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Leelereu.—Sta DI WWI°. a Lore Story. Mows. reelsta. Brougham, Lm ary. Martel. And Jorisa Moos Terry, Lavestia ad ll9nrsatay, and Mrs. Lee. TM. warm, THY alitif.4.-ltr. J. Taylor and lime. Pleoet—After which Tom King, the Champion of England. with LB ewomd, Boa Tyler, will appear on the Mega —THit GLUT GHOST UTlL'T.—tkaieledlog with THIS SOITLK. AIM WATER. AT LONDON BUM& Me DAT kfaciass. 712. 36 . Maws. Ali. 7m. lamina°, limbs .Ailwaose. 912.1765. LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18. Ir is the object of civilization to promote toleration, and yet it is a melancholy fact that this is not always its result. The Protectionist whoa few years ago would have treated the advocate el free trade as a traitor to his country, now looks down upon those who advocate protection not only as unfit to exercise political power, but as irrational idiots, and yet the same man still continues to op pose the most obvious reforms in other matters with bigotry and virulence. The plainest propositions of science and politics are complacently denied by the very individuals who, if circumstances were to compel them to admit and to act upon their truth, would consider them as self-evident, and treat those who continued to deny them with exemplary severity. It is human nature to be impatient of contradiction, but it is mere pride of knowledge which refuses to make allowance for those who have not had the means of instructing themselves. It might seem reasonable to believe, that no one, who had a moderate knowledge of the feelings of British colonista, would venture to revive the idea of transporting convicts to our dependencies, and yet, only the other day, it was gravely proposed to recur to this system. It is now many years since the improved method of treating lunatics was adopted, and yet it seems to excite surprise that half-educated men in remote districts in the country should continue to treat such uufortunate objects according to the ancient system. Nevertheless, if the position and opportunities of these half-educated persons are compared with those of the eminent men who have lately dealt with the subject of transporta tion, our surprise ought to cease. The petty farmer or stonemason in Cornwall is, of course, infinitely inferior in knowledge and ability to eminent judges and quondam Colonial Secretaries, and yet it is surely much more surprising that the latter should insist upon sending our convicts to our colonies than that the former should confine their lunatic relations in loathsome garrets without clothing, and without the ordinary decencies of life. Happily, however, those, who are led astray by antiquated superstitions in politics, may be over ruled, by tho more rational portion of their coun trymen. They can do little practical mischief. But the revelations, which have lately taken place in the neighbourhood of Cornwall, show, that ignorance, as to the treatment of lunatics, leads to very different results. In the little village of Flushing, near Falmouth, it appears that, for the last ten years, a respectable man has had in his custody a lunatic brother. The horrible manner, in which this wretched being has been treated, may be best ascertained from the description of Dr. Brim; who visited the place of confinement, a few days ago, in company with two of the Lunacy Commis sioners. Having passed through a back doer, and up • flight of stone steps, they found a door to the left. The latch was raised, and the door was opened, but the stench was so intolerable that Dr. Brass and his friends could not enter. At length, having entered, they found them selves in a room seven feet by twelve. The place was dark, for the single window was closed and covered with • coloured blind. There was neither fireplace nor means of ventila tion ; whilst the wet on tho ceiling hung in drops as large as horsebeans—as if it had been some cavern in the mountain side. The walls were abominably defiled, whilst the floor, thinly covered with dirty straw, was in the same condition. It was, in fact, a mere cesspool. The flooring was so rotten that Dr. BYRNE pushed his foot through; whilst gnats of air rushed up through the aperture between the skirting-board under the window and the floor itself. Of furniture there was nothing but • truckle, a pewter quart-pot, and a frying-pan without the handle. In such a den as this it would have been strange to find even a bog or a hyena. But there lay an object far more revolting. Doubled up on the buckle, with his bead resting on the frying-pan, lay the lunatic ROBERT PORTIA. His naked body was covered with three old bags, which were in the meet loath some condition. He was satisfying his hunger in • way which it is impossible to describe. But when the covering was withdrawn be was seen to be •cripple—his knees drawn up close to his chin— his feet crossing each other—his kneesand hip joints stiff. So filthy was the wretched creature's condition that the medical man could not even touch him. And it was necessary for the visitors to go into the open air from time to time in order to endure the of the dungeon. It is needless to pursue the details further. For several months the poor creature had occupied the place where he was found, but for ten years pre viously he had occupied another scarcely less loathsome, whence he was brought in a wheel barrow. That he was a well-bailt man, nearly six feet in height, who had been reduced to the condition of a beast by ill treatment, is unquestionable. Indeed, the report 1 1 of the authorities of Bodmin Asylum establishes the fact that if his melancholy infirmity could not have been cured, his condition, at all events, might have been materially improved. lie is described as " perfectly quiet, harmless, and tractable ;" I and although he is " incapable of conversing " coherently," he is still capable of un derstanding much that is said to him. Per. haps, the most unfortunate fact, connected with the case, is that the poor man had ample means to support himself comfortably, and that it was only by the ignorance of his friends that the necessary horrors of this situation were aggravated. That the populace of the neighbourhood should be ex cited at seeing the lunatic in his miserable helplessness and bearing the details of his prison-house is natural