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211 E NAVY. prisoner, first, that of issuing on sth Nov. last seven days' raw rum to the men, contrary to orders, and, secondly, that of having the fire alight in the gal ley, on board the Arethusa, between t' e hours of 11 and 12 p.m. on Nov. 5, contrary t,) the regula tions of the steam reserve. Capt. I. uard, of her Majesty's ship Formidable, was President of the Court; Mr. G. H. Knight, Deputy-Judge-Advocate, conducted the case. After hearing the evidence, which was very conclusive, the Court was of opi nion that both charges were fully proved, and sen tenced the prisoner to forfeit 12 months' seniority as a gunner, and to be severely reprimanded; The Lords of the Admiralty have granted an ex change of divisions between Capt. C. F. Daley, of the Woolwich Division of Royal Marines, and Capt. C. B. H. Mitchell, of the Plymouth Division. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Commander Benjamin S. Pickard to the Meeanee ; Lieut. George D. C. Henderson to the Himalaya ; Lieut. Thomas S. Gooch to the Royal Adelaide ; Lieut. Henry p asr,to St. V. Jenkins to t he Lil y ; Frederick A . Ponnt • ney, assist.-clerk , to the Victory , asst. as m y ate supernu merary ; Henry P. Brennan, is the Victory, as secretary's clerk; Charles 0. Sal mon, assist.-paymaster to the Dauntless; Charles A. Browne, master's assistant to the Meeanee ; Robert E. Ramsay, acting second-class assist.- engineer, to the Indus, as supernumerary ; and L. W. Swell, midshipman, to the Victory. VALETTA, Nov. 22.--The Royal yacht Osborne, Master-Commander Bower, arrived here on Sunday last, accompanied by the Magicienne, 16, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, for the purpose - of refitting her broken paddle shaft, which has been temporarily repaired during her absence to enable her to reach England, when she will re ceive a new one. She is expected to be ready for sea on Monday, when she will start immediately for Civita Vecchia, to convey the Prince of Wales to Marseilles. His Royal Highness wishes to be in England by the birthday of his affianced bride, on the Ist December, and should the Osborne not ar rive in time he will proceed from Civita Vecchia to Marseilles in the Doris, commanded by Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock. Should the Osborne be in time for the Prince to avail himself of her, the Doris will merely escort him, so as to be at hand in case of anything going wrong with the yacht's machinery. After completing this service, the Doris will sail for England to be paid off, without calling at Malta. The Prince and Princess of Prussia will proceed in the Osborne as far as Leghorn. The Princess of Leiningen returned in her:to Malta from Naples. The Magicienne left again yesterday for Civita Vecchia, calling at Naples, whither she is ordered to return to relieve the London, 86, Capt. H. Chads, and remain there. The London is to go home, calling at Malta on her way. The Malacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Napier, left Malta on the 18th inst. for Beyrout, to relieve the Mars , 80, Capt_ J.N. Strange, ordered home. The other s hi p s at present on the coast of Syria are the Wanderer, 4, Commander M. C. Seymour, and the Surprise, 4, Commander W. IL White. The Firefly, surveying vessel, Com mander Mansell, has arrived at Alexandria. She left Haifa, on the coast of Syria, on Oet. 1, shifting along the coast, taking deep sea soundings, and , making large plans of the ruins of Caesarea and a port named Yebrah, which has lately been disco vered by that ship. After examining one of the entrances to the port of Alexandria she will return to Malta for the winter, where she is expected about the first week of December. The Medina, surveying ship, Lieut. Commander Wilkinson (tem porary), was at Salonica by the last accounts. The ' Gannet, 11, Commander the Hon. M. H. Nelson, is ' hourly expected from Constantinople, on her way to England, to be paid off. The Weser,6,Commander A. H. Johnstone, and the Cockatrice, 3, Lieut. Com mander R. M. Gillson, are still on the Danube sta tion, and do expect to be relieved this winter. The following British and foreign men-of-war were at the Piraeus on the 15th inst. :-English Queen, 76, Capt. F. C. Hillyar ; Pelican, 17, Commander P. Brock ; And Foxhound, 4, Commander the Hon. A. C. Hobart. French-Zenobie, 38 (the French sloop Eumenide, 4, left the Piraeus on the 10th inst. for Patras). Italian-Victor Emmanuel, 50, and a sloop of 4 guns, which latter arrived on the 7th instant. Russian-Grand Admiral, 79, arrived from Malta. Turkish-A frigate of 50 guns. Tranquillity con tinued to prevail. The elections for the National Assembly, convoked for the 22d of Dec., were to take place in about a fortnight. The Shannon, 50, Capt. 0. J. Jones, has been ordered to return to Corfu from Patras. The Icarus, 11, Commander Salmon, was at Santa Maura, or one of the other islands, and the Scylla, 22, Capt. R. Lambert, was at Corfu. It is expected that the vessel last named will shortly be sent home. The Edgar, 90, Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley (flagship of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C. 8.), left this afternoon for Corfu, to be stationed there. Her destination was at first an nounced to be Corfu, but was changed to Naples, and at the last moment again changed to Corfu. It is reported that the Liffey, 51, Capt. G. Parker, will also proceed to Corfu very shortly. The Fire brand, 6, Commander Piers, is now in dock under going repair. The sick of this vessel who had been removed to Bighi Hospital, are progressing favour ably, but some fresh cases of fever has broken out among the crew since her arrival from the coast of Syria ; none of them, however, I understand, are very serious. The Trafalgar, 70, Capt. the Hon. T. Bailie, arrived to-day from England and Gibraltar. The following British ships of war are now in Malta harbour -Marlborough, 131, Capt. W.ll. Stewart, C.B. (flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, Vice- Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8.) ; Trafalgar, 70 Capt. the Hon. T. Bailie ; Liffey, 51, Capt. George Parker; Chanticleer, 17, Commander S. Sterling; Firebrand, 6, Commander Piers; Alacrity, 4, Com mander Baird; and the Hibernia, receiving ship, Commander Harvey (flagship of Rear-Admiral Codrington, C. 8.), and her tenders, Boxer and Growler. We learn from Gibraltar that the Am phion, 36, Capt. A. C. Gordon, Algiers, 89, Capt. E. B. Rice, and Neptune, 86, Capt. G. T. Hornby, had all passed through the Straits for England to be paid off. These vessels took provisions from Malta for Rear-Admiral Smart's squadron, which had been ordered to Gibraltar. Rumour says that, from motives of political delicacy connected with the affairs of Greece, the St. George, 86, Hon. F. Egerton, on board of which Prince Alfred is serving, and which vessel had been ordered to Malta, will be detained for the present at Gib raltar. A serious accident occurred last week to Col. Laffan, commanding the Royal Engineers in this garrison, from the effects of a fall on his own terrace. His left arm was fractured in two places, and his leg badly injured. On inquiry I find he is now going o n favourably." The Urgent screw troopship, Capt. H. W. Hire, was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yester day, under the superintendence of Capt. H. Broad head, commanding her Majesty's ship Asia and the steam reserve. The condition of the ship was highly creditable to every officer and man on board. The Urgent was commissioned on the Ist of October, 1867, by Commander M'Donald, the officers and crew of the Perseverance being then turned over to her from that ship. Commander Hire succeeded to the command of the ship on the 31st of March, 1859, and has recently received from the Admi ralty his promotion to post rank. Yesterday,Capt. Hine announced that Chas. Plumley, quartermas ter, and Richard Meed, master-at-arms, were re commended to the Lords of the Admiralty as