The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-04 00:00:00

CATMEDRAL.

The first of the winter special services at St.
Paul's Cathedral took plate yesterday evening, and was
attended by a very large congregation, all of whom, how-
ever, appeared to be comfortably seated and in a position to
bear the whole of the service without any difficulty. The
Cathedral was well warmed. The arrangements generally
for the services are, it may be observed, similar to those
of last year, which obviated all the inconveniences
previously felt, and rendered the dome and its vicinity as
available for divine worship as any ordinary church.
The :service last night commenced at seven o'clock.
The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Povah, minor
canon ; and the lessons by Caaoo Malvill. The choir, which
was under the direction of Mr. Ruckland, and consisted
of between four and live hundred voices, sang the responses
with the oongregatioe to the music by Trills ; and also the
anthem, "O taste and see," by Goss. The male singers
wore surplices. The sermon was preached by the Right
Rev. the Bishop of London, from the 2nd chapter of the
Acts of the Apostles, and the =cid verse :—"Jesus of
Nazareth, a also approved of God among you by miracles
and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst
of you, as ye yourselves also know." After describing
generally the nature and object of Christianity, the right
rev. prelate remarked that it seemed to be necessary in these
days to reconsider the old subject of miracles, though there
was little to be advanced reapectiog it but very old arguments
I First, as to the difficulty that the religion which God had
I given them was miraculous. Gil men crave for what looked
1 more like a human system, more accordant with ordioary
experience, and attested by such common internal arguments
1 and reasoning from the self evident or easily proved truth
of the docaines as • system of philosophy would usually
appeal to ! They would not find any lack of such proofs.
• Truer and higher views of the nature of God and of man's
soul than were previously guessed at ; a purer morality,
baud on hither motives, and these appealing to the con-
science through the reasoning, the uoderstaoding, and the
feelings, proclaimed the system in which they met to be
indeed God's truth. So that if there were any man whoa*
mind was so formed that he was better able to approach
Christianity through that avenue than any other, let them
never think of closing the gates against him ; let them bid
him welcome ; let them invite him to come in his own way.
However he embraced the Christian system, if he did is
truth embrace it he must at last see and acknowledge that
it is full of miracle. Men, however, neither did nor ought
to crave for a system that was not miraculous. Witness all
the systems of religion which man had ever known. led
they not all speak of a world unseen and its unseen inhabit-
ants? Were they not all full of things alleged to have
taken place beyond the limits of experience, and did
they not all teem with traditions of the miraculous!
This of course wasgrameiL What the objector urged was,
that as man became wiser he outlived what he termed
the fancies of the world's childhood. Now this was what
they dewed ; they maintained, on the contrary, that ever,
man at every stage of human progress Ind stall eau e
feelings and man's wants, and if there were before him a
man's destiny every religiou which was worthy of the name,
and would perform the part of a religion, must speak to
him of things beyond the range of common experience—
wonderful, supernatursl,liniraculoas, and he would not be,
and ought not to be, satisfied with anything less. Speak-
nig at the commencement of a new year, with 1l its
trials and sorrows in prospect, he would enquire
what was the sort of aid which they expected
to gain from their religion. Domestic mud political
economy ; rules of good government ; plans for the social
acid intellectual amelioration of the condition of their race,
all these might be set at work by a religion which appealed
to Christian motives and will ; but they were not in them-
selves religion, any more than physical or mathematical
science was. Religiou pierced deeper and rose higher than
any human science ; it spoke of truth beyond the range of
man's common knowledge. Did not their hearts yearn for
a stability amid life's changes such as they only knew who
felt that they rental upon God! What good man, what
wise man, in the midst of the distractious of life
did not long for somethieg beyond this life
and shove it! There was nothing so salutary for the
tempted conscience to dwell upon as the thought of God's
nearness to humanity brought before them in the miracles
of the life, the resurrectiou, and the mcension of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Talk of a miraculous system u being an
uncongeuial thing to the feelings and conclusions of an edu-
feted age ; prate of a human system more like their every-
day experience being more accommodated to their wants!
Why it eau this very element of the supernatural,—the
miraculous—that best helped to bring God and man toge-
ther. Truly there was none of them that could
do without these helps. The good sod the
bad alike were ever in danger of looking to the
world as a home, and everything was to be prized which
helped them ta 1100 how the monotony of the world's chime
had been broken when God had willed it. After passing
in review the leading miraculous features of scripture
history, the right reverend prelate said how dull, bullied,
how cold and heartless would life and the world be with-
out the brightness of those links through which the
electric spark bad been visibly conveyed to man from the
throne of God. Another system, less replete
with miracle, more like modern philosophy, more ap-
proaching to the vaunted moderation of a non-miraculous
theism, might doubtless have been adopted by God,
and some natures might have found it suited to their wants ;
but who could fail to see that the real Bible system was far
better suited to seize upon the whole complex nature of
luau's feeling, longing as he was to be near to God and
yet ever tempted in a thousand way. to flee from God's
preemie* and forget Lis relation, to Him! As to the old
objections to miracles, they must be met with the old an-
swers. Among these was the objection or fallacy that ruin,
clots were century to mains experience. That was the very
question at issue, and men must not assume the conclusion as
a premiss. The question to be dealt with was, whether
or no miracles had been wrought at marked epochs in the
history of their race. Christiana asserted that they had,
and no one had a right to assume the contrary except
after a long and careful examination of alleged
instances. It was said that a main should not
be required to believe what was unnatural.
Here, again, was an old fallacy. What was meant by
" unnatural :" It might be assumed that probability was
against the occurrence of any miracle, but events were to
stand or fell io history, not by their a priori probability or
improbability, but according to the evidence that attested
them. lie maintained that it was not only unreasonable but
derogatory to God's honour, and inconsistent with any real
belief in Him, to deny that miracles might have existed.
'' A Christian denying all miracles" was a contradiction in
terms, for miracle was the very essence of Christianity.
Moreover, if a man believed in the existence of a
God, whose will had arranged the common laws eirtnur:l,
he meat allow that the Omnipresent Being might make Him-
self felt in some marked way when man His creature was
in danger of forgetting Him through the uniformity of His
common laws; otherwise he must suppose that God had by
the establishment of His common laws parted with His one
uipotence, and that as the poet utilised the system of the
1
w.phist,
" Nature is King,
The personal Ruler is no more."

