The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-22 00:00:00

TBE NEW MINISTRY. (Pram the Times.) The country has certainly not got at this mo ment what is commonly called a strong Govern ment. Lord Derby could be put in a minority at any time, or rather he is constantly in a minority, an d goes on from night to night by the forbearance or support of his political adversaries. The mate rials for a strong Government, however, in the old sense of that phrase, do not exist in the present Rouse of Commons, and would probably, indeed, not be found in any Parliament of the present day. A strong Government meant a Government which could reckon with positive certainty upon carrying its measures in spite of any ordinary opposition or unpopularity. The measures them selves were conceived in the Cabinet, produced authoritatively to the house, supported possi bly by able speakers, but ultimately passed be cause they came from the Ministry rather than because they approved themselves to opinion. When the Government went a little too far, or committed any serious blunder, or bad lasted long enough to endow its opponents with the charms of promise and novelty, it was put in a minority by some critical vote, went out, and resigned offiee to successors qualified for precisely the same career. This is the theory, the idea, the picture of Parliamentary Government according to the views of our ancestors. There ought to be two parties, and two only. Mr. Disraeli himself has somehow demonstrated the impossibility of forming a third. When one of these patties sinks in the scale from error, imbecility, or super annuation, the other, by the necessary conditions of tha political balance, should be found ipso facto in the ascendant. The weakn ss of the Whigs constitutes the strength of the Tories, and conversely. Any G overnment " coming in" ought to be strong, for the strength of a party is relative, and it is because of its comparative weak ness that the other party has " gone out." But all this is now changed. The theory, which, like other theories, never exactly corresponded with practice, has at length been upset altogether. There are more than two parties in Parliament—more than three. No Minister, either on one side of the house or the other, can command so compact or obe dient a majority as to be exempt from risk of defeat. If ever there could be a strong Government it might have been looked for a year ago, when a Parliament was returned giving a large majority to a particular Minister on what might be termed a specially per sonal policy. Not only, however, was this Minister defeated within a few months of his apparent triumph, but it has been commonly remarked that the house returned under these circumstances comprised an unusual number of members claiming more or less independence of all Ministers whatever. A strong Government, therefore, seems impossible, and, as things seldom become obsolete without first becoming unnece-nary, we may presume tbat the old attributes of Ministerial strength can now be dispensed with. In point of fact, the result has arisen not from one cause, bat from a combination of many. It is not merely that the Reform Bill —itself now likely to be repeated—transfigured the House of Commons, and substituted independent representatives for servile nominees ; Ala not that statesmen have degenerated in that intellectual power which gives personal ascendancy, for we do not believe one bit in the legend...ry supe iority of the 18th century ; but society itself, in its constitution and its functions, has alto gether changed. There is no longer that broad distinction between professed politicans and ordi nary people which would qusltfy the former for the absolute guidance of the latter. Great sub jects are discussed everywhere, and not first of ail in a Cabinet. A Minister, instead of being ahead of public opinion, is more likely to be in arrear of it, nor does the fact imply any political deficiency. It is natural that when a nation is well-informed, wide awake, and active it should seize upon public questions sooner, discuss them more freely, and re solve them mora summarily than can be done by those who are charged with the responsibility of re due'ng ideas to practice. No Minister now-a-days could take the country by surprise with a batch if unexpected and magnificent measures. These lofty functions of statesmanship are gone. All that Lord Derby or any other Premier could possibly do this session is well known, and, indeed, it is impossible that be should do all that would he desired. The " capital" of all political parties has been discounted for the next three years at the least. An enumeration of the Bills already be spoken would show good work for e Government up to the end of 1860, and its duty, indeed, would more probably consist in weighing, estimating, and scrutinizing measures than in projecting them, and in promoting true reforms, whencesoever originat ing, rather than is seeking for au uriginality no longer to be found. These remarks, if they do not help us to the discovery of a strong Government, may show vs the opportunities of a weak one. Such weakness as Lord Derby's is not a desirable feature in Par liamentary administration, but the public can afford to be less critical than statesmen in such a matter. It is all very well for politicians of the old school to require " men, not measures," and it is better no doubt to receive reforms at the hands of sincere Reformers than from men whose natural or hereditary tendencies might lead them in an opposite direction as soon as the pressure or wig lance under which ihey were acting was with drawn. Excepting, however, for this suspicion the views of the public must necessarily be directed to measures rather than men. It cannot be a matter of national concern that the sweets of office should be the privilege of this political party rather than that ; in fact, if Parliament government me ans party government there must needs be more than one party, and each party must have its turn. If the in terest s of the publicwere invariably made paramount under the Whigs, and invariably neglected under the Tories, we might repine at the interregnum under which we languished, but no antagonism of this sort is necessary or probable. There may now be more than two sets of men, hot there is hardly more than one set of measures. Lord Derby has already. promised an India Bill, and one of the greatest and grandest corporations in the word will be extinguished by a party whose theoreeical mission is the protection of all vested and corporate interests against the expsn-ion of population and ieteligence. He has not even repudiate.' a Reform Bill, and after two such examp'es the public may be at ease about Tory inflexibility. We are not sure, indee I, that the public may not in some respects gain by circumstances which throw a Ministry upon popular approval, in de fault of Parliamentary support. A Premier who cannot count upon a majority must count upon something else, and the euhstieute can hardly be found elsewhere than in the reco g nition of the nation at lar ge . Wh y shouldn't Lo rd Derby make a bid for this kind of following ? A House of Com mons' so independent as the present would be likely enough to go a good deal with the public ; indeed, in proportion as it is less sworn to this or that leader it must bympathize mere immediately with the views entertained out of doors. There is room for considerable improve ment in the way of patronage, and patron. age is a point at which people look very attentively. There is a subject of great urgency in the sanitary condition of the army, and bar racks, we imagine, can be drained and ventilated as well under one Administration as another. When Lord Derby reviews, as he occasionally does, the performance of his brief rule in 1852, we do not observe that he claims credit for having ex emplified the traditional tenets of his party, or that lie points to the inquiries he extinguished, the " institutions" he saved , or the " vested interests" be Protected from scrutiny. If we remember l e a right l y , llaes rather with complacency to the reforms heand d his the further s colleagues accomrlished, and to progress they had designed. Nor does this tell much hagair theca their conSstency, for, in reality, they had, have now, no choice. Under existing circumstanc es ey reactionary, whatev er might or pedigree. • If, e their political title bno Ministry could be however, Lord Derby and his colleagues intend to take the linewehaveindicated, and to prove themselves mor e "liberal " than the " Liberals," they must recollect that there are many natural suspicions to be overcome, and that they must earn a title to Parliamentary forbear ance and popular favour by the promptitud e and is, completeness of th e i r wor k. A s it they are in a confessed minority both in Parliament and in the cereetry. Dilnning ."