The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, qLONDON, ATTUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1:;%;

7HR ITALIAN PARLIAMENT.

(From the Times Correspondent.)
TURIN, Nov. 21.

The discussion arising from the Boncompagni in- I
terpellation proceeded throughout yesterday and
to-day's sitting with exemplary calmness and dig-
nity. Last evening, on leaving the Chamber, the
Ministers held a council, in which the opportunity
of dissolving Parliament in the event of a defeat
was again taken into consideration. This might
evince on the part of Rattazzi and his colleagues
so:ne serious apprehension of an unfavourable divi-
sion ; and it is difficult, indeed, for friend or foe to
entertain any other expectation. I have heard some
of the very stanchest supporters of the Cabinet de-
clare that, unless the Government can justify the
arrest of Mordini., Pabrizi, &c., upon the ground of
a " flagrant offence," their duty to the constitution
must be paramount over all party considerations.
The cause of M. Rattazzi has also been greatly
damaged by a recent short but pithy publication.
You are aware that a few weeks previous to the
crisis which hurled Baron Ricasoli from power,
Professor Berti published those letters of Count
Cavour bearing the date of 1856, which gave rise to
so much talk in and out of Italy, tvild which were
printed for the sole purpose of showing the great
regard and esteem of the deceased statesman for
his colleague Rattazzi, M. Aynard de Cavour,
nephew and heir of the Count, with a view better
to reveal the reek mind of his illustrious relative on
the merits of the present Prime Alinister, yesterday
gave out ',ne following note, addressed, I believe,
to Far'tni, then Dictator in the .Emilia, and bearing
a 1... r more recent date than the documents in M.
I;;erti's pamphlet. I think it will be read with great
interest in England by those who recall the Italian
vicissitudes of that time :

" Dec. 25, 1859.
" I will not relate to you the history of my appointment
as Italian representative to the Congress (of Zurich) ; all the
intrigues, all the lowest arts were set at work to render it
impossible. Dabormida and La Marmora, however, have
no hand in. these. It will be easy for you to guess who
the authors of them were. If they did not tarty their point,
they succeeded in adding difficulty to ray most arduous
mission, by revealing the antipathies, the rancours, and
base jealousies, with which certain persons honour me. .
I:accepted, nevertheless, because, had I refused, I should
have had necessarily to proclaim an antagonism fatal to
Italy; but, by accepting, I feel that I have made the
greatest sacrifice a public man may make to his country,
not only by consenting to bear cruel insults in silence, but
also by acceptin c a mission from a Government which in-
spires too neitler with esteem nor confidence.

" C. CAVOUR."
The effect of this letter was all the greater on the
Publ..ic who read it, as it was too well remembered
tb.st the readiness to self-sacrifice of Cavour availed
Italy but little, and that the intrigues of his ene-
mies prevailed against him so far that, in spite of
his acceptance, another man was sent to the Zurich
Congress.

Boncompagni's speech was thoroughly to the pur-
pone. He summed up all the arguments urged
&gains t the Ministerial policy in his lately published
pamphlet, to which I have alluded in a previous
letter, and IP,AId before the Ministers the following
distinct questions :
"Wb'at were the means employed by Government to pre-
vent she Garibaldi expedition, and to undeceive those who
tb.ou.-ght it met with the approbation of the Government?
2. Why did they not call Parliament together? 3. Why,
again, was not Parliament summoned at the time that the
state of siege was proclaimed, that it might sanction with
its votes such measures as circumstances required ? 4, What
have the Ministers achieved for the internal organisation of
the kingdom ? 5. How happens it that the Ministers find
themselves further than ever from a solution of the Roman
question ?"

The drift of Boncompagni's speech was to refer
all the mischief done by the Rattazzi Cabinet to its
origin. Coining, as they did, to power in the
teeth of an hostile majority both in Parliament
and in the country, they strove to lean on the
support of Garibaldi. Hence Aspromonte. Gari-
baldi was a hero, but he had all the fervour of ima-
gination, the impetuosity and impatience which
characterise most heroes. The apparent or real
accord of the great vr,fiunteer leader with the Go-
vernment gave rise to those illusions which Sarnico
had not wholly dispelled, and which led the country
to the brAuk of civil war. The orator proceeded to
aciver.'t. upon the state of siege, on the undignified
hesitation of the Government as to the amnesty,
upon the general disorder in the administration,
&c.; he censured the foreign policy pursued by
Rattazzi, as by clinging too passively on the French
alliance he had estranged a no less generous and
powerful friend—England. Tne orator concluded
by calling Rattazzi himself to witness that he
(Boncompagni) was actuated neither by ambition
nor enmity. He had gone through the various
phases of public life in Piedmont and Central Italy,
and never made, to his knowledge, an enemy.
These last words were spoken with deep-set con-
viction, as by a man well aware that they could not
be gainsaid. In Italy, at least, there is not a
man who would not lay his hand in the fire in sup-

port of the high honour and principle of Boncom .

