The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER. 31 1855,

WORCESTER RACES.—(This Day.)

clinched fish on the side of the head and 'knocked him
down. Before he could get up one of the thieves fell
upon him and rifled his pockets, from which he took
2.25. 6d. in money and a tobacco-box. The prosecutor
called out " Police," and the thieves ran away. Mr. Leitch
immediately proceeded to the station-house in Leman-
street, and gave some information of the robbery and a
description of the thieves. A few minutes afterwards
the prisoners were :apprehended in Lambeth-street,
Whitechapel, by police-constable Deeble, No. 195 H.
The prosecutor at once identified them, and he swore to
Finn alias Fenn (he is called by both names), as the
person who first seized him by the collar. Manning was
standing by at the time.

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WIFE BEATING.—A man, named Beaumont, was
charged before Alderman Finnis with the following
brutal assault en his wife.

In answer to Mr. Yardley, the witness said that he
was quite positive as to the identity of the prisoners.
He could not say which of the four rifled his pockets.
Mr. Yardley asked if the prisoners were known.
Inspector Weakford, of the H division, said the pri-
soners lived in Lambeth-street, which for a long time
had been a notorious receptacle for thieves. Manning
was convicted some time since, and fined 51., for hav-
ing in his possession 50 silk handkerchiefs, suspected to
have been stolen. Finn was the constant associate of
thieves.

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Sarah Beaumont deposed that she was the wife of the
prisoner, and resided with him at 22, Little Britain.
She had been married to him 15 years, and had had
separate maintenance for the last nine years, in conse-
quence of the prisoner leaving her. She had returned
to him about three months. Last evening the
prisoner, who was sober, struck her a violent
blow on the eye, which blackened it, in conse-
quence of his imagining she was conversing in the
kitchen with a man. He then went out, and returned
between 12 and 1 o'clock drunk, and attempted to strike
her with his boot, which she had offered to assist him
to take off, but she evaded the blow. He went to bed,
and asked her to do so, but she refused, saying she was
afraid of him. He promised her if she came to bed he
would not touch her. She went to bed, but shortly
after he seized her by the hair of the head, and
shook her head on the pillow. She got out of
bed and he followed her, swearing he would knock her
teeth out, at the same time giving her a blow in the
mouth, which knocked out four of her teeth. She was
in danger of her life when her husband was in liquor.
This was the first time he had assaulted her.

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Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoners until ,Monday
next, and directed the police to look after the other
thieves. He hoped the case would be completed when
the prisoners were again brought before him.

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OXFORD, OCT. 30.

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In a Convocation, holden this day at two c'clock, the
Rev. Charles Frederick Hayden, M.A., fellow of Corpus
Christi College, and lately presented by that society to
the incumbency of Helmedon, being the adjoining
parish, was elected without opposition to the rectory of
Suttesbury, a living in the patronage of the University.
Tuesday, Nov. 13, is fixed as the day for the election
of a professor to the chair of chemistry, now vacant
by the retirement of Dr. Daubeny.

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The prisoner said he was sorry for what he had done.
It would not have eccurred had not he and hia wife been
drinking, and she having irritated him. He called his
brother as a witness to prove that in the middle of the
day his wife used irritating language to 4im, and
appeared as if she had been drinking.

CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 30.
A LIST OF PERSONS WHO HAVE PASSED
THE EXAMINATION IN THEOLOGY, 1855.

EXAMINERS.

