The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-26 00:00:00

TREET.—(THIS DAY.) A WHOLESALE SMASHED. —Alai y Bryan was plae ,, d Le:bro Me. Binglii.m, charged with three distinct ut terings of cotr.terfeit ccin. Mary Thome-, a chandler's shop keeper in Ogle street, said, last night, about nine o'clock, the prisoner came into her shop, arid purchas d goods to the amount of Is. 5d., in payment for which she tendered the crown piece produced. Wittie:.s, nut having any idea the coin was bad, handed her the change, and she then left the shop. Directly she was gone she detected the crown piece was a counterfeit. She pursued her, and gave her in charge. Two other utterings having been proved, the prisoner was fully committed for trial. EMBEZZLEMENT. — James Plasey, a shopman, in the employ of Mr. John Isaac Israel, butcher, No. 63, Tower street, St. Martin's-lace, was charged with cnabczzling several sums of money belonging to his master. The prosecutor said the prisoner was in his employ up to Tuesday last, on which day, in consequence of infor mation which he received, he went to several of his ens tomers, aid found that the prisoner had been receiving several sums of money due to him for meat, amounting. in all to 41. 155., ft r which the prisoner had riot ac counted to him, as it was his duty to do. Witness, on his return home, gave the prisoner in charge. As pro secutor could not tell what other sums the prisoner had received, he wished t.) have him remanded. The prisoner was remanded till Monday next. EXECUTIONS AT CAN [ON. Another morning's excursion was to the execution ground, two miles from the factories, and not far from the river ; there is some difficulty in finding it out, servants not liking to escort you to such places, and actually refusing to do so. At last we came upon the spot, which is the wide part of a populous street, with a wall on one side, and a row of potteries on the other. A narrow shed, about fifteen feet long and four wide, covered with bamboos and open in front, with a plank about a foot high from the ground, contains, exposed to public view, the heads of the criminals, in all stages of decomposition, up to the most recent date. I should think that there could not have been less than forty, as they formed two layers, filling the en tire space of ground enclosed in the shed. The offen sive smell prevented ma from making more minute observations, but I noticed all the tails were cut off, which is done before beheading. Half a don large wooden crosses, for strangling, which is the punish ment for certain offences, were standing against the wall, beyond the shed. Hearing from my servant that an American missionary lived near this spot, I called on him to know a little more about it, as so many rumours of executions of from twenty to thirty people taking place daily, did not appear to me to be well-founded. The Rev. T. Ball has livel for many years here, keeps a missionary school, and has taken much interest in the capital punishments. Having a converted native living with him, be has been able to gather the most correct information on the subject, and I am indebted to him for the following remarks. The population of the province of Kwang-tung con tains twenty-nine millions of inhabitants, and all the criminals sentenced to death must be executed at Canton, the capital. The number averages from three to five hundred a year. The largest number, eight hundred, took place last year, probably owing to the increase of piracy, and to the greater severity of the present Viceroy, Seu. This year, up to the present time, lit Oct., 1849, the number was two hundred and eighty. The greatest number executed in one day was forty-nine—the smallest, one. The most usual number is from ten to twenty-five. The longest interval between the days of execution, a month : two or three times a week is not unusual. Nearly all the men are beheaded with a large sword : their hands being tied, they kneel down, with their faces towards Pekin, the Emperor's residence, and the head is struck off at one blow. Women are strangled—of these, not more than one or two a year suffer. One woman, for parricide, was cut up into forty-eight pieces—the number of pieces varies frem twelve to twenty-four, thirty-six, &c. One man was flogged to death with bamboos—many are beaten before execution. Most of these criminals are condemned by the local authorities, but a portion by order of the Emperor, doubtful cases being referred to him for decision. The executions often take place in the afternoon, but the time is uncertain. A man darin of high judicial rank is always present, sitting behind a screen. Soldiers guard the approaches, and the crowd of rabble is very great. The heads are thrown under the shed, where they remain as a warn ing to the peoplz, until they become bleached in the gun ; the bodies can be carried off for interment by the friends. 4 People are found to inhabit the houses opposite this very receptacle of two or three score of heads, the distance not being ten yards apart, and these sanguinary scenes enacted constantly under their eyes.—Berncastle's Voyage to China. • Persons condemned to death may procure a substi tute, who can be found on payment of a sum of money. CLEVER CAPTURE.—During last Hallowfair, Mr. Gordon, an extensive cattle salesman, was skilfully robbed in the Grassmarket, by two women, of a pocket-book con aining about 7001. The women were captured on the fol. lo ing morning, as they were entering the train for Glasgow, With part of the money; and aanan named Main, known to be their intimate acquaintance, was apprehended in Glasgow the Fame day, with a bank receipt in his possession for 240/., Which be had deitesited in the Union Bank there. The dis- • covery was made at the same time that a sum nearly equal in amount had been lodged in the Union Bank on the same day by an accomplice of Main, by the name of Kyle. This, with the other sum, was suspected to be part of the stolen money, and the police made active exertions for the appre hension of Kyle; he was successful, however, in eluding their efforts till last week when he was taken into custody at Newcastle by criminal officer Milligan, of the police esta blishment here. The clever officer had skilfully followed up some slight trace he bad acquired, and on Saturday appre hended Kyle in a house at Newcatle, where he had resided for some time in security. The sum of 25/. was found in his Possession, and he is now in gaol here. Edinburgh Courant. THE ARMY.—The following changes will take place in the stations of regiments and depots of her Majesty's land forces early in January, 1851 :—The :10th or Cambridge shire Regiment of Foot will move from Weimer , n ear Deal, to Gosport, and remain in barracks there until they embark for Corfu. The depOt will remain at Widmer. The 30th returned from foreign service in January,lBl4, and will have been fully seven years on home stations. The 47th, or Lan cashire Regiment of Foot, is under orders to move to Cork, to embark at that port for Corfu. The depot will move from Buttevant, where the regiment is also at present stationed, to Waterford, and remain there. The 47th also returned from foreign service in January, 1841, and will have had seven years' home service. The let battalion of the 91st, or Argyleshire Regiment of Foot, is under orders to move from Dover to Liverpool, for service at that station. The Ist bat talion of the Rifle Brigade is under orders to move from Canterbury to Dover, to occupy the barracks vacated by the 91st Regiment. The depOt of the lsth, or Bedfordshire Regiment of Foot, is under orders to move from Canterbury to llythe, where it will be stationed. PRAISE. WORTHY CONDUCT.—About three weeks since, as Mr. Edward Jennings, of Stretchworth, near New market, was leaving the Black Horse, he gave the hostler, as he supposed, the customary sixpence, and was about driving elf, when the man called after him, and asked if he knew what he had given him? "Sixpence," was the reply. " No, sir," said the other, " it 13 half a sovereign ;" and he returned it. The fortnight following, Mr. James Barrett, the landlord of the same house, entered the market-room, and inquired for a gentleman who rode a dun pony the Tueelay b.;fore. "My reason for asking," said he, "is this a stranger put up here last week, who rode such a pony, and on going away gave my hostler a half-sovereign instead of a sixpence; on discovering the mistake he immediately in formed me of it, and gave me the money. I thought some Person here might know who the gentleman was." MORMONITISH TRICKS.—A wretched-locking ob ject, named George Wood, a Mornionite preacher, was brought before the Rev. E. F. White, at Stanway, on Satur day, charged with stealing certain sheets, blankets, and other articles, the property of George Staite, of Gretton, and, worst part of all, with enticing away complainant's wife. The complainant, a little old man, scarcely four feet high, stated that some time back his wife left him, t a king with her various articlee, his proper t y , of which the blankets, &c., produced were part; he succeeded in tracing the faithless woman to Painswick, where he found her living with the prisoner, the articles in question being in their possession. lie at once obtained a policeman, into whose charge he gave the prisoner, who was accord in g l y removed to this place in a cart, together with the frail fair one, Staite's articles, and a bed belonging to the prisoner. The complainant, who seemed to care more about the recovery of his " dear Sarah " (as he called his wife) and his "goods and chattels" than aught beside, declined to prosecute. The case was, therefore, dismissed, and the prisoner, who had been grumbling sorely throughout, at once " took up his bed and walked ;" in other words, he raised his bed upon his head, and at once trudged off towards his home (Upton-on-Severn) sixteen miles distant, through all the rain and dirt. It was most amusing (says our correspondent) to hear the account given by the driver of the car which brought them from Painswick of the conver sation which took place on the road between the complainant and his wife and the prisoner. Staite did nothing but "dear Sarah" his wife, and coax her to come back and live with him; while she, on the other hand, continued to threaten how she would serve him if he dared to have her seducer sent to prison.