The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-24 00:00:00

THE NAVY. A ma' i-martial assembled on board the flagship Waterloo at Sheerness on Wednesday, to try Mr. Stevens, , third-class carpenter, lent from the For iidahli 3. for duty on board the steam sloop Malacca, in the Ito am reserve. The charges against Mr. Stevens -cv ere for absenting himself from his ship withoir t leave, and for drunkenness. Captain E. P. %He :listed, in command of the steam reserve, prosec sited. The Commander-in -Chief presided. The char; ;es were fully proved, and the sentence of the Cow tt was that Mr. Stevens be deprived of his war rant for two years, during -which period he is to serve as an able seaman for duty in the carpenter's crew. Iler• Majesty's screw steam frigate Liffey, 51, Capt. W. Preedy, C. 8., anchored in St. Helen's roadl4, off Poitsmouth, from Portland, at 3 p.m. on Friday, and sailed again for Portland on Saturday morning. :Her Majesty's steam sloop Argus, 6, Commander Ingram, sailed from Spithead at 6 p.m. on Satur day for Devonport, with supernumeraries for the Mediterranean squadron. The new steam line-of-battle ship Edgar will in a short time be ready for a trial of her engines. The Locust steam vessel, Lieut.-Commander Field, arrived at Sheerness from Portsmouth on Friday night last. The Locust was run into by a brig while she was ridinr , by the fair buoy of the chan nel into Portsmouth harbour. She has received so much damage that she will have to undergo repairs forthwith. The paddlewheel steam frigate Leopard, 18, Capt. J. F. B. Wainwright, is being caulked and repaired at Keyham. Mr. Paul, Assistant Master Attendant at the Devonport Dockyard, with 11 riggers, 11 seamen riggers, and some seamen from the ordinary, is ap pointed to navigate the school ship Conway . to the Mersey. The steam sloop Virago accompanies her, and will probably bring back Mr. Paul and his party. The Conway conveys her own moorings. The Mersey, 40, screw, in the Portsmouth Dock yard steam basin, is progressing as fast as engineers and riggers can work upon her. The screw, from the Messrs. Maudslay, the makers of her engines, has arrived, and presents as fine a metal casting as can be conceived. There is another feature worthy of consideration. Owing to the enormous size and weight (about 14 tons) the screw has been divided into three portions. The two blades are cast with flanges, and screw on to the centre boss with nuts and screws, rendering it so portable as to be easily taken apart in the event of accident, and also a great advantage in stowing spare blades. The Mersey is the most powerful frigate in the world at present ; her broadside will throw solid shot or ten-inch shell ; her " fighting quarters " are 18 feet between the ports. She can carry eight days' coaling at full speed, and if she realises what is confidently expected of her—namely, the average speed of 14 knots an hour—she will accomplish the voyage from Portsmouth to Malta in seven days. Her tonnage is very little short of 4,000, and her cost may be calculated at £200,000. She is being fitted with Clifford's patent boat-lowering gear on both sides. She will be ready for her sea trial in the month of February. DEATH OF COMMANDER JOHN BARCLAY, R.N. —We have to record the death of Commander John Barclay, which occured on the 11th inst. at Albury, Surrey, aged 77. This gallant officer was midship man of the Hydra, and served in her boats at the capture of an armed lugger under a fire of musketry, near the river Tongue, in 1803. He was acting lieutenant of the Britannia at the battle of Trafalgar, for which service he was promoted to be lieutenant on the 20th November, 1805 ; was lieu tenant of the Latona at the capture of Curacoa in 1807, and retired with the rank of commander on the 23d January, 1853. He had received the silver naval medal with two clasps for his valuable services. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT ALEXANDER 0. MAC FARLANE, R.N.—Advices from Malta, of the 19th inst., announce the death of Lieutenant Alexander 0. Macfarlane, which occurred on board the Hibernia, 104, flag ship, on the 11th. Lieutenant Macfarlane served as acting mate of the Valorous, 16, paddle frigate in the Black Sea fleet, and of the Indus, 78, flag ship of Rear Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.8., on the North American and West India station; mate of the Brilliant, 20, on the North American and West India station ; for a few months was mate of the Racoon, 21, screw corvette; and had served as lieutenant of the Recruit, 6, paddle, in the Mediterranean since October last. THE ARMY. The officers in command of the several East India depot battalions have received orders for the fol lowing cavalry and infantry troops to be held in readiness to embark for Calcutta—viz, 34 non-com missioned officers and men of the 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, 64 non-commissioned officers and men of the Bth Hussars, 32 men of all ranks of the 17th Lancers, 29 men of the Ist bat talion 3d Buffs, 12 men of the Ist battalion sth (Northumberland) Fusileers, 2 men of the Ist bat talion 19th Regiment, 25 men of the Ist battalion 20th Regiment, 52 non-commissioned officers and men of the 29th Regiment, 29 non•commissioned officers and men of the 42d Royal Highlanders, 20 men of the Ist battalion 60th Rifles, 11 men of the 61st Regiment, 13 men of the 70th Regiment, 16 men of the 71st Highlanders (Light Infantry), 10 men of the 72d Highlanders 20 men of the 75th Regiment, 21 men of the 93d Highlanders, 43 non commissioned officers and men of the 94th Regi ment, and 46 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery. Four officers and 220 non•commissioned officers and men of the 2d battalion of the 19th Regiment arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday from Winches ter, and were marched into quarters at Anglesey Barracks, to wait for further orders. The detachments landed from the dismasted troopship Bombay early in December, and which have been since that time in barracks at Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse, and Drake's Island, were conveyed on Friday in the steam-tugs Pike and Zephyr to the troop-ship Cospatrick in Catwater. The paddlewheel iron sloop Virago, 6, Commander B. Dunn, from Ireland, arrived on Saturday even ing with the remainder of the military engaged to . be conveyed in the Bombay. They are appointed to join their comrades today (Monday) on board the Cospatrick, which will then be ready to leave Plymouth for Kurrachee. The Under Secretary of State for War, Sir Ben jamin Hawes, has just issued the annexed memo randum of instructions regarding the future exa mination of pay list and agents' accounts : " War-office, Jan. 6. " The Secretary of State having decided that the system of examination of pay list and agents' accounts after March 31, 1859, shall be altered, the following instructions have been drawn up for the guidance of examiners : " All charges of irregular and unauthorised expenditure are to be disallowed on the abstract of examination. " No disallowances are to be made for deficiency of vouchers when the requisite information can be obtained by referenee to. accounts already in this department ; but the amount involved is to be specified in the article of objection. " ' All disallowances are to be made distinctly under their superior heads, such as pay, beer-money, &c., and not to be included in one sum. " Short charges and over credits are to be noti fied to the accountant on the abstract of examina tion, but not to be taken in account until after the receipt of his explanations. " The examiners are invariably to correct the accountant whenever a charge or credit is placed to the wrong head of service, and to transfer it to the correct head of account. After the abstract of examination shall have been approved the disallowa n ces are to be classified in the new form, which will be inserted in the general statement, the total amount of the sums thrown out to be invariably credited by the accountant in his pay list next rendered after the receipt of the ab stract of examination. The examiner will, how ever, in the meantime, apprise the paymaster, on the abstract of examination, of the actual balance after such disallowances have been deducted. In making the decisions on the answers to the accountant the examiner will refer to the pay list, and such sums as may be submittal for allow ance, vhether struck out or short charged, or such as are confirmed as disallowances, are, after being approved, to be entered by the