoners slept in her room and came
to her. The child was then born and the two female
prisoners came to her assistance. Mrs. Thurston
took the child from her and took it towards the
door. The child cried, and witness asked to have
it brought back that she might see it. It was not
brought bank to her. Mrs. Thurston remained
away about half an hour, Witness asked for a
light, but Mrs. Thurston would not give her one,
saying, " What would Mrs. Phelps think if she saw
a light there at that time in the morning." She
heard John Thurston go out into the garden shortly
afterwards, and witness got up and went down-
stairs. John Thurston asked her to go to the farm
and fetch the waggon. She replied he ought to
know she could not walk, and it would kill her.
While witness was having her breakfast John
Thurston said to her, " You are something less than
you were, and than you wanted to be," Witness
asked him what his mother had done with the child,
and he replied that he had buried it in the garden.
When witness came down Mrs. Thurston said she
ought to go for the waggon, for if she stayed in the
house people would say she had miscarried. The
prisoner Mary Ann said, " Hold your bother, and
no one will think such a thing. Mrs. Thurston
said, " A woman who had lived so many years, and
borne such a character, no one would think that I
would allow such goings on in my house." Wit-
ness went to bed, and Mary Thurston brought her
some gruel. From the time Mrs. Thurston took
the child she never saw it again. Remember Ser-
geant Roale coming. Mary Ann Thurston told her
not to say anything about them. Witness said, " I
shan't stand in your shoes." Mary Ann told her
not to say the child was born alive and that she
heard it cry. John Thurston said the best thing
she could do was to say she had had no child, and
knew nothing about it, and then they could not
touch her. Witness was angry, and went away.
Before witness was confined, Mrs. Thurston said to
her son in witness's presence, " This girl is in the
family way, and I suppose it's yours_" John said,
" It's no business of yours, if you don't like it you
can leave it. The best thing sbe could do was to
smother it over, and know nothing about it." Wit-
ness said, " How could we do that, everybody is
talking about it." Mrs. Thurston said it would be
such an expense, the best thing would be to put it
away.
A letter was put in, bearing date the 26th of July,
and addressed " Hannah Hill, County Gaol, Glou •
tester," and which Hill said she believed was in the
prisoner's (John Thurston's) handwriting, asking
her to own it, and saying she would not want for
friends.
The evidence of Mr. Catley, surgeon, of Newent,
proved that he had examined Hannah Hill, and
found that she had been delivered of a child. He
made an examination of the body. It was a full-
grown female child. Found the skull fractured,
the head nearly severed from the body, it being
held by an integument only half an inch broad. It
appeared to have been done by a sharp instrument.
Found fractures of the right fore-arm, left arm,
and both collar-bones, an incision on the back, on
the left side of the spine, a fracture of five ribs, two
incisions on the skull, two on the ears, and other
injuries to the skull. The vertebrae of the neck
were fractured, and the bones and muscles divided.
These injuries were quite sufficient to cause death.
The chest was fully developed, and respiration had
taken place. Could not say for certain that the
child had been born alive.
A number of witnesses were called to character.
For the defence it was contended that there was
no proof that the child was born alive, and that the
witness Hill had made several contradictory
statments, and that her evidence could not be re •
lied upon.
The learned judge summed up at great length.
The Jury had not delivered their verdict when
our parcel left.

A notification was yesterday received at Chatham
garrison from the Horse Guards directing command-
ing officers to forward, not later than the 25th inst.,
the applications of such officers as feel themselves
qualified for the situation of instructors at the Royal
Military College Sandhurst, in fortification, mili-
tary drawing, and surveying. Four officers are
required as instructors—two in fortification and
two in military drawing and surveying. The officers
appointed will be supernumerary, with additional
pay of ss. daily while so serving. Applications
from candidates are to be accompanied with speci-
mens of drawing, and for the instructorship in
military surveying by a sketch of two square miles
of any ground the candidate may select. In every
case the candidate must certify that the drawing
produced is his own unaided work.
