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only order you to return to your chamber and delibe rate again upon your verdict. The law is binding on me and you, although not to force your con sciences. You must return, and be locked up until you agree.—A juryman :We have agreed.—Lord Campbell: You have agreed in a verdict which I must say is contrary to law, to justice, and to common sense. (Laughter.) lam astonished at it. It does surprise me to find that gentlemen of your intelli gence will now, after being told that your verdict cannot be received, and is a verdict contrary to law, justice, and common sense, persist in a verdict for the plaintif f ; giving it as your opinion that there was negligence on the part of the company, whereby the plaintiff suffered severe injuries, and yet cutting him off with a farthing. That is not creditable. You will return to your chamber.—A juryman : Does your lordship refuse to receive the ver dict ?—Lord Cambell: I do refuse to receive it as the law requires me. You must return to your cham ber and reconsider your verdict.—The jury then withdrew.—Lord Campbell, before quitting the bench, directed the associate of the court to receive a proper verdict ; but intimated that, if the jury per sisted in the verdict they had already returned, he should certainly not discharge them until the next morning.—At 12 o'clock the jury had not agreed to their verdict, and consequently they remained locked up all night. On taking his seat on Saturday morn• ing Lord Campbell inquired whether the jury had agreed to their verdict, when the foreman said they had not, and there was no probability that they would agree.—The jury were then discharged without coming to a verdict, a result which has not as yet been attained in any of the numerous actions brought against the company for the same accident. THE PARLEY MURDER was tried on Friday at the York Assizes. The prisoner, James Alinson, aged 24, was indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Jane Scaife, at the parish of Hampthwaite, in the West Riding, on the let of August last. He refused to plead when arraigned, and by his lordship's direc tion the jury were sworn to try whether he stood mute of malice or by the visitation of God. Mr. Anderson, the surgeon to the gaol, was then sworn, sad stated that the prisoner, in his opinion, could both hear and perfectly understand what was said to him. Atter this evidence, the jury found that the prisoner stood mute of malice, and by his lord ship's direction a plea of " Not guilty " was re corded for him. It appeared that the father of the deceased was a small farmer near Darley, and the prisoner was the son of a flax-spinner az. Darley, and acted as his overlooker. The prisoner and the deceased had been attached for several years. Shortly before this sad event there had been a gala at Bewerley-park, at which the deceased and the prisoner were. A man named Gill, a farmer of the neighbourhood, who was also there, had paid the deceased some attentions, which had apparently ex cited the prisoner's jealousy. Shortly after this, on the Ist of August, the deceased met the prisoner as she was coming from church with her sister, and he walked towards her home with her, a man named Furness walking with her sister. The prisoner and the deceased were seen to go up a lane called Stump'slane, and the prisoner was the last person seen walking with the deceased alive. The deceased next morning was found in a ditch in this lane, with her throat cut and dead, and the prisoner was in consequence apprehended. It appeared that early that morning the prisoner had gone into his brother's bedroom, and had made a statement that he bad cut Mary Jane's throat, exclaiming, the Lord have mercy upon him, he bad murdered his sweetheart. On being taken into custody he repeated this assertion, and subsequently made a lengthened statement detailing the particu lars of the crime when before the magistrates. Evidence was then given of the above facts. The ground of the defence, which was supported by several witnesses, was lunacy ; it being alleged that his brother was an idiot ; his aunts were lunatics ; his father's brother was a furious lunatic; his grandmother had brought lunacy into the family ; and this malady was traceable to even more remote generations. The prisoner was an imbecile, in• capable of appreciating the circumstances under which he was placed at this time, and insensible to the nature of the act which ho had done.