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THE lOE-BURST ON THE NEVA

The crisis of the Baltic enterprise seems near at hand.
Under date of the 3d of May we hear of bitter east
winds and thick-falling snow ; of the 4th, of Stockholm
steamers running, with crowds of citizens to see the
fleet ; on the sth, of fog so thick, that the ships could
not stir. In Finland, meantime the season is mild, and
vegetation is rapidly advancing. The month of May is
always the season of suspense at St. Petersburg— the time
when it is said the restless Czar, who sleeps only by
snatches, looks out, or goes forth, almost before anybody
else is stirring, to observe the aspect of his watery realm,
and see which way the wind is. The suspense is about
the wind ; and even now, in this most solemn spring
season of all the fifty-seven he has known, the move-
ments of the wind are of more consequence to Nicholas
than even those of the allies. A long continuance of
strong east winds would do more fur him than all the
preparations he can make. A rush of west wind would
ruin him more speedily and thoroughly than all his
united enemies could without its help. The suspense
is about this. The fog is the token that the crisis is
at hand. The fog precedes the breaking up of the ice
in the Neva ; and it will be succeeded by those sin-
gular twilight nights, of unequalled beauty, which
are the only charm of the desolate region in which
St. Petersburg stands. While the fog lasts the sen-
tinels on the watchtowers iu the city look out in vain,
some towards Lake Ladoga, some up the Neva, some
towards the sea. They can hear something, but see
nothing. So it is with the Czar, listening in his bal-
cony ; and with the commandants at Sweaborg and at
Cronstadt : and perhaps with our " Charley" walking
the deck, and talking to himself. What he is listening
for is the arrival of the French squadron, which will
enable him to proceed to his work when the fog-curtain
rises. What the Russians are listening for is, first, the
wind. To some it comes sighing over the peaty plains
which stretch to the margin of the gulf, whence they
look like a mere drift upon the• waters. Over that bar-
ren bleak expanse -the wind comas sighing through the
rushes, with an occasional bark of the wolf, or bursts of
the din of the waterfowl in the pools which are already
melted. To others the wind comes vibrating like mourn-
ful music through the pine forests, which, surrounding
the capital with their black belt, nowhere further oil
than 20 miles, approach much nearer in some directions.
There are sounds which come to the ear on May nights
when the wind is from any point of the compass ; tur there
are swamps and pine forests everywhere. It is the voice
of the waters Miss the watchers listen for with hearts that
stand still. As long as the hollow moaning goes on, the
moaning of the imprisoned winds below the ice, the sus-
pense is complete. Sooner or later comes the crack, which
tells that the hour of crisis has come. The cracks of the ice
are natura►ly most impressive and sound the loudest in
the night. The Czar and his sentries are already on the
watch ; but now the citizens rise, and look out in vain
through the fog. Some dress and go to the wharves,
though it is much too soon to conjecture how high the
waters will rise. Next conies the crash of the ice, driven
up in heaps in the river, or against the wharves ; and
thee the more anxious sound—the swash of the driven
waters. The thing most desired is a moderate east wind
—and this is what usually happens. A violent east wind
brings down the inland ice and flood too fast; and every
inch that the waters rise above the iron rings in the granite
embankment is so much danger. But the fearful thing is
a strong west wind, turning back the flood on its way to
the Gulf. Then it is less the swash of waters pouring down
than the roar of the sea coming up; and when the tides
meet, the consequence is what the world saw in 1824. The
vessels that were not capsized by the meeting of the floods
were carried over the wharves, and stranded on the sands
which were arable fields the day before. The nine rivers
and seven canals on which St. Petersburgb is seated
all overflowed at once ; and the flood poured into the
upper chambers of the best houses in the capital. At
Cronstadt, a large vessel was drifted into the main
street of the town, and left there. Every successive
year adds to the peril of such a chance; for every year
does St. Petersburg settle lower in the swamp. Amidst
the stagnant silence maintained there about all disagree.
able facts, this very disagreeable fact is well understood.
The mallet is heard, driving new piles incessantly—that
is a sound that cannot be muffled. The blocks of granite
settle unequally; that is an irregularity which the mar-
tinet Czar himself cannot prohibit or punish. The wails
of palaces crack, and hovels sink down endways into the
bog, and all the world may see them melt down or be
shored up. The destruction will be horrible some day;
and every inhabitant knows it, and only hopes that the
place may last his time. But if a west wind should
carry up—not the sea only, but those who are now rid-
ing that sea—what then ? This is what the Czar is lis-
tening for ; the one other sound—the boom of cannon—
which might for once rival in terror the roar of the sea.
