The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-08 00:00:00

RATIONAL D.

'MPTION ACT.

( From the Times. )

We candidly confess that in our yesterday's remarks
on the rumoured Ministerial plan for dealing with the
Three per Cents. we had not fathomed the depth or
unravelled the ingenuity of Ministerial finance. Pre-
mising that it was only a rumour that we dealt with,
we described that rumour to be the offer of 21 per cent.
for 20 years, secure from further reduction, with the
equal certainty of redemption at par at the end of that
period. We believed the proposal by no means un-
favourable to the public creditor, while, supposing it to
be accepted by all holders of the stock in question, it
would save the nation at once two millions and a-half
per annum. Had it not been thought favourable to the
creditor as well as to the State, the value of Consols
would not have risen in the market as they did on
Wednesday, when this was the form and shape
rumour gave to the Ministerial announcement. The
resolutions are now before us, and we must say
that they look more like what scholars call a praxis,
or an exercitatio in finance, than a serious propo-
sition to the Legislature. If we could suppose
some student calculating, or attempting to calcu-
late, a number of equivalent securities, varied by
caprice rather than any reference to the wants of capi-
talists, we have before us the results of his morning's
speculations, carefully preserved, as if they had cost too
much labour to be thrown into the waste-paper basket.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer offers as many as four
alternatives in return for one security, for it is substan-
tially one description that is dealt with. This is con-
trary to all the rules of prudence. It assumes for the
originator of the bargain a great part of that responsi-
bility that usually and properly attaches to the persons
to whom the bargain is propounded. The former should
leave the latter to make counter-bids, that is equivalent
offers, if he likes ; but should rest his own case on one
carefully-considered proposal. As it is the creditor will
simply examine the four proposals gratuitously placed
before him, and choose that which he thinks best. This
has already been done by the skilful calculators of the
city, and they have fixed on one of the alternatives which
will evidently carry the day :—that is, would carry the
day should the resolutions ever pass into law.
Mr. Gladstone first deals with some peculiar stocks
which answer no other purpose than to encumber the
" quotations" and perplex the uninitiated. These ought
long since to have been reduced to one description.
That is now proposed to be done, and, if the resolutions
become law, the very names of the South Sea Annuities,
&c., will cease. Their holders are summoned to accept
one of four alternatives, the last three of which are of-
fered also to all holders of Consols or 3 per Cents. Re-
duced. The four alternatives are :-100/. in money for
every 1001. stock ' • or 821. 10s. of a new 31 per cent.
stock, guaranteed against reduction for 40 years ; or
1101. of a new 21 per cent. stock, with a like guarantee;
or an Exchequer bond for 1001., bearing interest at 21 per
cent. for 10 years, and 21 per cent. for 30 more. Why
this last proposition, with the inconvenient feature of
a drop in the interest after ten years, should ever
have been made, we cannot conceive, unless as a mere
feat of calculation, or on the model of the vanishing
sugar duties. The only alternative, however, worth
considering is the offer of 1101. in 21 per Cents., guaran-
teed till 1894. Supposing the resolutions to be adopted,
and all the holders of Three per Cents. to make this
selection, it will save the country a quarter per cent. on
the interest of about 500,000,0001. Three per Cents.,
that is, about 1,250,000/. a-year ; 1101., at 21 per Cent.,
being equivalent to 1001. at 21. So far the annual
saving to the country would be only half that to be an-
ticipated from the scheme as rumour had described it.
But, inasmuch as it is proposed to increase the nominal
capital in this alternative from 1001. to 1101., that would
be an addition of 10 per cent, to the capital subjected to
the process, and in the year 1894 our descendants would
have to thank ua for adding about fifty millions to the
national debt.

We have no hesitation in laying it down as a principle
that, whatever we do, we are not justified in increasing
the capital of the debt. We may increase the interestas
much as we please, within reasonable limits and for a
moderate term of years ; but to make a bargain with the
national creditor, adding fifty millions to the debt, when
the children born this year shall be forty years old,
simply and solely in order to escape paying 1,250,000/.
a-year ourselves, would be nothing less than disgraceful,
and certainly most contrary to the resolute, sturdy, self-
denying spirit of our recent commercial and financial le-
gislation. It is to this point that the study of finance
should be specially directed, and Whoever shall devise
some means of diminishing our fatal inheritance of debt
will indeed earn a place in the first rank of British
statesmen. Now that the great names of the last long
and glorious warare becoming historical, we may com-
plain that we of this day have no such opportunity
of distinguishing ourselves. One way, however, is
open to those who would win a place in the memories
of that splendid era. The man who can devise a
means for paying off the debt of the war
may well rank with the statesmen who directed it and
the great captains who fought it by sea and by land.
If Mr. Gladstone would tell us how to extinguish the
capital of our stupendous debt by the end of this century,
that would be worth the addition of another 5,000,000/.
a-year to our present burden. His proposition, little as
we expected it from such a quarter, is quite in the other
direction. It is to spare ourselves at the expense, or at
least at the risk, of our children. Mr. Gladstone evi-
dently does not anticipate so great a preference for this
particular alternative. He gives to posterity the option
of reducing our debt by a hundred millions, that is, sup-
posing the 82i. 10s. at 34 per cent. generally accepted.
But, unfortunately, posterity is not here to make its
choice ; the choice is to be made now by living capitalists,
and they will undoubtedly select the alternative that
spares themselves at the expense of the country forty
years hence. In another part of our impression it is
suggested that the Resolutions be at once amended by
the omission of this one alternative, and we cannot but
agree that its surrender wilt come with more grace now
than at the end of a Parliamentary struggle.

THE GOVERNMENT BOOKSELLING CONCERNS.

