The Aberdare Times

AIN Wilt ITonton Currfspnitcnt. [We deem it rignt to state that we do not at all timet Identify ourselves with our correspondent's opinions.] Members of the Cabinet, like the lesser members of Parliament, are giving themselves up to the enjoyments of country life, with one or two exceptions. The Pre- mier, who has been staying at Walmer Castle, has paid us a visit, and is to return thither, or perhaps by this time has returned thither, preparatory to his inaugu- ration as Lord Warden. A story is afloat that Lord Palmerston has jokingly stipulated that he shall have as few oaths of office to take as possible. Put them all into one," said the jocular Premier, "and I'll take that." The honour of Lord Warden is a high one, but Lord Pahnerston has seen so many that almost any honour must be barren to him. He has, it is said, refused a peerage, and is quite content to live and die one of the most popular, if not the most popular, statesmen that ever lived. Lord Granville, at the time write, is in attendance on the Queen during her stay in Ireland Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, is in the North; the Duke of Newcastle is doing what he likes with his own at his own seat at Clumber Park; and Mr. Gladstone and some other members of the Cabinet are forgetting the cares of state in their several country mansions, or are enjoying the sea-breezes of the coast of our tight little island. There is very little politioal news or gossip, the chief item of interest being a talk about a possible, and, they say, a very probable, dissolution before any of us are much older. It is unpleasant to hear, although we are not bound to believe it, that the Queen is not in good health or spirits. The public can know very little of the trdth of such rumours, but I have heard it confidently stated that her Majesty is moody and gloomy-not only low- spirited, as to her honour she has been, on account of the death of her mother—but, it is said, peevish with her attendants, and constantly demanding change and excitement. This may be much exaggerated, but I cannot but think there is some foundation for the rumour. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," ays the poet; and certainly our good Queen has the privilege of very little privacy. This privacy has of I late been more the object of her wishes than we had become accustomed to. For years the movements of the royal family have been chronicled with more or less faithfulness by special reporters, who have not been content with the meagre skeleton of news which in the shape of a lithographed sheet has been supplied to the leading newspapers; and I have never heard that the Queen has objected to this. She had, I supposed, become used to it, and submitted to it with a good grace as one of the penalties of her exalted position. But I hear that her Majesty has expressed her dissatisfaction with the lengthy records of her movements in Ireland. Prince Albert, I understand, has always sought pri- vacy, and has very naturally sought to avoid anything like publicity being given to his movements. Many years ago I remember a notable instance of this oc- curred. It was soon after his marriage, and the Prince I and our gracious Queen, were making a trip near the south coast. They were enjoying their "otium cum dig." in a steamer not a hundred miles from the Isle .,f Wight, and the Prince observed on the boat a gen- tleman of whom he entertained a not unreasonable sus- picion. The latter was an enterprising "special re- porter on the staff of a. leading fashionable London paper, with a roving commission granted by himself to himself, for his own special behoof. The "special" being interrogated by order of the Prince, owned the soft im- peachment, and the result was that he was rather un- ceremoniously landed where he did not wish to land, and without any opportunity of taking those notes which he meant to "prent." Since that time, how- ever, Royalty has been Iea« sensitive to publicity, and the royal movements have been chronicled with loyal good will, if not always with a scrupulous fidelity. Royal sensitiveness, however, from all I can hear, ap- pears to be returning; and who can wonder at it ? The terrible accident on the Brighton line, with all its attendant horrors, is one of the chief topics of dis- cussion in private circles. Without attempting to prejudge the result of the coroner's inquest, I may say that a very general feeling of surprise is expressed that three trains should start so near to each other in point of time. I believe that the result of this frightful accident will be the introduction of a bill next session to prevent the departure of trains so close upon each other. Such a legislative prohibition has long been talked of, and I have little doubt that the result will be what I have alluded to. In your usual admirably compiled digest of the news of the week, I presume you will give an account of this frightful calamity, and I shall not therefore allude to any of the circumstances but I may just say that the scene at the London terminus all day on Sunday, and indeed on the following day, was most exciting. Groups of people congregated about the station earnestly discussing the accident and its probable cause, but in some instances there was a deep personal interest manifested on the countenances of some of the group. And no wonder. They had lost a relative, and tears were streaming down the cheeks of women and children, and wringing of hands testified to the intensity of their grief. In other cases the daily papers of Monday morning were bought with the most intense avidity, and the eager anxiety with which the purchasers of the daily broadsheet read the account, and especially the list of the killed and injured, reminded me of the famous picture of "Reading the Gazette' after a Battle." If freedom from accidents is to be the test, the Brighton line has certainly been well managed; but the rapidity of succession of the excursion trains they will find a very difficult point to get over. All agree that this terrible casualty will cost the company something enormous in the way of com- pensation, and such large sums are mentioned as the probable total that I hesitate to repeat them. The whole subject is undergoing a most searching inquiry. Poet Close, about whom so much fuss was recently made, has sent me his latest production-and a curious production it is; all about himself and his critics, Lord Palmerston, the pension, &c. The poet" has cer- tainly mistaken his vocation. There is about as much true poetry in him as there is alcohol in a cabbage. As he gives "a word to the critics (of whom, else- where, I happen to be one), let me give him a word. Let him forsake the thorny and devious path of poetry, which is only a flowery path when public and publishers smile, and return to his muttons. He will under- stand what I mean. Ne tutor, &c. With the production I have referred to before me, I feel assured he will find it difficult to go beyond his last. He says, Lest a mistake should be made about the gold mentioned, we beg to explain that the cash so kindly sent, about 8/ went in getting up the petition. C p to this date Mr. Close's works has (sic) not paid ex- pends,"—and they never will. But this is no reason why those who owe the poet money should not pay up. "About WI." he tells us, "iR owing for copies by certain gentlemen (?) who don't choose to pay." This is loo bad, and I willingly aid the poet to get his money in. I he West End" presents a remarkably different appearance now to that which is presented in the height "f the season—indeed, the difference seems to me more marked this year than usual. The ride in Rotten Row 1. deserted, and you can scarcely find.there even the two horsemen that Mr. G. P. R. James used to be so fond < picturing; moreover, if you discover a solitary horse- t.Lan he looks out of place, and you suspect him of 1-eing an escaped lunatic, or a waif and stray of the Histocracy left by the tide which has been sweeping t-way from London. The mansions of the aristocracy md gentry are given up to John Thomas, who lolls out < f the drawing-room window, or who leaves the house t) take care of itself while he studies the latest odds at the Horse and Groom in the back street. You may see whole streets of first-class mansions about Belgravia and the Parks which are apparently deserted. At this time of the year, painters and decorators are very busy and they seem to have now as much to do as they can get through, for a little work lasts them a long time. Build, Jers, bricklayers, &c., are now very busy also, the strike notwithstanding. In London there is a great deal of destructive work going on just now. Whole streets are hdng pulled down for railways which are to pass through our province of houses;" we are to have several stations in the suburbs, and even actually in London, and this, with four new bridges, is making ( iii- builders extremely busy. From all I can see the strike is gradually wearing itself out. In the fields of literature a rank undergrowth is springing up which bids fair to choke many plants which had taken root firmly and weq. pleasant to the eye and to the taste. Another andistill another halfpenny periodical starts up. Old tales, old answers to correspon- dents, old wood-engravings, are the stock in trade, while, I suppose, some literary hodman masses and groups the materials, and puts a stucco front on.

