Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-29 00:00:00

THE INDIAN NEWS. THE OVERLAND MAIL. MARSEILLES, THURSDAY. The India, China, and Australian mails have arrived here by the steam-packet Vectis, and will be despatched hence at ten o'clock this evening. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The mails from India, China, and Australia, have arrived here, and will reach London to morrow (Saturday) morning. The following are a few additional particulars of the contents of the Indian mails, which have been forwarded to London. Amongst the killed at Cawnpore, are :—Brigadier Yack, Colonel Wil liams, Lindsay, Prout, Sir George Parker, Quin, Redman, Supple, Halliday, Reynolds, Prole, Smith, Eckford, Dempster, Jervis, and Challwin. The engagement on the sth of July before Agra, between the garrison of that place and the Neemuch mutineers, who had marched thither 'with re - inforcements which brought their numbers up to 10,000 men, have resulted in the defeat of the garrison. " Our force was obliged to retire with a heavy loss." Among the officers killed in this action were Major Thomas, Captain D qly, Lieutenants Lamb, Pond, and Fellowes ; and of the civil service, Messrs. O'Connor, C. Horn, P. Horn, Carlton, Smith, Jordan, Prendergast, Whiteray, Black, Burdbrank, Freeze, Outram, Old field, and Deedes. The oth Light Cavalry and 46th Native Infantry, who mrttinied at Scalkote on the 9th July, massacred Capt. Bishop, Dr. Graham, the Rev. Mr. Hunter, with his wife and child. Briga dier Brind was wounded. The remaining Europeans at this station were safe in the fort. These muti neers, it will be remembered, were totally defeated by General Nicholson, on the 16th, At Meerut, General Hewitt had been removed from the command " for supineness.'' At Setapoor were killed Col. Birch, the Christians, Gavins, Snell, and Bas. The Queen's oth Fusiliers, and 90th Light Infantry, had safely arrived at Calcutta. The Calcutta portion of the Indian mail arrived at Alexandria on the 16th inst., and the Bombay portion on the 21st. The former was detained in Egypt five days If there had happened to have been a steamer at Alexandria on the 6th which eouhl have taken the Calcutta mail on to Mar seilles, the full particulars of the deplorable news from India could have been published on Wednes day, whereas now it cannot be published until this day or Monday. Even if the regular mail .packet this side of the isthmus could have reached Alexandria on the 16th, the day the Calcutta mail arrived there, the packet could not have left for Mar seilles before the 21st, because it must have waited for the Bombay portion. The last India mail before the present one, the Bombay portion .reached Alexandria before that from Calcutta. According to the dates of the present India mail, 'the letter bags were despatched from Calcutta, two days after time and the Bombay letter bags. four days before time. The monsoon• at this period of the year, the great distance which the - Calcutta and Bombay steamers have to run, and the difference in the speed of different ships, pre 4vent any calculation so as to make the Calcutta and Bombay steamers arrive at Suez at the same time. In consequence of the importance of India intelligence at the the present time, a government 'steamer waits at Alexandria to receive the news by telegraph from Suez and convey it to Cagliari to be transmitted to England. The last message brought by this steamer was very meagre, and partly unintelligible. Now it would be much better if the authorities would Push across the isthmus of Suez, as fast as possi - ble, the Marseilles portion of the first portion of the Indian mail that arrives at Suez and for the government steamer to wait at Alexandria until it arrived, and then take it on to Marseilles, drop- Ping a messag..) containing a summary of the news .at Cagliari; to be transmitted to England. The .post between Delhi and Bombay was, at the last account, sixteen days. Thare is every reason to believe that this time will be diminished as the season advances, unless the 'mutiny spreads. The Australian steamer arrived at Suez with the mail on the 19th inst. According to the telegraphic message, this mail left Alexandria on the 21st. Now, as it was impossible for the Etna to get to Alexandria by that time, the Australian mail must have been sent home with the India and China mails in the Vectis and Bipon packets. The Australian packet left Sydney on the 20th of - 4uue, twenty days before time, and only arrived at ue Z four days before she was due, so that she must have made a very bad passage. LAYARD ON INDIA. In returning thanks on Thursday for a testimonial pre sented to him by his late constituents at Aylesbury, Mr- Layard said :—" All eyes are turned to what is taking Place in India. lam not in Parliament, and perhaps it IS better that I should not be ; but I cannot look at what Is going on there without the deepest dismay. The Go vernment say now, We were taken by surprise, we "could not foresee it.' Well, if they really were surprised by an organised mutiny of long standing, spreading from ?Re end of India to the other—if they knew nothing until 't actually broke out, then the Governm ent has been ti"tY of a degree of ignorance, of a neglect of proper at tontion to duty, for which they deserve to be driven from office But 1 cannot believe they were ignorant. If they were, they were the only people in the country, who knew or were supposed to know anything about India, who were ignorant. There was my hon. friend, Mr" Denby Seymour, the actual Secretary of the Board of Control —he was c h a i rma n of a society called the you ng I ndian Society, the object of which was to ex p ose the wro ngs . to which I n dian subjects were subject ed, and which It was b e li eved must l ea d t o r evolt, unless remedied. He w° ' n t out to I n di a to see w h a t the facts of the case were. He sati s fi e d hi mse lf o f the bad state of ou r Indian subjects, and he came back as a great adieu reformer. Well, Lord Palmerston made him Secretary of the Board of Control. What was that for ? Either to g e t the benefit of hi s i n f orma ti on or else to stop his mouth ‘ ttlear ' hear, and " That's it !") I believe it was the latter ; at any rate we have heard nothing on India from Mr. Daub Y Seymour from that time to this. (Hear, hear.) All the stories of the evils infi,cted on the natives, all the stories of native princes who had been