The Express. — London, England, 1864-12-20 00:00:00

Ttt CAT re% ) • No. 6,731.1 u cKWALL LINE of PACKETS . — For COMBIODORENUTTandMINNIEWARREN. 13 - s 1,,....!kE.1.P352/6RT the Crystal 1 r. coo spaq the ne day, t oe he MOllNg l e g l e .EV n E t ES at at St. James's 111.1 Lt Docks on the Mg January, WM, call at Ply- Hall will be DISCON 'RUED THIS WEEK. but will be re- 1 • ;:art an experienced surgeon. I•his (avow's e s hi p owned on Boxing bay, when on that day sad during the holidays of t o wdiages to Melbourne In 71 awl 73 days there wiU be three performances daily, sod o cluck. , —Appty F. GREEN and Co., 72, CurnbUl, RC.— A Levee every evening this week, at St. JIMICIII Hall, multiyear . but can mimed by rail horn Paddington to Inc at 8 o'clock—admlaslon is. sad 2a. Reserved Stalls Sc. Ly applying to jr. GREEN aw d Co. each. Children under lu half price in Sc. and Ss. places. t ItOM LIVERPOOL ORK OR . QUERNSTOWN TO NEW Y 11" LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, an d F. 1.. a 9ELYHIA STFAII-BUIP COMPANY naiad dal rall-eosrsead Clyde-built Iron &sew OSaant-ilnipa, Masai malls, Rolf LIVERPOOL for SEW YORK. • TN A. Weduesday, Dec. 11. . BALTIMORE, Saturday, Dec. ?A. 11.1 \ I:6 11, Wednesday, Dec 2d. THE OXFORD.-ORPHEE AUX SNEERS . Comic Opera, by J. Offseibitcb, la consequence of Its peat onceine, will be EVERY EVEN I NG. Director, Mr. T. Joughmana The bAuBANE, and all other available Went.— Admission : Area, ed. ; stalls and balcony, Is. : private boxes, lea Pi —The Word and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). THE LONDON PAVILION.-LAST WEEK of Professor REDMOND - the Great Vance—the Laing Family—Operatic selections. every evening. Astounding novel ties In preparation for Christman Ile-appearance of lialialne dounhammer. „.ry wedneidag and eTirjailMiTato gaturdar. M the mail sieanatea galling every Wedneadar, according is the accommodation. Cabin the .at order's creamers. IS grahams. Poniard puma”, • o Including aL provision' cooked. Paasengers for L.. cited States, and Brittab Columbia. booked through ..setageona terms.—For further particulars apply to INMAN. I!, Wateratreak Liverpool ; orb Bit 14 „.% sit. King Willianketreet. WOOLPACK TAVERN, St. Peter's-alley, capacious and handsome Room, with GRIDIRON on the IDE door, has been lately opened. where Luncheons, Dinners, and every requirement are served with the rine excellence that has obtained for the Douse ha high reputation. —The hest SMOKING ROOM in London. BRi.:lEN.—Direet Route to Hanover, Brune ,. sod Central Germany—Ow of the North German . • t.r.t class screw steamers ...DLit& HOWE, or ;., will be despatched toms Horeelydows, every weather permitting), at 10 sun.. camas at . far paesentieee at la noma.....Hasea be Jaramo, La ovirn tickets, £2l add AI 101..—AppOai CHAPLIN'S &gent-circus, W. ; oe to PHW I t PPS, felt AVM& • :And Co.. 11. Sood•lane. IORTNU3f, MASON, and Co. Lave received 1: their supply of fine ripe STILTON CHEESE, St for imme diate use and country presents. York and Westphalia Batas, Strasbourg Bacon, Foie, Gras and Perigord Patio, Foie de Thou Yorkshire Game Pita, boars' Heed*, itusaisn Caviare, On sa d Reindeer Tongues, Lyons, Bologna, and Brunswick Saasages , Sardines. Welsh dried Salmon, and a variety of eensentiblee for the breakfast, luncheon, dinner, and supper tsbie also Chains pagac and ii,ht Wines suitstile for morning and general use, ball suppers, etc. •. likewise Wines of the choicest vintage, liqueurs, tc.—Foreign Warehouse, lel, Piccadilly, W. CHRISTMAS POULTRY. PERSONS WISHING TO SECURE GOOD GEESE AND TURKEYS should go to W. and J. L TAYLOR S, SS, LITTLE PULTENEY-STRFXI, Goblets square. W. and J.E.T. leg to inform the public they will have on view a carefully-selected stack of lu OW English Ores. and Turkey* from the loth lust. to Christmas-day. IMMENSE SUPPLIES OF GAME EVERY DAY PER RAIL. - - (113 RISTM AS BOXES or HAM PERS. FINDLATER, MACKIE, and Co., Wine and Spirit Mer chant' (Agents for if:Lumina', Kura Stout and Bass and Co.. Pale Ale', aS, WELL' SCION -sTREET, STRAND, W.C„ make up Halt-.(area Bates or Hampers t.(r 11a. containing:— ONE BOTTLE FINEST FRESCII BRANDY. ONE BEsT SCOTCH or IRISH WHISKY. ONE OLD JAMAICA RCM. ONE 7, BEST and STRONGEST GIN. ONE „ FINE OLD Pita. ONE „ nIIERRY. Delivered gee within fist miles of their EstablishmenL Country orders to be accompanied by a remittance. m rof PLANTs from Ghent and Fruit Trees from France. - - ---• 11 i5...1. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION, Great Rooms, 36, king-street. Covent-ea:ic; ..%%. at half-past 12 precisely, a CONSI3N.• 1 1i.111.1., pear, pe.rch, apricot, and cherry TREL4, ar.,i collection of camellias, =alas, rhodo . . .• • clarlorlr. roses, Re.. from Belgium—On Mew tile . . t catakomes bad. pANDLES.-PRIZE MEDAL. v .1 11'11 N E.—Adopted by her Majesty's Government for • st.dlons. J. C. and J. YIELD. • •,1 manuract , trers and holders of Um 1862 Prus Medal, • public against any spurious indiatioes. Their label ;a. arts and loses. Srla up all dealers throughout the wholesale and far ezp”rtatiot. at the Works, I' PPE& I. %Mill:TH. LONDON. S., where also may be obtained rakd Coked Service Soap Tablets INE COD LIVER OIL SOAP. is a.7reable iu sue and la unerinalkal In Its e, t on a chapped or tender skin. It Is part!. anti, tided for children. Manufactured only by Idt ECK NELL, TI ItNEK, AND MDNA, I Wow Sleruhauta to her Ma li it It. the l'ruice ol .. t %T., 311104:Q, UAYMARKZT. LONDON. labikt is stamp,l with the trade imari.--a Cod- WINTER OVERCOATS. Gentlemen are t••• Invrct the NEW 009DS at II .A NI LT‘IN and KIM tail-ra eud ttrem,*t-makers, 105, STRAND ,oppwite Laster-ball). j. B . S and th.-ir CLOTH ING.—HYAM and Co., or, Dxforitstreet. W. •tablislinictit m the Kingdom for every description • .:..1 loutlia Dress. the following garments nay b lahrii•i. Styles, awl Sizes : • - • it ingliaw Overcoats and Capes 15s. 6d. to 42.5. •I ; wee Alfrad Reefer then-oats-15s. 6.1. to 418. • ,•rcoats and Cape; Its tkl. to 255. •••,1 nod Horny Oults 21. to 35e. •• k kerbocker Dees-es 15s. ed. to 35a. • .h./beton Wimbledon Suits 215. to •liis. Jackets for Sehion and Hoine Hs. Gd. to 21s. win...able Winter Tonsil as. ed. to its. 6d. • \o• Vesta in various Fabrics...— es. G. to im est. • Jackets awl Vests alike lts. Pt to 21s. - 11.1. !Sand ear:, to eery style, with lIDSIERY in great • :1-impaired for •. S Establisbmeo. s Einsinsham, 21. 22, and 23, hew : Leeds, 42, titivate . and Dewsbury, Westgate. CKERS k SON-CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. !ICKERS .k SON-CHRISTMAS BOOKS. ICKERS.t SON-J VEN ILE BOOKS. ICKERS&SON-DRESSING CASES. rICKERS&SON-DE S PATCH BOXES. BICKERS&SON-TRAVELLING BAGS. lICKERS A: SON-WEDDING PRESENTS. I:VCKERS& SON—No. 14:54,LEICESTER-SQ. oItIGINAT.IitS of CHEAP BOOKSELLINO. PREJENTA. RI3I3IEL'S (iiiRIST3IAS BOUQUET, 23. 6d. R ISI3IEL'S PERFUMED TREES, 3& &I. R IIMEL'S SCENTED FANS, 3a. 6d. and 68. i t I3I3IELS MAGIC BOUQUETS, Is. RIM3IEL'S PERFUME BOXES, from la., Sc. .111. 1.1.-T or NOVELTILM IS LDNIA/N. t 11. ..t /. /I: \ AMEN IA tor CHRISTMAr. I:1N D. :II .1 21. COR SHILL. \t. W tr I, I • I. \ D BEGENISTBEET. , ARIsT3IAs PRESENTS and NEW YEAR'S . .111 , b , r alto a. , rt the Gay and Festiva t--. 