The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-12 00:00:00

,14
. OX i • 44
,„
g
fil"
.\•,,,,496,1, - d •
•-A/ a 8
\*k\6l44'.° -= ;16 4 /.;,//
' 4t=ik
4, •
•.* •
C 7 ri
. •
.**4
fj• • -
RD
0,4\ - '
14E6

the ciecretione which have been now brought to a ter- TRIAL OF SPOLLE.N. FOR THE MURDER
nil nd the Gonernor-General in Council must OF MR. LITTLE.
not omit tie put on record the high sense which he
entertains Of its molt valuable and important services.
To Rear-Admiral Sir A. Lee K.H , Royal Navy,
the Governor-General in Council begs again to offer his
sincere acknowledgments for the promptitude and energy
with which he gave his assistance in landing the troops
at Hailila Bay, and in attacking the fortifications of Ba-
shire. To Captain Griffith Jenkins, Captain of the fleet,
to Acting Commander Adams, of the Assaye, and Lieu-
tenant C:arkson, of the same vessel, to Captain Young,
Commanders Rennie and Macdonald, and Acting Corn
mender Foulerton, much praise is due for their gallantry
ou t he same occasion.
The Governor-General in C )until, however, desires
specially to record hia admiration both of the skill and
energy displayed by Acting Commodore Young, I.N.
(upon whom the command of the Gulf Squadron de-
volved on the lamented death of Commodore Ethersey),
in the conduct of the difficult naval operations against
Moliamreh, and of the signal success with which they
were crowned.
The Govornor-General in Council has further re-
marked, wit`' the hig'aeet gratification, the distin-
guished conduct of Commander J. Rennie, who, since
the departure of Captain Young, has most efficiently
commanded the naval forces in the Persian Gulf. In
the enterprising advence upon Ahwaz, the signal suc-
cess obtained was due, in a very large measure, to
the judgment and resolute gallantry of this able
officer.
The acknowledgments of the Government are
also due to Commander Selby, of the Semiramis ;
Commander Grieve, of the Clive; Acting Com-
mander Manners of the Victoria ; and to Lieu-
tenants Commanding Tronson; of the Falkland,
and \Vorsley, of the Ajdaha, who contributed
largely to the success of the day ; and the special
thanks of the Government are claimed for Com-
mander Adams, for the efficient manner in which he se-
conded the attack on the Northern Forts at Mohamreb.
Acting-CommodoreYoung has commended theconduct
of Lieut. Chitty, commanding the Berenice ; of Comman-
der Nisbett, agent for transports ; and of Acting-Masters
Commanding M'Laurin, of the Napier; Hal'and, Comet;
Fietcher, of the Planet ; Neale, of the Assyria; Davies,
of the ELhersey.flat ; and Mr. Dark, of the Hugh Lind.
eey, for the efftctive aid which they respectively ren-
dered in the attack on Mohamreh ; and the Governor-
General in Council has great pleasure in acknowledging
their good services.
Finally, the Governor-General in Council wishes to
offer his hearty thanks to all the officers and non-com-
missioned efficere, of whatever designation, and to all-
the soldiers and sailors of the force, tor the bravery, the
endurance, and good conduct which they have displayed
during the several operations in which they have been
engaged.
It will afford the highest gratification to the Gover-
nor-General in Council to recommend the arduous and
successful services of the military and naval forces on
the coasts, and in the interior of Persia, to the most
favourable consideration of the Honourable Court of
Directors and her Majesty's GoMvernment.
G. R EDONDSTONE,
Secretary to the Government of India.

