The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-03 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelli3ence, The Duke of Somerset, with Lord Clarence Paget and other members of the Board cf Admiralty, left town yesterday for Pembroke dociryard and Mils ford-haven on their annual tour of inspection. From Milford-haven the Duke and the other Lords Commissioners go to Queenstown, and after their visit to Ireland they will call at Holyhead to inspect the harbour works. Earl de Grey, the Secretary of State of War, left Carltca-gardans yesterday for Milford-haven, on a tour of inspection of the fortifications now in pro- ress on the western coast. The line of battle sailing ship Superb, 80, attached to the sailing reserve in Che.tham harbour, has been *surveyed by Capt. \V. H. Stewart, C.B , and Mr P. Thornton, principal master shipbuilder at Chatham, in order that a report may be made to the Lards of the Admiralty as to the fitness of that vessel to be used as a receiving ship for the crews of the Turkish vessels cf war now in the Thames. The Superb is one of t ho finest of her class, and a favourable report _se has been made of her fitness for the service. The utmost exertions are now being used by the whole of the departments at Chatha m dock y ard in bs e stening forward the completion of the iron frigate. Achilles, 20, 6,121 tens, 1,250 horse power, Captain Vansttart, in order that s he may be ready to be commissioned and leave Chatham harbour by the last week in the present month. To encourage the junior officials and workmen to exert themselves a minute has been issued by Capt. Stewart, C. 8., su perintendent o f the dockyard, in which he states. that he shell have much pleasure in favourably _mentioning to the Lords of the Admiralty any of tixe workmen employed on the Achilles who may paqienlarly distinguish himself by his energy and zeal. Although the Achilles is ordered to be ready to i el eve Chatham by the 25th, some considerable t i me Will afterwards elapse before she is ready to Sake her first cruise, there being still much work to be completed on board in the way of fitting an iron vessel of her magnitude for sea. The Achilles is to be furnished exclusively with the 100-pounder 61 ton smoothbore gun, but no portion of her arma ment has yet arrived at Chatham from the Royal gun factory. The Cadmus, 21, 1,466 tons, 400-horse, after un dergoing a very extensive repair at Chatham Dock yard, during which she has been fitted with a topgallant forecastle, new decks, &c., was yester day undocked and berthed alongside the floating shears in the harbour, where her masts were put on board. The Cadmus is to be taken in hand by the riggers to-morrow, and by direction of the Lords of the Admiralty will be immediately brought forwards for commission. The following is an extract from a letter received at Plymouth from an officer of her Majesty's ship Liverpool:--" Oa June the 7th this ship, coming out of Monte Christ() on the coast of San Domingo, struck upon a coral reef, she being at that time is mid-passage, according to the Admiralty charts. ''he struck repeatedly and heavily. Subsequent survey proves the almost total less of our false keel and about 50 feet of our main keel. The waters here abound with the worst description of worm, and every day adds to the amount of repairs which the ship will eventually require. Three out of the four strengthening knees of the rudder-post are broken, and other damage is incurred. The reef we struck upon had been surveyed in 1783 (about) by a naval master. It was calicel the Torbay reef cn account of the ship Torbay striking and losing her sadder on it. This reef is laid down accurately in Is chart belonging to a merchant captain at Kings town, who kindly lent it to the Liverpool that it might be copied ; the existing Admiralty charts m she no mention of it." Capt. C. C. Chesney, Professor of Military His tory in the Royal Military College, has been selected by the Council of Military Education from among the candidates for the Professorship at the Stafi' College, lately held by Colonel Ham y. The appointment was recently announced in The Scan as open to competition, under conditions detaKed in a Circular from the Horse Guards, dattl May 10,1861. Tao following crcular memorandum was yester day promnigated at Woolwich dockyard : " iqy Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been oleased, under the authority of her Majesty's Order in Council of truly 9, to establish the follow ing re gnlations for the retirement of a certain class cf offik:era—All masters attendant, assistant-masters attenuant, Queen's harbour masters, masters, staff cotunanders, paymasters, inspectors of machinery eflo It, chief engineers, chief gunners, chief boat swains, chief carpenters, and warrant officers, to be removed from the active lists of their respective classes on attaining the age of 60; or prnionsly, if proved to be physically unfit for service. They are to ha 'e the option of retiring at the age of 55 on half•p ay, and in the case of the chief gunners, chief boatsw sins, carpenters, and warrant officers, on the superannuation allowance they may have earned by service. Paymasters who may have completed 20 years' service, including acting paymaster's time, and not more than four years' time as assistant pay masters, are to have the rank of paymasters-in chief ; and paymasters who may be employed other wise than in the naval service, and who may not be desitous of employment afloat, are to be eligible for retirement at the discretion of their lordships.—By command of their lordships, " C. PAGET. " To all Commanders-in. Chief, Captains, Com mapders, and any officers of her Majesty's ships and vessels." A second document accompanying- the above announced that their lordships had established a superior class of officers of her Majesty's fleet for the list of warrant efficers, to be denominated—chief gunners, chief s boatswains, and chief carpenters. These cffice.rs re to rank with, but after, sub-lieutenants of. her Mfije.st7's Navy, and with, but after, Lieutenants in the Army. The Royal Sovereign, turret ship, Capt. Sherard Osborn, was taken into No. 1u dock yesterday morning for the purpose cf having her bottom cleaned and examined, and any necessary altera tions made for her completion, which is expected wild occupy a month or sir weeks, during which time the crew will be berthed on board the Belle• rophon hulk. The Dee, paddlawliesl storcship, Master Cora• mander Raymond, having discharged etores, &c., for Portsmouth, left toe harbour yesterday morning for the westward. The Nordstjemen, Norwegian screw steam frigate, Capt. Baron Wedel Jarlsberg, left Spithead yester day on her return to Norway. 2:TC: Opcc gun factories secretary of - The headquarters of the Ist Royals, comprising five companies, under the command of Colonel Hol combe, embarked at Portsmouth Dockyard yester day, en board the Geyser, paddlewheel steamer, Commander Thrupp, and left immediately for the Channel Islands, accompanied by the Lucifer steamer, with the soldiers' wives and children, and military baggage. In accordance with instructions to that effect re ceived from the Horse Guards, detachments for the companies of Royal Engineers at the several home stations were yesterday selected from the depot and other companies at headquarters, Chatham, to aug ment the let company at Deronport, the 20th and 26th at Weymouth, the 7th at Dover, the 23d at Kocnclitle, the 9th at Woolwich, the 29th at Alder shot, the 17th at the Carragh, and the 13th, 14tb, 16th, and 19th companies employed on the trigo nometrical ordnance survey of Great Britain. The gth of the whole of the above companies has very considerably reduced, in consequence of t1 .. 13 l a rge number of noncommissioned officers and mon w ho have. recently volunteered for service in ROSset, superintendent o: th© Royal .A.T at accompanied by two off icers o f t h a M e. 9 a. lengthened in n artillery, yesterday 7. of c ap departments,anti eapecially the Royal at Woolwich, by special order of the to for War. The inspection occu. pied about Biz hours. I'llor-Gen. Weirdo, commanding at Wcolwich, 11'''7'.;:idedbY the gun:it:on Staff, yesterday aszembled f;:e following troons on Woolwich -common in heavy order:—The disposable portion of RoFal Horse Ariillery, u coma:and of Col. the Hen. G. Z. Devereux ; the 2d division of the depot field batteriee, in command a Colonel Smythe, C. 8.; and the Riding Establishment in command of Capt. Booth—the whole consisting of four field officers, 16 captains, 24 subalterns, 6 staff officers, 57 ser geants, 47 musicians and trumpeters, an . '_ 620 rank and file of the Royal artillery. There were likewise 448 horses and 48 guns and waggons. In addition there were about 700 of the Royal Marines, com manded by Col. Travers and Lieut.