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( .~~ 4 -?,4' ~ G ~1. ~G / -C, / • P.A.PEB. SLAVE HUNTING 4 , 4 • . 1 9 ,A7A • o, e v o ni rr e e t p cv or ia d;n b t af o o f r; tl y ie ,u A r i e r tv ea l d ; , . WTI • ; i p ? • . \ 1 1 .' 0 11,0 . . 001 11 1, 1 10 k, • - l'r - A 4 - • 1J;1 1511 111t 4 1 / 6 14. 6 •••• V IF I h r 1 - . .. \ - - 0 4;11,2 " 0 14 • , nd . wags os 1 " . "' . • d.C•l7ll' • MONT BLANC TO-NIGHT at 8, and TO-MORROW AFTERNOON at 3 o'clock. CIFIRISTY' 4 ' MINSTRELS and the Cl-113,15T ‘./ BIAS HOLIDAYS.—The "(13111STY , ; " 'will appear Twelve Entertainments this Week. Comrne,c:ng Every Afternoon at 3 (for this week only), and at the usual hour, a, Every Event g, introducing their Choiceo GetnA.—Prices, 3s. 28. anl Is. TULLTF,N BURLESQUE IaGLITLY. a very remarkable fugitive case a the capital of our state. The rae tive is " West," or " Weston,',' a.. Austin W. Vailandingharn, of Frankftnee KeTrier(s4. regro left Kentucky four or five yt a:s ago, h4ierg escaped from the sei..ce of his master while hired one by him as a fireman on a steamboat, which repeatedly ls.nthd on the Indiana and Illinois side of the river, and by which he insisted he became free. He finally tock up his abode at Naples, in Illinois, are] was caught there by one Rile, as the agent of the claimant, assieted by George Vallanclingham, his son. They put him in iruee, and brought him through Indianopolie on their way south, when the coloured people procured counsel and took them, on habeas corpus, before Judge Wallace, of the Marion Common Pleas, who discLarged the negro because his captors had no certificate for his removal, obtained feorn a competent officer, on proof first made that ho owed service and bad escaped, as required by the act of Congress of 1850. He was immediately arrested by the Marshal on a warrant issued by Coin naiseioner Rea, upon the affidavit of the said Ellis, and taken before the Commissioner for the hearing of the case. The counsel for the negro (Messrs. Ellsworth and Colby, Cobern, and George W. Julian), moved to (posh the warrant, because the affidavit 'did not show that the fugitive, at the date of the alleged offence, was the slave of his claimant, and because the power of attorney under which the agent acted was not authenti cited according to the fugitive slave law. These objec tions clearly entitled the negro to his discharge from custody, but the Commissioner overruled the motion, and declared that he would feel bound to hear the case, as the fugitive and his claimant were both present, if there were no legal papers on file. The counsel for the negro then filed an affidavit made by him that he was a free man, by landing on the moil, with his master's consent ; that he had never returned to his service, and that he could prove these facts if a reasonable time were given him to procure his testimony on the Obio river, giving the names of his witnesses. The Commissioner refused the continuance declaring that this fugitive bad no right under the law of 1850 to anyevidence on his behalf, and that his duty was to hear the case in an ex parte and summary way on the claim of the master. The poor fellow was then forced into trial. The claimant Lad been sent for and was present. 'EN swore that the nevi WalllALis slave ; th 4 he bought: htirt in "3 840' of the‘Geabiki . estate, and' took .a bill Of sale of him, which be had left at home; that he had oivned him ever since his purchase, &c. The counsel for the nego objected to his testimony, the bill of sale not being produced, and being the best evidence ; but the Commissioner overruled the objection, and permitted him, his son, Mr. Ellis, and two other witnesses, to r(itail any amount of hearsay and secondary evidence, loch of it being mere rumour and neighbourhood tra chi:ion, th us trampling down the well-settled rules by which courts are guided in the investigation of contro verted facts. The evidence, however, disclosed the fact that the negro had landed on free territory with his master's consent; and excluding what was palpably in adtoivsible there was not sufficient proof to have war- LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1857. PROFESSOR WILJALBA. FRIKELL, Physician to their ajestie , the Emperor and Em .r..s of Rassia.—ST. JAMES'S TH EAT RE.—PHYsiC 1L and N TUR tL MAGIC, without the aid of any Apparatus.—TWO HOURS OF ILLUSIONS.—Saturday Afternoons at 3, and Every Evening at 8. Stalls, 55.: nalcony Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, is ; • Private Boxes, taco guineas; one guinea and a.nalf, and one guinea. —Places to be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. r 20, 2 144.) [P Klotz STAMPICD 5 - 9 .] NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. PUBLICATIO,IS. PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1857. 14. India : Mutiny of native troops ; continued assassinations of European officers and their families. Prince Frederick William of. Prussia Presenta tion of the freedom of the City to. 16. Indian mutiny in : Massacre at Delhi. 17. The King of the Belgians' visit to Manchester. 18 Beranger died in Paris. 21. Duke of Wellington's monument in St. Paul's ; Exhibition of designs for, in Westminster Hall. 23. The Emperor of the French; plot to assassinate. Attempted assassinatfon in the Queen's Bench Prison. 24. Execution of Michael Crawley for the murder of his wife at Chelmsford. MERCANTILE MORALITY. The following circular, dated Dec. 23, bas been is sued from the recruiting department, Horse Guards : " Until further orders the approval of recruits by in specting field officers of distracts is to be considered final ; commanding officers and surgeons of regiments continuing, as at present, to make any remarks upon the attestation of a recruit before signing that document. " All recruits objected to by a commanding officer will be brought before the General officer at tho first inspection after joining. "Inspecting field-officers must well consider the re sponsibility devolving upon them in consequence of this arrangement, and his Royal Highness the General Com manding-in-Chief impresses upon them the necessity of their paying the greatest attention to the examination of recruits, and to the strictest caution being observed in sending such men only to regiments as are eligible in point of age, height, and strength, as required by regu lation. Recruits will receive the balance of their bounty, NOTICE.--PROFESSORWILJALBA FRIK ELL has the honour to announce that having beenCOMMANDED TO PERFORM AT WINDS'OR CASTLE, there win be NO PER FORMANCE this Evening, THURSDAY, December 313t.—St. James's Theatre. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 1 vol., 103. Gd. 0 R P If A S. By the Author of "MARGARET MAITLAND." " A very pleasing and charming story—the production of a gifted writer."—Sun. " We cordially recommend this attractive book to our readers." — John Bull. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colbutu. [-*** The dates under which each item appears are those of the impression publishing the intelligence, and not those on which the several events referred to occurred.] JANUARY. 1. Railway accident : Three horses killed and one dangerously injured, by a coal train running into the horse van, near Hayford Railway station. Sisk, the would-be assassin of the Duke of Wel lington, in 1830, died in Bethlehem Hospital. Roman off Menschikoff, the Russian pilot, died in Greenwich Hospital, aged 86. 