The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-07 00:00:00

1858.

BANQUET TO TH-E DUKE OF MALAKOFF.

Another of those cordial reunions which mark the real
sincerity with which the Anglo-French alliance is pre-
served in this country in all its truth and spirit took
place last evening, and the officers of the two services
wlio are members of the Army and Navy Club enter-
talied his Excellency the Duke of Malakhoff at a grand
banquet at the New Club-house, St. James's square.
Nothing that could centtiibute to the importance cf the
occasion or mark the high sense which the gallant naem-
b re of the club entertained of the position and services
of their illustrious guest was neglected, and the whole
Tharacter and tone of the entertainment was worthy
both the reputation of the " Army and Navy" and the
listinguished soldier and representative of the great
Nlonarch i❑ whose honour it was given.
The dinner was fixed for eight o'clock, and by half-
past seven the guests began to arrive, pouring up the
magnificent staircase of the club to the library, where
the committee to whose care the conduct of the enter•
tainment was intrusted received their visitors. All wore
olai❑ evening dress, wearing, however, their srincipal
decorations, and nearly all were assembled before the
hour at which the guest of the evening was expected to
riTik

A little before eight o'clock his Exc llency was an
flounced, and was immediately conducted to the library.
Here be was received with quiet but most cordial de-
monstrations of welcome from all the assembled officers,
and especially, of coune, from the chairman of the even-
ing, Sir Fen wick Williams.

Some of the most distinguished officers present were
presented to his Excellency. Accompanying the duke
were the secretaries and principal attaches of the French
Embassy, the Baron de Malaret, Commandant Dubai,
Count de Jaucourt, Colonel Appert, M. Monicault, &c.
All these gentlemen shared, of course, the warmth
with which their chief was received, and all are suffi-
ciently well known in the elite of London society to be
,use of the best cengratulations of its best circles.
The banqnet was served in the chief dining-room cf
the club, a noble apartment and remarkable alike for its
architectural features and the taste and simplicity with
which it is adorned. Very little attempt had been made
to enhance its proportions or to add to its fine general
effect by the temporary decorations which are often re-
sorted to on these occasions, and nothing but the mag-
nificence with which the banquetting tables were spread,
the massive epergnes, plateaux, cups, and centre pieces
which covered them, filled with the choicest flowers,
marked the style of the entertainment and the import-
ance of the guest in whose honour it was given. The
tables were arranged in a ciroular form, going almost