-Col. Marriott. The guns were supplied with 20 rounds of blank cartridge each, and the infantry had 10 rounds of ammunition per man. The troops commenced taking up their posts at 10 a.m., which were pointed out by Captain Naugle, Deputy3Assistant Quarter master-General, and the manoeuvres began shortly afterwards. They consisted of the general details representing the attack and defence of a citadel, and were maintained with much spirit until the dinner hour, 1 o'clock, when they marched off the ground. The 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards, under the command of Colonel Stepney, C. 8., returned to the Wellington Barracks yesterday morning from a month's duty at Aldershott. The 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards, corn• manded by Colonel his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe ;Weimar, left their quarters in the new barracks at Chelsea yesterday morning for the Ce.mp at Aldershot, where they will do duty for a month under canvas. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander E. H. L. Ray, to the Ims placable, vice Dolling, whose period of service has expired ; James R. M'Aboy, John M. Jefferson, and Edward Harris, paymasters, additional to the Fis gard ; Henry H. B. Shanks, assist.-paymaster, additional, to the Fisgard ; Ueorge C. Hart, assist.. snrg., to the Clio; Frederick A. Brise, assist.-snrg., to B2rmuda hospital ; George Monteath, assist.- stag., to the Trafalgar, and Frederick Prynne, assist.•clerk, to the Frederick William. The British Arehmological Institute, WARWICK, Tuesday, The proceedings of the annual congress closed to day. The excursionists to Maxstoke-castle did not return to Warwick until a late hour last night, They were entertained at the castle by Mr. Feather stone, on behalf of his brother, Mr Fetherstone Dilke, and Mr Fetherstone read a paper giving a history of the castle, which was built by Sir William de Clinton in the reign of Edward 111., and remained in the possession of his family until Henry VI„ when it passed by exchange into the hands of Hum. phrey, Earl of Stafford. It subsequently passed into other hands until it was purchased from Sir Thomas Egerton Knight by Mr Thomas Mike, which family now retains possession of it, This morning the annual meeting of the members of the institute was held at the Court-house for the traneaction of business. It was resolved after a good deal of discussion that the country meeting next year should be held at Dorchester, and it was re ferred to the central committee to consider whether ,he meeting for 1855 ehouldnotbe held either in London or Windsor. Lord Leigh and many new members were elected into the institute. Lord Neave subsequently presided at the read. ing of papers. There were present also Lord Lsigh Sir R. Kirby, Mr Bepton, M,P., Mr Greaves, M.P., Mr Beresford Hope, Mr Tucker, Mr Brecobridge, the Rev Mr Hill, &c. Papers on the following sub. jects were read :—On "The Discovery of a Roman Villa at Chedworth, Gloucestershire," by the Rev S, Lyson. This 7illa was accidently discovered a short time since by a gamekeeper, who, putting his hand .uto a rabbit's-bole, drew oat a handful of terserw This led to research being made, and the discovery of the remains of a Roman villa was the result. This villa is at the foot of Chedworth woods, on the property of Lord Eldon, whose uncle and trustee, Mr. Farrer, M.P., is conducting the researches with great zeal. The chief feature on which Mr :peon dwelt on these remains was the discovery of two dis tinct instances of the Christian monogram. One of these was found on the under part of the steps lead ing out of the corridor into the villa itself, showing that the builder of the villa was a Christian, and singularly confirming the tradition of a custom common in ancient days of placing beneath the foundation-stones of buildings some token of the religious faith of the builder, as shorn by St Paul, 2 Tim. ii., 19,—" The foundation of God standeth sure, paring this seal." One of the two specimens is two inches in diameter ; the other is not so deeply incised, and is in form more like the commo❑ specimens found is the catacombs of Rome. This is four inches long. Some years ago added Mr. Lyson, there was discovered in the same parien, about a mile distant, and appar ently an appendage to the villa, a bath, the greater part of the bricks with which it was constructed being marked with the letters A R V I R I, which was precisely the legend given on the coins attri buted to Arviragns, the British king, said by our chroniclers to have been friendly to the B.emans, and to whom Claudius is said to have married his daughter. Mr Lyson described the extent of the villa, and promised a more elaborate report when the explorations were finished. In conclusion, he stated that he had just received a communication from Pyddocke describing the discovery of some human bones and a stratum of burnt animal matter at Bisley, in Gloucestershire—a parish teeming with ancient remains. In reference to these he should have much to say in his forthcoming work, " Oar British Ancestors ; Who and What They Were." "On some kediseval Remains at Beaude sert, Staffordshire," by Mr Molineux. This was rather a lengthy paper on some remains believed to be those of an encampment on the tops of the hills of Cannock Chase. The encampment described in the paper is on the highest point of these hills, 900 feet above the level of the sea, and known in the locality as Castle Ring. It contains a series of banks and ditches, which have been ascribed by various writers to the British, Saxon, and Danish race, but Mr Molineux had reason to conclude that they were part of a chain of posts which, as at Bury Ring, near Stamford Bury Bank, near Stone, and pro bably other places, occupied the highest point of the range of the hills running parallel to the valleys of the river Trent. Mr Molineux related the dim). veries he had made there, among which was a bronze spear head, in an excellent state of preaarvae tion, deer bones, some flints, which must have been brought there by human agency, a pica of rudely. worked granite, and two querns in millstone grit. Excavations were being madg at the expense of the Earl of Anglesea. This concluding the sectional business, Lord Neaves resigned the chair to Lord Leigh, who pre sided over the concluding meeting. Lord LEIGH said they had now brought to a close the business of the congress, and he was sure they would all agree with him that their best thanks were due to the mayor and magistrates of Warwick for the facilities they had afforded to the members of the institute and their visitors during the past week. He therefore moved, with the greatest plea sure, a vote of thanks to the Mayor and Corpora• tion, not only for their gratifying address of wel come, but also for their hearty co-operation in all the proceedings of the week. This vote, having been carried by acclamation, was acknowledged by the Mayor in a brief speech. Lord NEATES next moved a vote of thanks to the Earl of Warwick for throwing open his castle and grounds, and affording the institute facilities for their inspection. He could not refrain from re marking that the meeting had been most successful. Tbe museum was a most excellent one, and their reception on every hand had been most kind and gratifying. Lord Leigh had especially entitled himself to their thanks, and they had derived the greatest gratification from their visits to Warwick Castle, Coventry, Lichfield, and Stratford-on- Avon. He congratulated them on the success which had attended their meeting, and moved the vote, which was carried unanimously. Mr. BZRESFOILD HOPE next moved:—" That the cordial acknowledgments of the meeting be effered to the Corporations of Lichfield, Coventry, and Stratford-on -Av on for the liberality with which they have placed the public buildings of their muni cipalities atet'ae command of the institute, and espe cially to the Corporation of Coventry for the highly interesting museum organised by them in St. Mary's silo' Mr. HOPE, in moving the resolution, remarked that when a child be had a sort of Tagua dread at THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AU'GITST 3, 1864, fairly be drawn that there has been a previous similar act or event, it may be shown. It was on