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whenever this affair is talked of. (The voice of the
witness was broken, and his limbs seemed agitated and
convulsive with emotion.)
President—Sit down and calm yourself; we will
wait a few moments. Having again put the question,
the President asked if witness knew the accused ?

PRUSSIA.

WHOLESALE INFANTICIDE.
The inquiry into this extraordinary case terminated
on Thursday. The adjourned inquest having been
held at Ruardean on Wednesday, before Mr. John
Cooke, the Coroner of the district, several Magis-
trates and other gentlemen of the county attended
the proceedings, and the room in which the inquest
was held was densely crowded. Several additional
witnesses were examined, .who gave similar testimony
to that which has been already published, and the
only difficulty experienced was the connecting the man
rhomas Yapp with a knowledge of the crime, it being
a-rule of law that in no case can the confession of a
criminal be made available against an accomplire, un-
less corroborated by other evidence. This, however,
has been supplied by the evidence of a man of the
name of Watkins, which shows Yapp, in addition to
the circumstances of his having cohabited with the
female prisoner during the last ten or twelve years,
(hiring which period the murders have been commit-
ted, and the finding the bodies of five out of the
six infants buried under the kitchen floor, the spot
where the female prisoner says she buried them with
L'app's assistifnce, to have had a knowledge of the si
taxation of the female prisoner at the time she gave birth
to her last child. Watkins states that about last
Christmas, he being acquainted with Yapp, was in
the neighbourhood of Ruardean, and having met Yapp,
was invited by him to stay and sleep that night at the
house occupied by him and the female prisoner ; he
;if:co-Fel-the invitation, and slept in the same bed with
l'app in one room while the prisoner Frances Ben-
nett slept in a bed in the adjoining room ; that at
shout 12 o'clock at night, and from that time until
between two and three in the morning, he heard a
suppressed moaning as of a person in great pain in
the room where the female prisoner was sleeping ;
that the noise kept him awake till between two and
three o'clock in the morning, after which he dropped
off to sleep, and did not wake again until about five
o'clock, when the male prisoner, Thomas Yapp, got
up and went down stairs to get a light, where he ap-
peared to be searching for matches, but said he could
not find any. Yapp then returned up stairs, and went
into Frances Bennetea room, but how long-he re-
mained there witness could not tell, as he again fell
asleep and heard no more. Witness never thought
anytning more of the circumstance, but happening to
he in the neighbourhood on Saturday last, he saw the
female prisoner, Frances Bennett, who, in conversa-
tion, asked him if he remembered sleeping there last
Christmas ? Ite replied that he did, upon which she
added, "I deceived you nicely that night, for that
was the very time when my last child was born."
This closed the inquiry, and the Coroner having
summed up the evidence in a most luminous manner,
The Jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder "
against both the prisoners, who were fully committed
for trial at the next assizes.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—The Standard devotes two columns to
a dissertation on what lawyers are, and what judges
ought to be ; and having introduced two Greek
words for the purpose of letting his readers know how
Aristotle distinguished the science of law, our Con-
temporary complacently comes to the conclusion—
that he. has " silenced all objections" to Lord
Lyndhurst's late appointments. The • solemnity with
which the writer takes credit for having proved his
case is amusing to those who are not to be en-
trapped into a concurrence with a non sequitur -by an
affectation of elaborated argument in leading up to it.
By the unusual length to which our Contemporary
has spun out his remarks, we should imagine that he
calculated upon the reader passing over the premises,
and coming to the conclusion at once—like a person
who, on receiving a long bill, looks to the total, without
stopping to examine the particular items. We arc
quite sure that the writer of the article in the Standard
is sufficiently well versed in the art of logic, to be
thoroughly aware that the illegal justification of Lord
Lyndhurst's late appointments is a gratuitous assertion,
brought in as a concluding paragraph to a series of ir-
relevant remarks and abstract propositions, that have
nothing to do with the point which is assumed to have
been established. Our own opinion—which is the
same as that of the public and the majority of the
legal profession—Continues unchanged; not only as
