Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-09 00:00:00

LATEST TELEGRAMS. DEATH OF KING OSCAR STOCKHOLM, July 8 —His Majesty King Oscar Lied to-day. He was born on the 4th July, 1799. —..-,,e,.._____-..-. BOMBARDMENT OF ZARA VIENNA, July B.—The Austrian Vorrespondenz contains the following —The Freneh frigate, Impe- ritrisse, bombarded Zara yesterday, the Fortress re turned the fire. The Imperitrisse at lastbroke off the contest, appearing to have suffered injury. [HE WAR IN ITALY. FURTHER NEWS OF THE ARMISTICE NO PROSPECTS OF PEACI PARIS, Friday, July B.—The Moniteur of thi morning, after having given the official despatch sent yesterday by the Emperor to the Empress It is necessary that the public should not mis- understand the extent of the armistice It is limited merely to a relaxation of hostilities between the h gerent armies, which, though leaving the field o pen for negotiations, do not enable us for the present to foresee how war may be terminated TILE ARMISTICE. PARIS, Friday —The Patrie says it is good to put public opinion upon its guard against every sur- prise, speaking of the approaching negotiations With which the public will be occupied during the armistice The Patric calls to mind the programme traced by the Emperor before his departure for the Army Which pointed out that Italy must be independent from the Alps to the Adriatic The campaign in Italy has given to this project the sanction of a victory, therefore, if the negotia- tions take place, they can only have as a basis the complete independence of Italy The Presse explains the note of the Moniteur, and the official communication is intended to put the public on their guard against being carried away by visions of peace All the other papers express the same opinion. " If this armistice is but a truce, like that concluded ten years ago between Radetzky and Charles Albert, then it is a fatal concession on the part of Francis Joseph, for it will but enable his enemy to repair his strength. We will hope, however, that in consenting to this armistice the Emperor of Austria has made up his mind to the necessary conditions of a peace The nature of those conditions cannot but have pre- rented. themselves to him. On the evening of that day of Solferino all hope of re-establishing the authority of Austria over any portion of Lombardy, must have passed away like a dream in the morning He must have felt that the moment was come either for absolute submission, or for another obstinate and hopeless fight. He has chosen the former alternative. He has submitted. Well, what will be the terms ? The progress of this contest has done much to disclose to us the character of the man who has brought this campaign to so speedy a termination. He never swerves from his formed design., but he is never elated by success, and is content to march step by step, and by short, certain advances, to the objects he has proposed to himself. He may be expected to be moderate in the hour of his triumph. But, however moderate he may be, Austria can scarcely expect more than to be allowed to enjoy what she has for the moment preserved, Lombardy is gone, and the fortresses which enabled her to dominate Lombardy cannot be expected to remain uncon ditionally in her hands. Venice is not yet a part of the French conquests, and she may stipulate that the Queen of the Adriatic may be allowed to retain an independent character under the most popular of her Archdukes. Lombardy, however, has fallen beneath the sword, and the conquerer must dispose of it according to his wilL The House of Lords was about solemnly to debate the propriety of interfering by mediation between the warring Powers. They have themselves saved us this humane but very delicate enterprise. The ' just and comprehensive terms' which Lord Stratford de Redcliffe was pre pared to advocate in the House of Lords will no longer be at the suggestion of England or of Germany or of Ruesia. Austria has chosen to take the sword, and by the fortune of the sword she must abide. Any recommencement of hostilities is out of the question, Her enemy is now in the position which she herself held when a similar armistice was made and broken, and when seven days sufficed for ltadetzky to finish the war. Before this truce is ended the French army will be refreshed and rein forced, a fleet of gunboats will be ready for launching upon the lake that surrounds Mantua, and a great. army will be ready to make its decent upon the shores ,of Northern Italy. Broken and dispirited as Austria now is, she is yet better able to fight at this moment than she will be at any future time. We believe, therefore, in peace, and we believe that the path to peace will be made smooth to her, for the Emperor has won the advantage which for the moment he proposes to himself. lie has climbed this day's journey, and he is probably inclined to halt and rest and recruit his strength, and to measure the altitude above him. If this should be so, and if this war between France and Austria is ended, France comes tremendous in power out of the conflict, and Europe will look on with still increasing interest, much meditating upon the future, while she rests upon her arms."