The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-07 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA• I (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Aug. 21. The proc taxation of Governor Seymour to the people of Yew York was not published until the morning of Wednesday, a few hours before the com mencement of the draught. It is a judicious and carefully-pr 'a pared document, and has bean received with a howl. of rage by the "shoddy" contractors, the Abolitifenists, the " exterminators," the " war Christians,' and all who desire the abrogation of State rightrs, the effacement of State lines, and the establishme rat of a military despotism. Governor Seymour is :not disposed to further any of the views of these gentlemen. Knowing that they would be glad of se riot in New York, as a pretext for placing the city and. State under martial law, he warns the people in el r.phatic language to keep the peace, and at the sera , e time notifies the Government of the danger it w ill incur if it overstep the limits of the Constitutic n. He draws a broad line between ques tion 3 of State right and Federal assumption of powers not yet granted, and while reiterating his opinion that it would have been wise as well as humane on the part of Mr. Lincoln to have procured a competent judicial decision on the conscription before proceeding to enforce it, he asserts for the guidance of the conscripts that the law must be obeyed until the courts shall have declared it to be unconstitutional. Denouncing the doctrine which once found favour in the eyes of Mr. Seward, Mr. Charles Sumner, and other leaders of the Republican paety, when objecting to the Fugitive Slave Act,and goading the South into secession, that any man or body of men may violently resist laws which are or seem to be opposed to their private notions of right or duty, he declares that a disregard of the sacred ness of the Constitution, the majesty of the law, and the decisions of the judiciary is the greatest danger which threaten American liberty. It is his opinion that not only the Constitution and statutes of the nation, but of the several States or commonwealths of theUrtion, "contain ample remedies for all wrongs that may be committed either by rulers or citi zens. Those," he adds, " who wish to preserve their rights or to punish offenders, whether in public or in private life, should themselves carefully perform their duty, abstain from all illegal acts, generously support the Government, and then calmly and re solutely claim their rights." He concludes by stating that he will allow of no opposition to the conscription, except by appeal to the Courts—the decisions of which must be respected by rulers and people alike. In all this the purpose is clear. The rebuke administered to the Government is well de served, and the warning public and insignificant. By this proclamation—as by every other act of this gentleman_ since he entered upon the duties of his office—he takes front rank in, if he do not assume the leadership of, th© Conservative party ; and places himself—and the great State of which he is the chief magistrate—as barriers against the revo lutionary designs of the Federal Administration. Though i• . favour of a vigorous prosecution of the war, Mr. Seymour's real position is far higher than that of a war demagogue. He wishes to see the Union restored, but, whether it be restored or not, he is determined, in so far as his functions, his cha racter, and his duty extend, that it shall not be re stored at the cost of the constitutional rights and liberties of the people, or be replaced by a military dictatorship. Meantime, the great revolution is rolling on, and may perhaps roll over Governor Seymour and all who support or agree with him. The will for that purpose is not wanting at Wash ington, and the military instruments are not only ready, but eager for the fray. Meanwhile, the combatants are ranging them selves on either side, seeming as if they had agreed to make the draught the test question which is to settle whether the Constitution be a living document or a dead letter. It, is well under such circumstances that some attention should be bestowed in Europe on the composition of the contending forces. On the Conservative side are arranged all the educated Americans, comparatively few in number, who think the Federal and the State Constitution suffi cient for the maintenance of popular liberty and a Republican form of Government, and who are op posed to all and every change, and especially to in terference with Southern slavery,which they hold to be in every respect a local and not a Federal or na tional question. Along with them go the vast mass of the working classes, who, under the ancient system, possessed the privilege of a vote and ail the rights and immunities of citizenship. These included free dom from taxation and conscription—one the worst ova of insular, and the other of continental Europe, which they or their forefathers had fled to America to escape. Up to the outbreak of the Civil War these classes were accustomed, each individually, to look upon himself as the equal, if not the superior, of tho President—a paid functionary,who was the mere creature of their votes, and the servant of their will. Of the same opinions as the working classes are the struggling traders and professional people of all de grees, who see in the war the ruin of their prospects. To these have to be added thehiaher class of lawyers, educated in respect for the law, and too independent in the exercise of their profession to accept minor judgeships or other spoils of office at the hands of the Administration. These diverse, but sympathetic, bodies of earnest men form a strong phalanx, and, having the advantage of the past history and tradi tions an d the existing law and Constitution of the RersubEc osi their side, ought to be able in days of danger to meet every revolutionary pro ject with the formidable opposition both of rea son and of numbers. On the other side are ranged the minority, who are in actual possession of office—a minority of preachers, theorists, doc trinaires, strong-minded women, hangers on of the conventicle, emancipationists (of the slaves of other people), and all the rich, who think that no man should have a vote unless he be American born and possess a large amount of property. The latter class of people have as strong an objection to uni versal suffrage and as intense a hatred of its real or anticipated results as was ever entertained by the most narrow-minded opponent of the Reform Bill in England. No aristocrat of the Feubourg St. Germain in the days of Louis XV. ever looked down with more contempt upon a vilain or a rotur ier than these new rich men of America look down upon the sale s . 'lcing classes, especially if they be Irishmen, Ger mans despotic b , or negroes. Their nature have be come y the possession of wealth, the only posses 'ion thatlzrespected in a country where office con fers n oympathisrand where no social rank exists, they would use ewi tile, th despoti sm ett home and abroad. They of Federalism; rish and Germans to fight the battles e they would employ the negroes for the same p urpos but they wou ld d en y a ll three the exercise of political rights, and place between the immigrant n ewly arrived !ant and a vote not only the c po ssession of a ert ain annaal income, but a resi dence of at least 21 years. They fear or any disfavo ur on the possibility look without much al . cattud possibility of convert ing the South into r a Ven e tia, to b e held at the cannon's mouth by meanspassionatei determined that of a large sten d ja ce ar my ; and are so the N or th shall be a nation—sine, yhouieneuus, and indivisible — s trong enough to insulttz minor and keep the supe rior kingdoms of Europ e in awe of displeasure, arid more especially to as sume that its place in the trade and politics of the world whiehi s occupied by Great Britain, and they would cheer fully sacrifice their liberty to achieve the desired end, and bend their necks to the yoke of an i ron _ handed captain who would do them the favour to seize upon authority. Unlitio the revolutions of Europe—which broke out in reeiet !ere; fury for the sake of popular lileaey—the revolution that has commenced in America is guided in tho interest ei arbitrary power. Governor Seymour and the Demo crats are Conservatives. Mr. Lincoln and the Re publicans are innovators and destructives. 