The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-24 00:00:00

VENING, AUGUST 24, 1847.

FLANDERS MAIL.
tisli:Hh Zoii.eaxtr..—The 6 ci:,ette de-Cologne Sk‘ " -,
Z' the Conference of the States says of tha Zell-
eit), which will be occupied in making moilfica-,
"Id
tiiiils in the introduction into the Legislature of
3 of exchange,
_ modifications which have for their
!afire the establishment of a uniform system for the
l'lrds Customs Union, will fakeplace a:, Leipsig, to-
Ende of September.
THE YOLISEI TRIALS.
keu*,l
'BERIAN' Anc. 14. In the defence of two of the
diet, Persons, thi; day, their counsel, the Syn-
„jr.!_, Phz4nowski again maintained that the con-
hrs47l: was not directed against Prussia; the. Poles
the "'Lion whatever to hate the Prussians, but.t
*2 61 abundant cause to hate the Russians; that 1
._"' net the intention of the con-pratora either
iko. take care to reserve Bromberg, but merely to use
A;!cardeipot fur the arms in the contest with Russia.
lend., e tcger,-eonnsel of the superior court, in. dem-
ot.
cieng. the accused P.adkiewieg, spoke of the system
aitial Lwithailerlhich was so general among the the accused,
would in . all likelihood indispose their
dey_gt's te be favourable to them. lie alleged, ho.wi-}
_ e‘.r,,, that as the preliminary examinations wohic.
41%1'1 as
theses denials had been made in the er
*at' la'iguag,e • h which most of the defendants
:-er 11l Per-teci ;it, or not atall, conversant, it was
t,trtlnel natural that when the% had been misunder-
fl °CI
to make certain observations they should deny
-- P' P' when they
eavour to wipe
"ti thus end
wipe
came clearly to understand th.eni,
then,. off the charge against
apotfter the counsels of the various accused had
/4( en, the Advocate-General rose to reply. The
6111emss, he said, would be lengthened to an inde -
point wtre to
tier,: period, if all the points brought in the accuse-
be met, one by one ; there was one
the „which, however, he must insist upon, . namely,
rie,''Proaches which
were cast upon the functiona-
Tait ‘'' ho
ih.ad been charged with the preliminary in-
thk,r3'iu ,s'Lle present process was public; it was,
Caere re' his duty to defend those functionaries who.
ill the nct present; he was, indeed, in possession of
to necessary materials which would enable him
but IF Y Individually to each particular complaint;.
lurnee rtntl4 Protest against the boldness with which
tioN '4: the defendants had drawn very great conclu-
tais„ Irotu very insignificant, and even false.. pre-
his ,i„• 4 Tne functionary in conscientiously fulfilling
free icl, "11.1 t seek to have the comfort of being
that tt,ull charges of this nature, and he must reflect
Per4oti 4'i "rat benefit of publicity extorts from him
thY ofth:4e,,..rifi'-es, and that these sacrifices are wor
AL G., - urnvticial results.
to ju t..all,;the Commissary of Justice, endeavoured
%II: 11, hi,ao)olf against the charge of the Advocate-
treatr‘,7, He replied that he always attached the.
Willti teh;;TPortance to the preparatory investigation,
it, imi-‘ lor the future he should attach a yet higher
l'iliiiti-asznueb as it alone furnished the proof of the
On 4,li!tY "f the accused.
410,1:" 17th the trials were adjourned at one
,Stkr•isiajt ennimenced with the trial of Lucian
nitited —' who was charged with having been ap-
ths,e i at the meeting
of •Sebaa-Gona, one of thne
S'aih:iillmeers who were to conduct the insurrectio
'ir()l'giltjar°ln. berg- Many other grave accusations were
41'0 st , "lost him, among others that he purchased
c0pe"1.,,(4,' ol arms and ammunition, some of which
s
llo,elll4_l` under straw in a shed used for cattle. His
tli_oltirma!'llnitted that he was one of the three officers
%13rg-rsl`,,p but positively denied all the other
ettlrq ae,„:"h second prisoner, Mosczezenski denied
;lard tr. 4, ation that was brought against him.
.The.
141
,113')Ilr Xavier Von Karlousk bad unhesitat
,Q »dll Xavier •
llei • in his previous examination,
. that he
tic) eof •d
1 was e conspirators, that a general, insurre
53.1 eon e° he
, mplated, that every Pole ssas more or
Itittl w-ei•ee4ll,ed.. !n it, and that those who refused to
to by, th',„,nanger of being. shot. Being called
tie
s‘ r,T Preis dent he admitted that he had made
r,"°rlspi;"°", but that he had
.not taken the oath to
"tathe cY, and that his assertion was founded upon
ih:- a that tlijeum
tttht,_l,)y tli: in
.circulation. This was denied upon
unary advocate, Schopke. who de-
,,,,.
th 4, taeq the defendant
.had come, to him and had
}),..` no (in "L of the conspiracy in 1846 ; and added,
of4l)!shot.e e°,llll decline joinil übder penalty of
I h 'lr. Grithe declare that the sentence
4' K tr a,
CI 11-e - "I-1 ought not to be passed upon Karlon-
o ..1,
diti 41.10 opposed by his counsel, and the
411
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FAGGING AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Site,—l admire the ability and freedom with which
you commented en what lately occurred at Winchester
School and on fagging in general. The week before last
[ wrote a letter to the editor of the Times on the sub-
ject, which hitherto he has not chosen to insert in his
paper. I have not a copy of it. but the purport was the
'ollowing,—A boy returned from a public school (I did
not specify Winchester, but it was so,) extremely Pl.
About eight years ago, from the effect of the subtraction
of his proper quantum of food by the upper tyrants,
the medical man that attended him declaring that it he
returned to school lie Would not answer for his life.
His mother, the widow of a clergyman, with night
children, he'd the resolution and humanity to take him
entirely away, though to her great pecuniary detriment.
Des could be verified on oath. Whether the miscreants
were ever punished. as they richly deserved, I am
tolerant. I was at a public echoel in London many
years ago, where the under boys on the foundation were
subjected to similar, or rather worse, treatment. We,
though most of us were the sons of clergymen and
.;e.ent !emelt, had the most degrading work to perfterm—had
e make beds, sweep rooms, clean shoes, knives, and
,erhs, mend clothes, toast bread at a raging tire, wash
plates. even, with cold water, till our hands had chaps in
,hem into which a gee's- quill might be insereed; nor in
,he depth of winter were we allowed to approach a fire,
except to be roasted. Even at night our rest eas dis-
turbed some aloes by having the bed clothes taken tie a, ,
and we left on the bare sacking. If cricket.
were to be played. the foundation-boys were to
stop the ball, whether they liked the game or
not. Why so? If there must be stoppers, let them
be hired out of the town and paid for. If arty more dis-
gusting work than another were to be performed, it fell
to the lot of the foundation-boys. I am thoroughly con
vinced that the poor children in the workhouses ate
treated with greater kindness, have more abundant food,
and enjoy more real happiness that we, lads from ten to
fourteen years of age, of good parentage, and destined,
most of us, for the liberal professions, were permitted to
have. Now all these evils, to which we were exposed,
might have been easily removed by the masters appoint-
ing a proper person, with a good salary (and the trustees
or governors would have indemnified them), constantly
to be present, and supervising all the boys by day, and,
if possible, by night also. This I say, because the
oppideus, or boarders, have such an inspector in the
same roof 4th them, with servants to attend upon
them; whereas in three public schools in London that I
tnyeelt know the apartme et e.e the foundation-boys
were at a distance, or separated from the r6t9ittice of
the masters, who delegated,; to. save themselves trouble
and expense, a great part of their authority to the boys
of the higher class, who were pretty sure to abuse it;
i.,r few men are to be entrusted with power, much less
lads of from fifteen to eighteen, generally the greatest
bullies imaginable, unless they be meliore luto. Dr.
Arnold observed that he could not have conducted
Rugby School but fur the aid of the sixth form
—whether -he meant. in .a ~literary or moral point
of view I know not ; sure I am, however, it
he confided to the sixth the superintendence of the
lower boys' moral conduct, one might say—" Sedquis
custodiet ipsos custodes?" They needed a much stricter
surveillance. Dr. Arnold (to his immortal credit) was
the first master that ever tried to make boys religious,
the firet that constantly preached before them, and the
first that ever published sermons peculiarly addressed to
them; and now I trust he has his reward. Dr. Moberley
peaks of some good qualities (I forget how he expresses
himself) being elicited by the fagging system ; but
Southey, who is as good authority, says, in his " Life of
Wesley"—",John suffered at the Charterhouse under
the tyranny which the elder boys were permitted to
exercise. This evil at one time existed very generally
in English schools, through the culpable negligence of
the masters, and perhaps may still continue to exist,
though if a system were deSigned for cultivating the
worst dispositions of human nature, it could not more
effectually answer the purpose. The boys of the higher
forms of the Charterhouse were then in the practice of
taking their portion of meat from the younger ones by
the law of the strongest, and during a great part of the
time Wesley remained there a small daily portion of
bread was his only food. As to our religious education,
we attended church twice ou a Sunday and on saints-days,
neither the oppidans nor masters (though they were all
clergymen) ever doing the same on the latter. The
prayers night and morning on week-days were read by
one of the seniors, and made a joke of. For instance:
instead of 'great marvels,' be read ' great bosses,' a Ist ge
marble being so termed."
Dr. Jortin observes that Lucian says, if Jupiter had a
spite against a man he made a schoolmaster of him;
but adds the Doctor, " Lucian would have thought
otherwise now, when our masters frequently make more
money in one week than many a learned clergyman
makes in a whole year." The fact is the masters of the
great schools are above their work: they are mostly
good sche:lars, and are ambitious of making others also
the same, as it reflects honour on themselves - but the
religious and moral conduct of those submitted to their
care (I speak of some of the masters, not of all) they
make a secondary consideration, or none at all. •
To revert to fagging, Dr. Collyer, a t hysician in London,
four or five years ago, I think, brought an action against
some of the Westminster authorities for the maltreat-
ment of his son: though tried before that upright Judge,
Tindal, he lost it through some legal technicality. The
public must take the correction of this great evil into
their own hands; and I am persuaded that if they knew
the existence and enormity of it, they would to a man
rise up against it. Many years ago a boy (still living)
was compelled at a certain public school in the metropolis,
with others, to drag a sledge with its lower parts for-
tified with iron, whence a nail prjecting tore a deep
hole in his leg; atter having fellen down, he was whipped
up by the brute in the sledge and made to run aft r that;
eq. is (planer of a year be was at tikyhospitell of the
institution ; and I never heard that 'the tyrant was
punished.for this act of cruelty.
Dr. Russell, to his honour, totally abolished fagging
at the Charterhouse, but the present Master has allowed
it to revive 1 have understood.

