The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1560.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

to manslaughter, and among these circumstances it
has been laid down that if a man find his wife in
adultery, or have such reasonable cause as to lead
him to believe she is guilty of adultery, and imme-
diately kill the paramour, it is manslaughter. This
being the law it is for you to say if the c;reum-
stances justify you in finding the prisoner guilty of
manslaughter. His lordship then read over the evi-
dence.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Dunttaat, Dec. 8.
(Before Mr. i'ustice Keating.)
Milner Lockey was indicted for the wilful murder
of Thos. Harrison, on the 29th of September last.
Mr. Blackwell and Mr. Shield prosecuted; Mr.
Davison defended the prisoner.
Mr. Blackwell, in stating the case, said, about
nine miles from Durham, and a mile from the New-
castle and Durham road, is a mill called Urpeth
Mill, attached to which is a small cottage. This
cottage consists of two rooms, one above the other.
The upper one was occupied as a sleeping room. A
person named Bell lived at the mill, and in the
cottage, Mrs. Lockey, the prisoner's wife, and three
children by a former husband. The prisoner and
his wife had been married about a year, but some
14 weeks before the 29th of Sept., quarrels having
taken place, the prisoner left her. About this time
Bell became bankrupt, and Harrison, the deceased,
who had been a police officer, but had been obliged
to retire in consequence of having lost an eye, was
put in possession as a bailiff, and he went to reside
at Mrs. Lockey's cottage. Harrison had a bed in
the lower room ; Mrs. Harrison and her children
slept in the upper room. The prisoner, after leav-
ing his wife, went to work at Leazingthorne Col-
liery. He there worked with a man named Coul-
son, and from his first going to the colliery the
prisoner's conversation was on the subject of
jealousy, first of the miller and then of the deceased.
On the 29th of September the prisoner was in Dur-
ham about 11 a.m., when he went to a shop kept
by a Mr. Foster, from whom he bought a large
spring clasp knife. Durham is on the road from
Leazingthorne to Urpeth. Shortly after 11 a
man who had known the prisoner met him on
the road from Durham to Urpeth, and in the course
of conversation the prisoner said that a man named
Harrison was staying with his wife, and if that
old one-eyed was there when he got there he
would put an end to them both, and would not be
hanged for it, as he would put an end to his own
life. The prisoner was not seen again till seven
o'clock at night, when the eldest of Mrs. Lockey's
children, who had been put to bed, heard some
high words in the lower room, in which Harrison
had previously gone to bed, not being well. The
boy got up and went downstairs, where he saw the
prisoner sitting near the window. His mother was
near the fire, and the prisoner was abusing her.
The prisoner then took a large knife and opened it,
and proceeded towards his wife. The boy called.
out, " Oh, don't kill my mother!" The mother imme-
diately pulled up her clothes and showed a wound
on her thigh bleeding profusely. The deceased then
rose up and said, "Don't kill your mistress," on
which the prisoner turned round and gave Harrison
a stab in the breast, from which the blood immedi-
ately gushed out, and from this wound the deceased
died. The mother then closed with the prisoner,
and after a violent struggle succeeded in getting
the knife from him. The little boy ran out, and got
a person named Hart to return with him to the cot-
tage. On arriving there he saw Mrs. Lockey stand-
ing outside, and the prisoner standing at the door.
The wife told Hart what had been done, on which
the prisoner said, " Nonsense; she is out of her
mind." Hart then went into the house, where he
saw Harrison lying dead. In consequence of Mrs.
Lockey having gone up the lane Hart followed
after her, and when he returned the prisoner could
not be found, and was not seen again till the next
morning, when he was found in an outhouse near
the mill. He was charged with the murder, but
said nothing. Afterwards when taken away he said,
" This would never have happened if she had not
behaved as she did." On him was found a small
pocket knife. The police afterwards got a large
clasp knife from Mrs. Lockey, which was spoken
to as being exactly like the one the prisoner had
purchased in Durham. The prisoner, when before
the magistrate, made a statement to the effect that
he found Mrs. Lockey in bed with Harrison, and
that it made him so jealous he was mad.
Robert Coulson said the prisoner came to work
about nine weeks before the 29th of September.
He was always talking about his wife, and
appeared very jealous of her. He said he was
going home, and if his wife would not live
with him, she should live with no one else.
He said if he caught the old bailiff he would coup
his heels up.
In cross-examination by Mr. Davison, the wit-
ness stated that the prisoner told him he married
his wife seven weeks after her first husband's death.
He had been to see his wife about a fortnight before
the 29th. The shortest way from Leazingthorne to
Urpeth was not through Durham.
Geo. Foster—l am an ironmonger in Durham,
and on the 29th Sept. last, about 11 o'clock, I sold
a large clasp knife to a man very like the prisoner,
hat I cannot swear to him. The knife now produced
is exactly like the one I sold that morning.
Cross-examined—l sold the knife before 12 and
after 10 o'clock.
Francis 0 ughton—l keep a publichouse at Pityme,
which is on the Newcastle road. I know the prisoner.
I saw himjon the 29th Sept. I had come from Ferry-
hill by the train, and I overtook him on the road
going from Durham. He told me his old master had
given him work at home again. He said there was
a man named Harrison staying with his wife, and
if that old one-eyed was there when he got
there he would put as end to them both. He also
said he would not be hanged for it, as he would
put an end to his own life.
Cross-examined—l left Ferryhill at 10 minutes to
9. The train goes to Durham about half-past.
Thomas Charlton—l am brother-in-law of the
deceased. I saw a dead body at Urpeth Mill. It
was the body of Thomas Harrison. He had been
put into possession under Bell's bankruptcy.
Samuel Wilson, a little boy of about 11—I live at
Urpeth Mill with my mother. I recollect Harrison
coming to my mother's. He slept downstairs. I
slept upstairs with my mother and brother. I re-
collect the day Harrison was killed ; I had gone to
bed before 7. Harrison was lying in bed when I
went. I soon afterwards heard Lockey swearing.
My mother was dressed when I went upstairs. I
came downstairs. Harrison was in bed ; my mother
was against the fire; Lockey was sitting between
two tables near the window. I put my things on ;
I saw Lockey get up, he had a knife in his hand ;
it was open. He went towards my mother and
catched her in the thigh. I said "Don't stick my
mother and I'll call you father." My mother lifted
up her clothes to let me see her thigh. I saw blood
running from her thigh. I heard Harrison say,
" Oh, Lackey, dinna gan and kill your mistress."
I heard Lockey say, " Aye, your —, and I'll kill
ye too." Lockey then went to Harrison and stuck
him there (pointing to his breast). I saw blood
come from Harrison. Harrison had one leg out of
bed when he stuck him. My mother gave me a
sign and I went out and went to Hart's, Before
this I heard my mother say, " You have killed Mr
Harrison," and Lockey said, " Let the gan."
After Lockey stuck Harrison my mother got the
knife and put it down her dress.
Cross-examined—My mother married Lockey
soon after my father's death. I always called him
" Lockey"—never " father." When I said I would
call him " father" I meant to please him. I remem-
ber his being home two nights after he went to
Leazingthorne. This was before Harrison came. I
remember his coming home one night after Harri-
son came; that night he slept upstairs on the floor.
Before Harrison time we all slept in the room
downstairs, The downstairs room has a passage ;
any one coming in at the front door can see the bed
downstairs. My mother has talked to me about
this ease, She has not told me what to say. I
used to say it to myself. The witness was asked to
tell his story, and repeated his depositions like a
child saying a lesson.
Edward Hart—l live about half a mile from
Urpeth Mill. The boy came to my hoiiso on the
20th. In 'consequence of what he said 1 went to
the mill. I saw Lockey and his wife. She said
he had murdered the man. Lockey said his wife
was talking nonsense l that she was hot right in
her mind. Mrs. Lockey was making away from
the cottage up the hill, so I called her back. She
said it was true, and went away. I saw her no
more that night. Lockey went after her, and I
went into the house and found Harrison dead.
A police dll.cer proved finding the prisoner the
next day in an outhouse.
Mr, Henderson, surgeon, who was called in to
see the body, proved that a wound he saw on the
breast was the cause of death, and the knife pro-
duced was a likely instrument to produce such a
wound.
The prisoner's statement already referred to, in
which he said he found the deceased and his wife
on the bed together, was put in, and closed the case
for the prosecution.
Mr. Davison then addressed the jury for the pri•
soner, and contended that if, when he arrivsd At
home, there was an improper intimacy going on
between his wife and the deceased, or if he saw
anything which would reasonably lead him to be-
lieve that there was, and he at the moment killed
the man, it would be clearly manslaughter, and not
murder, and he asked the jury to take the prisoner's
statement as the true version of the story, which
would support this view; that the evidence of the
boy supported it, and the subsequent conduct of
the prisoner himself.
The learned Judge summed up. He said—The
question for you is not so much whether deceased
died by the violence of the prisoner, for of that un-
happily there is no doubt, but did he meet with his
deathwhiei
will
such circumstances as, after a full and
The
consideration, will reduce it to manslaughter ?
he law on the subject is very clear, and admits of
: no doubt. There are circumstances of provocation
reduce a case of homicide from murder

