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.110 'DAY, AUGUST 10, 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

The trial of Spollen for the murder of Mr. Little
still proceeds, and various opinions are entertained
respecting the verdict, many parties feeling satisfied
that he ought to be acquitted, whilst others as
stoutly affirm that the chain of circumstantial evi-
dence is so complete as to render escape impossible.
We devote considerable space to the proceedings
connected with the trial in this morning's publiei
tion. On Saturday G..orge Jackson underwent the
extreme penalty of the law, in front of th 3 county
gaol at Stafford, for the murder of Mr. Charlesworth
at Abbots Bromley The scene on the scaffold was
truly appallieg, the unhappy culprit struggling
violently, and crying, sobbing, and shrieking i r the
most pitiful manner. The partl.eu'ars of the 1.2-
voli ing spectacle N‘itl be found in another column.
There was a special meeting of the Town Council
on Saturday. In opening the proceedings, his
Worship the M.iyor alluled to the progress made
in arranging the terms of the Mersey G:nservancy
Bill The next matter taken up was the Water
Committee's proceeding-, and the joint reports of
Dr. Smith and Mr. Thomas Spencer, in the course
of which it was stated, in very confident terms, that
the Rivington water can be so filtered as to render it
perfectly clear, and fit for every hous hold purpose.
Mr. Alderman Bennett combatted some of the state-
ments container in Mr. Spencer's report, and con-
tended that the saving to the towu by theintroduction
of the Rivington water was only £5OO during the
half-year. He considered it would be better to go
back to the red sandsteee water, and leave that
from Rivington to the bleachers and others, for
whose use it was intended. Mr. Bennett's remarks
became unpalatable to Alderman Holme, and that
gentleman taunted him with making lengthy and

useless speeches Mr. Jeffery complained that the
Water Committee had not presented a report for
the information of the Council. After several
speeches had been delivered, the preceeding of the
Committee were confirmed. The other business
on the paper was disposed of, and the Council
separated.
There are symptoms of a prorogation of Parlia-
ment. The Observer, of yesterday, informs us that
the ministerial whitebait dinner takes place on
Saturday next, and that her Majesty will, in all
probability, prorogue Parliament on Saturday, the
22nd inst. Mr. Bright has arrived at Tamworth,
and has issued an address to the electors of Bir-
mingham, in the course of which he declares he is
in favour of a reform in the representation of the
people. He views with approbation an extension
of the franchise, and vote by ballot. He also says
that to restore order in India would be a mercy to
that country. The other candidates have retired
from the contest, and in all probability he will have
a walk over. The nomination fakes place to-day.
His address has given general satisfaction.
We now have the authority of a French court
of justice for believing that a real, and not a
hatched, conspiracy was undertaken to take away
the life of the Emperor, for Tibaldi, Bartolotti,
and Grilli, the three individuals who have taken
their trial for the alleged offence, have been found
guilty. Tibaldi has been sentenced to deportation
for the term of his natural life, and will have, no
doubt, to take a journey to Cayenne. In the cases
of Bartolotti and Grilli there appear to have been
extenuating circumstances, and their punishment
is put down as imprisonment for fifteen years.
Bartolotti add Grilli are the prisoners who pro-
fess to have made a confession of guilt which im-
plicates Mazzini and Ledra Rollin, and per-
haps this confession may be the matter referred
to in the way of extenuationg their guilt ; or, pro-
bably, their testimony was believed when they
denied having themselves determined to become
assassins. Tibaldi stood out to the last in denying
all knowledge of any scheme to destroy the Em-
peror. If we can believe the French Constitutionnel
there is a remarkable bit of news from the Russian
capital, namely, that Russia has made an applica-
tion to the Porte, with a view to such a modification
of the Treaty of Paris as would enable her to
employ a larger number of vessels of war to carry
on her present operations on the coast of Circassia
If Turkey accedes to such a proposal, the wonder
will be why the war with Russia was ever under-
taken.

