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The misfortunes of the last campaign, and the long continued inefficiency of the present one, were for the most part due to the want of singleness of conception and of purpose. Russia has not been proclaimed by the diplomatic world to be what she is. Her character was indeed but too well known, the guilt of her deeds was understood, but our public men were infatuated by her pre tensions, and to a great extent are so still. Russia has been treated with respect, her honour has bees talked of and consulted, her territories have been declared inviolable, she has been ad mitted to negotiate as if the equal in political character of the Allies ; she has never once been told plainly what she is, and dealt with as what she is. All this has been more than mere diplo matic form—that were bad enough—but the dip lomatists have really endeavoured to deal with her as a civilised, a respectable, and an honest power. This diplomatic temper and diplomatic language has stultified our proceedings from first to last—from the first shameless bullying of the SULTAN by MENSCHIKOFF, and the passage of the Prath, to the hour when the telegraph sent word to the Crimea that the English people, and even the House of Commons, were determined to brook a semi-Russianising policy no longer. We lay it down as an axiom, that the War against Russia is War against a thrice-convicted and irreclaimable villain. All the talked-of pres tige of NICHOLAS was a prestige with despots, and the wilfully blind only. He was a villain towards Hungary, a villain of the most cruel character towards Poland in 1830 ; a gross vio lator of the treaty of Vienna, in incorporating Poland, in handing over Cracow to Austria, and in stopping up the navigation of the Danube with mud and quarantine. These are villanies of re cent date. We need not recall the legacy of a villain's policy bequeathed to RUssia by PETER the Great, and most faithfully adhered to by every passionate or polite CZAR and every lewd CZARINA who has wielded the Russian sceptre since PETER'S death. The results proclaim her crimes. Almost all Germany married, bought, or intimidated on the one hand ; and, on the other, her vast border of stolen territories ; and all of these, again, not employed to increase her wealth and trade, but studded even as far as Kau. ' - 11 :1 with forts of first-rate strength, and arses— the conquest of half a world. Instead of commercial towns springing up in every fresh acquisition, as is the case with new territories belonging to America and England, we find nothing but Sebastopols, Nioolaieffs, Bomarsunds, and Cronstadts ; and, in Poland,-Lord JOHN RUSSELL himself tells us of 84 Or seven fortresses, each equal in strength to Sebastopol! All this done, too, with the utmost possible secrecy. Now, no one but a villain goes about in time of peace armed to the teeth, whether by sea or by land ; and none but a villain Monarch would'alasorb all the wealth of his domi nions in accumulating to an unheard-of extent the munitions of war. The recent crime against Turkey was but the hundredth crime of a political highwayman, armed against capture. If plain common sense, then, cou l d Supersede I the cant of di p lomacy, Russia would from proclaimed a. the beginning have beencriminal, an d dealt with accordingly. It is impossible to doubt how we should then have p roceeded, and what t he results would have been. No one thinks of nego tiating with an armed burglar, or of consultin g 1 Ins amou r propre, and all that sort of ineffable nonsense, to borrow a word from Lord PALMER car. The on l y object aimed at is to secure his Person, to make over the stolen property to th e rightful o it out of m wner, and above all to p ut power to garotte or injure hi s unce _ nain would 6 policema n g neighbour again. How lau gh at the persons who bid him not humble by handcuffing some one—a CANNON, for instance—who had half-killed an honest man. Equally absurd is it to be tender over the reputation and ease of a nation which, for a century past, has been the robber and the appro priater of border nations, and which has gone on to this hour converting all her spoils into the means of plundering yet more. There is obviously not a shadow of reason why Odessa might not have shared the recent fate of Kertch and Yenikale last year ; none indeed why Nicolaieff and all the Black Sea ports might not have been reduced to ruins. Had that been first done Sebastopol, if not carried by a coup de main, would have been starved out before Christmas, and the battles of Inkertnan and Balaklava would never have been fought ; both shores of the Danube would have been ours, and the trade of the Principalities would have been open to all Europe. However, it is needless to particularise. The whole policy would have been the very opposite of what it has been. Poland, Finland, Bessarabia, and Circa,ssia, would all have been used as allies. No means would have been neglected to reduce Russia to Russia again, and to deprive her for ever of the means of offence against her peaceful neighbour states. exhibited the real feeling of an influential portion of the late Government, and it is impossible to say that there are other Cabinet Ministers who do not entertain similar opinions. Lord PAL MERSTON declared that the change of Ministry should lead to no change of policy. Mr. GLAD STONE reveals the nature of that policy, and Lord PALMERSTON refuses to be bound against any undue compromise or dishonourable conditions—on the ground, forsooth, that "it would interfere with the prerogative of the Crown ;" or, in other words, be cause he considered that the representative branch of the Legislature had no right to express an opinion respecting the terms on which peace might be obtained. This principle will have to be de cided early next week. Should a majority prove faithless to the trust confided to their charge-- should they be willing to become political cyphers —to submit to the abrogation of their most im portant functions, the British Constitution will become very different from what we have been accustomed to consider it, and the power of the Crown will be enormously enhanced, at the ex pense of the other branches of the Imperial Par liament. Those who assert the independence of their order will not only have to struggle with the entire Ministerial phalanx, but with the peace-at-any-price men and the avowed friends of Muscovite supremacy. It is a formidable con federacy, and its opponents should be supported by the voice of public opinion, and every demon stration that can possibly be made. We write thus plainly and openly because we think the present is the very crisis fer the people to do their part. It is plain that the debates of last week have not been without their effect in the Crimea. We did not cease while the Confer ences lasted to denounce their baneful influence on our camp. Even a capable and energetic general would have been loth to hazard the lives of his troops, when the next day he might learn that all his sacrifices were for nothing. Vienna paralysed the besiegers of Sebastopol. But that mischievous farce and folly being mercifully over, and our Houses of Parlia ment showing themselves not a little indignant with the paltriness of the Four Points, Ministers now seem to have felt that stir they must. It rests with the people to compel them to go on, to forbid any more conferences with a marauder and a