'the one party prizes liberty for the white man ; the other party only prizes it for the black man, with this fatal restriction of the benefit to be conferred, that the black man is only to be freed is order to be exp triaterl. Daring the three days of the draught, which commenced on Wednesday and proceeded yesterday and to-day, the most profound tranquillity has pre vailed in the city. Not the slightest attempt at disturbance has anywhere been witnessed ; on the contnry, the turning of the w heels of fortune by blind men has in the presence of vast crowds of spectators, has given rise to much good humoured banter, and the display of that somewhat rough and rollicking fun which is characteristic of the rowdy American. The Republican journals, which persist in insulting the only class of men from amid whom their sorely needed soldiers are to be ob tained, take care to inform their readers that it is solely owing to the stern measures of precaution taken by the Government—the presence of 20,000 armed troops in different districts of the city, and of half a score of gunboats in the north and east rivers—that the crowd is so peaceable. A few Ministerial journals not quite so violent insist that the public feeling on the subject of the draught has undergone a change, and that the working classes are not only resigned to it as a national necessity, but are of opinion that, ail things considered, it is fair and equit able. The value of both of these assertions will soon be tested. Let but the Corporation of New York, either by the opposing action of Mr.Opdyke, the Mayor, or from any other circumstance, refuse or neglect to vote the promised sum of 3,000,000 dols. to purchase substitutes for the poor conscripts who decline to serve, and there will be a commotion in New York which will fully employ all the mili tary skill of Gen. Dix and all the bravery of his 20,000 men to bring to any other than a disastrous close. The conscripts of the labouring class believe that this money will be paid, and for this reason, and for no other, whatever the Republicans may allege to the contrary, they keep their tempers cool, and go about their ordinary business as if no . - thing had happened. It they b e disappointed n this expectation, the seizure of the first conscript by outbreak. It force will be the signal for an tb It is impossible for any one who wishes to open rea isk. eyes to the facts to ignore the th in e d l i s c b a o t a io r n in s g of el p s e s r s i e l s . The temper of the women of is represented by those who and itwill n have been among surprise g r t pis h r em e as particularly violent , the police, however much it may surprise the doc trinaires and black philanthropists who have Mr. Lincoln in their keeping, if there should be an in surrection of furious women rather than suffer their sons or husbands to be carried into mili tary slavery to fight for a cause in which they have long ceased to feel the slightest interest. There are not wanting cynics who affirm that even for this contingency the Government is prepared ; that it not only does not fear, but would be glad of its occurrence, because it would efford the dearly coveted excuse for declaring martial law, deposing or incarcerating Governor Seymour, and making an end once and for ever of the local rights of the most powerful, and, as the Government regards it, the most troublesome State in the Union. There is little danger, however, if the three million dollars can avert the catastrophe, that the money will not be forthcoming. The Mayor may veto the appro priation, but he can only postpone, not prevent, the passing of the measure, if the Aldermen and Common Council are resolute in their purpose to preserve the peace of the city by this means. His veto becomes inoperative, if, being debated after an interval of ten days, it is overruled by a two thirds' majority. And, as the two Civic Courts are said to be all but unanimous on the subject, the opposition of the Mayor can cause no worse mischief than delay, while personally it will entitle him to the gratitude of the Administration for having done his best to meet their wishes,—a gratitude which may or may not show itself by the award of a new contract for the supply of army clothing, such as has already fallen to the lot of this fortu nate politician. The Extraordinary Discovery in White chapel Church. FURTHER DISCOVERIES. On Saturday forenoon, at 10 o'clock, a search in a part of the church hitherto overlooked was instituted by order of Mr. Churchwarden N. J. Powell, and with the most unex pected results. In the belfry, behind a sort of wooden chamber or box containing one of the huge clock-weights, a child's coffin was found standing on end, Upon proceeding upstairs into the clock chamber, the men employed in the examination found a child in a shroud, and no lea er than 11 skulls. There was also in another part of the chamber a coffin con taining a quantity of sawdust, which, upon being removed, discloskd to view the skeleton of a child, with a cap en the skull. These any other remains had been placed behind some beams or joists parallel to the wall, at a height of 18 feet above the floor of the chamber. To reach the spot where the remains were found it is stated that two persons at least must have been engaged, for the only access to it was by means of a narrow ledge of timber, eight feet from the ground, and the coffins must have been handed up to the person above by an accomplice. The place to catch hold of was very narrow, and if the person clinging on had made the slightest slip, he would infallibly have been killed by falling into the iron machinery of the church bells. A builder, Mr. Hicks, of Whitechapel, has been engaged to carry on this further search. A carpenter, John Roche, employed under him, states that from the appearance of the wood of the coffins, some at least of them must have been placed where they were found within the last two years. Fragments of others present the appearance of being thirty years old. The searches previously made being thus found to be incomplete, Mr. Hicks has been direc'ed to re-examine the roof and take up the flooring of the pews over the gas-pipes. The boards of the flooring have been accordingly removed, but nothing further has been discovered, and the re-exami nation of the roof has likewise yielded a negative result. The carpenters have now been set to work to view the boards in the galleries, but, as far as they have get gone, no more re mains have been found. The roof itself is made of oak, and of course could not be removed without enormous expense ; consequently it will not be removed, as has been stated in a morning paper, and it i s no t suppose d th a t an ything further is concealed in it. The total number of remains found by this new search is three bodies of children, eleven skulls, and a quantity of fragments of bodies, besides coffins complete and broken up. It is extraordinary that these remains were not discovered before, as a marble slab in the bell-chamber states that the bells were thoroughly repaired in honour of the marriage of the Prince of Wales, on the 10th of March last. INQUEST ON THE REMAINS AND SINGULAR DISCLOSURES. On Saturday afternoon Mr. J. Humphry, coroner of East Middlesex, and a jury of the inhabitants of St. Mary,White chapel, assembled at the Angel Inn, High street, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the recent discovery of a number of newly-born children, whose remains were stowed away in coffins in the roof and belfry of Whitechapel Church. It appears that, up to Friday night, th e chil dren, apparently from the size of their remains, bodies wi oft with two 4 o or three exceptions, stillborn, had been discovered, but it was reported that there had during Saturday i e n de gt children,bh een a 8 dis covered the skulls and other remains of 11 To well as fragments of coffins which had contained The affair appears to have created much scandal in neighbourhood, and the Rev. Mr. Cohen, the rector, ti the churchwardens, and other parochial authorities wore and present, but were repr esented b y Mr. Farn ham, from not the office of Mr. H. S, Mitchell, solicitor and clerk to the vestry of the parish. The bodies were ranged is a row in one of the corridors leading to the gallery of the church, where they.were viewed by the jury (one appeared to be that of an infant some two or three months old), but they were all shrivelled up into mere mummies. On returning to the inquest room, The Coroners said although there were fourteen bodies found ho only proposed to inquire as to the largest child and one or two other., as they no doubt would give the clue to the whole. Joseph Cooper was first sworn, and said he lived at 10, Shaftesbury-place, and is a carpenter. He was working at Whitechapel Church, fixing ventilators, on Thursday morn ing. Was also at work there on Saturday, the 22d August, in tho roof. Whilst at work he discovered a coffin. This was about a quarter to nine in the morning. On opening the coffin he found the body of a child. '1 he coffin was