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~,T1(1:.-A MEETING of tbe S AItti.IIuLDERS in the DIRECT
NORTiIERN RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the offices Of
hu Conipmy, No. 64, Moorgate-street, London, on FRIDAY, the Itth
lay of February next, at Twelye o'clock precisely, pursuant to a re-
Viishlan to the Chairman In that behalf, to take into consideration
Ana discuss the propriety of enlarging the powers of the Committee,
respect of the necessary expenditure connected with the proceed-
mgs in Parliament, and to authorise the appropriation of Iltuds
already paid up for that purpose

SPI MT of Pas! PUBL., (1 JOURNALS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAI.
TINIES.—We trust that no obstacles arising from
official supineness, or from a misplaced economy, will
prevent the Government from bringing before Parlia-
ment, with the least possible delay, a system of public
works on the seuth eastern coast, based on the interest-
ing report ef the Commissioners for examining into the
harbours of refuge on that poloion of our shores. It
would be a disgraceful neglect, and a culpable impru-
dence, if we were• to leave undone all those works of
deft nee., which every other Power in Europe has been
carrying on with the utmost activity and intelligence
during the whole peace. What answer could be
made by those to whom the care of our national
interests is entrusted, if, on the sudden outbreak of
war, we were to find our coasts almost as ill•de-
ended on land as the shores of China by their sham
forts ; and were then suddenly called upon to de-
vote large sums of money to works which can only
be properly constructed with all the advantages of
peace ? Can we, who have made so great an use of
the new power which steam has introduced into mari-
time affairs, forget that it may be used against ourselves?
Or are we to wrap ourselves in a foolhardy incredulity
of a (larger which is growing under our own eyes ? One
would suppose that such indifference on so momentous
a subject was altogether impossible, if we did not know
that six years have already elapsed since a former report
was made on the same subject, and that the great states-
men who have filled the office of Lord Warden of • the
Cinque Ports, from Mr. Pitt to the Duke of Wellington,
have laboured in vain to put even Dover in a proper
state of defence. The last ten years of the war, and the
state of comparative security we have enjoyed since the
first five years of this century, have lulled to sleep not only
men's fears but their prudence ; yet it is obvious that
if a war should break out between Franserasad this coun-
try, we should have to deal with suchli navy as that
Power has never pos.,essed since the battle of Trafalgar,
disposing moreover of means for carrying on furtive ope-
rations on the coast which were utterly unknown till some
years after the peace. In addition to her strength in ships,
and to the improvement of her crews and the excellent
education of her naval officers, France has achieved the
great object of her ambition for more than e century in
the creation of the vast fortified Channel harbour of
Cherbourg. Another plan has more recently been pro-
posed for the formation of a similar harbour near
Boulogne, by constructing another prodigious break.
water on the shoal or sand to the north of that port,
known under the name of the Bassune, which would
afford anchorage and shelter for a fleet of steamers or
privateers within a couple of hours of the coast of Kent.
And there can be little doubt that in the present temper
of the French Chambers an expenditure of money which
is supposed to strengthen the country against England
would be voted with enthuSiasm. Fortunately for us,
the outlay required for the harbours recommended by
the Commissioners in their recent report is equally well
spent, whether it be for peace or for war. These
stations are needed in the first place as harbours
of refuge to the innumerable vessels engaged in
the coasting trade, or endeavouring to make
their way, often in the teeth of contrary winds, from the
Downs to the Channel. The protection of our shipping,
and consequently of life as well as property, ought
alone to recommend such measures to the immediate at-
tention of Government ; but when it is added that the
very same stations are urgently required fur the protec-
tion of the kingdom itself, there is not an Englishman
who does not feel that not a moment is to be lost. The
whole expense of the proposed harbours at Dover, Sea-
ford, Portland, and Harwich is under three millions
and-a-half, a sum which, however considerable in itself,
bears a very small proportion to the amount of capital
which these harbours may save from destruction, or to
the evil, loss, and disgrace of an attack on the coast.
With a view to the naval forces which may be collected
at Cherbourg—now the most considerable position of the
naval strength of France in the northern seas, especially
with reference to our southern coasts and our
Channel trade, the improvement of the station,
commanding Portland Race, is of the utmost import-
ance. The width of the Channel from the Cape de la
Hogue to Porland Bill scarcely exceeds fifty miles.
But a still more useful position for our shipping and
cruisers, capable of resisting any surprise, might be
formed in the island of Alderney, within seven miles of
the French coast. The extraordinary activity displayed
by the French Government in carrying on the works of
Cherbourg renders it an imperious duty for the British
Government to make the most of the Channel Islands ;
and of these Alderney is best adapted by nature and po
sition to become a strong naval station. The point
more immediately before us, however, is the necessity
of carrying into effect with the utmost promptitude the
recommendatious of the Harbour Commissioners. We
do not offe:t to discuss the relative merits of the schemes
