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CouRT ct 11 L A R. therhe Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of 5i Royal Suite, and the Domestic Household, attended Di ne s ervice yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, Bucking us Palace. The Bishop of Norwich preached the sermon. T en l y e . ra Were read by the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Cour :RalTill.heerirMajesty, and her Royal Consort took their usual early yesterday in the Royal gardens. Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Al- Ir ct e!i, the P r i ncess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an r e i rig yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. On p p ; u rday the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the and Alice, Alice were taken for a drive in an open carriage t ," ) isrs accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. tn 'sis Majesty the King of the Belgians left town on Saturday I.4 ) , n l a ing, attended by the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, for Claremont. ' al!ljesty returned to Buckingham Palace yesterday. t Then. Majesties the Queen, and the Queen of the Belgians, :°ook an airing in an open carriage and four on Saturday after ; the Ladies in Waitirg following in another open car go 6 and four, and the Equerry in Waiting (Col. Buckley) attending on horseback. 011 114 Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback _§aturday, attended by Col. Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Ind Prince George visited her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians ( .1 3 , Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses sl,orvisited his Royal Highness Prince Albert. ,he Queen of the Belgians inspected on Saturday, at Buck ty,"Ruarti Palace, some novel fabrics for cloaks of the Paisley iruracture, which were submitted by Mr. George Smith. Majesty was graciously pleased to express her approbation sou also inspected some handsome shawls from India and China. I.lll.7alt_oya Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by Lady in Waiting, and his Royal Highness the Duke of seAntihridge, attended by the Baron Knesebeck, attended Divine . rt iee yesterday morning in the chapel of the Magdalen Hos pital. Her ai,, d Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, aceomps -01 by the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yesterday °r nig in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmond Mildmay were in waiting 4:_ Rojal Highness. laid uei e Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cain- Inge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmond 1 dr nay. honoured Sir Robert and Lady Peel with their corn tri)! at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in h t it tall-grdens. Le Duo Serradifaico, Prince de S. Pierre, had an inter -01:ss witla the Cha nce ll or o f th e Ex c h e qu e r on S a t ur d a y, a t his alsial residence in Downing-stree.. The Bi s h op of Gibraltar had an interview with Lord Stanley Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Major Robinson had also Tterview with his Lordship on Saturday. pie George Cockburn and Admiral Bowles had interviews T , Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in """ wh ing-street. stThe Duke of Richmond, Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the tO r ePs and Taxes, and Mr. Hart Davis, Deputy Chairman of the:E:Leisecluheard. es interviews on Saturday with the Chancellor of r t i e he Duke of W e lli ng t on a n d Sir F. Trench attended the 4 1 4 service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The P t ,, e n was preached ky the Hon. and Rev. W. Capel. Beaufort, were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The Duke of 4waufort, the Marquis of Winchester, Ladies Wilton and De anda,,,rt, Lords Bandon, Cawdor, Devon, Ebrington, Ingestre, al it, attended the daily service yesterday, in the Chapel of St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Bishop th e t °e don. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah ; semi sons by the Rev. J. C. Haden ; and the Communion latna:?, bY the Bishop of London. The anthem was •c Ho - (Gibbons). Mr. Tune presided at the organ. IR ELAND. b b o ,, Tic, REGAL JULY 12.— ONE OF THE SENTINELS AT THE LodIEGAL LODGE SHOT.—An alarming rumour was in lat lon yesterday that one of the sentinels at the Vice-regal 0 4 , 4°, in the Rh cen i x P ar k, was s h o t d ea d th e previous night. ti eu r a r °ceedie g to th e par k we ascer t a i n ed the f o ll ow i ng par_ Pol;::---About one o'clock yesterday morning one of the Rao - o n duty at the Vice.regal Lodge heard the report of a 2:r pistol at a point within the wall of the Vice.regal garden, P t !? ° , lB " The Bush," and on proceeding thither found the shafted, John Kelly, of the 44th Regiment, with his right hand kitn 'cred as if by slugs or small bullets. He told the police out to t hat he had heard some noise near hi; box, and on . turning T he challenge, the shot was fired which wounded his hand. eio:tart.p.irtea_ipiort of the weapon soon brought other guards to the 11 0 - ' and the wounded man was removed to the Royal , which is about a mile from the scene of this oee;: t r nioary occurrence. The medical . gentleman con- Itu auh with this institution at once decided upon am -80. ,the hand, which was done, and the man is bear gOn lavontab'y. It was suggested soon after the shot was pe.„ . , that Kelly shot himself thus with the view of being b4`ned off, and rigid search was made about the ground, R as no weapon was found. He is ready to depose that hs able as he stated to the policeman, but it is a remark wu_ll fact that several yards away from the box a pool of blood ft: discovered and marks on the ground, as if by the discharge d t : a Pistol. The officers of the 44th believe that Kelly in - at ed some friend to inflict the wound, who immediately marle N l : t hen he accomplished his object. What possible motive w t any one have in shooting a sentinel placed where Kelly His, at the moment ? He says he had CO quarrel with any one. °l ‘ l, ket was loaded whey the alarm was given, and it would tos'nlPussible for any of the chain of sentinels around the lodge pUltnit the act. • the isa remarkable fact, that about forty years ago, during n a ee-ro v it v of the Duke of Richmond, a nearly similar ry nocurred. A sentinel was shot in the hand, and his was believed, until Colonel Rawdon produced, from an ik v,„• l4-411 ng bush a pistol which was seen with the man the pre -s evening: ; 4 soon as Kelly is convalescent, which is expected to be 41 a few days, ari id investigation will take place. He is a Y °oo lad, • g g only eighteen years of age, but recently enlisted, and his father is a pensioner. DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE—JuIy 12. The business in Shares to day tolerably was languid, but prices remained bly firm. Sellers showed no disposition to force sales at re. d.ruheee d m qrtations. The D rogheda Railway shares receded to 112/. We re ng Company of Ireland an d the Wicklow Copper Mines, in good demand at the Improved prices quoted below :—Go. Yernment Three per C ent. Consols, 99 99A—Three-and.a.Quarter per Cent. Stock, i—Three.and.a.Half per Cent. Debentures, 93 &—Patriotic Insurance Company, 11—Mining ."..t..atutiltnLaSy Stock' of Ireland, 141 14 1 —Wick low Copper Mine, 171—Bet. B allYrnena, 61—Bandon and Bantry, 11—Cork and Water '44ll 1 i—Cork and Youghal, 3i 3—Cork, Blackrock, and Pea k"' i — Dublin and Belf a st Ju n ction, 7/ 4—Dublin, Belfast, :and Coler aine Junction, 2i —Dublin and Drogheda, 112—Dundalk i d E nniskillen, 3 3 ; l—Great Southern and Western, 23—Great say nand : Ut hero Extension, 11 111 —The Midland Great Western Rail. Royal Canal Company, 31—Great Western Extension kin G rea t Western (Dublin to Galway), 3i— .--sstown and B ra y, 6 5 li—Killarney Junctions, 24 l— and Killaloe Junction, 5 4I —Londonderry and Po 3i—Newry and Enniskillen, 34—Newry , Warren. " t, and Rostre, 3—Waterford and Limerick, 61 1— extl3 rd, and Carlow, 2—Waterford, Wexford and Dublin, R e DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. A tai t4 rll of traffic for the week ending Thursday, July 10: received for passengers and parcels, 815/. 19s. 3d. her—. 14 passengers, 12,510. Amouat received in the corresponding A sk of last year, 7921. Os. I id. The THE INQUEST AT BALLINHASSIG. Frid a P r oceedings at this investigation on Thursday and ove r I Possess no novelty. The same story ie told over and ea th g ai n With the u3ual aount of deviations in the cross dexu i ; nati on, and bickerings m between the lawyers. The evi ler:l Wag Principally confined to the facts of the death of seve sh,t /Persons, that is that those persons were killed by gun 4unds, & c . Lo R D BROUG HAM AND MR. FITZ ROY KELLY. I le foil • ILtki Le follow letter stated to have been addressed by the Noble to -ec a rned Lord to a g entleman at Cambridge , is published in 'n6 ridge Chronicle 4g , •' Grafton-street, Thursday, July 3. 114 1 ' 41 dear Sir,—You wish to know whether or not you are th e I d to have a new election at Cambridge in consequence of otily' eat h of my dear friend, Sir William Follett. I can bas e S t a y. I know not ; but I devoutly hope you may, for I cer ta . "own Fitzroy Kelly all his professional life, and I t ,,,' 11 y don't know a more worthy successor to him we have lost. bly i(i.‘.,_ly), with my valued friend, Sergeant Wilde, is indisputa- Pe ho t n l ne head of our profession, and this, independently of my isd es „ a l regard, is enough to make me desire his promot . ion. He el a i ro s oled for the highest places in the law, and his parliamentary sole e are Proportionally high. Some one told me lately that his also n ° , 4 MaYnooth would hurt him. I fear you, my friend, are poPlittle 1 .; th at Way of thinkin ve t g and that you may also deem lan me a eretical. All I ha ' o say is, that no man in Engd hates queL4rY m ore than I do, and in all its shapes and all its cense ho jes, s ecular as well as spiritual. But my support of the May. Oh zgrant was quite consistent with that hatred which I express "lose Oc casions , as I did in giving that vote. You are one of You r i rh Whom I wish to stand well ; therefore I have answered M e tter at large. Wishing you a Solicitor. General for your I am, yours sincerely, " BROUGHADL" I :: : s a ai P ar ta y Boldero is Member for Chippeitham, and th e fo r several years held the situation of Clerk of the Ordnance, which is twelve hundred pounds. Mr. Bonham was l'i th e a rl Y Member for Harwich. He has not a seat in the presen t g 4i M enti but, on the accession of Sir Robert Peel to o ffi ce in ernol u „," appointed Storekeeper-General of the Ordnance. The -.eras of the o ffi ce are said to be about 1,200/. a year. THE CROYDON AND EPSOM ATNIOSPHERIC .The works on the atmospheric line of railway are progress 614,PenilY between th e Dartmouth Arms and Croydon, a distance and t h MU ". The engine and boiler houses are nearly completed, an the necessarily line from the severit y of the wi e nter, which had Pith ~., th e executio n o f t h e cu tti n gs and general earth mark, and 111‘,.; th e novelty o f t h e mac hi n ery. It is the intention o f the olai e 't° " to open the li ne gra tuitously to all persons who wish . to a tee the working of the new principle of atmospheric propulsion, that before the regular passenger traffic is commenced, an op th. "itY should be afforded of testing, by practical experiments, i,_'"r!overal objectionable points named before the Committees. in liarnent. It is now confidently anticipated that the five miles 07'1: th e Dartmouth Arms to Croydon will be opened for the Purposes before the close of the present month. taIU TION TO PARENTS.