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id THE MiiE, tfUESlUY, ATJG.IJST 24, 1858. COXMSSfiy IS' LUST ACT. or. eriered to embark at CkkstU. Boo aad JWru, of whom tja given ia ri JWi at i astir lay, ordm KiIkIm rmivW at Chatham arrisoo for Um foUoVfcag draught to be Veld In readiness embark (or Arrsh, 10 dm at Us.

61st RS i of tba70ta BafinMat, 10 avs of of Um Sl Btsxoent, and 24 men of UvrHta Relraeat, from Caataa 30 mb of Um 7th (Prlatwav Royals) IrafroB OtMrss, 4 35 bus of Um Mth Klnient, from Caalerbury rasa of UMSTUiSiirkiaau, ud 30 nun of Um Eayal Irish TutUee f.rom IWttrvact; tb whol el wr era eatbark co board Um Vsjesaty, 1,100 tout, Capula K. Baresrsxrary. Ytttcrday orders war tawed from Um East India loo for the following sTssarJs, wafcn har. been Uken Kp b7 Ext Iadia Oc paay convey nearly rMftiorial wtefarofmniU wi rndsa, to raWk the roof at Gravea nd cc Um dates meatlcaved Um Pardmia, 470 is em for Bombay, to emWk troops an I'm 1st of Septcbar Um Velocity, 190 met for Eur vwJ ambark on Um 1st of ScMember Um Octaria, for Calcutta, to mWkM VheMtt September GorforUt, SJO for Calcutta, to trntfc on the 2d tf the Alfred, M0 men tor Caletctta, to mWk eat Um 3d of September and th Walter fcorrioe, 240 men trt Madras, to emlrk on um tb ol iSetwiember. i Tol owing hir bare also tx cn taken up to con ttt But India Company' recruit to India: The Jtlawar, men, all from Orbreae for Calcutta on tbe 31st of August; he Glorias, l.V) uien, lor Madras, aail on the 4th of flepterab and Um Vrrn 150 Ba, for Bombay, to M1 on Um 4th of September.

By the death of Ctdottl Thomas Edwin Kelly, lato sxper iaU ndeat of the liecrsftiing Deyerkaent of Um amy; a good service penian of 10CC. per tan i placed at Um dwpoaal of Um Commander in Chief. Oetrnel Kelly na en the full par of Um army upvirdi of SO yvizu The Kilit lion. Sir Juhn FaVington, Um Tint Lord of Um Adndralty. aeoomi'anii by Captain Jfilne, Lord Lorain, and the Kiht He.

IL T. L. Carry, arrired Qneenrtown and 'Cork on Saturday morning in Her Ma jesty kh'I l'idem, and were to rcacn Jiolywad yotetaay, Froia Holyhead the Lords rooJ to Teaibruke on Uwi; tomr of inflection. The Atlas, 91, screw Kne of battlo ttesroer, one of the larj aerew rteamen reomtly ordered to behoilt at Chat hun lVivard, is already in frame, a large body of ship wrights being employed on her in order tht the may be completed with all despatch. The Charybdia, 21, screw corvette, being built at Chatham, nearly completed, and will shortly be ready for She is to be finished with engines of 400 horse tower.

A large numbsr of lire shell were found on board the Neptune, 120, in No. 3 dock, Portsmouth, on Saturday last they hare been taken out and conTeyed to, tbe Ordnance department. The Orion, 01, screw, Captain Edwin C. T. P'Eyneourti bearing the Sag of Kear Admiral Sir Charles Home Fremantle.

K.C.B.: the Car, 31, Captain Charles Frederick the Brunswick, Captain Erasmus Ommanney the ltenown, 91, Captain Arthur Forbes and Um Kacoon, 21 Captain James' A. Faynter, all screw ships, sailed this day from Spithoad for a cruue in Um Channel. A Court martial assembled on board the Victory jester day morning, in Portsmouth harbour, to try Samuel Erans, able seaman of Her Majesty's ship Renown, for desertion. Captain Arthur Forbes, of the Eenown, prosecuted. The Court was" composed of Bear Admiral Sir Charles Home Fremantle, president Uear Admiral Hon.

G. Grey, Cap tains Eyres, Seymour, Harris, Frederick, Hewlett, Willoox Gordon, l'avnter, Tarleton, and DTyneourt, and Jlr.W. J. Hellycr, Deputy JuJge AdToeate. The Court found the charge fully proved, and sentenced the prisoner to receive CO lashes and be imprisoned six months in Winchester gaol.

Commodore Charles len, as Controller General of the Coastguard, on an official cruise of inspection on Um coitet of Scotland. The announcement that the 11th Hussars were, ordered for India is premature. On tearing Aldemhott this week that regiment will take up quarters at the Caralry barracks at Brighton. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty: Captain H. D.

Kogun, C.B., to the Cumberland, as Flag Captain to Bear Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington, K.C.B., Commander in Chief on the south cast coast of America Lieutenant T. B. CoUinwn to the Spy, rirt Luckraft, supcraeded at his own request. MILITIA. The 1st Warwickshire Militia, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Commandant J.

M. Boulthee, hare rs ceired orders to atneniMe at Warwick, for 21 days' train ing, on the 10th of September. The regiment is nearly complete, and a strong muster is expected. was opeiMd befort Mr. winstow, on.

hour, tsMlaiiry wlectod from among Um princ in. aUaaki of Um nigUorhood, is the hall of OsrVa iaj to hvrsira whether Mr. Lawrence Ruek.ot antDudw, ia Um parfch of Fownah in Um eoaaty of Me but now resiitng In Um asylum at hCooreroft hour HUllngdon, a or not. and IxMapahle of maa'ing himself and hit esUte, Mr. Buck Mmsejf, wfo a man of fortune.

was present at Um Investigation taring Um whole of Um day, and occupied a seat beside his VjoaatL lit ia a gentlemanly ooldng person, of good presence, a little upwards of .40 yean of ago la appears, ia high health, of dark complexion, and wean a slight beard and moustache. He was not under aay the slightest restraint, though nominally there under Um charge Dr. SUllweH, and he seemed all respects aa perfectly aane as any other per 1 1 fat. Ha aa air of coasiderahle intelli gence a is aeTiortment was modest, rational, ana un wnuming and was difficult to believe that so milJ a man," to all appearance, could be capable of the acts nbseqacaUy related in the opening statement of counsel and Vy Um witnesses called in rapport of it. Tbe faaetiry into bis canity is Instituted at the instance of hi wife, a lady of property and good family in Wales, who aat Vorne him several children.

Mr. Moutague Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Serjeant Ballamtine, and Mr. Vaoghan appeared aa counsel for Mrs. Rack, instructed by Messrs.

