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been large, and, notwithstanding the advance in the Bank
rate of discount to nine per cent,, the biddings for all de-
scriptions have ruled active, at the full prices current at
the close of last sales. Continental buyers have also been
in good attendance, and these have made somewhat exten-
sive purchases, at very full prices. The private contract
market is very moderately supplied with English wool, and
and the trade is very firm. Buyers, however, appear dis-
posed, in consequence of the shortness of the supply as
well as of the high price of money, to limit their transactions
to the supply of their immediate wants.
Current prices of English wool per lb.
Fleeces —South Down hoggets 1 111 to 2 Of
Halt-bred do
Kent fleeces .. 2 Of 2 1
South Down ewes & wethers. 1 9 110
Leicester do.
Sorts—Clothing
Combing . ,

TALLOW.
The tallow trade is steady to-day, and prices are 9d per
cwt. higher than on Monday last. P.Y.C. is quoted at
41s per cwt. on the spot; and town tallow at 38s 9d nett
cash. Rough fat is selling at 2s 2d per Sibs.

Particulars. 1850. 1851 1862. 1863. 1864.
--- --....._ ----
Stock this day.... 287 a 67,609 35.042 40.6 2 50.050
Price of Y.C. ..
f 5356 a to 58808 to 4Essd to 43561 to 41s 3d to
BOd —s Od --s Od
(
Delivery last week —l3 Oct —s Oct
832 1,327 1,219 699 1,012
Ditto from June 1 , 7,7C0 76,015 115,171 75,b39 71,558
Arrivals last week 1 611 104 20 279 645
Ditto from June 1 93,152 116,530 93.467 78,272 83,761
Price of Town •... 54s 3d 678 3d 96s 6d 44s 3d 41s 6d

Central Criminal Court—This Day,

The May Sessions of the Central Criminal Court com-
menced this morning at the Sessions house, Old Bailey,
before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and other civic
authorities. The calendar consists of a list of 84 prisoners
for trial. The Grand Jury having been sworn,
The Recorder, in delivering his charge, said be was
happy to inform them that the calendar did not contain a
very large list of prisoners for trial; and that none of
the cases were of a very serious nature. There was a case
in which a man had been committed for trial for unlaw-
fully wounding, but since that the person who had been
wounded had died, and the case would be presented before
them as one of manslaughter; and if they were satisfied
that the death was occasioned by the wound, it would be
their duty to return a true hill. There was also
another case of manslaughter, in which a person who prac-
tised and represented himsel as a surgeon, not being duly
qualified, was charged with having caused the death of the
deceased for want of proper knowledge and skill, and gross
ignorance. It appeared that he had operated on the deceased
for a ease of the hip joint, from the effects of which
he died. If they were satisfied that the prisoner was not a
practical and prorerly qualified surgeon, and death ensued
from his want of skill, it would be their duty to return a true
bill. Having referred to a ease in which a person was
charged with an attempt at rape en a young girl, the Re-
corder said the only other case he thought it necessary to
make any observation on was a case in which two boys
were charged with arson in setting fire to chattels in a dwel-
ling house. It appeared the prisoners had put some lighted
paper in the letter box at the prosecutor's house, and set
fire to a number of letters. When the fire was
discovered it was found that the lighted paper put into the
box was part of an old newspaper, the other portions of which
had been traced to have been in possession of the prisoner.
The jury would have all the facts before them, and if the
evidence showed a prima facie case against the prisoner, it
would be their duty to send the case for further enquiry
before the petit jury, There was no other case in which it
would be necessary to make any observations, and he wouli
therefore at once dismiss them to their duties.

The Grand Jury haring retired,
A common jury was sworn, and the Court proceeded
with the trial of cases standing over from last session.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

ALLEIOED ROBBERY IN A CAL—Margaret Mills, an
unfortunate, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing
from the person of Mr. James O'Brien, of 25, Newman-
street, Oxford-street, a leather bag containing £27105. in
gold.

