The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-16 00:00:00

TEE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1860.

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.
cc Ills Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, K.G., has
kindly* consented to PRESIDE at the THIRTY-SECOND
ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL in AID of-the FUNDS of
this HOSPITAL, to be held at the Freemason's Tavern, on
WEDNESDAY. the 30th May.

LORAL HALL, COVENT-GARDEN.
In consequence of the immense number of applications
is view the New Floral Hall, as fitted f'or the Royal Volun-
teer Ball, arrangements have been made to open the Hall for
Exhibition TO-MORROW, SATURDAY, March 17.
On this occasion the wliole of the fittings, decorations,
and illuminations of the Royal Volunteer Ball will be exhi-
bited.

The full band of the' Ciildstream Guards. by the kind per-
mission of Colonel Lord Frederick Paulet, CAI., will attend
during the evening.

Admission, 2s. Gil,

The doors will he thrown open at 8, and close .at 11. The
entrance will be in Bow-street.

(IIIRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall,
kj Xing William-street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon-
don.—tvery Evenitrz at 8, and every Saturday Mornintx at
3 o'clock. Tickets andplacca may •be seemed at the Hall
from 11 till 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-end;Box-office, St.
James's • Hall, Piccadilly.—Sote Proprietor and Manager,
Mr. J. W. RAYNOR.

DR. KAHN will continue to deliver his popular
Lectures on the " Philosophy of Marriage," daily at 3
and P, athis Museum, top of the Haymarket. Admission,
One Shilling.•
Dr. Kahn's treatise on the above subject, sent post-free for
twelve stamps, direct from the author; 17, Harley-street,
Cavendish-square.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Grand
CASINO, open every Evening, with the celebrated
Band. Established 10 years. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte ;
principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open at half-
past 8, commence at 9. Close a few minutes before 12. Ad-
mission, is.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
• HIGH HOLBORN.
This Establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the
elegance and matchless beauty of its decorations, 'combined
with the perfection of its management Is OPEN EVERY
EVENING. The celebrated band, under fhe direction of-Mr.
W. M. tacker, plays a nightly-varied selection of the m c t
approved classical and modern music. Doors open at half-
past 8. Overture at 9. Closing at 12. Admission, One
Shilling.

TWO HUNDRED P‘
-1. LOST, on Friday, the 9th
street, near to the London and V
place, the following BANK of E
£2OO, , No. 77,550
100 , 20,940
100
50
50
20
20
20
20
20
10
10
10
10
10
5
5

OUNDS REWARD.-
of March instant. is Oxford-
Test min s ter Bank, Strati ord.
INGLAND NOTES, via.:-
25th January, 1860.
24th September, 1859.

23d July, 1858.

22d December, 1859.

23d January, 1860.

27th January, 1860.

Payment has been stopped at the Bank of England. Who-
ever may have found the said Notes, and will return the same,
or whoever will give such information as shall lead to the
recovery of the same within three months from this date shall
receive the above Reward, or a proportionate part thereof,
according to the amount recovered. Information to be given
to Messrs. R. and S. Mullins, Solicitors, 7, Poultry, London,
E.C.
lath March, 1860.

THE PURE FLUID MAGNESIA of Sir
JAMES MURRAY, M.D., re-carbonated, sparkling,
and permamently saturated, ha prepared by his last patented
pre ceases (1859), which render it perfectly effective for pre-
venting or removing. acidities, gout, gravel, and indigestion,
thus supplanting debilitating alkalies. •
London, 143, New Bond-street, February 23d, 1860.
The Sample of his new sparkling FLUID MAGNESIA,
which Sir James Murray wished examined, yielded 121 Grains
of Carbonate of Magnesia, which gives about 19 Grains of
Bi-carbonate of Magnesia for each fluid ounce of Solution.
T. SCH WE ITZ ER,
Analytical Chemist.
This patented antacid is perfected in Dublin, and at Mr.
Linder s, 104, Strand, London, to whom orders may be ad-
dressed ; who also supply William Bailey, of Wolverhamp-
ton, wholesale and shipping agent; Savory, Squire, anti
Wilcox, chemists, London, and all respectable vendors of
medicine. In bottles, at ls., 2s. 6d. and 38. 6d. each. Acidulated
Syrup is. and 2s. each.

TEA. STRACHAN and CO.'s Strong rough
" Demeiatio" Black at 3s. 2d. per lb.-26, Coruhill, Lon-
don. E.C.

TEA STRACHAN and CO.'s Fine " Inter-
mediate" Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon-
don. E.C.

TEA. STRACHAN and Co.'s Matchless
" Drawing Room" Black at 4s. 2d. per Ib.-26, Corn-
hill, London. E.C.

THE NA Vl'.