enough. But those who know anything of the ideas which still prevail amongst the masses on the subject of lunacy need feel no surprise. In old times madmen used to be chained up like wild beasts, and even within the last few years the assizes have borne witness to the prevalence of such ideas. It is idle to suppose that any Government organiza tion or inspection can absolutely prevent the occurrence of such cases. The people must be thoroughly instructed before such things become impossible. It is strange, however, that such a sae as this should have remained unknown until a casual physician brought it to light. It is strange that no curate or benevolent lady should ever have heard of it, and stranger still that the parish officers should have taken no steps in the matter. It has indeed been alleged by Mr. CHARLES READE that some two years ago he brought this very matter before the Poor.law Board, and that they promised that PORTER should receive better treatment for the future. Nothing, however, was done. But in their neglect the Poor-law officers seem to have followed the example which was set to them by their Scottish brethren. The atrocities towards lunatics which were over looked in Scotland necessitated the passing of an Act of Parliament. And if any change of the law could prevent the repetition of such incidents as have lately occurred in Cornwall, such a bill would have our hearty support. But the scheme is im practicable. The population must be enlightened, and we may hope that the horror which has been excited among the people of Falmouth and Flashing will do something to bring about this result. THE LATEST NEWS FROM JAPAN. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVEN,tIi6, DECEMBER 18, 1863. TO TEI ILDTTOI OP THZ_ZIPTLICSB. Sta,—ln reference to an article of intelligence to be found in the morning journals, under the head of " Japan," backed up by the double authority of the Manchester E.eaminer and Times and the Japan Commercial News, I beg to inclose you the fol lowing, which appeared in the London and China Telegraph of the 14th inst. : Our advice§ give a complete contradiction to • rumour that reached Europe through French channels reporting the bombardment and cap ture of Osaca by the Delwin's.' The statement, it appears, was first set afloat by the Japan Commercial News, and was to the effect that 'authentic information had been received of the bombardment and capture of the imperial city of Osaca (and some say of Bioko also), and that the Daimios were advancing with an army of 50,000 men for the capture of Yokohama.' The only information really received at Yokohama was this A plot was disoovered to have been in actual existence amongst the retainers of Chashu to attack the castle at Oases, and seize upon the person of the Mikado. Upon this discovery a con flict arose between the Mikado's soldiers and those of Chaehn, which ended in the defeat of the latter, with some killed and wounded on both sides.'" Permit me further to point out that our &deices from Kanagawa (Yokohama is the strip of land on the shores of Kanagawa Bay, on which the English settlement is located) are to the 15th October, five days later than the marvellous extra to the Japan Commercial News, and they do but confirm the impression that the body of the Daimioe prefer peace and trade to war and conflagration. Moreover, the so-called "news" furnished by the Manehester Examiner and Times as not previously published in this country, was telegraphed from Marseilles, and published in Paris and Loudon ten days ago. Since then—on the 12th inst. that is— there was received from Paris from the same source of information, the announcement that "at an extraordinary meeting of Daimios, it was decided, by 85 votes against 47 that there was no ground for declaring war against foreigners."—l am, &c, THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON AND CHINA TELEGRAPH. London, Dec. 18. ebt Court. WINDSOR_CA/3TLE. Dw. 17. Her Majesty was prevented from leaviag Wind sor Castle today, owing to the unfavourable date of the weather. The Prince and Princess of Wales visited the Queen. Despateime were met yesterday from the Colonial-dike to the Governor of Quad'. Every preparation had been made at the Windsor terminus of the Great Western Railway for the conveyance of her Majesty sad royal family to Portsmouth this (Thur.- day) morning at • quarter past eleven o'clock, and many a/ the domestics had left by an earlier train. Just about the thus her Majesty intended leaving, a telegraphic despatch reached Unload's, advising that the Queen should delay her journey as it war considered dangerous to eras the Solent in the yacht, under the command of the Prince Leiniagen, in consequence of the chopping ma caused by the recent high triads, Her Majority will not proceed on her journey until the weather is more favourable. THE CROWN PRINCE AND CROWN PRINCESS OP PROSSIA.—Their Royal flighnowas the Crown Prioos and Crown Printer of Prussia, who left England oa Tuesday last, arrived at Brussels the awe evening. Their royal highomaes were to remain on a visit to the Belgian royal family for a day or two on their way to Berlin. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will arrive in town this evening from Lomita% war., whom his royal highness has been on a visit to the Marquis and Marehioseas of Bath since Monday last. His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Vas de Weyer will have tows to-morrow for N ew Ledp, Windsor Forest, educe they intend to mein • sweeemioe of visitors. The Earl and Countess of Derby will entertain a distiegafabed party at Beewaloy Park. Loassakize, next moth. The party will assemble the Ana week is the math. Lord and Lady Ebury are entertaining a select circle at their seat, Mom Park, Herts. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are ex pected to leave Cambridge Howe to-moaner for Breadbads, sear Ronny. The imiscroace Record observes that several aloes la the 0117 an aecoptiag proposals for aa Sunman to a large amorist ea the life of the Empress of the French. Tin risk is being divided amongst Pres& and English demo, sad the total sweat of Warsaw lelloo,oool. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AUSTRIA AND DENMARK. The Pease of Vienna says that both the Austrian and Prussian cabinets have sent a despatch to the courts of London, Paris, and St. Petersburg ex pressing their joint determination to withhold from King Christian IX. the entire benefit of the pro- toool of London, save on condition that he fulfils the engagements entered into in 1851 and 1852 by the government of Copenhagen in favour of the duchies. The Paris Prase remarks ..—" The two great German powers persist in putting forward the con stitutional question exclusively ; but Germany pushes them on. The people and the deliberative bodies proclaim the rights of the Duke of Augus tenburg. The Chamber of Deputies itself enters into this movement. On Sunday next an immense demonstration will take place at Frankfort, on the part of delegates from the German parliaments, who will proclaim the Pretender. Up to what point will Prussia and Austria be able to resist this current of public opinion 1" larity. The trial of this case will be truly curious. I should have thought that the Poet-of co was too thick skinned to be sensitive on such a snore. K Juke Ferry, of the Paris bar, is retained for the defence. There has been a serious fall at the Bourse, owing, I presume, to the news from Denmark. Rents fell 26c. for cash and 20c. for amount, clos ing (ex div.) at 66fr. 15c. and 66fr. 26c. Mobilier fell 20fr. AU the railways were from 3fr. to Mr. lower. POLAND. The Liratide Besse of St. Petersburg states that a Russian citizen, named Mattianoff, having in serted in the journal Kulaid a letter addressed to the Emperor, in which he blamed the principles that guided the policy of the government, has been condemned by the Council of the Empire to five years at the galleys, and to spend the rest of his life in Siberia. The sentence has been confirmed by the Emperor. The National Zeitung of Berlin gives the most shocking details of the treatment of the prisoners in the citadel of Warsaw. (11113T13% 71:13G1UM.) FEDERAL EXECUTION IN HOLSTEIN. PAM, Dtc. 18. The bulletin of the Moniteur, this morning, speaking of the proclamation of the King of Denmark, recalling soldiers on furlough, says : "Private despatches, however, continue to affirm that Denmark will not oppose in arms the Federal troops undertaking the execution. She will only continue to occupy the tote-de Pont of Rendsburg and Frederickstadt, which are upon Holstein territory." CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 17. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pere, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 72 passengers, and 1,532 packages of cargo, including raw silk value 100,0001. Off Malta she experienced a heavy gale with tre mendous rain, which detained her 28 hours ; also a north-easterly gale from Ushant up the Channel. On the 11th she spoke the British barque Selina. The Ripon left Gibraltar for the East on the 10th inst. GIBRALTAR., Nov. 13.—Exchange on London, 90 days, 501 ; Paris, 5.26 ; Marseilles, 5.27 to 5.28 ; Madrid, 7 days, per cent. premium. B. ILI D. Mira 1:0 3: 10'4°l $ A 54244421 ... 1.8 ! 3 Lila 30.22: I DIMMIMOI2O..„ I& RI 44 1 t ,a 4l=a 33.66'45 1 stealt 1 Cape Clur 20.26411 t titemoistra 4140 1 Lim,* 79. U40/ 2 liallinal ... M 4 1 Pembroke 25.46 36' 2 Possanos . 10.3640, 3 knot 30.47 43 3 L'Orlenk ..... KU 41 1 tuallefor4.„ „ ID 22 124 0 nymuuth 1.0.63 37 1 Weymouth ..„ '30.52 34 5 rortaroouttt 110.44 31 I London 30.45 22. 2 Dover '10.4416 1 Yarmouth '20.39 41 1 scarborouet :30.4r 37 2 Shields Heligoland 9219 34 2 EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom ma OWN col PARIS, THURSDAY EVIRDIG. The debate in the Senate yesterday was of little interest. M. Tourangin made a reactionary speech, which was but a pale echo of the not very brilliant conservative Jen.onstration of M. Rouher. The Marquis de Larochejaquelin, who is cut by his legitimist relations and friends on account of his conversion to Bonapartism, and makes unoraa ing efforts to redeem himself in their opinion by extra devotion to the Pope, complained that the new programme of instruction in the government schools was not sufficiently religious ; by which he meant to say that education was not wholly in the hands of the priests. He got into • muddle about the Council of Public Instruction, which he alleged bad not been consulted when it ought to have been ; but his misapprehensions were set right by M. Rouland, the minister presiding the Council of State, who very distinctly vindicated the doctrine of supremacy of the state ; and denied the right in Prance of the Roman catholic church to any ex clusive privileges in the matter of education. The Marquis de Laroobejaquelin, seconded by Cardinals Mathieu and Donut, also called for the suppression of IL Renan's book, but were told by the minister that he had no police at his disposal to prevent the circulation of a work which was not illegal. Cardinal Donnet, while affecting to think that more noise bad been made about M. Renan's book than it was worth, proceeded rather incon sistently to anathematise, and thereby give a capital advertisement for another book, which is not yet so well known, but will probably soon become famous. The title of this work is the "Maudit." it is written by a priest, and contains, in the at tractive form of a novel, an expose of the doings of the Jesuits, and particularly of the arts to which they resort, to get hold of property, and the crushing despotism which they exercise upon the consciences of the clergy. M. Michel Chevalier defended imperial institutions with an ardour which rather astonished the admirers of his liberal commercial principles. It is hard to under stand how such a man should not like a little free trade in politico as well as in wares. He did not indeed commit himself to the opinion that the Constitution was perfect ; but his main argument was that under a sovereign who had taken such an unexpectedly liberal initiative as the Emperor, it was not allowable to be " impatient." M. Cheva lier in reality only ditf fr-un Marshal N7ll. NAV. Mill/. N.N.W. N. N.N.N. W.S.W. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. N.L to W., stroeg to ON No:Mu N.W.to N.L, mode moderate. 