—Cheltenham journal. FATAL ACCIDENT AT RAMSGATE..--011 the after noon of Saturday, two men, known as Bob Kidd and Jerry Doughty, left the harbour for the purpose of hauling their cod lines. When they started the weather looked very dull and windy, and it is presumed that a sudden squall upset the boat, as it was seen at sea bottom upwards. No tidings whatever have been heard of the men, and the presumption is, that they are both drowned. Two widows and nine children are left destitute. —Muidsione Journal. --- INGENIOUS CONTaIVANCE. — Among the articles seized by the police in connexion with the late robbery of 1851. from a commercial traveller in a notorious house in E it St. James's-street, was the door of the apartment in which the theft was eficted. Its peculiar construction may serve to explain in some measure the frequency and success of this species of theft for some time back. In an upper panel a circular hole has been formed, with a movable cover, so as to enable the partics in the passage to watch the pro ceedings of these in the apartment ; while one of the lower panels has been so constructed as to enable a party to insert his hand from the outside, and unlock the door, or, by its entire removal, to enter by the orifice, and rifle the clothes of those inside. The success of these robberies, effected in this manner, has lately been remarkable; but it is hoped that the detection of the modes operandi may operate in fu ture as a check.— Seots»atn. ACCIDENT TO Site WILLIAM NEWBIGGING.—We regret to state that a serious accident occurred to Sir Wm. Newbigging on Saturday forenoon. The venerable gentle man, who was at the time proceeding towards Castle-street, Was suddenly seized with faintness, and before assistance could be procured he fell to the ground, causing a dislocation or fracture of the hip-bone. Sir William was immediately conveyed to his residence in Heriot-row ,• and we were in formed, on inquiry last night (Monday), that he was pro gressing favoitrably.—EdinbtoWAtlcertiser. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 25. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walk:d this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the grounds around the Castle. Ihr Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel. The Hon, and itiv. G. Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also at tended the service. The Royal dinner circle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Msjor-General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps and Miss Blthurst, Hon. Mrs. Charles Grey, Mrs. Bouverie, Mr. Birch, and Mr. Glover. The band of the Hoy al Horse Guards attend during dinner. The Queen's private band will afterwards attend. _ _ Her Majesty's private band attended in the Castle after dinner on Tuesday evening, and performed the following selection : Overture "La Reine d'un Jour" Trio, " Overture, Tell" Triumphal March.. • . Selection, Ballet, " Masaniello" PRIVATE THEA TRICALS AT WOBURN ABBEY. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, as customary at this festive season of the year, are dispensing their princely hospitality at the ancient family seat, Wo burn Abbey, Bedfordshire, to a distinguished circle of relatives and friends. Among the guests of the Noble Duke and Duchess staying at the Abbey are Lord and Lady John Rus..sell and the;Hon. Miss Lister, Viscount Anson, Viscount Maldon, Viscount Valletort, Sir John and Lady Georgians Romilly, Lady Frances Hope, Lady Frances Russell, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel and Miss Bulteel, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Mr. Corne wall Lewis, M.P., and Lady Theresa Lewis, Lady Foulis, Mr. and Lady Caroline Sanford, General Hare, Captain Brooke, the Hon. G. Byng, Mr. Augustus Stafford, M.P., Mr. R. W. Grey, M.P., Mr. Arthur Russell, Mr. H. Grenfell, Mr. Bulteel, &c. In addition to the above personages of rank most of the neighbouring nobility and gentry have enjoyed the pleasure of congregating at the ducal seat to par ticipate in the gaieties. On Monday last " Woburn Abbey Theatre " (ac cording to the programme) was opened for the first, we believe, of a series of amateur dramatic entertain ments, for which the Abbey has long engrossed a high reputation. The performances, to use the before-quoted authority, were under the patronage of Lady Frances Hope and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. After the noble host and hostess had given a grand banquet to a numerous circle, a large number of visitors arrived from the surrounding neighbourhood, gathered to witness the theatrical display. Lord and Lady Charles Russell, Viscount and Viscountess En field, and a host of fashionables, were of the audience. The piece selected was the well-known favourite farce of Turning the Tables, and the following was the cast of characters, named in the order of their appearance : Old Knibbs Miss Knibbs Edgar Jack Humphries Thornton .. Viscount Valletort. Patty The Hon. Miss Lister. Bumps Mrs. Humphries Mr. A. Stafford, M P., long known to the public from the ability of his performances on that popular political stage, the House of Commons, has an equal, if not greater, reputation, in the large circle of his friends for his talents on the private stage, and the lion. Gentleman has for several years past had an engagement at "Woburn Abbey Theatre." Among the dramatis persona were several debutants, who were perfect in their part, and acquitted themselves most respectably, and elicited general applause from the friendly audience. Lord Maldon and Mr. R. W. Grey, M.P., rendered considerable service on the occasion, the former as " prompter," and the latter as " stage-manager." At the conclusion of the farce the company partook of refreshments in an adjoining saloon, the gaieties being prolonged to rather an advanced hour. We understand that the Noble Duke and Duchess purpose to welcome a succession of guests until about the middle of the ensuing month. Lord and Lady John Russell and the Hon. Miss Lister will remain on a visit at the Abbey until the close of the ensuing week. CUMMI2VGS' SOUTH AFRICAN EXHIBI TION, HYDE PARK-CORNER. This museum of sporting trophies has been so often mentioned in terms of commendation in these pages, and is so well known to the London pleasure-seeker, that it is almost unnecessary to advert to it again. For the guidance of the many parties visiting town at this festive period, who may be anxious to Eee all the wonders of the modern Babylon e'er their return home, it will, perhaps, not be considered inexcusa ble to devote a brief space to the Exhibition at Hyde park-corner, more especially as Mr. Cummings' work on South Africa must have had an extensive circu lation in the provinces, and induced some people to imagine that he has baen guilty of exaggeration, or indulged in overdrawn sketches of the animated nature of the extreme east. A. visit, however, to his museum will go far to remove that unfavourable impression, for certainly there is not in London, if indeed in any other part of the world, so vast an accumulation of the remains of animals which have fallen by the hand of one man. On the walls and tables of the room are displayed in immense profusion tusks of elephants, sea-horses, &c. ; skins of lions, tigers, jackall, and leopards; tails of, hippopotami and the rhinoceros ; besides au endless variety of stuffed specimens of monkeys and such like creatures, which are found in the wilds of Africa. The collec- tiou, too, is not only extensive, but equally interesting to the geologist as the curiosity hunter, since it em braces every species of animal abounding in those un explored regions; and those who are seeking pleasure blended with instruction will not omit Mr. Cummings from their Christmas list. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Christmas eve,:Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Charing-cross Hos pital on the body of Henry Scarlett, aged 54 years, who lost his life under the following singular circumstances. It ap pealed from the evidence of Inspector Woollet of the Thames Police force, that on Saturday morning last deceased had the charge of a sailing barge, which was drifting down the river with the tide. Deceased was on the after-part of the barge, and his son had the management of the oars. Nu merous accidents are constantly occurring at Westminster bridge, in consequence of so many of the arches being blocked up. The tide sets to the centre of the bridge, and watermen have considerable difficulty in passing through the two channels of the bridge on the north and south shore, and often the force of the current carries their vessels against the arches that are blocked up, and they are upset. On this occasion deceased was steering for the north channel, and as ha reached the bridge the barge appeared to incline towards the centre arch ; upon which he became much excited, and left the rudder in haste, for the purpose of assisting his eon at the oars. His foot caught the iron bar to which the sails are fastened, and he was thrown violently upon the gunwale of the barge. He never moved; a little blood issued from his nostrils, and he was carried to the hos pital, but was fund to be quite dead. There was only a small cut upon the nose, and no other marks of violence which could indicate the cause of death. Mr. Tingham, the house-surgeon, bad not made a post motion examination of the bedy, but he was of opinion that the deceased had re ceived a dislocation of the neck, which caused instantaneous death. Verdict,—Accidental death. DISTRE4SING :7`,IJICIDE IN THE SERPENTINE. —On Tuesday evening the body of a young man, named George Barton, was found in the Serpentine River, opposite the Exhibition building in Hyde-park, by some of the Humane Society's dragsmen, who received information of the suicide of the deceased under the following very distressing circum stances:—lt appears that on Saturday last one of the park keepers, while walking along the Serpentine, saw a hat and stick lying together near the edge of the river. He at once gave information to the superintendent of the Humane Society, who instantly gave directions for the river to be searched. The men dragged the river, but were unable to discover any body. The deceased's father in the course of Tuesday called at the receiving -house, and said lie had re ceived a letter from his son. It stated that he had thrown himself from the bridge facing the Exhibition into the Ser pentine, and that if they wanted to find his body they must search for it near the bridge. The letter also stated that he had been unable to get any work as a groom, and that dis tress led him to do the deed. The father identified the hat and stick as his san's property. The deceased was only 18 years of age, and during the last few weeks he had been very low-spirited, in consequence of his being out of work. THE POPISH PRIESTHOOD.