INDIA and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY, 14, Wa; erloo-place, Pall-Mall, S.W.
I gni A.N ASSURANCES.
Military Officers or Civilians proceeding to India may effect As-
tir.3tices on their lives at greatly reduced rates, on applicatiOn at the
)ffices as above. A. R. IRV INN:, Manager.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING.
The Court resumed its sittings yesterday morning at
ten o'clock.
The case for the Crown, which was understood to have
closed on S tturday everting, was re-opened this morning
for the production of the following evidence :
Mr. Hughes, examined by Mr. Brewster —The poker,
scissors, penknife, and towel (ne krked with blood) exhi-
bited, were seen by me in. Mr. Little's room on the day it
was opened.
Mr. Hanbury re-examined— Had not 11,arcl that the
platform door was found open on the morning after the
murder. Cutherino Campbell was three months in the
custody of the police. There wera so; ions suspicions
again it other persons than Spollen. A person could close
the platform gate after going out by catching hold of the,
panelling.
James Meares re-examined—Saw Spollen on the dray be
was arrested ; saw his moleskin trousers and waietcoat
then. They were taken away by witness. Dr. Geoghegan
had them now.
At a quarter before eleven, Mr. Curran rose to speak for
the defence, and addressed the jury for four hours. The
case for the prosecution, he said, depended entirely upon
the evidence of the prisoner's children ; and he maintained
that they were unworthy of belief. Be looked upon the
evidence of the boy—and the same applied to the evidence
of the little girl as unworthy of belief, from the mere
fact that they had alleged an absence of conversation with
one another,- end a total negation of a feeling of
curiosity, which was beyond belief, as it was
not natural. • He (the learned counsel) impeached the
evidence for the prosecution as the result of the
basest of conspiracies between the wife of the prisoner and
those children—between the wife of his bosom and the
children, his offspring—and did not the very probability of
this unfit them for belief in a court of justice? [At the
allusion to his wife the prisoner evinced considerable
emotian, lowered his heal on to his hands, and his face
became suffused with a reddish glow, whilst large beads
of perspiration hung on his forehead. He, however,
speedily recovered his composure.] Again, ho would ask,
had any connection been established between the prisoner
and the money that was found ? Was there any human
eye, save those of the two unfortunate children, that saw
him on the evening of the murder, going to or coming
from the terminus? Was he met by any one—any of his
fellow-workmen ? Not one. Had not every one about the
premises access to where the money was found ? Could
not any ono who might have stolen a rag from the cottage
place the money where the police discovered it? And if
this were so, what evidence was there against the prisoner ?
The finding of the lock had been looked upon lip the At-
torney-General as of paramount importance in the c nee ;
but it was not so. Manufactured in hundre is of thou-
sands, of the same pattern, a lock of this description was
incapable of being proved. The Attorney-General stated
that there would be some reason given to them to believe
that it was Spollen's hammer which had been found. Had
he fulfilled that undei taking ? He asked them what reason
there was to suspect that it was Spollen's hemmer?
That it was ever seen in his possession? It was
a remarkable hammer, and had been greatly used.
If Spollen had used it, it would have been known
to have been his. If they believed the boy, the
hammer did not belong to Spollen, for he could give no
evidence respecting it, and yet he was perfectly in a posi-
tion to identify the two hammers found in the cottage.
Suppose for a moment that Spollen had committed the
murder, and that the hammer which fitted the wounds was
the instrument of death, would he not have said to him-
self that he would not take his own razor with him ? He
would have taken a strange razor also. He was in the habit
of marking his hammers so as to recognise them. Another
matter on which the Crown relied, was the periodical stop-
page of the dam prior to, but not since, the prisoner's
arrest. But was it not clear that whoever hid the money
there would not go again when he found that the money
was discovered. Then, as to the finding of the second razor,
could it not be that the razor was thrown into the canal
to eke out a case ? Who gave the police information of
its whereabouts? The adage slid— Those who bile can
find;" and did that hold good in the present case ? The evi-
dence was entirely circumstantial, and in that case they
ought to shrink from adding another instance to the many
already existing of the danger attending conviction upon
circumstantial evidence.
The evidence for the defence was not important. The
engineer of the railway compaey, Mr. Corbery, was asked
several questions on the part of the defence. The chief clerk
of the police-office was also examined, relative to the in-
formation of Joseph and Lucy Spollen. Jas. Spollen (the
prisoner's eldest son) was not examined for the defence.
Mr. W. T. Kirwan, solicitor to the railway company,
gave the prisoner a character for quietness, sobriety, and
general good conduct.
Mr. Sidney conte ,ded that he was entitled to reply on
the part of the prisoner, but the Court refused to accede,
at the same time giving him liberty to speak to the jury
on the subject of the new evidence, which he did in a few
words.
Mr. Brewster then rose to reply on the part of the
Crown, and delivered a speech lasting from four till seven
o'clock, waking out a strong case against the accused. Mr.
Brewster mainly upon the finding of the money under cir-
cumstances connecting it with Spollen.
The Lord Chief Justice summed up the evidence with
the greatest minuteness and impartiality, after which
The jury, at half-past four o'clock this afternoon, re-
awned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The prisoner was, of course, immediately discharged.

ITETROPOLITAN SALOON OMNIBUS
COMPANY (Limited), 155, Cheapside.
NOTICE.—Tne FIRST GENERAL ME &TING of the Share-
holders, under the act of Parliament, will be held early in Septem-
ber (the time and place of which will be duly announced), when the
accounts, and a satisfactory statement of the incJrne and expendi-
ture of the Company, will te hid before euch Meeting. The public
and Sharehol lers are requested to suspend their Judgment on the ex-
p irte statements made by interested and malicious persons, and by
discharged servants. All persoas having demands upon the Com-
pany are requested to forward the same before the 31st inst., as the
books n ill be made up to that date

W. R. t 0 ;'E, Secretary.

THE PERSIAN WAR•

(From the Gazette of last Evening.)
INDIA. BOARD, AUG. 10.
The following despatch has been received at the East
Irdia House, from the Governor-General of India in
Council, to the Secret Committee of the East India

Company :
Fort-William. June 19, 1857. No. 34.
We have the honor to forward for your information,
printed copies of Notifications issued by the Right
Honourable the Governor-General in Council, under
date tho 18th instant, Nos. 139 and 140, announcing
the ratification of the Treaty of Peace with Persia, and
recordini, his high sense of the important services ren-
dered by Lieutenant-General Sir James Outran), K.C.8.,
commanding the forces.
2. It affords us the highest gratification to recom-
mend to the most favourable consideration of the Hon-
ouralle the Court of Directors and Her Majesty's
Government, the arduous and successful services of the
Military and Naval forces engaged in the operations
directed against Persia.

We have, &c.
CANNING.
.T. DORIN.
J. LOW.
J. P. GRANT.
B. PEACOCK.

NOTIFICATIONS.
Fort William, Foreign Department,
June 18, 1857.
No. 139.
Authentic intelligence having been received that the
ratifications of the treaty, which was signed at Paris by
the plenipotentiaries of England and Persia on the 4th
March last, were exchanged at Baghdad on the 2nd of
May, the Right Honourable the Governor-General in
Council is pleased to direct that a Royal Sainte shall
be fired from the Ramparts of Fort William, as well as
at every principal station of the army in honour of the
peace which has been concluded.
No. 140.
The Right Honourable the Governor-General in
Council has had the satisfaction of announcing, from
time to time, the signal successes which have been
achieved by the combined action of the Military and
Naval Forces, under the direction of Lieutenant-General
Sir James Outram, K.C.D., on the coasts and. in the
interior of Persia.
The surrender of Busbire on the 10th of December,
after a brief and ineffectual opposition ; the operations
against the Persian entrenched camp at Borazgoon ; and
the complete victory obtained over the Persian army at
Khoosl'ab on the Bth of February ; the bombardment
and capture of Mohamreh on the 23th of March ; and
the brilliant attack, by a few hundred men, against
Ahwaz, on the let of April, followed by the precipitate
flight of the whole Per.ian army serving in that quarter,
have signally instanced the vigour, the enterprising
spirit, and the intrepidity with which the operations
against Persia, both by sea and land, have been
directed, and have earned fie. those who bad a share
in their execution the cordial approbation and the
thanks of the Government of India.
The Governor-General in Council has now the
gratification of announcing that the Ratifications
of the Treaty, which was signed at Pat is by the
Plenipotentiaries of England and Persia •on the
4th of March last, were exchanged at Baghdad on
the 2d of May ; and the entire withdrawal of the British
forces from the soil and waters of Persia awaits only the
fulfilment of the conditions of Peace, which were accepted
by the Plenipotentiary of Persia-on her behalf.
The peace which has been thus concluded accomplishes
the principal of jects of the war, without needless humi-
liation to Persia, and places the relations of the British
Government with that country, both political and com-
mercial, on an improved footing. Though the negotiations
by which this result has been obtained, were.conducted
in Europe, their rapid and unchecked progress, and their
early completion, mast be ascribed, in no small degree,
to the vigorous operations and the successful achieve-
ments of the Persian Expeditionary Force.
The brilliant reputation of Lieut.-General Sir James
Outram, K.C.8., has acquired additional lustre from
the promptitude, the vigorous energy and ability with
which he has exercised the command entrusted to him ;
and the Governor. General in Council desires to record
his high sense of the important duties rendered by this
di-tinguished officer.
The Governor-General in Council deeply laments that
Major-General Stalker, C. 8., should not have lived to
witness the successful completion of tho war, in the com-
mencement of which he took so prominent and conspicu-

