The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-13 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.---Several of our contempo-
raries, both in town and country, have understood
our remarks on the stoppage of the works in " the
laboratory field," contiguous to the Dockyard bat-
tery, to mean either a stoppage of the Admiralty
works, or a total stoppage of all the works contracted
for by Mr. Rolt. We need hardly say that we meant
nothing of the kind, but we stand on our original
ground, and re-assert the fact that the works in the
" laboratory field," which are connected with the
Dockyard and arsenal and their defences, are sus-
pended. In support of our statement that vast num-
bers of men have been discharged and thrown nut of
work, we have merely to state that 200 were " knocked
off" on Thursday last.

So far from all the works contracted for by Mr.
Rolt being suspended, we have great satisfaction in
announcing that the works of the new steam basin
progress rapidly, and that this immense addition to
the Dockyard may be expected to be completed in
March next. The workshops on the brink are also on
a very forward state.
The Trincomalee, 25, Captain Warren, will go out
of harbour about 'Wednesday next, " well manned,"
if we may believe one of her crew, who told us
" none but good men would volunteer for her ;" and
certainly the crew of the Trincomalee seem well up
to their work, and have turned her out of hand in a
remarkably creditable manner, to all appearance. She
will, when ready, join the Amphitrite, and sail in
company to join Sir C. Napier's squadron in which
they will compete in sailing trials, &c.
The following are the appointments of the past
week :

Commanders—Arthur M'G. Skinner, to study at
the Naval College; John Macdougall, to the Asia.
Lieutenants—ll. W. Hire, to the Asia ; F. D.
Rich, to the Queen, vice Stanhope, to the Asia ; F.
W. Smith, from the Excellent, to he Imaum ; Au-
gustus Butler, from the Phoenix, to the Excellent;
F. L. Barnard, to study at the Naval College ; Chas.
R. Read, and Geoffery T. P. Hornby (as flag-
lieutenant to his father), to the Asia.
Masters—John Belarn, to the San Josef; W. 11.
T. Green, of the Rattler, to the Arab.
Secretary—Arthur Jones (late Paymaster and
Purser of the Helena) to be Secretary to Rear-Ad-
miral Hornby.
Surgeons—Peter Niddrie, M.D., to the Asia; John
Gallagher, to the Arab.

Assistant-Surgeons—Dr. llenry Richardson, to the
Spider; Thomas M. Costello, to the Excellent; John
H. B. Collings, to the Oberon ; H. C. J. Wilson, to
the Asia ; Richard Butler, to the Arab ; James J.
Ayerest and William Evans (b), to the San Josef ;
John Cotton, and Richard B. Power, to the Victory ;
William Doraville, to Greenwich Hospital.
Second Masters—John Richards, to be acting
Master of the Geyser; Cornelius Fox, to the Trinco-
malee ; S. W. R. Freeman, of the Athol troop-ship,
to the Dolphin.
Clerks—James Lewis, to the 'William and Mary ;
AA'. F. Henna, to the Excellent; Timothy Clinch, of
the Conway, in charge, to the Dolphin ; Creasy,
to the Victory ; P. S. Smith, to the Asia.
Midshipmen—H. A. Hinde, to the Asia; S. S.
Bowolen, to the Victory ; S. G. Cresswell and J. D.
M'Cren, to the Excellent ; F. J. Hamilton, to the
San Josef; 'William Clark, to the William and Mary;
Frederick Parke, to the Vengeance; E. H. Buck, to
the Vixen.

Masters' Assistants—David Brown, to the Fury;
11. C. A. Wilkinson, to the Victory.
.Naval Cadets—F. C. W. Liardet and David Pole,
to the Asia.

ROYAL MARINES.—Mr. Henry Hewett and Mr.
Ed ward M'Arthur, Marine Cadets to the Excellent,
have passed examination for commissions in the Marine
Corps; and Messrs. H. L. Evans, T. G. S. Meheux,
E. J. Stokes, and C. L. A. Farmar, as Marine Cadets,
and been appointed to the Excellent.
COAST GUARD.—Mr. John Haynes (Master, R.N.)
to be a chief officer, appointed to Haven Hole, vice
Lieutenant William Henry, R.N. ; Lieutenant Wm.
Henry, R.N., from Haven Hole, to Alum Bay, vice
Lieutenant F. P. Coull, R.N.
MALTA, SEPT. 4.—The local affairs of the island
present but little of interest. The arrival of Sir W.
Parker with the fleet under his command is hourly
looked for.

It appears to be generally credited that the service
for the conveyance of the India mails to Marseilles by
the boats of the Oriental and Peninsular Company
will be commenced early in'the month of November.
The Erin and Ariel will be engaged, and Malta will
continue the central port, as otherwise the dispatches
from Greece and the Levant would have to be for-
warded by Government boats, and an increased ex-
pense. Three British steamers will be employed in
the mail service between Malta and the lonian Islands.
—Times.

FATAL ACCIDENT.-TWO LIVES

LOST.

