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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER 14, 1854.

warded from Vienna by the electric telegraph, and he
wished to know whether, under such circumstances, i
he
treaty would be speedily laid before the house. (Her ir.)
Lord J. RUSSELL—Sir, in answer to the question
of my hon. friend, I have to say that the document for
the ratification of the treaty with Austria was sent some
days ago from London, and we had hoped to have re-
ceived by the electric telegraph intelligence of its ratifi-
cation by Austria, by yesterday or to-day. How ever,
I do not think any such information has yet beiiri re-
ceived ; but I can tell my hon. friend that, w'it,hout
waiting for the formal document of ratification, it in our
intention, immediately that we are informed tb at the
treaty has been ratifieTENANT d, to lay the treaty on the table.
RIGHT.

Mr. V. SCULLY rose to ask the Chief Secret ary for
Ireland. what course her Majesty's Government intend
to take, during the present session, in referenda to the
Tenants' Compensation Bill, and other Irish Land Bills.
The hon. member was proceeding to detail w hat took
place last session, with regard to these bills, and upon
being called to order, he announced his intentio n to con-
clude with a motion for the adjournment of the house.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER rose to order and contended
that he could not do so.
The SPEAKER said no doubt it was competent for
the hon. member to move the adjournment of t he house
to enable him to make his statement, but he would
thereby be acting contrary to the ordinary practice of
the house. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. SCULLY then repeated his question.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that he could not pledge
himself as to the measures the Government int ended to
introduce.
Sir J. SHELLEY gave notice that after thia Christ-
mas recess he should move for a select committee to in-
quire into the removal of the Hon. F. Kennedy from the
Woods and Forests.

tained that none of its provisions disturbed that princi-
ple. Already great alarm was felt amongst the pea-
sants of the country on the subject, and voluntary
enlistmentn3ents into the Militia were not
so numerous as formerly. He expressed his regret
that in the first year of the war we should be compelled
to have recourse to the other measure which the noble
lord had announced to-night, and which indicated a
paucity of military talent in the country that he did not
believe to exist. (Hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL admitted the justice of the first
remark which had fallen from the right hon. gentleman,
but with regard to the latter observation of the fright
hon. gentleman, it should be remembered that just
before we went to war we had •nly a peace establish-
ment, and it was only to be expected, therefore;
that we should now be compelled to go beyond
the limits of the country to supply deficiencies in
the army. But as time advanced, this necessity
would be obviated by the progress of the militia sys-
tem., With respect to the proposal that the bill
should not be committed until Monday, he was per-
fectly ready to assent to it if it was understood that
no obstacle would be thrOwn in the way of its speedily

passing.
Mr. ADDERLY did not see any necessity for send-
ing the militia to Canada and other colonies that were pre-
pared to protect themselves, and he should be glad to
hear that no such a step would be taken. Canada ho
was told was ready to assist us not only with money
but with men also ; and at all events we ought to accept
their assistance before we resorted to foreigners.

Sir G. GREY was happy to inform thelon. member
that similar offers had come from other colonies, but
neither the one from Canada nor the others had reached
him in an official form. He believed that Canada
agreed to vote 20,0001. for the relief of the
Allied Armies, but no offer had been made of mere,
though he was quite sure that the colony was ready to
spend its life as well as its money in the services of the
mother country. A similar spirit had been displayed,
accompanied by votes of money, in other colonies,
inclnding South Australia. (Hear, hear.) This bill
did not apply to such colonies as those, but only to such
as might be looked upon as the garrison places of the
British army.
Sir W. B. SMYTH asked whether the officers of
militia serving abroad would have the same advantages
as officers of the line.

Mr. S. HERBERT said the bill did not give them
military rank because it was still thought expedient to
preserve a distinction between army and militia service.
Unless such a distinction were kept up it would create
touch dissatisfaction amongst officers of the line.
After some further discussion the bill was ordered to
be committed on Monday next.
The house then adjourned.

_ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SO:JEFY.

DEATH OF DR. BARTH- AND MR. HENRY

WA it RII\TGTON.

