The Sun. — London, England, 1856-07-17 00:00:00

• 4 .4 4 biro :fti_ttitto SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening.) GOODWOOD STAKES. The only bet laid was 8 to 1 (to 201.) agst Chevy Chase. HEREFORD RAOES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Eardrop Penydaren. HEREFORDSHIRE STAKES Speed the Plough Nathan Redemption Six ran. STAMFORD RACES—(This Day•) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH•) WELLAND STASES• Fisherman Melissa► Turbit Four ran. GOLD CUP. Pretty Boy Goldhill Middleton 2 3 Three ran. RUTLAND STAKES. Excitement' Dame Judith Aldenhot Three ran. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.) The Loan CEUNCELLOR, took his seat on the woolsack shortly before five o'clock. Lord RA.VENSWORTH presented a petition from Gateshead, praying for certain amendments in the Epis copal and Capitular Estates Continuance Bill. The Duke of CLEVELAND presented similar peti tiuk.s from Darlington. The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition from the clergy of Bristol, praying that they may be exempted from completing marriages by ecclesiastical form which had been commenced in the civil form. The Duke of BUCCLEUCII presented a number of petitions from various places in Scotland against the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following bills were read a third time and passed :—Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junction Railway ; Perth, Al mond Valley, and Methven Railway ; Severn Naviga tion Improvement Commission ; Dorset Central Rail way, and Westminster Terminus. The Appropriation Bill and several other bills were brought up from the Commons and severally read a first time. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of the Duke of ARGYLL, that the rein , rt of the amendments be agreed to, The Duke of BUCCLELIC H urged the insertion of a clause to provide for the salaries of the schoolmasters. The report was received. COATHAM MARRIAGES VALIDITY BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR this bill was read a second time. The object of this bill was to legalise certain marriages that had taken place in a certain ehapel that had been built for private purposes. FORMATION OF PARISHES BILL. The Earl- of SEIAFTESBURY moved the second reading of this bill. The Bishop of OXFORD supported the bill. The Earl of DERBY hoped that this bill would be referred to a select committee. He did not wish to throw any obstacle in the way of this bill pausing, but be thought there were certain details which ought to be fully considered before their lordships a.,- sented to the second reading. After a abort discussion the bill was read a second time pro forma, and referred to a committee upstairs. NUISANCES REMOVAL BILL. This hill was read a second time. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES BILL. This bill was also read a second time. CUSTOMS BILL. This bill was read a second time. RAILWAYS ACT (IRELAND) 1851 BILL. This bill wa, read a second time. TURNPIKE ACTS .CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill was read a second time. REGISTRATION OF LEASES (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of the Duke of ARGYLL, this bill was wi , o 4ra.w rt. BISHOPS OF LONDON AND DURHAM RETIREMENT BILL. Oa :the order of the day for the committal of this bill, Lord REDESDALE expressed his objection to this bill, which he considered involved a simoniacal contract, and said he considered their lordships onat to have the whole of the correspondence that bad taken place between the rev. prelates and the Govern ment before they proceeded with the bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said there would be no objection to the production of the whole of the corres pondence, but he did not see why the present bill should not be proceeded with. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OP COMMONS.--(This Day.) The SETAKER, took the chair shortly after 12. NEW WRIT. A. new writ was ordered to he issued for the borouNb of D achester, in the room of Mr. H. G. S;, urt, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Waimealey E,tate Bill wai read a third time and passed. CHARITIES BILL. Oa the motion fur the second reading of this bill, Mr. MOWBR,AY complained that no reason had been given, on the introduction of this bill, for continu• the exception in favour of Roman Catholic charities. In 1853 a temporary arrangement was come to, and it was agreed that the Roman Catholic charities should not come under the Charitable Trusts Act for two years. Last year the exception was continued till 1856, and now it was proposed to continue it for another year. He objected to this continuance, and was of opi nion that the Roman Catholic charities should he plat .d on the same footing as all other charities. He moved the second reading of the bill that day three months ; and he gave notice that if he was unsuccessful in that motion, he should move in committee that the Ist of June be substituted for the 14 of September, that the question might be considered at an earlier period of next session. Mr. BAINES said that when the Charitable Trusts 11.11 was under the consideration of the house in 1853, it was distinctly recognised on both sides of the house that there were peculiarities connected with Roman Catholic Charities, such as prayers and masses for the dead that prevented their being then placed under the Charitable Trusts Commissioners. Toe right hon. gentleman having entered rather fully into the proceeding with reference to the bill of 1853, sail he hoped the house would sanc tion the second reading of this bill, and continue its operations for another year. He assured the house he was dissatialie l with the distinction cernplained of (hear, bear)—and he promised the house that it should net he his fault if the distinction was not altered, and the Roman Catholic charities put upon a more satisfac- tory footing. Mr. 11A.DFIELI$, in a speech complaining of the large amount of business on the paper at that late period of the session, gave his cordial support to the bid. Mr. BARROW said that late last sesion he was in formed by the Solicitor-General that county hospitals and county asylums were exempt from the interference of the Charity Commissioners, but he found that was not the case. In his county the commissioners had demanded a statement of those charities, which weresupporterl mainly by voluntary contributions. The interference was objec tionable, and he hoped instructions would be given to the Charity Commissioners not to interfere with them in future. Mr. SPOONER relied on the statement of the right boa. gentleman (Slr. Baines) that an alteration would take place with reference to those charities next session. He asked the right hon. gentleman to distinctly pledge himself that the lst of June should be substituted for Ist of September. Mr. BAINES said he was unable to make such a pledge. Mr. HENLEY said there ought to be a distinct pledge from the Government that this subject should be dealt with early next session. It was a disagree. able thing to drive private members to check these continuances, and he hoped the Government would give the house an opportunity of considering the sub ect. Sir G. GREY concur re d i n t h e op i n i on expresse d, that it was desirable a bill s h ou ld b e i ntro d uce d nex t session, to place Roman Catholic charities in the same position as other charities. sr H. WILLOUGEIBY hoped the Government would prevent the interference of the Charity Corn .lnissioners with county hospitals, It had an in jurious effect on these institutions. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said be should have been much surprised if the Charity Commissioners bad in terfered with charities supported by voluntary contribu tions. He apprehended the accounts asked for by the Charity Commissioners to which. the hon. member had alluded had reference to bequests left by charitable indi viduals for the support of t hose institutions. Mr, MOWBRAY, on the assurance given by the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Baines), withdrew his motion against the second reading of the bill, but gave notice of tile amendment for altering the date in committee. The bi!l IVai the❑ read a third time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. TUE . RAVIIV AT ALDERSHOT HOSPITALS (DUBLIN) BILL. the motion fur the house going into committee on this bill, Mr. COWAN moved its commitment that day three months. Me disputed the wisdom and propriety of the measure, and accused the present and the former Government of want of honesty in dealing with the sub ject. He saw no reason why Dublin should receive a share of public assistance by grants from Parliament and Edinburgh be deprived of it. Attempts, he be lieved, were made some time since to put an end to these grants in a few years, but in consequence of the interfer ence of the hon. and learned member for Dublin, these at tempts were frustrated. The scope and tendency of the Dill, it not its intention, was to place these hospitals per manently on the annual grants of Parliament or on the consolidated fund. He objected to the principle of par (iality here attempted, and claimed on principle the same prtvilege for all the hospitals in the United Kingdom. He moved the commitment of the bill this day three months. Mr. HORSMAN said that the house was not called on to decide whether grants should be given to the hos pitals of Dublin or whether the grants were proper or not. Both had been decided by a committee, and the house was called on to carry out the