On Saturday night last, between the hours of 8 and
9, a melancholy accident, by which the lives of Wilson
Emery, her Majesty's swan-keeper, and Drill Serjeant
Paton, of the Scots Fusiliers, were sacrificed, occurred
on the river Thames, about midway of the Nine Elms
and Pimlico Piers. From careful inquiries instituted
of persons who were eye witnesses of the occurrence,
the reporter was enabled to collect the following par-
ticulars connected with this distressing event :
It appears that a party of non-commissioned officers
belonging to the Grenadier Guards, and a similar
number of the Scots Fusileers, of the same rank in
that regiment, had made a match to row for a certain
sum of money upon the river. It was agreed upon
that the wager should come off on Thursday next,
and during the past week or two the men had been
out upon the river trai▪
ning. On the day in question
the Scots Fusilier crew, consisting of Drill Serjeant
Paton, Corporal John Smith, Corporal Hacton, and
Corporal Boys had been training up the river, and on
their return home were joined by Wilson Emery, who
acted as coxswain. They proceeded some distance
down the water, without meeting with any interruption,
but upon getting in the river, nearly facing the
Messrs. Cubitt's new pier, they were alarmed at find-
ing a steam-boat close upon them. They immediately
commenced pulling wi▪ th all their might, hoping by
that expedient to get in front of the vessel, but, un-
fortunately, they. had miscalculated the speed of the
steamer, which, it should be stated, was only crossing
the river to get to her moorings. The consequence
was, that the latter vessel struck one of the oars of
the smaller boat, and in a instant she turned bottom
upwards, and every one in her was precipitated into
the river. An immediate cry for assistance was raised
and corporals Smith, Hacton, and Boys, were enabled
to save their lives by holding on to the chain in front
of the steam vessel until they were taken off by a
waterman, but unfortunately, Emery and Drill Ser-
jeant Paton were carried along with the tide, and
although the spot where the accident happened had
been dragged through the whole of yesterday, neither
of the two bodies had been recovered up to six o'clock
last evening.

THE LATE EIPLOSION ON BOARD THE CRICKET.—
On Saturday an inquest was held at the Vestry Hall of
St. John's, Horselydown, before Mr. William Payne, the
Coroner, on the body of a woman unknown, but, from
certain circumstances, supposed to be one of the sufferers
by the Cricket steam-boat explosion. Thomas Ferguson,
a waterman, deposed to finding the body. Mr. George
Waller, the parish constable, said that he removed the
body, and had it conveyed to the bone-house. The dress
consisted of a black bombazine gown, chocolate-coloured
apron with white spots, dark jean stays, which were torn
up the right side, and the front bone of which was broken
in half; linen of the usual kind, stockings, Adelaide
boots, and a cap with strings, but no bonnet. There
were no initials or marks whatever on any of her clothes.
The pocke; of her gown was turned inside out, and in
her bosom was found a cotton purse, containing three
penny pieces. Seeing that she was very much bruised
about the body, he had an examination made by a sur-
geon. Mr. William Mirkin, surgeon, said that he saw
the body on Friday evening. On examination, he found
a very severe bruise on the right side, from the lower
upper part of p
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of abdomen,theri
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of a violent concussion or blow from some very large
body. It must have been from one blow, not a succes-
sion of blows. The Coroner—When should you say the
bruises were inflicted? Witness—Before death, de-
cidedly; though the injury was not sufficient to have
caused death. I have ao doubt that the immediate
cause of death was immersion in the water. The
Coroner suggested that the deceased might be one of
the bodies; and the surgeon announced, that from the
nature of the injuries, he thought they had been caused
by an explosion such as that of the Cricket steam-boat.
The inquest was then adjourned.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-
WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Saturday morning, shortly before
eleven o'clock, a fatal accident occurred on this railway
to a young man named William Austery, who was em-
ployed in laying down wires for the electric telegraph,
about half a mile on the Lcndon side of the Bushy
sttion. It appears that the deceased was crossing the
railway, when the up train came upon him before he was
aware of its approach • he was struck in the back by
the buffer of the engine, and hurled fort) or fifty yards
on ; he fell in the
centre of the line, and the whole
train passed over him without touching his body. The
engine was immediately stopped, and the deceased was
found quite dead. The body was removed to the Bushy
station, where it awaits a Coroner's inquest.
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ofto Alexandria, from which port she had got
about 100 miles on her way to Malta and Liverpool,
laden with a cargo of wheat, beans, and cotton, in con-
sequence of having caught fire ; and notwithstanding
great exertions used both before and after getting into
port, the wholeole of the cargo in the afterpart-of the ves-
sel is so injured as to amount to a total loss. Her
masts, yards, bulwarks, decks, are nearly entirely de-
stroyed, the cabin completely so. The Pacha of Egypt
has given permission for her repairs to be effected in
the Government arsenal.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
CLERKENIVELL COUNTY COURT, Sept,

BANK. V. GREGORY.

Mr. WAKELING, solicitor, -of St. John's-square,
stated that this action was brought to recover the
sum of 51. 105. for a suit of clothes, and he called the
plaintiff, who swore to the debt.
The JUDGE asked the defendant if he denied the
debt ? Defendant—Oh, certainly.
Mr. WAKELING—WiII you swear that you do not
owe the money ? Defendant—Why, yes.
Mr. WARELING—Then let him be sworn.
The clerk placed the Testament in his hands, and
the oath having been tendered, the Learned Gentle-
man for the plaintiff cautioned him upon the solemn
obligation.
Mr. WAKELING now again asked him if he would
swear that the claim mentioned was not due from him
to his client.