being entitled to the long service medal and gratuity ; and George Brice, seaman, for the long service medal. The screw steam corvette Pelorus, 21, flag of Commander Frederick B. P. Seymour, from Aus• tralia, entered Plymouth Sound yesterday after noon. _ . The water, which has been excluded for the last three months from the south basin at Keyham steamyard, having been let in yesterday the frigate Constance was hauled from the north basin into the south, to receive the heavy portion of her machi nery. The steam sloop Buzzard having been re paired, was at the same time removed from No. 1 dock to the north basin. The paddlewheel steam vessel Triton was removed from No. 2 dock, and the paddlewheel s t eam frigate Gladiator, 6, an d a caisson were plac,ed, in No. 1 dock. The water will be pumped out of the decks and the basin again forthwith. Her Majesty's aa , e . v; i steam gnnvessel Flying Fi s h, 6, Commander lisr Anderson, from the ',Vest Coast of Africa, has l been morrow. n dismantled at Woolwich, and will be paid o Th e steam storeship Rh:C(ll°- a nthus, Master Comman d er Sturdee, havin g shipped gun for Liver pool. cargo for th e west, and also the huge Hore pool. has left Wo olwich for her d estin ation. tier Majesty's sloo p Racer, Commander Lyons, after i a has arrived at Port s m outh from Halifa x , p a ssage of 21 days , having ex per r ough btr o n g easterly wind and gales the greater par e n t e o d f the passage. . has been received at Chath am e- D 9 ekvard, fr om the Admiralty, that the paddl 1 A notificatio n 6, 280 horse power, has been w heel steamer Vixen, g ess rs. Castle and Co. , of sold out of th e service fo u r her pt. lty. irc hase has been Millbank, whos e tender accepted by the Lo rds of the Admira A court-martial assem bled at 1 o F'clock e Johnston, , Tuesday laif, on board her Majcsty's ship ortnidable, 86 flagship of Vice - Admi ral Sir J. W. Hop K.C.8,, Commander - in . Chief at Sheerness, for the trial of L. W. Reid, seco nd-class gunner, belonging to her Majesty's ship Cumberland , g uardshlP of the steam reserve at Sheerness, and doing du t y Arethusa, in the 51, screw steam frigate, 3,141 tons, 600-) horse power. There were two charges against the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1862. he shaft for a light. When he got it he went to the men whom he had passed in coming out. He then tried to get to the trouble where the men were blasting, but after getting six walls in he was obliged to return. He found that the stoppings were displaced. He then returned back, and met Mr. Cole, and then went up the west way. A very few minutes after the air appeared to be travel ling in its usual course up the west district, and in sufficient quantity. He did not think that the ex plosion occurred where the men were firing a shot at the trouble. By Mr. Dunn—Never saw any gas on the edge of the goaf. Had capital air in the pit on the morn ing of the explosion. Had found four Davy lamps broken. One was not locked. It was found in the west, contiguous to the goaf. It was the deputy's lamp. Every viewer's lamp was locked. The deputy's lamp was half screwed on. There were four lamps missing. There must have been a great accumulation of gas to have caused the explosion from the damage that was done. By Mr. Foster—He believed that the blast came from the north-west, where the goaves and pillars were. He inferred that from the appearance of the stoppings. They were lying to the south. William Mason had charge of the lamps in Walker Colliery. He repaired them when neces sary. They were in good repair and perfect. Mr. W. R. Cole, resident viewer at Walker Col liery--Examined the pit a week before the expfo sion• Examined it thoroughly. The scales and the stables registered 6,842 cubic feet of air per minute; the first east way, 10,500 ft. ; the second east way 15,6001 t. ; the north way, going down the dyke, 1,200 ft. ; the west way, 17,018 ft. At the time of the explosion, when we were casing the Ann Pit and had slackened the furnace, the total amount of air —61,960 cubic feet per minute—would be dimi nished. In consequence of this, there would be in the stables at the time of the explosion 5,152 ft. ; in the first east way it was reduced to 7,330 ft. ; in the second east way, to 11,700 ft.; in the north way, to 9,000 ft. ; in the west way, to 12,764 ft. This was amply sufficient air to carry on the pit with perfect safety. The reduction of air in consequence of the operations in the shaft would be one-fourth. In the east way the 12,764 cubic feet of air is divided so that one-half of it was taken into the whole boards when the four men were found, and into the juds, and the other half into the west district. Had exa mined the place where the men were firing the shot in the trouble, but could not form an opinion whether the explosion had taken place there or not. At the place where the men were blasting the trouble there was not the least indication of the explosion having occurred. By Mr. Foster—The cause of his not having been down the pit for a week before the accident was that he had been poorly, and in the doctor's hands. His usual custom was to go down the pit every day. By Mr. Dunn—The stable air goes into the return immediately, and so does the first eastway air, neither of them entering the workings. Mr. T. E. Foster, viewer, said he had had consi derable experience in his profession. Had examined Walker Colliery yesterday very minutely. He went to the west side of the trouble, where the men had been blasting, and from the appearance of the timber at that point he was satisfied that the explo sion did not occur there. He was borne out in that opinion by the fact of the lamps of the deputies who were wot king there having been found with their tops on and all secure. It was true the waste man's lamp had notbeen found, but, as he had nothing to do with the blasting, he presumed that his lamp top would be all right. He examined the work ings in the four whole boards in the west and north, and he found that the greatest amount of damage had been done there. It was his opinion that the explosion had occurred either from a defective lamp or from an injury to a safety lamp, It was also his opinion that the quantity of gas had not been much, or less the damage would have been considerably greater. He had examined the ven tilation with very great care, and found the quan tity going into the west way, east way, and second east way, before it divided, to be 50,400 cubic feet per minute, which, in his opinion, was quite ample to -ventilate the pit in safety. All goaves have gas in them. By the Coroner—He thought that when one of the juds next the goaf was drawn a day or two be fore the explosion it had not fallen, but that it fell at th© time of the explosion, smashing the lamps, and originating the disaster. In the north return there is no trace of damage. It is a splendid return. Mr. W. Armstrong, viewer, of Wingate Grange, who had examined the pit in company with Mr. Foster yesterday, concurred with the evidence given by that gentleman. The goaf was exceed ingly small and the amount so short that be thought the diminished air at the time of the explosion was sufficient. There was little timber in the pit, and all the conditions for good ventilation existed. Mr. R. Johnson, of Haswell, examined, agreed with Mr. Foster as to the cause of the accident. Jobling said the last accident in the pit, three years ago, was caused by a man remov i ng th e top of his safety lamp. The jury returned the verdict, " Explosion purely accidental." LAW IN7ELLIGENCE, Nov, 27. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster.—(Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Speeial Jury.) LEIGH V. THOEP.