The Express. — London, England, 1867-08-12 00:00:00

. I Po ~'~^.; gong 4 1: \ .1 ',.• - • • 4., ; In!l,o°°eC t - 1 0 ._/X • ; 1 N 0.6,557.3 OD ROUTE. COMMUNICATION -1 Lot to INDIA, AGSTRALLt. the via &OM, ..o.i.ton and Marseilles.—The PENINSULAR and 'IL:I.'I • I I:All NAVIGATION COMPANY BOOK ! cargo and Pamela for Gibraltar. Malta, Egypt, , • %Itutraa, Calcutta, the Straits, China, and Japan , ).‘ thrtr steamers learina Southampton on the Bth .ery mouth ; for Gibraltar. Stalin, Egypt, Aden, • • : • those of the 11th and 77th of each mouth ; and 1,,....30utp1, Melbourne, and Sydney, by the steamer ; ..;:.uopton ou the Bah of every month.—The steamers v r•••;Ilre on the Sth, Itth, Seth, and 78th of the month.— , r rartietdars apply at the Collllllllly. Omces Loudon, E.C. ; or Orleatalplace, Beath a. I.NIAN LINK—The LIVERPOOL, NEW and PHILADELPHIA STEAMSHIP COMPANY .;,dching their full-powered Clyde-built ken screw • ..ar)ing the United States' Mails, calling at Queens , •on the following day, to take on hoard p oemPassen h.", and with Uherty to caU at as Intermediate ort: """ et aOF ANTWERP, Wednesday, Augusts. 1, N I. Saturday, August 12. ~;11 uF ItOSION, Wednesday, August 21. N 13114:11, Saturday, August 24. And *very Wednesday and Saturday. ra,lge by the mail steamers sailing every Wednesday, y . !' guineas, according to the accommodation . F o rw a rd !n.les a full supply of cooked provisions. Passengers 441.1.4 i and the I. cited states booked through on very advan w. trrms. —Fur further particslars apply W WILLIAM •NNI '24 Wateratrent, Liverpool; and to SaYMI and MACEY, Ku, Oilliuunatreet, London. BRE3lRN.—Direct Route to Hanover Bruns k, and Central Germany.—Thi North Hanlon Liorl's tr3t-claas screw steamer ADLYJL Captain KUHLKEIt, lespatched on THURSDAY, Aug. 15, calling at Ilackwall (miter Pennitting% at 12 soon.—larosto Bressai at sad Al; U'l. tb.keta, £3 and Al IN.—Apply at CHAPLIN'S Universal Recent-ctreun W.: or to PHILLIPPS, OBAVU, PHIL Lill and Cu., St. Dunstan's-house, tkoss-lane, that Tower- C,et. LC. !IioTTER DA AI and the RHINE.—The favourite .t. saw r 6 kTkVI ER leaves lleanswick Pler, lilackwall. It 1,1 V, at I I a.m. Paasengers must leave Fenchurch ,...,: ..7. 1 1...tt by the 10.30 um. train, and walk on board. ...—rl haves from off the Tower every Thursday morning L • at CII AKIN'S ruivenal Mice, W., or to GRAVIOn. PHILLIPN and Co., St. Dunstan's tireat Towerutraet. KC. cnVEDEN aml BACK in seven days from I. 4oioll. allowing 3.5 boars In Sweden—This is an oppor r..;) ti.3l. Way Na embraced by the renowned twin screw % a. r tl %In , VICK. LEIGII, appointed to sail on I: i :u.t from the Wekt Lodi& Dock hew', for GOTII MN Bl.' RG, , alt.. mate sutunlay as heretofore weather permitting). ...euz,r , will likewise End this a most Interesting route to ittoobt, an.l should make early applications for r ,b. Fart, N. (k.thehlaVit. #.3 Ss. and Ed 2a. return, ES 14s. .:. I EL —Apply atCIIIAPLIN'S (Mice &smut , IV . or to I'll I LLIPPS, °nava, PIIILLIPPS and Co., Cross-lane. Great Tower-80w. . 3 f ARO ATE and RAMSGATE. SALOON 1 •TI:.1%1 ER. ALB F.P.T VICTOR, every TVZSDAV, Than sntanlay, In.in swan Pier, above Looden•bridge, at It taming to bahl.on every Monday Wednesday, and in - !vim,/ Ramsgate at II a.aa, and llirgate at moon. CRVSTAL PALACE—City Companies, Firms, CIO*, or Schools, deArous of bathos their Al. 14 NKR or TEAS at the Crystal Palace are ropasted appl% tor terms to I.LI:TH ANI awl ROBERT& Refreshaseat Department. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. %leesehet Director. )Zr. Y. Strange.) Three Ballets, 200 Nu Instrumentalists, Singers, Acrubats, Mimics - labs Telegrams, Saloons, Supper-room. Lavatories, s. kw, Evening Paper; 10 Orchestral Pieces Every Nat. Hero at lialf.past Seven, begin at Eight. Prices—la, is sad : Reserved Seats, 43. Private Boxes, from Al la. tootice open Elm-en to lour. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 218, High Holborn.—The mod apcfous and brilliantly.decorsted 3o R.-nt. and the best Fond fn London. OPEN for cONCERT IN.; EVERY IMMO. Musical Director, Mr. W. 1f I krr. Open at halt-[yd : aloe as IL Admission. Or-ached, Is. it ANT detached VILLA RESIDENCE to 1., LLT or SOLD, in a beautiful epee and select locality, L t containing ten excellent rooms In beautiful order, gas Lions/3-M. and Venetian blinds. Randomise lawn. Rent 70 -.lw-a- for three or seven years; or purchase, S5O guineas. Only cruel rent. First rate title and long lease. ASOO can ro ma —Amity to Mr. WM. 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Chemists, ITT, New Hond-street, London, and of ell other demists throughout the world. TOUT and RHEUMATISM.—The excruciating ‘O.l pain of gout or rheumatism fa quickly relieved and cured !a kw da y by that celebrated medicine, BLAIR'S 00UT and RHEUMATIC PILLS. "t 7 c ert ain traint of diet or confinement daring their Of LW are to prevent the disease attacking any vital let .1.1 by all medicine Tendon at Is. and 2s. 9.1. per box, ditained through any chemist IRE NEW NOVEL. REPRINTED FROM " BELGRAVIA." In 2 vols., at all libraries. CIRCE.- SEElocm OMNIEV3 ACCIDENT AT CAMDEN-TOWN. - Vtsterday afternoon an omnibus, laden with passengers, bast of whom are more or less seriously injured, was upset a i , oidington, reseen t, Camden-town. The omnibus be hird to the line of the London General Omnibus Corn running between the Eagle, Camden-town, and the uphant and Castle, via Great College-street to Xing's lt!`t. At the time of the accident the vehicle was tilled . zule an d out w i t h passengers. In turning the sharp Amer into Werington-street the omnibus was seen to Lke a midden swing, aEd it instantly fell over on its off with a frightful crash, and amidst the cries and Ere-thif of the passengers, those inside being mostly /r..,les. The horses were thrown over by the shock, end •• coachman and outside passengers lay sprawling about ronl in all directions. Mr. Claremont, surgeon, of 111 . , ......k -house, Hampstead-road, whose surgery is at the " , r , r of harington-street and the Crowndale-road, close ,! the scene of accident, happened to be on a visit to a . k.,-nt in the C rescen t , an d w i tness i ng t h e occurrence l ost time in endeavouring to extricate the inside passeng ers, f of wh om were f a i nt i ng and covered with bloo d from 41 ti culled by the smashing of the glass windows. One isl lady had a frightful gash across one of her cheeks. tloit o f the passengers inside had got into the omnibus at 4,11 ,;a - crow, and were on visits to friends in the vicinity 't siuden and Kenti s h t owns . Th e dangerous nature of , not has often been pointed out, and frequent acci nl, hove been known to happen there. An examina -49 of the omnibus, which was much shattered, showed vt..4 s.is the cause of the disaster. The o ff hind )l.4 wai completely crushed, hut it WWI without doubt Fe- ectly rotten and wholly unfit for use. