The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-29 00:00:00

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The•*ltoplihr,::"'W' Cottiniander "Bate; went
into Pt rtiO ttttlrldhbiii oh Salt`iii4ar afteriinbri to be
put oifts oreatu4sii,dtc , •
The- s4talik; ekafaf TipPNtices' instrUctlon brie
Lieutimlnt' elibilejt'„"ol the VictorScin charge, returned
into POiisyht;iltlilab.rbour On Saturday morning from the
Channet.: The rqiqiier training.' bag, Rolla, 8; having
bad allibrOuiiti re 4; was s if:Mc-Add on Saturday, and-
will bV-liMETBlitel?"%corritilisSioried for the boys, the
Sealailebeirier'iade a tender to the seamen's ship Illus.-
trious;,'"'Z' 'Captain` Itoliert Harris, in Portnuouth
TI d kung, paddle wheel steam gun-ve„ssel,
Lieutenant itugustus G. E. Murray, went but-front
Sheern6s•-iiit-Batiiit4 on ttial Of her machinery; 'un-
der theiMPeriritenderme of lyleiffiiirgo-111ailarict super,
in tendent ofille civil engineering department at the yard.
She prociedediciii a distance trip between the Garrison-
point/SheerneigiMirldle=bribr, and the Nora Light ves-
sel, with the -atliid:aduth-west, in fore° 5." Ifel• engines,
of 100-holier by lalton and Watt, making
on adaverige; 'during •the`triat but and in, 24 revolu-
tions per Minute, with a-pressure bf 61b. per inch on her
boilers'ailli'Yaa'Over 71 knbts-•by log and distance•
taken:4 engines having been recently overhauled
and defects:' iintdirood, the pr6sent 'trial has beenin
everr-respeCei:ttiafactory.' The. Cuckoo has•a very smart
little 'tad Lieutenant 'Murray required dou-
ble the'llittnher-to,haVe manned her, he might have had.
them 'a' ipiiifiticniber- of A.E.'s having offered to volun,
teer for her after 'she was fully manned.
The Wolverine 12-gun sloop, at Chatham, is reported
to be ready for sea on the Bth of next month. She is
still in want cf able seamen. The entire crew of blue-
jackets late of the Watertvitch offered to volunteer for
her on her commander's first visit to that ship.
The' Teazer, screw steam-tender to the flag-ship on the
West Coast of- Africa Station, arrived at Woolwich on
Saturday; in charge of Lieutenant Commander F. D.
Rich. lier boilers are Itsund to be in such a bad state
that it is expected the crew will be turned out to another
vessel. - •