It might be mid that God antsibliabed at the first a system of
rules which would work out their common end. The
answer to that was, that God might have intended at the
first that these rairaculous totervsetions should be part of
the great plan. To maintain an a priori objection against
miracles wee to interfere with God's free agency, and to
prescribe in what particular mode He ought to have
worked to order to keep alive among men • knowledge
of Himself. The right rev. prelate concluded by alluding
to the resurrection of Christ as the crowning miracle of the
Christian revelation.
The service terminated about 9 o'clock, and the congrega-
tion dispersed in tiro mast quiet and orderly manner. It
may be added, that the sermon next Sunday 'resit* will
be preached by the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth.

The Queen has conferred the appointment of
Court Newsman—varaot by the resignation of Mr. Doane
—upon Mr. Thomas Beard, long end honourably known in
connection with the London press.
The Rev. Juhu Renwick is appointed sasistant
and successor to the Rev. John Ramsey, minister of the
church and pariah of Gladsmuir.
The Obserrer believes that parliament will meet
for the "despatch of basilicas" un Thursday, the 4th of
February.
Luau PALMER...ITO:C.—We regret to state that the
noble premise* nomattend.nos at the Cabinet Council on
Saturday was owing to a somewhat sharp attack of gout.
His lonlihip remains at his seat, Broadlands, Hants.
THE NEW DEAN or IVV4THINHTEK.—The Rev
18. Stanley, the new Dean of Westminster, will be in-
stalled on Saturday next by Dr. Cureton, the rector of St.
Margaret's. Dr. Wordsworth, who protested against the
appointment, has been spared the difficulty, his term of
residence having expired.
THE WEATHER AND THE PAILILN.—The severity
of the weather for the last two or three days has covered
the pieces of water in the various perks with iceAut men are
appointed to prevent rash people front endangering their
lives where the ice is not think ; end the officers of the
Royal Humane Society are busy making preparations for
the casualties which invariably come with the skating
season.
THE WEATHER IN 1863.—As noted at Higbfield
Observatory, the months of January, February, November,
and December last year were coesiderably above the
averages, while July and September were as much below,
the excess on the whole year being three- quarters of *degree.
There has been 74 inches lees rain thannstud ; the mean pre"-
sure corrected and reduced to the sea level was 29.941, and a
range of 1.8 inches occurred. The monthly range of tem-
perature was 11.3 deg. above the average in July. and
11.8 deg. below in October. and 11.1 deg. below la December.
The year beg been remarkable for a number of large
meteors, which were seen on the 6th and 14th of February,
16th of March, 18th of May, 16th of August, 9th of Sep-
tember, 15th of October, and 28th of November. On the
Ist of May there was a severe frost, which aimed much
damage ; on the 19th July there was a frost, while in the
autumn there was so small an amount of cold that en the
sth of November dahlias were in full bloom, and OD Christ.
Imsday,roses,violets.daisies,walleowers, sad primroses were
abundant. On the 9th of August the temperature at night
was never below 63 deg. The year 1863 will deo be
remembered for the severe earthquake shock of October 6,
and for the fearful gale of December 3,