Front Cronstadt, 16 miles off, the spire of the Admiralty
and the glittering cupolas of St. Petersburg may be seen
on a clear day. Cronstadt is nearer to St. Petersburg
than Gravesend is to London. From St. Petersburg
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THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
THE ROYAL ALBERT.—The Royal Albert, 131, was
towed down the river on Sunday to be fitted for sea at
Sheerness, her great draught of water being likely to
prove a source of delay had she been taken into the
basin at Woolwich. She left her moorings, opposite the
offices of Commodore-Superintendent John Shepherd, at
12 o'clock noon, and was towed by three steam tugs.
Die engines, of 500 horse power, by John Penu and
Son, have arrived at Woolwich, and it is expected she
will be ready for a trial trip between the Nore and
Meuse Lights within two months of the present date.
She arrived at Sheerness at 11.45 a.m., and was safely
anchored off the Dockyard, in a line between the Wel-
lington and the Waterloo. She draws aft 23 feet 1 inch,
and forward 13 feet 9 inches, making a difference in her
draught from an even keel of 9 feet 4 inches. Her
bower anchors are of five tons weight each ; her hempen
cables are 25 inches in circumference, and her chain
sables are of 2i inches in diameter. Her gigantic masts
tnd spars are of the following dimensions :—Mainmast,
extreme length above the upper deck, 88 feet, and
12 inches in diameter ; maintopmast, extreme length,
73 feet and 22 inches in diameter ; ma,iutopgallant-mast,
,xtretne length, 55 feet, and 13 inches in diameter ;
nainyard, extreme length, 111 feet, and 261 inches
u diameter ; maintopsail-yard, extreme length, 78
feet, and 161 inches in diameter ; maintopgallant-yard,
uxtreme length 49 feet, and 111 inches in diameter ;
nainroyalyard, extreme length, 34 feet, and 7 inches in
liameter ; foremast, extreme length above the upper
leck, 79 feet, and 38 inches in diameter ; foretopmast,
extreme length, 65 feet, and 22 inches in diameter ; fore-
topgallant-mast, extreme length, 49 feet, and 22 inches
ei diameter ; foreyard, extreme length, 96 feet, and 23
inches in diameter ; foretopsail yard, extreme length,
68 feet, and 15 inches in diameter ; foretopgallant yard,
extreme length, 43 feet, and 10 inches in diameter ; fore
royal-yard, extreme length, 30 feet 6 inches, and 6 inches
in diameter ; mizen mast, extreme length above the
upper deck, 64 feet, and 26 inches in diameter ; mizen
topmast, extreme length, 52 feet 6 inches, and 17 inches
in diameter ; mizen topgallant-mast, 40 feet 6 inches,
and 91 inches in diameter ; crossjack yard, 74 feet 6
inches extreme length, and 18 inches in diameter ; mizen
topsail-yard, extreme length, 54 feet 8 inches, and 12
•nches in diameter ; mizen topgallant yard, 35 feet ex-
treme length, and 81 inches in diameter ; mizen royal-
yard, extreme length, 25 feet 6 inches, and 5 inches in
.liameter ; bowsprit, from outside the knight heads, ex-
treme length, 52 feet 6 inches, and 40 inches in diameter ;
jib-boom, extreme length, 53 feet, and 16 inches in dia-
neter. Her lower standing rigging, fore and aft, is of
12-inch rope ; her wire mainstay is equal to 131-inch
rope. She will spread 9,760 yards of canvass when all
flail is set upon her, and her establishment of sails will
require 24,680 yards of canvass.
Lieutenant Samuel Dickens, of the Waterloo flag-ship,
Sheerness has returned from volunteering service at
Dover and Harwich, Lieutenant Dickens having suc-
ueeded in obtaining for general service, during his ab-
.ence, 270 volunteers. First Lieutenant Thomas B.
Christopher, during his absence on similar service, as-
sisted by Lieutenant Horace Bullock, has sent above
360 men.