THE QUEEN IN IRELAND. The Queen is enjoying herself among her Irish sub- jects. On Saturday morning her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and royal children, accompanied by the Lord- Lieutenant, proceeded by railway from Dublin to the Curragh of Kildare. The whole line of road from the park to the railway station was crowded by spectators, who greeted the royal party with loud cheering. On their arrival at the camp a salvo of twenty-one guns was fired. The troops then marched past, after which a sham fight was gone through by the 15,000 troops on the ground. The weather was showery, but this does not seem to have much interfered with the review. On her return through Dublin in the evening, her Majesty was again most cordially received. The Queen did not appear in Dublin on Sunday. Divine service was read m the private chapel of the Vice-Regal Lodge, but in the earlier part of the morn- ing her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Alice, Princess Helena, and Lady Churchill, walked in the private grounds of the Lodge. The Prince of Wales arrived trom the Curragh and joined his illustrious parents at dinner. On Monday at one o'clock, her Majesty and the Royal party set out on their journey for Killarney. All along the route the most loyal and enthusiastic demonstra- tions took place. On her Majesty's arrival at Killarney station she was received by Lord Castlerosse and many noblemen and gentlemen. In about three quarters of an hour the Queen arrived at the terrace in front of Killarney House, where she was again received, amid great splendour and the loud cheers of the highly re- spectable assemblage, by Lord Castlerosse and his lady. The Queen was most friendly in her manner, and also very animated. She stood on the terrace for some minutes looking around on the magnificent scenery before her eyes, and she shook hands warmly with her host and hostess amid great cheering.

I TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. One of the most appalling—we believe we may say the most appalling railway accident that has happened in this country occurred on Sunday, on the London and Brighton Railway in the Clayton tunnel, about live miles from the Brighton terminus. It will be necessary, to enable the pub- lie to arrive at a correct knowledge of the exact circum- stances, to state that an excursion train leaves Portsmouth for London at 6 a.m., calling at all the stations on the South Coast line, and is made due for departure from Brighton at 85 a.m. There is also an excursion train which takes its departure from Brighton every Sunday morning at 8 15 which runs to Loudon without stopping at any of the intermediate stations. The regular Parliamentary morning train stopping at all stations leaves Brighton at 8 30, being due in London at 1040. There are besides occasional excursion trains from Brighton but whenever these trains are put on special instructions are sent out to the various station-masters, signal- men, and other subordinate officers within whose province it may come that the line should be duly kept clear for the regular traffic, and proper caution observed. It will be noted hereafter that there has been some unexplained failure of a portion of these arrangements. To that circumstance may be attributed the terrible calamity which has taken place. It may be added that all excursion, like other trains, are timed, and that every precaution seems to be used by the traffic manager for the careful and regular conduct of the duties confided to his charge. On Sunday morning the Portsmouth train which, as pre- viously stated, passes through Brighton for London at 8.5 a.m., lett the station about its appointed time, and duly arrived at the Clayton tunnel, where the "all right" signal was displayed. The train passed on without interruption. Immediately afterwards the 8.15 from Brighton came within sight of the signalman. He remembering that the Ports- mouth excursion train had only gone by a short time pre- viously, alleges that he attempted to put on the stop signal," which he found would not act. He then showed a red flag, indicating danger, to the driver of the Brighton train, who, however, was close upon the signalman's box near the tunnel s mouth, at the time. The engine driver, however, with great presence of mind, thinking doubtless' from the signal, that the train which he knew had preceded him had not got clear, immediately reversed his engine. The impetus, however, with which lie had been travelling pre- vented the train being pulled up before it had proceeded some distance into the tunnel. Of course the number of tunnels between London and Brighton renders it necessary that special precautions should be adopted for preventing accidents, and there is a man stationed at both ends of each tunnel, whose duty it is to telegraph the entry and egress of all trains in order that two trains shall not be in the tunnel at the same time on the same line of rails. The signalman at the Brighton end of the Clayton tunnel, perceiving that, in spite of the red flag, the second train did not stop, ima- gined that the driver had not seen it, and immediately tele- graphed to the other end of the tunnel to know whether the train had passed through, and received for answer that it had. He did not know at the time that the driver of the second train had seen the red signal, that he had reversed his engine, and that the train was in backward motion towards the south, or Brighton end of the tunnel. Meanwhile the 8 30 stopping regular Parlimentary train came in sight, and the signalman, having received the answeral)ove referred to gave the usual signal for the train to proceed, which it did at its ordinary speed. Within a very short distance of the mouth of the tunnel a fearful crash ensued, the second train backing having come into violent collision with the other train, which was rushing forward. The shrieks and cries are described as being most fearful and heartrending, the dark- ness tending to heighten the terror of those who were uninjured, and leaving them powerless to aid the wounded After a short time some passengers in the first-class car- riages procured lights from the roofs, and proceeded to render every assistance in their power. The extent of the fearful catastrophe then became apparent. The engine of the Parliamentary train had smashed the last carriage in the excursion train, which had mixed compartments for luggage at one end, passengers' seats in the middle, and a guard's break at the other end. The locomotive had been pitched over the last carriage to the back of the last carriage but one, and shivered it into fragments. This carriage com- prised four compartments, each containing ten persons, and the consequences cannot be adequately described; the unhappy passengers were scattered and mutilated in all directions, several were scalded with the boiling water from ihe engine, and their yells of agony were pitiable in the ex- treme. The telegraph was immediately set to work communica- ting the terrible nature of the calamity to Brighton. As speedily as possible Air. Hawkins, the traffic manager. Mr. Denvil, his assistant; Mr. Craven, superintendent of the locomotive department, with a numerous body of workmen and others proceeded by special engine to the spot. They were accompanied by several eminent medical men, in order to alleviate, as far as possible, the sufferings of the wounded. Unfortunately, in too many cases, all medical aid was un- availing. Upon the fragments of the carriages being removed up- wards of 20 persons were found to be dead. The engine had literally sunk upon the second carriage, and the bodies of several of the sufferers were underneath. They had either been smashed or scalded to death. One unfortunate woman had both her legs cut off just above the knees, and she was quite black in the face. Another woman had her scalp torn completely off and both her arms broken. One man had his face crushed in such a manner as to force his eyeballs from his head. A strong body of men at once proceeded to clear the line, which was comparatively uninjured, and Mr. Haw- kins dispatched the uninjured part of the train to London. The bodies of the dead, 22 in number, were carefully placed in- carriages which had followed the special engine from Brighton, and the wounded received the most careful and unremitting attention from the medical gentlemen who were in attendance. As soon as possible the wounded, the