SUICIDE THROUGH LOVE AND JEALOUSY, .1;

hOMBRTUIV.

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning, Mr. H. Raffle,' Walthew, dip
coroner, resumed at the Adam and Eve tavern,
Homerton, en inquiry respecting the death of Either A....,
aged 19 yearn, who seu alleged to have committed 1..1:
under very painful circumstances.
It appeared from the evidence takes on the pre,:
occasion, that the deemed was a waitress at Kipple,
coffee-house, in Angel-lace, Temple Mills.
George Austen, the father of the deceased, said that s
used to return home to his home io stratford every es.
AShe was keeping company with a young man . .
Henry Hoggett, to whom she was very deeply att.ll,!,
She did not come home as uusa on the night of lest
day week, and he never saw her again until a week
wards, when her body was found in the River Lea.
heard that she was last in the company of 11-:
Hoggett. The latter had known her for two years, and
had frequently called upon deceased, especially whe,i
was ill, but latterly he had taken to courting anothe-. r.. 1
the Tuesday night in question deceased called upon hi, • ,
know about it. They left to walk together, and that
the last that was seen of her. She was a steady rum,
and was not at all of a suicidal turn. She was of a cheer'
disposition.
Henry Hoggett, the young man in question, said
when he and the deceased walked out and got as to
the rtiles at Homerton-hill, he said, "I must now
you, as I want to go and see Jane Shrub, who is wai:ic;
for me at the top of the hill." She replied, " Mind a,
her up well," and he turned away to go .09
Shrub. He bad not gone far when deceased said "
night, good night," in • tone that " gave him a turn."
looked back and saw her running down the bill. He was
I at first going to follow her, but seeing a man and a AV01:..13
' driving along the road, he thought that they would 'n
-e
after her. He had no doubt that she committed F!1: idc
through being so food of him. He bad never promiesi
marry her, and be had told her about Jane Shrub bet, re.
Site then said, "See me home at night now, for whet.
are married you will not be able to walk with me aloe,
lanes." She also said she "would like to creep ii re
forest and never be seen again by any one." Ile loved
but "his love au the love of friendship, and nothiug
She was always very jealous of the other young woman.
George Austin recalled. mid that lieggett was certa:lik
paying his addresses to deceased. Witness had sine s
to Hogaetits " If you did not put her to death, you Cu".
cause of it," and he said, - I have no doubt that I WAR."
Countable *t3 N raid that last Tuesday, some per- .i
came to the station and asked him to ilrAg the river !
•After an hour and a quarter's dreg, he got deceased s
In her pocket was found a portweinuide coot:tit- -;
two sixpences and a part of a tradesman's
with an address next door to Mr. Kingsley's, in An;:e...
lane. No doubt she had put it iu her pocket in order t..
it might lead to her identification.
Mr. George Miller, M.H.C.s., slid that be had mailc
careful examination of the body of the deceased, stud he
found no marks of violence. She was perfectly healthy.
The Coroner said that there was no doubt that the poor
, girl bad been driven almost into a state of madness by the
' extraordinary conduct of the young man Hoggett.
feelings on the night when he so abruptly told her he was
going straight to meet another were no doubt 1160Difing. ALd
she went at once and committed suicide, bat of evirse
there was DO direct evidence of the fact.

