The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-05 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

(TAWS LAST XIGIIIT'S OAZITTS.)
THE MILITIA.
Coratniesi.at skated by the gaces.
Haeihmaatterlinid Lit latsatry Reginient of Militia.—
ee osepti
86n aws, gear, to be prerserniseter from sth Norm-
b 1.
Cosmorama signed by the Lard-Lieutenant of lavernese-
shin.
Cgesia sail Lient(111111t-COkeei the Has. Alexander EdwardYesser, wince Gamete, to be depety-lieutenent.
Co.merativaa timed by the Lorda-Lienteasat of their

respr.rtive gamine.
Narthamberiond Light Infantry Regiment of Militia,—
Michael Duda gent, to be lieutenant, .tee George Dodd.
dammed. Leodrama Richard Close, resigned ddth Sep-
tember, ISIS.
Osfordebtro IS-rimed of Militia—Ensign Windham Francis
Plullipe, to to limi.reinat, vice Constable, resigned
Henry Fronk Gifu I,..lding, gent., to bo ensign, VW.'
Crowder, pew, tei . Wolter Hackett, gent., to be ensign,
WlOll 1.610, promoted.
Royal Clonsurg-on Light Infantry Militia.--John Brabezdt
Kersey, Tynto, gent., to be ensign.
FOAL, and lainierdine Regiment of Militia Artillery.—First-
Lieownwit Jobn Clervaus Cbaytor to be r•ptein, vice
Berelay. ruengaed ; Thutibus Augustus Forbes Leda gent.,
to be awned-ileatewint.
?ad Royal Ltn sekshao Mildia—Aleiandee Tait, gent., to
be bentemot, vice Dunlop, rooigavd.
Royal Bberwood Foremen or Nottinghamshire Regiment of
Retry Deter Murpby to be boutenant,
Tice Stanhope, promoted.

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 4. —APPOINTIMENT.—Master
C. J. Pukes,. (1811), to the Victory, 101, Bag-ship, at
Portmootti.

brAwr 0111.m:ex ov me Taoor,.—A large and
emosaielama building, which has been erected at Chatham
en a porta% of lend given by the government. has jut heat
emend se a nursery and school for the infant children a t the
troops belonging to Chatham garrison. The establishment
bas leen built at Browptoo, adjoining the Royal &wooer
baeracks sad the harm be wetland by the train of the hoe,
sad haw been mind by subscriptions collected chiefly by the
are 1). Cake, ttw incumbent of the dietroc. Tho building
will socommodate about 200 children, and ot admirably
gimped &lt the purposes to which it ia to he apphvd.

CHATHAM, JAN. 4.
Thia morning, at an early hour, the 3rd company
Kayel Itneir-tra left !tromp's% Barrack., and prornedod
by radway to l'orgosonth, where they enaharked on board
the Mornings lor irnbraltar. The company, which saroberod
Ioj aon-rommowo.ned oftbwre and men, lei. under the noun-
Eased of Dronot-Manor C. H. Sedley, aad L.ruteneat D. C.
Welke, ti. B.

Rot •t. Ala at. r...—Lirotenant and Adjotanf G. Elliot
baoiatf bean graotod leave of abated frost due boadquartura
d duo dltiaton, Ftrat Lunar:cam A. J. llookaa has burn
oppnoted adjutant.

PORTSMOUTH, .11,. 4.
The Himalaya, iron screw troop ship. Commander
John Seecocobe, egotistical the drafts enuocerati d is the
Erprett of Slneday thui afternoon, to. the Molitereartean,
bbe taw oat the fttllowttag ofticare belong:Cog to the Sod
bstislion ct rho Kith Remount —Myer Yahoo; Captain
Mondies4 I,ftntegisste Dickson, Pitievy, Jalhoren, and
Bosh, Ensigns De Co.-Begun, Reek's, end !Blew; and
Aasieran• -gioriosia flint.,. Maltz Medley and Idealism(
Warm, of the Royal Eseineers; Lieutenant To4tosthato, of
the 4th tiattslion of the RIG Brigade, &c. The whole of
the troops ere under the tioaisoind of Major glom. The
Bilocilaya tillsell to-aioerovrbx Queenstoiro, ..be oh*
wiß embark other detachments also foe the, Mediktragican.

MUTINY ON BOAID dA AUSTBUN SHIP

AT OLOGOUTIIt.

