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London, England, 1864-02-25 00:00:00

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of Share.

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elation
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£20,504

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Midland Waggon Company..

10,308
3,500
76,950

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THE CAPE MAILS,

PLYMOUTH, Fab. 24.

The Union Company's
mil steamship Saxon,
with the above mails, arrived here this afternoon.
Her dates are—Cape the 20th, St. Helena the 29th
ult., and Ascension the 2d instant. She brings 40
passengers. _

The governor was to leave Table Bay on Jan. 21
in the Narcissus for Algoa Bay,
en route for
Graham's Town, where the governor's visit was to
be marked by the townspeople with triumphal
arches, bonfires, and illuminations.
It was not known what measures the governor
intended to bring before the Parliament. A batch
of new taxation bills were expected, but on what
interest the imposts were to be laid had not been
announced.

The governor had ordered the stoppage of all
public works, the insufficient supplies provided by
the Parliament last year being exhausted.
t
The condition of colonial finances was beginning
attract attention. It Was expected that not-
withstanding every possible curtailment of the
current expenditure, yet by June next the tem-
porary loans necessary to eke out the treasurer's
resources would be increased to at least £lOO,OOO.
The commander of the forces was to accompany
the governor, and make a tour
of inspection of the
various military stations and outposts. It was
expected that the head-quarters -would again be
established at Graham's Town.

Telegraphic intelligence received at Graham's
Town on Jan. 8 states that all was quiet oa the
Kaffir prophet had
arisen, advising the Keffirs to sow plentifully for
frontier, but that another
three years, and not to dispose of the crops, but to
store them up, as after three years no corn would
grow. This was thought to be a design to provide
alone for campaigning purposes,

Advocate Brand, President Elect of the Free
State, had left Cape Town for Bloemfontein, the
seat of the Free State Government. He was feted
in the colonial towns through which he passed.
Fresh disturbances had occurred in the Trans-
vaal, in which Pretorius was said to have had a
discreditable share. An attempt had been made
to oust Van Rensebung from the presidency in
favour Pretorius, but was expected to fail.

Business in the colony was improving. Provi-
sions were very cheap.
The Saxon arrived out on the 12th. The mails
landed here were forwarded by the night trains.
The Saxon leaves at midnight for Southampton.
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 26.
The Cape mail brings no news of Dr. Living-
stone:

Dr. Mellor, of the Zinabesi exploring expedition
has returned to England by the Saxon.

The Innkeeper's Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25
added, for all ages, with selling weight allowances, &c.

Mr Bancroft's Cronstadt, 6 yrs (£3O), 9st llb
(Challoner) 1
Mr Chaston's Rope Dancer, 3 yrs (L3O), 7st 111 b
(Bradley) 2
Betting-7 to 4on Cronstadt, who waited upon Rope
Dancer to the commencement of the rails, when he headed
him, and won in a canter by three lengths. Winner was
bought in for 43 guineas.
The Lincolnshire Handicap Stakes of 5 sot's each, 3 forfeit,
with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners
extra. Second horse to receive 20 sovs out of the stake.
1 mile. 74 subs, 16 of whom declared.

Count F. de Lagrange's Benjamin, 5 yrs, 6st 131 b
(Hunter) 1
Duke de Morny's Partisan, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (A. Watkins) 2
Mr J. Lowe's Anglo-Saxon, 3 yrs, Est (in. 71b ex )
(Leates) 3
Lord Bateman's Despair, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (car. Bst 41b)
(Custance) 4
The following also ran :—Neophyte, Dunkeld, Hetman,
Fluke, Siva, Confederate, and Ess Bouquet.
Betting-2 to 1 agat Anglo-Saxon, 100 to 30 agst Ben-
jamin, 6 to 1 agst Despair, 7 to 1 agat Confederate, 100 to
8 agat Neophyte, and 100 to 5 agst Hetman and Siva, and
25 to 1 agst Partisan.
The start was delayed some time in consequence of seve-
ral of the light weights breaking away, in the first of which
Ess Bouquet, overpowering her rider, ran the course
throughout, and when taken back resolutely refused to face
her horses. When the flag was lowered Fluke rushed to the
front, but in a few strides he was headed by Despair, who
with Partisan and the favourite, Ess Bouquet, and Benja-
min lying up, made the running to the first turn, where
Partisan headed him and came on with a clear lead, which
he held into the straight, where he was joined by Anglo-
Saxon, the pair being joined half-way up by Benjamin, who
headed them in a few strides, and won in a canter by five
lengths, Partisan defeating the favourite by a length for
second, a similar distance separating the second and third.
Despair was fourth, close up; Confederate fifth, Dunkeld
sixth, Siva seventh, and Neophyte next. The last three were
Ess Bouquet, Fluke, and Hetman.
The Scurry Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added, for all
ages. Winners extra. The straight run in, about half-a-