that principle it was held some years ago by the Court for Crown Cases Re served, in cases of murder by poison, that a previous death by poison in the prisoner's house might be proved, with a view to show that the death of the deceased by poison was not accidental, and he had lately (as he mentioned at Maid stone) himself followed that decision in a similar case— Garner's case ou the Midland Circuit. The principle was not to be doubted, and :most important, that it was open to the prosecution to prove the actual happening of several, or some other, similar acts or facts, but in this case the evidence offered was not of that character, and was far too loose to be admitted in the present charge. The case was then proceeded with, and it appeared that there had been a previous fire on the same premises, but which was not traced to the prisoner. The prisoner's iden tity was only spoken to by two or three persons, who ob served a man at a distance of from 4 to 20 feet, at night. The learned Judge left the cme briefly to the jury, with a strong intimation of his opinion that the evidence was unsatisfactory, and that it was only a case of suspicion. The jury found the prisoner not guilty. Mr Lilley said he had six witnesses in court ready to give the prisoner a good character, and The learned judge observed that this must strongly weigh in a case of doubtful identity. A respectable-looking middle-aged woman named Tolson was indicted for bigamy. Mr Wood conduc:ed the case for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended. The case of the prosecution was attempted to be proved in a novel manner. In :855 the prisoner was married to a man named John Edward Tolson, a soldier in the Inniskilling Dragoons. This man was not forthcoming as a witness, but evidence was given by a sergeant of the 7th Dragoon Guards that in 1858 ae was stationed with his regiment at Canterbury, and that one John Edward Tolson was there in the regiment, and that they afterwards went to India, where ho left that man alive in 1863. He was shown a photograph, which he recognised as the likeness of that man, but the attesting witness of the first marriage, being shown the photograph, could not speak positively to it as being the likeness of the man to whom the prisoner was married. In 1860 she married another man named Hinds at Faversham, in Kent, being than described as a widow, and he lived with her for three years, and then, hearing of the first mar riage, gave her into custody for bigamy. Tho prisoner's defence in substance was that she did not know her first hus•' band was alive. Mr Jastice Willes, in summing up the case to the jury, said that if the second marriage took place after the first husband had not been heard of for seven years the offence of bigamy could not be committed, but here the observation did not apply, for the first marriage was in 1855, and the second in 1860, only five years afterwards. The offence, however, could not be committed if the first husband was not alive. And the evidence as to this was doubtful, be cause there was great doubt as to the identity of the first husband with the John Edward Tolson proved to have been alive in 1863 ; and the photograph was not evidence to be relied upon. The jury must be satisfied that the first husband was alive when she married the second. The jury, after a brief consultation, found the prisoner Not Guilty, at which there was the beginning of a burst of applause. folding-door of the parlours, the duor of which he had burst open. He was hanging forward iu a sitting position, with his teat touching the ground, so that he could have saved himself if he liked. The rope by which he was hanging was a skipping-rope (produced). Found in his pockets the key of the parlour-door, which he had locked and put in his pocket. Found also some money, a latch-key, and part of a Metropolitan Railway ticket from Gower-street to Baker street. Found a savings-bank book of the Marylebone Bank in the name of Bishop, £BO is 6d, had been paid, in, but had been repaid all but £2 15s 10d. The last payment in was, £1 on the 13th July, There was no Christian name to the name "Bishop." Brown went by that name as well as her. The last receipt for rent was made out from Mr Bishop, dated March 26, and signed by Mrs Summers, the landlady. On searching the back kitchen found the hearthstone had been taken up, and the earth recently disturbed, but there was a drain passing under it. There were marks of blows and also blood on the ceiling of the back kitchen, which was very low. Wm. Royalance, the person referred to by the witness Murphy as having heard the statement of Mrs Loader—He said he lived at 16, Smith• street, and on hearing of the murder he jumped over the back wall and saw Mrs Loader. She said she was there when the murder took place, for, hearing screams, she opened the back kitchen door and saw the woman bleeding on the floor, having heard screams and a heavy fall previously. She exclaimed, " My God, Brown, aro you murdering the woman ?" and he said, " No, only a faint ;" and he sent for some beer, which she fetched, and that he then sent her out for some liver and bacon, and when she came back she asked where Mrs Bishop was, and he then said she had gone out and stood at the window and made faces at him. By a Juror—Remember Mrs Loader distinctly stating that she saw the poor wretch bleeding in the back kitchen. Elizabeth Royalance, wife of the last witness, gave cor roborative testimony on this point, and added that Mrs Loader told her that she was so unnerved by the sight of the blood that she went for the beer and had three half penny worth of gia to settle her nerves. Witness told her instead of acting as she had done she ought to have brought in a policeman with her. Mrs Leader was recalled, and asked what she had to say in answer to this evidence. She said she was very excited, but did not recollect saying anything of the kind. In answer to questions, she said she heard the screams and a cry of " Murder," and a blow and a fall. Mr Winkworth said there were five dents in the ceiling ; fcur as if struck with the edge of a hatchet downwards, and one blow which had cut through the ceiling with the edge of the hatchet. There being no further evidence, The room was cleared of strangers, and after a conference of half an hour the court was re-opened, and the jury re turned the following verdicts : In the case of Rosetta Bishop—" That the said Rosetta Bishop died from the fracture of her skull from blows given by means of a hatchet given by James Brown, and that the said James Brown did feloniously and maliciously kill and murder the said Rosetta Bishop. "That the said James Brown did wilfully and maliciously subsequently destroy himself by strangulation, being at the time in a sound state of mind, and that the said James Brown was guilty of fele de se." The Coroner said it was now his duty, in accordance with the law, to direct that the body of the said James Brown should be buried within 24 hours, and that the said burl a should take place without the ceremony of the Church, of any other religious ceremony being performed over it. The witness Loader was then directed to be brought into court. The Coroner said he was requested by the jury, to censure her most severely for not having called the attention of the police to the fact, clearly established, that she had seen the poor woman covered with blood and heard her screams. He had also to tell her that her evidence throughout had been mast unsatisfactory and prevaricating, and that she was do serving of the most severe censure for her conduct through out this most dreadful affair. The proceedings, which excited deep interest, then closed. the word " Coventry." When troublesome or naughty he was vaguely menaced with being "sent to Coventry," which he thought from the circum stances under which the threat was uttered, must be a far from agreeable mission. They had now ex perienced the sensation, and, so far from it being a punishment to be sent to Coventry, it should be, in his opinion, the reward for good conduct. (A laugh.) They had to thank the Mayor and Corporation of Coventry for the assistance they had rendered them, and although Lichfield was a smaller place and more modern, the corporation there were no less generous in placing at their command all that they had to show. (Cheers.) _ Mr. REPTON, M.P., moved the next resolution, as follows :—" That the cordial thanks of the meeting be given to the exhibitors of articles in the museum, especially to her Most Gracious Majesty, the Right Hon, the