Hughes and Abbott, solicitors, of 52, Iincoln's lnn fielda and Mr. Buck, the alleged lunatic, was represented by Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Serjeant Petendorn, and Mr. Gordon Allan, instructed by Messrs.

Combe and Wainwright, soliators. Staple inn. Mr. Commiisioner Wisslow said the issue raised before Um jury was whether Mr. Lawrence Buck, the gentleman named In the commission, was now a lunatic or a person of unsound mind, so that be was not competent to the government of himself and hit estate.

It used to be the practice, beore a recent Act of Parliament, for a question of this kind to be submitted to the jury, not only in relation to the existing state of mind of the party who was the subject of the commission, but, assuming they should be of opinion that he was incompetent to govern himself and his estate, in reference to tbe time wnen sucn inooia rietencT began, and that tbey were called on to ttate. Xow, however, according to the practice under the Act et Parliament, this latter imjuiry was not essential, and the attention of the jury would be entirely confined to the pre sent state of mind of Mr. Buck, and not what it was six or 12 months, or as many yean, ago, though undoubtedly it might be material to travel a little Into the history of that mi tie man. It was not his (Um Commissioner's) wish to enter into any definition of the various forms of mental disease but it might be important to state me aisuaction between lunacy and an unsound mind, a laid down in tha By a lunatic he understood to be nuant a person who laboured under delusions. who harped onsomcthing which bad no existence, save in the disordered imagination of the party and in such a oaae it was very difficult to relieve the mind of the delusions under which it laboured.

Unsoundness of mind, as contradistinguished from lunacy, was where the mind was more completely gone and in such a state of prostration by disease thai the individual was manifestly incompetent for the government of himself an 1 hit estate. Supposing Um jury should be satisfied that this genU3nan was so incompetent, it was not material whether they called him a person of unsound mind or a lunatic, because Um same protection would be thrown around him. It was not mere extravagance or eccentricity of conduct which entitled a man to that protection of himself and his property but there must be a manifest incompetency, arising from an unsound ttate of mind, or from lunacy. This gentleman was now a patient In a lunatio asylum, and the present Inquiry was instituted at the instance of his wife. It was but too common to consider the parties to a proceeding of this kind as plaintiff and defendant but he (the Commissioner) would ask the jury to dismiss all con siderations of that kind from their minds, for it was to be resumed that this proceeding was taken for the benefit of ia gentleman and if they should be of opinion that he was not of unsound mind it would be the duty of all persons to hail a decision by which he would be restored to his family and society.

Mr. M. chambers, (J.u., in opening tne ease on me part of Mrs. Buck, said his instructions were to lay before the jury all Um materials that might be supposed to guide their judgment in coming to a just conclusion, and if they should find he was of sound mind his wife, who was unfortunately obliged to appear in this ease, would be more happy than words could express. Mr.

Buck was a gentleman of considerable property, and unquestionably for a number of yean conducted himself with the greatest propriety ana affection towards hit wife' and family. He was now under the care of Pr. StillwelL the proprietor of an asylum in the vicinity of Uxbridge, and there he had been since the latter part of 1857. He was a member of a very respectable family, residing in the neighbourhood of Sittiugboume, in Kent, and about 17 yean ago was married to a daughter of a Sin. Matthews, a Welsh lady of some property.

About that time he took a lease of the house and grounds of Pantlludw, in Merionethshire, intending to repair the house for his residence but that he had never done, and he and his wife had lived chiefly at a place called Abcrdovey, in the immediate neighbourhood. His property brought him in about 1,5001. a ycar. He lived with his wife and family in the greatest possible happiness and contentment until a very recent period, when he exhibited certain delusions which suddenly changed his whole bearing towards her. At different times it was noticed by the mem ben of his family and his domestics that he was peculiarly eccentric in his manner as early as 1855, and that in UsVi he had rather given way to intemperance.

He became excessively restless, and would go about at all hours of the night. He would call the domestics out of bed, and insist on having tbe horses put to his carriage, and on that being done he would make his coachman drive him over some of the most unfrequented parts of the country in the dead of night. He would also sometimes insist on bis wife going out with him on those excursions, which she did very much to her alarm. He laboured under the impression likewise that almost every jart of his estate wa loaded with valuable copper and tin mines and slate quarries, for which, in point of fact, there was no foundation. Hii delusions continued until October, 1857, and then hii insanity became obvious, alarming, and dangerous.

He had been on a visit to the Manchester Exhibition, accompanied by his wife there they met a Mr. Bamett, a retired medical gentleman, and his wife, who were friends of his and it was arranged, after their return from the Exhibition, that Mrs. Buck should go and visit them at their residence, and that he should go into Kent among hit relatives. He wrote to his wife to say that he should visit her there but eventually he went into Wales and there exhibited such extra ordinarytsymptoms as to induce Mrs. Matthews, his mother in law, to write to his' wife, tequesting her to return home as toon as possible.

He was under the impression that persons were always attempting to poison him, not only at his own house, but at a neighbouring ina which he frequente.1, called the Wynstay Arms, in Machynlleth, about a mile and a half from his house at Pantlludw. On one occasion when he was at the WynstayArmt he had with him a pistol loaded to the muzzle. He ordered dinner there, which was supplied to him, and which, disdaining to use a knife and fork, he cat from his fingers, walking hacS wards and forwards while he did so. He called for a bottle of wine, which, instead of drinking, he poured into the chamber utensil. He slept there that but so alarmed the landlord and the people staying in the house that persons were employed to keep watch over him.

After breakfasting there tie next morning he returned to Pantlludw, and then a circumstance occurred which proved that it would be dangerous to allow him any longer to have the entire control i his own actions. There was a young person named Mary Jones, a relative of Mrs. Buck, whom Mrs. Buck had long taken to be an extremely virtuous person but it had since turned out that Mary Jones had home Mr. Buck two illegitimate children.

Mary Jones happened to bo in the house at Pantlludw, and on his return there he locked her up in a room unknown to anybody. servants in the house requested Mrs. Matthews, his mother in law, to come to Pantlludw, and on her going there the and the servants went over the house calling for Mary Jones, whom they at length found, after she had been confined a day and a night. On leing remonstrated with, Mr. Buck tent for a policeman and charged Mary Jones with the murder of her two illegitimate children, and aliout the same time he threatened to Mrs.

Matthews. Mn. Matthews wrote to her daughter, Mrs. Buck, requesting her to return without delay to Pantlludw, and on Mn. Buck arriving there and finding her hu land had left by the mail coach she followed and overtook him at touie distance, getting into the coach beside him.