I am your humble servant,
A CONSTANT READER.

August 18,1847.

DRUNKENNESS IN THE ARMY.

The practice hitherto followed in framing charges
for habitual drunkenness, hiving been found objection
able, the ;.lommanden in-Chief has (breezed that he•nce-
torth the time, place, and occasion when each instance of
drunkenness occurred shall be distinctly specified in such
charge.; and ir the instances of drunkenness, on which
it is proposed to proceed against a prisoner, shah have
taken place within six mouths of a former conviction of
habitual drunkenness, the time and 'Attee of the said con-
viction are also to be distinctly stated, as shown in the
folloviing forms of charges, which have been found to
meet every variety of case :

EKELEToN CHARGES.

I. A. B. is charged with habitual drunkenness ; in
haring been drunk
on the day of -at ';. .
on the day of at . . ; . _ _
on the day of at . ;
on the day of at ;
being four times drunk within twelve calendar months.
2. A. B. is charged widi habitual drunkenness, in hav-
ing been drunk
on the day of at ;
and on the day of at ;
being twice chunk within six calendar months after the
day of at , on which day he was duly con-
victed of habitual drunkenness.
3. A. B. is charged with habitual drunkenness, in hay-
ing been drunk on the day of ,on the line of search
from W. to E., and on the day of on parade
at F., being once drunk sn the line of march, and once
on paratle, within twelve calendar months.
JOHN MACDONALD, A.G.
—United Service Gazette.