'"ii;;;Tary.--;;;;;;;;1rveriict'• That the deceased
found drowned in the River L-:,, but there was no evide:..t
u to how she came into the water of the said river."

ALARMI.VG OCCURRRY('E AT A MR.V.4GERIE.-
A GIRL SEIZED BY .4 LIONESS.

On Saturday evening between S and 9 n'cle, an
accident took place at Eilmond's (lota Wombwell's) met,.
gerie, now exhibiting at Kingsland-green, sLi,b
caused the greatest consternation to those Caci
were present. During the performances of the elephant..
who were taking their accastonied walk up the middle of the
booth, which is a very large one, loud shrieks were
heard from that part of the 1111 u• where the lion cages are,
and the audience were honor-stricken to see that ;ha
lioness had a girl, about thirteen nears of age. in its ars,
and was dragging her up to the bars of the ce;e.
In an instant the lion tamer, an Indian, who
exhibits with the collection, went to the fi•ot
of the cage, and with the greatest coolness and courage beat
the beset about the feet and forced it to relinquish its
but not until she had been very much lacerated about the
arms and left side of the head. She was immediately taken
to the surgery of Dr. Donnelly, who at once advised her re-
moved to the German Hospital, where she was directly
attended by Dr. Beaumler, who ascertained that she was
very much injured about the aide of the teal
and one of her arms. It was then ascertained that
her name was Sophia Moorshel. She :ived with her parents
at No. 5, Sp.-user-terrace, Speoser.:oad, llorusey Nes.
town, and bad vas to the menagerie with her frictds.
It appeared, from some Cause not sacertamed. she
incautiously got within t,e ropes in front of the
lion's and tiger's cages, and that the lioness
forced her paws out flit ways, and caught hold of her
bonnet. The Girl putting up her band to protect herself,
was seized by the other paw of the lioness, and lied it not
been for the assistance which was immediately rendered.
the consetplences would have been fatal. At the hospital
this morning it was stated the girl was very bad.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.
ALDBOROUGH, SUFFOLK, .T As. 2.
The Aldborough lifeboat of the National Lifeboat
Institution rendered an importast service in saving three
meu and their boat from destruction on New's Inar':+-eve.
The men were out fishing when a gale came on BO soddenly
from E.S.E. that they were unable to come ashore, as they
dared not attempt to pass through the heavy breakers on
the shoals, or they would have lost their lives. The lifeboat
was quickly manned and launched. suit lulled through the
heavy surf on the bes►s, and was fortuostely successful in
bringing the pour fellows and their craft safely to shore.
The sea was the heaviest the lifeboat bad ever previously
encomatered, and her admiralale behaviour has given great
satisfaction to her crew.

BATON, NORFOLK, SATUILDLT NIGHT.
At daybreak this morning the tiring of a heavy
gun was heard from the floating light ship at the north
end of the Haieborough sands. Soon after a large vessel
was observed with distress signals in her rigging, shut
10 or 12 miles from the shore. It was blowing a gale
from the east, and a very heavy sea no. The Buton
lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution was launched
through the surf, and bore away for the wreck. Upon
arriving at the vessel they found that she was full riggsd,
but had lost her mainmast. She irtu a foreign vessel,
apparently Russian from the flags iu Ler rigging. On going
alongside the crew of the lifeboat found no one on Loard.
It is reported that the crew had taker) to their long boat,
and bad been picked up by a Winterton yaw', and taken to
Great Yarmouth.
GREAT YARMOUTH, ..1 AN. 1.
- .

The Seratby lifeboat, belompag to the fishermen, win
fortuoately the means of reeruiog, yesterday, during s
heavy gale of wiod, fourteso person, from a foreign
which bad been driven on the Haisborough mods. This is
probably the same vessel which the Becton lifeboat of the
institution found abandoned.