mile. 6 subs.
Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, 9st 51b..(Custance) 1
Mr Walter's The Sapper, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Loates) 2
Mr Crook's Airdale, 4 yrs, Bst (Taylor) 3
Mr Beaumont's N. 1., 4 yrs, Bst lib (Whiteley) 4

Betting-2 to lon Miss Julia.
The favourite getting the best of a good start, made all
the running, and wcn in a canter by four lengths, a neck
separating the second and third ; a bad fourth.
The Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, 3 ft, with 30
added ; free for any horse ; the second to save his stake.
Winners extra. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles.

21 subs.
Mr J. Abel's Oamperdown, 6 yrs, 105 t.... (Mr T. Loton) 1
M. Voisin's Avalanche, aged, lOst 101 b .... (W. White) 2
Mr C. P. Hudson's Tolurno, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b ....(States) 3
The following also ran :—Hetman, Confidence, Baron of
Avon, Lady of the Isles, and Cronstadt.
Betting-2 to 1 each agst Tolurno and Avalanche, and
100 to 15 agst Camperdown.
Avalanche, in company with Camperdown, Baron of Avon,
and Lady of the Isles, cleared the first flight of hurdles a
length or two in advance of Tolurno, close up with whom
came Confidence, Hetman, and Cronstadt bringing up the
rear—some distance in the'r track. Rounding the lower
turn Avalanche took a decided lead—but on reaching the
flight of hurdles halfway up the hill she was again chal-
lenged by Camperdown, who was closely followed by Baron
of Avon, Lady of the Isles, and Confidence, the lot running
in close company along the far-side. On reaching the mile •

post the two latter wore disposed of, and Tolurno fora brief
period flattered his backers by carrying his colours to the
front, but dying away, as they reached the T.Y.C. post the
race was left with Avalanche, Camperdown, and Baron of
Avon, who ran together to the last flight of hurdles, which
Camperdown cleared slightly in advance of the favourite,
and won in a canter by a length. Tolurno, who ran past
the pulling-up horses, was a bad third. The others stopped
on the post. On returning to scale an objection was lodged
against the winner on the ground of his owner being in the
forfeit list, which was left for the decision of the stewards.
The Lincolnshire Hunt Steeplechase of 5 soya each, 50
added. About four miles. 17 subs.

Mr S. J. Wellies Creole, 4 yrs, 1 Ist 71b (Mr. Goodwin) 1
Mr G. Walker's Pigeon, 4 yrs, list 71b (Mr G. Walker) 2
Mr Fearne's Sorceress, (h b), 6 yrs, 12st 41b (Mr Fewson) 3
Mr E. Heneage's Cadet, aged, 12st Illb (Mr G. Oliver) 4
The following also ran :—Bolingbroke, Emblem, Miss
Rathbone, Tancred, Mr Barnes's gelding, Mary Bill, Sir
Richard, and The Ruler.

Betting—Even on Creole, 5 to 1 agst Pigeon, 7 to 1
agst Cadet, and 8 to 1 agst Bolingbroke.
Bolingbroke was the first away, and came over the first
flight of hurdles slightly in advance of the favourite, who
was closely followed by Pigeon, Cadet, Mary Hill, and Miss
Rathbone, the others following at wide intervals past the
stand. Proceeding up the hill, Creole went to the foro and
somewhat increased the pace, Pigeon going on second, and
Cadet third, when positions were retained round the win-
ning field to the flight of hurdles near the bottom turns,
which the leading horses cleared very cleverly, but Miss
Rathbone, less fortunate, fell in them, and was left some
distance in the rear. On entering the meadows, Creole in
creased his lead of Pigeon, Sorceress going on third, Tan-
cred fourth, with Cadet and Sir Richard next; the others
presenting a beaten appearance. No alteration occurred in
their positions, Creole holding his own to the end and win-
ning in a canter by five lengths, a bad third, Cadet was
fourth, Miss Rathbone fifth, Tancred sixth, and Mary Hill
and Emblem, side by side, next; Bolingbroke trotted in
last.
The Selling Steeplechase of 5 sous each, with 30 added,
with selling allowances. 12st each. About 3 miles. 4
subs,
Mr Green's Baron of Avon, 5 yrs (£am), 12st
(Mr Blanton) 1
Mr Green's Friar of Apshall, aged (£10), lOst 71b
(C. Boyce) 2
Mr Well's Museum, aged (.C3O), lOst (car lOst
Harrison)
(Mr arrison) 3
Cronstadt also ran.