completely round the saloon. In the centre was the
chairman, the gallant Sir Fenwick Williams, the seat of
honour on the right, of course, being occupied by the
guest of the evening, and the place on his left by the
Right Hon. Sir John Pakington,
Behind the chairman's seat the tricolour and English
ensign were grouped together, and arranged before the
places of honour were some pieces of plate, including
some regimental trophies and some of the best of the
Goodwood Cups. The whole room was lighted from the
ceiling by those peculiar burners known as sunlights,
and the effect was briliant in the extreme. Among the
guests and other members of the club present on this
occasion were—Lieut.-General Sir Wrn. Codrington,
Major-General Sir C. Yorke, K.C.8., Colonel Owen,
C. 8., R E., Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Burgoyne, K.C.8., Col.
Daniell (late Coldstream Guards), Captain the Hon. J.
Drummond, R.N., Captain Porter, R.N., Major-Gen.
Alves, K.C.B, Major-Gen. Lawrenson, Col. de Ailey,
Col. Goldemid, Col. Pipon, Assistant-Adjutant General ;
Major March, R. M., Lieut.-General Forbes, R.A., Col.
Chapman, C. 8., R.E., C Ouvry, C. 13., Capt. Carpen-
ter, Sir G. Jenkinson, Bar., Sir J. Carmichael, Bart.,
Major Rodney, Lieut.-Colonel Sibthorp, Lieut.-Colonel
Morris, C. 8., R.A., Capt. Clarke, Baron de Malaret,
Lord Rokeby, Colonel Hamley, R.A., Colonel Forster,
Deputy Adjutant-General ; Commandant Dubai, Col.
Fiore, Col. Appert, Mr. J, P. Maxwell, M.P., Major
Teesdale, C. 8., R.A., Monsieur Monicault, Count
Jaucourt, Major Fellowes, Ca stain F. Sayers, Deputy
Assistant Quartermaster-General ; Major Hon. H. F.
Keene, R.E., Col. Bignold, Deputy Assistant Adjutant-
General ; Major Way, Sir A. Agnew, M.P., Mr. H. E.
Surtees, Lord F. Conyngham, M.P., Capt. C. Reynolds,
Mr. T. Butter, Captain W. Ellis, Major S. W. Spicer,
Col. S. Napier, C. 8., Col. W. Napier, Capt. Pember-
ton, Capt. Travers, Lieut.-Colonel Pretyman, Captain
Montgomsrie, Captain Williamson, Captain Bowden,
Captain Henderson, Major Pipon, R.A., Major Spur-
way, R.A., Lieut.-Colonel Finnic, Lieutenant Lynch,
Capt. Wallack, Major Montressor, Major A. Inglis,
Copt. Scott, Major Tremayne, Major Westhead, Capt.
Ron. H. Murray, R N., Mr. Walcot (Secretary), Capt.
Mayo, Mr. R. Jefferson, Ceylon Rifles, Capt. W. S.
Hughes, Mr. Norman Cowley, Sir A. Web-ter, R.N.,
Capt. Durant, Capt. Draper, Mr. T. N. Woulfe, Capt,
W. Archdale, M.P., Major Carthew, Sir C. Rich, Capt.
Blakely, R.A., Capt. Hon. W. B. de Blaquiere, R.N.,
Major Conyers, Major Whitmore, 62J, Capt. G. Beres-
ford, Capt. Walters, late 6th, Capt. Pryse, M.P., Capt,
Cookworthy, Capt. V. Baker, Mr. E. Amplete, Capt.
Weylaed, Sir S. Bishop, Capt. Hamilton, Mr. H. Me-
redith, Lieut. R. Herbert, R.N., Capt. Thursby, 22d,
Lieut. Heneage, R.N., Hon. S. Duff, M.P., Capt. R.
Erskine, Mr. R. Campbell.

