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LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11.

" personal cowardice, disgrace, and dishonour,"
existed quite as much in 1858 as in 1863 ; and
therefore it cannot be admitted that the alleged
grounds for delay are conclusive. No doubt,
even although the application for leave to
file a criminal information has been refused,
Lord CARDIGAN has had an opportunity of explain-
ing by affidavit his conduct, and to those who
carefully study the evidence that explanation may
be satisfactory. But on the other hand, such a
verdict is by no means of equal weight with that
of a jury impartially selecled, and it seems that
by adopting the ordinary course of bringing an
action something more like a national verdict could
easily be obtained. It is not our province to
dictate the particular course which it behoves any
person in the position of Lord CARDIGAN to
pursue. But it is of some importance to ascertain
the precise position which Lord CARDIGAN now
occupies in regard to the famous Bslaklava charge.
It is impossible to read the speech addressed
to the Court by Colonel CALTHORPR'S counsel
without seeing that it is a reiteration of the
charge which was made in the third edition of his
book. The Colonel admits that he was mis-
taken in supposing that the Earl had never
entered the battery. He admits his mistake in this
respect, but he does not apologise for it, because,
as he says, he adheres to that which he considers
the real substance of the charge—that Lord CAR-
DIGAN retired when he ought to have stayed. When
a man in the position of Colonel CALTHORPE, who
was aide-de-camp of Lord RAGLAN, and himself
present on the field, boldly reiterates so serious a
charge against a general officer, it is difficult to
appreciate the advantage which Lord CARDIGAN
can have obtained by the application to the Queen's
Bench. The CHIEF JUSTICE has declared that the
passage originally published in 1858 was grossly
libellous, and the counsel of the calumniator openly
repeats the calumny in the face of the Court, and
proclaims his belief in its substantial truth. Each
individual is of course at liberty to read through
the voluminous documents on the subject,
and is entitled to form his own opinion ; but
as far as any vindication by means of the
Courts is concerned, the disputed question as
to the conduct of the various actors in
the Balaklava charge remains as undetermined
as ever. The debate in the Queen's Bench
and the affidavits of the opposite parties have no
doubt furnished valuable materials for future his-
torians ; but beyond this they have settled
nothing.
Grave as the imputations were against the
military conduct of Lord CARDIGAN, and important
as it is that Courts of Law should have power to
protect the reputation of our soldiers and sailors
when unjustly assailed, it is clear that the
Court was right in discharging the rule for
a criminal information. This is an extraordinary
remedy, and can only be obtained under special
circumstances. In the present case, although the
libel was published against an officer acting in hie
public duty, still, unless there had been some ex-
isting copies of the edition of 1858 still unsold,
there would have been no ground for the applica-
tion. It was understood by Lord CARDIGAN and
his advisers that such copies really existed in the
hands of the publisher at the time when this appli-
cation wait first made to the Court ; but this turns
out to have been a mistake. These unpublished
copies had been destroyed, and their destruction
put an end to the motion, because it pot an end to
the continued injury of Lord CARDIGAN'S character
by the continued ode of the libellous work. It is
a misfortune for Lord CARDIGAN that this fact
was not brought to his knowledge, because it
might have spared him the vexation of instituting
proceedings which, instead of conclusively vindi-
cating his character by a public trial, have only
resulted in a repetition of the accusations which he
naturally and deeply resents.