In an article on the education question in the new
number of the Edinburgh, Review, the writer, in reviewing
Sir James Kay Shuttleworth's new work, remarks :
" We are glad to observe that Sir James Kay Shuttle-
worth expresses a very decided opinion on a subject
which is one of considerable importance, and which has
been much discussed. With reference to the publica-
tion and trading in school books by the Government,
Sir James Kay Shuttleworth remarks is essential
that the Government should avoid every form of inter-
ference which could discourage individual enterprise,
the freedom of opinion, and the natural action of litera-
ture on the popular intelligence and taste, or of the trade
in books in their production and diffusion. The Govern-
ment is not an author, a holder of copyrights, a publisher
of books, nor a patron of methods ; much less is it to
interfere in the formation of opinion, by making
schools the organs of its own doctrines.' And he
adds--' I concur with the great publishing houses
of London in their objections to any sale of the
books of the Irish Commissioners in Great Britain,
except through the ordinary channels of trade.'
This is an opinion founded on sound principles. The act
of copyright creates a monopoly for the encouragement
of literature, and thus for the benefit of the public. It
never was contemplated that the Government should
buy up, or in any way hold, these monopolies. If they
hold them, they must either trade in books, and carry
on the business of booksellers in all its details, or they
must restrict the use of their works to their own schools.
In the one case they embark in a business they cannot
carry on without prejudice to the public interest ; in the
other, they deprive the public of the books they have
every right to demand, inasmuch as they have been con-
structed at their own cost. It would, indeed, be a nar-
row and exclusive policy, little to be commended, were
the Government to use the influence they possess, to en-
courage the most able writers, free of money payment,
to write books restricted to the use of their own schools.
It cannot be supposed that any writer would, of his own
choice, restrict the circulation and utility of his writings
to a particular class of schools. On the contrary, he
should desire that they might have the widest diffusion,
thus extending the public benefit, and at the same time
securing to himself, in the most legitimate way, that
just reward which should result to him from a public re-
cognition of the value of his services."—.Edinburgh

MANAGEMENT OF THE DEAD IN THE METROPOLIS.—
The number of superficial feet in an acre is 43,560.
Hence we have merely to establish a simple rule and
say, if so many superficial feet are made to contain so
many bodies, how many will 43,530 (the acre) contain ?
When we reflect that from fifteen to twenty times as
many bodies as ought to beare daily deposited in many
. receptacles, that in some examples upwards of 20,000,
in others beyond 50,000 have been dispose of in a single
acre of ground—that dead bodies are corrupting—within
six inches of the surface, under every variation of tempe-
rature, every change of atmosphere, from dry to moist,
from moist to dry : that myriads of dead, " piled one
upon another (according to one eye-witness), like bricks,"
are incessantly evolving many thousand times their own
bulk of the most poisonous compounds, within a few
feet of densely-crowded habitations—that the very
ground is growing up around us, and houses disappear-
ing beneath masses of corruption—we are compelled
again and again to repeat that the entire system of grave
yard and vault management in this metropolis is an
enormous and scandalous iniquity, Can we wonder that
disease is engendered or life destroyed by noxious
emanations ? We make for ourselves the poison which
we breathe ; in our perverse blindness we sow decay,
and we reap death ! It is almost unnecessary for me—
indee.-I, it would be impossible to enumerate the varied
injuries inflicted on the health of the living, by a prac-
tice which compels us to breathe, not the pure air of
heaven, but the poisonous compounds of our own c,,,r.
ruption.—G. A. Walker, in Practical Suggestio" for
the Establishment of National Conetrie3.
PROSPECTS OF EMIGRANTS.—If the immigrant can
manage to bear up against the exorbitant rents, over-
crowding, and general social discomfort that meet him
upon his lauding, he will not find very much else is
complain about. The absolute necessaries of life are not
very dear. The fears which we expressed some months
since respecting a scarcity of flour have subsided for the
present, in consequence of importations from various
quarters, and the prospects of tolerable harvests in this
and the neighbouring colonies. From these causes, the
price of flour recently fell from 45/. to 301. per ton, and
it has further declined to 23/.—its price at the present
moment. Been and mutton, tea and sugar—the
of colonial sumption—are reasonably cheap staple• d
and so forth,
abundant. Vegetables, fruit, eggs, butter,
must be classed amongst luxuries; they are scarce and
dear. Men find it far more money-making to dig for
gold than to cultivate market gardens ; and the digger
is . oontto,),
im. ' - simple fare of " mutton, tea, aria
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The designation of Conmaiene-Mara, corruptly pro-
nounced and written Connemara, signifying Bays of the
Ocean, is applied generally to the whole tract of country
from Lough Corrib to the Atlantic, although, in fact, it
is subdivided into the separate districts of Connemara
Proper, Jar-Connaught, and Joyce's Country. It is
singular enough that, barring the wild beasts and the
trees of which he speaks, both of which have disappeared
totally, the description of a worthy choregrapher of
1684, from whom I have before borrowed, pretty. accu-
rately represents the Connemara of 1852. He paints it
thus :—" The country is generally coarse, moorish, and
mountainous, full of high rocky hills, large valleys,
peat bogs, and some woods, whereof it had abundance
before they were cut. It is replenished with rivers,
brooks, lakes, and standing waters, even on the tops of
the highest mountains. On the sea-side are many ex-
cellent large and safe harbours for ships to ride on an-
chor ; the climate is wholesome, so as divers attain to
the age of 90 years, 100, and upwards. The land pro-
duces wild beasts, as wolves, deer, foxes, badgers, hedge-
hogs, hares, rabbits, squirrels, martins, weasles, and the
amphibious otter, of which the white-faced otter is very
rare. It is never killed, they say, but with loss of man
or dog, and its skin is mighty precious. It admits no
rats to live anywhere within it, except the Isles of Arran,
and the district of the west liberties of Galway. The
water streams, besides lampreys, rochcs, and the like,
of no Salue, breed salmons (where is recourse to the sea),
eels, and divers sort of trouts. The sea here is plenti-
fully stored with fish—as cods, lings, hawkfish, coale-
fish, turbots, plaises, haddogs, whitings, gurnards,
macrells, herrings, pilchards, &c. ; and no less librall of
shell-fish, as oysters, scollops, cockles, muscles, razares,
together with lobsters, crabs, shrimps. &c. It now and
then casts ashore great whales, gramps, porcupisses,
thanies. Both sea and land have their several kinds of
birds. Here the ganet soars high into the sky to espy
his prey to the sea.under him, at which he casts himself
headlong into the sea, and swallows up whole herrings
in a morsell. This bird flies through the ship's sailes,
piercing them with his beak."
The worthy author gives an account of various other
" foules," in addition to barnacles, wild geese, swans,
cocks of the wood, and woodcocks, and especially of
" the bird engendered out of timber long lying in the
sea." " Here, too," he adds, " are rivers which breed
pearls, and the sea shears have amber-greese often cast
into them. The greatest number of cattle are of cows,
the soil being for the most part good only for pasture and
grazing, and very fertile of all kinds of herbs. The chief--
est product, therefore, and greatest • commodity is beef,
butter, allow, hides, and of late cheese, out of the Isle of
A.ran ; yet it yields as much corn, of wheat, barly, oats,
and ry, as is enough to sustaine the inhabitants, and fur-
nishes the market besides."
Such were the appearance and condition of the Far
West in 1684, and such, with very trifling differences,
are they now. The people are rather worse off ; there
are no wolves, no deer, and no trees, and ganets no
longer fly through the sails of ships.
The fish, however, still abound on the coasts. The
salmon and the trouts are in the rivers, and the cods,
the turbots, the haddocks, the mackerels, the herrings,
the oysters, and the lobsters are in the seas. The
coast fisheries are, in fact, rich enough to support
of themselves the population. The fishing, however,
is only pursued intermittently, with very insufficient
means, and very lazily. The rivers are fortunately
chiefly in the hands of English gentlemen, some of
whom rent them for pleasure and others for profit. In
the latter category may be mentioned Mr. Ashworth,
the wealthy millownner of Lancashire, who has lately
purchased the Corrib Fishery for 5,6001., and is apply-
ing himself to its perfectionment by the assistance of
his clever agent Mr. Holliday, with that energy and
judgment which distinguish the English manufacturer.
The coast fishery is not so fortunate ; and from Gallway
to Black Head is mainly in the hands of the native
fisherman of the ancient village of the Claddagh, now a
suburb of Galway.
Inglis speaks of this community as clean and indus-
trious, and he is so accurate that I have no doubt they
may have been so ; but now they certainly are neither
the one nor the other. Their village consists of a com-
plication of narrow, dirty lanes, dotted throughout their
length with slops of stagnant water and heaps of putrid
filth, and wandering crookedly between rows of dirty,
miserable hovels. These are inhabited by a population
unskilled in their craft, ill supplied with the means of
following it, idle, jealous, lazy, tyrannical, quarrelsome,
and cowardly in the highest degree. They regard the
sea as their private and exclusive property, and will nei-
ther fish it effectually themselves, nor suffer anybody
else to do so.
The district which is known familiarly as Connemara,
with its islands, possesses nearly 400 miles of sea-shore.
On the south and west, it is embraced by sea, and
is bounded on the east by the great lakes of Corrib
and Mask. affording now an open navigation
from the head of Lough Mash to the Bay of Gal-
way, so that the surface presents nearly as much
water as land ; water that exacts no rent, and is full of
prod-ace. It contains, among other advantages, not less
than 20 safe and capacious harbours. The district em-
braces in itself, and is adjacent to, some of the finest and
most productive fishing banks in the world. Among
others may be named the bank off Black Head, one
of the best trawling banks on the coast, the Sun Fish
Bank, the Cod and Ling Bank to the west of Arran,
and the Cod and Ling Bank of Bofin. These are, how-
ever, for the greater part, at a considerable distance from
the shore, and in deep soundings ; and as the fishermen
of the district have neither boats fitted to stand the
weather they must expect to encounter at sea, nor the gear
for deep fishing, their powers of production remain com-
paratively undeveloped. That they present, however, a
field for enterprise that may be cultivated with large
profit has been satisfactorily proved by the entire success
of the experiment which was made last year by Mr.
Sing, the incumbent of Arran, and which, I believe, is
still continued. I offer no opinion as to the propriety
of a clergyman undertaking such a speculation : that I
leave to Mr. Sing's bishop. At the same time, I
imagine the most zealous of men could scarcely occupy
all his time and energies with the care of the half-dozen
Protestants who form the flock of the Established pastor
of the Isles of Arran. Be that as it may, Mr. Sing has,
for some time now, trawled day by day in the Connemara
district, cruising from Galway to Blacksod Bay. His
ordinary fishing-ground, however, during the time I was
on the coast, appeared to be from the boundary trawling
line in Galway Bay up to the Bofin Bank. His trawler
consisted of a cutter of about 48 tons. His net profits,
as I was informed from authority which I could not
doubt, notwithstanding very high wages which he paid
his crew, varying from 30s. to 21. per week, ranged from
401. to 501. a-month.