00ASTS. rate, rine. N.W. to N.L. fresh to Wassia.N. Northerly, moarate, moderate. floe. flee As met above. WhootS. N.N.L to W.S.W , fresh, fine. . W. to N. E., moderate to light, Sue. ZAATIRS. N. N. E. to S K, fresh to light, flue. N.N.W. to 8061113E15. fresh to moderate. fine. As nest above. Ncetherti=ncolland. Wastern=lreland. Middle=Walea, opposite and adjacent. fincitherri=Eoglleb Channel and Blew Bay. Esaterit=Eaatnard England and Heligoland. A protestant church has been opened in Mexico, a French clergyman ofBciatiog. According to report there was great opposition on the part of the regency, or, at least, one of its members, but General feraine insisted, and carried his point. The only native of Great Britain who holds an important position about the French court es a Scotchman, named Campbell, who superintends the royal scuds under General Fleury. Mr. Campbell lived with the Emperor of the French when the latter resided in England, and accom panied the Emperor in the Italian wars. Two new steamers belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company are in the Southampton Docks, the Syria and Golooitda. The former will shortly take oat the India mail to Alexandria. The Pen, belonging to the same company, will soon be laid up for repairs. The Royal Mail Gampany's steamer Atrato has been thoroughly overhauled and repaired, and made quite a new ship. Her speed has bees Mereseed, and it is expected that she will make the pumas to St. Thomas's in ten days. Woollen factories are rapidly extending in New Restand, in the United Stake. A lecture was delivered last evening to a large audience in Bloomsbury Chapel, by the Bev. W. Brock. D.D. The lecture was entitled "To Holland and back," and the profits are to be devoted to the Bloomsbury Young Men's Society for the relief of the Poor. The chair was taken by H. Stuart, Eq., in the 'bosom of Sir 8. Morton Peto, Bart., who was amonnoed to preside, but was pre vented by "bereavement from being present. Tug Raw DEAN or LINCOLN.—The Rev. Francis Jenne, D.C.L., canon of Gloucester, master of Pembroke College, Oxford, and rector of Teynton, Gloucestershire, has been offered by Lord Palmerston and has accepted the deanery of Lincoln, vacant by the lamented death of Mr. Cornier. The loss of so prominent a man by the university —in wham affairs he has taken a leading part for many hears, will make a gap which will not wady be repleed. in the pulpit was remarkable one. ~.r in 1. _Ay only differs from - _ Magnan, lie list appearance .- .. ._ General Gemeau, and the moat bigotted reactionints in this—that he is ready to applaud reforms when e a ' l i l yi c ari nt vicarious atonement (2n last Su o nda/ to w: t o te przache: f a the ch og ri : tii err:o e n h o u n re tr . of Christ." which he defended in the Emperor may please to grant them, but he will the most . viv i r e ozi s and4;l i vr:t te ge rn i t i seitg na his al o s id d " fre t s ); not press for any. This is saddling the Emperor thought" as the produotioo of • " true Christian, an is with that very load of unrelieved reeponsibility telligent philusophe c r, rd i ii well-equipped scholar." r ii. • which M. de is Gueronnire very justly depreested. M. Su Ile who has just arrived iu Paris, prated in the fi rst class in the examination for moderations. I s t ' dean s himself'l4 Barrow, Jeers scholar a day or two ago; is the character of special envoy from the Confede- —P..._ole tas states, is • Frenchman by birth, wh o was for- &turd ., TWENTY-NINTH NORTH MIDDLESEX RIFLTA. —OR im last the non•oommissiosed officers and assrly an advocate in the south of France— , privates of this regiment presented their adjutant, Captain somewhere near Bordeaux. He has been I 11 . W a i ii t " er Jo n wi i th a testimonial, L ial i o l c l e o a t i t" i g a i n s cr ip tion living in Texas for the last seventeen 1 r i p:L . :tad by thi'Noo-Comelissioned O w fficirs and - Privates years, and is now a naturalised American. ,of the 29th North Middlesex Volunteer :or theirlt. Welled He got away front Matamoros on board a French , "e p TA Ca a r in and steem. Adju tan t,l2 Deet e ls,r, 186 3. " A n exp a u s i nce rea. ship-of-war which the Admiral lent him to go to tort' address was read by Mr. Geo. John Smith, the hone. Vera Cruz, where he embarked in the transatlantic tr . ... r . pm.„ L f,,,tb z f al l i7 hich -:, warmly received b packet Florida for St. Nazaire. He is said to have w as e,A, bi on Is appropriate terms. te a mission to notify to the French government the SHIPWRICIC sr SCARBOROUGH. Yesterday recognition by the Confederate States of the ~ Er ,,,. zo i el k ef it tetj j e i r 6 . aad 7 o ' clock. the l ii strloe u llighlary .4i g pire "of Mexico, and also to try to persuade Na- a s th e Castle-f oot, S;arborough. The meter Stat.° that poleon 111. to recognise the South in return. yesterday they were off Shields, which port they could sot make The wind blew with the gloated. violence through The Courtier de Saint-Etienne (Loire) has just re- th, s i g h t . At s w o t 5 o'clock in the morning, while ...tut oeival a first warning for an article declared to con- Tonne' to reach Bridlington Bev, the ballast &Medi sad fain language "insulting to the Legislative Body, t i t en= ;rine !a far "mai l: le e matt e t e tir e al e art i l and exalting hatred and contempt of the govern- erssti: v pon the rocks and heeled over on her broadside. imat." , Six of the crew and the master at once climbed aloe' the h were almost oe a level with the shore, sad In addition to the above trouble, the journal I n wa d themselves. Two of the men in getting over the question has to defend a prosecution for a "libel " quarter were washed away i by the sea, and have be not be en upon the Poet-o ffi ce. The libel consists in an rumor- Ici,sfe;',..air& The awful vio l ence of o e' r the skip • ju dg ed d wo tion that newspapers are not delivered with reign- konn dare the occurring*. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) EQUITY COURT. (Wore Vice- Chancellor Sir R. T. Kinder,ley.) CRI6L r. THZ werzorouTAN Mr. Edmond James moved ex parte that the defendants be restrained by injonetioo from proceeding so demolish the premises of the plaintiff. Plaintiff is the occupier of a house in Chapel-street, Edgware-road, and on Wednesday after noon the company rive the plaintiff the usual notice. Yesterday (Thursday morning their workmen commenced pulling down a building at the bottom of the garden, which was used by the plaintiff's family ea a water-closet, and there is no other water-closet in the house. The plaintiff has entered into no agreement with the defendants for the purchase of his promisee, nor have they under the Lands Clauses Ant paid any sum of money into the bank in respect of the promises in question. The Vioe-Chancellor granted an ad interim order until Tuesday, the defendants to give plaintiff notice of motion for that day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. After Term Sitting at Nisi Prim at Guildhall.