" EVIIITTRINU has an end," said a f►mous wit
on his deathbed, " except Wimpole-street"--and,
we may add, the Crimean war. Though continents of
paper have been covered with narratives of that
celebrated passage of history, and though com-
mittees and commissions have filled libraries with
information collected on the subject, still it can
scarcely be said that there is a single fact originally
disputed which is even now settled with any thing
like general unanimity. The landing at Eupatoria
—the circumstance of the battle of the Alma—
the flank march—the battle of Inkermann, and
above all the charge of B.laklava, are all matters
upon which a dispute can still be got up over any
dinner table at a moment's notice. Until wit►in
the last few months it seemed as if most people
had agreed to differ on Crimean perplexities. But
the publication of Mr. KINGLAIWIS History re-
vived the discussion, and, as in the case of Sir W.
Nartsa's "Peninsular War," brought hundreds of
disputants into the field. Amongst the officers
whose conduct had been most severely canvassed
was the Earl of C•RDIGAN. Colonel CILLTHORPI,
in the " Letters from a Staff Officer in the
" Crimea," animadverted very freely upon that
General, and at length the Earl resolved to
apply to the Queen's Bench for a criminal infor-
mation against the Colonel.

lonian Llandt

The advantage which Lord CARDIGAN has, in
fact, obtained by taking this step against the
author of the Letters in question is not so appa-
rent. That book was originally published in the
year 1836. The third edition was published in
1858, and in it was contained the libel of which
Lord CARDIGAN hascomplained to the Queen's Bench
in 1863. It is not pretended either by Colonel
CALTHORPE'S counsel or by the Low) CHILD' Jus-
TICE that the Colonel's statement was not grossly
libellous. Under the guise of correcting an asser-
tion that Lord CARDIGAN had been prevented
reaching the Russian batteries at Balaklava, it is
asserted that whilst his brigade was advancing the
noble Brigadier was retiring, and that this was
certainly not due to any defect of horsemanship.
In short, as the Loan Cain. JUSTICE ar;d,
" the failure of Lord CARDIGAN to reach the
" battery with his men was withdrawn,
" and in the shape of a compliment there was
" conveyed what in my judgment amounts to the
"bitterest sarcasm." The imputation was that it
was not owing to the fault of his horse
that Lord CARDIGAN did not reach the
scene of danger and conflict into which
his comrades had passed. The assertion con-
veys, said the Curer JUSTICE, and was intended
to convey, an imputation that the Earl of CARDIGAN
was wanting in personal courage in the discharge
of his military duty. If ever there was a libel
publiahed against any man, that published by Colonel
CALTHORPE was certainly One; and if any
application fora criminal information had been
made in the year 1858 it would have been
granted. At that time, however, Lord CARDIGAN
seems to have been content to rely on the kind
offices of his friends, who endeavoured to per-
suade the Staff Officer to withdraw the scandalous
imputations. Unfortunately when their attempts
proved hopeless, Lord CARDIGAN did not
at once adopt more vigorous proceedings.
It is said that the publication of Mr. KINGLAIL'S
book and the revival of an interest in the Crimean
war rendered it impossible any longer to remain
silent. The witnesses who were actually present
at the time are gradually dying out, and union
some public means are taken to contradict the
statements of the Staff Officer, they will go down
to posterity uncontradicted. It is impossible to deny
the force of these circumstances. At the same time
it is obvious that the necessity of refuting a charge
which the Cuisr Junius describes as one of

be Coun.

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1853.

WINDSOR CASTLE, JuNI 10.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helens,
walked and drove in the grounds this morning.
Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold,
attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Hon. Boobies Byng,
Lord Methuen, Lieutenant-General Hon. C. Grey, Major.
Cenral Hon. A. Hood, Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. 1). de
Roe, and Mr. Buff, left Windsor Castle at a quarter-pest
2 o'clock for London, to be present at the ceremony of the
uncovering of the memorial in the Horticultural-prams
at South Kensington.

Their royal highnesses proceeded first to Marlborough
house to join the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince
Alfred, end Prince Arthur.
. .

The royal family drove from thence to South Kensington.

The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by
Lieutenant-Colonel Koppel, rode on horseback yesterday
morning. . . .

