The Express. — London, England, 1849-09-06 00:00:00

lest set a colour or a gen. And his last celebrated sera seemed directed with Whale dell to the one raids —of surrendering en maw, with ell his ms, sad trnrr, and arms, so as to pia credit with his enemies fur the importance of his submission, and to retain in the fees of eastern Europe the reputation I d • 6tlll embeeten amend. The conduct of OdeoeT of rely shows how correct ease ICOMUTIfe juegmeLt In eeteeming him as a a lgae, bat mistreating him as a patriot. The great Haagariaa statesmen preferred the staanchaese it t h e polish (facer, but deeming it unwise to set aside Giinoni, be divided the command., and thereby eeedysed the final efforts for defence. Hossuni, indeed, tad no choice, and therefore we must attri bute to necessity his selection of a mode of defence w hi c h gave but sma:l promise of success. Every one has reed his directions to the several commanders, found is the baggage of Bast—his orders never to hazard an action, but to limit efforts to h ar r ass i ng th e enemy, cutting o ff his communication, and prolonging the war. This was all very well for the first campaign, and spinet the 100,000 men that WINDISCHORATZ led into Hungary; but spinet an overwhelming force of 400,000 men, supplied with all the resources of two groat empires, a mere guerilla system of defence was tapeless. 'I he only parallel to the invasion of Han pry by the combined forms of Austria and Russia is to be met with in the Seven Years' War, when FREDERIC Till GREAT was assailed on differeet rd's by the armies of Ruda, of Aneria, of France, and of Sweden. Eight hundred thousand men menaced FIRDERIC, who had scarcely one hundred tlicusand to oppose to them. Hid be adopted the purely defensive and dilatory system, the Prussian monarchy would hare died in 1757 the death of Hungarian independence in 1819. But FREDERIC attacked his enemies in detail, and with the fierce determination of the soldier, eager to repel invade's or perish in the attempt. In lieu of this the Hungarian generals fought defensive, artillery betties, with a foe necessarily superior to them in ar tillery. They never formed an infantry, nor fought an infantry battle. They never attempted the stand up, hand-to-hand combat of the determined patriot. They preferred trusting to the strategy of Giiitoev, and his skill in keeping off close action by hie 150 guns. 83131* insurrections fail for want of discipline, and from their champions having none of tU attributes of the regular soldier. The Hungarian insurrection failed from being too stra tegic, too tactician, and from having been entrusted to a mere professional soldier, such as GtiROET, who evidently looked to a Russian sash and epaulettes as a good exchange for Hungarian victory. If the first emu of the loos of the campaign is to be sought in the ciefecfive mode of defence, the dis union, and mutual jealousies of the Hungarian chiefs, tl e next moot rflicleet cense is to by found in the rivalry of Austrians and Hessians. I. 'was not a) much a skilful plan of co-operation that directed the campaign, ati the evident desire of the d.fferent armies to outstrip each other and decide the war alone. And so evident wu this haste, that GURGET it not to be pardoned for neglecting to take advantage of it. The march of FASKIEWICH upon Path and D..breezin has been criticised by military men as idle. Tho aim was to outstrip HATNAU, who was to be kept before Comorn by GoRGET. PaliKlE avicn's enterprise, however, did not prove futile, for first of all it routed KOSSUTH and his presses for manufacturing b ink notes; ar.d, secondly, it filled HATNAII and the Austrians with such jealoney, that they rushed headlong on from Raab to 'ftmesvar, as if to be in at the death. Nothing can more fully prove the defective constitution of the Hungarian armies, and their want of the true pith of a defensive army, infantry, than their suffering this advance. The rivalry between PASKIEWICH and lIATNAII was so great, that both pushed beyond the Theirs as if they were running a race, and the Hungarians found themselves pursued and pressed with a celerity and a precipitancy quite unexampled and unexpected on the pert of either Russian or Austrian tronps. It is some, though small, comfort to the vanquished to know, that the rivalry gives birth to in the crushing of them is 14.1 y loog to solvivo their defeat, nay, perhaps to avenge it. One or two things are however, quite clear ; one is that the Austrians alone could not have conquered. HATNAU and the entire of the Austrian army would hare been destroyed at Acs by 0630 xv, but for the aid of PANIUTIN. Indeed, Gososir, so fierce, quick, and successful in his blows at the Austrians, never seems to have struck at a Revise division in earnest. Be bad several opportunities, during his retreat. But it is much to ho feared that he spared PseKla vital from the firer ; and that, like all Bclavonians he looked to the Czar as his future and inevitable; master. However the affair wan managed oa the part of Ramis, we must admit that it was managed with skill. The Russians wear the laurel and appear as coequerore, nay generous conqueror., for they treat the Hungarian captives well. Wl.ilst to the Austrian, HATNAU, is left the congeni..l tank of acting execu tioner. HAVIAII shooting noble Ilungarians at Arad, Rumania flogging women at Milan, his lieutenants shooting priests at Bologna and Venice—such are the anti of Austrian heroism. Vbe Court. THE QUEEN AT BALMORAL. BALLATRR, SATUIDAT Byname. The projected stay of the royal party at the shooting ledge was noel curtailed. They reasissed bat one night— departing on the OWlStine of the day sabsequat to that on which they arrived. The cause of this abandomost of their heirs can only be gamed at. Rumour ascribes an ex partition which we would fain hope is insecurate. It is said that their expectation of unmolested seclusion was disap poiated—that they were tumble to stir abroad without ea 'mutating multitudes of gazers—and that for this reason they left alp molly. No doubt a number of pasties visit Ledisiager and Loch Mulch, wto necessarily pass the ledge. These may have received soma aumentation from the eiremstasee that such illustrious visitors were there, end might possibly be fallen in with; but in general they are emptied of persons most taalikely to act la any subs uming or imprudent way. The chief keeper in Lord rentnure's employment ems sews the hills, for the purpose of conducting Pri,ce Albeit over the grounds so handsomely plead at the command of his royal bighting by his lordship. His services lien put in requisition fey a short while on the (moms of Friday. Oa the evening of ant day, ea previously stated, the royal party rode beak to Balmoral. The early past of to day was roast by them in inspecting the improvement, that are still b lag carried forward at c r taia points. About two o'clock his royal highame had his fishiag-red brought him, and went to the river north of the cede. accompanied by her Majesty, where Ito angled Lot several boars with fair succas.