— Times. " The French have been victorious thus far. They fi nd themselves on the point of attempting, and Probably of carrying, the last Austrian positions in Ital y. Supposing that done, they will stand face to face with Austria's big brother, the German con federation. The prospect of a general and huge FurOPea'4 'war is frightful. The Austrian empire tHE NORTHERN IMI_ES, SATURDAY, JULY 9 18:,9 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. means of redressing; all that could be done would be done to prevent their occurrences in future. Mr. Bowyer declared the present war to be one of open avowed conquest, carried on by revolutionary means. It was natural that this war should be regarded with alarm by the German powers, who might expect to be the next attacked. England, placed in comparative safety, ought not to interfere with the steps taken with Germany in its own defence. He believed that our turn would come, and that Austria in Italy was fighting the battles of England. Mr. Disraeli was not altogether satisfied with the ex planations as to the conduct of the Government with regard to Germany. To give advice was to interfere, and the Government would by so doing give a moral guarantee to that country against the consequences of that advise. He called on them to exercise a more guarded neutrality. The motion for the adjournment till Monday was then agreed to. On the motion that the House go into Committee of Supply, Lord Ilotham asked the Secretary of State for War his intentions with respect to the defences of the river and, in so doing, to refer to a report HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY Lord de Redcliffe said that, in consequence of the armis tice just concluded in Italy, he should not, as he had proposed, now call attention to the state of affairs in that country. Having made this intimation, he entered largely into the subjtct in stating at length what he intended to have said, and what points he meant to have brought forward. Lord Brougham hoped that the armistice would extend from Italy to that house. The Marquis of Normanby declared that he had no con fidence in the present government. The house should watch the conduct of the ministry, while the ministry watched the progress of events. , Earl Granville commended the abstinence of Lord Strat ford. The government would fail in its duty if it did no t do all in its power to discourage discussion at the present important crisis of affairs. Atter some forinal business, the house adjourned at twenty minutes to six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY Mr. Maguire asked whether it is intend i ?d to introduce, on the part of government, any measure for the repeal or modification of the oaths now taken by Catholic Members of Pailiament, and, if so, when will they be prepared to lay such measures on the table. "1 The Attorney-General for Ireland, said, that it was not intended to bring' forward any measure during the presen t session, but he hoped to propose in the next a modification of the existing oath. ' Mr. Grady asked government if it intended introducing any measure this session, for the alteration of the laws which regulated the relations between landlords and tenants in Ireland, with the view of securing compensation to the latter for all substantial and permanent improvements made by them on their holding. The Attorney-General for Ireland said, that the Irish government would consider the matter with a view to legislation next session, but no measure would be introduced at present. Mr. Danson asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether it was the intention of Government to introduce a Medical Charities' Amendment Act during the present session ? and, if so, when such a measure will be laid upon the table of the House ? Mr. Cardwell said, Government had no such intention during the present session. Mr. Digby Seymour asked the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, whether the American govern ment regard the trade by sea between New York and California as a coasting trade when the goods are un shipped at Aspinwall, and carried across the Isthmus of Panama, to be reshipped for California, and, if so, whether it is proposed by her Majesty's government to address any remonstrance upon the subject to the government at Wash- ington. Mr. Wilson said that communications would be imme diately made with the American government respecting the matter, which was of great importance to the shipping interest. The construction put upon the term coasting trade was a forced one, though it might be correct as to the letter. In answer to Mr. Walpole, Lord J. Russell said he had no information as to the armistice in Italy beyond what appeared in the Moniteur. Replying to Mr. T. Duncombe, The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he should make his financial statement as soon as the House should have agreed as to the army and navy estimates. On the motion for adjournment till Monday, Mr. H. Berkeley said that he should not bring forward any motion for the ballot during the present session, becaus he did not wish to interfere with the business of govern ment, but he should not rest so long as he had a seat in the house until he had obtained the settlement of the question- Mr. liodgkinson called the attention of the house to the serious inconvenience caused by the indiscriminate registra tion of all obligatins to the Crown, and asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether such registration may not, with- out injury to the public service, be dispensed with, except in cases of default, or expectation of default. Mr. Malins admitted the inconvenience of the present " Evviva Vittore Etnmanuele," beneath the windows of General Guyon. Now the current of their feelings is changed. When the news of the battle of Ma practice. gents arrived they illuminated spontaneously ; but The Chancellor of the Exchequer admitted that the evil when they received intelligence of the battle of had once been a very great one, but it had materially Solferino not a light was to be seen, and they pre lessened of late years. Only thirty crown bonds had been served a moody and ominous silence. In