Mr. Sing was continually impeded in his enterprise by
the threats and the turbulence of the Claddagh fisher-
men who, though they were restrained by the fear of
the armed revenue cutter, which was ordered to keep
an eye upon them, from actually boarding him, and, as
they had threatened, scuttling his vessel, made many
half attempts at surprise, and pelted him with fish, offal,
and every kind of violent insult. He had supplied him-
self with about 30 stand of arms, and begged hard of
the Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard for the
loan of a crew of his men. I suggested that an old
jacket or two in the rigging would answer every pur-
pose. I doubt which were the most afraid of each other,
Mr. Sing or the Clatldagh fishermen. It put one irre-
sistibly in mind of the duel between Sir Andrew Ague-
cheek and Viola. Poor Mr. Sing, however, appeared
to live a singular life of accumulating profit and con-
tinual apprehension.
There is at the same time no question that these Clad-
dagh fishermen block the way to any improvement or
progress among the fishermen of the coast generally.
Banded together in an ancient community, they make
laws in the most arbitrary spirit for the whole fishing
population of these coasts, and enforce them in the most
despotic and, occasionally, most violent manner. I have
myself known the Clare men, when the bay Was full of
mackerel, come humbly over from the opposite coast to
ask whether they might fish the bay on the following
day, and receive from these self-constituted despots a
flat refusal, for no better reason than that they happened
to be full of fish, and were 'afraid of the market being
better supplied than suited their views of their own inte-
rests—a restriction of competition beyond the fabulous
dreams that their opponents attributed to the most ultra-
Protectionist. Had the others ventured to disregard the
veto, they would certainly have had their gear cut to
pieces, and probably found themselves beaten to death's
door. The emigration of the whole tribe would be the
best thing that could happen for the district. They are
gradually, as a separate community, melting away or
being absorbed ; but in the meantime the Government
would do wisely were they to station a small steamer on
the coast. The cutter of the coast guard had orders
while I was there to protect the fishery ; but in calm
weather, her restraint was comparatively inefficient.—
Correspondent of the Morning Post.