to the incompetency of the Commissioners, but as to
the bad selection that has been made from the num-
ber of persons who were ready to undertake the
new offices. Lord Cottenham's anxiety to deny
that he had any share in recommending any of the
parties that have been appointed is extremely na-
tural. His Lordship has a character for soundjudg-
ment ; and he is desirous that he should not be liable
to have it questioned on account of a supposition that
he had been concerned in the choice of the new Coin-
missioners. That Lord_ Cottenham recommended
none, and is anxious to have it understood that he
recomended none, bears 'out in a great degree the truth
of the objections that have been made ; for it is
clear that his Lordship.would have limited his denial
to the one case with which his. name had been mixed
up, had he not felt that any supposed participation in
the matter would be a reflection on his judgment. •
STANDARD.—The termination of the war in
China, without loss or disgrace, would be by itself
the equivalent of a great victory ; how much more
subject of rejoicing have we in the conclusion of that
war with honour, and with a solid foundation for a
future of boundless commercial prosperity. There
can be no reason to, doubt that the wisdom which has
conducted to this happy issue will dictate
a course of policy by which all the richest
fruits of victory will be secured to our em-
pire. Moderation in the use of our proved supe-
riority will teach to the Chinese a lesson unknown
in Asiatic history until. Great Britain appeared as an
actor in the . great Eastern division of the world—.
the lesson that an enlightened nation may Conquer
without subjugating, may possess ,and display irre-
sistible power, without employing it in territorial
acquisition ; using it solely for the promotion and
security ef that commercial • intercourse which from
its very nature must be reciprocally beneficial to
those by whom it is' maintained. It will be no
mean benefit to the 300 millions of Chinese if the
defeat of their Government shall have, as almost it
certainly will have, the effect of introducing them
to the great family of mankind, from which they have
hitherto been self-estranged. The retention of the
little island of Hong Kong by Great Britain can ex-
cite no reasonable suspicion on the part of the Chinese
that this empire entertains any ulterior design of ter-'
ritorial aggrandisement. When they see
.c husan and
so many other more valuable islands freely restored,
they must be aware that Great Britain retains Hong
Kong to serve for her those innocuous commercial pur-
poses for which the Portuguese have so long occupied
Macao—as a rendezvous and harbour for merchant
vessels, perhaps as an entrepot for trade. We
must not deceive ourselves by the exaggerated lan-
guage cf the Chinese State papers, into the opinion
that the anger_of_ either the Government or people of
China will prove implacable—quite the reverse. Such
violence of tone is always the expression of' timidity,
and the timid are never irreconcileably irritated
against those who have proved their power. On the
other hand, the timid have an instinctive disposition
to attach themselves, even sincerely, to those who
show that they have the power to protect, by proof
that they have had the power to chastise. We have
little doubt that a few years of such policy as may be,
expected from Sir Robert Peel's Government will
convert the Chinese and their Government into warm
and affectionate allies. Until within a year or two,
the Chinese knew little of us but as mere traders.
Accustomed to exaggerate themselves, they must have
supposed that all reports of British power went be-
yond the truth ; a little lax in their own morality,
they would naturally suppose that our appeals to the
principles of justice and honour were but hypocritical
pretexts. Unfortunately, the vacillating and incom-
prehensible conduct of the Whig representative of a
Whig Government was calculated to favour this
opinion. Mr. Elliot launched his threats in the act of
running away, and tried to vindicate a dishonest trade
upon moral grounds. This led to the war, and that
war has shown to the Chinese that, instead of exag-
gerating, we have with them, as we always do, under-
stated our real power, and the sequel will, there can
be no doubt, demonstrate as satisfactorily that ours
is a moral Government. Sooner or later the value
of the closest connexion with such a State must pre-
sent itself to the people lately in arms against us—
sooner or later they must see that a commercial in-
tercourse with Great Britain will enrich them more
than all the commerce of all other nations can, and
that an amicable political connexion with the Sove-
reign of India and the Mistress of the Sea must place
them in security from any attack, though the whole
world beside should unite to make it. This is a
glorious prospect.