2. Dover murders Execution of the murderer of Maria and Caroline Back—Dedia Redanies—at Maid stone. (Prom the Atlas.) CASINO DE VENISE.—This Establishment will be tept open an hour or two later than usual on THUESDAY NEXT, 31st Dec„ to WELCOME IN THE NEW YEAR. INTERESTING PRESENT. Now ready, in 1 vol., price 10s. 6<l. tound, 4 r R. TUPPER'S NEW WORK. .11 RIDES AN D REVERIES OF .ESOP SMITH." ADELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade , Strand.—Great success of 11. Lamotte's Havelock Schottische. and (]rand Fantasia from "11 Trovatore," an 1 the 'Jew Caledonian Quadrille by Charles Hall. Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Open every evening at half-past 8. Dancing commences at 9. The Argyll Band is to be engaged for private Balls. —R. R. BIGNELL, Ma pager. By MARTIN FINQIIIIIII,TUPPEJL. 27. Conviction of 13acon at Lincoln assizes for poison• ing his mother. _ _ " The 'Rides and Reveries' will add considerably to the reputa tion of Mr. Tupper. The volume may serve as a suitable companion to his ' Proverbial Philosophy ' "—Ooserver. Hurst and Blackett, Publisher 3, 13, Great Marlborough-street. I. John Britton, F.S.A., the celebrated antiquary, died, aged 86. 1. Dreadful gale in the Channel. 7. Many marine disasters during snow storms, loss of packet ship New York, &c. Assassination of the Archbishop of Paris, by Verger. 31. Transatlantic telegraph• Arrival of the Agamem non at Queenstown, &c. • India, mutiny in : Panic at Calcutta ; Delhi in possession of the rebels ; further spread of the mutiny. AUGUST. R. KAHN'S MUSEUM AND GALLERY -11---r Or SCIENCE, 3, Tichborne street, facing the Haymarket. Programme for the Christmas Holidays :—Guenal's AP P A.REIL IMANOGRA.PHIQUE constantly in motion; LIVING OBJECTS in the large Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope ; Hundreds of new Ana tomical Models of a most Interesting character. Lectures by Dr. EARN, at 3 o'clock, on the Physiology of Dige.tion, and at El, on the Physiology of Reproduction ; and by Dr. SEXTON, at past 1, on "the Air we Breathe;" at 4, on the Mysteries of the Human H kIR and BE AR) ; and at 9, on the Wonders of Electricity : all the Lec tures illustrated by Brilliant Experiments, Dissolving Views of an entirely new character, &c. Open (for Gentlemen only) from 12 till 6 and from 7 till 10. Illustrated Hand-book, Sixpence. Programme Gratis.' Dr. Kahn's Nine Lectures and a Programme seat post free on the receipt of twelve stamps. NEW STORY BY SHIRLEY BROOKS. This day, price one shilling. No. I. (to be completed ii Twelve bt onthly Numbers), of rinHE GORDIAN KNOT. By SHIRLEY BROOKS, Author of " Aspen Court." 1. India, mutiny and revolt in : Particulars of horrible massacres, &c. 3. Muntz, M.P . ., Mr. E. F., died. Chinese fleetdestroyed ; operations at Canton. 5. Indian mutinies : Outbreak at Benares; continued assassinations of Europeans, &c. 7. India : a form of prayer issued by the Bishop of London for our countrymen in the East. 10. Spollen, trial of, for the murder of Mr. Little, commenced. viz., 1/. 1 10a., on joining their corpß, as at present. " In consequence of the great number of troops who have recently joined the Indian depots at Chatham barracks it has been found necessary to remove the 29th depot at Brompton barracks. At a late hour on Tuesday evening upwards of 120 recruits arrived at the garrison from the various re cruiting districts for the purpose of joining the In dian depots attached to the Ist, 2d, and 3d batta lions. A large quantity of suitable warm clothing hav ing been forwarded to Chatham, to be distributed among the wives and children of those troops who are now serving in India, the first distribution was made yesterday at the Gun-wharf, adjoining Chatham dockyard, under the ditectiop. of Mr. T. - 40 uoirtinctiPal- storekeePers—WenA„4We nnna ,ber o women and chitaren were each - Preseittecr with articles of clothing. In -"ddition -to.tl2e. wives and children of the troops of the line, those of the Royal Engineer 3 and the Medical Staff Corps also participated in the distribution. The sum allowed to the wife of each soldier during the absence of her husband in India is 6d. per diem. _ Brotherton, M.P., died of apoplexy. Submarine cable across the Channel, accident to, during the late gales. Violet mail steam packet lost, with every soul on board. With Illustrations by Tenniel. London: Richard Bentley, New Burliagton-street. MR. BENTLEY'S POPULAR NEW SERIES of TWO SHILLING VOLUMES. Wreak of the Northern Belle, American barque, &c. 9. Sir Edmund Filmer, Bart., M.P., died. 14. Rochester Bridge, demolition of the old, by the Royal Engit,eers. 15. Shipwreck of the ROyal mail steam-packet Tyne. 16. Great bullion robbery : conviction of Pearce, Bur gess, and Tester. 17. Wreck of the Briton steamer. Wreck of the American ship Kilby on the Gond- Great NOrthern Irina : Leopold Red path.sentenced to transportation for life. Kent tried as an accomplice,,and acquitted. 19. Mutiny in the Mersey. 20. Smithfield, second great meeting of the unem ployed in Holyhead Harbour, great blasting operations at, to the extent of many hundreds of thousands of tons. 21. Banquet given by the Queen of Onde to the chair man and directors of the East India Company. Duke of Rutland, K.G., died. 22. Wreck of the Lltyd's steamer Asia. Royal British Bank Petition of Humphrey Brown, M.P„ in, bankruptcy. Lambeth double murder Confession of the pri. loner, Martha Bacon. Murder on the high seas, committal of Hugh Orr for, at Plymouth. 23. Miss Nightingale's visit to Hasler and Portsmouth Hospitals. 24. Terrifio gales in the Mersey. Bank of Ireland, fire at the. 28. Baron Alderson died. Princess-detieven at Paris. 30. Bushire cicptured by the British troops. -- Australia : Frightful tragedy in her Majesty's 40th Regiment—three officers shot, one killed immedi ately, by Ensign Pennefather, who afterwards killed himself 31. Verger executed at Paris for the assassination of ' the Archbishop of Paris. Common Sergeant of London, T. Chambers, M.P., elected. CHARLES READE'S NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Fifty-second Thousand. 11. Departure of the Emperor and Empress of the French from Osborne. 13. Spollen, acquittal of, on the charge of the murder of Mr. Little (Broadstone murder). 14. Transatlantic cable; Accident to ; nearly 300 miles of cable Inst. 15. Transatlantic cable Return of the squadron. mutiny-1g lau l th lEt'drostatle Mil - VliskifthtittOi of phens, of Southampton. ; 19. Lady Lyttelton died. , • 22. De Salvi, trial of, for an attempted murder in the queen's Bench Prison, African travellers, Vogel and Maguire, assassina tion of. Indian mutiny : Deaths of Qeneral Barnard and Sir H. Lawrence. Loss of the Transit steamer. _ lIANVTELL COLLEGE, under the superin tendencemf the Rev. Dr. Etnerton, is still maintaining its likiL4bitractar.4 6, Unitod Service Gazette. N.E. —classes are tormed Pressll for Matriculation at' the Universities, and the Middle( Class Examinations at Oxford. CHARLES READE'S COURSE OF TRUE LOVE. Twenty-first Thousand. - COLTS MA - CKENZIB-4DMIAII; - Itip GREAT MOGUL. Eighth Thousand. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- CHANNEL ISLANDS.—Tickets to Jersey and Guernsey, Via Weymouth, are now issued at the Paddington Station, enabling Passengers to break the journey at Chippenham, Dorchester, or Weymouth. " Fares, Rail and Boat: —3ls. and 21s. Further particulars can be obtained on application at the Corn- Panes Offices. MRS. MOODIE'S ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH. Sixth Thousand. Ste* . CUTHBERT BEDE'S NEARER AND DEARER. With Numerous Illustrations. Thirteenth Thousand. SHIRLEY BROOKS'S ASPEN COURT. Fifth Thousand. THE RHINE AND GERMANY.-Th• _ Shortest and Cheapest Route, via Rotterdam, to the Rhine and,Germany, is by THE DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY. Through Trains, in conjunction with those of tile Cologne-Minden Company, start three times a day. Fifty Pounds of Luggage allowed free for each passenger. Further particulars forwarded, post free, on application to the Conipany's London Agent, Mr. JOHN C. JANsos, 61, Gracechurch- Street. • - MAJOR WARBURTON'S CONQUEST OF CANADA, Third Thousand. GENERAL MUNDY'S OUR ANTIPODES. Thousand. 24. Surrey Gardens COmpany hieeting at the Court of Bankrkiptcy respecting, and meeting at Walworth. 1 27. Indian mutiny : Defeat of the rebels at Lncicaow and Sealkote. 29. Parliament prorogued by Royal commission. James Platt, M.P., died. 31. India, mutiny in : Battle at Agra; massacre at Cawnpere, &c. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSeRANCE ASSOCIATION.—EstAbIished 1340. THE CONFESSIONS OF A THUG. By Captain MEAD* TAYLOR. *,* Any of the above can be had very handsomely bound in blue cloth, price 3s. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ranted any Justice of the Peace in Indiana in rendering jihigreent for - the recovery of a mule in replevin, or his vitlue in an action of trover. But the Ci,mmissioner made out his certificate for the removal of his victim, and wined the claimant with a riosse to guard him, upon which a habeas corpus was served upon the Marshal, requiring him to have the fugitive before Judge Wallace to show by What authority he restrained him of his liberty. The Substance of the Marshal's return was that SEPTEMBER., 3. Royal Albert Bridge to span the Tamar : Raising and floating of the first tube. 4. Middlesex Election : The Hon, Geo. Henry Chas: Byng returned without oppositisin, 5. Sardinian war medals, official list of recipients of the. 10, China, Admiral's Keppel's - exploits in. --- Henderson, K;H., K. 4., Lieut.-General G. A., death of 11. Mediterranean telegraph : Successful laying of the cable. TRUSTEES. - Roams Baring, Esq., M.P. _ I Win.. Ow. Prescott. Esq. oinson ITankcy, Esq., M.P.. Baron Baron L.N. de Rothschlld,M.P. TilAsciisi of Tam BXNEVOLENT PUN)) .—John - Abel Smith, Esq., . _ _ • M.P. ' BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, Price Half-a-Crown, Accumfilated fund .. • • .•........£95,00 0 Annual income . ; ... . . . .... 27,000 For JANUARY, contains—Our Annual Dissertation—Falnt Heart Never Won Fair Lady. By Dudley Costello.—The Bbeel Tribes of Candeish—German Almanacks for 1858—The Causes of the Indian Mutiny—Saint EyrEmond. By Monkshood—An Autumn in Wales.—A Literary Dinner. -- - This Association offers every advantage to all classes desirous o Assuring. 1 Benevolent Fund is attached exclusively for clerks. WM. THOS. LIN FORD, Secretary. 15, Moorgate-street, December, 1857. On Ist January, No. IX., New Series, price 3s. 6d., THE JOURNAL of PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. Edited by FORBES Wtimow, M.D., D.C.L., Oxon. he held him by virtue of the certificate of the Cara reiesioner for his removal as a fugitive from the service CONTENTS." I • • E N T ERN ATIO NAL LIFE ASSUR ‘NCE SOCIETY, • 142, Strand, London. Empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR VIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &C. • -DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES. 14%D _Chairman. Kenworthy Browile, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. I Samuel King-Church, Esq , John Moss, Esq. John =lotion, M.D., Cantab., John Symes, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. • I SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 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To which are added remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life, and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examination, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases., BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUIRE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University. of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. ha essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists, Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, end who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are rinciples of personal management which cannot be violated with ut incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret sue eed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannotrn apply ro a cure. 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Its effect ou the progress of population is most favourable as exhibited by the Registrar-General,show in g for London au average of 1,780 weekly births against a mortality of 1,200, leaving a happy gain of 580, or nearso per cent. in favour of progress ; a result most cheering to all classes, as it opens a fair prospect that by the more general use of Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food the Europeans will soon enjoy the same freedcm from disease as the West Africans. It is sold in canisters, 11b,, 2s. 9d. ; 21b,, 4s, 6d, ; ca rriage free, on receipt of post-office order. Barry Du Barr y and Co., 77, Regent-street ; Fort -51b., 225. The 121 b. num, Mason, an d Co., 1 82 , P iccadill y ;- Ab bis , 60 , Grac e i church street ; 63 and 150 , Oxford-street ; 330 and 430, Strand, London, FEBRUARY. 3. Imperial Parliament opened this day by .Royal Commission. 17. French Chambers, opening of the, by the Empe ror of the French. • 21. Colliery accident near Barnsley, 170 lives lost. 23. Ellesmere, the Earl of, died. Harewood, the Earl of, died. 24. " Tabernacle," Tottenham-court-road, burnt down. 27. Terrific conflagration in Whitechapel. Shipwreck : Loss of the St. Andrew screw steamer, with cargo valued at 100,0001., off Latakia. 28. Great fire in Bishopsgate-street. MARCH. 3. Railway accident : Eastern Counties—Dreadful explosion of fog signals ; several lives lost. b. Persia, treaty of peace with, signed at Paris. 10. The Speaker of the House of Commons (Shaw Lefevre) intimated to the house his intention to resign at the close of the Parliament. 11: Terrific fire in Whitefriars, at the Government Stamp factory ; 30,0001. damage done. 13. The Tyne steamer stranded on the Kinveredge Lodge on the 12th of January, floating into Southamp ton amidst great rejoicings. 16. Chinese rebellion. The Eastern Prince declaresl that the Bible should be substituted for the sacred books of_ Confucianism as the text book in the public service examinations. 20. Charter House Schools (St. Thomas's), opening of the, by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. 2L-Pahnerston, Lord, grand political baratuat to,, at the Idansio,o Hone. • - Di,soletion of Parliament this day. 26. Royal British Bank : Re-examination of Mr. Es daile ; extraordinary disclosures. 