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DEATHS.

GitEGORY.—On the 23d inst., John Swarbreck Gregory,
Esq., of 35, Great Cumberland-place, Hyde-park, aged
72.
LANE.—On the 23d inst., at Limpsfiald, Surrey, Richard
Lane, Esq., late of Brighton, aged 96.
PELHAM.—On the 23d inst., at 22, Grosvenor-place, the
Lady Mary Pelham, aged 57.
STURGE.—On the 22d inst., at Brixton, Samuel Sturge,
ageLd6m9;
W thiA.—On the 14th inst., at Brussels, Edward H. L.
Williams, Esq., of Government-park, Cardiganshire,
aged 72.

HOME CIRCUrr.--LEWES, JULY 24.
(Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn.)

George Ball, a young man of gentlemanly appearance,
surrendered to take•his trial for the nianslaughter of Sarah
Anne Ball.

Mr. Barrow conducted the prosecution. The prisoner
was defended by Mr. Serjeant Ballantine and Mr. Marshall
Griffith,

The learned counsel for the prosecution, in his opening
to the jury, said that, although this case was notone of the
aggravated character that had already formed the subject
of inquiry at these assizes, 'none that he had ever heard of
was more painful and melancholy in its details. The pet-
son who had lost her life resided in her lifetime in Lewes,
and was the soother of the prisoner—a mother to whom he
was bound to state there was no doubt the prisoner was
warmlyattached, and towards whom it was not for k moment
supposed, or suggested, that he would show soy conduct
inconsistent with that feeling. The charge against him,
however, was that in the eye of the law he had been guilty
of such negligence and carelessness as rendered him amen-
able to the charge that was now preferred against him, and
if the evidence should establish the fact that he had really
exhibited carelessness or negligence, and that the death
of the deceased resul,ed from it, it would be their pain-
ful duty to find him guilty upon the present indictment,
notwithstanding that they should at the same time
be of opinion that he never entertained the slightest inten-
tion to cause' the fatal catastrophe The deceased. lady at
the time of her death was 66 years of age, and she was very
ailing and was subject to violent fits of sickness, and the pri-
soner, who had been brought up to the medic:ft profession,
and who was possessed of considerable skill in thatprofeasion,
although he was not in regular practiCe, attended upon his
mother for those ailments, and it appeared that he was in the
habit of prescribing to her small doses of prussic acid, of
Scheele's strength, which was the kind generally used, and
this treatment appeared to have afforded thedeceased consi -
derable relief. On Wednesday, the Ilth of July, the de-
ceased complained of being poorly, and the prisoner procured
a grain or G() minima of prussic ites',;sfrom -Meg Roswell, a
dentist in this town, and he administered to the deceased in
the early part of the day a dose of four minims of the acid,
and it seemed to do her good, as she stated she felt better,
and in evening went out for a walk. Upon her return she
complained again of being unwell, and the prisoner admi-
nistered to her another dose of prussic acid, and he was
afraid that upon this occasion he administered a deadly
quantity, for the deceased had hardly time to go up to her
bedroom when she became insensible, and died almost im-
mediately afterwards. The learned counsel then explained
to the jury that threeminims was the ordinary dose of prussic
acid that was administered by medical men,and that 10 would
certainly causedeath, and he said that upon the bottle that
had contained the prussic acid which the prisoner obtained
from Mr. Roswell on the morning the deceased died being exa-
mined, it was found to contain only 25 minims, thus leaving
31 minims altogether unaccounted for ; and ho was afraid
the jury would not be able to come to any other conclusion
than that the prisoner had rashly administered this deadly
• quantity to the deceased. The learned counsel then called
the attention of the jury to the law upon the subject, and
said that if the evidence should make out the facts as he
had stated them, The prisoner, in the eye of the law, would
have been guilty of the offence of manslaughter • and how-
ever painful it might
,be to their feelings, it would be their
duty to say so by their verdict.
Witnesses having bean called in support of the learned
counsel's statement, Sergeant Ballantine, in an able speech,
addressed the jury for the prisoner. He said it was of course
idle to suppose in ordinary parlance that the prisoner had
committed a crime. He was a good and affectionate son ;
he watched over his mother with the most tender care and
assiduity ; and all that could be said against him was that
by an unfortunate and vielancholy accident he bad assisted
in causing her death. To say that he was guiltyof an offence
like manslaughter under such circumstances must be repug-
nant to the feelings of every one, and he felt assured that
when they considred the facts of the ease, they would not
do such violence to their feelings, and at the same time
brand the unhappy gentleman at the bar as a felon for the
remainder of his life by finding him guilty of such an offence.
He then proceeded to contend that iu the first place it was
not at all clear that this unhappy lady had died from
an excessive dose of prussic sold. The medical evidence
was very vague upon that subject, and the chemist who
had sold the article could not give them any information
as to its strength. The learned serjeaut concluded his ad •
dress by expressing a confident opinion that the jury would
come to the conclusion that the prisoner had already suf-
fered quite misery enough for his share in this unhappy
transaction,. ausl that they would not add to it by branding
him with a disgrace which must be indelible.
The Lord Chief Justice having summed up, the jury
almost immediately returned a verdict of not guilty.