highwayman. Let the whole nation refuse to tolerate again this compounding with a felon.'The task of civilisation now is to arrest Russia, to try and to condemn her. She ought never again to be permitted to offer terms, much less to be asked to offer them ! She must be told the sen tence she is to submit to, not asked whether it suits her ; the terms must be dictated, not offered —enforced, not discussed. Nothing ought to be left to her option ; she has no character which can be a guarantee for her observance of any treaty. She never observed any yet, except so far as it favoured her. The only security Europe can now take is to strip her of all her conquests which have made her formidable, and to make her pay the entire expenses of the War, thereby crippling her military finances for a generation to come. It has frequently been asserted that " England is not a military nation"—that the tastes and habits of the people are not suited for great achievements by land, or calculated to carry on what is termed a successful campaign. This de preciating opinion does not apply to the conduct of her soldiers during the actual strife. Their deeds in the battle-field have been duly and honourably appreciated. Their steady courage and unflinching bravery have never been disputed, for the simple reason that they are beyond all question. They possess all the great requisites of first-rate soldiers, equal, if not superior, to any the world ever saw. It is in minor and compara tively trivial details that their deficiencies are perceptible, by which serious losses are occa sioned, but too frequently exceeding the deaths from the prowess of the enemy, and by which the survivors are compelled to endure severe privation and suffering, and are pre vented from turning their successes to the best advantage. These, however, result from the de fects of the system, not of the men. We possess the highest quality of the raw material, but we do not know how to work it up properly—" to manufacture " soldiers of the best description. Now that we thoroughly perceive the aggres sive disposition of Russia, the possibility, if not the probability, of the general tranquillity being disturbed at any moment, that we recognise the truth of the well-known aphorism, si vis pacem, pan!, bellum, we should spare no exertions to pro vide an adequate remedy or remedies for these ad mitted errors. We should strive to educate soldiers as well as officers for the positions in which they respectively may be placed, so as to qualify them to encounter the difficulties and overcome the ob stacles by which they may be opposed in the most eligible manner. emergency to act for themselves—to supply any possible failure on any side. These may be really useful lessons. Lot us hope that the golden oppor tunity may not be wasted or misapplied. We feel compelled a second time to call atten tion to the Cardigan fisheries. As our readers will gather from a letter which appears in another part of our present impression, the industrious and enterprising lessee is still left, comparatively unprotected, to the malice, cunning, and violence of the brutal and lawless mob infesting the neigh bourhood. He applies ') Lord PALMERSTON for protection, and is referred to Sir GEORGE GREY, who recommends him to apply to the magistrates, who assure him of their willingness to protect him, in which assurance we have reason to believe they are perfectly sincere, and, after all, he is worse off than at first. In his despair he applies to the Admiralty, and is coolly informed St. Dag mell's is out of its jurisdiction. It is quite evi dent, therefore, that the Cardigan fisheries are practically out of the pale of law, and that the St. Dagmell's fishermen, of all people in the em pire, possess the singular privilege of doing what they like, short, it is to be hoped, of murder, with utter. impunity, provided they have the decency to observe a few forms. Is this sort of thing to last much longer ? Are a few ignorant and drunken fishermen to be permitted to interpose a lawless veto between a district abounding with resources and its develop ment ? Are they to go on perpetuating ignorance and brutality, with the connivance of law, to the ruinous discouragement of industry and intelli gence ? We will not mince matters. The nature of the answer will depend largely on the course adopted by the magistrates and respectable in habitants. LA them but memorialise Sir GEORGE GREY - or the Premier on the subject, using at the same time whatever Parliamentary influence they may possess, and Government will be shamed into doing its duty—the fisheries will have adequate protection for the future, a whether by the applica tion of the Irish Fisheries Act or other means, and a crying scandal to the district and to the entire country will be removed. Let them fail to do this, and a worse state of things than exists at present will, in all human probability, ensue. Both humanity and patriotism appeal to them. Shall it be in vain ? COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MAY 29. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Mary Seymour, Major-General Buckley, and Captain Du Plat, embarked in the Fairy yesterday afternoon for Ports mouth. The Queen and Prince, on arriving in the har bour, went on board the Cormorant transport screw steamer, and minutely inspected the arrangements for conveying the detachment of the 17th Lancers, under orders to sail for the Crimea in the evening. The Queen and Prince afterwards went on board the new Royal yacht, and returned to Osborne about half past 6 o'clock. - The Royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess Hohenlohe, Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, Lady Anna Mark Dawson, Sir George Couper, Lieute nant-Colonel Jeffreys, commanding Dapot Battalion at Parkhurst, and the Rev. George Protheroe. The Duchess of Kent took leave of her Majesty this morning, and left Osborne for London, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper. The people should not remain idle during the recess. There are important questions pending, and every independent constituency should lose no time in instructing its representatives as to the course to be adopted. Every line of policy is re presented, and although we can scarcely doubt that the bolder councils will prevail, it is still de sirable that there should be popular demonstra tions, of such a character as to avert or neutra lise the mischief occasioned by the notices of Lord GRIT, Mr. MILNER GIBSON, and Sir WIL LIAM HEA.TEICOTE, and the pro-Russian speeches of the crotchetty Earl in the Lords, and the no less crotchetty Peelite leader in the Commons. The amendment of Sir FRANCIS BARING, which will be put from the chair as a substantive pro position on Monday or Tuesday, is equivalent to a vote of confidence in Ministers. It is virtually a declaration that the House of Commons will persist in that " abnegation of its functions" for which it has become so painfully conspicuous, that it will leave everything in the hands of the Government, and willingly acquiesce in any deci sion that may be arrived at, whether for peace or war. It is for the electors to say whether they are contented that their representatives should continue to display such apathetic indifference re specting matters in which they are so deeply in terested, whether secret diplomacy is still to pre vail, and the People have no voice in anything save in assenting to ,the