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as to be barely perceptible to the eye. The firm have been prompted to erect this telegraph not only with a view to fac►l►tate their business transactions, but from a desire to give a practical illustration to a scheme which Mr. Waterlow submitted some time since to the police authorities for uniting the police courts, the police-stations, and the fire-brigade stations throughout the metropolis by an economical system of these overhead telegraphs—devoting one wire to detective police purposes and one to the fire brigade. Ma. E. GURNEY, of Nutfield, gave a magnificent entertainment to some 2SO teachers of Ragged Schools on Tuesday last. Mr. Gurney invited the teachers to spend a day at his seat at Nuttiehl, took them down in a special train, entertained them in the most liberal manner, and sent them back to town, defraying the entire expenses himself. The teachers wore highly gratified with the day's excursion and with the hospitality of their noble-hearted host and hostess. IHE REGISTRAR- GENERAL'S REPORT exh ibits an increase of mortality in London, the deaths having risen from 1,091 to 1,177. This, however, is much below the average, which would now reach to 1,480. The births for last week amounted to 1,056. THE PRESS, SEPTEMMR 5,1857. a dead one, and must be one of those we fired at above." In saying so he ran down the bank to get it, and as I was about to follow, my foot caught in the heather, and I fell down the declivity. In the fall the left barrel of my gun went off, and, awful to relate, lodged the whole of its contents in the back of my unfortunate cousin. He exclaimed, " 0 God, I am shot;" and as soon as I got up I saw him lying on his back about ten yards from me. I ran up and asked him was he much hurt? At first he said not, as he felt no pain ; but when I saw the nature of the wound I knew there was no hope, and told him so. It is consoling to state that he was able to employ his last moments in prayer, and resigned himself calmly into his Saviour's hands, and then, without a struggle or a sigh, be passel away in less than twenty minutes after he was struck. A GROSS AGRARIAN OUTRAGE occurred at Longford on Sunday night. An armed party of forty men attacked the house of a man named Farrill, care taker on the Moydon estate, and, forcing their way, deliberately poured a volley of slugs and small shot into the poor man and his son. Happily neither were killed. The police are out, but of course not on the trace of the ruffians. With regard to India, the feeling generally through out all classes is one of horror at the atrocities com mitted, and of enthusiastic admiration at the heroic courage displayed by so many of whom Ireland as well as England has cause to be proud. A " daily paper " this week remarks that "s 0 long as the leading organ of the Roman Catholic and ultra- Liberal party in Ireland continues thus faithfully to represent the true state of feeling as regards the disasters in India, people can almost afford to laugh at the rabid outpourings of a few journals which affect to believe that the days of vitriol bottles and boiling lead are still hallowed in the memory of the Dublin rabble ;" and then asks, "Does Mr. John Mitchell himself, the incarnation of sedition in 1848, believe that such sentiments as follow find any resting-place in the breasts of Irishmen not actually demented?" : Sweeter than the voice of love, sweeter than the warm accents of friendship, dearer than the mellowest sunshine of the heart is the news of English discomfiture - in India to the breasts of the Irish people. They are delighted, rejoiced, and gladdened beyond measure when they hear of the torture and humiliation of their ancient foe. There is not a vessel of hers which is wrecked, there is not. a general of hers who is slain, there is not a battalion in her service which is routed and overthrown, that the people of Ireland do not gloat over with the greatest satisfac tion and delight. Front the deepest recesses of their hearts they wish her defeat and misfortune in what ever enterprise she is engaged. Loyalists, slaves, syco phants, and West Britons may seem astounded by all this, but from our knowledge of the people we can assure them that what we have stated is a fact. The Irish mil lions wish to see England subdued, her insolence chas tised, her barbarous and tyrannical power broken to pieces, her domineering and brutal disposition tamed and sobered down, and her outrageous desire to annoy, bully, insult and plunder weaker nations rendered impotent and