Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-06 00:00:00

iiolt.ThEtft °TIRES: TRIDAT, MAC` '6 -IMO

THE LATEST TELEGRAMS.

COMMENCEMENT OF THE

FIGHTING.

SARDINIAN OFFICIAL

BULLETIN.

The attempt of the Austrians to effect the passage
of the Po, at Frasivetto, commenced on the 3rd. The
cannonading lasted fifteen hours, and was re-com-
menced yesterday afternoon, and continued for the
remainder of the day. The Piedmontese only had
a few Wounded, whilst the Austrians experienced
much- loss. 4,000 Austrians were yesterday at
Castel Nova, Servia,

THE FRENCH FUNDS.
1)113.18, Thursday.-11.45 a.m: Rentes commenced
„,
61.20, fell to 61.5, and are now 61.10.
131120.,7 9
p.m.: The Bourse opened good. Rentes,
.2

2*26 p.m.: The failures announced from Vienna
Berlin are the only subjects of discussion on the

3, 22
Punt.an. Rentes closed 61 for money, and 60.5
acc

PRUSSIA.

B
t Thursday.—ln the Chamber of Deputies,
"ay, the Foreign Minister made a statement with
reference to the present position of affairs. He
regretted the outbreak of the war, and said that
0:4864 was, without deviation, pursuing her object
1. Watching over the safety of Germany, the security
of national interests, and the maintenance of the
balance of power in Europe. It is with that object
that the army has been placed in readiness to
laisch• The Finance Minister then moved the
addition, for one year of 40,000,000 thalers to the
intone-tax, the class-tax, and the taxes on meat and
11:4 Corn. This addition to be further increased
." 25 per cent, in case the mobilisation of the army
Innuld become necessary.

FRANCE.
• PARIS, Wednesday.—The Manifesto, or Proclama-
lan, of the Emperor of the French peop'e, which
ItPlleared in yesterday's Moniteur, is regarded as a
First
but not unfaithful plagiarism of those of the
Empire. It is indeed so close a copy of any of
-those early addresses which used at first to thrill,
but which afterwards fell heedless on the public
mind, that there are some who point to it
'as a proof of the intellectual vigour and
originality of other days. To the bulletins
4111 d proclamations of General Bonaparte, ad-
dressed to his half-famished and half-clothed army,
blockaded amid the snows of the Alps, before they
Poured along the fertile plains of Lombardy ; the
4` Orders of the Day" after Lodi 9r Arcola, or the
'Treaty of Campo Formio ; to the addresses of the
Preach people on setting out for some new cam-
rig; the Proclamation of yesterday presents a con-
vtitaa. t. not very flattering to the latter. A Deputy, a
that
ne grower of the Burgundian district, remarked,
a" it bore to the first Napoleon's effusions the
namei relation as a glass of ordinary wine and water
ta a draught of Chambertin ! I dare say there
-e' people here and elsewhere who will consider it,
4;11, at least, speak of it, as a model of eloquence.
this as it may, it has not passed without remark
j°4l the people who peruse it in the open air, and
those who read it in their closets. They observe
With surprise (though why they express surprise it
3 hard to say) that it makes no more allusion to
Senate, the Legislative Corps, the Council of
4,tato—in fact, to any one of those which are called
" Grand Corps de l'Etat"—than if they had no
-existence in the mechanism of government; no
existence moral, material, or financial. Alluding
t° the Empress and the Imperial Prince, it is to the
"last surviving brother of the Emperor," Prince
Jerome;,
"to the valour of the army that remains in
ranee," to the National Guard, and generally, to
the people, that these august persons are confided ;
but not a word does the Moniteur say of either Senate
or deputies.
The Ministers also are conspicuous for their ab-
sence in this solemn address to the French people.
This, however, is less to be wondered at, if it be
true that the Cabinet is dislocated, and its members
going to be dismissed, or sent to the army, with
the valedictory address, "Go where glory waits
thee." It was, in fact, rumoured that M. Walewski
desired
to accompany the Emperor, as well as M.
Poald— with what truth I cannot say. The Minister

°f St
ate and Minister of Foreign Affairs have been
the most confident of the whole Cabinet, and the
213, °St anxious for the maintenance of peace. Yet,
with,, ironical ingenuity, both M. Fould and M.
"alowski were selected to deliver the warlike
addresses in the Senate to the Deputies. It reminds
1/11e of the Diablo Predicador of the Spanish comedy,
Where the mischevious demon Luzbel is obliged, as
ari act of penance, to assume the habit of a Francis-
Can friar and preach in the churches of Lucca in
favour of the order which he had most opposed and
Most damaged. The activity of Luzbel, who tries
to terminate as speedily as poossible a duty which is
so repugnant to him—the forced fervour with
Which he preaches—his desperate effort to
pass off his mortification for zeal—all has
been performed over again. That there should
be no allusion, therefore, to any of the present
Ministers is nothing wonderful ; and perhaps the
gold manner with which were received the important
communications of the last few days explains the
official silence with regard to that body. The
Senate, it is said, has given more satisfaction in I
this respect. - Imperial Senates have generally
been more complacent than Representatives ; but it
is not forgotten that it was on these that the first
Napoleon flung his bitterest sarcasms in the hour of
his difficulties. It was the Senate he reproached for
never having had the courage to tell him the truth, and
for having accepted every wish, every act of his with_
out remonstrance or delay. The allusion to the army
that remains in France " to watch over the fron-
tier,"
may apply to the Rhine and to the spirits
evoked in Germany ; and the hint about the " in-
°°rrigible men of those old parties who are seen
Constantly to unite with our enemies" is to the
address of the Legitimists and Orleanists ; and is,
I suppose, the most successful mode of winning
"er their adhesion and their sympathy. As to

