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I'HE SUN,' LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1858.

was requested to give to the Line 17 per cent. on its
strength, when it gave 20 per cent.
The Glamorganshire Light Infantry assembled
for training at Cardiff on Friday last. On the same
day the Artillery mustered at Swansea.
The North York Rifle Militia, under the com-
mand of the Duke of Leeds, the colonel of the
regiment, assembled at Richmond, Yorkshire, on
Friday last for 21 days' training. The regiment
numbers nearly 500 men.
The 4th West York Militia assembled at Leeds
on Friday last for 21 days' training.
The Ist Somerset Militia assembled yesterday.
LTuesday) for 21 days' training and exercise, under
ieut.-Colonel Phipps, at Taunton.
The Inverness Highland Light Infantry, assem-
bled on Friday last, under the command of Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. Simon Fraser, son of Lord Lovat.
The regiment will be exercised for three weeks.
The Royal Anglesey Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia were dismissed to their homes on Saturday,
October the 2d, having completed their 21 days'
training at Beaumaris. The regiment was
.inspected
on the 28th of September by Lieut.-Colonel Laye,
of the 24th Regiment, who complimented their
commander, Colonel Williams, upon the very sol-
dierlike appearance of the men under arms, their
steadiness in battalion, and quickness in light in-
fantry movements. The conduct of the men during
the training has been excellent.
The East Suffolk Militia (Artillery), under the
command of Colonel Adair, mustered yesterday
(Tuesday) at the depot at Ipswich for the usual
period of training.
The West Suffolk Militia, under the command of
Colonel Earl Jermyn, M.P., have assembled at Bury
St. Edmund's for a month's training.

suns must be in the bands of Europeans, and. it
is recommended that the 12 battalions of the Bengal
establishment shall be assimilated to the Royal
Artillery as to grade and strength of officers, and
that each battalion shall be raised to 1,000 strong.
But they must be kept up to the strength decided
upon, whatever it may be. Will it be credited that
at the outbreak of the mutinies the English artil-
lerymen were 600 under the strength they were
three or four years previously ? But there are
other things more important thanthe reconstruction
of our army. The good government of India, the
happiness, welfare, and. civilisation of her people,
are more important, for until those objects be to
some extent effected, our armies will be but as
ropes of sand to fasten this great empire to our
chariot wheels. The weight of our armour will
crush us in time if we ever stand. ready for battle.
I have not knowledge or ability sufficient to enable
me to deal with the weighty matters of legal
reform, of revenue settlements, of taxation, of local
government, of religion, and of language, which
are discussed more often than they are understood;
but at some future period. I shall express such
opinions as I can form—quantum va/eant—without
fear, favour, or affection.

MARLEBONE COUNTY COURT, Oct. 5.

(Before J. L. Adolphus, Esq.)
SAMPSON V. MAGER.-.SINGULAR BETTING CASE.

Mr. Williams, of Edward-court, appeared for the
defendant. - -

This was a very singular action to recover £1
155., the amount of a bet laid by the plaintiff in
the proportion of 2 to 6 upon the result of some
races at Egham, in August last. The plaintiff is a
gentleman's servant, given to sporting, and the de-
fendant is alicensed victualler, carrying on business
in Chapel-street, Paddington. The defendant stood
in the double relation of stakeholder and the per-
son making the bet. In the early part of August
the plaintiff, who was a visitor at his house, induced
the defendant to lay the odds of 6 to 2 against a
horse rejoicing in the august name of King-at-Arms
that it could not win a certain race at Egham. The
defendant laid the bet, upon the understanding that
he was laying what is called the market odds,"
which is ruled by Tattersall's. He subsequently
discovered that 6 to 2 was not " the market odds,"
and sent back the plaintiff's money to his house by
a little girl, with an intimation to the plaintiff that
the bet was " off." The plaintiff was not at home
when the money was left, and it was therefore con-
fided to the care of his landlord, Mr. James Small.
When the plaintiff reached home the money was
tendered to him, but he told Small he would not
have it, and that he might do as he liked with it.
Small not wishing to be the depository of money
that did not belong to him, took it back to the
defendant. The plaintiff was in the house the next
day, when the defendant tendered him the money,
which he declined to accept. The defendant then
laid the money on the counter, and said to the
plaintiff, "If you leave it there, you do so at your
own risk." The money was, however, left on the
counter, and taken up by a man whose name did
not transpire, and the evidence went to show that
it was handed over to a third man, a betting man,
named Charles Hall. In cross-examination it came
out that 30s. out of 355. belonged to Hall—and
was, in fact, his money.
Mr. Williams, for the defence, submitted that the
plaintiff could not recover, on the ground that this
was a betting transaction ; that the defendant
returned the money to the landlord and the plain-
tiff, and that he might have had it if he had chosen ;
and, thirdly, that as to 30s. of it, he could not
recover, as it was not his money.