—We stated, ten or twelve days ago, that in consequence of some of those clerical Puseyites, who intend leaving the Church of Eng• land, being prevented from joining the Church of Rome, be cause that Church does not permit her priests to marry— they were about to form a new church, under the name of the Primitive Church of England, in which marriage would constitute no disqualification for the priestly office, and in which they might use as much of the Romish ritual as they thought lit. We can now state , on the best authorit y , that in order to supersede the necessity of forming any such church, and with the view of inducing Tractarian clergymen to go over at once to Rome, "it is in contemplation to do away with the law of the Church which requires the priest hood to remain single." The words we quote are none °tinr than those of 1 5 r. ‘Viseman himself, addressed a few days ago to one of the most popular of our Protestant divines. After the new regulation has been adopted by the Church of Rome it will be competent for the Popish priesthood to marry or remain single, just as they pleae. There can be no doubt that the result will be the accession of large numbers of the Tractarian clergy, who have been deterred from joining the Romish Church, solely because, being married, they could not become priests of the Church of Rome while they could not reconcile themselves to the loss of ecclesiastical position consequent on becoming mere laymen.—Advertiser. HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, K.G.— We are happy to state that we have been informed the Noble Duke's health still continues to improve. His Grace got down stairs on Wednesday last, and sat in his study.— Derby Mercury. SUN, THE THURSDAY EVENINGr_ DECEMBER 26, 1850, GENERAL HA YNA.U. The Vienna Gazette of the 19th instant publishes the correspondence between Baron Koller, the Austrian Charg6 d'Affaires at London, and Lord Palmerston, respecting the outrage committed on the person of General Havnau, as well as the notes that were exchanged on the subject between the two Go vernments. 1.-NOTE FROM BARON KOLLER TO LORD PALMERSTON. London, Sept. 5, 1850. The morning journals of to-day publish accounts of the outrageous attack made upon his Excellency General Ha 3 nail esterday, when, accompanied by his two ad jutants, he paid a visit to the brewery of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins. Before his departure fur Dover, from which port ho purposes embarking for Ostend, be declared that he should not bring a complaint before the judicial courts. As, however, the insult was offs_qed to an Austrian general, the undersigned Char d'Affaires regards it his duty to address a request to his Excellency Lord Palmerston that (even in default of an accusation in the usual form) an investigation than take place in the es tab'ishment cf Messrs. Barclay, Perkins, and Co,, whose clerks appear to have been the instigators of acts of swcage brutality, which, without the timely intervention of the police, might have been attended with lamentable results. The undersigned is already convinced of the sincere regret with which your Excellency will have heard of this infamous act; it is a slur upon the proverbial free. doin of this country and upon its noted hospitality; it found its origin in the calumnious exaggerations which some journals and the hatred of a faction propagated re specting a celebrated man, and they nearly coat the life of him against whom they were directed. The undersigned has the honour to remain. &c., KOLLER. IL—NOTE OF LORD PALMERSTON TO BARON KOLLER. Foreign-office, Sept. 14, 1850. The undersigned principal Secretary of State of her Majesty for Foreign Affairs has the honour to acknow ledge the receipt of the official note addressed to him under date of the sth September, calling his attention to the attack made upon General Replan, on the occasion of his visit to the brewery of Messrs. Barclay and Per kins, with a request that an investigation be made re spcting the circumstances of the attack. In reply, the undersigned has the honour to declare to Baron Koller, that the Government of her Majesty deeply regrets that an officer holding a military position in the service of the Emperor of Austria should have been exposed to such infamous mistreatment in this country as that suffered by General Haynau, and the undersigned, in compliance with the wish of Baron Kol ler, will bring his note under the notice of the Secretary of state for the Home office. The undersigned takes advantage of this occasion to renew the assurances of his high esteem. - PALMERSTON. 111.-INSTRUCTIONS OF THE IMPERIAL MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, PRINCE SCHWARZENBERG, TO THE IMPERIAL CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AT LONDON, BARON ROLLER. Vienna, Sept. 12, 1850. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatches of the sth and 6th, informing me of the steps you found it necessary to take with the British Govern • ment in consequence of an infamous attack upon General fiaynau. We will not point out here the scandalous and revolt ing nature of the snare laid for the celebrated General; the public opinion of England, and of the whole civilized world, has pronounced its juJgment upon this unex ampled breach of hospitality. But that is not the suffi cient satisfaction which we expect from the sense of jus• lice and loyalty of the British Government. We can but inti,t that the investigation which you demanded in your note of the sth to Lord Palmerston be carried on strictly, in such guise that not only the actors in the attack shall meet with the punishment they deserve, but that the unrelenting arm of justice may reach also the chief instigators of the crime, who, in all probability, keep themselves in the background, and from a distance only moved the wires that set their puppets in motion. The British Government must attach, ou the one hand, too much importance to see the blow which the fame of English hospitality has received, amply re venged ; and, on the other hand, she watches tuo zeal ously over the safety of her subjects abroad, to make us doubt for a moment that your request will bo imme diately and energetically complied with. You are authorised to read this dispatch to her Ma jesty's Secretary of Stste for Foreign Affairs. - SCIIWARZENBERG. IVO--NOTE OF LORD PALMERSTON TO BARON KOLLER. Foreign-office, Sept. 30, 1850. The undersigned, her Majesty's principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, having brought under the notice of her Majesty's Secretary of the Home-office the commu nication of the Austrian Chargi d'Affaires, Baron Koller, of the sth instant, the object of which was to instigate an investigation into the circumstances of the attack upon General Haynau, on the occasion of his visit to the brewery of Messrs. Barclay and Per kins, be has now the honour to transmit to Baron Koller the copy annexed of a communication ad dressed to this department by Sir George Grey on the above subject. The undersigned has the honour to renew to Baron Koller the assurance cf his high esteem. PALMERSTON. (Copy annexed to the above note.) V.