11: 01 s prfiserwrr and brautityrr of 7 r.. 11.! All Rowlands' Kalydor, for Impart . 1.1.-1, to the c, mpkalon, and a while's and .Irll - and Pccii. Rowlands' Odonto, or Pearl :iris._ a pp :al.:, 'se ar Menem to the teeth, and Ira : t'., The 1, lll . ..nage of royalty throughout t' • :11-I,cr no I,y I. v.k awl fashion. sad the uutscr rh, )of the-.• art at Wt. give them a Mkbriti Un • • — , .1 I at •.!0,1141,4, and by chemist*aud per • -A.% b , r al ticks. CHRISTMAS.—Tbe HOLLAND HAMPER, containing SIN RoHies of CHOICE WINES and SPIRITS of the Ora qualny, namely. Pert. Sherry. bin, Kum, Polo or Ramo Broody, ;LW Insh to Scotch s CARRIAGE and HAMPER FREE for Ins. W. CASH. El /RUE SII EIJI ERIE No. 1, HOLLAND-PLACE, KENSINGTON, W. PUNCH'S ALMANACK FOR 1865, on the list PUNCH'S ALMANACS 1861 Price puNcivs ALMANACK 1865. PUNCH'S ALMANACS 1865, Illustrated by J. E. TENNIEL, C. KGENE, F. Whistx, G. Dl:3lAlltlEtt, kr., wIL be published on the 114. IlliE COMPANIES ACT, 1862. The Forms and Await flocks required wider the above Act. glee ! all other hinds of iteemme liooki. with every Riatimsery re ! iinisite for Piddle C.iinprines. the Counting-impose, dm.. sup plied on the host tonne Prinuez of every desaription. Ph.nre ceremonies likiernied and Prieted: Gaga SOLIS de signed Lad executed. Ask and Flint. so. Fleetetreet. CC., sad Loadmi.lisidge, GENERAL TO.V THUMB AND PARTY AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. A large number of persons assembled yesterday at the Crystal Palate, to "assist" at the drat public reteptios Cetera' Tow Thumb sad his Liliputiao party, which ooneists of the General bitus.lf, his ode sod child, CornmodoreNutt, and Mule Ilditie Warren, sister to the General's lady. The dbut of the Commodore and his diminutive companion has already been noticed in the lixbress, aad full justice done to the rine, intelligence, and general attract . of the little pair. General Toni Thumb attains rather large proportions when compared with the Commodore, and Mrs. Stratton looks quite a portly matron when standing side by side with Miss Ninon Warren. The General appears to be is splendid health and ►pints, but we warn him that if he permit his circumference to grow much greater than it is at present, Mr. Basting will certainly hare his eye upon him, and possibly make the smallest as well se gre►test of transatlantic celebrities the subject of another pamphlet. Previous to the public reception, which took place in front of the grand orchestra, the General and party re. ceived a select circle in an apartment adjoining the Egyptian Court, where the ladies enjoyed the luxury of a close in spection of the General's baby, and of overwhaming the poor little thing, much to its annoyance, with kisses. In addition to the General's receptions, the directors of the Crystal Palace Campeau are making strenuous efforts to attract the holiday public. The Christmas-tree again towers to the roof studded with its attractive fruit, nod the hammer is bend in all directions putting up the fittings for the holi day entertainments. The refreshment department is now thoroughly and efficiently organised in the experienced hands of Messrs. Bertraua mad itaberts, anal we are enured that creature comfort' will he supplied to the holiday visi tors of such excellent .luality and at such moderate prices as entirely to obviate the necessity for earrying that hornd "nosebag," which is so inconvenient to the visitor and so decidedly unpopular with the refreshment department. Several new dining rooms have been tined up contiguous to the large dining saloon, and all provision made for comfort in what promisee to be a frosty and seasonable Christman IviiT /I INC INI I'OSS I BLE.—The greatest and ru .; al.f,al stuntaro, ••I the day, AGUA -• N ELL Ca, Three Klug-court. Inntiard • '! • perfumers to her Slayesty, rusprettolly otter to the ;...• tia.4 to.:Yall••us 11111.1, w hich gradually restores the , to its y•raitihr haa,-1,0 =Altera' what age. The Agua tort • f the pra-t•urties of dyes: it, on the contrary. r • ~ L • the system. and whey the hair Is • race restored •.1 0. •• dip per mouth ...II keep It in perfect colour. l'rice • t•• r •••ttlu, or au half lAdtles, its. Id. John itosnell and • ..• ••••,-a, al pobood p• boners to H EH, the Panaceas -• • a A asN 1.1. L and Co.'s CHERRY TOOTH PASTE •-• ••••.• 11*.r t • an , t•••th powder.—To be had M all per • a..,1 At the ulAnufactory, 12, Three King-court, 1.41. THE SAcRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-HALL, annource a repetition performance of the .11,..4h on Friday evening next, Ile. Perepa, ulanie Sokitou-Dolliy, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Wei.* brine agate principal vocalists. Tat CASE or Wan n er COLENSO,—At the close of Nr. James's address yesterday * the Lord Cbaocelloi said—We will take this case into our careful coosideretion. If it is necessary to go further. and cuter into what are called the merits, full notice will be given to the parties. The proceedings then terminated. AcCIDENT TO CAPTAIN Lon.—A serious acciJent, resulting in the neeusity for amputation, occurred to Captain lard , of "Lad ' s Faeroe.," on T. ursday. The captain was for the day a guest of Mr. Thomas Barnes. 3f. P., at the tjuints, which is situated within two miles of Captain hod's residence at N tut lua. A shooting party having been organised by youtig Mr. Raines, the captain joined it. and *ldle walling along with the muzzle vf his gun down wards it is supi•med that the trigger caught his watch. guard, for iu altering its positron toe gun was discharged, mad the contents were lodged is one of Captain Isod's legs. He was promptly attended by Mr. Blaihie, of Oswestrv, who was afterward. joined by Mr. Clement, of Shrewsbury, by whom the leg was amputated the follow ing more iug. CoNVIct NOTARILITIEs IN WESTERN AtsTEALIA. At Fremantle the visitor is sure to fall in with Ri.duth— aow on his ticket of leave—a toll man of good ed.-hese, living on the proceeds of thole! Sine!l shipments of fancy goods °pursued to him by English friends. Itedpath has always maiutimed a position above the ordinary class of ticketere. Even in prison he never made hie own bed nor armed out his cell. These menial offices were performed by some ob sail:lions convict, anxious for the reward of the great man's smile—a reward not unfrequently but judiciously bestowed. Now that be is at large, ticketeni touch their bats to their distinguished brother, who promenades the street, writes clever letters under a I. , ,eet de : ei,,rre to the local press. is the founder and booorery •ecretely of the Working Men. elation, and is specially 'buena' by the free clamp", who profess to regard Lim u a social agitator. At Fremantle, also, there resides a remarkable individual, who found it necessary in England to dissolve his marriage contract by the simple but effective operation of cutting off his wife's heed. He now blls a highly respectable situation. Not deterred by his matrimonial mishap, he has taken to him self a second wife, to console him during his long sojourn iu the land, sod he is now bringing up a numerous family. Rebus. who is also at large. does sot receive at all a good character. He lost one or two sitnatioes at Perth through his own misconduct. After this he went into business as a photographer ; and now he keeps as academy ; while the colonial Mrs. Robson assists him with a preparatory school. Next to dissipation, Robins's priseipal recreation Kew to be poetical effemioos, which duly obtain publicity through the medium of the Perth newspapers. Is these produc r• A l CO PA HINE 111E0E, successfully Coos he lays Byron and Gray under heavy cootributions— .' 