The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1847.

which he (the chairman) was doabtless well acquainted—
that nothing in the chair became him like the taking of it.
The toast was drank with enthusiasm, and was followed
by the health of Mr. Horace Twirl, proposed by Mr. Co!lett,
; of the trustres of the General 'I heatriml Fund (Mr.
B. B. Cabbell, Mr. Serjeantralfoutd, and M-. Dickens), by
Mr. John Forster ; end of the ladies by the chairman.
The chairman th-rt retired. his place being taken by
Mr. Buckstone. The subscription during the eyer.in;
omounted to MI. The =ident arrangements were un-
usually 'wing supported, among other dietinguished
TOeillit4, by Miss Rainforth, Miss Dolby, Mils Betts, Miss
Sara Flower, the Mimes Williams, &e.

NEW RAGGED SCIIGOL IN CLARE-MARKET.—Yes-
tertlaja ragged school was opened i Yeatee-court, Clement',
Lane, Clare-market, which is it..a most wretched andcrooded
locality. The school is on a novel plan. Parents may send
their children from xi: o'clock in the morning until ten in
the everting, where they will, fee of any charge, be taught
to read and write, and be trallied to habit/ of industry and
eleanliness.

TIIE STEAM-SHIP GREAT BRlTAtm.—The break-
water to the Great Britain Mill continues to attract attention.
An eye-witness informs us that sem ral engineers and °Meer'
of the navy visited the ship on Monday and Tuesday. some
of whom, on the spot, stated their opinion, that after such a
gale as that of Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, when the
wind wu in the svorst possible quarter, and the sea terrifi-
rally high, they fully expected to Hod her destroyed. The
contrary, however, has been the case • and if we
except a largo spar which was broken in two,
the whole has stood well, and the Kamen assured
us the breakwater hail admirataly protected the
ship. Two artists were sketching the ship at high water,
when she affords a striking object to those who are desirous
of seeing what, in most cases, would be a dreadful case of
shipwreck. The sea rolls along her deck in awful grandeur,
occasionally breaking as high as her masts. The noise of
the seas rebounding and meeting could be distinctly heard
amid the rear of the wind and noise of the breakers ou the
beach. The tides, with tho wind at the south, are expected
to be the highest of the year, and we understand Captain
Claxton has given orders that the crew should not remain
on board during the night tides of the remainder of the
week, not because of any fear for their safety, but solely on
account of their health and comfort.—Coleraparrict Retro 4 r.
PROCESSION OF ELEPHANTS, HORSES, AND CAMELS.
—Yesterday, the numerous troop of animals which arc to
wear in the grand spectacle nt Drury-lane Theatre on
Easter Monday, made the four of the principal streets of the
metropolis, attended by a concourse of spectators, who lined
the road from the starting plan-, the terminus at Easton-
square, to the final destination of the cortege, which occupied
the space of nearly a quarter of a mile, and consisted of an
immense magnificent dragon chariot, with burnished gold
ornaments, and appropriate devices, that, with cupola, stands
21 feet high. In it was • brass band, in Greek costume,
playing an Eastern march, the whole being drawn by four
camels; two ornamented travelling carriages, each drawn
by two camels ; four large vans, drawn by two horses each ;
the grand Burmese elephant carriage, with the two ele-
phants in gorgeous costume. Male and female
equestrians. A large carriage, drawn by four homes,
followed by eight very small ponies, led by boys; lastly, a
camel, led by tour attendants. The procession passed from
the Easton-square Station through the New-road and Port-
land-place, Regent-Reset, Charingcross, Parliament-street,
and Weraninster-bridge, and then over Blackfriarebridge to
Parting:ion-street. Owing to the immense crowd, the pro-
cession moved at a slow pace ; but throughout the most per-
fect order prevailed. After the horses and ponies hail been
stabled in Parringdon-street, the elephants and carnets pro-
ceeded to Drury-lane theatre, where they will remain till
the termination of their engagement.
EDMMERHAMBLES FOR ANTIQUARIES.—The British

Archeological Association will hold their next confines in
Warwick, at the end of July, and the Archeological
in•ri-
tate will meet in Norwich about the same time.—The
Builder.