The prosecutor said that about twelve theprevious night
he met the prisoner in Oxford•street, and get into a cab
and went with her as far as Holborn-hill, when they got
out and got into another cab, telling the driver to proceed
to the Marble Arch. On reaching Marylebone-lane, the
prisoner got out and wanted to get away, and this caused
him to suspect something, and putting his hand into his
trowsers' pocket he missed a leather bag containing £27 10s,
which he felt was safe in his pocket when he first met the
prisoner. He then called a constable and gave the prisoner
in charge.
Mr Knox asked the prosecutor whether he was quite
sober.

The prosecutor said he had been to two publichouses, and
at one he had some stout and ale, and at the other some
brandy.

Tho prisoner said sho did not remember anything, as she
had been drinking. She did not take the prosecutor's
money.

Job Elliott, 355 D, said the prosecutor was the worse for
drink, but the prisoner was quite sober. The prosecutor
charged the prisoner with stealing his bag and money, and
said she had run down a Court.
Mr Knox asked what money was found on the prisoner,
and the constable said only Bs. 6d.
The prisoner said the prosecutor give her that, which he
did not deny.

Mr Knox said it was just possible the prosecutor might
have dropped the bag in the cab. He could not detain the
prisoner on the evidence, but he would advise the prose.
cutor to go to the Lost Property Office at Scotland-yard
and give information that the cabman might, if possible,
be traced. The prosecutor had lost his money by his own
folly, but the police would try and help him to recover it.
Barns, the gaoler, said the prisoner could be found at
any time if she was wanted.
The prisoner was then discharged.
VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A Wrss.—Henry Vincent, of 8,
Husband-street, a sweep, was charged with violently as-
saulting his wife Mary, by striking her on the head with a
nar,

Loosley, 46 C, said that at one o'clock yesterday morning
he was called to No. 8, Husband-street, where he found the
prisoner's wife smothered with blood, and unable to see,
He took her to the Middlesex Hospital, where she had her
head dressed. She was unable to attend that morning.
In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable said the wife told
him that her husband cut her head open with a can, while
the prisoner said it was done with his fist. The poor woman,
who was very ill, told him that she did not like to appear
against the prisoner, who had assaulted her before, as, if he
were sent to prison, she would have to go to the workhouse.
He believed the wife was frightened to appear.
The prisoner said he had been out drinking comfortably
with his wife, and he did not know what caused them to
fall out, but he believed she threw some water on him.
Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner.

THAMES.
RoBNERT AND DIIVNXENNEB3 ON BOARD SHIP.--•
Thomas Powell, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget,
charged with stealing sherry and ale on board the ship
Regina, in the East India Dock, and being drunk on board
The case was a very extraordinary one. Yesterday
(Sunda)) evening, half-past 8 o'clock, a dock watchman,
named Martin, saw a woman, a man, and 4 children coming
along the west quay of the East India dock. They were
all drunk, and reeling about. One of the children fell
down and was senseless for some time. The party were
taken to the dock watchhouse, and one of the women turned
out to be the prisoner's wife, the man his brother, and the
intoxicated little ones were his effspries_.5_.
Clarke, a dock con.
stable,went on board the ship,in the dock, and fonnd prisoner
lying under the cabin table dead drunk. On searching the
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the absence of the captain and mates to take care of the
ship and stores. The chisel found in the lamarette was
taken from the third mate's bunk.
Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to one months' im-
prisonment and hard labour.

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.

