The Express. — London, England, 1864-02-12 00:00:00

CRINOLINES.—SANSFLEOTDMS. 10. 6d. PHILPOTra, si PICCADILLY. (IRINOLINES for EVENING WEAR. 15.. 6d. PHILPOITS, 87, rlccsouvr. CRINOLINES for LITTLE GIRLS. 3a. 6d. PHILPOTTS, 117, PICCADILLY. (CRINOLINES.—ONDINA, or WAVED. 21a. N./ Ths PATENT ONDINA. er Waved hoe% goo away with the nalghtly regatta of the ordinary home, and so perfect as, the wavelike bands, that • leis may sexed a steep stair, lean spine • table, throw herself into an arm chair, to her stall at the opera, or occupy • fourth seat to • earTCaM, without hiseave silence to herself or others, or provoking rude remarks of the observers, thus modifying la anlmportant degree all Vices peen- Derides tending to destroy the modesty of English women ; aad, lastly, it allows the dress to fall into graceful folds. Prim. Ws and lids. 6d. IllestrArdons free. i - iiiaioii.ii. PICCADILLY, W. HOW COLD IT HAS BEEN.-NEGRIrrTI and ZAMBIA'S celebrated THERMOIIZTISES win or netts register the lowest tetsperslnra Prke Sa !L—t, Hatton =T: 6s, Cornhill 153, Floslotreet : mad ISt asessi.Orssi• s wanted. WHERE CAN WZ MEET AFTER THE My dear fellow I genjarearmap illi at thlol3. coventiprden. %Cite erpreoo. TO OORRESPONDKNIS. Idverttaaments Intended for '• The Tayeea• Tandem teasing Paper. must be at the °Moe, 10, Bouverbretnet. by Two o'cleeo on the day of pablicaMoa. coVgNT-GARDaIt. Tan rvismia, 81111 !STOOPS TO CONQUER. Messrs. W. H. Reba, H Corti, O. Penna. and W. Harrison . Masts L. Tyne and A. Hiles.—Conduetar, lir. A. Mellon—And the opening of BT. 01:01.08 AND TRH DlLAHON.—Cominence MT. 9ATAILII'. Tnts Emmet, LITTa — DAISY.—SHE BTOOPS TO CON QUER. Mesas. Backstone, Chippendale, Howe, and Gamlen Mesdames angel. Yitswilham, amowdon.—And NINO AZTEC& M. Congdon; Mesdames L. belay, Wright, Lindley, Liemer. P!LINMFS.. TINS Ida, DONNA DIANA.—And RARLEQUTH LITTLE TOR TUCKER. Ram Seylon Cathcart, A. and C Letlrmo, Hallos and Sou, Masco, Naylor, and Chpfhao; Ilesdamas Barnett, Adana, and Howard. THIS Evarnra, THE LOGY CHILD. Mr. Wlddloosab and Min P. Leclereq.—BlLL 1411101110, a lore Story. Masers. Peebles, Brougham. Imam Charles, and laden ; Mints en Tern, Lassen, and Mawertin, and Mn. lan BRITANNIA. THIS EYEIMIO. EfiCIEWY, DICKORY, DOM. Min IS. Lane and first-rate Pantamimlstn—The Marvels of Peer —THE OBEAr OHOrdr irrecr.-4rthur and Bertrand. —The Fairy Forustaln.And MY LORD MALCOM& HIGH WA AT LONDOS Dames MI DI! Morning, R. .111inesea. a Itma. Taitoasow Moray, oh. 6115.....A1k055m Qi 111 i. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12. EVERY now and then it is suddenly discovered by some curious inquirer that marriage is going out of fashion, that young men of limited incomes and expensive tastes are loth to give up the little dinner at the Club for cold mutton at home, and prefer the desolate liberty of the noble savage of private life to the sublime selfishness of annular love in a cottage, or, as an atrocious bachelor de scribed it, "in • ring fence." And yet, as Beneditk remarked, "the world must be peopled." So a garden with an Eva in it (or an ADAM, as the case may be), is still the ideal condition of well•regulated human beings in our modern world; with the Divorce Court, it is true, as a tree of knowledge in the midst. Marriage, like medicine, will always be a theme of pleasantry ; of sour pleasantry for many who have not tasted its sweets, and for some who hare tasted them too early or too late. For sacred, and pathetic, and beautiful as wedlock is, there is a comic side to it, and sometimes a stern and menacing front. Two impatient lovers ready to die for each other, while a couple of cold lawyers are heartlessly de laying the settlements, are a familiar illustration of the irony of love-making in civilized countries ; but there is nothing like an action for breach of promise,with a British jury to clap an extinguisher on the Love-god's inverted torch, to make cynics— who talk of matrimony as • future state of reward (and punishment ?)—grin with malicious joy, and middle-age 4 angels weep. As the LORD Cum , JUSTICE, in summing up a case of this kind on Tuesday, declared :—" It was one of the mister- " tunes of these cases; the lady's feelings were " outraged, and then she was to be laughed at." This is sadly true. Love-letters, tremulous with passion, vows of love eternal, glowing with a heat that defied grammar and orthography, become frantic burlesque when inscribed by • law stationer on the brief of counsel for the plaintiff, and de claimed with ingenious modulations in a crowded court. Surely a juryman, who has in his own proper person probably at some time or other been at somebody's feet, should be unable to listen to the absurdest of these effusions without a pang of sympathy. Is it not monstrous to affirm that no love-letter that ever came into court deserved any other sympathy than that of laughter and derision "Consider," some heartless cynic says, " the quality of love that can be described as " 'only a question of damages.' What sort of love "it must have been when it was returned,' that " can haggle for damages when it is forsaken ! " Love the gift is love the debt,' says the poet ; "but what shall wo say of • woman who interprets " that exquisite line as a justification of damages " What sum could represent the damages due for " marrying a woman who could go to • jury to " amen the damages for net marrying her ? " Pro bably, however, these brutal considerations did not occur to the minds of the jury who on Tuesday last made Doctor KIRKMAN, aged 70, pay 4001. for not marrying Miss Siturrxzwonra, aged 30. The respective ages of the parties are an im portant feature in such a case ; they take away from it all that appears sacrilegious in the pecu niary assessment of a mutual passion ; and acquit both parties of what in younger lovers would be denounced by sentimentalists as a profanation of the " bridal chambers of the heart." Though we have no reason to believe that Cy - rip was a