—COMMUNICATION OF THE UNDER SECRATARY (F STATE IN THE HOME OFFICE, H. WADDINGTON, ESQ., To THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE, H. ADDING TON, ESQ. Whitehall, Sept. 24, 1850. I have presented to the Secretary of State, Sir G. Grey, your communication of the 17th inst., accompanied by the copy of a note from the Austrian Chargé d'Af faires at this court, dated the sth inst., and am charged to xpress the deep regret and sympathy felt by her Majesty's Government relative to the scandalous attack upon General Haynau which forms the substance of the communication of Baro❑ Koller. Although the prompt interference of the police happily protected the General from danger, Sir G. Grey has, nevertheless, lost no time in taking the necessary steps for protecting him against further annoyance or anxiety, and he has reason to believe that the General has declared himself perfectly aatisfied by the measures adopted by the police, as also with their conduct at the time of the attack. The in tention alluded to by Baron Koller, as having been taken by General Haynau, not to take any judicial steps in the affair, was communicated to Sir George Grey imme diately after the occurrence, with the fact that the Ge neral and his friends, when requested by the police which came to his assistance to point out the aggressors, refused to do so, or to give any information that might lead to their arrest. Sir George Grey regrets that this consideration, how ow honourable to the General, has thrown insurmoun tab'e difficulties in the way of a summary judicial pro ceeding, which, according to law, can only be instituted on the accusation of the party injured. As the police were not present in the establishment of Messrs. Bar clay and Perkins, they had no direct knowledge of an act of personal aggression, and hitherto it has been im possible to prove the identity of any single one of the individuals concerned, without which knowledge it would be impossible to bring the case before the grand jury. Even if this difficulty was obviated, a judicial investiga tion grounded upon such an accusation could scarcely be attended with any result if the injured parties, whose evidence would be required by the jury and the court, remained voluntarily absent. Under these circumstances, Sir George Grey is c f opinion that a judicial investiga tion of this lamentable occurrence would not be attended with any satisfactory result. With rega, d to the observation of the Austrian Chargé d'Affaires, that Messrs. Barclay and Perkins elould be called upon to institute an investigation in their own establishment, I am requested to inform you that the assistance of the police was offered to Messrs. Barclay and Perkins for that purpose, but that Sir George Grey has learnt with regret from a letter from Mr. Bar clay, that th , l investigation set on foot by Messrs. Bar clay and Perkins has not led to the discovery of the on ginators of the attack, nor even to that of the principal actors in the same. 11. WADDINGTON. W.-NOTE OF BARON KOLLER TO LORD PALMERSTON. DATED OCT. 3, 1850. The undersigned Austrian Chargé d'Affaires had the honour to receive the day before yesterday the note of the 30th September, in which his Excellency Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, communicated to him the copy of a dispatch which, in the absecce and by authority of Sir George Grey, was addressed by the Under-Secretary of Slate in the Home &Alice, Mr. Waddington, under date of the 4th Septem ber, to the Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign office, Mr. Addington, relative to the serious and la mentable occurrence of the 4th of the same month. The undersigned has observed with regret in that dis patch—first, an endeavour to attach a secondary im portance to that occurrence—and, secondly, a deficiency of ready and earnest zeal which the occasion seemed to demand. The attack upon General Ilaynau was accompanied by considerable riot, and directed against an officer holding a high rank in the service of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. It cannot surely be maintained that in such a case the British Government cannot assert its authority. On the contrary. it seems that the disturbance of the public tranquillity, as also the existing friendly relations with the AuArian Cabinet, should be sufficient reasons to in duce it to make good its rights in all cases where its own interest:. demand it, by instituting a judicial inquiry. The Attorney-General can take proceedings in such cases against the guilty, or press nt an act of accusation to the grand jury. In the dispatch, written by authority of Sir George Gc ey, it is said that the refusal of General Haynau to appear as acct.'s! r had ten&red a judicial inquiry im possible; that his voluntary absence wrs contrary to an act of indictment, and that as the police were not present at the attack committed in the interior of Messrs. Bar clay and Perkins's establishment, it was impossible to identify the culprits. The undersigned beg leave to observe that the riot of 4th September, which touched so nearly the interests of a foreign state, cannot be placed in the category of what is commonly termed "summary jurisdiction of a ma gistrate." When General Haynau declined bringing an accusa tion ho acted upon the presumption that the British Government would know how to make itself respected. Disgusted with the infamous preccedieg, he thought he might be spared the annoyance of a personal application. Under ordinary circumstances it may be necessary to insist upon the presence of such persons who demand satisfaction for a wrong, that they may be heard upon a suit proceeding directly fro:n themselves. But it cannot b presumed for one moment that any such proceeding, however small, took place on the part of General Hay nau, whence his testimonial is totally unnecessary when the caie under consideration is that of a riot which oc casionE d a clisturbluce of the public peace, and touched upon the considerations due to a friendly Government. In the strictest legal point of view the appearance of the person wronged is not indispensable. When Sir Georg, Grey observes that the police were not witnesses of what took place in the interior cf the brewery, he forgets that they we re in the presence of the mob in the street before the house in which the General had sought refuge, and that it is almost impos sible to suppose that the inhabitants of that and other houses in the neighbourhood of the brewery should not have recognised one or other of the ringleaders. These circumstances might have afforded sufficient material to the Solicitor to the Treasury, or to any other legal authority, to procure the necessary proofs for bringing forward an kidictment, and with this view the undersigned, in his cfhcial note of the sth of September, pointed out the indubitable circumstances cf foreign instigation, which had its seat in the establi , shment itself of Barclay and Perkins.. _ . It does not, appear that every means have been re sorted to or an earnest desire manifested to detect the guilty, and therefore the assertion of George Grey is correct that, under such circumstances, a judicial in vestigation would, in all probability, not lead to any satislinnory result. Ac regards the passage in Sir G. Grey's dispatch, in which it is said that the Austrian Chargé d'Affaires pro posed that Messrs. Barclay and Perkins should be callod upon to institute an inquiry in their own establishment, the undersigned has the honour to declare that he did not make such a proposition, as he always entertained, and still does entertain th e hope, that her Majesty's Go vernment will itself take the necessary steps for a strict investigation. With regard to Messrs. Barclay, Perkins, and Co., the undersigned thinks it right to call the attention of his Excellency to the fact, that in their letter, alluded to by Sir G. Grey, they do not maintain that they do not know any of the guilty ones, but simply that they had not suc ceeded in discovering the instigators of the outrage, or even the principal actors in it. The only result of the steps taken in so serious an af fair, which does not concern public order alone, but the daily intercourse of the subjects of both Governments in the states of either, consists in the undoubted proof of the disinclination of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins. As the undersigned cannot regard this as the conclu sion of the affair, he has the honour to refer to his note of the sth September, as also that of the 12th, commu nicated under date of the 24th to his Excellency, and to request your Excellency to urge Sir George Grey, in the sense of the present note, to see that steps be taken to procure the desired end. KOLLER. VII.-LORD PALMERSTON TO BARON ROLLER. Foreign-office, Oct. 8, 1850. The undersigned, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Forel4n Affairs, has the honour to acknow ledge the receipt of a further note on the subject of the attack on General Haynau, which has been addressed to him by his Imperial Majesty's Charg6 d'Affaires, Baron Koller, on the 3d inst., and in reply has the honour to transmit to Baron Koller the accompanying copy of a communication on the subject in question addressed to this department by the desire of Sir George Grey, pre viously to the receipt by the undersigned of the note ad dressed to him by Baron Koller on the 3d inst. Under these circumstances the undersigned would re quast Baron Koller to be pleased to state whether he de sires any further interference with Sir George Grey in this matter? The . undersigned has the honour to renew to Baron Koller the assurance of his most distinguished respec , . 1 3 A.LMERSTON. (Enclosure of foregoing Note.) VIII.—LETTER OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT TO THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Whitehall, October 1, 1850. Your letter of the 2Sth inst., enclosing a copy of a dispatch of Prince Schwarzsuberg, in reference to the assault on General Haynau, on the occasion of his visit to the brewery of Messrs. Barclay, Perkins, and Co., has been laid by me before Sir George Grey. My let ter of the 24th ult. will have put Lord Palmerston in poss.7ssion of the reasons which prevent the institution of any legal proceedings against any of the persons impli cated in the disgraceful outrage. his Lordship is wel aware that no course can be taken in such a case which is not in harmony with the ordinary judicial procedure. General Haynau's own refusal to prosecute or identify any of the guilty parties was the only reason that mea su: es were not forthwith taken to bring the perpetrators to justice; and from the abortive efforts to bring the crime hone to any individual in particular, Sir George Grey regrets that it is not possible to institute a criminal prosecution with the least prospect of success. In addition, I have to remark that the result of the researches of the Government is far from justifying the idea, that the persons in the employment of Messrs. Barclay, Perkins, and Company, were promi,ted by others to the act, although there is little room to doubt that they acted under the influence of feelings excited by the publications circulated amongst them.