a letter registered since 1856. He could not consent, however, to received here from a person devoted to the present dispense with the practice. which was not resorted to except system, it is stated that the enthusiasm for the in cases of necessity. The matter was a serious one, and if success of the Allies h as me lt e d awa y i n th e twink- brought forward in a more definite form, he would furnish ling of an eye ; that the bourgeoise have grown all the information in his power as to the present state of suddenly cold indifferent to the war, and insensible the case. to the burthens, and that they are as assiduous in Mr. Hassard asked Mr. Whiteside what course he prc attending to their private affairs as they were during posed to take with respect to the bills for the relations the most prosaic period of their history- " Certainly," subsisting between landlords and tenants in Ireland, of says the writer, " this Roman population will which he gave notice when a law-officer of the Crown. never forgive us what they grotesquely call our Mr. S. Fitzgerald asked the Secretary of State for treason. Certainly they will never again offer Foreign a Affairs, whether a d despatch will d layt haveo uponbthe taeen dbdleeofed to House,co of Government, espate stated her Majesty's Minister . ovations, nor assemble in honour of any one ; but thePrussianat they are ready to caricature everybody, and have Berlin, conveying the views of Ifer Majesty's Government already done so with respect to the King of Sardinia as to the course which that power ought to pursue with and General Guyon. . . In the first Victor reference to the war now going on in the north of Italy. Y lie urged this d eman d i n consequence o f a disclosure Emmanuel is represented with the bosom pierced b two poniards. In the second, General Guyon is made by Sir C. Wood, as to the language shown disguised as a cardinal." reported to have been held by the present govern ment to the German Courts. The opinions of the Prussian Government on this subject had been placed on record, and it was incumbent on the house to know both the views of the British Government on this important matter, and the The steamer Clyde with the ship's letter mail and language in which these views were expressed. six„,day's later dates arrived from the West Indies. Sir C. Wood rf explained that th e ex p r essions used in his speech at i- The islands generally are healthy , trade is dull, al a in x e , nwei the North, as to the probability of n the war extending to North re simply intended to quiet the fears and politics unchanged. She spoke the barque ofcomm commercial Germany. Georgetown, from Barbadoes to London. Mr. Schneider called the attention of the house to the present state of Mexico, especially to the outrages which had been committed upon British subjects, and asked Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs w h a t steps have PARIS, Friday 11.5 a.m.---Rentes are offered at the . . 65.25. been taken to obtain redress for such outrages. Mr. Baillie Coc hrane wished to know i f there would be 1 p-m.—Great agitation prevails on the Bourse, to transact business. any objection' to the reproduction of Count de C avour ' s and it i s almost impossible Renter 65.80. despatch of June 14, whereby the annexation of Lombardy to Piedmont wa s ex p ressl y recommended. 1.9 p.m.—The r i se continues. Rentes are now 66. Lord John Ru ssell said that this last despatch had not 2.20 p.m.--A further r i se o f 1 has taken place on 7, account of the in creas i ng b elief in peace. been officially communicated to the British g overn ment , but the substance ha d been communicated b y Sir J. Hudson Renter 66.40 for Money, and 66.60 f or A ccoun t , w 3.40 p.m.—Bourse close s very fi rm an d animated. who had been informed that the anne xa ti on o f L om b ar d y to Piedmont must depend upon the cours e o f even t s an d th e being a rise of 21 per cent. since yesterday. Rail- wishes of the inhabitants. As to the despatch addressed to way Shares from 20f to 30f higher. Austrian Prussia, it was part of a correspondence now going on, and Railway Shares have also risen considerably. j it would be very inconvenient that it should now be AMSTERDAM, Friday.—Austrian Metaliques have produced. As to the matter itself, government had not expressed any opinion as to the conduct of the Small states —sr-- of Germany, but as various rumours had been afloat as to There is in Baltimore a rum shop called "Bleak House." f the conduct of Prussia, the government had intimated to An American paper says that a compositor in Copenhagen that power its hopes that the thea tre o f war might not be has invented a composing machine for se ttin g t yp e, which further extended. He deprecated all further discussion at will do the work of twelve men, but so comp licated that it would require fifteen men to keep it in order ! a time when an armistice had been formall y anno unced by In the town books of the Corporation of Yough al, county the .ifoititeue. As for the outrages in Mexico, they Cork, among other singular enactments of that body, are 1 had been committed by both the contending parties two which will now be regarded as curosities. In the year in that destracted country. Some of them had been re -1680 and 1703 a cook and a barber received their freedom, . but a fresh arrear had since been on condition that they would respectively Aress the mayor's dressed by previous aetton, , take feasts and shave the Corporation gratis con3mittod, which the government woula all possible THE WEST INDIA MAIL, SOUTHAMPTON, Friday THE FRENCH FUNDS risen 9 per cent. s in a most critical position. The revolt of Hungary is immiw.,nt, and every other province is discontented. But . 