lunatic at seventy, we may fairly conclude that VEN US was a woman of business at thirty. At seventy a man may be child again ; but at thirty a woman should be a mighty huntress, and a dead shot. Thirty, for the gentler portion of mankind who are still among the proselytes at the gate of the Temple of 111 MEN, is not the age of nonsense, but of action, and sometimes of the heroic resolu tions of despair. If there be any truth in these horrible doctrines, the Jury took a sound and sen sible view of Miss SHUTELEWORTICS demand when they gave her 4001. as a compensation for the loss of the venerable " changeling," the flames of whose foolish heart had been so remorselessly put out at the last moment, after the date of his marriage was fixed, by his icily unsenti mental solicitors. Here was • lady of thirty, enjoying • small independence, whose mature affections have been trifled with to a shocking extent by an old gentleman whom, in language which reads like an epitaph, her eloquent counsel depicts as " a man of taste, of a religious turn of " mind ; he talked a good deal of chivalrous " poetry, and he took • serious view of the re " sponsibility of his profession, and he spoke in ' " very high language of his position." Nor were these his only or principal attractions. He kept his carriage, and had 1,0001. a year, and was in • highly respectable and influential position. More over, " although somewhat old in years, he was " youthful in mind and body. His passions had " not exhausted themselves. His wife had been " a great invalid, and she died in the early part "of 1862." It appears that it was also in 1862 th a t thi s aged but lively. gentiernan met the plaintiff and became attached to her, "bat es " account of his wife having so reoantly died L. " was desirous of keeping the matter quiet." He wrote to his beloved object "in rather warm " language for his age," but "he spoke in plain " language, for he said, I love you.' " In separa tion from her he said "he bore up like a hero." He wrote his name forher in a Bible, and added a prayer of his own composition ; he trusted to the wind to carry a kiss to her; he took her about London, and was received in her family as an accepted lover, and as a " very nice old gentleman." It cannot be de nied that all these evidences of juvenile feeling and friskiness were calculated to sharpen the lady's disappointment, and to aggravate her claim for damages. For, alas! a correspondence sprang up between the lady's father and this " nice old gen " tleman " on the subject of settlements ; and the accepted lover, who was so soon to be a defendant, was fain to confess that he was "a sad hand in " money matters," and could only offer to settle a life policy of 5001. upon her. This sum was con sidered so insignificant by the lady's father that the affair was bre-en off. After some time, however, it was renewed, affectionate letters were exchanged again, and " he spoke of the marriage "day." When settlements were again talked of, he offered to insure his life for an additional 5001., and some days after he wrote to his beloved : " I should have gone wild if any money " matters had been influential to part us : I love " you dearly, most dearly." Charming illusions, too bright to last ! The marriage day was fixed. And then came a letter from this nice old gentleman's solicitors to say the Doctor declined to sign the set tlements except with an alteration ; instead of giving the lady the two policies of 500/. absolutely in the event of his death, he now proposed to give her only a life interest. More letters between the lawyers ; but the nice old gentleman glen; as the grave. Then, at length, the plaintiff writes to ask his " intentions "—dreadful word. The Doctor replies—no longer as the nice old gentleman, but as the shrewd old man—that " at whatever sacrifice "of feeling he dare not act upon his own " responsibility, but under the guidance of his " solicitors." The father of the plaintiff insists that the objection is "frivolous," and, in short, that the Doctor is shuffling ; and calls upon him to fulfil his solemn promise. To this the Doctor sternly rejoins that "he has " left this painful business in the hands of " his solicitors, and would only act upon their " advice." And thus, " after a month," the action for breach of promise is brought. The counsel for defendant made the best of a bad case by certifying that the old gentleman in his capa city of superintendent of a lunatic asylum was himself—with his hone, and everything that was his—a lunatic, on the principle that Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat, and that there was no chance of happiness for the two parties, as their residence was to be • lunatic asylum. The jury, however, under direc of the Court, were unable to accept this flattering view of the transaction, and resolved to make a nice—too nice—old gentleman pay salvage for the very sound advice of his solicitors, and to admi nister the unromantic consideration of 4001. to the blighted heart of • lady of 30 for the loss of the reversionary interest in an old gentleman of 70— not to speak of his living attractions as • well-pre served widower of a religions turn of mind. at Court. OSBORNE, Fra. IL The Queen, with Prince Leopold and Prinoeas Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon. Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. D. de Roe attended on horseback. The Bight Hoa. Edward Cardwell mired at Oabome from London, and bad an sadism, of be: Majesty., Despatches woe waived at the Colonial-aloe yestonlay from the Comber of Newfmusdland. Despatches were sent to the Gnawers of Canada. Gibraltar, and Yalta. TILE Panics AND nuarcrss or Wmas.