The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-02 00:00:00

THE MAGAZINE S. BLACKWOOD. Am mg the many subjects for self-gratulation pos sessed by the readers of Blackwood, none have ever exceeded in importance the tact of Christopher North an _1 Sir Bulwer Lytton being its contetnporary con tr;butors. In the number just published for October, we have from these two distinguished and illustri)us men of letters an additional instalment of those splen did serials - with which they are adorning the pages of the prince of all the magazines. Each of these pro ductions is characterised by the genius of the respec tive writers—their genius in both instances having attained its ripest and sunniest maturity. As the eighth portion of the Dies Boreales—that worthy sequel of the immortal Noctes Ambrosianw— " Christopher North under Canvass" discourses with his friends, Buller, Seward, and Talloo) s, upon the effusions of Dugald Stewart, upon the peculiarities of the poetic nature, and upon some of the noblest and loftiest principles of sesthetic cri ticism. Always throughout these charming dialogues, moreover, is the individuality of each speaker pre served with an inimitable exactitude. Sir Bulwer Lytton appears, from the s e c on d part o f " Aly Novel ; or Varieties of English Life," resolved, if possible, to surpasi that most beautiful of all his home-fictions, the " Cextons." H.zeldean, represented by his pen cil of genius, fl hes upon our recognition as the very vraisemblance of an English village under the regime of a regular English squirearchy. As a con tinuation of a work commenced in a manner the most masterly, this instalment of the latest emana tion of Bulwer's inexhaustible fancy is especially valuable, and in a peculiar degree entitled to eulogium. A sagacious and intelligent paper on " Modern State Trials" promises well for its completion, and, best of all, in the present chapter of the contribution are the opening passages, in which the reviewer takes occasion to offer his tribute of regret and admiration to the memory of the late lamented Mr. Townsend. Another reason, not yet particularised, for the satisfaction of the readers of Maga, in reference to this its October number, is the circumstance that in it is observable the " wind up" of that lengthened —not sweetness but sourness— long drawn out, " The Green Hand." By a not in appropriate coincidence, the narrative closes with the sentence—" the story is already all but forgotten." The fact, it is true, of its appearance in Blackwood will tend to embalm it after the fashion of a literary mummy —otherwise its existence could not fail to be most evanescent. Again we congratulate ourselves upon its termination. Delta wreaths for us a most delicious " Wild-flower Garland" with the daisy, the white rose, the sweet briar, and the wall flower. After the imperishable stanzas of Burns on the margarite, it was somewhat daring to attempt once more its celebration. In this endeavour Delta has proved, nevertheless, not wholly unsuccessful. It is with a beautiful sense of the truly and gracefully metaphoric that he calls the daisy the " Samaratin of flowers ." The closing lines— " And when his )earning, homesick heart Would bow to its despair, It reads his eye a lesson sage— That God is everywhere," reminds us rather too distinctly of those exquisite verses of poor Robert Nicoll, beginning— " A trodden daisy from the award, With tearful eye I took ; And gazing on its beauties, I With moving heart did look. For crushed and broken though it was, That little flower was fair; And 0, I loved the drooping bud, For God was there!" Scarcely less bold is the attempt of Delta to glorify the rose after the stanzas of Cowper ; yet in this too he has been to the full successful. In his verses on Th e Sweet B r i ar ," he has e m pl oye d w i t h adm i rable skill that most charming metre in which Maginn a ang the sorrows inspired by the "sweet bells of Yarrow." Perhaps, however, of the four portions of the " Wild -flower Garland," the most excellent is the last, commemorative of the " wall-flower." Beautiful beyond measure are those eight opening lines— " The wall flower—the wall-flower, How heautiful it blooms! It gleams above the ruined tower Like sunlight over tombs; It sheds a halo of repose Around the wrecks of time. To beauty give tlie flaunting rose, The wall-flower is sublime !" iLess t o our taste is the grotesque jeu-cresprit intended nbe h umorous— " The Masquerade of Freedom," . which th e S p i r i t of Freedom is depicted as " sneez • 1,1',14" on th e b r i n k o f one of the beer-vats at Messrs. Barclay and Perkins'. Two other contributions, one °a " Military Life in North Africa," and the other °a "The French Wars of Religion," complete most admirably this very brilliant nu m b er o f Bl ackwood for October. BENTLEY. " The Ladder of Gold" is continued in the present number, and does not diminish one jot or one tittle in interest. Poor Margaret, after her interview with Henry Winston, sends for Clara, from whom she elicits an account of the manner in which Winston's letters were interrupted, and Margaret learns the heartless manner in which her affections have been sacrificed to her father's ambition. After the gross insult publicly put upon Lord Charles Eton by Henry Winston, a duel is a matter of Course. Costigan is "the friend" of Henry Winston, to whom he imparts a knowledge of the secrets of the art and mystery of duelling after the following amusing fashion : " Now,' said Costigan, when Winston's toilet was finished, let me look at you. What's this?' " Eh?' returned the other, not exactly comprehend ing him. " ' Of course, I know it's a waistcoat. But did you ever see a man fight a duel in a white waistcoat? Haven't you got such a thing as a black one?' " To be sure.' " 'Then p off ut it on. D o as I te ll you now, and don't talk. There, that's bett er . N ow, j ust take o that tie, and get a long black handkerchief, and pin it down over lour s hi rt. ' " Henry Winston was under orders, and implicitly obeyed t h em. " Och! I've my own trouble with you. Take out that diamond pin —Hush! no noise—' he continued in a guarded under-tone, • don't you see it'd catch the light, reaa alive! That's right. Stop now, just turn in your collar. There mustn t be a speck of white about you. H ould her e a m i nute —open your coat, and let me put this belt round you;' and he proceeded to buckle a hunt ing belt round Winston's waist, fattening it so tight that Winston winced under the operation. Is that too tight for you?—try if you can breathe.' It was as much as he could do. "Costigan now turned him round, and surveyed him carefully from head to foot. His eye fell upon Win stou'e boots. " French polish!' he exclaimed in a low growl; have y o u taken leave of your senses, that you must stick your feet into a pair of looking glasses? Da you W ish to be hit? for, if you want to attract a bullet, you c)tilda't do it more complete. If you ' , /u got a pair of 010 th boots in the world, put them on; or any ould Pair that's dim and dirty, without a glimmer of plish en them, mind!' " These scientific instructions being strictly complied W ith, nothing more remained to be dune, but to give Henry Winston a few hints as to how h e was to manage himself on . Put your watch in your right hand pocket. Now, don't contradict me—it's all fair. A man has a right to wear his watch, I suppose, in any pocket he chooses, and rye known a watch before now turn off a bullet—a butt or anything will do IL Observe what I'm telling You. Before I place you on the ground turn up the collar of your coat this way, and button it all around— Couch your hat so as to Cover your ears—draw in your breath before you discharge your pistol, and make your self as thin as you can. By this means you'll be dark and slim from head to foot, and not a speck on you to catch his eye. That's a grand secret, my bay ! Are You used to pistols?' " Not much.' "` Then all you've got to do is just to draw a line with Your eye straight from your foot to his—and if you see any object on the ground—such as a tuft of grass or a °r rk spot—let that be a mark to guide you —or a tree, a chimney, or anything at his back. Fire low 4eeP your elbow close to your side, and don't raise your h and higher than that.' st" As Costigan afterwards explained to Henry Win on, the o bj ect to be kept in view, when men, as in this t h e e, th r ea ll y i ntended to tire at each other, was to bit legs. If the s h ot took a higher range it was dan gerous; and the inclination of the twentieth part of au inch would make all the difference between a scar for life and a death -wound. Henry Winston was perfectly cool a nd collected. He had dismissed from his mind all thoughts that were likely to interfere with the business On which he was engaged, and was more calm that Morning than he had been at any time since the miser able day when he had last left London.' The duel takes place at Chalk -farm, and Lord Charles Eton is badly wounded. "Emma, the Sailor Girl" is a Most interesting story from