pagni; and if the result of the present debate were
to place him at the head of a new Administration,
it would certainly not be on the score of want of
honesty and true patriotism that any man or party
Would pat forth any objection to him.
Mordini then rose on a " personal fact"—that is, a
question concerning him personally. No man in the
Chamber boasts a handsomer countenance, a finer
voice, or a more impressive delivery than Mordini ;
and the modesty and temperance with which he pre-
ferred his grievance and that of his fellow-captives,
Niccola Fabrizi, Calvino, and Cadolini, conciliateo
his hearers. He gave a very terse narrative of the
transaction. On the 23d of August, having parted
with Garibaldi at Catania, Mordini and Fabrizi pro-
ceeded by land to Messina, and there embarked for
Genoa. On the 26th, in the afternoon, the steamer
stopped at Naples, and they landed for a few hours,
and put up at the Hotel de Rome. The steamer was to
leave for Genoa on the morrow; but on the mor-
ro Ai, between 10 and 11 a.m., as they were awaiting
the hour of starting, they were arrested ; 24 hours
elapsed, and they wrote to La Marmora to know
the cause of their arrest ; 24 hours later I. e., 48
from their arrest—La Marmora informed them that
they were arrested because they had been in Sicily
to favour Garibaldi's enterprise. If there was any
truth in the charge, there was certainly no case of
" flagrancy." Mordini added that their letters to
the President and Vice-President of the Chamber,
written on the 30th of August, and said by the
authorities to have been forwarded on the 31st,
never reached their destination. The orator com-
mented at fall length on the legal interpretation
that could be given to the words "flagrante reatu ;''
he contended that, whether La Marmora had acted
t'4 own accord, or in consequence of instructions
from (i'verument, the latter must bear all the re-
sponsibility Of its subordinate agent, as news of the
arrest of these
trans-
mitted
to
the Central
deputies had been trans-
Tara' Government by the telegraph,
and yet their confinement in the Castel dell' Uovo
lasted fully 4ud
the amnesty, ey,islhand was only put an end to by
Mordini's speech, ia nowise concerned them.
Which was somewhat lengthy,
deep sensation,
was listened to with great attention, and created a
was today The debate
d by Mossari,
who spoke with great
_ war
yme°thutinue
and emphasis for an
hour and a-half, and went over
only lightly touched upon by Bllionftet of the topics,
ing upon each particular at considerablenlP d w
His speech was especially interesting on length.
ount
the gloomy picture he drew of the southern of
vinces, contending that the state of siege,
far
removing or even assuaging the evils with which
those districts were afflicted, such as brigandage
and public insecurity, had only aggravated them.
He was warmly cheered in frequent instances, and
showed great skill as a debater by not only parry-
jog the strokes of the adversaries who goaded him
with incessant interruptions. but turning their very
cranks to good account, and giving back
quips and
as much as they sent.
There were then loud and continued cries for the
Ministers; but Rattazzi expressed a wish to pat off
ggio's turn to
his defence, and it thus became Bo
address the House in behalf of the Cabinet. Boggio
has been for the last three or four months editing
the Discussione, a journal started with a view to
advocate Rattazzi's interest, but which has done
hitherto more harm than good to the Government
cause. He did not help the Ministers much more

TEE AUSTRIAN CHAMBERS.

VIENNA, Nov. 20.

, -
The debate on the Army Estimates for 1863 was yester-
day brought to a close, the Government having agreed to
submit to a reduction of 6,000,000fi. On the 18th inst.
one of the superior employes in the War-office gave to the
Lower Chamber of the Reichsrath a detailed account of the
way in which the "War Budget" for 1863 had been drawn
up. He stated that the first draught of it, which was made
in December last, had been subjected to a strict revision,
and that on a return of the Minister of War from the jour-
ney which he not long ago took for the benefit'of his health
it had again been revised. After the supplies for the year
1862 had been voted, Count Degenfeld found means to effect
a saving of 1,100,00011. in his department. Dr. Giskra, the
reporter to the Finance Committee, having stated that he
had always received from the Minister of War the informa-
tion he required, Count Degenfeld rose and expressed him-
self to the following effect :