Shortly afterward a gentleman, a perfect stranger to tiiem both, got into the coach, and then for the first time Mr. Buck indicated in the most frightful manner his doubts as to his wife's fidelity. He charged her in Uie coarsest language that she had made overtures to this gentleman, wluim she had never before seen, and who turned out to be a commercial traveller, and under that delusion he had laboured up to the present moment, though a more virtuous woman, or a more affectionate and exemplary wife than this ladv, he (Mr. Chambers) had been instructed, never lived. They proceeded by the coach to Welshpool, and there his conduct became so extravagant, and his wife so alarmed, that a medical gentleman named Harrison wa called in; and be thought it desirable to have two persons to watch bun.

He went to bed, and daring the night his wife could not remain with him, because he charged her with a foul offence with different men, and even west so far as to say that she had committed that offence in an open nassaee with one of the men set to watch him. Subsequently at Beading he charged Mr. Barnett, his own friend, whom he had wet at the Exhibition, with beindthe paramour of his wife. Dr. Oonollv was at length consulted, and tbe result was Mr.

Back was even tually placed under the care of lr. Bull well, ia asylum, near I xbridre. He (Mr. Cham ben) ought to state that at the inn at Welshpool a memorandum book was fotuuL which 1 After the most lerrible uivrace and einasnra tkH everr contrast these did it. mmmin nephaaL aod then after, while in Die inside, toll him In mj rrvMuoo, that she would come la him, no doubt thinking 1 should not bear, bring unewBat drow 7, 'nd also JW to him that I was crank.

But it was uot so, for I had almost again. After, at the Oax, I beard of her tastr work. I should not bar believed such, bat could pistol tod by bar auanar that aba had for som time Uan at th bauUr trade. All.thls cjtnes of allowing women' Irani alone and with plenty of moBej. Then bad she, with bar daughter aod mr nMi.

been eajorbif the (rvatrat gaietr In the bsal circle ot Maoda, aod 4 bad bcbct at command, and then to falla tbe raj bottom ofth ske of woman. It trub; afnl to'coa tecipiM. Wbao, with a baa Lrasa and (ng tanUIy, and and EADOT T. BROWSE AXD TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. If the above case concerned only the parties Immediately interested, and was not of importance to the mercantile world, I should not hare desired to trespass on your iqiace, or to notice tbe letter of the defendants' attorney which appeared in Tlit Tinut of to day.

The objections made to the alleged inaccuracies in your report Of the; loth inst. have been sufficiently disposed of by the editorial note at the foot of the letter 1 must, however, beg perminion to say that the report appeared to me to be an admirable epitome of a lengthened trial which occupied two days. As regards' the alleged dissatisfaction of the learned Judge, it ought in justice to be stated that his Lordship at first refused to arrert the judgment, aa he saw no ground fcr doing so and that, even after a night's reflection, he simply stated that he should give the defendants' counsel an opportunity to move for a new trial at their own risk, without intimating that he felt in the slightest degree any diMtisf action with the verdict. But if jiublic attention be directed to the unimportant details of a matter which has given rise to so much litigation as this the real question at issue mav possibly be lost tight of. That question is Shall a merchant, because he cannot induce any underwriter to insure a cargo of grain againirt partial louses arising by dangers of tbe seas, ic, be upheld in an attempt to compel the master of a vessel to lcome an imurer to the extent indicated That, Sir, hen the care Is stripped of all technicalities, is the real point at issue between the parties, and in which the public Las so great an interest, and which two special juries, chiefly composed of mercantile men, have already decided in favour of my poor and unfortunate client, the plaintiff.

I am, Sir, your obedient EDWIN HOWARD. (A, Palernobter row, E.C., Aug. 19. We can insert no more letters on this case except as advertisements. A Hut WEATHEr.

Ckuvxv.v i.v India. The following is an extract from a letter dated Band June 27, from an tSeerof a cavalry regiment attached to the division of General WhiUock, forming a part of the Central India Army I wrote to the end of last month, and told him we ex ported to march, and so we did on June 2d, but not tow ards Calpoe, but to a place called Terroan, about 50 Buili from hence, where the JUjah had collected a very large body of men and refused to disband them. The first day we were in tenbi we had six men brought to hospital insensible from the beat, and one of them died that evening he was a fine strong man, quite well in the morning and in my troop. Ro, as we marched at 12 o'clock that night, I buried htm at 11 o'clock in a hastily dug grave under a tree the othen, with men of the other regiments to the number of 27, were wnt back to Kxnda that night, and this is the wsy Fjiglisbmen arc ling aou all aliout the country, for there is aeareely a camp ground of any column or regiment at this Heaxon that is not marked by mound i of earth under detached trees. The have lost more than 4(1 men and three officers since left Bangalore without hearing a phot fired, but the homt prance, the laiice flag waves, aud tbe uteel sparkles in the sun, and the bands play as cheerfully as ever, as the regiments file on their ground in tbe morning, though they arc all getting conidderably smaller than they were, I wonder tlte infantry get cm at all, hot numlwa of thn fall oat, and a long string of doolies follows the column, headed exhausted, men.

We had no fight after all when we got near the rebels all W.ted, leaving a very large treasure and more than 30 guns. The Raiah came in and gave himsolf up, aad ill be tried for hit life. We fond his palace is good order, and I went into tbe tTwure vault and saw bags contiining 320.000 rupees and in goll. His jewels are estimated at We halted days til ere, ami came back slowly with 130 carts laden with treasure, and, as tbey are sure to condemn the owner, it arill be a good haul for the Government. Fancy our joy when yesterday at thandentonn was followed by heavy aiin.

The ground is moit this morning, and the blasting hot winds are, we hope, gone for this year. Our tents opea again, which is a great comfort, ax a nearly dark teat, whith you eannui ace out of. heated to 100. is nut a nWt rrm a.m. to p.m..

and iUid the air hat luen so hot that we put our handkerchiefs to our faces and run if we in from tent to tent. We have received tome umi stores, 4 were very glad of, as all our wine, er, was to er. rf' 1 10 SW tto in authority have li ITlFt. 'a. which were unbearable.

What m. e2ZLl ,1 1, 'ur Jean ne thnU return! to the eouutry. ot uvuivu tJalns with the dnrt wbirtin 7i owr ow at eorrrmi neiwt. not mj wins, i verEj beaeve, lent lre brov JSA wbieb 51 3 i mo the ech at the Epbant. and thee clouds, arc vrf.T .1 vcr7 beautiful.

1 ua mm, aid tropical lu all Jmagination, as I have' en gXred a noaeg. cl wild tow. Tn. peep I have had of the hills was oerk 7 fioe The Fire ox Bo nlls Agawemson. It trai ataled in The TiHut of jn the engine room of the Agamemi.on tKrioly.