the pen of Mrs. Ward, Who tells us it is not merely " founded" on fact—the chief i nc i dents are literally true, and the scene i. frons nature. By far the most interesting magazine article for the month is to be found in Bentley ; it is entitled "Louis Kossuth and his Family." It is from t he pen of a Hungarian lady, named Caroline Marton, d ue ' as Madame Pulsky informs us in a short intro tory note, " lived in terms of friendly intercourse With the family of Kossuth." We have long admired theglorious career of Kossuth the patriot, the Wash ingtn of Hungary ; and we fi n d f rom these pages that Kossuth, the man, is equally deserving of ad !niretion—a dutiful s on , a ki n d b rother, a devoted h usband an affectionate and fond father, a most kind pi aster, de vo t e d to making all who entered his domes tic circle ha ppy—a man of pure and sime tastes, and f in d of home, and all that makes home pl delight oh) it is impossible not to love Kossuth the man , as he war mly as we a d m i re Kossuth the liberator. ey f s oon be r es t ore d to that family which he loves so : 441 91 and may h e yet be enabled to free that noble ~tintry fur w hi c h h e has sacrificed so much. This ar tf!cle i s illustrated with a portrait of Kossuth, engraved rp tEk a small miniature ; it is one of those portraits that " looks" a likeness. Alfred' Crowquill, in his " Amusements of the People," gives us seine pleasant antiquarian gossip ane:it Vauxhall ; and Mrs. Pi( zzi's letters are continued. " A Run on the Eistern Counties Railway, w:th the Secret History of the late Strike," in an ably written vindication of the conduct of the directors during the recent unfortunate differencs ; the writer lays bare the whole machinery by which strikes are brought about, and explains the manner in which what may be called the union of engine- drivers and firemen all over the kingdom is organized, and the system of terror by which men are forced to join in a strike whenever it pleases the leaders of this combination to order one. W e h ave an amus i ng s k e t c h o f " Spanish Life in 1850," by Mr. Drummond Wolff, besides several other papers of interest in the Bentley for October. THE SUN, SIR WILLIAM WALLACE. Great Britain appears just now to be smitten with a mania for monuments and testimonials. In Eng land subscription lists are opened for the purpo- , e of perpetuating the memory of the go-.kl Duke of CAm• bridge and the Lime of the Poet Wordsworth; while the pence of the millions are invited to bestow a like honour upon Sir It ,bert Peel, the undertaker of Protection, and upon Ebenezr Eliot, the midwife of Free Trade. In \Vales the virtues of Sir Charles Morgan are committed to enduring marble, and in Scotland we are informed by the Caledonian Mercury, that " public attention has lately been attracted to the propriety of erecting a national monument to Sir William Wallace, the illustrious Champion of Scot land." Everybody has chne homage to the goodness of heart justly attributed to the late Duke of Cambridge —who has not felt and admired the poetic genius of the high-principled Wordsworth ?—Sir Robert Peel's name, for good or ill, has during the last quarter of a century been sounded from Laud's End to John o' Groat's—the Corn-law Rhymer is not unknown as poet laureate to the Manchester monster, on the altar of which Sir Robert Peel sacrificed his party and his country—even the exertions of the Welsh baronet to make his native mountains produce other stock than goats, and her valleys other food than leeks, are of a modern and practical character—but when we cross the border, we must leave corn and cattle, charity and poetry, and travel at once into the regions of romance. Sir William Wallace is a hero whose deeds, like those of Homer's warriors, are enwrapt in the mists of ages, and are revealqd only to modern gaz3 by the verse of Thomas the Rhymer, the Scottish Homer, or of his rival "The Minstrel." Lord Hailes, who writes from these and like authorities, says Wallace, the most famous man of the age in which he lived, deserved to be compared with the most re nowned captains of ancient times, both for hid great ness of mind in undertaking dangers, and for his wisdom and valour in overcoming them. For love to his country he was second to none, who, when others were slaves, was alone free ; neither could he be induced by rewards nor moved by threats to for sake the public cause which he had once undertaken. His death was the more to be lamented because he was not conquered by his enemy, but betrayed by his friend. He bad every excellence—strength of body, keen courage, a spirit active and ambitious. By his affability he conciliated the affections of his followers; by the force of native eloquence he moulded their passions to his will ; by calm intrepidity and perse vering wisdom he maintained an authority over the rude and undisciplined multitudes which crowded to his standard. " The stature of Wallace is asserted by all his his torians to have been remarkably large, and his strength extraordinary. liollinshead says, he was a young gentleman of so huge a stature and notable strength of bodie, with such skill and knowledge in warlike enterprises, and of such hardiness in attempt ing all manner of exploits, that his match was not any where lightlie to be found.' " The minstrel describes him thus : " Wallace statur of gretness and of hycbt, Was jugyt thus, be discretion off rycbt, That saw him, both in dissembii* and weid; - 1 - Nyne quarter:l large he was in length, indeid: Thryd part in schuldrys braid was he, Rycht sembly, strong, and lusty for to see: Biwand§ bron haryt, on bron an i breis lycht; Clear asprdj eyne, like to the diamonds brycht; Under the on the left side, was seyne Be hurt a wain; his colour was sanguine; Wounds he hail in many divers place; But fair and weill kepyt was his face." * Undress. f Dressed. I Six feet nine inches. § Curled. II Sharp. Oar Scottish neighbours will doubtless erect a mo nument worthy of so distinguished a patriot, and in order to fasten the enterprise upon those who might be stimulated by pride of descent, the Caledonian Mercury, after a lengthened history of Wallace, enters into an inquiry whether any of his descendants still exist, and where the principal residence of the family is fixed, from which it appears that the present representative of the family is Mr. Be llie Cochrane, the Member for Bridport. " The following brief account (says our contem porary) of the Baines of Lamington, who are lineally descended from the champion of Scotland, is princi pally compiled from the seine source to which we have already been indebted for the narrative of Wal lace, and may prove interesting to the admirers of the Scottish patriot, by whom, after the lapse so many centuries, a tardy act of national justice is about to be performed to one who, when others were slaves, was alone free ; and for love to his country was second to none.: "Perhaps no family in Britain can boast of a des cent more illustrious than that of Baillie of Laming ton, that has so fully preserv e d it s or i g i na l possess i ons , and that retains still among its numerous descendents so much of its original talent, than is, the subject of the present memoir. " It is well known that Sir William Wallace mar ried the only daughter and heiress of —s—Braidfoot, of Lamington, about the year 1296, by which he ac quired that valuable property in Lanarkshire (con sisting of about 4,000 acres, on the right banks of the Clyde, about twelve miles south-east of Lanark), and by that lady had an only child, a daughter, who was married to Sir William Balliol, or Baillie, of Hoprig and Penstoun, but afterwards designed of Lamington, as being the more extensive domain, and both these other places (in the East Lothian) con tinue in the possession of the family to the present day, as also Lamington itself. " Alexander Baillie, of Castlecary, who was held to have been a very learned and ingenious antiquary, deduces the B sillies from the Balliols, and, in parti cular, traces the pedigree of Baillie, of Lamington (the head of the family), from that illustrious house.' William de Balliol, according to this authority, was the second son of Sir Alexander Balliol, of Cavern, uncle to John Balliol, King of Scots, and Great Chamberlain of Scotland in 1298. He was possessed of the lands of Penstoun and Hoprig, in East Lo thian, and Carnbrace in Clydesdale, which are the most ancient possessions the Baillies of Lamington had, and which circumstance is of itself corroborative of their being the same with the Balliols, which name was afterwards softened down to Baillie, the modern appellation. This Laird of Penstoun, after the abdi cation of his cousin John Balliol, King of Scots, joined with great zsal the other patriots in defending the liberties of their country against the encroach ments of the English, which rendered him so obnoxious to King Edward 1., that he was fined in four years' rent of his lands in 1297. This William de Balliol appears to be the same with William Baillie, who married the d