The Sun. — London, England, 1855-07-23 00:00:00

Otrb labfition+ SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TA TTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) CHILMSFORD HANDICAP. 3 to 61 on the Field. GOODWOOD STAKES. 15 to 2 agst Quince. 10 to 1 agst Surgeon• General. 14 to 1 agst Epaminondas (taken) 20 to 1 agst Fulbeck (taken) 25 to 1 agst Katerfelto (taken) 30 to 1 agst Calamus (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 2to 1 agst Baroncino (taken and offered) 3to 1 agst Oa'ston (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Rattle Royal-quand-memo was scratched on the 20th inst., at 12 at noon. ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst Oulston. 6to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken). 7to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken). 100 even between St. Hubert and Lord of the Isles (taken). DERBY. 9to 1 agat Fly by Night (taken). 50 to 1 agst Vander=lin (taken). CHELMSFORD RACI3.-St. Clare, Lily, Rose, and Eva, are scratched. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT- HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.) ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills, T:Z. :—Lady RaglLn and Lord Raglan's Annuities ; Endowed Schools (Ireland) ; Gold Wedding Rings; Commons Inclosure (No. 2) ; Spirits (Ireland) Act Amendment; Friendly Societies ; Do b'in Carriage Act Amendment ; Christ Church (..L'od morden); Marriages Validity; Burial-grounds (Scotland); Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notei ; Wave ney Valley Railway ; Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway ; Wisber‘ch Port ; Bolton and Nightingale's Roz:d ; Royal Medical Benevolent College ; Londonderry -and Coleraine Railway ; Cavendish Bridge ; Huliand Ward Roads- ; Dagenham Docks ; London Necropolis and :sjr tional 'Mausoleum ; Honiton Road ; East of Fife Rail way ; Gateshead and Hexham Roads ; Portsmouth Rail. way ; Shrewsbury Improvement ; Great Northern Lon don Cemetery ; Mid Kent and North Kent Railway ; Barrow Harbour ; Birkenhead and Liverpool Dc.cks (Trust Property of Birkenhead Docks Trustees) ; E °g land and Ireland Improved Communication; Furness Railway ; Liverpool Docks ; South Staffordshire I ail way ; Livesey's Estate ; Pedder's Divorce ; Cronnixty Estate; flamond's Estate ; Livesay's (Blackburn) E.it i i,te. The Royal Commis s i oners were th e Lord Chance:lor, the Duke of Argyll, and the Earl of Hairowby. Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Glasgow, Dumbarton, and Ifelensburgh Railway was read a third time a.ad passed. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from the inhabitants of Shoreditch, and of the neighbourhood of Victpria-park, against the proposed diminution of the area of that park. LAW OF MORTMAIN. In reply to Lord ST. T_AEONARDS, Lord BROUGHAM said he regretted that the bill re• lating to the Law of Mortrnain had not come up at au earlier jpeliod from the other house, so as to enable their lordships to pass it during the present session. Under the circumstances he wculd only move the second read ing of the bill, with a view to its being withdrawn for the present session. Lord LYNDHURST presented a petit'on from the Protestant Alliance, stating that the petitioners had beard s ith alarm that her Majesty's secretary of Stste for the :Home Department had given permission to cele brate the Romish Mass in the Government prison of Brixton, and praying their lordships' house to tike such nioasures as would secure a withdrawal of the permiss:oon, and tlmi; such departure from the princ;ples of the constitution might never again take place. Lord ST. LEONA.RD called the attention to the insecurity of our public records, and expressed a hope that her Majesty's Government would take the neces sary pr ecautions to preserve the records from fire. The noble and learned lord also referred to the injury done to some of the partitions in Hampton Court Palace, and to the robbery of one of them. The Bishop of LONDON made some similar observa tions. Earl. GRANVILLE said the Chief Commissioner of Public Works had issued orders for the institution of a rigid inquiry into the circumstances alluded to by the noble and learned lord. Lord AIONTEAGLE said he hoped that due core of Marlborough House, in which the munificent do nation of pictures by a private gentleman to the nation were deposited, would not be overlooked when precau tionary measures were being adopted. Earl GRANVILLE said the whole subject was un der the consideration of the Government with a view to adopting precautionary measures of the best puss:- ble description. THE DISSENTERS. Lord BROUGHAM moved the first reading of a bill, the object of which was to relieve certain dissenting clergymen from the Church of England from all penal ties to which they were at present liable, and frvin all prosecution for schism, and from all other penalties, spiritual and temporal, arising from an adherence to their conscientious coov , ct'ot s. He would move the second reading of the bill to-morrow. After afe words from the Bishop of LONDON, the bill was read a first time. PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. On the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE, this bill pissed through committee. 'PIERS AN'D HARBOURS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Ou the mot:on of the Duke of ARGYLL, this bill was read a second time. COAL MINES INSPECTION BILL. This bi.ll, on the motion of Viscount CANNING, pas4ed through committee at,er a few verbal ameadmenti. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'cicck. The Lords' amendments to the folio-wing bills were considered and agre.d to :—Severn Valley Railway ; Somerset Ceni,ral Railway ; To-quay District Churches. The following bills were read a second time :—Hac 'ow's Divorce ; Jones's Divorce ; Me: on's College Di - ...ate ; Sumner's Divorce. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was ordered for Southwark, in the loom of Sir W. N °les worth, appointed Secrete , ...) , of State for the Coloni !g. NUISANCES REMOVAL AMENDMENT BILL. supported the motion, the amendment was negatived, and the clause was ordered to stand part of the bill. Clauses 28 to 36 were agreed to withc opposition, ROYAL ASSENT. At this stage of the proceedings, the Deputy Uslwr of the Black Rod (Sir Augustus Clifford) summoned the Speaker and the House to the House of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given to several bills. It being four o'clock the house then adjourned until six. The SPEAKER took the chair at six o'clock. NEW WRIT. Mr. HAYTER moved that the Clerk •of the Crown issue a new writ for the election of a member for Mary lebone, in the room of Sir B. Hall, who Lad accepted the office of Chief Commissioner of Works. [LEFT SITTING.] ME LATE DISTURBANCES IN HYDE- PARK. INQUIRY INTO THE ALLEGED MISCONDUCT OF THE POLICE (THIS DA' Y). The Commissioners resumed their sittings this morn ing at the Court of Exchequer shortly after 11 o'clock. The Chief Commissioner inquired of Mr. Mitchell if there were many persons remaining who wished to lay their complaints before the Commissioners ? Mr. Mitchell said yes ; he had the names: of 15. He was anxious to close the inquiry as soon AS possible. The Chief Commissioner said the Comini ssioners had no desire to throw any impediment in the way of per sons wishing to lay their statements before them, but it would be desirable as much as possible no t to go over the same ground. The first witness called W 2 S Thomas Hawson, boot-maker, 36, WHO -street, Lin coln's-inn-fields, who saw a stone thrown :a a police man, and heard the people express indigmatinn at such conduct. He saw several attacks of the police on the people after that, and in •ne of them a fee n.ale severely struck on the wrist by a policeman's trunchi seen. Witness went forward to take his number, but ei 'as prevented doing so from the policeman thrusting his t runcheon in witness's chest ; he saw one man attacked b y five or six policemen, who beat him with their staves. From the manner in which the mounted police acted, he thought it useless to take the policemen's numbers. Considering the former who ought to answer for any im ,proper con duct, he noticed particularly one of the mou 'sited police, who appeared to have more of the "animal' than "in tellectual". about- him ; he was a stout ma n, with (he thought) , sandy whiskers ; he went to the par k to join in the demonstratiOn against the Sunday Tradi rag Bill. Chief Commissioner Wortley—To preve: et carriages from driving there ? Witness—No • but merely to show his die like against the Sunday Trading Bill, considering it as on e of a series of measures that would ultimately place the poor work ing man in an unpleasant position. Chief Commissioner Wortley—What was the demon stration to be ? Witness said he belonged to no society, a rid had con sulted no one about going there ; seeing Sir Richard Mayne's notice, he determined on going the! 7e. Chief Commissioner Wortley—What did y •ou consider the demonstration to be ? Witness—Merely to be there. Mr. Commissioner Armstrong—Merely to show your self as being opposed to the bill. • Witness—Yes. This was the first Sun day he had been in the park for years. Mr. Augustus Wallace, hosier sad gloss 268, Ox ford-street, and 34, George's-place, Knights! 