The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-09 00:00:00

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of the Southern Reporter till; jib& these note
"On Monday a Irbil party et bleb 411 mob deputed by the ea-
empleyed Lbws" waited as two arsaiers af Sr bad
the lib. J.
deMDuly
emu trat teheiPnabl'auld'deritteleas isagivantorseA=l.7leld set,t:aistreversl4.l.43llsemesir,
the
Ow =I wily certain deatiSiebas The brawn%
gobblers' to *dr masa ameiliss by raw
besi a 10..ddlaffffs ttis obi IL O. Asisoffey, ses
apnea ippb„:ey, with that lees vidati he la
dietiagebbed. baba: ]he resit sacs( thane b
themselves ha parties of II soli ea Peas works. Ilse 0.11.00%
=r, reamed to ad apart &ices:ere they bad received, sad this
with the isalemeney of the ne,,!ber induced the sem le
bike b their cheerios, babes sad ahnisa fewilles. On the
lug morning (Tuesday) they bombed some snacked' is the
town., and, tempted by the applenneed s bed of flour
through the Main-street, they ealead the bias of the horse!=
they led back to the mill gate, sembaly sedesided as to the disposal
of the load. Here the few police obtained b the tewn, three or four
meu, made an attempt to recover *a leer, ebb they were kicked
and roughly handled by
~tli...!wftts breed thus te retreat to the
barrack. The car was of los ceatents, parties
of men and women can XIII ba-71.7e=lieadose directions, when
the Bev. Mr. Fitzpatrick hastased Is the seise, sad by his remon-
strances and exhortations succeeded he prebilbp on them to return
the flour ; his representatioNs et the mothasee end cruelty e
ruining the owner, a poor sad bdnelekess baker of Charleville,
seemed moat effectual in probe*, the bps? bad desired
A strong party of the meat driermined than oreeseded to the resi-
dences of a few of the neighbourkag gentry and taxmen, and drove
off upwards of a hundred sheep and three or four head of cattle,
which they escorted to the town mad secured in a secluded square
intended for building grounwchaarmitt emu leered would prove in the
course of the day another being excited by their suffer-
ings to desperation and redthenness all sesesequencel. The exer-
they, of the parish w:ritientrating tea an early hour. in the
rooming , the liberate of the
sheep, ke., and procured salseselmkos swag the more independent
of the inhabitants, to the annamt of 101., which be distributed in
person to the heads of deadest' loathes
JUSTICE TO THE BOARD OP VirOllEß.—From a COMMUI
nication in the Tipperary Vindicator upon the condition of
Killaloe, county Clare, and its vicinity, I extract the fol-
lowing:—
A Vint to this county within the lost few dap 21..5a enabled us to
form a meet favorable opinion of the conduct of the Bs,: of Works,
u
with respect to the employment of the people. Seven or eight
hundred persons were put to public works on the morning of 'Ille•Oe1,of
under the immediate direction of Mr. ,T=q, en engineer. An at'
cheerfulness and contentment has ma the district since the
works have been set agoing, and wherever we went in the immediate
1.
neighbourhood of the town, and in some at the rural portions of the
very extensive pal ahich extends eleven miles along the Shannon,
the people were beginning to recover from the dismay and honor into
which the neglect of the authorities had plunger them ; and we are
happy to perceive that there is not now the slightest fear of the peace
of that meet important district."
MALICIOUS BULLRING or WHEAT.--Oa Sunday night,
says the Tipperary Constitution, about the hour of eight
o'clock, two auks of wheat, the pmperty of Mr. Michael
Tobin, were maliciously set fire to, at Clcrihan, by seven
incendiaries, and were it not for the exertions of the police,
and Mr. Tobin's neighbours, two other stacks would have
shared the same fate. There is a police station within 600
yards of the scene of this outrage. What reckless ruffians
must those be who thus destroyed one of the principal neces-
saries of life in those days of misery and distress.
DARING 01.7TRA0E.—Three armed men, says the Armagh
Guardian, undisguised, on the evening of Tuesday last, before
it was quite dark, entered the house of the Rev. Francis
Synge, at Slevoir, and when passing through the hall, they
met one of the servants, of whom they inquired if the steward
was in the house. The servant stated that he was in his bed-
room. They then went up to his room, and with 'pistols
levelled at his head, they swore him on a piece of paper to
quit his place before the fair day, (yesterday) or that he would
get the death of Waller. Smith, the steward, nor the ser-
vant who met them, know the parties. This, we have no
doubt of, says the Guardian, as the Terrys are generally
brought from a distant part of the country to do duty.
SHOOTING A 1.11::cour Max.—At the Tralee Petty Ses-
sions (says the Cork Examiner), held on Wednesday, a case
of shooting, alleged to have been perpetrated under shocking
circumstances, came before the bench. Mr. Stokes presiding.