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (azurra's nuicasms.) ACCIDENT TO COUNT BISMARCK. BERLIN, AUGUST 11. While returning to Berlin, yesterday, Count Bismarck met with an accident at one of the stCions on the line, the door of the carriage in which he was sitting being accidentally closed upon several of his fingers. The hand is temporarily dis abled, but it is hoped that it will speedily be re stored. THE CROWN PRINCE OF PRUSSIA. NISDROY, Arousr 10, Evils's°. The Crown Prince and Princess leave here for Berlin on Tuesday next. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, AUCCST 10, ECM:MCC. The official Evenieg Post says :—" The state ment that the proportion of the state debt to be assumed by Hungary will be 30 per cent., is simply the expression of a private opinion." The Emperor Napoleon will, it is believed, arrive at Salaburg on the 18th inst. ITALY. FLORENCE, AUGUST IL In to-day's sitting of the senate, the debate on thu Church Property Conversion lldll was re sumed. Signor Rattazzi said he would not recapi tulate the political and legal arguments in favour of the bill, but would confine himself to speaking of the financial operation. The government, he said, never had any intention of alienating the Rentes constituting a portion of the ecclesiastical property. He demonstrated the impossibility of making any fresh issue of consolidated Rente, on account of the low rate of the quotation of Ita lian stock, but the government, he said, would make a further issue of bonds to be subscribed for in Italy. He believed that there were sufficient resources in the country for these bonds to be taken up without recourse being had to foreign assist ance. The issue of the bonds would be made gradually, so as to facilitate their acquisition by small capitalists, and the church property would be sold in small lots to prevent its falling into the hands of a largo company. Signor Rattazzi hoped that the ecclesiastical property would realise high prices, and he concluded by expressing his firm conviction that Italy would be able to meet unaided all her financial requirements, thus emancipating herself front the control of foreign capital. The general debate on the bill then closed. FRANCE. PARIS, AUGUST 11, EVIORNO. The Etaidard of this evening says :—" The Moniker of the 15th inst. will make known some important decisions of the government which are likely to meet with great favour in public opi nion." Some experiments in firing were made yesterday at the camp of Chalons by order of the Emperor. The Prefect of the department of Haute Vienne has been atunmoned to Paris to furnish explana t;ons respecting some steps which have been taken against a schoolmaster named Milhaguel, on account of his having been converted to protes tantism. FRANCE AND MEXICO. PARIS, Acorn 11. A telegram has been received here by the govern ment from M. Dano, the French Minister in Mexico, dated the %Oth July, in which he an nounces that unless any unforeseen event happened he should be in a position to start for France in a few days. VISIT OF TM KING OF THE BELGIANS TO QUEEN VICTORIA. OSTEND, Avatar 10, Emma. The King leaves to-morrow for the Isle of Wight on a visit to Queen Victoria. His Majesty will make a stay of five days. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Amcor 10, Eviumm. King George of Greece and the Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna leave on Sunday next for Paris and London. Thence they will return to Copenhagen, and at the end of August they will pro ceed to St. Petersburg. AMERICA. (IT ATLANTIC TILZONAPR.) NEW YORK, Atrovs? 10, 6 P.M. The jury empannelled to try Surratt for com plicity in the assassination of President Lincoln have not been able to agree upon a verdict, and have been dismissed. Closing prices : Cold, 140. Sterling exchange on London, 1091 t. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1131 Illinois, 119 ; Erie, 70.1. Cotton, middling Up land, 24. PHILADELPHIA, AOOUST 10. Petroleum, standard white, 28. Thu telegram arrived In London at 815 p.m. on Sunday. The death is announced of Madame Victories Sardou, wife of the celebrated French dramatic author. The . Guion steamer Minnesota. from New York on the 31st ult., arrived at Queenstown at 12.50 a.m. yesterday (Sundap, with 150 passengers, whom she landed, and proceeded immediately for Liverpool. SOUTHAMPTON, Aucrse 10.—The New York and Bremen steamer Atlantic, from New York on the 28th ult., has arrived hero with 103 passengers and a large cargo. On the 31st ult. she spoke the ship Rienzi; Bth inst., the steamer Caribbean ; and on the 10th, the Bremen barque Amaranth. Her news has been anticipated. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAItsEILLF.S, AUGUsT 11.—The Bangalore arrived et noon to-day. The mails leave for London at 2.30 j2.m. THE NVEsT COAST or AFRICA MAILS.—The African Royal Mail Company's steamer Athenian, Captain Davies, sailed from the Mersey on Saturday last with the mails, passengers, and a full cargo for Madeira, Sierra Leone, Cape Palmas, Accra, Lagos, - Bonny, Fernando Po, and Cameroon/. The Athenian carried out twenty-five negroes and negresscs, who are now going home to Africa after years of bondage under the Spanish rule in Cuba. They all seemed to be well cared for—the women being dressed in light attire, which set off their dark tea time to advantage. Both the men and the women spoke Spanish very fluently, and appeared quite overjoyed at the hopes of once more seeing their old homes in Africa. A fine old fellow, with white curly hair and beard, wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat, appeared to be the family man, all his orders, given in Spanish, being promptly attended to by his followers. FOUNDERING OF THE STEAMER WEARMOUTH..-.- Intelligence has reached Messrs. Jonassohn and Elliot, Sunderland, the owners of the Wearmoutb, that a portion of the vessel', stem is now seen on the Tiller Sand. The disaster has made widows of twelve women and orphans of thirty children. The number of lives lost in the wreck is sixteen, being one more than was at first supposed, the addition being the son of William Gowland, Dunning. street, Bishopwearmouth, one of the seamen, a lad of 18 beears of age, who went the voyage with his father for the nefit of his health. Three of the widows expert to be confined at no distant date. THE VoLVNTEERS. —The annual inspection of the lit Middlesex Artillery took place on Saturday even ing on the parade ground of the Wellington Barracks, St. James's-park. The Tower Hamlets (Stoke Newington Companies) gave f z ., Cre in the grounds of the Rev. Mr. Horton, at Upper ton, in aid of the band and other funds of the corps. n addition to a Itichanison's show and other entertainments in the style of the Dramatic College Mt, there were a variety o f athletic sports, in. chiding a half-mile race for a silver cup ; a 200 yards race for a tankard, open to all comers ; a hurdle race for • tankard, by volunteers only ; throwing the hammer, put ting the stone, three legged races, jumping in sacks, &c. All these entertainments were carried out under the ma. nagement of a committee of the corps. The second prize contest of the London Irish Volunteers came off at the government range, Milton-upon-Gravesend, on Saturday. The prizes were very numerous. WILLcoi AND Whitt.