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LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1858.

In the. year 1854, when about to :start on the
desperate mission which led to his :arrest-at Her-
manstadt and confinement in theecieadel ofe Mantua,
Orsini intrusted the education of 'his' dauglitbrie to
Blackburn appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Price, ,I his brother and uncle, and to the ferrper edeleekm.4.
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assigned by the judge, was for the prisoner. 1 the following letter. His frame of mind at the The facts of this case have been already pub- i time is thus depicted by himself in his memoirs.
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lished. Parkinson was about 30 years of age, mar- ;He says :
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ried, a small farmer, and dealer in horses and I " Before leaving for Italy I was ag4in overcome
cattle. His wife worked in a faotory, went out , with melancholy. I was sick of everything. A. sad
early, taking her dinner wit's her, and returning presentiment told me that I should see my children,
home in the evening, the deceased during the day Imy uncle, my brother no more. I wrote to ills
pursuing his business. The prisoner was formerly two latter that I was going into Asia, so that they
a gentleman's servant, and had been a cab-driver should have no suspicion that I was engaged in a
but for some time he had been out of employment new conspiracy. I sent the letters open to Mr.
He was a married man, but lived apart from his ' Colombo, of Nice, to forward them; they were
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wife, and on the day after the murder he was re- dated from Geneva, so that the police, if they opened
siding at his father's house at Holdsworth. On the the letters, should not know where I was."
14th of January, about eight in the morning, Mr. "TO ERNESTINA AND IDA ORSINI.
Shackleton, a farmer, observed something "Switzerland, Sept. 28, 1854.
lying in one of his fields like a heap "My dear daughters, —These few lines, together
of manure, but it did not attract particular with two little hearts, which contain two locks Of
attention. About four in the afternoon Mr. my hair, will be consigne to you when lam alive
Shackleton went to the place, and found that it was no longer; you will also d receive a portrait greatly
the dead body of Parkinson, quite stiff and cold. resembling me, and I hare left the necessary in-
The right arm was underneath the body, but the structions with my brother Leonidas, •so that you
left was uplifted, as if for the purpose of guarding mty have it, and keep it in. memory of your
poor
the face from injury. The face was covered with father.
blood, and there was a cut upon the left ear. Upon " Deft you in your tender age ; you were very
she ground was a quantity of blood, and a cap, a little, and the last time that saw 'you was in
portion of the blade of a carving-knife covered with the prison at Nice. I was driven from Piedmont
blood, a large stone eighteen pounds in weight, with because I had conspired against the foreignees who
human hair adhering to it, were lying close by. occupied nay noun ry.
Mr. Howard, a surgeon, made an examination of • " The vicissitudes of Italy do not Permit me to
the body, and found upon it 34 incised wounds, watch over your education ;myself, end J have not
chiefly cuts and stabs, on the left side; Five of the had the sweet pleasure, to caress you in konr•moSt
ribs were broken, the skull was crushed and broken beautiful period of youth. • - ' '
in. Upon the coat th-sre were counted twenty-four "In she ' Ihies which F hare written to my
cuts, twenty-five upon the waistcoat and thirty- brother L'conidas and my uncle I have explained
nice upon the shirt. The prisoner called upon the that I leave everything to you. .I have. begged
deceased at one o'clock on the 13th, and they wont them to transfer to you two everything which they
out Together. They were "seen walking together at might have intended to do to my advent's:gr.
varidus places between that and half-past four I have recommended you rtiore, than reysrif, be--
o'clotk, when it grew dark, and deceased was then cause lam anxious that theyesleauld ioee you,, and •
for the last time seen alive, going with prisoner in take, the greatest care in your education. -.1 may.
the exact direction of the spot where the dead body go to far-off lands embittered by everything. 1
was found. At a quarter to seven a man was met carry with me two thoughts—of you two dear chil-
comihg from the direction where the body was dren, and that of my dear country ; and I 'Alp
found. This man hastened to the railway station that my occiwations, my sacrifices, may be 'useful
and look the train for Halifax. He was the only ;o b nth. If I die soon, it will not be my fault
seeorid-class passenger by that train, and the rail- that I hive not executed' these two objects ; itewill
way Clerk states that he was a man like the pri- be that of death.
sonet, wearing a cap and a black and red scarf. " Before concluding I must
give you some ad-
The prisoner took a cab at Halifax, when the train vice, which you will retain, my dear children as a
arrived, desiring the cabman not to drive through paternal memorial,. and which may be a valuable
the main streets. He went to a house of guide to you throughout your lives ;• at least, I
ill faire, where he stayed through the night with hope and wish so. First, believe in God ! I have
two g;rls. They state that he was pale and very a firm conviction of His, existence. Second; pos.
much agitated; blood marks were on his trousers, seas unalterable principles of honour ! Mark ! I
which appeared to have been rubbed, and blood do not mean malleable and material principles ; no,
was On his fingers. He said he had been fighting but those which are universally recognised as such.
with l"a swell"- in the street. He sent the girls by all people and nations, which do not alter with