c; An army, if it is to be of real service, must have a high
opinion of its importance to the State. This feeling is ac-
quired by a sense of its own fitness for action, and by the
conviction that its services are duly appreciated by the
country at large. Should the army be over-much reduced,
its self-confidence would be shaken, and the Government
is therefore of opinion that 92,000,000 ft. must, ' in time of
peace,' be placed at the disposal of the War Department.
At a later Teriod the extraordinary outlay for the army
may, perhaps, be greatly reduced ; ' but, as things now
stand in Italy, in the Tyrol, Istria, Dalmatia, and in some
other parts of the empire' (Hungary, Croatia, &c.), the
Government cannot agree to a larger reduction than
5,000,0001"
To this Pr. Giskra replied that 8,000,000f1. would be saved
to the country if the army in Italy were placed on a peace
footing, a thing which might be done without any risk.
On hearing this, the Minister for Foreign Affairs said that
the army in Italy could not be reduced, "as all the Powers
are still arming, and the Kingdom of Italy is exerting
itself to the utmost to raise an army of 400,000 men."
When Count Rechberg had ceased speaking, M. von
Schmerling observed that the state of things at home
rendered a further reduction of the army unadvisable. To
this Dr. Giskra replied that, notwithstanding the differences
between the various nationalities, peace and order every-
where prevail, though all the forces, excepting those in
Italy, are on a peace footing. Yesterday the debate was
continued, and at the beginning of the sitting the Minister
of War stated that, as the political horizon was somewhat
clearer, he and his colleagues would nut object to a reduc-
tion of 5,000,0001, if it was made in the extraordinary out-
lay. After a long and animated discussion, it was agreed
that the proposed entire outlay for the army should undergo
a reduction of 6,000,000 fl , so that the Austrian War
Budget for 1863 will be 111,000,000f1. After this impor-
tant matter had been settled, Gr. Giskra inquired what the
Government intended to do with the troops belonging to
the Duke of Modena, and was told by the Minister of War
that he should require a " supplementary credit" for them,
as they, for the present, would remain in Austria.
The day before yesterday the Upper House expressed its
burg, a peer of th
disapproval of
out having
absence. thee conduct of Count Wolkenstein-Trost-
During the co
realm,applied co
letter which he had received
the leaders of the Ultra
of the letter is that the writer
seat in the Upper Chamber
matters) which, in principally
m
who has absented himself with-
out
his fellow-magnates for leave of
sitting the President publicly read a
ca from. the Count, who is one of
occupied. with matters (finan-
cialtanists in the Tyrol. The sense
Leo
Thuynopiwn!on! it is not competent to
deer not intend to take his
conductw is a Papist a the purest
the House will be r during the present Session, "as
discuss." Count
water, attempted to justify the
col-
league, but the house almost
absence of Count Wolkenstain
During the same sitting Chevalierwv
unanimously
ofl his absent
aoeno utpesijpiltlsy, agreed . that the
House the peteirnti7
thunejusGotiftav bin.
of the Bank, presented to the Upper
which was noticed in my letter of the 18th inst. Yester-
day
the " Lords" passed the bill relative to the " supple-