on the s ou th s id e o f t h e roo f b etween the ra f ters , an d on a tie beam, an d one end resting on the gutter. Had no know ledge how the coffin and child camo there. Joseph Tomlins on , a follow workman of the previous wines., corroborated his evidence as to the finding of this body, Mr. Charles Ela k o fi h rs il t d t: regis trar and on Monday e man said he was a surgeon and regis from el it t o: : a ; : )et°d h n f e ri c et : el i aorns p bo r ec o na c tti l e hl'e s es s d.b . ot odli c y4 :exonafl examine judgedfllnecomttahsol so course state the causel:death,n but there was no doubt that leather of the skull. The skin it had lived. There was he olade.atthaer almost in some parts. had become converted into° Ondebteeo in the coffin and up in shculd imagine t years. Examined body in conjunction With Mr. oLtivddoell, in the roof of the church fromi medical officer of health, and he agreed wi% him. the By the Jury—l do not think that child had been three or four years. The knees of the child are drawn dead three and much contracted , bu t I ca n only account for th r a a tf .n. the child dying in con vulsions, or it might bo from berin: doubled up after death. There was a cap round the head, but nothing whatever lead;ng to identification. We give in private practice a special certificate when a child is " still born," I think they will net bury " stillborne" at a cerao tery without a certificate, but the law does not compel one to be given. The Coroner said he would now take any evidence likely to show how the body came there. The inspector of police said there was one coffin that had a name on it, and he had found the parties who belonged to that child. The witness Cooper was recalled, and proved that he found the coffin which had the name on it with the other bodies. The name on the coffin was " Mrs. Forster, 35, Bedford .street." Mr. John Liddell sworn—Was medical officer of health r o e f t n h e e s l o V m h e i te of these c ha p e l district. bodies, a n H d a d examined,be e been called in upon conjunctiont o ex a with Mr. Blackman, the child first found. He entirely con curred with Mr. Blackman in his evidence as to that child. He had also examined the body of the child in the coffin havinj an address on it. It was a full-timed child, or nearly so, but was too much decomposed and destroyed to discover the sex. He could hardly say how long the child had been dead. Found no fracture of the skull or any in juries. He believed all the rest of the children were " still. horns," so far as he could judge, Sarah Allen said she resided at 27, Antliff-street, Cottage lane, Stepney. Had been married since the 21st of April, 1861. In the year prior to that she gave birth to a child. Mr. Mahoney, of the Commercial road, attended her in her confinement. It was a stillborn and not a full-timed child, For the purpose of burial Mr. Canham, an undertaker, of the Mile-end-road, was engaged. He sent a man for it who took it away. He charged 75., but gave no receipt. By the Coroner—He told me that the burial or church fees were 3s. 6d., and he charged me 7s. That was on the 23d March, 1860. It was born on that day, and left my house the same evening, I got a certificate from Mr. Ma honey. The man who took the child away took that certi ficate with him. When I heard the child had not been buried I was much surprised. Mr. Canham had gone away for some time. I had seen the man who had fetched the body of my child away before. Mr. Canhan has buried four of my children, once since the child referred to by the jury. Three children were illegitimate and one legitimate ; two of the four were born alive. The same man came for the one that has now been found, and one before that ; the other that died was five days old. There was another one born alive, and was five weeks old when it died. The child that lived five days was born in May, 1860. I had a certificate from Mr. Mahoney with all of them. I understood that both the children were to be buried at Bow Cemetery. The first child,: whiah lived five days, 1 paid £1 2s. 6d. to have buried. I have not seen the man who fetched the children away since 1861. The child that lived five weeks was born on Sept. 12, 1858. I think I could tell the dress of the child that lived five weeks, and aleo of the one that lived five days. I followed the one that lived five weeks to the grave at Bow Cemetery myself, but the one that lived five days Mr. Canham's man took away. The Coroner directed the witness to go with one of the officers and examine the clothing found in some of the coffins. John Holley said he resided at Orange-row, Charlotte. street, Whitechapel, and is an undertaker. Had cmducted funerals iu that parish many years, and was accustomed to bury at Whitechapel Church stillborn children up to within two years. When he had a funeral of a stillborn he used to consign the body to a man of the name of Smith, belltoller and gravedigger. Coroner—You don't call that burying them at White chapel Church ? Witness—Smith used to fetch the bodies of stillborn children from my place, and I used to give him the certifi cate, and 2s. 6d. to pay the sexton. I also gas, him some thing for himself as porter or messenger. I don't know whether the bodies were buried by Smith or not, I have my suspicion now that they were not. I have sometimes seen Wilkinson, the sexton, and he has sent Smith, the gravedigger, to me for the body. He has done so many times. I have taken bodies to the church myself and deli vered them to Mr. Wilkinson, but more usually they were delivered to Smith. 1 should say I have delivered them to Wilkinson at the church about four years. I have not buried other children at Whitechapel Church since the pass- ing of the Interment Act, 6 or 7 years. By the Jury—We paid 2s. 6d. at Whitechapel, and we could get them buried at Whitcliffe Chapel for ls, 6d. We have kept children, stillborn, sometimes 3 months. The certificates are sometimes signed by midwives. We take any woman signing a certificate as a " midwife," I think the Legislature is very wrong with regard to the facilities for burying stillborn children. Sarah Allen re-called—Had examined the clothing, and identified a piece of calico in the coffin which had the name on it. The coffin for the one which had lived five days was covered with cloth. Samuel Wilkinson, the sexton, on being handed the book to be sworn, appeared much excited, and said—l am inno cent of this charge, so help me God. Coroner—Do not go on in that way. No one has charged you, that I am aware of. He was then sworn, and said—l have been sexton of Whitechapel 27 years next January. I formerly, as sexton, received the bodies of stillborn children for interment. The last one, I believe, I had in the beginning of this spring, which had a certificate signed by Mr. Blackman. I have never been in the habit of receiving them from Mr. Willey and other undertakers. I will swear I never received any in my life from Mr. Willey. He never camp to me to tell me he had a "stillborn" to bury. Coroner—Do you know Mr. Hicks, an undertaker ? Witness---I cannot say I do. I knew Mr. Canham, but I never had an) thing to do with him. I mean he never brought any stillborn children to be buried at the church to my knowledge. I knew William Smith, who used to work in the yard. He is dead. I never sent him to Mr. Willey's to fetch the stillborn children. I never did so in my life I should say that vary few, not above 3 or 4, stillborn chil dren have been buried during the last five years at White.. chapel Church. Coroner —You don't mean to tell the Court that you have only had three or four during the last five years, Witness—O n my oath I have not. C oroner —Where are the certificates? Witness—l don't know. I don't keep them. I don't file them. I don't know that Mr. Mahoney signed certificates. When a child was brought to be buried there was always a certificate that it was a stillborn child. I never received a midwife's certificate in my life. I never buried a child with a "female" midwife's certificate. (Laughter.) I might do so now. I always buried the children in Whitechapel churchyard. The four or five I have alluded to have been buried in separate graves. I receive as a fee half-a-crown with each stillborn. I don't know how it is regulated or who regulates the fees. If they are very poor we get Is. 6d. I keep that fee, and do not account for it, or pay it over to the churchwardens. As sexton it is my duty to keep the keys and custody of the church and churchyard. I have nothing at all to do with the key of the tower or steeple. The keys of the tower are kept in the church porch going up to the steeple. Others have a key of the churchyard and not the church. Tho churchwardens have. Coroner—There have been 14 