The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-02-15 00:00:00

Central Mos.

FOROZIT.—Within the last few days for
genes, on an extensive scale, of leases granted by some
of the city companies have been brought to light. The
perpetrator, Mr. James Purssell, formerly connected
with the well-known confectioners, hu succeeded in
raising money upon the spurious documents in various
directions, and has fled on the discovery of the fraud.
Although in the aggregate the amount reaches some
£30,000, the loss in no individual case will be very con-
siderable, the transactions having been spread over •
wide circle, and the measures adopted to secure his
property prompt.

Illicko-eHorooisxma.—l was recently handed two
small pieces of glass, in the centre of MU of which, by
dint of painful examination, I discovered a speck about
one-sixteeneth of au inch in diameter, which bore some-
what the resemblance of a portrait of a bead ; in the
other was also • speck about one-eight of an inch in
diameter, but which I could not recognize as any par.
fielder object. By bolding the first piece of glass up to
the light, and looking through a powerful magnifier, I
diaonverel a perfect portrait, and in the other a group
of five portraits, equally perfect. To what use might
not Ibis mode of photographing be put! In war the
most elaborate instructions might be carried in • button
or the head of • pencil-case, end the General or Secre-
tary of War needs but a magnifying glees to save the
use of spies, and men from hanging; the whole archives
of a nation might be packed away in a anuflbox.—Pho-
togruphie News.
Sr pronED MUIIIDISR AT HAM M ITH.—On Satur-
day morning a gentlenian was found brutally murdered
near the Went Middlesex Company's Waterworks near
Ilaumiersinith. The body was lying on its back in •
pool of blood, the throat being cut from ear to ear and
the head nearly severed from the body. The body
bore other marks of VitIIVIICC. The deceased had no
coat or hat upon I , nor was anything of value, orb,
give a clue to identity, found on the person. The police
haveevery reason to believe that the unfortunate person
has been robbed and uninlered, and the body thrown
into the Thames and washed up by the action of the
tide to the spot where it was found. The body is that
of a 1111111 of 45. short in stature, and clad in superior
black cloth vest, trousers. and Wellington boots, the
underclothing being all of the finest description, and
black Instil' necktie fastened with • gold pin.

A Novel. Citims swEEP.—A curious freak of
" Iteynard the Fox" occurred last week at Dursley. Sir
Maurice Ilerkeley's hounds met at Kingcote inie day, and
having found, the fox 1111101 e away, skirting the hill right
into the town cif Horsley. Here he got on the roof of a
shed, and, rising gradually from roof to roof, at last
gained the top of a house lately occupied as a pawnshop
and " popped" himself down the chimney into the into.
nor. Having rxste..l pentad for sonic time, the hound*
being At fault though close to his lair, he mounted the
chimney, took a IltirVey from the top, and, seeing the
hounds in a neighbouring court-yanl. it made oft in an
opposite direction, completely transformed ill colour.
Unfortunately his escape WU soon discovered, and after
running about a mile from the town, he dropped from
sheer exhaustation, and surrendered his" brush," which
was black fruits its novel employment in chiinney•
sweeping.
THE METROPOLITAN MAIN DRAINAGE SCHEME/4.
A letter has been addressed to Lord J. Manners, M. I'.,
the Commissioner of Works, by Messrs. 13. Galton and
.1. Simpson, the Government referees, upon the " Brief
Observations of Messrs. Bidder, Hawkesley, and Bezel.
gette on the answer of the Government referees to their
report to the Metropolitan Board of Works upon the
remirt of the referees." Much of this letter is purely
technical and scientific, involving questions that are
worked out by algebraical expressions and mathematical
formulae. 'rho Iloveniment referees claim for their
own plan the undeniable merit of elicapness, alleging
' that the total cost of their scheme would not exceed
£4,000,000 (C 1,575,000 against 3.A,0:5m,r00, the alleged
coat .4 the Board's engineer's plan, as extended to Sea
j Reach ; but if their plan were enlarged and adapted to
discharge the Government referees' quantity of sewage
and rainfall. the oust would then be £13,075,000, as
' against £6,785,500 upon the cheaper and, possibly, better
system of the Government referees.

GoVERNMENT Ex iaLtriux.—Tlie Government emi-
grant ship Mary Pleasants, 786 tons, Captain Moore
Gilchrist, which sailed from Liverpool on the 28th of
July, in charge of Surgeon-superintendent Philip Real,
with 33 married couples. 62 single men, 95 single
women, 21 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 20 girls
between the same ages, 3 wale infants and A female,
making • total of 273 souls, equal to 247 i statute adults,
arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, on the 16th of
November. Two deaths (one adult and one child)
occurred during the voyage. Her Majesty's Emigration
Commissioners received tenders on Thursday for ships
to proceed to Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and to
Sydney; the former to be ready for the reception of pas-
sengers on such day as the Commissioners may appoint
between the 7th and 14th of March, and the latter
between the 21st and tO4th.
THE Rev. C. H. Sruenzoe's New TABERNACLE.—
The building co ttasi appointed to carry out the
erection of • new place of worship sufliciently largo to
meet the wants of the thousands who constantly attend
the Surrey Music-hall to hear Mr. Spurgeon, have re-
ceived some hundreds of design,' from different archi•
tecte in answer to an advertisement offering three prises
of PAO, 00, and E2O, for those most approved. Rae's
Repository, opposite the Elephant and Castle, is the
place chosen to exhibit them to the public. Some of the
designs are really beautiful, and, although the estimate
is kept within the prescribed limit (4216,00)) it is evident
that to complete the building of several of them would
cost at least £25,0110 each. 11 WAR decided on Saturday
last which shall be the plan selected. Great excite-
ment was 7.manifested as to who would be the 'meccas-
NI competitor. The Repository will be kept open to
Mr. Spurgeon's friends and the public until the end of
this week. It is intended to lay the foundation atone
early in the spring, and by the cod of this year it is
anticipated that the neighbourhood will be graced by a
building second to none of its kind in the metropolis