From the London Gazette of Last Night

ADIIIRNLTY, AUG, 10,
In consideration of the successful operations against
mandarin junks up Escape Creek and tha Sawshee Chan-
nel of the Canton River on the 25th and 27th May, and
also of the attack on the fort nal junk fleet in Fatsham
Creek on the Ist of Juoe, as rJcorded in the London Gazette
of the Ist inst., the following promotions have this day
taken place:-

TO BE CAPTAINS.
Commander Charles Codrington Forsyth.
Commander John Corbett.
Commander William Rae Rolland.
Commander Edward Winterton Tumour.
TO BE CO MMNDERS.
Lieutenant George Camp
bellA Fowler.
Lieutenant Edward Frederie Dent.
Lieutenant William Lowley Staniforth.
Lieutenant Arthur Metivier Brock.
Lieutenant His Serene Highness Prince Victor o'
Hohenlohe-Langenberg.
TO BE ACTING LIEUTENANTS.
(to be confirmed on passing at the Royal Naval College.
The Honourable Albert Denison Somerville Denison.
Mr. Thomas Keith Hudson.
Mr. William St. John Sumner Horaby.
Mr. Henry Craven St. John.

SUMMER ASSIZES'.

HOME CIRCUIT.—CROYDON, Aug. 11.
(Before the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury.)
LYLE v. HERBERT.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
damages for the defendant for having seduced and de-
bauched his wife. The defendant pleaded not guilty.
Mr. E. Jame?, Q.C., was for the plaintiff; and Serjeant
Parry for the defendant.
From the opening of the learned counsel it appeared that
Lyle's wife, whose age was about 30, first became ac-
quainted with the defendant, a person of property, aged
50, at ryleall in Birmingham. In the year 1856, Lyle,
wishing to extend his business, that of an upholsterer, the
defendant entered into partnership with him, advanced
the money required, and afterwards took up his residence
at the plaintiffs house, in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square.
Mrs. Lyle went to Birmingham in May, 1858, and on the
27th of that month it was stated she returned to London,
but did not go home until the following day, when the
plaintiff's suspicions became excited. He watched the
parties narrowly, and on the 18th of June he discovered
his wife and the defendant in bed together.
Mr. E. Foster said—l am a builder. I know the plain-
tiff. and he and his wife formerly lived in one of my houses,
anl they appeared to be on very affectionate terms.
Cross examined—Never heard the wife of the plaintiff
complain of his being too intimate with a servant girl
name,' Elizabeth Thomas. He was in the house on the
18th of June when " the discovery" took place. The hus-
band saw the defendant and his wife in bed together, and
witness and he afterwards went and had something to
drink at a neighbouring public house. There were several
other persons with him. They might has e had some supper
at the public house together. He and the plaintiff had a
cigar, and they also might have had some " humble
porter." (A. laugh.) After the discovery had been made
all the parties went to have something to drink, and
then they returned to the plaintiff's house, and so no of
them partook of pickled salmon. (A. laugh.) Could not
say whether the plaintiff had any of the pickled salmon.
(Renewed laughter.) One of the party was a lady, bat
they took her home to her mother. He believed plaintiff had
been watching in the next house on the Right the discovery
was made, but he was not aware that he had done so for
three or four nights before. Witness was aware that he
had hired a room in the next house in order to detect his
wife and the defendant, and he had advised him to do all
he could to find out such a disgraceful business. Ho had
heard that two holes were bored in the party wall: so that
the plaintiff might see what took place in his wife's bed-
room. (a laugh.) He was also aware that, in addition to
the holes, there was a sort of indUator or instrument pro-
vided by means of which persons in the room in the ad-
joiniqg house could tell when the bed moved. (A. roar of
laughter.) The indicator consisted of a piece'd string
attached to the bed which was passed through the hole of
the wall, and there was a weight at the end which moved
when any one was ou the bed. (Laughter.) The weight
moved when any person got into the bed, and very neces-
sary too. ( A. roar of laughter.) Coald not say whether
the plaintiff was in the adjoining house on the night when
the " discovery" was made to watch for the weight bobbing
up and down. (Renewed laughter.)
Maria Taylor deposed that she was in the service of the
plaintiff in 1856. On the 10th of June Mr. Lyle went into
the country, and Mrs. Lyle and Mr. Herbert were very
much together, and they were in the sitting-room together
all the evening. Mr. Herbert remained in the house until
the 18th of June. On the evening of that day she heard
a noise on the top of the house, and some one come down
from the roof, and said, " They were in bed together."
A person named Taylor went up with her, and she saw
Mrs. Lyle and Mr. Herbert fall from the bed together, and
she was so frightened that she ran away. (A laugh.)
Cross•examined.—She knew that Mr. Taylor and her
master were going to watch on the 18th of June. She did
not tell her master anything of what occurred on the Good
Friday or the Easter Sunday. Taylor had a bull's-eye with
him, and when he got into the room he turned it right up-
on the bed. If it had not been for the bull's eye they
could not have seen anything. (A laugh.)
William Tayloi,,itas then called as a witness—He said
he remembered ME Lyle making some communications to
him upon the subject of the conduct of his wife on
had the
morning of her departure for Birmingham. 'Witness
same
previously mentioned something to him upon the
subject, and arrangements were made to detect the parties.
A room was first taken in Cumberland-street, at the back
of Charlotte-street, but this was not found to answer, and
another was afterwards taken next door by witness. He
then bored a hole in the party-wall, but this was of nc
use, and he fixed up an apparatus, with an index attachek
to it that would indicate when any person got into the de-
fendant's bed. Ile could tell by this apparatus whether
one, two, three, or four persons got into bed. (A. laugh.)
Ile called the apparatus an "indicator." (Laughter )
On the night of the 18th of June lie was watching, with
his car to the hole, and the "indicator" act:d. (A. laugh.)
The lever fell according to the weight. (Laughter.) It first
informed him that one person got into bed, and then that
a second person had done so. (Renewed laughter.) He im-
mediately proceeded to the roof, and entered by the trap-
door, took the servant by the hand, opened the door of
the defendant's bedroom, tore down the curtains, and
turned his bull's-eye upon them. (A. roar of laughter.)
Mr. Herbert and Mrs. Lyle were in bed together. Mr.
Lyle was at this time making the best of his way to the
place, and Mrs. Lyle rushed upstairs to her own room.
On the following day witness saw Mr. Herbert in t.he
plaintiff's house, and he said he was prepared to pay for ais
guilt, and it was a pity that there was such a fuss made
about it.
hisCorowsns-.examined. iint.venTthioenapof.
paratus consisted of a lever attached to a spring, and when
Mr. Lyle was
anyone was in bed it moved. (A- laugh.)
—noTthteakeninodui ct
a at pr faonr
watching the' indicator" while witness was
hour looking through
the hole. (A. roar of laughter.) Au and an half
elapsed before the instrument began to act, and daring that
time they drank some gin and water. Ho ouggeeted tnat