'ridge. He was in the park, and noticed the peaceable order of the crowd at the early period of the afternoon s. He saw several policemen attack a man, and a stone , of about an inch and half diameter thrown at them. B:e saw about 150 " roughs " in different parts of the pi I,rk. It was principally tradesmen who were driving in carriages in the park that afternoon. He noticed a p' iliceman be having with moderation, and heard him en y "it was a pity the inspector gave them such orders "-- -meaning to charge the people. Had the police bebavec lin a proper manner he felt assured the majority of thos E i in the park would have rendered them assistance hacl there been need of it. Mr. Bailey, sculptor, 7, Conduit-place, :i Paddington, was in the park. He spoke of the imprope r conduct of Superintendent Hughes in backing his h orse on the people, and the manner in which he gave I i is orders to the men. Witness saw several policemen i ihrust their staves at the stomachs of several respecta I 'le females. He saw many attacks on the people by the , police, and one man who had received a blow over the r ear. Re monstrances appeared rather to come from I )ersons who thought their position warranted them givin g . an opinion than from working men; they behaved exec plary. Ha heard expressions as he passed groups of pers ons condem natory of the Sunday bill. Mr. George Payne, cabinetmaker, 3, C r•avan-place, Paddington. He heard Superintendent I i':ughes give orders to the men to clear the water side of the drive. Immediately from thirty to ft »7ty police men rushed in the direction indicai td, using their truncheons rapidly and indiscriminatel3- Witness saw four elegantly-dressed ladies with childrt n rush into the water to avoid being struck. He saw an elderly gentleman who had been struck on the left, side of the head. He was much struck at the brutal t conduct of several policeman to a youth about 16 years , of age they were taking in custody to the receiving-ho use. Two policemen bad hold of him by the collar, with their knuckles on each side of his neck, causing the lad much pain, who, wreathing from agony, held back. On that another policeman came up behind him, strsseek him a violent blow on the head, and thrust his has id into the boy's neck, and pushed him on. A gentlema.re who was near cried "Shame," and Superintendent M artin told him he was inciting the people to c ommit a breach of the peace, and gave instructions sto . a parti cular policeman that, "if that fellow (an caning the gentleman alluded to) opened his mouth again to take him off." The gentleman, not wishing to come into contact with the police, moved off. 354 A, rov 554 A, he could not say which (but could identify the wan), ap peared to take particular delight in carrying out the orders of his superior, and presented a marked contrast to that of a policeman beside him, who co oily asked the people to retire. The conduct of the police was such, that had he had a stick with him, and been attacked, he should have considered himself justified in defending himself. The inmates of the carriages having given " poputsnr offence," politically speaking, from an observation of a member in the House of Commons, that the higher clas ses observed the Sab bath better than the lower, they were subject to annoy ance. They bad nothing to fear personally, the tongue being the only weapon used, whi c.h, although it cut deep enough sometimes, did not break. 'heads. Mr. Henry Hortyn, clerk, residing at 16, Nicholl's square, Hackney-r oa d, saw sever al attacks of the police. He saw 20 A strike an old gentheman wii,h violence on the back and chest, and who moved away with difficulty. A. boy, about 14 years of age, as lie passed 380 A, called out " who stole the goose", on w:hich he struck the boy severely on the back and shoulders. The people cried "Shame," when the police in a body charged the people. On witness remonstrating subsitquently with 380 A on his digusting observations, he told him " he would have it by and bye if he did not take (tare." Mr. MgLeowlel, wholesale glover, 25, Cannon-street, drove twice through the park on the afternoon of Sundae, the Ist July. He drove through at a trot, without interruption ; he was met with cries of " Go to church" ; he pulled up on one occasion, and told the people be sympathised with them. The Chief Commi-sioner—T'hen are we to understand you went there to join in the demonstration ? Witness—Not at all. He went there more out of curiosity, considering the *police notice would have the effect of attracting persons to the park. He left his vehicle and walked along; the path way. He saw Police constable 63 A having some words with a young man, the former saying, "Go along, you b-- barber.' I Witness told the policeman lie should note what he bad heard, and report it. The police man made a 'motion at witness with his trim cheese accompanying it with an observation which he could not hear. Witness lifted his arm to defend himself, saying he was determined to take the police man's number. Some soldiers came up at the time and said ' they would see he was not . interfered with. He took the number and went off. Re afterwards saw Su perintendent Hughes order a man into custody for com mitting no offence. He saw stones thrown, and was inclined to think it was done at the instigation of the police. Mr. Commissioner Henderson—On what grounds do you state that ? Witness—Simply from their extraordinary conduct in exciting thi people, and to have a person to pounce on. He went on Monday to Marlborough-street to give evi dence on the part of the people, where he was treated in a very unbecoming manner by the policemen. He was told by one the Court was too full!; and by another that the Court was not sitting. He went to the door arid knocked, but it was not opened. An officer from the House of Detention, who was at first refused admission to the Court, told a policeman he was far exceeding his duty. He saw a foreigner thrown over the railing by some policemen. He saw Lords Derby and Maidstone on foot in the park. Cross-examined by Mr. Ellice—'When at Marlborough street he also stated he wanted to make a charge against a policeman. Mr. John Marsh, 2, Clarence-place, Kensington, a retired tradesman, was in the park. He was much excited at the conduct of the police in attacking men. He saw a man in the custody of four policemen taken along the road and a policeman leave his station run ever and strike him three times on the bead with his staff, and then walk off smiling. He particularly noticed the misconduct of 155 A, Mr. John Staples, law stationer, Lincoln's-inn-fields— He detailed the unnecessary violence of the police to wards young men they had in custody. The police were ordering the people to wa'k on in a very improper man ner, particularly witness. On his remonstrating, and stating he was walking on as fast as he could, 376 A held up his truncheon over his head, saying, "Do You want your hat spoilt." The people cried "Shame" at the conduct a the police, and the tone and ina,aner in which be and others were directed to walk on were more fitted for a gang of convicts than respectable people. There was no intention on the part of any per -800 he saw to cause annoyance to the police. His lin presseon at the time was—in contrast with their previous conduct—that the police must have been acting under some particular orders. Mr. William Sraith, fruiterer, 1, Prospect-place, Kingsland, was in the park from three to eight o clock. H e saw a policeman strike an elderly gentleman across the loins a violent blow. The gentleman appeared On the orderof the day for the thiri reading or the above bill, some discussion took placa on prop - mod amendments in vrr:ous clauses that bad been postponed in committee on the bill. 2656 103 1 ,,i 189 945 A 6k 2(1 81% 417 164 5i3V, 5% 174 267 On clause 45 being put as amended, Mr. CHILDS moved a 3 an amendment to insert a. proviso that the operation o: the clause should not inte riere with the efficient working (3° trades, or be extended to mines, or the smelting o' ores and minerals. After some cons:Cerable discussion. in which Mr. Henley, Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. Dillwyn, Muntz, and several other memberi t oo k par t, The house divided, when there app eare d_ For the proviso 35 Against it .................. Majority for the proviso ..... . The proviso was then added ti the bill, which was read a third time and passed. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, for the purpose of considering the schedules. After some short discussion the schedules, with some verbal amendments, were agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be reported. PASSENGERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. 171 9 4 9l y 2S 498 X 126% 87 78'4 149 46v, 82 32 29% S7N 299 162% The house then went into committee on this bill. Mss 18 to 26 were agreed to without opposition. On claus e 27, having reference to life-boats, Capt. 800B - ELL proposed that instead of leaNieg a vessel to choose her own I:fe-boat, that it be left to the Admiralty to select a perfectly adapted boat for that purpose, and that the Admiralty be also empowerf d to order a second life-boat in vessels of large tonna, e, if such should be considered advisable. The hon. and gallant gentleman recommended for adoption the in ven tion of the Rev. Mr. Bartharn, a model of which wa:i Libited in the -United Service'Musenm. Mr. J. BALL thought it was rather premature to make such a provision as that suggested by the hon. and gallant member, i n asmuch as the naval authorities of the country had not yet come to adecision up on th e l oint in regard to troop ships, in w hich m ost valuable ives were usually embarked. He should imagine that :ship owners, as a matter of self-interest, would take ca! e to provide the best means of security in case of ehipwx eck, Captain SCOBELL having replied, insisting ;hat there was great responsibility resting upon the autliori ties to take every precaut: on in case of accident, and that that object could be best attained by the meaiare he advocated, %nag further discussion took place in eppositio a to the am en d ment of the hon. and gallant member forl3ath (Captain Scobeli.) Captain SCOBELL withdrew his amendment ; and afterwards moved,aa a further amendment on the that " every p assenger ship carrying 50 persons awl up wards shall be provided avth one or more life rafts, or buoyant contrivances, bapible of floating at least one tenth part of the passengers and crew the gad such raft o.