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The following noblemen-and gentlemen have
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w bet-n: ahe Royal .Yacht.tScivatiroft, -House this
On his want of memory, he leaned over me and txe e , s_re
4ton, the Mae-
If you say that again, I will kiss you.' You may hetietge I tbb __Earl of ,W
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made no opposition, for bad I not dreamed of him 11,` '-usLr ees[3llll, LOrd..BtattitY vf A 4114 ley, JalliES:
this full manyea time before ? What followed I hardleseate. -P4844., Le,rd Dalkeithi Ilimsouby; -
member—passionate kisses, whispered words, confessions,i~arPrAnkland, .11,;c f, George
of the past. Oh, God ! I never hoped to see this hOur,* rßentriek; EPq., Oblonel Brimilf,?S_Perairr de [for- - '
to have any part of my lore returned. Yet so it sties- 14)1 sey, Esq., Admiral Waliole 'do libilst 4
was nervous and confused, and eager as myselfess'Al last
R.Na audthe 0031;i12a • 3rl.
we raised ourselves and walked on happy, fearful, almost
tuns, ,-1;Y Retail* .
A schooner yacht of -75
silent. We sauntered, not heeding where, to a grove of
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pines, and there looked over another view beautiful as that and Son for W. H. Cos way, Esq.,
of Norfolk
on this side, but wilder. In descending we had seen the House Cower, was launched thi and named •
Browns, and now thought it necessary slowly to join them,'(e'r•y—b6m..
They had observed nothing. We were safe. Constraining
ourselves to converse, we succeeded in disarming all ens- tiful vessel, and if she does not find her %):4•-tt h
icoug ,
piciun, and reached the house together, but late for dinner. the water as fleetly: a.3.any yacht of her tonnage.
I was flushed and excited on going down, and neither I seine of the be,t judges iu such ;natters will he out
nor Dr. L— fairly met one another 's eyes or spoke during in their reckoning.
dinner. Mr. S- who had sat by and talked to me (much
to my relief, had to go to the rail, and the carriage came,
and I went with Dr. and Mrs. Lane and the children. We
were a little crowded in going, bat a sense of hidden hap-
piness and satisfaction was glowing at my heart. We
chatted in returning, but of indifferent matters, and dear
little innocent Mrs. L--- sat behind with her fine
baby asleep and laid under her cloak. It was a pretty
drive through Farnham, by the Bishop's palace. I
was efterwarsis with her and Doatie in the stable-
yard some time, and lost sight of every one but the
child; neither in the house could I final any one. His nurse
was out, and he ran about my reom till dusk. I then lay
down and dozed, quite overpowered with remembrance
and old memories. At last I had a light, and dressed for
tea, and looked well in pale blue silk. I met his glance as
I came (at the sound of the gong) to the dining room, and
I knew that I was watched. Some time passed in a desul-
tory manner. I walked with Alfred in the hall, unwilling
to go up-stairs lost I might see him no more alone. At
last Lady D— herself wished me to go into the library.
Mr. Lane came down, but kindly did not press me to go
up. At last he came from the stable, cold, shivering,
nervous, ill. Alfred went up to hear a ghost story from
Miss B—, and we drew near the fire. How the evening
passed I know not. It was full of passionate excitement,
long and clinging kisses, and nervous sensations. not un-
accompanied with dread of intrusion. Yet bliss predomis
nated. He was partrcularlygentle, soothiug my aeitetione
and never for an instant forgetting the gentleman and the
kindly friend. Alfred came to him to go to his son, and
be reluctantly went, but came back and softly kissed my
closed eyes. I tried to raise my drooping head, but in
vain; and at last, in absolute dread of any one breaking
in, he aaised me to go. I smoothed my tumbled hair,
and in a few moments found myself in the drawing-room,
at half-past nine. Fortunately, only a few of the guests
were there. No one bad a right to question my absence
or appearance. At last, after occupying myself with a
book of autographs, and chatting with Mr. S --, Dr.
and Mrs. L came into the room together, and
soon after Lady D--. What an escape I had
had ! What a calm appearance I could now make ! Gene-
ral eonversation followed. I turned to listen, and Dr.
Lane repeated to Miss B— some of the finest odes of
Byron. When they went I rose too, and was gliding away,
when Dr. gave me a warm shake—so warm that it
crushed my fingers with the rings, so that I felt it for an
hour. Alas ! I slept little that nigkt, waking, rising, long-
ing, dreaming—and slowly came the morn.
" Oct. 8. . . . At last Mrs. Lane came. Met
Dr. Lane once, bat I hardly stayed near my door to hear
him remark that he hoped his business would finish shortly.
He wrote a long letter to Mr. —, of Elinburgh, who
wished to come and live with him for a while, it was a
nicely written letter. I lay down, wearied, exhausted, ner-
VOW. He tapped at half-past U and bide me come down
and walk: but I refused, and dozed on. Mrs. Lane earne
in, when I dressed and slowly went out to him. He joined
me at the foot of the stairs, and we sauntered out together,
walked all round the grounds and by the water, yet saying
little to one another, for both were weary and feeble. I
named my not having slept ; he said he was in pain, and
could hardly get on at all. Both wore agitated, confused,
and nervous, and I asked him how it was he acted as he
did on Sunday. At last I proposed leaving the grounds (as
the air was hot and moist), an I getting a breezy on the hill.
We climbed it slowly, and rested among the thy fern. I
shall not say what followed. He rose more composed and
cheerful, and we went home quickly, fearing its being too
late. The dinner was cheerful enough, and I talked all I
could to Lady D—, for there were few persons preeeet,
and turned from him, leaving him to talk to —. After
dinner, and a visit to Dr. -, wo had a nice long ride tp
Wavelley, Miss B-s both behind. I congratulated him
on being better, and said his voice on the stairs showed
that he was so.

