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malice, and that something must hare occurred to provoke
him.

Mr. Sleigh hoped it would be recorded that the jury had
returned a verdict of guilty, without malice.
The learned Judge said he could not attend to the appli-
cation.

The prisoner said—" I am an innocent man."
The learned Judge then sentenced him to death, stating
that the recommendatiou of the jury would be fat-warded
to the proper quart er.

THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE HAMPSTEAD JUNCTION

RAILWAY.
The trial of Henry Rayner, the signalman, against whom
a verdict of manslaughter was found by the jury at the
coroner's inquiry, ha, been postponed until next sessions.
Rayner surrendered and pleaded not guilty. He was
admitted to bail.

FRO2II TILE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 18.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Ed-
ward Herris, Esq., now Secretary to her Majestt 's Lega_
tion at Brussels, to be Secretary to her Majes y's Legation
at L sbon.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Henry Page Turner Barron, Esq , now Secretary to her
Majesty's Legation at Lisbon, to be Secretary to her Ma-
jesty's Legation at Brussels.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 24.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council of Trade and Plantations have received, from the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch
from her Majesty's Consul at Naples, enclosing the follow-
ing translation of a decree, published in the official journal
of Naples, declaring the commerce of grain, between Italy
and foreign countries, free in the whole kingdom as regards
exportation and importation.
VICTOR EMMANUEL 11., KING OF ITALY,
Having considered the decree of 12th March, 1861, of the
late Neapolitan Government, by wh ch the exportation of
grain was prohibited ;
Having considered the prodictatorial decree of 18th
October last, by which the exportation of grain from the
Neapolitan provinces was prohibited ;
We decree as follows :
Art. 1. The prohibition of the exportation of grain from
the Neapolitan provinces to the other provinces of the king-
dom, and that of grain, indian corn, oats, barley, potatoes,
kidney beans, chickpeas, beans, and lentils, from the same
Neapolitan provinces to foreign countries, will cease frbm
the day of the publication of the present decree.
The commerce of grain with foreign countries is declared
free in the whole kingdom as regards the exportation and
importation according to the terms of the tariff of 9th July,
18.59. published in Naples with the decree of 24th Septem-
tier, 1860.
Art. 2. The present decree shall be submitted to the ap-
proval of the Legislative Chambers to be carried into law.
We command that the present decree, furnished with the
Seal of State, shall be put :amongst the official collection of
the laws and decrees of the Kingdom of Italy, and sent to
whoever it behoves to observe it, and cause the same to be
observed.
Given at Turin this 18th August, 1861.
(Signed) VICTOR EMMANUEL.
PI F.TRO BAST OGI.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 20.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Walter
Palk Carew to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet
Major Robert Sheffield, who retires; Cornet and Adju-
tant Robert M'Alpine to have the rank of Lieutenant;
Cornet Frederick Gustavus Burnaby to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Carew.
4th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Thomas Bradnet Shaw-
Hellier, from the 2d Stafford Militia, to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Inge, promoted.
14th Hussars—Lieut. Lawrence St. Patrick Gowan to be
Captain, by purchase, vice William D'Urban Blyth, whe
retires ' • Cornet William Sandys Browne to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Gowan.
16th Lancers—lon Turner, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice James Herbert Lovell, who retires.
17th Lancers—Harris St. Jchn Dick, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Young, promoted.
Grenadier Guards—Alexander Caulfeild, Gent., to be En-
sign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cholmeley, pro-
moted ; Robert George Gaussen, Gent., to be Ensign and
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Norton, promoted.
3d Regiment of Foot—Major William Henry Cairnes, from
the 48th Foot, to be Major, vice Walter Pownall, who
exchanges.
Bth Foot—Lieut.-Col. and BreverCol. Charles Sillery, from
half-pay, Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Brevet Col. Thomas Maitland Wilson, who retires upon
balf-pay ; Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John
Hinde, C. 8., to be Lieutenant Colonel, by purchase, vice
Brevet-Colonel Sillery, who retires; Ca tain and Brevet
Major William, Bayly to be Major, by purchase, vice
Hinde ; Lieutenant Walter John Tarte to be Captain, by
pm chase, vice Bayly; Ensign Edward Williams to, be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tarte ;" William Howe
Hennis, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Williams.
11 h Foot—Ensign Thomas Auchinleck to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Henry Ralph Lewis, who retires ;
Charles Hinton Moore, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Auchinleck.
42d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Carew de Morel,
from a Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Frederick Green Wilkinson, who exchanges.
44th Foot—Ensign Charles Hussey Walsh to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Henry Wemyss Feilden, who
retires; Richard Rose O'Grady, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Walsh.
46th Foot—Ensign Henry Bo•cawen Scott, to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Percy Malcolm Jones, who re-
tires; John Talbot Kellett, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Scott.
47th Foot—Captain Harry Denham Tauzia Savary, froth
49th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Graham Taylor, who
exchanges.
48th Foot—Major Walter Pownall, from the 3d Foot,
to be Major, vice William Henry Cairnes, who ex-
changes.
49th Foot—Captain Graham Taylor, from the 47th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Harry Denham Tauzia Savary, who
exchanges.
50th Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Leach to be Adjutant, vice
Charles Richard King, who resigns that appointment.
54th Foot—Major William Edward Durand Deacon, from
the 61st Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
William Freeland Brett, who exchanges.
60th Foot—John Henry Gumbleton, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Thomas Henry Duncombe, appointed
to the 6th Dragooon Guards
61st Foot—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William
Freeland Brett, from 54th Foot, to be Major, vice William
Edward Durand Deacon, who exchanges.
82d Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Niven to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Spence, appointed to the Staff ; the
appointment of Assistant-Surgeon John Smeeton Allenby,
M.D., which appeared in the Gaiette of Dec. 21, 1860,
has been cancelled.
88th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Napleton Dew to be In-
structor of Musketry, vice Ensign Dwyer, placed upon
half pay.
95th Foot—Ensign William George Remfry Herd to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William R. Willans, who
retires ; Henry Bevan, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase,
vice Herd ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Srneeton
Allenby, M.D., to he Assistant-surgeon, vice Sharpe,
appointed to the Staff. The appointment of Staff-As-
sistant-Surgeon John Niven, which appeared in the
Gazette of the 21st December, 1860, has been cancelled.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant John Harger to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Arthur Tretusis Jones,
deceased ; Ensign Charles D'Obree Bowers to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Harger; Ensign Am-
brose Madden to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
James Kingley Maunsell, deceased ; Archibald Hamil-
ton Duthie, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Bowers.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign Robert Kyle Little to be
Lieatenartr, by purchase, vice Mahon, who has retired.
DEPOT BATTALlON.—Lieutenant-: Colonel Frederick
Green Wilkinson, from 42d F, ot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Charles Carew de Morel, who exchanges.
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.
STAFF COLLEGE —Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet
Colonet William C. E. Napier, half-pay Unattached, from
Major and Superintendent of Studies at the Cadets' College,
to be Commandant, vice Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet
Colonel Patrick Leonard M'Dougall, who resigns that ap
pointment