Much excitement hasbeen occasioned at Gloom-
ier glutei the pan week, is conesquesee of the trees of an
nominee berque, the Mane Itraseseca, boring mutinied
*gaunt the captain, tinnier Facchinetto The crew of the
Marie, • hint had been lying in the dock. OM. days, con-
noted of barters Amnia. mama, and • roan earned Asteado
Martre•a,l'h. a Mintetegrat ltarisonteh, to wheel the
outbreak la , woos!, to be attnhowd, it appears, in the inane
of leer week Ott Me work and went ashore without pour-
an his return to the ship the captain meeenstreeed
w▪
ith boa. Itou nomoetrance be received with otheldwahle
&normal f hoeing the captain into the cabin, drew • knits,
awl threatened to nab biro. The captain, foe kin p 11711011•1
protheurat picked up a gun, and I.latened Mariana&
nut he otitld blow he. Mean out if he advanced towards hiss
say further. Thu latter threat had the effect of gaieties
14,,orsovirrh foe • time. The captain, however, fa; it hie
duty to go ethic,. soil repreeent the matter to Mr. John
di DM, ib" Austrian Vile -Come], which he del, and enter
quentl) retorted n, the ship to caresses, with Mr. loses and
twuut the cloth polremen, to order to have Marinontch ar-
rested Fire or eta of the mew, armed with knnee, threatened
to stab theta if they proc,eded to carry out their purpose.
The crew were now so einlent that prudence suggested to the
officers that they should not attempt the capture, and
they w,uritiorly ileemted. On Wednesday morales,
hooves. r, Mr. donee, the Vice-Consul, applied for
and obiethaal • warrant trona the city niag.aleatea for
the appnherieren of Mannoeitch, and flee or ear ,it tba city
vile. W. In Dent to carrots it. A large concuarna hid as-
sembled round the ship. over the buleerks of whom, the crew
lien kazoo( IA • &tient sod excited attitude; but, notwah-
otandieg the nauseant attitude of the crew, the captain rm.
lowly wasoded tie sine of the ship, haring • loaded pinol in
his pusseatoon, and threaten, d to shoot any man who iater-
fered with bin,. Having armed on deck, Meritheitch ran
to the I,reraatle, into which be jmnpeti. t uttag awry the
ladder with • hatchet. Ilia then deliberately eat lioneelf in a
corner, bidding a knife between hie teeth, snore that he
would -iota any one who entered the hold, and that he
world cut hut own thrust rather thou be taken. Mr.
J 00( 0, end ward of the police (come armed with
pivots), and a crowd of leboorthg men, went on
deck, bat the threatening expect of Marinoeitch
ova inch as to deter any one hoot venturing into the hold,
Its appearing decrooned to rush at the tint who should
den to da so. An attempt we. made to drag the mutineer
out by lent hooka, bit this failed ; and ester some loos he
voluntarily surrendered hirneelf, on being till that the cap-
tain would pay him red and died:tithe him. talarinovitch
w,e, however, rew,ved to the Bothwell, end to load up by
the police, three other. of the crew being also suberqurnily
apprehended. Oa Friday to acting they were token Get,,re
the city minim/ewe. and Maroweitch wee ordered to be kept
in cuerdy till tbo edled from Cardal • the others were
discharged on pennons; to do their duty. The resin would
hare left (Alwyn:yr on Tuesday, but the crew dteohayeal the
captain'. trier., nod ',lased to go with her, expressing •
determitmaeo to stay where they wore • few days longer.

NEW PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY.

TO THE TD TOY OF THE EXPIE“.

Stn.—Haying observed with surprise the con-
tinued joined= of an official advertisement twined by the
Booth Weioene lteilway Company, stating that " the Lon-
don anii Brighton Iheilway Company have intimated their
intenuin to obeinict the Singh Western Company in the nee
of the railway between Havant and Portsmouth," I have
been Amami, in order to remove say pineille rumapprehen-
Won, to inform you that the South Western Company have
never ran any train ore, the line of railway between Havant
and Wises, ntiiith is solely the property of this computy,
nor have they at present may legnl right so to do, end the
obstruction referred to in tin South Western Company's ad-
vertisement M an injunction of the Court of Chancery,
granted on Friday Out, restraining the Boob Western Com-
pany tram running over or using that portion of this cum-
pany'• iiae in the absence of proper arrangements. A copy
of tiff■ tejasiction wee served on the South Wester,' Com-
pany oa the 31. t December, gad would seem to render such
as adrirtisement inconsistent with the facte.-1 &MI, &c.,
FREDERICK SLIGHT, Berretarf.
Loailar, Brighton, and South Coast Railway,
scre buy's- afire, Landon, S.E., Jan. 3.