TILE NEW SOREWS'fiAMER

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.SO.UTHAMPTOIst.MOND*Y.
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The steal:l-Ain. TorthaM,',recently built for the
Peninsular and Oriental CoMPany, by Messrs.
Summers and Day, iron shipbuilders of this port,
went out on her official trial trip to-day, the result
of which has been eminently successful. She bray-
! a large party on ho including; Messrs. 'Luke
I and lim_.glies (Government surveyors, from: Lon, ,
don) ; Meters. Murray and Rubie (surveyors. to
the Board of Trade); -Captain Patty, R.N., Ad-
miralty Superintendent of Packets at Southamp-
ton ; Mr. James Allan, one of the directots of the
Ptniusular and Oriental Company; Dr; Beattie,
Captain Engled te, Mr. A. Lamb, Mess's. SUM-
mers and Day, &c. - The Northam-la-of 1,607 tons
burden and 400-hOrse power, .With engines ou the
direct action principle, and her boilers are fitted.
with Lamb and, Summers's. patent fines.. This
vessel has been built and fitted out entirely at, tbilt
part, all -the shipbuilding and -ena.ineering work
having been executed
,by 4.lestirs..Sursareeys. ats4
ay, and the deogations 41kit 01 ,t --Wli*Cll are
Premarkably neat and chaste .4:C*oar:truce, by,
Mr. H. J. Buchan. tier bottom is coated with:
Peacock and Buchan's patent composition: liar
draught of water is 16 feet 2 incliesfOrward, and
18 feet 1 inch aft. She. ran the measured mile
iu Stokes; Bay four-times, with the following re-
sults :—First mile, 4 min. 42 eec., 12.766 knots per •
hour ; second mile, -4 Mir). 'll see., ,14.;343 knots;
third mile, 4 min. 54* ; 12.245 knots ; fouith_
mile, 4 min., 15.000 knots,:gi'ring an average speed
of 13.588 knots, or 15l statute miles pctrifour. The
last mile was run iu less time thari liair.,ey9r before
been known, and the result of to-,day'S',litial shows.,
that the Nur ham will be one,of the fastest of the
veAsels composing the_ compauo's splendid fleet,: a
fact which must be peculiarly gratifying to her
enterprising builders. The business part of the
trip was followed by a sumptuous dejeuner in the
saloon, at which several toasts of a loyal and com-
plimentary charaCter were drunk; and gessraik
Summers and Day wore warmly congratulated on
the success they hal achieved. The. Not thaw was
in charge of Capt. John Weeks; who has been ap-
pointed to the command, and she ;learns this -on
Sunday next, the 20th inst., on her,- first Vpyage
t o Alexandria, with the India and China mails.