recommendations of I a commission issued last year for the better government of these hospitals. The grants were not permanent, but only for se long as parliament chose to continue them. It was competent for any hon. gentleman to move, next session, the withdrawal of these grants. Mr. WILLIAMS opposed the bill. Col. FRENCH supported the house going into com mittee on the bill. After some further discussion, in which Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Napier, Mr. Craufurd, Mr. Vance, Mr. A. Ha;tie, and Mr. Wilson took part, The house divided, when the numbers were, For going into committee Against it 22 Majority —3l The house then cent into committee on the bill. Clauses 1 to 8, after some amendments, were agreed to. Oa clause 9, which provides for the superannuation of the medical officers, a long discussion ensued. The clause was objected to on three grounds. First, that there was no period of service named before superannuation should he granted ; secondly, that two-thirds of the salary was too much, and thirdly, that granting superannuations to medical officers would impoverish the funds of the hos pitals and would impair their usefulness. Mr. HORSMAN supported the principle of super annuation, and to prevent a division suggested the addi tion of a proviso to the clause to the effect that the amount of superannuation should be in accordance with the prov'.sions of the Superannuation Act. The committee however divided. The numbers wen — For the clause Against it 29 Majority for the clause —l4 The clause was then agreed to. In reply to a question from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, Mr. HORSMAN said he would introduce the proviso he had suggested on bringing up the report. Clauses 10 to 13 were agreed to, after some amend ments. On clause 14, authorising the appointment of a secre tary to the board of superintendence, Mr. HORSMAN moved the salary should be 3001. per annum. Some discussion took place, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Vance, Mr. A. Pellatt, and Mr. S. Fitzgerald protesting against so large a sum being taken from the funds of the Hospi tal for the payment of an officer having nominal duties to perform. After some further discussion, in the course of which Mr. Hildyard, Mr. W. Williams, the Attorney-General for Ireland, and Mr. Barrow took part, Mr. S. FITZGERALD moved that the salary should be 1501. per annum. The committee divided when the numbers were For the original motion Against it 5l Majority Mr. S. FITZGERALD then moved that the salary should he 1501. Mr. HORSMAN hoped the hon. and learned mem .ber would not press his motion. It would be impossible to get a qualified medical man for that sum. Mr. S. FITZGERALD said it was not necessary the secretary should be a medical man. After a short discussion, the insertion of the words " one hundred and fifty" were agreed to without a they were not; our legislators escapta. pi ~ _ Lerd Palmerston the grave suspicion which must have attached to his motives bad he invited any members to assist at an aquatic spectacle similar to that of last Tues day week. Nevertheless the sandy, windy weather was a subject of annoyance to all, and of misgivings to many whose faith in the infallibility of the Royal barometer has latterly been much shaken. Soon after one, visitors, tired of gazing upon black huts and dreary wastes, had their attention arrested by the unusual sght of a guard.of honour of the 7th flue ears escorting a train of "busses" to the camp. These unpretending vehicles, however, contained no less a freight than the members of our legislative assemblies, or at least those who thought the spectacle would repay the risk of again accepting a Government invitation. At the head of the slow-moving cavalcade rode Lord Pal merston. At a faster speed came General Williams, whose horsemanship, however, did not. seem much un proved since Monday last, when he so nearly capsized the Duke of Cambridge at Woolwich. All the members alighted in the south camp, near the handsome Army Club House, and the first inquiry of most was when was the luncheon to be, for a -wholesome dread of the army commissariat seemed general. But the name of Staples dissipated all fears, even though relating to food in a camp. Satisfied on this important point the members dispersed in what might be called skirmishing order to view the camp and all the remarkably ugly objects about it, such as head-quarters, the church, &c., which might be worth a visit. Of all the members of both houses only 140 accepted the invitation. Among them we noticed the Duke of Leeds, the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Pam:nitre, Sir G. Grey, Lord Ravens worth, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Dalkeith, the Earl of Pomfret, Viscount Ranelagh, S r W. Fraser, Sir Joseph Paxton, Lord Duncan, Mr. Sergeant Manning, Mr. Ser geant Shee, Viscount Sidney, Mr. G. Vernon, Hen. W. Cowper, Mr. F. Peel, Sir D. Norreys, Mr. Baldock, Mr. Bass, Lorl Dynevor, the Earl of Powis, Lord Dungat van, Lord Overstone, the Earl of Longford, &c. Shortly after the arrival of the members her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, arrived at camp, and were received with a Royal salute. In the carriage fol.. lowine her Majesty's were the Prince of Wales., Priuce Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice. Tee ' Royal suite consisted of the-Countess of Desert, Baron d'Alvensleben, Major-Gen. the Hon. C. Grey, Lord A. Paget, Col. F. H. Seymour, Lieut.-Col. de Boyen, &c. The whole cortege immediately proceeded to the Pavi lion, escorted by a party of the 15th Hussars. While the troops were getting under areas the mem bers returned to their lunch. Instead of, as all bad an ticipated, the splendid room of the Club-house being de voted to this purpose, the lunch was laid in the hospital tent of the Scots Greys, hastily and rudely thrown over a framework of timber, after the shape of a tent d'abri. Tnan this arrangement nothing c arid have been worse contrived. The canvas was so badly joined that it kept out but little of the line sand driven against it, and none of the wind, which blew with sufficient strength to threaten to send the whole structure across the lunch. Tue lunch was, however,, on a most liberal scale, and must, we presume, have compensated for Vie annoyance inseparable from all kinds of rural feasts in this country, from a pit-nit to a day at camp. Before it was over all the troops defiled in sections of four, and went by va rious routes from their cantonments to the " Long Val ley," nearly two miles from the camp. Their appearance wending across the moor we have no doubt was picturesque, but the never to be sufficiently anathe matised sand did not permit it to be seen with com fort or even safety to the eyes. Long before the regiments had reached the rendezvous their features were almost concealed by a strata of such flying particles, so that each man seemed as if he had been quartered in a chimney, and in fact as Sheridan once said, " their oldest creditors would not have known them." All the troops who had been addressed by her Majesty on the last occasion, with those who had not served in the East, formed on a gentle hill to the west of the val ley. Here therefore were the German Jagers, two regi - mente of German Cavalry, the men of the Foreign Legion, the 3 battalions of Guards (who have replaced the Cri mean Guards), a battalion of the Rifle Brigade, some troops of the . 15th Hussars, the let Ro yals, 7th and 19th 1 Regiments, and two batteries of fi e ld a r t iller y , all drawn up in contiguous columns, so that ilaese masses com pletely c rvered the summit of the acclivity. The Crimea!' troops drew up in 3 d ruble lines across the valley, facing to the south. The first line was cavalry just returned, at7d the majority of whom, therefore, were eismounted, as no chargers were brought from the East. There was a troop of the 11th Hussars, two troops of the Scots Greys, the sth Dragoon Guards, 6th Inniskillings, awl some of the let Royals. The second line was composed of a strong detachment of Sappers and Miners (the engineers of the siege works), the 34th 41st, and 49th Regiments. The third lin e was the 24 'Battalion of the Retie Brigade, and the 931 Highlanders. The most jealoue care was eeercised by the military authorities lest any of the many ladies and gentlemen who had acme from London should approach within nearly a mile of where the troops were formed. This mcst unusual rule was carried into effect with a rigour and harshness to which English gentlemen and ladies have long been strangers, and which, as a matter of course, led to loud complaints and unavailing protests. Even the Home Secretary, under conduct of a Crimean officer, was hindered passing by the sentries for a Consi derable time. The troops remained dra .0 up for about half an hour, during which interval the Germans con trived to distinguish themselves by a clamour like a par cel of rooks, and in giving their never-ending orders and counter-orders made more noise than the whole British service put together. Her Majesty came upon the ground at 20 minutes past four, arid was received with a r )i al salute and the usual lannoure by the troops on the hill. The ladies of the royal party rode in two open pony carriages. Prince Albert, the Prince of Prussia, and the Duke of Cambridge, in uniform, rode near her Majesty, A brilliant staff followed, among whom were Lord Hoke by, Major-Geo. Rose, Sir R. Airey, Gen. Grey, Col. the Hon. J. Macdonald, C.d. the Hon. Hood, Col. Douglas, Col. Wetherall, &'. The