• contrivance trille:of the pattern or descrip tion approved of by the Board of Admiralty from time to time. After some discussion, is which Admiral WALCOTT THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E'V'EN !Nom, JULY 23, 1855 Captain Tindal, many years manager of the Birming ham Branch of the Bank of England, is appointed n. an Coe branch which, the same bank is about to open a' ,•ost-c DEPARTUE.E OF DEA FTS FOR, iII.CDkA. 11 Satur day morning, several drafts, amounting to 4DO young men, from the 53d, 27th, 61st, and 32d Regiments, left Chatham for Gravesend, to embark on board the ships Marion and Bristol Merchant for their respective regi ments in India. Amongst the officers were Captains Greig. 61st, Sutherland 53d, Phillipps, first battalion 60th Rifles, Lieut. Drew, 75th, for Bombay and Kur.. rachee. ROBBERY OF Two HUNDRED POUNDS FIIOM THE LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE.—A young man named Andrew Moreland was on Saturday committed for trial at Liver pool on a charge of stealing two 1001. notes from a desk in the exchange, where they bad been left for a few minutes. The prisoner had got them exchanged by an emigration agent, stating that he had received the notes :rotn his friends in Belfast. A letter from Berlin, in the Cablentz Gazette, says "The King has expressed a desire to visit the Rhenish province, after a stay of about a fortnight at E rdmanns dorff, but that step will depend entirely on the, state o his health. Should he go, he will not be accompanied by the Queen, but by the Prince of Prussia, a s soon as his Royal Highness shall have returned from S t. Peters burg*" PRISONERS TRIED AT ASSIZES.—A return obtained by Mr. Cowper, M.P., shows that the total a umber of prisoners tried at the amines of England and W ales from 1850 to 1855 (including a space of five years), was as follows :--viz., on the Home Circuit, 2,501 (including the prisoners tried before commissioners not judges) ; on the Midland Circuit, 2,740 ; on the Norfolk Circuit, 2,093 ; on the Northern Circuit, 2,235 ; on the Oxford Circuit, 4,223 ; on the Western Circuit, 3,493 ; and on the South Wales and Chester Circuit, 975. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—A man named Dunn, a cabi net-maker, is lying at the University College Hospital, dangerously wounded, having been stabbed, on Satur day night last, by a young woman, named Emilia Curtis, residing with her parents at 25, Phoenix-street. About a twelvemonth ago Dunn induced Emma Curtin to leave her home and to live with him as his wife. Suh;equently he formed an acquaintance with a woman nam ed Gates, with whose parents he went to live, and Curtis. returned to her parents, but latterly they have met al a house, No. 10, Placenix-place, Somers-town. They were all talking together, when Dunn applied some opprobrious terms to Curtis, who, in a fit of fury, seized a clasp knife, resembling a stiletto, and aimed a deadly blow at his heart, inflicting a very severe wound. FATAL ACOIDENT.—Mr. Dearden held an inquest on Monday at Bury, on the body of John Thomas Yates, of Wash Lane, Bury, a boy of 13, who was employed as a doffer at the Brickhouee Mill of Messrs. Lawrence Openshaw and Sons. While engaged in carrying some bobbins to a woman who was winding he passed over a horizontal shaft, fourteen inches from the floor, and the torg portion of his trousers was caught by the shaft, and heiwas thus dragged under and over the shalt re peatedly, his head coming in contact with the floor, in flicting dreadful injuries, which resulted in his imme diate death. No doubt was entertained respecting the cause of death, and the chief point for inquiry was to ascertain whether the accident was the result of culpable and wilful neglect in not having the machinery properly fenced off. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." MORE MATERIAL ITOR THE BALAKLAVA RAILWAY.-- Another instance of the promptitude and celerity with which private firms carry out their undertaking has just presented itself. On Tuesday instructions were for warded to Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts, from the War-office, requesting them to take the necessary mea sures for hiring a steam-vessel to convey to the Crimea 130 railway waggons, 40 drivers, 10 shoeing smiths, and a supply of iron for shoes, the want of which has been much felt. The North uf. Europe Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Leipzig, of 700 tons, and 250- horse power, was hired for the voyage, and on Saturday was at Blackwail, with all her berths ready, and her coals on board. The work of loading commenced imme diately, and on Saturday next she will sail. The men who go out in the Leipzig are not to be confounded with the navvy corps engaged by Sir J. Paxton for service in the trenches before Sebastopol. These latter are in. tended to relieve the army of some of its labours, and will consequently be exposed, in common with it, to all the risks of the siege, while the men sent out by Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts, are engaged for the purposes of the railway alone. CONFESSION OF THE ROTHWELL MIINDERER.—We are authorised to state that Isaac Pinnock has made a full and unreserved confession of his guilt, acknowledging himseif the murderer of the unfortunate Mr. B. Cheney. The particulars of the confession have not been handed to us, but we are assured generally that Pinnock admits the correctness of the evidence adduced upon his trial. He has also informed the officers of the prison where he concealed the money which he took from the pockets of Mr. Cheney, and the suns has since been found on the spot indicated. He further states that, on the Friday previous to the day of fee murder, he waited at the stile for the deceased with the intention (prompted by revenge) of murdering him, but that he fell asleep, and when Le awoke, think ing Mr, Cheney must have passed, he got up and went home. He returned to the spot, however, on the fol lowing Friday, and executed his fatalpurpose. A know ledge of these facts cannot but be extremely satisfactory to the jury that tried the wretched man, and the judge who awarded him the penalty of his fearful crime. They would seem, too, to furnish a sufficient answer to those , who would seek to shield the convict from the full con sequence of his act under the plea of impaired intellect. He is proved to have been capable of harbouring re venge, of planning, waiting, and watching for its execu tion, and of concealing the evidence of his guilt. Not withstanding his deformity, and his apparent helpless ' ness, no one who saw him in court could doubt his sanitr for a moment, and his conduct since his condem nation has, we have reason to know, been that of a sane pers: me—Northampton Herald. DISTRUCTION OF AN EriEmetva—The large elephant (120 years of age), late the property of Mr. Wombwell, beingincapacle of locomotion from diseased feet, the preseit proprietor gave directions for its destruction in the ereiest manner possible. Accordingly, Mr. E. Price, veterinary surgeon, and Mr. Flewitt, chemist, of Bir minghun, on Friday last, proceeded to carry his wishes into elect. In 10 minutes, from the application of chlo roform, the animal became totally insensible. Prussic acid was then administered without effect, and two large does of strychnine, without producing any per ceptiblefeeling of pain. Not succeeding in these en deavouee, a continuous application of chloroform was made, is the hope that the animal might sink under it ; but after three hours' perseverance in this course, no difference of respiration being observed, the administra tion wag stopped, and in one hour and a half all effects of it had passed away. The only known means of de struction left were the knife anal the bullet. The latter was first tried (the animal again being chloroformed), and wounded a branch of the carotid artery, from which blood flowed in a tolerably sized jet. The opening was then enlar!ed by a knife, and the artery fully divided. In a few minutes the huge animal ceased to live, having died without a straggle, or evidencing the slightest feel ing of pain. T „ Near G.C.B —We find the United Service Gazette asserting distinctly that Admiral Sir Charles Napier, being summoned to Court to be installed as a Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, declined the dis tinction. The reason attributed to him, as given very unreservedly to his friends, is this :—" I have been cen sured and degraded, and have been denied the oppor tunity of clearing my reputa.tion. Yet now lam offered a G.C.8." We believe that we should look in vain for any precedent of such a slur cast upon the value of British orders of knighthood, especially by a member of the martial calling, to whom the Sovereign's favour, ex pressed in such tokens of honour, is the highest of all rewards. Yet Sir Charles Napier is unquestionably in the right. It is not for Ministers that are on their own trial, or rather have been themselves condemned, to compound with those they have injured by the lavish ing of decorations. Admiral Deans Diindas, and even the Del of Luca; received different degrees of this order, so Sir Charles Napier was fully entitled to be in cluded in the list of honour. The names of Admiral Boxer