The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MO DAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1860.

CONTRACT FOR WHEAT. •
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling
and Transport Services,
Somerset-house, 27th July, 1860.
rHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on MONDAY, the 6th
August next, at half-past One o'Clock, they will be ready to
treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for
supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling
Stores at DEPTFORD, the undermentioned Articles, viz.:

WHEAT 4 OOO quarters.
When to be delivered.—Half thereof in Three Weeks, and
the remainder in Three Weeks afterwards, or earlier if pre-
ferred by the party tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the
Wheat.
Their Lordships reserve to thems, Ives the power, when the
Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole or for
such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or r a greater
quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited
power of selection.
Samples of the Wheat (not less than two quarts) must be
produced by the parties tendering.
The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not
accepted, are requested to be taken away by them immedi-
ately after the contract has been decided.
No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed Form
provided for the purpose ; and which may be obtained on ap-
plication at the said Office, or to the officer conducting the
Packet service at Liverpool, or the collector of Customs at
Bristol.
Particular attention is called to the recent modifications of
the Conditions of the Contract, which may be seen at the
said Office, and at Liverpool and Bristol.
No Tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on
the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party
tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the
Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re-
ceived from each person will be communicated to him and his
proposed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten-
der for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-
house.

MACKIE'S STATION HOTEL,
INVERNESS.
Why is this HOTEL not known in the CALEDONIAN
CANAL ROUTE to INVERNESS ?

THE MYSTERIOUS CHILD MURDER

NEAR FRO3IE.