proposed on scientific grounds,—that duty rests with the
civil awl military engineers, upon whom also lies the
responsibility of the selection ; but the public import-
ance and the political necessity of putting these schemes
into execution are so obvious, that we trust the Govern-
ment is prepared to anticipate, rather than to obey, the
demands of the country. ~The inclosure of Dover Bay
may be retarded for another year, until the completion
of the experiments recommended by the Commissioners
as to the amount of the deposits from the tidal cur-
rents on that part of the coast ; but even this delay
may cost us dear. " Dover," say the Commissioners,
" situated at a distance of only four miles and a half
from the Goo lwin Sands, and standing out favourably
to protect the navigation of the narrow seas, is naturally
the situation for a squadron of ships of war. Its value in
a military point of view is undoubted; but the construc-
tion of a harbour of refuge there is, in our opinion, in-
dispensable, to give to Dover that efficiency as a naval
station which is necessary to provide for the security of
this part of the coast and the protection of trade." 'flea
improvements which are proposed at Harwich admit Zr
no delay, and require no more than a vote of 50,0001.
We hope they will be undertaken forthwith, aue
that they will revive the ancient importance
of a port so favourably situated for north-
ward-bound vessels and for the protection of the Nore.
In calling the attention of the public to this re-
port
we trust we may have contributed to insure
the prompt accomplishment of the very essential mea-
sures suggested by it. No laboured argument can be
required to demonstrate the folly rind danger of leaving
the coasts of England unprotected by even the rudiments
of defence, and ill supplied with harbours of refuge for
our shipping. Without any especial reference to the
political aspect of the world, or any immediate appre-
hensions as to the duration of peace,
undertakings are even in peace more worthy of a wise
Government than those which tend to diminish the risks
we affirm that no
and dangers of war. The people of England have in
variably shown their readiness to support the naval esta-
blishments of the country, on a scale suited to all the
exigencies of the time ; but it is still more indispensable
to strengthen the harbours and multiply the stations
from which our naval forces are to act; and, in the pre-
,ent state of our dockyards, we should find much less
difficulty in equipping a fleet on the largest scale, than
in completing, during a war, those breakwaters and
close havens which may be needed to maintain the in-
violate security of Britain.
POST.—The personal friends of the Prime Minister,
no less than the political admirers of a strong Adminis-
tration, look with apprehension to the consequence: of
recent and expected Ministerial changes. Lord Stanley
being removed to the Upper House, and Mr. Gladstone
from the Ministerial bench, Sir Robert Peel will have to
sustain the whole weight of the debating upon foreign,
colonial, and general subjects ; besides sustaining the
burden of the vast quantity of business which is not
Parliamentary, but which, nevertheless, must receive
the careful attention of the Prime Minister. Indeed,
arduous as Parliamentary business is, it is not the most
arduous part of the Ministerial business, for by the
time a measure is ripe for Parliamentary discussion, the
greater part of the labour attending upon it has been
already gone through. Still the attendance in Parlia-
ment, and the necessity of taking a leading part in every
imporant discussion, is very much the opposite of
relaxsti n, though it occurs during the moments
that relaxation, after the official labours of the day, is
most required by an active minister. The health of
many strong men has broken down under such severe
trial, and the friends of the Premier are, therefore, not
a little anxious lest he should undertake too much.
The country has, unfortunately, had but too many ex-
amples of its best men falling sacrifices to the anxiety
of Ministerial responsibilities, combined with the wear
and tear of leading the House of Commons without suf-
ficient assistance. The temptation to undertake this is
no doubt very great. We do not now allude to the am-
bition of sustaining a great position alone and unas-
sisted. We meats something much more practical.
There can bo little question that, so long as a man can
stand it, the business will be better done by one man
than by two, or three, or four, especially if that one
man be at the head. It is likely—at all events
in respect to any important measure introduced by
Government—that he knows more of the beginning
and the end of it than any one else. He resat ds every
clause upon which a debate may arise, not simply by it-
self, but with reference to the motives which led to it,
and the purpose which it is intended to accomplish. Ile
is more master of the subject than any one else can be,
) will pos-
and he is aware how different measures are intended to
bear upon one another, though belonging perhaps to
different departments, the whole of his Parliamentary
ses
s managementaunit (ify lied havecomtpoacmtna nesasg e
whichthe a wholectmot exist
where two or three Ministers of departments
divide the management between them. Thus,
then, there is .an advantage in the way of busi-
ness, derived from a sole management of the House
of Commons by the Prime Minister, so long as it
can last. But this life, whether in respect to public
affairs or to private, is but a system of balances and
compromises. If we have wleit is best in one way, we
pay for it in another. The roan of pleasure who revels
in luxury, pays for it in exhaustion. The man of busi-
ness who undertakes all that his best faculties, strained
to their utmost, can accomplish, pays for his temporary
success too often with his life. It is on this account that