On Thursday last Mrs. Owen, wife of Col. Cun-
liffe Owen, C. 8., laid the foundation stone of the
new fort at Staddon-heights, the eastern boundary
of Plymouth Sound. Major-Gen. Hutchinson,
Commander of Forces in the West, and a large num-
ber of military officers and others were present.
We are requested to state that the Band of the
Corps of Commissionaires will play in the Cam-
bridge-enclosure, St. James's Park, from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. every Monday and Thursday, in addition to
the usual evening performance.

This was an action to recover the sum of £6O
that had, as alleged, been obtained by the defen-
dant by fraud and misrepresentation.
Mr. Ribton and Mr. Needham were counsel for
the plaintiff. It was stated that counsel had been
retained for the defendant, but no one appeared on
his behalf.
It appeared that in May last the plaintiff saw
an advertisement in the limes that was headed
" Scholastic agency," and represented that a per-
son of lady-like appearance and good education
was required to superintend a governess's establish-
ment, and reference was made to the defendant,
who is a foreigner, and calls himself Dr. Weiss,
who was to be the principal. The plaintiff thought
that such an appointment would suit his wife, and
he had an interview with th© defendant, who
showed him books, and represented that from 10s.
to 15s. per day were received in fees from gover-
nesses who registered their names as requiring
situations, and that the business might be very
much increased if it was superintended by a lady,
as he himself had not time to attend to it properly.
Upon the faith of the defendant's statement Mr.
Harvey gave the defendant £6O, and an agreement
was drawn up, by which Mrs. Harvey was to at-
tend at the office and conduct the business, and she
was to receive half the profits. She very soon,
however, discovered that the whole thing was a
swindle, for during the first week only two half-
crowns were received, in the second eight, and a
very small sum during the two succeeding weeks,
when Mrs. Harvey left. It was clear that the
transaction was nothing but a fraud; and it ap-
peared that the defendant's only business was ad-
vertising for governesses, in order to obtain a fee
for his pretended endeavours to get them situations,
and that the money had been obtained from the
plaintiff by gross misrepresentation and fraud.
The jnry returned a verdict for the plaintiff for
£6O, the sum he had paid ; and also £4 for damages
for the loss of tune by his wife.
His Lordship granted immediate execution.
ROGERS V. RICHARDS.

ASSIZE INIELLIGENCE.

This was an action for slander and libel, to which
the defendant pleaded a justification.
Mr. Ribton and Mr. L. Smith were for the plain-
tiff; and Sergeant Shee and Mr. W. Williams for
the defendant.
The plaintiff in this action, it appeared, was a
labouring man, and he was in the service of the de-
fendant, who is a gentleman residing at Norwood,
as gardener, and it appeared that on the 17th of
May, the defendant happened to go into the
kitchen, where he saw the cook in the act of giving
some bread to the plaintiff, and believing that he
was being robbed, he turned them both out of the
house. The plaintiff subsequently took proceedings
in the county court to recover his wages, and the
defendant, upon receiving the summons, sent a let-
ter to him, in which he reiterated the charge of rob-
bery, and gave this letter open to a person to con-
vey to the plaintiff, who thereupon brought the pre-
sent action.
The defence that was set up was that the plaintiff
had in reality been guilty of stealing the bread that
was given to him by the cook, and the defendant
swore to the fact of finding the latter handing large
pieces of bread to the plaintiff, but on the part of
the plaintiff it was sworn that the bread so given
merely consisted of scraps and small pieces, and that
he intended to give them to the defendant's dogs.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with
£5O damages..

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, Aug. 15. I :
In his charge to the grand jury to-day, at the
opening of the South Lancashire Assizes, Mr.
