The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-24 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTBLLIGENCE. GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND, The report of the directors stated that the revenue account for the half•year ending the 31st January showed that £47,700, or 6s 4d per train mile, had been received, and £17,456, or 2s 51d per train mile, had been expended in working, £325 rent of the Old Meldrum Junction Railway, and £4,932 for in terest and commission on loans, leaving a balance of £24,988, to which was added; £3,015, the surplus from the preceding account, making £28,003. From this was deducted £5,532 for dividend on new shares, at the fixed rate of 41 per cent. per annum ; £10,916, the proposed dividend on the preference stock, at the rate of 71 per cent. per annum ; and £10,382, theproposed dividend on the original stock, at the rate of 71- per cent. per annum ; together £26,630, leaving a balance of £1,373. The results of the working afforded a dividend on the preference and original stocks of the company at the rate of 71 per cent. per annum, with a balance of £1,373, as compared with a dividend at the rate of 61 per cent. per annum and a balance of £1,536 in the corresponding half-year. The working and other expenses amounted to 38 per cent. of the receipts, against 36 per cent. at the corresponding period. A long-pending arbitration between the company and certain traders on the Aberdeenshire Canal had just been concluded. The compensation claimed by those traders, in respect of the closing of the canal during the construction of the railway, amounted to £16,898. The award, including interest and ex penses, amounted to £8,230, which had accordingly been paid. This payment, together with a balance of £1,300 still due by the company to the contrac tors, exhausted the company's liabilities on the ori ginal construction account. The report complained of the hostile course adopted by the Scottish North- Eastern Company in promoting a bill in the present session of Parliament for authorising a line, about 22 miles in length, from Limpet-mill to Kintore, instead of jointly promoting a bill next session for a junction line at Aberdeen to connect the Scottish North- Eastern and the Great North of Scotland railways for the mutual interchange of traffic between the two companies. With a view to protect the interest of the company, the directors had assumed the re sponsibility leasing the Deeside Railway at a rent in perpetuity equal to 6 per cent. per annum, and they also acquired an interest in the Deeside Ex tension Railway to the extent of £30,000. The capital account showed that £995,918 had been ex pended on the company's line and stations, and £225,622 in the stocks of other. railway companies, making £1,221,540, and leaving a balance of £88,077. NORTH BRITISH. The half •yearly meeting was held at Edinburgh on Friday, Mr. Hodgson in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that the Border Counties section of the North British was now all but com pleted. In the course of a few days the railway extending from Hexham to Bellingham, a distance of 40 miles, would be ready for the inspection of the officer of the Board of Trade: In regard to the Border Union Railway, a few . weeks only were re quired for its completion. It would, he hoped, be ready for opening throughout before the Ist of May. On the completion of the Border Union the direc tors would devote their attention to the construc tion of the Langholm branch, the Galashiels and Peebles Railway, and the Wansbeck Railway from Morpeth to Bellingham. He regretted that the bill for a railway to Dunfermline, and thence to Perth, had been thrown out on standing orders. A petition would be presented to the House of Commons on Monday to allow the bill to be re vived, which he hoped would be successful, as this scheme had the support of the public and would be a bona fide through line. The bill for amalgamation with the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee the directors confidently expected to carry against the opposition of the Scottish Central and other companies, seeing that it was exactly in accordance with those principles of amalgamation which Parliament had sanctioned in other cases. The directors had withdrawn their opposition to the amalgamation of the Newcastle and Carlisle with the North Eastern, having satis factorily secured over the Carlisle line open routes and through fares. He anticipated from the nego tiations now in progress more harmonious working with the North Eastern. He concluded by moving the approval of the report. Mr. SPROT, deputy chairman, seconded the mo tion, which was agreed to. Resolutions were then adopted, declaring a divi dend at the rate of 5 per cent. on guaranteed stock, 4 per cent. on Jedburgh stock, 3 per cent. on the consolidated stock, and 51 per cent. on the Border Union guaranteed shares ; approving the bills for leasing the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Port Carlisle Dock and Railway to the North Bri tish; and re-electing the retiring directors and auditor. SCOTTISH CENTRAL. The half-yearly meeting was held at Perth on Priday—Mr. Bruce in the chair. The report was held as read. The Cuatramax said there was a considerable in crease in the revenue, while other railway companies had deplored great loss of traffic from the depression of trade. The increase during the half year, com pared with the corresponding period last year, amounted to £5,604. This enabled the directors to declare the largest dividend that the Scottish Cen tral had yet been enabled to pay, and he had great pleasure in announcing to the meeting that they were to pay a dividend of 61 per cent., which was the first time they had turned the corner over 6 per cent. He trusted that this ould be satis factory to the shareholders. (Cheers w .) He then adverted to the aggressive measure of the North British to promote a line north of the Forth to Perth. This company considered that such a line was not required by the public. They had there fore opposed it with the utmost vigour in their power, and had been so successful as to throw out the bill on the standing orders. Since that time an attempt had been made to resuscitate the bill in the House of Commons, but he was happy to say that the house did not see cause to allow the bill to be proceeded with, and therefore the bill was defunct for this session at all events. (Cheers.) The pre sent line to Perth by Burntisland was exceedingly well managed, and there was no occasion for a third line between Edinburgh and Perth. Mr. MACDUFF seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report, which was agreed to. The Marquis of Breadalbane and Mr. Wilson, retiring directors, were re-elected; and Mr. Mac duff and Mr. Falshaw were elected to fill vacancies. The half-yearly M ON M OUTHSH IRK held at Newport meeting of this company was M.P., in th 7 a Pc s rt on Wednesday, Mr. C. Bailey, The cuAlirjr. the satisfactorg v congratulated the proprietors, on directors rate of 6 per cent. per annum, the were enabled to recommend, and said their traffi c Nas . increasing. They had also a surplus of £1,220, after serve fund. This Nva: re an r paying £l,OOO to the re oeddition to the 6 per cent. di v idend of 18s., or, in other words, equivalent to a 7 per cent. dividend, less 2s. R eso lutions We re then pa,eatte.) d ratePting the report of 6 per and declaring the dividend, at the that, consi dering on cent. per annum , for the past half-year, i the 6th of April. It was also resolved dering the prosper ous state of the company,a the income-tax of the officers of the company affairs, should be paid for them. The CIIAIRMAN, in reply to a question, said th e directors wished to give every f ac ility both to th e 'West Midland and to the London and North- Western Company for running over their line down to Newport ; but the former company wanted other powers as to the erect ion o f stations, w hich he thought it was not desirable they should have, and which this company should oppose. SCINDE AND PUNJAB. Thv report of the directors states that every el ertion had been made by them and their