The Express. — London, England, 1865-11-25 00:00:00

•T the deed has been completed to Induce juries to act upon evidence, however cogent. They natu rally feel that, unless some trustworthy lefties has actually been present, or unless some fact which is inconsistent with innocence 1 has been proved, th e responsibility of pro ' n tu oun b c e ing tuu s verdict urred. Buotf when the th is e victim still serisss survives, and when the question which re mains to be determined is • question of intention, the responsibility becomes still more grievous. There are some cases, no doubt, in which the in tention is tolerably obvious ; if, for instance, a man, after declaring that he intended to blow up • house, were found with a lighted match in one of the cellars close to a barrel of gunpowder wh ite of had secretly placed there, his intention would pro bably be admitted. But if a lad, under " the " pangs of despised love," were suddenly to attack the woman who had jilted him with a razor which in the heat of passion he had taken from his pocket, there are few jurymen who would pronounce that murder was intended, if the result of such • verdict would be an execution. In such a case it is just possible that the distracted lover might have no definite intention whatever. It is certain that, unless the intention were made clear beyond a doubt, no juryman would feel bound to pronounce a verdict of guilty. But let the penalty be reduced from death to penal servitude, and to the juryman the case assumes a new aspect. He has no fear that even if he should be mistaken his mistake will be irretrievable. When the criminal is executed there is no room for repentance. The decree is final. Under the milder code • jury man has no difficulty in applying his judg ment without fear of consequences. It is one thing to pronounce • judgment which may be over ruled; it is another to prouounoe a judgment which cannot be set aside. But even if the old law had continued, and if the jury had brought in a ver dict of guilty, their courage would have availed' nothing, for the HOME Becusizav must have inter fered. Unless, therefore, the penalty attached to attempts at murder had been modified, it is not improbable that the wretched man MURFH Y, instead of having to auger for his uncontrolled passion, might have escaped altogether. There is, indeed, another alternative : he might have been punished, but the sympathy excited in his behalf, as • criminal condemned to death, would have done more injury to the administration of justice than if he had escaped scot free. It is better policy to in flict a lighter punishment with the sanction of public opinion than to attempt to inflict • heavier I punishment, and to fail in the attempt. OUR CONTEMPORARIES• THERE is no truer maxim than this, that punish ments by their excessive severity impede instead of promoting justice. If the professional lawyers who preside in criminal courts were not merely to control the proceedings and to explain the law, but to pronounce judgment upon the facts proved and to award the punishment, there would pro bably be little difficulty in obtaining the services of men willing enough to administer a code of law however Draconian. But when the people them selves administer the law as they do, where trial by jury exists, they prefer to pronounce a verdict of acquittal rather than incur the responsibility of subjecting a criminal to what appears to them an excessive punishment. The penalties attached to particular crimes must be approved of by common opinion, or means will infallibly be found to evade the fulfilment of obligations which are considered too onereus. The annals of criminal courts furnish conclusive proofs of the truth of these principles. It was long, indeed, before lawyers and legislators could be brought to the opinion that the penalties attached to crimes might be too severe ; but since they have acknow ledged the principle, experience has shown that leniency, instead of ercouraging crime, has only rendered punishment more certain. The case of JAMES MURPHY ; who was tried on Thursday last before Mr. Justice BYLER for at tempting to murder MARY ANN JENNINGS, furnishes an excellent illustration of the principle to which reference has been made. It appears that MURPHY was a fruit salesman in Covent-garden. He had been in the habit of con sorting with a young barmaid—JENNlNGS—with whom be was desperately in love. About three weeks before the 29th of October last Miss J&NNINGS broke off the courtship, which was evidently a severe blow to MURPHY ; and about half-past 10 o'clock on Sunday, the 29th, MURPHY met his sweetheart, and insisted upon her coming with him. This being refused, he pulled out a razor, and, while the girl's friend ran for aid, dragged her across the road, threw her down, and with the razor which he had taken from his pocket began cutting her across the face. " When he threw me," she told the Court, "he said he would "do for me ;' and I said, For GOD'S sake, JEN, " don't kill me, forthe sake of my poor mother !'" She was rescued, and taken to the Charing-cross Hospital. Her story was amply confirmed by the young woman who was with her, and by a barman and two policemen who came to her assistance. As to the facts, therefore, there could be no possi bility of doubt. The only point in dispute was the intent with which MURPHY was acting at the moment when he made the attack. It is obvious that the Judge had some misgivings as to the course which the jury might take, for he reminded them that whilst "the prisoner's life was not in any danger " under the present state of the law," the case was must important both to him and to the public. To the prisoner it was important, because "an " attempt to commit murder was • much more " serious offence than an attempt to do grievous " bodily harm," and the punishment was much more severe. To the public it was important, be cause " when two courses were left to a jury, it " behoved them not to attempt to slur over a crime, " whatever it might be." It is true that the facts were undisputed, and that the Judge suc ceeded in persuading the jury to