out for wine, and washed his trousers. in their the changes of time, of country, of Governments;.
absence. He remarked-that if it 'were not so late I mean those principles which are eternal truths,
he would burn his trousers, and buy a new pair. absolute, immutable, not depending on any one's.
He was very restless all night, and began brushing caprice. Pay attention to this. Everybody con-
the Spots on his trousers when he awoke in the siders himself houourable ; bin this is not always
morning. The prisoner gave a sovereign to the seen in his acts, but instead of it we 'find deceit, cabman, paid 15s. for sherry, and lent cash hypocrisy, equivocation, and cunning words to to
.his father. This was after the murder, but injure others. This is what the greater part of men :
before it took plane he had no money. He went do, who regard the principles of honour as a piece
away to his father's house. On the 10th he heard of Indian ruober. When the true principles' of
the police were after him, and that evening he honour have taken root in you, as I have explained,
went •to some coke ovens near Halifax with a and that they are considered by you as the basisof:
bundle, and asked the person in charge of the coke public and private morality, you must necessarily'
ovenst toallow him to throw it into the fire, saying be lovers of your country, honest, affectionate
it was a bundle of cotton which had been " nailed towards your parents, pure in your youth, pure
by and old man out of a potato field." This bundle
married
faithful to ydtir husbands to whom you may be
; in fine, loving towards your children, and
roy
probably contained the blood-stained cotton cordu-
,
' trOusers but when apprehended marks of blood adorned with the finest qualities which 'can be de-
were lon his shirt sleeves. Moreover, the knife s red in women destined by God and Nature to
blade; forted corresponded with a knife belonging eadiellish the life of man, and to render his exist-
to thl prisoner. He had given contradictory and ence less miserable.
false ccounts of himself to several persons. " Gain as much instruction as you can, and in.
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The trial lasted all yesterday and to-day, and thus form yourselves well as to what belongs to thalami-
prise er was found guilty. liar or domes is life, and recollect that the greater
IMr Justice Byles passed sentence of death, say- part of the crimes and errors ,of men proceed from
ing 11 could not hold out the remotest hope of a
ignorance, that enemy to civilisation, progress,
mitig4tion of that sentence. honour, and the liberty of nations. Remem-
ber, that as soon as you can use your intel-
lectual faculties the world will seem a para-
dise to yoa ; everything will smile on you ;
it will seem like a beantiful spring full of sweet-
smelling and beautiful flowers, a spring which pro-
mises everything lovely and dear that the imagina-
tion can conceive. All that is lovely will smile
upon you, and your hearts will expand with sweet
hopes and affections towards whatever fascinates
you, towards that ideal—beauty, goodness, and
love, which, alas, in reality do not exist. My dear
children, do not believe in or be dazzled by the
appearance which this world will at first present to
you. Be careful. It is but the appearance, the
external surface which- fascinates, and 'if you are
dazzled by its witchcraft disappointment must
come—and then—and then—you will find an im-
mense void ; a void which you would never Nave
experienced if you had looked upon the world as it
really is ; a void that will show you but too plainly
that the world is full of rottenness, deceit, and in-
gratitude ; that we must not here seek the summit
of felicity, but a tempered contentment. You will
fall into despair —into tears—you will wish to re-
trace your steps, but you are too late. Give ear .
to these words which your father composes with
tears in his eyes. I hope that you may never suffer
the lightest of the misfortunes experienced by me,
the least of the disappointments in friendship. If
you marry, be careful how you xaakeyour selection;
let him be honest, honourable, a lover of his coun-
try ; let his heart be large, and lot him be capable
of true friendship, and be careful to return it on
your part with conduct equally noble and an affec-
tion equally pure. Be faithful to the husband .
whom you select for your life-companion ; let the
very thought of infidelity strike you with horror ;
destroy yourselves rather than fall into that fault ;
an error like that nothing can ever remedy ; the
pardon which might be conceded does not remedy
the evil ; in you remains an eternal stain, in the
husband an eternal rancour—an eternal remem-
brance of your guilt, of your dishonesty ; remem-
ber that such an action on the wife's past poisons
the husbaud'aexistence, if he has a heart or a feel-
ing of honour • that it extinguishes domestic peace
for ever; that A destroys domestic tranquillity ; that
it causes the love and sweetness which should exist
between husband aud wife to casts, cools and abates
thelove of the parent for h is child ; that it,in fact, casts
dishonour ripen the husband, upon you, upon all
the family. Take care of yourselves, and keep this
as a general maxim, that the greater part of men
are bad and wicked ; and lastly, in leisure moments,
cultivate your minds with pleasing and moral read-
ing, which will have the effect of guiding your
minds early towards good and nourishing you with
the fruit of wisdom I Do I weary you with this
long letter ? Pardon me I I must have written to
you, even if I Lad not wished. These lines have
been the first and may be the last I shall ever ad-
dress to you, and, as you perceive, they are written
by the hand of your unhappy father.
"May you have a serene and a long life ! Take
a thousand and a thousand kisses fr,ln your father,
who carries with him the pain of not being able to
see and embrace you, impeded by the infamy
of men. Receive the paternal benediction of your
" FELICE ORSINI.
" Farewell, farewell, farewell from my heart."

