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THE _NAVY.
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' satisfactorily; and commissions ithe two branches
pf the service would be conferre on the following
gentlemen :—F. Firebrece, J. L.vlergan, A. de V.
13rooke, I. R. M'Cullob, M.- 11. Rogers, R. A.
Sargeaunt, G. A. L. A. Whitmor, J. Y. Knowles,
A. E. Dummlcr, J. T. Marsh,' Rf. H. Parker, 11.
L. Lewis, and H. Champernow, for the Royal
Engineers ; and for the Royal k.rtillery—C. G.
Rule, J. A. Lawrie, D. D. T. ). Callaghan, F.
Campbell, S. Hopkins, ll r li. F Renwick, L. F.
Perry, E. S. 13. Lockycr, F: W. rash, J. R. Slade,
C. E. H. Ford, E. Cross, J. 11 Poole, C. M. H.
Hallett, G. W. M. Turnbull, C. jarcom, E. G. M.
Donnithorne,ll. Pipon, and St.A;byn Molesworth.
From the second division of the fist special class 17
passed for commissions, namely-3.C. Beauchamp,
W. Osborne, G. W. Gifford, L. 1. Boileau, C. F
Priddcn, T. B. B. Savi, W. Sedgwick,
A. W. Baird, and A. 11. My, for the Royal
Engineers; and F. W. joseph, A F. Cumberlege,
E. Waller, F. L. Weston, a. B Sandys, C. E.
Souper, J. Day, and J. B. La ierre; for the Royal
Artillery. After the dispOsal of the above-named
matters, Gen. Knollys delivered an eloquent address.
After alluding to the agreeable duties .he had just
discharged, at 4 the sad calamity which had imposed
them upon him, he referred to the recent commotion
which had taken place at thet academy,
,which
described as scandalous, and itit--j-'7."'"J'..6
%•TritO.'ches of disci-
pline. The conduct of the persons concerned was
that of idle and wilful boys, rather than of young
officers, but ho felt certain that their own good
sense would guard them against a recurrence of
such behaviour. One of their complaints he found
was the admission of the competitive class from
Addiscombe. Were they not there on the principle
of competition ? By exercising that principle large
numbers had now passed for commissions in the
academy. The extinction of the seminary of Addis-
combe was not, he said, their act, but that of the
country, and he found by the result of to-day that
the admission of the class had in no way impeded
their advancement, as the numbers proved. The
minor grievance, it appeared, was the mess com-
plaint, or the mode of cooking. That was a frivo-
lous ground of discontent. The irregularity was
occasioned by the bad state of the kitchen range,
which was out of order for a short time only. His
Royal Highness had therefore come to the conclu-
sion that there was nothing in their complaints
which he could consider to justify the commotion.

Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C. 8., is ,expected to
arrive at Portsmouth this morning tdhoist his flag,
as second in command on the North American and
West India station, on board the Edgar, 89, screw,
Captain Mends, lying at Spithcad. The Edgar is
expected to sail about Monday next, and will pro•
bably call in at Lisbon, receiving her latest instruc-
tions there from, the Admiralty, and, if necessary,
proceeding thence orth America, accompanied
by a portion of _llieJlediterraucan squadron now
assemblingak Gibraltar.
The ChaniiNir, 17, screw, Commander Stirling,

at Portsmouth, is ordered to complete her stores
with all possible despatch. She is expected to moor
off Osborne during the stay of her Majesty in the
Me of Wight.
The annour•plittc4 frigate Royal Oak, 51, 800-
horse power, is now under the hands of the large
number of shipwrights and other mechanics em-
ployed on her at Chatham dockyard. Already she
Etas completed planking nearly up to her light line.

The armour-plates will be laid on teak planking,
eight inches in thickness, and beyond a certain part
the planking will be of the enormous thickness of
12 inches. An improvement has been effected
in the construction of the well for the screw, by
which considerable strength• will be imparted to
the after Portion of the vessel. She will hn fit tna
with Griffiths's propeller. Although the Royal
Oak is technically called a 51-gun frigate, it is
probable she will not be armed with more than 40
pieces, nearly the whole of which will be Armstrong
guns. From the extraordinary elfin ts now being
made to complete her, and the rapidity with which
she is being pushed forward, there appears every
probability that she will be afloat by the middle
of next year. The engines ordered for the Bul-
wark, 91, building at Chatham, are to be put on
board the Royal Oak, the present intention of the
Admiralty being to cut down the Bulwark, which
is about three parts completed, and convert her into
an armour-plated frigate similar to the Royal Oak,
in which case she will not be ready to receive her
engines on board for some time.
A notice has been posted at tho entrance gates of
Portsmouth dockyard for the entry of an additional
number of shipwrights, caulkers, and labourers.
Work is being pushed to the utmost in every de-
partment of the yard to complete the outfit of the
ships ordered to be prepared for sea, the officers for
which, it is stated, have been named by the Admi-
ralty, from the captain downwards, their crews
being held in readiness to send on board at an
hour's notice should their services be suddenly re-
quired. The military store departnient and the
Royal Clarence victualling yard have also both been
taxed to an extraordinary degree daring the past
week, having had, in addition to the ordinary, or
rather extraordinary, duties of the port consequent
upon the war preparations, to supply the necessary
provisions, bedding, and stores required for the
troops ordered to embark at Southampton.
Yesterday a detachment of Royal Marines, to the
number of 64 men of all ranks, under orders to pro-
ceed to Portsmouth, left headquarters, Chatham,
under the command of Capt. Walton. They are to
be held in readiness to embark on board any of the
vessels fitting which require supernumeraries.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :

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Lieutenants—John 0. Hopkins, to be Flag-Lieutenant
to Rear-Admiral Dacres ; George W. Gregorie, to the
Britannia (additional), f,r service with naval cadets ; the
Hon. Dudley 0. Murray to the Nile, for disposal.
Assistant-Engineers-4i.. W. Watson (first class), A.
Lawton (acting first class), W. B. Trenwith (second class),
J.Craig and A. Gibson (acting second class)to the Orlando;
W. Fenton (a) (first class additional) to the Indus, for the
Trinculo ; J. M. Thompson (second class) ditto ; A. Wilson,
(acting second-class) to the Indus, for I'rospero.
Assistant-Surgeon—Williamßoche (a), to the Orlando.
Assistant Paymasters—Bertram Milford, supernumerary,
to the Nile; 'William P. Taylor, to the Edgar, as super-
numerary clerk.
Masters' Assistants—Herbert Gimson, supernumerary,
to the Victory; Walter N. Gordon, to the SA allow.
Engineers—George Booth, confirmed to the Impe•
rieuso ; James Lawler (acting) to the Indus as supernu-
merary ; J. King, to the Indus for the Rospero ;
J. Oliver (chief), and F. W. Sutton to the Orlando.

THE ARMY.

The 2d Battalion of the Coldstream Guards has
left Wellington Barracks for the Tower of Lon-
don, to do duty in the place of the Ist battalion
of the Grenadiers until replaced by a regiment of
the line;

Each of the depots stationed at the camp at Col-
chester has removed orders to send out parties on
recruiting service. It appears that there was a
misapprehension as to the strength of the draught
which left the camp on Monday for service in
Canada. It consisted only of about 50 men, who
are to join the 16th Regiment, under orders for the
west, but 100 are to leave with all possible dis-
patch. All the depots have been called upon to
furnish volunteers, except the sth Regiment and
the 2d battalion of the 6th Regiment.
The half-yearly distribution of prizes to the gen-
tlemen cadets at Woolwich took place yesterday
at the Academy. In consequence of the death of
Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge did not attend, and the ceremony was
performed by Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, the Vice-Presi-
dent. The General,accompanied by Col.Wodchouse,
C. 8,, Assist.-Adjt.-Gen. of the Royal Artillery,
arrived at the Academy soon after 11 a.m., and was
joined by various officers of the Council of Military
Education. Major-Gen. Sir R. Dacres and staff
were in attendance from the garrison. The 256
cadets were drawn up in military array, under
command of Capt. William. After marching past
and performing a few company evolutions, they
went through a course of field gun drills, the whole
of which General Knollys remarked were exceed-
ingly satisfactory. An examination of the elemen-
tary drawings by the cadets was next made, many
of which were deservedly admired. Some pen and
ink sketches, resembling wood etchings, were re-
markably good, and attracted general attention.
The prizes having been arranged for distribution in
St. George's-hall, those about to be rewarded were
assembled there in presence of the inspecting
officer, the Professors of the Academy, and an
assemblage of ladies and other visitors. The first
prize to be delivered was the Pollock medal, which
General Knollys stated he had the gratification of
handing to Mr. Beauchamp, for soldierlike and
highly moral conduct while in the Academy. The
other prizes were as follows : Mr. Whitmore, for
exemplary conduct, a regulation sword ; Mr. J.
Morgan, for Ist artillery and Ist surveying, a double
telescope and double sextant ; to Mr. Osborne, for
2d artillery, a double telescope ; to Mr. Beauchamp
(to whom the Pollock medal had been awarded at
the commencement), for 23 surveying, chemistry,
and fortification extra, a pocket sextant, an aneroid
barometer; to Mr. Firebrace, for geology, mechanics
and natural philosophy, two microscopes and a
pocket compass, with scale and pen in ease ; to Mr.
Dunbar, for natural philosophy, a microscope; to
Mr. Fraser, for first mathematics, a case of mathe-
matical instruments; to Mr. Rowe, for second
mathematics and second fortification, an " Aide-
Memoire des Officiers du Genie, par J. Laisne," and
a thermometer; to Mr. Bell, for first fortification,
a patent sextant; to Mr. M'Hardy, for first prac-
tical geometry, a double telescope ; to Mr. H. A.
Graves, for second practical geometry, an aneroid
barometer ; to Mr. H. Stewart, for French, " Les
(Euvres de Lamartine ;" to Mr. A. S. Walker, for
German, Schiller's " Sammtliche Werke ;" to
Mr. Ross, for Hindustani, Gleig's "Life of
Warren Hastings; to Mr. Buller, for plan
drawing and first landscape drawing, a case of
mathematical instruments; and to Mr; Holdich, for
second landscape drawing, a pocket compass, with
The general then announced that
class first division, consisting of 38
o scale,u ofptehne,
fi&rsct.
cadets, only six had failed to pass_their examination

TROOPS FOR CANADA.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.

