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JULY 13, 1847.

been so four or five years. There were 19 carriages.
This witness spoke to the lights being all correct on the
carriages. The light on the Post-office shows white to
the back alone, to give light to the guard to adjust the
bags. When we got to the bridge the driver blew his
whistle. It was about 30 or 40 yards off the bridge.
Ile shut off the steam too. It was rather sooner than
usual. I saw a white light. I felt a jerk as we passed
the points, but I did not know we were in the siding.
I only knew something was wrong. The whistle was
sounded again. I screwed the breaks down. I did not
see any ono at the points, for I was thrown from the
break by the jerk for an instant. I recovered myself di-
rectly, and in a few seconds the collision took place, and
I was knocked down.

Cross-examined—There are two breaks. There might
be more, of course, and then the train might have been
stopped sooner. There was a continuous whistle. There
are two points, but I do not know that there are three on
the side.

Mr. F. Smith—l am inspector of police from Rhode
to Wolverton, 15 miles. Fossey joined December 13,
1846. He had been placed on probation for a fortnight,
under another constable, at the Blue-bridge. He had
been left to himself since January. A white buffer-
light denotes a passenger train. It is then his duty to
signal green to the station, when that is answered by a
green hand-light. He is aware then that the station is
clear, and he shows a white light to the train. If any-
thing is in the way, they answer him with red, and he
ought to show red to the train, and it would stop.
A white light coming can be seen three-quarters of a
mile from that station. If a luggage-train arrives he
shows no light to the station, but a green one to the
train, after which he shows the green hand-light to the
train, and goes down to the points. If a passenger
train, he has no business to leave the signal—he would
show his white hand-light to the train. When the ac-
cident happened I was at home. I went to the station
and ran up the cutting to the bridge to stop the York
mail. I found it had stopped. I looked for Fossey,
who had been sent back to stop any train which might
be coming. I found him at the rear of the train, and
said, "Good God, Fossey! what could have made you
tarn the train into the siding?" He made no answer at
first, and I thought he was drunk. I turned my light
on his face, and found he was sober. He then said, " I
dun't know; my watch deceived me; she's 12 minutes
before the mail." I took his watch, and on examination
it turned out to be four minutes slow. I took him into
custody. He said, " Very well, sir. Are there any
lives lost?" I said, " I don't know." He answered, "If
there are not, you may transport ma at once. Send me
out of the country; that's just what I want." I asked
him if ho had shown the red light to the guard, as he
passed? He said "No; that the lights had deceived
him." He thought it had been the goods train.
Cross-examined—l hare seen the Post-office light; it
may be seen for 200 yards. I have been 18 months on
this railway.
Joseph Hudson—l am a policeman at Wolverton.
My duty is to ring a bell when a train is signalled by a
green light. I answer the signal first by waving my
white light, to show that the way is clear. If it is not
I show a red light. I saw a green light shown by
Fossey that night, and rang the bell at once, without
waiting for the signal to me from the other man. He
was then engaged in moving an engine, and could not
convey the signal to me, so I took the signal from Fossey
direct, and rang my bell to prepare the station.
Cross-examined—The prisoner bad charge of two
signals. and ought to have kept up his green light till it
was answered. If they don't answer, he ought to show
a green light to the train.
Re-examined—Duncan is the man at the signal-station
near the station. He is not here to-day. He was
engaged in moving an engine at another point under his
care.

James E. M'Connell—l am superintendent of the lo-
comotive department. The points are worked by a
handle attached to a weight, which keeps the points
open. When the handle is pressed the weight is raised,
and the points close on the main rails and direct the
train. This machinery may get out of order by accident,
but it is most improbable that such was the case here.
By the JUDGE—On the Great Western the sidings
are entered on a different principle. The train must
stop and then go back. It is a balance of evils, and
ours is considered by many to be the safer of the two
principles.
Mr. Parker—l examined the carriages after the acci-
dent. The fourth carriage had mounted the third and
lifted the top off. The fore wheels were off and the hind
wheels on the rails. The fourth carriage had carried
all the passengers to the end of the fifth carriage.
There were ten altogether, and seven were dead. The
bodies were jambed in under the axle.

