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After which, Dion Boucicault's Great Drama, entitled ALTER DARK: a Tale of London Life Mr Walter Lacy, Mr Dominick Murray, Mr D. Leeson ; Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss hose Leclereq. Concluding with THE SECRET. N.R—Monday, April 24, a New Drama, by Dion Boucicault. Ooors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. HOLBORN THEATRE.-BARRY SULLIVAN, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS ELEGANT THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN ON SATURDAY, UT OF WAY, with Lord Lytton's Great Play, in Five Acts, entitled MONEY, supported by the following celebrated Artistes, viz.: Parry Sul livan, J. C. Cowper, ti eorge H oney, W. H. Stephens. Charles Coglan, E. Dyas, Lin Rayne, A. Bernard, W. A rthur W. Hac land, A. Stuart, L Sargent, C. Valentine, F. Baines, J. Blythe, H. Blanscome, and 11. Nelson: Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold. Miss Amy Fawsitt, Miss Ilosne Power, Miss Thorne, Miss Malborough, and Mrs. Charles Ho rsman. 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For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Rrilway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 51, COUNRILL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. "Better than Fame is still the wish for fame" has been said by one well qualified to express such an opinion. We must lament the untimely death of the poor French artist who devoted his life to an ob ject quite inadequate for the sacrifice of a human existence; and yet we may perhaps be justified in saying of him, iu the words of the Poet just quoted, that the object of ISIDORE MAGNES' ambition was not altogether an unworthy one— No ! for whoever with an earnest soul Strives for some end from this low world afar, Still upward travois, though he miss the goal, And strays—but towards a stir. WILLIAM J. VIAN, Secretary. E UROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman— General Sir RERIC SMTH, .H., F.R.S. 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He fled from the house where his slain wife lay, for he could not bear the sight of the staring, lustreless eyes, the stiffened limbs, and that ghastly wound whence life had ebbed in a minute. But flight could not undo the deed, could not make the dead live again, could not remove the traces of his deed. Bather flight would only direct suspicion to him. So be returned to the loathed place; silence brooded over it, but the silence shouted forth with voices louder than thunder that he «as a murderer. He had tried to fancy that the past few hours were only a terrible dream, but there lay the rigid body to convince him that all was only too horribly true. That mute witness must be got rid of. In the frenzy of passion he had inflicted the one wound ; with cool delibera tion he must inflict a hundred others. He must hew limb from limb, hack the flesh into countless frag ments, grind into powder the bones of her who but a few hours before was bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. He dispersed the fragments about the upper rooms of the house, and then went down stairs to sleep. In his second confession he says even that he did sleep. He waited some two or three days ; for what ? He himself did not know. But soon there came other evidence of his crime. He had shut it out from his sight, but the sickly smell of death began to pervade the house. The poor relics of dishonoured mor tality would accuse him through one sense if they could not through another. His home was filled with the savour of the charnel-house. He could not endure it. He must get rid of this witness against him—this witness that, though hewed into shapeless pieces, still kept crying against him. He stole out of his home at night, bearing the smaller fragments with him, and strewing them about the fields. The wide earth might conceal what the one house could not. But he could not thus deal with the larger portions of the corpse. He tried to boil them away, and was " disappointed to find that they would not readily drop to pieces." By this time conscience had become seared, the heart had become hardened. He seems almost to have taken a sort of interest in his work, to have felt the invigo rating effect which difficulty always produces on a strong will. He ground the skull to powder; he strewed other portions about the churchyards, and even the streets. At last these horrible waifs and strays found in so many places began to attract attention. Norwich began to ask what they were. Inquiry and scientific examination shewed that HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL i s th e on ly institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and prevention of contagious fevers. CONTRIBUTIONS will he gratefully received by ri Messrs. Dimsdal e an d C o ., 50, sJornhill ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs. 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IFEBOA'I' SERVICES.—During the Storms J of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship wrecks and 25 vessels from . destruction. The Institution also expended £20,43.3 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2.431 for re wards. The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the publiC for assistanceto enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and county- bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the "nstitution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- L ANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7. THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD. At 7.4.5 OTHELLO: Mr. 3 DJlon; Mr. T. C. King, Mr. J. Rouse, Miss Heath, and Miss Elsworthy. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, EASY SHAVING: Messrs.' Rogers. Clavk, Gordon, White; Miss Fanny Wright, &c. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill, &c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. 3., r Sothern. Concluding with MARE YOUR WILLS: Mr Buck stone. Commence at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manger, Mr. Vining. This EVENING, at 7, TWICE KILLED. At 8, AFTER DARK: Mr Walter Lacy, Mr. D. Leeson, Miss Rose Leclercq, &c. And TIIE SECRET. these were the remains of a human being —of a woman. They were supposed to be those of an elderly woman, for the " parboiling" to which the bones bad been exposed misled the surgeons. SHEWARD'S wife was young, and no one, therefore, connected him or her with the murder. Rather he was commiserated, because, as he gave out, she had deserted him for another man. For nearly twenty years he kept his secret—call them not twenty years of life ; rather they were twenty years of living death, of perpetual remorse and agony, that at last became intolerable. The yearning for confession that comes over a criminal not wholly bad became so strong that he gave himself up to justice, and is now lying under sentence of death. It is said that he cannot live many months, even should the hang• man