iug i hter of Wallace, the heiress of La mingt(in. This will accord with what Blair, the his torian of Wallace, writes, as quoted by the continu ation of Nisbet Sir William's daughter was mar ried to a squire of the Balliol blood, who in that way got the barony of Lamington. The date of this mar riage I have nowhere met with. Bat as Wallace, in revenge for the death of his wife, slew Hesilrig, the Governor of Lanark, in the year 1297, his daughter must have been born before that time ; and it may be concluded that, as she was an heiress of so valuable property as Lamington, she would not be beyond the ordinary years of life when she was married. Tnis may therefore be stated, as a probable conjecture, to have been about the year 1315, or a year or two sooner or later.' " Oar limits prevent us from referring more parti cularly to the successive heads of this distinguished tamily, equally distinguished for the alliances which they contracted, and for the part which they took in the service of their Sovereigns and country for many generations. To come to more modern times, we find the representation of the descendants of Wallace and the succession of the ancient property of Lamington devo ving on a female heiress of Margaret Baitlie, daughter of the fifteenth Baron of Lamington, by a daughter of William, the sixteenth Earl of Crawford. The heiress of Lamington married Sir James Carnal • chael, of Bonnytoun (of Bennington), who sunk big estate into that of Lamington, and to the heirs of the marriage, the heirs male being to use the name of Baillie and the arms of Lamington. This lady, who died on the 11th of Slitember, 1759, had by Sir James Carmichael, Williatn BAillie, of Lamington, who died without issue in 1738, end a daughter Hen rietta Baillie, the heiress of Lamington, Hoprig, arid Penstoun. She married on the 11th of October, 1741, Robert Dundas, of Arnistoun, afterwards Lord President of the Court of Session, and was succeeded by her son William B tithe, of Lamington, who, dying shortly a f ter hi s mot h er , th e represen t at i on o f Wallace 'a descendants, and the estates of the Lamington family, devolved on his eldest sister, Elizabeth Baillie, who married, on the 6th of September, 1762, the gallant ' Captain Lockhart, of the Tart4r,': after wards Admiral Sir John Lockhart Ross, of Lockhart Hall and BAna gown. Bart. By this distinguished officer, who died in 1790, she had five sons, the late General Sir Charles Ross, of Balnagown, Bart. • James, a post captain in the n avy , w h o married Bart. Farquharsor, heiress of Iu veremild ; George, formerly one of the judges of the Consistorial or Commissary Court in LONDON, Edinburgh ; John, a colonel in the Coldstream Guards, who was killed at Talavera ; Robert, lieu tenant-c donel of the 4;h Royal Irish Dragoon Guar Is. Lady Ross Baill e died in 1819. On her death the representation of the family of Millie, of Leamington and of the Guardian of Scotland, remained for some time uncertain, till her grandson, the present Sir Charles Russ, of Balnagown, came of age, when he had in his option either the succession to his paternal estates in Ross-shire, or his grandmother's extensive estates of Lamington, lloprig, and Penstoun. The succession, and we presume, therefore, the representa tion of the subject of this memoir ultimately devolved on the present head of this ancient family, Alexander- D undas Ross- Cochrane- Wisheart-Baillie of Laming ton, M.P., in right of his mother Matilda (who married Admiral Sir Thomas Cochreni in 1812), daughter of General Sir Charles Ross by his first marriage with Maria Teresa, daughter of Janes Lockhart, of Lee and Carn wath, Count of the lioly Roman Empire. The present Sir Charles William August Ross, of B.lnagown, Bart., by whose prefe rence of the Ross. shire estates the succession of La mington devolved on his cousin, h the only male is,ue of the late General Sir Charles Ross by his second wife, Lady Mary Rebecca Fitzgerald, eldest daughter of William Robert, second Duke of Leinster, besides the present baronet, the late Sir Charles left four surviving daughters. "The representation of the family of Sir William Wallace has now, therefore, devolved on either the present proprietor of Lamington, or his cousin, Sir Charles 11. A. Ross, of Balnagown. As Sir C. Ross has formally resigned his claims to the property of Lamington, in favour of Mr. Cochrane Baillie, it is presumed that the present head of the Lamington family is properly the representative of the Regent of Scotland. "Ilia point, however, is one of a strictly genealo gical nature, which it is not our province to deter mine. The representation of the Guardian of Scot land certainly belongs to the family of the late La , ly Ross Baillie, of Lamington ; but whether Mr. Baillie, the present proprietor of that property, or Sir Charles Ross, Bart., of Balnagown, more properly represents the subject of this memoir, we do not undertake to decide. That all the existing members, however, of this ancient family, on whom the representation of Wallace has devolved, through a long line of distin guished progenitors, may emulate the virtues of their illustrious ancestor, should form their proud and laudable ambition, as it must surely form the ardent hope and desire of every admirer of the Scottish Patriot—of every true, loyal, and Scottish heart." COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 29. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert attended Divine service this morning at the parish church of Crathie. The ladies and gentlemen of the household were in attendAnce on her Majesty and his R)yal Highness. The service was performed by the Rev. Archibald Anderson. In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal High• ness went out walking, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred. 'lnc dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness Speth, and Sir George Couper. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left own yesterday evening for the Continent. DEATH OF LORD LEIGH. We regret to announce the death of the Right Hon. Lord Leigh, which took place at Bonn; on the Rhine, on Friday last, at a quarter before 10 A.M. It appears that some weeks ago his Lordship had left England for the benefit of his health, which had been seriously impaired. On Thursday last he was pronounced to be progressing se favourably towards recovery, that he had resolved to return home. On the same night, however, at 10 o'clock, his Lordship was seized with an apoplectic fir, and from that hour he continued senseless until the following morning, when he died. Lady Leigh and her family were with his Lordship at the time of his death. Lord Leigh was the author of a volume of poems, which obtained some favour at the time of their publication, and his name has since been rendered somewhat conspicuous in certain legal proceedings, through which a fruitless attempt was made to question his Lordship's title to the estates he enjoyed. The late Lord Leigh was the first baron of that name, and was created in the year 1839. He was the son of James Henry Leigh, Esq , by the eldest daughter of the tenth Lord Saye and Sele. Ile was married iu the month of March, 1819, to the eldest daughter of the Rev. Wm. Shippen Willes, of Astrop House, Northamptonshire. His Lordship was descended from Sir Thomas Leigh, lint., Lord Mayor of London in 1558, and was great grandson of Sir Peter Leigh, Knight-Baronet., who fell at Agincourt. Lord Leigh was in his 60th year when he died. He ,will be succeeded in the title by his eldest son, the Honourable William Henry Leigh. The principal estate of the family is Stoneleigh Abbey, in Warwickshire, and there is also property appertaining to the title in six other counties of England. The body of the deceased peer is expected to arrive in London on Sunday morning, on its way to Stoneleigh Abbey, for inter ment in the family vault. PROPOSED SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. Negotiations are being entered into with the Lords of the Admiralty and Government authorities for the establishment across St. George's Channel of a suba queous telegraph, upon a similar though much more extensive scale to that now being undertaken between England and France, the promoters of which have, it is understood, after considerable interviews and treaty, come to terms this week with the French Government for the exclusive possession of the proposed electric line from the French coast to Calais. Preliminary surveys have been made for this proposed - oceanic communication across the Irish Channel, and the coasts on either side, combined with the submarine site ascertained by soundings for the sinking of the wires, are found, owing to the founda tion being comparatively free from rocks and shoals as compared with the Straits of Dover, and with treble the extent of channel, to be favourable. Notices of the intention of the promoters to apply to Parliament next session for an authorization to lay down the line will be given. Th e prec i se po i nts at which telegra phic stations