The Illustrated Usk Observer and Raglan Herald

$3rotuiKiaI. IRON IN LINCOLNSHIRE.—The neighbourhood of Kirton Lindsey, Lincolnshire, has been found to abound with iron ore. On the estates of Mr. T. M. Richardson, and Mr. E. Tickler, ore has been discovered yielding a very heavy percentage of iron. Works are to be commenced, and sanguine expectations are entertained as to the results which will be achieved at them. Sidings are to be at once begun to facilitate and improve the railway communication, and it is expected that employ- ment will soon be afforded in the neighbourhood for several hundred men. Of course the anticipations formed on the snbject will have to stand the test of time. THE ENTRANCED VOLUNTEER.—A company of volunteers were recently practising in Cheshire in the presence of a number of ladies and gentlemen, when the sergeant called out, eyes right." With the exception of No. 20, whose eyes were fixed intently upon the pretty foot of a handsome girl, the volunteers promptly attended to the order. "Eyes right," again cried out the sergeant. But No. 20, stdl lost in ecstatic admira- tion of the lady's foot, neglected the word of command. "No. 20, two paces forward," cried the sergeant. Still gazing intently on the foot, No. 20 advanced. "Right wheel, left wheel, march," cried out the sergeant, and off went the volunteers, leaving No. 20 standing alone, but with his attention so engrossed by the handsome foot that he was unaware of his isolated position until startled by the sergeant's next order, "No. 20, when you have done staring at that young lady— march!" Unfortunately, No. 20, suddenly recalled to his senses, and amazed, immediately left the ground, and sent in his resignation.—Liverpool Albion.

i:r £ laniD. A JUROR IN A FIX.-All amusing scene was enacted in the law courts at Dublin on Thursday. On Tuesday last Mr. Williamson, merchant, was, in pursu- ance of a summons, sworn on a jury in a lunacy case before the commissioners. The matter was for two days under consideration, and had not concluded on Thursday morning, when the gentleman went into the adjoining Court of Queen's Bench, where he had also been sum- moned as juror, to explain his position and pray exemp- tin. He was called on a heavy fine, and then informed the court that he was actually engaged on another jury, which had not concluded its labours. The learned chief justice refused to accept this as an excuse, and Mr. Williamson was peremptorily ordered into the box. After a short time the jury in the lunacy case was called, and but eleven members of it were forthcoming. The fact of Mr. Williamson's seizure in the Queen's Bench was reported, and a remonstrance sent to the judge. But no he would keep his juror now that he had him in the box. The commissioners threatened an appeal to the Chancellor. Poor Williamson declared he would be only too happy with either, but he could not possibly divide himself for mutual accommodation. After a hard struggle the Queen's Bench surrendered its man, amidst shouts of laughter, in which the learned judge joined, as heartily as a chief justice could with becoming propriety do. His lordship blamed the juror for not being sufficiently explicit in his statement of the case. He led the court to believe that the inquiry before the commissioners had been adjourned for some time— long enough to allow the case in the Queen's Bench to be decided. MURDER AT DUNGANNON.—Accounts have reached the authorities of a dreadful affair which occurred in the town of Dungannon. A constable, a man who had for fifteen years maintained-an exemplary character in the police, had, contrary to the rules of the service, privately married. He was on the point, how- ever, of obtaining the permission when inquiries were se on foot, and the fact transpired that he had been already married. For this offence Holden was reduced to the rank and pay of a sub-constable for six months. This in- formation was conveyed to him by a brother constable named Matthews, who was suspected bv Holden of being instrumental in discovering the secret marriage. Acting upon this suspicion Holden fell upon Mat- thews and shot him dead. The assassin then started off, and in his flight encountered his sub-inspector coming out of a house where lie had been paying a visit, and was about to mount his horse, when Holden rushed upon him and inflicted upon his head severa fearful wounds with some dagger-like instrument with which he was armed. The inspector, Mr. W. H. Matthews, is reported to be in an extremely precarious state. The murderer then mounted his victim's horse and rode off at a furious speed, and was not heard of till Tuesday morning, when he was arrested in the town of Dundalk, where it was supposed he was about to embark on board one of the steamers bound for Liverpool. ANOTHER MURDER IN IRELAND.—A corre- spondent of Saunders1 News, writing from Westmeatht says :—" Our county has been again disgraced by a mos, barbarous and atrocious murder, committed on an old and inoffensive farmer, named Kelly, residing near Drumraney, in this county. Kelly had taken five acres of land which adjoined his farm, and from which the late tenant had been ejected. On Sunday last he re- turned from prayers at his parish chapel, and had just sat down to his dinner when his servant, from an adjoin- ing apartment, was startled at hearing the report of a gun; on entering the room she found him lying dead upon the floor, and his brains scattered over the food he had been eating. The assassin must have been close to his victim, as the hair and skull were burned by their close proximity to the muzzle of the gun."