It rein that the fire occurred in offio 'to" loom, which Is quite the fore part hat tha enxlne room It ia the after part. rt lsaaa tbe atigat bar tsOcfwl a high joaWom, todk. 'Ibellhi'baMDnibiBMbalwirWli, andttaa sod than tad death, wah diagram aad tml waahaad. Mafdsr baa yet to ewovaraa aou ira taaW.oUwthaltaeiiUdrB at ranlOadw tboald MWI1 isaiMVwUlwiUaWiioBaii. wattonUIbatafsr! Whj, list tbey war.

not hi bstag. when lb law bar rrtnra. showad half of to. two. omWu brewB, aad tha otbar flaiao and eraaai etar, and J0 oaf.

I aaltowabsavoateora to tba fallows. I offered nail aaeal abeeouUtaow bm tbe chfldran bat aba said ethrafc and to thu da, do at. taplor. say tortf bt I attH atk to ry Ant orartun, tml can get no wwt o. 1 fact, boo.

at an. I than ukot. nana, aa It bomitf. aaair, asa gncva i heart, aad I tan do nothing now bos. a I beat eaa, we to ray tamOr mjatU.

1TU1 1 ilrrc fnr lb. dJUnn to tod that Uieir mnth ootblsg more tfcan a li'tng a Of. ot atterr and woa. Go tli lamentau. moMa.

nai a ieiwr io ux wm a mow. itj of tbe oojnO. 5odooMtb faoH Bet wttb lb Knu Oaw rpporttmity of tedocUt tb. wossen. and tt tbartorababona to protect ou dMfbten, and watch tbea aarrowiy till tbey get protector tbeawtas of tbetr own.

My tibiect Is writing Is to 1QCt you wuinegooaepougni. pat a goaruou us bonse propervana aettlt wnb lb. wortmeo aad paw them off, for I must stop any farther eetlar. twing ao tborangblr 4irnsUd with tb. abocking disgraes laoaght on taraSy by srteling.

Tbat IbaUev. to be at tb tnttoia of aS. I taould 1U ntv au tmtn aradei tborasgaiy weu otaed la boxes aod ttowvj away in MachroQeth. tha books eanfolly lacaad. I woldhavtn tb stock.

Bve aod oai.ptil up by anotlew. tioepttng lb. thee? en tbe upland faras, for which row wul and 'enastsat soon as yen can. 5. Asked far U.

at Elephant when ib had a para. fuS ef gold and silver. At the inn a.t WeUhpool the following letter, without any signature, but in the handwriting of Mr. Buck, was also found, addressed to the governess of his children Welshpool, Octobtr 30. 185:.

Dear Mlai Barton, Will yon be so good as to ouotina at ro post UH yea fartber bear from me I moat tell you it baa grieved me more than I can expnai that Mtry Anne and rnyreif have wparated tor rrer wach It the fact, and for no enramoo eatue. Her mSlabty Is a stroke I bad never for a moment looked forward to. What eaa yoa think ef that I myaetf was as uja ritnewi to orrUia ovtrtwrea, mM nnmistakeable, on my way up this plaoa, and oertain fact. Indo. tertbable, rwed nosttiv proof of her hiving been oompletety lost to loaety for some time pact.

From her manner ihs wa thoroagh'y prasUaed, aad no doobt gaiat while in London and aWwbera, What a death blow I might almost, aod myMlf. and to the worU bat, then, she must sooner or Utar await the ooueqoeuaoi of bar fully end wilful way. 8b. had cbaily beoota. Und of bareares, for the aald It was ranch pUwntwr travelling by berMlf than ta mj company and tb children.

Of eonraa, bow, I aanBOt allow bar to with my chOdnm, or Ln my bouaa. 1 hope never to her again, and must insist upon bar gjing liewber. I thtnk now tbe country Larniahad beyond redemption, and I shall aay good by. for ever. I bauev I shall hot appear at any rat for a long Um.

It now ramaiaa fo im to mike soy own arrangement. Tb children I abould like to whoo! In London. Arthur Dioki might go to that school near Birkenhead Amj and tb little one to London, wber. I trut we may give them tba attention tbey stand tn need of. Win yon write to me at tbe pott natant.

General Fcra oiSee, staging what money you nostra, aod collect tbe bSk la I most tall you braide all this that I bar rat, and never than aa Mrs Matthews again, owing ber moat violent eoednct to me at Faatllndw, while Mary Jon, wa there, who ha moat InaoteaUy and abockingty betrayed me to the whole world." Mr. Chambers stated the circumstances of the case at some greater length, anil then called the following witnesses Mr. i. Threaten, examined by Serjeant BatLASri.vi, said I reside at Talgarth hall, near Machynlleth, and am a deputy lieutenant and a magistrate for the county. I have known Mr.

Ruck since his marriage in 1841. It always struck me he was odd and eccentric. The intimacy eventually ceased between us at his own instance, and for no reason that I am aware of. In October. 1855, he called at my house.

We had a dinner party, and he came after dinner. There were ladies and genUemen in the dining room. and he remained there for tome hours, as ne was goiaj away I asked him to have a glass of brandy and water hi another room. He had been quite friendly with me during the interview. On a sudden he uttered a fearful howl, and kicked me violently in the stomach.

Tbe moment before that he had addressed me in the most endearing terms. He rushed out of the house, and seeing him committing an act of indecency on the lawn below the drawing room window, I ordered his pony round, and tried to persuade him to go away. From that time to the middle of last year I saw nothing of him. I met him then riding In Um road near my house. I was then walking.

He rode right at me. I tried to avoid him, and then he said with an oath he would kill me. I had never had any quarrel or dispute with him up to that time. I struck his horse ami so got out of his way. Again, tome time in October last.

I was driving with my wife in the neighbourhood, and we met him in the road. We observed as he approached, that he was turning hif toes inwards in a peculiar manner, and I laid to my wife, "There it poor Kuck gone mad." It so struck me from the manner in. which ho was walking, and from his extraordinary appearance altogether. On going into Machynlleth, near to which I live, I directed a man to watch him. He was then on the high road going towards hit house.

I heard of hii being at Um Wynnstay Arms Inn, in Machynlleth, just after that, and I taw the room he occupied there, which was la a state of filth and disorder. I opened his portmanteau, and there I found a double barrelled pistol heavily loaded with ball. I tried to draw the charge, but could not, and I wetted the nipple. There wai also a double barrelled gun in the portmanteau. He had poured a quantity of gunpowder which he Lad into a basin of water.

