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LITERATURE. 2'he Country Gentleman. By Scrutator, author of " The Master of the Hounds," &c. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Scrutator is a name already known in the lite rary us well as in the sporting world, since the present is by no means the first of his novels, while his volumes on the horse and hunting are standard works in the sportman's library. The latter class of readers, indeed, may be somewhat disappointed at finding so much of " The Coun try Gentleman" occupied by the development of the story; but as descriptions of tha hunting field and sporting incidents are plentifully inter spersed, the work will be more attractive to the general public than if it were exclusively devoted to Scrutator's peculiar forte. Many exciting " !Tins" are chronicled, while the adventures and misadventures of eager and ambitions tyros fur nish amusement to the reader. Will Lane, the huntsman, is a prominent character, to whom his rival Charley, the whipper-in, forms a strong contrast. Will Lane resembles one of the old sport ing figures John Mills used to draw, both in the uprightness of his character, and in the importance he attaches to all connected with the pastime, which is to him the, most serious business of life. In the earlier portion of the book we are intro duced to Alphonso Shuttleworth, the son and heir of a wealthy parvenu speculator, who is desirous of adding to his other glories that of distinction in the hunting field. Unfortunately his abilities are not on a par with his ambition, and a disas trous collision is tho result, which occasions a serious accident to Will Lane. Indeed, he never wholly recovers from its effects, and becomes, towards the close, very uneasy lest he should be deprived of his cherished office. This evil is averted by an alteration in the Mastership of the Hounds—old Mr. Knightley resigning it to his second son, Edmund, instead of to his heir, who, from mingled haughtiness and indifference, is no favourite with the hounds and their guardians. The exploits of a German Baron, who borrows a spirited hunter from an English friend, and after being considerably shaken and startled, becomes unexpectedly and unintentionally the winner of the brush, are amusingly narrated. The after part of the story is romantic and eventful enough to suit any lover of fiction, and the heroines are as varied in attractions and characters as they can easily be. Edmund Knightley, the hero of the hunt, is also the favoured knight in the graces of the heroine. He is not without rivals, one of them being a dangerous competitor, for he nearly throws himself, and the lady who rejects him, into a lake. His chivalrous project is brought to an abrupt conclusion by the timely appearance of Edmund, and he afterwards sends a very neces sary apology. The history of Lady Agnes is one of the most striking features of the tale, and the mistake as to her supposed death is very skilfully kept up. Her husband is an unprincipled fortune hunter, and the wilful disobedience of Lady Agnes brings its own punishment. The fall of the Shuttleworths is not difficult to foresee, and cer tainly the hunt has not much to regret in his absence. Aaron White, the old Squire, is another able portraiture, while many minor figures fill up the canvas. Altogether, Scrutator's new work is readable and entertaining, and will especially attract any reader who takes an interest in field sports. Down South ; or, an Englishman's Experience at the Seat of the American War. By S. Philips Day. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. The author of these volumes filled the post of special correspondent to the Morning Herald dur iiig the late struggle, and in that capacity visited both North and South. His sympathies are de cidedly with the latter, and the reader must there fore be prepared for a considerable amount of par tiality. The Northerners are entirely in the wrong throughout, and their antagonists are entirely in the right—chivalrous, patriotic, and benevolent. Without contradicting the writer's assertions, we may safely conjecture that the sayings and doings of neither party are wholly free from blame, as in deed it is scarcely likely they would be in an inter necine war. To most of us in England neither party appears very heroic. The North has lost our sym pathies ; while, whatever allowance we may make for the difficulties attending abolition, it is impos sible for us to uphold the principle of slavery. We prefer, therefore, not to enter upon Mr. Day's opi nions of the relative merits of the contending parties, but to regard his work as an animated pie ture of scenes and cities which have lately acquired so much interest in the eyes of Europeans. The description he gives of the origin of the rival popu lations of North and South accounts in a great measure for their distinctive characteristics. The differences between them he considers to be irre coneileable. " From the earliest period," he says, "strong antagonisms have existed between the Northern and Southern sections of the American continent. The two races have been aliens in blood, religion, sentiment, pursuits, and politics ; and no Englishman who has travelled through both portions of the country can fail to perceive the strong contrasts which obtain in the manners, ens terns, and habits of the people." He gives sketches of the principal men of the Confederacy, and his work is embellished with the portraits of President Davis and Gen. Beauregard. Here is an account of the origin of the term LYNCH LAW. The term Lynch law originated thus. An officer of the American Revolution, named Col. Charles Lynch, brother to the founder of Lynchburg, took up his residence at Staunton, in the south-west part of Campbell county. At that time the country, being very sparsely inhabited, was infested by a lawless band of desperadoes. On the princi ple that desperate diseases require desperate remedies, the Colonel apprehended some of the marauders, and by the in fliction of summary punishment dispensed with the neces sity for any superfluous legal ceremony. For many years afterwards the practice of " Lynching " was followed up, and became applied to mere cases of suspicion of guilt, not admitting of regular proof. "In 1792," observes Wist, in his Life of Henry, " there were many suits on the south side of James River for inflicting Lynch's law." In his rambles he came upon the native spot of the " drink divine," which Longfellow joyously cele brates— VINEYARDS. l:n the immediate vicinity of Camp Clay—called after the eminent Kentuckian. general and state came upon the famous vineyards of Nicholas Longworth,—a who some half century ago entered Cincinnati, millionaire, friendless boy, at the time when this important ina a mire r turing and hog-raising city comprised but a few log huts. Here the celebrated Catawba wine is produced, very simi lar in colour and flavour to that I have drank at Asti, in: France, where it is largely made, and by which name it is designated. I was informed that the cellars of the success ful grower contained no less than 300,000 of champagne, besides an immense quantity of dry wines in wood. Nicholas Longworth first introduced grape-growing into Ohio, when he procured " cuttings" from all parts of the world. The insubordination and dissension common among the Northern troops is a frequent subject of com ment. The battle of Bull's Run is of course de scribed at full length, and it seems that many of the men engaged in that immortal struggle threw all the blame on their officers. Disputes between regi ments also existed, and the day after the author's arrival in New York, a serious affray occurred at the Broadway Barracks. The matter was hushed up, and the dissentients removed to a distance. Similar evils, it is said, exist in the Southern army, where the establishment of court-martials has been found necessary. The want of respect shown by the men to their officers is a result we presume of the na tional democratic tendency, but is certainly calcu lated to lead to serious evils. Still it is impossible to accept this .writer's representations uncondition ally, since they are manifestly an ex parte statement and incline all ono way. The account of Mr. Day's wanderings are graphic and interesting, and his position gave him opportunities of observation not allowed to many. As a very favourable picture of the Southerners and their cause, the work will be acceptable to all who favour their party, but we trust there aro few Englishmen who will agree with 1 ‘ jay in his reflection that after all there is no gieat evil in slavery. TaBBageg i Mrs. the