Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-25 00:00:00

MURDER OF MR. LITTLE. RE•ARREST OF SPOLLEN ON A CHARGE OF ROBBING THE LATE MR. LITTLE. DUBlinf, Sunday Evening. - Spollen was re-arrested last night at his lodgings, in Exchange-street, and conveyed by the police to the station in Green-street. He is to be brought up to-morrow morning, at eleven o'clock, on a charge of robbing the late Mr. Little. Spollen confessed to be greatly astonished at his re-capture. FURTHER PARTICULARS. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. Ey British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph DUBLIN, MONDAY NIGHT. 'This day, at the Capel-street Police-office, James -Spolien, the railway employee, who was accused of the Murder of Mr. Little by his wife, and for which he lately stooll his trial, but was found -‘ Not guilty,' was placed At the bar before the sitting magistrates. The particulars of the trial, the atrocious deed, and the behaviour of the prisoner have now become so familiar to the public that no recapitulation of the affair is here 'necessary. • On the present occasion the prisoner was charged with • - having robbed his employers, the Midland Great Western -Railway Company, of various sums of money, but the specific charge was that of havihg stolen upwards of .e 5 on the .13th of November, 1856. The prisoner presented much the same calm, cool, and collected appearance as upon former occasions, though to many there was not the same amount of apparent un concern which he had previously exhibited ; indeed, by some, it was thought he was rather nervous on first appearing in the court. A. marked change, however, was visible in his personal appearance, and was of such a nature as to justify the belief that the accused made great efforts to disguise him self by a change of dress, and by denuding himself of a large portion of the full beard which previously covered the whole fore part of the face, to a line with the corners of his mouth. The face has by this means lost its fulness of contour—the cheeks have slightly collapsed, and the - whole face has become so changed, that recognition from `the portraits which were exhibited would now be imposeble. ilarsst-s. Fitzgibbon, Q.O , and Corballis, Q.C., with Refurni3, cro;vn solicitor, appeared for the crown. The prisoner:was undefended. t Mr. Corbllis, is a lengthened address, stated that he appeared there to sustain a charge against the prisoner at the lam That charge was one of robbery, or to speak more Etrictly, for stealing from a certain dwelling £5 or more; and to support that charge he would examine witneses. Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Bennett, and Surgeon Meyers were then examined, but nothing new was elicited. After a short interlocutory conversation between the magistrate and the Council for the Crown, Mr. Porter said, James Spollen, you stand committed by me for having, on the 13th of November, felonously stolen from a dwelling on the property of the Midland Great Western Railway Company, certain monies of the value of £5 8s or upwards, against the peace of our 'Lady the Queen, do you wish to say anything , on the. subject. You are at liberty to make any:state ment you please, but I think I ought to caution you that 'what you say will be taken down and given as evidence on your trial. Spollen : I decline at present to say anything till I have .had an opportunity of consulting council• On -,he application from the prisoner, his watch and chain, and other matters found on him when apprehended, were delivered to him by directijn of the magistrate. Mr. Fitzgibbon: I suppose, sir, you will return the information to the Commission. Mr. Porter : Yes. 'L. The prisoner was then removed. MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Major-General Windham. C. 8., who has been selected 'to com-rand a division in the Bast Indies, has left town for Marseilles, there to embark for Alexandria overland 'to Caciitta. Major-General Dupuis, C. 8., of the Royal Artillery, another distinguished Crimean officer, who is to have the command of the Royal Artillery, departed on Thursday by way of Marseilles to assume his military duties in India. A great 'many officers of the Queen's and the East India Company's services left for India by the si earner which sailed from Southampton on Thursday, or via Marseilles, including among others :—Colonel D. W" 0 ( 1 , Royal Horse Artillery ; Colonel A. H. Hors ford, C.B, Rift! Brigade; Lieutenant-Colonel Little. 9th Colonel Beecher, Major Brett, Captain Johnson Captain Coles, Captain Briggs, Captain Maxwell, Cap tain H. Richards, Captain E- J. Richards, -Captain M`Quenn, &c. Ties 15th Hussars and 6th Dragoons have both received - orders to march from Aldersho`t, the former to Norwich And Ipswich, and the latter to Brighton. Before leaving camp the officers of the Ist battalion of the Wile Brigade presented to Mr. Govey, the stationmaster at Fern borou di, with a splendid silver cup, suitably inscribed, as !. I ,,tlnrk o f t h e i r apprec i at i on o f hi s c ourtesy and attention. nis mak es t h e f ourth va l ua bl e testimonial of the same I'Rind which Mr. Govey has re c e ived within the last few months. The troops b e l ong i ng to t h e R o yal Engineers at Chat ham) were on Satu r d ay engag ed in a series of operations -t id Rochest er -b r id ge, f or the purpose of destroyin O ancient structure. On Wednesday another large portion of the old bridge will be destroyed by the Sappers and Miners. Colonel H.Chatham Savage, Commanding Royal Engineer at Engitit,-" has been appointed Commanding Royal forthwit7h.at Gibraltar, to which station he proceeds Eastln East I i' PPer ship Lightning, which was taken up by the . la Comp any flaying for the conveyance of troops to India, folio .'1: be'n re ready, reinforcements from the Ch w 'mg Indian depots at the Provisional Battalion, Gr:"."o3 are ordered to embark on board that vessel at 53rd, v;z : —Bth (the King's), 10th, 29th, 32nd, 35th, ho;h (Rifles), Ist battalion, 75th , 82a1, and 84th yi r l' e n ,'llls, with the undermentioned officers : — C a p tain 32 td Regiment, Lieutenant T. C. Robertson, and s u• Bartholomew, 10th Regiment ; Lieutenant C. P e ner'e, 82nd Regiment ; Easign A. G. Black, Ensign G -D Fursdon, and Ensign Cochrane, 29th Regiment. ot .Yhe Order f o r the embarkation of the detachment of I .,"`„ e vt's and men of the 43rd Light Infantry 3rd Bat -, ;.""cm, 6)th Rifles, and 74th Highlanders at Portsmou t h o r India has been countermanded, and the reinforcements for those regiments, numbering 109 men, with nine officers, Will remain at Chatham Garrison until required to 'embark at Gravesend. Thee batte r y, R oya l Artillery, which has left Norwich for tat, camp at Shorneliffe;will form part of the reserves t'iudia. 'rho battery under the comman d of Ma j or Para, which has for some time past been stationed at P s -wi" 1 1, has left that town for Woolwich, and is expec ted to - embark shortly for India. The 56th Regiment, under the command of' Lieutenant vbriuet!rw eh"lhiFaceY has arrived in Cork fro m the Curra g h, camp , on their departur,., they were played to the Grand Stand-house by the bands of the 99th ^"nent aad regi n „ nt , .3rd and 13th Light Dra g oons. The A b out til t In all probability, will remai n in barracks till provide e 25 th, during which time they will be able to the voyam, the mselves with sea kits and ot her necessaries for Th c uracoa, 31, Capt. Forbes, left Spi thead on Friday evenitt for Woolwich with supernumeraries, to be paid The Roebuck and Sparrowhiwk, 'Commanders Martin and Byng, have gone to Spithead to steam gun-vessels, await sailing orders for India. The Sidon, 22, paddle frigate was docked at Portsmouth on Satu rday for repairs. The Diadem,B will be fitted 32, Captain lNloorsom, C. out with ,all despatch at Portsmouth. Uer compliment will be 470. The Vernon, 1,000 tons re,,lster C a ptain 11. 