1t is not the object of France to destroy kdstria. That would be a game as dangerous as unprofitable. Napoleon, therefore, stops short to see whether Austria will consent to purchase safety and a fair peace at the price of sacrificing her Italian swa y. We think she will. All Europe will now at once step in to tender their advice and to prevent the war from commencing. The freedom of Italy is won. That is sufficient. Austria is driven out. Let France also retire. Let the due portion be given to Sardinia. Secularise the government of the Pope, and let the King of Naples return to consti tutional government, These are the bases of a peace which will give independence and new life to Italy, secure to Austria the undisturbed possession of her own dominions, confer glory and moral in fluence upon France, and give to Europe guarantees for future tranquility."—Post. NEAPOLITAN POLITICS The following is an extract from a letter dated Naples, July 2, 1859 "The recent victory of the French over the whole line of the Austrian army is calculated to bring the war to an immediate close. Things here are not going on satisfactorily. Either the Government is sl ow or the Liberals are too fast. There may be reasons on both sides —it is hard to press on the young sovereign a complete change of system in opposition to the views of his late father so soon after his death. Such a step would be a desecration of his memory, and impolitic, as all sudden changes in governmental systems are. Besides, the Liberals really knew nothing of the practical difficulties of such changes —the opposition of the clergy and of the masses is not taken into calculations by them. They would run headlong to a constitution the first article of which establishes intolerance in relg7ous matters, as if a constitutional regime could stand on such a basis. The Italian Liberals can talk and write splendidly on the liberty of the subject, but practically they know nothing about it, nor of the statistics of the opposing elements in the country which they have not the industry to collect. On the other hand, they, with some justice, observe that the right of petition is denied to them ; that even peace able demonstrations are put down by imprisonment ; that they have no Press—no voice to make their sen timents known at home or abroad, or to communi cate the abuses under which they suffer to those who might help them. In these respects no improvement whateVer has so far taken place. People are so much in the dark as ever, and, consequently, general dissatisfaction continues to prevail." _....__ THE PAPAL STATES The Marseilles correspondent of the Times makes some interesting statements on the condition of opinion at Rome. The Emperor of the French is reported to have informed the Papal Government and the deputations from the Legations that he had no desire to interfere. Nevertheless, if he were to receive an application from the Vatican, he would unhesitatingly devote the sword of France to uphold and maintain intact the temporal sovereignty of the Pope. It is feared that the adoption of two such different lines of policy towards sections of the same people will be attended with most disastrous conse quences to France. She will be compelled to repeat the discreditable blunders she was made to commit in Spain under the leadership of the Duc d'Angouleme. These apprehensions may be considered, to a certain extent, justified by intelligence received from Rome as to the attitude of the people towards the French soldiers occupying the city. But a few days ago the Romans were shoutiug " Evviva Napoleone," Humber ? made to the Master-General of the Ordinance, in 1854, by a committee of officers appointed to inquire into that subjeet. Mr. S. Herbert detailed the inquiries which had been made into the defence of the Humber. Considerable sums have been placed on the estimates for the defence of com mercial ports, out of which he would endeavour to apply a part to the Humber. Mr. Whiteside, in reply to the question previously put by Mr. Hassard, declared that the settlement of the ques tion had been extended by' the late government, who had prepared the measure on the subject, which they would have introduced at the earliest moment. They were only pre vented by the efforts of those very men who assumed to be the friend.: of tenants in Ireland. As the House had thought pro to change the government, he resigned it into the hand r i of his successors. Captain Esmond hoped, that Mr. Whiteside would at least lay his bill upon the table, that they might have the advantage of seeing it. Mr. Hennessey declared, that the intention of the late Government, offered a fair settlement of the question. It now appeared that its further consideration was to be deferred till the next session, which he greatly regretted. After some discussion on the production of the report, of the Docks and Commissions, the house went into Committee of supply. Lord Paget moved, that the navy estimates—which, he said, were of an unusually large and complicated nature— he proposed, in the first instance, to shew the force of the ships in commission—those in reserve, and those in course of construction. Of the first, we had twelve screw sail of the line in the Channel, and fourteen in the Mediterranean. Only a few of those last put in commission were not fully manned. Of the frigates, which were not so well provided, we had in the Home station twelve screw and one paddle frigate, and in the Mediterranean, two screw and one paddle-117 corvettes, under which he included all smaller vessels, except gunboats. We had at Home six screw and twenty-six paddle, and in the Mediterranean, ten