The Prussian States Gazette publishes the following
Cabinet order, addressed by the King of Prussia to
the Presidents of the provinces :
•" I have frequently pointed out the necessity of put-
ting a check upon the tendency of the ill-disposed
portion of the press to mislead public opinion by the
propagatiOn of false news, or in distorting facts, and
fir this purpose compelling every journal guilty of •
such conduct to place truth in opposition to falsehood,
by inserting a rectification in their columns. It is
not sufficient to leave to a journal animated by a bet-
ter spirit the charge of paralysing the influence of the
criminal attempts of another journal to deceive or
corrupt the public mind. It is necessary that the
poison should be neutralised precisely where it is ad-
thinistered ; the most effectual means of destroying
the tendency of journals to falsehood being to compel
them to publish the judgment which condemns them.
I have learned that this means, which is alike legiti-
mate and necessary, has bun scarcely if at all prac-
tised. If the existing, laws do not suffice to compel
the journals to insert the rectifications which are offi-
cially sent to them by the authorities, I expect that
i ny Minister of. State will propose to me the necessary
:measures to remedy the defect. If, however, the ex-
isting laws be sufficient, I require that they may, in
the interest of truth and justice, be rigorously en-
forced. This is a subject which I recommend alike
to
-.my Ministers' and
_t9 the. Presidents of the pro-
vinces, who have to receive instructions on the sub-
, ject from my Ministers. The more I am desirous of
not throwing obstacles in the way of the honest,
frank, and dignified expression of opinion, and of
opening as wide a field as possible to public discus-
sion, the greater must be my severity towards those
who resort to the use of falsehood in order that they
may not, by their licentiousness, deprive freedom of
opinion of its most happy fruits."

M. Bornet (turning round)---Yes; I know Hour-
dequin, the scoundrel !
President—Do not abuse the excited. Remember
that if you have suffered through their means, they
have now their turn of pain and degradation. Tell
me the truth and all the truth.

M. Bornet—l purchased, in 1821, the house which
forms the angle of the Rue St. Marguerite and the
Rue du Four ; in 1830 I wished to make some re-
pairs, but was prevented doing so by the employees of
the city, who made me undergo all sorts of vexations.
They afterwards sent to me a certain individual, who
proposed to purchase my house of me, but I refused
his offer ; after this I could not obtain leave to make
the slightest alteration. Wearied out with all this, I
resolved to go myself to the Prefect; there I was
told, " You have an easy mode of bringing all you
complain of to an end ; your property is much
wanted ; offer it to the city.
I would not sell it ; in
despair, I asked permission to rebuild my house en-
tirely; I was not more fortunate in this either, and it
was only after the most interminable delays that I
got any answer at all. Thus I was continually ex-
posed to the most crud, uncertainty with respect to
my position and my rights. After having ex-
hausted all means of procuring justice, I at last
decided on selling the house, and for this
purpose was recommended to a surgeon, who
said, " I have the honour to represent the
city; how tnuch do you ask for your house ?" I
replied, that I was not accustomed to dispose of
houses, but that I would refer him to the law. He
said, " Your property is not actually of much use to
the city, do not then be too exorbitant in your de-
mands." Seeing that they could not bring me to
favourable conditions, this scoundrel, Hourdequin, by
machinations which I never could penetrate, con-
cluded by signifying to me that my house would
pass into the alignment, would be publicly sold and
abolished. He did even more, M. le President, he
got this resolution approved by the Municipal Council,
for he was so decorated, and so powerful from his po-
sition, that nothing was done but by, his order. To
get out of this condition, resolved in 1840, to de-
mand an indemnity; but I wrote repeatedly to the
Prefect without ever receiving an answer. When I
did it was always Hourdequin who replied, just as he
thought proper. You perceive how embarrassed was
my position, and the whole affair has ended by re-
ducing me to the state of ruin in which you behold
me, and which obliges me to retire from Paris, and
reside in the country. These gentlemen left me no
repose, they changed their plans at their pleasure,
suppressed them, or told me now one thing, now
another. In short, in that bureau, there was a mys-
tery that might terrify any one—a mystery repug-
nant to every honest man.
In another case, a Mme. Blanchet proved that the loss
caused her by the city amounted to 200,0001'. When re-
called, she stated that she had been assured by M.
Maillet, that a M. Combes said to him, " Money is
wanted for M. Hourdequin, and if it does not exceed
500 francs, you had better add to it a present for
Madame."
It is to be hoped, that such hearsay evidence at
two removes, is not a fair example of the testimony
may excuse it. In the
received in French criminal proceedings. The pe-
culiarity of the present case
sitting of the 15th we find that,
" The President said—M. Le Comte Daru, one of
the Directors of the Orleans Railway, was at present
travelling in England, but that his written declara-
tion was as follows I have often heard the heads
of our department say in our presence, your business
without that your
affairs with the city will never succeed unless you give
moanirseywtoillthneevbeur threarumionfatthe ; every one does it, and
Seine ;
why should not you ?
tions were /ever held in my p
M. Seim (one of the Directors)—Such conversa-
The President—Have you ever heard it said in
your presence, that it was impossible to buy anything
of the city, if you did not distribute money iii the
bureau ?
M. Banes (another Director)--1 have heard vague
conversations, but I know not to whom to attribute
them. They occurred on the occasion of some unsuc-
cessful treaty in which we were engaged with the
city about four years ago.
The President recalled the witness Rondy, and
asked him if he did not at one time offer the post of
Keeper of the Records in the Chamberreence.
of Peers to
Jaconbet ?
M. Jaconbet—M. R
--°l-niv did not offer me the place
in the name of M. Hourdequin ; he came to me and
said (not officially but officiously and without autho-
, rity) that the place was vacant, and that I might very
well obtain it. _