---. Taos p lit 84:1 't --- Inc.—An old man named - nt0,,,,,,, d . saai rram at Blideila goy i ', 1 ° ills 71at his wif e, iiiealr Vietagomil::::;:::::kmeern, t r a e l a ' a d b ' ery • ration. The deem:Xi: it ' d t:plai:oiret be ' murdered ia b g W. ife had borne had b--11 a daughter, resided with tah7reorat ebilu,,,,,, ma nY years, an d inst , the d au ht e r , left bee fa:_ , e l : and used taco sticks as crot2hes ' was v „,.lleth corner. Se.sequerAly Mrs. Priteh t :r il d in .: e l l °lll4 'nel times to the house of a neighbour named Attw:li vttal :Ttell;l::::97;vili)rd' d on the last °era sion she requested a woman who and present te go with her to her own dweLing. She lonkel wild, and her hands were covered with blof J. The w oman being a;armed reit]; ed to go, but one o Atwell daughters, accompanied by ber brother, went to the house, and on crossing the threshold the o!d man was found lying on hls back inFensible, end dreadfay beatn about the face. He lingered till Saturday right, and,reonvered sufficiently to state that bis %if, had Aud i. derAy attacked burn with the crutch-sticks, knockrd bin.' I down, and afterwards poured bo I,ng wafer over him. The woman has been since confi , led to her bed by N UM'S. I ASSIZE IN PELL IGEN (7E. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—SHREWSBURY, March 20. CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Watson.) MURDER.. William Davies, aged 35, labonrer, was charged with the wilful murder of Ann Evans, at Muoh Wenlock, on the 12th of September, 1857. Mr. Scotland and Mr. Benson appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Powell, at the request of the learned judge, undertook the prisoner's defence, and was assisted by Mr. G. Brown. It appeared that the deceased was an old woman, between 60 and 70 years of age, a reputed witch, who lived in a cottage on a common at Westbrook, in the parish of Much Wenlock. She letd passed by several names, and for some years lived with a man named Evans, who died in th e y ear 1806. The prisoner, a labouring ma n, of about 3o years of age, soon afterwards came to live with her. He dug a bit of land which the old woneFi possessed, &c., and being gen!rall y and planted her potatoes , a quiet and rather weak-minded man, he was in the habit of going to market for her, and, as the re port ran, the old w oman had promised to marry him, and about nine months before her death had g ot the banns published in Madeley Church. In the meantime they li v ed t o g e ther as man and wife , an d, according to the evidence, the prisoner was " bewitched" by the old woman. According to his own statement to several witnesses the old woman had great power over him, and had the p iwer as often as he left her, which he did more than once, to draw him back. There wen no doule upon the evidence that the old woman was a fortune-teller and practisedwitchcraft, and that by means of her supposed in the with spirits she was generally believed the country round to have the power over people's fortunes, and particularly over poor men's sheep and pigs. Under these circumstances, notwithstanding the disparity of their ages, the prisoner went to live with her. The old woman, it appeared, was very violent in her temper, and in the habit of using very foul language ; and on several occasions words took place between the parties which induced the prisoner to leave her, which he did more than once, but was " drawn back" by her It appeared that he continued to live with her till the 12th Sept., 1857, when her death took place. Two days previously he had purchased a new pocketknife at Wenlock, but not under cir cumstances to excite any suspicion. On the day in question the deceased sent him to Wenlock on some errands, when he stayed longer than he ought to have done, drinking at Mrs. Aston's publichouse. On his way home, in conversation with a waggoner, he said he was living with an old woman on the hill, and was very comfortalile, and that he should have a lot of money when the old woman died. The deceased met him on the road at 3 o'cl .ck, p.m., and was very angry and abusive, and, taking the basket from him, told him that he might ge back to Wenlock, orb—, if he liked. The prisoner was very quiet and civil, and followed her to the cottage ; and it appeared that they had tea together, for the remains of tea were afterwards found in two cups on the table. Shortly after they had gone into the cottage the old woman came out. At that time a meu was sitting on a wall near the cottage, and called out " Bid." The prisoner came out, and the man asked him what was the matter. The pri soner looked down and said, "There is n ;thing the matter with me." The old woman ten said she had sent him to Wenlock on an errand, and he had spent part of the money ; he was an eternal villain, and had thrown part of the sugar into the fire and part into the ashes. She also said, "He is a ce ernal rogue ; he has robbed me, and nut only that, he'll murder ire." She then returned into the cottage, and a few minutes afterwards a little boy was on the common near the cottage, and heard the parties quarrelling inside. The door was open, and be heard the old woman say that if the prisoner did not go out she would make him turn out. The deceased was a very powerful woman fie her age, and very violent in her manner ; and, ac cording to the boy's evidence, she was using a great deal of foul and abusive language. The prisoner then said be wanted his smock, and the woman said he should not have it. The prisoner then went upstairs to fetch it. It appeared the woman also went upstairs, and the boy heard a fall on the floor and the woman's voice saying, "Bill, let me alone." He also heard the woman scream out three times, and presently the prisoner came running down stairs, and shut the outer door and locked it. Hay.ng turned the key, he left it in the door and walked away. The little boy went home to h's mother and told her what he had seen and heard, and in a few minutes his mother came to tie spot, but, seeing blood upon the door-latch, she was afraid to enter. In a few minutes some more neighbours came to the trot, oltet•ecl the door, and e-ttle 1 out the old woman's name, but receiving no aiswer, they entered and went upstairs, and there found the old woman lying dead upon the floor. On ex amination several slight wounds were discovered on the old woman's face, and four stabs in the neck, one of which bad penetrated the carotid artery, and another completely severed it, and so caused imme diate death. It appeared the old wicenan had bought the prisoner a silver watch and chain, and the watch was found in her left hand, with the chain passed between her fingers ; and the sugges tion on the part of the prosecution was that there had been a struggle for the watcb. The prisoner's pocketknife was found lying open on the dresser in the kitchen, covered with fresh blood. He was taken into custody at two o'clock next morning, in a barn at Leebotwood, about 20 miles off. The policeman charged him with the murder of Nancy Morgan, and the prisoner asked, "Is she dead ?" and, on being answered in the affirmative, he said, "Oh Lord, I did not think it was quite sa bad as that." He was then brought to Wenlock in a cart, and, on the way, he slid he had spent 2s. of the old woman's money, and had had two pints of old beer, and that when he came back the old woman abused him for being so long away, and that they cursed each other. He said he told her he would have her, and would not stop, and went upstairs to fetch his clothes. The old woman followed him, and he asked her for the watch she had bought for him, and also that he several times asked her to kiss him. He said that if he did it it was not for money, for he knew where it was, and there was but 6d. in the h-use, and he knew where the bank books were. He added, " I did love the old woman." Another witness confirmed this evidence, and also stated that the prisoner sail, "We had a scuffle." He allowed himself to be searched without opposition, but nothing was found upon him beyond a few shillings. To ano - tier witnes, a farmer, he repeated the same account, with the addition that he wanted to hare his clothes and the wetch, and told the cld woman he would leave her, and she might have " Todd, or Wood," but she would not let him have