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London, England, 1855-12-31 00:00:00

•...LONDON, THE SUN, MONDAY EVENIY CI, DECEMBER 31, 185 5.
;ket for their toil, all tends to give impulse to general Naval and Military Intelligence, ( ____ -
THE SCANDINAVIAN UNION. T FIE CHARGE OF MURDER AGAIWST him. He also pushed Mary Ann Parker. I fell down four Country Markets.
Spirit of the Public Journals. k -trade, and to cause a more rapid circulation of each in
1 ' -those commodities which form the more immediate staple stairs in consequence of the push he gave me. He then
sita- AN INNKEEPER. I 4e,
..—....—.....--
went along the passage to No. 6 bed-room. Ho did not
(From the Times of this day.) of holyday traffic.
.Higho prices for food and the great The steam-transport. Great Britain, Capt. Gray, ar- A Norwegian, writing to a contemporary, says : —.nos_
say why he was following Mrs. Beardsmore about. When HADDINGTON CORN MARKET—Dna. 28.
against the business of rived at Spithead yesterday morning from the East. She "Recent events in the North have shown that the ab- NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Dec. 29.—We stated on Wed- I I spoke to him he only said, " Don't talk to me," or waiver. BARLBY OATS. BRAN..
For the campaign which is soon to ctosm.mensce ' dearth of breadstuffs act much
in the the country, and yet it is wonderful how well the masses left Constantinople at 7 p.m., on the 11th inst., and on sorbing interest which has hitherto been concentrated nesday that Mr. Joseph Henry Beardsmore, landlord of , " Got away." He then seemed in a great rage. I did not First 92s Od 4,13 6d 33s Od 50s OJ
the British have about 30,r3° bayonets
and have battled' with on the transactions of the South, has not rendered the the Railway Hotel in Neville-street, in this town, was hear any doors broken open while he was downstairs. Second 77s Od 40s 6d 298 7d 435 64
Crimea. The addition of Cavalry, Artillery, . such difficulties, and. how much the the 12th brought to in the Dardanelles, a strong gale
Western Powers unmindful of the importance or into- in Od 318 Od 26s 6d 41v 6a
non-combatant bodies make up at least another El circumstances of the careful. and energetic men of labour
„ blowing from W.N.W. ; she left on the 13th at 8 p.m., rests of Scandinavia. Much, nevertheless, remains to be •in the custody of the police, charged with the wilful The door of No. 6 bed-room was unlocked. He Jess Third
Wing to believe that correct informs- ' murder of his wife by throwing her out of the window, ' went in there and then came out. He then went into No. Total quantity of wheat in market, 464 qrs., 441 601 a.
respectable army, q have been improved during the last twelve months.
20,000 Englishmen.
E_atngland has hitherto' 1 • The Dublin Evening Post observes :—"All descrip- and on the 14th passed a large steamer standing to the done, and lam I and subsequently, upon some exculpatory evidence cont- 7. This room door was locked, and he burst it open by
PIP ,P barley tO
483750
qqrsre..; 74050b1
Perhaps larger than anyTwhilisieihs
lions of farming produce still realise very good prices. eastward ;on the 16th, at 7 p.m., she anchored in Va- tion regarding the se northern. lands will not b. e a matter in gto the knowledge of the magistrates, that he had main force. He ran up against it. He was not shouting OP PP oats ~,457 sold
sent forth. But the duties of he present age are
of indifference m the English people. It is therefore
beans 77 qrs., 57 sold
Potatoes, in comparison with other kinds of food, are letta harbour, and at midnight on the 18th left ➢Malta ; been enlarged upon giving 2,0001. bail. We stated that, at that time. As he came out of that room we hear., a
11 11
not to be measured by the achievements of the past.
still rather moderate, notwithstanding the large quanti-that, with your kind indulgence, I now propose to ad- :
on the 20th she passed the screw steam-transport Golden those •strike .n consequence of the various versions of the tragical oc- loud crash proceeding from downstairs'. I said,
." Oh, AVERAGES PER 'uric-I%IAL QUARTER.
currence which were afloat, we purposely abstained from dear l" and he then rushed
vert to some of points that me as most ref
past me downstairs. I did not Wheat, 3/. 17 0 7-12ths 1 Barley, ..21.. 0 6 7-12 the
With the increased wealth and population of em- ties exported to England. We learn from Belfast that
Fleece, from Malta, in lat. 37 45, long. 8 45, and the
• must
pires war be waged on a larger scale. Th
---e large lots of potatoes have been purchased in the markets feeling the present juncture of affairs. entering into details until an investigation should be made follow him. Mary Ann Parker was with me all this time. Oats, ... 11, 9 7 7-Piths I Beans, ..... 21. 3 6 1.1205
nation to which we are opposed, though poor, and in that quarter for shipment to the Crimea, at rates Niagara steam-ship in the same latitude ;on the 23d she "In your remarks on the Northern alliance you have, : and witnesses were examined. The adjourned inquest A servant called Jernima Dixon was also on the stairs.
dwelling in, with little means of varying from 60s to 655, per ton. It is now manifest signalled the ship Annie, in
avast . .
05 h 5 .
lat. 37 7, long. 51 E. ; on with the greatest impartiality, shown that if such States
0 9as Norway and Sweden are drawn into the war, and to ' was held by Mr. Stoker, the borough coroner, yesterday She came upstairs just before he broke the door open. DA.LKEITH GRAIN MARKET—DEC. 27.
communication, is yet successful in despatching to that the produce of last years crop in this country must the et, at a.m., passed Gibraltar ;on the -9th, at afternoon. Mr. B. Blackwell, barrister, attended on be- She had been in bed. She remained with me until my Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
be erected into a barrier against the future aggressions of' half of Mr. Beardmore, and cross examined the wit- uncle went downstairs, after we heard the crash. Ire- 430 Wheat .........80s Od
every frontier large bodies of men, generally have been most abundant.' a.m., signalled the st eam-transport No. 92 (Thames). Russia, they from that moment become entitled to re- mews.
27s Od to 28:0(81
trained soldiers, and always commanded with skill A VACANT DISHONSIO.
The Great Britain has brought home Major Campbell, ceive such an accession of strength, or other such gua- , mined upstairs till I heard from Mr. Lambet, butcher, 1788 Oats . 38s Od Od
Robt. Elliott, a police-constable at the Westgate eta- that my aunt had fallen out of the window ; that was a 933 Barley 43s Od oos Od
and resolution. Our allies have exerted themselves The mitrp(ll7ld at the disposal of the Court of Rome
30th Regiment ; Lieut. Massey, 30th Regiment, in com- rantees, as may enable them to anticipate the nevenge of
445 Od
by the death r. Halt', titular of Leighlin and Ferns, lion, said—About 4 o'clock on Saturday morning last I few minutes after I heard the crash. I followed him 59 Peas & beans 51s Od
to raise their army to a high standard in numbersmend of invalids ; Lieut. Rycroft, 31st Regiment ; their powerful neighbour without alarm.
25s Od to 26a Od
has not yet found a wearer. Three names, accordieg to
"As a means of giving these kingdoms additional was on duty in Neville-street, and heard a noise as of a downstairs into the passage leading from Neville-street
and efficiency, and although we may not desire to Lieut. Bellamy, 55th ; Lieut. Wyse, 34th ; Bripdier-
ABERDEEN—Dee. 28.
the ordinary practice, were long since submitted to thefemale voice shouting, and apparently in great distress to Westgate street, and found my aunt lying there, rival them, the British force should be proportion-
Holy See, but up to the present day no bull has reached General Gunther e • Cataro Hawker and Aseistant- trength much tress has blen laid upon the restoration in the passage way of the Railway Hotel. I also heard a having apparently fallen through the glass roof. My Potato oats ately increased, and we should not seem, even to Ireland confirming Ow appointment of the Very Rev. Surgeon Calman,P oi the Turkish Contingent ; Staff- of Finland to Sweden.. t has been urged that thus man's voice shouting "Let the lie." I supposed uncle was there, and also a policeman. Since I have Common oats
urgeon Summers and Mr. Wilkinson, hospital dresser, man thousand square miles would be interposed between
Bore 37s Od to 378 6d
the hasty observer, to have merely despatched to Dr. Walsh, president of Carlow College, who was by the the voice to be Beardsmore s. He shouted thege words have been here my aunt has had a violent coligh rid cold 1531bs
in charge of invalids ; Surgeon Stewart, 92d ; As- her many
the aggressor, and a million and a half of inhabi- Barley 37s Od to 37s fig the East a contingent to act with the French ar- choice of the parish priests declared dignissimus. Theonce or twice. I knocked at the passage loot, and in a, except that she has been going about and in :e usual sistant-Surgeon Bradshaw, 50th • Deputy-Assistant- tents added to her population, while the Autocrat would Wheat, red (spring)64s Od to 68s Od.
1621bs
miss. The German regiments have arrived in the bull is store than a fortnight overdue, and some persona
Commissary M‘Gillivray, of the 'Field Train Deart- lose the only part of his empire* that can supply him few minutes the door was opened by Joseph H. Beards health. My uncle and auu had a quarrel about a
f t white ..
Bosphorus, and will be ready for service when attribute the delay to a disinclination on the part of the men. ;
t 140 military and 14 naval invalids from various with sailors for his fleet, and would be deprived in th© more, the landlord of the public house, with the key. I month ago. I never saw Lima trike her. On that morn -
Oatmeal 21s 6d to 22g 6,1 per boll.
operations are resumed. The raising of this body Sovereign Pontiff to ratify the election of Dr. Walsh.
regiments and ships, 3 women, and 4 children. Finnish fortresses of a means of offence he has long been went forward into the P and saw the deceased, ins both had had drink. They were on good terms
passage
Flour —s Od to 62s Od per sack.
}4olbe per bushel
Mrs. Beardsrnore, lying on her back, about 10 or 12 when I went to bed at 2 o'clock. My uncle was in the
of men was the object of an early session last year, The steam-transport Calcutta, No. 195, Capt. Black- preparing at a vast expense. But, weighty as these con- PROVISION' MARKET.
yards from the door. I shined my light, and saw that news-room, and my aunt in the bar. I don't know
and the measure caused a feeling akin to shame more, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning. She em- eiderations are, their true value must alwaysdepend upon Beef, per lb
GENERAL ORDERS OF THE CRIMEAN her head was cut in several places. I asked her what which room my aunt went to when she ran away. The
throughout the country. It is useless to revert fur- barked at Heligoland on the 25th instant, Lieutenant- the degree of sympathy still retained by the FinlandersMutton, per lb 6d to 8d I Eggs, p doz. is Od to
then to the past •; but we should not lose sight of ARMY. Colonel the Hon. J. Jocelyn ; Lieutenants Berg, Tolet, for their old sovereignty. Now, the accounts derived had done that, and she said Beardsmore had pushed her window of No. 7 bedroom is above, but not
out of the window. Beardmore was standing by at the above, the window out of which I suppose my aunt had
directly Voal, per lb 6d. to 9d Hens, p pair 3s 6d to 4s oct
Pork, per 5t...5s 6d to ris 9d Chickens,do.2s Od to 2s 6d
the fact that it must be by British soldiers chiefly ...____4____ and Rust ; Assistant-Surgeon Schnter, of the 2d (Rifles) from those who have had the best opportunities of time dan heard the reply she made. He seemed in a fallen. 6d to 9d I Butter, p lb. Os 10d toiss 16,1d1
Salmon, per lb Os to Ss Ducks, do., 28 6d to 38 Od
that the British name and power are to be sup- Head quarters, Sebastopol, Dec. 11, 1855, battalion of the British German Legion, 32 cavalry re- making themselves acquainted with the feelings; of the
crusts of ditto, 425 Rifle ditto, and Sapper and Miner Fins tend unquestionably to prove that they are gene- very excited gtat and when deceased said this he threw Two other surgeons were examined, who gave similar ported. It is equally true that there exist within No. I. All requisitions for transport made to the out his arms and'sat.l hew was ruined. and persecuted testimony as to the cause of death. ditto • also Assistant-Commissary General Major Capt. rally opposed to return to any incorporation with Tallow,
11))esrtobnr:,c6e,
Lid Oa
6tos :(1 I.&ilic,l3iyz:
a, dcohos: Odt; d ttec.o4, Mod
these islands the materials of a force much Director-General shodld be sent to the office of the Ae- man. Hethen ran' to the door and into the street, and Mary Ann Parker, a niece of Mrs.Beardsmore, under- • Potatoes, pr pock, 6d to 7d Geese, do., 4s Od to 5s 'ld
larger than that which has been collected from Sweden.
Weldy ere, of the sth Regiment British German Legion; e
sistant Director-General of Transport, before 2 p.m., and Mr. Howard, of the Engineers ; all of whom she a But the political combinations of the North also ad- shouted "Policeman come in and take me take me." went a, long examination. Her evidence was to the same Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.BoB,ol
to 10,E
abroad. While our army requires reinforcements the day previous, replies to these requisitions being disembarked at Folkestone on Saturday last, and thence mit of another arrangement for imparting addition 1 During 'this time I was' raising deceased from' the floor. effect. . . . Eggs, wholesale price, per dozers
in the Crimea, there is at home a superabundant
then obtained by those who make them. The commis- proceeded to Spithead for further orders,
be . strength to what may be not inaptly termed the barrier A person came off the street when I went into the pas- Mary Ann Vary, the cook, gave similar evidence with RETAIL PRICES.
force. The Militia, though still below its cons- • - - • of Three more floating batteries are ordered to built kingdoms. These means exist in the invitation to Den- sage, and accompanied me to where the deceased lay, regard to what she heard and saw before and after her
sariat is authorised to issue 4 cwt. coals to every
OS LOOS 10d
and there was a man, who I thought was a sailor, in the' mistress fell through the window. She said that her inis-
plement, is in such strength that all the bar-immediately by contract, two in
.Scotland and one on mark to take her place with Norway and Sweden in the ,111b.—Oss
1 officer in command of a brigade of the Land Transportpassage, and only a few yards from the deceased at the tress was full 20 minutes lying in the passage before they Berenice' .... Om 0(1 to 2s 2(1 per lb 2d to 213
racks are more than full, and regiments are put the Thames. They are to be similar to the e tpa, now Scandinavian Union. While this would add unques-OFlaottmireal 00;d1 ton 352 44(c1,, Ba,r,leydfluositt,r, 141b.08 to 2s4d
Corps 'aavng a forg.
time. The sailor appeared to be tipsy. The sailor and went to her assistance. They were frightened to go down. Peascumal... Os Od to 2s 10i1 Sis'l's,
in billets or sent to Ireland, merely to get rid of being built at Chatham, the Chesapeake, nefsov
..4. I,.ff Pnricannilia tionable strength to the alliance, it would be one of the
No. 2. Brevet-Major Brice, 17th Regiment, is ap-
scre'7 50-gun frigate, will be ready in all respects rthe other man assisted to lift the deceased from the Robert Spence, a policeman, said that upon coining 4-Ib. 10af...10d. 2-Ib. 10af...5d.
them. These men are now for th. most part 8.31- point,..a :-..,........t0r of rmisketry +,, che Ist Brigade 2(lheaviest blown. that could be inflicted upon Russia,— ground. Beardsmore also came up. While we were down stairs after seeing deceased on Saturday morning Cheese, per imperial stone, 3s to 3s. 6d.
diers ; they have had as much training as thousands Division, vice Capt. Kassa, 3d Regiment, prevee.eo o, I seelennetsheeveearrnlyanodarrt
oolfctFleeitrrime
, greater, possibly, than the loss of. Finland. It would taking deceased into the house she repeatedly charged he spoke to Beardsmore. Witness said it was a pity that
who are sent to the Crimea, and are net inferior in illness from fulfilling the duties. ....-.11,..-.4- ""der one head thsee nations, whose historical her husband in
his presence with having thrown her out a job like that had happened. Beardsniore replied, "Not _ . -
age and strength. Each costs as much as a regular No. 3. The following officers have been appointed to on Saturday—the former for Southampton and the latter
for Deptford. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Geyser, Corn- traditions and internal constitutions aua ...i.0.:r......;,-,,,
-c
.r
the encroachments of R equally proclaim resistance to - 41..
`"..dow., He replied that he had caught Barron at all ; it would have been a good thing if the
soldier, yet, while we are looking for men over two act as field officers, and may draw field allowance and
mender Dew, was taken int dock at Portsmouth yard sia,—three nations, separately weak, but if united by we
and her on the stairs toeether Tile •1 101 l i
against Beardsmore. The end 1:2 th:PETrarr
bad got inside the do'' and" said he 1(1`)” when knocked her neck out.
11,.!-;iseinore e vi d iai•
said
that
fortho c int!,
continents, the great resources of our own country forage accordingly,e from t Nov.mlB 1855 :—Brevet Maj rs
urit 'r, 47th Re imet:t; S°ar- on Saturday to as
The odee steam-transport left their geographical position forming a natural cordon on
are unwisely neglected. It is perhaps an evil that, Villiers, 47th it, gun" me 5 g Portsmouth on Saturday for the eastward, conveying ot c . Coroner s he would agate journ to give the morning—despatch.) v the night—and Mby
gent,
95th Regiment; Hon. E. Massey, 9 t Regiment; the North that Russia would be unable to break through, man carried deceased upstairs
since the enlistment for the Militia and the Line .supernumeraries. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Fire Queen, This idea is by no means novel. For a considerable period w„e to her bed-room. As we the police an opportunity of bringino the sailors who
14" who is a cabinet-maker in Clayton-street, comino down. concludeiettl(i)e iicioqtt!:rsit tht.winfuelticthyteztsiiunsatisfactory (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General rest -0104
Day whorl tna 1, .tv • gym, ~,.. wns,
are both voluntary, the recruiting sergeant for the LUonteur, Coldstream Guards ; Preston, 44th Regi-
Mr. W. F. Paul, Master Commanding, having been re- it has been mooted by the politicians of the three kin going up the stairs we met the man called Barron, hal o S •d . - t'
'in General Post- fen due n
inept ; Hon. H. Keane, Royal Engineers ; Evart, do. ;
COUNTRIta Militia is a rival rather than an assistance to hisfitted, went out of Portsmouth harbour on Saturday to darns. It was first developed by the students of the Uni-Omer:, London.* Dispstehe . Emland.
--....-........
Gordon, do. ; Montagu, do. ; Deshon, 48th Regiment ;
She said she would not have any but her own doctor might be that the account they bled given was a correct tmer ea • • -
I requested him to go fora doctor, and he7did so. mates of the house were not s aeakin the truth ;it —- _
comrade of the Line ; but, as the ballot can only
Cooke, Royal Engineers ; Nicholson, do. ; Rankeu, try her engines, &c.
I (hyPrit pacioN Every r rid" •• • • Liverpool Dec. 31
be resorted to in times of urgent peril, the Govern- do. ; Maynard, nth Regiment ; Stevens, do. ; Fraser, An order has been received from the War Depart- andve varsities i tearlies yo ft
aken Christiania,
u p a n d Ueagerly
Lunddisen e
eed and
byC otsn
11
)iar,_;