A FACTION FIGHT PaITENTED.—The Heliumloe
censor ndent of &wok rived*. —"Considerable excitement
evetel :•.r the last few (lepton both ride, of the Shannon. in
tae vu tufty of Shattionlaidge, by • ni.htly-circuited report
that no New Year'. 'My two rival factions of the peasantry
would settle the different*. of the last few years by • grand
c. 0.) at in the real native style of bygone dap.. A. the day
approakhad it armed evident that the report was bet too
true, or the radon. part*. cones mud hod bets searching for
• dasits to etrengtb. LI themselves on the cermion. Aconrd•
ingly a terve assemblage of these misguided men, strongly
imbued with that malignant spirit eo degrading to our
cousin., smerobled in etiourionbridge at an early hour to.
• i:reiwda .o•tinned to ernn during the asY. mid
at two d.. k the town was very full. Prtper procautioso,
I am s.eol hi say, bad deer taken. L. Crotches', Em.,
the .w--trapea•oe of memtabulary, had notained reinforce-
ment. from Om neigLiautring station., vbeh increased the
auraet ender hi. rommazd to one lancolted men. This
form, so II dewed. paro:ed to the matte of the tome, and has
a moo salutary else, on the would-Le beliis. rents. In fart,
I did to.t hear of • stogie shillelagh being lilted during the
day. Mr. Crogb•n and his pert] were under the direction
of Mr. Lrmeino, WM., and it is an doubt owing to tar
effli ter say of them gentlemen as poWk °liken that arm*
and L.otedsloel were sot the order of the day. I .hold
obsess that Shanntehridge is a sweetie town in an im-
portant with military Mores, ordnance, de. It is
sow to • great measure unprotected, harts, at present bet a
low artillery invalid. in charge of the barracks. This
vie-
cumwur.onvioned eonedaratils unessioees to the peaceful
Inhabitants when romonn. of the intruded libellee apt be-
came Ma It to to be hoped that the authoritiss wilt sea the
isopoetaneetif keeping • military detachment located at Shan-
aoshrtdire is future.-

It.patflßllV AT A RAILWAY STATIOI.--Yestaday
mrtrersi, jest before the departure of the artniary tzeie from
lb. Kowtow Station foe Maecheder end the earth, &discovery
was male that assent ladies bad be.. robbed of various same
of mossy Three of the iodise were &bast proceeding by the
bale, awl were accernpealed by some friesdr, the platform
beet eow.wdat crowded. No sooner woo the trecovory
earl, then itbfrste.lion wee give to the p,:im of the lino.
Not try Arteodir g that wmpicios stir had to a dotabilei ate&
ellmecer who we. ores inferring about swept the 11101114 WI
passengers, the thief hes sot yet bees captured.

IRE (114120 E OF BATTING PINE TO d ROUSE
AT WAND6I,OI7II.

Annie Collcer, who wag charged last week at the
Wandsworth rolioe-court with setting fire to her nmater's
homes, at West Hill, Wandsworth, was yesterday re-
examine'. On the last occasion only one witness yea
examined, and she stated that fire separate fins had
otettrrad in the house in one day, the 28th ult. This
en mese wee • young woman named Cotten'', residing
opposite the house in whi, h the fires took place, sad which
was occupied by Mr. Mellor. • gentleman 8.5 years of age.
There were no other persons living if the home except Mr.
Mellor and the prisoner.
Mr. Haynes defended the prisoner.
Mr. Thomas Richard Chidley said he wee 'merchant, and
rssided four doors from Mr. Mellor's. He was going down
West Hill, when he beard the alarm of fire. He heard some
person knock loudly at the door, sad when he got up the
door via open. Mr. Mellor was standing at the door at the
time. Witness went up stair, sad sow some garments
behind the door of Mr. Mellor's bedroom on tire.
The door wee also on fire. There was a jug of
water in the room, and he threw the contents
over the flames. Mr. Mears Woo came into the
room, and they both raw that the fire was thoroughly ex-
tinguished Ile then left the house, and about twenty
minutes afterwards there I•44lanother alarm of fire. Ile ran
to, and saw that the adjoining room was on tire. Previous
to his leaving the first time be went into that room, and be
saw no appearances of tire. Witness saw the prisoner in the
kitchen at that time, and remarked to her that the bresking
out of these fires was very strange, and she accounted for
them by saying that Mr. Mellor was in the habit of using
flannels in bed, and that he himself sired them before the
fire, and that she supposed one of them had caught tire and
he had thrown it on the bed. She appeared very mach ex-
cited, bat he could not my from what cause.