screw and nine paddle steamers. The whole force in commission scattered over the world, including sailing vessels amounted to about 200. This was our first line of defence. Of the second line, we had nine block ships, manned by the coast-guard, and which would be of great service in defence of the country. We had on the coast guard service 3,400 most effective seamen, attached to whom were already enrolled 3,400 coast volunteers. As to the ships in construction during the present year it was something superfluous. Ten screw sail of the line were ready for commission. These would be ready in the course of the autumn. One was under repairs. The grand total of sail of the line would be 56, of whom 50 might shortly be expected to be added at the end of the present financial year, independent of the blockships. At the same time, he expected that the country would have afloat,. 37 frigates, 140 corvettes, and sloops. We could at any time, greatly increase our navy, from our merchant yards. The number of men they now had, was very near the number voted by Parliament,- while the Government had at present no power to increase the number of ships in commission. Under these circumstances he thought the navy was in a state, which reflected credit upon the country. As to the actual vote to be proposed, the first was an addition of 8,000 to the 47,000 seamen, already voted and 2,000 marines in addition to the 8000 already voted. There were further votes increasing the salaries of the medical officer and chaplains, and some others, among whom he thought that the pay masters ought to be included. There was a vote for sea men's bounty. This matter involved many difficulties. It was intended to grant a portion of the bounty to seamen who had joined before the bounty was offered, under proper conditions. At the same time he did not think the late government authorised when it offered this bounty without consent of Parliament, and all future measures on the sub ject would require to be carefully guarded. There was another vote, on a matter which involved some difference of opinion, that for the Volunteer Reserved Corps. None of the money would be expended until an act of Parliament, regulating the naval volunteers, should have been obtained. Coming to the vote for the dockyards, he gave the late government great credit for their active efforts in providing a sufficient number of workmen for the actual exigencies. Sir J. Pakington expressed his satisfaction that the present government had adopted the estimates and plans of their predecessors, but could not understand why the latter had lost the confidence of the country. Sir C. Napier entered into a variety of details on the subject. Mr. Lindsay made some comparisons between the cost of constructing ships in the government dockyards with that of a private yard. The former was not much larger, so that there must be something wrong in the management. A similar extravagance was to be found in other depart ments, in none of which was value for the money expended obtained by the country. • Mr. Cardwell entered in detail into the proposals made by the commission on the navy. Sir C. J. Elphinstone defended the navy from the charge of not using the appliances used in the merchant service. The remainder of the evening was occupied with the discussion of the estimates. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at a quarter to one. SINGCLAR RECOVERY OF LOST PROPERTY.—On Wednes day Mr. Carl Schmidt, merchant of Hamburg, after returning home for a walk in Kensington-gardens missed his pocket book, containing upwards of £3OO in notes. Remembering that he had—while standing throwing pieces of biscuit to the waterfowl—fancied' he had dropped spmethincr, he at once proceeded to the shrubbery found his note book beneath one of the rhododendron bushes although more than an hour had elapsed since the loss of it. " PISTOL. Mr. Skaife, it is said, has A PHOTOGRAPHIC invented a photographic apparatus (remarks the Builder) which can be carried in the hand, and which, working by means of a trigger, can be used with ease and certainty. He has denominated his instrument " the pistol, camera. " "The " weapon " is levelled at an object, and a microscopic photograph is "picked off" on the instant. It is much to b. desired that this were the only sort of "pistol" in use. To WHISTLERB.—‘ Speaking of bores,' says a victim of one of that species, ' I can scarcely imagine one capable of inflicting more misery than an intolerable whistler. I can stand a fife when all the nation is ' armed and equipped ' on training days, and a drum with its flang, flang, ' serving to drown its screams ; but to listen to a poor air, murdered by . e. poorer puekerer, I prefer death in some easier, if not quicker way. I always think of the French stage-driver, who being very much annoyed by such a bore, turned upon I him with —' Mine frien , vat y ou all de time vistde ? You loss your dog, eh ? ' TIIE RICHMOND POISONING CASE. TRIAL OF DR. SMETHURST At the conclusion of Mr. Ballantine's opening address for the prosecution, and published in our paper of yesterday, the following evidence was taken : Mrs. Mary Smith, examined by Mr. Bodkin : I and my husband reside at No. 4, Rifle-terrace, Bayswater, and keep aboarding-house. The deceased lady came to lodge at my house on the 20th of September last. The prisoner and his wife also lodged with us. We knew that he was a medical man. His wife appeared to be much older than he. When the prisoner had been a short time in my house, I noticed what I considered to be improper familiarity between hire and Miss Bankes, and I spoke to her on the subject, and she left my house. She told the prisoner