officers to make 9 .l'rangements for the accommodation and de velopme of the traffic of the Scinde Railway. During l'he last rainy season the monsoon rains had set in: with =anal severity, and had affectedi most injuriously the embankments of the railway, which had not been sufficiently consolidated in consequence of the rainfall of th© previous seasons having been less than the usual average. The line was opened before it was sufficiently advanced and consolidated, and before an adequate supply of roll ing stock and other appliances had been provided. The amount of the traffic had greatly exceeded the expectations of the officers of the company and of the Government. The directors confidently stated that the Scinde Railway, in its present most imper fect state, did more than pay its working expenses. A viaduct of 1,000 feet in length would connect the railway with Keamaree, the landing-place in the harbour at Kurrachee, and every effort would be made to hasten the completion of this work. The financial statement showed that from the com mencement £1,441,316 had been expended. The interest account showed that £201,126 had been received, and £199,827 paid to the shareholders, leaving a balance of £1,839. The report on the steam flotilla stated that out of eleven steamers in various states of preparation only one, the Stanley was running on the Indus, and four were ready for service ; that seven barges of 150 tons each were afloat, two being towed by the Stanley. The directors had entered into arrangements with the Government for the purchase of the four best steamers of the Government fleet now on the Indus for £45,000, and an application had been made for the transfer to the Indus Steam Flotilla of the workshops and other property at Kotree and elsewhere belonging to Government. The price of the steamers was to be taken in shares or stock of the company. The expenditure on capital amounted for the flotilla to £257,804, leaving an available balance of £26,051. The report of the directors on the Punjab Railway stated that for the section be tween Lahore and Umritsur, 32 miles in length, much difficulty had been experienced in obtaining an adequate supply of sleepers and ballast for the permanent way, but it was expected that this sec tion would be opened for traffic in the course of this month. With regard to the section from Lahore to Mooltan, 220 miles, the permanent way materials for a distance of 27 miles had been deposited along the line, and there was a further quantity landed at Mooltan, and a still larger quantity ex_ petted shortly to arrive there. A portion of the Mooltan section, it was expected, would be opened before the end of the current year, and every effort would be made to have the whole of the line opened for traffic before the close of 1863. The financial statement of the Punjab Railway showed that £940,207 had been expended on it from the coat. mencement leaving an available balance of £271,157 to the credit of the company. The interest account showed that £100,005 had been paid to the pro prietors, leaving a balance of £1,794 in hand. RAILWAY BILLS. * The following fresh committees have been ap pointed, to commence their sittings on the Ist and 3d of April :—A committee, consisting of Mr. Has sard (chairman), Mr. Pilkington, Mr. Booth, Mr. Egerton, and Mr. Bruen, on the Berwickshire, Bridge of Weir, Great North of Scotland ; Leadburn, Linton, and Dolphinton ; North British, Greenock, and Weymess, and Scottish Northern , and North- Eastern Junction Railways. A committee, consist ing of Mr. Mowbray (chairman), Mr. Kekewich, Viscount Newport, Sir E. Kerrison, and Mr. Ayrton, on the Abbey Holme and Bolton, Maryport, and Carlisle, Carlisle and Silloth, Same and North Bri tish, Furness, ,North British and Glasgow and South-Western, and North British and Pert Car lisle Railways. A committee of the House of Lords has also been appointed to inquire into the merits of the following Irish railways :—Newry and Armagh, Waterford and Passage ; Waterford, Limerick, and Ennis ; Great Southern and Western and Limerick and Castleconnel, Dundalk and Enniskillen, and Great Northern and Western Railway of Ireland. RED SEA AND INDIA TELEGRAPH. The expedition of the Telegraph to India Com pany which left this country about two months since for the purpose of repairing such portions of the Red Sea cable as are not too far gone in dilapi dation is, it appears from recent advices, progressing very favourably with the work, and it is hoped that before long some of the most important sections will be open to the public. It may be remembered that at the period of the failure of the Red Sea lines some sections were reported to be in comparatively good condition, and it is these portions which Mr. Latimer Clark and his electrical and engineering staff are now endeavouring to restore. This, how ever, is only one of the objects of the expedition, for so disastrous has been the experience of, sub marine wires in the Red Sea that it is the inten tion of Sir C. Bright and Mr. Clark, the engineers of the company, to do away with a large portion of the sea route altogether by carrying a land line through Upper Egypt and Nubia along the banks of the Nile, and thence crossing an arm of the Desert (about 90 miles broad) which separates the Nile Valley from the shores of the Red Sea. Mr. Latimer Clark's applications to the Pasha of Egypt to give this scheme his countenance and protection have been entirely successful, and, as the Pasha himself has a telegraph up the Nile for nearly 700 miles of the proposed route, there seems no doubt but that this important link in the line to India will soon be completed. With a view to in sure the wires being thoroughly and efficiently pro witPhatshhea' tected throu g h ou t, M r . Cl ar k, w i th Mr. Rolfe and ssohffieickesrs,ofhatshebedeinffeurpe different et tribes b i e l e s severalt oarrange of the through which the line will pass. The confer ence with the Sheiks was most successful, and they are now all pledged to the protection of the wires. As they have previously been employed by the Viceroy, with great success, in looking after his telegraph, there is no reason to doubt their ability or willingness to do so in the case of the Indian line, especially as they are to be paid for it, and there is no inducement to a Bedouin like a promise of " backsheesh." In the mean time other portions of the expedition have been despatched to examine and report upon that section of the Cossier and Suez line that extends as far as the island of Shadewan, at the entrance of the Straits of Jubal. This portion, from tests taken by Mr. Laws, was supposed to be, if not absolutely per fect, at least in sufficiently good order to be capable of being worked for a considerable time. To com plete the repairs of this section therefore Mr. Laws, with Mr. Brunton and Mr. Woods, was sent in the Egyptian steam sloop Gabari with a strong working electrical and engineering staff to carry the line as far as Jubal, and open a temporary station there to intercept and forward messages from the Indian mail steamer. The Gabari arrived at the scene of operations on the 14th Feb., when a very cursory examination was sufficient to show that the bottom was of the most unfavourable kind for grappling a cable, as coral reefs abounded on all sides. But before any operations could be undertaken the rough weather which seems to wait upon all telegraph operations set in in earnest, and the Gabari was obliged to retire to the doubtful shelter of the coral reefs to wait for an abatement of the gale. Ten days lapsed however before the weather mode rated. On the morning of the 24th operations were renewed, and, after a few casts of grapple, the line was hooked, but owing to its having been laid out quite tight it broke in hauling it to the surface. A buoy to mark the spot was immediately let go, and soon after the end was brought on board from 57 fathoms water, and the lifeboat was sent to recover as much cable as would be sufficient to land the end on the island of Jubal, about five miles distant. The work having to be carried on entirely by manual labour, and without appliances of any kind, was