The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, ISM

"miles."
him the honourable distinction of
about "knighting" the nigger by conferring on
to increase the number
pose for which we enlisted " This," say the Abolitionists,sted
coloured"was
m enno. t t hvire
epduir-
d
toarmpryesent a more formidable
of itrf toournt enlarge no l a
the
hg ee
soldiers, the
enemy,
to spare somewhat of the
bloodshed to which the white race is exposed,
and to elevate the character of the black race by
admitting them to important duties and responsibi-
lities." This is exactly what Gen. Gilmore does not
understand; neither does Mr. Seymour, Governor
of New York, who is also roughly handled by the
same Radicals for "driving volunteers to other
States"—i.e., putting forth difficulties in the way of
negro enlistment for New York Regiments. The
" American citizens of African descent" quit the in-
hospitable Empire state, and hasten to offer their
services to the recruiting officers in Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and especially Con-
necticut, where coloured people are placed on the
same footing as regards pay and emoluments as their
white comrades, and where a reward of 10 dole. is
offered for every coloured recruit. It goes against
the grain of Mr. Seymour and with many of his
countrymen to have to admit the blacks on terms of
equality with the white. Yet the Americans, since
they will have war, must either fight themselves or
have people to fight for them ; and if the South
ultimately succumbs and victory crown the efforts
of the Federal arms, there is little doubt the Union
must for many years keep up a large army, and
that army must be recruited among the negroes,
just as surely as the Venetian land forces were made
up of the despised Slavonian subjects. The merchant
princes don't like soldiering.

Bible, put an end to, the political influence of France
and of the Polish emigration in Paris upon her
Polish subjects; and unless the French are tho-
roughly determined, sooner or later, to attempt the
re-establishment of a Polish kingdom, sufficiently
large to be able to exist by itself, it is to
be hoped, for the sake of the Poles, that this in-
fluence will as soon as possible cease to be felt.
As long as the Poles look to the Hotel Lambert, and,
through the Hotel Lambert, to the Tuileries, for
relief, they will not and cannot get it from St.
Petersburg. Promises have been made them on
both sides and not fulfilled, and, on the whole, they
have been as badly treated by their friends as by
their enemies. However, nothing in the history of
recent Polish events is more certain than that, when
the Grand Duke Constantine arrived in Warsaw,
he brought good and not evil to the inhabitants of
the kingdom. They, of course, possessed the right
of choosing whether to accept or reject what he had
to offer ; but, as it was, many of the principal men
in Warsaw gave their support to the Grand Duke
at first, and then, as soon as they were assured that
there was a good chance of a foreign intervention,
left him. The resignation of all the principal inde-
pendent members of the Council of State was ap-
plauded by their fellow-countrymen in general as
a protest against Russian rule in Poland, but to the
Grand Duke it must have had another aspect; and,
whether the step was praiseworthy or not, it, at
least, illustrated the immense difficulty of governing
a nation which looks abroad for its guides, and the
unhappy position of a nation which is so guided
from abroad as to be conducted—now, as in 1831—
to a worse position than that from which it had
hoped foreigners might rescue it.
It seems to me, then, impossible that Russia will
make any concessions to Poland on the representa-
tions, however friendly, of France ; and this not-
withstanding the advantages she would derive from a
renewal of the French alliance. She may take some
merely formal concessions during the time that must
elapse between the virtual suppression of the insur-
rection—apparently on the point of being extin
guished—and the arrangement even of the prelimi-
naries of a Congress; but if they are to be made at all
we shall doubtless hear of them at once, so that all
suspicion may be averted of their having been caused
by other motives than a sincere, unbiassed desire
on the part of the Russian Government to conciliate
Poland. With regard however to the general signifi-
cation given to the Emperor Napoleon's speech by
the Poles, they, for the most part, conclude from it
either that a Congress will take place and will lead
to a settlement of their position by the sword, or
that it will be found impossible to bring the Euro-
pean Powers together, and that in that case the
Franco-Russian alliance will be renewed with im-
portant concessions to Poland as one of its condi-
tions. It is, of course, in the hope of the former
result that the insurrection is now being continued.
—Times.