in mg.presence that I had given her notice to leave, and she also mentioned the reason. The prisoner said he was very sorry I had spoken to Miss Bankes, and he also said that he should leave him self, as he was going on a visit. Miss Banke s left. on the 29th of November, and the prisoner on the 12th of December .His wife remained behind The prisoner came to visit his wife once or twice after he left. Miss Bankes never had good health. She always appeared to be delicate, but she was in her usual health when she left. She constantly complained of having a bad appetite. Cross-examined : She would say that she felt nausea when she attempted to take food, and that she was very bilious. This was the principal thing she complained of. I used to observe at dinner that 'she did not eat more than a baby. I recollect that more than once she left the dinner table through sickness. The wife of the prisoner is alive, but she is not living with us now. She was ill occasionally in our house, and the prisoner used to attend upon her, and . - he used to take her luncheon to her almost every day. Every one in our establishment knew that Mr. and Mrs. Smethurst were man and wife. Miss pankes, of course, An arrangement was made that the pri- was aware of it soner should remit money to me on the 11th and 26th of every month for the board and lodging of his wife, and that was carried out for some time Re-examined : The money was always paid by the pri- soner's wife Mrs Grabowska said—l keep a lodging house, No. 37, Kildare-terrace, Bayswater. On the 29th of November last, the deceased came to lodge at my house, and went away on the 9th of Decombcr. She appeared to be very delicate, but no medical man attended her The prisoner never visited her at my house. She told me where she was going when she left Cross-examined : The deceased never complained of any particular illness Mr. James Spice said : lam parish clerk of Battersea, and I produce the register of marriages for that parish. It contains the entry of a marriage between the prisoner and a petion named Isabella Bankes, on the 9th of December. I was present at the marriage who was then married. The prisoner is the person Miss Louisa Bankes, the sister of the deceased, said : ,The .• signature to the register of manage now produced is that of my sister. The register was put in and read Mrs. Ann Robinson said : I 'reside at No. 27, OV Palace-gardens, and let lodgings On the 9th of December the prisoner and a lady whom he called Mrs. Smethurst hired apartments in my house. She appeared to be quite well at this time, and used' to walk out every day for three hours, and took her meals regularly, so far as I knew. She was taken ill about three weeks before she left, and Dr. Smethurst told me it was a bilious attack. He said he was not quite satisfied with the way she was going on, and I recommeneed him to obtain the assistance of Mr. Julius, a medical gentleman of Richmond. Medicines were sent in by Dr. Julius for the deceased, but she did not appear to get any better and she could not take any solid food, and .had nothing but arrow-root and slops. "he left on the 15th of April and was then very ill indeed. My daughter and myself usually took in the medicines that were sent. Cross-examined: The deceased used to vomit green and bilious-looking matter. The prisoner spoke to me about having another medical man, and he gave me his card to hand to Dr. Julius. He has a large practice at Richmond. The prisoner and the deceased appeared to me to be on very kind and affectionate terms. Dr. Smethurst was particularly kind to the deceased. His object in calling in another medical man was that he would not way' to him self any further, as he did not like the way in which his wife's illness was going on. The deceased was never con fined to her bed when she was in mylouse. The sickness used to come on when the deceased moved. I remember the deceased having a severe attack of toothache when she was staying in my house, and I believe she went to London to consult a dentist. Mrs. Susannah Wheatley said : I reside at No. 10, Alma villas, Richmond, and let some part of my house in lodgings. The prisoner and the deceased took possession of some apartments in my house on the 15th of April. Dr. Smethurst told me he should stay with me some time if Mrs. Smethurst got well. The prisoner engaged the apartments himself in the first instance, and he afterwardsgtought the deceased in a cab, and she appeared to be very ill, and went to bed almost immediately. She only came down four times before her death. She was attended by Dr. Julius and Dr. Bird. I pre pared her food. It consisted of arrow-root , tapioca, and rice. The prisoner always carried the food up himself, or received it from me at the door of the deceased's bedroom. No administered any food or medicine to one nut the prlsouui the deceased, and he used to bring the slops from the rooms and place them on the landing for us to carry away. Upon one occasion I suggested to Dr. Julius that the deceased should have remember and the prisoner said he could not afford it. I some matters being taken from the deceased's room on the 29th of April by Dr. Julius. I n ever on auy occasion saw any remains of the food I pre pared for the deceased, except once, when the prisoner brought me some rice, and told me to throw it away as it was sour. Cross-examined —Dr. Smethurst always appeared to me to be very kind and affecti.nate to the deceased. He occu- I pied a sitting-room and bed -room onl y , and h e w as to pay me fifteen shillings a week for the apartments. Dr. Smethurst used to say that he removed the evacuations immediately in order to prevent a bad smell in the room. It