The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-20 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The following is the Royal Marine Contingent
under orders to prepare for embarkation to China
—4 captains, 5 first lieutenants, 4 second lieuten-
ants, 17 sergeants, 16 corporals, 4 drummers and
buglers, and 300 privates from each division—
Portsmouth, Plymouth, Chatham, and Woolwich ;
and 1 captain, 4 first lieutenants, 5 sergeants, 8
corporals, 2 buglers, and 80 privates and gunners
df the Royal Marine Artillery—total, 1,500. The
staff of this battalion will consist of Brevet-Colonel
Holloway, L. H., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen,
commanding ; Lieutenant-Colonels Walsh and
'locker ; Captain J. 0. Travers (already on
the station by special order of the Admiralty),
Brigade-Major ; Lieut. J. C. Travers, Acting Adju-
tant of the Ist Battalion ; Lieut. H. N. C. Blanck-
ley, Acting Adjutant of the 2d Battalion ; Lieut.
c. W. "Carrington, acting quartermaster of the Ist
Battalion ; and Lieut. C. Gill, acting quartermaster
of the second battalion. Three medical officers will
be attached to each battalion. Colonel Holloway
commanded the marine battalion in the expedition
to Kertch.

A new system of training naval cadets is about to
come into operation afloat, in pursuance of the pro-
visions of an Admiralty circular dated the 23d of
February last. The Illustrious, 72, Captain Robert
Harris, is being fitted with accommodation by the
dockyard artificers at Portsmouth for the first
instalment of naval cadets who received nomina-
tions on the Ist of May to pass on the sth of August.
The Illustrious is, we believe, to be stationed off
Blockhouse, near the Gosport shore, which affords
room alike for nautical observations and aquatic
exercises. The appointment of the Rev. R. M.
Inskip, chaplain and naval instructor on board
her Majesty's ship Victory to be chaplain and,
first naval instructor to the cadets has been made.
The cadets are to remain in the Illustrious different
periods, proportioned to their ages, those of 13 re-
maining 12 months. and those verging upon 15
only six'months. •Their course of study comprises
Euclid, algebra, nautical astronomy, French, and
drawing, and their practical course (which is the
primary object of placing them in a training ship
bef.re sending them on sea service) will consist of
instruction in rigging ships, managing boats, and
the general princip!e of manoeuvring ships at sea,
thus furnishing the ground work on which their fu-
ture prbfessionsl knowledge is to be based. The
cadets thus placed in the Illustrious may still be
considered under probation, as the circular expresses
that should they have to pass the required exami-
nation out of the training ship, or should they seri-
ously misconduct thfmselves or show unfitness for
the navy, the Admiralty have reserved to them-
selves the right tos discharge them. The cadets will
be alloar'ed`tornnt only three months' time for the
training ship, and will be permitted to pa's for
lieutenant 1%04 eve years' service, including the
three months, provided they have pissed the inter-
mediate examinations, which have been judiciously
arranged to insure a steady progression both in
science and seamanship. Captain Harris has long
been engaged in training the " novices" for the
fleet.