An eveninc,, meeting was held last, evening, the Earl of
Sheffield in the chair. Dr. W. T. Denville, R.N., and
Mr. R. D. Woo,lifield, were officially introduced upon
their election. The Hon. Frederick Byron, Mr. Alex.
Devaux, Mr. Joseph Glen, Captain J. T. Paulson, R.N.;
Mr. Frederick P. Stevens, and Mr. Matthew Uziell,
were elected fellows.
Among the members and visitors present we observed
his Excellency General Oxholm, the Danish Minister ;
Lord Overstone, Sir George Staunton, Sir David Dun-
das, Count Strzelecki, the Hon. H. S. Law, Dr. Hodg-
kin, the Rev. Mr. HaHord, the Rev. Mr. Martin, Dr.
Doraville, Dr. Rae, Dr. Wagstaff, Dr. Bird, &c.
The papers read were-
1. Reports from Dr. Barth, addressed to the Chevalier
Bunsen, dated Timbuctoo, Nov. 23, 1853, and March
• 23, 1554, annotoncing his departure from that place,
communicated through the Foreign-office.
2. Despatches from Consul Herman to the Earl of
Clarendon, dated Tripoli, Oct. 3 and 24, and the 6th of
Nov. 1854, reporting that the African mission had not
yet returned to Kuka from the south.

LETTER Fr.oxt THE FOREIGN-OFFICE TO DR. SUAW,
SECRETARY.

" Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to
transmit to you, to be laid before the president and
council of the Royal Geographical Society, the accom-
panying copies of two de,patches from Major Herman,
her Majety's consul at Tripoli, dated respectively the
24th Oct. and 6th Nov., the former reporting that ac-
counts had reached Dr. Vogel of the death of Dr. Barth,
from sources which leave but a faint hope that the melan-
choly intelligence will not prove true ; the latter report-
ing the death of Mr. Henry Wariington, who had ac-
companied Dr. Vogel's expedition as far as Kuka, and
was on his return from that place.—l am sir, your
most obedient humble servant,

(Signed) " E. HAMIOND.
" Dated Foreign-o4lice, Dec. 9, 1854."
" TO TEE EARL OF CLARENDON, LO.

" Tripoli, Oct. 24, 1854.

" My lord,—lt is with the deepest regret I have the
honour of reporting to your lordship that Dr. Vogel, in
a private letter to me, dated Kuka, the 18th of July
last, announced the death of Dr. Barth, at Meroda,
abort 100 miles E.N.E. of Sakatu. This melancholy
intelligence, for which no date is assigned, had reached
Dr. Vogel from sources that he, however, considers is
leave but a faint hope of its non-veracity. In fact, the
date of Dr. Barth's last letter, which reached me through
Gardames, dated four miles from Timbuctoo, on the 28th
of March last, coupled with the spot where his death is
reported to have taken place, midway between Sakatu
and Zinders, upon which last point it is natural to

suppose the unfortunate traveller was moving, with the
object of falling in with the despatches and supplies tile
Lad been so long awaiting him ; these all tend to indiNe

the sad conclusion that the report of his death will prove
but too true.a tale. Unable from the state of his health
to proceed to Meroda in person, Dr. Vogel had despatched
there a confidential servant to ascertain the fact, and
in case of need to collect the papers and other effects of
the deceased. Dr. Vogel had suffered from a severe
attack of fever—he was nevertheless enabled to accom-
pany the ruler of Bornu upon an expediton to Muga--.
from which he returned early in June. It is his inten-
tion after the rainy season to proceed to Wadai, but

whether with the object of penetrating into Dar•el-Fur

and Kordofan, and-returning to Europe by the way of
Egypt, he does not state. The despatches of which Mr.
H. Warrington is the bearer, and who was to leave Kuka
a fortnight after the date of the doctor's,letter, will doubt-
less shed an aeiple light upon his future plans. The cara-
vans ley which Mr. Warrington is coming, Mr. Gagluffi,
by the last post, reports had already reached El-Dirken,
half way between the Lake Chad and the Fezzan fron-
tier ; they may be expected in a few days. From the
deadly feud that exists between the people of Wadai and
Dar-el-Fur, an attempt to penetrate into the latter coun-
try may prove an operation of extreme difficulty, and of
equal risk. In the meantime I have already written to
a respectable Arab merchant at Bengasi, Haj Moham-
med el Medway, who is agent of the Sultan of Wadai,
to use his powerful offices in obtaining for the doctor and
his party all aid and protection; and I feel confident that
the Haj, to the utmost of his ability, will readily comply
with my wishes. But at such a distance from the new
theatre of Dr. Vogel's operations the best combined plan
for relieving him will, I fear, but too probably be de-
feated by the action of unforeseen obstacles, or uncon-
trollable events. In such cases but too much unfortu-
nately depends upon the chapter of accidents.
" I have, &e.,
(Signed) " G. F. HERMAN."
"Tripoli, Nov. 6, 1854.
" My Lord—ln my despatch marked separate No. 18,
of the 24th ult., I had the honour of reporting to your
lordship that intelligence had reached me of the death of
Dr. Barth, which, in the sequel, I feared would prove
but too well founded. I have now with equal regret to
announce the death of Mr. Henry Warrington, who died
at the Well el Dibla, some hundred miles to the south
of Bilma. This melancholy intelligence was conveyed by
a letter from his servant to Mr. Gagluffi, who will bring
on to Murzuk the despatches of which Mr. Warrington
was the bearer. By the servant's letter, of which I trans-
mit a literal translation, your lordship will observe that
Dr. Vogel had set out for the Adamawa country, leav-
ing the two non-commissioned officers of the Sappers and
Miners at Kuka.—l have, &c.
(Signed) " G. F. HERMAN."
The meeting was then adjourned to the Bth January,
1856.