the Ministers remaining in, or going out, the.
public appear to care very little ; the changes
only interest themselves and .the aspirants to
their places. The allusion to Prince Jerome
would imply that two or three of 'them at least,
if not all, will be turned out. The Prince,
it is said by his friends,. has little confidence in
them ; though it is astonishing how he can enter-
tain any doubt of, the entire and unreserved de-
votedness -to the reigning dynasty of such men ,as
M. Delangle, who has always (however discreetly)
been of that "party ; of M. de Morny, whose civic
merits and fidelity to a cause in prosperous or in
adverse fortune beat hollow all that is related of
ancient or modern times ; of M. Walewski, &c . The
Prince, however, will not, it seems, have them as
Ministers in the absence of the Emperor. The rumours
of Marshal Vaillant quitting the War-office are
attributed by the public to the incompletenes of the
arrangements connected with his department.
The Emperor's departure is again delayed for
some days longer—so we are given to understand—
and, instead of to-morrow, will not take place,:it is
said, before Tuesday. The reception last night at
the Tuileries was very well attended.

M. Hubner, the Austrian Ambassador, left Paris
this morning for Brussels.

There is little use us repeating the various
rumours of the day about what is going on, or not
going on, in Piedmont, as they come without

authority. I believe there is as yet nothing of
importance to notice. The Austrians seem to be
engaged in concentrating their force, and man-

oeuvre as if they meant to cover Lombardy -against

invasion

If we are not quite certain of the movements in
Piedmont, we know that Lyons and Toulon are,
crowded with troops, all moving towards the theatre
of the war in hot haste. In the departments the
stream of men recalled to their regiments is un-
broken ; and the calling out of the contingent for
1859, in advance, has produced considerable impres-
sion, as if France was actually menaced with inva-
sion. Volunteers are'said to present themselves for
enlistment very numerously within the last few
days.

The Patrie announces that Admiral Dupony has
received orders to proceed to Toulon to-day to take
the command of the Imperial yacht Reine Hortense.
It is added that the Emperor will take his passage
from Toulon to Italy in that steamer.

The Patrie further announces that M. Robert,
maitre des requites to the Council of State, and M.
Lemaire, auditor to the same Council, are to accom-
pany the Emperor for the service of his Cabinet.
The Abbe Laine is to accompany the Emperor as
chaplain, and Dr. Conneau as first physician.
The Moniteur publishes a decree authorising
voluntary enlistments for two years, without bounty,
as well as voluntary enlistments after liberation from
.the service with bounty for a term of from three to
seven years. The decree is followed by a decision
of the Minister of War fixing the bounty for re-
engagements and for voluntary engagements after
liberation froin the service.

SECOND EDITION.

NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, FRIDAY, 9 A.m,

REPORTED CAPTURE OF
TANTIA TOPEE.
An India Office telegram, dated Bombay, April 11,
says :

According to intelligence just received from Mahomedna
of the Bth of April, Tantia Tepee was captured by Colonel
Meade's detachment on the previous night, with the
assistance of Maun Singh, whose surrender to Major Reed
had previously taken place. On the 2nd April, the columns
under Colonels Salis and Rich, in combined movement,
overtook rebels in the Seronge jungles, and killed 500.
Tantia Topee was present. British loss trifling.

THE AUSTRIAN CAMPAIGN

IN SARDINIA.
The Times speculates on the military operations,
and says :

After'being seven days on the Sardinian soil invaders
have not advanced more than thirty-five miles from the
frontier river. It as yet seems as though Austria had staked
heavily for an opportunity, won it, and now throw it away.
They have gained nothing at present by their choice of the
moment, and by their sudden initiative, except the power of
making forced contributions in their enemy's country. Sar-
dinia has her fortresses secure. Turin is in her hands, and
all the positions she holds are connected by lines of rail
with each other, and with the sea, and witk the Alpine
passes, into France.

The death of the Duke of Leeds is announced from dip-
theria. Lord Godolphin succeeds to the title.
On Thursday the Duke of Malakoff had an audience of
the Queen, and delivered his letters of recall.
The Court of Council, on Thursday, voted the sum of
100 guineas to the Neapolitan exiles.
Mr. Bernal Osborne is spoken of as a candidate, for the
County Waterford.
The Court of Common Council on Thursday elected a
judge of the Sheriff's Court of London. Mr. Kerr was
elected by a majority of two over Mr. Corrie.
The number of members returned to the new House of
Commons up to Thursday night was 553. The Times
estimates the total nett ministerial gain at seventeen—the
Herald at twenty-four.