— The Prmoe aid Princess of Wales and suite left Programs at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon for St. Leonards-on•Ses, where they arrived at 10 minutes past 3. A telegram was imme diately forwarded from their royal highnesses to the Quote, at Osborne, Womb's her Majesty of the admirable manes, in which the journey bad been performed, and of the per fect safety with which the yours/ Dike of Cornwall had made his find railway journey. The amagensests at Hastings enabled the Prince and Prisms to leave their travelling saloon and to proceed to their carriage outside the station without the least interactioe. The Princess looked rather pale, but her royal histamine viciously smiled and bowed is acknowledgment of the vilest mints- Moss of the few pmeons present. The Prince of Wales immediately a:redacted her royal highness to *sir carriage, which as it drove off was followed by another contain tog two nurses, one of whom carried the young prince ; but as he was evidently in the enjoyment of a sound sleep, mid was moreover carefully screened from the cold air by a white cashmere wrapper, his fees was not visible. The few streets peered through before reaching Starkey's Royal Victoria Hotel, where a large suite of apartments have begs takes for the accommodation of the Prince and MOONS, were well filled with the inhabitants ; but on the Marina, where the hotel is situated, the crowd was very dense, end also very eathasisetic. The royal travellers were received at the hotel by Mr. Starkey and by his daughter, and were conducted to their apartments. It is expected that their royal highnesses will remain at St. Leonard, for a fortnight ; and that, during the time, the Prince au be out with the East Saw: harriers. His hunters have already reached St. Leonard*. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princes Mary, the Grand Hoehn' of Meekleoberg, Colooel Holmes Purvis, Captain Ellin sod nits, powered the Adelphi Theatre with their presence last 'Twain, to witoeia Nita Bateman's performance of Leah. The Duke of Rutland intends to return from his tour is Egypt towards the end of March or early is Apia. Him gram has greatly benefited by his short residence in the more genial climate. The Duke of Newcastle is daily improving in health. His genes has, dariag the last two day., taken carriage drives, bet is still advised by Ith medical Mien dents to refrain from atteoding the cabinet councils. The Countess of Ellesmere , with the young earl and family, are expected to return home from the eoutioeet early in April. On Tuesday last the Rev. Charles Russell Cooke, M.. 1., wee licensed to the perpet ua l curacy at Haverlaud , in Norfolk is the eft of Edwd. Fellows*, Fag., on Use Do minatioo of the Lord Bishop of Norwich. On the same day the Rev. William Meymott Farley was instituted to the vicarage of Cretingbarn, in Suffolk, on the presentation at her Must Gracious Majesty the Queen. The first meeting of the select committee (joint committee) on metropolitan railway communication, will be held on the afternoon of Monday next, is the Painted Chamber. On Monday Mr. Paull will move for leave to introduce a bill to facilitate the discharge of insolvent debtors la certain area On the 19th Mr. 'Richard Long will move "That this hoot. views with regret the measures month adopted for the purpose d increasing our track with Japan cad China." Alderman Sidney intends, on going into com , mitten of supply, to "pall aideetion to the inexpedieeey of immune( the eaves pirates wow wider seatesoe at death is the goal of Narrate, within the metropolis." Viscount Enfield will ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, ea Monday, whether hie atten tion bre hem tailed lo the report of the Children Employ ment Ceensimiemes ; tad, if es, whether he Meade to propose any monism founded apes the report of the said' comoilsidoc LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received letters and papers in anticipa tion of the overland mail dated Madras, Jan. 15 ; Calcutta, Jan. 9 ; Hong Kong, Jan. 1; and Mel bourne, Dec. 24. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 111414. INDIA. From Calcutta we learn that telegraphic massages had reached government from Sir John Lawrence announcing that be was on board the Nemesis. He was expected to arrive at the Sand Heads on the 11th ult., on the morning of which day the Gazette of India would contain the usual cyders for the new viceroy's reception. Lady Lawrence and family do not accompany the new viceroy ; they are to follow a mail or two later. Sir John Lawrence expects to be able to leave Calcutta for the Punjaub on the 25th inst. The Calcutta Englishman says that Dr. Hatha way has been appointed private secretary, and Captain Impey, military secretary, by Sir John Lawrence. Among other items of intelligence which have oosed out, we learn that one of the new viceroy's aides-de-camp is Captain Vicars— we understand a brother of the late Captain Had ley Vicars, of Crimean celebrity. The war on the frontier is not so completely settled as was supposed. The following is from the Lahore Chronicle of the 30th December : A brigade, composed of Peshawar Mountain Train, Haws Mountain Train, her Majesty's 10Ist Familiars, Corps of Guides, 9rd Sikh Infantry, 3rd Panjaeb Infantry, sth Goorkhaa, with two companies of Sappers and limners, under the command of Lientimast-Colooel Wilde, C. 8., marched on the 28th inst. from Nswskilla to Muneri. The brim& is intended to enforce Major Jams', demand on theJudoon and Otwanzai tribes, fres which it remains to exact such rigid engagements ma will effectually deter them henceforth from aiding our enemies acmes the border. bfajot•General. °wreck has left tiawalula for Pesha war. The gathering of the Momuods in the neighbourhood of Michase has not altogether dispersed, but the most stringent orders have been swat by special massages to &Mat Khan, of Lelpoor, to prevent any molestation of the Bri tub border, sod we expect to hear no more of demonstrations in that quarter. We feel au-e that our officers and soldiers have pined a world of experience, and have profited by the camp of exercise at Umbeyla, under so gallant a general and man as Chamberlain ; and that, if future years should bring frontier