The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-20 00:00:00

Sk t p - 'Naval and Military Intelligence. The Mary Hardy, freight ship, yesterday com pleted shipping, at Woolwich Arsenal, about 500 tons of building materials for the erection of mili tary butting at Bermuda, and will go up to the London Docks to complete hor cargo. The Marco, store vessel, belonging to Mr. Carr, yesterday went alongside the Gun-wharf at Wool wich, and commenced loading with shot, shell, &c., and will also embark powder and ammunition for Leith. The Thames, Ordnance vessel, Hornsey, master, has gone down to Chatham and Sheerness from Woolwich, laden with 64-pounder guns, and other war stores, for distribution to the ships there, and is under orders to call at Tilbury Fort, Gravesend, Shornmead, and various other places, to ship old stores rejected by the Royal Artillery, being of the old pattern or requiring repairs. A large number of the new pattern wrought iron gun carriages, as well as wooden ones, for present use, pending the issue of the necessary supply, are., ready for shipment at Woolwich, together with the slides, platforms, &c., for the 17-gun cor ve tt e Charybdis, the 78-gun ship Rodney, the 31-gun armour-plated ship Prince Consort, the Royal Oak, 35 guns, in the Mediterranean, and others. Several beautifully-executed models of the various descriptions of _ironclad and other vessels of the English navy have been completed in the modelling department at Chatham Dockyard for transmission to the Paris Exhibition, and others are in course of preparation in readiness for being forwarded to Paris early in the ensuing year, the French Govern ment having placed a considerable space at the dis posal of the Admiralty for illustrating the several classes of vessels of war belonging to the English navy. Among the models already com pleted, or in progress, are those of the Bellerophon, Hercules, Warrior, Royal Oak, Achilles, Pal las, Blanche, Lord Warden, Royal Alfred, and some others, each of which represents one class of the vessels composing the navy, prominence being given to the models of ironclad ships. The models are to be in Paris by the Ist of February, the exhi bition opening on the Ist of April. A War-office circular, signed by Lieut.-Gen. Sir E. Lugard, K.C.8., has been received at Chatham garrison, in which the attention of officers command ing regiments and depot battalions is called to the following regulations regarding the baggage of de pots, or of depot companies on the way to join depot battalions : " Commuted allowance for the carriage of baggage is not admissible, except when the depots themselves move from one station to another. In the case of draughts or detachments the regulated weight of baggage as laid down in the Royal Warrant and Regulations of the 2d of January, 1865, will be conveyed by railway at a cost not exceeding 2d per ton per mile. For short distances by land, the cost of impressing waggons, or carts, as fixed by the Mutiny Act, is alone admissible. When a depot moves from one station to another the cost of the conveyance of one ton—to cover orderly-room books and second-class arms—at the rate specified in the foregoing paragaph, may be charged for tht land journey. For passage by sea for the United Kingdom the actual cost of this amount of baggage will likewise be defrayed by the public. It is clearly to be understood that the rate of Is. 6d. a mile for headquarter baggage is not applicable to a depot consisting of two companies. The actual weight of clothing and necesearies in store may be charged for, in addition to the depot baggage, at the rates speci fied, in accordance with Art. 121 of the Clothing Warrant of the 2d of January, 1865. When, under competent military authority, the first-class arms are packed in arm chests, instead of being carried by the men, the following extra amount of baggage may be conveyed at the public expense :—For a company of over 50 rank and file, 40 cubic feet, or 8 cwt., and for a company of under" 50 rank and file 30 cubic feet, or 6 cwt. A strict adherence to these regulations will be required from officers commanding depots. Charges made and claims preferred in excess of the above allowance will be disallowed by the War-office." The work of removing, packing, and shipping the stores of arms from the armoury at Chatham, for conversion to breechloaders, is being carried on with as much rapidity as the resource: of the Ord nance establishment at the garrison will permit. Already one of the War Department transports has been freighted and despatched from the Gun-wharf with a full cargo of the new pattern Enfield rifles, consisting of upwards of 100 cases, to be converted into breechloaders at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield. The armoury at Chatham contains be tween 40,000 and 50,000 stands of arms, the whole of which will ultimately be converted to the breech loading pattern and distributed to the troops in lieu of the present rifles. Her Majesty has been pleased to desire that the retirement of Lieut.-Gen. Sandham from the Lieut.- Governorship of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, shall take place in April next, instead of at the close of the present year, so that the studies of Prince Arthur at the Academy shall be at first directed by Gen. Sandham, under whose arrange ments the preparations for the purpose have been carried out and approved. The Prince will join the classcs at the termination of the Christmas holidays in February next, when the cadets will reassemble for the next half-year. The breaking up of the pre- sent season will take place to -morro w. The Duk e of Cambridge has signified his intention of being present on this occasion, in his capacityof Governor, and of distributing the prizes and awards. The Commander-in-Chief has approved of Lieut. Bra Bey, 18th Foot, being removed to the 2d battalion at Colchester, and of Lieut. Casey, 6th Foot, recently promoted, being posted to the Ist battalion of that regiment at Fermoy. Lieut. Thompson, 3d West India Regiment, is ordered to be attached to the 4th depot battalion. The Com mandant at Colchester has granted one-third addi- tional allowance of fuel to the troops in huts. Railway Intelligence. NORTH BRITISH. The new directors of this company state in their report that they have been unremittingin their en deavours to devise a scheme that would place the affairs of the company on a sound and satisfactory basis, and that if the measures they were about to suggest should be adopted and the shareholders as a body lend their cordial co-operation, the directors bad every confidence that the difficulties which now beset the company would be eventually overcome. With regard to the great and varied traffic resources of the extensive districts traversed by the North British Railway, the Board could not doubt thit by the proper development of those resources, and by a careful supervision of the working expenses, the net revenue was susceptible of great improvement. The directors had resolved from the first to take no step whatever that might prejudice the security afforded by the company's debentures or debenture stocks. On the 31st of July last the liabilities of the company, as reported by the committee of inves• tigation, were as follows :—Balance due to the cbankers, £261,543 ; due to tradesmen on open ac counts, £203,730 £203,730 ; property, £l2 sundry accounts, £64,606 ; loan ,000 ; debts due to waggon com panies, £216,243 ; temporary loans, £130,000 ; accounts due to engineers, Parliamentary agents, solicitors, &c., £79'0 00 ; interest, ' b 4 a c la ., nce due to steam packet company, £74,028 ; balance payable to preference shareholders,iix for which de ferred warrants h a d b een issued , 3,s9l • amount required to be expended on new works in £217,314 ; due for pla n t, £211,072; liabiplirtofefs?; other