MAINTENANCE OF A WIFE.—EXTRAORDINARY
DISCLOSURES..
In the Court of Common Plefis; on Wednesday, an
extraordinary case was tried. The action was brought by
one Cooper against Lloyd. The plaintiff, who had married
a Mr. Winter since the commencement of the proceedings,
sought to recover the sum of £l2 10s-'for board and lodging,
necessaries supplied, and money lent to the wife of , the
defendant, who is a captain in the Royal Navy. The
defendant pleaded never indebted.
Mr. Laxtou and Mr. Patchett were counsel for the plaintiff.
Mr.o'Malley. Q.C., and Mr. Francis, were counsel for the
defendant.
Mr. Laxton, in stating the case- to the jury, said the
action was first brought in the Lambeth County Court, but
removed into this court by certiorari, in consequence of
it involving questions of law with reference to the wife's
adultery and the husband's condonation. The lady was
married to the defendant in 1847, and lived with her
husband about six or seven weeks in Jersey, when he left
her to go to sea, and was absent about three years, but
before leaving he made provision for, his wife's residing
with his family. Before and after the defendant's leaving.
Jersey frequent disputes took place between the wife and
the defendant's mother and family, and the consequence
was, she left them and went to reside with her brother,
Captain Rogg, at Fort George, near Inverness. Whilst
there Mrs. Lloyd formed an acquaintance with a gentle-
man named Winslow, with whom she committed adultery,
and afterwards she was delivered of a child. On her hus-
band's return from India she went to Chatham to meet
him. He had heard of his wife's having had a child
during his absence, and at the Sun Hotel, Chatham, he
taxed her with her misconduct. This was in June, 1852.
She at first denied it, but she afterwards drew up a written
confession of her conduct during his absence, setting forth
her connexion with Mr. Winslow, and her having a child
by him, which she sent to him ; and after he had read it, he
tore it up, saying, " Phillis, I forgive you, and receive you
again as my wife, as if nothing had happened." He then
fell at her feet, and replace her wedding ring on her
finger, which she had left at his mother's house before
leaving Jersey. He slept with his wife that night, and
that was the condonation of the offence. The defendant was
about to go abroad again ' • but before he left England. he-
agreed that his wife should live in the neighbourhood of Lon-
don. She accordingly took up her residence in the Wands-
worth-road, where her husband visited her. She after-
wards removed to Blackheath, where he also visited her,
and where he wanted to sleep with her, but he could not
do so for the want of room, as her nurse was sleeping with
her ; but he went there early one morning after her nurse
was up, and went to bed to her. The wife about this time
had sold some railway shares that had been bought with her
own money, and she gave her husband some £4O, also made
him a present of a dressing-case. Afterwards a separation
was talked of, and the defendant agreed to allow her £3O a
year, but it was not carried out, in consequence of her
brother considering the proposed allowance insufficient.
Mrs. Lloyd after this went to Paris, and various places on
the Continent, but returned in February, 1856, to meet her
husband at Chatham on his return from the Crimea, when
he took her to an hotel, where they slept that night, and
afterwards parted. She saw him again in June, 1857,
on board the Edinburgh, at Sheerness, when he was again
about to leave England. She then upbraided him with
not supplying her properly with money, and he promised
to pay off her debts and allow her £3O a year in future.
He had failed to do so, and his wife had not seen .him
since, and hence the present action.
Mrs. Sarah Winter was then called, and proved that she
had supplied the defendant's wife with board, lodging
necessaries, &c., to the amount claimed.
Mrs. Lloyd was then called, she deposed : I was married
in 1847, in Jersey, to Captain Lloyd. I lived with him
there for about two months, at the expiration of which he
left for India on service ; differences existed up to and after
his leaving between myself and his mother and sisters,
which were the talk of the island. When I left Jersey
had a little boy ten months old. Captain • Lloyd is his
father. I then left and went to my mother at Fort Wil-
liam, near Inverness, where I became , acquainted with Mr.
Winslow.. The witness then corroborated the main points
in the learned counsel's opening.
Cross-examined by Mr. O'Malley : Whilst my husband
was away in India, he corresponded with me up to shortly
before his return, in the most affectionate terms. He
returned at the latter end of 1850 or beginning of 1851.
When I went to Scotland I lived with my brother, and
kept his house. I took my son Henry with me. I received
money from my husband whilst he was in India, but I don't
think it was so much as £4OO. I don't say Mr. Winslow is
the father of my second child. I have stated so, but I with-
draw it. Mr. 'Winslow allowed me £4O a year for the
maintenance of my child.
Mr. O'Malley : What did he do that for ?
don't think I am bound to say more.
Mr. O'Malley : What did he allow you that money-for ?
Witness : Because I was poor, and in want. I shall not say
further for what he allowed me the £4O a year. He allowed
it to me before and after my husband returned
_home. I
told my husband Mr. Winslow had agreed to allow me •X2OO
a year. But he never bad allowed me XlOO a year. lam
not aware that a bond was to be prepared securing me £lOO
a year. I asked him to allow me more than £4O a year,
but he said he could not. He allowed me the money
simply out of friendship. I had not known him many
weeks before I left Inverness ; it waB there I first became
acquainted with him.
Mr. O'Malley : Then it was in about six weeks this inti-
mate friendship grew up between you?
Witness : He was an intimate friend of my brother's. I
do not say he is the father of my child. I have said, but I
have also contradicted it.
Mr. O'Malley : Is he the father of your second child ?
Witness : I decline to answer the question.
Mr. O'Malley : Is he the father of your second child ?
Witness (to the Judge) : Am I bound to answer this

Witness : I

question ?
Mr. Justice Williams : Yes.
Witness : Then I will 'tell the truth. He is the father
of that child. Mr, Winslow has given me as much as
£3OO altogether, and perhaps more, including the railway
shares he sold for me. At the time I became acquainted
with Mr. Winslow, he was living with his wife and
family. He visited my brother's house, and I visited his.
After I left Scotland I went to Jersey, then to Guernsey,
and back to London, where I saw Mr. Winslow. From
thence I went with him to Belgium and up the Rhine, and
after that to Dublin, where the child was born, but I can't
give the date. Mr. Winslow left mo in Dublin before the
child was born. I was confined at a house in Mount-street,
Dublin. Mr. Winslow is now, I believe, in Germany. I
heard from him about three months since, and the last time
I saw him was about two months before the child was born.
We lived together as man and wife in London, but where
I can't recollect. I have lived in so many places. I can't
recollect, but I think it was at the Bedford Hotel, Covent-
garden. That, was about nine months before the child was
born. I can recollect circumstances, but I can't recollect
dates. The child was baptised at Greenwich, in the name
of Edwin Isadore Lloyd, of which Captain Lloyd is
aware, because I wrote to him and informed him of it
long after I gave him the written statement. I lived and
travelled with Mr. 'Winslow as Mr. and Mrs. Winslow.
After my second child was born I went to Dieppe, and
afterwards to Paris, where I lived alone for three years.
I supported myself with money I had by me, the £4O
a year Mr. Winslow allowed me, and by working em-
broidery. I can't recollect when I returned from Paris,
therefore it is useless for you to ask me. I can't tell
within six months when I last came back from Paris. In
the summer of 1857 I was residing in the Walworth-road,
and before that at Guy's Cottage, Nelson-street, Borough.
I was ill at the latter place, and was attended by Dr.
Roberts. I was then confined of my third child. Capt.
Lloyd is her father. I told him so when I saw him on
board ship. I came from Paris to be confined, and re-
turned there afterwards. I had been in Paris upwards of
a year before I came over here to be confined. Captain
Lloyd did not visit me in Paris. He did not visit me in
France. The last time I saw Captain Lloyd was on
the eve of his starting for the Mediterranean, and before
I went to Paris, I think he left for the Mediterranean in
1852. I think I next saw him again iu the January or
February of 1856. I came from Paris to meet him at
Chatham. I remained there about a week. I brought
my second child with me. I have always gone by the
name of Lloyd. The third child is dead ; it died shortly
after its birth. I am not certain about dates. After I
left Jersey I did not communicate my address to my hus-
band. I left the house he had provided me there on my
own accord, leaving, my child with my husband's friends.
I had been subjected to petty insults by my husband's family
before leaving. I was not invited to attend his sister's
wedding. After leaving, I first communicated to him in
writing. I wrote to him, sayins I should like to see him
before he left, and he consented in an extremely kind letter,
which, I regret; to say, I have not kept. It was a particu-
larly kind letter, and signed " Your affectionato husband."
He then did not know of my adultery. He pressed me for
verbal explanation of what I had done since I had left Jer-
sey. I declined, and asked to be allowed to do so in writ-
ing. I do not know if I asked for three days in which to
prepare it. 'When I told him of the occurrence I -think I
told him I was surprised by Mr. Winslow, that he had
drugged me, and that I had had no intercourse with him
except on that occasion. The night Captain Lloyd re-
mained in my roam was the night of the day I had