Tnr EI.DettLY (teNTI.IOIF.N or THE MOCMIC or
COMMONM.—Seventy.one members of the present House
of Commons claim exemption (ruin serving on election
omumittees u being above the age of lit) years. The
list of these worn out v..terans of the Semite includes
the WHIM —thu Hon. Cenoral Artlibutlinott, Mr. J.
liagshaw, Mr. E. Ball, Colonel Boldero, Mr. Adam
Black, Hon. P. P. MouVerie, Mr. W. Brown (Lanca-
shire), Major C. Bruce (Elgin), Sir C. U. Burrell, Mr.
Hales Calcraft, Mr. E. Denison (West Riding), Mr. H.
Bruno ~,,,, d, Mr. Inset!, Mr. T. S. Buncombe (Fins-
bury), Right lion. E. Ellice, lion. J. E. Elliot, sir Be
Lacy Evans, Sir James Graham, Mr. Hadfield, Mr.
cruising Harcourt, Mr. Henley, Mr. J. Heatlicoat,
Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. W. Ling, lion. Colonel
Lowther, Mir C. Napier, Sir J. Owen, Viscount Pal-
merston, Mir :3. B. PeJclaell, Mr. O. Ricanlo, Lord J.
Russell, Mr. Poulett ria.pc, Mr. Slane'', Mr. It.
Spooner, Lord J. Stuart, Mr. Aspinall Turner, Sir W.
N erner, Admiral Walcott, Mr. Wrightson, and Gene.
ral Wyndham. Sir Charles M. Burrell, the father of
the Howie of Commons, is no leu than $.l years of age
and has Nat for Shoreham and the Rape of Bramber
since PIM, the nisinorable year when the Ministry of all
"Thu Talents" (including Mr. Fos) was formed. Sir
C. Burrell is only exceeded in age by Lord Lyndhurst,
of the Upper House, who is in his 87th year.

Fans: incites Oism.—.4. very curious dinner has just
taken place in Madrid, and a private letter gives tIA a
report. We should scarcely venture to surilille with
anything no unpretending, but for the thoughts which
were uttered there, remarkable alike in their source,
and in their asstlietical tendency. The eminent hanker,
M. Salamanca, receives at his table, every l'hunelay,
politician* anal journalists of the misierate party. To
this weekly courtesy 12 yuertillerus (journalists) re•
oently responded by inviting their opulent host to an '
entertainment of their OV/11, at one of the modest
restaurants of the Spanish capital. The invitation was
accepted, and the dinner took place, the cost of the feast
being eight reels, or Is. 9.1. • head. Our correspon•
dent takes up the tale :—lustead of the basket of
flower* usually planed at the centre of the table stood •
pyramid of books, surrounded by the busts of Calderon,
Lope ale Vega, Cervantes, and Velasques. The dinner
has been more than modest, and I would never have
troubled you with it were it not for Salamanca's speech,
which, I think, is worthy to be reproduced :—" Gentle-
men." mid he. "about 21 years from this time the old
and threadbare cassock of Salantanm, then • student in
the University of Grenada, might be among the oldest
and moot worn out cassocks of his mourades. When my
education was completed I proceeded to Malaga and
made myself pucetillero (journalist) of the A oS;osko
Mcaugiseim. Then the love of gold took possession of
my soul, and IS was Madrid that I found the object of
soy adoration ; but not without the loss of toy juvenile
illusion. Believe ine' gentlemen, the man who can
wad has all his wishes as no more enjoyment. Keep the
way you have entered on, I advise you. Itothaehilirs
celebrity will cease on the day of his death. Immor-
tality can be earned, but not bought. Here are before
you the Mateo( men who have glunously cultivates' liberal
arta ; their busts I have met with throughout the whole
of Europe; but nowhere have I found • statue erected
to the memory of a wan who has devoted his life to
money making. To-day I speak to you with my feelings
of V years, for in your company I have forgotton I am
• banker, and only thought of my youth and days of
gay humour."—Speciator.