by his tongue to-day than he has done by his pen 1 mentary credit" which was guaranteed to the Naval De-
heretofore. Boggio is an advocate by p ofession, partment in 1862, but at the et
the natal
time expressed theirin
the
dis-
certainly at n approval
o time at a loss for words. His speech rovalofftthheedconduct
beforeo
yesterday several members of the
lasted fully two hours yesterday, and is to be con-
evening
Reichsrath held a conference with the Minister of State,
tinned to-day. Boggio's external appearance isno less and it is understood that the newly-framed municipal law
remarkable than his character. He small in size, , was discussed. The Vaterland to-day confirms my recent
but extremely round and fat, with a chubby, podgy, assertion that theEmp
..erorisabout to give
connected
sanction to
full-moon face, like that of an overfed, overgrown the
e newlaw for the regulation of matters
press. The Vienna Tresse compares the Austrian
with
child. His head and forehead are finely developed, the public
Government to a general who " reconnoitres " whenever he
and the features are rather well designed ; but the knows not what else to do, During very many months,
eyes are small and weak, so that he never speaks M. von Schmerling and his colleagues have been recon-
without his tiny round eyeglass stuck up in his right noitering in Hungary, Transylvania, and Croatia, and they
eye, a circumstance which gives the whole face a now krntow about as much of what is passing in those
curious twist, and has engendered the habit of a countries
Sheas doesm:lCealehllanEfh
of what is doing in
the valley
frequent nervous twitch of the retrousse nose. As of t
of the
Reichsrath is prorogued, it wiore
ll give owgiLveexer Chamberpressio te its re-
an orator be is ready with retort and repartee, court- gret that no law concerning the right of association (Verg-
ing
as it. were contradiction and interruption, as if insuesetz) has been passed. The Government occupied the
deficient in matter of his own and anxious to find it deputies with trifles, and by so doing diverted their atten-
in some unguarded slip of an adversary. He is tion from many meters of real moment. The Bavarian and
specious and subtle in argument, bold and somewhat Wurtemberg Governments having raised objections to the
unscrupulous in statement. The end is everything Prusso-French treaty of commerce, M. von Bismark has
informed them that if they should positively refuse to ac-
with him ; all means equally answer his purposes,
and he is rather eager for ready and brilliant than for cedesicier ts
utchha that
refusalcon
equivalentth e 13rtues-asiannottoevetrbnamt Government wcilelremoann-
solid and permanent success. He is, however, im- Customs Union has ceased to be. In its reply to the speech
petuous and inconsiderate, sure to hang himself, of the Grand Duke of Hesfee- Darmstadt, the Diet of that
committing himself and his party, if only rope country says that the rejection of the treaty would be at-
enough is given to him. He goes by the name of tended with incalculable loss to the inhabitants of the
the enfant terrible of the RAttazzi Ministry. Grand Duchy. It also expresses its disapproval of the
Boggio asserted for the hundredth time that the policy of the Government in federal matters, and asserts
that nothing short of a Parliament and a Central Power at
present Cabinet was under compulsion to come to Frankfort will " satisfy the German nations. Baron Henry
terms with Garibaldi, as the latter had been sum- von Gagern, who in 1848 was the great champion of the
moned from Caprera by Ricasoli, who sent the Gotha faction, has forsaken his flag, and come over to the
Senator Plezza to him for that purpose. All the "Great German" or Austrian party,
calamities consequent upon that first necessity must Yesterday being the name-day of the reigning Empress,
therefore be imputed to the Ricasoli rather than the dhis Meatlesbty pardoned
Hungarian
Rattazzi Ministry. By this assertion Boggio con- offences, anyd at the usuaginel autime grant-endure full political
t.o
ferred a great benefit upon his country, as Ricasoli, certain emigrants who had returned to their homes without
who was determined to sit through this debate with- having obtained permission to do so.
out opening his lips, instantly rose and announced his According to private telegraphic advices from Athens,
intention to answer Boggio on this charge; so that we the Greeks
frreeksard fo
e
e
almost
their unanimousii.ng. ,heinastthuetir wish to havero
shall at last probably know the truth, if not quite
bably think that the Government politicianse
would cease to
the whole truth, about this much-vexed question, afford support to the Porte f, an English Prince reigned in
respecting the real author of the untoward recall Greece. By their moderation the Greeks have escaped a
of Garibaldi from his quiet solitude at Caprera. great danger, for the French Government would have
Boggio concluded his rambling and a3owewb at lame landed troops in some part of the kingdom had any excesses
apology of the Ministry by expressing his opinion been committed. The goods and chattels of King Otho
continue to arrive at Trieste, and a German paper pub-
that it required some modification.
NOVEMBER 22,
lished in that city now acknowledges that it was in error
when it stated that the property of the Royal fugitives had
Another hour of to-day's sitting was taken up by
been de,troyed. All the German telegraphists who were
Boggio, who spoke to little better purpose than yes- employed in Greece have been dismissed, and sent to their
terday. But there arose alter him Francesco De respective homes. There is a great political ferment in
Sanctis, the Minister of Public Instruction under i Albania, but. no excesses have been committed. Very great
distress prevails in. Montenegro, neither man nor beas
Ricasoli. De Sanctis is a deep thinker, and a man
having the means of satisfying the cravings of nature.
of great learning. He has lived long in Germany,
and, as I believe, been a Professor of Philosophy in
one of the German Universities. He delivered a
long and extremely clever and important speech,
dwelling, perhaps, at too great a length on general
abstractions for so numerous an audience, but again
and again coming to the question in a very efficient
manner. He said the country could only be saved
by Parliament, provided its various fractions could
coalesce in two very distinct and powerful parties
—a compact Liberal Conservative majority, and a
legal but bold and enterprising opposition. He
looked upon these two parties as existing for a long
time in Italy, headed one of them fora long time by
Count Cavour ; the other by General Garibaldi. He
contrasted the conduct of the prisoner of Aspromonte
with that of the successors of Cavour. He acknow-
ledged that Garibaldi had been wrong ; but he had
at least very dearly atoned for his error, and had
stopped at the last extremity and recoiled with hor-
ror from civil bloodshed. Not so the Government.
Repression on their part was a sacred duty, but they
had carried it beyond all limits. It might have been
necessary to fight Garibaldi, but it was needless and
bootless to prolong his sufferings after his fall. The
state of siege may have been an unavoidable mea-
sure, but it was extended to districts which gave no
offence, and continued when all occasion for it was
removed. The soldiers who overcame Garibaldi had
certainly done their duty—a sorrowful duty; but
nothing can excuse a Government which could award
crosses and medals to men who had, no matter for
what reason, shed fraternal blood. La Marmora may
have been justified, under the circumstances, in
arresting members of Parliament; not so the Go-
vernment, which ought to have perceived the error
-which their embaltern had incorrect and either re-
paired it or proved the legality, or at least the op-
portunity of so decisive and perilous a step.
De Sanctis proceeded to examine the foreign
question, and contrasting the conduct of the pre-
sent Ministers with that of their predecessors, he
severely blamed the Durando circular, which he
described as a vain and ludicrous protest, which
could have no meaning unless it were backed by
deeds—deeds which, under the circumstances, were
out of the question—and the effect of which was
simply to call down upon Italy that note of M.
Drouyn de Lhuys, by which it would seem as if
all the aspirations of Italy to Rome were for ever
dashed to the ground. The orator, however, thought
that the Emperor would, even in spite of himself,
be driven to the necessity of doing justice to Italy,
as his very origin compelled him to move forward
and to base the greatness of France on the alliance
of an united Italy and an united Iberia, placing her
thus at the head of the Latin races.

2IIL .NAVY.

Letters received yesterday by our Chatham cor-
respondent, dated" Fortress Monroe, Virginia, Nov.
9," announcing the departure from that place, on
the 28th ult., of her Majesty's screw steamers Cad-
mus, 21, 400-horse power, and Racer, 11, 150-
horse power, the latter on her way to England,
calling at Halifax, to be put out of commission.
The Cadmus was absent on a cruise till the 2d of
November, when she returned to Fortress Monroe,
at which was also lying the screw sloop Petrel, 11,
150 horse power. Gen. Dix, Governor of Fortress
Monroe, accompanied by his staff, visited the Cad-
mus and Petrel on the 3d inst. At noon on the 9th
inst. both ships were dressed in colours and a royal
salute fired by each in honour of his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales arriving at age. The salutes
were returned by the guns from the fort.
An Admiralty order has been received at Chatham
announcing that the usual examination of candidates
for apprenticeship by the Civil Service Commis-
sioners will not take place in the month of January
next, as it is not intended to enter any apprentices
in the dockyard during the next half-year.
Yesterday preparations were commenced in No.
4 dock, at Chatham, for the reception of the
paddlewheel steamer Promethus, 5, 200 horse
power, which is to undergo a thorough overhaul
and repair, her repairs being rendered necessary
in consequence of the length of time she was sta-
tioned on the coast of Africa.