J. A. Jeremie, D.D., Regina Professor of Divinity.
W. Selwin, 8.D., Margaret Professor of Divinity.
E. H. Browne, 8.D., Norrisian Professor of Divinity.
0. Hardwick, M.A., Christian Advocate.
W. C. Mathison, M.A., Trinity College.
J. S. Wood, M.A., St. John's College.
Allison, H., 8.A., Claro Kingdon, J. D., 8.A., Trio.
Bailey, H. R., 8.A., St. Kingsford, F. W., 8.A.,
John's Clare
Baker, H. De Foe, 8.A., Lamb, F. W., 8.A., Pomb.
Jesus Lander, T., 8.A., Corpus
Baker, W. De Foe, 8.A., Loathes, C.H., 8.A., St.
E tumitn. John's
Banhain, W., 8.A., Sidney Logh, J. R.,8. A., St. John's
Barnes, B. C., 8.A., Jos. Little, J. R., 8.A., St. John's
Bather, H. F., 8.A., St. Lloyd, J., M.A., Trin.
John's Loft, J. E. W., 8.A., Corpus
Baty, T. J., 8.A., Sid. Lord, E., 8.A.., Jes.
Beard, A., 8.A., St. John's Mackay, R., 8.A., Sid.
Beaumont, T. G., 8.A., Maclear, G. F., 8.A., Trin.
Magd. Marriott, H. P., 8.A., St.
Beck, A., 8.A., Caine John's

Alderman Finnis said he should like to have some fur-
ther information as to the character of both parties, and
adjourned the case till to-morrow. It was a serious case
knocking out four teeth.

The prisoner said he did not strike his wife violently.
In consequence of her having had a fever he could take
her teeth out with hie finger and thumb, without pain
or difficulty.

The prisoner was remanded.

MARYLEBONE.

DESPERATE ASSAULT ON A LICENSED VICTUALLER.—
J. Connet, a female, well known for her intemperate
habits, was brought before Mr. Long, charged with the
following desperate and outrageous conduct, at the
Shepherd and Flock, High•streot, Marylebone.
Mr. John Cottrell, licensed victualler, and the pro-
prietor of the Shepherd and Flock, said that the previ-
ous evening the prisoner, who was known to him many
years, came and wished to have something to drink.
Ho had directed her never to make her appearance at
his house, and he refused to servo her.
Mr. Long—That was owing to her bad conduct ?

Binns, C. J., 8.A., Oath.
Blagden, H., 8.A., Trin.
Blunt W. R., 8.A., Clare
Boger, W. S., 8.A., Emman.
Boldero, J. 6., 8.A., Corpus
Bolton, J., jun., B.A.,Pemb.
Bousfield, H. 8., 8.A., Caine
Bowlby, C. E., 8.A., St.
John's
Brown, T. 8., B.A.,Emman.
Browne, 5.8., 8.A., Trin.
Browning, H. 8., 8.A.,
Queens'
Bulmer, E., 8.A., Pet,
Burn, W., 8.A., Pomb.
Burnaby, 5.8., B. A.., Christ's
Butler, E. T., 8.A., Caius
Butt, G. H., 8.A., Jes.
Buxton, T., B. A., Corpus
Candy, F. J., 8.A., Emman.
Carnsow, T., 8.A., St. John's
Carter, H. J., 8.A., Clare
Car';er, J., 8.A., Oath.
Christie, J. J., 8.A., St.
John's
Clark, G., B. A., St. John's
Clarke, F. K., 8.A., Clara
Clarke, G. P., M.A., St.
John's
Clay, W. L., 8.A., Emman.
Cleave, W., 8.A., Jes.
Clutterbuck, J. 8., B. A.,Pet.
Colo, W. 8., 8.A., Caius
Collins, J., 8.A., Cath.
Cornwall, d. K., B. A. ,Trin.
Cornford, E., 8.A., St. John's
Craven, S , 8.A., Sid.
Croft, T. C. H., 8.A., Caine
Crossley, T., 8.A., Trin H.
Cawing, J., 8.A., Corpus
Curtis, P. W., 8.A., St.
John's
Daltry, T. W., 8.A., Trin.
Davies, it., 8.A., St. John's
Davis, H. 8., B. A.,St.John's
Densham, J. C., 8.A., Cath.
Davonish, C. W., B.A.,Trin.
Dobede, H. F., 8.A., Maga.
Drawbridge, W. 8., S.C.L.,
Caine
Druco,A. J., B. A.., St. John's
Drury, A., 8.A., St. John's
Du Port, J. M., 8.A., Caius
Edwards, B. K., B-A., Trin.
Elliot, R. W., 8.A., Corpus
Falkner, F. 8., 8.A., St.