—Datly Mail. Tint LORD MAYOR had the honour of entertaining at dinner, last evening, a party of sixty gelatinous', user dams and othen, eaoseote4 wit► tho eity of London. THE SEARCH TOR SIR IoEit FIA3IICLIN.—Sir Ono. Simpson »termed on Monday last hen kin annual tour of inspection through the }hided Bay territories and north- western settlements of this continent. We dun with regret kom him that no clue had been obtained of the where . Moats or the fats of Sir John Franklin and his gallant com panions. Sir John Ruhardson indeed is on his way back from the frozen regions, and may be expected in Montreal early in Slsternber. His exploring forty will, however, matrons their search under the order of Dr. Rae, of the Reckon Bay Company. Sir John's second in c ommand throughoet the summer. Although it would be almost cri minal to abandon hope in such an enterprise, it is impossible is conceal from ounelres the unwelcome, truth that the dances to a simeedul issue become fearfully diminished by the lapse of time Cowier, Aug. 19. Tug FLOATING RECEIVING-HOUSE AT LITnPOOL. --Letters for Adria were posted et the Floating Receiving. hew on Saturday, as late as 10 CO, Ls , giving the public thereby an advantage of needy two hours, as the letter-box at the chi e f once dosed finally at 9, a.m. So appreeMted is this am arrangement, that to take advantage of it letters Mess Manchester ars sent dawn by special messenger& Oar eaatemporaries in the important neighbouring towns should, therefore, mid in making the pablie eetrainted Irish the tziltomas of this new —Laserpoirl /aim Rohn Rohn= OF LETTERS AT MERTHYR TTDYIL Porr-orrica.—The magistrates of this borough hare re "it bees *spied in inviatigatiag a whakeele system of ftbber7 which agws to have been going on for some time Pot at ths post-o cossocted with the district. An in diseriatiaats pleader of money and dims loiters seems to have bees practised, sad sous idea Ray be formed of the ettest the atrocious system was eareisd whoa it is stated that nearly 1,000 letters, a groat samba of whit* bad bean 'clad sad their contents—mom and Misr wheals pro- Plusr—ebetraeted, were found in the possamist of the Fart, PPAnal to be implicated ia the rebbelsku The nera-dslivery of a knee which curtained soma ii. Dram bosh-seta lei to an isquiry helot instituted by iile suthorities at the General Post office, Louden. Mr. Itemay, ono of thie Vesture was seat down, and dm meals et the inrsesigutioa Inn 014 a lad named Thames Mamas, who was employed a carry the letter-beg from this town to the post-dila at DO•11118, a asighbounag town, was fully committed for trial ea several charges of robbery. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1849, mom do act in general comprehend the cu that are treated by scadital men in private practice. EOUTMAMPTON. In 1832 sot a single cue of sholma occurred ht South ampton. Darla, Um hat two months them hay. boss 132 Tosliow the demoralised state of the inhabitants of some of the fienthareptor bate sweets where the oboists raged ascot fearfully, two mos who were dyier of that discus were visited. and their wives were foiled is a state of wand lie dominations, lamenting the &pyrometer deaths of their towhead& They IMO WWII, drank MUIR they attended the funeral, and they shortly afterwards fell victims thew selves. The returns far the &tried are somewhat heavier, although perhaps not as math so as ft ewes any th e:Teased alarm, We more espveially as the numbers naturally fiewsew to some sates*. The official report for Tuesday is as f alews : Merthyr, new oases 12, deaths 6. Peaydarran, new eases 1, death, 0, Dowlais, new eases 4, deaths 0. Aberdare, new ewes 3, de:Alts 1. think it was aunty four or Ave weske from the time he wee punished to his being invalided. the best of my reeolleetion, Haigh was is the trek list nearly Month before he wee Invalided. Haigh had saffeesd from a pestrione In jury. As • medical man, I cannot assert that his Winds war caused by his punishment; it might have been wxylerated by mental excitement or corporeal punishment. I was pre sent when Haigh wm dooggglfeed ; he did not appear to be more overcome by the panWmeat indicted on him this In general eases. I remember • man of the name of Menhirs's. He destroyed himself by throwing himself overboard with some 321 b. shot attached to him. I *aught him in the act of going to the spirit locker, to steal spirits, with surreptitious keys • for which h e was brought under the notice of Lieut. tiraham, commaadieg officer on board the Mar, at that time lying at Ningpo, and be was to have been reporqd to the captain on my accusation. He was then partially inebriated, sad had been so for some time previously. I cannot account few his getting the liquor to bring him into that state. To the best of my recollection Matthews did not receive eorponal punishment at any time exeept on 25th July, 1847, as shown by the log-book, when he received thirty-slx lashes for drunkenness. Sixteen or eighteen hours elapsed between the time of his attempting to commit the theft and my reporting him to the lieutenant. I recollect a boy named Mayor, and that he underwent punishment by wearing a weed.. collar roan/ his seek. The collar wag 1 foot 10 huhu In length, about 1 foot 3 Inches in breadth, and about 2 Inches in thickness. lam unprepared to state the time he wore the collar ; but woes ever I have seen him during the thee of puniehment, he had it on. lam not aware that any injury was done to the boy's neck or shou"dere. The Mistime* previously referred to respecting Haigh at the time of punishment was believed to have resulted from the previous injury he had umniud on the base of the skull. Thu. punished unless 1 was present. I never nerved in say but one ship previous to being in the Chit dem, and I cannot recall that any boy was punished while I was in her. I was in the ship I refer to about 11 months. I remember the man Gilman; he died on board; in my:opinion he did not die of punishment he received on board. He did not state to me when dying ghat his illness was the result of his punishment. I know a man of the name of Kits, and he died on board. Ido not consider his death is In any way to be auributad to the punishment he had received on board. lem not aware if the Mtn Haytor was guilty of concealing a part of the provisions of the sick whilst he was attending on them. By the prisoner —Do you of your own knowledge know that the wounds you saw on the bey Clev,rdon were inflicted by me ? A. No.—Q Then what you know of such infliction is from what you hare heard, not from what you have seen? A. Exactly so.—Q Did you see Sanger scrubbed, or know of your own knowledge he was .:rubbed ? A. He war mid to have been.—Q. Did you eery the hey Sanger below youreelli A. I do not re member ; I believe I took him on deck, and walked him about.