examiner red ink, on the general state, as additional ex penditure, or as additional disallowances, without altering the totals of the original statement. In authorising expenditure on the occasions by re scinding any of the allowances notified to the accountant on the abstract of examination the examiner must take care that those disallowances have been duly accounted for ; or if not accounted for in any account received at that time the autho rity must provide for reference being given by the accountant tp the acccount in which due credit has been or w ill be given for the disallowances referred to when the charge sanctioned by such authority is made ; and should there be, on the other hand, any further disallowances against the accountant not stated as such on the abstract of examination the necessary steps must be taken to secure the credit, the rough decisions to be sent to sub-divi sion E, to be booked, as soon as they have been copied. a Every assistance will be given the examiners by the b o okkeeper to enable them to carry out the new mode of examination.' " The foregoing instructions have been drawn up as a general rule for the examination of accounts, ' but great care and discretion will devolve upon the examiners under the new mode of examination ; and their attention is particularly called to Article 6, the rules therein enjoined having bee I hitherto almost entirely disregarded. With a view to insure a correct classification a form will be appended to the pay list, showing the different he Leis of service. " B. IlAwEs." THE PUBLIC MEN OF SEBVIA. The following sketch of the members of the family recently brought uppermost by the turn of the wheel in Servia, with some account of the rule of Alexander Karageorgevitsch, in his turn expelled to make way again for Milosch, will be of interest in the present juncture of affairs. The career of these personages, in all its singular vicissitudes, comprehends the history of Servia, from the first recognition of her indepe ndence to the time at which we write. The individuals briefly noticed towards the conclusion of the sketch, Elias Gara schanin and Wuksitsch Peritschisch, also present, each in his way, a distinct type of semi-civilisation hardly known to western Europe. First, then, of Milosch Obrenovitsch. The son `of a labourer in Tescha, and of the widow of a peasant in somewhat better circumstances at Obren, Milosch was born in 1780, grew up among extreme poverty, and eked out a scanty existence by tend ing cattle. While employed, in 1804, in this ca pacity, by a brother, born of his mother's first marriage, the oppressions of .the Turks occa sioned the rebellion, by means of which Black George became famous. The distinguished bravery of the young cattle-herd was insufficient to efface the' taintof his humble origin, and he therefore attached the surname Obrenovitsch to his paternal designa tion, with a view to obtaining the appearance of more distinguished birth. He was entrusted by the people with the administration of three districts, but Black George, through jealousy, limited his p o wer to one small and insignificant division ; and upon Milosch joining a conspiracy against him, would even have commanded his execution,had not his young rival been so universally beloved. In 1813 the Turks again made an inroad into Servia. Milosch was commissioned to defend the Bosnian frontier, and held an unfortified village 17 days against a greatly superior force. He did not relin quish his post until it was reduced to ruins, and then hastened to join another detachment. All had, however, fled, and he too hurried towards the Saave, but halted upon the bank of the river. " Brothers," he replied to the entreaties of his com rades that he would accompany them across the river, " I will not go empty-handed into Germany and allow the Turks to carry off and sell my old mother, my wife, and my children into slavery. I will return to my district, where my people are still in arms. So many have fallen under my guid ance, that I will stand or fall with my country men." He returned to his command, but finding resistance unavailing, was compelled finally to sur render to the Turks. He even rendered them ser vices, and aided in the suppression of fresh out- breaks. Milosch was one day in the suite of the Pacha o Belgrade, when the head of an old companion in arms was brouuht in. " Seest thou that head, re bel ?" said one of the suite to him. " Beware ! thy turn will come soon." " Friend," replied the wily Milosch, " I have long known that the head which I carry on my shoulders is not mine." The hint, however, was not lost. A day or two afterwards he procured leave of absence, and repaired to Bruss nitza, where he possessed a small estate. His patriotism revived when he found his safety threa tened, and he no longer withdrew from the urgent impatience of his friends. His preparations being completed, he presented himself, carrying the Servian national flag, on Palm Sunday, 1815,t0 the people, and proclaimed a renewal of the war. The contest which ensued was one of singular vicissi tude. At one time Milosch was at the head of a considerable force, with which he achieved import ant victories at Ertari and on the Matschwa ; at another he was deserted by all, and forced to seek concealment in the mountains. In time, however, he succeeded in compelling the Turks to conclude an armistice, and to recognise his nomination by the Servian people as their prince. The Turko-Russian treaty of Akjerman estab lished the present state of affairs. Important privi leges were conceded to the Servians—free choice of their ruler, independent courts of justice, and of internal .administration, with right to levy their own taxes to raise a stipulated tribute. Milosch hoped to gain Bosnia and the Herzegovina in con sequence of the war of 1821, but the Russians declined his assistance, because a Servian kingdom extending from the Danube to the Adriatic by no means suited their plans. They required, indeed, that their protege should forbid the passage of the Turks posted in Bosnia, and thereby cover their right flank. Even for this not unimportant service they manifested little gratitude, and forgot their promise of procuring for Milosch in the Adrianople negotiations for peace the transmission of his title to his heirs. He attained this eagerly-desired end by a decree of the Sublime Porte in August, 1830. The same arts of corruption which he brought into play upon this occasion called forth the hatti scheriffs of June 4 and December 4, 1834, by which his last differences with the Porte were arranged. In order to secure within that peace already attained from without, Milosch became a stern and frequently cruel ruler. He was a faithful imitator of what he had seen done by the Turks in his youth, the sole difference being that he substituted deca pitation for impalement. With all this neither system nor principle had a place in his policy. According to the humour of the moment, and just as his inborn craft led him to adopt this or that expedient, he humiliated the wealthy or injured the poor. In place of attaching to him one of the two native parties, either the people or the nobles, he offended both, treated every one who preferred a complaint before him, with contumely, and perpe trated exactions ; and, after having excited the wrath of the majority of the nobles, he had the houses of 200 poor people in the Saavestrasse, at Belgrade, burnt to the ground, because he required the site for a bazaar. His chief reliance was upon his Momaks (body-guard), an armed suite, without whom he never appeared in public. The universal discontent encouraged the nobles to an outbreak (1835), which he was unable to quell. His prestige was gone, and his violation of the constitution which he had accepted, combined with Russian in trigues, deprived him finally of all power of resist ance. On the occasion of a fresh revolt his Momaks were surrounded by militia at the convent of Rako witz, and laid down their arms. On the 13th June, 1839, he signed his abdication, and quitted the country two days later. His exile was soothed by the possession of an enormous fortune, as he owned large estates in Wallaohia and in the Austrian States, and had prudently deposited in the time of his power 1,600,000 ducats in the Bank of Vienna. His appeals for assistance to foreign courts were as in effectual as the intrigues he constantly set on foot in Servia. In 1848 he imagined his restoration was at hand, and fell into the snare laid for him by Ludwig Gaj, Illyrian agitator, who, seeing