The embarkation of the first portion of the troops
appointed to leave this port for service in Canada
took place this afternoon. Previous to their arrival
the Adriatic and the Parana were inspected by
Col, Somerset, accompanied by Capt. Patey, R,N.,
the Admiralty Superintendent at Southampton, and
week ago that these
yptaed for this service, and
ovtehs es
er
so ffiweeerres .0
ffilcti
awl l ays
accepted
el
the expedition with which they have been got ready
for sea is highly creditable to all parties concerned.
They have been completely fitted for officers and
men, coaled, and supplied with water, &c., and
an immense quantity of stores shipped, including
three months' provisions for both troops and crew.
Shortly after 3 o'clock a special train arrived from
Woolwich, bringing the No. 4 battery, 10th bri-
gade, Royal Artillery, and also the Ist battalion
Military Train. They were met at the terminus
by tho fine band of the 2d Hants (Southampton)
Rifle Volunteers, and as soon as the Artillery had
formed in marching order they proceeded from the
station to the docks, the bands at their head, and
marched direct on board the Adriatic steamer. The
band immediately returned to the terminus, and
paid a similar compliment to the Military Train.
Ttid >tiattery otAlitrekiiMemard-otz,
Captain IL P. Gabbett,' tbe aficirsi being'
Captain H. S. Elliot, Lieutentlifts W. H. King
Harman, G. A. French, and E. Bradley, Assistant-
Surgeon F. R. Hogg, with seven sergeants, four
corporals, two trumpeters, and 100 gunners. The
Military Train consists of 300 non-commissioned
officers and men, under command of Major Hill,
the other officers being Major Johns, Captains Bul-
ler and Harris; Lieutenants Lane, Williams, Clarke,
Benthall, and Roberts; Ensigns Crawford and
worth, Lieutenant and Adjutant Cummin,
Paymaster Bryson, Quartermaster Mitchell, and
Surgeon Fox, with two staff clerks. The whole of
the troops marched direct on board the steamer, and
were all safely housed within half an hour after
their arrival in the docks. Thousands of people
assembled on the quays, who enthusiastically
cheered the bravo fellows as they passed along.
The 18th company Royal Engineers, 120 in num-
ber, also arrived in two divisions, and embarked on
board the Parana, which was lying at another part
of the docks. The first party, consisting of 53 men,
under Lieutenant Heriot Maitland, arrived from
Chatham about half-past 1, and the other, coin-
prising 67 men, commanded by Captain Edward
Osborne Hewitt, with Lieutenants Tovey and
Sievewright, arrived from Portsmouth about 3
o'clock. These gallant servants of their country
were also welcomed with a share of the popular en-
thusiasm as they proceeded to the steamer which
will carry them across the Atlantic.

1 association was one of mutual insurance. The matter,
however, was one which deserved attention, and
'would meet with the consideratiori of the committee.
He then put the rules for the approval of the meet-
ing, and they were unanimously adopted.

The Magdalena has nearly completed her equip-
ment for sea, and will, it is expected, embark the
main body of her troops on Friday.

THE FORGERY OLV THE BANE OF

E.NGLAAI).