Thomas Ogden—l saw Fostey give the signal. lie
seemed to do it coolly and properly.
Cross-examined—l afterwards saw him with his red
light on the line, to warn the next lines. The last train
was composed of empty cattle trucks. They stopped in
the siding. Fossey turned them in, and I turned them
off at the middle point after they had watered.
Reexamined—l did not expect a goods train then,
and it was not my duty to hold a middle point there, but
on the opposite side, whero I gave a signal to the driver.
Alfred Blott—l am a station• master at Wolverton. I
saw the York train pass the points safely after the acci-
dent. They were all right then.
William Clifton identified the body of John Lambert
Clifton.at the station on the 7th of June.
Mr. Gent—l am a surgeon at Stoney Stratford, and
was also a passenger by this train in the first second-
class carriage. I heard the whistle, and felt the jerk on
passing the points. Next came the collision, which
threw me forward on my face. After the ccllision I got
out, and saw the dead bodies. Among them was that of
John Lambert Clifton. I saw Mr. Clifton recognise one
of the bodies as that of his son. The death was caused
by suffocation by congestion of the lungs. The breast-
bone was fractured and the ribs, which caused his death,
and those injuries arose from the collision.
This being the case for the prosecution.
Mr. PRENDERGAST addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner. lie said, the question for them was, whether
this lamentable accident had originated in the careless-
ness of the prisoner. Now, the superintendent had
given him a character for good conduct; he was sober
and at his post at the time, so that he was clearly not
neglecting his duty, which had been fully explained by
the witnesses for the prosecution. When the signal was
made by him he did his duty; and his account of the
matter was, that that signal was not announced properly.
No doubt he was perplexed at the absence of an answer,
and having very little time to go back to the up signal
before the train came past, he might easily have mistaken

it for a goods train, which might be knot;in by the purple
lights at the tail. Now it was proved that this train
carried an extra light for the Post-office carriage, which
was painted crimson. It had once occurred that a goods
train came in with a white light; so that being possible
again, in human arrangements it might well be conceived
that the prisoner should come to the conclusion that he
had mistaken the character of the train, and that it was
his duty to open the siding. This he accordingly did,
and as he must have held the points open while the train
passed, he must have become aware of his mistake. Had
he taken fright at that] moment and released the handle,
it is impossible to conceive what consequences would
have followed. He, however, held on, and showed won-
derful presence of mind in so doing, and it would be for
the jury to say whether on the whole the prisoner had
done more than make a mistake, to which all men are
liable—and as he had been shown to have conducted him-
self carefully and considerately before the accident, he
(Mr. Prendergast) felt sure that the jury would take
that circumstance into their consideration, and acquit
him of any carelessness in the discharge of his duty on
this unfortunate occasion.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON then briefly summed up the
whole evidence as explaining the duty of the man sta-
tioned at the Blue-bridge, and the particular line of con-
duct adopted by the prisoner. The result of this was,
that, there being three courses to pursue, the prisoner
had not correctly followed either the one or the other;
and the main question for the jury was, whether the pri-
soner, who must be taken to have turned the mail train
into the siding, had done so in neglect of his duty. Jf
without reasonable, proper, and ordinary care the pri-
soner had committed such a breach of his plain duty, as
had been proved, he was liable to this charge. If by care-
lessness he mistook the mail train for a goods train, and
by carelessness diverted it into the siding where it ought
not to go, the jury ought to find him guilty; but if they
had any reasonable doubt whether he turned the train
into the siding, or mistook the train with any reasonable
and fair excuse for so doing, then he was entitled to an
acquittal.
The jury having deliberated for a short time returned
this verdict:—" We find the prisoner Guilty, but we
blame the company for not keeping two men at the
posts."
The Learned JUDGE then proceeded to pass sentence
on the prisoner, who, he said, had been most properly
convicted by the jury of carelessness in the discharge of
his duty. He ought to have waited for an answer to his
signal, and to have exercised more caution and eare in
distinguishing between a goods train and one carrying
passengers. It might be that he had too much to attend
to ; but still he ought, therefore, to exercise the more
caution and care before taking so decided a step as to
turn a train which he had signaled as a mail train into
the siding. If he had too much to do, it was his duty t
himself, and the public too, to decline the duty
himself,
e;
but if a man accepted such a place, he oughtntcoe bof
doubly careful, diligent, and attentive. The abse
those qualities had here been marked by the most pain-
ful loss of life. Seven people had been killed from this
simple neglect of duty ; and though the prisoner had
borne an excellent character, he (Mr. B
ver Alderson)dict on this
thought it incumbent on him to visit the
occasion with a heavy sentence, in order that people in
his situation might be informed that neglect of. duty
which led to loss of life would be most se l
ver y punished.
This was necessary for the protection of the public,
and the sentence upon the prisoner, therefore, was, that
be should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two
years.
With this case terminated the Buck Assizes.
The court was most excessively hot and crowded during
the trial of this case, which was watched throughout by
many officials connected with this railway.

Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday 14 his Officiga residence
in Doyningitreet,

PRICE SD.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
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BANISHMENT.
The undermentioned were sentenced to be trans-
ported for

Seven Years-I'.:lizabeth Williams, aged 20 ; Jesse
Butcher, 24 ;' Matilda Martin, 28; J. Goltfort Bramer,
19 ; G. Pearce, 20 ; A. Rowley, 1G ; J. Braham, 22 ;
George Williams, alias Benjamin Jones, 18; James
Williams, 24; W. Lickford, 17; T. Timothy Davis, 32;
J. Willet, 28; James Arter, 21; J. R. Clark, 23; W.
Cousen, 18; Josiah Melsted, 19; Henry Wilson, 19;
P. Ward, 13; Charles Hewitt, 17; Henry Ward, 16 ;
Abraham Thaxter, 30; William Ringrose, 34; Richard
Brandon, 40; W. Sims, 14; J. White, 19; J. Duffield,
42; J. Cutbush, 18. _ _

Ten Years—Edward Lovell, 22; U. Bradbury, 18;
H. Williams, 19; Edward Fox (for threats and extor-
tion), 2-1.

IMPRISONMENT, &C.

The under-named were ordered to be kept to hard
labour in the Houses of Correction for the city and
counties wherein their offences were alleged to have
been committed, for the following periods, viz..—
Eighteen Months—Margaret Mahony, J. Redknapp,
James Smith, J. Brown.
Twelve Months—Sarah Bevan, Ann Davis, Elizabeth
Harris, T. Coleman, W. Smith, Cousens, W. Watts,
T. Finch.
Nine Months—J. Lingford, Thomas Whiteley, E.
Smith, E. Bird, T. Oyer, George Johnson.
Six Months—Elizabeth Welsh, Mary Ann Taylor,
Mary Ann Mails, Mary Ann Hornsby, Philip Bradley,
Moses Nathan, Samuel Johnson, Henry Smith, R. Vine,
George Smith (22), J. Andrews, Henry Healey, Wm,
Hooker, J. Cook, G. Parker.
Four Months—J. Errington, M. Meyer, Elizabeth
Long, Sarah Ward, Sarah Wood, Thomas Beasley, G.
Johnson, W. Trulett, Thomas Tymane, C. W. M‘Guire,
John Jones, T. Jones, J. Nash, J. Row.
Three Months—Mary Tucker, Ellen Driscoll, Emma
Evans, Isaac Newton, John Bunnage, J. Benwell, W.
Pawsey, Richard Stevens, John Johnson, Henry Tyrell,
Charles Harris, W. Jackson, R. Tilleford, W. Rowley,
Samuel Moseley, R. Marshall, G. Burnard, Charles
Bradley, E. Evans, T. Jones, J. Cook, W. Hays, A.
Beach, J. Smith, A. Petts.
Two Months—J. Grouer, J. Brew, A. Jordan alias
Gordon, John Smith (22).
Acquittals—The following prisoners were declared
" Not Guilty" by the petit jury and discharged forth-
with, viz.:—

Ellender Wren, Christopher Wren, Johanna Sullivan,
Mary Rose, William Henry Skeates, S. Prichard, J.
Roberts, J. Harrison, J. Hodgson, W. Trude, James
Bruce, J. White, Henry Wyatt, James Clayton alias
Hardy, Emma Smith, Mary Kervin, Susan Fairburn,
Ann Smith, Mary Ann Williams' John Holmes, Henry
W. Andrews, Edward Johnson, Charles Martin, Moses
Robinson, John Dalmaine, Alexander Thompson,
Charles Pollard, J. Christian, B. Drew, S. Cloud, H.
Evans, J. Weekes, Henry Gratz.
Acquitted, being insane, and detained—Mary Ann
Williams, fined 51 to the Queen; J. Balsham.
Minor adjudications and results—Convicted and judg-
ment respited, 5; remanded to next session, 5; called
on recognizance, 4; surrendered for trial, 6; pleaded
guilty, 29. London prisoners, 29; Middlesex ditto,
112; Kent and Essex, 21; Surrey, 22—total, 184.
The court adjourned to Wednesday, the 7th of
August next.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
RICHAI ON D.