The following is a report of what took place at
the inquiry into this mysterious affair after the
despatch of our parcel on Friday, the result of
which we, however, were enabled to give :
Esther Holly, laundress, deposed as follows :
I have been in the habit of washing for Mr. Kent's
family till within the last three weeks. I recollect
going for the clothes on the Monday after the
murder. When I got to the house I saw the cook ;
we went upstairs to the spare room where the
clothes were generally kept. The cook brought
down one basket and I the other. I then secured
the clothes in the baskets and went out and called
my daughter Martha. The clothes were then in
the same state as l always received them. Mrs.
Kent's dress was on one basket and something else
on the other. I and my daughter went straight
home with the clothes. We had heard that there
was a night dress lost, and we opened the basket
within five minutes after we got home, and found
that one was missing. It was not our usual custom
to open the clothes so soon after receiving them.
We heard a rumour that a nightdress was missing.
Mr. Edlin objected that the bench, who were, as
it appeared, conducting the prosecution, ought not
to put questions which would be inadmissible.
The Chairman said the magistrates were not
acting as prosecutors ; they were merely conduct-
ing the investigation, and Mr. Edlin had frequently
interposed objections.
Mr. Edlin had respectfully submitted to the
bench that, in a case where a young lady was on
remand, charged with wilful murder, no question
ought to be put to witnesses which would be inad-
missible on the prosecution of so serious a charge.
The examination of the witness was then re-
sumed, and she deposed to the missing of the night-
dress, and to having sent to the house immediately
on discovering its loss. Mr. Kent told me he would
have a special warrar t for me if the dress was not
returned in 48 hours. I told him I was certain I
had not had the dress, and I went then. I have
had no washing from Mr. Kent's house since. I
have not seen anything of the missing. nightdress.
My house and my two daughters have been searched
by the police for the dress.
By Mr. Edlin—l had the clothes home about 12
o'clock on the Monday following the murder, and
in about five minutes after began to make a search
for something that was missing. On the next day
I went up to Mr. Kent's and got my money, and
took back the book with me, I did not say any-
thing to the housemaid about anything being miss-
ing. I never gave it a thought; that is where I
was wrong. I have three daughters, two married
and one single. The single one lives with n.e. All
three daughters were present when I examined the.
clothes that I brought from Mr. Kent's. One of
my daughters is married to a brother of William
Nutt, who has been examined here to-day. He
is a labourer, and lives in Road. My husband
and son live in the house with me and my
youngest daughter. All my daughters assist
me in the washing, and no one else. They were
all at home when I got home with my youngest
daughter with the clothes. I went up to get my
money the next day, between 11 And 12 o'clock, and
saw Mrs. Kent about the missing dress the same
evening, after my daughter came back. I was told
then that they were quite sure that Miss Con-
stance's nightdress had been sent.- The police came
to my house the first time on the Tuesday evening.
lam quite clear about it. Four constables came
together, and the parish constable as well. I was
quite alarmed about it. They came to my house
before I sent to Mrs. Kent's inquiring about the
piece of flannel that was found. I knew the night-
dress was missing at the time, but I did not say
anything to them about it. I told them the clothes
were all right by the book. They came to me about
the nightdress the next day. I was expecting the
nightdress to be sent to satisfy the book, the same
as other clothes came sometimes. There were two
things missing before, one a very ragged duster,
and the other an old towel. Those are the only
things I was ever accused of having before, and that
I'll swear. Mrs. Kent forgave me the towel. My
other daughter is married to William Riddle.
The magistrates, having consulted, announced
that no more witnesses would be called.
Edlin then asked the bench instantly to libe-
rate the accused, and restore her to her friends,
There was not a tittle of evidence against her, not
one word on which the finger of infamy could be
pointed against her. Although a mostatrocious mur-
der had been committed, it had been followed by a
judicial murder no less atrocious. If the murderer
were never discovered, it would never be forgotten
that this young lady had been dragged like a com-
mon felon to Devizes gaol. The fact alone was quite
sufficient to insure the sympathy of every man in
the county and the kingdom. The steps which had
been taken must blast her hopes and prospects for
life, and those steps had been taken solely on the
suspicion of an inspector of police, acting under the
influence of the reward which had been offered.
The fact respecting the missing bedgown had been
cleared up to the satisfaction of every one who had
heard the evidence that day, and no doubt could
remain that this little peg, upon which this fearful
charge had been grounded, had fallen to the ground.
He asked the magistrates, therefore, to pause and
say whether for one moment longer this young lady
should be kept in custody. Without reproaching
Inspector Whicher for what he had done, he must
say that the hunting up the schoolfellows of Miss
Constance Kent reflected ineffable disgrace upon
those who had been the means of bringing them
there. Nothing that had been elicited from those
young ladies showed anything like animus on the
part of the prisoner towards the deceased child,
nor had any motive been established which would
induce the prisoner to imbrue her hands in the
blood of the poor little child. He appealed to the
bench, therefore, the case for the prosecution
being exhausted—and a weaker one he had never
heard—to perform their duty to the country and
to the prisoner by at once saying that the evidence
adduced satisfied them that the charge was
groundless, and that Miss Constance Kent should
be at once discharged. A fearful responsibility
would rest upon the magistrates if they should
again remand the prisoner. No evidence to warrant
a remand had been adduced upon the first occasion ;
but if, now the matter had been exhausted by the
prosecution, this young lady should be again sent
back to gaol, he hesitated not to say that great in-
justice would be done to the prisoner, and that the
bench would be failing in the discharge of the
duties they were sworn to perform. He besought
the magistrates, therefore, immediately to liberate
the young lady, and to restore her to her friends
and her home.
Some applause followed the address of the learned
counsel,,which was instantly suppressed.
The magistrates, after a brief consultation, an-
nounced that they had decided on discharging the
prisoner, on her father entering into recognisances
of £2OO for her appearance if called upon.
The prisoner was then discharged.

THE SUEZ CANAL.—It is said that at a late meet-
ing of the shareholders of the Suez Canal Company at
Paris, accounts of the company were produced, by which it
appeared that a million of francs have been expended in the
cost of the direction ; that of this sum 500,00 f. had been
charged for the
furnishing his apartment at Paris, and 400,000 f. for the
journeys of M. Lesseps, a further sum for
salaries of the members of the direction, consisting of M.
Lesseps and one or two associates.

EXPERIMEN7 8 WITH WHITWORTII'b'

RIFLED CAN.NON.

The official experiments with these guns, which
were commenced on Wednesday, the 25th inst.,
were continued on Thursday and Friday.
The following are tables of the ranges and de-
viations of the shots.
12-pounder gun firing shells weighing 101 b.,
charge of powder 111 b.
No. of Angle of
Round. Elevation

Range. Deviation from
Yards. Line of Fire.
Yards.