taken, poison, because he refused then to lire with mil'
after that avowal I tried to poison myself' with laudanum,
and I. was, given ometics lip my husband, who was sent
for, he having left the honse for a walk. I, was ill after,
but I ,did not, ask him as a dying request to remain thenight
with me. I distinctly swear he' slept with me that night. I
have a recollectio,n of the circumstances of that night. I
took the laudanum at Miss `Davis's, who had the charge
of his child. My husband slept with me the' night I
took the poison, and after
tI had made to him the avowal
of my adultery. The next was after his arrival from
the Crimea, at an hotel, at Chatham ; but I can't recollect
which, or the street. I only remained there with him
for an hour or two. I returned by the train. It took
place in a private sitting-room in the hotel, during the
short visit of a few hours. •The hotel was a short distance
from the railway station. The next time was at -Wel-
worth. I saw him in the summer of 1857, after the birth
of my third "child, on board the Edinburgh. I visited
Guy's cottage a second time, and then went to Walworth.
On board the-Edinburgh I told say husband of the birth of
the ,third child. I was not then negotiating for a separa-
tion. I did not say I had.never had more than two children.
I was on board the Edinburgh with him about two,hours in
the day, and I then had Intercourse with MM. His cabin,
I imagined was near the mess room, because when I was
with him I saw the servants pass with the dishes, and my
husband asked me to'dine with the mess. Captain Halitead
was the captain of the, ship, and my husband was the
commander. Captain Halstead did not order me ashore.
I threatened to remain on board till I saw- Capthiu
Halstead, because my husband would not give me, any
money, and my husband afterwards took me to Captain
Halstead on deck, who said he could not interfere between
man and wife, and informed me that as ladies were not
permitted on board ',must leave the ship, and-I did so.
The railway shares sold by Mr. Winslow were purchased
by me with my own money in fiinds before my marriage.
lam not aware the stock was ever transferred from my
name to my husband's. I don't recollect executing any
document when I sold the stock. Mr. liornsby, my cousin,
sold out the stock,
,and purchased the railway shares for
me in the name of Lloyd. I think Mr. -Winslow sold them
before we went abroad. I do not know how much they
realised, but I sent my husband I'4o of the money. I
distinctly swear I sent £4O to him. and I did so because I
had added during my marriage £4O to my own money, with
which the shares were originally purchased.
Re-examined by Mr. Laxton : I do not think I stated, in
the statement I sent to my husband, anything about where
I had been and with whom. I supported myself in France
from money I had by me, the £4O allowed Me by Mr.
Winslaw, and what I got by woiking at embroidery. My
husband thought I was receiving £2OO a year from Mr.
Winslow, as I had Ted him to suppose. M 7 husband
corresponded with me constantly whilst I was in Paris.
A number of letters were here put in, received by the
wife from her husband, but theY were not read at this
stage Of the case. ,
T,4e further hearing of the case was then adjourned.

LORD PALMERSTON AT Tr,EnToN.---The eldest daughter.
of Mr. John Sharland, one of his lordship's committee,
came of age on the 29th (the day of election), and a bottle
of very old Irish whiskey, which had been presented to her
at her birth, was to he opened on that day. On the circum-
stance being mentioned to his Lordship, he at once proceeded
to the residence of Mr. Sharland, accompanied by several of,
his friends, where, in the presence of a select party, who
were celebrating the event, he drew the cork, • filled the
glasses, and, in a complimentary speech, drank to the health
of the young lady, His Lordship honoured the party for
some time with his presence; and after responding. to the
toast of Lady Palmerston, he took his leave.---Sherborne