return a verdict against the prisoner of attempting to murder the woman. But surely any one who has watched the state of public opinion as to capital punishment of late years, and who remembers the various cases which have tried the nerves of the Home Snots- TAR; must admit that, unless the old law had been changed, the possibility of obtaining the con viction of MURPHY for the more serious offence would have been doubtful. Assume for mo ment that if MURPHY had been convicted of an attempt to murder his sweetheart he would have been executed. It is difficult enough even when (THIS DAY.) MIL FOESTEE, 11. P., AHD THE BILLDFOHD REFORM MEETING. Mr. Forster, the hon. member for Bradford, is the subject of two articles in the Times, the Ana dealing with his acceptance of the office of Coder Secretary of State for the Colman, and the second with his reform speech to his constituents. The Times thinks very highly of Mr. Gosebee, but objects to Mr. Forster that his oratory wants the style which a university education would give, and which prevents a man from being too easily utiafied with his own efforts. Both recruita are of extreme politics, but nobody supposes the government will conform its opinions to theirs, and it is just possible that, as with Lord Palmerston's cabinet, the more radical the appoint ment of Berl Russell's subordinates the more eonserrative may be the action of his government. The office of Vier President of the Board of Trade ought to be abolished alto gether, on the simple ground that there is not work enough , or the President alone ; and the presence of the teder•Secre• WY of State for the Colonies in the Commons can only be defended on the ground that its head is in the other House of Parliament. Both hos. gentlemen must be content, at say rate, to remain silent for a while, and keep their opi nions in abeyance, and it is satisfactory to think that office will cure them of most of their peculiar views, and that they will quit their official position with ideas very differest from those with which they entered it. As to Mr. Forster's reform speech, be does sot suggest one single good thing reform is to do. The Tuna would be only too glad to see all sides and all clause seriously at work apon this subject of reform, but it cannot close its eyes to the great probability—net to say the certainty— that the first propositioo will be fetid to the ministry that makes it. The proposer of reform has • halter round his neck. The port thinks it iv not going too far to assume for certain that any measure answering to the expectations which Mr. Forster has allowed to escape from his lips would be either rejected or materially modified. Practically, what Mr. Forster propoes is to place tke conservatives in office with an ulterior object in view. He takes the House of Commons to be a political chess-hoard. This, however , is a greet mistake. The conservatives would have the pme in their bands, and they could only lose it by consummate folly. They would do precisely what the country required ; they would take the very course the liberals era now expected to passe ; and they have no longer any traditions to impede their ProffrosL The Herald says the speech is nothing but a bid for place. It is one long gushing declaration of implicit coo. fidenee in the new Premier and bis colleagues. The appointment of !dr. Forster to a subordinate office would not commit the government to any policy, and in the extreme dearth of talent in the liberal ranks it could not find • more promising recruit. For the particular office in connexion with which his name is mentioned recent occurrences disqualify • man with hie 'prong fanatical opinions, but some place may doubtless be found in which be could display those business powers with which kis friends credit him, sad learn to grow ashamed of the crude absurdities in which he has been wont to indt at public meetings. The Telegraph invites the attention of timid politiciass, trimmers, and waverer' to the Bradford meeting, and to Mr. Forster's excellent speech. It is thoroughly in accordance with the hon. gentleman's nature that he should so frankly proclaim, on the eve of his se:eerier' to office, the exact quality of hie political creed, and that he should repeat with increased emphasis his promises of zudoue labour in the canoe of reform. The Ituesell•Glacletone ministry is this enabled to ascertain the presise character of its new ally ; and by surnmming him it gives another guarantee of its own sinoardy. THE CHURCHWAHD coNrawcr. The Daily News remarks that it is satisf *dory to fled the principle of the c mud of parliment over nubile con tracts vindicated by our courts. It is obvious that any other decision than the one which has been given in the Churchyard °sae would have abrogated ell it. powers of effectually restraining the application of the national funds. If contracts involving large permeate for a long term of years might be inbreed aphid g worriment, whatever the opinions and votes of the House of Commona, there would cease to be any means by which that body could control public expenditure ; and as contractors adapt their arrange moots to the understanding that in dealing with the go vernment they are only dealing with en agent whose under. t a kings are invalid until coofirmed by his principal, the ' decision is no hardship to them. The Post points oat the evil resections.s of a different rendering than Vast which has been given of the contract. If If.r. Churehward hai been employd by the govern- ment, notwithstanding the refusal of parliament to appro priate any sums of money for hie payment, the govern ment would have been acting in direct antagonism to the legislature. The House of Commons, on the one aide, as the guardian of the public purse, weed by formal mole- , I tion have decanted that a certain individual should non any longer be paid for services which he had been be the habit ' of rendering; whffe, on the other, the government would lave continued to repels at his heads the discherge lof those duties, knowing their inability to offer in return any remoneestion. To adopt such a course would, an the Chid Justice said, have been derogatory to the mown. The Herald takes the side of Mr. Chnrchward very warmly, lisebrieg that if tie precedent set by the present goeumesst is their dealings with Mr. Chorchwartl te to LIFEBOAT SERVICES . — During the storms el ths put twenty.two months the NATIONAL Lir& BOAT INSTITUTION, by its lifeboats and other means, tenth. hated to the sexing of 1,188 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended 1:37,38t to the sams period on its lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting .h 2 7 II as rewards. The Committee of the Institution earneetly APPIAL to the public for ASSISTANCE. to enable them to most the continued Miry demands on the lastitatiou s lit Lifeboat Stations. thintributirms ant received by the London and Country Hankins: l ar j b o Lthe Sectlt,ary, 1211-L. • Eoq., at the Institution, 1 'OEN BROODEN. 