AteL,.....,
doh a4terda .`"VEARE'S HO USE.
.str 3' afre
04140
to, we t 'noon a meeting was held in Abing-
-11%44 Prutn4.'it'ster, of a number of gentlemen
44,4° club 12;ite the object of the Royal Shaks-
tliwb:Oh of tberL Stratford-upon-Avon, in the pre-
Itttinip4 it pationouse of our great dramatist in that
'44 '°f Dr. ^4l monument. A deputation, con-
RL te h
-gait -Neehr.,il‘h°4lPson, the President, and Mr.
_,444f.11,,1411, rlah 6gLei the Hon. Secretary of the Royal
giere;"3' ex/Au. 11"1 eutne to London on the occasion, Y —This
.f sue:" . the steps already taken, and the
titer tivne " With Wh• short hue, which ,
ROC.IIESTEEAND has
closedbeen GRAVESEND
since November
iw,
1. r to. ral illeot lei) they had been attended.
...otie morrow iling at the Thatched House the day
Kent South Eastern line to Dover. .
was re-opened on Saturday, as a portionih soifngthiee
line of
4eliptin olon-qt. as been already advertised, and the
toBt, will tke for the purpose of obtaining sub- rail had been taken up,
that passed through the tunnel filled up. The th-
tnet4 Lett to ~e",en be formed, Lord Morpeth having and th9t portmen c.fthesocaunal
terd4;ll to
ita President and the Earl of Biles- Eastern Company intend working this shortselhineemeinadree-
pendently, until the other portions of their
beces4:ere thi*litlent of it. The proceedings Yes- completed. It is understood that great obstacles have
the tunnel,
Pitted 761 arraLflY preliminary, with a vlew to the been encountered in making the road through
lA' 'oat the Ms
the foundations. However,
,t_ its 41. e for Thursday; but it ap- the bed of the canal there being intersected by land
which undermined
z,g, pe e 'toe hut,. Stratford Club has acted, as springs,
i'Llsre L .hich, blip
has yet proceeded, with a
qa,, -so eMeot all thedifficulties. have been overcome, and the large
t'e air INtell somewhat unusual in cases party
a very perfect
that accompanied M, r. M'Gregor (chairman of the
company) on Saturday, found the line in
ascot, eativ zeal is naturally felt. They
grak:it,.• 44.10filinlit,Ilre,based. the state. In the afternoon about 120 of the most respectd-
able and influential of the inhabitants. of Rochester an
,premises in Harley 10,7 t lived '5 tne -house_ in which our great Gravesend sat down to ta splendid entertainment pro-
oth, "'eh 1 if, i,,,
mustrota . ued, he were not born in it,
hia ' the beat vided by the directors,. in the engine-room, at the Grave-
Ilk hits , oripio., .ns running from one to the end terminus, which had been tastefully decorated for
.:tverally °tett heed4nY have formed a single edifice. the occasion. Mr. M'Gregor presided. The usual loyal
r, ..2utpwied,roplished -mainly by the funds toasts were given; and, in answer to one proposing !Ale-
-"'Ll he °Y Prince Albert
the stnna eoeper ~ the Queen .
Dow- cess to the railway, the Chairman expressed the deter-
titlitts..Most . ation of Stratford • but consider- mill ation of the company to give every facility. to the
ortit.gaes es 'tll be raised by subscription' before cra4),...,_t_y of Kent, and attributed the delay in the forma-
ttrut,loo to ,Peeially active in th..
tion-of their, new lines, to opposition by his Grace the
;are. ueco
'of IN el Wigton, whom he (the Chairman) denti-
n object are in a
hie purchasers of the rest of the representative of Julius Cresar,
feet era
inmate
Duke d
si " ith n was unani " the modern
All. 11'.ince Uraday, _. mOusly adopted yesterday to day, when it was traversed by a vast
the conqueror of the world." The line was opened to
• ills till of 411 al. three o'ch,ek and to invite the
• -.114 -iy 44 • 'stele!' wh h in ' the public yesterday,
lED LADY WITH AN
• tin tket tlortati
turi v e.t er purse or person, in ELOPEMENT or A
number of visitors to and li‘rioAmßllnochester and Gravesend.
I);lther D *B's dr u
ertaking. An advertisement to UNMARRIED INFANTRY F Last week conside-
tbari - art of our uPi__ which.- will be found in ruble excitement was)akuies(e).etill:
- d
pement of a young married
vved that °f the
~ PaPer, and which was subscribed city in consequence in fashionable circles in the
ktioh. tit 5i....,, Judividuals present. It is to be lady with an officer belonging CO an infantry regiment
at 7; "eat t 'Liar courBe will be pursued in the stationed in Dublin. l'be names of the parties, to pre-
4aelthiplethat tii:WAlini in the kingdom, and we rejoice vent further pain. o.ti such a subject, are for the present
th ' atttl '''Yor of Birmingham has set the 111(1 a Purpe Pr"ick'd yest d- t. withheld. The injured
Hume a high place
vtie iveeit, se of _. . er ay at a public. mee ing
in
whose poetic talents hadve
tki; , %my boron raising subscriptions in that large
English literature. It is said that up .
hguisvbeaundheirs
ntuhe son o.
to a r‘cent pe-
f a lady
•aki 'Ante gh. c . . .- rind the, parties lived on the m .
flit, the tit.,Necea,, h,,,
.?Inparatively little
inexerti but that as the I9dy seemed to hav‘‘e.
eareparticular liking
exchanged, in-
iiie:Zitisid"'.._e 4110 but it must be borne.. mind for " the red coat," several billets
lady
vioso 'rable activity before the sale is short, and (so report goer,), in
og affectionate terms ;
aide.terviews took place, and the . will be necessary.—Morn- the absence of her husband,deal of time
ei A let
she elope(
dell -ter f ---------._____ in the officer's company. A pew days since . .3
said
lie ~,t.te ,!,Inliru i with him, the affair *owl became known, and it i
spent a good 1
trioids, has
pb,74Bited— e.sgii.h awns informs us of a serious ac- the injured hwbiohd, by the advice of his
4-1,:" win: en The:tid gentleman named George Banke. rant yet decided on taking any step in the matter,,.
en Thep.
44444e15, ox,Anoth( 11 l.
Y. the field of Waterloo in- whereabouts of the fugitives is Hot at present spit re loiih hia ''' with .„, g 141 gentleman, also staying at The lady, who resided in a fashionable street at n
P44,_. tueh raturn ~..140131 he had made acquaintance, north side of the city, is described as 4• youngand very
t t rm
v,klasef , violence 418 horse took fright and threw him I handsome." It was whispered yesterday that next
~•0 4, -s, at the datethat he became insensible, and re. may reveal something regarding this unpleasant affair.
..."'it did eoftpkir, 0 this nt The gentleman —Dublin Freeman's Journal.
itli.m% ter tolisAir. Banke is"unnottuble to communicateg ' The Quartermaster-General of the Forces. Ge-
-404% ril., Bank, 11,4.41:1ds not knowing where they re- neral Sir Willoughby- Gordon, Burt., G-.C.8., and G.C,11.,
410 I' -'' arnesei;ad been Wow.. at the Hotel de has been seriously indisposed from an-attack of.evysi.
4 14Q ii„. but he Ina taou otter kis 404. . Feiss, but is now hug, recovering .from the iaTecta of the
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it iillainesok. - : 1 416efite.Agigi#444,0pics,Gaiwite, . . - _. _

