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THE RIVER PLATE. him protection in his iniquitous plans of bloodshed The British PacAet, of th. 9th of January, received and devastation. They conveyed him with his de in town on :\ ed ~,d, t y. gives as follows the first par- ' testable foreign adherents to the Oriental coasts, pro tion f the neesenee of Gen e ral Rust :- , "filed with arm s , ammun i t i on, and pecuniary subsi e.3 " MZAI,4OII To THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE. 1 dies, through the influence of the Ministers of France "To the Honourable Representatives o f th e Pr o - 1 and England. He had there perpetrated enormous vince,---I greet you with feelings of the highest cone- i crimes of horrid cruelty and shameful spoliations. placency. In the midst of the rejoicings of the! The Ministers have thus contracted a heavy respon country and of its national honour, you commence 1 sihility by conduct so much in opposition to huma your august session under the most prosperous 1 nity, justice, and the general interest of nations. slisprces. I congratulate myself upon this happy ! " Under those same circumstances the most unre - iteriC . which crowns my most ardent wishes and re- i strained robbery was committed in the inland rivers wards your noble sacrifices and those of the nation at 1 by the pirate Garibaldi, his colleague Rivera, and large. I other ruthless Unitarians, with the assistance of fo " The abuse of force l'as not prevailed over the I reign outcasts prone to pillage. Under the protection decision and just rights of the Republic. Memorable I and auspices of the Ministers of England and France, and noble events are interwoven with her brilliant i they have committed exorbitant and infamous depre honoup. The rude and unjust attacks of her ag- 1 dations. The Government has ordered its Ministers gressors have been defeated by magnanimous reso- 1 at the Courts of London and Paris to protest against lutions and the moral opi n i on o f the world. The I such scandalous acts of violence. position of the country is lofty and noble. Her " Neither the explicit acknowledgment which the valour corresponds with her high virtue and immortal 1 governments of France and Great Brit a i n h ave ma d e celebrity. Ameri can sympath ie s have worthily pro- lof the perfect rights of the Republic to its inland nounced themseiws in favour of her cause, and she 1 rivers, nor the reprobation which they have expressed obtains the just : , .inTrages of the nations of both worlds. 1 of the attack against the Parana by the Anglo- The Argenti ne Confederation by adhering to the 1 French forces, has pres erve d th e i mmun i ty of the 1 persevering m o d erat i on of the Government, had Argentine territory. Th e B r i t i s h and F rench vessels i strengthened still more her rights and enhanced the of war, to the gri evous o ff ence o f the prerogatives of nobleness o f h er nat i onal charac ig ter. By your wisdom sovereignty of th e con f e d erat i on, domineer over the you have achi eve d t hi s im The Om- inland riv ers , an d aggravate still more the scandalous your lory. Lipotent has enlightened your deliberations, and re- ; acts of unheard-of intervention with which the wards your noble virtues. The tl,onfederation, free Ministers of France and England in Monte Video are and victorious, is safe from national dishonour by the chargeable. invincible firmness of her patriotism. Her armies "In the midst of such aggressions the Government have achieved fresh and glorious triumphs. Th e has not ceased to testify the most persevering mode- Confeder a t e G overnments an d people ardently defend ration. Su s t a i ne d b y t h e j ust i ce o f i ts cause, the national dignity and independence, by the tran- seconded by the heroic enthusiasm of the nation, and quil and decided co-operation of their will, their he- its firm resolution of maintaining its honour and in roic valour, and their armies. The enormity and dependence, it tranquilly awaits the issue of so scandal of an infamous treason overwhelms the ruth- strange a situation. less Unitarians. I present to you, respectfully, th e " Th omas S amue l H oo d, E sq., arr i ve d i n t hi s c i ty homage of my profound acknowledgment • and- I encharged with a confidential mission by the Govern congratulate you with unmingled satisfaction. In ments of England and France, to present to the legal such happy and honourable results I r ecogn i se t h e governmen t s o f th e C on f e d erat i on an d t h e Oriental visible protection of the Almighty, and offer to Him state propositions for peace agreel upon by those the tribute of any most humble and fer ven t grat i tude. ca bi ne t s . I h ave ren d ere d you an account, honour o A sse mbled by the will and confidence of the peo- able representatives, of that honourable mission, and you are going to deliberat e on th e pu bli c affairs. I o f t h e correspon d ence wh i ch took place with Mr. ple humbly submit the acts of my administration to y our Hood. You are informed o f the obst ac l es w hich the sove reign decision. Ministers of France and England have recklessly e DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. thrown in the way of a favourable termination of the " The Government solicitously cultivates the re- pacification. lations of the Confederation with friendly states. " The Government, for whom it was impossible to Those which it loyally maintained with the Govern- agree to demands irreconcileable with the honour and ments of Great Britain an d F rance st ill cont i nue un - i n d e p en de nc e o f th e r e publics of La Plata, was placed interrupted. The l a tt er h ave, w i t h a ten d ency to t h e un d er th e indi s pensable necessity of referring the You pro for peace to those - re-establishment of p eace, s i gn ifi e d a c h ange i n t h e i r posalsof England and Itherahc conduct of policy. The G overnment h as rec i procate d i t w i t h h ave given your sovereign approvalto estimation. the Government. " In my last messages I i n f orme d you o f th e a t- " With a very painful feeling did the Government tacks made on th e i n d epen d ence an d h onour o f the that theircommunicate to those of France and Great Britai n mutual wishes for the pacificatio n o f t h e Confederati on b y C ommo d ore J o h n B. Purvis, in and republics of La Plata had been frustrated. It mani co:nmand o f h er B r it ann i c M a j es ty's naval h f in or e ces, v fested to them the circumstances whi c h h a d caused that his su p ercess i on b y Si r Thomas Sabine Pasley did not alter so d e pl o rable a situation. this, and the sincere disposition o f th e G overnment " Subsequently the Government of her Britannic ° of the republic to prosecut e th e negot i at i on on the Majesty con fid e d the command of the River Plate proposals presented by Mr. Hood, and accepted in the 11 been by the a y station to Rear-Admiral Inglefield. The latter has manner in which they had Go exceededcordially the injustice of his predec essors and aggra- vernment of the C on f e d erat i on. And, constantly vated still more the offences o ffered to the Confe- animated with a s pi r it o f conc i l i ation and of honour able peace, it stated t o th em t h at if new events occur= aeration. e I regret to say that Government that the answer given by her ring subsequently should ma k e i t * necessary to adopt Britannic Majestythe remonstrance some other prop osa l, i t m i ght become the s inito subject of ster at the Court of fresh discussion between the negotiating plenipoten made by . the Argeht .. London, in conformity with the orders of the . Govern. tia , r 4 ies. ment, of which I informed you . in my previou s / ne s . The Government relies with grateful confidence sage , has not been agreeable either to the principles on the rectitude of the Governments of Great Britain of the law of nations, or to the stipulations of the and France. It hopes that, inspired by a wish for an treaty existing between the Confederation and Gr ea t honourable peace, suitable to the interests of all par- Britain. The Argentine Minister demanded his ties, they will continue the negotiation set on foot by p a -sport, and sustained the rights and honour of the Mr. Thomas Samuel Hood, and will remove the diffi republic uninjured and untarnished. culties which were thrown in the way of the happy "In that state of things, the hope which the Go. result of his mission by the ministers of France and vernment had been inspired with from the official England in Monte Video. declarations, the magnanimity and rectitude of her " The withdrawal from that city of the British Majesty, and the honour of the British people were regiments which her Britannic Majesty's Minister realised. Owing to this gratifying motive, the Ar- there diverted from their original destination, the gentine Minister suspended his departure from the removal of Rear-Admiral Inglefield from the corn- Court of London. inand of the British naval station in the River Plate, e It has been satisfactory to the Government to the appointment and arrival of Commodore Sir evince to her Britannic Majesty its constant disposi- Thomas Herbert, of such honourable antecedents in tion to re-establish the relations of both countries on 'the republics of La Pieta, are events which concur to their former f oo ti ng o f cordial friendship, without justify the sanguine h o p es o f th e G overnment. detracting from the national independence and honour. "It feels satisfaction in announcing to you that in " The Government of her Majesty set at liberty Europe and America the most lively reprobation has various Argentine ilrisoners, and that of the republic been manifested and expressed against the Anglo has made a suit a bl e return for that act of benevolent French inter ven ti on . S o j ust a demonstration has moderation. augmented the moral strength of the legal Govern " The Go vernment perseveres