feet; ~
—Mr. Clark. Beardsmore seemed to be in quite an one substantial) but still there were some arts thatl
•• • • - -- - - Liverpool ~. Jan. A
inept must make the best of the present system. Scots Fusilier Guards, meet by the Commandant of Chatham garrison that an sional politicians of the three countries, while many of excited state, and he wished to have her laid u• y''
• P packet)
- - - ••
...-1
hour is to be appointed en Sunday for the Presbyterians • their opinion that in upon were unsatisfactory to him, and it would be desirable to smorica (by U. States
Evidently the great object is to induce Militiamen No. 4. Leave of absence is granted, at the recom- their deepest thinkers have declared the floor, but we placed her upon the bed. She re- procure the attendance of the sailors, packet) .• ••••• • • • N Jan. 2. • - southatneee ;Dec. 29
in the different coy s to have service in military garrison Iguaranteeof
to enter the Line. Every officer who can bring mendation of medical boards, to Capt. W. in , the realisation of this idea exists the
itson y
4 ustralia (via South-1
chapel,
which order wee carried into effect for the first e e
over a number of these useful troops should receive A.D.C. Grenadier Guards ; Lieut. F. Griffin, Royalr" the independence of the North, and safeguard from to me and said she would tell me how it happened. ai
ampton) ••• • • • .... I --••••—• • • • Southampton•
time esterday.
LIBERTY OF WORSHIP IN ENGLAND. oat° (via marseines) ,•; -
a fitting reward. At present an ensigns commis- Artillery, to proceed to Malta. On urgent private affairs,She said had had some difference bt t •
aou t nee Ditto (via Cape of Gond,
that f they
.. Uncertain
• • • Dec 25 1855, The following officers returned yesterday from leave side of Sweden, and attempted by Germany on o
dismemberment, already commencedGby Russia on the
pennyworth of copper, and that he had struck her two • •••••••..••
slop is given for 70 men •; but 70 men make up a to Commissariat Clerk ranaLsieetet,.T.T.
to resume the command of their depots at Chatham :
or three times over the head and face, and that she had of the qTnth .. Plymouth .. Jan 6
Denmark. These arguments have continued to gain At the Dover Quarter Sessions held on Thureday, Vrica (West coast)••Nil34
company, and if a whole company volunteer there ! to. proceed. to
Feb._t_ _
.in_np e • t Harris,
' Captains J. M. Lyle, 29th ;0. N. Chatterton, 35th ; .( or ns. Dovert,i .• • •
seems no reason why all its officers should not oh- Artillery, to Fb 29,.11356 . .
W. D. Philips, 27th ;S. B. Gordon, 45th Regiments. - • • • 1 ' the threw shut herself in two or three of the rooms, whither he had great interest, says the Dover Chronicle, was manifested kiemandria.......... N `!.!',1,2:42,0EtT
—54 4tn iof men. outhampton No. 5. The following officers being in command of fleets, no political idea is more popu ar ina
oround •; and, although they still have their oppo-
followed her, and burst the doors open. She said she bY a densely crowded court, in a case wherein Janiem i'idalx,„annldrim a.:: -- - eel7th of the montl.,Southanyter (
twin equivalent rank in the Line. It is not, indeed, (1. Orders have been given to the several recruiting die- •• •• '• ''
countries. But, however desirable the proposed con- had put up a window in the long room, and shouted for Brett, grocer, war charged with unlawfully disturbing a Belgium ........... N't:ltiii,33,-i•t•h•,; ;
,;,•1;1•1 : • IDover ...... Tairis probable that all, or indeed a majority, of the corn anies ma draw field allowance and forage as cap-
tricts of the United Kingdom to enlist 40 men for the
tainis):—LieujE. S. Smyth, 28th Regiment, from Dec. federation might be to the balance of power in Europe, the police, and that he had pushed her out of the win- certain meeting and congregation of Protestant Dissen- irltrail •,•A• •••l••• •• ::'
Nmoth of thes month .: Southampton Jan. 15
St. Helena regiments, to complete the establishment of
officers would accept foreign service, and their place 6, 1855 ;W. Steward, 28th Regiment, do. ;F. Magenie,
that corps, who are to be sent to Chatham for instruc- don. Before she told me this :she said she should not get ters assernbleefor religious worship, at Dover, on the ,`,,'1,"•,r01f 411 hove .N 1 ;Various port-10 ',cense-
might well be supplied from the regular army ; 28th Regiment, from 6th Dec., 1855 ; Swettenharte, 31stit may be objected that it would be oppoeed by Den-
-2cls2:rgNe
better and that she was dying, and wished to have her Cape of Good Hope .N I
hThe learned Recorder (W. H. Bodkin, Esq.), in his 2steeonne,svecerLs(ii.o..)....s
otvoemthbeerg.rand jury, had alluded to the case as
ct7licr, ( • , yin of the esoetheeouthtunpton Jan. 15
but, when a regiment or a part of a regiment offers Regiment, do. ;J. Moore, 34th Regiment, from sth t
floper e
in previoust
he to their
isand of St. Helena,
being forwarded to the head-guar- mark, from whom sacrifices inconsistent with the pre-
sent order of things would De required. This is, how- relations telegraphed for. Mr. Clark, the surgeon, then
to serve, it seems but reasonable that those officers Dec., 1855 ; Austin, 30th Regiment, from 7th Dec.,ever, an erroneous conclusion. It is in Denmark that came and at his request we all retired Irons the room.
One hundred and fift
y of the Royal Sappers and Miners •
• follows :—He bY the depositions that a -•e" •- • • :• - ••,
: :1Z Mol,•,Wed.,BcFrti. Southampum rnsti.se
who desire to remain should retain the rank they 1855. • there
the union was first suggested th eit has four The deceased dt bd talked quits Id its eappeared o e quite
sober anq perceived
.• charge Channel lales ... I
the were medically inspected yesterday. To-day cr to-mor- was likely to be brought before them of an unusual Chi1i.......• ........A1 74 & 17th of monthlouthamptv ,
previously held. At this season, which is the best No. 6. The following officers having left horsesiat
warmest supporters, and obtained popu , ye ea '
lerit or • ter even • , e
n rationally. Saw the husband downstairs afterwards,
once a month.... 'Jen. 4
row their kits will be also examined, previous to theirand extraordinary character, and one which must be China .... ..
for recruiting, every means should be used to in- public service, forage may be drawni ofoBrththßeren
invent
31f st
thin in either Norway and Sweden. The most disti - but had no conversation with him. I went into the
~ leaving Brorapton on Wednesday for the Crimea. confessed on all hands to embrace. a
very painful sub- Constantinople ...... N
'lll,lll3',lB2lg;lto2fmmi'ot n": rtetlai; ..t2;l
crease the disposable army ; and, if there be obsta- Dec., 1855 :—Brevet-Ma ors Aep
.tn,
guished politicians of Denmark have belonged
ft thee long room mentioned by the deceased, and I found the . Censtantinople ......
else to the volunteering of the Militia, they should t fo g three horses ; Roberts,. St R Regiment, , r two horses ;
I elit, - The following appointments were made yesterday at ect It appeared that an accusation had Paa •• Twice daily ...• .•'D'ouver -P.... Tirtattlaill
been made Cont. of Europe M N.
party, which consider " Scandinaviasin" a. par:eoDat,
sir window op . A
en few feet below the window is the roof i •
the Admiralty :—Commander the Hon. F. A. FoleY, to
Prevost, 31st Regiment, for one horse; Lieutenant • before the magistrates there against an individual for Egypt (see India) . date
political creed, and there are at present in t i glass passage i I of the covered in which I found the oe-*cow
be removed at once. Considering the influence Capt. .
for h B
the Brunswick ; Lieutenant J. S. Rundle, to the Con-France ..... 51 & N Twice y...... Dover ...... T
Waldy, 28th Regiment, one horse.— y order,disturbing persons a,ssernbled for the purpose of yell- men who cherish the same faith. In such an ceased. Saw that the glass of the arcade was broken, . Gibraltar ........../11 4,7,17,20,27 'fm. Southampton
which a good officer soon gains over his men, it queror • Lieutenant Edward White, to the Jas. Watt ; • •
12 gious worship in that town, and that the party accused
(Signed) C. A. WINDHAM, Chief of the Staff. union it must always be borne in mind that it is not in- as if the deceased had fallen through. 3he would fall Greece (see India)
would be wise to give every encouragement to those Daniel Ponder, second master, to the James Watt ; E.did to place of worshi ) there, and did, if go a .
~
.Greytown ......„ „al 2nd & 17th of mon.Routhampton
tended that any of these nations should lose its politi- or 15 feet from the window to the ground. I know the
1 t disturb Hamburgh ..........); Tuesday & FridayiLondon .....1
whose persuasion may bring a number of recruits Head-quarters Sebastopol Dec. 12. B: Posey and G. J. Parcel], midshipmen, to the Bruns- the statements in the depositions were rue, cal independence, but that their mutual relations should deceased and his wife but cannot ea for myself thatilevannah
•• • •
•• ••
•• NI 2nd of the month Southampton Jan. 1.
to the regular service ; and if any professional pre- No. 1. The regimental promotions and appointments wick; J. W. D'Arcy, Naval Cadet, to the Brunswick, and interrupt the proceedings there was hardly any aonand
............m Daily..
be based on the same freedom as that of Norway and they had ever quarrelled.
judice or usage stand in the way, it should be re- published by authority in the London Gazette of the 23d ---- question or denial. On this subject,' he (the. Recorder) H0ndura5........... m 17ta ctlie month,tiouthamptonl6thoflnos
Sweden at the present time. It is precisely one of the By Mr. Jobling—Do not know who went for the4th k 20th of mon.' PI ymouth .• Jan. 4
moved, at least for the present juncture. November, 1855, will take effect in this army from their MILITIA.
would observe that 1 ' nen s feelings and opinions were niche (viaBouthampt.)M
advantages of such an union that the admission of Den- doctor.
India (via MarseilleS)M 9th& 25th of montliDover ......,
It is said that a principal cause of unwillingness respective dates, The Dublin Mail gives the following statement, by likely to be very strong ; but he begged the gentlemen lonian Talus (see India) 7, 17, F.; 27 of mon!Dover....••
idea. The theory of ' deceased •
mark can now become a practical
to enlist is the length of service. Not the prospect No. 2. The Rev. H. O. Wr:ncb, officiating chaplain way of explaining the causes of official mismanagemen t no- aof the jury to lay these aside, whatever they might be. Ireland ........ & NlTwice daily illol , head ..ITwiredsi I
Scandinavianism" is an alliance offensive and defensive the house, about 17 or 18 years of age, and I also saw
ht Do, 9,17, &27 of ro.lsouihampron Jim, is
of glory, of increased pay, or even the immediate to the Forces, will proceed to Ismaid and do duty with ticed in that journal a few days since :—" With refer- All might, as individuals, entertain feelings approaching against all outward foes, or, as it has been felicitously afterwards two or three female servants. eth of the monthßoutliamptos,
attraction of a bounty, can induce men to bind the Hussar Brigade, under the command of Brigadier- once to a statement which has appeared in this journa, to detestation of particular doctrines which prevailed in , rar N 23d of month ••
expressed "three people in peace but one in 'ear." By a juror—There was a stick lying near the deceased, themselves to 10 years of obedience and con- General Showell- referring to alleged neglect en the part of the atithore • ' • • - ' the world and extreme it for the credulity of those mete. (see India)
traint. Such a term forms a large portion of N 3. The Rev. Mr. Williams, military chaplain,
• ties in not providing bedding &c. for the Clare Militia " I have hitherto considered only the increase of power but it appeared to belong to the roof of the arcade. She by, . . .
a court of law, they Matta
actuated
them ; but,. sitting in . , . .es 8,18, Firs of mon. Dover ......,,. Jan. 4
of these kingdoms and through it the security given to was too weak to walk. The niece said she saw Beards-
I
during their ' ' ' it seam-ions (see India)
human life, and leaves the youth too fixed iu ha- will be attached to the Land Transport Corps, stay at Beggar s-bush barrack, we deem
the maintenanea of' the European system. But there is more strike her, but not throw her out of the window. must not be led by feelings of that sort, and if the Jury
Mauritius ..........Nllth of the month
No. 4. Until further orders, the Post-office et head-
butjustice to state that we have perused a correspon-ing such as the
s saw there had been in that case a meet elexice 3l
2nd of the month- sonthampten Jan. 1
bits to seek another occupation, even if he be notanother circumstance that it') behoves Earopean states- The niece did not say how the affair happened.l
athlathliatbormon. Dover ......,
quarters will be closed at 8 o'clock a.m. on Tuesdays deuce, in which it appears that straw was offered to theof Parliament under which the charge wag brought !i_ap1e(3....4.........• ,
too old to learn. Doubtless the country boys who men to take into their most earnest consideration. In what I saw of the arcade it would not bear the weight Act '•-e'c 21 & 17th of menth'Southampton
and Saturda sand ; that at Balaklava, at 8 o'clock p.m. commanding officer of the Clare Militia for the bedding ' was intended to protect, they would do well, rode- 5 w
Newe Zeraalnaanda.. :: ' • *•'
'll7 private slip .. Various port, Uncertain
are solicited by recruiting sergeants do not make on )Mondays and Fridays. of the men, but the offer was declined, the soldiers pre- .
the treaty tint was co icluded in 1852, under the aus- of a person like the deceased.
Pendently of all private feeling, to put the matter in•• •• ..
Pepsi States 2,lsthlath2athohnon.,Dover ......I
sof England, F 'ce and Russia, a relation of the Mr. George Noble Clark, surgeon, said—l was sent for for further
these reflections, but the result of them pervades No. 5. Acting Assistant-Surgeon A. E. Marsden is, ferring to sleep in their great coats to paying for the Picas d ral ' investigation, Very strong opinions
rain . y
itop p nimula .............m Ithl7th27thormon.lSouthampton,
the feeling of the classes from which soldiers are at his own request, permitted to resign his appointment, straw, which they could only use for one night. The thus e
the
es
Russianrna successor e ssor to the throne of Denmark arid between 4 and 5 o'clock last Saturday morning to attend '
were entertained upon those matters, but could Perue '' -•-• • Affsa & 27th of mon. Southampton!
drawn, and makes each young man believe that in No. 6. Capt. P. Campbell, having been appointed to detention of the Clare Militia in Dublin on Saturday and
for exerc'sing apowerfulmpe has not l pa d the ' y Mrs Beardsmore, MI Beardsmore came for me him-
roirnfluence In the Government if self,i ' and me to go tohishouse to see Mrs. Port
not be permitted for any individual to set up his Sicily,.......'.......lothietheettibio
Sty private ship...,Variouss portsDnlertsill
finoon, Dover ......
volunteering for the Line h© severs himself for the Royal Horse Artillery, will proceed to Woolwich. Sunday was entirely owing to the non-arrival of the Nia-
opinion on religious subjects in opposition to other Tuscany ..........:: I
Denmark, but may, by no impossible concurrence of requestedßeardsmore who he said had fallen out of the window. II,I,SersVIIT °iron ititi Zs'iNnehra'n'ipl;l; 1k 16 nni
ever from old friends, places, and occupations. It No. 7.—Leave of absence is granted on medical eer- gara,.whi:ltiasepechted to reach. Dublin on Saturday
opinions upon the acme subjects held by different yerie_ceintre.,;,a.;,;(.loe,l events, become himself the heir to a. portion of its terri- went immediately, and on arriving I found the deceased
can hardly be thought that in this country there tificate to Lieutenant Griffiths, 23d Regiment, to Jan. morning
neta daylight,rrive xi otii'af°tweriangicythotftahue,,etress of wea•
tort'. This treaty, which was the last but the most on a bed in her usual bedroom upstairs. She had all individuls,nlofumroeutelelisinvniewn:
those
pan "
Australia) .......... ,
exists less of the adventurous spirit than marks 15, 1856, to proceed to Scutari ; on urgent private af- t•l2
e proceedings, wen Indies .... AA RI& 17th o I month Southamptonli& 16 mon
continental nations, or that the lower classes differ fairs, to Captain C. Shuttle worth, 68th Regiment, to F' rid with '
ay was a busy day the military authorities in
• dangerous in which the Western statesmen allowed her clothes on. There were two or more policemen in "
conducted, d long
in contraventiongrff
were peaceably an no
Dublin,the Niagara having • themselves to be circumvented by Russian diplomacy, the room, and Parker came in afterwards. She coin-
Jan. 31 1856, to proceed to Smyrna • Assistant-Surge ei
the law of the land. It was necessary, however, for per- When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will be de.
so entirely from the educated and wealthy. With R. Meadows,'
9thße • '-
Regiment, to Dec. 31, 18e5 to pro-
- with one regiment of militia that m • dsailed
morning, an . .
has already been deeply deplored, and not least by its plained of pain in her leg and shoulder, and as it was .
sons, in order to claim thebenefit of thejet o aria- spa c e onthefollowing ..
proper inducements it is probable that recruiting seed to .tantino gl
' ' with another before night. The first regiment was the originat rs. o The Danish people received it with die- necessary to strip her I desired them all to leave theSouthampton), and the Malta. both of which will be despateh.d tie
Constantinople ; Surgeon R. Anderson, 90th
meet, to go through a certain form in certifying at Quer-
for the Line would be highly prosperous, and fur- Regiment, to March 15, 1856. 59th Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottingham Militia, rat, ant: was xtilyft_eniclzwliged tsy the Diet room I examined her. I saw there WaS ln injury on her preceding day.
h . but as . '
and Y I ex. ter Sessions, with a, view to the registration of the place .
nish men in numbers willing to share the excite- No. 8. Sergeant Robert Hughes, 63d Regiment, is numbering nearly 800 men, with the following officers :
to oppose the determi 't• ofmse yes
strong
Ee enough g. , she complained of her arm leg
-I- of worship on the part of the archbishop of the diocese. --- -- -----
meat of campaigning for a few years. If recruits appointed Deputy Provost Marshal, with pay at 45.9(1. —Lieut.-Col. W. L. Mellish ; Captains Lowe, Gordon,
now avail herselfof ne
theion Europe. Let )pe mined them first, and found no wound of consequence.
Evidence of this having been done would perhaps be SHARE MARKETS.
could enlist for five years, or during the continu- a day, vice O'Leary, discharged, from this date.—By Davis, Miller, Fowkes, Coupe, and Hensley; Lieutenants f . .
.opportunity.
that offers found several scalp wounds on the top of the head. Those
of the war, they might be tempted to serve, order, O'Loghlin, Device, Durant, Hannon, Walsh, arid Sur- o col. ecting an error into which it was leo by were jagged bruised wounds, but were not cut actoss.
n 1 ' t ' this instance. There other stric
am sin s ere were also re. • — -. es
where now they shrink from embracing for life the (Signed) C. A. WINDHAM, Chief of the Staff. plies ; Ensigns Miller and Taylor ;Captain and Adjutant Russi n •There were a resat
a cunning, by a free union of the three kingdoms g many ofthem. I also noticed a large e
- twirls, among which was that a body so registering them- LIVERPOOL, DEe. 29.
calling of a soldier. I -- Holden • Paymaster Wrixonand Assistant-Surgeon
;of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark under the flourishing contusion above the right eye. I picked two or three
_,.
_,
.„