It appeared from the statement of Mr. T. B. Hurley, who
appeared for a boy named Flahire, that complainant, pressed
, by the cravings of hunger, went into a garden belonging to
a gentleman in the town, to the rear of his house, in w Id&
noth admitted,rog but cabbage, fur the purpose, as the
boy of taking a head of cabbage to appease his ap-
petite. It was after nightfall, and when he went in he per-
ceived two men, one armed with a bayonet, and the other
with a gun. Being within a few yards of them when
he got it, one of them said, " I'll stick him "—" No,"
said the other, " I'll shoot him." Complainant begged
of them not to injure him, but immediately Price, one
of the fellows, discharged a gun, the contents of which
(shot) lodged in complainant's shoulder. Evidence being
given of the facts, informations were taken against the
culprit.
THE PROGRAMME OF THE YOUNG IRELAND
PHALANX.
The following letter, developing the plans Of operation of
the literary phalanx projected by Mr. Smith O'Brien, ap-
pears from that gentleman in the Nation of to-day. It will
be observed, that his opposition to Mr.
vi O'Connel h l is more
strongly etre= d in this letter, than in any preous speec
or publication of Mr. O'Brien's:—
" Cahirmoyle, Nov. 5.
" My dear Mr. Duffy —lt bee given me much pleasure to learn from
you that several men, whose patriotism, worth, and abilities arc not
unknown to the public, have signified their desire to give effect, by
their co-operation, to the suggestions offered by mein the letter which
appeared in your last publication. It In desirable that there should
be no misunderstanding as to the circumstances under which
this proposal originated. A considerable number of individual+, who
are ardently devoted to the cause of repeal, having been excluded from
the Befoul Association because they are unwilling to enlescribe a
test imposed for reasons which are ant yet fully understood, by
the public, they ere naturally led to seek ethn empartunities
through the means of which they may be emoted be biii ia the
service of their country. No other cognisant Wing M present
available, it seems to us that the Maims iieespepar=e advan-
tageously made an organ for &bag 1110111111,11 RIME admen
of Oils dare. We do not wasssupMs soy blerhowes crib the edi-
torial department of newspaper ear bah your eneareeente for
giving that information radar motto, which every
newspaper eXPlllidere= to the public; but we ask whether
it be coompaaila whit mignlxernents of your journal to dedi-
.T.te fa the ressatien of such papers, letters, (-mass,
ihs,seasyleseppiled by writers whore capacity
itr'---..-----ailsilmrbeirmalm So the pseph his been sufficiently tested? It
Is aotbserelerY art dechebe b lay down any unalterable plan for
kilo bleb this PERffortioa let lam disposed to think that
ili=be sufficient te allot wcebly eight or ten columns of your
paNinetir to the purpose contemplated in this praposa.L The papers
ought to be short, terse, and well considered. In ne can should an
arDele exceed two colunue. A valuable thought may often be com-
municated in a few lines. The form of address ought to be left to the
judgment of each writer. The eubject. should he aa much varied as
possible, but the animating principle of each composon mull! be •
desire to proparate a spirit of nationality. I am much pleased with the
title whkb Mr. O'Connell haft, by way of derbion, bestowedupon us—
We Phalanx—the National Phalanx—the Patriot Pbabon—the Irish
Phalanx—any of these denominations cannot fail to be acceptable to
men who are struggling for the right of their native land. We trust
and believe that this Phalanx, wielding no other weapons than those
of Reason and Truth, may hereafter become formidable to the enemies
of our country. Mr. O'Connell will find that It is not easy to laugh
down men who are heartily in earnest, and Angle minded In purpose.
A misplaced sneer disfigures no face except that which wears it. He
acrd not fear, however, that provocation will lead to reprisal. We
shall endeavour to imitate his virtues, not his failings. Our duty to
our country warns us to avoid the strife of personal oeutroveny, and
bids us to devote all our faculties to the high and holy teak of endea-
vouring not only to augment the happiness of our fellow countrymen,
but also to place the enjoyment of that happiness upon the secure
foundation of national freedom. We challenge emulation in such a
saner, and shall rejoiee to find ourselves outstripped, even by those
who first tattered, then wronged and misrepresented, and who now
appear disposed to insult us.—Believe me, very faithfully yours, W.
S. O'Ban..v.—ToC. G. Duffy, Faq.
RECOVERY or LOST !iloNET.—The money lost by a pay-
clerk of the Board of Works between this and Ennis' 1771„
was recovered by him the same night. He did not mss it
till he arrived, and, having deposited his portmanteaus and
trunks at his hotel, all filled with silver, he returned the
way he came, and after travelling back sixteen miles, found
it in the possession of two little boys, who had stumbled over
it in the dark, and were unable to move it from its great
weight. This money is generally made up in parcels of 701..
and for the most part consists of fourpennies. In the present
instance the gentleman had not room for all he was
in his trunks, and he put the bag is the well of the car,
a board loose in it gave way, in consequence of the weight,
and the bag fell out.
