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After several private exa: , ...4tTirm5.4,,,,...._ ' / 74...
sons in custody at Beverle .7, altirgedivithSpeing
concerned in the murder of John Washington Jex,
head•gainekeePer to Mr. Rii chard. Watt, of Bishop
Burton, on the.2lst of Novi )tuber, the magistrates'
of the-East Riding of Yorl :shire, at their weekly.
• sitting at Beverley on Sal irday last, allowed the
inquiry to proceed in court: The principal. witness
was the watcher, Mark Robin 'son, who was sevettly
injureelen the occasion in qua tstion, and who now
appeared in court for the first time. His head wits
bound up, and he looked very thin and haggard,
and had to be accommodated v rich a chair. After
some preliminary evidence, he • gai, the following
circumstantial account of the p. trt o the affray in
which he was engaged :—" I he trd-a dog bark and
hare scream. The sounds came, frOm the direction
of the Brogdale PlantatiOn, and si. called the atten-
tion of Jex and Geddes to the nois.Y. We all heard
it, and turned back, and went down the side of the
Middle Galops Plantation. When wo came to the
corner of the Little Galops we ' stood and looked
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over into the Brogdale seedsfield, and .we ci tught
sight of three or four men in the field,.,along' the
woodside. We saw another man in the ;corner -of
over a low-cut hedge into the seedsfield. W 4: had
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and they. made answer that they voilld not. Je x
did. One dog cameovery near to Sex, and he 'shot:
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it. .1 believe another barrel was fired at this tine
from the poachers' side at Geddes.- A man, ii.ho
was standing a little to the right of me,,threiv..a
heavy stone at me, which caught me at the baek of
'the ear, and gave me a very hard blow, The blow
cut me at the back of the ear, and gave me a ve.‘,:y
hard blow. The stone cut me, and blood began 'to
flow. • .1 afterwards found that it *wan a- stoic
which gave me one of my severe wounds. Serer al
stones were thrown by the poachers, Two hit ne,
but did not injure me. Some of the poachers thl ni
made an attempt to rush in upon Jex, and I we: it
towards him to help him. They got.round Jex and
me, and I received a'. very severe blow on the bat*
of the head with something very heavy; it wit:: mot
a stone, but I cannot say exactly what -it was. I
believe eight men were then surrounding us. The
blow brought medown on my knees, but
.. before
that I heard several blows struck, though I did not;
see them. I could see the sticks coining backwards,.
but not the blows. I knew they were aimed at Jex,
because he was on my left hand. I then got up, but
had not been long up before I was knocked down
again. I think it was with a bludgeon. The second
time-"I fell I remained on the ground, and the
poachers beat me ; that is as far as I can recollect
of the affray. I have been ill ever since, and
this is the first day I have been out in. the neigh-
bourhood since. The last time I saw Jex he was
holding up his gun with both hands to ward off a
blow. The last I saw of Geddes he was about 30
yards to the right of me, and there were some,men
about him. I had heard Geddes shoot a dog some-
where behind my back." The witness, on being:
requested to look at the prisoners, did so, and
pointing with his stick to Franklin, said, " elis
one I can recollect." Of M'Grath, who stood
second, he said, " He is very much like one." John-
son was standing on the other side of Franklin, and
on Robinson looking closely at him, he Said, " I
think he is the man who threw the flintstone at
me." He then pointed his stick at Marshall, and.
said, " That is one?' The last man he noticed was
Thompson, and he remarked, " I think he has the
appearance of one." The witness added that there
were 11 or 12 poachers present, eight of Whom
sari-Minded him and Jex. Marshall and Thompson
had not previously been identified. Soi4l)ther
unimportant evidence was offered, after which.. one
of the prisoners, named Smith, who had surrendered
on bail, was discharged, and the magistrates Inti-
mated that bail would probably be accepte4 for
Robson. The "confession" which it was.suppoSed
one of the prisoners had made, amounts to nothing
more than a long rambling story about hispersonal
feeling, and an assertion that the min whick-filiot
the under keeper Geddes went off accidentally., 1,

PRICE 41'. STAMPED, SD.