The portmanteau was filled with littie bits of rags. Doth I and my wife hare known his wife for tome time. She is one of the purest persons in the world, and has been a very affectionate wife to him under the moat trying circumstances. CroBS exauiined by Mr. EDWIX James.

I have known Mr. lluck since At one time I lived about seven milet from his residence, and at another about two mile off. I know that Mr. Kuck was educated at Oxford. Mn.

Ruck and be were separated for nearly two yean. She was then residing at Aberdovey. That wa for two yean before he was taken to the lunatic asylum. He then lived at I'antlludw, where he had a large sheepwalk and a great deal of capital embarked in farming. I never, had any pecuniary transactions with him, except telling him a load! of turnips now and then.

At one time he was a director of a railway. He never intimated to me that he wished me to discontinue my visit at hit house. That I will swear. He never objected to my calling his wife Mary Anne." I did call her Mary Anne," I have known ber from infancy. Mr.

Ruck is rather a shy and retiring man, and of late yean declined joining in the ordinary visiting and hospitalities of the neighbourhood. Mrs. Ruck visited" about Um neighbourhood. It it about two yean or more since Mr. Ruck kicked me in th? stomach.

On that occasion he came to my house in the evening, about half past after dinner. took a glass of brandy and water and then kicked me. I hare not seen him for nearly three years. Mn. Ruck wai not at my house on that occasion.

I have teen him under the influence of liquor at fair timet. He conducted hU turn op to the very day on which he was taken to the asylum. He farmed the place himself, without any assistance from a bailiff. While he has been in the asylum Mm. Ruck hat been occasionally at my house, and the has also been a good deal in town.

I hare had pecuniary transactions with him not more than four yean ago. The last occasion on which I iiaw him before his going to Uie asylum wat near his house. I pawed him. His hat was at the back of his head he was walking with his toes turned in, and he looked wild and vacant to a degree. When I went to the bedroom he had occupied at the Wynn stay Arms I was accompanied by Mr.

Lloyd, a surgeon, and others. Mrs. Ruck was then in Kent. The pistol, which had a spring bayonet, was in a wooden ease. In the portmanteau there were clothes and a quantity of odds and ends, including bits of rags and paper, which could not be of any use.

He had tome slate quarries at the top of a distant mountain, and had attempted to work them. By Serjeant liALLASTINE. I had known Mrs. Ruck from her childhood, and had al ways called her Mary I did so in the presence of my wife, and Mr. Ruck never remonstrated with me.

He always called me by my Christian name. Mr. Charles Lloyd, examined by Mr. Vacghas, said, I am Uie proprietor of the Wynnstay Anns at Machynlleth, and have Icnown Mr. Ruck for some yean.

He has been in Um habit of coming to my house. Latterly his manner has been' very different from what it used to he. I remember his coming to my house on Uie evening of the 27th of October last, and ordering dinner and some port wine, which were supplied to him. I taw him at dinner. He did not ore a knife and fork, but walked backwards and forwards in Uie passage with mutton chop, which he ate from hit hand.

He held up some of the wine in a glass, and asked what it was. I said it was port wine He said, shaking his head angrily, it was notj and that I should have to suffer for it, I afterwardi saw Uie wine in the chamber utentiL I remember his going into the commercial room on that occasion, and my being sent for shortly afterwards by a commercial traveller who wat in the room. On my going in Uie traveller said, Ynu mnst do something with this man ho is reading my letters." Mr.Ruck left the.ro.im immediately. He remained in the house that night, and as there were travellers in the house who were alarmed at him, I placed two men near his room. Alut 3 o'clock in the morning he awoke and asked for supper.

It was cooked for him, and he ate it in the kitchen, and in the same manner as he had eaten his dinner. The next morning he took breakfast, walking backwanls and forwards while he did so. He had nothing to drink except two of bitter beer while he was at my house. On Uie second day he continued in the same restless and left in the afternoon for Pantlludw. He came to my house the next day, and was then in Uie same condition.

He ordered a tiy and pair, not saying where he was going. For several successive dart and nights about that time he had ray fly. Sometimes he went out with Uie fly in the middle of the night. One day about that tisae'he called me into a privatet oom aad made a communication to me about Mary Jones. He shut the door and, producing a lock of hair, he said Mary Jones had had two children by him, that she had murdered them both, and that that wat a lock of their hair.

As I left the room he asked me to fetch a policeman. When he ordered Uie fly on that occasion I refused to let him hare it. He then went into the stable and harnessed the horses; himself. It was very early in Uie morning. The reason why I would not let him have Uie fly was that I had understood that Mrs.

Ruck was coming by the mail that day, and I was anxious that she should arrive before he got away. I have teen Mr. and Mn. Kuck frequently, and their demeanour has been such as that of a rnn and wife ought to be. I have known Mrs.

Ruck for upwards of 17 or 18 yean I knew her before her marriage. I have never heard Uie slightest imputation against her character. By Mr. Edwin James. From outward appearance I did not think they lived happily.

He did not go to church with her." for instance. I bel leve for the last two rears she lived a' good deal away from him. I have known Mr. Bock for 12 yp.tr. He fanned largely aad came to my boose at fair and I told and bought with him.

I have said he carriej of brandy with but I never taw it, I dont Uin.k excited by liquor when he behaved so extraoruinri'y There wat a railway meeting at my house on the .1 October last, and Mr. Rack wat there with other gentlemen. After the commercial traveller bad complained of hu reading hit letters, he arxdocized to my na aid he had looked into the travtUer't coat pocket in. ted of hu own. Wktn he told raaJtary Jooea had had two ehihh ta fc Uml ttouxhi that wat a dehitiari, but I have 4 hoard that that By" Mr.

Chambua told Be cat that ore that Mary Jones had mnrdad the two children, and that aha must swing for it. I at an agricultural dinner, hit throwing hit wine gp to tba eyljpg when hit health wat drunk. By Mr. Je. It was aay win that he thrw up to the ceiling.

Ahiagh.) By Chaw hem. He had made preparations for re bttonj. tha bouse at Pantllmdw, aad a arm? those prepara. tiria Mrs. Ruck weat backward and forward between there Aberdovy.

There was never aay actual separation between mm ana Art. itac. Tbomat Jones, a blacksmith, examined through aa inter. terpreter, deposed to hit wife and kiiaael taking care of Mr. Rack's house at I'antlludw, while Mn.

Ruck wat absent la England in October last, and to Mr. Ruck't coming aad waiting about the house ia tbe middle of Um night on several occaMona. Witaesa alao spoke to Mary Jones, staying at Uie house at that tin, and to Mr. Ruck locking her fer a day and a aizbt. On oae occaaioa be tZarmed the servant by lighting a an in Um middle of Uie night ia the parlour, aod locking himself in.