remains of bodies found in the church, and I want your explanation of how these bodies could get there without your knowledge. Witness —That is very easy. There are a great many people come to chime the bells and practising. I am all about the church, and persons might carry coffins up there with children in them without my knowledge. I open the church in the morning and close it at night. I know nothing about these bodies which have been found in the roof. 1 have only one k ey to the churc h . N o one cou ld go th roug h the churchyard if th e ga t es were closed without goin g through my hou se , and I should not let them do so without my knowing th e i r b us i ncgs. Th ere are th e p ow - openers cleaning there two or three times a week. Coroner —On your oath you tell the Court you do not know how these bodies came into the church ? Witness —On m y oath Ido not. When the first coffin was found and the man told me, I thought he was joking; but when he showed it to me I told him to put it where he found it, and I went and reported it to the churchwarden. By the Coroner—l gave the other certificates when bodies were buried to the clerk. I did not do so with regard to still-borne, because there was no necessity for it, but I kept money for them. (Laughter.) By the Jury —I never was in the roof or belfry in the church in toy life till this discovery. My appointment is an annual one. Wm. Shipman said he has been steeple-keeper and bell man of Whitechapel Church since Prince Albert died, He used to do a little work there prior to that in chiming the bells. Had been a bell ringer there five years, and went up and down there, when a boy, 45 years ago. Had had the run of the church since Prince Albert died. Had a key of the outer gate, which Mr, Corner, chief bell ringer, gave him, and usually found the key of the belfry on a ledge in the porch. When he used to go to ring what they called the breakfast bell on Sunday mornings, he had to go to Mr. Wi lkinson's for the key. He did not get up very early. Did not suppose gentlemen like him did get up veryearly. (A. laugh.) Knew Smith, the gravedigger, and rang a death peal for him ; that was about two years ago. There had been no gravedigger since been there, and would swear that, to his knowledge, there had been no grave opened there either for a still born or any other person since Prince Albert died. By the Coroner—l have never seen any undertaker's black bag with small coffins in it since I have been there. I never saw the sight of a single one, and I never took in a still born child to bo buried. I have heard that bodies have been found in the roof of the church, but I know nothing of how they came there. I never saw Smith bring any bodies there. I was connected with undertakers years ago, but they paid so badly that I thought I might as well walk about the streets for nothing as work for nothing. I used to go for the key of the church to Mr. Wilkinson's back door, and the servant sometimes gave it to me. Walter Varcoa said he resided at 2, Spital-street, Mile end Old Town, and was an undertaker in the employ of Mr. Holly and Mr- Hanes, inHunt-strect,and other undertakers, for 30 years. It was the practice of some undertakers to keep still barns till they got four or five, and sometimes as many as a dczen, and then take them to be buried. He had known a dozen taken to Ilford at once. Whilst with Mr. Holly he used to bury still borns at Whitechapel Church. He left Mr. Holly two years and a half ago. He knew Mr. Wilkinson, the sexton. He never took still-borns there himself. They were all taken away by a man named Smith, is now dead. Never had any conversation w ith Wilkinson about still-horns being buried at Whitschapel Church: lighou he had still-borns he used to call on Smith TIM SON. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1863 to see if he could find him about the ground, and when he did so he used to tell him that there were some still•borns waiting for him to fetch away. The Rev. Mr. Cohen, the rector of "Whitechapel, here in quired what was to be done with the bodies, as they wished to get them removed, so that the church might be got ready for the morning's service. The Coroner said they might be removed into a vault or up into the belfry again, but it was most essential that they should be placed in some place of security, as well as of easy access ; or at all events that those which had dresses should have them handy, as they might lead to identify and throw some light on who had charge of the bodies. It was arranged that they should be removed, under su pervision of the police inspector present. Evidence of Varcoe continued--I never saw Mr Wilkin son when I went to look after Smith. When Smith fetched the " stills " he sometimes brought a black bag and some times a sack. I have seen him remove as many as four at one time. I should say he could not smuggle them into the belfry without being seen. By the Coroner—lt is always usual to have a certificate from a medical man or midwife for burial of a still-born child. We should take it as a certificate from a midwife whether it was true that the party signed it or not. Coroner—ln your 30 years' experience do you know of it being the fact, that bodies which are sometimes left with undertakers for burial don't get buried at all ? Witness—Such things might have taken place, but they have not come under my knowedge personally. Coroner—When a child is brought with a certificate as a " still-born," do you or the undertakers exercise any super vision to see if it is "still .born" or not? Witness—Sometimes people come and say they have a " still-born" to bury, and they get the shell, and bring the body back to be buried, and it is taken as a " still-born" without any further inquiry. By the Coroner—Supposing it a found not to be a "still born," then we should refuse to bury it without the regular fees. It would be 9s. 6d. at the Victoria, and 2s. 6d. if a still born. I have no doubt that may children are buried as " still-born" which are not still-born. Joseph Corner said he resided at 6, Newland-place, Bishopagate, and was a labourer, Had been employed as gravedigger in several burial grounds. Never received any still-born children at Whitechapel Church while he dug graves there, which was about three years ago. All he had to do was to dig graves in the ground. The Coroner said they had now got as far as they could with their inquiry that day, and he was free to confess the evidence they had as yet heard threw but very little light upon the fact of how these bodies got into the place where they were found. The dresses, however, in which some of the bodies were placed might, however, be identified, and throw some light upon it, if they adjourned, and trace out the party or parties who put them there. He proposed, therefore, to adjourn for a week. After some discussion the inquiry was adjourned till Saturday next. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. SATUBD .14 AY ....evrew,T by -..x.- he e xtraordinary dulness of the S ummer Assizes, was, to some ex t ent , re lievedthe trial a bout Campden House—a trial of considerab.e interest to that numerous oloss who insure their houses and their furni ture. charge people, The case in itself was interesting, and it was doubly interesting as showing the sort of grounds on which the managers of two lead ing insurance offices thought it right and decent to fire triateevi not merely with arson, but with rson committed under circumstances which in volvedhe the moral guilt of a triple murder of the most his rrhible character., If Mr. Wolley really converted without a a t sort tak i nogf any precautions infernal m acl Ji n a e c, , a iandeat theset curiosity to see destruction . of the Temples, he undoubtedly com mitted a crime infinitely more atrocious than the common run of murders. The verdict of the jury having cleared his character from this diabolical gui't, it becomes matter of something more than what were the grounds on which the two co mpan i es in question cons id er ed themselves warranted in imputing it to him. T he fire at Campden H ouse occurred b e tween three and four in the mo rn i ng of the 23d of M arch, 1862, when the house its e lf and its con tents were destroyed. The tenant o f t h e house, Mr. Wolley, was 45 y e ar s his of age. In youth he had been , as w e learn from the offensive and impertinent cross-examina tion to which th e defendants thought proper to sub ject him, in what people call " an uncertain posi tion ;" that i s , he had been somet hin g between a waiter, a clerk, an d an actor —a little of each. In p 1847 he married a Miss Coape, who, as well as her younger sister, had a fortune of £35,000. In 1854, he bought a 99 years' lease of C am p den House, and