them. He also said jealousy had done it. It ap peared, from the cross-examination of the wit nesses, that there was a general belief among the ignorant people about Westbury that the old woman possessed what they called " the evil eye," and that, by the aid of some old books on magic, and the unknown language in which she sometimes spoke, she p assessed supernatural powers. The counsel for the pris , 4ll,4r wished to cross-examine the mother of the little boy who proved the chief portion of the case ag Oust the prisoner, to show that she believed the old woman still had rower civer her, but the learned judge would not allow that to be done. It was, however, evident that the woman was labouring from soeie mental anxiety, and nothing would induce i.er to leave the witness-box while her 1 til- boy was being examined. It appeared that a few mouths before her death the old woman bad sold a bit of land for 651., and that the money had been lodged in a bank. Mr. Powell, for the prisoner, said one thing was quite clear in this case—viz., that the old woman had a very s'rong body and a very abusive tongue. Whatever might have been her powers of witch craft it was clear she had great power over the pri soner, and had induced him, though a young man, to go and live with her. That fact was more strange than witchcraft, and such was her power over his weak mind that when he left her, as he did several times, he always felt that she drew him back. He could not suggest that the prisoner did n ,t know right from wrong, but he showed weakness of mind, and up to the day in question he appeared always to have borne her abuse and violence with patience and quie`ness. It seemed, however, that he had at last resolved that he would liberate himself from her power, and determined to leave her. He de manded his clothes and his watch, which she re fused, for it could not be doubted that the old woman bad a strange and unnatural fondness for him, and did not wish him to leave. The prisoner, however, insisted upon doing so, and went upstairs to get his clothes. The old woman followed him, and it would seem that a scuffle ensued. What el , .e had. taken place no one could exactly tell; but the liirtialeuauctle,rircutocienkunnaitastyetel.„,,,d. theso g w g ested that blows must have the o p m ri a so n n i e n r h t e o r violence, and that none, z,a i. eva,), ,zt.ii_duringcolti:s eithe szhue titat d ,a r du a psa w inhobwewua l o l ent i murn si tsioei k sagr a ht:i i heilt f nee e edinifi a lapait i a:r g tte c i, oe_l l_ tired those i nzaa lt e } ' ,, Pernatural be noth;ng but in soner would appear to Z'teerg"ll' and in that moment, without. i v o 7,, we ' d might have struck her the fatal hicivr 4 " l ,""Acin, he' bad no ino ive to destroy the old ~,,,;„— a re. rc s oner cet ;he co; trary he had ever y motiv e to pre : 1 e ' in order that 1i might be married to he r , an , i t \ become wa.ver of htr little property. The learned called upon the jury as an act, n o t counscl eariaetly THE SUN ; LONDON, MONDAY EVENING MARCLI 22, IESB soner to make him responsible for what took place under such circumstances. Mr. Justice `Vill=ains, on summing up, told the jury that if they were of opinion that the death was the result of gross negligence or ignorance on the part of the prisoner, it would be their duty to find him guilty of the offence of manslaughter. The jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty, acco mpanied with a stron g re commendation to mercy, on the ground that he appeared to have been actuated by a good inten tion, and to have behaved with kindness towards the deceased during the period he was attending upon her. This case excited a good deal of interest in Maid stone, and occupied the court until nearly twelve o'clock on Friday night ; and during the whole time it was crowded by persons who were anxious to hear the proceedings. When the verdict was de livered, the impression among the persons in the body of the court appeared to be that it was one of acquittal, and there was some loud cheering upon that supposition. Mr. Justice Williams, not being aware of the real cause of this proceeding, exclaimed with great warmth that such conduct was most disgraceful and disgusting. The court was then adjourned, but on the follow ing morning Mr. Denman called the attention of his lordship to what had taken place on the previous night, and he said it was clue to the town of Maid stone, to the county, and to the country also, to inform his lordship that there was no doubt that the manifestation of feeling that h a d t a k en place was made under a behefthat s not, a the prisoner had b Baldwin ,e n ssupposed d been eaxepcituoiststieodi of satisfaction that he; and w had been convicted. Mr. Russell said he had no doubt from what had come to his own knowledge that what his learned friend stated was the fact. Mr. Justice Williams said he was ve r y g l a d th e learned counsel had put him right in th e matter , as of course, from what h e had lookedhe d stated, the ex p ress i ons sentence, observed that ice of which th e p r i soner he had made at the time did not apply. lordship,His upon i ntheoffence passing had been convicted as one of a very serious charac ter, and notwithstanding the recommeudat on to mei cy of the jury, he fel t it his duty to order him to be imprisoned without hard labour for a year. Mr. Wordsworth, Q.C., has been sitting since Thursday in the grand jury room and trying prison ers, and bat for the assistan .e thus rendered in dis posing of the criminal business, it is doubtful whether it would have been possible to commence business on the day appointed for the county of Su-.sex. The whole of the cases, however, were disposed on Saturday evening, and the commission for Sussex will be opened on Monday (this day) at Lewe ' . =Mal MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WARWICK, March 19. Nisi PEN'S. (Before Lora Chief Just ce Campbell.) SAUNDERS V. READING. This was an action for a breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Sergeant Hayes and Mr. Elers appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Macau;ay, Q. C., and Mr. Brewer for the defendant. The plaintiff was a cook at Leamington, aged 40; the ging-house keeper in the same town,i o the defendant tage downs3 of a 1 Loarningd. In 9 July, 1853, he met the plaintiff ton walking with his ac quaintance, Mrs. Townsend. They conversed tlge ther, and the nfxt day the defendant sought an interview with Mrs. Townsend, with whom he spoke of the plaintiff. Thence arose a correspon deoce by letters between the defendant and the plaintiff ; in one of these he wound up his assur ances of esteem and affection by a request that she would meet him, adding "that he should be ready at any time or any place, and (following the style of his business cards) that the least information would be strictly attended to." The banns were published at Kenilworth, and the plaintiff quitted service in which she way living and went to lodge with Mrs. Townsend. The banns had been a second time published when the plaintiff received a letter from the defendant, informing her that he would not marry her; "ate was so fond of his housekeeper that he would remain as he was." The defendant afterwards called upon her, shook hands with her, and asked her to tAke a walk ; to this her indignant reply was—" No get away, I've done with you." It was contended that these words amounted to an exoneration of the defendant from his promise. Lord Campbell directed the jury that these words, spoken after the breach of promise by the defendant, were a proper answer to that faithless man, and were no bar to the plaintiff's action. - It was not a case for rotrantic damages, but she had been subjected to the annoyance of being twice asked at church, and had then been deserted. Vordiet for the plaintiff—Dimag , s, 201. FOLIOS ENTELLIGBNOB.—March. 19 MANSION-HOUSE.