" But the political combinations of the North also ad-
mit of another arrangement for imparting additional
strength to what may be not inaptly termed the barrier
kingdome. These means exist in the invitation to Den-
mark to take ber place with Norway and Sweden in the
Scandinavian Union. While this would add unques-
tionable strength to the alliance, it would be one of the
heaviest blows that could be inflicted upon Russia,—
greater, possibly, than the loss of Finland. It would
ender one head three nations, whose historical
traditions and internal constitutions sea rat—sten
equally proclaim resistance to the encroachments of Rus-
sia,—three nations, separately weak, but if united by
their geographical position forming a natural cordon on
the North that Russia would be unable to break through.
This idea is by no means novel. For a considerable period
it has been mooted by the politicians of the three king-
doms. It was first developed by the students of the Uni-
versities of Christiania, Upsala Lund, and Copenhagen,
and early taken up and eagerly discussed by the profes-
sional politicians of the three countries, white many of
their deepest thinkers have declared their opinion that in
the realisation of this idea exists the only guarantee of
the independence of the North, and its safeguard from
dismemberment, already commenced by Russia on the
side of Sweden, and attempted by Germany on that of
Denmark. These arguments have continued to gain
ground ; and, although they still have their oppo-
nents, no political idea is more popular in the three
countries. But, however desirable the proposed con-
federation might be to the balance of power in Europe,
it may be objected that it would be opposed by Den-
mark, from whom sacrifices inconsistent with the pre-
sent order of things would De required. This is, how-
ever, an erroneous conclusion. It is in Denmark that
the union was first suggested ; there it has found its
warmest supporters, and obtained popularity greater even
thin in either Norway and Sweden. The most distin-
guished politicians of Denmark have belonged to the
party, which consider " Scandinaviasm" a part of their
political creed, and there are at present in the Danish
Ministry men who cherish the same faith. In such an
union it must always be borne in mind that it is not in-
tended that any of these nations should lose its politi-
cal independence, but that their mutual relations should
be based on the same freedom as that of Norway and
Sweden at the present time. It is precisely one of the
advantages of such an union that the admission of Den-
mark can now become a practical idea. The theory of
"Scandinavianism" is an alliance offensive and defensive
against all outward foes, or, as it has been felicitously
expressed, "three people in peace but one in war."
" I have hitherto considered only the increase of power
of these kingdoms, and through it the security given to
the maintenanca of the European system. But there is
another circumstance that it behoves European states-
men to take into their most earnest consideration. In
the treaty that was concluded in 1852, under the aus-
pices of England, France, and Russia, a relation of the
Czar was made successor to the throne of Denmark, and
thus the Russian Emperor has not only paved the way
for exercising a powerful influence in the Government of
Denmark, but may, by no impossible coacurrence of
events, become himself the heir to a portion of its terri-
tory. This treaty, which was the last but the most
dangerous in which the Western statesmen allowed
themselves to be circumvented by Russian diplomacy,
has already been deeply deplored, and not least by its
originators. The Danish people received it with dis-
gust, and it was only acknowledged by the Diet
because they did not feel themselves strong enough
to oppose the determination of Europe. Let Europe
now avail herself of the opportunity that offers
of col secting an error into which it was led by
Russian cunning, by a free union of the three kingdoms
of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark under the flourishing
•dynasty of Bernadotte. With the possession of the
Sound and the Belts thus secured the work will be coin-
plete. On the decease of King Frederick VII. and his
aged uncle Prince Ferdinand the male line of the Royal
House of Denmark will be extinct. It has been rumoured
that the King once offered his crown for the welfare of
his people, and it is not impossible or inconsistent with
tho character of this noble and patriotic Prince to anti-
cipate that if he believed that the fitting time had ar-
rived he would now carry his resolution into effect.
Such a step is, however, by no means necessary to the
object proposed.
"The advantages of the proposed junction of Denmark
in the Scandinavian union for limiting the ambition of
Russia are, indeed, so great that the plan would almost
seem to take precedence of every other ; first, because
this union would at once give the Northern States the
strength they need, and do away with the pretence for
future Russian interference in their affairs ; secondly,
the scheme is the easier to realise as it suggests terri-
torial alterations that would not require the deadly
struggle that must precede the erection of such a bar-
rier State by conquests made from Russia ; and, thirdly,
its adoption emanating from no Cabinet intrigues, but
from the people themselves, well weighed by them, and
according with their own feelings and associations, it,
would be held with a stronger faith and sincerity than
any union established by the sword."