The last advices from Australia report the fol-
lowing ships on that station :—The Fawn, 17, Capt.
Cator, at Hobart Town; the Harrier, 17, Capt. air
Malcolm INUCiregor, at New Zealand ; the Miranda,
14, Capt. Jenkins, at Melbourne; the Pioneer, 6,
Capt. Reilly, on a cruise to the northward; and the
Orpheus, 21, Commodore Burnett, at Sydney.
The Lily, 4, screw steam gunvessel, 702 tons,
200-horse power, was yesterday taken out of Sheer-
ness dockyard on trial of her machinery, which has
been undergoing some slight alteration. Com-
mander H. Harvey had charge of. the vessel, her
engines being under the superintendence of Mr.
Rumble, Inspector of Machinery Afloat, and Mr.
Townsend. She sailed round the Mouse Light and
back, everything working in a most satisfactory
manner. The Lily will be taken out on her trial
trip on Thursday next, previously to proceeding to
her destination.

About two months since there appeared in The
Sun an account of an experiment tried in Plymouth
Sound on a merchant steamer, the Volunteer, fitted
with Mr.Mulley's newly-invented auxiliary rudder.
That experiment was so successful that the Lords
of the Admiralty shortly afterwards appropriated
the screw steam Cordelia, 11 guns, of 579 tons and
150-horse power, to the use of the inventor, and she
was accordingly fitted with the auxiliary rudder
under the port quarter. It consisted of nine bars of
American elm 6 inches wide by 4 inches thick, the
area being 9 feet long by 4/ feet wide. The auxi-
liary was made of ban to fall somewhat into the
shape of the quarter, and the entire frame was
hinged at the fore end, and was opened out aft by
gyes worked from the deck when required for use.
So equipped, she went into the Sound yesterday,
when a trial took place, under the superintendence
of Capt. Astley C. Key, C. 8., of the guardsbip of
steam reserve Indus; Mr. Peake, master builder, De-
vonport dockyard ; and Commander Brown, master
attendant, and the inventor. The result was most un-
expected. The ship's helm being put hard to starboard,
a complete revolution, without the interference of
the auxiliary, was made in 6 min. 26 sec. The
auxiliary, tried alone, was found not in any degree
to affect the ship's course ; this was attributed, in
some measure, to the fact the Cordelia is supplied
with a left-handed screw. The helm and the auxi-
liary being both put to starboard, the circuit occu-
pied 7 min. 37 sec., the auxiliary thus retarding in-
stead of assisting ►he revolution. These experi-
ments were repeated under various conditions, with
a uniform result. The quickest revolution (4 min.
50 sec.) was accomplished when the rudder was
placed in opposition to the auxiliary. The longest
(7 min. 37 sec.) was when the auxiliary power was
added to the action of the ordinary helm. These
results appeared to be inexplicable to all on board
the Cordelia.

Major-Gen. Brook Taylor. Col. J. L. A. Simmons,
commanding the Royal Engineers at Aldershot, has
obtained leave of absence until the 11th of January
next.

he Nile, Syria, Palestine, the Archipelago, Sicily,
and all Italy, from Naples, Rome, Florence, Genoa,
Mi au, Venice, Turin, across the Alps to Switzer,-
land, and thence to Dijon, he stated that in making
such a detour from the regular track he had run
short of means; and although he had written to
Messrs. Matheson, his hankers, at Calcutta, and
Messrs. Lyon and Dodd, his solicitors, his dividends,
Which he casually quoted at £B6O, had not arrited,
and he, therefore, requested the loan of £3O to
enable him to take his boys to Dartmouth. He
then went on to state that he waa a widower, 38
years of age, and had married the niece of Sir B.
Frere, of the Legislative council, Bengal, and
offered not only to repay the loan, and to pay a year
in advance, but promised to get Mr. Vaughan two
more pupils, sons of Mr. Grant, the Deputy-Gover-
nor of Bengal. Re was "xceedingly anxious that
the amount should be forwarded in one Bank of
England note through the British Consul at Calais
or Boulogne, which he urged would be an offi-
cial guarantee for his identity and respectability,
and that no delay should occur, as he did not
wish his " fine noble boys," who had been used to
officers' society from the age of five, to be uselessly
idling away their time at Dijon. Mr. Vaughan's
reply to this letter intimated that he had discovered
the mala fides of his correspondent, and in commu-
nicating with Mr. Schultz the rev. gentleman said he
feared this species of deception was not the darkest
part of the colonel's career, as he had ascertained
that he had advertised repeatedly for young ladies
to fill the situation of governess, with the view of
inducing poor and friendless girls to go abroad and
to get them in his power, Mr. Vaughan said ho was
a man of peace, but he should, nowtheless, like to
teach the fellow the meaning of muscular Chris-
tianity. It further appeared by a letter from a
newsagent in King-street, St. James's, that Colonel
Fane obtained a regular supply of the Times, and
the insertion of his advertisements, both of which
Mr. Vaughan's inquiries put an end to, In that
case very little cunning was exercised by the
colonel, who merely wrote to the proprietor of an
hotel in Jermyn-street, St. James's, stating his in-
tention of taking up his quarters there for the win-
ter, and requested that newspapers might be for-
warded to him in the interim, Mr. R. A. White, soli-
citor, ofGlantham,advertised for information relative
to the *hereabouts or death of John Mills Taylor,
formerly of Sproxton, near Melton Mowbray, and
latterly of Newark-upon-Trent, and received a reply
from the colonel in the name of Alfred Ainsworth
Fynn, dated from the B igniere de Luchori, Haute
Garonne, offering to go before the British consul at
Marseilles, whom he said he well knew, and make
the necessary affidavit as to the death of " his old
friend" Sohn Mills Taylor, and requiring a Bank of
England note for IN to defray his hotel and tra-
velling expenses to and from Marseilles. He repre-
sented he was well known to M. Charles `iron, the
mayor of the town where he was staying, and fur-
ther offered, if his affidavit were not necessary, to
supply the required information on the receipt of a
Bank of England note for £lO. But as Mr. White
declined to part with any money for information
which might prove valueless, and intimated that
certain formal and official certificates would be ne-
cessary with regard to the death, burial, and identity
of the missing individual, Mr. A. A. Fynn, alias P.
Neville, alias Richard Brooke, alias Col. Neville
Fane, abruptly declared off. The name of Fynn
will probably be recognised by many of our readers
as that of a notorious person who was exposed by
Sir R. W. Carden about 18 months ago at the Man-
sion-house. On that occasion it transpired that
several young ladies had been induced by the liberal
terms offered by Fynn to accept the situation of
governess and found too late how egregiously they
had been deceived, having been inveigled abroad
for the worst of purposes.