Thomas E. Ravenshaw and Edward C. Ravenshaw,
brothers, residing at Suffield-house, Richmond, and de-
scribed on the charge sheet as gentlemen, were brought
before Sir J. Baker, Bart., Sir Thomas Reeve, Knight,
and Mr. E. Penryn, to answer the following serious
charges :
Daniel Hunt, a police-constable, of the V division,
stated that a quarter before one o'clock that morning he
was on duty on Richmond-hill, when he saw two gen-
tlemen coming; one of them whom he bad since ascer-
tained to be the defendant Thomas Ravensham, climbed
up a lamp post, broke the glass with his fist, and extin-
guished the light. He followed them to the next lamp
post, when the other defendant, Edward Ravenshaw, got
up that, and extinguished its light also. He then took
them both into custody. He secured the defendant
Thomas, but his brother got away. On the way to the
station witness met with Sergeant Edwards, who as-
sisted him in conveying the defendant Thomas to the
station. He was very violent all the way. His brother
Edward met them in Church-lane, and witness took him
again into custody. He went very quietly. Defendant
Thomas struck witness after he had got into the station,
and drew from his pocket a large Spanish clasp knife,
which he brandished about, and swore that he would
run into any policeman that came near him. Witness
and the other policeman had great difficulty in disarm-
ing the defendant of this murderous weapon, the blade
of which was more than six inches in length, and when
opened fixed with a spring.
Sergeant Edwards stated that hearing a noise on
Richmond-hill he went up and found the defendant
Thomas struggling with the last witness. Recognizing
the defendant, he begged him to go quietly, but he
said he would not for all the police in Richmond.
At the bottom of the hill he became exceedingly violent,
and they fell down together. He then said, "If he could
get at his knife he would rip his out, there
was not such a set of in the world as the police of
Richmond." Defendant went on pretty quietly till he
got to Long-lane, a narrow passage with two high walls,
when he tried to knock his head against the wall, say-
ing, " I'll knock your brains out against the wall."
They struggled and fell several times, thence through
Church-passage and George-street, to the station. The
defendant resisted violently, and witness was so ex-
hausted by being repeatedly thrown that he could hardly
drag the defendant into the station. The defendant was
not drunk, but he had been drinking. He saw the de-
fendant brandish the knife in the station-house, and
assisted in taking it from him.
Police-constable Fullbrook, 235 V, proved that the
defendant Thomas Ravenshaw, when in the station-
house deliberately jumped up from his seat, and struck
him a tremendous blow on the eye.
George Smith, an inspector of lamps, proved that four
lamps were broken that night.
Mr. PENRYN, the chairman, said there were no less
than three offences against the defendants—viz., break-
ing the street lamps, extinguishing the lights, and as-
saulting the police. With respect to the last charge, that
affected the defendant, Thomas Ravenshaw, only, and
he must say, that he had never had to adjudicate upon
a more ruffianly and violent outrage. had it not been
that Dr. Julius had declared that he was not master of
his own actions when excited, by reason of an affection
of the heart, he should have sent him for trial; as it was,
he would pay 51. for the assault. 21. for extinguishing the
lamp, and 17s. 6d. damages and costs. The other de-
fendant would pay 21. for extinguishing the light, and
7s. 6d. costs.—The fines were paid.