samftgnts anft @fencea. DEATH FROM CRINOLINE IN Y ORIL-About a fortnight ago an accident occurred at York to Miss Watson, a rising vocalist, well known throughout the county. Whilst moving about the room the unfortunate young lady's dress caught fire, and she was severely burnt. The expired on Saturday morning from the effects of the injuries she received. DEATH FROM A DAMP BED.—A few days since Mr. Henry Edward Stanley, of Stourport, son of the late Rev. Jacob Stanley, Wesleyan minister, was on his usual journey, and slept at Ross. He was put into a damp bed, and in the morning he discovered the effect upon his frame. He immediately returned to Stourport; but medical aid was of no avail, death ensuing in a few days, and by this distressing negligence, a widow and six chil- dren have to lament an irreparable loss. BURGLARIES AT HIGHGATE AND HAMPSTEAD. -For some days past mnch excitement has prevailed at Highgate and Hampstead in consequence of the number of burglaries that have recently taken place in the vicinity and amongst them the residence of the Rev. J. B. Dyson, master of the Grammar School, has been entered, and a large quantity of property stolen. The footsteps of the thieves were traced to a field about a mile from the house, and in a ditch was found secreted some table cloths and other property. Two constables secreted themselves, and about six o'block in the evening two men came, and were in the act of removing the pro- perty from the ditch, when one of the constables pounced on them; one man, named Henry Hawkins, was cap- tured, but the other escaped. Hawkins has undergone examination before the magistrates at Highgate, and stands remanded. A GENTLEMAN FOUND SHOT AT HAMPSTEAD. -On Saturday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the Duke of Hamilton, New End, Hampstead, on the body of a man about fifty years of age, of highly respectable appearance, found dead in a field at North End. A policeman stated that about 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon two boys informed him there was a gentleman lying in a field at North End. He went there and found deceased, who was lying on his face. The body was warm, and blood was streaming from his right temple. He sent for Mr. Rose, surgeon, who on arrival said he was dead, and found a pistol shot wound in his right temple, and could feel the bullet, which had passed direct through the head to the left temple. A pistol recently discharged, together with the deceased's hat, was found a short distance from the body. On searching deceased money was found in his pockets, and a card on which was the ntme "William Docker—Wick." On the other side was written Remember Talbot, iv. 14th. I will meet you at the Chamber of Horrors anon." Deceased was attired in a plum-coloured dress coat, black velvet waistcoat, and black trowsers, Wellington boots, a coloured comforter, with a red flower at the corner. Verdict-" That deceased was found dead, with a pistol shot wound in his right temple, inflicted by his own hand; but in what state of mind he was at the time there was no evidence to show." THE SHOREDITCII MURDER.—Since the com mittal of the prisoner, James Moore, for the wilful murder of Mary Ann, his wife, several incidents have transpired tending to show that the motive which plated the prisoner in the committal of the crime was •If f 1 7v; and it appears from the statement of Mrs. rosuetn^ wj10ge j10U3Q tjie deceased woman had lodged, tnac „ prjsoner suspected his wife of infideliiy during the time v,j3 being in confinement at the Hollo- way Prison for an £ There seemg tQ be eyery ason to believe that son. djght incidents acting upon a mmd already diseased led to the bdief tlfat wife was enceinte, and this it was 'J.¡at induced him to commit the crime for which lie is abOu to be Hied. LADIES DRESSES CATCHING FIRE. -On vVed- nesday evening a deplorable accident occurred x„ancy. at a ball held at the house of a gentleman in the Before the dancing commenced the fire in the saloon hai. been carefully covered over with cinders. The first dance was oyer, and the second about to begin, when a young lady in passing before the fire-place swept some cinders from the fire-grate with the hem of her dress. Instantly, the texture being of the lightest description, the whole dress was in flames. Rushing into the middle of the room, she was quickly surrounded by several other young ladies, who, without dreaming of the danger they en- countered, threw themselves on her in order to extinguish the flames. The fire was thus communicated from one to the other, and very speedily five other young persons were on fire. In the midst of indescribable confusion the flame was promptly extinguished in three cases, the injury not extending beyond a few burns; unhappily the three other young ladies suffered dreadfully, though not to the absolute cost of their lives,

Sersumal. -+- THE NEW SOLICITOR GENERAL. — Mr. William Atherton, Q.C., M.P., has received the appoint- ment of Solicitor-General, rendered vacant by the ap- pointment of Sir Henry Keating to the judicial bench. The learned gentleman is the son of the late Rev. William Atherton, a distinguished Wesleyan Minister, and some time President of the Conference, his mother being a daughter of the late Rev. Walter Morison, a clergyman of the Established Church of Scotland. He was born in Glasgow in 1806, and was married in 1843 to Agnes Mary, the second daughter of Mr. Hall, the Chief Magistrate of Bow-street. In 1839 he was called to the bar by the Inner Temple, having during the previous seven years practised as a special pleader. He has represented the city of Durham since 1852, and is what may be considered a very advanced Liberal, being in favour of the ballot, a large reform of the laws, the removal of all religious disabilities, and the extension of the suffrage. LOLA MONTEs.-This celebrated woman is residing in Brooklyn with some intimate friends, who have stood by her in all her various fortunes. She is said to have really experienced a change of heart, and those that know her best assert that recentlv she has lived the life of a devoted Christian. Lola Montes, ever since her marriage with Lieutenant Heald, in England, has claimed his name, and has always used it in business transactions. Lola need neither play nor preach, for Heald enjoined in his will that his executor should pay her an annuity of £500 as long as she lived.-New York Day Book. A FEMALE SAILOR.—A girl, about nineteen years of age, named Annie Stewart, arrived at this port on Saturday, by the steamer Oscar, from Bristol. She had been transmitted to Glasgow, via Belfast, by an association in Bristol, known as the Bristol Caledonian Society." It appears that she had been three years and nine months at sea as a sailor, shipped in the name of Tom Stewart. Her sex was only discovered by her falling from one of the yards on her last homeward voyage. She was quite tipsy on Saturday, and talking in all the lingo and technicalities of seafaring life, for which she still possesses the strongest passion. Her friends reside in Glasgow, whither she was bound, but her birthplace was Malta, where her father had been a soldier.-Northern Whig. ,q. MR. FREDERICK DOUGLASS IN HALIFAX.— This well-known anti-slavery agitator, who, it has been said, is mixed up with the Harper's Ferry insurrection, suddenly made his appearance in Halifax a day or two ago, and at a public meeting of the Halifax branch of the Mutual Provident Alliance, presided over by J. Stansfield, Esq., M.P., he was called upon and delivered an extem- pore address. He said that twelve years ago he came to England a fugitive slave. He bad an idea when a slave that the master who held him had not so good a title to him as he had himself, and he came to the conclusion, in fact, to run away. He justified this act, on his part, by a very simple process of reasoning. He came to the con- clusion at once thatlhe was himself; that he belonged to himself; that his head was his head; his hands his hands; and his legs his legs, and that if he ran away on his own legs he left everybody else in possession of theirs, and did no harm to anybody. But some of his fellow citizens declared that if he ever set foot on American soil he should be reduced to slavery. Under these circumstances a number of friends in England purchased his freedom for him. And now he was a run- away again. He rejoiced that in his running away he had such a people to run amongst, and such a country to run to. It was the home of the oppressed of all nations, the asylum of all who suffered depotism in any form. This was the boast, the pride, and glory of England.