whole party rode slowly along the length of the three lines, inspecting eacb closely. The carriages then took up their position beneath the hill, while the Cri mea! troops, forming in columns of companies and tak ing ground to the left, marched past her Majesty. First came the Cavalry, and then the S -ppers and other regi ments, in the crier in which they had stood in line. The 93d Highlanders seem to have fallen off much in march ing discipline. Their order in passing the Queen yester day was certainly not better than any regiment on the ground, and was inferior to both the Rifles and the 49th. As the troops passed they wheeled to the left, and mak ing a considerati'm detour drew up in double lines at right angles with their fCirmer position and fazing to the west. A slight pause then took place, during which her Ma jesty sent for General Rose, who acted during the late war as her commissioner with the French army, and honoured him with a long and apparently most cordial eenversation. Prince Albert also conversed with the gallant general for some time. General Knollys, who is very short-sighted, here caused some amusement by riding up, hat in hand, attended by his orderlies, to the Royal carriage containing the members of the suite, in• stead of that in which her Majesty was seated. When be had rectified his mistake, at which her Majesty could not suppress a smile, the whole double line of troops, with a front of more than half a mile, advanced close to the Royal carriage. T. Queen and the Court then left their horses and carriages and walked along the front of the troops. Her Majesty leaned on the arm of Prince After, and said some kind word to eac of the officers and many of the men she passed. The members of the two houses followed her Majesty at a slight distance. While this went forward the German regiments again signalised themselves by unusual cries, so much so that General Knollys was obliged to send positive orders that they must make less noise. Her Majesty's inspection occupied a considerable time, for with her usual graceful condescension she had a kind word, a bow, or smile to give most of the men oh the ground. The interest of the scene was, however, con sid,,ra,Ay dim'nished by the interposition of some zealous camp official, who surrounded the immediate members o player. Lords, Commons, and - Queen were alike taken care of ; nor were the general public—after all, the moat impor tant patrons and constant customers of the railway—in any way inconvenienced. MONMIEVT IN 1101VOUR OF THE EMPEROR .NAPOLEON The following are the terms of the proposition presented to the Senate by Baron C. Dupin and fifteen other members of th© body for the erection of a monument in honour of the Emperor Napoleon 111. and the army : " There are certain grand circumstances in which the national feeling bursts forth, and when it becomes ne cessary to give a constitutional expression to it. To the Senate belongs the right of bringing forward proposi tions on matters of great public interest. If in the eyes of France, now more chivalrous and generous than ever, there is a public interest of the first order, it is that of her glory ; is is the expression of national gratitude for the victories which raise her so high among nations, and honour her among the human race. It has ap peared to us desirable that, in the form of the pro positions authorised by the Constitution, the wish of the Senate should be expressed for the erection of a national monument to be ratified by a law. Tais monument would at the same time express the admiration and the gratitude of the Senate and of the country for the glo rious events which have just been terminated by a peace not less immortal than the victories of which it is the closing triumph. France had pledged her. , elf on her sword not to melee any conquest for herself ; all she undertook was for the freedom of the seas and t .) extend the rights of humanity. After the campaign of Auster litz, which was also followed by a peace which raised to the highest point the grandeur of the Empire, it was resolved to erect a column in imitation of those which in the Eternal City immortalised the remembrance of the victorious and pacificating Antonines ; it is this monu ment which stands in the Place Vendome. between the Rue de Rivoli and the Rue de la Paix. Ought not a monu• ment of the same kind to be now erected, in the name of France, in memory of the victories of the new grand army and of the genius of the new Napoleon.? Such would he our second Trajan's Column. For this monu ment of, at the same time triumph and pacification, an admirable sight would do honour to the wish of the Senate and to the gallant deeds of our army. By one of those wonderful creations which give to Paris regularity, grandeur, and light where previously everything was obscure and unhealthy. the Boulevard de Sebastopol from the Strasburg Railway t ti e Barriere d'Enter—that monumental road reaches its culminating point between the church of Sainte Genevieve and the palace of the Senate. At that spot it crosses the new Via Sacra, which leads from the temple of the laws to the temple of Ged—to Ste Genevieve, which for Paris signifies the northern con querors retreating eastwards. At the point where the two monumental roads of war and of peace meet might be raised with perfect propriety the triumphal column, the erection of which it is our wish to realise. It would command the left bank of the Seine as the. Arc de Tri omphe de l'Etoile commands the left bank. The tre yeller arriving would, from a distance, perceive at the same time the two monuments which would call to mind the grandeur and the glory of two generations and of two empires. On the pedestal of the most modern should we not see with pleasure figure on the north side, which looks towards the right bank of the Seine, the advanced guard of the army of the East, on its return from Sebastopol, filing off on that bank be fore the E nperor eanirlst the acclamations of a whole people ? Oa the side which looks towards Sainte Genevieve and Italy would it not be pleasing to see figure the French army at the foot of the Capitol, doing honour to its standards by saluting his Holiness Pius IX., replaced in the chair of St. Peter by the victory of France ? On the south it would be wished to see repre sented the glorious contingent of the Army f Africa — of that army departing for the East, where four of its generals went to achieve by twenty months of combats and four great victories a right to the baton of marshal obtained by Crrid4 and Turenne in the 17th century, and by "deseena, and Sault in the 19th. On the side towards the Senate a very simple inscription, which is be-t suited t r grand things, might only contain the:se wards :—A. Napel6en 111 , ft la nouvelle grande armer, vmu du Senat et de la France, Mai, 1856.' Lastly, on the bpiral coating which would cover the column, sculp ture, with its bassi relievi, would reproduce the nu rnerens and varied exploits of the French in the Ea-t, the North, and the South—in Asia, in Europe, and in Africa. Three seas triumphantly occupied, landings effected, wonderful for their order and grandeur; as saults of a:my against array ; the French Eagles plant ed on the walls of Sebastopol, Bomarsund, Kertch, arid Kinbcurn ; guns from our vessels landed, and served by our sailors ; other guns on board demeliehine the granite fortresses from the seas of Finland and of Bothnia to the mouths of -B nlsthenee ; as a prelude to these great feats, the Sahara c.m quered in the depth of its desert', and the two Kahylias opened to civilisation by victory—those are subject- , worthy of inspiring the genius of our most illustrious artists. The statue of the Emperor would naturally have its place on the top of the column." This proposition being referred to a committee of the Senate was most favourably received, an:l after full deliberation the Senate decided to send in the following report to the Emperor on the subject : " Sire,—An admirable series of campaigns and of military triumphs has been completed by the vic tory of treaties so disinterested on your pet, so favourable to the balance of power of nations, to the security and to the freedom of the sea', and to the interests of the human race. The glorious and revered position which France has thus acquired under the steel ises and by the Government of your Majesty-inspires the Senate, as it . does all good citizens, with the desire of preserving the remembrance o f it by a monumental column. The promoters of the project have described in the text of their proposition the triumphal column which they wish to have erected, and also its site at the summit of the row], also triumph thehich is being opened by your orders to gorify feats of SA• bastopol. The report of the committee charged to examine this proposition has shown, by the glorious souvenirs of the first Empire, the powerful influence of a monument of this kind on the country and on the army. In calling to mind these preparatory labeure as documents which may be usefully consulted, the Senate has confined itself to expressing its wish in the most ge neral terms, thus leaving the mode and idea of exece• tion to the exalted intelligence which transforms Paris with magin rapidity by works in which beauty and uti lity dispute Vie palm and grandeur. In order to express the universal gratitude of France, and to perpetuate the remembrance of the victories of the army and that of the peace achieved under the auspices and the tutelary genius of his Majesty Napoleon 111., the Senate expresses a wish that the erection of a monumental column shall be ratified by a law." division. The clause as amended was then agreed to. The remaining clauses of the bill were then agreed to, and the house resumed. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY (IRELAND) BILL. The order for the house going into commtitee on this bill was read and discharged. The following bills were advanced a stage :—lncome and Land Tax, Stamp Duties, Race-horse Duty , Al der shot Camp, Drainage (Ireland), Grand Juries (Ireland), and Sleeping Statutes. The other orders on the paper having , been,disposed of, the house suspended its sittings at 4 o clock. The house resumed at 6 o'clock, and was [LEFT SITTING .I THE NEW coIIAIANDER-IN-CHIEF. GENERAL ORDER. HORSE GUARDS, July IG, In obedience to the gracious order of her Majesty, General his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge aw• sumes the command of the Army which loks been con• fided to him by her Majesty's favour, on the resignation of Field-Marshal Viscount Harlinge. His Royal highness feels it noea.sy task to undertake the responsibilities of so honorable and arduous a post, as the successor of that distinguished General who has found himself compelled to retire from it by the state of his health, and who again was preceded by that illustrious chief whose name will ever continue to be the glory of the British Army and the British Nation ; but he has the strongest reliance on the support of the general officers with whom he will be associated, and on the army at large ; and in this relidacs he enters confidently on the noble trust which now devolves upon him. His Royal Highness has had the advantage, as a general officer in command of a division, und;r the orders of his lamented and gallant friend the late Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, of becoming to some extent personally acquainted with the heroic deeds of the army in the recent arduous contest, now so fortunately brought to a successful end. He knows of what excrllent materials the troops are com posed, both as to officers and men. It will be his anxious endeavour to maintain the army in the high state of efficiency in which it has been left to him by his distinguished predecessor, and be doubts not that the army itself will be mainly instrumental is enabling him to carry out this most anxious wish of his heart. By Order of his Royal Highness, the General Gim manding-in-Chief. G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General. ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE.—The muni ficent sum of' 100/. has just been forwarded to the trea surer by Otto Goldschmidt, Esq., at the same time ex pressing deep regret that Madame Otto Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind) had not been able to sing for the benefit of this noble institution. LOYAL UNITED FRIENDS.--Oa Monday last the 34th anniversary of this important social and provident body was celebrated at the Highoury Barn Tavern, Islington, when a considerable portion of the members dined in the great hall. Mr. W. Benson presided as chairman, and Mr. D. Watling acted as deputy, and were supported by several leading men of the order. The cloth beimg withdrawn, the usual loyal Vaasts were given and the national anthem sung. " Prosperity to the Order" was puposed from the chnir, and was received amid much cheering, as was also "Success to the Gift Funds." Other appropriate toasts we're subsequently given and responded to with suitable mmarka. A bait terminated the day's amusements. The 'stewards, under the skilful management of Mr. William Shiers, paid every atten tion to the comfort of the .company assembled on the occasion. AWFUL CASE OF POISONING AT souTa SHIELDS. — One of those unhappy occurrences which of late have been of such frequent recurrence took place on Tuesday morning at South Shields. It seems that a female, name i Vann, bad gone to a glass house where she had been in the habit of working, and under the pretence of destroying some vermin, she had asked for and obtained a little arsenic, a mineral which is freely used in thema nufacture of glass. She took the poison to her house, and there mixing it with some food ' the administered a portion of it to her two chi!, dren, and afterwards took Ile remainder herself. The children became sick shortly after the poison was received by them, and to this circumstance their, safety is probably to be ascribed. They are now reco vering, but the unhappy mother died yesterday morn ing (Wednesday) in the workhouse, whither she had been conveyed by order of the police. A quarrel with her husband is said to have been the origin of the rash at. —Northern Daily Express, Neweastle. BISHOPRIC OP GLOCFSTER AND BRISTOL.—A meeting of the Dean and Chapter of Bristol Cathedral has been convened for Friday next, for the purpose of proceedin g to the election of a Bi s h o p o f th e S e e of Glocester and Bristol. Of course the recommendation of her Majesty will be adopted, and the Rev. Charles Baring will be elected. PATRIOTIC FUND.—Yesterday Mr. C. Kemp, one of the secretaries of the Patri o ti c F on d of N e w South Wales, had an interview with the executive committee of the Patriotic Commission, for purpose of handing in a draught for 25,0001., making, with previolis remittances, a total contribution from the colony of New South Wales of 65,000/. BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA. RAILWAY COMPANY.—Au adjourned general m eating of the share holders in this company was to have held at the offices of the company, Liverpool-street ; b at as the number required by the deed of settlement we re . not present, the meeting was dissolved without any bu sums being done. Until now no one has taken as Ivansage, of the amnesty granted by the Emperor S.lexander to his Polish subjects. THE SUN LONDON. TICURSDAY EVE 1. JULY 17, 1851. 1 1 , -------- %V.1i,' , 1V Al ALDERS. more their its general appearance. As at the latter place of the Court with a strong detachment of Hussars that ingeniouele contrived to exclude many of the' prir --------- cipitl members.; of the houses present. - As by this aduairahie ' be obtained through irregular vistas of horses' legs, it THE LEEDS POISONENG CAS E. --zr.----- TRIAL OP .y O W R I K L , L \ I V A- F . , er K e e p s nOaVT DOVE. 1 Alilershot partakes of the peculiarities of the desertin arrangement glimpses of what was going on could only one is perpetually tormented with the appearance of seamed to appear tedious to mane. The members t a lked The trial of William Dove, of Leeds, charged with the water yet never comes to a well, so at the former one is of hurrying back, and looked as though they would h a ve murder of his wife, was proceeded with this morning in always in sight of an army yet never witnesses a review, said with Shakespere, "'Tie a fine piece of business ; the Crown Court at York Castle, before Mr. Baron "It is enough to spoil the trade," as one fly-driver pa- would it were over." Many left the ground before tbe Bramwell. thetically remarked to us yesterday , " if the public can't day's proceedings reereactually closed with a grand Royal The trial excited a great deal of interest, and before see nothing when the House of Commons and all them salute by all the Crimean troops on the ground. The 8 o'clock the passages to the court were thronged with swells is down there, how can the camp expect to draw Royal party returned to the Pavilion, and all the viei- persons anxious to obtain aluission. The galleries ap when the House of Commons nint there at all ?" To tors hurried off to the railway station, as soon as they 1 propriated to the grand jury and the acting justices were reasons so general and conclusive we could offer no reply, ' could persuade fly-drivers to take them at rather more I filled with ladies and gentlemen, and the other portions especially after our own experience of what was not to exorbitant charges than, even if weighed by the ounce, of the court were crowded to excess. be seen at Aldershot. From these observations it may each individual might have gone by post. Mr. Baron Bramwell entered the court at 9 o'clock, easily be premised that the show at camp yesterday was Thus the proceedings of the day terminated. We when a number of prisoners, convicted of burglary, horse far below what every one anticipated. As much was should be wanting in our duty to the public if we failed stealing, forgery, poaching, and other offences, were expected in the way of military eisplay, and very little to notice the many complaints which we heard from all sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. done, the affair might almost be termed a failure ; espe quarters as to the distance at which the ladies and gen- The prisoner William Dove was then placed in the dock. cially when we consider that it was a spectacle thought tlemen who had come from London, and some from parts He was described in the indictment as thirtyight years worthy the notice of the Legislature, and to enable whom of the country still further from Aldershot, were corn- of age, and " well educated.' 