SHOCKING SUICIDE.—A fearful case of self-destruction
took place in Lower Dominick-street, on Thursday. Mr.
W.
Scott, residing at 46, in the above street, whose rain
been for some time past in an unsettled state, inflicted ad*
se-
vere wound in his abdomen with a table-knife. He died
soon after the deed, suffering great agony. The verdict of
the jury was, "That the said Mr. 'e. Scott died from the
effects of • wound inflicted on and by himself, on Thursday
morning, with a table-knife, while In a state of mental de-
morning,

SCOTLAND.
EDINBUROff PHILOSOPHICAL Drrirrrtorr.—On Wed-
nesday • public entertainment took place in the Music Hall,
Edinburgh, for the purpose of celebrating the establishment
of the new " Philophical Institution," in that city. The
body of the hall was tilled by SOO persons, a good proportion
of whom were ladies. The Lord Provost occupied the chair,
supported by the Archbishop of Dublin,
Y. T. B. Macaulay,
Professor Wilson, Fox Maule, M.P., W. G. Craig,
Esq., M.P. Professor Nichol, D. M. Moir, Esq. (Delta),
Professor M.P.,
In the course of an address to
the meeting, the Archbishop of Dublin, at great
length, defended the national system of education
ich in
Inland from the many. exaggerated and false charges wh
had been brought against it, as well as against the commis-
sioners who superintended it. He showed the liberal charac-
ter of the system, in excluding sectarianism from the schools,
and in proof of the benefits that had resulted from it, he said
that there was as much difference between the present
character of a large portion of the Irish people and what it
was fifteen years ago, as between their character at that
time and that of the natives of New Holland. He said
that nearly half-a-million of all persuasions were at pre-
sent educated at these schools—that about a million and
a half bad gone through them and completed their educa-
tion • that about twelve hundred schoolmasters and school-
mistresses' had been trained up in the establishment
hundred
annually ; and that they were continuing to educate, at •
decreasing cost of the public money, hundreds of thou-
sands of their fellow-subjects, wbo, if they might judge
from the past, would, without these means, have e
ndliv and
died as ignorant as the brutes that perisi He th
. pro-
ceeded to show, that while means were provided in England,
Scotland, and Ireland, for the education of the hiqher
as
well as the lower classes, there was a want of something for
the middle classes, and be thought they wen going a great
way to supply that want by the establishment of such
institutions as that which had brought them together.—
Mr. T. B. Macaulay, M.P., also spoke at conaiderable length;
and after referring to the value of popular literary institu-
tions and public libraries, he showed the fallacy of the
saying so often repeated that "a little knowle is •
Ferns thing." This portion of his speech shaa have a place
in our columns when opportunity offers.

place;in which pieties aria ievelvid seamen:ll with families
met, who issued his warrant on Thursday morninfamilas.t.
of great respectability. A due was given -',!w alto,
which led to a communication with the coroner Os. '"""
for
the disinterment of the body of George 'Taor, or, of
the order being carried into effect,
Carlton-upon-Trent, who died on the 26th of N 844, et".:4
crowds surrounded the
was buried at Sutton-upon-Trent, the adjoining Nov.,iarish. On
churchyard, and followed the body, which was removed to
the premises of Mr. Pettinger, surgeon, Sutton-upon-Trent.,
the medical attendant of the deceased up to the time of
his death. Mr. Taylor was 37 years of age, and had a
housekeeper named Elisabeth Smith, who is 28' years of age.
In the month of September, 1844, Taylor was taken very ell,
had much sickness', and was attended by Mr. Petunger ,•
but, owing to medicine, and good nursing on the part of
Miss Smith, he got considerably better. In a few weeks,
however, he had a second attack, very similar to the first, and
though the cause of his illness could not be discovered, his me-
dical attendant again treated him for an ulcerated stomach. His
done, nwede, every r pp.
and
ode
,ffe
doi t
unavailing was mule
or
patient becoming_much worse, Mr. Pettinger requested that
ande
ied,
n
to a
days y. en Uset
afterwards
lifew 26 lobru
Novembera
dl ~
Dr. Morton, of Newark, might be called in, and this being
three
Shortly after his death, Miss Smith went to reside fora few
weeks at the house of Mr. Richard Taylor, the father of the
deceased, and here she was very low in spirits and remark-
ably desponding. She had conversation with different parties,
and declared that Taylor was a murdered man, and it seems
disclosed all she could with a view of unburdening berrnind,
as she said, she could not live without telling what she had
done; but added, that she should never have thought of
doing it, had not Mrs. Taylor introduced the subject to her.