In crow-examination, the witness mid he took the jug of
water himself from the twain. The primmer did not glee it
hint, aa she WAS down Maim.
Mr. Wltiient Mears, a builder, living nest door, gave
similar evidence.

Francis Payne, 88 V, said that on the alarm being mesa
he went to the place and saw tinned among from the op
stain morn window, which he afterwards ascertained
belonged to the prisoner's room. share were mineral men
emitting in getting the furniture out, and he also
assisted. He afterwards saw Taylor, another con-
stable, and some other'', forcing Mr. Mellor from
the home. Ito was taken to mantes'. home opposite,
where he remained for some time, lie saw the pi-
Soon in nor road, and she was decidedly the worse foe
liquor. From what he afterwards hoard lee took the pri-
soner into coatody. This wsa about twenty minutes to few.
o'clock. Ile told her the charge, and she said, I did not
do it. lam innocent." She also said she would go any-
where with him, as her conneleacewen clear, bat she did not
wish the people to see that she was a prisoner.
Mr. Ingham inquired if Mr. Mellor was present.
Payne said he was not. He did not think he was to aSt
state to to, examined from his spend Infirmities. The enf-
lame then said he afterwards found a wniing-desk at one of
the hou.es where some of the furniture had been taken. Is
the seek he Musa, two promissory notes, drawn by Mr.
Mellor in favour of the prisocer. They were doted the '24th
of February. 18.irt, and ore wee for 281., and the other fee
30/. He wits about to explain what Mr. Mellor had said
about them, ',hen

Mr. Haynes ouiectcd, as he thought it was not right to
receive env muteluest made by Mr. Mellor, whose intellect
wss PSI 1 10 be unsound.

. . . _
The witnem then said he found • gold buckle in the desk,
and • linen stamper with the name of Annie Collyer upon it.
By Mr. Hayes—When he taw the prisoner in the crowd,
the tire waa nearly out. The prisoner Lae claimed the deal.
Ha dad not know that she had said that her things were
destroyed by the lire. She asked him if anything had been
sass of a gold watch and chain. He asked her if she was
swan that ehe had the promissory notes. She said " Yee,"
and then told him that she bad received 50i. fern railway
accident, and that her roaster had the mosey. She also mid
that the money had since Leen paid to her father, and her
muter rirryd her to destroy the notes; but she had
seelicted to do en.
Wiiiiiim Tayli r, the other summoning offlom of the court,
mid he accompsomi Payne to the Me. He saw Mr. Mellor
evideevouring to p. up stairs, and he told him to remain
down. es he would get burnt if he went up. He said he
wasted to go up stairs for hie shoes, sod Will 20•11 was
obliged to use violence to get bim down and out of the how.
He afterwards 11,1 W the prisoner et Payne's house, and she
wait the wore, fur liquor.
The young woman who Stet gave evidence wait then crow
*stoking] by Mr. Haynes, but nothing additional was
aliened.

In answer td quelitions by Mr. Ingham, ehe wit Mr.
Mellor opened the door to her in the morning. He was
sitting in the parlour. On the method demaion, when the
called her over, Mr. Mellor wae our and walking in
the town. He returte4 when mime's and her father were
there. When they left he was in the parlour. When she
went the third time the could not say where he was. She
believed he wee in the parlour. She did not see him at the
third tee.

lir. Ingham hers said be thought he ought to see Mr.