1."1"1"" Hospitals,under the care of in fact, is guilty of an noblusbiag appreprietioa of their • "ii• i;i• ~/ .1, Lloyd. Poland, and tetras Oaf. „„,.., Am Byron and Gray do not appear however to he • . . effects a cure in an oversee id as 'lays • , • r,d . ptr unfit,. by (amides household words "in Western Australia, Fri .i • licnast. th, Haymarket, London, . Robson enjoys a great reputation as an °flower of •• thoughts •- • • Fans. I that breathe and words that burn."—Alalbourns Argus. WINTER :-.EASoN at HOMBURG BATHS. a...;11 : t 1, r• t.. tr . .,.:alter. during the winter seat , rt. S. I t• • i • nut 4•1.....13.1•11 Of tamer town,. The 'ling sd,.. the year. 21r1/111CrOU• 311.1 elt • I r. *5 1 5, 0 t wide to It. It contain. a •; • .• ,•- .11-1 decorated apartMenta, a • . •• r , •.L;a a. I. I cot ...rt.. a superb dining-room and • s s . 5 .. -,15-1, with billiar.ln. a 'vomit and • • . , n...1 , t roll) and punctually supplied • - h. tch. Rosman, - lin ',oils trente-etnitiaraute and • - • it 1,4, more adiantagrone to, the • . t,••• f.diner hat log but the half ' ••, .s. .st,s• Zero. lie daily %odors, • , - .s: • • .1•1: is a:1 1 .0 5 :1 5 0. and the itioXi • • . 5.• 5 , 'rod:lnstil departn.eut of the t• • • .. •,• t. 5. 5 .0 of M. Cheset. t . .e echisnitest • • • • 1 .I.i , rt..r orchestre of M. airy Garlic 1,11 I . every evening. Con • • ' • !s , di. • arc weldreguleted and frequent. ; • •: t.. • d t: It wto the miiiireeueuts .• -•. 5 , ustistic cies ince. c•snituusilentets by ss t h e serious sahtdis of the Canino. . :.• ....piny perform. twice nr three t • ...tsc It • ,Sates nf the sllrertoei ',issued - i c 5 .. red tonic. The ten rnilway _ it .• _ ' is to the outskirts of !Tsui:fort. • • ,t, •i. two ur fro. the last as late as ritri ,' cutlet only half all !loin'. the • - I .• , It ..5.• 111011 D ta..ly 111 . • 1•• 1/.'welts boon, to Merlin in 'Neel.. t- 1.5•11.1.5u1u tweutysfuur: to excellent la . ts rut:. r LEV CO )PEWS VITAL RESTORA , FRRVEY and to.. surf:eons, t their residence. 44. W,ynwath- I ptx•e. Rel;enes.park. Lwidu.W. • . • •) I at . titra. •( •• ;TT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, • I.:. • i•rvparv•l without any mercurial •• :•.• rc• ••1 In. will he fnuo4 Invaluable • :•r fr..to and liver complaints, Inlirestioo, ' ••• ••• s, •11,:ness of the eyes. de. For habitual • •4 t •1••11) al. nett medicine, and as a purifier or ) trey es. •Iletit ; mild in their operation and • • • lb. If..i • rate appetite, promote diarstleu, .•.• .1 t: • 'e ye r%.ets .yetena.—Aold by W• 1 -mn' • •. 111..tte..«. Clusrinuserwee. end by molt -)ss Is. 14.1. ant 25.9 d. De mire to mall for Dr. • s ese. Lifer kVA. The 1110nulDs are lila souse gran 1:41..a.. Lax Iwrt" engraved on the stamp. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1864. ITALY. (Mit OM owx cowspowroorr.) TURIN, Dac. 17. The Piedmontese party, which has so obstinately opposed the Franco-Italiau convention, has deter mined to start a new paper, to be called Le Alpi. Deputy Berti, a professor in the Turin University, and an accomplished writer and philosopher, is to be the editor. This paper will uphold the interest of Piedmont, and be a sort of counterpoise to the Tuscan influence, which is so much dreaded by the influential men of this country. I have thought it well to mention this fact, for it allows that when once the capital is transferred to the banks of the Arno, if not before, the struggle between the old and new political influences will begin. Unless such a struggle is carried on within the bounds of moderation, I think it is likely to lead to the most dangerous consequences. Were I to regis ter all the symptoms which are already apparent, I could easily convince you that the internal situa tion of Italy is anything but satisfactory. The very silence of the party of action, and its apparent in activity, show that all danger is not yet at an end. With regard to the external situation, too, we must bear iu mind that, rightly or wrongly, the Italians have got it into their heads that it is impossible to reorganise their country, and restore their finances, until Venetia has been embodied in the Italian kingdom. Between a policy of disarmament and patience, and a policy of speedy war, even M. Guizut would be embarrassed to find out a ;lob: milieu. Father Pantaleo, the well-known Franciscan friar, who followed Garibaldi into Southern Italy, has got himself into a scrape. After he had been repudi ated by his brethren, Pantaleo assumed the most ec centric half-Garibaldiau, half-moukish costume, and became a preacher of what he calls the " true doc trine of our Lord." It seems, however, that this doctrine is not altogether in harmony with the religious notions of the Advocate-Gsueral of Flo- rence, for an indictment bas been laid against Father Pautaleo. The unfrocked [Houk is charged with having publicly preached agaiust monastic corporations ; with having called the papacy the very negation of divinity and humanity ; and lastly with having asserted that if Garibaldi had not been stopped at Aspromoute, he (Father Pantaleo) would have preached to the Romans the truth of religion, which is the religion of truth. Were we living in the days of Tortmematla there is no doubt that Father Pantaleo would end his career on a funeral pyre, like Arnold° da Brescia and Sareuarola • but in this more civilised ce n tury of ours he wil l get out of his scrape more cheaply, for if the culprit is brought before a jury he will certainly be found not guilty. Whilst Father Pantaleo is preaching what he calls the doctrine of our Lord, a less fortunate mis sionary, an evangelic minister who had opened a chapel at Bergamo, has been nearly torn to pieces by the infuriated mob of that city. This luckless man had been warned, by many auouyttious letters be had received, to desist from his evangelic pro paganda, but he firmly refused, no doubt convinced that he was accomplishing his duty. Having an nounced that he would preach a sermon ou Monday last, the mob surrounded the private chapel, and shouted "Down with the heretics—death to the false prophets." From words the exasperated utob soon came to blows, and breaking into the chapel, the missionary was seized by the neck, and so violently treated that, had not a Garitialdian volunteer who Las great iutluence at Bergamo, Signor Vittore Tasca, been present, the pour nithister must undoubtedly have met with his death. These and similar facts should be a hint to those enthusiasts who think that a country like Italy, which has been so long under the domina tion of the priests, is to be made protestant out of hand. They forget, or cannot understand, that although Italy bates the temporal power isf the Pope, she is none the less catholic for