WAR RISKS ON BRIIISII SHIPS.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before Sir C. Cresswell and a Common Jury.)
WATSON V. WATSON AND WILKINSON—VERDICT.
The hearing of this case, which commenced on
'Tuesday last, was resumed this morning, vy hen the
<following additional evidence was adduced on the
part of the respondent to prove the alleged adul-
tery of the petitioner, Sir Charles Watson.
Sarah Nott, examined by Mr. Macaulay--I keep
the Uncle Tom's Cabin public-house at the village
of Swaffham at Reach, in Cambridgeshire. I know
a young woman named Ellen Cracknell. I recol-
lect the day before the ploughing match at Swaff-
ham, which took place on the 12th of November
last, Sir Charles Watson coming to my house with
Ellen Cracknell. It was arranged that she should
sleep in my bed with me, and Sir Charles should
occupy a bed in another room, where my brother
slept. They had tea at my house, and about 11
o'clock Ellen Cracknell went up stairs to my room,
and Sir Charles followed her. When I went to'go
to bed I found the doer of my room fastened. I
se.ttemean eneaking in the room. I
slept in the next room that night, and saw nothing
more of the parties until 12 o'clock next day. Sir
Charles Watson called for breakfast, which I took
him. He and Ellen Cracknell were in bed together.
I know a person named Party and Mark Iron, and
I remember his coming to the house with some
other men on the morning of the Swaffham plough-
ing match, and one of them asking for Fir Charles
Watson. I told him, and he asked me to inquire
the name of the person. I did so, and he gave the
name of Webb. I told Sir Charles, and Ellen
Cracknell said he had better go down stairs,
and speak to him. He did so, being partly
dressed at the time. Sir Charles and Ellen
Cracknell went away in a dog cart which
had been left at Mr. Middleditch's public-
house at Swaffham. They came again to her house
and had tea together, and they wanted to have a
lodging, but she could not accommodate them,
Mark Iron, examined by Dr. Spinks—l am a
farmer, residing at Great Swaffham. I know Sir
Charles Watson. I was at Swaffham ploughing
match last November twelvemonths. On that occa-
sion I went to Uncle Tom's Cabin, accompanied by
a man named Crisp and some other men. I saw
Sir Charles in the kitchen, and he had only his
drawers and shirt on at the time. Crisp asked him
for some assistance, which Sir Charles refused.
Cross-examined by Sergeant Hayes—Crisp sent
up the name of Webb, a person who lived with Sir
Charles Watson. We heard that Sir Charles Wat-
son was in the house. We went there only out of
curiosity.
Ellen Cracknell, examined by Mr. O'Malley—l
am a single woman and live at West Wratting.
That is the parish in which Wratting Park is situ-
ated. I know Sir Charles Watson. I know a per-
son named Sarah Mansfield, who formerly lived at
West Wratting, but had since removed to Cam-
bridge. Sir Charles Watson spoke to me first last
July twelvemonths, I saw him at Sarah Mans-
field's. He played cards with us. I remember his
showing me a note which he said he received from
Sarah Mansfield after she went to Cambridge. I
think that was about twelve months ago. I re-
member after that going to Balsham with Sir
Charles Watson. It is about a mile from Wratting
Park, and there is a feast held there on the 6th of
July. I know the Black Bull, and I went there
with Sir Charles Watson. I know a girl named
Ann Littlechild, and I have seen a girl named
Sarah Taylor. I spent,the night at the Blac kßull
with Sir Charles Watson, but we did not go to
bed, and he [left the house about four o'clock
the near morning. I remember goino. with Sir
Charles to Newmarket races last October twelve
months. lie took me in his dog-cast, and Sarah
Mansfield was with us. I went with him from there
to Reach, and he put up his dog cart at the Black
Swan which is kept by Mr. Middleditch. We then
went to Uncle Tom's Cabin, where we slept toge-
ther that night. (The witness having corroborated
the evidence as regarded the men calling to-aregir
Charles Watson at Uncle Tom's Cabin, on the morn-
ing of the Swaffham Ploughing Match, proceeded.)
We breakfasted in bed together that morning.
After that, we went to Cambridge. We went to the
Sun public-house where Sarah Mansfield was living.
We remained there two nights, on both of which
Sir Charles IVatson slept with me. I know the Bull
at Royston, and I slept the. e also with Sir Charles
Watson, but I don't remember the date. I went to
London with him, and we lived together for four
days and nights at a house in Leicester-square.
We returned together to Cambridge. I know Esther
Beaton, wholives at Newmarket. I remember going
to the door of her house with Sir Charles, and his
asking Beaton if shewould get him a girl,to which
she replied, that he should go after one for himself.
I know a Mrs. Guthridge at Cambridge, and I
stayed at her house about a week, last January,
with Sir Charles Watson. I remember seeing Sir
Charles at my house last Christmas-eve. He came
between 10 and 11 o'clock at night. He took me to
Wratting Park, and I slept with him in his house
that night. I saw the Dowager Lady Watson anda
sister of Sir Charles going out of the house next
morning to church. I saw him the next evening.
He came to my house between five and six o'clock
and he remained, playing cards, until 12 o'clock. I
then went with him to the Park, and I again slept
with him there. I went away the next day, about
half-past 11 or 12 o'clock. I breakfasted in the hall,
with Sir Charles Watson, before I left.
Cross-examined by Sergeant Hayes—l work in a
field sometimes for my living. I never saw Sir
Charles Watson drunk, or anything odd about him.
He was quite serious when he asked the woman
Beaton about a girl. I saw him last in January of
the present year. Until Monday last I was not
applied to on the other side as to what information
I could supply.
Re-examined by Mr. O'Malley—On both occa-
sions when I slept with Sir Charles Watson at
Wratting Park, I was admitted to the house by the
footman.
Esther Beaton, examined by Mr. O'Malley—l
know last witness, and I remember her coming to
my house with Sir Charles Watson, and his asking
me if I would get him a girl, and my say ing I would
not trouble myself about the matter.
Ann Littlechild deposed to having become ac-
quainted with Sir Charles Watson about three years
and a half ago, and having had connexion with him
then and subsequently. In cross-examination, this
witness said that ehe worked with her sister as a
dressmaker, and she admitted that she had improper
intimacy with other gentlemen besides Sir Charles
Watson.
Medical evidence was then given to show that
about four years ago Sir Charles Watson was suffer-
ing under a loathsome disease, and additional testi-
mony was adduced to establish the charge of adul-
tery against him with other women, besides those
who had been already examined.
Mr. O'Malley, on the part of Lady Watson,
summed up the evidence, and made a powerful
appeal on behalf of his client.
Mr. Macaulay followed on behalf of the co-
respondent. .
Mr. Sergeant Hayes replied on the whole ease.
Sir C. Cresswell summed up with great care point-
ing out that the three issues were, whether Lady
Watson had committed adultery with the co-respon-
dent ; whether Sir Charles Watson had committed
adultery; and what damages, if any, he was entitled
to under the circumstances:developed in the evidence.
He commented strongly on some portions of the
testimony, as regarded the conduct of Sir Charles
Watson. As regards the co-respondent, he drew
attention to the fact that he was a married man,
which rendered his conduct worse if he was guilty,
as he was unable to make the unfortunate respon-
dent reparation by marrying her. As related to
damages, his lordship observed they were to be
dealt with, not as penal in their character, but as
compensation for the injury which the husband
sustained for the loss of his wife. The jury must
consider what that loss was, by the value which the
husband in this case set on the association of a vir-
tuous woman.

Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, Mr. Henry Wells Young,
a solicitor, at 14, Gray's inn-square, charged with
feloniously uttering forged documents for the sale
and transfer of stock, amounting in the aggregate
to £5,666 odd, with int-it to defraud the Governor
and Company of the Bank of England, was again
placcd at the bar before the Lord Mayor at the
Justice room of the Mansion-house. The prisoner,
who is a man of gentlemanly appearance, was ar-
rested on a warrant about a week ago, and was
• brought before the Court in the custody of Michael
Haydou, the detective officer, when the accusation
against him was then only partially investigated.
Mr. Freshfield, solicitor to the Bank, again at-
tended to conduct the prosecution. The prisoner
was defended by Mr. Lewis.
Mr. Freshfield said on the last examination the
prisoner was charged with having uttered two
forged powers of attorney, one for the sale and
transfer of £2,400 New Three per Cent. Annuities,
and the other for the sale and transfer of £3,266 ls.
9d. Reduced Three per Cents., both of which
sums stood in the books of the Bank of England in
_ 1,1 _1- ;._a,
belonged to Maria Gohegan, widow, and William
Gohcgan Coombs, as his executrix and executor.
On that occasion he (Mr. Freshfield) proved the
utterance by the prisoner, on the 29th of Nov. last,
of a forged power of attorney for the £3,266 odd,
by which he effected a transfer and sale of the stock
and received the profits of the transaction, amount-
ing to £2,946 lls. 9d. He also proved that the
prisoner knew Mrs. Gohegan, the co-executrix, and
was in communication with her; that he went
to Mr. Eykyn, a respectable stockbroker, and
requested him to put forward a power of attor-
ney for the transfer of that amount of stock • that
he afterwards returned the power to Mr. Eykyn,
apparently executed by Mrs. Gohegan and Wm.
Gohegan Coombs, though at that time the latter
was well known to be at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and
that the transaction was in that way completed.
At that part of the case he (Mr. Freshfield) stopped.
The prisoner not then having the assistance of a so.
licitor for the purpose of his defence, it was not
thought desirable to investigate the second charge.
He now proposed to tender evidence with the view
to complete the case against the prisoner.
Mr. Lewis suggested that the prisoner, being
prosecuted by the authorities of the bank, and see-
ing that his trial, if he should be committed, could
not take place at the present session of the Central
Criminal Court, should be remanded for a week or
more, inasmuch as since his apprehension he had
been in a state of health which prevented him giv-
ing the proper instructions for his defence.

Mr, liresitfield said he did not wish at all to pre-
clude the prisoner from giving any explanation, or
to proceed with the charge with anything like haste,
but the witnesses to prove it were in court, one of
whom had come from the country, and he felt bound
to tender the evidence to the Lord Mayor, unless
his lordship should rule otherwise. He had no ob-
jection, after calling those witnesses, to the prisoner
being remanded before his formal commitment.
Mr. Lewis said the-charge against the prisoner
was a very serious one; he was dragged suddenly
from his office last week to meet it, and had not had
a fair opportunity of meeting it.
The Lord Mayor said he should be loth to do any-
thing that might prevent the prisoner having a fair
trial ; but since he would be sent for trial, it would
make little or no difference whether he was com-
mitted that day or any other.
Mr. Roger Eykyn, examined by Mr. Freshfield,
said—l am a stockbroker in 'Change-alley. I re-
ceived instructions from the prisoner on the 4th of
November to apply for a power of attorney
for the sale of £2,400 New Three per Cent. An-
nuities, standing in the names of Maria Gohegan,
widow, and William. Gohegan Coombs, executrix
and executor of Itlehard Gollegan,jun., in the books
of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng-
land. lie said Mrs. Gohegan and Mr. Coombs were
both than at Broadwater-villa, Warwick-road,
Maida-hill, which I now know to be the residence of
Viiiinhaddery iut iirlffeletelid li6Vlrliew at that-titre:
Mr. Lewis—How do you knovi that to be his
residence ?