the personal friends of the Premier are very anxious
when they regard the present prospect of business in the
[louse of Commons. There is no reason to suppose
that the ensuing session will be one of a light and easy
character, and at present there appears to be small
change of the Government being recorruisnble in the
[louse of Commons, except when Sir ellobert Peal is
there, and tsking a part in the proceedings.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2.—The St. Vincent, 120, Captain
' Rowley, was paid wages down to six months yesterday.
She is getting ready for sea very rapidly.
The Firebrand, steam-frigate, Captain Hope, is ex-
pected here from Devonport this day to embark the per-
son and baggage of the newly-appointed Minister to the
Argentine Republic.
The Netley tender, with supernumeraries from the
westward, in coming into the harbour yesterday, whilst
in the act of staying, tailed on the Hamilton bank, where
she remained three hours.
The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, progresses
slowly towards efficiency fur sea.
The Nautilus, 10, Commander Robson, is ready for sea.
The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, is ready to leave
the harbour, which she will do, it is expected, to-morrow.
She is well manned, and will proceed to her destination
(the Brazils) in a few days.
DEVONPORT, FEB. 2.—The Daring, 12, Commander
Matson, has had the water let out of her. Stoves are
placed between decks to dry her again. She is now
being caulked, where her seams appeared to have leaked,
and otherwise repairing defects.
The Espiegle, 12, Commander Harris, and Flying
Fish, 11', Commander Thompson, which left on a cruise
on Monday, returned to the Sound on Friday. The re-
sult of the trial has not transpired.
The Persian, 16, Commander Coryton, completed
fitting=, on Wednesday, and will be ready for sea iu a
few days.
The Rochester, Master-Commander Grandy, arrived
on. Thursday from Portsmouth with stores.
The Hamoazo, Master-Commander Tozer, sailed on
Friday with stores for Liverpool, and to report on the
packet moorings at that port.
The Devon navy lighter, Hicks, master, sailed on Fri-
day fo • Milford Haven with stores.
1-,The Acorn, 16, Commander Bingham, will leaio thee
harbour for the Sound this week, and after being paid
advance proceed to the Brazils.
The Canopus, 84, is in dock, having her copper cleaned
and examined prior to commissioning.
The Ranger, 6, Commander Anderson, will be ready
for sea in a •few days. The dockyard artificers have
completed their work upon her. She is intended for ser-
vice on the coast of Africa.

WILLIAM ASHLEY,
Chairman or the Provisional Committee.

TRIAL FOR CHEATING AT
CARDS.