—This morning a girl, five yea * of age, named Kenny, the daughter of labouring parents, em , b : a tight Into Westminster Hospital in a state of the most ti — , L OI suffering from having drank a quantity of vitriol incau. 11 ° e r -- :? "Posed on ' a table in a room where the child was left by e't . while the mother went out on an errand. The death of th e girl was momentarily expected. E ATEI AND THE BAR.—Death, within a period - "els' more than twelve months, has carried off several emine nt members of the bar, including the following : .._'" Abinger (Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer), Sir Follett (Attorney-General), bi Baron Gurney, Tad Ser geant Andrews, Mr. Sergeant Bompas, Mr. Sergeant (Queen's Sergeant), Mr. Ludlow Holt, Q.C. (Vice. Chan. ha of the Duchy of Lancaster), Mr. Rergeant Atcherley (Attor latYt:Creneral for the Palatine of Lan-aster and Durham). The t „.„, 7 " gentleman was known in early life as th Sergeant Jones, maternal tre e' ss,by whom he was left considerable landed property in Shrop. ° Fr ENCES IN THE PARK S.—The number of offences inotarntned in the Parka, during the past month, show an increase h cam p a rison with the months immediately preceding, ten persons turfingbeen convicted—viz., seven for injuring trees ; one for us driving, and thereby injuring a child ; one for dog-stealing; thing one for c utt i ng a seat—the amount o r the penalt i es i nf li cte d the Green 10/ 113 s. The off en c e s were committed in St. James's and Parks, with the exception of one in Hyde Park. -ELDERLY ACTRESSES.—MISS Tidswell, Mrs. Cole rTi (Mrs. Gibbs theatrically), Mrs. Coates, Mrs. Kendall, Mrs. 6, 4 d we'. Mrs. Ivers ( mo th e r of Mrs. Urger), Mrs. Bannister Ow Of Ma Immortal Jack), Mrs. Wallack (mother of the Bri -"4), are all living. Their united ages exceed 660 years. THE SUN, LONDON, IONDAY EVENING JULY 14, lais, RAILWAY COMMITTEES. assert that they had the power to compel them to do so. In fact, he ass ,, m,Nl all the traffic of every kind, and added 50 per cent. to it. goods were doubled. In the resexamination of Mr. Webster the witness stated that he antieipate.l that the peculiar facilities of the line would bring all the passengers upon it. The private traffic was certainly very great, and on a comparison with the traffic on the Greenwich line, he thought his calculati , m was reasonable. The receipts of the Greenwich Company during the first six months of the present year were 1,0441. per week, the total being 54,:2961. 19s. 41., while for this railway he only took 21,5181, notwithstanding that this railway had no river compe. tition, went through a more populous district, and Would be the termination of several hundred miles of railway The Committee then adjourned till twelve on Monday. (SATURDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. `1 4 111:72,S C 0 VT. 21 IVZ 1173 la AN Ito RAM TTAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) Mr. Jack, of Dunkeld, said he knew the course of the proposed line, and was satisfied, if i t were made, it would afford considerable facilities for transmitting the traffic to. the southward. Mr. F. Nelson, butcher in Glasgow, entered into the details of the catt'e, and confirmed the correctness of the tables. Mr. Kerr, writer, at Dundee, and legal adviser to the Scottish Midland Railway Company, explained to the Committee the com munications which had taken place between the Company and the opposing landed proprietors, consisting of the Duke of Athol, Lord Mansfield, Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, and Lady Keith. The object of the evidence was to show that the Railway Company had used every means in their power to induce the landed proprietors who were opposed to the formation of the line to fall in with their views. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Fleitfor.l, July 11. CROWN COURT—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) An application was made to his Lordship to dispose of an indictment that was preferred at these assizes in 1844, against eleven persons for unlawfully keeping booths for the purposes of gaming, at the Gm hambury Races of that year. The indictment in question was preferred at the summer assizes, and the g- and jury returned a true hill against all the defendants whose names appeared upon it, and the trial of the indictment would have come on at the last spring assizes, on which occasion Mr. Clarkson appeared for some of the de feudants, but it seined that the "prosecutor" had not taken any steps to prove the matter brought before the court, and Mr. Clarkson thereupon obtained an acquittal. The jud.te who presided inqrii .ed whether the prosecutor had been served with the usual notice of the intention of the defendants to surrender, to which Mr. Clarkson replied that they could not ascertain who the " prosecutor " really was, and the only person who appeared in the matter was one Moses Jacobs ( who has since been sentenced to six months' imprison ment for endeavouring to extort money under the pretence of charging persons with keeping disorderly houses), and although he only acted as clerk for an attorney who conducted the case, there was reason to believe that he was the real prosecutor, but still he did not appear, legally, in that character, so that, in point of fact, they did not know who to serve the notice upon. The Court, under these circumstances, directed that a notice upon the party who appeared as attorney in the cause should be deemed sufficient, and the case stood over to the present assizes upon that footing. One of the defendants, named Henry Oldfield, now appeared to answer the charge made against him, and an affidavit made by his attorney was put in, which stated that notice of the intention of the defendant to surrender had been served upon the person who acted as the attorney for the prosecution ; and the defendant himself made an affidavit that he was entirely innocent of the charge, and that overtures had been made to him to compromise the matter, and that he believed the pro secution had been got up by Moses Jacobs, and that the object was not to carry out the ends of justice, 'but merely to extort money from the parties who had been indicted. Mr. Justice Coleridge, having read the affidavits, and ascer tained that no one appeared for the prosecution, said he thought the defendant had done all that could be required of him, and therefore he was entitled to an acquittal. The jury accordingly, under the direction of his Lordship, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Solomon Shadbolt, 47, George Shadbolt, 25, Benjamin Shadbolt, 20, and Jonathan Shadbolt, 26, all described as la bourers, were indicted for a burglary of a very daring charac ter in the dwelling-house of Priscilla Blundell, at the parish of Little Wymonsley. Mr. Ryland prosecuted. Mr. Lydeker defended Solomon Shadbolt, and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. T. Chambers appeared for the other prisoners. This case came on on Friday, and from the voluminous na ture of the evidence it occupied the Court until late in the day. The prosecutrix deposed that she kept a general shop in the above village, and on the night of the 3d February she went to bed, leaving the house properly secured—in the course of the night she was awoke by hearing the footsteps of men over her head in an upstair s room, and very soon afterwards she saw the handle of her bed-room door turned twice, but no further at tempt was made to gain admittance. She was too much frightened to give any alarm, and the next morning, on her going down stairs, she discovered that the house had been ran sacked, and a large quantity of property, consisting of wearing apparel, flannel, calico, tea, &c., removed. The officers then produced several large bundles, containing articles found in the possession of the prisoners, and several things were identified by the prosecutrix. Two inspectors of the Herts constabulary, named Good and Bankes, were then examined, and it appeared that, in the be ginning of April, they searched the cottages of the prisoners Solomon, Benjamin, and George, at Burnham-green, about eight miles from the residence of the prosecutor, and they there found all the articles they had produced, together with a chisel and centre bit, that corresponded in size with the marks upon the door of the prosecutrix's house. The other prisoner, Jona than, was apprehended in London, and at his lodgings some more of the stolen property was discovered. It also appeared that while the prisoners Benjamin and George were in the custody of the police, one of them said to the other, " I suppose we shall he transported for this;" to which the reply was, " I suppose we shall, but if we had not been at home that night, the should have had a job to catch us." The prosecutrix, of course, from the nature of the articles stolen, was unable to identify them positively, but is. was rather singular that the prisoners having carelessly throw!) about the tickets with the prices, that had been attached to many of them, she was enabled to identify them positively, from their having her handwriting upon them. The jury found all the prisoners Guilty. Evidence was then given that Solomon had been before connected of felony, and the constables stated that they had every reason to believe that the whole of the prisoners were connected with a daring gang of depredators. The stolen pro perty was, in the first instance, sent to London, where it was divided, Jonathan retaining his portion, and disposing of it, and the remainder was then sent back to the other prisoners' cottages, where it was found, as stated 12y the police. Mr. justice COLERIDGE sentenced Solomon Shadbolt to be transported for twenty, and the others for fifteen, years. Mr. Errington, civil engineer, said that the Bill now before the Committee would form a link in the thr nigh communication that was now nearly established between London and Perth. He then described the course of the line, the particulars of which have already appeared in the House of Commons' report, and stated that its passage through the estates of the opposing landowners, snore especially in the valley of Strathmore, was the best, in an engineering point of view, that could be adopted. The estates w.ruld not he materially injured by the passing of the line, as it inter fered with very little ornamental property, and every facility would be afforded for free ways either over or under the railway. The line as at present laid out was a single one, but if the traffic hereafter permitted, it could be altered to a double line at very trifling comparative expense, as sufficient land had already been taken. The gauge would be assimilated with that of the London and Birmingham, so as to secure one uniform width of rail the entire distance from London to the north of Scotland. Mr. Locke, civil engineer, corroborated the previous testimony, and said the proposed ine would be a main link in the communi. cation of a through line to Aberdeen. Mr. Tasker described how it was intended to carry a line across a few public turnpike roads in the vicinity of Perth and Strathsay. Mr. Blackadder deposed to the value of the land to be taken for the purposes of the railway. He estimated the valu 3of the land, including damages, at 32,2424 17s. 6d. Their Lordships then adjourned till Monday at . eleven o'clock. CORNWALL RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) Cross-examined—Did you view the proposed Ime ? Mr, Brune —I did. Mr. ROWE—Did you walk over the line itself? Mr. Brunel—. No. Mr. Rowe—Then you only took a general view, and only speak as far as you know P Mr. Brunel—Of course I can only speak as far as I know, but counsel are generally under a very erroneous opinion, for they think, in order to see a line, you must actually walk upon it. Now, that is just the way not to see it at all; the way to see a line is to view it from eminences in the neighbour