The Actaeon, old 26, surveying vessel, Captain
Bate, with her tender, Dove, screw gun-boat, Lieu-
tenant Bullock, left Simon's Bay, May 30, with the
French brig Le Genie, for China.
The Alacrity, Intrepid, Lapwing, Lynx, and
Viper, screw gun-vessel, at Devon port, are ordered
to be rigged as three-masted schooners, and pre-
pared for commission.
The Frolic, 6 sailing-sloop, Acting Commander
L. W. Peyton, arrived at Devonport, on Saturday,
from the Cape of Good Hope. She left Simon's
Bay on the 11th of May, and was towed clear of
the land by the Shannon, 51, screw, Captain W.
Peel, C. 8., the Shannon proceeding to Singapore,
and Frolic to Table Bay. She is ordered to Chat-
ham to be paid off.
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and proceeded direct to Woolwich, where they will
remain a short time prior to their le wing for India
A number of extra hands have been entered in
the Royal Arsenal, And workmen are employed
extra hours, in consequence of the urgent demand
for preparing ammunition, and especially Minis
rifle balls, for shipment to India. Immense stores
of these articles are available.
THE NEEDLES LIGHT- HOUSE. This important
b-acon is at length to be placed in a position where
it can at almost all times be visible 30 miles from
land. Many thousands of mariners have passed
through this dangerous passage without ever hav-
ing seen the present lights at all. The first stone
of the new lighthouse has been laid near the SW
edge of the lower cliff, and when complete will be
the greatest possible boon to the merchant service.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD
FASTORY, AND GALLANT RESCUE BY THREE OF THE
EN GINEERS. —An apprentice named Potam was, on
Saturday, in the act of adjusting a strap in a cer-
tain position to do which he had to mount a lad-
der, when his foot slipped and his right band was
caught under the drum. The poor boy's shrieks
brought instantly to his assistance three of the en-
gineers, Sterrick, Hepworth, and Dyson, the first
two of whom grasped the suffering lad by the legs
and body, and so saved him from being whirled in
among the machinery. It was a perilous moment
for all. Dyson, with excellent presence of mind,
drew his knife from his pocket and severed the
"strap," thus by a "second" releasing the boy
from a fearful death. He received instant medical
attendance, and it was discovered that the poor
lad's right arm was brolien in two places, besides
his lower limbs and body being seriously strained,
owing to his being held by the men. He was taken
to Haslar Hospital, where, as a matter of course,
he will receive the best medical aid and comfort. We
will hope that the courage and presence of mind
displayed by Sterrick, Hepworth, and Dyson, may
be deemed worthy of Consideration at the hands of
the proper authorities.