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.—Sir,—I am an agri-
cultural overseer, and intimately, I thiuk, acquainted with
the habits and wants of the suffering class, which I shall
state in my own simple way. The people want training in
agriculture, and an intellectual education fitting thereto at
least. And I would propose that the lord lieutenant in
every county, or other influential proprietor, assemble sr und
him the principal landlords, and appropriate by reasonable
purchase waste land for the purposes of an institution where
a few hundreds of young men might be apprenticed fur a
certain number of years, at fair wages, to be trained in mak-
ing farm-roads, fencing, draining, trenching, and cropping
the land, under the superintendence of an agricultural
master and assistants, and also a schoolmaster and assistants. ,
And it is not necessary that the whole institution be
cated on one piece of ground,—it were better is sepa-
rate sections, and moving the different claws forward
each year. Also continuing to take in new ground, selling
off what is fully reclaimed. This would almost pay Os
expenses of the institution, if not be profita'ile. The agrees.
tices should be examined every year at !east: the older elms
at the expiry of their apprenticeship, if approved, would re-
ceive a diploma, or certificate, making them eligible to
hold a lease, and landlords ought to bind themselves to give
leases to such only (after a time), except gentlemen tenants,
who should employ ono of these as bailiff. The crown
shonld tie continually patron of these institutions, and have
access at all times for inspection. When a redundancy of
such young men took place it were easy, under the patron-
age of the crown, or through proprietors having inflaence, to
send them to the Eest or West Indies, to carry out the same
beneficent object in those lands. In the course of a few
yearn, a hundred or so of these young men being liberated
in every county, and returning to the bosoms of their homes
proud of their distinctive position, which they had acquired
under the patronage of a paternal government, they would
sow the seeds of peace and activity, and impose on the affec-
tions of their parents and friends the best of all missionaries.
There is no business in the world but requires training.
Agriculture alone has been left to the caprice of untutored
human nature ; it is tree, many great minds have shone il-
lustrious,but the mass require to be taught a formula, and
need not be expected to attain much more. It was the being
apprenticed and trained under the sister art of horticulture
which gave an aim to my own life. Much has been said of
the difference of race,—of this I have my opinion ; but it
serves no purpsse just now. We breed colts, and we train
them all to soine purpose, as their size or other qualities in-
dicate, and they all become useful. lam principally Saxon
myself, but I think the Celtic capable of a high moral posi-
tion, and capable of great industry. Beside!, we perhaps
want a school corresponding to the school of civil engineers to
qualify men in whom the landlords shouldhave confidence in
projecting improvements. In the meantime, the landlords
as a mass have no knowledge of the treasures lying ready to
dig out of the sail, and have none qualified to direct, and but
a sorry squad to execute the work.—Sir, I am, our moat
obedient servant, WILLIAM BLAlR.—Kenmore, Perthshire,
N. B , 25th March.
INQUEnTB,YRSTERGAY.—SUPTOCATION BY OAS.—By
Mr. Bedford, atthe Unicorn, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden,
on the belly of Henry Warren, age 3 2Z, the unfortunate young
man who was k lied by fallingelown the well opposite Covent-
garden Theatre, under circumstances detailed in this j
ournal
yesterday. The deceased went down the well for the pur-
pose of cutting off a pipe. The well had been only opened
a short time previous to the deceased's going down, and
on lights being put down after the deceased fell they were
immediately extinguished by foul air. The well had been
opened several times Wore, and the men had gone down on
the instant without feeling any effects. On the present OCCa-
*ion the generation of the foul air in the well was attributed
to a large escape of gel from the main pipe. Mr. Brookes
proved the death to have beta caused by imbibing impure
and noxious air. Verdict—" Accidental death," the jury,
at the same time expressing an opinion that in all
cases of opening wells proper caution should be
used for the future in testing their safety.—
A BRUNKAUJ'S END: By adjournment, before Mr. W.
Baker, at the Graver Maurice, N hitechapel-road, respecting
the death of Samuel Salter, aged 31, wbe died in the Lon-
don Hospital on Tuesday meriting, of injuries received in
an affray with Charles Frankish, who is in custody, and has
been remanded, on a charge of wilful murder by one of the
Thames police magistrates. The deceased resided with
Freakish, at No. 24, London-t rrrr ce,CommerciaLroad, East.
For some time past he had been leadtng. a very dissipated
life, and was constantly in a state of intoxication. On Friday,
19th inst., he was very much intoxicated, and being unable
to walk, was assisted home by Mrs. Frankish, whom he
abused and struck. When Frankish returned home, and
accused him of assaulting his wife, an altercation took place,
and they fought fur several minutes in the kitchen, in the
dark ; and during the struggle a table was broken. The
deceased bled profusely from the mouth, and in the morning
he was brought to the London Hospital, where he expired.
Mr. John Day, house surgeon to the London Hospital,
stated that when the deceased was brought into the
hospital, he appeared to be intoxicated. The upper
part of hi. body was much discoloured and bruised. He had
since made a post martens examination, and found the in-
testines very unhealthy. The liver was of an enormous size,
and weighed upwards of bibs. the ordinary
.weight being
about ?lbs. The appearance Of the stomach indicated that
the deceased had been a great drunkard. The immediate
cause of death was an effusion of blood on the brain, caused
by violence ; he had no doubt from blows. A fall might
cause an effusion of blood on the brain. The coroner then
summed up at great length. and, after a long consultation,
the jury returned an open verdict—that the deceased " died
from an effusion of blood on the brain Gem violence, but
how it was caused there was no satisfactory evidence before
the said jurors." The inquiry lasted seven hours.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, )(MICK 28.
I noticed, some time since, the consideration of the
government for those districts where relief is not so
available from the usual sources as in other more
favoured localities. Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim, has
had the advantage of government supplies, which
consist chiefly of meal. This is sold to the very poor
at about Bd. a atone below market price. In the
workhouse 15 died on Tuesday last, and 20 the day
preceding ; there were also 300 cases of fever and dy-
sentery. And yet the newspapers say nothing of
Carrick-on-Shannon. In Limerick the fever cases
amount to 500, and the patients are laid on the floor
for the want of accommodation, which the guardians