'He pleaded not guilty in to attend the business of a great nation was suspended, pelled to remain, during the whole time of the inspec- a firm voice, and declined to exercise his right of chats However, we suppose the disappointment was only ful- tion. The line beyond which spectators, except a fa- 'engine the jury. He is rather slightly built, very sun filling the melancholy destiny of the Lords and Com- voured few, was at some parts of the ground more than l b i i d e s r , nt w , and himpart l s i g t h o t hsipseaspnapoedaircanteweitachsiinngisotefr tahnedeeyne: mons, who seem fated, when they attend in their official half a mile from where the nearest troops stood, so that capacity, never to see anything worthy of their attend- without good glasses nothing whatever could be seen, favourable expression. ante in any capacity at all. But we must own that we This exclusion excited a good deal of murmuring, espe- The counsel fa. the prosecution were Mr. Overend, pity the Lords and Commons less now that the custom of cially as it was enforced with a harshness which mire re- Q.C., Mr- Hardy, and Mr. Bayley ; the prisoner was de airing their faculties at the expense of the public has sembled a system of petty annoyance than the execution fended by Mr. Bliss Q.C., Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. come up, and that we may shortly expect to see them, of a general order . It was unfair to the general public, R. Hall, Recorder of Doncaster , and Mr. Middleton. at least once a-week, en route to Hampton Court in open and of course was still more so to all tee representatives Mr. Overend, Q.C. in opening She case for the prose vans. It is the public with whom we must condole, the of the London press, in whose favour no exception was cution, observed that a more solemn, responsible, or lin public who go down to Aldershot at trouble and expense, ma d e. . portant duty could not possibly devolve upon any jury and who find no lunch or anything to put between their It should always be recollected that upon these occa- than that which they were now called on to perform. They teeth but the showers of driving sand ; and who, in the along the rep - rrters are present to discharge what may Ise were asked to inquire whether there was any truth in the midst of the inhospitable miseries of the camp, have no truly called a public duty, and that those who witness a accusation preferred by the Crown against tire prisoner— " civil contingencies" out of which to replace their die- spectacle are a mere unit when compared with the nuns- namely, that he had committed the crime of wilful mur bursements. There was a large muster of such deluded bers who entirely rely upon the daily journals to furnish der, and that the person aileged to have been murdered spectators yesterday, who came down by all the early them with an account. It is therefore too bad when, in was his own wife. In a case of this description the jury trains. Of course their desagremens commenced with the addition to their own professional difficulties, are super- would have to consider a variety of small details, all efforts to get to camp. Frye were numerous enough, but added other annoyances of the most embarrassing kind. bearing upon each other, and all pointing to what was all held out for high prices, and we know none who got We trust that on the next occasion a Royal review takes believed to be the cause of the death of the deceased. across from Farnborough for less than 15e., and many place at Aldershet General Knollys will kindly permit The case had occupied a great deal of public attention, much more. the authorised representatives of the London papers to and there were many rumours with respect to the evi There was nothing doing at the camp during the early obtain more than a distant bird's-eye view of what is dente which it was intended to call fret e prosecution part of the day except speculating upon the probable time pass i ng . and that which the prisoner might possibly rely upon for that would elapse before the rain came down. A keen The South-Western Railway Company being left to his defence •; but he implored the jury to dismiss all such north-west wind blew across the black-looking heath; themselves on this occasion, without Government inter- consideratione from their minds, and to view the cese clouds of sand met the visitor's eye in all directions, and ference, did their business like men of business. They solely through the lights of the evidence which would be the miseries of a simoom were realised on a small but carried the troops and stores throughout the night, and laid before them. The offence with which the prisoner painfully accurate scale, in every hollow to which one fled they safely conveyed the royal family in the day, as well was charged was one of the most cold-blooded mutters for shelter. The sky was lowering and heavy—pluvial as the tNo Houses of Parliament, without let or bind- which it was possible to imagine ; but acconline to the in appearance and in fact. The monotony of every hour ra,nce, or the slightest' pretext for complaint or grumb- enormity of the offence the jury were bound to be satis till past one in the day was varied by a drenching shower, flag. The admirable arrangements of this company—the fled with the evidence before they convicted the prisoner. bringing vividly to mind the horrors of the last review. great care and judicious though unpretending supervi- The charge against the prisoner was that he had mur Had they been repeated yesterday something little short sion of its officers, especially the secretary, Mr. Crombie, dared his wife by administering to her, on five or six of a general election must have resulted. Fortunately and the manager, Mr. Scott, were never more admirably occasions, deadly doses of a vegetable poison called Id this e3ril, and displayed Everything went steadily and smoothly. I strychnia. The natureof that poison wag, unhappily, well ... ... ' - I known by recent occurrences ; but it would be necessary THE PRINCIPALITIES —The last accounts from Jassy, of the 22 , 1, state that the Moldavian clergy were favour able to the union of the two Principalities. By order of the Metropolitan, the Archimandrite Scriban had issued a pastoral letter, which was 'inserted in the Moldavian journals, and in which he declared that the chiefs of the clergy anxiously desired the realisation of that unior, [AnvsansEumur ]-1101loway's Pills superior to all other remedies .for Stomach Cornpiaint4.— Mr. Baker. of Addington.street, Etochdale.road, Manchester, had suffered s,verely for many years from a weakness m the stomach and a generally debilitated constitution. Although she has had the best medical advice and tried every available remedy, yet she derived no permanent benefit, but by the use of Holloway's Pills a perfect cure has been effected, as she now enjoys the best of health, and in gratitude for which she desires publicity should be given of her case.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London; and 80, Maider,- lane, New York ; by A. Starnpa, Constantinople ; A, Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. prescribed some sedatives for Mrs. Dave, and about four as 1 tit:Pieta he was only j eking. I hal known the pr;- e'cl •ck Mr. 111orle , Lim-elf called, peel found her much . .soaer before. I resieiniier hie ctliino tutto my wife o t e et er , a nt i euhir s na - ie , if the innom ar to 1, coings centi• play the *,1 , i8 s:10 ;1;51 pkyeti ( 4 ,0, i sy as titled. The presence of strychnine was saes ested to that bashed- I SAN - reliiarli":l6ll) kindness from the prisoner gentleman, but, considering the respectability of the pri- to his wile, soner's family, he banished the idea from his mind. Oa To Mr. serend—The pris finer black-leaded the stove the evening of that day the prisoner went to his wite's because the servant had left. He also prepared Mrs. mother, t-lling her that her daughter was seized with a D ore's meats, and brought them up stairs hitusel. violent attack of illness, and that she had better come Ann Fisher examined—My , laughter Elizabeth lived and see her at once. 'Airs. Dove was again attacked with I as ser va n t with the prisoner and his wife. She came home the same symptoms (pains in the legs, tightness of the ill on the 19th of Feb. la-t. and on the Saturday following jaws, and twitching of the feet and hands), and Mr. Mor- I w e nt to the prisoner's to take her place. I arrived there ley was again sent for The pris iner appeared mush about two o'clock. Mrs. Dove appeared pretty well, and concerned, and expressed his conviction that his wife seemed in good spirits. She went to church on the follow would die. Mr. Morley reasoned with him, and toll him ing day, and on her retie n she dined with her husband. there was no danger, but that if he feared she would die he She appeared to be quite well then. On the following had better have additional advice, suggesting that Dr. morning she was bet - veen eight and nine o'clock. I Hodson should be sent for. The pri soner said he was satin- prepared breakfast—c iffee, Oast, and bacon—and took it fled with Dr. Morley, and ma le him write to that effect into the parlour. I re:noved the breakfast things in due is the course of the following day. On the following time, and Mrs. Dove said she would help nee to make day Mrs. Dove was again seized withthesame symptoms the beds. When we went up stairs she said she bad a and the prisoner wrote to her mother, asking her to come curious feeling about her legs. We first made the bed in up, as, if his wife died, her friends might say he had not which I slept, and we then went into her room, and apprised them of her illness. On finding that the de- when we had taken the bedclothes off she appeared to be ceased was again attacked, the prisoner went to a cler- much worse. I caught ker in my arms and laid her out gyman and brought him to see her, alleging that she on the bed, and ran and called Mr. Dove, who fetched might die suddenly in one of the spasms, and that ha Mr. Witham We undressed