--SEDUCTION. This was an action brought by Edward Leigh, a journeyman painter, residing in the Roman-road, Old Ford, to recover compensation in damages for the seduction of his daughter, Emma Leigh, a young girl, who had been a domestic servant of Samuel Thorp, a brevet-major in the Indian army. The plea was not guilty. Mr. Tindal Atkinson and srg P e hil e b a r n ie t k p w ar e r r y e counselanudmr Lloydpon the f resumptionpol r ai t n h plaintiff; ff defendan t. and Mr. of the trial this morning Major Thorp, the defendant, was the first witness called. He said—l reside at 2, Regent-square, which is a highly respectable house. I came from India to this country in Sept., 1859. I have been a widower Three years. My wife died of cholera in the jungles while I was on the march. My daugh ter is now five years old. I would have returned to India four months ago if it had not been for this action. In order to be present here I have been obliged to ask several times for additional leave of absence. The girl Emma Leigh was in my mother's service as nurse to my daughter. She went into her service at the latter end of 1859, or the beginning of 1860. I have been in the habit of keeping a diary from day to day of all my proceedings and disbursements. It commences in March, 1861, and ends on 25th November, 1862. I now produce it. Ido not know when Emma Leigh left. It must have been at the end of 1860, or the beginning of 1861. _ Mr. Baron Martin said of course the diary was not evidence, but the witness could, refresh his memory by referring to it. Mr. Sergeant Parry said he was too well aware of it, but he wished to show that his client kept a diary. Examination continued—l saw Emma Leigh at my apartments in Regent-square on Bth July, 1861. I never saw her on any other occasion afterwards. I think I saw her once at Walthamstow after she left my mother. It was not so late as July, I never on any occasion asked her to come and see me at Regent-square, nor did I give her the address for that purpose. I never told her how she was to come, nor to take an omnibus. (Emma Leigh here said, " Did you not give me 2s. ?") I never gave her 2s. to come to my house. On the Bth of July she came into my room. I was surprised to see her. I was writing at a table opposite the window. I turned round and saw it was Emma Leigh. I said, " What do you want, Emma Leigh ?" or words to that effect. She said, " I have been for a long time out of a situ tion—do you know of any situation that would suit me ? ' Some months previously my aunt had asked me to look out for a s ervant f or h er, an d I men tioned this to the servants at Walthamstow. I told Emma Leigh that my aun t h a d go t a servant who suited her. I h a d never ment i one d to her previously that my aunt wanted a servan t. She said she could obtain a situation if she had some money. I asked h er w h at, an d s h e re plied some thing in a sewing machine manufactory. I than asked her what sh e wou l d requ i re, an d s he replied about a pound. I said, '•lf a sovereign will be of , any service to y ou , h ere it is, but you mu st repay me as soon as you can," and she said sh e would. Prior to my lendi ng her the sovereign, I asked her why she had not appli e d to h er p a rents for it. She said if she had they co u ld no t have given it to her. She said after she had learnt the business she r,his would be able to earn money on h e r ow n account. l mention of the sewing cam e from her, 1 can swear I lent her a sovereign on the Bth July, and not half a sovereign. Her bonnet and shawl were taken off neither by leitTaelf nor by me. She remained about a quarter of an hour or 20 minutes. She sat on the opposite side of the table to me, and she could see plainly into the bedroom. I never took any liberties with her, or drugged her, or took a bottle from the chimney piece, poured something from it into a wine glass, and gave it to her. There was no fire or gas in the room. I never gave her any warm gin and water, nor any cake. I had no warm water or gin in the room. I never in my life took any in decent or improper liberties with the young woman. I never saw her at Walthamstow in July. I never saw her again after the Bth July, either in Regent square or anywhere else until I saw her in the court yesterday. She never made any application to me about my being the father of the child. The first intimation of it I received was by letter. I remem ber my mother also showing me a letter. I received the letter produced myself. It is dated 20th May, 1862. That is the first intimation I received, about this matter. The second letter produced was the one shown to me by my mother. Mr. Baron Martin- 7 That is the letter which the plaintiff Leigh said his brother-in-law had written? Mr. Sergeant Parry—Yes, and I propose to have it read. It is addressed to Mrs. Thorp. The letter was as follows : " 31st May, 1862. "Dear Madam,—l write to inform you of the vile profligacy of your son, Samuel Thorp, in conjunction with his groom, Robert Hubble, towards my daughter Emma Leigh, a short time since. It appears by my poor girl's statement that these two men, acting in concert, and under the pretence of obtaining for her a good situation, and with marked hypocrisy, beguiled her into a disreputable hovel in Regent-square, where this rascal Thorp drugged my poor girl and violated her person, She has given birth to a child and is dangerously ill, and I have to inform you that unless instant reparation be made for this deep injury, which affects me and my daughter's reputation, I will at once bring the matter before a tribunal against both of these men without further notice.—Yours, &c., EDWARD LEIGH." Examination resumed—l consulted my cousin, Mr. Oakley, with regard to this letter. I also re ceived a letter dated Bth July, 1862, from the at torney who first conducted the action for the plain tiff. The letter, which was addressed to the major, was to this effect :—" Having received instructions from Edward Leigh to apply to you Air compensa tion for the seduction of his daughter, Emma Leigh, effected by you by administering some noxious drug to her, and the loss of her services, &c., I trust you will at once see the necessity of making him sufficient compensation and pay my costs; 1 shall wait for the purpose until twelve o'clock on Thursday next, and if I do not hear from you I will forthwith issue a writ against you." Examination resumed—There is not the slightest truth in Emma Leigh's statement that between July and Sept., 1861, I had intercourse with her four times. (The girl here made an exclamation, and was with difficulty induced to remain quiet.) On the Bth July Hubble, the groom, was in town. He came to take care of Wright, the gardener, who had to attend the Old Bailey. A servant had robbed my uncle, Robert Thorp, and he was a witness for the prosecution. Cross-examined—l did not reside at my mother's house all the time Emma Leigh was acting as nursemaid to my little girl. I may have stayed two or three days or a week at a time. Oakley has sometimes gone with me to Walthamstow, and slept there. I have been in the constant habit of keeping a dairy both in this country and in India. I was at Walthamstow in July last occasionally, but I am confident I did not see this young woman. If I had done so I would not have entered it in my diary. I only saw her once at Walthamstow after she had left my mother's. That was soon after ane left. I may have spoken to her on that occasion, and it may have been in the garden. 