The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-10 00:00:00

1i0.17,14 NATIONAL LIFEBOAT

INS TI7 VIIION.

A meeting of this institution was held on Thurs-
day, at its house, John-street, Adelphi, his grace
the Duke of Northumberland, president of the
society, in the chair. There were also present—
Admiral Sir G. Sartorial, Capt. Sir G. Broke Mid-
dleton, R.N., C. 8., Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S.,
V.P. ; Sir E. Perrott, Bart.; Admiral Washington,
F.R.S., Hydrographer to the Admiralty ; A. Boete-
fear, Esq., Admiral Cater, Capt. Egerton, R.N. ;
G. Lyall, Esq., M.P. ; Capt. W. H. Hall, R.N.,
C.B. ; Capt. De St. Croix, and J. Griffith, Esq.
The Secretary read the minutes of the previous
meeting. A reward of £l5 was voted to the crew
of the Institution's lifeboat stationed at Grange, on
the back of the Isle of Wight, for rescuing in eight
trips, one hundred and thirty-four persons from
the ship Cedarine, of Bermuda, which, during thick
weather, had struck, near Grange, on the 2d ult.
The Rev. J. P. Gaze, and Mr. Cutajar, the officer of
coastguard, very laudably exerted themselves on
the occasion. They were both thanked by the
society for their valuable services. The cost (£283)
of this lifeboat was presented to the institution,
about two years ago, by the Royal Victoria Yacht
Club; and truly their noble gift has thus already
been of essential service to the cause of humanity.
A reward of £25 was also voted to the crew of the
Caister lifeboat, belonging to the Institution, for
rescuing, amidst great peril, the crew of seven men
from the brig Trial, of Poole, which, during a
strong wind and in a heavy sea, was wrecked on
the Barber Sands, on Sunday last. IR performing
this service, the lifeboat wag seriously dam-
aged by coming repeatedly i❑ contact with the
wreck. A reward of £1 10s. was likewise
voted to the crew of the institution's life-
boat stationed at Aberdovey, for saving the smack
Merrion Lass, of Aberystwith, and her crew of
three men, The vessel had, during stormy weather
and a high sea, struck on Aberdovey Bar, on the
22d ult. Expenses, amounting to £26 155., were
also ordered to be paid on the Teignmouth, Palling,
and Yarmouth lifeboats, either for assembling or
putting off in the night in replies to signals of dis-
tress from vessels which did not, however, require
their assistance. A reward of £7 was also voted to
a boat's crew of eight men, for putting off and
rescuing, at considerable risk of life, the crew of
three men from the smack Lion, of Cardigan, which,
during a gale of wind and heavy sea, was wrecked
near Fishguard, on the 12th ult. A reward of £5
was likewise given to a boat's crew of four men, for
rescuing, at much risk of life, the crew of three men
of the smack John and James,of Chester,which,during
blowing weather, had struck outside Aberystwith
harbour, on the sth ult. Various other rewards
were also given for saving life from different
wrecks on our coasts. Capt. M'Donald, R.N., In-
specting Commander of the Coastguard at Banff,
N. 8., was thanked by the Society for his valuable
services in assisting to establish two lifeboats on
the north-east coast of Scotland. During the past
month, the Institution had sent two new life-boats
to Dublin Bay—one to be stationed at Kingstown,
and the other at Poolbeg. tS ome satisfactory trials
had been made with the boats on their arrival on
the Irish coast. Another lifeboat was building for
Howth, near Dublin. A lifeboat and trans-
porting carriage were ready to be sent to Kirk-
cudbright, on the Scotch coast. The cost (£250) of
the lifeboat and her carriage had been presented to
the Society by a gentleman resident in Manchester.
It was reported that a full-sized lifeboat, belonging
to the Institution, was to be seen in the gardens of
the Royal Horticultural Society, which adjoin the
International Exhibition. This boat had been re-
fused admission into the Exhibition by the Com-
missioners, although their Naval Superintendent
had requested the Society, on the 23d ult., to send
her to the building. One would have thought that
it would have been emphatically entitled to a place
amongst the most conspicuous products of our skill,
for while it would be impossible to overrate the
importance of boats of this class, which were last
year Instrumental in saving 743 lives from ship-
wrecks on the British coast, it is equally true that
in their construction England stands not only unri-
valled, but almost alone. Foreigners are thus to a
great extent deprived of the opportunity of estimat-
ing the perfection to which the British lifeboat has
attained. Payments amounting to nearly £l,OOO
were made on various lifeboat establishments. It
was reported that on the recommendation of the
Attorney-General the Lord Chancellor had ordered
£4OO to be appropriated to the National Lifeboat
Institution from elapsed Chancery fund. The pro-
ceedings then terminated.

'AI

OF !ILIDE.

MANCHESTER, May 9,—There is little or no
change in this market since Tuesday. The yarn
market is exceedingly quiet, and sellers report that
they do not find any business offering for any
quarter, whether from demand for home consump-
tion or export. There is great firmness in prices,
but no business. The weakness shown for some
days past in the Liverpool market for cotton is, no
doubt, one cause of the inactivity here, but the
principal cause appears to be the uncertainty arising
out of the visit of M. Mercier to Richmond. upon
which so many speculations have been founded.
There is also an impression that important news
may be expected soon from the armies before York-
town and Corinth, and merchants are chary of any
business at a moment when advices may arrive
likely to have an important influence upon prices.
The cloth market continues exceedingly fiet.
There has been more inquiry
this morning than
for some days
past, but it has not led to
business. Buyers for several markets have been
making offers, but at prices which are not accept-
able to manufacturers. Such offers in general
have not been of a magnitude to fairly test prices.
Some reports, however, say that the cloth mar-
kets are rather weaker, and that the tendency of
prices is against sellers, the better qualities of cloth
being most firmly held, while inferior descriptions
are difficult of sale. The market is fully as languid
as any we have had for some weeks past. The con-
sumption of East India cotton still continues to in-
crease, and the purchases in Liverpool for the trade
during the last month averaged over 20,000 bales
per week, against little more than 4,000 bales in the
same period of 1861, fully proving its usefulness
when a fair trial is given to it, although there is no
doubt that many spinners and manufacturers who
use the lowest and cheapest kinds of this staple have
much trouble with it, and that it is unpopular
among the workpeople on account of the smaller
quantity of work they can turn out with it in a
given time, as compared with American. There
are some peculiar makes of cloth, requiring much
closeness in weaving, to which it is said to be un-
suitable, but the extent to which it can be used in
the dearth of better staples is plainly indicated by
the fact above stated. The prejudice at first started
against it as being unsuitable for the purposes,_",,__g'
of
printers and dyers may now be considered as having
" Co"
very little influence. Messrs, Clarkson
quantity
printers to the Queen, who have printed
of cloths made from this material
for the Cotton
Supply andn
Supply Association, and which are now in the
International Exhibition, say they never met with
a cloth better adapted for
even the most delicate
colours than they found it to be. A good deal of
annoyance, not to say disgust, has been excited in
a memorial
last Indian mail, Which had been
brought by the
commercial circles here, by she copy of
presented to the Governor-General by certain mei-
cantile houses in Bombay, having branches here,
against the reduction of the tariff on cotton yarns
and cloths imported from this country. It was rather
startling to see the names of firms which in Man-
chester had taken an active part in agitating against
these duties attached as firms in Bombay to a me-
morial in favour of them ; but on investigation it
turns out
that a cumber of the parties who signed
the memorial are merely clerks. One of the
firms whose names are appended has a house in
Manchester who were the principal promoters
of a meeting in the Town-hall on the 4th Feb. for
the purpose of " memorialising Government and of
petitioning Parliament for the early removal of the
protective duties of 10 per cent. on all cotton goods,
and of 5 per cent. on all cotton yarns now levied
under the Indian tariff when imported into British
India." A member of this firm in Manchester 1 was
_
also one of a deputation which waited upon 0r d
Palmerston on the 'same subject on the 21st Feb.