The Duke of Somerset, as First Lord of the
Admiralty, held a levee yesterday at the Admi-
ralty, when the following officers waited upon
him :—Vice-Admiral Collier, Rear• Admiral Austin,
Capt. J. B. Marsh, Copt. Robert Jenkins, Capt. J.
Rawstone, Capt. W. Morris, Capt. F. Patten, Capt.
S. G. Creswell, Capt. G. Hinckley, Capt. C. 0.
Hayes, Captain John H. Hayes, Capt. F. A. B.
Craufurd, Commander E. W. Law, Commander W.
H. Hood, Commander H. H. Beamish, Commander
V. 0. Inglefield, Commander H. Nelson, Comman-
der C. S. Forbes, Commander G. Blane, Comman-
der E. Hore, Commander W. Armytage, Comman-
der J. S. Ellman, Commander E. A. Glynn, Com-
mander J. S. Ross, and Commander G. H. Gardner.
A court-martial was held on Wednesday on
board the Impregnable, at Pl7mouth, for the trial
of First-Lieutenant John Richard Masonll, Royal
Marines, upon a charge of drunkenness. The
court consisted of Rear-Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley,
and Captains R. S. Robinson, W. J. Williams, H.
J. Cockburn, W. H. Ste wart, and William East-
lake, Judge-Advocate. Captain E. G. Fanshawe,
of her Majesty's ship Trafalgar, prosecuted. The
charge was " that the said First-Lieutenant John
Richard Mascall, of tke Royal Marines, being
in active service, and full pay in her Majesty's
fleet, and serving on board her Majesty's ship
Trafalgar, was, on or about the Bth day of 11Iarch,
1860, drunk on board the said ship." The prisoner
pleaded guilty. The court sentenced him to be re-
primanded, to lose two years' service in the Royal
Marines, and to be dismissed from her Majesty's
ship Trafalgar.
The naval transport Rochester and the transport
Falmouth have commenced shipping stores at
Chatham.

The Prussian frigate Thetis, Captain Jackmann,
accompanied by the schooner Frutionlob, sailed from
eon;
feel nt sh
ea t a
vi tahl eeafd
t,
expected
n st port olrete
vs still Ipl
prior
Spithead early yesterday morning for China. he
he andA irse
eneoat
screw frigate from Southampton.
The Canaan hired transport, Capt. Wilson, sailed
from Spithead yesterday morning for Deptford to
land Government stores.
The Firebrand, 6, paddle, Commander James M.
Bruce, steamed out of harbour yesterday to Spit-
head, where she will take in her powder and shell
before proceeding on further service.
The Victoria and Albert, Royal paddle yacht, re-
ceived her superhea it. ng steam apparatus, under the
sheers in the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday.
'was
The Bulldog, 6, paddle, yesterday removed
from tho steam basin to a berth alongside
the
north
wall, and the paddle e Fire Queen, tender, M aster-
Commander Paul, was taken
into the steam basin
to complete repairs, &c.
The Rinaldo, 17, screw, which has
been built in
No. 7 dock at Portsmouth, has a number of hands
engaged upon her to complete her coppering
and other necessary works, in readiness for her
undocking about the 22d instant. The Sutlej,'
51, screw, which has been lengthened and converted
from a sailing to a screw frigate in No. 9 dock, has
also a large number of hands employed in caulking
and finishing the requisite portions of work for her
undocking about the same date. The Frederick
William, 86, screw, on No. 2 slip, has her figure-
head (a bust figure of Prince Frederick William of
Prussia) in position. Her anchor has been brought
down and placed under her bows in readiness for
hoisting to her port cathead, prior to her launch on
the 24th inst.
Vice-Admiral H. W. Bruce, naval commander-in-
chief at Portsmouth, was entertained at dinner on
Wednesday evening by the officers of the Ports-
month division of Royal Marine Light Infantry in
their mess-room, at the Forton barracks. Covers
were laid for 67.
A strong gale from the north-west prevailed at
Plymouth on Wednesday. During a sudden gust
the screw steamship Trafalgar, 90, Capt. E. G.
Fanshawe, broke adrift from her moorings in
Hamoaze. Her anchor was lot go immediately,
and she was brought up without damage.
The paddlewheel steam troopship Dee, Master
Commander T. C. Bullen, from Woolwich, with
machinery, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday
evening.
The gunboat Plover, built to replace the vessel
of that name recently lost, has commenced receiving
her engines, of 60 horse-power, from Messrs. Napier,
of Glasgow. _ _

Mr. Wm. M. Harvey, 2d class assist..engineer,
was yesterday appointed to the Nile ; and Mr. L.
Brewer, acting 3d class assist.-engincer to the Nile,
as supernumerary for disposal.

Although the Commodore Perry, just arrived
from Melbourne, was 118 days at sea, the cabin passengers
have signed an address, stating their entire satisfaction
with the sailing and conduct of the ship, and attributing
the protracted Passage to calms and contrary winds.

NEW ORDISRB IN CHANCERY.