—Q. Af•er the boy Sanger was below, and you disco vered his pretence, did you not shortly atterwards s ee hint eating his dinner? A. I believe at the time ha was on bread and water, and can avouch on my leaving for a few minutes and returning, he was eating. lie was in the habit of partaking freely of hod from a kid. I never saw a boy ICI uhhed. I was given to understand that Haigh had been confined to an hospital from an injury in the head which he received from a fall into a dock at Ports mouth. The wooden collar was not worn in a position to injure Hayter, and it wan lined with fearnaught. Had he been injured from wearing the collar, I must have known it. I ,anrot say what the general conduct of Hayter will; hut I know he was always under punishment, more or les.. The cause of his being so punished I am not repared to state. I heard he had been ejected from all the messes on the lower deck. I was enterer of the mess horn the day I shipped Mathews as midsbipman's steward. When saber he was a good rerun., but when under the influence of liquor nn b:arable. I was examin-Al on the inquest held on the body of Mathews. To the best of my be lief he died when under the influence of liquor Mr partial delirium. The inquest was held Color* the consul at Ningpo, on the body of the late:George Mathews, and the verdict found was, " That the deceased bail jumped overboard in • fit of temporary insanity and was drowned." I served in the Childers with the prisoner upwards of tnree years.—Q. In your jar figment was the conduct of the prise nor to his officers and ship's company cruel or oppressive ? A. I cannot call to mind any instance of oppression. I was never called up in as a medical cfLer subsequent to punish.' ment, and cannot sate any punishment infl.cted as cruel. There wu oil put upon the back of one who was punished, I remember. I have witnessed worse pu nishments. I recollect a man of the name of Roll, y, a boatswain's mate, but I de not remember that his lee was on onsoecasion placed indanpr, through the officers of the watch not reporting his ease to the medical officers. He once nearly died under the Ii flutes of spirits, of Caine spirits—spirits of wine—Chinese liquors. I attended haul at that peri.d. Ido not know from whence It 'Hey got the spirits. I knew the man called Heed t • he was once Mr. Graham's servant on board the ship. He was in the habit of being frequently drui.k. I have heard that Heed was foul d i n Mr. Graham's cabin, but I cannot say the hour. Q. Do you believe it to be true ? The preseen•or objected to the question, and plum d • written reason •or so doing l,efore the president; and after some consideration, the president said the belief of the wit ness on that point was of no importance. Tue prisoner, however, preened the question, and the court wes then cleared. Ott i s re-opening the Judge ANo eat. said the court did not think the question ought to be put. The witness, in reply to further questiors, surd—l have known Mr. Elliott since he entered the obi I do not wish to express an opinion on Lie character; I hare a private opinion of his coaracter ; I would rather retein my opinion of him.—Q. Was he fee quently intoxicated? A. Am I bound to answer the question ? The JudgeAdvocate—li you know, you are. Witness: I I have seen tim under the influence of liquor. 1 cannot say he was drunk on the morning of the day on which the Cailders struck on the !'rata shoal. I saw him before midnight on that day. He was net taken below, to the best of my recollection. He was advised to leave the upper duck, being on the sick list. When he was s r advised be was under tue influence of liquor. I did see him while on deck, %Wog an ax. against the starboard round house. I should say that i was tent for by the prisoner to go to this dime to advise his leaving the deck, u he was in an unfit state to be Seen. To. court then cleared and on its re-opening adjourned for the night. KIDDERMINSTER ELECTION. KIDDIIIII4IIIIIM, WIDNUDtIf. The polling comnteacei at 8 o'clock this morning. Dario, tin. sight, I as glad to say that the taws had bets permeable, if not altogether quiet. I had sows fears that beer lilekt be distributed in the suns of Set seesaw bat I .aw as sysapasoa el anytime( of the sort gibe liseward. The frisadsaf elt• saffsfidates dialed together, sad this sorsiag thin was a breakfast ordered by she liberal party, bat this is all tee " treatise " I have baud of. Tits "breakfast" was doebtles infested to have the effect of bringing tle voters to the poll at a very early hear, sad they appear to have answered t he irpurpose. No sato! sent of the poI w .s put out by tither party the fist hour, bat at 10 o'clock klr. 0 *borne was psoilciassi Is • usjority el 34. disbars* l4O Beet lOB-34 At half-past 10 this majority wee slightly decreased. °laborite 144 Beat ll6-29 at 11 o'clock the it/towing statement appeared di.bara 167 Brat l4l-26 At ball-past 11— d .borne 176 Best l4B-18 This majority was inaintanetel until 12 o'clock, when the &tab•rs w. re Oisherse Bait The tide, however, was now upon tho tune. Between 12 and 1 o'clock, sevtral twits, who kad supported /dr. Bailey is ►is eit.Vall in Kidderminster, and who ware thought likely to be doubtful, weot ■p and polled tee Best. A num ber of voters trim the more distant parts of the borough also brought up, end altogether it wa evident that the iosi @ermine were making groat exertion.. At 1 o'clock Mr. Oieborne's amenities publialeed no statement; but Mx. Beet pot out the ollowiag : Bee! Oiphorne Every vote wee now Jilt to be of the utmost consequence, end efforts were made to bring op every unpoUed voter. 11 was evident, however, from the little employment that was afforded to the poll-clerks, that the available votes on both sides were nearly all exhausted. No secoaat was published by either eat didate at 2 o'clock; but at half-peat 1 Mr. Beat put out the fulluwing Best Oisborne At three o'clock the same yarty announced themselves in a majority of 12. Best Gidsorne It seemed from time that the contest was virtually over. It proved so. Very shortly after four Mr. Best's conunittee announced as follows : THE FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. B•t Oiabura• Majority for Best 17 It is very remarkable how ClOl.O the numbers polled at this election appruximare to thou - polled at the last contest tor Kiederminstrr, which was at the (mud election of 1841. The poll then wu For Godson „ Ricardo On that occasion nearly 10.0001. wu expended by the two candidates, nearly all M wuich went in direct bribery and wholesale treating. The candidates on this occasion have polled within a few of the same numbers without a farthing expended in any such way ; stowing that in reality, let bribery and treating be u extensive as it may, if it is prac tised on both aides equally, it hag little or no effect on the result of an election. Messrs. Ricardo and 0 edsi n might to all appearances bare kept their 19,00 Die without the result of the contest being at all affected. THE CHOLERA. Return of deaths from choler." and diarrlicea re ported to the General Board of Health, yesterday, Sep. 6 : Deaths. Cholera. tharrhata Holborn St. Giles sad St. George St. George, Seu:hwark l6 West London Greenwich Bethnal-green Bermondsey 4 St Olays's Lambeth Whiteehapel 9 2 Stepney,. 