railways executed or in course of construc tion, £292,500, making the total £1,875,626. Th ese obligations were debts, for which the whole receipts and revenues of the company, subject to the prefe rential rights of the debenture holders, were liable to be attached. There was, therefore, an immediate and urgent necessity for raising the full amount of those liabilities. There were assets of £118,485 of stores in hand, £148,947 of traffic due by traders, and £95,555 of unexhausted borrowing powers ; but the latter item would be required to meet extra ex penditure incident to the opening of new lines now in course of construction, while the two former teals were generally about the same amount, an d were unavailable. The :directors, with a view to meet those liabilities, had prepared a bill to be in troduced in the ensuing session of. Parliament giv ing the company power to raise a sum not exceed ing £1,875,625 upon a special preference stock, and to attach a dividend not exceeding 5i per cent. a year. This stock when paid up would represent a charge of £103,000 a year, and rank on the reve nues of the company immediately after the interest on loans and dividends on debenture stocks. The justification for placing £1,875,625 of capital be fore existing preferences was to be found in the exceptional circumstances of the company. When the whole of the special preference capital was raised there would be an apparent increase to the preference charges of £51,500 in the half year. But the interest paid on bankers' balances, temporary loans, &c., at present formed a heavy charge against revenue, ranking prior to the dividends on all the preference stock. The substitution of the special preference stock for those debts bearing high rates of interest, and which in times of financial pressure . became unmanageable, was under the circumstances not only a necessary but a fair and beneficial arrangement for all classes of shareholders, and would not materially increase the burden upon re venue. The special preference stock proposed to be raised by the bill would be offered to the share holders in proportion to their holding in the company. With reference to the remaining statutory obliga tions undertaken by the company, which represented share capital to the amount of £2,600,628, the Board might have occasion, if circumstances so de termined, to apply to Parliament in a future Session for power to postpone, vary, or abandon certain of the works for which such capital would otherwise be required ; and with regard to such of the unexe cuted works of the railway as the company might hereafter determine to proceed with, it was proposed to take power in the Ifill to create a lien over their separate revenues, so as to afford an undoubted se curity to the parties subscribing the necessary capital for their formation. Beyond two deviations of authorised lines, which would not increase their cost to the company, no application for new works in the ensuing Session of Parliament would be made. With regard to the greater part of the surplus property of the company, the directors did not recommend that it be disposed of at present. It consisted prin cipally of valuable ground and buildings near the stations at Edinburgh and Glasgow. The require ments of those stations were constantly increasing. and, from the situation, the value of the property was always rising, while a considerable revenue was derived from it. A power, however, was proposed to be taken to borrow upon the security of the pro perty. The Board most earnestly recommended to all classes of shareholders the proposed measure for raising the capital necessary to place,the company in a sound financial position, being assured that until the debts were liquidated the shareholders would be subjected to the contingency of deferred dividends for an indefinite period. The Board had every con fidence that by cultivating friendly relations with neighbouring companies, regu l a ti ng t h e train service in strict accordance with the wants of the districts served by the company, restricting expenses where compatible - with efficient working, and refraining from the promotion o f remunerat i ve b ranch lines, a .manifest improvement would t a k e p l ace i n t h e pos. Wu of the company in each successive half-year. IRE LAND. DUBLIN, Dec. 19. The public seem to have lost all apprehension of further danger from the Fenians, notwithstanding the arrests which are made from day to day, and the defensive measures which the Government are still adopting. Some persons are disposed to ridicule their precautions as unnecessary. But the Govern ment were firm when some of their censors were frightened, and so long as there are still in the coun try dupes of the conspiracy, or agents of mischief not yet in custody, it is much better to act upon the principle that prevention is better than cure. The recent seizures may have put documents in their possession that warrant necessary vigilance. The minds of the middle classes are re-assured, but those who converse with the lower class of Roman Catho- lies in the towns find that they still expect Stephens and they avow openly that if the work began they would help the Fenians. Consequently, the prin cipal entrance to Dublin Castle is being placed in a more secure position. Yesterday a body of workmen were engagedin erecting strong wooden pallisades in side the entrance at Cork-hill, in such a manner as to plank the gate ; and at a subsequent period of the day the Castle was inspected by some officers of the Ordnance Department, with a view of making fur their defensive arrangements. On Monday night a telegram was receives from the War office by Col. Child, commanding officer of the Reserve Force of Pensioners in Belfast, directing him to have all the members of the corps ready. for service at any time they should be called upon. The following are all the particulars that have transpired of the arrests made yesterday, and an nounced to you by telegraph :—ln the morning a strong party of the G Division, acting upon infor mation received, proceeded to the house of a man named Patrick O'Byrne, residing in George's-place, north, and instituted a search for arms. In the course of the investigation the detective officers found nine rifles, with bayonets and slings, a quan tity of cartridges, bullets, a brass bullet-mould, and some pouches. Immediately on the discovery being made the officers arrested O'Byrne and his two nephews, Richard J. Stowell, and J. P. Stowell, and conveyed them t o some o f th e po li ce stat i ons, where l are at prese n t d e t a i ne d . he officer subsequently proceeded to the esta blishment of Messrs. Walpole, Webb, and Bewley, at the N orth w ii aand w to h o o k s i t n a t t o ed e t u h s a to t d h y e a res c i l d e e r d k named Mich ae l at Bridgeva_aventre Stanley, stances which l ed pired, but iminedtioatSetlayno le n y , North-strand. The circum 'sbteiritrle:tg aphparveehneontdetrdantse was conveyed to Mountjey prison direct. Two young men, named Ignatius Cummins and John Fagan, were brought up yesterday at the head cartridge pap er of percussion r a flask caps.we police-office, charged with h aving in their possession g unpowder and ammuniti on . They were arrested last night in the top room of a ho use i n Upper Ste phen-street,in which the polieefeou,ndaq filleduantity w of i trhiflpeow bullets,de r , an d s o a m e large The police also found a green cap, with a h arp i n the centre, and a design for a breastplate, wh en questioned Cummins stated that the articles were brought into the premises without the knowled ge o f Fagan. The prisoners were remanded. At the sitting of the Sessions court yesterday Mr. Charles Fitzgerald, city solicitor, made an applica tion to have the recoguizances estreated which were entered into by John Nugent, of 15, Vicar-street, who