Lif e o f a Fast Young Lady. By G rey,.,, rs a t uthor of "The Gambler's Wife." 3 vols. Th i s i s '''a riir and Blackett. .tale, which furnishes a striking example to those who are giddy and thoughtless, an d a solemn wa Z i la ° :Ivo those who act without 1 principle. Caroli u neation of her cla ss , „,, i Z!!ifield is a very apt deli ' too prevalent tiv ' or ni is a class of late years _tut_ ately. There is no thing so detrimental to social circle, nothing so ruinous74e or comfort in the the individual herself as thi ss 2 . o the welfare of irrea l e s . true colours ceeditios. No novelist can d ep i Y e l t e i , of fast pro too strongly; no moralist can that fol lowed it, awl the astonishing success that sternly 4e,veigorous lowed its introduction the were dem ands s a ouicry to be raised ag ainst it , and a resistance to be, employed to level its p nwe ' r. rtined Caro line Evcrsfield was nut badly disposed, but good intentions did not profit her at all, as she snoop lost the fitful fancy of kindneFs, and the transient emotion of repentance passed away. Her siste r Geraldine was a striking contrast, gentle, gracious, and benevolent. She was the exact opposite to her wayward and imperious companion. Sir Hector was a fine old soldier, who was greatly to be pitied for the conduct of his daughter. Lady Julia, her mother, is well described as a peevish discontented invalid. She was totally unfit to cope with her ungovernable daughter, and the weakness of one parent, as much as the particularity of the other, conspired to render the career of Caroline more unat 'adY. She despised her mother, and her father she considered too fidgetty at one time, and at anoth er too unsuspicious to note her conduct. Norman Lawless is a very strange young man; he certainly had the excuse of having been goaded into frenzy by the treatment he had received. Linda is a nice character, but it is hardly likely she would have agreed to so strange a marriage. How ever this remarkable proceeding turns out to be the happiest portion of the story, as when the gloomy valley had been passed through the hapless wanderers emerged into pleasant pastures and fertile meads. Lord and Lady Curraghmore are very ably depicted, and the conduct of her ladyship in particular is very smartly shown. She •read a sad harvest in her plans for her children—plus which were totally devoid of all consideration, d in which the only object was to further her ideas of wealth and power. All her plots and projects crumbled away ; as a house on the sands they fell never more to rise. Ono daughter, whom she in sisted on marrying to a man she hated, died shortly after ; the other daughter ran away with some penniless adventurer. Her son, in his turn, failed her in her magnificent matrimonial speculations. He was united to Linda, whom she detested. Her various misfortunes at last seemed to effect what the benefits strewed upon her path and the bless ings lavishly bestowed by Providence had not done. The heart that hardened when her children stood by her hearth, in the freshness of youth, and the morning of life, was crushed by the overwhelming calamities that befell her. The gentle Linda effected what the violent ones of the earth can never do. She restored peace and harmony to the distracted householed into which she had entered as member by her strange marriage. The final picture of their house is a pleasing one, and the reader is well pleased to leave them there in the full frnition of happiness that must be too bright to last long so unclouded and serene. I . t would be agreeable to take a parting glance while the sur face is so smooth and the aspect so pleasing. But we are reminded that where the shadow of sin has fallen, there must the trail of the serpent be found, and there must the curse inevitably rest. The last passage records the home of Caroline, and draws a picture of her future life such as it is likely to b e during the long years that await her on her pas sage to the grave. A sad account will be that which is rendered up by that bright and beautiful young creature. She who enter e d on lif e so happy and so fortunate is left at last alone, in every sense of the word. She married a man who was a most disgraceful charact er , i n sp i te of every warning, in and defiance of every en d eavour on the part of her friends and family to interfere and prevent the dreadful calamity. Caroline was, however, of that style who will have their own way. She persisted in sowing the whirlwind, and she was compelled to reap the storm. Still, with all her faults, one feels regret at her sad fate, and cannot but coincide with the hope ultimately expressed, that at evening-time there might be light, and that Caroline Lady Glendinnon might at last obtain in her latter days that respect and esteem which had never been her portion in the bright but deceitful days of her early life ; also that, better still, hers might be that inward peace which would alone impart hope to her troubled breast, and give to her harassed mind the blessed promise of an ultimate abode where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest. These "Passages in the Life of a Fast Young Lady," are deserving of notice, as they cannot fail to afford entertain ment, while they impart some useful and desirable hints to the class which is so ably described in these volumes. Few of the wilful or heedless among them but w ou ld p ause were th e i r wrong doing once fairly set before them, and thus the authoress may be congratulated upon her success in her endeavour to p onr t ray a di st i ngu i sh i ng cha racteristic of modern society. ,john Rogers. By Joseph Lemnel Chester. Long. man. A certain amount of interest is inseparably at tached to this work, as it records the career of one who was no less than the compiler of the first autho rised English Bible, the pioneer of the English Reformation and its first martyr. In the preface the author informs us of his motives in presenting this volume to the public. He " discovered that the only original account concerning him which has been received as authentic for nearly three centu ries was full of the widest discrepancies, and grossest errors. Modest and humble—unambitious of a record on the common roll of fame—actuated by higher and holier motives than the attainment of a name among men, while he lived he carefully avoided all appearance of ostentation, and never claimed the honours to which he was justly entitled. The reader will be struck with the painful interest of this man's life and the solemn lessons of his death. In the following impressive passage we are shown how he was in his final hour more than con queror. " All writers, both Protestant and Romish, united in bearing testimony to the wonderful patience, constancy, nay, even cheerfulness with which he met his fearful doom. The spectators were more numerous than upon any subsequent occasion, and although he was not permitted to speak much to them, he did succeed in exhorting them to remain true to the faith which he had taught and many of them had embraced, and in defence of which he had not only been content to suffer all that he had already endured, but now gladly resigned his life in this cruel manner, as his final testimony in its behalf. After this the fires ware lighted, and' as they began to take effect upon him, he passed his hands through the flames, rub bing them as if in the act of washing, as though he were thus ridding himself of the last impurities of earth, and then lifting them up towards heaven, he held them in that position until consciousness ceased and his soul took its flight towards its eternal home.' There is an interesting account given of the spot where the stake was placed in Smithfield. During the course of some excavations theworkmen ' found a quantity of ashes, in the midst cif which were discovered a few charred and partially de stroyed bones. This circumstance reminds one of the lines of the poetess : " It may bo that each day we tread, Where thus devoted hearts have bled ; And haply all around lie strewed, The ashes of that multitude." "Here, then," exclaims the writer, "first the martyr Rogers, and subsequently many others in the same cause, yielded up their lives amid such tortures as cannot be conceived without enduring them i and there with thei r bl oo d gave vitality to the then feeble existence of that Refor mation which was eventually to secure to this land andin surrounds to every the ci u w t ha o ir r st l e d hr at oflhl o e wt h b e l ed e s o s pv i nle place e- s eg r o ao f rwe r n e t l c i o g i t i by o e u t s she l ae i t b n e n r mo t y we ... mentocs erected to the memory of