necessarily slew And difficult, and at dusk the vessel had to be anchored ana the end buoy,24 for the night. It had how "er been suffietently long on board to prove that fo r all prac tic alworking purpos es the wire was in gooaor been said about the instability of r. So much has submarine lines laid in compara tively shallow 'water t hat • the raising of this w as w looked forward to with great, interest • yet, when brought to the surface, ev en after having been sub jected to the action of the waves over the coral rocks for three years, it was format be but slightly altered in outward appearance. A closer examina" 6011 showed that ir4 SQ l2l ° Places the wires were cor- TEE SUN, LONDON, ro!ed slightly, but still the black coating of mud and oxide with which it was covered so closely re sembled tar that it seemed at the first glance im possible to believe that the wire had been down mere than a few months. The Gabari then con tinued to underrun the line till within a mile and a half of Jubal Island, and the accounts state that it is difficult to imagine anything more beautiful than the mass of zoophytes, of every tint and colour, which had cased round the whole cable to the thickness of several inches. These being mostly of a soft tenacious nature would tend most materially to preserve the outside iron wires from decay. On the 26th the Gabari underran the shore end of the cable to Cosseir, in order to remove it and lay it to Jubal Island. Though this portion of the line had only been down some 14 months, yet it was found on raising to he completely encased in a protecting sheath of coral and zoophytes. The station on Jubal Island may now therefore be expected to open from day to day, and as the Peninsular and Oriental steamers, both outward and homeward, will call, news can be transmitted in anticipation of the over land mail by at least 12 or 13 days, and the same time saved on messages to India. Mr. Clark and his staff are now at Aden to meet the Sir James Duke, the vessel which has taken out the cable to repair or replace the Indian Ocean section as may found necessary. Though the season for the navi gation of these seas will be far advanced, it is yet hoped that much may be accomplished in the way of effecting through communication with India even this summer. COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS. The utility of Competitive Examinations has now been so generally recognised that comparatively little interest attaches to statistics on the subject. We are unwilling, however, to allow the Seventh Report of the Civil Service Commissioners to pass without notice, inasmuch as it furnishes incidental information on one or two points which were brought prominently forward at earlier periods of the controversy. Perhaps at this time of day it would be unnecessary to do more than recite the objections which were once urged against the scheme, of filling public appointments, not by favour, but according to the merits of the candidates. Some refuted themselves, others were obviously as applicable to the old system as to the new one, while those which appeared to carry greater weight have since been pretty well disposed of. We were told that these prizemen would be so conceited with their success as to be insubordinate and impractica ble, though it was obvious that, if this argument was valid in the case of the Civil Service, it was valid in all cases. Promotion for merit's sake should be eschewed, not only in Government offices, but in all other departments and professions, and advancement should be confined exclusively to the undeserving, who, being conscious of their unworthiness and want of claims, might be grateful for favour and obedient accordingly. It was said, again, that no managers of a private establishment would put the places of their clerks up to competition, though it ought to have been remembered that in a private establishment self-interest supplied motives for vigilance and inquiry which were lacking in public departments. We were further told that the quali ties most desirable in a candidate did not admit of certification ; but, if that was the truth, the patron was just as helpless as the tineorequired, n n iegr examiner, gehoutr arbaleendgda: a n do plausibleputherernodfimse proficient objec tions, e was, nhlcttt at iwtni oa nas als alleged heo r egw a eb t ed e rv , ate nhr nothinghowev e r, g branches were co af taken los t . nldeidr u l yet be impeachable in respect of character. A clever but dissolute man, for whose integrity no one would vouch, might be thrust into the public service, to the great detriment of the State ; or a weak and sickly youth, exhausted by excessive study and precocious development, might be charged with duties for which he was practically unfit. Of course, it was easy to reply that these objections also were applicable to both systems alike, and that a patron was as likely to over look disqualifications as an Examiner, and, in deed, more so, since his decision was notoriously based upon favour. In some way or other, how ever, it was believed or pretended that Examiners either would not or could not take cognisance of these collateral qualifications, and that whereas a patron would be able to survey the whole case, an examiner would confine himself to book learning only. We need only turn to the report before us to see the fallacy of these assumptions. To what ex tent the test is applied in the case of competition for particular situations we are not informed, but that health and character can be inquired into, and that this inquisition has been effectually made is clear from some brief statistics given concerning non-competitive examinations for certificates only. Of the whole number of applicants for these diplomas since 1855, upwards of 10,000 received certificates, while nearly 3,000 (2,733) failed to obtain them. Bat of these 2,733 rejections, it ap pears that 287—that is more than 10 per cent.— were based on defects of health or character. The Commissioners even add some remarks upon the subject. " The task, they say, " of inquiring into the character of candidates is by no means an easy one, and cannot be satisiactorily performed with out the most confidential intercourse between those on whom the duty of deciding is imposed." There is no doubt of this ; but would the task have been any easier when it was performed by a patron ? Most readers know the difficulty attending all inquiries into character. It seems so hard to stand in the way of any candidate for employment that testimonials are seldom refused, and bad characters rarely given. We should infer, indeed, from the words of the Commissioners, that they have been rather successful than otherwise in obtaining , this kind of evidence, s i nce th e y seem 1 desirous of defending themselves against the charge of severity. " Although," they say, "it is our anxious desire to do justice to the candidate, we feel that the State has a right to the service of persons to whom no reasonable suspicion 1 1 attaches, and that the Order in Council which re ' quires proof, satisfactory to us, of the good charac ter of the candidate, rests upon the soundest princi ple." We need not add our assent to these proposi-. tions, but it is perfectly plain that what can be done with one class of candidates can be done with all, and that if the State can thus gain the services not only of well-educated men, but of men to whom " no reasonable suspicion attaches," the competitive system must be answering its purpose at every point. Another well-known objection to these examina tions was based upon the details of the examinations themselves. Certain critics took the questions proposed, applied them to the actual duties of the situations competed for, and turned the scheme into ridicule by contrasting the qualifications ex pected with the every-day work of the office. The simple truth was that, if there was any fault at all in this point, it rested, not with the system of ex amination, but with our system of education. A test of knowledge can only be applied with reference to presumed instruction. What examinations test is proficiency—that is to say, attainment of knowledge