GILATEsEND Monday Morning.
Arrived, May B_Visserie, from Worcum_Roland, from
Andsund—Mentor, from Worcum,
Arrived, May 9—William, from Ystad—Agnes Fraser,
from Seville—Ornen, from Dantsic.
DEAL, Monday Morning.
Anchored—Adelaide, from Bahia, for Bsenien—.Xolus,
from Philadelphia, for Rotterdam,
Passed—Conclops for Bombay—Jane, for Algoa Bay—
Candidatfe, for Barbadoes—all from London—Austrian
gunboat Seehunel, from Gravesend, for the Downs, after
pairing.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL-
Handers great choral work, "Israel in Egypt," will be
performed for the last time this season on Friday next, the
13th inst. Madame Parepa, Miss Banks, Madame Sainton-
Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Santley will
be the principal vocalists.

COLLEGE OF PRECEPTOESoc.at a meeting of the
Council of.this Corporation on Saturday, the 7th inst., the
following genthmen were elected members :—Mr. J. Aid.
ridge, Kingston, Yeovil; Air. J. S. Bruce, Falkland
House, Finchley ; Mons. P. J. Jaeckel, the College,
Worthing; Mr. J. Langton, British and Foreign
School Society; Mr. H. Newman, Wordsley, Stourbridge ;
Rev. J. W. Tapper, Wood Green, Tottenham ; Dr. T. E.
Watson, Eagle Hall, Southgate,