11. Consitt , , one of the East Indian fleet belonging to Mr. R . Green, arrived last Friday morning in St. Helens Roads from bound for Mauritius and Bombay. During the day sill embarked Major-General Breton (late Lieu tenant-G wernor of Portsmouth) and Major Nelson , M ill. Lary S2cretary : Captain A.ylmer, A.lde-de-Camp ; Breton, Mrs. Nelson and family, rza. 'Major-General Breton goes out as the Major General on the stair of the Commander in-Chief at the Mauritius. The Vernon sailed at 6 p.m., with a splendid breeze down channel from E.S.E• The steamship Khersonne sailed from Liverpool for Portsmouth on Saturday, to embark troops fur the East. The steam-transport Dutchman, filing out at Deptford, has been engaged to embark artillery stores, accoutre - merits, arms, and troops from Woolwich for India. - The freightship John Bull, in the London Docks, IF ; . engaged to ship 4,000 barrels of powder_trom Woolritch _ Arsenal for Illoutreal dad QpbeC , A THE NORTHERS TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1857. the amalgamation of the West. Iqdia and Australian M:i l Companies had come before the Government; alsp, whe ther the chairman of the West Ind ian Ma i l ha d not obtained the consent of itasharehoklms to an amalgamation with the Australian Mail Company, under a more or less pcssitive asanrance that the existing Government contracts would be farther extended without competition for t.vo years, and whether this was to be a aivernment guarantee for the sum of 5910,000 out of the public purse for services to be performed in the years 1862aand 1863, Mr. NVilson replied, that the onlycommurrivation that he had with the companies was a peronnal intimation from the chairman, in which they stated their desire to tarry the arrangement into effect. The reply to this was, that they must make their proposa's to the Admirality, from whom they would come back to the Treasnry, lie had just received a communication from the Admiralty, but be had not yet time to fully vnsider it. As to the arcond question he could give no reply. To the third question; he replied that the £910,000, or whatev. r the sum might be, would be money paid for service to be performed. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. SYSTEM. [By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.] HOUSE OF LORDS—MONDAY. The Muse met at five o'clock. THE CHUM{ OPIUM TRADE: The Lord Chancellor laid upon the table the opinion of lacy officers with respect to the c titivation, sale,. and exportation of opium to China by the Etst'lndiaamioany. Lord St. Leonards remarked that the usual course was to take the opinion of the jadges of the land in such cases. L r 3 Campbell observed that the constitutional advisers of the house were the jadges of the land, and their opi nian might be taken upon a question of legislation as well as jurispru ice. he Lird ChancAlor explained that it was considered in xpedient to consult the judges on questions which might subsequently come before them in their official capacity. SIR COLIN CAMPBELL ON THE PURCHASE Oneold - officer, who had served Cl years in Portugal, Spain, France, the Cape of Geed Hope, &c., in speaking of odic srs being purchased" over, is ask: d—" And do you thinik that [hay felt it? To which he replies— 'No question about it; I have known many haste= sof fts-having cause i the most bitter anguish; the very iron going into their souls." Let us hear another officer—and this shall be the last. He entered the service at fifteen, was in two pitched battles before he was sixteen, served in the Peninsula, at Walchcren, in America, in the West Indies,in China, in India, and in the Crimea. What doss he say? He declares that the purchase system has an injurious effect on the army. " I have known," he said, " many estimable men, having higher qualities as officers than usual, men of real promise and merit, and well educated, but who could not purchase. When such men were purchased over, their ardour cooled, and they fre quently left the service ;. or when they e ett'nued, it was from necessity, and not for any love for their profession." This same illust:ions soldier having mentioned to the commissioners that he had once purchased over an officer who was on the s aft' of the Horse Guards, thus continues:—" The cffizer next below me was a man wh ,ra I would bow to, as Possessing every quality that a man ought to possess—possess i ng abilities as high at a y man I have ever known; he could not purchase. It was in-1825 that I bought my majority, and in 1347 I passed through Cawnpore, and found him j-ist promoted to he a major in that regiment, having in the mean time been to Australia. Final' y, ha left the serviee. He remained in the service till he got this majority; he did no-: sell out ; he had seine little income to maintain himself; but all tope was gone, and all that interest which it is so necessary for a man to take in his pro fession." The man who gave 'his evidence is a real soldier. Nursed in the British army, he knows the noble ambition which inspires the boy who eaters the service, and the deep- anguish he meet feel when he is passed by on account of his poverty. And as he t,ld the com ma sioners, ha - knows well the very" great inconvenieece and embarrassment - to which officers are put in crder tee avoid being thus superseded. And whois this witneas who thus comes forward to condemn the purchase system? He is no other 'than Sir Colin Campbell.—Dizitd Netos: THE INDIAN MUTINIES. [Letters of a very interesting description continue to pour on us. The following one from an officer in the besieging force, will be read with much interest.] BEFOILE DELHI, from the 11th to 19th and 24th June. " Since my last we have had various scrimmages:with tt e mutineers. In fact, from the 9th to the 13th we were out every day once or twice, the enemy coming out about 3,000 strong, each time with infantry, cavalry, and two or three light field-guns. They joined themselves into two parties, and came up on both sides of Hiado Rao's house. Oar movements were to send infantry, composed of the Guides, Simoor Battalion, and a few of the 80th Rifles, down the hill towards the city, over the rocky ground, and our cavalryaand artillery down the two roads on the right and left of the broken ground. We always drove the enemy back, I dont believe many of them were killed till the 13th. On that day an immense number met with the fate they; so richly deserve. We were on the right of Hindoo Rao's that day, and, after skirmishing down the rocky ground, got into the Subramundi and a serai and village at the right. la the serai (caravansers) we came across about 100 of the mutineers who had got themselves into a nice scrape, for having got into the halls of the Sarai they found they could not scale the walls and run for it, so were shot down and bayoneted, every one of them. The Rifles got into the village and garden and did their work too. We learnt from our city spies next day ' that of 4,000 who cam- out 500 were left dead and 500 were carried back so badly wounded that they died by twenties and thirties, having no doctors. This day's work so disgusted them that I don't think they could have bothered ns again, but that evening they were joined by our 60th Native Infantry, a native troop of Horse Artil lery, and one more native corps, the two native corps arrived unarmed and encamped outside the city walls. The gentlemen from inside therefore promised to feed and arm them on condition that they would come out and fight us next day ; this they accordingly did, and got such a lesson that they retired in disgust, and have since left us alone. On the 16th and 17th they determined to bother us with their big guns, and so commenced building a battery on the right of the city, about three-quarters