The learned Recorder (W. H. Bodkin, Esq.), in his
charge to the grand jury, had alluded to the case as
follows :—He perceived by the depositions that a charge
was likely to be brought before them of an unusual
and extraordinary character, and one which must be
confessed on all hands to embrace a very painfnl sub-
ject. It appeared that an accusation had been made
before the magistrates there against an individual for
disturbing persons assembled for the purpose of reli-
gious worship in that town, and that the party accused
did go to a place of worship there, and did, if
the statements in the depositions were true, disturb
and interrupt the proceedings, there was hardly any
question or denial. On this subject, he (the Recorder)
would observe that men's feelings and opinions were
likely to be very strong ; but he begged the gentlemen
of the jury to lay these aside, whatever they might be.
All might, as individuals, entertain feelings approaching
to detestation of particular doctrines which prevailed in
the world, and extreme pity for the credulity of those
actuated by them ; but, sitting in a court of law, they
must 'not be led by feelings of that sort, and if the jury
saw there had been in that case a meeting such as the
Act of Parliament under which the charge was brought
was intended to protect, they would do well, inde-
pendently of all private feeling, to put the matter in
train for further investigation. Very strong opinions
were entertained upon those matters, but it could
not be permitted for any individual to set up his
opinion on religious subjects in opposition to other
opinions upon the same subjects held by different
individuals, and carry out his views by interrupting
the proceedings of others, so long as those proceedings
were peaceably conducted, and not in contravention of
the law of the land. It was necessary, however, for per-
sons, in order to claim the benefit of the Act of Parlia-
ment, to go through a certain form in certifying at Quar-
ter Sessions, with a view to the registration of the place
of worship on the part of the archbishop of the diocese.
Evidence of this having been done would perhaps be
brought before the jury by the persons making the corn-
plaints in this instance. There were also other restric-
tions, among which was that a body so registering them-
selves should never meet with closed doors, but that their
proceedings should always be open to inspection, so
that if ever the character of the meetings were blas-
phemous and of an improper kind, the police autho-
rities might- have an opportunity of hearing what was
going on, and bringing those engaged in the proceed-
ings to an account, if they were found acting contrary
to law. On the other hand, there was a clause for
preventing the interruption of such proceedings ; and
the act was undoubtedly applicable to all persons who
might be designated Protestant Dissenters. He could
give them no other definition of Protestant Dissenters
than this—that Protestants were persons who protested
against the errors, as they were considered, of the Church
of Rome, and that Dissenters were those disagreeing in
the doctrines of the Church of England. He should
strongly recommend that a court of law should not be
made an arena for entering into theological questions ;
and if the parties themselves professed to be what they
had in the depositions already stated themselves- Pro-
testant Dissenters—and provided they themselves had
complied with the clause of the act as to the registration
of their place of worship, and conducted their services
with open doors, the case would be made out to such an
extent that they would probably find it right to return
a true bill. There was another point, however, which
should not escape their attention—viz , that it was
necessary the parties making the complaint should
be engaged in the act of religious worship at the tittle
of disturbance; and it was suggested by the defendant,
as he observed by the depositions, that this was not the
fact. It appeared that some religious controversies had
been going on in this.town, and that observations had
been addressed to the piiblic by those differing in opinion
with the persons assembling in the place of meeting in
question, and in which their doctrine and proceedings
were placed iadispute. This led to a cballenge for public
discussion being thrown out by the prosecuting parties ;
and the defendant, it appeared, by his own account, was
one of these who accepted the challenge to attend the
place of meeting for the purpose of discussing the ques-
tions raised by the opposition referred to. If this were
Ho, and the persons had met on thin occasion for the
purpose of disputation upon their peculiar tenets, they
could not, in compliance with the terms of this act, be
considered as engaged in religious worship at the time.
On the defendant presenting himself, and the learned
Recorder expressing the readiness of the court to proceed
with the case, it appeared that no barrister had been in-
structed to conduct the case on behalf of the prosecuting
parties.