SYMPATHY WITH THE POPE. The following sketch of the Cork demonstration is abridged from the Constitution:— A monster meeting was held in the Court-house, Cork, on Monday, for the purpose of enabling the Roman Catholics of Cork to give expression to their feelings on the present situation of the Roman Pontiff. The hour for holding the meeting was 12 o'clock, but the building was crammed for nearly an hour previously by an im- mense mass of the populace. In the body of the court were some of the more respectable Roman Catholics; but it was remarked that some of the most influential parties of that religion were absent. The chair was taken by the Roman Catholic Bishop, Right Rev. Dr. Delany, who opened the proceedings by ex- plaining the object of the meeting, to express the feelings of the Roman Catholics of Ireland on the present circum- stances of the Pope (cheers). The last occasion on which he presided at a meeting in that Court-house was up- wards of ten years since, on the occasion of the Pope's exile at Gaeta, On that occasion the people of Cork came forward and expressed their sympathy with the Pontiff in his exile, and he (the Bishop) was rejoiced to see that they had not lost one particle of their religious enthusiasm for the head of the Church (' Hear, hear,' and applause). "Mr. John Nicholas Murphy, in a speech of great length, proposed the first resolution, which stated that the Supreme Pontiff, the successor of St. Peter, being divinely appointed for the spiritual government of the Catholic.Church throughout the world, requires for the full and free discharge of its exalted duties complete personal and political independence. Mr. F. Lyons seconded the resolution. Mr. J. F. Maguire proposed the next resolution:- That the independence of the Pope was best preserved by the Supreme Pontiff exercising sovereign power as a temporal prince, and that such sovereignty, devoted as it had been to the noblest purposes of religion and humanity for more than 1,000 years, should be held sacred in the estimation of every Catholic people, and preserved in- violate from all aggression.' At the close of a speech of considerable length, he said!-Who would deny that the temporal sovereignty of the Pope was for the advantage of religion, morality, arts and civilisation ? Rome had been the cradle of the arts (applause). Were they to allow the temporal power of the Pope to be stripped from him ? (loud applause). "Mr. Bernard Sheehan: We will fight for him (loud cheers). "A Voice in the Gallery: And we'll tell Palmerston so (' Hear, hear,' and renewed cheering). Mr. Maguire Is there any reason why that temporal power, which has conferred such inestimable blessings on mankind, should cease? ('No, no, never.') Who are its aggressors ? "Mr. Sheehan Lord John Russell (deep groans and hisses). A Voice Palmerston and his hell crew (yelling). "Mr. Maguire: Protestants (deep groans)- Pro- testants think the Papacy ought to be upset, because if it was upset Protestantism would be universal throughout the earth (loud shouts of 'No, no!') The Catholic princes of the world will stand by Pius IX. (cheers); the sympathies of the world will surround Pius IX. (loud applause); its voice through the two continents will waft approval to the Pope who resists an encroachment upon the power which every Roman Catholic in the world holds to be sacred (loud cheers). The Rev. Canon Falvey seconded the resolution. Rev. Dean Murphy proposed the third resolution, which stated that the storms which now assail the temporal authority of the Holy See have been roused by foreign or domestic enemies, whose real objects are not freedom and social amelioration, but either their own selfish interests, political aggrandisement, or the subversion of the Catholic Church in the expected down- fall of the Father of the Faithful. In a speech of con- siderable length he maintained the advantage of govern- ment by priests, and concluded thus — Contrast Leo X., Paul IV. and V., Pius IV. and V,, Gregory XVI., with the monarchs of England — the Henrys, the Charleses, the Georges (' Oh! oil!') monsters of bigotry, lust, and imbecility, until the list was closed by her present gracious Majesty (groans), who has com- menced a new dynasty and has given an example of virtue. [Here the loud cries of 'No, no!' and other expressions of disapproval, rendered the reverend speaker inaudible except to those in his vicinity.] "A Voice: She starved 2,000,000 of Irish ('Hear, hear,' and groans). The speaker concluded by hoping that God would give her Majesty grace to direct her councils and see justice done to all, and especially to the Holy Pope, the Father of the Church. "Mr. John Pope Hennessy, M.P., who was received with tremendous cheering, then addressed the meeting at great length, defending himself from some attack made upon him, and concluded thus :—Who has been the cause of the difficulty and distress with which the Pope is at present surrounded? I will tell you in one word- England (loud and prolonged groans). A Voice: Carlisle and his party (groans), Another Voice: The English Whigs (deep groans), Mr. Hennessy referred to an English authority, the Quarterly Beviezo, which stated that the cause of all the present disasters might be traced to Lord Palmerston and his satellites (' Hear, hear,' and groans). A Voice: For many years he is at it. Mr. Hennessy: The English Government has not "^ed in the spirit of truth and justice (hear, hear, and groaj-.). Now, fellow citizens of Cork-fellow-Catholicv, we are here to express our sympathy but, if necessary there is something more than sympathy to be shown (hear, hear, and tremendous cheering). ".A Voice: We'll fight for him (cheers). "Another Voice: We'll give our bone and sinew (re- newed cheers). After several other speeches the thanks of the meeting were accorded to the bishop, and the assembly dispersed."