Betting--7 to 4on Friar of Apshall.
After several disappointments, which considerably re-
duced the chance of the competitors, Baron of Avon, who
kept on his legs, won in a canter by 10 lengths, a bad third.
Museum broke his stirrup leather.
The winner was bought in for 102 guineas.

CITY BETTING.—Trus DAY.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
10 to 1 agst Bantam (taken)
10 to 1 agst Emblematic (offered)
14 to 1 aget Wee Nell (offered)
20 to 1 agst Portland (wanted)
20 to 1 agst Jerusalem (taken)
20 to 1 agst Emblem (take 25)
THE GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
10 to lon the field (offered)
100 to 6 agst Lioness (offered)
CHESTER Cul%
100 to 6 agst Golden Pledge (taken)
20 to 1 agst Change (wanted)
20 to 1 aget Anfield (taken)
22 to 1 agst Blackdown (taken)
50 to 1 eget Greenland (offered)
THE DERBY.
10 to 1 on the field (offered)
14 to 1 aget Cambuscan (wanted)

THE WHOLE SERIES OF GEORGE ELIOT'S (MISS
EvANS) NOVELS has been translated into French by N.
d'Albert Durado, at Basle.
SUICIDE OF A LUNATIC.—Last evening an
ih-
quest was held in Leman-street, St. Saviours, on the
body of Joseph Chapman, aged 47, The evidence showed
that the deceased, who was a house-painter, had recently
exhibited symptoms of a return of mental disease, from
which he had previously suffered. On Sunday he managed
to elude the vigilance of his wife, and threw himself into a
cistern containing 14 inches of water. When discovered
and taken out life was extinct. The jury returned a verdict
of temporary insanity.
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sults as some here have anticipated. The stringency
of international law, or at least its enforcement,
seems to have slackened of late. With respect to this
occupation of a nook of Jutland by the allies, ap-
pears that it was effected by Marshal Wrangel in
conformity with the general instructions with which
he was furnished at the commencement of the cam-
paign; but probably the Berlin Government thought
he would again have referred to it before carrying
out that portion of the plan. nes is explained the
declaration alleged to have been made in Vienna by
the Prussian Cabinet, that this Government was as
surprised as that of Austria on learning the event.
In Berlin to-day it is not believed that there is any
present intention of a more extensive occupation of
Jutland than that above indicated. A glance at the
plea of Fredericia shows that it wouldte a pretty
hard nut to crack, if as well defended as we may
fairly expect that it would be. The gain to the
allies by their occupation of Kolding and a small
portion of the adjacent country is supposed to be
that they will thereby hamper the enemy's commu-
nications between Jutland and the islands. They
cannot prevent, but they can impede them. It
may be asked if this advantage is an equivalent
for the political complications arising out of
the invasion of Jutland. Some people are in-
clined to treat these complications lightly, by
reason of the many rents that have lately teen
with impunity made in the code of international
rights and of usages having force of law. Prussia
and Austria seize upon Schleswig, they say, as a
guarantee for Denmark's execution of her engage-
ments. They are not conquering or appropriating
the country, they merely hold it as a pledge. One
might suppose, therefore, that it was their duty to
maintain the status quo, and at least to take nothing
oat of the land, nor to destroy anything in it. We
find them, however, carrying away the guns from
the fortifications,'—eight were lately exhibited,
which assuredly cost the Prussians neither killed nor
wounded, on one of the public squares of Berlin—
and the official Anzeiger has just informed us that
the works of the Dannewerk and those of Fried-
richstadt are to be disarmed and razed. By what
right do the Germans dismantle the fortresses that
have been abandoned to them, and appropriate ord-
nance which does not belong to them, in a country
which they declare themselves to have become pos.
sessed of only as a material guarantee? And only
two days ago it was declared in official quarters here
that Prussia was not at war with Denmark ! With
the Guards at Kolding that silly figment can hardly
be maintained.