—Edward Morris was charged with being concerned in stealing 18 bolts of canvas, value 361., from the warehouse of Messrs. Crocker and Co., 108, Minories, saihnikers, on the night of the 2nd inst. Theodore Forager, detective, deposed to having taken the prisoner into cu-t Kly as he was leaving Newgate, where he had been to visit a fried. He, however, asserted his innocence, and said the inf..r rnation had been given against him through jealousy. Thomas Franklin, Neville-street, Van x h a ll, butcher, said—Ou he 2ud.of this month I went to the George Inn, Old Bailey. I had half a-pint of porter, and sat in a box, where there was also a man sitting, who was a stranger to me, and who got into conversation with me. He said he had a friend who had some canvas to sell. About an hour afterwards the pri• soner came in, and the other man told him I would be a customer for the canvas. Whilst we were talking Mr. Howes came in, and I said lie was the person who would buy it. I spoke to Mr. Howes about it, and afterwaids he tAd the prisoner and the other man that he would buy it. The prisoner produced some samples, for w hich he said he wanted Bd. a yard, at,d they both sad they'ha,d a good quantity of it. They then said th e y wou ld go aw . i y to fetch it, and that , they had ro go about six miles and should not be back till eight. Tney told me to wait. I did s.s, for I expected to get something for my trouble fr en each party. Th'y came back again at eight o'clock, with a pony and cart, con• tainin, 18 packages or rolls of csuva-i, caled boles. I went wi h them to Mr. Howesi' shop, and hiped to get the canvas out of the cart. Too prisoner then left, and I did not see him again till he was iu custody. I stopped there till 10 o'clock, and assisted the police in taking the things to the station-house. instant he e e ocked up depo ecl that Mr. e n C t r li c) his place safely at eight o'clock, and f oun d it b ro k en :k e e v r e , n s i a n i g lm o a f k t e h r e , 1 1 8 0 t 8 i , open the next morning, canvas to the value of 36/. having been stolen during the night. After some further evidence the prisoner was fully committed for trial. MARL BO ROU Ga - S TR EET. -- Job n Orofr, a cab driver, bad ge No. 6, 048 , was summoned before Mr. Bingham for taking more than his legal fare, on demand, from Mr. Renton Nicholson, of the s t a ted that th e d e f en d an t was Cider Cel'ars; C.)mplainant fetched to Berkeley-villas, Brixton, on Sunday evening last, from the neighbouring cab stand, to take him up. He was detained certainly not more than three el. four mina es before starting, wh:n he was directed to drive to Titelifietl-street, Rayinar ket. On theroad he and a gentleman who had accotn pAnied him et wed three or fo ur minutes. On. arriving at their destination he tendered the defen dant 2s. Gd., which he refused, telling him his fare was 35., and this he consequently gave him, when he assoiled him with much abuse and aggravating language. Finding he could not got rid of him h.) told him to drive to the station house and demanded his ticket. It was shown at the station-house that the distance was, from Brixton Church to the top of the Haymarket, under four miles. Mr. A Murray, of Bah, woo was with Mr. Nicholson all the time, sa id, although he (lid not : look at his watch, he c mild swear the time the de fendant stopped did not, in the whole, exceed ten minutes. The language of the defend.Aut was ex ceedingly abusive. _ . . . The defendant, in reply, s lid the distance he was brought from to take np was half a mile. He stopped there 20 minutes—h e was sure o f that. Coming along, he was directed to pull up at Haq's, in the Westminster-road, where the complainant and his friend went in and remained from ten minutes to a quarter of an hour. He was quite cer:aiu lie waited altogether more than 20 minutes. The hackney-carriage attendant at the Marsh gate cab-stand, called by defendant, said he saw the gentlemen go into Hart's, and was sure they remained there from ten minutes to a quarter of an hour. He did not look at the c10c.,.k - when they went in, but he did when they came out. Defendant said ha knew who complainant was. .He ,was known, to most cabmen, and they alway had a great . objection to take him, and fr.:kin ntly • Mr. Bingham-gaid-tha defendanVs_remarlt re • med to give a clue to the - 'whole affair. It would have been better if he had said nothing. The eloquence of some People was a dangerous thing ; it fre quently got them into sad scrape. He was of opi nion the case had been proved, and should fine the defendant 55 , . and costs. Mr. Nicholson begged to be allowed to hand the coats to the boor-box. LAIIBETI3,—Thos. Goose, late a sergeant in the to say the prisoner was i o g f ui m it e y r , cy n , ot bu of t m of ur j a u e st r ie , e b lit manslaughter only. Mr. Baron Watson passed a warm eulogium on the manner in which the prisoner had bees defen ded, and then summed up the evidence with great minuteness. After explaining the distinction be tween murder and manslaughter, bis lordship directed the attention of the jury to the question whether there had been any provocation given to the prisoner by blows, so as to reduce the crime to manslaughter. The prisoner had stated that there bad been a scuffle, but even he had never said the old woman had struck any blow. When a deadly instrument was med, it required great provocation by blows before the crime of murder could be re duced to manslaughter, and the jury must say whether or not they could come to the conclusion that there had been such provocation in this case. Thejury retired, and on their return into court they found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Baron Watson then assumed the black cap, and, proclamation of silence being made, his lord ship said that after a long and patient trial the jury had found the prisoner guilty, and in that verdict he entirely concurred. He had looked in vain at the evidence to see if there was anything to reduce the crime to manslaughter. The guilt of blood was upon the prisoner's head, and he must die, and pre. pare himself to meet that Judge before whom he and all must appear. Time would be given to him, which he had not given to his unfortunate vueim ; and his lordship implored t le prisoner to apply himself to the consolations of religion, so that he might be prepared fur the tribunal before which he was about to appear. His lordshi p then pronounced sentence of death in the usual form. The prisoner was then removed. Willism Charles Browne, aged 25, engineer, was charged with forgieg au endorsement to a bill of exchange for 1961. 165., with intent to defraud the members of the Old Bank at Shrewsbury, on Dec. 3 t, 1857. Mr. Scotland and Mr. L. Warren appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Cook Evans (with whom was Mr. Neale) defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner, a young man of extremely good appearance, was, in December last living with a Mr. Briscoe, a builder at Ketley, near Wellington. On that day the prisoner called upon Mr. Eyton, member of the firm called " the Old Bank" at Shrewsbury, at his residence at Eyton, near WelAnton, and asked him to make an ad vance upon a bill of exchange which he produced. The bill was in this form : " 1 t6l. 165., March 19. "28, Moorgate-street, city, London, Dec. 16, 1857. " Three months after date pay to my order in London the sum of one hundred and ninety•six pounds sixteen shillings, value received. WILLIAM CHARLES BROWNE, Ketley, near Wellington, Shropshire. "To Messrs. A. Berrington, merchants, 28, Moorgate-street, London, 1858." "Accepted, payable to the Union Bank of London. " A. E. BERRINGTON and L. ROTHSCHILDE." Mr. Eyton told the prisoner that he did not know any of the parties, and asked him if Mr. Briscoe wou'd put his name upon the bill. The prisoner said he thought he would. Mr. Eyton then wrote a letter to a gentleman at the bank, stating he knew nothing of any of the parties, but that he had had dealings with Mr. Briscoe, and he had always paid him faithfully. He gave prisoner the letter, and the same day the prisoner presented the bill at the bank at Shrewsbury. It then pulp°, ted to be en dorse I by " Thomas C. Eyton, Eyton." The cashier believing tlie eudorssment to be Mr. Ey-toll's, as stated by the prisoner, discounted the bill, and gave him the amount (le.s discount) viz., 1951. odd. The prisoner endorsed the bill in the cashier's pres-nce, and also gave his c trd of address, and then went away. In a short time he returned to the bank and stated they had given him too much by 51., but the cashier, on counting the money, found it was all right, the prisoner's m stake, if any, having arisen from his counting a 5/. n, to among a number of 101. notes, as if it had been 101. Soon after his departure some conversation took place at the back about the endorsement, which was considered a strange thing for Mr. Eyton to do, and inquiries being made of Mr. Eyton the same night, it was discovered that the endorsement was forged. Tae prisoner was ar rested in the middle of the night, in bed with his little boy, and in his room was found a large por tion of the money, and also a receipt for about 401. which had been lodged in a bank in Mr. Briscoe's name. The letter written by Mr. Eyton to the cashier was