5 deg .. doubtful
2,618 11 right.
2,606 left-.
2,658. .. 11 left.
2,616 .. .. 7 left.
3,357 .. 5 left.
3,386 .. 51 left.
3,288 .. .. 7 left.
3,315 41 left.
3,252 the line.

1 : : .. 7 deg ..

4,556 12 left.
4,521 .. 19 left.
•• • •
3 .. .. 4,576 .. 13 loft.
4 .. .. 4,5'5 .. 61 left.
5 .. 4,562 .11 left.
Twelve-pounder gun firing shot weighing 121 b. ;
charge of powder 311 b. :
No. of Angle of Range.
Round. Elevation. -Yards.
1 .. 7 deg ..

Charge 21b.:-
1 .. .. 10 deg ..

Deviation from
Line of Fire.
Yards.
3.305 2 left.
3,250 ~ 2g left.
3,192 .. 101 left.
3,250 ... 7 left.
3,317 .. 3 left.

5 ..
Charge 21b.:-
1 .. 10 deg. .. 4,500 .. .. 3 left.
2 6. 4,523 - .. 3 left.
3 .. 4,498 5 left.
4 . . . . . . 4,5141/4- ..5 right.
5 .. .. 4,464 .. .. 5 left.
Eighty-pounder gun firing shells weighing 551 b. :
charge of powder 141 b. :
No. of Angle of Range. Deviation from
Round. Elevation. Yards. Line of Fire.
Yards.
1,583 .. 3/ right.
1,441 .. .. 3 righr.
1,409 .. right.
1,561 .. .. 5 left.
1,472 .. 3 left.

2 deg. • •

2 .. .. ~
3 .. • • ~
4 • • • • „
5 .. .. ~

Eighty-pounder win, firing solid shot weighing
701 b. ; charge of powder 141 b.

No of Angle of
Round. Elevation.

Range. Deviation from
Yards. Line of Fire.
Yards.
1,277 .. On the line.
1,283 .. On the line.
1,301 .. 14 left.
1,321 .. 1 right.
1,301 right.

.. .. 2 deg. ..

2 .. ..
3 v .. „
4 .. ..
5

•• •• " • •
1 .. .. 3 deg. ..
2 .. .. " ..
3 .. .. „ ..
4 .. .. " ..
5 .. .. " ..

~ i-
1,801 .. .. 2 right.
1,797 .. .. 3 right.
1,784 .. .. On the line.
1,758 .. .. li- left.
1,793 .. .. 21, left.

At the conclusion of the second day's experiments
a few shots were fired to test the practicability of
using the breach-loading 80-pounder as a muzzle-
loading gun. No special preparation had been made
for this experiment. The powder was hastily tied
up in square pieces of flannel, so as to form car-
tridges. The cartridges and shot were pushed in at
the muzzle and rammed home in the usual way. As
it was desired to observe the effect of the ricochet,
only half charges of powder were used.
The charges were fired without any difficulty ;
the distances of the first grazes averaged about 940
yards, and the shot then ricochetted with precision
to a considerable distance. As the velocity dimi-
nished they were deflected from the line of fire in the
direction in which the gun is rifled to the right.
On Friday morning a few experiments were wads
with the 12-pounder and 80-pounder, fired at high
elevations.

The range obtained with the 80. pounder, firing
551 b. shell, at 10 deg. of elevation, was 5,043 yards!
The time of flight, as observed by the naval officers
present, Captain Herbert, Captain Halstead, and
Lieutenant Ward), was 13.8 seconds.
The range obtained with the 12-pounder, firing
121 b. solid shot, charge 21b., at 35 deg., was up-
wards of 10,100 yards !
The exact distance to which the shot was hurled
could not be ascertained, as it overshot the extent
of dry land range that was available (9,800 yards),
and fell into the sea.

The time of fight, as observed by the naval offi-
cers, was stated to be 401 seconds.
This is the greatest range and the longest fight
that has ever yet been recorded for any projectile
fired from any gun.

It ought, perhaps, to be stated in justice to both
the gunners and the gun, that in many cases the
differences in range and deviation that are observ-
able in the published tables have been, no doubt,
fairly attributed to the fact that different qualities
of powder were used on the first day, and, in some
cases, the sight was put by mistake at wrong ele-
vations—a circumstance net to be wondered at,
when it is remembered that the cannon were for the
first time handed over to the Royal Artillerymen
and naval gunners, who, though they worked the
guns admirably, had never fired a Whitworth gun
before. It is not too much to say that the guns
have maintained, as far as their practical working
goes, the high character they had previously
earned with regard to precision, power, and extent
of range.