MILITIA.
The Dublin Mail gives the following statement, by
way of explaining the causes of official mismanagement no-
ticed i❑ that journal a few days since :—" With refer-
ence to a statement which has appeared in this journal,
referring to alleged neglect en the part of the authori-
ties in not providing bedding, &c., for the Clare Militia
during their stay at Beggar's-bush barrack, we deem it
but justice to state that we have perused a correspon-
dence, in which it appears that straw was offered to the
commanding officer of the Clare Militia for the bedding
of the men, bnt the offer was declined, the soldiers pre-
ferring to sleep in their great coats to paying for the
straw, which they could only use for one night. The
detention of the Clare Militia in Dublin on Saturday and
Sunday was entirely owing to the non-arrival of the Nia-
gara, which was expected to reach Dublin on Saturday
morning at daylight, but, owing to the stress of wea-
ther, did not arrive until after nightfall."
Friday was a busy day with the military authorities in
Dublin, the Niagara steam-transport having come in
with one regiment of militia that morning, and sailed
with another before night. The first regiment was the
69th Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottingham Militia,
numbering nearly 800 men, with the following officers :
—Lieut.-Col. W. L. Mellish ; Captains Lowe, Gordon,
Davis, Miller, Fowkes, Coope, and Hensley; Lieutenants
O'Loghlin, Davieg, Durant, Hannon, Walsh, arid Sur-
plice ; Ensigns Miller and Taylor ; Captain and Adjutant
Holden ; Paymaster Wrixon ; and Assistant-Surgeon
Nettlefold. Almost immediately upon its arrival this
regiment proceeded to Galway, where it is to be quar-
tered for the present. The Irish regiment taken away
hy the Niagara on her return trip was the 107th, Kerry
Militia, which arrived at an early hour the same morn-
ing from Naas, under the command of the Hon. D. B.
De Moleyns, Lieutenant Colonel. The wives and fa-
milies of three officers took passage in the Niagara. The
officers complained greatly of having to bring over their
full quantity of luggage, for which they feared there
would not be room in the huts at A ldershott. The 59th
Nottingham Regiment of Militia, after their arrival,
marched, headed by their band, to the Midland Great
Western Railway, Broadstone, previous to their depar-
ture for Athlone.