also found on the mattress. The next morning Mr. Eytou received a letter by post from the prisoner, stating th it he had not been able to get the bill discounted, as they knew none of the parties, but he was equally obliged to Mr. Er on for his kindness. When taken before the magistrates upon the charge, the pri eoner admitted that he had forged the sig nature, but stated that he had no intention t) (Lir :till, and exre,tel to re , -c:vct toccy:oy by which he would have taken up the Lill. Mr. Ey ton was cross-examined to show that he had re ceived the prisoner at his house with great kind ness, and that from the conversation which had taken place the prisoner might have supposed he had authority to use his name. The witness, how- ever, said he had referred the prisoner entirely to the people at the Bank, with the letter stating that he knew nothing of the parties. It appeared that the prisoner hid been for about 20 minutes with Mr. Eyton, and that in the course of the conversa tion the prisoner produced from his pocket a fossil fern, which Mr. Eyton accept: l as a present, to put in his collection. Mr. Conk Evans submitted that, upon the evi dence, it must be taken that this was a good bill, and that if it had been duly presented at the Union Bank of London when it became due, viz, on the 19th inst., it would have been paid, and no loss would have been sustained. Mr. Baron Watson, however, overruled the ob jection, and said that if the prisoner got the money by means of the forgery, the intent to defraud was proved. Mr. Evans then addressed the jury, and urged in favour of the prisoner, that if he reasonably be lieved that he ha I authority to use Mr. Eytfin's name it would not he forgery, though, in fact, he had not such authority. He contended that the conduct of Mr. Eyton in accepting a fossil fern, an article of great value to scientific: gent omen, and the kind manner in which he received the prisoner's a o plication, might have led him to believe that he had authority to use 1 is name. Mr. B .run Watson, in sutnnaing up, said he thought this was the clearest case of forgery he had ever seen. His lordship, however, went through tue evidence at some length, and left it to the jury to say whether the case was proved. The jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner guilty, and Mr. Baron Watson sentenced him to eight years' penal servitude. HOME CIRCIIIT.—MAIDSTONE, March 20. CROWN SIDE. (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) Wm. Bald win, a respectable-looking ma n , sur rendered to take his trial upon an indictment which charged him with the manslaughter of Betsy Brooker. Mr. Russell and Mr. Addison conductel the pro- FeCUtiOU ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. G. D_ nman. . T,iere was anther person named Wm. Ayerst iocluded in the indictment with the prisoner. He is it appeared, a Ter) , aged man, and he has for a great many years exercised the medical proresiion in the neighbourhood of Mai.,Aone. They were both admittel to bail, but the prisoner Baldwin alone surrendered to take his trial. The charge was of a somewhat peculiar nature. The deceased was a young married woman, the wife of a labeuring man, residing at Tovel. near Maid stone, and the case on the part of the prosecution was, that by improper treatment in the course of what was supposed to be a premature labour, but which turned out to he a totally different matter, the persons accused had caused the death of the deceased. The case was not of a nature to admit of the facts being given in detail, but it appeared that the deceased being attacked with what she considrerd to be the pains of labour, sent o two different medical men residing in the town of Maid stone, but neither of them were able to attend, and she then applied to the prisoner Baldwin, who re sided at Maidstone, where he practised as aman- mid wife and chemist; and he wont to her, and finding that the case was of a very unusual character, and the decewel being in excruciating agony, he re quested that Mr. Ayerst should be called in to assist. That gentleman accordingly came, and he and the prisoner appeared to have remained with the de ceased during the night, and it was alleged that they resorted to mechanical means to relieve her, and that hy so doing they caused the injuries which re sulted in her death. It was admitted by the wit nesses that the prisouerand. Mr. Ayerst treated the deceased very kindly, and appeared most anxious to relieve her from the pain she was enduring, and the prisoner from the first seemed to have declared that he never intended to have any responsibility in the matter, and that be only acted under the authority-and direction of 11.1. Ayerst, who was known to be an old and experienced practitioner. - Mr. Denman made a very able defence for the prisoner, and he urged, among other matters in his cl a it v i a o r ti let favour, that there was no pesitive evidence that Paler act supposed to have been committed by the prisoner was the cause of death, and that in her at the time it might, have been occasioned \ Wa s don :Z_w,!d e that everything by Venet o of other_ causes. He also said that the Mr. Ayerst, and he that took place coat~a e l i tl t a _ t authority w of t mild be very unjust to the pri- police, was summoned for obstructing the public thoroeghfare as a " tout" to one of the numerous photographic shops in the Westminster-road. It appeared that within the short distance be tween Westminster-bridge and the York-road there were no fewer than ten of these places for taking photographic likenesses, and the rival shops had as j many as 18 touts, whose lauguige and abuse of each other seriously interfered with the convenience of the public. The principal business was con ducted on Sundays, to the great annoyance of well disposed people. The charge against the defend ant Goose was, that, notwithstanding repeated cautions from the police, he was in the habit of getting the worse for liquor, placing himself on the pavement before people passing by, thrust ing a board of likenesses in their faces, and urainc , them to employ his master instead of any of the other artists. _ _ Mr. Norton said he had before him the letter of a respectable inhabitant, complaining of the gross nuisance caused by these " touts ;" and having de nounced the conduct of the defendant as scandalous and improper, he adjourned the summons, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the proprietors of all the shops would agree to close them ou the Sun days. If not, he would try the stop the system by the infliction of heavy fines. WANDSWORTH.—James Townsend, the bus band of 12 wives, who already stands committed on several cases of bigamy, conspiracy, and rob bery, was brought before Mr. Dayrnan, to be exa mined on the more serious charge of attempting to murder a young woman, named Martha Rolph, formerly in the service of Mr. W. B. Kitson, a gentleman connected with the Custom-house, resi ding at N.). 114, Warwick-street, Pimlico. The evidence taken on a former occasion went to prove that on the 16th of July, 1855, Mr. Kitson and family were ouc of town, the house left in charge of Rolph who hal been iu the service many years, and her aged grandfather. The house was securely fastened, and about 12 o'clock at night Rolphwas awoke by hearing an unusual noise. She called to her grandfather, and not hearing any auwer or a repetiti ,n of the noise, she was about to go to sleep again when the prisoner rushed into the room with the large kitchen poker in one hand and a light in the other. He commenced a murderous attack upon her, by striking ber over the head and arms with the pok r. She called to him to spare her, and he discontinued using the poker. She then felt a pressure upon her throat, which she took for his hand grasp'ng it. She shortly iltervvards be came insensible, and did not remember anything more until about six o'clock in the morning, when her grandfather called her, and she had only suffi cient strength to tell him what had occurred. Upon entering the room she was found in a frightful con dition with a rope fastened found her throat. It had evidently been fastened very tight, and the knot had slipped, or she would have been stt angled. She was removed to the hospital, and was in a dangerous state for some time afterwards. It also appeared that the cellar had been broken open and plate of the value of 1001. stolen. It was customary when Mr. Kitson left town to place his plate in the cellar, the circumstance of which was only known to Rolph and two former cooks. One of them hap gened to be Caroline Walters, who is now suffering eighteen months' imprisonment for giving a false character to Kezia Harradine, one of the prisoners' wives, by which she was able to rob Mr. Pearse of Wandsworth-fields. The house was entered by forcing the front kitchen window. Mr. Richard Painter, surgeon, of Brydges-street, Covent-garden, now' stated that he lived near Mr. Kitson's at the time in question, and was called in. He found the young woman just recovering from collapse consequent upon some serious injury. The bed was very much tumbled, and was covered with large spots of blood. She had five or six contused wounds on the head, penetrating to the bone, which was quite exposed. Thewounds averaged from half an inch to two inches in length. Her arms were frightfully bruised and swollen. He saw the poker lying near the bed as well as the rope. He had her removed to St. George's Hoipital, where she re mained three weeks, and was for some time in danger. Caroline Walters was brought from the Wands worth prison, and proved another charge of bigamy against the prisoner. Mr. Dayman fully committed the prisoner for trial on the charge of burglary and attempted mur der. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE: The following General Order, addresser) to the army at hotne and abroad has been issued from the Horse Guards : "His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief directs that wilco pris9n,rs s :nt.,:nc.d. by court-mardai are temporarily placed in garrison or barrack cells to wait ad mission into a military prison, they are not, while thus confined, to be deprived of their beds, or to be subjected to any punishment beyond imprisonment. " By command, G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." It is understood that Col. H. Eyre, commanding the depot battalion station:d at Walmer, will suc ceed Major-General W. H. E len in the command of Chatham Garrison on the Ist proximo. On Saturday toe wh de of ill- troops attached to the Ist and 241 bat•ations of infantry at. Chatham, to the number of abo at 3,000 men of all ranks, as sembled on toe general parade ground at Chatham barracks in heavy marciting or ier, when the East India depots attached to those battalions under• went an inspecien by Col. H. Jervis and Col. R. N. Phillips, the respective commanlants. Although the majority of the troop are very young soldiers the result of the inspection was considered sa,isfac tory. Her Majesty's troopship - Vulcan, 6, Commander J. Seccombe, arrived in Ponsm iuth harbour trom Malta, on Saturday, of er a tedious pssage caused by strong head winds the whole distance, and a gale of wind, except the last two days, from Gib raltar. She was 15 days on the passage altogether having stoppodt No days at Gibraltar. •She brou,:ht home Commander Cockrafr, R.N., from her Ma jesty's ship Princess Royal ; Captain Tonakinson, Royal Artillery, from Gibraltar ; Lieut. M'Cormac of the 28th, from Malta : Mr. Cristian an I family and Mrs. Ross, from Malta ; Lieut. G. S. Nares, R.N. ; Dr. T. Cunningham, R. N. ; the Rev. F. Guttere, R. N. ; with 20 invalids of all classes and 250 tons of military stores. She arrived at Spithe td on Friday night, and steamed into Portsmouth har hour on Saturday morning. She towel her nij,sty's ship Lynx through the Gut of Gibralt ar ' bound to Sierra Leona. On the 17 th inst. , in the Bay of Biscay the exchanged colours with the steamship Anacron ; on the 18th, 60 miles southof the Lizard, sppke the Orinoco, West India mail packet, out ward bound. The following detachments of troops are ordered to proceed from Walmer, Canterbury, Chatham, Colchester, Aberdeen, Stirling , and ormoy, and to embark on board the Paidusular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Ripon, at South ampton, on the 26th inst., for passage toAlxandria, on the way to India :—Cornets Elliot and Hockin and 45 men of the 30 Dragoon Guards ; Cornet De Wint , n2 and 15 men of the Bth Hussars ; Corne 4- Harding, Macgregor, Scott, and King, and 15 men of the 17th Lancers ; 31 men of the 18th Foot ; Captain Kecrick and 25 men of the 33d ; Ensign Chambers and 66 men of the 51st ; 23 men of the 56th ; Ensign K ine and 33 men of the 71st ; Bit sign Tanner and 27 men of the 72il ; 29 men of the 83d ; Captain Adams of the 86 th ; Ensigns Sealey and War; urton and 39 men of the 89th ; Lieut. Hunton and 20 men of the 92d ; 49 men of the 95: h ; Assistant-Surge nMaCkay in medical charge. Total, 16 officers and 407 men. . Tire Marlborough, 131, Captain Lord F. H. Kerr, flag of Vice-Admiral Faushawe, C. 8., for the Me iit !rranean command, has not more than I about 550 men of her complement of 1 , 100 , and of those about 200 are Marines. The Renown, 91, Captain Forbes, which has been in commission ever since tee 19th of Nov. last, is sill 100 or mote short of her complement of 810. The Racoon, 21, Captain Paynter, is the only vessel that is manned of those fitting out at Portsmouth. One hundred men of the d7pot of the 22d Regi ment, from Parkhurst, will cross over to Ports mouth this day, and proceed to Sheffield to join the regiment: One company of the 4th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade will move from Chieheater to Fort Cum berlaud this day. Capt. the lion. Jos, Denman is to be Aide-de- Camp to her Majesty, vice Capt. the Hon. F. T. Pelham promoted to flag rank. The screw steamship Russell, 60, which arrived at Plywou h from Portsmouth on 'Tuesday, sailed on Saturday for Co Aaguard service at Falmouth. Tire screw steamship Ajax, Captain J. M. N. Boyd, has completed her refit at Plymouth, and sailed on Thursday evening, auompanied by the steam gunboat Badger, for Coastguard service in Kingstown, Ireland. Letters received in Plymouth from Bahia, Feb. 3, state that the crew of the paddlewheel ste:im sloop Virago, 6, Commander IL V. Haggan, were all well, and daily expecting orders for Fngland. - She will be sent to Keyhaal steaanyard for rop-dr. Letters from.Sicrra Leone, February 13, inform us that, although the wea.he,r was excoeclinglyhot, only one of the Bosa - awen, 70, Capt. R. A. Powell, was in the sick bay. • The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty : G. J. W. Browse, naval cadet, to the Marl borough ; R. C. Drew, second master, to the Firm; T. Warr, second master, to the Watchful ; G. Robinson, second master, to the Acfaion.; and M. Roberts, second master, to the Cressy, AIVIBASS. ENVOYS. Never at any period during the present century was it more necessary or important to have discreet, temperate, and passionless men as Ambassadors and as Envoys than at this moment. Though we live in an age of civilisation and refinement, and are in England and France more instructed and enlight ened than our neighbours, yet the experience of the last month or six weeks would serve to prove that these are questions on which the most gentle and undemonstrative of men, whether English or French, may be as susceptible and impressible as vivacious Andalusians or haughty Castilians of a century and a-half ago. Under such circumstances arguments, discussions, and dissertations are misplaced. The better plan is to fold one's arms and to remain tranquil ; for there are between nations as between individuals, as be- ,wean even husband and wife, times and occasions when wise men will not listen to reason, or discreet men to the most obvious suggestions of common sense. While awaiting the " better time coming" ac cording to the words of the song, we may remark, that, if the diplomatic world has during the last two or three weeks been somewhat fluttered and flurried by an exchange of notes, it will be to-day pleasingly excited by the return of a diplomatic functionary who unwillingly lett these shores sums four years ago, and who again returns on the 10th March, 1858, to perform those functions, the duties of which he so ably fulfilled ante- cedently to the war with Russia. The Barou Brunnow (for it is of him we speak) is no stranger to England. It is now nearly thirty eight years ago since he first set foot on the English soil as Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Lon don. He was then a young man, being scat csly more than twenty-three ye - ,rs of age; but the solidity of his attainments, the gravity of his character, his judgment and good sense, p Intel him out to his superiors as a person fitting to be attached to a first-rase Embassy. He had then but two years' experience in any Russian Chancery. But the aptitude he exhibited at the Congt era of Aix-la- Chapelle secured him she friendship of M. de Srourdza, a Greek Councillor of State in the Russian service, and this gentleman pointed