1 1 St George-ia-the-Bast Newirgtos Maryle bone St. Pews. Poplar Str,nd St. George, Hanover-.gsare 3 3 St. •Lineli, Westminster 1 Clerk's's!' St. Lake, Middlesex 8t Giles, Camberwell St. B.vi..ur 6 - lia< keg.? Islington Knosingtoo Wanilsw a* Lewisham Eats London lillvireiliteh R *heed** 6 2 Chtlana 2 City of Laid** Westalaster 9 1 all PROTIXCU. _____ Li 33 3 rpo ?d ve m hys ol Tydfil Clift , a Card.ll Carmarthen 4 Swear** Porter& 7 2 8 Ahab wry Warriagtota Newcastle-nudes-Lyme 2 Tyremonth La , ,ea•ter Slightest )(rash . Bradford &ad Norris Birrisy Realcastes l3 1 Bristol 7 1 Gravesend and Milieu klaldelens ..-• 1 9.. Genneak l2 Raveled a York 4 Aesleney 3 Leeds 2l 3 Ilasslot n Hulywell Wolverhampton and &Mee . 38 4 Bridgwater Bast Somehow" 3 Guth . 8 at Shields 1 2 Shaptaa Mallet Bromegrove 1 Hull (lat Sept. to 4th inelasivei) Salford Nottingham 1 Penkridp 1 B Atom 1 PO=l Ba r Tnvistook ll Worcnter 1 Preston 1 Madeley Sheppey Wi , lamntoa Manchester Oainshorough Askion.undeg,Lyme Abinedon 1 —. Abereaveany Altriochent St Auph 2 Bedminster - Birrningimee — 7 Blaekbere 1 Bssingstobe •-• 1 Bodfo d — 1 Blaoy, from 16.1 i Avg. to let Sept — 3 Boma" and Cloyden — 1 Canterbury Clitheros C Matt rho-ain't Charlton, frose3lll6 Jessie 411 i art 32 Chichester 1 Church &Mem, fTOS 12* to 2111 Asyut 3 Cbialeherst—Brimeley C* n atf i .. . - - 6 Criekbrii•ll, up is 4tak MA Doessour Darter aad Cara* 1 Isar, laisslold. 3 BMW Pushes 1 random Total L &Woad : Dundee ll Ferry Port-oa-Ctali At. Andrew's Belch $ Hawick 1 Abordwas L fr aad Dania 6 Total la Scotland 29 _ General Total—Loadon ud Vicinity 232 MI Provinc a gootland General Total TAe number of at, ocka reported by the anion °facers are, for the metropolis, 788 ; and for the counts;, 445 ; but their THE BERMONDSEY MURDER. A letter, addressed to Maris Manning, No. 3, Minver-plaos, Bermondsey, bearing the post-mark of a French inland town, was sent to the above house. It wee instantly forwarded to lionennosger-lane Gaol; and on being opened subesquently, in the presence of Mr. Becker, it was found to be Iran • sister of Marla Manning, and, from its contents, it would appear that the writer was totally siaarquainteel with a murder having beta perpetrated is B renondsey, and the awful position in which h er wretched slater was pieced with regard to her participation's the dread ful deed,. s ! he Wier made no ell %lei's' to the murder And merely referral to dimwit matters. It was handed to the prisoner, who perused it with great •igeraess, and seemed to derive much plsesure from its contents. Is the e arse of the af.erooon Mr. Bien', the Witter to the male prisoner, waited upon Mr. Seeker. for his answer to the application made by him on the previous day, that a portion of the 201 grimed to Mr. Solomon, the I.gal ad. Tian. of Maria Manning, should he handed over to him (Mr. Diana), to enable bim to conduct hie defence. Mr. Seeker said that be had maturely considered the ap. plleation, and wee of opinion that he could not interfere any further in the matter. He should recommend Mr. Binns to apply to the conmitsioners of the police, and if they refused, an application to the &shelter of the Treasury might be more suceeirul. At a liter hour Mr. Blom served a notion on Mr. Solo mon, requesting him to deliver up 71. 8s , and threatening him with legal promiclings unless he eumplied with the demand. COURT-MARTIAL ON COMMANDER PITMAN, R.N. TUESDAY. The court resumed at hall-pat 9 o'clock. Mr. Davis, the chrk in aVenciecee from the Admiralty, stated he had received abstracts of certain documents from that office. Mr. Elliott was woes-examined by the prisoner. He said —Many were present aber the ship struck, when I gave my advice to you. Lien Graham, Mr. Bark:ey, the mate, and Dr. Mogen, must have heard what I said, I thick, tor I spoke loudly from the main tipging. —Q. YOI say von bad been on the side list; explain Low you so rapidly recovered se to be able to go on deck, and advise the Commander ? A. I did not say I had recovered I have already stated the doctor celled me. He connuered, sick as I w.s, I was the most likely preen to save his lase, and the lives of those in the ship. think so, especially as he said, " Master, will you promisi to allow me to suck by you," in the event of the ship being wrecked? The easstantes I rendered when I came en deck I have already sworn to. Fur the natal* and cause of my sickness, I beg to peter to the doctor's book. I was suffering from • pain in my right aide and chest. I do nut know the technical term of it.— Q. Wu your ill health the effect of climate, or the result of your own indigos ion ? A. It is my belief it was caused by tee continual uppreuive, unmanly, and dishonest treatment I met with during my service in the Childen. I had been years service on the coast of Africa before I joined the Childers. When serving in the Codden off the north coast of China, 1 lines had duties imposed on mo which my Ceablitntifell could nut bear. Th e log will prove I 1111•111 not had a nig h t off duty for periods of more than a year at • flint ; and I have ki pt constantly the torenoen or afternoon watches for the same periods, as well as done my daisy as master and pilot of the ship. 1 have not been relieved from my watches ; but as goon as my watch has been out, I have had to go on the &recitede to direct the ship, instead of going below, as the other officer. were permitted to do. V. re frequently, alter piloting the ship from 4 o'clock is the morning until late at night, tired and worn out, after the ship had been obliged to be an chored, in consequesca of the darken., or other num, have found 1 had the middle or first watch to keep. In con sequence of this being repeated, I have found it difficult to sued upright, from pain in the chest ; but after having a few hour.' rest, that pain has peened away. When I have been on the doctor's lot, I hay. nearly always done a por tion of my duty. Many times when I have been winding the chronometers the prisoner has insulted me, when ill, by telling me the doctor had told him my blues was is oat sequence of my having drunk too bawd, which my previous et.orootse alone will prove to be utterly false, and which, when I have mentiunei it to the doctor, he has denied having used such an exiression. I was invalided from the coast of Attica, is consequence of ill hsa!th, brought on by my exertions in capturing slavers. I have been prix master of several slavers when Schuss has broken out on board ; and in the last I took to Stun Leone, during the sickly season, I lust one of my mea, b- came ill mjselt, and was obliged to be inva lided. I persist in the stets meat that the advice I gave to the commander I recommended to be followed out. The prisoner had his at and snots o ff ; told me to do wh a t 1 liked ; aad I hoard him tell Lieutenant Graham the same I saw Lieutenant Teerclett, and I proposed one or two things to him. He said be had nothing to do with it. Nearly ell toe officers and ship's company wen on deck at this time ; I should think all. They wen in a great state of exitement and fright, insomuch that Mr. Graham could get me ea* to go aloft, to loose the tore-towail until he showed the way. I cannot state the names of the potty MSc nor men who heard me give such advice. I was thinking of something a Ise at that time ; and not on who was looking at me, or weo was near me ; besides, I have already stated the night to be very disk. I swop yesterday that no sea man, knowing his position the noon before, would have allowed himself to drop down on the Prams shoal when by going round on the other tack, the wind being at northward, being on the south circle of the Cyclods, he might have run under the land in safety. I have stated that no allowance was made ter the drift, and that there was • current southward and westward. Had it been more westerly than usual, it would have been more in favour of the Childers.