Marsden, S.E. B.A. Trin.
Marshall, E. 8.A., Clare
Matthews, J. B. 8.A., Trin.
Metcalfe, G., 8.A., Clare.
Millard, H. S., 8.A., St.
' John's
Milward,H.C.,B.A.,Christ's
Molesworth, S., 8.A., St.
John's
Monkhonse, H. C., 8.A., St.
John's
Monk, W., 8.A., St. John's
Nloorsom, R.H., 8.A., Trin.
Mooyaart, R. J., 8.A., Trin.
Houle, F. J., 8.A., Corpus
Muriel, H. E., BA., Pot.
Mylchreest, H.,B.A.,Christ's
Napier, J. W., 8.A., Trin.
Nelson, Hon. E., M.A.,Trin.
Ninnis, P. A. 8.A., Clare
Pace, J., B.A. Pemb.
Parmenter, A., 8.A., St.
John's
Pearson, A. W.,B.A.,Pemb.
Pearson, J. 8., 8.A., St.
John's
Perry, E.C., 8.A., Caius
Phillips, G., B.A. Queens'
Proby,. H. 8.,13. A.., Trin.
Pyper, R., 8.A., Down
Read, S. G., 8.A., Corpus
Reavly, F. F., 8.A., Trin.
Reynolds, E. M., 8.A.,
Emman.
Roberts, E., 8.A., St. John's
Robertson, C.H., B.A.,Trin.
Rusby, T., B.A. Magd.
Seppings, G. W., 8.A.,
Corpus
Smith, A. F., 8.A., Pemb.
Smith, T., 8.A., Trin.
Smyth, H. M., 8.A., Oath.
Southwell, H.G., B.A.,Trin.
Sowerby, W. J., 8.A., St.
John's
Spencer, M. T., 8.A., CAins
Spurgin, A. D., 8.A., Clare
Stephen, L , 8.A., Trin. H.
Stevenson, E.J., 8.A., Caius
Sundius, J.H., 8.A., Corpus
Taylor, G. W.H., B. A ~ Trin.
Taylor, E. S., BA. Magd.
Thompson, J., 8.A., Pemb.
Thompson, J. E., 8.A., St.
John's
Tickler, J., 8.A., St. John's

Mr. Cottrell—Yes, sir, and he ordered her to leave.
She came again into the house, when he turned her out,
with the assistance of his barman and another person.
She then became very violent, and with a stone smashed
a pane of glass, which cost about Si. He laid hold of
her, but she got away. He followed her, and it was
with great difficulty that he was able to prevent her
from doing him a serious injury.
Mr. Long—Did she strike you ? •
Mr. Cottrell—Repeatedly, sir. She tried to bite me,
and other persons who were assisting me.
Berridge, D 33, sergeant of police, said that when he
had hold of the prisoner she made a desperate struggle
to get away. She threw herself on the ground and
scratched his face. Had it not been for his coat she
would have done him a serious injury.
The prison* was fined Si. for breaking the glass, or
one month in default of payment ; 205., or in default 14
days, for the assault on Mr. Cottrell ; and 10s., or seven
days, for the assault on the policeman.
JUVENILE THIEVES.—Four children, two boys and
two girls, were charged with stealing 421bs. of bolts,
the property of the Great Western Railway. Neither
of the prisoners was above 13 years of age.
Mr. Herring, instructed by Messrs. Maples and Pierce,
appeared to support the charge, and Mr. J. Collard, the
active superintendent of the company, also attended to
watch the proceedings.

Mr. Herring stated that the company were building
an iron bridge near Kensal Green, and that adjoining
there was a heap of bolts intended for the construction of
the bridge. The company have lost a large number of
bolts ; in consequence of which a watch was placed over
the property. It was subsequently discovered that the
prisoners had left a quantity of bolts at a marine-store
dealer's, opposite the Royal Saxon Tavern, Alfred•road,
Paddington. Upon Mr. Collard going there he heard
that about 40th. of bolts had been purchased by the per-
son who occupied the shop. There was no desire on the
part of the company to proceed against the prisoners, as
they felt that they would not have stolen the property
but for the facility afforded by the marine-store dealer
to dispose of them.