By a juror—There was a stick lying near the deceased,
but it appeared to belong to the roof of the arcade. She
was too weak to walk. The niece said she saw Beards-
more strike her, but not throw her out of the window.
The niece did not say how the affair happened. From
what I saw of the arcade it would not bear the weight
of a person like the deceased.
Mr. George Noble Clark, surgeon, said—l was sent for
between 4 and 5 o'clock last Saturday morning to attend
Mrs. Beardsmore. Mr. Beardsmore came for me him-
self, and requested me to go to his house to see Mrs.
Beardsmore, who he said had fallen out of the window. I
went immediately, and on arriving I found the deceased
on a bed in her usual bedroom upstairs. She had all
her clothes on. There were two or more policemen in
the room, and Parker came in afterwards. She com-
plained of pain in her leg and shoulder, and as it was
necessary to strip her I desired them all to leave the
room. I examined her. I saw there was an injury on her
head, but as she complained of her arm and leg I exa-
mined them first, and found no wound of consequence. I
found several scalp wounds on the top of the head. These
wore jagged bruised wounds, but were not cut across.
There were a great many of them. I also noticed a large
contusion above the right eye. I picked two or three
pieces of glass out of the scalp. She was in a very ex-
cited state. I should think the excitement was both
from drink and passion. There was no other external in-
jury. I did not consider her i❑ danger. While removing
the hair I desired Parker to go up to Mr. Annandale's.
She complained of her leg and arm, but I could disco-
ver no injuries but slight abrasureff. She then said she
had been thrown out of the window. I can't say she said
who did it, but Beardsmore came to the door at the
time, and she shouted to have that villain taken away,
as she had him now. Mr. Annandale then came, and I
was then probing the wounds, and found the skull bare
to a small extent. I remained about an hour. I desired
her to be quiet and composed, and, in the course of some
remarks, she said she had held on as long as she could,
and then fell. I cannot say wbat brought that conversa-
tion on. I saw her again at 9 o'clock, and at 12, and ap-
prehended no danger except from her breathing and
cough. Her breathing was very oppressed at that time, but
I apprehended danger, as she bad bad frequent attacks of
bronchitis. I saw her frequently, together with Mr. An-
nandale, before her death. She died on Sunday evening
about 2 o'clock. I did not apprehend danger at 7 o'clock
—two hours before her death— that is, immediate danger,
but I knew she was in danger from bronchitis, and from
the additional cold. I afterwards, in company with Mr.
Annandale and Mr. Rayne, made a post mortem, exami-
nation. We began at half-past seven o'clock on Tues-
day morning. From my exarninaton of the body I
should say acute bronchitis and congestion of the lungs
were the immediate cause of death. I examined the body
externally, and found several scalp wounds on the head,
contusion above the eye, as if from a blow, and the skin
slightly abraded above the wrist. On opening the chest,
on the right side there was strong adhesion between the
lungs and the walls of the chest, the result of previous
disease. There was no &Tilden in either cavity of the
chest. The liver, bowels, and kidney were healthy.
There was no indication of disease in the chest. We
then opened the head, and there was no appearance of
disease sufficient to cause death, except congestion of
the vessels. We examined the skull, and there was no
fracture. We found the lungs congested. In opening
the chest we discovered a fracture of the first rib on the
left side. It was scarcely possible to discover it during
life. There was no corresponding mark outside, and it
had produced no internal injury whatever. There is very
little movement of the first rib. The lungs were very
much congested, which, with inflammation of the mu-
cous membrane of the bronchial tubes, caused death.
Death was caused by these appearances, and was accele-
rated by the cold, stimulation, and the fail. The fall
would not produce the symptoms I saw in the lungs and
tubes. I had attended her eight years for bronchitis.
The death of a person labouring under bronchitis would
be accelerated by such a fall as that which the deceased
had received. lam decidedly of opinion that the shock
which deceased received in falling out of the window
accelerated her death. I understand she lay some time
in the yard, and the cold would hasten her death.

11 IR mo

When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will be dc.
spatched on the following day. with the exception of the hills (110
Southampton), and the Malta. both of which will be despatched tt
preceding day.