dying, and the dead were conveyed to Brighton, where the unhappy sufferers who had died were placed on tables and forms in the library at the company's office to await identi- fication. The wounded were taken in carriages and flys to the Sussex County Hospital, while others were conveyed to their own residences in Brighton. eo.1. .I!'J An soon as tne intelligence of the accident became known in Brighton the greatest sensation prevailed, it not being as- certained to which train the disaster had occurred, and many hundreds besieged the railway station either to learn whether their friends who had gone by one of the trains were the pro- bable sufferers, or those who were expected from London Tbe excitement was increased when the London excursion trains did not arrive until considerably after they were due caused, it was ascertained, by being compelled to branch off at Hay ward s-heath, and come via Lewes. This, at all events set at rest the minds of those expecting friends from the metro' polls, and increased the anxiety for the safety of the Brighton excursionists to London. vrW b,'dies; of the ('etul had been properly arranged, Mr. \V hite instructed the police-constables to admit such per- sons as stated they had relatives or friends who had gone by either of the trains from the town that morning, and they were allowed to pass through the room injwhich the unfor- tunate deceased lay, with a view to ascertain who might be among them. The recognition in one or two instances was most melancholy, the husband seeing the mangled corpse of his wife, who a few hours before had left him in health and happiness; the daughter weeping over her mother's shattered remains. The intelligence of the accident first reached the metro- polis when the uninjured portion of the train arrived at London-bridge. About thirty passengers came up by this means, several of whom had sustained injuries more or less severe. The news soon circulated, and throughout the day many anxious inquiries were made at the terminus, and at night, towards the time the excursion trains were expected to return, the crowd was very great at the station, and knots of persons listened with painful interest to the details sup- plied by eye-witnesses of the accident, and by others who had gathered the particulars during their visit to Brighton. As may be readily imagined, the confusion which prevailed immediately after the accident prevented many of the details from being ascertained. It is now, however, generally ad- mitted that the excursion train which should have left Brighton at 8 15 did not start until 25 minutes to 9, or 20 minutes after its time, and, therefore, five minutes after the ordinary Parliamentary train, which ultimately ran into the excursion train, should have departed. It is now clearly un- derstood that the excursion train had advanced between :!OO and 400 yards into the tunnel before it came to a stand, ft had backed a great portion of that distance when the calamity occurred, and it is said that the Parliamentary train was travelling at the rate of nearly 40 miles an hour, and con- sequently, as may be easily imagined, the shock was terrific. It is described as all having occurred in a moment, and we gather from one of the sufferers, who has so far recovered as to be able to give a connected narrative, that after the shock of the collision, the tunnel being quite dark, he groped about as well as his maimed condition would allow him amid a mingled mass of dead and dying men, women and children buried beneath the heaps of the broken carriages, with the engine and tenders on the top of and pressing down the whole, the steam and boiling water at the same time pouring over the un- happy people. When lights were procured the tunnel was seen to be blocked up with the fragments of the trains. One poor little infant, only 18 months old, was saved, while its poor mother's breast was ripped up, and her lifeless body exhibited a horrible spectacle. One young man, who was partially buried in the ruins, prayed to be released, but, although the greatest efforts were made, he was not extri- cated for nearly an hour, and died before he could be removed to the hospital. The spectacle presented harrowed the feelings of all. The bodies of men, women, and children lying together in an almost undistinguishable mass, some although not dead being frightfully mutilated and blackened by the pressure, presenting a ghastly appearance, sickening even to those whose duties called them to alleviate their sufferings. The number of those actually found to be dead, were eight men, eleven women, and three children; and although there were only nine cases in the hospital, and from 15 t6 20 which have been reported to the railway authorities, and are under surgical treatment at their own homes, it is much to be feared that the actual extent of the calamity has as yet by no means been accurately ascertained. LIST OF THE DECEASED. The following are the names of those killed :— Mrs. Ellen Lower, 1, Liverpool-street, Brighton. Mr. Ingledew, sen., 58, St. Janies's-street, Brighton. Mr.^ George Westcott, 44, Lewes-street, Brighton. An infant child of the above. Mr. Edwarff Charlwood, otherwise known as Simpson, bird- dealer, London-road, Brighton. Mrs. Catherine Barnard, 22, Charles-street, Brighton. Mrs. Tillett, Weavers' Almshouses, Wanstead. Essex. Mrs. Christiana Mainsthorpe, Lennox Arms, Richmond- street, Brighton. Mr. John Greenfield, 5, Montpelier-place, Brighton. Mr. John Wheeler, 24, London-street, Brighton. Elizabeth Wheeler, wife of the above. David Wheeler (18 months' old), son of the above. Mr. George Gardener, 2, Baron-street, Pentonville. Miss Barclay, recently staying at 15, College-street, Brigh- ton. Mrs. Maria Edwin, 15, White Lion-street, Nortonfolgate, London. Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Beden (hitherto described as Mary Temple), 16, Sussex-road, Cliftonville, Brighton. John Lockstead, 32, Adelphi-terrace, Victoria-park-road, London. Agnes Parker, 35, Oriental-place, Brighton. Mary Ann Parker, sister of the above. Mr. William Hubbard, lately staying at 17, Viaduct-terrace, Brighton. Henry Hayward Hubbard, grandson of the above. The body still requiring identification is that of a young woman. With regard to the injured, the latest information obtained at the Sussex County Hospital, where they lie, led to the belief that no further deaths would ensue. In the case of Anthony Kean, whose left leg was amputated on Sunday, and who was not expected to live throughout the night, a re- markable improvement has taken place, and great hopes are now entertained of his ultimate recovery. The next case of great danger was that or William Arnold, who had sustained a compound fracture of the right leg, which was amputated on Monday afternoon. Mr. Arnold was reported as progress- ing favourably, although not out of danger. On Monday morning, a f male child, about three years old, suffering from fracture at both legs and severe scalds and bruises, was recognised by her father, who came from Lon- don and to add to the melancholy character of this case, he identified the body of his wife among the killed. The child is in a very bad state, and but faint hopes are entertained of its recovery. With respect to the other sufferers in the hospital, no serious symptoms hare presented themselves. INQUEST ON THE BODIES. On Monday afternoon Mr. Black, coroner for the borough commenced an inquiry in the Town Hall into the cause of the deaths of the unfortunate deceased. Mr. Faithful solicitor to the London and Brighton Railway Company' appeared to watch the case on behalf of the company while two or three legal gentlemen appeared on the part of friends of the deceased. After some preliminary observations from the coroner respecting the importance of the investigation, the jury pro- ceeded to view the bodies, which lay in the reading-room of the workmen at the station. They had been placed on boards trestles, and tables, and covered with sheets arrtl cloths' The jury were deeply affected at the frightfully mutilated condition of some of the bodies. The heads and faces of some of the deceased had been smashed almost to a pulp and identification by features was rendered impossible Upon the assembling of the jury at the Town Hail the evidence was taken. The first witnes# was William Lower, who said My hame is William Lower. I am a bricklayer. I live at 1, Liverpool- street, Brighton. I identify the body of my