Captain Peter Fisher, borne out on the books of the
Fisgard, 42 guns, at Woolwich, is at present at Sheer-
ess with Mr. E. H. Derriman, M.D., and Mr. G. W.
Pickthorne, paymaster, enrolling volunteers for the
Coast Volunteer service. Few have entered, as most
)f the men eligible have previously entered into sea-
going vessels.
The Waterwitch, 8 guns, sloop, Commander Alan H.
Gardner, was yesterday taken into the basin ; the crew
are dismantling her, and she will be stripped to a gaunt-
dne by Wednesday night.
The Widgeon, steam-tender at Deptford Dockyard,
brought down a large quantity of blankets to Woolwich
on Friday, for the use of the Artillerymen embarked in
the Sydney steam-vessel for conveyance to the •East.
flue Widgeon remained until yesterday, and after tow-
In the Fisgard flag-ship at this port to her former
moorings left on her return to Deptford.
The Jason screw steam-ship, of 2,500 tons burden,
with engines of 300-horse power, returned to Woolwich
yesterday from Greenhithe, having gone there to have
her compases adjusted previous to embarking 250 horses
and the whole of CaptainiWoodhouse's field battery,
with a division of Captain Turner's field battery, for ser-
eke in the East. The horses and troops commenced
embarking in the afternoon.
A number of the gunners and drivers of the Royal
Artillery commenced at the early hour of five a.m. yes.
terday putting on board the Sydney steamer a number
of siege guns, with their heavy carriages. When they
Are all on board, Captain D'Aguilar s field-battery of
men and horses will embark in her for Turkey.
Captain Ganabier's Company, 11th Battalion, marched
from Woolwich garrison at six o'clock a.m. on Saturday
act, headed by the band, to the Royal Arsenal, and
,enharked on board the Barbinger screw-steamer, for
conveya.ce to the East. The Harbinger had previously
taken on board a number of siege guns and carriages,
with other military stores. She left the Royal Arsenal
on Saturday afternoon, for Purfleet, to take on board 50
tons of gunpowder, for the service of the troops in
Turkey.
Captain Taylor's troop of Royal Horse Artillery,
lately arrived at Woolwich garrison, from Canterbury,
has been placed under orders to hold itself in readiness
to embark for service in Turkey, being the third troop of
Royal Horse Artillery for that destination.
Lieutenant Chrightota., one serjeant, one corporal,
one drummer, and 50 privates of the Woolwich division
of Royal Marines march ed from their barracks yesterday
morning to the Dockyard station of the North Kent
Railway, en route for Revonport, to embark for service
in the Calcutta, 84, commissioned at that port.
Captain Gibbons's Company of Royal Artillery ar-
rived at Portsmouth on Saturday from Woolwich.
The service companies of the 97th embark at South-
ampton on Saturday next for Candia.
THE 42D HIGHLANDERS.—This gallant and famed
regiment, under the corn wand of Lieutenant-Colonel
Cameron, was inspected officially yesterday, in the Cam-
bridge Barracks, Portsmouth, by Major-General Simp-
son, the commandant of the south-western district. The
regiment were put through all their movements, their
kits and accoutrements were inspected, and a full exa-
mination made into the state and fitness for the field of
the truly noted "gallant 42d." At the conclusion of
the official inspection, the Commandant in-Chief ex-
pressed to Colonel Cameron his admiration of the high
state of discipline and efficiency of the regiment, and the
good conduct of all since they had been under his com-
mand ; wishing them God speed on their journey to the
East, for which they wilt embark in the steam-packet
Hydaspes, at Portsmouth. Dockyard, on Thursday next.

be heard from Cronstadt, if we have the west wind
for our herald_ of approach. By that time the
fog will be gone, and 'the tiansparent twilight
of that latitude will have set in. The admirals will

then have no more time for listening like the Czar.
Such a chance as that wind would fill the channels for
them, and obviate their chief difficulty. A very few
hours of such a tide would suffice for their attempt upon
Cronstadt. The gun-boats of the enemy, ambushed
among the islands, and watching with intense curiosity
and awe the great floating fortifications that we have
sent against their stationary one, must not, in such a
case, come out, unless they would be run down ; and the
sentries on the bastions at Cronstadt would see with
dismay how rapidly the ordinary watermarks are disap-
pearing. Such a wind would be the best of allies. But,
without it, we are disposed to believe that Cronstadt is,
as is now hinted from the scene of action, " not im-
pregnable." We hear much of the shallows there ; but
it is certain that the largest Russian ships of war are
built at St. Petersburg, as far as the hulls are concerned,
and then brought into the Cronstadt harbours to be
finished. They are brought by the old-fashioned machin-
ery of "camels" down the river, and then by means of the
great ship canal at Cronstadt, into the heart of that place.
