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THE PRESS, SEPTEMBER ii, 1858.

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The BISHOP then said that, no material fact being
controverted, in his judgment it was nut necessary to
call any witnesses. The Court would take time to
consider its judgment.
The Court then adjourned, no day being fixed for
its reassembling.

THE BISHOP OF LONDON has refused to license Mr.
Poole to the curacy of St. Mary Magdalene, Munster-
square, to which he had been nominated by Mr.
Stuart. Dr. Tait says :—" I felt, it my painful duty
to revoke your• licence at St. Barnabas, because, in
my judgment, your practice it, respect of confession
was calculated to bring scandal on the Church ; and
I cannot accept you as Mr. Stuart's curate."
THE BISHOP OF OXFORD has issued a commission,
addressed to three laymen and tmo clergymen of
his diocese, to inquire into the statements alleged
against the Rev. Richard Temple West, M.A., of
Christ Church, Oxford, and curate of Boyne-hill, in
reference to his practice of confession, as brought out
in a ewe which has lately been so prominently before
the public, and to report to his lordship whether
there is prima facie grounds for instituting further
proceedings against hint. The commissioners
are—Dr. Robert Phillimore, chancellor of the
diocese : the Venerable James Randall, M.A., arch-
deacon of Berkshire; the Rev. J. Austen Leigh, M.A.,
♦icar of Bray (the parish in which Mr. Gresley's
district is situate) ; Mr. Charles Sawyer, of Heywood-
lodge ; and Mr. J. Hibbert, of Braywick•lodge—the
two latter being county magistrates. All these
gentlemen hold High Church views, particularly Dr.
Phillimore, Archdeacon Randall, and Mr. Leigh,
who are commonly classed amongst the ultra or
Tractarian party. The usual fourteen days' notice
was served upon Mr. West.
THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE is about to erect in
Romsy Abbey Church a monument to the founder of
his family, Sir William Petty.

A CASE of CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE TO THE
CHURCH will probably come beforo the courts of law
at the earliest opportunity. A few weeks since the
rectory of Niton, in the Isle of Wight, became vacant
by the death of the Rev. Richard Dixon, and the
Provost and Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford,
presented thereto the Rev. Thomas Castle Southey,
M.A., a fellow of that society. The Bishop of Win-
chester, in whose diocese Niton is placed, has
refused to institute him on account of his Tractarian
tendencies, particularly basing his refusal upon a
sermon which the rev. gentleman preached at St.
Paul's, Brighton—a church with which the name of

Mr. Gresley, of Boyne-hill ndtoriety, is closely iden•
titled—on the subject of the Holy Eucharist, and on
account of which the Bishop of Chichester prohi.
bited him from again preaching in thnt diocese. The
case will probably come before the Queen's Bench
upon an application for a mandamus, directed to the
Bishop of Winchester, to show cause why he refuses
to institute.
A CHURCH-RATE CONTEST has taken place at
Melcombe Regis, Weymouth. The dissenters mus-
tered in great force, and demanded a poll. At the
close the result was in favour of the rate, by a
majority of 182. The Wesleyan% did not vote against
the rate.
A NEW Cnunat is to be built at Newington, the
Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral having
given a site for a new church at Newington Butts,
and an endowment of 1501. a year for the incumbent.
The new church will cost 5,0001., and will contain
1,000 sittings, entirely free. It is proposed to build
the church in the poor-cat and worst part of the
palish, with a population of 10,000 souls, made up of
keepers of small grocery and coal shops, artizans,
bird fanciers, day and job labourers, costermongers,
rag and bone pickers, and five streets, containing
more than eighty houses, occupied by not less than
1,200 people of bc,th sexes, who have no recognized
means of obtaining a livelihood.

THE FOLLOWING REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA
embarked at Gravesend on Tuesday on board the
Blervie Castle, 616 tons, Commander G. Mg-lardy :-
30 men of the 7th Dragoon Guards, 40 men of the
27th Enniskillens, 10 men of the 61st. Regiment, 15 men
of the 70th Regiment, 10 men of the 81st Regiment,
30 men of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, 24 men of
the 94th Regiment, and 35 men of the 98th Regiment.
The number of reinforcements despatched to India
by the authorities since the month of June has
exceeded 5,000 cavalry and infantry troops of all
ranks, which number includes those under orders
to embark at Gravesend during the next few days.
EAST INDIA RECRUITS, to the number of 600, are
ordered to be held in readiness to embark for Indic
as soon as the required amount of tonnage has been
taken up for them. Of this number 300 are to embark
for Bengal between the 20th and 25th, and 150 each
for Bombay and Madras between the 20th and the
Bth of October.