Baron Wilde said—There are two very serious
cases of murder, one of which has excited a good
deal of public attention. I mean the case of the
man and woman named Taylor, who attacked a
house-agent in Manchester. If the evidence is
laid before
you, as I presume it will be, it will be
very clear that the male prisoner killed the
house-agent, -agent, and no doubt that would be a case
of murder,
wife was , for it was without provocation. His
with him. Now, I dare say you are
aware that the law makes considerable concession
a wife, and that as regards smaller
in favour of
offences the law considers the wife so far under
the control
of her husband that it does not hold
her responsible ; but that does not apply
i to. a case
of murder; and if you should be of opnion that
the wife took part in the murder—which seems
doubtful as to an active part—or was present with
the husband with a common intent of aiding o. r
assisting
him, it will be your duty to find a bill
against her. If the contrary be the case, you will
find the bill only against the husband. There has
been, in connection with this case, another dreadful
murder, committed by somebody, for three of the
'Taylors' children were found dead in the house; but
that part of the cuse will not come before you, tor it
has been impossib!c to trace the death of those chil-
dren, and perhaps the less public mention that is
made or it the better. The other case of murder is
that in which a poiiceman was shot. Several men
were engaged in this outrage. Some trade quarrel
had, taken place about brickmaking, and a number I
of men went out at night to trample and destroy
the bricks.
4
A conflict took place with the police,
and three or
;our of the men being armed, one or
the officers was shot. You may have some doubt as
to whose
was the hand that fired, but if you are
.
satisfied the prisoners were of the party, you should
find a true 1)111 against them all, and in this Court
we will sift the matter as to the greater or lesser
guilt of the men. In both of these cases the violence
charged against the prisoners was utterly without
provocation.
His lordship,
, after some general remarks, then
dismissed the jury to their room, and the trials were
soon after wards proceeded with.

THE SUN LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING
1 AUGUST 16, 1862.
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and the planing, bending, and grooving machines, Witness-No; I tried all I could to do so. I en- conduct to the defendant. This, however, would RAILWAY IN7ELLIGENCE.
-• _not justify the assault, and they were, therefore, _________.---
?ondent, writing under date of the I the
-The Caledonian, after deavoured to buy, and to beg and borrow, or-
heating furnaces,
0n0ct,c2.4,
will .
being launched be received in:a Mr. Hawkins-There is only one other thing that bound to find a verdict for the plaintiff, but it was TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR TIIE WEEK.
you could do, and you
announces the departure, on the dock now being lengthened and d for prepare that must not do that you know. for them to say what amount of damages he was en- --------------------
inst., of her Majesty's screw tor- at Woolwich. The weight of her plates (Renewed laughter.) titled to. Miles Opened. Receipts.
purpose Railways. ___....---, ~..----A---,
Witness-It was not likely such things could be The jury, after a short deliberation, found a ver- 1862. 1861. 1862. 1861. 1
'apt. R Lambert, for the Pireaus. will be 950 tons.
e Pelican, got on a race course. diet for the plaintiff. Damages £5.
an, 17, Capt. Brock, had A naval court-martial assembled yesterday on In answer to further questions the witness said According to the provisions of the County Court - --. 7- '
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board the Formidable, 84, Capt. W. G. Luard, flag- £5 damages are given, the plain- Ballymena and Pert Rush.. - - - -
t morning, but being under sail, that the profit on their takings was very large, and Act, where only
Belfast and N. Counties.... 136 136 2,401 2,493
'avourable, it was not expected
mander-in
ship of Vice-Admiral
W. J. H. Johnstone, Corn- he considered it was two-thirds on the amount, but tiff is not entitled to his costs unless the judge certi- Belfast and Comity Down.. 19
Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June. - 49
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- _
ort before the evening. This yes-
-Chief at the Nore, for the trial of Lieut. at the same time their expenses were very heavy.fie( that in his opinion he is entitled to them.