defrauded of their possessions and had died from the ill-treatment inflicted on them—all have disappeared. We don't want vengeance, we want justice. (Hear, hear.) justice is more terrible than vengeance, it is more than vengeance, more Christian than vengeance. (Hear, hear.) Do not think that I would not punish ; but you only complicate by vengeance —you punish by justice. (Hear, hear.) I have had a great deal to do with Easterns—not in the way that many gentlemen have to do with them who go • out with £3O 000 or £40,000 a-year, and with Government authority to support them. I have tired alone amongst Eas• erns, without a single friend near me, and [ generally managed to deal with them. My maxim Was this —Be as severe as you like but be just, and,whea once you have set your mind on a right thing, never be turned aside from it. (Cheers.) Nothing makes so strong an impression en the Eastern mind as that justice which is irrevocable, and will not be turned byt time :or circumstances. The Eastern thinks he may commit a crime and go away for four or five years and it will be forgotten. I would disabuse them of that. (Hear, hear.) I would not let one man escape who has been concerned in these massacres. never take my hand off him as long as he lived. (Hear, hear.) But I would not advocate indiscriminate vengeance. I could no more approve of the slaughter of women and children by ourselves than I would the slaughter of women and children by these miscreants who have destroyed our countrymen aed their families. No doubt what has taken place in India is very horrible, but are our hands clean? From the very beginning our empire was founded upon fraud. You remember that treaty that was forged by Clive. We began oar rule with fraud and injustice, and from that time our dealings with India have been fraught with injist.ice. Well, you have beard a great deal about Lord Dalhousie's good government. Well. Lord Dalhousie finished by making enemies almost of the British residents in India them selves. Nothing could be more extraordinary or unjust than the act by which he suddenly reduced the interest upon the loan from 5 to 4i per cent, thereby half ruining many of the company's servants, and immediately after wards issuing a new loan at 5 per cent. That was nothing less than a direct act of fraud. (He kr, bear.) It is not vengeance that we have to look for in the present crisis' (Hear, heer.) It is not the reconquest of India that is before us, but the reconstitution of an empire—(hear , hear)—the bringing together those who govern, and those who are governed. (Cheers.) Hitherto you have done nothing towards that of ject, nothing to reconcile the feel logs of the people of India to the government weevil rules them. (Hear, hear.) If you tell them you are a peaceful, a christian, and a civilised nation, and do not recognise the rights of those who are not civilised and are not Christians, but will take possession of their property and their country, that would be honest; but you must be prepared to carry your doctrine out by force. But by practical) , acting up 3n that doctrine while pretending to respect Olt rights of the Indian people, and professing a regard for their interests you hive so weakened your moral power over them that the whole country is against you. (Hear, hear.) Well, you have now to restore the whole Indian army—who is to do it? Mr. Smith, o r Cannon-row. You have to reform the whole civil adminis tration of India—who is to do it ? Mr. S nyth, of Cannon row- (A. laugh) You have to reintro Nee a system or government to reconcile opposite races and hostile religions —who is to do it ? Mr. S pith of C annen-ro we (Laughter.) We want a man of genius —a Wellesley or a Clive—and whom have we? Mr. Smith, of Cannon row. (Hear ) And who is Mr. Smith? Mr. Vernon Smith he is called —he is proud of the name of Vern (" H tr, hear, " and laughter.) He is a most excellent persoo, I believe, and one of the yellow-glove men of the administration and one who, no doubt, in all that concerns personal up: pearance, is an ornament to the Government—(laughter) but he is not the man to refound the Indian empire, and that is what we have to do. We have the E Ist India Company 'on the one hull and the G wernment on the other, the Board of Directors undergoing what the Board of Control does, and the Board of Control undoing what is done by the Board of Directors. Is it wonderful that we find matters in such a chaos ? I say it would be far more wonderful if we did not. (Hear, hear.) The only wonder is that the subject is not taken up more fully throughout the country. I trust the time will soon come when the country will 'rise as one man and compel the government to do something not only to reconquer our Indian empire, but to make India an integral part of her Majesty's dominions. (Hear, hear.) THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1857. THE lIANCHESTER NOTE ROBBERY. At the Mansion-house, London, on Thursday. John Richards was brought up on remand, charged with having been in possession of some .E. 5 Bank of England notes, part of a sum of .£1.021, stolen from a gentlema❑ in Manchester, on the 11th inst. Mr• Crawford, from Me. Wont ner's, appeared for the prisoner. On former occasions evidence hRd been given to Drove the passing of two of the £5 notes by the orisqncsv, arid Mr. A. Lyons, tailor and clothier, 168, Shoreditch. now deposed to the fact of his having changed a third note for the prisoner, whom he knew as an occasional customer, on the 12th inst., the day after the commission of the rob bery in Manchester• M. Thomas Taylor, Bolton, cotton spinner, : On the llth of August I was at Manchester, and went to two banks, where I rf ceived .el,OlO in Bank of England notes, making, with a £lO note which I previously had in my possession, a'1,02-). I placed the whole in a book, and put it in my coat-tail pocket. I went from the Branch Bank of England, at which I had last called, to the rail way station, but called in the Arcade for a newspaper. When I had got it I put my hand into my pocket, and found my book was gone. 1 have no doubt the book was stolen from my pocket. When in the bank I observed two men standing near me, but as it was a business place I had no suspicion. They might possibly have seen me put the :book into my pocket. I had no conversation with them, and cannot say when they left the bank. I did not see them again that I know of; thought the pri soner was