in sustaining the ments of La Pl a t a . perfect rights of sovereignty of the Confederation " The Consul-General of her Majesty the Queen over the Falkland Islands. of Spain, in Monte Video, solicited the Government " Repeated attacks against the sovereign rights of to exempt from service all her Catholic Majesty's the republic, committed on the Patagonian coasts subjects, who might involuntarily have entered the and on the Huano islands, by merchant vessels under ranks of the army of the Confederation, and to allow all Spani ar d s f ree l y to leave the republic who the flag of friendly na ti ons, particularly that of Great Britain, have seriously called the attention of Go- might be desirous of so doing. vernment. It devotes to this important subject that " The Governments, animated with the most preferent attention which it merits, in order to pre- lively sympathies towards the Spanish nation, not serve and maintain the prerogatives of the national withstanding the impediments offered by the want sovereignty and independence. of an official character near the Argentine Confede r"lt is with conc ern th e G overnment i n f orms you ration, in the Spanish C onsu l- G enera l at M onte that in the answer given by that of his Majesty the Video, did all that was possible in order to tes- King of the French to the remonstrance made by the tify the feelings of benevolent friendship which it Argentine Minist er t o th e C our t o f P ar i s , i n corn_ cherishes towards her Cath o li c M a j esty. Gi v i ng the pliance with the orders of Government, of which I correspondence a confidential character it pre informed you in my previous message, the laws of rented in that same form to her Majesty's Con international justice have net been regarded, nor the sul General frank and sincere explanations of the persevering loyalty reciprocated with which the Go- true political position of Spaniards in the Confedera vernment of the Confederation preserves the relations tion. It informed him of the kind of civic service ren of peace and friendship re-established by the Confe- dered by the latter, on the same footing as the natives deration of 1840. of the country, in the militia corps, and of the just "The Argentine Minister demanded his passports, motives of the restraint experienced by some, on and upheld the dignity and independence of the Con- certain occasions, in obtaining their passports. federation. The high rectitude of his Majesty the " Her Majesty's Consul-General insisted on his King of the French, in which the Government so groundless demand, and despatched the Commander 'usely confided, subsequently presented to the Argon- of the Spanish naval forces to follow up the same on tine Minister gratifying motives for delaying his friendly terms. The Government maintained the departure from the Court of Paris. justice of its rights. It evinced towards the Com • "It hes been pleasing to the Government to respond mender the courtesy and consideration due to the with the most benevolent friendship—the rights and dignity of her Catholic Majesty's Government. lam honour of the na ti on saved—to the just and henevo- sorry to announce to you that that of the Confedera lent spirit maTtifeqted by the Government of his tion did not receive a suitable return. The undue Majesty the King of the French. protection afforded by the boats belonging to her " Rear-Admiral Laian Commander-in-Chief of Majesty's vessel of war lying in the port of Buenos the naval forces of his Majesty in the River Plate, Ayres to several Spanish emigrants who had run hes continued uninterruptedly a series of unjustifiable away from their employers, to whom they were in attacks against the dignity and independence of the Re- debted for the amount of their passage, was well nigh public, with which he has aggravated still more his producing unpleasant results. former effenees ... - "In view of such unjustifiable proceedings, the "The Government has been solicitous to remove Government, with all moderation, avoided disagreable every motive of complication with those of France complications, by adopting suitable measures to pre and Great Britain. At the time when the confede- vent the recurrence of such an abuse. rate army, under the command of General Jose de "In the answer given to her Majesty's Consul- Urquiza, entered victoriously into the province of General enlarging on the previous explanations, it Corrientes, the Government made a protest to the ceased not to manifest its kind feelin towards the Ministers of Great Britain and Fr ance aga i nst any S panish nation and its Government. g acts of the Anglo-French naval forces, tending to co- " The Government of the Confederation has been operate with the ruthless Unitarians, or in any recently informed, by official advices from Europe manner to aid them. And it declar e d t e them that, that the ex-President of the Republic of Ecuador, in such case of assault on the part of these Mi n i s t ers , G enera l Fl ores, an Emigrant in Spain residing in it would necesserily make ju s t an d a d equa t e r e p r i sa l s . Madrid, has concerted and prepared a warlike inva "An unheard-of and o u tra g eous even t o ccurre d i n sion against that republic, with the aid of the Spanish the port of Ensenada. Several m e r c h a nt vessels which Government, .for the p ur p ose of re-establishing were loading there, where they entered when it was Spanish dominion under a monarchy which is to be not blockaded by any Anglo French naval forces, formed out of the Republics of Ecuador, New Gra were burnt and plundered. This deed, which is re- nada, Peru, and Bolivia, and is to fall to the lot of a probated by the public law of nations, committed to son of her Majesty Queen Christina and the Duke . de Rianzares, her second husband, whi c h son , scarce l y the dispar a gement of the elevation of the Govern ment s o f hi s majesty the King of the French and of in his infancy, would offer a many years' regency in her Britannic Majesty, In the presence of their favour of General Flores. Ministers Plenipotentiary, imperiously obliged the " One of his aides-de-camp was enlisting two thou- Government to make a protest to the 'Ministers sand Irishmen, who were to join the expedition, for against so great an abuse of force and all its conse- which purpose he had hired three steamers to convey quences. It adopted measures with a view to avoid them to Santander, where they are to join the Spanish its repetition, and, in order to curb the actors, it de- troops. It was not ascertained whether the large Oared that they rendered themselves liable to the con- mantity of funds which was disposed of in London dign puhishment which the law of nations prescribed was supplied by her Majesty Queen Christina or by in such extreme cases. The Ministers, in their answer his Majesty of the King of the French. were led away by a lamentable and irreconcilable spirit " General Flores was aided in this treacherous en of inhumanity against the Republic. Denying the terprise by the odious Spaniard Mora, so well known justice of the protest of the Government, they declared in the American republics from the co-operation he they would not receive any fresh communication afforded in his plans of usurpation to the traitor Santa which should not have the pacification of the Plata Cruz. The latter had arrived at Madrid, from Bor for its object, with the previous clause of the evacua- deaux, to join the debased General Flores. tion of the Oriental territory by the Argentine e The Minister Plenipotentiary of the republic of auxiliary divisions. And they indiscreetly descended Peru and the Charge d'Affaires from New Granada so far as to accept a distorted fact trumped up by the at the Court of London, had officially remonstrated mendacious press of Monte Video in regard to the with her Britannic M a j es t y ' s Mi n i ster of Foreign death o f an English officer, a mate , occasioned in the Affairs in regard to that strange consp i racy against port of Atalhya by his own un j usti fiable attack and the liberty and independ ence o f t h e states they re imprudent proceedM present, especially with resp ec t t o th e en li stment in tion and By these means present, are p rescr ib e d b y civilize-humanity, igw Ireland, requesting the Government of her Majesty war and the unjust ag y protracted indefinitely the to prevent it, as was its duty, according to the laws naval forces, at the sfr e s* 'r n s o f the Anglo-French of Great Britain, and as a friendly and neutral that the Minister of power. Foreign Affairs of her Brit atm -e • In th e course at the court of London impertlent J r p was having " The Charge d'Affaires of the Chilian Republic at riendly expla- the Court of nations with the Argentine islinistZ- - Paris, well informed of this nefarious of these, he declared to the latter t project, had repaired to London, and was taking steps . ment of her Britannic Majesty felt diApo sec j t T'veen. with the Government of her Majesty to the same nate amicably, in a manner satisfactory and honour_ effect. In view of the character which that execrable able to both countries, the existing differences, t r Z a r- attempt presents, so outrageous to the dignity and as a basis the minutes which the Argentine Govern independence of' America, and so much at variance meat had confidently transmitted to Viscount (i w ‘ ith the interests f her m • t and of the Catholic e ales y Mareuil, Charge d'Affaires of France, in consequence Spanish nation, teand will has adopted maintain the Great position prescribed to it by those of the ellen erest s of the Confederation, and Britain and France in Monte Video, states, in ord rn " e %lise of th "At that very time several conferences were taking irritating er t o „, iit an , e other American an a gg - ra „ 10 „ a repel sounheard of and Aloe between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of his I - (EXTRACT FROM IF. Th Majesty the King of