Defendant—Perhaps not exactly; there may be
some slight mistake.
Mr. WAKELING-Out with it. If you do not I
must.

Defendant—But I do not like to expose a lady.
Mr. WAKELLNG—Come, come, none of your false
delicacy here. Why do you not pay my unfortunate
client ? Defendant—Why the fact is that I did once ;
yes, once visit the plaintiff's daughter ; I consider he
made me a present of the clothes. That is all, my
Lord.

Mr. WAKELING—Did you not order them as your
wedding suit ? Defendant—There was positively
something said about a wedding.—(Laughter.)
Mr. WAKELING—Had you not promised marriage
to plaintiff's daughter ? Defendant—Not quite that.
She promised me marriage when I liked, but I was
not in the humour, and when a suit of clothes are
offered they are not likely to be refused—that's all I
have to say.—(Roars of laughter.)
Mr. WAKELING—Have you married her ? De-
fendant—Oh, yes.
Mr. WAKELING—What ! Do you mean to swear
that you are married to Mr. Bank's daughter ? De-
fendant—No, it's not her • it is another lady.
Mr. WAKELING—And if I mistake not you had the
clothes in question on at that marriage ? Defendant—
There can be no mistake about that.

The JUDGE here cut short the matter, and signed
judgment for debt and costs.
Mr. WAICELING—And I promise he shall have ano-
ther action for breach of promise of marriage.
Defendant—Oh, very well.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

On Saturday Samuel Rees and a you►ig man whose
name it is not at present considered proper to mention
were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with
having fraudulently obtained goods from Messrs.
Smith, Beard, and Co., of No. 111, Cheapside, to the
value of 561. Bs.
Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecution, and
stated the nature of the ingenious course adopted by
Rees, a very young man, to obtain the goods, and
the active manner in which the prosecutors proceeded
upon finding that they were " done" to procure res-
titution.
Mr. J. E. Smith, of the house of Smith, Beard,
and Co., warehousemen, said—We have as a customer
Mr. Evan Rees, of Dudley, to whom we have fre-
quently sold goods. That gentleman is the brother
of the prisoner Samuel Rees. On Wednesday last
the prisoner Rees called on me at my warehouse,
and, after shaking hands with me, said, " Has my
brother been here ?" I said, " No. Did you ex-
pect him ?" " Yes," replied he, " I received a
letter from him this morning, stating that he
would he here. We require a few silk goods,
which I shall go on looking at." I then took him
to the silk warehouse, and selected scarfs and other
goods to the amount of 561, Bs., as specified in the
invoice I hand in. He at first said that some of the
things appeared to be too expensive, and that they
were to be laid aside until his brother should arrive,
and to be shown to him, and he asked me if I would
allow him to take them and to return them if they
should; not be approved of. I said, "No—you
must either take them or not." After having occu-
pied some time in considering, he said he would take
them, and he gave me an additional order, to which
he was so call my attention upon his return home to
Dudley. He told me to send the goods to London-
wall, to the warehouse of Mr. Venables, to be packed
with some other articles which were about to be sent
off. The whole of the conduct of the young man was
such as was calculated to smother suspicion, and the
goods were sent according to the direction. I, how-
ever, according to the practice of the house, instead of
sending the invoice with the goods, transmitted it to
Mr. Evan Rees, of Dudley, who, upon receiving it,
came off to London, and stated to U 3 that he had never
given any order for the goods, and that he knew
nothing whatever of the transaction. I instantly
proceeded to make every inquiry upon the subject,
and traced Rees, the prisoner, from place to place
until I ascertained that he was travelling on the
Great Western Railway in company with another
young man.
Mr. T. Smith (also of the firm of Smith, Beard, and
Co.) said—ln consequence of a communication which
I had with my brother I went down to Bristol, and I
traced Rees (the prisoner) and his companion to the
Hot Wells, where I found in their lodging all the
goods, with a few exceptions. I had been in the
lodging for some time before they came in, and I had
fixed an officer outside to watch. At length, after a
delay of about an hour and a half, they both came in
with caps upon them. I had seen Rees with my bro-
ther in the warehouse when he was selecting the
goods, and knew him, and I asked him whether he
knew me; without hearing his answer, I said to him,
" My name is Smith, I live in Cheapside, and you
must consider yourself my prisoner." A number of
duplicates of new goods were found upon both pri-
soners, together with various papers, and round the
neck of the second prisoner was tied one of the silk
handkerchiefs supplied to the imagined order of the
house at Dudley. The second prisoner made a very
long statement to me, in which he utterly denied any
knowledge of the fact that the goods had been impro-
perly obtained, and said that the prisoner Rees had
induced him, by a representation that they were got
from the Bankruptcy Court, and that he was bound
down by the parties to whom they belonged not to
disclose whose they were; that Rees proposed to and
prevailed upon him to go through Wales with him to
dispose of the property, and that they were just about
to commence operations when the exposure took place.
The second prisoner here repeated the assurances of
his innocence.