The following appointments were made on Sa-
turday at the Admiralty :
A. Anderson, W. C. Shuckburgh, G. F. H.
Boy es, and T. Howes, midshipmen, to the Pylades ;
E. B. Wadlow, K. Kerr, C. A. G. Bridges, and
B. S. Hamilton, midshipmen, to the Pelorus ; M.
R. M. Griffiths, C. B. P. Kelso, and G. H. Law-
son, naval cadets, to the Pylades ; G. Berton, W.
E. Garnett, and John Anderson, naval cadets, to
the Pelorus ; John C. Sabben, surgeon, to the
Vulcan ; W. E. Hambly, surgeon, to the Firefly;
A. Mitchell, sureeor, to the Pylades ; P. Slevir,
surgeon, to the Pelorus ; J. F. Johnson, surgeon,
to the Mohawk ; D. J. Dingair, surgeon, to the
Assurance; J. T. Cuddy surgeon, to the Roebuck;
F. T. Johns, to the Sparrowhawk ; W. Dickson, to
the Chesapeake ; W. T. Carr, assistant-surgeon, to
the Cheasapeake ; W. B. Adam, assistant-surgeon,
to the Fisgard ; C. Morton, assistant-surgeon, to
the Victory ; M. Magill, acting assistant-surgeon,
to the Vulcan ; J. Patterson, assistant surgeon, to
the Pylades ; R. Edwardes, assistant-surgeon, to
the Pelorus ; G. B. Jenkins, assistant-surgeon, to
the Chesapeake ; A. Jeffrey, paymaster, to the
Pylades.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST.
The half-yearly report of this company, to be
presented to the proprietors on Friday next, Las
just been issued. It states the amount of capital
raised to the 30th of June, 1857, is 7,797,215/.,
consisting of mortgage debt, 1,942,9351.; deben-
ture stock, 1,000/.; preference capital, 1,234,7261.;
consolidated stock, 4,618,554/. The total capit d
outlay during the past half-year has been 6,5231.
The principal part of this sum has been expended
in the completion of the telegraph, which now ex-
tends over every part of the company's lines, and in
the construction of works, &c., necessary for the
public accommodation. The amount of unexpended
capital at this date being only 1,068/., andthere
being several works which cannot longer be delayed
without injury to the traffic, it becomes the duty
of the directors, in accordance with the intimation
conveyed in their last report to call upon the pro-
prietors to sanction an application to Parliament
for powers to raise a further sum of 200,000/. It
has been so often demonstrated that business can
only be developed and carried on with safety and
advantage by a proper increase of the requisite ap-
pliances, that the directors do not feel it necessary
to revert to the matter further than to assure the
proprietors that, while asking them to approve of
this application to Parliament, they will take care
that no part of the amount is expended without
the prospect of a satisfactory return ; in the mean-
time, they do not anticipate that any large portion
will be immediately required, but in applying for
such powers, they think it better to provide for
cent; ngencies which may arise. The gro-s revenue
for the half-year has been 349,2241., showing an
increase of 6,5461. over the corresponding half-year
of 1857. On examining the details, it is satisfactory
to find that, although in the corresponding halt-
year of 1856 a very large revenue was derived from
the Naval Review at Spithead, the peace festivities,
and the return of the army and navy with their
munitions of war, during the past half-year the
traffic has reached au amount higher than that of
the period in which those unusual sources of revenue
°calmed, a result exceeding any expectation which
could have been reasonably formed. The proprie-
tors will be glad to learn that there is every reason
to believe that the West-end line will be completed
to the river side by the end of the year, and judg-
ing from the manner in which the local traffic thus
far has developed itself, the directors look forward
with confidence to the realisation of their expecta-
tions as regards that line of railway. The fine
weather which prevailed during the past half-year
enabled the directors to proceed rapidly with the
relaying ; accordingly 13t miles have been com-
pleted, and there now remain 10 miles to finish
the main line throughout. This work is pro-
gressing, and will be executed before the end
of the year. As previously announced the
whole of this outlay is to be borne by revenue,
which has been again debited with 3,000/. being
the proportion due to the past half-year. The a'-
tention of the directors has been heavily taxed
during the current session of Parliament, by the
introduction of bills affecting the interests of the
company. In the case of two water companie,, at
Brighton and Port-mouth, the protective arrange-
ments required by this company were agreed to,
and thus the necessity Of an opposition avoided.
Five other bills were introduced for new lines of
railway, viz.—lst a bill for a line from Havant to
Casbam, with powers to run over and u=e the joint
Portsmouth line and terminus. On the promoters
perceiving the serious opposition which the bill
would encounter, the clauses conferring the powers
in question were abandoned. 21. A line hem).
Clapham to London-bridge, containing powers
enabling the promoters to take a portion of thiS
company's London-bridge terminus. After two
days' discussion before a committee of the House
of Commons, the promoters withdrew from further
contest. An excursion from the Mid Kent
(Lewisham and Beckenham) line to Croydon, run-
ning parallel with this company's four lines of rail
to that place. This scheme was also defeated in
the House of Commons—a result which caused the
abandonment of another scheme for a line front
East Croydon to the Caterham junctions. The only
bill which the directors were not successful in op-
posing is one for a new line to Epsom, starting
from the South Western line between Wimbledo!l
and Maldon. This bill was granted, although
it was clearly shown to be a competing
line which had previously been rejected by
Parliament, not only when this company's
Epsom line was originally granted, but also in a
subsequent session. The directors are, however,
glad to perceive a general determination on the part
of the committees of the House of Commons tb
adopt, at last, the policy so clearly pointed out by
the select committees, presided over by Mr. Glad-
' stone and Mr. Cardwell, who recommended Parlia-
ment not to allow money to be wasted in the con-
struction of duplicate lines, inasmuch as competi-
tion in railways can only result in injury to the
public as well as to the shareholders. The departure
in this instance from the principle acted upon in
other cases can only be attributed by the directors
to the little importance attached by Parliament to
a small line of about five miles, but so strongly did
other committees of the present session appear to
coincide with the views enunciated in the report of
Mr. Cardwell's committee of 1853, that in one of
the cases, where a large competing line was re
jetted, the committee based their decision on the
recommendation of that committee. The directors
feel that the proprietors will be interested in again
perusing the recommendation referred to, which is
as follows :—" Your committee consider that the
principle heretofore established at law, that an act
of Parliament constitutes an engagement between
the promoters on the one side and the public on the
other,
is a principle deserving of more considera-
tionthan it has hitherto obtained as a guide to
future legislation. This principle, rightly under-
stood, conveys to the promoters no right that their
privileges shall be exclusively maintained when they
cease to ba consistent with the general advantage ;
but it does imply, that
rteesc urces orawx
thepublic Legislatureu sehe con,truavct eing begin
.authorised by
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enhca vt eh e
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shall not be taken away
upon any other than clear grounds of public policy.
The ob-ervance of such a principle is valuabletotlie
public as well as to the shareholders, since it is (,i
importance to the whole community to develop by
every nr *mg those communications on which tin-
freedom and facility of trade, and the safety and
convenience.of personal loccmction, now depend,
and to ensure to a reasonable extent the stability of

RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE.