the French and the Argentine Briee 1. atvA:ra c os yREs, Jaw 13 ORXESPORDENCE 31inieter in Paris. The Government is sorry to an thanks for your kind letter . -- MY dear Friend' .) nounce to you, that although courteous and benevo- to hand on the 7th inst °f 4th ..xoy., whieliSlany lent, the explanations of his Majesty's Minister were hope that your next will per eleze e • -ey, and 1 can only not so explicit as those given by her Britannic Ma- that both, the British and Frenc'lli t he laeasinl4 newsy jesty's Minister to the Argentine lkiinister in London. resolved on removing their present vznryients bave " It wursbott.t_that period that the ringleader Ri- the River Plate: for unless they decide on this, f r vera returned -again to figure amongst the degraded afraid it will be very difficult to settle the existing ri ; oppressors-of ',thofillpfnitunate city of Monte Video. differences, as this Government will not accede The bloody sateceesei tteh a .'s___ were there enacted on the their pretensions, and they will throw every obstacle arrival of ih a eii - oodwiminal have scandali se d th e possible in the way of a settlement. The question would world. The Ailey:Nit 'alr naval forces hue afforded easily be settled with new Ministers, but with Messrs. Ouseley and Deffaudis I am afraid it is impossible ; even suppose by strict orders from their Governments they agree upon the terms, they will throw obstacles in the execution of the treaty. The old proverb of " where there is a will there is a way," applies well to the Ministers, and as long as they have any inter ference in the question, it will be very difficult to settle. The taking of Pay.andu on the 26th ult., by Frutos Rivera, assisted by the French, has caused a great sensation here, on account of the horrors com mitted. The French brig of war, Pandour, fired 150 shells into the town, and Rivera, not contented with this destruction of property, set fire to the town —the number killed on both sides is estimated at about 700. So much towards pacifying the Banda Oriental; for if they go on killing people at this rate, the ministers will certainly obtain their object, for there will not remain any inhabitants to fight. We shall,as well as many of our neighbours, be losers, as many who owed us money were killed in the assault. The report that a steamer was waiting the arrival of Mr. FlAod, to bring out the decision of the British and French Governments, has given spiri's to the people, and all are anxiously waiting for thin desired event—the general wish is for peace. EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH- WEST. (From the South Australian Gazette, of Sept. 19.) We announced last week the unfortunate termina tion of the expedition to the north-west of Lake Torrens, under the direction of Mr. J. A. Horrocks. Yesterday afternoon an express arrived from Mr. Robinson's station, with the intelligence that Mr. Horrocks and his party had arrived there. Mr. Horrock's wounds were not considered desperate, although it was feared that amputation of the injured hand would be necessary. Medical aid, we believe, was promptly dispatched, and the following letter from Mr. Horrocks himself to the gentlemen who contributed to the expense of the outfit of the expedi tion gives all the particulars, and will be read with much interest : " DepOt Creek, Sept. 8, 1846. "It is with the greatest regret I have to inform the committee and my fellow-colonists who subscribed to the expedition, of its untimely and unfortunate termi nation. "Having made an excursion, accompanied by Mr. Gill, to the table land on the west of Lake Torrens, to ascertain if it were practicable to form a depot in that neighbourhood; and, not succeeding in finding either water or grass, I returned to Depot Creek, de termined to make an excursion with the camel, as it was impracticable to take horses sufficiently far, from what I saw of the desolate barren country. " Having ascertained, the morning previous to our departure, from the summit of the range behind Depot Creek, the bearings of a high land seen by Messrs. Eyre and Darke, to be 32 deg. north of west by compass, and the distance I considered about 80 miles, I determined to make straight for that land. With this view I started on the 28th of August, ac companied by Mr. Gill and Bernard Kilroy, with provisions sufficient for three weeks, and ten gallons of water, the camel being loaded with about 350 pounds. " Our first day's journey brought us to one of the creeks running from Lake Torrens into the Gulf, distance about ten miles. The last four miles were over red sandhills, partially covered with oaten grass. "The second day's journey we camped on the west side of the table land, distance 15 miles, the first eight miles over a continuation of sandhills, the last seven miles over a country covered with stones and salsolaceous plants. " The next day we entered a light scrub and very heavy sandhills, 15 miles. "'The day following, scrub and very heavy sand hills, and plains all covered with salsolaceous plants. The day after, having made six miles., we reached a large salt water lake, about ten miles long and five miles broad. The land we were making for we dis tinctly saw. I supposed about 25 miles distant. In rounding this lake—which I named Lake Gill—Ber nard Kilrop, who was walking ahead of the party, stopped, saying he saw a beautiful bird, which he recommended me to shoot to add to the collection. My gun being loaded with slugs in one barrel and ball in the other, I stopped the camel to get at the shot-belt, which I could not get without his lying down. Whilst Mr. Gill was unfastening it, I was screwing the ramrod into the wad over the slugs, standing close alongside of the cameL At this mo ment the camel gave a lurch to one side, and caught his pack on the cock of my gun, which discharged the barrel I was unloading, the contents of which first took off the middle finger of my right hand between the second and third joints, and entered my left cheek by my lower jaw, knocking out a row of teeth from my upper jaw. "In this dilemma I was fortunate in , having two most excellent companions. We were now sixty-five miles from the depot or any water that we knew of, and all the water remaining was about five gallons. With very great reluctance I consented to Bernard Kilroy's entreaty for him to return back and fetch Mr. Theakston and two horses, as I knew part of the country was inhabited by a fierce lot of natives, as they had attacked Mr. Gill and myself on every pre vious excursion. He said he was not afraid, therefore he left, and reached the depot the next evening by about nine o'clock. Having missed the tracks during the night, he could not have walked less than 100 miles from the morning of the accident to the time he reached the depot, having most bravely accomplished his task. " Mr. Gill stopped to nurse me, his attention and kindness were not to be surpassed, considering the distance we were away, and the uncertainty of Kil roy's reaching the depot. Mr. Gill has shown him self to be a brave and steady companion by remaining with me. Mr. Gill has taken several sketches of this country which will show to those interested how very improbable it is that any stations can be made to the west of Lake Torrens. All the drainage is into fresh water ponds and salt water lakes. The ponds are ap parently dry in a very few days after rain, the water while it is in them being of a dark red ocherous colour, the size of them varying from half an acre to five acres, and when full not more than six inches in depth. i ` The hill we were making for is table-topped with precipitous sides about seven miles in length; to the N.N,E. are three more smaller hills, continuing on from thfitn is a low land, gradually diminishing in height till it joins the land running from Lake Tor rens. I did not find a spot where there was any pro bability of finding a sprink ; grass there is none except a little wild oaten grass, which grows in the sand here and there, and that not sufficient to feed a horse. " It is with extreme sorrow I am obliged to ter minate this expedition, as the two men that were with nit, the camel and myself, were in excellent working condition ; and had it not been for this accident, it was my intention to have followed down this low land, running to the N.N.E., and returned by Lake Torrens, a distance of between 300 and 400 miles ; and would then have been able to have given p, more accurate account; although I am convinced we should not have found one acre of ground to make a station, judging from the land I had gone over, and what I could discern with my naked eye, there being a sterile sameness throughout. Had it been earlier in the season, and my wounds healed up, I should have started again. " On Sunday last I returned to the depot, horses, myself, and party, all completely knocked up.—l remain, yours truly, " J. A. HORROCKS. " Mr. C. Platts, Hon. Sec. Northern Expedition." We are much concerned to announce the return of Dr. Knott, from Mr. Robinson's station, to which Mr. Horrocks had been conveyed, with the intelli gence of the very dangerous state in which that gen tleman is. Mr. Horrocks had been much weakened by his removal from place to place, and the fatal ter mination of his career was ho ur ly looked for. A NOVELTY AT COURT. — Though the drawing room is now a week old, yet there was one circumstance so singular and so remarkable—so significant of the times—that it will well hear to be the subject of gossip between us now. It is no less a fact than the Turkish Minister actually bringing his wife to court, not shrouded and veiled up to the eyes, to screen her from the profane gaze of "dogs of Christians" and hurried secretly into the presence of a female Sovereign, but hanging on the arm of her Ottoman lord, and threading her way through the diplomatic crowd in a court dress, not distinguished from any other lady, though the Minister, of course, appeared in his national costume. Just fancy the old Tories of Constantinople hearing of this dreadful innovation—there's an end of the con stitution of Turkey at once; and a pretty account the Princess will give, when she gets back among the secluded inhabitants of the harem, of the privileges she has enjoyed. But while this is all very pleasant, a s far as the Turkish liclies are concerned, we all know that Ottoman gentlernt!n are allowed four wives by law, and all who can afford it generally avail themselves of their privilege. What i s t o b e done, then, with w i ves N o. 2, 3, and 4, should they claim to come to court; or what would her Majesty do if a Turkish ambassador should bring his four ambassadresses all at once? Some such ult .