on the English and Irish coasts will be established, will depend on the result of the Govern ment Commission now pursuing its inquiry into the best place for the establishment on the west of Ireland of a greet Transatlantic packet station. At present two telegraphic routes are proposed; the one of 64 miles across the Channel, from Holyhead to Kingstown and Dublin, and thence by the Great Southern and Western Railway on to Cork and Galway—the other from St. David's Head, on the Welsh coast, and on to Wexford, Waterford, and the extreme western points of Ireland to 13,Tehaven and Crookhaven, the latter being the last points touched at by vessels outward bound for the Atlantic. From this point, on the ex treme western coast of Ireland to Halifax, the nearest telegraphic station on the American side, the distance is 2,155 miles, and as this might be accomplished by the steamers in five or six days, England, by means of the net-work of telegraphic communication in exist ence on the Atlantic sea-board on the one side, and the Lake Frontiers on the other, may be put in possession of all political and commercial intelligence from the American and European continents in six days instead of as now in 12 or 14. The project, though it is asserted it might be done with safety, does not contemplate anything like the immense en terprise of a wire under the Atlantic. ENROLLED PENSIONERS. The following circular, authorizing staff-officers of pensioners to call out the enrolled force for drill during this month, has been issued from the Ilor,e- Guards : " War-office, September 27, 1850. " Sir,—l am directed to request that you will forth with make the necessary arrangements for calling out the enrulled pensioners under your command for four days exercise in the course of the ensuing month. In the event, however, of your men having already been out, either for drill or in aid of the civil power, for m , ,re than six days, you will only assemble them on the pre sent occasion for 90 many as will complete ten days in all, which number is on no account to be exceeded during the present year; and if you have not already done so, you may forward an estimate of the money required for this service. " You will report the days on which your drill is to commence and terminate to the commanding officer of the garrison and the general officer of the district, in case they have any orders or instructions to issue for your guidance, or in case they should wish to see your men under arms; aid you will also report the days of exercise to this office. "I am further to request that you will not fail imme diately on the dismissal of the men, when assembled ei .her for drill or iu aid of the civil power, to forward to this offier. a parade state in the usual form, as required by the regulations. "I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, " L, SULIVAN." MASONS' AND SCULPTORS' PROVIDENT INSTITU TION. —Last night a meeting of the subscribers to the above institution was held in the Mechanics' Institution, Great Smith-street, Westminster, to receive the report and for the first election of pensioners; Mr. William Tite, F.R.S., presi dent, in the chair. The funded Capital at present amounts to 350/. in Three per Cent. Consols. The institution, which is yet in its infancy, 1143 met with the support of many of the employers, who have liberally subscribed to its funds, and signified their intention of further encouragement, provided a disposition is shown on the part of the operatives to sup port it. It is calculated that of the operative classes there are about 4,000 in London and the suburbs, and above 26,009 in the United Kingdom. The object of the institu tion is the granting yearly pensions to aged and necessitous members of the trade, their widows or orphans, and the erec tion and maintenance of an asylum. The report was adopted, and two candidates were placed on the pension fund at 7s. each per week. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET' FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, and only 5 for feit if declared, &c., to go to the second horse; for three years old and upwards. T.Y.C. (10 Subs., 3 of whom pay 5 soya. forfeit.) Duke of Bedford's Newport, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (F.Butler) 1 Mr. Maris' The White Lady, 4yrs, 7st 131 b (Flatman) 2 Lord Exeter's Visite, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (J. Mann) 3 Lord Clitden'e Sagacity, 6 yrs, Bst 11b...(J. Marson) 4 Mr. Crawfurd's Iron Rail, 6 yrs,Bst 31b...(S.Rogets) 0 Mr.Wigram's Beau Pie Belle, 4 3 rs,7stlolb(Chapple) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Slang, 3 yrs, 7st 21b ...(E. Sharp) 0 Betting-5 to 2 egst Sagacity, 9to 2 agst Newport, 9 to 2 agst The White Lady, and 5 to 1 agst any other. Newport made all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 11 secs. Sweepstake a of 10 cove. each; for two years old, Est 71b; three, Sit 71b; four and upwards, 9at. The eein rer to be bold fur 50 sous., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) Sir J. Hass ley's Hazy, 2 yrs (W. Harlock) 1 Mr. J. Edward's Hind of the Forest, 5 yrs (Flatman) 2 Mr. Snewin's f by Ratan, 3 yrs.. (Rogers) 3 Mr. Dolamere'a The Rejected, 2 yrs (G. Mann) 4 Bettiog-2 to 1 each cost Hind of the Forest and the Rejeeted, and 5 to 2 agst the Ratan filly. Woe vary cleverly by a length, the same between the second and third. Run in 1 rain. 15 see. The winner claimed. The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 govt. each, for three yrs old; cults, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; the second to rave his stake. A.F. (17,Subs.) Colonel Peel's Hardinge (Flatman) I Mr. Combo's Tomboy ....(S. Rogers) 2 Sir R. Pigues Mooltan (Robinson) 3 Lord Exeter's Preilew (Norman) 4 Lord Exeter's Utrecht (Marlow) 5 Betting-5 to 4on Hardinge, and 3to 1 agst Tomboy. Utrecht, with Tomboy in waiting, made the running to the bushes, where the latter took it up, Hardinge and Mooltan following him; these two ran together in ad vance until half-way up the cords, where Hardinge challenged, and won on the post by a head, Mooltan good third. Run in 2 min. 19 secs. First Year of the Third Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the second to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent. on the whole stake, and the third horse a sum equal to 5 per cent. on the whole stake. T.Y.C. Lord Eufield's Hernandez (F. Butler) 1 Sir'J. Hawley's Merry Peal (J. Marson) 2 Mr. Ford's Pa3ment (Bartholomew) 3 Lord 'aledon's Aaron Smith (Marlow) 0 Lord Exeter's Phleg , a (Norman) 0 Lord Exeter's Midas (J. Mann) 0 Mr. W. Dwall's Antigone (W. Abdale) 0 Sir J. II iwley's The Ban (Templeman) 0 Mr. Howard's Prestige (A. Day) 0 Mr. Payne's Catalpa (Flatman) 0 Colonel Peel's The Black Sea (Rogers) 0 Colonel Peel's fby Slane, out of Palmyra(G. Brown) 0 Mr. Bolt's Scandal Mr. %V. Beresforel's Vagabond .... (E. Harvey) (1 Betting-2 to 1 eget Hernandez, sto 1 agst Aaron Smith, 5 to 1 agst Catalpa, 6 to 1 apt Payment, and 8 to 1 agst any other. Prestige took the lead at starting, followed by An tigone and Scandal, the favourite waiting on them in company with Merry Peal, Payment, Aaron Smith, and one or two others. No material change took place until they got to the dip, where the favourite and Merry Peal went in advance, the former leading and winning by a length, the same between Merry Peal and Payment, Prestige fourth. Run in 1 min. 14 secs. Match-150, 50 ft T.Y.C. Lord Clifden's Sicyon, Sat received Lord Strathmore's Teeswater, Bst 31b paid Match-200, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord Clifden's Wallflower, 6st .. received Mr. Bolt's Collingwood, 9st 91b paid Match 200, h ft. Fir s t half of Ab. M. Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux, Bst 91b (F. Butler) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Hippie, bat 131 b (G. E. Sharp) 2 Betting-6 to son Hippie. Won by a length. Run in 48 seconds. The Hopeful Stakes of 40 sous. each, h ft, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b; winners extra; the second to receive 53 soya. out of the stakes. Last half of Ab. M. (20 Subs.) Sir J. Hawley's f by Bay Middleton, out of Venus, Bst I Ilb (including 61b extra) (J. I %larson) 1 Duke of Richmond's Buckhound, Bst 71b (Flatman) 2 Lord Clifden's Beaufort, Bst 71b (Pearl) 3 Duke of Rutland's Virago filly, Bst sb...(Robinson) 4 Lord Exeter's Phlegra, Bst 111 b (61b extra) (Norman) 0 Betting-7 to 4on the Venus filly, who waited on Buckhound into the cords, and won easily by a length; Beaufort a bad third. Phlegm jumped reund at start ing, and was left behind. Run in 52 secs. Match-100 h ft, Bst 4lh each. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's f by St. Frances, out of Taurica, received 15 ft from Mr. Ramsbottom's f by Charles XII., out of Queen of Cyprus. Match-200, h ft, Sat 41b each. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Santiago received Mr. Greville's Brunnow ... paid The last race not having come off until within three quarters of an hour of the departure of the return " spe cial," we have only time to add that the sport was ex cellent, arid the atteud,nce, notwithstanding the showery sate of the weather, the fullest we have seen at a First October Meeting for many seasons, BETTING ON THE COURSE. CESAREWITCH. 9 to 1 ag.t Landgrave—t. I 15 to 1 agst Wanota—t. 15 to 1 agst Lady Eden—t. 17 to 1 agst Trouncer. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 25 to 1 agst Maid of Masham. DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Grecian—t. 20 to 1 agst Herna n d ez 12 to 1 agst Prime Mini:- I GO to 1 Aaron Smith ter—t. NEWMAAKET, TUESDAY NIGHT. The following are the entries for tc-morrow :- 50/. D.I. Van Dieman, 4 yrs—Cariboo, 3 yrs—Bullfinch, 3 yrs. Handicap. D.M. Btauclerc, 5 yrs—Admiral, 6 yrs—Beau pre Bellr, 4 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each. R.M. Glenochty, 2 yrs—Hazy, 2 yrs—Count Swivel, 2 yrs. BETTING UP TO NINE O'CLOCK THIS EVENING, CESIREWITCH STAKES. 8 to 1 agst Landgrave 3to 1 agst Wanota Ilsto 1 a ge t L a dy Eden ( t ) I 17 to 1 agst Trouncer CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 25 to 1 agst Maid of Masham I 25 to 1 ags t L an d seer (taken) I 33 to 1 agst Bordeaux (t) DERBY. 7to 1 agat Grecian (t) 30 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's 12 to 1 apt Prime.Miuister Faugh-a-Ballagh colt (taken) 1 ,000 to 15 ast Aaron 20 to 1 agat Hernandez Smith g OARS. -- 7 to 1 agst Venus filly (taken to 1001., afterwards offered) 1,000 to 20 laid agst Grecian winning the Derby and St. Leger, and Venus filly the Oaks(taken). BETTING A T MAN CHESTER.—TUESDAY. CESAREWITCH STA.R.E.S.-8 to 1 agbt Landgrave (t)- 19 to 1 agstßolingbroke (0-11 to 1 apt Backbiter (I) 100 to 6 agst Wanota (t) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES.--6 to 1 agtt Italian (t)- 10 to 1 agst Mulgrave (0-11 to 1 agst Turnus (0 - 20 to 1 agbt Officious (025 to agst Rhesus. DERBY.— 30 to 1 agst Ariosto (taken freely). HURDLE RACE EXTRAORDINARY. EXETER, SEPT. 30.—A match for 501. a side, between a bay mare named Miss Fanny and Thomas, the Salo pian runner, over a distance of two miles and 50 hurdles 3 feet 6 inches high, came of this (Monday) afternoon. The spot chosen was a lev e l" field, of between four and five acres, immeiiately b e hi n d the Debtors ' W a rd, St. Thomas, and several hundreds assembled to witness the feat. The large quantit y of rain which had fallen the previous day, and the he avy showers d ur i ng the day itself, had rendered the gr oun d damp an d more than or dinarily unfavourable to the man, notwithstanding which be found man qual distances of 70 feet e i g h t hurdles were fixed, and 3' backers. R oun d the field at to complete the distance and t h e num b er of jumps re quired six circuits and two hurdles more. At 20 minutes to 4 the start was made, and during the first round the horse took the lead, waiting fur his opponent very leisurely. At the third jump the man caught his foot, but did not tall. During the second round the man was evidently permitted to go a-head. During the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth rounds the horse led, usually walking, except when put to the leaps. At the first leap of the sixth round the horse knocked down a hurdle, and had to return and go over clear, but it was pretty evident that the man's chance was very small indeed, and the mare came in a winner by nearly two minutes. It i s ri g ht t o m ention that the mare fre quently knocked h er teat i n go ing over, but she was r l : v d i d ik, en ins w o i f th li g en rc d a ip t , judgment, at a pace very little above by her owner, Mr. W. a walk at any time. The whole distance was accom plished in 16 minutes and a half. The man took his un 30 of age leaps in a styl e p ronounce d b ea utiful by the sporting men present,of water. H and was is a occasionallyasung man, , refreb der hed wit years h a draught of spare h a bit, an d, as m ay be supposed, very ag il e . The mare is very well, but not thoroughbred. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF BIRMINGHAM, This great annual match was commenced on Monday, on the Eigbaston Ground, Birmingham. It will be seen by the score that Armitage took every wicket but one of those of the Eleven who had handled the bat prior to the withdrawal of the wickets for the day. The score then stood as follows: — Tits ELEVEN. Clark, c Langley, b Tinley A. Marshall, b Armitage . Parr, b Armitage ................ ........ 1 Pilch, b Armitage Martingell, b Armitage Box, b Armitage Guy, not out ........... N. Felix, b Armitage ..... 6 Wisden, ' b Armitage Wide 7, no balls 1.... 8 Total FOUNDATION OF A NEW CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL AT PENTONVILLE.—Yest erda y the first stone of a spacious new chapel, for the use of the congregational body, was laid by D. W. Wire, Esq., in the Caled on i an - roa d, Pent onv ill e. The building is to be erected according to a design by A. Tiimen, Esq. It will be in the Grecian style of architecture, and will afford accommodation for 1,000 persons. The entire cost is not to exceed 2,680/., towards which the Congrega tional Chapel Building Society has voted 7001.-4001. as a grant and 300/. as a loan. The subscription list amounts to upwards of 1,100/., leaving about 800/. to be raised. WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1850. DREADFUL MURDER OF A CLERGYMAN. FEEMLEY, TUEDAY NIGIIT.—This usually quiet village has been thrown into a state of great alarm and excitement during the past forty-eight hours by the occurrence of a daring burglary, which has un fortunately terminated in the violent death of a venerable and much respected clergyman—the Rev. George Edward Holiest, who has held the perpetual curacy of Frimley during the past seventeen years. Tne circumstances attending the tragical event hare been obtained from the most authentic sources. A visit to the spot and diligent inquiries of those best qualified to afford information enables us to furnish the following summary of the facts connected with the dreadful affair : The village of Frimley Grove is situated about one mile and a half from the Farnborough station of the South-Western Railway, in the centre of the hop country. It consists of not more than forty or fifty straggling houses, and the parsonage house is at its western extremity. It is an old-fashioned brick residence, standing in its own grounds, but not more than 100 yards removed from other houses on either side. The Rev. Mr. Holiest was a married man, his household consisting of himself, his wife, a man ser vant, and two maid servants; and on Friday night last his two sons, youths of fourteen and fifteen, were at home, having arrived from school the saute afternoon. On Friday night the family re tired to rest at their usual hour, shortly before eleven o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Holiest slept on the first floor, in a room overlooking the lawn the two boys occupied an apartment on the same floor. The man servant slept at the top of the house, and a room adjoining formed the sleeping apartment of the two maid servants. It appears that it was Mr. Hollest's custom when his children were at home, to leave the door of his bedroom ajar, in order that he might overhear them in the event of their requiring anything, and he seems to have done so on Friday last. After retiring to rest he and Mrs. Holiest were awakened about three o'clock on Satur day morning by a sudden increase of light in their apartment and a noise of footsteps. On looking up they saw two masked figures standing at the foot of their bed, but so little suspicion of danger had the rev. gentleman that his first impression was that his sons were playing him a trick, and he told them to begone to bed and not play jokes with him at that hour of the night. Mrs. Holiest, with a quicker perception of danger, at once saw the truth and screamed aloud. The miscreants instantly seized Mr. and Mrs. Holiest, and, with pistols pointed at their heads, declared that if they made the slightest noise they would blow their brains out. Mrs. Holiest, notwithstanding the imminent peril she was in, struggled and at length succeeded in slipping out of bed and seizing a bell rope, upon which her assailant rushed round to the side of the bed and threw himself upon her with such force as to snap the bell rope asunder. Tne fellow continued to stand over her with his pistol pointed to her face, and she states that she fully expected to be shot every moment. Mr. Hol iest, who, although 54 years of age, was a very strong and active man, on discovering how matters stood, struggled with the villain who stood over him, and at length got out of bed and was in the act of stooping down to reach the poker from the fireplace, when his assailant fired at him and wounded him in the abdomen. The unfortunate gentleman was not aware at first that he had been struck, and continued to grapple with the fellow, endeavouring by every means in his power to prevent his escape. The report of the pistol at this moment appears to have alarmed the man who was standing over