There are other cases against Rees, who, although
very young, had robbed his brother of money to the
amount of 150/.

The prisoners were remanded, but bail was ordered
to be taken for the appearance of the second prisoner.
John Coggs, alias O'Connor, was charged by a
young maned Brailey with having extorted money
by threats of an atrocious kind.
The prosecutor had a few days ago been in the
neighbourhood of Charing-cross, when he was sud-
denly addressed by the prisoner, who said to him,
" Halloo, old fellow, how are you ? How is George ?"
Having a brotlier of the name of George, the prose-
cutor thougEtalie 'prisoner meant him, and answered
the kind question in a similar spirit, whereupon the
prisoner said, " Will you give us a drop of some-
thing ?"
,Convinced that there could be no mistake,
the prosecutor accompanied the prisoner to a public-
house anfrp4id for rum for both of them, and after-
wards-44'q m; and water and cigars. When the time
arrived, huiwever, for going home, the prisoner showed
his real character by threatening to bring the most
re6ltingaccusations against him. The dread,Ofdisgrace
iniuced the prosecutor to give money to the prisoner,
who, as might be supposed, calculated upon keeping
hiS victim under contribution. Next morning the
prisoner, who had watched the prosecutor from the
house at which the latter was employed, walked up
to him and asked him for Is. 6d., at the same time
assuring him that no further demand should be made
upon his purse. A policeman, however, heard the
prisoner speak, and the prosecutor instantly gave the
miscreant into custody. The prisoner told the police-
man that the prosecutor had borrowed 10s. of him,
and that the latter had refused to pay the debt, which
led to the difference between them, and he besought
the prosecutor not to give him into custody, but to
shake hands, and he should never give any further
trouble.

The policeman's evidence fully supported the pro.
seeutor's statment.

The LORD MAYOR much approved of the conduct
of the prosecutor in giving the prisoner into custody,
and said that the judges took good care that persons
convicted of such offences as that with which the pri-
soner was charged should never have an opportunity
of making similar accusations.
The prisoner said he had lent the prosecutor 10s.,
and all he wanted was to have the money back.
GUILDHALL.
On Saturday Mr. Alderman Moon and Mr. Alder-
man Sidney were engaged for three hours in hearing
a charge of pirating a registered design. The infor-
mation charged Mr. Spurway, a house decorator in
Bishopsgate-street, with having, on the 27th of
August last, sold a piece of splashed granite paper-
hanging, being a fraudulent imitation of a new and
original design for a splashed granite paper, regis-
tered on the 20th of November, 1846, by Mr. William
Gibbs, of 149, St. Mary-axe, a manufacturer of paper-
hanging.
Mr. Clarkson addressed the magistrates on behalf of
the complainant, who was injured by the defendant
not only pirating his pattern, but selling it at a lower
price. He explained the provisions of the Copyright
of Designs Act, 6th of Victoria, cap. 100. One of the
classes of manufactures which might be registered was
paper-hangings, and a copyright was given for three
years to the inventor of a new pattern. Notice had
ad
been given to the defendant that Mr. Gibbs
did not consent to the application of his re-
gistered design by defendant, to Which he replied,

by letter, that be had taken advice, and con-
sidered his pattern was not an imitation of Mr.
Gibbs'. After this he sold the piece of paper now
in question. Upon comparing the two the magis-
trates would observe that the defendant's design re-
presented blocks of granite of a smaller depth, but
projecting a corner towards the spectators in bold
relief, like the complainant's. In both the same co-
lours were used on the same sides of the block. In
both the relief was made the stronger by the use of
a white line to define the limits on each side of the
stone, and to prevent any two colours from uniting
directly. This white line was a chief feature in the
originality of the design. He began his proofs by
putting in his registered design and certificate, which,
he said, was to be proof, unless the contrary were
shown of the originality of the design.
Mr. Hindmarsh (author of a work on the law of
patents), on behalf of the defendant, urged, that to be
protected, a design must be " new and original."
The certificate was to be evidence of the originality,

but not of the novelty of the design. Mr. Clarkson
must prove the novelty. Novelty was a term imply-
ing the newness of the design. Originality only
meant that the party originated the pattern.
Mr. Alderman IN oon said originality was a word
of large signification, and Mr. Alderman Sidney
thought with him that it relieved the complainant
from proving his design was new. The defendant was
at liberty to show it was not new.
The sale of a piece was then proved, and two wit-
nesses (paper manufacturers) were called to show
that one design was an imitation of the other, as to
its general effect upon the eye. One was not a copy
of the other, either on the same scale of size or a re-
duction of the pattern preserving the proportion of
all the parts ; but it was an imitation presenting the
roaterial feature, observing the same proportion in
some parts, and deviating in others.
Mr. Ilindmarsh cross-examined them with great
point, to show that the idea of representing granite
stones was not new, nor was the use of white lines
new, nor the piling of blocks of granite one on an-
other, nor presenting the angle of the stone to the in-
terior of the building; but they had never seen a pat-
tern presenting a series of cubes only. The cubes
had been combined with other figures or objects. Mr.
Gibbs' design was a perfect cube, with the angle pre-
sented to the interior, while Mr. Spurway's presented
only 2-sths of the cube. Representing a tesselated
pavement was not new.