ous a part.
His Loidsbip in Council cordially appreciates the zea.
lous and active exertion; of Brigadier-General Have.
lock, C. 8., 4,nd commends the order and dispatch with
which the troops were landed and formed at Mohauareh
under his direction.
To Brigadier Honner, who shared with his Brigade in
bin attack on Bushire, and in the operations against
Borazeoon ; to Brigadier Wilson, I FL, who com-
manded the Brigade of Infantry at BOranooll and Moh-
amrela ; to Brigadiers Hamilton snd Hale, who were
present with their brigades in the advance upon Mo.
banireh ; and to Brigadier Stuart, who was at the head
cf the Cavalry of the 2d Division on the same occasion :
to Lieutenant-Colonel Shepheard, who succeeded to the
command of the F-t Infantry Brigade on the lamented
death of Brigadier Stopford ; to Colonel Stisted, who led
the Ist Brigade, 2d Division, iu the march on Borazgoon
and the victory of Khooslaeb ; to Lieutenant-Colonel
Tapp, who commanded the Cavalry Brigade on the same
occasion as well as at Bushire ; and to Lieutenant-
Colonel Trevelyan, Commanding Artillery, who took a
part in every operation of the troops, except that
against Ahwaz ; to al these, whose valuable ser-
vices have been gratefully acknowledged by the
late Major-General Stalker, C. 8., and Lient -General
Sir James Outram, K.C.8.,
.the Governor-General in
Council begs to offer his warmest thanks and the assur-
ance of his heartfelt approbation.
The late Major-General Stalker, and Lieut.-General
Sir James Outram, K.C.8., have expressed their obliga-
tions to the officers commanding regimenteand batteries
of Artillery on the several occasions which celled for
their ex-rtions, and the Governor-General in Council
has great satisfaction in publicly tendering his best
thanks to Major Stirling, of H.M's 64th Foot ;
to Major ll'letyre, who took command of H.M.'s
78th Highlanders during the expedition to Borazg,oon ;
to Lieut.-Col, J. S. Ramsay, of the 2d Bombay Euro-
pean Light Infantry ' • to Major Manson, of the Bombay
Rifles ; to Lieut.-Col. Shepheard, and Captain M`Leod,
of thn 20th ; Major Trevere, of the 23d ; and Colonel
leracan and Captain Bowditch, of the 26th Bombay
Native Infantry ; to Captain L. Stephen Hough, of the
21 Belooch Battalion ; to Major Blake, Captain
Hatch, Captain Gibbard, and Captain Aitkin, com-
manding—the first, a Troop of Horse Artillery, and the
others, Light Field Batteries ; to Capt. Dickinson, of the
Sappers and Miners ; and to Capt. Forbes, of the 3d
Bombay Light Cava!ry, whose gallantry on the field of
Kooshab was conspicuous.
The Governor-General in Council cordially unites
with the late Major-General and the Lieutenant-General
Commanding ;he Expeditionary Force in expressing his
marked acknowledgments of the ever-ready and efficient
assistance afforded by Colonel Lugard, C. 8., ll.M.'e
29th Foot, the Chief of the staff, and the several Offi-
cers composing the General Staff.* To Capt. Malcolm
Green, Military Secretary, Lieutenant Sykes, and Cap-
tain Hervey, A.D.C., Captain Arthur, Persian Inter-
preter, and Major Taylor, transferred from the Persian
Mission in the capacity of Political Secretary, as well as
to Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Dunkellin, detached from
the Staff of the Governor-General, who volunteered his
aid on the Personal Staff of Lieutenant-General Sir
James Outram, K.C.B. ; to Captain Hunter, who served
as A.D.C. to the late Major General Stalker on the
attack on Buehire ; and to Mr. Johnstone, of the Indian
Navy, to whose knowledge of the country and unwearied
zeal the late Major-General was much indebted, the
Governor-General in Council begs to offer the expres-
sion of his approbation.
The valuable assistance afforded on every occasion of
difficulty and danger,
and especially in the brilliant ex-
pedition against Ahwaz, by Captain Kemball, Political
Agent in Turkish Arabia and Consul-General at Bagh-
dad, has been highly commended by Lient.-General Sir
iJamesn approbationcou Out,no il:r anamnoheartyeiK .ssth.Ba
tn.
h,
adnaokne dss
to meritshrethge a the
Governor-General
antryunqu
alifiedn
Majesty's 78th Highlanders, and of the other
11uMilnitt. arhyer
tOfficerscers who accompanied the expedition in
q The has taken a conspicuous part in
ues.
tionlndian Navy