had been detained, under theLord-Lieutenant's warrant, for alleged complicity in the Fenian move- ment, and who was released upon the recognizances of Mr. John Hogan, 37, Elbow-land, and Mr. Peter Byrne, 13, James-street, in the sum of £2O each, and Nugent himself in £4O. Since Nugent's lelease he was convicted for assaulting a police-constable in the execution of his duty, and having thus vio lated the terms upon which he was set at liberty the Government authorities made the present applica- tion. The Court directed that in the case of Nugent £2O should be enforced, and in those of hi 3 two sureties that £5 should be paid by each of them, being a fourth of the sum for which each of them was responsible. This case was the first of the kind brought into this court. Pursuant to previous notice a meeting of the ma gistrates of county Leitrim was held in the court house, Manorhatrilton, on Monday, convened by Mr. A. L. Tottenham, High Sheriff, to consider the manner in which the loyal and well-disposed sub jects of her Majesty can best assist in the preserva tion of the public peace. There was a large attend ance of the magistrates and gentlemen interested in the movement. The High Sheriff presided. The chairman read a letter, in reply to one from himself from the Under Secretary of State, in which the latter stated that "it must be left to the discretion of high sheriffs as to the propriety of complying with the requisitions to them to convene public meetings within their respective counties, or propo sals to be made at such meetings, and that his excel lency would be happy to receive the resolutions which might be passed at the proposed meeting." Resolutions offering the services of thbse present THE SUN, %LONDON; THURSDAY EVEINING, DECEMBER 20, 180% in the capacity of special constables, tiatd dividing returned with a verdict of guilty, but strongly re the county into districts for the pull vs.°, were commended the prisoner to mercy on account of his passed unanimously, and copies of these directed to youth. The Judge then put on the black cap, and be forwarded to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. said he could not trust himself to comment upon the An address to the same effect, from the inhabitants awfulness of having to pass sentence of death on a of Mohill, in the same county, has been lorwarded boy so young. He would convey the recommenda to the Government, through Mr. R. Ornvby Gore. tion of the jury to the proper quarter. His duty The anniversary of the burning of Lundy at Lon- simply was to pronounce the sentence of the law, donderry was observed yesterday with the customary and his lordship then did so in the usual form. displays, the loyalty of the 'Prentice Boys being There was much sobbing among the women in the naturally stimulated by the talk of a Fenian rising. gallery, and the judge himself was deeply moved. The High Sheriff of Waterford, Mr. R. I'. Carew, The prisoner maintained to the end au impassive has fixed the nomination for that county on the 26th and stolid bearing, betraying riot the least emotion inst., and the Saturday following for the polling. Mr. De la Poer has had a series of "Demonstra tions" through the county, but Capt. Talbot's friends are confident, and it is admitted on both sides that the contest will bo close. The Daily Express men tions a report that Sir Robert J. Paul will propose, and Mr. W. Christmas, D. L., second Capt. Talbot's nomination, and that Mr. De la Poer will be pro posed by Sir R. Musgrave, and seconded by a priest. Mr. Heenan, coroner of the King's County, was found dead on the road in a pool of water, near Parsonstown, yesterday morning. The Daily Ex press correspondent says :—" It appears that Mr. Heenan had been in town on business, and when within a few hundred yards of his own dwelling his foot slipped, and, not being able to extricate him self from the slimy bottom, he met his death. The greatest gloom prevails among all classes on accoun of his untimely death." HOME CIRCUIT.--MAIDSTONE, Dec. 19. (Before Mr. Baron' Channel!.) In charging the grand jury this morning Mr. Baron Channel! said it was a source of great gratifi cation to him to meet the grand jury of the impor tant county of Kent, with which, in the course of his professional career, and since he had had the honour of being raised to the bench, he had been so closely and intimately connected. That gratifica tion on the present occasion was somewhat dimi nished by the nature of the calendar, which con tained four cases of burglary, a case of concealment of birth, one of forgery, and all the rest of the 26 cases involved personal violence in a greater or less degree, and from which death had resulted in four or five instances. It was, however, only fair to say that two of them were remaneta from the last as sizes, and a great many of the others were due to the hopping season ; and so in a certain sense were not fairly to be classed with the crime of the county. After some general remarks as to the prima facie character of the investigation of grand juries, he noticed in detail the particulars of several of the cases, which, however, he said, pre sen t e d no f eatures of especial difficulty, and then dismissed the grand jury to their labours with an exhortation to the county to support not merely with their pecuniary contributions, but with personal advocacy, all those institutions which were designed to promote habits of industry and sobriety amongst the lower orders, and particularly in those for the dissemination of a sound religious education. THE TUNBRIDGE-WELLS MURDER. An application having been made to the Court to fix the trial of Ann Lawrence, for the murder of her child at Tunbridge-wells, in April last, at which time, it will be remembered, the accused also nearly murdered a man with whom she was then living, who was not her husband, The Judge fixed the trial for Thursday at nine o'clock, but added that although it was now decided the judge had a legal right to discharge a jury at 12 o'clock on Saturday night, it was much better not to defer important trials to the end of the week if it could be arranged otherwise. ROBBERY BY A MARINE. John Jordan, aged 22, a marine, indicted for a robbery from the person, and whose trial was de fe-tred from last assizes, was now arraigned. Mr. Rosher was counsel for the prosecution, and the prisoner was undefended. The prosecutor, John Ede, was in the Coach and Horses public-house, at Chatham, where there were seven or eight soldiers. After a time they seized prosecutor, held him up by the heels, and emptied his pockets of their contents, including money, a watch, and a knife. The prisoner was clearly identified, and being I found guilty was sen t ence d to e i g h t months'iliardli labour. The Cork Examiner reports that a man named Shine has been arrested for sending a threatening letter to the Earl of Bandon. The prisoner was formerly in his Lordship's employment as a harness maker. He also worked for the family at elections. The object of the threat was to extort money. After a private investigation by the magistrates, Lord Bandon declined to prosecute on the condition that the young man's father would have him sent out of the country. He will, therefore, be put on board the next American steamer by the police. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. LEEDS, Dec. 18 (Before Mr. Justice Lush.) MURDERING A FELLOW-APPRENTICE AT SHEFFIELD. Henry Gabbitas, 16, draper, was charged with the wilful murder of Arthur Allen, at Sheffield, on the 22d of November last. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Saturday, but by the advice of his counsel he afterwards withdrew that plea. —Mr. Foster opened the case to the jury, stating that the prisoner was charged with the murder of another boy, about his own age, who was his fellow apprentice, both being in the service of Mr. Edmund Draper, hosier and draper, Fargate, Sheffield. The deceased had been nine months in Mr. Draper's service, and the prisoner 2 years and 8 months on the 22d of November. Allen was aged 15, and prisoner 16 or 17. Mr. Draper would tell them that the prisoner was a tolerably steady and good lad. He and Allen occupied one bed, and there was no reason on the 22d of November to believe that there was any ill-blood between them. They had been accustomed after business hours to go out until 10 o'clock, but their master had deprived them of that privilege because Allen, while the prisoner waited outside, went into a confectioner's shop and hada glass of wine and a tart,though he had no money with which to pay for it. For this misconduct he punished both of them by keeping them indoors each night. Nothing, however, had transpired to show that the prisoner entertained any animosity tql,vards Allen because of that deprivation. On the night of the 21st they went to bed as usual, and there was nothing to excite any suspicion ; but at 7 o'clock next morning Mr. Draper was awoke by a knock at his door, and, on inquiring what was wanted, he was answered by the prisoner saying, " I've killed Arthur." Mr. Draper said, " What have you done ?" and prisoner repeated, " I've killed Arthur." " Oh, what do you mean ?" exclaimed Mr. Draper; and the prisoner answered, " I've hammered his head with a hammer, and stabbed him with a knife, and have killed him." Mr. Draper got out of bed, and, entering the apprentices' room, he found Allen wel tering in his bloo 1, on the dressing table a bloody hammer, and on the bed a carving knife, bloody and broken. As the prisoner was being taken into the police office a fellow-apprentice, named Mos - 4, said to him, " Why have you killed him ?" and "Do you know what you have been doing ?" and the prisoner's reply was, " I did it for revenge." The surgeon (Mr. Favell) found that ou his left temple the deceased had received a violent blow which had driven in part of the skull, and on the crown of the head another blow which had fractured the skull. In the neck there was a wound of superficial cha racter, which might have been inflicted by the carv ing knife. The knife and the hammer must have been carried up to the bedroom the night before by the prisoner —for the hammer was in constant use down stairs and the knife belonged to the shop, so that (the learned counsel said) it had required some degree of contrivance on the part of the pri soner to secrete those weapons in that way. He asked if that did not show a degree of premedita tion indicating contemplation of the deed in ques tion, and proving that the murder was wilfully and intentionally done. Several witnesses having been called to prove the facts stated, Dr. Pyemont Smith, of Mount Stead Retreat, near likely, said he had visited the prisoner that morning, and talked with him. Prisoner talked rationally, calmly, but with a slight degree of reserve. He answered all questions, but volunteered none. His appearance altogether is defective, but there was nothing about the head indicating disease of the brain. His face was the worst part, the lower part being very re ceding. The conversation turned upon the present accusation. Mr. W. N. Price, surgeon to the Leeds gaol, deposed that he had several opportunities of conversing with and noticing the prisoner, and he believed he knew right from wrong, and he was able to understand the consequences of auy act he might do. Mr. Waddy, for the defendant, said he should call before them those who had known the boy from the time of his very birth—a child of a very fond, affectionate, and devoted mother, who was consumptive, and who died and left him when he was only five yearsof age. He should also show that the prisoner had had a constant succession of fits—these afflictions extending over some length of time, and drawing from his own mother at one time the expression of the wish that the Lord would take him first, inasmuch as she considered he was men tally and physically ruined by this ailment. After prisoner's mother died, the father, unfortunately for the lad, married again, and when that event took place the whole course and history of the lad's life was changed, lle was then treated with great cruelty, and made to undergo considerable hardships. The step mother systematically ill treated him, and soured his life. The prisoner himself bad declared, in un guarded moments, and when he was suffering from streeaktmneeNnvth, he was his doo msteedpmtootthheer toldghaald this am h sh imt e lfa u t l h lows. From his early days that appalling vision had haunted and darkened his life until ithad culminated in the horrible thing about which they had that day t o inquire. Medical men would also be called who were familiar with cases of homicidal monomania, and their testimony would be entitled to the careful consideration of the jury. Evidence being given to the stepmother's treatment of the boy and to prove that he had been subject to fits, Dr. C. Williams, of York, said he considered the prisoner to be of un- sound mind. Dr. Kitchen, of the York Retreat, was also called to confirm Dr. Williams's evidence. He said the prisoner told him he always had a belief he should kill some one or himself, and finding himself in a bedroom with a fellow-apprentice he thought his opportunity had come, and he seized it. He said he never had had an opportunity before. Formerly he slept with an assistant, and he thought of killing him, but he thought he would be too strong for him. He said his stepmother had so instilled tin idea into his mind that he would come to the gallows, that he felt it was indisputable that he must kill some one. Theprisoner was an imperfectly developed creature, both mentally and physically. He told witness he had never read the Bible except at the Sunday school; he could not tell the arrangement of the Com- mandments, nor name the first fire books of the Bible. The jury retired, and after 18 minutes absence Witness—Yes. MANSLAUGHTER AT MAIDSTONE. George Jalley, 41, a hawker, was indicted for feloniously killing and slaying a woman, named Sarah Smith, at Maidstone, ou the 28th of October. Mr. F. Barrow and Mr. Channell appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Biron for the prisoner. Mr. Barrow, having briefly stated the case, called John Andrews, who said that he kept the Tra vellers' Rest, in Upper Stone-street, Maidstone, and knew both th e d eceased and t h e pr i soner, who lived together as man and wife. On the afternoon of Sunday, the 28th October, they came to his house, and remained from about one o'clock until four o'clock. They had some drink, but were not drunk when they left. Cross- examined by Mr. Biron—A man, named Shepherd, came with Jalley, but he did not drink with prisoner and deceased. Mrs. Saunders said that prisoner and deceased lodged in her house. On the afternoon of the 28th instant she heard deceased scream twice or thrice, and then cry " Murder !" She went into the room, and saw deceased on the floor with her back against the wall. Prisoner stood iu front of her, and was cursing and swearing at her, and said she had been drinking with a man named Shepherd. Deceased had on a shawl, which came up around her neck. Witness saw prisoner kick deceased on the head or neck ; she could not say which. Deceased groaned and fell over, bleeding at the nose. There were two kicks. On receiving the first she groaned for about a minute, and then was still. She fell over on her left side, and prisoner again kicked her twice on the right side. Witness said " George, you have killed her." He replied, " And a good job too ; I will jump on her." He was about to do so, but witness interfered and prevented him. By Mr. Biron—Prisoner wore heavy, iron-tipped boots. Deceased appeared to die directly she fell