Mrs. Taylor was the second wife of Richard Taylor, and
mother-in-law to the deceased, George Taylor. These com-
munications having been made to friends and relations, the
matter was not talked about in public; but a few days ago a
word or two dropped on the subject which led on to coerce..
sation and disclosures of important facts, to parties who
could not consistently allow the matter to rest any longer
without legal investigation ; consequently, a jury
was summoned, and sworn on Thursday last, at
Sutton, and having taken a view of the body, an officer
was despatched for Miss Smith, who was apprehended at the
house of Mr. Wood, farmer, of Ossingten, where she was re-
siding as house-keeper. Mrs. Taylor, wife of Richard Taylor,
was also required to attend the investigation before the co-
roner and jury. During the examination of the witnesses,
the room was crowded with respectable inhabitants from Sut.
ton and Carlton, the vicar of the former place, the Rev. R.
Thompson, being present. Eliza Otter, wile of M. Otter, attor-
ney's clerk, of Sutton-upon-Trent, deposed that her husband
was cousin to deceased, who lived at Carlton-hill farm, and
after his decease she was in company with E. Smith, at
Richard Taylor's house, many times during ten months she
resided there, as it wasunder the same roof that she herself
lived, and heard her declare that she had given deceased
mercury twice in his coffee, and she told the facts to un-
burden her mind, as she could not live. The death took
place in November, 1814, and the first conversation with
Miss Smith was in January, 1845. She said, " George
Taylor was a murdered man," but she gave the
mercury to make him behave better to herself and
her father. She said, they (George Taylor and herself) had
quarrelled because she had stayed longer at alarnham fair
than he expected. She was much disturbed in her mind
daring the ten months she remained at Richard Taylor's.
She left there to go into service.—Matthew Otter, clerk to
Mr. Joseph Smith, solici'or, Carlton-upon-Trent, deposed to
conversations with Miss Smith, during the ten months sub-
sequent to his death, and heard her state that Taylor was a
murdered man. Witness thought she said' married, and
asked who was his wife? She d No, a mur-
dered man." On being asked her reason for say-
ing so, she said, " I gave him mercury ; I gave
it him twice, and I am the murderer."— She said, he
had been to Mr. Samuel Hole's funeral, and did not return
till 6 o'clock in the morning, and that she gave him some
mercury in his coffee, which she took out of a bureau. She
gave it him not to destroy life, but to reform him, by
making him ill, and showing him how comfortable his
house might be made. She said she gave it him the woad
time after her return from Marnham fair, which was on the
' 12th of September, in the year 1844. She had been at the fair
two days. She said, what a thing it would be for a young
woman like her, 28 years of age, to be confined in a gaol.
George Pettinger, surgeon, Sutton upon-Trent, deposed to
attending the deceased in September, October, and 'Novem-
ber, 1841, till his death. Considered that the deceased suf-
fered from deranged digestive organs. He suffered from sick-
ness, and had all the symptoms of a person having had ar
senie. The deceased got much better, and then had a second
attack; called (in Dr. Morton, of Newark, and on death
taking place, returned to the registrar that the death had
taken place through ulcerated stomach. The deceased had
stated that Miss Smith had been teasing him about
marrying her. Had examined the body of George
Taylor that morning, but could not state the cause of death.
Hugh Morton, phyncian, confirmed Mr. Pettinger as to the
mptoms of the patient, both on the first and seamed attack.
Had seen the body that morning.—Maria Walker, wife of
John Walker, cottager, of Sutton-upon Trent, gave eel.
deuce respecting conversations with Miss Smith, in which
the latter said she could not live. She related how she gave
him the :mercury out of the hurean. The inquest was
adjourned at 4 'o'clock p.m.
On Saturday, the jury assembled at ten o'clock, when
Lucy Coates, widow, gave evidence to show that Mrs. Tay-
lor and Miss Smith recriminated each other in her pre-
sume ; the one said she advised, and the other excused
isemelf. This woman's evidence went to show that
Mrs. Taylor advised Miss Smith to give George
Taylor something, and persuaded her to do it ; first she
advised antimonial wine, and then mercury out of the
bureau; they blamed each other. Coates suggest" d, after
the funeral, that the paper containing the remainder of the
mercury should be burnt, and it was so, she and Miss Smith
being together. Other evidence was given by labourers, to
show that no arsenic had been used fur preparing wheat-
seed, and by Maria Walker, recalled at the request of Mrs.
Taylor, in which conversations with Mies Smith and Mrs.
Taylor were more fully detailed, all of which confirmed the
statement that Miss Smith gave the mercury, and Mrs.