Her -Majesty's frigate' Meander, 44, Commodore Tal-
bot, was infpected on Friday in Plymouth Sound by
Captain Wise, 'or the flag=ship Impregnable, 104. Her
powder has been taken out, and she was towed into
Hamoate on Saturday, when her crew unbent sails-.
Captain 'Talbot and the crew will be transferred to the
screw steam-ship Algiers,' nearly ready for sea.
The' rigate:lndefatigable, SO, Captain Thomas Hope,
was docked on Sattuday; to have her copper • examined
and to be repaired: . , •
The brig Mariner'is to be got ready tn leave Hamoaza
on the Bth cle.lnhet-, iA Said, for the White Sea'.
The :Rhadatilisiithtia * paddlewheel steam .storeship,
Master'CoMi;nander john Belem, arrived at Woolwich
from Slieernesii p.tii..on Friday. The boilers of
the Royal Allibit; 131, will be-immediately taken down
the riierlft the-Ahadamanthas. -
The-slip of the' Royal Albert will soon. be ready for
laying the keel of another ship of *war to add to the
wooden bulwarks of the country.
The RusSian brig Emelie (not Amelia), prize to the
Bulldog, paddle-wheel "steam-ship, of 6 guns, arrived at
Sheerness on Saturday last at 10 a.m. She was anchored
off the Garrison Point, and Mr. Dillon, acting mate,
made his report to the Commander-in-Chief. In conse-
quence of nearly all the square sails of this brig being so
much "damaged previous to her leaving Wingo Sound,
the prize-master, Mr. Dillon, and his crew, have expe-
rienced very great difficulty in getting her home, not
being able to set canvass to turn to windward with. To
prevent any accident in the Thames, the Princess Royal,
one ofthe Medway steam-packets, has been engaged to
tow her to the West India Dock buoy. Mr. Dillon does
not resin' again to the Bulldog, being expected to join
the Hannitia/ at Chatham.
Thetevenahire, formerly employed as a divisional ship
at Chatham, birt fent last year to be a tender to the Dread-
nought sail'or3P`,h4spital-ship stationed at Greenwich, and
intended' to'receiVe,Subh cholera cases as might be sent
to the :D,ilekOiniiklit to separate them from the other
patieutEr;;fi, OraOi•O to be taken down to Woolwich, to
be fitted for; the'reception of Russian prisoners of war,
and *whereceiiiiPleted the Devonshire will be stationed at
Sheerriesii..) •
The'llaissian:iritioners taken in the different prizes,
and sent ficnn tuneto time oo board the Crocodile, lying,
off the Ziw*.to.3ll.o number -of 40, have obtained em- '
ployment 41, thdllritish merchant service. The only
prisonbis‘rioNv onboard the Crocodile are those just re-
ceived' from /110 Argo:
On Ilitirsiray'la4,A Government officer visited and in-
spected•thpl*Ola Sossex county gaol at Lewes, in order to
agceertt ibl"iihApier it could he used as a place of confine-
ment toT. tile Russian prisoners of* war. Having tho-
roughly s. tAtm -
fled .; lied the lace he expressed himself satis-
purptott.:it. eni:sald:,. be" Pmade'applicable for the
,required
T. Carnegts;'iiiii.The Tribune; sieerew-frigate, Captain the Hen, S.
A ceiirtsinatasr- 44' evening" for the Mediterranean.
Victory, to
,ths.a,- :7011 be held, this morning on board the
The follOWa'''e9r,P.?rakjet. the Excellent gunnery ship.
Mailter'NkstiVitreige li4ve kaiak pads
the Alecto,. plaid 1.1.1,440?: (1.04 recently serving in
of Africa geitan; *the gtr4449014,0u the, West Coast
mouth. !te4te-sloop, at Ports-
Chaplain VeV.Wsts.' '
screw fiteaM-frigate,iis: tho3mti2... lia.lttp6rieuse, 50,
Maatees-Assist4ists—jaroes:ruil,er, .
th, •
17, screw fiteauodooPpi,4 Woolwich., George; T.-GHornet,-
ver, to the "CV:olveFiOcs ss-
i auss
ra ulli-
aatha
Assistant-Surgeon, David Ramsay,. the
at WOolviich • e
net, screw, steam-slOop
Assistant-Engineers of the Third. Class..4_,_
Dir
grove and John Paul, to the Fleet. - ?
Clerko--4tePrY "SYnstanley (1854), to theor lndefatig:
able, 50, .•
at DeVOnPOrt Francis liter. (18541I to tho
Calcutta, 84, at ,Devonport.
Gunner John Blellock, to the Zephyr, steam-vessel,
at Woolwich.
at Queenstown, hail at
The' itiniaTaya, pow lying
tracted thither thousands of spectatora from the. insighh:
bourin.g. towns and villages. On Friday morning t e
embarkation of the sth Dragoon Guards commenced.
d through Cork, en
As early as 5 a.m. a troop
route to. Queenstown. At l o'clock '
ck General
accompanied bisome officers of his staff, went on board
to superintend the embarkation of the horses—an opera-
tion Which; owing to the admirable manner in which
the works of, the platform had.been erected, was accom-
plished without the slightest difficulty. The horses were
led on hoard, ,and, owing to the high barriers on either
side, Walked without fright or hesitation into the ship.
Each horsis,ivaathen put into a padded box, and slung
easilylntaithe,lOwer
The Taurus, screk: steamer,' hired for transport ser-
vice, has come down from Deptford to Woblwich, and
now remains with the 'ryneniouth, waiting further
orders. rtrA,.,;:).
The horse transport Europa INro. 92. having had a i
few alteratiputtiiihthe.Attings Of her stalls, will receive t
the first mop oitho-dtht.Anniskillens. at. the dockyard
te-clay. • i
A troop of the 4th (Royal Dragoons, consisting