—(Before Lord Chief Judea Cockburn and a Speriel Jury.) LIDDSAY, m.r., MID AIMEE O. LICATILZT. This was the fifth clay of this trial, and it is very pro- bable it will extend into Monday next. The plaintiff's case occupied nearly four days, and this was the first day of the oviduct, for the defence. On the fiat trial the ver dict was for the plaintiff, but it was eel aside, and a new trial granted on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence. The action, it will be recollected, is on a marine time policy, relative to the loss of the steam ship Harbinger. On her voyage from Calcutta to England she had to put into Alice Bay from stress of weather, and ultimately the captain abandoned her u a necessary consequence. The plaintiff's case was, that the hole in the vessel's bottom was mused by the straining of the vessel during the terrific gales she encountered or from being struck by • piece of floating wreck, there were no means of repairing her at Algol, Bay, end that it was impossible to take her to Sunon's 13. y, where she might have been repaired. The defence was, that such an injury could not have arisen ea supposed by the plaintiffs, but was more likely to have happened from the action of the sounding rod striking on the plate, aided by the corrod. ing effect of the rust The hole was underneath the sound ing pipe, sod was about three-eights of au inch in diameter. The sounding-rod is • piece of iron about three feet long and half an inch in diameter passing through • tube by the side of the pumps about an inch an • half in diameter. It was urged by the plaintiffs that the sounding rod 11/411 never let down with a splash, so as to give • heavy blow, but it was lowered gently, and when at the bottom a gentle tap or two was given to be MID of the soundings. The bole, the defendants contended, was safely plugged with wood, sod there was nothing to affect hersesmorthi nets. Two months after the ship was abandoned the plug effectually stopped the leak, and the vessel might have been taken round to Si mon's Bay undercenvas, where she might have been repaired, and her abandonment prevented. She did not strain daring the gales, and made no more water then than usual. The weakening of the rivets it was also said was caused by the wear and tear of the vessel, and Dot from her strain- Much of the evidence relied on by the defence bad to be taken by commission, the men on board of the Harbinger being dispersed on board ships in various parte of the world. There were many other collateral points in connexion with the cue ; but the above are the main points relied on. The reading of the whole of the evidence at one time taken by commissioners, the learned counsel (Mr. Bovill) said would be no tedious, that he varied the mossotoey of the cue by calling between and examining viva voce such witnesses as they had in this country. The Solicitor-General, Mr. I)owdeswell, and Mr. Horace Lloyd were counsel for the plaintiffs. Mr. Bovill, QC., Sir George Honeyman, and Mr. Watkin Williams were counsel for the defendant. CAPTAIN SPEED AND THE FATTENED QUEENS. [From the Journal of the Discovery of the Source of tit Nik, by Captain SPIKE, issued to-day by Masan. Black wood.] In the afternoon, as I had heard from Musa that the wives of the king and princes were fattened to such an extent that they could not stand upright, I paid my respects to Wei:exert:, the king's eldest brother—who, hay ing been born before hie father monied his throne, did not come in the line of sueoestioo—with the hope of being able to see for myself the truth of the story. There was no mistake about it. Oa entering the hot I found the old man and his chief wife sitting side by side on a bench of earth strewed over with grass, and partitioned like stalls for sleeping apartments, whilst in front of them were placed numerous wooden pots of milk, end, hawing from the poles that supported the bee-hived shaped hut, a large collection of bows six feet in length, whilst below them were tied an even larger collection of spears, intermixed with a goodly assortment of heavy-headed usages. I was struck with no small surprise at the way he received me, as well as with the extraordinary dimensions, yet pleasing beauty, of the immoderately fat fair one, his wife. She could not rise ; and so large were her arms that, between the joints, the flesh hung down like large loose-stuffed puddings. Then in came their children, all models of the Abyssinian type of beauty, and as polite in their manners as thorough-bred gentlemen. They had heard of my picture-books from the king, and all wished to see them ; which they no sooner did, to their infinite delight, espe cially whet) they recognised any of the animals, than the subject was turned by my inquiring what they did with so many milk-pots. This was easily explained by Was,":. acre himself, who, poiutiag to his wife, said, "This is all the product of these pots : from early youth upwards we keep those pots to their mouths, as it is the fashion at court to have very fat wives." • • • • After a long and amusing conversation with Bumanika it) the morning, I called on one of his sisters-in-law, married to an elder brother, who was born before llsgara ascended the throne. She was another of those wonders of obesity, unable to stand or: d oting on all fours. I was desirous to obtain a view of her, and ac tually to measure her, an induced her to give me facilities for doing so, by offering in return to show her a I bit of my naked legs and arms. The bait took as I I wished it, and after getting her to sidle and wriggle into the middle of the hut, I did as I promised, sod then took her dimensions. Round arm, Ift. llin.; chest, 41t. 4in. ; thigh, 2ft. 7in. ; calf, Ift. Sin. ; height, Mt. Sin. All of these are exact exoept the height, sad I believe I could have obtained this more accurately if I could have had her laid on the floor. Not knowing what difficulties I