Journal.
Lova AND DUTY.—A marriage was recently announced
in our columns between a gallant son of Neptune and the
daughter of a respected clergyman of the Church of Eng-
land. After the nuptial ceremony, the "happy couple"
left town to spend the honeymoon, but scarcely had they
depated when a telegram from the Admiralty reached the
bridegroom's residence, directing him instantly to join his
ship in an English port, as it had been ordered to sail the
following morning on foreign service. No time was lost
dispatching the telegram after the newly-married couple,
whorti, much to their consternation, it soon reached, but
the order was imperative, and with that devotion to duty so
characteristic of the British officer, the bridegroom at once
" tore himself away" from the arms of his weeping bride,
and within three hours after his marriage was bowling along
at the rate of some 30 or 40 miles an hour: en route td
head-quarters, leaving his better half to return to the shelter
of the paternal roof till the arrival of more peaceful times...-
Scotsman.
TREATIES BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND THE ITALIAN STATES.
—Yesterday morning were issued copies of treaties (poli-
tical-and territorial)--between Austria and the Italian States,
from 1815 to 1848, presented to the House of Lords by
the command of' her Majesty. The contents comprise---
' 1. Extract from the treaty of Vienna, dated June 9, 181.5. 2,
'Additional and separate article to the territorial treaty be-
tween Austria and Sardinia, dated May 20, 1815. 3. Pro-
test of the Pope against certain resolutions of the treaty of
Paris and of the Vienna Congress, dated Tune 12, 1815. 4.
Extract from a despatch from Sir 'William A'Court to
Viscount Castlereagh,' communicatini, the purport of a
treaty between Austria and Sicily, dated June (July) 1815.
5. Treaty between Austria and Tuscany, dated June 12
1815. 6. Treaty between Great Britain, Austria, France,
Prussia, Russia, and Spain, dated June 10, 1817 (Anex.—
Extract from treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748). '7. Treaty
bet Ween Lucca, Ifidena, Tuscany, Austria, and Sardinia,
dated November 28, 1848. 8. •Treaty between Austria and
Modena, dated December 24, 1847. 9. Treaty betw6en
Austria and Parma, dated Feb. 17, 1848.
RECRUITING FOR THE NAVAL FORCES.---DUting yesterday
the naval rendezvous on Tower-hill was besieged by hun-
dreds of persons anxious to take service in the Royal Navy
under the new regulations awarding a bounty for entering.
More than 200 landsmen were rejected, being under the
standard height ; and several seamen and landsmen.were
not passed by the surgeon. A van, decorated with flags,
and containing petty officers and a brass band, peram-
bulated the leading thoroughfares at the east end
with great success, as upwards of three hundred sea-
men and landsmen were entered before four o'clock.
Many watermen of the river Thames have volunteered.
Captain Brown will shortly proceed to Liverpool, to make
arrangements for the entry of seamen and landsmen into the
navy at that port. At Portsmouth a number of continuous
service men have taken advantage of the Queen's bounty,
and many fine lads have joined the service as ten years'
continuous-service men. At Greenock, on Monday, a party
of 29 naval volunteers, consisting of seamen and landsmen
proceeded to Sheerness, by rail, under the charge of Colour
Sergeant Dredge, of the Atholl, Of these, 16 were enlisted
on Saturday. The entry of boys still continues. Those
youthful candidates are so abundant that 40 Were entered on
Monday, and sent on board the Hogue.
SERIOUS FIRE IN Sununv.---Yesterday morning, between
one and two o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises be-
longing to Messrs. M. and A. Littler, silk and calico
printers, situate at Merton-abbey, Surrey. The premises
are probably the, largest in the same line of business in that
part of the country, comprising. as they did nearly twenty
detached buildings, all filled with goods of a most expensive
description. The flames were first discovered by a
market gardener, passing along the road for London,
who at once gave an alarm, and it was then found that
two timber buildings, two stories high, fifty feet long,
and forty feet wide, were completely encircled in
flames, and at that time there seemed every probability of
the whole of the printing and embossing shops sharing a
similar fate. The engine belonginc, to the /km was imme-
diately set to work from the river Wandle, but, notwith-
standing the powerful streams of water thrown upon and
into the burning building, the flames continued to spread,
when a mounted policeman started off to London, to call
the fire-brigade engines. Mr. Henderson, the chief officer
of the D district, started with one of his engines, and a
powerful body of firemen, and went to work in an admir-
able manner. The works, fortunately, will not be stopped
in consequence of the disaster. The origin unknown.
The loss will fall upon the Phoenix Fire-office.
THE WAR IN ITALY.—PUBLIC MEETING IN LEEDS.—A
meeting of the inhabitants of Leeds, convened by requi-
sition to the Mayor, was held in the Civil-court of the
Leeds Town-hall, on Wednesday afternoon, for the purpose
of considering the propriety, in view of the impending
European war, of addressing the Queen in advocacy of the
principle of non-intervention, so far as this country was con-
cerned. The meeting was very numerously and influentially
attended. Blvd. Barnes, Esq., M.P., rose to more the first
resolution. It was as follows :—"That while the present
state and prospects of European affairs are most grave and
Alaiming, and call for the greatest watchfulness and the
most careful provision for defence, yet it is alike
the duty and 'the interest of this country to abide
by the principle of non-intervention and to avoid all
unnecessary complications with the affairs of other
nations." In a' powerful speech, Mr. Baines contended
that this war in -Italy was not one which either touched
England's interest,. safety, or honour—reasons, in his
opinion, quite sufficient of themselves to render any inter-
ference on our part unnecessary. Again, we could not
synipathise with any ar-tug principles concerned in it. The
resolution was 'seconcicd gey, Esq., and AIM.,
imously carried.