On _Saturday. the_. Norfolk Militia Artillery- was in-
spected at Oreat Yarmouth by Colonel. England, Royal
Artillery Commandant at. Sheerness. After the usual
marching past, the corps was-put through the evolutions
of battalion drill by their commandant; Lord Hastings,
when the gallant revke wing officer was pleased to express.
his entire satisfaction .at the steadiness and soldierlike
manner in which-the several manoeuvres were performed.
The Norfolk Artillery have, one and all, volunteered to
serve her Majesty in any place they.may be, required.
Their period of training has been, extended to 56 days.
The Herefordshire Regiment of Militia had their field-
day on Saturday, but the operations were sadly marred
by the rain. The men presented a satisfactory appear-
ance, and got through their exercise with much precision.
Colonel Patton assured the regiment that he should re-
port . most favuorahly of them. In the afternoon the
arms and.aceoutrements were given up, and to-day, the
men will be disbanded. 36 have volunteered into the
line. The regiment is 580 strong.

The Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia, under the command of Lieut.-Col. M. Bigge, was
called out at Alnwick on the 17th instant, for 28 days'
training and exercise. They are now undergoing the
preliminary stages of instruction in drill, and the promp-
titude with which they obey the word of command and
go through their evolutions, testifies that they have not
forgotten their former lessons. On former occasions
detachments from regiments of the line attended to as-
sist in the training, but the demand for the services of
the regular soldiers elsewhere has caused the whole of
these duties to devolve upon the sergeants of the perma-
nent staff, aided by a serjeant, corporal, and small party
of Coldstream Guards.

On Saturday the Queen's Own Tower Hamlets Regi-
ment of Militia, which musters about 500 strong, and
which is under the command of Colonel North, were
inspected by Colonel Bush, in an enclosed area of Vic-
toria-park. The men went through their evolutions
with great precision, forming hollow squares, wheeling
into line, &c.' in perfect order. At the conclusion 'of
the review. Colonel Bush addressed the body in flattering
terms upon their-efficiency and steady behaviour.
On Friday afternoon a telegraphic despatch from the
War-office was received at Doncaster by Colonel Loftus,
directing the 3d West York Militia to proceed on the
following morning to the barracks at Berwick-upon-
Tweed, there to be Stationed until further orders. On
Saturday morning the parade was formed at the Man-
sion-hotise At 6 o'cloCk, soon after which the regiment
proceeded thence in the railway station, headed by the
band, and accompanied by hundreds of spectators. The
men appeared to be in the highest spirits, and returned
the cheers of the civilians in a very hearty manner. Two
Great Northern special trains at once started with them
to their destination. The number of rank and file told
off on Friday night was 860, nearly every man of whom
wag forthcoming on Saturday morning. In addition
to this, the trains contained 32 officers, with their
wives and servants, about 50 of the wives of the men,
and nearly as many of their children. All the women
and children of the latter class who presented themselves
at the station, and who desired to accompany the corps,
were taken in the train, the extra number beyond what
is allowed by military regulations L 9 accompany a regi-
ment in transitu having to be paid for by the men them-
selves or by the contributions of the officers. The bar-
racks at Berwick, which have not been occupied for
sonic time, will accommodate 16 officers and' only 700
men ; the remainder, therefore, will have to be quartered
in the town. The men were to receive 1/. each bounty
money on their arrival at the barracks.
The Sussex Artillery Militia assembled for 28 days'
training at the artillery depot, Lewes, on 'Wednesday
last, but the muster-roll is very far from complete, which
arises from the large number who have joined the regular
service under the present regulations. They are now
making considerable progress, and will, no doubt, soon
become expert in gunnery practice. The depot is pro-
vided with about 18 guns, of which 12 are field pieces,
and the remainder 24 and 32 pounders, and two of these
are swivels.