A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE, TO A WIFE.-Sir James mac-
kintosh, the historian, •Nas married in early life, before
he attained fortune or fame, to Miss Catherine Stuart, a
young Scotch lady, &,stinguished more for the excellences
of her character Vsan for her personal charms. After
eight years of hr.ppy wedded life, during which she
became the mother of three children, she died. A
few days after her death,-the bereaved husband wrote
to a friend, depicting the character of his wife, in
the following terms :—" I was guided in my choice
only by thaiblind affection of youth. I found an intelli-
gent coir.panion and a tender friend—a prudent moni-
tress, tae most faithful of wives, and a mother as tender
as ch%tdren bad ever the misfortune to lose. I met a
wo'.nan who, by the tender management of my weak-
r.esses, gradually corrected the most pernicious of them.
She became prudent from affection ; and, though of the
most generous nature, she was taught frugality
economy by her love for me. During the most critical
period of my life she preserved order in my affa'A.s, from
the care of which she relieved me. She gently re-
claimed me from dissipation ; she urged my indolence to
all the exertions that have been useful and creditable to
me ; and she was perpetually at hand to admonish my
heedless improvidence. To her i owe whatever lam ;
to her whatever I shall be. In her solicitude for my in-
terests she never for a moment, forgot my feelings or my
character. Even in her occas;.onal resentment, for which
I but too often gave her cause (would to God I could re-
cal those moments !) she had no sullenness nor acri-
mony. Her feelings were warm and impetuous, but she
was placable, tender, and constant. Such was she whom
I lost, and I have lost her when her excellent natural
sense was rapidly improving, after eight years of strug-
gle and distress had bound us fast together, and moulded
our tempers to each other; when a knowledge of her
worth had refined my youthful love into friendship, and
before age had deprived it of much of its original ardour.
I lost her, alas ! the choice of my youth, the partner of
my misfortunes, at a moment when I a prospect or
her*hartr.-Ag nay better days." •

THURSDAY.

Epsom, replete with the most exciting reminiscences
of past racing seasons, has added largely to its reputa-
tion by the success- of this meeting. When first con-
ceived the project had to encounter strong prejudices,
and objections were raised on all sides, The undis-
couraged spirit of enterprise which animated Messrs.
Beeton and Dorling to increased exertions, and the
warm liberality with which the licensed victuallers of
the metropolis substantially aided them in obtaining
the means and appliances, have now permanently estab-
lished the meeting in popularity.
Dark lowering clouds had occasioned uneasy doubts
respecting the weather, but before noon they cleared off.
and the sun shone forth with power and brilliancy.
Special trains were, dispatched in quick succession from
London-bridge station, and were well filled. The
arrangements for the safe and expeditious conveyance
of visitors were complete, and were carefully carried
out. The high fares, however, produced much grumbling
and dissatisfaction. •
The grand stand and betting inclosure were very nu-
merously attended, the company comprising the prin-
cipal professional speculators and high-born patrons of
the turf. Each side of the running ground was thickly
thronged, but the display of vehicles was neither
numerous nor gay.
The varied programme promised ample sport, and the
expectations which it excited were most pleasantly rea-
lised. The proceedings commenced at 1 o'clock with
the Trial Stakes, to which, on this occasion, unwonted
interest attached. The entry included the names of
Frantic, Bird-on-the-Wing, Ephesus, Weathergage, and
Hobbie Noble ; and the meeting of thess turf celebrities
was eagerly anticipated. The withdrawal of Weather-
gage, however, occasioned considerable disappointment;
still the race was regarded as one of peculiar importance.
Hobbie Noble, the favourite, figured somewhat inglori-
ously; never once showing in front.
The City and Suburban Handicap brought out a strong
field, and produced an exciting contest. Ethelbert and
Pancake ran a dead heat—an event of rare occurrence
in such a race. It imparted additional and unexpected
interest to the proceedings. In accordance with custom,
the deciding heat was not run until after the other stakes
had been disposed of. oto 4 was betted on Ethelbert
for the second encounter, and he fully justified the par-
tiality of his supporters. He waited upon Pancake
until near the stand, when he challenged, and, after a
most interesting set-to, he beat her by a short head ;
thus establishing indisputably the correctness of the
running in the first instance.
Twenty-one horses started for the Metropolitan Stakes.
The winner, Gadabout, was only introduced into the
betting on Saturday last, but so numerous were the in-
vestments on her that she quickly advanced to a promi-
nent position amongst the favourites. At Tattersall's
on Monday, and at Croxton Park on the following day,
the outlay was something considerable. Although a
strong prejudice existed against Contentment on Wed-
nesday, he remained first favourite to the close of the
betting. His defeat occasioned great disappointment.
By the appended details it will be seen that, in the
aggregate, the number of competitors for the various
stakes was, for the Spring Meeting, unprecedently large.
The business was most efficiently conducted. Mr. Dor-
ling, the clerk of the course, being, as usual, assisted by
the experienced race officials--Mr. James Manning,
clerk of the scales, Mr. Hibburd, the starter, and Mr.
J. F. Clark, judge.
EPSOM TRIAL STAKES of 5 says. each, with 50 added ;
for 3-yr-olds and upwards ' • mares allowed 51b ; geld-
ings, 31b. One mile. (12 subs.)
Mr. Howard's Lascelles, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Wells) 1
Capt. Lane's Ephesus, 5 yrs, 9st .....(Bartholomew) 2
Mr. Greville's Frantic, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Flatman) 3
The following also ran :—The Secretary, Polly, Bird-
on-the-Wing, Cassique, Miss Delamere, b g by Don
John out of Cara, and Hobbie Noble. Betting-6 to 4
agst Hobbie Noble, 2 to 1 agst Frantic, 3 to 1 agst
Ephesus, 8 to 1 agst Lascelles (taken only to a little
money). A fine race with the three placed ' • won by
half a length, a neck between second and third. Hobbie
Noble, beaten off, was fourth.
CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP of 15 BOW each, 'lO ft,
and only 5 if declared, with a bonus of 150 sovs
added ; the owner of the second horse to receive 25
sovs. out of the stakes. Winners extra. Mile and a
quarter. (81 subs, 23 of whom declared.)
Mr. Oliver's Ethelbert, 3yrs, sst 131 b (Wells) 0 1
Mr. Rogers's Pancake, 4yrs, sst 21b (Steggles) 0 2
M. Lupin's Jouvence, 3yrs, 4st 121 b (carried sst 51b)
(T. Sherwood) 3
The following also ran :—Longbow, Prime Minister,
Conmore, Glenluce, Evadne, Convulsion, Allegro, Calcot,
St. George, Jack Leeming, Surprise, Charley, Stam-
ford, Ida, Madam Landeau, The Varmint, Snarry,
Jullien, Appleton, Miss Emma, Little David, and Sister
to Singapore.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Ethelbert, 7to 2 agst Long-
bow, 5 to 1 agst Pancake, 10 to 1 each agst Jouvence
and Madame Landeau, 12 to 1 agst Varmint. A
straggling start. Stamford jumped off with the lead
but after the first hundred yards was deprived of it
by Calcot, who carried on the running to the mile-
post. Little David, Jouvence, and Jack Leeming
then went in advance with the favourite, and Pan-
cake in close attendance. At Tattenham Cor-
ner Little David and Jack Leeming dropped off, and
the favourite and Jouvence went on together, followed
by Pancake. At the Stand, Pancake beat Jouvence
and challenged Ethelbert, in the last stride reached him,
and the struggle ended in a dead heat. Jouvence was
a length and a half behind him. The "others scattered.
Deciding heat.-6 to 4on Ethelbert, who waited on
Pancake to the Stand, where he began to gain upon her,
caught her when close at home, and beat her by a short
head.
Two-YEAR-OLD STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added ;
colts, Bst Gibs : fillies, Bst 4lbs. Half-a-mile. (11 subs.)
Mr. Gullivar's Village Lass, Bst 41b (Crickmcre) 1
Mr. Y. King's Mouser (late Ellen) Bst 41b (Charlton) 2
The following also ran :—Ch c by Napier, Nightshade,
Pollard, Epaminodas, Spinaway, Himalaya, Winkfield,
Citizen.