• seems to have presented itself to the minds of the our, and the diplomatic authorities, for the Princess Callimaki was not presented with the forms and cere monies usual on the introduction of the wife of a foreign minister.—Cheitenham Looker-ox. " The ill-paid man has usually become an inferior workman." Of this the following homely illustration, mentioned at a late farmers' club, is an instance:—, W iht inspecti ng a f arm i n one of these pauperised districtso, ( an able agr i cu l tura li st could not help noticing ndallr ‘ awli ng mot i ons of one of the labourers there, Wh y , I . MY man, you do n o t sweat at t h at work. ' — isn't sweat,ig in m aster,' was the reply. seven Shillings a week LotsonYywaaieV —Hampshire Teleg, aph. living a, Wrigiey AILS WORTH.—There are a t present a sister, whose unit head / ed a ges amount to 311 years. ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. The general annual meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, at one o'clock, for the purpose of receiving the report of the di rec t ors , and for electing two directors in the place of Mr. T. Baring, M.P., and Captain Mangles; and also for the election of an auditor in the place of Mr. A. B. Roberts. all of whom retired by rotation, but were eligible ft r re-election, for which they offered themselves. The chair was taken by Mr. Colville. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN said he had to regret the news which had arrived, by way of Mexico, of the loss of the Tweed. the reports respecting which were mainly correct. Hi would then call upon the Secretary to read the report, which is as follows : "The working account, as contrasted with that of the preceding year, shows an increase in the disbursement,: amounting to 10,8901. 3s. 2d., occurring chiefly under the heads of ' wages," provisions,' and stations.' The general rise in the rate of seamen' s wag es , an a ddi t i oe to the pay of the officers, which the Court have consi dered for the interests of the company, and the extre charge arising from having to send Out the Eagle for intercolonial service, to replace the City of Glasgow, will explain the increase under the head of wages.' The increase under the . head of provisions' i s t o be attributed to the additional number of pas. sengers, and, in part, likewise, to the change of intercolonial steamers alluded to above. The charge stations ' has been incr ease d b y t h e es tablishment for ment of an agency and other arrangements at Panama, and by the expense incurred in increasing Of coaling accommodation and general efficiency of the depot at St. Thomas. The only charge upon the Insur ance Fund during 1846, is a sum of 275/. 2s. Bd., ar i s i ng out of sundry small liabilities; and it will therefore be seen that the investment under this head up to the end of the year amounted to 49,281/. as., which has since been augmented by the annual appropriation of 25,000/. for the year 1847, making a total of 74.2814 55., now invested in 31 per Cent. Government Stock. Having explained the principal causes which have occasioned increased disbursements, amounting to 10,890/. 3s. 2d , it is most satisfactory to notice that the receipts from freight and passage money show an aug mentation to nearly double that amount, exhibiting an improvement upon the year 1846 of 20,6971. 16s. 101. It is moreover matter of congratulation to notice that this steady advance (with the single exception of outward freight) has occurred under every head of receipts from cargo and passengers, outward, intercolonial, and home ward. The small falling off of 5181. 4s. 7d. in outward freight may be ascribed to the shipments of quicksilver for Mexico having been interrupted during the first part of the year, in consequence of the commencement of hostilities between that country and the United States of North America. The surplus upon the working account shows an increase upon the year 1846 amounting to 9,8071. 13s. Rd., and so far as the transactions of the year 1847 can be known at present, the receipts of the company are still steadily advancing. The arrange punts for conveying passengers and treasure across the Isthmus of Panama are now completed; and an agree ment has been signed by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, fixing the rate of freight, and all other particulars, so that there shall be every encouragement for par ties to avail themselves of this line of com• munication between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Unceasing exertions are made, not only to keep the company's ships in good repair, but to give them addi tional strengthening wh e re necessar y, an d t o improve their' passenger accommodation by all the means that experience can suggest. Six ships were re-coppered, and two ships received new boilers in 1846. Three ships have been re-coppered already during the present year, and one ship is now receiving new boilers. Two other sets of new boilers are in progress, one of which, if not both, it is hoped to get put on board before December next. These measures, and bringing the Conway (a new ship) into operation, will, it is trusted, maintain the service in that full efficiency which is as essential to the interests of the company, as it is desirable to insure the punctual discharge of its contract with her Majesty's Government. " Since the above report was prepared a confirmation of the loss of the Tweed has been received this morn ing. The loss of life, in addition to that of the ship, is deeply to be lamented, but it is satisfactory to find that the energy and firmness of the passengers, as well as that of the officers and crew, were moo praiseworthy, and tended much, under Providence, to the ultimate safety of the survivors who reached the reef from the wreck. It would be prema Lure to offer any comment on this unfortunate accident, but the circumstances shall be strictly inquired into." The CHAIRMAN said that, before putting the report, it was satisfactory to state that arrangements had been made to prevent any deficiency in carrying on the ser vice in the West Indies. The vessel at present employed there had proved insufficient for the purposes for which she was intended, and the Conway would consequently shortly leave Southampton for that duty. He had also great satisfaction in drawing attention to the first fruits of the arrangement for forming a communication across the Isthmus of Panama, there having been an arrival this morning, both of passengers and produce, from the western side of the isthmus. This was the only point that required any particular remark, and he would there fore put the adoption of the report to the meeting. On the report being put, Mr. RIDGWAY said that he particularly desired that there should be some explanation of the working of the company in the months of August, 1845 and 1846. Mr. POYNDER suggested that this matter had been settled at the last general meeting, and it was therefore incompetent to entertain the matter at all. Mr. RIDGWAY contended that it was a subject that the meeting could entertain, but as he had expected a large increase in the amount of his dividend, he could not but complain of the increase in the rate of the sala ries at Southampton, which, -he stated, amounted to at least one-twentieth of the amount of the whole of the receipts. He was also inclined to question the lumping of the several items in the accounts; indeed, he was dissatisfied altogether with the state of the accounts, and thought that they might be much more clearly rendered. He saw also that there was to be a new ship purchased, and he wished to know what was the name of that ship, as there were several naval men present who knew the merits and demerits of every vessel on the coast, by whom the judiciousness of purchase might be estimated. —(lt being suggested that this might be injurious to the company, the Hon. Proprietor retrained from further remark.)—At any rate he wished to know whether the Conway was to take out freight or a letter bag. He saw also that there was an Outlay of somewhere about 55,0004 with the Bank of England, or elsewhere. The CHAIRMAN, in replying to the observations of Mr. Ridgway, said that the question of the working of the company in the months of August, 1845 ar.d 1846, had been entirely settled at the meeting in October. %Vivi respect to the rise in salaries all he had to observe was that there could be no worse economy than that of fixing the salaries so low as to obtain the services ocly of inefficient persons, ani he thought further, that if the directors were entitled to the confidence of the proprietary that no question should be raised on such a matter as this. With respect to the Conway, as it was desirable that she should reach her destination as quickly as possible she would carry out neither freight nor a mail. With regard to the 55,0001. now out upon loan. he had to remark that it was d , posited with the North- Western Railway Company, from whom ample security is held, and the cash is already yielding dividends to the company. The losses of vessels since the establishment of the company had been the Medina, the Solway, the Isis, and the Tweed, besides the Actaeon, a small steamer employed amongst the islands. By the general account it appeared that during the year, up to December 21st, the expenses were 285,478/. Is. 7d., while the receipts were 407,116/. 