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211 E FRENCH PRESS ON THE the interior of the building presented to my view, 'which are classed, according to the political opinions RAILWAY IN7ELLIGENC.E.
_EXHIBITION. I thought it impossible that any arrangement, even of the deputies, with, as I believe, tolerable correct-
-t, -
-LONDON BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST.
••
Several of the Paris journals have now given an temporary, could be completed, or that the passages ness and impartiality,l obtain the following results : ,
could be cleared. It was not possible to pass on -Liberals of the Fortschritt party, 87, including The directors of this company, at a recent meeting, passed
a rez:olution to the effect that on Easter Monday the large
account, more or less partial, more or less accurate,
Tuesday evening except through a mass of open or 17 belonging to the Bockum•Dolffs fraction •; of the opening of the Great Exhibition. The
shut packing-cases mixed up with planks and cranes, Moderates, 27 ; Conservatives, 3 ; Catholics, 2 number of 132,402 passengers were safely conveyed on the
afoniteur Industriel also gives its views in a letter; line with a success acknowledged to have been most satis-
from its London correspondent ; and some people and the hail presented the appearance of a place Poles, 2; not placed, 4. Oat of the 125 there are factory and complete. The directors ascribe a high degree
disturbed by some great convulsion. Woe to any- 73 re-elected deputies, who, in the last Chamber,
may be curious to know what this avowed organ of of merit to the executive department, by whose activity,
the Protectionists says of that undertaking. "The
body who ventured there without a quick eye and either voted for the Itagen motion, or who, absent punctuality, and unwearied exertion the accommodation of
construction in Cromwell-road," it begins,
a strong hand and foot ! Not a day in the month from the division, afterwards declared their adhesion so
many thousand persons were provided for, and their safety
of April passed without somebody having been to it. It is to be observed that these returns are
"Well merits the criticism passed upon it. People
killed or wounded. . . The general appearance chiefly from towns, including most of the largo ones, ts io carefully e
e secured. They therefore deem it an act of jus
to all the officers and servants so employed to record
I their unqualified approbation of their services on that occa,
may call it ' Exhibition House,' or anything else
they please ; but no one will call it the ' Palace of was grand-magnificent, and the lower stage and do not include the places and districts where the sion4
the Exhibition.' The name of ' Palace' applied to erected immediately at the foot of the orchestra Conservatives and Catholics are most likely to have
RAILWAY BILLS.
was ornamented with an almost irreproachable success. Cologne, Breslau, Konigsberg, and Danzig
•••• Yesterday the committee en the Amalgamation Bill of
this heavy and shanelss mass of masonry would be
taste. The coarse appearance of the carpets and have returned 10 most decided Liberals. Konigsber
a derision. The internal arrangements are not de-
the hangings
was happily softened by immense seems to have been determined to protest, by the
g the Eastern Counties and other companies disposed of the
remaining clauses of the measure, the Eastern Union Com-
fective, and thus far the result is satisfactory.
In b k ,s filled with the choicest flowers harmoniously energy of its vote, against the pressure put upon it pang withdrawing their claims from further consideration
as e'
the middle is a vast nave, terminated at each ex-
arranged. A sofa affecting the form of a throne by the notorious Maurach and his myrmidons. Dr, tremity by a cupola, frightful to look at from with- by the committee, but intimating their intention to renew
occupied the centre ; six others were placed lower Kosch, the first of the three deputies elected, had
out, but which from within produces a grand effect. them before the committee of the House of Lords. After
the bill of the West Midland for additional works was
The interior is divided into four large courts; the
down. Two or three hundred seats were placed at 519 votes out of a total of 680, the remaining 150
passed, and the clauses settled in Mr. Wood's committee,
French and English occupy exclusively two of
the right and left, and were reserved for official being equally divided between Constitutionals and
personages and privileged spectators, male and Conservatives, At Gorlitz-Lauban, C 1 't the bill of the London and North-Western Railway Com-
these courts. At each extremity are two large arowl z, play for additional powers was proceeded with. The cons-
female." the ex-Minister in Saxony, and one of the leaders parry propose to acquire additional lands at Bradford, Rhyb
1-galleries. The interior is certainly much better
The Siecle says :- of the party of progress, had 404 votes out of 498,
distributed than that of the Palais de l'lndustrie in
Bolton, Salford, Hammersmith, and Hardingstone, to make
" Frenchmen are now so numerous in the streets and the other two deputies returned (both Forts-
a branch from Beeston to the Farmley Ironworks, and an-
the Champs Elysees. The first and greatest im-
of London that they occupy all the cabs and take chritt) had nearly as many. Imnaermann, Bockum-
pression one receives on visiting the galleries is the
other from the Chelford and Knutford line to the Cheshire
Mid!and. The company also propose to improve the old
possession of all the omnibuses in Piccadilly. Even Delft's, and a number of other leading men among harbour of Holyhead, and to raise a further sum of £250,000
is in the exhibitions of the two countries a character
industrial power of England and Franca. There
yesterday four-wheeled waggons were conveying the Liberals are returned. At Tilsit 25 votes were by new shares and £83,000 by loan. The bill of the North•
of universality which is striking. Their activity is enormous chests to the Palace of Kensington, which given for M. Von der Heydt, against 386 recorded Eastern, for their line between Blaydon and Conside, having
applied to all branches of industry ; and assuredly
had dust arrived by railway, and contained articles for his opponent. None of the Ministers figure as
'Valley extensions of 12 miles from Gateshead to the Bishop
for which places had been secured at the Exhibi- elected in the lists I have as yet received. been disposed of, the case of the same company's Team
these two are foremost in the march of civilisation.
tion. In seeing this disorder-these innumerable - Auckland branch, and of five miles from the latter to the
The English Exhibition denotes breadth and force.
main line at Cassop, with other branches, and to raise
Oars is, above all, brilliant-elegant in form, and
boxes, the multitude of men engaged in unpacking THE NAVY.
£400,000 by new shares and £133,000 by loan, was opened
them, the straw spread over the immense halls, es - at considerable length by Mr. Denison. The Leith Branches
pure in taste. Harmony of line and colour are the
•
The Royal Sovereign, converting at Portsmouth
while hearing the noise of hammers and saws,Caledonian was passed in Mr. Mowbray's com-
features which a comparison with our neighbours
from a 131 gun three decker to asor 10 gun shield mittee, who then proceeded to hear Mr, Denison, Q.C., Mr.
while contemplating statues without pedestals, and Bill of the
Will show to be the most prominent. In truth,
Pedestals without statues, I asked myself whether
Parisian industry constitutes the entire French ex- ship, is now cut down to her lower deck, the plank- Sergeant Bellasis, Mr. Mundell, and Mr. Clarke for the
ing of which has been taken up. Her orlop deck
the interior of this palace would not present the
the vicinity of their line to the
hibition. It is Paris that furnished forth our
four important branches in sight of the opening of the most gigantic Caphar- is now fully exposed to view, from which a general Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, who propose to make
mineral works, and
exhibition. The great producers have abstained
nanm which was ever dreamt of. How in 24 hours idea may be formed of what the appearance of her
to raise L 250 000 in new shares and £BO,OOO by loan. In
en masse, and iron, for instance, is nowhere
decks and the room remaining for the accommoda- the bills of the Ceylon Rail-
North and South Queensferry Pier and
produce order from this chaos? And, nevertheless, Lord Redesdale's committee
found. Out of forty ironmasters who gave evi-
that prodigy was accomplished. The following
deuce during the inquiry on the Commercial
mouth Railways were passed.
tion of her officers and crew will be when fitted with way, Bristol and Exeter, and Chard and Taunton and Sid-
Treaty,day I did not recognize the halls in which 1 her five shield towers, and all the necessary fittings
only M. Barbezal, M. Baudry, and two
had walked the preceding day. All the of a berthing deck, and one deck of the ship. Such TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.others, whose names I do not remember, have
wonders of industry appeared in magnificent the orlop deck will become when the conversion is
presented themselves. MM. Schneider, Wendell,
completed, the lower deck of the three decker being Miles Opened. Receipts. unison. Colossal statues, large fountains send- Railways. ,_-..--..........-.--, ,-.......A....-----,
Koechlin, Meyer, and Gouin do not figure here.
transformed into the upper deck of the shield ship, 1862. 1861. 1862. 1861.
ing forth their brilliant streams over the shrubs and
Fourcb.ambaalt, Denain, Decazeville show nothing. -
forming the glacis of the cylinders on which the
flowers, gigantic telescopes, monumental machines
There is the same absence in other branches of in-
Ballymena and F'ert Rush.. - - - -
which appear to be the behemoths of industry-all shields, with their guns, revolve. One thing is
136 2,405 2,025
dttstry. The cotton trade is represented by MM.
Belfastu and' CountylC poeliss:n..... 136
49 634 627
evident, and is freely admitted by the warmest par-
in their places, and all contributing to the general
-
Gros and Roman only ; but not by a name known
tisans of Capt. Coles's principle, and that is, that mrytt.,aLnrrf., &e Ches. June. - - harmony. In these richly decorated glass cases - 22 1,814 1,997
by Alsace or Rosen. Even M. Jean Dollfus is ab-
with only five shields the converted ship will give Bristol and Eder 1064 125 6,603 6,574
lined with velvet, in these stalls loaded with
sent ; and of the wool, linen, glass, and crystal Caledonianouth
sz
Workincdon 213 ":1 14,r7 15Z
-.manufactures, there is no trace. Banaret and Cirey valuable articles, may be seen specimens of every but scant accommodation to even the small number
industry on the globe, as well as in that crowd of of officers and men she will carry. There were not Cork and Bandon
are not here; St. Gobain sent a magnificent piece, representatives of every nation. • All right. When wanting many, too, who declare that the metamor- Rrrt, aßnlictcroouegkii tI assage.:
2gi
2gi
385 257
which the English engineer entrusted with setting
53/ 531 11,442 1,213
quitting the palace I found the same compact crowd hosed ship will never carry the weight of her ar- goerneZeall
it up broke, in consequence of having employed
in Cromwell-road which had been standing there moor, towers and shields, guns, and stores, at the siniiii &anßciebfarsguidiction g3 63 1,274 1,273
63 1,549 1,692
ropes too slight. One is never betrayed but by
from the morning. How, with the risk of being
one's own friends ! This absence of all our great
guncdleaelkanair Enniskillen
height she is expected to do-with the muzzle of Dub. & Wicklov4ine.Aigst ) 484 404 2,863 3,055
Ar
her guns 9 feet 6 inches from the water. The Royal
crushed or ground, penetrate these masses of black