It is needless to say that the banquet was of the most
sumptuous description and served in the very best style ;
in fact, all the arrangements connected with the dinner
were of the most satisfactory kind, and rtfiect the
highest credit upon the Messrs. Staples, to whose care
and experience this most important department was en-
trusted.

The cloth having been withdrawn,
The CHAIRMAN rose amid loud cheers, and said, that in
proposing the first toast of the evening he felt assured
it would be received with the greatest enthusiasm—it
was that of "the health of her Majesty." (Enthusiastic
cheers.) In calling upon their illustrious' guest with
whose company they had been honoured that night to
join in that toast, he need not point out to him, or to
those who were engaged in that war, the deep intere-t
which her Majesty took in all that concerned the welfare
,f the soldier, and the untiring benevolence which she
showed to the wounded during that memorable struggle.
(Cheers.) He kriew that their illustrious guest liked
short speeches, and that nothing which he could say
could add to the warmth with which the toast would be
received ; he, therefore, begged to propose " the health
of her Most Grachus Majesty the Queen." (Great
cheering.)

The toast was drunk with all the honour?.
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the second toast, sail,
t was one which he knew would be received with all
the warmth and cordiality of feeling which it deserved
—it was " the health of the Emperor and Empress of
the French." (Great cheering.) He invited them to
drink to the health of that Sovereign who had shown
himself, throughout a most ardent struggle, the truest
and most faithful ally of England. (Cheers.) It was
impossible for those whom he had the honour to
address, or, indeed, for any thinking man either in
England or in France, to over-estimate the value of
the alliance between those two great nations. (Cheers.)
He was convinced that as long as those two countries
acted cordially together they would be the arbiters of
the world; that what they said should be done
would be done, and what they said should not be
done would not be done. (Cheers.) There was a fur-
ther anti a special reason why the toast he proposed
should be drunk with genial warmth on that occasion—
it was that the Emperor of the French was himself a
member of that club. (Cheers.) In times gone by the
eminent man who now ruled the destinies of France bad
dined within those walls, and many then present had
had the honour of enjoying his Majesty's society. All
those members who during late years had gone to
France could bear willing testimony to the hospitality
with which they had been received by the Emperor of
the French, and the lively interest which his Majesty
bad uniformly evinced in all that concerned the welfare
of that club. (Cheers.) He felt that all whom he then
addressed would join him in the expression of grief and
indignation at the dastardly attempt which had recently
been made on his precious life and on that of the Em-
press. tLoud cheers.) Sure was he that there was not
an officer or a soldier in the whole British service who,
if he bad been present, would not have given his own
life to save that of their illustrious ally. (Great cheer-
ing.) He begged them, then, to drink the health cf his
Imperial Majesty, and to the continuance of a life so
valuable that anything which would endanger it must
be contemplated with fear and misgiving. (Great
cheering.)
The toast was then drunk with all the honours.'
The Duke of MALAKHOFF, on rising to acknowledge
the toast, was received with tremendous cheering. He
replied in French, and said that it gave him the
greatest satisfaction to be able to respond to the
sentiments of respect and regard with which the health
of his Imperial Majesty and the Empress had been hailed
by the company he had the honour then to address. He
f• It flattered beyond expression by the warmth and cor
diality of feeling which that toast had evoked. if anytb.e g
could add to it, it was the fact that the glowing ulogi
which they had just heard had been delivered
Fenwickfrom
mouth of a no less illustrious officer than Sir etuhw
ro
Williams, the heroic defender of Kars. (Cheers.) The

illustrious Duke c/neluded by expressing a fervent hope
that the sentiments of esteem which had been declared
for the alliat ce of England with France would al7:ayF,
be preserved.

The gallant CHAIRMAN, having proposed in the usual
terms " the health of the Prince Consort and the other
members of the Royal family," which was duly honoured,
next gave the toast of the evening, " the health of hi-
Excellency the Duke of Malakhoff." Tnis (he said) was
a toast in which the officers of bith services weal-i
meet cordially j tin. He tinfeinedly wished that th
task of proposing it bad beer. confided to bands mote
capable of doing justice to its great merits ; but he felt
sure that nothing that he or any one else could Gay,
could add to the seatiment of admiration and esteem
with which the name of Marshal Pelissier would be re-
ceived at that table. (Great cheering.) The Marshal
had had the high honour of lacing nominated by hie
ImpErial mast:r to represent him at this Court ; and
the marks of esteem and affection with which the illus-
trious ambassador hal been received in this countiy,
must sufficiently convince him of the real senti-
ments of the British people towards him. It would be
paining the modesty of the illustrious Duke were he to
dwell upon the history of his many and great achieve-
ments ; he woul I simply allude, therefore, to his momen-
tous services in Africa, where he had gained an im-
perishable renown, and to the subsequent services whict,
he rendered in the Crimes, where he acquired his crown-
ing glory. (Great cheering ) He (Sir F. Williams) had
the honour of commanding a fortress in a remote part ef
Asia when the news arrived of the great victory whim
hid been achieved by the French army and the En, list
army which acted with them. lie thereupon ordered
salute to be fired in honour of that great event, before the
Russian army, which lay only three miles off, under hie
friend, as he (Sir F. Wi:lianoo might now call him—
General Mouravieff. The Russians immediately ordered
out a Cossack battery of artillery to drown the noise of
that British salute, and which they effectually did ; how-
ever, the fortress under his command took the Russian-
by surprise that evening, and fired a salute in honour M
the fall of Sebastopol at sundown. (Cheers and laughter.)
Ile was sure that the Duke of Malakhoff would apprecia! t
the sentiment of the British army and navy in inviting
him to partake of the hospitalities of their table, and
who now united in drinking in all sincerity, success an,
long life to the Duke of Malak huff. (Trernendom
cheering.)