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FOREIGN CATTLE.
(From the Aberdeen Herald.)

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Yesterday, the foreign cattle, the arrival of which
we noticed in last weeks paper, were exposed to sale
by public roup. The prices obtained for both cows
and oxen varied from 101. to 12/. ; and although con-
sidered low, looking at the appearance of the cattle, it
is quite well understood that the importers have not
allowed a single beast to leave them except. at a fair
remunerating profit. We mentioned last week that
rumour made the average price of each animal set
down in Aberdeen as low as 61. A sort of contradic-
tion has since been published ; and it is quite possible
that 61. may be rather less than th.. actual cost, al-
thongh it is certain that one of the importers consi-
dered that his would not average more.
We have no wish to pry unnecessarily into the
affairs of our neighbours, nor do we desire to create a
feeling of alarm among the agriculturists ; but we
cannot help repeating our conviction that the cargo
of cattle imported into Aberdeen, considering all the
circumstances—the difficulty attending a first specu-
lation, and the expense of sending out a special pur-
chaser, instead of employing an agent on the spot—
affords sufficient evidence that those parties were
in error who imagined that Sir Robert Peel's promises
of a reduction in the price of meat would not be ful-
filled.
'Whatever journalists may say, there can be no
doubt that the opening of this new trade has created
an immense sensation among our agriculturists.
Yesterday, we are assured, there were not fewer
than a thousand people present at the sale ; and
the anxiety to obtain a glimpse of the beasts, us
they were set up, caused so much confusion that it
was hardly possible to know what was gpiug on.
Just when the excitement had nearly reached its
highest point, it received an additional impulse by
the announcement that another vessel, with forty
cattle, had arrived. This was found to be the Frederick
et Marie of Aalborg, olthe burden of 60 tons, with a
cargo of forty cattle, consigned to a gentleman in
town. This additional proof of the activity shown
by our merchants. in taking advantage of the new
tariff seemed anything but pleasing to the farmers
who so unexpectedly met with it.
It has been alleged that our object and that of
other newspapers which have noticed the progress of
cattle importation, is to excite an unjust feeling of
indignation against Sir Robert Peel, among the agri-
culturists, with the factious view of bringing the
Whigs again into favour. Now, we must solemnly
protest against any such conclusion. We say now,
and have always said, that Sir Robert Peel, in so far
as he has adopted the principles of " Free Trade," has
done right, and deserves the gratitude of every liberal
and enlightened man. We say now, and have always
said, that the agricultural interest of this country has
nothing to fear from the fullest adoption of sound prin-
ciples of commercial policy ; but, at the same time,
we say now, as we have always said, that the provi-
sions of the new tariff, as regards the impgrtation of
cattle, unaccompanied as they have been by -pro-
visions for admitting bread, the prime necessary of
life, at an equally low duty, must prove highly
injurious to those Scotch and Irish counties which
depend for their prosperity chiefly on their breeding
and feeding of cattle. Had Sir Robert Peel at once
opened up to British enterprise and industry, the
markets of the world, the increased prosperity of the
country, and the consequent increase of population,
would have led to such an additional demand for the
more perishable articles of agricultural produce, as
would have counterbalanced any reduction in the
price of meat, caused by all the importations we can
have from Norway, Germany, Spain, and even the
wilds of South America. But he did not do so ; at
the bidding of the Duke of Richmond, and other
Dukes, he limited his free•trade concessions just
enough to, prevent them from doing good to the ma-
nufacturer, but not enough to prevent them from doing
harm to the cattle-breeder.