The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Mr. Justice Keating passed sentence of death in
,he usual form.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LINCOLN, DEC. 8.
(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.)
Thomas Richardson, labourer, charged with the
wilful murder of Alexander M'Brian, by shooting at
him on the 20th day of October, at Wyberton, and
also charged with the same offence upon the coro-
ner's inquisition, pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Stephen and Mr. Huish conducted the case for
the prosecution; ?lr. O'Brien that of the defence.
The deceased, a policeman, was on duty on the
night of the 24th October, and the course of his beat
lay through Wyberton churchyard. It appeared
from a deposition made by him before the magis-
trates, and in presence of the prisoner, some four
days afterwards, that about 1 a.m. on the 25th,
while going along a pathway by the churchyard, he
saw a man who was a stranger to him, and who upon
his approach pulled a billycock hat, which he wore,
over his face, and shied off. Noticing that there was
something bulky in the pocket of the man's jacket
M'Brian called to him, " Hilloa! what are you off
with there ?" The man upon this turned round,
and as. M'Brian said, " shot slap into me." The
charge of the gun lodged in the part of the arm
between the elbow and the shoulder, entering it in
a mass, and inflicting a large wound, into which a
button, torn by the force of the discharge from
M'Brian's coat, and also a portion of the lining of
the sleeve, were driven. Notwithstanding the
severity of the injury, M'Brian managed to reach
the house of the Bev. Mr. Moore, which was near
the spot, and knocked at the door. Mr. Moore, on
being roused, looked at a clock at the foot of his bed
and noticed the time, which was 6 minutes past 1.
He let the wounded man in, gave him a little brandy,
bound up his wound as well as he could, and sent
him in a cart, under the care of the groom, to the
lock-up, where M'Brian lived. M'Brian gave a
description of the man who had wounded him, and
and on the following morning about 8, Superinten-
dent Manton and another police-constable went to
the house of the prisoner, which was about 450
yards distant from the spot where the shot had
been fired, and there found a double-barrelled gun,
the left barrel of which was still loaded, while
the right barrel had all the appearance of
having been discharged within 24 hours. A billy-
cock hat was also found in a back kitchen of the
house. An endeavour was made to draw out the
charge from the left barrel of the gun, but this
failing it was discharged into the ground, and the
paper which had been used as wadding was picked
up, and on being examined appeared to be portions
of a newspaper. The prisoner was asked by Super-
intendent Manton what he had used as wadding for
his gun, and replied "A sort of brown paper."
" How, then," said Manton, " does it happen to be
loaded with printed paper ?" The prisoner made
no reply. Some pieces of printed paper, chared at
the edges and having the smell of gunpowder or
sulphur were found by Superintendent Manton on
the spot where M'Brian had been wounded, and
the collation of these with those discharged from
the left barrel of Richardson's gun formed the
damning evidence in the case. Mr. Thomas Cope,
the publisher of the litnes, who was also its pub-
lisher in 1854, provel that the pieces of paper
found in the churchyard and those also that had
come from the left barrel of the gun had formed
part of the Times newspaper on the 27th of March
of that year. This he knew, not only by the cha-
racter of the type, which is used in no other news-
paper, save that of the Evening Mail, which is
printed at the same dice, but also because in cer-
tain letters there were particular defects which were
apparent also in a perfect copy of the Times of the
same day, produced in court, and of which 50,000
copies had been sold, all of which would be fac
similes of each other. The first and second columns
contained information respecting officers engaged
in the Crimean campaign, and a statement as to a
brigade, in which the following names appeared :
—" Capt. Neville, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Lieut. J.
England, 55th Foot; Major-General his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G." Upon a
fragment of paper found in the churchyard ap-
peared this part of the passage—f' Royal Highness
the Duke of Cam"—while the remaining part—
" bridge, I.G."—was contained in a piece from
the left-hand barrel. So too a piece picked up on
the spot contained portions of the names of
" Major Lord Burghersh, unattached, Lieutenant-
Col. Somerset, Coldstream Guards, Capt. Kings-
cote, Scots Fusilier Guards, Lieut. the Hon. J. S.
Calthorpe," whose names appeared at length in the
first column of the perfect copy of the limes. The
examination upon this part of the case was very
minute, and resulted in a very confident opinion on
the part of Mr. Cope that all the pieces produced
had formed part of a copy of the Times of the 27th
of March, 1854. Capt. Bicknell, the chief constable,
further proved that, upon collating two pieces
found on the spot with one from the left barrel,
they made up names corresponding with those that
appeared in the first column of the limes of
March the 27th, 1854. A bag of shot of num-
bers 3,4, and 6 was found in the prisoner's
house, and the shot lolged in the arm of M'Brian
was found to be a mixture of those numbers and in
the same proportion. The gun, shot, and cap were
left in the house of the prisoner until the next
day, when he was arrested ; he had made no attempt
to escape, but had gone as usual to his
work. Ho was asked where he had been the night
before, and the account which he gave of himself
up to half-past 12 or 20 minutes to 1 was that which
was also given by his brother-in-law, King, a man
named Burrell, and others who were called on the
part of the prosecution. He had passed the latter
part of the day in company with them and a farmer
named Oldham, drinking at the Crown and Anchor
publichouse, about a mile and a half from Skirbeck,
and left it, together with King and Burrell, about