27. General elections commenced. Nomination of candidates for the City of London, &o. APRIL. 2. Murder of Lieut, Carroll, 44th Regiment, at Deal. Verdict of Wilful Murder against Samuel Baker. Royal British Bank: Examination of Mr. Apaley Pellatt ; extraordinary disclosures. Lambeth : Destruction of Darby's great firework factory. 4. Kidderminster election rioters brought before the magistrates for an assault on Mr. Lowe, M.P. 9. Royal British Bank disclosures. Examination of the Hon. Mr. Stapleton, M.P. 11. Covent-garden. Fall of five houses in Russell place, attended with loss of lives. 13. Hounslow Powder mills, dreadful explosion at. 14. Her Majesty : Birth of a princess. 15. Murder in the Caledonian-road, committal of Tripp for, 17. Shipwreck : Wonderful escape of the Martin Luther ; many lives lost in a huricane ; the skip towed into Plymouth by the Tagus, Peninsular and Oriental steamer. African traveller, Dr. Vogel, intelligence received of the murder of. 24. Legion of Honour—France : Nomination of offi cers, non-commissioned officers, and privates in the English army to the rank of officers of the order. 27. Launch of the Royal Sovereign, of 101 guns, at Portsmouth. 30. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester died. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia arrived at Marseilles. MAY. I. Imperial Parliament, meeting of the new. Election of Speaker. 4. British Museum. The new reading-room opened to the private view of distinguished personages. 6. Art Treasures of the United Kingdom Exhibition at Manchester formally opened by H.R.H. Prince Albert. 7. Salford : Inauguration of the Queen's Statue in Peel Park, Salford, by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. 8. Imperial Parliament, the new, formally opened by her Majesty's Speech (by commission). 9. Funeral of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. 15. Rail way accident : Derry and Enniskillen—A man killed by the mail train running over his legs. Acquittal of Bacon and his wife, tried for the murder of their children. 16. Secondary Punishments Bill, great meeting at the Mansion House in reference to Sir Geo. Grey's , . General Sir James MacDonnel, G.C.8., colonel of the 71st Foot, death of. 20. Henry Kemble, late M.P. for East Surrey died. 23. Princess Royal : Debate in the House of Commons on marriage portion or settlement for her Royal Highness. 26. Joseph Somes, Australian passenger ship, destruc tion of the, by fire ; crew saved. 27. Fraudulent Trustees : Text of bill introduced into parliament respecting. _____ JUNE. 2. Marshal Radetsky, death of, at Milan. 8. Royal Britisb Bank : Government legal proceed ings commenced against directors, Stc. 9. India, Mutiny in : First intelligence of mutiny at Meerut ; 3d Cavalry in open mutiny, disturbances at Umballab, 10. North-Western Railway : Terrific conflagration at the Camden Town goods station. 13. Royal British Bank : Capture of Humphrey Brown. 17. Baptism of her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice at Buckingham Palace. 20. Royal British Bank : Arrest of Cameron, the manager, at Lausanne. 22. - POwder-raills at Hounslow, fatal explosion at the. —Viscountess Eversley died. Transatlantic cable, arrival of the Niagara frigate for the reception of the. 23. Chingford : Murder of Mrs. White. 25. Lord Alvanley died. 27 Victoria Cross, distribution of the (Order of Valour), to soldiers and sailors by her Majesty in Hyde-park. 29. Indian mutiny, express intelligence of mutiny of native troops and horrible massacre of Europeans ; son of the Emperor of Delhi proclaimed ; Delhi plundered to the extent of 1,000,0001. sterling, &c. JULY. 1. Vintry Ward, election of Mr. Gabriel as alder• man of. 2. The Duke of Marlborough died. Remarkable trial of Miss Smith, in Edinburgh, for murder. 3. Earl of Mornington died. 8. Gold robbery of 2,000 sovereigns on board the America, on clearing the Victoria (London) Docks. Prince Napoleon, visit of ; arrival at Falmouth. 9. The Niger : Total loss of the African Royal mail steam ship. 10. Madeline Smith : Conclusion of trial of, for the murder of P. E. L'Angelier ; not guilty in reference to intent to murder ; not proven on the other counts. 13. Mutiny in India : Further disaffection of troops ; death of General Anson ; battle fought before Delhi. Prince of Wales's visit to Chamouni • Intelligence of his Royal Highness. - 12. Medijdie : The order of the oflicialiliet'of persons upon whom conferred. 14. Execution of Captain Rogers, at . .11irkdale, for the murder of a seaman on board his ship, 16. Lima, assassination of the British Minister at. 17. Indian mutiny : Haielock's marvellous victories ; various successes of European troops ; new mutinies at Dinapore, &o. 21. Indian mutiny : Temporary retreat of General Havelock to Cawnpore ; intelligence from various places. 24. Royal 13ritisk Bank in BAnkraptcy :—Meeting for examination of the directors. 28. Fast-day—Proclamation for a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayei, on 7th proximo. 29. Indian mutiny : Government Dispatches—Delhi not taken ; Naaa Sahib before Lucknow ; distress of the besieged ; General Havelock waiting for reinforcements ; several defeats of the rebels ; extension of the mutiny. 30. Havelock, C. 8., Colonel Henry, promoted to the rank of major.general in the army, for his operations in India. Allen, Rear Admiral John, died. Humiliation-day—Form of prayer . to be used, published. OCTOBER. 1. Stnttgardt—liestingoftheEmperorofthe French, and the Emperor of Russia,.&e. Indian mutiny—Overland mail dispatches re ceived. 5. Humiliation Day, die Jews' service for the 8. Earl Fitzwilliam died. 7. Feet•day_and 4D„y _otilationkl 9. Russian f r i ga tet o ut ° '520 souls on board. 10. Waterloo Bridge, diroovery of the mutilated body. 1$ Indian mutiny : Ninth victory of Gen. Havelock. Further mutinies. 26. New York, commercial panic at. Suspension of specie payments by the banks. Indian mutiny : Delhi taken with the loss of 606 men, including 40 officers ; loss of the native troops immense. _ Waterloo-bridge tragedy : Verdict of wilful murder against some person or pereoas unknown. 30. Siam, arrival of the Princes of. 31. General Cavaignac, desth of. NOVEMBER. 4. Great Eastern steam & hip partly launched, and named " The Leviathan ;" terrible accident occurred to five men. 5. Cambridge, H.R.H. th e Duke of ; Presentation of the freedom of the City of London to, together with a magnificent sword. Banquet at the Mansion House afterwards. Mr. Mackay, death of : The " Bailie Nicol Jarvis" of Sir 'Walter Scott. 9. Commercial failures in Liverpool, So. Loss of the English sbipFrances ; 20 lives lost. 12. ian ca M pt u u t r i e ny e . i C t o he nfirnation of relief of Luck now ; capture of D e lhi ; cleat's of Generals Nicholson and Neill ; chief wife ; his sons a n d a gran dson shot. of Delhi" and his shot. 13. Commercial Panic : Important communication from the government to the directors of the Bank of England, authorising an incr,ased issue of bank.nutes. Bank crisis in Scotland. 20. Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, deputation from, refusol the assistance sought for from the Bank of England of 100,0001., to sustain the firm. 21. Frightful explosion atMayence. 