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twice or thrice, for twenty-two days. We are now
all but two in good health, and would walk had we
shoes, if the authorities would allow us ; but we arc
confined to one village by their orders, which is a
filthy place. I manage, r.ith one of my officers, to
get among the Ciiinese for a better meal (Olt it place
is about two miles up the river) in the evening, and a
cleaner mat to sleep on. I am fortunate in having
saved a blanket, which I smuggle away. Thy
Chinese are exceedingly kind and hospitable, the
Cochin Chinese are the reverse, and filthy in the ex-
treme; there is no dependence to be placed on their
faith. When we first arrived, they promised to send
us on to Singapore in fifteen days. .
(Signed) J. 11,FAWCETT, late of Mellish.

LETTER, No. M.

To W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's, Londom
Singapore, Dec. 24, 1844.
_ _ . _

Sir,—We have to report the loss of the British
vessel Mellish, Captain Fawcett, from China to
London, which vessel was wrecked, &c. The Captain
and eleven of the crew were detained by the Cochin
Chinese, but would likely be sent down to Singapore
in February, with one of the Cochin Chinese men-
of- war. We are, Sir, &c.

(Signed)

LLOYD'S AGENTS.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Salisbury. March 8.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
Sarah Willis was indicted for the wilful murder of her
male child at llaunington on the 27th of August.
Mr. Merewether was for the prosecution, and Mr. Slade
defended the prisoner.
From the evidence it appeared that about four o'clock on
the morning of the 27th of August last a woman went to the
house of Mr. Willis, in whose service the prisoner was liv-
ing, and called to her at her bedroom window. The prisoner
answered her, but did not come down fur nearly half an-
hour. She then let the woman in and returned to her bed-
room. She did not come down again for nearly an hour ;
the woman asked her why she had been so long; she made
no reply, but asked for some water, and instantly fell into a
chair fainting. The prisoner's mistress was then called, and
she went into the bedroom in which the prisoner then was.
Blood was on the floor. The mistress aced her where her child
was ? She made some answer which was not heard. A fort-
night before this time the mistress had accused the prisoner
of being in the family way ; but she made no reply. On the
morning of the 27th of August the mistress found a trunk in the
prisoner's bed-room ; but she for some time refused to give up
the key. A surgeon was sent for. The prisoner had been
recently delivered. She told him where to find the key of
the trunk. It was opened, and in it a bundle was found ; the
outer wrapper was a shawl, then a smockfrock, and then a
shift, and in the shift he found a male infant child, dead. It
had recently been born. It was full grown. It had a riband
tied tight round the neck. The riband had discoloured the
neck considerably. He was of opinion that the riband must
have been applied while the child was alive. There would
not have been the appearances there were had the riband
been tied after the death of the child. There was a little
blood issuing from the mouth. He made a post mortem
examination the following day. The windpipe was com-
pressed, which would have produced suffocation. The lungs
were healthy, and full of air. The right side of the heart
was full of blood, showing that the child' died sud-
denly. He considered the child must have been born,
or partially born alive. The child died from strangula-
tion. The riband might have been applied before the child
was completely born. In answer to a question put by the
judge, the surgeon said he did not think the riband could
have been tied during the progress of labour.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up, telling the jury that
they might under this indictment, find the prisoner guilty of
murder, or manslaughter, or concealment of the birth.
The jury consulted together for some time, and then re-
turned a verdict Not Guilty of murder, but Guilty of con-
cealing the birth.
Mr. SLADE then submitted that no judgment could be
passed upon this indictment, inasmuch as it omitted to state
the name of the child or that it was to the jurors unknown,
nor did it state that at the time of the assault the child was
then recently born of the body of the mother.
Mr. Justice COLILRIECH having consulted Mr. Justice Erle,
stated that he had thought it right, having such good advice
at hand, to consult his Learned Brother, and they both
agreed that, at all events, the proper course was to overrule
the objection for the present. The strong opinion they en-
tertained was, that there was nothing at all in the objection.
Whenever it appeared clear upon the face of the indict-
ment that the child had no name it was unnecessary for
the indictment to state either of the forms which were
alleged to be necessary. The objection was founded on
this, that it must be presumed the child had a lame ;
but this child could only have acquired a name by repu-
tation, because it was a base-born child, and had no name
when it came into the world. To state that the name
was to the jurors unknown assumed that something had
been done by which the child had acquired a name; if there
was nothing on the face of the indictment to show that the
child had acquired a name, the allegation was unnecessary.
Here it was stated that the child en the 27th of August was •
born, and then " that the sail Sarah Willis afterwards, to
wit, on the day and year aforesaid, with force and arms in
and upon the said male child then and there being," and that
had reference to the only time alleged before, " made an as-
sault, and that she then and there did tie a piece of riband
round the neck," &c. As to the allegation that the " name
whereof was unknown to the jury" appearing in the prece-
dents, many allegations were put into indict►nenti which
were not absolutely necessary, and that implied that the child
had some name ; but hero there was nothing on the face of
the indictment to indicate that there was any name at all.
If, upon reflection, he should alter his opinion, the prisoner
should have the benefit of it.
The Learned Juncirs then, in a very feeling and impressive
manner, sentenced the prisoner to 18 months' imprisonment,
with hard labour.
James hall was indicted for assaulting and robbing H. J.
Cooper of two half-crowns, at Long Newnton, on the 12th of
October.