BOW-STREET.—Charles Browne and Henry
Johnson, alias Taylor, alias Smith, were brought
before Mr. Henry on the charges of loitering in
Tottenham-court-road, with a view to commit
felony, attempt to commit highway robbery, and
violently assaulting two police-officers.
The prisoners were observed by Sergeant Lam-
bert, E division (who was in private clothes), loi-
tering about in Tottenham-court-road, between
Francis-street andChenies-street,in a suspicious man-
ner. At the corner of Chenies-street he heard Johnson
say to Browne, " Here is a chance," at the same
time pointing out a man who was crossing the road.
Browne replied, " Oh, let him go, he has not got
any super" (a slang word understood to mean a
watch). They then allowed the man to pass by.
The constable concealed himself in a doorway, and
after a while saw them attack another passenger.
He rushed across the road to assist the gentleman.
Upon seeing him they ran off, and escaped from
him. Shortly afterwards he met with Sergeant
Ryan (also of the E division), with whom he went
in search of them. In about twenty minutes he
found them in Tottenham-court-road, and leaving
Ryan, who was in uniform, a little behind, he
went up to them and took them in custody.
Browne seized him by the throat, saying " If you
don't let me go, you --, I will knife you ;"
and after a struggle got away, but was pur-
sued by Ryan. During the struggle which
followed between Johnson and Lambert the
former dropped a lanthorn and a crowbar
which were at once snatched up by a woman, who
ran away with them. With the assistance of some
persons who happened to come up, Lambert con-
veyed Johnson to the station-house. In the mean-
while Ryan followed Browne, who was running
along Tottenham-court-road, and overtook him
near Cumberland-street. Browne took a crowbar
from his pocket and beat him about the head with
it, smashing his hat and stunning him. He again
got away, but was stopped by a gentleman, who
detained him till Ryan, recovered from the stun-
ning, came up and took him into custody.
The crowbar, a formidable weapon, was produced.
Johnson, after giving two false names, admitted
that his real name was Smith, and gave his eorrect
address. He admitted that he had been previously
convicted.

Both prisoners denied that they were the persons
who attacked the man in Tottenham-court-road.
Browne said if he ever had a chance, he would
" pay" Ryan.
They were remanded for further investigation.

CLERKENWELL.—A YOUNG WOMAN FROM
THE COUNTRY CHARGED WITH BEING DRESSED AS
A MAN.—A respectably-attired young woman, who
gave the name of Margaret Norton, described as of
no occupation, was charged before Mr. Barker with
being drunk and incapable of taking care of her-
self, in the Southgate road.
It appeared that the defendant was attired in
man's clothing on the previous night, a little after
11 o'clock, and, as she was drunk and incapable of
taking care of herself, she was taken to the Kings-
land police station, and was bcked up. It was
stated that the defendant had come to town on a
visit, and she had attired herself in man's clothes
for the purpose of having a spree.
The defendant, who seemed to feel her position
acutely, said she was sorry, and would never do so
any mote.
Mr. Barker discharged her with a caution.

