The Press.
London, England, 1856-11-29 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 20, 1856

POSTSCRIPT.

The New Prussian Gazette of the 23rd says :
"It is now certain that England has consented to
the meeting of the second congress, which will
definitively settle the question of the frontiers of
Bessarabia."

A semi•official article has appeared in the Consti-
tutionnel relative to the question of Neufchatel. It
counsels the Swiss Confederation to accede to the
release of the prisoners, and it expresses the con-
viction that Prussia will not then refuse to negotiate
with a view to the abandonment of her pretensions
to sovereignty over the canton. It admits the mo-
deration of Prussia, and while admitting her right of
adopting measures of coercion, it expresses the hope
that such measures will not be had recourse to. The
Berlin correspondent of the Times (second edition),
in a letter dated Nov. 26, saye upon the subject:—

The Swiss Confederation has, as you know, refused to
liberate the Neufchatel prisoners unconditionally and as a
preliminary to negotiation ; it is now for the King of
Prussia to make the next move on the board. In con-
formity with the contents of my letters of the 10th and
20th instant, I still hold uut to you that the King of
I'ussia will resort to no military or other measures of
violence; he will now apply through his diplomatic agents
at the Courts of the different States, parties to the London
Protocol of 1852, and urge on them, in virtue of that in-
strument, to take the necessary steps to bring the Swiss
Confelei ation to acknowledge his sovereign rights in
Neufchatel, and the acknowledgment here sought for will
m areover be required to extend only to the abstract rights
of sovereignty, without any practical consequences being
attached thereto.

Deputations from Frith and Gravesend waited
upon Lord Palmerston yesterday to protest against
the adoption of the present drainage scheme which
will empty the sewage of London just above Erith
and Gravesend. Sir Culling Eardley, who headed the
Erith deputation, drew a parallel from the customs
of the dwellers in the upper storeys of the houses in
Paris to empty their slop pails into the street, and ad-
mitting the m cessity of emptying the "London slop-
pails " somewhere, demurred to their being
emptied at Erith. The Gravesend deputation ex-
pressed similar views, and the Mayor added, he had
no hesitation in saying that the parishes affected by
the scheme would use every weapon in their power,
by means of the Court of Queen's Bench, and the
Court of Chancery, to assist them in defeating the
object. "He hoped the noble lord would interfere
and prevent so undesirable a collision":—
Lord Palmerston replied—Of course you do not expect
me to give you an answer at present. I will give due
attention to any statements which you say you will send
me in writing, as well as to the verbal communications
which you have now made to me You are quite aware
that this is a matter to which I will give my best con-
sideration as soon as I can. This is all I can say at pre-
sent.
The deputation

THE PRESS.

Her Majesty held a Privy Council at Windsor
Castle yesterday afternoon.

Major-General Sir Frederick Love, K.C.8., now
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, will, we believe,
succeed Major-General Sir EL W. Barnard in the
command of the troops at Dover and Shorncliffe.

Colonel ➢fundy, who has been Under Secretary for
War since the creation of the department, will in
all likelihood succeed Sir F. Love as Lieutenant-
Governor of Jersey.

THE LILO*, OF ROBERT MARLEY, the murderer of
Cope, the watchmaker's assistant, in Parliament-
street, took place yesterday at the Central Criminal
Court, before Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice
Coleridge. The facts of the case are well known.
On the night of the 20th October last the prisoner
entered the shop of Mr. Berry, a watchmaker in
Parliament street, and attacked Cope, the only person
there, striking him down with a life-preserver. Three
confederates stood round the half-closed door. A
milliner's boy, Lerigo, hearing groans. looked in, and
saw Marley strike Cope over the head, pick up a
parcel from the floor, and come out of the shop. He
followed Marley. Matley ran, and Lerigo chased
him, shouting " Stop him." In a few minutes
Marley was caught, close to Canning's statue, and
secured. He was afterwards recognist dby Cope in
the hospital. Cope died in a few days, from the
effect of the severe injuries ha had received. On the
same night of the assault, a life preserver was picked
up close to Canning's statue. The whole of these
facts were proved in evidence, and the identity of
the prisoner was fully established by Lerigo and
Allen. Mr. Barcn Alderson summed up with great
care ; and the jury, after twenty-five minutes' con-
sideration, returned a verdict of " Guilty." Sentence
of death was then passed, and the prisoner was
removed from the bar. At the conclusion of the
trial, Mr. Bodkin called the attention of the Learned
Judge to the fact, that Lerigo had lost his situation
in consequence of having to attend court. Mr. Baron
Alderson expressed himself highly in favour of
Lerigo's conduct, promised the strong recommenda
tion of the judges to get him another and a better
situation, and ordered 201. to be paid in reward for
his meritorious services. To the waterman Allen the
Learned Judge ordered a reward of 101. to be paid.