and Capt. Christie were published to show that they had been intended for decoration had they sur vived, a method of posthumous reconciliation, an offer ing to Vie manes of men sacrificed to the administrative blunders of their superiors. But Sir Charles Napier is neither dead nor soft-hearted. He sees that the Admi ralty is this year taking the utmost pains to prove that he was in no fault in the last. He begged for gun-boats then ; they have almost with the appearance of reluc tance in their niggardly sloth given a few now, and with these Admiral Napier's successor cannot get up to the walls that baffled the displaced commander. When Sebastopol proved too much for Lyons, Na pier was thoroughly absolved for not attempting Cronstadt, the more so as he had no land force to mate a Russian army, and no ground to land it on, had he been so strengthened. Instead of the cowardly trick of endeavouring to throw the blame of failure upon him, Sir James Graham should have at once prepared the true means of vindicating British prowess in the Baltic. It is almost plain that rafts and mortars would have sufficed, if early provided. But every day will show more of the truth ; and the late First Lord's incompetency and meanness, and Sir Charles Napier's ill-usage at his hands, will become more decisively appa-• rent. Sir James Graham was made a G.C.B. for the setting forth of ships utterly useless for their express purpose. No wonder Sir Charles Napier has no great respect for titles which may be so achieved. And let this, we should say, be a warning to that literary pup pyisui that slavers at the mouth with longing for abadge in the new order of merit. —Weekly Dispatch,. [Aeveivriseeearr.)—Among the numerous extraordinary cures without medicine effected by Du Barry's delicious Health-Restoring Revalenta, Arabica Food, the following is not the leaSt remarkable :—Maastricht,Hollaud, 7th August, 1854.—My daughter Virginie had long been consumptive, with diarrhoea and night sweats, and was in July last reduced to such a state of prostration and exhaustion, that our medi cal men agreed there was no hope of recovery left, and that she could not survive many days. Upon the recommenda tion of a friend, we tried Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica, which, to the astonishment of all, caused an immediate change for the better in the symptoms. After the first few meals she felt less miserable, and in six days the diarrhoea and night sweats had loft her. She gained strength gradu ally, and in two months time was perfectly well. This excel lent remedy deserves to be more generally known, and I consider I am only discharging a most sacred duty in recommending it to all sufferers.—S. ZEGUERS. In canisters, Ilb. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 51b. lie. ; 121 b. 220. The 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry & Co., 77, Regent-street, Loudon ; also at IS2, Piccadilly; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 60 and 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bi s h o p sga t e - s t ree t ; 5.5, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 89, High-street, Camden-town ; 18; !Pall mall ; ; 132, New Bond-street ; 2-1 Mot• comb street ; 13, King William-street, City ; 30, Conduit street; 21, Cockspur-street; 95, Farringdon-street ; 67, St, Peril's Churchyard; 6, Edward-street, Portman-square. to suffer much. Between seven and eight o'clock he saw 147 A push a young man rudely along. The youth irked " Why h., did 0 . .." Tie p,licedlan again:, and on t: r'uth aia renmstrating, tho nolioc- Loan gave him di viulent bow on tii' iJ sine of 'll.lle,:i and face, which he repeated, and the blood flowed. A respectably-dressed woman came up and told the policeman that he ought to be ashamed of him self. He then left the boy, who was on the ground and struck at the woman, knocking off her bonnet. He after that struck the youth a third time. Witness, with others, went over to ascertain who the boy was, when a body of police came up and ordered them off, or they would serve them the same. He saw one small stone strike a policeman's hat. The boy was struck after that. The stone came in a different direc tion to that where the boy stood. Cross-examined by Mr. Ellice—He thought he should know 147 A. He believed the people congregated in Hyde Park on account of the Sunday Trading Bill. Mr. Henry Seers, grocer, 6, Prospect-place, Kings land, corroborated the last witness. Mr. Lewis Franklin, compositor, 7, Furnival's-inn place, Holborn, was in the Park with his wife on the afternoon in question. When in Park-street, his direct way home from the Park, he found another assemblage of persons near Lord Robert Grosvenor's. They were in conversation on the Sunday bill. He saw a body of police, four or six abreast, pass up the street, and 'at a given signal they struck away right and left at the people. The !people around him cried " Shame,' in which he joined, and was im mediately seized from behind by Inspector Webb. He was passed over to two policemen, a third bringing up the rear, and when a short distance off, without any resistance on his part, one of the policemen drew his staff and struck him on the left side of the head, causing it to bleed. Inspector Webb gave orders for his wife to be taken, but the men not understanding who he meant did not take her. At Vine-street Station Inspector Webb asked where the woman was, and a policeman went outside to see if she had followed to the station, but could not find her. Inspector Webb made the charge against him for "inciting the mob and riotous conduct, and his wife for inciting the mob to effect his " rescue. The charge sheet was produced and read by Mr. Ellice, but it contained no entry with reference to the wife. Witness explained that as Inspector Webb gave the charge before he knew whether or not witness's wife was in custody, that when it was ascertained she was not there the charge was entered as read. He described the state of the cell at Vine-street in similar terms to the witnesses already examined. His wound, which was an inch and a half long, was not attended to during the time he was in custody. It was so suffocating in the cell that he was afraid at one time there would have been a death struggle to get at the small] aperture for fresh air. He heard the police men in conversation, one said "he had brought five pri soners, and if he had had conveyances he could have brought 50." He was discharged on the Tuesday, no charge being preferred against him. Mr. James W. Howell, law student, Middle Temple,' said he was managing director of the Metropolitan Insti tution for the Protection of Trade. He had left S!i 6 o where he was canvassing in anticipation of a dissolution of Parliament—(laughter)—on ,purpose to give evidence on this occasion. He was in the Park and heard cries of "Go to Church," and " have you paid for that bor:e ?" He saw one man seized and dragged away by the police by the direction of one of the superintendents. He lifted an elderly gentleman from the ground who bad received a severe blow on the temple. He saw a bill in a man's hand, headed "Arise, oh England," having reference to a Socialist publication. The people on this occasion were good humoured. Mr. Mitchell—A mob is generally in a jocular mood, is it not ? Mr. Chief Commissioner Wortley—The gentleman will probably know that on his return from Sligo. (Laughter.) . Mi.Thoinas Sutherland, 28, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde park, gave it as his opinion that the conduct of the police was reprehensible. Mr. Chief Commissioner Wortley suggested that as the general conduct of the police had been spoken to over and over again it would be better to confine the evidence to specific charges. Mr. Robert Ward, plasterer, 3, Marsham-street, West minster, saw three females thrown down and trampled upon. 113 A struck a gentleman across the face, and on witness going forward to take his number another policeman told hint "he had better mind his business or he would, be locked up." Noticing the misconduct of another policement in striking a boy he went forward to take his number, which was either 392 A or 393 A, when he threatened to knock him over the head with ' his staff. He could identify that man. He was able to identify 58 A beating every one he came near. John James White, waiter, 1, Chair-court, Temple bar, was in the park, and apprehended by 398 A. The people interfered, and the policeman struck him on the head with his truncheon. His face and clothes down to his boots were covered with blood. The blow rendered him insensible. He was confined in a cell with others at Vine-street. He was there an hour before he could get any water to wash his face. At Marlborough-street they were placed in the garden adjoining the court pre vious to their cases being heard ; and whilst there, a man—he believed the usher of the court—came and called the cases, and told the police "to knock our heads off" if they did not keep quiet. When the magi strate told this man to feel witness's head he put his hand an inch from the place, and said "it was a wound apparently from a stone." Witness was charged with throwing stones at the police, but discharged. He de nied having thrown stones at the police. The usher or gaoler at Marlborough -street told them he wished he had a "mine underneath to blow them all up." Mr. Mitchell said he had a number of other witnesses to call ; but as their evidence was much the same as that already given, he thought it would not be advantageous to go further with the case. Mr. Chief Commissioner Wortley said that Mr. Mitchell had conducted the inquiry with great pro priety, and had done great justice to the parties who had entrusted their cases to him. The Committee were of opinion the time had arrived when it was necessary they should be informed of the nature of the regulations issued to the police, and which regulated their conduct. The Court then adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow, when the police will be heard in reply. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles op ened, 1855. BRITISO. .tberdeen ...... Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County D0wn.....• • • •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn,aud West York .... Bristol and Exeter ............ •• • • .. Caledonian. .. ......... .......... Chester and H01yhead..........• • • • • Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •••• •• Cork and Bandon .. • • • • Dublin and Belfast Junction •• .. • • • • Dublin and Drogheda•... •• ..••••• •• Dublin and Kingstown •• •• •• •• Dundee and Arbroath Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk an Enniskillen.• .. •••• •• • • East Anglian...... •• -• .............. East Lancashire .................... Eastern Counties and Norfblk...• Eastern Union .. .. • . 5 Edinburgh and Glasgow ......• •.... Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... Exeter and Credlton.. • • •• •• •• Furness Railway ... .... ••.. • • .... _ .. Glasgow, and South-Western Great Northern and E. L Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle ........ .. Lancashire and Yorkshire •• •• Leeds Northern .................... Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North Western ... • ..... London and Black London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South We5tern......... Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Shefreld,and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction...... Maryport and Carlisle •. • • • • .. Mid!and Great Western (Irish) ...... Monklands .• • • • • • • •• • • • • . - • • • • •• •• Newcastle and Car Hale.. •• .......... North British • • • • • • • • • •• • • •• •• North Staffordshire •• • .... •• North-Western .... •• • .. Scottish Central • • ...• • • .. Scottish Midland •••••• • • • • .. •... Shrewsbury and Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester • • • • • • • • • • .• Shropshire Union .................. Sala!' Dovim•• •• •• •• • •• •••• •• •• South Ea5tern................ South Wales ................:• •• - South York., Doncaster, and Goole :•• Waterford and Limerick . . West Cornwall ..... Whitehaven Junction ............... .. York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. routioN. Dutch Rhenish ........... ..... Lyons and Mediterranean Montereau and Troyes Namur and Tdege'.; ........ ......" • Northern of France ........:. .. Orleans and Central* Paris and L7OPS Paris and kouen. ...............:** Paris and Strasburgh ............ Rouen and Havre •.............. Western of France..,,, THE SCREW FLOATING BATTERIES FOR THE BALTIC.— Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. F. Berkeley, K.C.8., and Sir Robert Peel, Bart., left the Admiralty yesterday kr Chatham, whence they proceeded to the Downs, to m spect the French scrqw floating batteries in the Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht. ETON COLLEGE, July 20.—A resignation has arrived at the Provost's Lodge for Buckle, M.A , K.S., captain of the school, void by the acceptance of the rectory of Ewhurst, Sussex, by the Rev. Mr. Bacon, a fellow of King's College, Cambridge ; the Rev. Dr. flawtrey, provo4 of Etan and the former rector of Ewhurst, hav ing taken to the rectory of Maple Durham, near Read ing, Berks. Mr. Buckle leaves Eton to-day for Oath bridge, and Baker, K.S., succeeds him as captain of the school. Sir Moses Montefiore carries with him to Jerusalem the pro , luct of a subscription for his co-religionists, amounting to 3, 0 00,000 f. or 4,000,0001. While at Con stantinople much attention was shown ,him by : the Mi nisters of the Porte. Amongst other favours a firman was granted authorising the establishment of a Jewish hospital at Jerusalem. NAME OF RAILWAY. IReceipts 1854. 1,899 878 2,647 1b55. '2,358 874 2,754 6,492 12,341 6,141 240 240 1,287 1,865 1,210 634 1,04.1 279 930 7.244 24,010 4,945 3,471 22,721 5,287 3,195 6,371 18,106 4,648 25,12 U 6,188 50,776 59,072 1,844 1.5,546 15,542 8,917 778 506 ,675 3,074 4,696 1,137 2,4tti 971 2,023 828 20,211 5.513 1,550 1,686 32,120 , - 6,929 19,492 7,010 26,8,39 6 269 22,318 445 G 0,057 15,393 17,410 B,CS9 874 Lill 27,662 3,207 _ 6,162 1,014 2,848 1,119 1,478 2,643 88 2,02 21,809 5,53 G 1,97 G 3,847 1,036 653 339 1,777 41,751 THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. Tho Constar tionne 1 of Friday has SC.,-.:.it, zi , T.:srations on tii peculiar ;v:.t11.1 - 0 of the connected with the siege of Sebastopol which are worthy of extract. It says : " Sebastopol resembles in nothing an ordinary ford.- fled place, and there is no comparison to be made be tween the assault on the Russians in that place and the ordinary sieg es , even the most difficult, recorded i n history. The best fortified places are usually environed by a chain of defensive works which it suffices to make a breach in on one point. Sebastopol is not a city so sur rounded ; it is the reunion of numerous citadels, gene rally independent of each other, separated by deep ravines and by creeks which form so msny natural ditches, so that after having penetrated into one of thee works, the allied troops find they have only made one step for ward, and that in front new ramparts arise and other obstacles of all kinds are multiplied. To open a breach in the weakest part of the fortifications, to push forward assault-columns, and peLetrate by this means into the place, is out of the question. It is necessary to carry successively by the bayonet, under cross-fires of the most redoubtable description, a series of fortifications, each of which would require a long siege. Wa say by the bayonet, for it must not be dissembled that artillery, ordinarily prepondering in sieges, is here of only medi ocre effect. That which helps to impart a character altogether exceptional to the siege of Sebastopol is the very nature of the works executed for the defence of the city. These works are of earth, and consequently altogether temporary, for when towns are fortified in a permanent manner, solid materials are necessarily em ployed. But this circumstance serves the Russian army ; as the balls make but little impression on these earth works." The journal here observes on the well-known, often-repeated disadvantages to the besiegers un der such circumstances, and then proceeds : " The dangers of storming are greater at Sebastopol than anywhere else. As the aggregate of the fortresses could not be invested the troops defending the town are constantly renewed, and in consequence escape the discouragement and the fatigue experienced by a garri son during a long siege. What which the Russian Go vernment calls the garrison of Sebastopol is, in fact, all and entirely the Russian army. Russia concentrates in the Crimea all she has of energy, resources, and soldiers. A siege, which commonly is but a secondary operation in the general plan of a campaign, has become, in the Crimea, by a concurrence of circumstances, known to all the world, the tie knot of the war, and, it may be said, that the fate of the Russian empire is dependent on the resistance or the fall of a single place. Every assault may therefore count as a great battle, not only because of the number of men who may be engaged on both sides, but also by its important consequences with regard to the definitive solution of the question. In the contest now going on, the Russians have such superior advantages of every kind, that it is astonishing how, brave as they are, they have been constantly beaten since thecomrnencement of the siege. They have at hand, that is at their disposal, all the resources of the country, and with the nature of these resources they are perfectly conversant. They combat in positions chosen by themselves, confine themselves to the defensive, and are constantly sheltered under ramparts ; they draw upon an arsenal overflowing with munitions, which have been accumulated there for years, and, what was never known before, they possess, for a place besieged by land, ships whose formidable batteries, transported at will on every point menaced by the besieger, effectually second the fire of the place. When the general commanding at Sebastopol foresees an assault, tie orders out of the town the battalions which, having already measured themselves with the Allies, and proved the effects of their bravery, might be demoralised. Fresh troops are then brought into the place, who have sojourned and been reorganised in the for tified camp of the Russians at Belbeck ;they arrive thus be fore the assailing forces with all their moral and physical force. Why should not these courageous and well disciplined forces defend themselves vigorously behind ramparts, that is to say, in a position where inferior troops often resist effectively the most resolute attacks ? The Russian Generals disdain none of the trickery of war, none of the means of destruction which may con tribute to a successful defence. They endeavour to im pose on the imagination of their adversaries when they cannot otherwise make an impression on them. They have proceeded even to place on their glacis the machines Jacobi, which, in the assault of the 18th, exploded and wounded several men. These are less an instrument of defence, for that would be puerile, than a means of making believe in the imaginary existence of machines quite otherwise formidable which should be disposed in the interior of the city. From the beginning of th,e siege have they not spread