THE MBTROpoms GAS BILL.

As this bill now stands, it contains, among other
provisions, the following :—.The Gas Work Clauses
Act of 1847 is incorporated with it, but it is pro-
posed to be enacted that "it shall not be lawful for
any gas company, by the application of any of their
profits or funds, to make up to the prescribed rate,
or the rate of 10 per cent, where no such rate shall
be prescribed, any dividend which shall have been
payable more than six years previously." The dis-
tricting of the metropolis by the companies is pro-
posed to be sanctioned, and coloured maps of the
several districts are to be deposited with the respec-
tive clerks of the peace of the counties of Middlesex,
London, Surrey, and Kent; and should the con-
sumers be dissatisfied with the manner in which
such districting is carried out, on a requisition signed
by twenty consumers, the Secretary of State for the
Home Department shall be empowered to appoint
parties who shall investigate the cause of complaint
and report thereon, and such report the Secretary
of State has power to see enforced. The same autho-
rity will have power, on the requisition of any local
board or vestry, or on a memorial signed by twenty
householders, to appoint inspectors to inquire into
any complaints that
may be made as to the distri-
bution, the quantity, and quality of the gas. Any
company disobeying
any order of the Secretary of
State for the Home Department will be liable to a
penalty of £5O for every offence. By the 15th
clause the companies are compelled to lay down
pipes and supply any consumer with gas, provided
his dwelling door is within fifty yards of the pipes
of the company, and shall also be bound to supply
him with a meters for which the company will not
be permitted to charge more than ten per cent.
rental on the net cost of the meter ,• and if the com-
pany fail to supply gas after being required,
within fourteenlau se 2
5 d ays from the application, they
will be liable to a penalty of 40s. for every day's
delay. c
regulates the amount of illuminat-
ing power of gas. It is proposed to be enacted that
gas taken one thousand yards from the works
shall be of such quality as to produce from an
Argand burner, having fifteen holes and a seven-
inch chimney consuming five cubic feet of gas an
hour, a light equal in intensity to the light pro-
duced by not less than twelve sperm Candles of. six
to the pound, each burning one hundred and twenty
grains per hour. Clause 27 provides that local
authorities shall have power to appoint inspectors
or examiners, for the purpose of testing the quality,
and quantity of the gas, and to investigate com-
plaints, and give these bodies power to pay these
examiners for their services. By the 40th clause
it is proposed to be enacted that the companies shall
be permitted to charge 4s. 6d. per 1,000 cubic feet
for gas ; but that they cannot increase the price
without giving a month's notice to the consumer,
in order to allow the consumer to appeal to the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, who
will be empowered to institute an inquiry as to
whether there is any just reason for raising the
price, but in no case shall any company, under any
circumstances, be allowed to charge more than
ss. 6d. per 1,000 cubic feet for common gas, and
7s. 6d. for cannel gas. Such are some of the chief
provisions of the bill as it now stands in the House
of Lords. The delegates and Sir John Shelley have
not been able to obtain all that is required on the
part of the consumers, but they have compelled the
companies
to grant infinitely more than was ex-
pected
when the opposition against the companies
commenced.

FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS SERVING IN INDIA,
Her Majesty'
s Emigratiou Couttuissioners have given notice
of their intention to receive tenders to-morrow for a vessel
to convey the wives and families of soldiers serving in
India from either Liverpool, Plymouth, or Southampton,
on the 27th proximo, to C. alcut a. Fifteen superficial feet
of space will be required in the between decks for each pas-
senger over three years of age, and half that space for each
child between one and three ; children between one and 12
are to receive only half the rations of an adult.

THE ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION TO
NORTH

HIMALAYA STEAMSHIP, JULY 28.