Tuat cmal—the one running from the gid,fie Harbour
—holds ten large ships of war at once. The shallows
before Acre were thought to be an insurmountable diffi-
culty before Sir C. Napier made a wreck of that mar-
vellous fortification. We shall soon see whether, with
the added resources of 14 years of naval improvement,
be cannot deal with the shallows of Cronstadt. The
Czar permits no sounding of the Neva. To sound the
Neva is death to Russian subjects ; but it is given out
that the average depth is nine feet on the bar and twelve
within. We all know what Russian figures are worth,
and we may be sure that the shallowest depth that can
be believed will be the one reported. We know, too,
that the range of difference between the highest and the
lowest water is very great, and that the period of highest
water is just at hand. " Charley" knows all this, and
very much more ; and while he is walking the deck, and
talking to himself, he has his own plans fur making wind
and tide serve him we may be sure. Everything is said
to serve the Napiers (as it generally serves other people)
when they are at their work.
And the watcher at the other end of that Gulf, who
knows all this, and very much more, how is it
with him ? Thus far in life, he has never heard the
truth on ethical subjects—has never conceived that
he could be in the wrong—has never doubted his
being able, if he chose his time well, to do what he would,
in and with the world. Is the transparent twilight of
the spring night the time when the reality of his own
mind and life is to dawn upon him ? As the fog draws
off, is it carrying away the mists of passion and delusion
which have hitherto clouded his mind ? In that dim light
do the ghosts of his evil deeds rise before him, and pro-
mise to sit heavy on his soul to-morrow ? Do the hanged
come down from their gallows, and the knouted up from
the depths of the mine; and the exiled from the shores of
the Polar Sea ? Are the women of Warsaw there, de-
manding their children with heart•broken voices ? Do
the insane shake their chains at him ? Can noble and
serf for once speak their minds to him? Does the "sick
man," not dead, come and show him his brawny arm ?
Is this the vigil that the despot keeps while listening for
the boom of our cannon ? If so' be is calling on all his
saints to help him. But to the hollow-hearted, saints,
and diviner beings than saints, are but ghosts also. To
so great a sinner, in the hour when fear brings convic-
tion, there is nothing present but his sins—the whole
array of them—promising to " sit heavy on his soul."
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—A clerk in the employ.
Monday.—The Government gun-boat the Jasper, with
wshaesgained connexion with the was ern world; alter that, made a EXPLOSION OF A BALTIC GUN BOAT. BRIGHTON
opettbward palm. e to the !Back Sea, and thought, Consitianstmulsei.
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command of Lieutenant Crawley, way some time ago Lancaster Rail-
over the
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the un'verse, but they have done that by fair trading- iMBEZZLE3IENT.
apprehension and lodged
tele required tor the attire of Ladies, Goal. men, having about two tons of powder on board, and other several thousand pounds, which he had received on ac-
nnd-,aluei-ntovveerltya,rsuper.or qua'i y, a d cheapness. eatiressedvinuevery Baltic, under the
ammunition. She had proceeded as
Read, when, about half-past six this morning, they A warrant was issued for his
far as Beachy count of the company, and absconded from this country.
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visible, and marked wi h the seer.ibation of thousands ; thee ain all stations of society -their rrogr, as has
have
h d the most glorious success, and their st ring and Summer Attire .