23. Royal British Bank, proceedings in the Coact of Qaeen's Bench against the directors. DECEMBER. 1. Polish revolution, 27th anniversary of, celebrated ; the 29th of November, having fallen on a Sunday. 3. Charles Hindley, Esq. death of. S. Commercial failures, 12. Worcester Bank failure. 17. The Jeuffosse remarkable trial at Evreux. 19. Koenig, the celebrated cornet-a-piston player, died 24. Lucknow relieved by Sir Colin Campbell, &a — Brilliant sucoession of victories by the several officers in command. 26. Dowager Countess Nelson died at Paris on the 22d inst. 28. Rear-Admiral Edward Le Crag Thornborougb, died. 28. Captain Sir Alexander Dixie, Bart., R.N., died 29. Earl Spencer, K.G., died. CHRISTMAS DINNER.—On Tuesday Miss Burdett Comte gave an excellent dinner to 300 poor, parishioners of St. Stephen's, Westminster. Miss Coutts addressed the poor people with a few kind words of advice and encouragement. RIOT WITH THE MILITIA.—On Friday night several soldiers of the regiment of the Staffordshire Militia, at present stationed in the Castle of Edinburgh, appear to have been drinking in a publichouse in the Cowgate at the foot of Blair-street, and a fracas ensued among them and several civilians who had assembled there. A very large crowd speedily collected , and information of the disturbance having been s en t t o t h e C as tle a picket of about a dozen men, und er a sergeant, was d es patched to the spot, but by the tim e th ey arr i ve d t h e di s turbance seems to have been over. A crowd of man y hundreds of people, however, still thronged Blair-street; and in com ing up that street, after having been in the Cuwgate, some of the men belonging to the picket attacked a mechanic, and following him into one of the stairs lead ing to the South Bridge, threw him down, and struck him with their belts and feet. His cries brought Lieut. I Milligan of the city police to his aid. The moment he appeared some of the crowd called out that he was a police officer, on which the picket, leaving the other p man, attacked Mr. Milli gan , and, draw i ng th e ir bayonets, stabbed him in the head i n several laces ; fortunately, however, the cuts are not serious. A young ma n, named Hugh Bald, who interfer e d t o protect M r . Milligan, was also set upon, but both escape d with compara tively slight injuries. On Monday th e var i ous part i es con nected with the above fray, consisting of John Sheratt, John Tasker Young, Thomas Lawless, (rather an appro priate name), and James Killeen, all private soldiers in the Staffordshire Militia, and Solomon Day, Lance- Sergeant, were brought before the police bar, and remitted to a higher court. We'are glad to learn that Lieut. Milligan is recovering, though slowly, from the effects of his injuries. Fortunately, the wounds are only flesh cuts, and, although severe enough, are net likely to be attended with dangerous consequences. In addition to the cuts on the head, Mr. Milligan has sus tained several severe bruises about bis arms ; and, to show the dastardly nature of the attack, we may state that, on inspection, it is fo un d th a t hi s to p- c oat in more than one place has been pie rce d b y a b ayone t. We trust that the result of the trial of the five parties above: named will be such as, in some measure, to insure the citizens against the outrages of armed men, whose duty it ought to be to protect instead of endangering the Ryon of the inhabitants,--Scotties Pro& The close of a year is the season for retrospects. The merchant makes up his books—the tradesman sends in his accounts, and the householder reviews the effects of his expenses on his yearly income through the medium of his Christmas bills. When we greet our readers again, it will be to wish them a happy new year. This week, then, just a word on one of the lessons, at least, which the occurrences of the one fast passing away teach us, before we bid it good bye for ever. Though the subject to which we would call attention has, to sensitive minds, been thrown into shade by the monster convulsion and harrowing scenes of the Indian mutiny, it touches our national prosperity not one whit the less closely. Every class of society is busy with schemes to correct the errors which caused that disaster. India is to be evangelised—its Government reformed— its great resources to be turned to good acconnt, and to God's glory. Would that the subject of which we are about to speak would teach us a similar lesson—one nearer home. Our children will assuredly have reason to regret it some day if it does not. The last few months have proved to demonstration that the standard of our mercantile morality has suffered a fall, which has filled far-seeing persons with dismay. It is net merely the gigantic failures as failures, which have recently occurred, that indicate this. The loss of such sums as two millions of money on the whole transactions of the Western Bank of Scotland—the stoppage of the great firm of De Wolf and Ce. for 200 000/.., showing 2s in the pound for its creditors— tll43lBll*-11alligierrit!grarairmlw*dtg tar"' single shareholder contrived to' aboOl“ , 0 t frziore than two-thirds of the paid-up capital)—fhe failures of the Liverpool Borough and the Northumberland and Durham Banks—awful as they are, as instances of reck less trading, and disastrous as they have turned out to the thousands whom they shave brought to ruin and thrown out pf work, would be comparatively harmless in their national effects, were it not for the almost hope less want of principle with which these falls have been attended, and .whisk has been exhibited ia attempts to bolster some of them up when falling, and to palliate or hush up practices which led to their fall after they had gone. It is to this taint of disingenuousness running through the whole mercantile system, and from which we fear houses still standing and of high position cannot be held free, that we desire to call attention. Take the Western Bank of Scotland. But a few weeks ago, after thit concern stopped payment,, the most powerful influence which wealth and position could sup ply wss brought into the field to uphold its integrity, or, as the Times expresses it, "to restore an equilibrium in the affairs of the.company." To what extent the public were deceived by these representations, we know not. This week it was announced that "every penny em barked in it by the shareholders is hopelessly gone ;" and it is difficult'to see how the parties who thus came forward could all of them have been ignorant of the fact! Another illustration of this painful truth was furnished some little time back, when reports ware rife of the approaching failure of Oliver, of Liverpool. In that case another firm took up the cugels in behalf of the slandered house, and caused a notice to be posted on the Exohange, denouncing the wanton calumny. The firm thus defended was insolvent at the time ! The same circumstance is recorded of another house, of which an eminent London firm were the champions, with a like result, suggesting the unfortunate conclusion, that in the case of falling concerns it is not difficult to find other houses of good repute to uphold their credit while they are tottering, and to palliate or conceal their 'misconduct when they have