HER MAJEsTV's STAu Queeß's
hounds, which during the last fortnight have afforded some
most excellent snort, met on Tuesday hot at Richings, when
the running was extremely good, the deer going emir to
Slough, and over the rail to George-green, through Rowley
Wood, Upton Wood, and Black Park, over leer Heath to
Round Copse, Cowley, Uxbridge, and Denham, and making
towards the canal, when it war taken after a rattling run of
about two boars. The meet on Tuesday next will be at
Mile House, and on Friday at Maidenhead Thicket, at half.
past eleven both days.
THE PRINCE OY WALEN'S Er AHRIEUS.--ThiS
pack. which lately mooed bunting for a short period after
the anniversary of the Prince Consort ll death, wets again in
the field lost week, and on Wednesday they hunted at
Thorpe, and on Friday at Littleton.
THE Wimisint STILYLEcHANZA.—The grand an-
nual and military steeplechmeri at Windsor will take ylam
ou Friday and Saturday. the sth and nth of Februa.
A CHILD PONON ED DV MIsTAKIL Ag —FAT L EREOH.
Or A DRUGGIAT.—Tbe Wigan borough Coroner °posed on
inquiry into the circumstaucee touching the death of the
infant daughter of Mr. Henry Farr, coachbuilder, of th it
town, on Saturday, sod which had been osicasiooed by do=e
of laudanum administered to it by its mother in mistake
for tincture e rhubarb. The chill was ailing on Weilors-
day, and Mr. For sent one of his boys to the shop of Mr.
Kellett, the proprietor of en old-estebliohed drug business,
for threspeaoyworth of tincture of rhubarb. The lad
received a bottle containing what purported to be the tine-
ture—Mr. Kellett himeelf having measured out the mixture
—and from this on the following day Mrs. Farr gave about
half a teaspoonful to her child. It went to sleep soon after,
sod began to exhibit symptoms of being narcotised ; • cur-
gem was sent for, and be found on examining the vial, that
it contained • quantity of pure laudanum, almost en ounce.
The child died in a few hours. Mr. Kellett, who, with au
attorney, was present during the investigation, did not deny
serving the ladl but was unable to 'cannot fur having given
laudanum. In reply toe juror. he said that the bottles con-
taming the tincture of rhubarb and laullsourn were within
one or two of each other on the shelf. The verdict of the
jury was to the effect "that death had resulted from • dose
of laadaoum given in mistake, awl thus Mr. Kellett was
exonerated from criminal liability ;" but the foreman
desired to say, in the name of the jury, that in their 'minim,
bottle. containing poisonous drool; ought, uoder no circum-
stances, to be ne,r those containing merlicioes is hourly re-
quisition. They thought, too, that 141.6 ought to be in
English, and plainly pnnted, so that mistakes should be lees
liable to occur.
DEATH AT MASS.—Another sudden death occurred
yesterday (Dec. T 7), morning at Casale Luca. The parish-
privet of that meals, the Rev. Carty, died suddenly Is the
principal church of that place. whilst he was saidating at
the chanting of high masa. The reverend gentleman bad
been for a long time suffering front disease of the heart.
which ultimately canted him off by • stroke of apoplexy.
—Malta Otserrer.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF RANIERI:TWIT.
‘Nefore Mr. Commissiooer Oadbers.)

.7 t;_::Al.:711 S. LEGUL—APPLICATIO2II FOR RELEASE.
laakrupt, Lite • brewer, of Houghtoc-le•Sptiag.
Applied for her release from custody. Debts,

Mr. ',..17,00d opposed, and took objection to the form of
• oetition, which did not state the cause of bankruptcy.
.*. .irt Ler objection was that the assignees had not been
,:en.
His Honour raid that, relying on the Lord Chancellor's
in Colonel Waugh's case, he should hold that a
release ought not to be granted until after the
of as.ignees, otherwise the creditors would have no
in the nutter, for they had no notice of these applica-
:
Mr. Ssr;ood—ln that case they probably do not even
„row of the bankruptcy.

i3e application was. ordered to stand over.
IN RE CLARKS_

This nu, another application for release. The bankrupt
six. a builder, at Brampton..