where he was
carries the victoriou+ palm in e,ery instance, and their vast Pr'- discovered a fire between the boiler and the powder in the bands of Daniel Forrester, by whose vigilance and
river's cantina, to the fullest extent available tor Noble it n, Pro'
magazme. Every effort was made to extinguish the perseverance he was traced to Cologne,
fessi nal Gnt emen, and a 1 others. Liveries and Sporting Dress, flames, but without avail. For nearly two hours apprehended. The officer succeeded in getting his pri-
c'
-uminer Coats, Vests. rid Trousers. Die stir spic al oca i ns, or ,
tuey remained in the vessel, exerting themselves to Boner, whose name is Stable, and who, it is believed, has
for constant wear, is made by E. MOSES and Sox, with Care, .1.111 1,
Despatch, and Economy, which cannot he Imitated ; their Cty and arrest the progress of the fire, but, finding that there been speculating largely in shares, committed to prison
West End Establishments are the al -actions 01 the season. Cloth-
was no prospect of getting it under, and that the' for 14 days, and is in communication with the Prussian
ing, Hats, Cape, Hosiery, Ladies' and Children's Dresses. Book,
flames were rapidly approaching the magdeine, they 1 authorities with the view of obtaining the permission of
Shoes, Shirts. /cc , are p esentcd in Style, Elegance, F shion, and
Cheapness, which has never been eqtrilled A vas range o' Pre- deemed it expedient to quit the ship in their three that Government to bring the accused to England, to
mixes is a ilely au, ropr ated to the gigantic wholesale business of E. boats. They lay by the vessel at a safe distance for take his trial for the embezzlement.
MOSES and ,- ow ; and in quality, make, and suitability, all the goods
nearly half an hour, when the flames and smoke sub- MEDICAL STAFF OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN TURKEY.
are fitted for the home . r expo, t trade ; the economical pri es are
highly advantageous to March. nts, Captains, Emigrants, and Others sided, and some of the crew volunteered to return to —The following is a correct statement of the personnel
CAUTION. -E. MOSES and SUN regret having to guard the the vessel. Almost at the same instant the flames of the medical dpartment of the army of 27,000 men
uhlic against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like burst forth with renewed violence, and in a few momenta i ordered to Turkey under the command of Lord Raglan :
falsehood of "Being connected with *heir Establishment," or " It's
he same concern," has been resorted to in many instances. and for more, at half-past nine o'clock, the vessel blew up. The ! —Staff : 1 inspector-general of hospitals, 4 deputy in-
eying reasons, they beg to state that they have crew were picked up by the Vanguard, of Liverpool, SPeCtiora-general of hospitals,_ 12 staff surgeons of the
No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON. Crosby master, which took them within about three first class, 13 staff surgeons of the second class, 48 staff
except their own Establishments, as follows :-where they safely landed in their
Londonand proceeded forthwith to Ports- medicines, 3 purveyors, 6 purveyors' clerks, 2 medical
City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, mmortes, 84 miles of Brighton,
85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
p.m.,ost nearly everything on board. They clerks, and 1 cutler and his assistant. Regimental : 1
London West-end Branch, MK, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. mouth,boat boats at
havingaeven
. were received on landing by Lieutenant Pratt, R.N., of surgeon and 3 assistant-surgeons to each regiment of
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
Sheffield 'Branch, 36 Margate. the Coast-guard station, who made the necessary ar- infantry (850 men), 1 surgeon and 1 assistant-surgeon to
Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Australia. rangements for sending them to Portsmouth. I every 2 squadrons of cavalry (250 men), 1 assistant-
Merchant Tail°. ~ Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday, the inquiry surgeon to every troop of horse artillery, 1 assistant-
Shoe Makers, and Genetgl, Outfitterst for t
giadies andtif Gentlemen.i
IMPORTANT.-Sho any a c e nogive sa s action, t II be into the cause of the death of a seaman named John surgeon to every field
forabttery, and 1 surgeon ordnance
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned Kelly, was resumed before the borough coroner, p. F. ! medical department general duties. Total number
without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest Curry, Esq., and witnesses fully substantiating the facts, of medical officers, 203. Miring the Peninsular war
closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset as we have already given them, were examined, and the rather more than one-third, but not quite one-half, of the
The Establishments are
ia-,s, wber, rus,ness is resumed till 15 o'clock.wrot fully
' prkoner, Antonio Zablache, committed to take medical officers of the army were gcLerally ineffective
price, from which no abatement can he made.
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went. &C.. C.• ..
for the year ending 1854 can be had, gratis, Australia, in which ship ho had left, but returned when a reserve of 68 medical officers to supply the places of
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LA TV INTELLIGENCE.—May 15

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Campbell and
Common Jury.
THE QUEEN V. lIIKEE.
Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Ballantine, and Mr. H.
Giffard appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Sergeant
Kinglake and Mr. Rodwell for tire defendant.
