The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-30 00:00:00

EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1859.

ITALY.

SARDINIA.

(nor ova sputum covasroxvorv.)

rus to L1'1,0100.11
tuna Vsac.rn, NAT 2.4.
started the day betore yesterday by !he
5.7 t i• oi. art, arrive., at Veer Hi by ha'f-
pes• eigtt the wine evening. The town was full of
merriment, am our brave Sartre Cocalbriti had jast
rep ihed a recunnaiseance the enemy had made on
liorgo Vercelli. I saw, myself, an officer of the
A,. trine regiment. Greer, who had belt teen
prii.iuer, brought before General Cieldiai, and treated
in the kindest and most courteous manner by Comet
M. ,',,a noblemen from Ferrara,and ant oche aides-
de. imp of ttis gallant g 1 °Rim. Without
trou.iling myself to arrange my rather disordered
tell, or, I heeded to the official residence .if the
adrocate 'lecchio, to whom I had the honour of being
ann• unced without ceremonies or difficulty of
any Lind. In England the very qualification of
Extraordinary Commissioner would imply the idea
of • stiff and solemn person, almost inaccessible with-
et a formal demand of an audieeee• and a great
deal of waiting in antechambers. Things ere alto-
gether differentiy managed in this cotntry. Signor
Ttichio received me very politely, and listened with
kind attention to the object of my jonmey. I told
bin it was my desire to inspect the line of the See
se far as Casale, and collect facts and documents
regarding the Austrian occupation of the previcce.
The extraordinary commiseiorer wrote at once
an order in accordance with the object of my appli-
cation. With this order he enjoined the mileary.
civil, and administrative authorities of the province
to protect and facilitate my rather difficult errand,
and to furnish me with all information I fidget re-
quire. With this document in my hand I went out
morning to the town-hall, where Signor Luigi
Vega, mayor of Vercelli, gave the necessary orders
to enable me to start at owe for Prs.rolo, a email
village two miles Loin the Seem Ilia kindness did
not stop there, but as my carriage was waiting an
the Phirre he sent for the advocate Vlarchetti, who
was instructed to accompany me on my journey.
With my intelligent guide, one of the town-hall
deputies, I started at once as the noise of • rolling
Ire of musketry, and a heavier one of artillery, wee
borne to us upon the wind. Oe our reaching
Pearce, which was formerly a castle bolo:ging to
the Abbot of Santo Stelae, now the property of the
Hospital of Vercelli, we were told by the officers of
the 14th Piedneontese regiment of the line that on
the preceding evening the Austrians had retired
from Pallestro and Robbie, and that they were con-
centrating themselves at Owlet d'Agogne, tws
miles from Mortara, beyond the river of that name.
I went round the village, and my eyes met every-
where the incisor devastation and plunder. tattle
not only carried away on regular requisiaor. be ;
actually melee. Fields of corn trampled by burster, ;
plants cut to the ground, farm walls pulled dome,
churches plundered. wine cellars a:eds.:A : the
scree was really heartrending.
At Prarolo a cow or an ox is become as rare an
solmal as a chimpanzee M in our Zoological Garden/.
In the course of twenty-four hours one party of de-
predators aloes got bold of 24 our. and carried'
them away without leaving any regular receipt.
Wrist all this means in English language people at I
home will judge. These fete were cot only sated`
to nee by Francesco Ferraris, the via-sinew (de '
platy mayor) of the village, bat I took the trouble of
am-enema, them el by going round the different
farms which bad been plundered. From l'earolo
we directed our carriage towards Persona, altogether
a larger and richer village. There Thiene depre-
delimit', the same marks of this shameful northern ,
velem were manifest. The Austrians had occupied I
the village on the night of Tuesday, May 3. They
went to the house of Giovanni Fiore, secretary of
Ott shadow, and with all kinds of ill-treatment ;
obliged him to e,coet their band to Stroppiane. on ;
the reed to Carle. From the very house
from which I am now writing they took
away with them the Sander, Opezzo, and compelled ;