wife. By Mr. Reed I was sitting next to her with my two boys in the second carriage from the end. It was 25 minutes to 9 exactly when we left Brighton, and I remarked to my wife that we were 20 minutes late by the clock at the station. It was an excursion train. I was going to Chatham. My two boys were going to stop in London. I was sitting with my face to the engine, on the right-hand side of the carriage. One of my boys was sitting on my right hand facing me, and the other by my side. There were nine people in that com- partment with me. I was sitting in the last division of of the carriage. I said I thought it a very great neglect that we were so late. We did not stop anywhere till we came to the tunnel. I did not look out at the window to notice the signal man at the tunnel. I observed that the train slackened its speed just before it got to the mouth of the tunnel perhaps about 50 yards. It went about 200 or 300 yards up the tunnel before we stopped. The first thing that apptised me of the accident was my boy looking out, and he said lie saw the train coming, and immediately there was a terrible concussion, and I knew nothin" more until I found myself scrambling over the ruin. The carriage I was in was smashed all to atoms from the back I had a broken shin. I could not see anything as it was dark, but when lights came I found myself on the top of the ruins.. My wife was covered by the ruins and quite dead when I found her. The engine was standing up a few feet from me, and appeared to have jumped upon the carriage. I saw a man jump on to the engine and let the steam off. I had been afraid it would burst. My two boys were hurt, and one of them came to me, and I showed them their poor mother. I helped him on to the ruins, and when I put him down he went away, and I have not seen him since, as he is in Lon- don. My wife was about six feet from the ground on the ruins. The carriage seemed to have been forced upon its side and was leaning against the engine which seemed to have forced its way under the carriage as it were. No one can describe the scene in the tunnel, it was so fearful. There were only two carriages smashed. I saw the other train as I came back out of the tunnel, but I do not know what injury was done to the engine. At the time of the collision the train was going backwards very slowly. I saw several of the pas- sengers who were dead or dying during the half hour I was there. ny Air. itoupen i aid not know there was a train before me, nor did I hear the scream of an engine. I knew nothing of the train following me till my boy called out. I knew the train did not keep its proper time at starting, which should have been a quarter past eight. I heard no shout to stop the train on going into the tunnel. Just as we were coming back to the tunnel my boy said he saw a red flag. A great many other witnesses were examined but their testimony merely related to the identification of the bodies. The proceedings were then adjourned till Wednesday.

ACCOUNT BY A PASSENGER. A passenger who was in the train thus describes the acci- dent —" I noticed after we had proceeded a short distance into the tunnel that the spoed of the train slackened, and I think I heard the whistle sounded, but of that I am not certain. I then saw that we were getting towards the end of the tunnel. 1 imagined I heard another train coming up, but before I had satisfied my mind upon the point I was thrown off my seat. I then heard fearful screams, and the steam of an engine hissing in a terrific manner. When I got out I saw a great number of passengers lying under the engine, which had jumped right,upon the carriage second from the end of the train. The boiling water was pouring out over the people, and the steam prevented any one see- ing any distance. We did all that we could to render assistance, but we could not accomplish much in conse- quence of the engine being on the top of the people, and by reason of the hot water and steam. I came up to London by the train which was sent off after the accident." ANOTHER DESCRIPTION. A passenger in the front part of the first Brighton train describes his experience in this way He savs -—"We had got a considerable distance into' the tunnel when the train gradually stopped as though it had come to. a sta- tion Our impression was, but of course we knew nothing about it, that the engine had broken down from its strength !)n*L0Xer!a'?? 01 the coupling chains had broken, and it had become detached from the carriages This did not occasion us any particular alarm—the feelino- was rather one of annoyance. But we had not been in the darkness of the tunnel more than a few minutes when we heard a whistle as of another train approaching, and before we had time to think of the consequences there was a shock and a smash. It was instantaneous. I was knocked forward against the man opposite me, but not so violently as to cause either of us any serious injury. But then, you see we were in the fore part of the train, about a dozen carriages from the long"6 1 dare Say the trUin WaS nearly thirty carriages The scene that followed I have no power to describe to you. The yells and shrieks of the people were awful, not only of those who were injured, but the rest of the pas- sengers of the two trains, whose alarm, increased by the darkness, was intense. People were distracted with terror. We had not many injured beyond mere contusions in our carriage but people yelled and shrieked and put up prayers, believing that they should never see daylight any more. Their fears increased the actual horror of the situation. They imagined that every moment other trains either on the up or down lines, would run into them and render their doom cer- tain. For some 10 minutes we remained in darkness then lights were hung up against the sides of the tunnel, and the scene that revealed itself was terrific. There, in the back- ground, I could dimly perceive a heap of carriages more or less in fragments, which seemed to have been piled one upon the other. From among this mass and around it in all directions, you could distinguish people lying, sit- i;r>rf' L- uug, or running to and fro, shrieking and groaning. I never witnessed such a scene in my life. I trust in God never to do so again. We were detained in this tunnel an hour and ten minutes before any of our train could be got out; then about fifteen of our carriages got out, taking with them a number of the slightly wounded. It stopped at Hassock's-gate, where the wounded were taken out, and the wi le platform was covered with them. Some were severely JIM i. I saw a lady and a little girl, mother and daughter, I believe, and they had missed the baby but the mother was too much hurt to do more than to put her hands together as if praying for it. I was told that MI s. Swaysland, of the North-street Quadrant, had broken her leg. Many of the passengers were only slightly hurt—they were cut or con- tused, or severely shaken. Many of the passengers continued their journey to London, but I returned out of consideration lor the feelings of my friends at Brighton, who would my fate a sreat state °* alarm and uncertainty as to GIUGLINI THE SINGER. P?sse.n8ers by the fatal train was Giuglini, on his way to the Birmingham Festival, where he is engaged. It may be easily imagined that his nervous system has sus- tained a severe shock, especially considering the fact that two of his fellow-passengers were killed by his side, he him- self fortunately escaping with only a cut on one of his hands. a

