The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

These were suspicious circumstances, and fully
warranted her apprehension, and, if the child
had been drowned, her conviction. But the
very first link in the chain of evidence
was defective. Two medical gentlemen had exa-
mined the body, but one alone was produced on
the trial—a matter that should have caused
serious doubts in the mind of the jury, for it is the
bounden duty of the prosecution not to spare any
expense in producing every witness that could
throw any light on the subject, and the absence
of such a person leads to the reasonable presump-
tion that his presence would not seriously affect
the prisoner, even if it were not favourable.
The other medical witness admitted that,
although he adhered to the opinion that death
was caused by immersion in the water, "it was diffi-
cult to speak positively, and it might be that the child
having been accidentally sqocated or smothered had
afterwards been thrown into the water." This
was the defence set up—and by no means an im-
probable one ; but yet the jury convicted, and
the judge sentenced the wretched girl, who heard
the fearful sentence pronounced with heart-rending
cries and sobs. We cannot believe that the
learned and humane Chief Justice will per-
mit that sentence to be carried into execution,
when the very first requisite was wanting, and it
was not established, that the unfortunate child
wasmurdereaat.,:i r that
exite
it:stiticle.
his
lmore unfortunate
mother7,iallora ad any criminal intention against the
\ very ha had fondly cherished up to the
mane, Tae
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4"":s.o(mn.lptc?ra about the ,
the China
end of the week. She at SL"tlada." of
and 6,300 sovereigns from go
.ew York yesterday describe in silo®r dollars, n
About 27,000/. in AustrallaultZ,L„
gold
was
tti„a
the stock market, nederte"a„-.
ttaoiTotehbidee
advisesßanainm liaytieoisrntoemridna
ft uence of an increasing abundance of money
and tree•
present
from
r inm any
Europe 0 P uncertainties in foreign politics such as at
e excite caution.

Her Majesty the Queen went yesterday to the Camp
at Aldershot. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness
the Prince Consort left Buckingham Palace at 10 minutes
pa-.t 10 o'clock, attended by Lady Churchill, the Hon.
Sestrice Byng, Lord Colville, Captain the Hon. D. de
Roe, and the Master of the Household.
A. detachment of the 11th Hussars formed the escort
to the private station of the South-Western Railway at
Vauxhall, where a special train was in readiness for the 1
conveyance of Her Majesty.
The Queen and Prince went over the new barracks,
and subsequently her Majesty reviewed the division at
Aldershot, under the command of Lieutenant-General
Knoll's.
The Queer and Prince returned to Buckingham Palace
at 20 minutes before 6 o'clock. -
Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Alice,
honoured the performance at the Haymarket Theatre
with her presence in the evening. The Queen was at-
tended by the Countess of Caledon, the Hon. Beatrice
Byng. Lord Raglan, and Lord Colville.
The Prince Consort, attended by Lord Bagot, Colonel
Francis Seymour, C. 8., and Captain the Hon. D. de
Roe, honoured with his presence the performance of
Bach's music at St. Martin's-hall.