1 cannot say that my little girl was with her. lam sure it was not in July, but I cannot say in what month, or at what time of the year—it is so long ago, I really forget at what time of the year, but whenever it was I cannot say, and did not speak to her. I take on myself to say that I never gave her my address, or told her that my aunt wanted a servant. My aunt is Mrs. Hall, who resides at Fleetlands, near Fareham,in Hamp shire. She came to me and asked me if I could get her a servant. I mentioned this to my mother, and I may also have done so to the servants at Wal thamstow. Hubble came into my service on my re turn from India. He remained at Walthamstow, where I keep my horses. Re-examined—My aunt, Mrs. Hall, came to town with my daughter, and stayed at 2, Regent-square, from the 17th April to the 29th. They were my guests, and it was then that my aunt asked me about a servant. Robert Hubble, the groom, was next called. He said, I entered the defendant's service a month after he came from India. I resided with my mother at Walthamstow. On July 8, 1861, I saw Emma Leigh in town when Wright was with me. I had before seen her in June in Gray's-inn-road. I did not recognise her until she spoke to me. I walked home with her, and we called at two or three public houses. We had a pint of ale and a biscuit at one place, but I am not positive whether I had any cheese, (Laughter.) I met her between 4 and 5 in the afternoon. On the Bth of July she was with me from four in the afternoon until 10 at night. I met her at Sidmouth.streot, Gray's-inn-lane. Wright was with me. We went into Elliott's and had some bread and cheese. She had tea and ham. Leigh did not tell me where she had been. I saw her between 3 and 4 in the afternoon. Wright was left at a coffee-house in Holborn-hill. I walked home with her. I left her about 100 yards from her father's house in the Roman road, Olp Ford. We walked all the way. It is three or four miles or four and a half miles from Gray's-inn-lane. We got to Old Ford at 10 o'clock at night. We called at one or two public houses on our way. We had biscuits and cheese. We had some ale. She poured it out herself. I bad walked with her before this. I once called when I left my work. On Bth July I and Wright came up about the prosecution at the Old Bailey. I never drove Emma Leigh to 2, Regent-square. Cross-examined—l know it was the Bth of July when I saw her. I cannot say why lam so certain. I don't keep a diary. (Laughter.) The major did not tell me it was the Bth of July. I cannot say what is the date to-day. (Laughter.) It runs in my head that it was the Bth of July. (Laughter.) Re-examined—l came up with Wright to take care of him. (Laughter.) He had to attend the trial at the Old Bailey. Wm. Wright, a little old man, said—l do any sort of work about Mrs. Thorp's place at Waltham stow. I have been about the place 47 years. I re• collect coming up with Hubble to the trial. We met Emma Leigh. Cross-examined—l recollect seeing after blossom time Emma Leigh in the garden with the child. The major might have been there, but I did not see him talk to her. Mrs. Hubble, the mother of Robert Hubble, said she saw Emma Leigh's mother at her (witness's) house at Walthamstow, in July, 1862. She told me my scan had driven her daughter to 2, Regent-square, on the Bth July,. 1861, that she was drugged and seduced by Major Thorp, that she went there again the next day, and that she blamed her for going next day. Emma Leigh has called a number of times at my house. She sent a boy to the door for my son. He was not at home. I went down to see her. I asked her if she was Emma Leigh. She said " No," and bidding me good bye, went away. I saw her after wards, and asked her how she could deny herself. She said, " I may as well own it • it was me." She called a number of times, and I said I had a great objection to her coming so often to my house. She always wanted to see Robert. I said it had a bad appearance, and I did not like it. I said my son did not want her. Cross-examined—My son is now in the employ of the major. Mary Hubble, the daughter of the last witness, said—l remember Mrs. Leigh calling on my mother. She said that she blamed her daughter very much indeed for going the next day to Regent -square after what happened on the Bth July. Mrs. Leigh, the mother of Emma Leigh, was re called at the request of Mr. Sergeant Parry, and asked by the learned judge whether, when she called upon Mrs. Hubble, she stated to her that what Emma had told her as to what happened in Regent-square was told three or four days after her confinement, and when she was quite in a sane state ? The witness replied that she did. Mrs. Harring, the landlady of 2, Regent-square, deposed to a young woman calling to see Major Thorp in July, 1862. She was Emma Leigh. The major's servant went up and told the major, and then Emma went upstairs, She remained a very short time, 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour. In 10 or 14 days she called again. Witness saw her at the door as she was leaving the house. She told her that she had better knock at the door, but she believed the major was not at home. That was her belief; never saw her again, and was very certain she never did call afterward?. Cross-examined —When I met the young worn n at my door, I might have been away an hour before I returned. It might have been twelve or one when she came. -William Henry Oakley, clerk to the registrar of the Court of Probate, and cousin to the defendant, said the defendant consulted him with regard to the letters which had been read. Mrs. Thorp, the mother of the defendant, examined, said—Emma Leigh was in my service. I gave her notice to le ave me on account o f h er b e i ng s o fami liar with the men-servants. I had repeatedly com plained of that, and said that she s hould not go out of the nursery and gossip with the men. The man she talked to was Robert Hubble, I did not make her sleep in my roc= when WY bon And Mr. Oakley were sleeping in the house. I ma 3 have had a servant sleep in my room, but not Emma Leigh. This being the evidence for the defence, Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Tindal Atkinson addressed the jury on behalf of their respective clients. Mr. Baron Martin, in summing up, said this was an action for the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter, and the damages claimed were confined not merely to the loss of her services by the plain tiff, but extended to the loss ho had sustained by being deprived of her society, and the dishonour he suffered. It has been said by the late Lord Eldon in a case of this kind that the jury might take into consideration the feelings of the father in losing the comfort and services of 11 is daughter, in whose virtue he would have no fufther consolation, and example his other children's morals might be cor rupted. The seduction of a daughter was a legiti mate cause of action, and the jury were entitled to assess the damages in that manner. The present case was one in which there must be most wicked and wilful perjury on one side or the other, and they would have to decide, looking at all the cir cumstances, on which side the truth lay. 'Two per sons swore directly contrary to each other in a matter as to which there could be no room what ever for doubt, and it was exclusively the province of the jury to say which told the truth. He was bound to say that the case had been grossly exaggerated on both sides; for assuming the girl's story to be true she had done a very improper and imprudent thing in going to the de fendant to inquire about a situation. If a young woman of considerable personal attractions like Emma Leigh went to the lodgings of a young man for such a purpose, she could scarcely be said to take proper care her virtue, and one could not be much surprised if under the circumstances the result took place which she swore. Stress had been placed upon the fact that in the first instance she accused the defendant of giving her some drug which made her insensible, and then violating her person; but he did not think that was a material matter, as in these cases a young woman told to her parents the story most favourable to her. What told against her was that she made no communication whatever to the defendant during the time she was in the familyway with a view to seeking some money, or assistance or comfort in the state in which she was; and what most told against the defendant was that he had not answered the letters sent to him after the confinement ; and the jury would consider whether the explanations of counsel were satisfac tory upon those points. It was said that the young woman often called for the groom Hubble, was on friendly terms with him, and had gohe with him into publichonses to drink, and the object of that evidence seemed to be to prove that she had sexual connexion with him, but