extra taxes which the War Minister may think proper to demand. The Oxford amendment, brought forward under the sanction of the Peelites and the Peace party, is virtually that of Mr. MILNER GIBSON'S. It is in favour of an ignominious and transitory peace, and of placing Great Britain at the feet of Russia. There seems to be an impression amongst those peace-mongers that if we only displayed due sub mission Russia would graciously accord pardon for our past misdeeds; that she would become wearied of striking one who bore every insult without re sistance or remonstrance. But those who, if allowed to live and make calico, would patiently ndure every indignity, are totally mistaken in their estimates of Russian forbearance. It is ,nly in that country that the stipulated number of blows must be inflicted, should they fall merely on a senseless corpse. The knout will not be -topped by the death of the victim. The sticks will still fall on and strike a mass of bleeding clay, from which life had departed ; and were England at the feet of Russia, her fate would be deplorable indeed —worse, if possible, than that of plundered and outraged Poland. The other issue before the public is that framed by the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Kidderminster, which, while it carefully avoids in any degree damaging the Ministry, binds the - House by a resolution which would prevent Ministers from concluding any peace on the basis of the Russian propositions or either of them. Mr. LOWE puts forward a positive fact, and draws the natural deduction therefrom. He truly ascribes the failure of the negotiations to " the refusal of Russia to restrict the strength of her navy in the Black Sea," and declares that " the means of coming to agreement on the third basis of nego- Galion were by that refusal exhausted." it is this latter point on which the contest will take place—and on the result will depend the power In order to discover the fitting remedies, we must first trace out the causes from which these untoward results arise. " Melius est peters fontes quani sectari rivulos," let us discover the very fountain and origin of the evils, rather than be diverted by petty or trifling details which can not supply a radical cure. We have to improve both officers and men. We must strive to make both classes reasoning animals rather than mere machines, and to enable them to meet any casu , alties that may Arise in the best and most suitable manner. The system of promotion by purchase-- of inducing men "to play at soldiers " rather than to make it a profession requiring consider able labour before they can hope for success—is one of these evils. We no not find amateurs in any trade or calling as eminent as those who pur sue it as a business. If our liberty or property be endangered we do not apply for advice to one of the " great unpaid," but to an eminent barrister ; if a limb be broken, we seek a well known surgeon, and, although it is said that "at forty years old every man must be either a fool or a physician," we do not, when health is failing, inquire from some clever neighbour the causes of the alarming symptoms. In like man ner amateur actors, amateur musicians, amateur painters, aye, and amateur jockeys, are all in their way inferior to their professional competitors. And why should we suppose that it would be otherwise in military matters, or that amateur officers, who merely take up the service as a pas time, who are ready on any occasion to vote the service a bore and threaten "to sell out " at the most trivial annoyance, can be equal to these who make it the business of their lives, from which they must not merely look for distinction, but for subsistence ? We may rest assured that while the system of promotion by purchase, con tinues in operation we shall always have officers, as a body, inferior to those of other nations. There will, of c)urse, be many and brilliant ex ceptions, but we are justified in laying down as a general rule that which is in s.caordance with comm on sense. and stability of the democratic element of the Constitution. The Premier is willing to concede that it was owing to the refusal of Russia to re strict the strength of her navy in the Black Sea " that the Conferences of Vienna have not led to the termination of hostilities." He therefore acknowledges that Russia has violated the pledge and refused her assent to that to which she expressly bound herself so late as January last. But he shrinks from the legitimate conclusion. He will not say that " the means of coming to agreement were, by that refusal, exhausted." He thus holds out the hope to Russia th a t s h e w ill b e perm itt e d t o e vade the solemn obli ga ti on i nto wh i ch s h e d e lib era t e l y en tered ; th a t she may still tnereace Constantinople, and increase her ships-of-war to any extent she may think proper. This would be a fatal admis sion; it wo u ld i nduce Russia t o h o ld ou t aga i ns t every bona fide e ngagement, to cling to her ag gressive policy to the laid Mr. GLADSTONE has shown the danger to which the country was ex ' posed under the ABERDEEN c abinet. Re has Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George CoupPr, left Osborne yesterday morning, crossed from Cowes to Southampton in the Fairy Royal steam-yacht, travelled to London by the South-Western Railway, and arrived at her residence, Clarence-house, St. James's, at half past 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The Turkish Minister had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Sir Alexander Spearman bad also an interview with the right hon. baronet at his official residence in Downing-street. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day from the Governor of New Zealand. As to the soldiers, they excel in the field be cause we only educate them for the hour of con flict. If the Commissariat be defective, they are unable to supply their most pressing exigencies, and even if rations be supplied, they are ignorant of the mode of cooking them properly, and half of that they obtain is literally wasted from not know ing what to do with it when obtained. If deprived of covering, they endure bravely, it is true, the pelting of the storm, but are not apt to provide a substitute. Contrast the sufferings of the French and English soldiers in the Crimea. How quickly did the former avail themselves of every oppor tunity that arose, and how great were the suffer ings ? how fearful the privations? how serious the losses of our men, arising from the absence of what our light-hearted Allies term the savoir vivre? An academy on a large scale is about to be opened to teach our men this much-required knowledge. Yes ; the Camp at • Aldershott will be simply a military ; school, from which, if pro per instruction be afforded, the most beneficial re sults must follow. The earliest experiment at Chobham was not as successful as it ought to have been ; but still many advantages accrued from the trial. But at Aldershott we may cor rect any deficiencies in the former attempt ; we may apply instruction in the points where it is most urgently required. It is not, as we have stated, merely the management of the men in the battle-field—the accustoming them to act together in large masses, or even to teach the officers how to manoeuvre brigades, but to make them know how to render themselves as comfortable as possible in a bivouac, to cook their rations properly, and to find if even "green coffee" were served out that it might be converted into a wholesome and palatable beverage ; to improve the transport, and commissariat, and medical departments, and enable the men in any j THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING MAY 30 1855. LAW INTELLIGENCE (THIS DAY). COURT OF CHANCERY. MEYNELL V. SURTEES. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal oc cupied the Lord Chancellor the whole day. We have already given the facts of the case shortly. (Before the Vice-Chancellor Stuart.) THE IMPERIAL ArARTsrENTS AT WINDSOIt UASTLn. After being open to the public, under certain regulations for about five weeks, the apartments occupied by the Emperor and Empress of the French, during the sojourn of their Imperial Majesties at Windsor Castle, were finally closed yesterday afternoon. The newly-formed Bank of London have appointed Mr. Matthew Marshall, jun., their general manager. The Parliamentary library of the late Joseph Hume, Esq., was belueathed by him lo the London Uni versity College. Yesterday evening the Duchess of Beaufort gave her first gland ball this season at the family mansion in Gros venor-square, which was honoured by the presence of nearly all the nobility and fashionable world now in town. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived shortly after 11 o clock, and honoured the assem bly with his presence. ADMINISTLTIVE REFORM. —A numerous meeting was held last night at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, with the view of establishing a branch association for the pur pose of co-operating with the Central Reform Associa tion. Mr. Ellington occupied the chair, and the meet ing was addressed by that gentleman, Mr. Murrough, M.P., Mr. Webber, and others. THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY.-At a meeting of the special committee appointed by the College of Chemistry to close its affairs on account of its transfer to the department of Science and Art at the Board of Trade, Lord Ashburton presented a testimonial from the Coun cil to Dr. Hoffman, and also a pece of plate, as a per sonal testimonial from some of Dr. Hoffman's frien KING'S-CROSS RAGGED SCHOOLS.—Last evening the annual meeting was held in the school of the church of St. Bartholomew, Gray's-inn-roa-l; Mr. Alderman Cubitt, M.P. president. The balance-sheet showed the receipts for the past year to amount to 1077. 17s. id. Tue ave rage attendance of children had been equal to that of former years. There is a balance in he.nd of 2/. 15e 6z d. The seventh ordinary meeting of the Institute of Ac tuaries was held on Monday evening at the inAitute in St. James's-square ; E. J. Parton, Esq., vice president, in the chair. Dr. Guy read a paper "On the Analogy existing between the aggregate effects of the operations of the Homan Will, and the results commonly attri buted to Chance." TESTIMONIAL TO MR. LA7ARD.—The artisans and operatives of Wolverhampton are signing in large num bers a testimony of their estimation of the recent public services of Mr. Layard, M.P. It will he engrossed upon vellum, and with the signatures of the artisans, &c., stitched with a very hardsome cover prepared for the purpose, and the whole iiclosed in a papier mache case, to be got up in an elaborate style. The Limerick Chronicle giTes the followinqin its army news :—" The widow of Corporal John Brown of the Royal Sappers and Miners las married the Emperor of Morocco. She is an Irish woman." HOPS.—Accounts from east and West Kent speak of the benefit to the plant from the late rains—the bine generally anpearing strong and free from the influence of vermin. The tyers are hard at work, and have difficulty in many grounds in keepiog pace with the growth. Apartments have beexprepared at the Hotel de Ville, Paris for the Lord May or , Sh er iffs, and Aldermen of the City London, who have received an invitation from the Prefect of the Seine. The Municipality have also hired a house for the amommodation of some English men of distinction, whc have also received invitations. The Lord Mayor will, it is expected, arrive in Paris in the first week of June. SOCIETY OF CIVIL ETIGINEERS.—Last night Mr. Simp son, the president of the Society of Civil Engineers, held a conversazione at the society's rooms in Great George street. The company was very numerous, and included Dr. Paris, Sir H. Ellis, Mr. Baggage, Sir E. Landseer, Lord Radstock, Mr. Sheriff Crosley, Mr. Wm. Brown, M.P., Sir William Cubitt, Sir G. Back, Majer-General Wylde, Captain McCl ure, Si r E . B e l c h er , Si r C. Fox, Sir E. Fellowes, Sir C. Perry, Mr. Henderson, Professor Donaldson, &O. The several models of new applications of engineering science, as well as the objects of art, which were distributed throughout the rooms, formed the subject of curious inquiry and animated discussion, Visitors continued to arrive up to a late hour. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE WAIL—MR. LOWE'S AMENDMENT.—We understand that the most active exertions are being made by certain members of the Government to proctre the withdrawal of Mr. Lowe's amendment on the subject of our war policy, and that as the hon. me m b er h as intimated h i s i n t ent i on t o perse vere with the amendment, an attempt will be made on Monday next to get rid of it by an artifice nearly similar to that practised in the case of Mr. Milner Gibson. Members are to be assured by a high authority, that terms of peace will not be considered until the famous stronghold of the Crimea is in possession of the Allies ; but, at the same time, they will be told that it would be ungenerous and unworthy of a great nation super ciliously and contemptuously to turn a deaf ear to all overtures for peace which may be made by Rusf it being quite possible that the Northern Power may, in anticipation of more dreadful consequences, determine unexpectedly to ask for a " peace at any price." At the same time, in spite of the warlike speeches of the late debate, we are informed that disunion still prevails in the Cabinet, some Ministers, in their anxiety to Main tain an affectionate understanding with Prussia and the the German States, being determined to go any lengths in the attempt to conclude a peace. Their pecul;ar view, on the subject, are quite at variance with the common feelings and desires of the country, and, we emphati cally add, incompatible with its interests and its honour. —Morning 4clvertier. WINT3SH V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. The Vice• Chancellor gave judgment this morning in this important case without calling upon Sir F. Kelly, who was the leading counsel for the plaintiff, to reply upon the whole of the arguments, which occupied the court upwards of 16 days. From the reports we have already given of the case our readers are aware that the amount in dispute is upwards of a quarter of a million of money, which the plaintiff, one of the contractors, claims from the defendants, the Great Wester❑ Railway Com pany. The defendants disputing the plaintiff's claim, he filed his bill for an account ; and in answer to that claim the defendants asserted that the court had not j urisdiction, and that the plaintiff ought to be left to his remedy in a court of law. His Honour had most carefully con sidered all the authorities upon the subject, and after that consideration was clearly of opinion that the court had jurisdiction. It had been contended on the part of the defendants that the court would