direct you all is the wish of your ever loving and affection-
ate daughter, ELIZABETH WATERER.
Another letter produced was trom Mahaig to the
coroner, written last Friday at the union workhouse :
I do not know what to write about what you may ask for.
Shall I put this day the 26th of the month ? Where am I
going to after that ? I may let you know that we both par-
took of the poison at the same time, but the poison that I
took that she gave me she got at another shop, It had a
blue cover. Half an hour afterwards she was dead. I think

it was on the night of the 3d. We both said, as she would
not leave me, we would die together. She died in my arms.
On the Tuesday evening she had a rope cord on her neck
when I came upstairs. At night we both took the poison
in some gin at. 5.30. We both sent, at least left, a letter to
both our mothers on the table. I don't wish any one to see
this. Dear friends, I do not care. I wish to God I had
gone with her. JOSEPH MAHAIG.
This being all the evidence, Mahaig made the fol-
lowing statement in writing :
Sir,—On the evening of the 3d the young girl spoken of
seemed to be in trouble. About the hour of 530 I went
downstairs for some ale, and when I came up I found a cord
rope wrapped t ound her neck. I took it off, and before going
to bed we both partook of some poison. She afterwards died
in my arms. That's all.

JOSEPH MAHAIG.

The Coroner then charged the jury, who retired.
They returned into court in an hour and a quarter,
and recorded the following verdict :
We find that the deceased, Elizabeth Waterer, destroyed
her own life on or about the 4th of November inst., and
that she was in a sound state of mind at the time. We fur-
ther find that Joseph Alahaig is guilty of aiding and abet•.
ting in the same.
The witnesses were then bound over to appear at
the next Surrey assizes in the prosecution of Ma-
haig on the charge of wilful murder.
At the rising of the court the street was quite
impassable from the crowds anxious to see Mahaig
removed to the cells of the police station.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,