Taylor advised the course. The jury then adjourned to give
time for the viscera to be examined by Dr. Playfair, or
other professor of chemistry, and to obtain other evidence.
LANCASHIRE.
EARLY CLOSINO. —On Thursday last, a very numerous
meeting was held in the Free-trade Hall, Manchester, in
support and advocacy of the early closing movement. The
hail was about half full when the proceedings commenced ;
but it gradually filled as the evening advanced, and there
were probably from 3,000 to 4,000 persons present, including
a fair proportion of ladies. Upon the platform were G. Wil-
son, Esq., who bed been requested to preside; Lord John
Manners, M.P. ; William wart, Esq., 31. P. ;_ C. Medley,
Esq., M.P.; Joaeph Brotherton, -Esq., 31. P., Charles
Knight, Esq. (the publisher), and others. Deputa-
tions attended from kindred societies in Leeds,
Birmingham, Oldham, Rochdale, and Bradford. Various
speeches were delivered and resolutions agreed to, embodying
the opinion of the meeting, that the views of the Early
Closing Association are such as commend themselves to the
justice and generosity of accrue
at the public,
avant at
aryl that if
wou those
ld views
were adopted, many gre positive es
to all classes, es well as to the class more immediately
concerned, and the movement itself is essentially in accord-
ance with the adyanciag spirit of the present age.
AT THE PRELIMINARY MEETING of the council, the choice
of chief magistrate of Manchester for the ensuing year, fell
unanimously upon Elkanah Armitage, Esq., who is now
alderman for St. Ann's ward.
YORKSHIRE.
EARLY CLOSINO.—The linen and woollen drapers and
hosiers of Italia:, commenced closing their shops at seven
o'clock in the evening on Monday last.
LEICESTERSHIRE. •
Lotragnosonait WAS THE SCENE 0/ MUCH EXCITEMENT
on Wednesday, in consequence of the exhumation of the
body of Abraham White, who is suspected to have been
poisoned. Several suspicious circumstances have come to
light. One of these was, the wife of the deceased had pur-
chased some poison shorly before his death, and it was known
that she and her husband had lived uncomfortably for some
time, in consequence of her having formed an improper con-
nexion. The death of deceased was registered as caused by
" constitutional gangrene." Mr. C. Ilyde, surgeon, has, since
the disinterment of the body, opened it, and removed the
stomachwith its contents, the duodenum, the spleen, and
the liver, and they are now in his poesesaion. They are to
be analysed, and an inqueet will then be held.
HAMPSHIRE.
THR GATCOMEE ROBBIZT.—At the Petty &admix
Newport, lan week, Thomas Dawson, late footman and
valet to the Rev. Dr. Thomson, of Gatisombe Rectory, was
placed at the bar. He seemed in nowise abashed at the
awkward position he has placed himself in, or the notoriety
he has gained by his highlyceloured and improbable tale of
the manner in which the robbery was effected. The depo-
sitions taken on Tuesday were first read; that given by his
master, W. Thomsen, D.D., was as follows lam rector
of Gatcombe, where I have resided for the last four
months. The prisoner has been in my. service two
years. I reside at Oxford the remainder of the
year. Before I left Oxford I mimed a
cedgl pin
with a coral heed; the pin now eirodu I have
every reason to believe is the pin I lost. I have no doubt of
it. I never gave it away.—lnspector Calling ham: I appre-
hended Thomas Dawson, on the 27th October, in Newpooach rt,
and took him prisoner. Amongst the I on the c
on which he was travelling he pointed ouift geBttx of his own.
I opened it, and found a loaded -bludgeon and pistol, also
the geld pin now produced; prisoner looked up and said it
to Doctor Thomson ; that he took it at Oxford, and
teit::t to take it back there again, and that the doctor did
not know he took it.—The prisoner said nothing in his
defence, and was committed for trial, with the understand-
ing that he should be brought up again in a fortnight to
undergo an examination upon a charge of having com-
mitted the felony at Gatcombe House, an intimation being
conveyed to the bench that be bad made an open confession
to another prisoner, who was confined in the same cell, and
it was neoesary to procure a writof habeas corpus for bring-
ing up the body of the aforesaid prisoner to men evidence of
such confession before the courts
Elsimani. Pain bay,bn staying at Southampton, but left
that town on Saturdy by the Peninsula steamer Royal Tar.
611861111.
TEN PAVILION, BaIOHTON,—DiE. Slieeht, the clerk to the
oommiasioners. had an interview with Lord A. Hervey, in
London, on Wednesday, and witlaCaritainPeehell, at Castle
Goring, on Friday, on the subject of the proposed sale of the
Pavilion, and preparatory to a meeting with Lord Meepet:e.
be submitted to his lordship's consideration ; anil, from
when the, whole of thifacts connected with this property
what
win
we (Bripheon Herald) heat', a sale of the Pavilion, as it now
—wits let budlding purpov.s, cannot take plates.