Lieut.-Colonel Younghusband, Deputy Adjutant-Ge

nets].
Cgpt. Wray, Deputy Quarter-Master-General.
Major Boye, Deputy Judge-Advocate General.
Major Barr, Paymaster.
Lieut.-Colonel Pope, Deputy Commissary-General, and
Capt. Dunstervlle, Assistant do.
Capt. Rigby, Superintendant of Bazars.
Capt. Finnimore, Commissary of Ordnance.
Lieut. Ballard, C. 8., Superintendent, Intelligence De-
partment.
Major Hill, Commanding Engineer.
Major Curtis, Director, Land Transport Corps.
Capt. Collier, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General.
Capt. Showell, IDeputy-Assist ant Quartermas-
Lieutenant Holland f tor-General,
Lieutenant Willoughby, Sub-Assistant Commissary-Ge•
neral
+ Captain Wray, Deputy Quartermaster-General.
Captain Green, Military Secretary.
Lieutenant Baigrie, Commissariat Department.

•
-9 - -
•

-'~i

SPA
(
, . •
/
fifirlN6 11S: „
- 4X44:
BETTING AT MANC
Toe attention of the fow ni c
sent at the rooms vas chitily ..„,
evauts of the day, at WolverhanoptliannewSnow
decided. For the Ebor Handicap, 9to 2 toight have
been obtained to money about Mongrel ; 7 to 1 would
have been taken about Underhand ; and 9 to 1 about
Warlock. For the Great Yorkshire Stakes, sto 2 was
taken to near 1001. about Vedette; a few inquiries were
ma4e about Saunterer, Bliek 133nny, and Skirmisher
for this event, but none of them were backed in our
hearing. 300 to 200 was cff:red against Blink Bonny
for the Doncaster St. Leger ; 5 to 4 wou'd have been
laid on two against the field ; and 20 to 1 was offered
aga net Scot's lot. For the Derby of next year, 500 to
15 Wag taken and offered against Toxophilite, one of
L Derby's.

the parties should have every facility nffordwed eth
that he
orn in
order that be might detect them. Would sar
did not sit upon the tiles dressed in WOlll3ll'S clothes, in
order to watch Mrs. Lyle an 1 the defendant. He made a
rough model of the " indicator," but he was not aware
whether it was in court or not.
Mr. James said the model should be produced if his
learned friend wished to see it.
Serjeant Parry said he really had no desire to see it. He
bad been shocked quite enough already. (A laugh.)
Cross-examination continued—Believed that after the
discovery was made they had a glass of brandy and water all
roue I. (A laugh.) After this they all went back to the
house. There was gin and water on the table. He stole a
bottle of gin from Mr. Herbert's bedroom at the time of the
discovery. It, was Mr. Lyle's gin, an Iha had his authority
for taking it. They had pickled salmon, gin, and tea, but he
rou'd not say whether the meal was supper or breakfast;
but it was more like breakfast than supper, because it was
in the middle of the night. A wait was issued the next day
n I w.teee I served it upon the defendant. By witness's
advice Mr. Herbert was allowed to remain in the house all
day after the transaction, and he teok his boots away in
order that he might not leave. (A laugh.) He insisted
upon having the arrangement of everything, or else ho
would not have interfered in the affair.
This closed the case for the plaintiff ; and
Sergeant Parry having intimated that he did not intend
to call any evidence_
Mr. James proceeded to sum up the plaintiff 'a case.
Mr. Sergeant Perry said that his learned friend, in the
opening of the case, had alluded to the proceedings that
ware going on in the Legislature to abolish actions cf this
dessriptioe, and all he could say was that if there was a
doubt on the mind of any person as to the propriety of abo-
lishing a practice which enabled a hnsband to make a traffic
of the honour of his wife the disgusting facts that had been
proved during the present inquiry would effectually re-
move that doubt, and show the necessity of doing away
with such a coarse of proceeding, which was looked
upon as a disgrace to our land and as a scandal and
contempt to the administration of justice by all foreign
jurist. His learned friend had said that he ho • d treat
the case with ridicule, and ho certainly should do so, for a
more ridiculous and at the same time disgusting case he--
and he believed he might say every one, including the
learned judge, who had had great experience in these
matters—had never heard of. Ha-I any one ever heard
such evidence as that given by the witness Taylor? Was
it possible for any one to hear him talk of his indicator,
or rather his " ctimconomoter," without having his risible
muscles excited to the utmost degree. (Laughter, in
which the leeraed judge could not help joining.) The jury,
by the present state of the law, were called upon to a,scss
the damages that a husband was entitled to for the mental
anguish he sustained by reason of the seduction of his
wife ; but " just fancy," said the learned counsel, " what
an amount of mental anguish must be sustained by a man
who could sit for an hour and a half in a room adjoining
the bedroom in which he supposed his wife to be with the
adulterer coolly drinking gin and water, and watching the
" indicator" to ascertain the exact period when his dis-
honour was completed. The learned serjeant urged in
conclusion that the evidence was by no means conclusive
that the defendant was guilty of the charge imputed to

CLOSING PRICES,
EBJR HANDICAP.
9 to 2 apt Mongrel (take sto 1)
6 to 1 aget-Underhand (take 7to 1)
8 to 1 agst Warlock (take 9 to 1)
100 to 8 agst Taanaania (offered)
GREAT YORKBRIRE STAKES.
sto 2 apt Vedette (taken)
ST. LEGER.
6to 4 aget Blink Bonny (• ffercd)
3 to 1 agst Ignoramus (offered)
20 to 1 aget John Scott's lot (offered)
DEBBY.
500 to 15 apt Toxophtlite (taken and offered)