MARYLEBONE. THE ATTEMPTED WIFE
MURDER IN UHURCH-STREET.—James Wadden,
described as a hairdresser, was brought up on re-
mand before Mr. Yardley, charged with having
attempted to murder his wife, Harriet Maria Col-
chester, by cutting her throat with a razor.
It will be remembered that on last Sunday night
week the unfortunate wife went with her husband
to the coffeeshop at which they had been accus-
tomed to sleep, 3, New Church-street, Edgware-
road, and where they retired to their room about 11
o'clock at night. After about an hour's time, the
landlord (Mr. Cobley) and his lodgers were aroused
by loud screams of " Murder," and on breaking open
the door of the room in which prisoner and his wife
were, saw them both in their nightdresses, covered
with blood. Prisoner said his wife had cut her
throat, on which she turned her head as well as she
was able, and shook it, as much as to say " No."
Medical gentlemen were called in, and by their ad-
vice Mr. Yardley was sent for, and took the poor
woman's depositions. Since then Mr. Kirby, of
Connaught-terrace, and Mr. Oreaves, of Newcastle-
place, Edgware-road, have been in constant attend-
ance upon her, and to-day the following certificate
was handed in by Mr. Burrows, of the D division,
who said ho would not then tender any further evi-
dence :

" Nov. 24, 1862.—5ir,--We beg to report that
the health of Hannah Maria Colchester Wadden is
improving daily, the chief drawback being spasmo-
dic attacks of coughing. The wound is granulat-
ing healthily, but at present there is no tendency
of it to close. She still breathes entirely through
the wound is the front part of the neck. She mis-
carried on Saturday night, at 11.45, with a small
child, dead. She is doing well, and we ho, ei❑ a
few days to report her to be out of danger.—Signed
by Mr. KIRBY, surgeon of the police, and Dr.
GREAVES,
The prisoner was remanded for another week.
It is understood that in addition to the charge of
attempted murder, a charge of bigamy will be
brought against the prisoner, a number of the rela-
tives of the first wife, who is still living, being pre-
sent, with the marriage certificate, which is signed
in the same name as he (prisoner) now gives.

WORSHIP-STREE l'.—A GOLD BED.—Fanny
W. intwortn, 15, and Alice Gosley, 14, finely-grown
gi!ls, were charged before Mr. Cooke, the former
with stealing £l4 10s. in gold from her parents,
and the latter with knowingly receiving the same.
Mr. Beard defended Gosley.
The mother of Whitworth said her husband was

a dock labourer, Ate added to the little money re-
ceivals
by turning a mangle. There *t"...t, a fanliiY
of six children, yet she had been able to put by
small amoUnts at different times, which on Saturday
last amounted to £29. This, in different sums
wrapped in paper, she, when opportunity offered,
i placed in the tick of her bed, and in the mattress
lunder it. On Friday last she missed half a sove-
reign, and mentioned the fact to her daughter the
prisoner. Subsequently 1S sovereigns were missed,
taken from the various parcels, and then the girt ad-
mitted having taken .1.2 10s., which she said siie had
) lent to her companion Gosley. A few hours after-
wards she returned a sovereign, saying that Gosley
had restored it. The bulk of the money, however,
could not be heard of.

215, N division, said he apprehended Gosley on
Saturday night last. She insisted that the £2 10s.
was all Whitworth had give❑ to her, and that she
believed it had been honestly come by. She was
a hard-working girl.
Mr. Beard strongly contended thf,t there was not
the slightest proof of his client's guilty knowledge,
the other girl having manifestly led her into par-
ticipation of the offence.
Mr. Cooke remanded the prisoners.

HAMMERSMITH.—A SERVANT'S INTRIGUE.
—A young man named Joseph Thornton, was
charged before Mr. Dayman with having been in
the area at the residence of Admiral Hutcheson, of
29, Norland-square, Notting-hill, supposed for an
unlawful purpose.
The Admiral stated that he was called up by the
police between four and five o'clock that morning on
account of the prisoner having been found in his
area. The most extraordinary ;vart of the affair was
that his servant, who slept upstairs, was down, and
told him that the prisoner had asked her fcir a fe,
matches and she gave him some. The witness
so
stated that he recognised the prisoner as having
seen him leave his area with a lump of coal about
three weeks ago, and when he questioned the ser
vant about it she told him that she knew nothing
of him nor the coal.
Police-constable Lewis, 325 T, said that about
half-past four o'clock that morning he was on duty
in Norland-square, when he heard the voices of
persons talking in the area of No. 29, and the pri-
soner afterwards climbed over the gate. He stopped
the prisoner, and asked what he had been doing in
the house, to which he replied that he had not been
in the house, but that he had been talking to the
servant outside the railing. He afterwards told
him that she put a chair to enable him to get down
the area.
The prisoner told the constable that he had been
previously talking to the servant, but the officer
denied the allegation.
Mr. Dayman asked the prisoner to explain the
reason of his being at the Admiral's house at that
time of the morning.
The prisoner said that he was at work upon the
job. This was explained that the Admiral's house
and other houses in the square had been under ex-
ternal repair, and the prisoner was one of the
labourers employed at the works. He added that
he came from Stratford on Sunday night, and
reached Norland-square about two o'clock in the
morning. He was supposed to go to work at seven
o'clock, but he lodged near the square, and was
going home. As he passed the Admiral's house he
saw the servant, and she invited him down for half
an hour. She provided him with a chair to get
down and a chair with which he could get up.
Admiral Hutcheson said he had nit missed any-
thing. He wished, however, to have a remand for
the attendance of the servant.
Mr. Day man thought the case was explained. It
was a little bit of intrigue between the servant aria
the prisoner.
Admiral Hutcheson said she had been in his ser-
vice six months, and had behaved remarkably well.
Mr. Dayman remarked that it was strange she
was down about the house at that time in the
morning.
Admiral Hutcheson supposed it was by appoint-
ment. He was, however, only desirous of obtaining
the truth.
Mr. Dayman thought the truth was very trans-
parent. There was sufficient intelligence for the ad-
miral to act upon, and he could make any inquiry
of the young woman he chose.
The prisoner said be did not go there for any un-
lawful purpose.
Mr. Dayman said it was not for any good pur-
pose, quite the contrary.
The prisoner was then discharged.