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given the address of Mrs. Gohegan and Mr.
Coombs at one place, and that in the transfer of the
first sum the latter was described as of Halifax,
Nova Scotia, wrote to Mr. Coombs at Halifax. They
received an answer from him denying all know-
ledge of the transaction, but not before the second
transfer had been effected.

LA TV INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 18.

Witness—l know it by having seen his wife there.
The witness continued—l obtained a power of attor-
❑ey from the Bank, and it was handed to the pri-
soner in the usual course of business. The next day
he returned it to me, purporting to be executed as
it now appears, and in it Mrs. Gohegan was de-
scribed as of Bath-road, Asylum-road, Old Kent-
road, and Mr. Coombs as of Halifax, Nova Scotia,
merchant. I know as a fact that the stock in ques-
tion was sold on the following day. The net pro-
duce of the sale amounted to £2,188 18s. 6d., and I
drew a check on that day for the amount in favour
of the prisoner.

Mr. Thos. Snelling, jun., a clerk to Messrs. Eykyn
Brothers, said on Nov. 6 he accompanied the pri-
soner to the Bank of England to have a transfer of
the stock in question made, and he identified him to
the authorities at the Bank. The transfer was
made under the power of attorney produced. Wit-
ness filled up a check for the proceeds, and handed
it first to Mr. Eykyn for signature, and then to the
prisoner.

Mr. James Needham, a clerk in the New Three
per Cents. office, Bank of England, proved that he
attested the transfer in the books of the Bank. It
was made to Henry Wells Young. He believed the
prisoner was the same man, but could not positively
swear to him.

Mrs. Maria Gohegan, widow, residing at Dateh-
worth-green, near Stevenage, Herts, said she knew
there was a sum of £2,400 New Three per Cent.
Annuities standing in her name and that of Wm.
Gohegan Coombs at the Bank. She certainly never
authorised the prisoner to obtain a power of attor-
ney from the Bank for the transfer of that sum, nor
did she ever give as her residence Broadwater-villa,
Maida-hill: She had never stayed ror resided
there.

Mr. Freshfield asked if she knew where Mr.
Coombs, her co-executor, was on the 4th November?
Mr. Lewis (interposing) inquired if she saw him
on that day.
Witness replied she did not ; and upon that Mr.
Freshfield did not press the question.
Mr. Lewis said he forbore then asking the lady
any other question, alleging that the instrument had
not been properly executed.
Witness said the signature to the power of at-
torney purporting to be hers was not in her hand-
writing, nor was the " W. G. Coombe?" appended to
it the handwriting of her co-executor, with which
' she was well acquainted.
11r. Freshfield—Did the prisoner ever account to
you for the sum of £2,188 18s Gd as the proceeds of
your stock ?
Witness—No, never.
Mr. Montagu J. S. Evans, a clerk in the Charing-
cross branch of the Bank of London, said the prisoner
has an account there, and on the 7th of November
the cheque drawn in his favour by Mr. Eykyn for
£2,188 18s 6d was paid iN to his account.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—There is now
standing to the prisoner's credit at the Bank of
London £1,592 odd.
Mr. Lewis—l believe from £40,000 to £50,000
a-year used to pass through his account ?
Witness—l cannot exactly state the amount, but
I should think about that sum.
Mr. Freshfield said that was his case, and if Mr.
Lewis desired that the prisoner should be formally
remanded, he should have no objection as far as the
Bank was concerned.
Mr. Lewis said the object be had in view, which
was to bo in a position to cross-examine the wit-
nesses, he having just before been instructed, had
been frustrated, and he no longer asked for a remand.
The prisoner, on receiving the usual caution from
the Bench, said he should reserve his defence.
The Lord Mayor committed him to Newgate for
trial at the Central Criminal Court.
The discovery of these forgeries was partly due to
a precautionary measure to which the Bank autho•
cities always have recourse on applications being
made to them for powers of attorney for the transfer
of stock. Before a transfer is effected they send
letters to the addresses given of the parties to it,
apprising them of the transaction in contemplation,
adding that in the event of its regularity no answer
would be required. In this case the prisoner on
applying for the transfer gave an eddriss for both
Mrs. Gohegan and Mr. Coombs, which turned out
to be his own residence. Letters were addressed
from the Bank to them there, but no answers being
returned the transaction was assumed by the autho-
rities to be one in the ordinary way of business.
Both these letters were found upon the prisoner on
his apprehension; one of them unopened. There
was an interval of nearly a month between the
transfer of the £2,400 and that of the £3,266 odd ;
and the Bank authorities, suspecting something
wrong from the circumstance of the prisoner having