not interfere un less fraud was proved, but his Honour was afraid that the authorities would not support that view of the case. There bad been enormous delay in this case somewhere. The defendants, the Great Western Railway Company, were the most powerful party, and, as had been truly said of all public companies, they had no conscience or any feeling or compunctions. It was therefore the duty of the court to protect the weak against the strong and powerful,, and in th• discharge cf that duty he thought it incumbent upon him to direct the account asked by the plaintiff. Consi dering the monstrous mass of evidence given in the cause, the drawing up of the decree that he proposed to make would be a gigantic task; but he was desirous that that task should be performed as soon,as possible, in order that the defendants might immediately, if it was their intention to do so, appeal from it, and the plaintiff be thereby relieved from the great anxiety that he must have endured during the litigation which had lasted up wards of eight year?. The decree his Honour would make wouid be to direct an inquiry for the purpose of ascertaining and certifying whether anything, and what, remained due to the plaintiff in respect of the works executed by him, and the materials supplied, or otherwise, under the several contracts, hav ing regard to their terms, and the circumstances under which the plaintiff carried on the works. The effect of this decree will be that, if the plaintiff proves the accounts he has rendered to the satisfaction of the chief clerk, he will establish his claim against the Great Western Railway Company. It is generally supposed that a decision in favour of a claim of such magnitude will be carried by way of appeal at once to the House of Lords'. Nothing of any interest came before the Lords Jus tices, the Master of the Rolls, or the Vice-Chancellors Kindersley and Wood, during the morning. The Lords Justices of Appeal will sit with the Lord Chancellor on Friday, to hear appeals. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco—Before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. Justice Crompton.) LIVINSTONE V. MILLI". This case came before their lordships on a demurrer for a breach of contract, and the question on which the decision of the court was asked was with reference to a clause in the agreeyient that, "should any difference arise as to the contract, the same should be left to arbi. tratiou in London in the usual manner." It appeared that the plaintiff purchased a cargo of wheat to be shipped from the Sea of Azoff, the quantity of which was stated in the bills of lading. On the arrival of the cargo it was found deficient in quantity, on which the plaintiff wished to reftr the amount of damage in ac oordance with the terms of the contract, but to which the defendant objected. Mr. Willes contended this question was one peculiarly fitted for an arbitrator, and which he ought to have been called on to decide. Mr. Kay submitted the difference in dispute was not such a one as came within the meaning of the words of the contract, which was intended for any difference with respect to the quality of the wheat, and not any deficiency of amount, and that it was a case in which no action could be maintained. The court was of opinion it was a case wherein an action was maintainable, being one more for a jury than the court, and that the defendant should have gone before th. 4 arbitrator. Judzmk for tho EXCHEQUER COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron, and Barons Alderson, Platt, and Martin.) GRAME V. V7ROUGHTON. This was a case of demurrer, in which a question arose respecting the sale of a commission in the East India Company's service. Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., was for the plaintiff ; and Mr. E. James, Q.C., for the defendant. Mr. Bramwell was heard at some length in support of the application, and was still proceeding with his argu ment when our report was despatched. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Last night Grisi appeared in her great part—the Druid priestess—in Bellini's opera of Norma. Great as was the triumph she achieved, on her re-appearance, in the character of Leonora, she did even more la,t night —she raised the enthusiasm of her audience into a per fect furore. Tier performance from first to last was admirable. The passionate vehemence of the first act, exhibited in the grand scene when the erring Druidess is made acquainted with the inconstancy of Yoffie, and the varied and intense emotions of the las,t—from the point where Norma, had she only been a priestess, would have killed, but, being mere of a worn,n- spared her children, to that where her uneelfi•h and heroic devotion draws from the fickle Pollio the suggestive expression of " Sublima donna!" and irresistibly compels him to share her fate upon the pile—were expressed with a dramatic power and intelligence seemingly as enduring in Grisi as that personal beauty which up to the present moment has defied time.' The grand passage in the trio—the finale to the first act--,-when Norma reproaches Pullin for his treachery, was encored with acclamation, and at the end of both acts Grisi was recalled unanimously before the curtain. Tamberlik's Pollio was, as usual, beautiful ; and Zelger, who, in consequence of the ill ness of Formes, had undertaken the part of Oroveso at an hour's notice, acquitted himself admirably. The ballet of Eva, with the fascinating Cerito, con cluded the evening's entertainments. The house was crowded to suffocation. THE THEATRES. STRAND. The theatre-going public had on Whitsun-Mondav a rare treat by the pr , duction at this attractive little theatre of the opera of La Sonnambula, in EnAsh—the firet of a series to be brought out under the able management of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. Two new singers made their debut on the occasion, viz., Mr. F. Paget and Signor Verini, who ably su , tained the respective characters of Rodolpho and Elvina. Miss Rebecca Isaacs, in the character of Amina, gave us another opportunity of wit nessing the tra iscendent powers of her highly accom plished voice. The choruses were well executed ; and, consider-4,g the necessarily-limited resources of this tiny troupe, the performance as a whole deserved the greatest credit. Two farces concluded the evening's entertain ments. Although the theatre was densely crowded, not the least inconvenience was felt by any one, owing to the excellent arrangements of Mr. Payne, the acting manager. SADLER'S WELLS. The attraction ann,punced for the Whit sun h o lid ays was the engagement off Mr. Wright for six nights only. The performance commenced with the Harvest Home, and terminated with Did you ever send your Wife to Camberwell? lily Precious Betsy being the interlude. The denizens of the northern part of the metropolis will, we venture to say, be well entertained by a visit to Sadler's Wells during Wright's engagement. . CITY OF LONDON. On Monday night the holiday folks mustered in great force at this theatre, every nook and corner of it being completely crammed before the rising of the curtain. The performances commenced with the Robber; followed by the celebrated drama of the Corsican. Brothers, in both of which Mr. Charles Pitt sustained the principal characters. The pieces were very creditably placed upon the stage. MILITARY RIOT IN LIIIRRICK.