ACTION AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. At the Liverpool assizes an action has been brought by a lady named Sharples against tht; Rev. Mr. Airey, to recover 771.. 58. lOd. for board and lodging, and money lent. Ten shillings was paid into court, and the defendant pleaded not further indebted. The learned counsel stated the defendant was formerly head master of the Hindley Grammar School and chaplain of the Hindley workhouse, his income from both situations being about 60?. a year. Subse- quently he became curate of West HaughtonChurch. At his own request he went to reside with the plaintiff, a lady with some fortune. He was to pay 10s. a week for his rooms, 10s. a week for board, and Is. 6d. a week for washing; but he had not paid her anything for the last twelve months that he resided with r' Amongst the items for money lent was one of ten shillings, in order to enable the plaintiff to go to Manchester, another of 6s., to enable him to go to -bolton, a third of 9s. 6d. for the purchase of a pair of i ?eSJ and a fourth of 9d. per week for tobacco—the defendant being a great smoker. Previous to leaving the residence of the plaintiff the defendant took with him a clock worth 30s., and borrowed a carpet ba"- worth 10s. ° Some laughter was caused by reading over the items, and by the plaintiff stating that the defendant fre- quently did not rise until between two and three o'clock 11]1 the afternoon. She denied that the defendant set- tied with her on the day before he left her house, or that she was indebted to him. For the defence Mr. Pope said that the agreement was that the defendant should pay the plaintiff 12s. a week for his board and lodging, and that he should also give lessons to the plaintiff's son. Before leaving he had a settlement with the plaintiff, and paid her every farthing she demanded. As to the clock, it was pre- sented to the defendant by Mrs. Sharpies and as to the 10s. paid into court, it was on account of the carpet-ba^ which he borrowed prior to leaving her house. I he learned counsel read a letter written by the plaintiff some months after the defendant left her house, from which it appeared that, so far from asking him to pay her the 70/. odd alleged to be owing to her, she re- quested him to lend her 10l., observing, You will have to help me this quarter, and I will help you next." The learned counsel added that he would put his client, who at present held a responsible position as a clergy- man in Leeds, into the witness-box, and he would tell the jury that he was not indebted to the plaintiff at all. The parties were not on such intimate terms now as they were then, and it would be for the jury, when they had heard the evidence for the defence, to say on which side the truth lay, and to form their own opinion respecting the reasons which induced the plaintiff to bring the present action. Ultimately an arrangement was come. to, the de- fendant submitting to a verdict of 251, against him.

THE LADY OF FORTUNE AND THE ITALIAN ARTIST. On Monday Vincent Collucci, the Italian artist, of Ovington-square, Brompton, London, charged with defrauding a lady named Frederica Johnstone of York House, Twickenham, of the sum of 1, 9OOl., under the false pretence that he would restore her a number of letters she had written to him during a courtship of some months, was again brought before Mr. Mansfield at the Marlborough-street police-court. The facts have already been made public. The prisoner was introduced to the lady at the house of her relative a nobleman. He professed attachment, was received as a suitor unknown to the lady's family, and in that character obtained a large sum of money. The lady desiring to put an end to her infatuation, reonested the return of her letters The prisoner a^reeTto r^n, them on receiving 2,000/. The money was given to him at the Pantheon Bazaar, and he gave the lady a parcel purporting to contain the letters, but which, on exami- nation, was found to contain old newspapers Mr. Serjeant Pany said the prisoner was charged with constructive larceny and obtaining money by false pretence in addition he had sent letters of a threaten- ing nature. He then went into the particulars adduced in evidence, reading in their proper order the following letters° COPIES V TRANSLATED LETTERS. June 10.—>ro, no, no, not a month more of such a life—not even a week, it is infernal to me: it is the vengeance of God Yes, you have ruined me physically and morally. You have destroyed everything in me-my talent, my peace, my heart Come, Miss, you have only one of three things to choose you will either marry me, or insure me enough to live upon eft- I shall leave England. You have three days to think over it.-V.C. Seven o clock p.m., August 16,1861. Sir,—As guardian of the lady who met you on Saturday, August 3, at the Pantheon about eleven o'clock, I have to request you will deliver to the bearer of this note all letters or documents of any kind which may have been addressed by that lady to you as well as a stamped receipt'for the sum of 1,900/. (in notes numbered 55062 to 55080 inclusive, By this time you must have discovered that the parcel which you delivered to the lady on the receipt of the money contained only useless old newspapers in lieu of her letters. If, therefore, within two hours all the letters, as well as a properly signed stamped receipt, are not given to the bearer, or left at the Reform Club, Pall-mall, I shall be obliged to take such steps- as I am advised may be adopted towards you.-I am Sir vour obedient servant, W. P. C. J.-Air. Vincent Collucci, August 17. Sir,-In a letter which you addressed yesterday to the lady, whose relative and guardian I am, you state that you are ready to give up all her letters when she wishes it. I am acting by her wishes, and she authorises me to request that you will send me all her letters sealed up in a parcel and directed to me at the club before five o'clock.-Yours, W. P. August 17. It is now more than three years you have known me, so that you ought by this time to have known also my character, and therefore you ought to think that the path you have chosen is a bad one. I stand on my rights and the laws of this country. There is no mortal man can touch. that which belongs to me without scandal and behaving scandalously; therefore, away with useless excuse or foolish bravadoes. Can you see me in good friendship as you have done in time past, then you and I can arrange and see what else we can do. Remember, that to get out of the ruin into which you have thrown me—I am ready for every- thing or anything know this Act as I beg of you, do not P"?!1 vJ61?eS !?hlch ™ay be dreadful for you and for ?,' J. placed me m a position from which there is but one path to get out yet—the path is in your hands Come and see me. Adieu.-V.C. P.S Do not not make your n n .r T for i<; is time lost- 1 have already said I shall not open the letters. "L f. Vi r? air,—ihe answer to the letter I have wi?™™ « 18 A. s.enfl it to the house of the Lady of fL ,?™ 'are ? gU'irdian.—i am, with profound considera- tion, your very obedient servant, V. COLLUCCI. August 16. My Dearest,—I have just received a letter which makes me laugli, and I think you will also laugh when -?y —' think you have chosen a bad path, and i i*ou you take another step not friendly I will give your letters into the hands of the magistrate in order to de- mand my rights. Niiss J., with your hands you would ruin me, and with your own hands you shall save me from the J, ° Plce, into which you have thrown me. You have my f"ture> and y°u shall give it back to me. I nwh if you by W mother. The idea makes me laugh mT mnlirf a8amst me. Do you mean to say you will make mav Public? But this is what I wish in order that I R^mpmwy my?elf before the society in which I live. y^ have nofc even a reason in your favour. The nictnw « ceilln? of my studio, the star m your hair, the tnw'f 8tar ln the tittle bottle received from you as a oiit tv.fi VTe' and y°ur hair, would be sufficient proofs witli- i*; 8 to condemn you. Know that, if any one shall iif„ y? f? e be violent with me—it will cost their nnp~h^ the peril of their life. The letters are mine, and no ,a right to demand them, and I will not give them up tinf »„ -?i yo.u—y°u shall wish it. Adieu. Kemember w,,„ y°l! w;" earn more by being friendly than by waging ik1 me'. and that I did love you, and that you as a a.avo ruined me. P.S.—Come and see me as speedily rnon i a y°u tike it, in company with the gentle- iiio „ wrote the letter, as I shall be very happy to make his acquaintance.