`SEWING seam h stronger and lew liable to rip in use or wear than the leckwtitch. '—" Judges' Report," at the "Grand Trial." Send for the " Report," and samples of work, containing both kinds of stitches on the aims inee• of goods.—W. end G. & PI. Company. 124. laponFalmat.—(Admailmonann) RAILWAY. • r‘k tios from tnin •1 It. au , .1 to 1,410 .43;1.. b. o tg con roponthng leb Keno.' of inter-it on the .e t fvr th e tlisith: 11. -i1.111.4, then:yew:lth oi tl • rt.% unite ACC I ht the IkTWiCk unt 1....t.t0tt. Riot/. t Z u 7 11. 7 tLe t 1.. t•it the (2 4/ Iv.uiil,, account, it.ti.ottres the tlirtl, th.clait•tt an the onli t t° ,,' I% in ; ; the I..tl.utcys kill-p..4r, viz. : ovr Kittll‘v r. 11111,11. LliTnUnt • . • 17 11 ., • . • • 2.1A. t . I/ lit 71 -23 __ ... .; country has not been in a apony has been Specially . or by 0 strike of their rio innise in the price paid Li e ` e tel of oinitt at 4 - these eitcumstances, met Ls as usual, 'wen cliar i a.i. lolitnrc on capital account,: results of the hallo o . ir I! It sittisfaction. Of til t preference stock crest,. Imbleis in March 1,4, i -0 i iO.l to this date. iii of the extension liu Rat the cottieany's lin. .1 . ,,c , ••1 there, has recent! lit their last report U. ot found it necetAary t , ••i.,11 ..1 parliament; an, ll i: V holders that with., .t.ity committee they b a r ;e. tits, of the conipsii,' ly to be effected by to:-.. it.. The auditors of tl.i s t t, which is appended to t 4ieeti the subject ti. ir, o s }toe no hesitati o n .it, a the accounts in ti. in a initisfuctury m anner, ii of audit is adopt I. till, leport without 1.4.0.• t of a Loge te ijority o f tno rt I.:VII. That 1. - Vvilt. ~,,. tfie recollection the y to enter tutu :my tiet retteil that a nteit ll by a body of loco, fhr A long• thou in the r. of hii;ll wages. The the bliareholdera that .n-t. nee was rendered .111 r. largely connecttal with tha :testa of the district, .11011 eir SCil2Ol, of the zed ~1111 ly ' s unit:yrs and servant, oil tutors were enabled to e. , u. ‘ely little incunNeuitta, tai retaie all the diniculti., he ETS. —There Mx Len ten- lan tax cud retilled arc t.lll. .1 Ile tall..wmnrket wt..> n pan-r 1 of parr el tts. 9.1 ..o/ 16% rlitln r, 104. 3.1 t. • N.. ..r t' 4 .1 , 160. '4J : arriv:.L I 1..1t. 4'. t• 494. to.. aia.l itolcii..r. I . It rottott market i.e. feature. Na 4 still- • ?lam - heater the rreeitlt .1 the daily tle-bautl fret . . at the full average rat. • •i Veil iry, it let %eel. - • I•1:•till freely 0.1:, • 11. MO Karl, C Ran,' • I NOV Vrk ad.;. Anterieuta COMA. tmclll r or 04Chlit. 4144.14:4. WO 4 furti r' t.. ~Jet ate rxteusiv.- ..ttere.l . prieva have beet. . _ . . For Noyrna the denauol tram.. Wm., reported ntait) of East , offer., kill., w races* of flat thin, • 'on 01 1 per lb. and 11.. I. en made to etre. ~,h v ask 1,49 nnI•111.0 bale+ We have kat afa is main, 4temly, at the .o.e I. of hieh e...atio are for eats ire the Odlcant .01.4.110 , 114 tn.( 12J. . walala 10,IJ. It. ruts? 9—The market h price,. nr yarn. made fr•n lit :instate of Ku, is asked nu has I.l'ol dune The marl, f• 3. thuligh tliv pri. e. The touletie) tirn market beim: stronger, i , n, lidve been etlrtled. ti re out orders at full ►rims. au fen have been made Oran u has been small, less than b ationi have relieved >t.s•kr u•ut in achiret tout. Cal, until aging to buyers here. 9.—ltaln has fallen heavily this, with a low Lemuel-Alen Ls einunteitm4l In the week with line weather. 'lb prouTess to he slow Istkel th the weatfurr. but have. I.ev re about the soma as heb weer 11311 supply of whoa 4wr nca hr weather flue. Ilea wiles k market was well attea•l+d wheat there was a good ~.... of Id. to gd per eental ..n tht requent at es.treun• Wel further improvenaeut of 6.1 t,•tter qualities of oat.. am Ight kinds were 1.1. per hada, ulgetl. Egyptian be:lti..4l pi angel Marley and umlt uu vbeat trade is quiet. but seri the scluity supra), Is r.ithci prices. —'.' ym. 14i. Wstl l s En' :nd llxawrll, I. Cal.: ‘l.llt Ilct of Lyotia. las. \t alk I. ; N..itrll Cannel Gas, I.rt at market.."..: sold, tt ICTURNS. - Pas- Ilea , Total, Tots omen, chaudlas. 1887. ISO L 24,146 37,123 7 , 2 :7.05:1 2.1414 2,u7i ISO 1,210 .2,3,3 30,074 43,4:4 ~ ; ..152 19,063 3:404 L'',Oti 611 1,677 16 13 I‘l L 0 30 4,1 1 Lill I ' 4l , 7,716 21),:til •34,31 0 130. SS, AND DEATHS. +urrey, the wife of Getittolle, tile Wife ei atklicath park, Kett, the trl t. rra,e, pekpato, Ira, rkda, the wife of l'Apta ,ITI JJ JJ .;tun, uf a 1041. 1G ES. .t St. Jame; A, Weylorldt;e. a d s , •t, wl the late W. Alle t till. to I , :lizabeth SI ail, tlaugli Wo hedge. at ,tChurch. MiliiruSll the Key. W. Praiii-father, A , i;mt I.tte A D. Aellk, u/ Ali-trait& •t. Marks, Ilanaltaa.t el F "with, a ilanuliter 01 T. It. tfhert 'HS. th. the wife of R A. ReITS OO I ho aged n 3. whiow of J. KAI ~n4wall. W. G. Landon. Ea' r-aquare. London. J. Pomo e.hall, Flizton. (aocaohtr`•. • cao.mbury, !la/ M I , JAN 6lito HALM el i f '''. ot WWI" Mawr, as Ja• praises of wmt,seriars. 1 1 I rt%%4 LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1867. FRANCE. THE FONTAINEBLEAU MURDER. (nom oua OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, ELLTURDAT intirnia. • The Fontainebleau murder case, the first news of which caused such a sensation in May last, came on for trial yesterday at the Assize Court of the little town of Melun, famous for its corn market, and as the cradle, in connection with corn, of the Drouyn do Lhuys family. The presiding judge, M. Dubarle, of the Imperial Court of Paris, re ceived upwards of 3,000 applications for tickets of admission, but as the court cannot hold more than 300 people, he was necessarily obliged to *fuse most of the applicants. As it was, the notabilities of Melun, little used to excitement, were on the qui tire, and many ladies in grand t"ilctle were in seats behind the bench as well as in the body of the court. M. Lachaud appeared for the prisoner ; M. Dupuy, of the Paris bar, appeared as pantie cieile to sustain the ar , es.fiun on the part of the relatives of the murdered Woman. The facts dis closed by the indiament and thd 'accusation are extraordinary and dramatic in the highest degree, and will give the Fontainebleau murder a place in the causes