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IMPERIAL PAR LIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTBB.DAY.) The STRAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. CLARE (COUNTY) ELECTION. The SPEA KER announced that the petition against the return for Clare County bad been withdrawn. IPSWICH ELECTION COMMITTEE. The Committee appointed to try the validity of the return for the borough of Ipswich was sworn at the table of the house. The Conernittee were directed to sit to morrow at eleven o'clocEYk. WMOUTH. The committee appointed to try the validity of the re turn for the borough of Weymouth, decided on the fi rs t petition, that the sitting member., were duly elected. The second petition was withdrawn. Bribery was proved, but without the cognisance of the sitting members or their agents. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (CAPITAL) BILL. On the consideration of the Lords' Amendments to this bill, which was introduced in reference to the Red. path frauds , Mr. SPOONER objected to the Lords' Amendments which would put the preference shareholders on an equa lity with ordinary shareholders, and completely abragate the title under wbich the preference shareholders held shares. The preference shareholders had a right to be paid 5 per cent. per annum out of the profits before any other dividends were paid, but if the Lords' Amend ments were agreed to, the 260,0001. Redpath's frauds woull be paid first. The preference shareholders would by these amendments only receive this year half a year instead of a year's dividend, having to take their chance with the ordinary shareholders in what remained for the payment of a dividend. Toe legislation now proposed woold shake the confidence of the public in preference stock. lie moved the omission of the Lords' amend- ments. Mr. A. TIIR,NER seconded the motion. He consi dered a great principle of commercial honour was in ♦olved in this question. England's commercial honour had hitherto stood very high, and he called on the house to be cautious how they adopted such repudiatory prin cip‘ei as those involved in the amendments under consi deration. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that the point involved was a •ery Mee and important one. It ought to be decided by a court of law. He should, however, support the motion. _ _ Mr. BAILLIE, chairman of the committee before whom the preference shareholders' claims were sent, Raid that the question before the committee was confined to the payment of the current hall-year's dividend, and they reported that the preference shareholders were en titled to their guaranteed dividend if a surplus remained after the payment of the Redpath fraud. The case had been somewhat altered since the commitee reported, because the directors bed now a second half-year's divi• dend in hand. The effect of the lords' amendments was to give the preference shareholders a dividend, if any ra t mained after the payment of the Redpath frauds out n the profits of the year. In that resp?et they would be placed on an equality with the ordinary shareholders. A fter some remarks from Mr. lIRADLAM, Mr. J. EWART, and Mr. W. BROWN, Mr. E DENISON (chairman of the Great Northern Railway) said that the question was investigated by a committee of the Hou-e of Commons, and also by a com mittee of the House of Lords, before whom the preference shareholders appeared by counsil, and after full conside ration the Lords confirmed the deceiion of the Commons. The amendments objected to were introduced by the House of Lord's with a view of equitably settling the question and to prevent litigation. The directors at fir-t proposed to capitalise the Redpath frauds, and throw the loss over a series of years', but Lerd Redesdale, the chairman of the House of Lords' Committees, insisted on the frauds being paid out of revenue. There was a great difference between preference and guaranteed stock. The meaning of the for.ner that if there was a profit they should after the payment of the expenses of the line be first paid their dividend out of the surplus earnings of the line. The legal points at issue between the directors and the preference shareholders was whether the latter, having only received part of their usual dividend in 1156, in consequence of these frauds, were entitled to claim the payment of the difference out of the earnings of 1157. If they had ti,iat power, preference share holders would be, in faci, guar Infeed shareholders. It was with the view of settling the question, and to prevent litigation, as he had already said, the Lords' amend ments had been introduced into the bill. No dividend could be paid until the question was settled. Mr. LOWE said that the house was not bound by the decision of either of the committees, and that it was competent for the house to reconsider the question. It appeared to him that the committees committed an error in entering into the question of what was er was not the delete of the preference and ordinary share hollers. (Hear, hear.) The question ought not to have been decided by the committees, but by a court of law. Hear, hear.) By disagreeing with the Lards' amend ments.the house would leave the question in that posi tion without prejudging the rights of either class of shareholders (Elear. hear.) _ _ Mr. FITZROY differed from the hon. member for Kidderminster in reference to the powers of the com mittees relative to this question, and he said that the ➢reference shareholders went before the committees un der the knowledge that they were to be treated in the manner proposed by the Lords amendments. After a few words from Mr. Batscoz, and Mr. P. W. MARTIN, The Lords amendments were negatived without a division, Mr. E. DENISON, chairman of the Great Northern Railway, declining to go to a division on the motion, the feeling of the house being against the adoption of the Lords amendment , 4. PUBLIC CrIARITIES BILL. Mr. HARDCASTLE moved the second reading of this bid, the object of which was to diminish the expense consequent upon the change of trus tees of public charities to which lands had been be queathed, and to enable such trustees to form them selves into corporations. The report of the Charity Commission showed that the public charities possezeied 444 000 acres of land, prodaing a rental of between 100,0001. and 900,0001. at the date of the commission, and at the present time to upwards of 1,000,0001. pr annum. The average rental of all the charities in the country was a'eout 401., but there were many hundred.' whose rental did not amount to 405., and the results were twofold. In some cases the charity was put to great loss by the appointment of new trustees, from its rt e . quiring a deed for the purpose which did not cost less, one way and another, than 10/ Another re sult which often acted disastrously was the irregular appointment of new trustees, or not at all, and the c in. sequence was that sooner or later the charity lapsed. Ho proposed to get rid of the existing evils by the appoint ment of a registrar-general of public accounts, with an office in London attached to that of the Registrar- General of Births, Marriages, and Deaths. The mejerity of the existing boar,' it was proposed should have the option of taking up their deeds and depositing them with the registrar-general upon the payment of a smal, fee, not txceeding 31, and by this payment the charity would become registered, and would secure the apeoint ment of a succession of trustees as might be necessary from deaths or removals. The fees it was thought would be sufficient to make the new office self-soppere. ling. The hon. rnemher for Oxfordshire (Mr. Henley) bad expressed an opinion that. be considered that in the establishment of so many petty corporations individual responetbility of the trustees would be destroyed. Ho acknowledged that, as the bill at present stood, it was open to that objection, but he thought it might be reme died in committee. He hoped the house would agree to the second reading of the bill. Sir J. TROLLOPE objected to the bill, on the grcund that it ignored the existence of the Commission ers' of Charity—that it was a taxing bid, and that the eaepensee of the Court of Chancery were not so heavy as to warrant the machinery proposed by this bill. He moved its second reading this day six months. Mr. MASSEY said that he thought the objection of the right boo. gentleman the member far Oxfordshire (Mr. Henley) was a valid objection to the bill. He did not think the bill would reitice the expenses connected with these corporations, and therefore be could not cell sent to its second reading. There was a bill now before, a committee of the House of Lords relative to filling up vacancies in the management of trusts, and it was only reasonable that they should wait the result of that mea sere before considering another proposition on the sub feet.. The selond reading of the bill was negatived without a division. MARRIED WOMEN BILL. Sir E. PERRY withdrew the second reading of this bill in consequence of the absence of learned member, whose presence was necessary for a full legal di.