all that. The dulness of the Italian Chamber of Deputies was disturbed to-day by au animated discussion. General Bixio, with his usual vivacity, asked the Minister of War whether it was trite that it was his intention to initiate a policy of disarmament ; and indeed if he had already begun to send home a large number of soldiers ? The speaker declared himself at the very outset of his speech opposed to such a policy, which, in his opiuiuu, would be fatal to Italy. For General Bixio thinks that the situation of the Italian finances is not so critical as to prevent the execution of a better defence of the country ; that Italy has not yet made all the sacrifices she ought to hare made fur the triumph of her uatioual unity. Be quoted Lord Macaulay iu order to show that England was iu a worse position when Pitt had the courage to impose the hardest sacrifices upon her. In concluding his speech General Maio's implored the cabinet not to forget that Italy was anxious to bring the Venetian question to a close, and that war against Austria was one of the first desires of the nation. It was, therefore, the duty of the ministers to prepare the country for this war, which might break out at any moment: The answer of G;neral La Manuora iva-i of a kind to reassure the country. Of course he did not share all the opinions of the gallant Garibaldian general, but be said that both he and his colleagues would always be prepared to meet any situation the future might have iu store for Italy. Without being warlike, the speech of General La Blarniora was of a kind to convince Austria that Italy has not forgotten, nor is willing to forget, that the Venetian question must sooner or later be decided by force of arms. The chamber will meet this evening, and then adjourn, in all probability, until the sth of January. ENGLAND ♦\D SANTO DOMINGO.—The Correspent dewia de Eppnno of the 15th says :—" We know positively that the Eoglish Minister in Madrid bee received instruc tions to commuoicate to the Spanish government the resolu tion of the English Cabieet to recognise the rebels of Santo lrimiogo es belligerents. The Eugli.b Minister yesterday requested &conference with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, but it is said Senor Benavides considered that, having already presented his resignation. b• could not meanwhile enter into this grave question." Pavitt.ENT LINCOLN'A Washiugton despatch. dated 6th inst.. published in the Boston papers, says :—" The President's Message seems to be approved by both radical and conservative republicans in Congress. Vie reading in the house was accompanied be enthusiastic dii moostratioea.” Aa EARTittx•tie IN TexANy.—Five chock s of earthquake wen fell at Florence na the 12th int. • NEWNPAPERe PUIt RteSlA.—SiOce iSPUiDg the aotice No. 3S. dated the 24th October last, reepectiog the conditions under which aloes newspapers can he forwiuded by the post to Russia. the Postmaster-General has heed in formed that an exemption from the ordinary regulations 'slats in favour of political newspapers, or of any other pub. licatiosa, addressed to members of the royal family of Russia, to the imperial ministers, and to membev , of the diplomatic corps. Such newspapers. &c., it is now stated, will be admitted into Russia although sot subscribed for at ooe of the Russian pat.:Aces It appears, also, that see political newspapers and publications may be received by the poet, not only when addressed to established bock• sellers in Russia, as already annouocal, but also when ad. dressed to the higher schools. to the Imperial Public Li. brary, and to the Academy of Sciences is Russia.—By com mittal of the Postutaster-Geueral. LETTERS FuR DANISH COLONIES IN THE WEsT INDIEs. -On the Ist January seat. sad tbeticefor ward, letters transmitted between the United Kiogdom sad the Danish West lathe Colonies, St. Thomas sad St. Croix, posted unpaid, will be charged on delivery withers additional rate of one shilling each letter. besides the usual postage and letters posted iosufficiently prepaid will also be charged the amount deficient, and one shilling additional.- By can meal of the Postotastar•GeoaraL -Cenral Post.office, Dec. 19, 186 L R IPF-NING FOR ROME —A contemporary states that at the recent celebration of the anniversary of the church of St. !lichee' end All Angels, Brighton, " a bust of the Virgo Mary" was carried is proemial. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. -MONDAY. Speculation on the great events of the forthcoming year is almost generally at a standstill at this period, and when the bad luck of hackers daring the peat season is taken into consideration, it is not to be wondered at that the amount of money thrown into the market is unusually limited. Betting on the Two Thousand was • deed letter, 4tol on the field being the only symptom exhibited. Se veral small aeusations were noted among the outside division for the Derby, whereas none of the favourites were backed, the reason being that in no single instance was there a " taking price" offered. 5 1 to was ered on the field, and 10 to 1, bar one ; Bread off albaus, it was clearly tiedsestood, being the neat in demand inquiries liatiout the Duke elicited no definite price. Twenty-two fifties were booked coos about Christ mes Carol, but 25 to 1 was subsequently asked for, and after 2,500 was taken twice about Brother to 1,000 even was betted on the latter against "the Carol." 33 to 1 was freely offered against Broomielaw without a re 'pones, and the case appearing hopeless, the layer increased the odds to 35 to 1. which he succeeded in lauding, having laid 2,100 to 60. The Buck and Ariel were quite out of favour, and few besides will be found among the extreme outsiders who once enjoyed some public favour. Closing prices: TWO TROT:SAND. 4to 1 on the Bad (oil) DARBY _ _ . • Sar 1 met Mr. Muria 1.1.1 an. (Mt 10 to 1 lir. W. Pliason's Mandalbano (off, tllto I) 20 to 1 Lord Staroford*s Archimedes (oft, 22 to 1 Mr. B. Goatee stiwtstanas Carol 1 and 4' l 23 to 1 Lord Glasgow's Brother to llinlO t and tat 1000 to 36 Sir Joseph Ilawkl's ladmln.t.r oft t33to 1) 3to 1 Mr. W. l'Anecin's Bromide's', (Or 33 to 1 Mr. Wlllissusais Lonsplown d and 021) ♦e to 1 Mr. Krlsas Buck '4l 44 to 1 Lord Durham's Azle (oft) 10 u to lb Mr. Nu loes Conga as di 3001 to 44 Mr. T. Pares Friday , d and off 1404 to 15 Mr. B. Button's A I k olfj 1000 to 14 Mr. H. Goatees arapplrr (oft lota to 10 Mr. U. Uateis Brow.