0114 AL GOLD CHAIN MAN IMPACTOR' grourrrA-STILLIT, DEIN BROODEN'S GOLD CHAINS. 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Mr. and bird HOVIIIIIIIII. —THE WATCH CRY. Mews. z Vedder, H. Widdicomb. ff. Emery, C. orman, Raymo.d. Fitpatrick, sad Clifford; Mao Elowortlay.— B N Mod OMIT CHICKWEED. BETTAI Me Erman°, KELM THE MIL PEARL DIEM —The D'Auban•-01mar, Inns of SclenliDe Opsulatta—WElt POW. • MOIL Yrs. & Lam HIGH HATED AT LONDON-BIIDGZ. TIM DAT Yarning. Yu ilat.....Aflarnoon. ab. 31nr. TO4tOSIOV—. Yarning. 812. 59m.....Aitarnaen. in. Tin. LONDON. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 'BESS, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1865. W often followea. English good faith will biome sTlkull• moos with pursue fides, and the doctrine of repadiation snit bs accepted as a principle reeephied by English states. men sad approved by Engliah judges. The Star observes that the government could not hays acted otherwise than it did, la 1863 it ab. stained from Wring any more money for this subsidy ; and it it had taken the other course it would certaialy have been defeated, and defeated as an accomary after the fact to a corrupt government oontract loads for the purpose of edultsratiog the oomposition of the House of Commons. Us emu WINDSOR CASTIA Nov. 24. The Queen, with Princess Helena, drove out yesterday afternoon. attended by the Hon. Entity Callbeart. The Orono Prises and Princess of Prussia, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, also drove out in a carriage and four. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Crown Prince and Prioress of Prussia, drove in the grounds this morning. The Duke of Nemonn and Princess Margaret of Orleans arrived at the Culla last night on a visit to her Majesty. Prinoe Edward of Sue Weimar also arrived at the Castle. The Duke of Nemours sad Princess Margaret took leave of her Majesty this morning, and left the Cutle for Clare rag CATTLE PLAGUE.. The serious inures of the cattle plague, as proved by the last retain, makes us look anxiously at the new agencies of cure which are proposed, and the Times thinks of the homurpathin method which is now to be formally tried, that at all events it has been followed with as much success r killing. We are at • dead lock, and may as well try homoeopathy as anything else, espe cially as the terms an so easy. Some one has said that "the faculty" would rather see all the cattle in England die outright of the plague than be cured by homoeopathy, but the rest o the world will not be of that o pinion. The regular practi f tioners hsve retired from the field, and it is now open to all corners. The Daily News says that though the figures may be larger the disease is net really growing more virulent, end that this is shown by the circumstance that the returns from eaoh district fluctuate much from week to week. The number of recoveries, too, is greatly incressiog. The consolidated orders furnish the public with a code better defined, and in some cases mitigated. Local authorities may now give directions that no fresh stook at all shall be brought within the district. It need not be pointed out bow seriously the power to issue such directions may affect sorra departments of trade. If they were generally carried mit they would, is feet, effect the recommendation of the commission, and cause a suspension of all dealing in cattle throughout the kingdom. But we must trust to the discretion of the "local autho rities" to use the power with ration. moot. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar also returued to London. Count (Reicher' visited the Queen to-day. The Hon. Lucy Ken a n d the Hoe. Mary LameUes have vacoc edad the Kam Emily Cathcart and the Hon. Monocle Seymour an Maids of Honour. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The ministers present ware— Earl !Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Arun, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Earl de Grey, the Chancellorof the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. - - Despatches Were received yesterday at the Colonial office from tke Governors of Canada and Vancouver's Tree PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALLS.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales have been so much gratified with their reception at Melford that they have determined upon remaining soother day. Their visit was to have terminated yesterday, but they have arranged to depart by the 11.20 a.m. train to-day, en route I for Sandringham. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will shortly visit Lord and Lady Suffield at Canton, Norfolk. The Prince and Princess are expected to arrive at Gunton on Monday, December 4, and will stop three or four days. They will not pus through Norwich, but will travel from Sandringham to Gunton rid Dereham. The Prince and Princess ware, it is said, driving out recently on their estate at Sandringham, when they met an old woman with a basket of shrimps. The Prince offered to purchase them, and asked the woman for what she would sell them. " Seven shillings and sixpence," was the reply. The shrimps were worth about a third of the money, but the Prince at once closed the bargain, and in. slated on taking the basket into the carriage with him. The old woman was well satisfied with her sale, and ex claimed, as she watched the retreating carriage, that the Prince was a " Good 'no." Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will shortly visit Lord and Lady Suffield at Gun ton, Norfolk. The Prince and Princes' are expected to arrive at Gunton on Monday, Dec. 4, and will atop three or four days. They will not pus through Norwich, but will travel from Sandringham to Gunton rid Dershaso. The Duke of Devonshire is surrounded by a family circle at Chatsworth, Derbyshire. The Marquis of Hartington, M.P., left Devon shire House yesterday, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Manchester at Rimbolton Castle, Hunts. We (Times) have reason to believe that Lord Augustus Loftm, at present minister at Munich, will succeed Lord Napier as ambassador at Berlin. The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh is giving close attention to the affairs of his estate at Elvedon, Thetford, Norfolk, the runagemeat of which he has in great part taken into his own hands. The Dean of Westminster will preach at the re , opening of the Chapel Royal, Savoy-street, to-morrow morning. THE WEEKLY PRESS. The Saturday Review complains of Governor Eyre'. report that it scarcely furnishes the faintest explanatioe of the nature or motives of the disturbances in Jamaica. It is more occupied with a recital of his owe exploit. than in communicating facts which would give an excuse for the wholesale executions. The sect ifice of nine or ten insurgents foe etch loyal victim indicates rather unreasoning panic than calm sternness in the administration of justice. A readiness to hang every suspected negro is no proof of executive vigour. The governor seems incapable, as in Dr. Usderhfirs cue, in his attempts to account for a feeling of disaffection, of distinguishing between remote causes slid deliberate incentives to; rebellioe. The extra vagant injustice of the charge against Dr. Uoderhill throws a doubt co the jail.. of the sentence on Gordon. It is absurdly unjust to treat a popular orator as the author of a crime which some may trace to his exciting rhetoric. At all events the governor should have subbed the Collenialofface and the English patios to jade* of the names for the soutance of the court. The inference that the negro race is incapable of civilisation is at least premature. Paul Bogle and his associates are not worse than Fenian', and Mr. Gordon showed that Africa* blood is not inconsistent with occupations which eves when they are culpably pursued beloog essentially to civilised life. The Spectator wishes that Mr. Forster had been offered • higher office. Mr. Forster, it says, hes a singularly large influence over two classes over whom apparently it would not be possible for the same man to exercise inflames at all —the conservativesand the admixed radicals. His tact in catching the temper of the house, his frank and manly tows, jibe entire &bunco of bit terness in his antagonism, and the heartiness of his blows, have gained him the thorough respect of the opposition ; and his genuine sympathy with all those who labour under any sort of injustice, or even social de pression, has won the fall confidence of the more advanced liberals. He has. strong judgment, and something like a suppressed enthusiasm under its control, which give his speeches great force out of the House as well u in it. With a chief in the Lower House to answer for his department, the greatest advantage of Mr. Forster's unquestionable power will be lost to the liberal party. On the Jamaica question the Spectator says if England is to come out of this matter without a permanent stein upon her honour and her jutios, we must have a searching in vestigation into all its circumstances, and, should present appearances be confirmed, an immediate censure on those principally responsible. If there is any vestige of good faith in our political professions, what all the world would cry out for, if the persons shot, banged, and flogged in such numbers had been Irishmen or Eoglishmen,l we must not refuse because they have been blown or black. Commenting upon the appointment of Mr. Gretchen, the Economut remarks that in Emiland we exact from our statesmen not only ease but fixity in money matters. Till ately people of large landed property were the only ones who could fulfil these strict conditions ; but now, a vast main of industrial property exist' which is quite as certain as anything in this world is certain. The new sort of realised property is as politically servieeable as the old sort. Goechen is an instance to prove that it is even better, and this is his exceptional peculiarity. He comes out of the City to take office, and he brings to office what nothing but the City could have taught him. There is a tinge of the amateur about every man of bruiser who has not lived by business. There is a want which is hard to describe and im possible to define about him. A coarse attorney once said of •delicate advocate fresh from University honour, " Ah, dear me ! he is a good young man, but ho has tasted blood? And a certain indistinctness, a certain tendency to fall short on a sudden and when you least expect it, a diffidence at heart often contrasting with an outward auda city, characterise asa rule and as a class thou who have not known real business—the getting a livelihood by busi ness. Those whose fortunes, great or small, have depended on the correctness of their decisions, acquire a correct deei layettes" which does not waste time in irrelevant details, which is often even careless of secceirsy order, but which 'mites to the root whatever is most critical and needful iu the topic on had. It is because Mr. Goschen has had in high perfection this consummate training that the Econo mist expects far more from him than if he had been reared in the external techniedities of a public office, or belonged - to the rank of the county aborigines. Age THE ESC TH E STE HEAD FE APE PHENS, PRISONNIAN OF JAMES . The Dublin Evening Mail of last evening has the following account of the