spare him ; that he will lose his reason even should he be allowed to live out the miserable remnant of his days. Let us not harden our hearts against this man. Let us remember that the crime was unpremeditated ; that all the after atrocities were the result of the fear and the horror wherewith his crime had filled him ; that these nearly twenty years of remorse have been a far more terrrible punish ment than the gallows; and that confession does at least show a desire on the part of the criminal to set himself right with his fellow men —to tell them that he is not the blameless man they thought him, but a murderer. There has been in our time no tale more horrible than this of the Norwich murder; but there have been murderers far worse than SHEWARD. The following officers embarked yesterday at Portsmouth on board her Maj sty's screw troopship Crocodile, Capt. G. W. Watson, for conveyance to Halifax and Quebec :—Capt. S. C. Glyn, Ist Bat talion Rifle Brigade, and Mrs. Glyn ; Captain Graham, 78th Infantry; Lieut. Paterson, Ist Bat talion 16th ; Surg. M‘Master, 79th ; Staff Surg. Johnson, and one sergeant, 78th one widow with seven children. PORTING.--J OHN ROBERTS supplies the ago a coroner's inquest took place at St. Pancras, LATHS I' EDITION of "TUN SUN" as soon as pub ishod.-4, Bath-street, City- roa d, E.G. which partook in some res p ec t s o f th e t rag i c nature of the suicide and the distressing characteristics of death from starvation. M. ISIDORE MAGNES, a French artist, residing in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy square, was found dead in his bed, and the result of the medical investigation showed that heart and brain were physically degenerated, and " gone . " from the fatal effects of overwork and anx iety, together with insufficient nourishment, quite in adequate to supply the wants of nature. M. ISIDORE MAGNES had for some time supported life, such as it was, on a scanty supply of potatoes and bread, and a little milk, and yet he might, had he so whiled it, have easily earned a comfortable competence. Like many another ambitious dreamer, however, ISIDORE MAGNES preferred the hope of future fame to the certainty of present existence. He had conceived the idea of a great picture t 3 be called " L'entente Cor diale," representing an incident in the Crimean war, in which Englishmen and Frenchmen were equally conspicuous. To this picture the artist devoted his life. Other occupations, whit.th procured him a certain livelihood, were given up, and for the last five years the Great Picture occupied all his time and thoughts. During the last two years he appears to have suffered under continual privations. Sympathising friends occasionally lent him trifling assistance, and offers of remunerative employment were again and again proposed. The help he thank fully accepted, but all suggestions of any kind that might interfere with his beloved la bours were steadily refused. The great pic ture which was to celebrate the alliance of France and England, and ennoble the name of ISIDORE MAGNES, was (so dreamed the ambitious artist) to appear in the Exhibition of the Royal Academy of London, and then to take its place in the galleries of Versailles, where the brush of HORACE VERNET has already depicted, in radiant colours, the historical glories of Imperial France. What the destination of the picture may be time will show. The artist will not wit ness the triumph of which be dreamed. He is dead, but the Picture is finished. It is at least a melancholy satisfaction to know that before the brush dropped from the nerveless grasp of the en thusiast his eyes had beheld the accomplishment o LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BELGIUM. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. . (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY, April 19. It is noteworthy that in the debate on commercial matters the members of the Left figured largely as Pro tectionists. M. Thiers was especially the champion of French industry, urging that the distress in the textile manufactures was not owing to the commercial crisis, but to free trade. English manufacturers, he said, find ing the American market closed to them, inundated France with their goods. The production of yarn was now limited to the coarser kinds, owing to the finer sorts being so extensively imported from England. M. Gressier hero got up and demolished M. Thiers. The statement respecting yarn was incorrect. The commoner kinds were imported from England more largely than the fine yarns. Instead of the advantages of the treaty being on the side of England, France had gained sixteen millions sterling by it, France yearly sett cotton goods to the value of .£160,000 to England, and received only 4'2,000 worth in return. And why? Because a duty of 15 per cent. was laid on English goods in France, whilst French goods were admitted untaxed into England. The manufacturers of Manchester had found that they could not compete on those terms, and were now endea vouring to obtain a reduction of the French duties. Rouher has undertaken the task of getting through the law to authorise the pensions to the old soldiers of the Republic and the Empire. He has had a long interview with the Emperor respecting this ungrateful task. No body, of course, knows what the two magnates had to say to each other ; but it may be taken for granted that the ingratitude of a much benefitted people, and the bad ness of the political times, was the leading topic of discus sion between them. The pension to the old soldiers meets with general opposition. Everybody agrees with the abstract justice of rewarding the old braves who so nobly combatted for the honour of France, but people are equally unanimous that the proposal is decidedly inop portune. The Finance Minister has lately been making the most striking shew of economy. Everything—except ing those two trifles, the army and the navy—is to be cut down. A proposal to increase the salary of the communal schoolmasters, who have to exist on a salarysomethin2; like that of a Wiltshire hind, has been rejected with contempt. The schoolmasters can starve, have starved, and a little more starvation can, therefore, do them no harm. And now at the extreme end of the session, and in the midst of this economical display of fireworks, comes this proposition respecting military pensions. The, Emperor's will must prevail, and the Corps Legislatif, moreover, is ready to pass anything just now; but the act is arbitrary, and the time is not propitious for arbitrary deeds. It is believed that the law abolishing workmen's livrets, or character-books, will be postponed. Opposition has been met with in a very unexpected quarter—from the workz—in themselves. A good many artisans of St. Quentin and other places have petitioned against the law. They like their livrets, because, with their aid, every workshop is open to them. The livrets are a testimonial of character, which never fails. Every employer writes down the particulars