him to direct them to Pizzarosto, a small hamlet I i
situated in the vicinity of the Chiuss Sartirana.
Arrived there they ordered both I'iore std. Opezzo
to tied some boys who would cross the nests in an
may plea The current of the river wee so power-
fcl that the poor boys could not stand up, and were
at every moment in danger of being canoed away by
it. They therefore remonstrated, but the officer
compelled them to try the peep over and over
again with his pointed revolver. After tete exploit
the Austrians went back to Pelee with a stronger
body of men, and carried away great qsantities of
rice, wine, corn, horses, and oxen. They then re-
crossed the Sena by a bridge which had been in the
meantime erected near Coitus Sartirana. But let
us leave the miuruful tale of Austrian depredations
—which, by-the-bye, is always the same—and let
us direct our steps towards Caresaca, a small borough
about half a mile from the left bank of the Sesta,
where our advanced poets are placed. It is not far
from this place, a little to the right, that the
day before yesterday an engagement of a
rather serious character took place between the
men of Font's divide and the enemy. Two
regiments of this dtrisioa led by Victor Emmanuel
in person made a reconnaissance as force
in front of Palestro, and occupied the small
island opposite to Terranova, which we retain still.
In this brilliant action Captain Ferreri, of the ge-
neral staff, had his right leg carried away by an
Austrian cannon ball. Another brave fellow, whom
many of our Crimean warriors will no doubt remem-
ber—Capt. Brunette, of Nizza CaeUleria—was run
through by a lance of an Austrian Chian, just
warn, with a few of his men, he had crossed the
Seed. The same day the Arteries were thoroughly
beaten near Torrione by the 10th regiment of our
infantry, which, crossing the last-mentioued liver,
wr rat boldly to attack the positions of the enemy.
While an officer of the divisional staff was furnish-
ing me with all these interesting particuais the
report of musketry broke suddenly in the dme.
tam of our arose pare. A party of 5,04) mem was
soon despatched towards the Innis, tied I was
allowed tole:ow it, together with my (vesper, ion.
After shout el/Atte!) minutes' walking we were on
the left book of the river, and we could see tree
Terolean earpshooters coming out from the Lushes
of the opposite bank, directiog their fire towels our
men. A few round shot soon cleared the pees,
leaving, however, five or six obstinate fellow., who,
screened m they were by the shrubs, still kept up
their tire deeds the officers of our column. I re-
mained on the ground, like the others, ti.l the
i• remy's libliirrobOOtere were ordered to retreat. As
we had had excitement *sough fur the day we
',rued our tired horses in the direction of Eons-
inawbere the head-quarters of General darando's
.I.vision have been located since Friday last. We
were shows oe our arrival into a hall oa the ground
ffer, fall of etsff and orderly officers. Cour t
awe, chief of the divideal staff, whom I had known
to HMI, mime to meet no as soon as he saw "i'nor
Metaled, one of his intimate friends. Nothiug
coold emend the kind reception given me by thus
distinguished ollismr. The colonel is the very per.
sonifiratioe eine Italian aobleman—kind, eourteoes,
without et eat.", simple, sad peoponsessiag. Ili
gave me all alai/Waft I regaired, sad told We he
hoped that a gamma mo_.__..eat in sidearms weld
..oeur im our ham aro hog. He asked me to
emit him aglio, as th• general was gam
to inspect the lines, and would sot bo
back till ensuing. I promised to return to-day,
ant. as you see be the date of this letter I nut 1..,
•u keep my word. As my companion was anxious to
en
hoe. before evening we took the main rood,
...Leh leads from Siroppians to VereelF, a good and
' *my read, too. and at Reyes o'clock I was sitting at
tot table of the Albergo Reale. A 7 the woe table
were five fine and iatelligent fellow., all voleateen
rem I,llMbertif Both the *ability of birth and Ur-
ine were represented there. bike Guido, Visconti
sad met Team, fre Miler, lie •he
••• of the prisident of the oret.-.elal •tibouil of
iteeec Carole, • par ago a don of Rotten-