DEPARTURE OF THE JAMES BARNES.

The magnificent new clipper-ship James Baines, of
the " Black Ball" line, the largest, and, it is believed,
the fastest-sailing vessel in the world, took her departure
for Melbourne on Sunday morning, about ten o'clock,
having on board 700 passengers (80 of the first class),
about 1,400 tons of cargo, and upwards of 180,000 let-
ters and newspapers, contained in 350 sacks, weighing
about 120 tons, the largest Australian mail ever de-
. spatched from this or any other country. So crowded
was the ship by passengers, mail, and provisions, that
every description of freight had to be shut out. The
style in which Messrs. Baines and Co. feed their passen-
gers may be estimated by the fact that, in addition to
the usual stores, there were on board 75 sheep, 25 of
which are preserved in ice ; 86 pigs, 6 of which are in
ice ; and 100 dozen of fowls, 30 dozen of which are in
ice ; the live stock being reserved for use after the vessel
has crossed the line. A. bullock is also on hoard, which
will be killed to provide a portion of the old English
Ohristmas dinner. Nothing, in fact, that the well-known
liberality of the owners could provide has been omitted
that will be likely to conduce to the comfort of the pas-
sengers. It is anticipated that the James Baines will
make the voyage in about 60 days. By the contract
with the Post-office authorities she is bound to deliver
the mails in Melbourne within 65 days, under penalty.
She is under the command of Captain M‘Donnell, who
has already distinguished himself for the quick and safe
passages made by vessels under his charge. She was left
by the steam-tug Independence on Monday, at nine
a.m., 30 miles west of Holyhead. The wind was fresh
from S.W. at the time, creating a heavy surge, which
caused the steamer's hawser to break. The James
Baines was, however, still in tow of the Constitution,
which left her on Monday, at one p.m., off BardsleY
wind S. by W. The James Baines will be succeeded by
the famous clipper Lightning, which has made the
voyage round the world in less time than any other ship
over built.

ARRIVAL OF THE CRCESUS —SOUTHAMPTON, Twelve
o'Clock.—The Crcesus, from Melbourne, has just entered
the harbour.
ROCHDALE, Dec. 11.—The wool market has been firm,
and for brokes (broken wool) and moils a.. better price
has been obtained.
HUDDERSFIELD, Dec. 12. —There has been scarcely
anything of importance to notice in this market to-day.
Prices appear to keep well up, and no inducements are
offered beyond a few occasional job lots.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.)