I'HE NAVY.

It is rumoured in naval circles that the Govern-
ment have it in contemplation to make a consider-
able augmentation in the Channel squadron by the
addition of 12 sail of the line. The greatest activity
.prevails in all the dockyards in hastening forward
the completion of those line-of-battle ships which
have been on the stocks several years, most of which
are nearly completed, in order that thcy may be
commissioned apdmade ready for sea. During the
present year several firstclass screw steamers will
be launched at • Portsmouth, Chatham, Devonport,
and Pembroke, when other line-of-battle ships are.
to be immediately laid down on the same slips.
The screw steamer Scotia, of Greenock, of 1,020
tons, Capt. Bell, arrived at Falmouth on Saturday,
in ballast, from the Havannah and Savannah. This
vessel about 17 months ago took out to India the
head-quarters of the 72d Highlanders, and then
proceeded to China, where she embarked a cargo of
coolies and took them to Cuba. Owing to the de-_
pression of freightS at Havannah,and the high port
charges she could not succeed in obtaining a cargo
either there or at Savannah, where she touched on
her homeward voyage.
Her Majesty's screw steam transport Urgent it
is expected will proceed to Waterford about the
20th inst., and there embark the Tipperary Militia
Artillery, for service in the different forts on the
Gosport side of Portsmouth-Harbour. •
. The Bloomer troopship; Captain Smith, sailed-
from Spithead at 11 a.m. yesterday for Bombay.,
and Kurrachec.

Captain the Hon. J. Drummond, Aide-de-Camp,
to the Queen, recently appointed Commodore and
Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, and at pre-
sent on- leave of absence, yesterday visited the
establishment, and conferred with the. authorities
for the purpose .of making arrangements prelimi-
nary to his assuming office.
Rear-Admiral Smart and the members composing
the Dockyard Economical Committee at Woolwich
yesterday assembled in the pay-office belonging to
the factory and investigated the system of book-
keeping practised in that department. After a
thorough inspection of the books and offices they
expressed their approbation of the ready and effi-
cient method now in force for the payment of the
men, as well as the . efficiency perceptible through-
out the offices.

Her Majesty's paddlewheel sloop Alecto, Com-
mander J. Hunt, was yesterday morning ordered
to be paid off at Woolwich on Saturday next.

THE ARMY.

It is arranged that the following lectures shall
be given during the winter to the men quartered
in the camp at Shorneliffe :—Jan. 13, " Remi-
niscences of Brazil," by the Rev. E. G. Parker,
Chaplain to the Forces ; Jan. 20, " The Geology of
our Coast," by Mr: Mackinson, of Ilvthe ; Jan. 27,
"Zigzags, or -Travels in Switzerland," by the Rev.
T. It. Maynard, of Dover; Feb. 3, " Eminent Me-
chanics," by Capt. Noble, R.E. ; Feb. 10, " The
Druids," by the Rev. J. Young, Presbyterian Chap-
lain ; Feb. 17, " China and the Chinese," by Mr.
C. W. Clift, Superintending Schoolmaster ; Feb. 24,
" The Wonders of Human Folly," by Mr. Runcie-
man, Schoolmaster 100th Reg,t. ; March 3, "On
Astronomy," by the Rev. J. D'Arcy Preston, As-
sistant-Chaplain ; March 10, ".Travels in Spain,"
by Major Ewart, R.E. ; . March 17, " Amicable
Ceremonies of Various Nations," by Mr. E. G.
Hildyard, Army Schoolmaster.

A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO MEIIIkEIZ

OF CONGRESS.