—Q. Was not the alteration or obliteration in the log on the 12th of Oct. 1848, as sworn to by you, made with the knowledge of the officers of the watch, Lieut. Graham, and yourself? It was not made with my concurrence. Ti the bent of my recollection, Mr. Graham stated in the gun-room while the log-book was oven—and also Lieutenant Tremlett—that it was the prisoner's order the same erasure should re main. I remember perfectly saying I would have nothing to do with it myself; and I solemnly declare I never bad. The sad was cut up without my even knowing it. I have heard it was in Lieut. Dun's watch. The sig nature to the watch is Lieut. Pure's, who was a super numerary.—Q. Did you sot weekly, before the boatswain's expense-book was taken to the coassander, put your signa ture to it? A. I usually did so; bat on this occasion I would not allow it to be inserted. I afterwards expressly pointed out to the prisoner that I siraed only for those stores which were expended during the time I was not on the sick list. I could not refuse to sign the book under other ek 'tones' without being guilty of a breach of the Instructions for master", and of the Articles of War. I have already stated all I know of the Stowastanem of the entries. solemnly declare I never spoke to the prisoner Piles= on the subject of the 'Writs referred to; the act was committed without even consulting me, and without my knowledge. I therefore determined to have nothing to do with it. The list of stores copied into the book for the 9.h and 10th Oct. is my handwriting; but this list of stores was gives me by the prisoner Pitman many days afterwards. I knew it to be false, and I would not sign it, though I dared not refuse to copy it.—Q. Atter what has occurred, do you or do you noteutertain any hostile feeling towards me ? A. I certaffily feel that you have been my destruction ; at the same time I would not say or do • dishonourable thing towards you to soya my life. This closed the erom-examination. By the President—The advice to which I have alluded as having given the prisoner when the brig went ashore. was given loud enougn to have beta beard by say of the officers or ship's comps, y who were then near me or him. To Capt. ll•Doegall—It is, I know, absolutely necessary to the safety of the ship for the captain sad master to be frequeatly on deck, by night sad by day, on board of the sloops of war is the Chinese seas; but I masider I was called on deck un necessarily when the ship was i• sonadiap sad eon to the Lad. George John Dormer Andrews was next called by the prcereutor, but his evidence was is the main that which has already appeared. William Newman Brake was called acid 'matinee& by Mr. Graham, who said he was assistant range= in tbe Childers, and latterly acting surgeon. He knew nothirg of the pr - some?. treatment of the boy Cleverdoa. He had been called upon one., or mire than Dees, to see him when he had various wounds; twice wounds is the ear from bleeding--• rupture of the cuticle. Ogee he had a Kelp wound on his head. Those are the only things I remember. They were maid to have been inflicted by the primmer. The wound is the head was caused by a blow from a boot or oboe. I remember a boy called Banger, whom I was celled to see ; he was said to have been scrubbed in the head. I took him below, as Le appeared to be suffering from • Mill, and after fully in ! mestiptiag the ease, I was led to believe the greater portion of it was pretence; as such I did net deem it necessary to all the attention of my superior to the awe, bat men tioned it casually as having °marred. He was never inanimate, nor laid before the galley Are to zi..ks e rladge. I remember the ma Haab, who was in fer aberration of mind. He was not suffering hem this malady when I was AM called to attend him. I ma sot more that at the time the min was matrix° from Ilt nuermariat he had bees under punishment by day and aiebt. When I was bust called to him he emplaned of a path in Ids head. . _ . To Captain Johnstone—l do not remember the date w h oa Haigh was punished ; but it was on the paws from the Mauritisa to Hobart Tows. I should BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL BIRMINGHAM, WIDNXIIDAT. The miscellaneous concert took place last evening, as I announced in my despatch yesterday. It consisted of a 'election from the works of such composers as Beethoven, Doniztui, Rossini, Weber, Bellini, Mercedanis, and Rode; and the artistes included in the performance were Sontag, bidlles. De Merin, Jetty de Trani, Madame Cute:lsn, the Mimes Williams and Hayes, with Pischek. Mari Lsblache, Sims Reeves, Mr. T. Williams, and Mr. Martin. The at tendance was very good—or course not equal to ttat of the morninf, but still excellent, especially considering that there is an extra evening concert at this festi val. Then was a fault in the concert being too Itng ; it commenced at eight, and did not conclude until put midnight, and so, notwithstanding the excellence of the entertainment, a portion of the audience became weary and departed; notwithstanding this draw back, however, it wan • concert which must hays given a.uch satis'action. The Athalie" of Mendelsaohn WIA the oratorio selected for to-dey. I need say nothing of the composition itself : it I is not a popular piece of music, certainly, but that it only requires such justice done to it es it received bets this morn ing to make it so, 1 have no doubt whatever. The illustrative verses were recited by Mr. Bartley with crest power, depth of feeling, and accuracy of perception. The solos were sung by the Misses Williams and Miss Stevens with exceeding br:l - and precision. The trio "Hearts feel that love thee," was very beautifully sung and received en encore from the president. The " March" was encored ; as was shoo the succeeding chorus. It is impossible in the limited time at my command to notice one half the excellencies of this performance. The concluding passage, of the eratorie were recited with singular grandeur; and the concluding chorus was a powerful and excellent per formance; in feet throughout the choruses were almost feultless ' aid afforded conclusive proof of the wonderful power which Signor Costa pommels as a conductor. After the conclusion of the oratorio there was a selection of music, it being for the most part of the very beet charms ter. Dr. Wesley opened with a grand, elaborate but pleasing solo on the organ ; this undoubtedly possessed the highest merit, and was very Rued applaw:ed. Miss C. Hayes gave Handel's recitative, "0, worse than death," followed by the air, " Angels ever bright and fair ;" this was sung with mach softness and beauty. Handel's grand chorus, " Righteous