reports that all the fortifications were mined, and at the last extremity they would blow up the con querors and conquered altogether ? That match has been eventuated at the capture of the Mamelon Vert, which made no explosion at all, notwithstanding that it equally passed for a mine. But the Russians then, with that astuteness which is one of the salient trains of their character, caused it to be reported that they had not bad the time to fire the train of powder. In despite of all these efforts, notwithstanding the incontestable bravery of the Russian army, with all the advantages we have enumerated, what is the respective position of the two armies ? Ours has never flinched one step. Its approaches, retarded by unheard-of difficulties, have been constantly pursued with a firmness not to be shaken ; the Russian army has been vanquished in two great battles, and has been forced to relinquish any attack on our lines. All in making way against the Malakhoff Tower, which appears to be the key of the first defences, we are pre paring the means for opening fire on the ships which our bombs have not yet been able to reach, and whose fire inflicted so much damage on our attacking columns on the 18th of June. Experience has taught us to employ is carrying on this siege the kind of projectile which is the most proper for making au impression on the ene my ; we began the attack with siege pieces ( fan insuf ficient calibre, but we continue it with an artillery supe rior to that of the enemy, who, to save his ammunition, or by the powerlessness of struggling with us, withdrew his guns from the embrasures on occasion of the can nonade which preceded the last assault. At this mo ment important ironworks at Manchester are employ ed in founding new pieces of artillery, from which a tre mendous result is expected. The allied army is, besides, well provisioned, and exempt from the epidemic diseases which make such ravages in the ranks of the Russians." The following letter is extracted froni the Derbyshire Courier RIGHT SIEGE TRAIN, BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, 3d July, 1855. In my last letter I wound up when just going to the trenches. I passed the night in the " Quarry," and a remarkably warm night it was—shell from cohorn mor tars streamed in the whole night, dinning one with their explosions and the whiiz of the pieces. I passed some time in dodging them about the traverse, but afterwards occupied a corner with a colonel and major of the Guards, ail determined to make the best of it, and resolved that if one of our fizzing visitors did lob over the top of the parapet we could not help it, but that we certainly would not pay them that attention we had hitherto done. Here we had an acirecable variety of gun shell, and shot, which twice nearly buried us in dust and filth, explodin g i n th e parapet above; however, we lighted our cigars again, and made the best of it. A piece of shell came thud close to my boot, and a poor fellow (Owen, of the 23d) was killed near. A shell burst close above a cluster of men, and, without touching one of them, cut a musket completely through. The few casualties are most extra ordinary when compared with the vast quantity of shot, shell, grape, and rifle balls fired only 200 yards off, and at men exposed as working parties or thickly huddled in the trench. What knocks a fellow up in the trenches are the cold and damp nights followed by scorching dusty de s ys, and these have made me rather seedy, and, I am sorry to say, have touched my liver up again ; however, I have at present warded off any serious attack, though I have been rather afraid of another bout like the win ter one, and blue pills and essence of ginger are at pre sent the order of the day. It is said that Baraguay d'Hilliers and 50,000 men are go*. to land at Eupatoria, and complete the investment, which will be a work of some time. The French are ordered to prepare for the winter. 6th July. I was rather seedy when I last wrote, and the next morning was attacked with low fever and liver pains. I was in detail for the trenches the next day, and, not liking to draw in another for a dangerous duty at so late an hour, bucked myself up and went off 4 6 a.m., though somewhat against A -'8 wishes. The day was a hot one, with occasional showers, and we had a good deal of firing. My relief did not arrive till be tween 9 and 10 p.m., there being some alteration, as a universal attack from the ruins was expected ; the end of it was that I became thoroughly knocked up and done for with bilious fever and liver pains, but I am glad to say I am better this evening. To-morrow I shall hove bad sufficient experience to report before any future Sebastopol committee as to the state of our ambulances, as I am ordered to be conveyed in one of them to our Sanitarium at Balaklava, a pleasant, cool place. A very nice fellow, Gordon, was killed yesterday'y a shell ; he had bean a volunteer for some time, bayingbrought over horses, and every preparation was robing made for his return to England. Miss Goddard has been giving some concerts at Florence, where, according to the Eco d'Europa, she has made a most favourable impression. BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED IMURDER.—A burglary, accompanied with a desperate attempt at murder, was committed on Monday morning last, at Pimlico. Th e family of Mr. Kilson, of 114, Warwick-street, Pimlico, being on a visit in Devonshire, the house has been left in charge of Martha Raof, the housemaid, who, for the better protection of the property, was permitted to h ave her grandfather in the house to sleep. They retired to their respective rooms between 10 and 11 on Sunday night, and at about five on the following morning the girl, hearing somebody walking about the house, and thinking it was her grandfather, got up and opened the door of the back kitchen, in which she slept, to inquire what be wanted. She had no sooner done so than she was felled to the ground w ith the kit c h en poker, and became senseless. In about an hour afterwards the poor girl was discovered lying upon her bed, with a rope tied tightly round her neck, apparently in a lifeless con dition. The bed clothes were thrown over her, and there is no doubt that the robbers considered they had effected their murderous purpose. The only matter of surprise was that she still lived, for no less than seven scalp wounds had been inflicted upon her head, besides other blows about her arms and body. She now lies at St. George's Hospital without the slightest hopes of re covery. The thieves effected an entrsnce by the front kitchen window, having climbed over the area railings, and carried off a great quantity of plate and other valua. Wes. There is as yet no clue to the offenders, A , 'ST7F: IVTT7I,Ere4ENCR. OWN CO rJ fici` . .7YaRD, jU zit,:ce Erie.) RAILWAT ROBBERIES. Wm. Crutchley, aged 40, breaksman ; Joseph Miles, 22, stoker ; and John Craddock, 42, baker, were in dicted for stealing, on the 12th of April last, a quantity of tobacco, the property of John Robinson M'Clean, the lessee of the South Staffordshire Railway Company. Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Robert Kettle conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Scotland defended Crutchley and Miles ; and Mr. Motteram defended Craddock. It appeared that, on the 10th of April last, Messrs. Wood and. Son. of Leeds, consigned a cask of tobacco to Mr. Elkington, a grocer at Lichfield. On the 12th it arrived safely at Burton•on•Trent, and was there placed on a truck, No. 861, of the South Staffordshire Railway, to be conveyed the remainder of the jour ney, but was not seen erwards. After the loss was discovered, and inquiries made, Pratt, the guard of the train which included the truck No. 861, was taken into custody, and he make a confession which led to the present indictment. Pratt was now examined as a witness, and stated that he, Crutchley, and together with a man named Anderson (not in cus tody), agreed to steal the tobacco, and arranged with Craddock, who kept a baker's shop and public-house at Walsall, for its subsequent disposal. On the night of the 12th they pl-oceeded to Lichfield, received the•truck, and subsequently removed the tobacco into sacks, which they took with them, knocked the cask to pieces, and burnt the staves in the furnace of an engine. The sacks of tobacco were then brought t o a loney spot on the railway between Lichfield and Walsall, adjoining Cannock-chase, and buried in the ground. On the fol lowing day it was removed by Craddock in a spring cart. On the following Monday Pratt and Crutchley went to Craddock's house, and Craddock told them he had made 161. of the tobacco, and they received 12/. from him, ho retaining 41. as his share. The removal of the tobacco by Craddock from the place where it bad been buried was established by the evidence of several witnesses, and he was convicted, but there being no sufficient corrobo ration of Pratt with respect to the other two prisoners, they were acquitted. There were several other similar charges against the same and other prisoners in the employment of the South Staffordshire Railway Company, to which some pleaded guilty, and against others no evidence was of fered in consequence of the result of the first case. Craddock, against whom a previous conviction was proved, was sentenced to 14 years' transportation. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. CAMBRIDGE, JULY 21. WELLS V. NELSON. Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Naylor appeared for the plain tiff ; Mr. Keane was counsel for the defendant. This was an action by a tradesman at Cambridge, to recover from the defendant, now an officer in the 46th Regiment, but f ormestrly an undergraduate of Caius Col lege, the sum of 61. 