The Duke of MALAKHOFF, on rising to acknowledge
the toast, was received with the most cordial and
enthusiastic cheers, which lasted for several minutes
He said, still speaking in French—lt is with a feeling
of brotherly pleasure that I find myself sitting arson,
you. It gives me deep satisfaction to see your cordial
anxiety to give me a welcome. As a soldier more than
one among you know me ; as Ambassador my principles
are invariable, and as I have already had the opportu
nity of explaining them, it is not necessary to speak o•
them again here. But what I wish to tell you is, that 1
feel a pride in finding myself again in the midst of my
companions in arms, and that I recall to memory cm
valiant standards, our glorious flags, the witnesses el
your great efforts as well as ours, under the shadow of
which we have conquered the peace of the world. Let
us in future know how to maintain that peace, so pro-
ductive of civilisation, and so fertile, so necessary fur n-
and for you—that peace so indispensable for the welfare
of al'. I hope that peace will be durable, for it was
cemented by generous blood—by blood shed side by side
in succouring a faithful ally, but shed with equal and
mutual eagerness. It is for us, soldiers and sailors, to
remember this. It is for us to propose, without hesita-
tion, an enthusiastic toast of lasting concord, and we
who have joined our heroic efforts together for the ad-
vantage of all who have the right to say to two great
people, "Let us know how to unite the two fleets ant
the two armies, and let our sentiments be mingled tog( -
ther in one common feeling." I beg to propose " The
imperishable union of our fleets and armies."
The CHAIRMAN next gave " the Eugli,h Commanders
in the Navy and Army then serving their country
abroad," and in whose praise the recent events which
had taken place in the East spoke louder and more
forcibly than any terms of eulogy which he could use.
(Cheers.) He was sure there was not a tnao in she three
kingdoms who had not that day been rejoiced at seeing
by the newspapers that a well-earned title of distinction
was about to be bestowed as a reward for the long tried
and arduous services of Sir Colin Campbell. (Cheers.)
He would couple with the toast which he had the honour
of proposing the names of Major-General Sir Charlet
Yorke and Sir John Pakington.

Sir J. PAKINGTON said, he rose with feelings of con-
siderable regret that the duty of acknowledging the
compliment paid to the navy had not devolved upon
some of the experienced officers whom he saw around
him ; but though he wanted the experience of actual
service he wool I yield to no man in his deep almirati
for the heroic deeds of that service, and for the noble
char.mteristics which almost invariably distinguished the
officer who belonged to it. (Cheers.) Oa that occasion
he was sure he should best express the feelings of the
British navy when he said that, with sailor-like frankness
and warmth, they joined with their brothers of the army
in true and hearty welcome to that most distinguished
French Marshal who had served with Englishmen of all
arms in the struggles and glories of hard-fought fields,
and whohad now come among them on a mission of peace,
and in the enjoyment of the honours of that important
mission to reap the high reward he had earned of his
country. When he spoke of the illustrious Marshal having
served with Englishmen of all ranks, he alluded more
especially to the services of the Naval Brigade, who,
having no foe to cope with on the sea, had volunteered
for duty in the trenches of the Crimea and in the parched-
up fields of India, and in both places had rendered moat
distinguished and important services to the army. The
Duke of Malakoff had seen these things--he had seen
them as a friend and as an ally, and God grant that he
might never see their services in any less amicable rela-
tions. (Cheers.) They had all listened to the Duke
with the most heartfelt p'easure—a pleasure he was sure
in which every Englishman would share—when his
Excellency expressed his wish that the union of the two
countries might be eternal. (Cheers.) He trusted that
the Duke of Malakhoff had seen enough of this country
to know that the sentiments of the nation were not to
be judged from those which were evinced in the deep
recesses and crowded alleys of a great city—(continued
applause) ;—nor in those indiscretions of speech which
had been committed by men who ought to have used
a more temperate tone. But the Duke knew the
country and its institutions, and ha knew that those
things were part of the price they paid for the freedom
they valued, and he knew also that the real spirit of Eng•
land towards France was rather to be found in the cordial
feelings which bad evoked that festive meeting, kCheers.)
It was to be found in the welcome which had greeted
him from all classes—it was to be found in the feeling
which prevailed in all well-regulated English minds ;
and for the sake of France and for the sake of Eng-
land, for the 'sake of the happiness, the civilisation, and
the progress of the world he hoped that that feeling of
cordial union might long subsist betwee❑ them,—a feel-
ing which found its beat security in the mutual respect
and confidence which ought always to be entertained
between two of the most powerful, the most independent,
and the most enlightened nations of the earth. (sluch
chvering.)