12 p.m., with whom, all being more or less drunk,
he walked towards Wyberton until they reachet2 a
point where the road to King's house diverged from
the path of the other two, who occupied adjoining
houses under the same roof. The prisoner was at
that time carrying some pigs' food, had no gun,
and wore no billycock. Burrell saw him enter his
house and afterwards heard footsteps up the stairs,
as though going to the bedrooms. He himself then
went to bed, and did not hear any one leave the
prisoner's house afterwards. From the point whore
King left the prisoner to King's own house the dis-
tance was 312 yards, and to the prisoner's it was 307.
King had been in his house, which was about 10 yards
from the churchyard, only two or three minutes, by
his account, when he heard the discharge of a gun ;
but the time was more accurately noticed by a
neighbour, Mrs. Alliss, whom the report disturbed,
and who, looking at her watch, which was a minute
or two in advance of others, observed that the time
was three minutes past one. Two minutes after the
shot was fired some one came to King's door and
wanted him to open it, which he did not until some
time afterwards, and then, looking out, he saw no
one. Richardson, who worked for him, came as
usual to work the next morning. Four days
after M'Brian was wounded the prisoner was
brought before him and recognised as the man who
had discharged the gun. M'Brian had been hope-
ful of recovery, but, growing worse and his case
hopeless, he was told by his medical attendant that
his chances of recovery were very poor. He replied
that It was " a very bad case ; a bad job." He
was asked if he had made his peace with God, and
said he hoped he had. After much argument
as to the admissibility of what he subsequently
said, it was admitted, and amounted to an affirma-
tion of his former deposition, concluding, " If I am
, a dying man the prisoner is the man who shot me."
He died from the effect of his wound shortly after-
Wards, and an inquest was held on Nov. 21.
In cross-examination it was elicited that the spot
where the deceased was shot was between a garden
wall 10 ft. high, and a moat, beyond both of which
were high elm trees ; but it also appeared that the
night was light, the moon vertical, and nearly full.
It was elicited that Burrell had been taken on the
charge of ',murder, and that a man named Allen,
who lodged with the prisoner, was in the habit of
using the gun ; but it also appeared that Allen was
not there on the 24th of October.
Mr. O'Brien, in addressing the jury for the pri-
soner, remarked upon the absence of any assignable
motive for murdering the deceased, who was a
stranger to the prisoner, reviewed the course of the
prisoner homewards on the night of the 240,which
scarcely admitted of the supposition that he could
within the space of 20 minutes have got the gun,
'set tend gone to the spot where
Burrell to leave the houge.lie
changed his a
M.Brian was W;'„l.9deci•
Kin gsll.,
they a
y parted,
was nocLer
had
dared
equal
distances to go from the point whei.. -• heard
yet King had only loosed his shoes when u.. _
the shot. The pocket of the man whom M'Brian
saw stuck out, but it was inconceivable that the
prisoner could within that time have possessed
himself of any booty, the guarding of which might
supply a motive for firing the gun. Without ques-
tioning M'Brian's truthfulness, his accuracy might
be doubted considering how sombre and dark the
place would be rendered by the tall trees on both
sides, and that the man who was seen was a
stranger, and wore a slouched billycock cap.
The possession of so common a cap could not
weigh against the prisoner. M'Brian, when he saw
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of blood, and probably influenced in his belief by
what he had been told by others. No doubt the
gun found in the prisoner's house was that which
inflicted the wound ; but by whose hands, was the
question. The man Allen had been in the habit of
using it ; might it not have been he. No Times
was found in Richardson's house ; his reply about
the wadding referred simply to his general habit,
not to the loading at that time. The correspond-
ence of the shot, such as it was, was. immaterial.
The conduct of the prisoner was strongly indicative
of innocence. He allowed the things left in his
house to remain as they were. He went to work
as usual himself, and in his account of the manner
in which he passed the previous night he had not
exaggerated the time, but told the exact truth. It
was impossible for the jury to form a judgment as
to the real facts of the transaction ; but if the jury
believed the prisoner's hand used the gun it was
possible it might have been pointed in bravado,
carelessly, and gone off without design. The ab-
sence of assignable motive gave this supposition pro-
bability, and the jury were not driven to the con-
clusion of murder in a case so sorrounded by doubt.
The learned judge said that it was certainly open
to the jury to find a verdict of murder, of man-
slaughter, or of acquittal. That an offence of some
sort had been committed was clear, unless the
wound by which M'Brian died was, in their opi-
nion, a mere accident ; but the statement of the de-
ceased and the character of the wound did not admit
of that supposition, but rather showed that the
gun when discharged was placed with the butt
against the shoulder ; if not an accident, or the
wound was caused by gross negligence only, it
would indeed be manslaughter, but of this no evi-
dence appeared; but if the death resulted from the
wilful use of a deadly weapon it was murder. After
observing that the speech of the learned counsel
for the prisoner was as able, as sensible, and as
becoming an address as he had ever heard, his
Lordship commented upon the evidence.
At the conclusion of the summing up the jury
retired, but for a short time only, and returning
into court delivered a verdict of guilty of wilful
murder.
His Lordship having assumed the black cap,
silence was proclaimed.
His Lordship, in addressing the prisoner, re-
frained from adding to his distress by dwelling on
considerations which it formed no part of his duty