of a man's service in his livret when his term of employment is finished. The workmen ask where they are to find another system of industrial pass ports which will serve them so well. But, unfortunately, the particulars recorded in the livrets are not always correct. Sometimes they are the reverse of correct. It is possible for an employer to do a man an ill turn by giving an unfavourable tone to his remarks in the livret, and it is still more easy for him to save trouble by giving a servant a character which is better than his due. BRUSSELS, April 20. The Etoile Beige of this morning publishes a despatch from Frameries, in the Borinage district, dated yesterday evening, announcing that tranquil lity had been restored there, and that the men on strike are ready to resume work provided a slight increase of wages is granted them. A French "Higgs" case has just been disclosed here. M. Taillefer, who has been cashier to the Union Insurance Office in Paris for the last thirty-five years, has been arrested on a charge of embezzling £60,000. Here, again, this great fraud was not noticed by any of the managers. The affair promises some serious disclosures, for M. Pic, the editor of the Etendard, and member of the General Council of L'Ariege, has also been arrested. It is said that half the whole sum of money has been applied to the support of the Etendard, which, being a semi-official paper, is of course a bad commercial speculation. An offer has, I believe, been made to recompense the Insurance Company in great part, if not to the full extent, on condition that it abandon pro ceedings. This offer has been rejected. The company is bound to go on with the prosecution as a public duty. M. Godard, the aeronaut, met with an odd accident near Florence the other day. An ascent was made, and the voyagers all arrived again safely on terra firma. A. large number of peasants thronged round the voyagers, and, in spite of the advice of M. Godard, who had opened the valves to let the gas escape, persisted in smoking. All at once the inflammable vapour ignited, when the balloon burst with a tremendous report, and its network was completely destroyed, a vast sheet of flame, resembling a meteor, ascending in the air. No body was hurt, but the country people were clamorous in their demands for compensation for injury to the land and the like. THE WAR /N NEW ZEALAND. The defeat of Te Koti at Ngatipa, and his subsequent death, have terminated hostilities on the East Coast, and the late successes cf the colonial troops upon the West Coast bid fair to bring the war to a speedy and satis factory conclusion. The pah at Nukumaru was taken by the forces under Colonel Whitmore on the 2d, the enemy making Lut blight resistance, and re treating eventually towards the Waitotara. The loss on the side of the Maori does not teem to have been very con siderable, as no bodies were found. Only one of Colonel Whitmore's men was wounded. The pah, which is said to be exceedingly strong, and furnished with most com plete defence, was shelled en the day previous to its evacuation. The enemy, despite their possession of plen tiful supplies, and extensive preparations for defence, aban doned the pa shortly after daylight, and were hotly pursued by the cavalry and the friendly natives. In his despatch to the colonial Government, Colonel Whitmore says :—" The pa is a formidable place, and I am satisfied that with so much at stake I should not have been justified in at tempting to take it in any other way than that which I fol . _ lowed. No troops in the world could have hewn their way through the double row of strong palisades, backed by rifle pits, and flanked by a two-storeyed erection, such as that constructed in this fortification, and defended by excellent shots and desperate men. Though as yet no bodies have been found, I have been shown the traces of blood in seve ral spots in and around the work. My own loss, owing to the cover of the trenches, and in spite of the well-directed fire of the enemy , on l y amoun t s t o one man wounded. The enemy is in full re t rea t, followed by the cavalry and the friendly natives, and as soon as possible the whoh3 force will cross the Waitotara on his trail. The men are in excellent spirits, and evidently delighted with their success ; while I am assured that Tito Bowaru will lose both in prestige and in followers by his failure to carry out his boastful promise, as there has been no real or serious fighting." This success is very encouraging, and is likely to bring the Maories to recognise the expediency of submission. 'hey have been defeated on both sides of the island, and the Waitotara block has been regained by the colonial truops. The scene of the war has, therefore, been removed much further from the settled districts.— Melbourtts Argus. It is more than probable that the Queen will re visit Germany this summer, but nothing definite in regard to this has as yet been fixed. A cotton mill was burned down on Sunday morn ing at Oldham belonging to Messrs. Bramah. The mill was almost entirely destroyed in a few hours, the loss being variously estimated at from £lO,OOO to £15,000. On Saturday morning a meeting of Liberals was held at Leamington for the purpose of reconsidering the petition presented against the return of Mr. John Hardy, one of the Conservative members for South Warwickshire. After a long discussion, it was decided to withdraw the petition. Mr. Wells, M.P., captain of the E ng li s h e i g h t i n the conteet for the Elcho Challenge Shield, at Wimbledon, has announced that the preliminary competitions for the honour of being selected to represent England in the above match will be held on the Altcar rifle range during the last week in June. The Pall luau Gazette, referring to the release of Sir C. Eardley, throws considerable doubt on the declara tion that the baronet was ill. Our contemporary would like to have the medical certificate produced. Sir Culling Eard ley figured at a ball three days after his liberation. Readers who could "put this and that together" would have no difficulty in connecting two siories which have just been made public. The resignation of a well known stipendiary magistrote was recently announced. The learned gentleman had tun away with the wife of a merchant and justice of the peace living in the Came town, a lady who is said to be possessed of ..£1.00,000 in her own right. The stipendiary tnagiArate is married and has children. The lady has returned to her husband. Sefton Church was crowded on Sunday morning, many persons having been attracted thither by expectation of a repetition of the lamentable scenes witnessed in the sacred edifice on the previous Sabbath. But the presence of a strong body of the county constabulary prevented all unseemly interruptions, if wo except tit() fact that when the curate repeated the innovation of reading prayers after the sermon the great bulk of the con gregation rose from their seats and quitted the church.' On returning to the rectory, the curate was hissed and hooted at by the mob. The afternoon service passed off quite THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tins EVENTNG, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL: Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray At 15 to 8, BLACK A\ D WHITE: Messrs. Fechter, A. Stirling, R. Phillips. Stuart: Carlotta Leclercq, Miss Lennox Grey, &c, And WHITEBAIT AT GRE r NWICH : Mr Atkins. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. Tars EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Bufton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton: esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Bufton. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROI-AL. Trim EVENING, at 7. MINNIE, or, Leonard's Love. At 9, A BREACH OF PROMISE. After which, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS. Messrs. 3lttrshall, David Fisher, Andrews. Hurl stone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Fountain, and Stephens. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M Oliver. This EVENING, at 7.30, IN FOR A HOLIDAY. Foll owe d by CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss M. Oliver. &c. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL TIIEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton THIS EVEN iNG, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. Afterwhich, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE ROYAL AMPFIITHEATIM AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and inagnifteent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, 0. and A. Carre, etc. CRRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, xtEaENT STREET. THIS EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravagsnza, THE VERY GRAND DIITCH—S ROYAL ALFIAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. le. Box-offict open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mendays, 6d. Children under twelve, 64. 4 ky C 'lj4jlt , - r7is • LONDOA', 7 UESDAY, APRIL 20, 1869. I Perhaps the most melancholy columns of a news : paper arc those which, from time to time, record the 1 proceedings at a Coroner's inquest. In a collected form these reports would far surpass the most sensa tional chapters of the most extravagant romance, and mighi; afford another illustration of the every day adage that Truth is stranger than Fiction. One day we read the terrible revelation of some death from starvation in the very midst of the riches and luxuries of the metropolis, and on another occasion we shudder over the details of the suicide of some poor wretch eager to escape from his miseries—" any - A few days where, anywhete, out of the world !" BAVARIA. MuNicu, April 20. In yesterday's sitting of the Upper House the debate on the School Education Bill was continued. Prince llohenlohe energetically protested against party feeling within the domain of the Church, so prevalent in modern times. lle did not hesitate to stigmatize such principl,s as were put forward in the Syllabus, the Encyclia, and other publications, as contrary to the spirit of the age, and a cause why Church and State were unable to go band in hand. AMERICA. 1?0IAL I7ALIAN OPERA. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7 his Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBING AN AR TlST. —B en j am i n Hi gg i ns , a labourer, o f No. 24, Stephen-street, Tottenham-court-road, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing eleven oil paintings and about 500 plates, the property of Mr. Alfred Gann, artist, No. 24, Stephen-street. The prosecutor said that on Thursday last he was going along Crown-street, Soho, and saw in the window of a shop an oil sketch he had painted, and in answer to ques tions he put to the keeper of the shop ho said ho should know the man he bought it of again, and that it was the only one he had purchased. On returning home and going to a cellar where he kept such things—the cellar adjoining a room occupied by the prisoner -he missed several oil sketches and a large quantity of prints from boxes, the prints being of the value of £l5, but none of which had he traced. Subsequently he saw some more of the oil sketches at the same shop, and asked the prisoner to go with him to carry home a piece of oil cloth, and took him to the shop where he had seen the oil sketches, and the keeper of the shop at once recognised him as the person he bought the sketches of, but the pri soner denied that he was the man. Francis Beelestone, 80 E, said that when the prisoner was given into his custody for stealing the oil sketches and paintings he said to the shopkeeer "Don't say any thing about the pictures." At first he said he knew no thing about the things, but afterwards said that he sold tho sketches and got 30s. for them, and that he sold about 2lbs. weight of piper. Remanded. 'TIE FULL PENALTY INFLICTED FOR CRUELTY TO A IrousE.—Mr. Fred. \Vm. Serif, a baker, and also an occa sional builder, at Parson's-green, appeared before Mr. Tyrwhitt, to answer the compl.l.A of tho s..i.ty for the Prevention of Cruelly to Animals, for causing a horse to orked in an unfit state. The chief officer of the Royal Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals, a few days ago saw a horse attached to a cart laden with bricks lying down in Oran bourne-street, and on the saddle being removed it was found to be saturated with discharge from a large wound on the horses back, and the horse was quite unfit for work. It remained lying in the street for some hours, and was then slaughtered. Joseph Dobie, officer of the society, said that in answer to questions he put to the defendant, he admitted that he bad :been obliged to have the horse killed on the spot where it fell. The wound on the horses back was an old one, and the defendant admitted that it had been there during the whole of the time he bad it, six weeks. The defendant said that he sent the horse every day for a load of bricks, and that on the day in question it fell and ricked its back. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was one of those gross cases where a man bought an old worn out horse and worked it till the last. He would like to know what the defendant would have thought if any one had treated him like he had treated this horse. He considered such conduct cowardly and cruel, and should fine the prisoner £5, or two months imprisonment in default. The defendant was about to make some comments on the magistrate's decision, but desisted on being told by Mr. Tyrwhitt that he had had a great mind to send him to prison without any fine at all. WESTMINSTER. CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED. MunnEK. —John Hurley, who was stated to be a convicted thief, was placed at the bar charged as follows: Joseph Faker, clothier, 6, York-street, Westminster, wearing a surgical bandage on his head, said -At half-past nine last night this man came into my shop and said, "I want that money you owe me." I told him I owed him none. Ile immediately said, "I mean scattering your brains about your shop." He then pulled out a life-pre server and struck me about the head; he struck me twice on the temple, and with another blow cut through my hat, and might have killed me if I had not had my hat on. I cried for assistance. Some people reached me with a po liceman, and he was taken into custody. The life-preserver, one of the most formidable descrip tion, was produced. _ _ Mr. Arnold—Do you know the prisoner. Prosecutor—l know him from a baby. Mr. Arnold—You are remanded, prisoner, till Thursday. Prisoner—Will you take bail ? Mr. Arnold—No. -___ TRAIIES. PADDY AND THE FLANK OF BEEPl—Michael Sullivan, an Irish coalwhipper, aged 24 years, of No. 4, Elliott's-court, Old Gravel-lane, St. George-in -the-Bast, was brought be fore Mr. Benson charged with stealing 24ilbs. of beef, the property of Mr. George Wood, a shipping and general butcher, near New Crane, Wapping. On Saturday night last, between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock, the prisoner was standing by a post near Wood's house, and at that time thero was a large piece of prime beef, the thick flank hanging to a hook in front of the shop. Soon afterwards the prisoner walked past the shop very fast, and, as he did so, and without stopping, he removed the beef, and ran away with it up Wapping iligh-street. Mr. Wood started iu pursuit, and soon overtook him. The prisoner relieved himself of his burthen by flinging the beef at the owner, and run away again. Mr. Wood again pursued him, and the prisoner slipped down three times and rolled along the ground whenever Mr. Wood caught him. All this time there was a shop full of meat and a till full of money without any one in charge, and Mr. Wood took possession of his beef and allowed the prisoner to escape. Information was given to the police, and last night Inspecto r G e rin of the Thames Police,• found the prisoner between the sheets on his own bed and snoring vigorously. The officer disturbed the slumber of the prisoner and took him into custody. Please yer honner's worship, said the prisoner in defence, I admired the same pit co of beef. Mr. Benson—Yes, and you carried your admiration o it so far as *o steal it. The prisoner—St& it, did yer honner sly; sure 1 took it to admire the fine grain o f the mato. I had the dhrop taken, yer worship, and that did all the mischief. The prisoner's wife said—Yes, yer worship, Mike had the drop taken. Mr. Benson would not allow drunkenness to bo pleaded as an excuse fur crime, and should dispose of this case summarily if the prisoner had not lacen convicted before, but if the prisoner Was an old offender he should commit him for trial. He re►uanded him until Tuesday next. NEW YORK, April 19. The Inman Royal Mail Steamer City of Antwerp arrived here to-day. All well. Yesterday was an " extra" night at the Royal Italian Opera, and the public bad the opportunity of hearing Mozart's "It Flauto Magico." Without comparing it to "Don Giovanni," that opera has long been popular. Last night there was a very strong caste. Sarastro was taken by Signor Foli, Astriflarnmante by Mdlle. Ilma di Murska, Tamino by Signor Bulterini, Paminia by Mdlle. Z itiens, Papageno by Mr. Santley, and Papagena by Mdlle. Sinico. The lam )us duet known to non opera goers, as " The manly hearts" was sung by Titiens and Santley, and drew down a storm of ap plause, which was answered by a second and even better rendering of the air. Not less enthusiastic was the reception given to Ilma di Murska's " Gli angui d'inferno," in which the charming cantatrice displayed all the range and flexibility of her won derful voice. The comical duet between Santley and Sinico was also encored. The chorus of priests deserved and all but obtained a same distinction. Of the mis en scene we may that it was in every way admirable, the moonlight waterfall scene was par ticularly good. M4RICE7 S- 2 HIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. April 20.—Sales probably 6,000 bales. The market Wet, and drooping. THE .REC.EXT REPRIEVES. COADITION OF THE NA ILERS, The startling facts recently made public respecting the condition of the nailers—one of the oldest industrial tribes of the Black Country--have excited a good deal of atten tion. There appears to be no doubt that the nail-makirg trade is now in a most melancholy condition,the labourera being miserably paid, and their homes and families squalid and comfortless. The women and girls also work at the universal calling, so that they have neither time nor inclination for household work. Those who are familiar with the nailers and their habits describe the people as devoid of education, of social comfort, and of religious feeling. As might be expected from their ignorance and degradation they make the worst of their position, drinking and idling at the beginning of the week, and after Wednesday working day and night. The truck system with all its attendant evils is in full force in most of the nailmaking districts of the Midlands. It has been proposed that a system of Government surveillance should be adopted, and that the women and girls should no longer be employed. The trade seems to be rapidly decaying, and it is to be hoped that further inquiries may throw some light on the best means of improving the position of the nailers. CALLING SPIRITS FROM THE DEEP. `The committee appointed by the Dialectical Society to investigate spiritual manifestations have held another meeting. The inquiry promises to increase our informa tion, if not of the spirit world, at least of the extent of human incredulity. Mr. Jenchen, barrister, read a paper on the different classes of spiritual phenomena. He said that he could himself testify to the lifting of heavy bodies. I have seen the semi-grand at my house raised horizontally eighteen inches off the ground, and kept suspended in space two or three minutes. I have also witnessed a square table lifted one foot off the ground, no one touching it, or being near it; a friend present seated on the carpet, and watching the phenomena all the time. I have seen a table lifted clear over head six feet off the ground ; but, what is more remarkable, I have seen an accordion suspended in space for ten or twenty minutes, and played by an invisable agency. A lady gave her experiences as follows :—"The most remarkable manifesta tions I have seen were those of last Sunday evening at my house. We were seated in a room which would have been dark but for the moonlight. We first heard raps, and I then we saw a figure at the window. It entered, and then figures came trooping in by dozens. One waved its hands and passed through us ; the atmosphere became fearfully cold. A figure—that of a relative —came behind my chair, leaned over, and brushed my hair lightly with its hand. It was eight feet high, and, approaching Mr. Lindsay, passed through him. Mr. Lindsay sobbed hysterically from the intense cold." Mr. Blanchard gave the committee some particulars of his experiences. Some years