THE ALLEGED COMMERCIAL FRAUD.

James Crowther and Samuel Goodburn, two re-
spectable middle-aged men, who were pied at the
bar on last Monday week upon a charge of ooni;Pir-
ing together in obtaining, by false pretences, sums
to the amount of about £7,000, with intent to de-
fraud their employers, Messrs. Laing and Merri-
dew, appeared yesterday before the Lord Mayor, at
the Mansion-house, in answer to their recognisances,
to undergo a further examination upon that charge.
Mr. Wontner again prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh,
barrister, instructed by Messrs. Hillyer and Fen-
wick, appeared on behalf of the defendant Crow-
ther, and Mr. Geo. Lewis appeared for the de.
fen dant Goodburn.

Mr. Wontner signified his intention of calling Mr.
Barber as a witness, and said he thonght he would
be the only additional evidence that would be re-
quired.
It will b 3 remembered that on the last examina-
tion, Mr. Laing, of the firm of Laing and Merridew,
was the only witness examined.
Mr. Sleigh now said he tehould like to put a ques-
tion or two to Mr. Laing, and he was accordingly
again called into the witness-box. In answer to
Mr. Sleigh,
Mr. Laing said—The transactions between our
firm and Mr. Barber amounted to several thousand
pounds per annum for the last several years, the
entries being made by Goodburn and another clerk
in our books. Upon a purchase being made in the
market the entry would be immediately made in the
contract book, sometimes, not always, by the per-
son who effected the purchass. The contract books
are all still in existence. The contract I referred to
with Messrs. Northcote and Son is entered in our
books, and our commission charged as brokers and
received by us. I said on the last occasion Crowther
had since been carrying on business on his own ac-
count, but I have since ascertained he was a clerk
I have spoken my mind respecting him. I have been
called upon by some person to arrange Crowther's
accounts, but I refused to entertain it. Crowther
sent Mr. George Evans to; me, offering to give me
any explanation I might require. My reply was
that Crowther bad told me so many lies I would not
believe him upon his oath. I told Mr. Evans to tell
Crowther to send me a copy of all the transactions
with Barber, but I have never had it. I never said
I would not let Crowther rest until I drove him out
of the market.

Mr. Lewis, on behalf of Goodburn, said he should
like to cross-examine the witness before Mr. Barber
was called, and in answer to him

Mr. Laing said—Barber's account commenced in
1853. 1 think it commenced with a purchase of tar-
tar only. I think that was paid for in cash. From
1853 to 1855 it was paid for partly by cash and
partly in manufactured articles. The first dealing in
saltpetre was in June, 1855. It was Goodburn's duty
to credit him with the tartaric acid or the cash when
paid, in the ledger. From 1853 to June, 1855, I
looked over Barber's account from time to time. In
June, 1855, there appears to be about £5OO due to us
from him. In 1855 a fresh business was introduced
between us and Barber. It was the purchase of
saltpetre through us as brokers in addition to the
tartaric acid. Between 1855 and 1861 I went over
the ledger account of Barber several times in each
year, and always made inquiries. When that new
business was introduced nothing was said to the
defendant about the limit of Barber's account. I
did not consider it requisite to caution them any
more about it. On one occasion I told Goodburn
not to let the account go over £5OO. The payment
for the saltpetre was made in refined saltpetre or
cash. In every year I went over the account in
the ledger between Barber and ourselves several
times. I thought Barber was a man of limited
means, and a man it was not safe to trust over
£5OO. It was a stipulation between us and Barber
that he should deal through our house alone. I
was aware that Barber had not any saltpetre refin
ing works till 1855. Between 1855 and 1861 Bar-
ber might have paid us, in cash and manufactured
articles, as much as £BO,OOO. We charged Barber
one per cent., and one per cent. for selling : one-
balf per cent. on buying was because we made
advances on the warrant.s. We also charged five
per cent. interest on the balance. The interest de-
pended upon the state of the market. It was very
likely to have been as much as eight per cent. at
times. Our firm was in the habit of entering into
contracts for the purchase of saltpetre for Barber.
We entered into contracts most likely to the extent
of £3,000. It was debited to Barber, and would
become his, subject to payment. If £3,000 worth
of saltpetre purchased at Liverpool was purchased
without warrants and conveyed to Barber's premises
without any security, it was by the prisoners, and
not with my or my partner's knowledge or sanction.
I have
had a partner named P ge, who left
were
lett the
1859.
h9ink Thehe balanceb‘ due
time,fiexrmamiinnetdheatbethgeinning of
and I
from Barber was about £6,000, but
t I understood
from Goodburn that we held securities
to
cover t
hat
amount. I took Goodburn's word for it, and thought
h
that quite -ufficient. ne didimnoitf it say thewerae properlyccountwas
partly secure. I asked
secure and he said •
It was e books were gone over
by Mr. Campbell and myself at the end of 1859, and
the balance against Barber was then about £5,000.