LP.tioli 4..

STA APE D 5D

N TTED SERVICE INSTITUTION.

Harvey, to try Mr. Wm. Young, assistant-paymas-
ter, on the charge that when in actual service and
full pay of her Majesty's fleet, and ' assistant-pay-
master of and belonging to her Majesty's ship
Edinburgh, he; on or about the 14th day of
January, 1858, when required as a witness at
the examination of a defaulter, appeared on the
quarter-deck of the Baia ship before his command-
ing officer in a state of drunkenness and incapable
of giving intelligible evidence. Captain-Superin-
tendent John C. Fitzgeraid, second officer in com-
mand of the port, presided. The prisoner, i❑ his
defence, pleaded a nervous debility of system
brought on by seven consecutive years of service on
the Coast,, and that he was suddenly awoke from
sleep and ordered to the quarter deck. He produced
a number of testimonials of high character from
officers under whom he had served. The Court
decided that the charge was fully proved, and
ordered "the prisoner to be dismissed from her Ma-
jesty's service.

CUNNINGHAM'S PATENT SELF REEFING
- TOPSAILS,
The first evening meeting
of the season in con-
nection with the United Service Institution was
held,ortMonday evening in the Lecture-hall of the
Institution, when a lecture was delivered by Mr.
H. D. P. -Cunningham, R.N., on the history of
seat; .and sail-power, and on the self-reefing sys-
tem.of topsails, patented by. Mr. Cunningham.
Mr. CUNNINGTIAM having traced the history.of
sails, or in other words the propulsion of vessels
at sea by means of sails, from a very early period,
referring to passages in the Scriptures—the Book of
Kings, and in the Prophesies of Ezekiel and Isaiah,
where mention was made of vessels being propelled
by such means, as well as'-to the account of St.
Paul's shipwreck, where it was recorded " they
raised their anchor and hoisted their mainsail to
the wind,'-' he alluded to the more modern Systein
of propelling sailing vessels by means of these, and
the utility of that system as regarded the preset Va-
tion of life as compared with the system he had him-
self introduced. Under the old system of reefing
the men had to gO aloft on the topsail yard, even
in the darkest night, in a heavy sea, and when they
were blinded with sleet and benumbed with cold,.
and the consequence was,that before,a reef could be
taken in, many a good seaman was,- through the
carrying away en ear-ring, a reef-tackle, or a weather
brace, thrown from the topsail, yard into the sea,
or smashed upon the deck; -The- sacrifice of life in
this respect was frightful to contemplate, and he
saw from the New York, Times, that the vessels
which had arrived in that port from foreign voy-
ages, in the mouth of November last had lost no
less than 1,030 men from that cause alone. His
system afforded a remedy for that.- By the adop-
tion of it topsails, top-gallant sails, and courses
could be reefed from the deck, without sending any
one aloft, with extraordinary speed and few men.
The watch on deck could always reef the three top-
sails of a 1,000-ton ship in a few minutes ; and the
reefs could also be shaken out from the deck with
the same facility. In.its operation the system was
simple. The. sail was reefed from the deck by being
rolled up on the yard, which was so fitted as to turn
round freely on the sling. hoops and yard-arm irons,
provision being made for allowing the sail to clear
the centre fittings. The system was particularly
adapted to auxiliary screw steamers on ocean voy-
ages, who only used the screws in calms or head-
twh ten dms ,
men
ns also
getting to men-of-war, nd - ooff- wtahre laborious system of, as it would permit of
training they had now to undergo as regarded the
management of the rigging of ships, and would
afford time for putting them under a thorough sys-
tem of artillery practice, which, now that their lint,-
of-battle ships were fitted, up with the screw, and
might be said to be floating batteries, was of great
consequence. In the -case of a sudden outbreak,
could sailors not be found to man the ships, solr
diers under proper officers could work a ship under
his system, and that would be a great advantage,