over. It was then he kicked her twice violently on the right side, but it did not seem to have much effect. Thomas Pankhurst, a neighbour, went in, and seeing the woman lie, said, " You've killed her, George." He replied, "A -- gooi job, too ; if I havn't I will. She's been with Shepherd, and Shepherd may have her now." He then was about to kick deceased again, when witness prevented him. The doctor and the police then came, and prisoner was removed. Mr. Hood Ryan, surgeon, said he was called in between 4 and 5, but the woman was then dead. Mr. Hoar, one of the leading surgeons of Maid- stone, said--I saw the body 37 hours after death, and assisted by Mr. Argles made a post nzortenz exa mination. I found no marks or traces of violence of any kind either externally or internally. There was a large quantity of blood extravasated over the whole surface of the brain. It extended to the base of the brain, and also to the cavities within the brain and to the spinal cord. Mr. Barrow--That is, in a word, what is called apoplexy. Witness—The appearances were those of apo plexy, and fully accounted for death. I found no other appearances that would account for death. Mr. Barrow—ln your judgment is it possible or not that any violence could have produced such ap pearance without leaving a mark? The Judge—That is, if the appearances you found on , the head had been produced externally, there must have been marks of violence. Witness—Yes, my lord. Mr. Barrow—• Would it not be possible for a blow or a kick on the neck to produce those symp toms ? Witness—But there was no appearance of any such blow. Suppose a blow given on the neck to produce those symptoms, the neck being protected by a shawl doubled over it, should you expect to find marks of external violence ?—lt is impossible to say. Supposing there was a tendency to apoplexy, might not death have been accelerated by a degree of violence so slight as not to leave external marks ? —Certainly. In yo r opinion might such a blow on the neck or kick be given if it was protected by a shawl which with the brain in such a state as this woman's would have produced death without giving an external mark?--It might. Cross-examined by Mr. Birou—With so much predisposition to apoplexy a hasty run, or violent altercation, or even less, would produce death. De ceased appeared to be on the verge of apoplexy for some time. If I had heard nothing of the circum stances I should have said from the post-mortem examination that the deceased died from apoplexy by natural causes. Having heard the evidence I do not think death was accelerated by them. The Judge—That is, judging from your exami nation of the body ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Barrow (re-examining)—Then, in your opi nion, the woman would have died just as soon and as certainly without the kicks ? Mr. Argles, surgeon, of the Kent County Hos pital, confirmed in its main features the evidence a Mr. Hoar. Mr 3. Saunders, recalled at the request of Mr. J. B. Tolputt, one of the jury, said that the shawl of deceased was a thick woollen one, and worn doubled round the neck. Mr. Biron having addressed the jury for the pr soner, His Lordship summed up, directing the jury, that if the violence of the prisoner accelerated the death of deceased be would be guilty, although there might be the most extensive predisposition to apoplexy. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recom mended him to mercy. The Judge said but for that recommendation his punishment world have been more severe, and sen tenced him to three months' hard labour. The Grand Jury ignored the indictment against John Hasley for a highway robbery at Sevenoaks ; and the foreman, Lord Mahon, having informed the Court this had arisen on account of the-absence of the prosecutor, John May, his Lordship ordered May's recognisances to be estreated. The Court rose at 5 o'clock. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL A special court of Common Council was held yesterday at their Council Chambers for the de spatch of business—the Lord Mayor presiding. The minutes of the last court having been con firmed a long discussion ensued, at the instance of Mr. Deputy De Jersey, as to the powers of com mittees about to expire to issue warrants for the payments of money for purchases made by the committees whose period of office would expire on St. Thomas's Day. The opinions of the town clerk, the comptroller, and the city solicitor were called for ; and being antagonistic to the proposition of Mr. Deputy De Jersey, the proposition dropped. THE COLLIERY ACCIDENTS. Mr. R. N. PHILIPPS moved, pursuant to his notice, " That the court do contribute the sum of £2OO in aid of the fund now being raised for the re life of the widows and families of those who perished in the recent fearful colliery accidents." Mr. Alderman COPELAND suggested, pursuant to a notice which he had given, to increase the vote to £3OO. Mr. PHILIPPs said he should accept the addition suggested by the worthy alderman. Mr. Isaacs expressed a wish to increase the vote to £5OO, but after a desultory conversation it was resolved that the vote should be for £3OO, and that the chamberlain be requested to pay in the amount to the committee now sitting at the Mansion-house. INSPECTOR OF CATTLE, &C., AT NEW SMITHFIELD MARKET. The election of an inspector of cattle, horses, &c., at the Metropolitan Cattle Market was then pro ceeded with, when three approved candidates ap peared at the bar, and were submitted to election. The result of the poll showed the following results : —For Mr. Samuel James Rayment, 51 ; for Mr. William Fox, 50 ; and for Mr. Thomas Sangster, 37. Mr. Rayment was thereupon declared to be duly elected to the office of inspector of New Smith field Market. The remaining business on the paper having been disposed of, the court adjourned. The Career of a Forger. The Glasgow Herald gives some curious particu lars, respecting the antecedents of Greatrex, the photographer, who was recently arrested in New York on the charge of having been the principal in the late extensive forgery of bank notes in Scotland. " He was known iu Glasgow," says our contempo rary, "as an active member of the Plymouth Bre thren. In this circle he frequently preached, and is said to have converted some well-to-do-citizens, who are now zealous in the faith. The talent which he possessed for this kind of harangue was strikingly exhibited on the occasion of Pritchard's execution, when, mounting a rostrum erected near the Green railing about 3 o'clock in the morning, he sought to improve the coming specfacle to the assembled mul titude. The same ostentatious display of piety led him to exhibit a series of boards bearing scriptural exhortations, such as appear on the walls of schools, in the showroom of his photographic establishment ; and his studio also was well supplied with books of a religious character. Added to a very pre possessing appearance, his gentle and dignified manner was well calculated to gain for him the fa vourable regard of those with whom he came iu contact. In short, he possessed all those graces of person and manner which, if employed only as a mask for hypocrisy and deceit, make a man one of the most dangerous enemies to society. Whatever fears Greatrex may have at first entertained as to his apprehension, he had evidently adopted the be lief latterly that his plans to outwit the authorities had been completely successful. Accordingly, we find from a letter which has just been received from the bank clerk who went to Atne s riza along with Superintendent M'Call, that he had commenced operations as a preacher and revivalist in New York and its neighbourhood, and had seemingly attained to a measure of popularity which was denied him in this country. It would appear that after his arrival in America, Mr. M'Call advertised in the New