should look to.
The reduction on the public works in the city of
Limerick did -not take pLm• until Friday last. The
inspector assumed the responsibility of continuing
the employment for a week beyond the order ; but
the time having elapsed, the order was put into exe-
cution. The mayor gave the dismissed labourers
very good. advice—to repair to their respective der-

gymen and report their wants, so that lists should be
made out as quickly as possible for the finance com-
mittee, with a view to outdoor relief.

In Consequence of the outrage on Captain Fish-
bourne, the Lord-Lieutenant has directed the imme-
diate susperibion of the public works in Newmarket-
on-Fergus. Much suffering u ill thus result from the
unthinking violence of a few.
The Dingle fishermen supply Berry, and aces-
siondly the Cork markets, wit fish; but, besides very
inefficient tackle, pier and harbour accommodation
all around the Peninsula is v -Ty bad, fur Ventry and
Smerwick afford no shel!er from the prevailing
winds—the westerly and north westerly. To en-
oourage the deep 6CI fishing along that coast, the
Board of Works are about to erect a pier at Bran-
don bay, on the north of tae Peninsula, and also
smaller piers at Dingle, V. ntry, and Kilmaekilloge,
on the Keninsre river. AU will prove of vast ad-
vantage.
In a communication inserted in a southern journal
to-day, I find it stated respecting a large district of the
county of Clare, that great efforts have been made by
the small farmers to crop tle land. The communica-
tion proceeds to say, " an unusual quantity of turnips
will be sown—an averag breadth of wheat—very
little oats—and not one hundreth part of potatoes.
The gentleman who give,. this information is proceed-
ing through the country with a view to learn its con-
dition, and his ecniviction of the necessity of with-
drawing the people fro-t the public works may be
collected from the concl ision of his letter, " the im-
pression made on my m.nd vas, that had the labour
wasted on the roads, b, on expended on the fields in
cropping, surface, and i.ob-soil draining, next harvest I
would exhibit a new feature in the social aspect of
Ireland.