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive.
The Princesses Helena and Louise and Prince Leopold
arrived at Marlborough•houve at 20 minutes put 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon from Windsor Guile. Their royal
bight:leases were attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, the
Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord Methuen, Lieutenant-Gener►l
Hon. C. Grey, Major-General the Hoe. A. N. Hood, Lieu-
tenant• Colonel the Hon. 11. de Roe, and Mr. Buff.
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, after-
wards arrived at Marlborough•houss.
The Prince of Wales left Marlborough-house at a quarter
before 4 o'clock to uncover the memorial of the Exhibition
of 1851, and the rates of the Prince Consort. His royal
highness was accompanied by the Princess of Wales and
other members of the royal family. The procession was
composed of six dress carriages with an escort of Life
Guards.

In the first carriage were Major Elphinstone, Lieutenant-
Colonel Rep*, Major Cowell, and Mr. Buff. In the second
carriage were the Hoe. Robert H. Meade, Major•Geceral
the Hon. A. N. Hood, and Lmateoaot•Colonel the Hon.
D. de Roe. In the third carriage were the Hon. Mrs.
Stoner, the Hon. Beatrice Byog, Lieutenant• General the
Hon. C. Grey, and Lientensnt•Genecsl Knollys. In the
fourth carriage were Lady Augusta Bruce, the Feel o
Mount Edgcumbe, Lord Harris, K.B.L, and Lord
Methuen. In the fifth carriage were the Princess Louise,
Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and the Countess de Grey
and Ripon. In the sixth carriage were the Prince and
Princess of Wales, Prince Alfred, and Princess Helena.

A deputation from the guardians of the Chorlton union,
consisting of Mr. Haywood (chairman), Mr. France, Mr.
Cawthorpe, and Mr. Edgill (clerk), had an interview with
the Bight Hon. C. P. Villiers yesterday, at the office of
the Poor-law Board, Whitehall. . .

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colouial-
office, from the governors of the Mauritius, Gibraltar, and
of the settlements on the West Coast of Africa. Des-
patches ware mint to the governors of Malta, Ceylon, Hong
Kong, Labuan, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the

LATEST INTELLIGENOK

POLAND.

Bedlier's Correspondence says :—"ln accordance
with Lord Russell's announcement on Monday in
the House of Lords, the Austrian answer must
have come to hand. If 1 may believe the
reports circulating in the political world, Austria
has adhered to the French and English notes, and
the three powers are acting in perfect unison. But
I mast also say that according to the general opi-
nion this diplomatic un—aii;standing will produce no
result ; Russia will not give way. It is the fear
that the peace of Europe may be compromised—a
fear aggravated by the tone of the London press—
which has produced the considerable fall at the
Boune."

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fresh, squally.

Ou Saturday next there is to be a public meeting
of the Academy of Moral and Political &hums at Paris, to
hear a lecture on the life and works of Lord Macaulay,
foreign associate of the institution, which is to be delivered
by M. Migset, the secretary.
Among other curioeities of literature which have
been published at Paris during the last few days is "The
Romance of General Dunne," by Madame Louise Collet. The
hero of this romance was originally • subaltern in her Ma-
jesty's 44th Regiment, then • Claribaldian general, then •
Raman' lan agent at Rome, then private gentleman at Rios,
and is now in Poland.

KENSINGTON GORE LAND AND Bu ILDINGs.
The following detailed statement, prepared by Mr. Hunt,
surveyor of the Office of Works, of the sums " which may be
required for repairing, altering, and eventually completing
the building used for the International Exhibition of 1862
(laud and buildings at Kensington Gore)," has been this
day presented to parliament :—For the necessary repairs
and reinstatements required to make the building tho.
roughly and permanently substantial, 154,001. ; for the
conversion of the glass domes into solid denies, 40,0001. ;
for warming and ventilating apparatus, 30,0001. ; for fire-
proof floors to picture galleries, 15,0001. ; for completing
architecturally the exterior parts of the building, 45,0001. ;
total, 284,0001.
AN ALLEGED CONFEDERATE STEAMER.—Consider-
able excitement, has been created at the shipping ports on
the Tees by the official examination of a vessel supposed to
be a budding Confederate cruiser. The reed took her
trial trip last week, and shortly after the trial an order
came down from the home government directing the
custom•houss authorities to search her. It is reported
that the Southerner (the name of the venal in question)
pared the custom•house examination, and nothing of a
warlike character was found in her. Her captain reports
that she is intended to trade between Liverpool and the
Southern States, when the blockade is raised.