one of them when I first saw him below this morning, but when I saw him in front that impression was rather weakened. Sir R. Carden : Let him put his hat on. The prisoner put on his hat, and he and prosecutor stared at each other intently for about a minute. Prosecutor : I have a strong suspicion, but I cannot swear to him; I can form no belief one way or the other. It was a wet day, a number of persons were a nomper of persons were standing under the Arcade for shelter as I went in. It is my impression that I lost my book there. I do not think it possible it could have dropped from my pocket. I believe there were some of my business address cards in the book, and also some papers with my name. but cannot be c,-rt ain. By Mr. Crawford . It is not my habit to carry hank• notes in my coat-tail aocket, and this was q cite an ex ceptional case. By Sir C. Carden: The Bank of England is about three or four minutes' walk from 019 Areade. Bret, the officer. said he was employed in tracing four other notes. and the prisoner was again remanded. THE CRICKET MA.TCTI. Yesterday, the match between twenty of the Liverpool Club and ground, with Brompfon and Hincklev, and the United All England Eleven, was continued on the cricket ground, off Wavertree-r iad. The wickets were pitched shortly after twelve o'clock, and were e'ruik ai about seven. The playing ou each side was very good, end there was a goodly attendance of the lovers of this fine game on the grounds. Tae playing will he again resumed this day kSaturday), and at the conclusion of the gansa the victors will be declared. FECOND. Lwzarooi.. FIRST INNINGS. T. D. Horaby, Esq....b Carlyn ..........13..b Caffirn „ 0 J. L. Birke•t, E b G ifffh .......... 1.. c Grifftb,b Grundy 6 C. Tod Esq Brain GriTat , W. Homer, Esq.... ..c a b Griffith ....12...b W s „„ 6 C. Langton, Esq ....c Mort ock,b Griffitli 0.. b Griffith 4 J. C. Fraser, Esq ....c Wrigh - , b Wisden 12.. c Wisueo,b Griffl h 2 Perry A. s ewart, c Grundy, b Wi.den 6.. b CaTyn 11 C. E. Elornhy. 1.5q....b wisden.. ..... .. 4 . b den „ 4 W. P. Lockhart, Esq b Griffith ..... .. 3.. b isden...... 0 Ki g H. H. Harnby, Esq Grundy, b Wisden 0 . c Wily t,t, b Caffya 7 T H. Chapman, Esq.. b A. od, Fsq, run oat.. J. Serjetntson, - Esq ..b Wisden.. ..... • • • 7"c Hitler, b Wisden. 2 It. 11110, Esq ......,b Griffit . 0.. Lot oat la A. L. Phipp , , 4 sq b Grifff. 0.. c Lilly, b viri k ffer t 1 B. J. Lawrence, Esq.. rill oat 3 e Lookrsr, b G;iff. 3 Hinkly . ....ran ant._ J. Hey, Esq .........b . W..Laagton, Esq ....b Griffith 1-b 2, w ,n b , b Total 89 UMPIRES —Martingell and Battery, ENGLAND. FI-31' INNINGS. F. Bell .............. c Horner. b fia.kly 10 J. Grundy .... ..c To l,b Brampton 1 Jahn Lillywh,t .......b Br,mp on • . 19 W. Caffyn.... ..... c awrence,b 31 a.np. 0 T. Loc,ye, b Hinkly E. F. tf iller, Esq. ....c hippo b Bratty.. 7 J. Wisden .st Lockiiirt,bl3 - .•mp g A Clarke Wright ...... ....not out G G. Griffith .......... c aser, b H mkt) , 2 Muttlock ..... c b Brampton 5 b 7 1.1) a, wl, nb , 11 Total, .78 b 1,1-bG.w ,tt-b Total., ..)2') WHAT is COMING to LIVERPOOL on the 31s!',r,st.ait ?—Why, THE GrhEATEST NOVELTY IN THE WORLD! WHERE IS IT TO BE SEEN? THAI'S THE QUESTION, PROROGATION PARLIAMENT, YESTERDAY. Yesterhy of ernoon the 6-st session of the present parliament was brought to a close. The prorogation was by royal commission, ead being simply a matter of form, it excited none of the interest whieb Lvariably, attends a prnregaion by the Q•teen in person. HOUSE OF I ORD3. Soon after one o'clock the Lords Commissioners, in their peer's robes, took their seats at the foot of the throne, and tha U-her of the Black Rod was immediately directed to aumniona the Comuloias to attend at the bar to hear the commission for proroguing parliament read. The Lords Commissioners were:—The Archbishop of Canterbury, the a_ord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Earl of Elarrowby, and Lord Panmor... After a brief delay, the Speaker, attended by the Sergeant-V-Arms, Lord Palmerston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, Sir George Grey, Mr. Laboucnerr., Mr. Baines, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Wilson, and several other members, appeared at the bar. The royal assent was then given by commission to the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill, and a few other bills which had been agreed to by both houses. The royal commission for the prorogation of parliament was then read by the clerk at the table, after wh . ch the Lord Chancellor read TIC E QUEEN'S SPEECH. [By Commission:] MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, We are commanded by Her Majesty to release ou from further attendance in Parliament, and at the same time to express to you Her Mijesty's acknowledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you have performed your important duties during a session which, though shorter than usual, has bren unusually laborious. Her Majesty commands us to express to you her satisfaction that the present state of affairs in Europe inspires a well-grounded confidence in the continuance of Peace. The arrangemetfts connected with the full execu tion of the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris, have, from various causes, not yet been completed, but Her M %j-sty trusts that by the earnest efforts of the contracting parties to that Treaty, all that remains to be done with reference to its stipula tions may ere long be satisfactorily settled. Her Majesty commands us to inform you that the extensive mutinies which have broken out among the Native troops of the army of Bengal, followed by serious disturbances in many parts of that Presideacy, have occasioned to her MAjesty extreme concern, and the barbarities which have been inflicted on "many of her Majesty's subjects in India, and the sufferings which have been endured, have filled her Majesty's heart with the deepest grief, while the conduct of many civil and military officers who have been placed in circum stances of much difficulty, and been exposed to great danger, has excited her Majesty's warmest admiration. Her M zjesty commands us to inform you that she will omit no measure calculated to quell these grave disorders ; and her Majesty is confident that, with the blessing of Providence, the powerful means at her disposal will enable her to accomplish that end. GENTLEMEN OF TUE HOUSE OF COMMONS, Her AI kjesty commands us to thank you for the liberal supplies which you have voted for the service of the present year, and for the assurances which you have given her of your readiness to affird her I‘l,lj.sty . whatever support may be necessary for the restoration of tranquility in Her Majesty has been gratified to find that you have been enabled to provide the amount required to be paid to Danmark, for the redemption of the Sound Dues, without, on that account, adding to the national debt. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, Her Mnjesty commands us to convey to you her heartfelt acknowledgement for the provision which you have made for her beloved daughter, the Princess Royal, on her approaching marriage with H.R.H. Prince Frederick William o f Prussia. Her Majesty also commands us to in form you that sho has seen with great satisfaction that, although the present session has been short, you have bees able to pass acts of great impor,anee, and to which Her Majesty has given her cordial assent. The Acts for es'ablishing a more Efficient Ju risdiction for the Proving of Wills in England and Ireland, will correct defects which have for many years been complained of. Act for Amending 013 Law relating to Dime and to Matrimonial Causes will remedy evils which have long been felt. _ The several acts for the Punishment of Fraudu ,ent Breaches of Trust ; • For Amending the Law relating to Secondary Puuishmeats ; The Law concerning Joint Stock Banks; For Consolidating and Amending the Laws relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Ireland ; For the Better Cara and Treat.ment of Pauper Lunatics in Scotland; For Improving the Organisation of the County Police in Scotlpni ; Together with other Acts of less importance, but likewise tending to the progressive improvement of the law, have met with her Majesty's ready assent. We are commanded by her Mmjesty to express to you her confidence that, on your return to your respective counties, you will employ that in fluenee which so justly belongs to you to promote the welfare and happiness of her loyal and faithful people ; and she prays that the blessing of Al mighty God may attend and prosper your endea- yours• At the conclusion of the speech the Lord Chancellor declared it to be her M42sty's royal will and pleasure, that Parliament should be prorc, , guc.l until Friday, the 6th of N vember 0 and in the name of her Majes'y he declared the Parliament to be.prorogued accordingly. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. The house assembled for the last time this session at one o'clock. There was more than au average attendance 0 members, considering "the late period of the session," and that the prorogation was to ts►'e place by commission. NEW WEAT• ---.. On the motion of 3!r. Grey, a now writ was ordered for the borough of Tavistock, in the room of the 11, , n George Henry Byrg, who since his election has accept'd the office of Steward of her At ijeaty's Manor .of Northwick, in the county of York. DPICIMAL COINAGIC. Mr. Ingram asked the C`lancel:or of the ,Drebequer why the replies:to Lord Overstonis questions, upon the decimal coinage, which have been some time in print, were not delivered to this house. The ChancTllor of the ExchFrper said the Commission ers had not yet sant in the answers to the form. INDIAN TELEGRAPH. Mr. Benne asked the noVe viscount the First Lord of the Treasury what arrangements had been entered into by the pverament for establishing a telegraphic communica tion with India, via the Elphrates or the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea ? Lord Palmerston said—A communication by the Eu phrates was undertaken by a private company with certain contingent engagements, bat we have heart within the last few days that the Turkish G,,vernment has not given permission to lay that Hue down. That dec'sion may hereafter be reversed. With regard to the line by the Isthmus of Su z and down tin Red Sea, and s) across to Burrachee, there is a private eompany, I believe, that contemplates such an arrangement, and as far as it may be in the power of the goverament, without the assistance of parliament to aid them to make use of that line, we shall be glad to give them all the assistance in our power. (Cheers.) EUIV)PE \NS IN INDIA. Sir Da L. Evans appealed to the noble lord to direct that assistance should be given to the wives and families of Europeans in India, to enable them to return to England. That could easily ba done by placing the return transports at their disposal. Lord Palmerston thanked the hon. and g,fllant general for his suggestion, which wan a sally humane one, but until the government obtained more detailed accounts from the Governor. General of tha condition and wan's of those on whose behalf it wan made, he did not know how they could act. Mr. Mangles assured the hous3 that the Court of Direc tors of the East India Co npany had sent out instructions to give all the assistance possible, not only to the civil and military servants of the company, but to all classes in distress. (Cheers.) After some questions had been asked and answered, and a few " notices of motion" given for "nest session," the procee sings of the sitting were interrupted by the appea rance of the Usher of the Black Rod, who summoned the house to the House of Lords. The Speaker, accompauiei by nearly all the members present, repaired thither. On their return the Speaker took his seat at the table, in the chair usually occupied by the chairman of the com mittees; and the members having gathered around the table, the Speaker read the royal speech. Lord Palmerston and all the other members present then shook hands with the Speaker, and so terminated the second session of 1857. EXECUTION AT CUES [ER, YESTERDAY MORNING. FROII OUR OWN RZPORTER. Yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, John Blagg was executed in front of the city gaol, at Chester, for the murder of John Bebbington, a gamekeeper, at Tilston, by shooting him in a field near his own residence, on the morning of the 16th April last. Since bis cmviction the culprit had been most obstinate, and manifested a painful inlifference to the exhortation of the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Milner, In the earlier part of his visits the chaplain fJund him almOst inaccessible to the influence of religious service s, but within the past le v days he had become more softened, and frequently gave expression to loud ejaculations when