within very narrow limits. She has a Chinese foot,
and cannot stray far from home.
It is the fashion to talk of steam as having
superseded sail. This is a great mistake as re-
gards vessels of war. The capacity for the stowage
of coal is so limited that the main dependence
must be on the sail. At the end of eight, nine, or
at the utmost ten days, the vessel the motive power
of which is steam only lies a helpless log on the
water. But much might be done within that time
in the narrows of the Channel. True, but it must
be by vessels which can open their ports in a breeze,
and face the chances of weather where it is perhaps
more uncertain than in any other part of the world.
It seems all but certain that the problem of iron-
cased ships proposed by France will not he solved
by France. If iron', and iron only, be the material
to work it out, ours should be the land for the
success.
The retirement of Sir Baldwin Walker from the
Surveyor-ship of the Navy offers an opportunity for
a great improvement in the organization of the
Admiralty. A successor equal to Sir Baldwin
Walker himself can hardly be found, but was Sir
Baldwin Walker himself, with all his ucdoubted
merits, equal to the duties of his office, or could
the combination of experience and knowledge now
requisite for the business be found in any one, or in
any three men ? The qualifications which sufficed
for the Surveyor even 20 years ago have been ren-
dered obsolete by the progress of steam and iron
architecture. The iron must enter the soul of the
Admiralty, and how is it to be introduced ? Few
indeed are the naval officers who have any know-
ledge of shipbuilding ; but is there one who is
skilled in iron ? The question of iron•cased ships
must have made felt what is wanted in the Survey-
orship of the Navy, and cannot be supplied by any
one head, such as heads now in the service, belong-
ing to the age of wood. Excellent officers abound,
but without the iron specialty.