eMbres on a level with the cases of Caataing and Madame Lafarge. The accused, a woman 35 years of age, born at Sainte Colombe la Campage, near Evreux, in the department of the Eure, is named Mathilde Louise Alexandrine Frigard, tu'e Lebouia. Her father was a respect able country doctor, and her husband, M. Frigard, by whom she has some young children, was a silk .aercer at Caen, but lately failed. She is a little woman, with no pretenaions to beauty, high shouldered and almost deformed, with thin light brown hair disclosing many bald places, but with a face betraying much nervous energy and great intelligence. On taking her place in the dock, it was observed that she showed not the least emo tion, neither did she throughout the day, except that her face was frequently suffused with a red flush. She wore a shabby-genteel dress, coquet tishly put on. Her gown—said to be the same she wore on the day of the murder—was an alpaca, of a faded yellow colour ; the re porters call it fettille marte. Over this was a black silk mantle. Her bonnet was of the modern fashion—a little patch on the top of the head—with a voilet and beads in front. Her kid gloves were manifestly old, but she frequently pulled down over them a pair of rather handsome lace manchettes. Before the proceedings began she tallied frequently to her counsel, M. Lachaud, and always with a smiling countenance. The presiding judge called the attention of the jury to a plan of the Forest of Fontainebleau which they would find useful to refer to in the course of the trial. The indictment, or acts d'aecuaatioa was thenread. The case made by it is as follows : The deceased, whose maiden name was Sidonia Margaret Dussart, was of Belgian origin. She married a M. Mertens, a carrier, who died at Boulogne-sur-Mer on January 28, 1861. Since she became a widow, this woman was very light in her conduct. Her last residence was in Paris, Rue de Laval-prolong•Se, where she lived with a M. Bur det. Madame Mertens having received the price of a business which she sold, deposited a sum of 7,500 f. on Marsh 25, 1867 with the Comptoir d'Escompte, and on May 1 she paid another sum of 500 f. into Lecuyer's bank. In February, 1867, Madame Mertens was introduced by a general agent (agent arafraires) to the prisoner, whose hus band had been in the silk trade at Caen, and was a bankrupt. In December, 1866, the prisoner came to Paris with only 300 f. in her pocket to seek her fortune. She made various efforts to find some one who would advance her a sufficient sum to purchase a business, and at length she got introduced to Madame Mertens. Having ascer tained what money Madame Mertens possessed, she resolved to make her serve ber purpose, and, as far back as the beginning of April, 1867, she said to an agent d'affaires that she knew a young woman who had 8,000 f., and that she could turn her round her finger. Sh ortly afterwards the woman Frigard opened negotiations for the purchase of an Italian warehouse, No. 34, Rue Montholon, belonging to M. and Madame Perrot. The price agreedupon was 9,500 f., and a sum of WOOL was to be paid down. The prisoner must have known that she could not reckon upon Madame Mertens to advance her that sum because the latter was about to ,invest her money in the purchase of a lodg ing-house, and moreover she had received unfavourable answers to her inquiries about the prisoner. Nevertheless the woman Frigard resolved to get possession of the 7,500 f. which Madame Mertens had lodged with the Comptoir d'Escompte. Taking advantage of the familiar relations established between them, owing to the huntetues complaisances by which the woman Frigard aided the irregular life of Madame Mertens, the prisoner got hold of one of the blank printed receipts which the Comptoir d'Escompte h a d given to Madame Mertens, in case of her wish ing to draw out part of her deposit. She filled up in a disguised hand a draft for 4,000 f., signed it " Emile Mertens," and on Aprills, 1867, obtained payment for this draft at the Comptoir d'Escompte office. A week afterwards, and on April 22, she paid 1,500 f. to M. and Madame Perrot on account of the purchase-money of the Italian warehouse. An expert in hand-writing gives evidence that the receipt is a forgery, and that the forgery was committed by the prisoner. The instruction, moreover, has demonstrated, in spite of the pri soner's ase declarations, that she was in posses sion at this period of a large sum of money for which she cannot account. When she came to Paris she had but 300 f. In the beginning of 1867 she lived miserably by the aid of small loans. But after April 15 she paid 1,500 f. to the Perrots, sent 300 f. to her husband, bought jewellery to the amount of 370 f., and spent money freely in dinners, carriages, and amusements in company with MadameMertens. It was agreed with the Perrots that the prisoner was to take possession of the shop in the Rue Montholon on aM sth, but only on payment of a further instalment of 3,500 f. on that day. How did the prisoner expect to provide herself with that sum? By another forgery on the Comptoir d'Escompte for the balance of 3,500 f. yet remaining there ; but inasmuch as Madame Mer tens could not fail shortly to discover the robbery, she determined to put her out of the way. The first act showing the murderous resolution of the prisoner was the purchase, on May 3rd, of a six barrelled revolver and a box of cartridges at Lefan cheux's gunshop. She admits that she loaded the revolver as soon as she bought it. On May 5 she solicited and obtained from the Perrots an enlarge ment of the time for paying the 3,500 f. from May 5 to May 9. By the latter day her crime was accom plished ; Madame Mertens laid murdered in the depth of a hollow in Fontainebleau Forest, and while nobody knew what had become of her, the woman Frigard got possession of all her money, and completed the purchase of the shop from the Perrots. What fol lows will show by what means the prisoner achieved this result. After the 15th of April her attentions to Madame Mertens redoubled. She took her out constantly to restaurants, gave her delicate dinners, and induced her to drink wines which always brought on a strange kind of drowsi ness. On May 7 she proposed a trip to Fontaine bleau, safing that a little change would do her good. The two women arrived at Fontainebleau at seven in the evening of that day, and passed the night at the Hotel de France et d'Angleterre. A letter written by Madame Mertens to aM. Las serre, dated Tuesday, May 7, at eleven in the evening, leaves no doubt as to the object of the journey in her mind. The next day, May 8, at 7 a.m., the two women took a carnage for a ride in the forest. The coachman took them, according to his own idea of the spots they would like to see, to Mont-Chauvet, the Solle Valley, and finally to