- eussion of the merits of the bill. He therefore moved that it be referred to a select committee. As the house, it was said, would not rise before the 20th of August, be thought the committee would have an op portunity of meeting several times before that time, and considering the provisions of the bill. The motion was agreed to. m :TENANT RIGHT (IRELAND) BILL. the motion for the second reading of this bill, , fro Zr owees • •MA.Ct i r n U I TR I E presented a number of petitions an Liebman, re and, which the hon. member, though founda difficulty in pronouncing, in favour of the bill, a n d gentleman woo e wards moved, in c - m-equence of the introducedu the bill no 1 tiger being a hm m . ember of th e be read the.: the order fir its second reading should of the and discharged. Ike urged the importanceenacme amicably setstulehject, which he consi present state o d f by dered could only the Government taking, it up. The the law relative to prrmivyedi the Gov e r nme landlord and tenant i n Ireland de in cases number airier ses of the means of r e c ruitin g the a favourber of gency from its causing e migration, petitions that had' been presented to thehouseliT of such a measure , showed the feelin g of the Ireland on the subject, and he asked the people of to take it under their serious consideration. rime " Mr. BAG WELL also urged on the Government the .necessity of their legislating on the sulject in the cour, e of next session, He stated that from 1851 to 1857, a period of undoubted prosperity, the population of Ire. land had 'decreased, principally by . emigration, 754,334. The O'DONOGIIDE expressed a hope that Govern. went would state their intentions with reference to the Subject. Mr. BATCHELL expressed a simihr opinion. He believeo the bill of the hon. gentleman the late member for Mayo, gave general satisfaction to the people of Ireland. The Irish members were almost unanimous in its favour. There Was no divirion in the Irish party re " tonen. ure.' and " compensation," therefore t he ho ve ped.the o h gisntlemen would not re,ist the appeal of Ireland, but introduce a measure on this subject next session. me.;GREED considered the Government hint ~c. rHE SUN, LON DON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 23, glected their duty in not taking up this subject. Until they did so and legislated, the people of Ireland vvull ! not be able to take advantage of that career of pros perity that appeared to be opening for Ireland. Mr. H. HERBERT said tbat he felt certain that if lion. members connected with Ireland turned their at tention to the question during the recess, and were fair and moderate in their demands in any bill they might introduce next session, her Majesty's Government would give the important subject their serious consideration. Mr. STAFFORD said that the statement of the Irish Chief Secretary amounted in fact to this, that amongst the various subjects they had promised to consider and introduce next session, this subject had not been considered worthy their consideration. The order for the second reading of the bill was then read and discharged. BURIALS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The committee on this bill was resumed. Mr. MASSEY moved the following new clause : "In any burial ground provided under the powers of the acts hereinbefore recited or this act, respecting which one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of Sate shalt have certified that the necessary provisions have been complied with, it shall be lawful for the incumbent of such parish, or his curate, or such duly qualified person as such incumbent may authorise, to bury in such burial ground prior to the consecration thereof." The hon. gentleman said that the clause had met with the approval of the uighest ecclesiastical authority, and that it was framed with reference to the Swansea and another case that had been before the public. Mr. GLADSTONE said that the clause was not justified by the circumstances so far as the committee understood them, nor was it free from objections of the gravest character, which the hon. gentleman appeared not to have anticipated. This clause proposed a more important innovation in ecclesiastical law than had been proposed within the memory of the oldest person living. The grievance complained of by members of the Church of England was that they c nild not by the present law be buried in unconsecrated ground with the rites of the Church of England ; but this clause would nob remedy that grievance. The clause before the committee pro posed to give incumbents the power of burying in un. consecrated ground, but it did not make it compulsory on them to do so. If they refused to bury in unconse crated ground with the rites. of the Church of England. they could not bs compelled to do so by this clause, and therefore its operation would be left to their caprice. He admitted legislative remedy was necessary in certain cases, but it should be strictly confined to them. This clause would give incumbents the power of standing at the gates of burial grounds, and refuse the burial of per sons except they were satisfied as to the deceased's habits of life and religions convictions. Mr. DILL WYN referred at some length to the dis pute between the Bi-hop and the Burial Beard of S vansea, relative to the consecration of the new burial ground, which he said there was no chance of being amicably settled. The burial board contended that they had complied with the requirements of the act, but it was denied on the part of the bishop. The refusal of the bishop to consecrate the ground had the effect of driving Churchmen out of the Church. Churchmen had to be buried without funeral rites unless they were per formed by dissenting clergymen, and it caused much ill feeling amongst the parishioners of S vansea. Sir W. Heathcote, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. B. Hope, and Mr. Spooner opposed the clause ; Mr. Hadfield, and Mr. Salisbury supported the clause. Mr. M. WILLIA.MS hoped the clause would be withdrawn. Mr. MA.SSEY said that the clause was proposed to get rid of the scandals that at present existed with re ference to the Church in consequence of the conduct of two right reverend prelates, which had ha 1 the effect of depriving inhabitants of certain parishes of the privilege that had existed from time immemorial, that of burial in consecrated ground. The bon. gentleman saici that the disputes had not arisen from the conduct of the burial boards. He hal some special knowledge on the sub jest, and hehad no hesitation in saying thatthe burial boar is had acted in a resp.ctful and conciliatory spirit. The clause was a permissive one, and thinking it would remedy the ev is complained of, be asked the committee to agree to it. He denied that he wai proposing inno vations in the law, seeing that the Earl of Shaftesbury's hilt permitted the rites of the Church of England to be performed in Exeter Hall on Sunday evenings, which was unconsecrated around. If this clause failed in it object, be thought he should be justified on a future day in coming to the house for more stringent powers. Mr. PULLER objected to the clause, and as the Government did not feel disposed to withdraw the clause he moved that the chairman do report progress. Mr. MASSEY con.idered it would be better to come to a decision on the clause at once than postpone it to a future day. (Hear, hear.) Mr. PULLER, said his object in making the motion was to induce the Government to reconsider the clause. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. HARDY considered it would be better for Go vernment to withdraw the clause, and introduce another that should de6n,) what was a burial ground. The CEIA.IRMAN then put the motion that the clause be read a second time. The c - imtnittee divided. The numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority —39 Mr. RIDLEY then moved an amendment that on the receipts of the inspector's certificate the bishop of the diocese should consecrate the burial ground, and that it should be lawful. &c. Mr. MASSEY objected to the amendment. The amendment was subsequently withdrawn, and the clause ordered to -stand part of the bill, after a di.cusion in which it was stated that the clergymen of the Church of England would he allowed to use their own dizcreti in under thi4 clause as to what form of burial service they would u:e in unconsecrated ground, without rendering themselves liable to a breach of Church discipline. Several new clauses were added, and the bill passed through committee. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BILL. This bill as amended was agreed to. • BANKING BILL. This bill as amended was alto agrted to, and orders to be read a third time to-morrow at 12 o'clock. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY (IRELAND) BILL. This bill WAS read a third time and passed. CALEDONIAN AND CRINAN CANALS BILL. This hit was read a third time and pa=sed. NEW ZEALAND LOAN GUARANTEE. The report was brouu,nt up and agreed to. It involves the loan of a sum of 500,000/. TURNPIKE AC I'S CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill as amended was agreed to. The Land Tax Commissioners' Names Bill was read a third time and passed. The report on the County Courts Judges' Salaries was brought up and agreed to. COUNTY CONSTABLES. Mr. MA.SSEY obtained leave to introduce a bill to amend the la Yir concerning detached parts of counties, ao farea respects the e-tablistunent of county cmstables. The remaining orders were disposed of, and the house adj mrned at five minutes to six o'clock. THE INDIAN MUTINIES. AN ESCAPE FROM DELHI. The following most interesting and affecting letter was written to his sister by a boy of 19, who happily succeeded in effecting his escape from among the mutineers : Meerut, June 1. " Who would have thought when I last wrote to you all the awful circumstances under which I was again to put pen to paper ? However, by the j providence of Almighty God, your brother has been spared from the fearful massacre that has taken place at Delhi, and though he is a complete beggar, yet, thank God, he is still alive and well. On, my own dearest sister, the escape I have had has been most miraculous—in fact, I can hardly realise it, and wtnn one comes to look back upon it, it is scarcely to be believed, yet still here I am and no mistake about it ; and as they say there is a slight chence of a letter teaching Bombay in time for the mail, I am writing to you. There is only one other officer of my unfortunate regiment out of those who were with it at the time of the mutiny who has esc aped to this place, and he poor fellow, is in hos pital with a musket-ball through his thigh—Os born, our adjutant ; but I am glad to say time were three others on leave for a mouth's shooting in the jungles at the time of theoutbreak, and who have consequently escaped—among them my chum Wheatley. You know I myself had only been back front Cawnpore five days when this awful business took place. I have been here now since the 19ile of last month, and I have not had a single line from my poor mother. All the dawks, youknow, are cut off by the insurgents, and though I have written to her several letters, yet I fear none have reached Cawnpore. I was able, however, thank God, to telegraph to them on the 20th, saying I had arrive I here safe and well, and got a reply from my father telling what relief I had given them, but since then the wire has been destroyed and there has been no communication at all with Cawnpore. God grant they may be safe and well, and we have reason to suppose that the troops there are quiet. " There were three native corps at Delhi, besides a battery of 6 guns, and not a single European so- Bier. It It was about 10 o'clock on the morning of the 11th that we first heard of sonee mutineers having come over from Meerut, and that our regi ment was ordered down to the city, where they were, to cut them up. Of course this time we had not a doubt as to their loyalty. Well, the whole ' regiment, except my company, No. 1, and our major's the Grenadiers (who were ordered to wait for two guns and escort them down), at once want off t the city, distant about two miles. On arriv ing at the Ca hinere-g ate, which leads into a small fortified bastion called the Mainguard, from which there is another egress to the city, they were met by some troopers of the 3d Cavalry from Meerut, who immediately charged down upon them. Not the slightest effort was made by our men to defend their officers, and they were nearly all shot down at the head of their companies by these troopers. In fact, our poor colonel was seen to be bayoneted by one of the Sepoys after he had been cut down by a trooper ; and teen the fact of neither a Sepoy nor a trooper having been killed, is enough to convince one of their treachery. Well, soon atter our two companies, with the two guns (for whom we had had to wait half an hour), also arrived, and on going through the Cashmere-gate into the Main guard and thence into the city, where all this had taken place, the Sepoys and mutineers all bolted, being frightened at the sight of the guns, and be fore there was time to open upon them they had all disappe 'red into the streets. We then went back to the Mainguard, determined to hold that against them utetd more reinforcements arrived from can tonments, for which we immediately sent. In tae meantime we sent out parties to bring in our poor fellows, who were all seen lying about in front of th e Mainguard. I myself went out and brought in poor Burrowes. It was a most heartrending sight, I assure you, to see all our poor chaps whom we had seen and been wi h that very morning, talking and laughing together at our coffee-shop, lying dead side by side, and some dreadfully mutilated. I had never before seen a dead body, so you may ivaaginewliat an awfulsight it waoto me. Tile poor Colonel was the only one not killed outright ; but he, poor man, was hacked to pieces. W• cent him back to cantonments, where he died in the coutse of the day. At last some companies of the other regiments came up, and we remained here the whole day expecting to be attacked every minute. Lots of women and people who had managed to escape from the city came in to us for shelter, little thinking of the scene that was shortly to be enacted among us. By and by three of our officers, who had escaped being killed by the troopers, also came in, and from them we learnt what I have told you above. All this while we saw fires blazing in the town and heard guns of the magazine, which a few Europeans had been defending against the whole host of the insur gents, and which had at last blown up. " Well, it must have been about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when, all of a sudden, the Sepoys who were with us in the Mainguard, and on whom we had been depending to defend us in case of attack, began firing upon us in every direction ; a most awful scene, as you may imagine, then ensued— people running in every possible way to try and escape. I, as luck would have it, with a few other fellows, ran up a kind of slope that leads to the officers' quarters, and thence, amid a storm of bul lets, to one of tee embrasures of the bastion. It is perfec ly miraculous how I escaped being hit ; no end of poor fell ars were knocked down all about, and all too by their men ; it is really awful to.think of it. However, on arriving at the embra-kur• all at once the idea occurred to me of jumping down into the ditch from the rampart (one would have thought it madness at any other time), and so try and get out by scaling the opposite side ; but just as I was in the act of doing so I heard screams from a lot of unfortunate women who were in the officers' quarters, imploring for help. I imme diately, with a few other fellows, who, like me, were going to escape the same way, ran back to them, and though the attempt appeared hopeless, we determined to see if we could not take them with us. Some of them, poor creatures, were , wounded with bullets ; however, we made a rope with hendk , rchiefe, and some of us jumping down first into the ditch caught them as they dropped, to break the fall. Then came the d•fficulty of drag ging them up on the opposite bank ; however, by God's will we succeeded, after nearly half an hour, why no acr :ss all this i e n ito g t e e tt v i e n fy no seeoys came and them up ; us an w d h w ile h time is a perfect mystery. The murdering was going on below all this time, and nothing could ( have been easier than for two or three of them to ( come to the rampart and shoot us down. How ev,r, as I say, we somehow got over, and expecting to be pursued, we bent our steps to a house that was on the banks of the river. This we reached in safety, and getting something to eat and drink from the servants (teeir master, young Me-calf, had fled i n t h e mornin g ), stopped there till d ar k, an d th en , seeing the whole of three cantonments on fire, and as it were a regular battle raging in that direction, we ran down - Co the ricer and made the best of our way along its banks in an opposite direction. It would he too long, my very dearest sister, to tell you of how for thr-e days and nights we wandered in the jungle, some'imea fed and sometimes robbed by the villagers, till at length, wearied and foot, ' sore, we arrived at a village where they put us in a hut and fed 113 for four days, and moreover took a note from us into Meerut, whence an escort of ca valry was sent out, and we were brought safely in here. " We started from Delhi with five ladies and four officers besides myself, but afterwards fell in with two sergeants' wives and two little children, with two more officers and a merchant, so altogether, on coming into Meerut, were a body of 17 souls. Oh, great Heaven, to think of the privations we en dured, and the narrow escapes we had! We used to ford streams at night, and then walk on slowly in our wet clothes, tying down to rest every half-hour, for you must retnemb that some of t ladies were wounded, and all so fatigued and worn out that they could scarcely move. Of course, had we been by our selves we would have made a dash for Meerut at once, which is about 40 miles from Delhi,* but having