Mary Williams, a servant to Mn. Matthew, Mr. Ruck's mother in law, at Eagair, about three miles from Pantlludw, spoke to Um exesraplary life of Mrs. Rack, and to the chaam whith Mr. Ruck's wind underwent about October last.

He woald. wander abeut the house both at Mrs. Matthew's and at Pantlludw in a restless manner. She wat seat by Mr. Matthew to Paatllndw on Um 28th of October last to attend turn.

Mrs. Kuck was then absent on a visit. He wa not at home when the went, but he toon returned, bringing with him a little brown parcel. He said it was poiaoa. ana he wat going te throw it into the brook.

He went towards the brook at if to do that, and wat absent two hour. He returned aad droned himself as if be was going a journey. He then went towards the stable for his horse, but coeil not get it out. He came into the dining roora, took a candle in, and then locked Um door on himself. Witness and another woman found a sauell aa of clothes burning in Uie room, and looked through tbe keyhole and taw a great light He wag etill locked ia the drawing room when witness went to bed.

She slept is one of Mrs. Ruck't best bed rooms along with the wife of the man who had charge of Um house. Mr. Ruck cam three timet into tbe bed room with a candle, and then went out without doing or saying anything. About 5 or In Uie morning he called witness up and gave her soma oatmeal, from a canister in his pocket to make him gruel with, and walked about the kitchen while the was preparing H.

While the wat there he teat for a fly, but it aid not come, and he went away, taking with nun two wine bottles full of water. On going into the dnwing roetn after he had left she found parts of hit coat lying, and a scarf shawl and a shirt, all of which had been torn to piece, aad Uie remainder burnt. On the Wednesday night he went Into the cellar, and next morning the found he had taken the taps out of two barrels arid let Um beer run away. He used often to order Um carriage and drive alasut Uie country at all times of tbe night and day. She had known him take out Mrs.

Ruck in the carriage In tha middle of Uie night. He did not drink much. She did not think his conduct on. the Wednesday night was the effect of drink. He looked very strange and odd, and witness did not think he wat at all in his right senws.

Cross examined by Mr. Serjeant Petirsdorft. She had been with Mn. Matthews for nine yean, and had seen I Mr. and Mrs.

Ruck frequently together. I'antlludw and Aberdovey are about 10 miles apart. She had known Mr. Ruck reside at one house and Mr. Ruck at the other.

Mrs. Ruck went to Aberdovey about two yean ago. Mr. Ruck lived during that time at Pantlludw, but went backwards 1 and forwards to Alerdovey. Miss Jones had left the 1 house before the flaring up of the fire in Uie drawing room.

She (witness) did not near him complain about that time of Mia Jones having gone to his bureau and read tome papers which tha ought not to have read, i By Mr. Chambers. The coat witness found cut up had 1 hern worn by Mr, Ruck a few days before. Mr. Ruck lived in the house at Aberdovey while Mr.

Ruck was making alterations in Uie house at Pantlludw but until October i last he and his wife lived: together as usual. Witness had seen him the worse for drink. He wat then very quiet, and did not ramble about so much. Mn. Jones (not Mary Jones) deposed that she had been I a nurse la Mr.

Ruck's family for 13 yean, and left about two I yean ago. Some time before the left Mr. Ruck became I restless aad odd in hit manner, and used to walk about the bouse at night. Some of the children slept with witness. She had known Mr.

Ruck come into her bed room at night. He sometimes spoke, and sometime he did not. She had requested him to walk out of the room on these occasions. He was in the habit of doing that both when Mrs. Ruck was at home and when the wat not.

On one occaaioa when he came into witness's bed room he offered her 50f, to bring a nursemaid in the house to him. On another occaaioa he offered her 500. if ihe would bring the nursemaid to him. (A laugh.) He continued to come to her (witness) room on several occasions, and it was on that account that tha left hit service. By a juryman.

ne wat in hit night shirt when be came into ber room. Other servants slept in another room, and the knew he went there also from her hearing them teream Inr fa laugh), and teeing him oominz from Un direction of their room to hu own. Cross examined by Mr. Edwin Jakes. She did not tell her mistress about Uie offers of money to bring tbe nurjo maid until very lately.

That was after Mr. Ruck had been I confined. Her mistress sent for her to Aberdovey, and it 1 was then she told ber about Mr. Ruck offering ber first SOI. ana then to bring down tbe nursemaia.

li made the two offer on the same night. (A laugh.) She had told this story to several persons besides Mrs. Buck, Williams knew the cireumctanee. Mary After tbe birth of Uie i urn cniia air. ana un, kick occupied separate sleeping 1 rooms for two year.

Mist Jones wat in tbe habit ot coming to um nouae wnen sn. iUicK waa away. Mn. Matthews had also been In the house when Miss Jones was there. Until lately witness had not heard that Mitt Jones had two children by Mr.

Rack. She knew Mr. Rack used to drink to excess occasionally, but she did not know that ho used to come into her bedroom when in that ttate. By Serjeant Ballast! nc She did not tell her mistress I at the time about Mr. Ruck making the offen of 501.

and I fiOOf. to bring the nursemaid to him, because she was afraid I of making mischief between Mr. and Mrs. Ruck. The 1 time between Mrs.

Ruck's first and second child was i over fire and not' quite six yean. She never heard the slightest imputation against Mrs. Ruck. Mitt Jones it a first cousin of Mrs. Ruck's.

Witness never taw any familiarity between Mr. Ruck and her. Mr. Hugh Lloyd, a turceon practising at Machynlleth, spoke to having attended Mr. Ruck's family for many year, to the affectionate terms on which that gentleman had lived with hit wife until lately, aad to the irreproachable character borne by Mrs.

Rick, lie spoke also to a professional visit which he made to Mr. Ruck at Pantlludw, on the 25th of October last, and to finding him harassed and jaded, and hit bearing altogether, different from what it ordinarily was. Some two or three days after that witness met him on the road, when he appeared very sullen, and scarcely recognised him. Mr. Ruck wat then walking in Uie direction ot a river In the neighbourhood, and hit manner wa so unusual that witness had his own apnrehensiont about him.

so much so that he tent a man after him to watch him. He taw Mr. Ruck at Welshpool after that, and coupled what he had teen with what he had heard, before he came to Uie eonclu on that he was in a state of insanity. By Mr. James.

He had known Mr. Ruck for 16 or 17 yean. He did not sign the certificate for Lit confinement in the aeylum, ner was he a ked to do to. He had seen Mr. Ruck intoxicated twice, once about 17 yean ago.