His Honour held that the money was not recover-
able, as the bet was declared off. He thought it
strange that no question had been asked Hall as to
his receipt of the money. That was a suspicious
circumstance, and very unsatisfactory to him. He
was of opinion that the defendant had pursued an
improper course in leaving the money on the coun-
ter to be taken up by any one who chose to do so.
As, however, 30s. of the amount was not the monies
of the plaintiff, he could not recover more than the
balance which had not been proved to have come
to his hands. His judgment would, therefore, be
for ss. only .

eions when he showed me several gold coins, on
which he said was the Sultan's signature.
Prisoner—l do not know the Sultan's signature.
What I showed you were an Egyptian and a
Turkish coin. I pointed them out to you.
Mr. Davies—You said it was the Sultan's signa-
ture. I had my doubts then, and I communicated
'with Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, and then you said
it was not his.
Mr. Burcham—Was the other man present during
these conversations ?
Mr. Davies—No, sir. The other had gone abroad.
The coins were quite new, and about the size of one
of our sovereigns.
Mr. Giffard—Did he say anything about the
-temper of the dies ?
Mr. Davies—Yes. He asked me to be particular
and to strike off one or two.
Mr. Giffard—Did you do so ?
Mr. Davies—No, I did not.
Prisoner—Did I not tell you to strike off one or
two before you parted with the dies ?
Mr. Davies—Yes. I think I asked you to supply
me with some copper to do so, and I was told I
should not be paid unless the work was good.
Mr. Burcham—Did you think the order was
from the Turkish Government ?
Mr. Davies—Yes, sir ' • or at least I thought at
first it was all right. Afterwards I suspected it
was all wrong, and I gave information to the police.
Otto Thomas was next called. He said—l am a
die-sinker, and I reside at No. 89, Upper Stamford-
street. In January last I received a letter signed
" Aime Hugon," from Cambridge-street, Golden-
square. I went to the address, and saw the pri-
soner. He said to me, " Mr. Thomas, I have heard
of you and your abilities as a die-sinker." I said,
" Have you ?" and then he gave me an order to
sink some dies.
Mr. Giffard—What did he say at that time ?
Witness—He said he expected to receive instruc-
tions from a distinguished individual abroad, and
then he would give me further instructions.
Mr. Giffard—Did he show you any coins then ?
Witness—Yes, several; and they were all ap-
parently of Turkish currency: He wanted me to
sink dies to represent those coins.
Mr. Burcham—Did you make any remark to him
at that time ?
Witness—Yes, sir. I asked him what had
become of the old dies. He replied that they were
broken up ; consequently the new ones were re-
quired. The prisoner also said that he came to
England to have them executed, as the best en-
gineers and die-sinkors were to be fonnd in this
country.
Mr. Burcham—Who did you think required the
new dies ? _