Payne said he could fetch him in a few minutes. Upon
►la arrival be was allowed to be ended near the magistrate.
He said his name was Charles Mellor, and be was at pre-
sent staying at the Louse of If,. Morgan, the landlord of the
Rove tool Crown, in Wendeworth. lie had no more ides
bow the tire originated than the fireirons in the grate. He
believed the pnenner to beta innocent as a child unborn.
She bad been two yeersin his service, end he always found
her honest and trustworthy. When he got up on the morn•
ing in question he discovered something emouldisting under
ho pillow, where be had lain. He rein...VlA the pillow and
saw something of fire smouldering underneath. He called
the psis oar to put it out. She had not been in his room
before that morning.
By Mr. Ingham—He was usually an early riser. He
thought he got up that morning about half-past sin o'clock.
He awoke boneelf. He was up, 'tending by the node of the
bed, wilco he discovered the fire. He was no. dressed.
There was no tire in the grate. He had no candle burning.
He watt dreesing himself in the dart.
Ily Mr. Bevies—He always need a rueblight. He thought
it was burning at the time. He would not be positive, He
kept it alight all night. It generally stood in the beim,
where the jug of water was,
By Mr. Ingham—He did not sleep with the door locked.
He usually aired the flannels himself. He had not aired any
that morning. He would not ~41011 r that he had not been out
of the room before he discovered the fire. The prisoner en-
tered the room in the usual way. He did not know how she
got there.

By Mr, Haynea—fle used matches. He did not um any
th►t mt•rning. They were kept in various parts of the house.
lie kept them in We bedroom over the chimney.
The witness than., at the raquestt of his worship, gave the
history of the two promissory notes, which ocresponded
with the statement of the prisoner.
Mr. Ingham said he could not proceed any further with
the case that day, and would remand her another week, it
there was no oljection.
. . . _

Mr. Baynes *haw.' to know whether he could apply for
bail

Mr. Ingham maid be would listen to that application next
tints.

Tie prisoner was accordingly remanded fora week.

A PRNONER CRUSHED TO DEATH DC A TREAD-
miti..—On Tuesday lea* T. T. DeLarne, E.q., the city
coroner, held an inquest, at the Ship Inn, Canterbury, touch-
ing the death of Joseph Bolton, a prisoner in St. Auguatine'd
gaol. and which had resulted trout injuries entrained, as de-
tailed by the gaol °Meanie. After the jury had viewed the
body of deviated, and the machinery of the treadmill at
which the ...strut happened, llionma Kent, one of the turn-
key., deputiod that between one and two o'clock on Monday
he wee watching the prisonera on the western treadmill, and
the deceased we, oiling the tow bin. ry of the wheel net is
motion. He wee etanding in the cylinder with an oilcan in
his hand. The lid of the ran tell off, end rolled under the
wheel in motion. The deceased got off the cylinder, and
stooped down on hie knees to pick up the ltd. when he
put hie head between the !poke. of the wheel in mitten
and the upright atenderd supporting it, and hie heed was
immediately melted eget.' the upright, and nearly
aerated from the body. On wing what heel occurred.
witnen de.ired the meo to get off the step. propelling the
wheel while he ran into the pump house sod .ught hold of
the brit which peasee round the tly-wlmel, and shortly Te-
-1 Tweed the machinery. The head of the dece.sit we than
cleared, and medical ainistance was immediately sent for.
On the arrival 01 Mr. Major, he pronounced the dt,ranerl
de.d. Wits, se was quite aatieti-d that Pia do-.weed was
killed by seadeot. By the Forrnian—The do-eased had been
a primate 15 1111,111116, sad for eb.ut nine month, Le had been
in the habit of oiling the machinery. When the deceileed
wee on Las lanes •jinn.. wee aloint four or live yards fn.m
Lim. On seeing Ills deceased on has knees it was witnesa's
duty to ascertain the reason. but Ae could not, sr the ant.
dent wee instantaneous. The ;city returned a verdict of
" Accidental death," with a recommendation that in future
Doh wteele ahould stopped while the niachinery was
being tilled. The deceased area mentraced at the Hat Kent
eereions, in October, 1857, tote., years' herd Islinur, for en
argrar.ded seseult at Whitstable.—Sarah Eastern Gazett,

A 31AX AND A HOlivF, KILLED.—About half-
paat Me o'clock on Friday evening, am a carter name.' John
liosaroa, in the servioe of Mew, SLater, Of Dunscar bleach-
works, was naming from Linton with too ow-horse carts,
laden with ow), the Bret home got olf the private road leading
from the highway to the worm, which to very narrow. an'
unproteeted from the Bagley Brook, and the cart toppled into
the brook, dragging the *mond bores and cart and the driver
after it. The beak arm swollen at the time, end the plunge
wee beard by Nome boys who were upon the bridge, on the
Bottom and Blackburn highway. These boy. gave as alarm
at the unttaree war, and on some of the neigh', tun going to
the spot they tomod the dnver Melees between the tint and
road cart, ',evict been erwrhed to death by the fell. The
horse in the scored eArt wee aleo dead ; and it &memo d from
the ;maiden of the deceased that ha had here bear its heed
when the accident happened, one of hie arms bane feet be-
tween the dead hanie and ite and of the shaft. the night
was very dark, end it is said that tb. nalortunate trim bad
mopped In Dolton driLking, and that he wee in a state of
intogitatinsi when the arcitent happened. The deevreeeri bad
drawn T.*. the counting-house lb d day, awl, not her in. the
money in hie watt, it is eupposel that it mum hays fallen
into the brook, aa the body ware fr old with the Leal in the
' water and the lap uppermost—.tietwarear rieurdam.