LEWES RACES.—TIIESDAY.
Hanaicap St: eepstakes of 10 cove. each, Sit., gentlemen
riders. • One mile. 5 subs.
Mr. Angell's Paula Monti, by \Veatherbit, 3 yrs,
9.t. 71b. (car. 9st 81b)
Mr. Reeves' Ruth, 3 yrs, lOst 12lb (Mr. Dart) 2
Mr. Cameron's Maid of Athens, 3 yrs, 9st (car.
93t 31b) . (Owner) 3
Mr. IL Edwards's Border Chief, 5 yrs, list 41b
(O wner) 4
Betting.-6 to 5 agst Ruth-3 to 1 agst Maid of
Athens.
Won by two lengths, and a length and a half between
the seclnd and thirl ; Birder Chief, who ran "un-
kindly," was a very had fourth.
The Suss, x County Cup, value 200 sove, by subscrip-
tion of 10 Bove each, with 50 added ; three-year cld.,
7st 71h ; four, 83t 12ib ; five, 9st slb ; six and aged,
9 7ib ; Go glamor' Cup conditions. Two miles.
16 subs.
Mr. J. S. Douglas's Tournament, by Touchstone,
3 yre, 7st 7lh (Fordbam) 1
Mr. Snewing's Rae Star, 5 yrs, 9st 116 (Flatman) 2
Mr. Howard's Chevalier d'lndustrie, 3 yre 7,1 7113
(D. 'lingbe9 3
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Prioress, 4 yrs, 75t B.b
(Charlton) 4
Mr. Parker's Alice, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b (Adams) 5
Betting.-6 to 4 agst Tournament-5 to 2 apt
Prioress-3 to 1 agst Pole Star-10 to 1 agst Chevalier
d'lndu trie.

him.
The jury after a short deliberation, returned a verdict
for the plaintiff.—Damages, one farthing.

Naval and Military intelligence.

The steam transport Inoperatriz, Captain Cox, embarked
yesterday at Portsmouth the companies of Royal Marine
Light Infantry from Chatham, reported in The Sums of
yesterday, and the following officers and men from the
Portsmouth division :—Captains Jackson and Driver,
Lieutenants Mead, Connor, Armstrong, and O'Grady,
Assistaut-Snry,eons Shaw and Little, 8 sergeants, 8 cor-
porals, and 150 privates. Captain Elliot and family and
Dr. Charlton take passage in her to Ascension.
The East, India Company's troopship Agamemnon yester-
day embarked the following troops at Gravesend from the
Provisional Battalion at Chatham,—viz., 250 non-corn-
missioned officers and men of the 10th Foot and filth Regi-
ment, with the following officers :—Captain J. Cator,
Lieutenant P. B. Lucas, Lieutenant C. A. Armstrong, and
Ensign J. 83.11, 10th Foot ; Captain W. Du Vernet, Lieu-
tenant F. A. Davidson, and Lieutenant P. Chute, 84th
Regiment. C.,ptaon Du Vernet, who commands the rein-
forcements for the 84th Regiment, was on board the ill-
fated vessel Runnymede on that ship being cast away on
the Andorran Islands, on which occasion be commanded
detachments of the 10th and 50th Queen's Own.
The Lady Jocelyn clipper arrived in Queenstown on
Saturday with a detachment of the 54th Regiment on
board. On that day the second division of the 2d battalion
of the Rifle Brigade embarked. The division consisted of
14 officers and 350 men. At half-past three on Sunday she
steamed out of the harbour and commenced her voyage for
India. The Lady Jocelyn has a small auxiliary steam
power.
Letters have been received at Southampton from the
screw steamship Gulden Fleece, dated Saturday night, in
the Channel, stating that she passed the James Baines
and the Champion of Seas going down Channel, in tow
of powerful steamtugs, and with fore and aft canvass
set. The Fleece left Spithead six hours after the above-
named clippers, and passed them the same evening. All
was going on well on board the steamer ; the weather
was very unfavourable. The voyage of these ships and
the Lady Jocelyn is looked forward to with considerable
interest by nautical men. Capt. Hall, of the Golden
Fleece, confi lently anticipates that she will make the
passage from Spithead. to Ca'cutta in from 60 to 65
di