himself crossed in other plans by Milosch, enticed the latter to Agram, and retained him some time in confine ment. Russia forgave his having desired to render himself independent as the Servian ruler, and he then became the subservient tool of the late Czar. During the recent war he raised a corps of Servian volunteers at his own expense, to overrun Servia and Bosnia, and open the way to the Greeks i n I'hessaly, but the Austrians, under Count Coronini, defeated the scheme. The result of the present revolution proves how successfully he has employed his wealth in purchasing adherents in Servia since 1848. MICHAEL OBRENoviTscH,younger son of Milosch, was born September 4, 1823, and, together with his elder brother, Milan, educated first by the Rus sianto the eProfessorare of a Zo ri young tsch , and from Triestine from 1837 Greek, R a entrusted uos, from whom th e youths reeeived instruction in' modern languages. Michael was upon the point of making a tour through Europe when the troubles broke out which unseated his father. Servia then received the constitution now in operation. After the downfall elde sbtustondwe-d h as called tree w u e p e o k n s Porte to assume I the ilseh sovereignty, his afterwards of decline. The nominated Michael as his successor, associating with hi m a regency, not one of three members of which wa s favourably disposed towards the young rul er . His uncle, Jephrem, intrigued for his nephew's over throw in his own favour and the other two members of the regency desired the accession of the son of Black George. The p owerful hand of R ussia was Michael's only support, and he in return so im plicitly followed th e advice of the Russian cons ul , p Waschtschenko, that Servia was to all intents and purposes a Russian province. Two of the members of the regency were expelled by outbreaks got up by Russian agency, but the ambitious Jephrem was retained as scapegoat for unpopular measures. The two exiles intrigued with such success as to lead the government into the error that Milosch was seeking to bring about his restoration, and all their efforts were exerted to avert this danger. They entrusted, therefore, the most important posts to patriots whom they knew to be animated by the most bitter hatred against their ancient oppressor. In the meantime they embittered the nation by their tyrannical decrees and violations of the law, b y their boundless persecutions, and by a large increase of the already heavy taxation. The last drop in the cup was the tax upon acorns, which the Servian finds in quantities in the forests of his native land, and requires for his herds of swine, in which consists his • • principal wealth. A Turkish THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1859, Plenipotentiary. warned the infatuated ruler in vain, and the advance of a Turkish division to the vicinity of the frontier created no impression. The troubles which broke out in some districts were pertinaciously ascribed to the influence of Milosch, and patriots again placed at the head of the troops charged to suppress the movement. The object of the discontented party was thereby half achieved, and with assistance of Wurezicz and Petroniewicz (noticed further on), who had in the meantime returned from Constanti . . . nople, an outbreak took place in the summer, which the Prince endeavoured to subdue with 10,000 troops. These, however, equally with his other adherents, deserted him ; although he twice attempted to give battle, the same scene was repeated upon each occa sion. He sought refuge upon Austrian territory, Sept. 7, 1842: _ Shortly afterwards the Scuptschina decreed the deposition of the Obrenovitsch family. Prince Michael had withdrawn to Semlin, whither he had been followed by the European consuls. The pre sence of the diplomatists awakening within him a last gleam of hope, he protested to the Porte against the decision of the Scuptschina, but without effect. Intervention of the great powers in his favour met with a little success, and he was given to understand that he must quit Semlin, as his presence so near the frontier was productive of disquiet. He has since devoted himself to study and travel, and has insignificant. ALEXANDER politically speaking, ALEXANDER KARAGEORGEVITSCIL—When the Servians, in the war which Austria and Russia conjointly undertook against Turkey, took up arms for their faith and were vanquished, an old man with .his son 'fled towards the Saare. At sight of the river which would separate him from his native land for ever, the old man declared that he would return and surrender to the Turks, for he could not live away from his mountainl. The old man re maining deaf to the prayers ana,entreaties of his son, the youth exclaimed, " Shall live to see my father torturedjp death by the Moslems?" and drawing a pistishot his father through the heart, divided his effects among their companions, and crossed over to the Austrian territory. This youth was George, from that time forth surnamed the Black—in the Servian dialect Czerny, in the Tur kish Kara. He distinguished himself in all the engagements which followed with the Turks, and soon attained the chief command. In 1811 he was Prince of Servia, supported, however, only by the people ;. the aristocratic party were opposed to him, and at their secret instigation he was induced, in the next engagement, to divide his troops, who were successively defeated. Being informed that the hostility of the Turks was directed against him personally, and that if he would with draw a favourable peace might be concluded, he went a second time into exile, and during his ab sence Milosch usurped the supreme power. Two years after, as Black George was returning to Ser via, he was beset by assassins almost upon the frontier, shot, and his head despatched to Constan tinople. The son of this Servian hero, Alexander Kara georgevitsch, was born Sept. 29, 1806, at Topolo. He was about ten at his father's death, and had been placed up to that period in an ordinary school in Bessarabia. After that catastrophe his mother brought him to Wallachia, where she received a moderate pension. As long as Milosch was at the head of affairs Alexander dared not re-enter Servia, but he was recalled by Michael Obrenovitsch, who nominated him his adjutant. He soon became the pivot of one of those intrigues incessantly carried on in the country. The so-called national party attached themselves to his fortunes, and Prince Michael was no sooner expelled than he was called upon to assume the sovereignty. A popular as sembly, which met September 14, 1842, at Belgrade, proclaimed his accession. Austria, Russia, Eng land, and France, refused to recognise the choice as constitutional, but, with the exception of Russia, practically accepted the nomination. The latter power, however, protested vehemently against Alexander, and succeeded in prevailing upon the Porte to declare a new election necessary. The Servians obeyed, and re-elected the son of Black George, on the 27th June, 1843. Russian influence in Servia now sank to zero, but was still able to occasion an outbreak in October, 1844, which was instantly suppressed. Perfect tranquillity then reigned in Servia until 1848. By the aid of Wuk sitsch reforms were undertaken which entirely changed the face of the appearance of the country. Education, as well as material interests, met with the most careful encouragement. A series of ex cellent roads gave the products of the country access to to the neighbouring provinces, while ex ports and imports were almost doubled. The prudent policy of Alexander, to acknowledge the Sultan, who never took part in internal affairs, as sovereign of the country, and to oppose his fidelity to his sovereign to the efforts of foreign diplomacy, greatly favoured the development of indepen dence. The events of 1848 put a sudden stop to this fortunate condition. The South Sclavonians at first intended to join Servia, Bosnia, and the Turkish Herzegovina, as united provinces to Hungary, and subsequently to Austria. It is probable that the plan would have been frustrated by Russia, but it failed even before that power could interpose, owing to the war of races in Hungary. This Hungarian civil war was for Servia a turning-point in the most fatal sense of the word. Up to this time the reform ing and conciliating policy of Alexander had suc ceeded in holding the balance between the contend ing parties ; from henceforth the fanatical Sclaves obtained the supremacy. The secret influence occasioning the movement was revealed clearly enough by a meeting to consider