The Himalaya left Santander at 5.45 a.m. on the
26th, and anchored opposite the villages of San-
turce and Algorta at 9 a.m., in order to receive from
Bilboa the remainder of the astronomers and their
instruments. Here many Spaniards came on board
to examine this noble vessel. At 6.30 p.m. the
Himalaya again steamed out of Bilboa Bay for Eng•
land, finally anchoring off Portsmouth at 4 p.m. on
the 28th, having run this distance in 45 hours and
30 minutes.

—The lights of Ushant were sighted on the 27th,
at balf-pust 9 p.m., and the English coast seen at
6.10 a.m. of the 28th ; at 6.45 a.m. opposite Start
Point ; at 10.30 sighted Portland Bill ; at 12.50
p.m. sighted the Isle of Wight; at 2.45 opposite
the Needles; 3 p.m. off Hirst Castle, and at 3.48
her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria steamed
past the Himalaya in the royal yacht.-
Yesterday a Council of astronomers was held on
board the Himalaya in the Bay of Biscay, when
the following resolutions were passed :
Proposed by Mr. DE LA RUE, and seconded by
M. STRUVE,—
" 1. That the thanks of the Himalaya Expedition
be given to the Spanish authorities for their great
kindness and liberality."
Proposed by Mr. DE LA RUE, and seconded by
M. BONOMI,—
" 2. That the thanks of the Expedition bo given
to Mr. C. Vignoles and the engineers and directors
of the Bilboa Railway."
Proposed by Mr. LASSELL, and seconded by Mr.
E. J. LOWE,—
"3. That similar thanks be given to Mr. Mould,
Mr. -Philip Sewell, and the directors of the San-
tander and Alar Railway."

Proposed by the ASTRONOMER ROYAL, and
seconded by Captain dAcon,—
" 4. That the thanks of the Expedition be given
to Captain Seccombe and the officers of the Hima-
laya for their great kindness and attention."
Proposed by M. STRUVE, and seconded by Mr.
STANISTILEET,— _ _

" 5. That the Himalaya Expedition desire to
record their gratitude to the Astronomer Royal for
the origination of the expedition and for his un-
wearied exertions to secure its success."

The Expedition has been a most important one,
and the immense number of observations made will
prove of inestimable value to science.
The astronomers having now returned, we are
enabled to give an account of tke different stations
selected by the various observers, which will at once
show how completely the central line of the eclipse
has been dotted over with astronomers, and to what
learned men such important observations have been
entrusted :

At Briviesea were M. Lespiault (of Bordeaux),
M. D'Abladie, M. Beviat (of Bordeaux), M. Petit
(of Toulouse), M. Rachniewski (of St. Petersburg),
and M. Prosmowiki (of Warsaw).
At Haro—Mr. Byrne.
At Orduna and neighbouring heights—Dr.
Whewell, Mr. Mathew, Mr. Dowling, Mr. Small,
Mr. Robertson, Mr. Greenbank, Mr. Pamler, Mr.
Reynolds, and Mr. Simon. _ _ _

At Amurrio—Mr. Henry Vignolles, the Rev. 0.
Vignolles, Mr. Crowder, and Mr. Shoolbred.
At Llodis—M.',Rubernach, and M. Murran.
At Arranoudioga—M. Rumball.
At Bilboa—Professor Don Manuel, Mr. Lewis,
Mr. Lloyd, and Don Conza.
At Banderras—Don Montiseno, Don Epalza, Mr.
Adams, and Mr. Draper.
At Logromo—Mr. Perry and Mr. Pole.
At Monteayo—M. Leverrier, M. Villarceaux, M.
Chacornac, M. Foucoult, and M. Novella.
At Los Palmas—Professor Secchi, with a staff of
French, Spanish, and Italian astronomers.
At S.n Forego—Mr. Gavey, Mr. Winder, and
Mr. James.

At Laguardia—Mr. Galton, Mr. Gray, Mr. At-
wood, Mr. Forrest, and Mr. Bowden.
At Tolomx—Captaia Jacob, Professor Grant,
Rev. Dr. M‘Taggert, and Mr. Martin.
AtVittoria—Professor Madler (Dorpat), Professor
Goldsmit (of Paris), Professor Weyer, Professor
D'Arrest (of Copenhagen), and Dr. Thiele (of Co-
penhagen).
At Pancorbo—Professor Chevallier, Mr. Wilson,
and Mr. Hammond.

At Castle de Miranda—M. de Money and M.
Alicot.