It is positively stated in Paris that M. Alexandre
Dumas, jun., is about to marry a Rus-ian princess.
BAPTISM Olt THE EARL OF WlLTSHlRE.—Yesterday
afternoon the baptism of the Earl of Wilt-hire, son of
bbe Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester, was per-
formed at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, by the Very
Rev. the Dean of Windsor, in the presence of a most
brilliant circle of the nobility. At the conclusion of the
ceremony a grand deijeuner was given by his:lordship to
a distinguished circle.
News of the arrival of the Australian mail steamer
at Suez is expected to reach London at the end of the
month. The dates by this vessel will probably extend
to the 11th Feb. from Sydney, and to the 13th ident from
Melbourne. She is expected to bring a large amount
of geld, and news of considerable shipments by sailing
vessels.
MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—Manchester, March
23.—There were indications of an improvement in this
market in the earlier part of the day, but the telegraphic
report from Liverpool, of " a quieter market again,"
had a depressing influence, and destroyed the confidence
of buyers. Little business has been done to-lay.
Spinners and manufacturers generally maintain their
quotations of last week.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. —Great preparations
are in progress here for the approaching Easter holidays.
Among the figures likely to prove interesting we un-
derstand are those of Orsini and Pierri. The musical
department will also undergo considerable improvement
and addition to enhance the general effect, and to render
all the departments worthy of the public patronage.
MR. ALLSO? TIN REGICIDE.—It is stated that Mr.
Alleop has for several days been concealed in this city,
somewhere in Anthony-street. Both English and French
detectives are now in pursuit of him, and it is not at all
improbable that he may be arrested within a day or t NO.
Though the contemplated assassination, of which he is
alleged to be one of the conspirators, was not successful,
he will be returnable under the extradition treaty, if in-
dicted for the murder of the innocent persons who were
killed by the explosions in the Rue Lepelletier.—Were
York Herald, March 8.
THE WEST-END OF LONDON RAILWAY.—This railway
is now complete, bud was yesterday examined by the
Government inspector. It is hoped that it may be open
for public traffic on Monday next. The inhabitants of
Belgravia, Westminster, Kensington, and the adjacent
localities will thereby be enabled, from the " Riverside
Terminus," at the foot of Chelsea new Suspension
bridge, to reach Brighton in one hour and a quarter, and
Dover and Portsmouth in two hours and a half. The
railway was laid out by Messrs. Bidder and Fulton, the
engineers, in 1853, and the works have been carried out
under their direction by Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and
Bette. The line will also give increased facility of
access to the Crystal Palace, and the localities of Balham-
hill, Streatham, Norwood, and Sydenham, through
which it passes.
DEATH FROM A BLOW ON THE KNEE.—The following
case was reported to the Liverpool Borough Coroner
yesterday (Tuesday) :—Oa Saturday week James
Buerowee, a boy 16 years of age, the son of a professor
of music at Liverpool, while staying at a farmhouse of
Ford was engaged in sharpening a scythe, when the
hone he was using slipped and struck him on the knee-
cap. The knee immediately began to swell, and the pain
became so intense that the boy was taken home to
Liverpool. He was attended by several doctors con•
nected with the Rose-hill Dispensary, but, in spite of
theEirmeEfforAtNs,uheLdniesds yoeysteLrdipayE
morning.
FIRE
little after two o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke
out at the house of Mr. Bedford, 37, Broadway-terrace,
Camden-town. The fire was first observed in one of the
npper rooms, in which a child was sleeping, and on the
servant and some neighbours going up, the flames hal
become so powerful that they were unable to rescue the
child. It was more than half an hour before the St.
Pancras engine arrived, and it was of very little service
when it did come. On the arrival of more po'.eerful
engines the fire was quickly eubdaed, but it had by this
time completely gutted the house. The origin of the
fire is not known. No fire had been lighted for some
days in the room in which it appeared to commence.
BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER AT APOTHE-
CARIEs'-HALL.—Yeeterday morning the watchman at
Apothecaries'-hall, named Edwin Thrift, aged 29 years,
was robbed and nearly murdered while on duty. The
unfortunate sufferer, Edwin Thrifr, was on duty at
Apothecaries'-hall, when some burglars broke in, and
he endeavoured to raise an alarm, but they knock-A him
down, and swore they would murder him. He still,
however, struggled with his assailante, when they put
their hat ds on his mouth and beat him till he was nearly
dead. They then robbed him of his silver watch and
chain and what money he had in his possokson, and 1- ft
him for dead, when they fancied they heard footsteps
and hastily retreated. Ile was taken to St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital, where every assistance was rendered to
the unfortunate sufferer. The burglars in the course of
a short time will be in the 'lends of justice.
THE LATE MURDER AT PORTSMOUTH —The inquest on
the late Mr. Harte, otherwise Howard, whose assassi-
nation we have before reported, was resumed, after a
week's interval, by the borough cononer on Monday
evening at the Dolphin Inn, whence it was adjourned
to the Session.ohouse owing to the great influx of lis-
teners. Tue only witness examined was the landlady of
the house where the deceased lived, Mre. Vicks, whose
testimony occupied upwards of three hours. N., thing,
however, appeared in it to fix the crime upon any known
paerr seoxna,
mainnda
tyi
nene t. e r dlla ye herwa sous
giving
vwi
nags
hisubmitted
testimonyt o a
whens im i-
lthis report left. The inquiry seems likely to be a pro-
tracted one.
THE ISLINGTON TRAGEDY.—LATEST PARTICULARS.
Contrary to general expectation at a late hour last E ven-
ing Mrs. Osborne still lived, but, to use the language of
Dr. Richardson, her life "bun', upon a thread." Dr.
Richardson throughout the whole of yesterday was con-
stantly in attendance, and did all that his great skill could
suggest to alleviate the sufferings of the unfortunate
woman. Her condition yesterday was much the sawn a'
that of the previous day. She was occasienal'y sensible,
but only for a very short period, almost immediately
relapsing into her unconscious state. About two
o'clock in the afternoon the lodger, said to f e her
paramour, went into the room, and, approaching the
bedside, asked her if she knew him. She replied—
" Yes, it's Fred." He then slid „a Doh you lve
o-
me'?" She answered, " Yes, I do. The pcemart
charge remonstrated with him upon putting such ques-
tions to a woman iu such a precarious state, and ordered
him out of the room, as he had no business there. He
shortly afterwards withdrew, and the woman almost im-
mediately afterwards again lost her consciousneee. The
wounds on the hsad have received the greatest attention
had it not beau for
never have committed
111:13btlar:ri,s,Itr,ibeuhtaredtislolnt'heyasaroef i ncourse
frightful
dangers,. Those on the hands are in no wo; se condition
arestate.
a thes h most
ca
Con-
e ut
it is e,.
„,..elpattiy has been expressed for Osborne, who,
the conduct of his wife.