they ought to dismiss that entirely from their minds, because Hubble made no statement to such an effect, and the learned counsel emphatically said that Hubble had nothing to do with the girl, and he would be prepared to swear it. The supposition that Hubble was father of the child should, therefore, be thrown entirely aside. His lordship then went over the evidence, and, as to damages, said even if the jury thought that the de fendant had sworn falsely they ought not to give vindictive damages, because he might perhaps in taking advantage of the young woman's presence in his lodging, have thought that her coming to him was a sort of challenge, but they would form their own opinion as to that, and looking to all the evi dence as to the conduct of both parties, say to what sum the plaintiff was entitled. The jury then retired. Mr. Sergeant Parry afterwards came into court, and said that the learned judge was wrong in his version of what fell from him as to Hubble being the father of the child. He did not say that Hubble was not the father, nor that it was to be inferred that he was not, but that, if asked, he would pro bably deny that he was the father. It was not for the defence to prove who was the father. At the request of the learned counsel the jury were recalled, and the correction made by Mr. Baron Martin, but his lordship said he was cer tainly under the impression that the learned coun sel made the statement he imputed to him. After about an hour's absence the jury sent in a note stating that they were unable to agree, and on being brought into court his lordship told them, as they were not likely to agree, he did not feel justified in detaining them any longer. It was just one of those cases in which a conscientious difference of opinior. might prevail, and he should therefore discharge them. The jury were then discharged. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, N0v.27. OLD COTJRT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) ATTEMPTED CHILD MURDER. Elizabeth Welton, 26, was charged with feloni ously casting a child, twelve months old, named Annie Welton, into the water, with intent to mur der her. Me. Ribton and Mr. Oppenhein conducted the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Sleigh. It appeared by the evidence of a woman, named Jane, Robinson, that on the 30th of October she was looking out of the back window of her house in Bacon-street, Bethnal-green, when she saw the pri soner and a young elan in the back garden of an adjoining house, and they appeared to be quarrel ling, and the man made use of most foul and dis gusting language to the prisoner. She had the child in question, which was her own child, in her arms at the time; and while the quarrel was pro ceeding she rushed to a water-butt that was in the yard, and which was nearly full of wate r , an d threw the child into it. It struggled and got its hands to the edge of the water-butt, and the prisoner, according to the evidence, forced them away and pressed the body of the child into the water and then left the spot. The young man who had been quarrelling with the pri: soner immediately ran up to the water butt and took the child out, and it appeared to be nearly ex hausted, but eventually recovered, and did not sus tain any material injury. It was stated in the course of the inquiry that the man who was referred to was the prisoner's stepson. Some further evidence was then adduced, but none of the witnesses were able to prove that the name of the child was Annie Wilson, as stated in the in dictment. Mr. Sleigh, upon this, submitted that the indict ment was bad in point of form. Mr. Justice Byles said that with such an objec tion as the one now taken, which was purely tech nical, he should certainly give the widest latitude to a statute which was passed expressly for the purpose of preventing such objections prevailing to defeat justice, and he should amend the indictment. The learned Judge then summed up, and the jury after deliberating for a few minutes, found the pri soner not guilty. Geo. Robert Kilaby, the late clerk at the West minster Bridewell, who was convicted on Wednes day of having, in an unfounded fit of jealousy, shot at and wounded a person named Cook, with intent to do him grievous bodily injury, was brought up for judgment. Sir. Justice Byles, in passing sentence upcn the prisoner, said he had carefully read a statement that he had forwarded to him, and he felt the deepest commiseration at his own position and that in which his family had been placed, but he must protect the public, and he was responsible to the law for the sentences he pronounced. If the jury had convicted him of the intention to murder the prosecutor he should most certainly have sentenced him to penal servitude for life. The jury had, however, convicted him of a much less serious charge; but the only point that he saw at all to be regarded favourably was, that it had not been made out that the pistol was loaded with buck shot, as was originally sup posed, but with small shot only, ti-,at were not cal culated to do so much mischief. The prosecutor was however, very seriously injured, and the surgeon stated that, although he was at present in tolerable health, his condition was such that dangerous symptoms might come on at any moment, and he must inform him that, if this should be the case, and he should die within a year and a day, he would be liable to be tried for murder. He then sentenced the prisoner to be kept in penal servi tude for five years. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) MORE GARROTTE ROBBERIES. Thomas Redshaw, 20, harness maker, James Dixon, 20, clerk, and Charlotte Redshaw, 19, spin ster, were indicted for feloniously assaulting William Beamish, and stealing from him part of a watch chain and 6d. in money. Mr. Daly conducted the prosecution ; Mr. F. 11, Lewis defended the prisoner Redshaw, and Mr. Montagu Williams defended the female prisoner. The prisoner, James Dixon, was undefended by counsel. The prosecutor in this case is a young ma n em ployed as a letter - carrier at the General Post- o ffi er . and was returning home along the City -road about 10 o'clock on the night of the 29th Se ptember last, when he met the female prisoner, whom he h a d re , i t n h e a h r e t r h . e City She.nAade an ex cuse to go intorms Tavern, and ag ree d k to no g w o n ho b ra ef e o with the tavern to get, as she said, the key, and soon after rejoined him, and they p roceed reached a retired spot, knownproceeded together till they which they ent ere d, and r emained as Gl o b e - wa lk, i ntc ciincersation, when themale pros ecutor h eard footsteps, pri asked himsoners approach. Di xon what he was d • and they immediately seized there with his woman, White „ „ . lately seized him by the throlitH I " lAltile attempted to possess horsolf of his watch, of which he retained possession by keeping it in his grasp ; the chain, however, was broken and lost, as was also the money. The three then went away, bearing the prosecutor half dead on the ground. From the violence he suffered one of his eyes was closed and the other was full of blood, so that he was unable to pursue the prisoners. He crawled to a cab, and directed the driver to take him to the hospital, where he remained under me dical care for upwards of a fortnight. In his cross-examination by Mr, F. H. Lewis, the prosecutor denied that he knew or had had any illicit connection with a female named Maria Bar' row, with whom Thomas Redshaw cohabited. In reply to Mr. Montagu Williams, the proseco' tor stated that he knew from the female prisoner that she lived with the prisoner Dixon. It was proved that the male prisoners were in the City Arms Tavern when the female went in to get the key. They were subsequently taken into cos' tody on the information of the woman Maria Bar' row, who now proved that Thomas Redshaw cam e home without his hat on the night of the robberYl and told her that he had lost it in a row he had ba d with a postman, whom he had kicked and left for dead ; and he also attributed some spots of blood she observed on his stocking to this rencontre. The learned Counsel for the prisoners addressed the jury on behalf of their respective clients, con tending that this was not a robbery, but an a ssault i by Thomas Redshaw, in revenge for the suppose" connexion between fie prosecutor and the woman- Barrow ; and that Dixon had joined in the attack when he found the prosecutor with his paramour, the female prisoner. Mr. Baron Bramwell summed up the evidence with great clearness to the jury, who, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty again st all the prisoners. Sentence deferred. Thos. Lester, 30, sailor, and Thos. Harvey, 19 ' labourer, were indicted for a robbery, with vio lence, on Daniel Solley, and stealing from him a caP and six shillings in money. Mr. Orridge prosecuted, and the prisoners Wer e undefended. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor that he was passing through Lower Thames-street in the evening, when the two prisoners sprang out upon him, knocked him down, and stole his cap and 6s. in money. He gave an alarm, and the prisoners were followed and seen to go into a lodg ing -house, known as " The Barracks," in that neigh* bourhood. The police secured both the prisoners there, one of them being found concealed in the water-closet, and the prosecutor's cap was also die covered in the house. The jury acquitted the prisoners of the ro bbery ' but the learned judge ordered them t o b e d e tain ed , in order that an indictment for th e assau lt might be preferred against them. Joseph Hall, 30, labourer, and Robert Leat, 251 smith, were indicted, together with a woman nu' known, with feloniously assaulting Edwin John Burt, with intent to rob him. Mr. Sleigh, instructed by the City Solicitor, On' ducted the prosecution. In this case the prosecutor stated that he was an officer in the Customs, and th a t on th e even ing °f the 21st inst. he was in Fenchurch-street, when he was accosted by a woman, of whom he took n ° notice, but passed on. She, how ever , f o ll owe d hinh and on his arriving at a shop where there was a light, he took out his purse for the purpose of taking out a coin to make a purchase, and had no so/WI done so than the woman snatched it from him an d t ran away. He pursued, crying " St o p thief," had not proceeded far when the prisoner Hall cam e out of a court, and placing himself i n f ro nt aske d what was the matter, and endeavour e d to preven t him from continuing his chase. The prosecut. ° : endeavoured to push past him, but finding that 0 4 could not succeed was about to turn back when n.. found some one behind him. This was the prisone', Leat. The two prisoners were then on each side ° A ` him, when a third man came in front of him, an d the prosecutor, after a struggle with them, 0013 ; trived to free one of his hand s i n w hi c h he ha d ' stick heavily loailed with lead. This he swung ' round, and struck the man in front a violent blow- The man cried out that he had been hit and re ? away. The prosecutor retained his hold of the pri soner Hall for a moment, and then he and the Po" soner Leat started off, followed by the prosecutor.. They ran into St. Mary-axe, where Leat was car; tured by a police-constabl e , an d H a ll, with T. assistance of a gentleman nam e d T an hill, was d e tained until further assistance arrived. The prisoners were both c onv i c t e d, and it W s . at stated that though nothing wa s k now n of Hall, i t was believed that Leat had before been tried f°, robbery with violence at Glasgow, and sentence ' to four years' penal servitude, and that he had on l y come out of Portland Prison a few months since. The prisoner Leat denied the truth of this state ment., and declared that he could prove that he s'O e keeping a shooting gallery in Old - street-road at the time it was alleged he had been in custody. Mr. Baron Bramwell directed further i nquiriel l to be made, and postponed passing sentence. COUNTRY MA RALI S. 1. , MANCHESTER—Nov. 27. good a tend' This morning at our market there was a go.-- - .. t v eil ance, but the business transacted in any article vio' ' limited, and there was no improvement in prices. BIRMINGHAM —Nov, 27, 40 0 English wheat was sold at 54s to 60s for white, 11- . 1 5 s to to 56s per 36 stone for red. Barley, new malting, 7.„ 300 42s per qr ; grindi ng , 26 s to 30s Oats, old, 26s 1 '; qr. per 30 stone; new, 22 s t o 25 5. Beans, 41s to 44s per Peas, 40s to 48s per 36 stone. PLYMOUTH Nov. 25. ; 5 1 / 1 White, 56s to 60 s ; re d , 5 4s to 56s per qr ; Dautzlor to 58s ; American, 51s to 55s ; Spanish, —s to —s a ss p et sian, —s to —s. Barley a t prev i ous rates-34s to., . sio qr for malti ng ; gr i n di ng, 27s to 28s ,_• oats, 23s to 27s beans, —s to — s ; fl our, 38 s to 41s Od. CORK—NoT. 26. g e d The following were the quotations this morning wheat, 17810 d to 24s 9LI ; white, 22s ea to 27s Od, Walla tO Od to 18s Od ; oa t s , 8 s 6d to 13p 6d. ; new here, —s Od. EDINBURGH GRAIN—Noy. 26. o bt A good supply of f armers ' w h eat to-day, wh i c h br° ' fully the prices of this day week. Trade slow. Barley on th e t op i s 6d down Wheat on the top 18 s Od down a a v v e e r r a aggee Os s 7 s 2dd ci A d ri : Oats on the top Os 6d down Beans on the top is down... average 6s s . 544°142. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ... 823 qrs Sold 346 qrs Barley.. ..2437 qrs Sold 1441 qrs Oats Sold 1126 Beans 4l qrs (l 'ls Sold 19 qrs o a; Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 45a Od ; extras, 436 superfine, 41s Od ; fine, 398 Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD —Nov. 25. o a The show of fat beasts to-day was fully an average' prices had an upw a rd t en d ency. Beet 6d to 61d V ea l .... 6d Mutton .. bid to 7id Pork .. 7- to Lamb Bd to Bid R oug h f at, 4s 3d Pe i r 6°l3' Hides, 3d to 41d; calf skins, 5d to 6d. e THE RIVEUS.—The rivers Earn and Rutliven are at present s warm i ng with fish, and the spawn i ng beds 1 7 110 at present quite full. the ova has been safely lodged' g f o r fish are in fine order, and' have not been so " Timer' upwards of 30 years. Tho watchers are very vigilalut Si d no cases of poaching have occurred this year.—Scotsman' CLIFFORD.—On the 26th in in ß s T t ,HaSt the North Camp, A lder' shot, the Hon. Mr s . H. H. ' Clifford, of a daughter. ~to HrsEY.—On the 27th inst., at Westbourne-terra ce, wire of Ralph A. Husey, Esq., of a sn. to gs * THEOBALD.—On the 22d inst., at 3, Park-road, 6 " Newington, Mrs. George J. Theobald, of a son. - WooD.—On the 27th inst., at Littleten , the wife of $.141" General Wood, of a son. MARRIAGES. yorlg . 9t Edward S. Ball, ESCI•1;03 0 BALL—FIELDING. —On the 26th inst., a t H a lifax, ~y,, C a mbridgeshire, son to Emily, daughter of Mearclough, Sowerby bridge. , wi r 1 9f , Fielding, shire, Burwell, E el., SHARMAN—CIIARLTON.—On the 27th inst., at 5. , . - 4 Ito f ge' 1 Bryanston-square, Mr. Warren Sharman, 0- n a, ° Mowbray, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. Char' Oxford-attest. 27th inst., at Cornwall-place, DEATHS. CLOWES.—On the after a abort clowes.illness, Ellen, eldest daughter of Mr. Fr OllTHBEhbert' RT.—On the 27th inst., John Smithyut dee Esq., of 146, Fenchurch- t t and 1, Carabrige- 1 ° v Villa' Hackn ey, aged 65. 8 ree ' Eic llo liE.—On the 26th inst , at New-park-road, Clapham park, William Eicke, Es . q d 75 al. GARR CO 1 ETT.—On the 22d inst ,at 6, Bentinck-street, ,ora dish-square, Catherine, widow of the late rice - Henry A" Garrett, aged 74. Islington' HAYS.—On the 25th inst., at Barnsbury-square, Ifo l Afar* John Hays, Esq., formrly of the Corn Exchange, ' Lane, aged 94. io st o o' 1 PAGET —On Tuesday, the 25th inst., at Humber,. ow the 84th year of his age, Thomas Paget, Esel•C e o co aoq one of the representatives in Parliament for tu ilolloattici; of Leicester. 1 1 0 3. Soura , Y.—On the 25th inst., at Henley-on-Tho_inestiury.o M. Sound aged 96 y, late of Upper Culhana, IVP:,grave, "' aged 96, t 134' TAnon.