The Hastings, 60, screw block-ship, Cap!ain W.
B. Mends (1852), sailed from Devonport on Fri-
day, for Liverpool, to be employed there as a coast-
guard traiiiing ship.
The Megeera, 6, screw, Commander Purvis, left
Simon's Bay, April 30, for the Mauritius, with
stores and troops. On her return she will take 600
men to Calcutta, as orders for that service and
destination for her, instead of returning to England,
will have reached the commander-in-chief by t')at
time.

The Mohawk, 4, screw gnn-vessel, at Devonport,
is having her rig shifted to that of a square-rigged
vessel ; artificers are working extra time to com-
plete her as soon as possible.
The Orion, 91, Captain Erskine, at Colon, June
20, was to procaed shortly to Jamaica.
The Pelorus, 21, new screw corvette, recently
launched at Devonport, was commissioned on Sa-
turday by Captain F. B. P. Seymour (1854), for
gervice in the East Indies.
The Plu'o, 4, paddle, Lieut. Commander W.
Swin.burne, having had her detects made good at
Devonport, sailed on Friday for the west coast of
Africa, taking a mail.
The Satellite, 21, screw, Captain Provost, was
at Vancouver's Island, on her impor'ant mission ;
her consort, the Plumper, 12, screw, Capt. Richards,
bad not overtaken her. She had broken her shaft
and was laid up at Rio.
The Shannon, 51, screw frigate, made her pas-
sage to the Cape in 52 days under sail, having ex-
perienced fine weather all the way. Two fatal ac-
cidents occurred on board during the passage—Mr.
Coaker, master's assistant, fell from aloft, struck
the fore chains, and fell dead into the water; and
the other, George Brown, a boy of the first class,
who fell from aloft inboard, and was killed. But
for the admirable facility afforded by Clifford's plan
of lowering boats, with which the frigate was fitted,
the body of the unfortunate young officer could
t bare been recovered, nor the life of another
boy, who fell overboard, have been saved. On
both occasions the vessel was going at from eleven
to twelve knots under all sail, notwithstanding
which tilt! boat was manned and lowered in little
mare than a minute.
JThe Vulcan, 6, iron troop frigate, Commander
ohn Seccombe, is undergoing a thorough repair at
Portsmouth, when she will be well coated with
Hay's composition, which will enable her to ave-
rage nine knots an hour. She is p.egri-s-ing under
her new pendant with all possible dispat -h. •
The Calabar freightship sailed from Portsmouth
on Saturday afternoon with the third portion of
the 88th fur India, as fully reported there.
The Sparrowhawk, 4, steam gun-ves,el, was com.
missinned at Portsmoun on Saturday by Comman-
der J. C. Byng for foreign service. The Roebuck
and Assurance, sister vessels, were also commi,-
sioned on Saturday by Commanders Marten and
Aynsley.
Major Anderson's E troop of Royal Horse Ar-
ttllely, under orders for India, arrived ut head-
quarti-rs, Woolwich, at 7 o'clock on Saturday even-
ing, from Dublin. The whole of the artillery
force destined for India will assemble at Woolwich
f•r embarkation, and at present three troops of
)yal Horse Artillery, and six companies of
various battalions, are under order... It is not con-
templated at present to send out any of the heavy
ordnatice.
The Royal Artillery Regiment was on Satinal Ay
morning paraded in front of Headquarters, Wool-
wich, and was formed into column, for the putpose
of witnessing the distribution of the Sardinian
medals. Colonel Bloomfield, aide-de-camp to
the Queen, doing duty as commandant of the
garrison, attended by his staff, arrived on
the parade ground at nine o'clock, and having
inspec'ed the column addressed himself to !he offi-
cers and teen about to receive the decoration, re-
marking at some length on the importance of this
distinction conferred by the King of Sardinia to
mark his estimation of their valour in the Crimea.
He had been delegated, he said, by her Majesty to
distribute the medals with every forrnali- y
which might tend to impress upon them the
value of the decoration as well as to stimulate their
comrades in the exertion to obtain a similar reward.
The gallant colonel then banded the medals in the
following order—to Major-General J. E. Dupuis,
B-, Lient.-Col. H. J. Thomas, Lieut.-Col. E. B.
Ila'nley Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. C. Fortescue, Bre-
vet Lieut.-Col. C. S. Henry ; Brevet-Majors H. P.
Yates, G. Shaw, G. C. Henry, L. W. Pen, and E
Taddy Lieut. E. J. Ward, Lieut. F. A. Anley ;
J. Hamilton, retired captainu in the Land Transport
Corps ; Sergeant M. Hunter and gunner T. Ar-
thur. The entire numbi amonts tee
r
appointed to receive the
general, 7 colonels, 19
majors, 7 lieu cutsut., 2
grniurugnseolns, and 15 non-com-
missioned officers and sof the Royal Artil-
lery, th• ren a'nder of whom are on home or foreign
stations, and to whom the medals are to be for-
warded. _