Bristol and Tyne r 22 22 1,930 1,964
te captain, 14 officers, and 117 Ferdinand George Gambier, of her Majesty's ship He paid £5O for the ground for the four days' races, Mr. Ribton consequently
asked his lordship to
and the cost of the booth and the expense oferect- '
certificate to that effect, but his lordship, in
give a
Caledonian . 4
1214 125 i 7,802 8,076
230 '3O 17,'27 16,280
grew of her Majesty's steam sloo Cockermouth & Workmgton Ffi 84 3iS 241
P Cossack, 20, 250 horse power, Capt. R. Moorman, ing it were very considerable, reply, said very emphatically, " Certainly not." Cork and Bandon 2O 20 405 370
mmander W. R. Hobson, which on the foll • havingM Hawkins addressedthe juryat length Each party will, therefore, have to pay his own Cork, BlackrocPassage
owing charges :-1. For on or .r• e6l
32i 27 239 349
402 :-!41
e time ago in the Mozambique in behalf of the company ; and he said the answer costs. Cork, and Youghai
about the 7th day of August last been drunk on Cornwall .................. 534 534 1,711 1,511
re proceeding home for trial by he was instructed to make to the action was, that --. 17 645 455
board the said shin 2. For havin on or about
P• g Deeside .... ..a.t; • yun-e•iio•33.• .... 1673
63 1,478 1,728
er Majesty's paddlewheel sloop th there had been no negligence on the part of their OXFORD CIRCUIT.-GLOUCESTER, Aug, 15. Dublin & Belt* t
hda 63 63 1,952 2,004
Dublin and Drog e
e 7th day of August last deserted his post by
ender Balfour, was the only man • • servants, but that the truck containing the hampers CROWN COURT. Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst.)l 485 484 2,474 2,649
"d shi - Dundalk and Enniskillen
(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)l7l 171 - -
last ad •
irbour by thevices, except quitting the deck when in charge of the sai pin question was detained, either at the request of
as officer of the middle watch. 3. For having on the plaintiff or his
agen , t until some wine or other EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CHILD MURDER. Dundee and Arbroath
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,199 1,234
Hibernia (bearing the flag of about the 7th day of August last slept upon his goods were to be despatched with them. He then Hannah Hill, 17, domestic servant, John Thurs- East Anglian . . ......... :
J. Codrington, C. 8.) and the ten- or
h h • hE.Counties,Nrik.,&-
v Union 499 499 30 535 28,499
of the said ship as officer of called two or three of the porters as witnesses, bu . •
t ton 30, farmer, Mary Thurston, and Mary Ann Edinburgh and Glasg ••• ow 169/ 1691 8,149 8,489
_
Boxer. The Trident was under twhatc
.wddlen intcha.rgTehtheir evidence did not at all tend to establish the Thurston, were charged with the wilful murder of Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee
30 _
emie wa c e. Court, after hearing the 30 315 308
to Patras to relieve the Alacrity, case he had stated on behalf of the defendants. a female child at Newest, on the 30th April last. Forth & Clyde Junction
60
5 ) 2,586 2,144
evidence for the prosecution, and also the witnesses
E. Baird. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff- The charge against Hill was withdrawn, and she Glas,„:oslsv ... . gou.t.liestern' 1834 1834 9,683 8,658
for the defence, and the prisoner's character, toge- damages £4O. was admitted as evidence against the other pri- 1 Great Northern ... .
owning the - th
thew with the various certificates handed in, found JONES V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWA.Y COMPANY. SOners. 1 Great North of Scotland
V. Grey,.Southn. & Westn.(lrliad )1 N 985
43.24?. 8,954 8,635
sation for Mr. n 3# 69,755 61,739
Capt. the Hen. James him guilty, and sentenced him to forfeit all seniority This was an action to recover compenJames and Mr. Harrington prose- g
Zr. Whitbread, M.P., attended by as a lieutenant, to be placed at the bottom of the list injuries the plaintiff allegedhat he e
defendants. had sustained t (I. M Henryry esukienn, r. Pdowell defended
iidf John Thurstonrston , Inverness eses="rde.en-jun c.