The following new General Orders and Rules of
the High Court of Chancery, dated the 6th day of
March, 1860, have been issued by the Lord Chan-
cellor :

"The Right Hon. John Lord CamplAl, •Lord
High Chancellor of Great Britain, by and with the
advice and assistance of the - Right, Hon. Sir John
Romilly, itlastor of the Rolls, the Right Hon. the
Lord Justice Sir James-Lewis Knight Bruce, the
Right_ Hon.- the Lord Justice Sir George James
TUrner, the Hein. the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard
--Turin 'KindersleY, the Hon. the Vibe-Chancellor
Sir John Stuart, and the Hon. the Vice-Chancellor
Sir William Page Wood, doth hereby, in pursuance
and execution of all powerS and authmities enabling
him in that behaff, order and direct in Manner
following

"I. From and after the 15th day of April, 18GO,
the practice of engrossing answers on parchment
shall be discontinued, and a defendant (except as
otherwise provided for by order No. 5) is to file his
answer, written bookwise, upon paper of the same
size and description as that on which bills are
printed.
"11. At the time when a defendant files his
answer he is to leave with the Clerks of Records
and Writs a fair copy thereof (without the sche-
dules, if any, of accounts or documents), and the
Clerks of Records and Writs are to examine and
correct such copy, with the answer filed, and re•
turn it so examined, with a certificate thereon, that
it is correct and proper to•be printed.-
" 111. A defendant is then to cause hie answer to
be printed from such certified copy on paper of the
same size and description, and in the same type,
style, and manner-on-and. in _which bills are re-
quired to be printed, and before the expiration of
four days from' the 'ling of his answer is to leave a
printed copy thereof with the- Clerks of Records
and Writs, with a written certificate thereon by the
defendant's solicitor, or by the defendant if defend-
ing in person, that such print is a true copy of the
copy of the answer so certified; and if such printed
copy shall not be so left the defendant shall be
Subject to the same liabilities as if no answer had
been filed.

" IV. At anytime after .the expiration of such
four days the defendant, within forty-eight hours
after the same shall have hee-zi demanded in writ-
ing, is to have ready for dal;very.to the plaintiff an
official and certified printed copy of the answer.
" V. Notwithstanding the preceding orders a
defendant is to be at liberty to swear to and file a
printed answer.

" VI. 0n receiving from the plaintiff a demand
for an official and certified printed copy of the, an-
swer, the defendant is to get a printed copy thereof
examined by the Clerks of Records and Writs, with
the answer as filed, and to stamp such copy with a
Chancery stamp for as. ; and the Clerks of Records
and Writs, on finding that such copy is duly stamped
and correct, are to certify thereon that the same is
a correct copy, and to mark the same as an office
copy.

Such copy is, on demand, to be delivered
to the plaintiff, who, on receipt thereof, is to pay to
the defendant the amount of the stamp thereon,
and at the rate of 4d. per folio for the same.
" VIII. The plaintiff is also to be entitled to de-
mand and receive from the defendant any addi-
tional number of printed copies of his answer, not
exceeding ten, on payment for the same at the rate
of hne halfpenny per folio.
" IX. After all the defendants who are required
to answer shall have filed their answers, a co-de-
fendant is to be entitled to demand and receive from
any other defendant any number of printed copies
of his answer, not exceeding six, on payment for
the same at the rate of one halfpenny per folio.
" X. Office copies of schedules to answers of ac-
counts or documents are to be obtained according
to the practice now existing for obtaining office
copies of answers.
" XI Where a plair.tiff is required to answer in-
terrogatories he is to file his answer thereto, and to
get such answer printed, and to furnish printed
copies thereof in the same manner as a defendant is
by these orders required to do with respect to his
answer.

"XII. The Clerks of Records and Writs are not
to certify or mark any printed copy of an answer
which has any alteration or interlincation in ►criting.

" XIII. NO costs are to be allowed either as be-
tween party and party, or as between solicitor and
client, for any written brief of an answer unless the
Court shall direct the allowance thereof.

" XIV. Solicitors are to be entitled to charge the
fees mentioned in the schedule hereto.

‘. XV. These orders are not to apply to answers
filed by defendants or by plaintiffs defending or
suing in forma paveris, except or(-1.cr I.
" XVI. Written bills, pleas, demurrers, special
cases, duplicates of summonses originating-proceed•
ings in Chambers, records for trial, interrogatories,
examinations, traversing notes, replications, supple-
mental statements, exceptions, and certificates to
he filed in the office of the Clerks of Records and
Writs, are to be written on paper of the same de-
scription and size as that on which bills are printed.
" Affidavits to be filed in the office of the Clerks
of Records and Writs are to be written on foolscap
paper bookwise. Depositions of witnesses are to be
written on foolscap paper bookwise or briefwise, as
the examiner may think fit. Provided, nevertheless,
that the Clerks of Records and Writs may receive
and file affidavits and depositions written otherwise
than as here directed, if, in their opinion, the cir-
cumstances of the case render such reception and
filing desirable or necessary.
" XVI. In these orders the following' words have
the several meanings hereby assigned -to them over
and above their several meanings, unless there be
something in the subject or context repugnant to
such construction (that is to say), words importing
the singular number include the plural number, and
words importing the plural number include the
singular number, and words importing the mascu-
line gender include females.
[Here follow the schedule of fees in the foregoing
orders referred to.]