.4k NIC OF AUSTRALASIA.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1835.) •
- No. 4, Threadneedle-street, London, March 13, 1858.
The Conrt of Directors Hereby Give Notice, that a HALF-YEARLY
DIVIDEND of 248. per share, being at the rate of 6 er cent. per
annum on the capital stock of the Corporation, and also a Bonus as
additional interest of 565. per share, making together V. per share,
or 20 per cent. per annum, will he paid to the proprietors, free of
income tax, at this office, on and after Tuesday, the 13th of April
next, between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock.
The Transfer Books will be Closed on Friday, the 19th March,
lust., and continue so until the eividend and bonus become payable.
By Order of the Court.
WILLIAM MILLIKUN, Secretary.

OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION —The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
of th's Institution will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Eishops-
gate•strect,. TO-MORROW (Thursday), the 18th Instant, at Two
o'clock.
His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G , President
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The Scout, 21 guns, new screw steam corvette,
at Sheerness, now in o. 1 dry dock, is daily ex-
pected to be commissioned.

of the Society, in the Chair.
RICHARD LE WIS, Secretary.
14, John street, A.delphi, March 17, 1658.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

cIOMMISSIONS WANTED in the HOSIERY,
kj DRAPERY, or FANCY LINE, by a Gentleman taking the
pr:ncipal Towns of England and Scotland quarterly.. Has also. a
good warehouse for consignme❑ts in Edinburgh. Ample security
given. Address during present Week, to E. W., Waverley Hotel,
King-stxeet, Cheapside, E.C.

WESTERN. CIRCUIT.---Exnenn, MARCH 16.
-(Before Mr. Justice-Wines.)
CHARGE OF MURDER.—SENTENCE OF DEATH.
John Barwick, a labourer, aged 20, was indicted
for the wilful murder of Maria Blackmore, at Lin-
ton, on the 16th of DeceMber last.
Mr. Karslake and Mr. Buller were counsel for
the prosecution, and Mr. Coleridge defended the
prisoner. • -
The prisoner is a young man of rather stolid ap-
pearance, and betrayed considerab'e emotion dining
the trial. It appeared, from the opening of the
learned counsel and the evidence of several wit-
nesses, that the prisoner was a labourer, residing in
the picturesque village of Linton, in the north of
Devon, and the deceased, with whom he had been
keeping company, was a servant of the Valley of
Rocks Hotel, in the same place. On the 16th of
December the. prisoner had been drinking all day,
and had been fighting with a man named Lethaby.
In the evening he went to his parents' house, sat
by the fire, and fell fast asleep. About eight o'clock
the same evening the deceased sent a girl, named
Hannah Mogridge, to the prisoner, to tell him she
wanted to speak with him. The prisoner was
aroused, and went out into the street, where he
was joined by the deceased. They were seen walk-
ing and talking together, during the night, by
several persons, and it was observed that the pri-
soner had his arm round the poor girl's neck. Just
before ten o'clock a scream was heard, and shortly
afterwards the deceased rushed into the cottage of
Mrs. Bromham, said she was bleeding, and fell
down on the floor. Before medical assistance could
be procured the poor girl expired. On examination
it was found that her throat had been cut or rather
"stabbed," and the carotid artery was completely
severed. The prisoner was apprehended the same
night at his own house, and he was then engaged
in reading the Bible. On searching him a razor
and two knives were found in his pocket, and
one of the knives was covered with blood. When
in custody the prisoner said to Woodrow, the
policeman, "She said she would give up my
company that night, and that made me do
it." It was not pretended by the prosecution that
the razor and knives had been deliberately put by
the prisoner into his pocket, inasmuch as he had
been in the habit of carrying them about with him
every day.
Mr. Coleridge made an eloquent speech for the
defence, in which he contended that the act was
perpetrated under a fit of jealousy, and was in no
way premeditated.
His lordship having summed up, .
jurytofoduenadth.
D the prisoner guilty, and -
The he was
sentenced
BURGLARY AND ATTIMPTED MURDER OF A
GENTLEMAN.
James Baghurst, aged 30, a gentleman's servant;
Thomas Brown, aged 19, seaman ; and James
Coleman, aged 18, a tailor, were charged with hav-
ing, on the 23d October, 1857, broken into the
dwelling-house of Mr. William Braddon, of Black-
lands House, near Plymouth, and stolen a gold
pencil-case and. other articles, and also with having
feloniously assaulted him with intent to murder
him