Mr. I:. Orittiths opposed, for the assignee, on the `round
a the bankrupt bad, while in custody, executed a deed
~ovevitic away all the property which belonged to him. By
th, Lite ; udgment of the Lord Chancellor referred to above,
b..knipt was not entitled to his release unless it could be
that it would be beneficial to his creditors.
His Honour doubted whether those words were to be
!3:ro absolutely, otherwise it might lead to great
preilion. He thought it ought to be shown that the creffi-
L:, would be injured by his release.
Mr. I;noiths said this bankrupt had alienated bas right to
rroperty worth 750/., which was only mortgaged for 4001.
His Honour did not think that a sufficient ground for
r,fuiing the release ; the conduct of the bankrupt was not
...ow the subject of iuqui7. It was a ease iu which the
court would require security that the bankrupt would be
f,cizoniiog at future sittings. He must enter into his own
Tr..J,;liisauce of 500/., and give two sureties of 1001. each
to his being released.
tx 'erratum
. .

7.e bankrupt, an architect and surveyor. of Chelsea,
for his order of discharge. Debts, 2,2501., owing
t • :!••wardq of 100 creditors. The only siesta were debts of
all retuned as bad or doubtful. The baokrupt attri-
,...-d his f dare to loss of business through ill-health.
There wai no opposition, and the order was granted.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

The January sessions of the Central Criminal Court were
o•erned this women before the Reo.rtier' Lussell Gurney,
Q.C., the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Alderman
s.r ilooert C.irden. Alderman Gabriel, Alderman Gib-
b..,os, Alderman Lusk. Mr. Sheriff Nissen, Mr. Sheriff
C..e. the Under Sheriffs, k.c.
The tirst edition of the calendar contains the names of
ea: prisoners only.
..... .

114 Recorder, in charging the grand jury, maid that
a7though the number of prisoners in the calendar was not
by any means large, and the offences generally were none of
tLcm of a very carious character, some of them, he was
sorry to say, were of a most painful description. There
was one charge which involved the loss of human life, and
it appeared that the deceased man, who was somewhat in-
toxicated, forced hit way into the house in which the ac-
C sal woman resided, and a quarrel ensued. The deceased's
wtie went into the place and took her husband
away, and while be was leaving, the prisoner
struck him on the head with a pair of tongs, and
Le died from the effects of the blow. If the grand jury
sere of opinion that death was caused by the violence of
the prisoner, it would be their duty to return a true Lill for
manslaughter, for whatever provocation might have been
given only reduced the offal°e from one of murder to man-
slau;htar, as if it were not for the provocation the would
have been charged with murder. There were several eases
iu which the prisoners were charged with violence upon
fyio,lea, the facts of which, the Recorder said, were of the
n.,t disgusting character, and indeed almost incredible,
some being offences upon children of a tender age. He briefly
Ouded to them, but the details of course were unfit for
publication.

THE CA.,:E OF THE REV. MB. BIRCH.
Mr. Collins applied to the court to postpone the trial of
the Rec. Mr. Birch, who, u our readers are aware, is
charged with libel under very extraordinary circumstances,
to the next seesion. He said that the defendant had been
unable to provide the necessary sureties for obtaining the
writ of certiorari, and from want of foods his solscitors bad
declined to act any longer for him, and be (the learned
counsel) was not instructed personally in the matter, and he
wa• uite unprepared to go oo at prevent.
The Recorder granted the application.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

(Before the luisistant-Jodge.)

_ .
The January general quarter sessions of the peace for the
much• of Middlesex commenced this morning et the Ses-
sions-house, elerkenwell-green, before the Assistant-Judge
and a full bench of magistrates.
Tho calendar contain, the names of 116 prisoners for trial,
% of whom are indicted for felony. 26 for misdemeanour.
The degrees of edienatioss are as follows :—Neither read
nor write, 2N; read only, Z 3; read and write imperfectly,
510 ; read and write well, 5 ; superior education, 1.
The desistant-Judge, in addresain( the grand jury, al-
luded to the heavy state of the calendar, and told them that
the business they would have to dispoaeof was of a heavy
nature, owing to the period that had elapsed since the last
memo.

J Aitiekards, 36, clerk. was indicted for obtaining by
Llse ',niches', the sum of lf. from William Falls Clion,
wall intent to defmod his master.