ATTEMPTED 'ASSASSINATION.
CAMBRIDGE, SATURDAY EVENING..--.The prisoner
_ _

Mortlock was brought before the Magistrates, who
,tssembled at the Town Gaol to-day, between twelve
and one o'clock, and the following are the leading

particulars of the examination of the prisoner.
The Magistrates present were the Mayor, G. Fisher,
E. Foster, and J. Skrine, Esqs., and Captain Drake.
The prisoner refused pro'essional assistance, as he
intended to make no defence.

Mr. Twiss appeared to support the information,

which having been read,
The Rev. E. Mortlock was sworn, and gave the

following evidence :—ls a fellow of Christ College in
this University, and was in his rooms with Mr. Mit-
chell, of the Eagle, the previous evening. Knows
the prisoner. He was disturbed about a quarter past
eigot, by the door of his rooms being burst open and
the fastenings [produced] broken off. The prisoner
then entered the room, witness sitting with his back
to the door when he entered.—(The prisoner was here
asked whether he wished the witnesses to withdraw,

except the one under examination? lie replied, " No,"
and the examination proceeded.) Witness arose and
faced the prisoner, who immediately presented a pistol
►nci drew the trigger. From the noise, witness fan-
cied it bad gone off, but was mistaken, as the cap only
had exploded. Mr. Mitchell then rose from his chair,
and witness's nephew then drew a dagger from its
sheath, and raised it as if to strike if molested, and
witness thinks he used a threat to use it if he was in-

The distinction between offering
.._.
a bribe " offici
ally and officiously," is rather good ; many of the de-
tails are, indeed, as amusing in effect as they are de-
plorable in their illustration of the state of official
honour and honesty. The bribes which have been
taken are very various in kind and different in value,
from sums of money counted by thousands of francs,
down to cases of wine, and
there is one instance of
the presentation of a plate of fish ! All was good that
came to the official drag-net.
(To BE coNTINUED.)

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE:

(From the Devonport Independent.)
ARRIVAL OF TIIE WILIIERFORCE.—Her Majesty's
steamer Wilberforce, Lieutenant W. 11. Webb, com-
manding, arrived here on Thursday, from the Coast
of Africa, having on board the remainder of the sur-
vivors of the ill-fated Niger expedition. She arrived
at Fernando Po on the 30th of July, bringing with
her the people from the 'Model Farm. The fate of
the superintendent of the farm has not been ascer-
tained, but it is presumed he has been murdered by
the natives. The Wilberforce sailed for Prince's
Island with invalids, and again sailed from thence for
Fernando Po on the 18th September ; was off Cape
Coast three days, and Sierra Leone eight days, and
finally sailed for England on the 15th ult. She
brings intelligence of a dreadful hurricane off Ma-
deira, by which six vessels have been totally wrecked,
and the majority of their crews lost. The island
itself had been nearly inundated both from the. sea,
of and property has occurred, in fact, so
violentand fio floods
lifelv sf from the
the
hurricane,
rie mountains.a An immense destruc-
tionne,
that the majority of the in-
habitants The names of the vessels
lost are, the English brig, Dart, of London, Wave, of
have lost their all.
Guernsey, Romulus, of Greenock, an American brig,
name unknown, a Spanish vessel, and a Sardinian
schooner, which sank at her anchors. The Wilber-
force has also brought home some of the survivors of
the wrecked crews. She spoke
the Petrel, packet, off
Teneriffe, and Thames, West Indiaman, off Modena.
She experienced fair weather on her homeward pas-
sage—Wind S.W. The other officers on board are
the surgeon, Mr. Sterling, and Second Master, Mr.
Sturgess.
Her Majesty's ship Calcutta, 84,
(acting) will be paid off on Monday next.
Her (acting),
ship Royal Adelaide, 104, having
been new coppered; was taken out of dock last even-
ing (Friday). Capt. G. F. Rich
moorings on Wednesday, by the Confiance.
was towed to her
4120, Capt. A. Milne ;
spiteful and Confiance
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Chief of this port,
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Walter Toby,
Commander, and Richard Haig, Esq., Secretary.