The defendant, John Baker, was charged with wilful
and corrupt perjury, committed before the committee of
the House of Commons appointed to try the merits of a
petition presented against tire return of Mr. Waddington
and Mr. Peacock as members for the borough of Har-
wich. It appeared that those two gentlemen had been
returned as the successful candidates at the election
which took place for the borough of Harwich in the
month of July, 1852. A petition was subsequently pre•
seated to the House of Commons against their return,
upon the ground of bribery, &b., and this petition having
been referred to a committee of the House, the defendant
was examined as one of the witnesses in support of the
charge. The result was, that Mr. Peacock was unseated,
upon the ground of a corrupt contract into which he had
entered in reference to the seat; but, the charge of bri-
bery not being established to the sati..faction of the com-
mittee, no evidence was called to rebut the charge of
bribery, and Mr. Waddington retained his seat. The
defendant, when examined before the committee, had
made a charge to the effect that one Parrick Daniels had
bribed one William Osborn, the younger, by giving him
two 51. notes to vote for Peacock and Waddington. He
stated that he was present in the yard of the Three Cups
Inn, at Harwich, on the night of the nomination, the
6th of July, when he h and Osborn address Daniels, an
active partiati of Messrs. Peacock and Waddington, and
say how long he had been waiting, and that he had heard
Daniels in reply say, " I have spent all my money, and
will go and get some more." He added that he after-
wards saw Daniels come from one Alfred Haste's house,
When he (Baker) asked him if he was-not ashamed-of
self; and that he afterwards saw Osborn and Daniels again
at the Three Caps, when Daniels said to Osborn, " Here,
old fellow," at the same time holding out hie hand. He
stated that 0-born said, " Wnat a time I have been wait-
ing," to which Daniels replied, " I could not get it be-
fore ;" and that what was passed from the one to tire •
other was two bank-notes. On the part of the prosecution
Patrick Daniels was called, and directly contradicted the
whole story told by the defendant Baker when before
the committee. He said he never saw Baker at the
Three Cups at all that night, and that at about 12 o'clock
he went, in company with a man named Runnacles and
others, to walk round the town, and prevent the voters
from being kidnapped. He never went to Haute's
house, but when he was passing along the street, coming
from that direction, the defendant Baker did cry out
from the other side of the street, " Are you not ashamed
of yourself, bribing with that money ?.' He totally de-
nied that anything had happened at the Three Cups, as
the defendant had sworn ; he never saw Osborn there,
and never cave him any money, or promise of money,
for his vote ; but he (Osborn) voted freely, having pro-
mised his vote ab rut a fortnight before the election,
when canvassed by the witness and Mr. Waddington.
Tire evidence of this witness was confirmed by a young
gentleman named Runnacles, an architect, who had
spent the whole night with Daniels in going about the
town to prevent the kidnapping of voters. He posi-
tively declared that nothing of the kind had passed such
as the defendant had sworn, and that he must have '
seen and heard it if it had, as he was constantly in
Daniel's company till 9 o'clock the next morning.
Osborn hi hself, a mariner, was also put into the box,
and swore that every allegation made by the de-
fendant respecting him and Daniels was untrue. He
said he had not seen or spoken to Daniels that night,
and that no money had been given or promised to him
by D truck or any one else for his vote. He voted for
Waddington, because he said he approved his "princi-
ples," but, on being questioned as to what his principles
were, he seemed quite at a loss fur an explanation. A
man named Dawson and several other witnesses were
called in confirmation of the case for the prosecution.
They proved, among other things, that Daniels was not
at Haste's house at all on that night, as alleged by the
defendant in his evidence before the committee.

The defence was, that the evidence given by the wit-
nesses for the prosecution could not be relied upon to
convict the defendant ; and several witnesses were called
who contradicted that evidence as to some of the cir-
cumstances in the case. A man named Gledding, who
had been employed in the interest of Mr. Bagshawe, one
of the candidates, proved that he saw Daniels talking
with Osborne at the Three Cups on the night of the
nomination ; and that, about two months after the elec-
tion, Osborn told him that lie had received 101 for his
vote. Several witnesses also proved that they had seen
Daniels come out of Haste's house that night.

Lord Campbell having summed up the evidence,
The jury found a verdict for the defendant.