The accounts respecti•rg the progress of tillage in
the county of Limerick are still more satisfactory.
In two very cor.siderab' districts, of 30 statute miles
in extent, radiating fi on Limerick toward■ Cork,
every plough is at wont-. and the whole of the large
farms are either already tilled or in process of cultiva-
tion. In another distric . nearer Limerick, and towards
Killaloc, cultivation is t• ated to be backward.
Some strange inatanc s of the indisposition of land-
lords to subscribe to thy• relief funds are detailed to-
day in the Limerick an I Clare Ezananer. The dis-
trict referred to is tl it of Quin, county of Clare.
Mr. Henry Butler, a lame proprietor, did not, it is
stated, oor.descend to notice the application of the
relief committee, thong.s his own tenantry were on
the public works, and on the lists of the relief com-
mittee. Mr. Cornelius Creagh, a gentleman having
SOO/. a year, gave 151. ; Mr. John M'Donnell, with
1,0001. a year, gave 101. ; Mr. Scott, of Creeva, did
not subscribe, but he took care of his own tenants and
labourers, keeping them from the works or the relief
committees; Mr. C. G. O'Callaghan, an officer hav-
ing 1,2001. per annum, ..:ave .51. ; the Duke of Itorigo,
a Frenchman, married to an Irish lady, and having
1,2001. a year in this dittrict, but living in Paris, gave
not a single sous ; and Vie only gentleman who is re-
corded by the Examiner as having really done his
duty is Mr. Stafford o'.lrien.

SCOTLAND.
EDINBURGH, MARCH 27.
In anticipation of the general diction Sir Andrew
Leith Hay has been canvassing his constituents in the
Elgin district of burghs. His reception, according to
the Elgin Courant, was favourable. Mr. George
Skene Duff is the rival iundidate.
The Edinburgh meeting against the government
scheme of education is announced for Wednesday,
and, as was anticipated, Mr. Baines is to be supported
only by a section of the oluntaries. Tho Lord Pro-
vost, who is a voluntary. does not take the chair; and
in general the politicians among the dissenters, take
up the ground that countenancing state grants for the
education of all sects, do. .s not compromise their op-
position to the union between church and state. The
free church party stand a'oof also, on the plea that
they do not, in the abstract, disapprove of endow-
meats. The Edinburgh p esbytery of the free church
is to have a private conk rence.
Dr. Watt, the statist of Glasgow, is to apply for a
situation under the Lord Advocate's Registration Bill.
He succeeded the well-'.mown Dr. Cleland in the
office of Glasgow statist, and his different bills of
mortality have been drawn up with much ability. The
town council support his claims with great warmth.
Following the example of the church presbyteries,
the Glasgow parochial board has denounced the Re-
gistration Bill—one member calling it " anfeeling and
tyrannical," " worthy of the Russian autocrat or the
eirand Turk," " brought forward by hard-hearted
men," &c. &c.
According to the Edinburgh Erening Post, the
Scotch Church Courts are again to commence the
non-intrusion system. It says ;
We may hint to the present government, that Lord Alan-
deep's Bill, which they and the fro* clique once so much
denounced, if rightly worked by the presbyteries and people
of Scuthind, will set such nnv.orthy administrators of the
patronage of the crown as now so hold it altogether at de-
fiance ; and, with that bill in our hands, we can leave Mr.
Made, aye, and the Lord-Advocate too, to that own devices*

PROVINCIAL.
LA:SCAM LIRE.
A SERIOUS CHARGE OP CUTTING AND WOUNDING
engaged the attention of the magistrates at Manchester
yesterday. A young man named Irish, had gone to a public-
louse in Liverpool-road, on Saturday night, where he met
with a companion of about his own age, Thomas Willett,
with whom he had some drink. Willett's sister came in,
and Willett subsequently accuscd Irish of having insulted
her, and a fight took place betwr en them in the street. Irish
was no match for his opponee', but after they had been
separated, he declared that if h, could tot " mdl" Willett,
be would cut his head off. He appears to have laid wait for
Willett at a later hour of the night, and to have attacked
him with a knife, as he left the public-house. Before they
could be separated ho inflicted several severe cuts on his
victim, one of which extended from the right eye down to
the chin. The prisoner was committed for trial at the
Liverpool Anises.
WARWICKSIBRE.
DELATS ON TEE LONDON AND NORTR-WESTERN RAIL-
WAY.—Our Birmingham correspondent writes that the first
down-train, which leaves London at 15 m. past 6 a.m., did
not reach that town yesterday morning till nearly three.
quarters of an hour past its proper time.
A NEW COLLEUE, on a largo scale, is to be erected at Lea-
mington, and arrangements have been made for laying the
foundation stone with the customary ceremonials on the
Thursday in Easter week.