Betting— 2 to 1 agst Spinaway, 7 to 2 agst Nightshade,
4 to 1 agst Mouser, 4to 1 agst Himalaya, 5 to 1 agst
Epaminondas. Village Lass made the running through-
out, and won very cleverly by a length and a half.
Nightshade was third, and Spinaway fourth.
GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES (HANDICAP) of 25 SOVB.
each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, with a bonus of
350 sovs. ; the owner of the second horse to receive
50 sovs, out of the Stakes ; winners extra. Metro-
politan Stakes Course, two miles and a quarter. (12G
subs., 62 of whom declared.)
Sir C. Monck's Gadabout, 3 yrs, sst 71b ....(Carroll) 1
Mr. C. Peck's Richmond, 4 yrs, sst 91b ...(Ashmall) 2
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Contentment, 3 yrs, 4st 71b

(Fordham) 3
The following also ran : Cariboo, Candlewick, Miss
May, Terpsichore, Allegro, Defiance, Exact, Abdallah,
Madeline, Pug Orrock, Happy Joe, Snowdon Dunhill,
Ireland's Eye, Peggy, Psaltery, Pantomime, Deerhound,
Tobolski.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Contentment, Bto 1 each agst
Gadabout, Snowdon Dunhill, and Ireland's Eye, 10 to
1 agst Pug Orrock, 20 to 1 each agst Richmond, Deer-
hound, and Terpsichore. A good start. Snowdon Dun-
bill immediately went to the front and made strong run-
ning, Pug Orrock and Gadabout being alternately second
and third until they passed the Old Mile Post ; the for-
mer then gave way, and Deerhound, Richmond, and
Defiance took close order in the wake of Gadabout, now
second. At Tattenham Corner the favourite, who had
been lying seventh or eighth, began to draw forward.
Snowdon Dunhill maintained the lead to the road, where
lie was beaten. Richmond then went on closely attended
by Gadabout and Contentment ; the latter was beaten
on reaching the Stand. Gadabout caught Richmond in
admirable style, and at last defeated him by three-quar-
ters of a length. Half a length between the second and
third. Defiance, beaten off, was fourth.

SELLING STAKES of 3 sous. each, with 50 added; optional
selling weights. New T.Y.C. Three-quarters of a
mile. (16 subs.)
Mr. Darling's, jun., Puritan, 4 yrs (80/.), Bst 71b

_
(Marlow) 1
Mr. T. Fryer's Shipwreck, 3 yrs (301.) 75t...(Ha11) 2
The following also ran :—Palma filly, Batty Darling,
Sabra, Wedlock filly, The Varmint, Lady Isabel, Uncle
Sam, the Violet, Polly Burns, General Gilbert, Sweet-
heart, Merriment.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Puritan, sto 1 agst Shipwreck,
6to 1 agst Polly Burns. Puritan led to the distance,
whore Shipwreck went ahead, but in the last five or six
strides Puritan caught him, and, he was beaten on the
post by a head. Polly Burns a bad third. The winner
was afterwards bought in for 180/.

RAILWAY PLATE of 50 sovs. (handicap), for all ages.
New T.Y.C. Three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. Y. King's Narcissus, 6 yrs, Bst (Charlton) 1
Mr. Gulliver's Chilton, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Wells) 2
Mr. Barling's *Union Jack, 4 yrs, 6st 21b...(Jaggert) 3

LATEST BETTING.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
sto 2 agst West Australian.
CHESTER CUP.
16 to 1 agst Richmond (taken).

DERBY.
9to 1 agst West Australian (offered).
10 to 1 agst Honeywood (taken).
14 to 1 agst Pharos (taken).
16 tcl 1 agst Umbriel (taken).
50Q even on Orestes agst Honeywood (taken).

IFAMILIARITT AND TAMENESS OF THE RED-BREAST.—
T.a the last number of Kidd's Journal of Natural
History, are some very interesting anecdotes of the
robin, contributed from many sources. In addition,
the editor records a very pleasing as well as curious
fact connected with a pair of these tame birds now
"sitting" in his own greenhouse. After detailing their
many pretty attractions, the editor adds :—" This same
pair of robins, about which our pen has been so often
eloquent, are now 'sitting.' They have built their
nest on a shelf in the greenhouse, close to the dwelling-
heuse. It is in one corner, based on an old japanne
dressing-box, over which a pair of garden shears, in an
upright position, are carelessly placed. Between the
handles, is the place of entrance and exit. It was as
good as a play to watch the construction of that nest,
and see the large mouthfuls of dead leaves, hay, and
hair, that were carried in. Wo were invited to look,
and we did look ; and no doubt we shall see, as we have
before seen, the exodus of the 'happy family' when
fledged. Our wrens, dunnocks, and thrushes are all
equally tame ; and we look daily for the nightingales
and blackcaps to complete the ' band' that always
sojourns with us in spring and summer. If we could
only prevail upon our neighbours to lay aside their mur-
derous guns, -who could be more happy than we and our
' little farailiee I"'

MURD.

►ER AT SHEFFIELD.