trouble, we have an army trained to hill warfare to depend on. It is premature, perhaps, to speak of the money value of the little war, bat we feel heartily for Sir C. Trevelyan, who will have to mourn over something neer • million, we fear, last to hie expected surplus of 186445. The Hurkaru of the 9th says :—" Sir John Law rence will be the first commoner appointed as governor-general of this country since the time of Warren Hastings. Though our new viceroy has no rank to recommend him, yet he has great local experienoe, and a perfect acquaintance with the affairs of the Punjaub. Knowing, however, as we do, his proselytising tendencies when commissioner of Oude, there is an uneasy feeling as to whether he will carry out the same policy as Lord successor. We trust that such will not prove to be the cane. It would not do for Sir John to attempt forcing Christianity upon his Indian subjects, for such an insane policy would end in nothing but another revolt." The monetary crisis has shown a sign of slight abatement, "but relief," says the Harkarti, "is anxiously looked for from Europe, and unless it be ample and immediate, the consequences will be most disastrous to commercial affairs. Govern ment has taken no action in the matter up to the present time. The shipping trade is paralysed, and the rates of interest and discount at the Bank of Bengal are unaltered. Gold and silver are at ad vanced quotations, and supplies are at present very limited. But while money is scarce here, it is abundant in the Bombay presidency. The last mail via, Bombay brought remittances on Treasury drafts to most of the local banks, which have occa sioned thereby an easier feeling. In the Bazaar thereis little improvement, and until the arrival of silver in large quantities, either by importation or by an up-country reflux, we cannot expect any ma terial reaction in business in any of its branches." JAPAN. Japan dates to December 17 bring the informa tion that the Prince of Satsuma had paid the in ' demnity demanded of him on account of the murder of Mr. Richardson. With this, and the prince's own assurance that he will do his best to discover the murderers and bring them to justice, Colonel Neale has expressed himself satisfied. The agree ment to seek up the murderers having been signed and the indemnity paid, the envoys returned to Yelo, where they gave an amount of their doings to the Tycoon's government, who immediately ad dressed a congratulatory despatch to the British mi nister, stating their gladness and sincere satisfaction that matters had been so far settled between Great Britain and Japan, and expressing a hope that this might prove to be a sign of solid, lasting peace between the two countries. This, they say, is their sincere desire. AL'STRALI A. The Melbourne parliament was to meet on Dec. 26, two days after the departure of the mail The month had been characterised by the severest storm and the greatest flood in the Yarra ever ex perienced. Sandridge became au island, and traffic was suspended for some days on the Hobson's Bay Company's lines. The yield of gold during the year is considered to have fallen but little, if at all. On the older gold fields there has been about the usual number of discoveries of fresh spots, and of extensions of old leads and workings. While beneficial in some re spects, the wetness of the rpring and summer has prevented much being done as yet towards opening up the rich reefs and river diggings among the moun tains between the Ovens district and Gipps Land, although more crushing machinery has been con. veyed on pack-horses to the former, and a number of men have collected on some of the rivers, await ing the time when the banks are to become dry enough to allow of operations being commenced. The silver mines are yet in their infancy. They have hitherto attracted little more than private enterprise, but now that the question of their pro fitable working has been solved, capital is being attracted towards them. The Melbourne Herald reports :—" The mining news for the last month is generally of a very favourable character. The re oent heavy rains have in the Country districts dope much good, the want of water on most of the diggings having been the only drawback to sue easeful operations. Many of the goldfields have latterly received an augmentation to their popula tion from a number of returned, and we presume, disappointed miners from the Otago goldfields, the richness of which has been certainly considerably overrated." "The cleanness of gold last week," says the Argus of Dec. 24, "amounted to 26,423 oz., bring ing the total shipments hence since the commoner ment of the year to 1,874,9990 a., of which 1,536,3870 z. were the produce of Victoria, and 338,6120 z. transhipments from N. Zsahind ves sels. The shipments to the corresponding date of the previous year amounted to 1,9515 ) 6900z., of which 1,662,3610 z. were the proclaim of the Vic torian goldfields, and 293,3480 z. transhipments from New Zealand vessels." THE WIR IN NEW ZEALAND, SEVERE LOSS OF LIFE. We have now full pixilation of the serial' encounter between our forces and the Macries, which has been already briefly reported by tele gram. _ _ . The last monthly account of the war left General Cameron in possession of Mere-mere, and gradually pushing forward his operations. Heavy reinforce ments from India and elsewhere were arriving, and, more being expected, preparations were being made for a campaign. On Friday, Dec. 4, the Himalaya returned to Sydney, after conveying the the 50th Regiment to Auckland, and with her came the following message from the General Command- November 21, 1863. We assaulted the enemy's intrenclied position at Ran twirl at hail-past 4 p.m. on the,2oth, and carried it after a desperate engagement. I regret to say oar Ines is se vere—Lieutenant Murphy (12th), and Midshipman Wat kins, R.N., and 35 men killed ; 13 officers and 80 men wounded, including Colonel Austin, 14th Regi ment, since dead ; Captain Mayne, Lieutenants Alex ander, Downes, and Hotham, R.N. ; Captain Mincer, ILA., sines dead ; Captain Phelps, 14th Regiment, since dead ; Captain Grown, Lieutenant Talbot, Lieutenant Chevalier, Adjutant Lewis, 65th Regiment ; Captain Brookes, R.E.; Ensign I)uerow, 40th Regiment—the greeter part severely. The enemy fought with the greatest de terminatioa, and held the strongest part of their position during the whole night. Being completely surrounded and cut off, they surrendered unconditionally at half • past 5 this day ; 183 in number are now prisoners of war, among them several chief, of note. The enemy's loss has not yet been ascertaised, but it is known to be very great. A party of 400, under William Thompson, approached the position from the oast with a leg of truce after the surrender. An interpreter was sent, who states that William Thompson appeared inclined to surrender, but his pookle were opposed to it, and went back, he says, and sent in his mere by the interpreter, with what objects lam not aware. The King was present at Rangariri, and escaped during the night by 'swimming across the swamp, se did several others. The total number of the enemy present at the engagement is not known. Further accounts say that there was a naval force, consisting of the Pioneer, with 100 men of the 40th Regiment ; and the naval brigade towed four gunboats up the Waikato till 800 yards from the redoubt, when they opened fire. At the same time a land force of 1,200 men, under General Cameron, marched up, and a storming party, con sisting of 300 men of the 65th, 160 of the 14th, and 100 of the 12th, was led up to the fortification. Captain Greeson and Lieutenant Talbot led the skirmishers, under the guidance of Captain Brooke of the engineers, who, with Captain Toker, of the 65th, led the ladder party, consisting of 48 men of the 65th, 10engineers, 24 men following under Lieut. Chevalier, carrying planks to within 300 yards of the first work, which was a ditch, 13 feet wide and 18 feet deep, with rifle-pits in the rear, and con nected by covered ways occupied by Maories, who fired steadily and rapidly. The troops cleared the works in gallant style, and rushed for the centre of the works—a redoubt of great strength. Mean time the 40th landed and took the swamp on the other side, killing 60 or 70 Maories. The Maories in the centre stood their ground bravely, feeling like rats in a trap, when the blue jackets, led by Mayne, Downes, and Hotham, rushed to the front with revolvers and cutlasses. Night put an end to the conflict, and in the morning the white flag was hoisted by the rebels, who surrendered unoon , ditionally. Of the latest news we have the following telegram : The Maori King movement is considered as extinguished. ' William Thompson has addressed the governor, suing for peace on any terms, all his tribe except ►bout 40 being killed, wounded, or primes -a. Governor Grey replied, " The general must go aniaterrupted to Ngarniwaltia. The Qesso's nag must be hoisted there. Then I will talk with you.* Latest moments sty that Georg Cameros had rapidly pushed through the Waikato country, and that belay the Maories could recover the blow even them at Rangariri he had reached Thomp son. headquarter, unmolested. The troops made simnl tensor,' movement.; from troberos, Mere-Mere, sod the Queen's Redoubt. A portion was supposed to be intended for the occupation of Ngarsiwakiii, General Cameron's ability In the aueceedul conduct of the war is warmly eulo gised. Colossi Austin, 14th Regiweat, has died of wounds rewired at Bongarizi. The other wounded Olean are ex pected to recover. The expedition to the Thames had col etrectcd a line of strong redoubt", completely cutting off the upper country from the tweet ranges of Hanna and Wauku. When Te Wham arrived at Ngaruiwahia be found Ngatimaniopotie preparing to cut down the Ring's flagstaff, to prevent its felling into the hands of the British. Thompson and the Waikatoes would not permit this, and gave possession to Ts Wheors, to nursed., to the general, " Thus," says one writer, " we terminate the month', news with far more reason for satisfaction than at any other period of the war. We hear of fresh reinforcements es route from India, and some of these have pot in at Adelaide for a few hours for supplies. There is some talk of putting the rebel prisoners on the Chatham hlanda, as a sort of penal settlement, but nothing is quite settled. Every thing shows that there is to be no relaxation of the efforts to complete the subjugation of the country, and it is not unlikely that a few months will restore tranquillity." The parliament of New Zealand have voted 2,0001. for the orphans and widows of those killed during the war. Rangariri was well chosen by the Maoris' for de. feoce, as, being backed on two sides by the Waikari Lake, it gives great facilities for escape by water in the rear, while its front defences had been tendered as strong as all the resources of native engineering talent could make it in the best part of a year. The party on being brought out was found to number 166, including one or two women, with 175 stand of arms A guard was put upon them, and, " strange as it appears, but in wax it is always so, the men who half-an-hour before were plotting each other's destruction were now chatting and laughing together, the Maories appearing quits happy and contented, and sensible that their lives were perfectly safe in our hands." The number of bodies found in the trenches after the place was taken amounted to 24, one of them being that of a white man, who was recognised as a deserter who had been in the Artillery, the 66th, and 12th Regiments., He had met the fate he so richly deserved. Another is reported to have been among them, but be had effected his escape. During the engagement the Pioneer lay alongside the bank, and the wounded were conveyed on board as fast as they could be brought down from the scene of action. There they were attended by the medical officers, and disposed in the cabin below, every attention being paid to their comfort. The numbers being so great it was found necessary to convey some on board the Avon, and the cabins of both vessels were well filled. The church was set apart solely for those who had fallen, and on the morning fol lowing the bodies were disposed around, the flooring being eovered with ti-trea Orncssn Rlicrew o► Eaten. Royal Arlallory.