BREACH OF PROMISE. At the Court of Queen's Bench on Monduy, Miss Armitage brought an action against Mr. Chaplin for breach of promise. Mr. E. James stated that the plaintiff, a very respect- able young lady, had brought this action to recover damages from the defendant for having broken his engagement to marry her, under very trying circum- stances. The plaintiff and defendant became acquainted in the course of 1855, and an attachment was formed which continued until the latter end of 1858, when the defendant chose to break it off on the pretence that he was too ill to marry her, but, at that very time, it would appear that he was actually paying his addresses to another young lady, whom he married last September. The defendant had visited the plaintiff's friends during the courtship, and partaken of their hospitality, and she and her friends had visited the defendant at his country house at Sydenham. He had sent her presents from time to time, and written about 375 letters to her, and promised her marriage. The plaintiff had been much attached to the defendant, and when it was broken off received a severe shock in consequence. Mr. David Wilkin deposed-I am the plaintiff's uncle. I am the senior member of the firm of Wilkin and Pugh, St. Mary Axe. When about nine years of age the plaintiff's mother died, and I adopted her and brought her up. She is now twenty-four years of age. Before 1855 she was assisting Mr. Turner, confectioner, who had a shop in the Arcade, London-bridge. She took the situation at her own wish and desire to support herself. In 1855 I received a communication relative to the defendant, and in consequence of that he came to my house, and was introduced by the plaintiff. After that he frequently came, two or three times a week, occasion- ally dining there on Sundays. My sister, Mrs. Pierce, was there on one occasion, when the defendant was introduced to her by me as paying his addresses to the plaintiff, my n;ece. When they i were together he paid her marked att mtion. He continued visiting my house about two years. At the latter part of the time he took a house and resided at Forest-hill. I gave my niece permission to visit him there. My niece frequently told me in the defendant's presence that she had visited his relations without his denying it. They met very often. In the spring of 1858 I intended Miss Armi- tage to go with my son to Cheltenham, who was about to take a business there. I consulted the defendant, and asked him if he would have any objection to her going to Cheltenham. He said no—that circumstances at that time would not permit him to marry. He said nothing then about ill-health or chronic disease. In September, 1858, I received a communication from my wife relative to the match having been broken off. I then called upon the defendant. When I called upon the defendant I asked him if it were true that he had represented his inability to marry. He said yes it was. I told him I did not believe it (laughter), and that I should watch him very narrowly. I asked him for his doctor's name, and he gave it to me. He did not say at that time one word about the plaintiff having rescinded the contract. I told the defendant: Young gentleman, if I find you are deceiving my niece I will punish you" (laughter). This was after he had given me the doctor's name. My niece has been living with me since the match was broken off. Her health has been most materially affected since. It was in consequence of the state of her health that she left her employment. I first heard of the defendant's marriage about six weeks ago. The defendant carries on business in the Arcade, London-bridge, as a watch- maker and jeweller. The shop is well stocked with goods. The defendant is about twenty-six years of age. The defendant's father is a member of the Common Council. In the course of that year my niece received these two letters from the defendant:— "My darling Girl,-I hope, dear, you got home quite safe last night. It was better, indeed, dear girl, to tell you last night. I do so hope, dear, you do not doubt me-do you, now, my girl ? I love you as much as ever, dear; and I think of you the same day by day as I am the same Robert, dear Clara, as I always was. Good bye, dearest Clara. With best love, your affcct onate, "lWBERT." Dear Clara,—If you leave England, dear, I must and will see you uefore you go, to tell you, dear, that I am Lie same to you as I ever was. I love and honour your dear good heai i,, and truly think, dear, there is not a better woman on this earth. I am afraid, dear, I have sunk much in your love 0, but do not for a moment think it is for any cause I would not marry you, but the one I have told you, dear girl. You hive not thought so of my sisters and mother, as they have not a word or thought in it. Pardon me, dear, for writing this to make it painful to you, but I must do it, and wish I could bear the pain for you. Why do you say I shall not know where you go, and how you are dear ? "Good bye, dear girl, with best love, your ever affectionate, "ROBERT." In consequence of these letters and what was communi- cated to me, I caVed on the defendant and asked if it Wc.3 true as to his inability to marry. He said it was true. I told him I did not believe it, and that I should watch him very narrowly. I asked for his doctor's name, and he gave me the name of O'Neil, Aldersgate- street. He said nothing about the plaintiff's having re- scinded the contract. I said, "Young gentleman, if I find you have been deceiving my niece I'll punish you." My