- Air. Alderman Woon intimated that it was not
enough to show all the parts of the design were old,
for a combination of old forms might produce a new

Mr. Hindmarsh said, his answer to the complainan
was, that the registered design was not new and ori.
ginal, and, therefore, was not protected by the regis.
tration. He called several witnesses.

The first produced a copper-plate engraving,
in a quarto book, published by Nicholson, in
1818, containing new patterns for the use of merchants
of various occupations. There was no heading or
description, but it appeared to be a series of 24 pat-
terns for flour cloths. One of them was a series of
perfect cubes, presenting the same projected angle, but
in two colours only, while Mr. Gibbs' had three.
The top was one colour, and the two sides of different
colours, as if the light fell on one side, while the other
side was shadowed, because the stone was placed
cornerways. Again, the shape of the stone was
shown by black lines, while that appearance was
raised by leaving white lines in Mr. Gibbs' paper. It
did not, therefore, stand out in such bold relief.
Some papers were made up in patterns which the
witnesses could not produce, but which they swore
they had seen many years ago in different buildings.
One of these was a large cube of sienna marble pat-
tern, pasted on a round pattern ; but still the idea of
the form of the stone was raised by strong black lines
instead of white spaces.
The defendant's case was fairly knocked up by
calling the designer of the imitation, who, after being
a good deal pressed by Mr. Clarkson, said he carne to
be employed in this way:—He called in upon Mr.
Spurway, and asked him if he had seen " the new
style of granite ?" and said he could produce some-
thing " which would work the same," but be diffe-
rent in fact ; and he sketched out in ten minutes a
representation of part of a five-sided, instead of a six-
sided figure, which Mr. Gibbs' was.

Mr. Alderman IS'oon said his colleague agreed with
him that a fraudulent imitation of the registered de-
sign had been sold, and they fined the defendant 51.,
with 31. costs.

Mr. Alderman SIDNEY intimated that he had some
misgivings of the newness of the pattern, but it had
not been shown to be old.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

On Saturday i'fary Hill, one of the servants em-
ployed at the Middlesex hospital, was brought before
Mr. Bingham, charged with having stolen six loaves
of bread and a quantity of meat, the property of the
governors of the hospital.
William Nicholls, a messenger, said the prisoner
was employed in the kitchen of the hospital. From
the numerous robberies that had lately occurred he
had been desired by his superiors to keep a watch on
the servants in the kitchen. About twelve o'clock on
Friday last he had occasion to go to a closet where
the lames were kept, and in a place there he found
tied up in an apron six loaves of bread, and the piece
of meat now produced, which he believed to be the
property of the hospital.
Alexander Sheddon, the secretary, stated, in con-
sequence of the discovery made by the last witness,
he went with the matron into the kitchen, and
showed the prisoner the apron in which the loaves
had been wrapped. The prisoner said the apron was
her property, and that she had not lent it to any one.
The prisoner, when the bread and meat were pro-
duced, acknowledged, without any hesitation, that
she had taken the articles, and had placed them in the
cupboard where they had been found. The prisoner
declared afterwards that she did not take the bread
with the view of disposing of it for money, but
for the purpose of giving it to a person who was in
a starving condition. The governors ware deter-
mined to put an end to the system of pillage that was
carried on, and they therefore caused the prisoner to
be given into custody.
The constable who took the prisoner into custody
said she begged Mr. Sheddon not to send her to
prison, as it was her first offence.

The prisoner made no defence, and was fully corn
mitted.

WORSHIP-STREET.
On Saturday Mr. Charles Clayton, a fancy soap
manufacturer and wholesale perfumer in Fell-street,
Wood-street, Cheapside, was brought up for final
examination before Mr. Hammill, charged with at-
tempting to violate the person of a young woman,
17 years of age, named Georgiana Hoskins, resid-
ing with her parents at Shacklewell, and some ad-
ditional evidence confirmatory of that previously
published having been adduced, and Mr. Vann, who
appeared for the defence, having addressed the mfigis-
trate in behalf of his client, urging the extreme im-
probability of so respectable a person, and who was
moreover a married man, so foolishly committing
himself with a young woman who, even if her state-
ment were true, there could be but little doubt was
somewhat of a consenting party.
Mr. HA.mrsina. said he was of opinion that the case
had been satisfactorily established, and ordered the
depositions to be taken, and the prisoner fully com-
mitted for trial, but consented to allow an extension of
the bail before put in—the prisoner himself in 2001.
and two sureties in 100/. each—for his future appear-
ance to answer the charge.

MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION. -On Saturday L.
Shadwell, Esq., the barrister appointed to revise the lists
of voters for the county of Middlesex, appointed the
following days, at ten o'clock each day, for holding his
Courts:—Saturday, October 2, at the King's Head, En•
field; Monday, October 4, at the Globe, Mile-end-road;
Tuesday, October 5, at the Green Man, Bethnal-green;
Wednesday, October 6, at White Conduit House, Isling-
ton; Thursday, October 7, at the Sussex Hotel, Bouve-
Tie-street, Fleet-street ; Monday, October 11, at the
Vice-Chancellor's Court, Westminster Hall ; Tuesday,
the 12th, at the Chandos Arms, Edgware; Wednesday,
the 13th, at Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead; Thursday,
the 14th, at the White Horse, Uxbridge; Saturday, the
16th, at the Black Dog, Bedfont; Monday, the 18th, at
the Royal Hotel, Brentford; and on Tuesday, the 19th,
the Sussex Arms, Hammersmith. The claims and ob-
jections are more numerous than usual ; Mr. W. H.
James being the Liberal, and Mr. J. Paine, the Conser-
vative
agent.