—On the 26th inst.; at 15, Tavistock•stree,,itiiel ford-square, Stephen Ci a arles Taylor, late of Coe? , . 1- Llandogo, Moun i outtlatiit___ —-- -- ---- I> T ? 1)14 LONDON: Printed and Pu blished b y JOHN CIO- ll2 t 1 " . of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at TnE Sux officel _ . ., t y of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in the ("°l4' Nicidloaex.—Friday, Noyember 28,.1864. 711 E ARMY. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur yesterday rode down to Woolwich and spent the after part of the day in the gymnasium and school of arts. He witnessed a lengthened course of sword and other exercises practised by the officers and men of the Royal Artillery. His Royal Highness was accom panied by Major Elphinstone, and was received at the mess quarters by General Sir Richard Dacres, Commandant, and the garrison staff, who attended him until half-past 4 o'clock p.m., when he returned to his residence at Greenwich. The Prince has ex gaged the services of Sergeant-Major Kelly, gym nastic instructor at Woolwich, who will attend three times a week at the Ranger's house, to ini- tiate the Prince in athletic and sword exercises, during his stay at Greenwich. A few days pre viously his Royal Highness visited the Royal Mili tary Academy, when M. Lovey and Herr Feiling, the French and German masters recently appointed tutors to the Prince, received instructions to com mence their duties. Letters received from Medeira announce the arrival there, on the 9th inst., of the Adventure screw troopship, Commander Lethbridge, with Royal Artillery on board for the West Indies. Fair winds and a pleasant voyage had been experienced from the Downs, with the exception of one portion of the voyage, where the ship rolled considerably, owing to a strong breeze right aft, causing some sea sickness, especially among the women and chil dren. The ship was appointed to leave early on the morning of the 10th in prosecution of her voyage. A general order from the Horse Guards has been received at Chatham garrison, notifying, with re ference to paragraph 5 of the Staff College regu lations published with the general order of March last, to officers of the army the subjects in mili tary history and geography on which candidates for admission to the Staff College will be examined in July, 1863. They are—in military history, the campaign of Napoleon in 1809, the campaign of Wellington in 1811, and the campaign of Welling ton in 1815 ; in military geography—the basin of the Danube, the Portuguese frontier, the theatre of operations on the frontier of France and in Bel gium, and the principal routes from Paris to Brus sels. The number of campaigns required to be taken up has been considerably diminished, in order to enable candidates better to acquaint themselves with, and to be prepared to reason upon, the cir cumstances by which the issue of the campaigns was mainly influenced, for which purpose the can didates should compare for themselves to the fullest extent possible the accounts of both sides. The ex amination will be principally directed to elicit this knowledge, rather than a mere narrative of facts. An unusually large number of time-expired troops, as well as those who from sickness or rather causes have been found unfitted for further service, were discharged from the army at the St. Mary's invalid establishment, Chatham, yesterday, in ac cordance with orders to that effect received from the Horse Guards, the whole of the number having previously been inspected by a Board of the Com missioners of Chelsea Hospital. The troops, who numbered upwards of 100 men of all ranks, had been selected from the 7th, 10th, and 13th Hussars, Military Train, Royal Artillery, 2d Royals, sth Fusileers, 12th, 16th, 17th, 20th, 25th (King's Own Borderers), 26th (Cameronians), 33d, 37th, 47th, 50th (Queen's Own), 59th, 60th, 61st, 64th, 67th, 78th (Highlanders), 82d, 83d, 84th, 90th Light Infantry, and 101st and 105th regiments. In addition to the troops discharged, a number of non commissioned officers and men left the invalid estala- lishment to join their respective regiments or depots. Arrangements are in progress for removing the general Hospital, as well as the invalid depot, to gether with the entire staff of officers and other officials at Fort Pitt and St. Mary's Barracks, from Chatham to Netley, where the large military hos pital will be ready for the reception of patients early in the approaching year. THE JTALIAiV CHURCH. (From the Times Correspondent.) MILAN, Nov. 23. I have to report a skirmish between the Passaglian and the Papal clergy in this country. One of the cities inltaly in which the views of FatherPassaglia have won the greatest number of respectable and influential converts is this old metropolitan see of Milan, which in the middle ages stood for many antagonism against Rom an usur p at i on years in open ante and arrogance, and was the head of what was called the Italian diocess—a diocess which embraced the whole of North Italy. One of Passaglia's friends is the Provost of San Carlo al Corso, one of the largest and most important Milanese parishes. The Provost asked Passaglia whether he was under any canonical disability that prevented his ascend ing the pulpit, and, being answered in the nega tive, he invited the padre to preach the ten ser mons of the present Advent season. Passaglia accepted the offer, and on Sunday last, at eleven o'clock, he presented himself in his place. St. Charles' Church, at Milan, is a clumsy, squeeze d up, ill-designed Grecian building outwardly, but a vast, splendid rotunda in the inside. It lies close upon the Corso Vittorio Emmanuelle, the very prin cipal street in the town, a street beset with busy crowds at all hours of the day, and almost night, but so closely thronged, especially on a Sunday about noon, that men and vehicles can only with difficulty force their way along the swarming thoroughfare. The engagement of Passaglia had been kept a profound secret, with a view to avoid, if possible, untimely hindrance or disturbance; and as the preacher ascended the pulpit-steps, he saw before him no larger audience than what an un known average orator might be expected to attract. He had, however, scarcely gone through a few in troductory sentences when he was recognised, and his arrival and presence circulated through the crowd like wildfire, so that you would say that nearly the whole Corso poured in at once into the church. The audience was soon so pressed together that a pin, as the saying is, could hardly have fallen to the ground, and the air became at once so close in the pulpit, but if I may that the orat or , w h o h as a most power f u l org an, was for a f ew moments made hoarse with it. I have never heard Passaglia Judge from personal acquaintance, I should say that for stateliness of look, highly polished, and dignity o f d e li very , s t reng th of voic e , and flow of noble, languagere ach h historical ; he t oo k as hie His oration was s t r i c tl y he could h ar dl y h ave a r i va l among Italian p impres s i ve his comment the Ist c h ap t er o f John, and limited ent to that he purely doctrinal ma tter, purposely avoiding any subject see m allusive to the controversy to which might g i v en rise. The sermon was spoken before amt a s a t attentive, well behaved congreg a ti on, which, when l was oy over, dispersed with the greatest order. Monsignor Caccia, a bishop in parttbus, who is now administering the vacant diocess of Milan, was ' absent at the time at Rho, but he was soon informed of the occurrence, and intimated to the Provost of St. Charles that Passaglia was not to be allow e d t o exercise any of the duties of his sacred ministry in that church, and most particularly not to be allowed to preach. The Provost answered that Passaglia was licensed to exercise his sacred ministry when ever he chose by virtue of a decree of the Sacra Penitenzierta. The Bishop replied by a threat of putting the Provost himself under the interdict. There was a long and somewhat angry correspon dence between