niece has been living at home about twelve months; ever since she left her situation at Highgate. The de- fendant is about twenty-six years of age. Cross-examined: The plaintiff was assistant to a pastry-cook. She left the arcade about two years ago, and went to another situation at Highgate. In September, 1858, the plaintiff and defendant met last. I annot say I have seen them together for the last two years, as I do not interfere with that department (a laugh). He never represented to me that the business in the arcade belonged to his father, nor do I know it. It is a small shop but a very profitable one. Re-examined: The defendant was ia the Artillery Company, and sent my niece his portrait in the com- pany' uniform. The defendant's photograph in the uniform of the Artillery Company was then put in evidence, and also an invoice describing the business as the defendant's. M-u-thaPearse: I am sister to the last witness and aunt to the plaintiff. I was introduced to the defendant as the gentleman who was paying his addresses to Clara. Since the match was broken off the plaintiff has been very different to what she was. In fact, she has been ill. They appeared partially attached, and always behaved as if he intended to make her his wife. Alfred Wilkin; I am a cousin of the plaintiff. I be- came acquainted with the defendant through the plaintiff. He told me that the rent and taxes of his shop came to about £ 150 per year. He is now living in rather a handsome eight-roomed house at Forest-hill. I have seen him riding on horseback and in a chaise, his own, I believe. Mr. Serjeant Petersdorff: The defendant was rather fond of show, was he not ? Witness: Well, I think he was rather fast (a laugh). Mary Ann Wilkin: I am a cousin of the plaintiff. I went to Forest-hill once to the defendant's house there, with my cousin, who presided at the table. The de- fendant was two years and nine months paying his addresses to the plaintiff, and I considered that they were engaged persons, and that he was going to marry the plaintiff when he was in a position to do so. Cross-examined: The house at Forest-hill was a small cottage, not the same as that in which he now lives. Margaret Wilkin, another cousin of the plaintiff, gave similar testimony to the last witness. John Fisher: I am a baker and confectioner at High- gate. The plaintiff came to me as shopwoman to me in November, 1856, and left at Christmas, 1858. In the latter part of the service she fretted very much, and did not attend to the business. I did not know the cause, and told her she had better leave. John Chandler: I was at the defendant's wedding breakfast, and heard him return thanks. Mr. James: I believe it was a very gay one? Witness: A gay one! It was very much after the fashion of my own. I Amelia Spackman The defendant married my eldest daughter. On the 26th of January, 1859, the defendant asked my permission to pay his addressses to my daughter. My daughter had been previously visiting in London for about six weeks, at the Chaplins, among others. My daughter has received £1,200 since the marriage. 1 believe the defendant rents the house at Forest-hill of his father. The following was put in evidence as a specimen of the defendant's letters to the plaintiff:— My own dear, dear Clara,-If you only knew the great anguish of my mind you would forgive me, I know, for causing so much unhappiness to one I do so dearly love, and one I know to be the best and dearest girl on earth, I say this coolly, dear, for I am the same as always, and would not tell you a falsehood. I know, dear, I am greatly to blame in letting you go to High- gate; but I thought of what you said on my first love and respect for you, that you did not mind waiting for some time for me, and I am certain you will not find any one who would think and make it his duty to do more to make ypu happy, &c. "P.S. My dear girl, do receive this, as it comes from me from the very depth of my heart; and do not think, because I let you go home alone by yourself, I love you any the less, but more and more every day, and my only wish is I was near you now to ask your forgiveness in person, and give me one dear kiss." Mr. E. James then addressed the jury, at the close of the plaintiff's case, and said that the defendant's answer to this action would be a mere appeal to them in mitiga- tion of damages, It was a mere pretence to suggest that the business belongs to the father, as he was in Court, and did not deny that it belonged to his son. As an act of justice to the plaintiff, something like a reason or sug- gestion should be given in palliation of defendant's conduct, but the defendant gave none. It was clear, said the learned counsel, that he had seen Miss Spack- man, and intended to throw the plaintiff off when he set up the pretence of inability to marry the plaintiff. Mr. Serjeant Petersdorff addressed the jury for the defendant, and said that other parties were interested in the inquiry besides the defendant, and exhorted the jury not to give such damages as would in effect be to make the defendant's wife to pay them out of the few hundreds she had received on her marriage, and he further re- minded them that the proper test was to consider the defendant's position before his marriage, and then esti- mate what the plaintiff had lost by the breach of the engagement. Of that the plaintiff's present house and means were not the criterion. The learned judge having summed up the case, The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff- Damages £150.