the advantages of a Russian protectorate held by Russian officials and the Servian youth at Belgrade, and by the toasts given by the Russian consul-general at a public banquet in favour of the union of Servia with the great Sclavonian kingdom. During the Eastern war Russia made frequent overtures to the Servian ruler, but the latter re mained firm in the maintenance of neutrality. Upon the return of peace a new opposition was formed against Alexander, originating with the Senate. External intrigues fanned the flame. The breach between the Prince and the Senate grew daily wider, and was greatly increased by the Senate dis• puting the right of the Sovereign to nominate ministers who were not members of their body. Alexander gained his point, it is true, but from that hour the Senate rejected ail propositions laid before them by the Ministry, not alone for the sake of opposition, but also with a view to seizing the sovereign power. In June, 1857, the Prince re ceived information of a conspiracy to procure his overthrow, concocted principally by the Senate. On October 9 some senators were arrested, and more in the following days. The prisoners were fully convicted of intended regicide and high trea son, partly by evidence, partly by confessions, and ultimately condemned to death. The Porte inter posed, and, assuming the privilege of confirming or vetoing the sentence, nullified the proceed ings. The condemned—among whom were the President of the Senate, three Senators, the President of the Supreme Court, a clergy man, and a custom-house officer—were conveyed to Rustschuk, where they were treated with sufficient indulgence to enable them to bribe a young foreigner to declare that Prince Alexander had hired him to assassinate these, his chief enemies. The Porte, through Ethem Pasha, Turkish Pleni potentiary Extraordinary in Servia, further com pelled Alexander to change his ministers, which brought the national party, a coalition of the Rus sian and democratic elements, again into power. The apparent tranquillity of the country spread but a flimsy veil over the troubles in preparation. A smothered discontent was perceptible, increased by the uncertain tenure of the sovereign's power, the equivocal attitude of the Senate towards the regent, and the secret exertions of the adherents of the Obrenovitsch family. The best means to issue from the prevailing uncertainty appeared to the discontented to be the meeting of the Scuptschina, which, according to the constitution, should take place annually. This popular assembly possesses privileges unknown in the Parliaments of more civilised nations—among others, the right of calling the Government to account for all its deeds. Fear ing the exercise of this privilege, the Prince had not summoned a Scuptschina since 1848—a course which was justly regarded as a breach of the con stitution. The Senate was of the contrary opinion, and rejected a proposition for the meeting of the Scuptschina by a small majority. Upon this result becoming known much general excitement was manifested, and in some districts assemblages took place with a view to calling upon their own re sponsibility a meeting of national representatives, which, according to ancient Servian customs, should consist of all males capable of bearing arms. Seeing this Alexander took the initiative, and laid before the Senate, upon the 15th of last September, a pro- posal to execute the wish of the people, which met upon this occasion unanimous acceptance. In November instructions were issued relative to the mode of choice, according to which the assembly must contain not only the elected representatives, but also 17 judges, 17 mayors of communes, and 17 prie sl s i t ghly d priests. slightly eceov n eloped that stitutional the declaration ideas ofthe of Servians are sothe scu Prince, ptse i h s i s n u a e d possessed at the u sine time, no h actual that a a f t or r e res olution s until of he a t n h d e the a s Aa S t f e rt n ehs a eh t e b had given elections r e a breach o f tthhe i their e t left o fa constitutions t s h e e nt was regarded national party learnt the lesson experience teaches all coalitions — that one or other of the allied parties is tolerably sure to suffer. At least three-fourths of the mem bers elected were adherents of the Obrenovitsch party. The Scuptschina was opened on the 16th Dec. by the Prince in person, the entire ceremony occupy - bag scarcely five minutes. The Prince read a short speech, and departed with the customary salutation, " With God, brothers !" to which he received a " with God" in reply. The choice of officials removed the slightest doubt as to the poli tical bias of the assembly. The member for Belgrade, a salt merchant, named Mischa, was chosen as pre sident—a man of small capacity, but who, from his enormous wealth, has played an influential part in Servia, and in all the changes and chances of the times has managed to be upon the winning side. One of the most zealous agents of the Obrenovitsch party, the district-commandant Michailovitsch, was selected as vice-president. The plan of the cam paign was arranged in nightly sittings at the house of the president, and consisted simply in the resolu tion to compel the Prince to resign the chief military command to the Scuptschina, or, failing this, to decree his deposition. How their design sped is now matter of history. ELIAS GARASCIIANIN.—There exists in Servia a class of nobles which those less favoured by fortune endeavour to decry, by styling them, in allusion to the animals which constitute their chief possessions, the pig-dealer aristocracy. Certain it is, never theless, that many sound thinking, and, in their way, distinguished men belong to this body, some of whom have originated valuable measures of reform. One of the most ancient and distinguished of these families is that of Garaschanin, and none of the name enjoy a higher reputation than Elias. Born in 1807, in the village of Garasch, he had added to the benefits of an excellent educa tion by foreign travel before he entered upon a public career. In 1844 he was nominated by Prince Alexander, in whose election he had played a con spicuous part, as Minister of Education. His exer tions in this capacity are deserving of high praise. He invited to Servia teachers and scientific men in all branches, sent at the expense of government young Servians to London, Paris, Berlin, Prague, and Vienna, established libraries and museums and even instituted agricultural schools. Milosch had purposely allowed the formerly existing schools to fall into disuse, as he said, from religious motives. Garaschanin founded and carried.ou with success an entire system, of national instruCtion. Upon his nomination, in 1852, as Chancellor and Minister President, he advocated the schemes of the national party with a zeal that rendered his removal neces sary a year later. After the Eastern war he became confessedly a protege of the French consul, Des Essards, whose intercession in his favour with E them Pacha occasioned his being again forced upon the Prince in 1858 as minister by that functionary. He bore an active part in the intrigues formed against Alexander, and was one of the chief movers in pro moting the summons of the Scuptschina. Garas chanin is one of the provisional government chosen by the Scuptschina to carry on the affairs of the country until the return of Milosch. In person he is a man of commanding appearance, with a strongly developed Roman nose, flashing eyes, and black bushy beard. Wuksitsch Peritschisch bore an honourable share in the Servian war of liberation under Milosch, and belongs to the notables of the people. Without having received the slightest education during his military career, his undoubted eminence in the state is due solely to his experience and to the aptitude with which he adapts himself to the various situations into which he has been thrown. In 1825 he aided Milosch in the suppression of an outbreak, but five years later was at the head of an opposition intended to bring the prince under the influence of the chiefs. An attempted insurrection to this end in 1835 was quelled, without Milosch daring to bring the leaders chief among whom was Wuksitsch, to justice. When the Porte, by a hatti scheriff of February 22, 1839, established a Senate to control the acts of the Servian ruler, Wuksitsch was among those nominated to the dignity. Milosch was unable to agree with his new assistants iu the cares of the State, and intrigued to abolish their functions by the aid of the troops, but was so far worsted as to be forced to nominate Wuksitsch to the chief military command. Chiefly by his means Milosch was forced to abdicate in June, 1839, in favour of his son Milan, upon whose accession Wuksitsch, Jephrem Obrenovitsch, and Amram Petronievitsch were associated with him in the government by the Porte. In consequence of the intrigues already noticed, Wuksitsch and Petronie vitsch were driven into exile, from which however they were recalled in 1844, to the extreme delight of the people. Both then took office in the ministry, and much of the wise and prudent course of the Government in later years is ascribed to their counsels. Wuksitch is of a thoroughly genuine Ser vian nature, wild as a beast of prey and crafty as a fox. His colossal stature, simple attire, and camp habits render him popular to a degree hardly credible. For some years he has retired into pri vate life, but still possesses much influence upon public opinion. From his antecedents it is scarcely probable that he will view the return of Milosch with a favourable eye.