• Dayrell die) 3000 to lb Mr. Blames Barbarous (t 4 1.00 even on Brother to 11InIt apt larkstuas Carol t The subscription room will sot be open neat Monday, December 26. THE TWO YEAR OLDS OF IDA —No. lIL TO THE EDITOR OP THE EXPRES.S. the York August Meeting the very beat was seen of Omar, whose mishap when he came out at Newmarket precluded our seeing what he was really made of, the accident be then met with being fully compensated for when he ran in the Convivial, an, had not Wild Agued " upset" herself by getting loose in the stable overnight, lie would never have beaten the filly. After all, he only won by • neck from Goutrau, who carried filbe more weight ; and Le was universally voted so Derby horse, Zambesi's ra iling last to bun having nothing to do with the question, for he was dead amiss at the time. St. Magnus too, likewise uoplaced, was very backward, wed the gallop did hiss so much good that on the last day he was enabled to beat the pro minim; Caen ima without much trouble. Gootran wee in splendid form at the matiag, and is one encounter wady gave 1216. to Wings of the tt mud, who subsequently won the Nursery with a lot of weight me hand. White Duck, Siberia, Peeress, and Komi* sustained the reputa tions they bad previously won, end Wild Ago. regalia' hers before the week was out, so cleverly disposing of Op pressor (never beaten before or since) for the mile Gim crack, that she became first class ; but the Duke lost a great deal of public favour when he only beat the Lion half • length, this showing be bad not recovered the health he loot at Newmarket. My Fancy made • great hit in a selling race, fetching tau times more than her entered mice after the win, and yet her owner was over a thousend " in" by the transaction. Stockton brought out Fair Melrose, who beat Sweet Jessie, Brows Breed, the good-looking Lord of Eltham, and others very easily. the latter com prising one of the many that ran " big " at the meeting, and he will, with Inca and Lahr ituokb, " bra heard of " in future. Lan Lynn, Dubiety, and Brown Bread betrayed the beet form in the minor recess, and Wild Agnes, Oppressor, and Olmar all got together again io the rich stakes, as at York. Oppressor and Wild Agnes beating Omar so easily as to quite confirm the impression that the Convivial result was false. Lichfield sad Derby exhibited Lady Egidia in glow hug colours, as she best Zia* at even weights in one can, and was four lengths before the 51bs penalised Attachr in , another. Thee Exeter showed us that Sydmootoo and the Moatissinia filly had run themselves into some form, as the former beat Todleben ad others, rod the filly just maosged to upset Asti-Masser and Shrepuell. with Friday amid Polity "nowhere." But nothing occurred to call for oh aervatiou the next week, either at Warwick, Leicester, or elsewhere, and Doncaster was got over without • Derby favourite being seen or made. Zambesi was himself again in the Champagne, fur he beat Ganlevisure a neck, with Puritan, Bedminster, Reginella, Haarlem, and Biondisa some lengths behind them, is addition to the Doge, Kaugareso and Barbaossa, who were all wanting time, and the subsequent overthrow by 111011. dins of Siberia, with the promising Pluto., was another gay feather in the cap of Mr. Merry's second string, the only doubt I have being whether be would have beaten Bedminster had the latter been in the same trim as at Newmarket smooth afterwards. In the small fa, , Brown Bread, Catalogue, My Fancy, Tesane, and the 'Vest colt did good service, Catalogue displaying a mat improvement —as did also Audax when he won the Mile Sweepstakes from Joker and Brahma, whose tint appearancA were so far creditable that they got home before Ostreger, Olmar, and Lion, of whom only Olmar. it strikes me, will ever stay. But there was no brilliant form shown except on the pert of Wild Agnes and Victorious, the hitter being quits as good as the splendid Master Rich ard at • mile when they ran second sod third to Adventurer for the weight-for-age Fitzwillum, and the filly so cleverly disponog of him in the Egliotou at 61bs that they may be put fairly on an equality, with only the weight for sex between them, although Victorious—whose legs are none of the best—was all the worse for his first race when be met the filly. Master Richard's after doings said ' much for the pair, amid I question whether they would not Lave proven equal to Lidelington if the trio had ever met as two-year-olds. Richmond follows Docaster as regu- Isrly as Hampton, Brighton, and Stockton, do Ascot, Ooodesiod. and York • and we invariably am some good twolear-olds, the cha rter being kept up last seems when Wild Agnes, Olmar, and Oppressor figured spin with pre. cisely the lame result.; as at Stockton. The boo woo Lis first race there, although he was io anything but his York form, or Brown Bread, behind him in the Duke's race, would not have given him ItAbs and a head beating. At Monmouth, Todleben beat Wings of the Wind far enough to put himself at least on • level with Goutran, if we dared believe in the result, which could not, however, have been correct, the odds of 5 to 1 on the Danebury colt being very ominous. This noble supplied all the starters for omme race. Shrapnel and Lady Egidia finishing a splendid' race, only • head dividing them when they paved the chair. The minor meetings from this time licentiate fall off amaz ingly, and the few that took place up to the end of October were not productive of an item worth meationiog here, be. rood the overthrow of AntbMacwaar by the Me allowed Viols at Bedford, the beat of the two-year-old racing taking piece at the three Newmarket meetings. The 'widest& of the contests must be quite vivid in the recollections of your readers and need but • brief allusion now, one of the most important of the First October doings beihz the triumph of Watchbox for the trial across the tlat. This was • good performance, as he met several three.year-olds, and to beat them over • mile and a quitter made him one of the best trial horses of his year. Mr. Merry was alive to this, and did not scruple to claim him fur the stipulated sOut., be being very useful to this gentleman on accouat of his baying run Victorious to a neck at Goodwood, so that the Bailey motile can test the relative merits. of Victorious and Liddington to a nicety. In the Hopeful, Gardevisure had the tables turned upon him by Puritan for the Drneaster defeat purely on account of her being'' bung upon " by the green Kate Hampton, who came out for tae tint time, and did herself no little credit • heti running so clines race with the pair. The only other important first appearance during • the week was that of Charity, who cleverly carried ~If a maiden plate; but the overthrow of Ostreaer by Botbonsago for the Granby ; of Le /Verona, Siberia, Missionary (Arnim), Todlebee, Spice, St. Magnus, sc., by Furze Chat for the Triennial ; of Lady Egidia by the Wbiteleg filly for a lieudicap, of Morey Spinner sod Siberia by Hegi•ellai for a sweepstakes, and of Peeress by Zephyr for the Rutland, quite altered the ideas previously held concerning their respective merits. Zephyr's improve ment was deemed good enough to back her far the Derby upon, and had Rothotuago lived we should have seen him run a good three year old also. His stable abused us one of their hest during the second October week in Gladiateur, who cleverly disposed of Joker, Pat taloa, Ileginella, ostreger, Maid Marian, the Vest colt. Kate Hampton, said Verderer for the Clearwell, wherein we also saw other good looking horses for the first time, Don Basilic. and Heir-at law railing among the emplaced. purely on amount of their want of condition. But Gladiateur is no ilospodar, his legs being even more doubtful than the latter's were, and is the Prendergast be was so sore as to be well beaten by Bedminster, to whom he and Lungdown ran a dead beat for third place, Siberia finishing second, a head before them, while Oa/devisors and Almar were within half a