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE,- - -
From the Cape of Good Hope Shipping anil-Ilier-
cantile Gazette of the 11th of June, we learn that
the artificers to be employed in the construction of
the lighthouse at Cape Agulhas has left, Cape Town,
in her Majesty's steamer Rosamond, for Struis Bay,
where their debarcation will take place.
The parties who had been engaged by the South
Afi jean Mining Company to work the lodes of mineral
ore which have been discovered in Namaqualand were
on hoard ship, awaiting a favourable wind to carry
them to their destination.
There is no news from the Kafir frontier.

-THE IRISH RELIEF COMMISSION.
The following is the fifth report of the Irish Re-
lief Commissioners to the Lords of the Treasury :
Relief Commission- (See, Dublin,
August 17, 1847.
May it please your Lordships,--We have the honour
to transmit our fifth monthly report as Commissioners
under the Act 10th Victoria, cap. 7.
The greatest number of electoral divisions under the
operation of the Act since our last report has been
1.826; the largest amount of gratuitous relief (which
attained its maximum at that period) supported
2,920,792 persons' per daY; and the number to whom
sold 99,920.

The returns to the ht of" August show a gradual-re-
duction to 2,467,989 gratuitous, 'and 52,387 sold; the
cost of each ration, including establishment and ex
penes, averages

The enormous number of :3,000,000 of individuals
(exceeding one.thied of the entire population of the
euuntt)), supported by a gratuitous distribution of mere
food, deMonstrates (allowing even tor 'some extent of
malappropriation)- the awful. amount of distress °Cm-
sioned by the failuit of the crop of potatoes.
Whet e the evil was so great, and so generally spread,
no indirect method of affording relief could have been of
avail; nor could any measure short of distributing food
to the multitude have prevented the effect of absolute
famine widely extended. •

When we contemplato that it has been attended with
that result, which, above all, was in the humane con-
sideration of the Legislature, a certain degree of
abuse, to which the system must be liable, may
be sub-
mitted to, although it cannot,be justified on the part of
those committing it, or of those by whose arrangements
it might hive been prevented;
. We have had ovcasii)h to deprecate these abuses,
which, . unhappily, were but too numerous ; and our
circulars,
_instructions, and regulations, have naturally
tended generally to repress them, giving an impression,
perhap:, that the occasion for such complaints was
almost universal. We may, therefore, reasonably take
this opportunity of reporting that this was tar from
bein., the case ; and that, with the zed us co-operation
of the greater number of the committees, aided by-soine
fortuitous circumstances, the amount of the expenditure
on this vast measure has been less than we at first an-
ticipated. •
We have also to report most favourably to your
Lordships on the exertions of ..our inspecting• officers,
who have carried on a most difficult and arduous service
with a degree of temper, energy, and intelligence, highly
creditable to them.

Much more of the conduct of the proceedings was
thrown upon them by the committees than was ever in
tended, or than ought to have been required ; and,
although frequently under the necessity of strenuously
opposing the propositions of committees and individuals,,
there has been scarcely an instance of their giving per-
sonal offence, or of their losing the respect of the gentle-
men of character and influence ; and many of their
reports are highly interesting.
Thu period of the year that brings with it the greatest
amount of distress is notoriously that'which immediately
precede§ the gathering-of .the first crops, that is, during
July and the early part of August.
The absolute termination of advances on account of the
temporary relief has been fixed by Act of Parliament for
the end of September. It becomes, therefore, necessary,
within a period of six .weeks, to throw on their own
resourc
e 53,000,000 of, persons who had been provided
with food.
Although those few weeks comprise the time when the
demand for labour is at its highest amount, and when
the crops (which promise to be very abundant) will be in
course of collection, still it is most necessary to make the
transition as gradual as is compatible with so short an
interval, and to endeavour. to Avoid the too abrupt ces-
sation of relief to such an enormous mass of the popu-
lation.
With this view we have urgently pressed for an un-
compromising scrutiny, and for reduction of the relief
lists, in proportion to the appearance of employment,
and to the available supply of food; and we are about
to discontinue, from the 15th August, making advances
to the unions which, from circumstances and situation,
seem to be best able to bear such a course, atiking
off the others by degrees, from fortnight to fortnight.
Almost every union struggles for a prolonged conti-
nuance, chiefly on the plea of want of preparation for
the change, arising iu many cases from the delay in
esiZt mustensiv e system
be attended with of relief,
making them, although
,a general warning of what
would take place was given so far back as the month of
June.
Thein hn
whatever
tint t iannunaenrc;
carried
adis on.
i
distress and difficulty;- and all the energy, benevolence,
and public-spirited expenditure that can be applied will
be required to meet the emergency.
The number of temporary fever hospitals ordered to
be established "under the Act 10th Victoria, cap. 22,
amounts now to 326.
We annex copies of the circular instructions issued
since our last report, together with the summary of the
account branch, and the returns and statements con-
nected with our continued operations.
We have, Sce..

F. BURGOYNE.
T. N. REDINGTON.
R. J. ROUTH.
E. J. B. TWISLETON,
HARRY D. JONES.
D. M'GREGOR.
To the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners
of her aj ^sty's Treasurs , 86e.

POLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF
BUILDING SOCIE
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Among the many benefits conferred on the country
by the late Anti-Corn-law League, perhaps there is
not one, taken is a political point of view, for which
the lovers of freedom ought to be more truly grateful,
tharethe lesson it taught the. 'peupla _un the import-
ance of the 40, franchise. The rent charge system
of the League paved the way to other modes of ob-
taining county qualifications ; amongst those there is
perhaps not one more capable of practical develop-
ment than the building acciety scheme; its gradual
mode of payment, comparatively light in its operation,
secures to the industrious working man not only a
freehold in perpetuity, but entitles him and his heirs
to vote fur his representative in Parliament. That mem-
bers of building societies will support Liberal princi-
ples cannot be doubted, their interests must beidentical
with all measures for the public good. One society
(No. 1 House Property Association) proved the
truth of this assertion on the 9th inst., at Bethnal
green polling district,when.l9 members voted in right
of their shares, one after another, for the liberal
candidates.

coiDliurc.tVeiTiawrritehnegrr,eawt who has
mtfht
preparation
irino6no
on; hfis)odpahsprt
thousands of the poor, by s ' invaluable
system, at the Model Kitchen, Dolphin's Barn, exerted
himself a much to prove the extent and economy of the
system, that he has been in aalarming state of
health ;
.but, we , are glad to infortn h
is some elopes tnat the fever has attained its worst stage,
veryt public that there
and that he will "'n •be saved to his amiable wile,
family, and friends.—Saurtders' 11 etas Letter.
PHYSIOLOGICAL CURIOSITT. ThutilaS Crellry,
youth of 17, who was tried at Loicaster last week for a
crime vrhich, if proved, would have subjected him to the
g
penalty of death, presented a sin uler instance of mal-
tormation, both his hands being webbed like a duck's
foot. His toes are said to exhibit the same peculiarity ;
and we ore also given
to understand that he was born
with sevt-ti fingers on each hand, which were educed to
putatlon m
the natural number by am • • childhood.—Pres.
ton Chronicle.
Three whales were captured last week at Cromarty.
BALLOON Race.—Yesterday evening a more than
usual number of persons were attracted to Cremorne-
gardens to witness the ascent of two balloons—viz.,
the Victoria and the Coronation balloons—the one
directed by the veteran Mr. Cnarlea Green, and the
other by his brother, Mr. IL Green. The affair was
called an aerial race, and certainly from the rapid rate
at which the balloons travelled, the term was up -
propriate. The wird was blowing eery fresh from the
north-east at the time of the ascent,' seven o'clock, and
the machines were carried through the air in the direc-
tion of Wimbledon-common with extraordinary speed,
the Victoria taking the lead. - Amongst the spectators
were Lords Strangford, Charleville, Longford, Strath.
erne. Sec., and many other persons of rank. On the
outside of the grounds many thousands were assembled.
The scene was full of excitement and may be said to
have been the best aeronautic display of the season.
THE FIRE IN TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD.—The
fire that occurred yesterdermorning upon the premises
belonging to Mr. J. Walker, organ-builder, of Francis-
street, o tten hain c our t ros (I, briefly noticed. in this
journal of the same date, has proved to be. of a far more
disastrous character than was at first expected. The
manufactory and the timber stores occupied an area of
ground considerably more than acre. ~In the several
workshops were upwards of 50 organs of various sizes
(some of them had been in hand nearly 12 months),
which are destroyed., The foreman of the works esti
mates the stock in trade destroyed as worth from 10,000/.
to 12,0001., aud, with the buildings that -have been le-
velled with the ground, and the value of the men's work-
ing tools, he stated to the reporter that the whole da-
inage could not be less than 20,0001. The insurances
upon the property will not nearly cover the loss.
The following is a correct statement of the damages
taken from the official. report:—" No. 27, Francis-
stieet, Tottenham-court-road, Mr. J. Walker, organ-
building damaged by fire,
builder—manufactory burned down, contents consu-
med; back front of daiwut:lAlintgla-house
-osifievceerse.lymrd.anmipalg:
uninsured. Messrs. Bertioseuni
by fire,
_and windows burned out ; front ware-
house and contents damaged by fire, water, and removal;
in the Atlas and Phcenix offices.
building
salnigdht damage
insured danidn
hthaebiCtmouaknttyr_root
Collinsc
optician—slight
aenn_,
and contents
andas
in;
gdhcatit‘ntdidedani
al tes,a
ghemydo•
:wdinen
it..ieuerrr:es
.d
by water: insured in the Sun. Tottenham-court-road.
—Messrs. Dunbir's ironfoundry—roof and skylight
damaged Mr. Hawkins,
b). fire. Sadler-skylight
7.
damaged by fire: insured in the Sun. New-inn-yard.—
Nos. 5,6, 7, and 8, let out in tenements—buildings and
contents severely damaged by fire and falling in: insured
in the Sun. No. 28, Francis street, Mr. Goodchild, op-
tician—*-preraisei slightly damaged: insured in the Plus
nix. The cause of fire unknown. The fire was extin-
guished by firemen and engines of the establishment, the
parish. and West of England and. County offices..
The late Admiral John Erskine Douglas, of the
Red Squadron of her Majesty'g Fleet, hiui lett 40.0001.
.in p,‘rsonal.property.. which "he has bequeathed between
hie twt.triaughtere, subject to tin-annuity .of 1501.. to. his
sister. His daughter, are the executrixes of his will,
which be executed in October Wit. The gallant admiral
4194-tP) 441/447**440:91',=