The Northamptonshire Militia have unanimously re-
solved to offer their services on active duty. The offer
was communicated to the Government through the
Lord-Lieutenant; and Lord Palmerston has replied that
this very handsome and honourable offer of service ihall
be. duly considered in making choice of the nnilitia regi-
ments to be embodied. ' •
The King's Own Staffordshire Militia will leaVe Lich=
field this morning by a train which has been specially
provided. On arriving at the Euston station the men
will march through London to the South-Eastern station,
from which point. they will proceed to Dover Castle,
where they will do garrison duty, their services haying
been accepted by the Government. ,
The Royal Westmoreland Militia having been on duty
instant,
was Appleby, under Major Monina, since the 2d
was inspected on Friday by Colonel Denial, inspeCting
officer of the Lt erpool district. The regiment went
through a variety'of military eVolutiOns, and will be dis-
charged from 'service" today.
Colonel Lord Ward inspected the Him. Captain Coven-
try's troop of the Queen's Own Worcestershire Yeomanry
last week, at Pull-court, Worcestershire ; and Captain
Taylor's squadron '"at Moseley-hali. His lordship will
inspect the Worasterand Witley troops in the course of
-thet,preieixt week.
ThelTorth'York Militia has received orders to assem-
ble f0r..23 aays' training on Friday next, June 2.
An Order has been issued to the Ist Devon Militia to
As gip, at Exeter on Wednesday next, the 31st instant.
The
labacr,reacks 'are occupied, the men are to be billeted
upon the inhabitants.
training mouthshie Militia, whose ordinary term of
days
the endedvirar 0 drill.ie e t
alkt
has expired, have been Ordered to undergo ten
nthientriemgiamtieonnt hisatsobbeeenemrebenedivieedd
for p
Durhamermanen
t duty,
The Militia have been embodied, and will
proceed forthwith to Ireland for permanent duty.
The Carmirthen Rifle Corps are performing garrison.
for duty, but
iendiesdp nto
duty. All.the officers have
the men have manifested a strongn
com-
ply with the wishes of the officers, the majority of them
being married men, with families.
Colonel Bowles has communicated to the Secretary-at-
War
the willingness of the whole of the Oxford Shire
Militia—officers and men—to be enrolled, if their ser-
vices are required.

THE MOORS.—Vire regret to say the tape-worm disease
has appeared among the grouse in our higher moors
possibly from excessive drought. Hitherto there have
been few deaths ; but we learn that its ravages are great
in Glenesk and other k"orfarshire_ moors._— Dundee
Courier.

DILLS.

BRADFORD, WAKEFIELD, 'AND LEEDS.

Mr. T. EGERTON repUrted from the committee on this
bill that the proposed capital of the company is 180,0001.,
and the amount of loan 60,000/. The length of the rail-
way is 9 miles 7 furlongs, and the steepest gradient is 1
in 100. There is one tunnel, which is intended to be
297 yards in length and 26 feet in breadth. The esti-
mated cost of the railway is 180,0001., and the quantity
of land required is 640 acres. The committee are satis-
fied. of the fitness in an engineering point of view of the
proposed railway.
CALEDONIAN (LESUARAGOw BRANCHES).

Mr. BOUVERIE reported from the committee that ro
additional share capital is proposed to be raised under
the bill, but it is proposed to borrow 20,0001. There is
one plane that may occasionally be worked by an as-
sistant engine, the length of which is 64 furlongs, and
the inclination lin 66. The length of the main line is
18 miles 2i chains, of the North Southfield Colliery
branch 1 mile 14 chains, and of• the Little Gill branch 1
mile 2 furlongs. The steepest gradient on the main line
is lin 66, and on the branch lin 32. It is intended
that the railway should pass on the level eleven public
roads. The estimated toast of the railway is 125,000/.,
and the quantity of land required 196 acres. The com-
mittee are satisfied of the fitness in an engineering point
of view of the proposed railway.