FORGE HOBSON begs to invite attention
X of gentlemen t 6 his new Stock of Trowserings for the pre-
sent season, price 21i. to 255. The Taverna., Cape, 255. Now
ready, the new Overcoats, adapted for the mining season, winch will
be bound on inspection at prices most moderate for best goods.
Excellence with Economy. _
GEORGE HOBSON, Fashionable Tailor,
57, Lombard-street.

PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
COMPANY (Limited)._
Capital, £330,000.
In 9,000 shares of 201, each ..
And Mortgage or Debentures ..

• • XlBO,OOO
• • 150,000

X 330,009

Deposit, 31. per Share.
TRUSTEES.

Thomas Alers Hankey, Esq. (Messrs. Hankey and Co.,'Eenchurch.
street, bankers).
John Benjamin Heath, Esq., 31, Old Jewry.
Henry l hornas Hope, Esq., 116, Piccadilly.
Samuel Scott, Esq. (Messrs. Sir Samuel Scott and Co.. Calendlsh.
square, bankers). •

BANKERS.
Messrs. Hankey and Co , Fenchureh-street.
Messrs. Sr Samuel Scott and Co., Cavendish•squane.
ARCHITECT.
James Thomas Knowles, Esq , F 1.8. A., 1, Raymond-buildings

Giiay't; Inn.