The Armstrong and Whitworth Trial,

The competition for supremacy between these field-guns
has now lasted a month, each week of which has given
varying results with regard to excellency, though none of
them of such a conclusive kind as would warrant even the
most experienced in pronouncing an opinion as to the ulti-
mate success of either. We say "either," for though three
guns are in the field—the Armstrong shunt-gun, the
Armstrong breech-loader, and the Whitworth—yet the
varying equality of the competition we have spoken of must
be understood to refer only to the performances of the
shunt-gun and the Whitworth, The breech-loader is a
good gun, and most especially is it good in its shell practice,
a missile which it was only made to fire, But, beyond its
shell practice, it is deficient in a thousand minor points, not
much, perhaps, when stated singly, but formidable in the
aggregate to either Sir William's shunt-gun or the hexagon
of Mr. Whitworth. Out of this country, where the science
of artillery practice is carried to a pitch of perfection which
is apparently, to judge from the make of their ordnance,
not even attempted by other nations, the breech-loader would
no doubt be thought a perfect weapon. But, side by side
with such severe standards of excellence as Sir William's
shunt gun and Mr. Whit worth's hexagon, what were before
thought to be minor imperfections are now, with stern jus-
tice, measured as radical defects, and it is not too much to
say that the breech-loader is looked upon by all virtually out
of the contest; It now turns only on the comparative merits
of the shunt and the Whitworth. Thus, then, whatever
may be the result of the trials as regards the supremacy of
the Armstrong shunt-gun or the Whitworth, the competi-
tion has not been made in vain. Ali eady the country has
gained an immense advantage by the incontestable proof
thus afforded that the gun with which our batteries in the
field are now armed is not the best that can be got. Such
an all-important truth is well worth a little cost and trouble
to elicit, and we know now beyond all doubt that, whatever
may be the result of Mr. Whitworth's claims, Sir William
Armstrong himself has in the shunt gun invented a very
much fitter piece of ordnance than that on which our troops
are now depending in the use of the breech-loader. The
literal market value of such a result can scarcely be over-
estimated. It now, therefore, only remains to be proved
which of the two conquerors of the breech-loader, the Arm-
strong shunt-gun or the Whitworth, is the better piece, and
whenever this result is definitively ascertained the country
may rest content in the assurance that they possess an artil-
lery which, until it is copied, will be without an equal in the
world. In the present state of this competition we cannot
venture on even a surmise as to which of the two will
prove the victor; but we can say confidently that the time
is fast approaching when the most momentous question at
issue between the two ordnance—that of endurance—will be
decided one way or the other. Nino hundred and ninety-two
rounds have already been fired from each gun, and each now
gives the signs of wear which may or may not be developed
into alarming weakness at any moment.;More than this,in the
absence of strictly reliable information, and with the intense
party feeling which prevails among the supporters of each
gun at Shoebury, it would be unwise to say. We mast add,
however, that both Sir "William and Mr. Whitworth disre-
gard these defects as comparatively trivial, and that, on the
other hand, the committee did not quite agree in this opin-
ion, or, at all events, as a prudent measure, have determined
after the thousandth round, which will be fired to-day, to
treat them as unproved guns and fire them with a long lan-
yard while the gunners are under shelter, The mere fact of
such precautions being taken is an evidence of the begin-
ning of the end—an end which would terminate the whole
controversy if it took place with the big guns, bat which we
must be careful not to regard as final with these small ones.
The principle of strength, rifling, and construction which
answers for a large gua will, as a mathematical certainty,
answer for a small one, but as an almost invariable rule
R hat does for a small gun will not do for a large one. The
great question, therefore, of destructiveness, length of range,
accuracy, and endurance will be tested quite irrespective of
the results of these field-pieces. It will be the trials of the
large guns which will form the court of final appeal.
As far as they have yet been gone through, the trials
embrace almost every kind of performance which could be
exacted from a gun in active service, with very many which
the utmost exigencies of a rough campaign would rarely
call forth. For range at various degrees of elevation the
tests have proceeded up to ten degrees, at which Mr.
Whitworth's gun threw its shot on an average 350 yards
further than the shunt. This may seem a trifling differ-
ence at 4,000 yards, or nearly two and a half miles—a range
at which an engagement with such light guns would be
quite impossible. It must not, however, be forgotten
that if at two miles and a half there is an advantage
to Mr, Whitworth of 350 yards, at 20 degrees elevation, or
four miles' range, his superiority would amount to nearly,
half a mile of increased range, and increased range as re-
gards the shot is greater penetration and more direct flight,
which is, in other words, a lower trajectory or flatter curve
as it drops from the muzzle of the gun to the earth. As a
set-off against this we must bear in mind that Sir 'William's
shunt gun has been found to be sighted too low and Mr.
Whitworth's too high; and, though the difference is far too
minute to affe3t the results at 4,000 yards, it might make a
material change in the question of flat trajectory at 400.
In fact, from the tests made of initial velocity, or the speed
at which the shots leave the gun's muzzle, it has been proved
that the actual velocity is higher with Sir "William's shunt
gun than with Mr. Whitworth's. At 800 yards, however,
Mr. Whitworth's shot is close upon Sir William's, and at
1,000 or 1,100 yards is, no doubt, equal with it in rapidity.
We only mention this fact of initial velocity to show that
on the question of flat traje Stories Sir William's shunt gun
has a flatter trajectory up to 1,100 yards than Mr. Whit-
worth's. But fiat trajectories, or, to speak in plain Eng-
lish, low lines of flight of shot from the gun's muzzle, are
only valuable at low angles of the gun itself—that is, when
its muzzle is not much elevated, and the shot therefore
ranges throughout thegreater part of its course across a field
at about the height of a man. At high elevation of the
gun, when a great range has to be reached, and the diffe-
rence between a high and a low tranjeetory is a difference of
100 or 200 yards above the ground, the low trajectory that
passes at 100 yards is in practice as valueless as the high
trajectory which passes at 200, for in both cases the shots
are not more noisy and quite as harmless as the idle wind.
But at low elevations of the gun a low tatjectory is valuable
in practice, and is a result which all scientific gunners and
inventors of guns strive hard to obtain, for, as a rule which
never varies, the lowest trajectory at all ranges is the
truest gun—that is, it is the gun that sends its shot
longest in the straightest line, The test of initial velocity
proves that Sir William's shunt-gun has the lowest trajec-
tory up to 1,000 yards, and the increased range gained by
Mr Whitworth at 4,000 yards proves that he keeps not the
lowest throughout, but a low trajectory for the longest time.
Last week trials were made at stockades, very simile' in
their power of resistance to the " paha" in New Zealand.
These trials proved nothing worthy of recording, If meant
to show that men under cover of the stockade could be killed,
the targets were placed much too close to the 15 inches of
green elm which formed the stockade to display the effect of
the shell on bursting inside them. If it was meant to destroy
the stockade, the charges with which the shells were fired
were much to large, as they all passed through before burst-
ing. The whole trial was, in short, one which had evidently
been discovered among the red-tape archives relating to the
tests of smooth-bore artillery, for as a test of rifled ordnance
it was almost worthless. The charges of powder were
either very much too great for such obstacles, or the ob-
stacles themselves were very much too great. The most
interesting trial was made with targets representing regi-
ments of infantry in quarter-distance column. Each gun,
the shunt, the breach-loader, and the Whitworth, had a
series of targets to itself. These targets were of 2-inch
deal, and for each gun presented a front of 64 feet wide,
and behind each front line of 64 feet were placed five