THE -REV. DR. DILLON.—EXTRAORDINART OR-
DINATION.—Last evening the Rev. Dr. Dillon held an or-
dination at White's-row Chapel, Spitaltields, which
place he has recently converted into a " Reformed
Church of England." Considerable interest was ex-
cited by this novel ceremony, as it was expected that an
ecclesiastical prohibition would issue, and that the pro-
ceedings would thus be interrupted. No authoritative
notice. however, of the affair was taken. The person to
bo ordained was a Mr. James Eliot, who is to take
charge of the chapel in Friar-street, Blackfriars. The
sermon was preached by Dr. Dillon, and had reference
to the doctrine of apostolical succession. At the close
of his discourse Dr. Dillon retired, and shortly after-
wards returned, habited in episcopal robes, assuming
the office of a bishop. The ordination service was pro-
ceeded with ; questions similar in their character to
those contained in the ordination service of the Church
cf England being put to the candidate. The imposition
of hands then took place.
PRICE OF TUB GOSPEL AT BRIGHTON.—We were
pained on entering the Chapel Royal, last Sunday (the
strangest looking apartment, by the way, architecturally
viewed, that ever boasted such a title), to be stopped in
limine by a money taker, who demanded one shilling
each from our party, and gave us a check, in playhouse
fashion, which ought to have procured us seats, but did
not, until, with strict adherence to the model, seemingly
followed, the pew-keeper had been personally satisfied
that it was right to keep the promise virtually made by
the proprietors at the door. Our business is more with
the church architectural than the church ministrant, if
we may use the word, but a proceeding of this sort,
which raises feelings incompatible with the purpose of
the day, really concerns us all.—The Builder.

ANOTHER SUPPOSED CASE Or

WHOLESALE POISONING.
MENEA, NEAR ELY, SATURDAY.—During the Pat
few days the greatest excitement has prevailed in thii
and the surrounding districts, from the discovery of
one of the most appalling cases of poisoning that has
probably ever disgraced the records of crime. As far
as can at present be ascertained, four innocent chil-
dren have been prematurely hurried into eternity.
From inquiries that have been made, it appears that
a female named Ann Barnes, who for some time past
had been residing at Ely, but latterly had been star
ing at her son's, at Parlo-bridge, near this village,
had been in the habit of taking a number of young
children to nurse during the daytime, while their
parents were engaged in gathering in the harvest.
Amongst the children in her care were four, whose
ages averaged from seven to fifteen months. The first
of these four children, a daughter of a labourer,
named Benjamin Hartley, was taken ill a short time
back, and after a few days' severe suffering it re-
covered, having having been taken home and placed und
the care of its mother. Immediately afterwards the
child belonging to John Hartley, another labourer,
was taken ill, and a third was seized with similar
symptoms about the same period; and the fourth, the
infant child of John Young; Mrs. Barnes's son was
also laid up with illness. After a few days of excru-
ciating agony the children died. The fact of 50
many children having died under such mysterious
circumstances having come to the knowledge of the
police, a-, inquiry was forthwith set on foot, the re"
stilt of which showed that each case was fraught with
suspicion. appri.sed,
Mr. Peate, the Coroner, was immediately
that
of what the police had been able to learn, and
a:
functionary at once issued his warrant for holding a
inquest on the body of Mary Ann Young, the onlY
one not interred.
Mr. Dean, a surgeon, who had made a post-moot-
examination of the body, and had analysed the
tcobst
tents of the stomach, said he was prepared to say
the deceased had been poisoned with arsenic.
Ann Young, wife of John Young, said that .sebri
°
lived in the house of her husband's. mother, she
Barnes. When she noticed that her child was lli
then
asked her mother-in-law if she could tell svh
you,
u,
matter with it, when she replied, "Go along with 9
it ails nothing."
By the CORONER—I have no reasonwthoesnus
person but my husband's mother.
child was ill she said to me, of the other
all in time." She said that before y
era about Harley's
children were ill. When I told her a 1-IPearcttleay%
mean to settle then'
havec il d
justshe laughed,
repeated. and made use of the expression I
died Jo
from
mY
arsenic.oung sa i d
He was had heardposit
positive
thatt
at
at his
alacs
shoitnl child
hhhrsaed:
given the deceased any food during the
her that if
weeks except his mother. He had told _ roust
anything had been given to the deceased she '"
have given it.
Elizabeth Hartley said that her child had been old.
Mrs. Barnes to be nursed. It was eleven w
ee h.-50;th.
It was taken ill on Thursday, the 26th of last I'
It was quite well when she took it to her in theeraarbnal
ing. Witness asked Mrs. Barnes, at night tun
ailed it, when she replied, "Nothing ; it is as :Ve_l-1:511
usual." Witness noticed that its belly was P'
shrunken.
Elizabeth Aubery said that Mrs. Barnes h.ad_dbaeyr,
child to nurse. It was perfectly well till Sat r
ilbefore
the 14th of August. It died on threat 4 , and
Young's child expired. It was in g Pain
brought up everything it took.
Several other witnesses were examined, who nride
to the state the children were in before they diedii' and
also that Mrs. Barnes, on one occasion, was
11
confined to her bed. nptotos,
suffering
said Dean, after hearing detailed her sYI g
said he had no reason to suppose she was
from poison.
After an arrangement was made for the exhuir" _tti°li
he
of the other bodies, the inquest was adjourned, !
second time, till Thursday, the 16th instant.