H " was followed by the air, " Sanctum et terribile" (Perielesi), by Pischek ; there are passage' in this melody of exceeding beauty ; they received the fullest justice at the handset this great artist. The prima donna, Sontag, sang with oonsummate ability Haydn'' well known air, " With verdure clod ; " and Mr. Sims Reeves followed with the equally will-known recitative from Han del, " Deeper and deeper still; " the first part of it might have been done better ; there was an absence of that sufficiency of ereprearioa which is essential to effect ; although in the latter part of the recitative Mr. Reeves to sage ex tent supplied the deficiency. The hall was tolerably well filled again this morning ; the company was not so numerous as yesterday, but it was larger than might have been anticipated. Amongst those present were Lord and Lady Guernsey, Robert Stephen son, Esq., M.P. ; Lord Sandy', Lord and Lady Fielding, Hon. Fred. Gough; the Miss Calthorpte and party; W. 8. Dnadale, Esq.; John Dogdale and party; Rev. William Graham; T. C. Whitmore, Eiq , M.P., and wty ; C. Newdegate, Req., and Mrs. Newderate ; The Dean of Worcester, Mrs. Peel and party ; Sir Thos. Have, Bart; Hon. and Rev. Chancellor Law; Hon. Mrs. Cuthbert; Sir J. East, M.P., and Lady Etat ,• J. H. Foley, Req.. M.P. ; Sir John Palmerton, M.P., anti party ; Lady Winnicifn and party; T. Whitmore Janes, Seq.; Lord Wrot and party ; Edward Holland, Flo. ; LW] Ashbrook ; L y Wilmot Horton; Mir Horton ; Sir Wal ter and Lady Caroline Stirling Hon. Francis Carson ; Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot and Ma Hon. Vivian. TO4lOllOl/ the Messiah is performed. This invariably waves the largest &tandem at this festival. The ressipte enTeesilay aiesalag mounted t 01,7991.13 in the evenly; the gem veseipla amounted to 4731. 3e. ; the ember ci peelions _pteenat being 115. This morning there was received heat Viee•Preeidesas• tickets, 1001. 18s. • other tickets, 6061. 17s. ; donations, 631. 10e. 2d. ; total, 7601. 35. 2d. There were 96 Tice-Presidents present, and 751 other persons, staking a total of 847. The gross amount of receipts up to this time is 3,0321.195. 4d. OUR REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM HEREFORD. The City of Hereford bas the advantage of an es sentially liberal constituency. Since the Reform Bill it has only on one occasion been represented by a tory, and he came in by the influence of corruption, ' and was expelled when he would bribe no longer. To a great extent Hereford is indebted for the inde pendence, it has been enabled to preserve to the spirit and energy of a single individual. We need scarcely say that we refer to the estimable Colon e l E. B. Clive, who represented this city in parliament for nearly 20 years. Col. Clive's connexion with Hereford commenced in 1828, when he came forward to rescue the electorate from the domination of a close corporation. The in fluence of that body had, for many year., enabled them to return one of the members fur the city. At the time referred to, Viscount Eastnor was their no minee. The corporation, however, fancied that it would be in their power to bring in a second man, and Mr. Blakemore, an iron master, now representing the City of Wells, was induced to offer himeelf as a candidate, in coojunction with Lord Eastnor. It required no ordinary amount of courage and ex penditure to defeat this attempt upon the indepen dence of the city. The franchise was then vested in some 1,250 freemen, resident and non-resident. To bring the non-residents from London and other parts to this distant county was sure to occasion an enor mous outlay. Colonel Clive, however, threw himself gallantly into the breech. A tremendous struggle ensued. The poll was kept open 14 days, the fell time allowed by law ; upwards of 12,0001. was ex pended by the Whigs and as much more by the conser vatives in bringing down and maintaining voters ; but nlimately Colonel Clive defeated his opponent& and the corporation, the numbers at the cl ems being—for Lord Runner, 687; Colonel Clive, 453 ; Mr. Blakemore, 438. Majority for Clive, 15. With a majority so narrow, it is probable that th e tories would have con s id ere d themselves justified in trying the chances again at the general election fol lowing. That election occurred, however, in 1830, and it happened that in that year Mr. Blakemore was High Sheriff of the coun.y, and consequeutlyunable stand to for Hereford. H e o ff ere d hi mse If in that year Lr the county of Nene, but was unable to obtain his return. At the election of 1831 the tide of popu larity set too strongly in favour of the whip, to afford a tory any chance; so it occurred on both these occa sion, that Lord Esstnor and Mr. Clive came in with out further opposition of any sort. The Reform Bill annihilated the vote, of the non residents, and the influence of the old corporation of the city. The liberals bad s cured a second candi date in the poison of Mr. Itobert Biddulph, the backer, of Charteg-crost, whose family belong to this county, and whose father had contested Hertfordshire in the independent interest some years previously. A circumstance occurred, however, at this time which had nearly thrown Hereford into the hands of the tories. The registration had b:en entrusted by the liberals to a city solicitor, who had appointed a clot k in his office expressly to attend to it. At the critical moment this clerk, who had signed all the liberal objections, at se on ded. It was pretty clearly established afterwards that he bad been inveigled away by some tories in the town, who looked to the success of a menceuvre of this kind as their only chance of succeeding at the first reform election. The fade were not discovered in time to adm't of any re paration of the defeat ; but this only served to make the triumph over toryism, which was subsequently obtained, infinitely m ore ffective and complete. Upon the strength of the defective registration the tories again brought forward Mr. Blakemore. They found, however, that the trick they had practised in hones to bring him in was likely very meterially to I contribute to his defeat. The liberals, deeply incensed,' were determined to keep him out. They raised the spirit of the town, and every available roan polled, with zeal and pre mptitude. There were only five votes lest in plumping on the liberal side, and, at the close, it appeared that the tories were beaten by an unexpectedly large majority—the numbers being: for Clive, 392; Buidulph, 380; and fur Blakemore, only 245. In 1833 another °attest took place, between the Fame parties, which was attended by the same result, though the whig majority was much diminished. This was the last occasion on which Mr. Rlakenewe coutested Hereford. Very shortly after he obtained a snug seat Lr the little constituency of Wells. At the general election of 1837, the Ilerefurd twice brought forward another candidate. This was a Mr. Highford Ilu r, of Clayton-hall, a county gentleman of some pos•essions, who was taken in hand by the hiei tory interest of Hereford. There happened at this time to be a Protestant Conservative Association in the city, of which the dean, Dr. Merewether, was vies president. This association published an address wilt reference to tie election, which address Dr. Mere wether signed. It had probably very little effect on the election, but it had very great effect on Dr. Mere wether's fortunes. Mr. Burr, as we have said, came to Hereford pre pared to win. It wee known from eircumaisoces that had occurred in 1833 that there were a body of voters in the town prepared to vote for msney. Mr. Bid dulph, antecedently to the election, made known to his committee, that amongst this or any other class of voters he would not spend a single sixpence beyond the legal and constitutional expenses. The other side. perhaps, were richer; and they certainly were much less sciupulone. 