Mr. Slade conducted the case for the prosecution.
From the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor, who
was a poor man, was travelling from King Stanley, in
Gloucestershire, to some distant part of the country. lie in-
tended to stop the night at Tetbury, also in Gloucestershire,
and in that town he took his lodging. He went to a public-
house, and there saw the prisoner. They sat together, and
the prosecutor treated him to some beer. The prisoner then
offered to see the prosecutor to his lodgings, and he led him
out of the town into a lone place, which was in the county
of Wilts, and there knocked him down and kicked him very
severely on the head. The prosecutor cried out " Murder,"
and the prisoner beat and kicked him until lie was silent.
He then took all his money, consisting of a few shillings and
same halfpence, from his pocket, and went away, leaving the
prosecutor on the ground. After the prisoner had gone away,
the prosecutor got up and went Into the town and gave in-
formation to the police. He was accompanied to some
houses, and among a number of persons he picked out the
prisoner.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, an the prisoner
was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation
CRIMINAL LAW.

Before the grand jury were discharged, they handed in the
following presentment :
" The grand jury assembled and sworn at the assizes held
at Salisbury, in the county of Wilts, on Wednesday, the sth
day of March 1845, beg leave respectfully to submit to the
hon. the Judges (for the consideration of the Commission for
Criminal Law), that they are fully impressed with the ex-
treme hardship which frequently falls on those persons who
are brought before the magistrates, charged with depreda-
tions on agricultural produce, wood, and other eroperty of
the same description, in those cases where a previous sever-
ance has taken place, and consequently where, under the
present law, they must be committed (unless bailed) until
the next assizes or quarter sessions,—that the term of
this previous imprisonment frequently exceeds that which
would probably have been inflicted by the Court if the
parties charged should be fuund guilty. That in
consideration of these previous commitments, the sen-
tences of those courts are necessarily very slight, and to the
public apparently inadequate. That some degree of invi-
dious reflection is thrown en the petty sessions by such com-
mitments, when scarcely any distinction, except the fact of
previous severance, can be perceived from those cases where
the statute law permits a summary conviction. That the
business of the courts of assize and quarter sessions is greatly
increased by the trials of such eases, the present calendar
presenting about twenty indictments of this kind. For these
reasons the grand jury submit for the consideration of the
Judges and the other Commissioners, whether the process,of
summary trial and sentence before magistrates at petty see •
sions might not be advantageously extended to those cases of
depredation before-mentioned, where the person is not charged
with entering a dwelling-house or curtelage for that purpose,
or with any other circumstance of aggravation."
(Signed by the foreman of the grand jury.)

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—Orford, March 8.
CROWN COURT.—(Before the CHIEF BARON.)
Thomas Darvile was charged with stealing a pocket-book,
containing bank- notes to the amount of 30/. in value, the pro-
perty of the Rev. Mr. Matthews.
Mr. Williams appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Pigott
conducted the prisoner's defence.
It appeared that as Mr. Matthews (who is a magistrate of
the county) was proceeding on foot, accompanied by his son,
to the town of Bicester, for the purpose of discharging his
official duties, he dropped from his coat pocket two pocket-
books and several letters; one of the pocket-books contained
the notes in question, and in each the rev. gentleman's name
and address were printed. The evidence disclosed that the
prisoner followed Mr. Matthews through a field between
Weston and Windlebury, no one else having passed along
the footpath in the meanwhile, and the prisoner was seen by
a witness to stoop and pick something up, which he exa-
mined for a few minutes. The witness, however, saw no •
thing la his hand. About an hour after the prisoner had
passed through the field, two young men found one of the
pocket-books lying in tho footpath; of course, however, it
was not the one that held the notes. There was also evi-
dence of some of the prisoner's remarks made at the time
when he was accused, but which were of such an ambiguous
nature as to render no assistance to a just conclusion of his
guilt.
After an address from Mr. Pigott in his defence, and an
able and careful summing up of the evidence by the Learned
Judge,
The jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of—Not
Guilty.
The assizes were concluded at half-past four o'clock, and
at five o'clock the Learned Judges left the town on their
road to Worcester.