•

THE MURDER OF THE DUCHESS
DE PR ASLIN.
(From the Constitutionnel)
The Duke de Preslin was conveyed this morning
at four to the Luxembourg prison, and placed in the
room lately occupied by M. Teste; but boards had
been put up at the wiridoWs, -go as to let the prisoner
see but the sky. M. de Preslin was brought down
on a mattress from the room he occupied at the Se-
bastian' Hotel, rind placed in a dor/rime sent from
the Luxembourg by the Grand Referendarv. His
valet accompanied him, as well as the persons com-
missioned to watch him. The magistrates, physi-
cians, and police occupied three other vehicles.- The ,
prisoner, who was greatly dejected at the moment of
his departure, revived a little in the open air; he was
carried, still on the mattress, into the interior of the
prison, but was enabled to ascend a part of the steps
supported by his valet. The latter did not remain
in the prison ; he returned in a coach to, the hotel
with the mattress. It is now considered certain that
the weak condition in which M. de Praslin
has been during the last three days is the conse-
quence of an attempt at poisoning himself ;
he is said to have swallowed the contents
of a small phial of laudanum w hen he
could doubt no more of his being suspected of the
Siece his arrival at the Luxembourg Led
beverages have been frequently given him in order to
step his vomiting, which is said to continue. Tne
prison is guarded by the military as in the preceding
trials. It had been said that Marine. de Luzy would
be conducted to the Luxembourg. The Patrie con-
siders the report untounded. She is still at the
Conciergerie this evening. We know not what to
think of the Gazette de France's allegation that this
horrible trial is to take place with closed doors.
(From the Gazette des Tribunaux.)
We yesterday stated that the health of the Duke de
Praslin had excited some anxiety. It is :armed that
it is due to an attempt at poisoning himself. The
Duke has swallowed a certain quantity of laudanum;
at what moment and how he made the attempt is notes
said ; but it would appear that by the aide of a phial
filled with nitric acid, another has been found which
contained the poison. The moment the first symp-
toms declared themselves, the most active antidotes
were administered, and the more dangerous 'effects of
the laudanum were paralysed, without, however, their
being completely neutralised • thus frequent vomit-
ing manifested itself, and it. de Praslin remained
in - a sort of stony, to which is, perhaps, to be
ascribed the silent and dejected attitude he has re- s
tained towards the magistrates who have examined
him. The remedies given by the physician having
as early as yesterday (Friday) restored some
strength, it was deemed that be might be removed
from his mansion, and the Chancellor determined on
issuing a warrant to, that effect. This morning,
therefore, at four, one of the ushers of the Chamber
of Peers went with the Chancellor's warrant to the
Hotel Sebastiani, where the Duke de Praslin was
closely watched. The usher was accompanied by
Dr. Andral, physician to the Chamber of Peers, who
has, in the last three days, been frequently instructed
to visit the Duke and ascertain the state of his health.
The usher having been admitted into the room where
the Duke de Praslin was in bed, and Dr. Andral
having made sure that a material improvement had
taken place, and that the vomiting, which had been
abundant, had ceased, and that he might be removed
without danger from his residence, the warrant
was notified to him, with the- King's ordonnance
convoking the Peers as a court of justice. The Duke
heard the notification without uttering a word; he
Only made an effort to sit up, as if to denote
that he was ready to comply with the injunctions of
justice. His valet then dressed him, and he was soon
enabled to descend, supported by two persons, to the
door of his mansion, where the Duke Decases's car-
riage awaited him. He was helped into it. After
naming the official persons who accompanied or es-
corted him, the Gazette adds—the carriage then
moved on slowly, owing to the Duke's weakness; the
whole route was watched by police agents, for the
maintenance of order and the preventing of any ob-
stacles, whilst a brigade of town-sergeants followed
the carriage at a certain distance. It took an hour to
proceed from the Hotel Sebastiani to the Luxembourg
Palace by following the quays and streets, which were
nearly deserted; there were but a few workmen pro-
ceeding to, their early labour; they stopped and gazed
at the passing procession, whose slow and silent
march was solemn and melancholy. They who saw it
envied, perhaps, the carriage with its armorials, and
suspected not that it was conveying to prison a Duke
and Peer accused of murder. At five o'clock the car-
tiage conveying 'the Duke de Praslin stopped in Rue
Vangirard, in front of the Court of Peers' gaol.
During the whole time the Duke, whose face was vio-
lently contracted and deadly pale, had been silent.
On being required to descend from the carriage, he
proved so weak that it became necessary to carry him
to the room prepared for him, which is that succes •
sively occupied by General de Cubieres and Al. Pel-
lapi a. The moment he was brought into it, the Duke
de Praslin was put to bed by his valet, who, at his
request, was permitted to continue a short time with
him, but soon obliged to quit the prison. Yesterday,
and this forenoon, Mdlle. de Luzy, who is still at the
Conciergerie, has been again questioned. She con-
tinues to affirm with energy that her relations with
M. de Praslin have been most pure. It is by mistake
that several journals have represented her to be an
Englishwoman. She was- born at Paris, and the
mune of Luzy, which has been the cause of some
papers giving her a noble Corsican or Italian origin,
would appear not to be her real or at least only name.
de Luzy's real name is Laure Desportes ; she
is 29 years old ; her figure is most elegant and
distingue ; and her magnificent light hair adds to the
sweetness of her features, which are remarkably
beautiful. Her cultivated mind, her character, and
her superiority as a governess, painter, and musician,
had, it is said, yielded her in the Praslin family
quite a confidential position, at the same time that
they had secured the affection of the young persons
whose education she was entrusted with. In her se-
veral examinations she has constantly answered with
great clearness and-proprietass -It appears that she is
not to be removed to the Luxembourg. It is affirmed
that the physicians intrusted with the examination of
the corpse of the unfortunate Duchess de Praslin have
reported near thirty wounds or bruises.
The aspect of Paris has changed, says the Union
Monarchique, in every place, and in every class of
society, this fearful drama is alone talked of.
(From the Naomi of Thursday.)
" What shall we dwell on if it be not on the sub-
ject which occupies the whole capital ? From the
top to bottom of every hone, on the Boulevards, as
in all the other public places, in private drawing-
rooms, as well as in the garret and porter's thdge,
everybody talks (if yesterday's murder. Well, then,
do you know of it ? The husband is arrested !
Who ? The: Duke de Praslin—himself—k Peer of
France—precisely ; he has killed his wife, the reO-
ther of nine children. Is he, indeed, among those
who are accused? Oh, how horrible ! What a
world this is—good heavens ! what a world 1 Such
is the exclamation everywhere, and all are lost in
conjectures i • opinion is prompt in its , inferences ;
justice is bound to slower and more cautious formali-
ties. The press duty, iii presence of so awful an
accusation, also commands a great reserve. It is,
indeed, a most shocking chapter to add to the melan-
choly pages of these times. Nevertheless, the mys-
tery is a strange one ; and the obscurity of the
drama adds to our shuddering. A woman, still
handsome, though no longer young, is found ex-
piring ; her bedroom is but a pool of blood; the
splendour that surrounds her is stained by crime ;
broken china, a subverted table, hangings and
ornaments whereupon bloody fingers have left
their marks, and, amidst the confusion, the vic-
tim, whose neck and breast present huge wounds
—the victim, with her eyes open which see no more,
having but a last breath, already enveloped with the
shadows of death, and expiring, without it being pos- ,
sible to extract from her either a word or a sign.
Yet there remain-visibie -marks of a struggle i the
unhappy woman escaped for a second from the blows
of her murderer, she rushed to the bell-rope, which
her convulsed hand violently shook. It was the last
effort of the poor creature, whose breast was man-
gled and strength gone. Servants hasten to her,
the door is closed ; it must be broken open, as groans
are beard. The servants enter distracted. They
hasten to the husband, who is found up ; he exhibits
great sorrow. It is then suspected that the assassins
have effected their entrance by the garden. Close to
it is being built a house for M. Cibiel, the Deputy,
and a house that is being built is usually a den of
thieves. There it is-that the malefactors must have
concealed themselves, and thence it is that they must
have crept into Madame de Praslin's bedroom; theye
must have surprised her in her sleep, done the deed,
and robbed the apartment. All these suspicions
one after another with the rapidity of lightning.
But
the physicians are sent for; there is nd h
'come
j
victim is dead. The terrified u ges e
up to this scene of desolation.
• the
They at first
have the same opinion as the ste.rvaenvtser,y
search and ransack the apartmett3 ,
g The tliinyg
is in its place, and nothing
mur-
derer must have either brokenisi!wwainndwoiwnd. oorw
glass to make his way in.. The as
arel)an pane
-f
touched, the door had remained closed. The walls
are minutely examined ; every wale
i ortste gs a
ar
rd
ee s
inspected, and no vestiges of damag
tected. Ten hours are spent
ti in
this
convinced
fruitlessth
aetx at
they
nation. The magistrates are then
must look, not outside, but around them. All the
inmates of the mansion, saving the children, are kept
in sight; and, immediately, the rumour spreads about
the town that the husband is accused of the murder,
and ,
and this rumour iasccr!firn?ed by the measures subse-
quently adopted
by .justice. And yet the Duke de
Praslin
is a rich meal he is a Peer ; he bears. sisnanir
eir which his iincestarslave conferred renown ; he is
attached to the royal 'household, as chevalier d'hon-
k oudtbp. w ows& be 48 as 'given Wu nine