SPIRIT, SUGAR, AND MALI' DUTIES.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer's two bills for regulat-
ing spirits, sugar, and malt, nave been laid before the
House of Commons.
SPIRIT AND SUGAR DUTIES.—With respect to the spirit
duties, it is proposed that in lieu of the existing duties
there shall be chargeable on and after the B.h of May,
1851, on every gallon of rum and other spirits, or strong
waters, the produce of British possessions in America, the
limits of the East India Company's charter, or the island
of Mauritius, not being sweetened spirits, of any strength
not exceeding proof, and in proportion for greater or less
strength, as follows imported into Scotland, 6s. ; if
imported into Ireland, 4s. 40 On and after the 9th of
May, 1851, will be chargeable on all sugar, in addition to
the existing duty, viz., a further duty of 151. per cent.,
and on and after the 10th of May, 1854, a similar duty
upon molasses. Powers are given to add this increased
amount to the price agreed upon in all pre-existing con-
tracts for the delivery of the above articles entered into
before the day on which each duty becomes payable.
THE MALT TAX.--The duties to be granted are enume-
rated in the schedules appended to the bill, together with
the drawback and allowances which are to be made. The
extra duties allowed by the bill are only to continue during
the war, and are to be under the control of the Commis-
sioners of Inland Revenue, and levied under the provisions
of the Act of Excise. Maltsters, brewers, &c., are to give
in an account of the malt in their possession on the Bth of
May, 1854, and maltsters are to give a like account of the
malt made and disposed of by them within one month pre-
viously to that day, stating the duty, the day of delivery,
and the name and residence of the person to whom it was
delivered, under a penalty of Ds. for each bushel, or 1001.
for the whole, at the election of the Attorney-General ; and
in case of a false account, upon pain of seizure. The duty
imposed by this till upon the stock of malt in hand is to be
payable in the following manner : One-eighth on the 24th
of July, 1854; one-eighth ou the 4th of September, 1'851;
one-eighth on the 23d of October, 18 ; two-eighths on the
4th of December, 1851; and three-eighths on the 21th of
January, 1855, under a penalty of double the duty charge-
able on the whole stock of malt in possession at the above
periods. Powers and authorities are given to the officers
of Excise to enter and search premises, under a penalty of
1001., or 40s. for each bushel of malt on hand. Allowance
is to bo deducted from the amount taken of the malt stock
in hand, for increase, and the additional duties are to be
added to the price of articles for which contracts and
agreements have been already entered into. A penalty for
untruly stating the original quantity of beer entered for
exportation, or claiming a, higher rate of drawback than
entitled to, and proof of the original quantity, rests with
the persons claiming the allowance or drawback. The
schedule enumerates the following duties :
For every bushel imperial standard measure, and so in
proportion for any greater or less quantity of malt which,
after Bth May, 1851, shall be made, in the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland (except malt made for
home consumption in Scotland and Ireland respectively
from bere or bigg only), or which shall be brought from
Scotland into England or Ireland without a certificate
of having paid the full duty by law in lieu of all
other duties now payable, the duty of 4s. ; and
for every bushel, imperial standard measure, and so in
proportion, which shall be made from bere or bigg only in
Scotland and Ireland, for home consumption, 3s. Id.; and
for every bushel of malt, belonging to any maltster, Etc.,
on the Bth day of May, 1851, shall be in his possession, the
following additional duty, after the rate of Is. 3sd. ; pro-
vided always, that if such malt shall be in Scotland or
Ireland, and shall have been made as above for home
consumption, then a duty only after the rate of ls.
For every gallon of spirits of the strength of hydrometer
proof which, on or after the Bth May. 1851, shall beds-
tilled iu Scotland and Ireland, or be in the possession of
any distiller in Scotland or Ireland, or which shall be
brought into Scotland or Ireland, the additional duty :
In Scotland, ls. ; in Ireland, 8.1. ; and so
in pportion
for any greater or less degree of strength, or any greater or
less quantity.
Channel Islands.—For gallons of spirits of the strength
of hydrometer proof, distilled in the Channel Islands :—lf
imported into Scotland, 6s. 100. ; if imported into Ire-
land, ss. 2d.
In the case of spirit mixtures, the increase of duty
varies according to the article. For every hundred weight
of sugar after the 10th May, 1851, shall be used in brewing
beer, ss. 20.