THE

row, banker, from Bergamo, Magni and Centric°,
two other baskets from Milan. Thew gentleman,
who are proprietor of magnificent palaces and deli-
cious villas in Milan and on the lake of Como, ere
now • their life in the barracks of Vercelli,
drepiogee rotten straw, and grooming their horses
the emismoust soldier. I need scarcely tell
you that they are as merry and happy as they
weft in their gilded halls and luxurious gardens.
When my dinner was over I did not forget to hasten
to the town-Sail, when I knew !should collect every
aformatioo. I was not deceived ; for, through the
kindness of a gentleman I shall not name, I was able
to inspect documents and take notes, which I shall
condense in the remaining part of this letter.
The correspondent of a leading London contem-
porary wrote a few days ago from the Austrian head-
quarters a letter which wee rather curious, to say the
hast. In :hat epistle he informed hisreadersthat if the
pod people of Vercelli had lost a carriage be hastened
to acknowledge that, being desirous of following the
I Austrian General-in-Chief, he got hold of the first
be met. the hiring of which he paid in due time.
It may be that the gentleman in question paid
handsomely enough, but I am able to inform
him that until this morning man, carriage,
and horse were still miming at Vercelli.
It is true that nobody here charges him with having
kept the conveyance, which tom probably been
detained by some of the Austrian plunderers he has
so much pleasure in living with. The fact, however,
as confirmed by his letter, has excited great surprise
both in Vercelli and in Turin. No Italian could
have thought an English gentleman would join
Croats and Bohemians in acts of violence. They
had • better opinion of our countrymen, and the
gross disregard to private properly of which the
gentleman in question has been gui:ty has roused the
angry fee:ings of every honest man in Piedmont.
The particulars connected with this fast are so
interesting that I cannot refrain from repeating
them as they were told to me by the very gentle-
man, Signor Antonio Verge, • brother of the
standee° of Vercelli, to whom the requisition for the
famous cooveyaree was first directed. It was on
Tuesday, May 10th, that General Ovidai was com-
pelled. or thought proper, to hasten his back move-
meat towards Mortars, crossing the SOW at Borgo
Vercelli. As you may easily imagine, the small town
eg Vercelli was in great confusion. Conveyances of
any sort could scarcely be found, as they were all
put in requisition by the enemy's army. At ten
o'clock of that memorable Tuesday an English gen-
tleman presented himself at the town-hall, and in
broken Italian asked fur a carriage. He was politely
answered that it was impossible that his application
could be complied with, for the simple reason that
all sorts of conveyance were engaged for the mili-
tary entice. The application was made again at
eleven lock, and the same answer given. Our
rather noiay countryman could not stand this second
refusal, and began to say, in a very harsh and im-
patents manner, that he must have a carriage. On
his third and last application he was politely told
by Signor Verga that he did Lot recognise news-
paper correspondents, and that he could not furnish
him the last carriage he had, as it was
already engaged for a Signor Perago, an Italian
renegade, who in 1848 was the editor of a small
republican newspaper, which went with the name of
the Opsreio, and who now holds the important office
of Secretary of the Police of the Austrian army.
While the English gentleman was pressing his ap-
plicatteionr
the t
assertion
he
of the and °.
mayor entered
brother officer.. The ap-
Wm'
pliant was, of course, obliged to retire. Scarcely
had he reached the
.piazza when he saw a poor
, fellow, Giovanni Corsi, driving a carriage to the
stable. Our gallant countryman could not stand
this, and rushing at the coachman, he forced him to
drive f.rat to his lodgings, and then in the direction
of Mortara. Thus runs the tale in Vercelli, and
you may tully rely on the truthfulness of it, se I
have made all necessary inquiries.
Although my letter is already long, I cannot close
it without sanding you some particulars of the gross
misdeeds to which Vercelli and its province have been
subjected during the 17 days of Austrian occupation.
I have carefelly inspected the registers of the town
comal. and I am able to state that the amount of
sums already paid, and to be paid, by the town for
alpha aqui/alone, is not far short of 2,000,000 ul
francs. A dinner for General Gyulai and 99
oaken was ordered by the chief of the com-
missariat on the 9th of May; asparagus,
trash peas. fifty bottles of champagne, ten of
cherub°, =apt other luxuries, were ordered.
In a letter dated May 13 a Captain Saurdan gave
orders for • dinner of 40 persona to be served in two
hours' time to General flattery and staff. The menu
laid down by the captain cost the town council
2,000 f. By the letter No. 184 G. T., May 16, the
town was ordered to furnish daily 300 brente of
wine, 30 brente of spirits, 80 quintals of hay, and
1,000 sacks of oats. General Sigismond Reishach,
Knight of Malta, and Commander of the 7th
Austrian corps d'armie, wrote on the 3rd of May to
the mayor, ordering him to send for the following
morning 800 workmen to assist in erecting fortifica-
tions. lithe number was not to be fund, he would,
wrote his Excellency, seize every man he could meet
in the street. This letter bore the number 160 0. I'.
Another letter, H.lOl, dated May 3, and si gad Gj ulai,
orders the town to runtish theanny with 60,000 rations
of meat, 30,000 of wine, 23,000 of white flour,
23,000 rise, 50,000 tobacco, 60,000 pure salt,
11,230 oats, 73,000 hay, As it was inspoesible is
find such a quantity of tobacco in Vercelli, Gyulai
decided that the town council should buy it at
Milan. The bill of lading I have received is under
date from Milan of May 9. The cost of the tobacco
thus furnished has been 13,700 francs. Now, one
word about the reception the Austrians met in
Vercelii. Let us bear General Reiahach himself.
In kis despatch of May 6, H. 161, his Excellency
threatened the town council with summary measures
if his proclamations were not respected by the town
people,
and the cry " fire Italia" discontinued. I
write volumes were 1 to enumerate all
the facts which came officially to my know-
ledge in Vercelli. Of all the Austrian ge-
nerals Count Iteishach, LeUeitera, and Battery,
were thic most harsh and brutal. Let me hasten to
say that an honourable exception must be made in
regard to the General of Brigade Gablens. Every-
body to:d me that he was just, kind, and honest.
On one occasion he said to Signor Luigi Verge, " I
do not pretend that any of your countrymen should
be compelled to report the movements of the Pied-
montese—what I wish is that they would not turn
spies against us." One of the greatest wretches of
Francis Joseph's army is to be found under the
uniform of the chief of the commimariat department.
The name of this honourable thief is Matte. He has
been, together with the Italian I'erego the scourge of
these poor populations.