THE ADDRESS.
On the question that it be agreed to,
Admiral WALCOTT took the opportunity of addressing the
house on the subject of the war, which he hoped would he
carried on with vigour and effect, while, iu order to the ac-
complishment of that end, he thought the resolutions of the
country must be neither weak nor feeble. No petty jealousies
must be allowed to interfere with the operations of our naval
and military commanders. We must, on the contrary, re-
pose confidence in them ; anal though mistakes may have been
committed in the past, he was yet satisfied that if that gene-
rous confidence were entrusted to them, the reputation
of both branches of the service would come out of the struggle
untarnished. (Cheers.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I am sure,
sir, it is the wish and feeling of this house, of which I recog-
nise the propriety, that we should not now repeat the discus-
sion of last night ; but at the same time there are one or two
questions that have been put by hon. members in the course
of this conversation in presence of members of the Govern-
ment, and I think it would not bo entirely respectful to them
that these questions should remain without an answer. (Hear,
hear.) In speaking of the questions that have been put by
hon. gentlemen in the course of this conversation, I certainly
do not intend to refer to inquiries that were made, both by
the hon. baronet opposite and the hon. member for Surrey,
with respect to the military operations. (Hear, hear.) The
hen. member behind me says, Why did you not attack
Anapa ? another hon. member says, Why did you not organ-
ise a better force ? another hon. member says, What will you
do with Sebastopol if you should get it, and what do you
think are the advantages you will gain by the capture of
Sebastopol ? In declining to answer questions of this de-
scription, allow me to represent to the house the position in
which the Government is placed, and why it will not, I hope,
be thought disrespectful to the house that silence should he
observed in this matter. (Hear, hear.) And it is better to
illustrate what I mean by reference to what formerly took
place than by any abstract argument. (Hear, hear.) During
the progress of the summer, pressed by the natural wish of
members of the house to obtain information, my noble friend
the member for the city of London, in referring to the ob-
jects of the war, and the conditions on which peace might be
made, adverted to the menacing attitude of Russia in Sebas-
topol, and indicated his opinion that no peace could be deemed
satisfactory which would leave Russia in that menacing atti-
tude with referen& to the Black Sea. What was the conse-
quence of that declaration? Why immediately it was endea-
voured to be turned into a communication on the part of my
noble friend of the military measures that were to be under-
taken by the Government ; and last night in this house, as
well as elsewhere during the recess, the Government and my
noble friend were made the objects of criticism for having
given notice to the Emperor of Russia of the military opera-
tions that were to be undertaken. And when hon. gentle-
men ask what we, expect to gain from the capture of Sebasto-
pol, and what couree nye shall pursue when we get it, I hope
the house will see that there ere the most obvicrats reasons of
prudence for being silent on the subject, and that those very
same reasons impose upon us the very same rule with refer-
ence to the question why no attempt on Anapa, has been made.
All I will say is, that the Government on that point met : that the
Government took their resolution deliberately ; that they are
ready to stand by it, and to abide by the judgment of this
house on that resolution. (Hear.) The honourable member
behind me says that nothing has been done— and I do not
pretend to say that everything has been done. I don't pretend
to say that everything has been done that could have been
done ; but I think it right to advert to the admirable speech
which my right honourable friend (Mr. S. Herbert) made last
-night, and to say that the Government will take their stand
on that most reasonable, fair, and candid statement, in which
my right hon. friend laid claim to no impeccability with regard
to those operations. (Hear.) If Napoleon thought that he
who makes war without many errors does not make war long,
the observation is also applicable to the management of the
political portion of the great game of war; and if the persons
who criticise those proceedings do not speak in an unfair and
uncandid spirit, they must be ready to admit that what you
are to expect from a Government charged with the manage-
ment of the political portion of the war is not that they should
stand a minute criticism of every detail, but that their gene-
ral measures should have been taken according to wisdom.
When the hon. member says that nothing has been done, I
will nets ey that lie does not do justice to the Government,
for the in-, et eets of the Government are too small to be con-
sidered ; but I would venture respectfully to ask him, does
he do justice to the house and to the country, when he
states at this moment that nothing has been done ? (Hear,
hear.) But the hon. gentleman in ono sense answers his own
question with respect to the Baltic ; for in alleging that nothing
has been done, he says my noble friend the Duke of Newcastle
ought to have known beforehand that it was impossible to do
anything, and because it was impossible to do anything ive
should not have sent out one-half the fleet that was sent to
the Baltic. The answer of my hon. friend the member for
Dover is a sufficient answer to that point. But how did the
facts stand ? When the Russian force in the Baltic amounted
to twenty-nine sail of the line, the hon. gentleman says we
should have sent there a fleet of one-half the magnitude we
did send. (Hear, hear) When the fleet under Sir Charles
Napier first sailed for the Baltic, it amounted only to
twelve sail of the lino. I will not go the length to say
that the crews of the ships were open to all the criticism
of my hon. friend, but many of them were undoubt-
edly new men, and those who were not new to the naval
service were new to one another. Therefore, they were not
in the highest state of efficiency, or in the state of efficiency
they are now. (Hear, hear.) Were we to expose that fleet
to the action of twenty-nine sail of the line of Russia for a
moment longer than it was in our power to remove the ine-
quality? (Hear, hear.) The moment it was in the power of
my right honourable friend the First Lord of the Admiralty,
he raised the strength of the fleet to nineteen sail of the line,
and it must be admitted that that number was not excessive
when we consider the fleet that was opposed to it. (Hear, ,
hear.) It is true it was joined by the French sqaadron, bat
that was at a very much later period. (Hear, hear ) Iu the
tinst instance' the burden of the task had fallen on the fleet of
England, and the business of England was not to wait until
the French squadron could be spared, but to occupy the
Baltic from the first moment when the breaking up of the