of a mile beyond the walls (when I say the right and left of the city I mean our right and left looking from Ilindoo Rao's house.) As this battery would have sent shot and shell flying into every part of our camp and would have made this house perfectly untenable for us, we quietly waited until the afternoon of the 17th, when, the battery being just finished and one gun already brought down to it, we sallied out, knocked the whole,thing about their ears, bayoneted and shot down a number of those who positively tried to hold their ground, captured their gun and burnt two or three villages in the vicinity. The loss on our side was miracu lously small, for had they tired their guns, and had the large force they had with them concealed in the villages fired well on us, we should have suffered fearfully ; this bold sally of ours has so astonished them that they have not come out of their walls since. At present they con. fine themselves to their guns. Tney have a large battery on the left of the Cashmere-gate, one at the gate itself, oue at the Moree-gate, one at the Ajmere-gate, and one at a place name unknown, but in the city walls, and in a direct line between llindoo Rao's house and the Jumma Musjid. Three of these play on the house, one on the high observatory close to us, and one on the Musjid to the left of observatory. Oa our side we have three batteries—one at the house, one at the observatory, and one at the Musjid, so that whichever battery of ours they fire at, they will get an answer in return. This house is fearfully shattered, our engineer and artillery officers say they work their guns beautifully, and fully equal us in good shots. We w.ho. are on outpost duty here, some 20 of us, (officers and men) all live in the gateway of this house. The day before yesterday (the 17th), while quietly sitting and chatting together, a round shot came humming and whisking right into the mouth of the gateway, struck the wall when it had gone about three yards, and burst into a thousand pieces. Poor young Wheatley, of the late h4th (one of the few who had escaped the massacre), was taken from the middle of us, a large piece of the shell striking him in the shoulder, and nearly cutting him in two. He dropped down dead, poor young fellow ! Five of us who were sitting within a circle of ten yards of him, were more or less struck, but none seriously. I got an admonitory I hump on the shoulder from a large piece of a stone that was sent whizzing by my ear; thank God, a stiff shoulder is the only damage done. Two splinters then left us alone in a most curious way and went about six yards, I expect with a large piece of the round shot, which must have struck the wall at the other end of the gateway and burst again, for it killed two men of the 6th Carabineers who were sitting at the mouth of the gateway, smashing their massive brass helmets and thick turban covers, as if they had been made of thin glass, and at the same time five or six G )orkas of the Sirmoor Battalion were killed dead on the spot, also a poor syce. It was a most wonderful thing we were not all killed, but a merci ful Providence was watching over us. We have now some sandbags as a wall in front of the gateway, and are pretty safe from shot and shell. " The weather is fearfully hot, though I really think much cooler than it generally is at this time of year. The heat is not so uncomfortable, though, as the dust, which comes flying through the gateway, and is enough to choke one. In addition to this we have the horrors of a hospital in a part of the house, and every hour of the day poor fellows are being brought in with shattered arms, legs, and the most frightful looking wounds, inflicted by round shot and shell; and, what with the screams of the poor unfortunates, the dust, flies, smell of rum, smoke, and 1,000 et referee too numerous to mention, with the banging of the shot, shell, &c., it is hardly possible to do anything. With all this it is a great satisfaction certainly to be here to pay these__ scoundrels back a part of what they have done to us. " Juile 24th.—Still before the walls of this horrible city_ We have had no reinforcements yet, beyond a few Sikhs belonging to the 4th Sikh Regiment ; consequently we have been able to do nothing except hold our own. On the 19th they came out again, having received reinforce ments, which they immediately sent out to fight us. At the same time a very large force went out a long way and tried to get round into the rear of our camp. A large force of ours consequently went out to meet those gentle men, and a tre nendous fight was the consequence. Our arrangements were very bad in this fight—the cavalry, infantry, and artillery all mixed up together in sad con fusion ; many of our men, I fear, killed by our side. The mutineers held a capital position, and their big guns did terrible execution, loaded as they were with grapeshot ; unfortunately, too, evening closed in on the fight, and, instead of quietly retiring so as to protect our camp, we were ordered to fight on, and the oon fusion became terrible; at last, however, the order game to retire ; many of our guns were left on the ground till morning, as also our killed and wounded, but were luckily all safely brought back into camp next day. I fear our loss was nearly equal to the enemy's that day ; several officers were killed and wounded, among the latter our commandant, Daly, shot through the shoulder. He is doing well, however. Kennedy, of our cavalry, too, has since been shot through the leg and stomach ; he is also doing well, but he had a narrow escape. On the morning after the last fight the mutineers again came out to try the same plan as the evening before, but the lesson we had had made us wiser, and we marched out in capital order. The enemy, seeing this, immediately began to retire, and tried to draw us into some broken ground. This, however, they did not succeed in, and, as they kept retiring from place to place, our Horse Artillery punished them a good deal. Find ing they could do no good that day, they wisely retired, and we returned to camp. No loss on our side. Since then (the 20th), beyond a few skirmishes, nothing was attempted on either side, except our blowing up two bridges, which prevents the enemy's artillery from coming out, except by a long round of some three miles to the left and right, but yesterday, the 23rd, we heard that every man in the city capable of bearing arms was coming out to make an end of us or die in the attempt. Our infer matt m was correct; at sunrise yesterday morning the whole city apparently turned out and attacked us on all sides. I was with the Guides on;the right, and from sun rise to past sunset we fought altogether 15 hours, without anything to eat and only water to drink. We managed to hold our own well, nevertheless, till about 1 o'clock, and killed an immense number of the mutineers ; but at 1 o'clock an immense reinforcement came to the assistance of the opposite party, and we had enough to do to hold our own. 1 twice fired away every shot we had, nearly 100 rounds per man, and had sent back for more ammunition. The men I sent came back with the fearful news there was no more ; to leave the position was contrary to all orders, so we had to do our best by pretending to fire and keeping the post with the bayonet. All this time we were under a perfect hailstorm of bullets, round shot, and shell, for the enemy had brought some of their light field guns round, and were playing with great effect on our reduced numbers. I certainly thought we should all be done for, when, by the greatest good luck, a part - Of the regiment of Sikhs that had that very morning marched into camp came up with a yell to our assistance ; they were fresh men, and had lots of ammunition, so we rushed on and drove the enemy back. At the same time we were ordered to advance