A telegram from Cork reports tbat a very serious
fire occurred there yesterday morning. The extensive
premises of en oil and drug merchant were completely oors-
.cered, and two houses adjoining very much injured. The
damage le estimated at 8,0004, partially covered by
insuresos.

SUSPICIOUS DEATH.

Between nine and ten o'clock on Tuesday night
• locksman named Franeis, in the employment of the
London Dock Company, found a body floating in the
Madsen basin, and on getting it ashore discovered that EQUITY COURT.
it was headless. Upon examination it was found that
the bead had been removed apparently by a sharp insut- (Before the Master of the Rolls.)
meat, and that there was an extensive gash down the right I TO! OFFICIAL //ADAC= or Till NATIONAL DIVIATULTI
ride of the neck. One of the ears, singular to state, had not ArieOCIATION T. CARBTAIRIL
been detached from the body, but was attached by means of I This was a motion to discharge an order for service 0 a
a piece of skin to the neck and hung down. The left leg was bill and interrogatories upon the defendant, Mrs. Clustani,
Woken. The body was that of a young woman, about 2,5 at Boulogne, where she now resides. It appeared that ha
husband, the late Mr. Cantairs, who was • director of the
LTof age, and was dreamed in a dark stuff gown and a
crinoline. The remains were removed to the vaults above association, died, leering considerable moped, n
an er Shade/ell church, around which several hundreds of India and elsewhere, having made a will, of which in
persons speedily congregated, and a number of police appointed his wife and the other defendants executrix am
had to be employed to keep back the pressure. executors. Mr. Cerstairs died in December, 1861. and tha
Yesterday a man named Gann,. King, a mangos.) mlndia,
ai. Certain immediately proceeded to where she atolls.
' list, residing at No. 44, Lower eornwell-street, Bt. Georges- Proved his will, and obtained possession of all his pao
inthe-Ramcalled and identified the body by the dram as that Pert, there. She did not prove the will in tioglud.
of Ellen Donovan, who had been cohabiting with him. He and it was only recently that the plaintiff din:owed he:
stated that be had not seen her winos Thursday last, and he place of residence. Proceedings were thereupon taken is
admitted that he then had a disturbance with her, and that the Probate Court to compel her to prove her husband'. will,
he threatened to beat her about some money. He stated or for a Mat of administration to the plaintiff as a media,
that she then ran sway, and he saw her no more. King of her husband, and the present bill was also filed for sibs
seemed greatly affected at the sight of the remains. The appointment of a receiver, and an injunction to restrain the
police have ascertained that deceased was seen on the Thurs. defendant from dealing with the testator's meets hem
day night in question, standing in King David-lausßhadwell, • The proceeding@ in the Court of Probate are still pending,
with her hair dishevelled, and that she then stated to a . An order was obtained ex parte for service of the bill rpm
neighbour that if she went borne King would kill her, and the defendant out of the jurisdiction.
that he had been going to beat her. Ring has been several , Mr. Hothouse, Q.C., and Mr. Prendergast, in support nj
times brought up before the magistrates, charged with i the motion, contended on the authority of "Cockney v
savagely illtreating the deceased, and it is stated that on Anderson," lately decided here, and affirmed on appeal, that
one occasion he stabbed or cut her in the face with • the suit did not relate to matters within the provisions 0
penknife. the 2nd Win. IV. a. 33, and although it appeal*
LATEST PA RTICCLARS.—(THIS DAY.) the testator was possessed at the time of his death of sham
A gnatnumber
of
persons have
awed so see the hide. In • joint stock company, the act did not apply except is
°way disfigured remains, and have upon one plea or sa- orthedeeemeelostdwitehnitaeashfikdshesosfer th:ssePerd forifieenFes=
appeared ._•I ailtint• t
other contrived to accomplish their object.
mht never be necessary in this snit to affect those
A minute examination of the body has been made by Dr.
insomuch as the plaintiff might pay the debt of the testa
ig num
tor
J. Brown Roes, the police divisional surgeon, with a view
of ascertaining the precise character of the injuries. It was
to the plaintiff and so get rid of the snit.
found that • portion of the lower jaw, without the teeth, Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., and Mr. Roxburgh were for the pine.
was still attached to the neck, and this circumstance, togs. till but were not called tiPna•
apprehension as to the effect of the judgment in " Cook's,
His Homan stated his opinion to be that there was • ion.
ther with the fact that one ear was similarly joined to the
neck by a piece of flesh, have, it is understood, led
v. Anderson," which related to property and persons re.
to the inference that the head had not been cat
spectively out of the jurisdiction, but if the proposition of
off by a knife or chopper as was supposed, the defendant were to he established the effect would be
with the design of preventing identification, but
had been sat off by a movement of the ponderous ma- that a personal representative of • test"' owing
chinery employed in opening and closing the dock gates.
money would only have to absent himself from England,
and then • creditor filing a bill, unless able to show
The body having been in the peculiarly foul water of the that the deceased possessed valuable shares or property,
docks for nearly a week it is of course difficult to my with
would be unable to obtain an account in this court. The
much certainty whether the head bad been severed before
question of value did sot affect the principle, and the repor after death. A postmortem examination will be made.
AU the circumstances will be investigated at the inquest, Jinn must therefore be refused, and with meta.
which will be held this afternoon. It seems that