ice opened that source of danger to British trade. (Hear,
hear.) The hon. gentleman has spoken thus of the fleet in
the Baltic having been twice over too large, but that, I
think, is au opinion in which the house will not concur with
him. (Hear, hear.) The honourable gentleman refers to the
Crimea, and says, " What brought you to suppose, when
you considered the great masses of men that are necessary
to conduct the invasion of a powerful country, that Russia
could be simply invaded by an army of 50,000 ?" But who
ever supposed that Russia could be invaded by an army of
0,000 men? (Hear, hear.) The first landing on Russian
territory may have been a landing of 50,000 men ; and I
find the hon. gentleman includes that in his category that
nothing has been done. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman
thinks the landing of 50,000 men in the Crimea, the horses
of cavalry and artillery, and of heavy guns to carry on the
siege, was doing nothing. (Hoar, hear.) But the hon. mem-
ber is wrong if he supposes that 50,000 men represented
the number that could have been carried over from Varna
to the Crimea, though a large operation, that reflected the
highest credit on the military and na cal commanders.
(Cheers.) The hon. gentleman entirely forgets that even at
that moment the force that was sent to the East by Eng-
land and France did not fall short of 80,000 men. (Hear,
hear.) And how do matters stand now? My right hon.
friend acquainted the house last night that the Rritish force
sent to the East is now close upon 55,000 men. (Hear,
hear.) I cannot give the same formal and official return
up to the latest moment of the French force, but I appre-
hend that I am fully justified, from the information in
our possession, in stating that the French force despatched. to
the East up to the present moment is little short of
100,000—certainly not less than from about 90,000 to
95,000. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman opposite asked a
question with respect to the treaty entered into between
Austria and the Porte, which question he put to my noble
esti it is plain on the face of the case that
friend the Preshlont 'of the Council during the last session.
Ho wished to know whether England was or was not a party
That treaty was concluded between
to that treaty,
that being a treaty simply between Austria and the Porte
hear.) That
as two independent powers, for ob-
neither England nor any other power was a party to that
treaty.
eutsst
riv ea r
ya(nHi
material
able to their respective interests
and views, and not with reference to matters whiclr it rested
upon us to decide. (Hear, hear.) Then the right honour-
able gentleman opposite complained that the treaty that has
been referred to in her Majesty's speech as having been
of that treaty upon the table, I say that
tilCnrial and valuable
con-
cluded between France, England, and Austria, has not been
laid upon the table, and yet that the house has been called
upoa to express its satisfaction with that treaty. With re-
mlaeynitngregret their inabilitts,hpeectotoovtehrne
y to have done so be-
fore the discussion on the address as much as the right
honourable baronet himself. They aro sensible of the incon-
venient position in which the house is necessarily placed in
being called upon to refer to a document of the contents of
which the house is not fully cognisant, but the right hon.
baronet is aware that the treaty has not been ratified, and
would be a departure both from uniform. practice and from
e exchanged, it
that until the ratification of the treaty ae
obvious prudence, if the Government were to lay that treaty
upon the table ; but, of course, it will btalaid upon the table
the first moment that it is in the power of the Government
to make it known to Parliament. (Hear, hear.) The right
honourable baronet may dismiss from his mind all such
apprehension% as ho seems to entertain, that the house
will be called upon to commit itself to the con-
tents of that treaty. (Hear, hear, hear.) It is open
to the right honourable baronet, if he please, after
having voted for tho present address, to express his disap-
probation of it in any manner he please, and if he think fit
—though Ido not anticipate it—to move a vote of censure
on the Government for having advised her Majesty to nego-
tiate such a treaty. (Hear, hear.) The proof of what I say
is to be found
by simply reciting the passage of the address
which refers to it. The address merely states " That
we have heard with satisfaction that, with the Emperor
of the French,
your Majesty has concluded a treaty
of alliance with the Emperor of Austria, from which
your Majesty anticipates important advantages to the
to the common
common cause."
hear.) Ido hope that
pronounce no opinion upon the ques-
tion whether the treaty promises to be greatly advantageous
operations in the Baltic,
cause, but merely say we learn with satisfac-
tion that her Majesty entertains such an expectation. (Hear,
thheiasrhoousEevtete
wdeitchlait.mestpioenctthtaot
tnhoatthipnagrthasof btheeenodpoenrae:
that we shall not hear again from gentle-
men(Hea (Hear,
less
eomsrs psieihreotrilsav ohuelndeiir haveabis it true to say that nothing has
Cons which undoubtedly is the less prominent, namely, the
been done, when the trade of Russia has been stopped, when
the overpowering
Vsdteanurt ON:,
e°wsi.ng fleet of Russia has been blocked up, and
when a great Portion of the laud force of Russia has been
divertedE from those undertakings in the south to which the
Came the queustmioa:lifsPt-
te
tenptrhesence of your fleet in the Baltic ? (Cheers.) Still
honourable
beengentlemen
o saapyp
that
emn ifl) itng wereha been not
true it was crossed, bu
hßlack Sea, when you recollect that it is but one
since when the' question was, "Is Constantinople
safe' I" (Heir, hear.) That is no longer the question—Con-
hte speaking,
tkhi
en
Danubegß,
ui ss
s isafe.awouldns
gathered
Hb (Hear, a r
crossed., h a r . )
nothing Thenlt
ibuts
suppose you ncganinbeandiesnloemd
defeat and
a position effected,
teace by crossing it. (Cheers.) That is not all.
notice, to a highrearipssesiltc
of your country
You have
y's
with splendid Emcee country,yeuh a andvhe
fought
e
s
in the face of a powerful force, a suc-
ged.
o
y
cessful lanei
from which there is not the slightest reason to
have seen t, e military
ail-neon;
glory
yty
than almost
lm peace,ost
atthad
aa
dienbeoaviale.enetets
at-
tained before (cheers) ; and you have the ho which it is
not justifiable to than' hope, eca 1 morea for, the issue being
still in the hands of Providence, to use confident language
respecting it would be to be almost guilty of blasphemous
presumption—of still greater stccesses. (Cheers.) It is said
uothine has been done ; but, looking to
all that has been
actually accomplished, I hope no member of this house will
join with the hon. member for Surrey in saying that nothing
has been done. (Cheers.)
The Address was then agreed to, and a committee appointed
to convey it to LOX Majesty.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 12.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