Witness—l cannot say. He left several coins
with me at that time. On the 10th of March I
received another letter from him, and after that he
introduced Boiserrolle to me. He said, " This is
the gentleman.who has made the agreement for the
dies with Mr. Davies, and who has the order from
a foreign country."
Mr. Burcham—What countryman are yon ?
Witness—l am a German, sir. He brought to
me the dies, and I cut them.
Mr. Giffard—He left you some coins as a pat-
tern ?,'
Witness—Yes, sir. Five-piastre pieces and two-
piastre pieces. They were Turkish coins.
Mr. Burcham--From whom did you receive the
dies ?
Witness—From Mr. Davies ; but at the prisoner's
order. I then engraved them. After I received
the order I saw the prisoner at 10, Great Pulteney-
street, when he showed me a great number of coins
as patterns. Forty. or fifty were gold and silver.
They were all foreign.
Mr. Giffard—Did the prisoner tell you the dies
were to go to Alexandria ?
Witness—Yes, he did. He paid me £9 on ac-
count, and told me that a gentleman was coming
over who would settle altogether.
Mr. Giffard—Did he say where that gentleman
was coming from ?
Witness—He told me was coming by way of
Paris. I afterwards saw Boiserrolle.
Prisoner—Did not M. Boiserrolle tell you that
the work was for him ?
Witness—Yes ; and at first I thought you were
his interpreter.
Prisoner—So I was. I only acted as his agent
and interpreter.
Mr. Burcham—Have you any documents or
letters to prove that ?
Prisoner—The police have taken from me and
my lodgings everything.
Inspector Whicher—l found several letters which
I think will enable me to discover other parties
who are concerned in the affair, besides £l5O left
by Boiserrolle for the prisoner.
Prisoner--That money belongs to me. I am
entirely innocent of this charge. My friends are
in good circumstances, and my character is un-
stained. I hope your worship will not detain me.
Inspector Whicher—l ask your worship to
remand him, as I have no doubt I shall be able to
prove that the prisoner was the party who would
have shipped the presses and dies to Alexandria
for his companions.
Mr. Burcham—Then I shall remand him.
Mr. Solomon—You will accept bail, sir ?
Mr. Burcham—Yes. Two sureties in £lOO each,
and your client in £2OO.
Bail not being forthcoming, the prisoner was re-
manded for a week.
Just as Mr. Burch= was about to leave the
bench, a fine gentlemanly-looking man, whose name
on the charge-sheet was Hugon Beverdy, of Mar-
seilles, was brought up in custody of Inspector
Whither and Sergeant Robinson, of the detective
police, charged with being concerned with others in
causing to be manufactured false dies for coining
Turkish money. The prisoner is the father of the
first named prisoner, and was apprehended at Wol-
verhampton.
Mr. Albert appeared as interpreter, and it being
clearly shown that the prisoner was the party con-
cerned with the others, Mr. Burcham remanded
him.

JEALOUSY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER

IN BIRMINGHAM.
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An atrOdOlig- attempt at innrder-took-place-yes--
terday in-Cheapside, about nine o'clock in the
morning, which has caused no little excitement and
indignation in the locality. The attempted mur-
derer is a plane iron maker, named William Smith,
23 years of age, residins with his mother in Mose-
ley-street. is victim is a young widow, with two
children, named MIT. Owen, who has a house in
No. 20 Court, Cheapside, a person of excellent
character, in the employment of Mr. T. Cox, button
and umbrella manufacturer, Alcester-street.
It appears that about three months ago Smith
became acquainted with Mrs. Owen, to whom he
seems to have become even violently attached.
His visits to her house were frequent; they were
in the 'habit of walking out together, and were
apparently on the best possible terms. Up to
Friday last matters remained in this state ; but on
that day it is said Mrs. Owen rejected his ad-
dresses, and declined to continue the intimacy.
Smith was violently enraged against her on
account of this. rejection, and upon her refusing to
see him when he called on Saturday he was heard
by several persons to utter threats against her. On
Monday, however, he managed to see Mrs. Owen ;
a reconciliation seems to have taken place, and in
the evening' he accompanied Mrs. Owen and her
little daughter to a photographic establishment on
Deritend Bridge, and had coloured portraits of
them taken. Subsequently they all returned to-
gether to Mrs. Owen's house. He remained there
during the evening, and indeed all night, and, it
is said, was perfectly sober. About 11 o'clock a
girl named Jane Hummins, who is a fellow-work-
woman with Mrs. Owen, and lodged in her house,
left for the purpose of going to a party, and at that
time the two lovers appeared to be on the most
friendly terms.
It seems that Mrs. Owen subsequently retired to
rest, leaving Smith lying upon the sofa. Early in
the morning the girl Hummins returned from the
party, and saw him there ; coming down stairs
about eight o'clock yesterday morning she found
Smith and Mrs. Owen sitting on the sofa by the
fire, while coffee was being prepared for breakfast.
They were talking good-temperedly, but the girl
noticed something in Smith's manner which she
did not like, and accordingly urged Mrs. Owen to
make haste to go to work. Smith upon this be-
came angry, and a violent quarrel arose, of a cha-
racter so noisy as to attract the attention of the
neighbours; who heard Smith declare that he would.
cut Mrs. Owen's head off. Some of them inter-
posed in alriendly way, and a good understanding
seemed to be restored between them.

This peaceful state ofthings did not, however,
continue long. Mrs. Owen proceeded to her cham-
ber for the purpose of dressing to go out, whensuddenly Smith started up, and without uttering a
word rushed up stairs after her. In a moment
after the girl Hummins heard a fearful shriek.
She instantly dashed into the bedroom, and there
saw Mrs. Owen stretched on the floor in a pool of
blood, and Smith standing over her cutting her
throat with a razor. With great courage and
presence of mind Hummins sprang upon the
attempted murderer, and after a struggle succeeded
in wresting the weapon from his grasp. At the
same time she raised an alarm by scream-
ing ; but Smith, evidently bent upon the commis-
sion of murder, drew a knife from his pocket, and
made a second attack upon his unfortunate victim.
Mrs. Owen, however, had sufficient remaining
strength to break away from him, and had reached
the stairs in her flight, when she was met by Police-

constable Evans, 272, who took her under his pro-
tection.