—On Friday night the city was thrown into a state of turmoil by scenes of out rage and violence between the men of the County Militia and the soldiers of the provisional battalion, consisting of the 9th, 19th, 39th, and 89th depots, stationed in the garrison. It appears that as a military picket, under the command of Corporal Maguire, of the 89th, were passing over the Matthew-bridge, some remarks of a dis-, paraging nature were made by a militiaman, who was standing there, and the picket placed him under arrest. As they were marching him up George's -street numberg of boys continued booting at the picket, which, by the time of the arrival at the military walk, collected a crowd of militiamen, who succeed6d in rescuing the prisoner. They threw volleys of stones at the picket, who were obliged to run into barracks for protection. Constable Doyle, who interfered for the restoratio❑ of peace, received a blow of a stone in the cheek. The police, under Major Caldwell, were called out. At the police-office .next day a car-driver named M'lnerney was fined • or to be imprisoned for a month, for striking *itli a stone Corporal Maguire. ifcr cl ILA 1 - 1 14 RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 22d of May. The Invalide Russe publishes the following : "To complete the telegraphic despatches already published, we subjoin some details on the operations befora Sebastopol, borrowed from Prince,Gortscha,koff's ,diary of the events from the'24th to the 30th of April (6th to the 12th of May.) " Under cover" of their advanced trenches the be siegers have constructed batteries against Bastions 4 and 5, against the Schwartz redoubt, and against the right face of the Karntschatka lunette. On our side we re pair and actively construct our fortifications nearer to tne works of the besiegers, and we are erecting new batteries on different points, so as to command their approaches. "The losses which the enemy have occasioned to the garrison of Sebastopol have been far less in the last few days than in the preceding ones. On the 28th of April (IGth of May) we bad only seven men killed arid 52 wounded, and on the 29th of April (11th 01 May) nine men killed and 34 wounded. "AMong the Eeparate affairs which have taken place during the above interval Prince Gortschakoff mentions the following "'On the 27th of April (9th of May), we made a little successful sortie from the Schwartz redoubt. On this occaion we destroyed a portion of the most advanced works oI the enemy, and we constructed an advantageous epaulenient for a secret post. " 'On the night between the 29th and 30th of April (11th and 12th of May), under the direction of Lieu tenant General Chrouleff, 165 volunteers of the Okhotsk Regiment of Infantry were sent to destroy the works of the besiegers on the incline of the Green Mamelon ; four companies of the same regiment were selected to support the volunteers. A portion of this detachment, under the ordtirs of Lieutenant Rytoff, attacked the English trenches in front, while another, under Ensign Gavensky, attacked them i❑ the rear. The enemy withdrew in great haste, abandoning their guns, many of which we spiked.' " "Andther telegraphic despatch from Sebastopol, dated the 2d (14th) May, received via Kieff, from Aide-de- Camp General Prince Gortschakoff, announces that on the night between the Ist and 2d of May (13th and 14th), we made two little successful sorties. The enemy fire very little, and it is presumed they are making prepara tions to recommence the bombardment." TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 17.--Ra,mazon com mencediast evening at set of sun. The observances were of the usual kind. Tie mosques were illumi nated with all the skill for which the Orientals are famous, and during all the night' the voice of mer riment and rejoicing was beard in the lanes of Stamboul. The last falling as it now does in the summer months is most oppressive to the strict observer, who will not touch a, drop of water or inhale a whiff of tobacco, during the hours which elapse between the rising and setting of the sun. The observance is doubly onerous at present, as large bodies of Mussulmam are now em ployed by European Governments and individuals who insist on continuous labour daring the greater part of the day. The men engaged in baking bread and roasting coffee for the Allied armies, and even the workmen employedin the servile of the Turk ish fleet and army, are obliged to elert themselves during the whole length of a summer's day with out rest or refreshment. However, all Mussulmans insist on quitting their toil an hour before sunset, so as to be at home when the sound of cannon an nounces the hour of deliverance from their long borne abstinence. As soon as the Sultan hoard of the attempt which had been made on the life of the Emperor Napoleon, his Highnesssent to M. Benedetti, Chargt d'Affaires of France, his felicitations on the escape of his Im perial ally. According to letters from Erzeroum General Williams was busy fortifying the city with earth works, after the model w hi c has proved so effec tual at Silistria and Sebastopol. • AUSTRIA. The following is a translation of the circular.de spatch addressed by Count Buol to the Austrian Plenipotentiaries at German Courts relative to the Vienna Conferences : . " VIENNA, MAY 14. "Sir,—The decision of the British Government to pre sent to Parliament the protocols of the Vienna Confer ences makes public the negotiations for peace at a mo ment when they cannot be regarded as terminated. " At the end of the protocol of the twelfth sitti ng o f the Conference Aust r i a d ec l are d that she did not regard every m...s exhausted to bring the negotiations upon the third point to a solution, and that she regarded it as her special mission to endeavour to discover the means for effecting a rapprochement. "The Plenipotentiaries of France and England on their part, it is true, declared that their instructions were exhausted, but did not declare the negotiations termi nated, and when later, by protocol No. 13, the rejection of a proposal emanating from Russia was stated, Austria resolved to recommend confidentially to the serious con sideration of the Courts of Paris and of London new pro positions, in which she thought to find a loyal and com plete fulfilment of the third point of guarantee, and which his Majesty the Emperor, our august master, deems of a nature (far geeignet halt) to be presented to the St. Peter sburg Cabinet as an ultimatum. The last protocols of the Conference left the negotiations still pending, and the Austrian Cabinet for its part would have hesitated at leaving that reserve which the case commanded, and which in the interest of an object so important for all it had imposed upon itself. The notification made in the British Parliament of the publication of the protocols made it incumbent upon us to have them published like wise, so as to bring them to the knowledge of the Go vernments of Germany, and you are requested to pre sent the accompanying documents, with a copy of this letter, to the Government to which you are accredited. AN we make this communication before the result of the still pending negotiations can be stated, we can only do so with that reserve which the attainment of the object commands. As yet we do no express any opinion upon the situation of affairs. Shortly, however, we may be in a condition to.explain our views fully to the D et— views upon which the reply of the Cabinets of Paris and of London to the proposals alluded to above cannot fail to exercise some influence. " I am, &c., " Count 8u0r.." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, May 27.—N0 news has reached here yet of any steamer having arrived in the Elbe for the purpose of conveying to Heligoland any-aspirants for the honour of entering the German legion, and who for want of any such means of transport must be languishing in vain on the coasts of - Germany and Denmark. The regular steamers between Hamburg and Heligoland will not begin to ply till the middle of June : until that takes place the services of a Government will be necessary. In spite of these difficulties, however, seine pro spective recruits about the middle of this month did reach that important British possession Heligo land, but could meet with no one there who was in position to forward their laudable purposes. They stated on their return that they had found there Captain Grattan (perhaps this name is not correct), and Lieut. Dampierre together with three sappers, but that they have nothing to do with enlistment. The sole object of these gentlemen, with their en tire force of three men, aided by an auxiliary con tii.goot of about I AO natives, is stated do be the erection of the huts for the coming troops. This carpentering expedition has no w been at work two months, about 1,0001. has been expended in wages and petty outlays, and a week ago there were j us t 26 barracks set up, capacious enough to contain 50 men each. Colonel Stutterheim is reported as being in Hamburg, Hanover, and London at various diffe rent times, anywhere else than at Heligoland, and it is always mentioned of him that he holds himself as alocf as possible from anything like accepting any proffered military service. This. may be necessary on account of the extremely ,strict laws against foreign competition for the article of thews and sinew, but, at any rate, it damps the nascent ardour. From Hamburg, Cologne, and Altana we hear of embargo being laid upon men whose desire to enlist had become patent, an l of agents whose goodwill to assist them had been as little doubtful. The Deutsche Volkshalle has worked up some of the abovdtmentioned incidents into a very respect able battle-piece, or at least, "'Preparations for action." It says "Yesterday evening (the 22d) 21 men, who had been enlisted for the English Foreign Legion, were in Altona, taken from on b oar d a Heligoland sloop by police agents and military, and preliminarily put into custody. This morning (the 23d) the cutter of an English ship of war made its appearance in the Elbe, off Altona, and to-mor row, as we hear, two or three English war steamers, whose draught of water admits of it, will come up the Elbe." • In Switzerland, however, as it appears, the com mencement of a Britannic Swiss Legion has been made under the direction of Colonel Dickson, who is president of a military commission for this purpose. The main depot is Schleftstadt . ; there are subsequently to be other depots opened at Huningen, Blamont, Jougen, Evian, and Domo- Dossola. The legion is to consist of infantry, artil lery, and sharpshooters. The uniform is to be the Epglish, scarlet and gold, and their flag is to bear the Cross of the Confederation. The terms offered are described as very liberal ; bandsmen and pri vates are, at the conclusion of_their term of service, to be returned to their homes, or taken to Amerio if they prefer it, free of expense ; if they desire td enter the army in the) East Indies t hat also is to bo open to them. EGYPT. ' ALEXANDRIA, May ,19.,—Said Pasha, the Vice roy, has given the necessary corders for struction of a railway across the desert bet wee_n Cairo and Suez, a distuolce of 84 miles. The rai l s are to be brought out from England, and the Pasha's own' the ow engineers, who are Frenchmen, are to carry out the works. In about three Yea'rsll from this time it may be hoped that a railway °/,. 1 _ run quite across the couL'trY, passengers, which now occu,nies more than two days of uncomfortable travelling, Will be reduced to 10 o . 12 hours of easy conveyance.' For the extension o__l and the transit f o r i t w ill be v i el, trade and communication with India/ desirable if the Pasha. will consent to convey co a ,:: Suez at a moderate charge, as the high at Suez is at preser.t the principal obstacle to ot . bL b e sides st earners regularly coming up the Red Sea those of the Peninsular and Oriental Steoan l s -( av gation Company. to . be Said Pasha is at Alexandria, but intends Nile soon on the move again, and has three of his to price of goal Aboukir in readiness to convey his Sigh n , ess oukir and _along the eastern coast of EgYP• bee n The Bedouins in the upp , sr country Jo ve A 00 evincing r a spirit of insubordination lately, an d i n asha's Government mi,y have some troultio keeping them down. Said Pasha has not v i s a k n own country to the south of Cairo, w here he is ,1 " - 0a only by name, and it would only be good P re g o od his part to show himself there, and instill' g order and tranquillity. , 0 of The placing of buoys to mark the entrance o 0 the Harbour cf . Alexandria will effect next September by a French naval , offi e to __Tia) box of India mails which was dr( pp ed in re , Nile in the beginning of the month has been covered. It proved to be only a small boZ/,",,,e-,c_ind, for Malta, and, though its contents are "nrst it will be forwarded to its destination by t'" opportunity. bas te- L-r d Hadio,(son of the Earl of Aberdeen, oecl be carried ri. turned from the Upper Country, and will P ri9c o er T o i. England by the Peninsular and Oriental B,tior'a. ship us on the arrival of the India mails. O' s l a st, has been in this country 'since Ootobenroriag and his health has vary much improved- --been is nearly eight months that Lord Haddo lu 0 i i bis Egypt Said Pasha, the Viceroy, has pail:,. a oa expenses. Boats, carriages, horses, servanlaced most ample supplies of provisions have hee,.... ll i g ypt, at his lsrdship s disposal during his stay' ' for which he paid nothing. ne d to _ _The Egyptian steamer Faid Gehaad retilroles, Alexandria on the 15th, with 200 very dael ies for M purchased in France, and shipped at is sue ogaia the Viceroy. This steamer is shortly to zo nisb for the Dardanelles with the Pasha's sister. ter of K C hauum, the wife of Kamil Pasha, Min i lg o not ommerce at Constantinople. Said Pasha "%frol o like sending his steamer up to ConstantinTervice, ear of the Sultan detaining her for his owri i ' lle ll3s and k as she is almost the only efficient vessn" he has no wish to pari with her. i 5 not In business there is little doing, as th i er , ° ,o,ec, t : much produce for shipment, and the callL I,.ii" ing Alexandria with the Nile is veil , I ,ce it ) : Pasha has advertised 50,000 ardebs of p ro-i x - d o n. sale next week, deliverable at Cairo and t t p I s . , p et Wheat may be quoted at 393 beans ii m, o io 6s • quarter, free on board ; freights '' have 1.3 ' . per quarter. 01 111 " Exchange on London, 99,4 piastres P er ' sterling. frvta• ' A NE'ER-DO-WELL IN TROu,--- , ter iaole i t Our facetious contemporary,, Punch, for ,--- big : mt nori fr a am d b ir e t r illustration this week, has encrusted with hi e e 0 Oa! p ` i ‘ e J a a n m d ie at G e r it - . 