THE FATAL 'DUEL AT CAMDEN.
TOWN FOUR YEARS AGO.
SURRENDER OF LIEUTENANT MUNRO.
Yesterday, at about eleven o'clock, while Mr. Long,
the sitting magistrate at Marlborough Police-court, was
engaged in the disposal of some charges of trifling im-
portance, a person of military appearance entered the
court, accompanied by another gentleman. He stated
that he was Lieutenant Munro, and that he had come to
surrender himself, in order that he might take his trial
for the unfortunate duel in which Lieutenant-Colonel
Fawcett fell.
It will be fresh in the recollection of the public, that
the duel which resulted so fatally took place four years
ago in a field adjacent to the Brecknock Arms, Camden-
town, when Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett, owing to a
wound which he received, lingered for a short time and
then died. An inquest was held by Mr. Wakley upon
the body, and after two or three adjournments, the jury
returned a verdict of " wilful murder" against Lieut.
Munro, as the principal, and against three other gen-
tlemen as accessories ; the latter ultimately gave
themselves up, and after being tried at the Central
Criminal Court were acquitted. Lieutenant Munro
absconded, and a warrant for
.his apprehension was at
one period in the hands of Hooker, a warrant officer of
this court.
said he
.would
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endeavour to ascertain, if possible, whose liana
warrant remained. He retired, and in
the course of an
hour returned, having been unable to obtain the neces-
sary information.
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1843."
Lieutenant Munro having affixed his signature to the
above admission, was conveyed, accompanied- by the
I usher, in a cab to Newgate.
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CAUTION TO SMOKERS.—On Wednesday last, a
serious accident arising from the very reprehensible
practice of smoking in sheds and barns, occurred near
Rugby. It appears that three young gentlemen, while
walking through a field belonging to Mr. R. Clarke,
farmer and maltster, adjoining the Bilton-road, went
into a shed to enjoy a cigar, when a spark set fire to
some loose straw, which rapidly communicated with the
I shed, and the whole was soon in flames. Upon.
prompti-
tude,theala
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John
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time was at the scene of conflagration, and
assistance thus rendered, a cow-house
some hay, straw, and stubble ricks,
shed was burnt down, and a wa_ggorun,,ernon i
harrow, and other agricultural implements,
de-
stroyed. A calf, a sow, and a
in the shed at the time, but the pigs
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(From the Manchester Guardian.)
pAriorb. a bl
ir
urc,aasdaerisveaniltlo y remember that a puree
dinnerOi Cobden, at Leghorn, on tay
12th of May ; but no report of th speech delivered lan
him has yet appeared in any journal. We have •Pjeg
favoured with a copy of a pamphlet, published at
n,
horn, which contain reports of the speches made o:
occasion of the banquet in question, in the Cas ini "leal
Ardenza ; and from it we take Mr. Cobden's adds'
,"
which was delivered in French, although he left tie
notes of what he had said written in English.
" Gentlemen—l sincerely regret that I cannot conAall,
to you in my own language the expression of my thiennt
for this hospitable reception. I wish I could utter &Is
the gratitude I feel towards the president, in Aug
first place, for the too favourable terms in which he beg
proposed the toast of my health, and ti'.
all for the cordial manner in which it has been- re.
ceived. If I were better acquainted with Frenchea_e_
would be appropriate to address you in a language wb
seeres destined to become the medium of comenunicaeN!'
throughout the civilised world, for I am speaking to as. al!
tives of almost every nation in Europe. This meeting
seems to realise, on a small scale, my ideas of aim
stilt of free trade—fcr here are indiridaals from allawr
all collieries, assembled round one table partakinia':art
friendship of the bounties of neaure ; and alt I desire. as
• le fauedr
to see the same amicable feeling pervade the vi
of mankind. I never feel inure pleasure, or Onel rsPa
self more at home, than when in the middle of re COW•
.
pany of merchants, adorned like the present, by Lan "
science. I was bred a man of business myself. Lt, m.
my public career, I have possessed some small aptitala9
for those questions of a p
in a ractical kind Are
now the order of the day in En land .f.speeches'
I have relied more o ~
n facts than oeclamation; more ou
figures of arithmetic than on fi
of speecb--1. gures hate it to my having begun my life in a cetentinga
house. If our league against the corn-laws watts car-
ried on with perseverance and with
confidence and good faith were presesivestdeml;elte implicit
the
subscribers of the vast fund which was expendede itt
our agitation, I attribute it very much to the fact
that the prominent members of the league were all
men of business, who carried the order and industry of
euerchants and manufacturers into the management of a
public contest;—for the league was, I believe, the first
political movement in English history which was not
led by aristocratic chiefs. But I feel especial gratifica-
tion in meeting the merchants of Leghorn, because
your city affords the best possible illustration of the
advantages of the principle which I advocate. Two
centuries and a half ago, the ground on which Leghorn
is built was, I believe, pronounced an uninhabitable
swamp. The sovereign of this country resolved to
apply a charm which should render this spot healthful
and popnloue ;—he gave it liberty—not only of commerce.
but of conscience. Ho bestowed free trade and a perfect
religious tolerance upon Leghorn, and this, too, at s
time when the fires of the Inquisition were still burning
its some neighbouring countries. The result is before
us in the splendid city whose commerce extends to
every part of the globe. But the present time
affords striking arguments in favour of our principles
everywhere. In the middle of the scarcity which afflicts
so to nations, what is the universal remedy resorted
to by aoveraments ? Free trade. If, in the crisis of
a malady, our medicine is found to be the only remedy,
why not resort to a dose before the disease has reached
its height ? See, with what marvellous force the
prmcip • • le of liberty operates for the salvation of nations
threatened with famine No sooner is the trade is
corn declared free, than ships are seen exploring every
port, however remote, to brin't.¢ food to the starring Irish,
and other nations of Europe. I have heard of a thou-
sand ships, of every flag, passing into the Black Sea
in four days. What power on earth but that of
liberated commerce could undertake tti‘e task of finding
food for millions of people ? Governm,,nts have ac-
knowledged their powerlessness—charity shrunk aghast
k from the task. But free trade has accomplished that
hich statesmen and philanthropists despaired t accom-
pr.'sh. The energies which commerce puts forth
for the benefit of humanity are not suffieli nay appre-
ciated by society. It is the fashion to regard it only
as the pursuit of private gain. We are told that the
merchant who is occupied solely in buying in the cheapest
market and selling in the dearest, is consulting an ex-
clusive and selfish interest. What is the meaning of
buying cheap and selling dear ? The merchant goes to
a place where an article is cheap, because it is abundant,
and he carries it to another where it i 3 dear, because it
is scarce; he is thus engaged in Jistributing equally
to all men the bounties of the Creator. True, it may be
profitable to him to do so. But what does this
prove. but that Providence has wisely made it con-
sistent with our interest to carry out the rerposes of
nature, and that we consult our own Welfare by con-
sulting the interests of humanity? Gentlemen, can-
not take my departure from the soil of Tuscany without
expressing the gratification I have experienced in Isla I
have seen, and in the men I have known, since I have
been in this country, so famous for its contributions to
the arts, sciences, and literature. I may add, how much
I have been delighted and surprised to find so great a
sympathy, not only in Tuscany, but throughout Italy,
for the refo:lns which we have accomplished in Eng-
land. I have .`leard the eloquent allusions made by the
president to the present awakening of public opinion in
this peninsula. It not within my province to allude
more particularly to your domestic concerns. I have
made it a rule to abstain from all such allusions
everywhere I have a strong conviction that foreigners
cannot with advantage mix themselves up with the
concerns of other countries. I should wish to
see every nation left to manage its own affairs.
There has been a great deal too much of foreign inter-
ference in many countries. I do not allude to uuy
Government in particular, nor do I except my own,
for I think that England has interfered abroad more
than has been advantageous to herself or other nations.
There is an excellent proverb, which says, A fool
knows more of what is passing in • his own house,
than the wise man does of that which passes in the
house of his neighbour.' In my opinion, the only duty
which an independent community owes to the rest
of the world is to set a rood example. But whilst I say
this, I may be allowed to add that I shall always feel the
strongest sympathy in all that concerns the prosperity
of Italy ; and what I have seen convinces me that the
country which has twice given the impress of its civilis-
ation to the world, contains within itself the means of its
own renovation. Let me, in conclusion, ask to be al-
lowed to propose a toast to the health of the worthy
descendant of Peter Leopold, the present Grand Duke
Leopold 11.