3,0001. was expended by Mr. Barr in this contest, and he got in by a majority of 10, the numbers being for Clive, 444 ; Burr, 430 ; Biddulph, 420. This election might have given rise to a peti tion, but Mr. Biddulph would not be at the expense connected with it. He bade farewell to public life and Hereford, and left the toners to make the most of their ill-won triumph. Very shortly after this election the Bishop of Here ford, Dr. Grey, died. It devolved upon Lord Mel bourne to make the new appointment to the see. Dean Merewether went up to London to beg urgently that it might be coeferred upon him. He had been premis.d a bishopric, be said, by Ring William the Fourth ; he had never been opposed to the reform party, in times peat, end in future he was quite willing be anything the premier wished if he would only grant him the desire of his heart. Lord Melbourne, always kind and goodaatnred, was pre possessed by Mr. Dean's manner, and inclined to regard the claims he advanced with some considera tion. It occurred to him, however, to consult a gen tleman connected with Hereford concerning Dr. Me rewether and his views, religious and political. With respect to the first, the gentleman in qnesti:in left the noble viscount to judge for himself; with regard to the second, he forwarded to him for his information a copy of a Herefordshire county newspaper, contain ing the address of the Protestant Conservative Asso ciation, signed "John Merewether, D.D., Dean and Vice-President." The present Archbishop of York obtained the mitre, and " John Merewether, D.D., Vice-President," remained a dean. T..e next general election occurred in 1841. Mr. Biddulph having ceased to be a candidate, the liberals had to obtain a second man. Throurh the introduc tion of Sir Josiah Goes', Mr. H. W. Hobhonse, a banker at Bath, was brought to Hereford. Mr. Burr, who had bled so freely previously, was on this occa sion not prepared, or not disposed to bleed again. The numbers polled very clearly demonstrated what was the relative strength of the party which supported him with bribery and without it. In 1837 he had 430 votes; in 1841 he only obtained 308, whilst his opponents polled for Clive 531, end for Hobhouse 500. To show that there was no exten sive bribery on the other side on this occasion, it is stated that their gross expenses were 1,5001.; a great part of which has hales, front some peculiar circum stances, on the party in the town. Bat we must proceed to mooed the 'bare taken by the dean in this Hereford election. We have already narrated how he lost one bishopric. We have now to tell how he lost his chance of obtaining another. It may be imagined that his disappointment in 1837 did not make him more friendly to the whige. In '4l, inch d, there was no good reason why he Aionld support them, for it was clear thst the next vacant bishopric would fall into the gift of Sir Robert PeeL What could the Dean of Hereford do better, under such circumstances, than support the conservative candidate to the utmost of his power far more energetically than he had ever doze be fore ? There was at this time in Hereford a hatter of the name of Bannister. He had awn who was a Proba tioner in the Choir of Hereford C►thedral. Here is a copy of an affidavit which he made before the magis trates of Hereford on the 24th of June, 1841. William Banister, of theiparish of St. Peter, in the city of Hereford, hatter, saith, that on Monday week last, or on the Tuesday, I was asked by Mr. Clive to vote for him, and I promised him directly; and On that day (Turailey), I was canvassed by Mr. Rebhan'', het I did net promise him. Oa the next day Dr. Twiallson (now Lord Bay and Bele), asked me for my vote f r Mr. Hobbouee, and I thee pro mised to vote for Mr. II hhonee. Yesterday, the Dean of Hereford called on me, antl•taid, " Yon bare a vote ?" and I said, " Yee, I have ;" and after talking to me on the sub ject of the awn laws, be said, " Have you not a son. a probationer in the choir r. And I rtid, " Yes, ' , lr." Ho then asked me to give a vote to Mr. Barr. I told him I bad promised the other two candidates, arid that I had done so because I did not consider it would interfere with my boy. He said, "I saw your wife yesterd, and told h er that your am was not elected, and you w i find it will not do unless you support Mr. Barr, the conservative can didate. I replied, • I should be very sorry to do anything to injure Any eon, and if I am com Felled by you to vote, I shall give Mr. Burr one vote, and leave the other in the bands of my employer," The dean replied, "If yen give nne vote to Mr. Burr, of coons yon will give the oth er t o Mr. Clive, and not aMr. Hubhonso, who is a stranger to the pleas ;•• the dean at the same time stated to me that Ito held a situation tinder the Queen, and that he had left Lon don purposely to vote a plumper for Mr. Burr, and to use what influence he had for him. This was William Bannister's statement. Upon seeing it, Mr. Hobhouse immediately wrote upon the subject to Dr. Twisleton, who happened then to be the canon in residence. Dr. Twisleton replied to him like a clergyman and a gentleman. He informed him that he had seen Bannister, and had assured him that " the interests of his eon should not suffer at the hands of the dean and chapter for the vote he was conscientiously desirous to give." He added: I should truly be ashamed tr bele, g to any dean and ehapter, who were likely to visit with vengeance no a son the rencientioua vote which a father had given, and I think lan undertake to say that such will not be the case. The declaration of Bannister, and the letter of the canon in residence, having been laid before " the Very Reverend th e Dean," the Very Reverend the Dean wrote Mr. Hobhome a long letter thereupon, in which he stated, first, that Bannister's statement was " grossly false, as he could prove in many men tal particulars," and in which, sect die, be ad monished "Canon Twisleton" alter the codemptuous Manner following: This part of the matter is entirely irrelevant to that re lating to Canon Twialeton's interference. The declaration made on hie part was entirely gratuitous, and wholly unau thorised by the body to which he his been very recently ad mitted, end consequently was not only not binding can any one of them, but had the effect of misleading the prr.on to whom it related, and who was represented to have filt him self to have been