EXTRAORDINARY

CASE OF SUPPOSED

POISONING

On Wednesday, Mr. Thomas Smethurst, a surgeon,
'residing ,at No. .10,' AIMS Villas, Richmond, was brought
before Edward Penryhn, Esq., M.P., and a bench of magis-
trates, at the Richmond Police-court, charged with causinK
the death of a female with whom he wa's living, by admi-
nistering poison, supposed to be arsenic, to her. The case
has caused considerable excitement at Richmond, for tie
last two days, owing to the supposed respectability of the
parties, who have for nearly a month lived together as man
and wife; at N 6. 10, Alma Villas, where they had apart-
ments. It appeared that the deceased was possessed of
some property, which the prisoner was aware of, and some
arrangement bad been desired .to be made for the dis-
posal of a portion. However, a short time ago she became
ill, and wan attended. by Doctors Julian and Bird, of
Richmond, who, achninistered the proper medicine for
the disease from which she was suffering. All their
attention and medicine acted quite contrary to the desired
effect, and on Monday, she became so changed in appear-
ance that suspicion was, excited of foul play, and the police
were called in. Mr. Inspector M'lntyre.,. V` division,
attended the house, and from what lie saw andwas informed'
of, he obtained a warrant against the prisoner, which was
placed temporarily in the hand of John Jukes-, 195 V, who'
was ordered to remain in the house until further orders..
The deceased expired in great 'agony on Tuesday morning,
and it being the opinion of the medical gentlemen
who attended her 'that she had been poisoned, the
warrant was ordered to be put in execution, and the
prisoner was apprehended, and taken before the magis-
trates in the course of the evening. The evacuations
were sent up to Dr. Taylor in the morning, and that 'gen-
tleman detected a small portion of arsenic, so that the
magistrates decided on remanding the prisoner until Wedne-
sday for further evidence to be gone into. On the case
being called on, Mr. 3inns said he appeared for the prisoner.
Dr. Taylor was called, and he said he had examined the
matter sent up to him, and found a small portion of arsenic,
but not sufficient to cause death. He had not, however,
examined the contents of the stomach. Drs. Palmer and
Martin, of Mortlake, proved making a post mortcns exam-
ination in the presence of Mr. Bird and Mr. Julian.. The
contents of the stomach were sealed up, and in the possession
of Dr. Taylor, of Guy's Hospital, for analysation. The
brain was healthy, but the liver and stomach were much in-
flamed. The evidence of Dra. Julian and Bird was also taken ;
and it being their opinion that the deceased met with an
unfair death, the magistrates decided on remanding the
prisoner, to give Dr. Taylor an opportunity of analysing the
contents of the stomach. The prisoner was .then removed
in custody, and conveyed to the countygaol in Hor.semonger-
lane. He is a man about 45 years of age, rather stout,
swarthy complexion, with dark moustachios., He is a
=flied man, but has parted with his wife some time, and
he formerly practised as a surgeon in the conntry. Ile
seemed to think rather lightly of the matter, although the
utmost excitement prevailed all through Richmond and the
neighbourhood. The prisoner and the deceased had only
lodged at 10, Alma Villas, Richmond-hill, since the 15th of
last month, when the latter was shortly afterwards taken
ill. She was a single woman, and much respected.

Letters from Paris sl

's the sufferings of the French
have been terrilly severe..

Toops iu crossing the Alp;

The Earl of Derby has offered the Bishopric of Bangor to
the Rev. Richard Bonnor, vicar of Ruabon, near Wrexham.

The election of the sixteen representative peers of Scot-
land will take place in the Palace of Holyrood, at
Edinburgh, on Tuesday next. There are three vacancies to
be filled up—those of the Earl of Seafield, Lords Elphin-
stone and Sinclair ; and the candidates are the Earls of
Morton. and- Haddington and Lord Staltoun. To the
election of these noble lords no opposition will be offered.
UNEASINESS OF HIS HOLINESS THE POPE.—The Courrier
de Marseille says that the report is again current that the
Pope is likely to retire to Gaeta during the war between
France and Austria, and it adds that " a member of the
Sacred College, accompanied by two high ecclesiastical dig-
nitaries, has hastily left Rome for Paris. The Gazette du
Midi also announces the departnre of these personages, and
says that the object _of their mission is to pray the two
Catholic Powers not to carry their conflict into the Pontifi-
cial territory.
A MOTHER'S PROUD POSITION.—There are, perhaps, few
ladies in England who have taken a deeper interest in the
present elections than Mrs. Leatham, of Heath, near
Wakefield ; a lady beloved by all who know her. To her
is vouchsafed the enviable distinction of having two sons
and a son-in-law returned as members of the House of
Commons. Her eldest son, Mr. W. H. Leatbam, is re-
turned for Wakefield, his native place; her youngest son
has been triumphantly returned for Huddersfield; and he
son-in-law is one whom all the world owns and honours--

John Bright

GENEALOGICAL AvEl HISTORICAL SOCIETY or GREAT
BRITAIN. —The fourth council meeting of the present ses-
sion was held on Wednesday, when the Earl of Ellesmere,
the president of the society, presided. Several interesting
pedigrees and manuscripts .were laid 'on the table by the
secretary, and after the business of the meeting was con-
cluded, the noble earl set a gratifying example of liberality,
and invited the society to hold iti ensuing annual meeting
at his lordship's town mansion, Bridgewater House, upon
which occasion the noble owner will throw open the splen-
did galleries of paintings, and sculpture court, in which arc
the :chefs d'ouvre of nearly every artist of celebrity.

THE. FRANCO -SARDINIA.N ALLlANCE.—Considerable sen-
sation was created at Shields on the evening of Tuesday,
when the outward-bound fleet were passing out to sea, in
consequence of the Sardinian barque San Paolo, Revello,
when under weigh, saluting the French brig of war. Aigle,
in Owe harbour, by firing a salute, which of course was
returned, and both ships, in compliment to the union of
their national flags, dipped ensigns; during which the
crews of the two respective ships apparently fraternised, by
their animated .gestures on board their ships. There are
only two Austrian ships in Shields harbour at present, and

it is stated their commanders feel souie difficulty in obtain-
ing freights, in consequence of the war.
Tun NEW BIFOTOP or BANOOR.—The Earl of Derby has
offered the bishopric of Bangor, rendered vacant by the
death of the Right Rev. Dr. Christopher Bethell, to the Rev.
Richard Bonnor Maurice Bonnor, M.A., of Christ Church,
Oxford, canon of St. Asaph, and vicar, of Ruabon, near
Wrexham. The rev. gentleman graduated at Oxford in
1825, when he was second class in mathematics, and third
class in classics. In 1827 he was ordained by the late Dr.
Luxmoore, and, after serving some minor offices in the
Church, he was presented by Dr. Carey, Bishop of St.
Asaph, to the vicarge of Ruabon, which he has held up to
the present time. The rev, gentleman is said to owe his
elevation to the influence of Mr. Gladstone, whose
brother-in-law, Sir Stephen Glynne, is Lord Lieutenant of
Flintshire.