hood of it, Lord Vivian said he wished to explain, in consequence of a statement which had appeared, he had withdrawn his opposition to the Bill, but his sentiments regarding it remained unaltered. Some other evidence of an unimportant character was given, and their Lordships adjourned al Four o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. MINSTER AND DEAL LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) Mr. Kean, a resident at the town of Sandwich, was then called, and gave evidence in favour of the line, which he said would give great accommodation to, and therefore confer great benefit on, the people of Sandwich. Mr. HORNE, on the part of the corporation of Sandwich (who have the tolls of a ferry on the river Stour, over which river this line will pass) was about to cross-examine the witness, when Mr. ALEXANDER said that his friend, Mr. borne, had no locus standi before the Committee. Mr. HORNE contended that the railway would convey passengers to the same spot with which the ferry communicated, and therefore that it would injure the ferry. The Learned Counsel argued the point at great !ength, but after a few words from Mr. ALEXANDER, who contended that this line would not injure tie ferry, and that even if it did his Learned Friend, Mr. Home, would have no right to appear before the Committee, The CHAIRMAN said that the opinion of the Committee was that Mr. Horne had no locus standi, and therefore could not appear in opposition to the Bill. Mr. W. Lee, Solicitor, at Sandwich, gave evidence in favour of :he line. Mr. Coxhead, coach proprietor at Sandwich, and Mr. Crump and Mr. Slaner, residents at Ramsgate, corroborated the evidence of the previous witnesses, and spoke to the advantage to the people of Ramsgate to be expected from this line. Mr. George Stephenson gave engineering evidence as to the pro. posed line. The length of the line was 8 miles 7i furlongs. The line, as originally proposed, would be 10 miles, but the omission of the extension to Walsall, reduced the length to the amount stated. The cuttings and embankments were very slight, as the country through which the line passed was nearly level the whole way. The line crossed the river Stour about a mile and a half from Minster. The river would be crossed by a swing bridge of 40 feet span. The line would cross eight public roads on a level, but these roads had but very little traffic. The expense of the whole line was estimated at 157,0001. for the Minster and Deal branch, and 30,0001. for the Margate Extension, making together 187,0004, which included land and stations. The steepest gradient on the line was lin 264. There was no curve with asmaller radius than a quarter of a mile. Cross-examined by Mr. HILL (on the part of some opposing land owners)—The estimates were for a double line. It was intended to lay down only a single line of rails in the first instance, but it might be necessary to have a double line at some future time. Mr. Cubitt gave evidence of no public interest as to the proposed Margate Extension. Mr. Clutton, land.valuer, said that the value of the land which would be taken by the Company for the line was 24,0001. Mr. Thomas Armstrong produced tables of the available traffic of this line. The total amount of traffic expected would be 6,592/. 1 Is. 6d., which left a net revenue of 3,9551. lOs 10d. The CUAIRNIAN observed, that by the request of a Member, who bad business to transact in the country, the Committee would ad journ to Wednesday. Mr. ALEXANDER said that there really was no bona fide opposi tion to the line,"and he thought the case could be easily concluded, if the Committee would meet for an hour on Monday. NORFOLK ClRCUlT. 7 Buchingliam, July 11. CROWN COURT.—(Before Air. Baron ALDERS - 3N. ) Josiah Brooks, aged 19, was indictei for assaulting William Blackwell on the Queen's highway, aud robbing him of a bundle, con'aining a variety of articles, on the night of the 10,h May last. Mr. Sanders appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was not represented by counsel. The prosecutor resides near Great Marlow, and on the night in question fell in with his friend the prisoner at a " public" in that town. Having drank their " absent friends" till near eleven o'clock, they set forth and parted outside the public house. The prosecutor, however, had not got very far on his way home, when he was overtaken by Brooks, who, as he now swore, knocked him down, knelt on his head, and tried to rifle his pockets of his purse, which Lad been produced at the inn. He failed in this, but seizing hold of the preisecuter's bundle, ma le off with it. As soon as the prosecutor recovered himself he proceeded onhis jou rney , b ut i n a b out h a lf an h our a f ter the prisoner came up again to him, and again knocked him down. On this occasion, being assisted by a companion, he succeeded in obtaining possession of the purse, with which both the thieves decamped in the direction of Marlow. in answer to this charge the prisoner called a girl and a man, who swore that he came home to his mother's house at ten mintes past eleven, and remained indoors all that night. Mr. Baron ALnERSON, in summing up the case to the jury, observed that he had been long enough acquainted with cri minal trials to be very shy of mere evidence of personal identity. When unaccompanied by confirmatory facts it was very frail evidence, and its adoption in such a case required great caution on the part of the jury. Here there was nothing but the oath of the prosecutor to the prisoner's identity, while on the part of the prisoner an alibi had beer, set up. Now it was a common thing to abuse such a defence, but he (Mr. Baron Alderson) did not go along with that practice, for it was like "giving a dog a bad name and then beating him for it." An alibi, if true, was the best possible defence, and indeed the only one a really honest and innocent man could resort to very often. The case, however, was for the jury, and with these remarks for their guidance thq would say whether they thought it was sub stantiated. After some discussion, the Committee adjourned to twelve o'clock on Wednesday. GROUP X. YORK LINES. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) Mr. Lovett, a measurer connected with Bow-street Police.office, testified to the facility which would be afforded by the Farringdon. street station, and asserted that Belgrave.square would be de cidedly nearer by that station than by one by the King's. cross sta tion. Portman.square would be about the same distance. With respect to Grosvenor.square there would be but little difference, but the facilities for communication to all the bridges by the Farring don.street station would be the greatest. Mr. Berks, a miller, having the largest mills in London, stated that lie ground 600 quarters a week, and that his mills being situated just beyond Blackwall on the Thames, were most con veniently situated for the reception of corn by water. They had a considerable quantity of corn from Lincolnshire, partly for mix ing, but a good (leal was used alone. In consequence of contrary winds last winter they had been kept out of corn for six weeks. By the use of the Farringdon-street station they would save the metage. That station was situated in a large con suming district, indeed the most populous district in London. There were more bakers' shops in it than in any other district. The cartage from the former to the port was 6d. a quarter, loading 2.1. a quarter. Other expenses were pretty much the same as on other merchandise, Allowing Is. for merchants, profits, 3d. for insurance, and id. for metage, the whole expenses amounted to about sd. a quarter. The expenses might be stated at U. 7s. 6d. a ton, and there would be a saving of at least 3s. 6d. a ton by this station. The total charge including freight, was 11. 19s. 9id. The usual charge for car riage was Bd. a quarter, and having the option of the Farringdon street station and the Thames Junction station, he should certainly use the former. The saving. suppose the price by rail and the freight were the same, would be 10d. a quarter, and without taking time into consideration, he should certainly use the rail. The whole saving by rail would be 17s. 6d. a ton. With respect to time and certainty the advantages wero immense, for now they were obliged to keep large stocks, and in considera tion of delay there was this difference, that corn would be sold at Mark-lane at one month's credit, instead of at two months, as was now the case. The western districts had greatly interfered with the form of the existence of the railway. There had been a large crop in the neighbourhood of Reading, and it was only by going down into the district that they had been able to nullify that competition. A considerable quantity of wheat went from Lincolnshire into the western districts, though not through London. To the cross-examination of Mr. PACT, the witness stated that even if they did the work themselves, the dealers would have to pay the 4d. a quarter, and the advantages he said were so great, that though his mills were on the river, he should use it. He expected to bring back the corn by the back carriage of those waggons which delivered the flour at the bakers' shops in the north district of London. His connexion comprised an area of 14 miles, and though the Shoreditch station might be useful for the imme diate neighbourhood, and a good deal of wheat would be brought there, yet the Farringdon-street station was by far the best; and though there were other good stations, the Shoreditch and the Far • ringdon street must continue to be the best. Mr. Lane testified to the positions of the distilleries, but he could not say whether the whole of them were rectifying houses and distilleries, or how many should be considered as one or the other. - The jury, after a short deliberation, Acquitted the prisoner. Robert Price, aged 27, and John Martin, aged '27, were indicted for cutting a n d wounding Francis Saunders with in tent to do him some grievous bodily harm, and to prevent their lawful apprehension. Mr. Birch prosecuted, and Mr. Power defended the pri soners. The prosecutor is the bailiff of Mr. Dashwood, a gentleman residing at West Wycombe, in this county ; and was going his usual round is the farm-yard at eleven o'clock at night on the 12th of May last, when his attention was roused by the pre sence of a " small sandy terrier dog," which ran towards the hen-house. On approaching that building the prosecuter became aware that some strangers were in it, and at tempted to open the door. while so engaged he received from some one a severe blow on the head with a stick, but nothing daunted, he persisted in his efforts, seizing hold of the half open door with his right hand. Upon this he received a cut across the wrist with a knife, which com pelled him to let go, whereupon two men rushed out and made their escape, together with their dog. On examining the hen-house several dead ducks were found, all ready for removal. In order to bring this charge home to the pri soners, the prosecutor now described the dress and personal appearance of the men he had seen on the night in question, and it was shown that the prisoners. on the same night, were dri4king at a neighbouring public-house, which they left just before eleven o'clock, with a small sandy terrier sort of a dog ; besides which, one of them, when arreste3 on this charge, exclaimed with an oath that " they were done at last." • Mr. POWER having addressed the jury on behalf of the pri soner Pelee, His LORDSHIP left it to them to say whether they were satisfied with the proof of identity in this case, which had re ceived a material confirmation from the landlord of the public house. The jury having found the prisoners Guilty, they were forth with transported for 15 years. S A TURDAY. —Both the Courts sat to-d ay , an