so misled, being desirous of adopting a different course. Mr. Hubhonse rejoired to this: All I ask is, that Mr. Bannister, an elector of this city, be permitted to exercise his elective franchise accorling to his known prioeipin and actual wishes, without prejudiee to his son's pro.pects front the dean and chapter, of whose in terference he is apprehensive, in consequence of what he un derstands you to have said to him. Perhaps you will think it right to give me a decided answer, one way or the other, to this question. You will of course reputli As Dr. Twisleton's sentiments an behalf of the De►n and Chapter as you think proper. Then there followed a sarcastic hit so delicate and yet so keen that it might almnit have come from poor Lord Mt lbourne himself: I have casually said that you might be neural in the pre sent nontest ' • and as many common friends and other p a rti e s in Hertford hare described you to me as not rpposed to the reform party, you will, I trust, pardon my =steles in this Topton. On, Renn Dickson Hampden, Regius Professor and Bishop of Hereford, if in the wear 1811 you had only had a vision cf the interior or Baer Church in 1818, what would you not have done to have checked this correspondence? And, oh, John Merewether, " dean and vice-president," if you could only have foreseen who would be in office when the see of Hereford next fell vacant, would you not have burnt your right hand off ere you had permit'ed it to write a line about Bill Bannister, the radical hatter, whose vote you thus endeavoured ins ft easily to coerce ? The Dean of Heref‘rd remains a dean. The Dean of Hereford will die a dein. No churchman in his day has played a bolder game, nor is there one who has placed himself in check more Incite ntly or in upportunely. But farewell to the dean ; he deserves and meets no pity, The unfortunate failure of Hobhouse's Bath bank occur , ed within a few months a'ter this election. Mr. Pulsforti, a relative of Mr. Hayte es, was reaom mended by the Reform Club, and brought forward to supply the vacancy. The torit s found a candidate in Mr. Edward Griffi,h, of Lugwardinci, a county neighs two, but he had none of " the essential elements" of en c?se, and was beaten by nearly 150 vote s. In 1845 Mr. E. B. Clive, the old and faithful friend of Hereford, paid the debt of nature. Sir Robert Price, a former member for the county, was elected without opposition to succeed him. It was about this time that some unhappy circumstances occurred which incapacitated Mr. Polsfoid from attending to his public duties. In anticipation of a general elec tion, a son of Colon 1 Clive presented himself to the electors. His return was supposed to be certain, but a somewhat singular circumstance prevented it. Mr. Clive had been one of the magis trates at our me'ropolittn police courts. Just before the parliament war. dioolved, he had obtained promotion to a jud.erhip in a county court. It was discovered, just at the right time, that this later appointment would operate to incapacitate the person holding it fur any seat in parliament. Mr. (live was consequently obliged to resign, much, we need not say, to his own regret, and still more to the regret of the Hereford eh Mors. One or two candidates presented themselves after this : amongst others Mr. Sergeant Glover, who made some sad mistakes, and ultimately left the city. The candidate whom the liberals at last .elected was a Mr. Chit ford, chairman of the Herefordshire Quarter See , sions, Deputy Lieutenant, and, u he himself informs us, Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the Mon mouthshire Militia, In this tremendous personage we believe it has been found that the men of Hereford have made a sad mistake. In fact, neither of the present representatives in any way exhibits the feel ings of the city. Hereford is in advance of whig grey ; Messrs. Price and Cliff and bring up the very rear of the lagging ministerialist& Neither Wand the slightest chance of being re turned again, unless, indeed, circumstances greatly alter, or their parliamentary conduct ie materially changed. There has been one source of corruption amongst the constituency of Hereford to which, b lore con cluding, it is necessary to allude. The city is blest with a great variety of charities, of every conceivable sort and kind. Some of these are administered by the dean and chapter, some by trustees, a few are paroc'eial, but a very large num ber are in the gift of the corporation. Now it has been found at elections that the poorer voters have been greatly influenced by the hopes and expectations certain parties held out to them of either obtaining for themselves or for their friends the ad vantage of these charities. Much ill-feeling was thereby excited; so much so, that at length it was found:necessary to agree upon a scheme whereby the right of nominating to some of the foundations has been equally divided between the whigs and twin, each administering the charity alternately. It was the only way, it seemed, to meet the evil. Of Hereford generally we are bound to speak with much respect. The constituency is large, liberal, and enlightened. The bass electioneering practices are confined to a comparative few. These practices have never been resorted to by the independent party. To poll within a huldred of the liberals the tories of this city must boy or subsidise the poorer voters. There are two circumstances that probably will deter them from attempting such a thing again ; first of all the coat, and next the prospect of conviction. This is one of the constituenc ea in which the Treating Act of 1841 has operated beneficially. CaErsrow HownctimrsAL Socurry.—Trtz CUP MM.—The autumnal show of the Chepstow Rerticultural firchey took place on Tuesday, and it being " The Cap Day," on which occasion three measly. silver cups are awarded by the tremors to the best growers of dahliss, fuchsias, sad roses, an unusually large concourse of spectators were attracted to this beautiful little town. From an early hour of the moaning strangers continued to pour in from the adjacent villages, as well as from Newport, Cardiff. Monmouth, liar/ford, Bristol, Bath, and other towns sad cities. The competition at this show being thrown open to all England in gener.aly very spirited, while the prizes being of some considerable value grower+ are induced to come from distant parts of Monmouthshire sod the neighbouring ocean.. Lin to exhibit specimens of their culture. For the conveni entre of parties residing in Bath.Cbippenbam, and the districts adjoining, the Great Western Railway Company ran special railway trains, while st•ara•packets plied from Bristol C ,e vj 1. diff, &e., sad steamed up th e beautiful " sil ~ «. e f 1",,,.- go, adorned with colours and erowded by living freigh ,tt ' '''''''-',.;., 0 " exhibition of fruits and flowers took plans amid the i e # of the ands missile by permistion of the Duke of ;„,„6, ~i ,(4-` The three silver cups were won b the folloaing • • • ' At _.,, —Factsias :W. Brice, Erg., Clifton ; Dahlias : .., 4; • ) ,•:°>l Drummond, Bath ; Rom; Messrs. Curds and Co., . 1 4••••• • Nursery, near Bristol. : , L. 4. "4(4' 4 v :i