LEICESTER STATE OF TRADE.—Trade remains
much the same as last week. Wools are still reported firm,
and fine foreign wool is on the advance. The spring trade for
hosiery and fancy goods is flatter than usual, owing to the
prolonged winter, but hopes are entertained of a brisk demand
as soon as the weather improves.—Leicester Mercury.
• Lord Duncan had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on
Saturday.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The Italian Opera season commenced on Satur-
lay evening, not only norn.nally, but tactually. fur
Air. Lumley, with that spirit an 1 enterprise fur
which his management is so distinguished, instead of
opening the theatre with a miserable opera, and a
second-rate corps, and delaying the real commence-
ment of the season until after Easter, has, this year,
improved even upon his own doings during the two
preceding seasons, and has opened with the new
opera of Ernani, the composition of Verdi, one of
the most talented and rising of the young composers
of Italy, supported by Moriani, the first of European
tenors, by Fornasari, whom to name is to
praise, and by Madame Rita Borio, the prima
donna of the opera at Madrid, and who will,
unless we greatly err, soon become as esta-
blished a favourite in the British, as she is in the
Spanish, capital. Signor Botelli was also introduced
for the first time to an English audience on Saturday
evening, and as a second basso cantante will add ins-
terially to the strength of the corps. This op 2r,. is
founded on the well known tragedy of Ernani, by
Victor Hugo, the production of which at the Theatre
Francais, some few years since, gave rise to the feud
between the romantic and classic schools of poetry,
which has for so long a period divided the literary
coteries of Paris. The following was the cast of the

opera on Saturday evening:—
Ernani
Signor Moriani
Silva Signor Fornasari.
Carlo Quinto Signor Botelli.
Elvira Mad. Rita Borio.
The argument, as given in the introduction to the
libretto, is as follows :
" The scene is laid in the mountains of Arragon, and
the epoch chosen the early part of the 16th century, a
period in Spanish history rich in romantic incidents.
John of Arragon, the hero, the son of the Duke of
Segovia, being proscribed, and pursued by the emissaries
of the King of Castile, takes refuge in the fastP.esses of
the Sierras, where he becomes leader' of a large band of
rebel mountaineers, and changes his name to Ernani.

The young outlaw is attached to Donna Elvira, who re
turns his love with ardent affection, though she is about be-
ing united to her old uncle, Buy G•)m€z di Silva, a proud,
revengeful, Spanish grandee. The King of Castile, Don
Carlos, afterwards the celebrated Emperor Charles the
Fifth, has also become violently enamoured with his
beautiful subject, Elvira. He watches her windows,
and discovers that when all are at rest in the castle
of her uncle, a young cavalier (it is Ernani) gains ad-
mission to her apartments. He imitates the signal of
the favoured lover, gets admission to her chamber.
declares his passion, and is about to drag her off
with him by force, when Ernani enters. A violent
contention arises, which brings to the rescue Don
Ruy Gomez. To allay his jealousy and anger, the
King reveals himself, and pretends he came in dis-
guise to consult him about his approaching election to
the empire, and on the conspiracy against his imperial
pronaoti-n and his life. The King and Ernani retire un-
molested, but soon after, at the moment of the festivities
preceding the solemnization of the marriage of Don Buy
Gomez with Elvira, Ernani, who has claimed hospitality,
disguised as a pilgrim, in a transport of jealousy discovers
himself. Elv;ra flies to his arms, and Don Buy dooms
him to death. Ernani reveals to Gomez the passion and
attempts of the King, and the former consents to release
his rival, and that they should for a while combine their
vengeance against the common enemy, on condition that
Ernani will yield up his forfeited life whenever it is de-
manded. They then join the conspiracy of electors
against the future Emperor, who, however, discovers the
hiding-place of his enemies, and takes them prisoners.
Now an Emperor, he forgets the vengeance of the
King, pardons Ernani, restores him to his ancestral dig-
nities, and unites him to Elvira. But Gomez demands
that the fatal promise should be redeemed ; and Er-
nani, too chivalrous to evade his rash promise, stabs
himself in the presence of his mistress, who falls sense-
less on the dead body of her lover."