He did net think Mr. Ruck's syuiptons were those of dtliriun tn mens. Lewis Williams, now an ostler at the Wynnstay Arms, Machynlleth, and previously in Uie service of Mr. Rack, deposed to having to drive him on one occasion about the neighbouring country, across riven, at dangerous places, and in unfrequented roads, apparenUr for no object, and to their arriving at home between 12 and 1 o'clock on a Sunday morning. On that occasion he took from his tucket a couple of herrings at an inn at a place called Mallwyd, and aked the landlord to cook them for his dinner.

Mr. Ruck and witness then went on to a fair at Dinnaamowttwy, where Mr. Ruck bought some women's caps. 'Witness added that about that time he was in the habit of driving his master about Uie country at all hours of Uie night, ana for Bo business at alL He remembered being once with him in hit room at Pantlludw in the middle of. Uie night, when he pulled all the pictures down and placed them round the room for no apparent object.

On a subsequent occasion, in October last, he was 1 olted in his drawing room in the night with Mr. Ruck, when he began meddling' with his gun and pistol cases, and greatly frightened witness. Witness also spoke to Mr. Ruck poisoning two dofr about that time, but on cross examination by Mr. James it turned out that only cne dog had been poUoned, and that not Uie one Uie poison wis Intended for an old tetter doc but a young one.

which partook of it by accident. Witness admitted also in cross examination that Mr. Ruck discharged him from his service, and that Sir John Elwarls, a former ouster, had alio discharged him for getting married, as witness contended, and not (or getting drunk. It being now 4 o'clock the inquiry was adjourned, until this day at 10 and, on the application of Mr. Jame (the Commissioner and tbe counsel for Mrs.

Ruck not objecting), Mr. Ruck wa excused from returning to the asylum near Uxbridge while Uie investigation was pending, provided Dr. Still well thought it conaUtent with hi duty to assent to Um arrangement. The New K.C.U. Sir Adolphns Slide, captain the ruryal navy and vice admiral in the Ottoman service, whoee elevation to the dignity of a Knight Commander of the Bath we chronicled in our vlnmn on Saturday, is Um fifth son of General Sir John Slade, G.C.B., and colonel of Uie 5th Dragoon Guards, by hii first wife, turn Eliza, daughter of Mr.

James Dawson, asdstant barrister of the county of Armagh. He was born in'1905, and entered the navy on the 3d of August, 1815, according to O'Byrne passed his examination in 1822, and obtained hit first commission November the 27th, 1S27. He terved in Uie Mediterranean from January, ISM, until 1837, at additional lieutenant of Uie Caledonia (120). flagship of Sir Josias Rowley, and attained Uie rank of CWmander In 181 From 184 until paid off at the close of 1847 he commanded the Recruit, 12, on particular service. In 1844 be was a student at the Royal Naval College.

Shortly before Uie outbreak of the Crimean War, fsr'" Slade was engaged by the Ottoman Government for Um purpose of improving the Turkish saflon in naval tactics, aad hit alacrity and enterprise while acting in that capacity are well known both at home and abroad. In recognition of hit great ability Uie Saltan appointed Captaia Adolphus SJade to Um post of NTce Admiral in the Ottcsnan service. Cktstal Palace. The; great animal nthering of Uie Faresten takes place this day. In addition to the other attractions there will be a grand procession of tha aocsiDefi of the order, and a display of Um entire' system of the great fountains at 4 o'clock, Ihs sdmijtuon will ba a usual.

One Shilling Day, Satarday, August 21. Admlsrinrn on payment, 7,933: ditto, by season ticksts, 935; total visitors, 8,868. One Shauiag Day, Monday, ABgiu nnm irms oa parmamt. s.wy auto or tickets, 577 total visitors, tSDIXS TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. 81 Having for some yean been actively engaged in Central India a a cavalry oflcer, aad connected at onetinM.

vitb. that remarkable corps known ta Skinner! Hor, I venture to offer my eontrihsrtion. It hat bees loa ohviou to many beat acquainted with Um warfare ia Ir jl thai the system hitherto adopted in dealing with the. nativt force is calculated to protract to aa indefinite period Um resumption of our power and authority. Our army, whether coosittff firing or heavy eolaraas, it still to overloaded with bajpge and appendages of all kinds as to be rendered totally unequal to faJJU one of its most important functions Um destructioa at wall as Um defeat of aa artful aad unfettered enemy.

WhD ire are dragged wearily along bt a rat ef 8 to 10 mOes a daj 1 mile or 1J mile an hour by susersbls half starved bajlocks, the enemy is moving sorae30orl railes, eontrsCiag Um resource of Um country, erecting Batteries, strengthening positions, aad irtermining at his pleasure when and where be may permit aa attack. Our cavalry, which should be in practice what it It eon sidered to be in theory the eye aad ear of our amy is from the enormous weight which Uie hertes are compelled to carry, totally unfitted for the duties assigned it. To render this arm of Um service eScient, very important changes must be made. It mayttill he composed partly of natixea. partly of Europeans, Um natives being selected from Um Sikhs, or inch other castes as experience has shown to entitled to our confidence.

For the European portion I would tnggest that every encouragement should be given to stable boy, grooms, aad othen accustomed to horses to enlist none to weigh above lOst. 71b. at the utmost; they should be supplied with roomy 1Mb. or 111b. bun ting saddle, with a waterproof valise in front, holsters, snaffle, aad bridoon with double leather reins and very light ehain rein, one hanging loose and another a little stouter over the headttal, in order to guard against a practice, dexterously adopted by the natives, of cutting Uie headstall or reins, or both, in a mtUe.

In either ease Um rider' control over his hone is lost, aad Um result fatal. Each European should have a light, well proved, straight sabreand be taught that upon its point he must almost altogether pin his faith. The native should be allowed to select their own swords. Part of each troop should be armed with carbines for Um defence of the camp at night, skirmishing, dismounted parties in storming batteries, forts, villages, kc The remainder should be armed with revolvers. For Um European Uie well ventilated leather helmet first Introduced into a portion of Um Indian army by, I believe, Um late Sir C.

papier is perhaps Uie best head dresa. It tag a peak fore and aft, and has a alight projection on Uie sides to protect the templet from Uie sun. This should have a coat of varnish or paint to preserve it from wet, and either have a cover thickly padded with cotton and with a Cap or curtain falling about a foot over the nape of the neck, or a turban. Each man should have a looee double breasted oat similarly padded. It it very light, warm, and at tha same time it protects Uie body from Um tun.