_ -
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Lord Camp-
bell and Common Juries.)
STEVENS V. REA-•THE NSW STAMP ACT.
This was an action brought to recover the amount of
certain work done by the plaintiffs under a contract,
and also of extra work, and only deserves mention from
the fact that the case serves to illustrate the practice of
courts of law under the new Stamp Act.
Mr. M. Chambers, on behalf of the plaintiff, proposed
to put in the contract.
The learned counsel for the defendant took an objec-
tion on the ground that the document was not stamped.
Lord Campbell—ls there any necessity for giving it in
evidence ?
Counsel—lt is set forth in the record, and there is an
issue en it.
Lord Campbell—Then the associate must see that
it is stamped.
Mr. Campbell having looked at the document, in-
formed his lordship that it was not stamped.
Mr. Chambers—ln that case the associate must la-
form us what is to be paid, and we will pay it.
Mr. Campbell replied that the amount would be
11/. 2s. 6d., being 2s. 6d. for the new Stamp Act, 10/.
for the penalty, and 1/. for the officer's fee.
The attorney for the plaintiff then paid the money,
and the document was put in evidence.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Charles Mallet was brought
,efore Sir R. W. Carden, in the custody of Finnis, the
Eetective officer, upon the following ease of as:ault and

robbery.
Louisa Harrison, a delicate-looking young woman, the
wife of a master carpenter, residing at No. 2, Bull-inn-
) ard, Aldgate, said—At half-past six or a quarter to
seven on Monday evening I was sitting in my parlour,
my two children—the one 4 years, the other 14 months
old—being asleep on the sofa, when I heard a gentle
knock at the street door. I opened it, and saw the pri-
soner, who said he had brought me some work from his
sister. lam a dressmaker, and I asked him into the
parlour to see what it was. He had a bundle iu a green
handkerchief in his hand, and the moment he came in
he closed the door, and blew out the lamp, which was
alight on the table. He then said, "Now I want your
money." I told him I had none, and he then hit me on
the side of my dress, and the money I had in my pocket
jingled. I had in it a pound and fourpence in silver,
and he immediately tore away my pocket through the
pocket hole of my dress, and throwing some coppers I
had upon the floor, put the silver in his pocket. He
then hit me on the nose with his fist, and I bled pro-
fusely and fell to the ground and cut my head. He then
dragged me across the floor to the other end of the room,
, across which was a clothes line, which he cut with a