11 ” --m jam th ie e , uancpulneansianngt, bol se- te d e een' • et g e not se bit looking old file, is represented in the act of P- 1° fore : g t of the " Charge against Layard " pie, Pla ne- be sin into his mouth, with an attempt to look plea' s r tee t, A ag eo which the very hair of his head seems to r evolt . , 0 0 WO ber of torn envelopes, &c., on the floor, tell " bee ° tale as to the dirty tricks the unpleasant b°ll3tls indulging in. imi•••=1••••=•••••••••■••• e Of A THE BALTIC FLEET.—The following is a t e c e ° ir P a j e e c l ij e t t : letter received this morning at Lloyd's from Bee t ° ,,red —" Stockholm, May 24.--No part of ti le ell e 'vve Admiral Dundas, or any of hi -cruiserft, ?' fo rma t e r a of oa this part of oar coast, and from the ! fl ' o t i r iet Pg a- : el , have here, 'the main part of th, fleet 4 1 ° - m ei '-' O l e o. inthe Gulf of Finland between Heisingtot°;efSseretee vigilanceh e e y re e r afrlovesselsAdmiral Russian a d n a Dproeueirwt ports, u s s the immolate neighbourhood of the isla ° e ' e treaPt e ."i el cruiser',! e all craft 13:0y5 'reveavecab'',6-18.: passed the Belo aheaesect 'must „...-A time ha - Ve joined Admiral a week ago, Partof t he - t 1 7 1 - I STRANGE ACCIDENT f e e e w nd n i i_ e g t h . ts H sin e ce ha S d ir h J e a e m e es hi Gr t a h h e a c ra o Dandas.7 ie r aeftl' e ad TO SIR JA3IES :)., a fer)Li. i tt n e i t o : s l ";, - be boe7o(ie al d o ve 0 .4 it gly observed, thirty-seven a•ty-seven years, and h a ,. jritne s e ell. suffered such a casualv The fact is, Sir aeas '..-. terribly tost, trodden, a . nd d bye treln en i s thi s But the more extraordinary partore ofthe store eit. kith the bull was of Sir James's inaking •--1 9 :11 P r• The Island Home has arrived fro"' Port . 1)1 , 1 ; lifs lb r od, 2,620 ounces of chioness of Londonderry, from SydneY , is 30 • ed• A6 O but her amount, if any, • be ascertain e ye , . remains to , 'egos, 9 a s le Yesterd •ay morning a labourer named " boediotedoe years, engaged at the erection of sone nel t ee pe e n to Docks in Shad well, for the enlargement ° y e e nit e l "; be in that district, Flipped and fell A . °, raereui t ea the debris at the basement of the scaffol°) ;00°' - sustained such injury to the spine, and conto re erly, that caused death shortly afrerwsrds. t‘ o eba s o Oa Thursday t e., ,says the North Devon Journtl'ittrie t e . was heard by the magistrates at Barnstaple a rid n e e man named Huxtable for abusing, tikreati v g e ' e y, g glecting a lunatic of the name of B:lward La° for trod'6 45. The magistrates committed the defect eurotie Bail was accepted, himself in 501., and too e of of 251. each: pert) re , THE ANGLO-SIVISS LEGION.---A. letter from Tbo wi e t the 24th, in the Post Ampt Gazette, na.Y ° : , on e e ir cruiting for the Anglo-Swiss Legion is g,, 611 ti pa are great activity. A number of recruits are 1 011.- t here ; ire larly in this city and neighbourhood, Oheerewacieeee many young men out of ernployinent, an" jee , P e e for nothing better than to enter a foreign serv-eetbe'oB workmen' from one establishment have efts e ' o it 3 t he Selistadt, the place of rendezvous. 1,100 .. ie r e eet already left for that n'ace, and it is pr ober d.O Sea, 3,000 Swiss calculated on will soon be enrV e e job Gee , •At the Thames Police-court, yesterdaY,l'l) alr• I ,r, .ward, engineer, West-ferry-road, Popl ar ' wall, f t t e l l e Wiliam Lennox, anchor Manufacturer, Ow" to f P" ee were summoned by Mr. Howie, siiperintendeene seisoetee division of police, for infractions of the San" tousleoe Act, in unlawfully using„ t • furnaces not ii ha m g 0 y cer ale -gr. t tb so as to consume or burn their own smolt° . ev e use-, et e said the defendants had not made out they oolz e if best practicable means for consuming the st e 51. f oe their furnaces, and infl ctrl the full penattY o f Sl. ,bent The Worcester Chronicle relates that a laboleed f e :itio who a few daea previously had buried his ` O 7. o f t i t , to presented himself recently before the reei , t e r at e ffie e e ia and deaths at Overbury, and requested t" ..tio os t t e t register the death of his mother also. Prepa r ' 3o eebe,teo made for complying with his request, he ,%,' re plie° 0 ,01 what hour her decease took ol), ,, ae 00°, 0 0 affectionate son, " hur bent dead yitt, but t ' o t, it u a l, ,be, so I thoght 'as how you might as wel P er ie ae . . at wnnst, for I ha lost boff a day already over tighlea taunt bafford to lose my time a corning bore o oroP to On being told that his request could net eetit terilg" With, he strode off With a diseatisfied air,. ,if e eyb,a,roo himself that the registrar was " too pertiar 0 in e t o e, The Ruseia,n Mien:tee .ti• War has issued ( a i, s e e a ,r , oun to the Commanders inCourland, Bstb l a n w ore Pea and Finland, 'ordering all fortified harbouFtsii the I.rti, ticularly Revel, Cronstacit, arid Svveaborg, w e t other forth Appertaining to them, as well as all and a be 0,10,,,e, fications of the coast, which ay pOssthlY de Wfol object of a hostile attack, to ben declared ea .Mailed' ' This bad been acted upon at Revel, Ilang' 30, Sweaborg previous to the 19th ittstant. v . ter ael ry le• BRUTAL CONDUCT TO A WOJIAN.-- '7 3 t he 14 ; v, WakleY held a lengthened investigation in pir' e aleil bone Wcrkbouse, toile. ing the death of ' t hay e t ieg , single yeoman, aged 26, who was alleged ° , l j3tle t o from the brutal treatment of a man, I l e a t u e le t W i l t ; o t with whom she cohabited. It appeared s a e era°. s t ate time deceased had been subject to most grn _ ox ber . b y the hands of Bunting, who, according to he r ele g lie r le , event, not only beat and kicked her, but, °i t " ! tee rou e , the hair of her head,' would drat, her ru biA ck: 'fo i e She was hardly ever free from drag randbeck, by tie and when she left the fellow some tim e t foal P b olt advice of her sister, he fcllowed her 3")u to g ° h er to place, and eventually forced her e be fero a d again and live with him. A few l eee ed i . l ' e be death she called upon her sister, Saralee eting , o ele e begged her to go round aitd speak to . 16n , bee tiogr .oo oil had then been gi • her • t unmerciful e ber 1 0 vinga int s -I drogg e “ w °l° a amongst other acts of cruelty, ha' , "pies te ae the room by the hair of her law!. The d t ar& ,her. untie; In°' t• was very excited, ae she said that Bun de eer 0 4 4 to kill her, and lay her shortly alongai the ,• o e, Tubber ten. ; c l At length she applied to Mr. pro ee f, for , ate, .,„ ant overseer, :on Monday vveen,,, astreglin and lc directed her to go before ii. max , e.tre- t• • e g ( 111 she went to the Police-court in tg lie f o o vrt ot oe, waiting she became exhausted, and t if eers eion. • ' 1111 0 was admitted to the workhouse in . n r :: i ' v v g t'ad's peri and the f,llowing afternoon a die t the d' e n ea e se ni t l i le 'medical evidence went to prove thabruisea 14-- ;no. t, son's was covered with divers 0 , ,_,.. 11 c oo s. , b i e c bo violence, but the immediate cause t,0 .. 17 : : d b vi s i voil ' i i , attributed to the brutality to which he S ed that be 13 ti re The coroner, in summit g up, observ.,9 . 0 003dr bet hie impossible under the circumstance t eeeeehte bier, t e to take his trial for murder or - mat' i' e to' c estrr .d's friends an d Or recommended the decease .stratef he ° ° cl' cowardly fellow before a In"gi d to " ve be e ° Se lo trim with the several assaults e el r ee.,otee het trotted on theunfortunate wornat, fo titte'veueiehtlepi brutality g ° r O 4 ingly wrong to let such ,tios , 0 stigg eS jury acquiesced in the coron er a verdict sccordivgly, A