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RAIL WAY SHARE MARIibA"-
LIVERPOOL, SErTEßusisrt 11. i dant
STOCK ExcisarioE.-Our share market still continues - •
and prices have a downward tendency. The transactro
at this day's market were few and unimportant. The 8, rs.
are-East Lancashire, New, 2% dia.-Ditto, New, Qua.t;B„"
1,4 dis.-Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths (Wrest R,.`1:1„"
Union), 183. 9d. die. -London and N ortk- Western, 1"a
Ditto Quarters, New, 84
perkp.-Mancester, Sheffield,
~.ah
Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1 (VA cent. guar. till '31.?/,
1 Ditto;p.- (late Grimsby and Sheffield). 9%e dis•Ll,l:,
land Stock, 116-Ditto, 401. Shares, 44%-Pitto, ..._
Halves, 2% p.-Shrewsbury and Chester, 10/. Shares,ll.
ference (guar. 8 per cent. ), 2 p.-Shrewsbury sad -DLL
mingham, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), 1% dis.- 6
2-Sout-E s.)astlA
!IL,
and Dover, 33%-Ditto, No. 4, Thirds(at 3d di
dis.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick sax p.
MANCHESTER Seriss 11.
Nevt
shire, and Cheshire, 5 7-16 dis.-East Lancashire, _
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The st:les are-Birkenhead, LOXICI
Quarters, 1,6 dis.-Great Northern, 3,/i dis.-Lancasbir:
and Yorkshire, 321. Shares, 24 diB.-Ditto, Fifths (late W es
Riding Union, 1 1-16 dis.-Liverpool, Manchester, and New-
castle Junction, 2 dis.-Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln-
shire, Preference, 1/. p.-North British, Thirds, 4 P.Ditto:
Extension, par-North Staffordshire, 2 n.--Freston, and
Wyre, Halves (A), 4 p.--South-Eastern and Dover,
,l'lniii
1% c. dis -York,
Berwick).E. • Newcastle, and Berwick (NeWcastie
LGE.EE-DInS,
sShEal'reTsEXlßweEnhalvle.
Extension, No. 2, 3!‘ p.
STOCK ExcHAN
to report a
amount of business, with gradually falling prices and 1n°5(0.1
infavourable prospects. The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
-1 D
ham, and Boston, 1% dis.-East Lancashire, 2% dis.- itto,
New, 565. dis.-Ditto, Quarters, Ils. dis.-Great Northern,
3% n. dis.-Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Ridinf IThl'
223. n. dia.-Leeds and Dewsbury, Branches Scrip (blue f
par-Leeds and Thirak, Preference, 225. 6d. dis.--bialv
allot.
cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 2s. p•
ment-Midland, Preference, 1% n. p.-Newcastle an
Pd Be"
wick, New, 27,3 p.-North British, Thirds, 6d. I
North-Western, 314 dis.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, IP
Goole, 255. dis.
HULL, SErrEminut 11. ifir
STOCK Exctraziou.-The sales are--Ambergstte, Nett
ham, and Boston, 215.-Newcastle and Berwick, Neer, 3 1,7;
-Leeds, Wakefild, and Midland, 18s. dis.-North-Wester ,
60s. dis.-North British, Extensions, par.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, SzrTEstnErt 11. ~
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Great Northern, 7;
135.-Hartlepool Dock and Railway, 147-Newcastle al''
Carlisle (Alston Branch), 514 p.-North British, Quarters!
ss. p.-North Staffordshire, 2 1-16 p.-York, Newcastle, an
Berwick , New, 3 p.
EDINBURGH, SE£TEMBER 10.
STOCK Excluxon-The sales are-Aberdeen, 33/...-
Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 26/ 101.
-Ditto, Halves, 14/. 10s.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. 105.--
Caledonian, 321. 155.-Ditto, New, 11. 53.-Caledonitin
and Dumbartonshire, 10s.-Clydesdale Junction, 53/.-,D"
side 2/. 10s.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 1/. 7 . 6d
-Dundee and Arbroath, 39/.Ditto. New, No. 1, 291
_ls._
-Ditto, New, No. 2, 32/.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31. 10 :74
Dundee and Northeia Junction 11. Ils.-Dundee_ a_7:
Perth, 341. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 18/. 12s. 6d. -Ditto, ttu'lL
ters, 31. 7,.-East of Fife, 41. 55.-East Lothian Cent.ra',lo%,
133.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 8/.-Edinburgh ana "i4L
gow, 551.-Ditto, Halves, 17/. 108.-Ditto, Quarters,e_„,_
-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 18L-Ditto, Prefel;:rl
201.-Ditto, New, 31. 1913.-Ditto, Quarters, 95.---Edinsol,
and Northern, 191. 10s.-Ditto, New, 2/. 125.-Dittd°'nburgh
port, 6/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, IL 10s.---D,l 0...--
and Perth (New Co.), 14 31.- Ditte,_ Halves, 05;2/. /610 -
and
and Ayrshire, 1101-Ditto, New Stock, 101 los.
-Ditto, Halves, No. 1,8/. 55.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2,„,„,,geft
-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 8/. 2s. 6d.--u-.,.." 114
and Garnkirk, 39/. ex div.-Glasgow General Terniii;tl:s 91
155.-Glasgow and Greenock, 18/. 12s. 60 -Ditto, Ilaiv; ;old
-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 2s. 6d.-Glasgow, .1101e,rii„,°°-orsA
Ardrossan, 31. 155.-Great North of qcotland, 1-1. .1---- Iste
Northern (late Direct Northern ' 6cl•
-Ditto (
), 2/. 2s. • ~......pittef
London and York)
i, 1/. 53.-North British, 37 Qiisr-
Halves, 13/. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters,2 19it'°' A."..
51. 5•", 6-
ters New (scrip), 12s. 6€1.-Ditto Thirds, li. 101. ttio
-Ditto, Fifths, 51. 155.-Scottish ' Central, 271.-4Srrews*
Grand Junction, 195.-Scottish Midland, 171 155.-71 Char
bury and Hereford, 10x.-Shrewsbury, OswestrY, an-gtirlirig
ter, 191.4/. lar,-__-"yorkr
105.-Stirling and Dunfermline,
jand Midland, 71.-Wishaw and Coltness 471. IvB. No. l'
4 wcastle, and Berwick, 139 L-Ditto Extensions And
1.-Ditto, ditto, No. 2,8/. 2s. 6d.--2Direct Borobirjedia,
Madras, Is. 9d.-East Indian, ls. 6d.-Great North °,,Tojore,
2s. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras, la- 9cl*--I,lladras, ~,