REFORM DINNER IN PARIS.
The National says, " 1,200 electors of Paris assembled
yesterday (Friday) afternoon, at the Château Rouge, to
make a remarkable demonstration in favour of electoral
reform. The spectacle was magnificent. The most
perfect order did not prevent the expression of the
warmest sentiments. We confine ourselves, at present,
to a description of the general impression. It was most
excellent.
_ _

" The assembly was constituted after the model of the
central committee of electors, which organized and
directed it with as much zeal as intelligence. The great
majority of the Opposition deputies figured there beside
the representatives of the Paris press and of that of the
departments. The Marseillaise hymn was executed
by a full band, and was loudly applauded. We
shall after to-morrow give a detailed account
of the orators and their speeches. They were all
applauded by an assembly animated by a patriotic fire
such as will ever animate any meeting invoked in recol-
lection of the principles of the French revolution. M.
Lasteyrie, the elder, a veteran of 'B9, and ever consistent
rlceolunf rohtu o'clock,unana nd dsree nPd
afters ea.
agt
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France."
a,
ot assembly
et
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in,seupsatratroed.
in his principles, presided. The vice•presidents were
ItowardsM.E lßeve
du,ce ap ,
this dinnotp
were issued," says our private letter, " and only sixty of
that number remaiaed unpresented. The tickets were
strictly personal; no transfer was allowed. The most
1 rigid scrutiny was exercised to prevent the intrusion of
any but the person named on each ticket. The police
were consequently unrepresented at the banquet. The
doors were opened at five, but dinner was not served
till eight o'clock. A band of sixty musicians were in
attendance, which when the company sat down to table
struck up the Marseillaise to the derangement of many
whose enthusiasm suppressed their appetite.
" Out of doors the first notes of the hymn put an end
thousand
dh
1:
nt hesit
to the decorous silence of the 3,000 men who surrounded,
the chateau. I say with surprise their silence, for al-
thoughhaeridthalottla
stewards to have, as usual
request of the
Guards " publi
entertainments, a few Municipal present to pre.
they amountedirtoretshisattibnluem. number,
serve order was not complied with, the utmost decorum
was observed by that immense crowd. 4, j
..ahowever,
Marseil-
laise" was,
within and the three thousand without took up the strains,
and chaunted it with all their force.
~ This for once was not h
per aps to be regretted,
too fatiguing for enthusiastic
patriots; but when you.
learn that it was repeated after every one of the seven
teats drunk, and that the Marseillaise comprises seven
stanzas, you will admire th
lungs of those who added one cheer more to that e constancy and the power or
for-
midable repetition."
The Commerce states that the
following
toasts wet'ek
given at the electoral reform
„ banquet at the Chateau.
Rouge on Friday :
M. de L t ..The national Sovereignty," by
as eyrie ; " The Revolution of July," by
MM. Recurt and Odilo n B arrot ; " Electoral and
P • arhamentary Reform," by MM. Pag erre and.
Duvergier de H " The city -11"
auranne ; he of Parts, by 3111°
' Serrard and Marie ; "The improvement of the eon-.
dition of the Labouring Classes," by MM. Grizier and
Gustave de Beaumont ; " The Press," by MM. Riglet
Chambolle and F. Degeorge ; " The Deputies of the
Opposition," by MM. Hamelin and Leon de Malleville.
M. Armand Marrast, the editor of the National,
_wati
likewise to have spoken, but be was compelled''
by sudd
in
indisposition to withdraw before the conclusion of the
banquet.
The whole affair terminated at a quarter past eleven
o'clock, without the occurrence of the slightest disorder.

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London.