power less for evil for all time to come. They are consequently delighted by the intelligence received from the East, where the forces of the Great ➢logul are pounding the armies of Great Britain. Wherever England draws the sword, or lights the match, Ireland prays for her defeat, and at no time has she prayed more fervently in that way than she does now, when the patriot sepoys of India are endeavour ing to strangle the British power and sweep it root and branch from the fair and fertile fields of Hindostan. VrollinciaL GREAT HARVEST FESTIVITIES have been held in Norfolk and Suffolk during the past week. At Brooke, near Norwich, last Friday, the harvest fes tival was held, and some 350 of the peasantry sat down to a substantial dinner in the vicarage garden. After dinner, sports and games amused the guests till dark. In Suffolk the " horkeys" have been kept up, but with prudence. A STATUE TO MR. FRANK CROSSLEY, M.P., in gratitude for his gift of a park to the people of Leeds, is now being subscribed for in Leeds, to be erected in the park. THE NEW L.tNDING•STAGE AT LIVERPOOL, off Princes-pier, was thrown open on Tuesday. The 2nd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards embarked from it for Ireland. THE BRAEMAR GATHERING took place On Thurs day. liar Majesty the Queen and Royal Family honoured the gathering with their presence. THE WILL OF MR. MUNTZ, late M.P. for Bir mingham, has been proved, and the estate sworn under 000,0001., thus disposed of-1,0001. a year to his widow, to be chargeable on his works, the French Walls, to cease on her remarriage ; legacies of 25,0001. each to his four sons; 20,0001. to his daughter ; to another son 2,0001. only, to be invested in the purchase of land and stock in New Zealand ; a legacy of 1,0001. to his brother; and the entire residue of his property to his eldest son. THE BRITISH ARCHEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION CON GRESS closed last Saturday. On Friday the members of the association proceeded into West Norfolk. Little Snoring Church was examined, and the party afterwards proceeded through Great Snoring to Binham, where they halted for the purpose of in specting the remains of the venerable priory. The last place visited was East Barsham-hall. On Sa• turday the members of the association visited Ely. Here the final meeting was held, and the congress dissolved. ptlant. THE Barrisa ASSOCIATION continued their pro- I ceedings during the early part of the week, and the success of the meeting in Dublin is undisputed. The Lord Lieutenant has exhibited great interest in the proceedings, and has entertained the savans with marked hospitality at the Castle. The sittings of the several sections were brought to a close on Wed nesday, and the next morning some of the members of the association left Dublin en route by rail and sea to the Isles of Arran, on the coast of Galway. IT is announced by the Belfast journals that the Lord Lieutenant has decided that an inquiry con ducted by the Government shall take place into the circumstances connected with the abominable out rages of the 12th of July and seven subsequent days. Mn. MAURICE KEATINOE, son of Judge Keating°, and 1)r. Wiley, are to be the joint registrars of the now Court of Probate, at a salary of 1,0001. a year each. Mr. Anthony Hawkins, the present registrar, retires on his full salary. THE Dublin Evening Mail records another fatal gun accident in the death of Mr. It. W. Smith while arouse-shooting on Thursday week in the neighbour hood of Newport, in the County of Mayo. Mr. Edwards, cousin of the deceased, gives the following account of the occurrence : About three o'clock in the afternoon one of our dogs Caine to a point on the top of a small bank. We went up and stood over the dog, expecting the birds to rise, when my poor cousin exclaimed, "I see the bird. It is gab 3 an Volta. EDWARD HARDMAN was hanged at Lancaster last Saturday, for poisoning his wife with tartar emetic. The convict was only twenty-eight years of age. A CURIOUS ACTION was tried against a school master at the Liverpool Assizes last week. The father of two schoolboys received 15/. as damages from a schoolmaster residing at Argbirtb, near Liverpool, and who had expelled the plaintiff's boys from his school, as was alleged, for ill.manners and throwing stones at a dog. Baron Watson, in sum ming up, said that if schoolmasters were to expel every boy who threw stones at dogs there would not be a boy at school. If the boys had been ill mannered the master should have used the birch rod, anti not have expelled them. A