the parish priest and his diocesan, but the former seemed well disposed to hold his ground regardless of consequences. In the meanwhile the Prefect of Milan, Villa marina, sent to the central Government at Turin the particulars of this priestly squabble, and ex pressed some apprehension that the appearance of Passaglia on a Milan pulpit might give rise to some collision betweeen the hostile clerical parties and their partisans. An agent of the police waited upon Passaglia at his residence in the Marquis of Cavour's palace, and, in the presence of this latter nobleman, and, in the very gentlest terms, endea voured to prevail upon the father to give up his Milanese engagement. Passaglia held fast by his purpose, and repeatedly answered the police-agent that he would obey orders, but must disregard mere counsels. Saturday (yesterday) arrived, and by the one o'clock p.m. train Passaglia travelled hither from Turin. He took up his quarters at the house of Monsignor Brioschi, one of the Mi lanese prelates, who has most zealously embraced Passaglian views. He was there visited by the Provost of St. Charles, who told him that in his difficulty with his ecclesiastical superior he had deemed it expedient to address the lay authorities, and had signified to the Prefect Villamarina that by allowing Father Passaglia the free use of his pulpit he, the Provost, considered that he was only exer cising his indisputable right, and called upon the guardians of public order to screen him from vio lence, and to take proper measures against any popu lar disturbance. The Provost went on stating that the Prefect had vouchsafed no answer, and that nothing should be ventured unless a good under standing could be established with the lay authori ties. Passaglia instantly presented himself to Villa marina, put himself under the protection of the law, and added that he thought he had fulfilled all the obligations of a dutiful subject by simply acquaint ing the authorities with his firm resolution to preach in St. Charles's on the morrow. The Prefect fully reassured the padre, denied having in any manner written or telegraphed to Turin on the subject, con tended that he felt no alarm, had communicated none to Turin, and ended by saying that he would have given the Provost of St. Charles the same as surances if he applied for his protection. The Pro vost waited upon the Prefect early on the following (this) morning, but Villamarina was nowhere to be found ; whereupon the poor Provost was seized with a sudden panic, and, fearing lest he might find himself exposed to the fury of a mob fana ticised by the Papal party, without any reliance on the support of the police, withdrew from his position and requested Passaglia to desist from his purpose. It was therefore an nounced that the series of Passaglia's sermons for the Advent was interrupted. What the result of Passaglia's eloquence upon an Italian audience, and more especially on so susceptible a multitude as that of Milan, might be under present circumstances I would not undertake to say. It is possible that Villamarina and the Turin Government were really afraid that the animosity between the two hostile clerical factions might lead to scenes which it was their duty to prevent, even at the expense of what might seem to English people right and justice, but it may also be that the Rattazzi Ministry were only acting in consistency with their former de sertion of Ricasoli's policy with respect to Pas - saglia, when they refused to sanction the promise of indemnity for any loss that the priests signing Passaglia's address to the Pope might have to en counter. The fact is that Passaglia would be a great weapon in the hands of a daring and resolute Italian Government, not only against the Pope, but against the Power whose bayonets nphold. the Pope at Rome; and as Rattazzi feels sure that the Emperor Napoleon is unwilling to withdraw from Rome he may dread that that Sovereign would be angry if the Italians found a religious solution to that Roman question to which all their political endeavours afforded no clue. THE WALKER COLLIERY EXPLOSION. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Nov. 27. Mr. Reed, the coroner for South Northumberland, and a jury, assembled in the Railway Inn, Walker, this morning, to make inquiry into the cause of the death of William Barnes and the 15 men and lads killed in the pit at this place on Saturday morning last. Mr. M. Dunn, Government inspector of mines; Mr. T. E. Foster, consulting engineer to the coal trade; Mr. Jobling, managing viewer to the col liery, and other mining engineers, were present, but there appeared to he but little interest felt in the inquiry by the pitmen, as few, if any, were present. Anthony Barnes, master wasteman at Walker Colliery, was the first witness examined. He was in the pit at the time that the explosion took place. It occurred about a quarter past 6 in the morning of the 22d of this month. He had gone through the waste before the accident took place. Found all to be right, and a good current of air prevailing. Never saw any gas in the pit ; but they wrought with the Davy lamp. At half-past 4 o'clock he was at the north or down cast " trouble." The men were shooting stone to enlarge the return. While there witness saw Haswell fire one shot in the stone. The explosion occurred an hour and three quarters after that. After firing the shot, wit ness asked Haswell and the other two men to go back with him to where they had their clothes lying to get a " bit bait" (something to eat). He could be with them there about 10 minutes. He left them sitting there, and they would have to re turn to the trouble again, but he did not think that they could have time to prepare and fire another shot before the explosion took place. He was at the furnace at the upcast when it occurred. The first thing he did was to go to the north side of the upcast pit. He found the doors all right. He re turned to the furnace and kept the fires on, and stopped there as long as he could, but was obliged to leave on account of the after-damp. He came out of the pit by the up-cast. He was very ill from the effects of the after-damp. He could say nothing further about it. By Mr. Dunn—There are goaves in the pit, but he never saw any gas. One of the furnaces had been damped 6 hours before the explosion took place. The explosion was a mystery to him. The size of the return was 6ft. by 4ft. He did not think that the explosion took place at the trouble. By Mr. Foster—Before the shot was fired he a e cs d ltee t a h nn e , place ea r two when h e with his then workingl a mp told , t andhe boards na were found oerfiere foul, that f theeaml l a atwaswin o et t h t se h hd i i n ea k lyd t st li k a a t bt t at h ch e ke b po o i a vt r e drms fired w a n o u ah l t d a Idbvepa previously ke o v u e ir l 0 . uc 801 l; l b i e er Gd y ei , do o r n ng been through all the workings. Everything was safe. The indications of gas were trifling. He ex amined the wide boards between the two troubles or dykes, and found no gas. Had there been any gas there it would have gone by the return to the dyke, where Haswell was working. The gas he saw was two walls north and two pillars west from the return on the low side of the dyke, in the face of a wall. Had never seen gas outside of the goaves. He believed that the goaves were clean. He could not tell where gas had come from, or the seat of the explosion. Had his lamp in the north juds of the goaves on the morning of the explosion. There was as much air as usual, though the fur nace was slackened. There were eight hewers a t s h s e ufil ex c p ie l n os t io a n ir . When work in t g h e i n air the was pit slackened t t i m h e e r e o w f to work the pit with safety. Edward Robinson, another overman at the col liery, was in the east district at the time of the ex plosion. Had examined it that morning. There Was a good current of air going through the pit that morning. Could not form any idea where the ex plosion took place. When it occurred he made to