escape yesterday of Stephens, the Feniao, from prison :—James Stephens, who was looked upon as the chief of the Fenian conspiracy in this country, has contrived to e ff ect his escape from the Richmond BrideweU. It will be remembered that Stephens, at the ezamivation before Mr. Strong°, affected • manner which would justify the belief that he felt little concern as to the difficulty in which be was involved. At that time it was expected that he would be indicted for high treason. The governor of Richmond Bridewell, who had from the first, en additional force of five-and -twenty police-cm:stabled to watch the Fenian prisoners, recently, under directions from the Board of Superintendence, sent in a requisition for the reduction of that force to three, with a view to ourtailiag the expenses to be charged against the rates of the city. Three constables only were accordingly employed to aid the prison officials at night, but how valueless their services were may be learned from the fact that they were separated by a substantial well and a formid able iron door from the department in which the men to be watched were located. Mr. Marquis, the governor, with • commendable anxiety to prevent say communication between the several Fenian prisoners, placed an ordinary prisoner in each cell intermediate be tween two of the alleged Frisians. The prisoner so placed between James Stephens and Charles J. Kirkham- whose cells are situated on the second stony—states that he heard this morning, at a few minutes before 1 o'clock, a noise as of feet mounting the stain. Shortly afterwards a sound struck his ear as of a lock being opened, and then, to use his own expression, "two sets of steps" going downstairs. Re did not raise any alarm at the time, not suspecting that an escape was being accomplished, and thinking that it was the tight watchman who created the noise. At 4 o'clock, however, Mr. Marquis, the governor, was roused by the watchman, Byrne, who told him that Stephens was missing. An examination immediately took place, when it was discovered that a duplicate key was in the lock of the cell in which Stephen" had been confined, sad the the lock of six other doors, leading from corridor to oorr t idor, had been opened with a pass key. The mode of escape from the prison is easily explained. The massive tables of the dining-hall were removed to the garden and placed aga inst the wall, so as to afford an easy mode of ascent to the summit. Whoever did this must have been thoroughly acquainted with ihe topography of the prison and its vicinity, as, immeliately outside the wall, in Wellington place, on the grand canal side, and corresponding to a nicety with the spot at which the tables had been raised, there stands a tree offering a most facile means of descent. In this way, it seems, Stephens made his escape, and up to the present no trace has been found of his whereabouts. We believe we state the general opinion when we nay that his recapture is exceedingly prohlematicaL His understood power of chaegiog his appearance is such that the polioe can have little hope of capturing him. Another account rays :—"lt is gsaerally believed that he was aided by the prison officials, and it is rumoured that he has got out of the country by means of • fishing-boat from Flowth. A reward of 1,030/. has been offered for his capture, and 3001. for information leading to the arrest of a ccomplices, or free pardon and 3001. to any accomplice -..rg wbo will give ir.for ma tion leading to recapture." ,Ifred, The death is announced, at his residence, 16, Onslow-crosoent, South Kensington, after a long and pain• fal illness, of T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., P.R.S., F.S.A., is the 75th year of his age. We (Berke Crtroniete) learn from our Abingdon correspondent that Mr. Joseph Phillips, of Ardington, one of the most eminent agriculturista in the kingdom, died on Mooday. Mr. Phillips. who was celebrated fur his " Here fords." had pined groat numberless prizes at the exhi bitions of the various agricultural societies. Rover. RETREATS rums WINDSOR Cssms.—Since the Queen's return from Scotland her Majesty has ordered Cranbount Lodge, an ancient edifice emoted between Windsor Park and Forest, to be prepared for the royal reception as a reatieg•placts after an 000scioeal excursion from the Castle. Cranbourn Lodge was built by the Earl of Ito.nelegh, Paymaster of the Forces in the reign of Ch.rlss 11., and was rabesquently occupied by William, Duke of Comberlind. Prince., Charlotte of S.xs-CoF also lived herm and, later still. our own Prime AL who, while a mere boy, resided in the tower for some little I time. The lodge is a plain - bu ilt structure, with the ex- THE CATTLE PLAGUE. time. • of the north front, which is stuccoed and battle. The Cambridge Lviep ea dent of to-day reports the mooted, and is situated on a gentle elevation ooninmediog an extensive prospect. The Belvedere, which, under the name of a fort, playa so prominent a part one the occasion extension o f the nettle plague in the Cambridgeshire sod of the numerous royal birthritya, has also been prepared in Huntingdonshire parishes. M The Hertford ercury records • simlitar manner by the Queen's oominands. It stands on wen b etween Hitchiu and Stevenage, and the Bucks the summit of a entail wooded eminence overhanging Vir Adrertiser says the disease is making alarming program at giaia Water, and is a triangular tattlemonted with a tower at each eagle, the priodpal apartment in Adstock, ThortburY, and AnornfAnt• . 0 the which commands a delightful view over the whole of this disease continues its fatal ravages, the York papers to.day favourite retreat of royalty, with a far-stretching prospect giving more wimp accounts than ever. The cattle trade of the earronedieg country, bounded by the Surrey bills. t t completely paralysed. is Cornwall, in the neighbour- WINDROB CASTLE, Nov. 20.—The Queen was this hood of Truro, there is hardly a farmer or dairyman whose day pleased to ceder the hamar of knighthood noon Ro- affected. Dort Lust, Esq.. Serjeentat.Law, one of the justices of the herds are Court of Queen's Nov 4t.t. WINDOWS CAMS, Nov. 20. —The Queen wan THE NEw LINE or STRAxzga ByTwzrat THE day pleased to ceder the honour of knighthood upon John Therm STATES AND Beam.