speaking of his wife and faulty. His wife had daily interviews with the unfortunate man, the last of which was about six o'clock the previous evening, and was, as might be imagined, of the mast painful character. To her, and t) the chaplain, and all the officials of the gaol who visited bins, he stoutly denied his guilt, and when at the close of the final interview with his, wife on Thursday night, she implored him to confess his crime if he was really guilty. His reply was in an apparently calm and collected manner, "My dear,. I am► as innocent as you are, and some day it will come ou►." The distressing interview than terminated, and she bade him a final adieu. Shortly afterwards the barber came to shave him, and on this office being completed , the culprit rose, and passing his hand over his chin, he remarked, with extraordinary coolness and self-possession, well, I suppose this here is the last shave until to-morrow morning." On Thursday forenoon, a very intimate female friend visited him, and implored him, if guilty, to•confess his crime, and pray to Christ, who was always ready to have mercy on the worst of sinners. ifs reply was " I will pray to myself." They then prayed together for a few minutes, during which she said to him, "now John, tell us who has done it,—thoa knows who has done it," when he replied with great coolness, " Agnes, I,know who did, bit I'll never tell," these were the last words between them, with the exception of the parting farewell, which almost immediately followed. At four o'clock yesterday morning the sheriff and the city gaoler made a demand for the eulprit at the county gaol. He was then handed to them by the governor of the county gaol, and• accompa nied by the Rev. Mr. Kilner, the Chaplain of the county prison, and was conveyed to the count! gaol in a cab. The Rev. Mr. Kilner, and the Rev. Mr. Ilevesou the Chaplain of the city gaol remained with him during the whole of the night. Ho s'ept little, and in answer to questions, from the two reverend gentlemen, he persisted is his innocence, and repeatedly remarked that " some day the mnrderer will be fotind out." At twenty minutes to eight o'clock the culprit, accompanied by the two Chaplains, was condected to the chapel, where service was performed. The Sacrament was not administered•. A few minutes before eight he was c )nducted to the room adjoining the drop, where Calcraft (who h•ad arrived on Thursday evening) went throtegh the pr mess of pinioning. The procession to the scaffold was then formed, during which the county Chaplaia repeatedly asked the prisoner to con fess his crime, if guilty, but he stoutly denied it, and maintained he innocence to the final moment, his words to the chaplain being " I am an innocent man." He remained in prayer with the chaplain until eight o'clock, Vrlash the bolt was drawn and the miserable man was launched into eternity, dying without the slightest struggle. About half an boar before leaving the county gaol, one of .the. turnkeys said to him "new Blagg, it is of no use now denying your crime, if you did kill the man—if you shot the wean, say so." He replied, " I know that in a short time I shall have to meet my Maker, and I tell you that I am as innocent of the crime as at y man in this prison." The Arcbdeaconry of Llandaff, remlared vacant by the preferment of the Venerab'e Taornas Williams, M.A., to the deanery of ManilaEf Cathedral, has been conferred upon the Rev. James C. Campbell, M.A., rector of Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire. The appointment has given great satisfaction to the clergy of the diocese. Till LICENSING SYSTEM.—AIt the Bradford Brewster Sessions, held od Waneslay, the Mayor announced that, out of 140 public houses in the borough, there had been only five convictions during the past year ; while out of 250 boerhouses, there had been fifty-seven convictions within the same period. The Mayor thought that tb.ese facts would jestify the magistracy and gent y of the town in the support given to the rejected bill of Mr. G. Hardy, for placing all houses of entertainment under the direct supervision of the magistracy. Whilst regretting the loss of this bill, he added that Sir George, Grey had given a pledge that the whole subject of I;,censing should be taken into consideration during the re,ass, and a measure boug:at forward next Eessioil. MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. On Thursday the mole or the men of the 7th Hussars and draughts from various regiments, to the number in all of 654, with 30' officers, embarked from Tilbury on board the celebrated clipper Lightning. Tha men seemed, one and all, in splendid condition and high spirits, and were bi I adieu to with the usual accom paniments of cheers and tears, all more or less hearty, Every preparation had been made for their reception on board the Lightning, but, in spite of all, the proverbial hurry, worry, and confusion of a troop-ship were presented in their most prominent form. Toe men were collected on deck for a long time, while the muster-roll Was called over, after which tedious but highly necessary p-eliminary they began to settle down, thou ;la an in , xperieneed person would be slow to perceive that their exertions had any such tranquilizing result in view. What with armotirersr boxt.s, carbine racks, met,'s tins, kits, and general evipseents, ship's stores, and crowds of men, the Babel seemed hop-- less, to the last degree. Oaly the hearty good humour and "with-a-will" disposition which pervaded .all on board, both troops and crew, could ever contend with such a military chaos as existed on board the L'ehtnine. Nor was it a whit, beamr in the gorge - us saloons allotted to the officers. • There it' seemed an interminable succession ofluucheons and heavy packages. with a supple mentary nielengs of telegraph Itrys with list messag .s, army tailors fighting for realizable prepositions, visitors, garrison officials, officers and their relatives and friends. The amount of equipment in the way of furniture which officers brought on board and which, as a matter of course, they found totally useless, and only lumber in their cabin, was something astounding. is there no retired Indian eficer of experience who will publish a little hook pointing out what officers really do require when going to India? He would be a benefactor to the army. As it was uncertain what time the vssol wont() reslly start, of course the applications from