} [mime ACT.—The honorary silver medal of the
Royal Hessians. Society, hea jug' been awarded to the
lion. TIMUIa.I JOllll Wynn, eldest son of the Right
mos, Lord 'Newhorough. Olyiilllfuls.iork, Cartiarvon-
shire, who, at the hum:need risik Ms own life, soic-
oeeded in oaring that of Mr. U. N'emon Haswell, of
Soldiery, who was seised with clviii. whits lathing in
the Tlisuics The psrents od Mr. Beech hare elk. pre-
sented Mr. Wynn wddi a handsome Mew of plate, hear-
ing a suitable iisszription.
Tile W eATII KR IN Tile NonTil. --last week a matt
was found frozen to sleuth among the snow on the luila
near St sulisspe, in Durham. lii the sone week scene
sportsmen found the h. ly of a peroti known as en
Sitierican prophet lying nit on the 011.14 s 4 Northum-
berland, near Falstone, where he 11,141 frozen to death.
In the same week cowslips were 'gathered near Stock-
ton, in Durham, and wallflowers and other hanly ganlen
dowers were in fell bloom in the public) parks and gar-
dens in the towns un the coast of Nso-thuniberland.
BIRTH IN A ILA I I.WAT CARRIAUR. —On the arrival
of NW London aipl Brighton (oisipsiny's up train from
Baiting'., at Formit-Ifill Statism, Sunday evening, some
excitement was occasioned among the passengers by an
intimation that a lady in one of the carriages had been
taken in labour. Must fortunately for the patient, it
happened that Dr. Oldham, who hold an honorary
position smiler the Company, was a paasenge r in the
train. The doctor at once gave Isis aid, and between
Forest-Rill and London. accomplished all that was
necessary for the comfort of the lady. It transpired
that the birth was prempture awl the infant dead.
A NEW SITAR Esi:l N C.—The )larselia of Stafford i
in possesaion of a new kind of steam engine for niusiing
on the road. It weighs little inure than a ton, and is
capable of travelling at from 14 to 111 miles 'ter hour. It
runs upon three wheuls, and is guisled by • handle in
front, similar to a velocipede. It is of two-hurse power
and is fitted with swat in front capable of holding four
passengers, including the driver. The Marquis, Lord
Grosvenor, Lord Blantyre, and another rode through
Newport from Lilleshall-hall on Friday, an event which
caused no small curiosity among the inhabitants. It
appears, however, to be somewhat unwieldy, for in turn-
ing into the workyard of Mr. Massey the came in
contact with the wall slightly injuring one of the wheels.
however, it proceeded and mowed through the town
again in about half an hour. It is rather noisy in its
progress, and the steam may probably be unpleasant to
the passengers, the funnel being close to their backs.
The scheme appears to be a novel one in this district,
and will iso doubt be the insane of opening • field for
further inventions of the kind.

SINGULAR GUN ACCIDLNT.—An accident of • sinus
lar nature occurred a day or two ago to Mrs. Fisher,
wife of the eminent guentaker, of Princes-street,
Leicester-square. A gentleman from the country
brought a double-barrelled gun for Mr. Fisher to
examine, in consequence of its miming fire. Mr. Fisher
on examining the barrels, inquired of the owner whether
they were charged, and was informed positively that
they were not, lie placed a cap on the nipple of one of
the barrels, and snapped it. He next placed one on the
other nipple, pointing the muzzle of the gun towanls
the ground, and then pulled time trigger, when, to his
astsmishinent, the burred Whilll was heavily charged,
went off. The charge struck a partition in
his shop, and hounding off struck Mrs. Fisher, who was
sitting near. The consequence was • very severe aml
lacerated wound, involving the greater part of the
thigh. She was immediately carried to bed. Mr. J. F.
Clarke was quickly sent for, and soon after his arrival
extracted • large number of shot from the wound, and
the lady, though still in imminent danger, is progressing
very favourably under his care. The case is particu-
larly instructive, as showing the great caution which
is necessary !oho exercised whenever firearms are used.