her, and then shebegan to was desirous that she should have some spiritual assist- jump, to twitch, and to stirt. Mr. Dove went for Mr. ance. Two ladies, friends of the deceased, carne to sea Scarfe, Mr. Morley's assistant, and be came and orderert her the same day, and the prisoner repeated t - ) them his her some medicine. Toe spasms continued about two conviction that his wife would die, but added that be hours, or two aiid a half. She was lying on her right would not have her body opened, as he had promised her side, and her breathing was rather thick. She was better that it should not be done. He accompanied the ladies in the afternoon, and next morning was pretty well. On to the railway station, when they begged him to return, the Wednesday she had another attack, and complained as" Mrs. Dove might have another attack in his absence." of pains in her leg arid back. Her limbs were stiff The prisoner replied, " Oh, there is no fear of that ; she and paralysed. I did net notice her hands and feet. will not have another attack until half-past 10 o'clock Her breathing was rather better than when she was at night." At 10 o'clock that night she took his medi- attacked before. She asked ins to give her the medi cine, and at half-past 10 she was seiz -d with the tine, which I did, and she appeared better. I cannot same symptoms. Mrs. Witham, her neighbour, remember in what state she was on Thursday, but on the cane in and remained with her, and the prisoner Friday night she had an attack, and I went up to het talked to her aboutgraveyards, asking whether they still room, and found her in bed, with her body very mu ch buried a certain cemetery he mentioned. On the m orn- arched.' She said, " Oh, dear me, I thought it was all ing of March let the deceased appeared to be much bet- over with me." I said I thought so too. She was in ter. Mr. Morley called in the course of the day, and great pain. The attack lasted two or three hours. In said she might get up, and cat a mutton chop. See did the morning. she Was better. On the Saturday she bad so, and Mrs. Witham came in and took tea with her, another attack ; her body was arched, her feet stood up. leaving about 8 o'clock. Shortly afterwards the prisoner and she complained of great agony. Tnis was about 10 called at Mrs. Witharn'e, and asked her to come and sit o'clock at night. The er oiner was out then, but when his wife, as he was going to Leeds. The prisoner he came horn. he wen- frfl t r the doctor. was then rather worse for liquor, and appeared much Jane Whitham, Sarah Naylor, and Margaret Young excited. Before he left the house Mrs. Dive asked him pr -veil the admiiiistrasien et medicine by Dove to his to give her her medicine, and then he left the room, and wife, the superveriti .n spasm therenpon, "and the returned with a glass containing something, which she death of Mrs. Dov . They ae) deposed to suspicions drank off. The prisoner then washed out the glass, and stecements made by 13 eve. l'he court then adjourned, observed, "I always wash out the glass—physic is such the jury being provided with accommodation at the nasty stuff." He then left the house in a state of ex- Castle. citement, and did not return for some time. Shortly after he left Mrs. Dove was again taken ill. The symp toms were more - aggravated than usual. Dr. Morlsy and Dr. Hodson were sent for by Mrs. Witham, but at 11 o'clock she died in great agony, calling upon the persens round her to turn her or move her in the bed. After she was dead the prisoner kissed the body, and appeared overcome with grief and despair. He told Dr. Hodson, who was present, that he would not snow the body to be opened, as his wife had the greatest horror of dissection. Half an hour after the death of the pri soner's wife he went to a pub ic-house, and told the pus ple that his wife was dead, and that the doctors had told him she could not live. He afterwards called at the house of a friend, who accompanied him home, and prevailed upon him to go to bed. He was then very drunk. As soon as Mr. Scarfe heard of the death of Mrs. Dove, he for the first time mentioned to Mr. Morley the sale of strychnine, and that gentleman calling to mind the symptoms which the patient' ad exhibited, and which he had been unable to account for before, at once suspected the administra tion of poison On the Sunday morning Dr. ftlorley received a note from the prisoner stating that "it would be very harrowing to his feelings that one he loved should be cut open," but later in the day the same gentleman received another letter, signed by the prisoner and his mother jointly, consenting to a post mortem examination of the body being made. A post mortern examination was made, and an inquest ulti mately held. The contents of the stomach were sub mitted to a most careful analysis, and strychnine was found in large quantities. Animals were poisoned with the strychnine thus abstracted, and it would be proved that a little dog which had licked up some of the blood on the floor of the room where the Noss mortem exami nation bad been held, was shortly afterwards seized with spasms and died. The body of the animal was opened, and strychnine was found in the stomach. The learned gentleman having detailed the conduct of the accused during the inquest, concluded by calling upon the jury by the oath they had taken to do justice between the prisoner and the country. Elizabeth Fisher was the first witness examined— I went into the service ut Mr. D 'Ye in the June of last year, when they lived at Normanton, arid I removed with them to Leeds. They were very unhappy. Mrs. Dove's health was very delicate when they removed to Lesds. Tney continued to live very unhappily together. I re member one night at Normanton when the prisoner was very violent, and broke the pianoforte. I said I would ca'l assistance, and he said he would kill me if I did. The prisoner took a knife arid sharpened it on a stone, and said he would kill his wife, and Mrs. Dove ran away and hid under the bed. We went to Leeds shortly be fore Christmas, and one day the bell was rung, and Mrs. Dove said to me, " Look, he is drunk," and Mr. Dove said, " Mind your own business, or I will do your job for you." I was called into the sitting-room one Satur day soon after, and I found Mrs. Dove on the floor. and the prisoner with a knife in his hand threatening to kill her. On the same night he came down te the kitchen and struck Mrs. Dove. She ran up to the garret and fainted. Mr. Dove then got some brandy and tried to bring her round. After this she asked him for some money, and he said he would cot give her any, as he would rather give it to any one than to her. She asked him not to go out, and he told her to let him alone, or he would " give her a pill which would do for her." Mrs. Dove has told me several times in the presence of the prisener that if she died I was to tell her friends to have her body examined. The prisoner made no remark. I first saw poison in the house on the let of Febsuary. The prisoner brought a small parcel in his hands with the word " poison" written upon it. He asked me for a piece of meat, as he wanted to poison it, arid cave it for the cats. He afterwards put some Of the poi son on a piece of cheese, and told me to put it on the floor, which I did, and next morning found a dead mouse in the room. I threw the mouse in the ash pit, and the cheese and the sweepings of the room into the fire. A. day or two afterwards a dead cat was found in the yard. The prisoner said he kept the poison in his razor-case in Mrs. Dove's bedroom. When I left the service of Mrs. Dove she was ill in bed. I never heard the prisoner al lude to his wife's illness while we lived at Leeds. Cross-examined by Mr. Bliss, Q.C.—Fr :in what you saw of your master during the period between Juno and February do you think he was always sane ? Mr. Overend objected to the witness answering a question as to the sanity or insanity of the prisoner. Mr. Baron Bramwell said his opinion was decidedly against the question being put ; but if the learned coun sel thought it was important (and as it was the first ques tion in cross-examination s he presumed it was), he would go into the next court and consult his brother Willes. Mr. Bliss said it was most important to his client that the witness should answer the question. Mr. Baron Bramwell then left the court to consult Mr. Justice Willes, and, on his return, observed that his learned brother agreed in thinking that the question was inadmissible. The learned counsel might, however, put this question, " Di i you notice anything in his conduct to form an opinion of his state of mind ; and, if so, what was it you noticed l" The cross-examination of the witness was then pro ceeded with—l never thought anything about the pri soner's conduct. I might have said that when he woe drunk he was not altogether as sane as when sober, but I never meant to say that thought he was insane. I meant he went on more when he was drunk. I always obeyed the orders of Mr. and Mrs. Dave, except on one occasion, when I refused to obey Mr. Dove. I never reused Mr. Dove the key of the beer-tap. The prisoner never daraed stockings or backed the stoves while I lived with him. I have seen him do a little knitting, which-he said he did to wile away the time while he was sitting with Mrs. Dove. Mrs. Dove locked hint out one ni g ht, in and prisoner made a row. I assisted in keeping him out, but Mrs. Weed, who was staying in the house, interfered, and opened the door. I did not hear the prisdber say he could not bear it, and would sell up everything, and go