as far as we could; this we did, and drove the enemy back into the city, after which, as they did not seem inclined to come out again, we retired, it being past sunset. Just at this time my legs, stout as they are, fairly, and for the first time, refused to carry me; after a little coaxing and rest, however, they condescended to carry ma on a little further, and I reached our picket dead beaten. I certainly never was so fearfully and painfully tired in my life. A man named Shebbeare, who is doing the second in command's work in p •or Rattyeas place, c, great, big, and very powerfully-built giant, was also so fearfully knocked up that he was obltged to be carried up; two of our poor men also were eo fatigued that they died from exhaustion. Luckily oU arrival at picket we found some thing to eat and drink. After a few mouthfuls I fell back on my bed fast asleep. Luckily, too, there was no alarm or attack in the night, for I feel perfectly certai that had my commission depended on it I could not have got up. A good night's sleep has set me up wonderfully, and I feel The mutineers have been quiet to-day also ; quite t y il lost fearfully yesterday. No more for to-day, or I " ' shall be too tale for the mail." AFFAIRS IN INDIA. The Earl of Ellenborough asked whether the government had obtained any further telegraphic information from India. Lord Panmure said no news bad been received beyond that which appeared in the ne►cspapers. The Earl of Ellenborough suggested that it might be convenient for the governments of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay to employ some gentleman to put into plain English the impprtant facts contained in the telegraphic despatches, by which ambiguity would be avoided. He also drew attention to the fact that, by the transfer of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and engineers, selected for service in India, the expenses of the home establishment during the next six months would be reduced to the extent of £529,000; and a'sumng that the expense of the troops added to the army during the same Terioi would amount to £30(),000, there would remain £229,000 applicable to military purposes. Therefore they could, out of the £300,000 voted by parliament for the militia, raise 10,000 . men ; and with the money to which he had referred, he hoped they would embody 10,000 or 12,000 men more. Lord Panmure promised that whatever balances might be in the hands of the government should be applied to the exigencies of the country, or to sending troops to India. At that time, independent of the permanent staff of the militia, they had 550 recruiting parties dispersed through the country, and during the list three weeks they had got over 1,600 recruits. THE MILITIA. In reply to the Earl of Cowie, Lord Panrnure said that an order in council would be issued before the militia could be mob° lied, and when such order was made communications would be addressed to the commanding officers of regiments. Lord Redesdale complained of the want of courtesy towards him exhibited by Earl Granville and the Lord Chancellor, on Friday night last, in the discussion on his motion for postponing the consPeration of the commons amendments to the Divorce Bill for three months. He contended that he was perfectly in order in the course that he took, and demanded from the two noble lords a public apology for the words which they had used in reference to him. Earl Granville justified his remarks on the occasion mentioned. Lord St. Leonards suggested that the noble earl should express regret, for if aoy offensive expressions had dropped from him ---- Earl Granville could not take that course, as he had ncthng to apologise for. The Duke of Argyle bore testimony to the fact, that the impression was that the noble lord would not move his amendment on Friday. The Lord Chancellor spoke in vindication of his observa tions on Friday ; and, after a few words from the Marquis of Bath and Lord Dungannon, the subject dropped. MISCELLANEOUS BILLS. The C)mmons amendments to the Bur'al Acis Amend ment Bill, the Militia Bill, and the Saleof Obscene Books, &c., Prevention Bill, we.e considered and agreed to. THE DIVORCE BILL. The order fortaki ng into consideration theCommonsAmend ment to the Divorce Bill was then read, and Lord Redesdale, on the ground that there was not sufficient time this session adequately to consider the important amendments intro duced by the other house, moved the amendment of which he had given notice, that the consideration by their Lord ships should be delayed till that day six months. The Lord Chancellor said that this Bill had been previously introduced, and discussed in 1854. It had now been fully discussed by both Houses, and it could not therefore be said that their lordships were not in a position to consider the amend.nents which the Commons had introduced. Lord St. Leonards referred at once to the amendments, which he criticised and declared to be unworkable, and stated his intention, though reluctantly, of supporting the motion of his noble friend Lord Redesdale. Earl Granville asserted that sufficient time had been given for any peer to inform himself of the nature of the amendments, and referred to the speech of the noble lord, who had just spoken, in proof of this. After a few words from the E trl Hof Carnarvon the House divided. The numbers were— For the original, . . 46 Against, 144 Majority, 2 Tha consideration of the amendments were accordingly proceeded with. To the clauses establishing local jurisdiction in matri monial and divorce cases, Lord Monteagle moved an amendment, the object of which was, to remove from courts of qulrter sessions the jurisdiction given by the clause. This amendment was negatived without a division, as was also a motion made by Lord St. Loonards to omit the proviso which relates to the fees to be charged. It was agreed to omit the sessions courts. The remainder of the Commons' amendments were adopted. On the amendment giving the wife the right to sue for divorce on account of adultery committed by the husband in the conjugal residence, the house divided. For the amendment Against Majority The House divided on the Commons amendment giving the wife the right of divorce in cases where the husband should be guilty of rape, sodomy, or bestiality. For the Commons Amendments 45 Against 29 Majority 16 The House divided on the amendment of the Commons to clause 28th, by which a provision depriving the husband guilty of adultry of the right to sue for a divorco was struck out. For the Commons amendment 39 Against 35 Majority 4 The Commons amendments which gives the husband damages for the adultry of his wife led to some discussion and upon a division was retained by 77 votes t 067 proxies. To the clause " makes it optional for a clerey - oaan to marry divorced persons,' Lord St. Leonards moved an amendment to the effoet that the option should:be confined to clergymen now in holy orders. After a discussion, The House divided, when the noble lords proposition was negatived by 37 to 32. Another division followed upon the proviso to clause 53, which was agreed to by 37 to 27. The remainining amendments were then agreed to, and The House adjourned at five minutes past oae o'clock. HOUSE OF CONDION3,—Mo2oAY. The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock. TEE ANNIE WILSON: In reply to Mr. Cobbett, Nvho put a question to the governmeotin, eference to the emigrant shit). Annie Wilson, which sailed from Liverpool on the 29th of November THE 0E14,11N LEGION AT TILE CAPE. list, Mr. Labonchere said flat no official information had been received, but, on the receipt of the newspaper account of the circumstances, the Emigration Commissioners sent to their agent at Liverpool for information on the subject. They were informed that the ship was measured for 186 adults, and only took out 169 ; he. could not but think that some mistae had Bern made as lo the alleged overcrowd ing of the vessel. There was the full quantity of water on board, and the provisions underwent the usual inspection. On the arrival of the ship, however, steps would be taken to ascertain the truth of the rAtlemitions, and if these were found to be cornet, the full penalties would be exac:ed. In answer to Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. L%bouctiere s :id he had reason to believe that the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope ha I called out the German L‘gion as soldiers, and consequently these would now be on full pay, the numerical force of the corps was 2,500, and their embodiment enabled the Governor to send a larger force from the Cape to India than could otherwise have been spared. AMALGAMATION OF THE WEST INDIA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. Mr. Jt2llll Locke enquired in what manner, if not officially, COMMUNICATIOIT WITH IRELAND. Mr. Corry asked the Secretary of the Treasury. wh ether the terms of contract for improving the comnaturica tion between London and Dublin had been finally settled, a nd, if so, whether the contract had been executed ; also, wilat steps the government had taken towards providing suitable accommodation and the necessary appliances for the embarkation and landing of mails and passengers at Kingstown and Holyhead. Mr. Wilson was glad to inform the hon. member' and the House' that these long pending negotiations had at length been brought to a close, and all that now remahreel to be done was to draw IT and execute the formal eon_ tract. Every means had been taken to make the neces sary arrangements at Holyhead and Kingstown, in order that the service might commence as so , n as the boats to carry the mails could be built. The longest time for the contract to come into operation was two years, but he hoped it would commence sooner. As, however, four large vessels had to be built, and certain arrangements made, it was cons:dered that the time fixed should not be later than two years. Sir D Norreys wished to know how many years these arrangements were-being made. (1 -laugh.) Mr. Wilson said the act of parliament under which the arrangements were made was passed two years ago, within six weeks of the rising of parliament, and though it was not a part of the duty of the Government to under take it, a treasury minute was passed to invite the various companies concerned to co-operate with the post (ace to carry out the object in view. Since that. time, November, 1855, negoelations had been going on. and any one acquainted with the facts of the case would not wonder at the time occupied in bringing them to a con clusi n. THE TRANSIT. Mr. Henley asked cibether any information had been rceeiied with respect to the loss of the Transit Lord Palmerston said her Majesty's Government had no information on the subj , -et beyond that contained in the telegraphic message which was communicated to the newspapers. THE TELZGRAPII TO INDIA. Mr. Griffiths wished to know whether the Government would consent to the application of the cable manufactur ing for the telegraphic communication across the Atlantic to the improvement of the communication with Alexandria ? Also whether it was true that the Pasha of Egypt lied given permission for British troops to cross the Isthmus, and wheher the Government proposed to avail themselves of the permissiou ? Lord Palmerston in reply to the first question said, that the cable was not the property of her Majeety's govern ment ; with regard to the other question, when it was considered desirable that twa regiments would crass the Ishmus, no objection was raised by the Pasha of Egypt, or by the Turkish g ,vern went, and every facility was given for the passage, but on account of the difficulty and expense already mentioned by him, this road to India was not adopted. TEIZ ARMY. Colonel Freestun gave notice of his intention early next session to move an address to the Crown grayinE , for an increase of the pay of subalterns in the regul•tr army. CORONERS INQUISITIONS In reply to Mr. Cohbett, Sir G. Grey said he would have no objection to the reappointment of the Committee upon the subject of Coroners Inquisitions, and thought that it would be referred to the evidence taken before the committee in 1851. • --- vV THE TREATY OF PARIS. Lord Raynham inquired whether any information had reached the Government of an alleged violation of the treaty of Paris by Russia, by sending a warlike expedition to the coast of Circassia. Lord Palmerston replied that by the treaty of Paris, it was declared that the Black Sea should be neutral, except that Russia and Turkey might have vessels there for the purpose of police, and the other powers have two vessels each, in order to ascertain whether the treaty was observed. By the treaty of Adrianople, Turkey ceded to Russia parts of the Circassian coast. Russia had recently engaged in hostilities with the Circassian tribes on the north part of the coast, and he did not apprehend in what she had now done, Russia had exceeded her power. The Lords Amendments to the Probate and Letters of Administration (Ireland) Bill, and the Joint Stock Companies Bill, were considered and agreed to. The house rose at a quarter to four o'clock, WHAT is COMING to LIVERPOOL on the 31st instant ?—Why, TEE GREATEST NOVELTY IN THE WORLD WHERE IS IT TO BE SEEN ? THAT'S THE QUESTION. A.T COAL , . DI3COVE RY IN TRINIDAD'. That there is an extensive seam of coal it this island, commenc ing on the east coast; near Cape Noir, and extending inland- (how far is yet node' ide lit its traces have been fo lowed for five miles in'and) in a south-westerly direction towards Pointe-Pierre, is a fact placed beyond all dispate: The exlstence el coil, of an enceiient gu dity, fitted for any purpose, is acknowledged. The great requisite ia the vast net work of steam communication; the want of which, and the expense and trouble of bringing which, has hitherto been one of the main obstruct oas to cheapness, extensioa, and thorough efficiency, can now b 3 sappliai from nn' almost central spot: As far as it has been as yet traced, its approechas—leaving cut any speculation as to the possibility of .hipping it on the s ast coast — within 301311135 of the very best point in the whole gulf for loading vessels in a direct line to Pcint-a-Pierre. The great drawback, the otkread w.iich induee the mistrust and dislike of any undertaking by local interests, is the scarcity of labour. If any planis to be attempted to m3ke use of this grand gift of nature, unless some method can be devised by witich it will be prevented interfering with the apply of labour to estates, it is certain to' be met with every discouragement possible-fram theft" proprietors. Unless the protest of mining the coals he undertaken by some company unconnected with the co ony, it seems to us that the demand for coal in the island would be inauff..- dent to render any local attempt profitable ; owing to the vessels coming here for sugar, bringing out coal almost as ballast, we usually obtain coal for sager manufacturing purposes at the very cheapest rate. It is true that sometimes the supply falls short, and prices rise so high that the planter is driven to all sorts of delfts to supply its place; and it is also true that the substitute for it, an abundance of wood close at hand, is every year diminishing in the same proportion as the demand for fuel increases. Tracts of land covered with wood disappear before the extended cane cultivation, and the fuel becomes mere remote as the sWistitution of steam-engines for cattle mina renders it more wanted. Hence, tip igh at present the local demand can hive very little a eight hereafter, it will be at important ilia - are in the cas..—Port of Spain Gazette. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. THE LATH SIR HENRY LAWRENCE, K.C.B —Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence, whose death in a s.lrtie beneath the walls of Lucknow, was announced in our telegraphic intellie.,ence from India on Saturday, was a brother of Sir John Laird Muir Lawrence, K.C.8., being the eldest son of the late Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Wm Lawrence, of the county of Londonderry, sometime Gavener of Upnor Castle, who distinguished himself by his gallantry at Seringapatam. His mother was a daughter of the late Captain Knox, of county Donegal. He was born at Maßurs, in Ceylon, in 1806, and married in 1837, Honorie, the youngest daughter of the Rev. George Marshall, of Caradocagh, Ireland, but was left a widower in the year 1854. Having received his early education at the diocesan school at Londonderry, and after wards at the College of Addiscombe, he entered the military service of the East India C tinpany in the Bengal Artillery in 18.21, and soon obtained the character of an able energetic officer. He served in the Cabul campaign under General Sir George Pollock in 1845, andreceiveeshortly afterwards the brevet rank of major. In the same year he became British resident at Nepaul. He afterwards took part in the campaigns on the Sntlej, after which he was made a Military Companion of the Bath. and promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 184.6. be was appointed resident at Lahore, and agent for the Governor-General on the north western frontier. Oa the annexation of the Punjaub in 1849, he WAS appointed by Lord Dalhousie Chief Commissioner for the government of that district ; and far his able services in this and his prececding em ployment was made a civil K.C.B. In 1854 he obtained 'he rank of full C.ilonel, and was also nominated an honorary Aide deec:reep to Her Majesty. Re was the author of " Adventures of an Officer in the service of Rungeiet Singh," and the firmness and ability which he had shown in checking the progress of the recent mutiny menthe too fresh in our readers memories. to need repeat ing here. We can only add that in Sir Henry Lawrence the Indian bervioe and the country, have lost an officer whose head and hand they could ill afford to spare in the preseat crisis. We read in the Press The legislature is adjourned under gloomy circumstances. It is. felt amongst politi cians of all parties that since the year 1834 (when such great domestic changes took place) there never was a r - n3ss which might be looked forward to with se much interest, as being likely to bring forth most seriout inci dents. There have been great political changes since the Ist of January last. The whiga had secretly organised an electioneering system ; Lord Stanley of Alderley had been made a member of the Cabinet; and the opportu nity was taken of a dissolution on the Chinese pretext. The conservatives stood firm, and gained rather than lost ; b It the isolated sections were swept away, and an anomalous mejerity was returned. The minister appeared to have a triumph, and without foresight' committed himself. positively to undertake a Reform Bill for the next s ission. By procrastinating this measure to 1858 the Premier hoped to get out of the difficulty. Various measures were laid aside until this Reform Bill should be disposed of and the public mind relieved. The Divorce Bill was introduced and carried, after compromises and cuttings and parings without end. Then came the Indian crisis, which ministers Loin the first, and even up to the present week, have so stuliously persisted in underrating; that they can have no fair exeose for endeavouring to avoid their promise of a Reform Bill. If -they attempt to rid e off from their reform pledges, on the ground that the y ' L ee dian crisis is of such magnitude, they convict themseLves of want of foresight, and their speeches,' pooh-poel•Jiag) the danger, can be quoted agaient them again and, again. We cannot suppose that they contemplate astep wl*chwonld ruin their already damaged reputation, and v e take for granted that they still meditate adhering to t'aeir solemn pledges on a Reform Bill. To conclude. The se cond pa 7-, liamentary session of tin year may now I,e said to be at an end ; but there is every prospect, acce,rding to present appearances, and the Premier's hints on Thursday, of parliament meeting again before Chrlistmas. It would, therefore, be precipitate to assume that the parliamentary tear has expired." Farvest operations have during the past few deyo.been commenced in this neighbourhood. several small patches having beets cut down and more being nearly ready ; and with a continuance of the present weather we may calculatemPon a general harvest next week, as the crops all round the district seen rapidly app ()aching maturity. Re port speaks highly favourably of their appearance and condition ; and though in some cases where the crop was heavy upon the ground. it was partially lodged by the late rains, yet not to cause any mate rial damage, and tee recent file we:iher we have experienced has, to a certain extent, effected its restoration, The rains had a most sal, to.ry influence upon the turnios and grass lands, which were both suffering severely fro n the lengthened drought, but both are now looking strong and healthy. The potatoes also are looking bettor, and have a greater quantity of bloom upon them,, than we have seen for several years.— xeweastle Chronicle. Seldom have we enerieneed such foe harvest weather as during the past eight days. In this ne , ghbourhood harvest was generally commenced on Monday by those who had not previously begun to ply the sicktb. A large number of very fine fields of wheat hops already been cat down, and the crop looks luxurious in the sheaf. From the beautiful ripening weather the grain will no doubt mr.l well. A few fields of corn have been cut, and have the appearance cf an abundant yield. Potatoes are generally doing well, and. turni: - ..a proviso a good supply for winter feeding,—Ayr Alt/eraser. The wheat crop may be proe.eusced unusually productive. Tile barley crop is of unusual extset, but will probably lied barely an average par acre. The oat crop is decidedly below its average pro ductiveness. Pulse crops are for the most part inferior. Potatoes have prom-red better, but are mere diseased than they have been-for severaliyears. The hay crop is good and unusually well got. Turnips are generally inferior. Mengel Wurzels generally good.—Gardeners' Chronicle. _ More maznificent weather we never ha l for harvest, and sallom we b3lieve, in quantity or (i-ualty, has the produce been excelled- Of wheat thayield is in soma places such as to surprise the farmer- ; for years he has known nothing like it: Oats and Barley will also be good, awl of the po atoe disease we hoar little. Disease there of coure.c. is, but, Co awandwith the crop, it is incons:derabie, and even la pllces in which alarm some time ago. exist-!d, we are not told of its extension. On the whole,. the prospect is one for which, th 3 c =try shon•ld he thankful. On bonded knee, congregations should pour out their g: atitu e, and pray th 3 gravioas Giver to incline the, recipients to make a batter uaa of hi 3 bounty than to spend itja. revelry and elmr,kenuess,—CJok Constitution. PECIPB Fni DISSENTED.Y.