MII4ISTERIAL DIFFICULTIES.--A clergyman in a mining
village notlar from Riccarton, in the course of his pastoral
visits, called at a domicile of a collier in his parish. In-
quiring at the woman he saw, and whom he presumed to be
the \vife, if her husband was at home, she answered—" Deed
na, sir, he's at his wark. " "Is your husband, my good
woman, a communicant ? " "A communicant! He's naething
o' the kind --- he's just a collier !" Astonished at the
ignorance displayed, the clergyman could not avoid ejacu-
lating, " Oh, what darkness !" The collier's spouse,
understanding the language literally, not figuratively, was
also something astonished. "Darkness ! little ye ken o't ;
had ye been here before we got that extra window in the
gable, ye would scarcely hae been able to see your finger
afore you." The pastor sighed; it was his first visitation
of his flock, and their ignorance certainly demanded his
prayers. " I must, my good woman, put up a petition for
you here." " Petition ? petition !--bide: awee ; nae peti-
tions will be put up here sae lang as I am in the house ; but
at the term we're gaun owre to Newbigging, and then ye
may put up as mony o' them as ye like."
MA.NNING THE NAVY.-- On Wednesday, the greatest
excitement still prevailed at the east end of the metropolis,
and the vicinity of the naval rendezvous, Tower-hill, was
surrounded by hundreds of men and lads who were
anions to join the service of her Majesty. A great num-
ber of able seamen were selected by the government
officers as low as five feet ; but landsmen were not received
'under five feet five inches and a half. No lads have been
taken into the service at present, but a day will soon be
appointed to hear the applications of all boys and
youths considered suitable for the naval service. The
bounty money for those already duly appointed will
not be paid until five weeks tabor they have
passed the examination of the chief offiscr: adw
cAut
the government offices in Ratcliff-highway, ,
Wapping, Ratcliff, Limehouse, Blackwall, Deptford, and
Greenwich, able seamen, landsmen, and a vast number of
dock labourers who have been out of work for a consider-
able period, joined the Queen's service under the new
toparthlieamseenvtaeg,
regulations ; and many were taken on board the Crocodile,
lying off the Tower, to undergo the usual training, and to
receive instructions prior to being sent to Portsmouth, Ply-
mouth, and other places, for embarkation. About 500
purpoebeyedethde
agricultural labourers, from the counties of Essex, Bork.
morning, Surrey,
caamnde
• places at the East-end for enlistment, and many -
shire,traks Sent,
yd
cesskl, while others were unable, from
1 were sue-
the number of
applicants, to gain an interview.

COURT Or EXCHEQUEIC--MAT 4

BEFORE THE LORD CHIEF BARON, NiR. EAEbt,.: NaRTIN,

MR. BARON BRAM*ELL, AND MR. BARON CHANNELL.
HICItIB AND ANOTHER v. RoDocAracur....--This was
special case stated by consent for the opinion of the:court.
The real question to be decided was whether the freight in
a substituted ship passes or not. The action was brought
tmondaerpyrttecyt. A
of insurance
agreementuranceaga was iilstthenetdeerefed intondan etthcorwieelOn the
Oaes
yo
ft to Ton ,;eery
etadrccoahhosr
asetrenorm,
soldier
master of a ship called the Sarah Sands and the East India
Portsmouth oausstehngtoer Calcutta,cohyeeadt
taondhehaplafidthwatitshuimin
If4or
Cthoenirpaat en
onethe thirdiPp h ofad thehn wohyo e.
sailedysum
from Portsmouth, and the remaining two-thirds to be paid
after the disembarkation of the troops at Calcutta. If the
ship did not arrive at its destination within seventy days
after sailing from Portsmouth (unless detained by
the perils of the sea), the East India Company
were to be entitled to deduct £3O for each day between the
70th day and the day of arrival. Before-the agreement was
made, Messrs.. Walton end Son, as agents for the shipowner,
insured the vessel, and machinery for £15,000, and the
plaintiffs effected the pol4y upon which the present action
was brought. Messrs. Walton and Son also effected two,
policies on the chartered freight to India, On the 16th
August, 185',1, the ship tock on board 14 officers and 355
men, with five women and five children, of her Majesty's.
61st Regiment, the military authorities refusing to send
more on board,- although the vessel was fittedtto‘ tarry 504
passengers, and on tkat day the ship sailed. Walton and
Son then rendered to the East India Company two accounts,
by which ,they claimed £6,73,3 6s. Bd., being one-third of
the sum for 504 troops, and i'3Bo, being two- thirds ,payable
on behalf of the officers. The company disputed the
amounts, and endorsed upon. the first £4,733 6s. Bd.,
deducting for 144, men short of the complement the ship
ought to have carried, and after deducting £6O for six
days' demurrage, they tendered the balance to the plain-
tiffs, which sum they , accepted' under protest. On the
11th of November,. when the vessel was about 700 miles to
the north-west of the Mauritius, she caught fire, and the
captain with the greatet difficulty-and danger succeeded in

getting her back to the Mauritius, where the- troops were
disembarked. It was found upon an attempt to, repair the
damage that she would cost more money to do•so than she
was worth, and the captain drew up a notice of the
abandonment of her, and forwarded it to the plaintiffs, who
accepted it. On the I 7th of February, 1858, the plaintiffs
gave notice of abando.timent to the underwriters, who de-
clined accepting it, but ultimately some of them, including
the defendant, did accept it. The captain then chartered
a ship called the Clarendon, and forwarded the troops on to
Calcutta, paying for freight £6,197 8s 4d, which sum was
paid by the East India Company to the owners of that vessel,
and the amount deduct!d from the payments they had to
make. After the troops had arrived in India the agents of
the assured made a claim on freight,. and after certain
deductions the claim wag paid and forwarded by a bill at
four months. The case was very fully and elaborately
argued by Mr. Bovill (with whom was Mr; F. M. White)
for the plaintiffs, and Mr.-Colin Blackburn (with whom was
Mr. Wilde) for the defendant. The Lord Chief Baron said
that the Court would take time to consider their judgment,
but he would take the present opportunity of saving, au
opinion in, which all his learned brothers concurred, that it
was seldom the Court had an opportunity of listening to such
able arguments as they had heard from the learned counsel
on both sides.