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'resent day for beauty and brilliancy of light. There is no patent
or Composite Candles, neither will those called Patent Candles burn
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(From Galignani's Messenger of Friday.)
The Correctional Tribunal was occup'ed yesterday
with the trial of certain persons accused of cheating at
cards. They were Walker, aged 21; Lambert, 40; fey-
roanet, 32; Frazer, 23; Oglebey, 25; Drummond Baring,
age not stated; and Emma Caye, his mistress. Of these
all were present at the time exeept Baring. The female
prisoner, a very well-looking girl of 22, kept her veil
down as much as possible, and only raised it in reply to
the interrogatories of the president. Walker declared
that he had been an officer in Spain; that at present he
lived on his property. He was, besides, he said, cousin
of Admiral Walker. Lambert stated that he belonged
to a respectable family, which allowed him enough to
live on. Peyronnet, nho sometim..s bad assumed the
title of viscount, and had sported a card with a coronet
on it, denied that he hail done so, declaring that he be-
longed to a family high enough to do without such
paltry pretensions. Frazer said that he had held a
commission in the English army, and that in conse-
quence his friends called him Captain Frazer. He had no
other claim to the title. Oglebey, on being questioned
about certain marked cards found at his lodgings, de-
clared that they were not marked, but were common
English cards, which he brought over to France.
Emma Caye declared that she had no ostensible means of
living, and that she supported herself on her savings, and
when asked from what source these savings proceeded
she was silent. Lambert's counsel entered a protest
egeinst the written informations laid before the Court,
in which it was asserted that an extensive association
ex;sted to defraud young men of fortune, at play. No
traces of any such body could be discovered, he said, and
if it did exist, his client knew nothing whatever of it.
The first witness, Count de Salm, aged 25, deposed that
a friend of his, Count de Thunn, had one day informed
him that he had been dining the evening before at the
Cafe Anglais, when a gentleman strolled in, and after
asking him a question relative to some dish which he
had before him, commenced a conversation, which even-
tually led to an agreement to go to the Italian Theatre
together. A meeting was fixed for the next day at
Renette's shooting gallery, in the Champs Ely.se:.,s.
They were there practising with a pistol, when Lambert
and Peyronnet entered, and saluting Walker, whom they
seemed to know, joined in the amusement. Some small
bets were made, and at last a dinner at the Rocher de
Cancale was lost by witness and his friend. Some dis-
pute arose during the dinner between two of
the prisoners, Peyronnet and Walker, relative
to the battle of Waterloo, but the matter was
made up by the interference of the rest of
the party. After dinner cards were proposed, and whist
was named as the game. As witness and his friend
played it but indifferently, blind hockey was named as
being a game easily understood by every one. Cards
were then brought in in their covers, and witness, on
their bein; opened, was struck with their soiled ap-
pearance, as if they had been already used. He made no
observation, however, thinking that all was fair and
honourable. His friend lost cor.tinually, but he, at first,
won 1,500 f. Peyronnet, however, having commenced
playing against him, he (witness) also lost. Both to-
gether lost 8,1001. Witness, when the play had con-
cluded, was obliged to declare that not having any money
worth naming about him, lie must defer paying the debt
until the next day. The prisoners were exceedingly
anxious to get a cheque on his banker, but this he posi-
tively refused. lie called next day to pay the money.
but found that they had all gone to St. Germain to pass
the day. He dined in the evening at the Hotel des
Princes, where, happening to narrate what had occurred,
M. Privet, the proprietor, told him that Walker was a
common cheat and blackleg, and that his losing
was a certainty. He recommended witness
strongly at the same time not to pay a farthing
of the money. It not being altogether certain
that Walker was the man whom M. Privet meant,
it was agreed that he should come up two days after-
wards, when Walker was at breakfast with witness,
and see if it was the same person. He came up
accordingly, and finding it to be the man, abused him
most heartily. Witness went afterwards to the police,
and received such intelligence of the three prisoners as
fully confirmed M. Privat's statement. Privat, being
called, confirmed the testimony of the last witness, and
added that, after having reproached Walker with his in-
famous conduct, the latter said, " Come before the Corn-
mi.sary of Police." Witness replied that he desired
nothing better, but that he would not be seen walking
the street with him ; they proceeded along near each
other, but at the first turn Walker contrived to slip away.