length of the pair. As Longdown was no more fit to run than at Goodwood, this was nothing for the Frenchman Gladieteur to boast of, nor for Bedminster either, seeing be received weight from all the above • tamed ; however, he had noes the best of Pantaloon—who was one of the last two, after disposing of Edinburgh, Tessa. and My Fancy in the first day, sod woo so easily that. observing how he ran away from Bioodina at the meeting also. there is no proof Bedminster is sot first class Verderer, Celerrinia, Besotted, Ethan), Klarinska, Mightier, Bauchi; Troubadour, Mongrel, sister to I Aschatu, and Trainor, allowed goad form for about [Stamped, ld. Additional.] the tint time with Pantaloon, in the minor events; and in the Houghton week Connection, Kangaroo, and Pepper's Ghost, followed in their footsteps, a vast improvement being also displayed by Catalogue. Don Bulbs, Contract, sad Catalan, for the Doc gave Chow some trouble to beat him. However, the Criterion was the great f the week, and was rendered celebrated by Chattanooga making such an exultant dernif for it, the held comprising one or two others never seen in public before that took people's fancy, Monitor rod Tibia getting third and fourth to Brahma's second, but the Bock and Regalia, from their lack of training, being unplaced, as were Karns( (91b. extra), Auden (Sib. extra). Gladiator (Sib. extra), Le Mandarin, and Kate Hampton. Chattanooga beat the latter with the greatest ease, though not half prepared ; and when Brahma afterwards ran a good second for one of the Nurseries with Set. 10Ib, there became a question whether Teddiogton had sot found his equal in the Derby at last. licenig got a beating in a mile race from a dark King Toni filly, now called Guiniveve, who thus became first-class at once, as Kinnig bad run very forward in the Criterion ; and there were other perform ances at the last great meeting, where two-year olds find it worth while to run, to reader it of the utmost importance. The four "illegitimate*" that wound up the season are soon rue through, the main features of them being the improve. meat shown by Leoville and Cedric at Worcester, and by Lavinia (the Imogene filly), and Purity at Liverpool, where the Lion came out in something like his old York colours and woo the Nursery, and the sterling ability betrayed by Catalogue and AttachC at Shrewsbury, for they both won races in capital style against the beet of company. Sidewind, Bella, and Hope at the latter plus were also in their best form ; and the " finish up" of Catalogue at Warwick was splendid, it being a (mulles whether there were half a dozen two-year olds superior to her at the end of the year. A perusal of the above remarks will prove the last three mouths of the racing season to have been most eventful, as far as concerns the history of the juveniles, for during that period quite a host of our light. came no the .ceoe—to wit, My Fancy. The Lion, Fair Melrose, Bedmioster, Joker, Brahma, Kate HAraptoo, Kamiaron, Chanty, Glarliateur. Dos Builio, Chattanooga, Moaner, Tibia, Troubadour, and Guiniveve--and we had some brilliaut displays. besides, from the improved Wild Agnes, Opposer, Catalogue. Olraar, Goutraa, Attache, Audits, Zephyr, fx lo the improved ca tegory St. Magnus, Wings of theWid.L)ubiety,tirdmonton, the Moistissima filly, Iliondios, Brown Brend, Viola, Furze Chat, the Whiteboy filly, Pantaloon, Verderer, Celenima, Hanstead, Teems, Klarioska, Mirlidor, Sasebo, Sister to Asclam, Proviso', Pepper's Ghost. Leoville,Cedric, Laviaia, Bella, and Sid/wind likewise included themselves ; and when handicapping the "best form " of the year (a labour I shall have completed a fortnight hence) there will be plenty of groomd to go over, above a hundred fair hones having been enumerated altogether in the above li-t and in my two previous letters.—l am, Sc., METEOR. NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY DEC. 19.—APPOINTMILVIS. Dieu- Want 1). Botts : to theCadmus. Sub-LieuteimOt It. W. Evans, to the Victor,a. Paymasters J. Martin. to the Excellent; J. D. Andrews, to the St. Vincent ; G. H. L. Wise, to the Irresistible ; W. Dewar, to the Defence ; O. H. Whillie, to the Dasher. Paymaster is Charge J. L Skinner, to the Asia, for the Osborne. Clerk H. E. Whitley. to the Dasher. Naval Cadets (nominated) H. E. Alexander, J. D. Harris, mid F. H. Warren. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RAILWAY PASSENGERS AND GI:MIDS.—The railway companies have, we are in formed, been given to understand that they must adopt some means to establish a communication between pas. integers and the guards of trains, or the government itself will prescribe a method for effecting that object. A committee of railway managers hes been formed, and they have received plans from upwards of 201) persona, now of which, however, have given entire satisfaction. The best submitted are those called Tattersall's and Woodfield's; the former effects the communication by means of mechanical force, and the latter by means of electricity. Mr. Preece, the superintendent of the Electric and International Company at Southampton, hes submitted a plan to the London and South Western Railway Company, who immediately undertook, at their own expense, to give it • fair triaL According to this plan a tassel is hung just above the passenger's head, connected by • rope to catches at the opposite corner of the carriage, and these catches in moving cause two small con cealed semaphore arms to project from the carriage. The arms are connected with • small electric battery in the guard's van, and IN they fall from a concealed vertical pool -000 to • horizontal projecting one they cause an electric cur. rent to be completed and ring &Delirium bell in the van. This bell continues to ricg while the arms project, and the latter are placed so that they can only be restored to a vertical position by the guard cooling to the carriage. On his look ing out these arms are very obvious by day, and by night could be made by small lamps fixed and lighted neer them. A band-rail efts along the carriage, which lifts up or down at the doors, and by which the guard can easily and safely peso to the carriage from which au alarm ' proceeds. The semaphore arms, when io a horizontal po sition, are concealed in • nett frame which is an ornament to the carriage, and the electric wire with a hook at the end runs from the frame under the carriage, the wire of oast carriage being coupled to that of another in a mo ment by means of the hook,. Some person, bare thought that the use of electric betteries would be an objection, but these batteries are now constructed so as not to require any attention for mouths together. The expense of fitting up the passenger rolling stock of the Load°. and South Wisteria Company would not, it ts said , average 40s. • carriage. Tnamn ANouwo.