—The trial was resumed on Saturday, when the jury, after two hours' deliberation, returned a verdict of " Not guilty," on the ground of insanity. EDWARD TomuEs, who is charged with the murder of Charles Canty by cutting his throat, still remains in Newgate ; and it is the opinion of the medical officers of the prison that he is in a hopeless state of insanity. THE DESERTER TO THE RUSSIANS, Private Thomas Tole, of the 7th Royal Fusiliers, who was arraigned before a court-martial on the charge of having, when serving in the Crimea, deserted and gone over to the enemy, has been sentenced to transportation for life. T FIE PRESS, DECEMBER 25, 1858. lttibtnts anV Offentes. AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT occurred on the farm of Mr. Henry Newby, of Pittington Hallgarth, the other day. Benjamin Oyston, one of Mr. Newby's men, was engaged, with a two.horse cart, carting turnips from a field on the farm. While proceeding across the field with the cart the earth opened, and the first horse immediately disappeared in the chasm. The man, who was riding on the cart, jumped off, seized the remaining horse by the head, and by this means prevented it following its companion. The harness of the first horse held for some time, but when it gave way the animal disappeared. Shortly afterwards the ground, for some considerable distance round, gave way, and was completely swallowed up. Coal has been worked under the farm, and there cannot be the slightest doubt that the sinking of the earth is owing to the operations of the miners. A light was let down into the chasm by a rope, but, after being lowered for about ten fathoms, it was, owing to the foul air, extinguished. A MOST DREADFUL ACCIDENT happened at Torquay on Tuesday morning. A wall some forty feet in height, which supported a cliff, the summit of which was being converted into a vegetable garden, fell in upon the kitchen apartments of Nos. 2,3, and 4, Beacon-terrace, reducing that part of the premises to ruins, and burying beneath the debris those who were sleeping in the bedrooms, namely, Mr. and Mrs. Tanner, the occupants of No. 2; Mr. and Mrs. Hellier, the tenants of No. 3 ; and Mr. and Mrs. Hambling, who resided in No. 4 The accident oc. curred shortly before one o'clock in the morning. Several neighbours, awakened by the fearful crash, bast med to the spot, and having procured assistance, made an energetic endeavour to rescue those who were placed in such imminent danger. This was no easy task; but so zealously did they apply themselves to it, that within an hour after the accident occurred their labours had ended. Melancholy indeed was the reward of those engaged in searching for Mr. and Mrs. Rambling. Their mangled bodies too plainly proved that the most diligent exertions could not have saved their lives. They were so fearfully crushed and mutilated, that death must have been instantaneous. At the adjoining house, No. 3, Mr. and Mrs. Hellier were discovered and rescued in time to save life, although the injuries they re ceived are of such a dangerous character that their condition is a very precarious one. Mr. Hellier sustained a fractured thigh, a compound fracture of the leg, and serious internal hurts ; Mrs. Hellier's collar-bone was broken, and her body dreadfully bruised. At No. 2, the results were not so serious; for, although with considerable difficulty rescued, Mr. and Mrs. Tanner were not so seriously injured as to justify unfavourable apprehensions respecting their recovery. Thera were other occupants of the back bedrooms of No. 2—a governess, a little girl, and two servants, but these fortunately escaped. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Hambling await the coroner's inquest. THE WHOLESALE POISONINGS AT BRADFROD aris ing from the poisoned lozenges, have been judicially decided at York to have been the result of accident. Mr. Hodgson, the chemist, whose assistant sold the arsenic to the lozenge-maker, in place of the plaster of Paris, which he asked for, has been acquitted, Mr. Baron Watson, who tried the case, being of opinion that Hodgson had not been guilty either of culpable or criminal negligence. AN ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE was made in a prison van on Tuesday by a man named George May, who had been committed at the Southwark Police-court for a month for neglecting to support his wife. It appears there are separate boxes in the van, and about six o'clock May was placed in one of them, and on leav ing the station-house seemed as collected as usual ; but in passing Vauxhall Gardens, Sergeant Russell, who was in charge of the van, heard a strange noise in the prisoner's box, and on immediately opening the door discovered him with his throat cut. He immediately took him to a surgeon, had the wound sewed up, and conveyed him with the other prisoners to Wandsworth House of Correction, when he was removed to the infirmary, where he remains in a pre carious state. _ A REVOLTING CASE of attempting to poison a family took place on Monday night at Mr. John Blagg's, Crifton Rouse, Epperstone, ten miles from Notting ham. It appears that a servant girl, named Susannah Twells, was preparing some potatoes for supper, when the nephew of Mr. Blagg went into the kitchen, and there being a strong smell questioned her as to the cause of it, and, from her confused manner and silence, his suspicions were aroused that all was not right. The smell was like that of sheep wash, some of which had been recently used for washing the feet of those animals. Upon examining the potatoes he discovered that nicks bad been cut in them with a knife, and the wash, which is a deadly poison, inserted. A policeman was sent for, and the girl apprehended. She has been frequently told that the liquid was poison. On Wednesday morning she TERNS OF SUBSCRIPTION Per Annum.. Half Yearly.. Quarterly .. E4e 'Dress: ( STAMPED ) .. Al 6 0 .. 0 13 0 .. G 6 6 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Subscribers are requested to send their orders through News Agents ; if direct to the Office, accompanied by a remittance . tdvertiseinents also must have a reference or remittance . Money Orders to be made payable to Mr. ALFItED IVE, 110 , Strand, London. Vio _i vslig. LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1858. POSTSCRIPT. TURKEY. A despatch from Marseilles of Dec. 23, says : The courier who left Constantinople on the 15th has just arrived here. Letters from Pera report that the Grand Vizier refused to carry out the reforms promised by Fuad Paella at Paris. Aali Pacha had tendared his resignation, and ftiza Pacha was preparing to follow him into retirement. Fuad Pacha had not yet accepted the office of Grand Vizier. The Caimacans repudiated the blamo attached to the Conference, and had sent in a memorial in theirjustification, accompanied by a threat of resig nation. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. It is currently reported that part of the fleet from Malta bad been placed at the disposal of the governor, Sir John Young. ON CHRIETIM-DAY there will be no delivery of letters, &c., within the limits of the London district post after twelve at noon. The collection of letters and newspapers from the branch offices and re ceiving -houses will take place in the evening for despatch by the foreign mails and general post, as also the collection at ten o'clock at night, to be for warded by the morning mails; but no business whatever will be transacted in the money.order department of the l'ost-office. ~. 1259 was brought before Lord Belper and the county bench of magistrates, at Nottingham, and remanded. No cause for the perpetration of this malicious act has been ascertained. Obituarg. THE PRINCESS DORIA, the eldest daughter of John, Earl of Shrewsbury, expired on Saturday last at her residence in Rome, after a lengthened illness, leaving a family of live children—three daughters and two sons. The Princess's death will be a severe blow to society in Rome, of which she was one of the brightest ornaments. THE COUNTESS DE LATRADIO died at the Portu guese Legation on Wednesday morning, after a brief illness. The Countess, win was highly and de servedly esteemed by a numerous circle of friends for her amiable qualities, was very much attached to this country, having been always received by her Majesty the Queen with marked attention, and having also enjoyed the intimate persoual friendship of the chief members of the Court and aristocracy of St. James's. LORD BOLTIMORE died on Saturday, at his seat, Poltimore park, in his seventy-third year. This nobleman was the son of the late Sir W. C. Bampfylde, Bart., whom he succeeded in 1823, and in 1831 he was created a peer. His lordship was married twice— first, to Emma Penelope, only daughter of the Rev. Ralph Sneyd, precentor of St. Asaph, by whom be had one daughter, and a second time to Caroline, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Frederick Buller, of Pelynt and. Laureath, by whom he had the present son and heir, Augustus Frederick George Warwick Bampfylde, who was born on the 12th of April, 1837, and who succeeds to the family estates and title. The hon. baronet attained his majority last April, and a short time ago he married the second daughter of Richard Brumley Sheridan, F.sq. Lord Poltimore has been a lord in waiting to the Queen, an office which be resigned in 1841. SIR lIENRY JOHN LAMBERT, BART, died at Aston house, Oxfordshire, on Friday last, in the sixty. seventh year of his age. Sir Henry was born jilt 1792, and succeeded his father in 1802. He married in 1821 Anna Maria, youngest daughter of the late Hon. Edward Foley, granddaughter of the first Lord Foley.