ELUTE OP LONDON ZWAUNG MI WES%

The Return of Births and Deaths in London,
Moved by authority of the Registrar-General for the week
ending Saturday, January I. mares the total number of
deaths registered in the metropolitan district' in the lost
week of the year was 1,494. In the ten years 1848-67 the
• average number of death" in the week. corresponding with
last week was 1,315; but as the deaths in the return for
last week occurred in a population which had Increased, they
should he compared with the overage after ft is raised pro-
tutionslly to the Menses, aco orreetion which will make it
1,446. The romparieon shows that the deaths of last week
exceeded by 4R the number which the rate of mortality as
derived from the fifty-second week of previous years would
have produced.
If the deaths in London Let week had been aecordisg to
"the healthy rate" of mortality derived from certain selected
Ensile!' districts in the last quarter of the year, they would
have been 705 ; and the creme above this point which the
true number exhibits le 729, and repreeents what may be
termed the unnatural part of the mortality.
Fatal roses of dismal of the cymotir oleos numbered last
week 400; the corrected average for corresponding weeks
being only 298. Measles, soulatina, whooping tough, and
typhus all exhibit an bureau on some previous week..
Baleful= was fatal in 136 cues. Five of these occurred in
the Kensington Town sub-district; 6 is that of Obeid-
church, blarylebone; 6 in Kentish Tows; 7 in Poplar. This
disown continued very fatal is the Pascua district. Measles
carried off 53 children ; it prevails chiefly in the north and
central districts. Whooping cough carried off 61 children;
of theft in the east sub-district of lelington. Of the 62
deaths front typhus, one occurred in Butcher-row, Deptford,
in a Unity romaiating of Wet persons, of whom seven have
been attocksi by the disease. The premises are described se
being in a filthy condition. Last week the deaths from
bronchitis were 167, the average being 134 ; and those from
pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs) were 122, the average
being 106.
Nineteen women died last week from diseases incidental to
childbearing. Three persona died front internperauce. The
deaths of one man and three women (widows) occurred at the
age of 90 years and upwards; their respective ages as re-
gistered being 90, 93, 96, and 100 years. But the Registrar
believes that there is good ground for questioning the alleged
age of the centenarian.
_ .

-'Last week the births of 931 boys end 1,013 girls, in all
1,994 children, were registered in London. In the ten cos-
respooding weeks of the years 1848-67 the average number
was 1,641.

THE IRISH SECRET SOCIETIEB.—The Belfast
Northern Whig states that on Monday night the polka,
from information which they received, succeeded in making
another arrest in that town of a person believed to belong to
an illegal society. About sewn o'clock Heed-constable
Madders and Constable Canning, attired as elvtlfaes, visited
the hoc= of a person named Bernard Boyle, residing in
Bwreek-street. The prisoner ia, with hie brother-in law,
the joint owner of a small public-house. When the police
entered they at onee arrested Boyle, and proceeded to search
the premises. The house, both front and rear, wee closely
watched in the meantime by a kegs party of the constabu-
lary, but the only capture made was Boyle himself. We
have rem= to behave that no documents of any importance
were found in possession of the prienner. tinder an secort
of some thirty or forty police, fully armed, and an immense
crowd, the prisoner was taken to the police-office. Au ex-
amination will be held to-day, but of course will be private.
It is rumoured that the authorities are in possession of ex-
tensive information with respect to secret societies in this
town.