Lords Leigh, Warwick, Craven, Denbigh, Dormer, and other contributors, and the Warwick shire Natural History and Agricultural Society, who have so largely contributed to its success." (Applause.) Mr. GREAVES, M.P., moved :—" That the very hearty thanks of this meeting be tendered to the proprietors 'of Kenilworth and Maxstoke castles, and other places, so kindly thrown open by them to the institute." Thanks to the local committees were then passed on the motion of Sir R. Kirby ; and the Rev. Mr. Bingham moved a vote of thanks to the contribu tors of papers. This was acknowledged by Mr. Featherstone, who expressed his regret that, although they had an architectural society in the county of Warwick, they did nothing either in the way of excavations or publications. He hoped, how ever, after this spur to their proceedings, they would rise like a phcenix from the ashes into which they had sunk, and that their motto would be "Re- surgam." Lord NEAVES, in moving a vote of thanks to Lord Leigh for his conduct as president of the meeting, said they all knew his lordship as the pro moter of every good work within the sphere in which his influence could reach ; and although this institute might not rank with those higher ones connected with objects of benevolence and char rity, yet in some sense he trusted it might be re garded as one which embraced not only material things, but alsr.. those influences that purified our minds, enlightened our hearts, and enlarged oar re lations with all of our species, past, present, and future. (Applause.) Mr. BERESFORD HOPE seconded the vote, and alluding to the remarks of Mr. Grooves, said it was he and other members of Parliament that had de stroyed Guy of Warwick in passing an act for abo. lishing, the observance of the sth of November. Lord LEIGH acknowledged the vote of thanks to himself, and said he had deemed it a great honour to preside over such a meeting, and that honour had been enhanced by their electing him one of their members. The proceedings of the congress thus terminated. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, HOME CIRCUIT—GUILDFORD, AUG. 2. The business of the assizes commenced here to-day. Mr Justice Willes charged the grand jury. The calendar contained less than 20 cases, all of which were of the most ordinary character, with the exception of the supposed case of murder at Penge ; as to which, however, the learned Judge rather advised the grand jury to throw out the bill (the evidence not being sufficient), and they acted on that advice and threw it out. There is also, indeed, a case not in the calendar (as it was a case of bail) which will be of great interest. It is the charge of manslaughter against the engineman and driver of one of the Ascot trains on account of the late unfortunate railway accident at Egham. In the course of the day the grand jury found the bill, Mr Ser geant Ballantine and Mr Sleigh are retained for the defence of one of the men; Mr Philbrick and the B on. Alfred Thesiger are retained fur the defence of the other. The case will come on to-morrow (this day). There were two or three cases of arson, one or two of burglary, two or three of fraud, and a case of bigamy ; the others were cases of larceny. In the Civil Court. where Mr B .1 . .0n Martin presided, 116 cases were entered for trial, of which as many as 35 are special jury cases. It is probable, therefore, that the business of the assizes will last at least a fortnight. The criminal business will take a second, if not a third day, and then both judges will doubtless try causes. This will be about Thursday or Friday, when ono judge will probably take special jury cases. CROWN COURT. • (Before Mr Justice Willes,) A young labourer named Shelley was tried for maliciously and feloniously setting fire to a barn and other farm build ings at Englefield-green, Egham. Mr Lilley was counsel for the prosecution; Mr Oppen heim defended the prisoner. The prisoner was known to the prosecutor for some four years before the time of the fire. The prisoner at 11 o'clock in the evening, about a qu trter o f an hour before the fire broke out, was sitting in a publichouse near the barn, r aked for some lucifer-matches, and was then seen to go in the direction of prosecutor's barn. Soon after he returned to the publichouse and gave the alarm of fire. He assisted in extinguishing it, and went to work the next day. He was afterwards arrested, and when in the police-station made a confession of the crime charged against him, alleging drunkenness as an excuse. The property destroyed by the fire was worth several hundreds of pounds. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but strongly recom mended him to mercy on account of previous good character. The learned Judge seemed surprised at this, and, after a pause, said he should take time to consider how far such a recommendation could be attended to in a case of such a serious crime, and one in which property to so largo an amount had been destroyed. In the meantime some other prisoners were arraigned, and then The learned Judge desired the inspector of police to stand up, and asked him if he know anything of the prisoner, and the inspector stated in answer that some 7 months ago there was another fire, as to which grave suspicions were excited against him, but not enough to lead to his being given into custody. Nothing else was known about him. The learned Judge, in passing sentence upon the pri soner, said the recommendation of the jury, who wore his judges as to the facts, had saved him from a very severe punishment. For such a crime he would otherwise have been sentenced to a term of penal servitude at least thrice as long as that which would be inflicted. Paying the greatest respect, however, to the recommendation of the jury, he could not be sentenced to less than four years' penal ser- vitude. A man named Harry was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a shed. In the course of the case an important point of criminal procedure arose, which it may be remembered also arose at Maidstone. Mr John Thompson appeared for the prosecution—Mr Lilloy defended the prisoner. The prisoner and prosecutor lived close to each other, and the shed was attached to the prosecutor's cottage. Late at night it was found on fire, and as though it had been just set on fire, and the case for the prosecution was that ho afterwards said that he had gone to bed very early that night. The learned Counsel for the prosecution, in stating the case, proposed to prove some previous circumstances tend ing to show a probability that the prisoner was then about to attempt the act, and ho cited the case of "The Queen v. Dossett," 2, Carrington and Kirwan, nisi Arius cases, to that effect, where it was held by Mr Justice Maule that where the question was whether the burning was wiiiul or accidental evidence was admissible to show that on another occasion the prisoner was seen in such a situation as to render it probable that he was then engaged in the commis sion of a similar offence against the same property; but Mr Justice Willes said that was too loose, and contrary to all his notions. Mr Denman, Q.C., as amicus curio, handed to the learned Judge " Wills on Circumstantial Evidence," a wprk very highly esteemed in the profession, in which the case cited with others el the same character were mentioned and com mented upon, under the head of "Declarations and Acts indicative of guilty consciousness or intention," and, allud ing to the case of Dossett, the learned author says : " All such relevant acts of the party as may reasonably be considered explanatory of his motives and purposes, even although they may severally constitute distinct felonies, are clearly admissible in evidence. Taus, where, upon the trial of a man for setting fire to a stack of straw, it ap peared that it had been set on fire by his having fired a gun very near to it, evidence was admitted that the stack had been set on fire the day before, and that the prisoner was very near to it with his gun at the same time ("It. v. Dorsett, 2, Car, and Kr., 306, by Mr Justice Manic), So upon a charge of maliciously scooting, where the question was whether the act procuded from accident or design, evidence was admitted that the prisoner had intentionally shot at the same person about a quarter of an hour before. So, in Taweil's case, the present Lord Wensleydale, then Mr Baron Parke, admitted evidence that the deceased had been taken ill several months before, after partaking of porter with the prisoner, and said that, although this was no direct proof of an attempt to poison, the evidence was, nevertheless, a d m i ss ibl e , b ecause an ythi n g tending to show antipathy in the party accused against the deceased was admissible." Mr Justice Willes, after reading this passage, said that it very well explai ne d th e case c it e d w ith r eference to the facts on which it wa s d ec id e d, an d it we ll explained the principles on which such decisions rested—viz., that where from the facts imposed to be proved the conclusion may The Murder and Suicide in Somers Town. ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST.—WILFUL MURDER AND FELO DE SE. Last evening, at seven o'clock, Dr Lankester, coroner for Central Middlesex, and the jury empanelled on Thurs day last as to the deaths of Rosetta Bishop, aged 42, and James Brown, aged 56, the former of whom was murdered by the latter, at 15, Smith-street, Somers Town, resumed their inquiry into that truly horrible affair, at the Elephant and Castle, Camden Town. On the jury reassembling the Ccroner referred to the evidence previously taken, and said, in order to complete the case of the murdered woman, ho had directed the knife, the hatchet, and the coat belonging to Brown to be sent to Dr Harley for analysis as to blood, and it would be better first to hear him. Dr Harley was then sworn—He said he was Professor of Jurisprudence of University College. He had recently received a chopper, a coat, and a knife. On examining the knife microscopically he could not discover any marks of blood upon it. Examined the hatchet also, with a view to ascertain whether there were any blood or brains upon it, but could find none. At the back part of the hatchet there was a hair 5i inches long, and on examining it with a microscope it appeared to have been pulled out by the not. It was of fine quality and of a light brown colour, as if be longing to a fair person. There were four other hairs at tae,hed to the axe; two of them were of the same light brown colour, one grey and one white. They were all human hairs, and might have come from the same person. Examined the hairs cut from the head of tho murdered woman. They were of a light brown colour, intermixed with grey, and when examined with those found on the hatchet the appear ance was identical. The rust on the hatchet was of two sorts —one sort was old rust, and another part new rust. By the Jury—Had tested the whole surface of the axe, both by the microscope and by ellemionl mnpas, and ouuld ' not discover blood upon it. There is a deep red stain in the wood of the hatchet, but it is dye and not blood.; Woodrow, the police constable who took the hatchet from the waterbutt, was recalled, and said he saw spots on the blade of the hatchet which he believed to be blood. Dr Harley said he had no doubt it looked so when first taken out of the water, but that was the old rust on the iron. By the Coroner—Had also examined the coat, and could find no blood upon it. Harriet Loader, the lodger in the front kitchen, was re called, and said she heard the screams of Mrs Bishop on the Tuesday when the quarrel took place. Did not go to her assistance because she was afraid. After hearing the screams Brown came and asked her to go and get some beer. By a Juror—lV ill swear that I did not go into the back kitchen and see the blood all over Mrs Bishop's face. I went and asked if I should fetch some water to wash Mrs Bishop's face, and was going into the back kitchen, when Brown shut the door in my face, and said she had only fainted. I then went for the beer, and put it at the corner of my dresser, and Brown came in and fetched it and took it into the back kitchen. Tho Juror (Mr Winkworth)—Will you swear this is the statement made by you to the witness Murphy ? Witness said she had told the truth. . Margaret Murphy was recalled—She said when she went into No. 15, Smith-street, for the pail of water, she had a conversation with the previous witness which she had not stated to the jury on the previous occasion. She told her that at the time of the quarrel Brown came and asked her to go fJr some beer, and she did so, and when she brought it back Brown asked her to drink, and she replied to him, " No, she would not drink, but she would fetch some water for the poor creature bleeding on the ground (alluding to the deceased woman)." She said she saw Mrs Bishop lying on the floor, and she saw she had two teeth driven down her mouth. He refused to let her get the water, and said she would see her jump up and pull the hair out of his head. Mrs Loader said she then went out, and on her return she said she saw Brown sitting in his parlour. It was hearing all this that made witness think the woman was murdered, and Loader then agreed with her, as she said eh® did not believe the woman could have gone out in a quarter of an hour after in the Etato in which she saw her on the day of the murder. By Mr Winkworth—Loader distinctly told me she saw Rosetta Bishop lying on the ground covered with blood. A discussion ensued as to whether the witness Loader was not cognisant of the murder. Loader was recalled and severely cross-examined, and denied positively that she had ever seen the deceased woman alive after she fetched the beer. She did not recollect having told Mr Murphy that she had seen her bleeding on the ground. Recollected going to a Mrs Bond ' s for snuff, in Brewer street, on Monday weele, before the murder was discovered, and said she was going to leave as they were always quarrelling. Did not recollect telling Mrs Bond that she had seen the deceased woman bleeding on the ground. The Coroner said if there was evidence that the witness ; Loader had seen the woman as described, she was an ac cessory after the fact, and would be liable to prosecution as such. Mrs Murphy having stated that Loader made the same observations to other persons whom she named, they were directed to be sent for. Inspector Gibson, S division, produced a very handsome Leghorn bonnet, which the witness Loader had given her on the morning of the murder, about five minutes before she heard the screams. She said Mrs Bishop came home, and finding Brown was there, came into her kitchen and gave it to her to take care of, and then went into the back kitchen where Brown was. She gave him the bonnet on the 27th, the day after she gave him the letter she had re ceived addressed to Bishop. James Geo. Brown, the son of the alleged murderer, was recalled, and said—On the Saturday night before the dis covery, when his father gave him the deeds, he went home tvith him to Smith-street, and went out with the lodgers and returned home after the houses were shut up and slept with him. They had breakfast and went out together on Sunday morning about 11 o'clock, and he went into a shop to be shaved and witness left him. Ho said when he left him he was going to Australia and wished him good bye. Did not observe anything particular in his manner. By the Jury—The watch he gave me was my grand. father's watch, and was lett for me. After this discovery Mrs Townsend told me I should have to give up the deeds, and 1 told her that my father said I was not give them up under £l5O. Inspector Gibson produced the deeds referred to, six in number, and said they were handed to him by last witness. They referred to household property—one to a house No. 11, West-street, Somers-town; another to a house in Cres cent-mews, Burton.crescent ; and another to two houses bought by Rosetta Bishop for £l5. There was a policy of insurance fur one property in the sum of £2OO, and another in £lO, in the name of Rosetta Bishop, 15, Smith-street, Somers-town, described as a widow. There was no deed of assignment of any of this property to any one else. The witness then proceeded to describe the discovery of the body of the murderer, James Brown, hanging on the MURDER OF A FATHER-IN-LAW, Yesterday Mr Best, magistrate of Bilston, near Wolver hampton, was engaged in investigating the facts connected with a fearful outrage of a character for which the Black country is unhappily too notorious. The facts are as follows :—During some eight years past a woman, who is apparently now about 35 years of age, and is one of a respectable family, has been the fife of a collier named Henry Christian, who lives at the Coppice., near Sedgley, and is about her own age. By him she has had two children. Previously to her marriage with Christian, she was the wife of a man named Isaac Jones, who died shortly before her marriage with Christian, leaving a daughter about 12 months old. With her first husband the woman lived a life of happiness, but her second husband was in the con stant habit of gambling, drinking, and ill-using her. On Sunday night last Christian had returned home from his customary haunt, at a .