ardent sub , fit 24' hones' leave were rather numerous, bet they w ere finally put an end to by inetruenens that the Lizh'ning should get under way by 7 o'clock that evening. This she accordingly did, and was towed down the river by the Resolute, one of the two tugs tocently built at Liverpool, and the largest and moat po•verfal ever yet constructed. To the last hour of the Lightning's stay routine was triumphant, and the number of documents which the officers had to sign aud , lthe number of signatures necessary to each document were something quite mar vellous. Some there were by no means hell to eo:press their opinion of the' annoyance, as fresh applications for their• autographs in ten or twelve fresh places came in each moment. No one for a minute snprieses that the troops will not get amunition en their arrival Tet a large quantity is sent in each troopshin, thoneh the practice is gravely objected to by our most experienced naval end military officers. But it has been the custom and is so per severed' In, and it has not been the custom yet to give the men their light clothing till their arlival in India, and that is persevered in too, though each day shows the necessity for reversing the rules. The troopships new take a quantity of powder which they don't want and which, of course, risks their ever arriving in India at all, and they leave behind the light clothing, which they are far from certain of gett;ng is India, though they are quite certain tint without it the men will be utterly helpless when they do arrive. This is certainly a fair specimen of "routine.'' For the rest the troops are most c,mfortahle on board, and, if we may julge cf the following dietry, ought to arrrive at their destination in good condition : sCALE OF' VICTUALLING FOR TROOPS TO INDIA. FOR A MISS OF VX MEN. For two days.—Beef, 12 1b; flour, 5 lb; suet, 1 lb. For one day.—Preserved meet, 4.-4 lb; rice, 3 lb. For three deys.—Pork, 18 lb ; peas, 6 pints, preserved potatoes, 21b 4 oz. For one day.—Flour, 5 ; suet, el lb; plums: Ilb 11 ez, For seven days.—Ground pepper, It oz ; mustard, lb ; biscuit, unlimited in quantity ; salt butter, 11 lb; tea, 1 lb ; sugar, 91b; vinegar, 3 pints; porter, 42 pints;. picklEs, 21 pints; lime jtfce, 21 oz. The annual inspection of the 3rd Battalion of Grenadier Guards, took place in the Home Park, Win. sor, on Thurs day morning, by Major General Lord Rokeby. The regi ment received the General at the Sheet-street berraess, with the usual honours, and at ten o'clock ma. ched through the town to the park, with the General and Celine' Lam bert at their held. When they arrived on the ground they formed open column, advanced, and changed front to the right, formed qutrter_distance c aumn, threw out skir mishers, advanced, retired, formed square, and other move ments. The regiment then m Jelled past in slow time, after which Lord'Rokeby addressedeolonel Lambert,and expressed himself highly gratified with the appearatace and discipline of the r e giment. The depot companies'of the 19th Regiment, consisting of three officers end 100 men of all ranks, and the depot of the 20 h Regiment, numbering nine officers and 120 men, have left Chichester and Parkhurst, and procee led to Chatham for the purpose of joining the Provisional Batta lion. The depot of the Ist Royals, from Ireland, hass also received orders to proceed to Chatham. The Fort Major of Edinburgh Castle. Mr. Cruickshank, died on Saturday more inga last, and was buried on Wednesday, with military hononre. The tuneral equipage consisted of the let battalion of the R fie Brigade,. the s,th Dragoon Guards, a company of Royal Arillery, and the numerous recruiting parties of the district,. The cot +a was conveyed to the cemetery on a gun carriage drawn by siz, black horses, and a firing mete , of 120 men was contri buted by the Rifle Brigade. Th:t mournful procession at tracted an immense number of spectators as it passed along the streets. The deceased was barn at Forres, in Moray shire, on the let January, 1781, and entered the army as a private soldier in the 79th Highlanders in May, 1805. He served in that regiment at the siege and capture of Copen hagen and of the littlish fleet under the late Earl C ith cart, and subsequently under Sir John Moore in Portugal, and in the advance into Spain, and retreat on Corinna. He served with the Walchere,n expedition,in 1809', and was present at the siege teal capture of nulling. He was afterwards present at the b tittles of Busaeo, Fuentes d'Onoro (where he was taken prisoner or war, bat subsequently escaped), the siege of Bedejos, the battles of the Nive and Nivelle, and the blockade of Bayonne. He was wounded f lit the battle of Touleuse in 18,14, and in the following year was at the battles of Q tatre Brie and Waterloo. He rose in his regiment to the rank of Quertermaster, retiring in 1849, aid his lengthened and distinguished servicee were in 1851 rewarded by his appointment to the honorary office of Fort Major of E liaburgh Cadge, the appointment: having been conferred by the Duke of Welliegton on the recom mendation of Lard P ttunure, who was for some years an officer in the same gallant regiment- The Chesapeake, 51, screw steam-frigate. Commodore R. B. Watson, CAI, having been mile ready for sea at Chatham, has been ordered. to proceed to Portsmouth, where she will cemplete her crew and sail for India, at which station she will be the flevehip. Captain. D Robinson, 72nd Highlaneters, embarked on board the Metilia Atheling, eailiug transport, Captain Coppell, on. Thursday, far Banebey. The Khersonese and.the Queen of the South embark their respective allotments of troops at 3 p.m. this day at Portsreoetla Her Majesty's serew steam-ship Orion, 91, Captain E. Erskine, eighteen days frora Halifax ; the brigantine Dart, tender to the C? stet., from the Cape of Good Hope, May 27 ; and the Pet avian screw steam-ship. Amazonas, Captain Joseph Boterin, from Calcutta July 19 , for Loader,. arrived in Plymouth Sound on Taursday. Oa the 19:h of August, in tat. 49 32 N., long. 14 39, the Dart spoke the barque Halt house, 132 days from Calcutta for Liverpool. We are requested to cerreet the statement that Colonel A. H. Horsford, C. 8., had proceeded overland to join his regiment in India. It. sheuld have been Colonel R. Ihsesford, C. 8., Bengal Artillery, Colonel A. H. H irsfor.l, C. 8., Rifle Brigade, having etnharked with the head querers of his regiment. on board the