THE LATE DK. INMAX.—The Rev. James Inman,
many years professor of mathematics at the Royal
Naval College, Portsmouth Dockyard, died on the 7th
ult., Aged 83. He was the oldest of Cambridge senior
wranglers, and has long poesessed a just celebrity in
naval circles for his application of science to navigation
and shipbuilding. He laboured very many years
unobetrusively but zealously in his country's service.
His degree dates as far back as 1:100. He sailed round
the world with Flinders, as astronomer, was wrecked
with him, and took part with tlie late Sir John Frank-
lin in thst celebrated action in which a fleet of British
merchantmen beat off the French Admiral Linois.
While professor of mathematics at the Royal Naval
College he reduced to system the previous ill-arranged
methods of navigation, and published several valuable
works now in general use in the naval service ; but he
was hest known by his havieg been the first person in
this country who built ships on scientific principles, and
by Itis having educated a claim of men in whom; hands
the promised " reconstruction" of the British navy must
be plaeml. Dr. lionan's transleti of Chapman, with
his valuable annotations, is the test-book on which all
subsoment writers on naval architecture have proceeded.
Ili+ pupils, a hong list of distinguished naval officera,
will long remember him as a type of the high lest
-
truthful eon if science, and the loyal, laborious unobstru
sive public servant.
Cu:4%loloe or AS ESGIEE.DRIVER.—At the High
Court of Justicary, Etiiiburgui, on Monday, Alexander
Robertson, engine-driver in the employment, of the
North Britiali Railway Company, was placed at the bar
on the charge of culpable homicide (isianalaughter,) and
culpable violation or neglect of duty. It appeartal from
the eviulence that on the evening of the 21811 of October
Is-it, the primmer was driving a special goods train from
Edinburgh to Calashiele, and that at Iletiot stations his
train ran into a cattle train which was some tea iii
advance, in coneequence of which the guard's van
attached to the cattle train was broken in pieces, and R.
M.Dougall, a drover, who was travelling in the van.
was thrown out and was so seriously injurrl that lie
died the next day, and John Mitchell, another drover,
was so severely bruised that his life was for wine time
endangered. It was also proved that the signal to stop
was duly exhibited from the distance post. and that the
prisoner was aware of the cattle train tieing immediately
in advance of the goods train. The manager of the rail-
way was called to prove that seconling to the regulations
of the company it was the prisoner's duty iii dark WM
foggy weather to have a bead lamp attached to the
engine, to move with great cant and slowness, and on
approaching a station, whether the danger signal was on
orient, to bring his train so under control that on seeing
the signal he might be able to bring it up. The prisoner's
defence was to the effect that, owing to the existence of
a fog on the night in questi ~,, , the signal-light at lleriut
station could not be °teen from the Usual place, and that
on immediately seeing the signal he used all the 010111111
in his power to bring the train to a stop—that nu fog
signals were used to give him intituation that the line
was obstructed. The trial concluded on Tuesday after-
noon, when the jury by • majority found the prisoner
guilty, as libelled, but strongly recommended him to the
leniency of the court, owing to the eetenuating cirenin•
stances in the case. The Lord Justice Clerk, in passing
sentence of six months' imprisonment, remarked that
the Accident had arisen from the prisoner's violation of
the regulations that had been issued for his guidance,
and that he hoped the occurrence would be a warning to
him, not from any bless of his own, or any calculations
of chances or probabilities, to disregard the specific and
imperative injunctions laid upon !MU.
HIOX:SIN4; Cold.llBlori sr Se.i.—A most frightful col
lisioon, IsAweett the steamer Prince Patrick, of Fleet
wootl, •101 a he'll/010:r called the Elgin, took place he
tweet' 12 and 1 o'clock 011 Tuesday morning, about 13
miles front Fleetwood, and resulted in the loss of hive
peruionx, all belonging to the schooner—viz., the captain'
(Robert Wiltiona), his wife, and youngest child, aged
about twin years; and William Stewanlson and Thomas
Junes, 'seamen. Four persons were saved—viz., Mat-
thew Colgan (the 'nate), John Cern and Robert Swad-
dles (seamen), and William Learns, a boy, the total
number on board being nine. This accident, which has
beein of so disastrous and fatal a character, occurred at a
point as near as can be ascertained about six or eight
miles south-west of Walney Island, and about 12 or 13
miles from Fleetwoml, tiu far as we have been able to
learn, the steamer Prince Patrick, the fittest and largest
of the well-known line of ate:tuners run ~ ill g daily (ruin
Fleetwood to Belfast, was run into by the iron schooner
Elgin, laden with pig-iron, from Ardroman for Fleet-
wood. The speed at whi2li the steamer was going when
the collision took place was about 10 miles per hour,
end that of the schooner eight miles per bout. The
opposing force of the vessels was thins so great that the
schooner was &lime:tent in two. She filled imineiliately,
and WO( from one to two minutes after the collision,
the pereons above-mentimied going down with her.—•
heartrending sight to those on board the steamer. When
the vessel struck, the captain's wife ran to the stern, inn
the desperate hope of saving her child, but while doing
so the schooner went down whim • sudden plunge, and
the maternal effort was of no avail. A boat from the
I. steamer was liately lowered, and the unite and
four seamen got into her, but their endeavours to rescue
their fellow-creatures who were struggling in the water
were quite unavailing, and after rowing about three-
quarters of au hour the search for the missing builies
was given up as hopelesa. The four 'nett who were
saved had managed to climb up the side of the steamer
jut after she struck the *cleaner, awl were thud pre-
served from • watery grave. The passengers omm board
the steamer were very much alarmed at the time, but,
the extent of the damage done to that vessel not being
serious, their fears were man quieksl. The plates of
iron on the water-line on the port-how, for several
feet from the cud-water, were ripped open, anti
the water rushed into the fore compartment ; hut,
as its further ingress was prevented by the bulk-
heads, all Anxiety respecting the safety of the vessel was
set at rest, and she /40011 started 011 her return to Fleet-
wood for repairs, it not being considered safe to proceed.
Captain Humplireye deemed it advisable to run his ship
very slowly back into port, in order to prevent the las-
sibility of the water in the fore coinpartitimit extending
into the ship. With legard to the CSIPIC of this lamenta-
ble accident we are unable to speak with anything like
certainty. From what we have been able to learn it
appears that the second mate of tine idealiser, who was
on the look-out on the bridge at the time, saw the lights
of the schooner about eight minutes previous to the col-
lision, lent, not apprehending any oaUxe of alarm, the
course of the vessel was Wit altered. On the schooner
approaching, and when within about two tor three
minutes frees the time of the accident, perceiving that a
cu,lhismmmnm was likely to euxue, lie instently ordered her
helm to be put a port, in onler to avert the terrible COll-
- likely to result from the vessels coming ill 0011-
t.ict. This order was iseuud too latv, for the schooner
1111 l ediately struck the steamer on the port bow, can-sung
the damage as before stated. This Tweed, we are informed
haul not altered her course at all. Haul She done so very
likely the deplorable catastrophe would have been pre-
vented, or, at any rate, mitigated considerably. 'Fliere
will, of manse. be fill investigation as to the UllllllO of the
calamity. We were informal that Captain Ilumplireye
hail been on the look-out immediately before the schoon-
er's lighta were descried, and was not informed by the
second mate, who was then on the look-out, that a vessel
was ahead. The Prince Patrick had on board 14 cabin
passengers, includiug 2 !adieu, and nearly 30 deck pawn.
gers, together with about the usual amount of cargo.
The schooner had on board about 226 tons of pitirun,
the value of which would be about £2lBO, and this to-
gether with the loss of (hue schooner and the damage
sustained by tine steamer, makes the total injury to the
two vessels of b4ween £3,(100 and £4,000.
Kemp despatched • special steamer, the Prince of Wales,
with the passengers and cargo of the Prince Patrick, to
Belfast Wednesday dtenumia at 4 o'clock. A small
steamer was also sent Wednesday noon to the accrue of
the &taster, in order to recover mime of the iuissing
bodice. Blie reports having found the Elgin, lying with
part of her spare above water, in about 12 or 13 fath
Welney light bearing E.K.E., the Wyre light K.& IS.
The captain of the achuoner, Hobert Wilape. bead at
Vlversion, and has, we ars sorry to learn, left a family
of three young children.