these unfortunate women with us, what could we do ? Sometimes we heard villagers com bitung to murder wet and the whole time w ere in dread of being pursued and killed by some of the mutineers from Delhi. At one time, when we were attacked by the villagers and robbed of every thing we possessed, had we not bad them with us we would have fought for it, and sold our lives dearly, instead of quietly giving up our arms as we did, for you must know we h a d a few blunt swords among us with one double-barreled gun. I send you a short account of the' insurrection, from which you will see that a great many people eacaped to Kurnaul anl timballah, among them the major of my regiment • but, alas, I fear that we are the only ones saved. The forces from Kurniul are fast approaching Delhi, and half the force from here has also gone out. They have been attacked, we hear, by the insurgents, who sallied out of Delhi, and have sent in for more r•inforc•ments. The people here are in ago it fright, but I fancy 1,000 Europeans can hold anir ground against five times that number of naives, and there is nut much to fear ; however, we are very anxious about them, and are eagerly looking out for a despatch, as firing was heard all last night. We took eight guns from them the day before, but they hue Lo end of them, besides lots of ammunition, in the magazines of Delhi. Nov I will say good-bye, my dear sister. Fowl and affectionate love to all. In another week we shall know more about affairs. I have not a thing to niy back—horses and everything all gone ' • in fact, as I said before, a perfect beggar ; but I dare say Covet invent may repay us in a meavete. JHELUM, MAY 30. My letter last time was stopped by the mutiny ; so I suppose you will be anxious to hear a full and true account. The first I heard was that tlee troops at Ferozepore had joined the mutiny, and had tried to take the Old Fort, but that a company or two of Europeans had been sent there in antici patios, who after a hard fight had held their own, but fought only with the butt-ends of their mus kets ; that they then went off to the station and burnt down the Monumental Church, the Roman Catholic Chapel, and every thatched house, plun dering as they burnt ; that Mr. Coates and Mr. Hughes, two merchants, alone refused to fly, col lected their servants, fortified their houses, and re pelled all attacks, Mr. Hughes's son, a boy, killing the only Sepoy shot ; that they then pulled down numbers of unthatched houses. Next day they were attacked—the 10th Native Cavaliy taking our part—and were disarmed, except some hundred odd, who escaped into the villages, where they are being apprehended. At Umballa and Jullundhur much the same—houses burnt, but no lives lost. At Urnballa the deserters were more numerous , but the Patiala Rajah had apprehended many of them. He was the first, as he always has been, to come to our aid, although we did take Bud'sour from him forcibly so lately. Now we learn that the Europeans took the fort at Agra and hold their own there ; that the Allyghur troops (9th Native Infantry) had mutinied and goueto join the force at Delhi and that the Commander-in-Chief was still stationary at Umballa, unwilling to move till he had a larger force. The Simla and Almora, Goorka troops have also mutinied, but it is hoped they are coming round. The troops at Lahore were in vigorous hand. Sir J. Lawrence and General Reid, aided by Brigadier Chamberlain, were nut men to wait for orders in such an emer gency, and have disarmed the troops both there and at Peshawur, only just in time, as we learn, as they were waiting for the news from Delhi, where it was agreed the mutiny should begin. Half of one of the regiments at Peshawur was at an out station (Noushera), and was not disarmed, as a few men alone could do nothing; they got the signal from Delhi, but did not know their comrades at Peshawur had been dis armed ; so they rose, as agreed upon, and found themselves in a narrow pass between two European cantonments, and a force has started to make a fearful example of them. All the native States are with us, and have sent in their contin gents to aid the English, except Mahsrajah Gholab iingh, who is pouring great supplies of ammunition, corn, dec., into all his forts along our border. Well, the Sepoye, as Ills an from really good informants, all believe that we are determined to make them Christians by some means. They believe that all we want to do is to make them eat pig's fat or bullock's flesh ; an], unfortunately, the cartridges for the new Enfield rifle were greased, and in some places the grease, I believe, really was lard or common bullock's fat, the native contract or having used these for cheapness. In this frame of mind, which has been ping on for several years, they were very suspicious of anything new, and believed at once that the Government really had the lard put on to cheat them into becoming Christians, and regiment after regiment held meetings to resent this attack on their religion. All the officers who were well ac quainted with Hindostanee being selected for staff appointments, only those were left in most regimen's who, knowing but little of the language, had but little intercourse with their men, and teereforethey learnt nothing of all this, except in one or two corps where some chance linguist remained, and those corps have generally not mutinied, as their officers learnt their complaints and explaiued the matter to them. It is now believed that all this would have blown over, but the dismissed nobles and grandee* of Oude, shorn of all their wealth and rank, seize! on this pretext, and sent messengers in the disguise of Fakirs all abour, praying the men to stand out for the religion of their fathers, a plan which suc ceeded too well. Some of rho Fakirs, it is said, have been apprehended. The sepoys of the 14th Native Infantry held a meeting, but luckily had some good officers, and one Lieut. smith, a good linguist and a great friend of theirs; so they agreed not to mutiny, but to resign if they were asked to fire the suspected cartridges. Meanwhile the Government or the authorities had all the new cartridges burnt t reassure the men, but it had unluckily just the opposite tendency. If, they said, there was really nothing in the cartridges Government would never have burnt them all, but as they were really greased with lard they saw they were found out this time and burnt them, as the only way to get out of the mess. Now, say they, such a powerful Government soon find out some other way, so it is better to fight it out now than to find ourselves cheated into being Christians some day unexpectedly, and then be 110- , able to clear ourselves. The news from the other ' station is, perhaps, equally bad. At Mooltan they are only restrained from breaking out by Chamber lain's L regular Cavalry, and at Itawul Piudul they are on the eve of rebellion, it is said. Moor adabad and Barrilly troops are said to be firm, also the 21st at Peshawur. The spark that is said toheve fit ed the train is thet one party of sepoys 'lid not refuse the cartridges, but tore off the ends with their hand', and would not put , them in o their mouths, which ' the officer in command said was unsoldierly, and explained all about the cartridees to them, vowe they were greased with ghee, and told them we did not care if they were of all the religions in the world ; but unfortunately few officers left with trieir regiments are good at Hiedostanee, and the s epoys did not understand him at all. They only understood that he was determined they should bite and not tear off the end of the cartridge, and immediately felt sure that there was something in it, so metnied. There is a great want of sympathy between the European and the native, which de stroys all hopes of comfort, unless you could fall into all their usages. We are well here. God had hitherto protected us, and we now seem to think all is over. A splendid ferce is collected inKurnual. The native States believe that we must win in the end, and have sent their troops to our aid. We can only trust in God, who is equally able to protect us anywhere. We are in the midst of a mutiny un ecedented. iu Indian history, and are only a small band of Europeans, fighting and struggling for ex istence. However, the regiment hero is very g )od, and deserves the title, so common forme ly, of the faithful Sepoy. of the guns. He did as I.; know they were in it!'e , hands of the rebels. We had heard firing iu that direction before, hut did not know that 'he first thing which t oh plase was that a few of tt e worst lilt n, having induced the native gnat • s f• join them (there were no Eat °peat) attillerymee, but the na tive ones were considered quite faithful), had pos sessed themselves of the guns, six in numl er. I gallope 1 off towards them, and must have been within from 70 to 100 yards, whii I began to ex perience the unpleasant sensation of bullets whiz zing past my head, and s siis a lot of Sepoys taking potshots at me as I came al :ng. O ne man put up his hands and warned me off, and I did not require any further hint—the ne ghbourheod