in 1855 h e l et it to Colonel IN augh, end he went himself to live at Tonbridge Castle. Whilst there, his wife was accidently drown ed during her hus band's absence, and after her death the younger sister continued to live with her brother-in-law. Each of these ladi es a ppear to have e ntered full y into Mr. Wolley' s t as t es . He laid out the whole o f his wife's fortu ne i n buying, furnishing, and orna menting the house. Nearly £ 16,000 out of the fortune of his sisterein-law, was spent in the same manner. The family lived on the income of the rest of her property. The house itself would appear from the evidence to have been a sort of old curiosity shop. It was full of curious carvings, ornamental ceilings, pictures, rich carpets, gildings, chandeliers, and all manner of other things of the kind. Mr. Wolley carried his taste so far that he once bought an estate in Essex for 11,300, and sold it again for £9OO, merely for the sake of being able to remove some rich carvings which it contained, and which thus cost him £4OO. In short the description of the house and its con tents is exactly like that which Balzac gives in his novels of the dwellings of such monomaniacs as Cousin Pons or Balthasar Claes. The use to which this remarkable house was put was that of givi ng splendid parties, at many of which amateur pl ays were acted. One lad y said, " There were large as semblies there very frequently, and theatrical en tertainments, perhaps 20 in the season." " There would be sometimes 300 or 400 people there at as sembliee and concerts." The plays seem, for the most part, to have been for the benefit of charitable institutions. The l ast season of th e splendour of Campden House w as that of 1861, a fter which Mr. Wolley and Miss Coape went down to a small n n t t ly nea house at Brighton , where the y a pp e ar to have lived like other people till the time sh ould come round again for a new set of festivities. E ar l y i n M arc h Mr. Wol:ey retur ned from Bri ghton to CampdeniHi g o e u d s et to with h o. v h e i s Crozier,r whom he was cb lOrn because he was subject to epileptic fits. A carp en t er an d builder, named Temple, w hom M r. Wollev had kept con stantly in his emp lo y for many years, was taking care of the hous e at the t ime , with his wife and s on ; co se n r s v ta a and there, according to the theory of the defendants, Mr. Wolley and Crozier spent three weeks in deli berately preparing to burn down the house, with the Temples in it — a plan which, the Insurance Company assert, was duly carried into execution. Certainly all the antecedent probabilities of the matter are fl i gantly opposed to this view of the case. The particular facts which the defendants deemed sufficient to support the theory that Mr. Wolley did burn his house, notwithstanding all this, were that he carefully prepared the house for burning — that he hung the walla with paper, pnt tapestry over the windows to conceal the flames during the early part of the fire, varnished the wainscoting, and laid out the books on the tables as if to dry. It was admitted that there were plausible " pre texts" for all this—that the varnishing was natural enough, that the paper was said to have been hung up over the varnished wainscots for the sake or keeping off dirt and insects, that the tapestry was hung against the light in order that the holes in it might be easily seen and conveniently mended, and that the books might have been opened to dry. It was said, of course, there would be pretexts, but here there were "striking coincidences. If it was an accident, it was the most wonderful that ever occurred ; there was the varnishing and repairing of tapestry and the drying of books, and the covering up of walls all happening at the same time." This is the sort of argument which may be excused in a counsel who has a weak case, bat it is astonishing that cool men of business should act upon such absurdly frivolous reasoning. There is about as mach marvel in this coincidence as in the coinci dence between taking up the carpets, whitewashing the ceiling, and putting brown-holland covers on the furniture, which may usually be observed when a family goes out of town. The simple fact is, that each of these operations was connected with setting the house to rights, and all, therefore, would natur ally take place at the same time. Besides this there is something monstrous in the notion of a man carry ing out all these designs under the eyes of domestic spies who would haee it in their power to boar wit ness against him, arid whose absence he might easily have procured. The presence of the Temples in the house was barely consistent with the theory of the defendants. This was (after recapitulating the evidence) the substance of the case. It is curious to see how little it comes to when it is put together. There is not in the whole range of the evidence a single fact which really proves any one of the elements of such a crime as was imputed to Mr. Wolley. There is ro proof of motive, no proof of preparation, no proof of execution. There are isolated facts which, if you choose to begin by assuming that there was a crime at all, point out the way in which it was committed. Assume that Mr. llfolley did burn his house fraudulently, and the different facts proved will no doubt bear the construction put upon them by the companies ; but there is nothing whatever to compel that con clusion, though they might suggest it to persons whose interest and, to some extent, whose duty it is to be suspicious. The case is a good instance of the nature of suspicion as distinguished from proof ; and, we may add, it is a striking example of the extent to which suspicion may be made to do duty i in place of proof. A Court of Justice was occupied for a whole week in listening to " evidence" which it did not need two minutes' deliberation to stamp as utterly frivolous and worthless. The fact that the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff on the instant, without leaving their box, furnishes a suffi cient comment on a proceeding which is probably unexampled, and which, it may be hoped, is little likely to be regarded by Insurance Companies as a precedent for imitation. SPECTATOR.—The report, for it is only a report, that the Czar is willing to reconstitute the Grand Duchy of Warsaw under an Imperial Lieutenant, is in itself an important testimony to the strength of the insurrection. Three years ago the Poles only claimed to be governed as an independent province. Provided their religion were respected, the right of educating themselves conceded, the relations of nobles and peasants amicably settled, and industrial enterpriee encouraged, the party of progress, headed by Count Andre Z moiski, desired nothing more for years to come. 'ihey knew Europe was weary of the Polish question, they desponded of their own strength, and in spite of the Czar's unworthy speech atWarsaw—"l shall know how to be severe"—they believed that the tyranny of Nicholas could never be renewed. They had yet to learn that a weak, well-meaning man, with such creatures as Wielo polski, Gortschakoff, and Mouravieff, might be more fatal to his subjects than the sovereign whose sole faith had beenlhis own divinity. Since the massacre of Feb., 1861, when the Russian soldiers fired on a peaceful and unarmed multitude, the Government of St. Petersburg has pursued a relentless policy of ex tinction. It menaced the clergy, closed the churches, suppressed schools, and made a state of siege the police of the country. Under the Grand Duke Constantine the last outrage on national self-t aspect was perpetrated. It was resolved to press all the e n ergy and intelligence of the country into the ser vice of its oppressors. Then, and then only, it was decided by the majority of a single vote in the Central Committee of the National Government that the conscripts had better die fighting against Russia than in her ranks. No Pole at that time expected the reaults which have actually been achieved. The single hope that seemed probable, that of foreign intervention, has been painfully disappointed. But, through a number of unfore• seen circumstances, a singularly mild winter, the incredible negligence of the Russian generals at the outset, the demoralisation of the troops, and the un precedented union of different classes in Poland, the insurrection has maintained itself and spread. Russia at. this moment has 250,000 men in the kingdom and the old provinces, has sent even the Guards from St. Petersburg, and bas decreed a fresh levy in the t wo - t hi r d s lof her empire that can be trusted. She has had from the first ttie cordial support of Prussia, equivalent at least to an additional corps d armee, and latterly something more than neu trality from