. .
The post hour presser, and lam anxious that my
letter should not be detained. I therefore put an
end to th.s chronicle of Austrian occupation by trans-
lating a letter which the Bishop of Vercelli, Mon-
signor Hangenes, has addressed to the mayor of
that town under date of May 4. It speaks volumes:
"Honourable Signer Cavaatire,—l pray you to hear
what my servant will tell you. I have earnestly
entreated the Austrian general to give the necessary
orders for the tranquillity and safety of the cloister
of Santa Caron, as the nuns were in a state of great
fright sad earns. Amer, horiourable sir, ray
A/aim—Year obedient servant,

" A LC,S.I Vtscuvo."
W►!lst lam closing my letter an officer of the
dal tells me that Garibaki hes already entered
Upper Lombardy, marching towards the ►illy
asaatry et Varese. I have no news from our ex-
treme tight.

tL.y can be. Great fear exists that the Sazifed..te
and the S wits may make some attempt in favour
of the eldest son of the Queen, and a terrible union
it would be; for whilst the latter did the batc..ery,
the former would do the robbery. The death of
Ferdinand 11., therefore, not less than his life, will
be attended with woe to the unfortunate country
which was so long oppressed and misgoverned by
him. The Count of Syracuse is, however, assuming
a very bold and decided line of conduct, and the
nationis disposed to confide in him to save them from
greater ills. There Las long been known in Naples
a certain Manetea, who has distinguished himself
by his zeal for the royalist party he has ever been
the first to shout Viva 1110," and down with
the liberals, for which conduct he doubt-
less had special objects of his own. As
his party—the party really of revolution
and disorder—are now in the dec:ine he is suspected I
of attempts to aid the conspiracy in favour of the
Count of Trani, Austrian influence, bad govern-
ment, and maladministration. The Count of Byracuse
therefore let him know that on the slightest cry
being raised be would have him shot down in hie
own palace court by his own military guard. It was
by his orders, too, communicated—not through the
police, who are corrupted, and in favour of the
Queen's eldest son, but through the military—that
an inspection of Merenda's house wee made on the
night of the 15th of May. He is the Secretary-
General of Polies, ham a classic name in the annals of
brutality in Naples, and will find no sym-
pathy. He was first sent to the Vicaria, and
on the following morning shipped off to Palermo, to
the care of Maniscalchi, the director of police in that
city. I have heard it said that a great quan-
tity of arms, seditious papers in favour of the pro-
clamation of the Count of Trani, and Austrian
cockades were found is his house. The passage of
the crown from one head to another is leading to
stormy times and great events. I have predicted,
long predicted, that they must came—and they have
come; and if it be not too late, my panacea is always
the same—the English alliance and the constitu-
tion.

Several colonels of the Swiss regiments, it is said,
are compromised in this conspiracy against the here-
ditary Prince, and the forts have been given ap to
the command of native troops.