ground.

similiar targets, at intervals of 15 feet apart. They were,
in fact, placed for each gun so as to present exactly the
same formation in width and depth of a regiment of in-
fantry, moving, as they almost always do move, from point
to point, when in action in quarter-distance column. The
targets, however, were nine feet high instead of five, as a
regiment at 450 yards, which was the range for the guns to
practice at, woald have appeared to artillerymen. The
firing was expected to be made with case shot; but Mr
Whitworth preferred either percussion or time shell, for rea-
sons which we shall presently endeavour to explain. The
practice with all the guns was good, except in the case of
the breech-loader, for the shortcomings of which very plau-
sible reasons were given as to wrong sighting, with which,
however, we have nothing to do, merely confining our re-
cords to results accomplished.

Both the Armstrongs
_fired with segment shell and con-
cussion fuses ; the Whitworth with shrapnel shell and
time fuses. On each series of targets the following results
were produced wtth five rounds from the three guns. With
' the Armstrong shunt-gun there were through the six tar-
gets, from first to last, 591 distinct perforations :and 652
places in which either fragments of the shells had lodged
or deeply indented the wood, making 1,273 marks in all.
With the Armstrong breech-loader there were 333 perfora-
tions and 363 places in which the fragments had either
shuck or lodged, making 706 marks in all. With the Whit
I worth there were 524 perforations and 132 places in which
either the shrapnel bullets had struck or lodged, making
656 marks in all. In addition to these marks Sir William
had opposite the targets opposed to his shunt-gun three
ragged holes—one 10 inches by 9 inches, one 14 inches by
12 inches, and one 15 inches by 5, so that in destructive
effect the victory of the Armstrong shunt is here so pre-
eminent as to require no further comment, On Friday
morning last the same trials were continued with the same
targets to find the number of men which each gun would
kill in five rounds—the result to be ascertained after the
firing was over by forming up soldiers in line in front of
each target, and then counting the perforations only which
had been made in the wood behind every man. This test
gave the shunt-gun a total of 108 men killed, to the breech
loader's 118 men killed, and to the Whitworth 89 men
killed, in this case, also, very plausible reasons are
alleged to account for the Whitworth shells killing in
theory fewer than the other, but we can ino more enter
into these excuses than Sir William's explanations why
Whitworth beats him in range, or why his breech-
loader shot badly at the t,ial we have mentioned.
These tests, we have said, ought to have .been made with
case shot, but Mr. Whitworth did not wish to use it, and
preferred his time-fuzee shells. Case shot is a mere thin
cylinder filled with musket; balls, and stopped at each end
with a wooden wad. This cylinder instantly breaks on

leaving the gun, and the balls, spreading into a circle, tell
with murderous effect upon men at 400 and 500 yards, and
from the shape of Mr. Whitworth's hexagon rifling it is
said he cannot use this missile with effect. Such a deficiency
—if it really exists—is not of serious moment ; but still it
would be a deficiency, and as such, no doubt, recorded
against the gun. Using time fuzes at such a range as 450
yards appeared to be objectionable. In time fuzes a mis.
calculation of the time of bursting, even such an infinitesi-
mal miscalculation as 1-10th of a second would be sufficient
to make the shell burst 40 yards too soon or too late. When I
such fractional nicety is required it is like expecting im-
possibilities to suppose that men in the hurry and hot blood
of action, with the enemy as close upon them as 450 yards,
would be able to cut fuzees with such minute accuracy as
to allow for 10ths of seconds in ever varying distances.