—Boaabacher William Mazda, gasohol wooed through load ; Gomm Oulvanrall, gunshot wound left chat; GUISE Leven, gambit wound left leg and chat Ist Battalion. 121 A Regiment—Lieutenant W. L: Murphy; Private BMW Needham ; Private Thomas Ow borne ; Private Derby Shea ; Private George Smith. 2nd Battalion, 14th Regiment —Private Thomas Bellew, gunshot wound through bead ; Lance-Corporal Charles Bur rell, gunshot wound through head ; Private Richard Nolan. gunshot wound through head ; Private Robert M'Crcay, gunshot wound through head ; Private Henry Russell, gun shot wound through heart. 40th Regiment—Private Edward Loughlin, wounded in head ; Private Benjamin Barber, wounded in neck ; Private Edward Hone, wounded in chest; Private Edwin Golds borough, wounded in head; Private William Behr, wounded in chest ; Private John Daley, wounded in abdo men ; Private John IrNally, wounded in bead ; Private John Jaws, wounded in head. 63th Regiment—Private William Johnstone, Private George Bell, Private Alexander Private Thomas Blackbam, Private Robert Clarke, Private Alexander Hap burn, Private Jonathan Neat, Private John Oavanegh, rate Thome Roberts, Private Petri* 'Dag, Private Peter Manley, Private Mooney, Private James WCasland— nature of injury not known. . . . Royal Navy. —Midshipman Watkins, Cosmos ; Quarter. master J. Woods, CIIIIN011; A. B. William Tidy, Curios* A. B. Frederick Osborne, of injury not known. Marine.—Private Richard Dowser, Harrier, nature of in jury not known. • To thew must be added Captain B. Mercer, of the Royal Artillery, who was shot through the head, and Captain Phelps, 2nd Battalion 14th Regiment, who was shot through the abdomen. Both these pliant men were wounded in the severest manner. Captain Mercer's jaw wee frightfully fractured and his tongue sadly iajured. Captain Phelps, an odloor and a gentleman of whom New Routh Wake—his wive coantly—is proud, was hit in the abdomen, the bullet being enplaned to have lodged in the kidneys. Having entered the army as a medical ofbeer—in which capacity he distinguished himself in the Crimes—be at once pronounced his wound to be fatal, and hi death, together with that of Captain Mercer, is announced. (mmWe FURTHER DESPATCH OF AUSTRIAN TROOPS TO SLESWIG. BRESLAU, Pia 12. According to a telegram received here a body of Austrian troops, numbering 3,400 men. will arrive in this city in a few days, on their way to Slaswig. They will be conveyed by eight special trains, and will be quartered here for the night. A meeting of the directors of the railway took place at Cassel yesterday. CLOSING OF THE AUSTRIAN REICHS- RATH. VIENNA, Fre. 12. The session of the Reichsrath will be closed in state on Monday next by a speech from the throne. The Emperor will give a soiree to-morrow to all the members of the Retchsrath. THE NEW AUSTRIAN LOTTERY LOAN. VIENNA. Fri 12. The new lottery loan of 40,000,000 florins was negotiated yesterday evening at 96 per cent. The Austrian Credit Mobilise takes lb millions, Messrs. Rothschild's 114 millions, and Baron Wodianer 134 millions. All the other competitors for the loan joined these capitalists. Large offers for the loan were made to the government both by foreign and home capitalists. THE SUEZ CANAL. PARIS, Fn. II At a dinner given yesterday evening to celebrate the Sues Canal undertaking Prince Napoleon made a speech which was loudly cheered. His imperial highness retraced the history of the enterprise, dwelt upon its grandeur and utility, and paid a tribute of praise to all who had par ticipated in the undertaking. M. de Lesseps replied. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. lIAZZINI ORDERED FOR TRIAL. MOM OUR OHS OORRIRPONDRIT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVRHING. It will probably surprise you to learn that Mazzini is ordered for trial (renroyi) before a French assize court. Such, however, is the state ment of a French journal. An indictment has been framed against Mazzini as an accomplice of the four Italians, Greco, Imperatori, Trabucco, and Saglio, in a plot against the Emperor's life. French courts are in the habit of trying people in their &beano° and pronouncing awful sentences against them, even extending to death. But such sentences are mere mockery, for whenever the accused party chooses to appear he is entitled to a new trial. It is. however, a very curious fact that the French government should persist is attributing to Mazzini a design to take the Emperor's life by the hands of hired usassins. Hitherto the general belief has been that whatever exception may be taken to Mascini'a ideas, he is a sincere man, and that his denial of any participation in the Paris plot was worthy of all credence. The Pays, alluding to the positive assertion of the Times that Denmark can in no case expect help from England, uses the following language, which I read with pain, because I cannot give u good an answer to it as I could wish : It most be admitted that the part which England has taken is the Danish quertioe hes not bees very perilous or very glorious. We will not be so exclusive end so absolute es the Sikle, which, applying to England the *slanted phrase formerly uttered as the epitaph of Poland, pretends that we may now ry "Fiala Britannia!" Bat, without sharing this exaggerated opinion we must say that the levity with which the British government has for the lest ten years deserted sueoessivoly a great many causes the moment that words required the support of action, is calculated most materially to lessen her prestige is Europe. I premised that I could not