The following proclamation was posted up last
Monday in all the streets of :Caplet', between mid-
night and 3 o'clock of the morning :
Francis 11, die. &r.—By the unhsppy event of ow
august and well-beloved father's death, Ferdinand IL, God
summon* us to occupy the throve of our august sacesters.
Adoring profoundly His impenetrable judgment.., we mad&
firmly is Hie merry, end implore that He will grant us His
special aid sad constant assistance to fulfil the now duties Hs
imposes upon ti—the more serious and ardwius, became we
emceed • peat and pious monarch, whose heroic virtues and
sublime merits will never be adequately extolled. Assisted by
the protection of the Almighty, we shall be able to =Metals
and uphold the respect due to our religion, the observants of
the laws, the right and impartial administration of justice,
the ptosperity of the state; since io this way, according to the
decrees of Providence. the welfare of our happy subjects will
continue to be warm'.

And wishing the dispatch of public btudnese not to be
delayed
We have resolved to decree, that all the authorities of the
kingdom of the Two Sicilia, shall retain their functions and
continue to discharge them.
(Sighed) FRAwcis
Caiterts, May 22, 1869.

FRANCE.

traom ova OWN

PARIS, SATURDAY EVININO.
The official telegram in the Afoniteur of this morn-
ing is the shortest yet received from the seat of war.
It is simply

Alessandria, May 27, 1859, 5 o'clock.
" Nothing new in the situation."
The Monitore publishes in its usual list of official
war bulletins from Turin one dated so far back aa
May 24, stating that the Emperor of the French is
about to establish his headquarters at Voghera, that
all the Imperial Guard will follow him there, and
that the change has only been postponed because the
cavalry of the Cloned i• waited (de. Curiously
enough, however, M. Drfolle, the C'onstitsaioneel's
correspondent at Alessandria, writers from head-
quarters under date of the 25th : " You will get a
telegraphic despatch from Turin announcing the
transfer of headquirtets to Voghers. This news is
premature. It is not yet known when his Majesty
will leave Alessandris, and it is not conformable to
military rules that headquvters should be estab-
lished at advanced posts. We do not know
what point his Majesty will choose. The
events of the war will decide." M. Tex ier, moreover,
writes to the &Me on the same date that head-
quarters were to have been transferred to Vogbers,
but that the order is " countermanded." There is
therefore good reason to suppose that Voghera is not
now thought of; bat it is singular that the lifonitour
should publish the stale news, now become false,
without giving the correction.
A paragraph in the Pays announces that the Ana-
trian forces, to the number of 60,000 men, left Pia-
0011Z11 yesterday and returned to Lombardy. The
same journal contains a statement to the effect that
England 1, willing to renew diplomatic relations
with Naples, but only on condition of France doing
the same.

The Bourse wu rather dull to-day. Prices were,
however, firm at the close, and the rente rose 10e:
for cash and Sc. for account, closing at 61.63 in each
ease. Molmlier rose 2.60. Tne Orleans Railway rose
7.60, Lyons Sf., Eastern 3.73, and the other lines re-
mained with little alteration.

The &onion of the Corps Legielatif terminated yes-
terday.

DISCOTIZT or A HUMAN SKULL IN ST. JAMES'S-
PASIA.—On Saturday • sensation was created in the neigh-
bourhood of St. Jame:a-park by the discovery of a human
head in the ornamental water. It seems that as mime boys
were Bahianß la Mummer, a hook became entangled in sows
weighty wONanos, and a park constable having his attention
drawn to the fact procured • long-handled rake, and on
drawing the object to the shove it was found to be • human
bead. Mr. Boys, the coroner's (Muer, who was engaged
with Mr Wakley et an inquiet in the neighbourhood, was
communicated with, end he immediately drew the attention
elate coroner and Mr. Smith, the parochial to the
natter. The heed was minutely examined by . 'akley
end Mr. Smith, and although it appeared to ham beam in
the water some time, errata marks of violence coidd be
detested about the 01011-cep and SCION the bride* of the
nose. The Anil wee driven In on the right ride and se-
°way fractured, and there was • deep fracture obserrahhe
soma the nose on the lett side. The injuries were suck se
would be produced by a large-headed hammer, or some such
deadly instrument; and the flattened name of Umtata
whence the (mature atom showed that some blunt weapon
had been need. The coroner and Mr. Smith were so struck
with the serious and suspicious nature of the iejuria, that
they directed the ornamentel water to be carefully dragged
end the perk constables with several aseistante were enr
throughout the day in endeavouring to discover any furited
tracers of human remains, but nothing could be toned.