d d i spose d o f the remaining causes at an early hour. To the cross-examination of Mr. Sergeant WRANGItAM the witness stated that they only claimed a portion of the traffic on the old coach line. Five mires and a half was the distance which he claimed, and certified the table which had been put in. They assumed that the whole of the omnibus traffic would produce upwards of 21,0601. including Tottenham, Edmonton, and all the places within a few miles, and considered that the passengers ought to be taken as through passengers. Indeed, he considered that all the omnibuses would cease. The passengers even now went nut of their way, and, therefore, it was evident that when they could save three miles they would prefer the railway. Cheshunt would be just the same distance, and of course the time consumed would be reduced by the superiority of the speed. The omnibus fare is now Is. but he could not say exactly what the railroad fare would be. He supposed at Is. 3d., the distance being ten miles, or perhaps eleven. For the latter distance the fare will be Is. 4id , but the time now occupied was three quarters of an hour, while by rail it would only be fifteen minutes. Assuming the charge to be the same as by the Eastern Counties, there would still be a saving of four miles. He had formed his calculation on the assumption that the saving would be three miles on the nearest side of Cheshunt. He had taken all the omnibuses from Enfield, which was half a mile from the railroad, and further off than Cheshunt. He was not prepared to say that either Bishops gate street or the Exchange were nearer to Farringdon.street than to the Shoreditch station. In fact, the reverse was the case. Southgate was a considerable distance from the railway, but he thought not so much as four miles. The present charge was fid. by omnibus, but when the railway was made, the passengers would have to pay the two fares instead of one. From Enfield they claimed 7,0001. a year, conceiving that all the passengers who went along the track of the omnibus would go by the railway. From Stamford Hill they claimed 4,2001. a year. To the CHAIRMAN, the witness replied that the distance from the point of separation was about five miles. To Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM, Mr. Law stated that the number of journeys by omnibus was 1,874, taking the actual journeys made last year. There would be a station between Kingsland-road and Newington. There were 4,000 passengers from Newington, and 11,670 from the neighbourhood of Kingsland-road. The schedule for goods was made on the basis of the Cambridge and Lincoln calculations, and of course open to the same objection as had been alleged against that line. The rates were the same-3d, a ton, the tariff and the calculations being identical. The charge for grain was to be 1 id. per ton ; the quan tity carried would be 65,000 tons. He had got this information from Mr. Ruston, the metage clerk of Mark.lane. He assumed that 35,000 beasts and 267,000 sheep would come to the Farring don.street station during the year, considering that half the cattle would come to the station and half would be left at Isling ton. He had put in, however, additional cattle from Nor folk and South Lincolnshire, amounting to 27,000 head of cattle and above 300,000 sheep during the year. Claims cre dit for 575,000 sheep altogether, On an average there would be 1,500 beasts a week, and 12,000 sheep carried by the railway. He took all the rassengere from Shorediteh, though he would not Mr. 13AtNrta, for the defence, contended that, even on the showing of the case set up by the plaintiff, it was one of the lightest kind. There was no premeditated seduction. The age of the plaintiff at the time that this occurred, the riper years of the young woman, the facility with which, even on the plaintiff's own showing, she had yielded to the defendant's wishes, negatived any such supposition. He would show also, by the testimony of a person who lived next door to the plain tiff, that Hannah Stead had been guilty of such conduct with other parties as could leave no doubt on the minds of the jury that intercourse of an improper kind had taken place between them. Several witnesses were called on the part of the defendant, one of whom, Rebecca Hopwood, deposed to having seen Hannah Stead in the neighbourhood of her aunt's house in the company of one William Richardson and of another party, under circumstances which, if the jury believed the evidence, were inconsistent with any other supposition than her previous unchastity. •Ir. Do NDAS, in reply, called William Richardson, who, so far as he was concerned, ex pressly contradicted the evidence so adduced. Mr. DUNDAS, after some observations by Mr. Baines on this evidence, replied on the whole cas?, and His LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a ver dict fur the plaintiff—Damages 60/. Saturday, July 12. Before 11r. Justice CRESSWELL. Levi Gledhill was indicted for a highway robbery. Mr. Hall and Mr. Boothbv conducted the prosecution ; tie prisoner was defended by Mr:l3lanshard. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, Will;am Cookson, an elderly person, affected by spasms in all his limbs, which gave him the appearance of a person in an advanced stage of intoxication, that on the 11th of March last he had been at Huddersfield, transacting busine=s in his trade as a clothworker. In the evening lie set out on his return home to Stainland, and had arrived within a few hundred yards of his own home, when he stopped at a public-house kept by a person of the name of Calverley. The prisoner, Levi Gledhill, w,s there when he entered. The prosecutor sat at Calverley's for a considerable time, and had three several twopennyworths of gin. This, however, was, with the exception of a glass of beer, all he had had during the day, and he was perfectly sober. The prisoner, in the course of the evening, asked the prosecutor to let him have Id. to pay for a glass of beer, as he had drunk all his money. The prosecutor did so; and, having had occasion to go to the door shortly after, the prisoner asked the landlady of the house how it was the prosecutor's son had not accompanied him from Huddersfield, to which she replied that, she supposed he had, but had left him on his getting se near home. The prisoner left the house a little before ten o'clock, and the prosecutor set out to go home about ten minutes after. He had gone but a short way when he heard some one coming after him, and drew aside to let him pass. The person tripped him up, and thrust his hand into the prosecutor's pocket, and took away a sum of silver which was there, amounting to from Bs. to 103. He could see it was the same person whom he had met at Calver ley's. The prisoner then made off over the wall. The pro secutor went home, and then, in company with his son, went to a public-house kept by a person of the name of Sykes, at a short distance from Calverley's. He there found the prisoner, and accused him of robbing him. It appeared that the prisoner had arrived at Sykes's a few minutes after ten—about the time the prosecutor was robbed, and that before the pro secutor's arrival he had spent about 2s. in refreshments of various kinds. On his person were found upwards of 7s. in silver and some halfpence. Mr. BLANSHARD addressed the jury for the defence. His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury found the pri soner guilty. Sentence, twelve months' imprisonment. George Green and John Halsworth were indicted for a highway robbery. Mr. Pashley and Mr. Overend conducted the prosecution ; the prisoners were defended by Mr. Bliss. The prosecutor, it appeared from his statement, is a shop keeper at Rawcliffe, and on the 17th of April last he had occasion to go to Howden on business. He left his horse at Booth's ferry, and walked on to Howden. He set out on his return home about nine o'clock, and was accompanied a short distance by a friend. Shortly after his friend leaving him, two persons, whom he recognised as the prisoners, came up, and they walked on together. They bad some conversation on indifferent subjects, and then the prisoner Green stopped for a moment to do something to his shoe. He then said to the other, " I'll go back and see for Johnson." Halsworth replied, " Nay, come on." On which Green immediately sprang up from his stooping position, and seized the prose cutor by the throat, while Halsworth pinioned his arms behind. The prosecutor said, " Well, this is looking serious," and struggled with his assailants, when all came to the ground. Green then said, " D—n you, we'll give it you now," and Halsworth put his hand over the prosecutor's face, while Green knelt on his belly. The prosecutor then yielded, saying, " For God's sake, spare my life, and take my money." They then rifled his pockets, and Green calling out to Halsworth, " Have you got his turnip ?" they both ran away. The prisoners were apprehended about half an hour afterwards in Howden, in company with three others, when the prosecutor immediately pointed them out as the individuals by whom he had been robbed. None of the prosecutor's pro perty was found upon them. The prisoners were found Guilty. Sentence was deferred. WESTERN CIRCUIT.— Winch Mer, July 12. THE GOSPORT DUEL. The grand jury returned a true bill against Lieutenants Hawkey and Pym for murder. Mr. RAWLINSON applied for a bench warrant against these parties, which was granted. Mr. Baron Platt was occupied nearly the whole of the day in trying cases which were totally unfit for publication. POLICE IN (SATURDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A black-bearded, ill-conditioned fellow, named Ned Nowlan, appeared before the Lord Mayor, upon the charge of having deserted his wife, Mary N'•wlan. Mary Now•lan deposed that she Lad been married to the defendant about the middle of August, sixteen years ago ; that he had deserted her for a younger woman, one Sarah Mulhearn. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Mr. Nowlan, what have you to .say in answer to the accusation of having aban doned your wife ? Nowlan—Och, faith, I have an answer for her. Devil a bit of her was ever married to Mary Nowlan—Warn't we, though? Faith, and that we were, to my sorrow, fast enough, legally and lawfully. Nowlan—Why, you know we were only tacked toge ther ; and the person that tacked us had no right to marry. You know I gave him eighteenpence for the job.—(Laughter.) Mary Nowlan—Hadn't he any right, though ? That won't do, Mr. Nowlan. You know well enough that he had. Please your honour (to the Lord Mayor) he was as good a parish priest as ever married a couple. Fa ther Quin was his name; and may the Lord bless him, and every holy man like him. The LoRD MAYOR—Where were you married? Now lan—We were not married—never—upon my sowl ; all that was done was just taclsing. • Mary Nowlan—We were married, please your Lord ship, at the private apartments of Father Quin, a thing that's quite usual in Ireland. Ali ! then, Nowlan, how can you talk so ? Nowlan—Talk so ? You know you're no wife of mine. Besides, your Lordship, she absconded from me, so that she has no call to me at all. The LoRD MAYOR—Pray how could she abscond from you if she didn't happen to be your wife ? Nowlan— She cut away from me at Manchester. The LORD MAYOR—Why, you are furnishing evi dence against yourself. Now, Mrs. Nowlan. Mary Nowlan—Faith ther, here I am, your Lordship. The LORD MAYOR—You are a Roman Catholic, you say ? Mary Nowlan (turning up her eyes and blessing herself)—Ab, then, the Lord knows I am.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—And your husband who stands there is a Roman Catholic ? Mary Nowlan—Lord, yes your worship- Nowlan—Not I, my Lord ; I'll be on my oath I'm no religion at all. I'm neither Catholic, nor Protestant, nor anything else, as I'm ready to swear upon a sackful of Bibles.