- neighbouring beer-house, when his wife, as she was preparing for bed, reminded him that drinking and pigeon-flying on the Sunday would surely ter minate in disgrace, if not in his untimely death, and she instanced the recent death of his brother, who, about a fort • night or three weeks ago was found dead in the canal at Tipton. Ho replied by declaring that he would hive the life of both his wife and also the child Jones, who was sleeping in the same room. He drew off the bed on which his wife was lying, and placing the bed clothes round a lighted candle, swore that he would " blaze them all up." His son succeeded in getting the candle from his hand, and to escape from her step-father's violence, the girl Jones ran in her night-clothes out of the house, chased by Christian armed with a heavy strap. Her mother, in a little better than a nude condition followed, and at one o'clock on Monday morning obtained shelter for her daughter in the dwelling of Thomas Caddick, a shoemaker, aged 60, the father of the ill-used woman Christian, and of course the grand• father of the child. On Monday night Christian re turned home somewhat under the influence of drink, but quite accountable for his conduct. His wife told him he must change his mode of life or they must separate. He said he would leave her, and was preparing to do so, when the woman inter Leing to prevent him taking away some of the boy's clothes, he kicked her with fearful violence, One of her sisters interposed, and he was beating both of them, when their father, attracted by their cries fur help, came in. Christian instantly turned upon the old man, pulled him to the ground, got upon him, and pressing his thumbs as he held the sides of his face with his other fin gers, was thus strangling him when the women succeeded in dragging Christian off their prostrate father. Caddick had scarcely got up when, on getting outside, he fell dead, showing to another son-in law as he fell how Christian bad clutched him by the throat. The occurrence has occasioned the utmost consternation in the neighbourhood in which it happened, for deceased was much respected. Christian was remanded by the Bilston magistrate, and in the evening the inquest upon the murdered man was opened at Conley. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, GREAT NORTHERN. Yesterday the directors of this company determined on recommending the proprietors at the general meeting on the 20th bast, to declare a dividend for the halt-year end ing the 30th June last at the rate of £5 10a per cent, per annum on the original stock of the company, giving for the half-year £2 15s per cent. to the original stock, £3 per cent. to the B stock, and £2 103 per cent. to the A stock. MIDLAND. The directors of this company have decided on recom. mending to the proprietors a dividend on the ordinary stock, for the half-year ending the 30th June last, at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. It appears that the directors of this company intend to recommend a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock of the company, for the half year ending the 30th June last, and to carry forward a balance of £3,600. FATAL ACCIDENT IN VICTORIA PARK.—An in. quiry was held on Monday evening by Mr Richards, deputy-coroner, respecting the death of Mr Henry Horn, aged 30, who lost his life by drowning on Saturday, in Victoria Park. The evidence went to prove that the de ceased was bathing in the ornamental water of Victoria Park at five o'clock, when there were about five hundred persons present. The deceased was in about six feet of water, and was seen to be floating on his back. One of his companions was close to him, when Mr Horne suddenly began struggling and calling for help, but before assistance could be rendered he disappeared. There was a boat, which was private property, close by, but the sculls had been taken away. James Regan, the assistant swimming master, and another person, dived after the deceased several times, when they brought him to the surface of the water, but he had been immersed about ten minutes. Dr. Brereton, of Old Ford-road, was called, but all efforts to restore animation were useless. A witness said that deceased was suffering from swollen throat, and complained of the water getting into his throat; and Dr Brereton stated that the results of submersion would be more rapid on a person in such a con dition. The deputy-coroner remarked on the case, when the jury returned the following special verdict--" That the de ceased died frora drowning while bathing in Victoria Park, and they (the jury) earnestly request the deputy-coroner to write to her Majesty's Commissioners, calling their atten tion the urgent necessity of keeping a boat with proper apparatus in readiness." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. — Healing not liarinful.—No application has met with the sAnae, universal approbation for curing all external ailments, as that which this unguent has received. Skin sores, deep ulcers, fetid discharges, burns, blistered surface, and many similar affections, are at :once soothed and put on the road to soundness by Holloway's Ointment. With his Oint ment, and his Pills, the wealthy may save themselves much suffering, and the poor may help themselves to health, since these medicaments are reasonable in price, and can be purchased in every hanlet. They have effected 1 cures of stiff joints, swelled legs, and ulcerated limbs, and opened out the prospect of a happy future, after every hope of recovery had been given up, SPIRIT OF JOURNALS, Tut ES,—Probably there is not one Dane in ten who does not hold that his country has been scan- dalously deserted by England, and that its present misfortunes are chiefly duo to the vacillations of English statesmen. The trials to which Denmark is now subjected excuse any irritation, and the dis- position of the Germans to treat recent events as a victory over us encourages their adversaries to look upon this country as an ally who has given them evil counsel; and then left them to ruin. But when after a time the whole negotiation shall be calmly consi• dered it will appear, we feel assured, with a very different aspect. At present we are in the midst of accusations and recriminations ; the voice of our own native Opposition is scarcely hushed; the wits of France are still busy with their caricatures; and it is of little use to argue with Dines or others on matters with respect to which they have reached a foregone conclusion, But, in justice not only to ourselves, but to those other neutral Powers which, though shrinking from war, still ent3.eavoured to shield Denmark from the worst consequences of the quarrel, it must be pointed out how much more un fortunate has been the position of the Copenhagen Government since it has chosen to stand alone, and to face its adversaries without the advice or the sup port of friendly Powers. It is only a few weeks since the Conference of London was sitting, and the British Ministry was labouring to content the German Powers with a part of Schleswig. Much had been given up, it is true, but even at this late period much might have been saved. The Danes, indeed, ought not to have had any expec• tation of a warlike interference. They knew well that France and Russia would not draw the sword for them, and they might reasonably have come to the same conclusion as M, von Bismark or Count Rechberg, that England was not likely to stir in the matter. They were told as much, in fact, by the chief organs of English opinion, and cannot fairly complain that at any time while the Conference was sitting they had reason to believe that they would be supported by British arms should it prove unsuccessful. This, then, was their position. They had seen the Duchies overran by Ger man troops almost without resistance; Holstein had been occupied by the troops of the Federation,Schles. wig had been conquered by the Attstro-Prussians ; the position of Duppel had been captured with great loss to the Danish army of men and military repu tation ' • Alsen was, as was afterwards shown, des fended only by a few thousand troops incapable of standing for a day against the German armies ; Jutland had been invaded, the chief towns taken and subjected to cruel and increasing military requi sitions, and even the great Danish islands were not secure. Austria was bringing a powerful fleet into the Danish waters, and