THE VOLUNTEER girLE Coons MOVENRNT.—The
interest is this movement seas®! to inereaserattne than abate.
In addition to those pleas we have already mentioned as
briviag Ulna steps for the formation of or have
ham
ben held at Gnat Yarmouth, King's Lme, 11.wfolk,
Easter, Weymouth, sad other place., at which eeselatfoula
tamer of the movie** were adopted. Os Satmday eves-
* lest a wetly was held et the factory of Messrs. Silver,
Casten, at North Woolwich, wham it wee resolved to form •
Nips camposed el workmen employed at the establisbrocut,
who me reedy at *bursar to the amber of shoot 200.
Inn latitity hoe bum deeded by the prep/deo, of dm
Irak; tied Meeztemelet treat amine lend In the hamediate
4 will sited an eareUrnt practice nape he JO 0011,11.
TA 112
carps le about to ho formed at lified.ir to
be empanel emelueively of her Majesty's end the Priam
Cussed's keepeis, sad Mtn employees the royal gardrus. at I
Shaw Pam and Flemish Pens, sad is venom selwr
ucra-
pstkms be the Greet Perk. It it cakelsted that the corps
wiY sorbs =best lie. A mecies of the liestenancy of
the meaty, Middle= bee bees 0011111•1111 by order of the
Lord Lientessett lee Wednesday, the &I Jess, to takr ime
coseiderstiom the beet mesemne to be adopted be order top*.
*fleet to the reershitkiee Weed by the goveressest.
The hymn To ThriON emu nag yesterday at the
mule* Rosman Catkblie plates of asmoli4 la the meiropolis,
thanksgiving fir the sapprassiort of the ladles inistiey.Hie
Hokum It. Pope Ins also directed that lairds@ Ara be
sold es Me three did d.ye of !eke week, as Whig of pesos
eat Is all the faithful wYt take pent Is the weeks' ea these
days, said receive the simmemita ea sae eldrn,
tea tedsl-
grm in masted.
ANIRICAN Mans.—The British sad Meth Ame-
✓icas Repel Mail ship Africa said Maw the Merry cm
Saturday foe New Ten with the Americas mile sad &I ree-
eseeme, iacledieg Mr. Berne. The neat sae/ despech
will be by the wawa demote North mkt& tulle ken
Ivivmel
Liverywel tit timbre ad Mani' W sdep sat

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and neck, end scars on his parses, caned by the savage
treatment be had received n• the hands of the accused. Toe
boy is 13 years of we; he is remarkably intelligent, can read
and write well• used converse in four different languages. Ho
bad neither shoessorettAkieg.. on his feet, and an old pil
of canyon trowsers and a flannel shirt was hie only cuverthg.
The boy, whose sob and tears often Interrupted his evidence,
meld he joined the Come On in the Isle of Francs, where he
had been servant to a French gentleman. The sNmed mate
had almost continually 111-used him while be was on board.
He made him file his own teeth with a rough file, because be
bit hie nude. He used to thump hint on the heed nearly
every night, and continually kicked and t eat him is a must
violent manner. He frequently clutched him by th.i neck end
nearly strangled him, and teat his bead against the bulwarks
of the ship. He was kept at the wheel steering for four
hours at a time by day end two hours at night, till he wes
nearly exhausted. He had *Owed much from want of pro-
per clothing. The captain and first mate never laid hen], on
but treated him kindly.
The boy, in answer to the magistrate, detailed numerous
acts of cruelty to which be had been subjected by the
mincer.
Two seamen on board the vessel confirmed many of the
statements of the boy este the brutal coeduct of the prisoner.
They geld he was kept at the wheel, doing work that was
only fit for strong men. The b 7 behaved very reasonably an
board, but required to he looked atter I•ke other boys.
Mr. Young, who appeared for the defenos, requested a
remand, as he was Wien by eurprise, sad should require
time.

Dlr. Sella acceded to this request, end gave the policeman
Kelly, who brought the boy to the court, one sovereign from
the p.or-box to provide him with proper clothing.
Captain 0. Lowell, the master of the Come On, Feld he
would buy anything the boy required, and would take more
care of him.

Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, of rid Ms services to omduct
the prosecution, which the megisirate willingly accepted.
It was thee arranged that the boy should remain with the
policemen Kelly for the present, and the captain, who said
Lobbstt had been in his service three years, deposited .501.
with the c!crk as a surety for the prisoner's appearanca on
Monday afternoon.