UXIMIITUNATY. EMIGRANTS. —On the fith of November
some Irish emigrant" sailed from Liverpool in the Jane
Fioiter. After being at sea 49 days, they were lan.lod
at Queenstown and wilt back to Liverpool. They were
next put on board the Isaac Wright, which caught fire
on the very night alie ought to have sailed. They were
aga:n placed en hoard the Isaac Webb, which, returned
to port again last week, attar being twenty -four days at

A if %I-MTH tTe UNDER FIRE. —MT. Foord, a justice
of Cie peace. found I self in a disagreeable and some-
what pvrilous position the other day, in ems-
sing the ground at Tom All-A hour's, Chatham.
%i.e.' fur musketry practice. The officer in command
stopped the firing at first, but it recoinaitenced before Mr.
&mord hasl got out Of range, and the worthy magistrate
was compelled to seek safety by lying fiat on the
ground until the practice was over. He was notreleased
from his danger until he had spent more than half an
hoar in listening to the bullets whiffing over his head.
LoNnoB AND 300TH-WEETICEN.—ThE directors of
this company state in their report that the net revenue
for the lialf.year ending the 21st of Ikcionber last, after
deducting interest on loans, and all other preferential
charges, amounts to 1:202,480, to which £4,853, the sur-
plus from Juue let. Ia added, making a total balance
available for dividend of 4:097,334. From this sum the
directors propose that • dividend shall be declared, pay-
able on the 21st instant, at the rate of Lb 15s. per cent.
per annum. amounting on 4.7.197.8550 f capital Puid up
to C 2116,108, leaving a balance. of £296. The doubling
of the Southampton and Ltoreliester line for the :ill milts
from Southampton to Wintborne wascompleted, where-
by the working of the traffic on the line was much
facilitated. Tbe contractor was proceeding rapidly with
the works on the Exeter Extenaion line. Soule delay
bad occurred in finishing the station works at Salisbury,
at the junction with the Salisbury Anil Yeovil line ; but
there was no doubt that the first portion of that line to
Gillingham would be ready tor opening early in the
spring.
DEATH OF MR. CoMMIRRIONKR PHILLIPS.-11T.
Coumusaismer Phillips expired on Tuesday evening last,
at his residence in Osirdoti.ispiare. His age was 72 or
74. The late Commissioner was called to the Irish bar
in 1809, and to the English bar on the 9th of February
1821, by the Middle Temple. He was one of the district
Commissioner of the Court of Bankruptcy at Liverpool,
at £l,BOO a year, which appointuient lie resigned about
thirteen years ago, and was appointed t'ommissioner of
the Insolvent Debtors Court, at £l,fioo a year. Ou
Monday be sat in Court, and never rallied from the time
he was seized with the lit of apoplexy on that day,
till his death. He died without recognising the
members of his family, or his attached attendant Hurley,
who had served him for thirty years. Charles Phillips
will be known by his Recollections of Curran, a work
on which lie bestowed much labour. His Vocatiol
Thoughts on the Alsdilion of Capital Punislanteras have
guile through several editions, having been tiatronised
by the Society of Friends. It will, however, be as a
criminal lawyer lie will be retnembered, and his power
of cross-examination, which be pursued to the very
last slay lie sat, will he recollected by the bar. The late
Commissioner was a Man of warns feelings and of an im-
petuous temperament, yet withal of a kindly disposi-
tion.

THE FATE or POOR (;ENTLESIIN REHTHALIA.—
The following is front a letter from Melbourne :—" As
far as emigration from England is concerned, • man who
cannot us-3 the pickaxe and shovel, or soon such tool,
had better remain in England. For what I can hear, it
is easier to do well in America than here. Gold mining
is much altered from what it was. Instead of the gold
being found near the surface, every day it is found to
be wore necessary to sink two or three hundred feet for
it, and then, after working at • hole for six, twelve, or
eighteen months, as likely as not, except to experienced
men, there may not be enough to pay the first cost, and
very frequently nothing at all. Hundreds of nien who
followed mercantile pursuits in England are wandering
about the street* of Melbourne and Sydney, with nothing
to do, and not knowing how moon they may be turned
out of their lodgings, which they cannot pay for, and
for which they are already in debt. A frii-ml of
told ine that • surgeon, not having sufficient capital to
follow his profession, had called to beg A crust of bread.
He had offered to break stones on the road, but refused
work because his hands were not hard enough, although
he ,eiked only to he paid what his labour was worth.
There -ire huadreds like hint. Or worse than this, dis-
gusted and dialiearteneil, they lose their aelf-reapect,
take to drink, and become pests to themselves and all
who are unfortunate enough to know them ; or, per-
haps, they end their days in a lunatic asylum or a prison.
SK, much for a poor gentleman in Australia."