" CAMPBELL, C.
" JOHN ROMILLY, M. It.
" J. L. KNIGHT BRUCE, L.I.
" G. J. TURNER, L.J.
" RICIID. T. KINDERSLEY, V.-C.
" JOHN STUART, V.-C.
" W. P. WooD, V.-C."

PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY.

The working officers of the Army look with no
favour on Mr. S. Herbert's proposal to select the
Lieutenant-Colonels of Regiments from among the
Majors. They know too well the theory and prac-
tice of the Horse Guards in the distribution of
patronage. Unhappily, their fears are by no
means groundless. Only a few days ago Gene-
ral Ashburnham obtained a regiment, though he
had returned from the East in disobedience of
orders. And even now it is said that Lord
George Paget is about to replace General Law-
renson at Aldershott, though his lordship's ex-
ploits as commander of " Paget's Irregular Horse "
are not yet forgotten. This is only one of
many instances of the pertinacity with which the
Horse Guards stick to a job. Only two years ago
an attempt was made to create the new office of In-
spector-General of Cavalry in India for the benefit
of this nobleman, but it was frustrated by public
remonstrance. It was not quite tolerable that a
young nobleman, who had converted a first-rate
cavalry regiment into " Irregular Horse," and had,
after coming home from the Crimea during the cam-
paign, expressed a sensible reluctance to return to
his duties, should be sent to India to inspect the
troops of such men as Jacob and Sir Hope Grant.
His advancement was stopped for the time ; now
after two years he appears again upon the scene.
His lordship is to undertake the lucrative and not
unpleasant duty of commanding a brigade at Alder-
shott. His command will last five years ; and
during that period the model camp will be used for
the purpose, not of educating young officers who
are devoted to their profession, but of supplying a
yearly income to a gallant cavalier whose favoured
i name .s more than a substitute for zeal and in-
telligence. No doubt Cavalry officers are pre-
pared with sufficient coolness to assert that the
public know nothing of the matter, and that they
have no right to interfere with her Majesty's pnro-
gative. Nor should we be surprised to find many
of them, like Lord Lucan, vindicating the excel-
lencies of the Cavalry officers against their own
written despatches, and some old veterans backing
them up. But the public have seen too much of
late years to put much faith in military opinions.
They have only to look at " Hart's Army List" to
satisfy themselves that soldiers both older and
better than Lord G. Paget are still unemployed.
In short, the appointment of this new Brigadier
is only too consistent with the fact that Sir R.
Airey, K.C.8., and the Hon. Colonel Gordon re-
main at the Horse Guards, at the very moment
when other staff officers are changed. Surely
if any real intention exists to remedy the system
which advanced these officers, neither Sir
Richard Airey, nor Colonel Gordon shoul.d have
been allowed to retain their present office a me-
meat longer than the two years.—Daily News.

THE WEST INDIA 6• PACJiIa MAILS

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Shannon
Capt. Abbott, with the above mails, has 'arrived
bringing dates from Honduras to the 17th Feb. ;
Grey Town, 15:h ; Colon, 23d ; Demerara, 25th
Trinidad, 21th ; Barbadoes, 27th ; Grenada, 2Gth
St. Vincent, 26th ; Antigua, 29th ; Samuel, -28th
Tobago, 24th ; St. Kitts, 29th ; and St. Thomas,
March Ist.

The Shannon brings 73-passengers, including R.
Seymour, Es q., Superintendent of British Honduras,
from Belise. Her specie consists of gold bullion
72,454 dol., silver bullion 233,910 doll., British coin

4,700 dols., pearls 6,060 dols., foreign gold coin
20,487 dols., foreign silver coin 113,71.8 dols., and
cargocoppcie• coinompr3is7eosdsosls.s—ertoontasl
cochineal,
451,699 ea
7 1 7 serenedeis..
digo, 467 bags cocoa, 148 seron bark, 3 bales to-
bacco, 13 tierces and 20 brls. coffee, and 125 pack-
agesin
of sundries.

-The steamer with the outward mails of the 17th
ult. had not arrived out when the Shannon sailed.
At Jamaica her Majesty's ships Imaum, Gladia-
tor, and .Racer—the latter ship had lately arrived
from Havannah ; at Antigua the Atalanta ' • at
Grey Town the Gorgon; at Carthagena the Cos-
sack.