ago he came in contact with the Marshalls, who were in the habit of raising ghosts, and he witnessed some strange occurrences. He bad given up spiritualism for the last few years, be cause he found it very inconvenient whent the printer was waiting for copy to be interrupted by spirits who wanted him as a medium. Mr. Blanchard subsequently related that the spirits of Alexander the Great and Joan of Arc wrote their names. Joan of Arc was asked if there was any other name by which she was known, and she wrote "La Pucelle." He was convinced that the Mar abatis did not know so much French. Mr. Spear, a professional medium, said that he did not at one time believe in spiritualism, but he found his hand moved, and it wrote, "We wish you to go to Abingdon to see David Binning." He went there, and found an invalid of that name, whom he cured at the dictation of the spirits. He afterwards visited New Yoi le to lecture on geology, of which science lie knew nothing. His success was so great that the professors said, " He takes up geol.ogy where the books leave off." The corn. mittee are preparing a report on Spiritualism. There are now no less than fifteen Peeresses in their own right—the Duchess of Inverness the Countesses of Newburgh, Rothes, and Crornartie ; Vicountess Beaconsfield; and the Baronesses Le Despencer, DeClifford, Zouche, North,Windsor, Lucas, Sempill, Gray, Wellman. and Buckhurst. THE BISHOP or CORK'S WlT.—There is a story just now " going the rounds" about the Bishop of Cork. The appointment of this eloquent prelate is said to have been rather a surprise. When it was doubtful, a witty friend said to the Bishop, over a dinner-table, " Well, Mr. Gregg, if you are Cork, don't stop the bottle." " Ah, I see you're minded to draw me out," replied the expectant prelate. A WELSH JURY AGAIN.—At the Glamorgan shire Quarter Sessions, held last week, the jury, in return ing their verdict in a charge of robbery, said, " We have had some difficulty in the matter. We tried all we could to discharge him, but under the circumstances we cannot release him." The prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Mr. Robert K , Atle has consented to act as arbitra tor in the dispute between the employers and the employed of the Manchester building trade. ll° will arrive in Man chester on the 4th of May for that purpose, and in the mean while, at his request, all agitation will cease on either side. Tho strike of weavers at Preston continues without any ap parent change. Official returns published on Monday inform us that during last year 21,928,155 gallons of spirits were dis tilled in the United Kingdom. Nearly half this quantity was produced in Scotland alone, and the remaining produc tion was tolerably equally divided between England and Ireland. The number of gallons of proof British spirits consumed in the United Kingdom was 21,008,634, on which the not amount of duty was .£ 1 0,504,317. The consumption in 11,327,223 gallons, in Scotland 4,907,701 gallons, and in Ireland 4,773,710 gallons. Notwithstanding Mr. Gladstone's recent statement in the house of Commons upon the subject, it is, according to tho Westtrn Daily Press, the intention of the Duke of Somerset, in the 'louse of Lords, to interrogate the Govern ment as to whether or not arrangements Lave been made, or are in contemplation, for replacing three prelates in the south-western counties who aro incapacitated by illness and infirmity from the performance of the duties of their office. Cardinal Cullen closes a letter - to the clergy of his diocese, complaining of alleged proselytism at a Protestant deaf and dumb institution tr ar Dublin, with the exhorta- Von, " Let us, reverend brethren, redouble our exertions, until there shall not be throughout the length end breadth of Ireland a single deaf mute for whom we shall not have procured the blessing of a Catholic education ; so that the saving influence of the Catholic faith may sanctify, and the tenderness of Catholic charity may assuage, the sorrows and sufferings of the poorest among an afflicted class of our brethren." THE ST. ALBAN'S CASE. —The bill of costs in the case " Martin v. Mackonochi e " having been carried in for taxation, an offer was made by Messrs. Brooks and Co., the proctors to Mr. Maekonochie, to pay, without the expense of taxation, £1,500, which, under the advice of the proctor and solicitor of the association, the council decided to accept, and their supporters in the country will be glad to hear that/the sum of £1,500 has been paid.— Church Association Monthly Intelligeneer. It is not generally known that the eldest son of every baronet is jure eanguinis a" knight, and that he is privileged to demand and to receive the honour of knight. hood at the hands of the sovereign at the age of 21. But the right is seldom, if ever, put in force ; and during tl e last thirty-five years only two instances have occurn d where the claim was made ; but in both cases the claim was allowed. They were Sir J. I. James in 1854, and Sir William O'Malley in 1535. Both these gentlemen have since succeeded to the father's baronetcies. A SUTIIERLANDSIIIRE NUGGET.—W e have been favoured with a photograph of the largest gold nugget that has yet been found in Sutherlandshire, the weight being 2oz. I9gr. It was purchased by. Dr. Rutherford, lielmsdale, and is now being exhibited by Messrs. Per-• guson Brothers, goldsmiths to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Inverness, who have also brought out and registered Several new designs in Sutherland gold jewellery. The nugget is about the siz3 of an ordinary walnut, and is nearly oval in shape." —Edinburgh Daily mow.: Those who think it desirable that the law of the land shculd be strictly carried out by the Ministers en trusted with its execution will be curious to know the offi cial explanation of the reprieves which have just been granted by the Home Secretary to a brace of murderers. In regard to James Macdonald, who was convicted at Chester of the murder of another labourer, named T r olley, it may be argued that the crime was rather in the nature of manslaughter, but if either the judge or jury blundered on that point it is neces sary that it should bo authoritatively stated. As to the other case —that of Charles Wiltshire at Gloucester—it is difficult to conceive a more brutal and atrocious mur der than that of which he was convicted. Ac cording to the evidence ho found a poor woman in a drlinken state, ravished, beat, and stripped her of clothing. As if this were not enough, he has since commended him self to the clemency of the Crown by trying to murder ono of the warders of the prison where he was confined. Capital punishment may or zuly net be a good thing; but the House of Com mons has very recently, and by an overwhelming majority, declined to sanction its abolition. The question is whether an important law should be privately abrogated.—Pal Mall Gazette. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC T 0111414 The Times discu sses th e d e b ate in the Upper, gorg ; the Coron a ti on O at h , and thinks Lord Redes'`fe gether mistaken in his interpretation of it. t - 1 7 00 Queen should no t b e capa b le of acting in concert /1_%.0 Parliam en t oug h t never, as it seems to ,0, to s ' 4 ; l i, itself to anyone who considers the terms of th t e t S What she has to maintain is simply that which P t established and w hi c h ex i sts " by law. " The Oat° net' posed on the sovereign by her subjects, and thel o s Parliament is th e successor of the Parliamen t or tj u po i tion of 1689, w hi c h f ramed it. It must be in th e ' of those wh o i m p ose d the Oath to remit it. It cot V i be in the m i n d o f t h e statesmen of the Rev° lt . l3 -6 ;0 curtail the p ower o f P arl i ament itself by 211'1°,of Oath of the King an irremovable barrier t° of every kind. This would, indeed, l' n ' e Sif . to increase th e ro y a l power, and to give the . on his own judgment, the power of prohibiting leg"'oa But Lord R e d es d a l e exposes the trifling cluirncter—lii own criticisms by a suggest i on which is obviol et , better than r idi cu l ous. H e asks the Governinent%to it is their intention to bring in a bill to propose an te; tion in the Coronation Oath. As if the Qtie eP ;dirr bound to G o d t o ma i nta i n the Irish Church, co uld herself of thi s o bli gat i on b y a bill absolving herself w the Oath sh e b a d t a k en ; and as if she would moral right to g i ve h er assent to such a bill anY In° r 0% to the Irish Church Bill itself ! Such are the ln o o, tencies of a man who endeavours to furbish VP P o l oaths—these rusty weapons of the past—for t ile . i .etif of using th em i n present warfare. Either Queen °f ev er, has no right t o assent to any change in the status j Church, and consequently we are as a nation f°, t $ deprived of th e power of settling our own ecnieailto aflairs—a s u pp os iti on so monstrous as to be self - r of n, or she is und er no o bli gat i on at all to resist the lop, agreed to by P ar li ament, and needs not the op er a any preliminary Act, ti The Standa r d says t h at Mr. Charley, seconded e Di t Vance, raised the whole question of di se ndann e, moving the reje c ti on o f t h e thirteenth &on o " was perfectly open to him to do this. The ° fd reading of the bill could not be said to cover hot", absolutely di s ti nct principles ; and, as Mr. Cbar'elrei it is beyond doubt that verymany Liberals have elr p d themselves i n f avour of disestablishment without, a downient. Before the elections many believed tbs 1100:, a compromi se was poss ib le ; and, whether desirable t yC we believe that it would be popular. There wn s ' e p fore, no excuse for the impatience manifested by n o . of the Lib e r a l s ; nor di d Mr. Vance's denu ncli4tu, disendowm en t as ro bb ery, which, after all, on ly. into plain word s th e d oc t r i ne asserted by such '-j3t as Lord Cairns, Sir R. Palmer, and P r ,' merit the outcries of contempt and ridicule t., which it was received. Of course, all Pr a tes C '' : this kind are useless. As the division list shewecl , r, e a servatives hardly think it worth while to enforce " re their votes, and the Liberals are content to O le o conscientious scruples and individual principles in paramount duty of implicit and absolute obedience o f authority of Mr. Gladstone. But even majoritiesiAl and 107 do not render discussion entirely value ~,e absolve the Opposition from the duty of assertingi,l4 ciples and ent er i ng i ts protest against what it be' 1,1/ be an act of legislative plunder, and we are not soli a formal division should have been tak enu p o n thes e d question of confi sca ti on. We only regret that th e l ' ` 4 not more fully debated and the division me re f oi attended. Surely more t h an 103 Conservat i v es have thou g ht it worth their while to record their cd o , tion that, whatever may be the wi s d om or unWil zo al disestablishment, as a matter of policy, the Ee :tiol l' Church prop er t y f or S tate purposes is not a ein e ' oe l expediency but of morality, and is not the less o n robbery that it is also an act of sacrilege. Mr. Disraeli's amendment (says the Post) ful ly nised the incongruity of the disestablished Churchito ing for its hierarchy that place in the Legislaturetia:', it heretofore enjoyed; but simply affirmed the jl s l3ct , continuing to th e p resent members of the EpiscoP " the titles and precedence which they now posse ss '/ Charley's proposition went, however, to the root ay; clause ; f or b y mov i ng the omission of the svet a l titling the I r i s h bi s h ops to their seats in the 'o' Lords, he would . have continued to the hierarcb l o oi l ; disestabli s h e d an d d i sendowed Church the same l c it l ff't functions it now en j oys. I t has been urged that t cannot be deprived of his peerage by any dt 6 known t o th e Constitution, and it was urg ed Parliame n t cou ld not, consequently, deprive the P) race of Irish bishops of their senatorial dignity. T b d e is that P ar li ament and the sovereign, representing": f do the supreme power in the State, can do an ythil i s,V numerous Acts of Att a i n d er i n ear l y times prov e tb ta d ; , Legislatur e cou ld cut cff a peer ' s head, and den' Or heir incapable of succeeding to his title or estateS,v appanage of rank w ith out real power, and, a l° I : after the d es t ruct i on of the very foundation °l!el,e, such rank ori g i na ll y rested, could not, as Mr. Chips Portescue we ll o b served, be desired by the Irish bis" m ft! The Daily A'en's remarks that the vexed question ° iti`" site of th e new l aw courts is to be immediately sulois to the House of C ommons. Mr. Gregory asks tbe jif to express an opi n i on aga i nst the erection of the baioo,l V 1 on the sit e w hi c h has been cleared for them on tile,ol°l side of th e St ran d , and in favour of their erection -,0, Thames Embankm en t. Si r Roundel' Palmer s's l ,;) House simpl y to reaffirm the decisi ons o f p re viao l, j j i merits, and let th e courts b e built on the site Win' I A c y been prep are d f or t h em under the authority of i thus t d Parliam en t. I n the discussion which is open ef'' burden of proof lies, of course, upon the adv° ca c A change. The Carey -street site was fixed on be oi! it lies in the centre of the legal quarters of Lond on 'ilii it saves the time of lawyers and, the pockets n n fOcet t who empl o y th em to have the courts near to thei r , 0 17 Nor could th e courts themselves be so convenient„V4 on the Emb an k ment site. They would have the 112;00' in their front, the Strand behind them, the TeroPIL east, and Som erset H ouse on the west, and would n'iof pable of any expansion. The front of the building 11l stand thirty-th ree f eet lower than the back, an d must be a tunn e l un d er i t, along which the tide °' , ~.t a io j must roll. In front o f i t would be the railivaY sv Oi ,g 7 and all along the front would be the railway itself , 0 Mr. Layard h as a l rea d y sa i