31 1,070 1,138
manufactures is one of the remarkable facts of the
coats ? But the crowd made way politely, and I Sovereign, like all Sir Wm. Symonds's designs' DEaunstdAeen,a•Pheartnh, & Aber. Jun. 31
684 684 981 867
Exhibition. We look in vain for those names to
carries a rising floor throughout, and therefore can-
reached a cab. Nobody incurs the risk of being
which our industry owes its progress. In this Lon-
not have the flotation nor stability of a frigate like Edinburgh and 1601 1:051 6,820, 73t1
smothered in an English crowd-he has nothing to E.Countres,Nrik.,&E.Union 499 499 25,711 27,270
don Exhibition France is, in reality, represented
30 258 251
fear but the light hand of the pickpocket, which the Diadem, or a three decker like the Victoria. vortnesees Clyde Junction
53 2,344 2,475
only by Paris ; but Parisian skill displays its mar-
Judging from present appearances, we should feel Glasgow & South-Western 1834 1831 8,416 8,258
wanders willingly towards the purse or the watch
Tale, and rules absolutely in all the articles of
of the gentleman." much surprised if the Royal Sovereign's orlop deck Great
errthegScotland
luxury-bronzes, goldsmith's work, jewelry, fund-
Gt.Sonthn.& Westn.(Lrind.) 329 329 9,254 8,887 1
completed, or
Lure, carpets, crystal, and porcelain, fancy arms, stows all that is required of whenit
Great Western 9644 9134 56,529 54,909
910 813
marbles, upholstery, silks, and magnificent s eci- THE ELECTIONS IN PRUSSIA. if she, when converted, carries her guns the height Inverness & AberdeenJunc. 55 55
Irish South-Eastern 25 25 333 322
mess of the Imperial manufactories. It is actuallyP * specified from the water. Lancashire& Yorkshire.... 3954 3954 31,178 36,062
Leominster and Kington .. 14 14 -
• dazzling, and all these splendid articles have been A letter from Berlin, dated May 7, says :-" The Capt. Fedorovsky, commanding the Imperial Rus- Limerick and Ennis..
admirably arranged. Paris profusely throws dust elections of deputies that took place yesterday, and sian screw frigate Gramoboi, lying at Spithead, Limerick and Foynes 261 14 102 162
510 711
yesterday paid an official visit to the naval and ian ele,
the results of which are as yet but partially known
in your eyes, and makes you forget that her pro- military authorities at Portsmouth. London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 54 51 1,611 1,530
in Berlin, were deprived of much of their interest London & South-Western 400 3944 21,461 20,356
ductions only have entered the lists. The vine ex-
It was yesterday announced at Woolwich that the ond. Brighton, &S. Coast '2411 2114 19143 16295
by the closeness with which the elections of voters
hibition is also very brilliant ; the exhibitors of experimental gunboat Enterprise, shoat to be con- eifonnlo,niil2bhuatha•eou
pi iz- `licievnedr 74gi VI if6l l'i.rs
that occurred eight days previously had been
this class form nearly a fourth of the whole of the
51an.,Sheflem,&Lincolnsh ' 2314 2314 13,570 15,597
exhibitors. The manifest superiority of the Pari- scanned. In quieter times it is possible there would structed under the superintendence of Mr. Reed, is
Blanch. S.Jun.& Altrincham, 94 94 1,265 1,226
ordered to be laid down without delay on one of the Magport and Carlisle
eian exhibition has made many people jealous. It have been no such searching investigation as should
Western) 6114 6144 37,965 38,931
building slips in Deptford dockyard, Her length, Midlandn (fuel. of Irind. 1924 1924 5,090 5,082
attracts the visitors, who are in general more curious determine, within a few votes, when once the wahl.
about beautiful objects than useful ones. For the manner were chosen, the respective strength of it is stated, will be 140 feet over all. The framing ?.! 56
ai.°ranknioulsh. Rail. Canal ;I 56 1,652 1,519
44 2,208 2575
greater number our exhibition is but a show •, for parties in the ensuing Chamber. But on this occa- on which the plates will be carried up, from two Newcastle° and Carlisle 7B 3,289 3,634
North British (inch Selkirk sion political feeling hes run so high, and the feet below to four feet above the water line, will be 2364 1991 6,489 6,424
a small number only a matter for study. If you and Galashiels) .
North Devon 35 35 554 483
resist the sort of fascination which the viewy of the energy and activity displayed by the Prussian Libe- of iron, and the bottom of wood. The whole of the
contract estimates, 26 in number, have been rejected. NorthiT.le.ernn(dßeendale&Leybrn) 789 76i1 37,0242 39,621
2 2,458
rats have been so exemplary, that nothing seems to
French Court holds over you, and listen to reason
' 246 246 7,364 7,893 The Rhadamanthus,paddle, Master-Cora. 'Si turdee North Staffordshire
35 778 625
the English exhibition will have, indeed, great
' have been left for to morrow that could have been
done to-day, and the issue of yesterday's elections arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from 'Woolwich
, Oswestry and Newton 42
Rhrimney 194 194 633 815
attraction. You find in it the praetical good sense,
with supernumeraries for the guardship, and boilers geot• tgaenc'senctanraali & Railway 52 52 2,101 2,025
534 534 3,024 3,480
was beforehand an ascertained fact. How great
'the love of the substantial and the comfortable, ever
and machinery for the Royal Alfred iron-plated Scotetish North-Eastern 132 1321 4,686 4,678
Shr wsbury & Birmingham _
mingled with eccentricity, which distinguishes and
h general the interest felt has been in Berlin is
frigate, and the Psyche, Admiralty paddle yacht. 48 - -
by the statistics of the primary elections.
51 1,965 2,156
the English mind. If you want to have a high 6-" n
Stores were yesterday received on board her Ma- giir
br7sFailyrri reyuttig ref n Fri __ . E.
Shrewsbury and Chester
From these, as published by several journals of this
Shropshire D
Mao. of what Ow Miuglioli. ao, 7 ma; st enter jesty's floating battery Trusty, in basin at Wool- Southh-Eeaysenna 306 1 806 20072 19,135
capital, it appears that the total number of ur-
the annexe or gallery of machinery. This
17111 1714 '- -
wahler, or original voters, is 94,630 civilians and wich, and mess furniture was fitted below for the South
~
a Yorkshirees and River D
gallery has four rows of machines, each served
161 lb/ 9,545 8,409
5,020 military, together 99,650. Of these, 62,578 accommodation of the officers and crew, appointed Stockton and Darlingtonun
51 54 4,879 5,380
by a railway. The placing of the machines
Taff Vale exercised their right of voting, being nearly 63 for the approaching trip to Shoeburyness, on a trial
51 51 2,121 2,080
was effected with marvellous rapidity, by means of
19
of Captain Coles's cupola target. The trial, it is
vale
and Lancaster . 19
per cent. Last year little more than 41 per cent.
stated, has been unavoidably postponed on account Vale of NewaTh
d.• 10 10 195 154
two cranes-one outside, which lifted the packages, voted. ' Various other circumstances relating to the 35 35 2,024 2,007
and the other inside, which took and dropped them
Berlin elections are interesting, as showing the iof a flaw having been discovered in the interior of Waterford aan-diiikeerlciii::•. 31 31 378 304
77 1,157 005
into their places. The cranes were moved by steam.
strong Liberal feeling prevalent here, and the good the great Armstrong gun, intended to have been West Cornwall 274 274 837 774
In this gallery of machinery the English have a W. Il artlepool Harbr. &Rail 39
used on the occasion. The ddmage, it appears, is of West Midland. . , - 39 4,144 4,542
organisation of that party. The nine deputies are.; - _ _
crushing superiority in number, strength, variety,
sufficient magnitude to render the gun unsafe for vsiv;h'h4.evie.n,:icenteejeuenacrogrrant.
12 7 425 548
all of the Fortschritt. The return of six of these, to12 694 734
perfection, and the innumerable applications of me-
Whitehaven & Furness Jun. 35 35 621 725
be elected in the 2d, 3d, and 4th districts, was quite present use, defect being on the spot where the
chanical power. In this consists the triumph of
England ; and our triumph is in Parisian pro- certain, and the same might be said of that of Tad-
velocity of the missile commences, slightly beyond FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.:
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,168 1,( 55
ductions." del and Tweston, two of the three to be chosen for the breech.
Austrian B2B 673 30,207 35,388
M. Theophile Gautier, in his letter to the the Ist district, the most considerable for wealth The hired transport Agrippa, laden with shot, Belgian Eastern Junction. • 2
13Aaellit aannriailliwe
aH uFeon .. 264
161 iv} 1,496 1,359
Illoniteur describing the . . and influence in all Prussia, and to the elections for shell, guns, and other returned war stores from
Eastern of France .85 185 3,133 2,999
opening of the Exhibi- Malta, yesterday commenced discharging at Wool- Dutch Rhenish
tion, asks:- which as much weight is here given as in England
wich, and the East Lothian commenced shipping East Indian
to those for the city of London or for any first-class 3204 248 - -
Grand Trunk of Canada- • 1090 1090 13,733 15,955
"To what style of architecture does the building shot and shell for Vancouver's Island, Great Indian Peninsula- •• - 4374 2974 6 974 5 546
belong ? We cannot design it by any classic name. county. The three meetings of wahlmanner, held in
We are requested to correct a statement as to the Greatrea Luxembouro*
Genevac "It Canada 134 128 4,507 3,001
the course of lest week, left no reasonable doubt how
It 345 10,184 9,970
Modern industry has requirements so unknown to number of workmen employed in the Arsenal at Ityons anerrn°i an
142 5,361 5,360
antiquity that a sacrifice must be made to them ex- things would go in that district; but still the mode-
Woolwich, made in an article headed the " Japanese 284 11,744 13,623
rate Liberals put forward Kuhne, and seemed notof Canada .•-• • • • 94 94 1,526 1,565
CillSiVe of recognised types. The palace of the In- Ambassadors," which appeared in The Sun of Northern of Nsieagriledg. aragossa &Alicant 301
701 623 51,269 45,394
to have lost all hope. Yesterday the elections of
885 788
ternational Exhibition is consequently of that order Thursday. Instead of the number there stated, it LlTl3,evyaen4r k
& Mediterrn- 879 44
879 90,534 89,378
which we will call mechanical till we find a better Twesten and Taddel were first proceeded with. The
appears that nearly 3,000 artificers and labourers
first-named had 412 votes out of 514 voters ; the Icarrnisamat Ocorleans
384 _ 695 -
denomination, and which unites the qualities of the
69
the greenhouse. It is are employed in the Royal gun factories, and that Royal Danish 69 _ -
terminus, the market, and latter, 403 out of 503. Kubne had 95 votes, and a
Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,261- 1,207
evidently in that direction that future artists ought lieutenant-general 7to 8. The third Fortschritt the aggregate force of the Arsenal, which has been South Austrian....... 1294 978 54,91 50,23
reduced within the last few weeks by about 3,000 VeultlhaenT of• France • 7„.77 773 26,1c,3 21,951
to look for a new architecture. Constructions of candidate, when the poll opened, was Waldeck,
men, is upwards of 10,000. .. 44,
West Flanders .. • 75 25 - -
F
75 1,031 999
this kind give them the necessary lines. It is for whose election at Bielefeld, where he was also ut
W. and N.W. of France.... 750 750 41,058 38,920 The following appointments were made yesterday
up, was considered doubtful, and whose political
them to purify, to rectify and reduce them to
- ..
friends would not risk his exclusion from the at the Admiralty :-Commander Lord Elphinstone,
WILLS AND BEQUEST,?. i
artistic proportions, and to find regular ornaments
to the Vigilant; Commander J. W. Pike, to the
Chamber. But, early in the afternoon, news came
for them. Have you seen the interior of a buildinc,