On the 22d ult. the new British ship Peerless, on
her first voyage from Quebec to Liverpool, with tim-
ber, put into St. Thomas water-logged. She was to
discharge cargo for repairs.
Captain Lionel Lambert, of her Majesty's steamer
Vixen, was barbarously murdertd on the 9th of
February at Lima. The unfortunate gentleman lift
his hotel, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, to take a
bath ; his friends ware waiting for him to dine, but
he never returned. His body was after wards found,
and a despatch addressed to Capt. Miller was still
on his person, but his ring and watch were stolen.
The back of his head was fractured, and his fore-
head fearfully cut. His wrists bore signs of a fear-
ful struggle with his murderers. The murder of
foreigners has become so frequent at Lima that the
Peruvian Government is certainly called upon for
its immediate suppression.
In Honduras great excitement prevailed at
Ruatan, in consequence of the signing of a treaty
for the unconditional surrender of the Bay Islands
to the Republic of Honduras; an outbreak was ex-
pected. The sugar crops in Corosal promised to be
favourable. The Mexican troops had taken Santa
Cruz, the stronghold of the revolutionary Indians
in Yucatan, who had since mustered in Bacalar.
News of an attack was daily expected, and appre-
hensions were entertained of the Indians crossing
the British frontier at Corosal.

The West India Islands generally are complain-
ing for want of labour, and anxious for the impor-
tation of immigrants, which would be doubtless of
essential service to the West Indian colonies. A
good crop is expected at St. Kitts, and the yield of
the canes on many estates is better than has been
for many years.
A large and valuable portion of the city of Bar-
badoes has been laid in ruins. A destructive fire
passed over it on the morning of the 14th, sweeping
away the principal business establishments, and in
many instances entire districts. The cathedral was
much injured from the explosions around. The fire
was said to be the act of-an incendiary. The loss of
property is estimated at upwards of half a million
sterling, and only £30,000 is said to be insured. In
the market breadstuffs, provisions, &c., with some
few exceptions, were ample for wants, notwith-
standing the losses by fire, and arrivals gained no
advance on previous rates. Exchange on London
—Bank bills at 30 days, 490 dols. • 60 days, 4874
dols.; 90 days, 485 dots. ; private bills at 90 days,
480 ; bank bills on New York, 10 days, f per cent.
pm. ; 30 days, at par. Four per cent. discount for
private bills at 60 days' sight.
At Jamaica the past fortnight may be noted for
large and heavy sales of flour, meat, fish, &c.
Exchange on London.—Colonial Bank, 90 days,
1 per cent. pm. ; 60 days, 11 per cent. pm ; 30 days,
2 per cent. pin. Jamaica Bank, 90 days, 1 per cent.
pm. ; 60 days, 1 per cent. pm. ; 30 days, 2 per
sent. pin. Merchants' bills, 90 days, par : Corn-
sariat bills, 11- per cent. 30 days.

DREADFUL MURDER AT ERRE N.-
BR L% 17 STEIN.

The small town of Ehrenbreitstein, which lies at
the foot of the gigantic fortress of that name, has
been just frightened out of its propric;ty by the com-
mission of a dreadful murder within its quiet pi e-
eincts. At the Coblenz Carnival on Shrove Tuesday
no character was more conspicuous than Herr
Meder, a well-to-do proprietor of a tavern adjoining
the post-office in Ehrenbreitstein. Disguised as a
buxom matron, 'supposed to be celebrating her
silber-hockzeit, or 2oti anniversary If her wedding
day, he sat in a huge van drawn by eight horses.
Seated by the side of his consort, he dispensed nods
and smiles to the admiring crowd. A band of musi-
cians, in grotesque dresses, occupied the front of
the vehicle, while a humpbacked cook, in appro-
priate attire, waited on the wedding feast, and re-
plenished the spacious bowl of Rhine wino, from
which both bride and bridegroom indulged in fre-
quent potations. In the evening, at the bal masque
at the theatre, he was again the observed of all ob-
servers, his jovial countenance darkened by no
shadow of the fate impending over him. On the
Thursday night following he was brutally murdered
while asleep is his bed, with his wife and child,
the occupants of another bed in the same apartment.
His head was literally smashed to pieces with the
repeated blows of an axe found lying at the foot of
the bed. About 3 o'clock, some hours after the
commission of the deed, a set-I-alit, who slept in a
room above, was attracted by the cries of his
mistress, who was found tied hand and foot be-
hind the door of the room. She declared that
about 11 o'clock two men suddenly entered the
apartment, and at once proceeded to their bloody
business, one striking her sleeping husband a suc-
cession of blows, the first of which must have
been instantly fatal, his companion at the same
time threatening her with a similar fate if she made
the slightest noise or resistance. She was then
gagged and bound. The men then proceeded to
rob a secretaire in the adjoining apartment of
nearly 200 thalers, and then decamped. It is im•
possible to describe the sensation occasioned by this
shocking tragedy in Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein.
The funeral of the murdered man, who was highly
esteemed, was attended by an immense multitude,
and gossip was rife as to who had perpetrated the
deed. At length, after the eountry had been unsuc-
cessfully scoured for many miles, suspicion fell upon
those nearer home. At a respectable school in
Coblenz was a teacher named Keller, a well-edu-
cated man, of prepossessing manners and person,
but of loose morals. It was whispered he carried
on a licentious intercourse with the wife of Meder,
a young and attractive woman. On the day pre-
ceding the murder, but after the termination of the
Carnival ho hired a beard and a blouse. The former
he returned on the following day, but the blouse
has not been forthcoming, and the account he gives
of it is highly unsatisfactory; but suspicion is not
confined to him. His paramour, the wife of the
murdered man, is deeply implicated. By entries in
Keller's memorandum-book it appears he has lately
received considerable sums of money front the
woman ; but the darkest discovery is that of a
bloody footmark near the secretaire containing the
money of the unfortunate man, in the room adjoin-
ing to that in which he slept, and which exactly
corresponds with the foot of the woman ; but, as
she was discovered bound hand and foot and inca-
pable of moving, it is presumed she herself assisted
to rifle the secretaire, and then submitted to be
bound, in order to give an appearance of her being
rather a victim than an accomplice. Keller is in
prison and the woman under strict surveillance. At
the July assizes at Neuwied, where the trial will take
place, the facts, such as have been collected, will
he fully disclosed, and the guilt or innocence of the
suspected persons pronounced. In the meantime
the occurrence excites the greatest interest in the
neighbourhood.