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—Upon my word you appear to be a very respectable man.—( A laugh.) Pray what trade are you ? Nowlan —A hatter. Mary Nowlan—Not he, your Lordship. I male a hatter of him. I learned him the trade, but he is now a regular duffer. He supports Sal Mulhearn by duffing, and she swears she'll be the death of me on his account. The LORD MAYOR—Did he regularly attend a Ro man Catholic chapel before he married you ? Mary Nowlan—Certainly, he did ; both before and after. The LoRD MAYOR—I consider the marriage a per fectly good one, and you must come to an arrangement with the perish officers about the support of your wife, Mr. Nowlan. I remember a case of bigamy, the cir cumstances of which present a strong similarity. A prisoner was charged with bigamy before Mr. Justice Pattison. The first marriage was proved to have taken place in Ireland, and to have been performed by a Ro man Catholic priest ; but the prisoner insisted that it was bad in point of law, as he was a Protestant at the time of the marriage, and the woman was a Roman Ca tholic. The only evidence there was to prove that he was a Roman Catholic was, that upon several occasions, prior to the marriage, he attended mass ; a conviction followed. Now, I convict Mr. Nowlan of having de serted his wife ; and I send him to prison for three months. Here a muttering was heard from a female voice in NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, joy 1 1. the crowd outside the bar. The assizes for this c ount y comm enced here this morning, lagThe-1I IORD MAYOR—What noise is that ? Mrs. Now their Lordships having op ened the commission yesterday even- Lord, that's Mrs. Mulhearn. My husband in.. The calendar is light in point of numbers, there being swears that nothing but the sea shall ever separate him but forty-eight cases for trial, implicating fifty-nine prisoners': self and herself, and that she would rob an altar—(Christ There are two cases of manslaughter, four se ripe tw e lve e s bless us !)—to supply him with money.—(A laugh.) robbery with violence, three of cutting and wounding, and The LORD MAYOR—Do you swear that you consider eight of burglary. On the Civil Site there are twenty-one yourself in danger from the threats of this woman ? causes entered f u r t r ial in the list for the North and East Rid- Mrs. Nowlan—l do, my Lord. When I called, at the ings, and sizty-eight causes . in that for the West Riding, desire of the parish officers, to look after my husband, making a total of eighty-bnine. causes, several of which are likely to occupy a considera le Dine. she took me up in her arms and knocked me down, and swore she would tear me into ribands. CIVIL SIDE.—( Before 51r. Baron Roza's.) Mrs. Mulhearn —I don't want to have anything to say atcnaansoe v. RICITARDSON. plaintiff sought to recover This was an action in which the to her or her husband, my Lord. Let them both go off compensation in damage s for the s eduction of her niece, who together. If all her husbands—or,ll the men she knows resisted with her, and ass isted her in the management of her every bit as well — fo ll o w her, she have plenty of 'em household. after her, I can tell you.—(Laughter.) Mr. Dundas and Mr. Pashley appeared for the plaintiff; The LORD MAYOR—I must order you to find bail, as Mr. Raines and Mr. Dearsley for the defendant, well as Mrs. Nowlan. It appeared from the case on _hehalf o f t h e plaint i ff that s h e Mrs. Nowlan an d M rs. M u lh earn were th en l oc ked up is a widow, 60 years of age, residing at P o p p l eton. H er ma id en in different compartments of the Mansion-house cage, so name was Eshelby, and her sister, the mother of the young that his Lordship found a way to separate them which person who was the unfortunate cause of the present action, was they little calculated upon. married to a person of the name of S tead. Stead—many years - SOUTHWARK. ago—deserted his family, and has not since been heard of. Mrs. Stead died shortly after, and the children were distributed John Houghton, a cab-driver, was placed at the liar, among the surviving relatives, Hannah Stead and her brother before Mr. COTTINGHAM, charged with assaulting and coming to live with the plaintiff, who had no children of her robbing Richard Weston of two sovereigns and a half, own. The defendant, Thomas Richa r d son, i s the nephew of on Waterloo-bridge. the late husband of the pla intiff, and re sides with his mother in The complainant stated that he is a compositor, in the same neighbourhood. He was in the habit of visiting at the employment of Messrs. Hansard, the Parliamentary the plaintiff's house, and was understood to b e pay i ng hi s printers, and t h at as h e was return i ng h ome t h at morn , addresses to Hannah Stead. In the latte r part o f t h e year ing about two o ' clock, i n passing. over Waterloo-bridge, 1833 he succeeded in obtaining poasession ef her person, and from the Strand, when he arrived about the centre, he the result was the birth of a child in June, 1844. The re- was insulted by the prisoner, who was walking in the latives of the parties s ought to induce him to remedy—so he h a d d one t h e girl, contrary direction. The prisoner used some insulting far as was in his power—th e in j ur y by marrying her, but he refused ; and, as he declined to language ; and, durine the altereation, the other men do anything for the maintena nce o f the child, an affiliation came up , who s eemed to h e his assoc iates, and they order was applied for, and the defendant directed to pay knocked him (the complainant) down. He called out , 2s. 6d. per week. The re ason alle g ed by the defendant for and two of the men ran away ,• but he seized the pri s declining to marry the moth er was, as he alleged, that she had sprier, awl hdd him until a p:-.liceinati cam e up, and been guilty of improper conduct with other individuals. The then gave him into custody, on finding be was robbed of present action was brought to recover compensation by the i two sovereigns and a half, which were taken out of the plaintiff for the loss of the young woman's services. Hannah pocket of his waistcoat. Stead is now about 24 years of age. The defendant is about The prisoner said that the facts were, he left his cab pg. three years younger. . LITERATURE. TILE EDINBURGH . REVIEW, No. 165. July, 1845. Two articles in the present number will be read with much interest, namely, "The Bukhara Victims" niol " Luther's Correspondence and Character." It is need less to say that the murder of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly has caused throughout the United Kingdom, nay, we might say the whole civilised world, great sorrow and regret. They were, to a certain extent, agents of England, and the former especially was recom mended by the British Envoy at the Court of Persia, in the strongest terms, to the favourable consideration of her Majesty's Government for his services in Persia and the adjoining countries. Partly on account of these re commendations he was instructed to proceed to Bukhara. These circumstances are urged by the Reviewer as evidence which should have made Captain Grover hesitate before he asserted that " for a diplomatic miss en, requiring coolness and self-command, a man less adapted to the purpose could not readily have been met with." We believe this ass; , rtion has been very generally blamed, partly for its bad taste, and partly because, after the services of Colonel Studdart in various missions, it was not considered well teunded. The article throughout is directed chiefly against Captain Grover's book, which certainly does not meet with either favour or mercy. According to the writer. he gives us little accurate or authentic information that had not bef ,re b, en made public, respecting the two unfortunate men whose history was so full of melancholy interest, nor does he enlighten our ignorance on the social c,ndition of the people of Bukhara, or anything else connected with the country er its chief, who has been guilty of suAl atrocious deeds. In fact, he attaches more blame to the British Government than the King of Bukhara for the untimely death of St , ddard and Conolly. We concur wish the review, that Capt. Grover has not made out his case, and we are also of opinion that both Lord Auckland, Lord Palmerston, and the Marquis of Clanricarde, th n at the Court of St. Petersburgh, did everything that could be done to save th dr lives. But the Khan was beyond their reach, the catastrophe at Cauhul had excited his savage jealousy, and the defeat of the Caubul division had convinced him that he might commit any indignity upon England and any cruelty on British subjects with impunity. The mission of Dr. Wolff, too, is described as totally un called for, as proofs of the murder of these unfortunate men had been received of which there could be no possible doubt. The following extracts on these points will be read with painful interest. It may be necessary to state that Sir William Macing,hten had instructed Captain Conolly to proceed to Bokhara, and that this mission had also been solicited by the King himself, for the purpose probably of getting another victim within his grasp. Conolly accordingly proceeded to that place and joined hi, friend. . . . . He was received with a show of friendship. A house was assigned for his residence. He became the guest of the Ameer, and, according to the custom of the country, a daily sum was therefore provided for his maintenance. On the 10th November, Col. Stoddart took leave of the Russian mission, and went to reside with his countryman. Towards the close of that month intelligence of the insurrection at Caubul, of the slaughter of Sir Alexander Burnes and many of the English, and the destruction of the English influence in Affghanistan, was recyived at Bokhara. The intelligence gained consistency and strength, and seeing them cut off from all support, the Ameer had both the British officers placed in confinement on the 19th. Their servants and at tendants were seized at the same time; the whole of their property was plundered, and an envoy from Shah Shoojah was also arrested. Akliondzadeh Saleh Mahommed. who had come from Caubul and Khiva, to join Capt. Conolly at Bokhara, was seized and imprisoned, and his property plun dered. The efforts of the Russian minister were ineffectual to procure their liberation; and M. Boutenieff finding that the Ameer had assumed a haughty and insolent tone towards himself, and that the safety of his party, too, might be come promised, found it necessary to leave Bukhara in the spring. The latest intelligence that had been received from these officers was a note from Col. Stoddart, dated the 11th April, 1842. All the information on the accuracy of which any reliance can be placed, represents them to have been put to death by order of the A meer, and by his chief executioner, in little more than two months from that time.. "The first authentic intelligence of this event was commu• nicated to Col. Sheil by the Akhondzadeh Saleh Mahommed, whose narrative is dated the 23d November, 1842. The Akhondzadeh was at Bokhara at the time, having been re leased from prison only a few days before. He was a person in confidential employment with Capt. Conolly. He had given proofs of courage and fidelity, while employed to con vey money to Capt. Abbot in Khiva, such as are rarely to be found amongst the people of any nation. He had been imprisoned, chained, plundered of all he possessed at Bokhara, because of his connexion with the English. His narrative was clear and consistent, and bore every internal evidence of truth, which those who are accustomed to weigh the value of testimony, especially of Asiatic testimony, look for in such a narrative. Col. Sheil, who had personally com municated with him, was convinced of his veracity. He