was a small room with only one window. SECOND DAY, ' ' The Loid Chief Baron took his seat on the bench at ten o'clock, and immediately afterwards the prisoner was placed at the bar. Serjeant Ballantine, Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Clerk, and Mr. Merryweatber again appeared for the prosecution Serjeant Parry and Mr. Giffard appeared for the prisoner. The prisoner having been placed at the bar, the jury entered the box and answered to their names. Mr. William Easter, clerk at St. Mary's Church, Ken nington, produced the register of marriages, of that church for the year 1828. That proved the marriage of a person named ° Thomas Smethurst with a lady named Mary Durham. Mr. Alexander Crostie, a clerk at the London and West minster Bank, said : The prisoner had an account at their bank. He knew his handwriting, and the signature in the register was the prisoner's. Dr. Samuel Bird said, in the Crimean war be was attached to the staff of Omer Pacha for fifteen months, and had experience in bowel complaints. On the 18th April he was asked by Dr. Julius to attend to the deceased, and had received no communication from him beyond the symptoms and the remedies he had applied. He saw Dr. Smethurst, who stated that she had disordered bowels and congested liver. He then went up stairs and saw the lady. lie paid attention to the symptoms, and saw her vomiting. She had a sore mouth, but no fever. He ordered a continuation of the medicines Dr. Julius had been giving her. The 1 vomit. was of a green bilious nature. The next day when he went he saw Dr. Smethurst, and he told him she was no better. After attending her for three days he saw the motions of the deceased. They contained bile, but no par ticular characteristic. The motions were accompanied by great straining. He found the medicines hl gave her had no effect in staying the straining. About the 23rd of April he noticed, for the first time, that there was blood in them, and they were mucous and thrcaly. He then said it was necessary to give her some aceate of lead and opium. The prisoner said it was a very valuable remedy, but he thought it would . . he as well to give the acetate of lead without the opium. It was ultimately decided that she should have the acetate of lead with the opium. The prisoner told him that the effect of the opium was that it was too strong, and that it excited her too much. They then decided to give her nitrate of silver, and gave her a quarter of a grain. Dr. Smethurst told him that the effect of that was to cause a burning sensation from her throat to the bottom of her bowels, and it also aggravated the sickness and diarrhoea. She had marked fluctuations during the day, but was sinking very rapidly. He never saw the deceased except in the prisoner's presence, and five or six days before Dr. Todd was call in, when she said she wished to see some one else. Th• remedies he prescribed never arrested the disease, and he came to the conclusion on the 22nd that she was suffering from some stimulant, of whose administration he was ignorant. Dr. Julius had stated his opinion to him, and until then he had not formed his own opinion. He was present at the death ; but there was nothing about her appearance remarkable. Taking all her symptoms from the beginning to the end, there was no disease be was acquainted with that they would be reconcileable with. There was a kind of dysentery peculiar to warm climates, but he had never seen it here, and the symptoms were not reconcileable with that disease. The deceased complained of a burning thirst and a ball in the throat, after she had taken the pills. He asked Dr. Smethurst for a portion of the evacuation, which he gave as the last one she bad had. He took it to his surgery, where his assistant sealed it up in No: 2 bottle, and put his seal on it. In consequence of finding arsenic in it he was given into custody, and liberated on his own recognisance. He returned home with the prisoner, and they collected all the bottles they could find, and gave them to Inspector M'lntyre, who stood outside the door. If antimony, or arsenic, or both of them had been given to the deceased in small doses, they would be sufficient to account for the symptoms be had noticed. He had prescribed neither antimony nor arsenic. He had not been present during the post morton examination. Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Parry : It would be necessary to study the appearance. .of the body after death' to form an opinion of the cause of death. Any opinion 'formed from the appearance during life would be merely conjectural. He had never attended a post mortem . examination where the parties had been poisoned, either accidentally or otherwise, by either antomy or arsenic. At this period of the proceedings one of the jurymen nearly fainted, and had to be Ted out of court under the care of one of the, sheriff's officers. After he had been absent about an hour under the treatment of the medical men who were in attendance to give evidence, and Mr. Thomas Gibson, the surgeon of Newgate, those gentlemen came into court and gave evidence as to the state of the j nryman. Dr. Copeland having been sworn, said : I have seen the juryman Thomas Instone. The Lord Chief Barou : Is he at present in a condition to discharge the duties of a juryman ? Dr. Copeland: Altogether unfit. The Lord Chief Baron : Would it be dangerous to his life or his health to compel him to perform the duties of a juryman ? Dr. Copeland: It is likely to be dangerbus to his health. The Lord Chief Baron: Would his life be in danger ? Dr. Copeland : I could not say that it would, my lord. The Lord Chief Baron : Is he now quite unable to dis charge