REFRESHMENT HOUSES AND WINE LICENSES
Bri.L.—The bill brought into the House of Commons by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer to regulate the licensing,
of refreshment houses and tip granting of wine licences «::e
issued yesterday with the Prirliamentary p:pers. The bill
contains 36 clauses. The following is a summary of the.
most important :—After the passing of the bill licenses will
be granted at the following rates and duties :—Fer every
licence to keep a refreshment-house—if the house and pre-
mises in respect of which such licence shall be granted shall
be under the rent and value of £2O a-year, 10s. 6d. ; and if
the same shall be of the rent or value of £2O a-year or up-
wards, £1 Is. And for every licence to be granted as here-
inafter mentioned to any licensed keeper of a refreshment-
house to sell therein by retail foreign wine to be consumed
in such house, or on the premises belonging thereto—if
such house and premises shall be under the rent and value
of £5O a-year, £3 35.; and if the same shall be of the rent
or value of £5O a-year or upwards, £5 53. ; and for every
licence to be taken out by any person for the selling by re-
tail in any shop of foreign wine not to be consumed in the
how() or shop or on the premises where sold, £3 3s.

PRICE 4P. STAMPED, ST-).

211 E .EASTERN COUN FIE iiiILIVAY

ACCIDENT.

The inquest -was again resumed yesterday in the
Lecture-hall, Tottenham, before Mr. Humphreys
and the jury.
Sergeant Ballantine appeared on behalf of the
company ; Mr. Chambers, Common Sergeant, on
behalf-of Mrs. Beane; Mr. Mills, on behalf of the
relatives of the late Mr. Stokes; and Mr. Hum•
phries, on behalf of the relatives of the late Mr.
Satchell. Captain Tyler attended to watch the
proceedings on behalf of the Board of Trade.
Joseph Beattie, locomotive engineer on the lon-
. don, and North-Western Railway, was the first
witness called upon in continuation of the scientific
evidence adduced on the part of the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway Company. He deposed to the acci-
dent having arisen from the defective weld, which
he thought could not have been detected previous
to the accident. The quality of the iron of the tire
was good.

Edward M'Connell, manager of the locomotive
department of the London and North-Eastern
Railway, corroborated the preceding witness as to
the particular cause of the accident, the means of
detecting the defect, and the quality of the iron.
Mr. Webb, engineer, George-street, West-
minster, said he had examined the wheel, and
found that there never had been any metallic union
of the ends of iron in ,welding. There must have
been very little traetion -upon the wheel at the time
of the accident. One of the bolts Mast have pre-
viously been broken. The longitudinal flaw ought
to have been detected in the.heating Of the lire be-
fore it was put nn the wheel. = There were indica-
tions upon the broken. wheel to iho* it: was unsafe:
He found several fractures upon one of the driving
wheels of the disabled engine, and fdund iilgo that
the wheels themselves were defective, and that the
iron of the tires was of an indifferent kind. lie
thought that the engine-driver ought to have de-
tected the sectional flaw which caused the accident.
He thought there was an appearance of it being an
old fracture, and that it must have gaped previous
to its breaking.
The coroner, on the close of the examination,
proceeded to read over to jury the evidence that
had been brought forward during the course of the
inquest, and observed that he had no doubt that
during the time that had intervened between the
various stages of the inquiry they had fully weighed
the facts and opinions which had been brought be-
fore them, in which case any remark from him
would be •superfluous. They would now have to
decide whether the accident arose through. any
negligence on the part of the company or their ser-
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two hours delivered through their foreman the fol-
lowing verdict :—" We find that the deceased in-
dividuals met with their deaths from the breaking
of the tire of one of the leading wheels of an en-
gine in consequence of a defective weld, and we are
of opinion that had proper precaution and vigilance
been used the accident might have been avoided."
It is alleged that the accident has resulted in
another death at Bow, caused not so much through
any material injury received as through the effects
of the shock or fright attendant on the accident
operating on a delicate nervous system. The list
of deaths now amounts to seven.