deliberately sought. The best scholar is he who has made the greatest progress in the studies of the school, and it is in these studies only that his pro gress can be tried. If the examiners did anything absurd in asking a candidate for a clerkship to answer questions in history and geography, the absurdity was commenced in the schools where his tory and geography were taught. If these studies are utterly useless in the work of every-day life, they should never have been pursued. The Examiners, in short, simply took the ordinary branches of learn ing as taught in schools, and inquired into the progress which the candidates had severally made. It was a perfectly reasonable conclusion that the lad who by his intellect or his industry had done beat at school would do best afterwards, and that if he possessed the greatest amount of the infor mation usually communicated, he possessed the greatest amount of the knowledge generally found useful. The Commissioners, however, distinctly show in their la s t report t h a t th e i r a tt en ti on i s fixed upon the spec i a l qua lifi ca ti o n s w hi c h par ticular offices may r equ i re, an d we se l ec t th e ex ample of the Indian Civil Service as one of the most also impoetant. The system of Competitive Exami n ati on s was established in this service seven years ago. In the second year of its operation 56 candidates were examined for 20 appointments, in' 1861 the ap pciatments bad risen to CO, and the candidates to 17i. One of the qualifications most desirable in competitors was a knowledge of Sanskrit, but that qualification at first was very rare. Out of an aggregate of 295 candidates examined in the first four years of the system, only six so much as professed any acquaintance with the language in question. Last year, however, as many as 36, out of the 171, offered themselves for examination in this subject; and the Commissioners record with satisfaction this marked improvement in special preparation. But there is another point of inte rest which should be mentioned. The successful candidates for these particular appointments are required, after approval, to devote a year to special studies connected with their future duties, and then to present themselves to the Examiners again. Now, so strictly is this supplementary examination conducted that last year a considerable percentage of those who had passed the first ordeal failed in the second, and were refused certificates. The Exami ners profess their due appreciation of general in struction, but they insist upon preparation for official duty as a sine qua non. We notice this fact for the warning and advantage of all con cerned, but it shows clearly enough that the Com petitive System can secure special qualifications as easily as general ability.—Times. LA TV INTELLIGENCZ-2larch, 22. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir C. Cresswell and a Common Jury.) WALL V. WALL AND WYATT. This was a suit instituted by the husband for a divorce on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent, a solicitor, to which the respon dent pleaded, denying the adultery, recriminated the charge, and also alleged cruelty on the part of her husband. The co-respondent did not appear. Dr. Spinks, Mr. Joyce, and Mr. Serle were coun sel for the petitioner; and Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., represented the respondent. From the statement of counsel it appeared that the petitioner was the son of a clergyman of the Church of England, and that the respondent was in an inferior station of life. The parties became acquainted while the petitioner was " walking the hospital," and were m arried in London in June, 1857, the petitioner at the time being under age. They cohabited in lodgings in University-street until November, 1856, when they separated in con sequence of the misconduct of the wife. The peti tioner allowed the respondent £2 a week until the commencement of the present proceedings, and the Court had awarded the same amount pendente lite. She was frequently visited at Bow by the co respondent, who ultimately took up his residence in the same house. These facts were deposed to in evidence. Dr. Phillimore said that after the testimony of the witnesses called le could not deny the adultery charged against his client, but he should be able to establish a case of adultery against the petitione r , who had been seen to go home with a woman whom he met at a casino in Oxford-street. Mrs. Lofts, who said that she was a dressmaker, was examined, and said that she had been employed by Mrs. Wall to make her wedding dress, b u t t hi s was not until after the marriage had been solemnised. (Laughter.) She had been asked by Mrs. Wall to look after her husband, and she had seen him dancing with some ladies at a casino. She witnessed no im propriety on his part, and she did not see him leave the casino in company with any . female. Dr. Phillimore said he was instructed that the witness would be able to carry the case much fur ther, and under the circumstances he would leave it in the hands of the Court. The jury immediately found a verdict for the petitioner, and the Court made a decree nisi, with costs against the co-respondent. MONDAY EVXMNG, MAIICH 24, 1802.,- ASSIZE INTELLIGEACE. HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONE, March 22. CIVIL COURT. (Before Lord Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) CLOTHIER V. WEBSTER. This was an action by a baker, at Woolwich, against a contractor, under the Metropolitan Board of Works, for injury caused to the plaintiff's oven, through the negligence of the defendant in wont ing certain works for the Board. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., Mr. Prentice, and Mr. Lucius Kelly, were for the plaintiff; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. J. Brown, and Mr. Crawfurd were for the defendant. The defendant had, in making a sewer, made an excavation under the oven, which had afterwards sunk, so as to require it to be rebuilt, by reason of which the plaintiff was put to expense, and for some weeks disturbed his business, for which he claimed between £3O and £4O. The case for the plaintiff was, that this was caused by the mode of making the excavation, which was denied on the part of the defendant. The evidence on that point of course was contradictory, and witnesses were called on the part of the defen dant to show that everyproper precaution had been taken. _ _ _ _ Mr. M. Chambers, on behalf of the defendant, submitted that the works had been done in execu tion of the powers of the Act, and that, therefore, the only remedy of the plaintiff was by a proceed ing for compensation under the Act. The Lord Chief Justice—That is so, no doubt, except so far as concerned any negligence in the manner of doing the work, for which the contractor would be responsible. The excavation was made beneath the oven to effect a communication with the main sewer at some distance below. The contract provided for concrete when required by the engineer of the Board, and (in the usual way) specified that all works should be well done, &c., and concrete had been put in so far as required by him, and (as he said) so far as necessary. There was concrete, however, only so far as the crown of the sewer below, and the space above it, up to the oven, was filled up with chalk and clay, the oven being supported upon it by wooden " struts" or beams, There was strong evidence for the plaintiff that the ground had not been filled in tightly and closely under the oven, and had given way, so as to cause it to sink and crack. The clerk of the works was called on the part of the defendant, and stated that, in his judgment, all that was necessary had been done in the way of precaution or care. When pressed as to the cause of the sinking of the oven, he said he could not deny that it might not have sunk by reason of the works, but that no possible means would secure it from sinking (except perhaps a solid stone wall), that even concrete would not have been a perfect security, and that chalk, well rammed in, was as good as concrete. The jury asked if chalk was as good as concrete. The witness said he considered that