was not the saf-st. I immediately turned my pony's head, and endeavoured to retreat under cover of a wall which ran in front of the artillery lines Here I saw more men running up with the kind intention of having a crack at me, se I had to keep along the parade ground right in the line cif fire, and had one or two m en pepping at me from over the wall on my right. My tat (pony) went as fast as ever he could go, and, thanks be to God, carried me back in perfect safety, much to the astonishment of all who saw it. The Colonel then ordered the Grenadier 4 and Light Company to move off under cover of the ha's of arms, and at ack the guns, but when they had gone a little way they refused to move further, and man after man (1 , -)serel and jo'ned the mutineers. At the same time the Colonel told me to take out an other company, and extended them in skirmishing order in front of the guns, and to pick off the men at the guns, and, if possible, charge. Fortunately the men would not move ; if they had, they would have obeyed orders till told to begin firing, when I should have had a bu let through me and the men would have deserted in a body. As nothing was to be got from them, the companies were rreealled. I had forgotten to tell you that the regiment previous to this was drawn up in line facing the guns, the guns being about 600 or 700 yards to the left of our lines. In this position we remained upwards of au hour, when, finding the men would do nothing, the Colonel formed open column. The guns, of course, would not open on us, as they knew all the men were going to join them when things were ripe. It was only in active movements the men refused to obey orders ; in everything else they were quite subor dinate. At one time, when the officers were grouped together somewhat in front of the men, some men came out from the guns and tried to hit us with their muskets, which they could do with out injuring the Sepoys. At last sunset began to c eine on, and it was evident we could not remain mush longer, so an adjutant was sent off to the Br gadier for orders, who toll us to retire. The Colonel was determiued, if possible, to carry off the c lours, which were accordingly brought out of the quarter-guard. When the Colonel gave the order to march the men refused to go. He then a.ked who would join in bringing off the colours, and the Grenadiers, almost to a man, came for ward. The colours were brciught to the front, and put under charge of the Grenadiers ; very few others cause forward, and when the word " march" was given a jeer was raised, and a shout, "You shan't take away the colours." The men cocked their pieces. I turned round and saw that two men had got the colours, and were running away to wards the enemy. The first gun that was fired at us was the signal for the officers to be off. Pro videntially we were all mounted at the time, so off we started amid showers of bullets towards the cavalry lines. I dodged round the first bell of arms (a small square building detached from all others, in which the arms were kept), and as .1 passed each bell saw three or four men behind each, who deliberately shot at us as we passed. Either my tat swerved beore I came to the ser geant-major's bungalow, or else I saw more men in the road ; I don't know which. At all events, I had to steer with great difficulty round the out side of the house, which brought me again on the open parade ground. Round the corner, and I was comparatively safe. A moment or two more and I was sate among the cavalry, who were drawn up in rear of their own lines. Every one of us came in safe by God's mercy. P—'s charger, a very fine animal, droppsd. dead directly he had brought his master into safety. The Colonel had an awfully narrow escape ; his horse swerved right round at the start, and we thought it was all over with him. The horse received one ball in the forehead, another in the neck, and his knee was grazed by a third, but he brought the Colonel in sate, and is still alive. We now had the explana tion of all the firing we had heard going ou at the artillery while we were standing under arms. The cavalry had come up and been fired on with grape by the mutineers, and had made several attempts to charge, but could not capture the guns. New bury, quite a young fellow, charged by himself, was riddled with balls, and then hacked to pieces. Cap tain Spottiswood was also killed, and two other officers slightly wounded. J— had his jacket ripped open at the shoulder by a bullet. M—, who cut down a man, hae a very narrow escape, and so had several other officers. When we came up they determined to retreat at once. It was just sunset when we left the station. The ladies had been sent on in buggies previously in case we should have to " bolt," so we fell in with them just outside the cantonment. We left by the Ajmeer road, and when we had gone a mile or two struck off to the left, under the hills, making a detour towards Beaur, where it was determined to retire. We went right across country, over fields and rocky hills, for about 10 miles, tid we came to the Beaur-road, leaving the blazing bungalows of the station behind us. About 2 o'clock we fell in with most of the officers of the 30th who had escaped, and arrived at a bungalow. Here Colonel Penny, commanding the Lancers, who was taken ill on the way from the effects of a fall and over excitement, died. We could get nothing to eat or drink, and started again at daybreak and reached ties about 11. Tile journey by road is 32 miles, and our detourmust have made it at least 10 miles longer, so you may fancy how tired our horses were. Not a thing has any one saved- T I have not even my watch, and my pistol was jerked out of my holster in the flight." SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING-HOUS' Yesterday, at the Marlborough-street Police a)urt, Atraham Levy Goodman, clurged as the keeper of a gambling-house, No. 28, Coventry street, and Chas. W. Stewar', door-keeper, wi'lll3 other persons found in the house when the police made an entry, were brought before Mr. .Bingham for final examination. The defendants were re manded from the previous examinatou, in order to give time to Mr. Bingham to consider his judg ment, the proceedings being under a new act of Parliament. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, was for the defendants. Mr. Bingham said—The defendants Goodman and Stewart were brought to this court on the 15th July, charged with keeping and using a room for the purpose of unlawful gaming. It appeared that the room in question was an inner apartment, after passing through a shop, over the door of which was the inscription, "Abraham Goodman, licensed dealer in tobacco." That fer the last two mouths, during which the shop had been watched, lit le to bac o or aene had been sold, and that no stock of tobacco was found when the police entered on the 15th. At half-past one fiat morning a policeman tapped at the shop door. Goodman's son came out through the door of the inner apartment into the shop, and seeing the police through the window, in-tead of advancing to open the door, retreated to the inner apartment. The shop was forced by the police, who proceeding to theiuner apart men t, f oun d there fifteen pe sans, some of therresmoking cigars they had brought with them, and Goodman with a dice- box and dice in his band, a backgammon board being before him. Several pairs of slice were found in the apartment and adjoining shop, together with some dirty cards. A table in the apartment was covered with three cloths, one of them nailed on to it, and a curtain prevented any view from the shop into the apartment. The persons assembled had entered in the course of the three or four hours which preceded the visit of the police, and none of them had purchased in the shop any tobacco or ci gars. One of the visitors who had frequented the place brought a stranger with him, who was not admitted till the introducer vouched him as a friend. Three of the fifteen persons taken into custody were called as witnesses under the act 17 and 18 Vic., c. 38,. which has recently come into operation. Two of them said they had arrived only half-an-hour be fore the entrance of the police, and that during that time nothing was played but backgammon, which is not an unlawful game. The third refused to be ex amined, and preferred to submit to the penalty of a recusant witness. By the 8 and 9 Vic., c. 109, where any dice, tables, or other instruments of gaming, are found in any house suspected to be used as a common gaming-house, it shall be evidence, until the contrary be made to appear, that such house is used as a common gaming -house. Now dice hav ing been found in Goodman's house, suspected to be used as a common gaming -house, has he made the contrary of that suspicion appear ? Assuming that backgammon was played for half-an-hour or thereabouts out of the three or four hours dur ing which the company was assembled, that cir cumstance seems to me to confirm rather than to negative the inference which the statute peremptorily compels a magistrate to draw from the finding of dice in a suspected house. It