SOUTH DEVON AND TAVISTOCK.
Mr. BOUVERIE. reported from the "committee on this
bill that the proposed capital of the company is 160,0001.,
and the amount of loan 53,0001. The length of the main
line is 13 miles, and that of the branch to Le Moor 4
miles 11 chains. It is proposed to construct the main
line on a guage of 7 feet ; the steepest gradient being' 1
in 60. There are three tunnels proposed, of wbibh
the first is intended to be 200 yards in length, the second
572 yards in length, and the third 242 yards in
length, and the breadth of each tunnel is intended
to be 18 feet, and the height thereof 18- feet. The
amount of the estimates of the cost of the railway is
154,0001., and the quantity of land required foe the
main line is 145,1 acres, and for the branch 25k acres.
The committee are satisfied of the fitness in an en-
gineering point of view of the proposed railway.
GREAT WESTERN (BERKS AND HANTS, &c.)
Mr. AD AIR reported from the sub committee that
the objects of the bill were—the construction of a new
branch railway to connect the Berks and Hants Railway
with the main lino of the Great Western Railway, near
Reading ; the revival of the powers of certain of the
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Acts, in re-
spect of the Bathatnpton and Devizes branches of the
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, as thereby
authorised ; the extension of time-for the construction
of the portions of the authoriSed railway between
Frome and Weymouth, and between Warminster and
Salisbury. The proposed additional capital in shares
to be raised by the company for the new line at Reading
'and the Devizes branch is 85,0001., in addition to which
the company seek power to raise 1, 00,000/. for the general
purposes of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail-
way. No power is sought by the bill to raise money on
loan. The length of the proposed new line is 4 furlongs
6 chains, and it is proposed to construct the same on a
gauge of 7 feet. The steepest gradient is lin 190. The
estimated cost of the' ew line of-railway is 20,0001., and
the quantity of land required is 6 acres. An agreemeint
has been come to between the Great Western and South-
Western Companies, whereby the Great Western Rail-
way Company agree to lay down additional rails on the
narrow gauge between Dorchester and Weymouth, and
to allow the London and South-Western Railway Com-
pany to use the same, and the intermediate stations, and
station at Weymouth, in consideration of the London
and South Western Company laying down, on the broad
gauge, additional rails on eight Miles of their railway
adjacent to Dorchester, and to give the Great Western
Company power to use the same, and the stations in con-
.nexion therewith ; and the committee have inserted
clauses in the bill for giving effect to such agreement,
and have added a clause making the laying down of such
rails and the use thereof, and of the stations, subject to
the approval and sanction of the Board of Trade. The
committee are satisfied of the fitness in an engineering
point of view of the proposed works.

A PRESENT FROM AN ENGLISH M.P. TO THE KING
OF DENMARK.—A most elaborate and beautifully de-
signed stained glass window is now on view on the pre-
mises of Messrs. Ballantine and Allan, at Edinburgh,
which has been designed by Mr. John Thomas, the
well-known sculptor of the new Palace at Westminster.
This magnificent work of decorative art will shortly be
presented by Mr. Peto, the honourable member for
Norwich, to his- Majesty the King of Denmark,
and is intended for the altar window of the Chapel
Royal at Fredericksburg. The upper portion of
this window has fifteen upright compartments, in
the centre of which is a figure of our Saviour
as the Good Shepherd. In the upper central com-
partment the dove is seen descending amid golden
rays surrounded by clouds, while the lower central
and the dexter and sinister lights contain exquisitely
coloured medallion heads of the apostles, with deep blue
back grounds, surmounted by their emblems and sur-
rounded with richly diapered and ornamental work in
various colours. The under portion of the window is
•filled with heraldic, emblematic, and national devices.
The central light contains a likeness of the King of
Denmark in white enamel on a ruby ground, surmounted
with it laurel leaf. The royal arms of Denmark, envi-
roned with the ensigns of the order of Daneborg and of
the Elephant, are also introduced with excellent effect.
The national motto of the Danes, with the state sword
and sceptre, are also most effectively given. While ap-
tleciiting this magnificent present as, no doubt, his Majesty will do, we hope at the same time it will give
as
„___lnlPqns to the art of glaseffita,ining in'the _States of
a-funto.ark