d makes him fearful safety of S o m erse t H ouse. We cannot but belieti, when all these and other considerations cone lee review, the House of Commons will agree with the ta° petitioners, " that as the funds have been and are,, supplied by the s u it ors, i t would be most tinroiti`6 able that the s it e s h ou l d now be changed, in OPP°, to their interests and wishes, as expressed by the ir sentatives." The Herald laments over the difficulty o f ob" a 0 01 employment w hi c h i s now felt by all c l as ses. c c mouths and sca n t occupat i on are evils by no vienn , f e fined just at p resent to dockyard labourers and Lali, o ld artisans. The upper and middle classes are char b,, those wh o compose the lower social strata of tu-(114 munity the hard s hip s an d perplexities which sprinootr the existence of numerous competitors, and few po t ' 1 401 , 4 munerative occupations to be divided among then t ', 6 4 o ', this one sample of news from across the water. On tP . o ve first day after Mr. Moses Grinnell entered uPol l duties as collector at New York, he received 7 15a { t tions for the post of private secretary, and 13,1 01 - t ° lo / ; subordinate offices in his gift. We are told further ' g o vast crowd surrounded the New York Custom 11°11ste't!„ that he had actually to call in the aid of the polic e . 0 ° 1', 4 tect him against the physical importunities of his P e ed cutors. Anybody, however, who is even suPer fgt acquainted with our own condition will need ne o t b l drawn from f ore i gn sources to enlighten him 47- 'fro, subject. All th e gates are thronged with suitortl'es°7 bar is crow d ed ; the medical profession is overst°,,, and there are far more lawyers than there is litiga te , Prospect of it. Architects jostle one another o n the 'oo ,h i si merits for which they wou ld f a i n design handsntnee tages ; and builders are rap idl y learning to dispena ri their services ; just as railway contractors endealo °4 do without those of en g i neers. The Church b ° , / A te rl . ; fewer and fewer indu cements b oth to those who are l'4ol ally and those who are spiritually minded. Byer, has a tendency to w ax d earer and dearer, whilst see have no natural disposition to rise in amount. t th e The Star thinks that for the present there is rj:et' slightest reason t o a p pre h end either that Livings te a failed, or that any other ill-fortune has attende.4oll'. The time that h as e l apsed is short enough for such as he has doubtless been engaged in since he coni na g e" the explorati on o f the network of fresh-water lai'e!.,torir are believed t o li e to the south of the Albert and vi-pOl Nyanza, mid which geographers agree in regarcli 4 , part of the great Nile system. That Livingston fro ° ; succeed in clearing away the last vestiges of do ub t f ,, ° , that still obscure and once inscrutable problem " 4 ", c ( ltP, ages baffled the boldest enterprise of travellers, 3 0 '"Do o most far-reaching sagacity of men of science, is () / 1 01 ' s in which we may fairly indulge, because thus far 11 ,,, has been in his case good news, and in fact a P led , a rS e l ,' he has b een a bl e to pursue his adventurous Jefit'' towards th e p o i nt which would unite his discoveri e s niese of the most successful of his predecessors. FALL OF 4 N o AVALANCHE.—T W ELVE ri iDg KILLED. —A m e l anc h o l y accident has taken P l 3 ce v i road over the Simplon. Thirty workmen fro m i 3 9 d'Ossola were crossing the Simplon. The road was P I very bad stat e , a h eavy fall of snow having °cen tre Cu t order to c ross th e gorge of Eaux-Froides theY Pr°,ter two road-makers as guides. They took but a fe " c ,te when an a va l anc h e fell, and buried the whole thirt y poi Twenty of the workmen managed to extricate 0 10135 00 but the remaining ten and the two road-makers firee away aid Ptristied. k 9 Ul l P , For so me Metropolit a suppressi on fected th e i r F almer:and to Deptford Were the t Farrah, of t b ySir Th morning th( their names Alexancle S p e c , " 10, F F lorence- co Place, Depti Stephe n Mo Mr. Polar prosecute, a dants. 111 r: Polar cution was i and tho cha carrying on ber of book they are sol( ticket s in ea( amount of E I take one as a for which 60 Sir T. Her Polan horse, £3OO divided am non-starters, of xl ea The draw ta night from t , names are dr nesslike ream tended, were ries in the r nights were labouring clan Possible that result-sheets sold at his sh , vision that l Penses, no p ( means tell thi the allotment number of tic at the Bedforc ban at the IJu now grown to sirable that so very objection thought be ful call for the Central Crimi Inept for whi, I/lotion of a the exi gences When th e pri Flor ence Cotta f ound, and a l s( 118 Wroarket11 to £3,000, it bad been si deduct(ld for Deptford, a E the spec wore It was thought mou e proportic ceedings ghoul, The followin Inspector Ch Politan police, I Went on Sat road, llornseY Barris. Serge- . bar, where we a book of ticket Grand National think about a ( at one shilling 50 ,8-10. ticket I purcha' at is each, wit "A. L." was or Were purchased first floor. I there. The fot Clayton, Walte were there. A him personally, purchased one o Grand National who was behind said, "4,200 ticl and then gave hour to read the to be conductin of small pare do so until they could see there tickets were the of fortune with stacking togethe had got a sportir duced one himi gentleman read tional ?" This for each horse -Walter Daniels prizes, which w should say in quarter the qui tickets were fortune, and the; their jackets off, wheels were tu drew a ticket, w tween the two. the prize twice. the tickets were Clayton assisted prizes. They to the tickets were past ten. I left the bar and saw night• I then le Prizes were dis 23d of March 1 private house, bi and Walker the/ said " Have you Clayton said "Y "Will you have " From different books he took ire hers of each were I paid ls. each f form I received tl subs., ls. each. .£2OO. Starters, X 2 each ; 400 £ were hundreds of on the same da3 place, Deptford. same race, these v Wore there also a the 3d of April I unerway. Froi 72,374, was a Xt 10, Florence -cotta and Walker at tl office and present of the prizes, I sa the ticket, which back. Morris 100 this, that's all ab plain, and that it was. They ref ut office. Mr. Sergeant pute other charge Witness contm armed with warra Florence Cottagei Walker, Clayton, ba engaged couuti on the counter. so I sent for him told them I was a prehension of all out hesitation, at custody. I produ take possession lottery, and did so conducted this spe fora penny. Re was the originate his clothes to ke r of a ll thin gs I fo result sheets, Szc., I also took chaq an d I believe th Ther e wa s t o hav ( handicap that sorry lie then sent vast Cla3 Strand. It o is a 8 for M r. Farrah, an I was An re offic er, nal the document not received notice Would of course ha rant, which I at. of Me all tiekets, all. I have not t, tickets relating to s h ares in the " Luc ought at his shop In reply to Mr.