JAW INTELLIGENC&
'
(THIS DAY.)

before living with King the deceased was a prostitute,
and used to visit sailors on board the ships.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SWINDLING.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Justice Erie, sag
Justices Williams, Willes, and Itylea)
Burnam; or THE COVET.

The Police Gazette notifies that one Charles
Wickes; is " wanted" for frauds upon bankers, in Cam-
bridge, Bedford, Ipswich, Tonbridge Wells, and elsewhere ;
and warrants are out for his apprehension. The young
man, however—for such he is—manages not only to elude
the vigilance of his would-be captors, but also to continue
to impose successfully upon bankers. A few days ago •
"young gentleman" called at the Bilston District Bank, in
Wolverhampton, and presented a letter of introduction,
professedly from a clergyman living in the neighbourhood ;
and the address and deportmentof the bearer of the letter war
such as excited no suspicion. He said that he bad come into
the neighbourhood with the view of purchasing an estate,
which be named, at Chesterton, near Bridgenorth ; and for
the purchase of which, he added, be had agreed. In a abort
time he should take up his residence on his newly-acquirei
property, for he bad married a lady of fortune, +bouts:ally
ived near to the estate. Of all the lanks in the district
he should, under advise, prefer the Billiton District Bank
at which to have his account, and he now desired to
open it by having a cheque for 2,000 f., drawn upon the
Southampton Bank. placed to his credit. With this cheque
as security, no difficulty was experienced by the " young
gentleman" in obtaining the menus of supplying his im-
mediate expenses; for he "had not supplied himself
with cash." Readily therefore, the small sum for which
be eked—only 401.—was handed to him, and he shortly
left the bank. The answer from Southampton. when the
"handsome cheque" was presented, was that the "gentle-
man" in question bad possessed himself of one of their
cheque-books, kit that was all they knew about him : he
certainly had " no effects" in the Southampton Bank.
The mutter is now is the hands of the local police.
The "young gentleman," who is supposed to be about 30
years of age, on arriving at Wolverhampton took up his
quarters at the leading hotel. Here, after a time, be
ordercd out • carriage sod pair to drive him to the resi-
dence of the clergyman whose good nature he correctly
calculated upon as a means to the end designed. The
driver, however, appeared without white gloves. This
was unbearable. He was quickly instructed to assume
them, for be (the visitor) "could not think of his attempt-
ing to drive him without white gloves." On the step of
the carriage " the gentleman" paused to instruct the
coachman to stop at the most fashionable hatter's
in the town, where the visitor handed in his bat
to have a mourning band put upon it. Duly arrived
at the residence of the clergyman, he sent in his
card with • mourning border. The card announced him
to be "Mr. Charles Wickes, Woodlends, Spring.grove,
and Carlton Club, Pall-mall." This address obtained him
a ready audience. Now face to face with the rev. gentle-
man, the latter was quite prepared, from the features of
his visitor, to believe him when he said that be was the
eon of an old parishioner whom he (the clergyman) knew
when he had a living at Cambridge. The young gentle.
man had embraced the profession of architect, and further-
more was au author ; for it was he, be asserted, who bad
written the work, published by Weals and by Ackerman,
on the "Towers and Spire* of England." He was in that
neighbourhood thatching the collegiate church of Wolver.
hampton, with a view to the publication of his thatch in
another work which he was preparing; but he was without
ready cash, and desired an introduction to one of the banks
in the district. He not only obtained the note of intro-
duction, but also an invitation to dinner on the following
day. It is, however, needless to say that, having obtained
the 401., he was not one of the rev. gentleman's dinner party
oo the morrow, nor was he to be found at the hotel.