Among the vast number of persons in Germany who
busy themselves with journalism there is a certain
class which is particularly occupied with the compo-
sition or combination of news, chiefly for transmis-
sion by telegraph. The usual abode of these hatchers
of canards is in the large cities, whence they purvey
novelties of their own fabrication to greedy telegraph
agencies. Since the war broke out not a few of those
gentlemen have abandoned their usual nests, and
have strayed forward as far as the Prussian cordon
would allow them, and they continue their incubat-

ing process in the towns of Schleswig. It is surpris-
ing how they succeed in imposing even upon tome
of the more intelligent of the German journals. I
know not whether the following precious specimen
of bush—one of the many daily inflicted upon us—
has met your eye :
" Flensburg, Feb. 19, Night.

"The demonstrative march of the Prussian Guard
oa Bolding is only intended to exercise a pressure
on the Western Powers, who are interposing to
bring. about an armistice. No further advance is
ordered, but the recall of the Guard is, on the con-
trary, probable, as well as the conclusion of the ar-
mistice."

It would be difficult to express more absurdities
and misstatements in the same number of words.
Prussia, whom we know to be dead against an er•
mistice, goes into Jutland to exercise a pressure on
the great Powers—or, as we must suppose the

writer to mean, if he means anything, to induce
Denmark to accept the suspension of arms, to which
Rhe is known to be equally averse. As to its being
probable that an armistice will be agreed upon,
there is not a shadow of foundation for the state-
merit. According to all present appearances there
will be more fighting as soon as the necessary pre-
parations can be made. These may take some time,
owing to roads and weather. We are again in the
depth of winter, with heavy snow and hard frost.
Yesterday the snow was very severe; to-day it is
milder, and more scow is falling. The last week of
February is little better than was the first. Letters
from officers describe their straits and privations up
in the front as very rigorous. Either the Danish
army had swept Schleswig of its stores, or the
riches of that duchy have been much exaggerated.
There is literally nothing to be bought there; the
troops live on their rations of meat and bread,
brought up from far in the rear; brandy and coffee,
which the climate and exposure render most de-
sirable supplies, are stated in some of the letters
referred to to be for the most part wanting, while
the quarters afforded by the North Schleswig vil-
lages are generally very wretched.
A widely-circulated Belgian paper lately published
a telegram announcing that Gen. Manteuffel had
failed in the object of his mission to Dresden. This
is quite incorrect. The object was to prevent Fede-
ral reserves being sent into Holstein, and it was
attained ; not, however, it is related in political
circles here, until Gen. Manteuffel had given the
Saxon Government plainly to understand that
Prussia was resolved not to tolerate opposition on
the part of its puny neighbour, but would, if neces•
sary, have recourse to very strong means to over-
come its obstinacy. This announcement, employed
when all other arguments had failed, brought M.
von Beust to his senses.
The communication with Copenhagen is again in-
terrrupted, and letters have to go round by Sweden.

VIENNA, Feb. 21,

Yesterday morning the Austrian Government
learned from Hadersheben in Schleswig that there
had been " an unimportant rencounter with the
enemy's cavalry at Gudsoe," a small place in the
Danish province of Jutland, to the north of the road
which leads from Kolding to Fredericia ; and later
in the day a telegram from Copenhagen announced
the arrival "of a considerable body of German
troops in Paaby and Eistrup in Jutland." The news
was not made known to the Vienna public until
yesterday evening, and when known but few per-
sons appeared to be fully aware of its importance.
Late in the evening of yesterday I envy a person
who must be well acquainted with the opinions and
views of the Imperial Court and Cabinet, and he
gave me the assurance that the entry of German
troops into Jutland had both surprised and dis-
pleased the Emperor and his Ministers, "it
being a violation of one of the conditions of the
Austro• Prussian convention."
A few hours ago
I had a long interview with a person high
in office, and he requested me to state that the Im
perial Government highly disapproved the step
which Marshal Wrangel had taken. In the course
of the morning I managed to acquire information
which will enable you to form a tolerably correct
idea of what has been doing here during the last
four and twenty hours. On the receipt of the news
that there had been a collision with the Danish
cavalry on the northern side of the frontier of
Schleswig, Count Rechberg requested Baron Wer-
ther, the Prussian Minister at this Court; to call on