—Daily News. RELIEF OF THE SUFFERERS Rl' THE DISTURBANCES IN INDIA. A report of the Calcutta sub-committee of the Fund for the Relief of Sufferers by the Disturb ances in India, issued on the 3d November last, with a somewhat voluminous appendix, contains some information of interest with regard to the adminis tration of the funds placed at their disposal. The committee commence by submitting to the sub scribers a balance-sheet of the receipts and expen diture, from the establishment of the fund in July, 1857, to the 31st October, 1858. The amounts are calculated in Company's rupees. The receipts in clude subscriptions in Calcutta, 1,96,027 r. ; Madras, 78,000 r. ; Ceylon, 24,000 r. ; London, 1,91,717 r. ; Liverpool, 86,161 r.; Glasgow, 48,484 r.; Manches ter, 47,761 r. ; Mauritius, 36,000 r. ; Hong Kong, 15,147 r. ; Cape of Good Hope, 53,081 r. ; the King of Burmah, 10,000 r. ; Ayrshire, 9,896 r. ; Tipperary, 2,689 r. ; Sydney, 49,433 r. ; Belfast (Victoria), 1,600 r. ; and Batavia, 1,562 r. Under the item of payments we find 4,05,932 r. devoted to free grants, while there have been expended for monthly allowances 1,02,322 r. ; loans, 60,676 r. ; passage and diet money, 1,11,619 r. ; passages to England, 1,18,244 r. ; ladies' committee, 54,000 r. ; house ex penses, 58,27 5 r ; sundries, 19,73 5 r. ; advertising charges, 2,442 r. ; clothing account, 10,614 r. ; school ing a ccount, 33,293 r. ; Bengal Patriotic Fund, 50,000 r. ; Lawrence Asylum, 10,000 r. ; Mofusial remittances, 3,40,035 r. ; and Bombay committee, 13,280 r. ; leaving a balance of 92,837 r. The sub committee, after giving some details of their pro ceedings in the various districts of India, which are of merely local interest, state that they have " Lately reconsidered the loans granted at an early stage of their proceedings, and with a view to equity and uniformity of action cancelled all the loans which were granted under circumstances which, at a subsequent period, when the funds were larger, were considered to entitle the applicants to grants. The sub-committee have, in all cases, endea voured to deal with applications in a spirit of libe rality and sympathy, and they desire to pursue the same spirit still. But they consider that all claims not arising out of recent losses or bereavements should be regarded with much caution. The pres sure of the public calamity has ceased, and in a large number of cases it is certain that the road to promotion has been opened ; and advantages rather than losses have already followed the mutiny to very many persons. There still, however, remain in the country a considerable number who are legiti• mate objects of the bounty of the fund." The object of the committee, as stated in their own resolution, was to relieve, as far as practicable and necessary, the distress caused by the mutinies in India, care being taken not to supersede the assist ance which ought to be given by Government, by the established Widows' and Orphans' Funds, or by the relatives of the sufferers ; but to supplement it to the extent to which it fell short of a just mea sure of relief. Having laid down the principle that compensation for losses, as such, would in no case be given the objects the committee specially ap plied: themselves to were—to enable the sufferers to live with frugality in :their respective states of life until other means of subsistence were available ; secondly, to provide for the maintenance and edu cation of children in cases in which it had been interrupted or prevented by casualties arising out of the mutiny, and in which it could not be pro vided for from other sources ; thirdly, to assist the sufferers to come to this country or to go to India when the circumstances rendered it proper that they should do so and the means of paying for their pas sage could not bo obtained from any other source ; and, fourthly, to afford reasonable aid, by loan or otherwise, to officers and others who had lost their equipments, furniture, or other property by the necessity of sudden flight from their stations or the destruction of their dwellings, when without such aid they would be involved in pecu niary embarrassments. It was further determined by the committee that relief according to these principles should be given, without distinction of religion or nationality, to every person, of whatever rank, who had a just claim upon the sympathy and opulence of the British people. Several houses were taken in Calcutta for the occupation of refugees from the disturbed districts; but, as many of these persons have returned to their former stations, the number of inmates, which in February last was 280, had been reduced at the date of this report to 185. The number of children receiving education in Calcutta at thQ expense of the fund in April last was 62, at a monthly cost of 1,395 r. In addition to the in mates of the houses there were also 136 incumbents on the fund, who received for themselves and their families monthly allowances to the aggregate amount of 7,611 r. Several of these persons, it is stated, will probably be permanently dependent on the public bounty, and it will be for the general committee to decide on the most suitable means of securing the necessary annuities. The sub-commit tee add that the claims upon them are - " So numerous that they cannot form an accurate estimate of the total sum likely to be expended. It is evident that a large number of cases still remain to be considered. Officers generally appear to shrink from applying for aid, and yet the sub-committee, knowing that the destruction of property and the loss of staff allowances occuring co ntemporaneously with events that have occasioned many unusual and unexpected expenses must have placed many of them in circumstances of great embarrassment, have all along been willing and prepared to afford liberal assistance. It has already been stated that all the grants of the sub-committee are confidential, and that no names will be published. To officers and to all others who are really sufferers the sub-committee offer their succour, and they believe that they have justly represented the public feeling in their endea vour hitherto to make their aid in every instance, substantial and effectual. If in any cases they have granted more than was sufficient, the error has arisen from the desire so to administer their trust that no real want should be-unrelieved, and that the afflic tions of these eventful times should not be aggra vated by a narrow and jealous spirit in the distri bution of the Relief Fund. In many cases the sub committee well know that their grants have afforded timely and necessary aid to those who ,had seen all their property destroyed, and their earthly pro spects blighted, and their dearest relatives taken from them by a stroke ; and they fail to estimate the extent of suffering to which hundreds must have been exposed had no such fund existed." The aggregate number of persons relieved by the fund up to the date of this report is not given, but it is incidentally stated that up to the 3d February assistance had been afforded in nearly 2,000 cases. One of the tabular statements accompanying the report shows the various classes of persons (includ ing men, women, and children) to whom relief has been given. The total number included in this table is 777, of whom 6 were officers, 101 officers' wives and cbildren,,7o in the railway and public works' departments, 91 in the inicovenanted and patrol service, 116 indigo planters and agents, 29 clerks in public offices, IQI traders, 18 missionaries (Protestant and Roman Catholic), with 23 women and 54 children, 78 non-commissioned officers, &c., and 90 widows and orphans. The appendix also contains the correspondence which has taken place on the subject of the fund between officials in India and the late Lord Mayor of London (Mr. Alderman Finnis), the late Mayor of Liverpool, and other gentlemen who took an active part in promoting the subscription on behalf of the sufferers by the mutiny in this country. Portions of this corre spondence have already been published, and the re mainder, from the lapse of time since it took place, has ceased to possess any interest for the general reader. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 22. COURT FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF CROWN CASES RESERVED. (Present, Lord Campbell and Justices Crowder and Wiles, and Barons Martin and Watson.) THE QUEEN V. BERRY. The prisoner was indicted for perjury, committed before a magistrate upon a matter of affiliation of an illegitimate child. It was proved that the mother of the child had laid an information, not in writing or upon oath, upon which a summons against the prisoner was issued. The prisoner and his attorney attended before the stipendiary magistrate, the merits of the case were gone into, the mother swore that the prisoner had visited her several times at a particular house, and was the father of the child, and she also swore that he had paid her money for the maintenance of the child within 12 months of its birth. The prisoner then was sworn, and he stated that he had never visited the mother at that particular house, and that he had not paid the mother money within 12 months of the birth of the child. Upon this the prisoner was indicted for perjury. It was objected that the magistrate had no jurisdiction, as the information ought to have been in writing and upon oath ; and further, that the payment of the money was not material, so as to justify the proceedings for perjury ; and it was also urged that the prisoner could not have waived the objection, although he permitted. the case to be gone into upon the merits without objection. The prisoner was convicted, but these points were reserved. Mr. Sergeant Atkinson (with whom was Dr. Wheeler), was heard in support of the objections on behalf of the prisoner ; and Mr. Cross argued in support of the conviction. The Court took time to consider its judgment. THE QUEEN V. RICE. The prisoners were convicted for stealing 8501 b weight of lead affixed to a wharf. They were alsi charged with a simple larceny of stealing lead. The points left were whether lead affixed to a wharf could be considered as affixed to a building, so as to bring it within the statute, and whether it could be a larceny, as no other lead was stolen but that affixed to the wharf. Mr. Laxton appeared for the prisoners. The lead formed the gutters of a shed. There was no vari ance between the indictment and the proof—one charging that the lead was affixed to a wharf, the other that it was affixed to a building. The Court said it was too clear—the wharf con sisted of timber brick, and tiles, and it was a build ing to which the lead was affixed.—Conviction con firmed. THE QUEEN V. ROBINSON. The prisoner was convicted of obtaining two dogs by false pretences, and was sentenced by the Re corder of Liverpool to seven years' penal servitude. The point reserved was whether a dog was a chattel so as to come within the statute. Mr. Littler, for the prisoner, contended that a dog was not a chattel. Mr. Brett said it was not a chattel at common law, and it was not so, because in the books it was stated that it was not thought right that a man should die for so inferior an animal ; but as to a horse, that was stated to be good for food, and. therefore, stealing a horse was made a capital offence. The punishment for stealing a swan was, that it should be tied up by the beak, and the of fender should pile up wheat until it was covered. Mr. Baron Martin said that did not bear much proportion to seven years' penal servitude. Lord Campbell said it was clear that stealing a dog was not larceny ; that being so, and there being a specific punishment of a milder nature for stealing a dog, it would not be right to say that obtaining a dog by false pretences should subject the offender to seven years' penal servitude.. Conviction quashed. (Before all the Judges, with the exception of Mr. Justice Erle.) THE QUEEN V. SKEENE AND FREEMAN. The indictment alleged that the prisoners having been intrusted with a bill of lading they had frau dulently disposed of it for their own benefit, and the question arose on sth and 6th Vic., cap. 39, which contained a proviso that no agent should be liable to be convicted if he should, before indicted, have disclosed the facts before any commissioner of bankruptcy. The prisoner pleaded not guilty before the Lord Chief Baron. At the close of the evi dence the prisoners' counsel tendered a disclosure which the prisoners had made before the Court of Bankruptcy. The counsel for the Crown objected that udder the plea of not guilty the disclosures were not admissible. The Chief Baron admitted the evidence, and he now asked this Court whether the written examinations were admissible, and whether the examination was a disclosure within the statute. . Mr. Sergeant Ballantine appeared on the part of Skeen., and he had to support the objection made upon the trial and to contend that they were not properly convicted. The main question to be raised was, whether a disclosure in the Court of Bank ruptcy, which was a disclosure of the facts, did or did not render the prisoner liable to be con victed. As to the first question, whether they were admissible — Lord Campbell said if they amounted to a defence they were admissible. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said it was conceded that a disclosure had been made which was sub stantially a disclosure of the facts, and a deposition had been taken before a magistrate which was sub stantially the same. Assuming the examina tion in the Bankruptcy Court to be a dis closure, it could not be destroyed by something that took place elsewhere. It was a good disclo sure under the statute, unless something had taken place before to destroy the effect of it. The Chief Baron said there was nothing left for them to disclose ; it was fully known before. Lord Campbell—After one disclosure could there be another ? The depositions and disclosures were precisely the same. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said the evidence before the magistrate might be very imperfect; all that was wanted there was a prima facie case to commit. The words of this statute were very clear ; it was to disclose before indictment. Until the bill was found by the grand jury it was no indictment. Chief Justice Cockburn—lt must not be a spon taneous disclosure, because a case was known where such an attempt had been made. The Crown said the facts were already known before the magistrate. There could be no subsequent disclosures. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said the prisoner had I been bound to make this disclosure. Chief Justice Cockburn said the act did not apply where the facts had been already known to the world. Lord Campbell—Supposing the depositions had been read, and the prisoner had bald, it is all true," would that be a disclosure ? Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said it would, if made ................................ mmar S in the Court of Bankr u p tc y , and it would warrant p ee p in g in, complainan. A . l came up to her, and, with him in asking for the protection of the Act of out a wordy pushed he-, ! down with great violence. Parliament. She added, that the ge rifleman and lady gave their . Mr. Giffard was heard on behalf of Freeman. nam e s as Charles Richtt rd Teage and Olivia Maddle The prosecutors themselves examined the bank- and said it was io be a =runawa y match. rupts at the Court of Bank ru p tc y , and enforced the The Lord Ma y or told the complainant, who gave disclosures. no contradiction io this extraordinary statement, The Chief Baron—And now do not appear ? that he had committe, i a grave offence in con- Mr. Giffard—They have obtained their money. spiring to promote a fraut lulent marriage, and that The Court—And having got that do not care his conduct to the pr.isonez: , after seducing her, was how the criminal law may be defeated. quite unjustifiable. The Court took time to consider. The Lord Mayor asl ted the prisoner whether she would go home and nof annoy complainant any more? And she pros nised to cease all annoyance, and never go near Mr. Mansfield again. The Lord Mayor tholi endeavoured to prevail on Mansfield to allow her something towards her maintenance; bit he s tedfastly refused to do so, although he was willing• to keep her child: The prisoner was then. discharged. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge-Ordinary and a Special Jury.) TODD AND PRICE Y. SUMPSION AND OTHERS. Mr. Sergeant Pigott, Mr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Mills were counsel for the plaintiffs.; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C, Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and Mr. Thompson Chitty, for the defendents. The questions raised in this case were whether the will of the late Mr. Benjamin Tratt, of Hamil ton-place, St. John's-wood, dated the 27th of January, 1858, was duly executed, whether at the time of its execution the testator was of testamen tary capacity, and whether it was executed by him in consequence of the undue influence obtained over him by Miss Sarah Todd. The will, was pro pounded by the executors and opposed by Mrs. Sumpsion, the sister, Mr. Spriggs, the nephew, WORSHIP-STREEI".—Wm. Richard Jackson, a youth, was re-examinod on the charge of being concerned in uttering forged cheques with intent to cheat and defraud his a ther, Wm. Richard Jack son, a meat salesman, carrying on business in Three Tuns-passage, Newgate-man The prisoner did not utter a word, and Mr. Hammill, remarking on the distressing nature of the case, ordered him to be comi.nitted for trial. Wm. Weston, a journeyman cabinetmaker, was charged with the following outrage An inoffensive-looking German, named Auguste Hauser was a fellow-workman with the prisoner in the service of a master manufacturer named. Jones, in the Curtain-road, Shoreditch, and it seemed that while Hauser is the quiet man he is: represented to be, the prisoner was such a furious. bully as to be a terror to all the workmen in the shop. On the 7th inst. Hauser heard the prisoner sawing in the yard of the house, and, suspect ing what he was about, looked into the yard, aut found him engaged in sawing up some wood that belonged to him (Hauser). He remonstrated with him on his vexatious conduct, and his mistress did so likewise, but the prisoner jeered and bullied them, told them they were all frightened at him, and after grossly insulting his em ployer's brother-in-law, who interposed to put a stop to his insolence, he returned to the workshop, and conducted himself with such blackguardism to Hauser that he at last stood up to give him a good thrashing. In this the prisoner had the advantage at first, by driving the prose cutor against the wall and then throwing him upon his back across a bench. While in this position the prosecutor was heard to exclaim, " Oh, the scoun drel is biting me," but Hauser thrust him off him, flung the prisoner in the same way across the bench, and was about to strike him, when the pri soner seized him round the neck with one arm, grasped a long iron bedscrew with his disengaged hand, and, although the prosecutor called to one of the shopmen to take it from him, the youth was too terrified to do so, and the prisoner stabbed Hauser in the left eye with the screw. Mr. George Helme, house surgeon of the hospital, deposed that when the prosecutor was brought up to that institution he found the neighbourhood of ,the left eye greatly contused, a gakiN in the upper eyelid, the vision not only greatly impaired but partially gone, and the eye altogether in such a bad state that it was doubtful if the prosecutor would ever entirely recover the sight of it. The screw produced was well calculated to inflict such injuries. The prisoner impudently declared that all the witnesses, four in number, had invented an entire pack of falsehoods against him; but Mr. Hammill told him that the threats he had uttered too clearly showed his intent to admit of any doubt, and ordered him to be committed for trial. and other relatives of the testator. The trial was resumed at the sitting of the Court by the examination of witnesses in opposition to the will. The principal witness was the defendant, Mr. Chas. Francis Spriggs, who stated that he was always much loved by his uncle, Mr. Tratt, and on very good terms with his aunt ; but that after Miss Todd went to live with them she gradually obtained a complete control over Mr. Tratt, and induced him to forbid the house to him and other relations. His account of the quarrel with Miss Todd was that he had given her no provocation whatever when she threw the candle at him, but was sitting quietly in a chair, and had not spoken to her. He admitted that his uncle was very angry with him for sum moning Miss Todd before a magistrate. Upon Mr. Tratt's retirement in 1849 he gave Mr. Spriggs the goodwill-of the business and the stock, and from time to time assisted him with various sums of money, amounting in the whole to about £5,000. Mr. Spriggs added that he never had an unkind word from his aunt, that he had never neglected his business, and that he never went in a state of intoxication to his uncle's house, as Miss Todd had suggested. Mr. Spriggs complained with great wai:mth of not having been allowed to see his uncle before his death, and appeared to weep when he mentioned that he had not been invited to the funeral. One of the sons of Mr. Sprigs also de scribed the interest taken by Mr. Tratt in his wel fare, and said that previous to 1855 the old man had frequently promised " to make a gentleman of him." The examination of Mrs. Sumpsion, the sister of the testator, who is too old and infirm to attend, was read. She described her brother as having been much affected by his wife's death, and having shortly afterward.s become quite childish. He was accustomed, she said, among other foolish habits, to have his legs nursed and dandled by Miss Todd, to the tune of " Here we go up, up, up, Here we go down, down, down," much to his gratification. Mrs. Sumpsion expressed her great disappointment at finding that the will was not to be read at the funeral, for " what else had she gone there for ?" and her surprise at the small sum (£500) left to her by her brother. Mrs. Sumpsion's evidence was partly corroborated by her servant, Lydia Linfield, who mentioned, in her cross-exa mination, that .she remembered the time when Miss Todd was a kitchenmaid in the household of Lord Wensleydale. In addition to the evidence adduced on their behalf reliance was placed by the defendants upon the difference between the provi sions propounded, the declared intentions of the testator, and the contents of previous wills ; and upon the offer of marriage to Miss Todd, and the transfer of £45,000 stock to her name. Mr. Sergeant Pigott, in reply,submitted that the evidence on both sides clearly proved that the old gentleman was a perfectly free agent in every act that he had done up to the day of his death. Sir C. Cresswell summed up, and The jury immediately returned a verdict upon all the issues for the plaintiffs, establishing the validity of the will. A juryman asked whether a recommendation of the jury with regard to the payment of costs would have any weight with the Court in a case of this kind ? Sir C. Cresswell said it would not. That was a matter entirely in the hands of the Court. His lordship then decreed probate of the will, and • reserved the question of costs for consideration. 40 SOUTHWARK.—Henry Hinds, a Custom-house officer, was charged with stealing 35 fancy meer schaum pipes from a case on board the John Bull, Hamburg steamer, the property of Messrs. Woolf and Co., merchants, Sambrook-court, i3asingha,ll - At the request of the police the prisoner was remanded for a week, but admitted to bail: LAMBETH.—A middle-aged man,NEho gave the fictitious name of Christopher Stoddart, and. who refused to state his address, was examined on the following charge : It appeared from the evidence that between 10 and 11 o'clock in the forenoon the prisoner called at the house of Mrs. Travers, on Cham pion-hill, Camberwell, and other respectable ladies in the neighbourhood, and representing him self to be Mr. Stoddart, a respectable ironmonger in the High-street, Camberwell, said he was making a subscription to get a poor woman into the Putney Hospital; that he had already col lected and paid in £2O, and that if he did n ot succeed in getting L 3 by 12 o'clock the poor woman's goods must be sold. Unfortunate ly for him Mrs. Travers happened to know Mr. Stoddart , the tradesman he personated, and this led to the prisoner's apprehension, Mrs. Deyks, a lady residing in Grove-hill, Cal n' identified the prisoner, who had paid b.isr two visits on the subject of charity, and produced a• note - which he presented . to her on the last occa sion, and which purported to have been written by the Rev. Mr. Moore, but which was a forgery. The prisoner, who was respectably dressed, and about 50 years of age, was remanded. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Jan. 22. MANSION-HOUSE.—William Henry Preston, aged 34, clerk to Mr. Young, architect, 35, King street, Cheapside, was charged with embezzling the money of his employer. Mr. R. Ashby, builder, of 24, BishopsOte-street without, said—l have known the prisoner as a clerk in the employment of the prosecutor. The paper produced is a receipt for the payment of £3los. due from me to the prosecutor, but I cannot recollect whether I myself paid the prisoner the money. The prosecutor said—The prisoner was a clerk in my service. It was his duty to receive moneys and to account for them weekly. I believe the re ceipt produced to be in the prisoner's handwriting, and I find no entry in my book of the payment of the sum referred to by the last witness. On refer ence to my book I find he has not accounted for other sums paid him on my behalf. I saw him yes terday, and he shortly afterwards sent me a list of his deficiencies, together with other papers which I now produce. Huggett, the detective officer, asked for a remand for the production of further evidence, there being 26 cases against the prisoner. The prisoner was remanded accordingly. Wm. Brown, alias Diamond, alias Beck, John Megan, and John King, were again brought up. Brown and King had been committed for trial upon several charges of obtaining goods from wholesale warehouses by means of forged orders, but were remanded with Megan for the purpose of enabling Mr. Humphrey, the solicitor for the pro secution, to go through the evidence with a view of ascertaining whether he could establish a charge of conspiracy against them. Megan was discharged, Brown and King stand ing committed as before. Margaret Agnes Hackblock, aged 27, whose eyes were blackened and her face covered with contu sions, was charged with assaulting Mr. J. Mans field, who keeps the China coffeeshop in Bishops gate-street-without. The complainant said, the prisoner had lived with him as servant and otherwise for the last nine years, but she had recently become so violent in. her conduct towards him that he had been compelled to part with her, and on two other occasions he had provided her with an outfit to get another situa tion, received her back again into his house, how ever, on each occasion, upon her promise to behave better for the future. Mr. Goodman (chief clerk) —But she lived with you as your wife, did she not ? Complainant replied in the affirmative, and went on to say that he had always treated her well, not withstanding the frequent violence of her conduct. On the previous evening, however, he found her sitting in the public coffeeroom, tossing with some men, and sending out for drink. He told her to go to the bar, when she refused to do so, and when he took hold of her arm to drag her away she struck him on the face and got away from him. She then got under the table, and he again took hold of her arm, upon which she flew at him, stuck her teeth into his face, and held him so until pulled off by others. Finding it impossible to quiet her otherwise he sent for a policeman and gave her into custody. For some time past he had been endeavouringto get rid of her, but she wouldnot go, although he offered to give her a sum of money, and also to provide for her child. EXEMPTION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FROM LOCAL TAXATION.—On Friday a great meeting of members of Par liament, and others interested in giving effect to the recoin" mendations of the select committee of the House. of Com mons—" that all property occupied for public •-pUrposes should cease to be exempt from local.taxation"—was held at the King's Arms, Palace-yard, Westminster. A' depu tation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer was' appointed , and the meeting separated. 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Persone can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send: ing one, of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles bl statingtheirage. Deafness.--New Discovery —The Organic ) Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful small newly-invented instrument for Deafnesti; entirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. • Being of the Same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unplea sant sensation of singin g noises in the ears is entirely re • moved, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desircd.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe- - opposite the York Hotel, W. BIRTHS. AIRD.—On the 19th inst., at Copenhagen, the wife of Ale%• Aird, Esq., of a son. CARTMELL.—On the 18th inst., at Asfordby Rectory, the wife Esq., of a daughter. T oNv'sE of —O the n R theel' 2 . Johnls tinsCt.a,rtinell' wifetheß of William eckwith . Towse, Esq., of Fishmongers'-hall, of a son. WALKER. —On. the 21st inst., at 7, P ar kfi e ld Vill as , St. John's -wood - park , Mrs. James Walker, of a son. MARRIAGES. The prisoner, who spoke in a very excited man. ner, said, the truth was, she went to live with the complainant as servant about nine years ago, when he seduced her, and she had been living with him ever since, and had had a child by him, but that he had been in the constant habit of ill-treating her ; and in proof of his violence on the previous day she referred to the state of her face, and, nulling up her sleeves, showed her arms covered with bruises. With respect to the charge, she said it originated in a rather peculiar transaction. On Friday morn ing a ladylike young woman went to the house and asked if she could be accommodated with a private room for the purpose of dressing herself for her marriage, which was to take place at a church in the neighbourhood on Tuesday , morning next, offering to pay for the accommodation. She (pri soner) asked complainant, who at once gave his consent, and the young lady went away, but very soon afterwards returned in a cab, accompanied by a gentleman, who she said was the one to whom she was about to be married. This gentleman re quested the complainant to allow him to represent himself as having lodged at the house for some time past, when; as he was then about to, do, he went to procure a special license, a request with which com plainant at once complied, and furnished the gen tleman with one of his tax papers to enable him to give an appearance of undoubted truth to the state ment, and the parties then took'their leave. After their departure some words took place between her and complainant, and subsequently, while she was standing at the foot of the stairs watching the sky light,7here some people said they had seen a man EWING--O'GRADY. — On the 20th inst., at Conlara Church, Alex. Crum Ewing, Esq., eldest son of Humphrey E. C. E w ing, Esq., of Strathleven, Dumbartonshire, M.P., to Jane, only daughter of Vice •Admiral Hayes O'GradYy, of Erinagh-house, co. Clare. WREY.—PRILPOTTS.—On the 18th inst., at the parish church of St. Feoch, Cornwall, the Rev. Arthur B.WreYt M.A., to Helen, second daughter of the Rev. Thomas Philpotts, of Porthgwidden, and vicar of the abovo parish. DEATHS. BARILIE.—On the 20th inst., at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, Dorothea, second daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir R. Barrie, K.C.B. BELL.—On the 20th inst., at Gloucester-terrace, Campden hill, John Bell, Esq. BICKERS.—On the 19th inst., at King's-road, Chelsea, and late of Charles-street, Berkeley-square, Wm. Bickers, Esq., aged 77. FRERE.--On. the 20th inst., at 9, Queen-street, Mayfa Mrs. R. Temple Frere, aged 38. HUNTER.—On the 21st inst., in Cambridge-terrace, Hyde' park, Janet, widow of the late Sir Claudius S. Hunter, Bart. • OSBORN.—On the 19th inst., at Brunswick-cottage, Leeds, Wm. Osborn, Esq., aged 94. RENTON.—On the 18th inst., John Renton, Esq., F.S.A., West-street, Finsbury, aged 83. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex., Monday, January 240859. r &A CH LAND-S This m the Si;A The PI General 1 mei:llßu( several d, D market). LECTI interpstir SIOLOG mt.. k SOPPIY Author, ARG T, evening,' that grc Leader, ( a-piston artistes. Bagmen() Ntanager, ten ►ninu NB.—. 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