The Lord Chief Justice this morning announced that the
court would sit in bane, after term from June 19 until the
end of the Middlesex sittings, when they would dispose hot
of the country new trials, next the special paper, and luny
of London and Middlesex new trials.
TORLN AND ANOTHER V. THE QUEE.N.—PETITION OF RICO?.
The suppliants in this case were merchants trading is
Africa, and they sued the crown to recover damages in cos.
sequence of one of their vessels having been destroyed
upon the ooast by Captain Sholto Douglas, who tem.
mended a ship of war. The suppliants' case vu
that the vessel was employed to collect palm tel
and other produce upon the coast, but she was destroyed
in consequeece of a suspicion that she was engaged in the
slave trade. In answer to the declaration, the Attorney.
General had pleaded that " the several averments and state
manta contained in the petition of rittlit are not, nor is nye(
them,itrue in fact;" but the plaintiffs contended that the
crown had no right to pleadin these general terms, and the
question now was whether a rule to strike out the plea
should be made absolute.
The Attorney. General and Mr. Collier, Q.C.. appeased
to show MUM, and Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. Kemplay to
support the rule.
It was stated on behalf of the crown that the plea was in
the usual form ; but on the other hand it was contended
that since the paining of the Petition of Right Act, the pro-
eeedinp in such a case were assimilated to those
of an ordinary action, and therefore that the
crown must traverse npecificallv the statements
in the petition intended to be disputed. If this
were not so the suppliants would have to prove every
statement in their petition, which would entail upon them
a vast amount of unnecessary expense.
The court thought that the rule should be discharged
upon the ground that the crown bad still the right to plead
in the form abovementinoed, which simply cast upon the
suppliants the burden of proving that they had a good
cause of action.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
NALLMT V. MALLE7T.