CLERGYMAN, the Rev. Mr. Scard, was convicted last week of defrauding a Friendly Society. The charge was preferred on behalf of the Bishops Wal tham Union Friendly Society against Mr. Scard, for withholding and misapplying a sum of 1501. in trusted to him, as an honorary member of such society, for investment. After an investigation of the charge, the bench ordered payment of the sum of 1501., the full penalty of '2O/., and 1/. costs, and in default of payment committed the offender to three calendar months' imprisonment, with hard labour, being the fullest punishment directed by the Fliendly Societies' Act, under which . the conviction took place. A VERDICT OF " WILFUL MURDER" has been re turned by the coroner's jury against Cornelius Denny, for the assassination in the Hampstead-road last week of Gallo Benzonelli. 867 • THE BRITISH BANK TRIALS—in which the Hon. Mr. Stapleton, M.P. for Berwick ; Mr. Humphrey Brown, late M.P. for Tawkesbury ; Mr. Hugh Innes Cameron, and the other persons who were arrested fur the alleged frauds in connection with the Royal British Bank, figure—will take place in the Court cf Queen's Bench, Westminster-hall, on or about Monday, the 30th of November. Lord Campbell will try the cases. THE LAST CRIM. CON. TRIAL, or at least the last in all probability, took place on Thursday at the Sheriffs' Court. A FRENCH FISHING LUGGER, No. 274, was cap tured off the Northumberland coast this week, fishing within the limits fixed by treaty, viz., three miles off the coast. She was caught by H.M.S. Otter, brought into the Tyne to Shields, and the master fined 281. for damage done to an English fishing-vessel. THERE APPEARS TO EE No DOUBT that the nit-. lien, Antonio de Salvi, against whom the coroner's jury have returned a verdict of "Wilful murder," for killing Mr. Robertson in the Queen's Bench, will have to take his trial for that offence at the ensuing session of the Central Criminal Court, notwithstand ing the fact that he is at present under a sentence of fifteen yearn penal servitude upon a conviction for wounding the deceased gentleman, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, arising out of the same cir cumstances. SECOND EDITION. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (By Submarine and British Telegraph.) THE EMPERORS NAPOLEON AND ALEXANDER. PARIS,. September 5. The Bing of Wurtemburg has quitted Biarritz to return to his capital. It now appears certain that the Emperor and Empress of the French have resolved to return the King's visit, and that their Imperial Majesties are expected at Stuttgardt on the 25th of this month.' From that place the Emperor of Russia will have gone to Baden to rejoin the Empress Maria. Both will remain at Baden from the 20th to the 2-101, and arrive at Stuttgardt on the latter day, where they will stay till the 28th. It may therefore be looked upon as positive that the interview between the two Emperors will take place at Stuttgardt.—Morning Post (third edition). FRANCE. The Paris Court of Assize on Thursday condemned (par contumace) Ledru Rollin, Mazzini, Massarenti, and Campanella to deportation. The shares of the Credit Mobilier yesterday were offered at the commencement of business at 885, and fell rapidly to 850. AUSTRIA. The third statistical international congress was opened at Vienna on the 31st of August. The Che valier von Toggenburg, the Minister of Trade, opened the congress with an address, in which he bade the members welcome in the name of the Imperial Government, and expressed his satisfaction that the first meeting of the congress on German territory was held in Austria. REDUCTION OF THE INFANTRY STANDARD, The following Circular Memorandum to the Re cruiting Department has been issued:— Horse Guards, Sept. 1, 1857. . . . • . . . The standard of recruits ( men and lads) for all regiments of infantry is reduced to 5 feet 5 inches, the age remaining as notified in the last schedule.—By command of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, G. A. WETuznALL, A.G. TAVISTOCK ELECTION. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Russell Miall Majority for Russell —44 REPRESENTATION OF 0 I.DHAM.—On Wednesday last a meeting of the Liberal party was held at the King's Arms Inn, for tho purpose of selecting a candidate for the representation of the borough, rendered vacant by the recent death of Mr. James Platt. Mr. W. J. Fox, who was thrown out at the last election, was unanimously nominated, and it is be lieved that his success on this occasion is almost certain. CITY, Eleven. o'clock. Consols fur Accouut