7s. on the following account : " Oct. 22. A gold breast-pin £o 14 6 A hunting whip Nov. 1. A gold breast-pin 1 10 0 " A gold-ring ic Engraving crest £6 7 0" The defendant pleaded infancy, to which the plaintiff re plied, denying the infancy, and alleging that the articles sold were necessaries. The real question in contest was whether the articles were necessaries or not. The evidence for the plaintiff showed that he keeps a shop it. Cambridge, and•sells to the young men of the univer sity watches, jewellery, cigars, and pictures. The de fendant was introduced as a customer to the plaintiff by an undergradnete of the name of Harvey, and the plain tiff sold the goods on credit to the defendant, without inquiring as to defendant's means or prospects, either of the tutor of Caius or any one else. Such a thing as in quiring of a tutor was never done. The defendant used to hunt. He wore a scarf, and the pins were for attach ing the scarf. He associated with other young gentle men, and such things were worn by the undergraduates. As soon as the defendant was appointed to his regiment the plaintiff directed his attorney to make an application to the Horse Guards to induce the authorities there to compel payment of this claim, and that direction was obeyed. On the other hand, it appeared that the de fendant, who is now on his way to Sebastopol, is the only son of a clergyman in Sussex, who ssnt him to Cambridge two years ago, when he was just 13 ; fitted him out with everything that was necessary, in cluding the very plate the father had himself used when at college ; undertook to pay all the bills sent in to and by his tutor, and to give him, besides, 201. a term for travelling expenses and pocket-money. The income of the father was made up of about 2601. from church pre ferment and about 1401. from a small landed estate. At the end of two terms the defendant had incurred delta exceeding the amount of one year's income of his father, and the latter removed him from Cambridge. The health of the defendant did not require that he should hunt or take horse exercise. He had no high family connection ; and his father not only did not authorise him to assume the position of a young man of fortune and high rank, but, on the contrary, sent him to read. Under these circumstances, the defendant having nothing but his pay, and seeing that the claim, though in itself small, was one of many, amounting in the whole to 5001., the father, who was substantially the defendant, resisted the action. Mr. Baron Parke told the jury that it lay on the plain tiff to satisfy the jury that the articles for which he claimed to be paid were necessary to the real estate, de gree, and condition .in life of the defendant, and not merely to that which he had assumed in the univevity. The law held that infants were incapable of contracting debts except for necessaries. The defendant was clearly entitled to be protected from any contract not for neces saries within the meaning of the law. He (the learned judge) and the jury, according to the obligation of their respective oaths, were bound to administer the law ; and it appeared to him that when the parents of young men like the defendant same forward to sustain such a defence as the present under circumstances like the present, not only ought they not to be condemned, but they deserved the thanks of society. Now the law was that mere luxuries never could be deemed necessary for any infant of any rank. With regard to things ornamental there was this distinction ; things of mere ornament could nut be necessaries, but ornamental things might be deemed necessary if the individual would lose caste by not having them. That being so, and this being the ca-e of the son of a clergyman with an income of 4001. per annum, he was not quite certain that. he ought not at once to take the matter into his, own hands and direct them that all these goods, were luxuries, or things of mere ornament. At all events the hunting whip and ring were ; and so was the engraved crest, for the mere use of which an annual tax of 245. would have to be paid. The breast pins he would leave to their consideration with the remark, that if they found one to be n ecessary they could hardly find two, at an interval of ten days, to be necessary, and that as to one even, they must, before finding it to be necessary, find that the scarf itself was a necessary, and also that this defendant would lose caste unless he fastened his sca r f w i t h a gold pin. The father, however, had given the son every thing which he thought his son req u i re d ; and it occur rfed lei him (the learned judge) that an undergraduate of Caius, sent thither to read, by a fathe r w h o was a country clergyman with an inco me not ' exceeding, 4001. a year, would he in no dang er o f l os i ng caste if he with fastened his scarf a common pin in s t ea d o f one made of gal, and costing either 14s. 6d. or 11. 10• e The question which they bad t o answer was, whether any, and if any which, of these articles wore " neces• saries " within that meaning of the term which he had explained to them. The Jury deliberated some minutes, and then expressed a wish to retire. " Mr. Baron Parke—What can there be to retire about? There is nothing to consider if you attend to the law as I have laid it down, and the obligation of your oaths. The Jury again consulted, and finally retired, remain= ing in deliberation long after the court had adjourned. Ultimately they returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amosat of both pins, 2/. 4s. 6d. CROWN COURT. (Before air. Baron Alderson.) William Crow, aged 18, and Thomas Horlock, aged 13, were indicted for having wilfully and maliciously c ast stones at a t r ai n on the 'Newmarket Railway, with intent to endanger the lives of the passengers. • Mr. Metcalf prosecuted ; Mr. Naylor defended the prisoners. The facts were that the defendants and some other lads and boys were playing at " cat " on a bridge over the line just as a train was approaching at the rate of 18 miles an hour to pass under it. The elder cried out, "Here comes the train ; I'll throw a stone at it," then took up a stone and threw it at the train, but missed it. The younger prisoner took up another stone, placed it on the parapet of the bridge, and as the train was emerg ing from beneath the m,.h pushed it over. The stone fell on to the Lead of the guard and struck him a smart blow. For the defence it was contended that the evi dence showed very silly and thoughtless conduct, but not an intent to endanger the lives of the passengers. Mr. Baron Alderson told the jury that the prisoners were responsible for the natural consequences of the act they had committed. Whether it was the stone or the train that was proceeding at the rate of 18 miles an hour was perfectly immaterial, if one of them was ; because, in either case, the contact of the train with the stone was likely to endanger life. The defendants might not have intended to endanger the lives of the passengers ; but they could no more be heard to say so than could a man who should put a redhot-poker into a barrel of gunpowder round which a number of individuals might be collected. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The learned Judge said that the offence committed was one so serious that the legislature had invested the judges with power to punish it by transportation for life, and it ought to be known that such a power existed. In this instance he should sentence the yo ung pr i soner t o be . imprisoned till the rising of the court, and then to be handed over to his•father, who had undertaken to give him a sound whipping. The elder prisoner was beyond the reach of such parental discipl;ne, and, moreover, bad actually thrown the stone. The sentence on him, therefore, would be that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six weeks. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. YORK, JULY 21. (Before Mr. Baron Platt and a special jury.) THE ACCIDENT AT THE LEEDS R AILWAY STATION... — DAMAGES, 4,500/._HALL V. GREAT NORTHERN RAIL- WAY COMPANY. ---- The p!aintiff is the Recorder of Doncaster, and he brought the action to recover con3pensati6n in damages for very serious injuries which he sustained while riding as a passenger in one of the defendants' trains. Mr, linwles, Q.C,, Mr, Serjeaut Wilkins, and Mr, H. Hill, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff; nod, fe r d.4l !*), Q.C. Mr. Hardy, and Mr. V, 7 4. , 5t, fov tine odi c; vo..,terday Friday) ;1 .011 tt It.,lii, aced Caw, Olt tile oveniug Oi toe 3,1 o' the plaintiff was proceeding free Leeds to P °ll 7o ll for the purpose of presiding 'as Recorder at th e 68 „fist class the latter borough. Hebad taken his seat i . is ;ciet compartment of a composite carria,,,,letlo second-class four or five other passengers, being ia th e r fl ' e lte. compartment. The train (the ong'" inewe was l a e ll r e e g a e r d ) , w a a t sanpruonpuelslueadlloyugt uoilckthsepceeendtr; central sbtaarituot;; ed more than 300 yards or so when the broff, which r _ a was at the head of the train, the Pln ia „ tl d i sttl l4 gebeing next, left the rails at some point , a' 0 0 waggon.r. ln consequence of the grog: strAin tv coupling, caused by . the engine at the rear c°11 . 