Major-General Sir C. YORKE briefly acknowledged
the honour which had been done him by coupling his
name with that of the army. He said, when his Excel-
lency the Duke de Malakhoff was first named for the
post of Ambassador the idea of the duke being a great
fighting, man created an unpleasant feeling in the minds
of some people lest he should not be in favour of peace-
ful counsels. But nothing could have been more mistaken
than such a notion. It was never among generals and
warriors that warlike ideas prevailed ; pugnacity was
generally most predominant among those who by a sin •
gular perversion of terms were called the "civil" portion
of the community. (Laughter.) Formerly, when France
and England were almost on the verge of war, a peace-
ful understanding was restored chiefly through the exer-
tions of two individuals—the Duke of Wellington and
Marshal Soult, and he was sure that if any future cause
of misunderstanding should arise between the allied na-
tions they could not do better for its pacific settlement
than just to put the whsle matter into the bands of his
Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief and the Duke
de Malakboff, and leave it to them to arrange it quietly.
(Cheers and laughter.)
The CHAIRMAN next gave the toast of "The Armies
and Navies of the English and French in the Esiticand
in the Black Sea," briefly saying that it
tywaCs
ri not
means,
neces-
sary for him, in the presence o
whose dangers and whose gioriefs sboomhaad had no share,
to enlarge upon what had been Effected by the operaticn
of the combined armies. He fervently trusted, how ever,
good feeling which had
that the cordial sympathy and
then been evinced by the combined forces would always
exist.
Sir W3l. CODEINGTON returned thanks for the army,
looking back with pride at what had been accompiiiihed
by their unitA efforts ; by Marshal St. Arnaud, with
whom the battle e f the Alma had been gained ; by Mar-
•.hal Canrober, with whom they had gained the battle
sf Inkermann; and the last glorious months ef duty with
their illustrious guest, with whom the final victory bad
been achieved. (Cheers.) During the time that he (Sir
I W, Codrington) had had the honour of commanding

the English tartly he could speak to the warmth and
sincerity with which the alliance ha i been preserve 3,
and that nothing 'could be more open, more straightfor.
ward, and more energetic and frank than the co-opera-
tion and assistance of their illu-itrious guest. He was
Aura that the noble Duke would not soon forgot the
glorious scenes he had mixed with iii the British army,
and he was sure that all in that army would appreciate
the sincerity and worth of their to whose merits
he had borne this slight testimony. (Oneors.)

The Hon. Captain DRUMNI)ND, RN., having adde4
a few words to the part a the navy,

Lord ROKEST briefly gave " Ttie health of their gal-
lant chairman, Sir Fen wick Williams, of Karr."
Sir F. WILLIAMS acknowledged the honour in a few
words, and said he felt it to be a high honour to have been
selected to fill the chair on an occasion of such impor-
tance. The gallant officer then proposed the last toast
on the list, "The Health of the Club Committee of
Management, and thanks to them for the way in which
they had discharged their pleasant, but important duties,
in connection with the festival." The toast was coupled
with the names of Col. Daniell, Lord J. Chichester, and
Capt. Murray.