is dif ficult to conceive how 15 persons could play back gammon with one board, while it is obvious that two persons might be so employed as a blind for 10 or 12 others, engaged at an. unlawful game upon a table well muffled with a tiip!e covering. And that the house was not unjustly suspected suffi ciently appears from the shop-front announcing a business not conducted in earnest ; from the retreat of the eon into an inner room on the sight of the police ; from the muffled table, as well as the dice found in that room ; from the hesitation to admit a stranger till vouched for by a friend, and. from the refusal, even under penalty, of the most respec table of the persons apprehended to give evidence. The punishment for the offence of keeping a com mon gaming-house is a fine not exceeding 5001., or imprisonment not exceeding one year, at the'dis cretion of the magistrates. As Goodman is here for the first time, and as the company assembled in his house consisted not of minors, apprentices, or ser vants, who are too frequently tempted by the faci lities of such a house to make free with their em ployer's property, but was composed of veteran idlers, who, perhaps, might be left to compass each others ruin without much loss to society, a fine of 501. only will, as a commencsment, be imposed on Goo Iman, and 101. on Stewart, who acted as door keeper. In default of payment Goodman to be imprisoned six weeks, Stewart 10 days. Goodman said there wera several_ backgammon boards in his house when the police entered. Mr. Lewis said the decisou would be appealed against, audit would be for the magistrate to fix the amount of bail. Bail for Goodman was fixed at two sureties in 1001. each. The other defendants were discharged. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTEE-BASTEkI RATlMAL—Traffic re. turn for the week ending July 18, 1857 £22,585 4 4 Corresponding week last year Decrease in 18.57 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOITTR COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending July 8, 1857. Corresponding weak last year 17,011 4 8 Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 49,549 1 6 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 50,658 6 3 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending July 19, 1857 —269,146 0 0 Corresponding week last year GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending July 12, 1857 Corresponding week last year . 20,229 17 4 CHESTER AND FroLY HEAD RAILWAY.—TrafEc return ft ; tha week ending July 19, 1857 £6,713 0 0 Correvonding week last year 6,499 0 0 - - LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending July 19, 1837 £27,662 2 8 Corresponding week last year 25,413 0 10 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week ending July 13, 1857 £277 3 1 Corresponding week last year.... 234 18 1 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending:July 19, 1857 Corresponding week last year Bl4 11 3 _ .. LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic re turns for the week ending July 18, 1857 £13,709 19 3 [Anvaarrszmnrr.]—The possibility of abandoning medicine altogether is shown by the numerous extraordinary cures, without medicine, of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, con stipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, effected by Da Barry's delicious flea!th - restoring Revalenta Arabica Food. The following are not the least remarkable : Clunbury, Shropshire, Dec. 22, 1856.—Gentlemen,—Being one of youri greatest debtors in respect to the Revalenta, Arabica, I beg to offer you ray testimony in its favour. Fur many years I suffered severely from chronic rheumatism, which at length produced a complication of nervous diseases that made me perfectly miserable. The most approved reme dies in medicine and oiet were had recourse to in vain, the faculty of digestion was brought to a complete stand-still, and death must apparent'y have soon resulted had not my attention been providentially drawn to the Revalenta bica. The very satisfactory character of the testimonials induced me to make a trial of it; even within a few class after I commenced using it some of the worst symptoms were so much subdued as to enable me to take a sufficient quantity of food and drink without any injurious consequences, This I had not been able to do for four years previously, and ant, ing the last two months of this time not in any measure ex cept at the innate - Jut risk of my life, though the greatest care was used in the selection of what was taken ; sleep had nearly forsake_; me, this has now been res•ored to me, and I am now, rater having taken the Revalenta, for some time, able to perform those functions of animal life which before had. been nearly suspended in me. I have seen it produce equally good effects in other cases among some of m friend s to whom I have recommended it, but to ex- P w la cail m a all the tt,hefillbaenefiarat pb w ie h t i . cl i l am h , a s, ve o., rel i ei li v E e s d from it Scuhponiportsteryd,byDrtesAtDincr:oin.eilvals from the celebrated Professors f Urn; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey Dr. Campbell t . tiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram Lord Stuart de Dachas t . li n Dowager Countess of Castle- Stuart; Major. Gen, T ho ' persons, whose health hu been restored and many other respectable De4 it re ab s i t9red by it, after all other means of cure had failed, packed 2i with full in structions. In canisters, 11b, 2s,Y9d.seb, 4s. 6d.. 51b, p u n t carriage arj.a free, o IIS ; 121 b, 225. The 121 b canistersnaairrey; on receipt of Post-Office order are Regent-street, London. IMPORTANT Cearrioa a y e,' iust Ci th7 fearful dangers of spurious imitations : The V ecf-Chancel2 lor Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction on tho 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevin, for imitating "Da Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food " * It is not nearly so much. The distance between the two places is 20 coss, and the coss is usually reckoned by Europeans at two miles, but in that part of India it is not more than one and two-thirds of a mile." + They wore, however, 4 although there was would appear, personally maAtreatet., 'ngs espe ample opportunity for both during wa :arteri wi , th the neither murdered nor, as it daily after they had been robbed of their arm:. exception of the Goojurs Who are hereditary the Zemind a rs h ave behaved well to us, which is a re.- encouragement to good government, for there cannot be a doubt that it is mainly owing to the 30 years' settlement which has secured them a g ainst the unlimited elactions of the all revenue system. The uniform fidelity of the native domestic servants, both male and female, has also been very remarkable; and the instances have not been few in which they have protected their masters and mistresses at the hazard of their liver. The poor ayas have repeatedly carried off the infants intrusted to them amid showers of blows. These things prove that the people of India are not insensible to just and kind treatmen , and indicate that there must have been something wrong in our manage !tient of the Sepoys, who, in former days yielded to none I in attachment to their English officers." THE MUTINY AT NUSSEERABAD. The following is an extract of a letter from an officer in the 15th Bengal Native Infantry. It is dated Beaur, May 31 : " The day after my return reports began to be circulated about the disaffection of our regiment and the 30th Native Infantry, most of them being to the effect that our men were the instigators. We fancied these reports much„ exaggerated, and imagined that, though our men might follow in a move of the kind, they would not be the first to lead the way. The result shows how we were mistaken. Every precaution was taken for the safety of the station. The Cavalry (Ist Bombay Lancers) were nearly all of them under arms every night, and strong bodies of them patrolled the can tonment. The guns were kept limbered up all night and loaded with grape, and a detachment of 250 Europeans of her Majesty's 83d and some Euro pean artillery were sent for from DeeFa, about 200 miles south-west of Nusseerabad. I used to sleep with a loaded revolver and my sword by my bed side,ha.cindbsehenouladwnokotehaany night and told that the been in the least surprised if I Sepoys were firing the bungalows, which in other places seems to have been a preliminary step. The excitement seemed to calm down, or at any rate we got easier in our minds, and fancied that the crisis had past. On the night of the 27th I happened to be on duty, and on going round the station at mid night found everything remarkably quiet. Next day, when I was eating m y tiffin in my own house, about half-past 3in the afternoon, my servants rushed in saying that the me n had risen. I called ifor my p , ny and armed myself, and then went over with W— to the Colonel's. When he was ready the street . : "arted for the parade ground through one of we Is, their lines. d already turned e men were coming out of their huts running i between the Sepoys' huts