—The following information u to the state of thefishery is from the weekly report. of the assistant river keepers of the Thames Angling Preservation Society for the week ending December 11th, 1841 From Staines, Fletcher says, " There have been but few ash of any sort taken this week. Due gentleman took six jacks, one weighing tilb. The water still holds good." Harms reports of Laleham :—" The fish ing has bees bad. No one comes to fish at Laleham. fbe water is in good order for jack and perch." Rose. well observes ' " I have seen two or three brace of very fine tu t lying in holes spawning. There have been some very good jack taken in Walton-sale this last week. Roach fishing revery bad." Smith say., "There have been some very good jack caught in Haniptompreserve as large as mine pounds each, and a few perch.' From Kingston, John son writes, "1 have got some good roach with one gentle men, and with another gentleman a jack of twelve anal • half pounds weieht. This is all the fishing I have had tills week. The water alters more or less every day. The dace are dropping down to Kew and Mortlake." Ereicker says, "Then have not bees many anglers out this week at Teddington. One gentleman took seven and a-half dozen of dace in one day, and there have been some more jack taken under the weir. The water is in good fishing order." Howard, from Richmond, gives an sc. , count of several days' takes—one four and a-half dozen fine dam, another two doom, and seven roach ranging from half to one and a-half pounds weight ; another day seven dozen of fine roach and dace ; another slay five and a-half dozen roach and dace, the heaviest roach weighing one pound and six *mice*. There have been quantities of fine dace taken from the bank daily.—Weal Surettf Times. ' FROM BAR TO CHURCH AND CHURCH TO BAR.—' Some days ago a paragraph appeared in the papers stating that a case was ender the consideration of the bersehen of the Inner Temple, one of whose members had been called 1 to the bar having lien ascertained to be a clergyman in holy orders. A differeot course has been adopted by • bar. rister of considerable practice, who has deliberately re nounced his profession and obtained admission into the ranks of the niinistry. The gentleman in question, Mr. Edward Penrose Hathaway, was educated at Queen's College, Oxford, and graduated in 18:19, when he took classical honours. Shortly afterwards he was called to the bar, and at mice begs to lay the foundation of what became a lucra tive practice. Turning however, his thoughta to clerical life, he obtained a "title to orders" from the Rev. Anthony W. Tliceold, M.A., rector of the metropolitan parish of S. Giles-in-the-Fields, and upon that title he was ordained deacon last Sunday moraine by the Bishop of London, nu the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. He will act es curate of Bt. Giles's, and at the Christmas ordination of W.') will be admitted to the priesthood of the church. Mr. Hathaway is but one out of many barristers who have abandoeed the law fur the Gospel. lie. Th dwell, now Bishop of St. Davide. was called to the bar by the Society of Lincoln's-inn is 1825, and practised until WS, when he was ordained and appointed to the rectory of Kerby Fader dale. lie, flier, • well-known London incumbent, was formeely a barrister. Stomal other instances might be mentioned. A case of a somewhat different character front either of the foregoing may be foiled in that of a geetletnan who was for mime tame curate of St. George's, H anover . square. Mr. Hugh Weightman was educated at Trinity hall, Cambridge, and graduated in 1840. Shortly afterwards he was called to the liar. He costumed in the pursuit of his profession for some years, end in 1850 was ordained by the late Dr. Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury. Two or three years niece he returned to his old love, and is now satin in full practice at the bar. This case differs from that of the gentleman called by the Society of the loner Temple, inasmuch as when be booms a member of the bar he was • layman. UORMWAN'S Tea is choice and strong, moderate In price, and wholesome to use. These &chant:ices hare secured hmhis era a general preference. It Is sold is packets lay 2,bu agents—ildvertiaenteut.l [TWOPENCE MURDER IN DURHAM. Since the dreadful murder of old Mrs. Halliday, at Hobbletrot, near Chester-le Street, the county of Dur ham has happily been free from any crime approximatiog to deliberate taking of life. A shocking event, however, has just occurred which has put an rod to this impunity from crimes of a capital nature. A dreadful wife murder has taken place at a small colliery village of The Spen, eau Winlatoo, county of Durham. This village is situated about a couple of miles from Winlaton, and is on the borders of the Cherwell plantetion. The Cbopwell estate, some few years ago. was brought wider the at tention of parliament, and some curious revelations as to its injudicious maaagemeet came out in the dia. cession on the subject. The estate on which the planta tions are was formerly the property of the unfortunate Earl of Derwentwater, and was confirmed to the crown in 1713, and is now under the charge of the Greenwich Hospital Commissioners. The village of The Spen, and the colliery attached to it, which bean the welbknown name of the Ganafield Colliery, is situated on the borders of these plautation. The colliery is the property of the Marquis of Bute, and is worked by his agents. It was sunk about leoo, and has continued working ever sines. It produces • famous coking COO, and the coke made from it is recognised as the best made. The colliery is managed with much ability by the viewer, Mr. Gress. Amoegot the pitmen employed at this colliery was • hewer named Matthew Atkiusoe, aged about 45. He had worked there for several yews, and lived in a small cotter, in The Spen with his wife, Ellen Atkinson,• woman aged 43. She was better known in the village and neigh bourhood as Nally Athlone. They had oo family. Atkinson appears, from all we no learn, to have been a quiet, decent, orderly conducted man in his daily intercoune with those around him. lie was unfortunate in his wife. His life was embittered, his comfort destroyed, his home rendered miserable, by the dissipated habits of his wife, the unhappy murdered woman. We are informed that he had found kindness and severity alike ineffectual for her reformation. Comer and disturbance, arising out of Mrs. Atkioson's dis sipated habits, became at length so frequent, that when the neighbours heard them they ceased to repel them as of any importance. On one occasion Atkinson was brought up by his wife for assaulting her. This will account for none of them interfering to prevent the perpetration of this dreadful and afflicting cue of wife murder. We may mention here as a most remarkable circumstance that the pitman Smith, who was hanged at Durham shout four years ago for the murder of Leary, a slater, near Winlatom lodged with Atkisson and his wife, who at that time lived at Blaydon-on•Tyne. As in the present ease, Hatay had been at a shooting match, rot was murdered by Smith on his return from it. Os Situnlay, Matthew Atkinson was present at a shooting match held at Hopson, a small colliery village on the other mile of the river Dement, and situated between Tanfield and Buraoptield, the latter famous as the MOO of the mysterious murder of the young surgen, Mr. Sterling. Atkinson appears, unfortunately, to have taken too much drink while present at the match, and when ho set out for home was undoubtedly the worse for liquor. Had