Col. DANIELL said, he begged on his own part, and
that of the committee, to return them his best thanks,
and he asked them to believe bins when he said that any
exertions they had used were amply repaid by their
probation of them. He felt that night in a proud post•
tion, sitting by the side of that great warrior with whore
he shared the excitement of the Crimean campain, and
he felt that the position be occupied was not to be as.
scribed to merits of his, but t 3 that unvarying good
feeling and kindness on the part of the members, who
had assigned to him, as on many past occasions, a pobt
of distinction. For one circumstance the club certainly
was to him indebted, which was, that he induced the
present Emperor of the French to become an honorary
member of the club. It would gratify the members to
hear that only a few weeks ago he had the honour of
seeing him, and that then, with all his wonted kindness,
he had spoken of the club in terms of the greatest inte-
rest. He could never personally be sufficiently grateful
to him, that when going to the Crimea he bad
written with his own hand to Marshal Canrobert
presenting him (Colonel Daniell) to him, and by the
act he was introduced to many French officers, whose
itiedness and invariable welcome to their tents ho_-
was
glad that day to have a public opportunity of acknow-
L.dging. He would be ungrateful to detain them longer,
but there was a little Crimean incident he wished to re-
late, and which he did not think it inopportune then to
mention. As Lord Rokeby and General Codrington
were both a ware, the last two months before Sebastopol
the Guards were in the trenches every third night, and
they could not spare the living to guard the dead. On
the lone hill of Inkermann eight of the Coldstreams
(among whore was poor Mackinnon, whose name was
on the memorial window of the club) were buried in one
grave—brothers in glory as in death. He bad expressed
his regret to Colonel Guerin, of the 15th Regiment de
la Ligne, and he thought it would long be remembered
when he said that, although nightly the French were
losing an enormous number of men in the trenches,
Colonel Gueri❑ regularly till after the fall of Sebastopol
furnished a sentry to guard from desecration the re-
mains of those officers and other brave fellows who, like
them, had fallen at the memorable battle of Inkermann.
They might depend upon it that their club motto, then
wined round the flags of France and England,
" Unitate Fortior," was the best for their mutual in-
terests ; and, with the permission of the chairman, he
would give as a toast to be drunk with all British sin-
" L'Entente Cordiale." (Great cheering )
With this toast the festivities terminated, and the
oompany adjourned to the coffee-room, where coffee was
served, and whence the guests departed as they chose.

SHOCKING MURDER IN A NEWSPAPER
OFFICE AT HALIFAX.

(Front the Leeds Mercury.)
A dreadful murder occurred at the Halifax
Guardian newspaper-office, yesterday, and threw
the whole town into the utmost consternation, the
deceased being extensively known in the town.
From what could be gathered soon after the fear-
ful affair, it appears that the compositors at the
office of the Halifax Guardian newspaper had but
just returned from dinner yesterday afternoon, a
little after two o'clock. A number of them were in
the first composing room upstairs (the room next to
George-street), and two others, one of them the
unfortunate deceased, Mr. James Jacobs, and
the other his murderer, a youth about twenty
years of age, named Dawson (who is an aro-
prentice), were in a further room, looking
o George-street-yard. The two latter were
at work, and just before the melancholy affair
Dawson had gone to one of the other men for a
l inch of snuff for deceased, with which he had re-
turned to the other room. No quarrel in words
was heard between the two, but it seems the mur-
derer shut the door and fastened it, and without a
moment's warning commenced an attack a Jacobs
with iron "dumb-bells." After this, and appa-
rently becoming still more furious, he seized an
iron press-stang, about two-and-a-half yards long,
and beat the deceased about the head with that.
Still further, lie seized a hatchet, and with it cut
away at the face and head of his victim.
Meanwhile the other workmen were alarmed
with the noise going on, and, if we are rightly in-
formed, all ran into the street. There was a wool-
sorter named Bates passing up the street, however,
to whom they communicated that there was some.
thing wrong, and he, a strong, courageous man,
determined to ascertain what was really the matter.
He and the printers entered the office, and, break-
ing open the door, found to their utter dismay that
poor Jacobs was dead.
The sight that presented itself was fearful. V •
dead body of the man who but a few moments be-
fore was vigorous with life and all the strength of
manhood, was laid on its back in the room. There
was a large pool of blood, tin brains being mingled
iu it. The w•unda were of the most dreadful cha-
racter, and all upon the front part of the head.
The forehead was laid open, and the face gashed,
apparently with the hatchet. The ill-fated man
had taken off his coat, and had commenced his
work, for his composing-stick lay near him, and the
matter he was setting up was in melancholy .
The murderer was immediately arrested and re-
moved to the Town-hall in the custody of the
police. He is a youth still serving his time
with Mr. Walker, the pr. prietor and publisher of
the lialifax Guardian, and is considered, so far
.as
ll
we can ascertain, a you' of remarkably quiet dis-
position. Ho and his victim were believed to be
very friendly, end we are told frequently worked
side by side with each other. Not one word of dis-
agreement that we can hear of had occurred be-
tween the two.