Franchard, where there is a restaurant. There, at half-past ten, they discharged the carriage and 'ordered breakfast. Madame Mertens was in high health and spirits. At about half-past twelve, after having walked about in the environs of the restaurant, they asked their way to return to Fon tainebleau on foot. They paired by the Bosquet du Roi, and were lg.t sight of at the cross-roads of the Croix-de-Franchart. At about 4 o'clock the woman Frigard returned alone to the Hotel de Franca et d'Angleterre. She inquired if her friend had come in, and on being answered in the negative, said she had lost her in the forest. She then said she should doubtless find her at the railway station, and added, it was not the first time they had parted company when out together. With a view of making believe she had no money upon her, she tikfor the address of a jeweller. M. Prat's ras mentioned to her, and there she obtained 40 franca on the deposit of a brooch. M. Prat took her name and address from the envelope of a letter which she showed him. On her return to the hotel she ordered dinner, but ate scarcely any thing, and seemed absent and uneasy. She paid the bill, amounting to 32f. 15c., and while paying it the waiter saw a bank note of 100 f. in her porte monnaie. She left for Paris by the quarter past sic train. For several days following persons going along the Mont Fessart road, leading to the road de Fleury au Bouquet-du-Roi, observed, at a point distant about three kilometres from Fontainebleau, a woman lying on the grass, about twenty five yards off the road, her bead con cealed by a parasol. At last, on May 13, some one who bad seen her in the same position more than once, suspected something wrong, went off the road to see closer, and found a corpse in a state of decomposition. The body was lying on the back, the , right, hand clutched a handful of grass, which seemed to have been torn up in the agony of dying convulsions. The face, eaten by worms, was frightfully dis fi gured. This corpse was t hat of Madame Mertens. She was recog nised by her dress, and several other signs, as one of the two women who came to the hotel at Fon tainebleau on May 7. She had on hers gold chain and several jewels ; but her portemonnaie, in which there was at least 300 fr. when she left Paris, con tained only ten centimes. Her keys— g ry of her lodgings and the key of the strong bo hich she kept her money and papers—were ' The position of her bonnet, gloves, and fan showed that death must have surprised her in her sleep. The medical men appointed to examine the body report that the death was not natural. The tongue was swollen and squeezed tightly by the teeth. There were eochymose spots on the pleura, and sanguine effusions on the anterior part of the stomach. The conclusion from these symptoms is that 'she must have been suffocated by a simultaneous pressure on the neck with the hand and on the epigastrium with the knee. The state of the undigested food in the stomach showed that the assassination must have taken place about an hour lifter her repast at the Franchart restaurant. Her companion was easily found in Paris thanks to the address given to the jeweller Prat. In answer to the first questions put to her the woman Frigard produced an alleged partnership deed, executed between her sad IlisaMestens, bb xistue of which the after was to advance her a sum of 5,000 f. for the pur chase of the business in the Rue Montholon. She pretended that on May 7, before going to Fon tainebleau, Madame Mertens gave her a draft signed for 3,500 f. on the Comptoir d'Escompte. She did indeed cash a draft on the Comptoir d'Escompte, and with the money so received she paid the instalment to the Perrota on May 10th. Besides this alleged deed of partnership, which , singular to relate contained a receipt for the 3,500 f. i signed by the prisoner, and also a receipt from the agent d'affaires Barielle, there were found in the prisoner's possession the receipt of the Comptoir d'Escompte, given to Madame Mertens on March 29th, acknowledging the deposit of 7,500 f. two blank forms of receipts with Madame Me;:tens' name written at the top, and also the receipt of the banking house Lecuyer for the 500 f. de posited by Madame Mertens on May Ist. The revolver and cartridges bought on May 3rd were also found in the prisoner's lodgings. The facts that took place were these :—After having strangled i Madame Mertens in her sleep, the prisoner took out of her portemonnaie the gold and the 100 f. note which it contained. She also took her keys. On her return to Paris in the evening of May 8, she went at once to Madame Mertens' lodgings in the Rue Laval, walked upstairs without being noticed by the concierge, let herself in, opened the strong box, and took out the receipts and papers found in ; her possession. On that very evening she told the I Parrots that she bad the money she was to pay to them, but did not show it to them. The next day, May 9, she called at the house in the Rue Laval, and asked the concierge whether Madame Mertens ; had come home, saying at the same time that she ; had parted company with her in Paris, giving a rendezvous for the next day. On that 9th of May the prisoner presented at the Comptoir d'Escompte a draft signed "Veuve Emile Mertens" for 3,500 f., and received the money. On May 10 she took pos session of the shop in the Rue Montholon, having paid through the hands of Barielle, the agent d'affaires, the 3,500 f. due to the Perrots. The experts attest that the deed of partnership, the alleged duplicate of which is nowhere to be found, was forged by the prisoner. The signature, " Sidonia Mertens," and the words " read and approved" preceding it, are forgeries, and in the handwriting of the prisoner. In order to struggle against the evidence which accuses her the pri soner has introduced on the scene an imaginary personage, to whom she gives the name of Williams. According to her Madame Mertens only went to Fontainebleau in order to meet this Williams. They did meet him, the prisoner says, near the Fran chart restaurant ; she withdrew in order to leave Madame Mertens and Williams alone ; and not seeing anything of them after an hour and a half's waiting, she went back alone to Fontainebleau. By incredible efforts of imagination the prisoner endeavours to make out that this Williams was the author not only of the murder, but of the forgeries. Now, no trace of any such individual can be found at Fontainebleau ; and, moreover, the prisoner was seen with Madame Mertens alone in the forest, at a spot beyond that at which she says they met Williams. The rest of the aete d'accusation contains formal charges of murder and forgery with reference to the articles in the Code Napoleon under which the indictment is framed. The examination of the p-isoner by the presiding