had ❑o imaginable motive to deceive. He was communicating intelligence which he knew would cause pain, and which might make him less acceptable. He hid claims upon the British Government, for the sufferings he had undergone, and the pro[ erty he had lost in its service. He must have felt that he would forfeit these claims if he should be found to have made a false statement, and that he might be liable to detection at any moment, if those whose death he reported were yet alive. The perfect accuracy of the earlier part of his narrative was confirmed by the testimony of Mr. Abbot, and by the last letter received from Capt. Conolly, which detailed the circumstances preceding and attending his im prisonment. It is true he had not witnessed the execution, but he had seen the graves; and he had received an account of what had passed from the executioner, who even offered to give him the heads of the two officers. It is not easy to sce how impartial men . could well doubt that his testimony was true " Notwithstanding this strong evidence, Dr. Wolff's mission was resolved on. Our readers know the result The article on Luther is well timed, and furnishes a complete answer to the calumnies heaped by the Puseyites on that great Reformer. The subjoined ex tracts show that only such a daring character could have had any effect in pulling down the profligacy and abominations which then prevailed throughout the Catholic Church : " On the whole, few names have such claims on the grati tude of mankind as that of Luther. Even Rome owes him thanks ; for whatever ameliorations have taken place in her system, have been owing far more to him than to herself. If there are any two facts which history establishes, it is the desperate condition of the Church at the time Luther ap peared, and the vanity of all hopes of a self-sought and volun tary reformation. On the former we need not dwell—for none now deny it; it appears not only on every page of con temporary history, but in all the forms—especially the more popular—of mediaeval literature. Never was a remark more just than that of Mr. Ilallam, that the greater part of the literature of the middle ages may be considered as artillery levelled against the clergy. " Of the second great fact—the hopelessness of any effective internal reform—history leaves us in as little doubt. The heart itself was the chief seat of disease; reformation must have commenced where corruption was most inveterate: nor, until certain great principles should be reclaimed, and the Bible and its truths restored—a result necessarily fatal to a system which was founded on their perversion, and which was safe only in their suppression—could any reformation be either radical or permanent. "Adrian, the successor of the refined and luxurious Leo, gave infinite disgust by the severity of his manners, and his sincere desire to see some sort of reformation ; and his long catalogue of abuses which he wished to be corrected, deli vered in at the diet of Nuremburg (and inconsistently ac companied with loud calls for the violent suppression of the Reformation), was never forgiven by his own adherents. The Church,' said he, 'stands in need of a reformation, but we must take one step at a time.' Luther sarcastically re marked—' The Pope advises that a few centuries should be permitted to intervene between the first and second step.' " Hence we may see the comparative futility of the small time serving expedients of Erasmus. His satire, bitter as it was, was not directed against the heart of the system—he waged war only with the friars. Not that we undervalue his la bour : as a pioneer be was invaluable. Nor, if we except Luther, Melancthon, and Zwingle, do we know any man who really effected so much for the cause of the Reformation. The labours of Luther and himself terminated in one result; the streams, however different, flowed at last in one channel— ' Uhl Rhodanus ingens mane prcerapido fluit Ararque dubitans quo suns fluctus agat.' " Such are our deliberate views of the character, labours, and triumphs of Luther. We have been the more copious in our account of them, that we may do what in us lies to ho nour his memory, at a period when there is a large party of degenerate I rotestants, who. not content with denying the unspeakable benefits which he conferred upon mankind, have not hesitated to speak of him with contempt and contumely, and in some cases to question the honesty of his motives and the sincerity of his religion !" WADE'S LONDON REVIEW, The Number of this Review for the present month is excellent, and contains a great variety of interesting and valuable matter. It opens with the introductory chapters of a Greek classical romance, entitled, "Am bition," the hero of which is Erostatus— " The aspiring youth, who fired the Ephesian dome." This tale, which is full of incident, and is written in a pure and classical style, is not unworthy the pen of Walter Savage Landor himself. We have in a re view of " Osborne's Guide to the Azores and the West Indies," a most instructive and amusing account of the various places visited by the packets of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, on their route out and home. From an elaborate review of " Thiers' History of the Consulate and Empire," we extract the following passage : "M. Thiers is a man of quick parts and frequently sa gacious discernments, but he is behind his time, and does not comprehend it. It is not an age of enthusiasm or illusion, but of utilities, especially of the utilities that multiply material comforts, enjoyments, and conve niences. This is not less the bent of nations than of their rulers. European thrones were never so exem plarily filled, by princes who are a model to their sub jects, and intent on advancing their enduring interests. In lieu of building iron fortresses, and barricading their frontiers, they are seeking to open them, to connect s t a tes by the strongest tie of peace, the power to minister to their mutual wants. France herself is fast catching the prevailing spirit, becoming commercial and industrial, despite of the little agitating demons, who, intoxicated with their own tropes and rhetoric, try to divert her from peaceful arts. By c onquest, she can reap no new laurel ; twice she has overrun Europe ; and the empire of Napoleon was not less ephemeral i than that of Charle magne. In modern warfare there ! little held for true glory, hardly any scope for he . roisr . n.. Itbrute slaughter ; only disgusting, not inspiring. Ever since the days of the Chevalier Bayard, war has been becoming more of the nature of a &situ, a mechanical butchery on a large scale, by the united aid of balls, powder, and steam. The attacking column, by which most battles are won, is a battering ram of human beings, almost as insensate, with just as little power of volition, affording just as little opening for the coward to flee, or the brave to reap distinction, as that ancient engin e of dedestruction.There is no fascination, nothing for the imagination in this worn-out game of royalty ; it is a dull death's feast, and men will soon begin to revert to its dismal horrors, with the same revolting feelings that they looked back to cannibalism, human sacrifices, or other bloody rites of a dark end savage age." Dispatches from the Governor of New South Wales, and also from the Governor of New Zealand, were received on Sa turday at the Colonial-office. the stand in Charles-street, Covent-garden, while he went over to the Waterloo-road ; that on his return in passing over the bridge alone, the complainant, who was intoxicated, shoved up agaikist him, and a dispute arising, he called the police, and gave him into ctwody fur a highway robbery. That when they got to the Bow street station-house, he (hove the complainant and the policeman who took him into custoly over to the Thames street station in his own cab. Mr. COTTINGIIA3I said that he should remand the pri soner, in order to give an opportunity for other evidence to be produced b, fore he sent the case for trial. The Magistrate also remarked on the extraordinary conduct of the police at the Bow-street station, in permitting a man charged with highway robbery to drive the com• plainant and policeman over from that place in his own vehicle, to the Tower-street station. The prisoner was then remanded until Wednesday. WANDS IVOR TH. On Saturday Mr. Paynter, the sitting Magistrate, was occupied for several hours in a case under the new Bas tardy Act. The defendant was Mr. Robert Cook !thole, of the firm of Bruce and Moore, me..lical fixture dealers, No. 24, St. Mary Axe ; and Emily Fi Id, a young woman of respectable appearance, was the complainant. Mr. Games conqu , qed the ease on the part ~ f the com plainatr, and Mr. Burrs appeared for the defence. Mr. Games said the complainant was the daughter of poor but respectable people, living in the lower part of Norfolk. When she was about twenty-one years of age she entered the service of Mrs. Moore, the widow of the Rev. Robert Moore, rector of Clay-on-th-:-Sea, in the county of Norfolk. The defendant, who is the eld'st son of Mr. MGore, commenced laying attentions that were far from honourable to the complainant. After three years' persecution the complainant quitted Mr. Moore's service, upon these grounds only. She entered the family of Mr. Wain, of Ma! - Lche3ter-street, Manchester square. and it was in this house, on the 221 of Septem ber last, that the occurrence t, - ok place which led to the present proceedings. On that occasion the family were out or town, and the defendant,whom his client had never seen since she left Norfolk, came to the house. Some conversation took place between the parties in the par lour, when the defendant suddenly seized the corn plainant by the waist, and after a desperate struggle on her part, threw her on the sofa, and succeeded in his object. Soon afterwards the defendant's brother, a lucre youth, who was in the habit of visiting the complainant, called, and the derendant walked away with him. The result of this forcible violation was the birth of a female child on the 18th of June last. The complainant having been sworn gave evidence in support of the foregoing statement. Cross-examined by Mr. Burn—l persist in stating that I was never intimate with any other man. Corbett Metcalf Moore stated that he was brother to the defendant. He recollected going to No. 45, Man chester-street, on the 22d of September last, and finding Ins brother there. John Wooding, a grocer, in the Plain, Wandsworth, said the complainant was his niece, she came to his house and was confined on Tuesday, the 18th of June. The solicitor for the defence argued that no corrobo rative evidence of the defendant being the father of the child had been adduced. Mr. PAYNTER said there was no reasonable doubt that the defendant was the father of the chi d, and ordered hi -u to pay 2s. Gd. per week. Mr. Burn said his client would appeal against the ma gistrate's decision. IMMI MILITARY FLOGGING. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Two privates in the 2d battalion of Coldstream Guards, stationed at Windsor, were flogged yester day afternoon, in the Barrack-square, for a breach of military discipline, in having refused to be taken to the black-hole, ac cording to the orders of the officer in command of the regiment, Colonel Brinckman, in the absence of Colonel C. Bentinck, who is now on leave. The names of the privates, who are both stated to be exceedingly steady, and generally well conducted men, are Henry Seyman and William Lawrin. The circumstances connected with the punishment of these two men (which has caused the greatest excitement throughout the regiment) are as follow : —On Friday last a whole com pany, consisting of between sixty and seventy men, were ordered into their room for the purpose of being in spected by Dr. Greatorex, the surgeon of the bat talion, similar inspections of two other companies having respectively taken place on the 25th of June and the 3d of this month. The men were all ordered to strip them. selves and to appear in a state of perfect nudity, for the purpose of being examined by the surgeon. Seyman and Lawrin both objected to undergoing such an exposure publicly amongst sixty or seventy other men, and took the liberty of remonstrating with Dr. Greatorex on the great indelicacy of such a proceed ing, a plan which had never been resorted to before, as we have been informed, by a person who has been in the regiment for upwards of twenty years. The two men positively refusing to strip in the manner directed by the surgeon, they were imme diately ordered to be placed under arrest, and to be taken before the commanding officer the next (yesterday) morning, when upon the facts being stated to Colonel Brinckman, they were ordered to be taken to the black-hole, there to remain for twenty-four hours. The men refused to obey the order of their commanding officer, alleging that they had no right to be called upon by the surgeon to strip themselves naked along with 60 or 70 of their comrades, and thus indecently expose themselves; and that they did not consider, for this refusal, they had committed any offence. A court-martial was instantly con vened, before which Seyman and Lawrin were charged with a breach of military discipline, in having refused to go to the black-hole when ordered. They were found guilty, and each sentenced to receive one hundrssd lashes. The " triangles " were immediately brought into the Barrack-square, and placed in front of the guard-room ; the few who were in the barracks at the time being drawn up on the parade to witness the in fliction of the punishment. and the barrack-gates closed to pre vent the admission of the public. Several of their comrades, who were outside the gates, were refused admission by the ser geant of the guard, until the flogging was over. The men received their punishment with great fortitude, notwithstanding their sufferings were most severe, Ithe blood trickling down their backs in streams, after the first 15 or 20 lashes. The comrades, who were drawn up in the square, looked on in sullen silence. The moment they were dismissed they gave vent to one loud simultaneous hiss. A hackney fly, which had been sent for, in the meantime, and which was in waiting out side, then entered the Barrack-spare ; and the two men, with their coats loosely thrown over their backs, were driven to the Infantry hospital at Spital, followed by Dr. Greatorex, where the usual medical treatment for their recovery was resorted to. It is stated that Dr. Munro, the assistant-surgeon to the bat talion, declined to undertake the duty of inspecting the men in their barrack-room, in the manner described, and that there fore it was performed by Dr. Greatorex. Great excitement and discontent prevails throughout the whole of the men com prising the second battalion, who do not hesitate to declare that they consider the sentence, under all the circumstances connected with the case, especially with reference to the haste in which it was carried into execution immediately upon the breaking up of the court-martial, to be excessively severe, if not unjust. The men were tried, sentenced, punished, and taken to the hospital, all within two Lours and a half. MURDER OF MR. PALMER AND EIG HT SEAMEN OF HER MAJESTY'S SLOOP WASP. On the prisoners being committed on Friday, they appeared no way surprised at the result of the investigation, but rather prepared for it. Serve, the captain of the Echo, is suffering from great debility, and was obliged to be accommodated with a bed in court. He is labouring under a dreadful skin disease, the result of bad air and confinement. He exhibits a reckless. ness and abandonment of manner, as though expectant of the consequence of his diabolical crime. The cowardly Spaniard Majarval, who stabbed the unfortunate young officer Mr. Palmer, is less desperate in appearance than some of the others. He is. understood to be a native of Barcelona, and, to use the words of a Spanish captain to whom he is known, is " of a good house." Serva kept a large establishment at Rio de Janeiro. The prisoners have been removed to Exeter, where the assizes commence on Saturday. It is not probable that the case will be traversed. The evidence against the prisoners, as regards the actual committal of the horrid crime alleged against them, is most conclusive, the severest cross-examina tion of the approvers ( who cannot in any way be considered accomplices) was unable in the least to shake their testi mony given in the examination in chief, and each afforded the strongest corroboration of the truth of the other's statements. Under these circumstances the main line of defence, it is understood, will be very different from that first attempted. The question of the illegality of the capture by the British, and the justification of the act of the prisoners, as under the protection of the Brazilian power, will be raised. It is said the arguments of counsel for the defence upon this point will, under all the circumstances of the case, be more strongly grounded than might at first be imagined, and the ability of the gentleman who has been employed by the Spanish and Portuguese Consuls at this port is a guarantee that he will make the most of the position he has advi-edly taken. Even apart from the atrocity of the dreadful murders, the nationality of the point which will be raised and decided will invest the trial with unusual interest. , During the latter part of the examination of the prisoners before the justices an episode occurred of rather an interesting cha racter. One of the men who was on the raft with Lieu.. Wil son, named George Steer, in &tomer to several questions put by the bench and Air. Eastlake, the Crown solicitor, stated that he caught the shark upon which they had subsisted during the twenty days they were on the raft. He held his hand in the water with a piece of salted pork until he saw a shark approach. A Krooman most dexterously cut his tail off immediately it ap proached the surface to prevent its sweeping the men off the raft, which it no doubt would otherwise have done, and then ropes were fastened round it instantly, and they made a hearty meal off its sides, the " best slices" being speedily in requisition. The shark must have weighed from two to three cwt. Five of the men died from exhaustion and thirst, and the preservation of the others was most miraculous, momen tarily threatened as they were with the breaking asunder of the raft. MORE BLACK DOINGS ON THE TURF.—The atten tion of the Jockey Club is, we understand, next week to be devoted to an investigation of a charge against a person well known at Newmarket of having endeavoured by a bribe to induce a tradesman in the same town to poison Idas, previous to that horse starting for the Derby. It would seem that a certain deleterious powder was given to the hopeful agent, which he was to induce a boy in the stable to mix with the horse's corn before he quitted Newmarket for Epsom. The agent's heart, however, failed at the last pinch, and he did not carry out his fell intent ; and now, having quarrelled with his principal, in consequence of his- not paying him at least a portion of the bribe, has "split," and disclosed some correspondence bearing on the subject. The powder was shown to a respectable innkeeper in the town, but whether any of it has been preserved we have not ascertained. The circumstances will be rigidly inquired into, and we suppose we shallhave further "warnings off the Turf." TIIE IRON TRADE.—It is anticipated that no alteration will be made in the prices of iron M the ensuing guar. terly meeting of the trade. It is difficult, in the existing state of the iron market, to judge how far prices are likely to remain as at present. The demand continues ver y dull, and stocks must be accumulating. The present price of bar Iron is nominally 101. at the works, but many sales have been effected at much lo.ver prices. The hopes of the trade rest very much on the dem an d which is expected for railway iron. Although it will fall far short of what was once most sanguinely looked for, and be epread over a much longer period, we have every reason to believe it will maintain prices at their present rate. It is very desirable for the manufacturing interest of this town and neighbourhood that a steady price should be maintained ; and the present rates, we be lieve, if fully obtained, would be remunerative to the iron manu. facturer, and in no degree injurious to the export trade of the dis. tr i c t. The stocks of pig iron in Scotland are unusually large, and prices extremely fluctu At ing, the markets being principally in the hands of speculators.-- Bi n h Ingham Times. Tile King "f \V t - tel»lburg had a narrow escape en the sth inst. Whilst at Ludwigsburg, seeing some experiments with a newly invented cannon ball, one of the projectiles burst close to his Majesty, but, fortunately, the pieces took a contrary direc. tion. An officer and some men were slightly wounded. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY HARA, IN ALGIERS. The following account of one of the most horrid deeds ever committed is copied from the Akbar of the sth inst., a French journal, published a t Algiers:— . _ _ _ " There has just occurred in the Dahara one of those terrible events which deeply of those who witness them, even when convinced of their frightful necessity, and when they are justified in declaring that everything possible was done to prevent the catastrophe. It is known that the corps com manded by Colonels Felissier, St. Arnaud and de l'Admirault, have been carrying on combined operations in the west. Col. Pelissier was busy in pursuing the Ouled Riahs, who have never yet submitted, as they live in immense caverns where it would be madness for the troops to enter. On the 18 . h of June, finding themselves closely nut-tied, the Ouled Riahs flew to their usual place of refuge. After having surrounded the caverns, some faggots were lighted and thrown by the French troops before the entrance. After this demonstration, which was made to convince the Arabs that the French had the power, if they pleased, of suffocating them in their hiding place, the Colonel threw in letters offering to them life and liberty if they would surrender their arms and their gorses. At first they refused, but subsequently they replied that they would consent if the French troops would withdraw. Tiiis condition was considered inadmissible, and mo burning faggots were thrown. A great tumult now arose, and it was known afterwards that it arose from a discussion as to whether there should bet surrender or not. The party oppo,,d to a surrender carried their point, and a few of the minority made their escape. Colonel Pelissier, wishing to spare the live+ of those who remained in the cavern, sent some Arabs to them to exhort them to surrender. They refused, and some women, who did not partake of the savage fanaticism of the mnjority, attempted to fly, but their husbands and relations fired upon them, to prevent their escape from the rnartyrdens which they had themselves resolved to suffer. Colonel Passier then sus pended the throwing of the burning fagg. ts, and sent a French officer to hold a parley with the Ouled ltiihs, but his messenger was received with a discharge of fire-arms, and cioild not per f , rm his mission. This state of things continued till the tight of the 19th, when, losing all path nce, and no longer having a hope of otherwise subduing these fanatics, who fo: med a perpetual nucleus of revolt in the country, the fire was renewed and ren dered intense. During this time the cries of the unhsppy wretches, who were being suffocated, were dreadful, and then nothing was heard but the crackling of the faggots. This silence spoke volumes. The troops entered and found 500 dead bodies. Absut 150, who still brewhed, were brought into t he fresh air, but a portion of them died afterwards. The affair was thus animadverted upon in Charnbs r of Peers on the 11th : Prince de la Moskowa sai 1 that the Akbar of Algiers con.. tained a recital of an affair which was really of su+•h a revolting character as to be scarcely credible ; it was without precedent in the annals of their military history. Colonel Pelis:ier had rendered himself guilty of an act which nothing could excuse, which it was repugnant to them to record, and that with regard to unfortuna►e Arabs whom they had conquered. Ile cou]il toot contain his indienation when reading the report i❑ questi..n, and he protested, as an officer of the army A Voice—You are here as a Peer of France. Prince de la Moskowa—He was aware of that, but he was also a member of the army, and in this affair its honour and dignity were concerned. That of the Gov , rnment was also implicated, - for it partook of the responsibility.