this not been the can there is reason for supposing that this unhappy and painful effair might nit have taken place. lie reached his own lean between ten and eleven o'clock. Oa getting inside be feutd his wife in bed, sod from what has since transpired there is good reason for supposing she had been 'tricking. The miserable man would seem to have lost commend e himself at the sight, aoi infuriated by this sal the drink he himself had taken, he commenced • furious sled tunnierons assault upon his wife. Shrill screams issued from the cottage. At first the neighbours did cot pay touch attenties to this ; but the uproar at length became so terrible and fierce, the shouts of some one within the cottage so agonising, that the affrighted neighbour gathered around the door of the unhappy couple to ascertain the cause. The sounds they heard elineed that ;nee one was using the fire irons, and giving within tierce and deadly blows, while at frequent intervals groans Red cries were heard from some one within the room. The neighbours were of course dreadfully alarmed at what they heard, and knocked at the door to ascertain the cause, and bedew that no attendee was paid to the commons, they attempted to open the door. Atkinson called out in tones of anger that he would shoot Nish:Moos that attempted to come in. They then I left the neighbourhood of the door, and sot long afterwards Atkinson himself came out sal walked about outside for about a quarter of an hour, talking to some of the neigh : bours. At the end of that time he esed to Gee of them, " go back and finish the —." No one seemed to attach any weight to the dreadful threat ; or at least if they did, their conduct would seem to have been shook. ugly callous and indifferent in not preveetiug the miserable man from completing the horrid tem:tidy. Ile returned to the house, sad recommenced his savage Ree..ult upon the unfortunate woman, and continued it until he became alarmed at seeing that his wife was really dying from his brutal treatment. This appears to have somewhat sobered him, and he would thus seem ern to have in some degree realised the dreadful positron in which his blind and drunken fury bad placed him. He called the neighbours in. They found the poor woman lying on the floor a shock. in mass of blood mad bruises. They lifted bee upon the bed, but the only gays two sighs and then entered. Infor mation of the horrid crime was immediately given to the police, and P.C. Harrison, who is statigurd at Winlaton, was soon lon the spot, and apprelierded Atkinson for the murder of his wife. lie was :rf , erwards conveyed to the Blaydon lockup by Sergeant Wood, where he now remains. When the police entered the house the scene which pre sented itself was truly horrible. The floor of the dwelling apartment where the murder Lad bees committed was lite. rally covered with the blood and Bair of the murdered woman, aa if she had been drswged about while the tragedy was being enacted. The poker, the there, and the coal-rake were bent is such • manner as to render them toeless as weapons, and they also were covered with clotted blood sad matted hair. The fire shovel too had Leen used by the murderer, and from its appearance some tbaatly work must bay, been dope with it, Its handle wee smelled sad the blade coated with blood ; and not satisfied with the weapons he bad already used, the murderer bad taken up the handle of the house brush, and in striking his victim had broken it twice. The body of the murdered woman, when Dr. Callender arrived, a short time before the police got to the spot. pre sented a shocking appearance. It was on mom of bruises and wounds. She was then dead. On the left temple was a large wound two inches long and of the same width ; her left arm was broken, and four Seger, on the right hand were also fractured. The features were completely hidden by the cuts sad wounds inflicted, and the back part and top of the bead wen also maimed and mangled. On her legs were cats and bfUlsolt, and whether teen had beeo tn dicted by kicks or by the firedroris canoes be said. There was one large wound on the right leg which it is a wonder did not fracture the limn.; ea it war, it cut deeply into the flesh, leaving • hole as if. piece had bees hacked out. Since the removal of the murderer to the Iff.ydoe lock-up he appears deeply to feel the awful nature of his position, and exhibits signs of groat contrition and prostration f mind.—Neweasik CAromick. SINGCLAR ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND Loren HAIM...T.—The frost which set iu oe Saturday night caused the main water-pipe immediately adjoining the railway-bridge of the London, emitham, and Dover sad Loudon and Brighton Railways, situated in the Battersea. road, to burst, and so great wee the force of the water that though the mein was fully ail feet under the ground the water burst through the roadway, throwing the ch iris eas an sides, and washing the hedgerows which protect the fields tooling to the railway away, rushed down the wheat held, which is of a sloping astute, on to the lines of railway, and in the course of a few hours the four hoes of rails, extending for nearly 700 yards, were covere,l with water. It was some time before the tail extent of the calamity could be areartained, and La-:..re steps were takes to arrest the progress of the watt r considerable damage had been done, and it was rat nos time feared that the sleepers would be washed away. It also appears that when the main pipe burst it broke the gas main adjoining it, and the consequence •as that all the water which was discharged was impregnated with gassed the pipes were filled with water. As soon as the nature of the eccident had been ascertained a large bode of men were sent to the spot, and by diot of great exertiOn succeeded is clearing the main lines of the water by digging trenches. kc. Thee were engaged in rep drier the dama.,e all day, and yesterday the main pipes were repaired and the toad was tilled in. Yesterday the entire Niece was cleared, but it was quite evident that the permanent war bad been is many places washed away on the shunting lines leading to the aegis. sheds of the Brighton Company. These, of course. will have to be repaired before they can be used tar traffic. --- COLLISION AND Loss OF FIVE LivER IN Tae Abnat 7 o'clock on Friday ev.ning last the smack lemon, Flutobinp muter, of Pods ,w, came into collision sine miles south by east of the Liz;nl with the schooner Catherine, Roberts master. of Bannouth. The latter vessel was so much injured that she rink immediately, and with her the whole of the crew, live in number. The captain, however, clung to • rope, and was picked up by the Lemon after being 20 minutest in the water. The captain's son was one of the crew. The Lemon had bee bowspnt and topmast urn"' away, and put into PODZ4IIOII on the following day. The Catherine was bound from Portmados foe Milton, with • canto of slates; and the Lemon was from Cork for Plymouth, cargo not stated.— IVestern Morning mess. Ewrs AND - CO.'B MICRICAL LIBRARY, BRIT'S' Am, Foluclon.—Subecrlben may enk r daily prospccluses gnats. a 7 &vent-street, . _ _ -.--- ..- - • . . 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