INCENDIARY FIRE AT BEENHA3I.—An alarming.
fire broke out on Saturday evening last at Severn
Barn Farm, situate in Beenham Fields, about eight
miles on the Bath road, and, from the suspicious cir-
cumstances attending it, there is every reason to fear
it owed its origin to an incendiary. The farm is the
property of Major-General Dickson, and is occupied
by Mr. W. Perrin Brokenbrow ; it consisted of a
large barn, with a range of out-buildings, immedi-
ately adjacent, and several wheat, hay, and oak ricks ;
there was, fortunately, no dwelling-house en the pre-
mises, nor within some distance from the farm. The
fire lasted nearly twenty-four hours, and consumed
the whole of the buildings, with several ricks, and
much other valuable property. A reward of 2001.
has been offered for " such information as shall lead
to the apprehension and conviction of the offender or
offenders. ' The whole of the property, we under-
stand, was ensured in the Sun Office, ,but we have not
yet heard the actual extent of amage.—Reading
Mercury.
WILL OF THE LATE HIGH BAILIFF OF SOUTH-

OFFICIAL PECULATION.
The investigation now going on at the Court ox
Assize of the Department of the Seine, in revealing
a system of official corruption, in perfection of
plan and completeness of execution, if not in the
amount of money raised from the public, rivals our
Exchequer-bill forgery, and the misdoings of the em-
ployees of the Custom-house. But the inquiry insti-
tuted by the French Government is far more satisfac-
tory in its effect than the investigations made into the
transactions which have so recently thrown a stigma
on the character of two of our own establishments ;
the publicity of the investigation before the Court of
Assize, while it rivals the full extent of criminality
in the accusod, dcei not leave the mind of the public
in that uncertainty in which it may imagine the
abuses to be greater than they really are ; the exte-
nuating circumstances, also, if they can be pleaded,
appear with the accusations, and a far clearer know-
ledge of the whole matter is thus attained. The
name which most frequently occurs in the proceedings
is that of M. Hourdequin, who holds an influential
office in the bureau of the Department of the Seine.
through this bureau passes the business connected
with the alterations and improvements of the city,
which, of course, involve the interests of all the pri-
vate proprietors whose houses are affected. Permis-
sions to build, or pull down, the payment of the in-
demnity for ground on buildings purchased by the
city for making improvements, may all be delayed,
refused, or withheld by the influence of the officials
of the " bureau ;" the power thus given, has been
made an instrument for exacting sums of money in
the shape of presents or compliments, or as the French
call them pots de yin, which have a marvellous effect in
expediting the movements of official machinery, and
a large portion of these sums seem to have gone to
M. Hourdequin, who occupies in the bureau, the
position of the " Mr. Mother Country" of our Co-
lonial-office, subordinate, but all powerful—the power
behind the Prefect, greater than the Prefect himself.
A tradesman of Regent-street, or Ludgate-hill,
who has sold off his stock to build a new frontage
to his establishment, and having to 'wait for official
permission to proceed, his business in the. mean
time suffering from every day's delay, may imagine
the feeling of the French proprietaire, compelled to
dance attendance at the bureau of the Prefecture in
vain, till the usual bribe brings the matter to a termi-