to urge. The prisoner would be attended by those
who would impress them upon him with more
effect than any formal address of his could have;
but he should be lacking in human charity if he
did not warn the prisoner against indulging any
hope that the judgment he was about to pronounce
would not be carried into effect. The learned judge
then, with an emotion which manifested itself in
spite of his endeavours to subdue it, formally pro-
nounced sentence of death ; and the prisoner, pale
and staggering, was removed from the dock.
The following sentences were then passed upon
those convicted of the night poaching at Nocton :
—On George Gilbert of 18 months, on John
Graham of one year's imprisonment, and on Aizy
Smith of four years' penal servitude.

GARIBALDI ON IRELAND AND TUE

LATE IRISH BRIGADE.

The following letter has been received from Gen.
Garibaldi, by an Irish gentleman, who wrote to
explain that it was Popery, and not Ireland, which
sent a band of misguided youths from these shores
to uphold slavery in Italy. The following is the
translation :

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLOUCESTER, Dec. 7.
CRIMINAL COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Wilde.)
Thomas Veale was charged with highway rob-
bery with violence, and stealing the sum of 16s.
from the person of John James, at Gloucester, on
the Bth of October, 1860.
Mr. Cook Evans appeared for the prosecution ;
Mr. R. Sawyer defended the prisoner.
This was a case of garotte robbery, committed in
the outskirts of the city, on Monday, the 18th of
October last. It appeared that, on the day in
question, the prosecutor, who is a labouring man,
living at Alveston, near Lydney, came to this city
" to mop," i.e., to visit his friends. In the afternoon
of that day he went into a publichouse called The
Merry Fellow, in Barton-street, and was there
invited by the prisoner to play at skittles. He
accordingly joined in the game, and played with
the prisoner as his partner till about 6 o'clock,when
he said he must leave, as he wanted to return home
by the 630 train. The prisoner said he would go
along with him and chew him the way ; but, in-
stead of leading him by the most direct road, he
took him round by the outskirts of the city, and
there seized him by the throat with such violence
that the prosecutor was unable to resist
or cry out. At this moment another man came
up and rifled his pocket, and took out 165., at
the same time calling out, " Its all right." Upon
this prisoner threw the prosecutor down upon
his back, and both men ran away. The
prosecutor gave immediate information to the police
and the prisoner was taken ,into custody the next
day, but his companion had not been found. The
prosecutor was taken to the stationhouse, and saw
the prisoner in the yard through a window, and at
first expressed some doubt as to his identity, but as
soon as he saw him face to face he said he was posi-
tive that was the man who throttled him. Another
witness was examined, who had seen the parties
playing at skittles together, and he stated that he
saw the prisoner and two or three more men leave
the skittle-ground along with the prosecutor.
Mr. Sawyer, for the prisoner, contended that the
ideality was not established, but the jury found the
prisoner guilty.
It was then proved that ii August, 1856, the
prisoner had been convicted in this court of high-
way robbery, after a previous conviction, and sen-
tenced to four years' penal servitude.
Mr. Baron Wilde, in passing sentence, said, it
appeared the prisoner was a confirmed criminal, for,
if he had not been liberated before his time, his
previous sentence had scarcely expired before he
committed this fresh crime. His lordship then
sentenced the prisoner to six years' penal servitude.
John Thomas Jolliffe, 17, letter carrier, pleaded
guilty to a charge of stealing a post letter, contain-
ing money, &c., the property of the Postmaster-
General. on Sept. 8, 1860.
Mr. Baron Wilde, after some remarks on the
enormity of the offence, sentenced the prisoner to
three years' penal servitude.