Austria. Her military governors, once roused, have a cted with vigour, and, setting aside Lithuania as the theatre of an exceptional monster — Mouravieff, the results of the last year are suffi ciently startling. In Warsaw, a fourth of the population is said to be in arms, killed, or trans ported ; in the district of Lublin, one of the best governed, one hundred gentlemen have been im prisoned, and iu Kalisch only a few are out of prison. Confiscations, flogging, hanging, sometimes even burning a li ve , h av e been episodes in the ter rible struggle. At the end of eight months the National Government is more firmly organised than ever, dismisses officials, interrupts railway commu nication, forbids taxes to be paid except to itself, and, unhappily, is even able to retaliate death on the secret agents o f th e enem y. Its troops, in spite of official bulletins, occupy the country, and the Russians hold not an inch between Warsaw and Galicia on which they are not in force enough to give battle. The Imperial trea sury is so nearly exhausted that silver is nowhere seen except in Warsaw, and the salaries of the chief officials have been unpaid for months. Of course, this state of things may be altered at any moment. M en w i t h out d r ill, w ith ou t muni tions of war, without regu l ar encam p men ts, and without hospitals, are a t t err ibl e di s advantage against the chances of battle or disease. Neverthe less, the last reports say that the insurgents have . been victorious at Jan ow an d th rea t e n Lublin. It is at this moment that the Russian Government, bankrupt of mone y an d men, an d pa i n f u lly con scious of the loathing it excites in Europe, pro• poses to quiet the revolt by an offer of provisional L independence. It is as if George 111. had proposed, after the convention of Saratoga. that the Ameri cans should disarm on condition of being allowed to , tax themselves. The imprisonment or death of • 40,000 men and women may seem a very small • thing to the Court of Peterhoff—but it leaves memo . ries that are not easily effaced among the suffering people. LONDON REVIEW.—It can scarcely be said that the conquest of Mexico is yet complete, or the new form of government fully established, or the future Emperor irrevocably chosen. It may be that the French may still find much work before them, ere their self-imposed task be thoroughly accompished. Minor guerilla chiefs may refuse to submit, and may continue to give considerable trouble—brigan dage, and faction may retard for some time longer the final reduction and pacification of the country ; and it is possible, though not probable, that on looking more closely at the prospect before him, the Sovereign elect, the Archduke Maximilian, may be induced to decline the Imperial throne. Still we cannot apprehend that any of these possibilities will materially affect the ultimate result. We may be quite sure that Louis Napoleon will not draw back from an enterprise which is now so nearly com pleted, and which cost him so much. France can. not afford to be baffled, and is not accustomed to put up with failure and defeat, even in expedi tions which are not or were not popular ; and if the Austrian prince should finally prefer a quiet life at home to the splendid temptations of grati fled ambition, other less cautious, and perhaps less eligible candidates, will no doubt be found. The idea of erecting a monarchical government in Mex ico did not originate with the French Emperor. More than twenty years ago it was felt by the best and ablest dictator Mexico ever had, Santa Anna, that the elements of a permanent and vigo rous democratic administration did not exist in that country, and could not be created, and that her only means of escape from ceaseless anarchy and utter ruin would be found in the establishment of an autocracy, and the selection of a European prince. All that was sensible and educated among the Mexican people felt as Santa Anna did. A ne gotiation, with the view of bringing about such a resu lt was (about 1842 , we believe) entered into with the chief powers of Euro p e, and their, sanc tion and co-operation were requested. The plan was favourably received, and matters even went so far that the cr own was informally offered to the Archduke Frederick, and not retused either by him or by the Cou rt of Vienna. But the United S ta tes threatened viole n t opposition, and the har mony which at on e time had reigned among the potentates of the old world was disturbed ; Santa Anna fell from power; and the scheme fell into abeyance. It wa s, however, in the main, too natu. ral and judicious not to be sure of revival on the first favourable opportunity ; and having been now taken up and acted on by so . resolute a Sovereign as Louis Napoleon, we may fairly assume that, under some modification or other, and under some chief or other, Mexico will become a settled state, with an imperial regime, and under the protection and enforcement of a French army of occupation. It remains for consideration how far and in what man ner this stupendous change will affect the ulti mate position and policy of the two great divisions of what was once the United States. In the first place a crushing blow has been struck at the " Monroe doctrine," and that by the only Power w ith which the propounders of that doctrine never seem inclined to quarrel—perhaps because it is the only one which is always ready to take u p any gau ntlet. That insolent declaration, which assumed to forbid not only the establishment or intervention of any European power, but the erection of mon archical government, on any portion of th e vast con tinent of North America, was of itself preten tious in the extreme,and could fi n d no thi ng e i t h er in the claims of justice or the ultimate welfare of the human race to warrant or excuse i t. I t was only a few years since European and monarchical autho rity had been compelled, in th e era o f i ts f ee bl eness, to relax its hold on some of the fairest and most fer tile and most extensive regions of that continent. It b e came year by year mor e o b v i ous that republican i n stitutions were utterly un su it e d t o t h e t hose countries which, th oug h they had succeeded in throwing off the yoke of Sp a i n , showed them selves quite unable to u tili se or to maintain the free dom they had gained ; and that the continued attempt could only insure a long period of suffering and turbu ence:and a final result of complete degene• racy and exhaustion. Thi s , h owever , was of course what the United States foresaw and desired. They hoped, and with reason, that if they could only warn off European aid and monarchical vigour long enough from the emancipated colonies of Spain, these would fall into their grasp as soon as they were ready to take possession, and would, indeed, be so wretched in their existing condition as to wel come any foreign conqueror who would rescue them and rule them. Mexico especially was marked as the first prey of the all -devouring Republic of the West, which had already desolated her in two wars, and snatched from her an enormous slice of terri tory by a shameless mixture of force and fraud. The establishment of a settled and strong G overn . mer,t in Mexico, under the protection of a first- Ouse European power, to be recognised by the rest of Europe as a matter of courtesy and right, as soon as the establishment is complete, is therefore double blow to the ambition of the Anglo-Ameri cans; it deprives them of a vast and rich inherit ance which they had long counted as their own ; and it cuts them off from the still more tempting countries which lie still further to the south. In fact, it gives them, for the first time in their national existence, a fixed and definite Southern boundary. It renders their territory limited instead of un limited, though still enormous. It hounds their imagination, and by that simple process wounds their national vanity. EXAMINER.