statesmen, war riors, u scholars, and phil osophers, but no tall shaft or even bumbler cenotaph directs the curious visitor or the anxious pilgrim to this spot, where scenes were enacted at the memory of which humanity still shudders, but: without which, perhaps, those great ones since thus honoured would have had no existence, or at least no such record as now exists upon the page of history." There is considerable interest in many parts of this volume ; the record of a man so noted in his day, so fated to influence the generations that came after him in regard to truths of which this world could not see the extinction, 1 and which surmounted all transient notions of the greatness and glory of the things of time and sense in their relation to eternity and spiritual concerns, is in itself of paramount importance. So long as the Christian religion flourishes, so long will men turn with regard and reverence to those who sowed in tears that happier brethren might reap in joy, and carried the cross through the darkest ways of earth that others might follow to wear the crown in heaven. The attention bestowed upon this book is likely to ensure for it a considerable amount of notice, and the various plates impart a characteris tic feature to its contents, and carry one back to the earlier ages of superstition' and bigotry. Ap pended to this volume are biographical sketches of the supposed descendants of John Rogers. It is not to be wondered at that this is regarded as a grand privilege, and a greater distinction could not be claimed than the fact of being " the son of parents passed into the skies." There is sufficient material in this book to gain an attentive study and an arrested notice. It treats of a lofty subject, that of a man who gave up his life for his faith, it descants upon a worthy theme, the gain effected and the good promulgated by these early workers in the far-off days of dawning enlightenment. Thus it contains truths that may not be gainsaid and in formation that is in itself important and interest ing. The life of Arthur, _First Luke of Wellington. By the Rev. G. K. Gleig, Chaplain-General to the Forces, and Prebendary of St. Paul's. Long- man. It is some time since we noticed the original edition of this work, which, from its full and accurate account of the eventful life of the Great Duke, could scarcely fail to find favour with the descendants of those who fought at Waterloo. The Work in drAwn partly from the celebrated " Life of the Duke of Wellingtoo" by M. Brialmont, and w "" i s t i li de, h t . ll Partly from original documents. The author had, that "T h avelington great advantage of a personal friendship and justly observes in his preface, listened to h.days for been the guest of the Duke of Wel and nights together ; to have of questions, Lt7 ords of wisdom in the discussion the present ; to u l ! ,a f the past, and of what was then observed his habit in the ; thesneterchanged ideas with him domestic circle, an r i on many subjects ae is k position in society life on which any man, ar ee i 7currences in his own zith satisfaction. what it will, may well ook b And, in my case, they entitle that the which I have assisted in drawingsa picture has not been completed without some k personal , - llowLedge of the original" The p re sent Duke, his late lamented brother, Lord Charles Wellesley, Earl Russell, and many other of the great warrior's intimate friends, relations, and associates, have assisted in furnishing documents ; the .4uthenticity of the work may be consequently relied on. It is not necessary to analyse closely the merits of a work which has been already before the public ; we need only say that the object of the author in reducing it in form and price is, that it "may find its way into the hands of Englishmen of all ranks and callings." ',This hope is likely to be, in a measure, realised ; and the comprehensive ness of the work, its full detail and numerous maps, will afford valuable assistance to any reader who wishes to gather all possible informa tion respecting the career of ono of whom his country is justly proud. Readings on the Prophets: _lsaiah. By Dr. Cumming. Bentley. The numerous admirers of Dr. Cumming will doubtless welcome these popular expositions of the grand old prophet. They are well adapted for the use of families and schools, and were originally read in church on Sunday evenings, aiming rather at familiar and practical instruction than at learned or theological display. They will consequently be more acceptable to man y th an o th er works which dwell more on Dr. Cumming's peculiar views. The volume before us is the first of a series, and will be followed by the reverend author's readings on the other prophets. History of the Four Conquests of' England. By James Augustus St. John. 2 vols. Smith and Elder. Studious readers may ba gratified to mark these substantial volumes which are the result of careful investigation, and which bring before us the proofs of matured deliberations. The theme is in itself sufficiently important to demand more than a cur sory glance, and to ask for more than a brief notice. The object of the writer is carefully shown in the introductory remarks, and appears constantly maintained throughout. The author observes that during the momentous period that elapsed between the advent of the Roinans and the final victory of the Normans, an interest appertains to English history " scarcely to be paralleled in any other portion of the annals of mankind." After descanting upon the various causes of the conflicts and the nature of the changes, the writer impressively states at last that the power-and civilisation of the British Em pire must be traced to the circumstances by which its youth was surrounded and disciplined. "It is the story of this youth that I have endeavoured to tell in these volumes to show under what influences it arose and waxed in strength, with what storms of adversity it had to contend, how, with the patience of greatness it braved them all, and how, though beaten down and bent, it was never broken, but rising again gradually, it recovered its erect attitude, towering higher and higher after every fall, until, at length it came to constitute the acme of political communities, the model and exemplar after which other free states have been proud to fashion themselves." Without in any way laying claim to distinguishing superiority of style, these volumes are certainly above average merit, and seem to bear traces of solid sense and a general rectitude of judgment which go far to stamp ap proval on a work of this class, It is, of course, peculiarly interesting to dwell upon the passages that relate to Alfred the Great. This star in the horizon of regal eelebrities, is the endless subject of romance, legend, and song, and his deeds impart a lustre to the pages of history, while the chronicles of his reign illuminate the annals of our country's history in those dark days of ignorance and oppres sion. It is thus appropriately observed of him, "Posterity has not been disinclined to do justice to Alfred. His greatness is acknowledged on all hands, chiefly, perhaps, because his goodness ias such as to disarm the hostility of envy. In an age when all Europe was barbarous, his virtues shone with the full lustre of civilisation. Alone among modern princes he deserves to be compared with the greatest sovereigns of antiquity. Taken alto gether, he was such a king and such a man as modern history can scarcely parallel. The circum stances of the times in which he lived were pre eminently unfavourable to the cultivation of the mind, yet he applied himselfunceasingly to thought, and to all those elegant arts which tend to soften, purify, and elevate a nation. His name is still held dear, not only in England, but among our kindred the Germans, and throughout those vast colonies and commonwealths which our children have founded beyond the ocean, and which will concur to perpetuate his glory as long as the Eng lish language and literature shall endure." It is, of course, a congenial theme on which the writer can descant in flowing strains and measured periods when he is once fairly launched upon the efforts made by this man. Of him it has been truly said, " Replete with soul this monarch stood alone, And built on freedom's basis England's throne, A legislator, patriot, warrior, sage, He died the light of f a benighted age." It may be presumed that many persons will be glad of this opportunity afforded them of regarding the events of an important period of our national history thus succinctly stated and ingeniously put before them. From the past we may learn of the present and predict for the