Dawson had been engaged up to the time on
some "rule work," which he bad executed very
neatly, and altogether had conducted himself with
the utmost propriety up to the very instant of his
commencing the fatal attack on Jacobs. The man's
trousers were bespattered with, blood and brains
when removed to the Town-hall. He did notseem
much excited, only had a peculiar wildness about
the eyes. He quietly told Sergeant Thompson all
th tt had happened. The only explicable statement
is, that Dawson must have suddenly lost his reason,
and under tee influence of momentary madness
done this dreadful deed.

Jacobs, the deceased, as we have said, was very
well known in the town. He resided at Hall-end,
where his wife carried on the business of a miliner
on a large scale. He was in the vigour of bis days,
a strong active man. He bad been at the Guar-
dian office for a dozen years at least.
The inquiry b fore the coroner and jury resulted
in a verdict of wilful murder against the
the pri-
soner the prisoner.
While the surgeon was giving his evidence
sc earned violently, and attempted to ap-
proach bim, but was held back by several of the
parties present. A scene of great excitement en-
sue d, and ultimately ithe surgical evidence was
taken in private.

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ent borrower " Then if I wanted it for two years,
there'd be something coming to you, eh I"
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF DEATH FROM FALLING OX
THE POINT OF A PARASOL.—Yesterday afternoon Mr.
W. Payne held an inquest at St. Thomas's Hospital, on
the body of a female named Eliza Reffey, aged 30, who
fe:l down, and was wounded in falling by the point of
firr own parasol, which happened in the street opposite
the South-Eastern Railway, at London-bridge, while
nuriyitig to catch the train to Maidstone. Mr. John
Popple well, and several other witnesses deposed to see-
ing deceased fall down. She became very ill when
taken into a shop, and was afterwards removed to the
hospital. Mr. \Yokes, the house surgeon, stated that
he saw the deceased about three minutes after her ad.
InißEton, and she was then quite dead. Haofe
bwfitasohoedn,cohftreoiaral
formed that she had received any wound, but anp.o!ts
mortem examination of the body had been made, a dhaid
wa; then ascertained ant some sharp instrumentt
piercingp euet r at
the
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also a large quautity of blood in the cavity o
and the jury returned a
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etchiednental
deat hu.E,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS. _(YESTERDAY. )
The LORD CHANCHLLOR took his seat on the woolsack
M five o'clock.

PRIVATE BILLS.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following bills
were read a second time :—iialedonian Railway (Dal-
marnoch bran-:b) ; and Symington, Biggar and Brough-
ton Railway. The Haelingden and Rawtenstall Water
Bill was read a third time and passed.
Earl GRANVILLE said in consequence of what had
been stated in another place, he felt anxious, although
not strictly in order, to put a question to the noble earl
the President of the Board of Control. He took the
liberty of asking the noble earl whether it had come to his
knowledge that a right honourable gentleman, the
leader of the Government in another place, had
stated that the Government disapproved in tote ,I
of Lord Canning's proclamation which appeared in
the public journals this morning. He also wished to
know whether the answer of the right hon. gentleman
received the concurrence of the noble earl.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said of what took,
place in another place he knew nothing. No communi-
cation bad taken place between himself and the right
hon. gentleman referred to (Mr. Disraeli) as to the terms
in which the answer should be given. The right hon.
gentleman was perfectly cognisant of the contents of the
letter which had been written to the Governor-General
on the part of the Government.
Earl GRANVILLE asked if the answer given to the
question in another place contained a correct description
of the views of the Government in reference to the pro-
clamation of Lord Canning I
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said the proclama-
tion, together with the answer would be laid on their lord-
ships' table to-morrow.
CUSTOMS (No. 2) BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of DONOUGHXORE, this bill
was read a second time.
EXCISE DUTIES BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of DONOUGHMORE,
this bill REVISION
also read a second time.
OF THE LITURGY.