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John's
Farmer, J., 8.A., Caius
Farrar, J., 8.A., Trin.
Freeman,W. H.. 8.A., Caius
French, G., 8.A., Queens'
Glynn, A., 8.A., Pet.
Goodall, W., 8.A., Clare
Gordon, R.A., 8.A., Cath.
Grabham, T., 8.A., St.
John's
Green, W., M. A., Trin.
Griffith, G. S., 8.A., Glare
Grindrod, W., 8.A., Trio.
Girling, J. C., 8.A., Caius
Hales, W. A., 8.A., Caius
Hall, C., 8.A., Queens'
Hanbury, A., 8.A., Trin.
Harlock, A. K., 8.A.., Pet.
Harbord, Hon. J., M.A.,
Magd.
Harrison, E., 8.A., Trio.
Haynes, R. J., 8.A., Caius
Headland, E., 8.A., Caius
Hollier, T., 8.A., St. John's
Hughes, J., 8.A., Emman.
Hutchinson, C. P., 8.A.,
Trin.
Jackson, W. H., 8.A., Trin.
Jeffcoat, T., 8.A., Trin.
H. P., 8.A., Oahu

Tinnisood, W., 8.A., Clare
Tipper, J. G., 8.A., Emman.
TJWIIe, E. J., 8.A., Trill.
Tweed, J. 8., 8.A., Corpus
Va3ey, F. G., 8.A., Trin.
Wainwright, C. H., 8.A.,
Trin.
Ward, A. H., 8.A., Pemb.
Ward, A.R.,8.A., St. John's
Ware, W. W., 8.A., Jes.
Wasse, G., 8.A., St. John's
Wasse, 11. W., 8.A., Magd.
Watson, F., 13. A., Cains
Watson, F. F., 8.A., Caius
Watson, J. W., B.A.,Queens'
Westerraan,E.,B.A.,Queens'
White, H. S., 8.A., Jos.
Whitley, T., 8.A., Liman.
Williams, A. 11., B. A., Clare
Williams, E. V., 8.A., St.
John's
Wilson, J.E., 8.A., Emman.
Winstanley, C. 8., S.C.L.,
Jes.
Winterbottom, E., 8.A.,
Christ's
Wood, A., 8.A., Trin.
Wood, M., 8.A., Cath.
Yeats, G., 8.A., St. John's

After hearing much evidence the prisoners were dis-
charged, and a summons was ordered to be issued against
the marine store dealer, whose name is Meekes, for the
unlawful possession thereof.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Oct. 31.—Wind this day
at noon, N.E. ;
fresh, with rain.

(PER ELECTRA° TELEGRAPH.)
Sormi.amProN, Wednesday Mowing.
Arrived—Argyll (s), from Carentan ; Charlotte, Guern-
sey ; Malcolm Brown, Sunderland ; Aufgahende Sonne,
Neustadt ; Atalanta (s), Havre.
Sailed—Transit (a), for Jersey ; Ondine, (s,), London ;
Marco Polo, Naples.
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning.

Wind, N.N.E.
Sail: d—Magrico, for Lisbon ; Paul and Edmond, Ant-
werp ; Lion, Calcutta ; Martha, Demerara ; William
Stanley, Tampico.

QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 29.

Wind N.W.W.
Arrived—Esther, from Tornatin ; Gleaner, Lady Louise,
and Margaret Ann, Callao ; Edward Johnston, Mauritius ;
Acadian, Quebec ; Betsey, Syra ; Camihence, Saffi ; Uni-
corn, Moulmein.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPTI.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.52 a.m.
Wind N.E. ; tide, four hours ebb ; cloudy.
Arrived, Oct. 30.—London, from Gothenburg ; Edges
Minds, Memel; Maria, Pitea ; Heinrich George, Ske-
leftea ; George, Danzic ; Stag, Brussels; William Septi-
mus de Soptimo, Antwerp ; Elizabeth Sophia, Dorbak.
Arrived, Oct. 31.—Traveller, from Ostend.
Sailed, Oct. 30.—El Tade, for Lisbon ; Duchess of
Northumberland, Adelaide.
Sailed, 31st.—Dolphin, for St. Michael's.
DEAL, Wednesday, 9.40 a.m.