CHILD BURNING AND ITS PREVENTION.—Lbst
evening Mr. Wokley held en inquiry at the Elephant and
Castle, Camden Town, on the body of a Beely-grown nude
child, ties years old, named Alfred Thomson, who wee burnt
to death on Christmas morning. The evidence of the ciliated
mother went clearly to show that the child was well taken
care of, arid that the clothes became accidentally ignited.
Mr. Cosier, surgeon, detierited the Mllo'l.l which had caused
death. The usual remedies had been applied. The Coroner
remarked that there was no earthly chance, from the first, of
saving the child's life. The application of science in euch •
case war en evil; the unfortunate deceased—a remarkably
fine child—had sustained sufficient injuries to kill ten
children. It was a fret that most of the deaths from fire
occurred from flame.. This could be madly prevented, if
parents, nurses, and others, who had the care of children or
young people, would but take the simple precaution, after
the articles of clothing were washed, of merely dipping them
fa an enti-Mflaniumble solution. From hie (the Coroner'e)
many years experience he would smart that if this simple
and Mexpensice process were adopted It would be the means
of saving the levee of at least 1500 children Ina year. A verdict
in accordance with the medical evidence wee unanimously
agreed to.
INIELANCIIOLT DEATH OF A YOUNG SURGEON.—A
melancholy accident occurred at the Norwich Dispensary on
Saturday evening, resulting in the death of Mr. Alfred
Dawson, • gentleman 24 years of age, who hed been offi-
ciating daring the last tow days for his brother, Mr. Arthur
Dolmen, surgeon of the institution. With the view of
giving himself en appetite for his supper Mr. Rowan, it
mew, took west he fancied was some tincture of orange
peel, but which really proved to be tincture of aconite. The
unformnete young man nile-read the labels on the bottles,
one being curbed "Tint Ramat" and the other '• Tint.
aconite." Having made this fatal mistake he ate some
breed and chore. fir supper, conversed cheerfully, and re-
tired to rest nborriy afterwards ; but he had not been long
in bed before be found himself in such pain that he got up
and aroused the eetabliehment Professional aseistelow wee

soon rendered, but in vain. aa death soon terminated his suf-
ferings. At an inquest held by Mr. Wilde. city coroner, the
jurt returned • verdict in weeplance with the above.
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
AT DUDLIT.-Cou•ider.bb excitement prevailed in Dudley
dr - the • week, in -- •of the rumoured dia.

luring the past v . in conseqoence
ce of a commercial traveller In the employment
appearance brewery company in the town, with a large
amount of his employer's funds. The rumour was not
at first genitally believed, and when ascertained to be
true the amount of his defalcations was stated at ran-
dom as enormous. The absentee, whose nettle is Barney,
is a young man under thirty. He has been in the em-
ploy of Mr. E. J. Barka& of the Hall•strcet Breweq.
for Dearly twelve months. He was engaged as general
traveller, and part of his duties coastited of collecting
allocate, consequently a 'ergo amount pawed through his
hands daily. About a week or ten days ago he was absent
from the office, but at the time no notice was taken of this,
as no suspicion then rested upon him; bet upon its being
ameartained that he bad left the town, and had taken a fair
partner from an adjoining town (although a married man),
an inquiry was instituted into his affair*, and it has been
ascertained that he to a defaulter to the extant of about 2501.
The police are making active search for him, and it is ex-
pected, from information received, that he will be speedily
captured. He watt copied in London ma a large wholesale
draw about the years 1864 and 1836, where he failed, and
was prosecuted for fraud in his bankruptcy, receiving, upon
conviction, six months imprisonment at the Central Criminal
Court. His case excited considerable attention is London at
the time.