away. I got notice to quit the prisoner's service from an attorney, but Mrs. D ye insisted on my remaining. Tire prisoner told me previ ously to the 10th of Feb. that he was going to get some poison for the cats. He was then ab rut to go • o Mr. Morley's surgery for Mts. Dove's medicine. When 14 came back be asks-d. me to get him a plate, and asked for a p i ec e et meat. Lib told me he ead got poison enough to kill six people, and that he had put it in his razor-case. Some fish bad been stolen cut of the pantry b y a ca t. I had only seen two cats about the house—a gray and white one and a yellow one. I have never known my master to be " particularly kind" to my mis tress. I never saw them playing together like children. I have seen bim take her up in his arms when she fainted. I never PAW Mr. and Mrs. Dove caressing each other ; but I once saw bim wheeling her in a wheelbarrow. I k n ow a man named Harrison, who is called " the Wizard." I remember the prisoner once wrote a letter to the Wizard, and on one occasion after he (master) came frern Leeds, he said mistress was to end her days in February. Dove said in his letter that Mrs Dove was not a right woman, and that he (the Wizard) was to torment her. When the prisoner was vexed and had been abusing me and Mrs. Dove, he used to mut ter to himself. I never saw him cry, but I have seen him on three or four occasions pretend to cry. Mrs. Dove never told me that Mr. Dove was " very kind" to her when be was sober. She has said, " Mr. Dove is sometimes kind when he is sober." I never heard the prisoner tell his wife that the poison in the razor case was for the cats. Mrs. Doves medicine was kept on the washing stand, on the mantel shelf, and on the table by her bedside. I cannot say that Mrs. Dive saw the poison which the grisoner put into the razor case. Re-examined by Mr. Overend—The cheese on which the prisoner put the poison was a piece which Mrs. Dove had had. The mouse was found dead next morning. When prisoner muttered to hine=elf it was grumbling. Mrs. Thornhill examined—l am a charwoman, and went to Mr. Dove's house to work the week before Mrs Dove died. The prisoner told me that he had been to a wise man, who had told him that his wee had not long to live, and that as soon as she died he would make an effer to the lady next door. He added, she had not many days to live, and that the lady next door was a nice lady, with only one child, but that he was not going to marry her for what she had got, as he had a good home of his own. I did not take u e ail food to Mrs. D o ve. The prisoner said he alive} s waited upon her linaself. Cross-examined by Mr. Bliss—When the prisoner told me he intended to marry the lady next door I laughed, Country Markets. art to inform the jury that from a quarter to three-fourths of a grain was enough to destroy human life, and that a grain and a half was what was called " a full dose." The peculiar operation of the poison was that it became absorbed in the system, passed into the bicsed, circulated in the brain, and especially affected the spinal ss ird and marrow. The poison particularly affected the nerves of sensation, but the organs of the brain remained healthy as long as life lasted ; and it was a peculiarity of the drug that it did not destroy consciousness. He would prove that in the case of Mrs. Dove strychnine was un doubtedly found in the body, and that her death was ac companied by all ,the tetanic symptoms known to exist in cases of death by this peculiar poison. The contents of the stomach were submitted to five different tests, and a large quantity of the poison was found in it. This poi son was afterwards introduced into the bodies of mice, guinea-pies, and rabbits, which died with all the symp toms of tetanic death. Having thus referred to the nature of the charge against the prisoner, he would proceed to give an outline of the history of the circumstances preceding the death of Mrs. Dove. The prisoner was the son of a most respectable gentle man, named Christopher Dove, who had been a currier carrying on business at Leeds, where he amassed a hand some independence. He died at Christmas, 1854, and left the prisoner a legacy of 901. a-year. He was brought up as a farmer, but at the period of his wife's death he had no emplo'yreent, having been an unsuccessful candi date for the office of pay clerk to the board of guardians at Leeds. Mrs. Dove, who was about his own age, was the daughter of a Mr. Jenkins, a most respectable person, who carried on the business of a leather merchant at Leeds. Mrs. Dove's brother married the prisoner's sis ter, and thus the two families bectme doubly connected. The prisoner first became acquainted with his wife in the year 1851, at the house of a friend residing at Ap perby-bridge. He continued his addresses until they were married in the following year. He then took his wife to a small farm at Bramham, where they remained until the beginning of 1855, when they removed to Woodhouse-grove, near Nortnanton. They after wards removed to Cardigan-place, a mile and a half from the centre of the town of Leeds. The prisoner, it would be shown, was of dis sipated habits, and his wife endeavoured to repress them. This led to' much domestic unhappiness ; the prisoner 'having been often abusive, Brutal, arid violent to his wife, whi et on other occadons, it was due to him to -state, he treated her with great affection. It would be shown by the evidence of Elizabeth Fisher, the servant who lived with the family, that the prisoner was often drunk—two or three times a week ; that he flung chairs at the head of his wife, who on more than one occasion was obliged to fly from the house to seek the protection of a neighbour. These repeated quarrels at length in duced the mother of Mrs. Dove to interfere, and it was agreed that they should separaoe, the prisoner allowing his wife a stipend of 201. a year out of his income. Tnis arrangement was net, however, carried into effect, and unfortunately for Mrs. D we some friends induced her to sitter her intention of leaving her husband on his solemnly promising not to relapse into habits of intoxication. It seemed, however, that this resolution was never realised, for the prisoner shortly afterwards broke out into his former habits, and on being remonstrated with by his wife, he said to her, "Never you mind ; I will do your lob one of these days." On another occasion he threw her down, and brandished a carving knife over her, using the expression, " You are a and you were so before I married you ;" a slanderous accu sation, f"r which there was no possible ground. It would also be prayed in evidence that in January in the present year, when the prisoner obtained some money from his father's executors, he got drunk, and on his wife upbraiding him he was heard to say, " I will give you a pill one day, that will settle you." That Mrs, Dove apprehended foul treatment at the hands of her husband was to be gathered from an expression which she used to her servant to this effect, " Elizabeth if I should die at any time you are near me, it is my wish that you should tell my friends to have my body examined." It was believed that the chief motive which induced the prisoner to. undertake the murder of his wife was his desire to marry a very respectable lady named Witham, who lived next door to him, and to whom he said on the night of the day on which the inquest was held on his wife, " When all this is settled, I hope you will allow me to come and see you, in consequence of your kindness to Harriet." tlrs. Witham would prove that thi ; observation was said in a manner which led her to no other conclu e ion but that the prisoner contempbated marriage with her at ne distant period. Oa the 4th January he sent for a per eon named Harrison to a public-house, and read to him an account in a newspaper of the coroner's inquest on Cook, murdered by Wm. Palmer, at Rugeley, to the effect that Dr. Taylor had not been'able to find strychnia in the bads of Cook. The prisoner then said to Harrison, " Can you make me or get me any strychnia ?" Harri son replied that he could not, and then the prisoner said, " Never mind, I can get it elsewhere." Later in the same month he went to the surgery of Mr. Morley, of Leeds, and entered into conversation with the assistant, referred to ntrychnia., and said that it was the only poison which centd not be traced. He also said, pointing to a bottle of strychnine, " That is the stuff that Palmer killed Cock with." The assistant told him that Mr. Morley hail traced strychnine in the body of a woman, but the prisoner said he did not b 3. liege it. In about five weeks afterwar Is he again called at Mr. Morley's sorcery, and saw another assistant, named Elletson. They had a conversation about Pal mer's; case, and the former then said that his house was infested with rats, and that he wiahe I some poison to kill them. Mr. Elletson then gave him ten grains of strych nine, having previoesly wietten the word "Poison" oil the paper in which it was enclosed. The prisoner took the poison, and the servant saw him put something on a piece of meat and expose it on a dog kennel in the yard. He mentioned the fact of his having the poison (enough, he said, for six people) to his servant and to Mrs. Witham, the lady who lived next door. The poison was perchaaed on the 10th of February, and in a day or two afterwards he gave Elizabeth Fisher, the servant, a piece of poisoned cheese, which she placed nailer Mrs. Dove's bed.. On the following day a mouse was found dead in the room, and then the servant swept up the