Wind, S.S.W.; moderate.
Anchored.—R.onochan, from London, for Mobile ; an
English min-boat, from the eastward.
Passed'.—Chrysolite (supposed), from Foochoofoo, for
London.
The hull of the Albert still remains on the sands.

M47110a NEWS.—(This Day).

CORN EXCHANGE.

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Although the supply of English wheat on sale in to•day's
market was very moderate, the demand for all kinds ruled
very inactive, at Monday's decline in the quotations.
The imports of foreign wheat have been only 2,270 qrs.
Importers generally were firm in their demands, and prices
were supported. The business doing, however, was trifling.
Floating cargoes of grain were quite as dear as last week.
Fine barley realised very full prices; but inferior parcels
commanded scarcely any attention.
Malt was tolerably firm, at late rates.
We bad a slow sale for oats, at barely stationary prices.
Beans, peas, and flour as on Monday.

Wheat.
triglish .. 2,610
Irish ..••
Foreit,a 1 2,270

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Barley. Malt.
1,650 559
J ...,

Oats. lo
I Fur.
,220
5,430
1610 eks.
6,290 I —brit

BOROUGH HOP.
o continue to have a very inactive demand for all
W
kinds of hops, at barely stationary prices. Duty, 35J,000/,

WHITECHAPEL.
from 3s 2d to
The trade ruled heavy, as follows : —Beef,
4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; veal, 3s Bclto 4s led pork, 3s
10d. to 5s 2d per 81be by the carcase.

a great deal of
TRIES/MAE. —The High Court ofp Cr.htyanfcoorrayn,
illanfrilnlgaey"
last, granted an injunction against a
ment of the Trieeemar pa,tent i.nedicine, which has a
ondent.
world-wide reputation. It is said
.that hnrfu
discovery will be the mean? of saving
misery to suffering hurnanity.—Corresp

THE MURDER OP MISS HINDI".