it was if well rammed. The jury observed that it hardly could be under. neath the oven, as the rammer could not be worked. The engineer of the Board, who had charge of the works, said he gave instructions from time to time*to the clerk:of the works as to what should be done, and he considered that the precautions taken were sufficient, and that all his orders were carried out. He admitted, however, that it was necessary, in order to prevent subsidence of the soil, that the chalk should be very carefully rammed down. When asked on cross-examination how the oven could have sunk, supposing the chalk had been well rammed down, he said it was difficult to account for; it might have occurred from defect of construction, or foundation, or partly from one cause and partly from another ; but he stated that, with every precaution, it was impossible to prevent such accidents. He admitted that if there had been any thing wrong in the construction of the oven it would have been the duty of the workmen to call attention to it, and that neither he nor the clerk of the works had heard, at the time, that it was so. His opinion, on the whole, was that the work had been done carefully and skilfully. Mr. Chambers, in summing up for defendant, con tended that as the contract required concrete only under the orders of the clerk of the works or engi neers—who were employed by the Board, and as they were satisfied with what the defendant had done, the maxim of law respondeat superior applied, and that the board alone were liable. The Lord Chief Justice said he should rule other wise, reserving the point. Mr. Chambers then contended, on the evidence for the defendant, that, even assuming that he might in law be liable, he was not liable in fact, for that every possible care had been taken, and the chalk was rammed as closely as it could be. Mr. Hawkins, in reply on the part of the plaintiff, contended that the ramming down had been badly done, and that for this the contractor was respon sible. The ov en h a d snn k, an d that was the best proof the work h a d no t b een su ffi c i en t. Of course, the people who had done the work would say they had done it well; but the result was the best test, and as the ground gave way, it could not have been well filled in. The Lord Chief Justice, in summing uP the case to the Jury, told them that if the contractor had been wanting i n d ue care an d s kill , h e and not the i Board would be responsible. The great question was whether the excavation bad been well filled in. Aud the point was very pertinent, how, if it was • 80, the ground came to give way ? was for the jury to say whether, upon the whole of the evidence there :lad been a want of reasonabl , ) care or skill in the filling up of the excavation if so, the plaint ff 4118 entitled to a verdict; if otherwise, he was not. The jury consulted for a few minutes, and re turned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £35• Upon hearing this verdict the plaintiff exclaimed aloud, " Righteousness shall reign !"—an exclama tion which caused much laughter. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) LEWIS 7. COLE AND ANOTHER. This was an action against the:,bailiff of the County Court of Tunbridge Wells and hi s o ffi cer , for entering the premises of the plaintiff, a riding master at that place, and taking &horse, under an execution from that court against a third party. The plaintiff had taken the premises of the execu tion debtor, and his name was put upon the livery stables; but the change was not known. When the horse was taken the plaintiff claimed it, and there had been an interpleader summons ; but as plaintiff refused to pay the appraised value into court (as he might have done under the County Court Act) in order to liberate the horse, the bailiff sold it under the execution, and paid the proceeds, £l2, into court, to abide the event of the inter pleader summons, which was in favour of the plaintiff, and the money remained in court, and could be taken out by the plaintiff; but had not been taken out. The value of the horse, however, was £29, and the bailiff had been in possession six days ; and the plaintiff claimed to recover the value, and also compensation for the injury caused by the entry of the bailiff. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Butler Rigby were for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Shoe and Mr. Honyman for the deLndants. Mr. Justice Wightman ruled that the plaintiff could not recover in respect to the horse, since,under the County Court Act (passed in protection of the bailiffs), he could have liberated the horse by pay ing the value into court to abide.the event of the interpleader summons, and could now take the amount of the proceeds out of court. Mr. Chambers—That is, take out £l2 out in satisfaction of a horse worth £29. Mr. Justice Wightman said the law was so. Mr. Chambers, in reply, contended that, at all events, his client was entitled to recover compensa tion for the injury which must have been done to him in his business by the presence of two bailiffs on his premises for six days. Mr. Sergeant Shee, on the part of the bailiffs, urged that they had merely made a mistake. The learned Judge, in summing up the case to the Jury, said the bailiff was placed in a position of dif ficulty ; for he was bound to execute the warrant, and could not know whose the horses were ; and, whether the premises were the plaintiff's or not, he would be bound to take any property on the pre mises which belonged to the execution debtor. As, however, the horse was not the debtor's the entry into the stables could not strictly be justified ; and the question was what damages the plaintiff had sustained by reason of that entry. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—da mages, £lO. The learned Judge gave the plaintiff leave to move to increase the damages by the value of the goods, less the sum paid into the court (the county court) which the plaintiff was at liberty to take out of court. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yorac, March 21. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) GARRETT V. CRONE. Mr. S. Temple, Q.C., and Mr. L P. E. Thompson were for the plaintiff; Mr. Overend, Q.C., and Mr. C. Newton for the defendant. This action, for the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter, was commenced yesterday, when Harriet Garrett stated that she was the daughter of a farmer lately residing at Middleton-on-the- Welds, in the East Riding, was 24 years of age, and the eldest of seven children,of whom two were sisters, whose ages were 17 and 7 respectively, and that she had known the defendant all her life. During the last 10 or 12 years letters and newspapers had come for the defendant to her father's house, which had brought him there three or four times a-week. In 1855 the defendant promised her marriage, and thereupon his visits became more frequent, though their purpose Was not communicated either to her father or her mother until three years later, at which time he was looked upon by them and re ceived as a suitor. In October, 1860, an inter course took place, which resulted in the witness being delivered of a child on the 4th of July, 1861. On her informing the defendant ?f her condition, so soon as she knew it, she was told he could not before 18 months marry her in consequence of not being in '"possession of his property. In May the witness sent fbr him, he having lately discontinued his visits, and she asked him what she should do, and on his telling her they could not be married, she threatened to affiliate her child upon him. At his next visit an offer of £lO a-year was made by him, and by witness and her mother rejected. Subsequently the defendant and his sister called and saw witness and her mother, when the defendant denied the child was his. The witness admitted on cross-examination that she had never walked out with the defendant or spoken to his brother or sister, or even in his pre sence to any one, in reference to their intended marriage, and that at the interview, when the de fendant and his sister came, she " had not thought to tell" of his having promised her