—AS at this season of year all classes are liable to be afihieted with this esnplaint, for the benefit of the public we give the following remedy, which the Farinz4s Gazettg pranotince3 simple and efacecious : "Take a tumber of cold water, thicket/At with wheat flour to about the consistency of cream, and drink it. This is to be repeated several times in the entree of the day, or as often as you are thirsty; and it is net very likely that you will need it on the- second day. We have not only used it in our own case, but have recomended. it to our friends in many instances., anti we never knew it to fail of effeeeng a speedy cure in the worst stagrs of dis s e nter y ," Is is a sim p le remedy, and costs little. now. n it re WORKMEN'S IiCUSBS TO BC BUILT IN EDIN BURGH I —Under this title, the Rev. Dr. Begg writes a letter to tha Lord Provost, in which he says :—" To build workmen's. houses with advantage, they must of course be built in quantities. Land, plans, contracts, all can be got cheaper if got wholesale, and if well aired, dry, came fortable, well situated workmen's houses could thus be erected aryl sold to each workman at wholesale price, an . 4inoraense 'abject would be gained. The property investment companies have -been extremely useful, especially to the class above the working men; but iaismuch as they have not, like the English and Irish societies, done anything in the w ay of buying land or building additional house', they have, by increasing the number of purchasers, only raised the value of all. the second-rate property at present in existence. They have not as yet gone by any means to the root of the mischief, nor can they ever do so upon the present plan. They have been most valuable in teaching and encouraging frugality and forethought in many of our citizens, and in acting as a kind of banker for managing the money- of their me/rib:re ; but their full utility and value Will only be discovered, as well as that of the savings wanks, when a scheme is set on foot for surround ing the w)aole city with new clusters of comfortable and suitable b ousts, which the people may have it in their power to buy by means of the existing machinery for aceumullaing money. Now, what I propose is, to raise a capital. 'for this express purpose. Two friends of mine have offered. to advance £lOO each with this view; I shall advar.ec another; and if forty or fifty men in Edinburgh will do the same—in other words, it £4,001 or £5,000 can be reit' ,ed for this express purpose, I think I see how the entire gr ound floor of our society might in due time be elevated 'Above the present level of degredation. Let this money be advanced upon the principle of limited liability, and let the lissue be tested, and each subscriber be allowed to retire if there is any loss of funds at the end of the first and of every sueceeding opera'ion—let the funds be handed over to a committee of first-class men of skill and experience —let them begin by erecting a number of, houses upon the most approved plan, say from forty to fifty, in the most dense neighbourhoods of working tnen—let these houses be soli to the workmen in retail at cost price, alter calculating all expenses—let the men, by means of savin g s' banitksal thus and investment companies, purchase them—let the cap extricate .I be again immediately removed t o another locality, and the same operation repeated ; and let this be done again and again until the whole necessities of the working classes of Edinburgh are supplied, or until they have learned the art of combination f o r the accomplishment of such an object as to be independe nt of help. ' HORRID NEGRO MIIRDER3. Another murderous atrocity transpired at St. Louis on the 3rd instant, in which two, if not three. victims are ineluded in a violent fate. The scene of the butchery was a negro dwelling on the east side of Tenth-street, inhabited by oie Johnson, a fres mulatto, and his wife and mother-in-law. The oecupatisn of the murderer has been ' that of a steam-boat steward, end fur some time past he ha, been off the river passing his time constantly in this city. Soon he became gown to the palice as A person of desperate character, and was more than once in their hands far violent and disorderly conduct. About dark the neighbours were cumin ined to the hone) by a report of their murder at his hands, and !mini on entering the door all three : of the parties lying on the floor—the women quite dead and their betties covered wi h blood from frightful stabs in the breast,inflicted by a huge butcher knife. Johnson himself hal a fearful wound in 'the abdomen, serf-inflicted, no doubt, and evidently by the same weapon he had need in killing his companions. At ten o'clock a posse of policemen assumed guar l of the•premisss, amid quieted the excitement existing among the spectators. Johnson was still living at that hour, in full possession of his faculties and - Wee to speak. He sullenly refused, however, to tell why he had committed the treble c-ime which hod just bean• eaacte, and declined to couverse at all about it It is thought he cannot probably r:Ceeer. We have further heard that there is no doubt of the fast that Snit's was je ;of his wife, for lir ceeseeved, as our reporter left the heats, in suastance, "that his wife was not true to him." A dark story eviden ly lurks behind this terribie tragedy, - viewing tor the moment this last expres sion. and coupling It with the fact that the two marderel females had him brought beam the Recorder a short tirn s Knee far abusing thorn. They - lived iecomfartabte circurnst me 3s. It is asserted that Smith had been drinking before he co nmitt,d the murder, and he vomited several times while oar reporter was preient.—Aoseeicae. SEDUCTION, ABORTION, AND DEATH IN CHICAGO. Some of the particulars a dark and wickel transaction, which has recently taken place in tleiere.'tY, have been revealed to us through the mecum of legal inured; ions which are no r in p•ozrass. It appears that thiedeath of a Fee og women has been c mead by an at - tempt mode upon her to produes abortion, and that parties who have occupied respectable positions is the comemnity a e implicated in the d •eadfol rime. On Wednesdnee &Lip 52, a yettng.Norweaau woman whose name was given as Repair .Peterson, bat which it is said was P.egnat Lawson, was brought tie this city from some place in the country, (probaWy Bureau County:,) about 12) miles distant. What tier condi:ion was when she-arrived here does not-as yet aop ar, but not far from the data referred to &le wast 'ken to a boarding-house, on, State-street, la very ill hea'th„ xv.:ere the person who came with her desired to here her taken care of not 1 she got better, On the same day, the woman who attended her diecovered'that she W 3; in a vary dange - ons condition, and th 3 woman of tie house sent for C roner Hanson, (suppoeing _himi i to be the health officer), and desired him to look to, the case.. Mr. Hanson- tekl her to get a physician* Dr. Bevans was then LINA for, and on visiting the women discovered at once that abortion had :been produced. The woman, with great apparent candour, stated to ttes doctor that she had lived with a roan named Temp'e, in Chillicothe, Bereau C mnty ; that by him she had I ecome enciente ; that he proposed to , her the destruction of their intercourse by procuring abortion ; thatar first she reiased, bat finally eoasentei, and was brcught to Chicago for that purpose; that th operation was pereormodupon her byre-. Swansey, (of.sems place in Bares County), tater which she was token to the her.se in State street, as satted above. She rem head thece several days, nobody visiting her exmpt Dr. Bryan, who w.se eudeavouring to save her life- On Thursday night last she Wei removed f.em that hoes- , to the Ball's Head Tavern, where she died on the following Friday marling. The coroner was then informed of the fazt,. and he proceede I at once to the 'Yale where the bodY lay, and whore preparation' for the burial were then onidting. Temple was arrested, and is now in jdil. We understand that Dr. Swrsasey has also been arreatel, and is probably by this time .fa the city.e-Chicago Times. A MOTHER MURDERED BY - HER CHILDREN: About one o'clock yesterday the residents of Griswelo.stree, be t't een diarrison and Folk. were startled by hearing a great noise and disturbance in the rear of a donbleframe house which stands a few fet back