MAY 16.—The paper read was "On the Fatigue, and
consequent Fracture of Metals," by Mr. F. Braithwaite,
M. Inst. C. E. Many accidents, the causes of which
had been pronounced " mysterious," having professedly
engaged the author's attention, he had carefully ex-
amined the circumstances of each, and the condition of
the fractured metal, in ail cases, and at length arrived
at the conclusion, that almost all the accidents might be
ascribed to a progressive deteriorating action which
Might be termed the " fatigue " of metals. Metal in a
state of rest, although sustaining a heavy pressure or
strain, as in a beam or girder, and exhibiting only the
deflection due to the superposed weight, would continue
to bear that pressure, without fracture, so long as its
rest was not disturbed, and the same strain was not too
frequently repeated ; but if either of these cases occurred,
a certain disturbance of the particles took place, the
metal was deteriorated, and that portion subject to the
reiterated strain was so far destroyed that it ultimately
broke down. This might also • arise from sudden
concussions, when the metal was under a certain
strain, and those concussions might be caused by
the girder being suddenly unloaded. Several ex-
a,:nples were given of accidents of the kind that bad
been alluded to; for instance, that of a vat in
a London brewery, carried on cast-iron girders, by
which it had been supported for some years, but suddenly,
without any apparent cause, they broke, and killed and
wounded some workmen. In this case, it was shown
that the girders were not originally sufficiently stroll.-
for the load, and therefore the intermittent load of theb
vat, which was sometimes full and at other times only
partially so, and then empty, cau-ed a constantly recur-
ring deflection, and a subsequently corresponding effort
to regain its natural position, by which the composition
of the metal was disturbed and fracture ensued. Other
examples of the same nature were given, and it was
shown that the repeated buckling of the tube plate of a
locomotive arising from the action of the pistons, had a
tendency to cause fracture mechanically ; and also that
the side-strains and vibrations to which the suspension
rods of the ash-pans of locomotives were subjected, had
produced very serious results, which it sufficed to point
out forcibly to guard against the recurrence of. The
author contended that, presuming adequate dimensions
to have been given to girders, and the stipulated weight
not to have been exceeded, the chances of accident were
remote, but that any repeated deflections, either at inter-
vals, or continued for so long as to induce a permanent
depression, must be productive of danger, which could
only be averted by altering or replacing the parts defi-
cient in strength, and maintaining a rigid supervision,
whether of beams when loaded, or of parts of machinery,
pr of railway stock after working. By such means acci-
dents would be prevented, and .a greater degree of con•
fidence be established in structures in which metal was
employed.