FROM TBE GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING.

WAR-OFFICE, JuLy 21.

'1 he Queen las been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of Colonel Anthony Coningham Sterling,
C. 8., some time Military Secretary to the Commander-in-
Chief in the East Indies, to be hn Ordinary Member of the
Mi.itary Division of the Second Class, or Knights Com-
manders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 20.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Charles Duncan Cameron, Esq., now British Vice-Consul
at Poti, to be her Majesty's Consul in Abyssinia.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Juxx 24.
The Queen: has been pleased to approve of Don Narciso
Perez-Petinto as Vice-Consul at Accra for her Majesty the
Queen of Spain.

DOWNING-STREET, JULY 23. •
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas William
Clinton Murdocy and Stephen Walcott, Esqs., to be her
Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Robert
Boyd Tytter, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative
Council of the Island of Ceylon ; and Frederick Duncombe,
Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Ba-
hama Islands.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUIT 24.
11th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John.
McLoughlin has been permitted to resign. the Adju-
tancy.
16th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Richard Fielding Mor-
rison to be Adjutant, vice Cowtan, who resigns the Ad-
jutancy only.
4th Regiment of Foot—The second Christian name of
Ensign Sawyer is Wayland, and not Weyland, as stated
in the Gazette of the 3d July.
17th Foot—Sergeant-Major John Emmett to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Harris, promoted.
18th Foot—Captain James Baird, from the 41st Foot, to
be Captain, vice Haydock, who exchanges.
21st Foot—Ensign William C. Ralston. to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice George O'Connell, who retires.
25th Foot—Captain Henry Hungerford St. Leger, from the
80th Foot, to be Captain, vice Wilkinson, who ex-
changes.
32d Foot—William Molyneux Rose, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Bishop, promoted.
37th Foot—The appointment of Gentleman Cadet Handley
Paul liirkwocd from the Royal Military College, to an
Ensigncy, without purchase, as stated in the " Gazette"
of the 3d July, 1860, has been cancelled.
40th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Horatio Scott, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mines, deceased.
41st Foot—Captain Henry James Haydock, from the 18th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Baird, who exchanges.
44th Foot—Ensign Henry Wernyss Feilden, from the 42d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mclnnis, who
retires.
46th Foot--The Christian names of Ensign Clarke are
Philip Percy Doveton, and not Philip Piercy Dovelin, as
stated in the Gazette of the 33 inst.
53d Foot—Harry Hutchinson Stewart, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant
Flood, promoted to an Unattached Company, without
purchase.
54th Foot—Surgeon Wellington Poole, from the Staff, to
be Surgeon, vice Dowding, appointed to the Staff. •
64th Foot—Ensign William James Voules to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Fennessy, deceased ; Ser-
geant John O'Dell to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Voules.
7Gth Foot—Brevet-Major Morley Stratford Tynte Dennis,
to be Major, without purchase, vite Brevet-Lieutenant-
Colonel Collingwood Fenwiek, deceased ; Lieutenant
John Henry Tripp to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Dennis ; Ensign Edmund Austin to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Tripp.
80th Foot—Captain John Wilkinson, from the 25th Foot,
to be Captain, vice St. Leger, who exchanges.
83d Foot--Ensign John Healey to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Colebrooke, deceased.
INVALID DEPOT (Cape of Good Rope).—Lieutenant Syd-
ney James Timbrell, from Paymaster, on half-pay 58th
Foot, to be Paymaster.
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.—Captain William Thomas
Exham Fosbery, from the 77th Foot, to be Captain of a
Company of Gentlemen Cadets, vice Captain Wm. Pater-
son, appointed Instructor of Military Drawing, vice
Lieutenant Fry, 86th Foot, who has resigned that ap-
pointment.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
The Commission of William Linton, M.D., C. 8., as In-
spector-General of Hospitals, has been antedated to the let
October, 1858.
The Commission of James Mouat, C. 8., as Deputy-In-
spector-General of Hospitals, has been antedated to the Ist
October, 1858.
Surgeon-Major John Maitland, M.D.,swho retires on
half-pay, to have the Honorary Rank of Deputy-Inspec-
tor•General of Hospitals, in accordance with the Royal
Warrant of Ist October, 1858.
Surgeon William Mills Dowding, from the 54th Foot, to
be Surgeon, vice Poole, appointed to the 54th Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon. Thomas Joliffe Tuffnell to be Sur-
geon. This appointment to be Supernumerary to the
Establishment.
Assistant-Surgeon Samuel Gibson, ALB., from the 12th
Light Dragoons, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Scott, ap-
pointed to the 40th Foot.
VETERINARY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
John Henry Burbage, Gent.,' to be Acting Veterinary-
Surgeon.
David Paley, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary-Surgeon.
BREVET.