The quarter sessions foi• the Belturbot division of
the county Cavan was opened at Bailyconnell on
Thursday, by Mr. P. M. Murphy, the Chairman.
The court was unusually crowded. The learned
gentleman addressed the grand jury as follows :
,‘ Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Grand Jury
I deeply regret lam unable to repeat on this occasion
those congratulations on the peaceable condition of the
district which I have had so much pleasure in address-
ing to you for a considerable time back. I regret it the
more because there is but one solitary case for your in-
vestigation during these sessions ; this, however, only
proves what experience has long taught us, namely,
how fallacious a criterion the calendar, either at sessions
or assizes, affords of the condition of society which
exists among us ; and how strikingly exemplified has
this observation been by the appalling event which has
taken place ! It is a matter of notoriety that some
years back this part of the country was in a fearful
state of disorganisation, arising, as we all know, from
the secret proceedings of an illegal confederacy but
too well and too familiarly known as the Riband
Society. However, from the almost complete disN)-
, pearance of those crimes usually denominated agrarian
outrages, in common with yourselves T had shared
the hope that a sound state of society had been perma-
nently established. Is it permitted us still to indulge
those pleasing hopes, or must we join in the apprehen-
sions of those who tell us that under this smooth and
tranquil surface there still runs that treacherous under-
current which bears along in its poisonous course the
seeds of crime, of desolation, and death 'I God forbid
that by any word of mine I should prejudge a case which
may yet, I trust, undergo a solemn judicial investiga-
tion ; nay, so far, indeed, from doing so, I would fain
hope that this surpassing crime, which has just affrighted
the heart of every man in the community, is an isolated
case, and has no connection with a more extended com-
bination. But if, indeed, the fears of many should prove
to be true, and the dreadful crime is symptomatic of a
return to those evil days to which I have adverted, then
should I say, Woe betide this unhappy and devoted
district.' I have already said I shall abstain from allu-
sion to the circumstances of-this case ; but having had
a long experience, both at the bar and on the bench, of
the disastrous consequences springing from those illegal
confederacies, I can speak with something like authority
on this subject ; and, therefore, I think it not out of
place on this occasion to raise my warning voice, and
to supplicate every man whom my words may reach
to consider deliberately the character, the objects,
and consequences of this Riband confederacy. In-
quire, then, in the first instance, of any man, the
oldest and the most experienced in the community,
if he can point out one single benefit arising to any
human being from this association. Now, let this
question be fairly considered and canvassed in a candid
spirit, and I pledge my experience there will be but one
answer, and it is this—that misery, and misery alone,
has been the result. Let us next examine the object of
these associations. That object is clearly this—by the
influence of terror and intimidation to establish an au-
thority paramount to the law of the land, and, through
the instrumentality of this machinery, to deter men from
prosecuting their rights, whether for the recovery of
lands or rents, or the execution of any legal process in
connection therewith. This I conceive to be a succinct
but perfectly accurate description of their objects. Now,
suppose for a moment that these confederacies had even
a temporary success ;isitto be bel eyed that a-1y man
having the power to cast his fortunes in any part of the
world out of Ireland would remain among us ? What,
then, would be the inevitable result t Why, that all the
evils of absenteeism which are so generally deplored
would be aggravated tenfold ; rents would be collected—
of course they would—by the agents of absentees, and
enf reed with increased vigour ; all avenues and ap-
proac:ies to the proprietor would be shut up, he would be
far away in a distant land, while the poor cultivator,
bound down by necessity to the soil, would be compelled
to struggle on in adversity and distress, unregarded and
unpitied ; and to complete the picture of this misery,
in no respect overdrawn, all these calamities would fall
indiscriminately on the innocent as well as the guilty.
Now, mark well, this is the result of the Ribandrnan's
success—his complete success. Let us now turn to
the consequences of his failure. He has brought
down the vengeance of the law upon his district ; he
has stimulated the activity of every magistrate and
policeman around him ; he has compelled the Govern-
ment to put forth all the terrors of the law, and, if these
are found insufficient, he has induced the Parliament to
forge new fetters for the Irish peasant. He it is who
has revived the Coercion Acts, the Arms Acts, the In-
surrection Acts, the Whiteboy Acts ; in fact, he it 'I
that has drawn forth the sword that has long remained
rusty in the scabbard, to fall upon the devoted heads of
his countrymen. Then, let him count the gains. He
has turned the heart of the landlord against the tenant,
of the tenant against the landlord ; the kind and affec-
tionate regard he has converted into the averted look of
mutual distrust, and then, perhaps, he terminates his
guilty career by becoming the informer against those
very associates in crime whom he first seduced and after-
wards betrayed. Is this an exaggerated picture, or is
it the experience of every man among us ! Trace the
career and progress of the youthful Irish peasant who
has been seduced into these illegal associations, and is
met, perhaps, at some gathering or dance by some
artful knave, who, at the very moment the unconscious
boy consents to take the unlawful oath, is gloating over
the price he will receive for his betrayal. How many
and many an artless lad has thus been inveigled !
His youthful vanity is first flattered by being enrolled,'
as Ribandmen call it, in this association. His young
heart would then have recoiled at the bare con-
templation of murder, but soon, through the vile
companionship of wicked and dissolute associates,
he becomes familiar with crime, the barriers of vir-
tue are broken down, and, step by step, he descends in
the paths of guilt. He is afraid either to advance or
retire ; he is oppressed with terror at every step he
hears, and at length he terminates a wretched existence
either by the hands of the hangman or the assassin.
Who, then, that has a heart to feel, or a tongue to give
the feeling utterance, will not join me in imploring all
men to unite in crushing in the bud the reviving efforts
of this hell-born coefederacy ? Away with all recreant
fear, and, still more, all guilty connivance. Ido not
appeal to those higher sanctions which, I doubt not,
have been, and will continue to be, inculcated upon the
hearts of the people by their spiritual instructors. They
will tell them, no doubt, that from the day of the first
murderer the wrath of the offended God has ever pur-
sued the footsteps of the assassin. I purposely abstain
from alluding to the circumstances connected with the
outrage upon the hapless lady who now lies almost in
view of this court a lifeless corpse. The sad story of
Charlotte Hinds has reached every corner of the earth.
She, poor mangled and mutilated victim, has just been
released from the indescribable agonies of her seven
deadly wounds; her bruised spirit has been summoned
before that dread tribunal where one day assuredly she
will be confronted face to face with her ruthless mur-
derers. There is, however, one caution which I desire
to circulate far and wide, it is this—that every man
or woman who harbours" or conceals, or assists in
any way whatever in the escape of the murderers,
does, in fact, by so doing become an accessory to the fact,
or, in more intelgible language, an actual party to the
murder ; and I have reason to know that the Govern-
ment is intent on hunting out and punishing to the ex-
tremity of the law any man who harbours or conceals
the assassin. Let every man, therefore, use his best
exertions to bring those wretches to justice. In this
way, and this only, can you wipe away the stain which
has been cast upon this district, by the perpetration of
an outrage which, I will say, amid all the dark and dis-
mal records of Irish crime, stands forth without a
parallel."
This address was listened to with breathless
silence, and produced a profound sensation. At
the conclusion of its delivery the grand jury and
magistrates presented an address to the learned
Chairman, and requested a copy of his charge, as
they considered its publication would be attended
with the most beneficial results. The interest of
the proceedings was heightened by the fact that
during the delivery of the learned Chairman's charge
he coroner was holding his inquest in the imme-
Hate neighbourhood on the remains of the unfor-
tunate Charlotte Hinds.