REERISENTATION OE WALSALL.—Tiro candidates an
in the field—the Hon. E. B. Littleton, who declared his in-
tention in June last, and C. Forster, Esq., • barrister, for
the latter of whom a canvas, is goi .g on under the auspices
of -the " Walsall Independent Electoral Aunciation," from
which has emanated an address h ritile to the pretensions of
Mr. Littleton, who is spoken of as tt thrusting himself into the
position of a candidate without invitation from any, in direet
opposition to the wishes of a large number of electors." With
respect to Mr. Forster, a handbill has be. n extensively cir-
culated, stating that it is understood some persons have:been
induced to eigu a requisition " under the impression that it
is addressed to Mr. Forster, sen.,—a proceeding not only
without the sanction, but moat decidedly against the ennui
ments and wishes, of that gendeman." Thus the liberals
appear to be divided into two parties, both the above-named
candidates being in that interest; sad we may infir from
the handbill alluded to, that the perteembhge of the Electoral
Association are not in unison with the wishes of Mr. Forster,
sen.—liirminghani Journal.
cAMßrariOntlillti.
A REMARKABLE LUMINOUS ARM appeared in the
heavens on the 19th inst., and attracted much attention in
this and the neighbouring counties. Mr. Challis, of the
Cambridge Observatory, thus speaks of the phenomenon:
I beg to oommunieate Ruda particulars on I have been able be *d-
int from my own Innervation and the dissevistisms or others. Thee
can be no doubt that it s , an arch be Altera Illawita At sheet
half4mi wren, the beginning of ea Ames was visible la the
.):.M wee In a short time enamel be me brilliancy. Mae
mama we San as tree N.K.E., from el
peeper whisk beware tele be gee mateeele, yertleolarly from
the wellerly half. The bears wee gerarelly while • Ave
rely bera reddish colour. I remeked be some Itet nee tea
the /LW,eles that when they maid he es altitude be sheaf epees,
they eared possibly towards the eprolh. Mr. Moor Weep MIS
Owl be seised • peculiarity In die met wlde% le rarely aem. ea.
that ear metes it apposed e petit epees wallet bed.
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ea wax probably • eviler bed breed melt more ere
weiMaa meal. The minimums of Its sherester= it f'cm
the elm edreemere. It wears to have ries very ea r .taut
811. re et end to have been seeded le the Berth ear dditd.
le Moran and thMalgh • Willi the Great Mee Due.
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seems ereataelly to the belt of Orbs, re ereatei the rower pee
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from Ole Me, se which it tecaleatel le•kiaid gen,
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sheet 4111fte dubs leered Meares the ewe At be. Me.. tad y
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spew bees, we • Mae bileor .Orisele aelttelewer border as each
dee itpa:p. Ate lie. Meows, hedge we es ire above
I Wee es fewer Weer webers Orkide the lower
babe midway between a awl t Orionis. The awe elem.
Mal wets atedo by Prelim Mille. who he bay &roared

me with the me of ihmin. I did not happen to witness the
till about Oh. Am. At 911. I took the id-
fterr.itobserratlon of it. position. The Sower border Port covered
Orionis, and primed a little shore R Unita Maoris. time
the meridian, two an y add of the Crab (celled by the old
astronomers Mellow Borealis and Audio, Arsenate.) were one
on the sipper, the other on the lower homier. The breadth measured
by the 'midi= of these two stars wan 3 deg. 20 dm, which was
nearly the of
&poured besseith at this time. It terminated
almost exactly at Areterua roc the test few inmates that I sow it,
there Ins eery little mottos. At Oh. Mss., the western portion sud-
denly faded; the neat moment I remarked that the terminating pint
was to the o.E. of Arcturus, and after the interval of another minute,
that it piorod entirely below the stars p. and 3of the Crab. At
9h. liim. it covered the belt of Orion, aurt immediately after, clouds
eathertnit from all quarters, it had a broken oppearan, throughout.
The general direction of the arch was all along neatly pirpeudicular to
tio magsetle meridian. This Aurora was emoceedri by wind: the
air prenotply hal been still, and remarkably free from clouds.
lIT.ItTFOULVSHIRL . .