A tword doe not to very easily cut through it, and it can be made in aay bazaar. Corduroy breeches fastening at the ancle, boots, hunting spun, and a cartouch bot would complete tha costume, and leave Uie man fit for any work. He should be able to carry his revolver either in hit holster or belt. These, with the actual necessaries in Um valise, a blanket, a spare set of shoes, and nails in a ease attached to tha side of the saddle rug and nose bag, and a picketing rope round Uie horse't neck, would constitute tha equipment. For th natives Uie present dress of our irregular cavalry is ex.

eellent. When detached on aetivs service all heavy baggage should be left with Uie army or in cantonments, and that absolutely requisite only carried with Uie force on ponies or elephants in light loads on occasion where so much ia to be gained, men can and will do with very little. A force composed of men, European and native, thus provided, aided by hors artillery, with aa ample number of spare horses, lightly equipped, under young, energetic, and daring commanders, and good officer, would be enabled to scour Um country, march 40 or 50 mile a day without difficulty, and at once deprive Um enemy of their present immunity, the result of a system at fallacies! in principle as It hat proved pernicious in practice. Ko time would he aUo wad for the replenishing of magaxlnes, or easting of new guni; no renewaTof supplies. Broken and scattered, harsssed and dispirited, with no pay and little plunder, leaden would be speedily deserted, and farther straggle would become hopeless.

A few light spring covered carts to aecompanv the Artillery for Um tick and wounded should be provided. At far at practicable each body of troops thus composed should be retained in one province. Officers and men weald soon learn all its resource, rivers, fords, roads, ic, aad this knowledge cannot be too highly estimated or too earnestly Permit me now to add a few words upon the immense benefit likely to be conferred by that ingenious piece ot mechanism the traction engine. If what I learn of this engine be correct it would be of the greatest value in India upon all Um mads roads, lands of Rajpootaaa, The engine Is of eight horse power, lay down its own rail, pull along with ease four 68 pounden complete to take into action, turns sharp corners without any difficulty, will go up or down an incline of 1 in 8 with east aad security, and can be stopped or retired when in Um ascent aad descent. Its rails are nearly three feet wide but this width caa bo increased at pleasure where swamps, for example, have to be crossed.

It might be also used a a stationary engine. Both Sir P. Cautley and Colonel Abbott have given evidence of it value for India. Europeans could be tent up country upon all the trunk lines of road, 90 miles a day, wall protected from all weather in good waggons, in which they could sleep, hare their food cooked in a cart for this purpose, carry entrenching tool and pontoon if neeeisaary. They would be rendered Independent of the miserable half, starved bullock, thsr crawling tedious pace of a mile or a mile and a half an hour, and of their drivers, who are to often "nowhere'' when moat wanted.

Time would be gained, and valuable life saved. The men could be In sufficient numben to defend themselves, and they would arrireat their destination fresh, and ready to march at ones on service, One or more of these engines should be tent with every body of Europeans on Uie march. Tents might be struck, packed, and started off with a guard and Um tick at Uie troop are falling ia on parade, aad at Uie engine would travel fatter than the column Um men would find their tent pitched at Um termination ot their march, and food ready prepared. In the hope that you may consider these suggestions of sufficient interest to allow them a place in your journal, I remain, your obedient servant, PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. The Mcrkeber Bcckxeix.

Tho execution of Um wretched youth Bucknell, convicted at Um recent Someract amiaes at Wells of the wilful murder of his grandfather and grandmother at Creech St, Michael, near Taunton, will take place on Tuesday morning in front of the county gaoL On Saturday Mr. F.Trenchard, the solicitor who defended him, had an interview with Um convict, when Um latter positively and vehemently denied hi guilt. His father and brother saw him on Saturday week, and on Thursday last hi mother and sister visited him in the condemned eelL The scene was of a most agonising character, but its effect upon the condemned man was soon obliterated. He speedily resumed bis wonted indifference, aad showed no outward fear of Um fate which awaits him. He is, apparently, attentive to the ministrations of Uie gaol chaplain (Rev.

F. Howse), who hat been assisted by Um Rev. J. D. Ostrehaw, Um incumbent of Uie parish of Creech, where Um convict wat brought up, but he thow no disposition to unburden his mindon the subject of Uie murden for which his life has been forfeited.

The Manchester PosT omcE. Tbe Mancheater Poet office site, in John Dalton street, after being decided upon twice i again unsettled, by Um leading merchant having taken up the question. These genUemen are much dissatisfied at the selection of a place outside business circles for Uie new Post office, and at a special meeting of Uie Chamber of Commerce, held yesterday on Uie tubject, it was all but unanimously agreed that the best site would be one at present partly occupied by Uie Queen' Theatre, and bounded on three sides by Spring gardens, York street, and Fountain street, and to urge its adoption upon the Post office authorities. There wa a strong expression of opinion that considering Um revenue of Um Manchester Post office Government ought to act in a more liberal spirit than they had yet manifested. Death of Mr.

J. P. IT rt et. The death of thi veteran and favourite actor took place on Sunday afternoon. It appears that he was suddenly struck with paralysis while performing his character of Launeelot Gobbo, ia The iltrdutnt of Vrxu at th Princess's, on Friday evening.

On leaving Um stage, at Um conclusion of hit scene in the second act, he was observed to stagger, and, being about to fall, was supported by Mr. G. Ellis, the stage director. Medical aid wat immediately procured, and ha wat conveyed with all care to his residence ln Gowerttreet. He wa tor a brief time sensible, so much to indeed at, on being asked the name of hit medical adviser, to reply, "I never had a doctor in my life," but topn after being put to bed he lost all power of consciousneaa, save an orrastonal recognition of Mr.

Ellis or hit sister, whom ba addressed by a fond, fa miliar voice, and who, it is unnecessary to say, though painfully affected, waa unremitting ia her attention to the very moment of bis death. The deceaaed wat la his th year. He wat never married. The 0 rxish Fisheries. Several large ihosii of pilchards have appeared on Um Cornish coast, and Uie drift fisheries have been in active operation during Uie past week.

At Portloe sight drift boats took 30.000 pilchards. At Polperro some of Um hosts took from 8,000 to 10,000 per night, and one boat took nearly 20,000. The greater por portion of them were sold at a shilling for six score. At St. Ires two or three boats had taken from 3,000 to 4,000 pilchards per night.

Capture or Bloomtitxi), the Lcxatic Mrs SSBZB. Henry Bloomfield, the lunatic murderer, who escaped from a railway train near London on Um 16th while in the custody of a turnkey from Cheater Castle, who was conveying afm wader an order from Um Secretary ef gtate for the Home LVparbnent, to Bethlehem Asylum, London, was captured 00 Friday last at Ipswich, and lodged in Um rad of that city. Mr. Dunstaa, governor of Cheater a UWruedn on Monday morula r. andleJt Chest by an early train to convey tha poor fallow to PHnerpfe Kwwiwadx.

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