children. Alas! the times we live in know of no--
thing that is improbable, and would even say that the '
very rank of the man adds credence to the accusation.
Justice inquires, and is reminded that two or three
years ago, -M. de Praslin, having fallen in love with
the governess of his children, his wife had compelled
him to turn her out. He had followed her. She had
returned to Paris. Police agents repaired to her,
seized her papers. On her return home she was ar-
rested and placed in solitary confinement. Suspicions
then increase against the husband. Stains of blood
have, it is said, been found on his clothes. He is in-
terrogated, and says that having heard a noise in his
wife's bedroom, he hastened to it ; that he found her
wounded and struggling with the assassin. He then
rushed between the victim and the murderer, and, in
his distraction, he had been unable either to cry for
assistance or keep hold of the assassin, who escaped,
he knew not how. He then returned to his room
to'
wash his bloody bands, &c. It is said that a pistol has
been found, and a burnt dressing-gown ; it is
added that the hair tound in the victim's left
hand is in every respect like that of the husband.
Othercircumstances of an aggravating natureare men-
tioned. In short this horrible crime is accounted for
by the blind passion that prompted the man to destroy
his wife, in order to marry another woman. Adultery
in this case, as in many others, has given birth to as-
sassination All these rumours have filled the town
to-day, but they must be received with reserve.
Other reports have also been current which would
confer a very different character on the murder and
its cause. In ail this there may be but vague sup-
positions and even calumnies. '1 he moment justice is
investigating we must wait till it clear up this dread-
ful mystery. If we bestow attention on it to-day it
is really because this horrible mystery seems a new
chapter of the deplorable history we are daily doomed
to Write. One wt uld fancy that the genius of evil
were pleased to multiply these terrible dramas. He
leaves us no rest, and his hand seems to fall with-
out mercy on those even whom he had overwhelmed
with favours."

DIABOLICAL MURDER IN KEN-

TUCKY.

The Louisville Courier contains an account of a
most atrocious and cold-blooded murder. A few
gentlemen, five in all, among whom was Dr. J. F.
Pendergrast, united in establishing a school in the
vicinity of Dr. Pendergrast's residence. In. February
last Mr. W. W. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, was
employed as a teacher; and Dr. Pendergrast having
taken a dislike to him, not only refused to send his
children to the school, but in every way attempted to
injure Mr. Buchanan in the estimation of those whose
confidence he bad won. At length Mr. Buchanan
having submitted to this treatment as long as he
thought suitable, addressed a letter of remon-
strance to the Doctor, and hereupon, as it seems,
the Doctor declared that Mr. Buchanan should never
teach in the school house again. The neighbours of Dr.
Pendergrast were still satisfied with Mr. Buchanan's
teaching, and three of the five owners of the school-
house employed him for another quarter, one of the
three being the husband of Dr. Pendergrast's sister.
On the 14th of June Mr. Buchanan went to one of
the owners of the school-house, who had the key, and
requested him to go over with him and put him in
peaceable possession of the house, in order to guard
against a difficulty with Dr. Pendergrast. This
gentleman, Colonel Montgomery, complied with
the request, and took his daughter with him as a
pupil. Soon after they reached the school-house, in
which some six or seven children were assembled,
while Mr. Buchanan was sitting on the step near the
door, and Colonel Montgomery was sitting inside of the
house near the door, Dr. Pendergrast was seen sally-
ing forth from his dwelling with his three sons and a
negro man, the negro carrying a basket of rocks and
the doctor's double-barrelled gun, and when they
reached the school-house the doctor saluted both Mr.
Buchanan and Colonel Montgomery with the most
offensive and insulting epithets he could muster into
service, and commanded them to leave his house,
accompanying the order by throwing rocks twice
at Mr. Buchanan. Colonel Montgomery mildly
replied to Dr. Pendergrast that he had as much
privilege to be there as he had ; upon which one of
the boys assaulted Colonel Montgomery with a rock,
in which the others joined; and while the colonel was
defending himself from the boys, both the Doctor and
the negro also assailed him. It is supposed that while
the family were on Colonel Montgomery, Mr. Bu-
chanan endeavoured to take some of the assailants off
his friend. All that is positively known is, that Dr.
Pendergrast called his negro to hand him his gun and
he would shoot the Colonel Montgomery had
one of the boys down, and the others on him, and
supposing the threat was for him, he turned his eyes
towards the Doctor, and saw the gun was pointed
beyond him, and, looking in that direction, he saw
Mr. Buchanan fall on his face when the gun was
fired. This stopped the fight, and when Col. Montgo-
mery got to the young man he found him dying—ho
had been pierced with forty shots but a shade less than
buck-shot. These are the uncontroverted statement
of the case. It is not unimportant to mention, that
after Mr. Buchanan was killed, one of the boys went
to the corpse and turned his head over, to show where
he gave him a blow with a rock, and another, after
surveying the dead body, met with the hat of the
murdered man in his path, and furiously kicked it as
far as he could send it. We regret to add to ft:-
horrible recital, that the cowardly murderer was still
at large when the courier wrote. The officers of
justice (?) who were at hand at the time winked at
the murder, and abstained from any attempt to arrest
the miscreant, and when more faithful men were
found, he had disappeared, though a magistrate boasted
that he knew where he was.-Washington Globe.