At Pobis—The Astronomer Royal, Professor
Struve, Professor Oom, Dr. Winnieke, Mr. Bernal-
son, and 11r. Stead. _

At Gujuli—Rev. C. Prichard, Mr. Scott, Mr.
Wright, and Mr. Fazel.
At Gorbea—Mr. C. Vignolles (at 5,200 feet alti-
tude), and Mr. Thornthwaite (at 1,000 feet lower).
At Ribabellosa—Mr. De La Rue, Mr. Downes,
Mr. E. Beck, Mr. Beckley, and Mr. Reynolds.
At Miranda—Mr. Weedon, Mr. Bonomi, Mr. W.
Beck, and Mr. J. Beck.
At the Castle of Aguilar de Campos—Mr. W.
Lassell and Mr. Stanistreet.

At Santander—Professor Swan, Mr. E. J. Lowe,
Mr. Ellis, the Rev. W. R. Almond, Mr. S. Morley,
and Mr. Philip Sewell.
At Santander Bay—Capt. Seccombe, and Mr.
Thomson (master).
On Ship Himalaya—Lieutenant Verstrum and
Lieutenant Bojer.
At Bezana, on the Escudo Pass—Professor Lind-
hagen (of Stockholm), Dr. Moller (of Lund), Pro-
fessor Fearnley (of Christiana), and Professor Lin-
delof (of Helsingfors).
At Pena Castilla—Mr. R. Heath.
At Camesa—Mr. Breen, Mr. Buckingham, and
Mr. Wray.
We understand that a large volume will be pub-
lished, under the direction of the Astronomer Royal,
of the records of the different astronomers of the
Himalaya Expedition.

PUBLIC ALLOWANCES FOR

HOSPITALITIES.

In contrast with the shabby treatment of the cap,
tains of our men-of-war, of which Sir John Paking-
ton revealed to the house such disgraceful instances
on Tuesday, it is curious to observe how the public
deals with the great guns of the Church. The
scandalous augmentation, by the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners, of the Income of the Dean of
York to £l,OOO a year was expressly justified by
Mr. Westhead on the ground of the hospitalities
incumbent on that dignitary. Indeed, Mr. West-
head contended that the income of the deanery
ought to be doubled to enable its convivialities to
expand in the same proportion ; but, the present
dean " having a private fortune," the member for
York refrains from urging this second and hand-
some augmentation until the next avoidance of th e
office ! The " good private fortunate," however,
did not prevent the commissioners from adding
£2OO a year to the Hon. and Very Rev. Augustus
Duncombe's salary, which was overpaid with the
£BOO at which he accepted it. See how much
better it is to be a dean than a captain in the navy,
where the disbursements for hospitalities must
come out of the captain's private pocket as long as
there is a guinea in it to sustain the credit of the
service and the honour of the nation. If there is
one public officer entitled more than another to
the most liberal treatment by a country like
ours, it is surely the man to whose skill and
valour we intrust the glory of our flag, and
with it the safety of our commerce; but, on the
contrary, it is precisely to this very office
that the public behaves with the meanest par-
simony ; while, to a functionary like a dean,
whose very use is a question which we
defy the whole Social Science Association to ex-
plain, there is no limit to the public munificence.
The dean or the bishop has only to ask and he re-
ceives. There exists a commission specially charged
with supplying all their wants, nay, often antici-
pating them ; if the prelate desires a statelier
palace, it is built for him ; if the dean would like a
few additional hundreds a-year for his table, there
is not a moment's hesitation about granting it. No
doubt the deanery of York job was done in a corner,
but we keep corners for clerical jobs while there is
no corner, not even at the Admiralty, where even
common justice is done to the officers of our fleet,
the services of any one of whom would far out-
weigh those of all the deaneries in the country. In
the House of Commons we are glad to observe
that the York job has had few advocates. Mr.
Deedes said it ought never to have been done
without application to Parliament. Mr. Spooner
though it, as all good men do, a most unjusti-
fiable proceeding while there are incumbents of
parishe-s starving on £BO a-year. Sir James
Graham disapproved of the augmentation strongly;
and Mr. Henley declared "it had done more to
shake the confidence of the public in the Ecclesias-
tical Commission than anything which had occurred
for years."—Examiner.