The Washington correspondent of.the. New York
Tribune, in a letter dated Dec. 19, says :—The ac-
count of the affray between Messr. English and
Montgomery, given by the Was/ ington &dr, and
telegraphed to the New York evening papers on
Saturday, is pronounced by Montgomery incorrect
and one-sided... His statement as given to me yes-
terday, shortly after the occurrence, is as- follows :
" I have not spoken to English this session or
taken any notice of him when we met, as we have
occasionally. The reason is, that he made a speech
to the crowd who serenaded him on the. night Of the
passage of his bill, in which he said he had associ-
ated with me other anti-Lecompton Democrats only
to find out our plans and defeat us. From that time
I have looked upon him as a treacherous spy and au
unfit associate for gentlemen. At noon to-day I was
walking down Pennsylvania-avenue, and had joist.
passed Willard's and crossed Fourteenth-street,
when I savt English coming toward me, holding
out his hand, saying, ' How do you do, Mr: Mont-
gomery ?'
" I made no answer, but passed on without any
sign of recognition. I had walked a few steps when
I received from behind a very violent blow: on the
left-side of, my head, given with such force as for, a
moment to stagger and confuse me.
had not the least idea who or what had struck
me, but. on turning round I saw Epgligh .with a
large cane which he held in both hands, and from
the position in which he stood, and the direction of
the blow, he must have so held it when he :struck
me. He exclaimed—
" G—d d—n you, I'll teach you to insult me in
that way.'
•" He stepped backward quickly as he spoke. . I
rushed at him, and was about to close with him,
when he drew a cane from a sword and presented
it at me. As I had no weapon of any kink I
stepped off the side walk and picked-up a piece of
brick, which I threw at him, hitting him on the
leg. He kept retreating, and before I could find
another missile, he had got to such a distance that
it was useless to pursue him."
Two persons, Win.. Couch and Daniel Cox, wit-
nessed the affitir. I have seen a statenient,made and.
signed by Couch, which confirms Montgomery's
statement in every particular. Couch sap. . •
" Mr. English spoke, saying, How are you, Mr.
Montgomery P' Montgomery neither 4oke nor
paid any attention to this salutation, but passed on
down the avenue. Mr. English stepped after him. a
few steps, and struck him from behind with his
cane a very heavy-blow-on the side of the head.
Montgomery turned on him. . English stepped
back and drew his sword cane, as though about to
stab Montgomery with it. Montgomery stepped
back into the avenue, and caught up a piece of
brick. English was running when Montgomery
threw the brick and hit him on the heel or lower
part of the leg. Montgomery went back for another
stone, and English ran rapidly away .up -Four,
teenth-street. When Montgomery came back, Eng-
lish had run a half-square, and was beyond his
reach. 'We were the only persons close by. We saw
and heard all that passed. Montgomery did not
speak until after he was struck.".
Daniel Cox fully con olparates Couch's statement,
but says I shall add that Mr. Montgomery was
unarmed, and that Mr. English held a cane in both
hands, and struck with great force."
Thomas Reed. Keever, a hackman and grocer,
who was standing on the opposite corner and saw
the later part of the affray, corroborates those.wit-
nesses.
Montgomery went immediately to a magistrate,
and made a charge of assault against English, who
has been held to bail. Montgomery's face was badly
bruised by the blow, which caused blood to flow
profusely. He has kept- his room since, and is
attended by a physician. Had the cane struck an
inch or two higher, so as to hit his temple instead of
his cheek, he would most probably have been killed.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.— The Government
emigrant ship Golconda, 1,124 tons, Capt. George Kcxr,
which sailed from Liverpool on the 3d of July, in charge of
Surgeon Superintendent John Carleton Bury, with 42 mar-
ried couples, 149 single men, 90 single women, '2l boys be-
tween the ages of 1 and 12, 24 girls between the same ages,
4 male infants and 6 female, making a total of 378 souls,
equal to 34511- statute adults, arrived at Sydney, New South
Wales, on the 21st October. Four deaths (adults) and four
births occurred during the voyage. Her Majesty's Emi-
gration Commissioners have given notice of their intention
to receive tenders next Thursday, the 13th inst., for a ship
to proceed to Table Bay, Cape of Good Ho?e, to be ready
for the reception of passengers on such day as the Commis-
sioners may appoint between the 10th and yth February.
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