from the sidewalk. The house is oecupied by seveld. German.families of thepoorer chases. Two a nail rooms in the back part, one of them a sort of outside kitchen, were occuploi by an aged acrman woman- named Deicitieh, together 'with her son ant daughter and two erns!, grand chi dren—five persons in all, living in two roosns not either.: of which is more than tan feet Kaye. It was from these rooms that the noise Blinded to appeared to proceed. Knowing that the son, George Deklrich, was a drunken and quarrel somErfellow, and that the daughte , , El z %ben Doidrich Sharp, was litt:e better, and also having heard frequent noise and disturbance thereprevionslv, the neighbours gave little attention to the matter. kir hoer or two afterwards, a litt e eon of the womaa who lives over head told one of th neighbours that old Mrs. Daiirich was dead that George Deideich had killed her with a knife. The neighbour' started Immediately to go to the house, and in the yard mrt Mary. the daughter of MTS. Sharp, a girl about eight years old, who made a. oimilar F tat ement in regard to her grandmother's death. The woman antercd the house, and found Mrs. Deidrich's dead body lying on the miserable bed in the second room. She thereupon proceeded Inane .diately o give information to the pol ce, and officer Daniel M•Carthy `,`proceeded to arrest both the saspected parties, wh• ware taken to jail. Prior to this, it appear/1 the woman, Mrs. Sharp• had been to Mr. Foot, the- county Superintenden`, to whom she stated that her mother was dead, and desired he would give her an. order for a cane, as she was too poor to ply 'or one. The, order was given, the co din was procured, and the bother and sister were making pupa etlona for the funeral when they were arrested. At five o clock. , a v isited the house where the corpse still remained. It is one of the most filthy and pestiferous localities iii this stinking metiopolls. The gutters, ya-ds, areas,in fact every foot of ground, are reeling with filth and decaying garbage; every breath of air which finds its way among the miserable tenements is rank with foal and ungholeaome odous. It is diftletalt to remain for many minutes in the neigh'• ourhood,, so heavily is the a mosphere laden with cor ruption.. The great wonder is, not 'hat the people should die there. but how is it possible for then to live in the midst of so much filth and unwholesome stench. Several of the neighbours who were present stand that about a week previous the deceased had been severely beaten by George, her s.m.and that since then the had been confined most of the timee,to her bed. One woman said th,t three times on. attempting to get up she hal fallen to the floor. Others stated that George Deidr.ch had beaten her seve - al times, and all concurred in saying that both,he and his steer had treated her shamefully. In, ,view of all the facts which we ware able to learn, it was difflcult tee cone ude that the woman had. been murdered, yet nut di!'ficelp , ll Ibelieve that bar death was caused by the inhuman treatment of he offspring, united with, the miserable manner in which .she existed.— Chicago TA-a.s, BLOODY TRAGEDY. On Saturday morning last, one of the most frightful tragedies occurred in Chester County which it haspeen oar unplelsant dnty to record, and,wWch, indeed e we are glad to believe Is r rely piraleled. Early on the morning above men toned, Constable Lynch, of West chester, in company with Milton Laymae,, proeeede 1 to e .ecate a warrant which had b en placed in their hands for the arrest of man named Wit been Baugh, Bough resided at what is called ttarisville, on the Conestoga turnpike. Baugh was charged with inflicting wounds upon a coloured man wi.h a pitchfork; this was the offence for which- the arrest was to be mode. The police-officers , arrived on the spot, at the residence of Baugh, abe it six o'c'ock in the Morning. Baugh was at the woo 1-pile cutting wool, with an axe its his hand, when they drove up in a Bight waggon. The officers alighted, advanced to Bough, who asked Layman if he w:s an officer . Laynnnreplied.he had some business with him, and Lynch proceeded to read the warren'. At this memeet Layman a Ivenced to wards Baugh, who raised his axe over his heal, and with both hands brought it down upon Layman, aiming at his heal, bet striking the e .11ar of his coat, and penetrating his neck, inflicting a won id of the most geestly and deafly character. The wound extended char across the neck. and is described as three inches or more is depth. After inflicting this wound, he egoin swung his weapon aloft, to deal another blow, and Laymen, who sprang bade , drew his revolver and fires to .110)13 the righi arm of hi. antagonist. The bill struck the helve of the axe. and glancing, graze i tile shoulder f Haugh. and passed his neck, just missing it, and grazing the coin. B tug's then reseed on Lay- man, a struggle ensued, Laym in threw him, and Limped upon his body and held him securely until Constable Lynch furnished a peir of handcuffs. The straggle was long cent nued—some ten or fifteen. minutes—and was of the most desrerate character. Finally his hands were manacled, and he was forced into the waggon. They then drove rapidly toward Lionville -Layman driving, and constable Lynch guardirg the prisoner. After driving two miles Lay, an.' became so much ex ;misted wi h the loss of b oad as to require as si6tance—whispared to lynch that he must summon aid—as they welkin the immediate vicinity oe . Vickers' p etery. A celoured men. whrwas wor leg in the adj >cent field was cape I to, who came for ward, but refu-el to render . ass'stauce when told that B aug h was in the wagon. Perceiv.ng their helpless coed tion, Bate' cleterm•ned to frustrate their effo ts to obtain aid, and, wits the desperation of despair, made an attack o t Lynch, who h .1d a loaded pistol in his pocket. He seized Lynch by the throat, and att-mited to force him from the wagon. Lyeeh drew his pistol 'from his teseket—Bangh . got hold of the pistol, bat wth the aid a L a yman it was re covered by Lynch; Baugh aga in seized the armf Lynch, making a desperate eff or t to regain the vist 1, and the pistol in the struggle was di; hargel , a nd the contents entered the head of the prison e r, at tee t-mpie, a nd the ball lodged above the opposite side the eye on of the head. The wound was mortal--the forward w i t h all speed, Cmsteble Lynch wan the only party now col pr i soner was disable d —the wagon a g ain proceeded in a di sa bled eandition—and he reached Lionville, cove-el with blood with iris dying prisoner and desperateiy wounded companion. Tiles -n. nation crest-d in that quiet oilirgeo, on the announcenielt ot such an arrival, may be mere easily im igined thee de ctibe.,d. Horror seized the stoutest heart , and qker the crowd ,T; tlered, aid the bodies o the wounded men were removed Irma the vehic e to the hotel. Tits desperate character of Baugh was well known to a'l the citizens ; had defied the local authorltie,s, oh had tailed of an arrest—he had threatened that an attempt to take him should be sea el with I.lood and now he was a capt ve before teem, gasping his last, with hi Woody threatrnings aw:ully fu diled. AT teitestanding the locrror the ghostly sped ic'e, t era was a mingled satisfaction that the lee had been vindicated, and the hiehest feelings of adm ration were die played on al sides at the self- sacriticieg heroism of the men who ha periled their own lives in their intleaible determination to execni their duty. Every one rejoiced that outlawry had not triumphs( The wounded prisoner, Baugh, died in «bent an hour after h arrival at the hots'. The condition of Mr. Layman-yesterday mornir (Monday) woe as favoma,ble as could be expected. Ile is entirel calm aid col ected. The d e.ger is fern inilematien in the wounds part,—Westehester (Pa) Village Record, ,