Witness next informed the Court that a person of his
acquaintance, M. Milleret, had been one day drawn into
the society of Oglebey and Fraser, and had lost 14,000 f.
Emma Caye was, as far as he had heard, one of the
party; she was known to be Baring's mistress. Baring's
reputation was even lower than that of the prisoner's.
lie had been arrested as a black-leg in several coun •
tries—viz., in Belgium, in Germany, at Frankfort,
everywhere, in fact, whore he went. A quantity
of cards having been seized at the prisoners'
lodgings, the Court had ordered them to be submitted
to the inspection of Philippe, the famous conjuror of
the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle. This witne s declared
that the cards given to him to examine were cut in
such a way as that the person using them, and
knowing the secret, could cut a high or low card
at pleasure. Blind hookey, when played in France,
which is of rare occurrence, is thus managed:—One of
the players is banker; he makes as many packets of cards
as there are players; each person takes a packet, one
being Isft to the banker; each person puts down a sum of
money- on his cards, and all play against the banker,
when the under card of each packet is displayed ; the
lowest card loses. The banker does not-choose his
packet, which is assigned him by one of th© players.
The mode of cheating by means of prepared cards,
amongst confederates, at this game would be, to cut a
low card for one of the packets, and assign that one to
the banker. It was thus that M. de Salm lost on every
occasion when M. Peyronnet left him a packet. Philippe,
the
manner
conjuror
wasin
demonstrationsost unfor-
tunate, of
ftohre
.
tunate, for when, after having shuffled the cards he enamed,
de-
clared that he would cut low cards, ho turned up in five
inw which the cards in
were his
used,
packets four court cards ; and when he wanted to cut
high cards, out of six packets he cut four low ones.
This caused great laughter ; and the matter was not
mended, when, taking off his paletot, he renewed his
attempt, and again obtained a result precisely the op-
posite to what he had announced. One of the counsel
far the prisoners then demanded that the card-manu-
facturer should be called in, to declare if the cards
just exhibited were not ordinary ones. The Court de-
clared that it should first hear other witnesses, and then
decide on the point. The Avocat du Roi stated that at
Peyronnet's lodgings figures and calculations had been
found, according to which, if a pack of cards was ar-
ranged, and divided without shuffling, the banker must
always win. Peyronnet, on being interrogated, said that
such a combination did undoubtedly exist, but he
affirmed that he had never made use of it. Count de Thunn
was next examined. Ho confirmed the statement made
by Count de Satin, relative to Walker's having contrived
to enter into conversation with him at the Café Anglais,
and the subsequent meetings. His account of the dinner,
and play afterwards, was identified with that stated above,
as well as of the scene at Privet's, when Walker was
accused of being a black-leg. Philippe, the conjuror, was
recalled, to examine some cards seized at Oglebey's. He
declared that, with the exception of these cards, he
could tell the colour of every card in the pack from
their external appearance. He proceeded to show this,
and went through the experiment with great success.
He declared that he was able to distinguish the black
cards frem the red by a particular shade on the back.
Oglebey stated that the cards were incomplete, being
formed of odd cards of different packs. Philippe
declared that the cards were unequal to the touch, so
that a person in cutting could tell whether he was cutting
a high or a low card. Captain Lemarieur, of the Au-
strian service, deposed that he bad spent, an evening at
Peyronnet's, and lost 150 f. at whist; but that he could
not assert that there was anything unfair in the play.
M. C. Ledru stated that M. Milleret sent for him one
morning, and, having informed him that he had lost
13,000 f. at cards the preceding evening, requested him
to go and pay it. Witness inquired into the circum-
stances, and learned that ho had casually made the
acquaintance of a Mr. Oglebey, who had invited him to
pass the evening at Captain Frazer's, Rue Monthabor.
After supper cards were introduced, and blind hookey
was decided on as the game. Witness thought the whole
proceeding very suspicious, and, after some inquiries,
waited on Captain Frazer, and demanded a ,receipt
in full for the money, as it was evident that, morally
speaking, not a farthing was due. This Frazer refused;
and witness declared that, in consequence, he should
have recourse to legal measures. Witness, accordingly,
sent a huissier to Frazer, with a formal notice that M.
Milleret refused to pay the money, having been cheated
the evening before. Emma Caye was present, and was
employed to attract Milleret's notice by a thousand acts
of coquetry. M. Milleret confirmed this statement, as
far as related to the cards, but declared that he did not