no one could doubt that the little Danish navy would be as much overmatched as the army had been. In short, Denmark stood before the world thoroughly beaten ; not dishonour ably, it is true, or by other means than the over whelming strength and superior military organisa tion of the enemy, but still beaten. No one looking at the situation of the belligerents could doubt that, if lett unassisted, the Danes must undergo all that the German Powers choose to inflict, and there was not the smallest hope of assistance. The neutral Powers of the Continent had let it be well understood that they would not interfere, and there had been unmistakeable signs that England would not depart from her usual policy. Yet this weak and almost powerless State, with the two Duchies in possession of the enemy, with Jutland invaded, and with Alsen and even Fuuen threat ened, was, even in the latest days of the Cone ference, by no means driven to extremities by the enemy. Through the influence of England a com promise had been accepted by Austria and Prussia. They did not ask for the whole of Schleswig; they were disposed to leave Alcoa to the Danes. They proposed a boundary line which, though much further north than was acceptable to Denmark, or than seemed just to England, was yet many miles south of the Jutland frontier. At the same time, Baron Beust proposed his plan of dividing the country into zones for the purpose of testing its opinions and nationality. Ail this indicated that even in the hour of complete military success the Germans shrank from tearing away from Denmark all the territory in dispute without regard to treaties or prescription, or the moderation enjoined by European usages, This willingness to compromise was undoubtedly caused by the presence of the neutral Plenipotentiaries at the Conference. Ger many could not even to the most peaceful of her great neighbours assume the overbearing manner which she has since shown towards Denmark. But at the Conference this spectacle seems to have been entirely lost upon the Copenhagen Government. In stead of recognising that any moderation shown by the allies was due to the iLlluence of the neutrals, King Christian's Cabinet appears to have been full of the belief that it had only to break free from the trammels of negotiation, and that then in some way the issue would be successful. The Danes had, Probably, all heard and read that fortune favours the bold, that war is sometimes safer than peace, that help comes from quarters whence ii; is little expected, and so on through all the proverbial incentives to rashness. They counted, we fancy, very much on her Majesty's Opposition, and be. licved that if they defied their enemy, and stood manfully in the breach, an outburst of popular feel ing here might compel the Government to side with them or resign. At all events, their anxiety to be rid of the Conference was one of the chief causes of its failure. It was they who at the last refused to negotiate further, and the ending of the discussions was looked upon by them as a relief from some thing which kept them spell-bound and prevented them from saving their country by their own exer tions, or the help of their friends. How grievously have they been mistaken ! In the war which they have renewed they have been unable to strike a single blow. Alsen was taken by surprise on the very day after the renewal of hostilities, and the strip of country at the extreme north of Jutland, the last piece of continental territory remaining to them, was overrun with equal ease. In fact, their army had been ruined long before the Conference came to an end. It did not survive the defeat of Duppel, and has been quite incapable of opposing the Germans at any point. Now at last have come the conditions of peace. This peace, be it said, has now been sued for, instead of being received un bidden through the intervention of neutral Powers, as it would have been at the Conference. The very armistice granted by the German Powers has been at the application of Denmark, which a few weeks ago thought fit to resist the entreaties of all Europe on the same point. But the peace now it has come is far less favourable than what England could have procured even as late as June. The King of Den mark cedes his rights to Schleswig, Holstein, ant Lauenburg. Even should Jutland be restored a the conclusion of peace, the position of the monarchy will be most unfortunate. A Danish population eubject to Germany will be at the very doors of the Jutlanders. There will be no portion of Schleswig left to the kingdom to be a barrier between the Germans and the purely Danish territory, but Jut land will be exposed, unprotected, to all the influ ences which a frontier German province can bring upon it. When to this it is added that by accept ing what was offered at the Conference the Danes might have escaped the defeat of both army and navy at Alsen, might have prevented the destruc tion of the railway in Jutland and the exhausting contributions to which that province has been sub ject, there are reasons enough to make them regret the incaution with which they plunged for a second time into war. POST.—The interest presently attaching to a single election is comparatively small. It has been discovered that the re;ative strength of parties is by no means so nearly equal as was supposed; and the House of Commons has at the most only one more session to run. Still, the contest which commences at Exeter this morning cannot be regarded with in difference. The constituency is an important one in point of intelligence and respectability, and its representation has always been an object of ambi tion to distinguished lawyers on the Western Cir cuit. In Sir 'William Follett the Conservatives secured a member who commanded the respect of his political opponents ; and the Liberals would have returned the present Lord Chief Justice if he had not been previously engaged at Southampton. The candidates to be nominated to-day are also, both of them, men whom the citizens might, apart from politics, desire to elect; Their names are well known in the county, and while ono is heir to broad lands and an hereditary title, the other stands in the front rank of a noble profession. If Lord Cour. tenay's chief recommendation be that he is the son of the Earl of Devon, the Conservative burgesses need not be ashamed to own it. The Liberals, how. ever, have been even more fortunate in the choice of a candidate. Mr Coleridge possesses in an emi nent degree all the qualifications for the office be solicits. As an ora tor h e i s no t on ly fluent, and what is commonly called e l oquen t, b u t pure and classical; and his opinions, which have evidently been carefully formed, are seriously entertained. There is no timenierving, no truckling to expe diency, no bending to the current of popularity in his speeches. 'Wh at b e t hi n k s he says, and his thoughts spring f rom earnes t conviction. Mr Cole ridge has been reproached with having deserted the faith in which he was brought np, but it can hardly be necessary to answer an accusation which High Tories and Low Churchmen have eqaally made agaiust the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Attorney-General. His political adversaries are con strained to admit his private worth and high per. sera' character, and it is acknowledged that there are many C onserva tive Churchmen in the eld cattle, drat city who, in their hearts prefer the con scientious advocate of the Established Cnurchs They feel, no doubt, as Protestant Churchmen must, feel, that a party which would add Lord Courtenay'e name to the compact which has been subscribed by Irish Roman Catholics is not entitled to receive any large measure of confidence at their hands, The in terests of the Church of England are scarcely ade quately represented in the House of Commons. Men of the mental calibre of Mr. Gladstone, Sir Roundell Palmer, and Mr. Walpole are, it is true, a host in themselves; but their debating power is neutralised by their numerical weakness. Few men, too, who desire to enter Parliament have sufficient moral intrepidity to profess their attachment to the Church on principle. They ride away from the point, which is every day becoming of more impor tance, on vague platitudes which convey no distinct meaning, and their object is to reconcile views that are who!ly irreconcileable. The Conservatives es pecially take the name of the Church in vain for party purposes; but they invariably round their periods with some sonorous expressions which, if they do not deceive Dissenters, serve