—l am, &e. H. WADDINGTON. IX - NOTE OF BARON ROLLER TO LORD PALMERSTON. October 9,b, 1850. The undersigned Charge d'Affaires of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria has the honour to acknowlealgo the receipt of the note of yesterday, in which his Excellency Viscount Palmerston, principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of her Mi.j. sty the Queen of Great Bri tain and Ireland, was pleased to communicate a copy of a letter on the subject of the criminal act p rpetrated on General Baron Flaynau, which had been addressed to the Foreign-office by Sir George Grey, on the Ist of October, and consequently bet4e the receipt by his Excellency of the note of the 3d instant, addressed to him by the un dersign( d. Inasmuch as the note above alluded to explained the reasons why the undersigned could not declare himself satisfied by the contents of the first communication, ad dressed, at the instance of Sir George Grey—after an inexplicable delay—on the 24th of September, three weeks subsequent to the event itself—and inasmuch as the second letter is merely an extract from the first, to which it refers, the undersigned has therefore the honour to reply in the affirmative to the inquiry kindly con tained in it, as to its being his wish that Sir George Grey should take further steps in this matter; and would, therefore, renew the application contained in his note of the 3d instant, to which he begs leave to refer. The undersigned embraces the present opportunity,&c. ROLLER. X.—NOTE OF L".RD PALMERSTON TO BARON HOLLER. Foreign office, October 28, 1850. The undersigned, her Mjesty's First Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, having communicated to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department the notes addressed to him by the imperial Austrian Cheri. F d'Affaires, Baron Koller, dated the 3d and 9th inst., in reference to the attack made on General Haynau, on the occasion of his visit to tee brewery of Messrs. Barclay, Perkins, and Company, has now the honour to transmit to Baron Kolkr the accompanying copy of a communication addressed by order of Sir George Grey to this dt.partmcnt. The undersigned has the honour, &c., PALMERSTON. XL-^-ENCLOSURE IN THE ABOVE NOTE. LETTER OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT, H. WADDINGTON, ESQ, TO THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HUGH ADDING• TON, ESQ. Whitehall, October 22, 1850. I have laid your letter of the 17th inst., with the ac companying copies of a further correspondence with the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, at this Court, on the sub ject of the attack oft General Haynau, before Sir Geerge Grey, and I have to rfquest you will express to Lord Palmerston the regret Sir George Grey feels that not withstanding the full explanation of the reasons which preclude the possibility or instituting a prosecution of any of the persons engaged in the outrage, Baron Koller can still entertain the opinion that Sir George Grey is disposed to regard this outrage as an unimportant matter, or is disinclined to treat the case with all the gravity it demands. I am desired by Sir George Grey to assure you on the contrary that from the momi-nt th• act was committed he has entertained the most anxious a ish that the guilty parties should be discovered and brought to punishment. _ . _ Baron Koller brought the case in his first note to Lord Palrnersto❑ of the sth of September, a copy of which accompanied ycur letter to we of the 17th Sep tember, under the notice of his Lordship in terms the propriety of which is fidly recognised by Sir George Grey, inasmuch us the violence (gored to Baron Ilaynsu is c`►arac::•rissod as being at variance with the usages of this country, and the hospitality which England has always evinced towards all strangers, without distinc tion. Prince Seirwaraenhere . , also in his dispatch of the 12th of September, on the same subject (a copy of which accompanied your let ter to me of the 28th of Septem ber), gave expression to the same view of the subject, as he treated the matters as a personal attack on General Ilaynau, and referred to public opinion in this country and elsewhere in condemnation of this breach of hos pitality. In the opinion of Sir G. Grey the object of both these communications was to came such inquiries and inves tiga ioes as to the authors and perpetrators of that at tack, to ho instituted, as would lead to their prosecution and punishment. It was in consequence cf the matter being viewed in this light that both my former letters were addressed to you by the desire of Sir George Grey, as lie bored that the explanation of the circumstances which stood in the way of the adoption of violent measures, and the criminal pros( cution of the perpetrators, would have satisfied Baron Koller and the Austrian Government. In Baron Koller's communicstiou of the 3d inst., the matter is placed in a different point of view, and the wish is expressed that her Majesty's Government should re gard the case as one of " riot," and a violent breach of the public peace, vi ithout special reference to the attsck (,n General flaynau, and the violence offered to him. fa reply, I have to remark, that it is the opinion of Sir George Grey that the case, viewed in this light, is not such as would warrant the Government o! . this country in instituting a prosecution, as he is informed that this case could not be brought before a legal tribunal with that assurance of success necessary in the rare case of a Government prosecution. Irrespective of the difficulties stated in my former letters of sa•is fuctorily identifying any individual, it is much to be doubted whether it would be possible to procure wit nesses to prove that the tumult bore the character of a " riot" in the legal sense of the word, as it would be necessary to eetablish the fact that the tumult and di2)rder were; of so dangerous a character as to cause public fear and terror. Much as Sir George Grey re grets that, from the causes assigned, the authors of tho insults offered to General Haynan escape with impunity, he is still of opinion that it would be very injurious for the Grown to institute a criminal prosecution in a case of this nature, without a strong assurance of success.-- I am, &e., 11. ADDiIiGTON. XIL-DISPATCH OF PRINCE SCRIVARZENBURG TO THE AUSTRIAN CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN LONDON. Vienna, Nov. 27, 1850. From the exchange of notes which has passed b - twcen your Excellency and Lord Palmerston, respecting the attack upon General Haynau in Loudon, it resul!s that the Government of her Britannic Majesty deeply regr. ts the insult offered to an officer in the servicn of his Majesty the Emperor; that it would have wished to find out the originators of this outrage and to punish them; finally, that the sole motive that prevented it at once taking judicial steps against them was the refusal of General Haynau to point them out indivi dually, and bring an accusation against them. In presence of the difficulty to prove the identity of the guilty in the absence of the principal witness, the S2cretary of State of her Majesty's Government for the Home office expressed the opinion that a legal and judi cial investigation on the part of the Government would evidently Le alencled with failure; that consequently i; could only regret that the originators of the outrage would escape the punishment they had deserved. The Austrian Government fully shares this regret, for it is easily understood that such a result, whatever might be the cause of it, is far from responding to its just expectations. From the repeated explanations of the British Govern ment, it remains only for us to regard as terminated a transaction which threatened to run into an endless, fruitles, pelt mic. However, as the British Government cored not decide upon adopting judicial measures on an attack which placed the life of an Austrain subject in danger, we can not do otherwise than reserve to ourselves the right to consider, in a similar case, whether we should or should not act reciprocally towards British subjects in Austria. You are authorised to read this dispatch to Lord Palmerston, and to leave him a copy, AUNT JESSY. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) " The course of true love never did run smooth." Midsummer .Night's Dream. " Was there ever any attachment b?tween your sister Jesy and Mr. Bexley, Frank?" Mrs. Delmore abruptly asked, as the drawing•room door closed on the litly re ferred to, and sho and her husband were left alone. "Attachment," he repeated, "not that I know of. What could rut such a thought into your head, Letty?" " You don't suppose that I am so illogical, as to draw conclusions without premises," she said, laughing. " Certainly not, my dear; ho returned, with affected gravity. But may I know from what circumstance your inference is drawn?" " Well! when you introduced your friend to me, I could not help noticing that your slater looked very odd, and when you turned to her, and said, Mr. Bexley is an old friend of yours Jesay, she blushed, and trembled, and could scarcely hold out her hand to him for agitation." "Oh! then when a lady blushes, and trembles, and looks odd (an indefinite term that though), it is right to conclude the is meeting with a former suitor. Is that it, Letty?" "Not in all cases. However, that is not aIL" " Well; what other grounds have you for the suppo sition?" " Why, when he spoke of having recently lost his wife, and of his being left with four daughters, all under thirteen, I glanced at her, and saw her dash tears from her eyes. And hor whole countenance seemed to say that she would like to be a mother to those poor be reaved girls." " That was just like Jessy, I'll confess," cried Mr. Delmore. " But it is very possible, Letty, for her to feel for the poor motherless girls, and yet not to wish to be the wife of their father." " Granted; still placed beside what I before observed and n'Aiced after wards, it strengthened my opinion that there was something in it." " Well! and what did yon notice afterward? I want to know the whole, my dear." " Why, Jessy has been making all sorts of blunders ever since. At the dinner table I asked her for the mustard, and she handed me a spoon. Then we were giving out some dresses to be made, and what did she do, but call the dress-maker Mrs. Bexley." Mr. Delmore here burst into a hearty laugh. " Are you laughing at Jessy's blunders, or at my grounds of interference?" asked the lady. " At both" he returned; "for in a court of law the ho!e of your evidence, when summed up, would not justify a jury in bringing in a verdict of guilty." " I think it would, though;" rejoined Mrs. Delmore, pertinaciously. 