Irish South 73. 55 1,301 1,090
-Eastern ....... :51
35,162
41.14
?et, M.P., Capt. John Moore, and of lieutenants, and not to rise therefrom for four throughlhe negligence of thee errcon conducted t e defence Mar izsl. tilritz.hgirtoi.:. 31,54'
Lancashire 14
laintiff ; Mr. Bovill, and m 146 203
Tcled from the yacht Osborne, in f hd t fth - fth t
years rom tea e o e passing o e sen ence Mr. RlMar Ann
bton was for h p Mathews w co 1 y -L244 244 215 119
the company. Limerick and Enni5........ •
I Q.C., and Mr. Db were for Thurston. 26 172 150
Limerick and Foynes ...... 20
4 ND 522
ldmiraPs Hard, where they were and to be dismissed from her Majesty's ship Cossack. The 1 " •ff in this action stated that he was a
p ainti
:tor-General of Marines Straps- t dd • h* ' lt. h sician 82 years of age, and resided so”. London & North-Western
__„ rn
The powerfuls eam re ging mac ine in use at consu ing p y They are respectable farmer-looking people 55 2,181 1,950
' London and Blackwall
F-Adjt.-General Travers, who Regent's-park. On the 22d of
Chatham for keeping the harbour clear of banks of in Albany-street, Ld i E. . and were dressed in deep mourning. They did not London & South-Western . 4004 4004 29,256 21,041
241/ 231 27,710 27,651
'ships to the barracks. The Ply- me to on on rom =lngham b
April he had co . y appear much affected by the painful position in Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast.
725
72* 6,683 2,621
mud and sand and other accumulations has been re-train which was two hours behindwhich they were London, Chatham, & Dover,
Royal Marines,over 1,000 strong,an excursion . .
of
the . .
Clif- Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
236 d 1 425 421 2,717 2,41'
moved down to the entrance of the river," - John Thurston is a farmer and publican at man.,sheffiekl,&Lineolns 236 15,153 15,921
Col. Commandant Holloway,was is employed in the removal of a large hank of mud tan, he represented that it had stopped, and the ford's Mono, Nowent. Mary Thurston and Mary ranch. seunci
CarlisleA h rnc....a.m.i
2984 2984 1:14439 1424
parade and inspected by their and sand, which has acted as a great impediment to door of the carriage in which he was riding-a Be' Ann Thurston, his mother and sister, living also Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6284 6144 43,302 42,59
Len examined the progress of the cond-class one-was opened, and the train suddenly with him, "It seems that suspicion was entertained Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 1924 1925 4,365 4,44
steamers and other vessels entering and leaving the Monkland 725 56 1,635 1,48
tgs in course of erection to the moved on just as he was in the act of getting out, that the prisoner Hill was pregnant by John Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,551 2,08
north cumber and basin.
it structure. The members of theand he was thrown down violently, and injured his Thurston) and she was accused by her aunt of Newcastle and Carlisle 784 784 - -
A deficiency of nearly 50ofthe 1 • hand he alleged
1--inc wrought- knee,
;hence to the Royal Naval Hopi- Noarnd Galashiels)
iron deck plates for the iron-plated f • R I the effects of the accident.
frigate oya Information was given to the police at Newent, who North Devon 35 35 560 55
ere received by Capt. Superinten- Oak, 50, building at Chatham has been discovered
, No other witness was called, and the plaintiff, in made a search, and in Thurston's garden, about two N-Eastern(Bedale&Leybrn) 8784 8675 46,886 47,40
9 9 3,032 2,82
Beith,the deputy-inspector-gene-North 't,oanffdoor;lshire
answer to questions put to him by Mr. Bovill, said feet under the soil, they found the body of a full-246 246 9,358 8,7
in the Orders
number supplied for that vessel.