—V.C. i™° ^a^?' D?ar Sir,—I am very sorry to tell you that what you ask ol me is perfectly impossible. I cannot consent to be annoyed in this affair. I have already said this is not the means by which we can understand each other. I hope it will be the last time it will be repeated. i Tv?3 ^tter, which was in very bad French, conclu- fu m k™? the lady to call upon him, and requested ™ Johnstone should not write to him again, The learned gentleman whilst reading the letters made some strong comments, and concluded by calling the prosecutrix, Miss Frederica Johnstone, a fashionably dressed lady upwards of 40 years of age. In conse- quence of her indisposition she was allowed to give her evidence seated. She said :— i reside at Twickenham. About three years ago the prisoner was introduced to me he was practising then the profession ox an artist. In consequence of his profession the prisoner visited myself and sister at our house. He was on terms of intimacy with us. Up to July of this year I corresponded ny letter with him, and he also wrote to me. Up to that 0 AAA; r> advanced the prisoner by loans and gifts about AUOiM. Un the loth of June I received a letter, in conse- quence of which within a few days I called upon the prisoner. a, llm w«y he wrote in that way as regarded marriage that it remained where 1 had first settled it, and we had agreed long ago it never could be. The prisoner knew this perfectly well. Then as regarded the two other propositions, I could not take upon myself the responsibility of deciding. On which lie became furious at the word "responsibility." and defied me to repeat it. His countenance, manner, and words alarmed me. His words were, "I have compromised myself in your society—don't talk to me of responsibility," and he spoke in French. Mr. Mansfield said the words in French must be given as near as the lady could recollect. Miss John- stone then repeated the conversation in French :— He said his honour was dear to him, and he would fight anybody who attacked his honour (pointing to a pair of foils in the room). I cannot recollect now. The effect was in- jurious to me, the impression of extreme violence being on my mind. I told him I did not wish to do him an injmy. I said, If you wish me to do anything say what you require." He replied he would trust to my generosity. He wanted enough to live upon. I replied, "1 have very little in my power. I said I had no notion of having injured him The interview continued a long time, with a repetition of violent language and conduct. This interview took place at the prisoner s residence in Ovington-square. I made an arrange- ment then, or subsequently, to meet the prisoner at Baker- street Bazaar. I cannot recollect the precise words or time, as all that I did was done in torment and agitation and I did not then perceive the bent of the whole tiring A discussion here arose as to the language in which the depositions should be taken, the conversation being in French The magistrate decided it must be trans- lated into English. Miss Johnstone continued The prisoner began by saying, "Do not fear." I said "I know not what to do." The prisoner replied, It will not be a great sacrifice for you to give me something I said, Well, if you believe I have injured you I will do something, but I must have the letters." I repeated this more than once. The prisoner shook his head and said, "I have your letters. You shall have your letters." I replied If you will restore my letters I will see if I can arrange ii OOOi. but it cannot possibly be till after the lltli of July." He replied, "Courage, that will do for the present." I said, "I can do nothing more. I do not know that I can even manage the 2,000/ After some more conversation we parted. A few days before the 30th of July I had another interview at the prisoner's house. The prisoner asked what I had arranged. I said I had not been able to arrange anything, there were so many formalities to go through. The prisoner said sharply, "What, have you not arranged anything? I thought you had the money in your hand. It is a case in which a lady ought to sell the last thing she is possessed of." The I S" t, wif was violent. He "flung his arms about, walking about the room all the time, and continued in the same strain. He said, "You have ruined me," repeating the words over and over again. I replied, "I do not understand you or what you mean." He replied. "X 0 more of tms childishness with me. I well know the rights I ,ihe Pi'13onei' then said something about a vroces, and the laws of the country. At last he said, I must have iOOZ. in a day or two." I replied, I would give it if possible. I then went away and wrote to him to- say I would meet him at Baker-street Bazaar. It was on the 30th July. 1 saw him at the Bazaar, and I then gave him Bank notes for IDOl. After leaving him I wrote in Italian, re- questing him. o meet me at the Pantheon Bazaar, and to bring me all my letters. I put a dash under the words all my letters. The prisoner met me on the 3rd August at the Pantheon in the picture room. The conversation commenced by How do you do V I replied, it was with great difficulty I had arranged the matter. The prisoner moved his hands aoout and said, "Give it tome." I mentioned that I had notes and that they were all known, as the numbers had been taken. The prisoner only replied, Give them to me.' adding that he could not go to his own country, but would go to America. I still hung back, and did not produce the notes. A person came into the room, and we walked out into another wi pnsoner said, "Well, give me the notes." I )fb?.re are my letters?" He said, "I have them." j dowli « tiL G a,re tbey He said- holding his two hands r, They are here." I said, "All?" He replied, "Yes, s?w a Parcel sticking out from beneath his oq.-Ji <« w? W round the room into the front room. I said, Where are my letters?" and he then put a parcel into my hands. I gave him my parcel, which contained 19001. in lool. Bank notes. I gave it to him, not doubting that he had to otters. The prisoner broke open my parcel nu-o»i \vv. „ t T61C there. I did not open the prisoner's reeeint Wp tivj'i 11 sta11'8 and I asked the prisoner for a receipt' S°m6 excuse' and said he would send a The prisoner, WHO throughout the proceedings had been making gestures and looking menacingly at Miss jy Johnstone was here remarked upon by Mr. Serjeant Gbhged hZ.H magistrate to conduct him- self with decency. Miss Johnstone continued The prisenor said he would send a receipt bv nost and WP parted. When I got into the cab and waf proceed iAgto- ward I unfastened the parcel, as it was too large to clasp, intending to put some of the letters in my pocket, and I then found that the parcel was made up of old newspapers There was one of my letters placed over a piece torn from the cover so as to show the handwriting. The parcel was sealed with a dove it was with a seal which is had given to the prisoner When .mTelltloned to my guardian (Air. Campbell Johnstone) that1 vvas miserable, but I did not then enter into full particulars. I received two or three letters from the prisoner after paying him the money. An-adjournment for a week was ultimately agreed

COMPENSATION FOR RAILWAY ACCI- DENTS* At the Liverpool assizes the case of M'Carthy v the London and North Western Railway Company has been tried as follows:- The plaintiff in this suit had been for twenty-nine years in the service of the (reneral Post-office, as mail guard, in England, Scotland, and Ireland. On the 23rd January last, while he was in the discharge of his duty on the defendants' line (having charge of the mail bags between Birkenhead and Heaton Norris), a collision took place, between Edgehill and Newton, the train in which plaintiff was coming in violent contact with a train of waggons which was standing on the line. When the accident took place M'Carthy was thrown with such violence against the break and other parts of the carriage as to inflict several wounds on his head, side, and other parts of his body, and to produce eventually a double rupture, which rendered the wearing of a truss necessary. These injuries so affected the plaintiff as to prevent him from following his ordinary avocations, iiis salary was 130/. a year, and this he had received since 1848; he had two children able to obtain their own living, but six were dependent entirely upon him. Since the accident he had been pensioned at 60/. per annum by the Post-office authorities; but it was con- tended that had he not been disabled by this accident he might have continued to perform his duties for several years, and thus have earned a much higher pension. Amongst the witnesses called for the plaintiff were Mr. Somers, surgeon, Manchester, who said that, III consequence of the accident, and particularly of the rupture, the plaintiff would be utterly incapacitated for performing his work in future, and Dr. Noble, of Man- Chester, who corroborated Mr. Somers. Counsel for the defence did not deny the negligence, but asked for reasonable damages. They cited medical opinions to support the argument that the rupture, upon which such stress was laid by plaintiff's counsel, was of old standing, and was not caused by the accident. J After his lordship had summed up, the jury found for the plaintin—damages, 5OOl.