should have to maraud with in such a piece of engineering. I tried to get her height by railing her up. This, after infinite exertions on the part of us both, was accomplished, when she sank down agaio, fainting, for her blood had rushed into her bead. Mean while, the daughter, a lass of sixteen, sat stark-naked be fore us, sucking at a millrpot, on which the father kept her at work by holding a rod is his band, for as fattening is the i first duty of fashionable female life, it must be duly en forced by the rod if neommary. I got up a bit of flirtation with miry, and induced her to rime and shake hands with me. Her features were lovely, but her body was as rood ss a ball. WEATHER, REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) FRIDAY, Dim 18, 8 8.11. &W. w. w.s.w. 0 NI 91 o 22 a 22 r n o 2 e 112 b 22 a 93 a Itt it b U U b b 92 b 22 a 81 e 1 22 b. 20 22 o ri o • b COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittinp at NW Priem at Guildhall.Z(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell and Common Juries.) NICHAZLIS V. DV/M.—VERDICT. The jury, sit; upbeio; locked • cOosnii;;slilis time, re turned into court last night, and gave • verdict for the de feedank RAVEN V. RE= —" BCANDALOCS Acriorts." This was an action to recover ormipsnsation in damages for bodily injuries sustained bv the plaintiff. and also for injuries done to a chaise. Tim defendant denied that he was guilty of any negligence. Mr. Butler Rigby was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Griffiths for the defendant. The plaintiff is • farrier in Hood-street. Lambeth, sod the defendant a termer io Bedfordshire. It appeared that the plaintiff's chaise was injored by coming in collision with the defendant's waggon, bat the accident was by no means one of • very serious mature. The defendant at the time offered the plaintiff • sovereign as compensation, sod he seemed disposed to accept it, but afterwards be refused the mosey and brought this action. The value of the chaise was only about 41., and the injuries received by the plain tiff were so slight as only to prevent him working for four or five days. The evidence as to who was to blame for the occurrence was, as is usual in these cases, very conflicting. Mr. Maros Bramwell, in summing up, characterised the action as most scandalous. It was not, be said, an honest action brought for the recovery of a sum of money which ought to be paid to the plaintiff, but was brought by an attorney to extinct costs from the defendant end put them in his own pocket, or to terrify him, by the expense of a proceeding of this sort, to pay money which was not really due. He could not help stating meat emphatically that there was • class of actions brought in thaw courts which almost made them a nuisance. When any dirty little miserable accident happened in the street, and the attorney could by say possibility snooped io getting a verdict for a sum over U., there was a class of men who would bring as action in one of the superior courts ; and why the legis lature should in its wisdom have allowed thee* actions to be brought here, and why they should not have prevented such speculative litigation be could not tell, because these wretched cases were not more difficult to try than actions for goods sold sod delivered, in which it was Decessary to recover 20/. in order to get a booty of costs from the defendant. But in these miserable cases, if they got V. they bed that plunder which was about as honest and legitimate as if, without form of law, they put their bands into the defendant's pocket and took out the money. (Laughter.) He did hope that some of these days this matter would be set right. It was disgraceful, and he said so as deli berately as he could. The learned Baron then briefly re ferred to the evideooe and left the jury to say what amount of damages the plaintiff had actually sustained. The jury immediately found • verdict for the plaintiff damages 30s. The learned judge intimated, in reply to the counsel for the plaintiff, that if it were necessary he would certify that the action was not • lit one to be brought in a superior court. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) FITZOLRLLD V. FITZGEBALD.-THE DEFENCE. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., sod Dr. Wambey, for the pea. tiouer ; the Q 11•111 1 .6 Advocate, Mr. Huddlemiton, Q.C., and Dr. Bpinks, for the respondent. The following additional evidence was called this mornieg for Mrs. Fitzgerald, the petitiooer. Mrs. Boyle—l live upon • little annuity which I have coraieg in; but in March, 1859, I went to attend "Mrs. lady Fitzgerald"—(C laugh)—as a nurse. She was thee living in Pootetreet, and was very unwell of gaatric fever. I examined Mrs. Fitzgerald, and found that her child wu alive and perfectly strong. That was on Friday. On the following Monday I examined her spin in Cheateretreet, and the child was still alive; but toe next day I found that it was dead. I af inwards saw Major Fitzgerald, and told him so. I advised him immediately to get medical attendance. He said that he would do so. The following day I called spin, and he said ." Well, Mrs. Boyle, I have followed your instructions. I have called in Mr. Perry, and he has given me very sire intelligence. He took my wife in • very rough manner, and now be says that the child is dead." He added that be had paid Mr. Merry his fee, and mot the blackguard out of the house. I sever saw scything in Major Fitzgerald's conduct that gave me an idea that there was anything of unkinteime between him and his wife. He did, however, look very depressed and irritable ; and he cursed Mrs. Fitzgerald's parents very fearfully. He spoke of them in • very loud tone. Two or three times he spoke in French. He did the in his wife's presence, and it caused her great agitation of frame and weeping. He said that if it were sot for those old wretches, he should be very comfortable with Mrs. Fitz gerald, sod that she would give up evethiog to him. I told him that after the birth of a deed child, it was recommendable that everybody should keep quiet ; much more • husband. At times nothing could he kinder than his behaviour ; and then • sudden Bash of something would seem to come over him, and be then appeared to me to be in a state of what I should cell " Massey." (A laugh.) By the Queen's Advocate—l should my he was as exceed. lately kind and attentive husband—a peat deal kinder to his wife than he need have been. He quite interfered with my provinoe—nridobtedly he did. (A laugh.! The Queen's Advocate then addressed the jury for the de fence. demanding fmm them so much of their patience as would suffice to permit hint to dote the facts from Major Fitzgerald's point of view. If they would only do that, sod would give due attention to the evidence which had already been given, sad which would yet be adduced, they would be of opinion that neither the charge of cruelty nor adultery bad been proved. There could be no question that the pas ties I were most uu equallymatched—not,iodosd,inrank orfortuu, but in temper and disposition. He wu smolt gallant officer, and had shed his blood in hie country's service as the field hoth of Alma and of Inksrmaan. He was preentimeet for his kindness and tenderer.