and Arcot, ls. 6d.
GLASGOW, SErrEmsan 10. , I'~
STOCK EXCMANGE.—The sales ara—Aberueep, , pow
Caledonian, 32 t, New, 258.—CaledonianIVB. 6d,1
bartonshire, 10s.—Dundee and Perth, Quarte.rs,
smock. an,,,,,.
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Mk—Glasgow', l'lllinges,l'lt
Aye(4o/. Shares), 424 ex div. ex new—Pitts, fives, an
Carlisle, 8% ex Ditto, Now, 81- 3-7 d-
I o, 1)nro _,
I, 714—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 9%---14,."g ganchester and
28,.....5c0t•
Southampton, 15s. 3d.—North British, Thir v,

A basket of grapes and a leg of - mutton have been
recently sent through the Darlington post-office.

dsh Central, 275.

ziltrifS. he
of Oansotnh.e 7th inst., the wife of air. floury Gurney, of
Ocnostmhoe 9thinst.,in Oxford•terrc:,sol:
of William Gordon, Esq., of • d 0
On the 9th inst., at Edmonton, Mrs. John Bernard'
daughter.
On the lOth inst., at the Grove, HackneY'
On the 10th inst., at Chester-place, Hyde-park-3gal°' the
wife of Charles Keyser, Esq., of a a ul. . e of gr.
yde-park, the oil°
Perceval Daniell, of New Bond-street, of a d:zlll;h7e fr.
On the 9thr inst., at Sjit.AJßaitmiLD'; Church, PaddilV 01
ACtiZsY,seY'e, il'
Royal Artillery. waterh
On the 1 sl., to Henrietta, daughter of Captai Pi-
_ e Sth inst., Hants,' Paul's, Deptford, William hter
"CI., of Cholderton, to Mary Anne, second (Dug
of Robert Hatfull, Esq., of Deptford, Kent.

sienri
On the Ist inst., in InvePrinEeliss..shire, Ur. Virilliara --
Whitbury, aged 35. abed 76.
On the 3d inst., at Greenrich, Mrs. Sarah Funge,
On the 3d inst., at Cambridge, Thomas Sortzell, Esq' nii
the ith inet at Beitconstield Mary Skase, the °
daughter of Mr. Francis B. Bread, aged' 17. J.
On the 7th inst., at Bushey, ‘Herts,
Harrison, Esq., aged 66. ed 74
On the Bth inst., at Dartmouth, John Tea
ig ' 0
58", Willia
On the Bth inst., at Woodford Hall, .V.,
Morris, Esq., aged 50.
On the 9th inst., at Dalston, Mr. William Cockell. ,p,
On the 9th inst., in Skinner-street, Anr.e, the Wife o'
Barry, aged 33. Susanna, relict Of
--421's
On the 9th inst., in Manchester-buildings, Vrestrairi.--
William Francis Scott, Esq., aged 45.
On the 9th inst., at Hayes, Middlesex, John Boddy milt*
terfield, Esq., aged 78.

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