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chisel he had about him. Ile then struck me while I
lay on the ground with my husband's large walkin,e;
stick, which was hanging on the line. There was light
From the fire at the time, but I could not see at all when

i;e;;;;Ck-;;;e.- I way stunned by the blow, but I got
better. He then left me on the floor and went to
the other end of the room, and pulled two pistols
out of his pocket and laid them on the table. Im-
mediately afterward:; he put the pistols in his
pocket again, and he took the chisel out, and with
it he cut th• other end of the line, and then he
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tied my hands with the cord while I lay
WI the ground. I tried to scream, but he put his hand
over my mouth, and said if I halloed he would kill my
baby. He then jammed me in between two chairs, left
the room, shut the door, and went upstairs. I distinctly
heard him, but was not able to speak at the time. Both
my children, as he was leaving the room, woke up, and
screamed, and he then came down stairs and went out •
of the house, and looked over the curtain of the window
as he passed. I saw him from the ground on which I
was sitting bound, and a great many persons passed and
repassed at the time. I was bleeding from the side of
my head and my nose. My little girl, who is here with
me, was the first that made the alarm. The lady who
lodges in my house upstairs had been gone out only ten
minutes, and myself and my children were the only per-
sons in the house.
Sir R. W. Carden—How long was he in the house ?
Witness—About ten minutes or a quarter of an hour.
I was afraid to scream at all, as he said if I did.'he would
kill the child. My little girl went out of doors scream-
ing, and a man came in from the tap over the way, and
raised me up.
Sir R. W. Carden—When did you next see the pri-
soner ? _ _ _

Witness—Last night. The police officers with whom
I had communicated went with me between nine and ten
o'clock to a place in Whitechapel, where there is a
penny play. At first I went in by myself, the officers
remaining, outside, and having paid a penny and entered,
I saw the prisoner standing beside the orchestra, with
a short pipe in his mouth. I then returned, told the
officers what I had observed, and the prisoner was taken
into custody.
Sir R. W. Carden—Are you quite sure that the pri-
soner is the person who assaulted and robbed you ?
Witness—Perfectly certain of it. He had on the
same handkerchief and trowsers he now wears, but not
the same coat. I at once pointed him out to the officers.
Sir 8.. W. Carden—}lad you seen him upon any for-
mer occasion 1
Witness—l have seen him in Petticoat-lane, and I
have seen him several times outside the penny theatre,
front which he was taken. In Petticoat-lane he was en-
deavouring to sell three silk handkerchiefs. He offered
one to me for a shilling, and then tenpence, and then
eightpence ; hot a woman called me aside, and told me
she had seen him take it out of a gentleman's pocket, and
of course I would have nothing to do with him.
Prisoner—Do you swear that I was the person !
Witness—Not the least doubt of it.
Thomas Koster, porter at the Bull Inn, Aldgate, said
—Between six and seven I was sitting at tho taproom
of the Bull Inn, opposite to Mrs. Harrison's window,
when her little girl came in and said that some man was
killing her mother. I went over in an instant, and saw
the woman lying on the ground in the parlour between
two chairs. I took her up in my lap and called for help,
for I did not know who might be in the house, and
another man came from the taproom with a light and un-
tied the cord, with which her arms were bound. She
was bleeding from the side of the head. I then left her
in the care of others and went for her husband.
The potman at the Bull Inn gave similar evidence to
that of his fellow-servant.
Little (645), who assisted Finnis, the detective officer,
in apprehending the prisoner at the penny theatre, said
—I found this stick (exhibiting a bludgeon) in the par-
lour with marks of blood upon it.
Finnis--Mrs. Harrison pointed to the prisoner in the
penny theatre as the man who had assaulted and robbed
her. The theatre is 91, High-street, Whitechapel. It
is not in the city of London. I found in his purse, at
the station-house, seven shillings and a halfpenny. I
told the prisoner that he was charged with assaulting
and robbing Mrs. Harrison, and he said that he knew
nothing at all about it, and that he would go anywhere
with me.
Mr. J. H. Cooke, of 140, Minories, surgeon,
went, upon being informed of what had occurred, to
Mrs. Harrison's house. She was sittine, on a man's
lap, and was faint, insensible, and unable to speak.
Her face was covered' with blood, which flowed from
two abrasions on the right side, and a blow on the nose.
She had received a blow on the back of the head, from
which blood also flowed, and there were four or five
bruises on the arms which evidently arose from severe
pinching I slid what was necessary for her relief, and
after some time she became sensible. Half an hour
afterwards she had a convulsive fit for five minutes, and
she then came to and remained conscious afterwards.
She had the appearance of being violently abused. Yes-
terday I visited her, and found her tolerably well. It is
proper that I should state, however, that she is four
months advanced in pregnancy, and there are symptoms
of a tendency to miscarriage, which under such circum-
stances of excitement may be attended with dangerous
consequences.
The prisoner—l am not the man. lam entirely
innocent.
Sir R. W. Carden—You must convince a jury of that.
I shall commit you for trial. The act described is cer-
tainly one of the most outrageous which has been com-
mitted in the City of London for many years. I am
glad the penny theatre alluded to is not in the City, and
I trust the attention of the metropolitan police will be
strictly directed to its frequenters.