future. In those far-off days of eld now slighted and disregarded by many, the germs of high import were taking root and the shadow of great things to come was apparent. The men who toiled or fought then were the nurturers of the great works of English freedom, and the framers of the mighty edifice of English fame, Since then, time has tried with its searching tests, and nations have followed in the wake of these pioneers of civilisation, and these heralds of the glory of the aftertime. One generation passeth and another cometh, but the voice of truth speaks immortal through the ages, and the records of hero ism survive the moth and rust of earth to bear witness to men of the favour of heaven. The history of this country is always of sufficient importance to arrest the notice of the student, and if its earlier pages shine not with the classic grace of Grecian splendour, and glow not with the fire of ancient Rome, the dwellers in the cities of the Violet Crown and the Seven Hills had no prouder reminiscences and could trace no more glorious ancestors. We may conclude then that Mr. St. John's efforts may be attended, at all events, with a partial success in most circles of the community, and will afford a satisfactory insight into the modes and methods of an earlier age whose peculiarities may now be in fluencing our lives, and whose events are important as they have shaped the destinies of our land in a fashian that may endure to the end of time. Narrattve of the North China Campaign of 1860. By Robert Swinhoe, of H.M.'s Consular Service in China. Smith and Elder. Among the many histories of the late China war the present volume holds a prominent place, and the fact that its author acted as staff interpreter to Sir Hope Grant during the campaign, gives it a decided advantage over most others, inasmuch as speaking the language and having an übiquitous appointment, which continually brought him into contact with the natives, Mr. Swinhoe was enabled to study their character and habits more minutely than those whose military occupations and igno rance of the language deprived them of similar facilities. But, while devoting the greater part of the work to China and the Chinese he does not neglect to sketch the military operations, but as these have been described by so many able writers, we are glad that Mr. Swinhoe has devoted his attention mostly to social life and politics. He speaks highly of the bravery of the Chinese under fire, which is acknowledged by all writers, but he discloses one horrible cause for their maintaining their position. In describing the capture of the first of the Takoo forts, he remarks that the wall afforded very little protection to the Tartar gun ners, and it was astonishing how they managed to stand so long against the destructive fire that our Armstrongs poured upon them ; " but I observed, in more instances than one, that the unfortunate creatures had been tied to the guns by the legs. This seems almost incredible ; but several officers and myself saw the poor victims lying dead or dying, thus tied to the weapons they em ployed against us." This is not to be wondered at when we consider the entire want of humanity among the Chinese. When in pursuance of his duties as interpreter he had to make arrange ments for housing some of the troops in the adjoining village, he discovered many wounded and dying Chinese men as well as women and child renof all ages. These were collected together in some spare huts, and after a while an inferior man derin came with two letters to Lord Elgin and Baron Gros. At the request of Mr. Swinhoe he agreed to take charge of the remaining villagers who were forthwith brought out, but the want of feeling so peculiar to the Chinese here showed it self. Amongst the number was an old hardy woman and her daughter who had a sprained ,thigh. As the exodus was about to start the poor girl implored the mother not to leave her, but the old woman turned a deaf ear to her entreaties, whereupon Mr. Swinhoe caused her to be carried on a litter by two of her countrymen. There were also two children, a child about two years old, and a poor idiotic crone in her second childhood; these he also caused to be taken out. When the party arrived at the mandarin's escort, that functionary asked each individual if he or she had any friends at Takoo, to which all answered in the affirmative except the old woman and the child, the former not being able to :understand, and :the latter not being able to speak ; whereupon he refused to take them, saying that he should not be able to feed them, but at the particular desire of the author he :THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL' (13, 1862. conseiated to take charge of the child on the chance that it might 'be owned by some one in Takoo, and he made one of the men take it up, and so the party started ; but before they had got far the fellow was observed to tnrn deliberately round and place the child on the wet ground and proceed on his jour ney—whereupon one of the English soldiers walked up to the poor little thing, and after looking for a fcw moments after the retreating savages, as if to say " Can it be possible" he picked it up and return ed. So the two children, old and young, were left on the hands of the barbarians. The author held an amusing conversation with a garrulous old China man on the polity of the country, and his remarks go far to show the feeling of ;the Chinese proper towards their ,old masters the Tartars, and the English whom they look upon as deliverers from thraldom. The description of the native carts is very good. We cannot enter into the details of their construction, but let the reader picture to himself a high coffin with shafts fixed to it, and placed on 'wheels, and he may form some idea of the curious vehicle. The author remarks that it would be in vain to seek for the date of its inven tion, which was probably many centuries before the Christian era, for he believes that the Chinese ar rived at the full extent of their civilisation at a period when in the Western World— " Wild in woods the noble savage ran." That the Chinese are great epicures, their love for bird's nest dainties, stewed deer's sinews, and many other wonderful dishes has long ago proved—but fancy the luxury on a boiling hot day to lie down for a siesta on an ice bed—yes, a bed in which pounded ice is ;substituted for feathers. This is a common practice in China, and the Europeans were not slow to avail themselves of it. The book is full of instructive details and amusing incidents. Among the latter we may mention that of a trooper of a cavalry regiment, who after a successful charge, dismounted to examine what he supposed to be a dead China man ; but, judge of his terror, when in turning it over the corpse opened one of . its eyes and winked at him. The soldier who would have faced a hundred living men sprang on his horse, and fled at the wink of a single dead one. It seems to be a common practice ra am o on a g wa th y e t C o h s in im es u . lare h d e e n a u th n , prisoners or slain. The closing chapters of this h t o o rs a e v d oi a d n an d being unable made to interesting work are devoted to the products and resources of the country. Defence of the Rev. Rowland Williams, D.D., in the Arches Court of Canterbury. By J. F. Stephen, M.A., of the Inner Temple. Smith, Elder, and Co. It would now be somewhat late in the day to enter again into the vexed question o f the ortho doxy of " Essays and Reviews ;" but the recent defence of Dr. Williams in the Court of Arches having attracted someatiention, it has been deemed desirable to publish it in a commodious and general form. It was delivered, as the reader ma y re member, partly in last December, partly in Janu ary of the present year, by I. Fitzjames Stephen, M.A., Recorder of Newark - on - Trent, a gentleman seemingly very well qualified for his difficult and onerous task. The copy before us is print e d f rom the shorthand writer's notes, revised and corrected. We may therefore commend it to any who desire to acquaint themselves with the able and ingenious arguments employed by the learned author. Memorable Events of }Modern _History. By J. G. Edgar, author of " The Boyhood of Great Men," &c. ; with Illustrations. Allen and Co., Water. 