Sutlej, direct for Calcutta, about a month age. A datuttAw MEMORIAL.,--A.mong the aristocracy who perhhed during the war with Russia was a son of the Dune of Sutherland. In the private gallery of the church of Trentham, Stafforlshire, the following tribute is devoted to the memory of the young officer :—ln memory of Frederick G. S. Leyfaota Gower, second son of George and Harriet, Duke 'and D.t,chess of Sutherland, hem Nov. 11, 1832, died on the waters of Sehast,uol, 6th Oet,ber, 1854, on board the P,ell'erophon, where the kindness of its captain, Lerd George Paulet, caused him to be :womb in tie extremity of vtryakness from fatal fever. Tnis re cur i of las blameless lite, of a heart full of aUetion, of hardAiip enzluntertiti with patience, of suff :ring borne without a murmur, of death met with resignation in Ile path , pisointed, is placed here by his parents. His body was consigned to the deep. Love fol.nws him--peace be with him. "Blessed are the dead wl'o die in the Lord." Stamt•:vizatte A. MiLtnasta.s I—Tile name " `Villiam Shak , r d eare" occurs in a certificate of the names and arms of trained voldiers—trainei militia we should now cell them—in the hundred of Bartichw.y, in the corny , r of Warwick—tinier the hand of Sir Folk G eville and Thomas Spencer. Was our Willism :qa‘iltspeare a 8 ?lain' ? Why not ? Janson was a soldier an I had s l a in his men. D tune had served is the I., , i‘v Countries. Why not Sh-tkspeare in arms ? &t all events, here is a field for inquiry and speculation. The date is -ep'etnber 23, 1605, the year of the Gunfam ler Pint; and the lists were possibly prepared brou4h instructions issa :d by (C " . F ci r l i‘ju i in t c o on i e r qu i e )h n i c l e i 1) et S: s dn c e r Y o ' t t), in f S A i r r :n a l io vr n m a l s G t r o e ' i t i h i e e working of the plot in Warkvickshire—the prono,,el t head quarters of the insurrecdon.—State Papers, edited by Mary Anne Everett Green. THE ENGLISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRA.PiI COMPANY. An extraordinary general meetirg of the proprietors of the above company wee yesterday Ci/hreied at the Claren don Rooms, Ssurtt John-street. It the absence of the eheirman and deputy-chairman, Mr. Crosby, the chairman of the neartagieg committee, was called upon to preside. Tee business was commenced by the secretary reading the following adveniserneot convening the meeting:— The Engish and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company (Limited.) —Notice is hereby giv,,n, that an extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors of the Enelish and Irish M igm tie Telegraph Company (feintitcd) will be held in the Carendon ReP3MT, South John-street, Livervol, on Friday, the 28 Ii instant, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at which tainting a spesiel resolution w , ll be n-opesed that the sa;cl company be wound up voluntarily under the rro visions of the Join -Seoek Companies Acts, 1856-57-- By order of the board. Yeleard R. Bright, secretary. Liverpool, August 15, 1857." The CHAIRMAN then brittle , at nonuce the abject 9f the meeting, wSich was ts, p :ss a resolution for %Ming up the affairs of the company, as , ro tired by the act of par liamsnt that had joist been pre ea. That was he only business that would las trensacted at that rateting, bet he should be happy ta give them s . :iitte s tatemenss with regard to the presets they had made darin g ; the past half-year, from which they would see that they - were progressing very favourably and were prosperous. Mr. PARKER then moved, and Mr., Jones seconded,* formal reselution to the saute effect as tile announcement which bad caned the tneetinAr together. In reply to Mr. J. D. Horeb y The CHAIRMAN said there.woeild be a further opportunity for the shireholders to corse.ider the select of the winding up the affairs of the computit as another meeting would be coavened in about thirty, ,deer's, but by adopting the present resolution, th , y w, re or.iy carrying out legally that, which they had one previous. °eras ion agreed to do. Mi . .- HORNET then briefly addressea' the meeting, giviegt it as his epinioe, that he d d not thi % 't the a inpting of tIA res.'rlu'i ru V,13!1d be for the interest ot the prrties eseeerned, but would be the cause of iricerrimg W s :getter - land &pates. Ii c isefisietl by moving as an amenalca ear, that the meet ing should then aej.imn. This was isecoedel by Mr. R. I'S‘CONLL. After a few explereitaey remarks,. the amendment was pot to- the meeting and ne t ; t'ired by a 1,1 -g,e insjority, and' the oeieinal resolution was (1.-clarci , i cam' 1. The Gi&rinan said he would then give Ahern same little inflritlajon as to t.,ei,.p , oceeding.s f-n the ,tiist sim - monthe. Our ice Ane fOr the first ,liret mooths, it the- 31st of March last was, £15,200, and +;)e etperr,i 'tare f. 4 the the time, was £3,800, thereby 7 .,- , nviog a nett pofit of .1.:6,400 for the next :11-ee mo.n th 3, eniiinfr the 3;th of Jane, the ic•roazte wa :r9,230; the exp , nliture was g a uett profit of E 8,870. F:,- the wl:o'e six - month; their total income was £34,000, !heir expendo ore- £lB',ool, a profit of £15.310, w rich li.a l enable them, to pay a dividetld of s.per c nt., and still l, , t.t.ve them a ,good aura io hand. He also steed hat • here hul •••en a consiler ahle saving effected in the workieiT experses sine 3 amalgamation of the two lines, a ,d,, witotow vvi sliqig to pledge ?lirns-Af, he ,s , ated it .is his opi,gion tltat tin 'y wrnl4 be enabl.,d to pay a lager ht tbay had no rebson to , be cli,satisfieLl evitli the prospern of the company in its Fesent stare. Tole eJneu , ;el toe iyisiness, 4od. after a• vote., of. thinkz to the ehairaum, the ale,3tiog BRITISH ATICH.X. 3 LOGI .1.1. L ASSO-CIATIG Nonwicti, Thursday.—Y•s'e-lty this associltiort left Norwicn on an excursion to Lvuo, 1 , 4 - porDose of examining; the ancient churches in the town. and inspect ing the corporal inn record=, and they afterwards proceeded. in carriages to visit Castle fleeing, in the neighbourhood, of the town, and returned in tee evening,. after a long and sonewhat fatiguing day. The proceeding.