Medical aid was immediately sent for, and Mr.
Clay, of Moseley-street, and Mr. Jordan, of Bland-
ford-street, were promptly in attendance. They
found that serious wounds had been inflicted, and
that the main arteries had narrowly escaped injury.
While the surgeons were attending on her, Smith
sat upon the end of the sofa upon which she was
laid, and affected to be intoxicated. This, however,
was mere pretence, as upon the constables removing
him to Alcester-street station he walked well and
spoke rationally. He said that it was jealousy
whichhad led him to the commission of the crime ;
that he had seen Mrs. Owen walking with a man
on the preceding afternoon, and he burst into tears
as he spoke.
The floor of the room in which the attempt was
made was covered with blood. Mrs. Owen was
smothered in it, and the hands and dress of Smith
were deeply stained with it ; the spectacle he pre-
sented on being taken through the streets in this
state exciting the utmost horror.
Yesterday morning Smith was taken before Mr.
T. C. S. Kynnersley, at the Public-office, Moor-
street, when Chief-Superintendent Stephens applied
for a remand till Saturday, on the ground that Mrs.
Owen was unable to be either examined or removed.

The application was granted, and the prisoner
will be brought up again on Saturday.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF YESTERDAY.

WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 5.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of Rawson William Rawson, Esq., Colo-
nial Secretary of the Cape of Good Hope, to be an Ordi-
nary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or
Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 27.
The Queen has been pleased to direct that letters patent
be issued under the Great Seal for reconstituting the Bi-
shopric of New Zealand, and for appointing the Right Rev.
G. A. Selwyn, D.D., to be Bishop of the said See, and Me-
tropolitan of New Zealand; for erecting the Bishopric of
Wellington, and for appointing the Ven. Charles John
Abraham, Archdeacon of Waitemata, to be Bishop of
the said See ; for erecting the Bishopric of Walapu, and
for appointing the Venerable William Williams, .ch-
deacon of Walapu, to be Bishop of the said see ; for erect-
ing the Bishopric of Nelson, and for appointing the Rev.
Edmund Hobhouse, M.A., to be Bishopof the said see;
and for placing under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan
of New Zealand the See of Christchurch, now under the
jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of Australia.

DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 30.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-
Colonel Richard Clement Moody, R.E., to be Chief Com-
missioner of Lands and Works, and Wymond Thomas
Ugilvy Hamley, Esq., to be Collector of Customs for the
colony of British Colombia.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT 5.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain John Theodore
Ling, from 18th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice
Jarvis, who exchanges ; Cornet J. W. Z. Wright, from
7th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Jarvis, promoted.
ath Light Dragoons—John 0. Gowan Smith, Gent., to be
Cornet, without purchase.

7th Light Dragoons—Sergeant William Bray to be Riding
Master, vice Bell, deceased.
13th Light Dragoons—Cornet Walter .P. Bagenal, from
the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet.
15th Light Dragoons—Sergeant-Major Benjamin Holloway
to be Quartermaster, vice Walter Clarkson, who retires
upon half-pay.
18th Light Dragoons—Captain George Eden Jarvis, froth
the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Ling, who
exchanges.
2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Richard William Stokes to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jessop, super-
seded.
10th Foot--Ensign C. H. Newbatt to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase.
11th Foot—Ensign William Clegg, from 94th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase.
13th Foot—Lieut. Wm. Lea Smith, from the Ist Stafford
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bolger,
promoted ; Paymaster Harry Lee Carter, from the Oxford
Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Mahon, appointed to the
6th Dragoons.
14th Foot—Lieutenant Andrew Alfred Le Mesurier to be
Captain by purchase, vice Bower, who retires; Ensign
Francis Forbes Atkinson to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase ; Lieutenant Henry Geldart Metcalfe, from the
Royal North Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice C. H. Jackson, appointed to the 86th
Foot ; Lieutenant Henry Augustus Williams, from the
Royal North Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Wood, deceased.
15th Foot—Ensign Russell Harris Veith, from the 40th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
16th Foot—Ensign Robert Jones Birch, from the 85th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
17th Foot—Lieutenant John Crawford Langford, from the
27th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Travers,
whose promotion, from 70th Foot, as stated the Gazette
of 10th Sept., 1858, has been cancelled.
18th Foot—Lieutenant Walter Carroll, from the Dublin
City Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Watt,
promoted.
21st Foot—Sergeant-Major J. Ferguson, from a Depot
Battalion, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hamil-
ton promoted,
22d Foot—Ensign J. Dolmage, from the 49th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase.
23d Foot—Lieut. H. 0. Lloyd, from the Oxford Militia, to
be Ensign, without purchase.
24th Foot—The Commission of Captain W. V. Munnings
to be dated 17th April, in lieu of 28th May, as previously