On Cammor (?) the mutinous companies of ill.
34th Native Infantry have been almost entirely
annihilated.

Some progress has been made in suppressing th•
insurrection in J umbulpore.
Her Majesty's Gth Regiment has arrived from
the Cape, and will garrison Fort William.
Her Majesty's 64th Regiment marches t•
Ber.ares.

Commodore Watson, with the Chesapeake, is
still at Calcutta.
The Pylacles is also here, and the Shannon and
' the Pearl, whose crews constitutes the Naval Bri-
gades on sec Tic(' Oude and GarllapOTO.
The Polorus and the gunboats of the squadron

are at Rangoon.
Captain Seymour, with a party of 300 seamen
and marines, have gone up the Irrawaddy to the
Meaday frontier.

Malta, March 23.

V. MO-NTAN.A.RO

The following telegram, from Acting-Consek-
General Green to the Earl of Malmesbury, was
received at the Foreign-office on the 23d of March,
at 10.30 p.m. _ _

ALEXANDRIA, Mincii, 19, 1858.
The steamer Nubia arrived at Suez, from Cal-
cutta, on the 17th instant at 10.30 p.m.
eßnombay by last mail.
from India, more
recentSlle tbhraiungrseconioveidntferolimigce

Her Majesty's ships Shannon, Chesapeake, Pearl,
and Pylades, at Calcutta.
Yeh, a prisoner on board the Inflexible, was at
Hong Kong on the 15th February, on his way to
Calcutta.

The blockade of Canton was rased on the 10t.

The Russians and Americans have joined the Eng-
lish and French in their demand on the Chinese
government. The letters of the four Plenipoten-
tiaries have gone up to Shanghai, and by the
middle of March it will be known what line China
takes.

This telegram arrived at Malta from Alexandria
by the contract steam packet Euxine, at 7.35 p.m.
on the 23d March•

LYONS, Admiral

MALTA., MARcii 23, HALF-PAST 8, NIGHT,

The Euxiae arrived an hour ago from Alexan-
dria, bringing the Calcutta and China mails, and
leaves to-night for Marseille; whence the Vectis
arrived with the outward mai!s on the night of the
21st, and left for Alexandria early next morning.

The Malabar arrived from Southampton and left
for Alexandria on the 21st.
The Australian mails, per Wye, arrived on the
20th from Marseilles, and on the 21st, per Tamar,
from Southampton, which carried same on to Alex-
andria, on the same morning.
The Caradoc, with the Siamese Ambassadors,
left for Alexandria on the 20th.

It is reported that the squadron under Lord
Lyons will leave for a cruise on the 10th of April.
The Euxine has brought the following, which
ought to have reached via Corfu this morning, the
Austrian Eteanier having arrived there at midnight
yeAerday

" ALEXANDRIA, MAROn 19,

"Calcutta and China mails leave to-day with
intelligence from Calcutta, February 23 ; Madras,
February 28 ; Ceylon, March ; Hong Kong,
February 15 ; Canton, February 15.
" Canton was quiet.
"America and Russia had joined the alliance,
and a course of common action has been agreed
upon.

" Th 3 fur representatives were about to pro-
ceed to a rendezvous at Shanghai.
" Trade had reopened at Canton, and the site of
the new factories had been marked out.
"The Chinese authorities receive the duties.
" The 70th Sepoy Regiment had arrived, and
was quartered within the walls of Canton.
" No other reinforcements had arrived.
" The army had crossed the Ganges at Cawnpore
to besiege Lucknow on the 11th.
" Cannonade expected to open on the 22d of

February.
" Sir Colin Campbell had 160 first-class guns.
" Col. 111`Causland, with 1,004 men, defeated