Chevalier d'lndustrie led, Tournament being second,
Mice third, Pole Star fourth, and Prioress three or four
lengths in the rear. The pace thus early was good
and after goin g about half-s-mile Polestar showed slightly
in advance, closely attended by the Chevalier, Tourna-
ment running by himself third, and Alice dropping be-
hind the American mare. On nearing the T.Y.C. post,
Prioress drew up to Tournament, who, however, quitted
her in the dip, and as they ascended the bill was in close
company with the Chevalier and Polestar, Prioress giv-
ing way at every stride, and seemingly quite outpaced.
At the distarca Tournament took a slight lead, and ran
in an easy winner by three quarters of a length ; three
lengths between the second and third, Prioress being
beaten four lengths from the Chevalier; Alice was tailed
off.
The Lewes Nursery Stakes (handicap) of 10 sore, each,
with 50 added by the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company, for two yr olds. Winners
extra. T.Y.C. 10 subs.
Lord Portsmouth's Pinsticker, by harkaway, 7st llb
(inc. 51b extra)
Mr. J. Barnard's Accurate, 7st 61b (D. Hughes) 2
Mr. Angell's Woodmite, 7st 21b
The following also ran : Subterfuge, Keystone,
Hebe, Schoolfellow, and Sister to Panpipe.
Betting—Even on Pinsticker, 3 to 1 agst Accurate,
7 to 1 agst Keystone.
Won by a length and a half; a length between the se-
cond and a third. Sister to Panpipe was a bad fourth ;
Schoolfellow and Subterfuge Colt were next.
Handicap Plate of 50 cove, for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
Winners (x`ra. One mile.
Mr. Howard's Strawberry, by The Flying Dutchman.
3 yrs, 7st 31b (including 513 extra). (Fordham) 1
Mr. Y. King's Little Robin, 3 yrs, sst 71h (Harrington) 2
Mr. Cameron's Maid of Athens, 3 yrs, sst (Edwards) 3
Betting-5 to lon Strawberry.
Little Robin male the running to the diatanoe. where
his rider, by a " long pull and a strong pull," allowed
Strawberry to pass him and cantor in the winner by
three lengths. On mustering at the starting post Maid
of Ithens bolted.
After the race the rider of Little Robin was severely
reprimanded by an eminent turf authority, and the con-
duct of the person who " gave him orders" was con-
demned in no measured language. A gentle hint was
also conveyed, to the effect that the horses belonging to
the*owner of Little Robin would be " marked" in all
handicaps which were issued under the sanction of the
gentleman above alluded to.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas ; three-yr olds, 7st
111 b ; four, 9st ; five, 9st 71b ; six and aged, 9st 101 b,
T.vn miles.
Mr. C. Snewing's Pole Star, by Faugh-a-Ballaßh,
5 yrs.. (J. Goater) 1
Mr. La Mert's Mysterious Jack, 3 yrs (Bray) 2
Lord W. Paulett's Martinet, 3 yrs (Flatman) 3
The following also ran :—Slattern, Tinwald, and The
Duffer.
Betting.-6 to 4on Pole Star, 4to 1 agst Mysterious
Jack.
Won by eight lengths ; very bad third. Slattern and
Tinwald were pulled hp opposite the enclosure ; the
latter did not pass the post. The Duffer was stopped
some distance from home.
Handicap Plate of 20 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of
5 sovs each, 2 ft. T.Y.C. 4 subs.
Mr. La Mert's Admiral of the White, by the Flying
Dutchman, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Bray) 1
Mr. Laseelle's John Peel, 3 yrs, let 1211)...(Eatman) 2
Mr. E. L. Hope's Keystone, 2 yrs, 7st 91b (Fordham) 3
Betting.-6 to 4 agst Admiral of the White, 7to 4
agst John Peel, 2 to 1 agst Keystone.
Won by three quarters of a length ; a head between
he second and third.
The Selling Stakes did not produce a race.
LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
ST. LEGER.
7to 4 agst Blink Bonny (off.)
1050 to 300 agst Ignoramus (t.)
Bto 1 asst Tournament (9 to It. f.)
Offers to take 1000 to 30 about Anton.
DERBY.
1000 to 30 agst Eclipse (t.)

,vs-
The reinforcements of the 32d (Prince of Wales's Volun
teer-) will leave Chatham garrison this morning and em-
bark on board the Australian, at Portsmouth, f: r India.
The detachment will consist of 90 non-commissioned
officers and men under the command of Lieutenant J. A.
Errck.
The Lords of the Admiralty yesterday signified their
in',ention of going down to Woolwich to muster the
dockyard establishment. They likewise issued instruc-
tions to Colonel-Commandant Brown to assemble the
entire force of Royal Marine garrison in the barrack
square on the same occasion, fur a general inspection,
at 10 o'clock a m. to-clay.
The Lords of the Admiralty have decided on having
a uniform system of accounts kept at all the divisions
of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, and in order to
effect this Captain G. Hookey, paymaster of the Chat-
barn division, and Mr. W. Walker, of the Admiralty,
have visited the head-quarters of the various divisions
for the purpose of investigating the system of accounts
kept at each.
The Jasper and Jasseur, screw gunboats, will be ready
by the 22d for service in India.
The Py!ades, 21, screw, has gone into No. 1 dock at
Portsmouth for examin lion and repairs. She will fit
forthwith for service in China.
Th, Russell, 60, screw block ship, is in Sheerness basin,
orders having been received in that yard to prepare her for
commission • there are various reports afloat as to the fu-
ture service 'for which she is intended, but as nothing de-
finite appears known we refrain from spreading rumours.
The Vesuvius, 6, paddle, Commodore C. Wise, was at
Sierra Leone on the 18th July, and from a letter received
from her we aro happy to report that "there was no sick•
ness onboard either of her or the Brune. She called in at
Madeira and St. Vincent, and had a very tedious passage
out, having to tow her tender, the Brune, the greater part
of the way out there ; but contrary to general expectation,
the Brune was found a far better sea boat than anticipated,
and the gallant commodore has been heard to express him-
self to the effect that, in consequence of her answering so
well, and drawing such a slight draught of water, it was
almost a pity she had not gone to China. Bo that as it
may, as things have turned out, and considering the nature
of the coast of Africa rivers, she must prove highly ser-
viceable in exploring those shallow waters, where it is
known that inhuman traffic is carried ou to an alarming
extent, principally because our slavers now cannot proceed
up those various shoal rivers."
The steam despatch gunboats Assurance, Sparrowhawk,
and Cormorant, fitting out at Portsmouth for the India
coast, are to be ready by Saturday next. They are well
manned, and having their rig altered to barks.
Her Majesty's ships St. Vincent, 101, Captain Eyres,
C. 8., and Blenheim, 60, Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham,
C. 8., returned to Spithead yesterday from their special
service at Spithead, and resumed their former occupa-
tions ; the Cambridge, 72, Captain Jerningham, and the
Devastation, 6, C ,mmander Marshall, left for Davenport ;
the Barracouta, 6, Commander Fortoscue, left for the
eastward ; and the Pylades, 21, Captain De Courcy went
into dock to have her copper examined.
The screw steam transport vessels Sydney and Victoria
dropped down yesterday evening to Woolwich, from the
Victoria Dock, to prepare for the embarcation of the four
conspanies of Royal Artillery under orders for India, as
well as the Adelaide, from Deptford, to embark the Royal
Marine force for China.
The screw steamship lmperador, Captain Atkins, hav-
ing embarked Casonel Hooker's detachment from the Ply-
mouth battalion, and the detachment of the Royal
Marines from Gosport, left Plymouth Sound on Monday
afternoon for China.
Mr. Eastman's six breech-loading cannon, recently im-
ported from America, were yesterday tried on the Arsenal-
wharf, Woolwich, under the supervision of Lieutenant-
Colonel Wilmot, Superintendent of Government gun fac-
tories at 'Woolwich, and having been twice fired with a
double charge of blank cartridge namely 201 b. of
powder—they were examined, and found to have stood the
test satisfactorily. The guns were simply pointed, and
placed in position on a temporary platform, composed of
rough and unsecured planks, and from their enormous
weight--17 tons—they did not evince the slightest mob 1-
nor recoil. The material of which they tire cast Is
American charcoal iron of the finest quelity. From eaxi-2
periments made in the United States this species of cannon
a
is found to project a 32-pound elongated rifle s i
'belrecently
flight of four English miles. The huge urner
constructed at Blackwell, under thenirevrdays
in
the
Palmerston, is expected to be prov f
long range of the Woolwich marsh, aa. platform of 36 feet
o' by 32 feet having been erected for th
t purpose.
\
,c 1