ARRIVAL OF DISABLED SOLDIERS FROM NEW
ZEALAND.—On Saturday afternoon two detachments of
regiments serving in New South Wales, consisting of
two sergeants and twenty-five rank and file of the 58:h
regiment, and two sergeants and twenty-five rank and
file of the 99th, arrived at the General Hospital, Fort
Pitt, Chatham, under the command of Major Richard
Denny, 58th. The whole of these troops were at the
attack of Heki'ti Pah, which they stated was impre,
nable, being CUM with titinks of trees, to the height
of fifteen to eighteen feet above the surface of the earth,
ai d trebly stockaded, with walls, embankments, and
ditches, and of such magnitude that the Pah formed a
fortress for the protection of a thousand men. Major
Denny commanded the Light Company of the 58th on
that disastrous occasion. These troops embarked at
Sidney on the 16th of last March, and sailed on the
18th, on board the ship Tasmania, Captain W. Black,
512 tons, and arrived off Gravesend after a passage of
four months. Dr. Ford, medical officer, inspected the
troops, and thirteen were ordered into hospital.- The
remainder were conveyed to St. Mary's Barracks, to be
d,ischargyil on..pvasions. The worstdases of the wounded
are B'6ll remaining at Sidber.,
EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF OBSCENE PartzTs.—On
Saturday Davis, an active Custom-house officer, assisted
by several constables of the F division, proceeded to the
streets leading out of the Strand, and made several
seizures at the instance of the Society for the Suppres-
sion of Vice. In one establishment no less than 373 '
prints, with a quantity of• song-books and other articles,
were taken, and in another 173 books of a most abomi-
nable character, together with other articles, were seized
for the purpose of being destroyed. The officers also
visited another well-known shop for the sale of such
articles, from which they took 100 unbound books, with
frontispieces of the most disgusting character, with 243
books of the same description, and other articles. The
society has also preferred bills of indictment against a
man and a woman at the Central Criminal Court, two
others against whom proceedings have been taken hav-
ing escaped, in addition to which an aged man, named
Chepney, is ordered to find bail to answer a charge at
the sessions.

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THE LITTLE WONDER..:—A powerful little vessel.
belonging to the Waterman Steam. packet Company.
running between Westminster-bridge and Gravesend,
performed her homeward trip in the incredible short
period of two hours and twenty minutes—distance up-
wards of thirty-three miles. She landed her passenger.
at Greenwich in one hour and thirty-five minutes
after leaving the Town-pier; Gravesend, - les-siegrb,_e:
hind one -of the fast Star Company's boa
_t_so,u.lreic,_".
started at the same time,- and called at lte
Charlton, Blackwell, and Greenwich distance,
Thiswonderful
in-
cluding stoppages, twenty-five miles.
with one steeple engine of 40-horser
pod is considered '
little craft is very strongly constructed owleirroann,ciispantietend,
paddles, manufactured by IT
Thy es.
yet floated on old FatherT
al
id receives suitable en-
one of the most perfect
400 passengers conveniently,
pieces of wleo;
"'Shame cahiPrrwiehsicahbhoua;
couragetnent.
co—roAneDr
Bill; re:
dt
Hotel,
ol: r
ds it. : t
Leiceter-
ed whilst entering the above hotel on
forty-eight,
i Dri helds
Et Ar
7,
rada
tOtrethyteriniSnraliCiboly:MerGrre
Leicester-
square. rquSuall.r etil"Ds:.:woßtua s:
the
who bodyd of
The
Signore Vincenzo
eeasedeceased
Visconti,gentleman,
iatgaepd.
Friday evening last.
onwthhei
is3tdaitnTstuanritnfohre thiscom cpolauianterdy, ,t
oona
man, travelling with him, of a burning
titeitikoniwr.
peered,
until they reached
fleffeaMsuilraen.
Cologne, when the pain left him. On Wednesday he,
sensation at chest, which continued
with others of his countrymen, arrived in England, and
took up their abode at the Sabloniere Hotel, the de-
ceased appearing in the best of health and spirits. On
Friday evening the deceased dined, between five and
six o'clock, with a party of friends at a house iu the
neighbourhood of Piccadilly, and on his return was
about entering the hotel, when he complained of a mist
being before his eyes, and fell into the arms of one of
his companions a corpse. Mr. Lenten, the surgeon,
who was called in, said that, on a post modem examina-
tion, he found the deceased's heart to be twice its natural
size, and much ossified. The jury returned a verdict
of-1" Natural death from disease of the heart, producing
apoplexy."
pr.2sr vg
A DESIRABLE NEIGHBOUR.—" Mother wants to
know if you won't please to lend her your
kettle, 'cause as how she wants to preserve
would with pleasure, boy, but the truth is. the
it
eoelaesketitm:
we loaned it to your mother she p es
- r since. Well, "
.. you
ally they we have neve seen it sin Glidss, Wass
lieedn''t brsirsy abcirt your aid
a troubled you again, only we sev ci 7u4
full of holes when we borrowed itAand kettle.mbrinotheior wouldn'tghouae
4 tow oue 1".-Cisit ihrodeA