THE MEDICAL OFFICERS OF THE 32ND FOOT, who
distinguished themselves during the memorable siege
of Lucknow, hare been promoted, as the following
extracts from the Gazette of Tuesday last will
show:—" Assistan►.-Surgeon W. Boyd to be Surgeon,
for eminent services throughout the whole of the
siege of Lucknow, vice Scott, promoted to Staff
Surgeon First Class; Surgeon Scott, M.D., from
the 32nd Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First
Class, for eminent services throughout the whole of
the siege of Lucknow."
The COMMITTEE OF THE SIR HENRY LAWRENCE
MEMORIAL have been officially informed that the
Asylum for Soldiers' Children, foundel by the late
Sir H. Lawrence, at Kussowlee, near Simlah, will be
adopted and maintained by th--y. Government of India.
The despatch which communicated to Lord Canning
this decision of the Court of Directors called for a
report upon the condition of Sir H. Lawrence's
similar schools at Mount Aboo, in the Bombay
Presidency, with a view to their adoption also. An
inquiry was at the same time directed as to the ex-
pediency of founding a school of the like kind for
the children of Europ&an troops on the Madras side.
Sir H. Lawrence had long projected the formation
of such an institution at Ootacamund, on the Neil-
gherries. If, eventually, the Government of India
resolve to charge themselves with the support of the
two existing Lawrence Asylums, and the erection of
a third for Madras, the Memorial Committee will
consult their subscribers as to the disposal of the
fund.

assault. The proseentrix, who was a housemaid at
Ashley's Hotel, Covent-garden, on July 27 engaged a
cab at Islington to take her home, but was induced
on the way by the cabman to take a glass of ale, and
insensible, and was taken to a house of ill.
reet, Seven Dials, where she was
famebecamien eo
divested of her clothes, part of which and her money
were taken away by the cabman. The counsel
having gone into the case at great length, evidence
was given in support of the charge, and Mr. Creasy,
the judge, summed up. The jury, after a short
retirement, returned into court and delivered a ver-
dict, finding the prisoner guily of simple larceny.
It was then proved that the prisoner had kept two
brothels in the Hampstead -road before he took to
cab driving. The sentence of the court was that the
prisoner be imprisoned for ten months with bard
labour.

A CHARGE OF ROBBERY, rather singular in its
nature, has been preferred by Mr. Samuel Jacobs,
jeweller, of Knightsbridge, against a young girl, his
servant, at the police•court, Westminster. It was
stated that the prisoner had stolen a brooch and
toothpick, which were both found in her box. The
girl, in her defence, declared it was a conspiracy
against her, and that the articles were put into the
boa during her absence. The result was that the
prosecution was withdrawn, and Mr. Lewis, who
appeared fur the defence, stated his intention of
bringing an action for false imprisonment.

gtaihnts antt News.

SHOCKING TRAGEDY.

A SHOCKING tragedy has just been brought to light
by the apprehension of a young man, named W.
Liam Reid, in Glasgow, by Mr. Shaw, the superinten•
dent of the Falkirk district of the county police, on
the charge of being concerned in the murder of a
young woman, named Ann Taylor. So far as the
particulars are known, it appears that the servant.
girl of Reid's mother, who resides near Polmont, had
become pregnant by him, and that on Sunday last
he had operated upon her with instruments, assisted
by a young medical man named Girdwood, with the
view of procuring abortion. In consequence of the
injuries she sustained she died on Monday evening.
Reid fled immediately thereafter to Glasgow, where
he took his residence in the first instance in the
North British Hotel, under the name of Hardie, in.
tending, it is believed, to pursue his flight next
morning. The superintendent of the police followed
him, however, by the night luggage-train, and appre-
hended him before he had time to make a start. He
was removed to Falkirk-gaol in the course of the
evening. This case has led to another deplorable
affair. So soon as the young medical man, Girdwood,
ascertained that the girl was dead, he hired a cab
under the pretext of carrying him on business to
Linlithgow, but while in the vehicle lie swallowed a
large quantity of laudanum, and when the cab was
opened at its destination he was found either in a
dying state or dead. The lifeless body was brought
back to Falkirk. From the statements of the mother
of the deceased girl and the medical man, the follow
ing particulars have been collected.
She was taken violently ill on Sunday afternoon,
and becoming gradually worse during the rest of that
day, was visited by Dr. Myrtle, who had been sent
for on Monday forenoon. From what she could be
got to tell as to what was the matter with her, Dr.
Myrtle concluded it was only an ordinary case of
bodily derangement, and treated it accordingly. The
girl, however, appeared to get gradually worse, and
would in all probability have died without disclosing
the real cause of her illness, had it not been for one
of those extraordinary incidents which, occurring as
they do in circumstances like the present, almost
stagger belief, and make truth seem stranger and
less crediblo than fiction. The girl's mother, a widow,
living in the suburbs of Linlithgow, was disturbed
on Sunday night by a dream that her daughter was
at times suffering intense agony from some cause or
other. So deep an impression did this dream make
upon her mind, that though entirely ignorant of the
condition in which the poor girl was, she started etl
for Smallburn the next forenoon, and arrived there
to find her fears only too completely confirmed—for
her daughter was by this time raked by excru-
ciating pains, and fast sinking boyond the hope of
recovery. The doctor was at a loss to account for the
aggravated symptoms of the case, and but little infor-
mation could be elicited from the girl herself. Atone
time she spoke to a young woman who was attending
her in a way that led her to believe she had some.:
thing of importance to communicate; but William Reid
her mistress's son, entering the room at that moment,
she remained silent. When her mother came, how-
ever, she made, according to the old woman's story
a clean breast of the whole affair; confessed that she
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was enciente by Reid, and described the treatment
she hail been subjected to in order to procure ahoy'
Lion. Dr. Myrtle having been immediately inforiaeeet
of these disclosures, found that she had b
L operated upon as she had stated, and delivered bets