ANOTHER CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION. xTA^1\frSaJne assi*es> the case of Jackson v. the London and .North Western Railway Company was also tried The plaintiff was a wholesale tea dealer, in Manches- ter. On the 31st of May, 1860, he was a passenger in the train leaving Euston-square station at 2.45 for Manchester. Between Stafford and Crewe plaintift's train came into collision with a train of waggons stand- ing on the line, and Mr. Jackson was so seriously in- jured that he was unable to attend to business with his usual efficiency. When in the box giving his evidence, Mr. Jackson manifested great nervous excitement, a-1m even ghed tears. Mr. Ogleby, a clerk in plain- tiffs office, was called to show the loss which the business had sustained in consequence of the accident. He stated that for the year ending February, 1860, the profits realised were 1,4001. but that the business from February, 1860, to July, 1861, had involved a loss of 1,700/ and there was no conceivable cause of this loss but Mr. Jackson's inability to give his usual attention to business. Besides the loss of business, the plaintiff had been put to considerable expense m travelling and medical expenses, pro- bably to the amount of 200/ as he had not been able to travel alone for several months subsequent to the accident. Dr. Natts, one of the physicians to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, being called for the plaintiff, stated that, without knowing him before, he travelled with him from Blackpool to Man- chester in July last. He was struck with the appear- ance of Mr. Jackson, and on asking him if he was un- well, found that the effects of the accident were very serious, and on being called in to attend him his fears were more fully excited. From recent visits which witness had paid to the plaintiff he had reason to fear that the disease of the brain which had been induced by the accident might culminate in paralysis. His lordship directed the jury that they must be very cautious in the estimate they made of business losses, for if the plaintiff's losses were taken to be the measure of damages it would make the defendants the insurers of a man's success in business for 12 months. The jury found a verdict for pb,intiff-darnages 700L

PRACTICAL ABOLITION OF IMPRISON- MENT FOR DEBT. The Mercantile Ten has the following remarks on the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill which is now in opera- tion ¡- By Sir Richard Bethell's Bankruptcy and Insolvency ii n,0VT- Pec°nie law, imprisonment for debt is practi- cally abolished in England and Wales. A debtor, even though he should wisn it, will not be allowed to remain in prison beyond fourteen days. Before the lapse of that time a Registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy will have visited the prison and examined the prisoner, and released him. Fourteen days is practically the longest period a debtor can be incarcerated but the bulk of prisoners for debt will be released within six, or eight or ten days, and many within two or three days. The remedy for the recovery of debt by imprisonment, and the threat of it, is thus practically gone. Ihe threat of. imprisonment, more perhaps than imprisonment itself, brings forward the friends of an improvident debtor to his aid. Large sums are con- stantly recovered under those threats; but Parliament has decided that this system of recovering money is un- just in principle, and has put an end to it. Credit, in future, must be based on character, not on imprison- ment. execution upon the debtor's goods for a debt of ;>0/. is now of itself an act of bankruptcy to be followed by an equal distribution amongst all the creditors. Character, and not a mere show of assets, must now likewise be the basis of credit. These new provisions affecting the relation of debtor and creditor will compel a sound and healthy system u ere. t-> where creuit is absolutely necessary; and where it is not so it will compel a ready-money trade. irade, of course, cannot be carried on without credit; but in all dealings between traders and non-traders credit is not only not necessary, but a great evil; whereas there can be no greater blessing to both than a ready-money trade in all things. The trader who adheres strictly to a ready-money trade with non-traders has the great advantage of purchasing in the market with ready cash. He can afford to sell his goods cheaper and better than in a credit trade, and we have only to look around us to see that those ready-money traders hardly ever fail of success, and generally attain to position and wealth. To the consumer there cannot be a greater blessing than to compel him to purchase every necessary and luxury of life with ready money. The self-denying habit of sternly refusing one's self anytliing and every- thing that he has not ready money to purchase, is a lesson of unspeakable value. In spite of the world he remains a free and happy man. Without this stern habit of self-denial, conceal it as he may, he is less or more, according to the extent he goes upon credit, an unhappy man. '1-r. 1 J." i • • • JLhis law, practically abolishing imprisonment for debt, and virtually refusing any preference to execu- tion creditors, will not only teach traders and non. traders a great moral lesson they have never been taught before, but will enforce it. It will teach the trader that if he trust the consumer with goods he will virtually have no remedy for the recovery of the price. It will compel the consumer to live within his income, because without ready money he cannot obtain the necessaries or luxuries of life. It will thus compel the adoption of a ready-money trade throughout England and Wales, and so prevent effectually a vast amount of bankruptcy and insolvency.