his duties ? Dr. Copeland : Quite so, my lord. The Lord Chief Baron : Is he likely to continue so for some time Dr. Copeland : For two or three days, my lord. Dr. Todd, of King's College, was next examined, and gave similar evidence, which was further supported by Mr. Thomas Gibson, the surgeon of Newgate. The Lord Chief Baron then said! Gentlemen of the jury, in consequence of the sudden illness of one of your number, I think it my duty to discharge you. I ought not to keep• you assembled and confine you, as we cannot go on with the trial now. Ido not think, brother Parry, that we ought to go on immediately, and I do not think we ought to go on to-morrow. It is quite plain that the trial will last over to-morrow, and that 'will include Sunday. You had better fix it for Monday, or some other day that will not include Sunday. _ Serjeant Ballantine : There are a great many witnesses in this case who live at a distance, and I think that time should be given to communicate with them. I think that the trial ought to be put off to a comparatively remote period. The Lord Chief Baron : What does my brother Parry say? - Serjeant Parry: I have consulted my client, and he is most anxious that the trial should be proceeded with. Serjeant. Ballantine : Will Monday week be convenient? The Lord Chief Baron : 'The circuits will have com menced then, and it will be very inconvenient to put it off so long. _ Serjeant Parry: The prisoner would rather, if it were possible, go on with this jury on Monday next, but it is the opinion of Mr. Giffard and myself that if there be any adjournment over Monday next it should be till next session. After some further conversation, The Lord Chief Baron said he would go to Guildhall and consult his brother judges; from there he would go to the House of Lords, and see how the business stood and return in the course of the day and fix the day for the trial. The prisoner was then removed. Ultimately the trial was fixed to take place on the 15tb instant. --t- - THE DIPLOWIC SERVICE.—The Daily News says it was correctly reported on Thursday . that _Lord Chelsea, as —ed. ;m bassy a , . ANECDOTE OF PRINCE MENSCRIKOFF.—` The devil, ' said Prince Menschikoff, ' came one day to claim my soul.' " So, " said I, " it is the soul of the Minister of the Navy you require ? Well, there are two of them—l, who overlook the affairs of the salt water; and Count. Kleiminchel, who presides over the fresh water canals and rivers : go look for him. " ' Off went the fiend ; but he soon returned, :making an infernal uproar.' "You have deceived me, " he cried, you sent me to that other fellow !" " Well i" " Well, he has no soul '— Chambers's Journal. THE SINKING OF THE ALBATROSS YACHT—DISCOVERY OF THE BODIES.—The ill-fated Albatross yacht, which went down in the river off the Clifton Baths, Gravesend, imme diately after the storm on Sunday'morning last, causing the loss of three lives, has been raised by means of lighters and chains, and is now in dry dock near the scene of the.a.eci suairs, but she has sus- pose of necessary r tained coniparatively little damage, In consequence of the trong tide at the time of the accident, it was generally believed that the bodies of the sufferers had been'lnken out to sea, and would probably never be found; but this opinion has proved incorrect, as the bodies of Mr. Andrew Bern castle, owner, and Mr George Pawson, captain of the yacht, have been picked up ou the shore at Cliffe, about five miles below Gravesend, by a waterman named Martin, who con veyed them in his boat froM the spot, and gave information to Mr. Superintendent White, of the Gravesend police force. who immediately forwarded a communication to the friends of the decased. SHIPS AND VESSELS ADDED TO THE NAVY. -A return has been issued " of the ships and vessels added to the navy between the 31st March, 1858, and Ist June, 1859, dis, tinguishing those which were added in accordance with the general scheme of works for the year, and those which were added in consequence of subsequent orders; and also of the frigates and sloops which would have been launched according to the general scheme of works for 1858-'59, but which were deferred on account of the men being removed to convert ships of the line." The screw ships added to the navy between the 31st March, 1858, and the Ist June, 1859, according to the original scheme of works for 1858-9, powerr-; 'Windsor Ships of the Castle, - - 50 Do horse onega 101, 800 horse l, power ; Revenge, 91, 800 horse power ; Edgar, 91, - . 600 horse power ; Hood, 91, 600 horse power ; Hero, 91, 600 horse power ; London 90, 500 horse power ; Lion, 80, 400 horse power. Frigates : -Topaze 51, 600 horse power; Icarus, us , Forte, 51, 400 horse- power ; Orlando, 50, 1,000 horse power.•lo, sl,loooopo power 22 , 400 ; horse Mer s ey 11, 150 horse power. power. Corvette : Clio, The screw ships added in consequence of subsequent orders, are - Ships of the line converted: St. George, 90, 500 horse power; Neptune, 90, 500 horse power; Trafalgar, 90, 500 horse power; Q ueen, 86, 500 horse power. - Th e frigates and sloops that ought to have been launched according to scheme of works fur 1858-59, but were deferred on account of the men being removed to convert ships of the line, Btc., are-Frigates : Bacchante, .51; 600 horse lower ; Galatea, 26, 800 horse power. Corvettes : Charybdis, 21, 400 horse power ; Jason, 21, 400 horse power. Sloops : Rinaldi, 17, 200 horse power ; Greyhound, 17, 200 horse power; Panta loon, 11, 150 horse power. Another. return shows that the number of screw ships and vessels of her Majesty's navy afloat on the Ist of February, 1855, was 84 ; and on the Ist of Feb., 1858, as many as 308.