that hea
try anNewton 42 42 1,140 7',
made no complaint to any of the officers of grown child. The body was in a shockingly muti- Oswestry
surgeon and medical storekeeper, have a • b lame-
accordingly been given for these to a the RhlfineY 195 195 900 6:
;ent. Their Lordships remained • expected the company, or to any other person, at the time lated state, the head being nearly severed from St. elen's Canal & Railway 52 52 1,904 1,71
diately prepared for the ship, but it is not
ing which they inspected the pa- the accident happened, but that h hobbled •
einto a body, the skull beaten in, both arms broken both Scottish Central
delay in the cab,
that this discovery will
cause any and went home ; and also appeared that he collar-bones broken, and four or five
m and library,the kitchen,washing Shrewsbury & Birmingham - - -
launch of the vessel, which, according to present did not make any communication to his attorney fractured. • Shrewsbury and Chester
s &c. and also examined
, , several arrangements,willtake place on the 10th Septem- until more than a month had elapsed, and the affair The principal evidence was that of Hannah Hill,
Shrewsbury & Hereford
erwards entered the steam yacht Shropshire Union 29 291 965 1,0:
ber, after:which the Royal Oak will be floated into was then for the first time brought to the notice of mother of the murdered child and servant to the pri- South Devon 754 755 4,363 4,01
Dnipanied by Port Admiral Sir the company. soners. She stated that she had been servant to the South-Ea5tern........... .......306 306 29,568 27,21
No. 3 dock, the largest available dock at Chatham,South Wales 1714 1714 _
and the Lord Chancellor,Mr. Bovill commenced addressing the jury, and prisoners about three years. That previous to the ,
landed •specially enlarged to receive ,
which has been S. x orkshire and River Dun 118 118 - •
o'clock on the Breakwater. His in order that she may be completed for sea with the
was calling their attention to the very extraerdi- 29th of April she became pregnant, and was taken Stockton and Darlington
51 54 5,700 4,6
!.d by Mr. Neville, s • superintendent ; nary nature of the case for the plaintiff, but after ill on the morning of that day. Mary Thurston ry,trteVr ale
utmost possible despatch. Immediately after the he had made a few observations they interrupted spoke to her about getting up. Went into the par- ul 51 51 1,059 2,5
Ulverstone and Lancaster . 19 19 -
dent en • gineer ; and Mr. Ormiston, launch of the Royal Oak all the available hands him, and said they were of opinion that the plain- lour between seven and eight in the morning. Mary Vale of Clwyd.. lO 10 230 2
hovel Rock Fort. Their
lordships will be placed on the line-of-battle screw two- tiff had not made out any case. Ann Thurston came to her. Told her she was in Vale of Neath 35
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 35 I,''m 1,8
31 382 3
✓ buttress work in progress and Bulwark,9l, •
decker which is to have one of her Mr. Ribton, however, insisted upon addressing much pain and could not bear it much longer. The Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,576 1,4
I. The total number of men now decks removed, and to be cut d d
own, lengthened, an them, and he said he must admit that it was an un- two female prisoners came into tne parlour to her and Nar.ell Cornwall
ai274 274 760 7
39 4,035 4,9
jiaaorioldH..arbr.&..R... 1. 39
usual thing to have only one witness in such a case, asked her how she came to tell Mrs. Phelps she was w
West Midland _
e breakwater is about 100. Thealtered-
otherwise to a 50-gun iron-clad frigate of but it appeared to him that the question was whe- in the family way. Mary Ann Phelps told her to W'haven,Cleator.,:ag•rmn.t 7 7 447 4
consists in placing three courses the Royal Oak class. ther they disbelieved the evidence of the plaintiff, say nothing about being in the family way ; to which Whitehaven-., Junction l2 12 649 0
y• hitehaven & Furness Jun. 35 35 677
eS9 work, dovetailed horizontally The following appointments were made yesterday an aged and respectable gentleman, who had posi- witness replied, she supposed everybody would be
the foot of the limestone casing, at the Admiralty :-Commander Thomas A. De tively sworn that he had received the injury under talking about it, and it would soon be found out. FOREIGN AND CoLoNIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,406 I,'.