. _
waxer.—The will of the late John Holmes, Esq.,
who for many years held the office of High Bailiff for
the borough of Southwark, has been proved by the
executor in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop
of Canterbury, in Doctors' Commons. The personal
property has been sworn under 10,0001., which is
Principally left amongst his family. To 'William
Payne, Esq., the coroner for the city of London, and
his brother, the barrister, a legacy of 201. each is
given, for the purpose of purchasing a ring to his
memory. A splendid piece of plate, which was pre-
sented to Mr. Holmes by the salesmen, &c., of the
Borough market, is left to the family as an heirloom.
MICHAEL KELLY AND TILE INCOME-TAX.—The fol-
lowing dialogue took place between Kelly and the
Commissioners of Pitt's Income-tax, and is given in
his reminiscences :—" Sir," said I, " I am free to con-
fess that I have erred in my return ; but vanity was
the cause, and vanity is the badge of all my tribe,
I have returned myself as having 5001. per annum.
when, in fact, I have not 500 pence of certain in-
come." " Pray, Sir," said the Commissioner,
" are you not stage-manager of the Opera-house ?"
" Yes, Sir," said I. " but there is not even a
nominal salary attached to that office. I per-
form its duties to gratify my love of music."
" Well, but, Mr. Kelly," continued my examiner,
" you teach ? " " I do, Sir," answered I ; but
I have no pupils." " I think," observed another
gentleman, who had not spoken before, " that
you are an oratorio and concert singer ?" " You are
quite right;' :said I to my new antagonist, "but I
have no engagement." " Well, but at all events,'
observed my first inquisitor, "you have a very good
salary at Drury-lane." "A very good one, indeed,
Sir; answered I, " but it is never paid." "But you
have always a fine benefit, Sir," said the other, who
seemed to know something of theatricals. " Always,
Sir," was my reply,. "but the expenses attending it
are very great, and whatever profit remains after de-
fraying them is mortgaged to liquidate debts incurred
by building
iny saloon. The fact is, Sir, lam at present
very like St. George's Hospital, supported by
.volun-
tary contributions, and have even less certain income
than I felt sufficiently vain to return."—Kelly, vol. ii
pp. 189-191.
"Rents collected," as the darning-needle said to
the poet's pantaloons.

SELF DEVOTION, OR THE HISTORY OF KATHARINE
Ri, i
iA
Int:
andr ,
kmanifested in this work, no
Aeunuttht.hoor ers s 0 f "
The Subaltern."—
" The Only Daugh-
ter,"less than the touching circumstances under which it
is given to the world, tends to render it the most at-
tractive production of its class that has been recently
produced. The Literary Gazette. with justice observes
bb:b; 1 e the
theta Al
that it is " a tale of rare merit and engrossing interest;
displaying in every page great Power, as well as a cor-
rect and beautiful taste. The story is told with infi-
nite skill from first to last ; incident arising out of in-
cident with such propriety, that you are never for a
moment induced to ask how such and such an event
could have come to pass. And the style is so pure,
so vigorous, yet so full of poetry, that you linger over
the very descriptions of places math the same sort of
delight with which you would gaze upon the scenes
themselves were they spread out visibly before you.
Self Devotion' is entitled to take a high plaCe among
, modern works of fiction.,,

nation. This is a general outline of the subject of
the inquiry ; the details, however, are exceedingly in-
tricate, and withal interesting.
The following specimen of a whole series of similar
transactions, is a fine example of the " insolence of
office," and the " law's delay," in combined action.
The witness is a M. Bornet, who, having been called,
the report in La Seicle spys ,:
" Hardly had the President uttered the first words
of the usual form of oath, than the witness (whose
agitation was extreme) called out, swear it, I
swear it ; I am a proprietor of the Rue Sainte Mar-
guerite, and an old teacher of drawing.'
" The President—You are too hasty ; wait for my
questions, and reply to each.of them distinctly.
M. Bornet--I beg pardon, M. le President, but I
am afflict,ed with a nervous malady which attacks me