Lord EI3 URY rose to move that an humble address
be presented to her Majesty for a commission, to c3nsi-
der whether the Liturgy of the Church of England be not
capable of such alteration as may render it more profitable
than it now is for the religious instruction and edifica-
tion of the people. The noble earl said he understood
that a feeling of great hostility to the address was enter-
tained, more especially by the clergy in the province of
Canterbury ; but he hoped before he resumed his seat to
convince the right rev. prelates that there existed no
good ground of hostility to is motion. It had fre-
quently been observed by some of the right reve-
rend prelates that the services of the Church
were too long and quite unsuited to the requirements of
the population. In no less than 11 principal cities of
the kingdom there existed associations of the clergy,
established solely for the purpose of obtaining a revision
of the liturgy. In the course of 200 years we had got
four or five services pressed into one, and the result was
constant repetition, wearied congregations, and endless
length, which tended to produce feelings quite the con-
trary to those intended.

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY opposed the
motion as calculated to promote discord in the Church.
He was opposed to revision, as, in consequence of the
divided state of public opinion, it would do more harm
than good. Any such pr)position, moreover, should
proceed from Convocation.
The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S though favourable to
the general views of the noble lord, was opposed to the
mode in -which he sought to carry them into operation.
Earl GREY admitted the necessity of some dhange,
but trusted the motion would not be pressed to a divi-
sion.
The Bishop of CASHEL disapproved any change not
oriainated by a properly constituted body.
Toe Earl of DERBY believed the alterations that
would be expected from the appointment of a Commis.
sion would not be limited to the removal of trifling and
casual blemishes ; it would be anticipated that the Com-
mission would inquire into the merits and demerits of
the whole Liturgy ; and to create such an impression
would be a very serious inconvenience. The alterations
L ,rd Ebury recommended might satisfy the wishes of a
few anxious friends of the Church, but it was not to be
expected they would t atisfy the large body of Dissenters,
who differed from the doctrines of the establishment. A
revision of the Liturgy would inevitably become a doc-
trinal question ; the cleanges would be discussed accord-
ing to their bearing for or against particular doctrines,
and the result would be differences within the Churob
itself. He hoped the motion would not be pressed to a
division, opposed as it was by nearly the whole of the
episcopacy, the great majority of the house, and, he be-
lieved, the best friends of the Church throughout the
coun try.

Earl-GRANVILLE thought the discussion might be
left to produce its effect on the public mind, but the
motion could not,b• pressed with any result.
After a few words from Lord ARINGIEE, the motion
was withdrawn.
noir lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following private bills were read a third time and
passed :—Cornwall Railway, Eastern Counties Railway,
London and South Western Railway, Trent Naviga-
tion, and Vauxhall Bridge Road.
Mr. SULLIVAN presented a petition from the pa-
rishioners of St. Patrick, in favour of tenant right.
WINDSOR NEW ROAD BILL.

Mr. C. FORSTER moved that the order that the re-
port do lie on the table, in reference to the Windsor New
Road Bill, be read, and discharged ; that the bill be re-
corn mated to the former committee, with leave to sit and
proceed on Friday.—Agreed to.

RAILWAY BILLS (GROUP
,2).
Col. W. PATTEN moved that Sir 3. Rarnsien be
discharged from further attendance on Group 2 of Rail-
way 131Ilg.—Agreed to.