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ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN
R%t tow AY.—An accident whedi,althongh unattended by lon
of life, will prove workout' oto far ea destruction of property is
oonoeened took pious during Monday night and yesterday
morning on the line of the London and North Writer,.
Railway, at Harrow. It appears in the fest infamy, in con-
sequence of the foggy state of the weather, a coal end a goods
train came into oollerion, end shortly after another coal train
ran into the already disabled trains. The occurrence took
place on the newly constructed third line, so that the paeans-
gee traffic Ins not impeded. One of the engines was turned
completely on its end, and the aniaabed curia/nu, goods, and
coals were scattered %bunt in all direction.. The drivers es-
caped by jumping off.
DESPERATY. ATTEM IT OF A DESERTER TO ESCAPE
FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAOII.—Os Monde! afternoon a
young soldier, who had detected from the 19th Regiment,
and had been captured at Liverpool, wes being conveyed in
charge et a cnrix,ral end privas from Liverpool to thie town
en route for Chatham, end at his wilicitstion hie Lands acre
released from the handcufle. The journey was quietly pur-
sued until jots after the fain left Crewe, and as it wee
proceeding at full speed the reckless fellow suddenly made a
dash at the window of the carriage and thrust his body
through it. He had well nigh succeeded in weeping, though
only to meet with a frightful death had he accomplished
his rupees ; but though the movement wee the work of a
moment, one of the travellers in the carriage seissd hies by
the leg, and with the weiotance of the guard drew him ri
et armir bark again into the compartment. The soldier'.
struggles to free himself, however, were so violent that ht.
trowsere and put of his uniform were torn to shreds before
he could bo got in again. Ile seemed somewhat shaken,
but none the were for hi. perilous attempt, and apparently
tonne unconwinue of the fearful risk he had nat.-BW.
wilt/hays Daily root.
FOGS ON TILE SOUTH-COAST.—SOUTHANPTON,
Ti est...T.—Fur nearly a week use fogs have prevailed
day and night on the south-suet. At Southampton the Isle
of Wight mole have had to be brought up in • four-oared
Mat, ea the mail steamer could not find its way. The
Channel !eland mail, due on Monday afternoon, did not
reach Sontiginipton until yesterday forenoon. At Winch..-
ter the fogs hove been as dens a. at Southampton. In the
English Clnonal also fogs have been prevalent, The Ripon
and Pere, which Mrivtot yesterday, were obliged to go at
half speed in the Cheneel, iu consequence of thick vomiter.
When the Ceylon arrived in Southampton water, on Satur-
day night, the tug steamer sent in march of her mail. had
great difficulty in finding her. Even when she did end her,
it wee impose:lbl. to my afterward. at whet part .f the river
she bad dropped anchor. The La Plata, with the West
India mails, which wee to leave on Monday afternoon, was
obliged to lie the whole of Mondaynight In Southampton
Inter. Such donee and long-coatinned togs have not been
experienced here for many years.
METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSHIRE-
scat ARE, CITY —The aggregate number of patients relieved
during the week ending January I. war—Medial, 610;
gargles', 304 ; total, 914, of which 290wer, new cans.

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NOTICIS.
COVIIT OF PRORATE AND COURT FOlt DITOIOIII AND
MATRIMONIAL CAUBFR.
The following an the elttlog day. lo Hilary Tan, 1859
Jan. 13; I liday. 14: naturday. 15; Monday. 11; Tuesday 18; and
Monday, tl Trig. by Jury—Thursday. J. 0.2 26; Friday. 2; timardor.
22 . Monday. 91; Toesdli .2.5; Thunder. T: Friday, 18; and Haw-
day,. al. Motions VIII 1.0 tattoo on Thursday, Joe. 13; Monday. IT:
blonder. N; and oo Monday. 31 Paper for blobone are to he 101 l
with ;he Milt of who Pat Trs before 20 clock P.m. on the third dor before
the motion 1. beard. exclusive of ilumiars. The court will .It at Meet.
imager .1 11 o dont ~o. on each of the W 36.41414 The ju Me, will
..t In chiimi.ers at lemtintnoter on Tueeday. Jan 11; Wedoesday. Iy :
Weiinc.day. 26; and Monday. 91 ; ett-oti gay Li 1l °W. A.
A tteklES COURT.
Tho follow, are the Whoa.the Arched Court: Tandy. Joe. 11.

APPEAL COURT.
The foll..whm are Our titting, to the Appeal Court Wednesday Jan.
13; Mednewlay. Jaw. le, Wednesday, Jan 26 and Rednerday. M. t
ADMIRALTY COURT.
Tho tolkwiad are tha acting data in the Admin./IF Court:—Result/
Court Ihya WeJmwdty. Jan 12, Mediae day, Jan. 1J; WwlneedaY,
Jan. :II; Kiwi Weduewlay. Feb. s. Elk* Court Dayr Thursday. Jan.
13: Thar-My. Jaw :0; and funds,. Feb. 3. AddltiourJ Court Dap:
Madsomm. Feb.l6; Medneaday, March II; and Wednealay. March 16.
The Aram. and Admiralty Court wrU .it at 11.
The Appel C.urt .111 en 01 half. mat 10
Due a..tke will be mreo of any Other Jaye that may be appolotwi to
dttirw In either of the store courts.
Tbe Full Court for lwroree and Mainmonial Came. will Mt at West.
minter on rat urday. Jan b. and Monday. Jan. lu. The Inwillese win
cwatonsos limb Corm.. Curd...W.l.