give as good an Answer to this paragraph as I could wish. As things appear on the surface, I must admit that Frenchmen note with delight the failure of Lord Russell's remonstrances against German aggression, and the humble attitude which England seems to be reconciled to as a oonaequenoe of that failure. Bat I do observe that the Pays, like other semi official journals, tries to make the worst of the quarrel, and oonstantly repudiates every suggestion that it may possibly be made up. This attitude of the government press corresponds with the opinion th►t the French cabinet has secretly encouraged Austria and Prussia to break the peace—not, in deed, by giving them any promises of support, but by leading them to suppose that they had nothing to fear from England. There is not the least doubt that the Emperor enjoys the war, would be sorry to see it at an end, and is watching his opportunity to profit by it. A letter from Vienna states that the Emperor Francis Joseph has postponed his journey to Hun gary, "on account of the political complications" of Germany. The sporting asseveration of the Nation last night, that it had been decided in a ministerial council to send an army of observation of 60,000 wen upon the Rhine, is not only not confirmed, but has not gained so much as the honour of a notion by any other paper. The France says that the lat Danish Regiment of Infantry, in opposing the pursuit of the Atistro- Prussian army, lost its colonel, lieutenant-colonel, all its officers, and 2,900 men out of 3,000. The remainder were made prisoners. The Bourse, after some fluctuation, closed firm, with little change. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. After Term Nisi Prins sittings, at Westinioster.—(gef„, c Lord Chid Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) QUIX2eS . COUNSEL, Mr. D. D. Keane, of the Norfolk Circuit ; Mr. .1 Johnson, of the Home Circuit ; sad Mr. W. Field, of the Midland Circuit, More been elevated to the rank of counsel ; and Mr. fierjeant Parry has had, ranted to him a patent of precedence. PAR ORB V. IMES. The farther hearing of iliis libelnee was resumed morning. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. Mellish, Q.C., and Mr. Quip were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Borili, Q.C., Mr. Laid' Q. 0., and Mr. Garth. were counsel for the defendant. Mr. &will resumed his address, and was proceeding when our report left. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prins in Kiddlems.—( Before Lad Chic! heti°, Erie and a Special Jury.) Seems v., TH2 BILIGHTON ILLILNIAY COMPANY,7ACCIDEV-. This woe on action to recover damages for injuries sus• Joined whilst alighting from a carriage at the Ballow. station_ 11;.lorjeant &ILatino and Mr. Mandell appeared for the pinintafr ; and Mr. Ulan, 1.1.0., and Mr. Hannon for the dolrrodanto. Mr. Augustus Newtoo, the plaintiff, said that he wa, formerly • banister, but wee now engaged in the formation of joint stock companies. In November last he wu stayir. for a week with his son at Balham, and on Sunday, Le Salt of that mouth, be returned from the Victoria static. to Bab= in • first-class carriage. The tads arrived at Ballwin about a quarter to 10 p.m. It came to a standstill and the porters called out " Etalham." lie theu put down the window, opened the door, and put one foot upon the carriage step, and bad his hand upon the hassle I the door. He was about to step backwards on to the platform ; but at that instant the train moved on again, and the jerk threw him down veer his beck. His feet projected over the edge of the platform and were struck by the steps of every carriage as it passed. He thought that his back was broken. but he warn so paralysed that he was not able to move feet out of the way, though be feared that he might he drawn under the train. The train moved teu or twelve yards farther, and then stopped again. A potter 'misted him to ries, and, though suffering the greatest torture in the lower part of the back, he contrived to walk to 1.1. son's, a quarter of a mile distant. At the suggestion of Mr. Hewett, he had there a warm bath and his back was bandaged. On the following Wednesday he went to his own Ibooll4 in town, and on Friday he was attended by Hr. Hancock, the house surgeon of Charing • arose Hospital. He had never been free from pain, the con. sequence of the accident, since, for more than three or four hours at • time, day or night. The pain was at the bottom of his beck. He was confined to the house for • week ; afterwards he went out in • close carriage, and it was Er e or six weeks before he could walk about in buds... He cookl not, down to the present time, walk as ' well as he could before the accident. On the 3rd December, ' after this action was commeooed, be was served with a sure moos charging him with having got out of a train before it stopped, but the magistrate hearing that there were pro. °odium in • superior court, refused the adjudication. Cromexamined—He was riding in • first clam carriage with a sewed clam ticket ; but he had paid • first class fare. In the naarning he applied for • first clue return ticket, and paid the prim of it, Is. On the following morning the station-muter came to him, and said that he had been riding in • first edam carriage with • second clams ticket. He bed goes up in the morning in • second clam carriage. He was at the bar for 13 years, but was disbarred in is - Aj or 1851. Tin-aiesnined—The charge on which he was disbarred was brought against him by Sir John Jervis, the then atteroey-general. The change preferred before the beechen was that, having been taken in execution in • civil action et the suit of a Mr. Harrison, he bad improperly obtained from the plaintiff • dia.:huge out of the custody of the sheriff. The debt sad oasts due to Mr. Harrison amounted to 1401., and that sum be paid hafaris the heathers entered upon the Investigation. Sir John Jervis acted as prosecutor, and he insisted in sitting in judgment