Colonel Robert Fitzgerald Crawford, Royal Artillery, to
have the temporary rank of Brigadier-General while in com-
mand of a Brig
Major Major Henry Boye, 22d Bombay Native Infantry, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Major Lincoln Stephen Hough, 31st Bombay Native
Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Second Captain Charles Edward Cumberland, Royal
Engineers, to be Major in the Army.
Second Captain Andrew Hugh Bogle, Bengal Artillery,
to be Major in the Army.
Captain William Francis Hunter, 2d Bombay Light
Cavalry, to be Major in the Army.
Captain John Augustus Wood, 20th Bombay Native In •
fantry, to be Major in the Army.
Lieutenant Sydney James Thnbrell, Paymaster Inva-
lid Depot, Cape of Good Hope, to have the honorary
rank of Major under the Royal Warrant of 27th January,
1860.
The Commission as Brevet-Major of Brevet. Major Henry

BANKRUPTS.
John Green, commissiou agent, Philpot-lane, City, to
surrender July 30, at one, and Sept. 4, at twelve, at the.
Court of Bankruptcy. •
David Hunter, merchant, Cornhill, Aug. 3, at eleven,
end Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Hughes, wire drawer, Birmingham, Aug. 4 and
Sept. 1, at eleven,' at the Birmingham District Court.
Jesse Attwood, licensed victualler, Newington, Sitting-
bonnie, Kent. Aug. 6, at eleven, and Sept. 11, at two, at
•the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Frederic Lyles, printer, Brighton, Aug. 7, At
eleven, and Sept. 4; at hall-past two, at the Court of Bahl-
ruptcy.

-Jolin Martin, clothier, Nottiugham,.August, 9 and 39,.a,
half-past eleven, at the Shirehalt, Nottiughwah
William Palin and John Craven Palinraaltsters, Ches-
ter, Aug. 3 and 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court.

William Nathar id Evans and Robert. Buncombe Evans,
tanners, Colyton, Devonshire, August i, and September 18,
at eleven, at the Exeter District Court.
Thomas Laurence and William Moitimore, leather fac-
tors, St. Mary-Axe, Aug 4 and Sept 18, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
William Jones, tailor, Aldershot, Aug. 7, at half-past
eleven, and Sept. 11, at one, at tive Court.of Bankruptcy.
Anthony Cumming, the youwer, merchant, Liverpool,
Aug. 3 and 29, at eleven, at tha Liverpool District Court.
Michael 11. Robinson) Wolverhampton, .Aug. 3
and 24, at eleven, at thr. Birmingham District Court.
Ann. Amelia Leevp"fs, hosier, `Liverpool, Aug. 6 and 30,
at eleven, at the L3verpool District Court.
Arthur Jackscra and Richard Michell Eastman, brokers,
Liverpool; Alrg
Dis-
trict Court., •
6 and 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool
-Frederic7x Thomas Goodall, money scrivener, Manches-
ter, A
-11 P:, 7 and 28, at twelve; at the Manchester District.
Court.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
James Fleming, farmer, Newton of Nydie, Fifeshire.
Norman Macdonald, merchant. Shieldaig, Ross-shire.
Mrs. Eliza Grant, Fyfe, or Ducat, 90, George-street,
Edinburgh.