WOLVERHAMTON RACES—TUESDAY.
Borough Members' Plate of 60 SOW. Once round.
Mr. J. Hancock's Leo, 3 yrs, Est 11Ib (Snowden) 1
Mr. Howard's Schiedam, 3 yrs, Bit 61b (Plumb) 2
Mr. Gulliver's S•ilonica, 3 yrs, bat 131 b (Prior) 3
The following also ran—Blight, St. Patrick, sane,
Mary Lovell.
Betting.-2 to 1 aget Leo, sto 2 agst Jane, 3to 1
agst Blight.
Won by three-quarters of a length, two lengths be-
tween the second and third ; bad fourth ; Mary Lovoll
did not pass the post.
The Chillington Stakes of 10 sovs eacb, with 50 added,
for two-year-olds. Straight half-mile. 15 sub..
Mr. Halford's Mainstay, 86t 121 b (inclu. 71b extra)
(Kendall) t 1
Captain Christie's Orchehill, Bst 111 b (inclu. 41b ex.)
(Aldcroft) t 2
Mr. T. Parr's Kelpie, 86t 111 b (inc. 41b extra) (Wells) 3
The following also ran :—Geneva, o by Sir Isaac, and
Dot.
Betting-5 to 4 aget Kelpie, 2to 1 agst Orchehill,
3 to 1 agst Mainstay.
A dead heat ; Kelpie was beaten a length from the

two ; bad fourth.
Deciding Heat.—Betting-6 and 7 to 4 on Orohehill.
Won by a abort bead.
Holyoake Stakes (Handicap) of 15 goys
One eacb, 1
le 0 f
and a
t, and
5 only if declared, with 50 added. mi
half.
.... . Claret,..
. ..... .
.5... y.
..... ...t .. .
.. .......................... 12
Mr. Saxon's Queen Bess, 3 yrs, Set 131 b (including 4
lb extra)
Mr. Cliff's General Bosquet, 3 yrs, Set 71b (Pritchard) 3
The following also ran :—Alonzo, and Shadow.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Queen Bess, 7to 4 agst Claret,
6 to 1 agst Shadow.
Won by a length ; three lengths between the second
red that the race bad
andA fttheirrd; the
the
race
etber
it
ws
as beatendficoovff.
e
been run a mile and three quarters, instead of a mile
andah
half.
Cleveland
CuPt in specie, by subscription of 10 sovs each,
5 ft, with 50 added. Twice round.

Mr. J. Parr's Fisherman, 4 yrs, Bst fib (Wells) 1
Mr. Wilkins's Oakball, 3 yrs, st 6:13 (Cresswell) 2
Mr. Saxon's Mary, 5 yrs, 93t11b (Dales) 3
Betting-5 to 2on Fuerman, who won in a canter
by two lengths ; Mary beaten off.
The winner was objected to, on the ground that he
ought to have carried 9st 31b.
Stewards' Plate (Handicap), of 3 soya each, with 25
added. The winner to be sold for 80 soya, &c. Straight
half mile. 13 subs.
Mr. Wright's Jane, 3 yrs, 7st ....(Pritchard) 1
Mr. Whitehouse's Repute, 2 yrs. 6st 61b (J. Walters) 2
Mr. Harvey's Chester, 3 yrs, 7st 81b ...... (Snowden) 3
The following also ran :—Archibald, Echo, Obscurity,
and Miss Hulton.
Betting-5 to 2 apt Repute, 3to 1 agsi Chester, 4
to 1 agst Jane-9 to 2 agst Echo.
Won by a neck, half a length between the second and
third, Archibald and Echo close up.
The winner was bought in for 80 guineas ; and Mr.
Repute under the Newmarket rule.
Wright claimed Rep
Foal Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 25 added, for
now three-year-olds. Once round. 5 subs.
Mr. Naylor's Landamia, Bst 31b (Knott) 1
Mr. Minor's Gipsy Queen, Bst 31b (Denman) 2
Betting-2 to 1' on Landamia.
Won by two lengths.

..---_
At the Mansion-House
yesterday, Thomas
F x3{ENT.—
Charles Henry Langley, a respect-
ably-dressed m
clerk to Messrs. Chaplin and Horne,
,xtensive carriearvs, was charged with having embezzled
8001. belonging
to his employers. The prisoner, who
was remanded, said betting was the cause of his dis-
honesty.
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 5 per mills premium, and the short exchange on
Loudon is 25.20 per 1/. sterling. On comparing these
rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100, per
ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about
4 10the per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By
advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4221 per
mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4 per 1/.
sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is
rather more than 1-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg than
in London. The course of exchange at New York on
London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent
which, when compared with the Mint par between the
two countries, shows that the exchange is slightly
in favour of England ; and, after making allowance fur
charges of transport and difference of interest, the o
pre_
sent rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation f
gold from the United States.

SERIOUS ROBBERY AT ISIANosEsTEB.---b gentleman
on his way from the Bank of England Branch, at Man-
chester, to the Exchange Arcade, yesterday afternoon,
about 2 o'clock, had his pocket picked of 1,020/. •