flabal amf jiliiitatg. MARRIAGE SPECULATIONS.—There have been upwards of forty marriages among the non-commissioned officers and men of the 78th Highlanders since their at- rival in Fort George. About one half of the number have been contracted without the permission of the com- manding officer. The consequence of this is that such women are not entitled to the privileges of a bar- rack-room, and, of course, can only follow the regi- ment at their own expense, and pay for lodging. The opposite is the result with those who obtain their commanding officer's consent. As a proof of the rage in the female mind for marriage, one was asked in a local market held for hiring if she would engage. She answered in the affirmative, and after the usual questions as to ability and knowledge of the work she was about to undertake, was asked what wages she wanted. She asked what place it was to. Cambel- town," was the answer. She then said she would require no wages, as she was sure of soon getting a husband from among the 78th, were she staying in that village. The girl was quite serious. We have not heard how the engagement terminated, but the girl went to service in Cambeltown, and had only been there three days when, as she predicted, she was contracted to one of the corps. INCREASE OF THE ARMY.—The Globe says the greatly increased European force required for India, will render it necessary to make some permanent addition to the regulars garrisoning our own and colonial posses- sions and it anticipates an immediate increase of our army of some 10,000 men. REFORMS IN THE CAVALRY SERVICE.—The Globe says that the Minister of War is directing his attention to the present state of the cavalry service. There are, at present, some sixty vacancies for cornets. Her Majesty's commission has become a drug. It has already been determined, in future, that officers of cavalry shall not be required to purchase and maintain two chargers for the public. The price of cavalry com- missions will probably be lowered to the same sums as in the infantry. VOLUNTEER UNIFORMS.—In consequence of numerous applications to the War-office for advice as to the proper uniform for volunteer corps, &c., in course of formation, a committee has been appointed, and is about to be assembled at the War-office, Pall-mall, to consider the question of rifle volunteer uniforms, and to report to the Secretary of State for War upon the colour and pattern which shall be recommended as the most appro- priate for general adoption by those rifle volunteer corps which have not yet selected their uniform. When decided upon, a sealed pattern of the clothing so selected will be deposited with the Volunteer Branch, War-office, Pall-mall, for general guidance in this matter.

MR. RAREY'S EXHIBITION. On Wednesday, Mr. Rarey's exhibition at Allen's Riding School, was of rather a peculiar kind. First came in Cruiser. His appearance and history are so well known that it need only be said that his behaviour was as good as usual. Mr. Rarey then told the company that the next horse was one as yet unknown to him, but reported as so timid and shy that it was necessary to drive him with his eyes altogether blinded. He also described the animal as most nervous and excitable. A good-looking bay then appeared. After a little discourse Mr. Rarey proceedetl to throw him, as usual, on his side. The straps were then applied, and à most severe struggle ensued, which appeared to last for ten or twelve minutes. The strapped- up leg once got so loose that it was necessary to fasten it again. The horse exerted himself with the utmost energy in the contest, and Mr. Rarey, with his usual spirit and power, in overcoming him, till he brought him on his side. At last this was done. But the horse was now in a state of exhaustion most distressing to witness. A steam of perspiration arose from the whole body, and the flanks heaved so long and violently, that Mr. Rarey was led to state to the audience that the animal was unsound in the wind. The horse was so painfully overcome, that unless this was a most exceptional case, and could properly be explained, it would decidedly have called for the inter- vention of the law against cruelty to animals, rather than for credit and applause to any concerned in the scene. Mr. Rarey then went through his usual per- formances with the horse, but in this case the extreme exhaustion of the animal deprived them altogether of their interest and value. The next part of the exhibition was very exciting. Mr Rarey now told the audience that a horse would be introduced of which the chief mark as to character was that nobody could ride him. A wiry grey then appeared. Mr. Rarey soon hobbled;him, with the intention, as he said, of showing his power over him and to prepare him for the ride. The horse made no resistance to this part of the business, nor to being thrown on his side. This was done in a minute, and strangely enough he allowed Mr. Rarey to knock his feet together and to go through some other performances. The audience now looked for a test_ of power far more valuable than that in the preceding case. The horse's sole objection semed to be against being ridden, and for this he reserved all his energies. Mr. Rarey soon mounted without saddle, and for about a minute showed some first-rate horsemanship in sticking on. However, he soon dismounted, and called for a saddle. This was put on, and Mr. Rarey mounted again, but it was soon evident that he had no light work before him. There was not in this case the slightest appearance of any influence gained over the animal, thongh a wonderfully fine display of horsemanship. The horse traversed all parts of the arena, kicking furiously and indefatigably, with occa- sional rears and pawing of the air violently. Mr. Rarey's chief endeavour was to keep him turning round rapidly and thus to subdue him; but every now and then the orse seemed to defeat the effort, and began lasli ing out and rearing again. Three times lie threw him- self down, and most extraordinary were the courage and skill with which Mr. Rarey each time extricated himself from the roll of the horse, and was literally in the saddle again before the animal, nimble as he was, had time to be on his legs. The same contest then began again, and lasted for a considerable time, but terminated with Mr. Rarey's victorv-at least a near approach to a victory, as he rode at least two or three times round the arena without further exhibition of violence on the part of the horse. His composure, skill, and courage were altogether a most imposing sight; the horsemanship was wonderful, and drew forth much sympathy and applause, especially the instantaneous occupation of the saddle and com- mencement of the struggle again after the successive falls. It was, however, a triumph of horsemanship, and of horsemanship only. The last scene was that of bridling a horse which always resisted this proceeding. Mr. Rarey managed this well, and the exhibition terminated.