The town of Sheffield haTof late obtained an unenvi-
able notoriety from the commission of deeds of bloodshed
and publichouse quarrels. So recently as Easter Tues-
day another young man feel a victim to an outrageous
affray in a publichouse at Catcliffe, and the perpetrator
is now lying in York Castle awaiting his trial. The
present case originated in an affray in a publichouse on
Sunday evening, the 6th of March, about half-past 11
o'clock. The deceased, Joseph Leadbeater, a tableknife-
cutter, residing in Dunfields, William Turner, a saw-
handle maker, of 27, Radford-street, and a man named
Timperley were at the Crown Inn, Scotland-street, drink-
ing in the tap-room, at the time some Irishmen were
drinking in the bar. One of the Irishmen broke a pane
of glass in the bar window, and they refused to pay for
it. In endeavouring to force their way out of the house
the landlord and another of the Irishmen broke two
other panes. The noise attracted from the taproom
the deceased, and Turner and Timperley, and then
one of the Irishmen impudently charged Lead-
beater with having broken one of the first panes. A
watchman was sent for, and, rather than be given into
custody, they paid for the broken panes, and went away
threatening it should be a " bad job " for the landlord.
A few minutes afterwards Turner and the deceased and
Timperley went together up Scotland-streot, and, when
opposite Scotland-street chapel, the three Irishmen
rushed out of Cannon-yard and felled Turner and the
deceased with brickbats. The decealed received a frac-
tured skull, and was immediately removed to the Shef-
field Infirmary, where he died on the following Sunday,
leaving a wife and three children. Turner received a
large wound the whole depth of the forehead, another on
the right eyebrow, and a third just above the right angle
of the mouth, the missile penetrating through the flesh,
and knocking out a tooth from the upper jaw. He was
so far convalescent as to be able to appear at the adjourned
inquest on Wednesday week. No new light, however, was
thrown upon the case by him, for to him, like the -rest,
the Irishmen were unknown. After the Irishmen had
left Crown Inn a watchman, named Else, heard one of
them say he would "give it that d-- d Englishmen, if
he had him in the dark." The Coroner (Mr. T. Badger)
stated that he had learnt the names of the three- Irish-
men ; they were,—John Fitzgerald, John Dermoty, and
Jem Nolan, alias M'Quin, or " Big Jem." They were
all masons' labourers, and, he understood, had been
working for some time past at the Sheffield new barracks.
An Irishman named John Ferrock, a gardener, living
at Hill-foot, stated that Fitzgerald was his son-in-law, but
he was so designedly stupid in giving his evidence, that the
coroner more than once threatened to give him into cus-
tody. He knew nothing about the "accident," as he per-
sisted in calling it. After much cross-questioning, how
ever, he admitted that all the three men were drinking
together at his house on the evening when this outrage
occurred, in honour of the christening of Fitzgerald 's
child, and that they left between nine and ten o'clock.
A few days after the " accident" Fitzgerald and Der-
moty disappeared, he knew not where, but he believed
it was to get out of the way, owing to this " job." Fitz-
gerald lodged with Dermoty, near to him, and " Big
Jem" at Owlerton-bridge. The inquest was concluded
on Wednesday evening last, when the jury returned a
verdict of " Wilful murder" against some person or per-
sons unknown. The jury requested the coroner to com-
municate with the Secretary of State (Lord Palmerston),
to solicit a reward for the apprehension of the guilty per-
sons, and the granting of a free pardon to any person not
the actual perpetrator of the deed.

NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON
RAILWAYS.

It appears from a return -just issued that the number
of persons employed on railways in England and Wales
at the end'of June, 1852, on 5,4331 miles open for traf-
fic, having 1,790 stations, was 55,331 ; and for the cor-
responding period of 1851, OR 5,200 miles of railway,
having 1,669 stations, was 51,979 persons, showing an
increase of 3,352 persons, 233 miles, and 171 stations.
The number of persons employed on railways in Scot-
land at the above date on 961 g miles of railways
open for traffic, having 311 stations, was 8,271 ; and
in June, 1851, on 960/ miles of railway, having 304
stations, 8,107, showing an increase of 164 persons and
7 stations. The number of persons employed on rail-
nwnay6sBoogpemnilfeosr
ntfrarffiaiclwinayl,rhealavnindgalt6t2hsetnentidnnosf, Jwua5ne31,685629,;
and at the same period in 1851, on 5371 miles of railway
and 134 stations, was 3,477, showing an increase of 522
persons, 43 miles, and 18 stations. The total number
of persons employed on 7,0751 miles of railway, open
for traffic in the United Kingdom, having 2,253 sta-
tions, was 67,601 ; and in June, 1851, on 6,6981 miles
of railway, and 2,107 stations, was 63,563, showing
an increase of 2,778 miles in the length open, 146 in
the number of stations, and 4,038 in number of per-
sons employed. At the end of June, 1852, the number
of secretaries, or managers, employed on railways
open for traffic was 176, of treasurers 30, engineers
138, superintendents 317, storekeepers 131, accountants
of cashiers 146, inspectors or timekeeper 654, station-
masters 1,704, draughtsmen 119, clerks 5,418, foremen
865, engine-drivers 2,397, assistant engine-driver or
firemen 2,460, guards or breaksmen 2,257, artificers
13,878, switchmen 1,605, gatekeepers 2,088, policemen
or watchmen 1,567, porters or messengers 10,434, plate-
laters 4,909, labourers 13,682, miscellaneous employment
2, 626-total, as above, 67,601. The average number
of persons employed per mile was 9.55, and per station
30. The number of persons employed on railways -not
open for baffle in England and Wales at the end
of June, 1852, was 25,393, the length of line in
course of construction was 575 miles, and neither open
nor in course of construction 2,7021 miles, making the
length of line authorised but not open at the end of
June, 1852, 3,2771 miles. The number of persons em-
ployed on railways in Scotland not open at that date
was 128, the length of line in course of construction 231
miles, and neither open nor in course of construction
6961 miles, making the total length authorised but not
open 7204 miles. The number of persons employed on
railways not open in Ireland was 10,414, the length of
line in course of construction was 1394 miles, and
neither open nor in course of construction 6711 miles,
making the length authorised but not open 810/ miles.
The total number of persons employed on railways
not open in the United Kingdom at the end of June,
1852, was 35,935, being 7,003 less than at the end of
June, 1851 ; length of line in course of construction
7384 miles, and neither open nor in course of construc-
tion 4,0701, making the total length authorised but not
open at the end of June, 1852, 4,8084 miles, being 4511
miles less than in June, 1851. The total number of per-
sons employed on 8,6471 miles of railway authorised in
England and Wales at the end of June, 1852, was
80,724, being 112 persons more than at the end of
June, 1851. The number of persons employed on
1,6814 miles of railway authorised in Scotland was
8,399, being 403 persons less than at the end of June,
1851. The number of persons employed on 1,491
miles of railway in Ireland was 14,413, being 2,674 per-
sons less than at the end of June, 1851. The total num-
ber of persons employed on 11,821 miles of railway at
the end of June, 1852, authorised in the United
Kingdom, was 103,536, and at the end of June, 1851
106,501, showing a decrease in the number of persons
employed of 2,965. The length of line authorised at the
end of June, 1851, was 11,959 miles, and at the end of
June, 1852, 11,821 miles, showing that the powers for-
merly granted for the construction of lines had been re-
pealed so as to reduce by 138 miles the aggregate length
of railway authorised in the United Kingdom. At the
end of June, 1852, 7,0751 miles were open for traffic,
738 miles in course of construction, and 4,007 miles in
abeyance, making the total authorised as above, 11,826
miles.