RAIL SVAI' INTELLIGENCE. •

EASTERN COUNTIES.

A special general- `meeting of the proprietors of
th.s company waii, held ytsterdiry at the Londou
Tavern, BiShopsgate-'sfreet;.for the paspOSe of cod-
ordering arid approving or otherense, the provi-
sions (4 the following erns now, before PArliament-
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viz.:— - •
1. A, Bill for enabling the Eastern 0r:4110W/tan-
way bompanYio abandon portion of the Nei'.
ma:J(O t and Chester ford Railway ; and also a rail-
way 'to the River Tliameeat Galleon's.' Reach. • 2.
A Bill fur the Amalgamation of the undertakings
of the East Suffolk Railway Company, the Yar-
mouth and Haddiscee Railway Company, and the
Lowestoft and Beccles Railway Company, for leas-
ing the same, and for other purposes ; aud,3,
Bill . to enable the Waveney Valley. _Railway Com-
pany: to'ltite: their-lice-between Bungay a.nd Bec-
cles, and-for ttlier-purposes.
Mr. H. Lovr,chair man of the directors, presided,
and said the meeting was simply called, according
to the requirements of the standing, orderst:sf the
house of Lords, for tho,consideration,of the, bins
ualutd in the advertisement) to which ihe business
of the day would be confined. The first of the
three bills was the only one promoted by the Es -
ern Counties Company, and !o that he hoped the
assent of the meeting would at price be given.
Mr. MACiAlliaN thought that whatever might
ba the confidence placed in the board .by the pro-
prietary, they ought to have some explanations
with regard to the bill before giving their sanc-
tion. (Hear, hear.)
Thu CHAIRMAN said he was always most ready to
give all the information in his power ; but as the bill
had yet to go before a committee of the House of
Lords, there were reasons of prudence why be
sh,uld not go into explanations as to its details.
(Hear, hear.) It was one which would be benefi-
c al to the company without being iejtirioua to the
public interests, and further than tha,t,he,hopedhe '
should not be required to say. (Hear, hear.)
A formal resolution of sanction to the-bill was
then moved and seconded. .

" Oct. . . Mr. Lane came :out, and walked
about the grounds with me; awhile talked. to Miss-,
and finally joined Alfred and me near the bounding fence,
and soon set out for the wood, taking the usual circuit,
walking through the outer pine woods, and finally return-
ing by Swift's cottage, and lower walk. We talked with
the utmost confidenco, but somewhat more calmly. I
entreated him to believe that since my marriage I had
never before in the smallest degree transgressed." He con-
soled me for what I had done, and conjured me to forgive
myself. He said he had always liked me, and had thought
with pity of my being thrown away, as my husband Wis
evidently unsuited to me, and was. as he could see plainly,
violent tempered and unamiablo. Then we spoke of his
early age, 31, the sweet unsuspicious character of his wife,
rather than pain whom he would cut off his right hand."

The next extract referred to a drive in a fly from
Moor-park to the Ash Railway Station.