THE BUCENTAUR.—In 1178 Pope Alexander III., to reward the alliance of Venice against Frederick Barbarossa, drew a ring from his own hand and pre- sented it to Sebastian Ziani, the 38th Doge, saying, Receive this from me as a symbol of the sovereignty of Venice. Do thou and thy successors annually wed the sea therewith, that the world may know it to be yours, and bound to submission to you as a bride is to her lord." This sanction by the pontiff of her pretensions was not unacceptable to Venice, and a stately ceremony perpetuated the remembrance of the pontifical words. Annually, on the morning of the Ascension, the Doge, arrayed in his gorgeous robes, surrounded by his officers of state, and all the pride or beauty of the Venetian aristocracy, issuing from the ducal palace, where stands the basalt column surmounted by the winged lion of St. Mark, ascended the Bucentaur — his state galley, and proceeding out to sea amid a swarm of boats, dropped into the ocean a golden ring similar to that presented by the pontiff, and proclaimed aloud the maritime overeignty of Venice. Gradually a superstitious feeling connected the safety of the state with that of the vessel, and the officers in charge of it were strictly enjoined to allow it to proceed to sea only in fine weather, for the ceremony was rather to be postponed than the palladium of the state imperilled. It was a large many-oared galley, magnificently carved and gilt, preserved till lately in the arsenal, for though the greatness of Venice has waned, this wreck of it yet survived.-Cassell's Illustrated Almanack, 1860. THE FOUR LIVERPOOL MERCHANTS.—The Liverpool correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes :Nothing definite transpired on Saturday re- lating to the correspondence between four gentlemen of Liverpool and the Emperor of the French. It is stated, however, that the letter in question was written by the four gentleman while enjoying the pleasures of a 'full board'one evening, about a fortnight since. Nothing serious was dreamt of—the letter was posted, but a reply was never anticipated. So little was the affair thought of that a copy of the letter to the Emperor was not even kept, and the whole matter was looked upon as a good joke. Judge of the consternation of these four gen- tleman when, on Friday, they received a letter in reply to theirs, written by an official personage, but not of the four could read, as it was written in the French language. The conduct of the writers of the letter to the Emperor was met with a hearty denunciation by nearly all the local papers."

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIACE. A TRIAL IN IRELAND. The case of Trowsdale v. Stewart," for a breach of promise of marriage, commenced on Friday last before the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench in Ireland and a special jury, and was continued by adjournment till Monday, when it was brought to a conclusion. The affair seems to have excited unusual interest in the north of Ireland, and for several days the Belfast papers have devoted nearly the whole of their available space to the elaborate speeches of Messrs. O'Hagan and Whiteside, and to the great mass of evidence elicited during the trial. ° The plaintiff is a young lady, living at 212, York- road, Belfast, and is daughter of a gentleman who holds a situation in the Belfast Custom-house. The defendant is a gentleman of property, a native of Holywood. The summons and plaint contain three counts. The first count alleges a promise to marry generally, and alleges as a breach the marrying Lizzie Hope. The second count alleges a promise to marry on request. The third count alleges a promise to marry within a reasonable time after the death of Hugh Stewart, sen., the defendant's grandfather. The breach in the last two counts is the same as the first. The defendant by his defence denies the promise in the several counts set forth and upon these defences the issues have been framed. Damages were laid at £ 5,000. Counsel for the plaintiff (Mr. Serjeant O'Hagan), in the course of his address, read a vast mass of letters from the defendant to the lady, all at first couched in more than the ordinary amatory style of such effusions and occasionally resorting to original poetry as a happier medium to convey the depth of his affection towards the plaintiff. Suddenly a change came. At the house of Mr. Trowsdale, the plaintiff's father, he first met a lady (Miss Lizzie Hope), and thence-. forward it would appear that the ardour of his affec- tion for his first love had gradually cooled down, to account for which, as revealed in the correspondence, be complained, on the authority of some anonymous informant, that the plaintiff had frequently exhibited his letters for the amusement of other parties, and also that she had made statements with respect to family affairs, which were afterwards proved to be quite erro- neous. On the 11th of October, in the present year, the defendant was married to Miss Hope, the ceremony having been performed in St. Thomas's church, DublirL The defendant was proved to be possessed of property tQ the amount of £1,6UO a year. He kept a yacht and lived in a style befitting a man of fortune and education. When he first commenced paying his addresses to the plaintiff his income was less than £1,000 per annum, but on the death of his grandfather he received an accession of about XGOO a year, more or less, He is twentv-six years of age, and the plaintiff is nineteen. Thus far al went smooth on one side. The defence was opened on Saturday by Mr. "White" side, in a telling speech, in the course of which it transpired that the family affairs of the Trowsdales had been for a long time in a most unsatisfactory position, and that in the year 1857, Mr. Trowsdale having fallen into arrears for rent of a place called Saville-lodge, of which a Mr. Weerson was the landlord, legal proceed- ings were taken by the latter for the recovery of the arrears; but previous to the execution being put in, the following extraordinary letter was addressed to Mr. Water son by Miss Anne Trowsdale, sister to the plain- tiff:- Ballyhackamore-house, Oct. 19, 1857. Sir,—My papa, being strongly advised by several of the Belfast gentlemen, and himself feeling so indignant. at the harsh and unfeeling manner which you have thought fit to exercise towards us, seems determined to let Seville-lodge to a party who certainly would not reflect much credit to tke neighbourhood, although the scenes which have so lately