—( Murmurs. ) This was no question of razzia or reprisals, but a frightful act, on a defenceless and vanquished enemy. He would, therefore, ask what the conduct of the Government would be if the re port should turn out to be correct. As such an act. lisd no need of commentary, he should simply read to the Chamber the narration of the event as given by the /Mbar. The Noble Peer read the account already given in the Messenger, arid concluded with these words :—" I have nothing to add to such a recital ; the facts speak of themselves, and demand no advo cacy from me."—( Sensation. ) The President of the Council—The reports that have ar rived at the office of the Minister of War are so contradictory, that I have considered it my duty to demand fresh information before giving any opinion. We knew nothing of the matter but from what has been published by the public jourtials. and we acknowledge that we are most anxious to receive prompt intelligence on the subject. The Governor of Algeria has beers written to and as soon as we shall have been better informed, I shall hasten to give the Chamber all the details it may require. As to the act itself, the Government disapproves of it most strongly.—( Hear, hear. ) Count De Montalembert declared that such an act, from the horror which it inspir, d, merited something beside• mere dis appreb,ition.—( Hear, hear.) What effect would it not produce in EnglarAl and other countries?—( Hear, hear. ) The President of the Council—Since the word disapproba'• ion appears insufficient, I have no hesitation in declaring that I deplore the act that has been alluded to.—( Hear. ) The subjoined are extracts from the Paris paper, de nouncing the cruelty W: Colonel Peliss:er FRANCAIS.—See what has just happened in Algeria. Colonel Pelisiier, commanding an expeditinriary column in the Dahara, and pursuing the tribe c, the Ouled Rich, found no other means of reducing them than to burn or stifle five hundret Arabs, men, women, and children, who had taken refuge in a cavern. This atrocity, committed in cold blood, and without necessity, a ill cause every' man to thrill with indignation; and, for the honour of Franco, it is our most imperative duty to brard it with reprobation, in the name of the army, in the name of the nation, in the mime of the Government itself, which cannot without shame approve of an a t praised in one of Marshal Ilugeaud's journals ! An act worthy of the Spanish adventurer, of the ,ixteenth century, conquering the Ncw World; worthy of the buccaneers of the worst description ; but unworthy of the nobl: and holy France of the nineteenth century, who coati ats heroically on the field of ba tle, hut does not yna,sacre her conquered enemies; who wages war with the sword, and not with faggots ; who, in fine, is a soldier, and not a fire-raiser! France, we answer for it, will stigmatise with unanimous reprobation a monstrous act like this; such as one may read of in the annals of savage tribes, and of Alan. drin's bands; such, that in read ne the account in a bulletin of the army which prepares, under the national colours, to carry civilisation into Africa, we remain mournfully astnnished and afflicted, and are obliged to ask if France civilises or barbartses in Algeria? We have said that this atrocity was committed in cold blood, and without necessity. Yes, in cold blood, for the roasting, which is the proper name for this feat of arms, lasted from the morning of June 18 to one o'clock of the night of this 19th, and the operation was performed lei•urely, with inter• missions calculated to watch the effect of the punishment n the victims. Yes, without necessity, for if Colonel Pas s ie r h a d waited four-and-twenty hours longer, those unfortunates, with. out food and without water, would have surrendered at dis cretion;but fire seemed more expeditious. PR ESSE.—It is fortunate that cruelties, which nothing can justify, have been thus speedily protested against from the tri bune. This scat necessary for our honour, and for the future as regards the ( ccupation of Algeria. It cannot be supposed that such proceedings are calculated to bring about the pacifica tion of that country. It is, on thy con rary, thus that war is rendered eternal and ablniinable. Let us not preach about peace, concord, and submission, after scenes an horrible as those which have passed in the caverns of the fithara." NATION AL.—lt is impossible for the people of France to read with sang-froid the account of t' e atrocious hecatomb of human beings of which the A/ bar has recited to us the fright ful details. We are convinced that in spite of the panting and feverish impatience of its last hours, if the Chamber of De. puties were to be re-assembled it would loudly protest against a mode of warfare which must make all eivill , ed Europe hold us in horror and contempt. There have been found Peers who, too, express the same feelings, and the Prince de la Aloskowa has questioned the Minister of War on the subject. The Matshal, seeing the impression produced by the simple reading of the narration, at once acknowledged that he had riot received any but contradictory reports, and said that the Government dis approved of the deed, and finding that the word disapproved was too feeble, added—deplores it 1 Yes, but the Minister can do better than deplore; he ought as much as in his power to prevent such deeds, he ought to show by a just severity that the Government of France, in whosever hands it may be placed, can. not become an accomplice in acts of gross barbafty. COMMERCE.—We still hope that the statement in the Akbar is false. We hope this for the honour of the French army, and for the reputation of an officer of merit. We are certainly not among those who expect that the war against the Arabs should he carried on without killing them, anu that our corps should be victualled in the field without taking from the enemy his harvest arid other provisions. or that the conque s t o f Algeria should be obtained by a display of philanthrlps and tenderness. Although a razzia may be called an act of vio lence, it is unquestionable that the Arabs themselves have driven us to it by using it against us. Let it be called an abuse of power ; but it is practised on both sides with equal chances, and the Arabs are made to comprehend this when they themselves suffer from their own example. But if we follow in this war exceptional acts, provoked by an enemy who is himself an exception, this cannot be carried so far as to authorise cold and deliberate cruelly in a case where patiencss arid the ordinary stratagems of war would be sufficient. It would be useless to say that such an event as this is without. precedent, and can never again occur. We believe it, and our guarantee is the public cry, which brands and condemns it. The Debuts merely gives a notice of what °rem red in the Chamber, repeating the !menage of Nla.! shal and -tat. ing that it was received with unattitru u- applause by the assem bly. The Constitutionnel has a very short nstice of the sfe,i e „ It sass that the word de , appr urerait prom - sicced by Marshal oult on the part of a Ministry which hal disavowed an Admi ral for having performed his duty produced ad painful an im. pression on the Chamber, that the Marshal felt it necessary to add that he would not, if the fart should be confirmed, content himself with disapproving, but would also deplore it. STATUE TO GEORGE STEP II ENSON.— At the late meeting of the York and Notti. M . dland Company, Mr. Huisou introduced a ject which ha , (+gag. d the at tention of various railway companies for some tlinc pact, namely the erection of a statue of Mr. G. Stephensuu. Mr. Hudson (himself deserving of no mean public testimonial), stated that when the Newcastle and Ber wick and North British Railways were completed, Mr. Stephenson wou!d have carried an uninterrupted line of communication from London to Eddihurgh, and he pro• posed that as Mr. Stephenson was a Northumbrian, a statue to his honour stk:uld b< erected on the bridge about to be built across the Tyne, at Newcastle and Gateshead, which was intendA: to be one of the mast magnificent railway works yet construetcd.—Berwial Advertiser. A YOUNG LADY DROWNED AT WoßvinsG.--On Friday afternoon a fatal and melancholy accident occurred to a young lady named Eaton, who was residing with her friends at . No. 13, Steyne, Worthing. About three o' clock two of the Misses Eaton engaged a pleasure-boat for a sail on the water, of a man named Taylor, who went out to sea with them, taking a boy to assist him. At the time the boat pushed off th e r e was it wit , breeze, and the sca was ra ther rough About three qu a r: ers et a mile from shore, a sudden squa ll capsized the boa,, and t i,e whole of the party were immersed in the water, but the whole ot them succee ded in clinging to the bolt, wh i ch shortly afterwards righted, but none of them were able to regain their seats. The accident was observed by numbers from the shore, and fortunately at the time the accident happened Mr. Reynolds, who was hut with his boat, was not more than a quarter of a mile off. He immediately bore down t• the parties in peril, and arrived in time to rescue one of the ladies, the boatman, and a boy, but, melancholy to relate, the other young lady was unable to maintain her hold, and perished i ss the waves. The surviving lady was about twenty-one years of age, and she was taken, in an exhausted state, to the baths. The Misses Eaton were about to leave Worthing on the following day for London, the carriage and horses having been sent on. Is a sigular fact that a small lap dog, which the young ladies had taken on board with them, sueceeded in getting on the boat on its right. ing, and was taken efFsafe. No blame is attar ied to the be:AR - ran. The body has not yet been found. DEATH OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNoR 6F THE 'six OF MAN —Major General Ready, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, died on Thursday last. He had long been troubled with an incurable complaint, and was at death's door, when, it is said, his dissolution was accelerated by a mistake in the AdMilliS. tration of his medicine—one prepatation, in a moment of Laste, having been given instead of another. The deceas:l was apis nt. d to the office in which he died in 1833 or 1634, by the A , Tintisila.. tion of the day. He had seen a good deal of service. He was in Canada with the late Duke of Richmond, with whom e wa , „ great favourite. The Gallant General married a tlaugh., - .1 of Sir John Tobin, an eminent Liverpool merchant and si tp vanes, by whom he had two or three children. A coroner's jury having in. quired into the cause of Major General Ready's death, returned a verdict of Accidental Death. I