AT GUILDHALL, BEIPORE MR. BARON WATSON AND A

COMION. JURY.
COPE AND OTHERS V. COREN.—The declaration in this
case alleged that the defendant induced the servants of the
plaintiffs, while under a written agreement with them, to
leave their service and enter into that of the defendant.
The second count charged the defendant with having
harboured such servants, knowing that they were. under a
written agreement with the plaintiffs. The defendant
pleaded not guilty. Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Norman
appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Hawkins and Mr.
Lewis were for the defendant. It appeared that
the plaintiffs, Messrs. Cope and• Co., were cigar-
manufacturers, at Liverpool, and, the defendant,
Elias Cohen, was also a cigar manufacturer, carrying on
business in London. The case-on the part of the plaintiffs
was that, in November, 1857, the defendant came down to
Liverpool, and engaged two of the women whO were under
written agreements with the plaintiffs to come up to Lon-
don and work for him ; the women having left their employs
without notice, the plaintiffs sent a notice to the defendant,
stating the fact of their being their servants, and calling
upon him to discharge them under threat of leg-al proceed-
ings. The defendant did discharge them, but took them
again into his service shortly after-wards. The plaintiffs had
then brought the present action. At the the conclusion of
the plaintiff's case, his Lordship said there was no proof that-
defendant had any wrong intention in engaging the women,
who had represented to him that they were free. The
charge of seducing them away from the: plaintiff's service
entirely failed, but as ho had again taken them into his
service after the plaintiffs' notice there might be something
in the charge of his having.harbourcd them. Mr. Hawkins,
for the defendant, stated that the plaintiffs had, refused to
pay the women's expenses back to Liverpool, and is
consequence they were unable to return. Under those
circumstances the defendant considered himself justified in
re-engaging them. Eventually a verdict was taken by
consent for the plaintiffs, with ls. damages, each party to
pay their own costs, the plaintiffs stating their belief that
the defendant had been misled by the women.

110 W TO PRESERVE THE PEACE OF EUROPE.
The aspect of the Continent
Now fills us with alarms,
When we behold Sardinia, Frazee,
And Austria in arms.
Not that we tremble for ourselves,
Here in.otirhoine sea-girt;
Yet still we would the scourge of war
From other lands avert.
' The skilled u foreign polities
Their brains are racking now
Peace to preserve in Europe
By all means, no matter how.
A General Congress they propose,
By means of which they trust
The various points of difference
To speedily adjust.•
With all respect for such wise heads.
I rather think I can
Propose a much more simple
• And a much less tedious plan.
The self-same plan which I propose,
When India rebelled,•
Which plan was then adopted,
And behold the mutiny quelled.

Let every one who peace desired -
To Kelly quickly hie,
And him beseech each army
With his butter to supply.
On tasting which all thoughts of war
Within each breast would cease,
And every voice break forth in praise
Of butter and of peace.

And tellme, would each hostile host
A whit more glory gain
By struggling like " Kilkenny cats.'
Till tails alone remain ?

• The brilliant suggestion referred to appeared thus, in June.
1857 :

" In re" - greased cartridges—
" The Government should really send to Delhi,
" Some Butter from the celebrated Kelly,"
And.wo all know- what followed.
EDWARD KELLY AND OOMPANY,
THE BUTTER PLACE,

TOP OF

WILLIAMSON-SQUARE,

THE FRENCH CORN MARKETS.—The Echo Agricole says z
—" For the last week the French corn markets have shown
a decidedly upward tendency, and varions reasons are
assigned for that movement. First, an active demand in.
Belgium and England, which are now the principal
customers of France ; purchases made for Marseilles and
the south,; and lastly, the uncertainty of political situation.
'e set aside this last consideration altogether, as the
war does not at present seem likely to have any great
influence on the corn trade. The sea is open for
exports and imports, and we see no gronn4 for antici-
pating any change in that respect. The agglomeratim
of armies takes place in a rich and fertile cpuntry, where
(*ation sup-
the harvest will soon be ready, andtillbtehuzents. It may;
nro.evi b
plies ample means of provisioning the
however, be supposed that the purchases made by England
are stimulated by apprehensions that greater poritical'com-
plications may ensue, and that the present low prices have
induced dealers in that country to iuzrease their stocks.
Prices can scarcely become lower,and besides the possi-
bility of a short harvest, there are'
many causes that may
produce a rise. The English imports of breadstuffs from the
Black Sea and the United States, have been trifling for
some weeks past. It is probabletherefore that the English.
demand will continue in the French markets, and if so,
prices will keep up. The rise in the south of France is owing-
to scanty arrivals at Marseilles, and the smallness of the
stock in the hands of the farmer,, at a moment when the con-
sumption is greatly. increased by the presence of large
bodies of troops. The demand for Algeria is another cause
for the advance. The oorn trade has thus recovered fromt
its prolonged inactivity. In this movement we do notna.ttrih;
bute much influence. to, the demand for Portugal d
existinc, high prices in Spain, which may perhapsopen the
markets of the. peninsula to foreign corn,
nor
thouglt.
)9it.at,ohe flour
cargoes shißed in Dunkirk and Rouen for
eV_t.„
these facts can to produce some trey