EISOILMOI;S GROWTH OF POTATOES.—Mr. Smiths
the gardener at Brodsworth Hall, took up one potato-
root, the other day, which had the extraordinary num•
ber of one hundred and eighteen full-grown potatoes
attached. We are happy to learn that the sample Yr*.
I Qutiroly free frm dingoe.-.Doncaster Chronicle.

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TraS 1417ENZiG (Tuesday), July 13, will be :performed Bellini'S
Nepere.
LA SONNAMBUL A,
mina, Xdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Madame".,lolari ; Count Rodolph
glamor F. Lablache ; and Elvin°, Signor Gardoni.
To g,onslude with the highly-successful new Ballet Divertissement
IC. Perrot, the music, by Signor Bajetti, of the Imperial theatre
.14 ficwa, Milxn, entitled
LES ELEMENS.
Tlva Earth (personified by) Mdlles. Caasan, James, Honors, Thevenot ;
lho Fire. Mdlle, Carlotta Grist ; the Water, Mdlle. Rosati; the Air,
Cerito.
The Free List is suspended, tkis Public Press excepted.
Pit Tickets may be obtained, II usual, at the Office of the Theatre,
price 10s. Gel. each.

Applieat}ons for box oft, pit stalls, and tickets, to be made at the
Box-office., at the theatre.

The I•..l,obillty, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed
that a. fiRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY
F.Y: T, July 15, on which oecasion Mdlle. Jenny
one, ot her favourite characters. Lind will appear in
conclude with various Entertainments in the BALLET DE-
P 4 RT3LENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi,
Ardlle. Rosati, Mdlle. Cerito, M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon.
The new opera I MASNADIERE, composed expressly for Her
11(408tY's Theatre by Sig. Verdi, is in active rehearsal, and will be
Proe.need forthwith.
•

ROTA.L ITALLIN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.
EVENING, Tuesday, July the 13th, will be repeated
Vrinizettra grand opera if

ANNA BOLENA.
Anna Bolena, Madame Grisi ; Lady Seymour, Mdlle. Corbari
Mdlle. Alboni ; Percy, Signor Mario ; Lord Rochfort, Sig.
; Hervey, Signor Tulli ; Henry the Eighth, Signor
rimbnrini.
To conclude with the popular Ballet, in one act, of
LA PERI.
The part of the Peri by Mdlle. Plunkett, supported by Ildlles.
Baderna, Bertin, Delechaux, Duval, 31. Gontie, &c.
The Subscribers are respectfully informed that Mdlle. Steffanoni
Will make her second appearance in the opera of " Ernani," on Tues-
daY, July 20.
Mozart's opera "Le Nozzs di Figaro " is in aetive preparation.
r,ckets, Stalls, and Boxes, at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201,
'gent-street; and at the Box-office. Bow-street
The Doors will be opened at Eight, and the performance COM-
ranee at Half-past Eight o'clock.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT•GARDEN.
The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, are respectfully informed
that a GR A.ND EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY
gifXT, July 15, on which occasion will be performed Donizetti's
era Seri&

Luerezia, Made. Grisi ;
LUCREZIA BORGIA.
Mario G • Orsini, Mdlle. Alboni ; Gennaro, Signor
azella, Sig. 3larini; Don Alfonso, Sig. Tamburini ; Gubetta,
Nig% Tagliafico.
To be followed by a Scene from Donizetti's opera of BETLY, per-
ibilmeci by Mdlle. Alboni.
To conclude with the popular ballet, in one act, of
LA PERI.
La Peri by 31dile. Plunkett, supported by Mdlles. Baderna, Bertin,
Delechaux, Duval, M. Gentle, &c.
The Subscribers are respectfully informed that Mdlle. Steffanoni
will make her second appearance in the opera of "Ernani," on Tues-
4sy, July 20-
Mozart's opera " Le !•.Tonze di Figaro" is in active preparation.
TiZkets, Stela, and Boxes, t 5 be obtained at the Box-office in
the Theatre, Bow-street ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s,
201, Regent-street.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING
(For the Benelt of Mr. F. Webster, Stage Director.)

Will he presented THE PROVOKED HUSBAND. Lord Townly,
Mr. Stuart ; Sir Francis Wronghead, Mr. Farren, John Moody, Mr.
Webster; Lady ToWilly, Miss Susan Cushman; Lady Wronghead,
Mrs. Glover ; Miss Jenny, Miss Julia Bennett.
After whish Mr. John Parry will sing his new song " The London
Season." . .

To be followed by the farce of BINKS THE BAGMAN. Binks,
Mr. Wright: Jack Robinson ; Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mrs. Crimmins,
Mrs. F. Matthews.
To conclude with the new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE.
Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone ;
Lady Sornerford, Miss Fortescue.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madams Celeste.
THIS EVENING
Will be produced a new and original comedy in three acts, called
THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal charactela by Messrs. Lambert,
Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, C. J. Smith,
Worrell ; Mrs. Yates. Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E.
Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, &c.
After which a new and original burletta, in one act, by Charles
Selby, Esq., called OCT ON THE SLY ; or, A Fete at Rosherville.
To concise with the new Petite Comedy, entitled,
ILYLNG COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans-
song!, Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Helen de Montereau,
Madame Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin.

,THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
(Summer Season—Lyceum Company.)
THIS EVENING

Will be performed a drama, called THE EMI'S WORD
To be followed by IS HE JEALOUS.
To be followed by the new BRAND BALLET, In which the
Vanish Dancers will appear.
After whieb, a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled MAR-
GUERITE'S COLOURS. Principal characters by Messrs. Emery,
Wigan, Vining, and Johnston; Mesdames Dickenson, Villars, Arden,
and Griffiths.
To conclude with ANGELS AND LUCIFERS.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING.
Will be produced a new drama (with music by Loder) entitled
ILTING FOR A. KISS. The characters by Madame Vestris, Miss
W=ma Stanley. Mr. J. Webster, Mr. Granby, and Mr. Compton.
To be followed by USED CP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. C.
Mathews.
After which the new farce, entitled A SOVEREIGN REMEDY.
Captain Pendragon, Mr. Ryder ; Mr. Bottleby, Mr. Granby ;
Qaackit, Mr. C. Mathews; Alfred, Mr. J. Webster; Mrs. Bottleby,
Mrs. Fosbroke ; Mary, Miss Marshall.
To conclude with a comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE!"
Colonel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. James
Vining Matilda, Miss Cooper.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell.
TO-MORROW EVENING
Will be presented LES DEMOISELLE A MARIER on, La
Premiere Entrsvue. M. Dnmenil, M. Dorgebret ; Camille, Mdlle.
Dnverger.
After which Racine's tragedy of BRIT.LVNICUS. Agrippine,
Bfdlls Rachel.
Reserved seats, Dress Boxes, 7s. 6d.; Pit, 55.; Amphitheatre, ss. ;
Gallery, 3s.
The performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre-
Sons and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library,
23, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre, daily, from
: I till 5.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty.
alder the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert. and the
Royal FAmily.
THIS EVENING
Will be presented a gorgeous Peruvian Drama, to illustrate the
iistoricul events of the Spaniards' conquest of Peru, arranged from
the original text of Bringley Sheridan's play of " Pizarro," entitled
THE STORMING OF QUITO ; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla,
"fr. W. Wept.
The 'extraordinary equestrian performances of La Petite Davidson
and the New Scenes of the Circle, with the whole of the Entertain-
rnts, hiving been attended with the most complete success, will be
repeated every evening.

First appearance of Professor Jameison and Son, in their peculiar
eXercises.

To conclude with the SEIGE OF MONTGATZ.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee.
THIS EVENING
_ .

.
Will be performed Ballot's Opera of LA SONNA3IBULA ; or,
The Village Phantom. Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler ; Elvino, Mr. Mari.
inn ; Alessi°, Mr. Horncastle ; Amina, Miss Ratnforth ; Lisa, Miss
a. Isaacs ; Teresa, Mrs. Daly ; Annette, Miss Vaughan.
After which Ditxlin's comedietta of THE QUAKER. Steady,
Mr. Leffler; Lubin, Mr. liorncastle ; Gillian, Miss Isaacs.
to conclude with RICHARD THE THIRD. Duke of Gloster,
Mr. J. R. Scott.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
Will be rm a and historical drama, WALTER
TYRRELL,perfo THEed SAXOgrN AVENGER ; or, The Lifeentitled and Death of
King William 11. William 11., Mr. Dale; Walter Tyrrell, Mr.
nicks ; Edltha, Miss Vincent.
After which THE 511IP-EOY; or, The White Slave of Ganda-
loupe. Julien (the Shlp-boy), Miss Vincent.
To co elude with THE PALACE or GENEVA; or, The Spirit
a the Vllt.
' Boxes, is.; Half Price, 641. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Re.ougagement of M. Jtillien for Ten .Nighta more.
THIS DAY,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday,
July 13th, 1 ith,lsth,l6th.
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Daylight View of Gibraltar—Splendid 3fenagerie—Promenade
Concert by Jullien's band of One Hundred performers, two of whom
Will perform a solo each evening ; Conductor, M. Jullien ; Leader,
Ur. Godfrey. All the attractions of the gardens will be added, con-
cluding with the grand Pyrotechnie Display of the Siege of Gibraltar.
Feeding the Animals at Five; Concert, Quarter-past Six; Fire-
Works, Quarter-past .Nine.—No extra charge.
The Celebrated HARMONIC ROCK BAND will perform previous
4° And between the parts of the Concert.
AcLniseion to the whole, One Shilling.

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trzusroxitrza, Lowest, 61; Highest. 84 ; Noon, 80,
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