terfered with. Witness took up a chair that stood near,
with a high close back, so as to shield his person in the
event of another discharge. At this moment Mr.
Mitchell left the room, and the prisoner approached,
and witness, dropping the chair, was collared by him;
he at the same time used some strong language,
charging him with robbing the prisoner of his pro-
perty. Witness replied in a mild and collected tone,
to the effect, " you are mistaken, John, I have no
property of your's, I cannot have." Some further
words took place on both sides ; on his part with ex-
citement and violence, and on that of witness with
composure. It was followed by the prisoner asking,
hat is to prevent my shooting you dead this mo-
ment ?" Witness replied, "It would do you more
harm than it would me." His arm was all this while
raised, and the pistol pointed. The dagger was after-
wards found on the floor. Witness still endeavoured
to dissuade him from violence, being all this time held
by the collar, with a pistol pointed at his body. Pri-
soner then asked if witness would swear or pledge
himself not to prosecute or injure him. Witness re-
plied, " I never have injured you, John; I have no
wish to do so now." He repeated, in an imperious
tone, the demand that he would not prosecute him by
law. Witness again replied, "I will not injure you,
and have never done so. Mr. Cartmell then entered
the roam, and the prisoner again repeated his inquiry,
whether witness would engage not to prosecute him
by law. Witness did not reply, and prisoner lowered
the pistol rapidly so (on a level with the abdomen).
Prisoner—No, it was not so.
Witness continued—He then immediately_ fired
before he could repeat his previous answer. Witness
felt that he was wounded, but could not tell whether
seriously or not, and prisoner releasing him, imme-
diately quitted the room, and went into that of Mr.
Cartmell, the door of which stood open, and there ex-
amined the wound, in the presence of Mr. Thompson,
a fellow of the College, and was suprised to find it so
slight. The ball was found by witness on the ground,
i ne
surgeon.
had t
Witnesse woundt.h en examinedsen t
after taking off his clothes before retiring to bed, and
hibsysiviervra. In'ti,ckwliho
athfteer
shuarNg'n,
entered, for Mr. Shaw and Mr. Cartmell, that they
might see the ball, which he handed to Mr. Fisher,
who marked and took charge of it. The abrasure on
the skin is about the size of •
a shilling. Witness
heard the garden bell ring, which gave him a notion
that the prisoner was making his escape from the
window. The second pistol was cocked when he first
raised it. The deposition of Mr. Mortlock was read
over at the conclusion of his evidence, and the prisoner
having been asked whether he wished to put any ques-
tions to the Rev. Gentleman, replied " Yes. lie inen-
tionslae has no property of mine, but as the executor
of my father, I ask him, was he not a partner in the
bank many years ?"
• but the Magistrates de-
Mr. Mortlock replied yes ,
cided that the questions had nothing to
do with the
offence.
Prisoner—Is the witness aware, and can he swear
that he ever dissolved partnership ?
Mr. Mortlock could not answer that.
Prisoner—And what is the consequence ? Why,
that you and your brother are, as lam informed,
liable to a criminal indictment at the Old Bailey.
Mr. Mortlock—lt had better be brought.
Prisoner (warmly)—l appeal to the Magistrates on
their consciences whether they do not know that my
father was partner in that bank, and of the truth of
the circumstances I am stating.
The Magistrates had nothing to do with that, it was
out of their province.
The next witness, the Rev. J. Cartmell, who ran
to the Rev. Mr. Mortlock's assistance, was examined,
and he deposed to seeing a dagger on the floor when
the door was burst in, after the escape of the, prisoner.
Mr. Mitchell, the landlord of the Eagle, deposed to
what has been already stated. It appeared, in addi-
tion, that the prisoner had, after his arrival from Lon-
don, been for two nights at his hotel, and had been
told by witness he must look for lodgings, as he
could not accommodate him any longer.
By the prisoner—Did Mr. E. Mortlock advise you
to turn me out ?—You toldbeen me that you had to
London to see the Lord Chancellor, in order to
insti-
tute a suit to recover the property of your father from
his executors; and also showed me a letter
from the
Chancellor's Secretary ; and that you had been ad-
vised by two lawyers that the executers
were open
to an indictment for perjury and fraud.
oo
Prisoner—All my ill 1,1 dto these men re:As on
this fact.
A good deal of
further irrelevant conversation
ensued.

George Harvey, who keeps the 'sluice-house at
Baitsbite, in the paribh of Milton, saw the prisoner
between nine and ten o'clock the same night, within
100 yards of the sluice, on the hauling Way,
about four
miles from Cambridge. 'Witness watched him, and
with a man named Neal pursued him over the ditch ;