CADETS' COLLEGE.—Capi. and Brevet-Colonel Thomas
E. Lacy, half•pay Unattached, to be Major and Superin-
tendent of Studies, vice Brevet-Colonel Napier.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
The appointment of Assistant-Surgeon Robert Spence,
from the 81,d Foot, to be vice Allanby, appointed to the
95th Foot, and not vice Allenby, who exchanges, as stated
in the Gazette of Dec. 21, 1810.

BREVET.
Lieut.-Col. and Brevet-Col. John Mac Duff, 74th Foot,
to have the local rank of Major-General, while serving on
the Staff in the East Ladies.

The promotion of Surgeon-Major Gibson to the honorary
rank of Deputy Inspector •General of Hospitals, included
in Gazette of 6th December, 1861, has been cancelled, he
having obtained that rank on 6111 November, 1330.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant William Talbot, half-pay
Unattached, has been permitted to retire from the service
by the s ;le of his Commission, under the conditions of the
Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum of 15th February,
1861.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Joseph Sharpies, soft soap manufacturer, Ardwick,
Lancashire.

BANKRUPTS.

Henry Churchill, builder, Washington, Sussex, to sur-
render, Oct. 7, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 13, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Sotheran, jun., builder, Nottingham, Oct, 10 and
29, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
John Dickon Lyon, commission agent, Kingsf on-upon-
Hull, Oct 16, and Nov. 13, at twelve, at the Town-hall,
Kingston-upon- Hull.
Edward David, innkeeper, Bridgend, Glamorganshire,
Oct. 8 and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Frederick Weatherley, draper, Old Chapel-row, Kentish-
town, Middlesex, Oct. 7, at one, and Nov 13, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
George Isadore Meillet, corn dealer, Westbourne-grove,
Bayswater, Middlesex, Oct. 8, at eleven, and Nov, 11, at
half •past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwin Wright, dairyman, Upton, Buckinghamshire,
Oct, 8, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 13, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Sidney Frankan, importer of Meershaum pipes, Bridge-
street, Westminster, Oct. 8. at half-past eleven, and Nov.
11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Joseph Whitley, brass founder, Leeds, Oct. 7 and Nov.
8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.

William Henley, printer, Gloucester, Oct. 8 and Nov. 4,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Richard Binney and Joseph Walker Binney, stock and
share brokers, Leeds, Oct. 11 and Nov. 8, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court.
,
John James Ridge, chemist, Forest-hill, Kent, Oct. 8, at
hf
alf-paskru t twptcyo, and Nov. 13, at half-past one, at the Court
o Ban.
Wm. Hart and John Hart, drapers, Denning ton, Suffolk
Oct. 10, at twelve, and Nov. 8, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy, _

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS,
George Hinmers, draper, Greenock.
John Govenlock, innkeeper, Blackhall, Dumfriesshire.
Claude Mathie, grocer, Helensburgh.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
Computed from the Returns .1-lade in the week ending
Sept. 24, 18G1, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great
Britain
wt.
Muscovado, the produce of British America per
238 c lid
MauritiusMuscovado, the produce of the Mauritius —s —d
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies.. 32s Od
Average price 91 the terePiggt• • I 011,00 It 2ia