'rise lady in question at this moment re-entered the room, and quite unconscious of what bad pmstai in her absence, she took up her work and quietly resumed it. Now, though Mr. Dolmen chose to laugh at his wife's conclusion—busbands will take such liberties—ho was not quite sure that they were without grounds. A vague idea of having once thought his sister had a preference for his friend now crossed his mind, and turning to her, without any particular design, he said, "Did you think Bexley much altered, Jessy?" " Not su much as I should have expected in all those years," she said, without raising her eyes from her work. " How many years is it since you saw him last?" " It is just seventeen years." "Ali! you keep a more accurate account of time than I do," he cried. And Mrs. Delmore here gave him a significant glance, which seemed to say, " That's another fact to justify my conclusions." We will let the gentle reader into the secret. Leonard Bexley and Jessy Delmore had first met whilst the latter was presiding over her brother's esta blishment, some years prior to his marriage, and the young lady was then scarcely nineteen. Mr. Delmore was not one of those young men who think, that if they have a sister for a housekeeper they are not called upon to be domestic—that she has no right to expect their society and attentions, and that they are at free liberty , to be from home as much as they please. So far from thinking thus, he duly appreciated the affection which had led his sister to sacrifice the comforts and society of her childhood's home for his sake, and he felt it his duty to repay that sacrifice as far as might be in his power. With this view, he spent most of his evenings in her Est ciety, either at their own fire-side, or by making her his companion in is his visits to their mutual friends. " Why, Frank Delmore, is as gallant t ) his sister as if he were handing about a young bride," was a remark frequently made amongst the young men who were as sociated with him in his profession. Such sp,:eches were not made in the spirit of commendation, but with a sneer. They had, however, no effect upon his conduct. Leonard Bexley was amongst the select few whom Delmore invited io his house: and termed his heart friends. They were nearly of an age, similar in cha racter, and fond of the same pursuits. Bexley had, at that time, no settled home in London; his relatives all resided in a distant part of England, and as he was al moit a stranger in the great city, he gladly availed him self of his friend's pressing, and oft-repeated invita;ions. The rational amusements, cheerful conversation, and re fined and elevating pursuits which distinguished their evening hours, made their fire-side very attractive to him, and he became a constant guest. Jessy Delmore possessed neither uncommon beauty, nor brilliant powers of mind; she was quiet and retiring in her demeanour—in short, she was one of those young women who require to be well known to be truly appre ciated. By such frequent association with her at her brother's house, Bexley became aware of the inestim able traits in her character, and consequently felt a deep interest in her, but no thought of anythicg further than the intercourse of friendship ever crossed his mind. With Jessy, however, it was otherwise. Esteem, by degrees, ripened into affection, and her guileless and in experienced heart too readily imagined that she was only responding the feelings of his. " You seem out of spirits to-day, my dear Francis," said Miss Delmore ti her brother, as he one evening threw himself into his arm-chair, with a manner very unlike his wonted cheerfulness. " Weil, to own the truth, I am, Jessy," was his reply. " lies anything occurred to distress you?" ',he !Owl [n concern. " Why! yes; I am sorry to say I am going to lose my riend Bexley." " Lose him!" " Yes; he is going over to America. Two of his brot'aers are going, and he tells me to-day that he has msrle up his mind to go with them, and set up in his profession there. They have some connexions in America. he here in a few minutes; he's going to sr end the evening with us," ho hurriedly added, and rising from his scat, end walking to one of the windows, he looked out. " This is sudden, is it not, Frank?" said Jessy, making a strong effort to speak. "No ; not exactly, my dear; he has talked of it several times before, but I really didn't think he would go. Perhaps it was because I didn't wish it," be added, ;urning to her with a forced laugh. " Perhaps so;" was all she could trust her voice to reply; and she now found a pretext for quitting the room. Bexley came that evening, and the next, and every evening whilst be remained in London. He spcko with feeling of how much he should miss their society, but not a word escapd him which could had to the cecelu sion that his regret extended further than that which was natura'ly cal.d forth by an interruption of friend ship. After his departure, a regular correspontlen , e wet for acme montha kept up between the young mcn, a,41 not a letter au rived in which Jessy was not naLued; still it vt ra only by such expressions as " kind remembrßnees t your little housekeeper," or to "my fair fiend." The correspondence after a however, suld,nly eased. Delmore was surprised nod concerne.l, though he did not say much; he had heard cf short-lived friend ship, and though he had hoped better things of his heart-friend, he thought he had no right to expect ex emption from the general experience of the world. Poor Jossy, too, suffered in silence, such griefs are not voluble —and none knew that she suffered at all. A Lrge thick letter, with the well-k!:own handwriting on the direction was, however, one moving put into Delm,re's hand. He opened it with eagerm , ss— too much eagerness to pert ive that his sister had caught sight of, and recognised it, and was in a state of great agitation. Ho! ho !" he said, smiling, and looking up a'ter he had perused the first page. " I see now how it is I havn't heard from Bexley for so long; he has been en gaged in a more interesting manner than in writing to use. Well, I suppose I must forgive him," he athie3, his eye running rapidly on. " I may want the same for bearance exercised towards me some day. There is no saying what one will do under such circumstances. What say you. Jessy ?" Miss Delmore guessed her brother's meaning too well; but for the sake of saying something, that her feelings might be unobserved, she said, "How am I to know what you mean, Frank?" " Oh ! he has been spending his time very agreeably in the company of a certain lady, wbo is to be Mts. Bexley soon. " Poor Jessy tried to make remark, but could not, her voice would not do its office, and her brother now locked up at her. Then it was at a qucation arose in his ! mind, whether he had not unwittin g ly w oun d e d h er feel ings, and whether she was not more deeply interested in the inf.irniation than he Lad supposed. The inipresion was, however, hut transient. Iler sale quent c3nduct led him to conclude that he was mis taken, and he never thought of it again, until nearly sixteen years after, when his wit's suggestions recalled it to his memory. We left Jessy busily plying her needle, and Mr. and i Mrs. Delmore exchanging significant glances. Married people are a pt t o l oo k ver y k now i ng , w h en th ey sec, or I fancy they see, others falling into the meshes in which they were themselves one day entangled. " Suppose we ask ycur friend to bring his daughters here for a few weeks, whilst he is engaged in his Limi ness mutters, and setting about his new home," said Mrs. alinore. "So do, my dear," responded the husband, "I am sure it will be a kindact:!." His sister looked in his face with her eyes beaming with pleasure. It was a spontaneous action, and eLe was the nt:xt moment as intent as ever on her woik. " What are you doing, Jessy, my dear," he asked, " you seem as earnest about that piece of needlework as if you were working for a wager?" " Why, I'm making little Freddy a set of caps," she replied, laughing. " Ah! I don't know what the world would do without Aunt Jessys, and Aunt Marys, and such useful ladies," he rejoined. "They are so txpert with the needle, and have; so much patience and kindness, and all that sort of thing. I know not how it is, but they seem to have a character peculiar to themselves, and it is a very estim able one." "So they have," cried Mis. Delmore. "I'll add my testimony to that." " We have each a vocation assigned to us," added Jessy, " and the great object is to discharge its duties with credit, be it what it may." The kind proposal of Mrs. Delmore was put into im mediate execution, and Mr. Bexley's four daughters were the very next day inmates of their hospitable mansion. Poor Jessy had a difficult matter to restrain her feelings when she first saw them. Her warm heart, full as it was of the tender memories of bygone days, longed to express more than circumstances seemed to arrant, and she was glad to withdraw to shed a few tears. Further association, however, made her less scrupulous of ex pressing her feelings, and she and the children were soon