1 1t 1 " . force on the train, the chain broke. The carrn t, JcY went on, and shortly went off the metals and cro,ono'h4 line, and the car ive in which the plaintiff r'n'' the first one in advance, broke ‘ down ' a at)arl°":.o heldts;as suspended over the viaduct. The cooPlolii ,a it to the other portion of the train left on 0 /0 at last gave way, and the carriage dropPed6ell3!,ool In falling, however, the carriage in some opt' over, and the end compartment, which was ae"",che came in contact with a waggon, which brolo;iiitot and so prevented a serious sacrifice of life, n l3 ,, e c otherwise have taken place. As it was:l3,7;ee'; carriage was much shattered, and it wag l e : cult y that the plaintiff could be extricated. -nie,.erssea,: to eu be most shockingly hurt. His head and fan i e:, - ,10. 4 7 lo t 't and bruised, the right thigh was fractureor" left leg and both his right and left a rras. 11 ,I n c gi had to be literally cut off him, and his son e k r iilF o most severe. He lay on his bed for eight to le1 $• The un'ablei.,or scarcely being able to move, and he his room for some weeks afterwards. The costo7lool,ll cal attendance amounted to between 400 1 . and sta r addition to being _Recorder of Doncaster, it ls°- 11' bad had considerable practiceo . n the being able to f if i N tl3ern ircpl, that he sustained seriouslo his l profession and by his bussigneisnss not ng into oi ot h t e s r (tt It was admitted that self actinforci n g the train had gone on) require-d the constat; ante of a person to watch them, a nd tha t i t , genre on the part of the company ' in not hostel,", cared for. The ein tiff having been_ evidence adduced as to the unsafe on' other point. defo gs ;h Mr. Knowles addressed the jury for ,i and contended the points were not o a ci r lg6r° or t r o a f cter, but otherwise that the cot:opal:3 , h a "„ w beeo , l ` ; ,l - 0 15 no negligence, and that it could be s pg ".119,roi' points were in a safe and proper that the company had exercised all the carejn-cettio§; and, however much they might regret the n" ) ,%de cident ant which had befallen the plaintiff, sti ll I ' o - t c °ll. sw t e o re it n b o y t a t n o y b n e e te le ld et liable b if . they bAd 11 batedM r„ Seymour Clarke, theognentpart tlie` Northern Railway Company,Mr. Fowl er ' te 1 1 °' parties were examined as to the ch n aracte r _f li f o t ..ill e f i l lr The jury returned and stated that there unattended. It wa —4,5001. aawcvaoesnr nds constant cadtnatfneotegrrhal etrilrhn man a n .....plioes;sigbrievat.u.lll;9:l, v .1,1‘4 COUNTRY MARK ), HADDINGTON CORN MA RKET --I 10 ) 4 oslIA. 14 91 1 W HEAT. BARLEY , uu I ,44 First B2s Od 39s 6 d 3°, fl y ° 8411 5 0, Second 79s Sd , 3Ss 4d. i 34 6 a , i, Third 684 Od I Sis 6d : 3 -, ; 5 . Total quantity of wheat is market, 6 1 1 5 ' 6 g ot ' : I V% ~ pp barley „ 17 9 414 PP ~ oats 28 Ors'4 PP pp beans , 5' 1 ' 1 9 AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL 5 Wheat, 3/. 19 3 3-12ths I Barley, ...1/- l a " 0 " Oats, ... 11. 18 4 3-12ths Beans, .....21. . 19 , 0 i -pp PO 1 1 ' DALKEITH GRAIN MABK--- -- , 0 Qrs. Best. Curren" ,009i 289 'Wheat 86s 0,1 430 Oats 353 41 o ° o °: ° °fld :::::::: l' i9: 178 Barley 4os 6d oos Od ..1 . „, 46 Peas & beans 50s Oil oos 0(1 ••• ABERDEEN—JULY 20. Pet Potato oats ( J O s Od t o 28 s Od. } 4 0115 P Common oats 27s Od to 27s 6d Bere 31s Od to 32s Od ts3lbs Barley. 31s Od t o 32 s Od J Wheat, red (spring)6 , is Od to 68s Od t621b 5 „ white 74s Od to 76s Od 1j boll• Oatmeal 20s dto 21s Od P er 0 010 Flour 55s Od to 56s Od Pe r 4 RE , TAIL PRICES. to ! Flour oos Od to 3s Od Barleyflour,l 41b Oa Ostmeal,l4lb 2s Od to 2s ld „ dust, •••"....bo Beremeal ls 7d to ls 8d „ per 119.•••• .. Peasemeal 2s 7d to 2s Sd Sids, .......... .. . 4-lb. 10af...9d. 2-lb. loaf „ .46d ptoo, Cheese, per imperial stone, 3 3 „ri PROVISION MARKET. n . ni Beef, per lb Gd to 9d Butter , pl b ' t o "' s .51 w v , l Mutton, per lb. 6d to 8d I Eggs, P d° i ; 3 0 0d .. , t4 , , Veal, per 1b......... Gd to 9d Reno , P air Pork, per lb ...... ...5d to 6d I Cllick e "A', o s 0 /1 Salmon, per lb .:....Os to Os I pucks , ` O - . ` os 02,1 Grouse, per brace .. ...Osto Os Ducklitlg',,,his U (1 0 0 : Tallow, p stone, 4s9d to Od Turku' 4g 4g V ° 631 9 1 Potatoes, pr peck, 105 t o 12 d Geese, "C" ' .00,Av Butter for export a ti on ( present cure ) p er ov' .7) Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen ..... ............ SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 21. e t 10 4 0 6 STOCK EXCIIANGE.—Th e t one o f the mark exceedingly depressed to-d a y, an d prices of 5 3 15 61' stocks are considerably lower. Caledon/lobice, Lancashire, 191. ls. 3d.—Lancashire and I r°r flo olt i fet, l —Lancaster and Preston, 36,i 37i—Li, v ., T err al, '4V ' ; and Southport, 14;1 6s. 3d.—London ana.QlaP; o ta 981 8 n B—Ditto, 4 shares C, d. C. -- '7 % - v er —South Eastern, lig—Sheffield, 61. new v —Grand Trunk of Canada, d. 56—Dittot " bentures, 96, MANCHESTER, JuLT 21. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was a fair Lri~CP3l l and prices W ere eas i er . E ast L ancas hire, 19 1 0 ; tjj ti 31',—Lancashire an d Yorkshire, Sli—li°°"Cor Western, 9S i—Sheffield, 25—Mid. Ralf' South Eastern and Dover, 18g. 4 r,:f BIRMINGHAM, JuL4 0 .s rh i STOCK ExCEIA;VGE.—The market has , 7 " - t i 013 ,ja,' dull, and pries about st a ti onar y. L° l3 "* ° (l l . l3 e Westerns, 98: 99—The Eighths, g dis• -- to North St a ff or d s , 5 i di e. —S outh Staffords, 23 mist [ADVERTISEMENT.] TITS WAR IN TIM roc ( tilf( i . PAT ENT RECONNOITRING GLABSE3. Messrs. mons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Pi ec ii i ew fo ly opposite the York Hotel. By her 4 .11 11 . ,_, 1/. 0,,, Letters Patent for valuable and extraordil ls Vni V in the most pZlwerful and brilliant Telescel3c;; tli e ce 0 0 , course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to ku ° oo rtAt e b of objects viewed through them—of great i tieS° • 0 0° 9! army, navy, and oth ere. These telescopes it AS _AI ordinary powers that some 3 1 inches, WU' Owl, piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's and the double stars ; with the same t i e litY f f j niooll B l o 4 ° di! seen a person's countenance three miles an''' 0 f and an object from 16 1.320 miles. They a re bile 'O 7 , r sizes, with increasing puwers accordingly ; t aor e oeP l ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to dise °ll ,, e 'stc/; e 10 7 , / above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellit e ",%J, Df n if ?" Exhibition, 1851.--Valuable newly-rop e powerful waistcoat-pocket gla;s,the size of A ; i' De ` riV l ' a person can be seen and known 1A miles distan Ore l ° 0 4, d every purpose on the race-course, and at tb ft country scenery, and ships are clearly se e lij a g, r, They are invaluable for shootim , deer-etal'Lrinower. sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and vile; tliV i race-course, camp, and perspective glasses' (3 ._ 4 0 . ` 1 ; 1 ;1 1 ,4 ° power.—Newly-constructed Spectacle Le 11 7, - 010, est transparent power. The valuable an - s o "/ o ce" from this invention is, that vision beeer„- Yj n oV preserved and strengthened and very ag e enabled to employ their sight at the 9 °, - 1 ,10° 5 $ pation—can see with these lenses of a n l - 4 116 eti," lag power—and they do not require the ,%' s - ists„ s to the dangerous effects of further powerful °,. ail ness—New Discovery.--The Organic Vibrat ° ' n 't fo t li g i o e; nary powerful, small, newly-invented instills° eel. / t o ,o; ; , entirely different from all others, to surpas s ' a be 'tiro ° .kind that has been, or probably ever e 31.. p er ' e ell ), Being of the same colour as the skin, is °T . 011 03 ,e" enables deaf persons to hear distinctly' 3 "„ f sis , ",be public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation; 0 ' lO .O l in the ears is entirely removed ; and it aff el i iber2 ante that possibly could be desired. 39, ,,,- - tel• Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York P-° -------"" ir .4 BIRTHS. , the i OF A BON. ps II _ r u.ro d po On the 20th inst., at 28,Westbourne'r , 0 o f P of Mr. Sidney inn solicitor. , the WO 9 On the 21st inst. Arlington street, i''' Stanhope Illinf , w4th, Esq. 00 4 ' On the 20th'inst., at 31, Mecklenburg -0 Begg. 0 On the 21st inst . ,tY ,i OF at A 4 ZAUGHTßß i i took.s tro v et i P ocoo tr i Upper countess Malden. 0 1 0 On the 20th inst. at 8, Belgrave-square, the . 0 . Dowse. A ifi te ' On the 21st inst., in Finsbury-square, "—° , mans Weber, Esq., M.D. P/ MARRIED., „isberl'ooo, On the 19th i ns t., at St. George's, Bo°;;Tosd. Co 4 Sangster, of Patornoster-row, and Q ueen 0. P . ''' square, to Ann Elizabeth, only daughter °f Wl' S' pa d t; Esq., of Hampstead. b r" th e 9 On the 20th inst., at Trinity Churc , o f , iti , Pyper, Esq., late o the 11th Hussars e 01 2 ,0 00 vatfi Pyper, Esq., M.D., of 4th Royal Irish glef fPr Amy Lester, eldest daughter of job s 13 u l tv a ° .t. Esq., of No. 17, Westbourne-terrace nortl pal' 0' House, and Stone Cottage, in the count)" ° 0 0 1 i. D I E D. 9 0 . „ o f), , y be On the 21st inst., at his father's resr 11,01 file Little Missenden, George Frederick Fore' va a 80 0 al S ' tars Library, Whitehall. third ' ll i d ni n cso t ht h Aal i e ri:ln 2 eog O sf e t arD b.i (ai n g s Le t ti Charlesd2y3. Georgians NevN ev i 1 I N , e E v s i c l ii i: o f f rt e 000 ; late JA ll leOnlLeicestershire, On the 20tinst , Anne Cateblove I, ' fa ° re, °a t r g m e d a. r 6 k 6 11 . On the 18th inst., at Whittlesea, ' l2--- the , o t , On the 17th inst qt Llanwrtyd, South o leo ' .. 130 Flintshl god i, B. C. Conway," ' ' ht of Lower Soug on, Wyo. .. 0 0' On the 15th inst , at Exeter, Colonel ory Royal Aitillery, aged 65. ill, Caraberwe,V.mbridgeslll off Of ° rlea On the 13th inst., Edmund Humphreys' Twickenham, aged 79. ----- LONDON: Printed and Published by D 11311 4 4j e, 14 ,14 6 i of No. 112, Strand; Printer, at The Sus a :. co" Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , 113 DLiddlosex, Monday, Jay 23, 1855 A 41.0, Ads Aiere 8 1 )t o , t 411 4t e so Gal Lai ktinf Nu, tv . 3 ; ttkii tlei , Le zt tid