Roneur BURNS AND ROBERT CHAMBERM. - The
claim of our E linburgh friends to be called out for
favourable distinction wises, in our estiinat , from the
circumstance that one limn happened to be present who
has dope something f,r the isle yof Burns besides
talk about it. A g the list of toasts and speeches we
find just two hues, reporting that the omipsny drank the
" Biographers of Burns," and that Mr. Robert Cham-
bers acknowledged the toast. What Mr. Robert
hers sail fur Bunts on this occasion is nut inent. 41 in
the report we read. The infinitely more important
guest of what he has done for Burns we are in a
posit' to answer without referring to reports. About
17 years ago a grateful country haul left Burns' sister,
Mrs. liegg, and her daughters, in the most inipoverished
circumstonces ; and Mr. Robert Chandlers set uu foot •
subscription for them. The result of the appeal thus
made, and of a solemn Branch Burns' (Jolumemoration,
got up in Ayrshire. was a tsublieriction amounting to sonic.
thing less than EM); of which the Queen and Court
gave Oil. As much was done with this pittance as
could be done ; awl it was sunk in an annuity
for the three pour souls to live upon. Mrs. liegg and
her daughters were settled in a cottage in Ayrshire.
Mr. Robert Chambers then went bravely to work with
his own hands and brains to help Burns's kindred for
Burns's sake. After devoting admirable industry and
research to the task, lie produced the " Life mid Poems
of Burns," in four volumes ; jiublished the work in
WI, and devotril the first proceeds of the sale, L't•t,
ti the necessities uf Mrs. ilegg and her daughters—thus
giving from his own isplividind exertion re than half
as much as the entire sum which all Scotland bad given.
—birkemi Ilumethold Words.

IbPKRYRY or .11iWEI.ItY.—At an early hour on Wed-
nesday morning last the premises of Mr. Joseph Pyke,
jeweller and silversmith in Ifigh-street. Chatham, were
burglariowdy entered, when property to the value of
considerably inure than El,OOO was carried off. From
the skill displayed in effecting an entrance it is evident
that the interior of the premises was not altogether un-
known to the burglars. The persons mmaged in the
burglary gained admission at the rear of the premises
by scaling& wall, and traversed several houses and yards
leading from the New-road, after which they attempted
to break open the door communicating with the down-
atairs kitchen. This door, being of great strength, and
lined throughout with iron, defied all attempts to break
it open. The burglars then used their implements to
remove the doorpost, and by means of a crowbar actually
tore risme' a considerable portion of the brick wall into
which the posts were fastened. Having among tshed
this, they easily removed the two iron bars by which the
door was secured, and thus obtained an entrance into
the kitchen, but here they were baffled by another door
leading into the shop, which was also found securely
fastened. They, however. inroovededi to cut away a leir•
tion id the ceiling, but afterwards removed one of the
panels of the ilis,r, through which they pooled. The
shop is divided from the rest of the lboupw by a plumage,
the sides of which are of wood stoutly secured, and
marks are SileWil as if the burg:ars had saninnenced aet•
ting fire to this part of the premises, though for what
reamn sloes unit appear. Admission to the shop was
finally gained by forcing up a " blind" window. The
dock of Mr. Pyke is very large, and of considerable
value. The burglars, however, contented themselveawith
stealing principally articles of gold, leaving the silver
'date and other silver goods untouched. The lower part
of the shop window was entirely cleared of almost every
article of gold which it contained, and among the arti-
cles carried off were about 40 gold watches, three dozen
diamond rings, • tray of " charms," valued at El5O, up-
wants of 100 signet and other rings, a tray of wedding
rings, csnitaining upwards of 50, nearly 100 gold pins,
with gold Albert and other chains, shirt studs, about •
dozen silver lever watches, three sets 4if silver salts, •
bowl of gold and silver Coins, and other articles, the
total value being about £1,500.