"To what style of architecture does the building
belong ? We cannot design it by any classic name.
Modern industry has requirements so unknown to
antiquity that a sacrifice must be made to them ex-
cl'isivo of recognised types. The palace of the In-
ternational Exhibition is consequently of that order
which we will call mechanical till we find a better
denomination, and which unites the qualities of the
terminus, the market, and the greenhouse. It is
evidently in that direction that future artists ought
to look for a new architecture. Constructions of
this kind give them the necessary lines. It is for
them to purify, to rectify and reduce them to
artistic proportions, and to find regular ornaments
for them. Have yon seen the interior of a building
in a diorama, such as St. Mark, or St. Paul-extra-
Mures? The church is at first deserted, then a
few lamps are lighted, slight co!ou red shades ap.
pear, the surrounding parts are becoming visible,
and at length the nave is filled with devout or
curious people, come from nobody knows where.
We experienced a similar effect in the pa lace of the
International Exhibition. While we were making
a drawing of the architecture persons arrived
so quickly that we were forced to put our
pencil in our pocket. A flood raised us up and
carried us off with the force of a human Gulf
Stream from the barrier on which we were lean-
ing to see the procession of the Court' pass.
Young ladies, fa;r, delicate, and rosy, gently hat
obstinately pushed us far from where we were
standing. Wil3 could susp3et that there were
muscles of steel in such e!egant and delicate
bodies ?" . .