" Caprera, Nov. 12, 1860.
" Much esteemed Sir,—Who could ever think
that your fellow•countrymen were not deceived,
when they served the cause of the Pope under
Lamoriciere ? Every one in Italy knows the heavy
burden of oppression under which your country as
well as ours is still groaning. The offspring of
ignorance and imposition—Papacy—dwells unfor-
tunately in the powerful with hypocrisy, and in the
poor with the concomitant evils—prostitution,
degradation, and misery. Albion became great and
prosperous when she courageously cut off that
cancer. Rome ! she ceased to be great, she con-
tinued to be prostrate, and still lies in that filthy
sink, because the Almighty was pleased to visit
the queen of the world with that scourge. We
pity the deceived ones of Ireland, as well as those
of Italy and other countries; but we know indeed
that the hearts of the millions in your noble country,
as well as all over the globe, beat for the liberty of
nations. We know but too well that, if 400 deceived
youths were compelled to take service under the
most despicable Government, it was not with the
consent of the brave and generous Irish nation,
with whom we are united in bonds of brotherhood
by a community of misfortune, and by the same foe
still frowning on us.
" The time is not far distant when this people
will inflict the last blow to its sacrificers and
tyrants. In that solemn combat we shall decide,
not only on our national existence, but the founda-
tion will be laid for the rising of kindred nations ;
then the Italians, together with Hungarians, Eng-
lish, and other brothers, will joyfully and gratefully
see the sons of Ireland whom you shall lead to the
holy banquet.
" Affectionately and gratefully yours,
" G. GARIBALDI."

HORRIBLE MASSACRE OF A CREW
OF A SOUTH SEA WHALER.

A fearful outrage has occurred in the port of
Buckatoo, at the island of Isabella, in the Southern
Pacific, by the horrible massacre of most of the crew
belonging to the whaling ship Henrietta, Captain
Brown, whose log-book furnishes the following
details :—" 7th of June last, vessel at anchor off
Buckatoo. At daylight pumped ship, washed the
decks, and sent the small boat away for two casks 1
of fresh water. At eight a.m. the boat returned.
During the morning and forenoon several canoes
came up and pulled round the ship, for wha object
the master at first could not define, In the forenoon
the carpenter and five of the crew left the ship in a
small boat to cut firewood, and also two spars, one
for the maintopmast, and the other for a spare main
gaff; with the exception of one man, he never saw
them afterwards. The man, who swam to the ship
from the shore, informed him (the master) that they
had been attacked and murdered by the natives of the
island. Shortly afterwards the ship was suddenly
boarded by a number of natives, who attempted to
take forcible possession of her. The number of
hands on board besides him was five—the cook
and four seamen. He had his wife and two chil-
dren on board. The natives first endeavoured to
secure him and throw him overboard, but he
managed to breakaway from them, and rushed to
his cabin for firearms. They next attacked the
wife, who also succeeded in escaping their ven-
geance, and sought refuge with her husband in the
cabin, where they kept up a constant firing on the
natives, who, failingin their object of capturing the
ship, jumped into their canoes and made off, carrying
with them one of the children, a fine little boy,
about five years old. He (the master), with the
surviving portion of the crew, afterwards pursued
some of the canoes, in the hopes of recovering his
child, but failed to do so. Next morning got under
weigh and proceeded to Russell's Island, where the
chief of the natives, on hearing of the occurrence,
offered to intercede, and, if possible, obtain posses-
sion of the child, but with no better result."

TILE SEA-SICK IRONSIDES.