York Herald for a first-class photo grapher, the advertisement being worded in such a way as was thought most likely to attract the attention of the person' wanted.' Amongst other replies to the advertisement was one which, from its guarded tone, and the character of the handwriting, Mr. M'Call believed to be from Greatrex. This letter appears to have communi cated the applicant's address, and the clue thus gained was at once followed up. Mr. M'Call, with one of the New York detectives and the bank clerk, who knew Greatrex by sight, went on au early morning to a German lager-beer saloon, command ing a view of the boarding house in which Greatrex was supposed to have taken up his quarters. Seve ral hours passed away with no result ; but they were by and by rewarded by seeing Greatrex and the young woman who went after him from this country pop their heads out of the window as a band of music passed along the street. The officers waited until Greatrex quitted the house for au afternoon stroll, when they followed him. He had taken off his beard and whiskers, and wore his hair after the manner of the Yankees, but notwithstanding this change in his appearance the bank clerk at once identified him. The American detective then came forward and quietly slipped his arm within that of Greatrex, ac costing him by name, while Mr. M'Call took him by the other arm, and the trio walked in the most friendly way along the street. Greatrex did not speak for some time, but when addressed by the bank clerk he started, his face became flushed, and he affected not to know the person who was speak ing to him. As we have already hinted, Greatrex had so improved the shining hour in America as a preacher and revivalist, that at the time of his ap prehension his settlement over a Baptist church near New York was considered an extremely probable matter. He occupied one of the New York pulpits in place of the Rev. Dr. Adams, who appeared to have been pleased with him, and recommended him as a suitable pastor to a congregation out of town which had been deprived of its spiritual guide. With a view to secure this appointment, in all likelihood, Greatrex had laboured for four or five days in the neighbouood of the vacant church, where a great work of revival was going on. He also turned his talents to ac count in seeking to convert his fellow-lodgers in the boarding-house. Upon this point a writer says : ' I know most of those in his lodging. Ile was there very busy in what he called the Lord's work. The lady of the house, aged 60, I think, he had been very anxious about, and had marked a number of passages in her Bible, and reasoned often on others. He prayed regularly in the house, and altogether was very good. Greatrex told that he was a victim —a sort of martyr for others. However, none here who knew him would receive a word he says.'" THE TASMANIAN.—The passengers who arrived by the Tasmanian at Southampton last Friday received pratique yesterday afternoon, and were landed in the docks last evening. SPIRI P OF - THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.--Two schemes of University Extension, essentially different in their principle and aims, have been referred, with others, to a Committee of the Hebdomadal Council at Oxford. The one contem plates the revival of an order of poor, or " privi leged," students within the University, and provides for its introduction under such regulations as may best disguise its eleemosynary character. The other, accepting the broad conditions and appreciating the practical demands of modern society, professes to meet the latter by an adaptation of the university system to the former. Both deserve attention, not only because they represent almost contrary views of the functions committed to our universities, but also because a comparison of them brings out some of the real difficulties which lie in the path of uni versity reformers. Of these difficulties the greatest is that of retaining all the valuable elements of uni versity education while it is brought within the reach of a much larger class. We have discussed on a re cent occasion the expediency of founding a new col lege, chiefly designed for clerical students, upon principles of strict economy, as well as various pro jects for utilising the endowinen ts of existing colleges and for permitting young men to become members of the university without belonging to any college or hall. The plans now to be considered have some features in common with these, as well as with each other, but they involve respectively several important questions peculiar to themselves. The more conser vative of the two schemes is contained in the report of Sub-Committee IL, the chairman of which was the Provost of Worcester. It is embodied in seven recommendations, the substance of :which, however, is to be found in the first, second, and fourth. The first recommendation is, that colleges " be invited" to establish exhibitions " for the assistance of such persons as cannot support, unaided, the expenses of a university education." The second is that the Hebdomadal Council be moved to procure, if pos sible, from the university a grant of £20,000 for the purpose of assisting colleges to found these exhibi tions. The fourth is that such exhibitions be confined to " persons absolutely incapable, without aid, of supporting themselves at the university." The other recommendations are mainly directed to secure a pro per appropriation of the university grant, and to pre vent the benefit of it being enjoyed by students who shall be guilty of extravagance, or shall have failed more than once to pass any examination. Those who are familiar with academical controversies will at once recognise in this proposal an admission of the claims, so often preferred and so often disallowed, on behalf of " poor students." The sub-committee, in deed, do not scruple to allege that students of this class "had much once in the University, and now have next to nothing." Theyare described as "young men whose services the Church and the country can ill afford to lose," but who are shut ou t o f t h e pro fessions for which they have a vocation by the lack of means to go through a university career. We shall probably not be wrong in construing these expressions, coupled with others which occur in a document quoted by the Sub-Committee with approbation, as an appeal to a theory avowed by many —that it is the supreme duty of the Univer sity to supply the Church with learned ministers. Now, this is a theory which few enlightened laymen, and no enlightened statesman, can adopt. The supreme duty of a University is to conduct and superintend the higher education of the country, and by this standard all proposed reforms must be tested. It is a very fair subject for argument whether " the foundation of Exhibitions to be conferred, not upon grounds of literary merit, but of poverty, character, and economical habits," is or is not likely to promote the interests of education or of the University ; whether it is likely to promote those of the Estab lished Church is a consideration which, in this con nexion, we must decline to entertain. The Univer sity Commissioners, as is generally known, strongly condemned the policy. of attracting poor scholars to the University " merely because they were poor." They believed that if all the scholarships and fellow ships at Oxford were thrown open, and no longer awarded exclusively to proficiency m classics, poor scholars of real intellectual merit would receive more effectual encourageinent than by any multiplication of servitorships or bible clerkships. It was doubt less in deference to their authority that a previous resolution for the application of £20,000 in the very way suggested by the sub-committee was rescinded by the old Hebdomadal Board in 1853. Experience has, upon the whole, justified the expectations