"The solemnity had concluded, and while ap.
preaching the door through which we were to go
out we saw from the landing-place of the staircase
the procession moving to the carriages. Robes and
wigs, orange mantles with black fringe, dress coats
in the French feshion, and ancient un forms are worn
by the English with deep seriousness, an aristocra-
tic bearing and a severe grace, which would induce
anybody to believe that they were their natural
costume. They did not.
ight have said
appearat all extraordinary
and ono m Ithat they had just quitted
their ancestors. The set vents in their grand live-
ries had no appearance of being stage valets. They
were worthy of their masters by their sang froid,
distinction, and bearing. Oat of doors there was
a bewildering tumult of equip,
gee —patent safety
cabs, omnibuses, and other vehicles—for the Eng-
lish, in general silent, show their joy in
rapidity.
The horse is commissioned to express part of
their
animation. In the miJst of the tumult walked men

--•••••••
bearing on their backs advertisements of the most
. _

_--
ludicrous character, and seated backwards on a dog_
cart, and dashing forward with extraordinary speed,
a little deformed being cast to the wind handfulls
of yellow prospectuses. The word Exhibition' ap-
peared in enormous characters, and the flags of all
nations were fluttering in the windows."
Whatever be M. Theophile Gautier's merits in
description, it is sad work when he copies from
English. He takes an inscription on the frieze,
and manages in copying it to transform it into the
following :

Power and might and ine thine hand it to mike
great of lord booth richess and honour Come of thee
thou reignest over all and ine thine hand is.”
The correspondent of the Constitutionnel says'
" In 1851 I bad an opportunity of witnessing the
firm resolution, the regular, methodical, and Vigo.
revs execution of the Commissioners of the first
British Exhibition. But at the beginning of this

week, and atthebight of the inextricable

teutenant-general 7 to 8. The third Fortschritt
candidate, when the poll opened, was Waldeck,
whose election at Bielefeld, where he was also put
up, was considered doubtful, and whose political
friends would not risk his exclusion from the
Chamber. But, early in the afternoon, news came
that he was returned for Bielefeld by 293 against
244 votes, and thereupon the word was passed to vote
for Von Hennig in his stead. It speaks well for the
organisation and discipline of the Liberal party
that this sudden change at the eleventh hour caused
no confusion, nor any important weakening of the
majority. M. von Hennig obtained 394 votes,
against 102 given to M. Kuhne—one of the leading
and most highly-prized members of the Constitu-
tional, or moderate party. In the three other dis-
tricts of Berlin the majorities obtained were even
greater than in the first; thus, in the fourth, Dr.
Luning had 429 votes, and Major Steinhardt (re-
tired list) 401 ; and the next man to each of them
was Count Schwerin, with 28. In short, it was
everywhere a hollow thing in favour of the Liberals,
who distanced all opponents. In the provinces, so
far as is yet known, the expectations founded on
the primary elections were yesterday fully realised,
The Fortschritt party have gained seats, and their
candidates, when successful, have generally won by
overpoweringly large majorities, showing how
decided the Liberal tendency is in Prussia. We
must wait a few days before arriving at an exact
classification of the new. Chamber ; meanwhile, some
of the papers attempt this, so far as the returns are
received, and,
between theas
lists, As t "a
l, with slight discrepan-
ciesAs regards members of the
last Chamber who have now been re-elected, there
is little dbiyfficduilateyr,enbtutehsoamdeee ooff the new men are
political opinion.
Tellaieimseedshades are pretty numerous. The Fort-
schritt party divides itself into two, between
which, however, there are no important differences;
then comes the Bockum-Dolffs fraction, which
may also be expected to go with the Fortschritt in
a general way ; then we get to the Grabowites or
Constitutionals, moderate Liberals, some few of
whom joined the advanced party in its vote for the
Hagen motion, while others who supported the last
Ministry because it comprised Sch werin, Patow, and
other men to whom they gave their confidence, will
mceoncrst decidedly vote against the present one, which
inspires them with none. Then we errive at the
composed of the Catholic party, and, on its
right, to the Conservatives, with whom it often
votes. The Poles form an independent fraction,
voting capriciously, often making a factious opposi-
tion, cherishing ideas of nationality, and looking to
local interests of race rather than to the general ones
of the nation in Which they have been absorbed.
some of their stronghold
They will be week in the earning Chamber,e, by
yavitng
the
different sections
aGbbeeoervilniebaenenauteemlcilemrillaetnetd. Besides the
it is the custom here to reckon
another (a small one) in which are placed what arc
called Wilde (savages or irregulars) deputies whose
mind is not known (perhaps not even to themselves,
and on suffrages no party permanently reckons. By
unalyeis ofa list of 12:5 return: s (not including Berlin)

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty : Commander Lord Elphinstone,
to the Vigilant ; Commander J. W. Pike, to the
Devastation; J. King, surgeon, to the Indus; J.
Fox, confirmed as engineer in the Tribune ; and E.
J. Humphreys and J. A. Raven, acting second-class
assist.-engineers, to the Indus.