RAILROADS IN SWITZERLAND.—It has been stated by
electric telegraph from Berlin, that the King of Prussia
had caused a note to be communicated to the Federal
Council of Switzerland, relative to railroads in the
canton of Neufchatel. We now give the note tex-
tually :—" Up to the present time the establishment
of railroads in the principality of Neufchatel has
been abandoned to private enterprise. But if the
demand for a public guarantee which has been
made should be renewed, it would be very important
to the parties interested to know what is the opinion of
the Royal Government on this subject. The opinion is
governed by circumstances. The Royal Government
does not intend at this moment to explain itself as to
the advantages to be obtained from a railroad running
through the principality, either as regards the choice of
the direction, or as regards railroads in general. But as
the Royal Government does not recognise in the men
who have now the power de facto in the principality of
Neufchatel, the right of burdening the country with
guarantees of interest, or other obligations of that na-
ture, the resolution of his Majesty the King, after the
re-establishment of legal order, will not depend on what
the present Government of Neufchatel may have done
or ordained without right on this subject, but solely on
considerations of general interest."—Galigaani.
WEST FLANDERS RAILWAY.—The report of the di-
rectors to the proprietors at the general meeting to be
held in London on Wadnesday, states :—"ln the preceding
report your directors felt fully justified, by the then
advanced state of the works between Courtrai and
Wervicq, in anticipating the opening of that portion of
the line for traffic by the end of December. The causes
which delayed that event until the 15th of January have
been stated by the Directeur Grant, and were beyond
the influence of his zeal and activity, as well as the
exertions of the engineer. The progress now making
between Wervicq and Ypres is as satisfactory as the
unusual difficulties occasioned by the state of the weather
will allow, whilst your directors look forward with con-
fidence to the future progress of the works. The receipts
for the four months from September to December
amount to 5,2891. 19s. 2d. ; the expenditure during the
same period to 3,4861. 17s. 7d. ; leaving a balance of
profit of 1,8031. Os. 2d., which will enable the directors
to declare a dividend of is. 3d. per share, and to carry
forward a balance to the next account of 1941. 13s. lid.
A resolution for the payment of that sum will be
brought forward at the general meeting to be held at
Bruges on the 19th instant ; and provided a sufficient
amount of stock be then present, either personally or by
proxy, to constitute a meeting, the payments will be
made at the office on and after ie sth of May in respect
of all registered shares, and on the presentation of
shares To Bearer.'"

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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-April 7.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Erle.)
MURDER.

.Thomas Mackett, 30, described as a labourer, who was
remanded from the last sessions, was indioted for the
wilful murder of Eliza Lee.
Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Parry
appeared for the prisoner.
The facts of the case are already familiar to the public.
The prisoner is by business a mason, and it appeared
that he and the young woman with whose murder he
was accused, had lived together as man and wife. He
, subsequently married another woman, and seemed anxi-
ous to break off the first connection he had formed. The
murder of the deceased was said to have been caused by
his thrusting her into the Regent's Canal at a late hour
on the night of the 31st of January last. The prisoner
is a strongly-built man, of rather tall stature. He was
dressed in a white flannel jacket, and listened to the
opening address of counsel and the evidence with great
attention, exhibiting every now and then considerable
restless anxiety.
Mr. Bodkin, having stated at some length the facts of
the case, proceeded to call the following evidence.
Wm. Lee, a lablurin„e• man, said he was the father of
Eliza Lee, the deceased. He last saw her alive on
Monday, the 31st of January, at half-past seven in the
morning. He knew the prisoner well. He and his
daughter had lived on intimate terms, but they had been
separated five or six months. He saw the body of his
daughter about half-past twelve on Monday night. On
1 the Monday and the Sunday she was in her best health
and spirits.
Cross-examined by Mr. Parry. She was a girl who
enjoyed a good flow of spirits. She used to come and
dine with him every Sunday. Witness's wife gave her
on Monday morning a half-sovereign to get some things
out of pawn which had been pledged by her and the de-
ceased in the Tottenham-court-road. He could not say
that his daughter had ever been tipsy ; she used some-
times to take a little when she went out marketing.
Eliza Lee, the mother, said the deceased and the pH-
, soner have lived together five or six years. She slept
'at my house on Sunday night, and I last saw her on
Monday morning at half-past nine, when she left my
house. I gave her the half-sovereign to redeem some
blue merino and to buy some lining and trimming, in
order to make it up for my youngest child. I never saw
her alive again. I saw her dead body at St. Pancras
workhouse. She got her living by going out to work
and by ironing. The article produced is similar to that
which was pledged ; it had been in pawn about eleven
months.
Cross-examined—l have never seen my daughter in-
toxicated. She was very spirited, and was subject to
hysterics ; they were crying hysterics. She was full of,
spirits and life. She was always happy, poor thing.
When she left she said she would be back in half-an-
hour, if she was not detained in the shop.
Re-examined—The merino was pawned for 3s.
Sarah Hermitage examined—My husband is a labourer;
he is an acquaintance of the prisoner. The prisoner
is a mason's labourer. I knew him when he
and the deceased lived together. I saw the deceased
last on Monday, the 31st January, in the Hampstead-
road about half-past 11 in the morning. She was alone
and carried a parcel. She showed me the contents of
the parcel. In consequence of something she said to
me about the prisoner, I went with her to Kensington.
We did not see him there ; we then went to Margaret-
street, Oxford-street, where he was at work. We then
saw him. Some conversation passed between him and
the deceased ; but I did not hear it. He then came out
with a basket under his arm, and went with us to a-
public-house close by. He called for a pint of beer.
At that house he told Eliza that he was married. She
said she did not believe it. He said, " I am, so help
me God." She observed she would not believe it unless
he showed her the certificate. We then proceeded to
another public-house in the New-road. We had there
another pint of porter, for which the deceased
paid. We next went to the Southampton Arms
in the same road, and had some gin. We left there
at half-past seven, and went to my lodgings in Pratt-
street. My husband came in about ten minutes past
nine. We there had some beer and tea. The deceased
was very cheerful throughout the whole day. I did not
notice any change in her manner after he told her he was
married. At my lodgings .the deceased said, " Let us
have a song." My husband objected as it was getting
late, but she said she would sing, and she did so. They
left my house about a quarter past ten. She took the
parcel with her. The prisoner also carried away his
basket.