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lot
the

•eyir!g.t2lietalllS.ol. plates to

y
—differe;tYPa-rts of—thPeurixmline, aosmallf e°Qvtrel""eltis men' strict orders,
however, being given, that on no pretence ;Waver shall
such trucks be allowed to remain on the main line; i.;`.t, that
on taking off the plates, it shall be put into a " siding."
This, however, either on account of laziness in the mess or
from some other cause, is rarely done, and the seeideet
caused to the Ipswich excursion train a short time since, near
the !trent.voodincline, arose from leaving one of these trucks I
on the line. The accident on Friday morning happened
near Chadwell, about midway between the Romford and
Ilford stations, an.! was caused by leaving one of these
trick, upon the up_bn.e. The truck was smashed by the
collision, and the engine much injured. On the arrival of
the train at Ilford, so g.oee did the case of negli-
gence appear, that the engine-driver gave informa-
tion of the accident to the police, and three men,
plate-layers, were taken into custody and conveyed
before the magistrates at Ilford. They gave their names as
William Harr:s, foreman of plate layers, William Eladon and
George Brown, and were charged ' with negligence in
discharge of their duty whilst engaged in the service of
the Eastern Counties Railway, in the Parish of Barking."
William Hewitt, en engine driver, stated that on that
morning he left Colchester at three o'clock with a goods train,
and arrived at Chadwell about a quarter before seven. The
first intimation he had of danger was seeing a man, one of
the prisoners, running round him with a red flag. He
then observed about 30 or 40 yards ahead of
him a truck upon the line. He did all he could
to prevent running into it, but could not. The truck
was broken and some of the tubes of the engine damaged.
Mr. Peter Ashcroft stated that he gave Harris a copy of re-
gulations and instructions for his guidance, and that, accord-
ing to those regulation., the truck ought not to have been on
the line. He could not say whether he had supplied the
other men with copies, but, if the foreman was not present,
the truck ought not to have been pushed on to the line. They
must have been aware they were doing wrong, by running
towards the train with the red flag. In answer to the charge,
Harris said that, at the time of the accident, he was iu bed,
and consequenrly could know nothing of the truck being on
the line,whiek must have been done eontrary to his orders. Mr.
Widdicombe said the company did not wish the prisoners tobe
severely dealt with, their object being to show that neglect
of duty and disobedience of orders and regulations could not
be done with impunity. Mr. Stratfield said he had some one
else to satisfy besides the company, and he should not be doing
his duty to the public if he did not make a severe example of
men who had been guilty of such gross misconduct, which,
under other circumstances, might have been at, ended with
loss of life or limb. He should therefore commit Harris,
who, by his own account, was in bed when he should have
been looking
.after the men employed under him upon the
railway, for six weeks, and the other men for one month
-11, to the House of Correction at Ilford.

Ininthrnittv ati altrtrat Aebs.
Oxman, Nov. 7. Dr. Jenne, Master of Pembroke College, has
given notice that the election to the Medical Fellowship, founded by
Mrs. Sheppard, widow of the late Dr. Sheppard, formerly Fellow of
Magdalen College, will take place on the 4th day of December neat.
The Fellowship is open to all members of the I/adversity who have
passed the examination for the degree of Michela( of Arts.
Dr. Stephen Elvey, organist of New College, and of St. Mary's
Church, was, on Thursday lust. unanimously elected organist of St.
John's College, in the room of Dr. Ntukball, resigned.
Cannunox, Nov. 7.—At the anniversary meeting of the Cambridge
Philosophical Society, held yesterday, the Council for 1446-7 was
appointed as follows :—Presidref : Rev. Professor Challis,
Trinity.—Vier.Presidetsts: Rev. Dr. Whewell, Master of Trinity;
Rev. Professor Minot, D.D., Trinity ; ker. S. Earnshaw, M.A.. St.
John's.— Trrantrer G. E. Paget, M.D., Cionvillc and Caiws—Secre..
tortes: W. lioptina, M.A., St. Peter's; Professee Miller, M.A., St.
John's; C. C. Itabington, M.A., St. John's.
The subject fur the Norrislan Prize Easy for the pre-tent year is
"'floe t'onnexion of Prophecy with the other Evidences of Revealed
Religion."
The Prise given at Trinity College, for the beet English Essay has
been awarded to E. H. Itickendeth.—lL Woodrow, WA., has been
elected a Fellow un the Perse foundation at Gonvillc and Cairo College.