How it would be in action with no previous knowledge of
the ranges was shown on Friday at Shoeburyness, where,
with perfect knowledge of the range, with ample time, the
most scrupulous care, and every scientific adjunct required
to insure success, only one shell out of five burst precisely
where it was wanted, right in front of the targets. In mak-
ing these remarks we wish most carefully to guard ourselves
from being supposed to advance anything against either the
principle or efficiency of Mr. Whitworth's time shell, of
which it is not too much to say that it is the most perfect
missile of the kind ever invented. The percussion shell of
the Whitworth gun is far inferior to it, and, as compared
with the general efficiency of Sir William's percussion shell
may be pronounced almost a failure. As yet it has effected
so little that on every occasion he can do so Mr. Whitworth
prefers to use his time shell, and with very good reason,
After the trials at these targets were over, another test of
endurance was made by firing 50 rounds of shot from each
gun, which were then left to cool, and impressions taken of
their interiors to show wear and tear of bore. It is only
necessary to say that these impressions proved that the guns
are wearing, though we are not yet in possession of such
authentic information as to state which has worn most.

In our account of the experiments made at Shoeburyn ess
on Friday the merit of Captain Palliser's plan of fastening
armour-bolts was inadvertently ascribed to his brother.
The praise is due to Captain William Palliser, of the 18th
Hussars.

IRELAND,

DUBLIN, May 7.
The affliction of Lady Fitzgerald and her family
has been aggravated by a barbarous outrage on
the part of the peasantry. The popular feeling,
it seems, did not go with the verdict of the jury,
and the impression that prevailed among the lower
classes was that the suicide of Sir Thomas Fitz.
gerald was deliberate and of malice prepense, with
the avowed purpose of defrauding his creditors.
Consequently, they thought that the verdict
should have been simply that he was guilty
of self-murder, and as such unworthy of
Christian burial. This view is to be ascribed
chiefly to an hereditary animosity to the family,
dating from 1798, when the grandfather of the late
baronet, by his atrocious cruelties to the insur-
gents, acquired the sobriquet of " The Flogger,"
by which he was long remembered in Tipperary.
The Irish peasantry firmly believe in Providential
retribution in cases of oppression, and, if the wrong-
doer escapes in this life, they have no doubt that his
descendants will be punished in his stead. Th• his-
tory of this family seems to have confirmed the po-
pular belief, for it has suffered several heavy calami-
ties, and all have been regarded as divine judg-
ments. The son of " the Flogger," who inherited his
titles and estates, was drowned coming from Liver-
pool in the Nimrod. A young son of the suicide
hanged himself some years ago from a nail stuck in
the wall, to which he fastened a cord. According to
the popular story, the boy was showing to his little
sister and brother how his grandfather used to hang
the rebels. Believing, however, that the verdict should
have been filo de-se, a mob of strangers assembled
in the churchyard of Ballygriffin on Saturday even-
ing, and filled the grave with stones. The funeral
procession was as private as possible, the reaming
being followed only by a few relatives and friends.
They were met by the mob at the gate, expressing
in such menacing terms their determination that
the corpse of the suicide should not enter that con•
secreted ground, that all remonstrances and en-
treaties were unavailing; and the coffin had to be
borne back to the house. The Rev. Mr. Ryan,
P.P., exerted himself to calm the excitement of the
people; and nest day he addressed them from the
altar, strongly condemning their conduct. On
Monday morning the interment took place
under the prctection of a strong body of
constabulary 150 in number. A guard remains
upon the grave day and night. The funeral set vice

was. read by the Rev. Y. M. Poole, rector of the

parish. The Rev. Mr. Ryan and his curate, Mr.
O'Connor, were present, and exhorted the people
not to disturb the remains just committed to the