(From the Examiner.)
After all it appears that La Gloire is the summer
t' ?anket of the auctioneer. She is not a sea-going
shi, She must have smooth water and a short run.
She pcanne't
go alone. alone. She requires a nurse to take The Mechanics' Magazine points out several
care of her. There is a party here who have advantages in the new money. The first in
espoused the cause of this vessel, and who resent order of these advantages is assuredly the dirnin-
qoalities as if she were the most ished size of the bronze pieces as compared with
any question of her
cherished child of Englait;l/ and very indignant they the copper money soon to beceme extinct. Every
of her incapacities, but person must, at
will be at our representation some time or other, have expo-
the admission in rienced the inconvenience of having a " pocket
they are completely borne out ky
the semi-official journal the .MonttOr de la Flotte. full of coppers." Somehow it is impossible to
Our neighbours are not addicted to what; is vulgarly avoid occasionally getting an accumulation of these
but aptly called "crying stinking fish." They do not specimens of former Mintages, and then a natural
proclaim miscarriages from the house tops. It has anxiety arises to get rid of them. Heavy, enwhele.
I
been ruled absolute that La Gloire is a success, but some, and unsavoury as the old copper coins were,
facts are admitted which reduce the success to very they were, after all, but tokens of value, and there
small bounds. And a success she is if she isconsidered was Do compensating good therefore for the nui-
as a block ship, or to serve as a floating battery in sance of parrying them about one. The new bronze
sheltered waters; a failure if she is to be tried by coinage constitutes an extension of the token sys-
her capabilities for cruising. tem ; and, whereas the old coins were intrinsically
The Momteur de la Flotts reports the last trial of of only half their nominal value, their bronze suc-
La Gloire as highly satisfactory, adding, however, cessors are intrinsically worth but one-fourth their
that the only defect is that she cuts the waves with nominal and negotiable value. In two directions
too great speed, the water entering by the port- the public thus benefit by the reform. The cost of
holes forward. In other words, she wants liveli- manufacture will be lessened; and the Mint will
ness, and buries herself forward. With the load require a smaller annual sum at the hands of her
of iron laid upon her wood, poor thing, this is not Majesty's Faithful Commons for carrying on the
her fault, but her misfortune, her constitutional coinage than has heretofore been asked for and
infirmity. The writer in the Flotte proceeds to say obtained. In short, the remodelling of the copper
that the inconvenience of taking in water at the coinage will pay for itself, and leave a handsome
fore portholes is to be avoided in the frigates to be margin of profit to be handed over to the public
built next year, the guns of which are to be more account. The copper coins at present in circulation,
out of water. Here the truth escapes that the equal in weight, in round numbers, 6,000 tons, and
guns of La Gloire are a fleur dean, and that she in number 500,000,000. An equal weight of tbr
eonhze
cannot open her ports in a seaway ruffled by a metal will, by the present division of the 11b.-w g
moderate breeze. The writer in the Flotte con- into 48, 80, and 160 pence, half-pence, and farthings
tinues :—" A new system of iron floating batteries respectively, yield something approaching
i
is being examined. They are to be much smaller 1,000,000,000 pieces of money, or double the num-
than those used in the Crimean war. They are not ber of pieces, of double the negotiable value, from
intended for going to sea, but solely for the protec- same weight of metal as was used for the copper
tion of the entrance into ports and rivers. It is coinage. The economy of the new arrangement is
chiefly for this service that steel-plated frigates are therefore as apparent as its convenience, and it will
constructed, as it is not considered safe to seed be matter for gratulation when it is fully accom-
them to sea alone. The general system of the de- plished. Another improvement visible in the bronze
fence of the coasts is to be completed by cutting coinage is comprised in its having the current value
down the old sailing ships and plating them. The of each individual coin imprinted on the reverse
construction of ships of great speed has naturally side. We have long advocated this plan in reference
directed the attention of the Government to the to the whole British coinage, and we
especially
necessity of adopting greater precaution for the de- suggested it in the formation of the new money. It
fence of the coasts of Brittany and Normandy. should not be necessary for any person to have to
These coasts are now much exposed to the danger inquire the worth of a coin. The coin itself should
of a coup de main, which, though not probable, is give testimony thereto, and in this particular in-
at least possible. The coast of the Mediterranean stance we are glad to find that the Government has
appears to be better defended by nature, but we adopted the suggestion. Of the durability of the
shall shortly have at our gates on that side a mini- bronze no one who has witnessed the processes of
consists Although,of
905 u r
partsreaders
e f
time Power which may become troublesome. We converting it into coin at her Majesty's Mint can
know,
est
m doubt.ixtur e a s
are at present on the best terms with Italy, but hay© thekn smallest
that may not always be the case." well
So here it is confessed by semi-official authority copper, four parts of tin, and one part of zinc, yet
that steel-plated frigates are constructed for the it is of so obstinate a character as frequently to
protection of ports and rivers, as "it is net split into fragments in the course of rolling, and to
considered safe to send them to sea alone ! " require frequent and long annealings before it will
knd the conclusion is a wise one as regards receive perfect impressions from the dies. The
- built of wood and cased with iron, but it re- compression between these latter in the act of strik-
vessels _ -11 whether a better construction of ing hardens the discs of metal in such a way as to
mains to be se. • nombine the defences against make them, in CC/Usa •
p rison with pure copper money,
iron only will not ... • „nd seaworthy qualities. everlasting. They may, indeed, be termed un-
shot and shell with speea ~.., ~iniou that wood wearable coins, It is certain that their appearance
From the first we hazarded the er. especially will rather improve than deteriorate
by age, and
and iron would never work together,. -awe very seen 0
d t. •
xy a ion will affect those parts of their
tennis dew...
-f
with the screw propeller. The two ma aces which
ell, do not come into rubbing contact
and tear each other to pieces.
2 Because she with table
and counter in such a way as to form an
La Gloire carries no sail. Why •
sides, and cannot agreeable contrast',
to those parts which are exposed
has enough to do to carry her top
but buries her to abrasion, and thus give `he coins the appearance
carry them forward out of the sea,
't wets
portholes in the ester. This tethers her) so 3. lOf AlltiVte bronze outing'. . .