" We drove off, Alfred soon taking his place on the box.
I never spent so Messed an hour as the one that followed,
full of such bliss that I could willingly have' died not to
wake out of it again. All former times were adverted to
and explained. He had not refrained on past occasions
from a display of his true feelings without much pain, and
from prudential motives. I reminded him of my lines
from ' Paul and Virginia,' and owned they were ad-
dressed to him. I shall not relate all that passed ;
suffice it to say that I leaned back at last in those
arms I had so often dreamed of, and kissed the curls
and smooth face, so radiant with beauty, that had dazzled
my outward and inward vision since the first interview,
November 15, 1850. He had always known I liked him,
but not the full extent of the feeling, and owned it had
never been indelicately expressed. This relieied me.
Heaven itself could not be more blessed' than those mo-
ments. While life itself shall endure, their remembrance
will not pass away from a memory charged with much
suffering and little bliss.
"Oct. IL—. . . The doctor, after talking some little
while, appeared to return to his fernier kind feeling'for
me, caressed me, and tempted me, and finally, after some
delay, we adjourned to the next room and spout a quarter
of an hour in blissful excitement. I became nearly help-
less with the effects of his presence, could hardly let bins
depart, wept when he bade me try to obviate consequences,
and finally bade him a passionate Lrewell. I was alone.
Passion-wasted and sorrowful, sleep was far from me ;
that night I tossed, and dreamed, and burned till morning,
too weary and weak to rise."

I❑ reply to a sharehold,r,
The CHAIRMAN said the line to be abandoned
be wean Newmarket and Chesterford was a dupli-
cate line, which was wholly unnecessary, and which
entailed expenses of which the directors were desi-
rous to get rid.

The'resolution was then agreed to.
In allusion to the second bill,
The CHAIRMAN said it was simply-of a permis-
sive character, and entailed neither engagement
nor expend4ure of any kind upon that company,
although there were three elause.s relating to au
kreetnent which might .be made, probably before
long, between that company and the East Suffolk,
the terms of which would' be'Sitbruitted to the
shareholders, before they •were ratified by the di-
rectors. In alluding to the third bill, he said it
only came before them b2cause they happened to
have a working agreement between the Eistern
Counties and the Waveney Valley Railway Corn-
pauy, and the latter could not, according to the
forms of Parliament, lease any portion of their line
without the formal sanction of that (the Eastern
Counties) Company. _

Mr. M. Chambers, in conclusion, said that Mr.
Robinson had obtained a divorce d me7isd et thoro
in the Eoclesias ical Com t upon this evidence ;
but it was now, he believed, intended to ba urged
on the other side that all that was described by
Mrs. Robinson was mere hallucination, mid had no
foundation in fact. It would, therefOre, be cor-
roborated by other testimony.
Mr. Ja.meaJay, brother-in-law of the pistil ioner,
was then called, and proved that the marl iage took
place at-Hereford in February, 1844. 'Mts.:Robin-
son was a widow with one child, Alfred. They lived
at Blackheath for several years, and always appeared
to be on good terms. The petitioner was a kind
and affectionate husband. These diaries (produced)
were in the handwriting of. Mrs. Robinson. She
appeared to be now about 50 years of age.
Mr. James Robinson,,the father of the petitioner,
also prolied that they lived upon good terms.
Eliza Power, a nurse. in Mr. Robinson's family
for eight years, stated t':at while they Were at
Edinburgh Mr. Robinson's engagements some-
times took him away from home. Ee was always
kind to his wife.
Miss Frances Brown became acquainted with the
petitioner and his wife at Edinburgh about the end
of 1850, and frequently met them in society. She
went on a visit to Dr. and Mrs. Lane at Moor-park
in October, 1854. Mrs. Robinson came there on a
visit, and stayed about three days in that month.
Dr. Lane and Mrs. Robinson had been intimate
from the time she knew them, but she did not
notice that they were more intimate than on forraer
occasions. One Sunday afternoon, pretty late, she
and her sister met Dr. Lane and Mrs. Robinson
coming from ;t walk: They seemed to be coming
from the Moors.. The ground in the neighbour-
hood of Moor-park was thinly wooded. They
approached and talked to them. She remembered
telling a ghost story to a child of Mrs. Robinson
on that evening. When Mrs. Robinson left she
Went in a carriage at night, and Dr. Lane went
with her to the station.