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to what had occurred, and Count Itt ' "-ili• i. ; iY"--;:i'
therefore obliged to address himself ia) the Assiala S
Government. During the afbernoon .of y esterday
the electric telegraph between this city a' .id Berlin
was continually at work, but th.i only' it formation
that could be obtained from M. von Big' mark was,
that he was as much surprised as Cam : Rechberg
at what had occurred. The Berlin G evernment
will try to make the world believe that t' he German
cavalry followed the Danes into Jutland in the hea t
of heettle, but it is not likely that the ex. 'use will be
accepted, it being a well-known fact that.: Prussia has
recently been endeavouring to persuad e Austria to
allow her troops to enter Jutland. At 2 o'clock yes-
terday afternoon a Cabinet Council, at; which the
Emperor preside 1, was held, and I to-day learn
that it lasted full S hours and a half. Nitwit') stand-
ing repeated applicaeions to Berlin thie ti eve•ctiment
has been unable to learn whether any part of the im-
perial cavalry was engaged at Gedsce, an d :inetrue-
tions have therefore been sea t to Licutenen t-Gene-
ral von Geblenz to remain pa salve until he, :receives
instructions from his superiors in this cit:r. It re-
mains to be seen whether Count Rechber g has been
deceived by 111.'yonBismark, or whether the Prus-
sian military authorities hai' wilfielly disre-
garded the orders received from the Royal Cabinet.
As a matter of course, Austria -will endeavour to
prove to England and France that she has not broken
the promises made to them in re spect to Denmark,
but it is doubtful whether they N vill give her credit
for sincerity if she should continue to co-operate
with such a slippery Power as 'Prussia. It is not
unlikely that Marshal Wrangel will receive orders
to quit Jutland immediately, but if his Sovereign
should refuse to recall his troops from that province,
neither France, England, nor Russia can possibly
allow a German Power to establish itself in a coun-
try which completely commands the North Sea on
the one side and the J3altio on. the other. Though
there has been .no collusion between Austria and
Prussia, it cannot justly be said that the policy of
.the latter is free from ambiguity.
The Imperial Government would fain stand well
with all parties, and, as a matter of course, it stands
well with none. It continues to assure the British
and French Governments that its "military action"
is confined to the occupation of Schleswig, and at
the same time it endeavours to win favour with the
Band by ordering 13 heavily-armed vessels of war
to cruise in the Adriatic and Mediterranean for the
protection of the Austrian and German flags. Five
vessels will remain in the waters of the Adriatic,
six in the Mediterranean, and two—the Emperor,
a ship of the line carrying 91 guns, and the Frede-
rick, a schooner with 22 guns—will go to the North
Sea. A few days ago an embargo was laid on a
Danish vessel at Trieste, but it was raised as soon '
as it was found that her owners were Holateiners.

" During the last four and twenty hours," says a
well-informed diplomatist, " two highly important
resolutions have been taken here—the one is, that
the integrity ofDenmark shall be strictly maintained;
the other, that if the Bond should resolve to admit
a representative of Duke Frederick of Augusten-
burg—as Dake of Holstein—to its sittings, Baron
Kubeck will enter a protest against such an illegal
proceeding, and then retire from the room." In the
last number of the Frankfort Journal is a passage,
which I quote, as it will serve to show that the
Germans have no high opinion of the patriotism of
the two great Powers :
"At last the mask is fallen. Prussia is to have
Holstein, Schleswig is at a fitting moment to be
restored to Denmark, and Austria is to be rewarded
for her complaisance by Prussia's guaranteeing to
her the possession of Venetia."
The trophies of war from Schleswig arrived here
yesterday, and were at once taken to the Imperial
Mews, where they will be exhibited to the public.
The trophies, which consisted of one 4-pounder,
three 24-pounders, two mortars for throwing 841 b.
shells, and 12 Danish flags or pennons, were ac--
companied by twelve men who had received gold
and silver medals as a reward for their gallant con-
duct at Gross Selk and Oversee. A vast crowd ac-
companied the procession from the Northern Rail-
way terminus to the Mews, and every now and then
it_gave vent to its patriotic feelings in loud and
hearty cheers.