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THE NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS. •
The following is an official list of all the plans and sec-
tions for new railways deposited in conformity with the
standing orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons with
the Board of Trade up to eight o'clock last night, yesterday
being the last day for receiving them :
Alford and Mablethorpe, Avon Valley, Antrim and Down
Counties Junction, Aylesbury and Buckingham, Ashford,
and Faversham Junction, Aberyatwith and Welsh Coast,
Annandale and Sol way Junction—Alton, Alrewsa, and Win-
chester Extension—Aldborough Pier and Railways, Angle-
sey Central.
Belfast Central, Bristol Port and Channel Docks, Bour-
ton-on- the-Water Extension, Blyth and Tyne (new works)
Bromley, Blyth and Tyne (additional powers)—Belfast,
Ballymoney, and Ballycastle—Banbridge Railway, Tram-
way, and Pier—Belfast and Northern Counties—Becken-
ham, Lewes, and Brighton—Bristol and South Wales
Union (additional lands)—Buckfastleigh, Totnes, and South
Devon—Brecon and Merthyr-Tydfil Junction—Bristol Port
Extension, Brecon and Merthyr Junction (No. 1), ditto
(No. 3)—Bodmin, Wadebridge, and Cornwall Junction—
Blackpool and Fleetwood, Blockley and Banbury—Brid-
port Harbour: Railway, and Pier—Bangor and Llanberis
Direct, Bristol and North Somerset (Bath Extension),
Brighton Tramway, Bristol Central Station and Railways,
Bristol and North Somerset Extension—Blackfriars Em-
bankment, Roadway, and Railways.
Charing •cross (Western); Chichester and Midhurat,Corres
—Crief, Methvin Junction and Branch—Chipping Norton
and Banbury, Carrickfergus Tramway, Chichester and Mid-
hurst, Clifton, Carmarthen and Cardigan Branch, City of
Glasgow Union, Ditto and Hutborn Tramways, Caledonian
(Glasgow Harbour), Ditto (Bredisholme and Tennochside),
Cuckfield, Chichester, and Midhurst —Crystal Palace (new
lines)—Cheadle, Didsbury, and Manchester—Carnarvon
and Llanberis,Cannock Chase and Woverhampton,Charing
Cross (additional lines), Central Wales and Staffordshire
Junction, Chard Railway and Lyme Regis Harbour Railway,
Crystal Palace and SouthLondonJ uncti an, Carm arthenshi re,
Charing Cross (Northern), Carnarvon and Llanberis, Cowes
and Newport.
Dublin, Rathmines, Radgar, Roundstown,Rathfarnham,
and Rathcoole—Devon (North) and Somerset—Dublin,
Rathmines, and Rathfarnham—Dublin and Baltinglass
Junction, Dumfriesshire and Cumberland (Solway) Junc-
tion—Dover, Deal, and Sandwich—Denburn Valley,Dublin
Trunk Connecting—Dudley, Oldbury, and Birmingham—
D aventry, Dublin M etropolitan,Drayton Junction—Dublin,
Wicklow, and Wexford—Dublin Grand Junction, Dublin.
Exe Valley,East G locestershire—Ed g ware, High gate, and
London (branch to the Alexandra-park)—Exmouth Docks,
East and West Junction, East London (Thames Tunnel),
Edinburgh and Glasgow, East Norfolk Railways, Erith
Tramways—Ely, Haddenham, and Sutton.
Farnham, Aldershot, and Woking—Flintshire—Finch-
ley, Willesden, and Acton.
Great Eastern (St Ives to Ramsay), Great Western (fur-
ther powers), Glocestershire and Wiltshire, Great Northern
Nos. 1,2, and 3, Guildford and Leatherhead, Glasgow and
North British,Glasgow and Paisley, Great Eastern (North-
ern Junction), Great Northern and Victoria Station, Gar-
stang and Knot-end, Glendevon and Crieff, Great Eastern
(Highbeach Branch) Ditto Junction—Glocester, Chelten-
ham, and Oxford—Glocester and Ledbury, Great Southern
and Western and Midland Great Western Junction of Ire-
land, Great Eastern (Metropolitan Station and Railways).
Hadleigh and Lavenham,Helston and Penrhyn Junction,
Hammersmith and City Extension—Holywell, Hayling,
Haldtx and 0 vendon Junction, Hammersmith and Wim-
bledon, Hoylake—Hereford, Hay, and Brecon—Henley in
Arden—Hounslow, West Drayton, Breconfield, and High
Wycombe—Halifax, Huddersfield, and KaigLley—Ham-
mersmith, Midland North-Western, and Charing-cross