marriage. She further denied all familiarity with a number of young men about whom she was questioned. On re-examination, the witness stated it was the defendant's wish to keep their engagement a secret from his sister. The father of the girl was called and stated, the letters of the defendant received at his house related to betting transactions, and the newspapers to sporting matters, which the defendant was anxious shoald not be known to his sister. It further ap peared in the evidence adduced in support of the plaintiff's case that neither the father nor the mother had ever spoken to the defendant on the subject of the defendant's marriage with their daughter. Augusta Witty, the girl's coisin, stated she had once seen the defendant with Harriett on his knee, and regarded him as her cousin's suitor. The defendant was this morning examined in support of his case, when he stated that the letters which he went to see at the plaintiff's house had re lation to transactions in which he and the plaintiff went halves, and that hehad never kept those trans actions a secret from his sister, that ho had been an overseer and was now churchwarden, and for the last 14 years had been a parish officer. Had not gone to the plaintiff's to see Harriet. Had never courted the young woman, nor promised her mar riage. She had never sat on his knee, nor had he had intimacy with her, or taken indecent liberties with her ; that the subject of marriage had never been discussed ; that his first intimation of the girl's condition came from his sister on the 19th of June, when ho went to confront the girl and question her respecting the report. The defendant's sister was also examined as to her knowledge of the betting transactions, and as to what took place at the inter view between her brother, herself, and the plaintiff's wife and daughter, when the daughter declared that if she should drop down dead the child child was the defendant's, and Mrs. Garrett had observed that Mr. Crowe had never acted as if he were going to marry, and that she (Harriet) was a fool. Some other witnesses were called, who de posed that the girl had represented that she had not given way to Mr. Crowe before December last. After addresses from the counsel, and a careful summing-up by the learned judge, the jury, after an absence of about an hour, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £4OO. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—DERBY, March 22. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Williams,) George Flint, a surgeon, pleaded flat guilty to an indictment charging him with shooting at Jane Flint, his wife, on the 19th of September last, with intent to kill and murder her, There were also other counts, varying the charge. Mr. Huish conducted the prosecution, and Mr. F. Stephen the defence. The prisoner had carried on a respectable practice as a surgeon in Buxton for some years, but lived very unhappily with his wife, and addicted himself to drinking. On Sept. 19 he went to his brother's house and borrowed a gun, which at first the brother refused to let him have, as the prisoner seemed to be in a state of very great excitement, whether from drinking or not t h e w i tness cou ld not say. The prisoner said that he wanted it to shoot a cat, and that he must have it. He loaded the gun with a small charge of small shot, and took it with him. On his way to borrow it he met a man named Wheldon, whom he told he was going to a shoot Jane." He was afterwards seen standing opposite his own door with the gun in his hand, and his wife was running away from him. When she was turn ing the street corner, about 20 yards from him, he pointed the gun at her and fired, wounding her very slightly with some of the shots. The only question raised by the learned counsel for the defence was as to the prisoner's state of mind at the time, which, it was contended, was such as rendered him irresponsible for his acts, and incap able of the criminal intent charged against him. The cross-examination elicited that his wife's mis conduct had caused him great unhappiness, that she had used great violence towards him, and that ever since the act he had been shut up in a madhouse. The facts that he had loaded only one barrel of the gun, which was double-barrelled • that he had put so B=ll a charge into it; and had fired it, not is the house, but in the public street, when his wife had turned the corner, were urged as showing that the prisoner did not elitcrtain the intent ehargel, His Lordship having s'm'ut( up, The jutyl.eturned a verliet of guilty of unlawful wounding, and the prisoner was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. POLICE' IN.T_BLLIGENCE.-11.1arch 22. MANSION-HOUSE.—On Saturday the public subscription at this court towards the relief of the widows and families of the men who perished in the Hartley Colliery was brought to a close. It had then amounted to £20,435 13s. 11d. in the whole, including a small amount of interest on part of the money which had been placed at a banker's at call. Of that sum £2,000 was some time ago sent to the local committee at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and by the post of Saturday evening the Lord Mayor forwarded to the Mayor of that town £17,967 8s 9d, the re maining balance, after deducting £468 5s 2d paid for advertisements, less a small sum for office work. There is no example, in the recollection of any one connected with the Mansion-house, of so large a sum having been sent there for any purpose of charity, or to mitigate the deplorable effects of a calamity, except in the cases of the Indian mutiny and the Indian famine, which were of Imperial rather than of local concern. For duration also, and for its spontaneous and universal character, the fund is equally without a parallel. On the 25th January, just after the fate of the 200 men and boys had been revealed to the public in all its horror, the subscrip tion began here by a working man sending a shil ling to the Lord Mayor. In less than three days afterwards it amounted to nearly £2,000, and it went on accumulating day after day, as much as £1,600 and upwards having often been received in a single day—until it rose in round numbers to £20,400, in less than two months—a remarkable in stance of public sympathy and generosity spontane ously evinced on the occasion of a heartrending cala mity. In that feeling every class of the metropolitan community, including in some cases the poorest per sons, appears to have participated. The great mass of the donors and sympathisers, however, were of the middle and labouring classes. Merchants' and bankers' clerks, shopmen of all classes, people living by all kinds of manual and skilled labour, private families, public and private schools, and domestic servants made up the great bulk of the subscribers, and the result stands out as a memorable exemplifi cation of public benevolence. For full two months the Mansion-house has resembled nothing so much as a banking establishment ; a room had to be set apart for this special business, and a vast amount of labour and responsibility devolved upon two of the officers of the court, Mr. Pickering, the cashier, in particular, and Mr. Sewell, the swordbearcr. GUILDHALL.