very warm friends. "I wish, papa, that Miss Delmore was our mamma," exclaimed the youngest girl, when she and her sisters were one day alone with him. " What makes you wish that, Celia?" asked her fa ther, smiling. "Because she is such a sweet lady, and I love her so." " Well, my dear, that is a very good reason. But perhaps she would not like it." "Yes; I think she would," added the little girl. " Why do you think so?" " Oh! I don't know, papa; but I do think it, don't you, Catherine?" she asked, addressing her eldest sister. " Well, Celia, I can't exactly say, but she's very kind to us, and seems to think a great deal about our losing our dear mamma." "She says she used to know you a great many years ago, when you wire in England before," said another of the sisters. "Oh wouldn't it be nice to have such a sweet lady for a mamma," Celia added, clapping her hands together with delight at the very thought. " May I ash her if she would like it, papa?" kr. Bexley smiled. " No, my dear, you must not ask her," he replied; you must leave that for me to do." " But will you?" " I can't promise; but I'll think about it." " Well!' mused Bexley, as he left the room. That is not exactly a bad proposal of little Celia's ; and then ho began ti think over Miss Delny.re's good qualities. " She is domestic," he said, " that is a peat thing in a woman, and sweet-tempered, tuo. I've heard her brother say that, many times—that is a very important matter. And she's intelligent. Yes ; I've spent many pleasant hours in her company." Then he recalled several little incidents long buried in forgetfulness, which evidenced some other excellences in her character. A we,k or so after the above conversation took place, he h.lppeui;d to come into the drawing-room when AEA Delmore and hii youngest little girl were there alone. Jessy had been giving the child a lesson in music, and they were still bitting htbre the piano together. "Oh! pipe., ask Miss Delmore now what you pro mised me you would," cried the child, jumping from the music stool, and running into his arms. " Hush, hush, my deir." "Oh do, papa, I'm sure sho will not say no. She is so kind." " Well, Celia, you may take a run round the garden, and then perhaps I will," was his reply. Jessy could not avoid overhearing what passed, but thinking what was said referred to the music lesson, she made a remark on Celia's testa for music, observing that she would advise Mr. Bexley to cultivate it, by letting her have early instruction. His thoughts were, however, occupied with another, and a more important matter, and his reply was not, therefore, very much to the purpose. (We say this without any reflection whatever on the quickness of his intellect.) He thought he could not do better than avail himself of the present favourable opportunity of ascer taining whether his little daughter's proposal would be agreeable; end after all we have made known to the reader, we think we need not give Jessy's reply. " So I was correct in toy conclusion atter all, you see, my dear," said Mrs. Delmore, a little exultingly, a few weeks subsequent to the period when the above related events took place. " I think we ladies are generally pretty cute in such matters," she added. "I really am surprised that you never guessed anything of the sort before:' "But suppose I did, Latty?" " Well, if you did, you were very quiet about it. You thought it was no business of mine, I suppose. It is, however," she quickly rejoined, " for I really don't know what I shall do without her. There is no one else I can feel comfortable to leave the children with et any time, and then, when any of them ale ill, she is such an excel lent nurse." " I think, my dear," said Mr. Delmore, trying to look very grave, " I think it would be desirable to have a law passed, that no single ladies having brothers and sisters with families should be allowed to marry atter a certain age —say thirty." " That would be rather an arbitrary law," cried Mrs. Delmore, laughing. " Well, my love, it would only be carrying out by compulsion what you are in your heart wishing. It would ensure a certain number of those useful members of society, maiden aunts, to every family; and would doubtless benefit the community at large, though it might fall heavily on some individuals." " No, Frank, I am not quite so ungenerous as to wish that," said the lady. "I shall miss Jessy very much in many wa)s, and so will your brother James and his wife, and your sister Mary too, for she has been very useful to ail of us. But I shall be glad to see her hap pily married, for I think married people are the happiest people after all. Then I'm sure she will bo quite as useful in her new sphere, for those poor mt,thcrless girls need some one to take charge of thins." "Yes, Letty, a true-hearted won.an will bo useful, let her be in what situation or circumstances she may." " That's very true, Frank; though a step-mother's is often a thankless office, and some of the good people I have spoken to on the subject thir.k Jessy does foolishly in undertaking it; especially as the children are all girls, and some of them are so old. But she says she has no fears herself." " It is a very ungenerous prejudice that of condemning women filling the position of step-mothers," said lir. Delmore; "a woman of right principle and good feeling will, as I said before, do her duty in any situation. Pe culiar circumstances do not compel us to act contrary to the general bent of our dispositions—at least such in stances are very rare." Jessy Delmore shortly aft - T became Mrs. Leonard Bexley. She, in that character, proves the truth of her brother's observation, and all we can acquaint the reader with is that sh.). is now enjoying the quiet happiness which a union based on esteem on ore side, and on a lung and ardent affection on the other, bids fair to produce. ANNA MARIA SAR GRANT. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM AND LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILwAYs.—We have reason to believe that the misunderstanding and rivalry which have for some time existed between these companies a% likely soon to be terminated and to give place to a close amd permanent rela tionship between them, not merely to the benefit of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Compeny but to that of their Briarean rivals, the London and North-Western, who, we expect, have suffered to a greater proportionate extent than the Shrewsbury and Birmingham. There is no doubt that negotiations are on foot between the contending parties ; and we have been told, as an instance of the desire for peace en tertained by the Shrewsbury directorate, that they have vo lunteered to give up the ruinously low fares which they were driven to adopt :in self-defence against the penny trains of the Shropshire Union. We are not, of course, in a position to indicate what arrangement has been or will be come to, but we conjecture it will be similar to that existing between the London and North-Western and North Staff rdshire companies, the principle of which, we understand, has bees affirmed within the last few days by similar agreements b.!ing entered into by most of the companies whose lines come in contact with that of the Lundon and North-Western. Worcester Chronicle. DIOCESE OF LONDON. —The Bishop of London has licensed the following gentlemen to appointments within his diocese :—The Rev. George Ainslie, M.A., Secretary to the Additional Curates Society, and late incumbent of St. Peter's, Walworth, to the incumbency of St. Philip's, Cler kenwell, rendered vacant by the promotion of the Reverend Thomas \Watson, M.A., to the vicarage of East Farleigh ; the Rev. W. Burton, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, and incumbent of St. John's, Harrow, to the vicarage of Willes den, on the nomination of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's; the Rev. James Jackson, M.A., late rector of Lyd gate, near Newmarket, to the rectory of St. Sepulchre's, Snow-hill; the Rev. W. Stackhouse, 8.A., of Worcester College, Oxford, to the curacy of St. Luke's Church, Old- Area ; the Rev. E. Ferrier, 8.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge, to the curacy of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields; the Rev. H. Back, 8.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the curacy of St. Mary's, Kensington ; the Rev. S. J. Bodily, M.A., of St, John's College, Cambridge, to the curacy of St. Matthias, Bethnal- green ; the Rev. J. 11. Knox, of King's College, London, to the curacy of St. Mary's Haggerston ; the Rev. H. Munn, 8.A., of f..mmanuel College, Cambridge, to the curacy of All Saints Church, Gordon- square ; the Rev. C. C. Sharpe, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, to the curacy of All. Hallow's Staini ng; th e Rev. G. W. Keightley, of Pembroke College, Oxford, to the curacy of the parish church of Enfield. TUE LA TE GALES.---BEMBAIDGE,—On Sunday night, the wind at about south-west, blowing a heavy gale, the Peterel yacht, the property of the Hon. Colonel Moreton, parted her moorings and drove ashore, but luckily sustained no damage. The sea made a complete breach over the beach ; such a high tide has not been known for many months. It is to be regretted that.the sea should be allowed to make such encroachments, as it co uld be easily prevented, with trifling expense, by making some breakwaters.