and q and I expected they would and loadingtheirmZ: 4 k et- 2 • of t h e different companies out, and bydegreesthemen have popped at us as w p,sssed. On reaching the quarter-gnarl some of the ruev. ba. fell in in front of their res pective line°, and were broug!,t up and formed into open column. Soon after we came down and the m en fell in, the Colo .nel sent me with a message to the officer in charge LICE'NSE'D VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL. The 51st anniversary festival of this excellent charity, established for the maintenance and edu cation of the children of deceased or indigent mem bers of the trade, was held yesterday at Highbury Barn Tavern, Islington. The chair was taken by Mr. Hedworth Barclay, and about 1,2J0 rersons sat down to an excellent repast, served under the shelter of a monster tent. The usual loyal toasts having been dispose.' of, the chairman, in pr, posing Prosperityc o the Licensed Victuallers' Scheol dwelt at some length upon the admirable character of the institution they were assembled to promote. He was happy to say that the revenue of the school had been augmented by an annual grant of 1,0001. from the profits of the Morning Advertiser, and that the ground on which the school was built was in process of enfranchisement, so that in a short time the subscribers would be enabled to say that they had their own school on their own g roun d. (Applause.) The number of children at present in the institution was 131—viz., 77 boys and 57 girls. The expenses were ab Alt 3,0001. a-year. Of that sum 1,000/. was derived from the journal estab lished in connection with the L'ceused Victuallers' Association, 2001. was realised by the annual ball, mei 130/. from dividends on stock—making 1,330/. The difference bet we en that sum and the expendi ture, amounting to 1,670/., was made up by the subscriptions of members of the trade. The enfarn chisement of the ground upon which the school was bud', would reduce the funded property to 2,3211., and therefore it became necessary that in creased exertions should be used in order to keep up the revenue. The children of the school having been intro lueed, Mr.Smalley, the secretary, read a long list of subscrptions, and announced amid loud cheers that the chairman and the members of the eminent rm to which he belonged had presented donations to the amount of 3411. to the charity, and 94/. towards the enfranchisement fund. Seve ral other donations were announced in the course of the evening, and at the else the subscription list amounted to nearly 1,7001., of which 1,400/. was for the school, and 300/. for the enfranchisement. The musical arrangements were under the supeiin ttindence of Mr. George Genge. THE "LION HUNTER" AT THE POLICE COURT. — Mr. Gordon Cumming, who is at oresent exhibiting his trophies in the Clayton-hall, in Liverpool, was charged before the borough magistrates yesterday with assaulting several persons on th e 14 t h i nst. whils in the Grand Junction Hotel in Lime-street. The chief complainants were two persons named Griffith and Ellis, .who stated that on the evening in question tbey were sitting in the coffee-room of the h o t e l, where Mr. Gordon Cumming was taking his supper with two friends, with whom he was discussing the qualifications of the United States' steam frigate Niagara. The complainants, having been on board, were interested in the conversation, and joiced Mr. Cumming at his table, when that gentleman (so they said), without any provocation, attacked them in a violent manner. Griffith being severely cut about the face, while Ellis was also much injured. The bar maid and barman came in, they stated, for some heavy blows. According to Mr. Cummings' version, and that of his friends, Griffith provoked the assault, by first making insulting remarks about the English flag, and, when they were resented, challenged Mr. Cumming to fight, saying that if they would get upon the floor " he would take the bounce out of all three of them." In common politeness, Mr. Cumming said,. be accepted the invitation, and as he did not do those kind of things by halves, he gave the man a sound thrashing for hi s ink pr.rtinince. The magistrate considered that the corn plainante bad drawn the chastisement on themselves and dismissed the summons. A BETTING HOUSE. John William Taylor and William James Hanley were charged at Marlborough -street Police Court, yesterday, with being found in a common gamina house, 24, Little Newport-street. Superintendent Hannan, C division, accompanied by Inspector Lester and some constables, went about one o'clock on Tuesday to the house, which had the outward appearance of a tobacconist's. Witness, who was in a cab with Le: ter, saw Hand ley standing on the pavement before the shop, and he took him into custody. On going into the shop he found Taylor behind the counter, and he took him into custody. In some drawers he found re ceipts for rents and gas in the name of Taylor, and Taylor aimitted he was the proprietor of the shop. Behind the shop was a room, the door of which was fastened. He examined the fastenings, and found a wire and a book by which the door could be un fastened from the shop. There was a tell in the back room, the wire of which was carried to the street door. Inspector Lister, C division, found on Handley a betting-book, having reference to races to come off and entries of bets. In tie drawer of a table in the Lack room he found a quantity of betting cards for races this year. Police-constable Shillingforth, 219 A, went with another constable into the shop on the 14th inst., and, while purchasing a cigar, heard a person ask the odds on a particular horse, and saw Taylor book the bet. Handley looked over the book, and said " It's all rigle." The man gave a sovereign to Taylor, who handed it to Handley. He had seen 50 persons at least go into the shop that morn ing, several of whom he knew were betting men. Had visited the shop that morning, and heard a man ask Taylor the odds on a horse, and a bet of 20 to 1 was laid, the man paying Taylor a sovereign. Police-constable Crisp, 382 A, corroborated the above evidence. Police-sergeant Silvertchr, C division, had seen Handley standing at the door of the shop. Handley knew he was a constable, and when he passed the shop, he had seen Handley touch the wire which communicated with the bell in the inner room. Had seen 50 or 60 betting men go into the house in a day, and had seen about a dozen go in that morning. The defendants denied that the shop was used for betting, or that any bets had been made with them. The defendant Taylor was fined 301. for keeping, and Handley for assisting, in keeping a betting house. They intimated their intention to appeal. A SOLICITOR AND HIS CLERK Dlio IVA' ED. A painful event occurred on Thursday morning, at Carr Mill dam, a large reservoir of water situate on the estate of Sir Robert T. Gerard, Bart., and midway between St. Helen's and Billinge. Mr. S. Gaskell, a solicitor, at St. Helen's, and his clerk, an intelligent little boy, named George Dixon, about 14 years old, went to fish with rod and line at the dam, early on Thursday morning, accom panied by the brother of the former, Mr. Allanson Gaskell, surgeon, who, shortly after partaking of some luncheon in a little hut there, about eight o'clock, left them to visit his patient?. In the afternoon, Mr. Allan-on Gaskell became alarmed at his brother's prolonged absence, and about three o'clock he went again to the dam, where he saw his brother's hat floating on the water and the boy's clothing lying on the embankment close by. At the top end o f the dam, which at that point be comes narrow, and in the centre deep, lay side by side the two dead bodies of Mr. S Gaskell and his clerk. They were drawn out with the grappling irons, the former with all his clothes on, and a strong line, probably used for catching pike, tightly wrapped round his arms and body; and attached to the wrist of the boy, who was naked. The hat was found stillfloating ' anfinear the spot where tite bodi-s were discovered were found a rod and line, and a fish caught at the end of the line. No evi dence as to how the distressing accident happened was adduced before the coroner at the inquest he'd on Friday, but there is no doubt that the opinion formei by the jury is corree, namely that the fish having drawn the rod from the embankment, the boy undressed and went into the water to recov, r the rod, having the ,strong line fastened to his wrist, and held by Mr. Gaskell ; that the boy, getting near the centre, suddenly plunged over head, and Mr. Gaskell rushed in to save him, when he got his arms entangled with the cord, and thus loth wera drowned. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."