DARING I i.II4UTTI: Very great exciteinent
has prevailed in We'd Bromwich and the vicinity from
the fact that in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon
week a person lialiog a responsible initiation under the
Messrs. Dawes, of Itrimiford Works, was waylaid,
garotted, and robbed of cash belonging to his einidoyers
to the amount of £lOl is. ski. From the inquiriem we
have mole we are able lA, furnish the following pai•
ticulani:- -On the day referred to, its early as half-past
4, a man named Noah Timmins, who is a timekeeper at
a stune-pit at Friar-park, in the parish of West Ilroin•
wicli, belonging to the Messrs. D&WeS, lert the pit to go
to the works of the firm at Broinford. Here lamming
hail to receive the cash sieve-wary to pay the hands
elOplOyed at the stone-pit. Acisonlingly the sum of
£lOl lie. Cal. was handed over to biro, mod, as is usual,
the money was put into • bag, which the timekeeper
placed in his pocket. He then started mm his return,
and when in Crank-billiane, a rather lonely place,
within • quarter of a mile of the atone-pit, he was met
by three men, whip sudileidy, and without speaking •
word, attacked him in a body. One of the ruffians seized
hold of his throat, the metiond attempted to blindfold
him, while the third put his hand into his pocket and
laid hold of the bag containing the cash, T. was
then thrown violently on the ground, and, perceiving
the determination of his assailants to rob I , lie
resisted with all his strength for a few 111WillIA:11. It was
indeed but for a abort thew that he could do this, for,
not mutant with what they had already done, they beat
awl kicked him on the head and face and knelt mon hi*
body. Such was the nature of the wan& that 'Nimbi'
could not call out, nor was he able, although the men's
faces were exposied, to notice their feature* particularly,
or to see what clothes they wore. Leaving their victim
for • ~,,, meta or two insensible, they, having secured
the money bag, ran off along the canal side leading
towarla Weilnuabory and Hill Top. When the poor
timekeeper was able to get upon his legs he pursued the
runaway*, calling out " Murder !" WI well as he WAS
able ; but, although several i.CT541115 were about the
canal and towingliatii, not the least effort Was ISA& to
arrest the progreas of the thieves, and they got clear off.
! They were met imuuiuiemtiat.ely afterwards by a person who
heard the cry of " Murder !" and lie asked the three
men what WAS the matter, to which one replied that he
hail given a man a " smack in the chops," awl that was
what he " holler'il" for. Tiiiimiiiiis traced the thieves in
the direction of Hill Top, and, seeing a ploughman in •
field engaged at work, lie induced him to lend him one
of the hone*, which he forthwith mounted, and seemed
likely to come up with the miscreants. Unfortunately
the horse, which doubtless had already done a hard day's
work, fell, sod could not be got to go afterwards at •
quick pace. Thu* the pi,or fellow was obliged to
iandon the pursuit, and the only course left him was
to procure the asaiatance of the polio°. Major 11 Knight,
deputy chief constable, placed the matter in the hands of
Inspectors Dew, 13layney, and Holland, and Sergeant
)(Viva. These officers started off at once in various
direetiona, working up to 10 o'clock on Sunday night,
but without success. We are sorry to add that up to 4
o'clock on Tuesday the same result attended the efforts
of these officers. As to T ,we learn that one of
lii. eyes is blackened, his head is cut and bruised, and he
has a spitting of blood. He is a steady stun, of good
character, and respected by his employers. A reward
of £-25 is °Mired for the apprehension of the perpetrators
of this daring and brutal outrage. Tim money stolen
consisted of 84 sovereigns, 14 half-sovereigns, £lO In two
packets of silver, and es. &I. in loose silver and copper
mousy.—Biresingkan Post

HALL OF THR HRSTZ CoLIRCTIoN. —no second and
third clays sale drew a full attendance. Many of the
intaglios and cameos were of the highest order of art,
and moat of them were choice and interesting. A small
intaglio in sardonyx, with heed of Vulcan, was bought
by Mr. Nate for £l3 ; a Minerva, in hyacinth, by Mr.
cliageni ft £lO ; a head of Medusa, £lB—Mr. Biicke.
A very small Callleo of Itaixhus upon a panther, and one
of A riolue, fetched £l2 12a. each, bought by Mr.
Chaffers ; a Silenua, a very tine work, was bought by
Mr. Mick.: for £2l ; a Ilacchante, of splendid work, was
secured by Mr. Webb for £3l. The bronzes also
e%m tett considerable competition from their great
beauty and rarity. A 9,tat ite Mercury (12 inches in
height) was bought by islr. Welsby fur au. Various
small figures fetched price,' varying from Clio £25.
l'he figure of a priestess sold for gig IN. to mt. prince ;
the head called Tiberius (probably Claudius,) 11 inches
in height, also bought liy Mr. Prince for 01. The
votive head and arms (lot 572) fell to Mr. Eastwood for
£lOl.l. Lot MO, called t:arracalla, a beautiful work,
brought 1:27 ; and lot +Mil, called Constantine, £l5, a
sum certainly much below its value. The sum realized
for the wound day's sale was 1:616, that for the third
day 1.716.
TIM LONDoN SHOERLACI SoCIRTHUL—The annual
winter treat of the London Shoeblack Societies was held
last Tuesday evening in St. Martin's-hall. The boys
were entertained with tea, and bread and butter and
cake, and their cal ious uniforms and flags presented a
very gay appearance. The following is a list of the *Ale-
ties present, with the number of boys in each. Hawed
School Slioebla,ck Society, red uniform, 71 boys; East
London, blue, 82; South London, yellow, 45; North-
West London. white, :30; West Kent, green, 13 ; West
London, purple, 21; Islington, brown, red facings, 25 ;
Nutting-hill, blue, red facings, 15; Kensington, brown,
purple facings, 14; Union Jack (Limeliume), red, blue
facings, 16 ; total, 325. The total Carlling4 of All these
societies during the past year amounted to £4.308. 'file
Earl of Shaftesbury presided, and the attendance of
visitors was very numerous. Among Mime present were
the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, Lady
Haddock, Mr. it. Hanbury, M.P., Mr. S. Gurney, M.P.,
Alderman Finnis, Captain Trotter, Sir C. Fox, Mr. J.
Payne, Mr. J. M'Gregor, /sc. The meeting was addressed
by the Earl of Shaftesbury, and several other gentle-
men. The band of the boys of the Yellow Society was
in attendanoe, and played at intervals during the
evening.