the property so invested." At the last half-yearly
meeting the arrangements entered into with the
Mid-Sussex (Horsham to Petworth), and the Lewes
and Uckfield Companies were reported to and sanc-
tioned by the proprietors; the bills of those compa-
nies have subsequen'ly passed the House of Com-
mons, have been unanimous'y approved by a spe-
cial meeting of this company, and have been read
a second time in the House of Lords. The net
amount at the credit of the revenue account for the
half year is 115,927/., out of which the directors re-
commend a dividend of 24 per cent. for the half-
year, amounting to 115,4641., leaving a balance to
the credit of the current half-year of 4631.

The freightship Regina sailed from Woolwich
Saturday, laden with military stores and °"
arn
tion for Cape Town. The military store department
at Woolwich have commenced deTatching grease(l.
cartridges (marked, " For the European troops")
for embarkation on board the freightships Monarai
and Blenbeim, at Gravesend, destined for India ;
and also five other ships, loading in the London
Ducks, for the same destination, in the service of
the East India Company.
The freightship Spartan, in the London Dock,
is b-ing laden with Ordnarcestores from Woolwich
for Hong Kong and the John Brie, for the Cape
of Good Hope.
The screw blockshin t Ila .
in 8 Inn 60, Capt. W. N.
Mends, left Piy
outh on Friday evening for Liver-
pool.
On Friday 6 officers and 160 rank and file of the
Royal Horse Artillery arrived at Dublin from the
Camp at the Curragh, and were inspected by Gen.
DAcres. The troops embarked at about 4 o'clock on
board the City of Dublin Company's steamer Pi ince,

rHE SUN, _ LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1857

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YonK, JULY 18.
(Before Mr. Baron Watson.)
MIDDLETON V. WHEA.TCROFT...—EDUCTION.
Mr. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Jones were for the
plaintiff ; Mr. Overend, Q.C., for defendant.
Mr. Jones opened the pleaings. Sarah Middle-
ton was the plaintiff, and Thomas Wheatcroft the
defendant. The action was for seduction, and the
declaration alleged that the defendant seduced the
plaintiff's daughter. The defendant pleaded not
guilty, and that Rachel Middleton was not the ser-
vant of the plaintiff.
Mr. Hill stated the case. The plaintiff is a widow,
who was left with three daughters, and she brought
this action against the defendant for the injury he
had done by seducing her yotingest daughter. The
two eldest daughters reside with their mother, the
plaintiff, but are able to support themselves, as
milliners. The youngest girl, Rachel, who was
the person seduced, was educated at Saint
Philip's School, Sheffield, where she afterwards
bs aotthaersa,laanry of 201. a-year. She re-
d when not at school she
eadm
we tt eha chhe er r
m,
assisted her mother in the household work. The
defendant formerly carried on business at the town
of Sheffield, as a butcher and baker. In Nov., 1855,
he formed an acquaintance with the plaintiff's
daughter. He proposed marriage to her, and was
received in the house of her mother as the approved
suitor of her daughter. In this case the jury could
botinquire into any loss which the plaintiff's daugh-
ter had sustained by reason of the breach of promise
of marriage, but the promise became material as
showing the footing on which the defendant was re-
ceived into the house, and as showing that he was
base enough to take advantage of his position to
when she was only 19
yearseffect of 1856 the defendant had
effes ed the ruin of the plaintiff 'a daughter, who was
etfhaegreu.iiinotfhethspisringgiel,
delivered of a child on the 12th of Nov. following.
An order of affiliation upon the defendant was obtain-
ed ft om the magistrates of Sheffield, and the learned
counsel for the plaintiff said that this ac`ion would
possibly never have been heard of had not the de-
fendant, in the spring of the present year, gathered
up his property, intending to proceed to Australia,
and thus avoid the payment under the bastardy
order. Upon this, the plaintiff was induced to take
proceedings, which resulted in the apprehension of
the defendant, who was compelled to give bail to
answer this action. The plaintiff's counsel did not
ask for vindictive damages, but for such a reason-
able sum as should recompense the plaintiff for the
injury she had sustained.
Mr. Overend, for the defendant, contended that
there was no ground whatever for the suggestion
that Wheatcroft was about to proceed to Australia,
and so rid himself of the rwponsibility of sup?ort-
ing his child, the fact being that this action was
brought some time before a word was ever said
upon that subject. No doubt the defendant was the
father of the child, but he had hitherto done all
that was necessary to support it, for when the plain-
tiff's daughter went before the magistrates, he did
not require her evidence to be corroborated, but sub-
mitted to an order, on which he had regularly paid.
The defendautwas in a small way of business, andthe
learned counsel entreated the jury not to give heavy
damages, and that they would not at all events give
the plaintiff anything for the consideration of the
tact Vim the defendant had promised to marry her
daughter. The defendant had already been dragged
before the magistrates, and now there was an action
brought against him by the mother, and in all pro-
bability there would be another action at the next
assizes, brought by the daughter for the breach of
promise of marriage. He did not wish to say a word
against thecharacterof the plaintiff or her daughter;
on the con:rary he grieved for their condition, and
admitted that the mother was entitled to damages
in respect of the loss of her daughter's services, but
he asked the jury not to let those damages be other-
' wise than reasonable or temperate.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—
damages 1201.