—Anthony Dutlein, who recently absconded from the service of Alderman Wilson, taking with him a valuable set of scientific instru ments, a new suit of clothes, and £l2 10s in money received on his master's account, was brought up for final examination relative to two charges of em bezzling £l2 lOs and £5, and a third charge of forging Alderman Wilson's name to a receipt for £5. The prisoner pleaded guilty to all the charges, and was then committed for trial. Louisa 'Wood, aged 49, was charged with annoy ing and assaulting Mr. -Robert Summers, a solicitor, of 5, New Bridge-street. Mr. Summers said, about 18 months ago the prisoner met with an accident on the premises of the Commercial Dock Company, and instructed him to bring an action against them for negli gence. The jury ultimately awarded the pri soner £2BO damages, subject to the decision of the full Court upon a point of law which was reserved. The full Court gave their decision against the pri soner, but they thought, as she had been put to great expense in the actions, and the company had not given her earlier information of their non-liability, the directors ought to allow her something towards her costs. The company accordingly granted her £lOO, which was paid over to him (Mr. Summers) ; after deducting a sum of £B2, that being much below what the taxing-master would have allowed, he offered the prisoner the balance of £lB, but she said she would have all or none, and instructed a solicitor to recover the whole of the £lOO for her. He made out his bill of costs, and sent it to the solicitor, and heard no more from him ; but in the meantime the doctor who attended the prisoner for the injuries she received through the accident, not having been paid, sued out an attachment in the Lord Mayor's Court, and the balance, £lB, was in consequence paid over, so that he had nothing now belonging to the prisoner. She however, persisted in annoying him by frequent demands for the £lOO, sometimes remaining in the office for four or five hours at a time, and telling every client who came in that he would be swindled, as she had been, and at other times yelling and screaming at the clerk in such a manner as to obstruct the whole business of the office. On Saturday morning she came to the office, and on being removed assaulted Mr. Sum mers and broke his spectacles. The prisoner produced the newspaper report to show that £lOO was to be paid to the plaintiffs by the defendants, and that Mr. Summers had never offered her a farthing. Sir F. G. Moon required the prisoner to find two sureties in £lO each to keep the peace for six months, and in default committed her to prison. BOW-STREET.---Mr. Benjamin Hotine, a fish monger in Lime-street, Leadenhall-market, was brought up in custody of Sergeant Wallis, of the detective force, upon a warrant charging him, under the Act 6th and 7th William IV., for the registra tion of births, deaths, and marriages, with having made false statements of the particulars required by that statute to be stated to the registrar with reference to the registration of the birth of a child. The prosecution had been instituted by the soli citors to the Treasury, on the advice of the Attorney- General. Mr. Clerk appeared as counsel for the Crown, and the prisoner was defended by his soli citor, Mr. Skegg. In July last the prisoner sued as a petitioner in the Divorce Court for a dissolution of his marriage, in November, 1838, with Mary Anne Sanders. In that petition he alleged that his wife had left him in 1839, and had since been living in adultery with a pers3n named Foxhall, the co-respondent. The Queen's proctor intervened in that suit, alleging that the petitioner had himself been living in adul tery for 20 years. Hotine then applied for and obtained permission to withdraw his petition. From the evidence in support of the intervention of the Queen's proctor it appeared that the defendant (then petitioner) had kept as his wife a woman named Robins, by whom he had six children, born respectively in the years 1844, 1848, 1851, 1853, 1855, and 1857, all of whom he had registered as legitimate children. In each instance the entry in the registration-book contained the following par ticulars, the information being given by the priso ner, and the entry signed by him—that the father's name was Benjamin Hotine, and the mother's name Sophia Hoti ne , f ormerly Robins. These were the particulars requi re d b y t h e Act, and any misstate ment of those particulars was, under the same Act, visited with the pains and penalties of perjury. Mr. Clerk urged that at the time when the prisoner made these statements to the registrars he must have been well aware that the mother of the chil dren could not properly be described as Sophia Hotine. sions of this Act (the Marriages Act) shall be ap plied to that Act (the Registration Act.)" Mr. Corrie thought that it Lord Campbell had considered the point to be so clear as Mr. Skegg contended he would have stopped the case. But J Lord Campbell reserved the point and took the opinion of the jury on the facts. If Lord Campbell would not undertake to decide the point, neither should he (Mr. Corrie).' lie should commit the pri soner for trial, and this question would be disposed of by the judges. He should commit the prisoner for trial, but would take bail iu two sureties of £ lOO each, and his own recognisances of £2OO. Two sureties satisfactory to the prosecution were provided, and the prisoner was liberated. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—One guinea has been received for Camilla Rose from H. R., a Bus' sian," which will be given to her with the other subscriptions when arrangements are completed for sending her hack to Brazil. MARYLEBONE.—Edward Villiers Crotty, re siding at 3, Oakley-terrace, Chelsea, appeared on a summons to answer the charge of having threatened to publish a scandalous and defamatory libel upon a widow lady. Mr. Mansfield committed him for trial on both charges, allowing bail, himself in £l,OOO, and tvio sureties in £5OO each. WORSHIP-STREET.--John Lyons and Wm' Tremlett, the first a well known thi e f, were c h a rged on suspicion of having been concerned in a robbery. Mr. Thos. Shapcott, the prosecutor, stated that he is a professor of music, residing in Pakington street, Islington. Wishing to see a little East-end life he, accompanied by a friend, at about half-past one in the morning of Saturday, entered a public' house called the Holy Well, in Shorediteh. There he found the two prisoners standing at the bar. Lyons said to him, without being spoken to, " know a man who will fight you," and witness re plied," Well, I am perfectly willing to accommodate him or any other man." A third man then remarked that there were blacklegs present, and as this w 5 evidently intended for witness and his friend, he knocked that man down. As soon as he had done so the prisoner Lyons rushed forward, pulled him off his antagonist, got his arm round his neck, and tried to gouge out one of his eyes. The witness, how ever, got out of the house with his friend. On reaching the street he found that he had lost his scarf-pin from his neck, which he had seen from the looking-glass safe a few minutes before, and which he attached much value to, as it was the gift of a friend whom he should never see agaio. He lost no other property; Going out with the ob ject he had in view, he had put his gold watch, chain, and money carefully into his boot for safety , as, in fact, he always did when at all doubtful of the company he was likely to meet, and he would placed the pin there too if it had struck him as likely to be stolen, for he would have much sooner lost his watch and chain. In the street he saw Tremlett, whom he warned not to follow him. As he felt heated and excited, he and his friend then went to another house to procure some lemonade , On going into the secondhe found the two prisoners in conversation, and, feeling satisfied then that there was complicity between them, he gave them both into custody. A constable of the N division proved a former conviction of Lyons for felony, when he was sell' tented to six months hard labour. Mr. Mapleson, the landlord of the house, described Tremlett, as a quiet, inoffensive man. The prc,sect; tor was boastful of his prowess, and said that he had come from the country, and wanted to see life as It was at the East End. The witnew:i advised him to take care of his property, and in particular of 10 gold spectacles, or he would be likely to lose then but he would not take his advice. Mr. Knox said as Tremlett was unknown to the police, he would accept his recoguisances for hi,, future appearance, but the ease was d i fferent w it h Lyons, whom he should order to be remanded with' out bail. COUNTRY MARKETS. ..... LEICESTER—Mmtcu 22. The supply of wheat to-day at marlcet was micldlin,f; and fresh-thrashed p arce l s were merally in poor coo 6V _ tion; trade dull, and l a t e p r i ces l s d own. White 63s to : red, 53s to 63s per 36 stone. Barley was in fair S II P. ply—grinding, 30s to 32s ; malting, 34s to 38s per qeh oats, 25s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans at former ro' new, 35s to 405.; old, 43s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 45a I Seconds, 43s I Thirds, 41s per aack' NORWICH —MARCH 22. slid Wheat to-day was in comp ara ti ve l y li m it e d supplh.io, for the best samples the prices of last week were fully 07v tained ; inferior parcels were at a s l ig ht decline. 