EXTENSIVE FIZZ IN BERMONDSEY-SQUARIL—In
the middle of last night a firs occurred in Bermondsey-
square, which destroyed much valuable property, and wry
almost fatal to five human beings. The promisee were occu-
pied by Mr. F. Fletcher. furniture dealer, and formed two
bonsai, Nos. 43 and 44, in the above-named ignore. In a
few minutes after the alarm was given the fire maps
strived. Five children were then sleeping on
the mooed flue and the conductor immediately hashed
upstairs, and carried them down in safety, thus saving
them from perishing. as the fire bed a strong hold of the
lower part of the two houses. The engines were brought
into operation just at the moment that the fire wu
attacking the premium of Mr. G. Wren, boob:esker. No.
49, and Mr. W. Jones, No. 42, and the Abbey Arms
Tavern. In about an hour the fire began to succumb ; but
it was not entirely extinguished until Mr. Fletcher's pre-
mises were destroyed and the three other buildings greatly
damaged. Fortunately the sufferers were insured in the
Royal Exchange and other fire offices.
THE ROYAL AoalcuvrtlaAL SOCIETY'S SHOW.—
By the courtesy of Mr. Hall Dare, the respected secretary
of the royal society, we are now enabled to give with accu-
racy the numbers of the various kind' of stock entered for
competition at the forthoomin, exhibition in this city. The
totals are as follow :—Oattle—Shorthorna, 191 ; Herefords,
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183 ils6;ors. 52; Some; 14 ; other established breeds, 79:
Homes—All kinds, 195. Sheep—Aß kinds, 737. Pigs—
All kinds, 224. It is proper to state that the
above figures represent the number of heeds in the
various departments. Prises are in some instances
offered for pairs, and in the caw of sheep for
pens of five, so that the number of entries is something
leas. These, however, are more numerous than on any
previous occasion, so that we are warranted in predicting
that this will be the largest show the society has ever had.
The display on the show ground may be leas than last year
at Battersea, because there the Highland Society's entries
were shown in the same yard—there being io point of fact
a junction of the two exhibitions ; but in no previous year
have there been so many head of stock entered for exhibi-
tion at the royal society's meetings—Worrerfershire
Chronicle.

Dr. Snicks and hfr.C.A.Turner were for the petitioner, who
was the wife of • Dover pilot. She was married in 1838,
and had bad no fewer than 18 children, of whom 14 were
born alive ; but only one, a boy of 10, survived. They lived
at the house of • dealer in glans and china, in fiaargate-street,
Dover, who had a niece residing with him Gamed Abrahams.
1855 the respondent formed an illicit connexion with this
girl, and began to treat his wife with harshnem and cruelty,
In June, 1858, be sold off the furniture and deserted the
petitioner; and he had since lived with Abrahams, by
whom he had had three more children.
Decree nisi, with costa.

1/11POR114 OF WHEAT AND FLOHE...-111 COllBB-
- of our low prices and the prorpects of the hat nit
of 1963 the importation of wheat and flour, which, during the
first quarter of the present year, was maintained on a scale
nearly as large as that of the two preceding years, exhi-
bited • considerable diminution in the month of Apnl.
The total receipts were 493,530 quarters, against 804,5.18
quartos in April, 1862. In the quantities from Prussia
there was an increase, but in nearly all other cases a I envy
falling off is exhibited, especially from the United Slates,
whence the total of wheat and flour during the month was
only 227,040 quarters, spinet 402,598 iu the correspenling
month of last year. For the first four months of this year
the aggregate importation, of wheat and flour have been 24
per cent, less than those of the same months of 1862, and 30
per cent. less than 1861. The chief falling off has been
from the United States, where the effects of the war upon
labour and rake of freight must henceforth become in-
creasingly manifest. From France there has been • (alibis
off in wheat, but • great increase in flour ; and from Geis
many the supplies of both have been good.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS IN SHIWEZ.
Since our last comment on the weather and the crops • great
variety in the temperature has takes plisoe. In the early
part of last week beautiful summer weather was ens
perienced, which had the effect, after the previous Thin& of
greatly forwarding the wheat, and bringing it into ear. The
oats, barley, and peas likewise felt its beneficial effects.
The grass, too, has made considerable progress, although
much complaint is made of the thinness of the
undergrowth. Since Friday last the weather has
much changed, and still continues cold sod etermy, with
strong wind... It may be deemed somewhat forttusate that
this description of weather did not take place at a little
later period, when the wheat would have been in bloom, as
• still time is then considered of much benefit. The late
rains have had the effect of bringing the msogold forward,
and • good true plant may be seen in most places. The
weather has likewise boon favourable to preparing the laud
for swede*, the putting of which seed into the ground is
proceeding rapidly.— West Sneers Gwent.