upon the charge which he had himself brought forward. A greater piece of oppreesion was never committed in any ceontry tinder the sun. The Poachers were throe of the Middle Temple. Mr. Newton and Mr. Hewett lave evidence ea to the plaintiff's symptoms when he reached home. and Mr. Han cock gave his opinion that the symptoms indicated serious injury. They were such es indicated • condition that might have terminated in paralysis ; but he hoped that in a few mouths the plaintiff would be as well as ever he was. In addition to the hurt in the back there was at one time con gestion of the retina of the eye. A great many witnesses were examined for the defence, ! and the substance of their evidence was this :—ln the a the plaintiff asked for a mooned-chow ticket and rerer= on., but it was believed that he left his change, 3d., behind him. The train did not stop and then move on again, bat the plaintiff was observed to open the door and jump out, 30 cc 35 yards before the train stopped. He fell not upon his hack but upon his face, his feet were a yard or a yard and a half from the edge of the platform. He instantly jumped up again without as alum ; and when told that he bad done wrong to leave the train whilst it was in motion, be answered sharply, " Mind your own business," and left the station. The jury said that they very reluctantly felt compelled to find for the defendants. ing : COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings in Banco after Term —(Befors - Mr. Baron Marlia and Mr. Bane ChsanolL) Their lordships sat this mein` at 11 u'clock for the par pew d delivering judgmeat. _____ /Wile O. Mr. Bares Martinraidihai is this cue a rule bad been obtained to set aide the verdict for the plaintiff, end to eater • soesuit, or for a new trial. As he had only heard portion of the arguments he now only delivered the judg ment of the other three judges, but as far as his information extended he eineurred in it. They were of opinion that the rule should be diseharged. There wee no ground for entering a sonsuit, and certainly there appeared to be in duce to go to the jury. The yoestion was whether there bed beta an acceptance of goods sold, so es to may the 17th notion of the Statute of Fraud. Crpos that point there waa clearly endows to submit to the jury. With respect to a DOW trial, they did '.not think that the verdict was against the e vid ence. or that they bad • right to disturb it. The great prebabi. Sty wu, that if they granted a new trial the verdict would go the same way, and Sneak', oo doubt, the can was cc the very gurgle, strong evidence ought to be given to prove that there had been no aceeptence of the goods. The eonft did not consider it would be say real benefit to the parties to grant a new trial ; and the role would, therefore, be die. charged. Rule discharged. JIIDOWENT. His lordship said tien .. ;;;;liireeoeher OMB StaDdiDA over far jmaint—ilie Stockport Waterworks Company 1. Potter, Hriy a. Oestler, sad ex parte Mortieser, rr lead to the operstamp to be placed as a deed of camp ones. The j te had been written is tbem, bat unfortunately the jem did sot agree, sod it wee theaglit better that the mem should stead over till mat term, as it was exceedingly desirable that the judgments should be tumnimoes. Their loadehips thee rose. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judie Ordinary.) JOICI V. JOTCL _ Mb w a divoroo — inii — nterd - Wiew days ago, the re. spondsat Min a bookseller and librarian at Souther:l'ooo, Tito had deserted his wits rainy years ago. This women Sir imam Wdde said that the qtteatioo of nartamoselslo delay ia permeating the petition was of IP 3 much importeooe that he sonsiderod it desirable to have it Wars the tall court. The mm must therefor° Mood over for that papaw. Dr. Steaks sad Yr. Searle for Oho poeticism. TV.ELLII V. CLAL■ AND - OTILEMS. This part heard testUMentriry eat w; thee resumed. For the defer* great street was laid on the fact that the lead at Nwsud, whisk the will proposed to lam to Waling Qerb , was already his. The driesesed, Miss Cooke, it seetwel, bed • life interest in a small estate at Btrosd, whisk she thought she bad power to leave. sod which die braided Clarke to have ; and Mr. Torts de posed that he bad mistaken the dereipteou Wire he raid the will over to her ate made the useark, '• William Clarke, of Nappeml _;" but the observation made so im• mares ea ha mud. Witham Onebett, as attorney's clerk, sad our of the tasting witnesses, deposed that he was a seourtaace of the testatrix, sad said that she had aresalted him on the =at al • will. He took instroctioes which priocipally from the will actually executed in thee. p I. the Art place, the thorns& Webb wee to have an sauseity BM. iostead of a legacy of 1,000 1 . ; where's sister &Oda was to have one of 2001. Wirier was to he ezeonter sad to have the resides. The testatrix r seseesti, bowers, doubtful whether she ureat wirier os his brother. Did sot draw up • will from thew larreetioat. sot think*, her competent at that time. Was guided it OXIMItiOII Of the will by the opinion of M. Berry, hue Cooke's medical man, uto her competesoy. Could not my at the time that he thought her not competent ; but wham be ertgratulated her on having at hot made her will, she said she did not recollect it. On ',other acesaine she told witness that abe did not recollect whit wee is it, and asked him what its contents were? She said else did est mesa Mr. T wells to have both of the braes te BudelLetreet. Told bet that she might alter her will it she did est Moe It ; bet she never asked him to make ► • Bev owfor bey. Witmer afterwards received trees her an arieset of 5/. for leplisnion. When the testatrix said that the did set reedier makiag her. will it eiseurred to wittier that be bed ark • mistake in attesting it ; but ha did not write M Mr. Twelle. at my • word shoat it till wirer ..44 asked to make se alliarit as as &Berta( witness. 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