It has long been obvious to the world that our metropolis, as com-
pared with every other leading capital in Europe, is wholly destitute
of first-class hotel accommodation; while the enormous annual in-
srease of our systemof railways, which has already extended its
network to the remotest portions of the kingdom, is daily making
this want more evident in proportion as the facilities for travelling
augment the number of visitors to this centre of government, capital,
and commerce.
This Company proposes.te erect a first-class hotel on a square
plot of freehold ground, having a frontage of 800 feet, abutting on
the Strand, Eurleigh-street, Exeter-street, and Wellington-street,
including the site of the Lyceum Theatre. The ground storey, in
the Strand and Wellington-street will be devoted to first-class shops,
the revenue from which alone is estimated to amount to 4,2501. per
annum.
The hotel- will be a very spacious and beautiful structure—in
itself an attraction - and will contain 230 sleeping rooms, exclusive of
private sitting rooms and suites of apartments for families. There
will also be a large Salle a Manger, in which a Table d'Hote will be
daily served; a gentlemen's coffee room and a ladies' coffee and'
reading room; billiard, smoking, and chess roods; in short, this
hotel will unite all the comforts and conveniences of Internal arrange-
ment, as at the best clubs in London, and in the leading hotels on
the continent and In America.
The proposed situation of this hotel is considered to be an impor-
tant element to its commercial success, located as it will be upon
one of the two main arteries of London—the Strand ; midway be-
tween the Parliamentary and fashionable portion—the West End-
and the commercial and business portion—the City: in close proxi-
mity to the numerous Goverment departments in Somerset-house,
the various I -us ofCourt, Exeter-hall, the Operas, and the Theatres;
within a stilling cab fare of every railway station but two (the
Great Western and the Eastern. Counties), it will command a posi-
tion for the temporary residence in London of private, professional,
and commercial gentlemen and families, unequalled as regards these, qualifications by any other in London.
The termini of some of the great railways have been supplied' by
their respective companies with hotels of a certain magnitude, and
modern accommodatioe. The South-Eastern, North Rent, London
and Brighton, and South-Western Railways, however, have no con-
tiguous hotels for the very large number of passengers who are
daily conveyed by them to London. The proposed International
Hotel, from its immediate contiguity to Waterloo-bridge, over which
the whole traffic, may be said to pass, will afford the so-mach re-
qu'red accommodation for vie tors arriving by these lines. •
Messrs. Lucas Brothers, the eminent builders of Belvedere-road,
London, have carefullvsexamined the cost of building the proposed
hotel, and are willing to construct it in the best possible manner
within the estimated sum of £lOO,OOO. It is expected that the
building will be completed in a year from its commencement. ' '
A statement of the cost of the land, buildings, &c., together with
an estimate of the expected returns to the company from all
sources, have been prepared with the Utnrst care, and with a
liberal allowance for contingencies. From these it will be seen'
Illonts,tll)4Pilnerncain. earnings of
liggithorcrarsq 'll:eltirn*lo-fl 21;lper cent..and
posaib y klituch higher rate. These statements, together with a
prospectus and an elevation of the hotel, may be obtained at the
office.
The Great Western 'Tote), at Paddington (the only example from
which we can fairly draw an inference), is always full, and the pro-
moters see ne reason why the International Hotel, with the superior
advantages of its central position, combined with the comfort and
elegance of its accommodation and its completeness in every -respect,
should not also be always filled, and thus secure to the shareholders
of the company the higher rate of dividend shown in the statement
of accounts which is annexed to the prospectus.
The usual method of nominating a board of directors and °their
officers of a company before the share list has been filled is consi-
dei ed by the promoters to be objectionable in many respects and
especially so for this undertaking which contemplates the purchase
of a valuable plot of freehold land in- the centre of London, for the
payment of which it is requisite that cash should be provided.
It is proposed, therefore, on the completion of the subscription, to
call a General Meeting for the formation of the company and the
election of directors and officers; and thus the shareholders will
have the power from the very outset of placing the affairs of their
company under managers of their own selection.
In the meantime, the above-named gentlemen have consented to
act as trustees, and to hold the money paid as deposits Into the
bask in trust for the respective subscribers until the company Shall
have been formed under the Joint-Sto. k Companies' Act, with
limited liability, and the direct ,rs nominated, when the aMount
will be paid by them to the credit of the company with such
bankers as the directors shall specify. And on the further trust,
that if the amount of the share capital (180.0001.) shall not be bona
fide subscribed within six months from this date, the deposit shall
be forthwith returned in exchange for the bankers' receipts, free
from expenses or charges of any-sort, but without interest.
The General Meeting by which the directors are to be nominated
will be convened by advertisement and circular letter sent by post
to the several subscribers according to the addresses given by them
respectively, and signed by the secretary of the promotes ; and will
not be held until at least seven days after the publication of such
advertisement and the issue' of Such circular letter.
The meeting will choose its own chairman before proceeding to
business, and the election of directors w-11 be made by the votes of
a majority of those present, each subscriber being entitled to one
vote for each 1001. subscribed for by Inds, up to the limit of ten votes.
and the qu.lification of eligibility shall be the having subscribed for
at least 50 shares in the undertaking.
It is to be taken as one of the conditions of the allotment of shares
that the election of directors so made Is to be binding 'upon all the
subscribers, and that avail-lute to be signed by the chairman, setting
forth the advertisement and circular and the proceedings of the gene-
ral meeting, is to be taken as conclusive evidence of their regularity
and sufficiency, and as full authority to the trustees (subject to the
condition of the whole amount having been subscribed as before
mentioned) to pay over the deposits to the credit of the company
with the bankers named by the directors so chosen.
The bankers' account showing the receipt of deposits of 31. on each
of 9,000 shares is to be received as conclusive evidence of a bona tide
subscription of the full share capital, and Is the condition in that re-
spect having been satisfied.
If any of the directors chosen at the first meeting decline to act,
the payment by the trustees may be made to the credit of the re-
maiiilng number.
Persons desirous to become subscribers on the above terms must
pay a deposit of 31. per share, on or before the 15th April, into the
banks of Messrs Hankey and Co., Fenchurch-street, or Messrs. Sir
Samuel Scott and Co.. Cavendish-square, to the credit of the above-
named trustees, In exchange for which they will receive the bankers'
rec ipt, and on forwarding to this office a notice of the number of
hares on which they have paid the deposit, their letters will be re-
gistered, with reference to the future allotment.
SAMUEL STOCKTON, Secretary to the Promoters.
Office, 33, Cannon-street, London, E.C.

IDDLESEX SESSIONS, March 16.