CRYSTAL PALACE—HALF-CROWN DAY, Saturday,
July 28.--Admissions on payment, 1,559 ; ditto by swoon
tickets, 1,513; total, 3,102; total visitors for the week end-
ing Saturday, 39,437 ; total visitors since the opening of
palace, 10th June, 18a, 8,812,625.

V). STAMPED, sr.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING.
THE POPE'S BAD BARGAINS.

The Nation—the official Monitear in all things
relating to the Pope's Irish army—gives the follow.
ing particulars in connexion with the return to
Dublin of the 69 prodigal sons who this day week
beset the office of the Morning News, in the vain
hope of obtaining relief in the hour of tribulation.
The ation's version of the whole affair is both
amusing and instructive:—
" On Sunday last 40 or 50 men arrived in Dublin,
returned from Rome. They belonged in all pro-
bability to the number alluded to by the correspon-
dent of the Morning News in the letter which we
published last week. We must say, however, that,
as the facts appear to us at the present moment,
grievous wrong was done the poor fellows who came
home, purely through ill health, in not sending
them home quite apart from, instead of in company
with, some of the worse spec,mens of the Irish
name—runagates who have very properly been
drummed out' in Rome ; who have drank, and
blasphemed, and thieved all along the road as badly
as if they were English militiamen ; and who origi-•
pally succeeded in getting to Rome only by impo-
sition, roguery, and fraud, from the first step to the
last. It was too bad, we repeat, that the poor fellows
whom ill health alone, or other equally good cause,
compelled to return should not have been kept apart
from such refuse as that described; it was still
worse that in most cases of those who returned by
Civita Vecchia no certificates of character were
given, so that the scorn and indignation due only
towards the ill-conducted were lett in several in-
stances to fall indiscriminatingly upon young men
as moral, as well-conducted, and as respectable as
any in the land. The men who have returned
consist of-Ist, about 60, rejected as physically
unfit for employment in such a country as
Italy ; most of these men bore excellent characters ;
a few only—not 10 in all—were objectionable in a
moral as in a physical point of view ; 2d, about 20
—chiefly ex-constabulary from one particular dis•
trict—of whom it should, in fair play, be said they
were fond of ease and turned tail; no charge of bad
conduct is made against these, that we have seen,
whether civilians or ex-policemen ; 3d, about 30
thorough ruffians, whom even their (unwilling)
companions on the road home—as well as those
who travelled with them going out—declare to be
horrifying blasphemers, whose obscenity of lan-
guage and open thievery, once they left the Irish
shores, was terrible to contemplate. To these three
classes may be added, lastly, eight or ten very pre-
tentious gentry who should never have left the
nursery, yet whose exacting, whining, restless,
discontented spirit would be allayed only by a' com-
mission.' It was preferred to show them the door,'
even in the teeth of their threats that when they'd
get home' they would give accounts most terrible to
read. They were told to return, and lie away to
their hearts' content. Here we take the opportu-
nity of correcting a rumour doing grievous wrong
to a body of young men ever remarkable for all that
is honourable, patriotic, and spirited—the draners'
assistants. It has been told that these have been
ambitious grumblers, unable to bear hardship, and
discontented at not receiving commissions.' This
is, we say, a grievous wrong. It is true that the
majority of those few who made such claims and
threatened to write lying letters were drapers' as-
sistants ; but the result of particular inquiry
we have made is that in proportion to the num-
ber of them in the brigade no class hes given more
general satisfaction. They have borne cheerfully
those hardships which have tried the patience of
all the men, and given pretext to the discontent of
a few. The drapers are intelligent, hardy, cour-
ageous, and persevering. But the two or three of
the class who have broken out have given as much
trouble as a dozen of any other. We have applied
to the most trustworthy quarters to supply us with
a report of the general conduct of the men from
each district. Of the ill-conducted men the worst
went from Dublin, Kerry, and Limerick city. The
men who, on the whole, have given most satisfac-
tion have been taken from Limerick county, Tippe-
rary county, and Louth county. We name only
those districts from which the largest number emi-
grated ; but from Tuam, Meath, Galway, Longford,
and Wexford, out of a large number emigrated,
not a single man that we know of has been reported
badly off.'