The prisoner pleaded guilty.
In answer to quettions put by the itesistant-Judge,
The prisoner said that be had been in London four
months. and that he had come from Lancashire. Flaying a
little property, he lived on it, and when it was all goes the
teroviiition came over him, and he yielded to it. Be desired
the clemency of the court.

The Aaietant•Judge remanded him for inquiries to he
made rem:truing him.

THE POLICE ()OURTf3.
(THIS DAY.)

CLERKENWELL

YORE LETTING OFF Or FIKE-Attlia AT BORNSIT.—DIS-

GRACE/ Mt SCSJAI PROCEEDINGS.

Ja.n,a Barrie, of I. labourer,
was charged before Yr. IrEyncourt with tiriog off • gas in
Victoria road, Hoensey-road.
From the eveleocs of Police-sergeant Thomas Allow,
S, it appeared that yesterday afternoou, about half-past
4, the prisoner Irma in the main road, and fired off a gun at
• bird in a field. In tbia field is • footpath, which ts very
much used.

Mr. John Wakeling, solicitor, said that this system of
Item e• of firearms was greatly OA the increase, and et was
reanydasgerous for auyoue to pass along the Seven Sisters-
road, or soy pert of that neighbourhood It was only last
week that one young mare ws. killed, and shots *frau rustled
over the hats of the passers by.
The defetulsot said he was sorry ; he meant no harm.
Mr. D'Eynonurt —Was there any carriage near, or were
there any persons on the footpath?
The pdice.sergeant answered iu the negative.
Mr. liEe uciurt said that the practice of letting off Sr..
sit: • was becoming • public euiaancs. He would discharge
the .lefeml..ot on • hie oNnisiou, as there was a difficulty is
the matter. which he woubl not tell hid The inapector bad
better see him upon the matter.

A Lancatter piper et rtes that it is probable that
the e n kealty of the county will be ecederred upon Sir James
I'. Kay Shuttlewoet h.

THE CA:;:;IFSAM. FEL WRIGHT.—Sir George Grey
ban the ease of thin wretched mao odder consideration. The
utrin.,t exertions are being made by Wrigbt'a relatives and
1...n.11 to procure a cnninintation of the sentence of death ;
1 ...iv to S.turdoy night no decision had been arrived at by
t.. flame-office authorities.

rif RECENT CP.EAT !MSS OP NORTR COUNTRY
• ••rs..—lt is computed that 9iooo the tint week in De-
.,e very ClOOO upon 2410 llnfth country seamen sod 110 a ap•
'•-mites have been diowued, all of them through vessels
I :u•lering at sea. anti of whon end very little is known.
• .rth and South Shields have lost ton ships' empanel in
IP,;, manner, and the painful fact is that the list ts likely
t• he added tn. There appears to be little doubt that
g•• I,rque„ the Mary Moncaster. of North Shields, has
f ,•..!ered. She left the Tine for Carthageoa, laden with
to the last week in Novemilair, and, like the other
••+•,... ships, nothing more was heard of her for weeks
• b•aving port. The Mary Muenster, there is so doubt,
• dnvee sans to the Danish coast by the fearful
•••• which prevailed in the North Sea in the first week of
1'; '-.her. Intelligence reached Shields on New Yeer's-day
• • . board with the name et a former master of that yes-
I soother board with the name of David Tate painted
h • . bad been washed &Ilion. with a lot of other wreck,
•• coast of Denmark. A man named David Tate went
t. ...a as a seaman aboard the Mary Muocaster, which
rhea conclusive evidance, it is feared, that the vessel is
ohs had 15 hands aboar•l of her when she @sped. A

of ;seekers. coesisting of cabin fittings, lower and
decks. timber, beams, quarter hoses. and a large por-
t. I of the mainmast belonging to the ship Clifton, from
for Madras, was washstl oo shore on the south-
v—t part of Teel. This vessel is supposed to have
in the gales of the early part of December. In
• .equeuee of the unprecedented loss of women in the late
-a much destitution prevails in th'e northern seaports,
.1 subscriptions are being opened to relieve the distressed
' • Ales. The Mayor of Tvotonnutb, Mr. Joseph Spence,
-omnsenced a subscription for the widows 'and orphans
..he North Shields men.