100-place. Mr. Edgar is already well known as a benefac tor to the rising generation, since he combines amusement and instruction in a remarkable degree, and contrives, by his ingenious sketches and con cise memoirs, to awaken an interest in the men of the past and their deeds which is not often felt by youthful minds. Those who read his book are likely to go further, and pursue the subject which has so pleasantly excited their attention. The work before us is very comprehensive in its cha racter, and somewhat ambitious in its aim. It recals to our mind the able and ingenious work of Mr. James White, The Eighteen Christi an Cen turies," since, although the plan is not similar, it groups and condenses information which in old days would have been slowly and painfully ac quired. At the same time, the dry and objection able character of a summary or abridgment is dispensed with as much as possible, and the author has striven to render it as picturesque and attrac tive as possible. In this laudable endeavour he has been assisted by the numerous illustrations ; and the general appearance of the volume renders it very suitable for a prize or gift-book. It is written in a succinct and simple manner, which qaalifies it as a work of reference for those of maturer years than the readers for whom it is especially designed, and it narrates, as the preface tells us, " many of the principal events of modern history, from the century when Clovis, after being elected King of the Franks, was baptised in the cathedral of Rheims, when the Saxons landed in Britain, when Adolph the Goth found his way into Spain, to that period which witnessed the French Revolution and the Peninsular war, the emancipation of the Catholics of Ireland, and the passing of the Reform Bill in England." It is therefore, as will be seen, com prehensive in scope as well as just and moderate in tone, while combining something of the interest of history with the succinctness of an abridgment. DEiITH OF THE REV. JAMES WHITE. Our readers will receive with much regret the announcement of the death of the Rev. James White, of Bonchurch, in the Isle of Wight, which occurred on Wednesday last after a short illness. Mr. White was endeared to all his friends by his many virtues and amiable qualities, and beyond the circle of friendship he was appreciated and admired by all who enjoyed his acquaintance; while his various works, in 7ery diversified departments, commanded a high and entensive celebrity. Mr. White, who was a native of this county, where his family still possess considerable property, was born in the year 1806. After studying with success at Glasgow and Oxford, he took orders in the Church of England, and was presented by Lord Brougham to a living in Suffolk, which he afterwards gave up for another in - Warwickshire. On ultimately suc ceeding to a considerable patrimony he retired from the Church, and removed with his family to the Isle of Wight, where Mrs. White had inherited from her father—Colonel Dill , of St. Boniface—a portion of his estate, Bonchurch, so celebrated for its beauty and mild climate. His retirement enabled him to devote a considerable share of his time to literary pursuits, which he prosecuted with much success. The pages of Blackwood were enlivened by many of his contributions of a light kind, too popular and well known to require to be enumerated; and his later works, including The Eighteen Christian Centuries' and The History of France,' showed that his industry and accuracy, as well as his good sense and sound judgment, were not inferior to his other and more popular talents. Mr. White possessed the faculty of wit in a degree which was surpassed by very few of his contempo raries. It was of that kind, too, which was near akin to wisdom, and it was never at variance with high principle or kindly feeling. His conversation was even more delightful than his writings, and had all the attraction that can arise from the readiest and most genial pleasantry, combined with the most unaffected courtesy and gentleness of manner, and the most hearty recognition of the merits of others. Mr. White had not enjoyed his usual good health for a y ear or two past, but no danger was anticipated, and when his friends from Scotland had last the op portunity of seeing him, on the occasion of the mar riage of his daughter to Mr. Gordon of Cluny, it was confidently hoped he bad many years of health and happiness before him. His death was the result of internal inflammation, which suddenly and un expectedly took an unfavourable turn.—Edinburgh Courant, April 1, 1862. THE METROPOLITAN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday morn ing the miners employed by Mr. Jay, the contractor, finished the last piece of the mining operations in the Bag nigge-wells-road, and all that now remains to be done is the putting in of one length of brickwork. During the past few weeks great progress has been made in the execu tion of the work. The whole of the bridges between King's Cross and Acton-street, Gray's-inn-road, have been com pleted, as well as the whole of the brickwork. The exca vations at the bottom of Frederick-street are now nearly completed for the commencement of the Finsbury Junc tion Railway. A great deal of the ironwork to be used in turning the Fleet -ditch has arrived, and within a short time that great undertaking will be completed. The walls of the chief station in Victoria-street are also being rapidly erected, and there can be little doubt that the line and sta tions will be completed within the specified time. The sta tions at King's-cross and George-street are being rapidly proceeded with. The down lino of the Great Northern Railway, and which is being made in front of the Groat Northern Railway and Hotel, is near completion. A timber signal post, 130 feet in height , an d rising 230 feet above the level of tho sea, has been erected at the lighthouse, near R oc h e ' s P o i n t, in connection with the 7A / out Telegraph, Conipkny's otolio4 at Queouotown, ASSIZE INTELLIGEIVCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—KINGSTON, APRIL 2. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER. _ _ Alfred Edward Stevens, 18, a good-looking lad, was indicted for feloniously shooting at Eliza Dew bury, with intent to murder her, and in other counts his intent was laid to be to do grievous bodily harm. The prisoner was also charged with intending to commit the crime of murder without stating upon whom. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Harry Gifford conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Ribton, The case created considerable interest, on account of the youth of the prisoner and the circumstances under which the crime of which he was accused was alleged to have been committed, and also on account of the prosecutrix having been subjected to an attack of the same description about two months prior to the occurrence that was now the subject of inquiry, She was at that time in the ser vice of a gentleman named Lake, at Chobham, and one evening as she was passing across the dining room, her master and mistress being both in the room at the time, a gun was discharged through the window, and the bullet broke a large chimney glass, but fortunately did no other injury. Tiae prisoner, it appeared, had been forcing his attentions upon the prosecutrix, but for some reason or other she refused to receive him as a suitor, and there was no doubt that he committed this act of violence in a fit of jealousy and passion. Sufficient evidence, how ever, could not be obtained to justify criminal pro ceedings being instituted against him, and the pro secutrix, as it would appear, left her service in order to avoid the chance ce a similar outrage being com mitted, and went to live with her father and mother at a village called Sutton, about five miles from Chobham, and it was here that the offence was committed that was the subject of the present inquiry. The daring character of the crime, and the evident determination of the prisoner to do some serious mischief to the prosecutrix, caused a great deal of excitement in the neighbourhood, and through the instrumentality of Sir Denis Le Marchant, who resides near Wok ing, and Mr. Lake, the girl's master, Mr. Hum phreys, the solicitor, was instructed to conduct the prosecution, and take the necessary steps to bring forward all the evidence that could be procured in support of the present charge. The learned counsel for the prosecution gave a brief narrative of the facts he proposed to lay before the jury, and the following witnesses were then examined : Eliza Dewbury, a rather plain-looking young woman, said—l am a single woman, and live with my parents at Sutton, near Woking. I have known the prisoner for some time. He wished to keep com pany with me, but I objected to it. I was in service at Mr. Lake's, at Chobham, until December, and when I left I went to live with my father and mother. On Sunday, the 9th of February, I was at home, and I saw the prisoner go by the house, but he did not come