POLICE IN TELLIGENCE.—March 15.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Thomas Roakarts and Pauline Smastars, two
foreigners, were charged with smuggling 611 b. of
foreign manufactured tobacco.
Henry Dyers, Inspector of Thames Poliee, said
—Last night, about seven o'clock, as I was walk-
ing through the Minories, I saw the two prisoners
crossing the road. Immediately they saw me the
female prisoner spoke to the male prisoner, and
dropped a bag containing about slb. of tobacco and
cigars. I then went up to the female prisoner and
took this bag from her, containing a quantity of
cigars. I told her that I was an officer of the Cus-
toms, and I asked them both if they had anything
about them liable to duty. The female prisoner
said, " My husband has not; let him go, and take
me." I then called A. cab, and put both prisoners ie
it. On the way to the station, the male priYoner
appearing very restless, I put my hand into his
coat. pocket, and took out about 36 cigars. I know
them both as desperate smugglers, for as soon as
the boat arrives from Rotterdam they go to a low
publichouse, where they meet the sailors belonging
to the vessel, from whom they receive smuggled
goods. I have been looking out for them for the-
last. eight months.
The female prisoner said (through an interpreter)
that she was living with the prisoner as his wife.

Sir W. Carden fined them £3 each, or one
month's imprisonment.

BOW-STREET.

A woman of poverty-stricken appearance, whose
name did not transpire, waited upon the sitting
magistrate, Mr. Hall, and submitted to him the
following singular statement :
She said that she %as a married woman, and was
confined about five weeks ago. The child only
liVed three weeks, and on its death she applied to
the parish officers to bury it. They declined to do
so unless on condition that her husband would go
into the workhouse, and go to work in the stone-
yard. This he refused to do, preferring to retain
his liberty and look out for employment. The re-
sult was that the corpse had remained a fortnight
unburied. She had placed it in a box, which was
closed up, but decomposition had set in, and it was
becoming offensive. The parish authorities ad-
hered to their decision not to bury the child unless
on the condition stated, which her husband as re-
solutely resisted.
The magictrat-^ invired where she lived.
The applicant replied that she lived at North-
end, Fulham. She had been to Hammersmith
Police-court, where she was referred to the Com-
missioners of Police, and on calling at the Commis-
sioners' office, in Scotland-yard, she was desired to
make her complaint at Bow-street.
Mr. Hall said that if the applicant's statement
was correct the parish authorities had acted im-
properly, and were liable to indictment ; but this
was not the court at which the complaint ought to
be made. However, he would send a request to the
Commissioners of Police to institute an, inquiry
through the superintendent of police for the divi-
sion in which the applicant lived. The superin-
tendent could report the result to the magistrate
at the Hammersmith Police-court, who would, no
doubt, take care that proper attention should be
paid to the matter.
A constable was accordingly despatched, in com-
pany with the applicant, to Scotland-yard, bearing
a message to the above effect.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—John William
Compton, a man-servant in the service of Dr. Tyler
Smith, 7, Upper Grosvenor-street, was charged
with stealing eight dozen wine bottles and two
cricket bats, and on suspicion of stealing a diamond
bracelet, value £l6O, and other jewels, the property
of his master.

Dr. Smith said his son lately came home from
Eton, and brought with him, among other things,
two cricket bats, of the value of 30s. On one of
these being missed the prisoner was questioned, but
denied all knowledge of them. From circumstances
which subsequently transpired in relation to these
bats, and a quantity of bottles removed from his
premises, the prisoner was apprehended. A diamond
bracelet and other articles of jewellery had been also
missed, and suspicion now fell upon the prisoner of
stealing them. The prisoner's wife had formerly
been housekeeper at his house in Grosvenor-street.
Mr. James Williams, landlord of the White Bear
public-house, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, proved
the prisoner's bringing one of the bats in question
to him to take care of, and that he received it, also
purchasing of the prisoner eight dozen wine bottles.
The prisoner was remanded.