THE LATE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN NORTH DEVON.
—The victim of this brutal outr tge, Mary Richards,
contrary to the anticipations of the medical men who
were called in, still survives, though she lies in a very
Precarious state and past all hope of recovery. Nine
pieces of bone have been taken' from the skull, which
had been beaten in with a hammer, and the person of the
unfortunate woman, besides being violated, had evi-
dently been brutally forced by a stick, or more pro-
bably by the handle of the • hammer by which the
blows on the head were inflicted. The young woman
has been enabled to relate how the shocking affair
took place. According to her account, which is corrobo-
rated in the most essential particulars by the testimony of
other persons who saw the accused in the neighbour-
hood about the time referred to, it appears that she
was walking towards La.ngtree, carrying two small
baskets and a bundle. On the way Llewllyn Garrett
Talmidge Harvey, the prisoner, overtook her, and they
walked up a steep hill to the village of Taddiport
together. On reaching the last house at the top
of the hill, the girl turned from the road to go into
the dwelling, when the fellow asked, "Are you come
to the end of your journey ?" She replied, "No ; I
have several miles to go yet." He then went on, and
after remaining about 10 minutes in the house she fol-
lowed on her way home. She says that, after leaving
the cottage and proceeding as far as the place she
was attacked she saw the man sitting on the bank
by the roadside. He accosted her and made inde-
cent proposals to her, which she stoutly resisted ;
he then caught hold of her and dragged her in-
side the gateway. She succeeded in breaking away
from him, and got outside the gate, where he again
caught her and struck her on the head with a hammer,
after which she became thoroughly insensible and re-
co!lects nothing that took place. The villain must have
ravished her while in this state of insensibility, the
surgeons beine• of opinion that be first stunned
his victim in the road, that he then dragged her inside
the gateway where he completed his fiendish desires, and
then, having beaten her about the head till he thought
her dead, he stripped her of all the valuables she pos-
sessed and threw her into the ditch. The prisoner
was seen between four and five on the afternoon in
question about two fields' distance from the spot, and he
then had two baskets and a bundle in his-possession,
and they have since been discovered concealed in a
thicket close by. The day after Harvey was appre-
hended some of the inhabitants of Taddiport went
over to Barnstaple to see if they recognised him,
and they proved that he was the same man they
had• seen about the village on the day in ques-
tion. He then admitted that he was there, and
that he walked up the hill with a young woman
but denied all knowledge of the crime imputed to
hini. The prisoner was conveyed by Mr. Aldham,
superintendent of the Barnstaple police, to the Torring-
ton lock up, and he was afterwards taken to the work-
house, where the young woman lay. On being taken
into the room she at once recognised him, but appeared
too weak and frightened at his presence to say
anything in his hearing. The prisoner has been taken
before the county magistrates, and remanded till Satur-
day- Harvey, who is a nafive of Oxfordshire, but
has resided at Thornhill Head, in the parish of Buck-
land.-Brewer, about five miles from Torrington,
for the last three or four years, has been in
the habit of tramping about the country. On taking
up his residence in Devonshire he married the servant
at Buckland-Brewer, and followed the trade of a chim-
ney.sweeper, and subsequently he became a local preacher
in connexion with the Society of Primitive Methodists
in the village. Having been convicted of sheep-stealing
about two years ago, he suffered nine months' hard la-
bour; and on coming out of gaol he resumed business
sweeper, but was not re-admitted to preach. It ap-
pears that he waited in the road on Tuesday in order to
waylay and murder a woman belonging to Sutcombe,
whom he expected to pass by, :anti whose influence had
been used against hik restoration is local preacher,

The SELLING STAKES, a sweepstakes of 2 sovs each,
with 10 sovs added ; three yrs 9st 41b, four lOst 21b,
five lOst 10Ib, six and at7ed list ; the second to save
his stake; the winner of any race on the first day to
carry slbs extra. The winner to be sold for 100. sovs ;
if entered to be= sold for 75 sovs allowed 51b, 50 soya
101 b, 40 sovs 141 b, 30 sovs 201 b, 20 sovs 281 b ; mares
and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold by
auction after the race, and the surplus (if any) to go
to next year's fund. Heats about a mile.
Nancy Martinson True Girl Hanalet

Misfortune White Nose Lescombe Lass
The CLAYTON HUNT HURDLE RACE, open to all, a han-
dicap of 3 sovs, each, with 20 sovs. added. The
second to receive 5 sovs. out of the stakes. Heats
about a mile and a half, over 8 hurdles, 4 feet high,
brushed with gorse included. To leap the Stand
Hurdle before starting.
Age st lb Age st lb
Duchess a 11 0 Nancy Martinson 5 10 0
Old Rake
hr. g. Trio lO 6 Little Benjamin.. 912
PONY RA CE.—A Sweepstakes of 2 cove. each, with 7
sovs. added, for ponies not exceeding fourteen hands
high.-14 hands, Oct 7lbs. ; l3l hands, Oct 13 hands,.
Bst 71bs ; 12& hands, Bst ; 12 hands, Bst 71bs.—Mile
heats. •

Little Stephen (late Little Wonder), br Little Wonder
(late Mischief), gr Hero, b Terror; Flower Girl, bl Kate,
ch Ploughboy, ch Albafont.