HALF•PAST FIVE.
I have just received the following brief but im-
portant notice :---
"The temporary occupation of Bolding was tLe
consequence of an encounter of some Danish and
Austro Prussian troops on the frontier of Jutland.
In as far as Austria is concerned, the sffdir will
lead to no alteration in the character of the military
occupation of Schles,vig• The ends to be attained
by tnat occupation are the same as they were a
week ago."

The Seizure of an English Ship in Malaga,

The Correspondencia of Madrid gives the fallow-
ing details of the seizure in the port of Malaga
of the English steamer having cannon and war-
like stores on board, as has been already briefly
mentioned

Captain Sinclair declares that the vessel had no
other object in entering Malaga than to get a supply
of coals and provisions. The crew is composed of

16 men. The Carbineers who had been put on board
state that es the authorities discovered that the ves-
sel had artillery and other wardse stores in her
hold, the Civil Governor went on board. It has been
proved that although the vessel is said to have come
from Newcastle, she was from London and bound to
Ancona. She was freighted by a person named
Manuel, whom the captain does not know, and is
consigned to the same person, with orders to touch
at Vigo, Mg tap, and Barcelona. The captain says
that he bad touched at Vigo, and also at Ferrol,
where he was obliged to repair his engine. The
vessel has on board five cannon (two of them rifled),
150 Minie rifles, 150 revolvers, 400 sabres, 44 barrels
of gunpowder, 100 pairs of thick shoes, '2OO pairs of
trousers, 200 cloaks, 40 boxes of loaded shells, &e.
The cannon were concealed under the ballast.

Shocking Murder in Glasgow,

At a late hour on Tuesday night an atrocious murder
was perpetrated in Maitland-street, Cowcaddens, Glasgow.
The victim is a woman about 30 years of age, named Jessie
Gordon, and the person by whose hands the unfortunate
creature has been bereft of life is believed to be one John or
William Blair, a joiner by trade, residing at 544, Dobbie's-
loan.

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rated, but on Tuesday night, shortly before 11 O'clock' they
appeared together in the public house of Mr. Alexander
Ferguson, in Maitland-street, They went into a box by
themselves, and, according to the testimony of a waitress
employed in the shop, they wore supplied with two glasses
of whisky and a glass of ale. After they had been in the
place a short time a quarrel arose between them, and pre"
sontly their voices were heard in loud altercation, In the
heat of the dispute the woman was seen by some parties in
the shop to throw a bottle at her companion, and Blair was
subsequently heard to threaten that he would do for her.
Almost immediately afterwards Blair left the shop, and
proceeded down Maitland-street towards Dobbie's-loan.
The woman followed him out, and took the same
direction along the street. No one seems to have taken
any particular notice of them at this time ; but a
minute or two afterwards the attention of the persons
in Mr. Ferguson's shop, and of every one else within ear-
shot, was arrested by a loud cry of murder proceeding front
the quarter towards which they had gone. A girl, named
Catherine Lyon or Nelson, who happened to be in Fergu-
son's, at once ran down the street, in the direction of the
cries, and about 40 yards from the shop door she found the
yeoman Gordon standing on the pavement, with blood spout-
ing from a wound in the neck. By this time the unfortu-
nate woman was surrounded by a crowd of people, to whom
she intimated that she had been stabbed by tho men
in whose company she had been seen. Within a few
minutes after the alarm had been raised, Dr. Renfrew was
in attendance. lie administered the usual restoratives re-
sorted to in such cases, but without success, for the patient
gradually sank, and expired about 25 minutes after hiserod-
rival. Wheie the body was examined, it was discoeNtured
that two wounds had been inflicted. One wits a.
Punot tsiiui he
wound on the left side of the neck, ill the rco,gfla
ala
carotid artery. The other woun,l was
illec:fourths of an
character, on the right shoulder, about threee
of the wounds
inch in depth. ud ging. front the appercainec
uith a
„mail
one would infer that hey were
pocket• knife. Blair hay .1..1

TIIE EXDENSES ATTENDING THE LVTE COURT-
MARTIAL ON COLONEL CRAWLEY, which were
wildly estimated at £50,000 or £60,000, appear by a Parlia-
mentary return to be as follows :—Travelling expenses of
the witnesses to England and back, £5,220; fittings of the
Club-house, Aldershott, £5O ; the dead loss of the country
of the services of the witnesses is computed at £3,000 ; alto-
gether under £12,000,