that the marriage had not taken place, inasmuch
as she ban said she would not have him at all.
Mr. Wlntyre in replying on the whole case, said
the " reasonable time) might wry we'.l be said to
be the time before the child was born ; but the de-
fendant knew that the license would expire in three
months, and that surely was a reasonable time.
The defendant had never said a word about the
dowry until after she was effectually in It's power,
and he believed he could impose any condi. ions he
pleased_ -
. .

The learned judge then summed up. He said
the jury would consider whether the defendant had
insisted upon a dowry as a good excuse to evade an
engagement which he was bound in law, honour,
and morality to fulfil ; or whether the plaintiff had
taken advantage of the po:iition in which they were
placed, and endeavoured to extort money from the
defendant rather than marry him. If they found
for the plaintiff, they would of course look at the
fall which she had incurred by her intimacy with
the defendant, and give her damages.
The jury returned a verdict fer the plaintiff—
damages 1001.
The plaintiff and defendant were both in court
during the trial.

THE GLASGOW CASE.

(From, the Lancet of Saturday )

•, ,
L, Angelier was a man of itiferior station to Made-
line Smith. He seems to have been a vain and im-
pulsive little coxcomb. Boasting much of his per-
sonal appearance, he evidently attributed to that
the conque he had made. Ho had means of ob-
taining arsenic. In 1832, and on several subse-
quent occasions, he confessed, without hesitation,
to using it. The symptoms of the two attacks
above-mentioned were such as an overdose of the
drug, or too long perseverance in its use, would
produce. Just such an excess is what just such a
being would commit in his anxie.y to regain her
affection by the god looks which had once won her,
and which he probably attributed, in part, to the
use of arsenic for his complexion. Moreover, he
had similarly suffered on several previous occasions
before at all knowing the accused. We suggest
this explanation of the cause of thess attacks, as
there was actually nothing to inculpate the prisoner
on the cha-ges ; and the jury returned a verdict to
this effect.