Cross-examined—They were on the best terms when
they went away at a quarter past ten. I had known
the prisoner and the deceased six or seven years. The
song she sang at my lodgings was a sentimental one—
"As I Wandered by the Brook." It was a foggy dark
night when they left—you could hardly see your hand
before you. Knew the deceased occasionally got intoxi-
cated.
Henry Kempson examined—My father keeps the Vic-
toria public-house in the Mornington-road, Camden-
town. I recollect seeing the prisoner and a female com-
ing to the bar, and having a quartern of gin to drink
about half-past 10 on the Monday night. I had seen
both the women and the prisoner before. I believe they
were sober. On the same night between 12 and 1, I
saw the dead body of a female at the Regalia public-
house. I believe it was the body of the woman
whom I had seen shortly before at our bar.
Henry Wilson, pianoforte maker, said he lived on the
banks of the canal, and that, on the night in question,
he had occasion to go into the garden, at the bottom of
which the canal was, about 11 o'clock. Ho there heard
a kind of gurgling sound, as if some ono was in the
water, and immediately afterwards the feet of a man
coming rapidly up the passage which led down to
the canal. He appeared to be running fast. The
man had on a flannel jacket and trousers, and bad a
basket with him. He appeared to be about 5 feet 8
inches. The man said, I think there is a woman thrown
herself into the water. Mr. Woolf, the landlord of the
Regalia public-house came up and asked the man to go
and assist. He said he would, and afterwards witness

heard a noise as of several splashes in the water. Mr.
Woolf went for a light, and witnem waited at the water's
edge. The man, who he believed to be the prisoner, did
not return with Mr. Woolf, and from something he said
he went in search of the Prisoner, and followed him down
Augusta-street, towards Cumberland-market, where he
met a police constable, and they both returned together
to the canal, and soon after the body of the deceased
was taken out on the opposite side of the canal by means
of a rope with a stone fastened to it, the body was then
taken to the Regalia public-house.

Police-constable Percival, 116 S, deposed to seeing a
man, which he believed to be the prisoner, passing
him at the corner of Augustus-street, about 11 o'clock of
the night of the 31st of January. The man was dressed
in a flannel jacket and trousers, and was coming from
the direction of the canal.

Charles Bow, 383 S, deposed that in consequence of
information he received he went to Eccleston-buildings
on the Tuesday morning, where he found the prisoner
i• •

ving ; a woman was sitting in the room with him,
whom he represented to witness as his wife, to whom he
had been married about a week before. Witness asked
him if he knew and had been with a girl named Lee the
night before, when the prisoner admitted he had, and
asked where she was. Witness said she is now in St.
Pancras Workhouse and dead, and you are charged
with causing her death by throwing her into the
canal. When he told the prisoner the woman was dead
the prisoner dropped his head and appeared desponding,
and after taking him into custody the prisoner bristled
up,!'and said he would soon be able to clear himself.
Cross-examined- —There was no difficulty in finding
the prisoner. Did not tell him the charge against him
when he first spoke to him, but told him he was wanted
to erect a scaffold for Mr. Norris, his master. A duplicate
was afterwards found of a dress being pawned in East-
street, Marylebone.
Alfred George Gunn, pawnbroker's assistant, proved
the pawning of the dress and other articles produced by
the female whom the prisoner had stated to be his wife,
and which had been identified by the previous wit-
nesses as being the same dress which the deceased
was sent by her mother to take out of pledge on the
Monday morning, and the same as shown by the deceased
to the witness Hermitage, who accompanied her to find
the prisoner on the Monday.
Mr. Johnson, surgeon, deposed to being called in to
to see the deceased on the night of the 31st of January.
She was quite dead at the time he made an examination
of her person, but found no appearance of bruises. The
post vzortem examination did not account for death ex-
cept from drowning:
Several other witnesses were called. At the close of
the case for the prosecution,
Mr. Parry addressed the jury for the prisoner.
Mr. Ju3tice Erle having summed up the case, the jury
deliberated for a short time in the box, and then ex-
pressed a wish to retire.
The jury left the court a little before four o'clock, and
remained in deliberation until half-past eight, when it
was announced that one of the jurymen was dangerously
ill. A surgeon was sent for, and shortly afterwards a
communication was made to thei learned judge, and the
jury were brought into court.
Mr. Justice Erle inquired if they had agreed upon
their verdict, and they said they had not, and there was
no probability of their doing so.
Mr. Olding was then sw•rn. He deposed that he was
a surgeon. He had seen one of the jurymen, and he
believed that he was in a dangerous state of illness, and
that further confinement without sustenance might en-

dancer his life.
The learned Judge then addressed the jury, and said
that under those circumstances they would be discharged

without giving a verdict.
The prisoner was ordered to be detained, and he will
be tried for the offence by another jury.

EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE.—Another of those ex-
which we reported about twelve
traordinary marriages,
months ago, has again taken place—namely, the mar-
f two deaf and dumb mutes, Thomas Omaley and
riage 13- The marriage was celebrated in
Catherine M Kean.
parish church of Ardtrea, on the 29th ultimo, by the
the: v Mr. Jones, curate of that parish. Mr. Whitaker
acted as interpreter. Oinaley was educated at Claremont,
near Dublin, is a native of the county Mayo, and served
his time in Moneymore to the tailoring business—which
he gave up, and joined Miss Wright's school, for the
education of the deaf, dumb, and the blind. Being an ex-
pert fellow, he soon learned to be an excellent carver in
wood. So clever did he become at the business, that
when the teacher whom Miss Wright had 'employed to
teach the others had left, he was fit to take his place
and to teach the others. Catherine was brought up in
Moneymore, and was educated at the same school. She
ir alro very clever at the carving work, and not only at
this, but is also an excellent hand It any' kind of needle-
work, either plain or fancy. They are able to earn from
12s. to 15s. weekly. They can both read and Write
well,-,,D41124 Promo.