THE TRIATME:YT OF JURORS—The present absurd
and vexatious system of starving jurymen into the
rendering of a verdict or " true saying," by conxigning
them to the custody of a tipstaff, and keeping thew
under lock and key without fire, food, or candle for an
indefinite period, has been derided by a great satirical
poet and denounced, in later days, by grave dignitaries
of the law, in wigs and gowns arrayed. The Lord
Campbell has now come forward aith, a bill "to auiend
the law concerning jury trial in civil causes." Aceurd•
jog to this measure (now before the House of Lords)
juries sitting on ally civil cause or proceeding, if they
retire to deliberate upon their verdict, will be furnished
with fitting accommodation, and (by leave of the Court)
with necessary refreshments ; and if unable to agree
unanimously upon a verdict, they may not be kept in
deliberation for inure than six houni, unless they shall
unanimously desire to continue their deliberations at the
expiration of that period of time, and if, in the sequel,
the jury are unable to agree, but nine or more of them
concur in a verdict, the verdict of the nine shall be taken
and have full force and effect in point of law. If nine
cannot agree, the jury must be discharged ; in which
case, the cause 'nay be tried again at once or at some
future period. All trials by jury will be deemed such
in a civil cause or proceeding within the meaning of this
Act, except trials oil indictments, or on criminal info!,
mations, filed by order of the Court of Queen's Bench, or
by the Attomey-General, or upon coroner's inquests.
The " benefit of the Act" will not extend to Scotland.

ST. MARK'S H.PATITAL, CITY•ROAD.—This institu-
tion, fot the cure of fistula, prolapses, and other diseases
of the rectum, held its Zlrd annual meeting on Thurs-
day at the London Tavern, Ilishoosgate-street. The
t 'ttee in their report congratulated the governors
and subscribers on the improved condition of the charity.
A legacy of ES,OUU, free from all charges, had recently
been given to the chanty by the late Mr. George !fid-
gety Foster, who, it was now made known, was also the
donor of £3,0119 to the building fund, which had hitherto
been ackuowledged as " A plums." Other legacies
had also been bequeathed to the charity during the past
year, amounting in the whole £1,070. Still the com-
mittee regretted that the income of the hospital bore a
very inadequate proportion to the demands made upon
it, and they earnestly appealed to the public for increased
support. The surgical report for the year ending the
list of December. ISSI, stated the number of patients
admitted in that period to be 700, of whom 332 were
discharged cured, 344 were materially relieved, I was
considered incurable. 24 were disiiiiesed for irregularity
of attendance, and 4 died; the remaining 75 were still
under treatment. The co lace regretted to announce
the resignation of the founder, Mr. F. Salmon, who had
hitherto acted as honorary surgeon to the institution,
and they expressed their deep sense of gratitude to a
man whose be wvolence and compassion for the suffer-
ings of the poor, from diseases the most distressing that
could afflict humanity, and which were once looked upon
as all but incurable, had led him to project an infirmary
fur their relief. From small beginnings and unaided, lie
had persevered for a !wried of tt years, till lie had seen
St. Mark's Hospital take its place among the most useful
institutions of the land. Eleven thousand poor I,ersotls
had been partakers of the benefits if the charity. and it
was with pride, said the committee, that Mr. Salmon
could look back upon more than 3,500 operations per-
formed by his own hand without a single fatal result.

RAILWATA IN WAR. —As any agreement for peace
the next fortnight may bring is, according to the views
even of the must sanguine, to be only "for the present,"
'night not the capitalists of London and Paris advantage-
ously avail themselves of such interval as may be
granted to see if soine understanding is possible on the
treatment of r.iilways in war? Let those who are
afflicted with fear, which some recent quotations have
shown to prevail, that railway property must he almost
annihilated ill war, put their VICWS into and try
for a remedy. People will never again invest their
money in continental lines if it is to be at the mercy of
the tirst potentate whu chooses to attack his neighbours
or to incite their subjects to insurrection. Happily, the
country that has the greatest interest in the satisfactory
adjustment of this matter in France. Not only have
her people invested largely in the railways of Italy,
Austria, Russia, and other countries, but her own works
of the kind are more extensive than those elsewhere ;
and if she is to set the example of wanton destruction,
the ultimate penalty of retaliation must fall
upon her with double force. Under such incentives the
Emperor Napoleon should be foremost to expreas con•
currence in any rational propositions that might be
drawn up. Russia has the next interest in the matter,
because upon the speedy construction of railways the
inainteniume of her unweildy power must greatly
depend, and she is still panting for thirty•five million*
sterling, which she may utterly forego the hope of rais-
ing if she cannot give some guarantee against the results
of embroilment such as those which at the present
moment she is suspected of fomenting. Austria also
has a heavy stake, and that of Piedmont, looking at her
relative position and resources, is still inure seriomi.
The United Kingdom, from its insular position, is alone
free from danger. ITinler such circumstances, would
not each continental Power be glad to join in the
recognition of • few genearl rules that should serve to
allay vague distrust ? But for the ruinous fluctuations
of the past mouth the argument would scarcely have
seemed necessary.—Tiuirs.