We next find L'Anglier threatening to expose
her by exhibiting her letters. He had probably
detained them for same such purpose in case of her
proving refractory ; for on a previous occasion he
had urged her to sign her name at full length. On
the 18th of March she purchwei some arsenic
coloured with indigo, telling a deliberate lie as to
the purpose for which she required it, but buying
it openly and in the presence of witnesses. This
was her third purchase of the poison, the first being
made a day previous to the first of the two attacks
above referred to, and coloured with soot. On
Friday, March 19, she wrote inviting him to visit
her after the family had !retired. He could not
keep the appointment, but on the following Sun-
day night was seen going towards her residence.
At an early hour next morning he was attacked
with violent symptoms of arsenic poisoning. He
vomited to the extent of six or seven pints. He
made no mention of any suspicion that he was
poisoned. He died, and on a post mortem
examination twenty-seven hours afterwards,
88 grains of arsenic were taken from his , sto-
mach, and a considerable quantity was found
I in the small intestine, in addition to what had
been vomited and that which, absorbed, had caused
death. It was contended that an interview had
taken place on the night preceding his death, and
that then the prisoner had administered the poison
in a cup of coffee or chocolate. A verdict of not
proven was returned on this charge. It has been
asserted that positive evidence of this meeting was
all that was required to supply the link of proof
necessary to establish her guilt, and this has b-ea opinion generally expressed by the leading
journals.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—WORCESTER, JULY 18.
(Before Baron Bramwell.)
HAZELDINE V. HAMPTON AND WIFE—.DREACII OF
PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
Tbis cause presented the novelty of an action
brought by a disappointed man against a lady and
her husband for breach of promise made by her to
marry him.
Mr. Huddlestau, Q.C., and Mr. Byrne, for the
plaintiff; and Mr. Skinner, Q.C., and Mr. Phip-
son, for defendants.
Mr. Huddleston stated the case. The plaintiff
was a farmer and butcher at Stourbridge, and the
male defendant was a lime and coal merchant at
Brettel-lane. Mrs. Hampton (formerly Miss Darby)
had been sued successfully by plaintiff, and mar-
riage had been agreed upon ; but she afterwards
jilted him for her present husband. A letter to
plaintiff from the lady was read, dated Sept. 14,
1855, iu which she said, " I am sure I have been
crying all the time I have been doing this letter,
for I have thought so much of you. I love you
far better than woman ever loved, and some-
thing makes me think you love me, so I may
say there is no love lost. I will not think any
more of G. W., but I will think of you, so do
not say
o r
anythingabout him to me." There were
two other letters, down to February, 1856,
threewritten in terrnsofmoderateaffection, but in one she
asked plaintiff to. lend her 101. or 201., in another
she again desired him to "try and bring that
money," and said—" T am much surprised to think
you should put yourself so much over that young
man. I am sure I was not with him the other
Sunday. I was up at Brierly-bill on Sunday week
at night, but I am sure I did not see him, for a
married man brought me home, because it was late.
It was Mr. Grove, a grocer, but if you like to be-
lieve other people you can. I don't care bow I
have written this, for I am so hurt in my mind
about things."
Winesses were called. Miss Parkes proved that
the wedding was twice fixed, but on both occasions
a death in the family put it off. Mr. Haseldine,
father of the plaintiff, gave similar evidence, and
said that he had arranged to give up his business
to his son upon the marriage of the latter. It ap-
pea-ed, however, that tae plaintiff had got Miss
Darby's watch as security for the money which she
had borrowed of him, and that he had also brought
an action against her for the money, and received
at3honedl pgoliravin4entli.if theollfaitd engaged a house, bought furniture,.
.Mr. Vernon, draper, proved that
lady presents for her marriage.
Mr. Skinner, in addressing the jury for the de-
fendants, ridiculed the idea of bringing such an
action as this. He called the defendant's sister,
Miss Sarah Hampton, Mr. Hampton, the father,
and Mr. Isaac Hainptem, the brother, who proved
that plaintiff called upon Mips Darby at their house
and bad an interview with ber, after which be was
heard to swear at her, and say to her, "Now go
to --, I've got all I want from you ;" ho then
went acteay, taking her watch with him, and leaving
her with her mouth bleeding. This was five weeks
before the defendant, Mr. Hampton, paid his ad-
dresses to her. Some prope ty was left her, and
plaintiff's father had been heard to say, "It'll be a
ars;e" but when it was knownttlement of it upon her-
gthoaotdtthhe inwgilflor
secured our
the
her-
self at her marriage, he was heard to say, "She's
worth nothing without her money." Plaintiff him-
self had talked very coarsely, and said he never
wanted her.
His lordship, in summing up, asked what on
earth had been the man's loss ? Why, he had lost
a wife, and if there was but one woman left in the
world, there might be some reason for complaint
in this respect. There had been a contract, but it
had been broken. He concluded by saying that
he should not be disappointed if the jury did not
find a verdict for the plaintiff at all ; or if so, for
more than the lowest coin of the realm.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.