—The new steam line be - Campbell E.g.. ' late chid jualk" the Bahaman.— tween the United States sod Boma has already been OaDtte. t his Harass On the 30t h Se p tember the screw steamer Wnrnuou Cams, Nov. 20.—The Queen was this Harass sailed from New York for Rio Jainism, taking out day pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon Ed ward Hilditch, Eq., IL D., inspector-general of hospitals meat the service will be only 'Deathly, bat se soon be the mails and a fair 'umber of pasesegen, T oe sh e sad gleets.— des orne. the company can build three new steamers, tripe will be Mr. J. Stuart Mill was on Thursday elected made senti•mouthly. This lion, es we have heretofore rector of St. Andrews University, by 95 votes against Mated, will ran batmen New York and Rio Janeiro, 45 for Lord Kiontird—L•ird President M'Neill's name touching at St. Thomas. West Ladies ; Para. Pernambuco. having been withdraws. It was, however, Mated in St. and Bahia. in Beal It is *Needed the lime will soon be AnArwrits is Um aftereara that Mr. bad declined to extended to Mastevideo and Basses Ayres.—Peassts swop. reetesehip. Star. - T ------- I,h. IST INTELLIGENCE. THE JAMAICA DISTURBANCES. THE LOSS OF H.M.S. BULLDOG. ADMIRALTY DISPATCH. We have received the following from the Ad. miralty "ADNIRLLTY, Nov. 25. " Her Majesty's sloop Cordelia arrived at San tiago de Cuba on the 3rd November, with the following telegram from the commodore at Jamaica to the senior naval officer at Halifax rid New York. "Outbreak in Jamaica is completely quelled, and no reinforcements of any kind are required. " Her Majesty's ship Bulldog lost at Cape Hai tien. No lives lost." (szarr.es TICIXORAI18.) FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 23. An imperial decree has been published to-day uniting the functions of the reoeivers and pay- , masters-general The suppression of the office of receiver-general will take place gradually by the termination of contract so as to be completed in January, 1867. M. Fould, in his report, estimates the saving that will be thus effected at 2} million francs. SPAIN AND CHILI. MADRID. Nov. 24. The Epoca of this evening says :—" Here in Spain, where we raise to its highest point the feeling of national dignity, we should understand that we take a wrong cause by commencing to threaten Chili in order to obtain satisfaction from that republic." The Diario Espanol contains the following : " We can affirm that, despite the Times and all the merchants in the world, Chili at the present moment will either have given the satisfaction manded by Spain or have f elt the rigour of our arms." General Espartero has not yet signed the Pro- gressist manifesto. THE GALE. MORE WRECKA—LOSS OF TWENTY.ONR LIVES. (sUTES'S TILICGALL) PLYMOUTH, Nov. ?A, Emma. The gale returned with great severity last night and to-day along the Cornish coast, where large numbers of vessels bare been driven ashore. The following fatal casualties have been an nounced : The Brazilian barque Santiato, of Santos, with cotton for Havre, has been wrecked at Guuwalloe ; only two of the crew were saved, 16 being drowned. A foreign barque from Odessa for Havre has been wrecked at Portleven, when three of the crew were drowned ; and the brigantine Tobaca, from Tobsaoa, at Penzance, when two of the crew perished. WRATH= REPORT.-(THIS DAY. LIAT2ILDAT, NOVIIMPSS 25, I LIR. 21132 L 7.-_, W. 1.14 D. L. S. P. Nang • 1 ,7 24. L 2.4 N.N. or O. 2 Aberdeen 20.80 43 L. 1, 3 H 71.1. re 0. 4 - - - - - - - st \ - - Limped _. 29 26 49 8.8.12. 3 8 W.I.W. ow 0.18 3 Holybeed.... 29.17 47 N.N.L 210 W.B.W. 0 0.27 2 Pensante .11 92 3.8.1. 710 W.LW. or 1.00 6 Inest - 29.10 LA 6.1. 8 8 11. W. 00. 8 I:Went. 29.17 57, 8. 8 . N. 7,' 7 LW. cr es 4 I loobofort 729.41 64 7.8.7. 41, 4 LW. oo 4 ritht\ 1i . 1 9 0 .1 21 I d 8 8 1 . 5 1 t 1 4 1 1 1 1 t i l; * cr or 0 . 5 0 : PorCeo ß oll;... si.ss 14 8. 711 W.3.W. ro 0.13, 2 Loader, - 2 ansloalb Searborouy 151.141 . Helgoland — - , ... I - - YROWILL SUNDAY. 01 NOWDLY. N.B. to N.W., strong to OoAI. N.W. to &W., sple to a gale, with ran. stroeg, rain at times. Varying wind', heavy Maria& S.W. to N.W., varying gales at intervals from fresh to a gale, with rain. showers. S F., t o NAV.. SOUTEO.I. As next above. strong gales to fresh, rain at times. Varying plea, with Raiiimpa. Walla to above. r a n. Cautionary signals repeated this day. Nortluen=Beothuati. Wsetern=lreisad, Wales, sad adjs. sancta'. Soutbern=loglisla Chaanal and May of Biscay. Eastern.Yostward Bagland sad Nada Sea. Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilda, who hare been some days book at Playtime, are rather uneasy at present in eonseqttenee of an indisposition of their eldest 800. A Montpellier journal announces that a young lady of twenty, Mlle. Antonio CeUarier, the daughter of s navel officer who died in the colonies, has just obtained the di ploma of bachelier-des-lettres in that tows. after pulsing a brilliant examination. Among twenty candidates, the young lady held the first pl*oe for her translation from the Latin, and the fourth for her sassy written in that lan guage. Mlle. Clellarier is the fourth young woman that has obtained a similar diploma within the last year or two, the other three having posed their examinations at Lyons, Bordeaux. and Algiers. An Italian paper Bays that 1,100,000 fr. is the sum demanded by the brigands as ransom for the five Swim they lately carried off from the gates of Salerno and that the family are doing their ate to raise the money. Rome is now more unapproachable than ever from the Booth of Italy, as the Pontifical authorities moire a c esidenos of 15 days in an =infer:tad place tame per. milting a penal to enter thou. states ; acid a lazaretto has - been established in Gems*. At Naples on the 20th there were 112 cases of cholera sad 61 deaths, being a considerable decrease on the preceding day. The private view of the Winter Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours took place at the gallery of the warty to-day. The gallery will open to the public on Monday amt. A meeting of the Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries and their friends (the very Rev. A. P. Stanley, D.D., Dean of Westminster, a the emir) will be held is the Chapter-house, at Westminster, at noon, on Saturday next, to an attention to the architectural and arcbreologiewl features of that noble building with a view to its ultimate restoration. G. G. Scott, Esq., will read a paper= the cooasioe. On Thursday next a discussion will take place at the apartments of the Society of Antiquaries, Da the authenticity of the Parton Letters, which has mentally been impugned by Mr. Herman Wriest& Mr. P. H. From will exhibit on this occasion the °renal M. of the fifth volume ma well as other =edited Past= letters. On Thursday next, St. Andrew's day, General Sabine, as meant, will deliver his anniversary address to the Royal Society. and give away the medals. The acei. mew dinner will afterwards be held at Willis's Rooms. Mr. Oxenhatn is about to publish • translation 61 Dr. Dolliagees " Christianity and the Church," being a history of the apostolic age. Mr. Gavan Daffy, who has long been a member of the government et the Colony of Victoria, is engaged in the remedies of a work on Austmlis. Dr. Leonard Schmitz, of Edinburgh, has been appointed Heed Master of the latematiosal College, shortly to be opened in Londe= is pursuance of the scheme proposed during the Great Exhibition of 1862. The National Conference of Miners, which has been held this week at Neweasele, elm= sittiegs pester. day. One of the last resolutioss adopted was agidast the s ystem of working leer boars, and It yea meshed to take immediate steps to reduce the hears of labour to eight per disy. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) EQUITY COURT. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) CLAW o. CIL= —JODOIDIT, This was an appeal from Vice•Chanosllor wee signed a few days Woos. The bill was tiled tT owner of a house, _27, Park-street, Bristol, to occupier of No. 28, next door, from erecting ey . a c , i m p op certain is his PA" endell ( whotograpkwal pompoms, on the ground that t h ey 1 4 tared with the enjoyment of ancient light and air by a : plaintiff. The Vlce•Chanoillor having granted 4 A " Noe, this appeal was brought. hir. Amplasta and Xr. T. H. Terrell were for the Mr. C. 11. Giffard and Mr. Everett supported tie ea. The Lord Chancellor, in now giving judgment, y ai aZ " the gun Sion involved in this case wee alwaya ay ; and difficult to deal with, and wax ot W e bs formed on the spedal facts of am aroma. Persons who lived in large cities, c hi* always in course of extension, and in which sew ware eaarisaally being erected, road sot expect t a •._ she mace enjoyment. of light and as to which thy 3 i been ac customed, in the same manner SI gam resided in the country. The present ass mud by CY with on the evidence, and on a fall examination 4 1 67. was of opinion that the plaintiff was not estitlef I n j u nction which he sought, and therefore the Cana., • the wart below must be reversed mid the bill a l m a* with meta. TUC ATTOINIEVGIAIRAL GRAHAIL—OrIICIaI ashoia IN BLIIIIUPtcT, The :T= this nart-besrd case, row • which In the Express of Thursday, oeu curved. he question involved is whether official asap; in bankruptcy are entitled to receive fee le ••• other than those which have arises wide a y Bankruptcy Act of 1861, by which those fitanima i are camucc cuseci by salary instead of by fees caleffital a a certain per ceilings under the provisions of the mad 1889 sad 1854. Mr. Graham, the official mem o praaaadirep, maintains that be is entitled to certaisres amounting to about 2,000/. which he has retsialli footing that they are fees 'riming eat of "old estateh•a • aealer With which in bankruptcy were lama sad a as cts of 1849 and 1854, and were sot adminiitwei ash the eat el 188 L The Attor se y-Oeneral, Mr. Sargood, and Mz. YI Miller appeared in support of a motion on the naiad the OM registrar in bankruptcy, ceiling os Ix Gnarls pay over OW sums in question to the accountant d tiV wart. Bir H. Oairss and Mr. Bagley os the other sick. [The are was proceeding when our report COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Bitting. in Basso.—(Before Lord Chief Baron P01 . ,* si Heroes Bramwell, Mansell, and Pigott.) STAPLES la THE LONDON, BEIGHTOE, 41aD 301:79 coos SAUNAS COUPLET.—JODONENT. This wee an action to recover sompensatiou for the death of the plaintiff a husband, who vii a. an explain teeth as be was passing over • level orenegi the defendants' railway at the Portalade station Inns Brighton sad Worthing. It appears that ta en station there is both • carriage way d , foot petit woes the line and the deemed, ' the gates of the former 'open passed through g ‘ and bad just got one foot on the platform of the sine on the opposite ride, when he wu caught by the Wei an erfthe and ins tantly lost his life. M the tail kis the Lied Mist Berea, at Guildhall, the jury bud av. diet for the plaintiff; but subsequently • role to eat enh the verdict and for • new trial wee granted, and der argued at considerable length during the primal tan Mr. Baron Chassid , now said that the find Chid Pam, Mr. Baron Pigott, and himself (Ur. Bares Basimil sot present at the arguments, and took no part is IsA. meat) were of opinion that the rule should be 6the Mende had been obtained co several rotted', the pall being that the verdict was spied, the evidencs, tint in deceased bad contributed to the accideot by its us id. pees, and that the learned judge should have a m aw e ar the didesdants, or withdrawn the esm bbiy from the jury. Their loalebige thought thin w reason for disturbing the verdict upon thou 'mei Its rules of the company required the gates of the animal, to be kept saint except at times when they could bib kept open, sod there was • provision to the . eEst that before the gate was opened the pteers at attend to see that so train woe des "is eight. The view the court was disposed to take sis to ot a Use get* was open it was • kind