founded at the level of three feet Wahl to the Rattlesnake; -
Thos. A. Clarke, in the the circumstances he had stated. He then sub- Mrs. Thurston told witness to go wheat hoeing, and
Austrian B2B 673 34,659 37,'
ordinary spring t •
ides Of thismilted that the defendants were, at all events, said she should like her to blind Mrs. Phelps, she Belgian Eastern Junction 25 265 289,
Procris, promoted to acting chief engineer •; and Jas. call d d evidence t h h -
e upon to pro uce some o s ow w at was so sure ; and if the young un was
' to come here Bur alo and Lake Huron
t were completed by the Ist ofthe Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 3,211 1,,
Bell (a), second-class ' assist.-engineer, to the Liffey. occurred on the day in question. we could put it in a ditch and no one be any Dutch Rhenish .
713 lineal feet still to be formed. The Jury said they believed that an accident did wiser. A child ten years old used to sleep with wit- randoilanFrance ... 1032 1032 54,151 51,,
Toyed conveying rubble limestone
7HE ARMY. really happen, and they had no intention to impute /less, and Mary Thurston said it was very wrong. east Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1090 12,870 14,
arries to form a foreshore on theto the plaintif that he had not spoken the truth, Knowing the state she was in, Mrs. Thurston told Great Indian Peninsula 4374 3504 5417 5,
total quantity quantity of limestone and but they did not see that there was any evidence of her to take the child out and then she would have Greatrea Luxembourgt esternof Canada 13434 1284
4,3216
g,
A notification was yesterday received at Chatham
to the Ist of August was 3,930,308 negligence on the part of the company. plenty of room to tumble and roll about the bed. Lyons and Geneva 142 142 5,893 5,
1 expenditure now is about 9 5 garrison from the Horse Guards directing command- Mr. Ribton said he would elect to be nonsuited. Witness went to bed and to sleep, and woke in pain. Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 301 284 14,777 14,
,-00, • • • 1 action like this in her and Northern of Canada
ing officers to forward, not later than the 25th inst., Baron Martin said that ian
ire some L 20,000 to complete this the applications ofsuchofficers feel
asthemselves could be sustained, no company or any one else to her. The child was then born and the two female parrwe„,dan Trunk 44 44 -
oral arm of the Plymouth break- would be safe. If it could be permitted to a man prisoners came to her assistance. Mrs. Thurston ,rarissanycloollezanAls edit rrn 879 879 94,153 88,
e
ards long, qualified for the situation of instructors at the Royal 922 922 47,891 53,
the eastern and western to come forward a month after the occurrence, and took the child from her and took it towards the Pernambuco 6O - 815
dine towards Military College Sandhurst, in fortification, mil'-
the harbour, are 350 say that an accident happened, and then seek to ob-
door. The child cried, and witness asked to have Royal Danish 69 69 675
le inner tarp drawing, and surveying. Four officers are tain damages solely upon his own testimony, he it brought back that she might see it. It was not Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,350 1,
part of the foundation
ofSouth Austrian
lbe about 32 yards from the outer • - -
required as instructors-two in fortification and repeated that no man would be safe. brought back to her. Mrs. Thurston remained Southern of France •. 7n 777 25,938 23,
lland •• 25 25 501
two in military drawing and surveying. The officers (Before Baron Bramwell.) away about half an hour, Witness asked for a vcr
le of the central arm. The fort • is _____:...._., .._.:n 1.... ....................nrarcr •ccriii, 43.1.14;ernnl HARVEY T. WEISS. light, butpys. Thurston would not give her one, west Flanders ... 75 75 1,030 1
W. and N.W. of France.... 750 750 43,669 44
. . ....- -rit..-1,... :.1. ~1-.... ~.....-.,