(Be 'ore. Mr. Pashley, Q. C. , Assistant Judge.)
Lois Beauvaix Craon, the Mexican captain who
pleakid guilty of assaulting Claude Celestina, a
lieutenant in the Portuguese navy, by pulling out a
loaded revolver, and•holding it to him at a coffee-
house in Leicester•square, was brought up for
judgment.
• The Assistant Judge' said the prisoner had been
convici:ed of an assault committed under circum-
stance which fortemately were of very unfrequent
occur4ence iu this country. Being in a place of
publi9 resort for foreigners, he pulled out a loaded
6-bar lied revolver, a most formidable weapon,
and olio which in this country was not usual for
persods to have iu their pockets. It would not be
au offrince to have such a weapon ; but when it was
used tb terrify and alarm, and presented at a per-
son, that was a very different thing, and if 1 e had
not intended to fire the pistol, he had committed
an assault. The Portuguese officer was satisfied

Mr. -Karslake and Mr. Carter prosecuted ; and
Mr. Cole defended Baghurst and Brown.
The case excited considerable interest in the
West of England from the atrocious character of
the outrage which was committed on Mr. Braddon,
who is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of
Calcutta. The prisoners were arraigned on the
charge at the Devon winter assizes, but as Mr.
Braddon was then expected to die, in consequence
of the injuries inflicted on him, the learned judge
declined to try the case, intimating that if Mr.
Braddon died the case would clearly be one of wil-
ful murder. - As, however, Mr. Braddon has par-
tially recovered, the prisoners were now put upon
their trial.
The facts, as adduced in evidence, were as fol-
low :—The prisoner Baghurst was formerly in the
employ of the prosecutor as butler for two years,
but was dismissed from his situation in consequence
of some impropriety of conduct with one of the fe-
male servants. Soon afterwards Baghurst applied to
Mr. Braddon for a character, which the latter re-
fused, and the prisoner then made use of bitter and
vindictive expressions to some persons who reside
in a village near the residence of Mr. Braddon.
Baghurst then left the neighbourhood, and he was
not heard of for many months. On the 22d Octo-
ber last the three prisoners were passengers by
the steamer Undine, from Portsmouth- to Ply-
mouth, Coleman having been put on board at the
former place by the autnorities of Parkhurst prison,
where, he bad been confined for four years for pick-
iug pockets at Plymouth. During the voyage the
prisoners were observed in close conversation.
Early in the morning of the 23d of October they
reached Plymouth, and later in the day they were
traced in company from Plymouth to the village
adjoining Mr. Braddon's residence, and were seen
drinking together at a public-house on the road.
Between 1 and 2 on the morning of the 24th of
October Blacklands Hous a was entered, and the
burglars made direct for Mr.- Braddon's bed-room.
About two in the morning the butler was awoke
by the loud ringing of the bell in his master'i bed-
room ; and on going thither he found the old gen-
tleteau speechless, with a quantity of blo xl on his
face and on the bed clothes. Oa examination it
was discovered that Mr. Braddon had received
several severe blows on his head, which had evi-
dently been inflicted with a blunt instrument, and
the left eye was knocked out of its socket and was
with great difficulty forced back into its orbit by
the medical man (Mr. Pods), but of the sight of
that eye Mr. Braddon was totally deprived. It
was found that the burglars had stolen a gold pen-
cil-case and a ring from the bed-room, and a great
coat from the hall. TI ere was also a poker found
behind the front door, very much bent. On the
lawn and garden near the house there were distinct
footmarks of three men, which corresponded with
the prisoners' shoes, and a small bundle was picked
up belonging to the prisoner Coleman, which con-
tained a Bible and Prayer-book—these having been
given to him a few clays before he left Parkhurst
prison. On the day following the burglary the
three prisoners went to a shop at Stonehouse, and
purchased a pair of shoes in exchange for a Jersey
smock. They then went to the Lord High Admi-
ral public-house, where they had some beer to
drink, and Coleman left. The other prisoners
slept at the Lord High Admiral during the night,
and left on the following day, when they were ap-
prehended by the Plymouth police. It was proved
that Baghurst pledged the gold pencil-case taken
from Mr. Braddon's bedrciom to Mr. Rosenberg,
a pawnbroker, for eight shillings ; and the pri-
soner Coleman made three statements to different
persons, in which he confessed that he and the
other two prisoners had committed the burglary.
In two of the statements he said he hit Mr.
Braddon with the poker. In the last statement,
however, which he made when in custody, he said
he did not go into the house, but that Baghurst
and Brown entered, and that the former took with
him a stiek which he had picked up in the road.
Mr. Cole, for the defence, contended that the
case against the prisoners was one of suspicion
me rely.
His Lordship having summed up,
The jury found the prisoners guilty of burglary
only,

with ti
strong)
ing tl

le case having gone as far as it had, and now
[y recommended him to mercy, but consider-
s circumstances the Court felt it to be its

day -t
for six!