of billet, rNeg foot pessm to crow+ over, and that the fed d 2 epee was so amount of negligence which ought saltine 4 been withheld from the jury. They, however, dell( the principle laid down by Chief Janus Ms • sear similar case, that the court emit not to impose on railway companies thin thee the legislature iatended this le tes t trthey did not nay that a railway company was bassi la I place a watchman at every level crossing for foot pm" 6 pre. Their duty in that respect would depend ems lb extent of the traffic at the point, ai d other eircumnisas, and if an act of parliament authorise them to maims aa. • way over, and on abed with, old carriage mussed balsa • it did not exempt them from their liability to his lib 6 WY care in the management of the line. Their beithii - were of opinion that the Lord Chief Baron could sot pc ! pertly have withdrawn the cane from the jury,. sal bey • were not so diertistled with the coochisiou !dowerarri 6 , the jury ae to feel juetified in interfering with their with Mattel The Lard Chief B a ron entirely concurred fallen from his brother ChannelL At the tail is bomb he could not withhold from the jury the pan d negligence on the pert of the company with reforms Is the opening of the company's gates at the carriage VII. seemed to have been admitted that if the accident hag Meg in eonnexios with some carriage or other vehicle over the level crossing, there would have been a itinerate' of complaint, bat it was contended that became HI deceased was a foot passenger he bad so eglit t avail himself of the invitation given by the gate bin open. By the rules of tbe °Denney • man wed to te deb gate before the puling of • train, and the rearm us there at the time of the occurrence was that the sins ea son had occasionally to perform the duties both of rine muter and gatemen. The deceased not seeing s puts mig ht naturally conclude that no train was utensil. HI lordship, in coneltunon, said he was not himisU drete whit the verdict of the jure. Rale disbar's& 00E0011 AND ILEOTHIat e. THE VESTRY OF Sr. Jane% WiSTIMITES. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, wits ne chants, in Argyll-street, Begeot.strait, to rawer bane for injury done to a large quantity of wise s their cellars, in consequent*, se they allege& the imperfect coostructim of • gully cowed with • drinking fountain erected by the Neal Yountaius Assomatioo, under the supenntendena ti annoyer of the defendants. Te cue mound,a before Mr. Baron Martin, when a verdict w seat, for the plaintiffs, 'abbot to a spaciel to be esill for the opinion of this wart Ths matter wee sigeld lii week. The court reserved their judgment. The Lord Chief Baron, in now giving j abrupt, court bad, at the conclusion of the argumeata, that judgment should be given fo r the def Adepts, el Ite j the plaintiff should be asinsulted, so as to amble bin theyked, to bring • fresh action. It, however a a , Mo il liked, that the plaiatiffs ware too late tobriog amoebdios. II! court now thought that judgment should be for the dd., ante. They were of opinion that there was no e g o s negligent*, sod that therefore the plaintiffs were entitled to recover, but the plaintiffs, it they Mal" might take the cue to • Court of Error. Judgment fee the admit...to. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE (Before the Judge Ordinary.) 01074.1011 GAVAZOS AND 000C 11 011, lii PROCTOR irrnarminno. The Solicitor-Oeseral en d Dr. Sylvia, for theQoo t • P r octor; Mr. G. Brown and Mr. L Lloyd t petitioner. Let year Charles Vinomat Gayszon, of Clifforerolcut i Mese& for a divoroe on the ground of his wire's adultery ol" Freachtesn„ named Jules Concboiu T be respoedeet e l appear, bat the mo.reepondeot did, and the reselket, trial wee the grantiog of a decrae nisi. The Qtr . . Proctor now intervened , and alleged that for owl past Gersten had hi m self been living in adultery 1 ... 1 woman at his chambers. The ease having been amply proved by the eater' 4 porter and lausdrossee from Clifford's-inc. The Jury found the wo. Mr. brown thee for argued thatwswider the words of Wt . tote, the Queen's Proctor basing alleged rcil wi jis baring failed to prove it, the deawe nisi ought to be absolute, eotwithstsediog the verdict just given. Sir James Wilde said that the statute was lel featly drawn, but the point now raised had alteed,l &added. He therefore refused the deems a, mimed the petition. _ COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Comonesionar Winslow.) 111 as C. 01:15011.—YADANE VALENTIN This 's Nemelamits, was described as el 18.= bibebb s lambil.mm•., sad formerly ot IA ... ~. Parthindslreek semeabsioa ageot. Be applied le .. - ii bona kola FINN' wbare be was detsioed st the F.; .. Masao FalesMs, cd 30, Clavertori4tmmt• Pilsb.,47la/ Mr. BesseL The debts are about 1,6001., Madame V,., beteg a auditor for 8411. The o bankrupt states Ils" "" meets amount tolXol..being estigneted valoo all° b y tbe Timone Railway Company. 'sits" Mr. Fl.. Griffiths opposed oo behalf of Madame N gad Mr. Reed also opposed for Mr. BruneL The bsakrapt was ezarnised, through an iaterroft... si nem les, with Worm* to his dealing s In wee ~d that the bankrupt had obtaieed 8..-.",... I Madame Valentin's mosey for the pawpaw of Won. tillsoaaad bad sot done so, but this was &Med bf ii i who said that ha had puerile's& the ellon,, m a them to a Dr. Ledioski. Re did set INC '''' ..ssio Is bbb ski's address, bat believed be bad .---- __ l o w ambit. It also fissapired that the bankrupt's r•••• 4 was Cops, bat be mid be had gooe ender the seas Dubois, awl that his debts were coatracted is that 016 11 *** ur t h e trarkruPt * comailir " ruPs, rata Inat t° seam Xr. Griffith' mit•ded• TM Commis skim WM roe Wore t a ke the tvb** berwomr,M tl f o r rtslaintil "ra dim tall 0 11 _,mm I n ot 104°1 BD lITILITFORD Plieed -- padtla Naive The pr Friday elute datum Jam. adst.l iible Guns V I work *rag thaw with sot I perm Imo was had Mr, IL' mai - r ~.. t IL 1 ~+ i ! IR I t 14 \ lama before A live °St the prov his moA Mr. PIMA for the The iris oil mid to &Man soaps@ wit setrui out to coutid s iTe;il3 The ASBAU Fre