in. On the evening of the 13th of February I was sitting in the kitchen with my mother, and heard the report of fire-arms, and directly afterwards I saw two holes in the wall. I was sitting between the table and the wall and there was a candle on the table. The blinds were down, and the bullets went through the win dow. I found a bullet in the room on the same evening. It is the same now produced. Any per son standing outside the house where we lived could see through the window into the room. Cross-examined--If I was standing outside the window the bottom of it would be nearly as high as my head, and the floor of the room would be level with the ground outside. My head would not have been concealed when I was sitting down. I have met the prisoner accidentally in the village several times, but he never asked me to meet him. He only asked me once to let him keep company with me, and this was two months before he shot at me. He was always very polite and kind to me, and w e never had any quarrelling. The table at which I was sttting was directly opposite the window. There was a white blind to the window, and any body outside could see whether there was any one in the room or not. There were no guns in my father's house. My brother was somewhere outside the house at the time the shot was fired, and I saw him the moment I went out. Re-examined—My brother is 16 years old: He is not here as a witness. At the request of the po liceman, I and my mother afterwards placed our selves in the positions we were in at the time the shot was fired. When I refused to keep company with the prisoner he did not seem either angry or pleased. Jane Dewbury said—l am the stepmother of the last witness. I know the prisoner. He called at our cottage on the Sunday before this happened, and inquired if my daughter was at home, and in consequence of a conversation I had had with my daughter I told him she was not. My daughter was at home, but she did not wish to see him. 74 On the Thursday following, about half-past 7 o'clock in the evening, I and my daughter were sitting in the kitchen, when a gun was fired, and immediately afterwards two bullets struck the opposite wall. The table was in the middle of the room, between the window and the wall that was struck. I picked up one of the bullets afterwards and gave it to Lam bert, the policeman. The holes made in the wall by the bullets were exactly on a level with our heads. Charles Lambert, one of the Surrey constabulary, said—l produce the bullet that was given to me by the last witness, and I examined the window and saw two holes in the sash, and there were correspond ing marks in the wall, but they were rather higher. James Miller proved that he had measured the distance from the floor to the window sill, and the bullet holes in the window, and he gave the dif ferent measurements explanatory of the position in which the person, whoever he was, stood when the gun was fired. He also proved that while the pro secutrix and her mother were sitting in the room in the situations they occupied on the night in ques tion, he stretched a tape line across between the two holes, and it passed within half an inch of the head of the prosecutrix, and one inch by the side of the head of the mother. The blind was pulled down, and when the light was on the table the shadow of one person sitting at the table could be seen dis tinctly, and the bullet line was completely within the shadow. = In answer to a question put by Mr. Ribton this witness said that he did not hear anything about the boy being outside on the e night the occurrence took place. The mother of the prosecutrix was recalled, and she explained that the lad in question came home from his work about the time the shot was fired, but said he did not arrive until after the alarm had been given. Henry Moir, a baker, at Chobham, proved that on the night of Feb. 13, about six o' clock, he saw the prisoner at that place. He appeared to be coming from his father's house, and he went in the direction of Sutton. He had something under his coat which appeared long, like a gun, but it was concealed under his coat, and he could not say positively what it was. Jane Elliott deposed that at a little after six o'clock she saw the prisoner going in the direction of the prosecutrix's residence, and he was carrying a gun. _ _ Emma Tucker said that on the evening of Feb. 13 she was passing the prosecutrix's cottage about 20 minutes•past 7 o'clock, when she saw the prisoner standing opposite the window with something in his hand, which looked like a long pistol, and when she had gone on about 15 yards, she heard a loud report. A. young matt named North came up, and she went back with him, and she then saw the pri soner in the act of running away towards Chob ham. The prisoner was shown to her on the follow ing morning, and she recognised him immediately. Several witnesses were then examined, who proved that they saw the prisoner at different places on his way towards his father's house, and that ho had something like a gun concealed under his coat. It was also proved that upon searching the house of the prisoner's father three guns were found, one of which had been recently discharged, and the prisoner admitted that he had discharged it on the previous evening, and he said that he had shot at some rooks. When he was told that he was charged with shooting at Eliza Dewbury, with intent to murder her, he made no reply. Charles Barker, an inspector of the Surrey con stabulary, deposed that after the prisoner was com mitted for trial he took him in the train from Guildford to Horsemonger-lane Gaol. When the train had gone a short distance from Guildford, as they were i crossing a road, the prisoner asked him if that road did not lead to Sutton, and he told him it did. The prisoner then said, " It is a bad job, but if the mo ther of the girl had let me see her on the Sunday it would have been all right. Whatever made me do such a thing as that I can't think. When I fired I nearly shot the mother, but I did not intend to shoot her—only the girl." Witness then asked him if he had shot at her when she lived at Chob ham, and he said he did not do so. He then in quired what time he left Chobham to go to Sutton, and he said about half-past six, and ho pointed out the bridge he had passed over in going and return ing. Cross-examined—The prisoner made this state ment quite voluntarily, and witness wrote it down with a pencil and read it over to him, and when they arrived at the prison he signed it. Mr. Ribton then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and said that although the suggestion on the part of the prosecution was that this desperate crime had been committed, by him out of a feeling of revenge at his addresses having been ,rejected by the prosecutrix, it appeared to him that the evidence did not support that suggestion, that there really was an entire absence of Ynoti Ire for the commission of such a serious crime, and that the jury ought under such circumstances to pause before they convicted the prisoner of an offence of such a heinous description. He said he should not attempt to deny that the prisoner was seen going towards the reLideneo of the proseciitrix on the evening in question, and that he had a gun with him, but he argued that there was nothing to show that he had wilfully discharged the gun, and that the discharge might have been accidental. He also urged that if the jury should be of opinion that the weapon was wilfully discharged, the evidence would rather tend to show that the prisoner intended to wound the mother and not the daughter; and if they should be of that opinion, he said he ought not to convict the prisoner upon the present i n di c t men t, w hi c h charged him with intending to murder the young girl. The learned Judge having summed up, the jury almost immediately found the prisoner guilty of wounding the prosecutrix with intent to murder her, but recommended him strongly to mercy on account of his youth. His Lordship, in passing sentence, said that every one must regret to see so young a man, who ap peared49,be in a respectable position of life, and to have been respectably brought up, standing at the bar of a criminal court convicted of so serious an offence; and it was also painful to see the want of feeling he exhibited when convicted of the crime of shooting at a fellow-creature with intent to commit murder. If the bullets he had discharged had taken effect either upon the mother or the daughter, his crime would, undoubtedly, have been that of wilful murder, and it would have been his duty to have sentenced him to death. His lordship then said that the jury had strongly recommended him to mercy, and he was at all times most anxious to give effect to such a recommendation ; but in the present instance he considered the offence was one of such an atrocious character, that the interests of society imperatively demanded that he should pass a severe sentence, and he felt it his duty to order him to be kept in penal servitude for 15 years. The prisoner did not exhibit any emotion when the sentence was pronounced, and when the learned judge had concluded, he turned round and walked quickly out of the dock. The remainder of the day was occupied in dispos ing of several cases in which carmen in the service of the London and South Western Railway Com pany were charged with defrauding that company by means of forged turnpike tickets. Sergeant Ballantine was specially retained with Mr. Wood to conduct the prosecution ; and Mr. Lilley, Mr. Ribton, and several other learned coun sel appeared for the prisoners. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Lord Chief Justice Erie and Common Juries.) KAVANNA V. JAMRACH. This was an action of rather a peculiar character, the plaintiff alleging in his de2laration that the de fendant had undertaken to let him have a crocodile for the sum of £3O, and he claimed damages from him for having broken his contract to supply the reptile in question. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Joyce were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Philbrick for the defendant. The parties in this action were both foreigners, the plaintiff residing at Lisbon, where he had an exhibition of foreign animals, reptiles, & andlthe defendant being a dealer in such " curiosities," in Ratcliff-highway. In the beginning of the year the plaintiff heard that defendant had a crocodile for sale measuring, as represented, eight feet from the snout to the tip of the tail, and a person named Callez went to see it, but found it was only seven feet long, but he agreed to purchase it on behalf of the plaintiff for £3O, and £lO was to be paid by him on account. The plaintiff afterwards came to England, saw the animal at the Zoological Gardens, and offered to pay the balance of £2O, but the de fendant refused to part with the crocodile until the whole £3O were paid to him. The defence set up was that Callez was the agent of the plaintiff and not the agent of the defendant, and that the latter had not authorised him to act in the matter, and the jury ultimately returned a verdict for the de fendant. POLICE INTALIGENCE.-4pril 2. WESTMINSTER.—Mr. Payntor was engaged for . some hours in hearing a case in which the Thames Conservancy summoned the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company, Westminster, for allow ing offensive matter to run into the Thames, con trary to. Act of Parliament. Mr. 81eigh, instructed by Mr.,Frere, of the firm of Frere and ttended to prosecute • and Mr. Morgan, of the Co., fi ' rm of Humphries and Morgan, conducted the defence. _ _ Mr. Sleigh, after reading the words of the act under which the summons had been taken out (the Thames Conservancy Act, see. 102), stated the facts as afterwards proved in evidence, and observed that the nuisance complained of was not only highly pre judicial to health, but destroyed both animal and vegetable life in the river, it was therefore abso lutely necessary that some steps should be taken in the matter, and he need hardly say that the Thames Conservancy had come forward and taken the matter up purely from public motives. He then called Elisha Trotter, who said he was a carpenter. On the 26th February he was upon the wharf at Mill bank, fronting the Gas Company's works, when he smelt a very disagreeable odour at the distance of 100 yards from him. He then perceived something running from a drain at the wharf, and on dipping his finger into it and smelling it he found it to be gas refuse. It was proceeding from a brick drain, which had an iron grating in front of it nine inches across, and the discharge formed a gutter in the mud on the shore. On the same day he collected some in a bucket, afterwards putting it in a bottle, which he handed over to Mr. Lord, the superintendent of the company's works. He also collected some on the 12th and 15th of March, and calculated that the matter was running at the rate of a gallon per minute. It smelt very offensive, and strongly impregnated the air. There was a pipe affixed to the drain, and some barges moored close to it for the purpose of removing the offensive matter. Dr. Letheby, medical officer of health for the City of London, was examined, and said all the bottles which ho produced contained a liquid which had been given him by Mr. Lord, and was gas refuse. He found the; matter in all of them to be strongly charged with sulphuretted hydrogen and sulpho cyanide of ammonia, which was the especial con stituent of gas water. The matter contained the ammonia to the extent of 68 grains to the gallon, the bulk of all the samples produced being ammo niaeal matter. One sample was of a very dangerous nature, containing no less than 203 grains of am monia to the gallon. The liquid produced was of a noxious natiire, and detrimental to both animal and vegetable life, and the atmosphere impregnated by the effluvia would be very unwholesome. This refuse matter with a strong solution of ammonia was valuable, as it it could be sold; but it often occurred that gas companies could not sell it, and they must get rid of it in some way. He had known them obliged to evaporate it under the retorts. In cross-examination by Mr. Morgan, who had been detained until after the first two witnesses had been examined, Dr. Letheby said common sewage was detrimental to health, but the fluid he had examined was very greatly so. The bulk of the matter in the bottles was what was termed gas refuse. Mr. Sleigh remarked, that by the 166th section of the act sewage was permitted to run into the Thames. Mr. Evans was then cross-examined by Mr. Morgan —After putting in a plan of the wharf, with the drain spoken of and the pipe above it, he said the refuse from their pipe was shut off by a stopcock and valve, and unless the pipe was broken the liquor could not run into the brick drain, and this could not be, or the leakage would be still going on. The company sold this gas liquor ; it was, there -- fore, to their interest to save it, and not let it run away, and the contractor was bound to take it away, which was done by affixing a hose to the pipe and running it off into barges. They discovered a small leakage on the 12th, and sent down at once and had the pipe repaired, but he did not believe that a gallon of liquor had run away altogether. The leakage was extremely small, and as a com pany they took every possible care that no offensive matter should flow into the river. Mr. Sleigh then called William Pearce, a fisher man, at Strand-on-the Green, in the empl oy o f t h e Conservancy, who gave similar eviden ce t o t h at already detailed. The liquor, when he first saw it, was running from a hole in the wall, at the rate of five gallons per minute along the s h ore. A b arge standing near prevented him. seeing distinctly from where it ran, but he saw it twice afterward s run ning from the drain. It was not running into a barge. Cross-examined—There was a hose on the wharf above discharging the liquid matter into the barge. William Gardner, clerk of the works under the Metropolitan Board of Works, also gave similar evidence. Ho saw refuse running from the drain on the Bth o f March, at a time when there was no b a rge near it. He saw liquor running again on the 19th, but it was at that time mixed with sewage. Mr. Evans here pointing out that the liquid' might have r un f rom th e pip e a b ove t o th e d ra i n a t the time of discharge into the barge, and Mr. Payn ter having concurred in this view of the matter, Mr. Sivigh remarked that prouruing such to be the case, no matter how the liquid got into the Thames, the company were equally liable. Mr. Paynter did not think such was the law. Mr. Sleigh observed Ll 4, Dr. Lel ehy` had in formed him that is a trial before the Lord Chief Baron Pollock, in the Court of Exchequer, where the Staffordshire Gaslight Company were the de fendants' it had been held so, although the nuisance should be caused by others and not by the gas com pany. (The case having been subsequently found, fully bore out the learned counsel's opinion.) The case for the prosecution being now closed, Mr. Morgan contended that under this act of par liament there must be absolute knowledge shown to procure a conviction. The company he repre sented had no interest in allo wing this refuse mat ter, as it was