to account to Churchmen for factious alliances and latitudinaria n votes. All the while, however, the outworks of the established religion are being insidiously undermined , and the " Conservative Wednesdays," which were really political field days, have rather diminished than increased the strength of the Church in the House of Commons. In the session just ended the Attorney-General had to withdraw a measure de signed to sustain the Church in deference to objec tions which, while withdrawing, he conclusively answered. The church rate question, too, remains unsettled because of the difficulty of dealing with it in a manner consistent with the constitution of the Establishment, and that difficulty plainly arie,es for the most part from the political subservienoe of those who arrogate to themselves the exclu sive right to defend the Church. Tbey urge Church' men to vote unhesitatingly for Conservative can didates ; they do all that in them lies to throw the Liberals into the arms of Dissent, for they rightly enough see that the feelings and the convictions of the country are on the side of the Church; and. this, not on principle, not because they believe they can avoid an equitable adjustment of differences, not as being resolved to hold fast to any point they main' tail], but only for the purpose of ultimately carrying out the policy they prevent their opponents fronl proposing. It is a political move, a party stratagem, and, as the best friends of the Church apprehend , its tendency is to impair and imperil the institution it affects to uphold. This is a subject which demands more attention than it is likely to meet with in the strife and clamour of a contested election. But there can be few constituencies better qualified to appreciate its importance than the one which is to day to be appealed to, and it is exceptionally mooted by the candidature of Mr. Coleridge. We are quite aware that for the purpose of supporting that gee: tleman both parties must give up something of what they have been taught to repeat as their polit ical belief. But the question is, whether that does net in itself constitute a claim which independent Eng: lishmen should recognise. We are inclined to thin* , that the Liberals at Exeter have set a good examP le to the country 'u selecting for their candidate 0 man whose main qualification in their eyes must he that he is capable of representing the city in t h g highest sense of the word. They know beforeh anu• that he will be no delegate ; they cannot expect him to always agree with them, or go as far as they would go; and if they elect him ho will undoubt edly owe his election to the weight of individual character. We take Mr. Coleridge to be in politic! very much what Lord Stanley once declared hirnsell to be a Liberal because he is a Conservative, and Conservative because he is a Liberal. Now, 800 men sit and vote with their party, and they are !c l far party men. But they are more than a unit ill a division, and more even than a voice in a debate. They exercise a healthful influence, they en courag e a feeling of independence, and, by the force o f the), talents and the breadth and substance of thei r erg 'Dents, they make the representation of the pate that which it is most desirable it should be---th. 0f representation of enlightened public opinion. I was said by Canning, the power of the liouse., 0 ! Commons has been growing till it has alm ost, the rod of Aaron, absorbed all the functions of vernment ; and, without considering whet h e r twe a is, or is not, as it ought to be, it is, at an valid reason for regarding with peculiar jealn steee , the composition of a body which actually pre over the destinies of the country. rate, COUNTRY MARKETS. • BRISTOL—TUESDAY. To-day wheat was quiet, and little inquired after. ° effect sales is decline must have been submitt ed to. BT ley, beans, peas, and oats firmer. Maize a trifle easier. LEEDS-TUESDAY. "'There were very fair arrivals of fresh grab this week. Trade is exceedingly slow. Factors offer wheat at lowering rates, but the business transactions to-day are of the moa t limited character. Spring corn ofall kinds fully as well sold. Averaz;es—Aug. I—Wheat 45s 41c1 per qr• —Oats - - —Beans 39s Wcl —Peas ..32s 0 , 1 -- - —Barley 30s 3d-- MELTON MOWBRAY—TuEsDAY. re The following wero the currencies :—New white whe at ', 46s Od to 51s Od ; new red, 41s Od to 45s per 36 s to t ! P ; beans, 38s to 41s for old ; new sorts, 35s to 3 7s P er 38 s for barley, 32s to 35s for malting, and 27s to 29 s per clr• grinding; new oats, 20s to 25s Od per 24 stone; old, 4 to 295. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY- There was a small attendance of both town and noul l dealers at market to-day, and an inactive business .It done in English wheat at fully Id per 1001 b lower, !goi, amber spring being obtainable at 8s 3d per 1001 h. „.4 flour prices may be quoted nominally unaltered, with little inquiry. Oats and oatmeal neglected, and if onY tb i o w turn lower. Beans, barley, and as met with 6 le, sale at the prices of last week. Indian corn a limited Op and prime American mixed might have been bought at Od to 29s per 4801 b. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. , fo with O n er cir r cer oa ts There was an average supply of wheat to-010 wheat. inactive trade ad prices fell ls 2s No new wheat , on n offer. There was a to gcod p intl' itr Y t he last and beans, which maintained the extreme rates of market day. 17 3 6a Bed wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...l6s 0a to 1 9 3 Oa White ... v s od to , Qs o d 77 I , 1 5 $ °d t° IsB 0 d New red v ":178 6 d t° '- d New white ~ It .14s 6d to 11 „, Beans i, Peas, per qr '' 28s Od to 3 r Oa Grinding barley, per qr .. 32s Od to 0 Malting ditto, ff .. Oats Flour, .. 1/ .. os oa to 4.,2suo(ti Flour, Is 4d to la 8d per 14 lb. d Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. IS Australia and Mauritius, via Sout h amp ton ....... 1 1 _ 11 5 : 12. .amo via Marseilles . ........ ;;. u. 4 9. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet....... • A, Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena...A l t' ry. China, Penang, and Singapore, via S ou th a mpton. A l t . . via Marseilles .. af' ue Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ......... India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton...A- 11 ,P' V. via Marseilles.. • •Al l e . 10. India (Bombay), via Southampton ......... •• .A Ayg. 4. via Marseilles ............... 4. Portugal.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton via Marseilles ...... Aug . .0, ..... • •13. 11 0. Newfoundland ...... .................. Oporto and Vigo ........ U. S. and British N. America, b . y . =it. packet Aug. by U.S. packet 5. by Canadian packet. Au g. Indies , inclu din g Chili Peru, 11/ ' All parts of West ,Aug. California. and British Columbia. Births. °f. I• 0 AONEW.—On the Ist inst., at Edinbu r g h, the wife C. Agnew, Commander R.N., of a son. Pr o ' the let inst., at Oxford, the Wife e` , teaser Max Muller, M.A., of &daughter. n 13,01P131 ROLPH.— On the 2d inst. , a t Cro y don, Mrs. T. w. - of a daughter. ca. STEWART.—On the 28th ult., at Balleygawley 1ie 118,,4 . Tyrone, Lady Stewart, of a son. Marriages. k a r_g d ! BISHOP—On -02.1 the 2d inst., at S.. - C f ° , oo o 9 -• Hanover-square, Wm. H. Bishop, Eeq ., of s...tg i diac 'Worcester, to Eliza, eldest daughter or Alex. ,_"„; ton, Esq., of Glyn Coed, near Usk, Monlnouthsa";Are PEA.RSON—PANTON.—On the 2d inst„ at Esgelittlture Church, Bejamin Stevens Pearson, Esq.. r i tilita r i 9 Staff, to Maria Emma, daughter of Charles Fallt°' pCI of 18, Woburn-square, Deaths. c i o rle° BETIIIINE.—On the 30th ult., at St. Leone rd'E ' Bethune, Esq., aged 54. CARTER.—On the Ist inst ,at Helions BuroPe' e° ' 4, d P as° Rebecca, ,relict of Mr. Thomas Carter, a ged 3 . ollto r of EYTON.—On the Ist inst,, Mary Ellen, second d e° L'ereeford Eyton, Esq Lt.' • . r r ey, GRISSELL.—On the 30th ult. at Micklehant) Q 11" Colonel James Grissell, aged 61. Ar 1 , 9 11e6 LYNES.—On the 3°th ult,,at Cl ton Henry • ' Esq., aged 85. ' ite geA t'll' LOUSA.DA.—On the 2d inst., at 16, Su.ssex-Pleee''.- park, Mrs. Lousada, aged 92. 0 14 ME m RCERON.—On the Ist inst., at Bethnal-green, erceron, Eeq., aged 74. ' olli°' NArnisr,—On the Ist., at Fairford, Gloucestershire, Nairn, Esq., aged 67. poo l(S. London : Printed and Prbllahed Dy ViraLLAgk?" 140. 1 of 32 ; of Nn. 112, Strand , P rinter, at TUB Surl Oince,auty Strum, An the l'reeinot of the 'Savoy. n the '6 ~ 41"41c4cx.-..—Wednead,ty, Av,guat 3, 180.