gone. It is the principle of these pro ceedings, which is a national calamity, not the failures themselves, which, as .the Times proves in its Money Article on Monday, can make, the country neither richer nor poorer. _ So much for firms. Our national character, alas I in this respect, as displayed by individuals, does not show a shade better. The peoulations of Mr. Stephens, the manager of the Eastern Banking Corporation, in his five partnerships purchased with the funds of the company, or in the little transaction where he bought the shares of a third party with the money of the bank, and placed them to his own account, - receiving the dividends him self, are not excused by or merged in the joint miscon duct of himself and the directors in their corporate capacity. He is an instance of the commercial depravity which has this year shown itself in such vigour among individuals also, and which should bring a blush to every honest English merchant's cheek. Such an instance also is Mr. J. C. Taylor, expelled this week frOm the Stock Exchange for using telegrams improperly obtained from the Telegraph-office, for the purposes of speculation on 'Change. Such, also, though in a smaller degree, is the ease of that bank lerk at Croydon, who gambled ano on 'Change, and whose transactions, after the not uncom mon gradations of despondency and !brandy, ended in that awful murder of his nearest and dearest relatives, so recently before the public. Such, also—and we men tion this case because its denouement has come upon us while the ink of this article is yet wet—such, also, is the case of Mr. Stevens, the broker, who so strangely charged a Mr. Kilby last week before the Lord Mayor. Kilby had instructed him to sell some description of stock for him and to buy other—and when that was done, demanded the balance which the latter held in his hand, amounting to some 3001. Instead of giving this up, although it is admitted that there was no under standing that he was to retain the larger sum, Mr. Stevens would only give him a cheque for some 341., and a few of the shares, proceeding, in a great hurry. to pay in the rest of the money to his own banker's. Not very wisely, but, as it seems to us, not unnaturally, Mr. Kilby, seeing his money disposed of in this rather sum mary fashion, made a bold move for the recovery of his property by trying to snatch it from the other's hands. For this he was given into custody for attempting to steal his own property. Of course, Mr. Kilby was honourably discharged ; but the result so weighed upon an excitable temperament, that in the course of this week he put an end to his existence. The term to be applied to the conduct of the stock broker, which resulted in this tragical end, we leave our readers to determine. These cases, joined to the daily reports from the police courts of embezzlements by clerks, robberies from masters, gross frauds by bankrupts on their credi ditors, make up that black list which every Englishman should lay to his heart at this season. It will go far to chow him that there is something besides misgovernment and revolt to be lamented in that year, which history will hereafter mark as the year of the Indian mutiny. STATE OF THE BITER THAMES. A copy of the recent report of Mr. Gurney to the First Commissioner of Works on the state of the Thames has been printed by order or Pariament. It is dated the 84 of November last, and explains the means proposed by Mr. Gurney for preventing a further pollu tion of the river and the atmosphere around the Hon ses of Parliament during the construction of any system of drainage that may be carried out. Sewage from the drains may be divided into three parts—the liquid, solid, and gaseou , , or soluble, inso lubla, and aeriform. It is a vulgar error to suppose that the solid or insoluble sewage floats on the surface of the water, or " floats up and down with the tide." On the contrary, its specific gravity is as much as 1.325, it will sink one foot per minute in still water or slow currents, and precipitate (or rather deposit) in stronger currents, moving in parallel lines ; at a greater rate than 170 feet per minute, it will not precipitate (or de posit), the force of convolution then being greater than, and consequently overcoming the force of gravitation. Mr. Gurney gives an interesting account of his experi ments with the insoluble sewage taken from the river which were made in August, the month of least water. The quantity of sewage retained in the Thames seems to be a ruling or constant quantity ; the river is never choked up, nor is it ever clean ; and the most filthy part of the stream lies between Hungerford and the Peniten tiary at Millbank, this being mainly occasioned by two retrogades, the one outside the Speaker's residence, the other at Hungerford. The liquid and soluble sewage is carried away by excess of the downcast, but some part hangs about in the cesspools. The rate of solution of solid sewage after maceration in the :river has not yet been ascertained, but it is estimated that generally one fifth will be dissolved after a week's maceration. Mr. Gurney, in fine, recommends (that all the retro grades and brattice cesspools be destroyed—that all the obstructions to the uniform flow of the river at low water be removed—that the projections along shore be rounded off, and the hollows filled up ; that the serrated edges of the river at low water be made plain and continued along the whole line of low-water mark ; that the width of the water way at the lowest ebb be not more than 140 yards from side to side, so that the river may not only run in an uniform current, but at a minimum rate of 225 feet per minute, and that from low-water mark upwards the beach be so con structed that the shore may rise at an angle of about three or four degrees with the horizon, or, in road-making parlance, of not less than 1 in ld, to facilitate the fall of the sewage into the bed of the river. The cost of this arrangement will not be so great as ;could at first sight appear, and the navigation of the river would be im proved by it. As regards gaseous or aeriform sewage, a most deadly poison, Mr. Gurney suggests the destruc tion of the retrograde, the proper trapping of the mouths of the sewers, and the combustion of the noxious gases. The former failures to burn the sewage gases at Brussels and here were not in principle, but in practice, the in terference of the mass of atmospheric air over that of the gases not having been taken into account. It is shown that carburetted hydrogen, and, in filet, all the elements of combustion, whether gaseous or not, require to be brought up to a very high temperature before they will ignite, and it is obvious that so to raise the temperature when the gas of the sewage is so mixed up with a large mass of atmospheric air is very difficult. A different apparatus, to meet the conditions, must be constructed before success can be attained. The Sultana, Capt. Sharp, belonging to Messrs. Dunbar, of London, with Government stores for Kurrachee, embarked 30 men belonging to the 94th Regiment at Plymouth on Monday, and the next day sailed for her destination. Her Majesty's State yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, is being repainted and embellished externally and internally for the special