Junction.
Ilfracombe.
Kent Coast, Kilkenny Junction—Kew, Turnham •
green, and Hammersmith—Kingsbridge, Knutsford, and
Warrington—Kington and Eardisley—Kingston, Toot-
ing, and London.
Liverpool and Central Station—Launceston, Bodmin, and
Wadebridge—London, Brighton, and South Coast (addi-
tional powers)—Londonderry and Lough Swilly (exten-
sion)—Lancashire and Yorkshire, ditto (additional powers)
Lancashire Union, London Low Level—Leeds, Bradford,
and Halifax (new works)—London, Brighton, and South-
Coast (Kemp-town station and lines)—ditto, Tonbridge
(western and south-eastern lines)—ditto (new lines to Bat-
tersea)—London and North-Western (additional powers)
mington Harbour and Docks—London and South-
Western (Kensington, Hammersmith, and Richmond)—
ditto (North Devon extensions), ditto (Chertsey extension),
ditto (additional works)—Llanidloes and Newtown (land),
London and Blackwall (extension), ditto (Great Northern
and Midland Junction), Llynvi Valley and Ogmore, Lon-
don, Brighton, and Southcoast (Ouse Valley line)—Lime-
rick, Foynes, Tralee, and Killarney Junction—Llanelly
(No. 2) —London, Chatham, and Dover (No. 2) —Llandilo
and Teiffy, London Main Trunk (underground connecting
branches), London Union.
Manchester and Milford (deviations and new lines),
Metropolitan (extension to Trinity-square, Tower-hill),
Metropolitan (additional powers), Metropolitan and St.
John's-wood, Midland (Chesterfield to Sheffield), Marple,
Newmills, and Hayfield—Monklands, Mid Wales, Mistley,
Thorpe, and Walton—Metropolitan (Notting -hill and
Brompton Extension), Midland (new lines and additional
powers), Macclesfield, Boddington, and Marple—Midland
(branches to Bath and Thornbury), Macclesfield and Knuts-
ford, Midland (St. Pancras Extension), Macclesfield and
Cheshire Midland Junction, Mayfield, Market Harborough
and East Norton, Market Harborough and Melton Mow-
bray, Maidstone and Ashford, Metropolitan and Grand
Union, Metropolitan District.
North Kerry and Limerick Junction, Newark and Mans-
field, Newquay and Cornwall Junction, North Durham,
North Staffordshire (Silverdale, Madeley, and Drayton),
North-Eastern (Leeds Extension), ditto (York and Don-
caster), ditto (Leeds New Central Station), ditto (additional
powers), North British (Carlisle Citadel Station), ditto
(Abbey Holme and Leegate, ditto (Perth Branch), North
and South Junction, North London (Tottenham branch),
ditto (additional powers), North Staffordshire (new works),
Newry and Armagh (Extension), Neath and Brecon (new
lines, Neath to Swansea), ditto Extension to Central Wales,
North and South Staffordshire Junction), North and South
London (High level Junction), North and South-Western
Junction, North and South London Junction.
Okehampton, Deviation; Oswestry, Ellesmere, and Whit-
church—Oxfoird-street and City.
Paddington and Charing-cross, Parsonstown and For-
tumna, Portsmouth and Portsea Extensions, Pembroke and
Tenby, Purbeck, Prestatyn and Cwm, Peterborough, Wis-
bech, and Sutton; Pulborough, Storrington, and Steyning ;
Portpatrick, Petersham, Petersfield, and Bishop's Waltham;
Poole, Bournemouth, and Wimborne.
Redruth and Falmouth Junction, Reigate and London
(West-end Junction), Royston and Hitchin, Ribbesdale,
Ryde Station, Rhymney (Cardiff and (Caerphilly), ditto
(Junction with Merthyr Tredegar, &c.), Ramsgate, Ross,
Forest of Deane, and Monmouth, hickmansworth, Amer-
sham and Chesham (level crossings).
Stamford and Essendine (Sibson Extension), Salisbury
and Yeovil (additional lands), Stonehouse and Nailsworth
Extension, Surrey and Sussex Junction, Swansea and Oys-
termouth, South Wales Mineral, Scottish North-Eastern,
Scottish North-Eastern and Scottish Central, Scarborough,
Whitby, and Stathes ; Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction,
South Cheshire, Southampton and Netley, Scottish Central
(Dundee and Newtyle), ditto (extension of station),
Shrewsbury Bridges, South Wales, Tenby, and Milford
Haven Railways; Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon
Junction; Staines, Egham, and Working; Sunningdale
and Yorkshire (with extention to Aldershott) ; Sheffield
Chesterfield, and Staffordshire ; South Eastern (No. 1),
ditto (N o . 2) ditto (No. 3), Stafford and Uttoxeter,
Sunningdale and Cambridgetown, Somerset and Dorset
Railway (Cheddar Valley and Yatton), ditto (extension to
Shepton Mallet)—South Yorkshire (branches, &c.)
Torbay and Brixham, Tooting, Merton and Wimbleadtal;
Tendring Hundred, Thames Viaduct Railway, Thun
and
Tewkesburyand Malvern (additional lands), Totten)
Hampstead Junction (Alexandra Park ExtensTioawroKtteitnt:
Kitt-
ham and Hampstead J unction, TeiguValFleayr—rin
gdon -stret,
kill, and Cailington—Tottenham and
Thames Tunnel—Totness, Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, and
Newtown.
Em-
Vale of Criekhovvell, 'Victoria Station, and Thames
bankment, Ventnor Tramway.
Woreester, Dean Forest, and A. lonmouth (Glorcstor Ex.