In the list of Proper ;Kean* nt St. John's, inserted In yesterday's
piper, for Silby," read "

Emu's CAILLEGE, Los Do., Nov. 7.—Examination for Trims.—
Leuthe's Endownient.—Prizemen for 18IG-7 Mr. J. N. Coffin ;
Dlr. Darman Ferguson.—R. W. Jeff, D.D., PrineipaL
DVIULAII, Nov. s.—The following member. of University College
have been elected Fellows: Rev. C. T. Erskine, 8.A.; G. E. Green,
8.A.: .1. Pedder, 8.A.; J. Waite, B.A.—The following students of
University College have been elected scholars : Hadley, R. Berkeley,
,B. Bradley, W. Churl C. M. 1/aviea, S. P. Denning, F. Fisher, A.
I Maclennan, W. Richmond, S. Bolleston, I'. Rudd, J. 11. Usher, 3. 11.
Waite.

PRY.77III7.IPM—Rer. H. C. Anion to Sustrad, P.C., Norfolk, 941.
Rey. C. J. Itetham, to Huggiesoote, C., Leicestershire; Rev. E. D.
Buns to Christchurch, P.C., Melplaish, Beansinster, Dorset; Rev. It.
S. C. Cherawide to the Evening Lectureship of St. John's, Leeds; Rev.
D. N. Clark to Netherseale, C., Leiceatershire; Rev. G. F.. Freeman to
Geddington, C., Northimptonshise ; Rev. S. C. 11. Hansard to Clay-
twooke, C., Leicesternhire Rev. W. Hope to Whitwick, C., Leics.*-
, tershire ; Rev. E. Morton to the Head Mastership of ItheOp Corer's
grammar.sehool, Madras; Rev..t. Lowry to Creston, C., Northamp-
tonshire ; Rev. J. Limes to North Lutfam, C., Ituthindshire; Rev.
\V. Milton to Mannintham St. Paid's, P.C., Yorkshire; Rev. W. it.
Moore to Erington, V., Leicestershire, 80/.; 11ev. G. Proctor, 11.1)., to
D., Middlesex, 159/.; Rev. W. Randall to St. John's, P.C.,
Bradford, Yorkshire; Rev. G. S. Stanley to liraTACAte, R., Leicester-
shire, 950/.; Rev. C. B. Taylor to Orley, R.l Suffolk, 5101.; Rev. J.
West to Clipsham, R., Itutiundshire, 21W., with residence.
VACANCl..—Colefori P.C., Somerset, dio. Bath and Wells, 120 J.,
with glebe ho. fit ;for residence; pat. the Vicar of Kilmeradon, vacant
by the promoti as of the Rev. J. Wert.--Corfu : the office of Director
and Principal of tniversity Minor College to be a graduate of oxford
or Cambridge, testimonials to be sent to lie. Jenne, Master of Pem-
broke, Oxford.—Macro I'.C., Yorkshire, dlo. Ripon, 351., with
the glebe
ho. it for residence ; pat. the D. and C. of Ripon, vacant by pro-
motion of the Mew. W. Mitton.—Denchworth V., Books, dio. Oxford,
130/., with glebe too. fit for residence ; pat. Worcester College, Oxford,
vacant by the pnonotion of the Rev. E. Morton.—Guernsey : Prin-
cipalship of Elisabeth College; pat. the Chancellors of Oxford and
Cambridge, vacant by the resignation of the Itev. W. L. Davies
!tartest C., Suffolk, din. Ely, vacant by the promotion of the Rev.
F. 1). Butts.—Langport Grammar School, head mastership, 73/.
Lenirport finals House, Chaplaincy of, 401.—Nova Scotia : Professor-
, ship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at King's College, 2110/.,
with rooms and commons free, to be an M.A. in holy orders, applica-
tion to be made to the Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel.--Virginia Water: the Incumbency of the Church, vacant
' by the resignation of the Rev. G. Spence, LL D.—York a
; the Mathe-
Matidd Mastership of St. Peter's School., 1301., to be graduate of
one of the Lugli.ih CniveNities, and if in holy orders would be pre.
&reed. application, before Dee. 12, to C. A. Thistieton, Esq., York.

NAVAL.
COMPLEMENTS OP HES 'MAJESTY'S SOTPs.—We regret
to perceive that the Admiralty have reduced the number of
officers and men in our ships and steamers of war. AU who
know the service are well aware that even now our vessels are
very far from being over-msnned, and that any reduction in
their crews must operate injuriously to their efficiency.
The following is the table of complements of sea-goingsips,
sloops, steam-vessels, &c., issued by the Admiralty,. 1.