service of conveying the Princess Royal and the Prince of Prussia to Antwerp en route to Prussia after their nuptials. She is ordered to be ready by the 10th proximo, and she will after that date pro ceed from Portsmouth to the Thames. It is ex pected that Gravesend will be the port of embarca tion for the Royal pair, as the length of the yacht will render her navigation of the short reaches of the Thames above Gravesend a troublesome task. It is expected that her Majesty will appoint Capt. Denman a commodore of the first class, as in the case of the late Lord Adolphus Fitzclarenco. The engines, & - c of the Royal yacht Fairy, Mr. Welch master in charge, and the Elfin, Mr. Alfred Ballis ton, master in charge, are also being repaired, as . they will fo'm members of the 'Royal squadron. The steam frigates Diadem and Curacoa, 32, Capt taius Moorsom C. 8., and Mason, and all other steam ships available at the time, will form members of the Royal squadron, which will be commanded in chief by the Hon. Joseph Denman. It is ex pected that the Royal visitors to England from Prussia on the auspicious occasion will be landed at Portsmouth from Prussian men-of-war ,vessels. The Victory, 104, Captain G. H. Seymour, C.B. undergoing a thorough repair in dock at Ports mouth, will be paid off this day and recommissioned to-morrow by Capt. Seymour, with Commander J. G. Bickford and the same other officers and staff. The Calypso, 18, Captain F. B. Montressor, now being fitted for sea at Chatham, is ordered to be taken into the dock now occupied by the mite, 42, for the purpose of having defects made good. The Unite is nearly broken up, and will be entirely taken to pieces this week. The Bacchante, 42, will be taken into dock to be broken up as soon as the Calypso has completed repairs. An Admiralty order has been received by Capt. G. Goldsmith, C. 8., superintendent of Chatham , Dockyard, permitting the officers and men belong ing to the Royal Dockyard Brigade to retain their uniforms on the brigade being disbanded. The stores, arms, and accoutrements are to be returned .into store forthwith, and a considerable quantity has already been received at Chatham. The Adju tants are to be placed on half-pay, and the Ser geant-Majors and drill sergeants who are doing duty as dockyard police-constales, will be discharged as soon as the brigade stores, arms, &c., have been returned. Mr. John J. Brown, master, late of the Aga memnon, took up his commission and joined the Renown on Monday, at Sheerness, vice Mr. Roberts, Master, appointed to the Illustrious. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty yesterday : Masters—W. J. B. Hilliard, to the Royal William ; C. J. A. Noddall, to the Fisgard. Assistant-Surgeon—Croft G. Symons, to the Viper. THE MILITIA. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Vulcan, 6, Com mander Seccombe, called at Falmouth on Monday last and landed the headquarters of the Waterford Artillery Regiment of Militia, who are to garrison Pendennis•castle. The Vulcan embarked them at Queenstown, and took on the remainder of the corps to Plymouth for duty at that place. THE LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF THREE_ LIVES AT BATIINAL GREEN. ALLEGED ARSON-ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST -SPECIAL VERDICT. Yesterday, at noon, Mr. William Baker, the coroner, resumed the adjourned inquest at the Prince of Wales Tavern, Bonner's-road, Victoria Park, respecting the deaths of John Metcalf, aged fifty-two years, Ann Metcalf, aged forty-eight years, and Julia Maria Metcalf, aged seven years, who perished at the late fire on the premises of Mr. Jas. Alfred Harman, silk fringe manufacturer, of No. 27, Anchor-street, near the terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway, Shoreditch. The inquest-room was again densely crowded by persons anxious to hear the proceedings, which created the utmost interest. Mr. Sleigh attended for the accused (Mr. Har man), and Mr. Roberts was present on the part of the Liverpool and London Fire Insurance office. Inspector Deudy and Inspector Wakeford, with Sergeant Egerton, of the H division, were in at tendance on the authority of the Metropolitan Police Commissioners. The jury having answered to their names, The Coroner asked Mr. Vaughan, the summon ing officer, whether there was any additional evi dence in the case, and being answered in the nega tive, he proceeded to sum up the whole of the voluminous testimony adduced on the two previous occasions, after which he said the jury could hear any statement which Mr. Harman thought proper to make, if his solicitor (Mr. Sleigh) thought pro per, but under the peculiar circumstances of the case he (the Coroner) thought Mr. Harman had better not make any. Mr. Sleigh was of a similar opinion. The Coroner, after a few preliminary observa tions, remarked at great length on the various points of the case, and begged of the jury to dismiss from their minds any idle reports which they might have heard, and give a free expressionol their opinion upon the evidence which they had heard. The case as affecting Mr. Harman, failed in all its material portions, and he (the coroner) was of opinion that no one could be so wretchedly or miserably cruel , as to commit such an act, for if they did the party would be guilty of wilful murder. The un fortunate calamity might have arisen by accident through the gas or from some other cause over which there was no control. If there was a doubt in their minds give the party accused the benefit of it. The inquest-room was subsequently cleared of strangers, and the jury were locked up in consulta tion about an hour, when the court was again opened, and the foreman announced that they had unanimously agreed to the following special ver dict : _ _ "That the deceased persons, whilst in a certain house, then and there on fire, were, by the noxious vapour and smoke, and the flames issuing from the said fire, suffocated, of which they then and there died, but how or by what means the said fire was caused there was no evidence to satisfy the jury; but they could not separate without recommending a careful division of the ',respective duties of the fire-engine keeper and th e escape keeper, so that the engine keeper should be abl e to give the greatest assistance in cases of ire, and they also express their satisfaction at the conduct of the police and fire brigade, and Barton, the Royal Society's escape man, on the occasion in question." Mr. Harman, who was in the inquest-room, u pon hearing the verdict, said—" Gentlemen of the jury, I am innocent of the charge br oug ht aga i n st mo. , The proceedings then terminated. and labour of the claimant. The negro answered under Oath, denying all the material facts set forth in the cer• tificate of Commissioner, and - thus, as his counsel pposed, patting the claimant upon the proof of them before the State Judge ; but be (Judge Wallace) decided that, whatever the conduct of the Commissioner might have been, he could not go behind his certificate, and that the State had no power to protect any one thus tillaneusly victimised. Such is slave-catching in Indiana, . . 