There is matter sufficient to afford both to author
and to composer full scope for the exhibition of their
talents, and each has ably availed himself of the scope
thus afforded him. After a few bars of intro-
duction the curtain rises, and discovers the mountains
of Arragon with the old Moorish castle of Gomez,
crowning an eminence in the distance, and standing
out in bold relief against the sky, which is gilded by
the rays of the setting sun—groups of bandits are
scattered about in the fore• ground, drinking, singing,
and carousing—they all join in a spirited opening
chorus ; when, suddenly, Ernani appears on the
heights, and descends and joins them. Moriani's ap-
pearance in this scene was most picturesque. He
looked the very beau ideal of a bandit chief. He in-
forms his friends of his love for Elvira, who is for-
cibly detained by Gomez in his castle, and they
promise to assist him in rescuing her from
the tyrant. This scene closes with a solo by
Ernani, " Dell' esilio nel dolore," the instrumentation
of which is very beautiful, and which was deliciously
sung by Moriani. The next scene, which is laid in
the apartment of Elvira in the castle of Gomez, in-
troduced to us Madame Rita Borio as Elvira. This
lady is very young, very pretty, and exceedingly
graceful—her voice is of groat compass, extending
from the high soprano down to the contralto, her high
soprano and her low contralto notes being her best.
Her power is very great, and the quality of her voice
is deliciously sweet and clear. It was evident that
she was labouring under extreme nervousness, but
this tended to add greatly to the effect of the
scene, and her opening aria, "Ernani, Ernani, in
volatni," was given with that exquisite taste and
science which belong alone to a most accom-
plished artiste. She not only sung but acted
the scene exquisitely, and was loudly applauded.
From that moment it was evident that she had taken
her audience with her, and her triumphant success
was never for an instant doubtful. Her maidens enter,
singing a nuptial chorus, and after the presentation of
gifts, leave her. The King then enters, in the person
of Signor Botelli, the new secondo basso. Botelli
possesses a fine person, and looked every inch a
king. He is moreover a thoroughly educated musi-
cian, who will do nothing badly; but his voice,
although one of great power, is heavy and deficient
in resonance and flexibility—there is no vibra-
tion in it. She proudly rejects his suit, and
on his hinting at carrying her off by violence,
she draws a dagger, and threatens to stab first
him, and then herself. This scene was very
finely acted, as was the succeeding one, in which
Ernani rushes in and places himself between Elvira
and the King ; she retires for an instant, and an
angry dialogue ensues between the rivals, which was
magnificently given by Moriani. They are about to
fight, when Elvira rushes between them, and declares
that she will stab herself, if another sound is uttered.
The situation is a striking one, and was splendidly
acted by Madame Rita Borio, Moriani, and Botelli ;
the music, too, is good, and the trio was delightfully
given. Silva enters in this scene, and the rich deep
thrilling tones of Fornasari were never heard to more
advantage. He identified himself completely with
the character of the proud, revengeful, and jealous
hidalgo, and nothing could exceed the propriety of
his " making himself up " for the part. He looked
the stern old man to the life—it was a study for
an artist. The King pretends he has come
to consult Silva on the subject of his election
to the empire of Germany, and generously shields
Ernani from the old man's fury. Silva, however,
suspects the king, but is forced to dissemble, and his
rivals leave the castle. A beautiful quintette occurs
in this scene, which was exquisitely given by Madame
Rita Borio, Moriani, Fornosari, Botelli, and A.
Giubelei, who sustained the character of Ricciardo,
the King's armour-bearer ; this duet was deservedly
encored. The finale to this act is also a very beauti-
ful composition, and was much applauded. The
scene of the second act is laid in the Castle of Ray
Gomez di Silva. It is the morning fixed for his mar-
riage with Elvira, and the scene opens with a nuptial
chorus. Silva enters magnificently dressed, and orders
a pilgrim, who had demanded hospitality, to be
brought before him. That pilgrim is Ernani. Elvira,
in her bridal dress, enters. In a transport of rage.
Ernani discovers himself, and offers his life as his
nuptial present. Elvira, who had believed him dead,
is horror-struck. Ernani passiynately demands to
be delivered up to the King to suffer death, but the
old man d,_claring that he will never violate the laws
of hospitality, leaves for the purpose of proceeding
to the battlements of the castle, and Elv!ra also fol-
lows her attendants off the stage. Perceiving Lrnarn
to be alone she returns to him, he reproaches her fur
her perfidy, but showing him a dagger she tells him
that she had determined to stab herself at the altar
rather than wed the hated Silva. The lovers are re-
conciled, and the scene concludes with one of
the most delicious morceaux of the opera, the
duet, "Ah! morir potessi adesso." This duet is
indeed a gem, the melody is exceedingly expressive,
and the instrumentation proves Verdi to be a
thoroughly accomplished musician. The hautboy
and clarionet accompaniment to this duet is very
beautiful, and possesses great originality. The duet,
which was given by Madam Rita Borio and Moriani
with exquisite taste and pathos, was
rapturously
encored: Silva rushes between them sword in liana,
at that instant the approach of the King is announced,
and Silva conceals Ernani, determined to take revenge
with his own hand rather than give him up to the King.
The king accuses Silva of treason in having con-