judge occupied several hours, and, as usual in French trials, much extra neous matter was entered into. The substance of her statement, in answer to his questions, was as follows :—Had been in the habit of travelling on her husband's business, who was a silk mercer. Had two children that she loved dearly. Her hus band was good-tempered, and very good to her. (The judge here said it was only due to the pri soner to say that he had heard a very good charac ter of her. Her conduct as a woman till she came to Paris had been beyond reproach.) If she had been accused of interfering too much in her hus band's business, it was because, after his failure, she thought the official assignee bore hardly upon him, and she had remonstrated. Had had some [ disputes with her mother about her father's A. •to :;:111d [TWOPENCE [STAMPED, 14, THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY. - -- . property, but was not bad friends with her. , (Letters from the mother were read, reproaching her for spending too much money.) Explained that . At the tenth half-yearly general meeting of the she had been in the habit of • g a revolver proprietors of the Great Eastern Company, to be held at because somebody had once threat. ned to kill her. aha tug o b o e T m lir , ez i e ste ozThursda w y, the report of the dirty. hich the following is an Had practised shooting at pigeons with a pistol. I extract : (The judge said this was not a feraining amuse- I "In the hot half-yearly report it was intimated to ment.) Had left Caen after her husband's, the nrePtieters that the directors And been requested bankruptcy, because it was very herd to live poor it_ , nyite the 00 - o Peeetion ef Mr. Laing, M.P. , and in rebruary eer l e art le h e et ' lit ed the tke helf-Yeerly f or the held in a place where one had been known as rich. tul ' Admitted having once written to an English pose of attending to the j faunae of the un i l s i tuk . lb g e . Px: company that a scienti fi c friend of here had in- g was unfortunately unable it el• mere tha n t float • vented a compass which would point to gold and portion of the debenture capital on the plan of providing a ezien the I 52 years. When th e _ issue of debentu r e _ r silver instead of the North Pole, and offering winking fund of half per cent. f o rth. red empt i on of t h e to recover a vessel which went down on the debti by M . Wag, proved to be English coast sixty Tears ago with twenty-nine cedy partially sueseast was demised advisable to solicit : millions of dollars. Had practised magnetism at an interview with the la holders of or dinary and pre ' Caen, and. had been consulted about searching for forme stock . This toolrpleoe on the 16 th of March of the directors as to th e y best course to by panned, The Some treasure in the forest of Creveneur. At this meeting a committee was appoieted to confer with Denied that after the bankruptcy she had ender OOm the directors met frequently, and the voured to secrete 7,000 francs' worth of ailk. Had holders moat handsomely pemposia to take ' said of the man who accused her of it, "Oh ! lam er e :e s t= stock in lieu of sash for their dividends not the daughter of a Gorman for nothing, and I for four years. This weal bays raised a b ou t 1,500,00 0 /. will plunge a dagger in his !mark It war not true An r u ination was made toparliament to raise 1,500,0004 that ahe was the daughter of, a Corsican, but she (S ures :4 d and debenture t ° ttitektimafh the the etileinc h d e ehee* pricier' are aware that this bill wo e rejected by the Lot had said that. (The prisonet's husband, who was present, here said something, and the judge committee of the Rouse al Commons . The direct or had ordered him out of court. But on M. Lachaud reason to believe that one o f th e causes o f t h e rejection of ' saying that the husband and the. moth er had' this bill war the fact that th e comm itt ee cons i dered the come in order to negative the report that "mum sought to be raised 'as not drip enough to relieve her !elation", and bill ion the hesitation of the public' to take the 1 the company from its difficnities failure of this the prisoner was abandoned by 1 that he would undertake that be would not disturb y's debentures, and consequently, w h en , on the holders. the proceedings again, the judge allowed • • . to ! e at ri s ly 80,000/. of the or di nar y debenture. became due, remain.) Admitted that in order v rat the the would not renew them The company having wine, she had said there was 'poison ..- . .t 'TR..... for s receiver seizure by creditors of about twen , ' . 41. * ' .. of Xs means sdebentuse providing ilcl a capital to take them upoltlf re ef the tolls applied line te , th wt e lic C :L tt e court granted It was wrong to have said eo-L-it w - • The on the tad July ; but the court authorised the receiver to wine was thrown out in colleague . : ahe pas the interest on the comp ray's d e b entures as is beie had said. when she came to P • . :„„ , . r due. Under these circumstances the directors convened a a rd piad July aa lan aharinac t. At th a is fara mee tie t:n a g pp re ii. . 1866, ahe had brought 1,200 f. with' but ad meeting of the whole body of the preference proprietors, had the misfortune to lose a pureewith •1 • or • • solt i o w ns ee h w e e ld re en ad 3 (The Judge—There is not a word of this in e 1 'Aden to parliament for the raising of three millions of i instruction.) Had told the Fontainebleau Jud ' bebenture stock upon terms of awarding a greater control Instruction of the lose. Admitted • t rer the affair sof the company to the preference pro i while possessing only 300 f., she had . 'eters. The bill was accordingly re.committed, and the porliament, and awaits the ts are happy to inform the proprietors that it has traded to pay 75,000 f. fur an hotel, but t ee .. pained both houses of was at the instigation of an agent d'affaires, w Tema wont. A copy of the bill was lent to every pro had since been convicted of swindling. Admit motor of the company. The 3,000,0001. authorised to be having attempted various other apecidations. W. m its rift:es. The debts to be paid are to be proved I created by this act will be sufficient to relieve the company first introduced to Madame Mertens as a perso . who wanted a_partner. She was a very ligh the % Cart C hancery , under th e Priviak" of 4" act • gs cannot it, the company without the woman. After M. Mertens' death she married nation of three-fourths in value of the two classes of Englishman named Kelly, but left him at the pegiptesee stocks, guaranteed andunguarenteed, at sepe - th such 000uld no church door ; and got divorced from him in Bel- rots t tumid eetinp nsent w t prevent the payment convened specially for the p ur po se ; b u t as • glum two years later, on the ground of informality. e of th preference