) pass upon him a sentence of imprisonmen
weeks.

HBA

TH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK,

rots the Report of the Registrar General.)
The 'effect of the great and prolonged coldness of
the atmosphere is now seen very perceptibly in the
returns of mortality. During the last five weeks
the mewl daily temperature has been almost inva-
riably below the average, on the first three days of
Marchas much as 10 deg. below it ; and since the
middle' of February the weekly deaths in London,
which bad previously declined to 1,195, have in-
creased continuously, though at first sllwly, until
the number returned in the week that ended last
Saturday was 1,487. In the tenth Week of each of
the 10 S,ears 1848.57, which corresponds with last
week, the deaths ranged from 875 to 1,436, and
the average was 1,187 ; but as the deaths of last
week occurred in an increased population, they can
only be compared with the average when the latter
is raised in proportion to the increase, a correction
which will make it 1,305. The result it that 182
person 4 died last week more than
beanweon higherhaveuld
thaudied
if the rate of mortality had not
the average rate at this season.
It dei3erves to be noticed tbatthe deaths increased
from 1,053 in the previous'week t 011,487 last week,
and that this increase is derived from the mortality
contribUted by each class of disease except "local
diseased," which include bronchial complaints. In
the last two weeks the deaths referred to diseases
of the respiratory organs decreased from 399 to
366. But hooping-cough, which stands in the
zyrnotici class, rose from 59 to 69. The registrar of
St. Paul's (St. George's-in-the-East) states that it
is very prevalent in his sub-district. Measles was
fatal in 59 cases, smallpox in 7, scarlatina in 41.
Nearly half of the deaths from measles occurred in
the East districts. At 20, Danvers-street, Chel-
sea, a family has lost four children from malignant
scarlatina within seven days, and two others are ill
from the same complaint. "Diphtheria" is re-
corded as fatal in 13 cases, either as a primary or
secondary disease. Bronchitis carried off 207 per-
eons last week ; pneumonia 112; the corrected ave-
rage of the former is 143, that of the latter 98. A
drayman died after two hours' illness from eating
mussels • 3 persons from intemperance, besides 2
from delirium tremens. A widow, aged 60 years,
died in Union•buildings, Woolwich, from destitu-
tion. The two oldest persons recorded in the week
were widows, aged respectively 92 and 96 years.
The number of births registered last week
wasthe
unusually large—namely, 2,007—and
deaths, though these were numerous,
by
girls. The
children born 1,043 were boys, 964 were
exceededs2o.
Of
oafvetrhaegelonpurtieurnosfybeiarreths in the corresponding week
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich,
height of the barometer. inl
tsh7e wasweek
was t h e29m.
5e mean
was 28.86 in.
in. The lowest baromrtca readingwas
30.07 in , which
on Monday, and the
Th highest mean temperature' of the
occurred on Friday.
deg., which is 5.7 deg
3t4Gll.7iee. aissahme re). The mean
week in 43 yea-rs.
below air i n theth e
averageweek was
of
(as determined
on five days it was from
.eg.
temperature wabsybelorw. th7edavertaege9
deg.
Shaetrwdatyhe;
With the exception of only one day—
average.
Feb. 13, the mean daily temperature has been
vbellow the average on every -day during the whole
period from Feb. 7 to March I 2, both days included.
Last week the mean daily range of temperature was
15.3 deg. The lowest reading of the thermometer
was obtained on Thursday, and was 23.6 deg., or
t 4 deg. below the freezing point of the water , the9
highest was 60.8 deg. on Saturday ; the range of
the week was therefore 27.2 de
between the mean dew point tegm. p
eTr
ahteu r de i
effee
dre naei
re
temperature was 4.7 deo.. The temperature of the
water of the Thames wa.s. remarkably uniform ; the
highest and lowest readings of each day differed
little, and the mean of the highest in the seven
days was 35.2 deg., and that of the lowest 35.1
deg. The mean degree olhumidity in the week
Was 80, wmplete• saturation being represented by

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His lordship then sentenced all the prisoners to
penal servitude for life, upon which Brown laughed
outright, and exclaimed in a loud voice " Thai:doe,
my lord.'!. •
The trial lasted seven hours.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, MARCH 16.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)
Joseph Shepherd, 22, was charged with having
on the 13th of ,January last, at Halifax, wilfully
murdered Bethel Parkinson.
hotprisoner is a good-looking young man, of
fair complexion, but rather effeminate appearance.
Mr. Overend, Q. C., Mr. Maule, and Mr, Vernos