A coroner's inquest held at Waterford lately re-
minds us of negro life in a Slave State. A man
named Keawn was found dead on the road in the
townland of Grange on Thursday morning. The
body was divested of coat, hat, and necktie, and
discoloured under each ear. The coat was found in
the house of Mr. Penrose, a gentleman of means,
near whose residence the body was found. It ap-
peared that the deceased, a man about 60, had been
in the service of that gentleman and slept in the
house, which he had left at 1 o'clock on the night
his death. Under these circumstances the consta-
bulary arrested Mr. Penrose, pending the coroner's
inquiry, on suspicion of having murdered his ser-
vant. The first witness examined was his sister,
Miss M. M. Penrose, who stated that she never
heard her brother threaten deceased, and that he
could not have gone out on the night in question
without her knowledge. She had known servants
to run away on one or two similar occasions to
keep out of the way. Another witness, Mary Ann
O'Brien, a servant in the house of Mr. Penrose,
told the following story—Her master came home
about 11 on Wednesday night a little under the in-
fluense of drink. He neither saw her nor the man-
servant, but threatened to take their lives. Witness
left the gate, not wishing to be in his way, as he
had several times struck her. Keown and she then
hid under the tree. Mr. Penrose had let out the
dog, and the deceased bid his companion hide, or
the dog would find them out. They soon after left
the tree and concealed themselves in the coalhole,
where they remained for two hours. Witness then
took courage, and crept out to Miss Penrose, who
said she would leave the house and had written
about lodgings. Witness then called Larry (the
deceased), and said all was right as Mr. Penrose had
gone to bed. But hearing his voice " very cross''
she ran out at 1 o'clock. He came down and said
he would take her life. She ran, and be followed
tier to the road gate. She heard him say that Larry
was past his labour, and he would take both their
lives as they were no use. He had attacked her
three months ago and struck her very severely, and
also nine months before. When he was in liquor
he often struck Larry. He knocked him down
twice by striking him on the side of the head
severely, and grasped his throat. Mr. Penrose
seemed to " have a great wish for Larry," though
he struck him in a passion. Larry had taken
off his coat and necktie because he was afraid his
master would " choke him with the handkerchief.
He did so several times." Mr. Penrose was never
cross when he was sober. He came home under the
influence of drink two or three times a week. He
was not always violent. Mr. Penrose was elm-
minen, and stated that he came home late on Wed-
nesday evening, having taken some liquor during
the day ; he did not strike Larry that night, but he
asked him about a dog and " called out he was no
use." He also scolded the cook about leaving the
kitchen door open. He did not notice where de-
ceased went. Dr. Carroll, who had made a post
mortem examination, deposed that there were no
marks of wounds or contusions or violence on the
body. There was fatty degeneration of the heart,
and the lungs were congested; the liver also was
highly congested and full of blood. Tne disease of
the heart was sufficient to cause death. The old
man was not able to bear undue or extraordinary

excitement.
The Coroner, Mr. Delahunty, Eumnied up, and
the jury found that deceased '° died by the Visitation
of God." Mr. Penrose was di:::eharged.

Two Austrian men.of-war left Brest on Saturday
for the North to join thr2 Austrian squadron.
PLEASANT 1—" Colonel," said Butler, "should the
chances of war throw me into your hands, what would you
do with me ?" " I should execute you upon the spot." "Is
this purpose entertained generally by the officers of your
army ?" "yes, and by the privates too." "Sir, I thank
you for your candour," " Sir, you are entirely welcome to
it,"