divid en d s , The prisoner p ,000,000/. in ri to all roceeded to allege that she had acted but the p ority preference holder without dividend. fee some as a procuress for Madame Mertens, and had re- yetis, d feel satisfied this consent will be given. oeived large sums of money from her lovers. In Althou at first sight it may appear that the charge in particular she said that a certain Count Leo, respect of the newdebenture stock, amounting to 165,0001. who lived at the Grand Hotel, had pace a year including the redemptionfund, will bean additional given her I,ooof. by mistake, and ___ i _ i burden on the undertaking, th e case IA not so, for in point afterwards ' of fact interest upon the company', debts has been already told her she might keep it. It was very angreeenn, represented in the stomata by temporary loans, which at 1 she was aware, to have played the part that she did, the rate of interest paid thereon would represent nearly i but she did it for the sake of her children, and a million of the amount now authorised to be raised. If ' counting upon the ignorance of her children and t ti a ltir tre nTe h r te t e h: ite rvOi ene be male 4i:lK:ra te undo friends in the country of what she did in Paris. Additional Powers provisi o n of the p t •0 , but a sill; She had received money shaniefnlly r the sake proportion only of the new capital will become an addi of her children. Bad as her conduct been in bond charge against the general undertaking. The bill that respect it afforded no proof whate that ahe tivss=en to t It t with an Pe y w fu ere rthe te r ca th p e ital pref e e irierditu eh re w , eahendiderepro was likely to commit a murder. She persisted in Williams vides that when the separate meeting' of the preference the sthrY of her Williams . She s aid the"" -"°""' holders shall cease—that is to say, when the had garo t te d one tigh t is Rue ordinary stock receives three per cent, per annum de la Tour d'Auvergne, an that, aided by —the preference proprietors are to possess larger three other men, he dragged her into a powers of voting than th o se a ccor d e d to them house and interrogated her about Madame Mer- by t h e a Add i tional venuPee‘orfer:heAet of the preee at t le se t e o ei t e h e ei tens. He said to her he knew Mr. Kelly, that he n re cery, the directoeresmsucoyeertrecre gable obtaining wanted to marry again, and that the divorce was the appointment of the company's own officers as receivers Although Iff ll e th ha not good in England. Kelly, he said, had 3,0001. in the suit, thus obviating the payment of the usual five ue e on the part of creditor s ; n o inter sto protect the property of the company from p a year. (The judge said it had been ascertained per cent. commission. The directors have taken the noes. that Kelly had only 8001.) Madame Mertens had sassy st gone to Fontainebleau for no other purpose than as p und p reference ference can therefore take place in the working of the line. to meet Williams. The reasons given for her going Th e debenture i nterest w ill cont i nue to be regularly m id, iri letters to a lover of hers named Paul were - the &WHY of the tenet, as we se the *Mb et en true. Williams had whistled when near_ the • • - .... _ Franchart restaurant, and she had left Madame Mertens with him. She strenuously *Med all the forgeries, and said none of the clerkierthe Comp toir d'Escompte could identify her. iShe said the waiter at Fontainebleau was mistaken in saying she had a 100 fr. note about her when siterifitid the bill. She had only the 40frs. she got froni the jeweller for her brooch. leased lines." She answered all the questions with extraor- dinary coolness and great ingenuity, expressing herself like a well-educated woman. tip to the present time two death• have taken place from the railway accident at Bray. Three persons—a man named Donelly, and two women named Jordan and Williams—lie in • most critical state. At the inquest held on Saturday on the body of Mr. Murphy, the ooroner's jury found that the accident occurred from some defect in the perm ament way, but that they had not sufficient evi dence to enable them to say what the defect was. At Tralee assizes, on Saturday, Captain Moriarty was convicted of treason felony, and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude ; Noonan was sentenced to ten years, sad two others to five years each. Tag ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. —The annual general meeting of the fellows of the Royal Botanical So ciety took place in the Botanic Museum of the society, on Saturday, in the gardens, Regent's.park ; Sir W. Stirling, Bart., presided, and a considerable number of fellows and members of the society were present. Mr. J. D. Sowerby, the secretary, presented and read the annual report, which stated that, notwithstanding the severe cold weather in the early part of the last winter, which tended greatly to injure the more tender shrubs and even several trees, the milder spring and frequent rains had to a great eztent restored them, and generally the plants in the va rious departments of the gardens look as healthy as ever, and the professors and students had been well supplied with specimens for study. But the weather, which in some respects was favourable to the growth of plants, had much interfered with the attendance of visitors on exhibi tion days. The collection of tropical economic plants is yearly extending and becoming of greater interest. Specimens of most of the East and West Indian fruit trees are now in "vigorous growth ;" one of the latest additions to the collection, more especially worthy of being men tioned is the mangrove, a well-known tree in tropical countries, where it thrives on the sea shore, growing partly in the water, and by raising the ground, gradually drives the sea back, and extending after the manner of the banyan tree, covers vast tracts of salt mm eh in the vicinity of the ocean. Its peculiar habits have heretofore prevented the importation of living specimens, but after several failures Mr. Silver has succeeded in obtaining for the society young plants in a healthy state, by packing them in a case so con structed as to keep the soil in the peculiar position suited to their growth, and sanguine hopes were entertained that' eventually they would succeed in the cultivation of this curious plant. The number of students attending for morning study had been 16.1, including nine ladies, besides those who attended Professor Bentley'slectures and demon strations. The total receipts during the year had amounted to 8,1471. 10s. Rd., and the payments to 7,1311. 10.. 