him out to MM. Nesselrode and Capo d'lrtrias as one most fitting. to be employed in the Russian Foreign office. His brat labour there wes on a code for Bessarabia, and having subsequently attend , d the Congresses of Troppau and Laybach, he was imme diately afterwards appointed Secretary to the Rus sian Mission in this great metrepolis. In London he remained for a year, and although all the lead ing English and almost all foreign statesmen of that epoch are gathered to their fathers, still there are those living now in high places in this town who remember the diplomatic debut in our capi tsl of the laborious and pains taking young diplomatist who, ne trly two scores of years ago, exhibited a German's predilection for our habits, manners, and system of government. From London M. Brunnow was despatched to the Congress of Verona in a subordinate capa city, and there he had an opportunity of wit nessing the skill and sagacity of Mr. Canning's ple nipotentiary, the late Duke of Wellington, and the rising ability of his secretary, who has since played an importrnt part at St. Peterburg, and now most worthily fills, as Sir George Seythour, the place of Plenipotentiary at the Imperial Court of Vienna. From Verona Baron Brunnow was again transferred to St. Petersburg. His laborious habits and admi nistrative abilities, sound judgment, and accurate knowledge of treaty law and history stood in good stead at a Court where leading diplomatists were German either by descent or by educa tion. It was not until 1827, we believe, that he was attached to the Count Woronzoff, then Go vernor of Odessa, and one of the most influential of the Russian functionaries. The education of the Count had been in a great degree English. He had a mania for everything savouring of our coun try, and serving with such a man it was natural that M. Brunnow's early and favourable ideas con cerning England should be extended and fortified. From the side of M. de Woronz , ..ff he proceeded to Turkey, and in 1828 and 1829, whilst Diebitch was crossing the Balkan, M. Brunnow was em ployed in a civil capacity at the head-quarters of the army. Tire qualities he exhibited on this arduous occasion caused his' nomination as a Russian Councillor of State. At the close of the war he was transferred to the private cabinet of Nesselrode, and exercised by the side of that statesman functions not different from those per ' formed at Vienna by M. Gentz. The principal Russian State papers,between 1830 and 1839, were drawn up by M. 13, unnow, and ,he lucidity and logical force by which they are distinguished prove hint to be a dialectician of no mean or d-r. Services of this nature are speedily rewarded at Imperial Courts. M. Brunnow was named, in 1839, Russian Minister to Stuttgardt, and, in 1840, was entrusted with a special mission to London on the Eastern question. To him, indeed, is chiefly due the treaty of tire 15th July, 1840, and the success of this in strutnent gained him his permanent position of the tirsi, class at the Court of St. James's. He had for eiieht years enjoyed dad position with credit to himself and wi h advantage to ids country, when he negotiated with bird Pal merston the Commercial Treaty of 1849. From that epoch, for nearly five years, he conciliated the esteem of official and commercial men in this country, and for seven or eight months antecedent to the war made every effort that an honourable and honest man coul I make to prevent an open rup ture. But the obstinacy and blind and headstrong wilfulnes of the late Emperor Nicholas were not to be conquered, and M. Bi unuow, t o his regret as a private iedividusl, and with sincere sorrow, if nos with some sense of humiliation as a public man, left these shores, where were spent thir teen or fourteen of the happiest years of his not uneventful life. The esteem of alt good and intel ligent men followed him to the small Court in Ger many to which, by the displeasure of N.chelas, he was relegated. Since his departure from Belgravia four or five eventful seasons have elapsed, great battles have been lost and woo, a powerful Em peror is deal, and a peace, followed by a Co»gress, has bean chronicled iu all the gazettes of Europe. " Not Amurath an Amurath succeeds," however, for Alexander is not Nicholas. The ono was war like and aggressive ; the other is peaceful and con ciliatory. The new Emperor being in the latter category, and appreciating M. Brunnow's past ser vices and efforts in the cause of peace, sends him back now to his old Embassy, where ho will be received kindly and cordially by Court, Cabinet, and People ; first, because he - represents an honourable and powerful Prince and a great empire, with whom we desire to be in rela tions of amity and commerce ; and secondly, be cause of his own proper merits and virtues. For English statesmen, politicians, and public men re member that the Baron Brunnow did all that in him lay, as a Russian official in Landon, in 1853 and 1854, to prevent a rupture, and, as a memberof the Congress of Paris, made the most strenuous efforts speedily to conclude a peace, which every lover of his species trusts may en' lure for a genera den beyond our own.—llforning Post. REVENGE-AIURDEU OF A WIFE. At the Galway Assiz,s, before Mr. Justice Christian, on Wednesday, Patrick Leyden and John Leyden were tried for the murder of Mary Leyden, wife of Patrick, on the 27th of August last, at Derry. It appeared that the deceased had been in the service of the pris ner's father. She made a charge of rape against Patrick Leyden iu Jams try, 1856. He was bailed out, and then married her. They ho , h went to the assizes in March after. On their way there was a talk in a poblichouse. John Ley den was there, and taunted his brother with being °hiked to marry Mary, or go over the sea. He redlted, " I'llgive her a short life for than, before you see three quarters." Her cousin, who was present, stood up and said, "You rascal, hew dare you say that I" Mary Leyden replied, " Don't mind him, he only said it to please his brother John, for he would not give an inch of me for geld." It was proved however, that he said to ano • ther person that " the marriage would not do her :much good, as she had sworn a lie •,gain , t and he _would give her a short life for sat doing," John Leyden had said. that, "if Ahe was good enough - for Pat, she would not be killed." Aber the marriage and the assizes they never lived toge ther. She lived in the house of her brother, Law rence Connealy, and her husband lived with his father. On the night of the 27th of Aigust he came to her brother's door and called her out. They were se.:ll going towards Lough Mark, and she was never seen alive afterwards. A day or two subsequently her body was found buried in the sand of the shore of the lake. There was a mark of strangulation on the neck and a cut on the temple. Spots of blood were on the prisoner's shirt when be was arrested. The jury found Patrick Leyden guilty, and ac quitted Johu Leyden. [ADVERTISMENT.]—doIioway's Pdis an Indiipulable R:tnedy for the Cure r.f Coughs, Col &c., so Preva lent at this S eason. —Th e C ause a half the disease to whlch suffering humanil is liable is the incorrect mode of treating the human system when attacked with the above complaints, which leai ultimately to the same direful results. By persevering in the uFenf Holloway's Pi:i all these symptoms are quickly eradicated, the tone of the stomach is strengthened, and the whole cf the morbifie matter, which nature finds injurious, is very quickly thrown out.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world : at Professor Thlloway's esta blishments, 244, Strand, Landon ; by A. Stampa, Con stantin6ple ; A. Guidiey, Smyrna; and E. tluir, :ets. NEWCASTLE-MARCH 20. Farmers' wheat in large supply, with a slow sale, and the prices of the last market day barely obtained. South country in retail demand at late rates. Foreign arrivals to a fair extent, and rather a slow sale. Flour difficult to quit. Barley inquired for ' and rather scarce. Beans and peas not quite so brisk. Oats steady at former prices. WORCESTER-MARCH 20. Our market remains in the same low state as has bee reported for several weeks past, with no prospect of an improvement in request. C HELMSFOR, The wheat trade to-day and rather below the rates dull, and all else little Chang( . Wheat, white, old, per s. s. 1 s. s. qr. 45 51 I Oats, per qr • 24 29 new 45 51. 1 Peas, Partridge .......40 43 red, old 42 46 ' White 38 42 new.... 40 46 Boiling 39 44 Barley 34 40 Dun 38 40 Chevalier 38 44 I Beans, Tick 36 38 Grinding 23 32 Harrow ticks 36 40 Halt 70 73) Mazagan 3 2 35 Chevalier 72 73 Ditto, new... 32 34 D—Mencrt 19. was in a rather dull state, of last week. Spring corn ,d in value. DALBEITH GRAIN MARKET-MARCR 18. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior 326 Wheat 45s 01 38s Oid 2B.i 01 957 Oats. 31s 01 26s 5d 403 Barley 36s 61 3os 11d 25 01 41 Peas & beans 45s 01 42s 6d HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—MARCH 19. WHEAT. BARLEY 1 OATS. i BRANS. First 47s Od 40 a Od 32s Od) 44s Od Second 42s 2d ; 333 - 4d ) 28s lld 140 101 Thi r d 36a Od ( 26s Od 114 s Od I 34s 01 Total quantity of wheat in market, 420 qrs., 316 sold barley „ 397 qrs., 397 sold oats .; 368Ars., 368 sold beans 11 118 qrs., 111 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 2 2 5-12ths / Barley, ...11. 13 4 9-12bbs Oats, ... 11. 811 4-12ths ) Beans, 21. 010 1.12 t; s ►► ►► DUBLIN. MARCH 19. There was a moderate supply at our corn market to day, and every description of grain met a dull demand at last, Tuesday's currency. Indian corn offered at a reduc tion of 6d, without inducing business. White wheat, 27s Od to 29s Od . red ditto, 24s Od to 26s 6d , ditto new, s Od ; barley, malting, 13s to 17s 6d; grind ing, —s to —s ; oa..s, old, lls to 14s 6d; ditto, new, —' Od to —s Od ; oatmeal, 13s to 15s Od; bere, new, 14s to 15s Od ; rapes , • d, 233 Od to 25s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 14i 6d to 19s Od per cwt ; Inaian corn, 33s 01 to 35s Od per 180 lba, LOCAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOOL-MARCH 20. STOCK EXCHANGE—The market has been quiet to-day. but closed fii m at 6 per cent. above the lowest prices of the day. Caledonians, 441 I—East1 —East Lancashire, 871 8 Chester and Halyheads, 19 A - Birkenheads, 70 to 703 — Great Western. 581 i—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 89 —Sheffields, 381. Midlands, 97Q i—North British, 13 - -Berwicks, 221 i—York and North Midland, 371 --London and North Western, 9.5 i 6—Dovers, 20 - -Eastern Counties, 11 9-16—Grand Trunk of Canada, 11 916- Great Western of Canada, 18} 19.—Dutch Rhenish, 3i d. BIRMINGHAM, MAIICII 20. STOCK EXCHANME.—This market was very flat to-day, and prices of shares were generally lower. Birmingham and Derbys, 68 691—South Staffords, 10—Birmingham and Stour Valleys, Bi. LEEDS—MARon 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. — The market was rather improved to-day. North Western, at -North British, 13. 3. 14d. — Leeds, 89—Midlands, 96i —Great Western, 5 per cent. pref., 99 MANCHESTER, MARCH 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a good business doing tc-day, and prices closed at a slight improvement on yesterday. London and North-Westerns, 95g—Leeds, 89 Eastern Counties, 113—Dovers, 20i—Great Western of Canada, new, 2d —Sheffields, 38 4—East Lancashire, 88k —Midlands, 97 [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The blessings derived by innumerable thousands of persons of all ranks in society from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, are of too palpable and well-founded a character permit of a moment's rational doubt ; for the his tory of the world records nothing so unanimou and universal as the testimonies which have been received of the auspicious effects of this diet ; and when Fifty Thousand known indi viduals have given their personal evidence to the same pur port, nothing but prejudice and stupidity could withhold concurrence from general yerdiet. In the list of disorders completely cured, after having afflicted the respective patients for periods ranging from a few months to sixty years, are d ys p e p s i a (indigestion), constipation , functional irregalanty o b s t r uction, acid ty, cramps , spas ms, fits, heartburn, diar rhna, nervousness, affections of the liver and kidneys, flatulency, distention, palpitation of the heart, nervous headache, deafness, noises in the head and ears, giddi ness, pains between the shoulders, and in almost ever part of the body, chronic i flammAion and ulceration of the stomach, eruptions of the skin, fever, scrofula, im pm ties, poverty of blood, consumption (if not beyond human aid), dropsy, rheumatism, gout, influenza, grippe, nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea, low spirits, spleen, general debility, paralysis, cough, asthma, tightness across the chest, phlegm, inquietude, sleeplessness, involun. tary blushing, tremors, di-like to society, unfitness for study, delusions, loss of memory, vertigo, blood to the head, ex haustion, groundless fear, indecision, wretchedness, thoughts of self-destruction, Sze. Besides its curative effects in cases of morbid affections, this delicious Food has been found, by experience, to form the most healthful and nutritious diet for invalids, infants, females whose peculiar condition re quires more than usually careful treatment, &c. Take one instance, furnished by Mr. Woodhouse, of Bromley, Middle sex. It was that of a lady, six months gene with pregnancy, and was suffering severely from indigestion and constipation, throwing up her meals shortly after eating them, having a great deal of heartburn, and being constantly obliged to re sort to physic or the enema, and sometimes to both." The tee of the Food produced immediate relief ; and Mr. Wood house proceeds :—" She has had a much better time' than formerly, and the child is very strong and healthy. Not satis fied with any thanks that I can give you, she begs that I will express to you nan gratitude for this favourable change, which she entirely attribu es to the Revalenta, and to follow lug strictly the advice you hrve been so very kind as to give her from time to time." From such an immense mass of tes timonials, the work of selection is a perplexing one. Suffice it to say, that they breathe one general tone of grateful acknowledgment, and that Messrs. Du Barry invite any one who wishes to test the truth of the repre sentations made, by applying to the writers themselves. This is at once honest, satisfactory, and convincing. Supported by testimonials from the following celebrated Pro fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A Ure; Dr. Shorland; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart; Major Gen, Thomas King, and many other respectable per sons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full instrue tions, In canisters, 11b. 2s, 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 51b. lls- ; 121 b. 225, The 121 b canisters are sent carriage free, on re ceipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry, and Co. ' 77, Regent-street, London. Important Caution against the fear. ful dangers of spurious imitations.—The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevin, for imitating "Do Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." ADVEETIssMENT.I SIGHT AND HEARING -- SPECTACLES — POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPEGTIVX GLASSES. —S. and B. Solemons, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess such extraordivary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a -half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket; and are" of larger, and all sizes, with in :rearing powers accordingly. Tho Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every pur• pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. - Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with those lenses of a much less magnify ing power—and they do not require the fr e q uent changes to the flat. gerous effects of furtber po werful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send. in_ one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the dist +nee from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, as extraordit ari:y powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all of ners, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prob ably can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, Is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinct lyat church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entire' fe removed, and it after& all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39. Allies marle-street, Piccadilly —Opposite the York Hotel.W , BIRTHS. BROTHERTON—On the 15th inst., near Esher, Surrey, the wife of John W. Brotherton, Esq., of a son. FURNELL—On the 19th inst., at 7. Woodstock-road, Poplar, the wile of Captain James Furnell. MAcKAY—On the 19th inst., at Granville-park, Black heath, Mrs. L. D. B. Mackay, of a daughter. GREENFIELD — On the Ith inst., at 2, Porchester-terrace, north, the wife of W. B. Greenfield, Esq., of a son. 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