stated.
48th Foot—Ensign G. N. R. Goddard to be Lieutenant by
purchase, vice Brooks, promoted ; Lieut. E. Feneran to
be Instructor of Musketry.
53d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon W. Ashton, M. 8., from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reid, promoted on

the Staff.
58th Foot—Ensign R. Newton to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Stapp, who retires ; F. F. Murray, Gent., to
be Encign, without purchase, vice Jones, promoted.
59th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Walter Crisp, from the Staff,
to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Darnley, deceased.
70th Foot—Lieutenant Oates Joseph Travers to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Evatt, deceased ; Ensign George
Aislabie Hilton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Travers; Ensign William Henry Ralston to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Hilton, whose promotion
on 23d July, 1858, has been cancelled ; the promotion of
William Henry Ralston, without purchase, as stated in
the Gazette of 24th Sept., 1858, has been cancelled.
77th Foot--Captain Frederick Arthur St. John, from half-
pay 77th Foot, to be Captain, vice Acton, who exchanges.
84th Foot--Colour-Sergeant John Nally to be Quarter-
master, vice Donelan, appointed Paymaster.
86th Foot—Lieutenant John George Dartnell to be Adju-
tant, vice Cochrane, promoted in the 16th Foot.
89th Foot—The transfer of Ensign the Hon. W. H. B.
Ogilvy, from the 26th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of
the 17th Sept., 1858, has been cancelled.
Rifle Brigade--Lieut. James Frederick Henley to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Atherley, who re-
tires • Ensign Henry E. Richards to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Henley ; James T. Richard Lane Fox,
Gent, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Hill, promoted.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Thos. Fletcher Roddy, Gent., to
,be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart, promoted ; Henry
Whalley Melliss, Gent,,,to be Engign, without purchase)
vice Baynes, promoted in the Bth•Fbot. ' I
DEPOT BATTALION.
Quartermaster Wm. Browne, from half-pay, 99th Foot,
to be Quartermaster, vice Thompson, appointed Paymaster,
21st Foot. _ __ . _

HOSPITAL STAFF.
Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals John Collis Car-
ter, M.D., upon half-pay, to have the honorary rank of
Inspector-General of Hospitals.
Assistant-SUrgeon. Thomas Bassett Reid, from the 53d
Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Archi-
bald Retfoord Ridgway, M. 8., placed upon half-pay.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon Martin Fauchie, attached to
the Depot Battalion at Belfast, has ibeen permitted to re-
sign his appointment.

BREVET.
Captain James Grime, Retired Full-pay 99th Foot, to
be Major in the Army, the rank being honorary only.
Quartermaster Waiter Clarkson, half-pay. 15th Light
Dragoons, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the
Royal Warrant of Dec. 17, 1855.
MEMORANDUM.—The exchange between Captain P. F.
de Quincey, 14th Foot, and Captain J. M'Kay M'Kenzie,
70th Foot, to bear date July 16, 1858, in lieu of Jnly 30
1858, as previously stated.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.

- -
Tower Hamlets—George Parbury, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant.
6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Walter M.
Lambert, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Rifle Regiment of Denbigh Militia—Lieutenant
Boscawen Trevor Griffith to be Captain, vice Drake, re-
signed. -
2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Edmund
Broughton Knowles Lacon, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
Lieut. Pryce Ilbert Harrison to be Captain, vice Rycroft,
resigned ; Lieut. Carrington Jones to be Captain, vice
Bridgeman, resigned ; Ensign George W. Moore to be
Lieutenant, vice Harrison, promoted; George St. John
Sherwood Doyle, Gent., to be Ensign.
lit Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Robert Curzon,
Esq., to be Lieutenant, vice Woolnough,ipromoted.
2cl Regiment of Derbyshire Militia,—Tnomas J. Poyser
to be Ensign vice Reid, resigned.
Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Robert Plow-
den Weston,'Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomas
Brittain, promoted. - .
RESIGNATIONS.
Captain Frank Corbett and Lieutenant Edward Charles
Hicks