4d. The report having been unanimously adopted, the Earl De la Warr was elected president for the ensuing year, and a ballot having taken place for the election of council and other officers, a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE UNDERGROCND RAIL wAT. —On Saturday Dr. Lankester held an inquest on the body of Sarah Dobner. aged 56, who died at the Bishop's road station of the Metropolitan Railway, on Tuesday. The deceased, while riding on the Metropolitan Line from King's-cross to Paddington, had complained of great difliculty of breathing, and while waiting for a Great Western train at Paddington she (lied. Mr. Anderson, one of the surgeons at St. Mary's Hospital, who made the post mortem examination, said the deceased was labouring under disease of the bronchial gland, and undoubtedly the suffocating air of the Underground Railway had accele rated death. The coroner said he had himself experienced the depressing effect of the railway, and avoided it as much as possible. The tunnels and stations should be well ventilated, but be supposed that would not be done until some shocking loss of life from suffocation had oc curred. The jury returned a verdict of " Death from natural causes, accelerated by the suffocating atmosphere of the Underground Railway." HEALTH RESTORED BY Du BARRY'S FOOD TO THS erOnactl, nerves, lungs, and liver of old and young. caring dyspepsia (Indigestion:, COWI dlarrhas, acidity, head ache, hysteria, libation, sleeplessness. debility. wasting, so , asthma, fevers, conampttoe, low spirits. 60,0110 annual curse which had resisted all asdtdw. locludiug that of his Holiness the Pope.—Tins, at Is. lid.; Ilb., Es. at.: ; 24Th.. 405.—Du Thirty and Co.. 77, Rerentatreet, London abs at 61, Oraoschurchotreet ; 4, : 66 and ICA Oadord-alatal: sad all pears and allaolata. vertbanada.l THE MEAT SUPPLY OF LONDON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXPRESS. a,—Permit me through the medium of your columns to call the attention of members of parliament and the public to an attempt that is now being male to create a monstrous monopoly in the supply of meat for the vast population of the metropolis, and, in fact, the country at large. The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Bill, which is now pasting through committee in the House of Commons, has for its object the continuance and enlargement of the powers of the Privy Council to make regulation by orders in council for the landing and disposal, by slaughter or otherwiee, of all animals coming from abroad. A t present the regulations affecting the importation of cattle into London are :—All animals are landed at places hemmed by the Privy Council, and are then retained in quarantine for twelve hours, at the expiration of which they are carefully examined by government veterinary inspectors, and if found free from disease are taken under a license direct by railway to the Metropolitan Cattle Market ; but if any an foand to be suffering from disease, the whole cargo is slaughtered on the wharf. The owners of those that go to the Metropolitan Cattle Market enjoy the advantage of having their animals offered for sale in a fair and open market in public competition, and where oil the buyers of London go to make their purchases. Every animal after having been in the market must be slaughtered within seven days, and is not permitted to pus away into the country. A pass, permitting the ani mals to he taken anywhere within the boundary of the metropolitan district, is given to each purchaser in the cattle market, stating the number of animals, the letter and number of license under which they came into the market, and the place to which they are to be taken for slaughter. The above, with the exception of the quaran tine and veterinary examination, also apply to English animals ; thus there is no fear of rinderpest or other cattle diseases being conveyed to the stock and herds of the British farmer. The bill, as introduced by the govern ment, proposes to continue these regulations, uud gives the Lords of the Privy Council power to make such other re gulation as they may deem advisable ; but notice has been given by Mr. Corrance of an amendment (which I have reason to believe will be supported by the county Mem. bees), making it compulsory for all animals coming from abroad for the food of the people to be slaughtered at the landing place. The effect of this clause, if carried, will be greatly to enhance the price of meat, for there can be no doubt of there being a loss of at least 30s. per bend on cattle slaughtered at the landing place, inasmuch as the retail butcher. will lose the sale of a great portion of the offal, have no control over the manner in which the animals are slaughtered, and incur great expense in going to and. from the place of slaughter. ' The trance why this attempt is being made to put restriction on the importation of foreign cattle is to pl..ce the entire monopoly of the supply of live animals for the metropolis in the hands of the English producer, or if not successful in that, to obtain a higher price from the con sular. I trust the enlightened members of the conservative party will not be dragged through the mire by that wen= of it who seem not to have forgotten what they called the balmy days of protection, and who seize every opportunity to return to it. It must be understood this is not a question of cattle plague, for the present regulations have killed th.it ; and by degrees those regulations, I have no doubt, will be greatly relaxed, for the people demand food at the cheapest pouille price it can be procured, and are not prepared to give up the well tried and successful legislation of the late Sir Robert Peel in 1610. Representatives of large consti tuencies and the liberal members of the house should be .starrytt,g the to e th bil eir i pi " n it ci s p un les dz d . s e up e po t rlt e he are gov u e n rn . ii i.us ient is upwards of 600 cattle salesmen and butchers in the metro polis having petitioned the House of Coninious in its favour, and thus enable the people of this country to have the advantage of obtaining ailr food from all parts of the world without restriction, and at the cheapest possible price.— I ern, Lc., THOS. RC DK IN, Chairman of the Markets Committee of the Corporation of London. 17, Newgate-street. William Smith, a Liverpool cotton dealer, was on Saturday committed for trial on a charge of haling in his pout three samples of cotton that hail been stolen on the previous day from a lad, who had been sent with. the cotton to Old Hall-street by his employer, lUr. George Helder, cotton merehant. On Saturday one of the wheels of a carriage on the London and South Western Railway took fire moon after leaving the Woking station. Several of the less• aengers who discovered the smoke cried out to the engine driver and guard to stop the train, out their voices wens not heard. On arriving at the next station the nuriago was then taken off. It was stated that the oil pan had not been property supplied with greas► G