occurred there would make the most disinterested person shudder to think such. scenes could be committed in a Christian country. But, from whatever cause, or whatever your motive may have been to try to ruin and, as it were, crush in the bud, the bright prospects of a family who is unconscious of ever injuring you or any one in any way, is but known to yourself, and with God and your own conscience I shall leave it, deeply as I feel, not for myself, but for my dear parents and the rest of the family. Yet I tremble at the thought that the neighbourhood of my once happy home should be more disgraced by such parties becoming inhabitants. Sir, my motive, therefore, for now writing is to say that I fully intended sending the key of Seville-lodge to- day, unknown to papa; but he has taken the key with him, and I fear it is to give it to those parties. May I beg of you, for your own sake, as well as mine, to send your agent to papa, and try to make some arrangement with him, in order that Mr. M'Cune may get possession to- morrow, as we had promised. I write this entirely unknown to my papa; and, should he know it, I should incur his lasting displeasure. Trusting, therefore, that this may be kept in confi- dence, and that you will attend to it, I am, sir, yours respectfully, "A. TsowsDALE." The "party" to whom the house was to be assigned was stated to be a woman of most infamous character in Belfast; and it was sworn in evidence that Miss Julia Trowsdale, the plaintiff, had in conversation referred to the contents of the foregoing letter, and said in the presence of her mother and sisters that they would give up the lodge to Mrs. Another witness swore that several times the plaintiff had given him Mr. Stewart's letters to read, and that upon one occasion the witness helped her to compose a reply to a letter from the defendant, On Monday a rebutting case was gone into, and, after another speech for the defendant, the Chief Justice de- cided that there was no bar to the action, that there was evidence of a contract, and that there had been a breach of that contract. The question, therefore, resolved itself into a question of damages. Subsequently, his lordship charged the jury at some length, His lordship's remarks were in favour of the plaintiff, and in reference to the' letter of Miss Anne Trowsdale, upon which so much stress had been laid, the learned judge observed:' "But another ground of defence of a more serious character has been put forward, and one personally affecting her character. It is said that she was a party to the gross and unbecoming proposal, and joined in a conspiracy to induce Mr. Waterson to forgive arrears of rent by the threat that Seville-lodge would be let to an improper character. Now, in answer to this charge, the plaintiff is entitled to the benefit of the testimony of the defendant himself as to the purity and innocence of hp". character, often and repeatedly given by himself !i his letters. What object could she have had in lartherin any such design as had been put forward by way of impeachment? She had no interest in the ho.tae.and what benefit could she expect from participating in an unbecoming project? The jury, after an hour's deliberation, brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, with 4'50Q damages, and 6d, costs.

THE IIEAVT GALES OF OCTOBER AND No. VEMBJSXT LASTI-The unusually heavy gale, or rather hurricane, of the night of the 24th of October last was unexampled in its work of destruction in our maritime records. During the whole of that dav not a single casualty, with one trifling exception, occurred either OR the shores or in the seas of the British isles. When the Royal Charter recommenced her voyage from Queens- town on the morning of that day, every one on board calculated almost to a certainty on a safe arrival at Liver- pool before the evening closed. Indeed, the noble ship was opposite Holyhead when the gale began to freshen up; and what subsequently happened to her and her un- fortunare crew and passengers has become "household words in the homes of these islands. But perhaps it is not so generally known that during that awful night and following day 195 vessels were wrecked, 113 of them be- coming thousands of pieces, with the loss of 684 of our fellow creatures, including those who perished from the Iioyal Charter. It is satisfactory to find, on the other side, that notwithstanding the fearful and terrific cha- racter of this now celebrated gale, 190 persons were rescued from the wrecks by lifeboats, the rocket appa- ratus, and other means. From the 25th to the 31st .of October, the total number of shipwrecks was 248, drown- ing 686 persons, showing that only two men perished from the 52 wrecks that occurred between the 27th and 31st of the month, and that their crews, amounting to 126 men, were safely rescued from their perilous posi- tion. On the 1st of November, however, the gale again was most furious; 38 vessels were wrecked on this day, from which 29 persons were lost, and 73 men save4, til having been rescued by lifeboats of the National Life- boat Institution and other bodies. The shipwrecks that took place from the 2nd to the 9th of November did not exceed the average rate of losses. But the summary of the whole work of destruction from the 25th of October to the 9th of November is distressing in the extreme to. contemplate. It is as follows s—Total shipwrecks, 325 5 total lives lost, 748. It is gratifying to find that on these occasions 487 lives were rescued by lifeboats and other means from the sad wrecks. CARDINAL WISEMAN.—-With reference to the duration of Cardinal Wiseman's sojourn in Rome, it ia stated in the Freeman's Journal that a general impression prevails that his Eminence is not likely to return to Eng- land as a permanent place of residence. The state cf the Cardinal's health (making a sojourn in a mild climate absolutely necessary) and other circumstances will, in all probability, induce his Eminence to select Rome as the scene of his future labours. The Cardinal has delegated all his powers to the Very Rev. Dr. Hearn, of the Church of the Assumption, Warwick-street, who is Vicar-General of the diocese. The entire fleet of twelve steamers belonging to the General Iron Screw Collier Company (Limited) has been sold to Mr. Caper, of the Victoria Docks, for a private company, for the sum of £ 60,000. Messrs. Wilson, Barton, and Slater acted as brokers for the sale in the interest of the company.

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