THE LATE MYSTERIOUS OUTRl LONDON. A report recently appeared of a very extr: oltl,agetllege(f to have been committed npon man while at a house in Herbert-street, Ne road, Hoxton, London, the purport of that F being briefly that a Mr. M'Kenzie, carrvin business of an engineer at Pimlico, had been on the receipt of a letter written bv one Agnes whose acquaintance he contracted" at Madnd. ti?1 -ji Herbert-street; that he went the olst ult., and was suddenly pounced upoi men, named Emil Schelk and CaM Hemel, all to him at Madrid, the former of whom obsei ffj,e an account to settle with you, and will it; that thereon he was jointly attacked by '^vu struggle for mastery ensuing; that he w with ropes, carried into an adjoining apartn there compelled, under deadly threats, to sigi documents; that this violence continued f o clock in the day until five o'clock, despite 1: for .assistance; and that but for the int oi the girl Rooney, who was present nearly ti time, the attack upon him would in all probabi terminated fatally. A warrant was subsequently granted for th hension of the three persons mentioned, on a c attempted murder," since wliich date all pro in the matter have been a profound secret. TI p however, although silent, have been active, and lowing incidents in connection with this mysteri4 may now be put before the public :— .sii"! Rooney is a remarkably fine per; during her nine months' residence as a lodge house has been frequently visited by Mr..V and the German mentioned. Shortly after fiv, on the day in question the landlady returnt and was astonished at meeting Mr. M'Kenzi passage, as he was leaving the house. Not passed between them, but he was manifestly treme perturbation; and on this being"ment Mary Ann ——, the servant, that young worn the same version of the transaction as was der Mr. M'Kenzie upon oath, adding, Rooney af for a rope, which I refused to give, and she 1 one down from the yard. I afterwards fetch bottles of wine, and I saw Mr. M'Kenzie, afte: bound with the rope, sign some papers but I tell the contents, for other papers were over tl mg. About five o'clock Schelk, Hemel, and left m a cab, the latter taking all lier wardrobe expensive one) with her." Thus not any doubt outrage having been committed can be entertai it is not very clear how Mr. M'Kenzie's rele effected. The parties wanted" have not been taken, a their victim is still eagerly pressing the pursuit police have traced packages from the house to a place in the city; these, however, have not bee] for, and it is almost a certainty that the trio ha' abroad. Schelk had an engineering contract w vernment, and has an uncle in extensive busint chemist at the west end of London. Cahil Her was simply his friend. The actual contents documents are a problem that defies anythi: reasonable elucidation, and the whole affair co to excite a very strong feeling, particularly vicinity of its occurrence.

CONVICTION OF THE BARON DE V At the Central Criminal Court, London, the Alfred Louis Pons de Vidil has been tried for felor unlawfully, and with malice, wpunding his s Alfred de Vidil, with intent to murder him. were two other counts to the indictment, one ing the prisoner with wounding his son with in inflict grievous bodily harm, and another with fully wounding only. The court was crowded t1 out the proceedings, and the most absorbing i was shown in the case. The prisoner plead guilty" upon all the counts. Throughout the t evinced the utmost self-possession, and listened evidence with great composure, now and then ta note of some point which struck him, and han down to his counsel. Even during the painfu which took place in court, when his son was con for refusing to give evidence against him, the sar noid and imperturbability were exhibited by t soner. At his own request the jury were all En Mr. Clark opened the case for the prosecut stated the facts of the case, as they have appeared in evidence. He concluded his ad( saying it would be for the jury to say w] taking into consideration the fact of the priso having stopped to render any assistance, but Ie: the palings in spite of the tenter-hooks, and assertion of a man named Evans, that there thoroughfare—the prisoner was guilty of w with intent to murder. The evidence for the ] tion was much the same as that already adduce police-court, and with which the public is aire miliar. The son was called, but still refused evidence, and was consequently sentenced to a imprisonment for contempt of court. Mr. W. Parker, brother-in-law of the p stated under cross-examination, that young d had been taken into custody, two or three 'yea in the Isle of Wight, as a lunatic unable to ta of himself, but he believed him, though peculia meanour, to be perfectly sane and rational. ] taken a first-class degree at Cambridge. It was that the prisoner would come in for all the sol perty, derived from his mother, amounting to in the event of his death. The prisoner had a his life interest in his wife's fortune in 1844, for Sergeant Ballantine having addressed the j the defence, and called five witnesses of rank tc as to the prisoner's character, the jury found the I guilty of the charge of unlawfully wounding, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonmei hard labour.

AFTER THE TRIAL. The Baron de Vidil, at the conclusion of the t, after he had quitted the dock, was placed amongst 1 nary prisoners at Newgate. He seemed to be gre appointed at the verdict returned against him, as he made up his mind for an acquittal. The sentence months imprisonment with hard labour, will be carri the House of Correction, Cold-bath-fields-the occu] the inmates in that establishment being either oakum or working the mill." The baron will und usual process of bathing, shaving, and hair-cutting. also have to wear the prison dress, which cousi coarse hodder. grey suit, with a distinguishing badgf of his arms. The diet he will receive during his ii ment will be exactly the same as that served out to t prisoners THE BARON'S ANTECEDENTS. Previous to the revolution of 1830 Alphonse V father of Alfred de Vidil, carried on the business oi manufacturer in the Rue Richelieu, Paris, while fulfilled the duties of "commis voyageur" to the ei nent. In this capacity the latter made frequent England, and became known to the principals of commercial houses in London. Having secured the p: of Marshal Soult by some important service rendei member of his family, lie was appointed by that Attache to the irench Embassy at Vienna. Subsei ? the .Marshal s appointment as Ambassador Extra< y* .on \ler Majesty's coronation, Alfred Loi VKitl, having been previously ennobled by Louis i accompanied his patron as Attache, and from that pe resided alternately in London and Paris, a recognised of the distinguished circles of both capitals.

The RUSSIAN AS A SHOPKEEP.ER.- Tract proper element of the Russian it is his favour suit, and should his trade even be commed nuts, he will devote his time and energy to it same zeal as if he were engaged in commerce oi scale. He is indefatigable in displaying all hi before his customers, and is never offended eve] lowest offer. I once entered a hatter's shop Petersburg, and asked the master to show me He took up one, turned it round on his hand lating: "Vutibi sladitshka na twoya galov (here is a pretty neat hat for your pretty 51(*a "and you would not mind to give ^0"rouble (about 16s.) for it." I offered hi^n 5" roubles a about to leave, when he Stained nie, sayW not run away, we are n(-)' ilo very far asunjer. seat, and say really whut you mean to give." I it at last, after much timicable bargaining, for 1 price asked for. V; hen the Dutch Jews one; of Peter the permission to carry on the! in Russia, for which privilege they oitered him sideraole sum or money, he refused, raying", yni Keep your money, my friends, you won't fin account in Russia. One Russian is as ounninz Jews."