of the commissioners. Open scholarships are mostly won by youths whose parents would otherwise have considerable difficulty in giving them a university education ; and fellowships are almost always won by graduates who have held scholarships. What remains is to reduce the necessary expenses of living in college to a minimum, to borrow and improve, if necessary, the Cambridge system of lodging houses, and to make arrangements for the reception of students who may be members of no college or hall. If any college should think fit to go further, and to offer prizes for bona fide competition among men of limited means, no reasonable objection could be made to it, but we must deprecate the in stitution of " Exhibitions for privileged students," whosequalification is to be poverty, and whose ability —untested by examination, so far as appears —pro mises " an honourable and useful rather than a bril liant future career." At all events, if the experi ment is to be tried, let it be tried by private muni ficence, and let not funds urgently needed for the development of University as distinct from College education be diverted to so partial an object. The opposite scheme, advocate 1 in the Report of Sub- Committee VI., is that of " extension by affiliation." It rests on the conviction that in other professions besides the clerical there exists an increasing de mand for liberal education and academical degrees. Phis demand, however, is checked by a great variety of motives, among which the most powerful is the objection, on grounds of expense and otherwise, to a residence of three or four years at Oxford or Cam bridge between the ranges of 18 and 22. There is good reason to believe that we ll or ill-f oun d e d ob jections of this kind do operate to separate the great industrial classes from the old Universities, while, on the other hand, the University of London is ac quiring a well-earned influence by granting degrees upon examination alone. The report before us re commends a compromise between the system pur sued by the University of London and the pre sent requirements of residence at Oxford. Its authors would allow chartered Colleges in Eng land, Wales, or the Channel Islands to become affiliated to the University of Oxford, subject to curtain guarantees for their due admini s t ra ti on and the quality of their teaching. The students on the books of such Colleges would according to this plan, be permitted to keep terms there for two years after their matriculation at Oxford, and it is explained that terms might be kept by regular attendance at the lectures of the college. In othetwords, a youth might live with his parents at Liverpool or Birmingham fol lowing up his academical studies at the Collegiate In stitution or the Queen's College, passing his two first Oxford examinations, and competing for University prizes up to the end of his second year. This dispen sation from residence would then cease, and he would be required to complete his course and qua lify himself for the B.A. degree within the Univer sity, under the same regulations as other undergra duates. He would thus be enabled to profit by the superintendence and examination system of the University, without being removed from the re straints and influences of home, and it is hoped that he would afterwards gain benefit from a short experience of University life. " The expense to parents would be greatly reduced if their sons, for the first two years, attended a college in their own town; and the dangers of residence at Oxford would be greatly reduced also, not only in point of dura tion, but because the students when they came here would be of riper age, and would have given some proof of regularity and industry during the two years passed in study at the affiliated college." For the details of this plan, which may obviously be carried out without expense, and with little disturb ance of existing machinery, we must refer our readers to the report itself. Exception may of course be taken to it as an unworthy. concession to the utilitarian spirit which refuses to postpone the prospects of money-making for the sake of a Uni versity training. It may be said, and with some truth, that , parents who affect to despise college education, and send their sons into offices or count ing -houses at the earliest possible age, are not likely to accept the terms offered, or will still grudge every hour subtracted from apprenticeship to business. It may be so, nor are we prepared to maintain that it is desirable for the University to risk its dignity or prestige by embarking in any Quixotic enterprise for the enlightenment of the nation. It is easy, however, to ascertain beforehand what degree of support a measure of this nature would meet among the classes most interested in it, and the success of a like movement for the improvement of middle-class schools is, at least, a favourable omen. POST.—We have at length received the text of Mr. Seward's instructions to Mr. Campbell, the newly-accredited Minister to the Mexican Republic. They are curious and even instructive, as serving to illustrate the accuracy of the view taken by the Em peror of the French when he first placed the Arch duke Maximilian on the throne, namely, the necessity of foreign intervention to good government. On that point France and .the United States appear to be agreed. Mr. Seward gives us to understand that the United States Government are quite ready to go the length of instituting what, if not a protectorate in its technical signification, will at any rate be as effectual as a protectorate. "On the other hand," says Mr. Seward, " it may possibly happen that the President of the Republic of Mexico may desire the good offices of the United State or even some effective proceeding on our part, to favour and adVanee the paelficatlea of a country so long distracted by foreign, combined with civil war, and thus gain time for the re-estab lishment of national authority upon principles con sistent with a republican and domestic system of government." Scarcely any declaration could be more clear and strong tiran this. What Mr. Seward ' anticipates that the Mexican President may require, and what he gives us to understand that the United States are equally ready to afford, is "An effective proceeding. That this must be takon to mean an appeal to armed force for the support of authority requires. no deduction on our part ; for Mr. Seward, himself goes on to spe a k o f th e di spos iti on which might be made of the naval and land forces of the United States, which would be useful in a restora tion of law and order. It is of no practical use to consider now, whether as intervention of some kind, is admitted on both sides to be necessary, it Nom" not have been as well for the Americans to have left it to the French. That is a co.isideration that is no longer a practi ca l o ne . Th e F renc h are about to quit the country ; and, unless the Americans were willing to interve ne , th e M ex i cans worn", henceforth be left to th e msel ves . M r . Seward points out, in another part of his instruction s to Mr. Campbell,. that, it is impossible that other claimants for power may arise in Mexico besides President Juarez, if the latter is &pendent solely on the fidelity of his own forces. It is of the utmost importance that something like order ana• authority shall be observed in the country, what ever the source of the authority may be. A Govern merit outwardly conforming to the national desires of the Mexicans, and intrinsically fair and PA may,, if supported by American arms for some years, at length take rest in the heart of the country. The want of some p r i nc ipl e o f moral authority, of some guara n t ee f or or der and stability, has been the curse of the Mexicans for a whole generation. The Emperor of the French i endeavoured to diminish th e ev il ; an