18s. 2d., show ing a profit of 121,638/. 9s. 7d. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a dividend of 11. 15s. per share, which was unanimously agree.l to, as also that it should be payable on Tuesday, the 13th instant. The retiring directors and auditor were re-elected, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting was dissolved, its members evidently being well pleased with the proceedings of the day. DANGEROtra SPORT.—On Thursday, two lads, named Haliwell and Harvey, who are in the employment of Messrs. Tebbutt, Rawes, and Coy, Back King-street, were placed at the bar of the Borough Court, on a charge of firing a cross-bow the day before, by which the lives of certain persons were endangered. The cross• bow, which was produced in court, is a powerful instru ment, and fitte to do execution not le-s decisive than a musket or pistol. It appeared that the lads had got hold of this bow, which Mr. Tebbutt said he kept in his private office, and were almost daily in the habit of amusing themselves with it. On this occasion they used pieces of lead about the weight of a common pistol bullet, and fired the bow in the direction of Cross -street. According to their own confession, each fired a shot. One piece went through the top pane of the window of the Scottish Widows' Fund Insurance Office (Mr. Booth. man's), and then through the glass partition which di vides the shop from an inner office, and striking against the opposite wall rebounded into the middle of the room. Mr. Boothman's clerk vvis 'in the room at the the time, but fortunately a little to the one side of the window, and escaled unhurt. The distance of the shot was about too yards. The other lead was fired in the same direction, only a i little high er , i n t o t h e o ffi ce of M r. P etty , soh citor, n the flat above. Mr. Petty has his desk right in the middle of the window, and had been sitting there just before the shot was fired, but had left his seat for a few moments. I ns p ector M‘Mullen was sent to makein quiries, but the culprits at first denied all knowledge of the matter, and only confessed when he discovered the bow in a room up stai rs . A sister of one o f them said she was sure her brother had no evil intent ; but Mr. Maude said that that was no excuse whatever for lads like them taking up a dangerous instrument, and firing recklessly in the centre of a crowded town. They had had a narrrow escape from being brought up on a charge of murder, one gentleman being seated in the direction of this shot just a moment before it was fired. Thought lessness would not be any excuse whatever in such a case, for nobody could pretend ignorance of the conse quences likely to ensue from firing into the heart of a crowded thoroughfare. He hoped this would be a warning to them and others to be more careful in future. He fined them in 10s. 6d., the value of the broken glass, and 10s. each besides. He expressed a hope that such a dangerous article would be kept out of the reach of boys like them. Mr. Tebbutt said he had already discharged them, and would take care to do as Mr. Maude had sug gested. He had no idea that they were able to get at the bow, which he kept in his own room. The fine having been paid the prisoners were discharged.—Man chester Examiner. Despatches were received ye;terday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of the West India colonies. Despatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial Office for the Governor of Wept Australia. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester. April 7 CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE David Johns. 47, a sweep, wai charged with bur 21ariously breaking open the dwelling-house of James rrotman on the night of the 20th of February last, and ,tealing therein a tilver watch and other articles, the property of James and William Trotman ; also with having, at Hailes, on the 21st, maliciously cut and stabbed John Banning, with blunt to murder him. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the first charge, and not guilty to the second charge. John Banning examined—l saw the prisoner about half past five in the morning. I was dressed it: police man's clothes. When the prisoner saw me be turned out of the path. When I was about to speak I received a blow from some weapon on the side of my head. I had a stick in my band, and immediately retaliated, by giving the prisoner several blows. He then succeeded in getting my walking-stick. I wrested the stick from the prisoner, and we wrestled together, and fell over one ) f the bundles. We were both down. After we had been on the ground some time we both got up, and I said, will you give yourself up? He said no, I then iaw him put his hand by his side. I collared him, we were both standing up at this time. He made a great many stabs. I struck him with my staff. I thought he was stabbing me with a knif e . He stabbed twice on the chin. He afterwards took hold of my staff. Prisoner then cut my hand. We then fell, and I made two blows at the prisoner. I threw him on the ground on the right side, and I tried to get the knife. I afterwards struck the prisoner's hand with my staff, and ; T ot possession of the knife.—(The knife was here pro duced and presented a very formidable appearance.)— We were both of us quite exhausted. I said to the pri saner, " How are you?" He said, " Give me some water." I said some one will be here directly. After• wards two persons came up, and the prisoner was re moved.—(The stick with which the prisoner struck the prosecutor was here produced. The stick was about two feet and a half in length. To the handle were sus pended eight or ten large bullets, by some thick twisted cord.) Other evidence was produced, leaving no doubt as to the guilt of the prisoner, and The jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty. His LORDSHIP, on sentencing the prisoner, said—l have some doubt whether you are not a person who should have been hanged. I have no hesitation in be lieving that you would have murdered the prosecutor. Sentence—Transportation for life. The COURT, in addressing Banning, said,—" Your conduct has been commended by the grand jury, and must be by everybody who has beard it. You have shown yourself a very gallant officer ; and I hope the reward I give you will not be all you wilt receive, and that you will get on in your profession. Under all the circumstances, the sum I feel warranted in awarding you is 201."' Louisa Ferris, 29, was indicted for the wilful murder of Patrick White, at St. Philip and Jacob, in the city and county of Bristol, on the Ist of November last. Mr. Skinner and Mr. Huddleston prosecuted, and Mr. Keating defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased (White) was a policeman, and cohabited with the pri soner, who is a married woman, but was separated from her husband. They resided at a house in Lyon-street, Bristol, in which also lived a young woman named Eliza beth Jones, of whom it would seem the prisoner was jealous, and under the influence of that passion she com mitted the awful crime which placed her at the dock to day. It seemed that on Sunday, Nov. 1, in the afternoon, a Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Ferris's brother, with a friend named Sainsbury, called at the house, and went into the back parlour, where they had some bef , r and rum, which they sent out for. White was there in his trou ,ers, shirt, and slippers, smoking a pipe. Jones wen up stairs and lay down on the bed. Soon after White went out, and followed her up stairs, as it would seem. Mrs. Ferris also left the room, and in a few minutes re turned in a very excited state. White then came in, and recommenced smoking his pipe. He had no neckerchief on. The prisoner went into the kitchen and then came towards deceased, she put her arm round his neck, and the witness thought she was whispering to him. Imme diately afterwards they heard a groaning, and on look ing in the direction they saw White bleeding profusely from the neck, and the prisoner holding her hand down by her side. She went up stairs and met Jones. She caught hold of her and blooded her dress with her hand, saying, "I have a great mind to serve you the same." She then said to her brother Edwards, "Jew, drive me to the station." He put her in his fly, which was at the door, and did so. The unfortunate deceased crawled into the strett_on-his hands and knees, and said the prisoner had cut his throat. The people sent for a doctor. White said, "Itis no use, lam dying, pray . for and In a few minutes he was a corpse, at on gowg into the room they found a pool of blood, with a broken pipe in it, and a razor on the table. These were the I facts of the case. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter, and The Judge sentenced her to be trnwported for life. On hearing the sentence her fei.ling of maternal anxiety seemed to overcome all other considerations, as with clasped hands she convulsively exclaimed, " Oh, my Lord, mercy, for the sake of my poor children—don't banish me from them." .N 0R TH IVALAS ClRCUlT.—Chester, April 7. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) John Duckett, 33, was indicted for stabbing his wife, Ann Duckett, with intent to murder her, on the 2d of January. at Middlewich. Mr. Trafford and Mr. Egerton were counsel for the prosecution; and Mr. Temple for the defence. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner is a boatman, and he and his wife had lived for some time on very unhappy terms. On the 2d of Janu ary last, there was a dance at the Rose and Crown, in Middiewic), which was attended by both the prisoner a►►d his wife, they not having previously seen each other for nearly a fortnight. The prisoner seeing his wife in the room, went up to a person in the room and requested him two or three times to lend him a knife, which was refined. The prisoner, however, went out of the room to the shop of a Mr. Witie, where he purchased a large pocket-knife, and then returned. Some one called for a dance, and the prose cutrix got up amongst others for the purpose of dancing. Whilst standing up speaking to the fiddler, the prisoner went up to his wife, put his arm round her neck, and in flicted three stabs in her throat. Lie was immediately apprehended in the room with the bloody knife in h►s hand. Mr. Johnson, surgeon, of Middlewich, was called in to see the prosecutrix the same evenieg, and he then found that one of the stabs had penetrated the windpipe and gullet. From this wound the air from the lungs and a portion of the contents of the stomach were escap ing when seen by Mr. Johnson. Mr. TEMPLE addressed the jury with the view of re ducing the offence, on the ground of the jealousy with which it was supposed the prisoner regarded his wife's conduct. The jury found the prisoner guilty of the capital offence, arid judgment of death was ordered to be re corded against him, the Learned Jud , ..e intimating that the least punishment he could expect was transportation for life. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. THE MURDER IN SHOREDITCH. (Continued froatour Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mary Jarvis, the mother of the last witness, stated that the prisoner came to her door and opened it. He exclaimed " Where is she—where is she?" She added, " You know very well where she is." He then ran down stairs, and imnp,diately after she heard the report of a gun, and she at first thought he had shot her daughter. When he came first she did not see the gun in his possession. After the report he ran up stairs into her room, took hold of her arm, and exclaimed. "I have done it—l have done it." He repeated this to her hus band, who was present. Her daughter ran in and ex claimed, " Oh, Tom, what have you done !" He made no reply, and fell on her neck and kissed her. A con stable came arid took him him into custody. Cross -examined—When he first came he did not appear _gushed or excited. Her daughter slept with her. Joseph Brooks, a boy, the prisoner's brother, said he lived in the same room as his brother. While he was in bed his brother came into the room. He heard some one run up the stairs before he came. He did not see ' what he did, as it was dark. There was a gun in the room. His brother remained in the room two or three minutes. There was a powder flask in his brother's hox when he went to bed. Soon after he heard the re port of a gun, about a minute or two after. Police-constable, 201 H—Was on duty near Hare court on the 'night in question. His attention was called to the spot by shouts. He found the deceased on the ground *lead, and a ramrod near him. He went up .stairs and found the prisoner on the first floor with a gun in his possession. He was about giving it up to some person. The prisoner's father was there. The father made some remark about what he had done, to which the prisoner replied, "I have had my revenge ; he has injured my mother and sis ters, and I have been re venged. If I had not done i t he would have killed me." Told the prisoner that Gibart was dead, and took him into custody. He made no resistance. Found some bullets upon him. Inspector Harris deposed that the prisoner stated, at the station, " If I had not done it, perhaps they would have murdered me. Two of them threatened to drag me out ton minutes before." Mr. H. Hannah, surgeon, High-street, Shoreditch said he was called to see the de cease d. H e found him ' lying in the passage. He was quite dead. The wound he had received caused instantaneous death. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr CLARESON then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He said, although they might not exactly understand the difference, in the eye of the law, between manslaughter and murder, yet it was clearly d-fined amongst those who followed the profes sion of the law ; an d to hi m i t clearly appeared that the prisoner was• not guilty of murder, but of the lesser crime of manslaughter ; for when they reviewed the whole of the facts which had transpired in the course of the inquiry, they could not fail to be of opinion that the prisoner had been irritated by the deceased and others, and that, considering that he and othersin tended to do him some grievous bodily harm, he felt that he was but defending his life in what he had done. They could not fail to be struck that this was the actuating motive in the prisoner's mind at the time he committed the rash act. It was most remarkable that they had not heard until to-day of the expression which the prisoner used with respect to his sister. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE desired Mrs. Jary s to be called. She stated that the prisoner's sister had coha bited with the deceased fur about twelve months before the occurrence. She did not know that any ill-feeling subsisted between the prisoner and the deceased with respect to this intimacy. Mr. CLARKSON said it was a lamentable fact that per sons in the class of life of the prisoner were frequently in the habit of living together like the deceased and the prisoner's sister. But was it a wonder that so much immorality existed, when houses, like that in which the prisoner lived, were parcelled out in single rowan; to whol: families, and that where, as in this case, the father, and mother, and daughter, who was grown up, all resided in one room, thet great laxity of morals prevailed. But there was no reason to presume that the young woman, Mary Jarvis, cohabited with the prisoner. She herself had denied it. Let them look at the facts adduced. The prisoner was found at his residence at ten o'clock at night; he was called out by Eaton, be lieving, no doubt, that he was alone; he was induced to go to the top of the court, where he was abused, aimed at by the deceased, and struck on the head by him. Lis temper was thus naturally aroused, for he had been irri tated, and struck, and threatened, and it was equally natural that he should resent uch conduct by defending himself. Maddened, and fearing that he - was in danger, he rushsd into the house, seized his gun, and shot the deceased. There was considerable discrepancy between the statements of the various witnesses with respect to the time which elapsed between the threat of the pri• soner and the report of the gun. It was just probable that when they said ten minutes elapsed, only three or four might really have elapsed. Nothing was more falla cious than evidence with respect to brief portions of time. It would be for them, therefore, to consider whether the deceased and others had or had not so ir ritated and goaded the prisoner as to render him not the master of his actions—whether he was or was not in that state of mind which the law required to constitute manslaughter. It was a most melancholy occurrence, bu: he could not help thinking that the deceased was the author of his own death, arid that they could not, on their consciences, convict the prisoner of the high crime of murder. No doubt the deceased and the other . young men concerted together for th e purpose cf goading the prisoner, and of leading him into violence, and that he was induced to come out in order that they might annoy him. He was not there to justify or to excuse the act of the prisoner. He had been guilty of a grievous act of violence ; but, looking at the whole of the case, he apprehended that they could not convict him of' murder. Nothing had been adduced to show that the prisoner loaded the gun for the purpose of shooting the deceased. He had been shooting rats in the cellar a short time before ; and it was possible that he might have left the gun loaded in his bed-room, and taken it up in a fit of despe ration. It was equally possible that the deceased simply came to the door tor the purpose of frightening the deceased and others with the gun, and that a struggle ensued between him and the deceased for the possession of the gun, and that the ram-rod fell out and the gun went off and killed the deceased. The Learned Counsel concluded by an earnest appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE then elaborately and carefully summed up the evide4e, and clearly explained to the jury the difference between murder and manslaughter. The jury retired to consider their verdict at twenty minutes after three. The jury returned into court at a quarter to four with a verdict of Manslaughter. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE sentenced the prisoner, in the most impressive. manner, to be transported for life. The prisoner sobbed bitterly during the passing of the sentence, and was led away in a helpl ess s t a t e , suffused with tears. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. FARETIA3I, HAMPSHIRE, WEDNESDAY EVENING.