The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-23 00:00:00

said dr done is the different rooms to be overheard,
at half-past nine o'clock in the morning, on a day
when all the officers were in a bustle, because the
regiment was about to change its barracks. Why
the story was not consistent with common sense.
It would not be believed in a novel. And how was
it that the woman, if she had been outraged, had
not cried out. Had she been gagged ? How was
it that on that morning 10 persons at least had gone
to the paymaster's ro an, and had not seen either
the bed or the
furniture in confusion ? If again the
priucipal accused had been guilty of the crime im-
puted to him he would after it have felt remorse,
and have displayed disquietude; but he breakfasted
quietly with his comrades, tettled with his landlady
for what he owed for his lodgings, and even romped
with the servant girl. The learned counsel then
alluded to the following letter, written by the.de-
ceased to M. Leandri on the very day after the
crime is said to have been committed. It is dated
the 17th, and says :—"Monsieur,—As you have
promised me to be kind enough to secure to me the
custom of the regiment, I will assist you in perform-
ing your promise. I will charge the meat at 70c.
the kilo. Have the kindness to inform those gen-
tlemen of it, and let me have an answer either
favourable or unfavourable." How is it possible to
believe, added M. Chaix-d'Est-Ange, that a woman
who had been treated in the manner stated could
only on -the following day have written such a
letter ? After discussing the symptoms of the de-
ceased's malady, and showing that they were such
as would have been produced by cold and fatigue
after a miscarriage, the learned counsel denounced
the mother and husband of the deceased for having
made public what she had said in her delirium, and
he accused them of doing so in order to obtain pe-
cuni try damages from the accused. He concluded
by contending that the accused could not be con-
demned. M. (''hair-d'Est-huge, junior, pleaded for
S,irgf-ant Benaguet, and M. Vellaud, advocate of
Paillard, spoke in support of the prosecution. The
accused were then severally asked if they had any-
thing to add to their defence, and they answered
in the negative. The Court thereupon retired, and
after three-quarters of an hour's deliberation re-
turned with a unanimous judgment to the effect
that the prisoners were not guilty, and that they
accordingly should be immediately set, at liberty
and return to their reginient. The judgment
was af. erwards read to the prisoners in, presence
of the guard assembled ,under arms, and they were
at once discharged. A large crowd collected in
front of the military prison to see them leave.

OPENING, OP THE BISHOP'S GIRLS'
SCHOOL, INVERNESS.

This new school-room was recently °panel by
Bishop Eden. There were present on the occasion,
f which but a very brief notice bad tweu given, a
few strangers, and some of the contributors to lhe
good work, amongst whom were Lord Salt iun,
lug Mr. Mackintosh, of Daviot; Mr. E ten and
the Misses Ellyn, the Rev. J. Comper and M.
Comper, the Rev. P. R. Atkinson, curate of Stis-
ted, in Essex, Mrs. Gillespie, of Ardachy, Mrs.
and Miss G. Anderson, Miss Mackenzie, of Ding-
wall, (h. After a few appropriate prayers; and a
short address, the Bishop declared the school-room
to be open for the purpose of education.
Regret has been exprerseti that so beautiful a
building should not have been plac,d in a situation
which would have made it a mr,re conspicuous orna-
ment to the town; but the spot was fixed upon, we
have been informed, with a more especial view to
those who were to be benefited by the school. The
site, a very valuable one, was given by Raigmore,
and we understand that exclusive of the value of

this gift, viz., 2001., the cost of the present build-
ing, school-room, mistress' residence, outhouses, and
enclosures,, was between 1,100/. and 1,2001., towards
which the Committee of Privy Council contributed
5301. The room is warmed by moans of two spacf-
ous open fire-places ; and from its great loftiness,
and al mirable system of ventilation, could never, we
conceive, become oppressively hot or close even in
summer. The walls are covered with maps, and
with some fine lithograph drawings of scriptural
subjects, and the class-room contAins muiy co-
lourel engtavings of birds and other animals. The
proficiency of the girls in needlework, under the
able superintendence of Mrs. Wilson, the mistress,
is such, that, as we are informed, they are capable
of under taking shirt-making, and almost any other
fine work which may be entrusted to them, for
which there is atiriff scale of pikes, the proceeds
of which go towards the support of the school.
The design, when completed, will afford accom-
modation for 200 boys and 200 girls, arranged with
residences for the master and mistress in the centre.
The school-roomi for the sexes being distinct, will
extend north and south from each residence. The
girls' scho,il with residence, which is the part com-
pleted and in use, consists of the front portion 33
feet long and 18 feet wide, with the wing 43 feet
long and 18 feet wide, and a class-room 18 feet by
14 feet. The residence contains a sitting-room,
kitchen, and scullery on the ground floor, with
three b,,drooms above. To liith residence and
school are attached outhouses for fuel, washing,
and other conveniences, to promote as much as
possible cleanliness, health, and decorum ; these ar-
rangements being perfected by a easefully con-
trived sptem of drainage. Water and gas are in-
troduced both in the school-room and residence.