TILE BRONZE COINAGE.

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WILL

'BSI'S.

The will of the Right lion. Charles Herbert
Pierrepont, Earl Manvers, Viscount Newark, and
Baron Pierrepont, of Holme Pierrepont, arid of
Thoresby Park, both in the county of Nottingham,
and of 16, Portman-square, London, was proved
in
the principal registry on the 3d of December, by
the Right Hon. Sydney William Herbert Pferre-
pont, Earl Manvers (heretofore Viscount New ark),
the son of the late. Earl, and by the two sons-in -Jaw,
Edward Christopher Egerton, Esq., M.P. for 'Vitae-
clesfield, of Mountfield Court, Sui"rey, and Chat les
Watkins Williams Wynn, Esq., of Llangedw,in,
Denbighshire. The personalty
was sworn under
£BO,OOO. The will is very short, being comprised
in two folios. It bears date the 240 of October
last, only three days previous to hilt Lordship's
decease, which occurred on the 27th of October, at
his seat, Thoresby Park, in his eighty-third year,.
his Countess having predeceased his Lordship but
a few weeks—namely, on the 7th of the pr ecea-
ing month of September, her Ladyship having
reached her seventy-fifth year. His LortlshiP
is succeeded in his title and estates by his
only surviving son, Sydney, Viscount Newark, noW
third Earl Manvers, and to whom the testator has
left the residue of his personalty, after bequea thing
all his money equally amongst his anon, the present
Earl, and his (the testator's) two daughters, the
Hon. Mary Frances and the Hon. Ann ora Charlotte;
and has left an annuity chargeable upon the
Thoresby estate of 100 guineas to Lovis Christin.
Tle attesting witnesses are George Dennis, groom
of chambers to the Earl, and W. S. Ward, of
Wellow, Notts.
The will of Major-General Sir Henry Gee
Roberts, K.C.8., of her Majesty's Bombay
Army',
!Ind Colonel of the 21st Native Infantry, was proved
in London by his relict, Lady Roberts, th e sole
executrix. The General has bequeathed top his
widow the whole of his real estate, as well as the
personal, the latter estimated at £3,000, for her
own absolute use and disposal. The will bears dote
the 7th of May, 1855, and is very short; the
attesting witnesses are Charles Roberts and John
James Bond, both of the Public Record Offict',
Carlton-ric3e. Sir Henry died at his residence,
Hazledine rouse, Redmarley, near Ledbury, Wor-
cestersb ire, at the age of sixty. He was the grand-
son of Mr. W. Roberts, President of Magdale*
College, Cambridt; e, whose wife's maiden name was
Gee. The testator entered very early in life the
military profession, and acquired both rank and
honours more rapidly ihan generally falls to the lot
of officers employed in the military or naval service.
The will of Colonel Geoile Anthony Legh-Keck,
Esq., of Staughton Grange, near Leicester, and of
Bank Hall, near Lancaster, has been proved in
London by the executors, Geoffrey Palmas, of Carl-
ton Park, Northampton, and Edward Bonrchier
Hartopp, Esq., M.P., of Little Dalby Hall, Leices-
tershire. The personalty was sworn under £70,000.
The will bears date the 30th of September, 1859.
The testator had married in 1802, but his wife died
in 1837, and has left no issue. The Colonel has
bequeathed his estates, both real and personal, to
the Hon. Major Powys, formerly of the 60th Royal
Rifles, and to his issue. The testator said the Major
were both officers of local corps, the deceased being
Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of Prince Albert's
Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, and the
Hon. H. Littleton Powys Major of the Leicester
Militia. The will directs that several sums are to
be paid in the way of legacies and annuities, and
tokens of remembrances are to be given to friends
he has most generously considered his servants.
The Colonel's maternal father was Peter Lee,
Esq., and the deceased succeeded to the family
estates on the death of his brother, Peers Anthony
Keck, Esq., in 1797, and thus were united the names
of Legh-Keck. The Colonel was M.P. for Leices-
tershire from 1797 to 1832, and attained the age of
86.—illustrated London News.