—It was a maxim of Jonathan Wild the Great to do no more mischief than was abso lutely necessary, as mischief was a thing too pi e cious to be wasted. The American Government seems to hold a similar opinion as to falsehood, and in Mr. Seward's review of the war there is a sur prising amount of truth. The Foreign Secretary evidently thinks that sufficient for the day past was the flim-fiam thereof, and he therefore does not romance about events which have passed into the domain of history. What, indeed, would have been the use of wasting precious falsehood upon facts now beyond dispute ? It was all very well upon occasions of disaster to make things pleasant by a little concoction of invention ; but that is all gone by, the truth too well established, and any fibbing now would be worse than useless, absolutely detri mental. If the war were now described as a series of successes, with a few exceptions having no con sequences, such as Bull's Run and Fredericksburg, people would naturally say, why is it not all over? If so much has been done, how can anything remain to be done ? Gross, indeed, must be the mismanage ment which allows the war to drag on which has been marked with a succession of triumphs. Mr. Seward is cunning enough to see that this would not do, so he is truthful enough in his review of the war till he comes to the recent turn of its fortunes in favour of the North, and then he expends upon it all the fine colouring he has kept in reserve. Indeed, the dark shadows of the earlier passages serve to set forth more brightly the present pros pect. According to the Foreign Secretary, the Northerns were beaten till they could be beaten no longer. They had exhausted defeats. Trey travelled in the long lane of disaster till they came to the in evitable turning. For all this the American Government will some day claim credit, showing that all its seeming reverses were cunningly planned expedients for ultimate success. There was once upon a time a charlatan who professed drawing teeth without pain. When the credulous patient was in his hands he would give a tug at the grinder with his instrument, and, in reply to the roar and angry complaint that followed, say, Now that was merely to show you Cartwright's method, that you should see the difference between his and mine. Another tug, and another roar, and the ex planation that the pain was only to exhibit Spence's method, and so on till :he tooth hung by a thread, when the quack said, Now you shall have a speci men of my method, and whipped the tooth out without more pain. And so President Lincoln, if he ever succeeds in extracting the tooth, will say that Bull's Run was only to show Burnside's me thod ; the period of inaction, M'Clellao's ; Frede ricksburg, Hooker's; and that his own conduct of affairs commenced when the bunglers were all dis posed of. Upon the breaking out of the war we repeatedly expressed our opinion that the North could not keep any very large force permanently in the field. They have succeeded in doing this to a greater degree than we thought possible, but the voluntary levies are now fairly exhausted, and the Government confesses that its only remaining re source is conscription. How that will work we shall soon see. But if it gives soldiers, it will give such soldiers as will full surely revenge their forced service by tremendously increasing the demoralisa tion already existing. In the memoirs of a French veteran just published it is shown what a canker in the armies of Napoleon was the rapine, which had become a condition of their existence, and cause of their dissolution. If this was the case with the armies of France, how will it be with those of America under a discipline so much taxer, and with a national propensity so much stronger to insubor dination ? To be sure, it may be said that robbery is the order of the day in the Federal States, that every one who can is pillaging, and that the soldier only does on a small scale what contractors and crea tures of the Government are doing on a great scale; but when men with arms in their hands follow this prevailing fashion they are apt to cut out more work than is bargained for, and woe to their employers, with the wolf by the ears, which they can neither hold nor let go. One day the conscripts' turn may come, and they may say to the Government, " You made us soldiers against our will, and soldiers we will now remain against your will, and help our selves to indemnities for our forced services." For law and liberty in America sad times are too evi dently in store, " bad begins and worse remains behind." One good effect has been brought about by this war. It used to be the reproach of quiet citizens that in their security they delighted in thr account of battles, and could hardly be satisfied with any amount of kil:ed and wounded. This is certainly no longer the case. The American war has surfeited with carnage, and the battles, one just like another, have lost all interest. The imagination cannot grasp or follow things on so large a scale. The high numbers are confounding. In a word, the American war has become a nauseous drug, and many people have resolved to hear no more about it till it is over, like the Irish traveller in the sacked town, who gave his order as he took to his bed, " Call me when it is done." But when is it to be done Mr. Seward tells all in Europe who desire a restoration of peace, for the renewal of commer cial prosperity, to withdraw support and favour from the insurgents, as if these were the only obsta cles to the termination of the war. Leave us to ourselves, he says. But have the favour and support been all on one side ? Have they not been pretty equally divided, the South getting the largest share of the fa' cur, the North the largest share of the support in the substantial shape of arms, munitions of war, and the raw material of soldiers in many thousands of emigrants ? There is always some reason for not succeeding in a conflict. "If it had not been for this or that, I should have thrashed hi m ,"says every foiled combatant ; and Mr. Seward's appeal to Europe betrays the consciousnes of diffi culty at the bottom of all his vaunts of Buenas. COURT JOURNAL.—The Archduke Maximilian is very wisely hesitating as to his acceptance of the Mexican throne, which, however tempting it may look at a distance and in theory, would in reality be a hotbed of troubles for any un fortunate Prince sufficiently bold or ambitious to accept it. The Archduke has consulted his brother, the Emperor of Austria, and his father-in-law, the King of the Belgians, on the subject; and the latter Monarch, who is ever ready to give his friendly advice and services to those of his family who seek it, cannot fail to point out to his relative the dangers and disagreeables which would ensue upon his ac ceptance of the French offer. It is very clear that, without a lengthened occupation by French troops, the Mexicans will never become willing subjects of a foreign Prince; but, however undesirable this may be, the Archduke Maximi lian's rule would be the only security which Europe would possess of the French occupation not becoming a perpetual one. In case of the Archduke's refusal, a French Prince will undoubtedly supply his place, and Mexico, in that case, will be nothing better than an appanage or the Imperial throne of France. While the Archduke Maximilian has been thus debating a proposal so momentous both to himself and to Europe, his brother has been actively engaged in ne • gotiations of even greater importance, and which deeply concern the future prospects and welfare of Germany. The Conference at Frankfort has been brought to a close, but not without having been productive of a great amount of utility. It is true that Prussia steadfastly declines to accept the proposals of the Austrian Emperor, and that one or two minor Princes of no influence or note whatever have fol lowed in the suit of the King, to whom they are tied by personal or pecuniary interests; but, nevertheless, the re mainder of the German Sovereigns have made up their minds to adopt the Austrian programme in its chief par. titulars ; and even if the union should bo a partial one, it will certainly be a source of greater strength to the different elements that compose the great German nation. Nor were the deliberatiims of the thirty Crowned Heads solely con fined to the consideration of German Unity, for, although only a secondary object, the Polish question was duly deliberated upon in the private interviews which the Emperor of Austria and the Grand Duke of Saxe-Coburg held with the remainder of the German Princes. One and all they concurred in the policy adopted by Austria, and, such as it is, they lend their influence to support the three Great Powers in the measure which they have adopted towards Russia for the benefit of the Polish nation. Russia, friendless and unsympathised with by any other nation, except Prussia, would not dare to press matters on to active warfare, in which, with all her power, she would certainly have to succumb to the united forces of the remainder of Europe. But while we ace every cause for congratulation at the time adopted by the German Stages as regards their own interests and those of Poland, we cannot but deplore the policy which they seem inclined to pursue towards Den mark andg:Schleswig-Holstein, Without attempting to plunge into the unfathomable mysteries of the eternal sub ject on which Scandinavia and Germany are at such com plete variance, it needs no argument to show that Denmark is in every way justified in retaining