—Ports mouth Guardian. LON DON, DESPERATE ENCOUNIER with POACHEI?B, and MURDLR gf a GAMEKEEPER. We lament to state that in the night of Friday last ‘.n outrage of the most atrocious character was com mitted by a party of poachers, on the domain of Wil liam _Newton, E‘q , of Elvedon-hall, near Thetford. As a great many exaggerated and erroneous reports are in circulation, the following statement if facts, collected on the spot by our reporter, may be de pended upon : In consequence of this locality having been lately infested by poachers in unusual numbers, and an in timation given by a person in respectable circum stances of life that probably on Friday night the Elvedon estat e wou ld b e visited, the keepers and watchers on the estate were more than usually on the alert. The intimation, however, which bad reached them was not given in a sufficiently grave tone tio warrant very strong defensive measures. About eleven o'clock shots were heard in a plantation about half a mile from the ball, upon which the bead keeper (Mr. Napthan) proceeded to sum mon his under-keepers and watchers. The party of keepers who proceeded in search of the poachers were Mr. Napthan, Isaac Allen, Thomas Allen, and John Allen (under-keepers), and Jonathan Jessup, watcher. Isaac Allen was the first to come up with any of the poachers. When he was entering a plantation known as the George the Fourth cover, he saw a man emerge from it in an opposite direction, that the man had a gin, and that he was almost immediately joined by two others. Allen, though at this time quite alone, pursued them for a considerable distance, he thinks for at least a mile. At this time his brother Thomas and his father (John Allen) came up with him, and joined in the pursuit. The poachers seeing the number of keepers augmented, endeavoured to make their escape with more eagerness than before; the keepers, how ever, kept close upon them for at least a mile, when one of the poachers turned round and swore that un less the pursuit were abandoned he would shoot them. The keepers, though checked for a moment, resumed their pursuit, which was continued for about another mile, when they crossed near the road from Elvedon into the parish of Eriswell. Here the keepers were joined by Napthan and Jessup, upon which two or three of the gang turned round, and, levelling their guns at the gamekeepers, threatened, with oaths, to blow their brains out. The keepers, being accustomed to threats of this kind used by the poachers without any intention of carrying them into execution, and having besides the exp,rience of the present instance, in which no firing had resulted from the threats, with great courage kept up the pursuit with unabated vigour. When, however, they were nearly four miles from the hall, in the parish of Eriswell (about mid way between Elvedon and Mildenhall), several of the poachers turned round and fired three shots, one of which took fatal effect upon Napthan, and another severely wounded Isaac Allen in the left hand and arm. Jessup and Isaac Allen were within ten yards of the poachers when the fatal shot was fired, and the former states that Napthan was not more than five yards from the muzzle of the murderer's gun. The charge entered the left shoulder, and passed directly through the heart, and his death was almost instanta neous. Isaac Allen, though very severely wounded, is not now considered in a dangerous state. It is be lieved, from the rapidity with which the two last re ports followed each other, that the three shots were fired by two men, one having a double-barrelled gun. Immediately after this bloody deed, Jessup, Allen, sea., and Thos. Allen flew at the poachers, and a Serce scuffle ensued ; but it resulted in the escape of all the gang, amounting, it is believed, to six or seven in number. It should here be stated that the assault, so far as the keepers are concerned, was perfectly un provoked. Not one of them was armed with any more formidable weapon than a small stick, and the wounded man, we believe, was so hurridly called from his house as not to have prepared himself even with that defence. The body of the murdered man was immediately after the unsuccessful result of the scuffle brought to the Cornwallis Arms Inn, Eriswell, to await the coroner's inquest, whi c h was xed to be held on Monday evening. Allen was conveyed to the house of his mother, and the attendance of Mr. Bailey, surgeon, of The! ford, was procured. A dia. patch was also sent to Bury and other adjacent rail way stations, and to the different police offices, giving such descriptions of the ruffians as could be supplied by the parties actually engaged in the conflict. Jessup states that when Napthan was almost at the heels of his murderer, he turned sharply round, exclaiming, " Curse you, now we'll do for you," and at once deliberately aimed at him, and shot him through the heart. The man by whom the fatal shot was fired had on a dark velveteen frock coat, and Jessup has no doubt but that he should be able to identify him. The man who discharged the gun at Allen was at a somewhat greater distance, and was dressed in a check slop. The moon was just past the full, and though its light was considerably obscured by a haze, there appears no reason to doubt but that the parties may be satisfactorily identified. By the active exertions of the magistrates and the police, four men were apprehended on Saturday, and two more on Sunday, and when our reporter was on the spot intelligence arrived that a seventh had been taken. They were all lodged in the station-house at Milden hall, where an examination was to be held at noon this day (Tuesday). In the present stage of the pro ceedings it is deemed unwise to enter into details cal culated to frustrate the exertions of the police in bringing the offence home to the guilty parties; we shall therefore wait until after the examination, a full report of which will be given in our next. Napthan was a man of excellent character, not only of sober and industrious habits, but of religious prin ciples—a peace-maker—though his vocation, as the event has unhappily proved, was rather of a warlike character—a friend to his poorer neighbours when in want of assistance, having saved a little property by his frugality ; and withal an excellent keeper and a faithful and respectful servant. He has left a widow and one son, and there are many more by whom he will be greatly missed. He had occupied his situa tion on the above estate between 17 and 18 years, and was held in honour by every member of the family. He was 47 years of age. On Monday evening the inquest on the body of Napthan was held before H. Wayman, Esq., coroner, and a highly-respectable jury, Colonel Peel being the foreman. The evidence of Isaac Allen (the man shot in the hand), and Thomas Allen, his brother, substantially agreed with the above statement, but neither of them could speak to the persons by whom the shots were fired. Mr. Bailey, surgeon, of Thetford, put in his report of the post mortem examination, which showed that death was caused by the contents of the gun wound ing his lungs and heart, and causing a great effusion of blood into the cavity of the chest. The jury found a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against several persons unknown.—Bury Post. ST. BARNABXS, PIMLICO.—This church was yes terday numerously attended, especially by its regular fre quenters, though there was also a considerable number ap parently drawn thither by curiosity to witness the semi- Popish innovations in the service. The tapers stood in solemn but unenlightened dignity on the altar. The Litany was intoned as usual at this chapel. Priests, deacons, and acolytes bowed, saluted, crossed, re-crossed, genuflected. The'Rev. Mr. De Gex having selected the 25th chapter, sth verse of the Gospel according to St. John, delivered there upon a short discourse applicable to the day. The congrega• Lion quietly dispersed, and there was not the slightest mani festation of feeling either in the interior or in the neighbour hood of the building. Mr. Bennett did not appear at the church during the day. SUICIDE OF LIEUT. GEORGE DUD:N.—Paymaster George Dunn, of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, committed suicide on Monday morning, at eight o'clo&i, by hanging himself to his bedpost. It appeared that the deceased had for some time been suffering from an overflow of blood in the head, which induced insanity. Since Friday last he had been totally deranged. The coroner's jury, which sat in the evening, returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence. SEIZURE OF ILLICIT SPIRITS.-0a Tuts lay a large seizure of illicit spirits was made by Mr. Cartwright, supervisor of the excise, in the Old Ford-road, Victoria Park. Having some suspicions of a man whom he ob served carrying a sack on his shoulders he questioned him as to what he was carrying, and he replied that it was varnish that he was going to take to hie master's. Knowing him to he an old offender, Mr. Cartwright determined upon examining the contents of the sack, which he found to consist of bladders tilled with spirits of illicit manufacture. He then took the man into custody, who gave the name of Taylor, but whose real name is Allen. The officer had scarcely disposed of this seizure, when, passing along North-street, Mile-end, he saw two men, in the dresses of countrymen, calling at different houses; he watched their manoeuvres, and eventually went up to them, and found upon them three bladders filled with illicit spii its, four pewter measures, and a bottle of colouring liquid, to give the spirits the colour of bran ly. They were then taken into custody, and the spirits secured. 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They are now prepared all along the east coast, and more recently the West Highlanders have taken advantage of the increased demand which has arisen for this important adjunct to the breakfast table. Last week no less than sixty-five barrels of " Finnon Haddies" were brought here by the steamer from Stornoway, Lewis. The export has been progressively in creasing for some time, and now the natives have at them selves in earnest to supply the ever-craving demand of the 400,000 inhabitants of the capital of the West. If the Barra people would only go and do likewise, m e should have less of the everlasting beggary and starvation which now !linden these wretched islanders a byeword in the country—A - • , British Mail.