— This afternoon a special session of the justices for this division of the county of South Hants was held at the Red Lion Inn, for the purpose of investigating a most serious charge of attempted murder and suicide. The particulars are as follow : It appears that on Monday, the 22d of March last, the inhabitants of this quiet and beautiful town were much alarmed by a most desperate attempt at murder, and the attempted suicide of the perpetrator, AA hich took place in the afternoon of that day, at the residence of Mr. William Thresher, one of the county magistrates for this district, by his footman, Chas.Wo!fe, aged about nineteen years, upon the person of Elizabeth Ayling, a nursery maid in the same family. From the statements which have appeared it is perfectly evident that the attempt on the unfortunate girl was made with the utmost deter mination on the part of the man (Wolfe), and that, in her attempts to free herself from the grasp of the ruffian, the poor creature was much injured by the razor the fellow used, with which he subsequently attempted to destroy his own life. • Not less than ten of the local magistracy attended the session this day; subjoinee is a list of their names and residences: —Admiral Sir John A. Owmaney, K.C.B. (chairman), of Warblinton House, Havant; Sir James Stirling Bart., of Bedhampton; Captain Samuel, R.N., of Gosport; Captain Greene, R.N., of Wreckharn; John Beardmore, Esq., of Uplands Lodge, near Fars-ham; W. Page, Esq., of Breckhurst, Alverstoke• John Mar tin, Esq., of Wyniering; W. Forester, Esq., Fareliam; Dr. Hillyer, of Gosport; and J. E. Atkins, Esq., of Portsmouth. The case. having been called on after the routine busi ness of the day was concluded, Elizabeth Ayling was first examined by Mr. Badden, the clerk to the bench—Knew well the prisoner at the bar. (The prisoner here became so violent, through the intensity of his feelings, that it was almost impossible for the superintendent of the local police, Mr. Gore, to restrain him.) Witness, in continuation, deposed that on the 22d March last the prisoner went into her room, and witness asked him the question. " What business have you here ?" The prisoner then went into Mr. James Thresher's room. Prisoner afterwards went to the lower part of the house, and in a few minutes he re turned. He then said something to her which frightened her, which, if I recollect right, was " I'll do for you." I did not see anything in his band at that time, but, in consequence of what he said, I was frightened, and he came towards the door and shut himself in, and then he struck me on the side of the head with something heavy, but Ido not know what. The blow knocked me down. Witness did not recollect whether the prisoner struck her more than once upon the first occasion, but on the second time he struck her again, when she was striving to pass by him. The prisoner pulled out a razor, or some sharp instrument. It was something sharp. Felt that he cut me upon the throat more than once. About my throat there are three wounds, and two upon my head. While I was struggling with him he drew his razor through my hand, and cut my fingers ; only one of my hands was cut. I said, " Oh, you wretch!" He said, " Wretch." After this I tried to get to the window, having got off the floor, and on trying to get to the door he dragged me down again by my hair, and prevented me. This was the third time I was upon the floor. I struggled and got away from him, and left him on the floor. I hallooed out at the time, " Oh, murder." Upon this occasion he did not attempt to come after me. I ran down the stairs, and met the housemaid Sarah in the hull. My threat was then bleeding. Her name is Sarah Unwin. I told her I was in danger. The prisoner was not guilty of any inde cency towards me. After I was taken up to bed I saw a razor in the hands of Mr. Thresher, my master. I have been confined to the house in consequence of this occur rence until this day. I could not get up until Monday, the sth instant. The evidence as taken by the clerk was then read over to the witness and the prisoner, but he appeared quite in a state of torpor, and it was with considerable difficulty that he was aroused to hear the statement. Subsequently the prisoner, upon being asked whether he had anything to say, replied, I believe what she has said is true; I don't believe she will tell an untruth. Sarah Unwin, housemaid in the service of Mr. Thresher, stated that she knew the prisoner Charles Wolfe. On the 22d of March I heard the last witness come done the stairs screaming. I was in the kitchen at the time. Elizabeth was covered with blood, which flowed from her head and neck. I asked, in the hill, what had happened. She said, Charles had done for her. I then went up stairs, and observed traces of blood on the wall. These were finger-marks. I then went into the nursery, and then returned into the kitchen, where I saw b10 , ,d on the floor from the door to the window. The prisoner was then lying on the floor, with his back to the door. Master told him to get up, and after some time he did so. Wounds were inflicted on the head, neck, and throat of Elizabeth the nursemaid. Upon the above testimony being read to the prisoner, and he questioned with regard to the statement, he re plied that he did not dispute what was said. William Thresher, Esq., one of the magistrates for the county of Hants. being sworn, deposed :—The prosecutrix, Elizabeth Ayling, was in his service as nursemaid, and the prisoner, Charles Wolfe, was his footman. Was at home on the 22 1 of March, and heard cries of distress, the nursery-girl crying out " Oh, oh." The_prisoner was nine months in my service, and the nurse was in m y family two years. I saw marks of blood on the walls, which continued all the way up stairs to the nursery. I thought one of the children was injured at first, but, upon going into the nursery, I saw the prisoner lying upon the floor. There were marks of blood in the nur sery. I ordered the man to get up, as -he was lying on his face ; he did, after some persuasion, and went into his own room. I found a razor, covered with blood (produced), which was then wet with blood. That is the same razor. I saw the mallet (produced) in the room ; it was a little splintered before. The handle was split before I saw it upon that occasion. The mallet is my property, and it is usually kept in the cellar. Wit ness had seen it lately in the cellar. Witness did not observe any stains of blood upon the mallet when he picked it up. The girl was taken up stairs before this time. _ _ _ The prisoner said, after the testimony of Mr. Thresher was read, that he had nothing to say i in answer to th e evidence ; he (the prisoner) had bee nli the service of that gentleman eleven mqntbs and nine days. The Rev. William Thresher, vicar of Titchfield, son of the former witness, deposed that be heard from his tither that some injury had been done to the nursemaid by the prisoner, and upon proceeding up stairs he found blood upon the walls. He (witness) gave the razor, covered with blood, to Mr. Superintendent Gow, of the flamp.hire constabulary, who had been sent for. Wit ness found the mallet, which he afterwards carried into a room, and put it away, until Mr. Morse, the surgeon who was called in at the time, gave the mallet to one. of the police, some time after the capture of the prisoner Wolfe. The prisoner having declined to say anything further ;han that the charges against him were true. The CHAIRMAN said that the opinion of the magis trates was unanimous, aud, therefore, they decided to commit the prisoner, at once; for an attempt to murder Elizsbsth Ayling. - The prisonerwas then handcuffed, and taken to Win chester gaol, to await his trial at the Lext assizes. It is stated, in a letter from Rome, that M. Bru nelli has been nominated Nuncio at Madrid, and that he will leave Rome after Easter for his destination. THE ACTON MURDER. CONFESSION OF CATLIERINE FOSTER. Since her conviction and sentence, and return to gaol, the unhappy prisoner, Catherine Foster, has displayed less apithy than she evinced both before and during the . trial, but has been morel by none of those vehement ' symptoms of grief and r.: worse that a sense of her dread ful situation would infallibly produce in a mind less able to bear the pangs of compunction. She has, however, hitherto maintained a mild, calm, patient demeanour, and receives kindnesses ' from those who attend her with marked expressions of gratitude. The constant and assiduous attendance of the Rev. Mr. West, chaplain to the gaol, of the Rev. Mr. Ottley, rector of Acton, and of the Rev, C. J. P. Eyre, incumbent of St. Mary's, has contributed greatly to remove that coldness from her manner which attracted the observation of all spectators during the progress of her trial. She made a full con fession of her guilt in writing on Thursday last, both to Mr. M'lntyre and the Rev. Mr. Ottley, accompanying it with an earnest request that neither of these gentlemen would permit it to be seen by any other person until she had, passed away. Before making her confession she im parted some very contradictory statements to some of the f male prisoners, we understand, which, coming to the ears of the authorities, she waa kindly advised not to deceive herself by indulging in such representations, but if she felt disposed, after addressing herself to Got, to disburden her mind, to do so truly. She subsr quently, we hear, took the opportunity of the governor's presence to tell him some part of the circumstances detailed in her written confession, and then, requesting some ink and paper. wrote o u t an acknowledgment of her guilt, and an admission of the justice of the sentence passed upon her. We have been unable, of course, to ascertain anything of the contents of the written paper, which is, at present, a scaled document; but from what has tran spired of her verbal confession to those attending her (and we believe our information may be so far relied on), she abscribed her guilty conduct to being urged into a marriage with the unfortunate victim, Foster, against her will—that her mother urged her into the match, and that she disliked her husband from the beginning. She added, we understand, that her husband was moat kind and most tender to her at all times, and had never done or said anything that could give her uneasiness; but she had been forced into a marriage she loathed, or words to that effect. Ever since her confession, and her mind has been disburdened, she has appeared easier, and is penitent. We believe the above particulars, as far as • they go, may be relied on; and we are satisfied to be enabled to close this brief account by stating that, at the present time, the unfortunate prisoner is in a good and ' proper frame of mind : grateful for religious solace, and manifestly comforted by the readings of the rev. gentle men and others who attend her unremittingly. She expresses contrition, and appears prepared for the result. Prayers were offered up for her at S! . . Mary's and St. - James's Churches on Good Friday and Sunday last. The execw ion will take place, we believe, by the order of the High Sheriff, on Saturday week. On reading over the above, we find we have omitted one particular, which much anxiety has been exhibited to ascertain, namely, as to the poison. We believe we can state, with perfect truth, that the arsenic was pur chased at Sudbury by Catherine Foster herself, but of whom it is not our province to divulge. Thy, loose and most reprehensible manner in which deadly p ,isons are permitted to be sold by apothecaries to persons applying singly, and frequently too young or too ignorant to know its fatal properties, demands im mediate remedy. It is not to one case of poisoning only to which the public attention is now directed, but to doz. ; and these will not be the last unless the law step ii 4 and make provision for the more careful dispensing of such dangerous articles.