4nd so ended a case which lasted about 10 days, pro: placing intense excitement during its continuance, and threatening at times to end in open revolt against the constituted authoritieß. How much longer will the people of Indiana . and of the Free States tamely submit to a law which tolerates and encourages such outrages as I have described I - How much longer will our. Republican editors and politi cians deal all their denunciations against Kansas villa nies, when the same or greater villanies are being enacted on our own borders I RETIREMENT OT MR. JUSTICE CRESSWELL.—Yester clay a notice was exhibited at the Judges' chambers that Mr. Justice Cressvvell would attend to transact businesi on Friday next. In a short time his lordship will retire from the Court of Common Pleas, to take his seat in the new Probate Court. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR THORNE.—The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the three persons killed by the explosion of the boiler of a portable thrash • ing-machine on the farm premises of Mr. Ridgiil, of Thorns moor-ends, near Thorne, Yorkshire, on the 19th ult., was resumed at the White Hart Inn, at that town, on Tuesday. Since the last inquiry another of Mr. Ridgill's sons, Henry, aged 10 years, has died of the injuries he received at the accident. A third son, named Thomas, aged 8 years, was *lea much injured, but he is recovering. All the bodies of the persons killed were dreadfully mutilated, especially that of Henry Ridgill, who was shockingly scalded from the head to the abdo men, be having stood facing the side of the engine when the explosion occurred. He was blown 24 yards from the spot, and not 15 yards, as stated in the last re port. The jury having been formally resworn, so as to inclUde the case of Henry Ridgill in the present investi gation, the former evidence was read over, and the foe. lowing additional facts were elicited :—The witness Fox, who at the last inquiry explained the state of the engine, just before the explosion took place, now said that there was very little water in the engine, and that the steam was blowing off, but act much could escape owing to the safety-valve being too tightly screwed down. George Wright, farm labourer of Thorne, who had lived with the deceased proprietor of the thrashing-machine (Johns son) five years, but had left his service about three weeks before the accident, said the latter always considered himself competent to manage the engine, but he (witness) did not. Johnson used to drive the engine at random, and sometimes put more pressure on than the index could indicate. Witness had seen the deceased tie a piece of stick to the valve, to act as a lever, so as to obtain more pressure. Witness used to remonstrate with him for doing this, but deceased always insisted that he knew better how to work the engine than witness did. There was a water-gauge on the engine, but it had got stopped up and did not act. The firebox was repaired about last harvest, and nine new tubes wire put in the boiler, Mr. Isaac Dodds, engineer at the Holmes Works, Ro therani, said he had examined the remains ofthe exploded boiler. The casing which enclosed the firebox appeared to be the part torn off by the explosion. The firebox itself was in good sound condition, and the outside plate was perfectly sound—it was a quarter of an inch thick. The boiler, firebox, and tubes appeared to have been in excellent working condition, and were little worse for wear. There was no sign of leakage ; the iron was very good, and the boiler altogether was very creditably made. The safety-valve was small, but the witness did not think if it had been larger that the accident would have been prevented. The evidence of the previous witnesses quite confirmed the opinion he had formed on examining the boiler, which was that the accident arose entirely from an excess of pressure. Before he heard the evidence he ha I arrived at the conclusion that the safety-valve must have been sticking, or have been purposely fastened down. Judging from the perfect state of the fire. box and the plate at the top of it, he did not consider that the accident arose from overheating ; there was evidently water in the boiler at the time of the accident. I was impossible to say what amount of pressure there was on at the time of the accident, because the safety valve was screwed down to such an extent that it no longer deserved the name it bore. This class of engine generally exploded either at starting or at the first letting off of steam, for when the engine was not working the water was more at rest than when there was an escape of steam, and consequently the instant the steam was turned on the water became agitated, a greater genera. tion of steam was produced, and a sort of recoil occurred at the place where the steam was impeded in its escape. The present sty le of engine was as good as could be pro duced. This particular engine was well made, but it had been seriously neglected. A safer engine could be produced if the maker was not limited to weight. The accident was occasioned by mismanagement. The management of high-pressure engines is now so simple that it can be understood by almost anybody, and no doubt Johnson thought he knew sufficiently well how to work his, but unfortunately he did not, and hence this accident. The best way to avoid such calamities was to employ competent persons periodically to inspect the boilers, aed never to trust the machines to incompetent hands. In answer to questions from the jury, Mr. Dodds said he did not think it wise to move an engine when the steam was up, as was done in this case, although if there was no excess of pressure it might not do much harm. It would be well to let the persons who examined these engines also examine the persons who had the manage. ment of them, and he would recommend that these engines should have their full complement of fittings.— such as water-guages, &c., it being unsafe to trust to guage-taps alone, for they could not be depended upon. He also recommended the use of auxiliary safety -valves which could not be tampered with, ordinary valves being provided for the use of the driver, and a fired one which should be beyond his control. The coroner (Mr. W. Marratt), in summing up the evidence, said said it was a question whether the attention of the Legislature ought not itotwtoh a view t be directed the dto adoptiontheseacctl i accidents with meansith steamof• engines, preventing their recurrence—such as the inspection of boilers, the existence of the fall complement of fittings, and the competency of the persons intrusted with en- Ones. The jury then retired, sad after a s , h , ort W e con- F i r c e t d : erick Maud , find that the deceased, ThnodniAenryb Ridgill were accidentally sultation returned the following Johnson, Christopher Ridgill,iao of the boiler of a steam thrashing p n g so v n erd killed by the exP and mismanagement of the said Thomas incompetency deceased. And the jury suggest to the coroner machine, caused by u . ndue pressure resulting from the Johnson, that h e should represent to the Secretary of State and other authorities the necessity of Government or other inspectors being appointed to institute periodical inspec tions of agricultural steam thrashing machines and the competency of their attendants." The coroner promised to comply with this request as 110011 as possible and the proceedings then terminated _ _ ...,.1