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They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers
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At the last ordinary meeting of the Statistical Society,
held at the rooms of the society in St. James's-squaie—
present Sir John P. Boileau, Bart., V.P., in the chair, the
Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of St. David's, and Dr. Gug-
genbuhl of Bern, a paper was read, entitled "A Statistical
and Historical view of the Statute Law of the Realm from
the earliest recorded pe.iod to the present time," by Wil-
liam Tayler, Esq. The author commenced by stating that
the statutes were inscribed in latin to the time of Edward
I. (1272), in Norman French to about the time of Richard
111. (1483), and subsequently in the English language.
The earlier statutes were extremely defective, and coerts
of justice were, not only. unfreqUently overawed and in-
fluenced by the crown, or corrupted by the nobles.
He - gave the number of statutes passed in each
reign from. Henry 111. (1225), to the 16th and 17th
of Victoria (1853), and passed in review the more
interesting or special ones. The aggregate number of sta-
tutes of all kinds passed from -the 12th of Henry 111. to
the end of the reign of Charles I. comprising a period
of nearly four centuries, were 3,316. The acts and or-
dinances of the Cominonwealth and Protectorate
(1649-GO), were not recorded as statutes of the realm,
-every possible trace of the acts of the regicides and rebels
being removed at the Restoration, from a scarce
work of the period it appeared that they consisted of.
some hundreds of rare and curious ordinances, many
of them assuming the character of imperial edicts.' From
the time of Cromwell to the end of George 11. (1660 to
1760), there were 5,844 statutes of all kinds enacted. In
the long reign of George 111. (GO years), the number of
statutes passed were 14,800. In the reign of George IV.,
3,223 ; Williarri IV., 1,802 ; and in the 16 years reign of
Victoria, 5,331 ; in all from Henry 111. (1225), to the present
time, 34,319 statutes of every description. A tabular state-
ment gave a sub-divisioh of the acts into public and private,
and in latter years into local acts. The average number of
statutes that were passed annually in each reign were also
given, and they exhibited the great increase of legislation
in recent. years. In the reign of Henry 111 (1225), the
number of the 'statutes passed per annum were only '26 (one
every four years), In the reign of Henry IV. (1399), they
had increased to 10'9 per annum. In the reign of Edward I V.
(1461), they had receded to 2.4. In the reign of Edward VI.
(1517), they had increased to 27'S, and in the time of
Charles I. (1625), had again receded to 3.5. In the time of
William and Mary (1688), they had increased to 60 2. In
the time of George 11. to 84•6, in George 111. to 246.7, in
George IV. to 322.3, in William IV. they had receded to
257.4, and to, the. 16. and 17 Victoria they had increased to
the large number-of 523-4 per annum, the average of the
reign being taken in each instance. Thiis showing the rapid
increase of legislative enactments in times of peace and in-
ternal tranquillity. The author concluded by an appeal for
a legislative consolidation of the statutes into a code or
system under distinct heads, and for the absolute expulsion
of all expired, obsolete, or repealed statutes : the number of
the last he could not arrive at from the chaos that prevailed.
He expressed his full conviction that it was competent
for an effective commission appointed for such a purpose to
effect a consolidation of the statutes, and to free them from
those not in force, and the measure would only be in ac"-
cordance with the recommendations of many learned au-
thorities and jurists from Lord Chancellor Bacon down-
wards, and would not fail to confer on the statesman who
should devote himself to the task, the gratitude of his
country. A discussion followed, in which the following
took part, the Bishop of Oxford, Mr. Slaney, Mr. Lumley.
Dr. Waddileve, Mr. Newmarch, Mr. Jellicoe, and Dr.
Guy.