THE DUNGANNON TRAGEDY.

Those who recollect the circumstances connected
with the dismal tragedy at Dungannon—the mur-
der of Sergeant INlTlelland and the nearly accom-

plished butchery of Sub-Inspector Mathew—will
not be surprised that the assassin Holden has been
found guilty at the assizes of Tyrone. The cir-
cumstantial proofs of his guilt were overwhelming,
and all the ability and eloquence of his council (Mr.
Butt) were thrown away upon the jury, who, how-
ever, accompanied their verdict with a recommenda-
tion to mercy on the ground of previous good cha-
racter; but the judge refused to listen to the re-
commendation, and sentenced him to be hanged on
the 27th of August. Holden was perfectly cool
throughout, and requested as a last favour that he
might be shot, instead of dying by the rope. The
Aorthern Whig of this morning has the following
statement in referesce to the trial :

" Notwithstanding the atrocity of the crime of !
which the prisoner has now been convicted, a feel-
ing approaching to sympathy for him was mani-
fested at the time on account of the circumstances
which had led to the perpetration of the horrid
deed, and since then the heroic fidelity manifested
towards him by his wife has contributed to renew
and keep up this sympathy. The unfortunate wo-
man has, it appears, during the last month, been in
daily attendance upon her husband, as far as the
gaol regulations would permit, and she begged
the whole country round, and raised a
considerable sum of money to procure for him the
best counsel and advice. The circumstances con-
nected with the murder were briefly that Holden
had become anxious to marry a young woman (his
present wife) and had made application for leave to
do so ; it being according to the rules of the force
that no policeman can marry without the consent
of his superiors. While the consideration of his
application was pending, it was somehow or other
discovered that Holden had been secretly married.
On Monday, the sth of December last, he was sum-
moned to receive the determination of the autho-
rities in reference to his application. He attended
in the barracks, where Mr. Mathews (sub-inspector)
intithated to him that his application had been re-
fused, and that, in consequence of what had taken
place in the interval, the determination of the
authorities was that he should be removed from
Dungannon to Newtonstewart, and reduced from
the rank of constable to sub-constable. In the course

of that Monday Holden, conceiving in his mind
that he had been ill used by M'Clelland_ and

Mathews in this matter, wrote a letter to Head-
constable M'Gowan, breathing a bitter feeling
against the sergeant and the sub-inspector. In the
course of that evening Al.Clelland was murdered.
He and Holden left the police barracks together be-
tween 6 and 7, and were seen walking on the road
and turning into the gate of the Rev. Mr. Quaine's
house. Within a minute or two after two shots
were heard, and soon after M.Clelland's body was
found with two bullet shots in it, and a little aiter
the prisoner was met on the road which he had
walked with M'Clelland, returning to the barracks,
which he left that night between 10 and 11. This,
' with other circumstances sustaining the impression
of the prisoner's guilt, was the evidence against the
accused. In the appeal made to the jury in behalf
of the prisoner the highest legal ability was dis-
played. Mr. Butt did not injure the case of the
accused by treating with levity the strong
evidence of guilt ,which had been pro-
duced against him. He wisely, and for the
interest of his client, admitted that the suspi-
cions against him were strong, bit called on the
jury not to convict on suspicions, however strong,
nor on anything less ' than clear, unpolluted
evidence, free from all doubt.' I don't say there
is no suspicion in the case. It is a case of very strong
suspicion ; but I tell you, in the sacred name of the
law—in the sacred name of justice—that a strong
suspicion will not justify a verdict of guilty.' All
this masterly eloquence was unavailing. The jury
convicted the prisoner of murder, but felt themselves
justified in attaching to that verdict a recommenda-
tion to mercy. The judge pronounced sentence of
death. Whatever may be the effect of the recom-
mendation of the jury, certainly no impartial reader
of the trial will call in question the justice of their
verdict of guilty.' The trial appears to have been
conducted throughout, on the part of all emseerned,
with a gravity and seriousness which leave nothing
to be regretted in any part of the legal and judicial
procedure. No exception can be taken to the charac-
ter or credibility of any one witness produced."
DUBLIN, JULY 29.
THE FRENCH EMPEROR AND THE IRISH PRESS.
The following letter appears in Saturday even-