The will of the Right Samuel M. Phillipps,
one of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Councillors,
was proved in London on the 15th of April, by the
three executors nominated. The personalty was
sworn under £12,000. The testator died in March
last at his seat, Great Malvern, Worcestershire, at
the age of eighty two. He was formerly Under
Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment from 1827 to 1848. Mr. Phillipps was of
an ancient family and highly connected. He gra-
duated at Cambridge, and was called to the bar by
the Hon. Society of the inner Temple in 1806, and
distinguished himself by several useful legal works,
the most popular and valuable of which is his cele-
brated treatise on the law of evidence ; also, a work
entitled "A Selection of State Trials." His will,
which bears date September, 1859, is exceedingly
brief ; and, after stating that his eldest son, whom
he has nominated one of his executors, is otherwise
provided for, he bequeaths -to him a legacy of
£l,OOO, together with his copyright in books; and
to his other son, whom he states is provided for in
India, he leaves a legacy of £3,000. To the other
executors, Lord Glenelg, P.C., and Miss Sybilla
Grant, relatives of his (the testator's) late wife, he
has left, as tokens of remembrance, some books,
which are to be selected by them. The residue of
the property is bequeathed to the testator's daugh-
ters in.equal proportions.
The will of Rear-Admiral Edward Augustus
Frankland, formerly of Devonport, afterwards of
Sienna, in Italy, but late of Florence, in Tuscany,
was proved in London by the testator's brother, Cap-
tain Chas. Colville Frankland, R.N., the sole exe-
cutor, the personalty in England being sworn under
£lB,OOO. This naval officer, who was placed on the
retired list of Rear-Admirals, appears to have re-
sided in Italy for some considerable time. His will
was made and executed at Florence in 1858; the
witnesses thereto are Rear-Admiral Henry Smith,
C. 8., also of Florence, and Valentine lunch. The
testator has left the following legacies and annuity
—viz., three sums of £lOO each to his sister, Mdme.
de Montgomery ; his godson, the youngest son of
his cousin, Major Arthur Gosset, R.A. ; and to the
eldest son of Sir Baldwin Walker, Bart., Surveyor
of the Navy; also a legacy of £25 to a faithful at-
tendant, and to another an annuity of £.50, together
with some furniture, linen, &c. The Admiral has
bequeathed to his brother, Capt. C. Colville Frank-
land, R.N., all the remainder of his property, both
real and personal, including all articles of jewel-
lery, plate, books, arms, suits of uniforms, &c., ap-
pointing him residuary legatee.
The will of Dowager Lady Hawley, of. Park-
square, Regent's-park, was administered to by her
son, Sir Joseph Henry Hawley, Bart., the acting
executor, to whom probate was granted by the
London Court, power being reserved to her lady
.ship's daughter, Ellen Catherine to administer
hereafter. The testatrix, who was highly connected,
was the daughter of Sir J. G. Shaw, Bart.; she
married in 1806 Sir Henry Hawley, Bart., who
died in 1831. Dowager Lady Hawley, who attained
to an advanced age, died in March last, having mane
hei will in July, 1853. It is purely of a kinity
nature, with the exception of £2OO beque:.ched to
Mrs. Thymic, widow of Dr. A. Thynee The rest
of her ladyship's property she nos bequeathed
amongst her children, aPF.,:Anting her daughter
tllen residuary legatee. •

ZI3E F SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY °gVENING, MAY 10, 1862.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—May 8.

on Sunday evening last he was called into a house
near Arbour-square, where the prisoner had taken
lodgings for a similar purpose. The landlady hap-
pened to have seen a report of what had taken
place in the newspapers while at breakfast, and
from the description given of the prisoner by last
witness on his examination she suspected him to be
the delinquent. The witness took him into custody,
and Mrs. Groomridge identified her. He had on at
the same time her husband's new boots.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Justice
Cockburn and Justices Crompton, Blackburn,
and Mellor.)
EX PARTE SMILE.-CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
Mr. Kerslake
Q.C., said Mr. Bovill had moved
on the part of Mr. Smiles, who was the secretary of
the South Eastern Railway Company, calling upon
Mr. Hamilton to show cause why a criminal infor-
mation should not be filed against him, in conse-
quence of his having written certain letters reflect-
ing upon the character of Mr. Smiles. The learned
counsel went on to state that Mr. Hamilton and his
son Were proprietors of a large quantity of shares in
the South Eastern Railway, consequently deeply
interested in its
,success. In the year 1861,in con-
sequence of the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail-
way Company having been formed, it became a
question with the South Eastern Railway whether
they should reduce their fares, and Mr. Hamilton,
although assenting to the lowering of the fares,
still thought that it would be injudicious to lower
the price of the fares to intermediate stations, and
wrote a letter to that effect to the directors. Sub-
sequently a libel upon Mr. Hamilton appeared in
the .Railway Tuna, and a letter containing a copy
of the libel was sent to the whole of the sharehol-
ders, except Mr. Hamilton and his son. This
having come to his knowledge, he wrote several
letters to the directors, which the learned counsel
admitted were very severe on Mr, Smiles. He had
now to state that Mr. Hamilton, believing that Mr.
Smiles was the publisher of the libel, wrote the letters
in question. Mr. Smiles had subsequently informed
him that he did not publish the libel, and he (the
learned counsel) now had the authority of Mr.
Hamilton to say that any imputations contained in
the letters he now withdrew and apologised for his
conduct. He had spoken to Mr. Bovill upon the
subject, who consented to accept the apology and
retractation on the part of his client, and therefore
the rule would be discharged upon Mr. Hamilton
paying the costs.
Mr. Bovill, Q.C,, said that nothing could be more
satisfactory than Mr. Karslake's statement. He
accepted the apology and retractation, and con-
sented to have the rule discharged on the part of
his client.

Henry Short, police-constable, 77 G division, said
he knew the prisoner as an advertising swindler.
In February, 1860, he was tried at the Old Bailey
and sentenced to 18 months' hard labour for de-
frauding several young men who had advertised for
situations and had answered his advertisements.
He had been previously convicted.
Mr. Combo asked if anything was found on the
prisoner ?
Police•constable 2M M replied that £9 7s. was
found on him, besides a number of letters ready to
send out in answer to ad vertiscmentr for situations.
Police-constable 391 M said when he took the
prisoner into custody he said that he was a man of
large property, and that he lived at Albion Lodge,
Kingsland. The witness, however, could not find
such a place.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

The Lord Chief Justice said he was very happy
to hear it.

Rule discharged accordingly.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 9.