The prospects of the British army are now bright
and hopeful. Although undoubtedly composed of
younger soldiers than those who fought the first
battles of the war, yet the gain in improved orga-
nisation, in younger, more skilful, and, above all,
more earnest commanders, will counterbalance any
physical defects. The men now encamped along
the coasts, from Sebastopol to Smyrna, are well
supplied, well tended, and, it is to be hoped, well
employed and disciplined. Even raw lads of 18
who could not fire a rifle in September may be fair
soldiers when they march in the spring. Yet it
must be remembered at what cost of time, labour,
and money the present efficiency has been bought.
It is only by chance that a season of rest enables
the recruits to be instructed at the seat of war in
elementary duties. As a general rule, the man
must be made into a soldier before he leaves these
shores, or he is not only himself inefficient in the
hour of danger, but confuses and hinders others.
The Government must not calculate on always hav-
ing a quiet camp abroad, and six months to drill
its men. As far as possible they should be fit to
light on the day they land. In the absence of a
conscription the Militia is the best reserve for the
regular army. For the present, at least, its main
duty of guarding our coasts is happily not press-
ing, and if it be well used it may be made the
chief means of concluding gloriously a difficult
war.

Head-quarters, Sebastopol, Dec. 13.
Ne. 1. The following officers have joined the staff of
this army :—The Rev. H. 0. 'Wrench, officiating chap-
lain, from Dec. 5, 1855. Medical Staff—Deputy In-
spector. General of Hospitals T. D. Hume, M.D.,f rum
Dec. 8, 1855 ; Second class Staff-Surgeon H. Huish,
M.D., froty Dec. 8, 1855 ; Civil-Surgeon Vaughan
Hughes, M.D from Dec. 8, 1855.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has, beet'
firm to-day, and a good business at th• following 'wipes I
—Caledonian, 274 4 4 4 4 4—Eastern Counties, Bs—south
Elstorn, 171. 3e. 9d.—Midland, 634 4i—London and Nortk
Western, 91I—Dutch Rhenish, lls. 3d. id. with div..
oot x d.—Great Western of Canada, 25—Ditto New, 21.
13s. 3d. p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77 4.

No. 2. The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief has
been pleased to grant leave of absence to Major Wolfe,
39th Regiment, to Jan. 31, 1854 ; Brevet-Major Green,
30th Regiment, to Jan. 1, 1856 ; Assistant-Surgeon
Popplewell, 13th Regiment, to Dec. 24, 1855; Assistant-
Surgeon Cusack, from the 47th Regiment, until his
name appears i❑ the Gazette.
No. 3. The services of the following Civil Assistant-
Surgeons, belonging to the Smyrna Hospital, being no
longer required in the Crimea, they will proceed to
Smyrna Assistant-Surgeons J. W. Hulke, W.
Eddowes, H. Ranke, and J. H. Lakin.
No. 4. Major Shaw, Royal Artillery, having eom
manded the siege train at the left attack from Sept. 24
to Oct. 16, may draw staff pay and field allowances ac-
cordingly.
No. 5. Capt. H. W. Campbell, 79th Regiment, will
act as a field officer, and may draw field allowances and
forage accordingly, while second in command of his regi-
ment, from this date.
No. 6. In future a rate of postage of 2d. per quarter
ounce will be charged upon all letters sent by officers,
non commissioned, and private soldiers, between any of
the British hospitafs at or near Smyrna or the Darda-
nelles, and any poi ts or places in Turkey or the Black
Sea.

TRIAL OF THE SCREW STEAM-SHIP
PERA.

SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 29.—This fine screw steam-ship,
which was built for the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany by Messrs. Mare, of Blackwall, made an official
trial of her speed over the measured mile in Stokes Bay
this morning. The Pera is now the largest vessel be-
longing to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, their
leviathan steamer Himalaya having been purchased by
Government for the transport service. Although of con-
siderably less tonnage, the Pera, for accommodation and
space, is almost in every respect equal to the Himalaya,
and her fine lines, when compared with her breadth of
beam, have caused her, for power in comparison with
tonnage, to be under steam one of the fastest screw ves-
sels afloat. The dimensions are—length for tonnage,
3031 t. 7in. ; ditto over all, 334 ft. ; breadth, 42ft. Sin. ;
depth of hold, 27ft. 2w. ; height between decks in
the clear, 7ft. ; full tonnage, 2,630. The engines, by
Rennie and Co., are of 450-horse power, and are con-
structed upon the vertical trunk principle, with Lamb
and Summers' patent flue boilers. The shaft has a mul-
tiplying wheel of two to one. The engines during the
trial averaged 33 revolutions, or 66 entire turns of the
screw per minute. The wind was blowing strong from
S.S. W, and after the topgallant yards had been lowered
the following runs were made :
First run ...4 minutes 32 seconds, equal to 13'235 knots.
Second run... 5 „ 6 „ „ 11165 „
Third run ...4 „ 41 „ If 12.811 „
Fourthrun...4 „ 50 ~ fl 12'414 „
Showing the mean speed of the trial to be 121 knots, or
equal to 141 geographical miles per hour. The result
proved highly satisfactory to every one present, the
impression being that an average of not more than 12
knots would be obtained. There were on board Messrs.
Anderson and Allen, managing directors ; Admiral
Thornton ; Messrs. De Salis and Hadow, directors ;
Captain Engledue, superintendent of the company at
Southampton ; Mr. Lamb, superintendent engineers ;
Messrs. Hughes and Luke,Governreentstirveyors; Messrs.
Rennie, Summers, &c. In consequence of a domestic
calamity in the family of Capt. Soy, the appointed com-
mander, the charge of the vessel was intrusted to Capt.
Weeks, of the steam-ship Tagus. The internal fittings
of the Pera combine every improvement which modern
science has produced. Among the most recent may be
mentioned the saloon dining tables, which, although ap-
parently solid single tables, may by an ingenious con-
trivance be divided, so that a double row may be momen-
tarily provided, thereby giving accommodation for a
double number of persons. By this means an invention
of Mr. Taylor, of the Borough, 140 can comfortably
dine. Upon deck are two powerful steam winches, which
are used in the shipment and discharge of cargo, &c.,
and by which an immense amount of manual labour is
saved. Upon the captain's bridge is placed a " helms-
man's telegraph," entirely obviating the necessity of
communicating viva voce, and which in working ships of
great length is found to be an invaluable facility.
reeling topsails. Previously to her leaving London
this vessel was pronounced to be the most perfect
e mp which had ever left the Thames, and con-
fers great credit upon Mr. Robinson, under ?those super-
intendence she has been fitted, and to whom has been
intrusted the fitting of all recent vessels belonging to the
company. As the power of the Pera is small when com-
pared with the tonnage, the result of the first voyage is
looked forward to with interest, and should it prove
favourable, of which most sanguine hopes are entertained
the new principle of less power and fine lines will be satis-
factorily elucidated. It is the intention of the company
to despatch this vessel with the heavy portion of the In-
dia, China, and Mediterranean !nails on the 4th proximo.

AYNUAL REPORT OF THE SCOTCH
IRON TRADE.

(Prom the Circular of Mr. Thomas Thorhurn).

No. 7. The woollen clothing provided by government
for the non-commissioned officers and men is to be worn ;
it is essential for their health, is given for the purpose ;
and officers commanding regiments will be good enough,
by inquiry and frequent inspection, to see that this ex-
cellent and liberal precaution for health is not neglected.
No. 8. Leave of absence is granted on urgent private
affairs to Lieutenants R. Carr and R. Currie, 39th Regi-
ment, and Lieut. J. Blackie, 18th Regiment, to Feb.
29, 1856 ; and in extension to Purveyor's Clerk Black-
more, to Dec. 25, 1855, to remain at Scutari.
No. 9. The following officers being in command of coin-
panies may draw field allowances and forage as captains :
—Lieut. Wardlaw, 38th Regiment, from Sept. 18 ; Lieut.
Pocklington, 33th Regiment, from Oct. 20.
No. 10. The following officer having left horses at the
public service forage may be drawn for them -until Dec.
31 :—Surgeon W. Weld, 47th Regiment, for two horses.
—By order. (Signed)
C. A. WlNDllem, Chief of the Staff.

81, ST. VINCENT STREET, GLASGOW, 31st December,
1855.—The year about to close, thpugh a year of oscil-
lations, adds another epoch of prosperity to the iron
trade. Under the agency and stimulus of war, com-
bined with the extension of railways, gas, and water-
works abroad, the exports and home consumption of
pig iron amount to the large quantity of 847,000 tons—
exceeding the production by fully 20,000 tons—and are
almost equal to the highest of any preceding year. The
stocks have consequently undergone a further reduction,
and are only 98,080 tons against 450,000 tons three
years ago.
Extensive transactions were made during the year in
Pig Iron, at from 558. to 82s. ;in rails, 71. 10e. to
Si. 15s. ; in bars, 71. 15s. to 91. 108. ; in cast iron pipes,
51. to 61. 15s ; railway chairs, 41. 15s. to 51. 7e. 6d. per
ton. And the foundries and malleable iron works con•
tinue still generally active and well employed.
Although the prices and requirements have been such
as to stimulate the production, it is only 55,000 tons
greater than in 1854, and the scarcity of the raw mate-
rial will prevent many of the 34 furnaces at present out
of blast from being put in operation in 1856.