—Suffolk Herald. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS, LIVERPOOL, APRIL 8. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 18% —Ditto, York Extension, 3 / 4 dis.—East Lancashire, New Scrip, 1 p. —Edinburgh and Glasgow, 72—London and North- Western, 175—London and Manchester and Bir mingham, Quarters (B), 6 1 / 8 p.— London and South Coast, 52—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 2 , ,4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1% dis.—Midland, 401. Shares, 3% p.—Ditto, New. 2% p._ Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3—Preston and Wyre, 34% Ditto, Sixths, 5 3 / 4 —South-Eastern and Dover, New (No. 4), 3 / 4 p.—York and North Midland Preference, 9 p.—Cale donian, Halves, 6s. 3d. dis.—Le e d s an d Thirsk, 1 1 4 dis Birkenhead, Lincashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1 / dis.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8% p.—Great Northern (Nos. 1 to 108,000), 1 / 2 dis.—North Staffordshire, 2% p.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), % p.—West Riding Union, 1 1 / 2 p. —Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 2 p. MANCHESTER, APRIL 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, I ,4—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 5-16—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 81 4—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c , Preferentials, 1 5-16—East Lancashire, New Scrip, 1 c.-11whiersiield and Manchester Railway and Canal, VA —Ditto, Thirds, % Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, Branches, Halves, 2'%—London and North-Western (Man chester and Birmingham), 68 1 8—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 4%—Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension), 24—Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby, 501. Shares), 54—Ditto (201. Shares), I%—Ditto, Sheffield and Lincoln shire, 2—Manchester and Southampton, 17s.—North Bri tish, Extension, % North Staffordshire, 2%—Northern Counties Union. 1 15-16—Shropshire Unio n , I% — W est Riding Union, 1 '7-16— Wharfdale, 5-16. LEEDS, APRIL 8. , STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting• ham, and Boston, 1 ls. Gd. dis.—East Lancashire, New Scrip, 19s. p.—East and West Yorkshire, par—Great Northern, 10s. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 24 p.—Leeds and Bradford, 43 1 / 2 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, n. dis.—Ditto, Pre ference, 225. p.—London and Brighton and South Coast' Fifteenths, 2s. 6d. p.—.Talton and Driffield Junction, Os. p. —Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 2 1-16 p —Ditto, West Riding Union, ILA p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2s. 6d. p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2% p.—North British, Extension (scrip), 10s. Gd. p.—Northern Counties Union, 375. Gd. dis.—North lVe,tern, 15s. dis.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 15s. dis.—Wharfdale Junctiol, 9s. dis. SHEFFIELD, Amt. 8. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 1 / 2 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire (Griinsby and Sheffield), 5% dis.—Ditto, 20/. Shares, 40s. di ,. . —Ditto, 12/. 10s. Shares, 28s. dis.—Ditto, Docks, 2 3 4 dis.—North Staffordshire, 2,1 dis.—North-West ern, % dis.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 4 1 dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, APRIL 8. STOCK EXCHANOII.—The only sale is —Caledonian, Nev, dis. HULL, APRIL 8. STOCK EXCHANGR.—The sales are—North British, Ex tension (Scrip), 12s. 6d. p.—East Lancashire, 18s. p.— Great Northern, 1 /., dis.—North-Western, 14s. dis.—North. ern Counties Union, 10s.—West Riding Union, 295. p. EDINBURGH, APRIL 7. STOCK ExcirAsGE —The sales are—Dundee and North ern Junction, 48s.—Dundee and Perth, 38;4—East Lothian Central, 57s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 19 1 4 — Edinburgh and Northern, Newport, 7%—Ditto, ditto, Nev, 52 s.—Edinburgh and Perth, New, 625. Ditto, Halves, 225. 6 d.—Great Northern 71s.—North British, New Quarters (scrip), 27s.—Ditto, Thirds, 68s. 6d.—Scottish Central 22 74—Stirling and Dunfermline, 82s. , VIENNA, Mancu 30.—His Majesty the Emperor has been graciously pleased to distinguish the cele brated Jenny Lind, by conferring upon her the title of Singer to the Imperial Court. To THE LADIES.—The high and universal cele brity which Rowland's Kalydor continues to maintain, as all active yet mild and soothing extirpator of all impurities of the skin, is, during the period of spring, most pleasingly evinced. This preparation, eminently balsamic, restorative, and invi gorating, is equally celebrated for safety in application, as for unfailing efficacy in removing all impurities and discolora tions ; and imparting a healthy freshness and transparency of the skin and complexion. Its universally great demand ex cites the cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give the title of " Kalydor" to compounds of their own manufacture, of the most deleterious character, containing mineral astrin gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and, by their repel lent action, endanger health. It is therefore imperative on purchasers to see that the words " Rowland's Kalydor" are on the wrapper. All others are fraudulent counterfeits. [AD VERTISEMENT.]—The Registered Paletot of Llama cloth, the most fashionable coat for both the present and approaching seasons, still retains the same moderate price, which, with its usefulness and gentlemanly appear ance, has secured such general popularity. It has been made by special command for their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the several royal visitors to the British Court. In London it can only be purchased of the patentees, H. J. and D. Nicoll, Court tailors, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. Agents for Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street; for Dublin, Geo. Maclona, Molesworth-street ; for Birmingham, Wareing and Son, New-street; for Edinburgh, Christie and Son, George' street ; and the principal tailors in other large towns. [ADVERTISEMENT. -1— EXTRAORDINARY EFFECT ON LINER AND STOMACH COMPLAINTS BY HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Extract many and, of a letter, dated 3 0; Princes-street, Gl asgow, F e b ruary 18 , 1847 . "Professor Holloway—Sir, I h ave ta k en your p ills f or a disease of the liver and stomach, from which I h a d long suffered. When I com mencedhuanl humanly the speaking,use oof themthe yh a ve] savedln a n most l t fe.l wretchedhad Consulted condition , medical men to no purpose. lam now perfectly restored to health, to the surprise of all who witnessed the state to which I had been reduced by a disease affecting the liver and' stomach, (Signed) .• CHARLES WILSON." Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Hol loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. On the 25th u lt. , at Warm RT inst Her, Wilts, the wife of Robert Saunders, Esq., of Calcutta, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Sudbury Priory, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Mrs. Webster, of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at Lodge-villa, Regent's-park, Mrs. M. kinson, of a daughter. Qn the sth ir;st., at Northchurch Rectory, Herts, the lady of Sir J. H. C. Seymour, Bait, of a son. On the sth inst., Mrs. Edward R. Slee, St. Joh's, South wark, of a daughter. On the 6th inst., at Finchley-road, Mrs. T. Devas, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Islington, the wife of John Burnham, Esq., of a daughter, still-born. On the 7th inst., at St. Olave's Rectory, Southwark, Mrs. W. C. Le Breton, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Foxley-road, North Brixton, the wife of William Barth, jun., of a son. MARIED. On the 6 t h i nst., at Boldr R e, Hants, Captain Alexander Cameron, 42d Royal Highlanders, to Caroline Laura, eldest daughter of the late Major-General Sir Charles Ashworth, K.C. 8., K. T.S. On the 6th inst., at Brighton, the Rev. Alexander P. Bir rell, M.A., to Mary Anne Catherine, second daughter of the ROT. the Precentor of Chichester and the Hon. Mrs. Holland. DIED. On the 31st ult., at Blackheath, Mr. J. Peters, aged 85. On the 2d inst., at Fawley, Hants, Mr. Thomas Ely. On the sth inst., at Ashford, Middlesex, Mr. T. W. Batt. cock, aged 66. On the sth inst., Emma, the wife of Mr. Mathews, chymist, Yeovil. On the sth inst., C. Martineau, Esq., of Tulle-hill. On the 6th inst., at Camden-road-villas, Thomas Willis Stone, Esq. On the 6th inst., at Chobbam Lodge, Surrey, Caroline, daughter of the late John Jourdan, Esq., aged 60. On the 7th inst., Jemima, wife of Mr. W. B. Sams, of Barbican. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. Strand, Printer, at The ,Pun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, la the County of Middlesex, Friday, April St• 1847.