'ro quantity of barley was very small, an d l ate prices W " supported. Oats scarce. Beans and peas slow. White wheat..... •59s to 63s I Red wheat ........ 56° to 60; s oe Malting barley....36s t o 38 s I Ch evalier barley...3ss to ,-)..,. New d 0........ —silo —s I Oats.. Flour, 40s Od to 41 s Od per sack from the miller. NOTTINGHAM—MAucx 22. There was again a scarce show of wheat to-day, and the trade ruled quiet—good samples at former rates; other sorts is cheaper—white, from 63s to 67s ; red, 42s to 63 0 . Malting barley in good demand-34s to 39s ; grinding, 29 4 to 31s. Oats were sl ow , at 26s to 355. Beans were Gold at 38s to 50s per qr. Flour, 38s to 445. YORK—MAncti 22. We had a very small supply of wheat to-day from Or glowers. Trade dull, and pre v i ous rates d ec li ne d ls. 4c; moderate business was d o i ng i n b arley, and, with a sca r supply, prices were a shade over l ast week ' s rates, Oa ts a limited sale, and forme r p r i ces b are l y supported. 13019 a , dull trade, at about former currencies. Wheat, red 56 s t o 60 8 O ats... 949 °lig White do .GOs to 64 8 B eans 42s to Barley .32 s t o 37s Peas ...--s to - -4/ 433 Malt, 66s to 68 s p er qr .. ; rye, 348 per qr.;. flora', to 45s per sack. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. , Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ...... April 112.: via Marseilles ........ . Ap ril 6. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. ....... . . 1 1. Cape of Good Hope, A scens i on , an d st. Helena.. Apn China, Penang, and Singap ore , v i a S ou thampton. April ~ via Marseilles ...April 4. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampt on Mar. 2 s. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, viavia Marseilles Southp lar. Southampton India (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. via Marseilles ........ Ap 4 ril 4 ' Lisbon Mar. ,- Malta, Egypt, and Ad c n, v i a Southampton Mar. '''' via Marseilles Mar. 2 9 ' Newfoundland April ' l" Oporto and Vigo.mar. --,,"! ........... . U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. pack e t Mar. 21. by U.S. packet 26. b Canaan Mar. . W.C. of Af r i ca , M a d e i ra, and Ty eneriffe .di packet. April P o . Bahamas, via New York April g l i Mexico.. • • • • Mar. ,'.° All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, .1 I v an 3 1 4 California, and British Columbia.. GREAT YARMOUTH, Friday.--It has been blow ing hard last night and to-d a y, w ith muc h d amage to ehiPPiljg; The brig Sarah Bell, of Arundel, was lost, with all han" on the North Sand. To-night the wind has somewhat abated, but the weather is somewhat coarse and wild. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—Determina,,ticao of Blood to the Head, and Di seases o f th e H ear t . —Th e public is constantly' shocked by the immense number sudden deaths. These catastrophes originate from sod a irregularities of circulation, which generates di s turbarlejoo in the head and heart. Holloway's Pills are widely 10 _, and everywhere esteemed for purifying the fl u id s, and 1"° gulating the flow of the blood. They prevent pa)pitatit oppression at the chest, and determinati on of blood to head ; and they effectually remove congestion of the 11141 liver, kidneys, and brain, by proportionally distributt, the blood to every organ, Holloway's ga of faintness,Pille gd should diue feel derangements warn us of some dill td t u a r k rob e w n without a snienee sisn,ot the e d o e dt delay when s w t h o e n n , circulation, or respiration ) o of vital importance. Formal evidence was given of the registry by the prisoner of the births of the six children in the abovementioned years in various parts of the metro polis, the registration-books being produced by the superintendent registrars of the districts, and the particular entries being proved by the registrars of the sub•districts. The prisoner's affidavit above referred to, in which he deposed to his marriage with Mary Anne Sanders in 1838, to her leaving him in 1839, and to certain particulars relating to her cohabitation with Mr. Foxhall, was also put in. Richard Carter, a journeyman fishmonger, who was in the prisoner's service from 1857 to 1859, ' proved the handwritingof the prisoner's signatures to the various registrations and to the affidavit. Mr. Skegg contended that the proceedings were too late. The prosecution ought to have been in stituted within three years of the commission of the alleged offence. It was true that there was no such restriction in the Gth and 7th of William IV., cap. 84, the Registration Act, under 'which these proceedings were taken; but in the Marriages Act, 6th and 7th William IV., cap. 85, the Act imme diately preceding, and passed on the same day, 1 there was a provision in section 44 that this Act was to be taken with the Registration Act, cap. 86, and that the two were to be read as one Act, as if they had been incorporated; and in section 41 was a provision that all proceedings must be taken within three years. He held that this provision must apply to the Registration Act, under which these proceedings . were taken. This question had DEATHS. pea. re° been raised by Sir Fitzroy Kelly before Lord Camp- BEAVAN.—On the 17th inst., at Rochester, Thomas ' bell in Ihe case of Th o Q • 1 " . Beavan, Esq., M.D , aged 54. ueen against Lord Dun holoral Boyne;" but Lord Campbell had not decided the BROWN.—On the Francis Hart, Esq., 20th inst., at Itamsgate, Bart , 0 , o to take the opinion of the Brown, 8.A., Trinity College, B. T. Brown, Esq., of the former place, aged 25. , i .. point, preferring fi rs t jury on the facts of the case ; acquitted Lord Dunboyue on the. merits, there had and, as the jury had n o f Nott ll3 Cambridge, eldest 0 Hn. the Ist inst., ham, aged 87. stoic° been no decision on the point of law. HAIINEY.—Ou the 18th inst., Mr. William HarveY, 60. Sir N' Mr. Clerk thought the magistrate would hardly , Newington, and Monkwell-street, city, aged decide upon the doubtful point which had been so i SEi.JELL.-011 the 13th inst., at Florence, General Si r Sewell, K.C.8., Colonel oll.M.'s 79th Regt. ably and ingeniously argued by Mr. Skegg. The ' incorporation olause was not in the second Act, but John TomPsettl Esq., solicitor, of Hastings, ' l ' only in the first, and though, from the,poxtion of TOMPSETT.—On. the.. aged 69 . the clause which Mr. Skegg had read, it might be ..!"_ -- supposed to apply2lst i nst., Eleanor, relict of t, 11 ... 0 s l e f l e , to both, the latter part of the ^ ------------- ""'"' — '----a --- „vast, clause bore a contrary interpretation, for it wen t on L O NDON : Printed and Published by JOHN C-111‘-`,_ 112, llin2, Sthtreanrdr,ecPinrienttoefr,tahteTsianvaoSyriuOtreeec, lo N tui v. t y Of to say, " and the provisions of the said Act (the Registration Act) shall be applied to this Act (the of Strand, No. Marriages Act)," but it dicl not gay $' the provi- klaillegur.-Kozplay, prurcji gi, 062, BIRTHS. ATWOOD.--O the 22d inst., at Blackman-street, So wark, the wife of Joseph S. Attwood, Esq., of a sol l ' ao . BLAKE,—On the 21st inst., at 18, Princes-square, 11 , 1 A 4 park, W., the wife of Colonel C. S. Blake, C.D., of a daughter. L- Lawrence, the 20th inst., a t 173, City-road, Mrs' Lawrence, of a son. IO VILLIERs.--On the 19tn in s t., a t Bishopwearruoulb, t Lady Victoria Villiers, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. DOITOLAS—Bura.—On the 20th inst., at the parish c u i ntys° Spalding, William Do ug l as , Esq., Coldstream to ri„ ; ,,,g, beth, eldest daught er o f Henry Bugg, Esq., Spalw Lincolnshire. erl MILLER—EVANS.—On the 20th inst., at Eug ha - - I t oll Church, Warwickshi re , Lieut.-Colonel Miller, late d i e Hussars, to Sarah D oro th y, on l y surviving child late Thomas M oore E vans, Esq., of Warsaw and m raingham. J ti Nv la ij