ANTIQUARIAN RI76ERIXI;;;L4;TRRIen employed by
the Hon. Mr. Neville have lately been engaged Mexcaivating
a large barrow, near Royston. Three sepulchral vases, with
a small vessel resembling a lamp, all of unasked clay, have
been found, with two human skeletons and portions of two
animals, oue a deer, the other as yet undetermined. The
r, lies are thus described. No. lie a perfect skeleton of a
male adult, SO or 60 years of age, the bones in extremely
good preservation, though probably more than 1,000 years
old. No. 2, skeleton of a lad from 12 to 16 years
of age, nearly perfect at first, but great part of
it was carried off, previous to examination, by the in-
habitants, owing to a popular tradition that a youth had
been murdered and interred at no remote period in the bar-
row; in refutation of which may be stated- the opinion of the
geuUeman who examined them that they are the oldest
bones in the barrow. The skull of the smaller animal hoe
been sent to Professor Owen to be resolved on. Mr. Neville
observes, with regard to the vessels, that they are of un•
baked clay, moulded by the hand, and that a vase, disin-
terred by Professor Renslow from a similar barrow at Bot-
tisham, and figured in the Archaeological Journal, is a
foe-simile of two out of the three vessels he has discovered ;
he also remarks that the bones exhibited no traces of cre-
mation, though patches of charcoal were found iu several
places. The barrow is the largest of a group of five, situated
on an eminence, called from them Five
A Co

OP THE " ATuuN,uLi" has for-
warded to that journal the following particulars relative to
a provincial votary of science whose name will be new to
many, notwithstanding the notoriety clainird for it by the
writer: "Died at Lyme Regis, aged 47, Mary Arming, of
European fame es a discoverer of fonds, more particularly
those of the ichthyosaurus, plesiosaurus, pterodaetyle, and
many fish in the blue lisa of that locality. Born a dull in-
fant, she was taken by her nurse, while yrt in arms, to an
exhibition of equestrian performances in a held. A sudden
shower caused this woman and many others to seek for
shelter beneath a tree, where they were struck dead by a
Bash of lightning. Some one took the infant Mary Alining
from among the group of dead, and put her into warm
water, upon which she revived, and was ever after a lively
girl. The history of Lyme Regis contains many interesting
particular respecting Miss Mary Awing', history and re-
searches. The great ichthyosaurna now at the Briti'h
Museum, was sold in situ to Mr. Hawkins by Mies Aiming."

EAST sommagEr ifiliCii;;;.=llT high. sheriff has, in
consiguenc• of the county assizes, changed the day originally
intended for the nomination, and has issued his proclama-
tion, fixing Saturday, the 10th of April, for thatpurpose. No
candidate has as yet appeared in opposition to Mr. Pinney,
and it is the general impression be will be allowed to walk
over the course, although there are still rumours that a
protectionist is being brought forward.
SUSSEX.

A SCHOOLMASTER 'MAN FINED at Brighton police-office
last week, for beating a pupil. The defendant was a Mr.
Wharton, who had, according to the evidence, cruelly chas-
tised the son of Mr. Bickford, a surgeon. The complainant
was sitting in a chair, with a book in hie hand, working a
problem in Euclid, when the achoolm•ster called him an idle
fellow, and snatched the chair from under him, but the child
being prepared for that he did not absolutely throw him
down. He afterwards inquired for a cane or stick belonging
to one of the boys. The cane was brought, and defend=
thrashed this boy with it till he broke it. Not content with
that, he asked one of the pupils for his whip, and desired him
to get it; but the pupil replied that he would rather not."
Mr. Wharton said" Where is it ?" The reply was that it
was up stairs. Mr. Wharton went up stairs and got it, and
then beat this poor child with it in a cruel way. To prove
the severity of the flogging, it was stated that the de-
fendant had actually cut through the clothes of the child.
The complainant was examine]. He showed severe marks
,on the thighs, face, and head. The boy had, moreover, a
black oye, and there were other mark, on the arm, all pro-
duced by the beating complained of.—The Bench were of
opinion that the child had bees chwaised without any necen.
city. They felt it necessary, for the protection of children
who were under a master that could not command hit
temper, to impose the full amount of the fine that the law
imposed. He was fined 51. Defendant paid the money.