her hold upon the Schleswig-Holefein provinces. Surely, while they are still matter of dispute, the party in possession cannot be ex. petted to deliver them up to the rival complainant, and Desmark has done all that could be reasonably expected of her in offering to submit the question to the consideration of a general conference. Should Germany refuse this very fair proposal, we cannot be surprised at the King and people of Denmark resolving to maintain their rights ri et antis ; and it is gratifying to observe that Sweden and Norway, with a noble spirit of generosity and self-sacrifice which is not often met with in the transactions of nations, hey° de termined upon lending every assistance to the Danes, who claim the same origin as themselves, have the same re ligion and manners, and whose language is only a slight different larigueise from that spoken by the Swedes and Nor wegians. In the deplorable event of war between Germany and the Scandinavian Powers the duty of England would undoubtedly be one of strict neutrality, but there can be no question as to which side our sympathies would incline. Malgre a certain awkward Danish despatch, which has now become matter of European notoriety, our Government would know this, and no Minister, whether Liberal or Con servative, would dare lend the slightest assistance to the enemies of Denmark. Nevertheless, we trust that the good sense of the Austrian Emperor will avert this threatened calamity, and that he will endeavour to keep intact that admiration and sympathy which he has excited in this country by his bold attitude in Polish affairs, and his un flinching determination to grant his subjects a liberal and truly constitutional system of government. WILLS AND BEQUESTS, (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of Mrs. Margaret Stancoinb;of Trow , bridge, Wilts, was proved in the London Court by her son, Mr. Wm. Stanconab, the surviving execu tor. The personal estate was sworn under .E 120,000 The testatrix died in April last, and WES the relict of the late Mr. Wm. Stancomb. The will bears date 184:5, and a codicil 1852, and another 1860. Her property she directs to be divided into six equal parts, leaving to her son andfive daughters a share each. A legacy is left to the Sunday-school con nected with the Baptist chapel at Trowbridge, at which the testatrix attended, and a sum is to be expended in clothing and other gifts for poor mem bers of the congregation. Legacies and annuities are also left to her servants. The will of Major- General Sir Joshua Jebb, K.C.8., of The Elms, Fulham, was proved in London by the executors, Mr. Samuel Henry Jebb, the testator's brother, and the Rev. Charles Campbell, the testator's brother in-law. The personal property was sworn under £30,000. Sir Joshua entered the Royal Engineers in 1812, became colonel in 1855, major-general in 1860, had served in America in 1812-13, and retired on full-pay. Sir Joshua held the offices of Sur veyor-General of Prisons, Inspector-General of Military Prisons, and Chairman of the Directors of Convict Prisons. Sir Joshua, who was in his 70th year, died in June last. His will bears date, 1854, and there are two codicils, dated 1858 and 1860. To his wife, Lady Amelia (who is the daughter of the second Earl of Chichester), he leaves a liberal annuity and a portion of the furniture, wines, &c. To his son, Mr. Joshua Gladwyn Jebb, he has de vised his real estate, and after leaving a pecuniary legacy to each of his three daughters, directs the residue of the personal estate to be divided between them and his son. COUNTRY MARKETS. 10- NOTTINGHAM-SATURDAY. There was a fair show of wheat to-day, and the condi tion was good. A fair demand, nd prices is over late rates. —White wheat, from 43s to 50s ; :red wheat, 40s to 475. Barley—malting, 36s to 40s ; grinding, 30s to 325. Oats, old, at 24s to 31s Od ; new, 22s to 275. Beans sold at 38s to 43s per qr, ; new, 38s to 425. GRANTHAM-SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 44s to 46s ; red, 43s to 45s per 36st. ; new white, 45s to 47s ; new, 448 to 465. Malting barley, —s to —s per qr ; grinding, 30s to 32s ; oats, old, 26s t) 28s ; new, 24s to 268 ; beans, 40s to 428; peas, 38s to 40s. NORWICH-SATURDAY. A fair supply, and the demand was more active than for sometime past. Prices is up. There were several samples of new barley offered. White wheat. 46s to 47a Red wheat 43s to 45s Malting barley ...38s to 40s Chevalier barley 36s to 37s Distilling do 33s to 35s Oats.. 24. to 283 Flour, 31s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. LEICESTER-SATURD.k.Y. There was a moderate show of wheat to-day at our market, and there was a fair demand at the following rates : —Old white wheat, 45s to 50e ; new, 46s to 48s per 36 stone. Old red, 42s to 48s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 34s to 38s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 31s; old oats, 27s to 3's ; new oats, 24s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, new, 38s to 42s per 38 stone ; flour, 30s to 35s per 20 stone. NORTHAMPTON-SATtItDAY. White wheat, 4553 to 47s ; red, 40s to 45s ; fine, 470 to —s per qr. Barley, 34s to 288—grinding, 29s to 38s; Oats, 30s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, 31s to 408. Peas, 36s to 42s per qr. YORK- SATURDAY. The supply of wheat at market to-day was moderate, and late prices were maintained for all sorts. Wheat, red 44s to 46e I Oats . 2os to 24a White do .48s to Ns 1 Beans ..33, to 42 m Barley.... .30s to 32s 1 Peas ....--s to ---' Malt, 62s to 64s per qr.; rye, 32s per qr ; flour, 333 to 35s per sack. Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS DIE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Sept. 18. via Marseilles &nil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. 5 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Sept. 2 8 . China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Sept. 1,. via Marseilles ...Sept. 1,• Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 1 8 . via Marseilles Sept. 1 2 * India (Bombay) ; via Southampton .. Sept. 10. via Marseill es t-ept. 4. Portuga1.... Nlalta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 10. via Marseilles Sept. 4. Newfoundland .. Sept. 17 ' Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Sept. 11. .by U.S. packet.... - by Canadian packet. Sept. 4. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritie .. Sept, 10. Bahamas, via New York' Sept, 24. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Sept. 1 4. California, and British Columbia. MADELINE SMITH.—A correspondent of tl northern journal states that Madeline Smith, whose trial for the murder of her sweetheart by peis.on created so much sympathy and interest, has been comfortably married, and may occasionally be seen on a Sunday, along with her 11 0 " band, in a church in the town of Linlithgow. 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A few timely doses will in many it a the occurrence of disease ; b ut if the malady be already il tnsta p nces o pv n r e of e th n e t established these Pills will promote its cure in the ea s iest t mmernrie medicine are given Tarhee wrapper plainest imnostsrtucctotmonpsletfeo,r using dn,mHowosotlldiraecy% an inflammation. merest stomach-ache, a nd safel y to the inte nsest inte rnal round each box; by a ttention to them t o the Births. FITZGERALD.—On the 2d inst., at 47, Sloane-street, La d y G FUTVOYE. — park, the wife of Fred. Futvoye, Esq., of a son. ' H ow e rral Fitzgerald,oo au tthh ee of a sthson, i inst,, inss t. ~: a atThe j u g, the wife of Arthu r H owe l l, of twin sons. at 8' square, 11Ycl e- Leinster Retreat, Lower T oot ' Marriages. DUNDAS—PORTAL.—On the 3d inst ,at Laverstokelionset Hants,.Captain 'l'. D un d as son of the late Rbt. Dun dee, of Arrusten, to Jane Eliza:youngest daughter of the l3 John Portal, Esq., of Freefoik Priors, Hants. GUTIbINS-111'MAItoN —On the 3d inst , at St. Steplwr';' Dublin, Joseph Gubhins Esq., of Kilfrush, co. Lituc c c i, to Frances Thotna.sine ;mond daughter of Sir Beref °r B. M'Mahon, Bart. Deaths. BILOWN.—On the 4th inst., at West Brompton, Mr. 1 131/1 Brown, late of 2, James-street, Adel Phi, aged 65. GrLsoN.-0a the 3d inst., at Leith, Captain J. C. Ga g°l3 ' aged 3G. HAratts —On the sth inst., at Staines-road, Hounsloif. Miss Caroline C. Harris, aged 24. PERRIN.—On the 4th inst., Ellen, wife of Henry Stoll Perrin, of Old Change. SEGAu.—On the 4th inst., Hulsall Segar, Esq., Herb ert House, SeaforLh, near Liverpool, aged 79. of WILLANs.—Oa the 4th inst., William Winans, Esq., Huddersfield, aged 63. YARDLEY.—On the 27th ult., at Boulogne.sur Martha, relict of the late John Joshua Yardley, Esq. , Blackheath. 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