But a little attention to the medical evidence
will show that the occurrence of this interview may
be granted without any such implication of the ac-
cused. Nay, more, it is almost necessary for the
explanation of the subsequent events. We learn
that the quantity of arsenic administered certainly
amounted to two drachms, and Dr. Christison rates
the quantity at one-third higher. Now, it is simply
impracticable for any but an expert chemist to
suspend this quantity in a cup of coffee or choco-
late without immediate detection. O❑ the cessa-
tion of stirring, the arsenic rapidly falls to the
bottom of the cup. If drunk slowly—a mouthful
being taken at first, and then swallowed—the drug
would similarly have settled in the interstices of
the mouth and there have rapidly produced local
irritation, never complained of by the deceased.
In fact, the only manner in which the presence of
so large a quantity of arsenic can be accounted for
is, by supposing it to have been washed down by
copious draughts of fluid, which supplied the large
quantity vomited Ilwhen symptoms of poisoning
ensued. This, we need hardly say, is totally in-
compatible with its covert administration by the
prisoner. Moreover, she is not known or suspected
to have procured other arsenic than that tinted
with indigo or soot ; yet neither of these colouring
matters were detected on examination after death,
though the presence was manifestly apparent in a
dog made the subject of careful experiment.
L'AngPlier was shown to have just that tendency
to suicide which Martel defines to be the attribute
of a coward. He had previously attempted his
life. Who can say what may have been the effect
of the defiance which the heartless, moralless jilt
very possibly hurled at him? For assuredly nothing
could have been so certainly disastrous to her as his
death and the discovery of his letters.

L'ANGELIEIt A SUICIDE.

(From the Medical Times)

The presiding judge, caught, probably, by the
advocate's sophittry, fell into a similar train of rea-
soning, in the course of which he showed a very
general ignorance of the conduct and motives of
suicides. The fact that L'Angelier sent for a doc-
inhgat most tor, or rather allowed one to be sent for, and that
he did not proclaim himself a suicide, as
argxueadrk,ead
e gn ofas
the judge thought, that the man was not a suicide.
Our psy.:hologists will give us another reading.
They will
lltnan
ellluisatohfatenisouicdhe proceeding w
ed
sui-
cides instinctively do when they have brought on
sympt)ms, without death, is to send for a doctor,
and ei her to say nothing about, or even to deny,
s jee Thetheiriaow.n deeds,
hTobwisiser
longana metpurrael sequence of
.clitated,
is
andthe
ncan d
determinedon
o re ;et itmaotlastiLetit succeed, and
suicide succeed
in
part
only, and when the agony of body approaches, the
mania for death disappears. The desire still to live
increases with each pang that proclaims remaining
lif-. Then the horror of the act and the shame de-
-lvelo
onpgareg thefoirmlpie impulse for
a
or deisirtruinkcitnioanfdroieappears. So
from
exposure,
what more instinctive than that the suicide should
send for relief, and suppress or deny his crime ?
We are not writing theory here ; for if we were we
should be speaking as rashly as did those we would
criticise. We speak from observat on and fact in
cases of suicide.

Another strong point is, that the amount of ar-
senic tak zr by the deceased is in favour of suicide.
From the-proportion found in the stomach after
death, it is probable that the real quantity swal-
lowed would have required for its solution nearly
two quarts of any ordinary drink. How could
L'Angelier have been induced to drink any such
quantity ? or, how could it have been given in the
sold form without his knowledge ?
Any way to connect the prisoner and the crime,
after the evidence that was adduced, was impossible.
It is true she bought poison—arsenic twice—and
that she tried to buy prussic acid. Ah ! well.
What d;d she want with them, say you, except to
poison L'Angelier ? Let us see. She says that
she used the arsenic as a cosmetic, but the prussic
acid she does not account for. Let these facts paQs.
Let the scoundrel L'Angelier also move off the
scene for a moment. Now what is the picture in
the weeks-preceding L'Angelier's death ? A ruined
hopeless girl, wrung with s rrow, mad with rage
at her own folly and sin, dying with fear at her
father's wrath, educated by her seducer to the idea
that suicide is morally right, thinking death better
than exposure.

This is the picture. And now let us ask whether,
in such an hour of despair or temporary madness,
the poisons might not have been intended for a
much more deeply injured and broken-hearted vic-
tim than Emile L'Angelier 1

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