MARYLEBONE.—Mr. Itammill handed to our
reporter a letter addressed to "'[he Sitting Magis-
trate," and of which the following is a copy :
" Lincoln's-inn, March 14.
" Sir,—The enclosed copy of an advertisement which ap-
peared in the Tinter of this day discloses another ingenious
mode of robbing those who can ill afford to be made the
victims of swindlers—clerks out of emploY• Your calling
the attention of the reporters of the press to It will, per-
haps, insure that publicity Nellie!' will place the unwary
upon their guard. No honestty-disposed person could re-
quire more than two or three stamps to answer the appli
cant and write to his references.—I have the honour to
remain, sir, your most obedient servant,
" IV. SNIITII."
The advertisement forwarded to the magistrate
ran thus:— _

"A— competent clerk may hear of a first-class situation
(salary
£BO per annum) by applying, by letter only, en-
closing 36 stamps,
with references, addressed to ' A. 0., 64,
Edgware-road, W.' "
Th© writer of the letter stated that the place of ad-
dress was a post-office, where replies were received,
a charge of id. for the care of each letter being
made to the person upon its being delivered to him
when he called.

The annual general meetii
was held yesterday at the Loi
Admiral the Earl of Shrewsb.
siding.
The CHAIRMAN, after a. few introanctory sen-
tences, spoke in congratulatory terms of the success
which had crowned the institution during the past
twelvemonths. The number of lifeboats had consi-
derably increased, and a much greater amount of
life had been saved from shipwreck than during any
previous corresponding period. He then referred
to the special claims which the institution had upon
the mercantile interests, and upon marine insurance
companies, and upon the community at large, its
object being to preserve the lives of others who
were engaged in the arduous and dangerous, but at
the same time to a commercial country ntct6iary,
occupation of navigating ships, and to mitigate one
of the greatest calamities with which Providence
Mr; I)l9as-cc' to afflict the human race.
Mr. LEWIS, the -secretart-, then -read the report,
an abstract of which has already appeared in
Tho San.

Mr. T. CITAI'MAN moved the adoption of the re-
port, and expressed liii'satisfaction that there was
a great increase in the number of lifeboats given
by individuals, and also that the exertions of the
institution had induced various foreign govern.
ments to provide lifeboats to be stationed in dan-
gerous parts of their respective coasts. Many of
such boats had been ordered through this institu-
tion, and upon their principle.
Mr. ALEX. BOCKFEUR seconded the motion,
which was carried.

Mr. It. B. FORBES, president of the Humane
Society of MPqßsehusetts, moved a resolution ex-
pressing the satisfaction of the meeting that the
institution now possessed 101 lifeboats—the largest
life-saving fleet in the world—and urging exertion
tel. enable the institution to maintain its piresent
position and extend its operations. He pointed out
ttcomparatively
onebenevolent
tad:
various points on our coasts which were still defi-
cient in means for the saving of life, and added that
the
state
Miss
Dicke,
ofMassachusettshadprovided
60 lifeboats, besides rocket stations. He mentioned.
that
three lifeboats at tio,L,-ovikcost, and plaec-d them on
a dangerous part of [ll6-c-oast or Nova Scotia. Hs
referred especially to t:.a absence of direct assist-
ance in providing lifeboats on the part of the Go-
vernment, who were so deeply interested in the
subject, and urged that shipowners and mercantile
men generally ought to be more liberal in their
support. It would be most desirable if the Hydro-
grapher to the Admiralty caused to be inscribed on
all charts the positions where lifeboats and mortar
stations were placed.
Sir E. PERROT having seconded the motion, it
was carried.

Resolutions were afterwards passed, thanking the
Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
and the marine department of the Board of
Trade, for aid afforded by them to the institu-
tion; and also to the Commodore, Comptroller-
General, and the officers and men of the Coast-
guard service, for their continued valuable assistance;
to Mr. T. Baring, M.P., the chairman, Mr. T. Chap-
man, the deputy-chairman, the committee of man-
agement, and local committees; such resolution.
being spoken to by Admiral Herbert, Admiral Gor-
don, Sir G. Seymour, and the Hon. F. Maude.
On the motion of Mr. T. BARING, seconded by
Admiral R. BURTON, thanks were then voted to th's
noble chairman, and the meeting separated.

2111 S DAYS MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

Coastwise a moderate supply of English wheat has come
to hand this week; but fresh up to-day, by land carriage,
the receipts of that grain were very limited. For nearly all
kinds there was a fair demand, at Monday's currency, and
at which a clearance of the stands was easily effected.
The imports of foreign wheat are only 2,280 quarters.
In good and useful qualities rather more business was pass-
ing than of late, at very full prices. Inferior parcels, how-
ever, were a dull inquiry, at late rates.
Floating cargoes of grain were a slow sale, but not
cheaper.
We wero again very scantily supplied with barley, espe-
cially fine samples. The trade ruled steady, at extreme
rates.

Malt was in moderate supply and sluggish request, on
former terms.

There was a fair "sale for oats, the arrivals of which were
limited, at full quotations.
Beans and peas moved off slowly, on former terms; but
the flour trade was in a heavy state.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats.
English 2,440 2,250 , 4,020 260 .
[rich
Foreign 2,280 I 593 1 2,930 150 sks.
bls.

Flour.
I,bBo