Another influential meeting of shipowners was
held yesterday at the Jamaica Coffeehouse,
Michael's•alley, Cornhill, for the purpose of pro-
moting the formation of the British Shipowners'
Mutual War Risk Assurance Association. Mr. G.
Marshall was called to the chair. He stated that
the committee appointed at the previous meeting
had prepared rules for the working of the associa-
tion. They proposed to conduct it strictly on the
mutual principle, requiring the contributors to pro-
vide against loss rateably to the amount of their
contribution. They also proposed to limit the
society to bona fide British shipowners, and they
already had got together a very large amount of
capital. It was intended to insure on a bottom
from £l,OOO to £20,000, provided that the in-
surance did not exceed 1 per cent. on the sub-
scribed capital, which was estimated at £2,000,000.
Ho believed the capital, however, would be
much more. There were advantages in a mutual
assurance which were not to be found in other asso-
ciations, as they did not know at present whether
they were going to have war or not. One thing
was very certain,—that if there was no war the
contributions would be very small and the property
safe. The system was very different at Lloyd's,
where they paid for the risk whether there was war
or not. The secretary read the rules, which pro-
vided that the sum to be insured on each vessel
should be in the discretion of the committee, but
should in no case exceed 1 per cent. on the contri-
butive amount. The sum insured on each vessel
was not to exceed £20,000, and the value of each
vessel was to be declared at the time of entry. It
was also provided that no claim for loss or damage
sustained by or in consequence of an attempt to
violate a blockade, whether effective or not, should
be paid. Mr. Mackay, of Liverpool, wished to know
whether there would be any difference made in the
premium between a ship armed and one unarmed.
It was a matter which was now engaging the seri-
ous attention of shipowners. Some vessels had
already been fitted out with an armament, and he
suggested that it might be a subject for the consi-
deration of the committee whether some distinction
might be made. He also suggested that something
should be done so as to prevent the alleged colour-
able transfer of American ships to British owner-
ship. The chairman said he did not see how the
committee could act upon the point suggested as to
armed and unarmed ships. The principle of the

The jury, after half an hour's deliberation,
found a verdict to the effect that Lady Watson had
committed adultery with the co-respondent; that
Sir Charles Watson had committed adultery with
divers females, and assessed the damages at forty
shillings.

PRIVATEER,—The Stratheden, arrived in the
river, reports that on the 26th November, in lat. 7N.
long. 25 W., she saw a schooner on the weather bow, gra-
dually stealing down to her. When she came near the two
vessels exchanged signals, the schooner showing American
colours. Immediately she saw the English flag she dropped
astern. She was evidently well manned, as sail was re-
duced very smartly.

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MAILS DUE.

THAMES.—Yesterday James Hunter, licensed
victualler, formerly landlord of the Red Deer pub-
lichouse, in Cambridge-heath-road, Bethnal-green,
aged 40, James Gillett, a broker and marine store-
dealer, of Church-street, Mile-end New-town, 42,
Thomas Smith, carman' of 21, Princes-street, in the
same locality, 35, and Edwin Turnbull, a lighter-
man, of 14, Sutton street, Commereiahroad-east, 28,
were brought before Mr. Woolrych for final exami-
nation and committal, charged with stealing ten
bales of China raw silk, the property of the St.
Katharine Dock Company.
in May last John Newton, silkthrowster at Derby;
Peter Debock, silk manufacturer in Spitalfields ;
Joseph Barker, his brother-in-law, of Hope-§treet,
Bethnal-green ; and William Crane, porter, in
the employ of Drakeford and Co., silk mercers
in the city, were committed in May last for being
concerned in the robbery. On the trial 'three
of the prisoners were acquitted, but DeliOek was
found guilty and sentenced to 18 months' imprison-
ment, with hard labour, Three x'loo-notes, taken
from Debock by the Derby police when he was
arrested in that town, were subsequently restored to
Newton, who had paid them to two London publi7