* we regret to say, were demped by a sad aecident which Occurred at Castle Rising to Mr. Bulwer, a.gentlemateltighly respected in the neighbourhood. Just aa the party: were approach ing the old castle, and at a turn of the road. they were met by Sir W. Ffookes, an old friend of Mr. littilwer's. That gentl.en.n wile was seateel on the roof i , f. the coach, _ in rising to greet his friend slipped his foot, and the coach happming to give a su !deo. lurch at theeeatneeime, the unfortunate gattlennan wasetemwe wit It great violen,,e to the groend, fracturing his lege= 1 int' :et ieg a sever e wound on his forehead. Mr. Pettigrew, wno hetLgone•on before to the castle, was sent fur, and Mr. Feeth • was also 1131-- roediately on the spot- Mr, Bulwer was raised bona the grountl, when it was fouedelett in addit len eo the injuries named, he was terriely bruised, and the blood. was pour, laic from the wounds in his, head. He was takee to the: nearest hotel, not far frcriat where the accident occurred, and at once put to. bed, and his , leg, set. We are, glad to say that no. immediately dangerous tea ults are feared from the accident, but it is nut expected tlet at her will be able to leave his room for three or. four weeks . Mr. recut rev/ rune] a paper, mating lust tee ensue W21.e.• anode four miles uorth-eist of Lye n. In tracieg:its early hi sto-y, they learnt that the Conqueror bestowed arious possessions upon his hals:-brot her Odo, whoSoieeibe I then by rebellion ace:else William Belle,. and. else y were transferred to Will, , earn d'Albini, whose son. erect' te I this castle, which wae. consecptently of Norman. fate illation. Albini was afterwards. Earl of Arundel and Stec sey, and. married a daughter of Henry 1. In 1:24a, the cast le pesseCe to the co-heirs of de Warren and Surrey, and on re , partition of the estateishment fell to-Robert de ',dented ire: right of his wife. 13e , vat ions hands, passed t. hrough the family of the Duke• of Norfolk, and now beige .ged to the- Hon. Mary Howard, widow of C tlouel Greartf ie H,tward- Tne date of the castle was uncertain,- but Mr- 'Harrod htd conjectured it to. be the work of the same at 'chitect woo erected Noevsich Castle, and consequently t he period .of erection would be about the same time. At one time the castle was in the possession of ". the she welt: of Prence," - " Isabella Q - aeen Dowager of England'; and here, by some chroniclers, her imprisonment and death had bees fixed. It had, however, b.reu setisfeei.orry . ascertained that the death of the , princess took- pi ace at Etrtford, August (..a, 1356, and she:was -heeled in tele choir of Grey Friars„ now Ciwiszehureh, the Archbish op of Canterbury^ officiating, and the King himself being present. at the ce remony. The castle was built in a circular space, closed .by a dank and ditch. The destruction of the castles , : most have been rapidly effected,forin the time of aiwarde. - ,' IV, it was reported there never were a house lathe b . :at:feet able be keep out the rain, water, wind, or snow. Willa/ the destruction of the walls the whole area of the circuleatt work was buried several feet deep, and Colonel Howat4. removed many thousands of lo.tds to level the earth about the great tower to the baste line of the building. htf Black cave an interesting account of the records of ties corporation. of Lynn, stating that they consisted, fo . 2ehe most part, of a series of transactions of the torpor, ion, extendne from the early part of Elward IL. ; and. acme of t r h e e tt a a i r w k es aw •e o w t r e i x tt t e u i r i e u a p r) o d n fl a n s on in e g s u s l Y , arly ear: which appear 'ed t o h av e papr of a very been imported in o Eegland at that period. M r . B lac k explained that it was customary, in earlier times, to prepare.* simile charters relating to the a sins town, to be placed iti the differeat hadies ; and the great tharf er it elf consisted of an , :norrneus number of - rac simile dor tu ments, all original, which were sent to every corpse ate .own in the kingdom. Tun TIPPEAARY BANK.—The estates of Mr. *Vincent Senily, whose unfortunate connEetion with ' ine T ippera7y B.,nk has tuvol , e , l him in a see, of li , i4atio n, at to ha sold in the Encumbered Estates Court in Noyember next. Tile property lies Le the counties of Tipperary and Cork, and comprise in tha gross 3,166: aer es, yielding a net rent of £2,100 a year. NARROW FSCAPE of CArrAIN PASLEY 314 X , TEN OFFI CERS I_ND MEN OF ILYI..S. ATALAN rA.--13yr a cOMMUI:i.- cation received frem one of the officers of this ship, we 1-arn that on the 25th of July last Capital:: , M. S. Pasley, with seven officers and three men, whilst; rounding Cape Charles (Nevvfoandland),. in the ship's,ma er, was c ipsizA in a squill. Seven of the number maws/ ed to re ieli the share, th.tugh entirely exhausted—in I :et, almost gone ; the captain had to be dragged on share - apparently lifeless, but we were glad to learn re-anierat'ar et w a s s pe e dily re stored. The other four reinained by the boat, and were taken off just as she was sicking in twenty-five fathoms pesisrinugraited of water. One of the number (a Ws' val cadet) was piAed up, hands and feet together, unkter water ; he had sunk twice. mid was g wirg do.vu for- blk e last time, when he wAs cin4tit hold or by a baat-hoe k, 1 Ins 01 t h e proper means being adopted—after MI ire' eryal f ~ forty minutes — he revive], arid was then &Aug Weil. Had the accident happened two minutes later, been save?, as they would tb.u. a have been. end, ely out of sight, rind in a heavy 5, a ,., A "HAPPY FAMILY."—Not' - thnt the Ifey : herts were poor, no se could possibly have in any o her empire but the Be.-itish they would have passed tlie.: lost in ready money, for opial,nt. Bat they counted Cicir ch,ildren as the Jews count their oranges, thirteen. to the dozen ; and accordiopt, te the Fe oa t di e eim tonebing our prolific nation, "Es si-emed to gain in at - ,een4lancy. Not one of the thirteen olive branches eee - rounding the table of Ind exhanstieg it s rttinaceie ilusat‘, l teilit.lenfants.." . That Weald Fore , t, resAirws, was remarkable for beauty, talent, or amiah'iltv. Moderate abilities, moderate good looks, tva ,i tempers rather the reverse of maderite, forme the pi„,, d ---.taceristies of the r ;cf. Litt when these were 'brong,ht, to bear, in tha aggregate, on to ked peopll down, the six young men knocked peaple up, and by pulling together iu eve . y public catastrophe, poled eao,l and a other through. No obstacle availed against events, any c:arried weight. The seven girls peretverance. If idefeated, they turned' aniky, and' cen'ainaiion of half a &zoo sullen faces. annuli's . to the blackness of a thunder cloul.—The Two Aristwrat (Mrs, Gort) . .