SOUTHWARK.—Mary Rayson, a tall, powerful.
looking, well-dressed female, was brought before Mr.
Combe, on a warrant, by Guest and Fensom, two of the
warrant officers attached te this court, charged with the
following murderous assault on her husband.
The latter, who exhibited a large wound on the top of
his forehead, said that on the previous day he went with
his wife to see the Queen go in procession to open Parlia-
ment, and on their return home they had a discussion
about the Queen's appearance. His wife said that her
Majesty looked very pale, as she drank very much,
which witeess strongly denied, being satisfied that
such a statement was wholly untrue. The prisoner be-
came exceedingly indignant at his denial, and pushed
him down. He then went to close the shop, and as he
was entering to fetch one of the shutters, she pulled
down a two-pound weight, which was fixed to a rope
near the door, and struck him on the top of the head
with it. He immediately fell insensible, and a doctor
was sent for. Witness here produced a certificate from
the surgeon who attended him, setting forth that the
wound was of a serious nature, and had it been inflicted
an inch lower it must have proved fatal.
In cross•examination by Mr. Solemoi, who attended
for the wife, complainant said they had beet married
three years, and he had undergone six months' imprison-
ment at Wandsworth for assaulting her. Since then he
was always being annoyed by her threatening to give
him six months more. On the previous evening she
took up the poker, and pointed it at her breast, telling
him to strike her, and she would charge him for assault-
ing her.
Mr. Solomon, in behalf of the prisoner, said that her
husband had aggravated her, and he fell against the
door and broke the rope to which the weight was at-
tached, and thus hurt himself.
The complainant said that was impossible, as he was
not near the door at the time. His wife actually forced
the weight from its position and flung it at his head.
Mr. Solomon said his client acted very improperly,
and she was extremely sorry. He hoped that her apo-
logy would he sufficient.
gr. Combe-remarked that he cou'd not allow such a
murderous a,sault to pass over in that mann.r. It wan
really a wonder that she had not committed murder.
Such persons as the prisoner could not be allowed to
provoke their husbands and afterwards murderously as-
sault them. She must be remanded.
In the latter part of the day substantial bail was ac-
cepted, and
silo was liberated.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(Front the Report of the Registrar-General. )
The weekly return continues to exhibit a rather high
rate of mortality, the number of deaths registered in
London last week having been 1,331. In the ten corre-
sponding weeks of the years 1844-53 the average
number was 1,243. When this is raised in proportion
to the increase of population it becomes 1,367, a result
which represents a high mortality, principally because
the facts embrace the epidemic period of 1847, when in-
fluenza prevailed. Compared with the estimated
amount the return of last week shows only a small
decrease.
That class of the population which suffered most ap-
pears to have been the young, 656 deaths, or nearly a
half of the total number, having occurred to children
under 15 years of age. Of these children 98 were car-
ried off by scarlatina, and 103 by pneumonia, the effect,
to some extent, of the recent lowness of the tempera-
ture. Small-pox is also making progress, and was fatal
in the week to 19 children and 11 adults. 328 deaths
were caused by diseases of the zymotic class, and 303 by
affections of the respiratory organs, exclusive of 131 by
phthisis.
Last week the births of 777 boys and 769 girls, in all
1,546 children, were registered in London. In the nine
corresponding weeks of the years 1845.53 the average
number was 1,454.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING. SATURDAY, DEC. 9
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 5O
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of ie Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 1
Premature Birth and Debility 43
Atrophy
' Old Age
Sudden
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 35
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. bpon ding week in the

1351. of 1353. Week
Nest Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 495,522
South Districts

Totals

1,414

1,331

Males
Females