Mrs. Holiest, and he left her for a moment and joined his companion. On finding herself released she rushed to the fireplace, and seizing a large hand-bell, swung it to and fro several times. This had the effect of alarming the burglars, who almost immediately left the apartment, and descending the staircase, ran out of the house by the front door. Mr. Holiest, as soon as he was re leased from his assailant, ran into an adjoining apartment and snatched up a gun which he always kept loaded. Descending the staircase with the gun in his hand, he distinctly saw three men run ning across the lawn, and without taking any direct aim he fired amongst the group—as it appears, without effect. Returning to his bedroom, he now first discovered that he was wounded in the abdomen, and having endeavoured to allay the fears of his wife, he got into bed and ordered his man servant, who had only just awoke and descended from his room, to run for the constable as a protection to his family, and then to fetch the doctor for himself. The man called up the village constable, and then proceeded to sum mon Mr. Davies, the medical attendant of the family, who resided about a mile and a half distant. On the. arrival of the constable an examination of the pre mises was made, and it was ascertained that a n en t ry had been effected at the rear of the premises through the scullery window, the burglars having first broken a pane of glass to enable them to open the window, and then cut away the woodwork, into which an iron bar was fixed. From the scullery an entrance into the kitchen was effected by the removal of one bolt, which appears to have been done in a very business like manner, indicating that the villains were no no vices in crime. Having once gained an entry, they appear to have set open all the doors in the house, so as to afford speedy egress in case of alarm or dis covery. The front door was propped open by a mat and two or three other doors were found fixed on their hinges by the insertion of knives in their crevices. From the positive testimony of Mr. Holiest there ap pears to be no doubt that three men were engaged in the attack, and the amount of property carried off seems to corroborate the unfortunate gentleman's im pression. The cool determination of the men may be gathered from the fact that within half a mile of the spot a quantity of bread and meat with two or three half empty bottles of wine stolen from the parsonage house, have been discovered. On the arrival of Mr. Davies, the family surgeon, he found Mr. Holiest in very good spirits, and sufficiently collected to detail the circumstances of the attack. On an examination of the wound, however, Mr. Davies at once formed an unfavourable opinion, the correctness of which was soon made manifest by the increasing pain and un easiness which Mr. Holiest suffered. After the first two or three hours the pain he suffered became so in tense that all hope of his being able to survive was at an end. His two brothers, who reside in the neigh bourhood, were sent for, and had an interview with their afflicted relative. During Saturday the unfor tunate gentleman continued to grow worse, and on Sunday, at noon, all hope of saving his life being at an end, the fact was communicated to him. He re ceived the intelligence with resignation, and having taken an affectionate leave of his family and servants declared that he freely forgave his murderer, and that he hoped God would forgive him. He then expressed a desire to partake of the Sacrament, and after linger ing in great suffering expired in a state of unconscious exhaustion at 20 minutes after 8 o'clock on Sunday evening. Intelligence of the outrage had been forwarded to London before its fatal termination, and Sergeant Kendall, of the Detective force, was sent to Frimley on Sunday night to assist the local police in investi gating the affair. Active exertions were made, and the result was the apprehension, on Sunday evening, at the Rose and Crown beershop in Guildford, of three young men, two of whom are shown to have been at Frimley during the past week, and one of them is known to have had some conversation with the deceased .while endeavouring to dispose of some earthenware dishes. The names of these men are Hiram Smith, James Jones, and Levi II;w — ood: They were all well known to the local police, as each of them had been several times in custody. They were brought over to Frimley this morning, and Luken to the residence of the deceased, where they were sub mitted to examination before Captain Mangles, M.P., of Poyle-house, Guildford, a county magistrate. The examination was conducted with closed doors, but the result is understood to have created a strong impres sion of their guilt, and ➢lrs. Holiest is almost posi tive as to the identity of two of them. During the inquiry this morning the prisoners were taken into the room where the deceased was attacked and where his dead body was lying. The conduct of Smith while there is said to have been very remarkable, and indicative of familiarity with the apartment. All three prisoners are very small men, and two of them are scarcely five feet high. They are, nevertheless, determined-looking men of the roughest cast of cha racter. At the close of the investigation the prisoners were remanded until Friday next, instructions being given to the police to send one man to Guilford, another to Farnham, and the third to Godalming, in order to prevent communication between them. The Home Secretary has offered a reward of 1001., to which the family of the deceased have added 50/., fur the discovery of the guilty persons. The inhabitants of Farnborough and Frimley, as well as all the surrounding villages, have testified their respect for the deceased by closing their shops ' and but one feeling of deep regret pervades all classes. THE INQUEST. Mr. C. Woods, Coroner for the eastern division of the county of Surrey, arrived at Primley shortly after midday, and as soon as the magisterial inquiry had concluded a jury was empanelled at the White Hart Inn, for the purpose of investigating the melan choly affair. The panel consisted of thirteen respec table yeomen of the district, of whom Mr. Western was chosen foreman. The usual oaths having been adcninistered, The CORONER addressed the jury. He said they had been called together under circumstances of a most painful nature—to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of a gentleman who for many years had been their pastor, and wt.o by a zealous and faithful discharge of his duties had endeared himself to his parishioners and retained their affectionate re gard to the last moment of his life. Under ordinary circumstances such an event was calculated to occa sion deep feelings of regre t ; unfortunately, in the present case those feelings must be greatly enhanced from the fact that the unfortunate deceased hid suffered a violent and painful death. After a brief summary of the circumstances above detailed, Mr. Woods pro ceeded to say that if the facts were proved as alleged, there would be no difficulty in the jury coming to a conclusion on the subject. If the deceased were shown to have died from the effects of a gun or pistol shot wound it would be their duty to say that any person proved to have discharged the instrument was guilty of wilful murder, and any other parties who might have been present aiding and abetting would also be guilty in a greater or less degree. It was a source of deep regret to him that it would be neces sary in the course of their inquiry to take the evi dence of the widow of the deceased; but with a view of saving her pain he should propose that after the jury had viewed the body they should receive Mrs. Holiest's deposition at her own house. The jury, assenting, here accompanied the Coroner to the deceased's late residence, where, having first viewed the lndy of the unfortunate gentleman, which was lying on a mattress in the room where he re ceived his death wound, they were conducted to the dining-room for the purpose of receiving Mrs. Hol iest's deposition. Mrs. Holiest, having been led into the room by her brother-in-law, sank into a chair in a fainting state, and was only revived by the application of powerful smelling salts. On recovering herself she stated that her name was Caroline Holiest, and that her husband had been perpetual curate of Frimley-grove for 17 years. On Friday night last she retired to rest about five minutes to 11 o'clock, her husband having gone to bed previcusly. The CORONER—When were ycu first disturbed after that ? Mrs. Hollest—l thi❑k it must have been about three o'clock o❑ Saturday morning. The CORONER—WiII you be so kind as to tell us what occurred to disturb you ? Mrs. Holiest—l heard footsteps in our bedroom. The CORONER—Was your husband disturbed at the same time ? Mrs. Holiest—Yes; we both jumped up in bed at the same time. The Coroner—What then happened ? Mrs. Hol lest—l saw two men at the foot of our bed. One of them put his left hand on my feet and in his right hand he held a pistol, which appeared to be levelled at