* to his golden ; and it was in the , Crimea that be bad first saved the character which Mr. Bretieworth had somewhat coarsely described, when he called him " • Florence Nightlople in trousers." He was moreover an Irishman. and had inherited to the full all the peculiarities which belonged to that very peculiar esti«). He was warm, pusiceate, hasty, open-hearted, and most incoasequank in all he did, or said, or wrote. He was, however, the last man in the world that would be sumeoted of groin and disgraceful cruelty to a wife. Mrs. Fitagemad was is every respect the very re , verse of bar hadiaad. Her lather had rightly described her a very sharp, ever woman in pecuniary matters. In for- Moe they were viwy nearly alike, the husband baring 14,0(gg. and the wife 10,0001., the latter being strictly settled on her, and on her fondly in the event of her d eat h with no issue. One of the grievances which the pen. timer bad developed soonest sitar her marriage eau that her hue should only,, have bad B,ooof. whilst his brothers had 10,0001. On his part Major Fitz gerald had likewise a grievance. Before be was married he had told his father-ice-law that he had debt; thwentiog t o 1.7001.•-not • very large sum, considering the length of time dories which they had been contracted ; but Mr. Int. ' taworth had agreed to pay them, and he had not done ee . Those were the only point, of disagreement. As to the charm" of bade( treated his wife ill dune he indisposition, it would be signally imetradiet ec [ In feet, • falser statement was never made by a vindictive wife against her husband. Io a letter to Miss Muffle she actually stated that " she preferred her husband's excelleot nursing to that of any stranger," adding, " dear William has been most kind and unremitting in has &Mealtime to me." Another charge was that he had kept her out of Dahlia society, which she stated on oath was not distasteful to her. Yet she had written to Miss Johnson Tuffs, " Dublin society has very little attractions for me after all its unkind and indelicate gomipiogs respecting myself." It had been shoe n that Major Fitzgerald had taken Preag liecin uti M ons ars to h and Prev M en r t . Fhisieuwothileeshadmiscarrisgeboth whichieied Sr very likely to be produced by the attack of gastric fever from which she had been suffering. She confessed that she bad sot hesitated to take away the character of • medical man in order, as she said, to save her husband-a ley startling averment for a lady to confess she had made ; but evidence would be given to show that her professed tat:dorsal was utterly without foundation ; and that the account she had given of her miacarriage . was a bona fide one. What husband would be aide if the jury listened for one moment to the miserable subterfuge by which she wished to avoid the results of her own words deliberately spoken to her paean and her friends ? Bat if they did not believe her in this respect, what became of her general credibility. A great point had been made of the language of the respoadent. The petitioner had certainly repeated in th e box with the utmost glibness and self-pretessiso words that would commonly be thought to prefab. the mouth of • virtuous and modest woman. She stated that she had beard them for the first time after her marriage. It was certainty an awkward fact that her own father should have written to her remarks about " those us. feeling bitches of fellow lodgers ;" and it would be shown that Mrs. Fitzgerald was herself in the habit of %Wag im proper words both before and after her connexion with m e respondent. There was soother matter to which he referred with pain. She had positively done wh a t no modest woman would have thought of doing-sin had charged the abstainances of her husband from her society as an act of enmity, bat what again did the jury think of bar credibility when they beard the evidence of Dr. Pettigrew that he had warned them of the probably fatal results that might follow another pregnancy. Once more she had spoken of &idea uif it had bean • hell upon earth, but she had written of it, "This is a sweetly pretty place. We have as yet had no reason whatever to maks a complaint." The last act of cruelty charged was the scene at Dover, but they bad heard bow this wretched distracted man had gone down to his father is law, sad bow that dragon of a woman lira Bettiswortb, bad treated him. The utmost they could make of it was, that he had actually ran round the table to get to his own wife. The petitioner had Dever said • word about cruelty till she found she could not get her marriage dissolved or get her money back again unless she made sons sneh charge ; then she mat about for make' which she might misrepresent or exaggerate. As for the notion that he bad attempted to incite her to intrigue with other men it was merely necessary to say • word, Why, no officer, DO geotleman--aot the meareet creature that God, in his infinite wisdom, allowed to crawl upon the earth would ever think of coaduct so filthily and so gratuitously absurd as that imputed to Major Fitzgerald. He (the learned advocate) now came to the meet serious and extraordinary position of the sane. The person with whom the adultery was said to have been committed wee DOA only a lady of good position in society, bet the who was living, he rejoiced to say, on perfectly good terms with her husband , the mother of sin children, and about to become the mother of • seventh. She was the granddaughter of Bishop Bathtuet, of Norwich, and was the wife of Cap tain Mallet, an intimate friend of her husband. He had an appointment at Dublin Castle, and, being passionately food of painting, was rarely from his apartments. The adultery was charged in December, 1857, and in February and March, 1868. Mrs. Mallet was confined on the 22nd of January • ad she was serious ill during the next two mont hs. Moreover, her husband had met with an accident and was confined to the sofa in • room which opened into his wife's chamber. The adultery in Scarsdale Villas was charged betimes the 10th of March end the 4th of April, 1859, at which time Captain Mallet was confined to his house, or ally took carriage excretes. Moreover the dining-room, where the adultery was charged, was so open to the street that it must have been visible to every butcher's boy that hap pened to be passing. The learned advocate then pro ceeded to comment with great seventy on the fact that the witness BeaufrZre, who was living in Paris, had not been brought over to give her evidence viva voce-evidence which was perfectly mosapported, but upon which the jury were asked to break up two families. The only reason why this course had not been taker, was because the other side knew that she dare not subject herself to the ordeal of • crows-examination in pen court. Nothing could be more unsatisfactory than the tes timony which she had actually given. After all it only amounted to this, namely, that the lady, being in delicate health, was reclining on the sofa, in the memos of one of the oldest friends of her family. As to his being in her bedroom, he thanked Cod that the laws of evidence would not prevent both Mr. and Mrs. Mallet from being examined; and they would prove that on all these occasions Captain Mallet himeelf eau present. [The learned counsel was proceeding with his address when our report left] --- COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner (leathern.) Is RE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK EVASS. The bankrupt was described as an American merchant, of Rood-Isom He canoe before the court on his own pett tine, owing 5,7091., and giving up emits of about 1101. He attributes his failure to " lows by bad debts in and suepension of the American trade." , Mr. Leeman, for the assignees, said that the bankrupt was in p ,rtnership with his brother, at New York, who had been compelled to sospeod owing to the American difficul ties ; but there was • good prospect of the joint eroding' being paid in full. The Commissioner-That is, supposing the New York man not to repudiate -a thing which they understand very well in that country. (Laughter.) The order was granted. IS RE M. MATER. The bankrupt was a hat rod cap manufacturer, of New North-road and elsewhere. This was the sitting for . 34177 14" . Of of t t h he e as fi a d m bo diac v o e f h l arg j it t e. i u li es, ti lalbili es ike.. s,6ool tia : ad, . ik are 79l . s d i ta 4 o ‘7l 4 7 ., t o tu s ; w a be l : kh u in t the bankrupt was a member up to 1860; and he & Urbane his failure to being unexpectedly called upon to pay the bates of that firm. Mr. Solomon stated that the ease had been taken out of beskrnptey by resolution passed under the 110th section. MI the creditors bad been paid a small composition, and the bankrupt now asked for his discharge. Mr. p.. Knighton, ighton, for the 'rigger, consented, and the or der was iN RE R. T. W. BOULTON. The bankrupt was a cons fact- r, of Jack's Coffeehouse, Mark - lace, and other places. This was the sitting for ex amination ad discharge. Debts about 9001. On the application of Mr. Sargood. for the assignees. is adjournment was ordered for better accounts (Before Mr. Commissioner Hulroyd.) Is an A. PILOTTI. The bankrupt, described as • professor of music, el Princes-street, Hanover-square, was inberteenalip with a t mtaidyM p F i e:charid o s :b ar 7 d a u n ma ocw leaec d lzi r . i i .b P :ircies u faudutm t i be rsirn ti e h t n cosso gn: : : o . whl 44. l:du l: ffnih ri eetud s f ted u a l r F li e . Pi l l rleeatt ii i s ? s s h edp w n o :il ea bil ': a h: f r et i t es h betuth i: drkm t eP : i. :s g ec f : i examioation and discharge, There was no opposition ; and his Honour tamed the examination and granted the order. (Before Mr. Comonsaineer Few.) IS Re R. H. JoIINsON. The bankrupt was described as a wine and hommerchaet , of St. Paul's-churchyard. and elsewhere. This was an ad journed sitting for examination and discharge. The cos has frequently been before the court. The liabilities are the extraordinary amount of 27,6334 ; estimated manes' of the accounts, uFnutart,huiertinie adjournmenthea i T. req jf: U H i N re s il m f . o .se r t i. hezam me in e e rea tion amount - between sin, Mr oca . Dotorwee. creditor,opoised K f ito or as i ai t indi ty :cwt ti :i s e t t h l r y: ireF °l . 3l::; niw o demil 'i * aas hetib n eh g t'f ig if y are :Tmgio : l E LY lla wi h hal : kid )ll44. : proved by her next friend. attorney account, h a r p ui red t , ,..e f i krom am w i at u sh ed t , oh s r ta i t n ed k cobe tl u i rt a k t e;p h itt e i a was still ircaski The account included all has receipt* for ts• = . 7eis . re. An referrednadjata t tizn a. t d wu th o e cti b ezd kru for pt.s the bd peod is d eet coew ion of iai lh! book OnFtts. - aF THE GREAT 8H1! IN CHANCERY'. —YeAtTti the first meeting in connexion with the affairs of 0 0 Great Ship Company since it baa been coosigned to Or, custody of the court of Chaocery for the purpoom investigating and winding up its affairs. was held te' fore Mr. G. Whiting. chief clerk to his Honour the No tar of the Rolls, at the Rolls-cbambera, Chancel/ • 12 • 4 the object bailie to appoint so official liquidator under 0 1 Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Act.. After nior ) dismission, Mr. Hawes was appointed official mimeo. !=3,000/. as eecurity ; it heiog noderatood ag that ti! .liost the appointment would be made in favour ,1 associating with the official liquidator either Mr. Hurdled Oosper. said that the had wit! little IC r t very here wort to hi it we leen the h -- iii data gets COMO Rc kitel could mooe mote walki MINN Thi that Ohne other that The ji verdit The deed into tl LON, Tb was h the el The space Ihtt Mr. 1 out disc A MI a s az 04100. i BU•1108 Rhod llama og