Eder J. M. Browne appeared as the prosecutor, but
he seemed to be totally unprovided with legal assistance.
In answer to the Recorder he said he had no idea that
he should have found legal assistance requisite, or he
would have provided it. He expressed his willingness,
however, to employ any of the gentlemen of the bar pre-
sent who would undertake the case.
The Recorder—lt is too late now. You must endea-
vour to prove the charge as well as you can ; and, in
order to do so, you had better begin by showing that
your place of meeting is properly registered.
Elder Browne—A. certificate has been put in at the
Magistrates' Court, where it has been detained. The
paper now produced is the same.
The Recorder intimated that it would be necessary to
prove the handwriting of the person who had signed it.
Elder Browne replied that he was unable to prove it ;
nor was there any one in attendance, so far as he Ras
aware, who could do so.
The Recorder—We are stopped at the first stage of
the inquiry—(a laugh)—therefore, gentlemen of the jury,
there is an end of the case. (Loud laughter.)
The learned Recorder having rebuked the merriment
evinced in the court, continued—lt is very much to be
regretted that a case requiring the attention of a court
of justice should, at the first step, fail on a point of law.
However, the prosecutor does not prove that the place
in which the assembly in question took place is regis.
tered, and without it the case could not be proceeded
with. It will be your duty, therefore, gentlemen, to say
that the defendant is not guilty.
The jury accordingly returned a verdict to this effect,
and the defendant was dismissed.
The learned Recorder observed to the defendant, how.
es er, that although the prosecution had failed upon this
technicality, the conduct of which he was accused was
not a course of proceeding that could be tolerated in a
civilised community, whatever might be the errors or de-
lusions under which a portion of the people might be
labouring. Others might pity them while they differed
from them, but they were not on that account to sit in
judgment in the way he (the defendant) had thought fit
to do—going to a place were parties were conducting
themselves peaceably, and interrupting, by violent and
abusive language, what was going on. Those persons
were bound by the law to have their place of meeting
publicly open, and if they violated the law by their acts
or speech the law would take cognisance of it ; but it,
could not be permitted for individuals who differed
opinion to take a course involving violence andinn.
ruption of those proceedings, and to those who
nwneds
ergo.seemedt their
prone to take this course he would say
thatit
duty to oppose the errors of others with reason
meet, and to endeavour by the spread of education
among the people to arm them against the insidious in-
fluence of doctrines of this description.

- .
Owing to the peculiar adaptation of Scotch pig iron for
foundry and forge purposes, the sphere of its consump-
tion is rapidly extending', and it is penetrating quarters
never reached before. Whilst the beneficial consequences
which ultimately accrue to the iron trade from the recent
modification of the French import duties, and from the
liberal movement of the Spanish Government, in regard
to the importation of British iron into that country,
have not as yet been experienced.
Viewing the position of this important branch of our
local and national industry in all its bearings—while the
great alternative of peace or war continues to trem•
ble in tko balance—the prospects of the ensuing year are
of a ♦ery cheering description.

Masi Williams deposed—l am 16 years of age, and
am Mr. Beardemore's niece. I have lived with him a
month, at the Railway Arcade Hotel. I went to bed on
Saturday morning about 2 o'clock, but got up immedi-
ately, as I heard a quarrel downstairs. It was not Mr.
and Mrs. Beardsmore who were fighting. I did not
go downstairs, but remained standing on the stairs
for about half an hour, and then returned to my
bedroom. About 4 o'clock the deceased called me into
her bedroom and said it was time to open out the bar,
and said I was to go downstairs and try to get my uncle
to go to bed. I went down to the newsroom door and
asked him to go to bed. He was tipsy. He had
been drinking all night, and was in an excited state.
When I asked him to go to bed he said ho was going to
let the men out. He went downstairs to let some per•
sons out, and I returned to the deceased's room. My
uncle followed me shortly afterwards, and he asked me
what I wanted with my bonnet on. I said my aunt
had told me to open the bar with her, and he said I
should not, but was to go to bed. At that moment
neither made use of bad language. She again said I
should, and on that he gave my aunt a slight push. fie
took hold of her arm and pushed her away, and said I
should not go. She then went to the window, broke a
square of glass, and called " Police "and "Murder." He
caught hold of her by the arm and gave her a sudden
jerk, and she fell down on the floor. She fell on her
knees. He did not use any threatening language to her.
I don't recollect either of them saying anything. She
was very nearly tipsy and was in an excited state. As ,
she was getting up he struck her a violent blow on the
mouth with his fist. I don't recollect what he said. She
fell back on me when he struck her. The door came
open and she ran out. I don't remember that she cried
out as she was running. The door had been opened by
some one from the outside before he struck her on the
mouth, and when she was on her knees, and it was
pushed close by the deceased and her husband wrestling
together. After he had struck the deceased the dooragam
opened, and Mary Ann Parker, a niece of Mrs. Beards.
more, came in. At the same 'ime the deceased ran out.
Beardsmore rushed after her, and Mary Ann Parker
caught hold of his collar, and said, "Don't uncle ; stop
here," I don't recollect that he said why he was rush-
ing after her. He forced himself from her, and said,
"Loose me." He forced himself away from her. I fol-
lowed him out of the room, and on the top of the
stairs. He was downstairs then, but returned in a few
minutes. Mary Ann Parker remained on the top of the
stairs with me. When he returned ho was very much ex-
cited, and said " where is she 9" He had nothing in his
hands. He was in a passion ; he pushed me away from 1

The gaming-houses of Aix-les-Baines, in Savoy (says
the Union), have just been suppressed. It is in conse-
quence of an order of the day moan', of the council gene-
ral of the provincial division that the Ministry has put
an end to this source of immorality, and this cause of
ruin to so many families.
THE NEW CREDIT BANK AT VIENNA.—A letter
from Vienna states that the directors of the new Credit
Bank have at length come to a resolution as to the man-
ner in which the shares subscribed, which greatly exceed
the number to he awarded, shall be divided ; and that it
is to the effect that persons who have subscribed for
fewer than 25 shares shall receive half a share, that those
who have subscribed for 25 to 50 shall receive a whole
one, that those who have subscribed for 50 to 100 shall
have two, and so on.

gatThl
iDnEgGaAtltTrCeAtiTeTgLaEr,
I..‘S
Lonw. —mo
urtrhhseh annual
(1
eagricultural
r.
ing care of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., was this year
even more attractive than ever. The number of silver
cups and pieces of plate awarded at this show was no
less than 55, of which number 11 were given by Sir
Charles Morgan, and the rest by the local M.P.'s and
orivate gentlemen. Money prizes were also awarded.
}THE RUGELEY MURDER. —The following insurances
were effected on the life of the late Walter Palmer, of
Rugeley Athenaeum, 10,200/. ; British Equitable,
5001. ; Brunswick, 500 ; Caxton, 500/. ; Era, 2,5007. ;
Falcon, 5001. ; Magnet, 2,500/. ; Prince of Wales,
5,0001. ; Saxon, 2501. ; Security, 500/. ; and office not
named, 500/. ; total, 23,450/. The deceased was bro-
ther to Wm. Palmer, accused of the murder of Cooke.
A copy of this list was furnished so early as September
last to the different insurance offices of London. Propo-
sals were, it
,is said, also made to the Gresham and other
offices, which, however, were not accepted. The medical
examiners employed by the insurance offices could find
no trace of organic disease in the deceased Walter Pal-
mer, but some of them observed a stupor for which
there was no means of accounting by any statements
which they could procure.

RUSSIAN NETS.—" Letters from the Crimea," says the
Slut Public of Lyons, " have often spoken of the nets
which the Russian soldiers used in their sorties, in order
to take some of their opponents prisoners. A Zouave,
lately liberated from service, who has resumed his former
occupation of a silk weaver, wishing a day or two back
to give his comrades in the workshop an example of the
mode of employing these articles, one of which be bad
brought back from Sebastopol, threw the net suddenly
over another workman who had his back turned. The
latter, being thus suddenly drawn from his balance, fell
heavily on the floor and broke his leg. The consterna-
tion of the others can scarcely be imagined, and, above
all, of the trier of military experiments. A collection
was immediately made foe the injured man, and, as the
fracture is a simple one, no further ill effects than a pe-
riod of forced inaction axe apprehended."

MONSTER PROJECTILE._ An immense gun is in course
of construction at the Mersey Steel and Ironworks,
Liverpool ; when finished, is expected to weigh 24 tons,
wilt be 15 feet long? 13. inch bore, and will project a ball
of upwards of 3001 b. a distance of five miles.