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The Superb, 80, Captain Corry, progresses rapidly to-
wards efficiency for sea.
The Volage, 26, Captain Sir William Dickson, was
paid ofron Saturday.
The following supernumerary warrant officers of the
San Josef have been superannuated, at the rate foi-
l_ •

lowing : ""-
Gunners—Mr. John, Collier, 651.; Mr. Robert Henley
and Mr. Robert Jule, 601. each.
Boatswain—Mr. Edward Garwood, 80/.
PROMOTIONS.

Commander—The Hon. G. F. Hastings to the rank of
Captain.
Lieutenants—Henry Chaas (1841) to the rank of
Commander; Jahn Gregory, John Finlaison, H. F. Bel-
son, J. Innes, H. J. P. Proby, and C. ChappeF(all of
1808) to be retired Commanders on the list of 1830.

Second Masters—J. S. Hill and B. Renaud to the rank
of Master.

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain—W. F. Martin, to the Trafalgar.
Commander—J. W. Morgan, to the Trafalgar.
Lieutenants—W. W. Wilson, to the Lily; E. W. San-
ders, to the Comus ; W. E. A. Gordon, to the Superb ;
W. G. J. Cunningham, to the Firebrand; E. M. Leyces-
ter, from the Orestes to the Beacon ; E. A. T. Lloyd, to
the Orestes; F. Morris, additional, to the Geyser; F. E.
Johnstone, to the Ceylon, pro. tem. ; G. JohnAm4 to the
Beagle; W. F. Fead, T. C. On Whipple, C. J. F.
Ewart, H. Loring, R. Hall, and G. W. rreedy, to the
Trafalgar ; C. J. Brickdale, from the Acorn to the
Agincourt.

Master—C. P. Bellamy to the Trafalgar.
Surgeon—C. Smith, of the Dublin, to the Racer ;W.
Bruce, to the Trafalgar.
Acting-Master—T. Arundel, additional, to the Poic-
tiers, for service in the Janus.
Mates—H. G. Williams, to the Fantome; H. G.Wale,
to the Cyclops ; W. G. Mickley, to the Vindictive ; G.
Bellis, to the Eagle ; F. Hornby, to the Excellent ; W.
G. Mansfield, it. B. Beak, A. P. Ackwrigbt, G. M.
Jackson, E. 11. Blake, and J. Simpson, to the Trafalgar.
Second Masters—J. Hancock, acting additional to the
Hart ; W. Greet, to the Albion ; A. L. Buist, to the
Lynx; W. Betts, to the Crescent, from the Collingwood;
W. Wilson, to the Gipsey ; J. North, to the Gossamer ;
T. Fogden and J. J. Anderson to the Cereus.
Assistant Surgeons—H. Trevan and J. Fisher to the
Trafalgar ; J. M. Minto to the Poictiors, for service in
the Janus.

Chaplain—Rev. G. Lewin, to the Trafalgar.
Naval Instructor—E. B. Barnes, to the Trafalgar.
Clerks•—H. S. Gibson, t(. be Acting Paymaster and
Purser of the Lily ; W. B. Pearce (in charge), to the
Dwarf.

Purser—T. Jennings, to the Trafalgar.
Midshipmen—G. F. Wellesley, P. Johnson, and R.
Dawkins, to the Vindictive.

Naval Cadets—T. B. Herbert, to the St. Vincent ; 11.
Batten, to the Lily.
ROYAL MARINES.