MARLBOROUGH • S TREE T. TUE CHARGE
AGAINST VISCOUNT MlLTON.—Viscount Milton, of
No. 4, Grosvenor-square, appeared to answer the
charge of having, by false pretences, obtained pos-
session of a pair of diamond earrings, value £lOO,
pledged by Madame Rachel, of No. 47, New Bond-
street, with Messrs. Stephens, pawnbroker, No. 35,
Brewer street.

His lordship was placed in the dock appropriated
to ordinary prisoners.
Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Neate, solicitor to
the Pawnbrokers' Protection Society, appeared for
the prosecution ; Sergeant Ballantine, instructed by
Mr. Lewis, jun., attended for the defence; and Mr.
Metcalfe, instructed by Mr. Wontner, attended on
behalf of the owner of the earrings.
Mr. Knox, before the proceedings commenced,
remarked that when the case was before him last
week the gentleman who conducted the defence
endeavoured to open a case of fraud against a per-
son not present ; and a statement had got into the
papers prejudicial to that person. He wished,
therefore, to state, before the case went further, that
the charge of fraud had been imported into this
case, and not supported by the evidence. As the
Press had given publicity to the charge, he had no
doubt that the denial by Madame Rachel, or Levin-
son, would reach the public in the same way.
Mr. Richards, for Madame Rachel, said his
client's name was Rachel Levinson, but she traded
by the name of Rachel.
Mr. Knox had to remark that all that had been
stated of Mrs. Rachel Levinson's share in the
transaction, with the exception of pledging the ear-
rings, was groundless.
Mr. Sleigh said he appeared to prosecute, in-
structed by Mr. Neate, solicitor to the Pawnbrokers'
Protection Society. He had been put in possession
of all the evidence brought forward on the previous
examination, and
.his opinion was that whatever
might be the amount of imprudence which the gen-
tleman at the bar had been guilty of, the charge
was one which it was impossible he could ask the
Court to send for trial. He could not bring his
mind to believe from the facts laid before him, that
this young nobleman, a member of an illustrious
family, was guilty of the offence charged against
him, and on that ground he had advised that the
prosecution should be withdrawn. The conduct of
the defendant had, no doubt, been indiacrect, but
he was bound to say there was no evidence or guilty
intention in what had been done, and under all the
circumstances, his el:mita had sanctioned his state-
ment that they proposed to withdraw from the pro-
secution.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine was not surprised at the
course his learned friend had taken in this matter,
and it would not be impertinent to mention that
Lord Milton had been in ill health, and that on the
occasion in question he acted on the belief of justi-
fication, well or ill founded, but which, as a man of
the world, he (Mr. Ballantine) was bound to say
could not be defended, as there was no doubt Lord
Milton had been much mistaken in the course he
had adopted, acting, indeed, as he had done, under
the influence of a female much older than himself.
He had no difficulty in admitting that his lordship
had acted with indiscretion, and also that his learned
friend had adopted the course best calculated to spare
the feelings of those who were deeply interested in
the matter. The first question, when instructed in
this case, which he had put was, what was the state
of his lordship's account at the London and West-
minster Bank, and he was informed that his lord-
ship had a large credit at the bank, and that the
manager was in court to prove the fact. The im-
putation of fraud was, therefore, completely at an
end. He considered that the parties preferring the
charge had acted in a very proper manner in with-
drawing from the prosecution; and in reference to
what had been previously stated in defence by Mr.
Lewis, he would remark that Mr, Lewis had been
very imperfectly and hastily instructed.
Mr. Lewis remarked that he had only obeyed
instructions in the course ho had adopted.
Mr. Knox—The case of alleged fraud against
Madame Rachel was opened on the former exami-
nation, but had not been proved. With respect to
the charge before me, I can assure you, Lord Mil-
ton, if I had come to the conclusion that your lord-
ship had any guilty intention with reference to the
possession of the earrings I should have sent you at
once for trial; but my belief is there was no guilty
intention. You are young and inexperienced, and
evidently require good guidance, and I wish to re-
mind you, that considering your station you are
pre-eminently bound to obey the law, as your
station will not Protect you from the consequences
of violating the law. The earrings will, of course,
be given up to the pawnbroker. The act was the
act of a foolish person, and therefore you, Lord
Milton, are discharged.
Lord Milton then left the court with his friends.

HORRIBLE AZURRER BY A TATHER.

A horrible murder has been committed at Bris-
tol, the perpetrator being a married man, of about
25 years of age, named James Roberts, and the
victim his own daughter, Clara Roberts. What
adds to the enormity of the crime is, that Roberts
attempted the life of another child, a girl of about
five years old, Alice Elizabeth, who lies in the
Infirmary in a very precarious state, and also of
his wife. Roberts was formerly a soldier in the
Welsh Fusiliers, but served only for little more
than a year, as, whilst engaged in one of the battles
during the Crimean war he had the misfortune to
lose one of his legs. lie returned home on a pen-
sion of 10d. a day, and about Christmas, 1856, he
got married to his present wife, by whom he has
had three children,one of whom died in its infancy.
For a time he supported his family comfortably by
means of his pension, and his earnings with a horse
and cart, but about a year and a half ago he took to
drinking, and, in order to indulge in his intempe-
rate habits, he sold his horse and cart, and after-
wards (taking advantage of his wife's absence in
the Infirmary), his furniture also. In consequence
of his habits, his wife has been herself compelled to
go to work to support herself and children, he
squandering what he could get in th ink. On Wed-
nesday night the wife put the children to bed as
usual, and she and her husband went to the house
of her sister, where they remained till near ten
o'clock, when they went home, he being at the time
quite sober. After they were in the rooms he asked
what there was for supper, and on finding only
dry bread and a bit of herring, she said it was very
hard that she should have to live on that, after 9s.
of her money had gone in the housekeeping that
week. She also interrogated him as to what had
become of a new basket he had bought to take out
as a hawker of oysters. The husband said it was
no difference to her about the basket, and said the
money had been of no benefit to him as it had gone
to pay debts. The wife again complained about
eating dry bread, upon which he gave her a penny
to go and buy something. She said she would
keep that to get some butter for the children's
breakfast, and was again complaining, when he
got up in a deliberate manner, and saying, " I
will - soon get out of it," took up the poker
and began to beat his sleeping children with it in
the most violent and merciless manner. He
then turned round, saying, " I have done for
they, now for your turn, raised the poker to strike
her, but she avoided the blow, rushed in upon and
seized him, and a violent struggle ensued between
them, in the course of which she wrested the poker
from his grasp, and it fell on the floor. She then
screamed " Murder," and seeing her children bathed
in blood, snatched them up and ran into the street,
followed by her husband. Her shrieks and cries of
" Murder" brought her sister and others to her aid,
upon which he made off.
.The children were carried
to the police station, and thence to the Infirmary,
where it was found that their skulls were fractured,
and that they had received other injuries of so severe
a character that their recovery
.was in the highest
degree doubtful, and one, the girl, soon after died.
The prisoner was taken at the residence of his father
and mother, Baptist Mills. He made no resistance,
but said, " It's all owing to drink and bad temper."
When on his way to the station-house he said, "I
struck the children on the head with the poker, and
one of them is dead at the station and the other is
took to the Infirmary."
Yesterday (Friday) afternoon the city coroner, J.
B. C.:,,don, Esq., hold an inquest on tho body at
the Infirmary, and the jury returned a verdict of
" Wilful murder" against James Roberts, the father,
who was forthwith committed to take his trial on
the coroner's warrant.

LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT ON THE
'LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY .

SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED AND INJURED.
FAVERSHAM, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
A very lamentable accident, unfortunately at-
tended with the loss of two lives, and serious bodily
injuries to several other persons, occurred this morn-
ing to the 7.10 down train, at a spot situated about
a mile from Faversham, on the London, Chatham,
and Dover Company's line.
From inquiries made upon the spot, and from in-
formation afforded by the officials of the London,
Chatham, and Dover Company, it appears that
the regular morning mail train left the Victoria
station at its appointed time-7.lo—and that
it consisted of an engine and tender. There
were attached two second-class carriages, followed
by two first.class carriages, and terminating with a
break van. The train, which was in charge of two
guards and an experienced driver and fireman, pro-
ceeded safely on its course, and arrived at and de.
parted from Sittingbourne station at the exact times,
leaving the station for its downward progress to
Dover at 8.26, which was correct time, and having
no other stoppage to make until its arrival at Fa-
versham junction at 9.10. The train then went on
its journey until it reached a spot situated about
half a mile from the Preston junction, which por-
tion of the line is °lran embankment known as the
Ospringeplaee-bank, and is a little over 12 feet high
with a very mild curve and level. On reaching this
spot, the train travelling at a moderate speed, the
engine-driver felt a slight bumping movement, and
in less then a second, on turning round, he saw that
the back portion of the train was being hurled down
the embankment. The first second-class carriage
next to the engine and tender, and the engine and
tender themselves, kept the metals, but the whole
of the remainder of the train had become detached,
and, leaving the permanent way, went over the em•
bankment with great violence, coming in contect
with a massive garden wall at the bottom, and crush-
ing it. The driver and fireman immediately returned
to the spot, and on descending the embankment
found they were altogether broken up and smashed
into small fragments. Of course their first efforts
were directed towards the unfortunate persons who
had occupied the various carriages, and messengers =
were despatched for medical and other assistance
from Faversham and adjacent districts. Telegrams
were also sent to Canterbury and the chief offices in
London, and upon the arrival of the first assistance
every effort was made to remove the injured per-
sons from the broken carriages. It was then found
that several of the unfortunate passengers were se-
verely injured, and the first one to be removed was
quite dead. This was a gentleman upon whom was
found a letter from which it is believed his name is
Plumb, and that he was a commercial traveller. He
was a passenger in the first second-class carriage,
which was the first to go over the embankment; his
injuries were very severe, and there is no doubt that
his death must have been instantaneous. The next
person found was Mr. H. Crockford, a merchant at
Chatham, at which station he joined the train. He
was insensible, and very much injured, and it was
feared that it would be found necessary to ampu-
tate the left leg, which was much shattered. A
gentleman was next found in the first of the two
first-class carriages; be was also insensible, and his
injuries were chiefly confined to the head and face.
From a letter discovered upon him there is no
doubt that he is a Mr. H. Thompson, that he is a
barrister, and was going to see a sick son at Dover.
The next person found was William Harris, an in-
spector on the company's line. Ho was riding in
hurt.
a second-class carriage, and was very much
He was about to be removed to an adjoining inn,
but expired from the severe nature of the injuries
he had received almost immediately. Only one
other person appears to have met with any injury,
and that is Mr. D. Mapleston, the audit clerk of the
company. He was found in the debris of the first
first-class carriage, and removedin a state of insen-
sibility, from which, however, he recovered, and
rallied to such an extent as to enable the medical
gentlemen to report that he was much improved.
The two guards in the break-van received very
little, if any injury, although that vehicle was
.
thrown over the embanment.
The various sufferers Were removed to the adja-
cent house in Ospringe, under the supervision of
Mr. Garroway, Mr. Garrard, and other medical
gentlemen, from Faverham and the surrounding
districts; and the remains of Mr. Plumb and In
specter Harris were conveyed to the Crown Inn,
where they were placed in an out-house until the
inquest should be held.
In the meantime telegrams were received at the
Victoria Station in London and at the company's

SOUTHWARK.—Yesterday John Smith, alias
William Fossey, describing himself as a builder and
house agent, was charged on remand with stealing
£2 17s. 9d., the property of William Groomridge,
Brandford-terrace, Bermondsey.
Mrs. Mary Groomridge said that on Thursday
evening, the Ist inst., the prisoner came to her hus-
band's house and hired her parlours. He stated
that ho was a builder and house agent, and had
considerable property erecting in Bermondsey and
Rotherhithe. Believing his statement to be true,
she let him the parlours, and on the following morn-
ing, about 9 o'clock, he came and took possession,
with a young man whom he called his clerk. At 12
o'clock the prisoner asked her if sho could cash a
check for him, and on her replying in the negative
he asked her to lend him 12s. for a short time. She
did so, and about two hours afterwards he asked for
the loan of a hammer, which she got. The prisoner
put a lot of written bills in the window, and about
3 o'clock he asked her if she would prepare tea for
himself and his clerk. She consented, and, having
no tea in the house, she went out to get it. On
return she made them tea, and provided bread
and butter and a haddock, which the prisoner
heartily partook of. After that he sent the young
man out and left himself, saying he was going to
look after some men at Rotherhithe. After he
was gone she had occasion to go into her bedroom.
She then found that her drawers had been broken
open, and £2 17s. 9d.stolen from them. Her own
hammer had been used to break open the drawers.
The prisoner had also stolen her husband's new
Wellington boots from the bedroom, and had left a
dirty pair instead. Witness here, shaking her fist
at the prisoner, said, " Oh, ho is the greatest vaga-
bond living."
Francis M'Dermott, a very respectable young
man, said he was out of a situation, and at the end
of April he advertised for one. The prisoner an-
swered it, stating in his letter that he was a builder
and house agent, and requesting him to call at
his office on Friday last. He accordingly went
to the house of the last witness and saw the
prisoner, who engaged him at a Weekly salary, !
and set him to write some handbills. After they •
had had tea the prisoner sent him on an errand.
On his way back he met the prosecutrix, who gave '
him into custody for being concerned with the pri-
soner in stealing the £2 17s, 9d.

Several gentlemen came forward, and gave the
last witness an excellent character.
John Wookey, police-constable 311 K, said tbat

ation at Ca nterbury, and Mr. Forbes, the general
manager, at once proceeded by special train to the
spot, and amongst the other officials on the ground
were Mr. Willis, the engineer, from Canterbury;
Mr. Breeze, from Faversham; and Mr. Bishop, the
superintendent.
Every effort which human possibility could
suggest was resorted to to alleviate the sufferings
of the wounded persons, and to clear the line of the
debris, and pace it in a proper state of trficlencY to
enable the traffic to be resumed.
This having been done, an official communication
was at once made by the general manager of the•
company' o the railway department of the Board of
Trade, to enable that department to send a gentle-
man to inspect the line, and give his opinion to the
coroner's jury, by whom the cause of this lamentable:
catastrophe will have to be investigated. In the
meantime the circumstances surrounding the case
are of so peculiar a nature that it is impossible to
arrive at any conclusion as to the origin of the
accident.