remains of the cheese and threw it and the sweepings of the room into the fire and burned them. A. dead cat was also found in the yard, and the priso ner accurately described the manner in which the cat had died, saying, "It seizes them in the back and they die." Some few days afterwards he again (far the third time) went to the surgery of Mr. Morley, saying that he had killed one cat—that the rain had washed the rest of the poison away, and that he wanted sonic more. Mr. Ellet• son gave him on that occasion four or five grains more, and that quantity had not been accounted for except by the supposition that it was given to the prisoner's wife. The prisoner stated that he kopt the poison in his razor case, and that he had cautioned Mrs. Dove and the ser vant not to meddle with it. Ou the Wednesday before Mrs. Dove'sdeath, which occurred on Saturday, i he groom of Mr. Morley detected the prisoner in the surgery of that gentleman alone, and apparently much confused at being found there. He said he had come to light his pipe, and then went away, but the groom would state that he had been 20 minutes alone in the room—that the gas was lighted to the full—so that he could have helped himself to any of the contents of the bottles. It ehr ulii be stated that Ars. Dove was an ailing woman, and that the prisoner had often complained of the great expanse to which she had put him fir doctors, but her ailments were not of a dangerous character, and the symptoms which would be described as preceding her deat'e were admitted by medical witnesses to he ineensistent with any knees n disease. On 25th July last Mrs. Dove was first seizert with illness immediately after taking break fast, which consisted of bread and butter, fried bacon, and tea. The prisoner went for Mr, Morley, and told his assistant that his wife had been ill all night, and that he must come to see her at once. He at the same time asked him whether if she died there would be a coro ner's inquest, and whether Mr. Morley would make e post mortein examination. Mr. Scarfe, the a ssistant, said that coroner's inquests were only held in case el sudden death, or death by poison. Toe prisoner then said that he would not allow his wife's body to he opened, and that her friends would never allow it. Mr. Searle EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—JULY 15. There were in the market to-day 16 sacks' oatmeal, each weighing 280 lbs imperial, w ich sold at 50s. Od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW hIARKET- JULY 15. Supplies of all kinds these last six days largo. Oat straw, from lls 01 to 12s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron; wheat do., 10s Od to lls Od ; barley do.. 9s Od• to Od. Hay from is to 15d. DA.LKEITII ME,'LL NIARICET—JULY 11. There were in the market to-day 26 bags of oatmeal and 2 bags barleymeal. Soles ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs \ 'irst. Second. I Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s 6d —s Od .......4 04 Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto l4oa—s a 0 0d - -- 8 s 0 0 ( k 1 1 -- -1 od Pot-barley, per ditto -15 Od s Od --s Od DUBLIN, JULY 16. We had a quiet market to-day, business being entirelf confined to the wants of the momeet. No alteration ia the currencies of Friday, except for Indian corn, whits was lid to lower. White wheat, 41s Od to 46s Od ' • red ditto, Ms to 445-6 d barley, —s Od to —s Od ; oats, 14s 6d to 16s 6,1 • rapesee —s Od to —s 0 , 1 per brl ; oatmeal, 16. s Od to:l7s 01; baker flour, 23s Od to 26s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 293 01 to 31- , 6 per 480 lbt., BRISTOL SUGAR—JuLY 16. There has not been any large quantity of sugar offering this week ; in British plantation the sales are only about 750 hhds., at is to is 6d per cwt. advance on last week'o prices. Rums more inquired for, and all offering ha" been taken by the trade at about former rates. COAL MARKE Prices of Coal per ton at 8. d.I .T.—JULY 16. the cites° of the market. Wallaend, Brown's Moor High 1 I . fl'• Main . 16 0 . Wharncliffe ............ . .. 1 7 6 Byass's West Hartley .. 17 6 Ed en Ni a i n ............... 18 0 I:lasting's Hartley l7 6 Belmont .................... 3.8 H o ly we ll l7 0 Br a d 411 ................... 8 6 Stanley Main l6 6, Lam'bton .....................6 Ta,itiet,i Moor Butes 14 3 Pent ;her . . . Victoria Hartley l6 3 south Hettou .............. 19 ~" Grey's West Hartley Wylam — l 6 9 liartlepool ............... 19 u 17 0 ',built, Hall .....•18 Wallsend, Ike. South' Hart1ep001,....... 8 0 6 Hilda 17 0 Lees 11 Peareth (unsereened) _l5 6' Ships at market... I Sold RAILWAY TRAFFIC RET URNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-B M4TERt/ RAILWAY.—Trafile re: turn for the week ending .I my 12, 1856 £4,903 11 7 Corresponding week last y ear _ ----.. . 1. '• Increase in 1856 LONDON, BRIGHTON, iiND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY'' Traffic return for the wet ;lc ending July 12, £l6, .l, ~ 2 4 1856 514 Corresponding week last y ear 15,342 19 l';, Total of the half-year to tins date, 1856 33,612 1 Total of the half-year to this date,lßss GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for th! week eliding July 6, 185 3 £20, 295 16 19 Corresponding week last, year J9, 491 19 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. —Traffic re e . turn for the week ending July 13,1856 E 25,124 1 3 g Corresponding week last year 22,317 19 CHESTER AND HOLYHUAD RAJLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending July 13, 1856 £6 773 16 Corresponding week last year ..-------- Increase in 1856 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic rei turn for the week ending July 12,1856 £6,754 1 6 i t Corresponding week last year 6,928 15 , __.....------" Decrease in 1R56 LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.--VTMEC Ili turns for the week ending July 12, 1856 £10,6..t8 17 TICE MURDER OF MRS. KELLY.—Mr. Gee. Stveventi has been admitted to bail—hirneelf in 2,0001., ano tw ° ,, securities in 1.0001., each, for his appearance at the .12"; a aizss. Jas. Bannon, al.:0 charaed with being concern"' in t le murder of Mrs. Kelly, wa. admitted to bail--hio.‘ self in 401., and two sureties in 201. each. OxF .RD, July 16 —.lO a Convocation to be holdall at 10 o'clock on Saturday, the 19th instant, it will be proposed to confer the degree of Doctor in DivinitYr diploma. on the Rev. Charles Bating, M.A., of Chris Church, Bishop designate of Gloucester and Bristol. EXTRAORDINARY LEAP —A young man, a travel by the 7.15 p m. train to Plymouth, committed a verf foolish and dangerous act on Tuesday. It appears tbet he was looking out of the carriage window when the train was in motion, near Dawlish sta.tion, and his ha t i blew off. 11e immediately opened the door and juroPtl out after the hat, and was precipitated over a viaduct le feet high. Fortunately, however,. he was not much in ' ured. The specie by the Atlantic from 7NeilYork yesterdoi to is 183,0001., and the Asia on Monday mast , is likely bring a large additional sum. 'The payment of the Texan indemnity, of which about; 300,0001. bas' to be remitted to Europe, together with the half-yearly divi• dends due on American securities held on this side , tend to make the current remittances u nusually heavy. THE POTATO DISEASE. —The (77teltenham, Chronicle states that there are untnistakeab le signs of: the reeF" pearance of the potato disease in that neighbouThoo d. 1n some of the market-gardeners' grounds it has sr cleared in a very viru'ent, form. The Parma Gazette, of the 10th inst., announce ° the departure for Ahano of the Marquis of Nor manby, English Minister at the Court of Partna• BIRTHS. OF A SOS. On the 15th inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Lieut.-Col' Phillpotts, R. A . Airs. On the 16th inst., at 21, Westbour ne-paik-terrace, J. T. Humphry. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 15th inst.. at 15, Lansdown-crescent, Kensiar ton-park gardens, Mrs. James Hall Renton. On the 13th inst., at Bury St. Edmund's, the wife of Frederick Sutton, Esq. , - MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square , °„, • T. Hall, of Gloucester House, Park - lane, to Martha IleieP of Clifford-street, Bond-street. On the 15th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square , St. Aubyn, Esq., the eldest son of E. St. Aubyn, Esq., Stoke Damarel, Devonshire, to Lady Elizabeth Clementine Townshend. daughter of the Marquis Townshend. On the 15th inst., at St. Mary's, Paddington, Edvisr a Rose, Esq., of Lansdowne-place, Claphatn.read, to Csroi line, third daughter of the late John Young , E s q ., Maida-hill west. DIED. On the 15th inst., at 8, York•gate, Regent's-park, Von' cis Clarke, Esq., aged 56. On the 16th inst., at Vauxhall, Richard Hughes, EA' aged 84. On the 14th inst., Joseph Farrington, of 36, SP ittal square, aged 62. On the 14th inst. , Mr. Thomas Mellish, last survivor f! the immediate family of Samuel Mellish, Esq , form oru of Shadwell and Hale End, Walthamstow, aged 85. On the 12th inst., at Osbastou Lodge, Leicestershi re, E (ward Whitby, Esq. On the 11th inst., at Kingsland-road, Hannah, relict of the late James Ailden, Eq., aged 98. On the 10th inst., Mr. Thomas Adams, of liensal tree,' Harrow-road. - , - - - LONDON: Printed and Publi%hed by MITEDO YO VN r. of No. 112, Strand, Feiut€ r at The Sem .'' °," / ; Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy s in the 01011 MiddleEer, There 1 v Ju ly 17, 1666. ~- ..... / i ~ ^4 v. IV Al Al G. 11) 0I .s q4 r g ''' .' ..;;.,. )11444, • ..' •, • " J~ 1 ha Se Cr cc Cs