APPOINTMENTS.
Captain Law, of the Portsmouth division, Hulling-
worth (Chatham), Moore (Woolwich), and Ray (Ply-
mouth), to the Excellent, to study and practise gunnery.
Lieutenant Crocket to join the battalion in Ireland,
vice Fleming, resigned.

—COAST GUARD.
APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenant L. Roberts, from St. Oayth, Stone Point,
to the Royal Charlotte cutter, vice Miller, removed to
Adelaide.

REMOVALS.
Commander Jerningham, from Harwich to North
Yarmouth district, vice Pullen, promoted.
Lieutenant N. Welch, from Langton to Fleet, vice
Brown, to Lalworth ; Lieutenant Hennah, from Eccles-
bourne to Liastings station, ♦ice Mann, promoted ;
Lieutenant W. Coles, to Langton station.

A SERIES OF CRIMES.
(From the Welshman.)
There is now in Carmarthen county gaol a man named
Benjamin Jones, who is committed for trial on three
distinct charges, and it is not unlikely that a fourth, and
still more serious one, will be brought against him.
It will be remembered, that during the celebrated Re-
becca disturbances a series of events connected with a
family of the name of Thomas took place which were
of so fearful a nature as to excite horror in the mind of
every one.
Mr. Thomas, of Pantycerrig, in the parish of Llanfi-
hangel-Rhosyorn, an elderly man, possessed of a large
farm, and otherwise well off in the world, missed a num-
ber of his sheep, which he suspected to have been stolen
by some neighbours of his. The parties on whom sus-
picion fell were two sons of a blacksmith, named Jones,
and steps were taken to bring them to justice.
Mr. Thomas made himself too active in prosecuting
them, and drew upon himself the vengeance of the Re-
beccaites, with whom, it is supposed, Jones's sans must
have been connected, and in whose lawless proceedings
they were, doubtless, implicated.
The sons kept out of the way of the officers of justice
for some time. Meanwhile, a mob of armed man called
on Mr. Thomas in the night, compelled him to get up
and accompany them to a neighbouring farm-house, and
when there they took some money from him.
Shorey :after a message was sent to Mr. Thomas, de-
siring him to call at Jones's house for the purpose of
settling about the sheep-stealing affair. The old man
west, and was never seen alive afterwards. His body
was found in a brook on his road home, the head and
shoulders completely out of the water, and in such a
situation that scarcely any doubt could be entertained
that he had not met his death by accident.
Thomas's house and farm buildings were burnt to the
ground is the night, and sad havoc was made of his
property: _

- Kiispicion of course fell upon Jones's son, Benjamin,
who absconded, and remained concealed for nearly a
twelvemonth. A reward of 1001. was offered for his ap-
prehension, and every exertion was used to discover his
retreat. All was, however, in vain, until about a
month back, when he was apprehended and conveyed to
prison.
Ho was then charged with the sheep-stealing, for
which offence he was fully committed.
Evidence being forthcoming, he was next charged
with having set Mr. Thomas's house on fire, and for this
offence he was also committed for trial.
It then came out, that while prowling about Mr.
Thomas's premises one night, a servant saw him and
immediately asked him •" what he wanted there ?" He
gave an evasive answer, and then asked for ayoung man
who was employed as farm servant. The girl said,
" I suppose you want to serve him the same as you did
my master, Mr. Thomas ?" Jones replied,
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attempted to cut her throat.
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recognise Emma Cave, and certainly it was not she who
had asked him to play, but Baring. Witness refused to
give bills for the amount of his loss, and then the parties
present insulted and threatened him. Emma Cayc, how-
ever, on being interrogated, allowed that she was present
on the occasion, and had even danced with Niißeret. Ail
the gentlemen, she said, had drunk champagne freely,
and smoked cigarettes. Some other witnesses were exa-
mined, but their testimony added nothing to the above
facts. Some of them gave a favourab'o character to
Peyronnet. The Court postponed the further proceed-
ings for a week, and ordered a card manufacturer in the
meantime to examine and report on the cards which had
been seised at the prisoner's lodgings.

Mr. Mark Boyd and Mr. Samuel Browning, from
Australia, had an interview on Saturday with Mr.
Lefevre at the Board of Trade.