my head. One of the men was a little taller than the other. The tallest seized Mr. Holiest in the same way and levelled a pistol at him. As nearly as I can recollect both of them said together that " if we made any noise they would blow our brains out." That expression was repeated several times. Mr. Holiest at first thought it was our boys playing a trick upon him, and he told them to go to bed. I saw at once the terrible reality, and sprang out of bed o❑ the left hand side to ring a bell, the rope of which hung down at the head of the bed. O❑ my doing so one of the men rushed towards me and pushed me down with so much force that the bell rope broke in my hand. The man continued to press me down on the floor, and held a pistol close to my eyes. While in this positio❑ I heard my husband, who had also got out of bed, scuffling with another man on the other side of the room, and presently afterwards I heard the re port of a pistol. I struggled hard with my assailant in order to get round to help my husband. I think the man fancied his comrade was shot, as he gave way a little, and lat length succeeded in getting round to the fireplace and in taking hold of a large hand- bell, which I rung as loud as I could. The men at this time left the room, followed by my husband. I ran to the window, and throwing up the sash, rang the hand-hell again. While doing so I heard a gun fired from the lower part of the house, and at the same time observed two men run across the lawn. One of the men turned back and looked at me, and I shut down the window immediately. The CORONER—You saw only two men, then ? Mrs. Holiest—l only saw two myself, but Mr. Hol lest told me he had seen three distinctly. After I had closed my bedroom window I went to my children's room, and on the landing I met Mr. Hol iest coming up stairs. lie said to me, " 'The fellow has shot me," and at the same time showing his wound. The CORONER —What persons slept in the house besides yourselves ? Mrs. Holiest—One man ser vant, two women servants, and cur own boys. The CORONER—Did you see how the men were dressed ? Mrs. Holiest--They appeared to me to be dressed in light clothes, and to have their hair stuck out at the sides of their heads, as if for the purpose of disguise. Their faces appeared to be covered with linen masks, as I could see holes for their eyes. I heard no rustling of paper, and therefore I think the masks were linen. The CORONER — Since this occurrence happened have any men been placed before you? Mrs. 1101- lest—Yes. The CORONER—Are you able to identify any of them ? Mrs. liollest—Yes ; I suspect two of them. Inspector Kendall here stepped forward and re quested that this answer might not be made public. The CORONER said he would be very careful to request the representatives of the press present to exclude from their reports anything which might by possibility interfere with the ends of justice. The CORONER (to Mrs. Ilollest)—Had you fas tened all the doors before retiring to rest? Mrs. Hollest—Yes, with the exception of the door leading from the kitchen to the staircase, which I had left open for two or three nights previously. The CORONER inquired if the jury wished to put any questions to Mrs. Holiest ? Foreman asked whether she could undertake to say that the tallest of the two men wore a hat ? Mrs. Holiest said, she thought not. His hair ap peared to stick out at the side very much, but she observed no hat or cap upon his head. Inspector Kendall requested the Coroner to ask Mrs. Holiest to explain the position of the curtains on Mr. Holiest's side of the bed. Mrs. Holiest said, they were drawn close at the head, and round the foot post, and this might have prevented her seeing any third man in the room. The CORONER (to Mrs. Holiest)—Do you think it possible that there were three men in the bedroom at any time ? Mrs. Holiest—Oh yes, I think it very likely. I did not observe either the man who stood over me or the one who was struggling with Mr. Holiest go to the table where my watch was lying, and as it is gone I think it very probable that a third person may have taken it. The examination of Mrs. Holiest here closed, and the coroner and jury returned to the White Hart Inn, where the examination of the other witnesses was proceeded with. Richard Giles was first called—He said, I was in the service of the late Mr. Holiest. I had lived with him as groom eight years last July. On Friday night last I went to bed about ten o'clock. I slept at the top of the house. About three o'clock on Satur day morning I heard the report of a pistol or gun, and immediately afterwards screaming, followed by the ringing of a bell. I then heard the footsteps of per sons in the room below, as if some persons were jumping about without any shoes on. I got out of bed and ran down stairs. On opening the door lead ing from the back staircase to the landing I met Mr. Holiest coining up the front staircase from below. I followed him up to his room, where I found Mrs. Holiest. She said the house had been robbed, and the rogues or thieves had shot my master, and that I was to go and fetch the female servants. I returned up stairs and met Ellen and Elizabeth, the maid ser vants, coining out of their room. I told them to wait for me until I got a stick from my bed-room, and hav ing obtained it I returned down stairs to my master and mistress. I had heard a second report of a gun in the house just as I left my room the first time. When I returned down stairs the second time 1 saw master holding his stomach where he had been shot. By his direction I looked round the house and found that an entrance had been gained through the scullery win dow, where the woodwork bad been cut away and the iron bar removed. I subsequently went and alarmed the neighbourhood and called the constables Huntingford and Macey. Having done so I went to Biackwater for Mr. Davies, the surgeon, who re turned with me immediately. I have since looked round the house, and in the front garden have seen prints of footsteps of naked feet. I had not seen any persons lurking in the neighbourhood on the Friday. I found a screwdriver which had been left behind by the burglars on the front lawn on Saturday morning. I also found an umbrella which had been taken from the kitchen and some pieces of worsted stocking near the same place, and a piece of red handkerchief near the scullery window. The screwdriver (a formidable implement more than a foot long) was here produced, and the Coroner asked for the production of the pieces of worsted stocking and the handkerchief. The inspector of the local police said he had not received them. The CORONER expressed his surprise, and said it was most important that nothing which might by possibility lead to the detection of the offenders should be lost. A search was made fur the missing articles, and they were shortly afterwards found in the custody of another officer. Examination continued—l saw several footsteps on the gravel walk in front of the house, but could not trace them over the grassplat. At the entrance gate there was a mark as if a person had been going out in a hurry and had slipped down. The CORONER—Was there any search made about the neighbourhood —any person sent round to scour the country ? Witness—Not to my knowledge. Mr. William Davies was next examined. He said— I am a surgeon, and reside at Yorke-town, Frimley. I was sent for about half-past 3 o'clock on Saturday morning to come to see Mr. llollest. I was called up by the last witness, who told me that the house had been entered by burglars and that his master had been shot. I returned with him immediately, bring ing my assistant with me. I found Mr. Holiest in bed. He did not appear to suffer much at that time. He was perfectly collected and related to me the whole of the circumstances that had occurred. He showed me his night-shirt, which was saturated with blood. I examined his abdomen, and found an abrasion of the skin within about an inch of the navel and a little to the right of the medium line of the abdomen. It was a slight abrasion in an oblique direction. About an inch and a half below the abrasion I found a ragged orifice, through which something had penetrated, and on probng the Fart about two inches the probe came in contact with the muscle or integument, and prevented my penetrating further. I did not come in contact with any foreign body in probing thus far. The wound had every appearance of having been caused by a gun or pistol. I remained with Mr. Holiest until eight o'clock on Saturday morning. I considered from the appearances and the direction the foreign body had taken that the wound was mortal,' and I communicated my uf:favoureble opit,i(n to the de ceased's brother, Mr. William Holiest. I saw deceased frequently afterwards, and was with him at his death, hich took place about twenty minutes pest eight o'clock on Sunday evening. He suffered the most excruciating agony-, but retained his sensibility until within two or three hours of his death. The CORONER -Did Mr. Holiest make any disclo sures to you, in reference to this dreadful