d th e Unite" - States now virtually acknowledge that this was a praiseworthy effort. The Mexican nation, however, appear to be animated by views much more repub lican than monarchical • and there is, therefore,' reason to hope that an 'A mer i can intervention in behalf of a native Republic will be well received by them. While, however, the United States Govern ment thus puts forward its readiness to support President Juarez as ruler of Mexico, it emphall' tally repudiates the story which has gone abroad: that it is about to acquire any of the provinces 01 Mexico as the price of its support. " What the Government of the United States," Mr. Seward observes, " desire in regard to th e future of Mexico is not the conquest of Mexico or any part of it , or the aggrandisement of the United States by purchase of land or dominion." That would cer" taiuly have been a, very impolitic course for the Americarns to pursue. Indeed, they may fairly anticipate that the whole country may some day fall either to themselves or to the emigrants of their own nation, who evince an unmistakeable tendency to colonise the wb° l ? Atlantic coast down to what is ca lled Centre; America, where the latitude and the climate would prevent them front migrating further south. Fe.' the present, however, as has been seen, the Amer' . cans restrict themselves to the assumption of a pro tectorate over the native Republican Government . While they do this, we are gl a d t o pe r ceive tha t Mr. Seward inculcates the duty upon all faithful allies of the French nation to abstain " from ob structing or embarrassing the departure of the French," and, as we stated a few days ago, thereni was reason to believ e th a t th e m i ss i on o f General Sherman and Mr. Campbell t o V era C ruz h a d 114 , for its origin certain ar rangemen t s to b e ma de with a view of preventing the harassing of the retreat' ing French legions by the Republican trooe This appears to be the substance of the instructions which Mr. C am pb e ll h as r eceive"' He is to be considered accredited to rf e; trident Juarez, and to him alo n e ; and w" a he is charged to bring a b ou t i s th e restoration of that chief's authority. Mr. Seward's despatef, serves at the same time to explain a n d clear up t% supplementary mission of Ge nera l Sh er man. "I s appears that he is to have the con t ro l o f s uch force s as may be required for the maintenance of a firm native Government in Mexico. Every arran A g e ; ment, at the same time, app ears t o h ave been mad not to interfere with th e F renc h f orces . As thi s change is now fixed, the sooner it takes place the better. An interregnum, or a long re-arrangerue_ a of the domestic government, would be much to lie regretted. It is therefore satisfactory to learn tha t the French transports are on the verge of leaving Europe for Mexico to brin g b ; , 3 k th e t roo ps ; and l would almost seem, fro m M r . S ewar d' s despatch , that as soon as the tricolour is hauled down the star s and stripes may be expected to replace them. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL—TUESDAY. On our to-day's market there was a moderate show ° f English wheat, which sold at is over last week's valu e * Oats, beaus, and peas firm ; maize fully as dear. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE—TuzsDAY. Only a limited business was done in either Englisl! foreign wheat, at about last week's prices. Barley dull. Malt was rather lower. Beans and peas unchanged. 031 were 6d to is per qr. l ower . Fl our move d o ff s lowln $ late rates. GAINSBOROUGH—T UESDAY. A good supply of wheat at market, and prices f0r 9 ,, 11 kinds were at fully I s over th e ra t es o f l ast wee k—whi,cie." 60s to 635; mi xe d, 49 5 -t o 61 s per 3 6st. B arley i n b low mand, and sold at extreme prices. Oats were in good re quest, with littl e a lt era ti on i n pr i ce. B eans were so ld at top rates. S AL ISE ITRY.—T VESD AY. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised /71 6 56s to 68s ; b ar l e y, 37 s t o 55 5; oats, 2 4s to 30s ; beans' 51 to 58s; and pe as , 40 s t o 52 8 per qr. Tares, from 4s to 6d per bushel ; B es t b rea d , 14d ; household ditto, per 81b loaf. Flour, 39s to 45s per sack. MO NMOUT S HIRE--TUESDAY. The supplies of home-grown wheat were limited. 7 r ps white descriptions in g oo d con diti on realized ful l v alues , but for rod qualities quo t a ti ons ruled easier by a bout is r a qr. There was a mo de rate show of barley, which 10 fair inquiry. F or gr i n di ng sorts prices declined abou", is bu t per qr. English samples of beans were firm in price ; foreign declined is per qr. English oats realized currell prices. 08 The following ar e th e average quotations r 4fir. l heat, 78 Od to 7 s 3d p er b us h e l ; w hi te, 7s 3d to 7s 6d ; infer d -5s 9d to 6 s tld ; malting barley, 46 s t o 50 s p er q r ; grl6o ing ditto, 33s to 36s Od; beans, 448 to 50s •; white oats, to 28s ; black ditto, 23 s Od t o 24 s Od. HIILL.—TUESDAY. English white whe a t, 58 s t o 66 8; re d , 47 s t o 64 s ; mal t; sic and Konigsberg, 61s to 665; Baltic red, Danish and Hamb urg , 58 s t o 60 s ; R uss i an, 55 8 to o° l3, Barley, English, 36 s t o 508; grinding, Mediterra v ': 4 3 o , 34s to 34s 6d. Oat s , new E ng li s h , 27 s to 28s; nussiiss 26s to 275. Bean s , o ld E ng li s h , 50 s to 51 8; f ore ign, . to 475. Peas, E ng li s h bl ue , 42, to 44s Od ; foreign Wil l to, 44s to 455; grinding, 43s t o 44s Od per qr. 57$ to MELTON MOWBRAY.—T UESDAY. White wheat, 62s to 725; red, 52s to 67s per 86 stoller Barley for malting, 40 s t o 52 5: per qr; f eed, 32 s t o 380 P e t. 30 stone. Oats old, 30s to 355; new, 22s to 29s per 2 4 - ° Beans, old, 52s to 545; new, 46s to 50s per qr. COAL MARKET. Price per ton a,t the close of the market. a. s. d. F. i 9 i West Hartley „i Buddle'sWestHartley 18 0 W a ll s E n d H etton ... ''' 0 Tunstall North Pelton Gas Wallsend Has we ll 2l 0 D av i son ' s W . H ar tl e y A- Ships at market, 68—501d,:46. -- - A Texas lady being asked at a New York din n er table to drink a toast t o G enera l B ut l er, consent' and as her glass contained about a drop of w ine ; she raised it to her lips and smilingly said, " here a drop for Butler." Births. • re Of CARTER -On the 18th i ns t., a t P or t smou th , the Captain R. Carter, R.N., ll.M.'s ship St. Vincent , ° daughter. 3PCHLERY—On the 19th inst., at 28, Grosvenor-sq uare' the wife of Win. M'Chlery, Esq., of a daughter. ~„p r, DI MILLER—On the 11th i n st., the wif e o f Th om as " Bart., of a daughter. Ore TOWSE—On the 19th inst., at The Limes, Eldon-Pf o South Norwood, the wife of W. W. Towse, Esq. , ° son. Marriages. FORESTER—DIXIE—On the 18th inst. at St. Ea" - floe' Loughborough, Cecil Theodore, only son o f the o , es t and Rev. 0. W. Forester, to Emma Georgina, 3"c u ,,t r th daughter of the l a t e Si r W . W . Dixie, Bart., el 3cs- Park, Leicestershire. hurebi MUDD — BRIDGMAN- On the 18th i ns t., a t the parish c Je, Chilton, Frederick C. Mudd, M.R.C.S., to Agn o s b fitoe, younger daughter of John Bridgman, Suffolk. Deaths. BRADBURY—On the 18th inst. at Bedford House, Str eatijal3ll John Bradbury, E sq ., o f Aldermanbury, aged 7 7 - d ~ L 1 KEy-L•On the 15th inst., at Bri g ht o n , Dowage r - s Key, aged 78. ; vi r et , COOPER —On the 16th in s t., S amue l C oo p e r, Esq., of ' e hill, Henley-on-Thames. ..A.otbt D UETH—On the 18th inst., at Brighton, G. W. ll - -`'„. yid second surviving son of Admiral H. D'Aeth, of ton T Court, Kent, agel. •it d , II M.A., aged 70. . il HIND—On the 17th inst d , 4 at Cambridge, the Rev J• gg'if 8 London : Printed And Published by WILLIAM AND - . lg. of No. 112, Strand, Painter at Tim Sox olfoe, No. i' of Strand, in the Preoinot of the Savoy, in the Goustr hfiddleem—Tharaday, December 20, 18Cti. 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