The ft;rinal -sinction of the meeting Was then
given to these bills, and the ineeling separated, after
the usual vote of &auks to the Chairman.

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HEAVY PENALTY.—Tie penalty which will be in-
curred by the European and Australian Company for
delay in bringing to England the heavy portion of the
Australian mail recently brought to Suez in the steam-
ship Victoria will amount to about 5,2501.
The Times declares that nothing can exceed the
monstrous absurdity cf prepetinglemen Indieottjadet-
ships tog eneral competition. If the liouse of Com-
mons had not of late shown a somewhat marked disre-
gard for some of the opinions of our contemporary, the
middle classes of this country might feel cause for alarm
at the vague roll of this thunder. But the demand for
opening Cadetships to everybody is so reasonable, and
the "frantic incoherence" of-the argument against the
proposal is so singular, that it is to be hoped the House
of Commons will not hesitate to txtend the same pri-
vilege to those young inen who desire,to enter the Mili-
tary, as has already been conceded tt those who desire
to enter the Civil Service of India. Notwithstanding
all Bolts of sinister, predictions and absurd stories, "the
competitive appointments," as our contemporary ad-
mit 4, "have as yetnbeen entirely succe-isful." There is
therefore not the slightest ground for refusing to extend
the system.--Dolly Nary.
DARING BURGLARY AT STDENIIAM.—About three
o'Clock on Sunday morning a daring burglary was com-
mit.ed at the residence of Mr. Rivington, of S,v denharn-
bill, Sydenham. About half-an-hour before the robbery
was discovered the police conbtableon the beat had to
convey a drunken man whom ha had.found lying in the
road to the station, and during his absence the thieves
effec'ed an entrance into the house by removing a pane
of Wags in the back kitchen window, and forcing open
the door. Mr. Rivington, hearing the noise, opened
his bedroom dobr a few minutes afterwards, when the
thieves, who had succeeded in gaining 1302140a0n of a
basket of plate, beat a hasty retreat, carrying the plate
with them. Information was at once given. to the
police, when it ,was found that the wan taken into cus-
tody for drunkenness was a well-known convicted thief,
leaving little doubt but that the constable's absence watt
deliberately planned and carried out by the man's com-
panions. Shortly afterwards, four young men , who
were found sleeping in premises a short distance from
Mr. Rivington's, were also taken into custody, but Dont
of the stolen property was found in their possession.
The whole five prisoners are LOW under remand.
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Cross•examinsd—Dr. Lane kept, a hydropathic
establishment, and paid great attention to all the
ladies under his care. It never occurred to her
that there was any improper attachment between
the doctor and Mrs. Robinson. She could re-
member that there were seven ladies there, some
married, some single. Dr. Lane was in the habit
of walking out with different ladies in the grounds.
There were a great many trees near the house.
The moorlands were about a mile from the house.
The child Alfred was probably with Mrseßobinson
when she went to the station. _ _ _

A groom named Warren, who bad lived with
Mr. Robinson in 1851, and afterwards .with Dr.
Lane, described the grounds in the neighbourhood
of Moor-park, in order to identify the places men-
tioned in the diary.• Master Alfred generally aceom-
panied Mrs. Robinson on her visits to Moor-park.
He had seen Mrs. Robinson and Dr. Lane walking
together in the park. He had also seen them in a
summerhouse, he sitting wiihhisarmround herwaist.
He had also seen them more than once alone on
the island in which the summerhouse is situated.
Cross-examined—He left Dr. Lane's service be-
cause he did not like it. He had complained to
Mr. Robinson that the place was hard. Some time
after leaving Dr. Lane he obtained a place through
the recommendation of Mr. Robinson. • He had
spoken to the butler at Moor-park about what Mr.
Robinson and Mr. Field had said to him, but he
did not say that he had never seen Dr. Lane with
his arm round Mrs. Robinson's neck.
Two other servants proved that Dr. Lane ap-
paired to pay Mrs. Robinson great attention, but
said they bad not noticed 'any improper iliari-

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