BATH THEATRE.—The performances at this establish-
ment, both on Saturday and Wednesday, were well at-
tended. On the first-named night, after the drama of
Susan Bopley, which seems to retain its full amount of,
interest with a largo class of "the patrons of the stage"
in this city, there was presented a military spectacle en-
titled the Fall of Sebastopol. With the characteristic
energy which distinguishes the management, Mr.
aChuute,
no doubt, contemplated an amusement which choiltd.
satisfy the cravings of the public appetite in the pr
excitable period ; so far as scenery, machinery,.o..o,tuasetoe:
to
be
and stage effect were concerned, nothing was 1 ft
desired. But though an exhibition of this kind [eight
receive, as it would deserve, universal
elsewhere, people expect stage iepr e
exernplia_
witness the development of some plot,re public ta applause
t
Stocqueler,
cation of character. The author, Pico his own talents,
has scarcely done justice, however,
in allowing this evidently There are some cha-
h.saiosuyvers'ketch to be put upon
the stage without some revision.
,
meters so unreal—the sentitinmeteitai navvy for instance—
thatt with condign excision
and others seem to be bur-
lesques we regret they had nroar,
at the hands of the
their being
intended to be FO ; whilst it
without thei
indulgentyplot
in the pieces. The scena.erg,
would require a ko.ectr,i,
especially Sebastopol by moonlight,
thing approaching
it wag, esp
capital as
and the views of a Trench and Battery therefore
scarcely saved the piece fromfailure, which is the more
to be regretted since the expense indulged in by the lib°.
t must
make a serious inroad
rality of the inanagemen
the treasury. On Wednesday, Madame Celeste
auti:drikir. B. Webster. were the great attraction, and well
did they sustain their well-earned reputation as leading
artistes in their peculiar walk of the drama. The first
piece, Janet Pride, is a drama of intense interest, ex-
hibiting vividly the awful effects of the vice of drunken-
nes,i. Truly might the stage be made a school for
morals, were people only willing to be taught. The
career of Richard Pride is a homily more powerful than
a score of sermons, or of ten score teetotal disquisi-
tions. The after piece was /The Pretty Girls of Stilberg,
so well known for the opportunity it affords Mr. Web-
ster of exhibiting his extraordinary portraiture of the
Emperor Napoleon. The general applause by which
the audience testified their satisfaction was the best evi-
dence both of the merits of the pieces and of the actors.
To-night Madame Celeste and Mr. Webster will appear
again,
a
again, in two popular dramas, when we have no
Journal.
no d
large audience will be again assembled.
Da. EASTON.—Mr. Easton, surgeon in the navy, who
was taken prisoner at Hango, arrived in Edinburgh, of
which he is a native, on Thursday.