—Liverpool Mercury. TITS L 4TE TRIAL AT P'DI/VBURQ•H. THE VERDICT AND THE APPLAUSE. In an article en the trial of Madeline Saab, the Gateshead Observer remarks ;—" The Edinburgh audience, although the Lord Justice Clerk enjoined them, on the re . urn of the jury, to refrain frora any outlare4k of feeling, whatever the verdict might be, bur,t iuta loud an d unseemly applause, which was only stifled by the arrest of oue of the offenders. That any lively feelirg of commiserati , , , n should be entertained towarth the a rry paramour of the pri7 sorter was not to be expected ; but it says little for the moral senie of an Edinburgh audience that their sympathies ran wild in favour of the unhapp9 woman at the bar, whose letters had been read ta their ears, and whose innocence of murder we ars entitled both by judga and jury to doubt. Surely they too must have taken poison, to aduherate their moral aspect and 'give them wind.'" HISTORY OF L'ANGELIER. Mr. William P. Laird, L'Ang Tier's employer in: in Dundee, in a letter to the _Dundee Advertiser ,. rei,lies to certain remarks hazarded by the Bev.' Ore rgeMilan concerning the character of the tin fortunate Frenchman, and supplies the followiug particulars relative to the career of the deceasoct Ho says : "Tie history of L'Angelier is soon t his father, a very respectable individual and rather s' celebrated nurseryman, diet, and leaves a widow and young family. Pierre, the oldest son, is seq. to Edinbu, gh by his moth er i n 1842, at t h e ag e e 1 sixteen, to improve himself i n th e pro f ess i on t f . father, wi h a view that he might soon go back and take his &tiler's business. For a very praiseworthy action which he did for the interest of his em ploy' era, very soon after his arrival, he is taken from hi c l humble position in the nu rser y and placed behin d the counter of the shop, where his principal ea' ployment was selling flowers and flower seeds. This situation of tiu4 he held for about five years, re spected by his kind though rather indulgent Was' ter, as also by his feillow-shopmen, and all vill° came in contact with him, more particularly th e lady customers who frequented the shop. In 18 41 be goes to Fra nce , w h ere a b ou t f our years h e held a good situation, but an attachment for a young and amiable lady brings him back to Scotland agai e in 1851, when be is told by his sweetheart that, cle. spairing of his ever being able to keep a wife re: spectably and of his return she had, in his abseu ee l accepted an offer whi c h h a d beau made to 101 '' L'Angelier is plunged into th e d ee p es t gr i e f, almo st heartbroken for the loss of his lover, out of emPleY; meat, and out of money, livi ng on th e b o unty his friends, and he comes to Dundee. From in s kind and obliging disposition he very soon gets ace quainted with many very respectable p ers ons in b i town and is respected by all, who knew him as al' intelligent, well-behaves'l hug man. In September 1852 he goes to Glasgow, provided with reconnse n ; dati ins ft oin some of the most respectable merchan' t t of Dundee, to try and get a better situation, It with the understanding that in case he did not st!' seed he would come back to my home. His reeew; mendations from Dundee did not procure hirila situation, but throu g h th e e ff or t s o f a ver y kind aPi most respectable l a dy, w h ose acqua i n t ance he 11 ,, 3 made when selling bo uque t s t o h er i n Edinburg'(' he got into the situati on w hi c h h e h e ld a t hi s des!.': In this situation, according to the evidence of ! 1 ; fellow-workmen, as well as from a conversed , , I had with Mr. Ke nne dy, th e cas hi e r of t",,, establishment, he had been res pe c t e d by all "iii r , s 'j knew him, and, until the time h e be c am e acquainted with Miss Smith, not a single stain can be fob i on the character of p o or L'Angelier, unless poYer! alone be a crime." MISS MADELINE SMITH. tit The paragraphs re l a ti ng t o thi s y oung p e rson Oed us for insertion, some original and others various journals, have positively become a 11 5. sance. Testimonials, we are. assured, are being su er scribe), and she h erse lf h as b een d e t ec t e d a t Vl e , ous places at one and the same time, while nuT it roux sailing vessels have borne h er t o a foreg o country. Miss Smith is residing with her par the and family at Rowaley n i n s t r i c t sec l us ion, ' i v state of her mother's health giving rise in the fa t or circle to considerable a nx i e ty. It i s no t unlikewo that she may remove out of the country fors 49,,, months, and that Mr. Smith will return to o. r e gow, where his character and sufferings will in s • t i• for him the respect and sympathy of his fellow -d e , zens of all classe. Miss Smith has, we beliec o written to the chaplain of the Edinburgh Pris ° ,,i g iu the most becoming terms, thanking him for P attentions. —Scottish Press. Conti j Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARK) JULY 21. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. .„ 0 00 Oat straw, from 8 s Ott 10s 6d per kemp'e of 1 II"' 10 Iron ; wheat do., 5s 6d to 9 s Od ; b ar l e y d o ., 6s 61 to Od. Hay from is ld. to is. 4d. EDINBURGH MEAL—JuLT 21. There were in the market today 12 sacks oatmea,u . weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold a t 43 s a nd —o' DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—JULY 2 0 . o of Thero were in the market to-d a y 15 b ags o f oa tmeal' barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. wb i r l . ; Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs Fi rs t. S econ d. -" P, imperial Barleymeal, per ditt o -s Od — s Od ; ---4 Oa, Peasemeal, p er ditt o Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od —.4 , 0 4 Pot-barley, new, p er ditt o —s Od — s Od ---"' DUBLIN, JULY 21. We have again to report an extremely dull retail 1 315 0 r 0 1l at our corn exchange. Wheat was fully is lower. w ig barely supported Friday's currencies. Indian corn, ° pet to some arrivals, was sold at a reduction of 2s to 3° quarter. White wheat, 35.301 to 37s 6(1 ; red ditto, 31s 01; ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 16s 6cl to 253 6d ; ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 143 6d to 17s; ditto, 1 3 °V Od to —s 01 ; oa t mea l , 15s to 17s 6d; bare, new, Od ; rapese d, 04.1 to —3 per brl ; I)l.k,q.a' flour, 1 41 1 Od to 243 Od per cwt; Inuiau corn, 393 01 to 40 I Oa 480 lble. T.—JULY 22. the close of the market. Walleend, so. 0 Braddyll ll 5 Harton ... . 1 6 detton 15 Hetton Lyons Main .... Kepier Grainge ...•. 4 south Hetton .............. Russell's Hetton ........ Stewart's ,I 7 Kelloe l6 Hough Hall ................ .11 Hartlepool Hartlepool Hotton i) 56 ; sold, 43. COAL MARK. Prices of Coals per ton al Holywell s dl6 ranfield Moor l4 Tautlaid Moor Butes 13 North Percy Hartley l6 Bebilde's Hartley 17 Walker Primrose l3 Wallsend, &c. 15 6 Heaton 15 9 Whitworth . 15 9 HunwiCk l4 9 Shineliffe. l6 3 Coundon Tees l6 0 Tees lB 6 Ships at market, A il [ ADVER TISEMENT.].--Holloway's Ointment an— O have an enviable reputation in all parts of the vo )r ,.'„ofi Esther Bessell, of No. 6, Slaney-street, Birnoingu io " suffered for 10 years with au ulcerated leg. She vi v io patient . in two hospitals, and amputation of the leg i t, con=idered imperative, to which she refused to su b t he although the ulcers, being of nine years' standing' ,J. nain was mos t acute, a .. d t h e system much d e bilitat e ! Holloway' s o i n t men t an d p ill s cure d h er b y a few weber st/ady application, and she is now able to resucee ‘o hl r occupation.—Sold by a ll me di c i ne ven d ors throutp, the world ; Professor H o llo wa y' s Edab!ishei eo r i4; 244, Strand, London, a n d 80, M a id en -l ane, New "„ill by A Stamps, C o n s ta n ti no pl e ; A. G u idi cy, and E. Muir, Malta.' BIRTHS. Or A SON, -00 k On the 21st inst., in Dublin, the wife of Colone l lingwood Dickso n , C.ls ., Royal Artillery. k On the 22d inst., at 26, a sett-terrace, Hyde-per'' wife of C. S. Satterthwaite, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 21st inst., at 111, Eaton-square, the Lail aeor giana Gurdon Rebow. On the 22d inst., at Clarendon Villa, AlwyrW ro3,ll Canonbury, Mrs. Frederic Manuelle. MARRIED. t oe, On the 21st inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, John B 3 P third son of John Calkin, Esq., of Oakley-s quare , Roe r jsr park, to Mary Eurgain, youngest daughter of T.Ed Wa Esq., of Clouiesley-square. vre vri On the 21st inst., at St. James's, Pi oca dilly, John '",1011' Monger, of York, Western A ustra li a, t o Henrietts' o lor quina Manning, the eldest d aug ht er o f Ch ar l es Al Ol4 Manning, of Swan River, late of Callao, Peru. DIED. 18 00 t Oa the 20th inst., at Torquay, Devon, W. J. F el- Esq., of 27, Park-road, Regent's-p ark. if° of On the 20th inst ,at Brighton, Mary Maxwell, W , the Rev. John Image. ri o lotO On the 20th inst., David, the youngest son of '',,,e6 the Hon. Donald Ogilvy, of Clova, at 32 A, Dak e t St. James's. ~ ,job ri On the 19th inst., a t B en tl o y-h a ll, near Ipswich , Gosnall, Eq., age d 83. Co lon el On the 18th in s t., at Graefrath, ne a rDusseldorf, ..,,,,, Thomas George Harriett, late of the Royal Staff etlittli . On the 18th inst., at Petersham, Surrey, Elizabe th say, aged 86. CriP P 8, w On the 18th inst., Mary, wife of George Fuller. dog of the King's Arms Hotel, Westerham, Kent, an d ter of the late Robt. 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