called, to run away ; in fact, the con trary was the case, as it was of some value to them. He urged that there must be some mistake among the witnesses, and that instead of the liquid run ning out in the manner described, it had simply trickled down the wall from the pipe while being disharged into the barge. Moreover, if the com pany had had a desire to let this matter run into the Thames why should they select a time when every one could notice it—viz., low water, as had been de scribed by the witnesses ? He eoncludedby complain ing of the manner in which so large a body as the Thames Conservancy had got up this case, the offence imputed to his clients depending upon the testi mony of labouring men, who might have tampered with the samples before giving them to their em ployers. He then called Mr. Henry Bannister, who said he was the do puty -superintendent of the gas company, in whose employ he had been 13 years. He received an inti mation that there was a leakage on the 13th of March, and men were at once sent down to attend to it. There was no communication whatever be tween the liquor pipe and drain. This he knew of his own knowledge, as ho had superintended the laying down of the liquor pipe, In doing so the workmen had not come in contact with the drain pipe. Sewage only flowed through it, and it had no connection with their works. The liquor pipe con veyed the whole of their gas liquor away to the wharf, whence it was discharged into barges. This gas liquor was a very valuable commodity, as they sold it ; it was not, therefore, to their interest to let it run into the Thames, as so much lost was so much loss to them. Cross-examined—The drain communicates in no way with our works. Mr. Thomas Barkworth was then called, and said he resided at the wharf, and looked after the pipe there ; he saw a slight leakage, and communicated with the works, when it was set aright. The leak age could not have existed any length of time. Mr. Sleigh having then replied, Mr. Paynter observed that he must take time to consider his judgment, and adjourned the case for that purpose. SOUTHWARK.—A repulsive looking woman, named Mary Ann West, was charged with stealing a child. Eliza Lett, a very poor but decent looking wo man, with an infant wrapped up closely in her arms, said that she lodged at No. 13, Suffolk-court, in the Mint. On Tuesday afternoon, while out after work, she met the prisoner, who told her that she was in great distress, and had no home to go to. Witness took her home, and after giving her a por tion of her dinner, told her she might have part of her room until she provided herself with a better home. The prisoner seemed thankful for the offer, and said she would assist her in any way she could. About seven o'clock witness had occasion to go out, when she wrapped up the baby in her cloak and. handed it to the prisoner, begging her to keep him quiet until she returned. About half an hour after wards witness came back, when she was surprised to find the prisoner and her baby gone. She in stantly ran about the neighbourhood, and gave information at the station house, and that morning she discovered the prisoner in bed with witness's baby, in the workhouse. Martin, the porter of St. George's workhouse, said that about half-past ten o'clock on the previous night the prisoner knocked at the door and asked for admission. She had the child in her arms, and said that she had walked up from Gravesend w ith it that afternoon, and that she was so weary and exhausted that she could get no further. Although the house was closed for the night he got the keys and at once admitted her and the child. She gave her name as Ann Machner, and said that the child was her own, and was twelve months old. In the morning, when the time arrived . for the casuals to leave the house, she said she was very unwell, and that she had no nourishment to give the child from the breast. Witness sent for the surgeon of the house, when Dr. Brown saw her, and advised that she and the child should remain in the house for a few days. The prisoner was then taken into one of the wards by the assistant matron. At 12 o'clock the prosecutrix came to the gate in state of great excitement, stating that she had lost her child, and gave such a description of the circum stances that he at once suspected that the child the prisoner. had was hers. He accordingly,took her h to ed th w e it w h a h rd e , r wehhielrde, and de gave e og h n e i r nt se i dt e custody. Pl* o Mr. Burcham asked the prisoner what answer she had to make to the charge ? isone r 112 The prisoner replied, nothing, only she was very drunk. Martin denied that. He should not have ad mitted her had she been so, but have given her in custody to the police, and taken care of the child. pThe prosecutrix here said that when she gave the prisoner the child it was wrapped in a warm cloak. That was now gone. Mr. Burcham asked Martin whether the cloak was on the child when he admitted the prisoner? Martin replied that he could not tell, as the pri soner had the child wrapped in the end of her shawl. The assistant matron would be able to answer that question. Mr. Burcham accordingly remanded the prisoner for the attendance of the assistant matron. COUNI.RI' MARKE 2S. 1" - SALISBURY—ArRIL 1. At to-day's market wheat was in rather short supply and still out of condition. Best dry parcels moved off at about late rates, and other sorts generally NAre very slow. Barley in fair supply, at last week's prices. Oats, beans, and other articles no cheaper. HULL-ArRiL 1. f English wheat, which sold at fully late price s . F orei gn At to•day's market there was a very small supply o dear. request, Beans, at oats,fully former and p eapsri met so rts are in good request, but at no imp rovement in value . B malting fully a s in good G a ri r n le d y for ingsorts a retail inquiry, and at late prices. Linseed cakes also ill retail demand. Wheat.... Old white... ,per qr ... 54s Od to 58s Od Old red Now white .. ~ New red .... DantzicOd , Konb , c. old white 56s Od to 62s a Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58 s Od t o 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red sBs Od to 59s Oc! St. Petersburg and Riga, old sos Od to 52s Oc! Barley.... English malting 34s Od to 37s ° °l Grinding 31s Od to 33$ Od Sad and Oderbruck . 3os Od to 3as - O d Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 36s Od Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st o sl2o 1 34 to ii Friesland and Dutch o sl3d to 043f', Swedish and Danish osl2ld to osl3u, Beans ....English, old, per qr. 46s Od to 48s Oa New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od Now tick Egyptian Peas ..Foreign breakers . 36s Od to 38s Od Grinding ,1 Tares ....Spring. —s Od t o —s ° Indian Corn 3ss Od t o 36s Linseed, feeding crushing 0•..... 40 s Od t o 52s Oa Linseed cakes (Hull) .i9 15 0 to £0 0 n u Foreign Bl5 oto 910 0 v Rape cakes 6 0 o to 6 10 „u Bones 5 5 oto 510 BOSTON-APRIL 2. The supply of wheat was moderate, and in damp con di ' tion. The demand ruled fair, and prices were at former currencies. Barley scarce, with a firm trade. Oats aloWl but fully as d ear. Beans and peas at late terms. BIRTHS. B OIITIIWICK.—On the Ist inst., at 3, Easteott-place Haverstock-hill, Mrs. James A. Borthwick, of a daugl" ter. DAVIS.—On the Ist inst., at 14, Oakley-road, Seuthgut° - road, tho wife of the Rev. E. M. Davis, 8.A., of Mahal , ' Chapel, Kingsland, of a son. SICKES,—On the Ist inst., at 47, Essex-street, Strand, the wife of Mr. John Sykes, of twin daughters. MARRIAGES. CRAWCOUR—HART.—On the 2d inst., at 4, Duke-street/ Langham-place, Abraham Crawcour, Esq., late 01 , l3rompton-crescent, to Kate Rebecca, third daughter of John Hart, Esq., late of Regent-street. NELSON—DuNN.--On the 2d inst., at Charlton Churcbt Kent, George Dawson Nelson, Esq., of Bawtry, York shire, to Sarah Venables, elder daughter of the late Dunn, Esq., of Minster, Isle of Sheppey. DEATIIS. BICKLEY,—On the 30th ult., at 21, Albion-grove, B ar ns" bury-park, Samuel Biekley , Esq ., of Lloyd's, aged 82. BINGLEY.—On the 24th ult., at his residence, Ellersli o Lodge, near Penistone, Yorkshire, William Bingleit Esq., aged 76. DRAPEL—On the 30th ult. , at 8, Horbury-crescent, Not ting-hill, William Draper, Esq., aged 69. WILLIAMS,— On of tho Ist inst., at Greenwich, J. William [, Esq., formerly Cornhill, aged 87, LONDON: p r inted and Published b y JOHN CHAPLIN of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, N 0.112 St ra nd, in the Precinct of th e S avoy, in thq CountY o f uituovx,—Pavxtgloy, Apdl 3„1862, tr rec Th e (),,„ I) ( cei vc Co cring tile i clon, (er) , tart'. ' l lll J. nre, 14)ttl