The news from Constantinople is of a serious
nature. Not only has the French Ambassador
broken off diplomatic relations with the Porte, but,
the Russian, Prussian, and Sardinian Ambassadors
have followed his example. This took place on
Thursday, if the telegraph is to be relied on. A
Paris semi-official paper, on the authority of
letters from Vienna, states that the new Turkish
Ministers have declared their willingness to annul
the Moldavian elections; but this is inconsistent
with the subsequent diplomatic rupture. It is also
inconsistent with what we now know of the
character of Mustapha Pacha, the new Vizier, who,
although he may be anxious to conciliate France, is
as much opposed to the union of the Principalities
as Reschid Pacha himself. Indeed, no Turkish
statesman can regard that project with favour. It
is understood that the serious question is at present
under discussion in the private diplomatic con-
ference going on at Osborne.

We find in our latest Constantinople advices
details concerning the progress of events in the
Principalities. At Jassy the return of the exiles
had called forth a popular ovation. The number
of those who had abstained from taking part in the
elections was enormous, the •Metropolitan, whom
Prince Vogorides deposed for it, heading the list,
and thus virtually depriving the newly-elected
Divan of its constitutional president.
_ _

From Madrid we learn that M. Cortini had
finished the pamphlet for the defence of Queen
Christina, which he was some time ago charged to
draw up, and the belief is that it will be published.
The government had received information that
some inhabitants of Cuba had formed the pro-
ject of assisting the filibuster sin a coup-de main,
but from the food spirit of the population, it re-
garded any such movement as without the slight-
est chance of success. The Countes de Montijo.
mother of the Empress of the French, had given a
grand fete to the aristocracy of the capita►.

If the Turin government journals are to be
believed, the reformed movement in the Pontifical
States, excited by the Pope's journey, is rapidly
increasing.

THERE is no evil without some counter.
balancing advantage. Even the terrible losses and
sufferings of war have their mitigations. There
never was a time, perhaps, more favourable than
the present for all military reforms, and especially
for improvement in military education. Lately,
we saw the losses and miseries inflicted on our
brave soldiers in the Crimea through want of
capacity and better mangement on the part of
our superior officers. Since then we have finished
a Persian skirmish, and have on our hands a
Chinese war and a formidable Indian insurrection.
This, then, is not the time to cling to old routine
or perpetuate old abuses. Reforms are impera-
tively demanded in our army and in our
admiralty. And we are glad to say that we
seem in a fair way to obtain many of them. The
system of favouritism and nepotism has received
a severe check through recent revelations of
incapacity. It will be our wisdom to strike
while the iron is hot ; that is, we must carry
reforms while the nation is.warmed and interested
in such matters. Reform might sleep the long,
long sleep of indefinite delay but for the warlike
necessities that now unfortunately command our
attention, and point to amendment. We seem
now to be really within sight of Military Educa-
tional Reform.

Many parties and circumstances have all
concurred to favour this object. A number of
gentlemen Commissioners had drawn up a care-
ful and elaborate report as to the result of their
inquiries into the military system of France,
Prussia, Austria, and Sardinia. It contained
valuable information, and clearly established the
superiority of all these nations in the training of
their higher officers for the army. Popular as it
may be to inveigh against Ministers, and charge
them with all sorti of sinister views and pur-
poses, we must declare our hope and belief that
in the matter of military education, they are, to
a large extent, sincere. It is so visibly the
necessity and the interest of the nation at this
moment to urge forward military reform in every
shape, that no Government could safely resist
the public requirement. Even the aristocracy,
who manage to appropriate to themselves the
most lucrative posts in the army, must be con-
vinced of the same thing, and be borne away in
the current of public feeling. Among several
others who have rendered excellent service,
General EvANs and Mr. SYDNEY HERBERT stand
pre-eminent. The large practical experience of
the fine old General entitled him to speak as one
having authority, and not as those scribes who