It is not to apply to those at present in commission, hut only
to such as may in future be brought forward ; both officers
and men are to be reduced in number ; a lieutenant less in
every vessel, except steamers; and in three decked
ships, a reduction of about fifty men. AU steamers are to
have fewer seamen, but more stokers and coal trimmers ;
the boys, both first and second class, to continue as before ;
also the marines. The number of lieutenants to be as fol-
lows, viz.:—First-rates to have 7 instead of 8. Second-rates
to have 5 instead of 7, hat if on three decks to bear 7 lieu-
tenants, 22 mates and midshipmen, and 6 naval cadets.
Third-rates to have 6 instead of 6. Fourth-rates to have
sas before. Fifth rates to have 4 instead of 5. Sixth-
' rates to have 3 instead of 4. Steam vessels of four rates
—viz., 300, 260, 240, and 195 men, to have throe
lieutenants; those of 160 and 140 men, to have but two.
Sloops of five rates—viz., 145, 130, 125, 120, and 80
men each, to bear but two lieutenants instead of three.
Poor ROYAL, JAMAICA, Ocr. 9. —The Pickle schooner,
Lissa. Henry Bernard, did not sail till the 27th ult., when
eaborked the Hon. Col. Bruce for the Havannah,
ess nage to Canada. The United States steam-ship Spitfire,
Conalaander Tatnall, having made good her defects, sailed
ow the 24th ult. for Chagres. The Royal Mail Company's
steamer Forth, Captain Chapman, arrived on the Ist inst.
from the Spanish Main. Among her passengers from
L Commodore Stoat, late Commander-in-chief of
abeaCted States squadron in the Pacific, on his way to
gas:hotroren, . The gallant officer paid his respects to our worthy
o and sailed on the 3rd instant in the Tay, for
Havannah. The intelligence brought by the party front the
Pacific confirms that which we received two months ago in
this island, viz., that California was formally taken possession
of by the American forces. When Commodore Slott left
, Monterey on the 29th July, all Upper California, north of
' Santa Barbara, was in the full and quiet pomession of the
American forces. The United States steam-frigate Princeton
was at Charts when the Forth left, but was to come in
here for a supply of coals. The Princeton took dispatches
to rhagres for the Pacific, rid Panama. Our intel-
ligence from Hayti Is of an interesting character.
President Riche was progressing in his philanthro-
pic efforts to unite the two divisions of the
rels-
land under one government, and also in many internal -
forms, chiefest of which was the substitute of coin for paper
money. The ocean in this neighbourhood has beenunusnally
agitated for the last feel days, the Palisades and this town
having been partially flooded by the dark rolling waves.
This circumstance it is feared indicates the near apptoac
ave
h of
a hurricane, or that some of the neigbbcraring islands h
been visited with such a calamity. The only vessel of war
in harbour is the /mown, 72, with the broad pendant of
Commodore Pring.
VALPARAISO, AVG. 26.—The Salamander, steam sloop,
Commander A. S. Ramona, arrived at Valparaiso from
Tahiti, en route to England, to be paid off, on the 1701 Aug.
The Talbot, 28, Capt. Sir T, Thompson, Bart., arrived at
Valiwraiso from St. Bias, oft the 24th August. The Samplon,
steam frigate, Capt. Henderson, sailed Sem Valparaiso for
Coquimbo on the 25th of August.
Rio, SEPT. 12.—The; Griffon sailed from Rio the 23rd
August for Monte NT:4e°. A'he Baretta transport arrived
at Rio on she 27th. 7The Caracoa oxrived at Rio on ,
of Sept. from Mont' 3 Video ; and the Grecian sailed o
taken
n the
10th for the river. The FirebFirebrandsteam-frigate had
the place of the 'afelampue, at Buenos Ayres. The Admiral
was living on o.;ore at Monte Video, occupying the barracks
that the 73rd 'ztegt. had. Pert of the seamen live there; the
rest are Ousesered in other places. The marines me quartered
in the towr., and also near the lines. The Gorgon steamer
was at on her way to England, on the 28th Sept.
Vesta Cats Oar. 2.—The Endyntion 44, Alarm 26,
Electra 16, and Daring 12, were at Vera Cruz on the 2nd
Oct. The Bose, 18, sailed thence on the 14th Sept. for
Hirrannah and England, with about 150,000 dollars on
h'fard.
COVE or Coes, Nov. 3.—The Myrmidon. a. v., Lieut.-
Commander Jenkin, still carries the flag of Emir-Admiral
Sir H. Pigot, commander-in-chief—Dee, s. v., Master-Com-
mander Driver, Is taking on board 1,500 bags of bread for
Valenti*, wkither she wal go when she has eonspleted with
these provisions.—R/sadarnanihus, a. v., Lieut.-Commander
klen, and the Cornet,' s., Lieut.-Cominander Johnson, are
in harbour awaiting orders and cargo. The latter has boon