affair? Mr. Davies—lie did. The CORONER —Dill he believe he was in danger at the time be made such disclosures ? Mr. Davies— Not at that time. He told me when I first arrived ut Ftimley, on Saturday morning. The CORONER—When was he made aware of the dangerous character of his injury ? Mr. Davies— About 1 o'clock on Sunday. The pain he suffered at this time was so great that we could not hope to ob tain any deposition from him. The CORONER—Have you since this made a post znortem examination of the deceased's remains? Mr. Davies—l have to-day, assisted by Mr. Clarke, of Farnham, who was called in on consultation with me. The CORONER-What is the result of your exami nation ? Mr. Davies—l traced the external orifice to the internal orifice, and thence to the convolution of the bowels. When I laid open the covering cf the abdomen I found extensive extravasation of blood over the bowels, and in one of the convolutions I found an aperture passing through the bowels. On pursuing the examinatio❑ I found the bowels adher ing together from recent inflammation, and on ex amining the lower part of the cavity of the stomach I found loose in the fold of the peritoneum, between the bladder and rectum, a small marble, which I now produce. Mr. Davies here produced a small marble of a dark grey colour, which was handed round to the jury. It appeared lighter than stone, but was described by some of the jury as a common " stonor" marble. In reply to the Coroner, Mr. Davies said the marble corresponded exactly with the orifice in the stomach, as well as the wound in the bowels. Examination continued—Mr. Holiest stated to me that the man fired the pistol at the time he was stooping to take the poker from the fireplace, and this would account for the direction of the wound. I was Mr. Hollest's medical attendant. He usually enjoyed good health. I have no hesitation in stating his death to have been caused by the wound described. Mr. Robert Clarke, surgeon, of Farnham, corrobo rated the evidence of Mr. Davies in every particular. A juror here inquired whether any deposition had been received from the deceased previously to his death ? The CORONER replied—None. The Juror (to Mr Davies)—Did the deceased de scribe to you in what manner the men who entered his bedroom were dressed ? Mr. Davies—He did, and his description agreed exactly with Mrs. Ilollest's evidence on the subject. The CORONER (to the police)—Do I understand that you have any party here who can depose to having seen the three men in custody on this charge in Frimlev village on Friday night ? Inspector Hol lington—Yes, sir. A young woman in the service of Mr. Mayberry, a surgeon of this place, has already , identified two of th e men . Sh e saw three men to gether in front of her master's house about half-past twelve o'clock on Friday night, and she has identified two of the prisoners as being of the party. The CORONER here desired that the prisoners, who were all in custody down stairs, should be placed in the tap-room among other parties, and that the girl alluded to should then be asked if she could point them out. This was immediately done, and although the prisoners were each placed at a different part of the room, the girl upon entering directly pointed out the two men Smith and Jones. The third prisoner she could not recognise. The officers having communicated the result to the Coroner, Mary Gouldstone, the girl in question, was sworn and examined. In reply to the Coroner she stated that she was a nursemaid in the service of Mr. May berry, an 1 that on Friday night last, about half-past twelve o'clock, she was looking out of her bedroom window, which was on the second floor, and faced the street, when she saw three me❑ standing on a grass plat nearly in front of her master's house. She took particular notice of them, as she thought one of them appeared to be tipsy. One of them wore a green felt hat, with a light shooting-coat and dark trousers. Another wore a flat cap; but she did not notice the dress of the third. The one with the felt hat was the tallest of the three, and stood in the middle. The moon was shining brightly, and enabled her to dis tinguish the features of two of the men. She had never seen them before nor since until that afternoon. She had just seen two of them in the tap-room, and had no difficulty in recognizing them, as she had so particularly observed them on Friday night. On her oath she was positive two of the men she had just seen in the tap-room were the same men she saw in front of her master's house on Friday night. The CORONER—A re the names of these men known? Sergeant Kendall—To the officers, air. You 'can have them if you wish. The CORONER—No, never mind. (To the wit ness.)—Have you stated any of these circumstances before to any one ? Witness—After hearing on Saturday morning what bad occurred at Mr. Hollest's I told my mistress that I had seen three men in front of our house on the previous night, and that I sus pected they were concerned in it. The three prisoners were here introduced ; and the Witness immediately pointed out the two she had previou,ly identified. The CORONER (addressing the prisoners) said, be supposed they were aware that a very serious charge had been made against them. The last witness had declared that she had seen them in Frimley on Friday night at half-past 12 ; and he wished to inform them that they were at liberty to ask them any questions if they chose to do so. The prisoner Smith said ksharply)—What time does she say she saw me in Frimley ? The CORONER —At half-past 12. Smith (to witness)—You saw me in the tap-room of the White Hart at half-past 12 on Friday night, did you ? CORONER—Oh no! The witness does not say so. She says that she saw you in Frimley village. Smith—Then I can deny it. Excuse me, gentle men all round, the witness has not spoken the truth. I can bring a respectabl publican to prove that I was not in Frimley on Friday. The CORONER (to the prisoner Jones) —Do' you wish to ask the witness any questions ? Jones—No more than that I can bring a witness to prove I was not in Frimley on Friday. The CORON - Eli—Exacay. That you can do at a future time. The prisoners having been removed, The CORONER said he thought the last witness had given her evidence very creditably. Mr. Mayberry, her master, who was present, said he believed she was an honest, well-conducted girl. The CORONER here directed the court to be cleared of strangers, and after a few minutes' consultation with the jury, on the doors being re-opened, it was announced that the inquiry had been adjourned for a week. The greatest excitement continues to preyail in the neighbourhood. LORD PALNIRRSTON.—It is said that this distin guished nobleman is about, in the course of next week, to visit this town and his estates surrounding it. It is now four years since he was amongst us, but though not a rem dent landlord he has given every assistance to his tenantry. During the severe years of famine, he purchased seed and gratuitously bestowed it on those who otherwise would be unable to till their ground. He also, in many instances, dis tributed food to his tenantry, and by his uniform courtesy in patiently hearing their complaints, and in every case seeing justice done them, he has earned the name of a " good landlord."— Sligo Champion. The Right lion. W. G. Haytor, Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, after inspecting our bay and the various public works now in progress here, expressed himself well pleased at all he had seen, and giving us most cheering hopes of our future prospects, left this, rid Connemara, ac companied by A. O'Flaherty, Esq., M.P., as far as Westport, to enjoy the scenery of Maam and the wilds of the far west. —Galway Mercury. An inquiry of a very serious character, says a correspondent, which has been going on for some weeks, into the character of some of the cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, has at length been brought to a doff- In consequence of some practices too gross and atrocious to be particularised, practised by some of the students who had recently joined from the new training-school at Carshalton, the Master-General of the Ordnance ordered a committee of inquiry to assemble, and investigate the circumstances. The first result was the dismissal of thre e student s from this aca demy, who had been convicted of these practices. The result of the labours of the committee has been . th . e expulsi on o f s i x more out of the ten students who had Joined the academy, making nine in all, and the peremptory dismissal of 2t3 scholars from the Carshalton School . The principal of the school, Dr. Andrews , ha s also been dnuaissed, for neglect of through Southampton Southampton nu rr kr i t ns a . hi g oeow e i nr s n , wtdtraorlii:nvi him.—Morning personsby three engines. They duty in not taking prompt steps passed Dorchester,tnnoitifrcormushthe ev ilwhenconsist ing t y l: e rs sA t t oebntr,ed7ca3eayxmc carriages, were left behi nd we o r n e t t w h a e hours behind time. 300 Dorchester line for want of accommodation.