The style of the building is an application of that
in use in the 13th century, the best pedod of me-
ardiitecture, and in which the peculiar fqt-
tures of the style, as it exists 1 in Scotland, hive
not been lost sight of, as may be seen as well in the
general character as in the mouldings to the doors
and other parts.
The walls are constructed of the native atone
called Leys stone, neatly " dressed," or hammered
on the face. The stonework to the windows, doors,
chitnney-shafts, and angles of the building being of
Findou stone worked smooth, or, as it is calved,

"polished." The roofs are covered with B Machu-
lish slates, beneath which is boarding seen from the
interior, the school-room having open timber roofs
with arched braces, the whole of the timber and
boarding stained and varnished.
The principal front, as it exists; presents a gable
at each end, the one being the residence, the other
the school-room wing, the latter finished by a bell
gable, with a flat-headed trefoil arch, containing a
bell east in London by M ssrs. M: ars. Beneath
the belfry, in a sunk panel, well cirved, are the
arms of the Bishop and of the See of Moray, en-
signed by a Miire. Between the two gablei appear
two windows lighting the school-room, which, as
well as others in the side of the wing, being at a

considerable height from the ground,- are Of the
kind callei "dormers," and are placed in small
gablets breaking picturesquely lute the sides of the

roof.
In the int?rior this elevated position of the win-
dows has the advantage of giving the utmost space
against the walls for desks and other purposes.
The designs are by the eminent architect, Mr.
W. Slater, of Carlton Chambers, London, and have
been carried out by the co-operation of Mr. Alex.
Ros 4, our townsman. Mr. Brand, of Dingwall, un-
dertook the contract for the whole works, the ma,:on
work of which was done by our townsman Mr.
Cumming. The whole has certainly been completed
in the most masterly manner.—lnverness Courier.

SHIPPING STATISTICS:

According to the statistics of vessels entered in-
ward the return for the port of London shows a
decrease of 1 vessel, with an increase of 197 tons,
the arrivals in 1856 having been 166 vessels, with
an aggregate capacity of 100,513 tons ; and in 1857
165 vessels, with an aggregate capacity of 100,710
tons. In the case of Liverpool the decrease is
9 vessels and 8,057 tons, the difference between 70
vessels, with an aggregate capacity of 53,703 tons,
and 61 vessels with an aggregate capacity of 45,646
tons. Bristol exhibits an increase of 6 vessels and
1,299 tons, the arrivals in 1856 having been 7 ves-
sels, with an aggregate capacity of 3,723 tons, and
in 1857 13 vessels, with an aggregate capacity of
5,022 tons. In the case of the Clyde there has
been a decrease of 2 vessels, but an increase of
1,548 tons, the arrivals in 1856 having been 10 ves-
sels, with an aggregate capacity of 2,692 tons, and in
1857 8 vessel=, with an aggregate capacity of 4,240
tons. The net'result of these figures is a decrease of
6 vessels and 5,013 toils, the difference between 253
vessels with an aggregate capacity of 160,631 tons,
and 247 vessels witu an aggregate capacity of 155,618
tons. The principal decrease has been in the arrival
Of vessels from Calcutta.
The statistics of c:earancis outward show an in-
creasein the return for the port .of London of 29
vessels and 14,754 tons, the departures in 1856
having beet, 163 vessels, with au aggregate capaci, Y
of 100,689 tons, and in 1857 192 vessels, with an
aggregate capacity of 115,443 tons. In the case of
Liverpool the increase is 47 vessels, and 43,532 tons,
the difference between 89 vessels with an aggregate
capacity of 69,247 tons in 1856, and 136 vessels
with au aggregate capacity of 112,779 tons in 185:,
The return for Bristol exhibits ail increase of 5
vessels and 2,441 tons, the difference between 1
vessel with an aggregate capacity of 1,182 tons in
1856, and 6 vessels with an aggregate capacity of
3,623 tons in 1857. In the case of 4he Clyde there
is a decrease of 4 vessels and 1,054 tons, the de-
partures in 1856 having been 22 repels, with au
aggregate capacity of 13,510 tons, 'and in 1857 18
vesseli4, with an aggregate capacity of 12,456 tons.
11
dea iplitnuerreesaseM of
f 85767 havingvessels, beer
and
59,e67n3et tons,reslutt is
ar the
275 vessels, with an aggregate capacity 0f.184,628
tons, and in 1857 352 vessels, with, an aggregate
capacity of 244,301 tor.s. The increase in the de-
partures has been. vessels destined for New South
Wales, "Calcutta, Bombay, Mauritius, and the Tape
of Good Hope.