cans named Agg and Hunter when he purchased
the stolen silk which was found in his mill. New-
ton had also given them a check for £220. A reward
was offered by the St. Katharine Dock Company
for the apprehension of Agg and Hunter, who had
absconded directly after Messrs. Hilton and Fearn,
of the Derby police, arrived in London. On Nov. t;
last Hunter, after a long investigation, was liberated
on substantial bail. Theprisoners Turnbull, Gil-
leth, and Smith were apprehended by Mr. „ p
Mum-
ford, superintendent of the St. Katharine Dock
police, and Donoway, a detective of the H division,
a few days after Hunter surrendered. Hunter was
admitted to bail at the conclusion of several succes-
sive investigations until Tuesday, the 3d inst., when
Mr. Humphreys, jun., appearing for the prosecu-
tion, complained that an attempt bad been made to
suborn Mr. Hilton, superintendent of the Derby
police, to commit perjury, and " make his evidence
light against Hunter," by a person named Robert
Gifford, assistant relieving officer of Mile-end Old-
town. The matter was investigated, and Hunter
was committed to prison. On the 11th inst., when
the prisoners were again brought up, Mr. Metcalf,
on behalf of Gifford, said his conduct would be in-
quired into by the Poor-law Board. Mr. Leech
tendered bail for Hunter to the amount of £B,OOO,
and said some of the first merchants in the city of
London were ready to become surety for him. Mr.
Woolrych refused to take any amount of bail, and
Hunter was again remanded with the other prisoners
until yesterday. The two principal offenders, Frede-
rick Chas. Agg, formerly landlord of the Clown,
opposite Sadler's Wells Theatre, and Thos. Turn-
bull, brother of the prisoner Edwin Turnbull, are
still at large. The principal witness against the
prisoners was Debock, the convict, whose foolish
exhibition of the three £lOO notes he received in
part payment for the stolen silk fortunately led to
his apprehension in Derby, his conviction, and the
exposure of the whole plot. Tho silk in question
was stolen from a barge called the Dorville, on the
Thames, on the night of the 13th or early on the
morning of the 14th of March last. The Dorville
received 411 bales of silk from the ship Solent, in
the West India Dock, on the afternoon of the 13th
of March. The former vessel.was removed into the
St. Katharine's Dock on the following day, and on
the hatches being opened ten bales of silk, valued at
£l,OOO, were missing. The robbery was committed
between the two docks, and it is supposed that the
Customs' lock was tampered with, and the ten
bales of silk were removed from the barge into a
punt called the Robert. The punt was stolen on
the night the Dorville was laden with the silk, and
after having been used by the thieves to carry out
the robbery was sent adrift on the Thames, and was
found three or four days afterwards close to the
entrance of the Grand Surrey Canal Dack, at
Rotherhithe. The stolen silk was landed aad put
into a cart, which found its way to the Kingsland-
road, Shoreditch, as early as seven o'clock on the
morning of the 14th of March, and Debock, the two
Turnbulls, Gillett, and another man, met at a pub-
lic-house, while a horse and cart which had been
driven to that place with the silk remained out-
side. The Turnbulls, Debock, and Gillett, after
taking a glass of brandy at this public-house, went
to another, opposite Shoreditch Church, where they
had more brandy. They there discussed the sale
and concealment of the silk, which was taken on
the same day to Smith's yard and weighed. It was
afterwards removed to and concealed in Barker's
house, in Hope-street, Bethnal-green, for three
days. While there the original covers were removed.
by Crane, others substituted, and initials and devices
placed on them by the same person, and the silk
taken away on the night of the 18th of March in
one of Pickford's vans, hired by Crane, to the goods
station of the North London Railway, and sent away
„the_ same night by railway to Derby, where the
whole of it was found in Newton's mill. Debock
entered into the particulars of his interviews and'
negotiations with the prisoners Agg and Thomas
Turnbull; his journey to Derby in the same train
with Agg, Hunter, and New ton ; his receipt of three
£lOO notes at the hotel in ihrby from Hunter in the
presence of Agg; his arrest by the Derby police
with the notes in his possession, and his subsequent
conviction at the Central Criminal Court. The ar-
rangement he made with the Turnbulls and Gillett
was to sell the silk for Gs. per pound and Is. more es
commission. He paid Thomas 'Turnbull 50 sove-
reign on account after the silk was stolen and before
it was removed to Derby. He borrowed the money
of Mr, Angell, his solicitor, on the security of some
title deeds he deposited with him. He never recovered
his money from the thieves. Debock was severely
cross-examined by Mr. Leech, and involved himself
in many contradictions. His statement of his own
guilt, and the interviews with Agg, Hunter, Thomas
Turnbull, and others were contrasted with his decla-
rations and protestations of innocence in the Central
Criminal Court. He admitted that he suspected
the silk was stolen when he was negotiating for the
purchase of it from the Turnbulls and Gillett and
_ _

the sale of it to Agg and Hunter. He donied that
any hope had been held out to him that his sentence
would be remitted or his imprisonment reduced for
the evidence he gave. His testimony was confirmed
in many of the leading particulars by Barker and
Crane, who were tried and acquitted. It was also
supported by people from Derby, who saw him
there with Agg and Hunter on the 19th of March,
by his own servant, by several p.Tsons who
saw him in company with the Turnbulls, Agg,
Hunter, and Gillett, on the 15th of March and
three following days; and, lastly, by Mr. Angell,
solicitor, of Basinghall-street, who deposed to lend-
ing his client £5O on the 15th of March, and pro-
duced the cheque which he gave to Debock for
the amount required, and for which Debock received
£5O at the Union Bank of London, where Mr.
Angell keeps an account.

Mr. Hilton gave evidence of a long conversation
with Hunter at the Red Deer on the 20th of March
last. Hunter then admitted that he and Agg had
sold a large quantity of silk to Newton and had
received a cheque for £220 in part payment.
Mr. Humphreys, jun., asked that all the wit-
nesses should be bound over in the usual recogni-
zances to appear and give evidence at the Central
Criminal Court to which the magistrate acceded.

Mr. Woolrych refused to take bail for Hunter,
and said he should require substantial sureties for
the other prisoners.
The prisoners were then committed for trial, Mr.
Stoddart tendering bail for Smith, which was
accepted.

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Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet Jan. 4.
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